Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-01
TRADE.


The business OF the week has only
been moderately active in the general
mSrkets, and prices have been irregular.
The sugar and pork crops, which are
now finding their way to market as
usual have unsettled prices, and the ten
deney is downward. No material de-
cine Is, however, looked for in sugars,
but the rspidity with which hogs are
now going forward to all the principal
packing cities, has caused such & falling
OF in meats that very few Of our meF-
chants are disposed TO buy more than
enough 70 meet the present demand.
Flour is also weak, and tends 10 lower
prices.
The dry goods market has been fairly
active, and prices are very firm, in con-
sequence Of the tendency Of raw cott0ns.
The New York market is reported
steady. The New YORK BUHstia says:
The week hiss opened o0 q very quiet
market, as the fall trade is considered
about over for the season and notWith-
standing the fTmu6ss of the raw mate
rial, manufactured goods are less firmly
held. We notice q disposition on the
part Of jObbers to reduce prices when
it win effect the sale Of = round
lot. Agents, as 8 general thing, are
frmer IN their views, aud So stocks are
not large IL FIST hands, and many mills
are stopping for repairs, il is believed
that most classes of cotton goods will not
reach q lower point this year; this is
especially the csse with prints snd de-
lsiues.
The boot and shoe trade remains very
much a. it was last week, but stocks are
much heavier, which ma tend to
weaken the market. So far, however,
the demand is active and prices are well
sustained. The Shoe and Leather Re-
porter says OF the New York market:
Business In the boot and shoe trade
for the week has been moderately active.
and the month Of November promises a
better average trade than usual, not
v~ithstsading the check given 70 business
by the late striHgency manufactured Ia
financial circles for speculation but
comparatively few firms in the boot and
shoe business have felt any inc0nve-
1ience from the locking up process, and,
as 3 whole, the shoe trade stands firm ia
credit, but, like other branches Of busi-
ness, sales have been checked, and s
feeling of uncertainty has prevailed for
the last two or three weeks, causing q
looking up of accounts and a pressure for
settlements, which in the end will prove
beneficial 10 the trade. As money be-
comes easier Of access, the prospect for q
continued good demand for boots and
shoes increases. There are at this time
= few buyers in Gown from the South
western markets, bat they are buying
spSriDgiy and az low figures, compared
with the cost Of making up goods. Stock
OF sIl kinds holds Up, and indicates g de-
cidsd readiness TO advance still higher
the first alarm of q demand for spring |
work. Late reports from the Southern
States are favorable for a good demand
from that section the coming season.
This trade viii reqaire more pump sole
work than has been made for this mar
ket during the last few years.
The feed market has given way since
the week set in, and prices have become
unsettled. Several shipments Of corn
been made to New Orleans, and
some Of them, we think, at a loss, as
that market is not enough higher to pay