The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-14
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Yesterdays Quotations and
State of Trade--Miceian
Gus Commercial Matters.
COM M ERCiAl

EXAMINER OFFICE, January To-
With the exception of jobblng order
and city retail business trade Is water
bound. Our wholesale transaction
keep up much better than was expected
earlier in the seaaOn. Holiday diver
sions and stocI-tF' ng have temporarll!
. lghtened brsiness in this line, but the
present month will see all these things
settled and fair trade VIII be resumed
A good evidence OF the general pros
perity prevailing the present season Is
the remarkably small number of bust
ness failures. The winding up OF a
years business frequently disclOses dis
crepancles, which, in other years, have
resulted in houses discontinuing bust
ness, but Waco so far has been entirely
free from any failures. One or two
houses have suspended day or a week,
but complete suspension has not Oc-
CURED here this year. 1t is a very graft
tying record.
Stocks of foreign and domestic
wool at New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia show a decrease of 100000 pounds
compared with last year.
The increasing use of cold storage
for perishable food stuffs, which are apt
| to be scarce at certain seasons, is one of
summer, when fresh eggs were plentiful
and cheap, a gentleman in Chenango
county, n. Y, stored in mammoth
cooler some FIVE thousand barrels of
eggs. Now they sell in this city as
"fresh-lald eggs, at large profit.
The inspector of Prince Edward
island fisheries reports falling off in
the catch of mackerel, cod and herring.
an increase in the lobster catch, and no
results worth reporting from the salmon
fishery. The canning of mackerel has
become a great industry, however, 22S,-
952 cans having been put up last year,
as against $500 the year before. OF
Holsters 6,3332, S65 cans were put up this
year, as against 3,551 $50 last year. This
would be very satisfactory exhibit
were 1t not that the mackerel catch de-
creased, and that experts believe the
lobster fishery to be in imminent danger
of destruction.
The first national bank whose charter
has expired under the national banking
laws is the First National bank of Pom /
tlac, Michigan. Its charter expired on |
the LIST instant, and it has now no exist /
ence. The law provides for the winding .
up of failed banks and banks in liquida-
ton, but not for banks whose existence .
has terminated by the expiration of its
charter. Another bank of the same
name has been organized, which will
deposit lawful money with the
treasury for the redemption of the de-
funct institution. April II another ma
tlonal bank charter will expire by limi-
tatlon. From that date to February,
1883, the number of banks whose corpor-
ate existence will terminate is 1893, hav
ing capital of nearly S92, 100000 and a
of nearly S6S,000,000 Con-
gress will undoubtedly take some action
II regard to this matter in the direction ,
If extending the charters.
1t Is stated that American bacon is {
hiding its way into France from (
Germany and England. 1t is allowed to {
inter as the product of those countries, (
md does not have to pass through the
examination for trichinR;
hese are only sought after III American
'acon. OF course, this bacon undergoes
ONE change in packages and other sur !
that it may be denationalized Z
nd pass the French frontier under :
alse colors, for all which the French \
onsumer has to pay higher price than r
e would for the bona fide article. 1t is I
tated that one of the largest packing {
Ouses In this city is preparing to ship y"
aeon in bulk from Chicago to the sea
oard, and thence in bulk by steamers
0 Europe. The expense of packages
Tould thus be saved, and the bacon
'ould be of lighter and milder cure; ,
ne intention being to ship it green from >
le block, or nearly so, and the curing a
recess to go on while in the cars and :
l the steamer. so that it would be Just d
bout cured on its arrival in Europe. a.
lfty cars, with patent refrigerating
pparatus, are said to be now in process
construction for use in warm weather -
nd there is also to be refrigerated ;
impairment in the steamer for the
owage of the bacon in bulk.