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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
11
Sept 18 at Union Stock Yards reports brisk trading across cattle calves and hogs. Buyers competed early as totals reached 365 head with 196 cattle 130 calves and 38 hogs. Cows topped 3.65, calves 4.50, hogs 6.50 with typical levels near 3.26 4.25 and 6.25.
W M Waddell Fort Worth announced that Union Stock Yards San Antonio was named a state inspector station to assist the national inspector in dipping livestock in the new vat. The San Antonio vat will operate for cattle shipped above the quarantine line, with David Stoner as the inspector. Ranchers MeDonald McKinney and Louis Heyne reported dry ranges and strong prices despite drought, while Texas cattle raisers push for action to counter packer control and expand markets.
Chicago market shows mixed moves as Canadian wheat shipments decline and Russia weather weighs. December wheat opens lower, climbs to 95¾ cents, corn firm on demand, cats rise to 45 cents, pork lard and ribs futures edge higher amid buying power and U S supply shifts.
Receipts and shipments today list flour barrels nine thousand nine hundred, wheat bushels ninety nine thousand, corn two hundred eighty two thousand, oats two hundred eighty two thousand, rye twelve thousand, barley forty four thousand. Receipts at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth total nine hundred sixty five cars, up from last week and the prior year.
Receipts today show wheat 47 cars with 18 contract grade, corn 152 cars with 53 contract grade, and oats 75 cars. The report covers Chicago market activity for the day ending September 18.
Quotations list Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn and oats. No. 2 red wheat 92 9c, No. 2 hard winter 94 96c, No. 1 northern spring 1.05 1.06, corn No. 2 67 68c, oats No. 2 white 44 45c.
Fort Worth Tex September 18 cattle receipts 4600 steer prices 3.60 to 5.25 stockers 3.50 to 4.50 cows 2.50 to 4.25 bulls 2.65 to 3.25 calves 4.25 to 5.75 hogs receipts 900 top 7.35 bulk 6.60 to 7.30 sheep receipts 1500 market steady ewes and yearlings 3.65.
Cattle receipts about 23,000 with a steady to slightly higher market. Reeves at 4.90 to 4.15, Texas steers 4.40 to 6.25, western steers 4.10 to 7.00, stockers 3.00 to 5.80, cows and heifers 2.25 to 6.25, calves 6.50 to 9.50. Hogs receipts about 25,000 with market five cents lower. Light 6.80 to 7.32, mixed 6.65 to 7.35, heavy 6.60 to 7.27, pigs 4.50 to 6.90, bulk 6.80 to 7.20. Sheep receipts about 40,000 with market steady. Native 2.25 to 4.15, western 2.50 to 4.15, yearlings 3.75 to 4.65, Peer lambs 4.00 to 6.16, western 4.26 to 6.19.
Receipts total 20 000 cattle including 2500 outherns with steady to strong tone. Hogs receipts 4500 steady with bulk sales 6 85 to 7 00. Sheep receipts 12 000 and market 10 to 25 cents higher led by Utah lambs at 6 00 and range wethers 3 26 to 4 50.
Receipts total 6000 cattle including 300 Texans with prices for native beef steers 4.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.50, feeders 3.00 to 5.50, calves 4.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 11000 with prices 4.60 to 7.30, and sheep 1600 with muttons 3.25 to 4.00, lambs 4.00.
Quotations show chickens at 10 cents, springs 10, turkeys 11 and a half, ducks 11, geese 5. Butter steady at 28 to 30 cents, eggs up to 21 cents per dozen.
Ed R. Kane the Texas commissioner of agriculture issued a statement urging farmers to hold their cotton as long as possible aiming for 15 cents a pound. He cited supply and demand conditions and asked bankers and business men to aid the campaign. The plan does not include a state meeting due to recent Montgomery recommendations.
New York on September 18 reports money on call at 2 percent with ruling and closing bids at 2 percent and offers at 2 percent. Time loans ease with sixty days at 3 4 and ninety days at 3 4, six months at 3 4 percent.
New York reports a heavy tonnage of steel building orders entering fabricating shops and mills. Contracts for 40,000 tons of fabricated structural shapes push September's first half total to 60,000 tons, with railroad work a major but not sole contributor. Wire products show heightened activity, car shops request up to 10,000 tons, and miscellaneous orders lift mill operation schedules. Pig iron inquiries rise in the east, totaling about 40,000 tons, though overall new business remains moderate.
New York opened with a 3.7 point decline on weaker Liverpool cables and selling. Bulls bought on the drop as a gulf storm near Jamaica restrained selling, but southern spot markets stayed soft and the noon level showed about a 7 to 10 point net decline with spot at middling uplands around 11.75.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with declines of 4 to 10 points amid poor cables and favorable weekend weather. Crop reports from Georgia and the Carolinas indicated normal maturation, with slight worry over a Caribbean storm but no major buying surge. Prices drifted to about 7 to 8 points under Saturday at midmorning, then settled 4 to 7 points lower by noon and 4?7 points down at close.
On January 11 futures markets opened steady with contracts showing January at 11.32, March 11.45, May 11.58, September 11.25, October 11.22 and December 11.26 with bids and asks displayed.
Closing cotton prices in Liverpool show a decline across grades with American middling at 7.66 for the day. Total sales reach 7000 bales, including 5300 American, with 500 for speculation and export. Receipts reach 200 bales, all American, and futures ease with a generally quiet session.
Fire at Morris & Son general merchandise in Devine Texas spread to adjoining buildings causing a total loss of 25300 with 14000 insured. Damaged properties include Morris & Son Adams National Bank W P Adams Co Kercheville Reason Winters cotton merchants and others with varying insurance status. Local fire origin undetermined.
Market activity for cotton goods improves with stronger demand and forward sales. Fall River shipments include 200,000 print cloths with half for future delivery. advances on narrow cloths. Export pricing firm for heavy weights, and new orders for ginghams and plains signal revival as mills resume operations.
Representatives from Atlanta Athens Dallas Houston Galveston Waco Shreveport Memphis St Louis Chicago Meridian met in New Orleans to oppose the Liverpool cotton bills. President Thompson chaired the conference with Henry Planche as secretary. Charles Haight of New York outlined the plan for Liverpool interests.
Readable fragment notes cotton statistics for Houston Texas with figures showing today and last year totals. Data appears as a comparative snapshot, indicating market activity or production measures in a historical daily report.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Liverpool New York New Orleans Houston Galveston with figures like 107,000 and percentages 11 and 16. No coherent event or outcome emerges. data appears as scattered city and numeric values without a readable narrative.
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with 921 to arrive 925. Quotations range from low ordinary 84 to good middling 11 11-16 with strict variants. Receipts total 2913, stock at 26,000.
Spot cotton closed quiet in New York on September 18 with middling grade cee at 11.65 and middling gulf at 11.90. no sales reported.
The Memphis market reports spot cotton unchanged on September 18 with middling grade at 12 cents per pound. No other price movements or new notes are listed in the brief dispatch.
Houston notes on September 18 report spot cotton in Houston is steady at middling 14 cents. No price change noted for today with market seen as unchanged and stable.
The report shows cash wheat firm with No 2 track red at 92 to 93 cents, No 2 hard at 96 to 96 4 3 cents. Corn steady with No 2 track 66 to 68 cents. Oats steady with No 2 track 44 9 to 45 5 cents. Close sees wheat up with December at 94 to 97 cents and May around 99 7 cents.
In Memphis on September 18 the Western Union Telegraph office honored ex-Manager Jerry Newton with a testimonial and necessary travel equipment for a forthcoming trip. Newton thanks old friends and colleagues for their esteem and support.
The drought across dairying regions signals higher American cheese prices with strong wholesale quotes expected to rise this week. Plymouth reports record export demand. Wisconsin and New York makers have already increased prices. Potatoes face temporary shortages in San Antonio, while grapes remain plentiful with improving quality and prices near historical lows. Cranberries, cranberries futures look strong with late-season demand. Poultry arrivals rise. eggs and butter grow scarcer as dry weather tightens supply and prices rise.
Butter holds steady with creamery per pound at 2bc and country butter 14 20c. Eggs remain slow with fresh country candled 14 11c. Cheese firm with various types from 12% to 24c. Poultry steady. hens per dozen range 5.50 to 6.00, springs 3.25 to 4.50, ducks 5.50 to 6.00 per dozen, turkeys 14 to 15c per pound.
AP notes indicate butter steady with various creamery prices and eggs steady amid 7,992 receipts. Cheese and dairy items show mixed quotes with prime firsts around 20 cents and other dairy products fluctuating slightly. Poultry live markets ease with turkeys and springs and veal ranges listed.
Quotations today list butter at 25 cents a pound for creamery, firsts 23 1 2 cents, seconds 21 2 cents, packing stock 16 1 2 cents, extras 21 4 1 2 cents, firts 18 1 2 cents.
Eggs receipts total 11,484 cases in New York on September 18. Fresh and extra size eggs quoted at 25 to 27 cents per dozen, firsts 28 to 34 cents, with Pennsylvania regional hens and white fancy varieties noted as newly laid in market listings.
In St Louis on Sept 18 lead held at 4.87 percent while spelter declined to 0.85. The brief note records a four-unit sale at an unspecified price and offers a limited glimpse of early commodity trading activity.
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