Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-29
TRADE AND COMMERCE.

n G. Daa q CO.. weekly RevI-w. shsw-
tax The Csa.iitl.n ef Trade rhroaxh"us
the Country a steady Improvement
Noted st Meat rotnt. In the Nsiaas~ sf
rrad~-Men~x la D~mNad and Getting
E.@ier- Ffs-inr-- Failures. rte.
NKw YoRN. oct- st-R- q. Dun &
Co = weekly review Of trade saws:
CensFal business - remarkably active and
iHcress NJ ia volume at the vvst. Improving
az siss suutia. and distinctly LEES tuH than "a
was Newk axa az eastern cities Coiiec-
tioms are improving IN nsHriv all directions
The mnney markets arr nov here sfrinR~ut,
AZ nearly all impoFtant points betag quite
Easy. though wlth a noticeable improve
meat ia the demands. These signs plaiuig
promise a strong trade Tor tac fail and win
ter unis-. Disturbances Shtcn can not now
be fsre@orn .houid interrupt. Tue reports
from other citie- are ON the whole more IA
vorahies ~ Bestuu tire improvements ia
trade 10 slaw. Wcsoi is steady. win sales of
a.Ts-.fa pounds st unchanged prices. ard
lumber II IN moderate demand. At fhlla-
de phls the boot and shoe trade 10 satisfic-
tory groceries are active. With decline IA
sugars Canned goods are also quite active.
The paper trade - good. In paints. xiass
and lumber business IL quiet Dry gsusis
iobbsr- are doing fair hasines-. NJ Cia-
cinnatl retail trade Is brisk. ami ciothin. q
sctive. At Cleveland bu~ ness - good. and
manufactures arr rily~ uY To Last years
mark. At Chicago an Increase appears %
third iu Treeipt. OF hiis-. dressed beef and
n~ux and corn. and receipts uf rye aru
three times last years. but some i-ereass
appears IN oats. barley. eurv,i meats. TART.
cheese. butter and wuoi. TIE Cry Eoois
trade l. murh larger than q " tr aga. tn ~
pts ~ cattle larger. the saos rnd clothing
trade large. and business gradually ineress-
ing IN all lines AZ Minneapolis tire fauiiss-r
trade - very cool. prices rising. the nnar
mills arUin beat tho record. AMI general
trade - good there aud AZ 81 PauL AZ
Omaha and kansas City ba-ins-.- - salts
factory. At - louis trafr shows cncuur-
aging strength. and ~ M~mph hu-inss- =
very fair. At New url.an. a better freIing
- Sven. With money in active demand At
savannah trade holds we'll. and az Jackson
vile trad. . steady wtfh br xht prospects
wheat has fallen - cents. witl r~c~ipt- az
the vest % s.sao. 80 bushels in four days.
and exports OF o fs51 se8 bushels. rarn -
scare and us cents higher Tor spot. and
oats IA cents ghrr- Cotton rccr pts sur
pass those q the same week last wear bv
-. - bales. and the price fall. a sixteenth
with sales of atgap1 hals- here. Coffee IL an
eighth lower. oil onr cent iow-r. Lard an
eighth losrr. and hogs have fallen % e~uis
per Ir9 pounds. with nss change in pork
>agsr. bath raw and Rranulatr,i. - -otle-
what lower with a quite act We market. In
general the speculative movements appears
tn tend toward iowcr prices Tor products.
10. supplies beng unusually large.
The iron Industry lnok. stronger.
with recorded sales % 51.119 tons
of steel rails. Rtr. plate and structural
lis are iaiFly employ 81. bur supntiss. a
low Root and shoe uanfsctnr.rs shows
signs Of more ectlve demand Tls wool
ma lanufsrture show. more demand fsr drs-ss
goods. and stocks % these ar~ relatively Y
iow. while tor meas spr,uz Z goods tiie or'fcrs
% cIathisrs far behind The stoeS :
market 10 h--lta ating. with iittie change trr
the week Tie FsEis b.sur-~ IS disturbed by
heavy selling of copper shtrrs Eat the
BANK - England does mt chtrgr IL rnt.s
though losing this werx 81 sfl aI raid n ra
trw treasury Aas put out 81 .Sla.asgl fnnre than
q has taken IN during the wees- Th- m-r-
ciaandi 80 exports for the nH-t two week..
have exc.~ied thos. OF the -pan,ilu.s
wr~G= last year. while Imports fall far bss-
low thoss of a year 4.sa. Foreign exchanges
has declined half cent during the rE
and money at New York has Zen easy and
cheap.
Ths. business failures occurring through
cut the country aurifl the la. seven lav4
number. for th. Unlts-i states. -. and TOR
with total OF - last WesS. and 20 for the
week previous to the last. For the CORE
spending week Of last year tiir figures we're
Is. representing IS failures In the United
States and y n the Dominion of Canada