The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

Justice and. M h may bo Inlufr, We cen
ulI plas II unnUtlted. llo uY ilnt NO
cotton CROP boo this section iH nui above ~
hnl yield ihut the low price considering
tbIa decrease, has bone au heavily upon lho
planter that ho is unable tupuy tip innt
chant and tlut numerous moir1niur lu.
ufos urp the consequence, ana cites one 100.
stance Iu subHuuiiutluu uI lis assertions.
We have iu This city % BuIfd ui Trade, ur.
raniyod by SOME Oi our most cniCfpuslug
business men, to -udyuuCu tho 900.
tarcsls of Dallas, and wc appeal
~ them tu know ~ these usscr'
tIOus are borne out Bog the facts.
We also ask them If We are not correct
when We say that the farmers ANA planters
Of Dallas county, aud the counties surround.
ing are not as free from indebtedness ana
i'm a more prosperous condition than ever
before in the history of the state 1t our
merchants have not found collections bet
ter this season than in any previous year
ifthC failures that have occurred, ana winch
have been few, are not Insignificant IN
amount, and if ever before there was more
general prosperity in Dallas and the comn-
try surrounding than at this tmet we
further assert that the cotton crcp Is iaI
from being as short of an average rs this
correspondent represents, and while II Is adj
mitted il will not be rs large rs last
year, il will be fully up TO, OF
more than average of the last five years
1t is unpleasant to be compelled, rs truth
full chroniclcr of actual facts, to deny in toto
these aspersiOns ON the welfare of Dallas
and the country surrounding, but facts are
ineNOrable, and we now say that the cotton
crop of North Texas generally is far from
| being a failure, and in number of bales Will
be about an average of the last five years,
that our merchants were never more pros
porous, with bouyant hopes OF the future,
l,.1, Atp
out of debt, and that brighter and more
encouraging outlook was never before wit
messed here than to-day. These are facts,
Notwithstanding the dismal Croakings OF
those who should feel the same ioyousness
| for the future of Dallas and her surround
| ings that characterize those who are most
| intimately interested in her prosperity.
jean. Vatican" may imagine he has ac-
complishcd good object in thus trying to
injure Dallas and her surroundings, but the
people of Dallas will not appreciate his eff
forts in this direction, or believe he is a
true friend to her material interests or
would rejoice in her prosperity. We know
that should the opinion obtain over the
country that we were in the condition this
correspondent so wrongfully represents us
to be, it would retard emigration from
coming here, for who would want to come
to a country filed with IA broken and Il
bankrupt people to make his home and
seek his fortune?
DALLAS, January l2.-TLe retail business
of Dallas in the aggregate, is far above the
computation of many. who deem them
selves well posted up in the trade of our
city. 1t is source Of wonder to those who
do not know the great extent OF country
and the number OF people who make their
regular purchases in this city, how so large
a number of retail houses as are to be found
in Dallas can afford even q living for the
prOprietprs. 1t should be remembered that
Dallas county, when the census was taken
in 1850, in point Of population, was second
in the State, Grayson county alone exceed
ing it by little less than four thousand
souls. Were an enumeration taken to-day
it would probably be found that this
county has increased more rapidly than
any other in the State and the census
would show that it now stands first i'll the
list of counties as regards population, The
requirements OF such large number OF
people are great, but when it is remem-
bered that many of the citizens of counties
surrounding come here to make their pur
chases it will easily be understood why SO
many retail houses in this city are being
established. and all driving prosperous
business. There is another reason for the
heavy retail trade of this city, which is,
that our merchants keep larger and better
stocks, embracing everything to suit the
wants of the most plain and frugal as well
as those who have more expensive ana oSten-
tatiOus tastes. 1t is not an unfrequent occur
renee to see ladies and gentlemen from
surrounding towns in this city shopping
and making purchases, because they here
find more varied stocks to select from, and
this adds greatly to our retail trade. As
Dallas and the surrounding country, for
long distances in every direction, increase
in population, our retail business must in
crease with it, and while many find
their sales are small at the beginning, time
and perseverance will overcome this, and as
they become known their business will
grow and flourish, and many now who are
engaged in the retail trade as an experiment
will realize in a shorter time than they an
ticipatc, the full iruition Of their hopes and
aspirations.
THE annual wool report of Mcssrs. +.
Grisar ,G Co. places the wool production OF
California for the year 1881, at the follow
ing figures
Receipts at san Francisco Pounds,
-prin5s Wool WOOL shipped east direct from ~.
interior points 2'3 "i2'
po, T9ial 81 sPTTqs G S6 at San Francisco
Shipped east direct from interior points 9U2I02
Total fall lip........................l s'l2LoS2
Total fleece wool ...................42,l g9 $50
Pulled wool shipped direct from san $500,
Francisco. .......,........''.''''' I'oVh''
Total production Of California. .l3 200
ID, hand December ~ 1852. ......... . 600 900
perrints of Oregon ............... ..... 7l36,u7j
p.rpints of foreign ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
Grand total. ..............;;;.:..; 'pi, '"ooii
The total shipments of all kinds from san
Francisco were IS lG6,30 lbs, valued at
81. 900 600. The difference between receipts
and pxnorts arises from the consumption of
local mills and the wool on hand awaiting
shipment. The stock on hand is estimated
AT Is 600 600 lbs. The total wool produc-
lion of California from 1854 to 1861, in
elusive, was sos, G2I, l2i lbs.
The Increasing use Of cold storage for per
ishable food stuiis, which are apt TO De
scorco at certain seasons. is one Of the char
orteristics of the time. Last summer, when
fresh eggs were plentiful and cheap, gen,
tlcman in Chenango county, n - stored
=. gDolpr some five thousand