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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
13
Colonial style home with 18 rooms? two spacious living areas, bright light throughout. In the heart of San Antonio near Main and Euclid, with duplex shades, paved street, private homes, ideal for institute or boarding, watchman on premises, easy terms.
I EXCHANGE small well improved farm near Bee County, owner conveys farm on Colorado river west of Aus O C McLeod 811 State Bank Ride 00 ACRES 18 miles from city on good road all under fence fine well and pump sandy loam consider city property in part trade balance easy Lecomte Realty Co exclusive agents 319-21 Gunner Bldg Crockett 988
Multiple properties offered near New Braunfels Jourdanton and Cotulla with 900 acres grubbed fenced loam soil and railroad frontage. Includes 429 acres eight miles from Cotulla with 150 cultivated and irrigable land plus wells and an old house. Prices listed and terms available from owners C Palmer Walter Ocle and the Alamo National Bank Building.
Walter E. Davis county age demonstrator reports Travis county must ship large quantities of corn oats and milo maize for feed this fall. Kingsville farm demonstrator asks for names of Travis county producers able to ship in cartload lots.
Weather improves with favorable conditions but cotton production shows a temporary decline. Liverpool faces a drop in output as conditions shift.
Spot cotton prices across San Antonio Houston Galveston and New York were published as a daily basis for buyins and selling. The Liverpool and New Orleans markets showed declines with a bullish overall sentiment despite temporary drops. Prices in New York and New Orleans fluctuated around the prior close as concerns over frost and a norther affected expectations.
The cotton market opened with a 6 to 10 point decline on lower Liverpool cables and an English estimate of 14,000,000 bales including linters. December dipped to 15.57, January 15.64, then steadied as London statisticians projected 15,000,000 bales consumed for the season amid forecasts of a norther in Texas and frost fears. Prices recovered slightly, with December 15.63 and January 15.70 before easing. later steadying on covering and trade buying as temperatures rise in the southwest reduced panic.
In New Orleans on September 15, poor cables and heavy rain dampened early cotton trading. Prices eased 10 points amid a dull session, then recovered slightly before closing 3 to 6 points lower from the prior day, with limited demand and weak absorption.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with October at 15.09 cents, December 15.31, January 15.48, March 15.65, and May 15.84. Closing values remained steady with March 15.68, October 15.12, December 15.36, January 15.49, and related figures shown.
Liverpool cotton market moves lower with spot values for good middling at 9.674, middling 9.614, and low middling 9.354. Trade notes 12,000 bales on hand and 700 bales for speculation and export. Receipts total 12,000.
In a village scene a notoriously grumbling widow Mrs Higgins finally praises the fine potatoes. The vicar’s praise is undercut when she quickly questions the lack of new ones for the pigs. Surrounding chatter notes market futures in Liverpool amid dated pricing figures.
Texas tomatoes from Center Point enter the local market, selling at 90 cents per crate, as California fruit drops in price. Round green string beans from Monroe Louisiana were strong, priced at 3 per bush hamper, with cabbage steady, potatoes and onions unchanged, and bananas rising to 3.00 per hundredweight while California grapes and Tokays also noted.
The listing covers wholesale prices to retailers and shippers across produce and groceries from potatoes onions celery peppers and beets to apples bananas oranges lemons limes peaches and canned goods. It includes rates for cereals meats canned items seeds and hides with numerous regional and unit details.
Alabama Power Company to urgently construct five electric furnaces in Anniston at a cost of 1 million dollars. The project expands a network on the Warrior River and elsewhere in Alabama where 1.5 million dollars has already been invested. James Mitchell, company president, says the new furnaces will meet rising steel demands.
The Interstate Commerce Commission directed the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway and others to show cause by October 7 why an order should not be issued regulating rates on various commodities between Shreveport and Texas railroad stations. The action follows a petition by the Louisiana Railroad Commission seeking just and reasonable rates and prohibiting different rates for transport between points wholly within Texas versus Shreveport to Texas distances.
Resources of 28 Texas savings banks totaling 3 925 430 with 2 862 070 first liens on real estate. Savings deposits reach 3 889 893 while required cash reserve stands at 567 438. Actual cash reserve is 697 347, exceeding legal requirement by 129 908.
Quotations to day were as follows Butter higher Creamery 27% 32cents Kegs higher Receipts 6228 cases firsts 29 to 29 1/2 cents ordinary firsts 28 to 28 1/2 cents as marked cases included 22 to 29 cents Potatoes Receipts 18 cars unchanged Poultry alive unsettled Fowls at 19 cents springs 18 cents
Independence Kansas Prairie Pipe Line Company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 5 dollars per share and an additional 5 dollars per share. The payments are payable October 31.
New York dated September 15 reports No 7 Rio coffee futures at a weak price level for September 9 and March deliveries.
In Chicago the wheat market rebounded after rumors proved unfounded. no Argentine wheat was bought for the U S, though buyers remained cautious. December and May prices moved modestly, with a late rally and mixed sentiment as Greek government purchases lagged. Corn followed with strength aided by frost forecasts and hogs pushed higher pork products.
Demand for stocker cattle steadied the local stockyards market as receipts stayed liberal. Steers sold from 5.75 to 6.26, cows and heifers from 5.50, hogs topped at 10.75 in Fort Worth with local averages near 10.25 for choice butchers. Market included 540 cattle, 111 calves, and 263 hogs.
Fort Worth market report lists cattle receipts about 2000 with steers 6.50 to 7.60, stocker steers 6.00 to 6.60, heifers 5.50 to 8.00, cows 4.50 to 6.50, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, calves 5.50 to 9.00. Hogs receipts 2000 with bulk 10.55 to 10.70 and top 10.74. Sheep receipts 50 with yearlings 8.00 to 8.60, lambs 9.00 to 9.50, wethers 5.50 to 7.00, ewes 6.00 to 6.50, goats 4.50 to 5.50.
Raw sugar moved higher with centrifugal at 5.27 and refined at 6.40 as markets opened firmer on trade demand. Noon reads up 9% points, closes 6 to 8 points higher. Sales total 17,100 tons with December at 4.22, January 4.00, March 4.00.
Kansas City market update shows wheat decline with No 2 hard at 1.60 and No 2 red at 1.64 to 1.60. Corn holds steady to slightly lower with No 2 mixed 83 to 1.02, No 2 white 84 to 85, No 2 fellow 84 to 85. Oats flat with No 2 white 46 47 and No 2 mixed 46 to 48. Rye at 1.20.
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep at Kansas City market show mixed levels. Hogs quoted bulk at 10.70 to 11.05, heavy 10.50 to 10.90, packers 10.70 to 11.10, light 10.60 to 11.10, pigs 9.00 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 1000 with prime fed steers at 10.00 to 11.00, dressed beef 7.50 to 9.75. southern steers 6.5 to 8.25, heifers 6.00 to 10.50, stockers 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 5000, lambs 10.00 to 10.60, yearlings 7.50 to 8.15, wethers 7.25 to 7.75, ewes 6.50 to 7.00, stockers 5.00 to 10.50.
The state warehouse and marketing department announced it has issued its final warning to law violators and will prosecute all future violations. Numerous complaints have been received about breaches of its provisions.
Rough rice remains in good demand in New Orleans with clean grade active. Receipts total 10 442 rough 1 691 clean 4 287 sacks for millers. Sales include rough Honduras 1 490 sacks and Japan 108. clean Honduras 10 832 and Japan 277. blue rose 380. Quotations list Japan 2 75 to 3 75. clean blue rose 3 ½ to 4 cents. others unchanged.
Kansas City report shows grain futures ending with September at 1.44 and December at 1.45 for corn and wheat, reflecting modest shifts in the market as traders weighed supply and demand signals.
Receipts and quotations for hogs show 14,000 head market strong at 14 cents above yesterday with various weights. Cattle receipts 2,900 with native beef at 6.60 to 11.25, western steers 6.00 to 9.40, stockers 34.60 to 97.65, cows and heifers 3.50 to 9.35, calves 8.50 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 17,000 with market weak. wethers 6.80 to 8.40 and lambs 7.00 to 10.90.
Receipts and quotations in St Louis detail cattle hogs and sheep prices and market directions. Hogs range from 7.50 to 11.80 with steady to higher trends. cattle receipts about 2000 and prices from 4.50 to 9.00 for various classes. sheep receipts 1200 and prices from 6.00 to 11.00 with steady tone.
Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with totals for forwards to mills 73 000 bales stock 604 000 American 472 000 imports 6 000 American 48 000 exports 4 200. The page includes scattered OCR junk and a joke from the Boston Transcript about a wife’s advice.
Prices for wheat corn and rye quoted with details for Track No 2 red No 2 hard No 2 white and No 2 white futures. Wheat lower at 1.63 for Track No 2 red and 1.55 to 1.60 for No 2 hard. Corn lower at 1.02 for Track No 2 while No 2 white 46 to 46 1 2 cents. Rye steady at 1.25 for No 2. Continuous market update from St Louis.
Quotations show No 2 red wheat at 1.49 to 1.51 dollars and No 2 yellow corn at around 0.85 dollars. Prices for No 4 yellow and No 4 white appear near 0.86 to 0.87, with rye No 2 at about 1.23 dollars.
Sept 15 Chicago quotations show bacon extras at 8c to 16c with dry salt and bellies 14-16 pounds averaging 18c. Fancy breakfast bacon 7c, fancy hams 22c, bacon bellies 14-16 pounds averaging 20c. Pure lard at 12c per pound and compound lard available.
Receipts today in Oklahoma City show 409 cattle and 2800 hogs with hogs up 10 cents. Top price reached 10.85. Sheep sales stable with 1400 head. Yesterday’s figures list Barringer Ada and Pool Gotebo consignments with steers in the 689 to 4.0 hundred range and several lots around 39 to 86 head.
A pet monkey belonging to Miss Katherine Smith rampages after not getting breakfast. It bites a woman, climbs on a man, and halts a Southern Pacific train until passengers and crew intervene. The incident ends with the monkey chased away as the conductor delivers a florid chiding speech. Gullibly's son is named in a related quip from the Baltimore American.
The American National Live Stock Association marketing committee met in Denver Colorado with a focus on improving marketing conditions. West and Southwest livestock men attended including Dwight B Heard of Phoenix Ike T Pryor of San Antonio and E L Burke of Omaha were expected to participate in the discussion.
Buyers paid steady prices for Texas country candled eggs and creamery products in San Antonio on Friday. Poultry included hens, friers, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and geese with varied per pound or per dozen rates. Kansas City market reports note creamery butter prices and early Kaw Valley potatoes for context.
Ravann Ga Sept 15 Turpentine firm shows 43 to 44 percent sales and stock figures with varying bid and ask quotes. Prices listed for A B E F K M N and other grades range from about 5.80 to 6.90 per unit with multiple bid-ask spreads and inventories highlighted.
Temperatures and rainfall report for the Houston district stations as of 8 a.m. 75th meridian time. Eastern belt unsettled and warmer, western part generally fair and cooler with below normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more in August, Blackville, Greenwood, Warrenton and nearby areas. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
The report lists meteorological readings recorded by the Weather Bureau at 7 a m on Friday September 15 1916. Details include temperature precipitation wind and pressure as part of routine daily observations.
Specialty shares led gains at the opening in New York with industrials equipment ship shares copper and Mexican issues advancing. Union Pacific and New York Central rails also gained while General Motors Studebaker and Industrial Alcohol faced slight pressure. The session saw mid‑day additions above yesterday’s high quotations and a strong close despite restrained trading and lower volatility.
New York markets report mercantile paper per st sterling 60 day at 4.71 percent, demand 4.75 percent, cables 4.85. Francs demand 5.86, cables 5.854. Guilders demand 4.04, cables 4.0. Bar silver 8 cents, Mexican dollars 52 3/4. Government bonds and railroad bonds remain steady.
New York reports a time sequence with 60 days 90 days and six months figures. Call money remains steady with a high 3 and low 2 percent, ruling rate at 3 with last loan at 3 and bids offered around 3.
London reports bar silver at 32 percent per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates show nett bills at three months around 5H to 5% as per market terms.
Lead holds at 6.80 with steady spot East St. Louis delivery. Copper firm around 27.00 to 28.58 in che ctry tie. Iron steady and sees, Tin steady around 38.25 to 28.75.
London reports on Sept 18 with copper and tin quotations. Lead at £30 a hundredweight, zinc at £154, electrolytic zinc £184, copper spot £116, tin spot £170 with futures noted.
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