Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-07

coffee has again reached the highest point
gained under the excited market a few weeks
ago. The market here is firm but no higher.
We quote Rio 2l@24c; Java B935c.
In SUGARS our market is steady at quota
Refined white, crushed, powdered and granu-
lated, H9l4zc son refined, 2A@lSc; Louisiana
clarified, 29l4c; brown and yellow hogshead
There Is nothing new IN MoLAssEs. The
market is steady with a fair demand. We
quote Louisiana, per gal in bbls, Se@6oc; re-
nned syrups, 85gf5c; In half bbls and kegs, GO
lOe higher. New Louisiana 10000.
There was considerable local inquiry for
coRNMEAL this morning. Receipts wete ii ht,
corn scarce, mills grinding butiittle, and deal
ers not anxious to sell at yesterdays prices.
We heard Of no sales. Holders were asking
S-S593 40 on the levee.
Receipts OF PoTAToEs have been liberal for
several days, but many of them were caught
by the late cold weather and frosted, anu it Is
scarcely safe TO give quotations, as they are
being sold from % 80 to 3. Choice, sound
~peachblows are worth on the levee So 2093 =.
Most of holders think IL is a good investment
to hold over.
The HIDE market continues active and
hides, Ice; dry sailed, H@I5c. green
salted, S9l0c; green, 79Sc Wool is sale
able at 2955c, as in Quality and condition,
Deerskins are taken at 2c b pound, and
sheepskins, at 5Oc9l 50 each.
The demand for BAGGISG is very light and
dealers pay but little attention TO quotations;
however, We quote 2 lbs, l5c, "a lbs, lec.
EGGS are in lighter supply. The local de- |
mand Is only moderate, 5b prices are firm at
There Is no new movement in ONIONS, ex- |
cept receipts are lighter and with a fair and |
steady demand the large stock is being stead |
lily reduced. Choice ind ready sale at SS93 3
out OF store by dray-load; common from 81 IL /
az 50. stocks are large.
crate offerings. We quote: Beef cattle, inst
quality, SIC; second quality, Ag5c medium
to coed, 3%93Ac; common, 2Z@3c: hogs, 4Sg Il
sc. Sheep, choice, SCI common, 81 5093 per
head. Cows and calves common S0@40;
q. - y 80 or,,aras5uaIy a., 1iobrar e,n 1
ply but adequate 10 the demand which was
light. We quote, Sc 5Og7 50.
The POULTRY market is steady. Chickens
are In Iar supply; extra large ones go on read
lily at So 5094 81. small are dull and quoted at
s2Sa, Turkeys are in fair demand and higher,
ranging from Sl5d2l the outside figure for eX-
ira large, fat robbers, Geese in light receipts, |
varying rom So 5097 50.
BUTTER is in good supply with an active To-
cal demand. Extra choice, Western Reserve. |
would bring 2SSS0c. The best quality on the
market, good table, is quoted at 259Z7c; COM
mon, l592Oc
APPLEs are in good supply, receipts having
been liberal the past few days. Choice are
selling at $685. 90; common to good, S3g4.
h is IN fair demand, and though there
is kraut on the market at ~ 60gIO,i 1t is not
considered strictly choice. We quote at $40 80
ell.
all branches. The dry goods market has i'm
proved with the beginning OF December, and
I'll after Christmas. The New York Bulletin
says: 'For the eleven months ending with No
yember the imports have been sl27,3S0,405, or
S5,S25,OC0 more than for the same period in
1870, and S36,C9O,O0 more than in 1863. The
Withdrawals from warehouse exceed those for
$50 by 2,3O,O0 and the amount thrown upon
the market is S2l,l2O,OO0 in excess Of last
year."
Domestic Tobacco.
Next TO the cotton trade, says the New York
Evening Post, the rice and tobacco interests L,
were most affected by our late war. New n
York attracted the bulk of the tobacco BUSH
ness, the railroads taking ~northward that pOr-
FHnn of tho y WhHgh had nn0rEAnalH Haan i
sent by way Of the Mississippi through New
Orleans and other southern ports. Great for
parts OF the country, and these fortunes have
mostly retained and increased, the bust
ness being, like sugar-refning and the hide
and leather Interests, among the safest and
most solid in this city or IN the country Our
Of leaf tobacco during the year ending | !
30, IS7O, were p, IOO,4D pounds and during
the year ending June, 1871, l9,90S,793 pounds.
seed Leaf" the demand for New York
state growth Of 1870 still continues, and severa
were sold and resold in November. II ,
may be fairly assumed that the entire New ,
York State seed leaf crop OF 1870 has gone
INTO manufacturers hands TO be used instead
1f nne Connecticut, which did not grow in
$50 in fact, the latter crop proves entirely
lnnt for nne cigars. Thus, with a market
almost bare of Estate seed" and the once
supreme Connecticut leaf neglected, manu- :
rs well as dealers begin to see thai {
.or a supply during the next year the best sub !
,ututes VIII have 70 be resorted to; that is 20 !
the Pennsylvania and Ohio crops of 1870.
The demand tor the latter has, indeed, mater
ally improved, and good lots are inquired for.
a couple OF months the two crop
'emainders may have passed into manufac-
.urers' hands. The fresh crop OF seed leaf now
and cured is, at the lowest, esti-
mated at 1000 cases Tor Connecticut and
as many for Ohio, $1,000 for
Pennsylvania, $500 for Wisconsin, 2lUO0 for
New York and 5000 tor IllinOis-total,l 100000
asses This crop, If the estimate proves correct,
viii be the largest seed-leaf crop yer produced I
n the country. A good average crop does not
Exceed sixty thousand cases, and the
arge crop OF 1868 reached only $500 cases, a.,
.hough it reduced prices fifty per cent. Prom I
nent tobacco merchants in Front street are '
u opinion Lhat not a pound should De
.ouched till spring unless obtainable at about
ne follow1ng rates, or below: Wisconsin,
illinois and Ohio, at from i've to six cents;
eennsylvanial seven TO eighteents; New York.
cents; Massachusetts,, fifteen cents, and
connecticut, from twenty TO twenty-five
,ents, the quality being good. Our own con-
lumptlon is about 6OiOO cases per annum.
But It Is safer TO place ii at $1,000 cases for lSL, .
and the export, at the expected low figures, !
II O,CO. Assuming, then, that our stock will
De 4O,OO cases manufactured, 10 which the
lboVe 10000 viii have to be added, we have l
iases surplus to be disposed OF, or twice as .
much as last year. =
Oar of Maple sugar. :
Our production of maple sugar varies be-
Ween 5000 and 5000 hhds, according to the
eason, having been but 10000 hhds last crop. s
0yOO hhds) produced even twenty years ago, ! Q
York produced 100000 pounds, OHIO ]
10000 pounds, Michigan $4,000 pounds In ]
llama SOO,0OO,OW pounds, Pennsylvania 2,O00,O00 '
,ounds, New Hampshire l.4O0JOO0 pounds, and 1
Iermont $4,000 pounds. In addition to this o
S,OO,OO pounds ii was estimated that the In c
ians east and west of tue Mississippi pro-
.uced 100000 pounds for their own consump- n
roduct of each State in the years 1850 ana 1850; s
States. 1856. ls60.O :