The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-12
aCH1T xB0U CROPS.
the OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING,
The Cotton Yield Larger than Ever
xnovn-Picters kesree-Dsilas ss
Soften Markst-Shat Piano
cotton-DallEs Buyers at
Other Points

4 HERALD reporter sat at tho dinner
table yesterday with a prominent
merchant OF the city and . gentleman
irom shsi country, who is known as
one Of the most Intelligent and best
posted farmer ia tho county. They
bagsn discussion OF the weather
with the appearance Of the soup, had
gotten as far SIS crops when they flu
lsned their FISH, su1 by the time the
leo cream, cake and coffee had APP
ps2red the scribe had gathered full
sro complete report Of the con-
Gltion of cotton, corn, wheat
ana othar staple prOtucis, the
trade outlook, the position Of
Dallas IS 4 cotton marker, and many
other matters connected with tao M
m0rcial welfare OF the city and sur-
rounding country.
~ have beoa over 8 prsat d5ai Of
Dallas county, sEId the farmer, "Sud
through several OF tho adjoining couu-
tl8s, AUD l tpd tho outlook most en-
c0urssiug. Wheat and oats have long
$50 been garnered IN, and every one
knows tkat sdch yield has never boon
Enowu ~ tho State. Corn is being
rapidly gathered, aud nucl Of TIE
ground planted is turning oUG 60
0usneis 70 the acre, and as
Tor oottoo-Vell / know 1t is ooBsid-
orOd the proper thing for a farmer 10
talk down tho cotton CrGp and say it is
very sh0gL, and al that; bus the truth
81 tho matter is rhGt everywhere ( have
been CetlGn is good, and win yield Gn
average Of thr69'quacters OF Il bal3 20
tho acye. The only trouble la found in
tho want 4 sufficient nugQher OF
pCkCgs TO gather IN the crOp nov
siapdiug in the liald. Mark my words,
II N0 don't bav5 hgrd rains inst vii.
beat Il out agd ruin il, Texas will have
The biggest cotton crop by far that
ehs h8s ever had. Bat tell me,
how IL it that Dallas SLOWS cotton
to ba drought In and then hauled cut
10 q small town like Piano and sold?"
"fhQ reason is easily giveu," re
| plGu The merchant, who is q member
uf ore Oftbo largest wholesale iiriRs ia
tie city. "phst cotton came from
J about FlGnO, and the merchants oi
| that town had advanced II good deal
OF money on it. Whom they saw il
coming 10 Dallas they were, some OF
| them, Gfraid they would lore the al
! VauceS made on IT,; SO th6y all 20.
/ together and decided to send 4 man
down 70 buy IL in, agreeing 10 mako
up tie difference IN price which
no might have to pay TO g9ai 1t. Really
| there was UOthing in tho matter
| 90 Gffaot Dallas az cotton mRrket.
| The cotton actually brought into Dali
| lts represents but P smBli part 0, the
whole smOuat handled by Dallas Guy
era, The total recsipts Is shown Uy
the books nc the Gotten yar., up 90 last
! blight, amount to isgs tbAu $500 bales and
! Yrt one house sloua sold during the
last week more than 1900 bales, which
we hadibougbt through the country, and
| no bnle9 ct which ever saw Dallas. So
! IL 10 with other merchants here. We
| buy this cotton all over tho country.
! We can nave IL comp fessed ct almost
any smell town on the rail-
rOad, whence wo set just as
| good shipping rates SIS we could
from Dallas, and thste il 10 reason
why we should have IL brought here gt
an additional cost 90 The seller, il not
to ourselves. Therefore 10 is thai lbs
number OF balea showed by ths vyslgn.
er's books is but @ Small fraction of phe
| whole amount bought BY the city !
wss talking with tue manager Of one
OF tie express cOmpsnies yesterday,
and he told mo that his company
wag handling thousands upon t6ous-
| sands of dollars sont TO tho banks oil
this city to be put IN cotton. Tho indi-
cations are that the SEXUAL reeeiB.s in
the city will DO 5000 bales, bus tho
number bought by Dallas mon that
Will DO shipped rom other points viii
20 very fAr over that figure. Dallas ia
not only doing business at tho old
staud, but 10 also rapidly making new
stands"
Tho tooih-pick ere having arrived,
| tho ta'kers arose nom tho Table and
walked Out, followed by tina scribe.