Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-11-08
OUE's COMMERCIAL REVIEW

rh~ Mar Approach ~f an ExsItia< fI~~-
ts~s Make Trsss- tssfsssft~-- Uss-rsxiz.
bat ~ = Satisfactory That the Nstun~ -
frpsiu~ttes - Well Nalat.in~d 10 Nsa-
sssry Dtm~uitie- tVp-.r and ur-sssfssss.
ARE Htxh hsr.
Nav NeES. Nov. 1-R a. Dan &
Co. : weekly review - trade is>ussI To-
dav >sy>-
The last veek os uNssoier. with an
exciting eie.tton near. cannot Indicate
much - the true esusiitiou - business
In some trade> the seas.sn = too far al
vaucest fuv great activity. and in others
the supposed effects - thu voting hin
sisE operations Eut it = satisfactory
that the volume of production l. we'll
maintained. and in ons. az two t.raneh-S
inereasssi; that nO monetary difficult
ties disturb. that bread>tufT~ arr lit
tie higher. and that No material de-
cline apps-ars during the week
in Manufactured pv,riucts The fac,
tAas any decline aPPsarS. with slack
rning demand for some products may
p~rhaps bs attributed - uncertainties.
mainly political In urixia- while every
IncreaSc IN tho working tnree help~ 70
-AA-AsN . A~AaHAN hHHE AAAfEN NalNNNsF~~ Nt-N~-
after At present the vol u1- Of busi-
ns>S transacted T. IN the whole.
smaller than last YEAR. and much
smaller than IN is.ss. thsaxh a pre>i-
Dental election was then eIo.,.. az h1asL
Payments thruuxh principal clearing
hpuse< for the week haw. h.-rn Is- p.r
crnt. leSs than last year AMI 1As per
esnt Ie>s than in Is,rs In both es,ur-
Tarisuus with d@crcase outside Of New
IorS a. well A. here
Comparisons of rsilroast earnings =
less vsluAhle because passenger trasse
year ago was extraordinarily large
owing tn the weridE-s fair. bat While
the freight morsm@ntS outside east
h.ounst shows s.p1n~ gain. thu east -b.ounst
niaveu<nt FROM Chica<o = quarter
les than last ysar. and for the uaouth
has h~cn is5. 49, sans. against ~. lsY.
last year. and ab.1ur -saso N
i-se- Earnings fur The Iass week
show sle~rwa<- of as pr
eent-. and for the meath os Os--ob.r
thws far - PER c-ut-. c1uapar~sl uith
la, year ansi It's per ecnt- compared
With i>s- While the losS = nas a.
grVat a. in September Il = sneu-h 10
Justify s1ne weakness. aud the dhsslr-
araniratiau - th< euoi trasf.. and De-
pre=sioz - es,al Carrying >sossSs h~lp.-yi-
~ that the average Price - railruaai
stoeiSs deeifsri = cents v~r share for
the week while the average % trust
stosk> declined > cents
gorn has advanced ewnts. uith
western reesipss ahpgt third and ex-
p1rts ahsut an eighth q last years
Pork and horS are shade lower with
lard about the same. Wheat u thr~v--
quarter e~nts higher for spot. and
crnt flr D-eemh~r- AMI looks a. II
strength in cpru had prevented fur
ther 1c~linF. althou-h western r,.,.siptS
were cnly 49, SO bushels FOG tn.
we~k- agaisst s. &c. III is~f rear. and
Atlantis exp.lrtS Increased 10 sssz. Issi
Bushels against -, 5as last vear- The
irresistible faEvc :. of eaurs~. the
ezarus1us aersmalatiou- Which e.usfn-
80 alfhou.ga prusiueer~ unav naturally
- sn~lin~8 as 10 scd az current
r-sa-=-
Cotton = again lower. sp.ss h~inx
& ) ernrS. With r~yripts ~ heavy tha,
iarxe erop estimates arr favored.
thnagh Il zzkes little difference In sh-
real prospect ~h~th~r the vi~ld i 5ao.-
eco 90 i.aeu-0se haIss greater thaR the
worlds nc quirements. with xrpar stocks
- Old cotton IN sight The d~prps-
sinu of eotrOz and wheat and the par
tisl loss % the eoru crop must b~ reeLZ-
oned Important because - heStancy
IN retail distribution If products
Tht> heritancy Affects industries very
differently The boot aud shoe manu-
faeture : retarded only in eontinu ed
preference for low-priee,i goods. isr
the number OF pairs produced and
shipped seems greater than ever-ia
i've weeks AZ. SOL eases. against 80 -
t last year and 8.s, So in .sss The " i
still large demand for cheaper goods
erosdiug beyond their capacity the
producers Of cheap mems and xou sn's
shoes, aud while jObbers in wax and
Kip boots and shoes report smallest
,ale> for years on the whole. the sales
- i0w-prseed goods are larger thar
ever Orders have fallen of Of late.
but most factories are still well en-
ployed and many have good orders for
spring
Ia the iron industry the ehief aetir-
Ity i in structural work bridge and
other plates. while the demand for
sheets : somewhat diminished: bar
and wire show No improvement and
nails are weaker The average of quo
tatiOus for various Lind< 81 iron and
steel i per cent lower than in Jaly,
{ Z Lss-N- . -.
point IN April. aud - per cent lower
than IN July last year
The government has suStsin~si q
heavy defieit for the u1outh u urto-
b.rr. and customs receipts arr disaP-
p.nintinxiy light Otherwise the
money markets reflect only a rvuar<z-
ble absence Of commercial demand.
thaGzh the possible reduction % inter
ct % deposits may Lead - some With-
draWaIs Of country funas- ExpartS fus
the past foar weeks were Is per cent.
iess than last year. while imports sver-
, per -enL greater
Failures eoatinue small. and for foar
weeks ending October -. liabilities
we're =. e0ss sge- - Nhhch s3sIss. t5i
were - manufacturing and ss.sSi. "a
OF trading euucerus-
>0uthsru failures arr Comparatively
small. anil the eastern and western
about equal During the past week
failures have been 9ss in the UniteC
States agains. - last year and 80 il
Canada against = last year
4 a TERRIFIC WIND STORM