Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-15
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures from
to 3 Points Higher Money
Market Easy.
wheat opened Steady, FIuotuated and
Closed Lower-Live Stock Trans
actions Were Brisk.
FORT WORTH BIARKErs-DAILY HE.
VIEW
oTrIcE OF THn GAZETTE,


Trade was extremely active to-day; in |
one large grocery house the force will
work until midnight to oil orders.
Note slight change in coffees.
Eggs are active and 10 demand at pres
ent prices.
Butter and poultry Of all kinds are Of |
fered in large quantities, and the market
is overstocked. A heavy decline is i'm,
minent. Some lots Of butter sold to-day
as low as 10 cents, but the market has not
declined TO that figure yet, the sales
mentioned being the exception.
THE STATE or TRADE.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's, while
recording moderate check In sales OF
some staples, as expected at this time,
make plain new evidence Of the excep-
tionally heavy volume of business. The
bank clearings now begin to reveal the
full proportions of commercial transac-
tlons, with very heavy total for thirty
cities. During the current week, as
specially wired this journal, the ag-
gregate clearings are $1,000, 255, 4S7,
against 5000, S43, 52s last week, and
1896, 79s,l95 in the like week OF 1885,
showing a gain of 20 per cent. this week
and Of 28.l per cent. against last year.
Heavy dealings in the New York stock
market will account for share of the in
crease at New York, the total for the
week amounting to 3,203,000 shares,
against 2,6+b,000 last week, 1887, 900
shares in the like week of 1885, and
l ,l56, 900 in 1884. The total earnings of
forty-nine railways for September report
ed to Bradstreet's is $20,250, 900, against
SlS,665,000 in 1885 and 1924 900 in
IT., No. d.
| $l39, sos, 900 or S5,25S,00 more than in
1885 and $69l,00 more than In 1884. The
New York stock market was active,
feverish and influenced by a highly
speculative feeling. Prices advanced IT.
regularly, although toward the close OF
the week a quieter feeling prevailed
Bonds were firm. Money was extremely
icm, and foreign exchange is weak and
close to the gold-importing point. The
sales OF dry goods, cotton, wool, aud to
some degree OF. lumber, have been some
what checked. But there remains con-
| fldence on all sides of good demand in
the near future. Pig iron is now 81 per
ton higher in all directions. Southern and
| Western furnaces are heavily sold ahead,
and demand for 800 tons from dozen
consumers in New York for early de-
livery would put No. up 81 per ton. For
this grade $40 is now asked, with a
probability of $40 by January
i. Dry goods are firm. Print
cloths are higher, and brown and
bleached sheetiEgs fractionally higher.
Stocks are not increasing. Wool Is
quieter, but strong. In spite of specu-
lative buying, home prices are below for
eign. The loss of cotton in Texas by the
late storm is reported to amount to over
10000 bales. Estimates of the loss TO
the Western tobacco crop are placed at
from 8 to 10 per cent Louisville reports
inclining to the lower figure.
There appears, to be some doubt as
to the extent of the loss by frost In
the Virginia and North Carolina tobacco
regions. Cotton and tobacco, as well as
petroleum, remain dull, featureless, and
without material change in prices at New
York. Hog products are depressed and
lower. There is no sign of gain in
wheat, despite the late excellent export
demand. Receipts at the West and
Northwest have declined some. Flour is
depressed and lower, with continued
heavy foreign consignments. The
industrial situation is disturbed by
an extended strike and lockout
of textile operatives at Phia-
delphia, threatened lockout Of knitting
mill hands in the Hudson river valley, and
the strike Of 20 900 pork-packing employees
at Chicago against the reinforcement Of
the ten hour day. The total failures in
the United States reported to Bradstreet's
this week number 20l, against 205 last
week, l79 In 1885, 2lS in 1884 aud l66 in
1883 Canada had 81, against IA last week
and % last year. The total in the United
States this year to date is 7,749, against
1854 last year, decline of 935, and as
compared with 8,274 in 1884, 7,428 in
1883 and 5,4ll in 1882. Canada has had
935, against 1907 last year and 1869 in
1884. Improved beet and cane crop
prospects have further depressed sugar,
aud increased receipts of coffee have
caused a decline of 4c-[ Bradstreets.
BUTTER 15a2Oc per pound; fancy cream
CorToN-Good middling 7.75as 4Oc.
CoFFEE-Rio, fair llci prime llh@l2c;
choice lbh@l3c; Laguyra l4kc; Java 231c;
Golden Rio lac: Pea Berry l4JI Gi5c.
CHEESE-The better grades and Ohio factory
l0al0hc; fun cream twins lic.
| CANNED GOODS-Prices per dozen: Pine
apples standard. 81 IS; peaches, standard, 2
MS, 81 so; 5 lbs So is; seconds, Ms 81 20; be
81 IS; tomatoes, standard, lbs 81 20; seconds,
| 2 ms S.; 3 lbs 81 40; green corn VI 1901 oOi
green peas l08l 50; gooseberries$ 81 %; rasp.
berries S. S5j oysters, full weight, ! ID 81 10;
NE 81 90; light weight . S5;2 ne s.; salmon
dimes, American, 81 90 case; imported Sl4 90
case; strawberries, lbs 81 80; backberrles
81 25; green cages s.; Eagle condensed milk
So 25
CABBAGE-$2 25as 80 per crate,
| DRY GOODS Prints: Albion, solid colors,
SIC; Aliens fancy, 5kc; Pinks, ohcj Robes,
$40; American fancy, 6hci Anchor, 4Hci Ar
mold fancy, 60; Berwick fancy, 4c Charter Oak,
lKc; Ounnel, SIC; Eddystone, Go; Gloucester
/ silver gray, 6Hc; Hartel, 5kc; simpsons, 6ci
Steel River, 5Ho; Windsor fancy, &c.
| Glnghams AmOskeag, T&ci Union, 7kci
Caledonia, Ike; Renfrew, s<ci Jacquard's, sc
| Nubian, &c; Westbrook Sc; Zephyr SAc.
Brown Cottons: Clifton Q 90, &C.; oonslitu-
tion exc; Dwight, &c; Glendale, 6Aci New
berry, 6lSo; Empire IA, 6kc; Beaver DAM
| 6kc; Argyle, exc; Busy Bee, &c; Bangor +,
! 6%c. -
6Sc; Peabody II, 5kc; Pioneer OF the Market.
exc; Clinton, 7ko; Congress, &c; Cumberland,
7Hc; Great Republic, &c.
Cotton Plaids: Conestoga 6I6i Cumberland,
| Hc; Black arrior, 7c Southern, 7Sc.
| kentucky Jeans; Kluyver, SCI Marion, l0c.
| Antwerp, 15c; Beekley, 1885, Columbus, 40;
! Ayondaie, ale; Irvington. 2sc; Kaiser 27c;
| Laurel Glenn, 264e; Anchor, S6c
| EGlS-~i6c per Dozen
! FRUITS AND VEaETABLES-Orangea 81 rs
! az 90 per 100; lemons, 81 so per box apples,per