Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-08
GeneraI Trade.

The activity in cornmeal continues
and the demand is undated, all local
mills having their capacity fully tested
while liberal consiguments come from
st. Louis and the Ohio river. Corn is
in free movement and active demand,
at prices ~inclining toward weakness
Flour also tends lower. Meats and
lard, after recedirg slowly for several
days past, closed with a steadier tone
last evening. In the market the de.
mand is active, while the supply is
scarce and dealers are generally indif.
ferent about replenishiDg except in a
limited way. The volume oftrade has
dropped off largely since the overflow
of the river valleys, and business is
chiefly confined to filling orders for
articles Of prime necessity.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbing quo
tation for -four are as follows: Common.
81 60 to 800 per Dbl; fair, IS 25a6; good
to choice family, ST GOAT So; patents, 81 rs
ne. Cornmeal 81 25a4 30 per Dbl in draw
load lots, and 10c higher in n small way.
FEEDSTUFFS.-Cor 73a74c per 6u
in lots for feed qualities, and 3 to Sc higher
in a small way. Oats, 64a58c at whole
sale and retail. Bran, $26 per ton, and
81 30 per cwt for wheat; corn bran, $13 per
ton loose from mills; seed meal, 81 35 per
cwt; hay, S1Sto2 2 SO per ton and 81 10 to
l 20 per cwt for Western; Southern prai-
RE, $l0al2 per ton, and Csc per cwt, seed
oats jobbing at Soc per bu for rust proof,
and 58a60c for black.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES range from
50 40 to 4 per Dbl, as per quality. Sweets,
SO 50a4. Onions, 81 Is to3 % per Dbl, in
a large and small way. Cabbage. SO 50a
450 per crate for La, as per quality.
Beans, So 65a4 10perb u for white medium.
Peas, S2a2 so per bu.
FRUITS-Green apples firm and scarce
at IS O0a6 90 per Dbl; dried do
easy at 6Ka6Hc per ID; peaches
duh at 3Ha4c per ID for lots, and
in a small way lc higher; cram
berries, $l2 per Dbl; oranges So 00a4 so per
box for Palermo and Messina. and S. 90
for imperial; lemons So 75a4 so per box;
bananas 81 to 2 90 per bunch; raisins So to
3 so per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS.-Chickens,
So 60a3 so per doz, for live. No
ducks or geese have offered for
several weeks; turkeys, SO to II
per doz for live. Eggs l2al9c per doz
pITpTEp ANRGupEcp C.
butter 45 to SIC per ID, the latter for
gilt edge; WesteEn, % to 2Gc; fancy
dairy, 38a40c; Kentucky and Tennes-
see, 2Oa25c; common, l2al5c; country,
l5al8c; butterine, l8a2lc, Cheese, 9Xa
loo per ID, as per quality, and dull.
PROFESSIONALISM meats sell for
cash on the spot as follows; Shoulders, Ga
a6}sc loose and packed CT 9Aa9Ic clear,
l0al0hc. Time orders are q to nc high
or, hams, l2Ac; breakfast bacon, 12<c;
Lard, 11Ha11H for %tierces; IlAc for hf
bbls and kegs; l2c for pals and l2Lc for
hf pals; tins 12lc for 10 lbs, l25sc for 8
lbs and l2Ac for 3 lbs.
MACKERELoJobbers quote hf bbls
No, / at So 26; No. 2, $40 Nc. 8, AS5;
Kits. No. /, 90c; No. 2, 85c; No. 8, Toe.
SEEDS-German millet, 81 per bu
timothy, $3a3 25; Hungarian, 81 25; blue
grass, 81 %; orchard, 81 80; red top and
herds grass, 81 10 clover, s. T5a6; onion sets
81 60a8j broom corn, $l60a2W per ton;
brooms, 81 Is TO 4 per doz rs per quality.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Market
quiet, with jobbers quoting as follows;
w c 9a9hc, yc 8Ma9c; seconds do TIA
SIC OK 7Ka8c; hards 9Kal0Kc. Molas-
sos dbaThe npr cal.
HIDES AND WOOL-Dry flint
l5al6c per ID for No. ], and 12a13c for
No. 2 dry sailed, 10al2c; green, 6a6c;
green sailed, 8a7c. Tallow, 6a7c;
beeswax, lsa20c. Wool, tub-washed, Boa