The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-28
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
COMMERCIAL.

DALLAS, December IA few days ago
an extract from Mt Vernon paper was
published in these columns speaking of the
trade of that section OF the State coming
to Dallas. Mt. Vernon is about twenty
miles this side of Mt. Pleasant ON the line
of the Texas Il st. Louis Narrow-Gauge
Road. II is situated i'll one of the best sec
tions of our State, and the remarks of that
paper give evidence of the great benefit the
Narrow Gauge, when completed, will be to
the commercial interests of our city. We
are informed that the road will probably be
completed TO this point in year from to-
day. The company have control of ample
means and are pushing their work in all di-
rections with rapidity. We do not know
the exact distance the road bed is graded this
side of Mt. Pleasant, but have been informed
that over forty miles are now ready for the
ties and iron and that other grading con-
tracts have been let and the contractors
ut work. The road will divert Il new trade
to our city which now goes In another
direction. In fact not little of the trade
along the st. Louis Il Texas road from Tex
arkana to Waco is already coming here
over the Texas II Pacific, but the time and
expense required to break bulk and change
cars at Big Sandy make the completion OF
the Narrow-Gauge desirable at an early
pul lpu sOOn stnNl
their representatives out into North
east Texas invite the merchants there to
visit us, and court the coming of the COM
mercial interests that are soon to follow.
BRApsTREETis gives the following inter.
esting statistics in regard to the wool clips
of this country: In Texas and California, AZ
well as in parts of intermediate regions,
there are two clips of wool in year, a
spring clip and a fall clip In some in.
stances the census returns secured the
spring clip only, and In some cases the
schedules were answered so rs to show the
clip for both parts. of the year, u variation
which still needs fuller revision.
A.large number of sheep are not to be
found on farms, and in their wide range in
western territories have not been reached
by ordinary enumeration. These only
reached by special investigation are known
as ranch sheep.
The sheep sold as lambs and as fat sheen
TO butchers carry some wool To the sham.
bles not returned In the wool clip, but ob.
tanned through other returns us pulled
wool.
The investigations of the census Office are
not so far completed as TO give exact figures
Tor the total wool product OF the United
States.
The regular returns of wool clip amount
TO 35,l90,SG1 neeces, l55,0S0, i9S pounds
4i3 pounds average weight of fleece. Tc
this Is to be added by estimate on data
largely obtained by Special Agent Gordon,
100000 to l2,0p,0o0 pounds for the two
annual clips where enumcrators secured re.
ports Of but one. Five million sheep are
the estimated addition for ranch sheep, and
100000 pounds possible addition for
their tlceees. From 100000 to 35,OO0, 00C
pounds are likely TO be obtained rs pulled
wool. This will give total wool product
offrom 220,0o0, 600 TO 22s, ~, 600 pounds.
We import large amount Of wool. In
1850 this amounted to i2s,00o, 600 pounds
very extraordinary import. The ordi-
nary import IL In the neighborhood Of
oo,VOo,0oo pounds. aud will probably fall
much below that for 1851, as home produc.
tion has been somewhat stimulated, and
other causes have modified the supply.
Az iret sight the great import OF wool
would seem TO be serious dependence, but
our farmers raise mostly woods OF higher
rradcs and better price, and cnnuot Afford
70 spend their time upon sheep that pro,
uuce wool only III for The uses OF most Of
we import very few carpets. We lmpor,