Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-04


took advantage OF the occasion to come
into the city Ia large numbers. The
squaEe during the day has been filed with
cotton laden wagons, and the receipts Of
the dsv run up 10 more than 200 bales. The
p.icas as quoted oy TIE GAZETTE for
this market are the best OF the seasor,
And farmers sppear to think they will no;
go higher, though whe' her such suppo-
Bi,ion Is correct is question yet bother
icg the best statistics OF the county,
TIE Boston Grocers' G.zstte has the
following: The last four vessels have
msckerel season 10 close. Last Year
catch CT 44,TG2 barrels againss 80, SCI in
1886, yes the present season closed with
only acRtch OF q. 035 sea packed barrels,
which is TIE smallest Tor ff:y years. High
prices nave rendered to compensate the
successful vessels Of the fee. for this
light catch.
T1e chisi OF the bureau Of
s!atis ,ics, in his fourth monthly
ssatemen. for the current fiscal
year, rep2gts that the totsl values Of
the exports Of merchandise from the Uli-
led States during the twelve months
ended October 81, 1888, sc compared with
similar exports duI ng the corr spending
period for 1887, wEre: For 1888, 1924,
eos 230-lSs7, s678 422 $50. TIE va ues
of Tue imp-r's ~ r. i't 1888. S707, 157,-
l9S-1S87. S722. 776 9S9.
The foreign bankers who hsve ordered
gold for shipment 20 Europe state thai,
owing to the demand in London fer gold
bars for shipment to Rossis and South
Americs, BANKERS on the other side are
paying fer geld fraction over the nomi-
nal price Kuhn, Loeb & Co have just
ordered S5l2 600 in gold bars from the
assay cfflje foc shipment 10 Europe. The
total golt taken Tor shipment SO far this
week is 1854 600.
"I have cusIomtr," sxJs Chicsgo
broker, "7ho represents large class OF
spectators that is reVer taken into con.
sheraton, ard whose holdings co no. sp
pear in tns visible supply estimates. I"
"This man Is well-to 20 farmer who
lives In Bloomington. When wheat was
in the niretIes b. bought Is 900 bushels,
which he stoyed In his gr1lsry with his
oNn crop There 1t still remains. This
ms n hiss faith IN wheat and he is going to
n II on until he gets his figures, which
sre, in this instance, 81 rs Per bushel.
He may have to sell at present prices CT
eysn lower, but that does not sfsct the
matter. Suppose, scattered over the
wheat growing districts, there are 1000
suci men es the one l have exampled.
That makes IL, 10000 bushels OF wheat,
gooC, sound G ain, selected with care by
experts, that toe figure jagglers never
take into consideration
An eastern exchange has the following
corcerrir g the English salt truss which
has latels pat up the price Of salt SO
sharply:
The CREST English salt trust Is enccul-
tering oppositiGp snd competition. This
trust, 1t will be remembered, ct once ad-
vauced prices sharply, affecting the mar
ket at home and in this country. 1t fur
Their appears that they c1t down the
wages CT the employees TO some extent.
Nov s move M ut is started TO organize
the workmen for an effective strike on the
one hand, aud on the other hand tie we'll
known 1rm Of Brunner. mold &
Co, the only brine bumpers
# importance left out OF the
"deal," and one OF the largest chem
ical mauuiac turing concerns in the world,
hiss discovered 8 supply Of brine at An
derton from which Il is :alculated that
$50, COO tons OF SILT can be made per an
nun, and thi' 1t proposes to work in OPP
position 10 the trust.
Aided TO these disturbances an "Sni.
SILT monopoly League" has b5en formed
10 proceed sgsir st the trust In the court,
ard this league claims to be able 10 show
the uplawfu!ress Ct the trust, The out.
come Of these various llres Of attack upon
the salt trust Will be watched with great
interest.