The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-05
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COMMERCIAL.


DALLAS. March In reSsed activity Is the
general rulia = and tnly apples !, AL I'nlias
t-ade except iuol which iso1iy la demand for
kitchen purposes. Inyefsely with fuel depres.
sion, trade Is active IN implements aud seeds
Planting or preparing . p.sn, I, the general oc.
cupali0u Popular brands OF garden seeds have
met u greater dcInaud than ever before.
With the falling IN OF cotton
:, ipis hides are arriving N much create,
from Terrell aud 2 GERS arc being loaded la tner
null capacity ior shipment cast skins are com
ing in with more freedom than eyer. Raccbon
skirs and few opossnm skins came in since
Monday Snoep eni hog skins are being
handed here to a limited ex,ent. Arnvss OF
demaud Yesterday two cars Of Missouri mules,
over ten hands high. and nearly all blacs were
ulloadcd from the Texas & Pacific cars. aud AZ
in as freely as last week corr fed bsiias county
beef cattle arrived to-day aui yt,t'iday on
hoof, dhyen from near proan' or.
quotations. chickens anl eggs are IN better
supply. aud the demand for eggs has improved
In View of the Xpected crowds at ihr operate
concerts and the Cattlcmep's convention, with
It's incidental festivities butter arrives freely,
and oaly the choice article brings . cents.
Brca's,uiis sie ia fair demand at quotations
unalitred for II days. In groceries there Is no
change to note except slight declinein cut
loaf and other hucs grades uf sugar In drugs
and chemicals, the distraction by htc on the
.Ntn ult, nt inc klttl iuliAu'llhih fNAhihI inv
ylan bars Powers Il woishtmsn are the
largest manufacturers OF qUinine In the
f q said ana are from So co. to 800
co., OF late they have been unable to
manufacture fast cuoIsn TO meet the dcrano,
and letters from the firm regre'tin2 their inabil-
ty to I'll orders at 1nce have been received by
Chicago wholesale druggists duing the past
week The Quiniuu supply In this country rs
probably barge en- ough, but II IS largely in the
hand. NJ eufguIrfgrA Tho general drug trade
has been active most OF the wfes. the only i'm.
port'pt chengs being declineU VI 30 10 cents
Tos inc past few days shorter personal sales
OF dry GOODS have been The rule and iurger or
ders from men on the road ana from regular
ersomers ey pos, 9isS5 mel IHI VIA eoa sas
however ant indigo blues, which are all The
rage we're remarkably active. PiaFs
TOO were in GOOD demand, and other
popular Tires of prints were also ctive a. I'M
changed prices .Ginghsms were IN goou request
the plaid styles Being the most salgbie. Nnhc
priots retain their popularity with great IN any
peopr il Is evident nat to great cN ent they
are being suppisntsd by the more durable sing
hams, vi ich are more economic u IN the eId'
although COSTING the mot Ia the line OF Amer.
lean aud foreign dress febrcs there has been
fair activity, the heaper makes or plain DARK
and black goods selling the best Thc scotch
zephyr robes are the .a!e,t nOV'I.y, anu their
sale Is beyond all expectaticns. the goods are
manuit ctu'ed In scotland, ana are then sent "
Switzerland, where they are trimmed with
heavy cmhroidcfy' - a.,
sottsis 70 note. Lumber is especially active
and paints gad oils In sympnhete demand,
New Cottages eIc eing erected nevery ward
10 meet ina dc rands Oi newly arrived tenants.
Merchants ROT ort coeciiJns on the lst Inst. 10
The Sd unacCompanled by apprecoble dizziness
and reluctance ON the part Of ms debtor class,
and x, neral iranrovement In that respect. Ho-
tsls rpd boarding houses are making an early
snrinr clean out In anticipation OF the coming
crowds as mentioned above.
GRAIN Ann BREADsTurFs.
ST. Louis-The grain market ih0ws more &C.
,iyt,y to-day than for sometime past. wheat
mended n half cent on March and May. closing
Al Al 90 81 and Il IL l-2. Corn closed 3 high.
or for Mercb, and lis higher for May, nj 40 and
SO "a Oats sold al % l-2 orl.i lower for
March. anc IS 3.s. or 3.s lower Tor May.
Eeoeipts of grain nj Dallas mended mp Today
as TO wsgon aud rail. In corn especially. more
activity Is Observable. Receipts arc cars corn
and q cars oats, shipments are cars corn
and car corn and oats mixed.
THEAr-Onoice. 90; medium low grace, 90;
S nSrsgNoB SIaspc 4, Coz northern $50
anRN New, In shuok. $50 shelleo and
u s, tSsTrs. 'rSo,ce, ssc; sacked, Is higher.
sLoUR-raleni; o !5 early breakfast si
Todd Kills Patent 3 so; Union, Is; Prairie
Flower, 90, star, Choice, 10
BsAN--At mills, soc; IN store. 0,c
Co2EMEAL-Fine bolted per is0 ponods
iaTo;nrSY AND GRITs-5 90 per barrel.
vgTI-Ihoupon corn per 100 puupos, 20
,s,r.c.' corn and oats yer 100 pounds, Lar
corr bran per l0v hounds, 4ye
9IY-Dark, O0sss 60; bright 10 VG fr1m
,,6~ss nrslrie, baled, DARK, 5 co. bright
iiioG bright. fsee on board car, IL 10
u' Usfi5tS.sr sEED-05c German nille'. ESQ
In general review OF the wheat situation,
the New York Commercial Baliot'n states
.thnt the conduct OF thu market amply indf-
cafes the fact taa. for the time being. at least
I'll la the hands OF the spec llstors VINO ca |
GINGER the changes 10 suit tnemteiyes, without |
any reference whsiever 10 the coalition OF the |
foreign markets; albeit the burden OF CORE. |
spondeucs from abroad indicator IN IL the foreiyn
buyers conf tcntly believe Themselves to be 10 |
n com Portable position OF Independence, and
Thai they are 10 name the pr co yet for the |
surplus American wheat with that price 10 be |
materially under The current figures. Ihe /
countIies OF Europe are set down as requiring |
s6S 900 o o bushels wheat more thaH they raise
OF this the United States should be prepared to |
furnish li8 Goa 600 nshe,; Russia aboutG0 0c0 900
Roumania together. 10 10000 bu leaving TO-
600 900 bu 10 be supplied BY the less important
grain exporting counties The contributions
already advanced toward furnishing the 3o0.-
900 900 bu needed by the wheat importing coun-
tries are well up TO the level OF expectations,
aud with duh markets on which 10 sell the
s,ssss seia ssIoss A, aes as inoa Snd tho
other srniu exporting countrie, are taxing ad-
ysntass OF he comparatively high prices ruling
hero land dictated By SpecnlRiion) TO sell
enough under our figures TO secure . MARKET for
their producis while stocks here are altogether
too large for the season with practically nothing
known 10 prevent expectations Of q good next
crop Of whest for this country, and improved
methods, imp emenis and more general seeding
70 promise larger yields In other countries.
British India is q conspicuous example OF rapid
develop mcnt g. q wheat growing country.
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