The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-08
Business.

There has been only moderate
activity for ths past week IN trao'
circles. The weather seems 70 nave
some influence, but as the sIgns OF
clearing up begin TO appear, there II
good reason to look for q revival oil
BUSINESS in almost all lines.
Dry goods have met with only
moderate demand as yet, but as thls
is Just the beginning OF the spring
season, and the prospect 0t oflgutei
weather is cheering, we may look Ioi
a heavy trade in this line
Merchants feel quite cheerful over
the prospects before them, and eX-
pect TO have an active trade from
II is more than probable that an
early advance will occur in meats the
market is very strong. Already yes
tern meats have advanced and lara
is following. Bacon Is quoted al
present at "a "a Ss8; sugar cureu
hams 101Ic; shoulders 634 a. ~.
Hogs-i50 lbs, average So 80 q 10;
3OO lbs average $40 "a 3 60; loo lbs
average So % 90 $50; 100 los average
$l@I.l0. 49,,
Trade has been quiet in gram, the
nrices of corn, oaIs and bran being
steady. Wheat is tending downward,
since the favorable weather Tor that
cereal in the Northwest.
| In country produce the market has
been quiet, but steady eggs are I'M
proving, as there is tendency up
wards, the market price being at pres
emf SmS1<c, The receipts of poultry are
rapidIy increasing, and it is thought
| that a decline will soon occur The
quotations at present are, hens 23C@2oc,
chickens 15@l6c, geese we'll feathered,
95c. ducks 2O@25c. Country bacon
continues firm with a good de-
mand and unchanged prices. Feath-
ers are still firm with good demand
receipts here and else are lignt'
which will occasion an advance III
tbe near future. Cattle, extra ship
; pers So 50@$375; good shippers 20 z2 pc
So so; best butchers, S3.2o(985 o.
Hides are dali. The lamb scar is
at hand the best lambs are 81 U "a
"a d: good lambs are So OO@3 90
Good fat sheep are quoted at $1,000
AZ 30. Wool average receipts anC
= fairly firm in tone. Quotations the
J same as before reported.
a Owing to the prostration OF the ircI
> and cotton Industries, the eDtll'
south is suffering from stagnation IL
: business AS u result new avenues
, for b siuess must be sought for b!
e tue people.
A very interesting report has latel.
= beeu issued from the census office
g mon the tropic aud semi rOpic fruit
Y OF the country. The production Q
4 these fruits il confined mainly TO Cali
fornia aud Florida, but figs, pecan
Q and many other tropical fruits an
=. nuts. are grown ~ nearly ali OF h
=, Southern States bordering on IL
l. Gulf and Atlantic coasts sue
fruils as PONG, auate, K&k', GGavi
pecan, fig, date auG Lau&na baT
) Seen found growing for the famii
a .uyn,y alls.g il; II AMI village home
: within The semitrop!c belt, whic
may be roughly estimated 10 eXten
i as lar north as ChaElest IL, >. {
Southwest Arizona, and i'll Cal:ioriu
as far north as the 40;h p&talei,
e. full sight OF perpetual snow.
p All OF the tropical fruits cannot |
< grown a. far north as indicated, bi
ID iiga. kakf and pecau5 can be grown
m most any section of the South. a
II monds grow as far north a. Gregg
O. and Washington, Olives in Scuthe
o. Nevada. Madeira nuts are grown
ia the river bottoms of Arkansas. II
h total valuation of these products
of placed at $l4, 1l6, 226, the chief iten
"a being orange - CO., go, almonds $
Is 525, 1853, Ieluuns $685. 99 and peca
II, 81 tjl6 .JTD