Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-10

We have hut few changes to note in
quotations to-day, and business active.
The levee yesterday aRdto-day was pretty
web covered with merchandise coming in
and going out, and local pac kets, paIticu-
larry, had fine trips.
The delegates to the Louisville Conyen-
ton leave on Sunday and Monday. Mr..
", /, Trask, Secretary Of the Memphis
Chamber of Commerce, viii represent
the APPEAL while absent, and keep our
readers fully posted onthe proceedings Of
the Convention. "a
ESoTo COUNTY, Miss, Oct. 3, 1869.
Editors appeal. Many things of i'm
portance claim the attention of the peo-
pie at this time-politics, internal I'M
prOvements, agriculture, Immigration,
etc.-but among them all the farmers Of
the South are, perhaps, more Immediately
concerned in regard TO the remuneration
they are 10 receive for the sweat and toll
expended during the past spring and
summer in producing their small crops of
cotton. l have never seen greater efforts
than were made In this vicinity last
spring to overcome the disadvantages of
tho long continued cold, wet season, but
after doing all that could be done, the
~ NAAAf
twO-thirds to t~hree-fOurts of a stand Be-
cured. The drouth succeeded, and the
consequence IL q very short crop, which ]
believe will not average more than a half
to two-thirds of what might have been
reasonably expected with ordinary sea-
sons and tillage. / would here remark
that Mr.. Greeley and his BODYBUILDING
friends need give themselves no uneasi-
ness in regard to saving the crop. The
hands that raised it can save it, and not
half try. Now, after all our inisfortunes,
Just at tbs time when the people reason
ably expected to realize a good price for
the few bales of cotton they had sue
ceeded in raising, Notwithstanding the
lndlsputable fact of a short crop and a de-
iicit in the markets of the world of be-
tween a quarter and a half million of
bales), the d~iscourRging announcement is
made that cotton is decling, and still con-
tinues to decline. How much more it will
decline is hard to tell. 1t has already de-
cliued forty to fifty dollars off each bale
but that is not enough, perhaps, to satisfy
speculatoFs.
Will the farmers force their cotton on
the market, and submit to such imposi-
ton? i hope not. l would advise them
to make a strike, and continue the strike
until they Gan obtain such prices rs the
scarcity and demand will Justify. / be-
lieve the farmers of the South are now In /
a condition to hold, if necessary, at least
half, and perhaps two-thirds of the pres |
ent cotton crop. And they will certainly
do so If they consult their own interest, |
unless they can obtain such prices as will
be a fair enumeration for the sacrifices
they have made in raising it.. If the
farmers vii! adopt some concert of action
on this principle, Mr.. Boutwell, NAV sell
gold to accommodate his friends; and cot
ton spectators in this country and Eu-
rope may combine to affect the price Of
cotton, but all their schemes will result
in a splendid failure, and the farmers be |
enabled to obtain fair and legitimate
prices for their cotton in gold if they so |
elect. Yours truly, VERITAS.
BAsGISs-The stock is light, and prices
firm; 2 Id % to soc; light weight q to DC.
BUTTER-The supply is fair and choice
grades are in demand at 80 to s6ci good
q to SOC.
BEANs-Choiee Navy 81 rs to 8 90.
BRooNs-No. l, IS to 5 so per dozen; No.
81 to 4 so.
BROOM CoRN-Weak AT SlOO to $50 per
ton.
BEBswAX-Steady al 30 to SEE.
BCILDER's MATERIAL-Cape Lime in
on levee 81; from store, - %. Ala
bama at depot - 10; from store, 81 p.
Louisville Cement, 81 p to 3 so in lots.
Rosendale, 81 so to . 90. Plaster s. 90
Hair, in 10 lb bales, g IS to 3. Fire
s. to 6. Building Brick IS per NJ.
CoFFRE-Prices continue firm and stocks
Skimrnings are 10 to zoe; Rio q
to DC for common to fair; prime do 25 to
pc; Laguyra q to 2sc; Java IS to Ssc.
CoRNMEAL-The demand is moderate,
and market poorly supplied. Fresh at
mills S. so; from store IS 75 too.
CHEEsR-Light stock. Factory, 1917 to
l9c; w. r., l7J5 TO lse; switzer, soc; Linn
29c.
COTTON sEED-The- receipts are very
good for the season. New seed In active
at SIS deliyered-sacks furnished
by the buyer.
EeGs-Prices are firm at IS to SIC for
packed.
FLoUR-Market Well stocked, and de-
mand steady. Fine, s. 90 to 4 70; Snpers,
$ to 5 80; X, 50 to 6 so; Family, s. TO
Z OVi rahcSi 70 bOS.
FRUIT-Large supply of Apples on
hand. Selling at 81 to 4 per barrel, as to
and condition. Dried Apples 7 to
Sc; Peaches 10 TO lie. Lemons sI4 per
box. Oranges 50 80 to 7 per barrel.
FERD-There is not much doing i'm feed;
l24 sacks white corn sold on levee at 81 IL.
Held at 81 10 in store. Oats, SO to Coo.
Bran, s23 to 25. Hay, s24 so on levee.
FIsH-Mackerel, No. l, bbls s24; < bbls
Sl2 so; kits 81 80 to 3 90; No. ?, bbls SIS so;
Il do s. 30 to 9 co; kits 81 25; family, in
.bls Sl4; Il 10. s. 90; kits 81. White fish
S 90 to 9 90 in Il bbls. Sardines, quarters
$40 per case; halves sS2 90. Fresh lake
fish, lOc per ID.
HIDEs-Dry Flint 2lc; Dry Salt IL to
lsc; Green Salt 1oKc; Green eKc; Deer
SOC per pound; S~heepskins 25c to 81
each.
HARDwARE-Demand active. Nails 81
90 to 5 rates. Hollowware, 5 to &c. Col
Inns & Hunts axes, SIS per doz. Bar
iron, SIC. d
IRON TIEs-Prices are steady at to Sc.
MoLAssEs-Cuba 55c; Louisiana Sugar