Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-30
THE WHEELS or TRADE.

The General Buaines. Oatlook Through
out the Country shown by n a.
Dun q Cos Weekly Review-rhe Cou-
dition OF Trade Improving and Money
Generally Firm-Crep Reports En~our-
aging from Nearly An Sections Business
Failures. Etc.
NEw YoEx. July as.-R. q. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Reports os the condition OF trade are gen.
erally more favorable than a week ago. At
Bcston there IL further improvement.
more doing in boots In shoes. Wool Is quite
active. with sales over !. .soa. .eo1 pounds. and
dry goods in better demand at Hartford
Philadelphia notes improved demand for
wool. some contracts for large bloch. and
better prices for fine clothing wool. Iron is
weak Bard - sFs aaa-aaiSs dull, but leather
and hides slightly improved. Tho ieweIrv
trade u fair for the summer. and paint. aud
glass comparatively Inactive. At Buffalo
trade improves in soms lines out .t .u@s-
burgh and Cleveland ts quiet. AZ Cinciu-
matt the shoe trade Is busy and the demand
for leather good. and at Detroit lumber 10
nrm and charcoal iron selling more freely.
AZ the west crop prospects stimulate every
thing. Chicago reports wheat receipts nv.
timss last wears. an increase of - 10 - Per
rwnt In dressed beef. hides and butter, but
some decrease in cured meats and lard.
Dry good. sales are a tribe smaller at pres
ent- and trade in clothing and shoes season
ably daiL AZ Milwaukee trade is fairly ae-
tive. At ST. Paul Improving and at Mlans-
arotis active for lumber and better for -four.
wheat dae- not yet move largely at So.
Louis. though money II going in to
thincts towns to some extent
rrsds Improves st Kansas City. money
being in demand for packers ami grain
dealers At the south Iissl. change IL noted.
AMI money Is generally tight and trade tn
At E4wss
prove IN Alabama. saxsr .. srtive ard drm
81 Nes Orleans. and trade hoIds It's own at
Savannah Suspension of a hank al PaIats .
esa-~s some depression in trade there. bot
heavy purchase. Of tobacco a: Rev West
show m1usaai activity tn cigar making
Business ~ Fioriia Is more promising than
last year Speculation In bread ssuTs has
suddenly become active. sair- of O. co.. 90.
bushels of wheat here have resulted In an
advance % enc half cent per hu.hsf though
the moderate ofslrtsi estimate Of this years
crop -ouid leave nearly m aaoa.ssp bushels
n the eDuntrv for export q quantity greater
than has ever vet been takea abroad. Corn
has deeiinet cents and oats "a. cents On
small trade. having been unusually high.
forS products rise again and speculation
IN them 10 ferr-hsfow~s. Goffe~ remains
unchanged. and oil - eighth higher
whilsi cotrsn has fallen three - eixhths to =
cents tor -pot sfth sales Of z- so bates an
y
lower af London. copper IN smaller demand
wttn lake sr Izs. cents @na l-sa unchanged
The reported improvements in coal 10 mythl-
cal. tor tree selling cont na~@ By parties not
named az the May rrfr~s. The great INDUS
tries sh"w Improvement TN wool and leather
manufacture. bat no signs of recovery
in iron or coal The depression Ia
iron - serious. thongh prices ar~. on
the Whole. bat Little changed Never
tasless some shading 10 seen. and TN. New
YORK reports of euftisx In southern iron are
Numerous Rails are >tsxnAnf. shipments
To July being but sss ~ tons. little ls do
lag IN bar troa and plates ara very quiet.
and ta~ market for structural iron Is di-ap-
pointing Contracts are expected Tor sx
sea going steamers. and souae bridge etn-
tracts Eze made At very low prices In the
wool trade the larger sales at eastern cities
and continued large receipts az the vest re-
feet the Improvements which a better de
mand fuF dry goods naturally causes Con
siderable Improvements is seen Ia sales OF
fan and winter wool~ns. and some s-sfvisv,
for the season. in spring goods. Leather IL
awakening and manufacturer. are lavtnx tn
stocks more gibsraiiy The boo. and -ha.
prospects af the south and west are excel
lent. and Boston shipment. again exceed
last years. Bs- the money markets al the
west show increasing demand and af some
point. approaching stringeney. and coli.c-
tious are not. on the whole. good for the
season
The business failures during the past seven
days. number. for the United states. 7zi !:
for Canada. - totsI, "a. as compared With
week previous to the last. For the CORE
spending week OF las, year the f,sure. we're
Ias. representing III failures In tn. United
States znd Y N the Dominion of Canada