Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-31
General Trade.


All classes of feedstaffs are reported
easy, and in buyers favor. Holders d
corn are making concessions to effect
sales, though no lower quotations are
announced. Other feedstuffs are weak
and inclining downward, and meats
exhibit less 6rmness. The iobbine
traffic continues brisk, especially in
the lines of plantation supplies. 0ul
n%eighboring apple, peach and potato
growers ar coming in with increased
quantities Of their product and real.
izing good figures. The shipments
Dorth from here promises TO be as lib.
eral as in any former season. Straw
berries in Cincinnati on Monday were
50 5Oa5 per tw~enty-four quart crate
new peaches, 81 5Oa2 50 per half bushe
crate; new potatoes, $6a7 80 per Dbl
The strawberry yield in this vicinity
was less than half that of last year
and the season is about at4an end. A
few report another or second croE
maturing, especially on vines known
as the mammoth variety. AT present
the few offering here come to us from
Gadsden and vicinity, and the season
there has nearly reached the end.
FEOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers' quo.
tatigRs are for common and good family,St
a6 6OpeT bbl;choice to fancy, Sc 75a7 25;pat-
ents, 81 50a8 %. Cornmenl in lots from
the mills is S4 10 per bbli small orders
l0c higher.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Corn, SO to 92c Der
bu, as per quantity. Oats, 64a68c do. Bran,
quiet at $2l per ton and 81 15aI 20 per cwt
for wheat; SO per ton and 60a70c per cwt
for corn, and 81 % per cwt for cotton seed
meal. Hay ranges from SIC to q per ton
and 81 l0al % per cwt for Western;
Southern prairie dull at sl1 to u per
ton.
ESCULENTS.-New potatoes, 81 Goa
S. % per Dbl, loose and packed.
Onions scarce and in good demand at
"a 60a5 per Dbl. Beans scarce at So 70 TO
4 % per bu. Peas, 81 l5a2 so per bu. Snap
beans scarce at 81 per bu. Cucumbers,
% to 40c per doz. Squash, 40 to 60c per
doL..
FRUITS-New apples 81 75a2 80 per
Dbl. oranges, So 50a7 so per box, the lat
ter for imperial Messina. Lemons, SO 76a
s so per box. Dried apples scarce at
6a6Kc per ID; peaches, 3 to &c per lb
and dull.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Tenn.
and KY. grades range from l2K to l8c
per ID; choice prairie 0a22c; Western table,
20a22c, as per quality; butterine, l6al7c.
Cheese, l2Nc for new hf cream; l5al6c
for full do.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are SOTO So 90 per doz for old and 81 so to
5 for young; a few were grown bringing
higher prices, and small inferior selling
from 81 to %; ducks, s3a3 % perdoz; no
demand for geese or turkeys, Eggs, 1S
TO l9c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon shout
ders packed are 915c per ID; C. +. do, 12Hc;
clear, l2Mal3c, bulk clear sides, l2%al2c;
oose and packed c. r. do, l15Sal$Ac;
shoulders do, SAaS%c; mess pork, $21 per
Dbl. Breakfast bacon, 14a14Kc, Hams,
l4%al4%c. Lard, in t%ierces, llAal2c;
hf bbls, l2%al2Nc pals, l2Hal2%c.
6ALT-Ohio river salt, ST. 40 per Dbl;
carloads, 10c less; Liverpool, 81 36al TO
in sacks for coarse and fine.
CANNED GO0DS-Dull and romi-
nally as follows;a Strawberries, 81 40al 90
per doE. cans; peaches, 81 20 to 2 rs for
2 3 ID cans tomatoes, 81 10al 45 for 2 and
8 lb cans; seconds, 81 05al 36.
HIDES AND WO0L-Dry flint
hides, l6al6Hc per ID for No. l,
and 12a12Kc for No. 2; dry sailed, lOal2c;
green, 4a6c; green sailed, 5a7c. Tallow,
6Xa7c; beeswax, l8a20c. Wool in demand.
BURY 10 to Ice per ID; uhwashed clear,
IS to 23c; choiced washed, 80 to 35c.
T0BACCO-Common S3a3Sc fol-
ll-inch plug; choice to fancy, 40a60c;
twist, Boa Acc; navy, 35a60l; smoking, goa
&c for common to fancy. Market dnll.
RICE-Ohoice Louisiana, SIC per ID;
common to prime, 6Ka7c.
SUNDRIES.-Millet, 50 30a2 40 per
bushel. Cotton seed soc per bus6el.
Jelly, l0c per Id; preserves, lie;
pickles, 81 25a4 so for half and 81 t0a8 for
whole bills cooking oil 56a65c per gal;
vinegar, 121Sa15c per gal.
MATERIAL-Ne brick
at the yards Sc 60per M; do del, ST So ship
ping brick, S9al0 per M; fire brick, 64O0a4 90
per 100. Lime. 96caS1 per 3 bu bbls
for Alabama, and 85a90c for Tenn in
~ bu bbls. Cement, 81 Goal 7bo for
Louisville, $3.50 for Rosedale and Sb 0 for
Portland; Plaster, 81 90.