The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-20
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.

DALLAS, May 10 Commercial ciTclas have
\ not been enlivened by any active influence
during the past week, though the contin-
4 ued cool weather in the north and west has
exerted a bad influence On growing crops,
and this fact has TO a degree inflated prices
F.. in wheat, which had ab out descended rom
3the lofty figures which 1t advanced In Keep
Wing with the warlike gossip from over inc
4Ocean. In Texas, viewing the neld canuluiy
ftsere Is little TO regret and muSh 70 DC
Thankful for Correspondents Win one &c
I|elaim pronounce the outlook nlHsniiHSSSH' :,
Band the crops caTpetng The EARN WIN
.benlthy veIdure, pleasing TO the eye ana IN
/spiripE confidence so the energetic agrlcul-
from center TO circumference OF the
Herest state. Not so with other states. he
#ports of acknowledged enthenteltN nom
ISVestern Iowa, Nebraska, Western Missouri
md Kansas, which embrace large part of
'fhe Wheat belt of the west, show the wheat
>brospect In the states named to be GO per cent
& ess than the crop last year. II is stated,
nom figures which warrant the
assertion, that the present area
IN this time presents the worst
IN eat prospect known in 10 years. In view
|+bf the pleasing condition OF wheat, and the
5heathy state OF cotton and crops generally,
n yiyal OF business aSd renewal 81 cou-
A depce n ny soon be expected in the busl-
IN s. circles OF The state. In the local market
cotton is a nonentity, and the entire list OF
*brea0stutls Is unchanged. The market
n II otes: Wheat, 10 TO sOci oats, in bulk, 35c;
&orn, in ear, 65c; sacked, 75c. Millet seed
Il folds steady and firm at 81 50, large; 81 90
mail.
II the grocery world romans firm AID but
rOminllly changed. Business Is seemingly
8ctiye in its local branches, and may be SAID
IA be looking up. Powdered and cut loaf
#ugai Quickened somewhat and resis nj Sc,
3iandard graduated took up the advance,
barking upA to, Hc4and quietipg at IA to
NC; louisiana whit clarided dropped J.. To
# c and register al &c. in provisions short
BACON holds steady at Tic; short dry salt, 10.
- hle breakfast bacon weakened, falling 20
IND remaining little unsteady at l0ISc
as6ee 10 n no.einR n tb is c Of Gonso
Hfade, as tae unmentiOuCd list entire marks
MoQuotabe change.
n There is no marked activity, seemingly. in
be lumber trade and previous markings in
36icate no change. In this branch of irada
here is but little doubt but thai there is
puch scaling OF prices on large purchased
1nd small dealers pay stifi quotations for
<8ateral.
81 Woo, hides and peltries rest firm and mod
/&aely active az stationary figures,
4 Boots bnd shoes are necessarily in demand
d tadingis good Quotations register mi
te variation and hold firm.
Liquors have rested easy and quote old hg-
Hesi rectlned 81 80; bourbon, 81 a 10 S3.5li.
"a, Sl'oO to 1850; Irish imported, SIPS to
Drugs, leather and dry goods quote I'M
anged scale and report moderate demand.
~ the after, previous figures are ArIuiv
III ID and bear no discount
h IlardYaIe and metals rest easy and mod
1Haely active.
The i've stock market marks no iIaprove-
II ii aud Is but moderately active. There is
d active demand, but following prices are
IA ady: Beeves, 3l2 to &c; COWS, SIC Ger
Hund; mich cows, common, $50 per head
eep, prime, $2.75 to SO so; bulls and staes.
III ~ 2c per pound; hogs, 80 to SIC per
Mund. There is no demand for goats, and
ny ore entirely out OF the market.
n lrnit and poultry conside,abl cutting
noted. Strawberries have dropped 80 10
ana mark at $3.50 70 23.75 per case pa
mas register an advance ana quote at 81. 90
500 per bunch. Potatoes, old, are in
maera,e demand at s. 20 per bushel. New
Ha0Js are not so scarce as pre-
Dusty, and the increased supply has
pUciated the price and they now hold
lady at $40 Chicken all around note a
Ign decline. In the butter market there
Npp6reEtly a surprise manifested among
tUfal 70 ks that their product marks so far
NOV the best grade of northern butter,
% Las county butter is to-day worth l5c
Nofthern acc. IL is certainly strange that
Nh marked differences should exist be-
XHfeh the two grades, hut nevertheless tits
We and 1t remains for the producer OF couu-
Wy butter TO answer why it is so. Northern
up,ls ready purchasers at quotations Eggs
UMrket mt loo. per dozen.
n The weeks review, considering the season,
Wnot nj oil discouraging. as the season ad :
vMces, with continuance Of existing crop
konditions, marked Improvement In trade
IMl be looked for