Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-11

corn aud so little weather to dry it out
that the prospects are to-day that the
Job viii be long and tedious. We mad
excellent weather for fourteen days for
the winter wheat crop The reports are
generally Of o favorable character fair
stand. nothing extraordinary, and with
probably decreased acreage compared
with last year. The supplies Of winter
wheat at interior points are becoming eX-
hausted very fast, and millers are pay
! Ing higher prices than at shipping
I points How long this supply VIII last is
a question upOn which there is consider
I able difference Of opinion, but from all
+ can gather do not think the home sup
I ply viii carry the mlllcrs beyond the lst
( Of February, 1886, after which and until
harvest the spring wheat area will be
called upon more largely than ever In
the history Of the country 10 supply The
winter wheat districts with -four aud
wheat. The receipt. Of hogs VIII continue
very large, with every prospect Of
no let up during November aud Dccenl-
ber This arises from the fact that the
prevalence OF hog cholera has driven
large drovcs TO the market which other
wise would have been held until late. The
fear Of lower prices has also been another
element which has produced such large
shipments, and by the LIST Of January the
great bulk of the hog crop Of the country
ought TO be IN. The estimated receipts !
for this week are put down at 200, 900 I
head. The weather, the roads aud the 1
general surroundings are all such that |
IL Is very probable that this estimate is .
likely 20 Oyerrun rather than fall short I
The movement on spring wheat in the |
Northwest has shown a slight fall !
Ing off. Yet, it is very probable (
that when the ground comes tot
aul blowing are over, owing to the fact
that machine notes must be paid and bills
settled the movement is very likely to
show for n month at least decided in
crease. Estimates rs TO the quantity of (
wheat which had gone forward from
and Dakota run from 80 to SO
per cent. Of the crop during the month Of
October The total receipts OF all kinds
Of wheat, winter and spring, were not
30 per cent. OF what they were q year ago
during the same month. The number of
cars were 551l, against 1913 for the cor
month, and in bushels in
round numbers 100000 for 1855,
against ,0OO,0 600 for 1884.
DonskOi Woods.
The treasury department Is agltating
he question OF having Donsko wool pay
duty as secured wool, whereas they 4,
ave been for years admitted rs washed. !
The shrinkage upon these woods is very I
light, and 1t Is claimed that they undergo /,
ome process OF securing They pay now /
dutp OF PC, costing under l3c, but If I
a%ed as secured would have TO ,
my three times the duty, which would ,
practically exclude them.
associated Press
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Nov. lO.-Goycrnmcnt /
,onds dun and steady.
The railroad bond market was modcr- {
tcly active, but most of the sales were i'm n
mall lots, and the trading was consG-
Iuently widely distributed The general G
IS are unchanged at 1914 There was !,
$50 great advance in Texas q st. Louis Il
nd In Missouri Arkansas, at a to 448,
g0inst 81 at the last previous sales h
louston & Texas Central seconds. main q
inc, declined 3 points. !
The tone Of the stock market has y
hanged greatly within the past ten 4
ays. 1t is gradually growing more =
evcrish and irregular, although the final
guros to-day show, In a majority of
asses, moderate gains over Yesterday.
me strength Is apparently the direct out. -,
,rowth of manipulation. The movements
lp and down arc entirely nharmoulous.
)ver 30 per cent. OF the days business ?
vas IN st. Paul aud Western Union. -Four
ther stocks, New York Central, Louis "
He Nashville, Lake Shore and Union i
'aclllc, with sales between ~ 300 and Il
o,OOO shares each, contributed over 38 Il
er cent. more. The rest of the list 0
iaS unusually dull and ieaturclcss. The Il
llCs OF LaCkawanna were less than 74OO L
mares, stock that very recently led the p
larket In activity and strength. At the u
pening this morning prices were irreg. Il
lar Louisville & Nashville led with
ain OF . to 6. New York Central was up 5
, and the other active stocks were un y
hanged or shade lower. There was Il
n irregular movement during the l
lrchoOh, hut within mar o
NV limits, The lowest priccs II
the day In most cases were made some p
me between the opening and II O'Clock, n
some cases at the opening, in others b
lortly before midday. There was o
purt oil activity and strength shortly af- Is
n noon, which lasted only few min o
tesi but from that time to the close, with n
MY moderate reaction, the market p
Jay he called strong, closing a little be- W
NV the best figures, but with gains of 4 b
} 9! per cent. b.
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