Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-20


Failures for tn. Week. Ete.
NEw YORK. Aug. i6.-R. q. Dun 4
Co.'S weekly review of trade SAYS
The prohibition of exports Of rye bv Rs,-
sa because Of the Official declaration THAI
famine - Impending. has Suddenly affected
the grain markets OF the Who'll. world Ru.
sis usually exports about y. on. .eoo bushels
OF rye. aud men reason that other grain in
sarxe quantities. will be required Crop
prospects grow brighter every day. and
WITH assurance that tn. country vii not
only have enormous supplies of xrsin but .
insrkes for 10 st good prices. bushes. is i'm
proving throughout the nortn- Tae mov.-
fn-nt b-gins close 10 tn. farms. country
merchants ar. buying more freely. and their
purchase. are feif by wholesalers and manu-
tactnrers Trade ct Boston show. improve
'ncnt. wool sales reachinx s.-57 oD9 pound,
and the demand for good. Is IMPROVING
cosfon goods are also In better demand AZ
Philadelphia there is general gmprov-m~us
particularly in wool and wOoleus In dress
goods. I. paints. and in tobacco At Ciev.-
land tradei>hovs some Improvement though
iron ts denorsiized- At FORT Wayne I'm
provefnent IL noticed. although the building
trade IL - per cent behind last years but
AZ Cincinnati trade Is only fair sovsh-rn
business being smaller. &tChieaxo increase
Is noted In almost every branch OF trade ex-
eept cured meats. with wheat receipts I've.
Told last years AZ - Louis busi.
ness IL increasing IN almost al
Tines. though lumber sni building
materials are dun. and at kansas cay
the cattle and packing trades are light snd
Nheaf not moving freely. but general trsds
ss improving AMI healthy. At 81 Paul busl.
ness IL unusually brisk sna country mer-
chants are buvins very freely. Tn. south {.
IN very dircrrnf condition. The great
surplus Of cotton las. year. and ths prospects
OF an equally large crop thi. year. threaten
lover price than prodnce-. can stand and
trade and collections are both poor IN that
section There = q net improvements
IN the demand for cotton .as,st.
which the sniils SOW prusfuc- with 1rsnt a
'o~~r prices ;han ever Aefuai .al~- sf
Clothing and o; ~ooi-n goods appear 10 be
larger IN the aggregate thar ever bat tins
Manufacturers are esnbsrrs-s~i BY COM
pa-aiivs sca1tlncss % ori~rS TOR tn. fusur-
The uzonessry uncertainty operates 20 pre-
vent large eonmitm~nt. In asraue- I'm
proysment IN iron - felt Nf Philadelphia =.
u tue better grades uar Iron {. siuIf hat
tiie demand equals the supply IN plate and
structural IRON. and the prospects are con
.ideresi gpof- IN rails nothing = dong. and
sales IN July Tor the ~hol- country w.re bas
80 tons. against actual shipment. of Ixa.-
40 tons Exports OF wheat for the past
week have b--a shr-- time. last years sas
western receipts average about f.e1o.Gps
bushels daily. though IA some quarters the
movement 10 retarded by the hope os a
higher ma-&et- Tin has declined here to
p - eeuts for August. bat l- higher In Lon
don. and sales Of lake copper are r-purt-f
a' iiS cents. Labor trouble. In the
Omaha smelling works hsve ad-
vsnc~d the Drics of lead to "a cents;
and the eoal concerns have agreed apon an
ssivanee of fs cents for ..yx ard n for stove
20 take sse~t september J. aithoussa the
market = sftii dull and tire shipments sinc =
I4nusry I have b-vn z.l2ssi ton. greater
than last wear The advance in price. Dur
Ing tie past seek has averaged nearly p-r
cent for all commodities Foreign trade
e"utiHaes IN improve. Tor whils imports
have declined largely. the exports tor two
weeks OF August have ~xs--.icf hr ne.riy u
per cent thnse Of the corre-poudiax we~k.
last year. Ia the usala the Interior money
markets are In fairy good condition ex-
c~psinz az the south. and AZ PhlsdeIphis
cond.ieae. = gaining. az Boston rates ara
cay. af Chicago money Is in healthy de-
nznd. With supply sufficient for Isxltimats
trade. and az -. Tsouis rates are To per
cent With no money going into speculation
except IN grain II Europe i able to ssni
cash for ali the food t VIII require this year,
it % probable that she country will not lack
money long
The buslnes. failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days.
number. for the United states. 2Ja and for
Canada. p. total of III. a. compared
With total OF 7zi last week and .!7 for tho
week previous to the last. For the CORE
spending week Of last year the figures were
~. representing ia failures in the United
states and u in the Domin ION of Canada