The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-30
ON ,OHANGE.

CorroN On TRUsrs were quoted e3@
"a yesterday. '~t.ss
A SALE Of Cotton Compress stock YVES
made yesterday at 1874.
CoTroN receipts at Memphis yester.
day, 3777 bales; shipments, 30i1
bales, and sales 1000 bales.
The annual reception, reunion and
banquet OF the Merchants Exchange
will take place this evening.
AT Liverpool wheat is quiet; firm
demand holders offer spsrinRly. Corn
quiet but steady; demand poor.
ST. LOUIS cash corn is of lc; cash
whea. and oats unchanged; cash pork,
lard and clear RIB, firm and un.
changed.
WCHlcAGo cash wheat Is of Ic; cash
oats advanced 10; corn unchanged;
sh pork of DC; lard unchanged, and
clear ribs of &c.
GRAIN receipts at Chicago yesterday
--l23 cars Of wheat and BOG cars Of
corr. Estimated receipts for today
(ThurSday) -l02 cars OF wheat ard
220 cars OF corn.
Ar New York yesterday cash lots
wheat were ,c to &c higker and fairly
active; speculation fairly scive; re-
ceipts l00, 100 bu; exports 152. 74l hu ;
sales 6,672, 900 bu futures, and 7i,0OO
bu spo'.
THR annual meeting OF the Cotton
Exchange will be held Oh Wednesday
evening, January 9th, for the purpose
Of receiving the general statement OF
the retiring Board OF Directors of the
affairs and finances OF the Exchange
A WRITER in the British and Foreign
C0nfccioner says that the reason
Brit sh bakers prefer foreign to
British fiours is because the foreign
contain less moisture by 1.2 per
cent. per l0J pounds than the British.
VISITORS on Change yesterday:
George Mayo, Richmond, Va; Ii.
Rainey, Columbis, Tenn; G. w.
Jackson, Mount Hope, Ala; W. N.
Pass, Grenada, Miss. L r. Brooks,
Detroit, Mich; f. Brooks, st. Louis /;
W. II. Haynes, Little Rock; ]. B.
Tanner, Athens, Ala; j. w. Johnson,
st. Louis; J. l.. Matthews, Mics A. F.
Jacobs, New York; W. b. Ratliff,
Jfcsson, Misc.
THE Mark Lane Express ssys that the
unsoundness oil the potato crop is be
comirg app rent. The bulk of the
crSp was exposed to the di5gfse and
the tubeTs are now rottiDg badly.
Large dutricts are now known TO have
been fstttd. There ia On abundance
Of grsen vegetables, but that gain ia
but a b 'gatelle compared with the less
which seems largely 10 be sustained
In respect OF potatoes, inssmuoh as
these tubero form very important
part Of tho food OF the people, espe.
clally in the country. dIsplecing tho
equivalent in bread to an extent
which Is seldom realized and rarely
apparent.
THE Manchester Guardian in lite
commercial article rays: The mar
ket is inactive in consequence
OF the holidays and mail
and Telegraph interruptions. A few
fresh orders have been received from
India and China. Home houses ave
buying quietly and steadily in small
quantities. On the part of the produc.
erS the tone is remarkably steady,c n.
aideri g The weakness Of the demand
Prices ara sustained by the knowledge
th9t the current level ia low, by the
al ticipation Of q revival in demand
early Ia 1887, and by the full extent
of the prod uciion etill under contract
In most OF the leading departments
Yarn is quiet. Toe Inquiry is poor
10 the cloth department. progress il
poor. The best Indls and Chlni
shir ings are s,ropg, although there
are fewer orders,