The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-18
CONNER AND TRADE
COMMERCIAL.

Texas, II not OF the whole state, IL the isct tha'
newspapers surrounding as wen M "uverV ,s
In their notices. nearly always state that thes
will sell goods AZ low aa Dallas merchants.
From this fact alone II will be seen mat nus clN
Is regarded rs the most prominent business
point In the state and that other Localities are
striving to advance their own interests by com
parison with the prices OF merchandise mere
The HERALD recognizes the fact thai
there are many live cities surrounding
sS sts Mckinney eSin Terrell, Fort Worth, Wax
ahachic and Others and rtjoices In their growth
and prosperity for whatever tends TO their
greatness and advancement but ADDS lusue 10
Dallas as the centre Of such constellation OF
business towns and cities. But no one In any OF
those localities believes that this city is not iar
In advance of any of those mentioned. ana That
IL Is not now regarded as the great centre oi
trade for all north Texas Our merchants nave
advantages In tho way OF freights and In tbs
heavy purchases Of goods which other points DO
not claim, aud so long as this supremacy ID
maintained Dallas will be regarded as the metro.
poitan city Of the state. One fact Is evident thlt
sailing point between b. Louis and Galveston
west OF the Mississippi river
on CHANGE
There WAS very good attendance OF the
grain mdfcharts and Others to-day ON the Ex-
change, and the transactions Were liberal. Boy
eral good trades were made, and those present
reported the receipts OF grain by rail AZ above
u
There is more interest manifested by those who
attend the meetings regularly, and the EN-
change IL growing In favor and popularity with
all classes daily. Prices In this city are ilrh at
quotations.
The following were the ruling quotations of
grain on the Exchange to-day: Wheat s0@S5W
20. owing 10 the grade and quality; Nicaragua
wheat 70@75; oats, spring, S5eglb mixed, Tor
shuck 40Go52; shelled 10000 Barley In sacks
IS. Rye In sacks, Texas, S5Cpl0C northern, si00
Little millet seed, $4,000; German, SLIGO. A
small advance for grain In store Is asked by
dealers.
THE grain market In Chicago to-day devel-
oped no features OF intor' st. January wheat
opened at 943I. and closed al %. For the year
II sold on FIRST call ut 93 and on last call at o3,
For November II brought In the evening 9Sk,
and for the yearpSH, which was not very differ
ent from yesterday. Corn for the year sold on
hrst Call at COS, h. Il on last call VI COS jan
uary corn opened at 54]., and closed at 5i7s
November corn sold early In the day at G7S,
and last sales were made at6SA.
az follows: WheptS l3y; corn. 9S,i3l oats, 90.
303. Last year the receipts on u corresponding
day were of wheat 17lli; corn, loL5lS. Inc
shipments were Of wheat 80, ash OF corn, l2l,.25
bushels.
The prices of grain In Chicago one year
ago to-day were, for wheat December, VI. 27ei;
6QA.
There was great activity exhibited on the Call
Board to day, and there was lively bidding,
which was owing, In n measure, 10 the fact that
the regular caller was not present, and Mr., ].
ID. Adoue welded the gavel, The members gen
orally appreciated his efforts and Mr.. A, was
telicitous In tho performance OF the duties.
There was q better feeling and prices advanced
q little. Cash wheat . GDSl05: November, 95CS
har NJ liant
Corn In shuck, cash. 90; November, 90; Decem.
her, 5000; January, 5000: No. 2, average
Texas corn In bulk, cash. Vs. December 62CDsS
January 5O@5S Oats sacked, cash, ~; Noyem-
Der st1,; December, 5000; January. .Glp5l.
Barley, sacked, cash, 10 bid. rs asked. Rye.
sacked, 81 bid, IS asked. Potatoes in car lots
offered At 70. Choice apples In car lots TO ar
rive, "a per barrel In an Irregular way 50 cents
Texas Central road, and a small lot Of harley
was offered at Gu cents Millet seed was offered
81 cents in small way, but German millet
seed was firm al sl25.
GRAIN AND BREADsTuFFs.
There were only light receipts Of grain by
wagon to-day, but thore were fair arrivals by
rail. The grain which was offered on the streets
was freely aken by retail dealers, and there
was only suircicnoy for local consump ton
and to meet the demand. Tho shipments were
lighter than for several days past ono car going
TO Colorado Springs, another TO Houston, car
OF mixed wheat and oats TO Abilene. and u car
OF OATS to shreveport Prices In this city were
steady, and there is no reason 10 anticipate an
advance In the near future:
To.DAys QUOTATIONS
wHRAT-Choice l,0oc; medium, voc; low grade
85c, Nicaragua 20 10 $40.
Rye-Firm at 20 to TOO
BARLEY-6 to Csc,
MILLEr sKrD-G0 German millet slOO
OATs-SS TO 400 for spring; IS to 900 for fall; In
sacks, cents additional.
OoRN-In shuck, soc TO &c; shelled and sacked,
65c to zoe,
BRAN-wo quote At mills $50; In s,orO sacks,
TIcua-we quote City Mills as follows. XXX
niG xxx, v27S extra $500 Magnolia, $500,
xxxX. s2s IS XXX, $50; XIX, SEQ -'SV'''"'
Corn meal, per bushel. 81 70.
The GniSssO Times sr,o Tho highly favorable
cereals, have. given rise to some fear that ouI
own unprecedented crop of wheat would have 70
go begging for market Tho Times pointed
out some time ago that the consumption OF
wheat was more variable In Europe than IN this
country, because the masses of the people were
poorer, and when wheat was high they would
cat less of that and more OF the coarser grains.
Some few papers went out Of their way To ridi
Guile this view OF the elasticity of the European
consumption. But tho record of the export
movement since tho now crop began to 20 for.
ward seems 70 supply q pretty conclusive an.
swer 70 the ridiculc. Although the grain crops
are reported to DO exceptionally good In tn,
principal producing countries Of Europe
yet our exports Of wheat during tho eight
weeks ended November from tho Allan
tic ports were nearly twice az great as they were
ward movement OF wheat and Of flour reduced
to wheat ct the rate OF 40 bushels OF tho latter
70 the barrel OF the former was 25.0ss,s0S bush.
oils during the eight weeks this year, sgains,
1yl69, 04Q during tho same time last year--an in.
crease OF 800 per cent This fact would seen,
to indicate uniuistakably that Europe will take