Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-22
LOCAL MARKETS.

GAZETTE OFFICE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. !
March u, 1854. !
The smooth, even tone that has character
lied the market FOR some days has not been
disturbed by anything new or startling, and
we have nothing OF special Interest to chron-
| iclc. The present condition OF trade leaves
no room for complaint ON the part OF whole,
sale dealers, ana taken a. n whole has been
cminenlly satisfactory since tbs season
! opened.
| Quotations are unchanged except ON coun.
! try produce. Another slight advance Is
shown ON onions. krant is up ana poultry
is selling readily at fancy prices. stand
Ing offer is made by Spencer Il Tucker OF
$3.50 for spring chickens. and rat hens ind
ready sale Mt 50 20 to $40.
The following clipping from Brtdstrects
shows the condition OF affairs among cigar
makers In san Francisco, Cal;
There is now lockout OF Chinese cigar
makers In San francisco, over thirty manu-
factories controlled by the Pacific Coast Ci-
gar Makers association havlrg closed their
doors, turning into The street about i,0D Chi
nese operatives. The Chinese manufacturers
have not Joined the association, and the
white employees are endeayorng 10 arrange
with the dealers In leaf tobacco 10 prevent
their MongollDn competitors obtaining con-
troll OF the market during the continuance of
the lockout. T. is claimed on the part of the
employers that the Chinese operatives have
interfercd with the conduct of their busl.
ness, and, by sudden and wholly unneces-
gary strikes, advanced prizes and at
tempted 10 make themselves inhters OF
the entire trade The Chinese operatives
are well organized and have incorporated
under the laws OF HE state OF California. On
their part they deny the allegations OF the
employers and claim that the real trouble Is
caused by the rule which conipcls them TO
remain Idle part OF each day, their produc-
ton being limited 10 such number of cigars
1 permits them 10 earn only an average OF
SO cents q day each. Skilled workmen, II
iuIly employed, could earn great deal
more money. The Cinnamon ALTO ask for an
advance OFFS cents Il hundred on fine and ~
cents ON inferior cigar, and SEEK 10 bc NJ
liberty 10 board where they please In tho
Chinese quarter. This right ~ not accorded
10 them they Say. being compelled TO pay IS a
month for inferior beard al restau-
rants nominated by their employers
one thlng is ceraip, however, that
Chinese labor, when II has the power, II both
aggressive and unreliable. This f. the bur-
den Of tue whl.e employers complaint nov.
set when the antl-chinsse agitation was In
full blast In San FTancisc) their nstc was en-
,lrely different white labor was then nnre-
liable. aud although Inducements were Of.
fersd 10 white cigar makers 10 come rom The
East, In difference to public opinion, they
could not md employment after
their arrival. and most OF them we're sent
back by their trade assoclates. The
Cigar Makers association now declares It's
intention OF dlsplaclng Chinese labor en-
tirely. This can be done II II be honestly In.
tended. The point OF the affair, however, Is
this, that IL dispels the fondly-cherslici New
England opinion that the average cbinaman
Is doclle, submissive and iraciable. iIo Is, in
truth, quite a different character. The man
ufactpreIs have heavy stocks and ars pre-
pared 10 make a long winning fight Should
II terminate IN the supplunting OF hinese By
white labor II viii be IN the lnterts! OF social
and indu trlal progress.