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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 169, 23 October 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Samoa Times Office, Friday Evening. The dull shite of business which wo ro- ■; .-li-tu'l :u our lust eommorei.il notice still i v. .i-, and as there is no immediate* pro- ! so.' ! any improvement, tho outlook fori dl clsv-c.- of business people here, and 1 ''V, ■■civ.dy tor retail dealers, is certainly not a leering one. Several causes have led to : orecou- utter stagnation of trade in our ■ tin.l un rig these mny )>,, named the n/ native troaldos, the decreased rates ohe. i tor c ipru by the priaeipnl buyers of t-t i'• '.hut in tins Croup -'whi-h lias led j ■ a :ot : ndilallon on tin; part of many of j :,.-; ; .vs3 to cease making copra, and as n ; con leone;. en to a deerice-ed eiivnliitinii of tri oie* \ an i ttc- into boisterous weather. .iCfie various causes of depression are not likely to bu removed or altered, at least for luinu tima. Tho first, tho strugglo for ascendancy among the natives, will, in tlio opinion of many, lie indefinitely protracted; ‘lie lower nrieos offered for copra will, in a l .', t .■■btibiuty, bo maintained until the nt■•u.’ier. of imteidara ia directed to a market ••• u tro * his article way ho purchased at rates these ruling elsewhere; and as wo ,v cote mg the fl wet” season we can I lira I.V tank for any immediate alleviation of the lest cause of dull trade. White the ill effects of the existing depression in bu mens is experienced nil over the Group, and among nil classes we heliem that the white retail dealers in this town feel the pinch most strongly, la their ease, wo uudcrutuid, it is urge'll ling the large infills into Apia of natives of the ••CVlcatial 1 •apin',” who are mostly engaged in store.' k c ping, and who are credited with breaking prices, info materially intensified thodifflitiilly of corning on >•, •„([ Imsimsa profitably. The Chinsss st"rek'.cj'er«, however, appear «t|ttoSly 'h tr European eoinpotilors to feel the “ i.'.r i On Ihur.,l.y Mr .' L. V, Alvord held an auction fnl" el qtctvliun.liae, hut, ill rjmpa'M »*. h'-J,* - { i.<.i t.0.t,. of in, (. , the altendaiU' mu limi'.'l mid the. 1 ildii.c- . weld,