The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-04
HI BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.

n,,rAs, Feb. 3.--1he terrible weather
,p,sred traffic during the first month of the
ssessent wear, and yet II did some good, as IL
lsssd better buying or flannels, blankets
IN ALI sorts of winter wear, just ut the june
(srs TOO, when dealers were particularly
|uliHyilons to part with those lines Since
nlhyuary, wi h its beautiful weather, arrived, |
e. has been fai, demand for spring |
sphrcs. During the past week sales of do
tsstic cotton goods have been active at
Eoded prices Prints and ginghams met |
k.sS pretty good demand also, and the new
In,ing styles of prints exhibited a fair |
Lmount of animation. chocolate and indi- |
/ ~ belng the favorite shades. New lines of !
King DIRE good, such as Swiss fancies, |
yFenge : British lustre fabrics and French |
Eylnled and brocaded goods, We're more ac-
fye. but silks and velvets were neglected.
khere is better feeling in all lines of gro
Psries and remarkable improvement in
Lnecal lines. In fact the grocery trade is
Eeyelop ng rapidly in this city. Since
|sst spring the capital i'm
Eoubed, and The competition has in no wise
Injured the old stanhbys. An advance Is
6aoled to-day In sugars, white clarified
Goging the strongest upward move. Rice
4 also fractlonally higher. Drugs are steady
Sthe year around. Dallas is the only point
III great depot of supplies in
Riugs, and this city has a monopoly of the
Fade The most marked change this W elk
N IN oil of peppermint, which Is sharply
kigber. All bromides, chlorides, iodides
knd mercurials have advanced Sub-nitrate
N blsmuth is now 81 % per pOund
tnb.car Donate OF bismuth $2.75 per pound.
In closing mp the cotton books for the month
m January, the following figures were
Esaehcd Ou the ut ultimo:
Ee epts (bAles) by wagon. .... HOP
E,ceipts by rail 90. ...,..... 1850
transferred cotton Observation-Disclosures. 4Sl
Eaton In transit. observation-disclosures. go. 3,Si6
But But OF the above, 4,827 bales are
N be deducted, being transit
n3S S added to Dallas local S0 receipts pts
N Is counted as The local receipts of other
EoWns. Deduc Ing the transfer and transit
Eaton the true local receipts of Dallas on
january 81 1885, were l0,3Ol bales. Ship
{nents up TO that day were 1924 bales, and
Foods were II bales.
1 Now giving the figures for the correspond
! No period Of the previous cotton year we
have:
Receipts py ran. ,,........,-.-.... 1900
6utside yard wagons all .....,... 1906
Cotton In transit ..........-. ....-.... gill
Total ....... ............ 81 1901
| Now. deducting transit cotton which in
have 81 1895 bales as the true local receipts for
I'm corresponding period OF the cotton year
| of 1854. The difference of decrease, this
year compared 10 last is, therefore, l2i95
bales. This loss is not TO be attribu-
led entirely TO deficiency in the crop,
although That is the greatest cause.
Part of the loss is TO be attributed So action OF
railway companies In granting bills of la
|dpg to depot towns of ten Inhabitants at the
same rates as at Dallas, city of 5000 inhab-
yants 1t is the result of mismanagement
all arOuT and Dallas shippers men whose
|hOmes are here, are much to blame for the
loss. II is 10 be hoped that they learned a
lesson Before changing from the subject oil
cotton, we would add that the number Of
baes compressed up to January 81, 1855, was
shipped fiat was 800. For the cores
pOnding period one year ago, the number
compressed was 32,07 bales and the number
shipped fiat was ,S3l and the stocks or hanc
January 81, 1881, was l,745 bales. This veal
the steady demand has accelerated ship.
meats, and stocks have not been al
loved a. any u inc to sccnmn'
sensible of the double shortage and buy,
eagerly at the rate, given. Quotations here
ar nominal The cotton that reaches thii
point now is usually sold before 1t comes
and II may be sa!u that there il
20 trading In cotton at Dalla
The same remark applies as well to wool
4 little medium grade Abilene autumn eli
sold last week here at Ii cents per pound
Since then there has been 10 receipts
Wool quotations are nominal. In hides, tn
receipts are chiefly "poverty skins,
nom fallen animals; cattle tina
died In distress. This elias
Oihides are slow sale AT 10 cents per pound
0nener they are sold at sac. The hide marke
generally is steady, with small business. Ii
boots and shoes there is GOOD business
Mems buff, balmorals, congress
and button, and mems XII
boots are lower. Other quotations are un
changed, The liquor trade is steady. Gin
are In better request than last year. Whisk
Is hir her. Wines, generally, are littl
lower. The grain trade Is very duh ut quota
ilons. Provisions are strong aud mostly d
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