The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-21
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
COMMERCIAL.

DALLAS, December D.-An intelligent
gentleman of this city, who has taken
great interest in compiling correct statistics
of the increase in population OF North.
western and Western Texas, has ascertained
that over fifty towns have been laid out and
been built upon since the first day of Jan
uary, 1880, many Of them having grown to
respectable proportions, and all OF then
places of mart for the country surrounding
them. All Of these towns are tributary to
the Texas & Pacific Railroad, receiving
their supplies generally from Dallas, and
either receive their goods at their own de-
pots or at points nearest to them on the
railroad and haul them by wagons to their
destination. The population in these two
years in the section named has increased
fully ten-fold, and generally of well-to-d,,
industrious, energetic citizens, who are rap
idly developing the country, opening up
farms and plantations, rs well as mineral
resources, and are laying the foundations
for one of the most wealthy and prosperous
portions Of Texas, and In fact Of the whole
country. These people look to Dallas as
their commercial point, and II is here they
make their purchases of merchandise and
other necessaries of life which the short
time they have occupied the country has
not enabled them TO provide at home,
This section of the country of itself will in
year or two support the wholesale trade
of city with thrice the capacity Dallas
possesses to-day to supply them, and as ii
is to this city all these people will turn for
their wants and requirements il being
the commercial centre OF North
Texas, the necessity of more whole
sale houses here must be apparent
TO the mind Of every one, Dallas to-day is
deficient In many branches of the whole
sale trade. We should have exclusively
wholesale clothing houses, hat and cap,
boot aud shoe and other establishments
that will supply the demand already made
upon us for goods in these lines and which
al our merchants and business men feel
the need Of to-day. These will all come in
time, no doubt, but there should be an eff
fort made to have them established here,
and the sooner the better IL will be for oil
those lines of trade that are now repre-
sentcd in the wholesale way.
NOTWITHSTANDING the bad condition OF
the streets and sidewalks there
were goodly number of ladies
out shopping and Christmas goods
were In demand. The advertising columns
of the HERALD will indicate where the
incest and most attractive presents can be
purchased. Those who have really desira-
Die goods advertise them, ana Dy consult
Ing the columns Of this paper you can't
20 umiss In making suitable selections.
The retail trade, as is usual few days be.
fore Christmas, Is active, and the pleasure
which the merchant now experiences Is an
index of what happy homes will enjoy dur
ing the holiday Week. "a
The wholesale trade continues heavy be-
you'd precedent, aud IL fsrabove the expect.
ntions " The most sangune dealer
We are reliably informed that
the orlers by mail this month
for goods FROM country dealers Is greatly In
excess OF those during the early fall months
when merchants generally purchase more
largely than at any other season Of the year
There have been complaints Of delays in
shipments at the railroad dcpots, but the
olicera here are using their utmost dill
gence 70 forward'goods ON tile day they an.
received.
We have little TO n.tice in change q,
prices. The stock of apples Is small. hut
this u owing 70 detention on the roads be-
tween here and the Northern cities. Their,
vii be scvsrsi carloads arriving here 70.
DAY. fancy article il now worth sir dol.
nu per. barrel, while choice sells for
I'VE dollars. Oranges are scarce and
n,rer, aud the market Il not AS
well supplied m n should ,s
:" "'s season. Other fruits are plentiful