Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-07

per barrel, Y iDa2 20; plaster Paris. "A =
> coos %; hair aa0U a pound
q lO0, AT the yapia Alabama lime. by m
earrtoa'd' 8 % sale of IS bbls CAPE lime a
RAILING sruFF+Rarrlnp. . and % It's. /
@tbc; iron ties SaglSc, tbe former prize for loi
~ NOT less than 800 bundles, baling twfne }
~. Sale 81 100 pcs = 10 al Sc
bUrrER9ommon dun NJ l2dl5c. q choic,
" eSlefn dairy I'm good supply at 292Sc. sal,
OF 10 tubs Western at 10.
BEEswA&-25a2Sc p pound.
N~oTn0NSEED ErC.-Af mills we QuOtes Eft
tonseed In demand at $40 r ton.
,aASpLEs-Light and fun weights q i
CHEEsE-Faeeers, i5c; English dairy. lsc.
CoRNESeies from store OFFS SKIS yellow a
5lc. and 100 at CSC; 50 SKIS white, at sec.
NA~BBAGE-Firm at s5@6 q crate.
IORNMEAL@Sales Of 70 bbls at Elevator al
g 20; 80 bbls from store et 3 3.
g75sc for JAVA.
EGGs-Seafce and higher. 95e.
fbogR-Double extra, S. 5ja7: treble extra
81 2@e7 %; family, s.; fancy. slzIo m. seie -,
y bbls double extra a $3.50
fdsh-"nEe nsh, 8 5000 p half Dbl; kits
y - -uaoked herring 40@50c u box; new
m~.scRerel, y bbl-No. /, sl5j half bbl, s.; kits
~ g1Gl fBNu.3, large bbls, SO 508lI; half bblS
SSgH kits 81 2lgI@
Lemons, So.
GsogERIEs-sOda, &c for keg, and Sc for box.
Starchi fsa5 2 n. German soap, G'&G7%c.
hAtts o-aAT-af- AN IN quality brown ana vel
low sugar in hhds l0dl2c; soft refined, white.
l2al2 C; powdered, l3al4c. Hard refined
white crushed and granulated, l81EglS4c.
HARDWARE-Nails, $500 >; CRATES, iron bar,
&c; cast steel, 22lEc: castings. count hollow
ware, "a; axes n@l5c; Mitchells do, s. 50,
HHY-Saies on landing OF q bales nrlme at
So 100 bales timothy at S2i, and GO bales at
- n carload Arkansas prairie at SIS, and
one carload nj Sl4.
LARD-Renned tieree, @lsIoe; keg, 1870
4 Lee n9NNk.IIE-
OATs-SaleS at SEE.
oIIs-Coal oil, 27@2Se z gallon; linseed,
raw, q 0; boiled, 81 Is; lard oil, S5a90c; train,
81 .; West Virginia luhrieating, 50960c.
ONIONs-Stoek decreasing, s. 1903.
PorAroEs-GOod ruSsetts, loose, 81 Z Dbl
in store, 81 59l IS 3 Dbl.
PORK-Dun at SIS.
~PowDER-Rine, 6 = keg; shot, s. IS.
@PoULTRY-GoOd demand and strong; young,
Sa3 .; pullets, SG4 .; old, 81 0a5
WHITE LEAD-Standard, 09lO1sc; St Louis,
pure, l29l2kc.
On Change.
md the above title the louisville Ledger
said on Wednesday last: W are satisfied
that the Board OF Trade is ACCOMPLISHING less
for the trade Interests Of Louisville than it
would do, provided the member Of the inSti-
tuition would beStow upon some OF the details
Of Trade Rooms ought to be the point for the
radiation Of current commercial news in
every department Of business. II is mani
testify for the interests of business men that
such should be the case. The daily press is
anxious TO obtain this information. This in
formation should by all means include cor
rect quotations Of leading articles, and the
daily sales. The importance Of uniformity is
confessed, and this uniformity can only be Sc
cured through the Board of Trade. Abandon
this organization, and all is again confusion
and contradiction for there is no recognized
standard. But TO this il must come at no dis
taut day if there is no more promptneSs and
regularity on the part Of the member Of the
Board in keeping up the quotations. The re-
ports Of sales of provisions, whisky, bagging,
Hour, grain, cotton, tobacco and other COM
modiueS ought to be registered daily. II this
were lone the grand aggregates would have a
valuable influence in al OF the markets OF
the country where Louisville papers circu-
late, and this may be done II merchants viii
give 10 the enterprise their attention FOR a
few minutes each day." il the louisville re-
porter had peuned the above paragraph in
Memphis. IL could not have been more appl-
ca~ble,except that while louisville merchants
are making some effort TO have a Change,
Memphis merchants make none. Do our
merchants think 10 possible hat they can ne
glect trade facilities that are found necessary
in other cities, without injury 70 their bust
ness2 st Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, and
even distant Chicago, have agents of their
mercantile houses Swarming IN the country
east, west, north and south of us, and Mem
phis has next 20 none. The immense business
We once did east of the city grew smaller and
smaller, after opposing railway lines opened
up new markets; similar lines are now push
ing on, under the impetus OF capital from
Western cities, on the west of us, and Mem
phis is about TO be hanked on that side also
because there is not the energy here TO accom-
plsh one Of the grandeSt objects ever pro-
posed 10 Memphis-iO tap the Red river above
the raft, and to divert here cotton that would
keep our steamboats,, merchants, clerks, dray-
men and encompasses busy one month eUery
year earlier than our active season now be-
gins. Can Memphis afford to lie supine-let-
ting thing S~lide-While brilliant OppOrtuni-
ties are gliding away, and spirited rivals are
spreading their business facilities everywhere
around US, even entering into competition for
our very cotton trade itself? We are sound
ing no vain alarm-while our merchants re-
main each Indifferent, grasping for the plea
at his own counter, the general COM
merce Of the city requires an attention il IS
not receiving, and the mercantile interests of
the city are lying in jeopardy. TIT annual
meeting of the Chamber Of is at
hand; will our business and property men
prepare 10 give that institution, on that occa-
sion, the vitality that will make il the instru-
ment Of Initiating "a new era in the business
interests OF Memphis?