The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-25

Trale In this bran n OF merchandise has been
very goo during the past week-much better
In ( ct than AZ this time year.
Meats. smoked and dry salt, have advanced
a ola cent.
Lard has been quiet a. d unchanged.
Ofthe coffee atrade the New York Shipping
List says:
Brazil Cofree-The business transacted sin ce
our last i-sus has been of modera proper
lions, aggregating only s, O5G bags by private
sale. ana 37ii do. by auction, and tha market
has ruled quiet and steady on the basis of TX
cents for lair. The cargoe of the steamer Ru-
benS did nos add much 10 the available supply
In first hands, since the bulk of It came to i'm.
porting jobbers. and this TACT, In connection
with tho liberal OIL rings this week by public
auction, and The moderate volume OF the local
J00bing d3nahd, nave together cur
tailed the requirements of bus ers
upon this market The steaiiness of values al
Mo, aud encouraging advices from Europe
nave given support to holders and maintaineI
previous values, the transactions reported
having all been on the basis of our quotations.
Yesterdays auction was not altogether salts
i'ctory one, the bidding lacking spirit and
dragging r,th heavily. The buy ers We're
m silly email johb"rs, a class of trade which
this method W dlsposing of ttork is special Y
designed to attract For about $3.50 bags sold
prices averaged HIT below valuation, and
for the remainver, which Is supposed to have
been bid In the owners account,
prices were tribe above valu-
atoms. No business transpi ell yesterday
from nrst hands, and the ma ket left If quiet
and ste.dy on the basis Of ~ cents for Fair
The regular weekly cable dispatch from II o,
d. ed the tn inst covers the ope, atons OF
the I'VE previous days. The intere.ting fea.
lures are smaller r. ceipta, the daily average
being reduced to 1900 bags; small purchases
for this country and y fair amount taken for
Europe, which has ABSORBED the receipts. and
thus Left nothing to be add to the stock
Qu'tatiOrs for Prime Good FirsB 10 un-
changed, but Excnsnge Is q little lower than
given IN our last issue, tbs lay down costs
mere, exclusive - commissions, being [ Is
csnis Tn se features were consider oil favor
able iJr the holding interests here, bu IL
Wen appear thtt tho market there is still
being sust'ined oy European buyers, who
continu' to add to their lar.e supplies. The
local jobbing demand hos not been very
Disk and dealers aid brokers COM
plain Of the absence of trade, fair
amount or stock, lowever, has been Shipped
inland, thus bringing up the warehouse de-
iiverles TO The avrrage. The total deliveries
from the tn ee principal 8 apo t. for the past
week have amounted to 45 l6l bags, OF which
~, lf2 were from this port, si76 do. from Baiti-
more and 252S do, from New Orleans, against
4o'BsS 40. duri' the previous corres pOnding
period. The only addition TO stock since our
las! issue has been the cargo of the steamer
Rubens, "a ,237 tags Santos and 3'C3 do Rio,
ana recent sales comprise 1000 bags Santos ex
Kuoees, 1856 do. ex d ella, 1000 do. * Sirius,
In addition 10 which there has been with
drawn on jobbng account and for shipments
west. 4,36 bags Santos and 1905 do ex Rubeus,
yoOo 10. ex Colorado ana 1905 90. ex Ocean
Beauty.