Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-11
General Trade


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the same date.
General Trade. ~
The past week has been quiet in
business circles, with the exception Of
the bagging aud rope traffic, which is
heavy and increasing. A marked de-
cline is noted in nearly all of lies
commodities: Cotton declined tc on
all classes on the LIST inst, and classes
from middling down went off another
eighth last Wednesday. Compared
with a week ago, -four is a shade lower
on some classes; wheat is 2 to &c per
bu cheaper; cornmeal has dropped
45c per Dbl; corn 4 to SO per Blu off;
oats 4c down; hay 81 to So per ton
lower on Western classes; mess pork
has dropped 75c per Dbl; bacon is ! to
to off for shoulders and ribbed sides,
and pork shoulders to cheaper; clear
side pork and bacon are both un.
changed; coffee is also unchanged;
whisky is a little cheaper; eggs have
fallen &c per doz, and chickens are in
better supply, with a slight reduction
Of value; butter has advanced 2 to Sc
per ID; sugar is a shade higher, and
rice is a little up on the better grades,
while hides have advanced from / to
&c per lb on all classes. A feature of
the varying condition of values at
present is the fact that corn is Zoe per
bu higher in New Orleans to day than
it is here, and that Cincinnati quota
tons are 10, below ours. Receipts
here for the past week include 1885
bbls -four, 700 bbls meal, 400 SKIS corn,
1900 SKIS oats, 1850 SKIS bran, 1850 bales
hay, and 45O bbls potatoes.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Jobbers quote
flour at 81 00a5 90 per Dbl for common
to good family; So 25a6 90 for choice
to fancy, and So 75a7 25 for patents. Corn.
meal 81 25a4 3 per Dbl as per quality.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn per bu S5aS9c.
Oats, 39a4lc. Bran, Sl3 00a13 so per ton.
and SOC per cwt. Cottonseed meal 81 81
per cwt. Hay dullat Sl3a15 per ton, and
gOal 70 per cwt for western; prairie do,
SO 0O per ton and 40c per cwt.
VEGETABLES-Potatoes, 50 5Oa2 rs
per Dbl for northern; sweets, SOC per Blu
and 1925 per bbl. Cabbage 50 per 100.
heads for Chicago. Onions 81 1852 %
per Dbl as per size of bbls, Beans SSa
D per bu for white medium.
FRUITS-Apples 81 00aS 90 per Dbl
from store; from wagons loose 75aSl 50;
Dried do, dull at 4a5 per ID; peaches nom
mall lemons 81 00a5 90 per box.
POULTRY AND EGGS Chickens
per doz, 81 a3 70; a few having sold early
in the week at $425f for extra large; ducks
$Sa3 so per doz. Eggs 17al8c per doz.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Choice
country butter, 2Oa22c per 10; inferior do,
l5alSci Western table and dairy, 22a26c
creamery 32a34c. Cheese, 9la10c for flats,
llall9c for factory and l3la14c for full
cream.
MEATSAND LARD-Bulk sides are
quoted at l4sal43c per lb; c r l4Ial4sc;
shoulders l04al0sc; bacon sides l5sa15Ac:
c r, l5sal6lc; shoulders, l14al1Ac. Mess
pork, S23 30 per Dbl. Breakfast bacon,
l6al6A. Hams l5lal6c; Lard, easy at
l2sal2Sc for ties; hf bbls and kegs,
l2aal3sG pals, l31al33c.
HIDES AND W00L-Dry flint. No.
/, l7c doNo. 2, Ia; green sailed, No. /.
9i do No. 2, &c; tallow, 71a8c; beeswax,
29a24c. Wool dull and droopy at l6a
35c per ID for clean unwashed to.
choice washed, and l0a2Oc for bury
BAGGING AND TIES Jobbers
quote bagging at 7sa84c per ID for fax; Sia
Sc for jutei S3a9c for full 2 ID hemp; Ola
g9c as per weight for other qualities.
Irvine, l2c per lb. Iron ties, ST 55a1 80
per bundle, and 81 IS do for pieced ties.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-White
C,9Ia93 per ID; no yellow clarified Offering
Eastern sugars, 73a84c for brown, and STA
Sc for clarified; %granulated, 10c; crushed,
pulverized and cut loaf, 104c. Moiasses
nominal; choice sorghum do, 5la53c per
gallon in bbls.
RICE-Per ID, 5la64c, as per quality,
and easy.
ToBACC0-Choice to fancy, 4OaGOc;
twist, 35a45ci navy, 35a60c; common IL
inch, 33a28c; smoking, 30a52c.
COFFEE-Per ID, 9al41c for Rio, and
24a26c for Java.
MACKEREL-Per hf Dbl, for No. 8,
$4a4 25; for No. 2, $4 So No. 1, IS 25a5 SOL
per kit, SOC for No. l; SOC No. 2; 75c
No. 3. Market stiff.
NAILS-Scaree and firm, at SO 90a4 per
keg forten pennies.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Lime, per
Dbl. 90ca$l, as per quality. Cement, ~ 4Oa
2 50 per Dbl for Rosedale, and III Goal 70
for Louisville; Portland, 10. Plaster 50 so.
Brick, 4a44c each for fire and S9al0 per M
for hard. Lumber S15 per M for flooring,
$50 for dressed, s25 for yellow pine do,
$9a4 so for shingles, and 81 75a2 90 for
lathing.
SEEDS, NUTS AND SUNDRIES.-
Glover seeds IS 75a6 90 per bu; herd grass,
81 0Sa1 10, orchard, do 81 70al 70; seed
wheat, 81 10a1 %; do barley, 81 10a129 {, do
rye, 8'a95c. Peanuts dull at 6la8c for
Tennessee, and 9allc for Virginia. Mac
caroni, 50 per box for domestic, and 50 Il
IA 90 for Italian. Hominy and grits, s. so
per bbl. Cracked wheat and oatmeal,
zoe per gal. Vinegar, l2la20c per gal.
Olueri ttUudt 10 lor III anu % COdo lot
whole bbls. Pickles, "a 0Oa5 90 for hf and
81 00a9 90 for whole bbls; all from jobbers.
LIVE ST0CK-Beeves, 4a4lc for
good to choice, and 3a4c for medium.
Common to good grazing cattle, lla3c;
demand good for shipping and butcher
stock. Sheep in fair demand at SaIc for
medium to good mutton qualities. Cows
and calves, $40 to S35 each; yearlings, "a
to 81 each. Hogs, no movement.