Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-29
TRADE.


Some improvement was noticeable in
the general markets to-day, so far as or
ders went, but the aggregate business
doing is not satisfactory. The stock Of
provisions on hand is light, while there is
no disposition on the part of our mer-
chants to take hold largely until prices be-
come more settled. This is the case, also,
with the planter aud the country mer-
chant, so that no heavy operations Of any
kind may be looked for before the New
Year sets in. A lot of Bulk Clear Sides
on consignment was offered to-day at
I71kc, but failed to find purchasers, ex-
cept by the cask or two, just to keep the
immediate wants Of customers supplied.
Messrs. Topp, Trezevant and Morrison
will leave, we learn, tomorrow, to be
present at the National Board of Trade
Convention in Richmond, during the
coming week. Fhey 60 as delegates from
the Memphis Chamber Of Commerce.
1t may not be generally known to all
u readers that a large quantity of a most
desirable feed for cattle is being manufac-
tured in this city. Our dsirymen are
using large quantities Gift, With most sat
isfactory results. It is being shipped by
the car load, every few days, to the inte-
rior, and immense quantities Of it 60 to
Europe, where it is highly appreciated,
and sells for more than double the price
asked for it here. We refer to cooked cot
toHseed meal. 1t is made from cottonseed,
after being huned, the oil pressed out and
the cakes ground into meal, which is
thoroughly cooked by steam. Its great
value, as an article Of food for stock, is
highly appreciated by all who have used
it.
We to-day read a letter from a well
known Chicago firm, to one in this city,
to whom they had shipped a lot of Mess
Pork on consignment. The account sales
disclosed an item of IL per cent. tax on
merchandise, as levied by our wise rulers,
and the Chicago firm, in acknowledging
remittance, say tina they had never been
required to pay such a tax in any other
State. That while the prices obtained,
commissions, ETC., were entirely satisfac-
tory. they could not think of submitting
to such an Infamous imposition, and
would never ship a dollars worth of goods
to Tennessee while such a law disgraced
her statute books.
While on this subject, we may as well
state another fact in connection with this
tax, which will show how wisely we are
ruled by our legislators. A merchant
who has recently settled in this city, and
who deals extensively in coffee and tea
in fact, makes these articles a speciality,
also has a house in st. Louis. His coffee,
etc, is shipped 10 st. Louis via New Or
leans, going directly by our door, but his
sales are made in this city by sample, and
his orders from Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia are filled
at his St. Louis house, because in the State
of Missouri there is no tax on merchants,
as such. If the tax did not exist in his
State, his orders would be filed here, his
stock would be imported here direct, and
Memphis would reap the bereht Of a trade
which now goes elsewhere.
The tobacco crop Of Virginia to be
thrown 0n i1t uldIhGL utAL hpIllH anu
summer is deficient both in quality and
quantity. But it will sell high and bring
a great deal Of money
BAGaTNG-There is no material change
in prices, though the market is weak; "a
~ Id. bagging 26@27c; India 25@26c.
BUrrER-Extra choice is held at 42@45c;
choice, Ss@4Oc; good, s5@S7ci common,
2s@S2c.
BRooMs-Demand fair at So OOG6 90 per
dozen.
BRooMcoRN-NominalIy sl25@2OO per
ton.
CAEDLEs-l0 on. Star Ice; II OF. lie to
l7Kc; 10 OF. 22Kc to 23c.
CANNED GooDs-Peaches 2 lb cans ~
to g IS; Oysters / ID ans 81 Toto 81 70; 2
lbs g 20 TO g. rs; Brandy Peaches s. so;
Cherries S 70 to So ;Blackberries $275t to 50;
Strawberries SO toss Is; Pine Apples IS to
IS 90; Tomatoes 81 so; Sugar Of Lemon 81.
CoRNHEAL-The market is dull at "a 20
as 90 on levee, in lots, and In store in
small way.
CoFFaa-Prisss are weak. Ris skim