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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
11
Fragmentary note from the U.S. Court in the Western District of Texas. Mentions A I Campbell as Deputy Clerk and J H Rogers as United States Marshal in the San Antonio division. No case details or actions provided.
Strong demand for cotton pushed prices up by a dollar at San Antonio bases. Traders reported tight supplies and brisk activity as buyers sought fibers for early shipments. Local gins noted steady interest from mills and exporters amid uncertain market conditions.
Cotton prices jumped in both spot and futures with San Antonio at 14.45c per pound for middling, up 20 points. New York contracts advanced 18 to 22 points, New Orleans up 19 to 23, while Liverpool and Galveston notes reflected the strong demand from Liverpool houses and mills abroad. Weather and crop forecasts contributed to the bullish tone across Texas and other states.
The New York cotton market opened firm, with December at 15.45 and January 15.54 on the call as Liverpool buying and stronger cables buoyed prices. Gains drew some realizing and selling in the Southwest, with prices easing, then recovering to around 15.44 for December and 15.58 for January by noon, and about 15.47 for December around 2 pm amid renewed support. The crop was pegged near 12,690,000 bales with weather reports provoking mixed reactions to open interest and regional offerings increasing on the advance.
New York cotton futures closed mixed with gains in several months. October 15.30 December 15.55 January 15.72 March 16.67 May 18.22. Open low and close figures listed. Liverpool expected to open Thursday from Sete with a seven point rise.
New York on September 13 reports cotton seed quotations with bid and ask ranges for September to January. Trading activity lists sales totals around 5,600 to 85,300 units, reflecting varying futures pricing across months.
Client aims to buy one acre outside city limits near the car line in Harlandale area. Budget not shown. Contact W B Whitaker at Crockett 5121.
Property advertised three miles from New Braunfels in 30 acre farm listings. Address listed as Walter E Elbel General Mdse New Braunfels Texas. Advertisement touts Sunday Light circulation and 15 word classified pricing at 15 cents plus phone orders Crockett 1742 New 176.
Government weekly weather and crop conditions report notes hot dry conditions in Texas with rapid cotton picking and processing but no improvement in cotton due to boll weevil destruction. Rice and peanuts yield well while winter wheat prep begins in northern areas.
Opening gains in the New Orleans cotton market on Sept 13 were driven by good cables, cold western belt temperatures, and fears of crop damage from the inland south Atlantic storm. Prices rose 15 to 17 points before profit taking pulled them back 10 points, then renewed buying lifted values 18 to 23 points above yesterday's close as hedge offerings eased. The weekly weather outlook was kinder than expected, leaving noon trading 6 to 8 points under the day’s high.
New Orleans reports steady opening to the cotton market with October at 14.94, December 16.16, January 15.81, March 15.52, May 168.78 asked. Futures closed 19 to 23 points higher. Minor exchange data shows March and October futures with varied high and low readings.
Liverpool cotton market reports firm values with Good middling at 9.63 pence per pound and middling 9.474. Trade shows 19,000 bales sold with 500 for speculation and export. Receipts total 9,200 bales as buyers and sellers react to steady demand.
St Louis cash grain reports show wheat down 59 cents and corn down 84 to 85 cents with varied No 2 and No 8 prices. Kansas City notes wheat steady with No 2 red around 1.50 and corn mixed around 82 to 83 cents for No 2 white and yellow at 84 cents. Oats firm with No 2 white about 46 to 47 cents. rye prices listed at 1.22 to 1.24 dollars.
Grain futures closed with September at 1.47% for soybeans and December futures mixed for corn and wheat as of Kansas City trading on September 18.
Buyers paid steady prices for eggs at 26 27 cents per dozen, butter at 25 to 26 cents per pound, creamery 25 40 cents, country 19 to 20 cents, packing stock 18 to 19 cents. Poultry remained firm with hens at 6.00 per dozen and turkeys at 17 to 18 cents per pound. ducks at 6.00 per dozen. geese 4.50 to 5.10.
Reads like a early 20th century market brief listing Chea on Sep 13 with higher butter receipts at 10 008 tubes and 27 percent more creamery output 7838 cases with Bree revenue figures 648 at mark 214 percent for potatoes 25 cars unchanged while live poultry prices rise fowls at 19 cents and springs 19 cents.
Kansas City dispatch reports quota prices with creamery at 28c for firsts 26c seconds 27c packing 24%c Eggs show firsts 27c wourers hens 15%c roosters 10c broilers 20c New peso market firm Kaw Valley early oats priced at 1.60 per bushel.
At Union Stock Yards on September 13 cattle steadied and hogs showed strength while sheep remained popular. San Antonio markets stayed steady. receipts included 189 cattle, 381 calves, 27 horses, and 1723 hogs with prices: cows 5.50 to 5.75, steers 5.76 to 6.50, calves 6 to 7, hogs up to 10.25 and mostly 9.50 to 10. No mutton offered.
Fort Worth Texas market report shows cattle receipts 6000 and hogs 3600 with steady demand. Steers 6 to 7.50, stockers 6 to 6.75, heifers 5, cows 4.5 to 6.35, calves 5 to 9. Bulls 4 to 6, hogs bulk 10.45 to 10.55, top 10.65. Sheep lambs 9 to 9.5, yearlings 8 to 8.5, wethers 6.5 to 7, ewes 6.46 to 6.50, goats 4.5 to 5.5.
Chicago cattle and hog receipts total about 20 thousand hogs and 16 thousand cattle. Prices vary widely with native beef cows around 6.40 to 11.20, western steers near 9.25, calves 4 to 6, and lambs between 7.25 and 11.35. Pigs and sheep show similar weak to mixed demand with fluctuating quotes.
Local packing house quotations listed for Wednesday trading. Dry salt products priced at 16 percent, bacon at 18 percent, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pound average at 18 percent, fancy breakfast bacon and bellies noted. Pure lard 12 to 15 cents, compound lard 12 cents.
Regional cotton figures list Galveston Houston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington with 984 and 260 readings noted. Pacific Port shows 996, stock levels recorded yesterday and for the same day last week, with 260 557 as a season figure.
Market notes from Liverpool on September 13 show futures quiet with several forward contracts listed. Notable figures include September at 9.344 and October at 9.274, with various next-month, season, and year-ahead intervals quoted though some entries appear incomplete or misprinted.
New York reports that Manton W. Wyvell the State Department foreign trade adviser who went to London to press for release of German and Austrian goods detained at Rotterdam is returning to the United States without a firm promise from British authorities. Importers were told a final decision would come after the British embassy in Washington.
In New Orleans on September 13 rough rice led demand while clean rice held steady. Receipts totaled 18 312 rough and 362 clean sacks with millers at 11 926. Sales included 5 005 rough Honduras 2 276 Ja pa 380 blue rose 380. Prices cited Honduras 2 75 to 3 80 per sack and Japan 3 00 to 38 blue rose nominal. other items unsettled amid polish and bran pricing.
Savannah market briefs show turpentine dull with no sales and 648 receipts while shipments reach 89 percent. rosin sales total 1,757 with 1,991 receipts and 885 shipments as prices range from 5.85 to 6.76 per barrel in assorted grades. figures include stock levels and district identifiers.
Hogs and cattle show steady quotes with varied classes. Hogs range from 7.00 to 11.80 per cwt for mixed, heavy, and bulk. cattle receipts about 6000 with native beef steers 7.00 to 11.00, prime years 8.50 to 10.69, cows 5.50 to 5.00, stockers 5.30 to 8.00, prime southern steers 8.00 to 9.00, calves 6.00 to 11.75. Sheep receipts 1500 with lam bs 7.00 to 11.35, yearlings 6.00, ewes 9.00 to 19.00.
Kansas City market summary shows hogs receipts around 9900 with prices mostly steady to lower. bulk hogs 10.50 to 10.95, heavy 10.50 to 10.80, light to 11.00, pigs 8.50 to 9.75. Cattle receipts steady with 300 southern cattle. prime fed steers 10.00 to 11.00, dressed steers 7.25 to 7.75, cows 4.75 to 7.25, heifers 6.00 to 10.50, stockers 8.25. Sheep receipts 10000 steady. lambs 10.25 to 11.00, yearlings 7.50 to 8.26, wethers 7.25 to 8.00, ewes 6.75 to 7.25, stockers 6.00 to 10.50.
Raw sugar firm rates listed for centrifugal and molasses with refined prices up by 15 points as markets open. Demand from outside accounts and trade buying push prices higher by noon. Late trading shows a 20,000 ton sale of raw at 5.22 centrifugal and 4.75 molasses.
The Buffalo Commercial explains that Madame Sarah Bernhardt became a Greek subject after marrying a Greek in the early 1880s. A humorous anecdote recalls two kind old ladies who bought Bernhardt matinee seats for poor relations and later learned the money had funded the seats, bringing them joy.
Grocers post a 1 2 cent per pound increase in pure lard and shortening after a 5 cent per case raise in canned meats. Pork products stay firm amid live hog price jumps in Chicago. Butter prices climb 2 cents a pound as Texas dairies lead the rise, with strong onion demand and Colorado vegetable shipments in refrigeration cars.
Report from the Cotton Region Bulletin lists temperature rainfall and conditions for 24 hours ending 8 a m at 75th meridian time. Weather across the belt is unsettled with nearly normal temperatures and rainfall of an inch or more at Jacksonville Minden Mena Lampasas Huntsville Riverside San Antonio San Marcos Luling and Galveston. Allen BITE t Meteorologist Weather Bureau.
Trading in Mexican funds and U S money markets showed varied rates on Wednesday. New York quotations noted time deposits easing with 60 days at 3 34 percent and six months at 4 percent, while call money remained steady with a high of 3 and a lower ruling rate near 3.
Observations recorded at 7 a m on September 13 1916 by Allen Buell Meteorologist of the Weather Bureau. сообщает weather data for the region.
New York September 18 cotton goods remained steady with active trade in heavy goods. Yarns showed exceptional firmness and fine men's wear worsteds in fancy weaves were more active while silks also grew more active.
New York trading started higher with ten point plus moves but breadth was limited and the undertone showed rarity. Shipping shares advanced unevenly as Marines and Uni Fruit showed profit taking. Amer Smelting led copper gains while United States Steel moved modestly. Steel copper and Marines slipped early then steadied. General Motors surged to 69.90 with notable late-session strength in rails and industrials keeping overall gains.
On September 18 in York the mercantile market quotes pac per 34 and sterling includes 60 day bills at 4.72 percent and 4.75 percent for demand. Cables show 4.767 to 1.6 percent. Francs demand 5.86 percent with cables at 5.85 percent. Guilders at 40 percent for demand and 40 percent for cables. Silver at 68 percent per 100. Mexican dollars 52 percent. Government bonds and railroad bonds reported steady.
London updates show bar silver at 325 164 per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates for short bills run 54 5 percent and three months 6% 5 percent, indicating condensed rates across the financial spectrum.
Lead firm at 0.70 with Boelter firm spot East 81. Louis delivery 92 cents. Copper steady at 27.00. Iron steady, yarph 38. Tin steady spot at 58.25 8 38 50.
London market updates on September 13 show lead at 30, spelter at £0 4, spot copper quoted around 114 pounds 116 shillings 10 pence, electrolytic tin at 169 pounds 15s, tin futures at 132. The report notes varying spot and futures readings across metals.
Marine intelligence from Galevston Texas dated September 18 reports ships Arri San Zeferino from Britain and Tamelen via Pam Mexican Tampico. Sailed: Matador from Britain Graafaxe Danish Mobile and San New York.
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