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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1911
Page
11
Sugar prices drop with beet sugar pressures and a fourth decline in two weeks as market analysts expect further falls before week’s end. Poultry eggs butter prices ease at the fair while lemon tomatoes and canned soup shortages temper demand. cheese and dairy goods show firmer tones as supply concerns ripple through farm markets.
Market notices list per pound prices for country butter at 16 to 17 cents and fresh country candles stored at 22 cents. Cheeses include Fancy cream 12 40, brick 20, American Swiss 24, imported Swiss 1 cent, Limburger 20, with poultry steady and various dozen rates for hens and springs. Turkeys quoted at 12 cents per pound.
Quotations today show Muscovado at 4.75 cents per unit with firm receipts of 4483 cases. Dairy items steady with 14 to 15 1-4 cents for dairy products and 14 1-4 for young Americas. Potatoes strong with 70 to 8 price range. turkeys steady at 150 with chick prices at 9 cents.
In York on November 6 eggs sold with receipts totaling 4806. Fresh hen eggs ranged from 32 to 37 cents per dozen for various grades while state Pennsylvania selections showed 40 to 48 cents. Western gathered whites brought 34 cents.
Prices listed show butter values with firsts at 28 cents and seconds at 26 cents. Stock levels noted at 206 and 80 reflecting wholesale quotations and inventory data.
In St Louis on November 6 a poultry firm lists prices for turkeys ducks geese and creamery goods with steady demand. The Associated reports lead at 4 15 and spelter at 6 25 to 6 27 as market figures.
At Union Stock Yards on Oct 6 trading remained active but prices fell slightly. Cattle averaged 10 to 15 cents lower, cows sold from 2.75 to 3.00, calves around 3.75, and hogs failed to top 6.00. Total receipts were 600 head including 375 cattle, 151 calves, 1 horse, 73 hogs. seven cattle carloads moved to Fort Worth with no local privileges, leaving about five carloads available locally.
Matthis and Son, the butcher shop at Third and Avenue C, disclose they purchased the heavy Jersey steer that drew local attention last week. They plan retail sale of the steer to customers at their shop.
Directors of the Publicity league meet in the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o clock Tuesday to continue fundraising for a winter advertising campaign. They seek at least ten thousand dollars in new subscriptions to reach twenty thousand with renewals, aiming to boost San Antonio business publicity.
The fourth trial of Frank McCue for the 1907 murder of Earl Mabry in Dallas opened in McKinney Texas. Previous juries had hung in three trials, two in Tarrant County and one in Dallas, with prosecutors alleging Mabry was killed in a robbery attempt.
Fort Worth market reports on November 6 show receipts of 5000 cattle with beef steers at 3.50 to 5.50 and feeders 3.40 to 4.75, cows up 10 cents to 2.50 to 3.90, bulls at 1.60 to 3.60, calves steady. Hogs total 1500 head up 10 cents to 6.00 to 6.60. sheep 500 head all through shipments.
Cattle receipts 8000 including 2800 Texans steady with native beef steers 5.00 to 9.00. cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.00. hogs 12000 receipts up 5 to 10c. pigs and lights 4.50 to 6.00. packers 5 to 6.25. sheep 2700 steady with native muttons 3.00 to 4.00. lambs 4.00 to 6.00.
Cattle receipts 18 000 with 2 000 southerns steady to lower bids native steers 5 50 to 9 00 southern steers 3 75 to 5 00 and more. Hogs receipts 9 000 strong with bulk selling 5 15 to 6 26 packers 6 00 to 6 30 lights 5 60 to 6 15 pigs 4 00 to 5 25. Sheep receipts 17 000 steady with mut tons 2 75 to 3 75 lambs range 3 25 to 4 75 range ewes 2 00 to 4 00.
On November 6 Chicago quotations show cattle receipts about 33,000 with steady to 10c lower prices. Hogs receipts near 29,000 with nightly up to about 6.35 for mixed and 6.50 for heavy. Sheep receipts around 56,000 with steady to 10c lower trades. Cattle prices include Texas steers 4.10 to 6.90 and calves 5.50 to 8.05. Hogs top around 6.35 and sheep bids range 2.50 to 4.10 native and western lambs 4 to 6.35.
American Beauty and La France roses offered for sale by mail or telegraph from Union Stock Yards on November 6. Small orders filled from 1102 Wyoming Street. Contact by ermission reference through St. Anthony Hotel. Gunter and Celia Vista Gardens, Monterrey Mexico listed as references.
Stocks showed small, irregular moves with Reading Union Pacific and United States Steel easing while Lehigh Valley and Reading rebounded. Canadian Pacific gained, Northern Pacific rose, and a strong bid tone developed in rail shares led by the Hill group.
The United States Supreme Court ruled a life term offender who assaults with a deadly weapon is punishable by death, upholding California's statute. The decision also notes the death sentence of James W. Finley in Sacramento remains intact. The report mentions an unrelated remark about stammering and uncivilized races.
New York cotton opens down 2 to 4 points in quiet trading after the weekend close. Prices hold near last week’s levels as traders await census data due Wednesday and nearby spot markets remain steady. Middling uplands around 9.40.
The New York cotton market opened with steady bids across months from November to October with values around 9.00 to 9.23. Closing bids remained near steady levels, with year end futures showing modest variation around 9.18 to 9.21 in the reported sessions.
New Orleans November 6 Cotton futures opened steady to one point higher after an initial decline of 1 to 3 points. Cables were indifferent and early trading was light as unfavorable weather and forecasts of heavy weekly movement weighed on sentiment. Traders noted potential bearish impact of a looming 10,000,000 bale pressure report, while bulls argued it was already priced in. At noon, prices held near Saturday's close.
Futures contracts show a steady start with bids listed across months from November to July. Notable quotes include November at 9.06 and December also 9.06, rising to January 9.07 08 and March 9.16 17, with May at 9.28 and July 9.38 40.
Liverpool spot cotton eased slightly with middling at 5.12 cents and good middling at 5.28. Daily sales reached 10,000 bales, including 9,400 American, with receipts of 24,000 bales. Futures opened and closed steady with varied December and January contracts in the 4.86 to 4.96 cent range.
Leading spot markets show middling to steady activity across ports. Liverpool sales are quiet up to 10 000, New York and New Orleans ease, Houston remains steady with some amounts around 160, Galveston quotes steady near 16.
The Associated Press notes Memphis trading prices for cottonseed products on November 6. Prime basis oil listed at 4.646 57 dollars per unit, meal at 24.25 50, and linters at 2 34.
Cottonseed oil market closed quiet in New York with spot prices at 5.59 to 5.61 for November and 6.60 to 6.61 for December. Futures for January through May showed varying quotes around 5.70 to 6.80, with total sales reported at 96090 units.
U S ports report cotton receipts with totals for key locations. New Orleans shows 1,360, Savannah 14,972, Houston 4,614, Boston 3,? and other ports listed with varied figures. The data reflect inland trade activity and port volumes through the period.
Washington reports from American consuls abroad estimate the 500 pound bale cotton needs for foreign manufacturing outside Italy and England at 12 hundred thousand bales before September 1, 1912. Italy shows 750,000 bales expected while England consumption reaches 2,854,512 bales with about 80 percent supplied by the United States.
New York Nov 6 Railroads boosted equipment purchases with low steel prices. Car builders offered favorable terms, contracts for 25 000 cars in five weeks. Recent orders include 1000 for Canadian Northern 2000 for Chesapeake and Ohio 2000 for the big Four and 1150 for Pennsylvania.
Dr. W. E. J. Kirk head of Borden's Condensed Milk, will speak at 8:15 pm tomorrow in Travis Park Methodist Church auditorium about the sanitary production of milk from dairy to consumer. He warns mothers to follow strict handling rules to protect infants and outlines safe practices, noting the free lecture is part of a winter series by the public instruction committee.
Opposition grows to a clause in the student honor system resolutions at the university. The disputed rule would label students who skip student council questioning about honor violations as violators and impose penalties.
Chicago reports rain smoothing wheat, with rumors of pie traders eyeing exits. December wheat opens down then firm at 94 3/4 cents, corn strengthens on weather, pork futures rise with May pork at 16.50 and ribs at 8.50, led by local speculative buying.
Chicago reports today's receipts: Wheat 72 cars including 21 contract grade, Corn 172 cars with 80 contract grade, Oats 79 cars. Minneapolis and Duluth arrivals total 1 car, versus 939 last week and 656 a year ago.
In St Louis on November 6, nearby grain futures softened while January and May contracts showed minor firmness. December wheat slipped to 93 and three quarters cents, with May at 99 and three quarters. December corn fell to 62 and three quarters cents, with May around 60 and three quarters. December oats at 46 and one half cents, May near 46.
Prices for cash corn and rail deliveries show minor gains and mixed bids. Quotations include No 2 track corn around 46 to 48 cents with slight increases and rice futures firmer, while cash oats and other track prices hover near prior levels.
New York sugar prices show raw sack Muscovado 89 test at 4.75 dollars per hundredweight, centrifugal 5.26, and molasses 4.50, with overall market staying steady and demand quiet. Petroleum and molasses hold firm. hides and leather hold steadier.
New York reports trading in cotton goods remains conservative with mills well covered for year end. Prices easing boosts gray goods demand while Fall River ships 220000 cloth pieces in a week, 140000 for contract delivery. Some converters push specialty cloths as forecasters expect bottom near for many staples. Eastern trade active. overall output steadies with buyers wary of further declines.
A grim note from Tex area reports a lopsided scoring game with final tally 91 to 20. Specific teams and players are unreadable in the fragment, but the margin and score stand out as the sole legible facts.
The executive committee of the Texas Republican Progressive site schedules a 3 PM November meeting at a local grounds. William B. Brush, a league member, says the Republican Party is undermined by federal officeholders and invites all members to attend.
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