Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-04-11


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NV YoEx. April e-R- q. Dun a
Co s weekly review Of trade. issued To-
day. says
Commercial failure. in the ar-t
quarter of tsss numbered 5, 90. with
liabilities Of sss.-i5.sss. Averaging
si=.sso each There wer- also thirty
eve bank failures with liabilities os
eIe-es2.sJ or ab0at 500. ooa each. IL
both were Jumped together ~ in other
reports they are the aggregate OF liza
bilitics here r-Ported would b. So
s9~.-eo, that i. sI3 s-0.o GO. or ssl9 PER
cent more than i shown in any other
report for the quarter But Dun's re-
view not oniy gives commercial and
banking failures separately. but show.
that Of the former ssI were 80 mana
featuring concerns. with liabilities u
81. III 81. Averaging s5a.ooo each.
while ), TO- were Of trading concerns
with liabilities sf ss5.y Sd sss. arera<-
ing about g. go each
The decrease ia number % sosnn~--
eial failures. compared with the arSt
quarter Of last year. n but III per
cent while tho decrease IN liabilities
Is sIs. 1co. 90. or .1s per cent About
30 per cent in manufacturing All -
per eent in trading The Instructive
ness Of the report aud its value a. an
encouragement are largely due TO the
separation Of banking tailur-s. in
which the liabilities were 81. s.. S5-.
against only g. sss. Sss last year.
Returns Of the highest inportaue-
given this week show the condition of
retail trade in March throughout the
country. and the distribution Of goods
to nnzl consumers. in comparison with
the same months in lso4 xad isgs.
while the returns fully given on other
pages cannot Be condensed into n sin
gle comparison. ard in view of widely
differing conditions in different SEC
tions and branches. might in tnat form
be the less useful. there Is gratifying
evidence that in most trades and dis
tricts marked Improvement over Is9s
Is realized. though on the whole
Everywhere. also. the ocrurrencr Of
Easter in March last year. but
N April thia year. is found to
account fer much difference in the
volume of retail trade. especially in
dry goosis and millinery. and the -
we're weather and bAekwarViness of the
sezson also retarded recovery While
the volume Of trade. in quantities 0f
goods sold. l.. nevertheless. larger
than last yesr. but. on the whole.
smaller than in Iss3. the main differ
ener. in comparison with i-s3. 10
found in the general decline of prices.
which makes trade in value smaller.
even where Il is clearly a. large o.
larger in quantity
Accounts from the chief center. Of
wholesale trade are also sueuurAying
There j. not only hopeful spirit. bat
real gain in business. though not
equally distributed geographically or
a. to branches Of traste.
Instructive comparisons Of daily av-
ersges BY months show that all SEQ
tons have been gaining. but the east
rather more than Others
Railroad earnings in March were
only per eent larger than last year.
and II per cent less than in I.s3.
which is scarcely better than the re-
port for February or January. bat ths
loss is mainly On granger and south
western roads. while eastern road.
show 4 handsome gain The best news
from the industries i that labor
troubles have been settled or avoided.
Mahoning iron and eastern wooden
mills being again in active operation
Next in importance s the demand
for many manufactured products.
which gives grvAter reason 10 hope
that recent advances from the bottom
may prove successful. Following the
risr in coke. there have b~en this week
sales of e.oo.eo0 tons lake ore at about
II per cent advance. and finished
products are no longer inactive. Besse-
m<r rising TO sl065. gray forge TO
81. 5. common bar 10 IS ernts. Struc-
turai angles to sl-os. and plates 81 per
ton-
The cotton manufacture. stimulz ted
by the rise in raw cotton. goes on gain
rag. though cotton has halted. Bet
ter demand appears for many quail
to- Ase n s-Sze slight advances in
prie-~
sales Of wool reject the renewed
eonhi~nee Of manufacturers A. strikes
Arr cut Of the way. for s.s75. i0o pounds
we're sold last week. against ssss. a0o
for the s4n- week last year No rise
IN prices u seen or expected in view Of
the heavy sales and r-e~ipts of for
ei<u wooL
Ss--<s have made scarcely anv aA-
vzaee. a V1bt Aboat eoaI settlements
having weakened jersey Central 81
esntS and the closing Of HzTemeyer
ant >pr-e<el'S refnsries having seAx-
ened sugar so7>-
Speculation in products has been
dali and sAies II cotton have f.Ile1 u
-. 9aso u41es. with no change "a prices
which are ao~ higher thAa two xe~kz
4<o Large receipts and unp--ee-
dent-d stocks are e-rtainties for which
d@er~as< In acreage Is ouly expected
Wheat ree~ipts At The west were
small last week. bat IN March larger
shAa last year. with Atlantis export.
ah-oat the sane Conflicting aeeosnts
give 40 clear Light a. yet On the pros
p~ct for the next crop
The demand Tor money Is somewhat
better. but since April less inereass
= zoted n commercial l0azS