Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08
General Trade.

General Trade.
The unsettled condition of thu
markets for several leading items Of
traffic renders values all at sea ant
next to nominal. Meats are the mos
excited, jobbers last evening filling
orders at lower prices than they could
replenish their stock at packing points
in the Northwest, exclusive of freight
charges and loss by driPpage, the lat
ter q heavy item in the present heated
state of the weather. Flour is strong.
after some days of %datness, and buyers
are compelled to accede to demands Of
sellers. Tobacco is in an excited and
wholly unquotabie state Leading
manufactures 10 Virginia and North
Carolina have ordered no more sales,
owing to their inability to set a price.
values having climbed nearly out Of
sight, with no prospects Of. stopping
hence the larger operators wish to
hold their goods for the present. Sen
eral of our leading jobbors we're lucky
enough to lay in literally before the
boom set in, and are therefore well
supplied. A sale of 81 hhds leaf to-
baccO is announced by telegraph at
Cincinnati yesterday, realizing s2l,-
410. All classes of canned goods are
also in an excited state. Packing
houses are mainly unwilling to FIJI
orders for round let's just now, not
knowing what to ask. In cornmeal
there is varying feeling. Some Of
our jobbers fill customers orders at
81 to 81 10 per Dbl, while wholesale
dealers ask as high for dIay load OF
100 Dbl lots. White corn is scarce in
all Western markets, and its value
here, with none on the market, is re
ported among the aineties. Feed stufs
are the same as last reported; Chick
ems came in freely last evening, and
are dull. Eggs are plentiful at 15c
per dozen, and slow to sell. Yesterday
there were sales all the way from 10
to zoo per dozen, but a different story
is heard this forenoon.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Flouri is quoted
frmer with an upward tendancy
Jobbers fill orders as follows: X, S L
to IS % per Dbl; xxx, 50 so to SO 90
family, SIS 10; choice, 81 90 to 81 IS
fancy, So 90 to So 2j; patents, IS 81
10 So 90. Cornmeal unsettled at 81 0O fol
lots, and 10 to l5c higher in a small way
FEED STUFFS- Corn rates n
89c per bu, and in II small way SIC
Oats per clrload, ~ to 59c and Boz
from store. Bran, $26 per ton and 81 A
per cwt. Cotton seed meal, 81 10 per cwt
Hay steady at ST. TO S2l 90 per ton by
the carload for Western timothy, 81 10 L
81 10 on small orders; Southern prairie
Sl2 per ton, and 65 to Zoe per cwt in q
small way.
ESCULENTS = Potatoes weak Al
So 90 to SO rs per bbl on arrival and t3 81
at retail. Onions, SiG$425 per Dbl on arriva
and 81 so to 81 rs in a small way. Beam
scarce at So per blu for medium white anC
So Is at retail. Cabbage, 81 so to So 90 pei
crate and $40 90 TO $50 90 per 100 head foi
sound Northern. Much Of the stock Of
fering is inferior. Kraut, per Dbl
50 Otto $40, and hf bbls IS so to SO 90.
FRUITS Apples, So Is to SO so PEI
Dbl, as per quality. Dried apples, quoted
at ~ to &c per ID Dried peaches, II
to Sc per H.. Fresh peaches, % to 50i
per one-third bu box. Duchess pears, 75t
to 81 per blu. Oranges, one Lemons
$40 to $40 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Ohickens
are at 81 rs to 8 90 per dozen as pei
size, order and quality, with fair demanC
for good and SLOW sale for small size
Ducks 50 80 to 81 Is. Eggs unsettled
and sales from l5c to l8c per dozen,
PR0VISIONd-Excited and irregular
with quotations diticult to report. Casl
orders we're filed this morning as follows
Bulk shoulders, So to SIC per ID; do
ribs, l0% to l0Mc; do sides, II to 11Hc
Bacon shoulders, ~ to exc, c ribs, IL
llAc; C sides, IL to 1870. Mess pork
800 so. Boeakfast bacon, l2Nc. Hams
1870 and excited. Lard unsettled at ~
to l2Ac. Half bbls and kegs, l2%c. Pals
13c; hf do, 1870,
BUTTER-Market firm with ligh
supply and active demand. Creamery S5i
per ID; Western table, 24c; fancy dairy
28c TO Zoe; common, l5c to Ice; fresl
country, 20l to &c: butterine, Zoe.
SUNDRIES-Vinegar II to l5c pc
gall peanuts 4 to 4kc for Tenn anC
6 to SIC for Va. and firm.
HIDES-Msrket weak; dry flint No.
Ice; No. 2lSc; green salt No. |
sac No. 2, 6}si tallow, SIC beeswax
2Oc.
W00L-Unwashed bury 10 10 loo pei
pound, Clear do Is to 25c per h.. iut
washed do 25 to Bic
NAILS-steady at IS 90 per keg rates
Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market firm. N. Y. brown
7%to SIC; do 0,8% to 9hc standard A
l0<; of A 9Aegranulated 1890, powdere,
l0Hc; crushed and cut loaf, NC. Mo