The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-29

erage weight, 246; receipts, 1,7es. For the
same cay last year: Tops, SS.221a: bulk Of
sales. $3.o5q3. %; average weight, 7oi; re-
ceipts. sl2.
Other markets yesterday were as FOL
lows: Chicago looked for 90. Oo0 hogs, re-
ceived 5000, with 600 left over and a
slow market. the last bulletin saying:
Packers continued TO depress prices of
hogs. and they put the market about
TO l0c lower" Chicago received on
Wednesday 1900 hogs, Kansas City re-
celved R,7So hogs. against 1,s0o the day
before, and the narke: was slow at 20
loc lower. St Louis was steady to cents
lower. with $500 IN, the same as the day
before. Provisions. while weak and low
er through most OF the day, the result
OF LIBERAL selling of lard by packers and
lower prices for hogs, closed about steady
for ribs and lard, and about cents off
for pork
The Santa Fe and the Rock Island did
the hauling yesterday, the former cars
and the latter car.
At st. Joseph. Mo-. last week the re-
ceipts were: 4.675 cattle, and g. COS hogs.
Chicago hogs averaged 237 pounds last
week. the heaviest Of the year A year
ago the average was s40 pounds
al the close Of this month Will show a
reduction Of about 5000 barrels In mess
pork. Little change IN short ribs and an
Increase in lard Of s5, 900 20 1900 tierces
Up 10 the end OF last week National
Yard receipts thus far this year amount
ed TO S2s,4S4 cattle. s3350o hogs. 227,3S
sheep. and n, lo1 horses and mules.
If the warm season IS passed through
without any unfavoraole yellow tever
Developments says John Cu1ahy, there
will be a broad bull provision market as
result. The OILY unfavorable circum-
stance is the large local stock OF lard,
perhaps 205. 900 uerces here by this time,
but the low rates from the west and the
cheaper tierces al Chicago hav brought
that about. Stocks Of lard everywhere else
have been moved toward this point. There
is good cash demand going on, and the
stocks Of meats are moderate
Last year the United States shipped TO
Porto Rico 6ls,0l5 pounds Of bacon, $751;
S5l pounds Of ham. 3,45O. 900 pounds Of pick
led pork, %.3s7,S20 pounds OF lard, PASS
pounds Of canned beef, $1,000 pounds Of
picked beef and Sc. 900 pounds of dried
beef. Average for five years was 3l4. $50
pounds OF bacon, S3l, 531 pounds Of ham,
3,S05, 900 pounds OF picked pork, 3,S46S32
pounds Of lard, 1921 pounds OF canned
,oO
pounds of dried beef
National Live Stock Reporter, Tuesday:
Yesterday at Washington, Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue Scott made a dec!s.o on
that commission men revolving into their
possession goods to be sold for others are
not commercial brokers. and, therefore,
not subject 10 the special tax under par
agraph 4. section 2, Of the war revenue
bill. This decision Will relieve the commits
sion merchants all over the country. who
thought they were TO have an additional
and an onerous burden OF taxation i'm
posed on them"
Omaha Drovers' Journal Wednesday,:
Receipts came pouring in from every d.
recaon this morning and finally reached
1853 cars, 11,467 head. a few more than
yesterday, 400 more than a week ago,
and the largest run OF the month to date.
For the week 10 date local supplies
amount TO 1882, against q, 137 first half
OF last week and the combined receipts
at the four western markets aggregate
$4,000 decrease of 10000, as compared
with last week and an increase Of "a 800
over year ago.
When the packing season closed a few
weeks ago. says the Kansas City Pack
er, 1t left remarkable record fer the
western states. Over 10000. 900 hogs were
killed in the packing establishments of
the west and 1888. 100000 pounds Of lard,
pork, ribs and hams were manufactured.
Ih4s season showed about 100000 more
hogs slaughtered than las: and this years
price " as an average of IS. Is per hog. or
a total OF Sic, 600, 900, while last years
average price was $3.50 per hog, or $685.
100000 for the entire number killed Not
only was this seasons killing a record
breaker. but the expectation of hogs from
the west was larger than ever before.
Last year 1,1SS.090,Go0 pounds of pork pro-
ducts were sent abroad. while this season
!. $4,000, 600 pounds were consumed abroad.
The west leads the world in hog products
Statistics show that OF the 80, ESQ 9S3 hogs
in the country last year, 3O,S13,174 were
from the west"