The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-18
FINANCE AND COMMERCE


rINAHCiAL.
Az exchange says. .Itis not easy 'otgli9Ifoi
hend Inc accumulated nnd developed WtMln ol
~ ,itsd STATES r. smiling from the clltlVhuol
Of land opening at mines, buililus V in'mN''; i
manufactures, and The slghglns ul 'u, ''"1 I.
ucople in the vailed industrial pHrsulN ln,a
Inrr.nsiur value is very large at ihlS VINO liuhl
ihe profit IN producing, nnl VIM " LV1,uS |
kept at home IA Ould ne" ts,Up ~, W.. T. !
census statement of ihe wealth oil lht naIWl - /
e. oo0 n COn In indu.fips, ana sQmCthing over !
ss0OiOOtO 900 In mines and aslicnIurc Elsh'"
Total OF nsscssnble property OF inc Chll,u o'''.a,
real and persunul aud APPRAISED, on ,oui ~ VIZ
much below It's actual value nt SIG, a9G III ,'hh
In The distribution. New England, win ". ~
$40 inhabitants holding W. Oio,osh OK i III,
ner cnuitn: that l.. with less than one.tWcllW "i
H. nnpuintlnn she has about two-thirleehlpa
Of ne property OF the na'ion. That ~. sue
holas nearly thrice ms large II iraction OF w.
nIopefty ms She hats Of population, Mex come
he middle states with 1,756,O55 inhabitants
with = j56 10, SlS, or Si73 81 per capita ms
average is slo7,74 less than that OF Ne" Eng
When we reach the western states, whore we
find the WOulrouS development OF Tue vtH,"S,
lS52LQ5l inhabitants, win t6,leH'iiEo4L W. W.
SECS G3 per capita, the report sounds llht IT,
sIastiy. the southern states are to be cansid-
cred Here we find l',l57SgS inhaDItan' s,d WS'
sessing themselves only S2,3G0,2is NO-or SzSL,
S3O2gi SIS than New England llere VIC llI
II ll6 SEA more irhabitants Than IN sew hnsi t
with s?9l s3O29G less property But t,o yTn the the
A"t1N'A'
next half century. -
FINANCIAL ITEMS T.,
The treasury department purchased last wee"
$4,000 ounces of silver , ,i,-,o Ga
bull stocks when the iron interest is utpFvS'yu
The total value of exports last year uui" VA
Little Santa Ana valley, California by sea al"
The Boston Transcript says the earnings of the
Mutual Union Telegraph company are no" '-0''
Vander6ilfs sons have lately been heavy buy
ers of Chicago and Omaha common, ana Dea
are offered that the stock VIII sell up 20 oo WIS
number of Springfield business men have
discovered, Within the past few days lh"I bogus
trade dollars are floating about ,,..,,,,,,
Tire secretary OF the treasury OF Me%i i ",,I e
nounces that importation ana eNpOFMliOi Oh
goods by railroad will be permitted, subject 10
regulations OF the custom house .,. eco
ilhe house Joint resolution HpprOpIRthS euo'-
600 TO supply the deficiency for the current year
for fuel hight, etc , in the buildings uhuet coh-
troll of the treasury department. p9sstu' Gov
The custom house receipts at feusacota! loi
Anrii amounted TO SEQ 5gIli. The value OF eN-
ports for the same period is s2Sl ~ MI. Of
The weekly bank statement OF me I'It sH, VI
England shows decrease in bullion OF -L'0>,
COO The proportion of the bank reserve 10 IN.
bilities which last week was l3per cent Is no"
43a per cent. ,-,.', c,,too +,
the census year 1880 employed 1927 persons
capital employed slAS 5000 wages p"lu, st.-
2ii,OOO material used sl6iO5S,92o; value OF pro-
Gath: II looks a little against us to see more
than two and third mil lions OF gold gong " 70
Europe on one ship to-day ana aIi0 sjn to6
lion on one ship tomorrow; ana s-o'Cou'o'V
will go with foreign tourists ~. ,,a
Exclusive of Si000JlJ which the river ana
harbor bill appropIiates to carry out the pans
of the Mississippi river commission (for which
purpose the senate has already passed. ON up
propriating $50 0CO0, the aggregate amour ona
Appropriated by the bill will be about slO oVo VOo
1t is stated that the Henrietta mine. which mas
recently been sold in London for Sl,5oOOOO, has
proved bonanza for ex-Secretary Blaine. lhs
mine is located in Colorado. Blaine, IL Is shu
owned one-fith, and his share in the proceecs
will be over $780, o.. 80, -.
The pension appropriation bill has been com
pleted 1t sets aside SOO0OO,OCJ for me mex
fiscal year. of which nearly all Is on army ac'
count. The bill provides that the income non ON
the navy pension fund shall be ueVoleu 10 lit
needs OF that branch of the service SO far as II
In the Tennessee bond matter, the Legislative
committee to whom was referred the proposltloH
to fund the state debt in foIty-year bond at ~
per cent of interest and principal, aiter an al
night sesso recommended the Dill IaVoraDy
by a unanimous vote, three members not Young
The new measure will probably come before th(
legislature at once, and the indications are ina
it win pass by large majority ,oo,
The total gold product of the country IN lSS
was, according to the census bureau, SIS, 90 600
That same year the hay crop was valued nj soI
Sll,OSi. Thus greer, grass beats yellow g3l.
about five to one. The real Wealln oi IL halloi
lies above ground.
rich find OF gold is reported from Victoria
The prospectors in Glipps lan1 came upon
reef lately within foot OF the surface, which II
a few days yielded from OF, TO 10 OF. per ton
In one day 40 OF of pure gold was secured.
is also said that some wonderful stone, n ton Q
which will give not less than Is cwt OF pure gold
has been discovered. Wc.may expectto hear sooi
of this prospect being formed mo Lihlle'
liability concern. IL.
The forthc ming annual report of the cit,
treasurer of Boston states that the gross deDt
$40 157 3l5.4 decrease of s794.O!O ii during IN
year The increase of means on hand for the re
demptionof the debts 1851, 93S S. king lota
decrease of the netfunded debt OF 81, 743 95a "
The CT = has paid of Its funded debt during M
--Sear 81, l0l.l4 and has issued s221OOD OF bonus
The payments for interest were e2UJ2 b3',f2.
The comptroller of the currency says tina
twenty two saving banks have failed in New
York city and vicinity, and that the expense 0
closing up their Affairs under the state laws wa
16 per cent of the whole amount OF dividend
paid TO creditors. During the operations OF Ia
national banking system seven national bank
have failed in New York city and Brooklyn' am
all but one have been finally closed at an eI
pense of only S per cent of the total sum col
1ected. The total loss 10 depositors through
these national bank failures Is s90uO0.
The commissioner Of pensions reports To th'
senate, in response to a resolution that lh'
number of pensioners on the 70 ] in Scptembe
last was 269, 81. the animal amount of who's
pensions was 500 263.46g. OF these 1900 wer'
not paid and have lapsed, not having been cele'
for within three years 1900 were sailors, WHO'S
residences were not known. This left 2j2,o)
pensioners who were paid, and the amount re
qured for annual pensions and arrears wa
81, l2L20l.
NY. Ix. J.sx Pars Z St Louis li@K PaTa2
Chicago. III az PEr0k N. o.....k gkParGa
Galveston x Parek Houston-.h Pare
Exchange oil points = tokdiscount Sterling
Trade dollars .t0cts. Mexican dollars. =. scot
NexIcap balvos. acts | Mexican quarters l5ct