The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-03
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
COMMERCIAL.

DALLAS, December 2--Busine,s las been
brisk today, and there was an activity no.
ticeablo in every branch. The retailers all adj
mit,a good trade, while our jobbing men say
their sales were never larger. One whole
sale hardware man remarked that his day s
business had been the largest since he
opened out in the city. Prices are un-
changed, save in few minor articles,
which are duly noticed in our regular re-
ports. We haye n few wholesale dealers
who are doing more to bring trade to this
city than all others combined, by sending
out travelling statesmen, and we hope the
day is not far distant when the number of
drummers from Dallas will double what
they are to-day.
THE saddlery trade of this city, which en-
braces leather saddlery hardware and find
ings and shoemakers' findings, is one of the
most extensive businossesin Dallas, extend
ing in fact to the extreme limits of the
State in every direction, rs well as into the
Indian Territory, Southern Arkansas and
Northwestern Louisiana. Some of our
manufactures employ us many hands as dc
the largest in st. Louis and other cities in
the South and West of far more pretensons
than we claim to. Our dealers have made
such arrangements that they can, in prices
make II to the interest of surrounding towns
to purchase here, and as these facilities be-
come known their trade increases In this
connection the statistics given by Mr. At
kinson, in regard to the shoe and leather
industry, will be interesting. He says fifty
years ago the shoe and leather industry
had hardly national reputation In 1870
however, there were i,237 tanneries in the
United States, employing 20,7Si hands
using n capital of S42,7l0,5O5, paying ii
wages $@i4lG annually; PRODUCING
100000 hides, and 9,G6l,00O skins. Their,
were also 3,O75 currying establishments
employing 10000 hands, absorbing $1,000,
900 capital, and producing SA,l0l, l67
There We're, moreover, ,l5l establishment,
for the manufacture of boots and shoes
employing 81, 702 hands, with capital o
SN,5lO,Ol0 paying in wages Si250t,i an
nually; using SSO,502,7lS worth of leather
manufacturing boots and shoes $50. 40
and shoes valued ut S03, Si6,205, with pro
duction valuedat Sll6,7OlOOO.
To FORM Just conception of the nmoun
ofbusness transacted in Dallas il would b,
necessary to take into consideration the cx
tensiye establishments In what is known a
. East Dallas Here the largest proportion
of our heavy lumber men have established
their yards, and the trade IN this line foot
up in round numbers an amount approx
mating any other branch of business in IN,
whole city. The Howard Oil Mill of itself
with the number of hands IL employs, IN,
cotton seed II purchases, its gins, It's shin
ments and other industries, would maintain
very respectable size town. Then Their
are u great many persons employed aroun,
the Union Depot and warehouses along tn
track of the Central road, all of whom adj,
to the prosperity of that portion of our city
In addition to all these, there are bushes
houses extending from the Central road
along Elm street, nearly TO the Fair Grounds
and, In fact, there are one or two houses
opened for the trade on or near the Fni
grounds themselves. There are also man,
smaller business houses on Main. Com
merce and other streets which seeminrl,
are doing remunerutiye trade, and whicl
IN time Will undoubtedly grow into larg
establishments. The number Of building
In that part OF the city which have bee,
erected, are nov under construction and Ii
contemplation, some of them fine nppenr
ing structures, will compare fayorably will
nnc growth Of any other part of eur CITY
Inc population of East Dallas Is rapidlv Il,
vtessing, and should the railroads locat
meir ioundries and machine shops I'm tha
pert " this city, as Is now gcnerallv s,,
m,seu ,hey will do, II will soon assume ~. !,
mucn importance In a business view No. a., :
l "s VI inc most favored portions of Ia
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