Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-08
THE BUSINESS BAROMETER.
An Index to the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
MORE ACTIVITY IS NOW NnTIcEaulr.,
.ereass IN no Volume OF uusineas
II us'on B,tks ni-s
for isonds.


houston. Toxar. February 9.
Tho business mon. OF Houston have been
very much encourased by tho activity. Ia
nAde circles tina week. There has boon
more life ard animation shown than for
come tine past. and the volume Of trade
for February win. no doubt. show large
Increase over the past month Tha pres-
enoe Of rsyerai hundred odd Fellows In
the city during tho past three days has
added 10 rc;nil business TO a great extent,
and tho bright sunshiny weather has also
brought out tho home choppers IN lirge
hunters. The retail stores were crowded
today and every ciurk was kept busy. In
Wholesale circles there Is good demand
Tor oil LIMOS OF merchandise and disaoAi-
t!un among interior merchants 10 an,iei-
rate future wants that has not beea no.
uceahlc heretofore. y number Of tho isui-
ms jobhing honsos affirm thai their Liisi-
hess is larger than II WIS u year use and
that trade upon tho whole Is better than
81 this tirno in 1896. The situation IL In
Iced improved. and with tho general at
iHospherc cleared up by the success OF tho
bond Issue the future seems very profls-
ms
HOUSTON AND THE BONDS.
The result Of tho bod offer, IS showp
by the papers this morning was sub
j,ct of general comment In local financial
and commercial circles Every ore scru-
I'd TO think 1t would have good eject on
the business Of the country and completely
silence the croakers and financial peas.-
inltls. Ihc intorugt mamie asrd tn this
and the result SHOWS that the banks and
tie people have confidence IN tho Uni ed
states government and LIS promises to
While bids from Texas were not very
nunerouH. The Houston banks were repre-
aented TO the eN,ent OF t20J 20 Weah-
ilonal bunk OF this city offered 90 take
bonds 70 Tho extent OF tl1.Wo, This WIS
| First Nationals hid having been for slvo-
| iQI. The commercial bank OF this city
also onored 70 subscribe for bonds % tho
! ion banks VIII oe AWARDED any bonds,
however, Ms their bids were below lio,GslT.
and ne MasR,nE,on ,elegrams Iiaied TINT
| that 10 take IN all tho issue.
| Among the other bidders from Texas
iTs,@O; iFSiHrst SSi Il bank S cf Wee N
| ford, Ilb,QOO; First National bank Of brcn-
| SUITE National bnnk OF Ausun. rs, 90;
| Atanhall National bank. $3.50. c, a. NSl-
son, Clifton. 5000. Ward. Murray a Co..
WILL NOT PLANT COTTON.
Bear TeieRrams TO the New York cot
tor exchange have OF late been to tho
cfloot that every farmer In tho South Nds
buying mules and fertilizers with the in
:tnton OF putting this combination at
work upon tho next cotton crop, Tint
iheso reports do not apply to some parts
OF TEXAS will be shown by tho following
clipping from tho EaHlc Pass Guidei
The cotton crop IN the district about Al
lerdo VAS complete failure this year.
owing 10 the boil wecvil, an insect .wh.ch
originated in Mexico, and which our
friends, the pre-. eouonista. would do Well
TO keep out OF raNda-n they could. ThJ
total crop u less than q per cent OF an
average Yield. Consequently some other
sfor VIII be planted In the Rio uranue
valley this year. Probably corn, beans,
alfalfa and fruits would make good subdti-
tuies In tho lower nandy vegas early
vegetables for Northern markets would
mako n profitable crop.
LARGE SHIPMENTS OF ORANGES
Last December more fruit was exported
from Sicily to the United states than ever
before In that month, the aagrcEato being
J15 90 boxes OF green fruit, 10000 Of which
were oranges, says United States Consul
seymour at Palermo Prices were high
then. but now the marlSots. both In Amer,
lea nni In Englnnd are Elutiei and prices
| often received are no. auitleient 10 cover
the EXPENSES. to say nothing OF the cost OF
the fruit. cargo OF oranges recently sod
n New Orleans brought from u cents 10
n n box Shipments In the meantime ron-
lnuo The lemon crop II very large. hut
| choice fruit u schfccr than last year. The
orange crop Is less than last year. but OF
very fair quality.