Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-07
General Trade.

day has been slight. The tone oil
bread and feedstuffs continue to rule
in buyers favor, and meats have not
advanced. The sugar market is firm
and shade higher, compared with
this day last week. Wheat has de-
clined 2e per bushel in the West.
Corn is 10 or more cheaper. Oats,
barley and rye are but little changed.
Mess pork is the zane. Lard is 25c
per Owt cheaper, while dry salt meats
and bacon have varied but very little.
Meal is cheaper. Sugar tc dearer.
Coffee is unchanged. Rice to lower.
Whisky the same, and nails tend
lower. In this market feedstuffs are
very quiet, with liberal offerings Of
hay aud corn. Flour is in heavy sup
ply and the tone rules weak. The
stock of meats is very short and deal
ers quote values firm on this account,
the receipts having been scant for the
past two weeks.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Dealers quote
single bbls of -four at 80 s. to Sc % for
common to choice family, and So 80 10
81 rs for patents. Oornmeal EASY at 50 60
from first hands and 81 70 per Dbl ffSln
store.
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn in ample sup
ply at 64a60c in lots and at retail. Oats,
90 i64c. Bran, Sl8 per ton and 81 per
owt; corn do, Sl3 60al4 90 per ton and Toe
per cwt. Cotton seed meal In small way
ST per cwt, Hay dull and plentiful at
$l1 to Sl5 80 per ton and 8Oa90c per cwt
for Western, and 81 per ton also 45c per
cwt for Southern prairie.
ESCULENTS-Potatoes nominal ex-
cept IN a small way, for which prices vary
from VI 90 to 81 50 per bbl as per quality;
new La, So 90 per peck box. Sweets,
81 70 to ~ 90 per barrel. Cab
bage scarce and In demand at 81 50 per
crate. Onions 81 76a2 Is per Dbl and dull
beans, 81 25a2 Is per bu; peas, 75aSI rs per
bu, as per quality.
FRUITS-Apples, weak at So Goa
4 so per Dbl; dried do, 5a71Sc per ID; do
peaches, 315a4c; oranges, $3a5 per box,
latter for imperial; lemons, 81 60aS 80 per
box.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-Country
butter, l5a22c per Id, as per quality;
Western table, l6a24c per ID, the latter
for fancy dairy; creamery, 30a95c; cook
ing, l2al4c. Cheese, Y A, l5c; factory,
9HalOc full cream, l4c; at wholesale, nc
less.
POULTRY AND EGGS- CbioLore
rule at So 50a5 90 per doz, as per
quality, the latter for hens, and a few ex-
ira choice 60 as high as 81 75 geese
dull at SO 5Oa4 so per doz; ducks, S4a4 So
turkeys, $l4a2O per doz. Eggs unsettled
at l4al6c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Quotations for
cash orders rule at the figures given,
while on thirty days or longer time
higher prices are charged. Clear
d S sides are 109Sal01zc per ID; c
S, l0hal0Ac; shoulders, 75sa7Ac; hams,
l2Hal2Ac; b bacon, I9alSNc; bacon,
1lHall &c; no trade in smoked shoulders;
mess pork, Si9al9 90 per Dbl; lard, liza
1lMc for ties, llAal2c for hf bbls and
kegs, l219al2Mc for pals and the usual
advance for smaller pkgs.
C0FFEE-Quiet at 81<al31kc, as per
quality, for Rio; Java, 25a26c per Id.
SUGAR AND M0LASSES-Open
kettle, 6Aa7Hc per ID; yellow clarified,
8NaS1c; white do, 82a9c; granulated, Ola
9Ac;powdered and cut loaf, l04a10ic. Mo-
lasses, 80 to 55c per gal.
BAGGING AND TIES-Nominall
7a9c per ID for bagging; 81 35al so per
bundle for ties, and 12c per lb for Irvine.
CANNED GOODS-Oysters, l and 3
ID full VT, 81 05al 80 per doz; 1t VT 65ca
81 90; pie peaches, 2a3 ID, 81 GOAL %;
standard do 81 50a2 TO- strawberries, 81 IS
al %; corn, 85cas II Is; string beans, 81 90
for 10 standards.
SEEDS-Barley, per bu 81; blue grass,
81 80, rye, 70a80c; orchard do, 81 50a1 60;
herd do, 90ca$1 timothy, 81 25 clover
seed, IS 0Oa8 Is; onion sets, 81 50a6 90
and So so for top. German millet, 81 Is
al SO per bu.
HIDES AND LEATHER - Dry
flint hides, l5al6c per ID for No. l, and lSc
for No. q dry sailed, l0al2c; green sailed,
6a7c; green, ba7c. Tallow, 6Ha7c Bees
wax, 22a24c. Wool, 22a24c per ID.
Feathers, 36a40c. Deer skins, S0a30c; har-
ness. oak sole and skirting leather, 36a40c
per ID; hemlock sole, 27a30c; French calf,
S40a60 per doz: domestic. $24a40 per de
MAOKEREL-Hfbb ls, IS rs, "a rs and
81 so for Nos. l, 2 and s. kits do, 90, Sc
Isl sUN IN IS OOa8 50 for
bbls and 4 rs for hf do; pickles,
IS 0Oa8 80 for bbls and 81 76a5 for hi
do; oatmeal and cracked wheat,
81 50a5 for hf bbls; rice, 7a1hc per
ID; brooms, 81 TOAD per doz, and broom
corn to 7c per Ii, as per quality. Salt in
bbls, 81 50a, SKIS, 81 65:
BUILDING MATERIAL. Brick
SO 50al0 per NJ for soft and hard, and "a
Sc each for FIRE Nails, SO 46a3 80 per keg
Lime, 95caSl per Dbl. Cement, 81 Goal 10
per Dbl for Louisville; 81 so for Rosedale,
and 81 50a5 for Portland. Plaster, So so.
Lumber, yellow pine flooring, SIS; rough
framing, $l4; dressed, $3Oper M; lathing,
81 75a2 per M; shingles, S3a4 30 per M.
COTTON SEED, OIL, ETC.-Cotton
seed at river ldg $40 per ton; at mills, Sill;
seed meal easy, $l8al8 so per ton; oil cake,
s2l; oil, 45a46c for crude; SIC for re-
fined and SIC per gal for cooking oil, all
{. o. b.
LIVE STOCK-Good beeves are
scarce, and command full prices, the value
on foot vary from to &c per ID; other
classes lha4Ac, as per quality; yearlings,
S6a9 each; mich cows S20a40; per head
sheep 4a6c per lb, for good mutton quail
tiles, and $lal so per head for poor; hogs
5a7c per ID; mules,s85 to S165 each; horses
b5f) to 5000 each