The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-29
miscellaneous Matters.

The down-riyer grain Increment Ia, vonO
on so steadily a. i"erge.icali. 50 tne re-
sumption OF nav 'tioa ,hs SncIug tina, II Ia
as much reguisr matter-of-cUsr.s ia'ir to-
day as the movement q sralA ir0a Ch,csco
by lake and causl SLen tina. route "a NJ, N.
Eighteen iowo3ati ere constantly ealp.,,yeB
Ia the business, and none Ct them have been
Idle nee the NOV smeai began All.Rethrr
these boats ana thsir o@rge. can trars1n,f in
the neighnorh1od of 10, 90 carloads OF gram
In one Zip Asihe round trip nom 81 fouIs
Il will be seen that tins existing iuauags OF the
barge companies alone could move matter ~
6lJ. 30 '-lOads OF grain. or, saw, eco, tr.tns
In Tue e9urss OF syesr, IL tbs river kept omen
the fuil tSelye months.
New y TX Herail; A committee Of sr,,,.
t.ation Is bdsy under therul-s OF the Pro,luea
excnaDg looking into some alleged frnuduient
transactions IN Rlnseog. This root grows Wild
In Ichuetssa and Nur h Carolina a.d ynsi.fs
all attempts at culiiva ion. The gatheri Z Of
the riot crnp gives en- pl0y ment to large nom
nlstlon Of inountaineers aud backwOoisipcn
who snip Is - Louisville. kCntucky. Knox'
vile, Ienneslee, ani other points where nre
hsins q ioiei ntiiey u the trade. The root s
barged and shipped TO California, and thence
u Hong Kong, whore there l. nanutactur.l
from Il druE wn!ch "a highly 6str,intd by
the chin 80, ant q watch the tive supply
is lnsuinntnt Inc prepared drug IS also kent
for sale In the thiuese hazAArS In This pilv
Several hfms on tue produce exchauge deal In
the loot, winch svaluec OF from a 53tD 81 20
the ponud, Ths annual expectation amouuts
to-,-p w 'nues, complaints have reac eli
the exchange hist several lets Of The root have
recent bees refused by tbs thinese puTchns-
ers on tue groundot atu,tsratlon. One Al eyed
aduilerailyn Is the use OF other Yo0t, When
look Ike gipaeng. but out VI which Tho Chime =.
pharmaosaiist, sce ularle 10 make tao dim,
As much as 80 per cent ofSome OF lheuackn -
1t l. said, WAS this worthless ROOT. Anoth r
alleged Hecep,i N CONSISTED In boring oU; tho
drlcl root, hlling the cavity with ualtpI ieai
aud plursi itup. Ihis Transaction levaiyrs
about. uJl per cent. pruAt on The le 1. alone
Its execution is aEofihed 10 Chinese rtcgera
and sortsrs here, and The detection OF Il ia said
20 have amazed the Chinese lmporiers al H.
root at hong Kong,
In Its annual publication for the curre,,
year Bullion Estimates ihe worlds supply ana
production Of gold And silver from the tariIest
date TO January J., lsSl. as follows the figures
standing for ounces;
Worlds stock IN l4o2.. Il, 100, 90 Ss5.cJi 10
Prddno Ion ium Al2
70 ls,s; ........;,;. l6o, ooo,ooo $4,000, 100
Produ,iion h0n 1879 10
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Total. ,Ab7s0 T.5l0, noon
These lgures represent the worlds stock as
II wouid pe Il none 81 either metal ha1 beeu
los, or DESTROYED But Balloon estimates thar
5goo0 600 ounces of gold, aud S5s, Coz, % ounces
OF silver have been destroyed, leaving the stock
actually IN existence 3!S st5,I50 ounces gold
and 6.ssi 800 Coz ounces OF silver. Ace ,riinr
10 this climate, itero are nearly q time, as
many ounces OF oliver IN the world az there are
OF go d, snd we should naturally expec, 10 lind
gold about 81 times as variable as silver,
wnsrtasin fact II Is only about Ii times "a VAL
liable. Assuming the estimate 10 be correct,
the change that has taken place In the yplue
relation OF tn two metals since ISIS Is not al
all to bs wondered at.