The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-02
DOdpo,a Dehnniinna.


WASHINGTON, Sept. l.-Prof. d. r,
Dodge, statistician, of the Agricultural
department, has issued a small book
upon tho industrial economy of the
United states, which presents some
striking results of his investigation of
statistics of manufacturing and agricul.
tural productions OF the country for
twenty years. Within that period,
owing to labor-saving machinery, agri-
culture has more than doubled its pro-
ducti0n, with IA smaller proportion of
farm labor, and now threatens glut i'm
farm products unless this production
shall be farther reduced. The question
OF an outlet to foreign markets is dis
cussed, and facts shown that the
surplus of food products merely pays
for the imported food and beverages
and that trade can not be extended
without ruinOus reduction in prices. BY
the distribution Of labor in occupations
in this and other countries, as sb' =,
with reference to the comparati I'm ,IivW,n
and progress, it is found ,n1a 49, alriit
That inequality Of ;iistrIbutinn" a. ,agoiiv
duSlrleS relhTds lovclopmcnt and t, i
exclusive agricultural nations nro
always poor. The phenomenal pr,g,, W.
OF me central west is presented In no
deduction from the slatis,,Ic sbnnin,,
HAT half the cultivate, nro n S, ~ ~, H.
united States lies in the ono rnmrth NJ
Ihe territory produ ..lp,, mora tbnn three
irLn ms OF song Of the principal crops.
th mo Nv Nv ~ SHOWN thOt the Ohio valley is
land On, most inllS occupied body of
r 'amuI ONO having ii per cent. of her sur
iyou III iarlhs, Ind lana, $50; Illinois, Sg.4;
much. All" nv o'i'oi 9'aIe as
or ~ ~ Is shown that already thrcc-tenths
nrc m,o ,,i,' .factures Of the United States
in ldes o 81 Jed within the Central West"
thn cn, ian threc-tenths of the area of
lis 80 .mtry within half a century from
)ttlement.
favorable Cotton Report from Houston.
, HousToN, Sept. Especial. A COM
parallve statement Of receipts of new
cotton up to date Of tho present year
shows a wonderful falling off from the
number received at corresponding date
OF last year. On the first day of Septem-
her, 1883, the total number of bales of
new cotton received mt this point was
lOSSO, while the receipts of the present
year loot up only 3,O3g, showing a fall
ing of of 1881 bales. This may be ac.
counted for, however, in the fact the
crop ~ nearly, ifnot quite, month later
than last year, and is not attributable,
MS some would suppose, tothe shOrtness
! of the crop. The outlook for the present
season, however, is not the brightest for
years, and although the staple has me-
gun to arrive pretty freely, il is evident
the crop throughout the State is short
to some extent, and that prices cannot
rule very high from the fact that pro
auctions in other States are fully UP to
tho average, and the falling oil
~ the Texas product will not
10 sufficient to give the
market any buoyancy so far
as prices are concerned. The various
cotton presses of the city began last
week to buckle down i'm earnest To work
Tho Peoples press compressed $40 bales
last Saturday and received GOO more,
which were turned out to-day. The Bay
cry and other presses have also been
az work, but the precise number of bales
handled has not been aScertaiued.