The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-30
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.

THE BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.
DALLAS. March 20,--In conversation with
an intelligent ard practical gentleman To-
day, he remarked that 1t is IDLE To PROJECT
large manufacturing establishments IN
Dallas at this time, for the high prices
which fuel commands would render II I'M
possible with them to successfully compete
with like industries in more favored locall-
ties east and south. III coal could be III
forded here at four and halt or even i've
dollars q ton, cotton and WOODEN mills
would prove remunerative. He suggested
that smaller manufacturing enterprises
would be found more profitable. lie spoke
of shirts, drawers and other garments being
made in this city, and said that these en-
terprlses already offered employment 10 as
large number of women and girls as some
of the largest cotton factories In the north
That there lisa wide field here for tho smaller
and more remunerative businesses there
can he no doubt A brush factory here
would prove highly profitable Tor the
amount Of money required TO put ltinto
successful operation. The bristles could
be procured here at trillDg expense,
while In the north they command rom MY
cents TO dollar and u quarter per pound
The machinery for brush factory sufficient
to,employ two men would. not exceed IN
cost a hundred and fifty dollars, and 1t would
employ several other persons IN gathering
the material and in asserting aud prepar-
ing II for the wOrkmen. Tho wing ana Tall
feathers Of the chicken and turkeys con
sumed in this city and county alone would,
II preserved, enable many women and boys
to make more than handsome living, by
manufacturing them into feather busters.
A handle and spoke factory could but
prove highly remunerative to any one who
established himself at the business
This country affords the very best of tim
Der for such purposes These are only II
few of the minor industries that would be
paying enterprises here, which would al
ford employment to many, ANA winch could
be increased and enlarged as the business
extended, and a competency more surely
awaits those who engage in them than IL
larger sums Of money were expended in
more extensive enterprises.
ON CHANGE.
The following named gentlemen were
registered as visitors on the Exchange; b.
w. Brown, Galveston; @. w. Swank, ST..
Louis; J. W. Forman, Big Sandy; CASTOR
Meslier, st. Louis; ]. N. Leedom, Kaut-
man; II. M. Haig, Cleburne.
There was little change in exchange
prices of grain to-day, and cotton was firm
ut quotations. There were some sales
made of corn, but transactions were gener-
ally light. There ~ not much doing in
oats or wheat, the heaviest demand being
for corn. Miilet seed sells more freely. bu,
in small lots.
The following were the Exchange prices
to-day. Wheat, cash, 81 ,02 to 81 .06; March
$102; April, $l.03 to $l,0S; May, $l.O5,
Corn, in shuck. cash, 57i to GA; March, 56
to 90; April 81; May, 81; average Texas
corn in bulk, cash, 6l; March, 50; April, So
to 6S; May, 52i. Oats. sacked, cash, co.
March, 5S April, 90 to 81; May, l5, Millei
seed, GO to 65; German, $l.25. Hay, $3.50
to $l3. Middling cotton was weak at 1.l6
cents.
GRAIN AND DREApsruFrs.
There We're two cars Of corn received in
this city from Kansas and one from Cedar
Hill. car OF corn was shipped TO Albany
and another to Toyah. A mixed car OF
hay and corn went TO the pinerles in east
ern Texas. The wagon receipts were light
A few loads Of oats came in, which were
eagerly seized upon before they fairly en-
tered the limits of The city, Prices are un-
changed.
rO'DANB QUOTATIONS..
WHEAr--Uhoice, LOO, medium, 9Sc low grade
Soc Nicaragua 70 to SOC.
kYn-FiIm AZ 60 to 7Oc
DARLEy-6O to 63o.
AILiET sEED--G5; German millet 1928.
0ATs-60 10 62c for spring. b5 TO COS Tor fall
choice red rust proof G2@65c; in sacks. cents
additional.
CoSs--In shuck, 65c to COO; sheled and sacked,
500 to Csc,
BRAn-we quote a, mills, LOO In stota usotn
l.20.
sLouG- We quote City Mills IA follows; xxx
aaO; xxx, 3l65; extra s2,75; Magnolia, t276
Fancy. %, a06e3 ,db; choice s3,20@325; XXXX,
e3. Coca. 05; XXX, s2.6Ocp2G5; Xxx, S22O612 .2o
Corn meal, per bushel. IS.
fHED--Chopped corn, per 100 lbs. O. %; ortsn
"a corn and cob, per 100 lbs, 81 20, crushed corn
and barley, per 100 lbs, 81 90; corn bran, per 10
HAY-Darx, sS@s; bright $40 From storoe
prairie, baled, dark. 1907; bright $l2; bright
roo on board, car, $40 TO IL dark. 81 toS
CorToN Srsp--Firm at l3hc, per bushel.
From q Calcutta consular report to the
department of state:
In British India the production OF
wheat has increased rapidly in late years
and II is now about 2i0000,0O0 bushels OF
nh area Of about 20,000,CO0 acres. About
1900 900 bushels were exported in lSSl-S2
and, estimating $4,000, 600 bushels for seed
10000 600 bushels is left as home supply
OF which u large quantity is stored away Il,
q reserve. The varieties of wheat grown IL
India are divided into four principa
groups-the soft white, the hard do, tn,
soft red, the hard red The average hes
grade Is between No. aud No . Milwau
kee. The actual cost of India standar,
wheat from the Punjab northwest proyin
ces, and Oudh, where two-thirds OF Tn,
wheat is produced. will average from 81 |,
to vi Is per busne laid down In London
About sevcn.twenteths of that exported /,
Europe goes via Calcutta, even-twentieth
via Bombay, and the remainder by way o
Kurrachee.
I'm the four principal wheat-producin,
provinces there are 81, 900 900 acres of virgil
soil, tho larger portion OF which can b.
made suitable for the cultivation of wheat
The land, however, 10 now overgrown will
jungle, the clearing Of which is slow an,
expensive, and much irrigation Will be nee
essary.
Tine government is constructing canals
railways and in other directions encourap
Ing the cultivation of this staple. The con
illusions drawn IN the report are that lndi
can produce an average quality OF wheat u
as low cost 10 the producer us the most ia
vored locality In the United States. Tho
India eau now furnish the European mar
ket with 10000 900 bushels annually, an,
owing to the elasticity Of the home con
sumption and to the possession of vas
areas susceptible Of wheat cultivation, la
the facilities for increasing the supply 70
export to almost any limit. That In dual
Ivy, transportation charges, handling iaci
tiles. safety from damage during transit
and stability OF money exchange America
wheat has advantages that remove appr,
tensions OF Indian competition at legit
mate prices, but in order to keep this nd
vantage 1t is absolutely necessary tina
America should keep pace with India 1
the efforts to keep ireights at the loves
\ possible minimum. And, lastly, that upo
the basis Of fair average crop throughou
the world the American farmer will have /
cut down the cost Of production to th
lowest notch and be content with SINAI
profits, or soc eat.growing stimulated /
India 70 such an extent that competitio
Will DO extremely form liable.