The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-07
TRADE ITEMS.

TuueIA,t da.e OF Black Friday is September
~ 1862 IL was very black Friday In the New
York gold. room AS the price Of the yellow me-
tai wss dr. ven mp from somewhere low In the
Ihirtica 70 49, l'2.
Al Birmingham th- rent OF a mail house. In.
Guiding shop, IL abont 90 cents week. Al
bradford flour ayerag y ~ cents per stone; tea
a cents per pound; sugar O. butter 30 to "a; lard
II; cheese IS bacon II; beef AZ, mutton aud
pork IS fish q 10 Q; poia Oct II TO ID: calicoes
per yard; prints II; boots s2'Oo per Par tobacco
and s cents psr ounce. ale % to 80 per gallon;
house rcnis 81 o. 10 81 ., according TO four o:
ak rooms, are hired aud board. for sing le men
50 II aseek A. Catdh the tostoi living Tor
the lAborlng class Is 10 shillirg- to " shillngs
n week aud cottages rent from b shilings TO
rhillings' At sh, rield. loard ranges from u
shiilings 10 IL shilings.
The work on the Panama canal although yet
in an incl lent state. t,gins 10 tell upon the
business interests Of New York Almost all the
implements ut labor aud neccsser.cs of life are
being shippt d from that port The Pacific Mail
Company h s 50 much freight ON hand that II
had to start au extra steamer, the Crescent CITY,
with sailing ship In tow OF her. Both were
loaded to their utmost capacity.
The tobacco exports of the United States are
about ten times larger Than those Of Turkey,
but probably few people know that in the pro-
duc,ion, consumption and export Of tobacco
America exceeds every rthrr country. and that
M a producer Of quanlil!es 1t isfollow ed immcd-
lately by Russia Hungary, Gs many, France.
not by Cuba, which has but abon! i5sl tobacco
farms and exports less than does Turkey.
IN Leeds conf lug foremen are paid 20 thil.
lings week, The average for ordinary workers
being rs shillings. AZ She HELD puddiers get ~
or rs shill ngs week. shinglers from 30 10 CO;
rollers hom 40 to 60; fufnace men from 10 10 20;
forge men from so TO rs and laborcrs q.
Al Louisville tobacco sales for 1883 were IS 300
hoGsbeads. against 6l,4O In lss9; receipts for
1888, 1855 hogshe. DIS, against b3O75 In 1882;
stock january 3.2si hog heads, against 6,3lJ
in 1884. During the past year 72?.0 hoesheads
If 1882 crop, 32li hUgshesds OF 1853 crop aud
7<27 hoRsheads Of former crops were so d The
proportion OF Burnley grades were about @! l-2
pr cent Of the sales. which shows decided
Increase in Offering. Of these grades over former
years The sales OF dark grades show also an
Increased percentage In proportion
TO the size of the crop OF such
and dcmonstrate this market 10 be the market
or the purchase cf all styles OF western grown
tobsccos. botn FIR the home aud export trado.
The new crop lss3 productionl Is within about
10 per cent. OF an average taken on the who o.
hurley descriptions are within a fraction OF u
full crop, while the dark descriptions show
decrease The quality of the crop Is superior
and Tugs very lightly The dark crop, though
not so eafy Is superior In quality and general
usefulness 10 that Of 1877 market d 10 1873.
Prices MS prevail NJ present though full, APP
pear {, be justifable ms we enter new sea on
with con. pafat.ycly small stocks, hes des t1e
ds maud is general, aud coming from nou-spec'
ulntiye oufces, gives healthy tune to bust
-"ss promising good prospects for the present
range OF prices to clntinue.
In birmingham csrpt nteis get whet Is equiv.
alent TO lG cent, an Tour; bricklhyefS, 10;
stone. masous, III painters, II; plumoers. 20;
blacksmiths, 20; aud ordinary workmen, 10.
In Bradford six Suinn r. average q shilings n
wet X: dytrS get 81 killings: clmbing overlook
ers, % 4 drawing over ooker', 30 mechanics
average 30. -
Tine ...t debt Of New York City Is over s92 COO
600 ard vet 1t has been d crvasing steadily
since 1916 ana the credit OF the city il 10 good
that 3 per cen bonds nave been seling at u
premium. The net debt OF Philadelphia is less
than half that # New York but The payments
fov inter IT aud king fund are heavy
weight upon property owners
Prof. Levi estimates that, while tho British
nation seems 10 spend annually fs13,tOO, goo,
the ne I expendltu l. only cost 10000 which
is all that L. actrally made away with. The
other 1872 30 O0J consists o. taxes and profits on
distribution. ana " considerable portion o. tn =
is levied upon the luXuiies consumed. Prof |
Levi con putes the savings OF the laboring |
claA SEES at Gl3W0 90 "a year, ana those OF the |
rest Of the community at illOOOOOO, so That
there is an annual surplus OF fi23 .t0l00O car |
lied over TO swell the ,pital OF the nation, and |
aus ments Tvs repro 'uctive powers
The cnief OF the ureau Of statistics reports
that The total values of theexp rts Of PETROLEUM
and d troleum products from the United States
during November 1883 and tho eleven months
ended the same, as compared with 81 Hare x
ports during The corresponding period OF the |
year, were rs follow; November,
1s8s f4,2i2.2sS Noveu ber 1882. s31s, 100, eleven
mon,hs end,d November 30 1888, IA 1885, 57e;
eleven months ended November 80, 1ss2 sil,-
30 16s.
Eullcns OF D.sf. aud the con- umption per caritt ,
Produced 2 GO, i9s COO gallons, d the average /
ccns rm tlon per col ita Yves SEA- quarts. Bel |
Kjufn be-ts Germany in the rate OF consump-
hon, snd England follows the latter closely, I
The u .ited States, on the other hand, produced |
last year 376.555 90 gallons. and consumed 2o1s !
h.