The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-08
COMMERCE AND TRADE
COMMERCIAL

CUNNINGHAM
puLAs mly7 The prcscntsenson is making
for Texas II high record in the export h'vuht
Shecarrlcd oil the laurel for lAc llrst new Wheet
sent TO the northern markets ana nipt.oNvli
saw IL llsunsrd of for a price equal 10 thut pu"l
c. ,,r,j, 'roisrd in the inmOus regions OF the
northwest ard carried ovev from lasl year lntn
she tickled the pulutcs of the hoI,nrr"c, WIN
the INST peaches sft"pC'IiVS' l l',"9
md other fruits oi inc ""'n
weeks ahe.d of any other source Of surpy
Among The few season, in which 'cNHN
raised more of nearly everything, she Pl"'''
than She needs for home cunSWnlNon' lh's .'".
son IL decidedly the most cohspl upHN ~
rnio we have had 20 import instead 81 export
This season the fields OF grain, cotton nhl gen,
erel farm produce are bounlleSs III eN'tn' uu"
bountceus in yield on Wednesday al "'INS'
ton. ful ship Load nl 'hl,
wears TEXAS oats, was shipped to the Pensacola
market Hundreds of cars OF the same g,hlh
have been shipped t. New orleans Hlu 'hr lV,'
nishing OF hOme demands ana s"pplEllt M
tarv n0,tS on fhe frontier has he II oulN enron
clod and still lhcrc Is m immense uiluUH' III
TrXns uats uluif rkp ted nuu Ia bilnE mhuy II
bright shni ~ dollar into the p"'h'l "i ln'
farmer ihcu again, on THURSDAY rs Wa u" ny
chroniCcd IN the HERALD dlsPH,ChtN pt W u"!,
Texas rails Il aUd marketed the hlsl u"l' vi .'"
cotton for II @ season of 1852, aud II was SON III
Houston for -U These Ia ana 'l''i'nN
sneak wen for stn'c III T. mo- arm pt"Lu'-
lions VASE few years agon depehueht on po"u't
else is progressing In Tn" same thruuhthG
mnnnpr day or tWo ago, In conversation
with leading business monoi Dallas Il hrh',>
lmanufaC turcr and dealer he stated sun'
stu tiuiy, that Texas hHrncSs manufacturers
had driven ST. LOuis, Chicago klhsdi tlA,
aud other points entirely Out :" Ihr
state for tradc m that me ne said
that five years ago Texas was lUc nest phunl III
that line of all the southern states, ana was
rated in point at valuable lcrllur. aud good
credit ut the head of the list. Now II IA Just We
reverse aud TEXAS occupies the ROOT "l lhr il't
and is rated bad This is caused by the iact mat
the business had developed i'll Texas
TO point where foreign mauulactur rs
cannot COMPETE with them in prices
and cannot excel them In the quality, OF the
goods offered, and the matter 81 convene nee IN
trading wi II u home market ADDS tNttt ulllglN
to the merits of the home trade Aud this should
be the rule in all things The state should be-
come as far Ns possible scll'suslaining, "hd not
'dependent-a furnisher instead OF having 10 be
furnished. For instance, there should be better
flour mills facilities, and stop this sending
our wheat out of the state 10 be ground
up into -four and sent back
and sold To us at II high price. We asked day
'Or two ago q grain dealer why this Inconsistency
in business; Texas shipping wheat out and
shipping flour in. lie said twas altrlbulhbleto
two bad features In our mills, one, the lack OF
modern machinery and appliances for making
other, illiberal rates OF toll for grinding that
our millers take larger amount
of toll by far than mills outside of the state ex.
act, and that the farmer having wheat for sale
cannot make as much by dspOsing of II Mt the
mills, after dcducling the exOrbant tolls charged
for grinding rs he can 70 sell 1t To the grain
buyer for shipment and then buy his flour that
has been imported These are unnatural and
detrimental conditions. ana should be changed
The HERALD will discourse further from time to
time on observations of this character us they
may present themselves
ON CHANGE
There is still wide difference between buyers
and sellers on the Exchange for oats The only
sales made day We're 1T ~ for spot delivery In
sacks, the quality not being equal 10 No
There Is I'M increasing demand for oats aud the
reduction in price that many anticipated has not
yet occurred The opinion still obtains among
dealers that prices will decline, and Us there is
no prospect of M advance farmers would Go
well probably Ia market their grain now
THERE were several visitors on the Exchange
today who seemed to be interested in the trans
actions. There is nh increasing interest in all
the operations on the Exchange, and ii is dee
uncc soon to become the favorte resort OF bust.
ness men,
THE telenraphs from st. Louis state that the
opening prices ON the exchange there was as
follows. Cash wheat IN bid, July wheuL,S.,
cash corn Is bid, cash oats ~ bid The
general feeling Of the market was stronger than
yesterday
Tue price OF corn is very firm and The demand
active. There were several u'fr, made tor
Kansas corn but buyers held oh thinking there
may be decline In view Of the large yield pro-
missed from tho growing crops all over the
country
In this city the receipts Of gain continue
large, and the demand s equal to all the sup
plies There were large arrivals Of wheat hut
prices have not materially changed IN the last
week Oats are coming in In fair quantities. but
there is an increased demand from abroad.
One firm In Fort Worth tylpcmphod here for
figures on fifty cars and stated that they might
want double that amount. Com has not arrived
rs literally to-day as is usual. and the cOusc.
quenGe there Is an active enquiry iorit Prices
remain rs below
To.DAY's QUOTATIONS.
WnEAT-Choice 10 medium, 9Oc; low grade
CO.: NiCarapus, 6Oc
RyE--Nominal at Coo
BARLEY 10 to SIC,
NiLlEr SEED-l5O German millet, LIS.
CoRS-Slc to 95c; Kansas, IN sacks, slO5 to Lilo.
BNE,We quote al mills, 81 20a,l %; in store,
SaokG, 81 40 to 81 So
70 Sg xxxx oS S C sfIr Ms s' folow' xxx
Imported: XlS. per cwt e. so; xxx, 81 20;
xxx So 50 choice family 81 10 fancy, So %
California, fancy, eS 75@S 80; choice family,
Corn meal, per b ushcl 81 20
Graham -four ne hundred sS.75.
Fortydve county auditors Of Indiana have
made their annual agricultural rcpor, To the
state bureau OF stat istlcs The acreage OF the
year Is fully up 10 last year. judging from 10.
ports already received.
During the month I June the receipts of grain
nj Peoria amounted 20 lAi, $50 bushels, against
20Q6, hlb for the CORE, 'ponding month In lSSl.
The shipments this year aggregated pdL7bO
against 23il, 400 In June, 1881,
farmer writes TO he hicago Times from
Chcona, Illinois after II nvcrsng the best corn
growing couaties In the state that IL is not pos
Siblo to raise more than huff crop.
0SR Arm In this city to-day received a full
car. load of sugar embrace ug one thousand bar
This is In view of nnyqusr antine should the vel
low fever become epidemic there,
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TRADE III Ems
TnR cotton factory at Selma Alabama
has declareda semi.annual dividend of s pc
cent,
Key Largo, sixty miles mort OF Key West ha
shipped this season 800, C0J pit 10 apples.
Reports come from Calf ornia, cspcciall,
throughout the sacramento valley, Of carciti
OF hands 10 harvest the crops
Owing 10 the severe frosts he beginning o
Juno the cranberry crop OF v God county vii
fall short wo.thirds Of Yield.
It's estimated that there were $4,000 worth q
fireworks blsyed away In Chicago on the Fourth
Several white shad have been seen this seasol
~ Conecuh river Alabama They are ful
grown, and supposed TO bo some OF the first 10
deposited IN the streams In 1875.
The peach crop OF northwestern Arkansas 4
something enormous this year Railway com