Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-20
FORT WORTH mARKE rs-DAILY RE
VIEW.
OFFIcg OF THE GAZETTE,
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There Is continued activity Ia the Wholesale
business. The retail trade is good In special
lines, and in others very quiet. There is no
special feature In the grain market and but
very little coming In. Stocks are light but am
pie to supply the local demand and orders from
abroad. Wheat receipts are extremely Hght,
and thougu there are large amounts in first
hands, II Is being held by owners LOT homc ube
Chickens are dull and plentiful negotiations;
Eggs arc in large supply, with downwaru
tendency. Some salos are reported NJ ~ cents
CoTT N.sEkD OIL
Memphis LEDGER ont Of the fourteen cot
ton seed oil mills In Memphis only Sly are IN
operation, with very little prospect that the
suspcnded mills Will soon resume WORK, II
ever Some years ago great deal OF money
was made at this b slness, but " was oVeruone
by those who rushed into 1t, and for three yesTs
or more II mas been going down. and the bal
anoes have been on the wrong sldo OF the
ledger This 10 the fact, not only IN heni
pills but elsewhere. The three OIL os1 mii w.
last month. These were large miils, but
were losing money and stopper az
business necessity. The mill NJ GreenVlne,
Miss. belonging TO a strong Liverpool nrm was
burned about two weeks ago and u NOT likely
TO be rebuilt Tho mill at Carroliton,, La
burned down last week. Both were !! IN
snred, it is UNDERSTOOD but neither one Is ll6eiy
10 ia rebuilt eoon n at all, The one at Car
rollton was owned by the late Col ia hion
ardson. Another mil at Charleston,
failed three weeks 20 for sto. w, anu OF eoups,
there was no insurance against that. Ihere
seems TO be disposition In Tennessee, akhi'
sas, Texas and other states to shut down thi'
business. 49,. ,,.,,, - -,
money an the business Cotton seed costs Y
per ton, making It up S6 per ton, frclBht on ~
average OF S. per ton, Office hire oV cehts hhoki
SO cents agents 30 cents total sls ~ IN IStuIi
there IS 10 esch ton of seed thtrtv,lh zee gallon
Of oil at ~ cents per gallon 81 21 100 pounds OF
cake at tho rate Of Sli TON, u ", twenty Nv,
nounds OF lint cotton to tho ton OF ootton.f cSu
h ~: total about SIC 81; total loss per ton o.
cotton seed about Sc %. These are of couTs,
| bottom ngures for the product, and there MAJ
rally from the ssasss tha. q sre win no
! be any new mills built soon even u those II
| operation manage to keep going. .,.
When the business settles GOVT ov q vct IN,
main cause OF, the depression Hes IN INC ing i,I
that the crushers, who produce only edune III
| ara al the mercy Of the rchneIs, EsNsD ~ ~
| sbouId have a refinery OF lie own. feNet hn lr
Meter mills will probably solve the problem
| 'Inst now tho cit dntion Ii rather blue 80.
The quotations given below are roNiseu uHiil
| ard NAV be relied on ns accurate 80,
an ER-Fresh country butter, choice, l5c
choice western dairy lee; fancy creamery ~
4 C0FFEE--liio, fair 9S leci prime lV's s,id
choice llXal2e; LagnyEiss i5 re- 1A'" ~ WV
CHEEsE-The better grades and ONO iA0'oi
Il 1OalOXci full cream twins lSHc' ,,...,, n,
CANNED GoQDs-frlces por aoa; ~ I'M Nv Nv
PIesso M Ks aSs boi seconds, Rssl IS, .,
n N; tomatoes. standard, MS, 81 0oi seoonus
s'x1 Ihs,I 5s. rooseberries, 81 -; raspber
r,es Il 30 oysters, fun weight, h, 10, nl
s. o., light weight -, 81 NJ Sos sssiS %
; ~ .iifn q American IS 50 case; imported, ~
case: strawberries, ns, 81 6oi 9laeknssrri,sS,'
"a %, ereen gagcs, s.; eagle condenser inni
rs, .,
rsoiJR-Best patents 81 20per 100 bs, ma
ostent 81 Is third grade " %. - 49,, ,
GRAIS-Quotations are based on sng tso,
s s,a.a ~ elevator are from TO cents hlghe
. | oats 321Sbc per bushel.
!, Corn shaS7Ee.
Barley Sc.
iis.yrMES-yenison lo4l5c; antelope VOC % I,
onail Goa TSc per doc; Wild turkeys oo3'oe WI