Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1895-08-30
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Fhe Gsa~f Aawmsa shramk@ss n~she# Mere
sh@a fkssfaxsa. Hsas ss tamsa.t Activity
D. sais -esrs~ls rsks sssshi. owsn9 80
f~stmss 90 FmR@asm u~n@ma. aastam Al.
ssness~ W sal s4fes saeeessfaf ktsskes
Aaa 60 Fws.h.ss@x re~sf f.siure.
NHw yeEx. Aag. sA-~R % Dun a
Go. In thelF weekly review ~ trade.
issaed to-day. say;
The valauae ~ baaime~a ahrlnA.. a.
u asnal in August. and the shrlnkage
seems rather larger thaa usual he.
eaane tFsnsaetloas In July we're some.
what inasted fnr that month. The
ssttlement ~ wages ia the Window
glass works foreshaslows higher Tsrires.
aud the carpet workers stout Ishlla-
d~iphia. hv prapasing te acrept higher
wages after Septe mher ~. hrolse the
ranks NJ the employers. 80 that asariv
oil eonseated Ia an Rdvance 20 ? PEP
cent ON Thursday. The strikes ~
clothing workers progress every day
toward season ~ better wages fur
the employees
The price "a wheat has fallen IN
esnts duriag the week. recovering q
fraction oa Thursday. In spite ~ all
Horts Ia hold back supple, from
iaruas aud 10 encourage baving.
Wheat oaght 10 90 abroad freely al
preseat prices. but Atlantic exports,
foar included, have been only /. .sss. I.
eea eushels fur the week. against
s.sst, 76s last year. and for four weeks
only Asts, 633 bushels, against 10 aaa, +.
tsT last year Impressive stories 81
short crops abroad have little weight
la the presence ~ such record, aud
the alsStentlon fpr furcign purchasers
proves more effective than the with.
holding of wheat BY western farmers.
Naturally s7-eent wheat % the Pacific
coast siiil gees forward freely In place
u the Atlantis supplies
Corn has also declined sk eents.
while pork and lar',. with accustomed
Inconsistency, rise q shade a. carn de-
clineS.
fottan has advanced Q fraction 10
2 Is eents without any definite change
In crop prospects, aud as usual the ha.
mense volume of stocks carrled over.
IN mills and commercial hands here
aud abroad. aboat a.Ogl. .s0o bales
American, 10 by most TRADERS not ~.
preciated
u IA a rriief b. tara 10 ,he great in.
dastrles, In which n enormous orders
placed SONS weeks ur months asn
canse phenomenal activity fsr the
ss~son. In iron. notwithstanding
spne uneasiLess bscaase the uutput
has greatly Increased. heavy pur.
ehases ~ two leading companies have
advanced the price ~ Iiessemsr 20
cents aBd = new combination has
raised galvanized harbed wire to NJ so
while combinations are being form "A
10 wire rosis and eomHnon wire, aud an
adsance In prices i expected Other
prices are unchanged. and the new
orsiers Cor iron and steel pretluets are
not AZ present large
Ia boots aud shpes the shspmeats of
ODD orders agaia exrred tho~~ ~ anv
previous yenf Dor Tie niaath thns far,
A-A y~s IN e~~~s sT@nes. ''s-
new erissA A&rs sery ksansy. although
prices 20 boots and shoss. ~ 'eaahes
aud also hides are very nrmly main
taincd
la cotton goods the demand l. rather
more active as she price % the raw
material advances. but otherwise the
business has not materially changed.
aud the quotations Zoe print cloths are
. shade lower thea indicated week
ago
sales "a wnol are again smaller than
In isga, aad fur the month thus far
have bsen "a stT. eO0 pounds of which
s.izl, DO were domestic. against -
ga 30 last year ot which Al, G,3la. $40
were domestic. and "a Ssi. too In the
same week ~ isas. II which iT.ola. p0o
were domestic. Hat the speculative
buyers SIN hold prices very stinv. aud
are supported by the strength la fur.
eign markets. No marked change ap-
pears la the demand for xoolen g,Hpis
bat there h Increasing apprehension
shown by agents regarding the exten-
sivs sales ~ foreign wUolens the PRES
ent season.
Failures for two weeks ~ Angu,t
show liabilities amounting To- a. sa7.
sa7. ~ which VI. i.slssTa were 90 manu-.
facturing and 81. .sss. cas- of trading
concerns In the same week last veag
the amonnt ~ liabilities resehsd about
81 tsa.aia. - which VI. $50 assa were oI
manufacturing and 81. ass. s7' were oI
trading concerns
Failarcs for the week have l.een -.
la the Inited states against saA lasl
year, aud o. ia Canada against - last
year.