The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-05
MONEY AND TRADE NOTES,

John Burnside, the sugar KING OF Loulsl'
ana, last year produced 5,0S4O00 pounds OF
sugar and 1880 barrels of molasses.
Anderson Grimes county, Sentinel-The
farmers are beginning to look around fer cot
ton pickers. The crop of cotton is fine, and
no worms.
Gatesville Sun-If the cotton crop turns
out AS it now promises TO do, in this county,
the farmers will not be able to pick out and
save half the crop,
Sixty-tour fire insurance companies have
gone out of business since January !, 1850.
The Chicago fire ruined twenty-five Of these,
and the Boston fire several more.
Last year forty thousand new cars were
built in the United States. This year 1t Is
expected fifty thousand will be added TO tins
rolling stock of the country.
The value of produce transferred from
producer to consumer during GEAR IN TINS
country is estimated by Edward Atkinson at
So ,000,000,000 and the average consumption,
per capita two or three tons OF food.
Brownsville Cosmopolitan-Ihe farmers
have got through WITH Their second plJwlng,
and if we yet little more rain can put IN
their second crop. The rain by the way, II
ii don't sssist in raiSinga crop o. anything
else, will raise good crop Of mosquitoes.
Paris North-Texan of July 3lst-Rain has
faloa in considerable quantities TINS week
further endangenh8 the cotton crop III Gan
saGa county There was sen'is ran, On nm 'l9
IN u't' WhGh Wlil insure s9op Vgs' con 'iops,
]! Is estimated tAat the'e WIN 1e o'YUo o"'e'
o. cotton maue Ill 'nls county 'n's s''son,
The total amount OF cotton QUITO the lssi
crop marketed abroad thus far Is 3,'0H'o3,
or 1919 ahead OF last year The present
stoc, in port an,ountt 2Oo, lS3 bales, or TO-
07S bales more than at this time last year
Ine total quantity Of cotton in sight Is l,o'2,-
Nv ''''3' "
For sixty days past the general managers
Of the through lines have been engaged in
getting their cars together tomove the crops;
Yet the movement has not fairly set 10, and
from all quarters come calls for cars, half
of which cannot be filled, and within ten
BAYS, equal in its proportions to that OF last
year, is quite imminent
THO N.roho,tor mills ora all driven To
Their fullest capacity, and within month
wages have 'vanced ten per cent, while
board has not gone up. The new mill OF
the Amory company Will be the largest In
that state, being 5l5 feet long, OF four stor-
ses and running $4,000 spindles, 1850 looms,
S64 cards and employing nearly 1000 per-
Ions.
A gentleman writing from Henderson,
|Texas under date of the 2Gth, saws: "Very
serious DAMAGE has been done the cotton
|crop in our section by excessive rains and by
the recent freshet' Inc ground was sot!eheu
~ that u would not support Tue coVtoH'
pence II lies prone. IL Is raining now, ana Ii
!! continues the cotton VIII De ruihea; d.
fore this disaster the crop was never peI'er
y east IeXaS''
Tv,or Courier-The farmers Of this county
ourbt 70 begin to look ont for labor TO cath.
a. 7bo f,lI IRONS In orr oninion thew will
rnrio .o Al ricutv in GETTING hands mfi.
cdnt n MIX ont the cotton crop. 1t will
Gmplv be immense. and cotton pickers, when
he time comes. will be scarce. Those who
Nave beretofore picked for others will do well
Y they gather their own crops, ana hehce
there will be no surplus labor
|H Ver,,or+ tekos tho laad IN tho nroduction
u ,,a,,Io oI,rrar nroduc;ng rom Som non 10
n 60N ono 5onnda ANNUALLY. New York
cc% NCS'U Ueyt nrndncino ahouf one.tbird less
Az I onnos bird and nrodnces about half az
49, V 90 Nav wv York The states of Illinois
t td;n Now uan,nsbira Nicbicon and
Wi "" 1'U nrodnce annually ahont 1000
AM esch Tho assrerate nroduct Of 1870 IA
ss,;n oat az ~ nn0 tons Tho nro6nction of
! MA svrnn an ANNA /. stated at 400 oOO
cs1lnus IN wb;ob Ohio Takes The lead
f..0D'' ~ "A''D NV ' ~
Il The output OF ore from the LeadvliIe
mines last year aggregated l22,4e3 tons
Which represents a value OF 1905:
That is to say, there was an average yield OF
$eO per ton, or Just S3l ,443 10 each day.
IN the LIST day OF May OF the present year,
We returns from thirty-seven OF the leading
mines gave total daily output OF o99s tons
o. ore, yielding at the low average OF $50 per
Hn,, something like SSO,955 per day. The