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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1911

Page

11

Market Opens With Mixed Losses and Gains Across Stocks

New York stocks extend a moderate opening, Canadian Pacific tops advances, New York Central up 4% on August report, St Paul weakens sharply amid dividend doubt, Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper slip, United States Rubber rises, speculation weighs on American Tobacco plan. Bear activity increases, late losses widen, market closes heavy with brief rallies.

Associated Press New York Canadian Pacific New York Central Central Leather Lehigh Valley St. Paul Union Pacific Amalgamated Copper United States Rubber Weather Bureau Amer, Car and Foundry Amer Anatofida Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast ‘Line Baltimore and Ohio Rio Grande Illinois Central Interborough-Met Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Rock Island Co. Weee Gogtaen Pacific Southern Railway Southern Pacific Z United States Steel Aee Western Union Grad

Money on Call Steady Amid Market Tightness

New York trading notes show money on call steady at 2 percent with ruling rate 2 and bids at 1 percent. Time loans ease with 60 days at 3 1 4 percent, 90 days at 3 percent, six months at 4.6 percent.

Associated Press New York

Wheat and oats prices mixed on St Louis market

Quotations show cash wheat lower with No 2 track red at 99 to 99c and No 2 hard at 1.02% per bushel. Oats weaken with No 2 track at 46 to 47% cents, while Dec and May futures edge lower and higher in scattered readings.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Cattle Markets Open With Sharp Losses at Union Stock Yards

At Union Stock Yards on October 3 the live stock market opened weak across all categories as supply outpaced demand. Cows dropped a dime to fifteen cents, best light calves reached 4 dollars, hogs held around 6.50, total receipts 506 head including cattle calves horses and hogs and twelve goats on billings.

Union Stock Yards

Mexican cattle rejected by U S import bureau in El Paso

A September 29 El Paso dispatch reports 700 head of Mexican cattle valued at 2100 shipped from Escalon Chihuahua 419 miles south of El Paso were refused admission by the U S Bureau of Animal Industry over fever ticks. The September El Paso port total was 12 371 head, up 9811 from last year. Frank Rhea of Katy says western Texas conditions are best ever and imports through El Paso will rise, with Mexico likely supplying much livestock this year.

el Paso Escalon Chihuahua United States Bureau of Animal Industry Frank Rhea Alpine Marfa Rhea Mexico

Hide market dull but leather demand edges up in Texas

M F Marx, a Louisville hide buyer, is in the city lodging at the Menger hotel as tie markets stay dull and leather supplies stay small. In San Angelo cattle deals totaling over 50 thousand dollars were logged with prominent sales including 1450 cattle at about 24 dollars each and 500 calves at about 22 dollars. Lee Williams sold 300 stock cattle for about 8000 dollars, with prices around 22 for two year olds 24 for dry cows and 32 50 for cows and calves.

M. F. Marx Louisville Menger Hotel San Angelo Wisk T. R. Fredricks Eee Charles P C. A. Broome Fayette Tankersley Tol Cawley Bob Hewitt Sam Williams Oscar Cain Lee Williams

Wool Prices Dip in Market Report from St Louis

Wool dull in St Louis market with mixed grades for combing and clothing wool. Carding prices show light fine at 17 to 19 cents, heavy fine at 15 to 17 cents, tub washed 21 to 26 cents.

ST. Louis

Fort Worth Cattle Market Steady Across All Classes

Fort Worth Tex October 5 cattle trade remained steady and strong across all classes despite softer northern packing centers. Hog prices rose, top hogs at 6.50 with bulk around 6.30, steer prices from 4.00 to 5.35, stockers up to 4.50, cows around 4.00, bulls 2.65 to 3.35, calves 4 to 5.25, sheep steady with regional strength.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex

Chicago cattle hog and sheep prices slide and steady notes

AP dispatch from Chicago reports cattle receipts about 11 000 with prices from 2.00 to 9.00. hog receipts around 13 000 with prices from 4.50 to 6.90. sheep receipts near 40 000 with native and western lambs and yearlings priced from 2.25 to 6.00, overall market steady to mixed across categories.

St Louis Live Stock Receipts and Quotations

Receipts for cattle 7000 including 2100 Texans. Native beef steers 5.00 to 6.00. cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.25. stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.25. Texas and Oklahoma steers 4.00 to 7.00. cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.50. calves in carload lots 4.00 to 7.50. Hogs 1200. market steady. Pigs and light 4.25 to 6.25. packers 5.50. best heavy 6.00. Sheep 3200. market steady. Muttons 3.25 to 4.00. lambs 4.00.

Associated Press Chicago Texas ST. Louis Oklahoma

Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Markets Report

Receipts at Kansas City total 19 000 cattle 14 000 hogs and 15 000 sheep with mixed movement. Cattle prices range natives 5.25 to 8.00 for steers southern cows and calves 2.50 to 7.00. hogs 6.30 to 6.55. sheep muttons 4.25 to 4.29 lambs 4.80 to 6.10 and range wethers 3.25 to 5.00 with ewes 2.50 to 4.00.

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Grain Prices Improve on Mixed Weather News

Chicago reports a firmer grain market as northwest weather turns unfavourable and Russian exports may be deferred. Wheat gains to around 98 1/2 cents, corn up early but mixed by close, oats steady with scarce sellers, and provisions showing losses as traders reassess the corn crop's overall improvement since September 1.

Associated Press Chicago Northwest Canada Russia

Wheat and corn receipts report at Chicago market

Associate Press notes October 3 Chicago receipts tally wheat 55 cars including 14 contract grade and corn 286 cars including 107 contract grade. Oats 310 cars. Total wheat at Colones Minneapolis and Duluth 84 cars, versus 836 last week and 806 on the same day a year ago.

Associate Press Chicago Colones Minneapolis Duluth

Wheat and corn price quotations from Chicago market report

The Chicago market report lists cash wheat prices for various grades led by No 2 red at 95 to 98 cents and No 1 northern spring around 1.04 to 1.11 dollars. Corn No 2 quoted at 69 to 70 cents and No 2 white near 70 cents. Oats No 2 about 7 cents with No 2 white around 46 to 48 cents.

Chicago Stendare

Commodity Market Snapshot From New York Trade Floor

New York commodity report notes hides and leather dull while petroleum remains steady. Wool and molasses hold firm as rice and raw sugars stay firm. Muscovado 89 test at 5.38 cents, centrifugal 96 test at 5.86 cents, refined sugar steady with analogous pricing.

New York

Cotton Market Opens Steady Despite Early Decline

The New York cotton market opened steady with a 5.9 point drop as lower cables influenced prices. Active trading followed amid heavy southern selling and liquidation by recent buyers, with spot quotes mixed and futures easing to 9.75 for October and 9.88 for January before inching up.

Associated Press New York Liverpool

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Despite Decline

New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with a 5 to 8 point drop as cables lag and weather maps show clear dry belt conditions. Bulls absent and profit taking light as traders await fresh spot developments. By midmorning prices sit 13 points below yesterday, with professionals driving most activity. In the afternoon session the market remains quiet and steady with prices 1 to 2 points above yesterday at 2 PM.

Associated Press New Orleans

Futures Opened Steady Amid Mixed Early Trading

By the Associated Press futures opened steady as traders watched the early session. Prices cited include October at 9.75 to 9.76, November 9.80, December 9.80 to 9.81, January 9.87 to 9.88, and March around 10.01 to 10.17 with asks noted.

Associated Press New York Ste i Y S Oe THE New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Close Quiet After Day of Trade

Liverpool spot cotton prices fall four teen points with American middling fair at 6.01 and good middling 5.75 amid 14 000 bales sold for day. Futures opened easier and closed steady with October at 5.81 and subsequent contracts mixed through July-August at 6.41.

Associated Press Liverpool

Cotton seed market report from Memphis

Prime crude cotton seed quotes at 4.40 to 4.45 cents, meal at 26 dollars, linters 2 to 4 cents, according to the Associated Press from Memphis on October 3.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn

Cotton seed oil price report short and incomplete

By the Associated Press New York October 3 a brief note shows cotton seed oil prices with daily, near term and deferred quotes. The fragment lists spot and futures ranges with several figures in dollars and cents.

Associated Press New York

Scarcity of rains over cotton region

The weekly weather report to the cotton exchange shows generally light precipitation across the cotton region with no rain in large western and eastern zones of Texas and other nearby states. Central Arkansas and southeastern South Carolina saw the heaviest rain, exceeding two inches, while Little Rock recorded 2.63 inches. Temperature averaged 4 to 14 degrees above normal with eastern regions at 72 to 82 degrees and western regions at 82 to 86 degrees. Asheville N C posted 72 degrees and Del Rio Texas 86 degrees.

Cotton Exchange East Texas West Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia South Carolina Little Rock Ark Florida Asheville N. C del Rio Tex

Spot cotton prices and daily receipts in New Orleans

New Orleans spot cotton listed with prices across grades from low ordinary to good middling. Spot sale easy at 3 to 16 cents off. receipts total 4766 bales, stock 43,806.

Associated Press New Orleans

Spot cotton closes quiet at New York market

New York on October 3 reported spot cotton closing quiet with middling uplands at 10.20 and middling Gulf at 10.45. No sales were recorded.

Associated Press New York

Spot cotton steady in Houston market

By the Associated Press in Houston on October 3 the spot cotton market shows middling grade holding at 10 cents with steady activity.

THE Associated Press Houston Tex

Spot cotton quiet in Memphis market as prices dip

Memphis on October 3 reports spot cotton quiet with a 4 cent drop and middling grade at 10 1/2 cents.

Market Briefs From St Louis Trade Roundup

Lead firm at 4.35 with 237 percent, spelter strong at 5.85 to 5.90. Prices indicate robust industrial metals activity in the St Louis market scene.

Associated Press ST. Louis Spelter Strong

Kansas City Market Quotes Prices Daily Report

Quotations today show cash wheat unchanged to 0.5 cent higher with No 2 hard at 1.00 to 1.08 dollars and No 2 red at 0.9 to 0.9 cents. Corn edges up to 0.5 cent higher with No 2 mixed at 67 to 68 cents and No 2 white at 68 to 69 cents. Oats steady to higher with No 2 white 47 to 48 cents and No 2 mixed at 48 to 49 cents.

THE Associated Press Kansas City

Cotton Gossip Signals Bear Market Tie in Short Run

A New Orleans operator notes the market’s odd resilience as bears remain constrained without a true liquidation of short positions. Ideal weather and heavy ginning suggest a large output, with last season’s results and the 15,000,000 crop now in view. southern offers remain a market pressure amidst bearish condition reports.

New Orleans

Market Report: Commodities Steady Across Textiles and Sugars

On October 3 in New York Leathers hides and petroleum held steady while wool and raw sugar remained quiet. Muscovado 89 test priced at 5.36 cents, centrifugal 6.05 cents, molasses 89 test at 5.11 cents, refined prices steady.

Cotton market steadies as government reports arrive

New York on October 8 reports show prices for print-cloth and yarn fabrics easing about a half to a five cent basis for 68x72s while other goods hold. Yarns are easy and staple serges in drags and doubled face fabrics remain in good demand. Jobbers describe a quiet day.

Associated Press New York

Coffee futures close higher on steady demand

The Associated Press reports New York market activity for coffee futures ended with a modest advance near 10 3 24 points after a 43 shade drop from the best. Spot Rio No 7 held at 14 1 2 percent while Santos No 4 offered mild, quiet activity with Cordova around 15 17 cents. About 70,000 bags traded.

Associated Press New York Rio Santos Cordova

New Orleans Rice Market Steady as Receipts Rise

New Orleans rice prices held steady with Honduras at 2.00 3.35, Japan at 2.00 3.72, and clean Honduras 3% 5c. Receipts totaled 14,640 rough and 2,924 millers, with clean 2,924. Sales included rough Honduras 3,031 at 2.20 3.50 and Japan 519, plus clean Honduras 3,698 at 2 ic and Japan 379 at 2 3%c.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Sugar Market Slips After Sharp Rise Federal sugar rates flagged

The sugar market, after months of record climbs, fell today for the first time in over five months with prices down five cents per hundred pounds on local exchanges. Analysts predict further declines while others expect a rebound as European beet crops falter and Cuban raw sugar shortages bite American refiners. Local jobbers priced sugar at about five fifty four per hundred pounds as California nut shortages push almond prices up and almond futures hold firm.

Cuba United States Europe France Germany Austria American Sugar Refining Company San Antonio

Orange Market Sees Firm Demand Across Regions

A citrus report notes a large orange yield in the Lindsy district California while Butte county has only a third of its usual output. Florida expects a thousand boxes more oranges than last year and Florida grapefruits are smaller than average. Louisiana, where orange growing is new, may surpass 500000 boxes this year.

Lindsy California Butte Florida Louisiana

Market News On Eggs And Butter Shows Improvement

Rains in dairying areas boosted butter receipts to a healthy level with ample supply and reasonable prices. Cooler weather reduced egg supplies but country eggs remain preferred when available, though quality has prompted a shift toward stored eggs for trade.

Price Notes On Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry Rates

Butter firm Creamery price per pound 25 cents, country butter 16 17 cents. Eggs slow. Fresh country candied storage 16 1Tc. Cheese firm Fancy cream 12 ½ cents, fancy brick 20c, American Swiss 24 cents, Imported Swiss 31 cents, Limburger 20 cents, Badger State 11?4 cents. Poultry steady. Large choice hens per dozen 6 dollars, medium hens 5.50, large springs per dozen 4.4 to 4.50, medium springs 3.25, small springs per dozen 2.78, guineas per dozen 3.85, ducks per dozen 5.50 to 6.00, squabs 1.25, turkeys per pound 14 to 15 cents.

Badger State

Quotations report from Chicago markets on Oct 3

Butter and eggs steady while cheese prices hold firm. Creameries at 22½ to 25 cents for daisies and twins 13½ to 14 cents. Potatoes unsettled with mixed fruit. Poultry live firm with turkeys at 10 to 11 cents and chickens at 10 to 11 cents. Veal steady across weight classes 9 to 10 cents. Receipts total 6915 cases.

Associated Chicago Good Sons Springs Ile

Eggs firm in New York market with fresh extras

In New York on a trading day the eggs market shows firm prices for fresh gathered extras at 21 cents. The report notes 18 385 units traded with no change in value for the day.

THE Associated Press New York

Butter Prices Quoted In Kansas City market notes

Quotations from Kansas City show butter varying by grade and quality. Creamery butter sold at 26 1 2 cents per pound for firsts and 18 to 22 for other grades, with extras at 22 cents and seconds at 13 1 2 cents.

Kansas City

Poultry Prices Mixed with Higher Egg Rates

Fragmentary OCR notes show price mentions for Poultry firm items. Turkey, geese, eggs appear with percentages and increases, but exact figures and context are unclear. The snippet suggests price movements across turkeys geese and eggs with higher rates indicated.

Yardman Wanted for Cow and Horse Care in West Woodlawn

Help wanted for a competent yard man to care for cattle and horses at a West Woodlawn address. Phone contact 391.

West Woodlawn Oid

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