The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-16
DALLAS, Tuesday Afternoon, !
June Is, 1880. (

DALLAS, Tuesday Afternoon,
June 10, 1880.
II is hoped we have about passed the dull
est DAYS of the season and that we are upoI
the eve of more activity in all branches o
merchandise. All arguments arrive vt tina
conclusion and the facts seem to warrant TN
belle. The summer crops of surplus pro
duce of North Texas are now being energetl
cally marketed, which places money In TN
hands of men whose interests require that /
be expended for plantation supplies. Ant
il is conceded that the new crop Of cot'or
will begin to arrive not later than the 10th o
August, eight weeks OIL, and that there vii
be an unusually large percentage brought
forward during that month. The CROP
is now in more advanced stage than it ha'
been in several years
We have had an active week in meats, the
stocks of which have been rather light
Shipments to the country and sales direct to
the farmers have been heavier than for any
June week since the war. Bacon short, cl Ar
sides opened at 81 to 81, but toward Friday
the first fraction was dropped, and since then
they have ruled generally at 50. Dry salts
have been in limited supply and have not
changed from rates prevailing for some
weeks The indications do not point to any
immediate radical change.
Hams have sold we'll in mediums, l03 to
lOa per pound being the wholesale prices for
sound sugar cured stock.
Lard has been in moderate request full
supply and has sold at uniform quotations
throughout.
There has been slightly improved do.
mand for corn, which, in consequence of
being out of stock was not fully met until
Monday. A goodly supply is now reported
in town of both mixed and white, which is
selling at 55 and SO cents. The trade is be.
coming more and more circumscribed TO
city and suburban limits, folks in the coun'
try having now plenty Of long f rage for
horses and wheat bread for their tables.
In flour we pretty well ran out Of i'm
ported from Kansas and Missouri by Satur-
day, and dealers came to the conclusion to
risk few more Car loads and
telegraphed orders accordingly. On Mon
day as already stated, the city mills started
up and placed new flour on sale at $3.50,
$3.50, $3.50, $3.50 and $500 per hundred
There is an active demand for it, and it is
presumed our mills will have little trouble
disposing of all they manufacture as fast as
they can grind it,
New wheat has been coming in tolerably
free. 1t ranges from 65 to so Cents-de-
termined by the quality. So far the ma
iority brought forward has been of medium
grade, and large per centage improperly
cleaned and hence very trashy.
In the general grocery market there has
not been very great animation, dealers and
consumers buying sparingly. With the OK
ception Of canned goods which have de-
clined. values have remained steady.
Coffee has. been weak, and though conces-
sions were made upon respectfully large
sized lots, the quotations for small purchases
have not been changed.
Sugars have ruled firm and active during
the week under review. And so have Lousi-
ana moasses. Syrups have been rather
quiet though steady.
There has been 50 famine in good, sound
butter. 1t has recently advanced at least B
cents per pousd, sound stock being now held
at Ia a 20c. in tubs and 25c. from counter.
Eggs are in better supply. They COM
mand 15(al7% cents from first and 20 cents
from second hands,
Green peaches have appeared since our
last weekly report, the market opening on
Friday ut Sc rs per bushel, and by Monday
coming down 10 S4. In n few days they will
drop to 50, and eventually be lower
than that. The stock in the city to-day is
from orchards along the Trans-Continental
railway, but the first receipts came down
from Denson, Grayson county.
We have also some little things called
green apples on SALE not much larger than
buckshot, and not much more paatable.
There has been an active demand for hides
and full prices freely paid.
We have nothing encouraging from the
wool market, They still remain in the same
state of suspended animation spoken
of last week. Manufacturers and
spectators refuse to make any
advance upon prices, and growers refuse
to accept those now prevailing save in rare
and exceptional case', and have the bulk OF
the. spring clip Of not only Texas but in
the Northw st and territories remain in first
hands. Like everything else the fight will
have termin ton some or these DAYS, wnen
we will see what we shall see.
There is still an extraordinarily heavy
demand for all kinds of lumber,
for brick, stone, and 6 neral
building material. There lisa world of i'm
proving in progress in North Texas. The
supply of lumber and iron articles has been
ample, that of brick and stone not equal to
the trade. Prices are stiff for all, with con-
fidence in dealers that the demand will in
crease instead of diminishing and that the
trade this coming fall and winter will be OF
the greatest magnitude ever known.
Financial Affairs.
The demand for money upon frst-cl pa.
per has been moderate, with the banks freely
discounting all offered.
i. ALL