Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-01
TRADE.

enable it to recover from the effects of a
backward spring,
business il very good for the season,
and. in fact. at no time since the summer
set i'm has it been duh as during the two
preceding years. OF course there has
been much complaint among dealers, but
they are rarely satisfied even in the heart
Of our active season. 1t seems to be the
province Of HaH to groYl, and being con
sidered a relief, il is probably well to Do
so.
stocks are improving somewhat. sew
eraI of our Front street houses. as well
as wholesale ones on other streets, are
| packed with goods, and every preparation
/ is going on for an active and rumerative
| Eil trade. To attain this desirable end,
we would s.,ggest TO our readers the pro-
| priety of keeping their naIGes before the
public. During the few years since the
war very many changes have occurred in
orr business firms. Many Of them have
I disappeared entirely fran the scene, and
their places have been filled up by IN
/ many ipstances) more active, energetic
| and responsible Eieas in other words,
hundreds of those who came here qnrihg
or az the close of the war, and who hung
ont their sigas, GHt bad 10 capital or
credit, and in many cases 10 honor, naye
been compelled to pull up stakes and fit
away. To-day no city of equal size in
the North or South has more honorable
names euloiied pPo4 its iisl 81 u~iefghaHts
than we of the Bluff City can boast OF.
Oar trade is slowly but gradually coming
back to us, and in a short time we Will
again recover much Of that of the Missis-
sippi valley henee L. ~YiqksLFrE. The
time has arrived when some active meas
ures should be taken to this enl.
The time has also arrived for our bust
uosa men to advertise. They should let
the plaHter kpoV that they "stil ya,'
that they are prepared 10 execute any or
dor sent to them, that their stocks are as
varied, and their terms as moderate as
can be secured in st. Louis, Louisville,
Cincinnati, or any other place. In no
other way can we compete with those
cities whose local press are already tenn
ing with flaming cards setting forth tho
! advantages to be derived at their respect
i've points. The APPEAL finds IFS way to
.ety eopHter and every preside for hun
dreds of miles around M~omPhis, ana no
better medium exists by which to lay
claims for patronage before the consumer.
Already some of u far-seeing merchants
are making themselves heard through our
columns, and we know that they will be
/ repaid tenfold in thus taking time by the
iOrelock.
. petition is now in circulation, and
and already nuInerously signed, asking
the Board OF Mayor and Aldermen to en-
act an ordinance protecting our merchants
who have to pay heaEily iH the Way 81
taxes and licenses from the injury done
them by sales from iatboats at our
ievec. These boats simply pay a privilege
tax to the city of about 50, and some of
them not only sell out their cargoes under
this privilege, but act as commission mer-
chants to sell the cargoes Of other boats
a. they arrive. Our own citizens shouiq
De protected in this matter, and all out
| siders should BE compelled to pay at least
| as heavily as those who live with rs per-
manently.
There is a lair shipping demand FER
chpiee green APFLEs Al sI 50 per barrel
loose. We notice consignments Of apples
from Illinois and points Ia Kentucky oa
the market put up in small boxes.
Choice Western BUTTER is in moderate
demand al q 70 9Oc; country butter, 25 to
27c.
The Provision market is firm. Mess
Pork S34 80 TO IS %; prime Mess S3S;
Rump 81 e. ~. Clear bacon Sides lg}z
10 2oo; Shoulders 1871 to- r5Itc, country
neat. lc lower. S. e. Hams % to 24s
Tieree Lard % to 2ptsGi kegs q K to 22KTi
Gaddies 22k to 23e.
There is a steady demand for COFFEE
and prices are firm, Interior To ehniee
| Rio, 10 to go; Java, 50 to $50.
In Produce there is no activity. Po-
tatoes are in better demand and are taken
at 81 to ? 25 per barrel in good shipping
order. Onions are coming in freely and
sell at 3 80 TO 3 IS per barrel. Sweet 20
tatoes are dill at 81 a. to 4 70 per bushel
"a a small way. /
l.CoESyrEAL h scarce and somewhat ir-
/ regular. We quote fresh 81 50 In lots,
and 81 70 in a small way kIlndried, q q
to 8 %
The eGG market is Qyerst9cked; selling
at Z to ll2hse in large aud small packages,
There il some further advance in FLOUR.
/ owing, probably, more to the scant stock
/ than to any other reason. We quote low
supers IS 50 to 6; good super So 25 to
8 80; y s. to : 50; Xxx s. 70 o p; XXX
and fancy 50 to IL.
The stock of FEED, though net large, -
ample for the demand. Corn on levee r.
/ firm at csc 10 81; from store 81 90 to 1 o.
| A few sacks in ear s0ld7on arrival at '95c.
Nearly 500 sacks oats were received Ia
| day by packet and pgieea gave way a lit
tie, 216 sacks sold at 81 to $50. Bran is
quiet at SO to q. Hay scarce; selling at
81 80 per 100 from store.
We note an improvement in HIDES.
Green, . to 9Izc; green salt, 10 to l0He;
dry salt, II to I71le; dry flint, 2lc.
In LIME there IS mate, iai onange. Ala
hama, s2to2 25: Utica, sii75 TO L 50; Cape,
Al 20 to4 so; Ohio river, 81 40 to / so.
The SUGAR market is very firm. We
quote as follows: Louisiana yellow SD.
gars Il to I5c; New Orleans VIC. I5k to
l0c; New Orleans W. c. 1917 to lie; soft
white 1914 to lie; hard white III to lsc.
Molasses range from 50 to 9Oc, as to quail
ity.
PoVETRY is in good supply. Young
Chickens 2 so to s. so; old 81 90 to 5.
The stock of SALT is large and prices
steady. Large dairy (seyen bushei bar
rels) "a 50 to 4 20 small dairy (Aye bushel
barrels) IS 50 tes Fi large e2nm9n (seyen
lushel bbls.) 6 80 to 3 5pi small common
q bushel bbls.) - 30 to 2 70.
In TOBACCO there is no change to note.
All manufactured goods are in fair de-
mand and stocks moderate.
WHEAT is in demand for local milling
purposes and prices vary from 81 to l 10,
as to quality.
There is considerable activity reported
an WHISKY and prices are firm at ; Os to