The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-08
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.

Anrn notwithstanding that
DhL49 'vss 10y custom, period OF re
hst Wc lidev. ii proved fair week OF traf-
VslolS V11,reetest drawback was the rain
a. luz Inc aliondnnt cataelysmal o0m-
doInnir SSveltirg hauling and Impeding gem
sge, psyel. The larg, T The business OF q city
"a tte, Wv IS its sepsitiveness tonll affecting
he great NTnch competition exists here in
asencSor branches, and If any
n men occurs IL Immediately
3nino' 'itse1f apparent. The actual
pske.s =, The drawbacks is small. During
rsui! 10 DAYS many rttaileis' OF western
Inc pas ,t;sitcd the nallas wholesalers and
towns, Mail orders have also arrived
gave oIo,eIaraging extent. On tAe whole, in
70 AN en- a fairly saiisfa Glory week has
DIS Bop~c1,e -ced, and sales have compared
ben eflv with former years orders by
iaV0IIs,oyc continued quite large, anu sood
nail nv gto7uprs from near ana remote
many Cu,-o visited the city for the purpose
points ~, a persOnal selection OF goods.
Of maBln-, urints and giughams, both of
ASIDE ~ lere active and comp 4ratively
When cotton goods were character
isa by weqbE Iown s sn aie'S 5es
brands check and corset teams were
nipls, iSn,,, in price The production OF
IarhSul Cods continues greatly ahead of the
cotton 7nents OF the consumers ana as the
rqul raw cotton Is relatively hlgper imam
thaI y, faotOrles ara being closed, Dress
eastern ftfjn tevture, suited for the sum-
NbI.y5 W. hqve.gOlt very well, and there has
mef Ia1,, :, rircail fer wooden dresS-gOOds
allg,v,ncrican and European manufacture,
Of Az hosiery and general underwear, as
Ell rs shaWs, Wooleu cloths ahu lahoy
V5l 5isnIaysd q lair amount OF animation
sl1a,ii ,roceries are meeting with fair de-
ny s7iCars ruling weak, with frequent
Ninr,t concpssl0us Syrups ana InOl9sses
@es%o,r a total lack Of strength ana price
el-piS coffee are often shaded, but teas re-
leI estssdyand firm. Fish sell slowly, and
n5an'r,her decline has taken place in Holland
ssal,rnS. but Grand Bank cod are scarce and
higher 900, oronges arc In nrettv roir 70.
iast and dried fruits, nuts ana rice are
gunvJeroieIy animated ana unchanged
m n.nSs b9ve continued fair for the season
I'm, the present week, Il goodly number OF
o,Jers being filed daily, and dealers show
w disnOstiOn 10 complain Quidine and
w I'M cninm have ruled lower, and tartariC
ssoid his advanced n little. There IL a sur.
KIM piTs of fine fat beef in this county and in
lanniics near at hand. U2less the railway
ooomnonles can be induced to give lower
,stes of cars, little shipping will be done fol
son,e time In more than one instance pro.
Sycsrs Of grain have written to inquire as tC
fbe cause OF the determined attitude of The
bsar interest, especially in wheel. II
trug
troubles would act with the bulls In the grain
nits on the contrary, however, wheat con.
Times low. and lately II has lost instead o.
SainiTg, The explanation is that the wal
Seing has greatly abated. Overtures are In
nrouress all around and general tranquility
ishoped for Again: France and Germany
have each inc eased the duty on wheat anI
England issupposed to be about to adopt /
similar measure. These causes are sufficient
topreyent advance, and ev, n cause declir Q
The agitation, however, has not ceased
Heavy armies are encamped In Europe an(
in Asia, and many thousands of agricultur
jsts are under arms as soldiers A i this vii
reduce foreign yield, and American tanner
ought to take cUura e in view of the prOmis,
Ofbetter prices for the approaching harvest
Readers will on being reminded that to-day
was the day of election of city officers, ant
that most business men were under tension
on account Of II, cnndone n somewhat alb
breviated report Details are hard TO procur,
on such day. More than half o
those &c tlemen upon whom The reporte
Ofmarkets depends for consultation wer,
engTOSstd 10 The interest of the polling place
snd in fact The reporter was himself yer,
much in Tie same state of mind. tits there
lore necessary o. apologize for omission
which VIII net rScur next Tuesday.