The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-11

steady. Lower prices for hogs and gen.
eral realizing sales by pit traders caused
a concession In provisions early, but later
moderate buying by packers firmed up
the market a trifa Lard CLOSED s cents
off and ribs cents up.
The weeks receipts at Kansas City were
&, Co.,
The weekly comparisons on the local
market are as follows: For the week
Just passed: Average weight. 236; receipts,
S,Sl7. For the week previous; Average
weight. 221; receipts. $780, For the same
week year ago; Average weight 23S; re-
ceipts 1,e24
Review Of the week; For Monday: Tops,
S3-s211; bulk, $3.5OQ3.621a: average weight.
238; receipts, 491. For Tuesday: Tops.
receipts. 422. For Wednesday: Tops, s.. so:
bulk. s240G3. 80; average weight, 225; re-
oeipts. 1851. Thursday: Tops 1855; bulk.
So. 409265; average weight, 232; receipts,
40 Friday: Tops. 1855; bulk, $S.50g3. So;
average weight, 249: receipts. 17s For Sat
urday: Tops, 800; bulk, s3.40G3.55; aver
age weight, 230; receipts. 37s
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were: Santa Fe, 2; and l each from the
Rock Island. Missouri Pacific and Frisco.
This morning there will be three cars
Of light hogs shipped out Of the stock
yards consigned to Butte City, Montana
on the Bennett order. This is the sixth
shipment Of light hogs from this market
to the north, on this order, and II may be
said for the last shipment that 1t is the
best by oonsiderableof any OF the former
consignments. This is now a permanent
order, and all light hogs shipped in here
along with fat hogs will receive just the
same attention as is given the butcher
stock The shipment to Montana this
morning represents the gradual accumuIa-
ton Of weeks buying. and as many more
of this grade of hogs would have been
bought for this order had them come in.
This is the best shipment yet on this
order, and the same institution are in the
market for more of this class of hogs.
The Dold Packing company tobbing
trade the past week has been far in OK
cess Of any week in some time. The car
lot shipments have been all along heavy,
and we'll UP to all expectations, but the
jobbing and express trade has overreaohed
any other season in the past i've. This
branch Of the big Dold plant is doing
q really enormous business. and IL Is all
the time keeping all departments well up
to their utmost capacity to handle this
one line of their trade. But DO II said
for the splendid system and method Of
taking care of all orders, that each night
sees all the produce on its way. orders
for which were received that same day.
They make one inviolable rule throughout
all departments, and that is to fill all or
ders the same day as received. This Is
in a great measure the secret Of this
firms widely growing trade. since prompt
and complete attention to the wants of
their customers not ornly keeps all the
former trade of years standing, but very
logically attracts new business, condi-
ton, by the way, which is growing each
week very perceptibly.
Western pork packing last week amount
ed to 325,0C0 hogs, against $4,000 the pre-
ceding week, and 3O5 600 last year.
The average weight of hogs during the
first week in September at Kansas City
was PIG pounds, against 22O pounds the
same time last year.
Drovers' Telegram: John Dryden, or
the Kansas live stock sanitary commits
sion, was at the yards yesterday in con-
ference with Colonel Dean. Mr.. Dryden
reports the health of Kansas cattle TO
be above the average. He came to Kan
sas in 1870, and says grass in Greenwood
county was never better since he has
been there than it is now. The corn
crop is alright too"