Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-05
General Trade.

The meat, the berry, and the cotton
values are about the only articles of
traffic in which much interest is felt
at the present. The latter is going up
steadily and the demand is apparently
in excess of the supply. New York
has taken the lead in this advance
movement and Liverpool is forced to
respond, but does slow in a lsggard
sort Of way as if it were hard work.
Buyers for foreign account have been
practically idle for some days past. In
meats the feeling is strong at most
points. At Chicago figures are 5 to
to l5c per pound above this day
last week for dry sailed qualities
and SOC per Dbl up on mess pork. At
New Orleans smoked meats have ad-
vanced &c; lard sc to 4c; mess pork
25c per Dbl. Dry sailed meats are not
moving there at present. AT Cincin-
Eati pork has advanced 2Oc per Dbl;
smoked meats &c per lb; and lard 10c
per cwt, all as compared with prices
ruling last Saturday. Sugar is a shade
lower on some classes. Rice has de
Clined &c per ID. Molasses is a little
easier, and feed and breadstuffs are
essentially unchanged, though the
tone has been rather in buyers favor
Our fruit dealers are preparing for
active work. The strawberry crop
premises to yield more than double
that of last year, and shipments north
will commence next week. Receipts
have been quite free for the last twC
days, the influence of the warmer
weather having ripened them rapidly.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Dealers sell
-four at 81 to 81 rs per Dbl as per quality.
Cornmeal 81 GO to " 20 per Dbl. Dlr
FEEDSTUFFS-Corn 54a5Sc per Dbl
in SKIS in lots and at retail and 52a53c in
bulk per car load; oats 53c to BIC per bu.
Bran Sl8 per ton and 81 per ewt for wheat
and $l4a$l5 per ton also Toe per cwt for
aoFn barn. Common aud medium hay
dull at 81 to $l2 per ton, and 80 TO SOC per
cwt; prairie easy and plentiful at $3.50 to
81 per ton and 45a50c lper cwt; strictly
choice III, timothy is Arm at Sl5aSl5 so
per ton with no receipts or offerings,
VEGETABLES-New potatoes 81 25a
81 90 per three peck box, and SOFAS 80 per
Dbl; old Western 81 50al rs per Dbl and
! 60a60c per bu; sweets 81 25al 80 per Dbl;
cabbage 81 50a 4 90 per crate as per quail
ty; onions 81 to "a 40 per Dbl the latter for
dew La; white beans ~ 25a2 rs per Blu as
Der auality peas 76ca VI so per bu
FRUITS-Green apples nominal; dried
do firm at 51za7A per 10; peaches dull at
3ISa51Sc per ID; oranges So TO IS per box;
lemons SSa4 30 per box raising " 2baS OF
per bsx. IL
BUTTER AND CHEESE. Country
butter 16a20c per ID as per quality; choice
prairie 22a25c; western creamery 23a33c;
northern grades Is to 26c as per quality
POULTRY AND EGGS.--Spring
! chickens Il so to 3 50 per doz for small
and SO to 81 for good size; old range from
So to 5 % per dozi ducks SO 5Oa4 10; nc
movement in geese or turkeys. Eggs Il
aldo per doz. f
MEATS AND LARD-0rderg are
Allied for cash at 1l1SallAc per ID fog dry
sailed pork crs, l0%allc, shoulders
| 7J6a Sc; hams, 13HGlS9lc; bacon, l8c
clear rib bacon, 11hallNn; mess pork
SIC 50a20. Time orders higher. Lard il
ties, ll5sallXc; hf bbls and kegs, llAi
l2lsc; small pkgs higher.
| COFFEE-Firm at 9al5c per ID 70
Rio, and 25az6c for Java.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Per i
for o k, 69lh71<c, as per quality doy