Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-09
General Trade.


branches and at all points, no more
so, however, than is usual during the
early days of a new year. The lead
ing variations in values during the
week have not been marked. Flour
is unchanged. Corn is firm, with an
improved demand at some advance,
and cOrnmeal is in active demand at
zoe per Dbl higher figures than a week
ago. Meats have been varying, prices
dropping about Bcper lb, which was re-
covered on Saturday, some smoked
grades advancing a little above last
weeks figures. Lard is firm, and 10c
pei. cwt higher. Hogs in the West
are no higher at the packeries. Mo-
laSses and sugar have been arriving
freely, and prices are we'll sustained.
At New Orleans the crop is rapidly
moving into market, with the demand
so active that all arrivals are taken
up as fast. as received. The
crop, like that of cotton, will soon be
in market. Coffee rules heavy at all
points. The stock of old coffee is
large, and the new crop of Brazil is
reported fully equal to last year. The
TEA market is also dull and fat. The
weather here has been stormy, foggy
and raining by turns, and for the past
three days soaking roads have been
almost impossible. Previous to that
the highways had been hard and dry
for several weeks.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
as follows. Common to good s. to 6 50 per
Dbl; family Sc 90 to 6 70, choice TO fancy
81 to %; patents IS Is to $40; cornmeal
stiff at 50 so to 8 70 per Dbl.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn firm at rs to $40
per bu in lots and at retail; oats 55 to 59c
per car load and in a small way; bran $29
per ton at the track and 81 20 per cwt; hay
Sl7 to q per ton and 81 10 to / 20 per cwt
for Western and ST to 9 per ton and 50 Ia
6Oc per cwt for Southern prairie.
ESOULENTS-Potatoes So to 3 rs Der
Dbl for Western as per quality in lots and
in a small way; N. Y. rose SO rs to 4; on.
ions 81 70 to 325 per Dbl and dull; tur.
nips 81 Is per Dbl; beans So rs to 8 rs pei
bu for med white, peas IL 80 to 225; celery
90 to 60c per bunch; kraut dull at S4to
per Inland $3.50 to 8 so for whole bbls.
FRUITS-Apples firm at 81 to 5 80 pei
Dbl as per quality; dried do 6 to TIC per
Id; dried peaches 4 to TIC per Id a:
per quality; oranges 80 to 10 pei
Dbl for La, So per box for Fla and SO for
Valencia, all in a jobbing way; lemons,
"a 50a5 so per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chicken,
in fair demand at$l 70 to3 per doz; turkeys
81 to II for live and 8 to lie per Id fol
dressed ducks 81 to 2 so per doz; geese
dull at SSaS rs per doz. Eggs weak al
Zoe per doz.
GAME-Quails, 81 GOAL 20 per doz
rabbits. 81 25al so do; squirrels, 75aSl Is
per doz; ducks Sla2 per doz for gray
and mallard; turkeys, 60c each; v%enison
4a6c per lb whole and Ease for saddles.
BUTTER AND CHEESE - Good
butter is in demand and firm, while pooI
is plentiful and slow, Creamery jobbing al
45a47c per Id; Western table ard dairy
rs to 34c; KY. and Tenn. II to 2Oc as Der
quality; butterine 20 to &c; cheese l0al5c
per ID, as per quality.
MEATS AND LARD-Jobbers quote
as follows for cash: Bulk clear sides 99za
9l5c do C r 9a9Hc; shoulders 6ka6%c,
no bacon moving; smoked hams, Ia
l2H;breakfast bacon, l2Hal2A; mess pork,
SlS 90. Lard, llAallHc in ties; l2al2Ac
hf do.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
l6al6c per Id for No. !, and l2al3c for
No. 2; dry sailed, l0al3c; green, 6a7c:
green sailed, 7a8Kc. Tsllow. 6Ia7c;
Doc per ID; do unwashed, l5a25c; bury,
lOa2oc. Coon skins 10 TO Soc each; mink
do 20a40c each. Skunk sheep and fox l5a
Toe deer 95a45c, 'possum 6al0c; wolf and
panther 5OcaSl, beaver and bear 50ca$4.
BAGGING AND TIES-Bagging
quiet. On orders 911al0Ac as in quality;
jute, 9Hal0Mc; twine lac per bundle;
ties, 81 8bal 60 per bundle. .
NAILS-Quiet at SO 40 rates.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Sugar,
y. c. 8HaSMc; white C. 9Aa9Hc, off A9
a9Hc and granulated 10Hal0%c; Pow
dered and cut loaf 10Aa11c, Molasses Asa
63c.
C0FFEE-Steady at lOKal5c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 60 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 65a
l 60 for Ohio river.
CANNED 00DS--Strawberries. etc,
81 96 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 %
for 2 ID and 81 7ha2 rs for 3 lb cans: toma-
toes, 81 15al so for 2 and 3 ID cans.
TOBACCO-Oommon 8SaS8c for
ll-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, 8ba45c; navy, 35a60t; smoking, 30a
62c for common to fancy.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Louisvill
cement, 81 Zoe per Dbl; Rosedale, 50 so;
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 50 70. Ala.
lime in large bbls, 96cas1; Tenn.
do in 2H bu bbls, SOC. Brick, $40 and
$40 so per M fire do, 4 and Axe each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
for Va; pecans; 7a8c for Ark, 12c for
Texas and l6c for large La; ~cocoanuts,
6a614c; cider So for half and SO for bbls. of
No. vinegar; l2H to Ice per gal; mince
meat SIC per ID in hf bbls and 9a9hc in
pals; grits and hominy S. rs to so per Dbl.
COTTON SEED-Per ton $l2 90 loose
from wagons and $l2 to $13 in SKIS ut the
landing; crude oil AZ to 46c per 81 refined
do. 65 to 60c; cake S24 to % per
ton; do. meal S23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at Axe per lb; full W.T. candles Axe
and firm; 8 and 10 box lots lower.
C0AL-Pittsburg per box to river 40
to 45c and unsettled; city trade, del, Coo
per Dbl; per hid "a 80 to 5 go Anthra-
cite $40 90 per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from S125 to SOS each for IA
to 1871 hands. Horses, $125 to $500 for
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