Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-25
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Closes Lower in
Two Markets.
FUTURES GENERALLY LOWER.
Wheat FIuctuated and Finally Closed
Lower-Corn was Leader Yester-
day, Showing Much Strength.
Other Markets.
CommeroIal and FINANCIAL.

The official report of the New Orleans
| board OF grain inspectors for the month of
February shows that the export movement
OF grain for the month from that port ex-
| ceeded 100000 bushels, which is the
| largest aggregate for a single month on
| record. The movement was about equally
| divided between wheat and corn with an
occasional cargo of rye. The report of the
inspectors shows that this grain was
shipped to all parts of Europe, even Sweden
| and Denmark taking share of the ship
ments.
As compared with the first of February
STOCKS OF petroleum have increased from
1851, 600 As barrels to 16 947, 53S Il barrels,
an increase of 435, 1929 barrels. The
average daily production has increased
from "a, 41S.S3 barrels in January to
l3l, PA. so, an increase of Sc, sos 81 barrels.
The receipts in February were 2,S57, SIS. l6
barrels, as compared with 1922, S73 u
barrels innJanuary, a decrease of O., 9S1, 90
barrels.
iron company and the De Bardeleben iron
company has resulted in the election of Mr..
Smythe OF Charleston to the directory of
the consolidated company.
The ship Great Admiral has arrived at
Boston from Melbourne, after passage of
ninety-four days She brought $40 bales
OF wool, said to be the largest cargo of wool
ever landed at that port from sailing YES
sell The ship Exporter, now on her way
from Melbourne has $3.50 bales.
J. S. Bache & Co. of New York say:
The prices of the great staple products,
wheat and cotton, have been extremely dis
appointing, and iron has also gone down to
very low figures. This has caused depres-
sion IN many. parts of the country; but, on
the other hand, if prices have touched bot
tom, or nearly so, the future should be
m - hoc Of
to make good starting point from which a
healthy trade can be done in the future.
The stocks Of grain in Chicago elevators
and atioat last Saturday evening were TO-
$4,000 bushels of wheat, 2,907, 900 bushels |
of corn, 1,02G, 900 bushes of oats, els, 900 |
bushels of rye, and $4,000 bushels or bar
ley. Total, 1854, 900 bushels of all kinds |
OF grain, against 7,15S, 100 bushels year |
ago. For the same date the secretary of |
the Chicago board OF trade states the visi- |
bic supply Of grain in the United States |
and Canada as Il, 139, 600 bushels of wheat. |
L, "a, 900 bushels of corn, !, 972, 600 bushels
OF oats, l, 7S2, 600 bushels of rye and LII
0OO bushels of barley. These figures are
larger than the corresponding ones year
ago by $50, 900 in wheat and smaller by 81
200 IN corn The visible supply of wheat for
the CORES spending week wear ago in |
creased 159, l2S bushels.
The census bulletin shows the total area
Of land devoted to the cultivation of hemp |
IN the United States in 1889 to have been
., O56 acres, and the production of fiber IL
III tons, valued at 81, 102, COZ The average
yield per acre is 1929 pounds, and the aver
age value per acre S44.O1, or S95. 70 per ton. |
Kentucky produced 90. "a Of the total hemp
,rop OF the country. Illinois uproduced A. So
per cent and the remaining six states from
which hemp was reported had an aggre-
rate yield OF only l61 tons. Although the
'rop OF 1889 was more than double that of
S19 hemp production is regarded by those
Engaged in it as declining industry, a con-
lition which they attribute to foreign com
'etition, and TO some extent to their own !
ack of improved machinery for breaking
nd cleaning the fiber. No previous census
eport contained any statistics of the acre
ge in hemp or of the value of the product.