The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-22
PROVISIONS.

PROVISIONS continue very active In this city,
and the shipments are unprecedentedly largo
for this season of the year. The high prices ef
beef cattle contribute greatly to the sales Of the
hog products everywhere and their influences
are felt even here in the great cattle state OF the
Union, There Is probably as much or more
meats and lard sold in this city than in any other
three or four of the largest cities In north Texas
aud me demand here is gradually growing
Prices in Dallas are always naturalization a
parity With those In packing centres, and buy.
ers arc protected In Supplying their wants here.
Prices are steady at the following quotations:
To-DAY'S QUOTATIONS..
BAcoN-long clear sides l5a0 short clear
l6Ac; breakfast bacon Ike.
DRY sALr-Lons clear SIDES 15c, short clear
15kc,
HAAs-Canvassed. 16s; Magnolia, l6H.
LAED-Tierce lake; half barrel Asc; F-lb
cans, Ike 20-lb cans. Axe l0lb cans l4Ic b-lb
cans, loo; Glib cans, l5Sc.
There seems to be seo-sav game IN mes.
pork in Chicago, between the months OF August
ana September. Ono day the former Is higher
than Inc latter, AID vice versa There was an ad-
vance In both months to-day. August opened at
S2092 IL, and closed at S2l37 l 2, twenty cents
above the last sales yesterday. September de.
llysries sold ON first call at BILLS, and tho last
sales a,e were VI 80 iorly-two and ahalf conts
1T was the boast of the Americans. AZ Mr..
consul Murray wrote In 1884 that day would
come when the United States would feed Eu-
ipPVt ,pul III tuoso usys AUSTRALIA WAS not
thought or Al present the Americans have a
large population OF their own 70 feed, and tho
number OF sheep and cattle Is little more
thsn that of inhabitants. In Australia
on the othor hand, each nhsbitant NAV
DO said to possess twenty three sheep and
Three cows Under such circumstances Aus
tralia promises to become the principal mar.
ket OF supplying Europe with meat The great
diiheulty OF conveyance Is overcome, since sew
enty horse engine is able to maintain a tempers
ture OF Coz below zero In chamber capable OF
holding 10000 frozen sheep or $50 tons of dead
meat from New Zealand to SOUTHAMPTON
There are, OF course, certain countries I'm Europe
that will for some years have u surplus OF meat
for expectation, as, in fact there are at present
only four that have deficit. But ii Is to be Oh.
served mat the consumption OF meat per inhabi-
tant IL Increasing in all countries. owing To the
higher wages that manufacturing industry has
introduced among the masses. This explains
the declining number OF cattle Especially In
France) while the increase OF population
every year reduces the ratio OF cows
and and sheep, per million Inhabitants,
sterling for meat from beyond the seas, and IS.
600, 900 for grain, together esual TO tax of ~.
OOO,OO0 sterling per month This may rive
some idea of the magnitude the question OF food
supply has assumed in the destinies of this quar-
ter OF the globe In the United Kinkdom the
importation OF meat, including cattle, has risen
as follows:
Ton,....... i $3.50 i iii52, i SsS.soo
Value y. ne, :, =; -, 10000 f7,7oso.O s2cSlSSco
THE consumption OF meat In tho United
Kingdom Is much larger than In any other part
OF Europe. In fact our home grown supply is
sufficient TO give us as much as the average for
rrenchmen or Germans, as shown In the follow