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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
9
Observations at 8 a m show air pressure and temperature readings with symbols for cloud cover and precipitation. Forecast through Saturday calls for unsettled, cooler conditions with showers in northern East Texas and cooler interior areas. San Antonio region expected to be unsettled with cooler Saturday.
Market notes show milk shortages increasing cheese prices with full cream up to 24 cents a pound as northern production lags. Bean prices rise with California and Colorado shortages, while potato deliveries are delayed by weather and car shortages. Canned fruits and tomatoes in California remain firm with smaller peach reserves and ongoing packing activity.
A long listing details poultry beef and dairy prices, fruits and vegetables, canned goods, FLOUR AND BRAN, Hides and other farm commodities. Items include large hens at 5.50 to 6.00, eggs 15 cents per dozen, butter 12 to 18 cents per pound, California oranges 4.00 per box, and potatoes 1.75 per hundredweight.
New York reports a quiet and steady cotton goods market with yarns firm. Holiday trade in nations and toys grows more active while dress goods remain strong.
Sept. 20 at Union Stock Yards reports virtually no market activity as receipts of 35 cattle, 97 horses and 12 hogs were insufficient for a full session. Prices remained steady with yesterday, best cows at 4.25, calves up to 5, hogs from 7.50 to 8.50, no sheep or goats offered, week overall satisfactory with cows to 4.36, calves 5.36, hogs 8.50.
Quotations show butter steady with creamery at 24 28c and daisies 22% 24c. Eggs firm with 2923 cases. ordinary firsts 20c and firsts 22c. Cheese steady including daisies 15% 16c twins 15 16c young americas 15% 16c long horns 15% 16c. Potatoes steady with 40 car receipts. Michigan free 9 to Wisconsin 50 60c Minnesota. Poultry live easy. turkeys 14c. chickens heavy 11c. springs 16c. Veal steady 9 9% c.
Quotations from a St. Louis market show poultry at 12c for chickens and 16c for turkeys, ducks 12c, geese 10c. Butter creamery 26 30c, eggs firm at 20c.
New York market notes eggs irregular with receipts to 10,188 cases. freshly gathered birds and poorer quality eggs listed at 16 to 20 cents. Kansas City market reports butter and eggs steady with no change.
Hog receipts were fairly liberal but other livestock numbers were scanty. Cattle receipts around 2500 with beef steers active at 56 to 56.25. cows steady around 3 to 4.35 and bulls 3 to 4. Calves strong to 7.50. Hogs steady with tops near 9.00 and bulk 8.50 to 8.90. sheep firm with lambs at 7 and ewes at 4.00.
Chicago market reports show cattle receipts 1500 with steady demand and calf prices from $8.00 to $11.60, hog receipts 9000 with price gains to about $8.87 for light and $8.70 for heavy, and sheep receipts 6000 with market steady to strong and lamb ranges from $4.53 to $7.60. Local figures specify beves Texas and western steer categories with varied value ranges.
Receipts today include 1400 cattle with native and southern categories showing steady prices. Hogs totaled 1700 with markets steady to slightly higher and various price ranges across packers, butchers, and lights. Sheep receipts listed with steady markets for mutton and lambs across multiple weight ranges.
Chicago markets rose as rough northwest weather and Paris miller orders supported wheat. December opened up to 9 16 cents and settled around 91 2 3 cents. Corn climbed on freeze fears while oats and hog provisions also gained on firm demand and market nerves.
Chicago quotations show mixed settlements for wheat and corn with prices listed for No. 2 red No. 2 hard and other grades. Durum and velvet chaff move within narrow ranges while corn values hover near the mid seventies per bushel and white and yellow varieties display slight gains and declines.
Receipts total 2600 cattle including 1100 Texas and Oklahoma steers. Native beef steers 5.50 to 10.70, cows 4.00 to 9.00, stockers 3.75 to 7.25. Texas steers 4.00 to 8.00, cows 5.60 to 7.50, calves 5.50 to 8.60. Hog receipts 3000, market steady with pigs 6.00 to 8.85, mixed and butchers 8.45 to 8.85, good heavy 8.55 to 8.70. Sheep receipts 3000, market steady with native muttons 3.75 to 4.00, lambs 5.50 to 7.36.
The Southern Rice Growers association set minimum prices per 162 pound barrel of rough rice for Japan and Honduras grades. No. 1 3.60, No. 2 3.46, No. 3 8.20, No. 4 2.90, No. 6 2.75, No. 6 2.60. The schedule is the bottom price as two thirds of U S grown rice is controlled. They also agreed to raise the price by 10 cents monthly for five months.
In New Orleans on September 20 rough rice traded actively while clean rice stayed strong. Receipts totaled 5902 rough from millers 3472 with no clean arrivals. Sales included 2621 rough Honduras at 3 4.83 and 4050 Honduras at 8 5 850 Japan at 84. Quotations list rough Honduras 3 4.33 to Japan 3.70 4.30 with clean Honduras 4% and Japan 8% at given levels.
New York report notes No 7 Rio coffee futures steady at 13.75 for December and 13.72 for March with quotient 14 Manc entries. St Louis market shows wool prices steady with medium combing clothing grades at 23 to 26 cents and various fleece types priced between 18 and 27 cents.
The New York cotton market opened steady and rose 7 to 19 points on firm cables and West Texas storms. By mid morning gains faded to a net loss of 4 to 6 points as late selling and hedge activity appeared. Prices hovered near last night's close as the day wore on with spot quiet and middling upland around 11.86.
New Orleans reports show cotton futures opening 3 to 6 points higher before selling pressure drives prices down 15 to 16 points. Bearish Texas ginning reports and unsettled western belt weather trigger losses, with late morning buys easing the dip. Liverpool links storm news to local weakness as rains and winds raise concern. By noon, quotes were 2 to 6 points over prior close and afternoon trading steadies on frost warnings for North Texas and Oklahoma.
Liverpool spot cotton eases as prices fall across grades led by American middling fair at 7.374 pence. Trade reports 6,000 bales sold with 500 for speculation and export including $400 American. receipts total 10,000 bales, 8,300 of which are American.
Liverpool reported a quiet open and feverish close in cotton futures. Prices listed for September through July futures show minor shifts with the spread figures and daily percentages noted across contract pairs.
Cash wheat prices mix with No 2 red at 1.03 per bushel and No 2 hard near 91 to 93 cents. Corn bids show No 2 Tic No 2 white around 75 cents. Oats quoted at No 2 around 82 to 83 cents and No 2 white 55 cents. Futures close show December wheat two cents, May 96 cents. corn December 61 to 62 cents, May 61 to 62 cents. oats December 82 cents, May 34 cents.
In New Orleans on September 20, spot cotton held steady to 1 8 higher with 650 bales sold on the spot and 1000 bales for arrival. Prices ranged from low ordinary at 7 1/2 to middling fair at 12 1/2 cents, receipts totaled 1724 and total stock reached 29,867 bales.
Hides and leather markets show firm tones with activity in New York as of September 20. Prices for hides and leather remain steady with notable levels for Central America and other regional trades, reflecting continued demand and industry stabilization.
Quotations listed for September 20 show cash wheat at No. 2 hard 89 sc and No. 2 red 96 99 c. Corn bids include No. 2 mixed 68 sc and No. 2 white 34 tac, with futures near term Sept wheat 89 c, Dec 86 c, May 90 c. Oats stand September 33 0, December 33 c, May 34 c.
Raw sugar trends steady with Muscovado at 9 test 3.80 and centrifugal 96 test 3.55. Refined products hold firm along with petroleum and molasses.
English sailor John Bancroft pleaded not guilty at arraignment before U S Commissioner Browne in New Orleans. He is held for hearing in the Lollisville & Nashville train robbery case involving Howard B. Edwards. Edwards, wounded when captured, is recovering and to be moved from hospital to parish prison.
Spot cotton prices steady with small gains across grades. Daily totals show shipments at 12,089 bales and stock at 94,606, with 2,65 sales and invoices indicating varied price levels from low ordinary to middling.
The annual wool sales opened in Adelaide today with offerings of good quality. Prices rose from 6 to 10 percent over last year, and the top price reached 1144.
In Austin on September 20 Comptroller Lane warns saloonkeepers that a minor cannot be served alcohol even with parental written consent. The law bars sales to anyone under 21 by the seller or any agent, with dealers risking consequences for violations.
Nashville session to select meeting site and elect officers. Incoming leaders to study insurance plans and prepare recommendations for the congressional postroads report. Resolutions condemn stamp money left in boxes and call for road building aid while opposing one cent postage. Propose transfers to city service after five years and preference for substitutes in vacancies.
Spot cotton in Galveston on Sept 20 held firm with prices across grades from low ordinary to good middling. Reported sales reached 301 bales free on board. receipts totaled 20,531 bales and stock stood at 189,153 bales.
The 88 year old A B Davis general manager of a Columbia Tennessee marble firm died when his car went off the White Creek bridge near Nashville. A woman companion about 35 escaped serious injury and remains unidentified. A Munich aerial navigation year book 1912 with 775 pictures is also noted.
New York reported a steady cotton market with middling uplands at 11.85 and middling lint Gulf at 12.10 cents per pound. No sales were recorded in the session.
Memphis spots report on September 20 shows quiet activity with a fractional percent advance and middling spot cotton at eleven and a half to eleven and three quarters cents per pound.
Henry Holt & Co of New York is granted a Texas secretary of State permit to do business in Texas. The firm operates as a general text book publisher with Texas headquarters planned for Dallas.
Record shows prime basis oil at 5.34 in Memphis with meal and linters noted. New York cotton market lists September to May futures with varied prices and last sales totaling 9100.98.9 reflecting American advertising and auto price features in Southern enthusiasts' coverage.
Market opens with American Can leading gains as 6000 shares move up. Canadian Pacific Northern Pacific coalers Utah New York Central steel copper issues rally. late session strengthens with metals and Reading. Close remains strong with high market activity and steadiness in bonds and money rates.
Observations record at 8 a m noting wind direction and speed, temperature, rainfall, and overall weather conditions. Specifics include first column wind direction, second velocity, third temperature, fourth rainfall, and fifth weather state.
Mrs. Meyer Borman of the Nurs ing Sisters of Johannesburg led a nurses corps at a royal review in Windsor Park London. The South African unit is noted for horseback work and dual training in shooting and swimming, wearing khaki with the St John badge. She as superintendent received a letter from the Duchess of Connaught thanking them for field work during the Duke of Connaught's South Africa tour.
New York reports money market conditions with the ruling rate at 4 percent and closing bids at 4 percent. Time loans show easier terms with 60 day loans at 4 to 4 percent, 90 day at 5 percent, and six month at 5 64 percent.
London spot and futures prices for copper tin lead and spelter are listed with pounds sterling figures. The Coppen firm quotes copper futures at 79 pounds sterling and 1388 9d, tin spot at 227 pounds sterling and futures at 223 pounds 6s, lead at 22 pounds 10s and spelter at 27 pounds 6s. Local exchange tin sales total 90 tons with London warrants noted for Tron Cleveland at 67s 144.
In St Louis on September 20 lead futures rose to 6.00 with 2 percent, while spelter strengthened to 5.45 as early market activity showed gains and firmer prices for base metals.
Boston reports closing prices compiled for Arizona markets with figures for Commercial 4 percent Cabamet and Arizona 80 percent Greene Cananea 93 percent North Butte 34 percent.
Dallas bulletin reports today in Texas noon temperatures from 75 to 89 degrees. Showers in the northern portion and fair skies in the southern area are noted.
General William R. Hamby of the Knights of Columbus says Texas will mark Columbus Day with a local Austin event under Knights of Columbus direction. State councils may observe the day, with a 1913 grand state celebration planned in Austin if no other city desires the event.
Stephen Kiyoshk a 23 year old Indian was placed on trial in Sarnia Ont charged with killing Charles Nahdee and Adam Johns both slain on the same night by the same man If acquitted of Nahdee the case would present an unusual outcome as Johns was his other victim If found guilty of Nahdee he faces execution on November 12 The trial follows months after his earlier condemnation and references a French aviator and wireless apparatus mentioned in the report.
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