Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-26
General Trade.

In the wholesale market there are
but few noteworthy features at pres
ent. Merchants are making prepare
lions for an active autumn traffic.
which, with thirty days of clear skies
aud warm sunshine, will be as heavy
as any on record. The cotton crop is
in need of dry, %ripeniDg weather from
this time forth, and il thus favored
will be one Of the finest of crops.
The local packet steamers are prepar.
ing to enter their regular trades, az
goods have already commenced to &C
forward to country merchants. So fal
no cotton has opened, and the first bale
is yet to come, though last years first
bale arrived three weeks before this
date. The -four market is steady with
a good jobbing demand. Corn is very
quiet, with an easier tendency, while
oats, bran and hay all incline down,
ward, The meat market is strong
and prices continue to advance. A
scarcity Of eggs has sent prices up toe
high for most people, while chickens
are in active demand at full figures.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
-four as follows: Common to good family.
SO TOAD 90 per barrel; choice and fancy,
IS 25a6 so; patents. S6 T5a7 so. Cornmeal
easy atS3 so per Dbl on the, landing and
| 81 00a4 10 from store.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn from first hands
90c;Ion orders 92a93c. Oats unsettled at
4Sa50c from first hands, and 53c at retail.
Bran $l4 50al5 per ton and 85a90c per
cwt for wheat, Cottonseed meal, 81 25a1 80
per cwt. Hay $l4al5 per ton for clover,
and $18a0 for Western mixed and clear
timothy; per cwt 81 l0al rs; Southern
prairie hay, 40a45c per cwt.
ESCULENTS AND FRUITS-Pota-
toes, from store, 81 so per Dbl. Onions
50 25a2 so per Dbl. Cabbage 81 00a8 90
per 100 for Chicago, and 75cas1 50 per
crate for st. Louis. Medium navy beans,
SO 50a3 IS per bushel. Apples, per Dbl, in
a small way, SLAP; dried do, 4a5c per ID.
Peaches slow at SC per ID. Lemons per
box $500a6 so for Sicily, and "a so per
box for Florida.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
in demand at S2a3 so per doz for young,
as per size, and So 00a3 so for old. Eggs
scarce and in demand at 18c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE = Sweet
country butter 20a22c per lb; common do
l5al8c; Western do. 22a29; butterine, lSc.
Cheese, 9lal7c per ID,
MEATS AND LARD-Bacon shout
ders, ll4al1sc per ID; do. c r, l43al4ac;
do. G S, l5lal5sc. Dry salt shoulders,
lOfalOlc; do. C r, 13sal33c; do. G 5, l4sa
l4fc. Breakfast bacon, l49al5lc. Hams,
15al6c, as per quality. Mess pork, 1923 per
Dbl. Lard, l23alSc per lb in ties, l8alS4c
in hf bbls and kegs, l31al4in pals and hi
do.
SAITH carload lots 81 27a1 80 per
Dbl for Ohio river, and l0c higher at re-
tail. Liverpool, per sack, 81 S5al 60 for
coarse and fine.
HIDES AND WOOL-Green hides
5a6c per pound; green salted, 71aSci dry
sailed. l0al2c; dry flint, l5Ic for No. |,
and l2lc for No, 2. Wool, l0a35c pei
ID, the latter for choice washed.
TOBACC0-Choice to fancy, 40a60c.
twist, 85a45c; navy, 35a60c; common IL
inch, 83a2SG smoking, 80a52c.
R1CE-Per ID, 64aSlc, as per quality
VINEGAR-Per gal, lac. Oil fol
cooking, 62a65c.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Yc c, 9It
per lb; W c, 9sa99c; Eastern sugars, Sa9c
granulated, 10c; crushed, pulverized anC
cut loaf, l04c. Molasses, nominal.
C0FFEE-Per ID, 9al4Ic for Rio, anC
24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-Per hf Dbl, 81 % ft
No, 2; No. /, SIS Is; per kit, 90c for No
/; Sc No. 2; SOC No. 3. Market steady
NAILS-Yery firm, at 80 Topper kel
for ten pennies.
BAGGING AND TIES - Jobbers
prices, 9a93c per ID, for fax, and 8ialQ'
for lutte, as per quality; twine, l4c per lb
Ties, 81 coal 65 per bundle.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Lime, 95
asl per Dbl for Alabama and Sa9Oc 70