Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-16
General Trade.

$40 to $l14.
General Trade.
Business is looking up considerably
though receipts so far this week hay,
been light. The city is drawing nu
merous visitors and free purchases are
made, mainly in a general order way
The -four market is rather fiat, buyers
being shy, and round lot sales are
light, jobbers being well supplied
Oornmeal is droopy, the demand being
slack. Cut meats have not varied fol
two days past, prices being firm and
well sustained with a good jobbing
demand. The same may be said Of
lard. The movement in feed stuffs is
not heavy, and prices are no lower
Oats and hay have been selling right
along at steady figures. Corn moves
in small lots, the chief arrivals being
for milling purposes. Potatoes are
looking up, holders being firm, values
having improvedin Northern markets,
Good stock commands full quotations.
Apples are selling at $3.50 to $2.75 Der
Dbl from first hands by the carload for
medium qualities of sound. The
market is bare of cabbage and prices
are steep. Onions are dull and weak.
Poultry is dull and lower, while eggs
are scarce and away up in value.
Freight rates from Cairo are now l5c
per cwt. by steamers, and the same by
rail. From st. Louis 25c by rail, and
224c by boat.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers prices
for -four are S. IS to So rs for single and
double Y; 81 Is and IS % for family
choice and fancy, and IS rs TO 50 rs for
patents. Cornmeal in slow movement at
IS 30 to 81 co for lots and l0c higher on
small orders.
FEED STUFFS-Corn in fair demand
at 81 to 83c per bu for mixed in lots and
Soc in q small way. Oats held firm at 52c
per bu by the carload and 55c in a small
way for northern mixed. Bran qniet at
$25 90 to $26 90 per ton and 81 30 to 81 40
per cwt for wheat aud $l8 per ton for
corn bran; seed meal, 81 Is per cwt. HAY,
Sl7 to $2l for western timothy in lots and
81 10 TO 81 10 per cwt in a small way;
prairie hay, $ll so toSl2 per ton and IS to
Coo per cwt.
ESOULENTS-Potatoes arc lookingu p
a little and lots are quoted at 81 rs to SIS Is
as per quality; from store, SO to 50 so per
Dbl; sweets 81 per bu and 81 80 to S. per
Dbl. Cabbage, none offer, but quoted at
Sl5 to SIS per 100 head. Onions dull at
So rs per Dbl for red and 81 for white in
lots, and 25c higher in a small way. To-
matoes, 81 90 per bu, beans. none in mar
ket, but quoted at 50 IS to So per bu in
lots md 25c higher in q small way; dried
green peas, 81 So o$2 per bu; kraut, none
in market.
FRUITS Apples selling from first
hands as per quality ut ~ % to 81 Is per
Dbl for medium; sound and fancy a little
at retail Is to 5Oc per Dbl more.
Fresh peaches, so to 75c per box; dried do
jobbing at ~ to SIC; apples the same;
oranges, none offer; lemons. $40 TO II per
box; bananas, 81 90 to 81 81 per banch.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are duh and plentiful at 81 so to 81 so per
doz, as tosize and condition; ducks, 81 Is
to SO per doz. Eggs scarce and high,
ranging all the way from 10 to 25c per
doz; sales chiefly are q to pc.
of butter are scarce and tending higher;
quotations are, for creamery, 35c per lb;
western table, 24c; fancy dairy, 26 to 29c;
fresh country, 20 to 25G common, 10 to
l6c; butterine, 20c; cheese, 1917 to 16c per
ID for part skim and cream.
PR0VISI0NS-Unsettled. Cash or
ders are as follows; Bulk shoulders, 81
to SIC; do clear ribs, l1% to ll5sc; do
sides, ll% to ll%c. Bacon shoulders,
81 to 9%c, do C ribs, 12%@l2%c
do c sides, 1875 to '12Ac. Mess pork,
s2l 80. Breakfast bacon, none Hams,
to 14c and excited. Lard unsettled at
10 to l3kc. Half bbls and kegs, 1870.
Pals, 1917 to lac; hf do, 14Ac.
SUNDRIES-Vinegar IL to 15c per
gal; peanuts Az to &c for Tenn and
I to SIC for Va. and firm. Cider So 90 of
S. % per hf. and SO 90 to $40 so per Dbl TO
Mo. Grits and hominy So % to So 90 per
bbi. Seed rye 81 40 per bu; do wheat
IS to 81 co. barley 81 40; blue grass
% TO 81 co. orchard do 81 co. herds do
COTTON SEED-Per ton $40 to 81;
cotton seed oil crude SIC to 38c per gal; do
refined acc to 48c; seed cake So 90 10.
90 per ton; do meal S22 80.
HIDES-Msrket steady; dry flint No. ],
l6c; No. 2l3c; green salt No. /,
SIC; No. 2, 81; tallow, 5hci beeswax,
zoe.
WOOL-Unwashed bury 10 to 15c per
pound, Clear do Is TO 25c per H.; tub
washed do % to 35c.
NAILS-Firm and scarce at SO 10 to
SO l5 per key rates. Round lots slightly
less.
SUGAR-Market firm. n. Y. brown
81 to6Hc; do {, 8B to 9Hc; standard A,
10h; of A 0Ae, granulated 10Ac, powdered
lie; crushed and cut loaf, llHc. Mo-
firm at 80 to Acc per gal.
C0FFEE-Firm at III to 16Hc per ID
for Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
d uImi ~
9A to 11Hc for bagging, as in quality;
twine, 16c per ID; ties, 81 65 for standard,
and 81 40 TO 81 50 for other qualities.
CANNED GO0DS-Tomatoes 81 70
per dozen for 2 ID cans; 81 so for 3 lbs;
Peaches 81 rs TO 50 90 for 2, and 81 70 TO
81 70 for 3s; strawberries and blackberries
81 45 for 2 ID cans.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Alabama
and Tennessee lime 95c 10 81 for large bbls;
cement 81 70; Rosedale 81 so,
Portland 81 90 to So; Plaster Of Paris
81 so; brick $40 10 $40 80 per 1000 fire
do 4 TO Axe each.
MACKEREL-Fresh stock rs fol-
lows Kits, No. !, Zoe; No. 2,
65e No. 3, 55c. Half bbls. No.
l, So IS; do No. 2 and No. 8 large, SO Is.
SALT-From store, 81 60 to 81 65 per
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 45 and 81 55.
STARCH-Firm at 4lSc per lb. Cam
dies l4<c and firm for full weight.
LIVE SrOCK-Cattle steady at 3
10 3Aofor best butchering qualities and 2H
to Be- for Texas and smooth fat native, in
hielers and cows; thin scrubby
and rough, lie ~ 2ci yearlings, "a TO ST.