Bear market broad declines as drought and earnings hit shares
New York trading shows widespread selling driven by poor crop reports and railroad earnings. Call money rose to 3 percent, then 2 percent, as foreign holders increased sales. Major declines hit Union Pacific Reading and others while New Haven slipped to a new low before a late recovery.
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Cotton Region Bulletin September 7 1913 Weather Summary
The 24 hour period ending 8 a.m. 76th meridian time reports fair weather across the belt with exceptions in South Texas and North Carolina. Rainfall of one inch or more occurs at Cheneyville Lafayette and Goldsboro. Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau.
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New York Financial Notices and Currency Rates
New York financials show prime mercantile paper at 4 1 4 percent and 6 percent for some issues, Sterling weaker with 60 day bills at 4.85 70 and demand at 4.82 40, commercial bills at 4.82 5, bar silver at 4 cents, Mexican dollars at 4 1/2 cents, and government bonds steady. Money on call firmer at 2 1/2 percent, ruling rate 2 1/2 percent, time loans stronger with 60 days at 4 1/4 percent, 90 days at 4 1/2 percent, and six months at 6 percent.
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Metal Prices and London Gold Market Update
New York leads quiet at 4.75 for lead with London at 21 pounds sterling. Spelter steady at 5.80 to 6.12 in London, with copper firm and various standards listed. Tin firm with spot and futures around 42.25 to 48.62 and London prices quoted in pounds. Antimony dull and Cookson’s rate shown. Local wanes noted with London warrants at 5és.
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Scrambled Metal Prices Reported in St Louis Auction Notes
Market notes from St Louis metals trading show varied bids with values around 4.00 to 5.70 dollars. Specific entries list lead at 4.00 and 5.70 per unit, with other minor quotes unclear due to OCR errors.
Marine Intelligence Galveston and New York Log
Galveston Marine Intelligence reports arrivals on Sept 3 including steamers City of Mexico Tampico La Planta Cardiff Altamaha New York Crawley Santos via St Lucia and schooner Mark Pendleton Sagua with clearance for Steamer Georgian Prince Tampico and sailing of Steamer El Mundo to New York. New York arrivals include Oceanic Carmania Pennsylvanis Hamburg and others.
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Coffee futures steady in New York market
In New York on September 3, No. 7 Rio coffee futures held steady with March at 9.31 and May at 9.43.
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Deficit Decrease Reported as August Receipts Rise
Government receipts for August exceeded disbursements by 129000, halting the deficit growth for the fiscal year. About 4 million of a 59 million deposit to aid crop movement has been placed in Baltimore and Washington, with the South receiving a portion this week. Treasury cash assets total 2.03 billion. 7054 national banks hold 740.03 million in national bank notes.
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Weather Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau dated Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1913. Forecast through 7 p m Thursday: San Antonio and vicinity unsettled with showers tonight or Thursday. East Texas unsettled with showers in the southern portion tonight or Thursday.
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Milk Shortage Pushes Dairy Prices Higher Across Goods
A dry spell in northern and western dairying regions curtails milk output and boosts prices for milk and related products. Butter and cheese rise with Elgin quotations at 30 cents per pound to retailers while condensed milk brands gain 10 cents per case. Northern storage shows growing butter stocks, yet Texas demand remains brisk. Potatoes remain plentiful nationwide, and cotton receipts ahead of last year are hurt by a lack of pickers, with high picking rates reported.
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California and Ontario Produce Prices in 50s Catalog Style
Prices listed for apples beans raisins citron and peel sugar coffee flour meal hay and canned vegetables. Items include 50 and 60 pound apple boxes 8 and 9 cents per pound fancy limes rosins and various crown numbers for raisins fruit peels and candied goods. Coffee and flour prices given with barrels and sacks noted alongside hay per ton and canned tomatoes corn and corn products.
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Rain Sparks Live Stock Trade at Union Stock Yards
Showers brightened trading as cattle traders returned to a lively market at Union Stock Yards. Receipts were light but demand steady with cows up to 5.25, calves near 5.50, hogs around 8, and calves led by 6, while Fort Worth and other centers showed weakness today.
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Market Price List for Eggs Poultry Produce and More
A dense market listing details prices for eggs poultry cheese butter and vegetables by region with Texas California Colorado and other sources. It itemizes fruits syrup canned goods hides seeds and meats with per dozen per pound per hundredweight and per crate prices, plus multiple variations for each item.
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Galveston Spot Cotton Prices and Market Totals
Galveston spots report firm cotton prices with mill terms. Spot cot ton closed firm with values from low ordinary to good middling and middling fair. sales total 100, receipts 11,163 bales, stock 64,048 bales, area figures as of September 5.
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Wheat and corn prices in Kansas City market update
Quotation figures show cash wheat markets with No 2 hard at 84 to 87 cents and No 2 red at 88 1/2 cents. Corn No 2 mixed at 76 cents and No 2 white at 76 1/2 to 77 cents, oats No 2 white at 44 cents. Futures close with wheat September 88 1/2 to 83 1/2 cents, December 87 cents, May 93 1/2 cents. corn September 76 cents, December 73 1/2 cents, May 75 to 75 1/2 cents.
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Chicago Women Claim Smallest Feet In America
In Chicago two women reportedly have smaller feet than Mrs. Philander C. Knox. Mrs. Henry Woods and Miss Anita Blair wear sizes No 1 AA and No 12 AAA, with Mrs. Woods using a B last. Miss Clara C. Houston of Vernon Avenue was credited in New York with the most perfect foot.
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Butter Prices Rise in Elgin Market
Elgin Illinois reports butter prices at 30 cents with higher and firmer trading noted on September 2.
Treasury reports steady funds and growing deficit
The U S treasury showed a net balance in general funds of 127 211 118 dollars. Saturday receipts totaled 3 308 496 dollars while payments reached 1 316 669 dollars. The current fiscal year deficit stands at 10 201 096 dollars, up from 3 809 050 last year, excluding Panama canal and public debt.
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New Orleans Rice Market Reports Sharp Honduras Activity
Rough Honduras rice remains strong and active with Japan steady and nominal. Quotations show rough Honduras at 2.40 to 3.30, Honduras 44% 5 c, Japan 2 4 c. Receipts over two days total 22 636 rough, 2 090 millers, 22 587 clean. Sales over two days: rough Honduras 26 445 at 2.40 to 3.80, clean Honduras 8 956 at 1 5 to 5 c.
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Market Prices Report from Kansas City
Quotations today show Butter Creamery 30c firsts 29c seconds 27c packing 22c Eggs Firsts 22c seconds 15c Poultry Hens 13c roosters 9c ducks 10c springers 1c
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Sugar and commodity prices steady in New York market
New York on September 3 reports raw sugar mostly steady with Muscovado at 3.26 dollars per hundredweight Centrifugal 3.76 Molasses sugar 3.01 Refined sugar steady petroleum steady molasses and hides steady leather firm signaling stable commodity trading across these sectors.
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Eggs Hold Steady Across Markets
New York notes eggs steady and unchanged while St. Louis reports poultry prices with chickens at 11 1 2 cents springs 16 5 10 cents turkeys 17 cents ducks 16 cents and geese 8 cents Butter creamery 27 cents per pound and eggs at 16 cents per dozen.
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Butter and dairy prices and receipts update
Chicago market report shows butter higher with creamery quotes 24 29 cents. Cheese mixed with varieties like Daisies 14% 15 cents and Twins 14% 14? cents. Potatoes unsettled with receipts 0 cars, Minnesota and Ohio 65 68 cents. Eggs and fowls unsettled with mixed quotes and status.
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Cotton market closes steady in Houston trade
The spot cotton market ended steady with a 5-16 rise. Sales reached 708 bales, with 12 385 bales shipped and stock at 39 224 bales. Prices ranged from low ordinary 8 11-16 to good middling 12 3-16.
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Fort Worth cattle market treads lower on slow demand
Fort Worth Texas report shows 3600 cattle and 5800 calves on hand and prices trimmed across most classes. Beef steers 4.50 to 6.50, stocker steers 4.25 to 6.15, cows 3.75 to 5.50, heifers 5.25 to 6.00, calves 4.50 to 8.75. Hogs receipts 2300 with top at 8.50 and bulk 8.10 to 8.35, market 10 cents lower. Sheep 650 mostly slow with a downward tendency.
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Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market receipts today show hogs 25 000 with steady prices and mixed ranges, cattle 18 000 with a slow market, and sheep 42 000 with prices lower. bulk hog sales around 7.56 to 8.15 per unit, cattle beeves 6.90 to 9.15, and native lambs 5.25 to 7.25.
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Market Quotations
Receipts and prices reported for Hogs Cattle and Sheep. Hogs 9000 on hand steady market with bulk sales 5.15 to 8.40, heavy 8.10 to 8.30, light 8.10 to 8.30, pigs 5.75 to 6.75. Cattle 22000 with 2000 southerns. market lower. Fed steers 8.60 to 9.10, dressed beef steers 7.25 to 8.50, southern steers 5.00 to 6.75, cows 3.50 to 6.25, heifers 4.20 to 9.00. Sheep 13000 market lower. Lambs 6.75 to 7.40, yearlings 4.75 to 6.34, wethers 4.25 to 4.75, ewes 3.75 to 4.25.
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Livestock Market Report from St Louis Gate
Receipts for cattle hogs and sheep are listed with market steady trends. Cattle include native beef steers cows and heifers and Texas Oklahoma steers. calves in carload lots. Hogs show pigs lights and good heavy ranges. Sheep cover native muttons and lambs with lambs down.
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Cotton Goods Markets Strong on Cotton Rally
New York reports a strong cotton goods market as cotton rises and converters and jobbers seek quick goods. Silks remain active in ribbons and piece goods while yarns show higher prices.
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Fresh extras for sale in New York market
Irregular, fresh gathered eggs offered as extras in New York on September 2. Prices listed 28 to 30 cents per dozen, with no additional details on suppliers or quantity.
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Cotton Market Surges on Heavy Buying and Bullish Cables
Cotton prices rise to new yearly highs as Liverpool and New Orleans support gains. January options reach 13.41 in New Orleans with contracts above 13 cents, while August-September months climb on bullish weather forecasts and strong Liverpool cables. Prices advance about two cents per pound in a week amid heavy trading and quick profit-taking.
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Cotton futures open steady in New York trade
Cotton futures opened steady with September at 12.95, October 13.03, November 12.95, December 13.00, January 12.88, March 12.94, May 13.00, and closed steady. Spot and daily ranges shown with earlier session high and low values for Sept and Oct.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady Then Rises On Week Weather
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady advancing about 8 points on good cables. After initial gains profit taking by longs cooled the market, with prices closing the first half hour 1 to 3 points under prior day. Late morning and post report trading pushed futures to new highs for the year before afternoon profit taking capped gains.
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Cotton futures open steady then close higher in New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 3 cotton futures held steady at opening. Prices for September to May showed minor gains by close, with Augusts around 12.90 to 13.33 and March around 13.24. Overall, the day closed with a modest net gain of about 22 to 26 points.
Cotton market in Liverpool steady with strong sales
Liverpool spot cotton sees fair demand and firmness with American middling fair at 8.00 pence, good mid 7.72, middling 7.40, low middling 7.18, good ordinary 6.58 and ordinary 6.24. Sales reach 10,000 bales including 5,800 American and 600 for speculation and export, receipts 6,000 bales with no American arrivals.
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Futures close irregular in Liverpool midnight market
Futures closed irregular with various spreads listed for September through August contracts. Prices ranged around 6.84 to 7.06 pence per pound in the Liverpool market as traders assessed near and next month values.
Spot Cottons Move Higher in New Orleans Markets
New Orleans spot cotton gains 5-16 to 12 3 4 cents with middling at 12 3 4 cents. Sales on spot total 326 bales with receipts 928 bales and stock at 18 578 bales. Other markets show varied middling prices and futures notes across Liverpool Houston and Galveston.
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Cotton market slows with no sales in New York report
Spot cotton in New York on September 3 was quiet with Middling uplands at 13.30 cents and gulf at 18.55 cents per pound. No sales were recorded.
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Cotton market report from Memphis in September
Spot cotton in Memphis steady with a fractional advance. Middling grade priced at 12 and a half cents per pound.
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Taylor wagon cotton receipts set record at 1210 bales
Taylor Texas farmers in the trade area sold 1210 bales of cotton in one day, a new record surpassing the 1100-bale previous mark. By last night season totals reached 8135 bales, valued at about 73800 dollars, according to local reports.
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Cotton Seed Prices Reported in Memphis
Prime basin oil 7.56 per pound meal 31.60 per 100 pounds lint includes 214 3 c. per unit based in Memphis on September 3 with quoted prices for cotton seed products.
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Cotton seed oil market closes easier in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed easier with spot at 8.50 and futures range from 8.46 to 7.03. Trading included 29 600 total sales across October to March with multiple lotings and price points in the third and fourth calle, indicating broad activity and steady demand.
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Texas peanut crop outlook tops one million bushels
Denison Texas reports that this year's peanut harvest will exceed 1,000,000 bushels, according to buyer George Morgan. He says the crop more than doubles last year and will net farmers over $800,000.
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Provisions Hold Strong as Markets Edge Higher
Chicago report notes unsettled northwest weather boosting wheat and corn gains while provisions stay firm led by hogs and deferred options. First prices rise 4 percent with oats and oats futures firm. corn lifts on weather and reduced world supplies. Cattle futures steady despite rural offering gaps.
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Grain and provision quotations from Chicago
Chicago cash grain quotations list cash wheat and corn and oats prices for Sept 3. No. 2 red wheat trades around 2 percent while No. 1 northern tops about 3 dollars. Corn prices show No. 2 at 16% to 16 percent in trade with No. 2 white near 76 to 77 cents. Oats move around 42 to 44 cents for No. 2 grades.
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Market Quotations for Wheat Corn and Oats
Quotes show No 2 red wheat 92 to 94 cents No 3 hard 86 to 91 cents. corn No 2 76 cents No 2 white 77 cents. oats No 2 42 to 43 cents. Close prices for September and May futures listed with receipts yesterday and shipments totals for flour wheat corn and oats.
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