Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-01

contracts we're made for entire crops 1
" Is TO go per bbl. Nearly all pui
chases at such figures were improbable /
the buyer, and an instance Is mentioned
one carload sent TO Pittsburg On whic
the shipper lost sl67, while numerous l0i
sent TO Chicago failed TO realize suihciea
TO pay freight and cost Of empty Dbl
The latter market proved 10 be the mos
unfortunate ofail during the season, wheI
In past years il has been the best. tn
lowest prices paid 10 growers here was 30
per Dbl measure, and the larger part o
the 7 was bought at from 80 to SOC pc
Dbl. The pause assigned for the low val
ues was the laage production, the iatenes
Of their entry into the market because o
the cool and backward spring, and thI
heavy production Of other localities IN thl
South, Those who shipped early realized
enough 10 save themselves from actua
loss Shippers Of this city and vicinity
realized but little in any instance, ant
some sustained considerable financia
losses, besides giving their labor for moth
ing. The crop Of this county during the
past season Is given at so 600 bbls, includ-
inga number shipped in bulk. The veal
before the crop was figured at 5000 bbls,
netting 10 the producer an average ofS3 n
per bbl, and the year before 1900 bbls,
netting s. per Dbl. The period Of heayi-
est importation here Is between No
yember and April. when the arrivals
range from 1000 to 400 bbls per week
and a large number Of these are shipped
in carloads by rail TO interior points, The
arrivals BY fiat boats last fall were consid-
erably less than previous years, though
several cargoes we're disposed Of, some ten
or twelve in all. During 1872 prices
here varied from 81 70 TO 4 IS per Dbl and
the scarcity that year caused importation:
here from Canada and western. New York,
while a dozen car loads came from Scot.
land. The previous year prices ranged
from 81 Toto 2 30 per Dbl.
APPLES.
The number Of apples brought here fol
sale the past year was l9,4OO bbls, nearly
ali Of which arrived between November
and February. At other times the re
ceipts have ranged from $50 TO 800 Dbl;
per week. Between April and August,
when the local berry and fruit season is
active, no apples of importance find their
wa here During the season of greatest
scarcity, early in the spring, apples rose
to 81 90 TOD 50 per Dbl for the best quail
ties, and at other periods they ranged from
81 80 TO 4 90. Home raised apples since
the first Of June have sold at from 81 10
90 per Dbl as per quality, and per Dbl
measure at 50c to 81 90. The total ship
ments reach 1880 bbls, Three or four
weeks ago a few apples were brought here
from Missouri 10 supply a limited local
demand and the movement will increase
gradually from this time forward. The
crops raised h~ereabouts was small, and the
larger portion was trashy and inferior,
through prices realized were mainly salts
factory, and in many cases rather profta-
BILE 10 both grower and shipper. The
movement from here during the season
just closed was light as compared with the
year, before because Of reduced produc-
ton.
ONIONS.
Between six and even thousand bbls Of
onions came into this market chiefly for
local consumption during the past year,
Like other vegetables they arriue chiefly
during the winter season, when receipts
range from one TO three hundred bbls per
week During one week over 100 bbls
were brought here, but it was after a pc
riod when the market had been bare for
some days. The value of onions during
the past year has varied from 81 % 10 50
per Dbl. The highest price ruled in May
last when the first Of the new crop began
to arrive from Louisiana. Northern onions
ranged from Is to 3 20 per Dbl.
MEATS AND LARD.
The season of higest prices for meats
was last fall, when the entire Southern
country was bare Of supplies and mess
pork in this market ranged from y TO
"a so per Dbl, while bulk sides varied from
IL to l6lc per ID. This was from Septem-
Der TO the middle Of November, after
which a gradual decrease in both price aud
consumption set in, and il is estimated
that the demands Of the entire South have
been barely one-fourth as great during
the past cropping season as it was during
the preceding one. A strenuous effort
was made during the spring months by
Northwestern sneculat0rs TO drive values
up and their efforts were crowned with
partial success until q break occurred
about the latter part Of May, carrying 4
number of leading Chicago and othei
spectators down. Since then the value
OF all classes of provisions has steadily
declined. Mess pork is to-day
So 25 per Dbl cheaper thar
three months ago, while dry salteC
heats are &c per ID cheaper. The loves
prices touched for mesl pork in this mar
ket was Sl3 70 per Dbl during the seconC
week in August, and the highest in DC
tober and November last, S24 80, a tota
variation during the year Of $40 70 pc
Dbl, or SIC per ID. The lowest price a
which mess pork has been quoted in Chi
cago for % years past was in December
1878. when It went to So OBJ per Dbl, ant
T at the same time were 81. Tit
highest was S43, in October, 1864. on mes
pork, and l9c for c r S in January, 1866
In 1882 mess pork ranged there from 81
to S22 30 per Dbl, and c from IS 70 :
$l4 25, the latter being reached in Sep
TENDER, Stand the lowest in April. Quota
tons for dry sailed meats and lard a
ruled here on the first OF each month 70
the past twelve months, and at the clos
Of August Of the present year, will b
seen in the following table: