The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

There was no change in the local market prices yesterday, yet there is a feeling that business will be dull for a while. Speaking ot the local trade, a hardware dealer said 1t wa. not good at present, the principal reason beins that it is just between seasons now. In lat. August and September the planters did theiI buying of wagons, ploughs, trace chains, etc. and the local market for these things will be dull until February March when the plant CTS will begin getting ready for their Spring work. The planters as a rule are in vastly better shape now than they were this time last year." he continued land with the ex cellent price of cotton-it has been steady al l0.70 for the past two days-they should bt almost Independent. know a planter not fai out of Montgomery who said that last year ht sold 25o bales of cotton at average pric, or 71s cents with no corn crop on the side This year that same planter sold 200 bales o cotton at an average price of 10 cents and haC splendid corn crop with it." "The troubl, with most of the planters, however" he con tinued. ''is that they are holding their cottor in hopes of even better prices than are beins given now, and this is working a hardship al round. The country merchants cannot Ret their money until their planter customers sel their cotton, and. of course. the city merchant. can't get their money from the country mer being still held over. Of course 1t won't bt long before there Is flood of money and easier tensions everywhere. but 1t seems to me that with cotton selling for over 10 cents ths planters would be wise to unload at once and stop straining their eyes at IIh or I2-cent cotton"
 "It would surprise you" said e local sroc. cry merchant yesterday, ito know the scarcity of chickens, turkeys, eggs, etc.. in Montgom- cry now" See that crate of chickens" he said. well. 1t came from Tennessee and ] can pay cents a head on chickens by express from Tennessee and make more money than by risking my chances here" Chickens are selling now at 30 cents and eggs at 26 cents but they are both so scarce in this section that 1t is almost impossible to get them except from foreign markets. I am sending today a lot of money to dealers in Tennessee for chick. ems, etc, when If the planters in this section had the right kind of enterprise every cent oi money now sent out of the State would go to Montgomery County planters, and there Is more money in it than people would imagine. With Thanksgiving coming on. of course, these prices will go up, and the planters here will lose all this money. Turkeys, I suppose, will be the same as chickens and eggs-scarce and hard to get. Turkeys are awfully scarce now, selling at from SIPS to S2 apiece and this will probably rise to the occasion as Thanks giving prices approach" The local market yesterday was as follows:
 Provisions.
 Bacon-eAc.
 Dry salted sides-sHc.
 Lard-Leaf, Shc.
 Meal-6oc per bushel.
 Oats-White. 49c; mixed. 4Sc
 Corn-Whte 70c per bushel MisbtsoL MsabltnLVeTgSGI. per sack Virginia. COG; Butter-Jersey. 2o926c; Tennessee country 25c. syrup-Fancy 4oc; reboiled. soc. S4.25. sugar-Granulated 5Ac; Y. C., 4%94Mc; cut Arrow Ties-45 lbs. SI.Io. Jute Begging-2 lbs. 71k@7%c; IK lbs., "A to 7A.
 Woodware.
 Half Bushels-Iron- bound. per do7. $500. Peck Measures bound, per doz, S2 So. Buckets-Two hoops, S2 75; three hoops' 63 ooh brass. red cedar. S7 .oo.
 We'll Buckets-S3. 50.
 Washboards-Sl .75@2. 50.
 Hardware.
 Nas-wire. S2.6o.
 Axes-S5 5o96. 50.
 Cotton Cards-S4. 50.
 Hollow Ware-Country, 3Ac.
 Chain Traces-S4. oo97.0 co.
 Bellows-S4. 5odIo.
 Hides, Wool Etc.
 Hides-Green saltsd. Sc; dry flint. He; dry salted. loc.
 Beeswax-24c per pound
 Shearing-l012oc each.
 Wool-Clear. unwashed. 2oc; clear, washed. 22925c; burry. Io@i2c; bury. washed, Is@ 2oc.