The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-17
MONEY AND TRADE,
YESTERDAYS MNRKET SITUATION.
Cotton Agalu on an Blghlh- Heavy Reoolpta the
Cause.-The State Of General Trade Spring Dry
Goods Arriving BreadstuiIa and Provisions
Qulet-A Dull Money Market

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DALLhs, Saturday Alt moon,
February ~, lssO,
THE general market was rather quiet, m,
transactions woro made between gusts of III,
Marh wind which 0irted through town dur
Ing tho day, bearing upon II clouds Of dus
which II Deposited cxpclly whore II was lcas
wanted Ifit was not u blue Monday, II wn.
windy one, md Dallas succeeded In raising
the real wind at loast,
The cotton marScts Of this aud
the old countries were more or less
depressed and lower, Dallas going down nn 1,
Rcd river tho 0ulchW, Arknusas, White,
Pearl, Tom Bigbic, Alabama, md many
smaller streams running through Che cotton
belt of the Southern States are, or nrG be-.
inning to get enough water IN them TO be
navigable, ard hence the crops produced
along them are going forward When these
cottOns begin 10 move they always do, or
successfully result M II prclcM to bcnr
down prices. There Is am unusually loud
cry about them nj this tmc every bear
waddling around with 1T lensl iOu teen
steamboat loads of 1t upon cach shoulder
Corn was in stpady demand, Bulk
track, carload lots declined one
cent aud wns selling ut ic, In
sacks, track aud store maintained Saturday.
prices Receipts were mir TO moderate anl
stocks not heavy but sufficient to run the
trade for several days.
Meats were rather quiet, with prices in the
old, old key.
General groceries merit moro to the city
than 10 the country, the orders from the lat
Ter being confined 20 small lots aud but few
Of them. Coloc and sugar continue firm,
and 80 are all manner Of shelf goods
Heavy receipts "busted' tho egg market,
They are down from l24 on Saturday TO 10
cents to-day, and weak ut even
this figure. One thousand dozen
came down from Kansas IN one con
Segment, whilst almost every wagon from
the Immediate country bring In more o. less.
Other items of country produce nrc without
change.
SPRING DRY GOODS ARRIVING.
Our dry goods merchants are beginning to
receive The advance purchases Of thcr spring
stocks, which Is some fifteen o" twenty days
DAYS earlier than usual. 1t il known Instinct
ivey that the season will be upon MS
much sooner than ordinarily, and they thcr'-
fore win be prepared to take advantage of 1t.
Preparations and purchases are upon n large
scale, as the largest bu5incs, DNllns ever en-
joyed is expected and nearly certain 10 bcrr
ceiyed. The extraordinary advance in prices
has mot checked tmnsactlnnsa Mt NIL On the 9th |
or hand they are Increasing by tn hour. Fully |
fifty per cent more will be brought TO Tins
market this than last year. The quotations
below should be carefully studied by coun'
try merchants and farmers gen rally they |
should, too, be compared with those of other
wholesale markets, By doing 50 they will
not suffer. oven If the item OF freight is left |
of. Tiey are furnished US by and ara the
selling rates OF the largest Wholesale d Y |
goods house in North Texas, the Sanger
Bros.
FINANCIAL.
The demand for loans for
purposes is very light
That for real estate purposes continues to
constitute the bulk. The banks are chOry
about accepting liens and mortgages and
only do SO in exceptionally good cases. Ex-
change is fat at = premium.
COTTON.
Dull and of 4. Following are the quota
lions revised:
We note decline of an eighth, dull, and |
quote;
Low Ordinary. ....,..'.',.."''.,'.'' y
Ordinary. "...''..,..''''.'"....'''p
Good Ordinary. "........'..,.'.'....'"lu
Low Middllng....,.."... ....'...'..''''..''"llt |
Mlddling.
Good Middllng.. '".'".l2
Middling Fair.."..... ......,......."..".l25