Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-27
LOCAL MARKETS.


terday's sales we're for the most part for
larger amounts than ordinarily several order
being fllled by the popular house of j. H.
Brown for amounts ranging from t2,io0 to
S,2pi.
Yesterdays cotton business was very light
and the market presents 40 new fea lures
worthy of mention.
| Meats OF all kinds opened n little weak
yesterday morning tut closed firm without
change Of quotations.
The saddlery aud harness trade continues
to improve, aud preparations are being
made by leading dealers for a heavy business
| whom the season is further advanced. stocks
now on baud are ora better grade consider
cd as whole tnan were ever before offered
in the city, the demand for itrs,,class stocs
and work having driven shoddy goods al.
mo entirely out OF the market Quotations
without change except on heavy slxirting
Of best grade which shows "a slight advance.
Saddiers hardware continues flrtn at the nd.
vance shown In our last report.
| In this weeks issue of the Wool Grower
Will be found the card OF u. +, Read & Co.
| and also that of Gruendler q yrube wool
commission merchants of this city Wool
dealers are actively engaged In making prep
aratons for the accommo Ciatlon of tho trade
the coming season. Heretofore large guam
titles of vool that l, ultimately belonged to
Fort Worth has gone TO San ANTONIO and
other points, but he facilities OF our d, alers
for handling he spring clip will be equal TO /
that OF any city In the state, and already at f!
| tention is being attracted To this point. For
the present, quotations. are nominal, as we
are between two seasons, and there is now
no wool I'm the market
Hides OF best grade are fiTm AZ the advance
shown in our last report, but there Is little
demand for light weights, and grubby hides
are a drag ON the market.
THE wonLD's gESEEAUroRs.
The ST. Louis Midland Industrial
Gazette says. Every man who
produces something-something That
the world needs-is n public boneiactor.
SO every man that does something that the
world needs to have done is public b nefac.
tor But any man whose business makes the
world worse than /, was before cannot be
such bus ness man ms he ought TO be. Tho
| first thing then Is TO choose a business that
shall make the world better, not worse. Per
haps you may not thus CHOOSE ihe business
which Will make You rich tue quickest; but
nevertheless you will have chosen as You
ought 10 choose
STRIKE STATISTICS.
Strikes may sometimes be ilstihable but
statistics show that In II great majority of
cases they are unsuccessful, aud involve far
more 10 Than gain. or 100 stJikcs in Massa.
chuse,ts between 1890 and 1850, 100 we're I'M
successful and only six fully successful. OF
III strikes In g reat Britain Ia 1878 only four
were successful. The worst time TO strike Is
| ON falling market, for rs w0Tkingmsn
once remarked, he had noticed that when
| two mployers were running after one la.
borer wages Were high, but when two Ia.
borcrs were running after one employer they
were low. The latter appears TO be tho state
ofthings Just now. and IL is n matter OF Sc
rlous consideration among labOdng men
whether they are moi likely TO lose more than
they Gun gain by striking at a time whom
stock III olders are getting no returns on their
| Investments. Al any rate, a strike should
| be a matter of deliberate action by mature
men.
THE WEALTH or THE COUNTRY.
| statistics based upon tho census report
make the wealth OF the United States si3-
6l2OJ0. 900, made up as follows Farms sl0,iO7.-
100000; residence and business real estate.
capital employed in business, including
water power, s9,sSl, 10000; railroads and
equipments, s5S3G. 10000; telcgraphs, sup
ping and canals, sil9,oO0,OV; i've stock, IA m
ing tools and machinery, 81 ~ go ZOO; house.
hold furniture, paintings, books clothing,
| iewelry household supplies OF ZOOS fnel, etc.
s5y 100 COo: mtnes, Petroleum weli'.quariies,
together with one half OF the annual product
reckoned as the average supply on In nd,
s7sO,0 cor ;hree-a uarters of the annual pro-
duet of the agricultural and manufactures,
and of the annual importation OF foreign
A N
hand. s6,iGNoOO,o00 churches, schools, asy-
lums, public buildings and other real estate
exempted from taxation, 5000 0Oo0; specie,
s02lCoGOo, ana miscellaneous Items, inclu'
| ding tools of mechanics SBNSW,V"
the LIFE OF TRADE.
| f.opretition liz said 10 be the life of trade,
and M TO n certain point this Is no doubt
true. but an excess OF competition may be
said TO be the death OF trade. In many
hro ches of business there Is without doubt
nm .xcess of those who stand between the
proauc Ger and g psumer, and there Is ofiou-
lines an excessive competition which IN
dull times disresards the cost oi production,
and the Necessity OF eavinga fair margin oil
nrof,t. But IL Is easier 20 lament tue tSiis
accustomed by wreckless competition thah ~
is 10 find a remedy FOR them. But they are
s.r,ouse enough to demand consideration, ana
tney must be taken into the account IN any
thoughtful and adequate survey Oh Tue puS'-
ness situation. Competition OF the ies'"-
mate kind Is sharp and severe enough unu
when q. ,mpetition of the other kind 10 any
lar roe amount ID added, tho cohu't'oh o'
things becomes much worse
CONSUMPTION OF LIQUORS.
stai,stlcs emanating from the treasury de'
partment show "a surprising CONSUMPTION ID
sn,rI,uous and malt liquors In the United
s,a,o. Thus In 1sS2, acco ding 10 these sta
list ca. there were consumer IN th's county
no less than 76,76lS3 gallons OF distilled
mi rlts. comprlsIng whisky, brandy rum anu
Gin. 25.gsj,.s2 gallons. of wine anu oo- oIo,oh
mai, liouur,- or ale and beer-a total OF oo''-
o2a ON of AN these beverages. Stauh'ics OF
,hs consumplion OF these liquors for each OF
,he last five wears from 1873 10 1871 inclusive
show an increase OF M per cent.of spirltuou'
LIQUORS, 5gs per ent Of wine ano W PER oeu.,
of matt LIQUORS. IL Will be seen lbat ,ho
,arvest increase III The consumption hhS
ha.n ofthe extracts OF grain anu hops ths
,ulce ofthc grape not beiug apparently 80
,n,,h I'm fayor with The American propie'
nn, hovey,r that may be, these STATISTICS
-, abundant food for reflection and NOR
a,,zs,iou. Were It not that they were oihcial.
,,',,,,, he tempt d 10 doubt that 6oVe,no
, naonle. the majority OF whom are minors,
aon,d consume such an enormous quAnN'y OF
3 ,ntos, cants, and yet remain as majority
com paratively sober