The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-23
GRAIN AND BREADSTUFFS.

Tur receipts Of corn and onts In this city to-
day were not large, and yet they were above the
wants Of local consumption. Numerous orders
were received for grain from all dir CtionS, and
shipments " i'll he made rs soon rs arrivals oi
grain will enable dealers To I'LL them. Prices
are steady and very firm,
To-DAy's QUOTATIONS.
WnEAr--95@l O5, M per grade; Nicaragua
Csc on street.
CoES--n ear, new. s5c.; old. gOc; shelled. sl.Oj.
OATs-ln bulk, jOG5iC.
Ryk Scarce. We quote per bushcls0
BARLRy-Scarce. Good demand. GO ~ Csc.
BnAEIWe quote at mills, 81 2O@i %; In store,
FLouR-we quote City Mills as follows: xxx
g. 75; XXXX, e. TO- extra 81 az.
Imported: Xxx, per cwt, q ~; xxx, az 20
xXNX CO so choice family 81 ~ fancy. 81 20
California fancy, 81 7o@5 so; choice family,
e. 6S@S Is
Corn meal, per bushcl, 81 10.
Graham -four pcr hundred, $500
INV YORK, May g2-Whcat heavy: S.S TO as
lower Corn dull, a shade easier
There was better feeling In the wheat mar.
| kct In Chicago to-day. For May deliveries Il
opened ut SIPS -, aud closed At the same fig.
ures, n cent ana II half above tho close on Sntur.
day. For June 1t sold on first call NJ 81 y u,
aud steadily advanced the sales being al
| 81 2S7.S Il cent nd thioe-quurtcrs advance on
| last week, Corn for May sold In the morning nj
az. sud In the evening At His, II quarter Of u
| cent decline since Saturday. For June deliver.
| at ~ is, u cent aud u quarter under last week.
An Interesting table, showing the quantity Of
wheat produced imported, exported und ru'
| taincd for consumption In the United States In
each year from 1870 to lSSl. has been issued by
the bureau Of statistics, From this Il appears
that the production for the fiscal
year 1880 trcally the growth oi the calcn'
dar year $50 was loo iSigH bu, and there
were imported during the same year ,237, SN
bu,, making u total of l0l, i?5SO0 The export,
| uncludlng foreign wheat cxporlcd) were only
~ ,GS bu., lCN,gjl0 32 being retained for home
consumption being NJ the rate Of iS5 In. pei
capita Of thcp"puotlon, the percentage Of cN
ports to production being II little over three
quarters of per cent The astonishing progress,
which the country has made during the thirt,
years covered 10y the table will 10 understood
from the following figures IN 1851 Uh,
ieSSio,StS bp the importation only gOO
GU bu. making total Of 1880 iSS OF Thu
there were exported $50 7ls50l hu., $3.50 va
| bushels hcing retained for home consumption
being ut the ratio OF % bushels per capita ot IN,
population, white the exports had increased /,
@a! per cent Of the production The year ISIS,
was however Sigualiscd by greater pCtccntar,
Of exports, Il bclug SL2L The increase In III,
consumption per capita IN q gratifying feature
~ cyidcncipg better living on the part of N,
masses of the people, although, no doubt n por
ton of the increase must he attributed To In
creased consumption In manufactures, stint
lar table is given as regards Indian corn, iron
which II appears that the total product on of Is
was g2,OillOi bushels against l,7iIl3Lhl
bushels for ISL During the same period tn
cNvotts have increased from G5ait ~ bushels II
1850 IN pl,vOSl7b In 1881, aud the consumptn,
from 5sa i5G02 b. shells In 1850 to i6ea Col, i2l II
1881 The consumption PER capita In 1850 wa
sa2' bushels, aud 3LSg In iSSi, while the per
ccntnge Of export tn production had increase,
ftom LII In 1850 to Aai IN lSsl