The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-18
pALLAs. Friday Afternoon, |
September II, 1850. !

The bad weather continues. The total
rainfall since Sunday mp to this morning
measured lO-l0O Inches. We had shoWeI' D.
last night and agnin to-day. The sun shohe
only for n few moments yesterday evening"
streets. roads and fields are all too muddy 10
travel wish any degree OF pleasure, ana PEG
ple are keeping indoors as much nj po's'ble'
Uence we had few visitors nom out oil t)Wh
to-day. The receipts Of cotton did not amount
10 much, and that of grain ana general eouh-
try produce hardly anything ut all
ar course in these conditions
trade was slow, Cotton PICKING
ia correspondIngly checked, as are iaih ns
onerationsand marketing produce hut OIL"
sol. always raising more or less dlstUioanoo
AS he crosses the equator, VIII soon oe over
taat line, when something like an equl'lp'
rum may be established.
The New York Herald makes tho following
observations upon the cotton crop OF ls"'sOi
.rbe carefully prepared statement OF the
cotton crop for the year ended seplem DER !,
l,so which the Financial and Commercial
chronicle has lust published, shows three
favorable res ults and one mat IN ho' 81
satisfactory. The former are an increase III
the total crop, In the part OF ~ .hSt -
moved overland to market, ahu IN ,ho NUN
consumption, The feature Oh the yeur
indna,rv which ia considered lees encoulNg-
ing is a marked fal ing oil III tne eNp,, ~ VI
our made goods. me re VI iasS IN , AZ
As a matter " ma iOnal cbhsrn ~ n -,
total numb err of bales, "v was h9SLsoI I'M,
large number is IN itself striking, on. llh t r
significance appears only DIV eon pat,SVin ~, ne
largest years production OF Soiloh ~ ,s sne
pnimieet days of slavery wa, tne I'VE ", 'I9u
M which reached 4, s!3, 40 bales, During me
war the Industry was paralyled anu no RECORD
WA l.,pt. Alter the war the hhhuul yloniu5ih
creased, with some fluctuations, irol'i S,5@eS
bs7 bales In lsG5-G6, ~ ,sll LOa oaies III o,o
\ IA h1l In ls7s.W, ard 5,7M397 In lsio'S0,
inns while the Increase IN tho crop oi lo'o-'u
wns 2Ia 2G6 bales, the Increase IN the orop .,
fs79-sO runs up TO IA, b3a bales but .nls 10 hot
all. The average tios, Wo,enr y, a SO "reSier
which var es from yeartI year, Wus B'u"tv v
la year than any prec ding year. ne'ue l'olo
IN N eight pounds greater lhan tne hNeiaIc
weight of lS'S.70, though ONLY po"uu ~
greater, than that oi N" ,nS con
of 1880 was 97l,2i2 055 pounds more man ~,
that of the preceding yeGr' anu ap-i,5Sgg'Sl'
mounds more than the produc lou OF lot,,e'
The indications now nre rI,s any ofthe pre-
decessOrs These facts are iMll oi sig niusnn' U
and promise of prosperity. Inc cotton iu n.,,
ries of the county have oeeh unusupiiY puoy
during the past year, The Chronicle estlilales
thai more than half million spindles were
added i'm northern mills alone, ara lnnt tne
iucrsase In the home consumption Oh eo.'oh
WAS about nine per cent, The amount OF cot
ton manufactured IN the United states ms
been steadily Increasing yer by year, Es,i'
mated ut i,225, 600 bales In 1915, IL reached l..
$50 OOO bales in 1878 and ! 1000 y IN ioso' me
amount that goes to southern nuns II Sel
small, but 10 IL becoming larger every
year. Thus In 1850 these mills ICON
nom the crop about lI9.OoO bales, when
WAS 81, 900 bales more than they required IN
1878 and $1,000 more than In 1871. VINE
American spindles have been runnin TO thelr
full capacity during tho year the exports OF
cotton manufacturers have fallen ~ value d from
Sli, aS5,Cj0 in 1873 to slO,s5S,o5o In 1871, NM
sg isi AIS In 1880, for the year ending,June oo'h
in each case. This decrease Is due chiefly 70
good home market for cotton goods sucn
market, however, will stimulate production
until a surplus is reached which mast seek u
foreign demand II nee the decrease in ex.
poris OF cotton goods may be regarded M nut
iemporary The American ooltoa inuusNy,
both In the field and In the factory, but par
iicularly In the latter, must continue to grow
and with this growth must come In time an III
crease in the export trade OF cotton goous