Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-22

Business is improving and prices are
] about as they were yesterday. Corn is
still inactive, and the demand diminishes
day by day uEtil it has become entirely
local. Prime white and yellow is held
at 81 05 to 81 y. COrnmeal, under the
lpressure Of large receipts, has declined
20 s. % onthe leyee and S. 50 and IS IS
from store, with fair demand. Oats are
not in large supply, but are in excess OF
the demand. Selling at S. 10 Soc from
lpvse and store. Hay is dull at SIS to
SIS for new hard pressed timothy, and
so 10 So for prairie. Bran is inactive
aC SIG to SIS per ton, while chip stuff
sells slowly at SIT to $50. Good potatoes
sre scarce and Wosld sell at "a TO "a 25
per barrel. Onions, light supply sell
ng at 81 per barrel. Apples are dun
at 81 50 10 s. per barrel. Choice
butter, % TO 25c; common, Is to lSc.
| Chickens, fair supply-young, 81 50 10.
s. old, Sc to 81. Coffee, rio, 25 TO
27}c. Eggs dull at Is to zoe. Flour,
dull fine, S. 50 to 81; Y, 50 to SO; XX,
$40 so to Sll &XXrSl2 so to Sl3; fancy
brands, Sf3 80 to SI4A Lsrdin ~tierces, l23
TO lSc; kegs, Il to l4!c. Mess pork, S26 to
$28 .; mess beef, SIC so; clear sides, II
to l7!c; shoulders, 49, TO lie canvsssed
hams. IS to zoe; sugar cured, p to &c.
'aAN, - 20 Pei JUL ~ - -OC loI
crushed and clarified IA to 17c for
brown. Western Reserve cheese, II to
l6c; factory, Is to Ice. Whisky, COM
mon, 81 IS TO 81.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says
OF business at Boston during the past
week:
The boot and shoe business for the
week has been quite active, both in fill
ing orders and in the present demand.
The despatching Of goods seldom has
has been more lively in and about Pearl
street, tssking the forces of the teamsters
to their utmost in delivering to the sew
eral freight lines. Notwithstanding this
activity and the general appearances of a
good trade, there is great complaint
among the trade Of being obliged to sell
st low prices and without proGt this
complaint has always existed to some
extent, but this season 1t seems more
general than heretofore, and the in
J creased cost of manufacturing, without
q corresponding advance in the manu-
featured article, tends to confirm the
complaint of no profit. The competition
among manufacturers to produce goods
at comparatively low prices W was
more active; hence the market con-
stant!y favors the buyers. Larger sales
have been made on time this season
than there have been for the last few
years, and houses who endeavOr to main
tain thirty days or short time bills in
their transactions find their old custom
ers str&ying oft where more advantage
Gus terms are offered az to time, The
stock Of goods or hand is ample, and Is
quickly r~eplenished as needed. With
the present. facilities for manufacturing
and q scarcity Of d description Of
goods, the season is not profitable, as the
principal orders for the seasan have been
given and mostly filed. Our table for
the week indicates that the shipments
have reached the highest point usual in
seasons of trade, being for the week Al
169 cases.
A New York paper says: No shoddy
goods will be wanted this year, as deal
ers who dsuch once will never bBy the
like again. 1t would be very crafty
ing to u manUfacturers-the most Of
them, at least-to be assured that the
fact is 10 be as here stated. Their expe-
Renee, as far as we can learn, does not
sustain the assertion, or prophecy, or
w~hatever'you may please to call it, that
is here made. There is a demand for
cheap goods-be they shoddy or what
not-and the manufacturers must sup
I ply them, or lose their trade. or course
no buyer viii ask a manufacturer for
shoddy goods. He does not even, per-
baps, allow himself 10 consider them
shoddy but his reason and conscience
tell him they must be OF that nature,
whenever he looks at his invoice and
examines the cost Of his goods,
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