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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1912
Page
9
Irregular price moves in early trading with declines and rallies across leading stocks as money rates ease slightly. Broad market activity remains subdued amid European political tension and domestic money concern, while bonds show more transactions and gold and metals hold steady.
Gold shipments totaling 400000 to San Francisco and Canada through the subtreasury and currency direct to interior banks revived tension in the money market. The opening rate rose to 9 percent from 3 percent, slipped to 6, then jumped back to 9 percent as banks faced a net drain of about 8500000 through the week. Receipts from the interior offset part of the loss.
New York produce exchange reports United States grain totals for Saturday November 23. Wheat 65 369 000 bushels up 3 333 000. corn 1 535 000 down 325 000. oats 12 000 000 down 582 000. rye 1 649 000 down 7 000. barley 4 174 000 down 450 000 with some in bond up 203 000.
A list of property deeds shows transfers with dates from November 1912 including Campbell-Petty Lumber to F M Roach and numerous lot and block changes in Los Angeles Heights Mission Park and other San Antonio area properties. Notable buyers include J W and E B Rogers Mary A Bryant and R T Pruitt with sale values ranging from $40 to $5275.
J N Bradford seeks a five room dwelling on Nolan Street with a 1200 dollar estimate. W E Weigner plans a seven room dwelling on Berkshire Avenue for 3300 dollars. W A Ryan proposes five three room houses on Monterey Street totaling 1500 dollars. James Gregram builds four four room houses on Avn Ness Street for 800 dollars. Ana F Vallejo performs repairs on South San Saba Street for 200 dollars.
Wool prices in St Louis show mixed trading with medium combing and clothing at 23 to 26 cents, light fine 19 to 21 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 to 86 cents.
Forecasts for San Antonio and vicinity call for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with a cold wave. Temperatures expected around 32 or lower and little change on Thursday. East Texas will be colder with a cold wave, temperatures from 20 to 24 degrees in the northern area.
The turkey market shows heavy receipts and price cuts at wholesale level while retail prices rise two cents per pound on the eve of Thanksgiving. Cranberries stay steady, celery is plentiful, and retailers anticipate strong demand for dressed fowls.
Quotations listed for butter creamery and daisies with prices, eggs steady with various grade ranges, cheese firm with multiple brands, potatoes with regional receipts, poultry values for live and dressed birds, and veal at steady 9 10c. Receipts noted include 2806 egg cases and 60 carloads of potatoes from Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan.
Quotations from St Louis show chickens 10c, springs 12c, turkeys 16 ½c, ducks 13c, geese ?, butter steady, creamery 29 34 ⅝c, eggs firm at 26c.
Kansas City notes butter eggs and poultry unchanged. New York report lists egg prices irregular but unchanged with 7008 receipts. Raw sugar steady with Muscovado at 3.55 and centrifugals at 4.05. molasses sugar 3.30. refined steady. Hides and leather firm.
New York reports No 7 Rio coffee at 14 percent quality with futures steady. December futures quoted at 13.50 and March at 13.88.
New York copper prices show steady with standard spot bids and futures for December and January around 17.2 to 17.87. Tin remains weak with spot and near dates around 49.20 to 49.60. Lead and Spelter hold steady while Antimony trades around 10.50 and iron stays unchanged.
New Orleans daily market notes show rough rice firm while Japan grades slipped. Quoted ranges include rough Honduras 2.75 4.40, Japan 2.50 3.65, clean Honduras 4 6 c, Japan 3% 3 c with receipts of 9 083 rough and 6 678 millers bags and 2 350 clean bags. Sales detail lists Honduras rough 1609 at 3.46 4.36 and Japan 2.23 3.21.
Chicago reports free selling in wheat causing a mixed session. May futures opened around 90 cents to 90 1/4, later firming to 90 1/4 cents. corn and oats moved modestly, with corn easing and hog prices steady to lower. Provisions declined while May wheat ended slightly higher on the day.
Nov. 27 report notes small receipts at Union Stock Yards with steady prices. Cows maxed at 4.25, bulk 3.50 to 4.00. calves to 5. hogs 7 to 7.50. no sheep or goats offered. Market outlook cautious as Thanksgiving approaches and shops prepare to close briefly.
The report lists cash and futures quotations for wheat and corn across Chicago Kansas City and St Louis. Prices cover No 2 red and hard wheat No 2 white and mixed corn plus December and May futures.
Fort Worth, Tex Nov 27 Receipts slackened due to holiday. Best beeves 6.50 top. calf car from South Texas 6.10. Overall top 7.90, buyers cautious on quality. Hogs 5.60 to 7.85. calves strong 4.00 to 6.10. sheep steady with 500 head received.
Chicago markets show cattle receipts at 16 500 with steady to up prices across classes. Hogs receipts 4000 and market steady to slightly lower with mixed and heavy ranges noted. Sheep receipts 25 000 and market steady with native and western categories listed.
Receipts total 6500 cattle including 2300 Texas cattle with steady demand. Native beef steers 5.55 to 11.00, Texas Oklahoma steers 5.00 to 7.50, cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 6.60. Hog receipts 14,000 with prices 6.75 to 7.70, mixed 7.60 to 7.86, good heavy 7.70. Sheep receipts 8000 with lambs 5.50 to 8.00 and native muttons 4.14 to 4.35, market up 15 to 25 cents.
New York and New Orleans markets show gains as bullish crop estimates around 13.5 to 13.6 million bales spark active buying. Prices top morning highs before midday selling. spot middling uplands at noon 13 1/2 cents. Futures open firm with December through July contracts quoted higher.
In New Orleans on November 27 cotton futures opened 3 to 14 points higher as buying interest surged on expectations of a crop estimate below 14 million bales. Shorts covered amid confusion while private cables from Liverpool were bullish on German spinners. By noon, May surpassed 18 cents briefly before profit taking trimmed gains to 6 to 7 points, with commercial houses resuming notable buying.
Cotton futures opened steady with December at 12.85 to 12.90, January 12.90, March 12.93, May 13.02, July 13.06 to 13.07. The market closed firmer with a net advance of 7 to 13 points after early activity.
Liverpool cotton market reports firm prices with American varieties leading. Quotations show American middling at 7.63 pence, good middling 7.29, middling 7.094, low middling 6.914, and ordinary 5.97 pence. Sales total 6000 bales with 700 for speculation and export, receipts 46,000 including 43,700 American.
Futures in Liverpool opened firm on November 6 and closed barely steady with quoted levels across multiple forward months. Prices ranged from November 6.914 to Oct.-Nov 6.34 percent with various spreads noted.
New York and Houston show middling prices around 13.10 and 12 percent respectively while New Orleans Liverpool and Galveston also report middling values near 12 percent. Memphis closes with a middling 13 percent, indicating broad stability across leading spot markets.
Boston reports dwindling wool bins and firm prices as 1913 clip interest grows. Trading persists on broad lines with smaller transfers, medium nearby fleeces scarce yet higher grades in demand. Texas and California wools are dull, with quotations in the 27 to 33 cent ranges for various grades.
In Memphis prime basis oil and meal prices are listed with modest ranges while New York cottonseed futures show a firm close. Spot prices run around 6 dollars and 15 cents to 6 dollars and 45 cents with numerous lot sales cataloged and total volume near twelve thousand four hundred units.
St Marys College students staged a Thanksgiving Eve program with a freshman farce titled Thanksgiving Eve in a Freshman Grange. The program featured musical numbers, recitations, dialogues, and a final audience singalong reflecting campus life.
To Mr and Mrs Andrew Meyer a girl born November 26 at 221 West Arsenal street To Mr and Mrs T M Morley a boy born November 24 at 104 River avenue To Mr and Mrs A Enriquez a girl born November 24 at 117 Dellana street To Mr and Mrs Lee J Gittinger a boy born November 12 at 121 Royston street
New Orleans on November 27 reports spot cotton steady with gains around 1 8 to 1 10 cents for various grades. Mill demand shows 19 545 bales received and 266 858 bales in stock as traders cite middling at 12 1 8 cents and good middling near 18 cents.
Cattle receipts 4500 including 900 southerns. native steers 6.50 to 10.75, southern steers 4.25 to 7.10, southerns cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.00. Hog receipts 12,000. bulk sales 7.50 to 7.70, heavy 7.70 to 1.75, packers 7.60 to 7.75, lights 7.40 to 7.65, pigs 6.50 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 7000. muttons 3.75 to 4.60, lambs 5.50 to 7.60, range wethers and yearlings 4.00 to 6.00, range ewes 3.00 to 4.50.
Burial permits show four local deaths dated November 25. Frank Comaris aged 9 months, of 1104 South Laredo Street. W. V. Battersby age 34, of 701 South Zarramora Street. Ramona Vasquez age 7 months, of 211 Ditmar Street. Ignacio Rodriguez age 14, of 425 Ach Street.
Galveston dispatch lists arriving steamers Meridian, Maria de Larrinaga, St Ursula, Bre men, Greystoke Castle, Antwerp, Ghent, Watermouth, Ernesto and more via Newport News Pensacola or Norfolk. Sailed: Hermiston, Rotterdam, El Sol, Inkula, Kirnwood, Cayo Citano, Valley and Ogeechee to New York or Liverpool.
Galveston Texas November 27 spot cotton closed firm with gains across grades. Low ordinary 1 16, ordinary 9 1 16, good ordinary 10 1 2, short in run middling 11 1 2, middling 12 1 2, good middling 13, middling fair 13 1 4. Sales 61 440 bales, receipts 18 164, stock 466 925.
The spot market closed steady in Houston on November 27 with sales 2108 bales f o b 245 shipments 15282 and stock 152910. Quotations show low ordinary 8 cents ordinary 9 cents good ordinary 10 cents low middling 11 middling 12 good middling 13 mid dling fair 13%.
New York November 27 reports cotton goods markets remaining very firm. Advances were announced in brown sheetings and wide convertibles while yarns were firmer and higher and silks in fair demand. Jobbing trade shows better volume than typical for this period.
New York on November 27 reported cotton spot prices steady with middling upland at 13.10 dollars and middling gulf at 11.35 dollars per bale. Sales totaled 30 bales.
In Memphis the 27‑spot cotton market remained steady at middling 13 cents. Two airplanes were harnessed at a Mineola New York wedding to shower rice and confetti on the newlyweds.
Fort Worth cattleman Lee S Russell reports cattle conditions in Southwest Texas are the best in many years. He, with J K Layland and T P Kuger, toured ranches, noting good grass after rains and rising cattle prices. In London market news copper and tin hold steady amid minor shifts in prices.
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