Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-13
FINANCE AND COMMERCE

IL a. r
ms mornings report shows cotton
advanceu. The market opened brisk
ana bidding was spirited tbrouchout
the day. A few bales sold at a shade
advance over quotations but the flo.
ures quoted were ruling rates.
Wheat Is quoted little or the hest
grades selling at from yoc to 81 rh'
demand, however. is cood ma !, ,and
degree Of interest manlfesi,d an,nn,,
local buyers. s
Coffee aud sugar are very Arm
Meat and lard without change
me demand for poultry and eggs
ana ir'sh country butter continues
good.
CORN AND WHEAT CROPS or 1855.
CoRN.--lt is safe to assume that
mere - every assurance of a corn crop
this season that will reuch 600 .OoO. 900
bushels by official recognition, and
,s0J,oOJ,OOO In fact, or equal to the
production of 1882. IL is also evident
that the new crop will not be drawn
upon oreariy feeding purposes In the
manner which attended lac; year's
crop. IL is likewise ev dent that there
Is iair surplus of corn In the West,
compared with depleted reserves a
year ago. With this fact. Is the boun-
titul prodcctio this year OF oats and
hay and other feeding products. So
that tue corn crop this season might
be ~ TO 10 per cent. short of last year
ana sun be ample for all needs, while
the prooabili ics are that IL will not be
less than last year, aud may possibly
be greater.
The following table, the figures OF
wnich represent millions OF bushels
shows by divisions of states the first of
september promise of the corn crop OF
1888, compared with the crops of pre-
vious years reported hy the depart
ment OF agriculture, and the 1870 re.
turns OF the census office.
MILLIONS or BUSHELS.
Esu lated crop crop crop Cr6p
1883 1881 iSSl 1881 ls;t
y Western siates.iiio l,0g. SA i,laa lisa
Middle states. Il a % lCi IS s
New england and
other sections. IS - 10 10 II
Total crop ,~.i.cl5 l,oli 1895 l,5i7 1851
WHEAT.
Inc result OF harvesting operations
in.the spring wheat sections of The
Northwest have generally been favor
able, ana indicate better yield than
the early estimate suggested. This
means that thespring growth OF whea,
this season will probably reach tota
of lS5, 900 000 bushels. The wintel
growth may be reckoned ut about 800
0O0, 00a, making the wheat crop OF lSs;
approximately 4S5,000,00o bushels
This may be modified slightly, butths
result Will not be changed essentially
Ii should be borne in mind by dealers
while looking upon the 10000, 00t
bushels or possibly more deficiency
compared with last year, that with tht
amount of last years crop in excess ri
the requirements for the year, In do
nestle uses and imports fully 50,0O0,
coo bushels), there may be allowed ,
deficiency this season of 100 ,0OO ,00l
bushels, and still have an amour
available for all purposes equal 10 las
years requirements-wh which were, II
exports. 1000 0j0; seeding, 10000, 900
domestic, feed aud manufactures. 1855,
DOC, 600; total asa 900, 600 bushels. - Gu,
ciRaati Price Current.
New York.
New York, September i2.--Money- EASY
Prime mercantile paper 5na7.
sterling exchange, banknble bills, guile
ut 1919; sight4Sj.
Three per cent. bonds-l03Is.
Coupons, 4l5s--l.i2't.
Coupons, ISL 1884
NEW YoRK, September Ia Government
steady
In railway bonds the principal nctivit,
was In West Shore Il hufnlo, nrst South
western issues and FIRST Central Pacific
Transact ions IN livestock market to-day ar,
the s. ATTEST since August and business q
the gay uninportant. on openln;
the market was steady to strong and
IN first sales was IN advance and advanced =
showed Improvement which continued q
the last. Speculation continued dull
throughout the greater part Of the day. The
decline from best prices for the day was
sight. In the final sales there wa, u f. nc
tional rally, ana as compared With last
night closing y ices We're " TO "a higher, eX
cept for Lake shore, Northern Pacific prefer
red oregon, Trans influential Texas Pacific
aud Union Pacific which were 4 TO y lower
The comparative strength OF the market
Notwithstanding It's dizziness was du,
to the denial that any cutting %
rates was going on. Quarterly
report Western Union was more iavorabl,
than anticipated In View Of the strike. rht
report OF Erie and leased lines Tor May We
given out after business hours, and shove
an increase OF 1884, 1876 in gross earnings, NJ
increase Of S39,I!5 ia operating expenses ant
pared with 1882 while the statement FOL
April showed a deer 4ase or sl2!. 6S in grJss
earnings, an increase Of s77,,7o, In operating
expenses ana II decrease of SAOOiD IN mel
earnings. Transactions 10000.