Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-29

hOuis auu NlnCluuatl tnel arc uttie
lower. Liberal consiguments Of oats
are known TO be under way for this
market, butthey will doubtless go into
store, as there is no demand beyond a
light one for consumption. The hay
market exhibits improved feeling,
stock having been much reduced BY
scant arrivals the past week, receipts
Of all classes summing up barely $50
bales. No advance has SO far been
noted, but prices must go higher 10
induce further shipments. However,
the New Orleans market has been as
much depressed for some time past,
and everything under prime has been
soldatauction realizing ruinous prices,
while choice has been culled out aud
used in the local market. there being
little demand beyond this. The ems
tire Southern country, under the in
fluence Of genial weather and no frost,
now affords plenty Of grass aud home
grown greenstuffs for feeding purposes,
hence the request for rough stock feed
is. and will likely continue to DO, ex-
ceedingly light. Corn receipts the
past week aggregate 1900 SKIS, and was
about equal to the demand, while
prices ruled steady hero. In Kansas
City il is also the same as week ago,
whileat Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis, from / to 10 advance was re-
corded. Oornmeal has ruled quiet,
with receipts Of $50 bbls, and prices
have been from 81 so to 50 IS per Dbl
from first hands all the week. Bran
is weaker, with round lots quoted from
SOC to 81 90 per ton cheaper, and
$l5 to $l5 so per ton is the an
nounced value. The cotton seed
oil mills sell feed meal at $40 per ton
for new, and sl7 for old. Chopped
corn last week sold for slS per ton
and corn bran is worth $l3 per ton,
Flour has been unchanged throughout
the week with total receipts Of 275(
bbls, and the demand is moderate fol
standard brands only. Potatoes are
easier except for strictly choice West
ern, such as Burbanks aud Victors
which sell at the track for Csc per bu
others at So to Coo, and in bbls at 81 81
to 81 65 for II peck bbls. Apples are
scarce and in demand, only 1926 bbl'
being received during the week, and
prices Of sound from first hands are
SO 25 to 50 rs on arrival. Onions have
been coming 10 quite freely, and sell
at 81 S5al 80 per Dbl on arrival for yell
low, while red have been scarce and
would command ~. The receipts fol
the week reach 450 bbls. OF meats
80 car loads have arrived and stOckI
are ample, while prices have ruled
very unsettled, dealers sometimes
charging TO above quotations and
again selling below the figures given
The tendency, however, is in favor Of
buyers and consumers, as mess pork il
u to lOc per ID cheaper in tho North.
ern markets than a week ago. LARD
is ! to 20 per ID cheaper, and cured
meats, both smoked and dry sailed
10 to 300 per lb lower. The tota
number Of hogs killed in the North
west last week was $4,000, and abou
the same as for the corresponding weel
Of last year. The total killed sine
March LIST is 3,53O,OOO hogs, a gail
over last year for the same time o
450, 600 hogs, while it must not be for
gotten that the gain in weights is ais
from Is to 20 lbs per hog, The chr
rent prices for hogs on foot is abou
$3.50 gross, and hog growers il
the Northwest arc counting on then
not going below 81 during the season
while leading packers expect them t
drop as low as SO so. At 81 tn
range would be 10 to zoo pc
cwt below the average 70
ten years past, and 81 per CIV
lower than year ago, but it is claimet
this price would pay the farmer quits
we'll for his trouble. As compare,
with this date q year ago the curren
value Of provisions are 81 rs per BIB
cheaper for mess pork, 40 lower OF
lard, | to 3sc per lb lower on smoke,
meats, while in grain corn is 1Sc pc
Blu less and oats 100 less, with whea
and -four about the same, 1t is claim
ed that the price Of meats cannot G
higher as long as grain is depresse
and as cheap as it is likely to continue
and it is further claimed that tn
abundance Of cereals in all the coun
tries Of the world will prevent an
material advance during the ensuin
winter and spring season, in any {
the staple productions. The totl
foreign shipments Of pork last wee
was 465, 900, OOOlbs, gain Of 20, OO9,O
lbs over last year for the same wee
33O,OOO,OOO less than the year befor,
while Of lard shipments last wee
were 275,OOO,0OO lbs, an increase {
35,0OO,0OO over last year and 10000
less than the year before. Strenuou
efforts have been made by speulatol
to advaace the price Of meats, but th
abundance OF hogs at all points has
far borne heavily against them. an
the same influence has weighted dow
the operators for an advance in grair
The latter's cry Of short grain CroT
in California is Offset by an abundanC
in Egypt and India, and no scarcity
Russia, or any other European cour
try. Within the past week an itel
Of local intercst.has been the activit
in eggs, with quick sales Of all arriva
at from % to 23c per doz, nothing g
ing off under 2lc and few reslizir
25c. The chicken market was al
active at from 50 50a4 per doz. Will