The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-28

General Ecagann iutu.ftHta CONNER. o. bin
meaus Tie application Ot the railroad law OF
TOXns 20 ths United snts ilsnus CG dis
Grimm Ating sates in favor ut one point over
0ther Ia other words eltuthai bin islIW
nuieht cam l. be- cor i,d rom ST. Louis TO
GaYu8'on che per han FROM SO, Louis 10
DAllNe, Whlpl &l The iOAuH rro now doing,
ButGalyestouWil then set Ter western freight
down the Mississippi NO the aunlt iatc eht I5
now by rait.
over On. Goa, o)l feet of piue aud cyprasa logs
ware RATED down the sabine river leGH8, Ia
1850 The average price wss % 30 per lVvo
feet
ihe total revenue ofthe Rrlt.sh government
for the iasL calendar year WaA 5il64IO,O1D, iu
round ligulos converting pouuds INFO dollars
at the rate 0f So t0El OF die WhOloamouul,
about SG9, $4,000, or % percent, was derived
from dutie oo imporI5i Sl25 900 900, on nearly
8lpcr cent, from excise dutiesi $50 $4,000, or
lalh per cent, from stamp tnXcsi $3.50, 900.
or ilik percolt.s ifoW property and lucnno
tax; ami tha remainder, e&QlO031, or about
20 per cont from land aun house uu,Y,
p0elotlioe telegraph service, crown land iulIl-
cot ON adYauCeR, ana miauti faueous EOurCps. Ii
will DO seen lh0i ail bui about rs per cent. OF
the revenue was derived from informal taxes
and chHrBas The net lpS OF ,he .oyem-
menCuf ihe United states for me last dnuucihl
yenr amounted 90 1855 aN,6ll, ol which $780,
bl2 ON was derived from duties ON imports,
and fli1,e0i,' ~ from Internal revenue, ma
gup miscellaneous internal resources. that
net revenue from outiat on Imports, aud only
about "A per cent, from mterual resources
a roc .ut writer upon Tao subject OF the de-
EIuotlon Of forests iudulgo5 Ia some epecuIa-
tive hgures 40 60 the consumption OF various
vadeties OF forest growth. The value OF tho
annual product of the American furas's he oati-
mates az 81 ,Ou0,000, 600 The Are wood actually
consumed by W, OOO,OOo ont Of Ou 40, 0p0Ol0 pOp-
ulaticn ho states Of lOO0Oo,00O cords Stetan-
boats and railroads he mentions aS usinfp5,-
100000 cOrda, The railwuygo of tho RtBts Of New
York require every siX years the renewing of
40 $4,000 ties, or an annual supply OF { ii5 Ssa
pieces, requiring 72i6,O0O trees IN their pro
duetion.
Tno stocks OF hides everywhere arc re.
ported very heavy, and Tho market al an
principal points Is at present very slow, with
yaluei wesk aud downward in tendency,
Dealers here report trade as depro sed in the
extreme, and o drop In prices Of 1sS%o FER
pound in green sailed stock is looked for gt an
carly day. The Sew York shoe aud Leather
Reporter OF January - says: Tho market h
very dullan0 prices veal. River Plate stock
has declined ceut pound during the week
The vessels now Gilgat WitMhlduS from Eueuos
AyfeS and MrpteNld0n ami hcuud for Mem
York and Boston, carry 635dlG aides The
shipments are given nom mail Gdyicts. while
cables reociyai snpm the La Plata laH weak
state That nearly 10000 Ino,a have buea pur.
chased and are BOW il0ding iOr this country
rom hueroS Ayres Gnd Ncuteyldoy. Those
hides, added 10 chose Guoat ana glvan aBoye.
will make between 1909 OO9 90 lCO,Oo9 biGps
that VIII be coming hliuer 8B fJstas tao yes.
nela bring them Stocks Gre now very
Large In an enc hide natketl orths weird. ln
Antwerp, uAvre and Liverpool there GRE 6e0
900 lh Hamburg ana Brem j Gl,g0l. liz this
country arc hcA tn FIRST hands nj Nsw York
aud BOSTON some $50 900 dry hides, while The
atocksoi sdltqa are Large and Increasing, o.
pecln!ly IN Cur western oities.n The Boston
eorlespondeat OF the same paper sNys: "TEe
noe market oohMuues dull, and during the
pass week foreign hides have DEFINED near,
or quite 10 Per pound, The rtlart of sales IN
New ork 90 concession Of lhht figure n.a.
terially assisted the downward londauoy, and
dluon."
Ihe following Is y statement ~ the number
oipounus ana value Of sole sud upper leather
exported irem the United STATS i6r the nscal
year enaihg.june 80, from 1870 to lS,O, inclu-
has attained N "'"NN"