Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-12-20

Nsxrrat--r ~h.sSs- sp Gner~as~. fpv~r Lass
Year In ~-sus~ Ia.iu.frss- Hsr- Hanst-
Rt Wor9 shsn ta t.8s -ttxhs tstvssr~ IA
>sssss The Ts.,.st amt >aa- Frs,sas. Ete-
NEw YoRN. pcc ts-R g.. Dun &
Go. IS weekly review OK trade issued To-
dav saws
Duns review Is enabled hy the kinsi-
ne>s ~ several thou~ard manufsetur-
F ers who have forwarded statements 90
their pav rolls Tor Novembsr 20 this
year. in is9d aEd in tsgs. Co make a
very encouraging comparison - earn
ing. for that mcuth. which show an
increase in total payments ~ Is. per
cent over last wear but a decrease
/ Of III per cent in euuParison with
l-9.. The accompanying statement
Of hands employed shows that
in the establishments te.s per eeut-
more Persons wsrv employcd than
a wear ago. but 80 per cent le,s than
n I,9a She average earnings for
over a5a go hands j. pr cent. larrer
than IN Las, but il Ig't psr ceut les
than IA l,g.. ausl this staterr.nt takes
10 accunut q hours - work ia the
months compared or - ths. establish
ments not working at all this wear
In -ouIr % the ministries more hands
are a. work than IN -. hut IN ofher~
the dscrvass is large With the other
statern-nts. which are now b-inw re-
eeived daily. a more exact cuu1parisln
VIII b. p.=sible.
toutrasiictnrv change in business
arr quite in order at this SEASON.
Neither the larger oryirrs IN ss-,l.
branches nor TIN. depression of prices
n others. afori a safe indication q
shs general movement. fsUt th.. work
ing f1rrr dav~ ne- lessen morr than
usual for th. time q the vear. and the
demand for gn.lsis dos. not =. ~m % d.
minish th auwh ia mo-t departments it
is considerably below the capacity -
works IN sp.ratiou- ausi th.. volum ~
bsl~ins-s transacted g., Little Iar-.r IA
enmpari-su with laSs wear than in Na-
vember-
The exchanges through the principal
clearing hou>..~ far The past week have
shown an increase % l0-s rvr cent
over last Tcar and a decrease - sas
per cent compared with t>g.
The speculative markets have at
vaRsei a Ittle though rcasouS are
hard 20 fnd Wheat j. uuchaugef IN
pr5sv. although western recript, are a.
iarl-v a. they wvrv last vear aud At
lantic ezp5rts arr III Soc bushels
against I.fr-9. - a year ago. The wish
bie >applr. A. before. h material 81
greater rnan in any previous vea-
Corn = a fra,stiou weaker without anv
Important change IN movement. though
the receipts euntinus remarkably
largr-
Tine heavy receipts - cuttun have
broken dpgrn the pric,. % 3. = CENTS. N
spite % strong speculative interest
booking f'r -aulr recovery from tn.
lagwe>t point GA re,-prri
The detailed report, rr.-ar,lIn< ths.
ehirf ministries are a1t aitawether en-
euuraging- The irun autput increased
during the month ~ Novemh,.r an,i
was lss-s6- tom. weekly p,cprnher l.
a-airst I6,4. s.is Nuvvmber Q. but the In.
ereaS. in stock uu>.ild was 80 Iss tons.
which averages It-7uo tens per week,
Indicating that the increase IN rrusins-
tIoU during th~ uloush u Noxvmf.a
was not supported by the demand for
products. Accordingly pri,.r.s hav..
been declining, the general average. -
articles quoted being only 5f3 e tn =
average in October i>oa. against -. :
per cent ou the drst ~ p,.seirhsr.
In boots and shoes the shipul..ut-
continue - sXcssd thn>.- of LAST wear.
aecor'iin-, To- the shoe and Leather Re
porter. being 10 90 eases fsr two
weeks Of Ds-cnbc against -. So. iast
wear
The textile manufactures arr On ths
whole. weaker although sale- OF wool
FOR the past Ee~s- in part foe sp-.eull-
tive purposes. have been larger than
one year Or two years aSo. ansi for tWu
weeks Of December have been g.6Ia sd
pounds. against . $40 last year aud
l8-s-s. 500 in t-g1 The orders for
spring woolens disf not materially in
crease. but the current demaud fay
immediate shipment continues unuSu-
ally large Cotton guo,ts were .is.-
Haralized By soue reduction. aud by
the announcement of Il great auction
sale Of 5000 pieces By bliss. Fabyan
< To- and the irrvgularity ia various
staples increases. although print cloths
are steady
Monsy comes 10 New York IN large
amounts. making the transfers bv the
treasury To New Orleans hook a little
faneifal. and M increase appears in
the demand for commercial loans. rx
eept in transactions on account % the
sugar trust
Exports % gold FOR the week viIl
amount to s1.50o-csU. and there ha.
been considerable selling Of American
securities On LONDON account; and a,
long n this continues outgues % goid
must be expected
The failures during the month hax,
hesR swelled by many misfortunes al
the south apparently due 70 the ~
treme depression in cotton - that th.
Liabilities for the frst week OF D.,..sf1.
ber amounted 10 ss.8g6. -. Of which
- f-s.sI5 were Of manufacturing anf
g 4gI-{5I Of trading euucerus- the AZ
-regate foe the corresponding wees
last year being S4-7sI. zoo. Far ia.
month Of November the complete state
meut Of liabilities cuvers sII-0 3ass. 81
which - I2>.-l9a were of manufaetur
ing and :. 5>i. $50 were OF tradiaa e,1u,
eerns-
The failures tins week have been "A.
in the United States. against SD Last
year, and 20 in Canada. against - las
year
NEW DOMINION PREMIER.
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