The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-16

meni NJ wood could be- laid that would re- .
sist the action NJ the elements and ho ~
lasting "a any other material that IA at hand
near this city, and the expense would not
be Ms great NJ VI hard stone hauled from n
long distance were used IN ~ ConsiruC'
ion. We do not particularly advocate
wool pnyements, but only uroW
this ott Ms suggestion. At all
events, let us have paycments Of some good
material, and not again be subject to en-
dure the miserable infections our people
have been subjected to for want OF them
during the last two months.
BUSINESS has been very fair to-day in u re-
tail way, but our merchants and others can
but feel the effects upon trade in the almost
impnssablc condition of our streets. The
wholesale dealers have no cause to complain
of their business. Orders from the country
continue to follow each other in rapid sue
CcssiOn, and the shipments to-day show no
falling of in volume.
DALLAS, February 14.-From every por-
tion OF the grain-growing districts of Texas
we have received the most ilattering re-
ports oithc crops now in the fields, and of
preparation being made to increase the
acreage of spring oats and corn over that OF
last year. In considering the inCreased'arca
sown in the older settled counties, and the
new fields in western and recently occupied
districts, it would not be an cXtravagant es-
innate 10 say that this portion Of the state
will produce fully three times the number
of bushels OF wheat it did last year,
and thribblc the amount of oats. There
will also be more acres of corn
/ planted than ever before and with Il favor
able season the yield of the cereals will
bring to this portion of the state quite as
much material wealth us the cotton crop
. f,s 81 hn
ing TO the business men of Dallas, for the
city being situated in the center of the
grain-growing district of he state, and
4 with II soil and climate which have proven
to be peculiarly adapted to the raising Of
e.. cotton, she is not dependent upon one
season alone for her trade and her com
merce In other wholesale cities of Texas
and the south generally trade begins in
g.. August and ends in March, leav'
ing five months in the year when
business Is almost entirely suspended, and
what little is transacted is done upon long
credits, and often of a very precariOus
character to the merchants and factors. The
cotton crop of the country tributary to
Dallas is hardly marketed before the oat
and wheat crops are ready for the harvest
er, and thus the trade Of the city continues
at a season when merchants in other local.
ties are idle and waiting for the maturing
cotton in the fall and winter months. And
another benefit our merchants experience
in this diversity of crops is that they
arc not asked to extend long
credits, for producers are realizing
on the sale of their products in the sum
mer as well as in the winter months, and
they are thereby enabled to practice the
pay as-you-go" policy without suffering
inconvenience to themselves, o. causing
those engaged in mercantile pursuits to en-,
counter the risks of long protracted and
Nft IA.
reasons why Dallas is to-day regarded as
one of the cheapest markets for goods of all
descriptions in the country. Her merchants
experience few losses in trade; they are not
compelled to place high per cent; on the
value of their goods on account of long de-
lays in payment for them, and it is these
favorable circumstances in part that are
rapidly making Dallas what she is soon to
become-the most important business CEN
tire in Texas.