Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-01

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Tor our trade no loss, but there is change. III
man that grew nothing but cotton had Z
| wide range OF wants; the cultivation ,
CEREALS fruits and vegetables created d.
mabd for mills and I'm; lemenus of man
kinds, and the cultivator has more money
| spend on the dress, sustenance and educatto
Of his family, by all Of which the city profit
1t follows from what we are saying that on
feed trade has shTunk immensely from il
| former proportions, and that most of the corr
hay, oats and bran we sell are limited to tn
demands of the Livery stables, draymen, an
so on.
Meal, Flour, Pork and Butter.
The curnmeal business has, tor the sam
reason, had a sens bic falling off this season
| DUt, on the other hand, waat we do is likelI
70 be more protitaole for the Westminster
| street mill of chris. Nelson d Co.'s grindinj
| ana klln-dry ing corn; and the long unused
| bSt extensive mill on besIe street aboy,
| second, is In preparation To do a similar pusI
| nes5. Buying homegrown corn, aud sellIns
| home-ground and home uri, d cornmeal pay
/ q Yer, different, and greatly more liberia
| profI than comes from merely and ing mIaI
| made nom western com, ground IN vesLArr
| mills, and packed IN Wes .ern made coop erage
We are buL at the beginning OF this bustrft ss
but il is Iull of rich pIomtss for the future
william Der jis's mill mas LnIs sea- on D. oeured
a portion of the wheat that has come h. re
from the surrounding county, bu; we are
yet in this fiOnrlng bu-iness behind what we
were Def0l g The war. In Nashville this Sc ason
an immense wheat and hour business has
been doue, and the gas are certain that We
are on the way In Memphis tO MAJ e Westerp
-four as rare III tue city as western corn ann
oats are becoming. 1ne pork trade of the
city, principally represented by the firm I, I
Goyer d Co., has been very l,Tg5 this season,
operations not being contided 70 this district
but exlendlng isr Into Geor. Ia, Alabama. and
otner states but the turn OF the cou utry people
toward raising their own hogs, shows thai
"a is branch OF business also has to snare in
the revolution t. at is SO profoun ly affec ing
southern agriculture and southern trade the
amazing Increase OF the summer curing'I of
meats In the west is showing that in the
SOUTH Wnere preceding hogs has become SO
geneI al that surplus will necessarily need a
IN Grket-one can be found at home All thai
will be necessary to cure that surplus viii be
sufficient ice and proper buildings to secure a
continued cool temperature, az sucb a time
In the win ter as the surpIusage of hogs over
former wants seek market In the city
Business in this city in pork was larger tn an
on the year before on account of the manner
in which our operators have extended their
transactions to distant cities. The local trade
has also been very active. Smoking meat al
The Memphis smokehouse has been carried
on with little disposition, our Memphis cured
meats proving very acceptable wherever
used, A change has been percept BILE in The
demand in one respect-country dealers have
largely substituted dry salt meats for bacon;
they are evidently preferred greatly. The
statistical position OF the market is God at
the close OF The season, aud the business done
here the past year was satisfactory. Butter OF
our own make has this year proved a more
extensive success than even on tue
year before. A large portion of our coun-
try people have learned the very simple
put very important secret of producing yellow
butter at ali seasons, they are learning also 10
make butter we'll; and during this season.
when choice western butter has been obtain
able at &c pound, the best county made
made butter is more sought for by
hOuSekeepers, than western beaar Sc
although the western may be quite as good In
quality, it cannot have The freshness OF butter
made just al hand, and this quality makes the
southern butter q favoriJe. This manufacture
Will certainly largely increase, for 1t pays wei
innraaSaS 10 -
that the effect OF making our own butter mas
beer to largely reduce the p ice. Dealers for
years IN western putter acknowledge without
reserve, thatit has been impossible to obtain
former prices with fresh made southern butter
in competition. IS Iule, &c has been the
standing price for western choice butter tor
the year; In former years 25930c have been
common, snd 35c frequent. This article o.
batter foreshadows what Will arts. from other
home productions as they are increased and
ii is becau e OF this that we have spoken at
some length on the su ject. What has taken
place with butter also shows that In the long
Aun our city trade will not lose, but will greatly
gain, by the revolution now taking place in
southern productions.
Shipping Home Products,
Last year large amount of business was
done at the latter end of summer by sending
north vast quantities of our early raised d >
tatoes and fruits. During The past season this
trade shrunk into small proportions. Last
year the potato crop throus houi the north
was immense, and tie excessively low prices
at which they sold Offered no encouragsment
TO our home growers to plaut to the extent
they had done the previous season. So large
WAS the quantity OF potatoes remaining over
that when our southern new potatoes were
sent forward they had no chance in competing
In The northern markets against the almost
fabulous prices at which the others were to be |
obtained. Prices given to e overs In our mar
ket for potatoes loose for shipment were, dur |
ing IL brief season for them, from 75c 10 81 so
a barrel measure; soc 81 10 being the preva- |
lent rates. Owing 10 very unfavorable wealth |
er in the spring, most of our apples,
what came TO maturity were Of fine |
quality. This branch of business which |
proved SO profitable to growers and /
shippers the previous season, was therefore /
SUIT down to mere trihe. Apes, loose, for /
81 piping, brought the growers generally 75c /
10 81 % barrel; thev were usually OF too /
when an occasional load of 1ne apples were |
offered, doub1s and more Tnsn double those
sxceedinsly ,are. Not enough was dons In I
shipping pears or peaches to afford sound
quotation. SINE cabbages were raised for
saae this year, and prices were sufficiently
sncouragi ing 10 show that all sorts of "garden |
truck" can De raised here at q good profit, be-
cause they can be sent and sold nor. h before
VegeJab.e s there are mature, and they are |
sought with avidity. Our people have in all |
,hese things prospect better, because more |
enduring than gold mine: Beside the sale
market was kept for a large part of the year
extensively and, In some cases, MANY sup |
lied by home-raised products We have |
poken Of butter, eggs and chickens from the
,ouatry, which came in large quantities. and |
we're preferred to northern imported, lWays |
bringing higher prices than they.
Groceries.
While the surrounding country has sup |
lied the city and itself the past season. to an |
important extent, with articles that used to
e almost altogether imported from the north, |
t is clear that there must have been among
many an increa sed power to buy; our grocery |
torres have SO found it, and have done years |
God business, for the times, hut the low price |
f cotton has $40. d something in the way of
rotita olenesS. There Is q keen competition |
DING on in some of the western cities for the |
ustom of the popui stion in the district |
round us, extending into ne1ghborIng locaII- |
ut our merchants Oy watchfulne of the |
fluctuations of the III st mai ets, by judicious
nylng-which the excess of capital In the
anks made easy to Jhem-have well ''held
heir own" They are demonstrating to tle
ountry buyers that, although the t1lS cost of
n article may be less at III ,tant city, the
expenses a. g paid, can lay down goods at the |
Ount7y merchants d. or for at least as little as
he distant dealers, and with the grand ad-
antage that he can oliver G DDS at their des
lnatton almost Immediately after the order is
eceived, while with The al -tant markeO there
a ser Gus delay. 1t req ires but q glance at |
ne Memphis grocery stores of to-day, their
chitecture, convenience, extent ana inter-
al arrangements and cOnveniences-aud a
omparIson with what the prevalent sty lie OF
lmilar stores was in Aemphis fifteen years
60, TO ZEE that our grocery houses are -four
shtng, and tnat the trade includes among its
nemDers solid men.
Dry Goods and Shoes.
These trades have become of great impor-
ance in Memphis. The time is not SO far off
Vhen every country storekeepsr had TO go
asst twlce year, to buy goods Tor theiI stores. |
he Memphis wholesale dealers have rem
cred all this unnecessary. Dry goods MEL
hants undertake TO duplicate cas-, ern bills in
III the substantial portions of the trade. |
v hen something recherche and uncommon Is
Led, the east must be had recourse 10, but
q the run" of material that go 70 make up
he stock of the usual country store, our mer. |
nants invite those who have eastern invoices
o bring them and have them duplicated. |
his is a fair challenge, and IN addition the |
uyer has bis goods home at his store without |
clay. He has another advanJHge-he can |
NY little at time and keep up the latest |
tyles; when he is out of anything he can re. |
lew 1t from Memphis without losing time. |
mother advantage the country storekeeper |
las in Memphis, is that he finds jus the goods
10 wants. Those who have lost precious me
II their distant journeys in finding goods
dapted to their locality, know what priv
lege 1t is TO choose from STOCK that, while |
aired and ample, contains Just v hat he |
rants. The stocks this year Ia Memphis
torres are large, and no finer selection of goods
7as ever onered than our boot and shoe and |
ry goods men have on their shelves this fall. |
II this Is evidently appreciated, for country |
callers are coming her more and more to re-
lenlsh their stocks, and the receipt OF orders |
Dr. special articles Is cou tinuai. These things |
how that there Is a growing satisf action with |
be way in which business Is done by the |
femphls houses, and with the stocks they
fer. 1t is a we'll known TACT that there have |
cen buyers, VINO, on visiting the Centennial |
xposittOn with their families, took advan- |
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