The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-21
COMMERCE. AND TRADE
COMMERCIAL.

CUMMEkUE ANU IL lADE.
COMMERCIAL.
n,,.s Iulv QO-The wholesf in,rade of this
o,,y was remarkably heavy tod Az, and some OF
,ho heaviest invoices, both o. dry goods and
groceries, were shipped since re opening of the
fail trade nearly a year ago. number OF mer,
chants from ne e0nn nnm sf " IN auehdanceShhd
assured heavy yield of coz " and the magnificent
nrosnects for cotton, VIII CHI, even under unto
ward circumstances, not al al likely TO follow,
warrant the belief ente ftaned Of At least full
average crop, has AZ inated business all over
This portion OF the ST ate and merchants are pur'
chasing more iree' y than they generally do
nj this season OF the year. The retail
trade in every dep hrtment Is very fair, anu the
best feature of II IS that there is very little credit
asked for, and m erchants are getting me cash ior
their goods and, wares In addition 70 all THIS me
city Is rapidly growing In size and population,
and the coun try Is rapidly filling up with good
thrifty class of people, who are rapidly develop
ing the res ,urceS of the state. The prospects o'
the aerch amt. planter aud farmer were never
more fiattering than they are at this time
on CHANGE
There was q large attendance on change to-uay
and every one rejOiced in the splendid prospects
of fine crops and good business TINS iall'
The transactions were not many OF very ia,Ee,
which is owing to the fact that the late rains
have interfered somewhat with the farmers III
hauling their grain to market. The receipts by
rail embraced only a few cars OF
oats and wheat but dealers nave
advlces Of shipments viii be here in day
or two when operations will be on a more eX-
tended scale The ruling prices for grain to-day
In car lots were as follows wheat IN
a bulk IS s,,S to 90 sD S9d 3D. lpS GG5 " Z
for winter and &c 10 AZ for SPRING In bulk cents
less; corn In the ear, So to 90 shelled in sacks,
sl.0S to sl.le; rye, Go cents; bar ey, 30 to 3D.
THE remarks of the HERALD yesterday In ref
erence to the market reports from st. Louis were
not without good results. The directors OF the
Exchange to-day contracted for addiuonal ana
later Geographic reports, which VIII enable inc
members TO arrive at better conclusions regard
ing the prices and future prospects CT the gram
trade.
SOME of the papers In this state are already
predicting low prices for corn this fall, some oil
them putting II as low us 10 TO Is cents Two
years ago the state produced u crop Of corn
which will hardly be surpassed this year, and
yet prices, only for short time fell below 10
acreage this year, but then our poplnE;
lation Is greater and there VIII
be more cattle and hogs fed than ever before In
this state II will pay the farmers better to fed
to dispose of it al a low figure. tits TO be hoped
that our farmers and planters will get good
prices for their products this year, and should
tnlS usplratlOn DC ftnllseu, texas Will DC lHo
most prosperous state In the whole Union,
THR opening quotations for grain In 81, Louis
at 1880 o'clock this morning were as follows:
Cash wheat el0l bid July wheat 81 OF ii bid;
corn U.s. nothing done In oats.
GRAIN AND BREADsTUPFs.
THE receipts of grain by wagon in this city TO
day were not large, and yet well above the de-
mands for local consumption. There were sew.
oral ~ re N ~ nj IA N
ments were about equal 10 the arrivals, gencr-
ally billed for ST, Louis and other northern
points Prices on the streets are very firm ut
quotations below, and the demand is active.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
WHEAr-ChoiCe, o. medium, 0Cci low grade,
Sc Nicaragua, 60c
RYE-Nominal at Coo,
- BARLEY-50 TO 55c,
MILLET SEED-L50; German millet l,75
OATs--30 to 32c for spring; IS 10 i2c for fall In
sacks, 3 cents additional
CoRN--S5c To 9jc; Kansas, In sacks, sl.05 to l. 10
BRAN-we quote at mills, 95c; In store sacks,
PibuR-we quote City Mills as follows: xxx
$780, xxx, $500; extra s5.25; Magnolia, e. %
Imported: Xxx, per cwt az 60; XXX, S.G5
xxx So So choice family, 80 % fancy, 81 IS
California, fancy, 81 GOES Go; choice family
Corn meal, per bushel, 81 20.
Graham -four per hundred. 1878.
Several wagon loads Of new corn have beer
quality and brought so cents very readily. In
few days the trade In this cereal will he larG,
and active.
THE San Antonio Express says that TcNa
oats and corn is becoming more scarce In thi
market and II Is believed the largest part of III,
crop, except what farmers need for their owl
use, has been shipped out or sold on the plaza
srArisTlciAss of Texas say her corn croI
this year will amount 10 liOOO0,0O0 bushels
This Is six times greater than ever before.
LONDON. July 1.-THE Mark Lane Express
In Its review OF the British grain trade the past
week says Very heavy rNins aud the want o
sunshine have retarded crops All cereals ar
badly rusted. Wheat Is In small supply and nd
vanced Is. Foreign advanced To 2S., parll,
owing to the Egyptian troubles, which the trad
thinks may occasion u months delay OF Indian
supplies, The oll.coNst market Is firm. Their
were fourteen arrivals and eight sales. larg
business was done In American red winter iO
July and August shipments atis TO Is. Cd, n
Improvement
Flour Is. TO Is. Cd. Foreign was dcarcr
Oats Cd, better.
Maize dcarer, but Irregular.
Sales of English wheat during the week, H.
500 quarters Al iSs ID. per quarter against II
go quarters ut iGs. I'd. per quarter during III
corresponding week laJ year
THERE was very little change In tho price ,
wheat In Chicago from the quotations ycslo
day For August delivery II sold ON first call 4
sl.tS IL, advanced three iourths of n cont the
reacted, and the last sales were ut 81 % is
quarter OF u cent advance on the prices Of III
day before. For September !, opened ut 81 Oh l..
and closed AT SlOa rs. an eighth OF u cent Nv,
yesterdays prices. There was u good ndvOuC
In corn to-day. For August Il sold In the NOR
ing ut 70 5-S and In the evening ut IL 5.S ON
cent above last quotations yesterday. scptpn
Der deliveries on first call brought ~ as and o
last call 7G3i, cent aud u quarter higher tina
the day before.
TRADE ITEMS.
oSR New York firm handled $50 900 bushels
pennuts last ycar