Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0PVIcK, I
MRhPHIs. TRsS.. June "a. 1871. !
TRADE

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In corn the feeling is better, and prices
are firm; sales were 100 sacks white
shelled, new gunnies, at re, l0l do. at
7l4c.t Subsequently a sale Of 600 sacks
was made from store at 731c for choice
white shelled in new gunnies, delivered
at the depot for shipment to Atlanta,
Ga. Bran is dull and lower; sales on
Change were l25 sacks and 67 sacks at
$24 per ton. Oats are in active demand
with no offerings and limited supply;
choice white or mixed would have sold
readily to-day at 6lc. Choice hay is in
fair demand, with none offering; common
to good mixed is sold at SIS to 20 80.
There is no change of Importance in
provisions. The supply of all kinds of
meats is in excess Of the demand, and
dealers are seemingly anxious to realize.
Mess pork can be purchased at SIG. Ba-
con clear sides are duh at 9lci clear rib
is dull at &c, and shoulders at &c. Lard
is in full sympathy with meats, and is
sold at IL to l2c for tierce and keg. But
ter is firm and in demand at 23c for
choice, with light supply; common is
nominally II to lSc. Eggs are firm at
Is to Zoe, with sales in lots at the latter
figure. Corn meal is FIRM, with sales of
so barrels at So 80. New potatoes are
in demand at 81 to go with purchases
Of 100 barrels loose from wagon at the
latter figure. New apples arc dull at 50
2 so, as to quality. Groceries are steady
and unchanged. NJ
From store on orders prices are as follows:
BAGGIxG-Is nominal at 2l@23c.
>, BEANS : Navy. 81 5O@l 75; white mixed.
BAcoS-;Dull; clear sides. 9]14@91zc; clear rib
9@91sc; shoulders. 7@714c; bulk sides. clear.
SSsZzc; shoulders. 7@714c; sugar cured hams.
BRAN-Quie at 81 9O@1 40 a 100 in store.
BUTrER-Good Western, l09l5c; inferior,
dull and nominal; choice, 22G23c.
CoTToysEED- So 90 q ton on levee.
CoRN MEAL-Steady at IS 90 on levee, and
CoRS-Quiet at 73974c. with fair supply.
EGGs-steady, with good supply at lslsl9c
HAY-Firm at S22 O0(92j 90, as to quality
FLouR-Dull at So OO@9 OOfor super to fancy.
IRON TIEs-5Gs6c. tI'rl
LInD-Tn kegs, i29l294c; tiOrces. li@iI9lc;
caddies, 14915c.
MoLAssEs-Louisiana, firm 45a7Oc in bar
rels; syrups, 40gI5e.
- OATs-Firm at 66(t67c from store DAD
POULTRY-Old chickens dull at 81 50l55 50;
new, 81 1904 90, as 10 size. r.f fI
POTATOEs-New are in fair supply at IS so
" barrel; sweet. So 75@i 90 y barrel; cabbage.
quiet at slO OO@lo W; new onions, quiet at
PoRk-Mcss, SIG OO@l6 Is in largo and small
way.
SUGAR-Quiet; Louisiana firm, 9Iz912i4e for
common to fair. l2199l31Sc for yellow and
white clarifed; refined, crushed and now
dered, l41l@l4t4c; Coffee. A, b and G. 1910
lShc.
MONEY.
The money market presents no new
features for comment to-day. The
g situation" as reported by the differ
ent banks is one of ease with but few
applications for loans Gilt-edge paper,
running from thirty to ninety days, may
be said to be in no demand, and are
discounted at 10 per cent. The rate on
first-class outside paper ranges from II
to II per cent, and in the open market
the same is negotiated at Il per cent |
per month. Acceptances are discounted
at II to 2 per cent. and paper secured
by collaterals at about the same figure
There is little doing in exchange
either in the supply or demand. Some
few cotton bills are offering and are
taken at par. Eastern bank exchange
is bought at par to &c premium and sold
at lo premium.
Gold is purchased at l1l2 to III and
sold at ll2l.
Local securities are more active, with
q brisk demand for county warrants at
Soc and dealers purchased some $4,000
at that price; selling rates are 81 to S2c.
Bank of Tennessde money is bought in
small amounts by dealers at 81 to SSc.
A large amount would not, however,
bring more than SEC; selling rates over
the counter are steady at 9Oc. City
bonds are firm at 81 to 5Sc for the cur
rency and GO TO Gle for the gold issue.
Railroad shares are dull. Memphis and
Ohio is nominclly IS to l9lc. Some
$4,000 Of the first mortgage bonds of
this road was offered this morning but
up to the hour of the close Of our report
had not been sold. About $50, 900 in
new Arkansas levee Is were sold yester-
day at a fraction above 35c. Missis- ,
sippi and Tennessee shares are dull at
Is to l9c, with downward tendency
COTTON. II
Sales yesterday were $50 bales, the !
market closing firm, with an advancing
endency, in consequence of an advance s
# bc in New York To-day there is but |
! limited demand and buyers and sellers 9
IRE as far apart in prices as yesterday. {
sales up to noon were about 30 bales, J
30 bales ordinary picked up,
It l5lc, good ordinary at l64 to l7ic;
trict good ordinary at lSI TO lSic, low /,
at l9l to 1850, and middling at Z
% to 2Olc. Receipts were 235, ship \
nents % and stock $3.50. .
COTTON sTATKHKST.
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