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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
9
For Sale or Trade real estate notice offers a five room house with a large lot one block from market street and school. Mentions improvements and equity taken. Crockett 716.
For forty acres mostly in field with good improvements water and roads close in contact Ring Crockett 2454 before 9 pm or write Lewis Maverick Alamo Bank Bldg An er al het ha S.
Early trading shows continued weakness in cotton markets with prices drifting lower. Market observers note pressure from global supply concerns and competing textile demand, while Liverpool futures appear notably weaker.
The cotton market showed continued weakness with declines across New York, New Orleans, and Liverpool. Prices slid 12 to 33 points from the prior highs as traders sold hedges and demand cooled. New Orleans and New York closed near the day’s lows with weaker spot quotes for middling grades.
Temperature and rainfall readings for the Houston district over the prior 24 hours ending 8 a.m. 76th meridian time with remarks noting generally fair weather and near normal temperatures. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
The New York cotton market opened barely steady with declines from 3 to 18 points as southern hedging and Wall Street liquidation pressured prices. Near months weakened while deferreds rallied after lows, with October around 1.39, December 15.55, and January 16.61, before a late morning rebound as covering and buybacks reduced losses.
An OCR fragment notes Liverpool expected to reopen Friday with a rally from a 12 to 14 point gap. An 11 o'clock update mentions New York call and cites inconsistent date fragments including October December January figures and decimal values.
Cotton statistics list Western and Southern port figures with stock levels for yesterday and comparisons to last week and last year across Galveston Houston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and more with deficits noted for the season.
Continued liquidation depresses the market with bearish ginning yields hedge selling and short selling. By midday near months fall 20 to 26 points and finish about 29 to 33 points below yesterday while reports of interior withdrawal of cotton offer slight support.
New Orleans reported a steady start for cotton futures with October at 14.99 and December 15.20 and January 16.38. The session closed steady with March 15.65 15.40 15.40 and other contracts showing firm ranges.
The cattle market stayed steady with prices near unchanged as receipts fell from yesterday. A commission firm plans to offer about 400 head of excellent Burnet county range stockers tomorrow, among the best seen recently. Hogs rose in foreign markets with choice butchers around $10 locally. Today's receipts: cattle 128, calves 60, hogs 263.
Fort Worth Texas market news shows cattle receipts 2200 with strong demand. Steers sell around 6.00, stockers 5.59 to 6.70, cows 4.00 to 6.00, hogs receipts 3600 with top 10.80, lambs 9.00 to 9.50, yearlings 8.00, wethers 6.50 to 7.50, ewes 6.50 to 6.60, goats 4.50 to 5.50.
Receipts and quotations show hogs steady to higher with bulk at 10.65 to 11.15 and pigs at 8.50. Cattle receipts 9000 with prime fed steers 10.00 to 11.00 and dressed beef steers 7.50 to 9.75. cows 4.76 to 7.25. heifers 6.00 to 10.25. stockers 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 5000 with lambs 10.00 to 10.60. yearlings 7.25 to 8.25. wethers 7.25 to 7.75. ewes 6.50 to 7.25. stockers 5.00 to 10.50.
Receipts for cattle hogs and sheep reported at St Louis on Sept 7 with prices across categories. Hogs ranged from 10.70 to 11.40 for various loads, cattle receipts 7500 with native beef steers at 7.00 to 11.00, cows and calves and stockers quoted, sheep receipts 1600 with lambs at 7.00 to 10.60 and ewes noted at 5.00 to 10.00.
Chicago market receipts and quotations show hogs with 12,000 head and mixed prices around 10.56 to 10.60. cattle receipts 7,000 with native cattle at 6.75 to 11.50 and western at 5.79 to 10.40. sheep and lambs weaker with wethers 6.50 to 8.00 and lambs 6.65 to 9.18.
Oklahoma City reports today's cattle receipts at 1500 head with a strong market and hogs at 1900 head. Yard notes include calf prices from Lawton and Erick and steers from Purcell and Blanchard. Fort Worth lists stocker steers and calves with prices, while cotton seed oil quotes show intraday changes and closing figures at New York.
Spot cotton at Liverpool st Trow Sept shows good middling around 9.48 to 9.64 with 8000 bales traded and exported. Receipts also listed at 8000. Market activity includes speculation and export demand.
Wheat prices slipped as reports of Greece joining the Anglo French line unsettled markets in Chicago. Declines appeared across December and May futures, with further weakness from pit selling and packer downgrades in pork and other provisions. Greek news later showed limited confirmation, easing some losses.
Chicago price listing shows wheat No 2 red at 1.53 and 1.53 1/2, No 2 hard at 1.54, corn No 3 yellow 88 89 cents, No 4 yellow 86 88 cents, No 4 white 85 89 cents, oats standard 47 48 cents, rye No 2 at 1.22 1/2 dollars.
Wheat prices fell for No 2 red and No 2 hard while corn rose for No 2. No 2 white and No 2 yellow oats and rye showed varied moves alongside steady rye prices.
Wheat markets rise with No 2 hard at 1.60 to 1.58 and No 2 red at 1.54 to 1.60 while corn holds at 85 85e for No 2 mixed and 85 for No 2 white. rye falls to 1.22 amid broad price shifts from Sept. 7 dispatch.
Kansas City bulletin shows Wheat for September at 1.48 and December Corn at 84 1/2 cents, with September and December futures quoted as well. Market closes feature gains in wheat and corn amid steady trading.
Washington dispatch lists Major James G Harbord detached from cavalry and Major Elmer Tindsley detailed to quartermaster vacancy. Numerous officers named for captains and lieutenant colonel promotions across infantry and staff, with assignments to general staff and quartermaster roles.
Trading of Mexican currency in San Antonio shows bid and asking prices for silver pesos and half pesos. U S mercantile rates for Sterling Francs Guilders and other currencies listed with demand and cables. Government and railroad bonds steady to irregular. time loans firmer. call money advanced with last loan at 2 percent.
Local packing house quotations list dry salt extras at 16 cents, bacon extras at 17 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds average 18 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 22 cents, fancy hams 22 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pound average 20 cents, pure lard 15 cents, compound 11 cents as of Thursday. Market figures show Sept and Dec marks for pork products and lard with mixed price points across months and Contracts.
Liverpool and New York figures show weekly price trajectories with futures for coffee and monthly rate scales. The data includes eurodollar style prompts and indicating September and October forward curves, plus Rio coffee futures trading around 9.43 cents for September.
Galveston marine intelligence reports sailing notices for El Paso New York Penvearn Manchester Mercator and other vessels with ports such as Cristobal Nice de Larri Aalborg and varying furnishing marks.
In New York copper firm at 27.00 to 28.00 per unit and iron unchanged. Spot tin quoted at 38.85 to 39.05 with London futures around 106 10s electrolytic and 113. Abilene Texas reports cotton seed at a record 50 dollars per ton.
London market notes show bar silver at 8244 per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates list short pile at 5.4 percent and three months at 5.5 percent.
Shippers report steady demand with prices in San Antonio on Thursday. Eyes candled 4 27, butter 4.0 to 5.0 per pound, creamery 5 0e, country 19 20c, packing flock 18 19c per pound. Poultry firm with hens 6.00 per dozen, friers 5.50 6.60, broilers 3.50 3.90, turkeys 17 18c per pound, ducks 4.00 5.00 per dozen, geese 4.60 6.00.
U S stocks recovered from the prior session's weakness at the Wednesday open. Reading, Crucible, Lackawanna, Beet Sugar and Mexican Petroleum rose 1 to 2 points, while Marine and Kelly-Springfield faced selling pressure. Copper and tobacco products led gains later, with Inspiration hitting a new record before a mixed close.
A federal grand jury will investigate high fruit and vegetable prices in Chicago markets after noon Thursday. Dealers, cold storage firms, farmers and shippers will be questioned about price rises and possible dealer agreements. In San Antonio prices are 26 to 5 percent higher than last September with lower receipts and variable demand. poultry receipts improve while eggs remain scarce.
Weather bulletin notes low wind speeds under 10 mph and precipitation less than .01 inches are not published. Meteorologist Weather Bureau issued the bulletin.
Kansas City on September 1 reports quota stags as scarce and rising, eggs and poultry prices stable at Kaw Valley early for Ohio suppliers, with strong markets noted overall. The report highlights price and supply shifts affecting buyers and sellers.
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