Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-08
General Trade.


Values of leading consumptive arti-
cles have a weak appearance through
out the entire list, for the first time in
many a long day. In the West flour
is quiet, with wheat l to lie lower than
it stood several days ago, while buyers
here are shy of round lots. Provisions
are badly d~emoralized, prices at sup
ply points having dropped from ! to
10 per ID on dry salt and smoked quail
tiles since this day a week ago. Lard
is dull and to &c per lb lower. Coffee
is quoted heavy, sugar firm and un.
changed, while rice is excited and
higher. Corn has declined Sc per
bushel in the West this week. Oats
and whisky appear to be the only arti-
Giles Of necessity which have an up
ward tendency to-day. The former
I to 13c higher, and whisky is very
strong, though it exhibits no advance.
Receipts here have been very scant
all through the past week. Oats ere
in light supply, aud timothy hay
scarce.
FLOUR AND MEAL - The flour
market is quiet. Jobbers quote as follows.
x, "a 75a5 25 XXX, Sc C3a6 %; XXX,
So 60a7 90, family. choice and fancy,
81 25a8 Is; patents, IS 75a9 90. Cornmeal
unsettled and quoted at SO 70a3 80 per Dbl;
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn is firm at 50
a83c per bu for lots; from store, 85a87c.
Oats unsettled at t1a5Sc per bu for lots on
the landing; from store on orders, 56a60c.
Bran weak at $23 50a24 90 per ton. Hay
81 l5al 20 per cwt for Western, $17a22 per
ton in lots with a good demand and light
receipts, the stock being nearly exhausted;
Southern prairie weak at Sl1 00a12 90 per
ton and 70a75c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes firm, at SO so
as 70 per Dbl for sound; sweets weak at
81 Is per bu; Cabbage scarce with only
poor stuff offering; choice would bring $15
per lC0 heads. Krout $7a8 for hf, and
$l3al5 per Dbl; Onions firm at
SO Seas rs per Dbl for lots and 70 to SOC
per Dbl in a small way. Beans scarce and
firm at SO 5Oa4 90 per bu for white me
dunn, and 81 00a225 per bu for dried
green peas. Celery plentiful at 40a60c
per bunch for sound, with stale lower.
FRUITS-Apples are in liberal supply
and sell in car or drayload lots at 81 J0a
3 90 per Dbl, the latter for the besli
from store, Is to Soc and in
some cases 81 co higher; dried do, Z to Sc
pei. lb. Peaches, % to 81 80 per "a bt
box, the latter fer choice Northern;
dried do, ~ to DC per ID. Grapes are in
over supply and cheap. Lemons, s. 90
per box for Malaga and SO 90 for Mes
sina. Oranges, 50 10 per box for Jamaica.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
at 81 75a3 Is per doz for mixed roosters,
young and old hens. Ducks in good
request at So 75a 800 per doz. Turkeys
very dull at Sc 00a8 co per doz. Geese
ditto at So 00a3 so per doz. Eggs droopy
at 18al9c per doz., a few small packages
of fresh country going at zoe.
PR0VISIONS-Value incline down.
ward for all qualities Jobbers
quote as follows: Bulk shoulders SIC per
ID loose and SIC packed; do. c 1919 to
lie; do. C 5 liz TO ll18c; bacon shout
ders 9s TO 9Mc; do. C r liz TO l1Tc
do. C l2A 10 1890; breakfast
bacon IA TO 14Hc; S c hams l4Ae; dried
beef l5c; mess pork per Dbl 81: lard
in tcs 127sc; kegs and hf bbls l3Hc;
ten lb tins l4Ac; fvelb do. 145sc. 8 lb do.
14Ac.
HIDES AND WO0L-Dry flint hides
Ice for No. l and l3c for No. 2; green
salt, 7c to SIC for No. /, and
Z to Sc for green; dry sailed, 10 to l2ci
tallow quoted ut 7@7hc; beeswax,
2Oc; wool, tub-washed, % to 35c; unwasbed,
is to 25c; do. bury, 10 to l5c; do. clear,
NAILS-Jobbers quote prices firm at
SO so per key rates.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Jobbers
quote as follows: Brown, 81 to
Sc per lb; Y @, 9% to 10c;
standard A, i0Kc; off A, l0Nc; granu-
lated. lie; powdered, crushed and cut
loaf, II to 11Hc; molasses scarce, firm aud
in demand at 40 TO 55c per galfor common
TO choice.
COFFEE-The market is quiet. job
bers quote at 10H TO 15Mc per lb for Rio,
and "a to 26c for Java.
SAhT-Liverpool in SKIS, 81 30 and
81 65, for coarse and fine; Ohio river,
81 So per Dbl in lots and 81 60 ut retail.
il DAhAA0 III hulhNb NAAhN
with light movement. Prices range from
90 to 10Ac for bagging; Irvine, lac, ties
81 80 TO 81 go per bundle, the latter fol
standard; pieced, SOC.
CANNED 00DS-Tomatoes, 81 20 u
81 so per doz for 2 and g lb cans; peaches
81 65 to 81 50 do for Nos l and z; straw.
berries, blackberrles, etc, 81 rs toSl so.
T0BACCO--Eleven inch common plug
80 and CSC per ID; choice aud fancy, 40 4
Csc; twist, So and 47c navy So and Coo
smoking, 80 TO SIC for common, choicl
and fancy in all sized pkes.
BUILDING MATERlAL-Tenn. an,
Ala. lime in large bbls, 81 40and 81 co. CT
ment, 81 IS for Louisville, So 90 for Rose
dale, and 81 80 and IS for Portland; plaa
ter, 81 IS; brick, $40 and $40 80 per n
fire do, A and 4Xc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts Ito &c for Tenn
and TX TO SIC per ID. for Va; cidbr So t
+ 8 rs for hf. and SO to 10 80 for ebls. q
Mo, vinegar 1917 to Ice per gal; or
and hominy S. % to 8 so per Dbl; soc
: rye II 40 per bui do. wheat 81 20 to 2 q