Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-23
LOCAL MARKETS..
OPTION OF TIE aAgrrrr.


Jan. % 1886, I
There Is sim daily dow of business that,
considering the season and the late bad
weather, Is highly satisfactory. About the only
special feature of 20 days transactions was the
heavy receipts of grain, especially corn and
oats Corn sold freely from wagons at
80 cents, but oats though OF hnest
Enou h time has not yet elapsed TO tell 10
what extent the late sowing OF grain has been
damaged, but farmers generally seem to think
no great harm has been done.
The bad weather did some Injury to the sup
plies OF fruits hold by y me merchants, but
fresh lots of fair quality have since az
tlug the bulk of their oranges, cabbages,
potatoes, etc., from California, and are well
pleased both rs TO the character Of the goods
and the excellent shape in which they ara re-
ceiysd. AS 10 oranges, though the cold wave
which did tho Florida plantations great harm,
sent prices up In New York from - 90 TO $3.50
and $500 per box The local market is about us
before, and tho supply OF the luscious fruit
fully meets the demand.
The market is gluttcd with eggs at unchanged
figures, and there is an abundant supply OF
fowls chickens remaining firm, though trlfc
TiIE RISE ~ PORK.
In regard to the rise In pork the Chicago
Tribune says The secret OF the recent strength
in pork has co q Q out. II Is .ood country buy.
ing on tho fact OF big losses by hog cholera, IL
IA now claimed that In many parts of Kansas
and Iowa rs many as 60 per cent. OF the hogs
have been carried OF by this disease. This nc
counts for the large receipts IN the early part
OF the season, he farmers were afrald 70 keep
the animals, and preferred sending them for
ward In q half -fattened condition to
holding them back, to 20 iost
may seem strange that pork has advanced 50
much while lard has scarcely Judged az all,
though the latter Is wanted Tor consumption,
while the former Is each year becoming more
and more an artificial article. IL is Astonishing
to see the charm there Is TO barrel OF pork 70 a
middle aged man In the country. But the mys-
terry yanishes when one ememb rs thnt the
barrel OF pork and the barrel Of f0ur we're the
two great staples when the man referred 70 was
boy. u is nike the renewing OF lrst'loye 10
offer him barrel OF pork at u low price as com
pared with the cost OF the hog, though the pork
can be made much moro cheuply per pound
than Il used 10 be, and there Isl less numlor Of
pounds In the barrel IL now appears probable
Thar the packing OF this season will be n long
way snort of the packing last winter
WILL COTTON DECLINE FUR Hbnf
The following viii be read with interest by
the cotton trade A few weeke ago, Gays the
Fan River Newe, there was a sudden upward
movement In the prices OF cotton OF about
twenty polnts Tor futures 10 which the market
for sIots quickly responded. This was gener-
.ily accept d by buyers hs an indication that
the lowest price for the season had been
reached, and very heavy purchases were MADE
by New England spinncrs. Fan River has been
free buyer and, II Is e. lmhtfd, & now carry.
ing about SIX uontns' supply. The principal
! lnducement 10 Investment IN cotton 70 20
/ large an extent was the fact that iniddling
cotton was selling at lower figure than hnd
been known for many FEARS, and experience
4 mad proved nat cotton % that gfade was good
/ purchase at 10 cents per pOunu. But notwith
4 stnndng the large transactions both IN actual
/ and fictitious cotton, the marker has barely
I maintained the FIRST advance, This Is not sur
I prlsing when it IL considered that the Eisc la
| price was previous ~ the period OF heaviest re
ceipia Of cotton at the ports, the receipts thlis
I far have not exceeded those OF last year, though
\ the estimates ~ the present crop inads by thc
New Orleans Cotton exchange aud the United
states bureau and other wei Uniformed parties
| make tho number Of bales produced from 800, Vo'
/ TO 900, 000in cxcess Of last years. crop. TheSN
ports are hardly up 70 those OF the correspond
/ Ing date OF year ago.
The whole weight Of the difference betweeI
! the crop Of 1884 and that Of 1875, and one Sor,
excellent authority says the outcome VIII cN
I ceed six and three. quarter million bales, y ye
on the markc and II IA this Impending load
I temporarily carried BY the Planters, which no
Il only prevents further advance In the prlce 0
! the sgaple, bat Viii ssrObahly canae decline
I The point from which II took The recent npwar'
turn II not 70 q stlll lower one. Tbs EnseAsou
able advance has evidently Ind the enect 70 "
dncc planters 70 withhold shipments "a antlsl
patton OF better market bnt "
liberal stocking pp Of Northern mlit