The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-01

treated in almost precisely the same way as or
binary oil-cloth The paper In this case takes
the place of the canvas bottom or foundation OF
the oil-cloth, and 1t is said, possesses many ed
vantages. Among others, II does not, like oil
cloth, expand with age. Probably we shall soon
read of company advertising their patent pa
per-waterproof coats.
California last rear packed coo, 100 cases OF
canned fruits The business has grown so fast
and the use OF canned fruits has become so gen
ersl that under the competition of eastern can
neries, prices have experienced drop, and the
item of canned goods has become staple TO be
marketed on narrow margin like Hour aud sugar.
orchard owners have made rs high as 81, 900 an
acre tor raw fruits when the packing trade wac
one-tenth of what II now Is, but that day has
Z ne by. California put up nsarly GOOp
pounds OF tomatoes alone last year The sal
mon pack of the Pacific coast was l,G6i 600 cases.
During the census year Kentucky consu eed
1884, 70 cords Of wood, valued at slaSl3,2-U, Ia
diana 1869, S7i valued at slS S3l 729; Tennessee,
S0Si,Oll valued at sl167l,772 More han 49,
0l0O00 cords Of wood were consum. N the
United states, In Kentucky there =
manufacturing establishments e6s,l1, % u
capital invested, and Sc 500 employet, who are
paid sl2, o annually In Indiana Hiss
manufactures, SJG0J0U00 capital, 7O,I00 en-
poyes aud S2s,gOO, 900 wages paid In rennes-
see. 4S26 establishments $50 600 600 capital. "a
0UO employees and 100, zoo wages paid.
The New York Times says; Very few persons
except those directly interested In the trade
have any idea of tho rapidity with which the
consumption OF foreign beers has increased In
this coun'ry. Commencing ten or twelve years
ago with small importaiiOns of Pilsener and one
or two other of the lightcolored brands from
Bohemia, the business has continued to grow
until now in scores of places in New York there
Is TO BIO found continually on draught Pilsener,
Budweis, Culmhaher. st, Paule and other
beers from Bohemia, Bavaria and Bre-
men Nor Is the business confined to
this city. The three firms which con.
troll 1t have recently. extended their con
neetions to number of western cities, and now
Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati and Cleveland are
In regular weekly receipt 0f from 200 to 600 bar
rels OF imported,arger beer OF varons kinds. The
taste fer this class of beverage has also extended
TO the Pacific cOast, but as its cost, because of
import duties with freight added l. 30 great
that 1t eau only be retailed alta very small profit
numerous efforts have been made within the
past few years to successfully initiate 1t In the
brewerles of this country. New York, 81 Louis,
Chicago and Phlladelp hiu have all made efforts
in this direction
The Chicago Grocer says: tits stated by those
conn. cted with the trade that the glucose bust
ness is in II bad way, that most of the factories
throughout the country are closed, and that
glucose Is selling at II lower price than when
corn was but 80 cents bushel The enormous
profits realized bytnose who first went into It's
anuiacture created Il boom which led the
building of factories all over the country, til
there has been IN ovcrpruductiOn worse than
in the whisky business, Meanwhile, the nov,
city has worn Off and the public has learned
that Is u spurious bastard product having low
intrinsic value, and its use aud consumption
have greatly fallen OFF in favor of straight sugar
goods, The charges that n is Objectionable on
sanitary grounds and injurious TO health have
never been proved, and II is doubtful If they can
be sustained. It's growing unpopularity arises
mainly from the iacto us low sweetenmg prop
critics, only about twotiths that of sugar sirups
together with more or less prejudice on the
ground that II is unwLolcsome. The glucose
boom Is aaother Illustration OF going up like IA
rocket and coming down like Il stick" Should
tho busIuess of sugar and Sirup production from
sorghum Increase for he next law years as 1t
now promises TO- 1t viii furnish a ngsa "Ss' q;
.he trade and supersede glucose for all plr-
poses where given swcelerius property is ro.
CURED
The American CulivAtlr has tho following on
the orange culture in Florida lhe lower the
prices the larger The c0asoniption OF butt The
cost OF trans por,alioh Is the IN iu element in tbs
price of oranges In o-r northern markets. as the
growers could make money at ole.hslt G mt
apiece for oranges on the trees The same
field for profit lists In orange. gtowins and sell
ing rs IN other products, If onN "a superior
and reliable article is shipped under the qua sn.
tee OF some trus,worth shipper. The beauties
and advantages Of Orangc-g owing In Floriua
are more wiaely circulated than many farm In.
dustrles, since the rail, Dads and landtpecuatOrs
in that state make systematic efforts 10 spread
documents and papers filled with tho most
attractive sties OF prospective pr0ats. If
the superior advantages of New England
and New York in many respects were
as carcfslly circulated there would be little mi.
grafton hence to Florida. Some the shrewd.
OFT eultivato's la Florida take advantage of the
influx of northern men who desire to embark in
ora ge.growing, by planting and cutvating
orchards three to five or six years, and then
selling out ut fancy prices An eight.acre Flor.
1 II orchard set with six.year- old trees sid this
season to northern thuiastatsll,tO 90 Scores
of orange orchards planted by northern men
have been abandoned; many others have re-
suited in failures by lack of proper care and
again, there'ar many instances
where men Of moderate means have by years of
ard skill succeeded m cutivatlng
orange orchards which could now be sold at
prices ailording large profit or nom which the
annual income Is very satisfactory