Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-27
General Trade.

of 10 to zoe per cwt on hogs, 500 pc
Dbl on mess pork, to per ID on lar
and about the same reduction on othe
hog productions. Compared with las
year at this time hogs are now 81 3
per cwt, or n per cent higher; lar
90 per ID higher; mess pork So so pc
Dbl higher and sides 50 % per CIV
higher, a range Of q to 3l4 per cen
above ruling values a year ago. Las
weeks report Of the number of hog
slaughtered give $4,000, a decreas
compared with the same week las
year Of 1900. The total for tn
season now foots up 3,45O,0OO hogs,
decrease of 675,0O as compared wit
last year at the same time. The indi
cations point to as larg
a supply yet in the coun
try to be slaughtered between
now and March next, as was held las
year, and the decreased movemen
abroad is now favorable to holders TO
higher prices. The total shipment
oceanward since November LIST arc
given as 1O5, 600, 900 lbs, against l78,
$4,000 last year and 169,9OO,0OO lbi
the year before. This years decrease
is 73,350,0OO lbs or about 10000 hogs
In ether lines of trade fluctuations
have been light during the week.
Flour is steady and wholly unchanged
Cornmeal is a shade lower, and feed.
SUITS all exhibit a slight decline in
values, except oats, which command
full figures. The sugar and molasse'
crop Of Louisiana has been moving
west and north throughout the week
in heavy volume, and prices are un.
changed, with an active demand and
firm feeling. The produce market has
ruled unusually brisk all the week.
Potatoes and apples we're especially
and steady, but the holiday de-
mand now being over dealers express
as to the future of the market.
The same feeling is entertained in re-
gard to poultry and eggs. The latter
to reach the high values ex-
last week, and many who spec.
heavily in eggs came to grief;
dressed poultry, unless Of the
and best qualities, was slow to
dispose of except at very low prices.
Game has been unusually abundant,
and sold at very reasonable prices all
through the week.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers FIJI
for flour as followl: Common.
81 76ab per Dbl; family to choice, So 5Oa-
8 90 fancy, 81 25a7 80; patents s. 25a8 70;
easy at SO As per Dbl for draw
load lots, and l0c higher on small orders.
FFEDSTUFFS.-Corn in lots, Is to
76c per bu; small orders 3 to SC higher:
oats at the track, 56c from store, 2 to
&c higher; bran per ton, S22a22 so per ton,
and per cwt 81 20 hay quiet at $l7 to
y 90 per ton for los, and at retail 81 Is
VI y per cwti prairie hay, SSa8 80 per
ton, and Coo per cwt.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes in round lots
s3a3 70 per Dbl in a large and small way:
New York Rose retailing Mt 81 % per Dbl.
So y per Dbl. Onions slow at
~ 75a3 90 per Dbl in a large and small
way. Beans 20 40a3 80 per bu. Peas 81 80
az % per bu. Celery 30a5Gc per bunch.
s4a4 90 per hlf and S8aS 90 per Dbl
and dull.
FRUlTS-Apples firm at SO Scale per
in lots and S4a6 at retail; oranges Job
bing at Sl2 so per Dbl for Fla. and La,
and Sl2al3 per case of 40 of Valencia.
Lemons jobbing 81 50a5 50per box; raisins
s3a3 90 per box as per quality.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
ire locking up a little after a long seas.n
Of depression, Prices range from II 90
.o2 70 per doz as per quality; ducks 50 TO
30 per doz; turkeys So to 10 per doz:
dressed do 8to lie per Id; eggs easy at %
20 &c per doz, a drop from 35c per doz
a few days.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Creamery
butter 44c per lb; Western table 28 to $50;
l2to Zoe as por quality; butter
ne 20 to 22ci cheese as per quality 9to l6c
Der lb.
GAME-Squirrels 75cas1 25 per doz
81 25al so per doz; quails. Slal %
Der doz; ducks sla2 25 per doz; turkeys
.Oc eachi venison 5a8c whole and 6a7c for
adde's.
MEATS AND LARD-Jobbers quote
IS follows for cash: Bulk clear sides 9%a
ll9c do c 9a9Hc; shoulders 6ka6%c
10 bacon moving smoked hams, l2Aa
NC; breakfast bacon, l2A; mess pork,
'l8 so. Lard, llKal1Ac in ties; l1a%l2Hc
n hf bblsi l2Ac in pals, and 12%c in
HIDES AND WO0L-Dry flint NOM
nally l5al6c per ID for Mol, and I2a13c for
No. 2; d:y sailed, l0al3c: green. Ga7c;
,reen sailed, 7a81Sc. Tallow, 6Ka7c;
'eeswax, l9a20c. Wool, tub-washed, 25a-
DC per ID; do unwashed, 15a25c; bury,
Coon skins 10 TO 5Cc each; mink
10 20a40c each.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bageing
On orders 9Xal0kc rs in quality;
ute, 9hal0Ae teine lac per bundle;
les, 81 35al 60 per bundle.
NAILS-Quiet at 50 40 rates.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Sugar,
quotations are 8Ha9%c for v. c.;
for white clarified; 81 for off
l, l0Ncfor graduated, and lla1lAc for
'owdered crushed and cut loaf. Molas-
es weak at 40aG0c per gallon.
COFFEE-Steady at l015a16c for Rio
nd 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35al 65 per sack
Or coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 BOA
90 for Ohio river.
ETC.,
] 35a l 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 70
2 ID and 81 7ba2 70 for BIB cans; toma-
oes, 81 l5al 90 for2 and 8 ID cans.
TOBACCO-Common plug, S3a38c for
l-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a65c;
visit, 35e45ci navy, 35a60t; smoking, .30a
for common to fancy.
ement, 81 Toe per Dbl; Rosedale, 81 So
s. 50a5; Plaster, 81 70. Ala
me in large bbls, 9ecasl; Tenn
o In ~ bu bbls, SOC. Brick, $40 and
10 80 per M FIRE do, 4 and 4kc each.
SUNDRlES-Dried apples scarce at
ale per lbi do peaches plentiful and weak
t to 6Ac per lb peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
Or Vai pecans, Ia8c for Ark, he for
'exas and lie for large La; ~cocoanuts,
a6kc cider IS for half and So for bbls. Of
dos vinegar l2k to I6c per gal; mince
neat SO per ID in hf bbls md 9a9c% in