The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-02

they make the experiment., and the mills de
cided to make about 25 600 pieces and senC
them out on their own account.
! The goods are to be twenty six inches wide
Good judges say there is no prospect of any
outlet for print cloths in Manchester, unless
at much lower prices. This statement con
ours with the views of most of our merchants
IN the trade. viz: that there is little, if any,
chance of competing with the E glish manu-.
| facturers directly in their country, and thai
| the only successful competition that is ever
| possible is in markets to which the English
| are exporting their products.
Failure of j. & J. SIeyin & Co.
The suspension Of the dry goods firm of J.
}. Slevln Il Co. is announced in our com.
mercial columns. Their liabilities are place
at S6O0,0O0. and the assets at $500, coo.
Nothing could illustrate more sadly the un-
certainty of mercantile business aft .irs in the So
days OF financial pressure and tepre ssioi .
OF all the dry goods houses in our city, thar
OF j. II }. Slevln Was, perhaps, the Oldest
established and the best managed, SO far as
old time business principles aud honorable
dealings can be applicable to the present
time.
For thirty years it weathered the storm, and
the word Ut any Of the firm was as god d as
gold upon the open market East and West.
There are extensive branches in Philadelphia
and elsewhere, and all have been sustaining
the venerable and respected head of the Gin.
cinnai house in recent complications; but, il
seems, in vain. as the paper went to protest
yesterday Cincinnati Enquirer.
Interesting Statistics.
The distribution of educaional facilities
may be inferred from the fact that the largest
number of persons in any State over 10 years
of rh NJ in riv,io VT
North Carolina. Pennsylvania has the large,
number of schools, but The schools o: New
York have by far the largest income from en-.
dowment, taxation and tuition fees. Michigan
has 5000 more libraries than New York, which
State has 10000, and comes next in the list
Ohio next, Pennsylvania next, Illinois next.
New York has 1856 newspapers, Pennsylvania
$40. Illinois sos, Ohio 395, and 50 on.
The greatest valuation of all property is in
New York, next Massachusetts,, next Ohio,
next Pennsylvania. The highest total OF tax
alton is in New York, next Massachusetts,
next Pennsylvania, next Ohio. Nav York,
in 1870, had nearly one-tfth of the State and
local public indeb edness of the country, or
S16O,OO0,0O0; Pennsylvania, SS9.OOO,0 900;
Massachusetts,, $50 O0O,0 900; Virginia, $780,
600, goo; Louisiana, S53,OOO,OoO Tennessee,
$45 0OO, 600, and SO on.
of 1870
In respect to animal wealth, Illinois is
ahead in horses and swine; Missouri in mules
and asses; New York in mich cows; T. xas in
working oxen and other CATTLE and Ohio il
sheep. New York is far shead of any State
in dairy products, furnishing one fifth of the
butter of the country, nearly half the cheese
and more than halt the milk sold. The value
of all live stock in New York is greater in the
aggregate than in any other State
In seeds Pennsylvania furnishes one-third
of the clover, illinois nearly one bird of the
grass, and Oalo over one-third of the fax.
The aggregate value OF farms in New York
is greater than in any other State. being one
eighth the value of all farms in the country
machinery is also greater, being about one
seventh OF that returned for the whole
country,