Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-10
General Trade.

The markets are quiet, with a mod
crate jobbing movement in provisions
aud groceries. Corn and eornmeal
are active, while hay is slow and
draggy. The potato shipping move
ment progresses actively.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Th9 -four
market is steady, with a good
demand for the better classes,
while low grades are inactive /;
Quotations are for round lots of
Xxx. "a 70 per Dbl; family,
choice and fancy, S. C0G6 Is; patents,
So 1901 rs; jobbers charge 25c higher.
Gornmeal in good request at 10 10 to
So 10 per Dbl in lots and l0c higher in a
small way.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn in good supply
at 50 to Coo for mixed and yellow, and
iobbing ut 62 to 63c. White is
quoted at G4c, n few hundred
sacks going off at those prices.
Oats firm at 48H to 40 per bushel
in lots, and jobbing at ~ to 90 c
Bran quiet at $l4 90 per ton, and IS to
SOC per cwt for wheat, and Sl1 per ton for
corn bran. Hay slow at $l7 to $40 30
per ton for western, as in quality,
and 81 10 TO 81 20 per cwt, New Ark
prairie, SIG per ton.
ESCULENTS-New potatoes & IS to
So rs per Dbl measure Tor home growth
and 1925 to So so in n small way; stock
peas, 81 70 to 81 20 per bu from store with
only moderate local request; new onions,
So to Sc per Dbl; cabbage, 81 to 81 90 per
crate.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
are 81 so to SO 90 per doz for old, and
very dull, the demand being chiefly for
young, which are worth 81 80 to So per
doz.. as per size and quality. Well
grown are in good demand at
81 to 50 rs per doz. Ducks dull ut 81
so per doz. No demand for geese or tor
eys. Eggs easy at Is to l4c per doz.
BUTTER-Quiet at 10 to Zoe per ID for
fresh grass country, Y to l6c for common
cooking; western, table and dairy, II to
22c creamery, 26 to 2Sci butterine, IL to
lie.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon; shout
ders jobbing for cash 81 to 7c; do c
ribs ~ to 95sc; do c sides 81 to 9%c,
hams ~ to ll@sc; breakfast bacon ii to
1lhc; country hams 9A to l0c; do sides
9%; shoulders ca to 7c bulk shoulders 81
SIC; do C ribs 50 to SIC; do sides 8 t.
9Kc mess pork Sl8 80 per Dbl. Lard
1lsS to ll%c for ties, l1Ac kegs and hi
bbls and " to l2Hc for pals.
FRUITS AND NUTS--Lomons
range Fl om So 80 to So 90 per box. Oranges
81 50 to So for imperial and Messina in lots
and Soc higher in a small way; Palermo
fruit not wanted. bananas 81 50 to 30 pei
bunch; dried apples dull A to 4Kc pei
Ii; do peaches 8 to SIC; peanuts, dull al
~ to &c for Tenn. red and Va. white
pecans, 5 TO Sc; cocoanuts steadier at );
to SO 70 per 100; flberts, walnuts anC
almonds, IL to l8c per lbi Brazil do. {
TO Zoe.
HIDEs--Prices arm; dry flint No.
16H;No 213H;green salt No. l,8c No.2,6H
dead green 8 10 &c, tallow, BIC beeswa1
2Os wool very dull at Toto Doc as pc
quality.
W0OL-Unwashed bury 10 to lSc pc
pound, Clear do 10 to 25c per lb.i WASHED
do rs to Soc.
BUILDING MATERIAL. - Lime
S0@65c per bblfor Alabamaand Louisville
cement, and 81 IS to 81 30 for .Rosendale
Plaster, So IS Fire brick. So 50.
NAILS-Weak at SO 10 pc. Ike;
= rates.
: SUGAR - Market stiff. N. Y. brown
7 7%c; do Q, s 10 8Ac standard A, l0c a
! A 9Lc to 9Nc graduated, lQ34c; powdere
: l0%c; crushed and cut loaf, lie. Molasse
= quiet at 81 to 4Jc per gal.
= tOFFRE-Firm at II to Ice er ID 70
. Rio and "a TO 2j for Java.
: BALIHG SrU FFS.-Morket quit,
: Q TO lie for bagging, as in gu lit