Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-11
General Trade.

The decline of values in meats cona
tinueS rapid and unbfoken, while
prices here are almost unquotable
owing to the speedy fall at all points
in the Northwest. For example, at
Chicago since tho close of business
Saturday mess pork is 81 80 per Dbl
lower; lard, Boo per cwt cheaper; bulk
shoulders have declined to per ID;
0 s, 4Oc per cWt, and clear &c per Id.
In the same market wheat is BIC per
bu cheaper, corn to lower and oats
11c off during the same period. At
st. Louis since Saturday mess pork
pork has dropped SIZE per Dbl and
wheat l9c per bu. At New Orleans
mess pork is zoe per Dbl cheaper than
at the close of last week. The foregoing
figures vary SO widely that it is
difficult to give anything like accurate
quotations here. Dealers, however,
generally hava a loss Of t to 3c per Id
looking them in the face for nearly
every car load Of meat brought into
this market, therefore it is rather
lucky for them that the demand is so
limited, This extremely light request
all over the South, with improved
crop prospects throughout the coun
try, is the prime cause of the reduction
in values of all leading items Of con-
sumption, and it is expected that
prices, especially of meats, will drop
considerably below ruling quotations
before the end is reached, The
receipts of everything here is very
scant, but appear fully equal to the
demand for all articles except corn,
of which the market is nearly bare.
Potato growers are naturally in tho
dumps at the extremely low prices
ruling, and shipments have dropped
OF to from 300 to 400 bbls per day.
Fifty cents per Dbl measure, with
buyers not anxious at that, is not
much inducement for potato raisers
The scarcity of fruit this season is
keeping prices up pretty we'll, for all
except trashy stuE, Rpd the bulk of
the crop is trashy, therefore gsreTslly
sells rather cheap. The supply Of
chickens continues heavy, while eggs
are not overly plentiful and maintain
values.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-DemAtd
light and feeling weak. Fam.
liz ranges from 81 % to 600 per Dbl
and patents So 76a7 90. Cornmeal 81 ga
FEEBSTT FFs= Corn, no lots offer
ana dealers IfF, qFFetSst-6lc per
busRel. oats weak AT, f2p44c Dor bu
in iSSts,sad SIC In 4 retail way PrR scarce
and voG I'd al tf4 b0Sl 10 per ton, and S0ayQe
per cwt; corn bsSh SllSl$ Rsr tor bay
dull at 30 to S17 per ton foe Western, and
20 per ton for Southern pra. ne ~,,,-.
VEGETABLES AND FRI. lS-.
Potatoes from wagons per Dbl measure
zoe; IN shipping order, 81 25al 30 per
Dbl; cabbage S3a4 per 100 head, and 81 so
per crate; onions $2a2 Is per Dbl loose, and
81 76aS packed, the latter for single bbls;
old peas and beans nominal; fresh apples
75catl 90 per Dbl measure, and Goo
higher packed lemons firm at S5a5 60
per box; oranges SIa5 so per
box for California. Ga watermelons $40
per 100, and La. cantaloupes ~ tOa3 per
doz.
BUTTRR-Cooki butter 12al5c per
ID; medium and fancy dairy IL TO lie;
creamery 25al7c; country 10 10 zoe per lb,
CHICKENS AND EGGS-0ld hens
in demand at S3 50a4 per doz; mixed
and roosters dull at S2a3; young chickens
In oversupply and few strictly choice
sell nc 81 75a3 per DEE, while small dragat
Sla2 and good are slow Ut ~ 25a2 80.
Eggs l0al2e, rs per quality.
MbAlp AM hAhD-Ah Cuashto
irregular and declining. Dealers al cash
orders a. follows Bulk shoulders, 7a7hc
per Id; do s, 8ka8kc; clear S9saS1Sc;
smoked shoulders, S1Sa81li do err 9. 9aa9k;
hams, 12al2Hc per 10; b bacon, l2lc
Lard in ties, 9l1s9Ac; kegs and half ibis,
9Nal0c; pals, l0alOh; half do, &c
higher
UoFFEE-Dull at 0al4c per 10 for
Rio, and 25a26c for Java
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