The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-01
GEORGE j. HEATING,
KAnsas City, Special Partner.

confirm this supposition, it is remarked
that the growth of chicory would acquire
considerably augmented importance MS a
branch of German agricultui al industry.
The canal system is receiving new i'm.
pulse In Great Britain. Encouraged, no
doubt, by the success of ship canals else
where, English capitalists are turning their
attenti IN TO the facilities offered for reach
ing the inland manufacturing towns from
The ocean, and several surveys have been
ordered. with views of early prosecuting
the work OF cutting and opening.
In Woodworking Bavaria holds pre-.
eminent position. From kitchen utensils
and wooden clogs to the most elaborate arv
work, the wood-turuer and carver produce
something to suit taste and demand. In
wooden brackets, e.c.--a sale amounting
to about 500 co is annually effected For
toys in wood and wooden statuettes, the
ancient rrincipality OF Berch 'esgaden was
renowned in the sixteenth century. At
Nuremberg, Venice, Genoa, Cadiz and Ant
werp there were regular depots for the
sale of these objects, even at that remote
period. Then, as now, Reehenhall and
Oherammergau were renowned, not merely
Tor the Passion Play" but for their sim
pie peasant wo-kmen, who, by dint of toll
and assiduity, had become artists. A spe.
cial school for wood-sculpture has been
opened at BE chtesgaden, where the arts
ard mysteries of the craft are carefully
taught.
The New Orleans Picayune published
last week a letter from Mr.. 9. Menclas, n
well Louisiana planter, who saws
that he has already more than twenty acres
in jute, will plant more, and will this sea.
son have three different deCOrticators at
work side bv side. The Picayune thinks
this was the missing link In perfect sue
cess for jnte culture in the south Just
as soon as the decOrtication by machinery
is a perfect process" it says, There will not
be the slightest difficulty in Louisiana In
making more money by raising jute than
by cotton or sugar. A report OH jute cul.
ture, by Professor s. Warehouse, of Wash
ingtOn university, st. Louis. says that the
tillage of jute is easy and inexpensive, that
the operations after the stalks have been
gathered require the greatest work and
labor. and that this very fact increases the
probability OF success in the attempt to
raise iute In the United States. The reason
for this unexpected conclusion is this: A
great proportion of the work which pre-.
pares jute for the market can be performed
by mechanical process. Consequently il
will be an easy thing for us to overcome by
our inventive faculties the disadvantage OF
competition with the cheap and abundant
labor of India"
The Shoe and Leather Reporter, of New
York, says:
1t requires more than ordinary sagacIty
to manage business successfully during
periods of depression. 1t is easier to make
money when times are good than it is to
save money when times are bad. There is |
nothing difficult In floating with the current. |
Dllt H. in hard n n rfr coil uua,nat u M |
have been having for year past languid |
an dropping markets; traffic that was |
large but not spirited, extensive transac-
lions WITH very little profit at best, and |
often with actual loss instances of insol-
vency that were wholly unlocked for, be-
cause the parties had gone along so mapy |
years with undisputed credit that they had
ut last come to be regarded as trustw worthy |
beyond peradventure. There was a brief
season last autumn, after good crops were |
assured, when the situation bore a propiti.
Gus aspect; tor few weeks there was much |
but 1t speedily sub1ided, and we
have been relrograding ever since. From
January till now The gloom has been steadily
ncepening; all sorts of calamities have oc-
CURED; the elements have been doing mi
chief the destruction OF life and property
by lire and flood has been unusually large.
We have had a succession of failures which |
nave revealed u good deal of commercial
un soundness; merchants have been kept In
constant state OF uncertainty as TO which
was the worst, to sell their goods and run
tho risk of not getting pay for them, or to
hold them and take the chances of their
depreciating In value 1t was at best
mere choice between two evils. Misfortune
was sure to hang on either horn OF ii Q
dilemma; the only point to be consider, d |
was how to escape with the least damac
Under such discouraging circumstances
men confer and condole with each other.
Everyone, unintentionally and unconsci.
Qisly, contributes to and intensifies the
dependency Necessarily there
Is good deal of trade, for there are great |
to be supplied with the neces.
sarles of life, but there IS nothing lively
about It, no enthusiasm or satisfaction such
as there would be Ii it were ordinarily re,
the seller takes no pleasure in
parting with his goods, because they Weld
him no gain; the buyer operates with In.
Inference or aversion, because there are so
many contingencies that may render his
bargain an unIucky one; the sales are Of
ected with so much cxertion that they an
pear smaller than they are; the stocks are
10 unattractive that their proportions are
nagniied by the contemplation of the i'm
Dedlme ats that stand in the way of work
ng them OIL.