The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-14
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COMMERCIAL.


ID LAS, March Is Since the last weekly
review OF the markets Of this city, business
In all the staple products has been remark
ably steady and quiet. The one staple in
which all classes are more interested at this
time than any other, is cotton. For some
time past the price paid for it, has been not
above. the cost Of production, and conse-
quently IL has ceased to he a profitable pro-
duct OF the country. Nearly all that is now
offered on the market, is badly stained, and
is value thereby reduced below quotations,
which are only given tor grades that will
bear close inspection. Prices have not
changed either in Europe or America, ex-
cept in New Orleans alone, where an advance
of sixteenth Is chronicied. In this city a
middling grade will command and cents
from spinners' agents and buyers. There
has been very active demand for choice
oats for seed, during the past few weeks,
and dealers have found 1t impossible to fill
all the acquisitions from their correspond.
ents. Lower grades are more plentiful.
The larger business on tho exchange has
been In corn, and the supplies from the
country tributary and north Texas,
have been Inadequate to tho demand.
Orders are coming in freely
from the southern. eastern aud western por-
lions Of the state, and members of the ex-
change, who ara always wide-awako and
prepared for any emergency, have entered
into such arrangements with Kansas
dealers as enable them TO meet all askings
ut prices which defy competition. The
small quantities Of wheat brought in on
wagons are absorbed by millers, and dealers
here are meeting all demands from other
localities by purchases from abr0nd. The
askings for ryehave almost ceased and there
IL little In the hands of the farmers or in
store in the city. Barley Il required for
seed, and as IL ~ one of the most profitable
crops grown in Texas, producers are giving
1t more attention than they have In former
years. Millet seed is yet plentiful on the
market, but the demand Is increasing
daily. Prices for all kinds OF grain are firm
at quotations, and in small lots Will com.
mand higher figure. Hay continues
abundant, and holders are growing more
anxious to sell at present prices. There
have been some heavy sales OF flour during
the past week, and tho impression obtains
that 1t will soon bring better figures The
demand for bran has fallen of materially,
as was expected when the ranges afforded
subsistence for live stock Good beet cattle
continue scarce, and fat, smooth, corn.fed
beeves bring the highest prices quoted. A
lew shipments north have occurred during
the past week, but the active compe-
tition between butchers and shippers has
rendered quotations very firm. Mutton
sheep, fit for the shambles, come in very
slowly, and are eagerly taken when offered
on the exchanges. A few veal calves are to
ba seen in the pens but the good prices
paid by siockmen induce farmers to hold
nearly all their young stock for better fig
ures than are paid by butchers. Hogs are
above the requirements of butchers and
dealers, and although generally in excel.
lent condition, are rather drag on the
market. All the ponies and light horses
offered are taken freely by horse dealers to
MI orders from ranchmen, and prices are
looking up. Large horses and draught
mules IN numbers are not adequate to the
demand, and really fine animals command
fancy figures. All kinds of live stock arc
looking up and with the opening OF spring
prices are not only hardening, but adyanC.
Ing. While there Is no wool Offering ut this
time, wool-growers look with interest to
tine markets elsewhere, in hope that the
present. good prices may be maintained
There Is an unusual activity in the hide
market oil owe. the country, and Dallas
dealers are paying higher prices than are
generally given in other cities in She
state, aud are purchasing nearly all
that are on saie in north Texas. In
vegetables II vii be noticed that potatoes
are firm and high, and the better varieties
for seed bring fancy prices. Sweet potatoes
are plentiful and prices have receded during
IN week All kinds of fruits, us Is usual
~ TINS season, are high, and choice varie-
Ties OF apples are firm at quotations. There
has been no change in California fruits, and
the demand Is light. Lemons and ORANGES
are plentiful and comparatively low. New
vegetables from more southern localities
are offered NJ the stalls, and small platters
OF slckly.looking tomatoes sell for twenty
I'VE cents, which In few weeks would be
thrown in the cutters. Butter is always I'm
demand when solid and of good color.
Eggs have declined and are now bringing
on the streets but ton cents. Wood is not
plentiful, but the demand Is not great, and
prices are now on parity with regular quo
tations. AS the temperature Of the
weather increases the sale of oysters and
fish diminlshes, although prices are steady
Turkies and chickens come in slowly. md
there is an anxious enquiry for both by
dealers. The spring trade of the city has
opened buoyantly and wholesale dealers
are rejoicing In the largest and most
lucrative trade ever vOuchsaied to the city
Groceries are low, and provisions are steady
III price, The dry good and notion trade
are particularly active. Saddlery leather
hardware, drugs, and in fact, dealers In all
branches, arc taxed to their utmost capacity
70 meet tho demands made upon them.
Inc retail trade is prosperous in every line,
and those engaged in all tho mcrcantile
branches OF business are felicitous over Tho
favorable auspices which foreshadow The
large and satisfactory operations which nre
surely awaiting them during tho entire
season.
ON CHANGE.