The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-23

owners stated that they had great difficulty
IN getting TO the city at all, even with one
bale To four mules. Prices are nominal
and our quotations unchanged.
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noou lnldullng, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, lOt,
"uilH iur' 1900. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lOH,
unless we nave dry, warm weather for the
next week or ten days our weekly cotton
statements Will present an appearance of n
total exhaustion of the crop in this locality,
ana yet, from the best data at
hand, 1t is iair to believe
that there Is still u good amount remaining
IN The hands of. planters.
ms being the anniversary of the birth
gay OF the Father oi his country" and II
lesal holiday, al the exchanges in the
country are closed, and no business trans.
acted. We are without reports from any
quarter, except the net receipts at all the
ports.
The cotton movement to-day shows the
net receipts at all the ports TO be 80, Do,
against h9t9S the corresponding day last
year, an increase of 2i,473 bales. The eX-
ports 10 Great Britain were Al, 40; contin.
ent, SS6S; France and channel ports, none.
me stock on hand at all the ports was
l,VShIOI against $1,000 the same dny
last year, an excess OF 235, 25S bales.
lhc pres MT is an opportune time to call
attention of persons who have desire to
ouy cotton Tor future deliveries, TO n few
lactS ana figures IN order that they may
not be misled by the cry of short crons.
The New York Chronicle, OF February the
llsSth, gives the following us the worlds Wis.
lole supply To that date in comparison with
INC TWO preceding years
1852 iSSi lSSl
Total East In. etc. GSi,aSG aG.6A SGO az
l"Al Amerlcah'., 2i9d,l2' 2ifa7 2,2l0,igl
Total Wis supply, al2T76 2SigS7l abog Gop
Inc mills IN Great Britain and the CONT.
ncht now hold $4,000 bales, against 93S OlO
lhe same time last year. The mills In This
country have surplus over last wear AZ This
lllhc, anu tho stock ut all the ports is nearly
TWO hundred and ily thousand bales In
excess OF a year ago Cotton was worth In
Liverpool one year ago, cad, and 10. dav IL
Is quoted at Bld. These figures may enable
pa ties to draw their own conclusions in
regard To an advance or decline in price, or
whether or not they will vary much from
present figures.
the receipts of the 1851 crop of cotton nj
AL points were i,5i3,S21 bales, against 4.
UO,Ile bales ut the corresponding time n
year ago, The decrease, therefore, so far is
2lb'N2 bales. Reports conflict as to whether
u greater percentage than usual has been
marketed, but II is evident that the shrink.
age has been overestlmated. The bales
THIS year however are about ~ pounds
lighter on the average than year ago,
which makes the decrease little larger.
Since September the United States cotton
factories have used y, lS bales more than
N the same period last year, but as tho
bales weigh less, they nave really not
taken rs much cotton.
The Cincinnati Price Current has the fol.
lowing The ernltic aud tluctuating course
VI the markets for cotton and cereal pro.
auctions during the last two weeks has NJ.
Irnctcd general attention, and the very dc.
rided break and decline IN prices within n
few days last past is looked upon hy The
outside public as merely ouc Of the passing
vasAtics Of life; but IL those who have their
money Invested on the wrong side The sner.
lacle, although II may bc OF absorbing, in.
terest, II one which they would Willingly
dispense with. THE whole thing Is subject
TO a philosophical explanation, although to
many II may seem to be merely streak of
uck or misfortune, according to which way
interests aud sympathcs are enlisted,
In the first place, short cruns ARE n, the
bottom OF the whole trouble. We had short
'rors last summer undoubtedly, but we
made the mistake Of surprising that
'hc whole Nurld rcvnlycd aronud
his country. and tina, II We