Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
General Trade.

General Trade.
The markets are, in the main, quiet,
with feedstuffs inclining toward lowei
values. Flour and meal are unchanged
while meats are quoted stiff, the de
mand being chiefly supplied from the
n%ewly-cured and unsmoked qualities
But little animation is reported in the
wholesale market, merchants purchas
ing with caution, owing to the lack o.
confidence in present values being
sustained for leading articles. Sugar
and molasses are easy. The recent
cool weather has had good influence in
maturing cane in Louisiana, and for
the past ten days or more grinding has
progressed briskly. Our local market
continues well stocked with chickens,
and prices are dull, while turkeys,
geese, ETC., drag, and eggs are stiff.
FLOUR.-Jobbers quote flour on or
ders as follows; xxx to family, Sc 25a7
per Dbl choice to family, 81 IS to 8; pat
ents, So 2iA8 so.
CORNMEAL-Prices unchanged, at
So 45aS 50 per Dbl for round lots, and l0c
higher in a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn from first hands
per car load in bulk, 74c per bu, and in
sacks, 7Sa80c; small order S2aSlc. Oats in
lots, 54a55c; in q small way, 67a68c. Bran,
S22 70 per ton and 81 GOAL Is per cwt.
Hay quiet at $40 to % per ton and 81 20a-
| Is per cwt for Western. A liberal stock
Of mixed and other not strictly choice
qualities has offered; Southern prai-
rie, SO per ton and G0a65c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes in lots So to
3 S5 per Dbl and 81 10 to l 20 per bu by
the sack; at retail ST. % per bu and 50 80
to So 10 per Dbl; sweets dull at 50 no per
Dbl in shipping order; cabbage $1Gal7 per
100 head; onions So 80 to 4 90 per Dbl; tur-
nips 81 Is per Dbl; white beans $3 50a4 co
per bu for medium; peas 81 90 to 2 25 per
bu; celery 55a60c per bunch.
FRUITS-Apples, weak and plentiful
at 9 t0aS4 70 per Dbl in q large and small
way dried apples 6Aa7Ec per Id;
dried peaches Z to Sc per lb; cram
berries IS to 10 per Dbl as per quality and
So per bu box; oranges $1l to ~ per Dbl:
lemons IS 50 per box for Malaga; bananas
81 90 to 2 80 per bunchi ~pineapples So so
hf bbls of Malaga; raisins So 25a3 so per
box.
POULTRY - Chickens abundant and
slow at 81 75a2 so per doz, as per quality
and order Turkeys, scale per doz; dressed
ID 1Qo I II H.. ,a.n hill - NJ 49,,
doz all white, and So 90 half gray, Eggs
irregular, at 22ca24c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Ureamery
and N. Y. Goshen butter S5a42G ID;
Western table and dairy 24ca3Oc; fresh
country and keg do. l8ca25c butterine zoe
to 22c, cheese l2cal6c for skim to cream
and Y. A.
GAME-Squirrels, slal 25 per dozen;
rabbits, 81 so per dozen; quails, 81 25al 90;
mallard ducks, s2a2 so; gray do, slal 60
wild turkeys, 50c each; venison &c per lb
for whole and &c to &C. for saddles.
MEATS AND LAKD-Jobbers quote
bulk clearsides at 9Aca9Tc per ID loose.
and packed clear ribs at 9Ha97S; shoul-
ders, 7hca72sc; pork. per Dbl, $40 so to
20 co. hams 1870 smoked sides and Shout
ders, nominal; lard in tIerces l2Ncal2Xc,
do. in half bbls and kegs l3c, pals l3Ae.
and half pals l3kc country lard lea
.1lhc.
HIDES AND WOOL-Market firm;
dry flint hides Mol ,16Hal7c; No.2, 13al3Ko
d ysalted, l0al3c; green, 6a7c; green sailed
7a8He. Tallow, 6Ha7c; beeswax, l8a20c.
Wool, tub-washed, 25a35c per ID; do UNI
washed, l5a25c; bury, 10a25c.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
Steady. On orders 9Hal0Ac as in quality
jute, 9Hal0Nc; t~ine l4c per bundle;
ties, 81 35al go per bundle.
NAILS-Firm at SO 90 rates.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Sugar,
quotations are 8Ea9c for brown, 9%al0c
for y. c.; l0Hc for standard A, 9A for off
A, l0Acfor granulated, and llallAc for
powdered crushed and cut loaf. Mnlas-
ses weak at 40a55c per gallon.
COFFEE-Weak at l0Hal6Mc for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35al Go per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 Boa
/ 90 for Ohio river.
CANNED OODS-Strawberries etc,
81 25a / 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
for 2 ID and 81 7ba2 so for Glib cans; toma-
toes. 81 15a1 80 for 2 and 3 ID cans.
TOBACCO Common plug, 9Sa3Sc for
1l-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a65c;
twist, 3ja45c; navy, 35a60.; smoking, goa
SIC for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisville
cement, 81 75c per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 so;
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster. 81 70. Ala
lime in large bbls, 9ecaSl; Tenn
do in ~ bu bbls, SOC. Brick, $40 and
$40 so per NJ fire do, 4 and 4Kc each.
n Do.ur,4e EaIlLo f,a Taun
and 8 to SC per ID. for Vas %cocoanuts,
6a6hc; cider IS for half and 50 for bbls. of
Mo, vinegar; l21f to Ice per gala mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9cZ in
pals; grits and hominy s. 25 to- so per Dbl.
COTTON SEED-Per ton Sll loose
from wagons and sl2 10 $l3 in SKIS at the
landing; crude oil AZ to 45c per 81 refined
do. 65 10 Coo; cake $24 TO % per
ton; do. meal $23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
Arm at 41zc per ID; full VT candles l4Kc
and firm.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 65ci
city trade, del, Coo per Dbl; per hid "a 81
to 8 90 Anthracite $40 so per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from $l25 to S225 each for Il
TO l6X hands. Horses, $1@ 10 500 fol
driving $40 to $225 for saddle, and
$40 % $75 for plugs.
LIVE ST6OK-Good butcher cattle
are firm at 2H to Axe per II
gross as per quality and order
thin and poor stock 1Ha2c; COW
and calves, So to IS 90 cash; sheet
in good at 3a4c per Id f'
good, and 81 TO / 80 per head for com
mon lambs, 81 to 3 so per head as pc
quality; hogs AZ TO 7c per ID.
Some think | ought to have mon