The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-25
COMMERCE AND TRADE
COMMERCIAL

OUMM CNOE ANU lRhDU
COMMERCIAL
DALLAS, October A-The weather for the
past few days has been all that could be desired.
with a prospect Of q continuance Professor ilco
predicts variable and unsettled weather LOT the
balance Of the month, with heavy storms sboat
the 9th to the 18th on the lakes and Atlantic
coast but says nothing OF the probabilities III
this section Of the country II Is fair 70 pre-
sumo. then, that we are 10 have good clear
dry spell 30 mote 1t DO. The receipts OF cot.
ton In this city curing the past week have not
been large. but probably fully Mp TO eNpecta-
tons, considering the unfavorsble weather oil .
week ago. which almost caused cessation OF
picking Prices have receded little, but mid
ding Cotton should bring from ~. to %. To DO
on a parity with other markets. The yield
promises well, the bolls are opening rapidly.
and II nothing unpropiuous occurs and pickers
can be procured, planters VIII have no cause
their labor The prices Of corn
aud oats are firm and above tho authorizations
OF anyone two months ago Farmers sho Id
not de ay marketing their products now for
there may be reaction, and should Il prove 10
be the case they will be the losers by withhold.
ing their grain from sale. There has been a
decline In wheat but many dealers believe that
prices will be better before tho year closes Cat.
tic ore coming in slowly, and barely sufficient
are brought 10 the exchanges TO meet the re-
quircments of local consumption, Grass is good
all over the state aud cattle and sheep arc In
splendid condition. Mutton sheep ara always
III demand and bring good prices The demand
for shipping cattle aud sheep continues active
Hogs arc not coming In very freely, but sum.
cient for all the wants Of butchers There will
be better enquiry for them In II few weeks
Hay sclls very slowly, although there IL IA do
mand for good article OF baled for shipping and
home purposes The fall clip of wool IN Texas
this season. has proven the largest ever
grown, and the prices are better than
n year ago. The prices of flour continue steady
with little change. Bran is higher than year
ago, and there is an increasing enquiry for IL
There Is n good supply of milet seed on the
market but the heaviest askings are for GER
man seed. ms II Is the most pro Tic and Yields a
better profit to farmers than does the lituo mil
let the amount on hand will probably all DO
taken before sowing Is over in the spring Ma.
tive fruits have nearly all disappeared from tho
market but The wholesale dealers are well
stocked with California and tropical varieties.
and they are retailing nj low ligures from the
stands There has been no material change IN
the prices of potatoes and other asculents since
our last weekly reports The stalls continue
well supplied with vegetables. Eggs arc very
scarce, aud are bringing oelter prices than they
ever did before in this city ut this sea.
son OF the year. BITTER is In demand
at quotations. Chickens come in slowly,
and are eagerly taken by dealers, There is be.
ginning to 10 an enquiry for turkeyh aud thoy
would sell nj good prices. The dry good. trade
~ the city Is very active, aud the same IL true
OF grocericsand all other branches of business.
both In the Wholesale and retail departments,
The lumber trade Of Dallas this season, so far
has been nearly double what II was one year
ago and the trade " rapidly increasing. Prices
have declined little, and some of the yards
are now selling on basis of $40 u thousand for
rough under "A feet In length There Is a good
enquiry for brick, tho rains OF last week having
intorfsrcd with their manufacture. Wood con.
unues In demand, aud prices are firm Busi.
N fhl ntt In I.... III
with prospect OF continuance until late In
the season.
ON CHANGE.
The attendance on the Exchange TODAY WAS
llsht but stu there were some transactions IN
small way. The light receipts OF grain of
course cause light transactions. In regard to
the prices OF corn In Texas there seems to be a
great diversity OF opinion. and while the liRRALD
mas views OF Its own that are worth no more
thnu those OF It's neighb0rs Ii proposes to OK
press them here and send them forth Just for
what they are worth: Ills u well.known fact
that the corn cr0pof Illinois this year In far he.
low an average; the crop Of Iowa. Indiana and
Other OF the northwestern states was ut one time
regarded as being almost failure, but propi.
uous weather benefited 1t materially, aud II Is
not regarded as more than half q crop at best
In some portions Of Missouri the crop Is a
Ia average, but In other toitlons Il is short
aud not more than two.thlrds of IA crop can he
braska genera, the crop Is a fair average only
In nearly all the southern states more corn has
been raised this season than ever before, but
there VIII he large amounts required In every
southern state before another crop is grown
In Texas the crop is not more than an average.
anu great many who have made II n study
think that II will prove below the estimates
placed npon II. The high prices paid for corn
al over the state last winter aud this spring
brought out all the surplus grain In the country
and the grdnsrics are empty nj this time. Farm.
ers do not, rs general thing, market their
grain closely, ami tits not visionary to say that
one.half OF the crop grown this year will be- held
Daok ior farmers until tho next corn crop is
assured. Taking this To be true there
VIII or necessity be large importations
Into this state from Kansas aud other states
inrlher north, Now with corn at over GO cents In
St Louis 1t cannot DO laid down hero for loss
IMAM ;, or W cents from those sections and tho
cost OF handling will bring II up to nearly The
same price II commanded last year There ian
greater demand for corn In THIS state this ycar
than There has ever been before. for there has
been large, Immigration toreXas. Many
persons are making arrangements 10 corn feed
cattle, and the southern portion of the state viii
nave 10 be supplied from some quarter. for there
has not been enough grown In this section 20
l'al supply the wants, II matters little what
corn may bring In St Louis, or Chicago. corn
ION Kansas cannot be laid down here Mt a
price that will Justify the belief thai il will
come below, ut the smallest estimate,
~ cents per buShcl, Now il II can I've
shown that there Is more corn raised
in northern Texas than win be required foriocNi
wants ana 10 supply the demands that will
come from eastern, southern and northern
TeSash and the government forts and flom oihu
quarters that will look 20 this portion OF thc
STATE Tor their requirements the prices may ia
cline, but II II will b. necessary To bring corn
here from the north, which seems ineyitahlc
there can be no decline, hut an advance nhovr
me present hgnres must follow. These are the