The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-23
COMMERCIAL.
HERALD OFFICE

and children commenced arriving, ana Oy
ten o'clock crowds had assembled ON Elm
and Main and other streets to witness the
grand procession of the circus
Business has been, as usual, good ana snip
ments heavy. Prices are well maintained
in all lines of staple goods. A few articles
in the produce line have advanced slightly
while others have declined,
On the first of January next Dallas will
have railroad communication with San
Francisco over the Texas Il Pacific road,
and many articles of goods now purchased
in eastern cities will be brought from
The western coast. Our merchants are
already opening correspondence with dealers
in the commercial cities of the Pacific, and
", til the first trains arriving here from the
coast, regular shipments of teas, 'rui's,
wines and other commodities Will COM
mence TO reach us. The benefits Dallas
will derive from the trade will be beyond
Computation,
A dispatch from Cairo says great many
farmers in Southern Illinois raised very
fair crops of potatoes and are holding them
in the belief that they will eventually get
So per bushel for them. They
are now 81. so nj Wholesale. In the drouth
belt much more feed was raised for animals
than has vet been Acknowledged, and when
the scare has subsidized, and the option men
shall have quit fooling with the markets
the supply of all grain will be found hbera'
enough.
Fof the week ending October II, there
were sold in Boston, 80 800 pounds Of Texas
wool at prices ranging from y to - cents.
frbn n,iIupp Of the Nj
sippi river and its tributaries
are as follows Missouri 3,l2o, Mississippi
2,l6i, Ohio i,O2l, Red 9S6 Arkansas S4
White no, Tennessee 5S9, Cumberland
1901 Yellowstone 47l, OuaChita ISL, Wabash
ms, Allegheny 32j, Usage JOB, Minnesota
1D5 Sunllowor III, Illinois 20, lazoo 226,
z Black Arkansas H. Green 200, st, Fran
els 1870, Tallah0tchic LIS, Wisconsin lCo,
Deer Creek llG. Tcnsas ll2, Monongahola
10, Kentucky l0j, Bartholomew lU, Kama
wah Of, Muskingum %, Chippewa 40,
Iowa so, Big Hatchio rs, st, Croix
G5, Rock Gj, Black louisiana Oh,
81 Macon GO, Bmulf SO, Big Horn so, Gin
ton 50, Little Red 10, Big Cypress and lake
Al, Big Black 30, Dauchitte 33. Total mum.
ber of rivers 80, total number OF mLes OF
navigation at present., 1910.
Amador county, California, contains from
$1,000 to $1,000 acres Of fine grape land in
that county which needs but enterprise ana
industry to yield an annual income OF "
00000O, And vet men living on some OF TINS
very land are barely mnkinga living, because
they have not the energy to develop its re-
sources, and the county which should be
rich and prosperous is poor
COTTON
One hundred bales were about oil that wore
Oilered IN the market to day, Although
Ia a 40 Il 4
markets there was no change noticeable
here.
We have received the following commu.
nicntion from the secretary OF the board oil
trade, of this city;
FpIroE HERAiD:--I see you impcnCh the
quotations posted ut the Board OF Trade, nnt
say they are too high, and prove this asse,r
ton by asserting cotton cannot be bought
in Dallas, shipped to New York and sol,. q
aprotit if these prices an paid By iltti'
investigation you may learn that cotton u
not bought and shipped from Dallas upol
margin, but upon specuation-in anllci
patton of "a rise. The quotation ut th'
board yesterday was correct and place.
there by the sanction and under the reyis
ion of four of the heaviest buyers IN Dalla'
(McEntirc, White ~ Co., Mitchell Evans
the only objection being from Mr.. Mem
tire, who thought that low middlins wa
quoted Is too low. No cotton can III
bought in Dallas at your figures.
IL. c. STEVENSON.
Notwithstanding all Mr.. Stevenson says
we assert that our quotations are correct
We defy him or any other person to name
single Individual who has received NOR,
than our quotations for cotton. We know
that few individuals have bought cotton OF
SPECULATION and want to advance quotation!
i'll hopes that they may get better prlc'
for what they have on hand, but the HERAlI
adheres to truth, and cannot bo made thu
instrument of any man or men to repor
the market different from what II is. MIR
McEntire himself, in his own figures, gav'
us the quotations we publish, we know they
are correct, and we are indebted L
him in q great measure 10
the accuracy of our quotations. We ar,
neither influenced by "bullsn nor clears,
but deal honestly with our readers whit
look to the HERALD for accurate prices
Our facilities and cxertions to quote ih
market correctly are complete, and OIL
readers can place implicit reliance upol
them. Mr.. Stevenson relies too much OF
interested parties, and we assert again tina
his quotations arc incorrect and calculated
10 mislead the public.
We quote cotton to-day as follows;
Good Ordinary, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Sk
Low middling. .,.,'.,''''' .''''''''''t "
Middhng, ...,..,,,,,,. ,,t,', '',',,'''''''''' ~
strict middling ~
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~.
In New York spots close
quiet and firm, middling II IL cents
Sales 70, net receipts, S0,HS exports (
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