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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
11
A concise weather note records precipitation on Wednesday as none with normal daily expectation. It notes .05 inch deficiency for the day and .05 inch excess since January. An overall January tally shows about one inch of precipitation, with excess noted since January 1.
Odly garbled report shows mixed commodity figures with cotton receipts and stock totals for Savannah and United States port data. Tea and coffee quotes appear with assorted grade codes and price points amid incomplete lines.
Cotton prices rise as strong Liverpool cables influence markets with Liverpool Open seeing gains. Traders note supportive shipping data and firmer demand from textile mills.
The Cotton Exchange opened strong with 1 to 15 point gains on high cables, then profits trimmed the advance. New York and New Orleans showed mixed moves while Liverpool edged higher. By noon prices steadied with December at 16.95 and January at 17.02 as spot sales in San Antonio quoted good and middling grades.
The New York cotton market opened stronger with December near 17.18 to 17.24 as prices hit season highs. Heavy realizing and southern selling followed the advance, then steadied on covering with active months trading 3 to 4 points above last night’s close amid trade demand and slight new high levels.
New York cotton futures closed irregular and unsettled for October through July with varying highs and lows. Prices ranged from around 16.74 to 17.84 with entries for October 16.90 December 17.18 March 17.46 May 17.36 July 17.68 and nearby contracts finishing near the quoted levels.
The report notes Liverpool moving from one down to four up with an 11 o'clock call following New York call and mentions months October December January with unclear details.
In New Orleans on October 5 predictions of frost in the western belt and stronger export demand spurred early buying with gains of 10 to 12 points. Profit taking trimmed the net decline to 1 to 6 points before noon trading inched higher and by 1:30 p.m. the market was up 3 to 4 points with prices near day’s highs.
New Orleans cotton futures open with bids for October and December at 16.64 and 16.83 while January and March contracts show 12 and around 17.12. Prices move through the day with settlements near 16.50s to 16.90s.
Spot cotton in Taverpool rose with good middling at 10.09 pence, middling 9.95 pence, and low middling 9.794 pence. Fales 8000 bales and 1000 bales for speculation and expert. receipts none.
Liverpool notes irregular futures with various spread quotes for October to March contracts. New York reports cotton seed oil closing firm with prices listed for October through April and total sales of 36,700.
Galveston ships report arrivals including Concho and El Monte from New York. Sailed: Napierian from Great Britain bound for Liverpool.
A detailed wholesale price list covers potatoes onions celery peppers lettuce and more by state and product. Prices vary by item and origin with California Colorado Texas and Washington sources. includes canned goods meats dry fruits flour cereals and seeds with unit measures and per hundredweight or per box figures.
Wheat futures rose to a new high for 1916 on drought in Argentina and tight U S supplies. December and May contracts moved up amid strong export demand and later profit taking. corn futures also gained on active export inquiries. Oats followed the cereal rally as provisions upgrade and hog prices climbed.
Kansas City October 5 quotes show higher demand for oats and corn with prices for No 2 white and mixed oats advancing. Rye listed at 1.20 per bushel with mixed and white varieties in note.
Grain futures closed with Dec wheat at 1.54 percent in Kansas City and May at 1.54 percent. Saint Louis quotations show No 2 red wheat 1.64 to 1.72, No 2 hard 1.62 to 1.70, corn around 92 to 93 cents, rye 1.24 to 1.26, and oats 48 to 49 cents. Chicago bids list No 2 yellow wheat 1.62 to 1.68, corn 89 to 90 cents, oats 48 to 49 cents, barley 73 to 1.17.
At Union Stock Yards on October 6, an overstocked, draggy market slowed trades. Cows sold 4.80 to 5.25, down from yesterday. stocker steers quieter though slaughter demand remains. Receipts: cattle 853, calves 39, horses 1953, hogs 240. market totals: cattle 172, calves 44, hogs 240.
Fort Worth Texas on October Five reports cattle receipts about six thousand three hundred with a steady market. Steers bring 6.50 to 6.90, stockers 5.50 to 6.90, heifers 6.50 to 7.00, cows to 4. Up to 44.90 for bulls and calves 5.50 to 8. Hogs receipts three thousand five hundred with gains to 9.30s and top around 9.36. Sheep receipts four hundred, market slow with lambs 7.60 to 9.50, yearlings 6.50 to 7.75, wethers 6.25 to 7.25.
Receipts and quotations show hogs and cattle mixed with firm to strong trends. Hog prices ranged with heavy and packers at about 9.20 to 9.59 while cattle included prime fed steers at 9.50 to 10.75 and cows 4.59 to 7.25. lambs and yearlings also noted, with stockers and feeders active.
Chicago and St Louis market reports show cattle and hog receipts and price ranges. Chicago receipts hogs 19 000 with mixed and heavy hogs quoted near 8 9 to 9 65. cattle native beef 6 60 to 11 86, western cattle 3 50 to 7 75. lambs 6 76 to 10 20. St Louis receipts hogs 2 000 with lights 9 00 to 9 65, mixed 9 55 to 9 78. cattle native steers 7 50 to 10 65, yearling steers 8 50 to 10 65, cows 5 50 to 7 50, stockers 3 0 to 7 60, calves 6 00. Sheep receipts 3 500 with lambs 7 00 to 10 26, ewes 5 00 to 7 25, yearlings 5 00 to 8 75.
Cattle receipts 1800 with prices steady to down 15 cents. hog receipts 2800 with prices 10 to 20 cents higher. Sales include Wallace Bedrock Okla calves at 6.25 and 7.23. Majors Ryan Okla steers at 7.00 and 12.22. Observations note antiquities dealer quip about revolvers from Columbus era.
New York stocks opened strong with gains of 1 to 2 points led by Louisville and Nashville New York Central Reading and Lehigh Valley. Equipment and munitions stocks rose with Central Leather at a record 79 and advances in Studebaker Westinghouse Crucible Steel Airbrake and others. U S Steel remained firm amid light volume.
The Houston district report for the 24 hours ending 8 a m lists above normal temperatures and rainfall of an inch or more at Backbone Conway Kingatree Yemasaee Millen. Allen Buell Meteorologist Weather Bureau.
Mercantile paper sits at 3 percent while government bonds remain steady and railroad bonds show strength. Sterling 60 day bills at 1 1/16 and demand around 4.75 11-16 with cables at 4.76 -16. Francs demand 5.834, guilders at 40, cables 41. Silver at 67 1/2 cents per ounce. Mexican dollars at 52 cents.
Time loans were steady with 60 days at 2 to 3 percent and 90 days at 3 percent. Call money remained steady with a high of 2 1/2 percent and a low of 2 1/2 percent, ruling rate 2 1/2 percent, last loan 2 1/2 percent, and closing bid 2 1/2 percent.
Ton-don reports bar silver at 329 164 per ounce money at 4 percent discount rates show short bills 514 5 percent and three months 54 5 percent.
Metal markets in New York show lead at 7.00 to 7.10 dollars with firm spot in East St. Louis deposits at 9. Copper steady with electrolytic at 27.00 to 28.50 dollars. Tin quoted steady at 39.75 to 40.00 dollars. Tron stable with no change.
Prices quoted for Thursday include salt extras at 16 a cents per pound bacon extra at 18 cents per pound dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds at 18 4 cents fancy breakfast bacon at gsc fancy hams at 22 cents bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 20 cents Pure lard at 16 cents compound 12 cents.
A London market snippet lists prices in pounds for lead at 33 pounds sterling and 54 pounds sterling for unelter, spot capper at 126, with futures at 116 pounds 10s. Electrolytic priced at 141, spot tin at 177 pounds 10s and futures at 17 pounds.
Kansas City market report lists butter firsts at 30 cents, creamery 29 cents, secondaries 27 cents. Poultry prices include heavies 16 cents, roosters 11 cents, broilers 2 cents. New potatoes stronger with Kaw Valley early okay at about 1.00.
Buyers paid varied prices in San Antonio on Thursday for country produce. Butter and creamery products sold at 20 to 22 cents per pound, hens at 6 dollars per dozen, fryers around 6 dollars and fifty cents, broilers about 23 thousand 504 dollars total, turkeys 17 to 18 cents per pound, ducks 5 to 6 dollars per dozen, geese 6 to 8 dollars per dozen.
Chicago market notes show butter and creamery prices firm with 30 34 41 cents and eggs higher at 34 41 cents. Receipts total 3912 cases while potatoes rise with Jer soy prices at 1.25 to 1.40 and Ohio goods at 1.15 to 1.20. Poultry alive prices slip with fowls 12 11 cents and springs 18 cents.
New York on October 5 reports raw sugar price activity with centrifugal at 6.02 dollars per hundredweight molasses at 5.12, and fine granulated sugar at 6.90 dollars.
The speaker cites a caricature of the average man around 50 years old who has consumed enormous amounts of meat, bread, vegetables, and liquids. The Old Dodger interrupts noting that despite expense and effort the man cannot build a structure with broad endorsement from friends and neighbors.
The piece lists notable figures including Talleyrand Pope Byron Scott Kelvin Wedgwood Gladstone and Flaxman, all marked by lifelong infirmities. It highlights how their disabilities shaped or accompanied their remarkable careers and contributions across politics poetry industry and art.
Beet sugar production in Colorado is set to rise sharply with 225 000 acres sown, up from 160 000 last year. Output projected at 2 900 000 short tons, value climbing to 50 million dollars from 33 million. Beet factories begin annual operations as market signals shift. Casabas melons and lettuce shipments arrive. California grape season wanes with fall rains. Eggs ease to 29 30 cents, turkeys prepared for holiday markets.
The Hygienic Laboratory in Washington trains U S Public Health Service officers with input from 8 top physicians. Fifteen public health labs work on disease prevention including hookworm and typhoid fever. Immigrant inspections at 53 coastal stations barred 1274 insane or mentally defective individuals in 1914 to protect public health and avoid higher costs.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows Mrs. Youngbride asking the butcher for a dinner idea and requesting eye quettes be cut out, noting her husband’s fondness for chickens. The exchange highlights a rustic kitchen anecdote and local dialect.
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