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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1912
Page
12
Chicago market shows mixed values as wheat declines despite a late rally, corn falls on favorable weather, oats hold near steady, and provisions slip with pork at 18.60, lard at 10.57, and ribs at 10.07 for January. December wheat ends 1 cent lower and corn down about a half cent.
Chicago market page shows grain quotes for wheat and corn with prices listed for No. 2 red and other grades, including No. 1 northern and durum, along with standard and No. 2 white corn price ranges.
Kansas City market report lists quotations for wheat and oats with various grades and months. Prices show No 2 hard wheat at 2.86 and 2 86%c, No 2 red beet at 981.00, oats December 31%c and May 32%C, with further figures for other grades and months.
Quotations today show cash wheat at No. 2 red 1.05 to 1.07 and No. 2 hard 87 to 89 cents. Corn No. 2 and No. 2 white 55 to 56 cents. Oats No. 2 31 to 32 cents and No. 2 white 33 cents. December and May futures for Wheat and Oats listed with slight shifts.
Raw sugar and related products held steady as Mucovado at 3.55 and 96 proof molasses sugar at 4.05. Petroleum, molasses, hides, and leather also showed firmness amid quiet trading conditions.
The cotton goods markets ruled firm with steady demand for yarns and very firm pricing. Men's wear factories kept prices steady while anticipating an extra congressional session that may affect prices for the new fall season.
New York reports Rio futures holding steady with November at 13.61 and March at 13.89 while overall prices show little change. Investors watch market movements as commodity quotes appear in the late session.
On November 15 in On Mass the closing minutes list commodity values for several mining stocks including Tizona Commercial 4 percent Calumet and Arizona 794 Greene Cananea 9 percent and North Butte 36 percent reflecting market activity in mining shares.
Reports from the eastern potato belt warn of widespread rot destroying a large portion of the harvest. Distributors refuse diseased stock while western freight car shortages slow movement. Local markets stay steady at $1.40 per hundredweight as eastern demand tightens.
Quoted today Butter steady with creamery and Daisy grades around 28 to 33 cents. Pegs steady with 2191 cases received. ordinary firsts two cents, firsts 27 cents. Cheese steady with several varieties at 16 to 17 cents. Potatoes steady with receipts of 35 cars showing Michigan 48 to 53 cents, Minnesota 47 to 50 cents, Wisconsin 45 to 52 cents. Poultry varied with turkeys 18 cents, chickens 10.5 cents, springs 12 cents. Veal steady at 9.1 to 14 cents.
Butter creamery 3c firsts 28c seconds 26c packing stock 23c. Eggs extras 29c firsts 28c seconds 20c. Poultry hens 9 10c roosters 9c fpusene 11% l%ec young turkeys 15% lt%c.
ST. LOUIS price list shows poultry items with varying cents per pound across categories including fowls and ducks, while a New York Produce note lists eggs steady with receipts totaling 4605. The report captures commodity quotes and market tone for the day.
Fort Worth cattle market shows calves down about a quarter while cows and heifers stay steady after a day of active trading. Southern calves, 319 pounds, sold 329 head at 5.50 each, a likely record for this yard. Hog prices slipped a nickel with best hogs at 8.05, pigs 6.00 to 7.00, sheep activity nominal due to tight supplies. Receipts: cattle 2500, calves 1200, hogs strong price spread, horses 3000 with top 8.05 and typical 7.75 to 7.95.
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep shown for the day in St Louis with volumes and bid ranges. Cattle receipts about 6000 including 1200 Texans. native beef steers 6 11.00. Texas/Oklahoma steers 7.26. cows and heifers 3.25 6.00. Hogs receipts 5000, market ten cents lower. pigs 6.50 7.86. mixed and butchers 7.60 7.90. heavy 7.80 7.90. Sheep receipts 300. native muttons 3.90 4.10. lambs 5.60 7.26.
Receipts and quotations show cattle with 1500 head and strong demand including 200 southerns. Native steers 6.50 to 10.75, hogs 6000 head with markets down 6 to 10 cents, bulk sold at 7.75, sheep 1000 head with higher prices, muttons 3.80 to 5.15, lambs 6.00 to 7.50, range wethers 4.00 to 6.25, range owes 3.00 to 4.60.
Cattle receipts 3500 steady market with beef cattle ranging from 5.35 to 11.00, Texas and western steers in the 4.30 to 9.00 band, stockers and feeders 4.10 to 7.15, heifers and cows 2.75 to 7.40, calves 6.50 to 10.50. Hog receipts 20,000 slow by about five dollars, light 7.30 to 7.90, mixed 7.40 to 8.00, heavy 7.30 to 8.00, bulk 7.65 to 7.90. Sheep receipts 12,000 strong to 10 cents higher, natives 3.50 to 4.65, westerns 3.65 to 4.60, yearlings 4.70 to 6.00, native lambs 6.50 to 7.50, western 5.75 to 7.40.
New Orleans reports mixed rice futures with rough Honduran firm and Japan steady. Receipts total 11,287 rough and 7,551 millers. clean 800 bags. Sales list rough Honduras at 3.60 to 4.30, Japan 3.16 to 3.75, clean 2.50 to 5.75. Quoted: rough Honduras 2.50 to 4.32, Japan 2.60 to 3.75, clean Honduras 4.15 to 5%, Japan 3% to 3.75.
Wool market in St. Louis shows steady tones with medium grades for combing and clothing from 23 to 26 cents, light fine 19 to 21 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 to 86 cents.
Copper arrivals reach 655 tons with exports of 6100 tons for the month. Spot copper at 78 pounds, futures at 78 pounds 15s. Tin steady with spot and futures at 229 pounds 15s. Lead quoted at 18 pounds 5s and spelter at 26 pounds 17s 6d. Cleveland warrants 67s 9d in London.
Galveston reports arrivals including the Traveller, Liverpool, Clara Menzel, Pensacola, Northtown, Tampico, Berwind, and Port Arthur with El Rio sailing for New York. In Vienna the Imperial Bank of Austria raised its bank discount rate from 5 percent to 6 percent today.
Union Stock Yards report shows Friday quiet with 132 cattle 2 calves 10 horses 28 hogs received. Best cows top at 4.65 calves 4.75 hogs about 7.25 to 7.50. Week's activity described as satisfactory with steady prices and ample buyers despite mixed quality.
A long list of 1912 property conveyances includes D R Ward and A E Ward to Horton for lots 26 and 27 in Sunny Slope for 370 dollars, and many others: Millican to Evans and Jenson for lot 4 block 3 New City Block 2277 at 1250 dollars, Lucchese to Ross for parts of lots 12 and 11 block 18 New City Block 561 on Dawson street for 1110 dollars, and numerous transfers involving blocks, streets, and varying sums across the city.
The will of General Homer Lea, adviser to Dr Sun Yat Sen, who died weeks ago, was offered for probate in Los Angeles. The estate valued at $4000 goes to his widow and three sisters. Burial permits note Robert Lee Wofford Jr. aged 9 months died November 14 at 392 Helena Street Lea's Estate valued at $4000.
The New York cotton market opened steady then declined 11 points on weak cables and ginning reports, with heavy selling by Memphis and New Orleans pressuring prices. Cumulative losses ranged 8 to 21 points as bears dominated before a mid day rally and later steadying, while noon spots remained quiet and later quotations showed mixed gains and losses across months.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady trading 11 to 12 points lower on weak cables and favorable weather. Early selling filled orders, with prices down 14 to 16 points at the lows, then a partial recovery as shorts took profits and ring traders bought for a turn. By noon, prices were 16 to 17 points below yesterday's close.
In New Orleans on November 15 the cotton market opened with mixed quotes and January through November futures listed around 11.70 to 11.88. Futures closed steady with a small net decline of about 18 to 20 points. detailed open high low and close figures appear for several contract months.
Liverpool spot cotton trades show dull, easier prices with American middling fair at 7.28d and good middling at 6.784d. Total sales reach 4090 bales with 1000 for speculation and export, including 3000 American. receipts total 45,000 bales, of which 44,500 are American.
Futures opened quiet and steady and closed barely steady in Liverpool. Terms list price movements across months from November to October with small fractional changes, noting typical narrow ranges and steady drift in nearby and distant contracts.
New Orleans on November 15 reported steady spot cotton with a 1 to 1½ cent decline across grades, middling values ranging 11⅕ to 12⅝ cents. Sellers moved 11?50 bales on spot and 2,100 bales arriving, receipts 15,603 and stock 207,472 bales.
New York cotton market closed easier on Friday with uplands at 11.90 and middling gulf at 12.10 per bale as 100 bales traded.
In Memphis spot cotton held steady with an advance of percent for middling. Paris reports three percent rentes at 90 and 20 cents for the account. Exchange on London at 25 and 28 a private discount rate of 34 and 4 percent.
Chief Justice Roberts halted court in the Santa Fe capitol to marry Nellie C. Brewer, the state’s only woman lawyer and secretary of the New Mexico Bar Association, to Harold Pierce, Brewer’s law partner. A magazine subeditor quips about a lost poem.
The census bureau reports U S cotton consumed in October 511 285 running bales with on hand 908 200 bales in factories and 2 835 010 in warehouses. exports 1 515 741 bales. imports 10 750 bales. Distribution shows 2 245 600 exported and 947 445 consumed in two months ending October 31.
Weekly cotton statistics show totals for bales and imports by kind. Figures list American imports, stock levels, and exports with figures around 197,000 to 1.60 as a unit, and a 80,000 American forward stock.
Memphis market report lists prime basis at 5.10 and 6.14, meal prices around 24.50 to 24.76, and lint ers at 34 3c with quoted ranges. Indicates commodity price movements in mid November.
In New York on November 15, cotton seed oil futures held steady with term prices across months. Spot values ranged from $5.83 to $6.23 with December and January showing notable activity and total reported sales totaling 8 700 units.
New York copper quotes show standard spot at 17.20 with November and December at 17.20 to 17.50, January at 17.20, February 17.15 to 17.45, and electro nuc ant lake 17.62 to 17.87. Tin spot and November at 50.12 to 50.87, December 50.12 to 50.25, lead 4.70 to 4.75, spelter 7.35 to 7.40, antimony steady at 10.50, iron firm and unchanged.
President C S E Holland arrived in Houston and will attend the November 21 meeting at Palacios aimed at resolving the missing link in the Corpus Christi to New Orleans waterway. Governor Colquitt pledged to attend.
A humorous exchange reveals the neighbor in question maintains formality, sending a card to borrow flour and a second card for both flour and sugar. The tale highlights polite distance and social ritual in shared living spaces.
Foreign demand for copper sharpens metals activity at the New York opening. Coppers show strength amid light dealing and irregular price moves while Canadian Pacific leads railway stocks. Speculative interest fades and money remains firm amid anticipated clearinghouse losses. Bonds uneven as mercantile paper holds at six percent.
Money on call firm five to six percent with ruling and closing bids at five and a half percent. Time loans show strength with sixty days at six and a half percent, ninety days around five and three quarters, six months near five and a half percent.
Lead dul shows at 4.50 dollars per unit while spelter remains steady at 7.30 dollars, reports St. Louis market desk dated November 15.
London markets show Consols at 75 percent and silver steady at 29 cents. Money 3 percent and 4 15-16 per cent for short bills. Market signals suggest stable investor tone with modest yields.
London report states bullion totaling 213000 pounds sterling was brought into the Bank of England on balance yesterday.
A fragmented notice lists license numbers and names including Duratvich 228 East Houston, Jarratt 238 West Cra Place, A Cohen 311 San Pedro, Robert Butler R F D, R B Cross 450 North Flores, San Antonio Brewing Avenue A, Louis Saur 620 Avenue C. The garbled text shows motor vehicle and motorcycle licenses with multiple street addresses.
To Mr and Mrs H J Atkinson a boy on November 11 at 810 Lewis street to Mr and Mrs D Quintero a girl on November 14 at Hot Wells to Mr and Mrs Albert Wilson a boy on November 12 at 806 S San Saba street to Mr and Mrs R C Lehmann a boy on November 9 to Mr and Mrs J M Perkins a girl on November 26 Paso Hondo street to Mr and Mrs W Sanders a girl on November 11 851 West Myrtle street to Mr and Mrs J H Harn a girl on November 10 223 Daniels street
Anna F Vallejo filed for a three room dwelling on Paso street valued at 200 dollars. F Townsend requested a one room dwelling on street valued at 500 dollars. George Icke sought alterations on East Commerce street valued at 720 dollars. Dewees filed plans for a brick dwelling on Ki Highway valued at 9000 dollars.
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