Texas cotton crop is greatest on record for 1912-13
New Orleans report by Secretary Hester shows Texas produced the largest cotton crop in its history for 1912-13, while Gulf and Atlantic states saw declines. The total crop reached 14,167,115 bales with higher average weight and value near $998.4 million, despite overall regional decreases.
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New Orleans
Hester
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
South
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Tennessee
Northern and Western Mills
Cotton Statistics and Market Quotations
International market notes show weekly cotton statistics from Liverpool with American imports around 7,000 bales and stock figures near 355,000 bales. St Louis reports poultry prices with chickens at 11 to 15 cents and eggs around 18 cents. New York estimates keep eggs steady and eyes unchanged.
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Liverpool
ST. Louis
Stock Market Bulls Boost Prices On Light Demand
Sentiment turned bullish as stocks advanced in New York on modest business with heavy professional selling having driven the prior decline. Southern Pacific subscriptions exceeded 90 percent of the initial estimate, lifting Harriman shares and lifting major names like Union Pacific Amalgamated Reading Laclede Gas and Pullman.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
Reading
Laclede Gas
Pullman
London
People's Gas
Market Report for Metals and London Prices
New York lead bids at 4.70. Copper firm with Standard spot 16.50 offered, electrolytic 16.50 75, lake 15.75 17.00. Tin easy with spot 43.15 30 and futures around 42.75 42.90. Antimony dull at Cookson’s 8.40 50. Iron steady with London and Cleveland warrants 55s 10 4d. London prices cited for copper and tin.
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American
American Cotton Oil
Amer
American Sugar Refining Neaee
American Tel, & Cl
Aseee
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Pon
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Mil
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Alley
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Eae
People's Gas
Pullman Palace Car
Reading
Rock Island Co
Seteeweeee Do
Southern Pacific Snccesereces
Southe Railway Seereeree
Union Bacific
United States Steel Sorceness GS O
Western Union
Texas Company
New York
London
Cookson
Cleveland
Market Notes From St Louis and New York
Market brief reports Dread price 4.67 percent and Spelter around 5.70 to 5.75 in St Louis. In New York coffee prices show No 7 Rio futures steady with December near 8.99 and March activity noted.
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ST. Louis
Spelter
New York
Rio
Featureless Market at the Stock Yards Report
Union Stock Yards report from Sept 5 describes a short featureless session with meager receipts and steady price range. Cattle calves hogs and sheep offered in small numbers. cows 5 dollars and up, calves 4 to 5 dollars, hogs 7.75 top as Fort Worth calves drop cited as depressant. Northern markets strong for hogs but cattle lowers.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Chicago
St.Louis
Kansas City
Cattle Market Slow as Receipts Weaken in Fort Worth
Fort Worth stockyards report slow cattle trade on Friday due to poor quality receipts. Total arrivals 2300 cattle and 700 calves with steers 4 256.20 cows 8 500 5.25 and calves 3 00 per head. Hog receipts light with 300 head auctioned around 8.05 to 8.45 per head. Sheep 425 head, steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Market Receipts and Quotations
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago on Sept 5 show hogs at strong demand with bulk sales 7.90 to 8.45 per cwt and pigs 4.00 to 58.40. cattle receipts 2000 with mixed to weak prices from 3.70 to 9.15. sheep receipts 146 with steady market and native lambs 5.50 to 7.66 per cwt.
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Chicago
Texas
Market Receipts for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in Kansas City
Kansas City reports receipts for hogs at 2000 with higher prices. Bulk hogs 5.35 to 8.70, heavy 5.20 to 8.40, lights 8.40 to 8.75, pigs 5.75 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 3000 with steady to lower market. prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.00, dressed 7.50 to 8.69, southern steers 5.00 to 6.50, cows 3.59 to 6.50, heifers 4.50 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 3000 with steady market. lambs 6. full figures not fully clear, yearlings 4.75 to 5.25, wethers 4.25 to 4.75, ewes 3.50 to 4.00.
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Kansas City
Market receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep
Saint Louis reports today receipts of cattle 1000 including 300 Texans with steady market native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00 cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.75 Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 7.75 cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.50 calves in car load lots 5.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 2100, market higher pigs and lights 5.50 to 9.20 good heavy 8.75 to 9.79. Sheep receipts 2300, market steady muttons 3.25 to 4.74 lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton Pests Active and Showers Delay Harvest in Texas
Crop conditions in this area are poor as showers persist hindering cotton picking. Pests including sharpshooters leaf worms and bollworms are damaging prospects for a top yield. Merchants have asked postponement of the livestock shows and carnival scheduled for October 1 to 3, with a new November date to be set.
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Lockhart
Tex
Rice market briefs from New Orleans trade desk
New Orleans reports rough Honduras trading active with bids at 2.65 to 3.30 dollars and Japan shipments steady. Sales include 862 sacks rough Honduras at 2.50 to 3.30, 282 sacks rough Japan at 3.10, and 7180 pockets clean Honduras at 1.54. Receipts list rough 11,120 and millers 1,043.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
S'c
Cotton goods markets show strength and active demand
New York reports strong and active cotton goods markets with advanced prices. Yarns remain unsettled due to cotton advances while raw silk softens slightly. Fancy spring dress goods are shown to cutting trades with moderate orders. Some substantial foreign hosiery orders placed recently.
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New York
Kansas City Produce Report Butter Eggs and Poultry Steady
Butter eggs and poultry prices remain unchanged in the daily Kansas City market report with no notable movements or price shifts among the major commodities observed. The note reflects a quiet trading day in the regional produce exchange centered in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Wheat threshers active in Northwest market declines
In Chicago Illinois on September 1 the wheat market moved with threshing in the Northwest pushing prices down. Early declines of 1/2 to 1 cent gave way to rallies before finishing lower than the previous session. Heat across the belt supported corn while oats weakened under selling pressure. Provisions rose at the yards as cash demand buoyed corn briefly, but gains faded. overall close was steady to slightly off with wheat down 1/2 to 1 cent.
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Earthman Bros. & Parish
Mgr
Draughon
Practical Business College
Clarkett Street
Alamo Plasa
Chicago
Til
Cotton Market Slumps Amid Weak Foreign News
New York opened 9 to 12 points lower as Liverpool cables and Russia reports weighed on sentiment. Southern selling and heavy realizing pushed prices down 14 to 19 points before a rally on covering. By midday the market stood 8 to 10 points net lower, later slipping on Washington tax bill concerns.
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New York
Liverpool
Russia
Washington
Cotton futures start steady as market opens in New York
Futures prices for September through July show slight gains at the opening with September at 12.89 and other months near 12.8 to 12.9 cents. The session closes mixed with small moves in several contracts, reflecting a fevered but unsettled trading day.
New Orleans Cotton Advances After Mix of News
New Orleans cotton prices fluctuated during the Sept 5 session as declines narrowed then widened on poor cables and bullish Liverpool whispers. Weather forecasts remained favorable for Texas and Oklahoma but Arkansas crop deterioration and tariff news spurred brief buying before a sharp late drop following tariff vote paralysis.
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Liverpool
Texas
Oklahoma
Atlaantic
Arkansas
Washington
Senate
Democratic
Market Quotations for Wheat Corn and Oats in St Louis
Daily price list shows cash wheat No 2 red 92 1 2c No 2 hard 881 4c corn No 2 77 8c No 2 white 79 80c oats No 2 43 4c No 2 white 44c Close quotes include wheat September 89 1 2c May 89 1 4c corn September 76 1 2c May 76 1 6c oats September 43 5e May 48e Receipts flour 15 000 barrels wheat 66 000 bushels corn 53 000 bushels oats 48 000 bushels Shipments flour 20 000 barrels wheat 136 000 bushels corn 26 000 bushels oats 98 000 bushels
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Close
Mess Park
Levy Low
Jan Ae
ST. Louis
Futures Opened Steady and Cotton Prices Fall Briefly
Futures opened steady with September at 12.49 and December at 12.85. Cotton futures closed steady, down 34 points, with Sept at 12.78, Oct 12.02, Dec 12.98, Jan 12.65, and May 13.18 amid mixed sessions in the market.
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New York
Ceeisi Eae
ARSS
Coee
Seoas
Cove Wees
New Orleans
Cotton market report from Liverpool fair values and sales
Spot cotton in moderate demand and easier with American middling fair at 7.954 pence per pound and middling 7.35d. Total sales 7000 bales including 6300 American and 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts none.
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Liverpool
Chicago cash grain prices for September trading
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 red wheat around 94 95 cents and No 2 hard near 90 91 cents. No 1 northern and No 2 northern wheat sit near 93 94 and 92 93 cents, with No 2 spring about 91 92 cents. Corn values list No 2 white around 78 cents and No 2 yellow near 78 79 cents while oats No 2 near 43 44 cents and standard around 44 cents.
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Chicago
Futures Market Close Quiet and Steady in Liverpool
Futures closed quiet and steady with several contract moves listed. The report covers spread prices from September through August, including September at 7.044 and various consecutive contracts with slight differentials and decimal notation.
Cotton market quiet as sales reach seven hundred
On September 6 in New York the cotton market showed quiet activity with middling uplands at 13.00 and middling Gulf at 13.25 per unit. Total sales recorded were 700.
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New York
Gulf
Market quotes for wheat corn and oats in Kansas City
Quotations show No 2 hard wheat at 88 89c, No 2 red at 89 90c, No 2 corn mixed 77 77 5ec, No 2 white 77c. Close prices: September wheat 84 1 4c, December 85 4 Mc, May 93%c. corn September 77 5%c, December 74%c, May 76%c.
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Kansas City
New Orleans Spot Cotton Markets and Quotations
Spot cotton quiet with middling at 12 3/4 to 12 5/8 cents and good middling at 13 1/4 to 13 5/8 cents. Receipts 1,175 bales, stocks 20,382 bales. Market reports list values in several ports and Liverpool 7.35 pence. Prices include low ordinary 9 1/2 to 10 1/16 cents and strict good middling 13 5/8 to 13 3/4 cents.
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New Orleans
Cotton seed product prices reported in Memphis
Cotton seed products in Memphis on September 5 show prime basis 7.56, meal priced at 31.50 to 32.00, linters at 24 percent.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Easy in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed easy with spot bids at 8.40 and September around 8.32 to 8.34. Trading included 600 sold at 8.36 and multiple blocks across October November December and March contracts, totaling 16 600 sold.
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New York
Cotton Market Closes Feverish in Houston Trade
Houston on September 5 reported a feverish spot cotton market closing 316 down with 283 bales traded. Shipments reached 14 512 bales and total stock stood at 42 915 bales. Prices ranged from low ordinary 8 to good middling 13 1 2 cents per pound with middling readings at 11 to 12 cents.
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Houston
Tex
Bates
Spot cotton steady in Memphis middling 12 3 4 cents
Memphis market report shows spot cotton holding steady at middling grade 12 3 4 cents with steady price tones on September 5. Local buyers and sellers observe narrow trading ranges as weather and demand influence turnover.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton prices hold steady as market closes flat
Galveston reports spot cotton closed steady with no change. Sales totaled 19 475 bales on spot market f o b 1818. Stock remained at 75 685 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Railroad officials promoted in San Antonio area
Two promotions at the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway take effect today. H. D. Kilgore becomes city and depot ticket agent, and Glenwood Moore is named assistant city and depot ticket agent. The notice appears amid a roundup of local briefs including excursions to the coast, citizenship petitions, court actions, and ads.
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San Antonio
Case to Jury Today in Wolff Death Suit at County Court
The civil county court trial of Elizabeth Wolff Bravo et al versus Woodman Circle et al on a $433 policy related to Dr H Wolff’s death in April 1911 moves toward a jury verdict. Special Judge T J Murray presides as jurors are expected to deliberate this afternoon.
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Elizabeth Wolff Bravo
Woodman Circle
H. Wolff
T. J. Murray
Bar Examinations Set For Monday Nine Applicants
Murray the court clerk will oversee the bar examinations in the Court of Civil Appeals next Monday. About nine students are expected to take the exam on that date.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Murray
New York sugar and oil prices hold steady
Raw sugar remains steady with muscovado at 3.26 dollars, centrifugal 3.76, and molasses sugar 3.01 as refined grades stay unchanged. Petroleum molasses and hides are steady, while leather remains firm in today’s market note.
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New York
Money on cast? firm ruling rate and loan quotes
New York on September 5 reports money on cast at 1 3 percent, ruling rate 3 percent, closing bid 2 1/2 percent. Time loans firmer with 60 days at 4 percent, 90 days at 4 1/2 percent, and 6 months at 5 percent.
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New York
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