Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-10

There was good supply of stock, both
in quality and quantity, at the yards yes
terday. The hog market opened firm at
Saturdays close but later in the day ad-
vices received from eastern markets re-
ported cattle lower and a decline of from
&c to 1Oc in hogs. At the close yesterday
afternoon there was difference of &c to
nc 10 hogs between Wichita and Kansas
City. Up to o'clock yesterday afternoon
fourteen car loads of hogs were received at
the yards, eighty to the car, numbering
altogether 10 hogs
Mr.. j. H. Sparks, a heavy shipper from
Conway Springs. came in with sixty hogs
averaging $50 pounds, and sold them at
good prices He has for many years been
a patron of the Kansas City market,
Tut In consideration of distance
and freights he says everything is
now largely in faVor of Wichita
aud it will be but d short time until we
can boast of one of the best markets west
of Chicago. Mr.. Sparks makes ship
ment here now every week, and is feeding
60 hogs for this market He states that
farmers in the vicinity of Conway Springs
are feeding their grain to stock with the
intention of placing the stock on the
Wichita market. a letter was also re-
ceived by we'll known commission firm
Yesterday from the Kiows. Cattle company
asking for informatian and expressing
desire to patronize this market IN the
future They are heavy shippers and
their business will be valuable acqulsl-
ton to the market Among other ship
pers who brought in stock yesterday were
z. J. Quigley, of Harper; Samuel Stewart,
Mediuiue Lodge: J. S. Stayton, Mayteld;
L. ID. Ward, Mullinsville, and
Alexander Knott, Belle PLANE.
These gentlemen visited the packing
houses and were highly pleased with the
market. Within the past few weeks
Wichita has secured some of the very best
shippers of the country who have hereto
fore been dealing on other markets, and
the supply of both hogs and cattle is in
creasing all the time, at the yards and
packing houses, they receive the best OF
treatment, and save time and money by
transacting business here. This is the
keynote that will sound the future
development of Wichita as a great stock
market.
GRoCERS AND FREIGHT TARIFF.
The following special dispatch was
handed us by well known wholesale job
Der of this city was sent from Kansas City
10 the st. Louis Republic few days since:
REPRESENTATIVES, of the wholesale gro
Gerry trade of the west met here today and
held a secret meeting 1t was learned,
however, that the object of the meeting
was to discuss means for placing Jobbers
upon an equal basis, and TO take steps to
euualize determinations made against
certain points by the freight tariffs. A
resolution was introduced and referred 10
Il committee addressed TO manufacturers
of grocers' supplies, asking them to ar
range their price lists so that n grocer
doing business at point where the rail-
roads give his competitors an advantage of
HIM. will be gwen An equal show for secur- |
Ing trade. In other words, the manufac- |
turers will be asked to equalize the trade |
and place dealers on an equal footing, re- |
gardless of railroad discrimination. Ac |
tion on the resolution was postponed until |
another convention which will be held in |
January in either ST. Louis or Chicago"
The above is only confession of weak |
ness on the part of Kansas City, and shows |
conciusiyely, if she is not already up to her
chin in the soup bowl, that she is ready to
fall in at a moments notice. In other
words. some of the Missouri river jobbers
are In hard lines, and matters have grad |
ually been growing worse with them since |
the reduced freight rates have increased |
the jobbing trade of the interior towns |
and cities west of the Missouri river. 1t is |
only an effort to get manufacturers to dis |
criminate against interior points and place |
prices at rates so that these points cannot |
compete with Kansas City. 1t Is all bosh, |
and the manufacturers of the country, |
being shrewd business men, have too much |
.ense to listen to such stuff. 1t is proba- |
bly, the last that will ever be heard OF the |
meeting that they propose to hold either in |
St. Louis or Chicago in January.