Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-30
TRADE.

| DtO NaShS VI tbAAGGs upon NTH the ullHdiN
import duty amounted to S27, 900 in gold,
were spirited away from New Orleans,
andSent to different parts of the country.
Th&Sugar was transferred to barrels be-
fOreE shipment from New Orleans, and half
| of it came to this city, consigned TO the
commission house of Brannin& Summers.
Within a few days. James p. Luse, Col
hector of the port of Louisville, has seized
all the sugar that came here, finding il in
five different houses. In possession of
Moore, Bremaker & Co., he found lsS bar
rels; Gardner IL Co. had i59 barrels; Block
& Co. had 43 barrels; Lane & Bartlett had
33 barrels; and Siege & Reiling had II
barrels.
The delinquency, it is feared, is in the
New orleans Custom House, and it will
probably be traced to its true source. The
parties here haHng the sugar in their DOS
session are belfSTed to be entirely inno-
cent, but the PROPERTY having become for
feited in consequence of the nOn-payment
Of duties, they, 10y the workings of the
law, lose it all.
What became OF the sugar and coffee
shipped to other points we are not adj
vised, but IL 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. ci-
gar manufacturer AVE been forbidden TO
sell scraps, refuse and clippings. unless
they gave Ond as tobacco manufacturers,
and paid special tax as such. This re
quirement was exceedingly oppressive
and annoying, and the classes interested
Will be glad to learn of its removal, Com
missioner Delano, in a letter to the As
SCISSOR az Buffalo, has the following, which,
it viii be seen, makes the matter easier
for the cigar makers:
Dealers in manufactured tobacco, who
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 viii not be
required to pay special tax and give bond
Is manufacturers 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, un-
der the 18th section of the act of July 20,
1865, as manufacturers Of tobacco. and are
liable TO pay special tax and give bonds as
such.
. \ dealer who makes il a part Of his bus
mess TO cut plug into smoking tobacco
must pack and stampthe same a required
by Law.
The law imposes a tax of 10 cents per
pound Onall refuse, scraps and Sweepings
tobacco. and requires that it shall be
put mp in packages Of PA : and 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
business, Will not be required TO pay
a special tax as tobacco manufacturers, or
comply with the other requirements of
relating to tobacco manufacturers, e&-
eept 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 ofthe
Philadelphia Commercial Exchange, we
extract the following interesting and ex-
traordinary statistics: The import trade
of Philadelphia, for the five years ending
in 1875, averaged twelve millions of dol
lars a year. In the next fifteen years,
nom lsa0 TO ls4l, i averaged hut eleven
millions a wear; then, from 1871 to 1915. !
ii averaged but seven millions al
year; but from the year 1916 to 1880
il went up again 10 an average of ten
millions a year. From 1851 TO 1855, il av-
eraged seventeen millions ayoar, and from
to 1860 fifteen and a quarter millions.
Then there was a great decrease, from 1861
to leO5, showing an average OF but seven
and a half millions, the lowest point being
ltdinGA III 1900. MHtH tue dREEtRdlt llI- 1
ports amounted to but Sj,645, 755. Since
then there has been a rapid increase, the
figures for the last three years showing |
respectively a yearly aggregate of imports
of 81 $751; 6l for 1865, Sl4,171. T65 for 1867, !
Sl4,7 49, J6 for 1865.
There are but very few choice eating
APPLES in market. We quote at $40 to
y 90 per Dbl.
Choice Navy BEANS are quiet at 81 50 to
, Is per bpshel. Mixed White 81 50 to
? 90 per bushel,
In BUTTER prices are weak and irregu-
Tar. We quote choice at p to 3Oc.
The advance noted in meats yesterday
was not sustained, and prices have
dropped back = to &c. We quote
Bacon Sides at I7]I to l7%c;
Shoulders 1879 to 1876. Country cured
are held at 4 to &c lower than
city cured. Bulk meats are not in
demand. We quote Clear Sides l61lc;
shoulders l2k to l2Kc. Ness Pork is
al S2t $50 so; Prime Mess Is to 500.
c. canvassed Hams 10 TO zoe. Lard is
Tierces lsk to lee; Kegs 1917 to
zoe; Caddies n TO DC.
In COFFEE there is no change. The
stock on hand is ample and demand
Ordinary to prime Rio 20 TO
25c; Java 81 to S5e.
There is a b~etterdemand forCoRxMBAL,
and holders are firmer. We quote fresh
store, s. IS to 8 rs, in a large and small
way. Kindred, 50 70 to 4 90.
In DRIED FRUrTsswe make no change.
Apples are firm at II to 12c; Peaches u
to l3c.
The stock of EeGs is light and prices
at 20 to 21c.
Choice grades of Flour remain in fair
local demand. Extra supers are getting
but low supers are dun and in good
supply. We quote superhne s to IS Is;
X, 5 70 to s. Is; IKE 70 tosS7 SC; xxx
and fancy brands, s to sl1.
The PRoDucE market is dull, with |