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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1911

Page

11

Wheat Advances on War Rumors and Frost in Argentina

Uneasiness over Italian Turkish war dragging other nations into conflict lifts wheat prices. December opens around 98% to 99% cents, corn also firm with gains. oats weak. Provisions slide on weak demand as frost in Argentina supports wheat gains and foreign buying pushes corn higher. December close remains modestly higher at 98% to 99% cents. futures show scattered gains across grains and meats.

Assoctater Press Chicago Black Sea Argentina

Chicago market receipts report October gains and totals

Associated Press notes Chicago area grain receipts by the day. Wheat totals reach 68 cars with 14 contract grade while corn shows 271 cars with 93 contract grade and oats 322 cars. Overall wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth total 856 cars, down from last week’s 947 and up from last year’s 638.

THE Associated Press Chicago Minneapolis Duluth

Grain prices reported by Associated Press Chicago

Quotations today list cash wheat for various grades from No 2 red at 97 to 98 cents, No 2 hard from 1.01 to 1.05, No 1 northern 1.11 to 1.12, No 2 northern 1.10 to 1.11, No 2 spring 1.02 to 1.10, velvet chaff 90 cents to 1.08, durum 1.00 to 1.04. Corn No 2 at 71 cents, No 2 white 71% cents, oats No 2 white 47% to 48 cents, standard 47 cents.

Associated Press Chicago

Wheat and grain prices rise in St Louis market

Quotations listed with cash wheat up, No 2 track red at 98% dollars, No 2 hard 1.038 to 1.11, corn gains, oats steady, No 2 track 47% to 47 cents, No 2 white 72 cents, December and May futures for wheat at around 97 to 1.08 dollars, corn December 63% to 65 cents, oats December 47% to 50 cents.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Market quotations from Kansas City grain prices

Quotations from Kansas City show corn and oats movement with No 2 red at 99 percent to a touch higher, No 2 white around 43 to 48 cents, and No 2 mixed near 46 to 47 cents. Oats steady with No 2 white at about 47 cents.

Cotton seed products market report from Memphis

Memphis market notes report prices for prime oil 42 1/2 cents per pound meal 50 cents to 60 cents per unit linters 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cents per pound. The brief item lists basic quotations for prime seed products on October 10.

Memphis Tenn

Cottonseed oil quotations report for New York markets

Associated Press dispatch from New York lists cottonseed oil bids and asking prices for the day. Quotations show figures around 5.40 to 5.80 per unit with slight variations across grades.

New Orleans rice market unsettled with firm sales

The New Orleans rice market showed no change overall as activity remained brisk. Receipts totaled about 11 088 rough and 1 833 clean with millers at 2 236. Sales included rough Honduras at 2.25 to 2.63 and Japan at 3.00 to 3.78 while clean rice traded around 2.4 to 2.63 with various lots moving.

Associated Press Millers Honduras Japan oSen

Wool Prices in St Louis Market Slump Report

In St Louis on October 10 wool prices show dull trade across grades. Medium combing and cloth fetch 17 to 26 cents, light fine 17 to 19 cents, heavy fine 14 to 16 cents, tub washed 21 to 26 cents.

ST. Louis

Meat market rally at Union Stock Yards with 228 head sold

Packer buyers directed activity as 228 head of mixed cows, steers and calves were on consignment. Cows traded around 3.25 to 3.50, calves 4 to 4.50, with top cattle at 6 and broad strength across the market amid good quality Show and no disquieting features.

Union Stock Yards

High feed costs curb stockyard feeding near San Antonio

Stock yards report scarce meat and cotton seed hulls priced by mills, signaling minimal care feeding this winter around San Antonio. Pens remain unrented despite nearing feeding season, contrasting with near full contracts at the same time last year. A visiting feeder says market feeding will be sparse nationwide.

San Antonio

Atascosa cattleman plans new feeding operations near city

Tom Coleman of Atascosa county reports livestock in his area are in first rate condition and would welcome a rain. He has contracted for use of feed lots north of the Alamo Oil and Refining company to run native feeding for local market aims.

Tom Coleman Atascosa County Coleman Alamo Oil and Refining Company

Packing plants report large hog processing gains

The western packing centers processed 90,000 more hogs last week than the same week a year ago. Since March 1, total hog packing has risen by 3,655,000 head, reflecting strong hog slaughter activity.

Cattleman predicts meat demand rise as cold weather bites

B F Caventer, stockman and livestock authority from Atascosa county, visits the local cattlemen. He is pessimistic about the national cattle situation but expects his region to fare better. He says the cold spell should boost meat demand soon, with pork likely to rise as winter sets in and markets improve.

B. F. Caventer General Livestock Authority Atascosa County

Culebra and Blanco Traders Seek Stock Amid Dry Conditions

O Kneupper of Culebra and Gus Ross of Blanco toured the local market today looking for stock and feeder cattle. They described conditions as mighty dry and said recent rain could ease wintering for stockmen. Kneupper noted Culebra had an inch of rain last week.

O. Kneupper Culebra Gus Ross Blanco Mr. Kneupper

Stockmen Registered at Southern Hotel Today

Among the stockmen registered at the Southern hotel today are G. Lowry of Kerrville, J. Adams of City, J. L. Giilligpl of Knipps, and Moon of Pearsall, Texas.

Southern Hotel Tie G. Lowry Kerrville J. Adams City J. L. Giiligpl Knipps Moon Pearsall Exas

Cattle Sales Report From Fort Worth Auction

Cattle sale results list buyers and prices with lots of steers and calves. Notable entries include R F Griffith Victoria and Robert Driscoll Los Meches with prices around 3.25 to 5.00 per hundredweight and varying weights. The report reflects a mixed market with several lots averaging about 3.10 to 5.00.

Fort Worth Tex Anes Price Vy. Rague Urrias R. F. Griffith Victoria Robert Driscoll Los Meches Connor

Cattle and Hogs Sell Weakly at Fort Worth Trade

Fort Worth Texas October 10 cattle receipts 5500 head steers steady stockers and feeders weak cows steady bulls 3.00 to 3.50 calves steady hogs receipts 1000 head market steady to weak top 6.70 bulk 6.60 sheep receipts 1200 head market steady wethers 4 dollars.

THE Associated Press Fort Worth Tex

Chicago market quotes on cattle hogs and sheep

Receipts for cattle about 7000 with a steady market. Hogs seen to be about 20000 with quotes up about five cents. Sheep receipts near 45000 and market steady with native and western lambs quoted in the 4 to 4.75 range and feeder stockers in the 3 to 5.55 area.

Kansas City Market Report Receipts Hold Steady in Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Receipts total about 19 000 cattle including 1500 southerns with steady trade. Native steers 5.25 to 6.00, southern steers 3.75 to 5.25, cows and heifers 2.75 to 7.00, stockers 3.75 to 5.90, bulls 3.25 to 4.40, calves 4.00 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 13 000 with prices 6.30 to 6.50 for most, light stock 6.25 to 6.50, pigs around 4.75. Sheep receipts 15 000 and steady, muttons 3.25 to 4.25, lambs 4.75 to 6.15, range wethers 3.25 to 5.00, ewes 2.70 to 4.09.

Associated Press Chicago Texas Kansas City

Market Report Shows Steady Cattle and Lower Hogs

St Louis market receipts total 6500 cattle including 2300 Texans with steady to strong tone. Native beef steers 5.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 7.25 to 8.00. Hogs: 14,000 head, prices 6.25 to 6.80 for various classes. Sheep receipts 3500, market steady with lambs 3.25 to 4.00.

Associated Press ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Texas Gins 1 004 868 Bales in September

Reports from Texas ginners to the agriculture department show 1 004 868 bales ginned in September counting round bales as half. By October 1 total ginned for this year’s Texas crop reached 1 443 243 bales with September 1910 at 969 649 and total 1910 crop to date at 1 212 778 bales.

Associated Press Austin Tex State of Texas Department of Agriculture Cotton Bureau

Coffee futures close steady after October drift

Associated Press report from New York notes coffee futures closed barely steady in October and steady in later months, rising 15 to 20 points above prior levels. Spot market firm with No. 7 Rio and other grades mentioned, while overall sales totaled 157 260 bags.

Associated Press New York Cordova

Market Mixed as Stocks Open with Small Shifts in Prices

New York Oct 10 Stocks opened with no major changes from yesterday's final levels. Active issues moved on small fractions with some gains and losses and wider rises in less active names. Union Pacific Reading Lehigh Valley Amalgamated Copper and United States Steel led gains while Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville fell back on profit-taking.

Associated Press New York Union Pacific Reading Lehigh Valley Abchhgon U. S. Steel Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis General Electric and Texas Company Atlantic Coast Line Steel Corporation Steel Norfolk and Western St. Paul S. Steel Louisville Nashville Amalgamated Copper Amer Car and Foundry American Locomotive Ee WE American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Co Meotibor Idenoecreae Atlantic Coast Line Crocunackae Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Ca Chesapeake Om Denver Rio Fetecesy Illinois Central Interborough Cave Pacific Northern Pacific Pacific Mail Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pullman Palace of Ae Sneak Wee Ae Rock Island Co de Pfa. Eee Beuthagh Pacific Fe

Financial Market Roundup From New York Early Trade

New York reports show close prime mercantile paper at 4 percent. Sterling exchange firm with bankers bills at 4.83.15 for sixty days and 4.86.85 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.86. Bar silver at 52 percent. Mexican dollars 45 cents. Railroad...

THE Associated Press New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Bankers

Cotton opens steady with late-day rally after heavy selling

New York market opened steady 2 to 9 points down from Friday amid southern selling and weak cables. Early losses widened before covering lifted October to 9.80 and December to 9.50. By afternoon, active months firmed 5 to 7 points on shorts covering and trade buying, but bearish eastern belt tips kept gains cautious. Spot middling uplands at 9.75.

Associated Press New York

Cotton futures open steady on New York market

Futures for January to December showed steady to firm bids in early trading. Prices ranged from 9.35 to 9.82 with most months near 9.40 to 9.70, reflecting little change from prior levels as the session progressed.

New Orleans Cotton Trends Show Tiny Net Gain

In New Orleans on October 10 cotton futures opened steady with a 4 point decline, then sagged as rain and cold pressed prices. By noon, gains emerged to four or five points, and after afternoon profit taking prices closed 1 to 2 points higher than yesterday.

Associated Press New Orleans Oklahoma Pny Mississippi

Bond yields drift with mixed futures price data

Futures prices show steady opening as markets list October through July quotes. October at 9.56, November 9.49, December 9.49, January 9.53, March 9.63, May 9.77 and July 9.85, indicating a flat to slightly higher curve through the year.

THE Associated Press New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices Rise as Trade Stays Active

Liverpool Oct 10 close reports strong cotton trading with prices up 9 points. American middling fair 5.84, good middling 5.58, middling 6.44, receipts zero. Sales 10 000 with 9300 American. futures opened easier but closed steady with various forward-month quotations.

Associated Press Liverpool

Cotton Prices Steady in New Orleans on Oct 10

New Orleans reports cotton prices steady with a one sixteenth drop. Spot sales total 515 to arrive 1860. Listings show grades from low ordinary to strict good middling with middling and higher marks including receipts 6263 and stock at 58 375.

Associated Press New Orleans

Cotton prices hold steady with no sales

New York on October 10 reports spot cotton closing quiet and unchanged. Middling upland lands at 9.75 cents per pound while middling gulf quotes at 10 cents. No sales recorded.

THE Associated Press New York Gulf

Cotton Market Report From Houston Trade News

By the Associated Press Houston Tex Oct 10 spot cotton steady with middling 9 5 8 cents and 3 160 down prices noted across the market.

Associate Press Houston Tex

Precipitation Light Over The Cotton Belt

The weekly government weather bulletin reports very light rainfall across the cotton region with no precipitation in much of northeastern Texas northern Louisiana southwestern Oklahoma and other southern states. Mean temps rose 8 to 12 degrees above normal. lows reached 46 in Raleigh and highs 84 in Jacksonville. Frost occurred in north central and western Oklahoma and in the Texas Panhandle.

Cotton Exchange Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Alabama Florida South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Cotton Raleigh N. C Jacksonville Fla Texas Panhandle

Cotton Gossip Forecasts Frost Risk for Belt Crops

Weather watchers track a potential shift in the cotton market as signs of a break in the extended favorable spell appear. Frost in Oklahoma plus cooling conditions raise fears of crop damage in the northern belt while the southern belt remains mostly safe due to advance crop development.

Oklahoma

Local Cotton Market Says 90 Percent Opened

Experts visiting the cotton exchange report that about 90 percent of fields are already open and frost is expected to finish the remainder. An exporter says rain would hurt Mine cotton more than cold weather and could ruin the grade.

Cotton market eyes brisk demand as cold spell hits South

The text notes rising urgency next to the weather as the Southern market gains importance. Texas farmers push marketing while Galveston and Houston see volumes slide. A cold wave spurs spinner demand and hints of New England mills buying. A broker forecasts a tough market if spot demand strengthens.

Texas Galveston Houston New England Bears

Texas September Ginning Report Shows Over One Million Bales

The Texas department of agriculture reports 1 004 868 bales ginned in September, up from 963 649 last year. Total ginned for the 1910 crop to October 1 stands at 1 212 778 bales, with bearish forecasts for next ginners report.

Texas Department of Agriculture Texas

Cuero cotton expert predicts price rise on cold wave

Fr S Mangum a notable cot man from Cuero Texas visited the exchange floor and spoke on the cotton situation He projected a bullish outlook saying the cold wave will spur demand from spinners and since spinners source at the bottom price levels can only rise

Fr. S. Mangum Cuero Texas

Davis predicts cotton markets swing to ten cents

San Antonio broker Mr. Davis, nicknamed the general philosopher of the exchange, shifts from bearish to bullish as he concedes eight cent cotton was premature and now bets ten cent cotton may appear on the board by tomorrow morning.

Mr. Davis San Antonio Exchange Exas

Spelter Prices Rise Despite Weak Lead Trade

In St Louis on October 10 weak lead prices edged down while Spelter climbed to 6.00 as market activity showed firmness in the zinc alloy.

THE Associated Press ST Louis Lead Weak Spelter Strong

Coffee market braces for higher prices in local trade

Local jobbers push prices up a half cent on all Breen and roasted coffee as demand strengthens. Ice trade remains slow while produce buyers expect winter market to set records, with cooler weather boosting stocks and heavy cookery foods. Elgin butter market also firm with a current price rise.

Maxwell House Porto Rico Les San Antonio Elgin

Meat Prices Set to Firm As Demand Rises

The meat list advanced fractionally today with all beef and pork grades expected to remain firm. Increased consumption in recent days has butchers placing heavier orders with packers, signaling cattle markets to improve over six weeks and likely raise beefsteak prices for consumers.

Fresh arrival of persimmons hits local market

The season's first consignment of per simmons debuted on the local market today. They are fancy nese variety priced at 2.50 per standard peach box. Texas persimmons are expected in a few days. The trade received today's with arms and the supply sold ten minutes after arrival.

Texas

Potato Market Seen Firming Amid Heavy Rains

Present indicators point to a firmer potato market in a few days with possible price gains. Reports from Colorado and Idaho describe heavy rains delaying shipments, while local supplies remain ample and steady unless a sharp disruption occurs. Some observers expect a small rise once distant jobbers move excess stock.

Colorado Idaho

First Carload of Mexican Oranges Arrives for Local Market

The season opens with a carload of Mexican oranges easing a sharp shortage. Trade reports the fruit still green and needs a few days of housing to mature but expects supply to soon compete with the market’s best.

Market Prices For Dairy And Poultry Goods

Price to shipperless commission. Price to retailer Butter steady Creamery per pound 25c country butter 18c to 20c Eggs steady Fresh country candied 18c to 19c storage 21c to 22c Cheese firm Fancy cream 12 1/2c fan ey brick 20c American Swiss 24c ported Swiss 30c Limburger 6c to 7c Poultry steady Large choice hens per dozen 6.00 medium hens 5.00 large springs 3.50 to 4.00 medium springs 2.50 to 3.00 small springs 2.40 to 2.75 guineas per dozen 3.25 ducks per dozen 6.00 to 7.00 squabs 1.26 turkeys per pound 14 to 16c.

Gor

Chicago Market Quotations Report October Prices

Butter firm with 23 29 cents for creamery, 26 21 for dairies. Eggs steady after 5949 receipts. Cheese steady with various brands listed. Potatoes steady with price ranges from 68 to 75 cents. Poultry live firm with turkeys around 160 and hens and springs at 10 to 10 1/2 cents. Veal steady across weight classes from 50 to 110 pounds with small cent variations.

Associated Press Chicago

Local Dairy Prices Reported for Butter Eggs and Stock

Butter 28c for firsts 26c seconds 21c packing stock 19c. Eggs extras 23 24c, firsts 21 0c, seconds 13%téc.

THE Associated Press Kansas City

Eggs Steady As Receipts Reach 13 546 In New York

The Associated Press reports eggs held steady in New York with receipts totaling 13 546. No price change noted and market tone remains unchanged for the day.

THE Associated Press New York

Market Quotes From St Louis Poultry Butter Eggs

Associated Press reports brisk prices in St Louis on October 10. Poultry and chickens rise to 10 3 4 cents, turkeys 14 cents, butter creaming 22 30 8, eggs firm at 19 2 cents per.

THE Associated Press ST. Louis Eesa

High-class gentlemen s ne Abrams and Koenigheim Conroy

Fragmentary note mentions Abrams Koenigheim and Conroy in a high class context with unclear details. No clear event or outcome visible.

Ne Abrams & Koenigheim, Conroy. c

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