The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-09
HARDWARE.


Referring to the fact that the total exports of
rails from Great Britain were per cent greater
IN 1881 than In ISL, the Railroad Gazette calls
attention to the fact that the exports of the
United states fell of one-thiId from the amount
exported to this country in 1881: Early in the
year The exports TO the United States were I'M
usually large, and at the end of ApTil the total
lot me four months was larssS than in 1881, and
nearly one, half larger than ID lSs0 They be-
came decidedly small after August aud for the
last four months of the year they were but IL
~ tons. against 49i ia ISL md Co $40 in 1850
The exports OF the last two months have been
less than those OF any other consecutive two
months since August 1871 when rail exports
hrst began to revive. AT the beginning of 1879
me price OF steel rails In this country was about
w at the mills. During the previous year our
Ioai imports had been but nine tons.
IN the first half of 1879 prices were low
ana imports insignificant but by August the de-
mand for rails had developed SO that the home
wytks Were enabled to supply 1t, and prices
went up very rapidly, and at the beginning OF
1850 steel rails were $40 per ton, and six months
later they were quoted at sS5 OF course this
nigh price brought large impOrtations BY the
END OF 1850 the prices had fallen to s59 but they
were pretty steady at that price through 1851.
and at the beginning of 1852 were still quoted al
sSs to $50 They had fallen to ESQ in the middle
OF ms year and at Its close Were si0 while there
had been some sales at s3a, At so IL must be
unpr0htabie to import rails and this sufficiently
explains the falling Off In British exports TO this
country OF late. ii the rails that were Shipped
III the last half of the year had not been
ordered some time beforehand there would
Pr9oaS,y have been no imports since
hst June, ana at least none since Sep
TEMPER. II is notable that this falling off In
prices and imports has taken place in the year
when railroad construction was the greatest ever
~ SHOWN t,, III any country But by the beginning
increased their capacity, and long before the
ciose OF Inc year. though rails were going down
on new roads at tremendous rate, there was q
great reduction In the orders for future delivery,
ana al the present time the CAPACITY of the
nome works seems fully sufficient TO supply the
whole demand, although the consumption OF
iron rams has ceased This latter-the great
feaucuon Ill the consumption of iron rails In the
years OF the greatest total rail commandments
one OF the notable features of the past year We
nave seen above how the importation of iron
ralls iell oil nearly four.ifhs in 1882 The
manufacture fell of also and the imports and
manufacture together were about 27l 200 tons i'm
1905 against 2OJO in 1881, and 546 500 in 1850"
ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
A3es-Collins', per dozen, $50: Gold Dollar,
pSr DOZEN $50; diamond Edge, per dozen,
loW; Double BIZ, 20OO
per cent Ames list steel goods discount 10 and
Rubber betting Discount 50 per cent
Nails-5.00 rate.
Horse shoeS-625 per keg.
SIS per pox.
Iron-ic rate
steel---plow, &c; lay, 7o; cast lsc per pound.
sheet iron--H h, &c; galvanized. discount 2 |
skiets and lids, Sc per pound; sugar kettles |
90 per pound S''|"
Tacks,in boxes, 100pepers, /. so per box.
arnD hoesmper dozen, 9,0O railroad pickp |
Mattocks-per d0seD, It.O.
=, scnlesnFairbanks discount rs 20: cent.
Howe, discount % per cent.
I'm plate-I. G. 1nx14, per box, 500; L c., l4x |
Terne, 2Ox2S per box, 1850.
Tinware-pieced discount so per cent. .
tGmped, discount 40 per cent
solder-No ], l6o; No. IL and Ia 1850 per |
pound. ' P''
No. duck horse collars. GO per do,er.
~ Hames--two loop, 100 per dozen, three loop |