Texas Cotton Crop Breaks Record in 1912 13
Texas produced the greatest cotton crop in state history for 1912 13, per Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Despite a statewide rise, Gulf States and Atlantic states declined, total crop 14 167 115 bales, down 1 971 311 from 1911 12, with average price around 12 20 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Texas
Hester
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
South
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Tennessee
Record Cotton Mill Consumption Shows Uptick Across Regions
Expert expects over 300000 extra spindles to operate soon. South mills use 12819333 spindles this year versus 12318356 last year with steady monthly demand. Northern western mills consume 2617000 vs 2481000. Total regional and foreign usage rises to 5305000 with 841 mills, 804 active, 30 idle, 7 under construction. World American cotton use reaches 14903000, up 388000 from last year.
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Hester
Cotton Statistics and Receipts Across Ports
Local cotton receipts show totals for last year and today across Galveston New Orleans Savannah Charleston Wilmington Baltimore Brunswick and Texas City with a grand total of 26 104 bales. Interior receipts and weekly Liverpool statistics are also listed with American shares and forwardings.
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New Orleans
MOG
Savannah
Charleston
B.C
Wilmington
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Baltimore
Brunswick
Texas City
Liverpool
Bullish Stock Market Sparks Gains After Mixed Week
Market sentiment turns bullish on September trading amid gains in Southern Pacific Union Pacific Amalgamated Reading and Laclede Gas as investors push prices higher on renewed demand. Profit taking and dull after midday trading capped the day with an irregular close despite strong openings.
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Southern Pacific
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Reading
Laclede
Pullman
London
People’s Gas
Market Quotation Highlights for Poultry and Eggs
In St Louis on September 5 the prices show chickens at 14 to 14½ cents, springs 15 cents, turkeys 17 cents, ducks 10 cents, geese 8 cents, eggs 19 cents, butter creamery 30 cents. New York produce also reports steady eyes at unchanged levels.
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Weather Bureau San Antonio Forecast 1913
Observations at 8 a m report sea level air pressure and temperatures with isotherms. Wind arrows indicate direction. Temperatures and precipitation listed. yesterday's rainfall none. Texas east of 100th meridian mostly fair tonight and Saturday. total and deficit rainfall since January 1 provided.
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San Antonio
Texas
Metal Prices and Markets Report From New York
Lead quiet at 4.70 bid with London 20 pounds 12s 64. Spelter steady around 5.85 95. London 21 10s. Copper firm with standard spot to Nov 16.50 offered. electrolytic 16.50 75, lake 16.75 17.00. costing 16.12 to 16.37. Tin easy with spot 43.15 30 and 42.87 48.20 for Sept-Oct. London spot 195 pounds. Antimony dull at Cookson's 8.40 50. Iron steady with London Cleveland warrants 55s 10%4d.
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Market Briefs and Commodity Quotes From Two Cities
Seaboard notes in St. Louis report dead and price quotes for spelter at 4.67 and 5.70 to 5.75. In New York coffee futures shown No 7 Rio for December at 8.99 and March at 25.
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Featureless Market At The Stock Yards Takes A Breather
Union Stock Yards, Sept. 5. A short featureless session across cattle hogs and sheep with meager receipts. Cattle best cows $5, calves $4 to $5.75, hogs steady, gains muted by Fort Worth news of calf declines. Northern markets were strong for hogs but weaker for cattle and calves with losses 10 to 25 cents per hundredweight.
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Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
Cattle Market Sluggish Yet Steady in Fort Worth Sale
Fort Worth September market shows slow cattle trade due to poor receipts. Total stock included 2300 cattle 700 calves with calves down 25 to 50 cents and hogs about 800 head selling 5 to 10 cents higher. Sheep receipts 425 and steady with prices not listed.
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Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Tex
Chicago Market Report Shows Mixed Demand Across Livestock
Chicago buyers reported mixed demand with hog receipts at 15 000 and strong market prices for bulk sales and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts reached 2600 with a slow weak tone on Reeves and Texas steers while sheep demand stayed steady with native sheep and yearlings priced between 3.50 and 5.76.
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Reeves
Texas
Market Report Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices
Receipts and hogs show 2000 head with higher prices. Cattle receipts about 3000 with steady to 10 cents lower. prime fed steers near 8.50. dressed steers 7.50 to 8.50. cows 3.59 to 6.50. heifers 4.50 to 8.76. Sheep receipts 3000 with steady tone. lambs 6.90 to 7.85. 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
Receipts today at St. Louis were 1000 cattle including 300 Texas steers with steady market. native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.75. Texas steers 6.25 to 7.75, calves 35.00 to 6.00. Hogs 2100 receipts with higher market. pigs and lights 5.50 to 9.20, good heavy 8.75 to 9.80. Sheep 2300 receipts steady. muttons 8.25 to 4.40, lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton Pests Active and Showers Delay Harvest
Showers blanket the county delaying cotton picking while pests including sharpshooters leaf worms and boll worms ravage crops. Merchants request postponement of the livestock shows and carnival that were to open October 1 2 and 3 with a date to be set in November.
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Lockhart
Tex
Rice Market Report from New Orleans Trade Hub
New Orleans reported rough Honduras rice active with Japan and Honduras clean stations steady. Prices listed: rough Honduras 2.65 to 3.30 per unit, clean Honduras 4 and 1/2 percent, Japan 2 to 3 percent. Sales included 862 sacks rough Honduras at 2.90 to 3.30, 282 sacks rough Japan at 3.10, and 7120 pockets clean Honduras at 1 and 1/2 to 1 and 5/6 cents. Receipts: rough 11,120 sacks. millers 1,043.
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Japan
Cotton goods markets show strength and advance prices
New York reports strong active cotton goods markets with advances in prices. Yarns remain unsettled due to cotton gains while raw silk eases slightly. Fancy spring dress goods are shown to cutting trades and ordered moderately, with substantial orders for foreign hosiery recently placed.
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New York
Market Wire Butter Eggs And Poultry Steady In Kansas City
Kansas City Produce reports butter eggs and poultry prices unchanged as of September 5 with no shifts in overall market levels observed today.
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Wheat Threshers Active in Northwest as Market Declines
The northwest threshing rush advanced wheat while market responses were muted to American gains. After starting firm, prices dipped below previous levels with heat stressing corn and oats weakening under selling pressure. Cash buying revived corn but failed to sustain gains, closing steady to modest declines across grains and provisions.
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Til
Cotton Opens Steady Then Slumps In New York Trade
New York opened steady but fell 9 to 12 points on weak Liverpool cables and Russia reports. Southern selling and easy offers pushed prices toward yesterday's close, with a sharp late-day drop to 14 to 19 points net loss before a partial midday rally. Later trading showed a 3 to 4 point gain before Washington tax news drove a sharp break.
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Cotton futures open steady and close feverish in New York
The New York cotton market opened steady with prices for September through July listed around 12.80 to 13.07. The session closed feverish with varied open high low and close figures across months, showing unsettled trading and slight gains amid fluctuating quotes.
Cotton futures hold steady amid private Liverpool signals
New Orleans reports steady cotton futures with a small net decline after early losses. Bulls cite improving Arkansas crop conditions while selling pressure and a tariff news flash later pushed prices down sharply, leaving prices near yesterday's levels at noon before a late drop.
Grain and provision quotes in Chicago market
Chicago grain and provision quotations on September 6 showed prices for corn, wheat, oats and other staples along with futures levels. The brief market snippet outlines daily values and notable movements in Chicago trading pits.
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Market Quotations From St Louis Grain Prices and Receipts
Quotations show cash and future prices for wheat corn and oats in St Louis. Cash Wheat No 2 red at 92 to 92 1/4 cents. No 2 hard 88 1/4 to 92 1/2. Corn No 2 77 1/4 to 78 1/4. No 2 white 79 to 80 1/4. Oats No 2 43 1/4 to 43 1/2. No 2 white 44 cents. September futures wheat 81 1/4 to 81 1/2. May 89 1/4 to 89 1/2. Corn September 76 1/2 to 76 3/4. May 76 1/2. Oats September 43 1/4 to 43 1/2. May 48 1/4. Receipts include flour 15,000 barrels. wheat 66,000 bushels. corn 53,000 bushels. oats 48,000 bushels. Shipments include flour 20,000 barrels. wheat 136,000 bushels. corn 26,000 bushels. oats 98,000 bushels.
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ST. Louis
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with September 12.69 to 12.78 and October 12.79 to 12.80. December 12.85 to 12.93, January 12.90 to 13.02, March 13.01 to 13.02, and May around 13.10. Close showed a slight decline of 34 to 38 points.
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New Orleans
Cotton Market Report from Liverpool on Sept 5
Spot cotton in moderate demand and easier with American middling fair at 7.95d, good middling 7.674, middling 7.35d, low middling 7.18d, good ordinary 6.53d, and ordinary 6.194. Sales 7000 bales including 6300 American and 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts none.
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Liverpool
Chicago Grain Prices Reflect Mixed Wheat and Corn Values
Chicago cash grain markets show No 2 red wheat at 4 9 8 per bushel No 2 hard around 9 04 to 9 1 4 cents No 1 northern 9 23 to 9 14 cents and No 2 northern 9 2 to 9 3 cents Velvet chaff durum near 7 62 per bushel Corn ranges No 2 77 to 78 4 cents No 2 white about 78 to 78 4 cents No 2 yellow 78 cents Oats No 2 around 43 4 to 44 cents per bushel standard oats 44 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
Futures Quiet Close Steady In Liverpool Market
Futures closed quiet and steady in Liverpool with contract quotes across several near term and distant periods. Key figures show September 7.04d, September-October 6.91d, October-November 6.864d, and other successive spreads ranging around 6.80d to 6.81d.
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Liverpool
Cotton spot prices steady with moderate sales
New York reports cotton spot market quiet with middling uplands at 13.00 cents and middling gulf at 13.25 cents, with 700 bales sold.
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Gulf
Grain prices slide and futures listed in Kansas City market
Kansas City on September 5 quotes show Gash wheat No 2 hard 89c to 89 1 2c, No 2 red 89 1 2c 4900, corn No 2 mixed 77 1 2c No 2 white 77 1 2c, oats No 2 white 42c No 2 mixed 42c. Close futures: September wheat 84 4 to 84 6 c, December 85 4 to 85 6 c, May 98 4 c, corn September 77 1 2c, December 74 1 2c, May 77 6 c.
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Kansas City
New Orleans Cotton Prices and Receipts Report
Spot cotton in New Orleans quiet at 12 1/2 cents with middling 12 1/2 cents and 1175 bales received. Other markets show varied middling quotes from 12 to 13 1/2 cents and Liverpool at 7.35 pence, with stock at 20,382 bales and 474 bales sold on the spot.
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New Orleans
Cotton Seed Products Market Brief Memphis
Cotton seed prices noted in Memphis on September 5 show prime basis around 7.66, meal priced at 31.60 to 32.00, linters at 2 percent and 3 cents.
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Tenn
Cotton seed oil market closes easy in New York
In New York on September 5 the cotton seed oil market closes easy with spot bids around 8.40 and several lots sold across months from September to April. Memphis reports spot cotton steady with middling price at 12 1/2 cents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Spot cotton market closes feverish in Houston
Houston, Sept 5. The spot cotton market closed feverish, down 316 cents per pound. Sales totaled 233 bales f o b 11,398. Shipments reached 14,512 bales with stock at 42,915. Price ranges: low ordinary 8 1/2 cents, ordinary 9, good ordinary 10, low middling 11, middling 11 1/2, good middling 13 1/2, middling fair not stated.
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Houston
Tex
Spot cotton closes steady in Galveston prices
Galveston Texas on March 5 reports spot cotton steady with sales at 100 cents per pound fob 1818. Receipts reach 19 475 bales and total stock around 758 685 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Railroad Officials Promoted In San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Promotions take effect today for two San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway officials. H. D. Kilgore becomes city and depot ticket agent, and Glenwood Moore advances to assistant city and depot ticket agent. The notice lists other local business ads and community items including dances and citizenship petitions.
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Case to Jury Today in Wolff Bravo vs Woodman Circle
The civil case, Elizabeth Wolff Bravo et al versus Woodman Circle et al, on a policy for 433 dollars stemming from Dr H Wolff's death in April 1911, has been on trial in county court with Special Judge T J Murray and is expected to go to the jury this afternoon.
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Bar Examinations Set For Next Monday In Court of Civil Appeals
Three applicants will take the bar examinations next Monday in the Court of Civil Appeals. Murray, the court clerk in charge, expects nine students to appear for the tests on that date.
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Market Roundup Signals Steady Commodities in NYC
In New York on September 68, raw sugar markets held steady with Muscovado at 3.26, centrifugal at 3.76, molasses sugar at 3.01, and refined steady. Petroleum, molasses, hides and leather markets also showed firm or stable pricing.
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Money Market Drafts Edge Higher In Early Trading
New York money market shows cash firm at 2 3 percent with a ruling rate of 3 percent. Closing bids at 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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