Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-04
General Trade.

Under the influence Of a sharp ad-
vance 10 meats at Chicago amounting
to lac on dry sailed sides, 7sc on lard
and 1910 per Dbl on pork, the meat
market here tends upward and dealers
claim from l to to higher prices on
all classes. The supply here is liberal,
20 car loads having arrived during the
past week. The market il nearly bare
Of smoked hams, but other classes are
plentiful. No advance of Importance
has occurred at st. Louis or Kansas
City, and the grain market at all points
is about as previously, except wheat,
which is 10 to 10 per bushel higher
than heretofore. In this mar
ket receipts of -four and grain
have been moderate for sew.
eral days. Flour is quiet and
steady. COrnmeal inactive. Corn is
scarce aud in demand with no lots Of
fered ard price at 5Sc per bnshel be.
tween dealers for dray loads. Oats are
steady and sell at 36 and $40 between
dealers. Bran is scarce and wanted,
while hay continues to rule in buyers
favor, the Offering being in excess Of
the demand. The vegetable trade is in
an unsettled condition. Potatoes sell
from store at 81 65 to 50 per | | peck
barrel. Cabbage are SO plentiful that
dealers are converting the surplus into
kraut, aud onions are about the same
as heretofore. Poultry and eggs OK
hibit no new features Sugar and
molasses are quiet, and coffee has IN.
dergone a sharp advance within the
past few days.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Single barrel,
Of flour are quoted at 81 60a4 20 for family
So 25a5 70 for choice to fancy, and So t0lI
for patents. Round lots 25c cheaper.
Cornmeal, 81 40a2 20 per Dbl, us pei
quantity.
FEEDSTUFFS-Small orders fol
shelled corn are filled at 55a5Sc per bu
Oats, 36a42c Bran tl6 90 per ton, and
9OcaBl per cwtfor wheat; corn do, Sll
per ton and Soc per cwt. Hay, Sila
l5per ton and 65a90c per cwt for western;
prairie Slal no per ton and 40c per cwt
VEG ETABLkS - Potatoes at 81 &c
AGO per Dbl; sweets 81 10 per Dbl
for yellow Jerseys and 81 % for yellow
yams. Cabbage weak and plentiful at
SSal2 per 100 head. Onions, ~ OOa2 10
per Dbl in lots and 81 25a2 so in single
bbls.
FRUITS-Apples 81 5Oa8 so per Dbl
s per quality dried do, 5la6lC
per ID; do peaches 4lza5kc. Gran.
berries Sll per Dbl. Lemons per box
81 80 in lots, and f5a5 80 in a small way
Oranges S7a7 30 per Dbl.
BUTTER AND CHEESE Creamery
butter 28a30c per ID; western dairy 1sa24C
as per quality; cooking l2alSc; country
lSa22c; butterinel7alSc. cheese fat; fac.
tory 9al0ei hf cream l0a1lc; full do l8A
al4c; Y. A. l4hal5c; round lots lower
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickenl
y 5Oto 1921 for young, the latter for extrt
Sizes old. 81 $50 to 50 70, latter for choie,
hens. Ducks, 50 to 81 so per doz; geese
81 to Is per doz. No turkeys offer. Egg
l9a20c per doz.
MEATS AND LARD-Sugar curec
hams lbal5lSc. b bacon lfkal3Xc
Smoked shoulders 6ssa6 &c per 10; do c I
1Na7hc; do clear 7ISa7sSc, dry salte,
shoulders 596a5hc do or 65fa65Ic clea
6%a7c. Lard in ties ShaSKc; kegs ans
hlf bbls Skaskc; pals sNa9ci small pkg
higher Country clear sides, smoked, I,
per ID loose; do hams. lac; do shoulders
0lsc for canvassed, and SIC for plain
do lard in buckets, &c per ID.
COFFEk-Tending up at l0al3lo pc
10 for Rio and 22a27c for Java,
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Per Il
for o k IHae vs. as per quality; do y c, 81
ss9Sci do white, 9kc coffee A, %