Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-20
General Trade.

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General Trade.
Dry weather continues, and a few
showers would be timely and welcome.
The potato crop begins to need moist
ure, and berries would be much i'm
proved with a little rain. Liberal
shipments of berries continue to be
made to northern markets from this
vicinity. Liberal receipts of hay has
put the price down, and numerous
consignments are being stored. Corn
is scarce and in demand, with free
sales to arrive at So and 500. Oats are
scarce and would find quick buyers.
Vegetables, except new potatoes from
the south, meet slow demand, home
growth crowding everything else out
Of the market. Trade is quite slack,
and is entirely confined at present to
local demand. The river has fallen so
that recently soaked spots are dry
again and planters continue very busy
getting their corn and cottonein the
ground. No apprehensions are felt of
farther annoyance from high water.
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, "A rs; family
and choice, So 00d5 So fancy. S. 75@6 90;
patents, Sc 80 to 81 co; small orders, 25c
So 80 in lots on the landing, and 81 IS
by the drayload; small orders, slightly
higher.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn 50 to G0c per
bu for choice white and 81 to 5Sc for sound
mixed and yellow; last ear sold at SIC;
damp mixed, free offering at 6Gc; jobbers
I'll orders at 81 to 6ic. Oats scarce and
firm at Acc for carloads. and As to SOC in a
small way. Ban quiet at $l5 so per ton
and SEC per cwt for wheat; corn do. $ll
per ton and Soc per cwt. Hay plentiful
and slow to sell; mixed to choice western
timothy. $18 to $40 per ton, with some
as low as ST., and the best at not over S2l;
jobbing at 81 Is per cwt; prairie hay,
Sl3 so per ton and dull; millet 81 % TO
81 80 per bu.
ESCULENTS-Old potatoes are in
light local demand at 81 to So so per Dbl,
and irregular; new sell freely Mt IS so to
81 per Dbl; spring onions, IS so to So 30
per Dbl; cucumbers and squash, Is to Soc
per doz; La. beets in over supply and
nominal: snap beans, 81 SO to 81 per s.
peck box; no cabbage offer, except home
growth, which is worth 81 per doz; white
beans in scant supply at 81 90 to 70 90
per bu for medium; stock peas, 81 50 to
81 10 per bu. with fair local request and
little movement in carload lots.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in fair demand, and young, If Of good
frying size, go readily at So to So per dOz;
largo size sell up TO SO 90 and 81; very
small are plentiful at ii rs to 81 rs per
doz; old chickens 50 so to So so for roost-
ers and mixed, and "a 25 to 81 so for extra
hens. Ducks drag at 81 80 per doz. Geese
and turkeys, no sale. Eggs dull at 8 to
lie.
BUTTER-Fresh country and Ark.
prairie in demand at l8 TO 23c per ID;
poorly packed stock and cooking. l2to 15c;
western in light movement at % to 33c for
table to creamery; butterine a drag at IA
to lie.
PROFESSIONALISM varying. job
bers' cash prices are tor bulk shoulders, ca
to &c; do C ribs, 81 to sac; do clear, 8 to
9%c smoked shoulders 6H to &c; do ribs
81 to 9Zc; sides, 9A to 10c; hams, 1913 to
III; breakfast bacon, 10% to II; mess
pork $l8 co. country shoulders, 6A to 7c;
do hams, ga to l0Ac. Lard, IN to 11Ac;
for ties; l2% for kegs and hf bbls;
12A to l2Ac for pulls, and half do
country lard, 1917 to lie.
FRUITS AND NUTS - Straw
berries, 81 rs to 81 per case as in quality
and order. Oranges S3a3 90 per small box
and S. 60a6 90 for large size OF Sicily.
Lemons, SO 90 to 81 % per box for small
and large. Bananas, 81 80 to 81 30 per
bunch; dried apples dull 4 to 413c per
ID; do peaches 6 to 6L5c; peanuts, dull ut
~ 10 &c for Tenn. red and Va. white;
pecans. 5 to Sc; cocoanuts So to SO 80 per
100 flberts, walnuts and almonds, II to
l3c per ID; Brazil do, 8 to 10c.
HIDE5-Dull, dry flint No. | Ice; No
2 ll@l2c; green salt No. l, Sc; No. 2, So;
dead green 8 to &C. tallow, SIC; beeswax
2Oc; wool very dull at 10 to S5c as per
quality.
MGCKEREL-No1, half barrels. "a 90.
No. 2, SO 60 large, No 3, 50 co. No
3, So; kits No l, Toe; No 2, 65c; No 8, Doc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 90 per car or drag
load; orders 81 65; sacks ii 3O@l so for
coarse and fine. Rock salt &c per found.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime,
S0@85c per bblfor AlAbamasnd Louisville
cement, and 81 s. to 81 80 for Rosendale.
Plaster, So IS Fire brick, SO so.
NAILS-Weak at So 10 pc: keg
rates.
TOBACCO Quiet, at 29c to 55c for
twist and plug 50 to 55P for smoking,
and 55c TO ST for fancy chewing.
SUGAR-Market stiff and prices irreg-
ular. N. Y. brown, 7Mc; do Q, 8 to SIC;
do A, 8 to 9%c for standard
grades; granulated, 10Hc; powdered, 1910;
crushed and cut loaf. lOHc. Molasses
quiet at "a to 45c per gal.
COFFEE-Quiet at l0% 10 15c per ID for
Rio and "a TO 26 for Java.
BALING STUFFS.-Msrket quiet, ut
81 to lie for bagging, as in quality;
Irvine, 16c per Ii; ties, 81 90 for standard,
and 81 go to 81 Is for other qualities.
RfCE-Demand fair at B at GO per ID
for medium qualities.
LIVE STOCK-Butcher cattle are in
fair supply with better arrivals and val
ues ruling easier at So 70 to So per cwt as
per quality, and 81 90 to S275 for the thin
grazing stock; calves and yearlings So to
$40 per head; COWS and calves, $40 TO SIS
per head; sheep and lambs in fair supply
at 81 50 TO So so per head for the latter,
and 81 rs to 81 90 for sheep, as in quality.
Hogs are in light movement at 81 to DC
per ID.
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