The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22

! Total .................. 81, O9s 900 $l,5sa ssO
SPECIAL AGENT TINeLB, of the Treasury
Department, reports that it cost over So 0O0,-
600 to, collect $500 900, 600 in customs rcve,
nue. last year, that twenty-five ports OF
entry did not collect dollar in duties, and
that thirty-two other ports did not collect
| enough to pay expenses. An increase in
the sugar duty has resulted in gain Of
revenue amounting to nearly $4,000, Oo0.
1t is stated that the principal of the Turk
sh debt amounts to ST. 900, 000,0 00 and the
arrears OF interest.are alb ut $685., 600, 600 1t
| is proposed to scale the different classes Of
public loans, and bring them down to $3.50,
900 900, at an interest not to exceed psr
cent, with a sinking fund of not more than
/ per cent. Even on such q basis the
prospects of ultimate payments are ex-
tremely poor.
1t is estimated by some parties in Wash,
ington that it win require six hundred
million of dollars to pay off all the claims
that have come and will come AN
der the arrears Of the pension act, including
the frauds, which will, in the end undoubt-
| eddy amount to one-half of the sum.
The total valuation of real and personal
property in California is only $685., 6ol O39,
and the total tax for State purposes is 65i
cents on each 800, producing revenue
of "a ,314, 42s.
DALLAS, December 16.-In conversation
with prominent attorney, an elegant gen
tleman, whose practice is extensive with
the whole northern portion of the State, he
remarked that the number OF business farl-
ures in Northern and Western Texas, so far
this year are not in excess of fifty per cent.
| of those of the past two years, and that the
amounts involved we're still less. He fur
ther said that in every instance this year,
so far as his observation extended, the fail
| - 81 lnttn
This speaks wellfor our section and is an evil
dence of prosperity. In connection with this,
there never has been year in which our
merchants both wholesale and retail, have
found collections so satisfactory. There is
undoubtedly more money in tins portion
of Texas than there ever has been before,
and no people in. the world at this time are
growing rich and easy in circumstances
| more rapidly than those in our own State
The main dependence of our people is now
upon the agricultural resources
of the country, and while the yields of the
staple products have not been abundant
their value has been far above that of
| former years; and the amounts realized by
the farmer and planter for their labor have
been greater perhaps than in any previous
season. 1t is a pride and gratification.to all
| to know that this condition of affairs exist,
and that the outlook is promising for still
better times and greater prosperity for
years TO come.
Business to-day was brisk and streets
were crowded from early in the day till
late in the evening. The coming christmas
tines is bringing out the
liberal and the good, who remember
their friends and many present has al
ready been secured and hid away as sur
prise for those who know al about it. There
is but little change to note in prices; Coal
oil has advanced in all the markets, in con-
sequence of the advance in petroleum;
I slight changes nave occurred IN fruits and
nuts and other fancy articles. Firecrackers
are very scarce in the market, owing
| to the loss of one vessel
from China and the failure Of another TO ar
rive on time. They are now selling at -
| Staples are firm, but without change worthy
of note. except In lard in wood, which has
declined a quarter Of a cent. Meats are un-
changed.
As late as 1886 the sugsr-cane was
ground in Louisiana by cattle. But the
| use of steam made q marked improvement
| in the production, so that II increased from
! %. 600 hhds. in 1873 TO 5000 hhds. in 1S5s
| and 100. 600 hhds, 1843. In the decade from
! 1913 to 1853 the yield went up 10 AZ. 324, In
! 1851 the amount of sugar manufactured in
Louisiana was ~, 40 hhds. IL has never
since risen Beyond 10000 hhds. During
Since the war the yield has been uncertain
and fascinating. The average yield per
acre has greatly fallen of, and the quality
of the product has never been equal 20 that
raised In the English colonies In the West
Indies, from which we annually import
sugar 10 -the value OF 3100,oso,oo. Tbs
hope Of the sugar planter 70 overcome the
tendency Of his crop TO decline lies in. two
directions = the cultivation OF frssh
land and the use OF improved machinery,
by which all the juice IL extracted
from the cane. The labor system Il BY no
means perfect In louisiana The custom %
70 allow the negroes 75s day and patch
This. under ordinary circumstance. is
satisfactory, but the detection q his force
| from q planter at critical time during the
season Of cutting the cane il injurious. II
not ruinous. 20 his prospects, for that ga
son. The labor problem In the south .
one that has yet 70 be solved
Eutmses grow ON little tres which loot
like little pear trees. and are generally Dot
ever twenty feet high. The norers are
very much like the lily OF the valley They
are pale and very fragrant The nutmeg u
the iced Of the fruit, aid mac y the thin
covering over the seed. The fruit 10 about
a. large a. a peach. when rips y bresks
omen and sh0.s . little nut inside. The
fress grow On the islands Of Asa and tropi-
cal America. They bear Tor seventy or
eighty years, having ripe fruit upon them
III the seasons. A fDs tree IN Jsmsicz
hs- over zOS nurmtes on j. every year.
TIE Dutch used % have all this nutmeg
trade, - they owned the benos lslrnds.
nd conqDere1 all other traders ard de-
rf+ored tie trees To keep The T'1et up
fI.tT once burned three tiles - uutmcE
rnIf - which wns ns Biz ~ church. ~
furs did MOI srmr1t1izs win t1Is meat
ness. The nutmeg pigeon. found - At tie
Tndian Islands DID ~ the vyrl1 u11t n
Dutch he'd 1rteruinel sb0nl1 ~ - 11.t-
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