The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-09
LIvLHpooL. February S.-Future, o
S weak sixteenth OF from yesterday C CgslS
GRAIN AND BREADSTUFFs

THE storm which set in night bof,.., !.
| still continues, and the mud in tLo s.a N
thoroughfares leading to this civ i o, sal
deeper and more Of it. Win ~ sils
| favorable weather it will be weets I WY
the roads are in Il condition Ia a o'ge
! farmers to bring their grain 10 mario, ''iV
few struggling loads may be Offered ON "A a
streets, but the grain trade cannot bo ga aa,, Ie
until we have a long spell of aooS '' a.
weather Notwithstanding thQ S SCIi isls
celpts, prices are unchanged, and deal
and feed men are holdingo of, to avoid bains
caught with any great amounts ON I S.nY
/ when the receipts are larger, and wboa
they anticipate a decline in pric rice " on,
quotations are entirely nominal. N~
TO-DAY's QUOTATIONS,
WHEAT-sl COOL %. ss per grade. yics,,r,.
u co TO IL on street. 20 from store Su'
| CoEN-In ear, Sjm0O; sheled corn 81 n,
OArs--In bulk, 52@55c.
RYE-Scarce. We quote per bushel 7jaS
BA!LEY-SCarce. Good demand, 76n ~
bRAN-We quote at mills, 81 2O@l % in store
FLouR-We quote City Mills us follows. IVY
- ~ &HNX, 90 90; extra 81 10.
Inc Picayune says Starr Il Co., orbD
South Vallejo Touring mills, recently sen,
10 barrels OF their flour, in half and opa,.
ter bags, to New Orleans as an ~.
pertinent ard fseler OF that market
| The flour attracted considerable notcen
that city. 1t was sold at auction in Ma
produce exchange, aud being the first lotd
California Hour ever offered IN the Crescent
CITY, a brisk competition arose for il and
the price realized was large, too large 10
serve as criterion for shipments, The
representatives of Starr d Co. in this civ
say that the experiment has shown them
that nothing can be done successfully in tb.
way OF competition for that market until
through rates are established At present
the freight is by the Southern Pacific Texp
d Pacific, st. Louis Il New Orleans and
other roads, and the rate is so high thatno
margin is left. The Southern Pacific
people expect to be in condition TO
take freight right through BY next
August. While they do not make any
promises, they say that they hope then .
be able TO offer such rates as TO leave mar
gin for the California exporter. The flour
men say that with the competition of that
roads through arrangements, there is 3
prospect that California can do some AOm
business in the southwest, using New Or
leans as distributing point. This can only
be done with "a crop that is average or
better, and then not with the way trade
The competition from Kansas and Nebraska
IS so sharp that we can hope TO enter this
Held against those states only under he
most favorable circumstances; even under
such circumstances the trade IS not nov
regarded us giving promise of great thina
During the last thirty years the German
grain traffic has undergone vast transfer
nation. From haying been q considerable
exporter of wheat, rye, and barley in ISIS
and for many succeeding years, Germany
has become large importer of these c.
reals. Thus in 1880 the United States sup
piled Germany with 81 per cent. of her in.
portations of wheat, 20 per cent. of her In
portations of rye, - per cent. of her barleY,
y per cent. OF her oats, and % per cent o.
her corn. From these and other statistics
the congress Of German agriculturists con,
Clude that the future power of the United
States, agriculturally is SO enormous as to
render the struggle TO preserve German ag'
ricult ure one of life or death to the termal
people. The English farmer Is confronted
with u problem equally serious.
In the German empire there are 3l"n
llour-mills, employing l26,53 hands, There
are '0,2o2 bakeries, employing l29,03i hands
The proportion of mills To the population
is larger than in any other country, A
great number OF them are griSt mills, how
ever and do only small local trade, .,
Reports from all parts of Alabama ind'
cate that agriculture will be very success,
mi this year, The wheat, vine and orchard
areas are.wider than ever before. Land eau
be bought ut from $50 to scope acre withll,
ten miles from Santa Ana. On such lana
milk'producing material can be p'auted ahC
gathered every day in the year,
In Chicago March wheat de- Ied mate
rally, opening ut l.3l and closii y L@.'
cent and q half below the closing figures !,
the day before. Corn opened az %! ana
closed at 5'l, for March, two cents aud 90
eighth below yostcrday's closing prices