Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-09
TELEGRAPHlC MARKETS.



The dry goods trade Is duil. THIS being the
season when the retail trade IL supplied with
Il mll line ofthe lines OF goods FOR the season.
| he Wholesale merchants report better
tIadn than usual however. at this season.
Good creamery butter is IN domand ut Is
cents with an upward tendency, Country
| butter Is In mir demand at - nts. There IL
u moreHottvc demand for chickens aud tur-
Keys, with NO change "a quotations.
Al grain is duh. There is little coming IN.
consequently. The demand islight, but equal
TO the supply.
The trade here Is greatly Interested In the
establishment of an oloomarsurino mctory,
Rnd every turu IN the matter Is watched with
interest by them. The pubic need not feel
apnrehcnslve, as they win only be getting n
rrishor article At slightly cheaper rate ihun
formerly, aud bc patroni,iug II home indus.
try.
Batton's New Nori, Exchange Reporter OF
| last issue says OF wheat. "ln Hour since our
last weekly issue we have Ind only modcr
ate degree of activity. HE huainosr OF tho
| week has uocn interrupted hy the observance
| OF Monday and THURSDAY as holidays, and
with ib orpl ar lNsls any receiver dctermln'
81 TO sell found 10 "A difficult task. Almost in'
| Varnbly when lines were dlsposcd Of nom
| The wharf. con -csslons We're ninde On most
| low and medium grades, hui the higher
| grades especially the populHr patents, have
been well held aud sold more Hccly than
du ny the previous week. A. the season
advance, mlllers at t,iA Northwest, ar
many OF them, nnA II difficult 10 obtain
really Sol hard sprlug wheat nnth 81 {
| that has the appearance of being NJ TO 10,
standard IN all respects is FOUND 10 lac quite
humid the glutcn iar nom being dry, nnd In
this condition every Intelligent miller Is
awilro they cannot make good iionr from IT,
The following, from the circular oia Toledo I
commission house. vplans satisfactorily |
ihe customs and rules FOR trading Ia grnlu |
futures; "Coutncis Or grain flr fuuro de
livery arc like amy other contact, orguods TO |
be delivered IN tue future. The aciunl deity |
cry occurs as frequently as IN amy other
trade over s0ui,e Ger thc ptcsonI Visible !
supply OF wheat isortbo speculative grades !
Tho only optional pat is tho day OF delivery |
ofthe grain, and itB the principals duty to !
provide him with sunie ont margin u pro- |
teet Inc contracts uuui maturity. All con
tracts arc made subject 10 the rules OF The |
respective boards OF trade which authorizo |
the closing OF contracts whore either party, |
buyer or seller, refuses to margin request .
ed. M,uginsure mcrciy the security Tor The |
m,igimcnt ofthc contract"
The New YORK shipping LIST ssyM The |
rapid expansion OF commerce through the
agency of instant communication aud Tapid |
transit between all parts Of the world haye !
beeA productive of many changes Ia The |
methods of bnsinegs during the last few years |
among which is 10 Dc noted the branching |
out into separate exchange associations for |
,hc transactions of exclusive business ID cor. 4
tam commodities. ilntil about thirty ycnis
ago The merchants o8cugpge, now the Gus
tom Aoufc, in Wall street, was sum slonl 10 |
accommodate the wholesale business Of tbs |
city but thu commercial organizations OTTO.
day number half n score or more, including |
The produce exchange, thg maritime OK /
change the petroleum exchange, the
coffee exchange, tho metal exchange, /
the real estate exchange, The minini |
exchange, tho mercantile exchange, the
sugarcxGhango (nowa room, the dlstillers'
wine aud splrlt exchange, and Tho boud Of
trade and transportation, with a naval store
and tobacco exchange Ia embryo. These or
ganlzationH. or most Ofthem, are Tart aud
parcel OF the machinery OF modcrn coni-
incrcc. and such lHstituiions as The produce,
cotton and petroleum exchanges are as nee
esAary TO business men ns steam and The tel
tEfHIH. lHhl sunni VI Aifhi tRtbhhb'b iNf~
ter ni, unwholcsomo kind of speculation II
would be vain ~ deny, but this IL tnsephra-
ble nom the transaction of such a mighty
volume Of commerce as that which passes
through the hands of The merchants OF New
YORK, and Il il worthy Of particular rcmsrls
lat the merchants 81 London long ago
,aund Il absolutely necessary 10 make II sim
iiar al wisdom OF their trade Organization ia
ordsr 20 lirililate rue handling Of ENORMOUS
masses 81 man1y, securities, mrfphaunlsc
aud other salMabies.
New YORK, December 5.-Goyornments
Htrnng.
Railways fiEm.
states dali
stock marked dull today There was
General IMPROVEMENT In prloes. oregon 4
Inenial nd yanced - ~; Northern
Pacific 10 ~. Missouri paclDe 10 ": bpinp
Pacific to Gla Northern baciiic preferred g
HEs. fake Shote % ! 1is, LarHaWAuDa 70
MS. New yOr. CcpifM 10 ~. Norm
syastern 10 ! i9le nsadinR 70 y ~. ram -
W., Manitoba ( Ni5S. With smaller advance
on Others. 1he general vance for the day
oyer. lsst nights prices waA 10 VA. me
question OF lhe Oregon q Trapscnnltntnial
dividend OF new York remains antltely an
determined. Tie Sew York Central has DO
clagoi ~ usual per oelt. qusr,erly dlys !
dend, payable Jgnnary isth; books clgse
I1ecarul4f i6fb aud ro.peiiA jhnuafy xlhis
The New YORK 4 Harrow has DECLARED ~
usnai per cent, sonliapnpal dividend, pay.
able Iainary Ist Lowell add AnJpyeg -.
G afod their semiannual dividend VI W Der
cent.