Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
General Trade.

The market rules generally quiet,
with an advance reported in iron stutfs,
Including nails, also in tallow azd
molasses. The breadstuff market is
firm but not ~quotably higher; corn
meal continues droOpy, and feedstuffs
rule weak, especially for corn and
wheat bran. Oats are steady, while
hay is in the main unchanged.
FLOUR AND MEAL The -four
market is quoted by jobbers at 81 % to
800 per barrel as per quality for extras
choice and fancy, and 50 for patents /;
cornmeal weak and in slim demand ut
So 65 and 3 20 per barrel.
FEEDSTUPFS-Corn dull at SOC per
Blu. in lots and 8bc in a small way; oats,
UNMARRIED at 81 to 63c for carload lots, and
65c per bushel in n small way bran, 81
per ton and 81 rs to ! 30 per cwt. for
wheat, and $lS per ton for com do; hay,
still and scarce at $l8 TO y per ton for
western timothy, and 81 10 to / 10 per
cwti southern prairie, $l2 per ton and 60
65c per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potato range as per
quality at 81 80 TO 3 Is per Dbl, n round
lot of choice early rose going at SO IS at
the track cabbage, plentiful at $1S to Is
per lCo head beans, SO So per bu. for
choice white; green peas, 81 per bu from
store; split peas, 81 GO, kraut. 81 90 to
I so pr f. and $l3 to 10 per Dbl.
FRUITS-Green apples, 81 so to AGO
10. for qrs. and halves and l5c for evapo-
rofan. Upanp V.napha1 TX T., TX anu 80
third bu. box; dried do, ~ to &c per h.;
waited medium in lots, and 60c higher in a
small way lemons, $40 per box; oranges,
81 per box.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-The but
ter market is strong as follows: Ky.
fresh grass, 20 TO 25c per h.; do prairie,
% to DC; country, Is to 20c; common.
none offering; western table and dairy, "a
to SIC; creamery, SOC; butterine, 20c;
cheese, IA to 14Hc for part skim, 16e for
hf. cream, Ice for cream and lSc for Y A.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
sell at 81 90 to 8 20 per doz, as per size
and order, poor stock being hard to get
of, while good hens are in demand; tur-
keys, Sc to 10 per doz; geese, 70 to 4; ducks
So Is to 3C0; eggs, easy at l6 to 19c.
PROVISlONS-Market stiff; jobbers'
cash prices are for bnlk shoulders, 81 TO
SIC; do c ribs, IL to 11Ic; do C sides, 1lH
to l1Sc; bacon shoulders, 90 10 9%c: do
r, II to 12%c; do C s, l2X to 12%e;
breakfast bacon, l4c; C hams, l4%; dried
beef, 15c; mess pork, $21 so per Dbl; lard
in ties, IL to 1870; do hf bbls and kegs,
1870; do tin cans, 14He for 10-lbs, 141S
for 8 and 1419c for 3-lb tins.
HIDES AND WO0L-Market quiet
and receipts moderate, with an easier
tones dry flint, 16c for No. l and 13c for
No. 2; green salt, 7 to SIC for No. ], and
7 to SC for green; dry sailed, 10 to lie;
tallow higher and ~ to &c; beoswax, zoe;
wool, tub-washed, % to 35c; unwashed,
10 to 25c; do. bury, 10 to 15c; do. clear,
Is to 23c.
Misunderstanding and varying at
SO 25 per keg rates.
SUGARSMarket firm and tending up.
Brown, s to SIC per ID; Y G, 81 to 1917;
standard A, 1910; off A, 10He; granu-
lated, l0Ic; powdered, crushed and cut
loaf, 11Hc; molasses scarce, firm and in
demand at 40 to 55c per gal for common.
TO choice.
COFFEE Market unchanged; Rio,
101l TO l5%c per ID; Java, "a to 26.
SALT-Liverpool in SKIS, 81 As and
81 Go, for coarse and fine; Ohio river,
81 So per Dbl in lots and 81 so at retail.
BALING STUFFS- Market quiet,
with light movement. Prices range from
az to l0Ac for baggingi Irvine, lac; ties,
81 35 to 81 65 per bundle, the latter for
standard; pieced, SOC.
CANNED GO0DS-Tomatoes, 81 to
81 so per doz for 2 and 3 ID cans; peaches,
81 65 to 81 So do for Nos ! and z; straw
berries, blackberries, etc, 81 25 to 81 90,
TOBACCO-Eleven inch common plug,
S3 and 38c per ID; choice and fancy, 40 to
Coo; twist, IS and 47c; navy, So and Coo;
smoking, 80 10 SIC for common, choice
and fancy in all sized pkgs.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Tenn. and
Ala. lime in large bbls,ssB1 40and 81 co. ce-
ment, 81 rs for Louisville, 50 90 for Rose
dale, and 81 so and IS for Portland; plas.
ter, 81 70; brick, $40 and $40 so per NJ;
fire do, 4 and 4Hc each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts 6to &c for Tenn.
and ~ to SIC per ID. for Va; cider % to
8 % for Inf. and SO to 10 80 for bbls. of
No, vinegar; 1917 to Ice per gal; gri 9
and hominy S. % to 5 90 per Dbl; seed
rye 81 40 per bu.; do. wheat 81 30 to 2 CO;
barley 81 40; blue grass 81 rs to l so,
orchard, do. - co.
COTTON SEED-Por ton $40 to IL;
crude oil 81 to 3Sc per g.i refined do. 40 to
4Sc cake so to % 30 per ton; do. meal
So 80.
STARCH AND CANDLEs-starch
firm at 419c per ID; full W.T. candles l41lc
and firm.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 55c;
city trade, del, Coo per bbl.i per hid "a 90
TO D or Anthracite $40 90 per ton; st.
bernard by tho Dbl. 50c for carload lots.