The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-24
MONEY AND TRADE.
YESTERDAYS MARKET SITUATION.
Meats Essyier-CIear sides o 81 Good
Trade I'm FlOur- Wheat DuIl-Coun-
try Produce lQuiet-On Hand IL
Bales OF COttOn-MOney,
Notes and Quotations.
DALLAS, Friday Afternoon,
Iulxr % lAll

Trade was rather quiet. to-day. The cool
little norther blowing yesterday and We'd
nesday still fingered around town, and is
% feIed the freedom of the city for the balan ce
of the summer season, but 1t Is exiremel y
doubtful ifit accepts the invitation. SO far
Che season has been delightful one. and no
one has had any good reason for
hunting a cooler climate, for really only the
dlrst week In July has been oppresslvely
warm.
Meats we're In moderate demand and a
ahade easier. A leading dealer quotes Short
clear b co sides, 0 "a; long do, 8 l-2; short
clear dry salt sides, S "A; long do, les. The
stock In the city Is mo ate In size The ST.
Louis Republic An of tue 2lst quotes that mar
ket rs follows "D +. Meats: small lots packed
shoulders ana shot clear at 4 7-Sc and 1910
Bacon; 1870 pkgs sides sold I cash : clear rib
at Z. 95c to s. Ojc-mtnly at SO, long clears Sc
short clear at l-3@S l5c t. s II l29s 2Oc;
shoulders worth Lie; C, SO. hams held III
10 SIS to lie; ordeis-small lots at 5.Sc TO
$3.50 for shoulders and clear RIB ana short
clear. orders Brea 4 fast bacon l-2c plain,
Zoe canv.; C. s. c. ham 10 lie To IL Ice. RE-
fined lard brought 75-Sg7 3-lc on order"
Flour moved along with the same lively de-
in that manufactured beyond the state are not
now experiencing any dim ;ulty In getting or
ders promptly filled, and hence will here
after be full handed with all the
vested In the west has been such an enormous
one, the millers will be glad enough ere long
TO lind a market In Texas for thor surplus.
The city mills are running regularly, but only
upon their second grades, not yet having
good enough wheat to put on their patent
royal.
Wheat is coming In slow. The supply COT
tinues to fall far short of the demand, All
s1f fat AZ Ia. Ia,
ow, ~ cents being about the average.
Coffee is firm and In moderate demand. The
stock Is ample for the present trade.
Sugars are stiff and active. great deal Ia
being consumed, anu properly, preserving
fruits. There is no longer any present
apprehension that Louisiana will be cur or
This u the last year of this nonsense, for we
hope In another season to be In direct com.
municaton by at least one hallway and per-
maps two In another year, with the sugar
estates of the Pelicans, and when tho Cres-
cent city gets fairly sated down with yellow
ack al over, we stu can draw our ratlons OF
sugar rom the back parishes.
shell goods are beginning to sell more free
ly. II Is anticipated that the fail trade will
open far earlier than usual, and country mer-
chants are making their purchases accord
ugly.
Hides are snail slow, with receipts light and
buyers orish, They don't like the looks
of other markets. ST. Louis talked M follow
Ing ON tue ?lst; Dry dead dull, weak and
Dry fiint-No. ut l7@llhc--lattAr for light,
No Ut l5,; dry snll-No | ut 1874, No 2 at
l2cigreen salt-No at91ac, No at SLc; calf
lee; bull and stag-dry IKE, green GJSc.'j
In bagging aud ties dealers still refuse TO
ak any quotations. They say they will not
do so until the season opens, two weeks, per-
maps, from this date.
There are heavy 'tocks Of salt arriving and
there Is Il fair IT ,de In It. We Will have lots
ofhogs TO kill in Texas this winter and will
need plenty of salt.
peaches are cheaper, Choice can now be
bought for 81 % to !! Per bushel, and shop.
keepers are selling ut 10 cents per dozen. Apples
are freely offering at 81 509S2 per bushel To-
mstoes are demoralized, there being an ex-
cess of supply over demand. They were Of
Tered this morning ON wagon as low as SOC.
per bushel Grapes are plentiful ut 71Sc per
pound and are fine enough for Bacchus, Colo
mel Gambrinus or any other of those festive
old fellows. Irish potatoes have fallen to 40
cents per bushel. .Cantaloups 20 cents per
dozen, or q and 3 for h nickel, while water
melons can lnd no change small enough TO
suit them. A good-sized one can be bought
for cents, and whale for 10.