Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-02-04
Ous.s COMMERCIAL REVIEW

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Mas IeEN. Jan q q Due &
Co. AS to-day ia tLc.r t7ees.lg revievy ~
trade.
January Las be-n a m0ath ~ ji-ap
ps1iatmSut. tut of real .ain Nearly
every to.ly bad -rraa s@.i himself a iau.
of milk aud aoleF afscr New Years.
and the slovs progress l-,as <e stand
lus stIl4 - men iu sccs a state Of
minL Moreover there are raultl,ute-
;LruuS SAout tle country rho have
been taking large ventures IN
advance of ~ aaart from their
regular business because they
expected q riae la prIces Bat prices
iai- a. yet - brtag tEesa profit Wheat
has declined severely. cotton has
scarcely Tisen enough - pay broker
age. wool holds steady is sP.;s Of
enormous bayiuz. vuolen roosis hardly
change in price. iron aud is products
decline. leather . s,usgish. hides are
lower. Tor some shoe manufacturers
accept shade lower priees. the aver
axe % railroad stock. > siishtlv lower
than Il was Dsceab~r D.. and the a.
vance IN trust STOCKS has heen small
To traders n such properties the
noutA has been disappointing Yet
tarln< the veek the record SHOW.
tea iron works have started aud only
sEo have stopped. thirtexa wcol-z
works have started and aine more are
zhout ready - start while three have
stopped Similar tkizss are seen in
other Industries aad the additional
essa aelis1leats are 70; starting with
cut souze inxrraSe in orders received.
II uould do 2ore hArzz. Ian goud 20
exa<S-rAte tAs Improvement. Bat =
study cs eo13ifiozs governing busg-
ness taebcases that tie Vheels are O.
tie riEhs trae<. and moving ia the
ri<ht 1irrc;3oa-
&ez talked of = possfb1s drain -
xold a ulonth az. bet IanuRry has
paSsesl Eu1 the lisui1Asioa q foreign
in&ebs~ln~<S 20 this eozatry seems
farther - tAaz ere--
Nerehas9.se exports t-ocz New York
u January have bexn Abous fozr p~r
osat larE~r thaz ass year. ass iz-
ports !. per esut smaller than Lass
yeaF. when tie excess q experts Vas
over s. aalo.afs3. bile eotfon exp~rtx
fgoua other ports have b@ea larger
The Zazsh hAs zo1 afzlulsh~4. bzs
has iners&s<si. tie current balazce dae
thss cgaatry- Noz~y zarkets h~-e-u-
uzare e4sy sE1 f4ror2ble 70 expAzsiou
% iu&zstrie. az1 legitimate bzsIzesz
The decline IN what was over .x
esuts. IN spite Of al osscAI repor. %
yiel1 AR below esti=Afsa generally
accepted. ard rejects p-rc~pstoa os
the errcr q the report. and also %
tie - naeacr q enarmous exports q
corn slstea2 % yrArxt-s<1 a0l 1o0 tu.h-
Is IN .eEea Eontk. hen rWo h1sh-
els = car2 eza hs lad for Iess tAaa
ozs busAsI os wheat. Is = largely pre-
ferrel IN Ezrop~Aa markets.. and In
January :. -. - bzssAels % corn have
gau~ ahrea4 fEoz Atlantic ports,
against 49,. s4z Ia.s rear. while At
lzati- exports = ~h~4s saa gear have
he~z e.s5s.Iss ezsAe.s. against :. ss5.- :
50 Isss year As the great crop of
eoEa prevents @2ch z4vsaeS ia is
Pxsee. It's ozt<o Affects the demand for
wheat
A aeaEy I5qus3asioz % s?eese has O.
eurres2 Vita sh- price - eu-u seArcS3y =
cAAzgtzs
Coasoa lool<s lezs attractive 20 trad
era teeazss Amerlcaz m5IIers are "a
hsrlas over Pl4as 20 rsasee great
# l.. -
have &eeliR~1 Takinxs % northern
sPlnuers hAEe been - zve aoashs. ~. =
Co bales less th4a last year. and -. =
80 bales less thAa I~ssz
sales OF wool IN January have never
hs=a surpassed in that month. nor IN
any osher msath. exeeps last Nereul-
her 41ti Jaly of l-as aud I.se The
price has remained about stationary.
The iron and steel manufacture.
SHOW little gains. productiOa having
increased - heavily before, aud the
gradual enlargement Of demand for
flashed products has nos oEerta<eu
that inerease- Lower prices result for
Bessemer pig. gray forge. aud for
southern iron AZ Chicago. for eut nails
zad the average Of all quotations
j. the lowest since early last rear.
For sheets :her~ Il active demand. aR9
better also for bsrS. on account Of ear
buildinz. Tn and copper are . SHADE
stronger. hut competition eazses sales
of tin plates 10 20 3 esnts h-Ie= tae
agreed price
Failures for the week have been s1I
in the United States. against 600 las:
year. and s. in Canada, against - last
E year