Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-29
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchanged; Futures From
One to Five Points Lower.
Wheat Opened Weak, Fluctuated Widely and
Closed at an Advance Coffee Higher
Wool was Unchanged.
Daily Review.
OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,
EOPr WORTH TEX Dec Is. IS

on IllS market. Inc weather mas not
been good, and the streets have not been
so much crowded with people as on pre-
vious days, though merchants have no
cause to complain of dullness. The de-
mand upon jobbers for goods for city
trade is good, giving indication of firm
ness with retailers.
The inquiry for coin from all parts of
the country is working the Philadelphia
mint to its utmost capacity. There is a
great demand for subsidiary silver from
the banks.
Inc December crop report for Michigan
is just out, and shows that the newly
sown wheat goes into the winter i'll about
the same condition as one year ago. Its
condition is about S5 per cent. of an
average crop i'll the southern counties, SO
per cent. III the central, and So per cent.
in the northern.
The total exports of breadstuffs for
November show decrease over the same
month last year of 81 ,794 900. The de-
crease is chiefly in wheat and wheat flour.
For the five months ending November 80
the decrease in total exports of bread
the same period last year, and for the
eleven months ending November 30 the
decrease is over SAT 900 600. The total
exports of beef and hog products for No
vember show decrease of about $780,
600; of dairy products Of about $500 900.
Exports of cotton show ali increase of
about 81 800 900. The exports of
mineral oils show an increase CT about
$500 900.
American Banker: tt is very crafty
ing TO notice how general and widespread
is the industrial activity i'll the South.
IN every state active progress is being
made in the development of natural re-
sources, and Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia are
all pushing ahead more rapidly, while
Texas, Arkansas and the other far
Southern states.are doing equally as well.
The increase is no longer localized nor
conferred in iron alone, while Alabama
and her iron industries are keeping well
up towards the front, there is wider
diversity of industries receiving atten-
ton, and greater scope of country Gov
cred by this activity.
The forthcoming report of the Kansas
state board of agriculture viii show that,
HOW lJIlStduulHS Luc IdIh u IL Ddtl StdSOu
and failure of crops, 1t is found that the
total value of all the farm products of
Kansas for the two years of 1885 and 1886
was only 1854 ,045 ,l24, while that of 1887
and 1883 is $275 ,27I ,l40, or an increase
in two years of = per cent. In the mat
ter of population it will be shown that in
. he past two years Kansas has grown
from n state of l ,4OG ,73S inhabitants in
1886 TO one of ,5lS ,552 in 1888, an in
crease i'll the biennial period of II ,S14
souls or nearly per cent. Eight new
counties have been organized in the same
period.
As indicating how urgently the Bank
of. England stock of gold needs repIen-
ishing, it may be stated that for the first
week in December is held ELS ,304 200 in
coin and bullion and EI0 $50 200 reserve,
the smallest amount in many years. At
the same time in 1888 it held f21 ,94S
coin and bullion and El2 ,497 ZOO reserve.
The stock of bullion is now e. 900 900,
or the equivalent of $40 ZOO 900 below
what it is customary to hold at this time
of the year