Cotton Prices Rally After Decline. Liverpool Improves
After a spasmodic decline in cotton prices, market activity surges as prices soar again. Reports indicate Liverpool's market performance improves amid renewed demand and trading volume.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
11
Cotton prices rally after bullish market signals
Prices rise across New York and New Orleans as bullish signals from the crop-condition reports and impending weekly gains sentiment push markets higher. October around 15.93, December 16.12, January 16.16, March 16.32 with gains of about 21 to 31 points noon to close steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flast Bureau
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Agen
San Antonio
New York Cotton Market Hears Renewed Firmness and Activity
The New York cotton market opened with renewed firmness as prices rose from 15.87 to 16.18 for December and 16.26 for January amid active buying from Liverpool, New Orleans, and spur houses. Traders cited heavy realizing and speculators reentering after recent declines, with overall trading easing later in the day and prices retreating modestly from peaks.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Cotton futures open barely steady in New York
Futures opened barely steady with October at 15.75 and December 15.04, January 16.04, and March 16.19, then closed very steady as the market held firm through the session.
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York
New Orleans
Eerace Fan Ee
New Orleans Cotton Rises as Liverpool Market Improves
In New Orleans the cotton market opened higher by 5 to 7 points on better Manchester and Liverpool news. Heavy selling followed, but by late morning trading months stood 28 to 29 points above yesterday's close before a spot demand push steadied prices. By 1:30 trading months showed 23 to 26 points gains over the prior close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Manchester
Liverpool
Yes' Ay
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trade Activity
Liverpool Sept 19 cotton market reports good middling at 9.714 cents with high and low variations. Sales total 8000 bales including 500 for speculation and export. Receipts recorded at 6000 bales with noting of market conditions for the day.
London futures quoted for wool and race cabbage notes
Liverpool reports futures prices for wool and related commodities with settlements across multiple monthly spans. The data lists September through July futures, with ranges around 9.4 to 9.6 and minor adjustments, plus stray contract figures such as Race Cavohe and October.
San Antonio Poultry Market Faces Looming Shortage
Market 15 reports near famine levels for hens chickens turkeys ducks and geese as supplies lag. Fryers wholesaled at 60 cents each with wagons on Market Plaza nearly empty and hucksters unable to secure stock while demand remains steady on Commission Row. Receipts are liberal and provisions trade for local packing houses stays steady amid a rising hog market.
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San Antonio
Shippers Market Prices for Country Produce in San Antonio
San Antonio buyers paid firm prices for country goods with butter steady at 28 to 30 cents per pound creamery and 21 to 28 cents for country items. Poultry stayed strong with hens at 6 dollars per dozen and broilers up to 4 dollars. Chicago reports butter at 27 to 32 cents, eggs steady, potatoes lower, and live poultry higher with fowls and springs at about 20 cents.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Creamery
Chicago
Jerseys
Maine
Minnesota
Dakota
Ohios
Kansas City Market Price Report Sept 19
Butter creamery 81 2 3c first 29c seconds 27 to 28c packing 24c Eggs firsts 28c Poultry hens 16 4c roosters 10c broilers 20 4c New potatoes steady Kaw Valley early Ohios 1.25 dollars.
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Kansas City
Kaw Valley
Wholesale Markets Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Prices
Wholesale prices to trade across vegetables and fruits list extensive items with origin state names California Texas Colorado and Washington. Potatoes onions tomatoes celery cabbage peppers beets green beans squash lettuce and more priced per unit or weight with per crate per basket per dozen and per hundredweight. Canned goods meats and fish plus flour alfalfa seed seed potatoes nuts and other staples priced for trade.
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Burbanks
California
Texas
Colorado
Aidan
Washington
Jonathan
London
Arbuckie Ariosa
Maxwell House
Cann&d
Columbia River
Sorda
Stocker Cattle In Demand At Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards on September 19, stocker cattle demand improved while overall cattle market stayed steady. Receipts totaled 336 cattle 496 calves 150 hogs 163 horses. Yearlings brought 28 to 33 dollars 2 year-olds 41 to 45 dollars and 3-year-olds 45 to 49.50 dollars. Hog prices in foreign markets varied 60 cents lower to 10 cents higher with Fort Worth market dull and local prices near unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Commission House
Fort Worth
Cattle and Sheep Receipts and Prices Reported
Fort Worth market data shows cattle receipts about 6100 with steers 6.50 to 7.50 and cows 4.00 to 4.50 while bulls fetch 4.0 to 4.75 and calves around 4.50 to 5.00. Sheep receipts 150 with lambs 9.00 to 9.50 yearlings 8.00 to 8.50 and goats 4.60 to 6.00.
Livestock Prices and Receipts From Chicago Market
Receipts show cattle at 900 head with native beef cattle trading from 86.60 to 11.20 per hundredweight and stockers at 4.60 to 7.65. Cows and heifers move from 3.50 to 9.36, calves 8.25 to 12.75. Sheep receipts reach 27 000 with wethers at 6.75 to 8.40 and lambs from 6.75 to 10.8 per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Ill
Bept
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Receipts and price quotations from St Louis market show hogs at 10 500 head with declines to 5 10c. cattle receipts 10 000 with steady values for natives and calves. sheep receipts 1 800 with lambs 7.00 10.75 and ewes and yearlings priced per line.
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
Kansas City Missouri September 19 livestock market update shows hogs receipts 15 000 with bulk price 10.75 to 11.15 and heavy 10.60 to 11.05. Cattle receipts 21 000 with steady to 10 cents lower prices for rime fed steers 10.00 to 11.00 and cows 4.75 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 12 000 with lambs 9.50 to 10.50 and yearlings 7.50 to 8.25.
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Fort Worth
Kansas City
Chicago
St Louis
Oklahoma City
ST. Louis
Texas
Daily cattle and rice market summaries from Oklahoma City and New Orleans
Oklahoma City reports receipts of 1500 cattle and 4500 hogs with steady to slightly lower cattle prices and varied sales at local farms including Simma LisSeay Paoli Florence Purcell and Avhereen. New Orleans notes strong demand across rice grades with rough Honduras Japan and blue rose quotes and byproduct prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
T. Price
Purcell
Avhareen
Tin Creek
New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Turpentine and Resin Firms Report Activity in Savannah
Turpentine firm shows 43 sales 65 receipts 242 shipments 110 stock 12 847. Resin firm posts 549 sales 743 receipts 618 shipments 84 207 stock. Market quotes list various grades with bids ranging from 5 75 to 6 60 and higher for selected items.
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Savannah
C. D
H. I
Raw sugar futures rise on Cuban buying drives gains
New York raw sugar prices show firming directions with centrifugal at 5.52 and molasses at 4.62 while refined remains steady at 6.40. Futures opened active and advanced, with noon levels 5 to 12 points higher on Cuban interests and commission house demand.
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New York
Care in Picking and Handling Cotton Profitable This Year
Cotton growers can raise fiber value by careful picking assembling hauling ginning and bale handling. With tight supplies and steady demand, higher grades yield greater returns. Practice include wait for full maturity avoid trash, dry ginning, slow even linting, and proper seed storage to maximize profits.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton goods trade firm in New York report
In New York on September 19 cotton goods stayed firm and quiet while yarns and silk showed steadier demand. Dress goods remained steady and jobbers conducted the full trade as reports noted interference with export shipments of dry goods.
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New York
Loan Board Meeting At Hutchinson Location Debate
Farmers and business leaders from Kansas Oklahoma and Colorado gather at the Hutchinson Commercial Club as the farm loan board chaired by Secretary McAdoo considers Hutchinson as one of twelve bank sites. A. C. Malloy from Hutchinson presents local facts and farmers tout Hutchinson’s convenience to the location.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Farm Loan Board
Commercial Club
Bsecretary
McAdoo
A. C. Malloy
Texas Life Insurance Premiums Reach Nearly Seven Million
Texas life insurance companies collected gross premiums of 6 982 898 in the past year. Total income reached 110 468 242 with losses of 1 127 722. By December 31 1915 policies in force stood at 221 146 667. Outside Texas firms wrote 4 970 827 in premiums and paid 1 470 633 in losses with 187 984 416 in force at year end 1916.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Life Insurance
Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Cotton Shipments Rise in Halletsville This Year
Up to Saturday 6800 bales of this year's cotton have been shipped from Halletsville Texas, well above the same date last year. The 1914 crop progress shows a higher percentage gathered and shipped, with last year totaling about 10000 bales and this year estimated around 9000 bales on liberal estimates.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Stamp issues from wartime crowds stamp collectors
Stamp collectors at the American Philatelic Society convention noted wartime issues from Europe. Red Cross stamps fund relief for soldiers. Holland uses Queen Wilhelmina portraits for entertainment gifts. surcharged German, Polish, and Belgian issues show sections of origin. Canada Britain and Italy also issue Red Cross and special stamps to aid expeditionary forces.
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American Philatelic Society
Christian Science Monitor
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Holland
Wilhelmina
Germany
Poland
Belgium
Austria
Canada
Europe
Italy
Gains Outnumber Price Recessions in Initial Trades
New York and Chicago market news describe early trading with gains outpacing declines. Rail stocks such as Reading Union Pacific Baltimore & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio and Erie rise while munitions equipment petroleum and copper advance. Wheat and corn prices mixed as bears receded after a Dutch government wheat purchase and later liberal sales to Britain lift sentiment.
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New York
Reading
Union Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Eries
Ee General Mieckia
United States Steel
Allia-Chalmers Seedeewsenne
American Son ‘and Foundry
American Teil & Tel
American Tobacco
Atchison
Erle General Electric i
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore
Illinois Central Inter
Kansas City
Louisville & Nashville
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard Co
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri
Kan
Texas
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rep
Iron & Steel
Sloss
Brief
Steel & Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stene Wenee Studebaker Corporation
Tee
Tennessee
Eenee Texas Company
United Frult Esensene
United States Rubber
U. S. Smelting & Refi
Eee
United States
Virginia Carp. Chem
Asinga
Tron, Coal & Oe Wabash Ptd
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric American Zinc
Kennecott Copper
Grain Prices Quoted From St Louis and Kansas City
Quotations listed for wheat corn and oats in St Louis and Kansas City markets. No. 2 red and hard wheats range around 1.55 to 1.62 dollars in St Louis and No. 2 hard wheat around 1.48 to 1.56 dollars in Kansas City. Corn and oats prices shown as No. 2 and No. 2 white varieties with fractions indicating bid and offer levels.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
Kansas City grain markets finish with Wheat at Sept 1.46 and Dec 1.46, Corn at Sept 83c and Dec 2ter.
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Kansas City
Chicago provisions quoted for Tuesday at Provisions Market
Local packing house quotations list prices for dealers including dry salt extras from 16 to 18 cents and bacon extras 18 cents. Dry salt bellies 14-16 pound average at 18 cents with fancy breakfast bacon and hams at 22 cents. Bacon bellies 14-16 pound average and pure lard compound at 12 cents.
Widespread Car Shortage Hits Pittsburg Area
Car shortage in Pittsburg and nearby territory is described as the worst ever by shippers and railroad men. Railroads, shipper associations, and the Interstate Commerce Commission have issued circulars urging all consignees to unload cars quickly to ease the bottleneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pine association reports strong weekly business in south
New business booked 109,810,890 feet, shipments 499,416,268 feet, orders on hand 487,819,206 feet as of close of business Friday, per the Southern Pine Association.
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New Orleans
Southern Pine Association
American Agricupures Chemical Co declares quarterly dividend
New York Sept 19 Directors of the American Agricupures Chemical Company announce a quarterly dividend of 1 percent on common stock. This increases the annual return on that issue to five percent.
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New York
American Agricupures Chemical Company
Ayl
Coffee futures steady on Sept 11 in New York market
In New York on September 11, coffee futures showed little change with Sept at 9.05 and March at 4.92, indicating a stable trading mood for the commodity.
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York
Pyongyang once a boat city gains sewers and hospitals
In World Outlook Willard Price notes Pyongyang’s transformation from a waterborne city blamed on devils to a modern urban center. Hygiene, Christian missions, and Japanese-era water works cut disease, with new hospitals and a sewer network replacing old beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyongyang
Korea
Willard Price
Revenue Bill Threatens Life Insurance Tax Burdens
Lawrence Priddy reports to the National Convention of Life Underwriters on the year’s tax changes. The new revenue bill raises life insurance company taxes from 1 to 2 percent, likely increasing revenue by 200 000 to 400 000. He notes defeats of uniform 2 percent state taxes in Rhode Island and premium taxes in Louisiana for foreign and domestic firms.
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ST. Louis
Lawrence Priddy
National Convention of Life Underwriters
Federal Congress
Aillblife
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Metal market roundup from New York and East St Louis notes
Lead quoted at 7.00 to 7.20 as markets show mixed moves. Spelter steady with East St Louis delivery at 9.5 to 9.4. Copper firm electrolytic at 27.00 to 28.25. Iron steady. Tin firm spot at 38.75 to 39.75.
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New York
London Metal Prices and Futures Report
London market notes on lead 30 pounds sterling per unit and 68 for spelter 56 pounds sterling. Copper futures £112 and spot £116 2d, electrolytic £186, tin spot £171 futures £172.
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London
Marine intelligence Galveston Sept 19 arrivals and sailings
Arrived Nils Progress tug Tormentor with barge Badger from Tampico. Sailed Norman Korsoer via Charleston Indian Liverpool via Pensacola.
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Galveston
Tex
Nils
Progress
Tormentor
Badger
Tampico
Norman
Dan
Korsoer
Charleston
Indian
Liverpool
Pensacola
Weather summary for Houston district temperatures and rain
The Cotton Region Bulletin reports for the Houston district 24 hours ending 8 p m showing generally fair weather with temperatures below normal. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau notes the belt remains fair.
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Allen Buell
Meteorologist
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Prunes Rise in Price and Scarcity
A prune industry representative touring St. Louis warns price increases and shortages will hit consumers as a May frost devastated Idaho crops. Large markets from New York to St. Louis will feel the impact while prune shipments move in ripe form, often mistaken for plums. Kansas City is noted as a major prune consumer.
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St. Louis Glote-Democrat
Northwest
St. Louis
Idaho
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Absence of Urgent Demand Slumps Wheat Prices in Chicago
Wheat prices fell amid selling pressure and weak demand in Chicago. An Newport News grain export embargo added weight while frost damage reports supported selling. Corn and oats followed wheat lower as traders stayed cautious and hog prices lifted some provisions.
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Chicago
Newport News
Ralle
Market Summary of Foreign Exchanges and Bonds
New York inoculates a snapshot of mercantile paper and sterling rates with 60 day bills at 4.71 and demand at 4.75. France exchange quotes show demand at 5.86 and cables at 5.65. Guilders trade at 40 and cables at 41. Silver at 68½ cents per ounce. Mexican dollars at 52½ cents. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds show irregular movement.
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New York
France
Guildera
London Money and Market Rates Summary
Bar silver at 32 11 164 per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates show share bills 5 percent, three months 6 percent. The figures reflect current financial conditions in London.
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London
Money market rates from New York call and time loans
New York reports time loans at 60 days 34 3 percent, 90 days 3 percent, six months 3 4 percent. Call money steady high 2 percent to 14 percent, closing bids around 2 to 24 percent.
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New York
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