Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-03
GENERAL Trade.

Our market is we'll supplied with
oats, hay, cornmeal and -four, while il
is bare of corn and wheatbran. Con.
signments Of the latter are looked fol
to-day. Meats are quoted stiff with q
moderate supply. Other articles ex.
hibited little change from yesterday
prices.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers fiji
orders for flour as follows xxx, Sc % Ia
So go family, So rs to 81 o. choice, 81 %
to 81 60 fancy, 81 10 to s. %; patents, So 90
to 50 90. Cornmeal in light movement
with holders asking 81 90 for and lobbing
quotations irregular.
FEED STUFFS - Corn in q retail
way, 85c per Blu. Oats held at $50
in lots and 54c to Csc in a small way.
Bran 81 80 per cwt and very scarce. Cot
ton seed meal 81 10 per cwt. Hay ST. 90
to 81 90 for Western mixed, prime and
choice timothy 81 10 per cwt in a small
way, Southern prairie $ll 90 per
ton and 65c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes weak at SO 90
SO % IN lots and So 80 to So 75 in a small
way. Cabbage plentiful at $12 % to Sl6 90
per 100 heads for good and 40c TO Toe for
crates to pack. Onions 500 to 81 % on
arrival and "a so to "a 70 in a small way.
Beans firmer and scarce at 81 70 from first
hands and So 90 in n small way. Kraut
s. 80 to So 10 for hf and $40 for Dbl.
BUTTER-Markot firm with light
supply and active demand. Creamery 35c
per ID; Western table, 24c; fancy dairy,
28c to 800; common, loo to l6c; fresh
country. 20cto &c; butterine, 20c.
FRUITS Apples from 500 to 50 so
per Dbl as per quality. Pears Toe to 81 90
per bu. Melons $40 per 100 Dried apples
inquired for at &c to SIC per pound. Dried
peaches the same at &c to nc for
quarters and halves. Lemons scarce and
firm at 50 to $40 per box. Oranges 81 o.
to 81 so per box. Bananas 81 to 81 per
bunch.
SUNDRIES-Vinegar II to l5c per
gall; peanuts 4 to 4Hc for Tenn and
6 to 6Xc for Va. and firm.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in liberal offering at 81 rs to SO 25 per
dozen as per size, order and quality.
Ducks 1850 to 81 IS. Eggs unsettled
and sales all the way from 16c to 20c per
dozen.
PR0VISIONS-Meats are firm and
cash orders are quoted as follows; Bacon
shoulders, SO to &c; C ribs, liz to HE;
c sides, M to liz; bulk shoulders TX to
INC; c ribs 10 to l0Hc; C sides, l0h to
l0Ac; breakfast bacon, 12A to 19c; packed
hams lSKc. Lard in tierces l2h to 12Hc,
and kgs 12Hc, pals l2Nc, hf do
1910.
HIDES-Market quiet; dry flint No. l
l6c; No. 2l3c; green salt No. l,
SIC; No. 2, 6hi tallow, SIC; beeswax,
20c.
W00L-Unwashed bury 10 TO l5c per
pound, Clear do Is to 25c per h.; Tub
washed do Is to 35c.
NAILS-Steady at 70 90 pc. keg rates.
Round lots slightly less.
SUGAR-Market firm. N. Y. brown
77sto8Kc; do q, 8B to 9Ac; standard A,
of A9Ac,granulated 1890, powdered
l0Hc; crushRa and cut loaf, Ike. Mo-
lasses quiet f33 to 43c per gal.
C0FFEE-Firm at liz t0 l5Hc per ID
for Rio and "a TO rs for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Market firm, at
10 to l2c for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, loo per ID; ties, 81 65 for standard,
and 81 40 to 81 80 for other qualities.
RIOE-Demand fair at 8 to 8 per ID
for medium qualities.
BUILDING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
see lime 50 to 96c per Dbl; Alabama do
IS to 81; Louisville cement 81 80 to 81 rs.
Rosedale 81 to 81 80, Portland SIS; Plaster
of Paris 81 90; Brick SO to $40 so per 1000
Fire do 81 to &c each.
MACKEREL.INew stock rs fol-
lows Kits, No. l. Zoe No. z,
65G No. 3, Doc. Half bbls. No.
!, So 70; do No. 2 and No. 3 large, So %.
SALT-From store, 81 60 to 81 'G5 per
sack for fine and 81 40 for coarse Liver
pool. Ohio river, 81 As andS1 90.
STARCH-Firm at 4c per ID. Cam
dies l1Ac and firm for full weight.
LIVE SrOCK-Receipts OF cattle are
unusually light and insufficient to sup
ply the LEGAL demand. Stock yards AZ
present are bare, and prospects favor
ready sale for early arrivals. Choice
butcher cattle are &c to 4c per ID gross;
Texas do 2Lc TO &c; smooth oxen in good
2Hc to &C. thin scrubby and rough,
lie to 2G yearlings, 81 to So; mich cows,
Sl5 to $50. Sheep are in scant offering,
and no good in market. Prit es are Sc to
SIC for choice mutton and 75c TO 81 90
per head for common sheep and lambs;
choice lambs, So 80 TO SO 90 per head.
Hogs in light inquiry, at 8 to &c per lb.
HORSES AND MULES No heavy
draft horses offer, and few Of any kind are
on hand; good driving and saddle horses
range from sl25 to $225 each, plugs, $40to
$76 each. Heavy dray mules wanted, at
S17b 10 S22h for 1R 10 1917 hands. from IA