The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-11
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DAcLAs, November lO.-Should nothing
intervene to prevent it, the Texas & Pacific
road will be completed and running between
this city and New Orleans inside of two
weeks. This will give us more direct and
shorter communication with that city than
we have ever had before, and will no doubt
turn a large amount of trade there which
has heretofore gone to st, Louis and east
ern cities \ large proportion of our sugars,
coffee, syrups, molasseS, rice and other
heaVy groceries have been purchased in st.
Louis and eastern cities, because they could
be delivered here in shorter time and Mt
less expense than from New Orleans and the
difference in time and freightS made il de-
SlraOie to bring them n greater.diStanre, and
luliy counterbalanCed the difference In the
price at which they might have been bought
for in New Orleans The opening of This
road will no doubt turn large amount of
cotton which now goes to st. Louis in A
more southern direction, provided ofcourse
that New Orleans sends out agents setting
forth the advantages that city possesses as
cotton port The trade of
any country naturally follows the
course of its products, and we
expect soon closer and more intimate bus.
mess relations with New Orleans than any
other city in the country. There is no req
sou why New Orleans should not furnish
direct many articles TO Texas which are
now shipped from other points. Nearly ali
OF her merchandise is received bv ocean
vessels at less freights than by railroads
and her merchants should sell at lower
prices ID maintain the same margin as do
the merchants of st. Louis or Chicago. But
TO secure this trade New Orleans business
nst tfaa h., 4
severance st. Louis DISPLAYS or
trade, will continuein its old Channel,
ana the opportunity now offered her of Sc.
curing the business ofthis portion of our
growing ana prosperous state will be lost
10 ner Tor II may be, years to come.
buSinesS in Dallas to-day has been Quiet
on the streets, owing TO the rain last nirht
which continued at intervals during the
day, The roads are again muddy anG il
may be several days under most favorable
circumstances, before receipts of
as heavy as they should be at this season of
the year We have no change to notice In
prices of general merchandise. The whole.
sale business of the city is not materially
affected by the rains and shipments arc
fully up to an average.
That Dallas is fully recognized ms the con.
trail wholcsaling point of northern Texas il
uudisnuted, and like all other great com.
mercia ccnters il is referred TO in
u disparaging manner by papers in
towns of large pretcntions but
which are really of small amount
In this connection we copy an article from
the. Fort Worth Democrat which may af
ford our readers in north Texas amusement
Tor moment, on account of its absurdty
and the country style II displays In tryinI,
TO divert the cotton trade from Dallas:
Fort Worth beats Dallas. Ofcourse there
-, and always has been considerable rivalry
between Fort Worth and Dallas, rs trading
points, Each place claims that Il sci is
woods cheaper than the other and paws
hn 20 for cotton. Yesterday we heard of
thSh)nly practical test Of the latter matter
thai has been made this season.
Mrl w G, Shoflncr, who lives
nealr Grapevine. had four bales of often
which he wished to market: some of his
ncilshbors had just double the amount
which they wished to sell. The cotton was
OF tpo same average grade. They left home
on the same day with their cotton. Mr..
Shoibner came to Fort Worth; his neighbor
went ito Dallas MIR. Shoifncr sold his cot
ton hdrc for l0ic aud went home satisfied.
Whcn\ he saw his .neighbors, comparison
ofpricNs was made, and II was found thew
only gt osci IN Dallas on the same day he