The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-26
THE STAFF or LIFE.
maj Dallas is Doing Towards Feeding
uer Less Fortunate NelghbOrs.
,.,une or ihe wheat ANA Flour
Trade 81 oar Ciy-where This
New cur ~ ia" Agri""iiu
raj Read IN Likely 10
Lead TeNns Farmers.

,Laylug Ms grasp up1ll Sccplfe he N
M longer able to WELD, and his throne
.oteady within the reach Of Wheat,
.t,he pleblan house Of Small Grain.
Until within u few years past, grain
,,owInp In this section was seconda-
,, matter that the whIle-locked mon
.,ch was safely bedded and securely
housed, aud made TO perform his royal
M mission, was the Ultima IhWe of the
n,nter's ambition; but the advent of
o,ons of farmers from The great
vi Northwest has wrought Ia change In
n ,his as wondrous IA II IL advantageous.
n These sturdy yeomen, who had COM
hated against the short seasons and
n rOCardly bOsoms of their Northern
names, saw at glance the Adaptable
N w Of our soil and climate to the sue
Cesslul culture Of wheat and kindred
cereals, and, with half the labor be-
M slowed upon the frozen earth in which
they formerly delved for IL bare living,
found themselves rewarded beyond
n their expectations. From these efforts
Dallas has built up trade In wheat
the immensely OF which will astonish
her friends aud cOnfOund her enemies.
N With the opening OF last season (say
h July |, 1871 commenced new era
A in the commercial history Of
\. Dallas Men possessed of the
experience and capital demanded, went
a enthusiastically butsystematically into
trade which promised good returns
"A for their investments. And they have
not been disappointed; II market has
\ here been built up that has brought to
our doors buyers from the best mills of
X 1.-THE country to which transportation
could be had at rates allowing them to
purchase. This was due, mainly, to
the superiority of Texas wheat for the
manufacture of flour of high grades and
suitable for the export trade to the
West Indies and Brazil. Another evil
dence of the excellence wheat grown
2inthe territory tributary to Dallas Is
+ The fact that while it classes only as
No. 3 in the st. Louis market, It COM
mands within fraction of as much
as the best No. , Red Winter, and the
Efforts OLA prominent house here to
bave special grade made for Texas
wheat was only defeated by the short
Bightedness of the st. Louis Board Of
Trade as to the amount of grain in
yolved. In December last dealer in
Hannibal, Missouri, representing the
Eagle and Magnolia Mills, (Messrs.
Garter, Pindle Il t'o.,) and the Empire
Mills, II. V. Rogers sent orders here
for the purchase of all the high-grade
grain obtainable, Offering a price
which left handsome margin for the
buyer A mum Der of shipments were
made, all of which gave
thorough satisfaction in the man
Oiac,ure of fancy flours. Orders were
also received from Quincy, Illinois,
And filled with like results, though
high freight rates prevented anything
Hike heavy trade in that direction.
Tie Houston Mills Company, OF Hous-
bon, Texas, have been drawing an
average of forty-fve car loads monthly
from Dallas, and would take more If
more of the grade of grain required by
Them could be obtained in this market
These mills are the most extensive in
the state, and turn out flour superior
N every respect to the product of mer'
ehant mills in the Northwest. Our
local mills have been heavy consum-
ep. During the entire season the
lOdd Mills have been, except Sundays,
N constant operation, employing a
double shift of hands, and turning out
Two hundred barrels of first-class flour
every twenty-four hours. The Trinity
Mills, owned and managed by Mr.. X.
l&. Scott, and situated some sixteen
miles north of the city, have not seen
an idle day since July last. and the
n high character of their product forbids
',Athe idea that they will "shut down" as
long as there is wheat In the country
1' 70 be converted into -four. The Kreig
Mills, known and esteemed as among
She first-class flour producers, have not
been behind their neighbors, as the
brisk demand for their "Ocean PearW
Till bear eloquent witness. Miller's
IN Mill, owned and operated by Messrs.
Miller 4 Ewing, .eight miles north
p the city, though not of so
great capacity az some of
Is more pretentious rivals, has done
Tonders in the way of flour produc-
Zion, and the excellence of Its "grist"
Is known wherever 1t has come under
{he manipulation Of the housewife.
lhe Scott Mills, located three-quarters
oi mile eastward from the city, are
aoout to resume operations after q
Z, 'oppage Of few weeks, brought about
ny change of ownership. Messrs.
fIankston Il Stratton are the new pro-
Prietors, though Mr.. Mulhell, an ex-
sehsive mill-owner of st. Louis, Is said
70 nave an interest. Mr.. Laukston is
'horough.going mill-man, and MIR.
Puatton's capacity as buyer Is
acknowledged by all who know any
Jung of the Dallas wheat trade.
aough too late to do much In the way
u shipments this season, this firm will
~ IN readiness to commence opera
''ons with the earliest receipts Of the
'ew crop. The Todd Mills are just
o~ shut down." owing to the sub
Hergenee of their aunnly. ntmp nv the