Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-21
General Trade.

The past week has ruled quiet in all
the line Of actual necessaries save
only meats. All classes of the hog
product have been varying and very
unsettled. AT Chicago, icr example,
mess pork is $l.l0 per Dbl cheaper
than week ago, while at Cincinnati
it has declined only 25c per Dbl. The
same variation is noticed in dry
sailed and smoked meats, and the deu
cline ranges from ! to &c per ID in the
various markets Of supply, The tone
has been dull and droopy, and the re
ceiots here for the week include Is
carloads Of loose meats, together with
fair shipments of packed qualities.
The -four market is wholly unchanged,
and wheat at Western points is q
shade lower. Receipts OF -four here
for the week past aggregate 5400 bbIs,
and the demand runs altogether on
family classes. Low grades are en-
tirely neglected Oornmeal has been
firm, but exhibits very little animation,
the demand being but little more than
local. Corn moves rather freely, the
demand being fully equal to the supply,
and prices are slightly higher. The
week s receipts here sum up 1850 SKIS
Bran is a little lower, but limited
demand isnoted. The week 5 receipts
have been 800 SKIS, and gives an ample
supply. Oats have been quiet and
values are steady, with the weeks
receipts $50 SKIS. Hay continues plen>
tiful, and the classes coming here are
dead dull. The weeks receipts in
clude 1850 bales, a part being South
ern prairie, and this latter is in over
supply with little or no demand. Old
potatoes are rather strong, and prices
are shade better. Receipts for the
week, 400 bbls. The new crop will
commence moving from this vicinity
ia about three weeks. 1t is in fine
promise, and largely increased yield
over former years is expected. There
is some talk of old sweet potatoes, but
the lateneSs of the season and the diff
6culty OF preserving them from
rot, deters dealers from
buying more than a few
alta time. The price per Dbl measure
from wagons is 81 30. Outside Of
chickens there is no interest in the
poultry trade at this time, and old
hens with we'll grown young spring
command ready sale at good prices
while small yeungand inferior of other
classes are slow to dispose of. Eggs
have ranged downward all the week
Vegetables from Louisiana have beer
selling rather freely all the week, OK,
Cept kinds ready for market of home
growth, and among the latter are greer
peas, which command 60c per bushe
measure, for shipment to cities nortl
of the Ohio river. One shipper hal
been forwarding from so to IS bushel
per day from this market all of III,
past week. gp
FLOUR AND MEAIr-Dealers sell
-four at S4a6 per Dbl for commonto fame,
family; Sc 50a7 for patents. Cornmeal
81 75a2 So per Dbl in lots and at retail,
| FEEDSTUFFS-Corn, 5Sa59c per b,
in lots for dry shelled. 64a56c in bulk an,
for ear corn in SKIS, small orders 2 to 4
higher. Oats quiet ut 5Satlo per bu il
tlots and Stable. in q small way Bran
is quoted at $l7 60 per ton and in
small way Sla1 05 per owt. Corn bran
$l4 per ton and nc per cwt. Hay, SSal
per ton and 80a90J per cwt for western
prairie do Nat at $5per ton and S5a4Oc pc
cwt. German millet Slil5a1 Is per bu.
VEGETABLES Westernp b potato
scarce ana firm at So 25a2 so per Dbl fror
store, and 81 S0al 30 per Dbl in lots wit
few receipts, New La. are selling at SSa