Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-05
Wheat Opened Strong. Advanced Steadily
and Olrssd HiEher-Ocd,e Teni
Up-Wool Unchanged.


The activity Of yesterday or this marke.
has been continued to-day. Dealers in
.ll lines comment upon the reiuvsnsticn
of business life.
There has been slight decline in short
clear and dry salt meats.
J Coftees are held firmly 1t the advance
OF last Saturday.
Cotton etill comes in In large quantities.
The price went above Sc to-day.
Eastern mills have contracted for $780,
900 tons steel rails so far this month for
next years delivery.
A Western railroad man proposes these
amendments to the Interstate commerce
act: First, repeal the fourth section re-
lating to long and short hsuls Second,
repeal the fifth section prohibiting pool
ing and authorize that pooling arrange
ments BE- made and enforced by law.
Third, provide by law that the same pubs
lie notice shall be given before rates csn
be reduced. Fourth, prohibit .transpor.
tation companies from making contracts
with shippers for longer period than
fifty days
In Great Britain every buyer OF native
grain is required by lsW to make 8 week
| .
for that purpose. This report must spec
ify every parcel bought, whether from the
farmer CT Otherwise, and the price
thereof, ard the weight Or measure by
which the sam j; was bought, the name Of
the seller, and if the same was bought or
sold on acccunS Of aay OIL er person. Every
one VINO fails to do this IL, on CONVICTION,
: liable to fac OF E20. TIE government
kgent is constantly on the sle1t to see that
ouyerg fulfil the requirements Il thia
law.
The recent decision OF the supreme
court Ct the Ulited S.Htes, declaring uQ-
constitutional the "drunmers' tax" stat
ute Of Texas, has called attention to the
fact that similar statute is en- the books
of number II states and territories
In Delaware, FIorids, Loulsisns, Miihi-
gan, Maryland, Nevsds, North Carolina.
D Virginia, Montana and New Msxico local
laws impose tax upon commercial .raV
D elers similar to that ruled upon in the
? Texas decision. BIZ state law municipal
= tiles ere also author ze0 70 collect 8 drum
mers' tax for their local treasures In Ala
nsms, Arkansas, Caiiiornis. GeoTgis,
Kentucky, Pe1nsyI7snis, South Carolina,
=, Tennessee asd the territory of UsSh.
The report Of the third assistant post
master general for the fiscsl Year gives
what is said to be the frs. eff ;ial record
OF the number OF letters, postal cards snd
packages carried In tho domestic mails 81
this country. The sggregS number FOL
u the year was 8, 578, 900, 600, or an aversgs
Of about S Y y pieces Ct mail per capita
and Of this aggregate, which exceeds ths'
Of any other country in tie world, tht
number Of parcels Of merchandise wa:
: equal to the number CT postal cards
about one-third as grestRs the number o.
newspaperg and periodicals., and s5ou
one filth as great as the number Of letters
There Is . very fair trade in staple
groceries and the distribution OF mos
lines Is rather satisfactory. On the whole
!, groceries sppear to DE rather more active
:, than most other lines of merchandise, tbs
. . mild weather being not so much an OBJ
sttcle as In dry goods, clothing, etc.
The Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan
- road is Il. ting up its passengers train!
: with patent heater by which the coache!
y are to be heated by steam from the
a locomotive. This is done IN compliance
= with the Michigan lsw, which require!
:. that stoves in passenger CARS be els
pensed with after JanusIy l, 1889.
o Mackerel are scarce and high While
. the catch of this country has shown {,
steady falling of, tina. on the coast Of
Great Britain and Ireland has il creased
s thus proving to the satisfaction OF ths
trade that the fish have discovered new
!. feeding grounds and that there is q etro rs
q probability that the future supply will b.
q dependent largely upon importation:
= from foreign countries.