The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-21
TRADE ITEMS.


splendid opportunity for speculation and manip.
ulation."
TRADE ITEMS.
THE south will make 100000 gallons of cotton
seed oil this year.
large starch and glucose factory is to be es'
tablished in Tavares, Florida.
Memphis has twenty-eight matrimonial asso-
some wines, especially those of Bordeaux, are
said to be richer in iron than most ofthe chalyb-
II is estimated that oyer one-half of the new
manufactures started in the south during the
past two years belong tonorthern capitalists.
1t is said that buffalo are very scarce along the
Missouri river in Montana, where, few years
ago they roamed in large herds.
The Boston dry goods hrm which SEM some vi
its clerks to Europe this year is said to employ
Forty miles west of wickenburg, A. T., is
group of copper mines for which SlooOOoo has
The Key West News says the cigar, sponge
and fish trades are booming, but the wreckers
are still living in blissful hope of the future.
opened last week They employ from seventy
five to eighty hands, use from $50 TO $50 bushels
of coal daily, and are just now running on run
jars, beer bottles etc., with a daily output OF
Ark Arkansas beats the world for beets. The ,edi;:
tor of the Woodruff Videtfe has two, each OF
which is thirty inches long, and TIE tWo Weig Si
| There is a brewery near Berlin that manuiac-
lures every year about R,OOJ parrelS OF Deer.
All the buildings are connected win electflc
wires and the head brewer can sit in his room
and there control the whole of the operations
of mailing, kiln-drying, MASKING, cooling, fer
menting etc. .o =. ava
| from New York since May compare as follows:
Receipts. Exports
= Ca. 4, ~ SG7 o1h9 All
Since May l, 49, ....... 1874 ,G2 n s.57S9
Same time las, ycar,.,,..,, L1oj, 10 s'Sl9 ~
Among I'll Am' ricih paptts ihe b.hn,'re
| Sun alone hah u VOID vi iUlera iuu for maj 81.
rine bun r. TN lie pluuud nat iuu u nee IA
people whose oni' spread WAS New 10 .ut.er
| had right 10 liet i!om n cheap substi'uh
| free from f n ncOr rnd I.pusnH'I Tale. We
| believe thai II mixed With 10 pr nj. ~ pre-
pared cottou-seeu ri !" correct ~ - me" hat
| brittIeness, iDnrgar ne butter won'd II u favor
| among the mas, Us IN ali The suutt.rn STATE.
| The stamp tax hns uab'ed tew II huactnr-
ers OF matches to obtain rn,iie control OF M
business and transform IL into hilge mon pO,y
| In the sale of stamps by Inc governments us
| counts are allowed accord bg Ia the amou Il
purchased. This puts he small pu chasef III Il
| disadvantage by the siJe al The inigc buyer
The manner in which the ntrn nnS n'liopos
has been brought about Il thus sta,h by u cor
| respondent of The Philadelphia fresf Al
the manufacturers throughout HE coulnry' ca
cept two or three small ones, are cviiso Joa.u III
one organization having its president, stcreta y,
| treasurer and board of directors TINS was
done by taking the. machinery, STOCKS
Of goods and materials ETC., oni Gi , "a,
at an appraised valuation and issuine
stock for the same. Then closing up some ni
| the establishments, removing the machiner!'
| stock etc and concentrating the skilled labor
ers, they are running the rest as branch es'aD,
lishments. All the lumber, chenlcals, ETC., are
bought through the same channel OF trade OF
the United states all the stamps bought at one
| LOT Cow lIf hiram factories
lowed on them being much greater than me az
| gregate of discounts to the individual hrmsT
and there is now no cutting OF prices, put a UNI
form scale for all sections, luciters gong from
| 81 50 per gross of boxes 200 each) to s2l0 AFTER
the consolidation. To show how great the
seeming slight tax of cent per box really is, IL
| is only necessary to calculate how much you
pay for matches and how much for stamps
when you buy gross OF sulphur matches II
! the price Is 81. 10 you pay IL a Tor Stamps u
cent on each box), and 66 cents for the matches,
| or a tax of about 300 per cent on the selling
price OF the matches without the tax. 1t IS cas-.
| Nv seen that the small manufacturer stands but
poor chance when he must nave NOR more snali
| Taking into consideration the labor OF stamp
| ing and the interest on capital used tof Stamps
1t is fair to suppose that matches couid De soid
for so cents per gross OF boxes Wnen the taA ID
The Grocer Bulletin. of Chicago remarks that
the method of preserving perishable goods IN
cold storage rooms, in which they can be kept
for a great length of time without change or
deterioration, is of comparatively recent origin
hsa practical business in this city for the store
age OF goods for dealers 1t only dates back some
four or live years, though some little had been
done previous 10 that time and packing houses
had for longer period used refrigerarlng pro
cesses for cooling their meats. me business nas
being several establishments devoted 70 the
storage Of perishable goods for the trade, ahd
the business has about doubled esch year since
IL was first fairly established. Its probable that
The entire amount OF stock carried by the differ
ent firms in the business will not fall much short
of AL 600 goo. Butter, cheese, eggs, anu drleu
fruit from the bulk of the stock carried, though
green fruits, such as lemons, oranges and ap,
pies fish, game and poultry, are at times stored
III large amounts. These storage privileges are
ket and desiring TO hold for higher price and
Dy dealers who, from tlnlc 10 Hlne, llAd them
selves overstocked. The charges Tor storage
range for the season at about cent per pound
for butter, 60 cents per case for eggs ana q cent
per pound on dried fruits and cheese. Inc system
has already become Of great value TO the pro-
duce trade ofthe city, and saves large amounts
Of goods from deterioration and loss
The Troy Press says: The potato market IN
New Ydfk IS oyerrun with the vegetable, ana
consequently the shipments from this market
arc light Prices to-day are somewhat below
those for n fortnight past only sl55 being paid
at the steamboat dock. The railroads are now
taking a portion of the shipment from this city.
Last night only $50 barrels went down the river
This season there is an increase of eight more
distilleries in Los Angeles county, CahioInlA
and one more in San Bernardino county, making
total of forty four distillenes In that District
The amount Of brandy produced IN Los Angeles
county this year, and upon which government
revenue tax Of ninety cents per gallon was pal1 o
was about 100000 gallons, or a total OF sIooyOO
taxes paid TO the government from Los Angeles
county alone. Il Is estimated upon official au
thorities that there viii be an increase IN tne
amount of brandy produced in that county OF
NOT less than 20 per cent over the amount pro-
duced last year This will give total Of 100000
gallons OF giape brandy from that county this
season. ,,.,
first half OF the present year Indicates an no
looked for and promising cOndiuon OF many IN
dustries From a condensation OF the returns
that were made recently in England the follow
inc facts are learned. including the comparison
that i made with the returns for the correspond
inc period in 1851: OF cotton yarns the export
was 500 tons, an increase OF - tons or Tvs
Increase Of SO tons, OF * per cent OF linen
goods SO tons, an increase Of Is per cent; Of
silk goods, an Increase o. 81 tons OF = per
cent: Of wooden yarn an increase Of yo6 tons. or
81 rper cent. Of wooden cloth goods, SO tons, OF
nearly G per cent: iron and Steel manufactures,
an increase Of ass tons OF per cent machinery
and implements. a. tsi tons OF IS per cent cop
uer goods IS tons or IS per cent; Chemicals
ga-0 tons or l6if per cent; leather goods, So
tons. or &c per cent beer ~ IONS o. ~ per
cent ONLY In plain iron and steel IN which the
failing Oh Il al the rate Of less than per cent,
and AZ per cent. In sugar are decreases appar-
ent IN prominent articles Of export
Last wear the total number Of cases ~ salmon
psdted upon The Pacific coast vas $1,000 di-
vided Is f0ll0wE
NtI IN Dis IlFtI--sss
-HfIrnrrrrfu rIEFr ....----..-. l1t.it
irlxer flTer
INI"HT rivers
~ rlTirIsf -ro1-1s Of shipments AZ Astoria
Iusf ~rrr show that "a 10 cases were shlrped
from fhe Columbia river. Talue1 - tlsl1i. "a
ard les than CT olD cases we're zen on naul u
fts conn ia liver carusries When the last ship
rrarIfr were made The oficlai record q ship
rnsrfr d salmon rnnde from The fncltt coasi
from 1855 % TIE cl1se u lsa PERIOD - - reera