Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-12
General Trade.

The leading articles Of consump-
ton continue to exhibit weakness,
though no material decline has oc-
CURED within the present week, ex-
cept in meats, which have fallen from
! to lc per ID. in supply markets.
Flour is a shade lower, and wheat 10
the West has dropped a cent or two
per bushel. Feed stufs are we'll sus-
tanned and exhibit no decline. Re-
ceipts here are very meager, and traf-
fc is mainly confined to a iobbiDg and
order filling business. The value of
cotton seed has advanced 50 per ton;
crude oil is sc to &c per gallon higher;
refined 7c to 12c up, while meal and
cake is SOC to 81 per ton above previous
quotations.
FLOUR AND MEAL-The market
for flour is easy. Jobbers quote as follows:
X, "a 75a5 Is; XIX, Sc 90 n 6 25; XXX,
So so to ZOO, family, choice and fancy,
81 25a8 q; patents, $875a9 90. Cornmeal
dull, at SO 70a3 80 per Dbl.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn is scarce and
firm at SOC for ear, and SIC per bu. for
shelled in Tote; on orders, 50 to SIC. Oats
scarce and firm at 56c per bu. in lots, and
IS to Coo in u small way. Bran dull at
1923 per ton, and 81 30 a l IS per cwt.
Hay steady at $40 a y per ton, and 81 lja
| ~ per cwt. for Western mixed and clear
timothy Southern prai ie slow at $40 per
ton and Csc per cwt
ESCULENTS-Potatoes in round lots,
SO 25a3 80 for sound early and New York
rose; small orders, So 65aS rs per Dbl;
Cabbage in sound order, $l4 00alG 90 per
100 head; poor stuff lower. Krout 81 Goa
8 90 for hf, and S13al5 for bbls; Onions
SO 25a4 60 per Dbl as in quality. Beans
scarceandfirm at So 50a400p per bu for white
medium, and 81 00a2 25 per blu for dried
green peas.
FRUITS-Green apples So 50a4 so per
Dbl for sound,as per quality and condition,
poor stock going in lots Mt So 00a2 so;
dried do, I to Sc per ID; evaporated 14c;
green Peaches, 25 to 75c per sd bu, dried
ditto " to &c per ID, C~ranberries 81 Goa
8 so per Dbl for cultivated medium.
Lemons, So 50 per box for Malaga and
$40 90 for Messina. Oranges, SO 90 per
box for Jamaica.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
at 50 76a3 Is per doz for mixed roosters,
young and old hens. Ducks in good
request at 81 75a 800 per doz. Turkeys
very dull at Sc 00a8 90 per doz. Geese
ditto at So 00a3 80 per doz. Eggs, unsettled
at 17a20c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Croamery
39c per ID; Western table and fancy dairy
24a32c; fresh country 18a25c; butterine zoe.
Cheese l4alSc; the latter for Y. A.
PR0VISIONS7Jobber quote values
weak as follows: Bulk shoulders SIC per
ID loose and 81Ec packed; do. c l0A t.
10Hc; do. c s II to llHc; bacon shout
ders, none offer; do. c = 11A TO llHc;
do. c S 1915 to l2Kc breakfast ba.
con 1917 tol8Ac; C hams non offer; dried
beef 15c; mess pork per bbr $2l: lard
in tics 125sl3Hc; kegs and hf bbls 1870;
ten ID tins l4Hc fyelb do. l4%c lib do.
14Ac.
MACKEREL-No. !, "a per hf Dbl
Nos. 2 and 8, So so, kits, Zoe, Zoe and Csc
for Nos. !, 28.
HIDES-Fair demand and ready sale
at steady prices. Dry flint No. ], Ice
do No. 2, 13c; green salt, SIC for No. ]
and &c for No. 2; green, Ease; d;y salt
10al2c. Tallow, 7a7Kc; beeswax, 20c.
WOOL-Very quiet with prices steady
clear unwashed, l5a25c; do bury, l0al5c
tub-washed, 25a35c. ,
NAILS-Firm at 50 80 rates.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Sugar il
firm in tone at 8Aa9c for brown, 9%a10I
for Y. c.; l0c for standard A, 10H for of
A, lie for granulated, and llall%c fol
powdered crushed and cut loaf. Molas
ses firm at 40a55c per gallon.
COFFEE-Weak at l0Xa15Mc for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 Go per sacl
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 So
/ GO for Ohio river.
BALING MATERIAL-Quiet at 81,
1910 for bagging, l4c for Irvine, $685.
l GO per bundle for ties, and 90c for piec'
do.
CANNED OODS-Strawberries etc.
81 26a l so per doz. cans; peaches, 81 65i
2 So for and 2 ID. cans; tomatoes, 81 20
l 30 for 2 and ID. cans.
TOBAOCO-Common plug, S3a3Sc 70
ll-inch plug choice TO fancy, 40a65c
twist, 3ba45c navy, 5SoG0c; smoking, 30
DC for common 10 fancy.