The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-08

The cultivation of broom. corn IL being tried
with great success on many farms In California,
the crop being very productive aud command.
Ing high market price, ~ the following facts
and figures show: An aero ofland will yield one.
half ton of corn and II ton OF seed. The former
commands $40 to 500 per ton, and the seeds sell
Mt from Sl5 to S. per ton. When harvested and
ready for market the cost per acre rarely cx-
cceds s2j and never goes over $50. ON low
lands, near streams, q crop Is almost acertainty,
During the year OF 1881 there was received ut
the station of Albuquerque over the Atchison.
Topeka Il Santa Fc road, 65i cars OF corn. bran
and wheat 305, hay; 1856 flour and meal; ~ poia.
toes; Y. canned goods; II, beer; G. whisky and
brandy ~ Ice; 10. meat H. sugar ., lard; ~,
coal oil H. furniture; D. soap !, rope; 7, stove; l,
vegetables; crackers; ., POWDER To- stone; a22,
lumber; 90, lime; AZ, coal; H. wagons; 7, nails.
81 horses and cattle; q coffee; I. apples: 2 snlt
8, coke and pig iron; 800 general merchandise
The fetal weight Of this freight was
6o.56i, $50 pounds There was shipped
from that station 276 ar.loads ofwool and hides
weighing 2,2bi lA pounds Tho total freight
receipts for the year was 81, egd, 2i2S2 This does
not include the large amount of material ~.
ceived for the Atlantic n Pacific railroad com.
any,but FROM business men aud others ef Albu.
querqne.
The census Office has Just published report
on the production Of bituminous coal, from
which II appears the total amount mined In the
United States during the census year Of 1850 was
a., AZ, $50 tons OF which total ~. 80 tons
were produced In the Appalachian coal field.
Aneghcny county,Pn, furnished over ono tenth
and the states OF Pennsylvania, Illinois and
Ohio, nearly thrco.fourths OF the entire product
Tho average price per ton In 1881 was 81. - while
IN 1870 IL was 81 " NJ cost of eighty eight cents
An average OF iSl h3.l0I tons was Iaised per
man. and 66s per cent. OF the years working
time, or about twenty days per man was lost In
strikes, Sufficient Information was gathered IL
Justify tho assumption that the exhausted fields
form but very small fraction OF the total avail.
able land. Attention Is called 10 the fact that
although the value OF the product has fallen,
wages have not corpspondlngly decreased, aud
the totals prove gain OF nearly n third OF a
million OF dollars annually IN favor OF labor,
tho anthraCi,c product was sS6l9s96 tons nearly
all furnished by tho state Of Pennsylvania,
making total product Of the country for tho
census yerr OF u, l6IS6 tons England produced
liesSi2a tons In the same year,
western Texas IL ilt only for stock" hut occa
slonally a misguided individual ioolshly terms
his hand ~ something clsc-Joc Hines, Of Santa
Marsa, for instance, who has made an indepcnd.
On, fortune ~ q few yeSs, raising corn ,ptinci'
low Brownsville, who made LEO barrels of sugar
and molasses IN proportion. We might nll col
umn With names Of men In western Texas who
have done well at farming, and who win be
electrified with establishment when they are
told, aitor all their experience, that their coun.
try N unit for anything but stock. raising.
Tho san Francisco Chronicle says tho use OF
cigarettes has Increased during the past year,
but few, however, arc manufactured In this city
the bulk arriving from the east.
The girl~ht the various factories are engaged
N packing aud bundllng the cigars aud pasting
labels on ne boxes The, average rates Of
Several OF the leading Amc tican firms expires,
tho desire TO obtain white labor but their elor,,
70 obtain the same arc frustrated by the young
people themselves. who wish To obtain null
wages before. they have fairly begun To learn
tho trade. The employers naturally not acccd.
Ing TO their wish, they leave the factories, soma.
umcs NJ the moment when their labors are ~.
gulrcd. Ono manufacturer stated tina
turing tho pas, year no had sever
len ono day, Without woni Of notice Thu.
Chinese factory IN ISL Increased il ontpn, from
2WoeN IL 1850 TO 100000 In iSsl. aud has u
traveller IN W. employ gsnyassing eastern
dealers our cigars IND their way, since III,
Louisiana aud other southern states. SO far a,
regards the prospects Of the cigar trade for IN,
coming year he outlook appears TO bc very en-
s"urse ,n r,9 omit sgat and tobacco ,I
viii be inauguraicd IN iSsl II will bc OF In
tervst v state that the amount Of capital In
vested IN the business IN San Francisco exceed
over N.,oeoo The demand Tor cheap grade
In the eastern markets Il increasing to such Al
extent that thcro are enough orders nov
placed 10 keep our factories In full Nork 70
s rs next X ~, MS MONTH Thsre Is tss in
and other good brands ofcigars amounting i
@Wp,0tin excess OF iSso This gain IN the I'm
pcr,auon IL 70 be attributed " the general pros
% population In orcsun and Washington terri
,ory IN The latter portion OF the last year a ris
n The tohacco market was experienced, which
n9WWsss1 z not likely 70 continue cot any lcngil
VINE hsty IN lss2a now company, WHILE
incorporated in December last will star, In IN
manuMc'u!v 81 plug and chewing ,osacco. Tn
nrm VIII oc Known a. the Seal Rock IL
neccv vvmpAny and It's location Is Ia the prru
Uses lately ocvupied BY the West Coast furntnr
Ompeny or FOURTH street II Il understood thu
snJ Ky. ms r wv Dc ,sssed " owe. 40 rerson