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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1913
Page
9
Market shows strength with light trading as stocks rise modestly on open. Union Pacific and Amalgamated gain while Great Northern preferred climbs. bonds steady and call money eases. Foreign influence weak with prices held above opening levels amid small buying and fading bear pressure.
Lead quiet at 4.25 to 4.85 dollars with London quotes around 19 pounds 2 shillings 64 and 20s 5d. Copper dull with electrolytic at 15.25 to 15.50 dollars, lake copper 16.50, copper costing 15.00 to 15.25, London spot 69 pounds 10s. Tin firm with spot 4.05 to 40.50 and forward curves. London spot 181 pounds 15s. Antimony dull at 7.60. iron quiet with Cleveland warrants 48s 10¾d. St Louis notes show lead 4.20 and spelter 5.15.
At the annual beet sugar manufacturers meeting a claim was made that beet sugar will be unable to compete with free cane sugar after 1916, forcing about one hundred million dollars invested in beet factory plants to seek new employment. Delegates from Michigan Minnesota Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Kansas Colorado Montana Nevada Utah California and Arizona attended.
Cotton seed products in Memphis list prime base oil at 6.18 dollars and meal around 27.50. New York oil closes steady with spot at 7.00 to 7.15 and various futures quotes from 7.01 to 7.47, including 1000s sold at mixed prices. Total sales reach about 7000 units.
Wool manufacturers and dealers monitor stock movements abroad as the final month of import duties approaches. Australasia South Africa and South America report strong and steady prices with potential gains. London market opens November 25 and is well supported. Domestic wools on the market show high asking prices reflecting grower resistance and duty-free import timing.
Elgin Texas reports cotton shipments to date totaling 10030 bales via Houston and Texas Central and 5071 bales by Missouri Kansas and Texas. Growers are receiving 30 to 40 cents per pound as pickers rush to white fields. Migrants are departing the area daily as crowds move to other sections.
In New Orleans on November 18 details show rough Honduras and Japan prices edging up while clean Honduras remains steady. Quoted: rough Honduras 2.00 to 4.25, Japan 2.00 to 4.75 with 4 and 6 to 6 1/2 cents. Millers report sales of 934 sacks rough Honduras at 2.50 to 4.10 and 1069 sacks Japan at 2.75 to 7.75. Clean Honduras No 1 prices listed at 14 5c per pocket.
Jesse Willard of California and George Rodel of South Africa fought ten rounds to a draw in Milwaukee. Both men were strong and unmarked as the bout ended in a stalemate.
Observations recorded at 8 o clock in the morning on Tuesday November 18 1913. Data cover temperature wind pressure and cloud conditions as compiled for the general weather bulletin.
San Antonio merchants celebrate the settlement of the Southern Pacific strike. Freight cars flow again as shipments resume to the market. Lemons rise 50 cents a box while other fruits remain plentiful and cheap. Demand for Thanksgiving boosts movement. dried fruits and canned goods gain price support. Oysters and salmon supply tight, prompting expected price increases.
The Texas Baptist Ministers and Laymen Conference organized for two days of sessions in Dallas while Baptist women mission workers held further meetings. Delegates total 341 with 739 visitors from Texarkana to Brownwood. Mrs. F S Davis urged pensioning mothers to conserve children and proposed immigrant aid with Bibles in native languages. She also pressed a home for aging pastors in Texas.
George Thomas Adams and Georgia May Kronheimer obtained a marriage license. Harry Harper Montgomery and Anni mexaia obtained a marriage license.
A brief market note outlines current conditions in the New Orleans cotton market. Analysts summarize price trends demand and supply cues with focus on nearby contracts and shipping outlook for the region.
The Texas attorney general's office ruled that serving intoxicating liquor at private dances or banquets is not a violation of the 9:30 saloon closing law if the liquor is not supplied by a saloonkeeper and is purchased and served to guests in the usual manner. The ruling Responds to a Dallas county request about private events within saloon limits.
New York markets report hides steady and leather prices firm. Fresh gathered extras quoted around 44 to 46 cents as of the New York Produce Exchange on November 18.
Quotations today list poultry prices in cents per pound and butter variants. Chickens 9 1/2 to 10 cents, springs 11. turkeys 16. ducks 12 1/2. geese 10 cents. Creamery butter 32 cents, eggs 31 cents.
Coffee futures for March and May held firm at 9.57 and 9.80 cents per pound. New York dry goods notes steady cotton goods markets with quiet demand. wash fabrics for spring show gains while raw silk eases and yarns slow. Cloakings are being cleared for immediate delivery and cutters buy suitings for immediate use.
New York sugar market reports raw muscovado at 3.17 cents, centrifugal 8.67 cents, molasses sugar 2.92 cents, refined sugar holding steady amid trading chatter.
Thieves struck three saloons between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. stealing beer whiskey and cigars. Three Negroes were arrested after being found with stolen goods at the Texas bar and the 2002 South Flores site. A cash drawer at the Lambert place was ransacked and left with 20 cents missing. Clarendon College claims Panhandle Plains championship with a 13 to 6 win over Seth Ward College.
At Union Stock Yards on Nov 18 buyers cleared 261 cattle 14 calves 372 horses 80 hogs 15 goats with best cows $6.26 calves $6.50 hogs $7.60 sheep steady around $4.00 per cwt. Fort Worth reports hogs down 16 to 20 cents from yesterday while cattle and sheep hold steady. pork markets softer elsewhere.
Fort Worth buyers report 6000 cattle and 2200 hogs with calf lots, steers priced from 5.50 to 7.25, stockers 5.50 to 6.50, cows 4.00 to 5.50, bulls 3.75 to 5.00, hogs 7.65 to 7.90, and sheep 7.90 to 0. Prices ease 10 to 15 cents across categories as receipts total about 8000 head.
Hogs receipts 23000 head market lower bulk sales 7.50 to 7.75 heavy 7.60 to 7.80 lights 7.45 to 7.70 pigs 6.00 to 7.26. Cattle receipts 15000 head incl 800 southerns market steady prime steers 8.50 to 9.26 dressed 68.75 to 84.00 southern steers 5.00 to 7.50 cows 4.15 to 6.75 heifers 5.25 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 9000 head market steady lambs 6.50 to 7.26 yearlings 4.50 to 6.50 mothers 4.25 to 56.00 ewes 3.50 to 4.50.
Chicago November 18 hog receipts 27 000 head market dull prices 7.60 to 7.80 for best rights 7.25 to 7.80 mixed 7.35 to 7.90 heavy 7.25 to 7.90 rough 7.25 to 7.40 pigs 5.00 to 6.90. Cattle receipts 6000 head market lower beeves 6.05 to 9.50 Texas steers 6.50 to 7.60 stockers and feeders 4.85 to 7.50 cows and heifers 3.20 to 8.10 calves 6.50 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 30 000 head market weak natives 3.75 to 4.76 yearlings 5.00 to 5.75 native lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
Cattle receipts 6500 head including 1200 Texans, market steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 9.10, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.35, Texas and Indian steers 5.75 to 7.00, calves 4.25 to 5.60. Hogs receipts 7000 head, market lower with pigs and lights 6.50 to 7.85, good heavy 7.80 to 7.90. Sheep receipts 1300 head, market steady with native muttons 3.75 to 4.75, lambs 5.25 to 7.45.
STOCKHOLM November 18 The Swedish Olympic committee has dispatched two delegates to Berlin to protest a proposal by the British American and German committee to cut the shooting program by removing the running deep and several short range events.
New York cotton opened steady with a 4 to 7 point advance but soon weakened on liquidation and talk of easy southern spot offerings. Active months slid 10 to 11 points, with rallies of 4 to 6 points later, amid trade accounts from Germany and labor jitters in New England. By afternoon, prices were near unchanged to slightly higher as spinners set prices and hedge selling lagged, with a firmer undertone after Union Pacific news.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady to near yesterday's close with early gains erased as selling intensified. By midmorning prices slipped 9 to 11 points below yesterday's final, then recovered slightly before noon with activity dull but steady.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with November at 13.16 to 18.19 cents, December 13.29 cents asked, March 12.41 to 18.42 cents, May 18.47 to 13.48 cents, and July 13.49 cents asked. Close was steady with little change.
Spot cotton in fair demand with prices easing. Quotations mark middling fair at 7.60d and good middling at 7.46d, middling 7.24d, low middling 6.24d, and ordinary 6.26c. Sales reach 15 000 bales, mainly American, with 57 000 receipts including 66 000 American.
In Liverpool on November 18, futures closed barely steady with a set of forward prices ranging from November December at 7 04 for December January at 7 02 to October November at 6 45 with a broad spread across monthly and quarterly contracts.
Market brief notes New York middling 13.70 New Orleans 13 16e Houston 13 4c Galveston 13%c Liverpool 7.464 Memphis 13%c. Local traders watch ongoing demand shifts as prices hold across listed ports with modest regional variance.
New Orleans spot cotton was quiet and unchanged with middling at 18 5 16 cents. Sales on the spot totaled 1 850 bales. arrivals 2 050 bales. Receipts reached 16 456 bales. Steck reported 207 867 bales.
Spot cot ton in Galveston closed quiet and unchanged. Sales totaled 417 bales for delivery on board, with 50 bales as f o b. Receipts reached 38,345 bales and total stock stood at 286,010 bales.
Houston reports the spot market closed unchanged. Sales totaled 2192 bales and 2485 bales. Shipments reached 10 600 bales and stock held at 175 628 bales.
Memphis and New York reports show spot cotton prices steady to slightly lower with middling at 13 5e in Memphis and 18.70 to 18.95 for middling uplands and gulf in New York. A separate note mentions French scientists asserting dogs spread consumption.
At a noon luncheon in the Gunter Hotel, fifty plus San Antonio motorists pledged to volunteer cars and labor to prepare the dirt track for the forthcoming Auto Owners 10 Pack Race meet. Drivers including Ralph De Palma and Louis Disbrow praised the plan to reduce danger and ensure top competition, with Billy Chandler winning a glove prize.
Records list numerous property transfers with deeds to lots, blocks, and additions in San Antonio area. Transactions cover parties such as G H Worthy, J Slutter, Josefa G Perez, J B Cover, John J Grisson, J R Culpepper, A J Wine, Commonwealth Bonding, Riverside Land and Improvement Co, Rosa Ding, J C O Hair, and others with cash payments, note assumptions, and property descriptions across multiple additions and blocks.
Hettie Hughes applies for a 3 room dwelling on Morales Street valued at 700 dollars. William Seguenius applies for a 4 room dwelling on North Pine Street valued at 800 dollars.
In Chicago due to Argentina weather updates and revised global supplies, wheat moved erratically with a net weekly loss. Corn and oats showed weakness from unsettled weather and higher Argentina offers, while hog-provision markets softened on abundant hog supply.
Quotations show cash wheat at 86 92c for No 2 hard and 91 92c for No 2 red. Corn No 2 at 75c and No 2 white around 70s. Oats No 2 at 40 40c with No 2 white about 42c. Receipts yesterday include flour and 127000 bushels of wheat. Futures: Wheat December 87 87c and May 1 1? cents. Corn December 71 71c or 72c. Oats December 40c May 43c.
Chicago cash grain quotations dated November 13 show wheat at No. 2 red 95 96 3 4 cents, No. 2 hard 88 89, corn No. 2 73 78, No. 2 white 74 75, No. 2 yellow 74, oats No. 3 white 39 41, standard 41 41 1 2, barley 64 80 cents.
Quotations show cash wheat at No. 2 hard 82 8 ¾ to 83c and No. 2 red 87 ½ to 88c. Corn No. 2 mixed 150 and No. 2 white 150 to 152c. Oats No. 2 white 41c and No. 2 mixed ?c. Wheat futures: December 80 ½ to 83c, May 86c. another December 70c to May 72 ¾c.
Galveston dispatch records arrivals including El Occidente Lena Topila Concho and steamers from New York Tampico Port Arthur and Port of origin. Cleared steamship Clearfield for Tampico. Sailed Queensw fends ine Tescasall for Hamburg and Atlantis Vera Cruz Puerto Mexico. New York reported Chicago arriving from Havre.
A civil service ruling requires fourth class postmasters to be tested. Center Point hosts a postmaster exam on Saturday led by Miss Lucy Lytle. A separate exam for male stenographers and typewriters is set for November 25 with no December tests and a January return opportunity.
Eighty four tons of lead landed at Bristol IL for the Vanderbilt syndicate 75 foot sloop keel. Preparations for construction work on the boat proceed rapidly as America’s cup defense trials approach next season.
Buttercreamery quotes in Kansas City on November 13 show butter firsts 30c seconds 27c packing 19c. Eggs firsts 26c seconds 24c. Poultry prices list hens Worcesters BC ducks 10c springs 10%c.
Chicago prices for butter cheese potatoes and poultry on November 1 show market activity with notable movement in dairy and fresh poultry across the region. Local buyers monitor supply shifts and price changes as trade continues through the week.
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