Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-16
General Trade.

The disturbed state Of railway con.
nections for some days past has delay
ed the reception of goods, prevented
shipments to the interior. and rem
dered the condition Of trade even
more unsatisfactory than ruled when
only the overflow Of the river valleys
were to contend with. The prospect
is, however, improving as the roads are
sending out regular trains again, and
indications r favorable to early sub
sidence Of the food. There is no in
crease in the demand for cornmeal,
though prices rule lower, and corr is
in active. request with the supply un-
equal to the demand, Two barges
with fully fifty thousand bushels, are
under way from St. Louis, and the one
now here with the cargo almost dis
posed Of, is the tenth which has come
to us this season with grain, chiefly in
bulk, and largely for millers' use.
The value of bran is a shade
lower, with offerings to arrive q little
under ruling quotations. Hay is scarce
and in good demand at full figures,
though dealers declare that a dozen
carloads would oyerstock the market.
The most Of the Western qualities to
arrive was poor and sold at from SIT to
$40 per ton. The feeling in potatoes is
easier, especially for seed varieties the
demand for which is fast Stacking off.
Table stock will be in good request for
several weeks yet. In meats there is
but little change, though bulk should
ers are reported scarce and all grades
are stiff. A marked scarcity of poultry
has been noticed and the few chickens
receivsd yesterday and to-day found
ready takers at advanced prices. Eggs
are very unsettled; sales ranging all
the way from 10 to 1Sc per doz., the
inside figures being for a~',stale article,
while the outside was obtained in a
few cases only. Dealers have but lit
tie confidence in the future of prices
and believe in an early decline.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
common -four at "a IS to s PER Dbl; good,
~ 25a5 Is; family, So 25a6 70; choice do,
STAT 35; patents, 81 75a8 90. Cornmeal in
dravloads from the mills, 1896 per Dbl
and Zoe higher in a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Cor firm and in de-
mand at 76a77c per bu for mixed in lots,
and SAC for white; small orders 2 to &c
higher. Oats firm at b6c per Blu in lots,
and 68a59c on orders; black seed, 58ab9c;
rust-proof, Coo. Bran, S24 SOAPS per toi
in round lots, and 81 30al IS in a small
way. Seed meal, 81 % per cwt. Hay, $17
TO % per ton for Western, and 81 2Gal 25
per-cwt; Southern prairie, $llal2 per ton,
and 60a70c per cwt.
ESCULENTS.-The tone Of potatoes is
| easier, especially for seed qualities, russets,
| peerless and Western rose ruling at So %
Der Dbl from first hands, while Eastern
rose are So 65a3 70; peach blows, 50 l5a
0 20; jackson whites, SO. and small orders
25c der Dbl higher. Onions quiet at 80 to
8 % per Dbl. Beans, So 60 TO 4 per bu.
Peas, " to 240 per bu. Sweet potatoes,
So 76a4per Dbl.
FRUlTS-A couple Of carloads of ap-
pies have arrived within the past three
days, and found ready buyers at 81 TO 5
per bbl in jobbing lots; retailers ask Soc to
81 per Dbl higher; dried apples, 6La0c per
lb; dried peaches, 4 to &c per lb; oranges,
S8a4 per box; lemons SO 60a4 so per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens
are firm, with but few offering and sales
are from "a TO A 30 per doz; no turkeys
have offered for several days, and last
sales were IRON $40 10 10 per doz; dressed
do, l3al4c per ID. Eggs irregular, ut 10
TO l8c per doz, the latter for fresh in small
pkgs.
BUTTER ANDCHEESE.-The value
Of butter inclines downward, and quota
tions are as follows; Fancy creamery, asa
Soc per ID; second do, 46c; fancy dairy, 8S
af0c; Western table, Soc Western cook
ing, % TO 25c; common do, l6a20c; KY
and Tenn, 20a25c butterine, 18a2Oc.
Cheese dull at 0a0c for flats. lSHal4c for
cream, and l4kal6c for Y "a.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-The SUI
: guar market is quiet. Jobbers quote white