Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

8 to 40 per Blu lower than ruled q week
ago. The weeks receipts here sum up
$500 SKIS, and more is reported under
way. Everybody in this vicinity ap,
pear to be sellers, while buyers are few
and far between. Indeed, were it not
for the railway and levee builders, ouI
corn dealers would have little trade
this season. An instance pointedly
illustrating the present condition ID
the fact that one dealer here receutly
received Eve carloads Of corn from an
interior town, and last year the same
merchant sent twelve or fifteen car
loads to supply an urgent demand at
the same point, The people of the
vicinity alluded to are now free sellers
of corn where last year they were
urgent buyers. It is stated that
large shipments Of corn from the
Southwest have been going to Eastern
seaboard markets through Chicago,
and the liberal receipts there have at,
tracted much attention. In this mar.
ket shelled in SKIS may be purchased at
4Sc, with few takers at that figure, and
many expect to see it down to 45c at
an early day. Cornmeal, like corn,
is weak and drOopy, with free offerings
at ~ 40 per Dbl. Oats are rather
steady at 30 to 36c per bu forNortbern
of the new crop. Inferior Texas and
other poor qualities have been plenti-
full and slow to sell, all the way be.
tween "a and 34c per bu, as to quality
and condition. The total receipts
here for the past week have been 800
SKIS ola classes. Bran offers to ar
rive at $l4 per tor, and slight
ly less in some cases are reported. The
past weeks receipts have been but 700
SKIS. Hay has been very quiet, with
no inquiry except for choice Western
timothy, and total receipts of all
classes have been $50 bales. Small
lots of new Western, barely prime in
quality, have arrived, and consumers
we're not overly we'll pleased with it,
as unless used without much delay it
is likely to heat and spoil. The mar
ket has been bare of Southern prairie
hay all the week and there is very
little inquiry. Green apples have de-
Clined to so and 700 per Dbl measure
here, markets elsewhere being low
and offering poor inducements to
shippers, and potatoes exhibit no im~
provement, being worth from 65 to 75c
per Dbl measure by the wagon load
The chicken market has been we'll
stocked throughout the week, while
the demand was about equal to the
supply, and prices have ruled rather
steady at from 81 rs to 50 IS per do1
for this years growth, few extra
sizes going at 50. Eggs have been
droopy and unsettled all the week,
and ID to lao is quoted at the close, a
few small pkgs Of fresh going at 15c
Butter is plentiful, with weak feel
| ing, and prices Of some classes are
lower. Sugar, coffee and rice have
ruled steady and unchanged through
out the week. Meats have ruled in
buyers favor, though but little change
is reported in values at the
leading Northern points. The only
change from week ago at Chicago is
| 373c decline on mess pork and loo
lower on dry sailed shoulders, while
lard closed 22lc dearer. At other
points lard advanced about 1Oc per
cwt during the week, while dry sailed
or declined 90 per cwt, and shout.
ders ic. Smoked meats varied but
little, and hams are firm with an up
ward tendency in all markets. Re-
ceipts here during the past week we're
ten car loads of dry sailed meats.
Packers reports for the week closing
Thursday last give the total at all
points in the Northwest at 90, 900 hogs,
and 5000 less than for the same week
last year. The total since March LIST
sum up 2,570,OO0 hogs. Increase over
last year 2O5, 900, while the increase in
weights is also large. Values Of hogs
on foot declined last week 30 to 40c per
cwt, and Western packers are paying
an average Of s. per cwt. The pre-
vsilingl prices for packed meats is
claimed to be on a basis of $475 per
cwt for hogs on foot and mess pork at
81 per cwt A considerable increase
is reported in the export movement
for cured meats, and dealers are en-
cOuraged with this feature. On
the ether hand but little i'm
crease in the demand for
Southern consumption has occur
red, but some packers expect to
receive increased orders from the
South as soon as the cotton picking
season becomes active, say about the
middle Of next month. 1t might be
well, however, to advise all prudent
packers not to build their hopes too
high in this direction. The fact is