Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-26
COMMERCIAL.
iAzErrE OFFICE. January 8.

GAZETTE OFFICE, January %
1t is a source of congratulation to the
GAZETTE TO chronicle marked i'm
provement in the trade, wholesale and
retail, Of Fort Worth during the weel,
ended yesterday. The business for the
period mentioned has been considera-
bly, larger than for corresponding
season since the year 1883 was ushered
ia. Orders ffom country merchants
are flowing in to our wholesale
houses, and besides there are number
of buyers personally on the market.
Traffic in retail merchandise has re-
ceived on impulse and trade is quite
stimulated and active. Inquiry among
dealers for the principal causes
of the enlargement of busi
ness elected the reply that that
condition was ascrbable primarily To
( the fair and congenial weather which
had its effect in influencing buyers
and facilitating business.
In wholesale groceries there is ver-
I liable rush of business, the exertions
of the whole force in the lading estab-
ment being taxed to supply orders us
rapidly as received. During the week
there has occurred a slight incline In
the quotations of short clear and long
clear bacon, and flour has advanced
twenty-five cents per barrel beyond
last weeks figures. In all other arti-
cles the market is unchanged, but il
may be stated to be active and steady
/ to firm.
! In the line of wholesale dry goods,
! there are no changes to report us COM
! pared with quotations throughout the
week. There Is considerable business
doing and the outlook is prom
Using. The market is firm.
With respect to saddlery and harness
| there is q quiet local demand ut pre-
vious prices, but shipments are active
and increasing in quantity. Fort
Worth has been steadily growing in
importance rs u wholesale market for
this class of goods, and in 1882 the ex-
port business reached an appreciable
extent, and the year 1883 begins with
indications of not merely maintaining
the volume of expectations but of
measurably enlarging it.
Fort Worth's wholesale liquor houses
are likewise experiencing the impetus
given to the trade situation, and are
doing large and profitable business.
The GAzETrE's quotations accurately
represent the status OF the market at
the present time. 1t Is very firm,
however, owing to the passage by the
senate of the so-called whisky
bill increasing the term
from three years to five years
during which stocks are permitted to
remain in bond. The production,
moreover, has been immense, which
undoubtedly must operate its effects
upon the market. Fort Worth is the
largest wholesale whisky market in
north or northwest Texas. and the
traffic increases commens.sr.yt1y with
the increase OF the demands for con
sumption in this section.
In reference to cotton receipts and
the cotton market, there remains moth
ing to relate, except repetition with
,, trivial variations, of the story of the
| past two weeks. The market in New
: York and Liverpool for spots has un.
G iergone in considerable changes, while
, futures vibrate between given points
l with perplexing irregularity. The
e feeling though, is everywhere mani
tested that the bottom has been faith
omed. Farmers continue to bring
q their stock to market in very moder
: ate quantities, and can always find ;
/, quiet demand for their product
Estimates of cotton. mel
r respecting the sum total of production
n and annual receipts, and the percent
y age of production and receipts up t.
date, differ materially.
i The wool market is duh and prices
y are in the main stationary. But it Il
4 noteworthy that the feeling is encour-
y aging, which denotes, If anything, thu
+ prevalence shortly Of a better market