Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
General Trade.

Illne ldSJ anu Tue yeaT DeIOre.
General Trade.
Influenced by liberal receipts and
deceasing demand, hay has fallen to a
low figure, and sales of choice timothy
are reported at figures under anything
ruling for the past six months. Free
sales Of corn to arrive fer grinding are
heard Of at SOC, though the supply Of
damp stock is abundant and slow to
dispose Of. Meats continue unsettled
with some qualities a shade off. Flour
is easier, though not quotably lower,
while meal is scarce and stiff, the sup
ply being very scant. Potatoes are
d%emoralized, and would not sell
for much; the last lot Of peach
blows brought $3.50 per Dbl, but it
is a matter of doubt as to what a con-
signment would bring if offered at
present. The demand has dropped to
a small local traffic and new stock
from Louisiana are coming into notice.
Our home growth will be entering
market in a few days, though without
rain very soon they will be small and
stunted. Berries from Gadsden, sixty
miles or SO up the l.. & N. railroad
have commenced coming in and arrive
in fine order, selling freely at SIZE to
81 per "a quart case. A liberal trade is
progressing in oranges and lemons,
from Europe, brought by way of New
Orleans, a Front row firm having
effected connections which enables
them to receive fruit in fine order, and
which they can sell at cheap prices.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Flour is easier
with no movement in low qualities, and
liberal supplies of all grades offering. Quo
tations are to jobbers, XXX, $425; family
and choice, IS 00@5 so; fancy. S. 75@6 90;
patents, Sc so to 81 co. small orders, 25c
higher. Cornmeal, scarce. and firm at
81 80 in lots on the landing, and 81 IS
by the drayload; small orders, slightly
higher.
FEED STUFFS-Corn SO to 60c per
bu for choice white and 81 to 58c for sound
mixed and yellow last ear sold at Sic;
damp mixed, free Offering at 56c; jobbers
an - - 60 - na. A.. -
firm at 46c for carloads, and 4S to Soc in a
small way. Bran quiet at SIS per ton
and 0Cc per cwt for wheat, and $l1 per
ton or 85c per cwt for corn Hay droopy
and slow to sell, with many storing con-
signments, and sales of mixed to choice
western timothy at ST. to S21 per ton;
iobbers retail at 81 Is per cwt; prairie
hay $l3 so per ton and 85c per cwt; mil
let 81 % to - IS per bu.
ESCULENTS-Old potatoes are being
crowded off by dealers at various prices.
New La 50 SO to S. per Dbl; spring onions
So so to So 80 per Dbl; snap beans 81 70
per 3-peck box; cucumbers and squashes
plentiful and draggy; La beets in over
supply, and will not sell for much. Home
vegetables are about to crowd all other
classes off the market; white beans in scant
supply at 81 20 to $3 90 per bu for me-
dium; stock peas, 81 IS to 81 Is per bu.
with fair local request and little move
ment in carload lots.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in fair demand, and young, If of good
frying size, go readily AZ 81 to SO per doz;
largo size sell up to SO so and "a; very
small are plentiful at 81 rs to 81 rs per
doz; old chickens 81 so to SO so for roost-
ers and mixed, and 81 % to "a 50 for extra
hens. Ducks drag at 81 so per doz. Geese
and turkeys, no sale. Eggs dull at 8 to
l0c.
BUTTER-Fresh country and Ark.
prairie in demand at 18 to 23c per ID;
poorly packed stock and cooking. l2to l5c;
western in light movement at q to 88c for
table to creamery; butterine a drag at IA
to lie. d.
PROFESSIONALISM varying. job
bers' cash prices are for bulk shoulders, 6%
to SIC; do C ribs, 81 to SIC; do clear, 9 To
9%c; smoked shoulders 6% to 7c; do ribs
OK to 9%c; sides, 90 to loo; hams, l0s< to
Tx; breakfast bacon, l0T to- IL; mess
pork $l8 co. country shoulders. 6A TO 7c;
do hams, 9K to 10Hc. Lard, 11H to 11Ac;
for tos; l2H for kegs and hf bbls;
l2N to 12Kc for pulls, and half do
country lard, l0A to lie.
FRUITS AND NUTS - Straw
berries, 81 70 to ~ per case as in quality
and order. Oranges $3a3 90 per small box
and S. 50a6 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, So 90 to q % per box for small
and largo. Bananas, 81 30 to 81 so per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 4Kc per
ID; do peaches to 61Ec; peanuts, dull al
* to 4c for Tenn. red and Va. white
pecans, B to Sc; cocoanuts So TO So so per
100; flberts, walnuts and almonds, II IA
l3c per ID; Brazil do, 8to 10c.
HIDE5-Dull, dry flint No. l l6c; No.
2 ll@l2c; green salt No. l, Sc; No. 2, 61;
dead green 8 to &c; tallow, SIC; beeswa1
20S wool very dull at 10 to 35c as pei
quality.
MAOKEREL-Nol, halfbarrels. "a 80
No. 2. $500 large, No 8, IS co. Nc
3, 50; kits No /, Toe; No 2, CSC No 3, Soc
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 so per car or draw
load; orders 81 65; sacks 81 SOAl so fol
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per zound
BUILDING MATERIAL. = Limo
e0@85c por Dbl for Alabamaand Louisvill,
cement, and 81 So to 81 90 for RosendRle
nI..&.- 40 II Nj. III an rn