Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-13
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OFFICE OF TIVE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH, TEN, Aug, IL, 1856. |
There are no new features In the market and |
trauic q lws TRANQUILITY In It's normal channels.
Slight alterations are made In produce quo,a |
lions, which are almostalways shifting Butter |
y marked down few cents and Is drug on |
market chickens are likewise in super
abundance, and buyers take them on their own |
terms. Eggs are also lower.
The following from the New Orleans Times
Democrat explains very Interesting phase of
tbs COTTON TltADs.
Inc LIST of -eptonbcr, the beginning OF our
commercial year, is close at hand II is there
lore, time that the prog ANNE for the ap.
proaching season shou be clearly outlined
IL Is not too much to say that the fate of our
cotton trade hangs trembling I'm the balance
we have arrived at decisive moment-we
stanI IN the preetn Of grand opportunity,
which, II neglected now, viii return no more
The facts OF the case are perfectly well
known to our cotton trade. From year 10 wear
the proportion of 'trantit' cotton to our Total
recsi pts has steadily increased The syAtem of
buying In the country has grown In favor, be
Cause purchasing In the country sayes the oN.
porter numerous fixed charges incurred by cot
ION that Is handled here II this process be
not checked, the next decade will gee all but
5eggaty remnant e the cotton trade OF New
Orleans converted into transit" business.
Can this process be cheoEed2 We do not
doubt That II can be, II the proper remedies are
instantly applied. For this "trausit buainess
is not so altoge her lovely 40 II Seems on & 4
face Great drawbacks, serious myers, at
tend upon the purchase Of cotton In the com
try, Duting the season nov drawing TO a close,
many OF oar exporters have had a sad expert.
ence Of loss In weight, country damage ana or
roneuus c'assilcatlO There have also been
Instances In which deliberate fraud has been
pratticed-sand paced cotton having been
shipped against sales of middling Although
there are many h nofable and eBponsiblo
mon among country buyers, the business IL, on
the whole, extremely hazardous. We do not
believe our exporters would care TO touch II,
II the Inducements In the way of deere ased
ch rges were not great
TIL whole question which our cotton trade
has TO solve is after all, simple question OF
insurance The diife ence I'm cuaTgre incurred
by "iransit' cotton and those Incurred by cot
ton handled here is the premium we offer TO
exporters taking the risk on the transit"
business. II the premium II sufficient the risk
VIII be taken, otherwise ths exporter VIII,
nAtur ally, prefer TO buy his cotton here, so that
he may see by personal inspection It's Condi-
ton, classification and the Ike.
Can the premium on the transit business
he reduced sufficiently to lead exporters to re-
fuse the risk; that Is the question TO be an
swered Unjust he answered one way or the
other very soon. II II cannot be answered In
the afllr1 ative, then the day Is not lar distant
when the cotton trade OF Now orleans will be
CHI e1y made up of "transip business. No mat.
tel how fondlv we may wish that things were
otherwise, the stubborn facts remain, and they
must be reed
EGGs--l09llc per dozen
BUTTER -lSa20c per pound
,CoFFEE-Rlo, fair 9hci prime l0glo4c;
choice ll9ll6c; Laguyra l3c; Java 22c; Golden
Rio l2c; Pea Berry l2IGlSc
CHEESE-The better grades and Ohio factory
l0G l0Hc. full cream twins l2Tc.
CANNED GOODS-Prces per dozen, Pine
apples standard, 81 65; peaches, standard, ,
ms, 81 90; MS - 10; seconds, ms 81 20; tbs
81 rs tomatoes, standard, lbs 81 20; seconds,
: MS S.; 3 ms 81 40; green corn 81 l0al 90;
green peas lOnl So; goosoberriesSl %; Iasp
berries 81 85j oyeters, full weight, ! 10 81 10;
Ms ~ 90; light weight n S-;2 his s.; salmon
n 81 65; J ibs s.; mack,Iel u 9Oa$l 90 sar.
dimes, American, 81 % case: imported Sl4 90
case; strawberries, Ms 81 30; backberries
81 25 green cages 81 Eagle condemned milk
CABBAGE-New crop, 81 7sao 90; c4lifor.
TOM AToEs--one. third bu. boxes, Soc
FRUITS AND VIZ, ETABLEs- Oranges,
Louisiana, none; Mes ina lemons, pei box,
SO 90, apples, per Dbl, 81 0O64 80; peaches,
per bu, 81 coal 5O lrish potatoes, new, 81
fornia, * cent. per pound; navy
beans, 39{a4c hand picked in bbls, medium
bbs s1So large Lima sc; small butter Shc;
heets, per bushel 81 80; bananas, 50 coos GO per
bunch sweet potatoes, 81 GOAL 5Oper bu.; car
rots, 81 30 per bu parsnins, u % per bu,i
wHfskY-Reci1ed, 81 l0al 80. as per proof,
year old, 81 9Oa2 20; fancy, extra old whisky
DRY GOODS Prints: Albion, solid eolora.
5ssci Aliens fancy, 5Hci pinks, Alfo5 Robes,
5kc; American fancS 5kc; Anchor 4he; Ar
mold fancy, SC Berwick fancy, &c; Charter OAK,
4Bc; tunnel, 5kc;. Eddystons, &c; Gloucester
steel River, BIC; Windsor fancy, &c
6inghama Amoskeag, 1hci Union, Il.ci
Caledonia, 7nei Renirew, s5cl taeqg9ard's' sci
Brown Cottons Clifton CO, 6ci Cons,itu-
tion, &C; Dwight, 6ci q endale, 6hci New
berry, CSC; Empire IA, bAei Beaver Dam
.hAc Argyle 65sci busy pee oc' nAns9r r.
Bedched Cottons Lonsdale, SIC; Forest,
G9ic Peabody II, 5Aci Ploneer OF me Market
65c Clinton, nc; Congress, dci Cumberland,
7lkc. Grent Republic, IC.
cotton Piaids. Conostoga 6H Cumberland,
CSC; Black warrior 19i Southern, ~ ,o,.
Antwerp l5o; Pcckley isc; Columbus 24ci
AvondAle, 2lc; lrylngtqn, 2sc Kaiser, EIci
Laurel Glenn. 2d1tc Anchor; sec ,oo ne. ,,si,
FLOUR-Best patents " ~ per loO lDsi hhl
patents 81 65; third grade Y 40.
GRAIN AND FEEDSTUFFs-Quota are
basel on the cost OF grain on track Ia car lots
Dealers selling from Store OF elsFatOf arc ii2th
2a5c higher.
Corn@iu ear SIC; shelled 7Oa75c.
wheat 81 a9Oc.
oats slc.
Barley, none.
Sra Bran 70 zoe rcr 100
Hay, s. OOGi8 % per ton.
Millst seed 81 % per bu;
johnson grass - 90 per bu.
HIDES AND SKIN NO heavy d " hides
l3c per 10; No. heavy lie; NO light l2ci No
iI bry sailed lse; bull hides &c; glue Sc. green
saised 70; butchers green &c; sheepshins i5e
acc
MOI.A sES-Choico Iouigiana 3sc; fair 10
good sSc; corn syrup $50.
NAILs-S3 25 per key, basis l0f-Burden
horseshoe per key $; PerkilA do,f5 s0i W alkef
DO S. so; Burden mule sJ Northwestetn horse-
shoe mails: No 5Oo; No. Nc; No. &c No.
I'D; No. .nc'1.ake's No. 4 45c; No. 80; NOT
&c no 20c; No l9c; Auss1le DO NO 4 f2ej
No 8 &c; No. 2lei No. lae 10. lec az.
NUTS Peanuts choice 1885, pc ans 6Hci
BrnEn nuts l0halle; dlberts l2h4l3c I'm
IN h walnuts lldlic; almonds lsaNs yer p
Tish- Maekerel. ion kiis No. J., 9oe; No 2.
500, half bbis No ], y b.; 10. = ~ ~ W'ep
herrings per box, 4Qc Goldfish, &c.
Meat-sugar- cured hams ltc; EngAr cured
byeSkfast bacon lie; shOr, clear uacon s'ici
shust clear dry salt %.
n Isrd-rieroe, IKE; 50 n cans 7slc - D cans,
re: l0-b cana, 10; 5-b cans, Itc, 3 p cam
lae. t,,ne,,,I aoasoe, runpowder, soa70.