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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
12
New York November 1 cotton opened with an 18 to 21 point advance on firm cables and bullish crop estimates. Prices fluctuated with heavy realizing and jitters from weather, but outside demand kept the market near 20 to 21 points above the open, with a noon bid of middling at 11.70.
Cotton futures opened strong in New York with January at 11.40 and May near 11.62. Prices closed firm with narrow ranges across months, showing overall strength but small day-to-day swings as December and August contracts traded around 11.30 to 11.56.
Liverpool spot cotton firm with fair demand on November 1. American middling fair 7.05d, good middling 6.85d, middling 6.63d, low middling 5.91d, ordinary 5.43d. Total sales 8,000 bales, 6,000 speculative/export, including 7,000 American.
The report tracks several monthly money rates from November through August, noting open and close values and percent changes for periods like Nov to Dec and Feb to Mar. It lists rates such as 6.27 for multiple months and minor fluctuations across the year.
New Orleans cotton market observes All Saints Day while New York and New Orleans exchanges close in honor of Vice President Sherman. The weather bureau ends daily cotton bulletins until spring, ginnings reports lose immediate impact, and the trade shifts to twice monthly updates. Cordill Haywood and Clark estimate commercial crop at 14,575,000 bales, with New York’s statistician at 10,000 bales excluding linters. total port receipts reach 89,271 bales for today, with Galveston and Aransas Pass contributing. Spinners take 365,000 bales this week, season totals 2,179,000 against 2,209,000 last year, and visible supply sits at 4,416,234 bales, dominated by American cotton. A typographical error was corrected from 4 cent to 14 cent cotton in a prior column.
A London INDON dispatch reports relief as $40 million in dividends is distributed, easing conditions. The note mentions discount rates staying firm amid cautious policy due to the monetary situation and Balkan developments.
All trade centers will adjourn and markets will be closed tomorrow in respect for Vice President Sherman. The San Antonio board of trade reports that London and Paris exchanges will also close for a religious holiday.
Galveston notes arrivals and searings of multiple steamers from British and other lines. Vessels listed include Dipton Tampa Ailantian Rio Janeiro ick House Cayu illo Alm Sabine New York Imperator Bo del Toro Francie Victorian Liv 1 El Dia Elswick Hall Havre Norfolk Celtic King Miguel de Lar Manchester Thurland Cassie Apharodite Bendu St Leonards Bremeh Fedora and others with routes via Norfolk Havre Liverpool and Barcelona.
In New York, Navy leads 28 to 25 against Bo ria 28% in a Central America match. Heather firm shows defense as the turn game stays tight with a late surge.
Exports to Great Britain 141,174. Exports to France 57,282. Exports to the continent 142,189. Exports to Mexico and adjacent colonies 4,241.
Spot cotton in New Orleans remains steady at middling 11 7-16 with 625 bales sold and 1,327 to arrive. The market lists a range of grades from low ordinary to good middling, with several nominal values and strict equivalents reflected in the day’s报价.
The spot market in Houston closed steady on November 1 with sales totaling 1181 and shipments 29,604 against a stock of 115,386. Prices ranged from low ordinary 6 15-16 to middling 11 11-16, with fob 1889 figures noted.
Weather Bureau forecast by Willis L. Moore. For San Antonio and vicinity tonight frost with fair skies. Saturday fair and warmer. East Texas tonight fair and colder in the northeast with frost inland. Saturday fair and somewhat warmer.
October activity in San Antonio's wholesale district shows large volume trade. Dry goods jobbers struggle to restock ready to wear as express shipments rise. Country merchants buy heavily amid a strong crop, while groceries move well to the country. Cranberries firm at $10 per barrel with a larger crop promising cheaper prices. turkeys also expected to cost less.
Quotations show butter firm with creamery ranges 26 to 30 cents and dairies 23 to 28 cents. Eggs firm with ordinary firsts 22 cents and firsts 26. Cheese steady with varieties around 17 to 18 cents. Potatoes strong with regional prices 42 to 48 cents. Poultry alive firm at 16 cents for turkeys and chicks 12 ½ cents. Veal steady at 9 ¼ cents. Receipts listed for eggs, potatoes, and poultry.
Galveston Texas November 1 spot cotton closed firm with gains. Prices ranged from low ordinary 7 1-16 to middling fair 12 1 2 percent. Sales 2265 bales with 1200 bales F.0. b. and 0 b. F. Receipts 28,566 bales and total stock 327,242 bales.
Spot cotton closed steady with Middling uplands at 11.75 cents per pound and SeIa at 1397 bales. Gulf variety showed 12 cents. New York market summary notes stable inquiry as traders monitor demand signals and fiber futures.
At Union Stock Yards November 1 the live stock market showed strength with light receipts of 96 cattle 23 calves and 70 hogs. Prices stayed steady with best cows at 4 dollars calves about 5 dollars and hogs near current levels. Observers expect colder weather to lift meat demand and hog values to recover next week as packers seek supplies and beef cattle remain scarce in the region.
California packers move into Texas seeking cattle while Texas packers protest shortages in state cattle. A. Gage of San Antonio shipped 150 car loads of beef steers with 35 cars planned today. Nat Parks notes robust prospects for Texas livestock despite cold snaps and higher feeds. A new molasses cottonseed feed from Southerland is tested by Col. Ike Pryor with Houston and San Antonio interest. Hog prices spike to $8, boosting optimism for next week’s pork market.
Quotations listed for butter creamery firsts and seconds at 26 to 28 cents, packing stock 22 to 23 cents, extras 25 to 25.5 cents, poultry including hens at 11 to 11.5 cents, roosters 8 cents, springs 11 to 13 cents, and turkeys young.
Memphis Tennessee November 1 spot cotton held steady with a fractional advance as middling 11s noted in regional price report.
Moderate receipts across cattle hogs and sheep with steady to higher tones. Cattle market active and steady for beef and stockers, calves up to 7.30 with some high entries. hog yards active and up five cents with top at 8.00 and bulk 7.50 to 7.80. Bulls and cows steady, stocker cows 3.26 to 3.85, calves 6.00 to 7.30, mixed sheep about 3.75, receipts around 3,600 head.
Quotations show poultry dull with chickens and turkeys down to 12c and duck and goose prices near 12c. Butter steady, creamery butter 26 to 30c, eggs weak around 23 1/2c. Market notes from St Louis dated Nov 1.
New York reports eggs steady with receipts of 7,622 cases. Coffee No. 7 Rio 14% futures also steady with December at 14.02 and March at 14.16.
Raw sugar quiet with muscovado at 3.65 cents a pound test and 4.05 cents for centrifugal. Molasses sugar 3.40 cents with 8 1 2 test. Refined sugar and petroleum markets steady in New York from Nov 1 report.
London market closes with Consols for money and account at 73 11 16. Bar silver steady at 29 1 2. Money 3% 4 per cent. Short bills at 3 months 4 15 16 to 5 per cent.
New York Navy market notes firm cotton goods and yarn trading after an advance in cotton prices. Jobbing trade remained steady yet quiet as activity cooled slightly amid the shift in prices.
Chicago reports denials of material damage to the Argentine crop while wheat futures weakened on war uncertainty. December futures opened lower and settled down with a decline in corn, oats, and provisions as prices drifted than earlier sessions.
Cash grain prices list No 2 red wheat at 1 05 to 1 07 No 2 hard 90 to 95 cents No 1 northern 914 cents No 2 northern 894 to 90 cents No 2 spring 8 90 cents velvet chaff 85 0 cents durum 85 to 41 cents Corn No 2 58 to 59 cents No 2 white 59 cents No 2 yellow 59 to 64 cents Oats No 2 white 33 to 34 cents standard 82 33 to 33 cents
Market notes list cash bids for wheat with No 2 hard at 85 to 93 cents, No 3 at 84 to 86, No 2 red at 97 to a dollar 1 and No 3 around 95 percent. Corn bids show No 2 mixed old 56 5 16 cents, new 64, No 3 old near 50 52, new 52 to 54, No 2 white around 58 and 54, No 3 around 56 57 with a 52 bid. December wheat closes around 844 and May at 89 percent. December corn 47 to 48 with May 48 and July 48 1/4. Oats December around 32 44 to 34 and May 34.
New York November 1. Early gains in Canadian Pacific and Brooklyn Transit led the market, with readings in Reading Union Pacific Steel and Amalgamated up modestly. By midday gains faded, leading to a generally flat to firmer close as money rates rose and speculative leaders slipped. Bonds remained steady.
Prime mer cantile paper stands at 6 percent while sterling exchange is heavy with actual business in bankers bills at 4.81.75 for sixty day bills and 4.85.50 for demand. Commercial bills quoted at 4.81 with bar silver at 64.40 and Mexican dollars at 4&8 cents. Government and railroad bonds remain steady.
Money on call remains strong in New York with ruling rates from 6 to 9 percent. Closing bids at 6 percent and 6% offered. Time loans show strength at 60 and 90 days 6 percent, six months 5 to 6 percent.
Copper unsettled with spot at 16.75 and futures for November and December around 16.76 to 17.16. Electrolytic copper quoted 17.37 to 17.87, lake copper 17.62 to 17.87, costing 17.25 to 17.37. Tin and lead futures shown with modest activity, antimony and iron listed with firm or unchanged levels.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1 Lead was quoted at 4.80 to 4.85 cents per pound and spelter at 7.25 to 7.35 cents per pound.
The Financial Chronicle estimates 1912 gold production at about 23.5 million fine ounces worth $467.6 million. Domestic and international holdings grew as central banks added tens of millions, with a further $80 million in exports from Britain. total lodgment reached $269 million by September.
The notice lists cash wheat prices for No 2 red and No 2 hard, corn bids for No 2 and No 2 white, oats values for No 2 and No 2 white, and futures for December and May contracts across wheat corn and oats with percentages and cents per bushel.
Cattle receipts 2500 and market steady with prices for Reeves, Texas and western steers, stockers, cows, heifers and calves all listed. Hogs receipts 12,000 and market strong with price ranges across light, mixed, heavy and plat categories. Sheep receipts 6000 and market steady with native and western prices for lambs and yearlings.
Receipts total 1200 cattle including 360 southerns and 4000 hogs with prices up. Native steers bring 6.60 to 10.76. southern steers 4.25 to 6.15. southern cows 3.25 to 5.25. Hogs sell mostly 7.50 to 7.80. heavies 7.75 to 7.85. lights 7.40 to 7.65. pigs 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 3000 with muttons 3.50 to 4.85 and lambs 6.00 to 7.10. Range sheep 4.00 to 6.00. range owes 2.50 to 4.25.
St Louis market reports 3500 cattle receipts including 1000 Texans with steady prices for native beef steers 5.60 to 10.80 and Texas steers 5.00 to 7.25. Hogs receipts about 8500 with prices 6.50 to 7.80 for pigs and butchers. Muttons 4.00 to 4.15 and lambs 5.50 to 7.25.
Boston stocks edge lower in early trade with Arizona Commercial at 3 percent, Calumet and Arizona at 77, Greene Cananea at 9, and North Butte at 3 percent as trading opens on November 1.
New York observers note the New York Stock Exchange will be closed tomorrow to honor the memory of Vice President Sherman. The action marks a solemn day of reflection with major financial markets pausing operations in respect to a national figure.
Reports from Louisiana and Texas pecan districts indicate a shortage in gulf states crops with expected higher prices for small nuts. Caterpillars blamed for heavy damage. stations that shipped heavily last year project reduced business. North Texas paper shell pecans reportedly fair, but overall nut supply tight.
London metal prices hold steady with copper at 75 pounds spot and futures, tin at 229 pounds both spot and futures, lead at 19 pounds, and spelter at 27 pounds 7s 6d. Cleveland warrants listed at 678 in London.
Cotton seed oil closes steady with spot around 5.75 to 5.85 dollars and various futures levels listed from November through May. Trading shows multiple lots sold: 100, 200, 600, and 800 at several prices. Total sales reach 13,900 units. Market to close on November 2.
New Orleans report shows rough rice firm and rough Japan and clean Honduras steady. Receipts total 12 304. sales include 736 Honduras at 3.20 to 4.10, 18 Japan at 8.64, 2 164 Honduras at 2 5, 1 050 Japan at 3 3 rule 3 3. Quoted rough nominal for Honduras duras 4 6, Japan 3 4.
London reports that on Tuesday 252000 pounds sterling were brought into the Bank of England. The bank then shipped 50000 pounds to the continent and 400000 pounds to South America.
In Paris on November 1 the three per cent rentes traded at 89 francs for the account. Exchange on London stood at 25 23 5 6e for checks and a private discount rate of 8 4 percent.
The Bull Moosers of Bexar county gather at the Gunter hotel for a final rally before the general election. Judge Noah Alien and J. D. Dodson headline with Nat Washer presiding. They predict a strong turnout and claim a six to one lead for their presidential electors over Republicans.
Reports of furniture moved by baggage men may be filed with the city clerk instead of the city engineer. Complaints that no reports reach the engineer prompted the move. Mr Pancoast said time constraints prevent handling the reports. The change aims to satisfy all parties.
To Mr and Mrs E Jones a boy born October 21 at 1130 Huisache. To Mr and Mrs R B Harding a boy born October 1 on Corpus Christi road. To Mr and Mrs C F Bohmfalk a boy born October 28 at 506 Montana. To Mr and Mrs Ernesto Pizzini a girl born October 22 at 420 North Frio. To Mr and Mrs William Kracht a girl born October 25 at 711 East Elmira. To Mr and Mrs Thomas J Clark a boy born October 27 at 530 Delmar. To Mr and Mrs Martin Ortega a girl born October 28 at 808 Guadalupe.
President Henry Schaff of the M. E. & T. Railroad company arrived in San Antonio with W. A. Webb H. T. Anderson and J. W. Blount on a daylight inspection tour from Dallas They visited the Yoakum Bend property to be converted into a terminal and planned no start date for improvements The party travels in a private car train and will return to St Louis next week
Wool prices in St Louis show steady direction with drum grades combing and clothing around 28 cents per pound. Night activity notes fine 19421c and heavy fine 13 1/6c, tub washed 27 3/6c, indicating varied ranges in next session.
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