The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-09

An exchange slntts that since 1908 the
sponge trade BOO New hurk las urcn grad
unlly growing. huI ihoro uro now only
twelve persons engaged in tho business
The impurtut.Uus amount tp about Il 20,
ON per uuuum lhc duty uu which 2u pee
cent. ud yIlurUuI amounts 40 about so.
OUl Most of thr spuugps come from Mas.
Mu, West Indies lristc, Mnrsclllcs Paris,
Archipelago mud Florida. They average iu
prices, bales 2Jcm 81 per pound, and those
used for toilet purposes are worth RON Zoe
Ia $40 apiece There are in all about liIly
specimens ul spougus, among which are
Mocha, bathing toilet ana Sleeps wool
I'm Archipelago men dive for spJngcs, but
In Brahma, Florida, Nassau and other
places they are drcdgCd or rakcd for; for
this purpose prong or Kind of hay -luri; is
employed. When the sponge is found II is
as black az coal, and In each hole some in
sect or vcrmin is scCretcd. The sponge is
washed in pure water, and then buried ~
/ the earth Tor fifteen or twenty days to
] purge il of the "ilcshy' smell that it has
when first taken from the sea. After digg-
| ing it up, it is again washed, and then al
/ lowed to remain in large tank of water
| for ten or twelve days, when il il trimmed
and ready To be put on the market. The
largest sponge that has thus far been found
| is owned by New York merchant, who
has refused fancy prices Ior it. 1t is a
sea monster, weighing IL pounds; its cir.
circumference is eight feet, and 1t measures
three feet in diameter.
DALLAS, February 3.-lf the wholesale
trade of Dallas, for the first month of 1852,
is indicative of what is to follow the balance
Of the year, our merchants can set their
sails for the iairest voyage that ever before
waited them toward the haven of pros
perity The HERALD is informed that the
nj in al nj mn
Just past has aggregated fully one hundred
per cent. more than the same month in the
year Just preceding, which was the largest
ever before known in this city. This in
crease, Mt Il season when trade and com
merce are generally quiet, and when coun-
try merchants are buying only
such articles as are necessary to til up and
complete few lines that have become
depicted, foreshadOwS Il business for Dallas
IN the coming year beyond even the hopes
Of the most sanguinc. And this leads us
again to speak OF the greatest want our city
feels tOday-mOre wholesale houses in ev-
cry branch of trade Those who are cX-
cIusiyely in the wholesale business to-day
give as reason why they do not send out
more travelling men to represent them, that
they are having at present all the trade
they desire, and each and every one
expresses the wish that Others shall
engage in the same business with them, as
they feel that they cannot accommodate all
the trade that could be brought to this city.
These statements being true, would 1t not
be well for our Board of Trade to take some
ective measures to induce the establishment
of more wholesale houses in Dallas? ltmay
he said that other and new houses will come
here il the trade justitieS, but how are bus
ness men seeking locations to know TIE al .
vantages Dallas offers unless some steps are
taken to inform them of these facts. DAD +.
.#..a
trade probably than any other tow n .
north Texas, but the retail business wiz
only support a city of circumscrJ jed dimsu- /
siOnS, while Il wholesale trade leads 10 .
wealth and increased population ami
g,Atness. This is a sublcc'
that should e. ehand the attention of our
business meIIgenerally, and the Doard of
Trade Pc Peculiarly.
.DALhs, February 4.-The HERALD has
On Permitted to read letter from gem
leman now residing in FL Paso, who was
formerly citizen of this city, in which the |
writer says:
"The merchants here have a decided |
preference for Dallas over all other cities in |
the country at which to make their pur- |
chases of goods, and if your city was prop
crly represented here mt least threp-tOurths |
of all the merchandise brought to this place |
would be bought in Dallas. But up to this |
time | have met with but few Dallas drum |
mers, while nearly every other city in |
the country selling goods at wholesale, have |
plenty of statesmen Offering goods for sale to |
our merchants. Why don't Dallas try to Sc.
cure this trade? ?"
The HERALD has so often urged our mer-
chants to send their representatives to I'll
Paso and all other points between this city
and that place, that it almost despairs of
ever awakening our usually enterprising
dealers to the importance of securing this
trade, or even to cOnyiHce them that Dallas
will ever become a great whOlesaling city, if
proper efforts are put forth by our business
men TO render her such. 1t is as plain as
The MONDAY sun on a cloudless day, that
his can be made the great business center
Of all north Texas, proper efforts are put
forth by the business men. The fruit is
ripe and ready to fall into their laps if they
)nly reach forth to secure it,. The letter
above referred to shows cOnclusively that
no efforts of any note are made to secure
trade that, in a few months at tarthest, may
be made one of the great and
important factors to the business interests of
our city. Dallas expects much from the
Efforts Of her wholesale business men. Will
hey be true to themselves and respond to
he best interests of our city by seHdng
Du their statesmen to more distant localities,
md not confne their efforts to crcunl-
cribcd districts, the trade of which will
'ome here without effort and without
solicitation.