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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1913

Page

23

Stock Speculators Cautious as Sentiment Improves

New York reports cautious stock market with some strength from short covering amid tariff and currency concerns. Mexico unrest and weather around the presidential election weigh on trading. Union Pacific and Pennsylvania slip, while a rare Chicago Rock Island and Pacific sale at 65 draws attention. Bank clearings fall about 5 percent nationwide, with New York, Boston, and New Orleans hit hardest.

New York Mexico Union Pacific Pennsylvania Rock Island Pacific Stock Exchange Boston New Orleans

Metals markets report from New York and St Louis

Metal prices show copper firm at about 17.00 to 17.25 dollars with electrolytic near 16.87 and cash deliveries set 16.50 to 16.75. Iron remains unchanged. In St Louis trade, lead at 4.25 dollars and spl ter at 5.25 to 7 percent.

New York

Marine Intelligence Galveston Oct 25 Arrivals and Departures

Maritime notices from Galveston Port Aransas and New York report arrivals of steamers Torrhead Rio aneiro El Occidente Herbert Wylie Tank Tampico dor a Lisbon Brasbae Cardiff Origen Indore and more with departures of Origen and others plus New York coffee futures at 10.31 for December and July.

Galveston Tex Esterday Torrhead Rioaneiro el Occidente New York Herbert Wylie Tank Tampico Dora Lisbon Brasbae Cardiff Origen New Orleans Indore Liverpool Rio

Cotton Movement Increases As Season Totals Rise

The weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange report shows 714 007 bales moved last year, up 46 000 from the prior period, lifting total season movement to 3 618 215 bales. Receipts at U S ports reach 2 844 482, exports abroad 330 335, and total season movement now 8 776 786 bales for September 1 to date. Northern mills and Canada show gains, with American mill takings up to 900 657 bales. Stocks at ports and southern centers rise by 204 227 bales, leaving supply at 4 102 158 for the current period versus 8 917 958 a year earlier.

End Hester New Orleans Mississippi Ohio Potomac Northern Mills Canada Ainst Poneae Southern Mills Unuts Taki North South Seaboard FCO Eee Eee

Texas to regulate warehouses and negotiable receipts

Austin Oct 26 W W Collier commissioner of insurance and banking urged bankers and warehousemen to follow chapter 37 of the Thirty third Legislature creating a uniform negotiable warehouse receipt for cotton and other goods. Public warehouses require county clerk certificates and a 6000 bond. supervision rests with the department, with sample receipts prepared for use. The law takes effect November 18 and copies cost 26 cents from the secretary of state.

Austin Tex W. W. Collier Insurance and Banking Texas Collierte Commissioner of Insurance Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Collier Department of Insurance and Banking

Bank Reserves Slip Amid Week Of Banking Data

New York state banks and trust companies report an excess reserve of 11 287 250 dollars, down 1 384 100 from last week. Loans rise to 1 911 668 000 dollars, while net deposits fall 1 910 000 to 1 740 849 000. Circulation increases 55 000 to 44 987 000 with cash in vaults 339.0 million. Outside Greater New York totals show lower loans and deposits as well.

New York Olay Jon Greater

Trade Holds Up Well in Distributive Sector

Bradstreet's Review reports despite weather irregularities and uneven currents, overall distributive trade remains steady. Winter goods demand rises in retail, cotton sales are strong, and Pacific coast outlook is cheerful though some markets show cautious orders and stock shortages.

New York Bradstreet Pacific Rome

Coffee Values Firm New York Market Week Close

The coffee market closed the week steady and higher with final prices across several contracts from October to September. Trading was quiet as Brazilian sales remained limited, Havre Hamburg Rio and Santos markets showed mixed moves, and total sales reached 43 250 bags.

New York Havre Hamburg Rio Santos

Clearing house reserves show a sizable drop

The clearing house report reveals reserves totaling 11 287 250 dollars, down 1 384 100 from last period. The decrease indicates tighter funding for operations and potential impact on liquidity.

Cotton seed product prices listed for Memphis options

Memorandum from Cotton Seed Products in Memphis shows pricing for meals at 27.26 dollars and linters at 4 cents per pound, with other prime basis figures and option 25 details.

Memphis Tenn

Weather Record Summary From January to January

The Department of Agriculture Bureau reports the highest temperature 81 degrees and lowest 53 degrees. Normal 66. Precipitation 0.06 inch for the month, cumulative excess 7.60 inches since January 1, with 6.40 inches of excess to date. Wind velocity 9 miles per hour from the west. Sunrise at 6:42 AM Sunday.

Duris Wilmington Goldsboro Lumberton Newbern

Turkeys Plentiful for Thanksgiving in San Antonio

San Antonio reports a surplus of turkeys with prices down several cents from recent highs. Retail demand remains soft as receipts threaten to moralize markets around Thanksgiving. Chickens ducks and cheaper fish products show mixed movements while oysters stay abundant but smaller.

San Antonio Commission Texas Louisiana

Country Market Prices Spread for Eggs to Peppers

A market list shows wholesale prices across several produce categories. Eggs range 28c per dozen for country and 21c-23c for storage. poultry includes hens 6.00 per dozen and fryers 4.50-6.00. butter and cheese priced by region. vegetables cover potatoes to cabbage with weights per crate or hundredweight. fruits list oranges lemons peaches bananas grapes apples with varied regional costs. staples include sugar coffee rice syrup flour and meat cuts with per-pound or per-sack figures.

Texas Creamery California Colorado Texas Jonathana Missouri Rio Japan Choice Head Honduras Pioneer Liberty Bell San Antonio South Texas

Food Prices and Goods Listing Covering Meats, Canned Goods and More

A dense catalog of grocery items with prices including bacon extras 360, salt bellies 14 to 16 pound, lard per pound 130, pickled meats hogs feet kits 1.10, No 1 roast beef 9.40, canned fish and meats with various prices, California canned goods with fruits vegetables dried fruits, berries, pears, prunes, and raisins, plus hides wool beeswax and tallow prices.

Alaska Columbia River California Artlett Illinois London London Layer

Market Quotations On Eggs Potatoes And Poultry

Chicago reports show receipts for eggs totaling 4268 cages and potatoes at 53 car. Poultry figures not clearly legible in the fragment. the note records daily price quotations for farm produce in the market.

Chicago

Commodity Prices Reported Steady Across Markets

Kansas City butter eggs and poultry unchanged while New York egg prices hold firm. Sugar and molasses markets show raw sugar firm with Muscovado and other varieties priced around 2.98 to 3.04 for Muscovado and 3.48 to 3.54 for refined sugars.

Kansas City New York

Foreign exchange market report with mixed bonds

New York shows weaker mercantile exchange at 4.80 35 days and 4.85 15 for demand. Bar silver at 60 cents per ounce. Mexican dollars quoted at 46 percent. Government bonds described as easy and railroad bonds as irregular amid cautious trading.

New York Neerling Exchange

Price List Brief From St Louis Market Rates

ST. LOUIS October 26. Paul 12c springs 130 Scraeee The OeeeeEe 12c geese 10c Butter Creamery 39% Eggs 29c.

ST. Louis Paul Springs

Money on Call Rates Hold Steady in New York Markets

New York October 25 money on call loans remained steady with 4 percent for 90 days and six months at 4 percent while 5 percent for ninety days is noted. The report reflects stable short term lending conditions.

New York

New Orleans Rice Market Mixed As Honduran Japan Prices Shift

In New Orleans on October 26, Hull prices show Rough Honduras and Japan firm with mixed quotes. Rough Honduras at 2.65 to 4.75, Japan 2.25 to 3.80, clean Honduras 4.6 to 5.4, receipts listed 3385 rough and 1768 clean sacks with assorted lot terms and price differences.

New Orleans Honduras Japan Roume Rootes

Hogs decline at packing centers in Oklahoma City market

At Union Stock Yards on October 26 the hog market showed a draggy trend with steady to moderate offerings. Prices fell about a half dollar from last week, with best butcher hogs at 7.50 and common ranch hogs near 7. Cattle stayed steady, cows up to 6.26 and calves to 6.60. Sheep and goats remained scarce with weak demand at San Antonio.

Maine San Antonio Union Stock Yards Camnon Ranch

Fort Worth Market Report Cattle Calves Hogs

Fort Worth Texas October 25 receipts show cattle and calves late reaching market with 850 cattle and 100 calves, beef cattle scarce. Cows 4.00 5.26, heifers 5.00 6.50, bulls 4.00 6.00, calves 4.50 7.00. Hogs 200 receipts, market up 6 cents, car values 7.96 and 7.86. A blank was drawn in sheep.

Fort Worth Tex

Market Receipts and Prices From St Louis Branch

Cattle receipts 1800 including 600 Texas stockers. native beef steers 5.50 to 8.90. cows and heifers 4.75 to 9.00. Texas Oklahoma steers 6.00 to 7.76. cows and heifers in carload lots 5.00 to 6. Hoge receipts 5500. pigs and lights 7.50 to 8.15. good heavy 8.05 to 8.26. Sheep receipts 600. market steady. muttons 3.75 to 4.60. lambs 5.60.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Kansas City Live Stock Market Prices October 26

Hogs receipts 1500 with steady market. Bulk sales 7.45 to 7.85, heavies 7.60 to 7.85, lights 7.40 to 7.80, pigs 6.00 to 7.26. Cattle receipts 600 including 300 southerns, market steady. Prime fed steers 8.55 to 9.50, dressed 7.25 to 8.76, southern steers 5.50 to 7.26, cows 4.25 to 7.00, heifers 5.00 to 9.26. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady. Lambs 6.50 to 7.15, yearlings 4.76 to 6.50, wethers 4.26 to 5.00, ewes 3.75 to 4.36.

Kansas City

Beef and Hog Market Receipts Reported in Chicago Trade

Chicago market reports show hog receipts near 10 000 with bulk sales around 7.65 to 8.15. light and mixed lots range 7.60 to 8.30. Cattle receipts about 600 with varied prices for beeves Texas steers stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and native lambs. An unrelated note reports Mrs. Hannah Keensides of New York claiming to have slept 865 000 hours in her ninety nine years.

Chicago Texas Hannah Keensides New York

Excited Buying on Frost Reports Lifts Cotton Market

A volatile week in New York cotton sees December futures hover around the 14 cent mark as early killing frosts spread through the southern belt. Private crop guesses range from 13 to 14.3 million bales, with ginning figures expected to climb, while traders weigh a potential higher yield against looming cold weather.

New York Census Bureau Texas Pacific Southwest Oklahoma

Cotton market closes higher for week

The closing position of the cotton market on October 7 shows a weekly range 63 to 66 points higher than the previous Saturday. The comparison and result follow.

Cotton futures close steady with weekly gains

The New Orleans market closed steady as the cotton futures for the week showed gains ranging from 48 to 69 points. Traders noted cautious position adjustments amid mixed export demand and weather concerns.

New Orleans

Spot Cotton Prices Ease in Liverpool Market

Liverpool October 25 spot cotton prices ease with middling fair at 8.144 pence, good middling 7.844, middling 7.724, low middling 6.844, and ordinary 6.60. Trade shows 6000 bales traded including 4300 American and 300 for speculation and export. Receipts total 16,000 bales, all American.

Liverpool

Futures Quiet Close In Liverpool Exchange

Markets in Liverpool trade closed quietly with futures for several near terms. October at 7.49% with various roll contracts quoted, including Oct-Nov 17.374 and Dec-Jan around 7.24% to 7.27% as listed.

Liverpool Soma SS

Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market

New Orleans reports a steady spot cotton market with Middling 13 percent. Sales reach 532 bales on the spot while arrivals total 3789 bales and receipts 10,198 bales push stock to 164,268 bales.

New Orleans

Spot cotton market closes steady with mixed grades

Galveston and Houston reports show the spot cotton market closing steady or unchanged. Notes list sales totals and freight on board prices, with receipts and stock levels for the ongoing trading day.

New York Cotton Market Steady on Oct 25

Spot cotton holds steady with middling uplands at 14.50 cents and gulf at 14.76. No sales reported.

New York

Cottox Spot Steady as Market Ends Mixed Trade

Memphis re port notes cotto x steady unchanged for middling at 18. Grace finds much to marvel at since she began to cook. How sot. She thought potatoes came peeled and apples pared.

Memphis Tenn

Loans on Livestock From Chicago Bring Wide Requests

Applications for cartel loans spread to Chicago from the west as commission houses finance customers. Bankers deny cattle paper except for unquestionable credit and avoid long term notes, signaling reluctance to carry cattle into next summer. A banker warns against overoptimistic price expectations and notes exposure would be borne broadly if losses occur.

Chicago West

Cotton statistics show United States port receipts and stocks

The Shewing lists cotton receipts at all ports since Sept 1 with totals for overland to mills and Canada, Southern mill takings, and interior stock. It notes stock levels at ports and interior towns, compares to last year, and includes Liverpool and afloat stocks. Chicago reports steady grain and provision markets with weekly price ranges.

United States Mills Canada Interior Liverpool Great Britain

Inland Trade Totals From Week at U S Ports

Net receipts across all U S ports for the week reached 508 728. This compares with 616 924 in the prior year. Cumulative receipts since September 1 total 2 844 031, versus the same date last year. Exports for the week 829 527, up from 391 716 last year. Cumulative exports since September 1 stand at 1 949 169, ahead of 1 859 194 a year earlier. Interior receipts noted.

United States

Cotton seed oil market closes firm with varied futures

The New York cotton seed oil market closes firm with spot quotes ranging from 6.88 to 7.50 and futures from 6.89 to 7.82. Notable sales include 9,800 total across October to May with multiple lots at key prices such as 6.90 for October and 7.44 for May.

New York

Birth rate drop in England and Wales hits low for Q1

England and Wales record a birth rate of 23.84 thousand in the first quarter, the lowest ever. UK rate stands at 23.9, as regional weather notes and a prison visitation quote appear amid mixed bulletin items.

England and Wales United Kingdom

Heavy Wheat Exports Boost Grain Market Output

Chicago October 25. Strong hands absorbed wheat and corn dumped overboard as export demand and short-covering supported prices. Manitoba exports surged to 1,250,000 bushels with December vessel space booked. Brasil sourced Canadian wheat while Argentine offerings receded. Oats eased while cash values remained firm. livestock gains lifted the provision market and appetite from grain speculators persisted.

Chicago Ill West Manitoba Brasil Canada

Grain prices report from Chicago markets brief

Chicago prices list cash wheat and corn grades with varying futures figures. No. 2 red and hard wheats shown with percentages and cent ranges, No. 2 northern and spring values, velvet chaff and durum notes, corn No. 2 and white and yellow lines, oats Standard around 41 cents.

Chicago

Prairie market quotes show grain prices on Oct 25

Kansas City price notes list cash wheat and corn bids with No 2 hard at 82 87 8e, No 2 red 88 90c, corn No 8 mixed 70e 71e, No 2 white 76e, December wheat 80c, May 85c, corn December 69 percent, May 72 3 4 percent.

Kansas City

Commodity Prices and Receipts From St Louis Market

Quotation snapshot shows wheat at No 2 red 96 06%c and No 2 hard 84% 92% cents with December and May futures, corn mixed, oats values listed. Receipts yesterday include flour 9000, wheat 54000, corn 25000, oats 61000. shipments tallied at flour 11000, wheat 88000, corn 19000, oats 67000.

ST. Louis

Hides And Leather Market Report

Hides steady. Leather firm. Market note from New York dated Oct. 26 reports stable prices for hides and firmness in the leather market with buyers cautious and producers holding.

New York Leather Firm

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