The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-15

tlon VI prizes vi uoihoStlc pIOuuCtS Vi HoLlO
growth.
Hundreds of bushels of pecans have been
sold recently at 81 per bushel in San Saba
county. Money is plentiful there and bust
ness excellent.
| The production Of coal in 1870 through
out the world was l93970,7SS tons in 1880
it was %, $4,000 tons, or an increase Of 50
per cent.
The stock of cheese in Montreal Is re-
ported at 10000 boxes, of which one firm is
said to hold 10000 boxes,
The stock of peas in Montreal is estima-
ted at 100000 bushels against y 600 bushels
one year ago.
Augusta, Georgia, consumes 2,57j,0lS
gallons OF water daily.
COTTON.
The receipts of cotton were light to-day,
and there was little animation in tho mar
ket outside of futures Prices have not
changed, and We renew our quotations of
Saturday.
Good Ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
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Mldo.lng lair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL
We again call attention to the quota
tons of the Dallas market in the Board of
Trade rooms. We can see no propriety of
putting the quotations above sales. The
directors, if it is by their direction, would
do well to either cease having the Dallas
quotations brlletincd on the board, or have
them in accordance with the market.
| We assert that there was not
a single transaction in middling cot
ton to-day above our quotations, and if
interested parties are suffered to make the
figures 1t should not be done under the
auspices of the Board of Trade. Cotton
may go up tomorrow, and we hope it will
do so, but until transactions are made at u
higher figure the market should not be
quoted at an advance,
| Cotton advanced an eighth of u cent at
all the receiving points to-day. In New
| York spots opened firm, buyers and sellers
apart, but by noon they advanced an eighth
of cent and closed steady; middling, liz.
| Sales, 1914 bales.
New Orleans spots opened firm
and closed strong at the advance, middling
ia Sales $500.
In Galveston spots closed an eighth
higher, middling 1T, Sales ops. Receipts
3,02l.
st. Louis closed firm, middling II 3-s.
Receipts 3,755. Sales 1854. Shipments
1863. Stock on hand 5i,7Sl.
The Liverpool market was active and
| firm at an advance Of an eighth, middling
8 IL, Orleans 5-S. Receipts $3.50 Sales
| 1900.
! The cotton movement shows nett receipts
ut nll the ports for three days to be 1896,
against SS,3l3, a decrease of 22,347 bales.
Exports to Great Britain 2,752, France
1891, continent 1906, channel ports | $40.
Stock on hand 76i ,GGl bales against IA, 600
on the 18th of November last year
| We are indebted to Mr.. Afford b. Shopper
son of New York for copy of his book,
| rt,sl,in 10 ,I,t
and comprehensive work of the kind ever
issued from the press Of the country. To
cotton buyers, factors and planters it is al
most necessity. 1t will be sent at the low
! price OF seventy-flvc cents, by addressing
Alfred b. SheppcrSon % Beaver street,
| New York.
II would seem that all the estimates of the
cotton crop made so far are in the interest
of the bulls" and not with view of Civ
ing correct reports. We know as well as
any one that the crop will fall far short of
that of lSS0-l, which was the largest ever
| grown i'll this country, but we are not yet
prepared to believe that it will be much be-
low what an average crop should be. The
increased acreage will bring up the average,
ana all the reports are not rs unsatisfactory
and dlsheartening as many journals would
lead their readers to believe. The Chicago
lnter-Ocean publishes every day or two
a telegram from New York advising
tho purchase of cotton. These kilograms
of course, come from the bears" who want
Others to purchase what they may sell and
then when their harvest time" comes they
will reap what Others have sown We are
not "bearish" in our feelings. but are in
the interest OF truth We give below one
or two extracts from papers, many of which
are before us, and upon such reports as
these opinions may be formed
The Little Rock Spirit of Arkansas SAYS
! The cotton crop in the counties bordering
on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway
will fall but little behind that of last season,
partly because this section of the country
never suffers so much from drouth as other
portions of the State, and partly owing to
the increased acreage. Most all of the nl-
merous settlers up this line put in more or
less cotton last spring and the result of their
efforts is plainly to be seen.
We are still of the opinion that the cotton
crop of East Carol parish is better than
that ofany other parish in the State, and
that Notwithstanding the disaster which be.
fell the parish in the washing away of the
Airlee levee, and the inundaton of the
lower portion Of the parish, there will be
more cotton produced this than last year.
Lake Providence Herald.
In Florida the yield is about go pounds
va oVVu NoNtuH per NCTt, WHICH Is ABOUT "a
per cent. less than last year. caused by
drouth, worms and rust The quality OF
the crop, owing to.the fine weather for gath
ering,is generally reported better than last
, year. Tho increase in acreage will make
the total yield OF the State as large or larger
than last year. Tallahassee Sun.
From Georgia - have the
following; The yield OF seed cotton is esti-
mated at about 400 pounds per acre, which
is 10 to 10. per cent. less than last year. The
decrease is attributable to the drouth of the
carly summer than to rust and dastardly
worms The yield of lint cotton from the
seed is nearly 10 per cent. less that last
year while the bolls, owing to u lack OF
! moisture in the atmosphere, are about 3per
cont. lighter than usual.
South Cardinals cotton cropwill be about
Coz, 202 bales OF 400 pounds each against
81, 5lS last year, as shown by the U. s.
bureau of statistics.
In common with the people of the south,
our aspirations are for an advance in price,
, but we fear many are misled by reports OF
the decrease in crops beyond what will be
verified in the future.
The diameter of u fiber of cotton is l-12OC
to l-li0O of an inch, and Is stronger than a
nber of iron of the same weight. This
is the case up to five fibers put
together, when the iron takes the
lead. The fiber of cotton Is the purcst
form of carbon--hence gun.cotton- "A
!, bale OF 800 pounds containing but five
pounds of mineral elements drawn from the