The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-09
GROCERIES.

ries since the first of the year, which has
gradually increased in volum notwith'
standing the unlayorable weather and the
heavy roads. To-day's sales were in excess
of any other day of the wecf, aud some
large shipments We're made soLth and west
Prices for all staples are firm, ana another
advance is not improbable in molasses AND
syrups.
In New York coffee is frmer in conse
quence of smaller receipts. Fair Rio,
| The amount Of cane molasssa consumed
in the United States dhuiug the year 1851
according to the statistics compiled by the
New York Shipping List, was II SO, ST. gal
Ions, of which 25,9S6,6I7 gallons Were M
ported, against total of $780, 1871 gallons
in 1880, of which 33099,1 gallons were
imported--a decrease of 3,3l2,5O7 gal
Ions or 7.3l per cent. IN
like sugar and coffee, the consumption oil
unadulterated cane molasses has not In
creased, and in fact is much smaller now
than it was many years ago, As long age
gallons, and in 1862 it was over G2, 600, OOO
gallons. One reason for the falling of in
the consumption is that sorghum strip has
very extensively taken its place in the
south and west. We have no statistics OF
the production of sorghum at hand, but it
amounts to many millions Of gallons.
The Shipping List attributes the decline
in the consumption OF molasSes wholly to
the substitution or mixing of glucose, which,
it says, lin future will furnish the principal
ingredient Of the stuff found upon the
tables of consumers in nine cases out OF
ten" and that "cane molasses can no longer,
therefore, be considered as an article OF
direct consumption"
The bulk of the imported molasses is
boiled and the uncrystalized sugar eXtrac-
ted, the residue being sold to brewers, dis
nj r,1iy nj hpr
manufacturing purposes. Much of the do
mestic production is also mixed and adul-
terated before it reaches consumers. This,
it is stated, is probably tie reason why the
price of molasses has not advanced much,
Notwithstanding the decrease IN the supply
of late years The average price of New
Orleans and Cuba molasses for three years
is given below:
New orleans, Cuba.
1881, per gal, cents ...,...........52.OO 81 AZ
1880, per gal, cents. 80 50 90
1879. per gall cents ;.........;. SLY 20: u
In reference to glucose, the Shipping List
says fifteen factories were in operation last
summer, all but four or five of which have
been built during the last four or five years,
and others are in process of erection. The
production amounts to 10000 tons, or
360000,000 pounds per annum. This is
about 10000, 900 gallons, or 100000 gallons
more than the total consumption of cane
lllOldSSeS III lilS llIllleu CldleS ldSJ year. II
is estimated that the production OF glucose
will be doubled the coming year,
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
CoFFEE-RiO common, 21t@lic; fair, l3H@fiA
choice, AZ to ID Laguyra IL to ls}Si Java, 2s1s
9S0lkc
oolong. 45@6Oc; Japan, GO@65e.
SUGARs-We quote Powdered IL &c; crushed,
ll4; graduated, llHallS; standard l, 1914
extra 10A; Louisiana white clarified, l04 to IL
va oil fnH
9@)Ac
Observation-Disclosures choice, rs; prime zoe
fair TO good 6j to zoe.
SWEET PoTAToEs-750DSl 90 per bushel
RICE-Wholesale 6k to s.
sALT-In barrel, e. SO; Liverpool in sacks s175
oSIoYs-Red, per barrel, 50 rs to 81 co; yellow
PoTAToEs-Peerless. 81 o5 to l rs per bu.; early
CRGcKEns~soda, x, sJl Xxx, XXX 10
SoAP-olive, 81 per box; blue India, y ID
bars, So IS per box; X h. bars s. IS per box ID
bars, g % per box. Eureka Soap, 81 IS. Cy-
BEASs-7 to 71Sc per pound.
CANDLEs-Star. full weight i5H to l6.
CHEEsE-W. R. Is IL; fun cream l6.
HoMINY AND GRITs-S6 50.per barrel
DRIED APPLEs-SdS4.
DRIED PRAcHEs-Unpeeled, hone; peeled lie
PIcKLEs-sl1 5O@12 per barrel; half barrels
Coal on--llO deg. fire test in barrels, 10
In cases, 81 40.
CLOTHES PINs-Round, CSC; spring, 81 per box
MEAsuREs-H bushel iron bound, SS SO So
dozen: wo-hoop pals, 81 10: three-hoop 225.
TUBs-Three nest & 25G2 IS: eight nest So Is
No. l. 90 IS per dozen; No. 2, s. rs; No. 3, 10 per
dozen.
WASH BoAnDs-wood, 81 S5 zinc. l IS; New
Era, g 5062 20.
WELL BUcKErs-s4 oo@4 IS per dozen.
PowDER-s6 65 per key Of Is pounds l2h, do
s. So; 6k do 81 90 blasting kegs, So 20.
sHoT-Drop bag. 81 Is to 81 Is; buck, ~ 40 TO
So
MAcKEREL-No /, barrels, s1l; half barrels, 81;
kits, Sol TO- No. 2-bRrrels. 81 50 70 $40. half
barrels IS so TO &c; kits 80 TO CSC; No. 2-barrels
Is TO 90; half-ba s. to s. So hts. 75c 70
cAxDY-suck, 10 to l4c po--- fancy. 15c.
to 25c.
RoPE-Sisal \ inch basis. 96 to l0c; cotton ~
al
MISSOURI CrDER-25d3Oc per gallon.
VIEEGAR-Per gallon, 2Og3Oc
WRAPPING PAPER-Rhg and straw, 45c TO &c
sTARCH-5T5ac
JUGs-We quote lie per gallon for glazed
Crooks. 1Oc per gallon for glazed
PEAcHEs-2 lbs. e i5ld2 as lbs s3a3 40
ToMATOEs-2 lbs 81 3O,dl 40 10. 81 65o1 20
sAUER KEAUT.-Bbls s. 50 half bbls - 90