The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-21
COMMERCIAL.
HERALD OFFICE,
mn nspAY EgtNlse, Oclober 20, Isl. !

Thu RsDAY EVENING, OCtoDei ~ l0oA'
The good weather of to-day has had de-
cidedly favorable effect upon business ana
the usual life and activity was again Cd
servable on our streets. Our wholesale
merchants are taking advantage oil the
change, and are busily engaged in hilihg
DELAYED orders, and as a consequence our
shipments were large. There is no holce-
able change in prices. few minor aitera-
t;o,s viii no noticed in our quotations.
Tbe FIRST new sugar was received IN New
o- ii's an last Monday, There
yyerc forty-eight barrels, classed as
vcliow clarified and sold for "a cents; On
;be same day ten barrels OF new molasses
,,,ora roceived there, classed as strictly prime,
and sold for 81 per gallon. Also, seven bar,
rels of syrsp, classed as prime, solo for ou
cents per gallon, The hrst receipts Oh new
sugar in New Orleans N loS were On , t1e
thav were received on the 18th of October
ami sold for 8 IA cents. The first new mo-
iasses arrived there in 1880 on the attn or
october and sold at GO cents. In 1879 they
arrived on the 18th of October. In 1850
New Orleans received the first shipment
of syrlps on the Sth of September, classed
fair and sold for 20 cents. The trst receipts
in 1870 we're on the 18th of september, anu
the first receipts in 1878 were on the 81
day OF October. " o.,oo,,, -,
last Monday freighted almost entirely with
bananas and cocoanuts. One carload OF
bananas went north the same day. About
90 OOO. 900 cocoanuts are imported INTO tle
United States every year one-lourtn OF
which 20 to New York. They bring, at the
seaports about $40 per 1000. But the con
sumption is increasing, and the crop pelng
short. il is thought prices may go up y ~
@slOO per 1000. The orange crop ms
wear is railing shortconslderapiy. III oull-
ynrnia however. the crop is fair average
aud of a better quality than last year. Inc
Weld will be about 5000 boxes.
The introduction of the electric lights has
had no effect apparently upon the value OF
gas stocks; the shares of the Chicago Gas
Light and Coke company are i'll constant
demand by investors. In Chicago gas stock
sells for 2l5 and the demand for 1t isVery
pressing.
Comparatively few people are aware OF
the extent of the Union Pacinc railroad
system. But three years ago all the com
. many owned was its main line from Omaha to
Ogden, distance of / ,03l miles. Since then
il has been building and buying roads,
right and left until to-day ii owns and con
trolls nearly 1900 miles. IL operates at
present 3, 735 miles, and its managers state
That by tho end of the year $50 miles more
will have been added to the number.
The report Of the newly-cstablishcd analyt-
ical lal Mratory in Paris shows that out OF 100
SAMPLES of wine purchased by the inspcC
tors in the month of June, BIS were adulter,
ated; out of % of cider, ~ out OF lSo OF
milk and cream, 40; out OF III Of butter, ~.
No fewer than IS the 81 samples OF spices
,l,,, oil lnp
The report on chocolate and sweetmeats Is
is scarcely more fayorable.
There are in Europe 10000 brcweries,
when produce annually 2,250,0 600 gal
Ions of malt liquors. Great Britain alone
produces over one-third of the entire guam
iity--or, to be exact, 7S5,0l7 900 gallons.
Prussia stands second, producing $500
D9S gallons; Bavaria comes next, with 90
757 600 gallons. Austria produces 400
1853 gallons, and France 155,9SO,OO. The
proportion in which beer is consumed in
the different countries is about as follows;
Bavaria heads the list with 81 gallons per
head per annum, over gallon " week for
every man, woman and child III the coun-
try. Belgium comes next, with 80 gallons,
and England is about the same, ~ gallons,
or rather over one-hnli gallon per week per
head. In Germany, including Bavaria, the
average consumption is 10 gallons per
head; Scotland 0, and Ireland only 81.
Austria consumes only 6 gallons per head,
and France but H.
Our cattle exchanges are now well sup
piled in both cattle and sheep, and prices
are very firm. Hogs are scarce and the
supply far short of the demand, The high |
prices of grain have prevented farmers from
feeding it to the stock, and consequently |
there are but few fat hogs in the country. |
There is an abundant mast all over Texas |
which should enable farmers to soon fur
nish supply Of pork sufficient for home
consumption.
The sheep industry of Texas
1860 Texas contained only 75S,365 sheep. |
Ten years later these had decreased to ia
37l yet in 1879 she had advanced to the |
rank of the second wool-G owing |
state, and 5,liS,e00 sheep, valued at 50, $780, |
47O California, which alone leads her has
7,6i6S00 sheep. In 1879 her wool clip was
ii, 56S,9N pounds, valued at S2,9lS,7A. A
sale of 100000 acres of land in the Santa
Rosa district of Coahuila, Mexico, has been
who u few months ago, with n party of
friends, went and personally inspected the
ground. He intends makinga sheep ranch
of it. He will stock it with 100 900 sheep,
This is one of the largest enterprises of the
kind that has ever been inauguratcd.
COTTON.
The receipts to day were not heavy, al.
though fully rs large rs expected, consider
ing the bad condition of the roads There
were on the market one hur drcd and fifty |
bales. The orders from spinners
have been liberal, as well as
those from Liverpool, but the
prices are limited. The demand was active
and buyers anxious. Our quotations are
revised and corrected
We regret that the Dallas cotton market,
as quoted at the Board of Trade rooms, is
higher than the prices paid will justify The
quotations in the HERALD are corroctand in
accordance with the ruling prices paid to-
day, A.
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a kNS FUTURES.
1 Futures to-day were very irregular,
opening at IL 77@il as for January, ad-
vanced to S3ClSi, and finally closed weak at