The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-13
MONEY AND TRADE.
Yesterdays MARKET SITUATION.
Trade Quiet-Meats Active, Firm an"
Scarce-NOne 10 be Had in the west
for Several Days-Flour STEADY
with No ImpOrted-Others
Slow and Unchanged.
DALIAs. Monday Afternoon,

July Il, lss0. (
Trade opened drowsy and phlegnatic this
morNing. 1t looked like 1t was from dull
sunday sermons and with more talent for
sleep than 10 dance. The weather Ia too hot
to dance. Trade shufiisd Il little to-day but
II didn't dance by large m0Jorlty, There
WAS notable absence OF orders, spot buyers,
and If there is any other classi llcation OF pur'
chasers there was a notable absence OF that
The camp Of Spartacus was mot honored too
much" to-day by respectable plurality. An
sto7 commission would have helped matters
some, for It is better to Wear out than to rust,
aid cheats are the only Stones upon which
wits can be sharpened. There 10 some good
coming out of swindles after all.
Meats opened al the closing rates SATURDAY
afJprnuon-lO cents for clear bacon Sides and
others pro rat Prices were net changed
during the day, and they close lirm and scarce
to-nIght Kansas city an AtchisOn telegraph
lhey cannot Ill or ers thiS weeR. ~. Louis 10
tho same effect, or that possibly not In Chi.
cago, Cincinnati and Louisville II Ia scarce of
" Tor sale and held tightly A. the extreme
sWslde quota ions. All these centars
insist they ale quite bare of winter.cured ana
cannot meet the present demand save with
summer packing In that too, lhey are
scarce, they say and wi notlill orders under
five or ten days The collapse was totally I'M
expected, for those Inc publications along the
line up there, which purpOrt to give MS NO
many valuable tables of facts, have said from
time to inc there was "a much meat as last
wear: that whilst the number of hogs fell off
they made up in weight, etc, IL Is nowhere
charged there y a ring or a 81 indicate at work
upon meat 1t Is supposed, therefore, this
thing is going along honestly.
Flour Ia still firm a small lot of imported
fancy was received this morning and sent OIL
to MI orders already booked Anyhow 1t was
all gono by noon. There Is no Imported for
sale of any cousids rable amount bu promis $
OF full am0u t. ara IN full supply. Mills re
running al III g time, md have ample stocks OF
allgia leo except their fancy. Mr.. keach says
he his some No, 3 heat and will have som
OF his best -four in day or two,
Corn is in fair temand W tn no stock at all
to " oct II. A car sold last week arrived and
was delivered this morning,
Wheat Is conlinl In at lair rate. II Is firm
at the quotations below.
Hay and oats exhibited nothing new. All
ia being brought forward that can be sold,
and there would be forty times more coming
In IL we had any market for them
Hides are quiet and UNCHANGED,
Wool In stronger, hut not quotably, Re
celpts very light, with the outlook brighter
than has betn.
General groceries quiet. Sugar ia very firm
and trying to 60 up. Conee firm but quiet
Syrupsa molassei quiet and easy, shell
goods general y neglected.
Bagging and tie market not yet opened
Save 10 watermelons, the country WAGONS
were not rumeroos to-day Some of the finest
melons ever grown are now being rec lived
In this respect Da las county, Tex enters the
list with Eichm md county, Ga, SO long
given up TO be the finest watermelon region
In America, and where ev rybody quit cotton
during the war, went to ralsi Z them md
found such bonanza they have Kept straight
at Il over sirGe
Iri h pota oes are IN fair receipt and read
lily sell III So cents per bu ,hel rom 1r,t hands
still better grade Of peach was received
and sold { II - boz bushel, The purchasers de-
manded 40 cents pet dozen for them nj retail
Nothing eaenew TRANSFERRED, The prospects
for good bushes week are fair, and would
be excellent If we had the goods the country
wants. but in some a. tices we are like our
western friends, % little short.