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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
11
Fragmentary weather report notes partly cloudy to rainy conditions with wind effects. It records a past precipitation of .01 inches or more, yesterday none or normal, and totals since January 1 of 8.75 inches with a 2.16 inch deficiency.
Market notes show favorable weather reducing demand fears in cotton futures. Traders tread carefully as price edges reflect potential fiber surplus while growers watch rainfall forecasts and crop conditions.
The bottom market opened with a drop of 5.8 points as liquidation and crop reports temper buying. July, October and December contracts firmed modestly throughout the morning while private crop forecasts varied from 77.4 to 82.1 in condition and acreage increases from 7.9 to 10.5 percent. Trading slowed by midday with little change, and prices hovered around unchanged to a point higher, around 22.91 for October.
May 29 in New York cotton futures show steady open with July at 12.73, October 12.85, January 13.06, and March futures up one point to 13.06. Day high and low figures appear around 12.79 to 13.07, with unsettled price motion noted across the session.
Liverpool is slated to reopen Tuesday with a modest rally and a slight two point gain. An 11 o'clock update follows, though the message includes garbled text and unclear figures.
Buyers in San Antonio paid the following prices for cotton delivered at the compresses Monday.
In New Orleans on May 29 favorable belt weather spurred a 6 to 8 point fall at the open. Declines found support and by midafternoon the market held a steady tone. After 1:30 trading months were about one point lower. By noon the market remained quiet and steady with prices about 393 points above Saturday’s close.
Cotton tyres opened steady in New Orleans with opening bids listed for July 2.44, October 12.66, December 12.77, June 12.87, and March 13.05. Futures closed about unchanged amid scattered pricing notes and anomalous OCR strings.
Eighty acres clear in Virginia available for trade for cottage equity or vacant lot. Crockett 4659. 220 Gunter Office Bldg. Will trade one Los Angeles Heights lot worth 450 for Ford motor. 209 City St. Build on car line with paved street gas and flexible terms. 953 Light. For sale130 acres on Jackson and Keller road forty cultivated. Apply D A Wattling route 10 box 88.
The Colville Indian Reservation in Washington opens for settlement with a drawing on July 27. About 600000 acres of fruit farm and dairy lands are described in a complete sectional map and description available postpaid for 1 dollar from Smith McCrea room 62 Eagle Ridge Spokane Washington.
Hot weather disrupts egg quality as producers raise prices to 19 cents a dozen amid scarce fresh eggs. Poultry receipts rise with large hens around 5.50 dollars, while farmers gain profits from a strong poultry market. Vegetables and fruit show steady prices with liberal tomato, potato, corn, and bean supplies.
Buyers paid varying rates for country goods on Monday in San Antonio. Eggs rose. Texas candled at 18 cents per dozen. butter weak at 25 to 35 cents per pound from creameries. country butter 20 to 25 cents. Poultry steady with hens 5 to 6 dollars per dozen, large friers 6 to 6.59, broilers 3.50 to 4.00, turkeys 0. per pound, ducks 4.50 to 5.60 per dozen, geese 6 to 7 dollars per dozen.
Quotations from Chicago market report show butter at 26 29 cents, eggs steady with firsts 21 cents and ordinary firsts 20 21 cents, potatoes lower with Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota whites 95 cents to 1.05, Triumphs 1.55 to 1.70, other regions 90 to 95 cents. poultry steady with fowls around 19 1 2 cents.
Rainy weather across Oklahoma and Kansas triggers declines in wheat prices with July near 1.08 dollars and September around 1.08. Early losses prompt a further setback before a modest rally. corn recovers from initial weakness while hog receipts push down meat values. No strong buying support appears as selling widens.
Quotations listed for Butter Eggs and Poultry in Kansas City on May 29. Butter creamery 29c firsts 27c seconds 25c packing 22c. Eggs firsts 21 1 2 to 21 3 4 cents. Poultry hens 15 3 4 cents roosters 10c springs 28c.
New York May 29 Trade in cotton goods remains quiet with prices holding firm. Staples gain about a half cent per yard, while efforts to advance branded muslin loom. Production stays high, cool weather slows wash and white goods, knit goods stay active, denim and print cloths quoted with modest concessions on second-hand stock.
Carrot buyers paid prices for grain and hay delivered in San Antonio including corn Texas No 3 five cents, mixed eighty one cents, northern No 3 white four and a half cents, oats Texas No 3 red forty two cents white fifty cents, aluph erized sixty one and a half, in sacks three cents higher. Hay values listed: Milo maize No 3 bulk one dollar five cents fet orita No 8 bulk one dollar seven cents Kaffir corn No 3 bulk one ninety six cents per ton cane hay twelve fifty prairie hay eleven fifty Johnson grass eleven fifty alfalfa choice New Mexico green per ton eighteen dollars.
Liverpool May 29 spot cotton remained steady with good middling at 8.68d and middling 8.524d while low middling traded at 7.324d. Sales reached 32 000 bales, including 2 000 bales for export and speculation.
Liverpool reports steady futures with May at 8.30d and various forward spans listed. Notable figures include May-June at 8.22% and October-November at 7.86d, with a range across several monthly spreads.
Quotations today show Wheat No 2 red at 1.08 and No 2 hard around 1.04 to 1.08. Corn No 3 yellow quoted 67 to 68 cents. Oats Standard 39 to 44 1 2 cents and Barley 61 to 78 cents.
Market notes from St. Louis dated May 29 report wheat prices for various grades including No. 2 red at 1.10 and No. 2 hard at nominal with minor figures such as 69 percent and 70 cents for No. 2 white forms.
Quotations to Gay were as follows Wheat No 2 hard 1.02 to 1.07 No 2 red 1.02 to 1.07 Corn No 2 mixed 66 to 67 cents No 2 white 66 to 67 cents Data No 2 white 44 to 45 cents No 3 mixed 40 to 41 cents.
Grain futures closed steady in Kansas City with Wheat July trading around $1.00. Corn May and July quotes were listed with minor changes, reflecting a quiet session amid market rumors and routine trading patterns.
Cotton receipts gathered from U S ports include Galveston Houston Texas City New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Boston and Pacific ports. The data shows shipment activity across major Gulf and Atlantic locations.
Local meat market quotes list dry salt extras bacon extras bacon bellies and hams with prices per pound and averages. Includes Pure lard and compound lard entries with cents per pound figures.
American dollar securities arrive at London offices as the mobilization plan proceeds and some sale on the exchange to dodge rising income tax. Dealers expect a favorable effect from the influx while authorities may tighten measures. The government to issue transferable three year exchequer bonds Friday to attract funds now in dollar securities.
Wanted young man to work on a ranch not over 35 years Call at Y M C A from 4 to 6 or from 7 30 to 8 30 Mr Grienkl Wanted a cook Mrs T T van derHooven 1500 San Pedro Ave
S Jacob Wertheim of New York president of the Tobacco Merchants Association of the United States spoke at the annual convention in Washington May 29. He urged legislators to avoid additional tobacco taxes and argued such burdens would amount to confiscation. He said he would protest to the government.
New York May 29. Raw sugar market closed today. For scouring cooking utensils a mop has been invented in which each cotton strand is wound with fine copper wire.
A brief market update highlights current cotton prices in San Antonio with quick figures. Traders track shifts in prices and note demand patterns affecting local markets and nearby trading hubs.
More than a thousand head of steers moving from drought struck Southwest Texas ranges en route to Oklahoma and North Texas. San Antonio receipts include 1587 cattle, 67 calves, 30 horses, 46 hogs, 486 goats with 495 cattle sold locally. Prices show cattle barely steady, hogs and sheep lower. steers up to 7.50, calves 7.00 to 7.75, hogs 8 to 9, goats 4 to 5, Kansas City quotes 8.15 per cwt for 195 head shipped by Hybarger Johnson.
Fort Worth Texas cattle receipts 5700 with steady to lower prices. Reeves calves and heifers bring 4.50 to 9.60, cows 4.25 to 7.60, bulls 4.25 to 6.26. Hogs receipts 3506 with values from 7.25 to 9.65. Sheep receipts 10500 and market 25 to 30 cents lower. lambs 9.00 to 10.50, yearlings 8.00 to 9.76, ewes 7.00 to 7.50, goats 4.00 to 5.25.
Hogs receipts 42 000 market dull with light hogs at 9.10 to 9.70, mixed 9.50 to 9.80, hogs 9.25 to 9.86 for selected weights. Cattle receipts 22 000 market weak native beef 8.20 to 10.65, western steers 8.60 to 9.40, stockers 6.00 to 9.90, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.66, calves 0.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 28 000 market weak wether and ewe 7.00 to 5.35, lambs 8.00 to 10.65, yearlings 9.00 to 10.00.
Kansas City on May 29 reported receipts of 15000 hogs and 14000 cattle with a lower market. Hog quotes ranged from 9.26 to 9.70 for light and bulk, cattle featured prime fed steers at 10.00 to 10.40 and cows 5.75 to 8.65, and sheep receipts of 9000 with lambs 9.50 to 12.00 and yearlings 8.50 to 11.00.
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep listed with volumes and price ranges. Hog figures show light to heavy classes around 7.30 to 9.80 per hundredweight. Cattle include native beef steers yearling stocker cows and Texas Oklahoma entries with varied highs and lows. Sheep receipts and prices show wethers lambs and ewes with ranges up to about 12 dollars for lambs.
May 29 report shows rolled steel orders since May 1 down 15 to 20 percent from April, yet mills run above capacity. Pacific shipyards book 26,000 marine plates for H2 1917, railroads buy 86 locomotives with 275 more sought. Foreign inquiries total 1,000 engines including 60 for Russia.
Kansas City stockyards report 14,000 cattle received with twenty quarantine cars. Market steady to ten cents lower amid steady trading and cautious demand, reflecting modest pressure on prices.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin notes wind speeds under ten miles per hour and precipitation under one inch are not published. Allen Buell, meteorologist, signs the bulletin.
Temperature generally fair and above normal across the belt with rainfall reported at Demopolis Lake and Miss. Allen Buell meteorologist notes conditions in the Houston district. Also mentions a water cooled motorcycle by an English inventor and a money pocket concealed under a cap flap for men.
New York stock market opened with limited activity on Monday May 29 with gains in the automobile group but other sectors showing little change from last week. War shares like Crucible Steel Mexican Petroleum and some metals slipped about one point while initial offerings of United States Steel Reading and Kennecott Copper moved with minor changes. Overall trading was light and narrow with fewer than 20 000 shares by mid session and the market became featureless.
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Monday showed bids and asks for silver pesos at 64 55, half pesos 38 39, state bank notes 90, national bank note 152s, Bank of London and Mex 44, and Carranza money 08% 03.
Lead in New York edged at 7.35 as Spelter stayed weak with East St Louis delivery at 14. In London on May 29 lead traded at 1 pounds 10 pence per ounce and Spelter at 80 pounds per hundredweight with sterling prices quoted.
A $1014.46 check from the Red Cross bazaar and market at Wolff & Marx auditorium was mailed to Judge Winchester Kelso, president of the San Antonio Red Cross, with final receipts expected around $1040. Special thanks are given to W. C. Rigsby, Wolff & Marx Co., and local newspapers for support. Separately, a shooting incident on Austin Street left an elderly man dead. a suspect, a black detective, was arrested for forgery of a $25 check at King Furniture Company.
A lost valuable gold pin belonging to Mrs. Paul C Raborg was picked up by Newsboy Edwin Schunke No 15 who returned it to the owner on Travis street. The incident underscores the News Boys Club's emphasis on honesty and upright conduct.
Frank W. Wallace aged sixty seven of 60512 Austin street was shot through the head at noon Monday and died shortly after at the city hospital after being taken there by police patrol. W. C. Walton, a colored man recently employed, is connected to the incident.
The San Antonio Game and Fish Association meets at 8 pm Monday at the St. Anthony hotel to discuss stopping dynamiting at Medina lake and raising the deputy warden's salary. State official Will W. Wood will outline preventive measures and pledge cooperation.
Representative Oscar Callaway in a second speech during naval bill debates accuses Pennsylvania steel interests of pushing for a larger navy. He again argues submarines are more useful than dreadnoughts and maintains the nation is safe from attack.
A May 29 report says a June 1 conference in San Antonio will bring Dr W B Colling of the state board of health and Texas railroad division surgeons to devise a cooperative plan. The aim is to stop refugees from Mexico entering Texas and spreading communicable diseases.
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