Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-02
General Trade.


prime consumption are in a varying
mood. Cornmeal is much unsettled,
sellers asking 81 per Dbl for round
lots, but meeting little encouragement,
dealers being generally we'll supplied
and the demand being light. Some
jobbers are filling orders as low as
$3.50, while others charge higher.
The market has been bare Of bran for
several days and prices are UNMARRIED.
Receipts are looked for to-day. No
corn offers and no arrivals are known
to be under way. Second dealers are
needing stock, Hay is steady, but
under the influence Of liberal receipts
meets slow sale. Oats are in fair
movement, with holders firm and ask
ing higher, Flour is quoted higher,
with moderate demand in . small way
Round lot buyers are still shy and
hope for lower prices. Large arrivals
of potatoes have caused a reduction
in value, ditto of onions and cabbage,
while the watermelon trade is
falling off and prices are lower.
The meat market continues to tend
upward, and prices are quoted higher.
The Zoe per cwt. freight rate by rail
from Cairo is causing an increased
movement Of feed, breadstuffs and
produce over that course. Navigation
by river to st. Louis is impeded by
low water, and light draught vessels
are in demand for freight-carrying.
The weather continues warm and
favorable for cotton picking aud field
hands are everywhere busy getting
out the open bolls. The indications
point to an early harvesting of.
the crop and in better condition than
usual, also at far lighter expense than
last year. Labor is more plentiful
and less exacting than prevailed last
fall, when bad weather and other
trouble made the value Of a bale Of
cotton but little more than the cost Of
harvesting it.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers ell
onIo., G. N,,.r 40 co1lour,. WY ln az a.
Sc 60 family, $6 rs to 81 co. choice, 81 25
to 81 co. fancy, 81 Z to$S25; patents, IS so
to 50 %. Cornmeal irregular, at So 81 to
81 90 from first hands and l0c higher in a
s'nall way. \
FEED STUFFS : Corn in a retail
way, Soc per bu. Oats firm at SIC to 63c
in lots and 64c to 55c in q small way.
Bran 81 80 per cwt and very scarce. Cot
ton seed meal 81 10 per cwt. Hay ST. 90
to $2l 90 for Western mixed, prime and
choice timothy 81 10 per cwt in a small
way, Southern prairie $l1 co to s1l 80 per
ton and 65c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes weak at SO 90
So % IN lots and SO SO to SO 70 in a small
way. Cabbage plentiful at $12 co to $16 90
per 100 heads for good and 40c TO Zoe for
crates TO pack. Onions 81 90 to 81 % on
arrival and 81 so TO "a 70 in q small way,
| Beans firmer and scarce at 81 rs from first
hands and So 90 in a small way. Kraut
s. so to Sc 10 for hf and $40 for Dbl.
BUTTER-Market firm with light
supply and active demand. Creamery Doc
per ID; Western table, s4c; fancy dairy,
2Sc to 90 common, 15c to l6c; fresh
country. 20ct to pc; butterine, 20c
FRUITS-Apples from $500 to So so.
per Dbl as per quality. Pears Toe to 81 co
per bu. Melons $40 per leo. Dried apples
inquired for at &c to SIC per pound. Dried
peaches the anne at &C TO nc for
quarters and halves. Lemons scarce and
firm at SO to $40 per box. Oranges 81 %
to 81 so per box. Bananas 81 to 81 per
bunch.
SUNDRIES-Vinegar II to 15c per
gall, peanuts 4 to 4Hc for Tenn and
s to SIC for Va. and firm.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in liberal offering at 81 10 to SO 25 per
dozen as per size, order and quality.
Ducks So 80 to 81 10. Eggs unsettled
and sales all the way from TIC to Zoe per
dozen.
PROFESSIONALISM are firm and
cash orders are quoted as follows; Bacon
shoulders, So to sac; G ribs, II to llHci
G sides, liz TO 1lAi bulk shoulders ~ to
7hc; c ribs 10 to l0hei 9 sides, 10Y to
1o%c breakfast bacon, l2A 10 l2oi packed
hams l81fc. Lard in tieroes l2h to 1910,
hfbbIs and kgs l2Ac, pals l2Ac, hf do
1870.
HIDES-Msrket quiet dry flint No. !
l6c; No. 2lSc; green salt No. l.,
81Ic No. 2, 81 tallow, bhei beaswax,
zoe.
WOOL-Unwashed bury 10 to l5c per
pound, Clear do 10 to 25c per h.; tub
washed do Is TO $50.
NAILS-Steady at IS 20 per keg rates.
Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market firm. N. Y. brown
FAto8Nc; do C,8A to 9Lc; standard A,
| I0N of A 0Mc,granulated 1890, powdered
l0Lc; crushed and cut loaf, llkc. Mo
! lasses quiet at IS to 43c per gal.
COFFBE-Fjrm vt liktO l5Lc per ID
for Rio and "a TO % Cor Java,
BALING gTUFF5.-Market frw, al
10 to l2c for baggIog' as in quality
Irvine, loo per lg ties, 81 % Tor standard,
and 81 40 to 81 90 for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at 8 to s per ID
for medium qualities.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Tennes-
see line 50 TO 95c per Dbl; Alabama do
95 to 81! Louisville cement 81 go to 81 70;
Rosedale 81 TO 81 90, Portland S. Plaster
of Paris 50 90; Brick So 70 SO 80 per 1000
Fire do 81 TO &c each.
MACKEREL-New stock rs fol-
lows: Kits, No. J., Zoe; No. 2,
1 Csc No, 3, 55c. Half bbls, No.
/, So IS; do No, 2 and No. 3 large, 50 rs.
SALT-FFcm stosa, 81 60to 81 50 per
sack for fine and 81 40 fos eoaEse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 As and$I 81.
STARCH-Firm at DC per ID. Can
dies 1lNc and firm for full weight.
LIVE STOOK-Receipts of cattle are
unusually light and insufficient TO sup
ply the local demand. Stock yards at
present are bare, and prospects favor
roady sale for early arrivals. Choice
butcher cattle are &c TO "a per ID gross;
Texas do 2Hc TO &c; smooth oxen In good
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