The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-22

RARLEY-Scarce. Good demand, 20 Zoe.
BRAN-we quote at mills, 81 2O@l 2' In store,
sacks, 81 40 to 81 So
FLouR--we quote City Mills as follows: XXX,
| 50 co. xxx, 81 Is: extra 81 10.
Imported: Xxx, per cwt, az 49, xxx, 81 rs;
xxx 50 rs. choice family, 81 % fancy, 81 10
A few years ago British India only raised 20.
90 900 bushels Of wheat Her crop of wheat
,, last year amounted to OOOO 600 bushels.
The san Francisco Post says that there is n
much larger reserve Of grasn than is generally
admitted. IL thinks the yield ON the Pacific
coast will be the largest yet harvested III thht
section. The Portland Oregon journal of Com
merce estimates there still remains In Eastern
Oregon between II, 600 aud 1900 tons OF wheat; ;
between 100 aud 5000 tons will come forward.
the balance being controlled by mills. In the
willamette valley there remains between 2,WD
and 81 900 tons OF this about l2,t0O tons viii
come forward for shipment, the balance being
controlled by mills making total OF between
~ 900 asd 10000 tons for shipment
Hon. Joseph Ninmo, IT,, chief of the bureau
of statistics, furnishes the following reports of
the exports of brcadstulls during the month of
February, 1882 aud for the past eight months,
rs compared with the corresponding period last
year:
July 81 July ISL,
Feb, To Feb. ~ Febru'y, To feb2s,
Flour, 52o,4oo aSo3,i7i a5l,iio 53o14a2
bu...15,3ls,iss 7aoio.Gos 1850, iSa lO7t7oa57
Corn, bu2iis,266 81 il2S,3B bs9746S
Oats, bu., 2GiCl tioilS 1922 26S6li
Rye. bu. 6G.oIl 6O2O9S 1858 l5s561o
bu,."; 1883 1886 asOs ssa.57O
Crn meal
bbls..,. 1904 gLioi 2i,495 EOS li7
According TO the New York Post some dealers
VINO have taken great pains 10 inform themselves
about the supplies of grain In farmers hands In
the west, express the belief that there Is much
more Of both wheat aud corn In producers
hand yet than ut the same tine last year. and
that taking this, together with the surplus of
wheat carried over last year from the crop of
1880 the shortage in the supply was not more
than 90, 0000 bushels less than at this time in
1850 AS far as can be Judged by the stocks of
corn in cribs NJ the railway sta Ions in the corn
producing region Of lllinos and southern Iowa,
there Is shortage In the supply of corn as com
pared with last year, but this also may be some
what qualified by greater amounts in farmers
hands. Corn l, understood To be eornercd In
London for the March option, butas none could
BE- shipped from this country To deliver on that
option there II does not affect the market in this
country.
An Interesting statement of the exports Of
brcadstuis for the last eight months
has been compiled by the bureau of
of the decline in tho movement the effects of
which have been Internationally felt In many
avenues of trade for some time past During
the first throe.quarers of the fiscal year. tho
shipments from the various, united States ports
We're valued nj s55 2pi, d7S. against elS1 lbs GIG
for the same period Of the previous year; II loss
70 si1la3,gis, aud equivalent to 25
per cent The rate of decrease nj the different
cities wasas follows Boston, q per cent Phila-
dolphia A per cent; Baltimore Is per cent: New
Orleans. 60 per cent and New York, 81 per
cent, The Pacific movements the most notice
able feature the shipments from San Francisco
being valued nj s2S6S0, 532, against el5 i25 1903
In 1851 the corresponding figures for Willamette
were s. OO3, 922 and 81. COZ, 7sj respectively.
In Chicago wheat for April delivery opened
at 81 70 closing ut same price, one cent above
yesterday For May II opened nj 81 ~ IL and
closed atsl3l. Corn for April delivery opened
ut 63 5-S aud closed ut 81, u cent nnd all eighth
above the dav before. For May corn sold In the
morning Mt 6s 3.s, and the last sales were made
at 90.