Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-31
TRADE.

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has not been said a half dozen timesl lie
fore during the week. 1t is dun. Even
thl additional activity displayed as a gen
erG&sthing on Saturday was barely percep-
tible to-day. Prices are much the same as
last reported, though meats are not 50
firm, while receipts are-very light.
The following, which is taken from the
Louisville Courier, may interest some OF
our readers. Whether any of the sugar
or coffee has reached this city is as yet nm
known, but We learn that there is Gov
eminent official in town whose business
is closely mixed up with the matter. The
Courier says:
Not long sip~e 1000 boxes of sugar and
Gg3 sacks Of co.'s e, upOn which theunpaid
import duty amounted TO 81. 900 in gold.
were spirited away from New Orleans,
and sent To different parts of the country,
The sugar was transferred to barrels he
fore shipment from New Orleans, and halt
of il anne to this city, consigned to the
commission house of Brannin& Summers.
Within a few days, James p. Luse, Col
lectOr ofthe port of Louisville, has seized
all the sugar that came here, finding il in
five different houses. In possession of
Moore, Bremaker Il Co, he found ISS bar
rels: Gardner q Co. had lJ9 barrels; Block
81 Co. had 10 barrels; Lane & Bartlett had
80 barrels; and Siege d Reiling had II
barrels,
The delinquency, Il Is feared, is il the
New Orleans Custom House. and il will
probably be traced to its true source. The
parties here having the sugar in their DOS
session are believed 10 be entirely innO-
cent, but the property having become for
feited in consequence OF the nOn-payment
of duties, they, by the workings of the
law, lose il all,
What became of the sugar and coffee
shipped to other points we are not adj
vised, but &c is not known that any more
than what has already been discovered
found a market in this city,
BY the regulations of the late Internal
Revenue Commissioner, Mr.. Rollins, eli
gar manufacturers have been forbidden to
sell scraps, refuse and clippings, unless
they gave bond as tobacco manufacturers,
and paid special tax as such. This re-
qJirement was exceedingly oppressive
and annoying, and the classes Interested
VIII be glad to learn of its removal. Com
missioner Delano, in a letter to the As
SCISSOR at Buffalo, has the following, which,
il will be seen, makes the matter easier
for the cigar makers:
F. LhAEI ia AAAAh ARANeAAN'H ~ nv
have on hand scrap tobacco which they
sell for use or consumption as smoking
tobacco, are required to pack and stamp
the same before sale, but they Will not be
required to paw special tax and give bond
As manufacturer of tobacco for so doing.
Dealers in leaf tobacco who put up for
use or consumption scraps, waste or de-
deposits OF tobacco, resulting from the
handling of leaf, would be regarded, I'M
dor Z no slf n section nf the qHT of lnIN~ DR
1868, as manufacturers of tobacco, 8nd are
liable TO pay special tax and give bonds as
such.
A dealer Who makes it a part of his bus
mess to cut ping into smoking tobacco
must pack and stamp the same a. required
by law.
The law imposes a tax of rs cents per
pound N all refuse, scraps and sweepings
of tobacco, and requires that it shall be
put up in packages of ,, 4, sand 10 pounds
each.
Cigar manufacturers, who do not make
a business Of putting up for use of con
sumption. scraps, waste, clippings, etc.
but simply all the scraps and refuse which
accumulate from their business as cigar
manufacturers, and which are incidental to
such business, will not be required TO pay
a special tax as tobacco manufacturers, or
comply with the other requirements of
INV EtldLllE 10 LDlttto lldlAAAlufA tEtES. tA-
cept those provisions which relate to pack
ing and stamping their waste scraps,
sweepings, etc, when sold or offered for
sale, for use or consumption.
From the fifteenth annual review of the
Philadelphia Commercial Exchange, We
extract the following interesting and ex-
~traordinary statistics: /" The import trade
Of Philadelphia, for the Ave wears ending
in 1875, averaged twelve millions of dol
lars a year. In the next fifteen years,
from ls26 to lS40, il averaged but eleven
millions a year; then, from 1871 to 1915,
il averaged but seven millions q
year; but from the year 1916 to 1856
il went up again to an average of ten
millions a year. From 1851 to 1853, il aV-
eraged seventeen millions a wear, and from
1856 to 1860 fifteen and a quarter millions.
Then there was a great decrease, from 1861
to 1865, showing an average of but seven
and a half millions, the lowest point being
reached in 1865, when the aggregate i'm
ports amounted to but $685. 55. Since
then there has beer a rapid increase, the
figures for the last three years showing
respectively a yearly aggregate ofimpOrts
of 5 .33I,26 for 1866, Sl4,l7l, 765 for 1867,
and Sl4,749,056 for 1865.
There are but very few choice eating
APPLES in market. We quote at $40 TO
y 90 per bbl.
Choice Navy Beans are quiet al - 9to
2 IS per bushel. Mixed White 81 so to
2 90 per bushel,
IN BUTTER prices are weak aud irregu-
lar. We quote choice at 25 TO soc.
The advance noted i'm meats yesterday
was not sustained, and prices have
dropped back : to &c. We quote
Clear Bacon Sides at I7k 20 iJNe;
shoulders I3H9to 1876. Country cured
meats are held at a TO &c lower than
city cured. Bulk meats are not in
demand. We quote Clear Sides l6Hc;
Shoulders 12H to 12Ac. Mess Pork is
firm at 80 to $50 so; Prime Mess2S to 500.
S. c. canvassed Hams 10 TO zoe. Lard is
steady, Terces 1SH to roc; Kegs lsk 90
zoe; csddies p 20 22c. WMWN
In COFFEE there is no change. The
stock on hand is ample and demand
steady. Ordinary TO prime Rio 20 to
Csc; Java "a to $50. qgagn
There is a betterdemand for oRNMEAL,