The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-30
ON 'CHANG e.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY LAHAcHE Of
the Cotton Exchange is sick with ca
tarrhal fever.
TIE weakness in CO. ton in the New
York and New Or) cans markets Is
attributed - heavy port receipts.
AT Liverpool yesterday wheat wss
steady, with fair demand; supply Is
good. Corn frv,, with fair demand.
The following were the closing
prices of May options at Chicago yes-
tsrday: Per'G, sll OIL; lard, 6.223c;
clear rib side a, 5.65c ssked corn, 40sc;
wheat, S5ic oats, Slb;.
The Mslichester Guardian in its
commercial article OF yesterday says:
The market is steady. Business Is
moderate. The Eastern demand has
been checked throughthe difficulty OF
securing an early delivery OF orders.
Ysrns a,e quiet; spinnlngs for home
consum ption are unreliable in quail
ties. l,arices are steady.
RKP ORr OF Grain Elevator yeeterdavc
Bulk corn, none received or with =
dIaw a; in store, 4o, 500 bushels; sac k
Germ received, none; withdrawn, VI
bus lels; in store, e076 bushels; Onlk
oati resolved .Rnd withdrawn, 1871
DO shels; In store, 90, $50 brshelss sack
! OF t. received, 708 racks; withdrawn,
lfjO6 sacks; in store, 448l facka; bulk
wheat, meme received or Withdrawn
IN store, II ,O4B bushels.
VwrroEs on Change vest sr1ay: Il,
o. Diehl. indianapolis; J. ]. Fletcher
Cairo; George w. Everett, Trenton
Tenn. lease Block, Wynne, ARK; d
l.. Donoho, st. Louis; W. 7. Bcctt
Hickory Valley, Tenh.; Miss Lsttlt
Sanders, Woodstock, Tenn; y. L
UEEell, Arkansas; JOHN Sinpeon, st,
: Louis; Geo lP. Melehior, Mississippi
JOHN NJ. Hewitt, Arkansas; z. 8. Fer
, ris, W. T. Scott, +. M. Odsaa, De
troit; Il. ]. Levy, st. louis.
i A PROMINENT New York broke
: eays tbatat 90 cents for our No. 2 rec
: wheat England will buy il our marke
{ hol ds steady, and gives thsse figure
Y as the basis OF his belief: Stocks Ii
. United Kingdom January 1, 1886, "a,
Q OOe,O00; amount on pasfaSsto Unite,
Kingdom and continent, 1900, 900
!, amount in farmers hands in Ulite,
i Kingdom. 5000. 900; against whicl
9 wants are 4, 200, 600 weekly for thirt.
/ weeks from January Ist to August Is
a -l20, OOe, 600 bushels; leaving deflei
Q OF $4,000, zoe 10 be- imported for con
II sumption till next crop. This allow
r, DOR no reserve being left over, which
! 10, at lowest point, 10000, 900 bushel
l. more.
v TnRrecent decision by the Suprem
. Court in The drummers' tGation case
which was at first construed IA mea
,, prohibition OF the onerous take
d which many States have imposed dul
n ing the past few years on this moder
. method OF doing business, is not 8
v understood by the Traders and Tray
elers' Association Of NewH ork, whic
q ia an association OF the leading Ne'
i York merchants, who have hauded t.
~ gether for the purpose Of sscurin
- low and equitable rates from raj
y roads, and for general protection hav
n circulated petitions throughout tn
u country calling upon Congress to pai
- the bill introduced by the Hon. Da'
y win r. James Of Brooklyn. This bi
- Is very short and is drawn as follows
~ Residents Of each State and Terrific
III may, within the other States aud TerritoriC
and within the District II Columbia, sole
from dealers or merchants orders for g0ot
and merchandise by sample, eatalo que ,car'
u price list, description, or other repre- emit
ti0n, without payment OF any license OF me-
eaatile ter.
In the short time that has elspe
since the petitions were cent out tn
- union has received signatures froI
A 1888 New York firms, employing 19
:" 260 travelling salesmen; 80 Bosto
firms, with 3247 sslesmen; Philadt
~ phia, 4z9 frme, employing 800 Halei
10 men; Baltimore, $3.50 firms and los
b. statesmen; Chicago, S97 firms and 32C
salesmen, and New Orleans, l3l firm
d, and 433 salesmen a total ofa2l3 firm
e, employing 1926 travellers. The pet
ir lions are now being signed in st. Loui
IL Cincinnati, Richmond, Louisville an
10 other business centers, and by FebrT
y. airy 1st it is expected the petition to !
sent to Congress will bear the signI
, lures Of 10, 600 firms, who give employ
ment to 10000 travellers.