Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-25
LOCAL MARKETS..


Scarcely nny cotton cAmo In,
There woro no changes in either groceries |
or dry eoodN rln latter ~ reporsd very
quio,
E,as were dw at 80 Ccnt7. Poultry was
active.
wlfEAT is ntsstA
omclnl estimates ~ tho harvest IN llusain
put TIC crop of 1854 ut le,SSs,tsl uuinlOls-
about ,hjN,UOo Qulntnis below an average crop,
or little inoro than 8,NtOeO bushels rhs
would not Imply greatly increased domnnd
ior American gtnin, hut tho rye crop VI RUS
Aa lsbigo 5000 Qulninls follow nm average,
the barley crop l,ShtouO, and tha crops Of oats
and beans are also rhori, though The ylult OF
potatoes ~ u null average, somewhat more
than the average demand from nussia may
therefore po expected during thV crop year VI
our spcCuators DO NOT isoopIiiecp "a high a.
to leave the for Ign lphrlots 60 producers Of
Ruasih and o,hprconntrleG
AnENplA wAEu.r,
| The startling mcrcasc Ia the number Of
| Bu inoSs failures Ia Tito United states j.
creating sroat deal 90 uueRslnc'Hand dis
! trust, ana At ~ unlorHtopd that the question
tho adoption afa new banking law WI be
acted unnn ny the present eongtefs' our
nrsi national bankrupt law WISE cusclrd on
| Apdl &, 1850, and repealed on neocuthct "
iNai the second WAS rnastd on AuEusl 10,
| lSi, aud repealed on March & 1919 the thirl
or lcncbcss net, lnst,d uom March 2, ls6i. 10
September !, ISIS,
coFpi NSfp TEA,
Mr., James Il. nayis. Inspector OF irns tur
the port Of Now YofR, has recently CON
ieinnod eight cut OF FORTY tots ottcas, Ina.
ported flom Londog Ia November he
cllht lots comprised 90; paoigasps ald wvtn
VALUED a. ahout i2dea. which nnder The lnM
ofc1npfnsa for tho prevention OF tho iinror'
tation 1T ndults atod ~ impure TOYS, viii
have 10 bo destroyed oF taken out OF the
country, ~ they will not be allowed TO puier
the tr. de, The Importer, however, took an
appeal 10 Collector lobesdu, A leading i'm
porter IT lcss ia Eow York says that tlio ~
f,sl oil ops law Is airoJy lelt IA the lea trade
IA China. In 1891 ticra was imported from
that country a. bu11ponndg of tea, la lssl
under theinluonoe orthi law, which was
ouiy passed In March last, the impoHations
win not exceed $4,000 pounds. II Is orli.
mated by those who ara thoroughly con
yersant with tho,u,Jcct That no lcsE Than
10 0.C0o pounds Of isferior or surplus teas
hnyo boon istpt oei of tho United States since
the passage Of lie law ngninst lhr tmparlR'
ton ufaduierato OF impure t.as,
AairArtoS oN AYruitAclrg coat.
The Philadelphia. American says "'lhero
Is sainn reason 10 snspoot uAt large 30 ton
ol thr agitation on the tuldfct OF tho price oi
anthracite coal IL not caused BY the mining
lntolcpis at NIL but by The hitter anlag1n ls'n
between The fRilr1ad companies Interested
IA the tiade. Hence. tho object al this agi
. ton was not ~ much To break down the
price OF coal as 90 ruin some OF tho icadin
companie,l for the Denent Of The suTylF lnR
intotosis. ftis. 10 fact sort Of dog oat dog
arrangement, carried on ia the most rccbles'
iAsiiion"
WHEAT rsriAArES.
The gusernmunl agricultural bureau Dc
cember report on the whoa, crop tays tia
the aggregate via slightly exceed 40 .o0pge
bushels. That tie Oat crop 10 larger THU las
year, and viii exceed . o,aooDp, and that -
aud harley VIII b. lilils lsas liian last yesi
A telegram from Ottawa. ont, says That y
uonsed uenee OF representations made W w
customs department by ontario NIL Ter
pespoctIug tho inierlora quality " The presen
wears crop. tho whsat nlillers viii bereaile
ba erediied with duty on four bushels aus
fofly.nyo pounds Of wheat for every barre
\ offlour prodnesd fruin Imported wheat iron
d tho United afates ground 10 bond Ia CaD0di
ond exported. Formerly The department
hold thnt bnifei OF Hour could heob aias'
from fur buslels and tllIfty-Dso poapds
wheat This n Ia sttiat apeordsnce With ~
mention made lhft week ofiDfeuofi'yin III
, quality OF The what crap OF tie uniioi
! eiatas, as shown by the grade ofoar Load lot
OF grain received n, Ssw York ilns far sine
i harvest