The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-04


Cocoa -. .......................... 800, 600
Cochineal .......................,. $50, 900
Coffee .,......,.,....... .........,. 81, coo tOO
Dye woods ...,......... ......... 800. GOO
lnuia lupDer. ...........,,.,,.,...,. s,OoO, UlO
Indigo Observation-Disclosures. 1000 900
tropical fruits ...........,.......... 900 ,OtO
Hemp ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. = 40, 900
Jule and grasses ................... $500 900
Sugar and molasses. ................. 81, OO, 900
Tobacco hnd cigars .................., 6,500, ION
Cabinet wood. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sU0, 600
Paper materials ................... 800, OOO
Iotal. ........................ .Sl7S ,UOO, 90
Our principal supply of sugar and tobacco
comes from Cuba Each year the cost OF
the raw material increases for annually the
exactions of tho Spanish government and
the restrictions i. places on the agricultural
interests of the "Queen of the Antilles" are
becoming greater and more and more I'M
bearsble. But IN the eastern portion of the
state of Yucstan, on the fertile fields of To,
basco, and in Central America, in Guatemala,
in CostaRica and in Nicaragua the sugar cane
sttsins size and quality tar superior TO the
cane OF Cuba and Jamaics, a. is eQualed
only by that produced in the favored valley
OF Cuernavaca. Cocoa, from Which is made
chocolate and an hundred Other different ar
ticles OF table consumption, is produced in
small quantities in tho Mexican state of
Tobaac); yet each little republic of Central
America produces this article to perfection
In San Salvador, a little state bordering on
tho Pacific ocean, 60 ,oa is one Of the princi-
pal agricultural interests, aud its export is
becoming annually more and more impor.
tant On the wide plains Of Oaxacs, O.iap.
Is and Guatemala, where ages ago floods of
lava rolled down the adjacent mountain
sides and covered for many feet in depth
the surrounding valleys. the wild fig or
prickly pear-a species Of the cacti. known
among the Melicsns and Central American
Indians Ms eel nOpal"-drives lis slender root
down among the interstices Of the lava, and
thrives luxuriantly without water. In the
dry season its pale green leaves and lis red.
dish fruit are thickly covered with little
dark purple insect, which quickly dies
when 1t is removed from the plant This in
sect Is the celebrated cochineal, from which
is made an exquisite purple dye, that rivals
the ancient tint of Tyre. OF this
material we annually import to the value Of
$66O.00O; yet strange to cay, vessels from
Liverpool and London discharge in our east.
ern ports tho cochineal of southern Mexico
and central America. The principal Dor,
tion Of the rubber used in our northern fac
tories comes from India, from Brazil and
from Columbis, yet the forests of Vera
Cruz, of Yucatan, of Honduras and of
Guatemala toem with millions Of broad I.
leaved rubber trees, which are ro,ting in
their native soil, and live and die wi bout
yielding up their rich tribute of caoutchouc
ior American enterprise has never invaded
those forests to teach the simple Iudsn the
inhk nvk, e. Al. L
uopl cvegetation surrounding him. The
steep slopes OF the mountains of the interior
OF Mexico and the prlmeval forests of Vera
Cruz, OF Tobasco, of Yucatan AMI of central
America are rich in different kinds of
precious woods, which might be utilized by
CABINET makers in ths manufacture of furni-
ture. Annually we import $500 900 worth
OF tbs cabinet wood, while there is con-
stnntly increasing demand for more. But we
have few vessels, while English subsidized
steamers touch often at tho little out.of.the>
way ports on the Caribbean sea and Mos.
quito guilt, buy tho wood The toilng Indians
have brought to the coast, carry il to
Euro.e, and send the greater part Of it back
to these United States.
The New Orleans Picayune has the fol-
towing to say on cotton culture:
president Morehead in his address to the
Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters Associs.
ton at Memphis dwelt at length upon the
policy OF cultivating cotton In the South as
an exclusive staple. His arguments were
good and bic facts true. The economist can
easily demonstrate that, as production OK.
pands prices decline, The South received as
much Tor 4OOO,000 ,ss che does $500 900.
ANY event or combination of circumstances
that depresses the cotton trade prostrates
every branch Of business throughout the
South. 1t can DO shown on paper that the
Southern States can with two>thirds of their
labor produce all the cotton that tho world
VIII buy at price very remuneratiye 10 the
producer. and that with tho other third she
can supply the food to sustain her whole
population.
All these arguments have been made time
and again, and there Is probably not an intel
llgent planter In the South who has not given
them full consideration. Whether they ar.
general truths Or not, they do not present
themselves forcibly TO the individual. Year
after year the men who have given most con-
alteration to the mater, and who have their
0spnsl at stake, 20 on enareiog their cotton
planting. II 10 certainly rare to assume that
20 many thousands Of intelligent men do NOT
unoets.And their own interest, nor is |, wise
70 assume that what does not benefit tho m.
diylduAl will benefit thu country.
The b. Louie Post Dispatch. com ment;nv
upon tho prevalent suicidal mania, GAY.
The suicidal mania hss broken o,, ,.,h.,
early this season. A timid tailor Who o", ~s,
about 70 DO married, = disheartened cvr,is ",
and heart alex German blacksmith al P .ru
pear 10 the local Int Of those who -" -
Sortsd 70 the metaphorical bare bodkir =. 80,
means OF procuring quietus and surcs ~
from care. ltis . little peculiar that nso orS.
arc most inclined TO suicide In hot vssshs,
We talk about 'SulcidLl days" "a thoss AIR. NJ.
with gloom. lowering clouds, sobbIns r RAIN
and sighing winds, but - matter of f f.n
coli destruction never btcomes op,dcm,~ss
savs whom the sun shines IN l the bIrds INV
One would naturally think that simmer. viz
" radiant flowers and slimpses Of green tree