The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-08
THE OYSTER.
THE SPLENDID R. MONTHS.
Bivalves that shoal the World of Waters
Enormous Consumption = Export
Demand = England Loves
Them--Season Opened.

of these floating markets to-day medi-
um-sized and well-fed man sat on an
empy crate and pulled vigorously at
what was by all odds a good cigar. He
wore suit of navy blue, and didn't
seem to mind the fact that the sea slime
from the oysters decorated his clothes
and made them hardly presentable
elsewhere. This was Mr.. James w.
Boyle, a wholesale dealer in oysters.
Every time he pulled his cigar he
smiled, and Mail and Express reporter,
who had grown envious watching his
apparent happiness, went up and asked
the cause Of all his good nature.
sis 1t possible you don't known Why,
tomorrow the oyster season begins, and
the bivalves will begin to sell as fast as
snowflakes fall in a storm, and they'll
be fat and Juicy too. More so this fall
than ever. just try this one now, al
though IL Is a day ahead of the season.
Well, well, there's nothing like them;
that's n Blue Point. Now try this
Shrewsbury and this one from Lynn
Haven Bay. | think you'll agree with
me that they are line."
"Then the promise for tho season Is
good?p
Eyes, all the beds are in fine condi.
ton. There will be large supply and
he prices will be moderate. The drum.
fish, the natural enemy of the oyster
has worked little destruction 80 far ~
known, and the outlook Is very bright
FACTS ABOUT OYSTERS.
"ll0w isthe consumption of oysters in
this city and what Is tho demand made
made by outsidersW
"About 10000 bushels per day equal
the demand here in the season, while
western that is this side OF Chicago
trade takes about $1,000 bushels daily
"What kind of oysters are fanciod
most by New Yorkers?"
"Well, they have no pronounced liking
for any brand. The Princes Bay, Son
Nets, keyports, Black River Rocka.
ways, East River Kills, Blue Points
shrewsburys, Rappahannocks and Free.
ports sell we'll"
"But as to size?"
"Well, an Englishman or native
New Yorker win want his oysters as
small and rs fat as he can get them
But those who have not acquired this
cosmopolitan taste think the larger the
oyster the better IL is"
"Are they right?"
"Woll IL Is all "a matter of taste, per.
haps. Some people won't eat big oys.
ter and some won't eat small one
Connoisseurs prefer the small ones OK,
cept In fry, whom those of medium size
are supposed to III the bill"
"And the trader"
"rhe shipment branch Of the trndt
has increased greatly. Fifteen years
ago one express would carry all the oys
ters FOR the West. Now thlrty-livt
double wagons daily can scarcely haul
the oysters demanded"
GLOW do New York oysters compare
with Baltimore bivalves?"
1--WE have the finest in tho market
and the Western people have become
gradually educated zip TO that fact
They now demand our oysters"
when do you ship TO Europo?"
"Ootober i, we begin that branch of the
trade. AT the start, we had hard
struggle to get u foothold, especially In
England, and we had TO send out mon tc
carry around oysters In hand-baskets I'M
London, Liverpool and Manchester
we thon sent ten barrels per week. w,
now snip 1000 barrels week. We have
evory reason to be proud of our sue
oess,n
GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY.
when was the oyster trade first os
tablished In Gotham"
"Iho earliest rocolloctions of oyster
men place the first oyster market In thi,
city In Coontics slip in the year lSllJ
Tho demands of commerce compelled
this industry to rolinquish tho sin fol
commercial purposes, and about isis Tho
oystermen made their Headquarters al
the foot of Catherine street. They moved
eighteen years afterwards to the foot oI
Broome street, East river"
WAS there only one market all that
timeYp '''''
"until 1876 only one, but in that voa,
inc west side market was established
at the foot OF Spring street, North river
where IL remained until the close of ia,
war. Then II was removed TO the foot q
West Tenth street."
Are the two markets still In existonc,
on the East and North river fronts?r
mo. For u number of years the uuos
ton OF consolidation was agitatCd. ant
last september II appearing to be hes
Tor tho interest of the trade, tho tw,
markets were merged into one. ENpo
Renee has verified the wisdom of In,
step" Wv
BODY wv
ave arc, but only since the last ses
sion OF the Legislature, which gave m
our charter as the Wholesale Ovsto
Dealers Association of the City ofNev
Does tho. State protect your mdustr,
by special laws?"
at does not. We have no such laws n
are enjoyed by our craftsmen In otho
States. Virginia ana MARYLAND have nj
ways recognized the great importance a
TINS industry, and by repeated acts a
legislation for the protection of oyste
planters, have madoit become tho lond
ing industry of these States. Connect
cut, within few years, hn
taken the matter up, and IN
wise and iudicious legislation,
Incoming the center of this great trade
They have carried on the propagation O
oysters In Connecticut In mos
thorough and scientific manner. Ne,
Jersey, during the Legislative session q
lSS2.S3, passed some excellent law
tending TO protect It's oyster industry
put tho great State Of New York, Wi
its South Bay, Princes Bav, Lon
Island Sound, places that contain m
best oyster grounds in this country. ma
not considered the questiono of oyste
planting and oyster cultivation 4
snlhcient Importance to give 1t eve
"And is the trade really Of great i'm
portance to the city and StnteYn
"Since 1905, when this business fir,
began. ut Coenties slip, IL has bee
steadily aud rapidly increasing. For
number Of years the demand was SINAI
so small that tho oysters were caugl
and brought 20 market In askin; the
sloops were employed, aud now stenn
boats are q necessary adjunct to III
business. Why, sir, the amount of cal
ital invested by dealers IN this eli
alone Is over SO,OO0,OO0. There are on
ployed directly In the wholesale bus
ness l6,0OOpersons. There are 1000 oyi
TOR houses In this city employing 1910
persons. The city OF New York invest
S0O,O0O,OOO In procuring and eating oy,
'efs, aud omploya 3NN people To q,
and serve thom upl -, Now York Ma
and Express.
a Dangerous Growth.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson has shown b
by statistics taken from the Unite