Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-10


salted and sec for green. Dry deerskins sell
st $3.50 SheepskinsY butchers, m
y y Ps sHr9ysIls. Sc, iron bar, Sc; cast
! steel, PIC: castings, country holloW-ware, s4ei
axes. Silal5c; cotton sweeps, = 29o6gi cotton
scrapers, S. &95 50; Mitchells do, 81 90 less
" aai30TTRn3NarKet wen supplied and rates less
Abuovant: sales of10o bales ordinary prairie at
500 bales prairie al SIS; bales mixed az
81; 200 bales TO arrive, a portion Of a 0Qo-bale
HoMISY-In first n 81 &s4 5O;on orders
LARD-Keg, l09l0zc; tieree, gK9eKc; pals,
gl4alllSe; candles lls<Gl2Ac.
LnME-Alsbama, By ear load, 81 90 per bar
rel; s. 70 for less than q car; Ohio, 81 %
MoLAssEs-Prime 10 choice plantation, G9
| Csc inferior 0959cs common 10 prime sugar
house syrup, &s5sc; tsuey, W9s0c.
Observation-Disclosures sole. per pound, s0aS5c:
oak, G94lc; harness &4soc; uppers,y yer dozen,
S6ailc, FreDch-calf, SsoGa9; American SsQa4h
MEArs-FOr good city we quote, beef, hind
quarters, lOci tore quarters, &c. Sheep, l0c.
0fIsDcoal oil, saaoc per gallon; linseed,
raw, 81 do boiled, lbs; lard oil, Sae5c; train,
81 3; West Virginia intoxicating, 56S6lc.
PoULrRY-Chickens IN good supply, with but
moderate activity az 81 095 20. A few ducks
We're on the market asking 81 but the rate
was noIninalln the absence 81 demand.
- pork with a good supply, Is
In slight demand; prices are tolerably nrm
elearsidss, 5e shoplders hams, sSS14e;
mes very qnlet 81 so 9GlS 30
ToRACCo-rhere was a moderate demand
for tobacco. PricesaTe steady AT quotations:
Extra line, pound lOur Iemplel-Sl lOi nne,
S0cSSl; good, 759S5e; medium, 639I1c; com
mons tFaE2G emarterGoOd bright, So
65c; common bright Sg63c. NavylGood
bright, IS and IS, 6Sa65c; common bright IS
and IS do6g63e. Black Navy, good 5, As aud tbs,
B94S navy. common b, As and tS, 5Sg6u.
Smoking-sine and fancy, 1851; good, 509
65c; common, H9Jc.
TISNER's SreCS-Every PARTICLE advanced:
Tin plate, &c, laxl6, Slt; up, laNla, SIS; &c, lax
y, 81 IL, lix4Jt 81: lC, l4xD roofing sl4 500
Il -: block ian, SIC copper -; boiled
sheet-iron, SB9SSE 3a27 90; charcoal sheet
iron s. Q %. Zlne lStac.
blows the only variety enquired for, selling
a. $ &9S 20. onions are unsaleable; no other
vegetables are on the market.
NTSEGAR.-Cider, per d, 81 5o9S5 20; wine vim
Freights.
The following are the rates of freIghts on the
railroads and routes named;
RON ST. LOUIS 10 MEMPHIS BY RIVER
Flour per barrel, SIC; pork, per barrel, soc;
whisky, per barrel, 81 %; corn and oats per 100
pounds, 40c; bacon andlard per LOO pounds Doc.
FROM 81. LOUIS n MEMPHIS By RAIL
Flour, per barrel, 81 grain, per 100 pounds,
DC iar0 ana bacon, per l0 pounds, &c pork
per barrel, 81 %; whisky per barrel, y 90;
heavy freight, Doc.
FROM OUIsyILLE BY LOUISVILLE, CTNCIN-
Att AND LEXISGToN R~AILBOAD-First class,
per 100 pounds, b9c; second class per 100
pounds, SOC: third class, per 100 pounds soc
fourth class, per 100 pounds, &5c; hfth class, per
loo pounds Sc; butter and cheese, per
100 pounds, $50; -four, apples, onions, pO-
tatOes, hominy, corn meal ger barrel, COO beef
and pork per barrel, voc; whisky per barrel,
81 >; coal oil per barrel, 81; coal Oil in cases
of $50 ID lots, per 100 lbs, Sc; Hay not less
than 1900 lbs per car, per 100 lbs, 5c; agricul-
Uurl implements and machinery per car, So.
ROM C-INCINNATI BY LOUISVILLE, CISCIN-
ATT n RAILROAD-Eirst class
per 100 lbs, 73c; second class, per 100 lbs, tic;
third class per 100 lbs, 53c; fourth class, per 100
lbs, sc; NTH class, per 100 lbs, f3c; butter and
cheese, per 100 lbs, 5SC; Hour, appels, onions,
potatoes, hominy and corn meal per barrel.
&c; beef and pork per barrel, 81 10; whisky,
CASTERS RATEs-Au-ral New York, 7Oe:
Boston and Providence, soc; Philadelphia, CSC;
Baltimore, Coo per 10y lbs. Via water and rail,
including via Norfolk, sc per 100 lbs less. Com
pressing, 75c per bale
Advance in Iron.
The present price of non-psrticularly pig
an advance within three months
probably an unexpected one TO many who
deal in articles manufactured from this ore,
and If we may judge nom the stocks in pos
session of 1.-THE dealers in orc and the pig metal,
we must think that such IN Important in
crease in value was not anticipated by them.
The advance Is not wholly attributable 10 any
one cause, but it seems probable that the
steady increase in demand FOR IL in all shapes
Is the most important reason. It enters more
&rgely in the construction OF buildings and
vessels than formerly and its uses for articles
manufactured by fOundeTies largely exceed
tbato Of ten years since.
or course speculation has largely assisted
in the recent sudden advance. but that alone
would not have succeeded 10 the extent to
which We ind IL has attained had not the in
crease in consumption been in excess of
the increase OF production. Within the years
1870 and 1911 there were causes which checked
TO some degree the production of pig iron.
being on the continent the Franco
German war, and in the United States
the scRnt supply Of coal, due 10 the ex-
tensive strike amongst the miners; but pre-
yfous to thatr1ere was an enormous increase.
as viii be seen from the fact that in 1885 the
production was but El.S2 tons, while in 1859
IL was l,9l6,6l tons being an increase OF over
one hundred per cent. The total production
OF iron in Great Britain. on the continent.and
in the United STATES Is given as g,6g7, 3l4 tons in
1856, and as lltI5l, 3bI tons in 1869, being an in
crease in the latter year OF 2O74,453 tons. The
increase in the United States was about forty
per cent, OF Great Britain only about half as
much,s say twenty per cent, and OF the CONT
neut One-ril1rd Is much, or about thirteen Der
cent. The extensive use OF railway iron has
an important induence upon the value as
Il now exists, and the demand for this pur-
pose VIII probably be much greater. During
the last ten years, Notwithstanding the ex-
hausting influence Of the civil war, there
was laid and put In operation about eight
cen thousand i've hundred miles of rail-
way within the boundaries of the
United STATES, IN 1850 the production
Of rails is puJ down al 4a1,1as tons, and impor-
tations &,Sl tons, being a total of 5lS,15g tons,
and in 1863 the production was JA,40 tons,
importatiOns &,EA IONS, making a total of
S59,64S tons, or an increase Of siZty-nTe per
cent. The questions arising as TO the effects
Of this advance can only find answer in the
future. Tits of interest, however, 10 those en-
gagged in the trade 20 determine, II possible, As
TO whether the present prices which are high
as compared with former values, VIII returd
the use Of iron in the construction of build
jngs and shipping, and check the extension OF
our railway system, OF one thing we may
feel assured, and that is that its production
will be stimulated 10 some extent, but III its
use is not retarded, viii the increase in pro-
duGtiDn be enOugh 10 reduce prices from the
present p0int2 These are questions which
time viii develop and answer,