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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1912
Page
9
Observations at 8 a m show air pressure and temperature readings with symbols. Forecast until 7 pm Tuesday calls for unsettled weather for San Antonio and East Texas with no yesterday precipitation and a 0.10 inch daily deficit.
Green coffee advances a full cent per pound with expectations of further gains as roasters face high raw material costs. Canned meats also rise with packers signaling higher prices amid tight beef and pork supplies. Sugar and lemons show notable moves while beans in California edge up. analysts expect a price break after the first cold snap.
Readable excerpts show prices paid to shippers for poultry meats butter eggs and vegetables plus California canned goods prunes figs currants and other staples. Itemized entries cover hens fryers turkeys tomatoes potatoes onions cabbage greens lemons limes bananas and more with unit prices per dozen pound crate hundredweight and case as reported by a local market. Strong entities include California cantaloupes Elberta peaches Jonathan apples Gravensteins Bartletts and various canned goods with price ranges and packaging details.
Kansas City market notes dated Sept 16 show butter prices at 26 1/2 cents for creamery, 24 1/2 cents for firsts, 22 1/2 cents for seconds, and 2 cents for packing stock. Peas list extras at 7 cents, firsts at 22 cents, seconds at 21 cents.
New York on September 16 reports No. 7 Rio coffee futures steady with December at 13.87 and March at 13.85, minor price movement noted.
In a light Monday run at Union Stock Yards the cattle division saw one of its smallest weekly inputs in weeks with cows and calves limited and hogs totaling around twenty by noon. Rain drenched pens, traders celebrated, and expectations grew that rain will boost water holes and ranges, supporting higher prices as the week opens.
Butter steady at 24 28 cents. creamery daisies 22 24 cents. eggs steady with 5932 cases on hand including ordinary firsts 19 cents and firsts 21 2 cents. Cheese steady daisies 15 cents, Twins 14 16 cents, Young Americas 15 15?c. Potatoes easy with 90 car receipts Michigan 45 48 cents, Minnesota 40 45 cents, Wisconsin 40. Poultry live firm turkeys 14 cents, chickens heavy 13 2 cents, light 12 cents, springs 15 cents. Veal easy 9 14 cents.
ST LOUIS September 16 Quotations were as follows today Poultry weak Chickens 11e sprin lice turkeys 16c ducks 9 12c geese 5 10c Butter firm creamery 25 29c Eggs firm 2tc
Elgin Til September 16 butter prices held firm at 28 cents per pound as producers reported steady demand and stable market conditions across local merchants. The quotation reflects ongoing pricing stability in the dairy sector.
Rail schedule lists multiple trains from Houston coast Kerrville Cuero Victoria El Paso and the north with arrival and departure times. The Santa Fe and G N Depot notes include east and northbound services. Weather bulletin for Houston district reports unsettled conditions with above normal temperatures and rainfall in Marble Falls Sherman Clanton Ozark Batesville Helena Newport.
Hog scarcity tightens Texas markets as buyers receive under a thousand hogs and packers buy from other markets. Best hogs reach 9.25, bulk 9 to 9.20. Cattle trade slow. steers 5.25 to 6, cows 4 to 5, calves 7 to 7.35. Receipts cattle 6000 calves 2000 hogs 1760. Sheep steady with 350 offered.
Chicago reports today 16 Sept cattle receipts 22 000 market steady to ten cents lower with beef cattle and calves priced from 2.30 to 11.60 per head. Hog receipts 0 000 market slow five cents lower with light to heavy ranges 5.25 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 42 000 market weak to ten cents lower with native and western sheep and yearlings priced roughly 3.50 to 7.66 per head.
Receipts total 11 000 cattle including 400 Texas stock with cattle prices from 5 50 to 10 50 for native beef steers cows and heifers 4 00 to 8 00 calves 5 50 to 8 60. Hogs receipts 6600 with prices 6 25 to 9 10 for pigs lights and mixed to butcher stock 8 75 to 9 10 good heavy 8 85 to 9 00. Sheep receipts 6500 market steady native mutt tone 3 75 to 4 00 lambs 6 50 to 7 5.
Receipts and quotations at Kansas City show cattle receipts 18 000 with steady markets. Native steers 6.50 to 20.70, southern steers 4 25 to 6.50, stockers and feeders 4.25 to 7.50, calves 5.50 to 9.25. Hogs receipts 25 000 with steady market, bulk 8.40 to 8.55, heavy 8.35 to 8.85. Sheep receipts 16 000 with steady market, muttons 3.50 to 5.50, lambs 6.26 to 7.40, range lambs 4.00 to 5.76, range ewes 2.50 to 4.25.
Unsettled cold weather in the northwest spurred wheat gains as frost appeared near the Canadian border. Despite large world shipments, prices rose with December opening near 91 to 92 cents and moving higher before ending firm around 92 1/2 cents. Corn and oats weakened early, while hog provisions slipped on soft cash prices and easing demand.
The column lists cash grain prices for wheat and corn with grades including No 2 red, hard, northern, spring and durum. Prices show bids like 1.04 1.07 for No 2 red wheat and 68 69c for No 2 corn, plus oats and white varieties with various bids.
Quotations today show cash wheat at No. 2 hard 88 to 89 cents, No. red 96 to 99, No. 2 mixed corn 74 to 78 cents, with white at 84 to 142 cents and over white 25 cents. December and May futures for wheat and corn list varied prices, oats at 88 cents for December and 32 1/2 cents for May.
The notice lists cash wheat prices No 2 red 98c to 1 03 No 2 hard 90 98c. Corn No 2 68% 70c No 2 white 73% Rta gots No 2 31%c No 2 white 35c. Close wheat December 1% May 95% 5c Corn ember 494 c May 50c Oats December 31c May 3te.
Observations recorded at 8 a m Monday September 16 1912 cover wind direction and velocity temperature rainfall and weather state. An advertisement notes old furniture made new by Carter Mullaly Transfer Co.
Cotton prices in New York New Orleans and Liverpool fell mid session as traders locked in profits and private crop reports stoked frost fears. Spot markets softened with middling uplands at about 11.90 and overall declines of 20 to 26 points by afternoon trading.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a drop of 9 to 10 points as bearish crop accounts and reports of heavy ginning weighed on sentiment. By noon prices were 10 to 14 points under Saturday, and by 2 o clock sessions had fallen to 25 to 26 points under the previous close amid light trader activity.
Futures markets show cotton closing steady with a net decline of 16 to 25 points amid a sequence of prices for September through May. Trading data reflect open, high, low, and close figures across multiple months with scattered quotes and notations.
Spot cotton market reports moderate business with prices down. American middling fair at 7.344 pence, good middling 7.08, middling 6.72, low middling 6.48, and ordinary 5.524 pence, with 9000 bales sold of which 500 for speculation and export and 6600 American. Receipts total 7000 bales including 6500 American bales.
In Liverpool on September 16 cotton futures eased at the open and finished quiet. Prices shown for September through July futures span 6.43 to 6.29 pence per pound with several backwardated and near-term contracts trading within narrow ranges.
Leading spot markets report quiet activity in New Orleans with prices around middling at 11 1 4 cents and variations from low to strict levels. Receipts total 722 and stocks stand at 24 693 as of today.
Galveston Texas September 16 spot cotton closes steady with declines of a sixteenth to a quarter cent. Prices show low ordinary seven and a half to seven percent, ordinary around seven and a half, good ordinary near nine, low middling ten, middling elevens to 11 and 15 sixteenths, middling fair around eleven. Sales total 715, f o b 1073. Receipts 24,792 bales. Stock 154,590 bales.
Memphis cotton market reports spot cotton steadiness with middling at 11.5 cents per pound as of September 16. Market observers note no change in price from prior sessions amid steady demand.
New York spots show spot cotton closing with middling uplands at 11 3/4 cents and middling gulf at 12 cents. Sales reach 867 bales.
Market notes from Memphis report prime basis oil at 5.34 to 5.47, meal 26.50 to 27.00, linters 2% 4c. New York cotton oil closes steady with spot 6.30 big and futures各 contracts listed from September to May, with totals of 12,300 shares sold across October to January via multiple bids.
Joseph’s brothers pull him from the pit after he promises to interpret their dreams. The judge notes a fortune telling is a decent way to get out of trouble, remarking that advertising pays, in the context of his polished wealth.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a husband asserting restraint while a judge quips about temper and authority. The overheard exchange hints at domestic tension and social roles in a courtroom or drawing room setting. Names and full context are unclear.
The Commercial Appeal reports widespread cotton crop deterioration across the belt due to hot dry weather. Some relief came from rains in spots, but damage is largely done. East of the river conditions vary by state with frost risk threatening late crops. Oklahoma and northern Texas show potential recovery if weather improves. central and northern Texas report ongoing picking and heavy bolls, with no top-crop expectation.
New York September 15 The cotton market strengthens as buyers hold back while sellers push prices. Mills report unsatisfactory deliveries due to labor shortages and cannot reach full production for some time. Export trade lags though shipments on old orders push ahead. Fall River sold 100000 pieces of print cloth last week with spot delivery for 30000 pieces. Prices in various categories range from 3 1 2 to 6 1 2 cents.
In Houston on September 16 Recorder Kirlick opened a busy docket with over ninety cases from police raids within 24 hours. He vows to apply full penalties to alleged disreputable characters including women with infants jailed to await disposition.
Beaumont Texas Sept 16. The executive committee of the Interstate Waterways League of Texas and Louisiana meets to consider finishing the Sabine to Galveston inland waterway link. C S BE Holland of Victoria presides.
General firmness marked the opening of the session with gains in Great Northern Missouri Pacific and Utah while American Locomotive eased. Western railroads like St Paul and Great Northern preferred rose about a point as late trading saw mixed results and noon specials such as China Copper and American Cotton Oil advance notably.
New York markets close with mercantile paper at 54 6 per cent. Sterling exchange steady. bankers' bills 4.82 3/4 for 60 days and 4.85 3/4 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82. Bar silver 63 cents. Mexican dollars 8. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds easy.
Money on call remains strong in New York with ruling rate at 5 cents and closing bids at 5 1 2 percent. Time loans show firmness for 60 and 90 days at 5 percent and six months at 6 percent.
Copper values steady with spot September at 17.25 to 17.75 and varied futures. Tin ranges around 49.50 to 49.78 with October at 49.25 to 49.75. Lead and spelter hold firm, antimony quiet, iron prices mixed by grade with No 1 northern around 16.50 to 17.25 and No 2 northern 16.25 to 17.00.
In St. Louis on September 16, lead prices slipped to 4.74 percent while spelter rose to 7.35. The report notes a weaker trend for lead and firmer movement in spelter.
Galveston Texas dispatch notes arrivals including Slawentzitz Buckwaldt Cienfu egos and ships that sailed yesterday such as Greystoke Castle Degama Grangewood Mineola Skipton Castle El Mar Imataka with Havre Gothenburg Newport News and Liverpool routes listed for the period.
Raw sugar and molasses prices hold steady with Muscovado at 3.86 dollars per hundredweight and centrifugal at 4.36. Refined sugar and petroleum show no change. Molasses and hides and leather also maintain firm levels.
In Dallas on September 16 the report notes Texas temperatures at noon reached 93 degrees with partly cloudy skies. The brief weather item highlights hot conditions across the state for cotton growing areas.
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