Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-02
THE GAZETTE: WORTH. TEXAS. TUESDAY. JANUARY
COMMERCIAL.


GAERrTE OFFICE. January I, ISSS
principle, several OF the incrchnnts OF The
city, both Wholesale and retail, were busily
engaged yesterday In ticking Inventories Of
stocks ON hand, In order to determine the re-
suits, as far aspossibie, ofthe transactions of
the year Just closed. The lnil In trnfitc which
naturally succeeusa squirt. was favorable to
this purpose, and attaches and employees
were all occupiedin the work. Despite u fow
disappointncnts. the fruits OF oyer-snngtline
expectations aud an inditirent crop year in
TINS section, the GAZETTE apprchends that
the general verdict Will be one of unqualified
satisnction. "our trade has been re-
inarksble FOR new Near'a Day re-
Joined wholesale grocer yesterday, In
response to the GAzErrE's inquiry as TO tho
state OF trade. The same competent author.
NY on matters pcrtainfng 10 business In
Wuich Fort NOrths interests are involved
referred encouragingly TO the outlook for the
year rshered in last night and 1t Is TO be
hoped that his predictions arc prophetic.
cities rise and sink like bubbles ON the
water says the poet, and which may be
true In connection with poetic license, but
the rise OF the Fort has been attended with
more circumstance than the idea OF the
versiler would convey, and ono would seek
invnin for evidences OF Its downward ten
dency A retrospect OF its commercial and
material prosperity and its educational aud
social advancement for the year Is sufficient
inspiration for patriotic fervor and the
several enterprises projected and contemplat.
Ell by municipal government and individual
capitalists, Is calculated TO Undue conf
dence Verging upon certainty for contin-
uhtCe Oh the suspicious conditions OF the
past. The experience gained may be profita-
bly, directed TO personal and general welfare,
and there will be "a clearer conception of the
necessities OF our solidifying and yet extend
! Ing commerce.
SOME ANNUAL srATrsrrcs
Over $4,000 bushels of oysters are annual
ly canned. Ofthis, 1908 900 bushels are pack
ed raw, aud 800 900 cooked and Theoretically
sealed. There are are iTU oysters In u busbel,
and ri the rate given, there are canned each
| year thirty oysters for every iphabitant In
| tho UHitsd states. This requires 1880 vessels
and employs 1000 persons. The total amount
of capital Invested Is sl00O,0oO, and wages
earned 10 20,0Q0,Oo0 in round numbers.
The worlds product Of silk is estimated at
s40O.olO,0oo, and something over 10000 opera
| tives are employed in this industry.
| France leads with 10000 operatives and a
! product of 2i00JV,000. According 10 the re-
port of Mrs Wyckofi, 400 persons are EN-
| ture ofsilk, and the otsi value OF the prod
| uct is 1874, ilo, lB3, thus producing about per
cent OF the total production ofthe world.
mated by competent authorities TO equal
| si50, 900 per year. New York receives IN a
single year $4,000 barrels of eggs, valued al
Ss,O00,0ee In 1877 there were exported from
! this country 5,9o2,'jO, dozen eggs, valued at
S88S ,75l. IL is claimed that Philadelphia con
sumes daily 900 dozen eggs, The approx
| mate receipts OF eggs in Boston for the veal
| 1878 were as follows: l0;,Gj7 cases, containing
! 100 dozen each, and lT,703 barrels containing
! 70 dozen each, These figures give asa result
| l6s, 40 packages, containing 6,bl5,052 dozen
| eggs. 70, 1877, $50 single eggs.
| The manufacture of carriages has been u
! leading industry In this country. During 81
| years from 1910 to is70--the value OF the pro
duet increased from 81 0N,W0 to $1,000, 900,
1 and the number OF workmen 10000 to 10000
| n 1870 tho number OF establishments wa
! given at 10000. Within the last decade the
/ growth OF he industryhas been very rapid and
when the statistics are published the facts
| will doubtless surprise even the best posted
AS many wild statements are current II
| regard to the quantity OF coal consumed III
| the manufacture of iron, * may he wortl
| while to notice that the census In enumerat
| ing the kindsand quantities of fuel thus used
| includes 3,322, isS tons of anthracite and 5,
| b590j5 tons of bituminous coal, 2,T7,lJ5 tom
J of coke, and 69,5e2, 0yl bushels OF charcoal
| Stoppage of iron works at the west or south
| does not affect the producers or carriers o
anthracite coal materially, but stoppase o
| such works at tho east would be serious
matter.