Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-09
OFFICE OF TUE vEcEalUEg BEGALO'

Vic bhBhClty huu ptOhhPehoooi u"fO
made ample arrangements to sup
ply them. 1t Is now ust at that turn
ing point between apring and win
ter which deters immediate pur-
chase of spring apparel, yet wa mo-
tice that dealers In clothing and
dry goods are not idle by any
means. While there has been but
little appreciable advance In cot
ton, there has from the steadlness
of the price OF 1t been a decided adj
vance In the price Of cotton goods.
The fluctuations in cotton have
been but slight for the past week.
The quotations during the whole
time have been firm, which In our
Judgment Is a sure indication Of an
advance. We know that there is q
large amount of cotton held by
planters for better prices, which
they are enabled to do through the
fact that but few of them are in
debt for advances, but should there
be any who are In debt to mer-
chants it does not evidence either
sound discretion or good business
faith TO iurcc the merchant to re-
main without the use of money
which should have been paid long
since. Besides, unless gold advances
rapidly cotton will not bring this
season much over n cent pound
more than now, If that.
Cotton is quoted in New Or
leans: MiddlIng, 22l4c; low mid
ding, 2l@2lHc; good ordinary,
204 q 20lAc. The difference be-
tween New Orleans aud Vicks-
burg quotations at the present
time is such as cause prices to
range here at tic. to 20c. The
Liverpool quotations are lll6
6ll15d. This of course Is in gold,
but since gold in New York is
quoted at ll7sc. there is not q great
difference between currency and
gold prices.
The New York Dry Goods Re-
porter, OF u inst, Gays:
II the cotton goods market there
has been Il very regular, though we
might say Improbable, trade and
while the agents Of the stands ard
makes OF bleached and brown cot
ton are largely sold ahead, the job
beers are distributing tho same
goods ut but little ii any profit. In
prints the same feature stands
prominent, while in many instances
they are offered at less than cost
with the view to forcing trade, but
when the excitement Of the mo-
ment is over, business reverts to Its
regular channel, and rests in mac.
lion.
In the wooden goods market, al
regular prices, but few goods have
changed hands, while many have
been forced 10 sale at very low rates
II our readers will recall our re-
marks Of q lew weeks since, ex
piessive Of the general opinion re-
|, garding some large sales made a
/. low prices, the low sales Of tn
, present will sustain the correct
ness Of our words at that time, II
reference to those seemingly Low
sales. Too many medium aud l0v
s goods have been made, and compe
Iition has created = surplus Of stock
or, In other words, the supply !
greater than the demand, and III
pet theory Of the ProtectioniSt
amply shown In the overburdene
market Of to-day. We would this
= some of the members Of Congress
q who are strongly In favor Of tn
present Tariff, would become woo
= manufacturers just to know WIFI
difficulties our manufactures lAbC
under, with q high duty on wOt
4 and;only about One-half the same o
woolens but until just some sue
c. q revolution occurs, we fear "
~ look in vain for any relief fro
A. Congressional action.
The New York Day Book h
nishes some C~ustom-hOuse dgnrI
to prove the strength of the Sou
1 In her prolific natural resourcI
and wonderful vitality. With 10
than one.thlrd the population
the Union, and amid all her tTia
IN and abiect poverty, the South FL
e nished, in 1869, exclusive Of spec
and bullion, one-half the entire 9,
p ports of the country. The emit
exports were 967L,038,649, excl
sive of S42,9l6,96S, specie.
al these results Of agriculture, g
South furnished Sl9lyOl2,H@i
y nearly ten millions more than q
a industrial products Of the balan
n. Of the Union. The total impoE
Of the country for 1869 were S4l'
ID 954,8l5. If we allow One.thiTd
in this for the South, and that y rel
" too liberal, she would show
balance Of trade in her JdvoT
ed S54,O2T,76S, while the balau
- against the other stands ct "
:" 9lS,734.
he The st. Louis Democrat In .
in cent issue gives some statistics
the business Of 1859 ct that place
grain and -four, and BY cOmparia
oo With the trade In the same PrOdu
~ at ChicagO,shOwSthat there has b
Is q larger relative increase In the
iva Ceipts and exports Of the attic
mentioned al the former, than ct.
erS latter city. There may be OF
1850. v.hlnh onmkRshukad In