The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-02
GENERAL TRADE

No changes IN the local market reports to-
| day. Amount Of grain in store at the cleva
tors: Corn. ~, as bushels; oats o., COS bush.
els wheat AS bushels The following quo
tation committees were appointed for March
by the President OF the Merchants Tx
change: Groceries and Provisions ]. y.
Frank Chairman. II. q. Miller W. NJ Fara-
bee; Produce l.. Iawhorn Chairman, D.
canalc Grain. I'll Moon Chairman, Martin
Walt Flour John Reid Chairnin, y. NJ.
Williams; Cotton Seed Products, Jo W. Al.
lison Chairman. II. J. Parrish, H. W. ERODE
Al New Orleans the sugar market Is strong,
ycllows particularly showing an improve
mcni refined sugar moving freely Stocks
Of plantation sugar In second hands are
thought 10 be light Molnsscs continues un.
changed and firm. Clean rice quiet with
no quotablc change in prices.
Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF trade SAYS
Traders who have been waiting through
bolaiod season for the expected winter trade
find that u does not come aud spring has ar
rived. Hence there are on hand large stocks
Of unsold winter goods, which account for
the tardincss Of collections IN many quarter.
and for the general sense Of disappointment.
Al fully half the interior points which re-.
port this week. there Is noted fairly good
trade or some improvement Pittsburg oh.
served an advance OF pc la some kinds OF
- y iron, aud a better inquiry Tor manuiac.
turcd In many forms. Greater strength IL
also observed at Cleveland.
Philadelphia notes most cautious dealing
In dry goods. iirmcr market for lcathernn
slow market, with iardy collections. for
drug aud chemicals. AZ Ia collections.
Omaha alone IMPORTS improvement Tho
money markets are everywhere amply sup.
piled Tor legitimate busncs. Tho manu-.
facturor ar buying morc freely Of leather.
and for hcmlock price, are Sc lower.
Rubber Is firm at sac for pamdnc The
anthracite coal trade il -tagnant The out.
put thus Ear this year has been i,sO2. $40
tons, AGAINST t7hS,Gs2 last year The nc.
emulation u coal 40 Port Richmond l.
represented rs grrater than NJ any other
time for thirty ycan. In the minor metals
a severe attack on the copper syndicate nj
London caused fall not followed here. aud
tin ia little stronger at 2ljlc with lead
hrmcr II 37oc per pound.
II Is thought ai Philadelphia that the lion
market Il tirmcr. The market for bar iron
Is very unsatisfactory aud scanty. aud no
improvement In nails j. ,ccn. AtNew York
No. 2 foundry continues % be offered NJ
very low hgurcs, aud a pressure 10 ell wirc
rods is noticed. but sales Of 1900 tons Of
rails make that market drmcr. and Il 4
stated that the allotment will be rc-adjustcd
April 1.
Wheat is so lower. RI 9IAc Corn IN.
changed Al iic, and oats sc stronger, at 3ol.c.
Pork is steady Lard o shade lower Hog.
80 higher Loser prices are noted for but.
Ter aud cheese, but oh is &c stronger al
pi'sc coffee Nc higher. and cotton ii0c
higher, At IA Ia Tor midlling uplands.
Figures indicate that the excess Of Import.
over exports Tor February may be S7.OOO. ooO
of more against over slo.oooOou Last year.
forciFh exchange remains steady During
the pact wees the stock market has virtually
done nothing prices are, on the whole, un.
changed.
Tho lrca'up has put out 81. 10000 NOR
cash than b has taken In during the week.
and owing 10 the large pensions payments.
probably rlo'cs the month With lover cash
balance and larger volume u currency In
circulation than Al the end Of January.
Meanwhile tho general cour,c Of prices for
commodities has tended upward slightly for
The past week
The business failures number pa a. com.
pared With go last week and 80 the week
previous For the corresponding week lasi
year the figures we're pa"