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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1911
Page
11
Weather disruptions stifle Idaho potato shipments with no cars leaving all week and prices firming at 2.25 per hundredweight. Sugar and cheese markets rise on cold snaps, while sardines, cereals, eggs, and canned goods show mixed moves as merchants anticipate further price shifts.
The list shows fresh country candied goods at 238c per dozen and 23¢ per pound for creamery items. Hens are not set, springs and ines range around 2 to 3 dollars, ducks about 6 dollars, and various cheeses including Granulated at 7.10 per eight and cream cheeses around 12 to 24 cents per unit.
Associated Press report from New York notes raw sugar markets steady with Muscovado at 4.62 cents per pound for 89-test and 5.12 cents for 96-test. Molasses sugar remains steady as well with refined grades showing quiet, firm conditions.
About a thousand head were penned but most shipments went to Fort Worth with few privileges offered locally. Early prices held steady with limited varieties. cows topped at 3.25, calves 3.50, hogs 6.0 for best. Cold weather boosts meat demand. northern markets expect heavy Oklahoma cattle movement this week.
RK R K Russell reports cattle prospects in Oklahoma brighter than perceived. He has spent months there and plans to winter about 4800 steers in Osage country. Russell and partners have placed 1800 head on full feed at Muskogee and note Oklahoma’s large forage crop this winter.
The second dipping of the fifteen car loads of Holmes steers at the Union stockyards dipping out occurred today with stock slated for shipment to Marfa tonight or Tuesday. State Livestock Inspector D. M. Stoner declared the herd fit to pass the quarantine boundary as the sanitary commission notes a active year and plans for winter curtailment. About 575,000 cattle inspected through September 1, with roughly 100,000 dipped to clear the quarantine line.
T Pryor travels to Kansas City for business through December 1. Visiting stockmen include Howard of Boerne Giles of Austin Collens of Rockport Myers of Mount Selman Y C of Big Wells Mayers of Torresville and Kincaid of Uvalde Easterland and Hasterland from Sonora stay at the Bexar. They say cattle shortages are not as severe as feared and A M Wells of Dallas reports a good beef market. Last week’s trade was healthy. Registered horse imports to the U S total 461 from April 1 to June 30 including 188 stallions and 273 mares with breeds Percherons Belgians Shirts Clydesdales Shetland ponies Suffolks Welsh ponies and Hackneys listed.
A report from Oklahoma City notes a record sheep market with a small wool shipment selling last week at 4.73 per pound. The lot averaged 121 pounds, was very fat, and buyers are willing to pay fancy prices for this quality.
Fort Worth reports cattle receipts at 4500 head with steers strong and calves rising to 5.50. hogs up to 6.55 top, bulls to 6.50. Chicago market shows cattle receipts around 24,000 with steady to up and hogs slow but higher. sheep gains noted with native lambs near 5.95 and western lambs around 4.50.
Cattle receipts 14 000 including 1000 southerns, market steady to ten cents higher. Native steers 6.50 to 9.00, southern steers 4.00 to 5.25, southern cows and heifers 2.75 to 4.50, native cows and heifers 2.75 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 3.75 to 5.75, bulls 3.25 to 4.75, calves 4.00 to 7.00, western 4.50 to 7.50, western cows 2.75 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 6000, market 10 cents higher. Bulk of sales 6.00 to 6.50, heavy 6.40 to 6.55, packers and butchers 6.30 to 6.40, relights 5.90 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 10 000, market ten cents higher. Muttons 3.00 to 4.00, lambs 4.00 to 6.00, range wethers and yearlings 3.00 to 4.76, range ewes 2.00 to 3.75.
In St Louis, cattle receipts reached 3000 with 200 Texans. Native beef steers ranged 5.00 to 9.00, hogs 10,000 head up 5 to 10 cents, pigs 4.50 to 6.50, and sheep 2300 head with muttons 3.25 to 3.50 and lambs 4.00 to 5.50.
Lighter world shipments boost confidence in wheat as exports from Russia fall short of expectations. Openings show gains with December at 93 1 2 cents, later firming despite maize and oats gains. Prices close higher for December, while corn recovers from early weakness and pork products rise.
Quotations today show cash wheat at 98 cents to $1.04 with main bids near 98 and 98 1/2 cents. No 2 yellow corn mixed and No 2 white wheat bids around 48 to 49 cents. December wheat at 96 1/2 cents, May at 1.045, July at 92.44 cents. Corn contracts December 62 1/2 cents, May and July around 63 1/2 to 64 cents.
Market notes list various grain grades and prices in CrHlCAGE Nebraska. Wheat qualities No 2 hard No 1 northern No 2 spring and velvet chaff show price ranges. Oats No 2 and standard and white and yellow varieties are listed with numeric quotes.
At St. Louis on November 12 quotations for cash wheat corn and data are listed with bid and bid ranges. No. 2 red wheat No. 2 white corn No. 2 data and No. 3 white data show prices and December and May futures as noted.
Dr H C Morton from Cookville Texas is registered at the Savoy hotel, indicating a lodging or registration detail from the period. The brief item notes his residence and the hotel name.
The report notes New Orleans and Liverpool spots and futures with prices showing small gains early, then a late drop as selling pressure and low temperatures influence market sentiment. Weather disruptions in the south and cold wave reports weigh on picking and movement, with December contracts remaining firm among shorts covering.
By the Associated Press in New York on November 13 cotton futures opened firm with bids and offerings across the year. January 9.16 17 March 9.26 27 May 9.36 37 June 9.86 40 July 9.41 42 August 9.42 September 9.41 42 October 8.38 4 November 9.15 bid December 9.38
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened quietly with a 2 to 4 point advance as frost and cold weather spread across the belt. Bears warned frost could lower field grades, while cables were modestly better and the session ended steady with a net gain of 4 to 6 points.
Futures opened quiet and steady with bids for November at 9.25, December 9.26 87, January 9.27 28, March 9.15 36, May 9.47 and July 9.57 59. The data shows a stable start with slight variations across the contract months.
Liverpool closing cotton prices show fair demand with spot up seven points. American middling 5.76 and varying grades listed, daily sales 8000 bales including 7000 American, receipts 3000 bales with 2200 American. Futures opened firm and closed steady with multiple month quotations.
Chicago receipts today show 52 wheat cars including 18 contract grade, 225 corn cars with 12 contract grade, and 124 oats cars. Total wheat arrivals at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 993 cars, down from 1298 last week and 478 a year ago.
Elgin Illinois reports a butter firm price at 2 cents per pound with output 9 200 pounds for the week, matching the prior period. Meat markets and other dairy news are not detailed in this brief notice.
New York November report shows railroad equipment orders boosting steel activity. Rail orders total 160000 tons since November 1 with 30000 tons for Burlington 25000 for Norfolk and Western and 60000 for Louisville and Nashville. Sourced output and demand details from United States Steel Corp point to rising daily tonnage and uneven pricing in bars plates and fabricated steel.
Spot cotton in New Orleans remained quiet with prices steady across classes. Prices quoted for Low Ordinary through Good Middling held firm with several grades trading around 60s to 100s per hundredweight amid receipts of 12,513 and a stock total of 129,822.
Spot cotton finished dull in New York with middling uplands at 9.50 cents and de guilt at 9.76 cents per pound. No sales were recorded.
Associated Press reports eggs mixed in New York with receipts 6022 cases. Fresh gathered extras 37 39c, firsts 31 38c, seconds 28 30c, checks 17 4c. Pennsylvania and nearby hennery whites 50 55c, browns 38 39c. Western gathered whites 40c. State whites and browns prices noted with storage and quality markers.
Quotations today show butter at 254c, dairies 23 39c, receipts 1972 cases with firsts 26 28c and prime firsts 28 30c. Cheese steady, eggs and poultry firm with turkeys 18c, chickens 45c, veal 50 to 60 pounds 7 ⅞c.
Quotations today list butter at 32c for creamery firsts 30c seconds 8c packing stock 20c. Eggs price 38c for extras, firsts 28c, seconds 1l? The item records show a snapshot of local market rates in Kansas City.
Quotations today show poultry steady with chickens at 8 cents, springs at 9 1/2 cents, turkeys at 12 cents, and geese at 9 cents. Butter remains firm at creamery level, eggs rise to 25 2/3 cents.
In Memphis on November 13, prime bushels traded at 4.70, meal at 24.75 26, and linters at 343 per hundredweight.
New York reports a steady cotton weed oil market with spot prices around 20.20 and futures with varied quotes for December through May. Trading shows volume around 100 on some contracts and notes sales between third and fourth calls.
Spot cotton remained steady in Memphis with middling prices at 9 1/2 cents. The Associated Press dispatch notes unchanged values and market activity for the day.
Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson accompanied by their son of Marathon are among recent arrivals at the Maverick. Johnson is a stockman of that son.
New York on November 13 reports coffee futures closing steady with December at 14.00 and March at 13.60. The brief reads Rio No. 13 1 4. futures were unchanged from prior levels.
New York markets opened with a broad decline led by Lehigh Valley American Telegraph and Southern Pacific while United States Steel slipped. Prices recovered slightly from lows but overall activity remained weak with rails and coal stocks showing uneven moves and another day of profit taking.
The Associated Press reports New York on Nov 13 showing a firm mercantile paper market. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills 4.83.80 for 60 days and 4.87 for demand. commercial bills 4.83. bar silver 58. Mexican dollars 46 1-2. government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular. money on call steady at 21-4 to 21-3. time loans firmer at 60 and 90 days 31-2 to 33-4 and 6 months 31-2 to 33-4.
In St Louis on November 13 lead firm at 415 117 percent, while spelter remains scarce and price rises to 6.40.
Mrs Rose Fenner of Worcester Massachusetts is reported as the first Welty Worcester woman to have her name on a ticket. She seeks the socialist designation for secretary of state. Fenner is described as a lawyer with a desk in his Worcester office.
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