Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-07
General Trade.

The receipts Of corn. though in:
creasing in volume, are inadequate to
the demand and numerous retailers
have run short; hence the inquiry is
active and the prices firm. No bran
is coming and second dealers are about
out Of supply. Hay continues slow to
sell and plentiful. Oats are steady,
with receipts moderate and equal to
the demand. Flour is firm and in free
movement. Cornmeal is firm with an
increasing demand, the movement
being almost entirely supplied by our
local mills. The poultry market is
firm for all classes Of good, and eggs Of
fresh quality, after long period of
depression, are looking mp little.
The Indictment nature of the weather,
the difficulty Of handling freight at
river landings, the execrable, almost
impossible condition of the country
road aud ice impeded navigation above
Cairo to st. Louis, all tend towards
restricting trade. AS soon as it mod.
crates and the ground dries sufficient
to permit farmers to get to work,
traffic will expand and become active
in all lines. At present the seed
potato movement is free and numer-
GUS carloads are daily shipped to the
interior for use at the earliest moment.
All classes Of potatoes are firm and in
steady demand. No important change
has occurred in meats since Monady.
The market is unsettled and varying
in value, though lot higher than at
last report, AT Chicago last night,
shoulders were $500, and the same as
the evening previous; 1910, and &c
lower, and clear 50 6S and Sc higher
At Cincinnati clear rib pork was Il
higher, aud other classes, including
bacon, unchanged,
FLOUR AND MEAL-Dealers quot,
single barrels of flour at SO 75a4 so for the
lower qualities; 81 75a5 IS for good t
choice family and IS 50a7 25 for patents
Cornmeal " 90 at the mills and So 20 in
a small way.
FEEDSTUFFS = Corn, scarce ant
firm at 49a53c per bu ut wholesale anc
retail Oats are lSa52c for feed classes in
lots and at retail; seed do are Toe il
small way for red rust proof anC
55c for black. Bran scarce at 95afl
per cwt; corn do $l4 50ai6 90 per ton
Cottonseed meal SIS per ton and 81 pei
cwt in small way. Hay, Sl4 0Oal6 U
per ton and 85a90c per owt for Wcstorr
aud 45a50c per cwt for prairie; also 81 Ok
per ton and dull.
Observation-Disclosures retail at $751;
3 50por Dbl for seed classes as per quality
and ~ 30 for table varieties. Sweets
81 75a2 per Dbl. Onions, 81 50a3 por Dbl
at wholesale and retail Cabbage $Sat pei
crate for La, and 6al0c per head FOL
Ohio rivers. Kraut, ST 75a260 for hf, anC
$400a4 so for whole bbls. Beans, 81 40
10 per bu in lots as per quality lO
white, and 50 7;aS IS at retail. Peas, 81 Y
al IS per bu rs per quality.
FRUIT--Apples sell from 81 5Oa4 81
per Dbl; as per quality. Dried apples firm
at 5a6kc per ID; peaches dull at Sha4c
Oranges, 3 60a4 90 per box for Messini
and So 50a9 90 per case for Valencia
Lemons So 50ai 20 per box. Raisins, ISL
per box, as per quality.
BUTrER-Creamery butter steady at
39a40c; other classes plentiful, dull anC
lower, cooking lbalSc per ID; medium an,
dairp, 2Oa25c per lb butterine, l7a20c pr
10; country in ovcrsupply at l2a20c, th
latter for extra yellow,
CHEESE Market is quiet at 7ka9
for flats aud iactory In round lots an,
az retail; l4lfc in retail way for full
cream and l5c per ID for Y. A.
GAME-Wild ducks 81 b0a9 90 pc
doz, the latter for mallards; squirrels SIS
% per doz quail 81 GOAL 10; rabbits 81 2
az so per doz; venison, Zoe whole, ant
l2KalSc for saddles Reclfoot fish 5a7
POULTRY AND EGGs-Choice full
grown Si6Oab 90 per doz; large young
3 60ai 90 and active; small slow At 50 OBJ