The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-14
SS37 ,l5l ,9S2 s240, O05, s.

IOlu '...,...,.., ,Sdsi aol ,9S2 S2AS, uUo,3i0
Cotton stands ut the hoad Of the export
list, and during The nine months indicated il
constituted over % per cent. Of the entire ex-
port total. This does not include October,
November and d acember, the three heaviest
months in exporting cotton.
According to the census Chicago has
twelve Touring mills, the combined capital
of watch is 1852, 100 Thsy employ 1877 per
sons. pay $l05,S26 wages USE raw material
TO the value ofSl, 1887 coo, and make 2,2l7,-
5S4 il products.
According to tho figures furnished by The
statistcsn in the department Of agriculture,
the estimates OF the amount Of wheat in
bushels raised in the northern states and ter
ritories are as follows:
Wisconsin. is ,i6i,e0l
Minnesota. 40, 10, ODc
Dakota and othor northwestern terri7
tories. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ,N5VD
Total .,.......,,.............. ,22l,OoO
This is sufficient quantity OF wheat to
make upward of 100000 barrels of -four,
and the United States Miller asserts that the
mills now in active operation in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Dakota are amply able to
convert the entire amount Of this wheat into
-four, and are new busily engaged in con-
verting the best OF it.
A Philadelphia letter rays: The market
for steel rails has been very active during
the past week, and some important con-
tracts have been closed, nearly all being for
roads in Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado.
Twenty thousand tons were taken for one
road, $4,000 for another, besides several sales
of smaller lots for early delivery. The con-
sumptye.. demand for steel rail during the
coming year is estimated at upward Of l.,
250005 tons, and the capacity for produc-
tiOn not more than 100000 tons, if as
much. Prices are little tiTmer than they
we're week ago, owing in measure to the
active demand, but more, perhaps, in sym
patty with foreign advicas. 1t is understood
that a portion Of the orders raferrod to were
taken at about $57 80 at mill in eastern
Pennsylvania, but it IS doubtful if business
could be placed at that price now. The
usual asking price is $50, but o good deal
depends on the location Of mill, terms Of
payment, and time and place of delivery.
The imports of dry goods AZ New York,
from January l, to the close Of November,
for two years compare as followG
Manufactures of wool sl0,ll7 $50 s27,SG, OOS
Manufactures of cotton. l!,Ool 100 "a, 1858, 1874
Manufactures Of silk.... q, ly2,5B 34,04,50l
Manufactures Of flaX..... A,Si3,217 1885, 597
Miscellaneous dry goods. 7,SIS,967 lO,OOS,25l
Total. .sS4, $3.50 1857 Sll4,3S7,aa
This gives q gain of about $500, OOOOOO in
manufactures Of wool, over 81, 100000 in
cottons, 100000 in silks, $4,500,00O in fax
goods, and S3,250,000 in miscellaneous
articles. The entries direct for consumption
during tho present year were only $S5,
$50, and the goods placed in warehouse ex-
ceeded those taken out by over $5,8000e0.
4 London letter says; The chief topic in
commercial circles has been the enormous
operations Of kessrs. Armour &c Co., of Chi
cago, in pork, and the successful result
thereof. Last year the "corner" ia cotton
here was regarded as the most successful OPP
GRAFTON in this srtof "conering," but it sinks
into an insignificant operation by tho side of
the prodigious feat OF your Chicago mer-
chants. The usual homlies on the iniquity
of cornering AID forcing up necessary erti.
Gle of food, and one nsed largely by the
poorer class, are heard on all sides, and sew.
eral OF our leading papers have adversely
criticised the conduct OF oil such as engage
ia this class Of conercial speculation. II may
% IiShe OF u may ps wrong, put III lhe eye'
of the world tho right and wrong are slway'
adjudged in direct proportion to the success
or failure Of the operators. By this ruiz
tha WHO don't praise MCsSrS Armour s
%. had reed almost to be silent altogether.
The output of bullion throughout Cali
fornia, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and
Dakota for October was probably rs large as
for the months Immediately preceding. Sc
far IS ascertaired, the output fro N January
TO November for two years, compare as
follows; The descriptions Of tho treasure!
embraced in tho totals compare 3 follows;
1879 1880.
Gold .,,,,.............s G,3ll,AO S7,OO5, 20.
Silver ...................l0,9Os , 800 $500, 0G
Lad 5O1 OAK TO