The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09

COMMERCIAL

Dutts. February 9. The question "
freirhts from the p.iE iu surrounding V3lhIs
ia one which should occupy lho lIlU'ulll'
attention ui our business Wrn a VIuUn
nent merchant of ly.pf was IN ms Guy 4"
day, not ou business. bat ~ witness lho
growth and advancement ui Dallas IN lhc
last five years the time which mas tlhp'el
since he visited tho city before, WINE nero
lac investigated thr dry goods ana BrooorS
markets and became runFhtcu ne Vouu
make purchases iu this city as laNorApie us
In - ouis or I'm any other OF the southern
,netronoliruu cities. He expressed himself
, ms having been prciulicod against Dallas as
n wholesale market, thinking lhai ne couIu
compete I'm TYLER with merchants here as
regards prices, but after full investigation
he was convinced that all other things Pc
ing equal this was lhe otSt aia'H G,r
I'M which ru make purchases OF goods Tor
..I Ills .,r:iuu o., The state but in pursuing
III. rs.,arph,s, he found that freights from
herr would cost him more than from ST.
misc. Galveston, and until this matter
could be adjusted on fair and equitable
basis according to distance, he SAID DaIlaN
,nu,t in consequence suffer in business
way. This is a subject OF too much lmp9r'
rance 10 our wholesale merchants TO pass by
Upnlrcpd, and the Board of Trade should
be called together at once, and some de-
riIei action taken to have irci gifts properly
adjusted according to distance, 50 that no
Other Wholesale point will have such pow.
erin. .dyau'ag" over dealers here Inc
secretary OF that organization should not
arar I'm Getting the facts and figures show
u-rl~t what are the rates of lrelgHtS rom
all points on all roads to this city, ana also
tu galveston and st LoTjs, and II they dis.
,~.m., ate against Dallas. Il, It is asserted
they uo, decisive S-ops should at once be
taken 20 have them adjusted.
Bus.,.Ess in the city to-day has been more
active, and the retail trade is again aSsum-
ing its usual proportions. The Wholesale
line was characterized by an ANIMATION
only witnessed in the busiest seasons. The
spring trade may now be said to have larry
opened and large shipments OF goo5s IN al
directions will follow. A few weeks OF fair
weather can but have a very happy effect
on every branch Of business.
DALLAS. March 1.-The general outlook
for a heavy wholesale trade in this city dur
ing the coming season is OF the most en-
Couraging character. The rains OF the past
two months came at the most favorable
time for the farmer and planter. The dry,
pleasant weather during the fall and first
part of the winter enabled crops to be gath
cred early, and great deal of ground was
prepared for the coming spring crops. Ana
while the yield of corn and cotton was not
as large as the year Just preceding, tlle
prices were far better, and were probably
much more rcmunerative to the producer
than ever before in the history of the coun-
try. There was not as much money expended
in securing the crop for market, nor was
there as many outside labOrers employed in
the work, all of which contributed to the
material benefit of those who titled the soil.
1t i true this state of affairs was in meas
ure detrimental for the time to retail mer-
chants, for the class of labOrers who are
generally employed in the contemplating
season usually spend their earnings as fast
as they receive them; but still the proceeds
from the sales of cotton and grain were not
lost 10 the country, and it is fair to presume
that our farmers and planters, after meet
ing their obligations of all kinds, have still
enough money left to supply themselves
with all the necessary supplies until the
next crops are ready for morket The
yield OF wheat, with propitious
weather, will be the largest
.ev,r gathered in North Texas and this will
be ready for market AT time when the great
stable of the country is growing, and
which will give an impetus and activity 10
ar ness here at a sersol when trade IN
many other localities In inc south Is Ian
yui hing oC,at a Stand still. II BIS, Therefore
halsrding' little by gying tHat ne .spE'ng
and summer business ot this city5 both in
the gholesale auaIoraIl lines, VIII be far bet
Ter an was ever H-Iu-u gAperlenced in
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