Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-27
LOCAL MARKETS.

FoHr woRrit, December 80, 1881. =
All tho markets were very puiot TODAY,
and It l. thought TINT they will remain so
and unchanged during the week, ON account
of tho Observance oriho holidays.
Tho receipts Ut cotton wero probably
smaller than they have been since the season
commenced.
The only secclpts OF grain were little
corn and less on,s.
LATTER on iNrHnIosr.
The following cNtrtct from n late London
Journal viii doubtless lnierrst parties con.
nested with tho grain and provision trade,
9Th ncws OF further lighting IN Tonauln
follows information from Paris OF the All.
herencc of China TO the position she has NJ.
ready taken an. As tho policy ~ France is
that OF imnovohill,y, We MUS, assume that
u war between tho two countries win follow.
such an event cannot be cont cmplated with.
nut serious apprehension. That II viii harm
the Gel stiai empire greatly We cannot to.
lleyc. ,soNtont is 10 VAST that the assaults
of distant olomy, however powerful,
can only damage its Internal trade
whic is but u small percentage OF the whole,
wlthou; Diminishing tho wealth aud prugrcss
ofn nation whose Inhabitants ARE as nuincie
GUS rs locists. Should France launch into "A
war with China the national s,lrlt would not
allow her 10 withdraw from lt un Il both
blood aud treasure have been laVishel IL
what, should SHE succeed, would be ruthless
victory. To carry on such war at such "a
distance 90 AN effective scalc may add ~ o.
zoos TO her debt. while T. cannot lic douc
without creating much soreness With Other
European powers. Az blockade OF the ports
of China would be The only efficient means OF
causing loss 10 the enemy. ogher sources of
uneasinuss would nri.o through the inter
ference with he trlio OF other nations, II iR
o primary law OF nations that II blockade of
this kind must be effective, and this question
Of ciircilVtnoss would from time to timecOp
M aud generate Misunderstanding with
other nations
NASurACrUnEN AM AGHiCuIfUEE.
Land and Water says "rha siaiisiiclan oi
the agricultural department uf the United
States has SHOWN In recent report that the
value Of arm lands decreases In exact pro,
portion ~ the ratio OF agriculture 10 other
industries lncr' asses. That Is where nh the
labor Is d voted 10 agriculture, tho hand ~
worth less than whore only half OF thn pco-
die are farm lshorers, and. where only a
aus rtor of them arc No onragcd, the brsna
nnd iholr products are stili more valuable.
II Is, In fact, proved by statistics ihoi
diversified intnfuats are of tie greatest
vRluo 90 q state, and That thu prseuco %
mannfaetory near n farm increases ihe
value OF the nrm aud it, cropn. II II further
established thai, dividing The United states
into four sections or glasses, with rfsiorenee 20
the rntioof agricultural workers 10 ilr whole
popnlatlon, and putting those states having
less thnn D. per cent, of agricultural ihboFerS
IN the nrst olnss. all having over thirty and
loss than nay ia The second. those between
nay and seventy la tho third, ANA tho q haN-
ing seventy oi more IN tho fourth tlse value
of lar rms N in inverse rstioio the agricultural
population; and that, wherens in the purely
agricultural section. tho fourth class. iho
vnluo of The n,fmE per acre Is only Dds, IA
the nsxi class 10 Is $500, Ia She tiurd s3f.2l
and In tho manufacturing districts ei0A2
This shows an onorp Gus advantage fuI a
mi sed district, Yet not only II the laad more
valuable, the production per aero IL greater
and the wages paid TO nam bands inipoi'
MAnulaciufes and VARIED industries thus moi
Only bencat The manufacturers, bst nrs 81
eounl benoni and advantage 10 the n'rmofH
o. we'll The latter would, tberofofe, do wei
40 abandon thell prejudice agaiue, factories
which really increSse the saiuo OF their prop
erty instead ofdoprecistiDg IT."