The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-05
MONEY! AND TRADE.
YESTERDAYS MARKET SITUATION.
The Course ofTradc Situation of Cot
b. -FiuctuatiOns in Breadstuns
aud Prov isiOns, In Country
Produce, Iron, Lumber Ma.
teriaI and Immateriai Ar
ticIes of Commerce
IDALLAs, Tuosd y Aftern oon,
May 4, l5S0.

.ln the first place the weather has beer
very unsettled, and on Monday and Tuesday
tine city pretty generally resigned all busi
p@s, closed doors and Joined in tie May les
fit6ties. But in spite of these interruption
t1Sness has been fair, and tho first of thu
romth occurring purchases have beer
raate upon q very liberal scale As u rule
April bills we're promptly met by the ma
olity of general customers and almost uni
vrsaly so by merchants, unerring indca.
lions Of the healthy condition Of the finances
and the prosperity Of the country.
There has been regular md steady de-
raand for plantation supplies. Bacon has
laaan in only moderate supply, and is to-day,
n,s9 ruled firm throughout ut s 6S for short,
clear middles, with other grades of meats in
poportion, with the exception Of sugar
cured hams, which have been held very finn
a. the extreme outside figures, Lard has
not changed, though in slightly improved
demand.
Corn has been active, and the excessive
stock mentioned last week worked down to
ftbout fifteen carloads, or, say q, 900 bushels,
which is no more than healthy trade GER
.alnly requires The receipts during the
Neek have footed up tnr less than since the
trade in it commenced last fall, and will
e,oub,less be moderated moro closely here
sitter. Ii made a stand ON Thursday, nd
vanced little on Friday, and has since
ruled firm and so closes, NJ tie quotations
leloV, There viii be no material falling OF
5n the present demand until the Texas crop
gipens and is brought TO mark t.
Flour has been quite active, and upon the
whole standard grades have kept ny their
rates when selling in small quantities, though
in purchases of largo lots concessions have
Reen made down tho entire line, imported
rgid city, This Is in sympathy with western
markets where wheat and flour are ruling
from excessive dulness to posi- lively fiat,
and with the newspapers every day publish
ing an enormous quantity Of last year wheat
crop on hand and the finest one ever grown
10 the fields and rapidly coming on.
az imported such standard brands
90 White Loaf, Tidsl Wave,
Kitchen Queen and Cyclone have com
raandcd 80 so per hundred. The lesser
grades ARE about ten cents cheaper as they
descend in the scale. The Todd mills quotes
lis Magnolia at So 50, and the Empire and
r. Crescent, ut SO g.. Imported patent is
NOD at So rs, butt takes II gilt-edge article
80 fetch it.
=, IN hay and in oats there is not much trade,
rEa none Mt all beyond tina city lints. Each
&gv held in small way and for the town
sock. Oats sell ut So cents from store, and
hey in a retail way Mt 81 per hundred for
prime baled.
Corn meal is in fair supply, and lever to
seil. Jobbing lots III 80 cash per hundred.
Upon orders, 81 50 to 81 40
Country produce has been very active, in
good supply, and with quotations irregular.
To this eggs and chickens are excepted, The
foImor gave out on Friday, and since then
Iext to none have been Offering. From the
q uctation of 10 cents last week they went to
III by Monday and may be there yet for
might we know, for none have been heard
from to day. Shop-keepers sold out at 20
saa % at retail Saturday night, since when
they have been slirmshing for stock with in
different success.
Butter has b on steady. and many cheice
bots selling From 10 to 20 cents have been
reserved, determined wholly by the virtue of
Che lot
General groceries, such as sugars and cof
fCNs, syrup, molasseS, rice, tea, salt, crackers,
PICKLES aud canned goods, have not changed,
ana, with tho exception of the latter, have
sofa we'll during the week, both to the city
and TO the order trade.
And, finally, the recent rains have thrown
sn abundant supply of vegetables upon the
market, and they have become marvel.
ouay cheap, say from Is to 80
conts filling market. basket with from
thnss TO six varieties. Dtwberries are COM
ing up from South Texas and are selling at
$t25 per bucket.
New Irish potatoes are getting plentiful
Sud cheaper. They are to-day bringing Sl.25
Ecs bushel and 81 per barrel. The stock of
cd is light aud neglected. But few Of them
are in understandable condition,