The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-11-20
WACO, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 20
AND COMMERCE..
The Home and Foreign Mar.
kef- Hesterday--GemeraI
Reports.

Reports.
EXAMINER OFFICE, November 10.
TRADE.
The past week or ten days have
developed a suspicion that business is
getting lighter and that from this time
on the taperlng process may be noted
Cotton receipts are growing gradually
smaller. and, to certain extent, Other
branches have a sympathetic connec
ton. However, trade is yet sustaining
a FAR general average and Is not ye
dead, even If 1t does have light spells
THE DRY COOS MARKET.
New York journal of Commerce
November u: During the week closed
there has been a large volume of busl-
ness completed, while that in progress
has been increased considerably by the
placing Of many new orders. The dis
trbution and takings have not been
confined to any specially, but have in
Guided all fabrics of IA staple character.
For the period of the month and season
the movement of goods have been
usually large, while stocks with agents
are corrcspOndingly light. The inquiry
for all kinds Of cotton has been main
tanned Of much steadiness, and under
the influence of improving prices any
supplies with agents have undergone a
material reduction. To state it in as
few words as possible, the condition of
the market is very satisfactory,
although at all times exceptions to
such general statements are in order,
and can be presented. As a rule, how
ever, exceptions at this writing are very
few, and il proportion to the whole are
unimportant.
As the season wears away and the
approach Of spring is remembered,
distributors begin TO realize the work
that is before them. As compared with |
previous seasons they find that in |
many instances the character of the |
supplies has so changed that "What |
can be hHd?' will be much more i
common question of agents than
| (Which shall | take?" as an inquiry of |
/ ones self. That such a showing should !
| be SO conspicuous at this period of the
season, and brought about through le-
| ultimate merchandising is most i'm
| portant fact, and expresses more than
/ anything else the great prosperity of
the country. The speculative mania
that took possession of the country
early III 1880 and collapsed so suddenly
| was an experience that none have for
! gotten, and though ventures are more
! frequent to-day than at any previous
| time, a reasonable margin of profit is
not only appreciated, but speedily real
| ized. This fact is one of the many evil
dcnces that could be cited to establish
the great care that marks even the
most risky transactions on the ex-
changes.
TEXAS CATTLE.
Under the above heading the New
York Shoe and Leather Reporter
says:
The scarcity of heavy Texas hides is
getting to be a source of anxiety to
tanners, who want to get ont heavy
leather to answer the prevailing de-
mand. The improving of herds has
been going on for some time on the
cattle ranches, AID the Iong-horned,
scraggy steers are getting scarcer
every year. There is more system pur-
sued in raising cattle. Crossing the
breeds gives finer stock and better
meat, at the expense of the hide,
which, in best-bred animals, is finer
and docs not make so thick leather.
New ranches are being stocked, and
as the facilities for the business are
practically limitless, both in point :
of territory and the readi- ]
ness with which stock can be l
marketed, and the future of the trade t
IS a bright one. There has been
marked Improvement in prices for the {
spring drive, as compared with prices t
pald year ago, III all the classes from |
Nearlngs TO three-year-o DIS, the ad- !
vance being nearly 80 per cent. At
points on the Missouri river, where !
range cattio are marketed, dealers have |
experienced great difficulty in supply l
ing good stock, and orders for cattle,
that are peculiarly adapted for rang
lug, are being received at points re-
mote from the usual markets. All q
these encouraging Indications of pros .
pcrltl conclusiyely prove the utility &c !
exercising judgment III selecting stock, v
by which Il high grade of beef cattle :
can be cheaPly raised, and also demon .
stratc that Texas viii retain her rank .
at the head OF the beef-producing =
states.
NEW ORLEANS HORSE MARKET. =
Common horses. ......S 70 OOM110 90 y
Good working horses 10 GOAL % :
Fancy saddle and har- a
ness horses, $50 OO@2OO 90 i
Small common mules. ......m...... :
Good medium mules. $50 00@I75 90 q
Rice mules.-......... 135 0OM150 90 l
First class. 173 00m220 90 r
CoM cart and heavy G
city mules. 225 OOa25O 90 /
THE COST OF COFFEE To CONSUMERS. p
Since the boom Of 1879 there has G
been very little speculation in coffee, 7
and It's cost has gone steadily down a
until a grade that two years ago sold |,
by the cargo for III cents can to-day +,
be bought for lie, decline Of about +,
nne-third. Taking the invoice prices 81
ruling to-day, allowing for loss in r
weight in roasting 16 per cent, and
adding 30 cents per 100 pounds for a
roasting, We find that very nice Rio :"
lr Santos coffee costs when roasted Z
II cents, an ordinary but good =
drinking quality II ), Marncaibo. gen 7
orally admitted to be the best for family T
Use l30 ~, Mexican about the same, -
Joro or Laguayra 124@13. East India, "
other than Java or CeylUn
IlMl6, pure Java l7l5, government .
1umatra, q, Mocha, if really pure, "a. .
This list of prices represents the cost :,
10 the large jobbing and roasting gro >
'crs IN New York, all Of whom are 9.
glad to sell to the retail grocer at an =.
ADVANCE or profit Of 203 cents per -
pound, or one-half Of d cent per pound ~
green, which is not considered exhorbi- a
amt. In contrast with this what does L.
The consumer who pays cash at the y.
counter against 30 or 60 days credit F
by the retailer, pay for his l.
,nffeeE First. nresnminp that the \,