The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
COMM EliCfAL.
HERALD OFFICE.

1uEsDAY EVENiNdi OctODcf 49, Iohl'J
There has been considerable falling of
In the retail trade to-day, owing to the rain
which commenced falling at MI early hour
and continued at intervals during the
day.
Dallas has fully entered the arena of the
wholesale trade and Is competing success
fully for the business Of northern, eastern
and western Texas. In giving our reports
and quotations, they refer more directly to
the wholesale and jobbing business than to
the retail trade OF our city. The time
ia past, and forever, when the retail
trade of Dallas will attract the same atten;;
ton as formerly, and the ,iobbing and
wholesale trade absorbs nearly al the IN
terest of great commercial paper like the
HERALD, and its readers all over the country
look to il for correct reports Of tho state OF
the market. and rely upon its accuracy.
And while the HERALD will do all in its
power to foster and sustain the retail trade
of our city, our great aim will be TO en-
courage the establishment OF more whole
sale houses here until we have suinclency
i'm every line to meet the growing wants
of trade, with ample stocks, commensurate
with the demands made upon us by country
dealers.
transacted by our grocery dealers, and to-
day we take up dry goods, The trade IN
this line, has been unprecedentedly large,
and as the season advances the safes IN,
crease in volume. One Of our Oldest and
heaviest dealers says, speaking. within
bounds, his trade to country dealers has
increased fully fifty per cent over the sales
for the same time last year. Another re-
marked that his sales had more than
doubled. And this, too, in the face ofthef fact
that a number of new houses have opened
here, who are doing business far beyond
Their expssa1n ade 49s the g oW pr fe ali
goods in this line which have been main
FAMED here. At other wholesaling points
dealers have taken advantage OF the
rise in goods at the factories and have
advanced their figures on nearly all
staples, while here our mercnantS nave
given their customers the benefit OF the low
prices at which they made ma their purchases rs
Of tie notion and millinery houses. And
we say again, as we have asserted before,
that Dallas is. the lowest market for all goods
in these lines west of the Mississippi river;
These truths are beginning to be known and
annreciated as is verified by the extraordi-
nary large trade done by our dry goods
business in all lines to-day has been fair.
We have no material change to notice
in prices of groceries. Meats and lard have
declined fully one-half cent. Coffees re-
main firm, with no indications of change.
The market, however, is weak in New York
and other seaboard cities owing TO large
arrivals from Brazil. Teas are rather weak,
and dealers in eastern cities are forcing
sales owing to continued heavy receipts:
Sugars are very strong, with an upward
tendency. The crop in Louisiana is much
below the average, and is estimated now at
125,OOO hogsheads, against 2lS,3l4 last
year.
firm, and although the STOCKS
are.fair prices must advance soon unless
woods in first hands decline. In the east the
Volume of sales is much heavier than
wear ago. AS rule, prices remain firm at
n somewhat higher range than at this time
last wear. and cotton goods are Kept pretty
stiff at the quotations current a week ago
by the reduced supplies at all points, and
the diminished crop of cotton There Is
good trade in American and imported dress
Goods. and cloths are more active, Skirts,
underwear, hosiery, ETC., continue 10 sell
freely. and there is good trade in notions,
fancy goods and gloves, while blankets ana
hannels are in urgent request. carpets are
still active at full values.
The drug trade has been large during the
whole season, ana Is INCREASING ~ 'oiu,no
almost daily. Our prices are revised, and 1t
will be seen that they compare faVorapiy
with any western market.
The liaour trade of the city has been active
for some time past, and dealers speak OF
large increase in sales. Our trade in this
line extends to all parts of north, east ana
west Texas, and our merchants are gradu,
allv pushing their business further and
further in every direction. The lager beer
trade of Dallas is assuming large proper
tons, and brewery here, if erected with
sufficient capital to carry it on successfully,
would yield a heavy profit. 1t is said
brewery always pays. an ooo IT. .cl
II is said there are 100000 gallons of
whisky stored in Kentucky. 1t should be
one of the most influential states in the
union.
There were only about two hundred bales
offered on the market to-day, all having ar
rived during the evening and night pre-,
yious. The rain and bad roads prevented
The usual daily receipts. Prices were
steady at our Yesterdays quotations, as fol- !
lows:
Good Ordinary ..............''.''.'s ''s''s'''
Low middling. m,
Mddling. ......,..... ...... ''.ss''.ss.''''' 20
Strict middling .....-'....''....''. ~
iond middling Tvs
Mdoing fair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .lON
FUTURES.
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