Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-29
TRADE,


serious drawback. From gentlemen who
have travelled through West Tennessee
we learn that the prospect was never bet
ter. Cultivation is well forward, as vel
as the crop itself, which has not beer
usual since the war at this season. Grass
has been well kept down, and, with a IA.
vOrsble season, We may look forward tc
a bOuntiful harvest. Throughout North
Mississippi and Arkansas the same may
be said Of the fields, which are generally
clean, and corn and cotton have, so far as
human ken can discern at this early stage,
a good prospect ahead. The trade Of ouI
city is not active. To-day, usually q
brisk one, was rather quiet and prices are
much lie same as yesterday.
NEW WHEAT.
We yesterday saw a sample of new
wheat, raised in Pamela county, Miss, by
w. ]. Wilbanks, Esq. It was consigned
to Rootes, Vance = Co., or this city, and
was shipped TO st. Louis. The grain is
small, yet hard and plump. This is the
first wheat ST tie ssasoH, ana Will no
do9bt bring a fancy price. .
The Little Rock Gazette of a late date
contains 8 communication in reference to
steam DaFges and their influence upon the
prosperity of Arkansas, and two of the
lines alluded to below have already sue
cumbed to fate, but the impetus thew lent
to our city while they lived only show
what we might do. The article says;
The trade OF Arkansas Is eagerly sought
by many competing cities on the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries. st. Louis, Lon
~isYiIle, Cincinnati and Memphis each have
packet lines ascending and descending
u rivers. Freight charges are reduced
TO a minimum, and the people of Arkan-
sas are the more enriched by their "
prosperity. The greater our devotion TO
Industrial pursuits, the greater the in
ducements Tor thee establishment of Cheap
intercourse with our towns aud villages
Memphis, Just now, OutVies all rivalry
Packet lines from that city Compel with
one another, and even now the rates OF
charges on freights aud passengers be-
tweeH this city and Memphis are so re-
duced that rival companies g little
profit from their expenditures. These
charges, when the Arkansas river
becomes gnnavigahle, viii be still
further lessened. The railroad com
pany has great advantages, which
its managers will surely employ in
organizing a through line tor frelghts and
passengers. The contest has already he
gun in the Memphis papers between
Adams White river line and that which
runs in connection with the railroad.
Adams haa pluck, persisteney of purpose
and capital. We wish him and his rivals
Urpal GlpppGG and nn1u hnno f1aR 4Lo -
position lines will be so managed that
both will be perpetually self-sustaining.
The greatest triumph Memphis has
achieved consists in the construction OF
two mighty steambOats-tke Wicks and
The Church-Whiph are really great barges,
capable al transporting enormous quanti-
ties OF freight at the greatest speed and
with the least possible cost. They have
made the Mississippi another Erie Canal
with which railway lines compete in vain.
They can transport -four, at q freight
charge Of ten Cents per barrel from St.
Louis to Memphis. From that point Ar
kansas must rely upon smaller boats,
built for Bhallowef streams, The saving
in freight charges from ST. Louis to Mem
phis is greater than the cost of transfer
from the steam bargesto the Arkansas
river steamers. It thns results that 81.
Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati are help
less. Steam barges from those cities can
not ascend our rivers, and those cities
will be forced to make Memphis the great
depository of their products, whence 6hey
may be distributed along the tributaries
of the Mississippi. While Memphis is
thus -aggrandized Arkansas is enriched,
and on every hand there are uamiataka-
bic indications Of progress and prosper
ity, which must bless the people of Ar
kansas.
ALE-Sands' Ale, $40 so per haIt-barrel,
Porter, Sill. Lager, per keg, So %. Ale.
per dozen, 1898 % for quarts; $2@2& for
pints. Porter, do.
BEEswAx-Light demand. Selling at
23@25c.
BUrTER-old is dull and nominal at
l5@20c. Fresh grass, 25@2Sc.
BEANs-Navy, 81 5093 90 per bushel :
mixed white, 81 50@2 90.
BRooMs AND observation-disclosures are
steady at s. 00@5 90 per doz as to quality.
Broonlcorn is scarce and in demand At
S2009300 per ton, as to cure.
BAeeINe Nominal. Heavy Ken
lucky, SOC.
BUILDERs' MISUNDERSTANDING Co
ment 1908 Is; Rosendale 81 5004 70. Plas-
ter$4 50@5. Hair, in 40 ID bales, 81 1908.
Fire brick $6@7. Building Brick S. per
NJ. Ohio River Lime 81 5O@1 70 per Dbl.
AAHbhnAH ~ foVeA VIZ fOdpo 90 huIbfS
Alabama 81 20 per car load, or sSc per
CoRNMEAL-The demand is IN a small
jobbing way and prices are irregular.
Kindred, s. 25@5 so in lots and by the
single BARREL
CoFFEB-QUist; demand steady; Rio,
l8@23c; Jaws, 28Q30c. moss islli
CoFToN YAREs-No. 400, 2l@22o; 500,
lS@l9c; 800, I7@1Sc; 700, l4@l5c. s
CHKKsE-PriOes are irregular, with large
stock. We quote from 16@l8e for Fac
tory, Western Reserve and English
Dairy.
Seed on levee Sl3 90, or $I3 90 delivered
at mills, buyer furnishing sacks. Notes
Ito 40 per pound. I. gaHd
CANNED GooDs-Condensed milk, S140
IA 50 per case. Cove oysters, L Id, 81 10
per doz. 2 lbs, g. 20. Peaches, 50 406
3 10. Pears, So 80. Tomatoes, 81 606
1 70. Cherries, sS93 %. Pineapples, q.
Strawberries, 50 Is. Brandy Peaches,
a 5005. Brandy Cherries, "a 50@6 50.
Pickles, half gal. per doz., s. so; quarts,
So so; Dints, 81 so. Tomato Catsnp, 81 Is
az %. Peppersauce, 81 Is.
EGGs-There was a fair demand to-day
for good eggs at I6@l7 per dozen. V1At
FRRD-arain Of all kinds ~ dull and
prices are irregular. Prime Corn in lots
ranges from 81 050I Ear and extra
choice white would sell at 81 I5@l IS.
Orders for shipment are oiled from 81 l20
l 20. Oats are held at 6S@70c in store, but
on levee lots would sell a. 650e6e. Bran.
is dull at S24 O0@24 so. Hay, Irregular;
selling at S20924, as TO condition. Cotton
seed Meal, S23@25 at mills. -of
FLoUR-The demand is light and stock
large; prices are weak. Fine and Super,
"a 5095; X, So IS; Xxx, s. 50G6; Xxx
and Fancy, 50 254S so.
FRUIT-Green Apples are scarce; choice
nominally S8@1O. Dried Apples 6@7c;
Peaches, 7@sc.
bbls sI2 5O4SI3 90; No. {, in bbls $17 90;
u do . 10; No. I, kits " 90Q$S; NO. 2
60 q l5@s225i No. 3 y sO@sz| Wfite