The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-14
MONEY AND TRADE.
YESTERDAYS MARKET SITUATION
Tho state OF Trade General Market
Sseady and Hcs"iar-No M"'eri'
changes 10 Mahe-.Con"iti"h "i
the Crops.-Cpttiug wheat
Etc, Etc.
DALLAS, Ihursd0y Afternoon, !
Nav IA. 1850,

May IL, loou.
The weather continues hot; the town wore
a lsgy and inert look to-day. There was a
moderate shipping demand for general plant
stien supplies, but the city trade was rather
show. A #FE
corn was steady at yesterdays quotations,
though some dealers were asking 20 cents
for bulk while in store. Advices from
Kansas and Missouri points note an advance
Of ono ortwo cent?. The domand to-day was
heavier than yesterday, with stock rather
low. Two carloads were received this morn
ioe The country trade took the bulk OF
transactions. The trade keeps up astonishing
IN we'll, and is the hest eAcmpliiication OF the
severity of last years drouth, and the total
fsi,Me, almost, Of our grain crops The
trath is bread corn will have to be steadily
bought until the new crop hardens sufficiently
V grind.
Flour was barely steady, with Western
narl,et, dull aud hore aud there the receipt
n now barrel recorded from the South
Dealers are not disposed to hold large stock
81 present; and prefer having just enough to
rneet their trade and hold it i'll hand. The
slandard brands could be bought to-day Mt
S8 S6t103 40 per hundred. The stock in tho
civ is comparatively light, with large pro-
portion held upon commission account. The
Globe.Democrat Of Tuesday thus quotes the
81. | outs market "Slow and weak. Regu-
lar order and local demand small, but there
Ras some movement on export account-,one
lot OF 1000 export sacks oil lhncy SOFA NJ
Is 70 on II, track. Other sales: Sampl rs
A. barrels at 81 Is, "a nj S3 20, II NJ 20 90
delivered, $3 ut "a SO delivered, 100 II, track
81 SA GO, 100 At SIS 20 delivered, 30 At 20 %,
as part ". track NJ 81 %, 700 Il, track ~
Ti as, 225 part l. track and part delivered
az IS SO, 40 at So GO. Grpdes-l00 barrels
lanily at "a S.; fancy offered at SO so, bid
S. l5; choice at IS 20, bid So; MN at
SA 70, bid $i 50,'
Bacon was in fair demand. Dry-salts neg
iee led, indeed no sales to tn, country. There
~ cnly moderate stock in town Of fully
G0ysd and next to none of d.s. Following
WAS The situation ut ST. Louis on tho 18th :
'sIhe market Yesterday was but little changed
flom the figures of Saturday in all the otier-
ings Of hog product Pork iobbed ut $40 30,
hut round lots sold ut $40 10. Dry salt
meats sold AZ O. zoe for clear ribs, and long
clear ut 40c. Bacon bringing 80 10 G0e
Tor shoulders, 6.90l for clear ribs and 7.l0c
70 short clear, al packed, Lard nominal at
6.70tp G.75c" Lard is active and firm.
Sugars and cotiees were finn md in mod
crate sales. Moasses are active and held
higher
Wool Is stiIl unsteady and in light receipt,
Bayara have steadily lost upon every pur'
ohase up to eight or ton days ago, and are O.
Mciant TO ppy above a clear mar,
gin, Sales we're made to-day, at
~ 9s, and 90 for respectable to choice
lseee. The Globc-Demoerat of Tuesday
taaa quotes the ST, Louis wool market
Lover, aud weak and unsettled at the do
cline, market almost wholly devoid of ami
Imation. and sellers generally dissatisfied a
tho dgures 10 ,lizcd. We now quote: I'm
yAsAel-Medium combiug 20G3lc; coarse
and low common do 23Gl26c; light line 25(d
2a1 heavy do 2 G ~ Observation-Disclosures
d7tdAsc medium II to Acc low and dingy
rs 10 40c. All bury, cotted and dingy woo
lower; of course on bury, u deduction of
10 l5c "a 10 IS made. Sales To-day IS
el,. npWsshed in luts-hard, bury at lac
hurry TO slightly do and low and coarse q &c
26}c; fair to choice medium 70 to 3lc tub
ws,hed--smpli lot bury AT 42c; do medium
ut S. to 40e; sis about choice at 4I3c
l2choico ut 4Slc."
Calves on quo,stion9,-"Oillcial quotations
which arc supplied by the exchange, were
roA,,caA o.dav as follows: Spring clip, me.