The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-18
Gov. !, rnKUE AND TRADE.



COMMERCIAL.
DAtt.s July l7.-Therc are in this city pro.
pcr ninety eight miles of Streets anu IL INC ne
1eys were added and placed IN cohlinuuus mo
with them, they would reach rom heio 70
Shreveport, If the streets anu ,nre aided they
would reach from Dallas to Memphis, ms
an interesting subject TO contemplate, now
Tor instance, should we take the mud That VIII
Be certain to al these S'rf iSs d eet a bs and h
three feet high, 1t would build a
wall that would extend almost
The distance of the famous Chinese
wall, and II would be the filthiesl ana nasues!
work of the kind the world has ever Witnessed
or which has ever offended the eye and the nos
trils of any people on the face OF the globe.
Cologne, with its hundred smells ana seventy
distinct stinks, would DO insignificant III com.
parison with It, But when y Is taken mo view
that all these streets md alleys are public thor
oughfares, is 1t not a burning shame That our
authorities do not take some steps 10 improve
them? Our merchants and business men nus
winter will again complain Of duh days ana no
trade, and the best business interests oil our cry
will again suffer because our streets are iot iill
proved. When are the sanitary condition anu
business interests TO be looked after? IL Is 10 DO
hoped the mayor and city council VIII give TO
Spouse TO this import question, us the new mem
bers were elected with view to be'ter slate OF
aaairs,
ON CHANGE.
MIN transactions on change to-day were lighI
buyers and sellers are still apart, ,I
expecting higher prices ana buyers Va uin g
little profit TO them N purchasing m' At thn clos
urcs There were q few sales maue ~ wy o,oa
Inc prices of Saturday. but stocks are ilsn' UNIV
receipts are small. Its the general iilpiGaSmsiVn
that n larger amount OF wheht WHICH, miIi ~
Skinned from this section of the STATE 10 hor,h-
graoter norton of what remains In the hands
OF farmers will be consumed by inc r n'l,ls
In this city and country surrounding. lheIo
were no changes In prices on Exchange io'uay,
but the news from Chicago ana 81 LGniS ~ a
decline in wheat IN those mhtkc's huu NH e"'''
upon the operations mere.
THE corner in June wheat In 81 Louis, WHICH
has attracted so much attention Oh my, Mn,
settled by arbitration on the EXchalise III .i,a
city last Saturday Operators Soi ,be w spos tba
were offered IN June and on the las, uay ., enI
month ran prices up to slS2 LIZ miiiets s ys "
fled that wheat was only worth sllo 70 saio
and that flour could not DO mniuiac'uro, ,
from wheat at higher prices an.
sold ut ruling rates unless at
loss 10 tho manufacturer, Some wheat was soi'
to mlllers by the ring at 81 Is IL ana !ie com
mittee Of arbitration decided that settlement
should be made at that figure, notwi,hslaa,halaah,
the prices on the exchange were,quotod at sl.32N
az course The "shortsS are eiated, but tn
''longs" are correspondingly disappointed ~ "
verdict There can be no doubt that tho uech
sion was Just one, whether or not the opinion
and interests OF the sellers wero involved or nt
in the decision.
THE grain market on the exchange In St Lou
opened to-day rs follows: Cash wheat. sl.'
asked; July wheat sl.OiT bid; cash corn II
nothing doing In oats,
A GREAT many OF our citizens are nov sendir
their orders 10 the Exchange for their suppl,
of grain for home consumption. rms lse WI
course 10 pursue, for they can purchase on Il
board from ten TO fifteen cents cheaper IMAM
usually asked on TIE streets
GRAIN AND DREADsTUrrS
Owing to the rains of the last few days |
roads have not been In condition for ireigl
1ng purposes, and the receipts OF grain Ina
consequently been very light, There We
some arrivals OF wheat nld onsi, but not abe
the demands fer local consumption. There "
no corn offered on the market Prices are stea
and unchanged as follows
To-pAY's QUOTATIONS..
WnRAT-Choce, ! 20; medium, 9oS low era
soc; Nicaragus, COO.
RYE-Nom.nal at COO.
BARIIy-5o to Doc.
MILLEr sFKD-l5O German millet LIS.
OATs--a0 10 500 for spring; IS TO i2c for fall;
sacks, 3 cents additional
CoRN--S5o TO 95c; Eansng, in sacks, sl.05 TO l.
BRAS-We quote at mills, Csc; In store sac
800
FLouR-we quote City Mills as follows: Ky
$3.50; xxx, 81, l5; extra SS.i5; Magnolia, o.
Imported: Xxx, per cwt 81 a.; AK, Vs.
xxx 81 So; choice family, SO 81 fancy, So
California, fancy s. COOS U.s. choice fam
IS 1908 20.
Corn meal, per buShel, o. 20.
Graham -four. per hundred, sS75,
There was a fair demand for flour, both u
the mills of the city and dealers in foreign ma
facture Prices are unchanged and are low
this season of the year, Should grain cont
TO decline In northern markets fither red
ton may be looked for soon. There IL
change In corn meal and the demand is III
Orders from the country come In freely, nnd
shipments abroad are increasing.
THE grain market In Chicago to-day was
inorallzed and the bears had itall their own
price during the day, and gradually fell oil
I'll the close when II sold at 81 OF "a 10 sl.0i
being three cents and a half under the last $
of saturday. Corn for August delivery sol'
first call at &c IL, and ON each successive c,
decline was noticed, and on last call II sol
Ing sales last week
Chicago exchange says IA Liverpool
patch says that the English statlsticiansaro
inclnlng TO the belief that the wheat crol
100000 quarters, This Is scarcely threc.q
tiers OF an average, and must result In n big
mand for our surplus, especially II the ives
part OF the continent az Europe has alsoa
crop, Us now appears probable. This W
mako great difference In the tone of our
kets, which are now disposed to bcarishnes
the iact " a big crop In the United States, y
A 81. Lonis exchange says. The largo
portion OF the higher grades OF new wheat
speetng Into 81, Louis elevators continues
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