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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1913

Page

9

Pessimistic crop view drags stocks downward in market report

Reports of rain in the southwest fail to lift sentiment as investors brace for a likely unfavorable government corn report. Leading issues retreat while copper and petroleum show mixed moves. New York Central financing spurs a dip, banks incur weekly losses, and the market ends with a late strength after intraday declines.

New York Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Amalgamated London New York Central California Petroleum California Grangers Pacifica Short

Rainfall Bulletin for Arkansas and Adjacent Regions

Cotton Region Bulletin reports 24 hours ending 8 a m September 9 1913 with rainfall of one inch or more at Bartlesville Beaver Chandler Holdenville McAlester Greenwood Livingston Batesville Little Rock Holly Springs and San Antonio Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau.

Rbartlesville Beaver Chandler Holdenville McAlester Greenwood Livingston Batesville Little Rock Holly Springs San Antonio Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Metal Prices Steady in New York and London Markets

Lead quiet at $4.70 bid with London £20 12s 6d. Spelter $5.85 5.95 and £21 5s. Copper firm with standard spot to November $15.60 16.37 and electrolytic $16.75 16.87. Tin steady at $42.40 42.75. London spot £194 with futures £192 1s. Antimony dull at $8.40 8.50. Iron firm with Cleveland warrants 54s.

New York London Cookson Cleveland

Financial Market Advances and Call Money Rates Reported

Lead values at St. Louis and shelter quotes. New York call money steady at 2 to 3 percent with closing bids near 2 38 percent. Time loans show strength at 60 days 4.44 percent, 90 days 4 44 percent, six months 5.6 percent, reflecting a firm money market.

ST. Louis Shelter

Market Notes and Foreign Exchange Summary

New York financial bulletin shows prime mercantile paper at 5% to 6% range and sterling exchange steady at 4 82.50 for 90 days and 4.85.78 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.82% with bar silver at 58 1/2 cents. Mexican dollars at 46 cents. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds easy.

New York Sterling Exchange

Weather Bulletin from 8 am Observations

General weather bulletin notes 8 am observations on Tuesday September 9 1913. The brief item records atmospheric readings and conditions from the early morning, indicating typical daily weather reporting for the era.

Cotton Makes Progress

The Weather Bureau reports mixed conditions for the week ended yesterday. Warm weather and local showers aided cotton development in most states east of the Mississippi, with drought in parts of Tennessee and South Carolina. In the west, Arkansas drought eased, Texas saw light to heavy rain in spots, and Oklahoma and southern Missouri remained dry with hot conditions.

Washington, D. C National Weather Bureau Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Missouri

Cotton Pests Active In Elgin Area

Reports from river bottom farmers indicate boll weevil and leaf worms found in cotton and threatening the top crop unless immediate precautions are taken. Nearby neighborhoods report insects not yet appearing. Weather remains favorable for harvest and gins stay busy as fall harvest proceeds.

Elgin Tex

Maritime Intelligence from Galveston and New York

Galveston reports arrivals including Craftsman Tampico Queen Alexandra Hornsby Castle Anglo Bonivian Kilnsea Jacob Luckenbach and the saved steamer Alexandria with arrivals and salvage notes. New York lists Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Niagara Neckar and Bremen vessels arriving on September 9.

Galveston Craftsman Tampico Queen Alexandra Port Tampa Hornsby Castle Anglo Bo Nivian Cardiff Kilnsea St. Vincent Jacob Luckenbach Baltimore Steamer& Alexandria Liverpool el Paso New York Martin Saenz Spai Barcelona Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Bremen Niagara Havre Neckar

Wheat and corn quotes from Chicago market report

Chicago quotations list prices for wheat and corn across grades. No. 2 red wheat at 98 14 to 94 1 4 cents, No. 2 hard 89 1 2 to 90 0 cents, corn No. 2 76 1 2 to 78 cents, No. 2 white 77 to 78 cents, oats No. 2 42 1 2 to 43 0 cents.

Chicago

Father of Cash Wheat Buying Dies at 78

James Marshall longtime Minneapolis business figure and former Chamber of Commerce president died at Lake Minnetonka home. Born in 186? he made the first cash wheat purchase in the northwest while with a grain company in 1863.

Minneapolis Minn James Marshall Chamber of Commerce Lake Minnetonka Marshall

Strong cotton goods market lifts prices in New York

New York report notes spring dress goods opening 10 percent below fall values while fancy goods fall further. Raw silk eases slightly as cotton yarns stay firm with an upward tilt.

New York

Money Rates Report From Call Firm and Time Loans

New York money market note shows ruling call rates at 2 to 3 percent with closing bids at 2 to 3 percent. Time loans steady with 60 days at 4 percent, 90 days at 4 to 4.5 percent, and six months at 5 percent.

St. Louis-Southwestern Cuts Preferred Dividend

The St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Company reduced its dividend on preferred stock to 4 percent annually by declaring a quarterly dividend of 1 percent, down from the previous 1.5 percent.

New York St. Louis- Southwestern Railway Company

Copper产量与 deliveries August report

New York on September 9 the August copper production reached 131 632 362 pounds a drop of 6 142 240. Domestic deliveries rose to 73 649 501 up 14 745 615 while foreign deliveries fell to 73 263 469 down 5 216 602. Total deliveries stood at 146 915 270 up 9 529 007.

New York

Market Report Chicago Index Quiet on Butter Eggs Potatoes Fall

Chicago market update shows butter and eggs unchanged, receipts 9540 cases and 40 rail cars for potatoes with prices mixed. Minnesota Ohio scents 58 to 63 cents, Jerseys 98 to 95, Wisconsin 57 to 80 cents, greens and springers listed with lower figures and fowls at a similar range.

Chicago Minnesota Ohio Jerseys Wisconsin

Butter Eggs and Poultry Steady in Kansas City Markets

In Kansas City on September 9 prices for butter eggs and poultry remained unchanged with no movement indicated in the market bulletin. No mills or traders altered offers and wholesale rates held firm across the board.

Kansas City

Meat prices set to rise again this winter

Local packers expect higher meat prices as provisions rise on the Chicago market. Butchers and packers say cheap meat will be scarce until cattle and hog crops rebound, with tariffs removed not stopping the trend. A 1000 quarter shipment of Argentina beef arrives in New York, while Australian beef sales little affect native prices.

Chicago Argentina New York Pacific Coast

Market Price List of Agricultural Products and Goods

The list records current market prices for eggs poultry butter cheese vegetables fruits and related goods. It includes rates for hens friers and broilers turkeys and various fruits vegetables and canned meats with per unit weights and container sizes. Prices span multiple states and brands, with notes on quality grades and common containers or crates.

Texas Creamery Texas California Colorado Valencia Arkansas

Grain Trade Awaits Government Crop Report

Chicago market notes bearish crop report expectations easing wheat trade. corn drifted with rains weakening prices from steady to varied losses. Oats held firm as a leading house bought, hogs advanced with provisions strength. corn later mixed after threshing signals and fresh receipts, closing unsettled with mixed gains and losses.

Chicago

Market Prices Report for Meat and Lard Decline

Open high low close figures for Mess Park and Lard and Short Ribs across Oct Jan and May futures. Prices show variations with May and Jan trading ranges, reflecting shifts in wholesale meat markets.

Market Quotations From Kansas City and St Louis

Quotations show wheat corn and oats prices for No 2 red and white in Kansas City and St Louis with close figures for September May and December. Grain shipments reported include wheat corn oats totals and flour barrels across recent trading days.

Kansas City

Prices Rule Steady at the Stock Yards

Union Stock Yards reports a short session with 108 cattle 285 calves and 8 hogs. Prices held steady with best cows at 5.25, calves 6, hogs 8, bulk stock 4.50 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 5.50, hogs about 7.75. Hog prices rose a dime from yesterday and a half dollar from last Tuesday. No sheep or goats appeared by noon.

Union Stock Yards

Fort Worth cattle and hog market report

Receipts totaled about 3200 cattle and 800 hogs with calves. Steers sold around 6.35, stockers and feeders steady, butcher stock steady. Heifers and bulls steady. early trading saw one load at 5.50 and hogs around 3.90 on a good road. Sheep receipts 425 head with strong early demand and lambs arriving later.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago Market Receipts and Quotations Report

Chicago market prices show hog receipts at 16 000 with gains five cents over yesterday. cattle receipts 6000 with a slow weak tone. sheep receipts 48 000 with most prices 10 to 15 cents lower. Hogs by category bulk 8 1068 50 rights 8 70 9 50 mixed 7 804 9 45 heavy 7 TODO

Chicago Reeves Texas

Livestock Prices and Receipts in St Louis Market

Receipts total 10 000 cattle with 1900 southerns and a steady market. Native beef steers around 5.50 to 9.00, Texas steers about 6.00 to 7.75, cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 3500 with lights up 10 to 16 cents and other types up 5 to 10 cents. pigs 5.75 to 9.40 and heavy robes 8.75 to 9.10. Sheep receipts 3000 with market steady. native muttons 3.25 to 4.00, western lambs 7.60, lambs 5.60 to 7.00.

ST. Louis Texas

Kansas City Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Kansas City reports today with hog receipts at 9000 and prices from 8.50 to 8.90 for bulk and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts at 19000 including 700 southern cattle with prime fed steers at 8.00 to 9.10 and cows 5.50 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 11000 with lambs 6.75 to 7.75 and yearlings 4.50 to 5.25 while wethers and ewes range 4.00 to 4.76 and 3.50 to 4.00.

Kansas City

Market closes steady for commodities and rough trade

New York notices futures for coffee at December 8.74 and May 9.14, raw sugar Muscovado 3.26 centrifugal 3.76 and mollased sugar 3.01, refined steady, petroleum and molasses steady, hides and leather firm as reported Sept 9.

New York Rio

Cotton rises on excited buying and bull support

New York opened firm with an 16 to 23 point advance on strong cables and bull support. October contracts reached 13.52 on the call, but selling remained active with prices easing yet support holding. active months shed 4 to 6 points into the afternoon as weather reports favored a softer session.

New York

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady in Mixed Trade

New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with a 6.7 point gain on good cables. Bulls argued later weather gains are too late for crops, but rains in Texas and Oklahoma spurred some selling. By midmorning prices moved 11 to 14 points above yesterday's close before retreating as demand waned.

New Orleans Texas Oklahoma

Cotton futures open steady and close lower in New Orleans

In New Orleans, cotton futures opened steady with September at 18.25 aask ed, October 12.14 aasked, December 13.22 28, January 13.25 aasked, March 18.326 37 and May 15.43 45. Futures closed easy with a net decline of 11 to 13 points.

New York Dee Eon Oven Tee Voor New Orleans

Liverpool cotton market reports steady demand and prices

Spot cotton in fair demand and firm with middling fair at 8.20d and good middling at 7.924d. Sales include 600 American and 800 for speculation and export. Receipts total 1000 bales, including 400 American.

Liverpool

Futures close mixed on Liverpool market at week start

Futures contracts in Liverpool closed barely steady across several pairings with most dates hovering around 7 cents and fractions. Notable quotes include September 7.26d and October 7.24 4d with several later maturities near 7.0d.

Leading spot markets report across U S and international centers

New York middling 13.25. New Orleans 13 1 4 c. Houston 144 percent. Galveston 133 1 6 c. Liverpool 7 60 d. Memphis 12 percent. Market notes reflect parity and regional shifts in spot prices across major ports and cities.

New York New Orleans C. Houston Galveston Liverpool Memphis

Spot cotton prices and trade activity in New Orleans

New Orleans reports steady spot cotton with small gains up to 1-16 cent. Midpoint middling around 12 7 16 cents, sales on the spot 540 bales, arrivals 691 bales, receipts 1098 bales, total stock 24,188 bales.

New Orleans

Financing the Crops: Bank Condition Summary August 9

Nationwide banks show loans up by 25.5 million while deposits fall by 192.1 million and cash down 14.8 million. Total reserves reach 1.47 billion with 20.72 percent reserve ratio as crop moving funds await government deposits.

Washington Einstein New York City Chicago St. Louis

Texas Cotton Ginnings Report Totals 500202 Bales August 1915

The Texas Department of Agriculture released the August 1915 cotton ginning report showing 500,202 bales ginned in August, up from 467,590 in August last year. Lavaca leads with 29,191 bales, Fayette 22,486, DeWitt 21,362. Counts for McLennan 12,537 and Travis 8,284 follow, with Harris 7,93, Bexar 7,702, Dallas 7,702, Tarrant 1,584.

Austin Tex State Department of Agriculture Today Lavaca County Fayette County DeWitt County Williamson County Caldwell McLellan County Travis County Harris County Bexar County Dallas Tarrant

Cotton seed produces supply in Memphis market

Memphis market reports prices for prime basis oil at 7.58 with meal at 31.50 to 32.00 and linters at 2.13.

Memphis Tenn

Cotton seed market closes lower on New York trades

The cotton seed market in New York closed easier with spot at 8.15 8.30 and various month bids and sales. September and January show notable activity with multiple lots exchanged, total sales reaching 12 800 units across positions from September through March and December.

New York

Commodity quotes and receipts from New Orleans market

Rice trade report from New Orleans dated September 9 notes rough Honduras demand good with clean Honduras active and Japan steady. Quotations include rough Honduras at 2.50 73.00, clean Honduras 41 5%c, Japan 24 3%. Receipts tallied 7458 rough, 470 millers, 2324 clean. Sales list 142 sacks rough Honduras 2.90 3.30, 615 rough Japan 2.95 3.00, 750 clean Honduras 1% 5y¢, 390 clean Japan 2% 3¢.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Spot market closes steady with large cotton shipments

The Houston market closed steady with 1686 sales and 16 290 bales shipped. Stock stood at 64 817 bales as of the close.

Houston Tex

Cotton market steady as spot prices rise in Galveston

Galveston Texas reports spot cotton closed steady with gains across grade ranges. Prices listed from low ordinary to good middling show increases while sales reach 328 bases and receipts total 31,241 bales with stock at 100,340 bales.

Galveston Tex

Cotton prices steady as markets close in New York

Spot cotton remained steady with middling upland at 12.35 and middling gulf at 13.50. No sales were reported.

New York Gulf

Denver to open chain of municipal neighborhood markets

Memphis report notes spot cotter steady at midding 12c as Denver plans to launch a city run network of neighborhood produce markets.

Memphis Tenn Cotter Denver

Government reports sharp drop in corn crop due to heat

Washington reports hot weather and drought slashed the nation’s corn crop by about 421 million bushels from August 1 to September 1, with total projected 2.25 billion bushels. Wheat outlook rises to a record 754 million bushels, while oats, rice, hay and other crops show varied conditions and yields across states and planted areas.

Washington

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