The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-29
sHIPPEKs AND NOTES

| NJ C. Campbell was an early shipper of
a good line of western feeders. There
were six cars in all and they showed up
| well, evidencing careful handling and good
| attention. Mr.. j. T. Giles was the buyer,
| he taking the entire lot at a good fair
price, TO feed the coming season for mar
ket. These were weighed and trans
| ferred at the scales on the local mar
| ket.
The old reliable firm of Campbell &
| Horton of Caldwell was in yesterday with
a mixed load of hogs. the big end going
to Dold at top prices. and the small light
| reserve selling TO Bennett at the top OF the
! bulk
L. B. Morledge & Co. of Ponca City,
were late arrivals with two cars Of hogs,
which will be handled on the early mar
kettoday.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were: Santa Fe, 6; Frisco, 2; and Rock Is
land, l.
The daily comparisons were as follows:
For yesterday, tops. 50. Is; bulk, 50. 3543.45 );
average weight, 215; receipts, 425. For the
day before, tops, $3.50; bulk, s. 50d3 so;
average weight. A3; reveipts. 1909. For
the same day last week, tops, $3.50; bulk,
s3.45Q3.55; average weight, Z2S; receipts,
573
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago looked for 81, 900 hogs and
received $4,000, with 4A6 left over from
the day before. The market was last
given as 1.-The market for hogs was in a
bad condition, with a slow trade at de-
Ginning prices" The early reports were
more TO the point and said: Market
slow; to 1Oc lower" The receipts for
the day before were $500, and for today
the estimate is 1000. Kansas City re-
ha dow
before, and the last report officially said:
The sharp decline in provisions caused
hogs to sell to 10 cents lower" st.
Louis was 5 cents lower. with 1000 in,
against 1000 the day previous. The first
bulletins on provisions said: Provisions
weak; hog receipts were heavy, yellow
fever rumors were factors in the depres-
sion; the various commission firms were
generally bearish." The close was Zoe
off on lard, and PIC off for ribs.
Yesterday the Dold Packing company
shipped out four cars Of mixed produce
in the jobbing division This branch of
this concerns trade is growing weekly,
and has now assumed dimensions far in
excess of the same period a year ago,
and beyond the calculations Of the man
agement. The superior grade of several
specialties from this house have in the
last year attracted very wide attention,
for instance, the now famous Dewey"
brand of ham sausage, white Glover
Lear lard, and many others. AS far
east as Chicago these special products
are receiving very high commentator
from some Of the largest and most influ-
entail department stores, and even Bos-
ton and Buffalo, and other eastern metro
politan centers are daily writing for cir
culars, price lists, and rates for the hand
1Iocr 81 h.a hro Op nO1H'S
pecial products
Last week on the Sioux City market the
run of hogs averaged 278 pounds.
Last week on the Chicago market the
hogs averaged 245 pounds, and year ago
same week 261 pounds.
Hog receipts this month at Kansas City
will be around $50 900 head, q, 900 under
a year ago, but otherwise the largest Sep
TENDER receipts since 1890
Receipts at te st. Louis National Stock
Yards during the week ending September
"a. were 2O21 cattle and 20,sOS hogs,
against 17,O41 cattle and 24.651 hogs. re-
ceived during the previous week. These
figures show an increase of 3.210 cattle and
a decrease of g. 743 hogs AS compared with
the corresponding week year ago, cat
tie show an increase of 400 head, and
hogs decrease of $500 head.
Drovers' Telegram: In provisions inf1u-
ences are very equally divided. The Gu
dahys are ranged on the bear side; the
English concerns on the bull. The former
are short line of lard, and the latter
long it. Swift has been acting as If bull
ish. No one is certain how Armour has
been ranged, but it has looked somewhat
for week as If he were getting over
to the long side. Provision people just
back from Europe are surprised at the
depressed feeling they find here. They say
the hog situation abroad is bullish, and
that one cannot go to the other side with
out feeling prices in America are cheap
enough. They admit, though, very short
ly after getting home. that they are by
no means certain the foreign signs are
the ones to follow. The whole provis-
ion controversy resolves itself into ques-
ton OF hog prices. VIII the winter pack
ing be on the basis of &c or 31ac hogs?
January product is already on the basis
of the latter figure, although packers now
are paying nearer &c.