The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-31
COMM ERCE AND TRADE,
COMMERCIAL,

DALLAS. May so.--On Thursday, the first OF
June, the Dallas Grain and Produce ENsnanHe
will have a formal opening al me boaru vi llaue
room (which will hereaf or be known as we TX,
change to which the mayor Guy vou''oll % ,hu
other city officials are invited, us well as are inc
members of the cotton Exchange, memoets ol
the press and other prominent clulens' III Is
understood lunch Will be spread on the oce",
sion, speeches will no doubt be lnaue, a w u
pleasant tine generally Is anticipated Inc
formation OF this exchange points new eIa III
the business aud commercial history OF Dallas
That il will prove n grand success no Que Vah
doubt who Is at all acquainted win llo oler "a
tons of such Institutions in other clues OF lur
less pretensons than our own bushes
center. For u few weeks or months even, hnu
until all our business men learn 10 appteolnnVe
the benefits and Gonvenlenccsl offers lhein, INC
transactions in the exchange may nov 3 pe arse,
another cyc'e of twelve months rolls rounu
the wonder Nil be that IL was not
organized before. 1t viii accelerate MI
business transactions, induce increased
country here, and these will In turn add III vol
ume to every branch of business in the city, For
these reasons, and many Others, II j. 10 PC
hoped that no business man OF the city VIII
withhold his name or his influence III MAKING II
all tina, its projectors desire for 1t.
BUSINESS during the past week In this city has
been very heavy In all wholesale lines Inc
excelont grain crops throughout all Texas mas
given new impetus TO trade, and country mcr-
chants are purchasing freely to meet the ex-
pected demand for goods on the part OF their
customers. As yet there has been very little new
wheat offered In this city, one or Two carloads
having arrived from points south New oats
are coming In slowly, but dealers here have nd
Vices of heavy shipments to be made soon, The
: prices for wheat are at a standard OF one'dolar,
and new oats sell from thirty-1ve To iorly-hYe
cents as per quality. There is no material change
~ como old oats The receipts OF wool are
increasing n little but until buyers inform grow
ers that they are giving prices here ON partly
with those In Boston and other eastern cities,
the producers will send their wool east on their
own account, as they should do, Hides come IN
very freely ind buyers In this city control
nearly all that are offered In towns aud cities on
the lines of the railroads In every dirccuoh from
here, The receipts of cotton here are very nght
and the opinion has Obtained that thero Is very
little left IN the hands of planters or ~ he gins
Prices are firm and unchanged. There mas pcen
marked improvement In the conditoh OF culte
now coming In but the supply Is lar under the
demand. 1t Is thought by many that cattle VIII
be scarce and high during the entire season,
may be that priceswil justify feeding 1t to
stock. Veal calves are slow coming IN. farmers
believing II more profitable to raise lhem thnn
10 sell at prices offered on the exchanges Nut
ton sheep are offered literally on ne market,
and they nv generally in good condition. Prices
are very firm for all kinds of stock with no pros,
poets OF decline soon. There is IL fair demand
FOR mules, horses and ponies ut good
prices. The market is now well supplied
with fruits Of all kinds and peaches are
abundant selling at from one dollar and TWEEN,
ty-tlve to u dollar and a half per bushel, and
nom twenty-five TO forty cents per box, as per
quality Berries OF all varieties and plums are
found Ut oil the stands, and are selling low.
The home fruits have interiered very materially
with tropical varieties, and sales In these lines
have been correspondingly light Watermelons
and cantelopes from the south ave being shipped
here daily. but they command high figures and
go oil rather slowly on this account. There
never was season when the markets were bet
TOR supplied with green vegetables and OF the
best quality. The weather has been propitIou'
for the growth Of all varieties of garden sass.
Everything in this line sells At reasonable
prices with perhaps the exception of new pota
which still rule high. The wholesale tradc Of
the city is In one word. heavy The shipments
OF groceries are far above those of any former
year. and a steady increase marks the trade in
this line. as 1t should do, when the low prices AT
which Dallas merchants dispose of them nrc
taken Into consideration. There In also the
same activity shown In the dry goods and notion
branches OF business like increase Ia obser-
vabe In sales of boots and Shoes drugs, hard
ware, queensware, furniture, liquors. saddles
leather and. In fact all other mercantile lines
In provisions the sales continue large, without
any perceptible falling or even at this time o
the year when IL would be reasonable to suppose
that beef would enter largely into the meat ioot
Of the country. The markets are well stocked
with Hour from alilornia as well rs from Kan
sas and Missouri. In week or two At fur
thcrest, the mills OF Texas will supply the HON,
demand from wheat grown on our own soil
The retail trade OF the city for tho past week ha
been steady, and while there has not Gt any
time been rush, there has been no day when
good business has not been transacted.