The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-30
COM MERCIAL.
HRaALD OFFIsA,

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THURSDAY EVRNIEs, september 10. I
There has been gradual increase In busl-
ness TO. day, and new merchants, who have
never before bought In Dallas, have been Va
the city and made purchases. Dallas to-day In
many lines OF goods Is aokno wedged 10 be
the lowest market In the country. Prices are
not materially changed, and We AJAX attention
TO our quotations, which are correct.
The cattle m arket continues good In this
city, and Mol beef are In demand by butch
ers. Toe receipts Of hogs for the past week
have fallen OF and they command ready sale
Sheep are more plentiful aud the market well
supplied.
The Texas drive this season haa not been
80 large RS In years past Early In the sea-
son great many were driven TO Kansas, nut
the prices at home advanced, which Induced
many TO hold over til next season. The Texas
cattle to-day are far different in quality from
what they were some years ago, and arc now
sought after, ana are In demand III eastern
markets Thedilerencois mots prominently
seen In the sh0rtnlng Of the horns and the
more compact makeup. In the last few
wears many of the best bred bulls
In the country have been brought to9 Css,
and the cross between them Hnd the Wild
Texas COWS have produced some OF ,he best
grass fed cattle IN the country. Last reports
from Chicago state that Texas western range
oatte brought from 3 80 to IS, while thorough
Texans only brought from 2 20 to 3 Is. Thesc
prices show the grca, advantage OF improvi <
the cattle OF our state
The.demand forlumbor In this city increased.
1t wAs thought by many that tho lumber trade
about this timo would diminish, but the
6lany new buildings being constructed Tor
daily. and which from appearances VIII le
greater even than It has bsen at any time dur
Ing tho year, keeps the stocks low at the yards.
Dealern also find II difficult to pecuro tranepOr-
tatlon from the mills Tho mills, TOO, ia The
pinerlo', are running at their full capacity and
prices arc remunoratve. The lumber trade In
the north 10 also very lively, and all the mills
In Minnesota are pushed to their utmost,
and orders are 50 plentiful that they arc dini.
cult TO place, except for future shipments.
Few persons have any Idea of tho magnitude
OF the pea nut production OF the country. II
IL SAID 10 DO n very remunerauve crop, aud in
the SANDY soii of East Texas the yields are
immense and of II good quality. There were
produced last year in Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina alone 2,025 900 bushels, Viz
ginia furnishing 300, 0J) bushels. We hope
at an carly day to soc the farmers OF Texas
engage In every business Of this kind which
must prove highly remuneraLve 10 them.
Tho beer product Of California has swollen
from 10 .OOO,oOO gallons In lsi5 to nearly twice
that nunber In 1889. Fifteen thousand i've
hundred bales of hOp8 were grown ON the Pa
clnc coast In 1880.
The demand for wool Ia active and prices are
firm. The available stocks have been greatly
reduced In all tho wool growing states. The
Boston shipping List OF September n, says
Nln lnicturer' who hesitate 20 purchase now
must exa"ct To paY IN advance LATER in tho
season. 1ho fact that thu sales In this market
during the pas, eighteen weeks have been
about 100000 pounds, or bout one.slxth Of
the ertirs clip OF tho country, indicates that
the corsumption fwool Is large and that we
Shall qulro all the available supply now In
sight to keep our machinery running Is q
fact OF itself that ought to give strength and
tone to the market.
COTTON
The receipts of cotton tO.day have been
larger than anticipated, and reached fully six
hundred bales. Prcos have not materially
changed. There has been an active demand
and agents OF splnners have paid fun prices.
The marketsOf Dallas have no doubt q great
influence In all northern Texas, and for this
reason alone wo arc particular In giving the
most accurate quotations possible. The great
ost care Ia taken In having our quota.
tions correct, and our readers can depend
upon them being reliable. We quote the
,nart, NJ bnra tn.hay nj follnwa,