The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-14


being fattened at least as cheaply as a year
ago, notwithstanding that grain is a good
deal higher than at that time. And as
prices are considerably higher than in No
yember, 1880, there should be more profit
to feeders, at least until winter has rendered
pasturage impracticable.
Nowadays, especially in London says
an English paper, people have great
fancy for Demarara sugar, which they in
nocently suppose comes from the country
of that name. Most of il no doubt does
come either from Dcmarara or some
neighboring port, but there is a variety of
! Demarara' about which we have secrets TO
tell. That is called 'Whitechapel Dema-
rara, because in that delightful neighbor-
that ii has grown there, for it comes orig
inally from the continent in the form of
white French crystals, made from beet
root. But sugar refners have found out the
public mind, and they know the peo-
pie have a prejudice against beet-root
and like to think they are eating produce
of the sweet, juicy cane. And so they turn
the white-rather dirty white-beet crystals
from the bags, and spread them upon the
toor; and then they pour upon them some
of the molasses, which is the DRAWINGS of
West India hogsheads, and have, therefore,
the smell of sugar from cane, and men go
with their naked feet and trample the syrup
into the crystals by kind of wriggling
movement, until the spurious Damarara is
produced. The men who do this are called
the "I1pperary gang" and are supposed
sometimes to wash their feet but we know
on good authority that Il large producer of
sugar, once watching the motion of the
gang felt constrained to address one of his
men thus MY lad, don't you think you
could get a bit of the crust of2'
commercial item OF some importance
IS the importation into thls country of 800
bags of Italian beans from Naples, in all
about 500 bushels. Further consignments
are understood to be on the way, the high
prices asked for domestic product making
the importation profitable. There have
been. some importations from Germany,
ranking with the American medium"
grade.
The consumption of copper is already in
creaslng ut rapid rate, more rapidly than
many are aware, and it is entering into
many new fields of usefulness. The plan
adopted by the large cities, compelling the
telegraph companies to lay their wires
under ground, has made marked increase
IN the demand for copper wire, and it is
SAID that one Eastern factory is using
o,Voo,oOo pounds of copper per annum for
this purpose alone. Prices for copper show
an advance and tirmness which do NOT
seem to be shaken by any fear of overpro-
ductiOn.
The iron and steel exports of Great Brit
am have been steadily Increasing since the
opening OF the year, and have doubled al
most since January, the figures for that
month being 1877, III tons to all countries
ana for October, the last month officially
reported, 3S6,65S tons. The shipments to
the United States rose irregularly from 46.-
So tons in January to 1859 tons in Au-
gust, since which time there has been de-
cline. The causes Of the increase were a
greater demand, due to lower prices and
more prompt delivery.
The Bulletin, published at Philadelphia
0y the American Iron and Steel ASssocia-
tion estimates that the worlds production
of pig iron for the year 1881 will reach 10
No,W gross tons, and tho steel production
st. Michael Md.) Comet Terrapin.
catchers report diamond.backs unusually
plentiful this season in these waters. 4
great many have been caught this week by
sighting them, and then packing them
up Wilh Their oyster-tOngs. Prices are
dozen. f'' ms
IN charleston, S. c., the business of tur-
pentlne and rice factors has so materially
extended that it has been found necessary
to erect 4 mammoth barrel factory in the
city limits. This year. according to exist
ing contracts, 100000 barrels of 800 pounds
capacity will be required for the rice crop
alone.
The first steamship of new line bearing
the Chinese flag has reached the Thames
with three thousand tons of tea.
Missouri is the largest iron ore producing
State in the South-3S6, 1877 tons; Alabama
IS next-l9l 676 tons; Tennessee third, with
lU ,i65 tons; Georgia 81 ,4l6 tons
There are over 6OO0 coal mines in the
State Of Iowa, and their product is valued
ut something over 81 ,0O00OO at the bank.
1t isestimated that 1900 900 tons of iron
ore will be used in the United States during
the year 1882,
1t is estimated that there are upward of
100000 or 100000 acres of coal lands in Col
fax county, New Mexico.
The Welland canal closes on the 10Th
instant.
The government telegraph line is com.
from Fort Dodge to Fort Elliott of two
hundred miles.
The Iowa City alcohol works cleared
$1,000 on 800 head of cattle last season.
private despatch from Japan states the
deadlock in the silk trade has been re-
moved by the practical submission of the
American and European merchants to the
japanese demands, Five million dollars
worth of silk held by the Japanese for six
weeks has now been disposed of and is on
the way to Western markets.
A German colony has purchased 1000
acres of land in Henderson county, n. G.
Says the st. Louis Western Live Stock
Journal: "Apples are cornered, potatoes
are cornered, onions are cornered. Specu.
lators now combine to corner every product
II 1t is short. Consumers have to dance to
SPECTATORS music, and pay high prices to
are over. The best brains of the nation are
are IT work to rob the people, and are
growing fat ON the spoils."