Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-22
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but the railways are becoming active
competitors for the grain carrying
business, and considerable stuff has
arrive. by rail during the present
week, X favorable tariff having been
arranged which will be apt to secure a
drop in steamboat rates as soon as the
low water season is over. TheOhio and
Mississippi rivers above Cairo are very
low, with no prospects for improve
ment for some time to come. Our
total receipts during the past week
include $500 barrels -four, $500 barrels
meal, 600 sacks corn, 800 do bran. $50
sacks oats, and 800 bales hay.
FLOURAND MEAL = The demand
for flour isgood, all grades showing fair
movement. Jobbers orders are filed ut
"a rs to Sc 90 per Dbl for single and treble
X; Sc 25to ST so for family choice to fancy,
and 81 70 to So 90 for patents. Cornmeal is
irregular and tending upward, round lot
sales being at 81 90 per bbl, and in small
way about the same. This is 81 90 TO 81 20
per Dbl. above prices Of three weeks ago.
FEED STUFFS-All classes offeed are
scarce, with a good demand at irregular
prices. Corn is quoted at 76c in lots, and
78 to Soc per bu on small orders; oats are
unsettled at 6Sc per carload, and 65c to 56c
from store; bran is very scarce at 81 90 per
cwt; cotton seed meal 81 Is per cwt;
hay by the car load $40 90 to 81 90 for
choice Western and 81 05 toSl 10 per cwt;
prairie hay 50 10 per ton and Csc per
cwt.
ESCULENTS-Po Potatoes are in good
local demand at 81 rs to ~ 0O on arrival
for Western and So 25 to SO 80 from store
most arrivals beiug inferior. Cabbage in
demand at $3.50 to SIS 80 per crate and
Sl4 to SIG per 100 head for choice North
ern; onions $3.50 to IS so per Dbl on arrival
and in small way. Beans 81 60 TO So IS
per bu for white medium hand picked.
Tomatoes 25c per Is bu box.
BUTTER-All classes scarce, firm and
higher; creamery, 32c per lb Western
table and dairy, ~ to Doc fresh country,
IL to 22c and scarce cooking, 10 to l6c;
butterine, Is to 20c. Cheese, liz to lie
for Western factory.
flFRUITS-Apples g 90 to 81 Upper Dbl
For Northern; strictly choice would COM
mand higher figures. Pears 75c TO 81 80 per
bu Peaches 26c TO Soc per one-third bu
box. Grapes 50c to Coo dc. Watermelons
Sl2 90 to $40 20 per 100. Lemons ~ so
to IS Copper box. Oranges quietat 81 50G$8
per box. Raisins So % to So 90 per box
for new and London layers.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in demand at 81 90 to 50 rs per doz
for well grown TO choice hens
Eggs are firm and scarce at 10 TO Zoe per
d1z for fresh and IL to l2c for packed.
PROFESSIONALISM meats are in
good request, and prices rule firm,
jobbers' cash rates being as follows:
Bulk shoulders, 7%@7Hc per lb; do G
ribs, 94@l0c; do sides, l0%@l0Ac Ba-
con shoulders, 8%@Shc; do ribs, 1910
l05sc; do sides, ll@ll%c. Hams, 1870
l41zc, as per quality. Breakfast bacon,
ll14@1Sc Mess pork, $40 per Dbl. Lard,
in ties. 12H9l2lSc; hf Dbl and kgs, l219c
pals, l22l@lShc.
HIDES-Market quiet; dry flint No. l
Ice; No. 2l3G green salt No. /,
8hG No..2, 6]8i tallow, SIC; beeswax,
zoe.
W00L-Upwashed bury 10 to l5c per
pound, Clear do 10 to 25c per h.; Tub
washed do % to 35c
NAILS-Steady at SO 90 PEI keg rates.
Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market lower. N. Y brown
tx to8Ac; do Q, 80 to 9Ac; standard A,
l0A; of A 9Ae, grmulated 1890, powdered
l0%c; crushed and cut loaf, HE. Mo
lasses quiet at 33 to 43c per gal.
COFFEE-Firm at u to 161 per ID
for Rio and "a to 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Marl1et stiff, at
1015 to 1219c for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, Ice per ID; ties, 81 IS for standard,
and 81 40 to 81 so for other qualities.
RICE-Demand fair at to 6 per ID
for medium qualities.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Tennes-
see lime 50 to 95c per Dbl; Alabama do
IS to 81; Louisville cement 81 60 to 81 70;
Rosedale So to So 30 Portland IS; Plaster
Of Paris ~ 80, Brick 50 to $40 so per 1000
Fire do 81 TO &c each.
MACKEREL. New stock MS fol-
lows Kits, No. l, Zoe; No. 2,
Csc No. 3, Doc. Half bbls. No.
l, So 70; do No 2 and No. 8 large, So 26.
SALT-Frcm store, 81 60 to 81 65 per
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 As and$ 81 So
STABCH-Firm at &c per h. Can
dies l214c and firm for full weight.
LIVE STOCK-Cattle are in fair sup
ply, with prices droopy at &c to &c per Id
gross for butcher grades of medium and
choice native and Texas. Rough
native in good order, &c to 218c; common
and mixed to good grazing cattle, l94c to
&c; yearlings "a to So; cows and calves,
SIS TO $50, Sheep in good supply and
slow, &c to SIC for choice, 81 25 TO 81 90
per head for common. Lambs, So TO
50 so each. Hogs nominal at 4Ac to SIC
SEEDS-The price of seeds in Western
centers have recently shown sharp up
ward movement, timothy being quoted
in Chicago at $247 to ~ 5715, clover So 90,
and flax 81 %. Here Hungarian grass is
81 80 per pushed, orchard do 500 herds
do SOC; clover So co. rye 81 40 per bu, and