Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-09-27

1NN~-- th -NNn~ IrrArtW~uTs Actually
blooming WhiI~ IN Oshrr. Di.appsintin-
la the A<xr-g.r- Ahost . reaih Larger
Than Last Year. but rw~aty-tfv. Per
t~nt- Below fan Nogaaa~ for the -.a-
Of the Year.
NEW YoRK. sept. ar. O.. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade i,Saed to-
iay says:
Plenty Of material for encourage
ment. and also fpr encouragement. can
b found by those who seek that and
nothing else. Bat business men who
want to see the situation exactly a
Il i find accounts - far conflicting
that it IS difficult to strike a
balance In those departments 81 in
dustry and trade in which the deferred
business aud the demand for rcplentsh-
ment Of stocks have not been exhaust
ed there is improve mcut, and in some
the business j. not only larger than
last year, but larger than two years
ago. In Others the exhaustion of tenn
porary demand has brought diSap-
pointment. hecause IL was smaller than
was expected. and bccauss. the remain
ing demand appears uncumfprtahiv
light In the aggregate business &.
about a tenth larger than last wear,
but still falls about 25 per cent below
full volume for the SEASON
The iron business. after is great n
crease Of output last month. shows dis
appointing weakness at all eastern and
central markets, with consumption no.
large enough To keep fairly employed
the mills IN operation BsSSrrn..r ufr
i lower. at sl1a5 AZ Pittsburgh. and
the business in most manufactured
products there and At PhuaieIplsia .
generally done a. some concessions.
though for structural wor< ant n
sheets the demand ! excellent Wire
rods AMI nails and harted vvirr are
weaker. and steel biliets and bars
shade lower. In the minor metals
speculation has advanced both tin aus
c9pPsr a little. hut without signs %
increasiu-- conSnmpsfon
In textile fah-ics rherr has been
distinct decrease in traIe. n initial
steriss far thu next season have b..,-n
urtleresi and dealers arr now v-aitsnv
fpr the retaH trade to give su.-aursfs-
ment for further Psrvhass>. Tn. luIi
IN trade u-av be only Temporary. hat
i frlt the uzarr a. ir follows ft.. crowd
inE nr1ters for several months inta a
few ue.iS~ The STRIKES a. Pal. River
ant New Bedford have rnt erased amt
at-rus aoErn additional cottou uill.
havc Eeus into opcrati,,n elss-sh,-r,.
several with reduced rar-s- hut the.
cr'issrs far the present are narrow and
mEch smaller than usual. although
rverut aevanc1s Ia urier arr ma n
taias.yL lar-ae aaction sale 81 81 IS
aas resulted IN ssfi~iartarr uriss.-.
Th.s tsulznd f0r wo1iru dress gn.sl~ :.
better. amt viii o.-rupv ss,rn,- mills un-
II the end - >sptemb.-r- and the half
dozsR cuns-vrns making clay diagunals
arr probably sTsrs4sla- hut in most
. lines the veolen susine-s = restricted.
and after shat remained q several
mnuth> demand 81 a. crowded into a
Few WEES. the trs.fic = iisappsiatius-.
t.ousiau pris,-~ = vrl..sl. t--.-iuniry 4 E.ptIt
s rsr eynt- b gier than A. III. last sale.
scre uVt 4u5t- mp 70 previous market
quotatian~. and sales - vro-sE At the
thrive eastern markets have f~en for
the gze~h izr-er than x la.,.-s.eff -
psaGns4s- aeaiH,s Esf6 -s5 last war AMI
.sn@- leo in to- Ia thr~~ weeks the
ssles have hesa fazs-s-7zs. against
s.-ssas= last y-a~. ard s8.saI. 80 n
I-se
Ereaststa;Fs Ser. weaker. p.=,si hlv
hev,ausss the Esvera1arus essleiz1 rep.prt
sent ~ far IA pvl-siicitas shavt crss1s a.
toc.seassssu a ry-aetissa IN sv,5aiou- While
isaver estiasates . era ar. sss-nnssau 2
aesepsr'i. ths priee Fell , eentS. ard
nzea arv res>oains that e tfss on. IL
estimate = wh~zf has hsssru fsg1aA gasl.-
assl. ess3 hss,hsls asst - the xav. its euru
estimate usay - ss-saaa. 49, - 1,fl. as..l. =
ses Bushels While euru as-~ifnszi- neither
pork nar lara yielded n priss- here.
though lower At Chiezga. Wheat re-
eeiPts we're 5.f-l-sIs bushels. against
1850 .G-s las. year. ani Atlantic *
ports puiy s9.-s,sl. against /. -. s1s
last year, aad tn, pri,s,- s.lI eent-
Railroad eaFning> for the f5ls. week
IN September were 8 pr cent- smaller
than lzst year. aud for the month. a.
far a. reported. 40 per cent less than
IN ises3, and Is-7 Per eent- iess than in
f-9.- Compared with last year the
ioss = in passenger earnings. u hieh
were then phenouin3lly Iar.se. and in
freight earnings some Increase ap-
pears Nhicago east-hound tauna-e
IS larger thaE Of late. but for
the two weeks OF September was
95.sil tons. against i04. 20 last year. and
il9.-9i IN Is9s- West-bouud tonnage
i fairly up 20 the average. though IN
goods products. still restricted The
stock market broke nadly on trust
stocks although il recovered later. the
market closing I-s9 per share lower,
while railroad stocks have steadily re-
! sisted the downward influence and are
only 3 cents per share lower.
Foreign trade does not answer ex-
peetations. exports from New York for
the month thus far being =. 30. goo OF
. per cent. less than last wear. while
imports from this port were =. e0o aea
or Is per cent. larger The treasury
has taken in from enstom> in three
weeks about stI. 20. ooo. against :. .9aa.-
49, AssNN = N1Es 11A thtF ~a--@t-N"I lfuLn
internal taxes. against -. i00. 900 last
year. Its gold balance has been some
what helped BY the internal demand
for small notes The money markets
continue easy. but there Is somewhat
better demand for commercial loans
and for western and southern needs.
In boots and shoes the demand con-
tinues large, with many sales from
stocks and orders for quick delivery,
and other indications that replenish-
ment of stocks is not completed ship
ments from Boston in three weeks Of
September have been s5l.3s3 cases.
against Ss6. SD last year and go es9 IN
lses. but the demand i still mainly
for lOw-prieed goods.
The volume of domestic business re
fected in elearings Is. for the month
30 per cent. larger than for the same
weeks last year, bRt s5-3 per cent. les
than in isS2- The level Of pri,s.s for
commodities of all sorts i not 8 per
cent lower than year ago
The Rspainted White House.
WASHINGTON. Sept 2e-The execu-
tive mansion emerged from its cream
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