Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-22
TRADE.

TRADE.
Business was not so active to-day, and
receipts were light. Prices are firm and
meats are tending upwards.
The receipts to-day per river were as
foil ows: Alcohol 3 bbls; ale and beer $50
pgs; butter 49pkgs; bacon 10 pkgs; cot
ton Isl bales; cotton yarn IS bales; cattle
u nd; lard 100 kegs; leather "a bdlsi lem
ons 8 bxs; cheese 1870 bxs: chickens 10
coops; dried fruit 10 bbls; t~urpentine lis
pkgs; asst groceries so pkgs; hides d
bales; powder Is kegs; rope Is coils; sugar
10 bbls; wheat I25 SKIS; whisky 2 bbls asst
merchandise 259s pkgs.
We learn thst large amount of freight
are lying at Cincinnati and Louisville,
awaiting shipment south. We yesterday
saw a bill of lading, given on the 9th inst.
at Cincinnati, via the short line route 10
Louisville and Memphis, and the goods
were only received to-day. Goods shipped
on the sth inst. nave as yet not been heard
from.
The new regulations concerning dis
titled spirits, lately put in force by the
Treasury Department, and known as
Series 5, No. Z, have caused the i~nquiry.to
be made whether a package or keg con
tanning five gallons required a stamp, the
regulations before mentioned seeming to
indicate the contrary. In reply to a letter
Of inquiry the Department says as fol-
lows:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, September IL, 1869.
SIR: Your letter. of the 9TH instant, on
the subject of stamping five gallon pack
ages OF spirits, has been received.
You remark that you infer, from Series
j, No. :, supplement No. !, that said pack
ages do not require stamps, and you re-
quest to be informed whether your in
ference is correct.
In reply, L have To say that section 25,
Of the act Of July 20, 1869, requires that
L packages of distilled spirits filled on
the premises of a Wholesale dealer for
shipment, sale or delivery, shall be gauged,
inspected and stamped by a United States
gauger. This section provides no limit to
the size of packages, but the language is
general, and includes all packages of the
wholesale liquor dealer. Under the pro-
vision Of section l, of the act of April 10, |
1869, this class of dealers are limited in
their sales to five gallons as their mini
mum. But all their packages filed as
above must be stamped, guaged and in
spected. This is a plain and imperative
provision Of the law.
Section p provides no penalty for dis
obedience of IT'S requirements, but ample
remedies are found in other sections of
the act of July 20, lS6s, Section 81 pro
vides for the forfeiture Of packages Of
spirits containing OVER five gallons, found
without the marks and stamps required
therefor; and section 50 provides SeUere
penalties for omission, neglect, OF refusal
to do, or cause to be done, any of the
things required by law, on the part of dis
tillers, wholesale liquor dealers, r~ectifi-
ers, etc. Very respectfully,
JOSIAH GIVEN,
Deputy Commissioner.
WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR T~ESNESsRE2
Editors APPEAL. / am a wanderer. 1 go
to me fro through the land, l visit
all States, and tarry amongst all
people. / visit many cities, and in
doing 50 make it a point To note
their prosperity. / see that some cities
prosper, thrive and grow rich in trade,
while others remain comparatively sta
~tiOnary. Memphis is not exactly station
airy, but she is growing too slowly. The
same rs TO Nashville, and, in fact, all the
cities and towns OF Tennessee. Ii is true
that they are advancing some, but it is
only by the superhuman energy of their
people. But Tennessee, take the State as
a whole, Is sadly behind the age. Louis
Vile Is sapping the life blood of
all the business maTts Of Tennessee.
Nashville is the capitalize center of
the ~State-fflled with men of the
most indomitable energy-and has
facilities for doing a large business, and
vet we see her almOst in a state of decline,
or if not declining, is certainly not doing |
what she ought 10 do. Memphis is dong
but little better-Memphis, the center of
the great Mississippi Valley, situated
midway between the great cities of New
Orleans and st. LOuis-surrOunded by an
area Of country whose extent and rich
meas Is not surpassed even by the famous
delta Of the Nile, she ought 10 be the very
center Of trade m attraction of the West.
Her facilities are not surpassed by any
other city this side the Allsgheuiesl Yet
we see other cities snatching her laurels
and ~gobbling the trade that she is legiti-
mately entitled to.
Now there must be a reason for this,
and in casting about | can find but
one. II is taxation. Every species
OF business is taxed TO sue anextent that
prosperity is almost an im~pOssibility. IL
u LIUE the uitEEndkAh vi DONH AitllDuln 4
and Nashville compete with the mer-
chants of other cities, blt the trade Is not
remuneratiYe. Ia fact, / may say that
they almost submit TO a sacrifice.
Now, while this state of things exist,
foreign capital will not come to Tonnes
see. Something must be done to relieve
our people, and, al the same time, hold
out inducements to capitalists to come
amOngst us.
What abalI ha donaS /
We shall look with eager interest to our
incoming Legislature. TRAVELLER
BAGGING-The stock is light and prices
firm. We quote Todd's l1zlb 10 10 zoe;
SCOTS III 264 TO &c; NJ. & NJ. ? ID 26 to
&c; Ky. Ply. 2E lb265l TO 27c; Delaware
fax ? ID p to 271<c; Greenleaf > ID q
10 271Se; imitation India 3Oc.
BRooNs-The demand is supplied by
home factories. Selling at s. 90 t 5 for
No. 2; No. / $ TO 8 so.
Broom CoRN-The market is weak at
500 to 80 per ton.
BUrTER-The stock is large and prices
steady. Choice Western IS to S5c; good %
10 SOC; Goshen 4Oc.
COFFEE-Firm. Skimmings, 70 20 2Oc;
common 10 fair. Rio. p to 24e; prime do.
Is to re; Laguayara, "a 10 2sc; Java,
30 TO 35e.
Corn MEAL-Stock light, selling at
mills by dray load at 81 20 to5.
CHEEsE-Light stock. Western Re
serve Is 10 IstIc; Factory ISL 70 19He.
Eaas-Dull at 2S to soc.
FLouR-There is no change in prices;
stock ample. We quote: Fine a 50 to
8; Supers IS 80 TO 6; Family Sc so to 8;
Fancy S. 50 TO 9 Is.