The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-25
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
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DALLAS, Juno I-liarely ever In previous
history OF trading was II - uni'crsnly ne
ease that buyers are bit and sellers the only
gainers. Here NJ Dallas, two months ago.
sanguinc agents paid lts high ~ IL cents for
hid,-.. ana sold them cents lower nj Boston.
Wool sold at Abilene and lc-c "a spinners'
that Us the Inst cent IL VIII fetch ut Boston
to-day, Dallas cotton buyers paid II cents
for middling cotton, held u two months and
sOld IL only u fraction higher ON the Con-
tincnt. Tho new wheat crop has not como IN
enough to make II market. our quotations
ARE changed lower ON provisions. sugar r.
also off and weak. There II nothing higher
except special lines of hardware. This j. the
dullc-t week Of any. year, and this year u Is
not an exception. Green corn, new tomatoes.
new POTATOES, fruits of all sorts ara
In great supply,i ana coma f ,o
the wall Fine, wcll-sizcd. graded spring
chickens arc In free supply AT t22i per dozen.
Owing 10 frequent departure To- watering
Are easier 81" and lower, Labor is in active de-
mand servant girls are In very great de-
mand. and good ones hard to get Building
IL stiil going ON ut "a rapid pace All over the
city. Travel Is better than 10 was this time
lat year, but under last month.
Corn sells freely ut quotations. Wheat quo
tAtion~ are nominal; also cotton. Flour II
firm at quotations. Oats are lower ana dull.
A. To dry goods, there was IA somewhat moro
frequent demand for small parcels Of brown,
blc,choi and colorcd cottons nj first hands,
but transactions were light In the aggregate
Cotton nanncs were In rather better request
md stguly trubc WAS done IN Wltc slcft-
tngs while there was u fair movement IN
Victoria and India lawns. Plain md colored
oottons Of the most desirable makes are nom.
finally steady In price, but stocks gre large,
probably bc granted to buyers OF ground lots"
Print cloths were more active
OK CuAs0E.
A meeting was appointed last week to
take place to-day, NJ u downtown New
York place, the object being 20 organize IA
moi Stock exchange. Tho project IL IN the
hands Of men connected with the Produce
and the Petroleum exchanges. The new u
not to be- In opposition To the old stock cN-
change, but " designed simply TO afford men
of tho rising sort In stock operations Of mod
crate means an opportunity To do "a business.
entirely crcditable In Itself, without being
ronpellod to pny cNtortionatc prices for the
privilege OF sitting with Gould, Vanderbilt
and Sage, la bc Ctcrnnlly squeezed by those
monster spectators. The purpose ns pro-
posed. is Ia sell the frs, 100 seats ~ $50 each,
The second at 500, and the remaining 40
sss,ts NJ $50 each. The sun says: zone OF
the differences between Its methods ana that
81 the OLD exchange will probably he To make
some number less than IA 100 shares board
lot that Is, the number of shares meant
when the number IL not specified. II may be-
nxcd at ton shares, as IN the London Es-
will be- encountered which cannot he ci.siiJ be
overcome" Southern operators In shares VIII
hail with pleasure the establishment OF the
now stock exchange rs u sign OF the begin
ming Of the end OF an era In share operations,
Too messy for the present age. bright bust
noes mon Of Dallas feel IL lively Interest In tho
worlds railways, and expressions are
N6ren lot fall on change In this city
that tho present low rates result, not from
naturni causes, but that II IN owing Ia mis-
0vings In every mind rs Ia honesty of tho
present controllers OF railway destinics. A.
nOon IA values rest on facts, and not on
manipulation, an advance must occur In con-
soQucrsse OF the free buying which Will ccr-
tsAply follow u rcstoral Of confidence.