The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-05

A4lC GdS pEGftCQSs tops. 3D. Oulk, So.LD4
1914; average weight. 20; receipts. 80.
For the same day last week, tops, So. IS;
bulk, s3.2719q3.3 %; average weight, As; re-
ceipts 4e8
Mr.. Fred Dold, assistant manager of
the Wichita branch of the Jacob Dold
Packing company, has returned TO the
city, after a two weeks business trip in
the east. While absent he attended the
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
company, and comes back to his duties
here refreshened and enthusiastic over
the prospective business for the new
year. He reports all affairs at the Buff
falo end in the most excellent condi-
ton, and expressed himself as well
pleased with conditions. both at this point
and in fact throughout the entire bust
ness and commercial country. He be
Eeves present conditions point TO a year
OF increased industrial activity. and the
conservative and always careful manage
ment Of the affairs OF the DOld company
prophecy an approaching era Of advance
ment and increased business all along
their line
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago received 4, coo hogs, with
5,6l1 left over and the market was early
reported as slow. The last bulletin issued
on the close was as follows: The Of
ferings Of hogs exceeded the demand and
sales were at a further decline Of to
1oc, making a drop OF Is to 2pc in two
days. At the reduced price trade was
fairly active" Kansas City received 19.-
go hogs. and the market was last given
as follows: Supply was liberal and prices
a trihe lower. Sales mainly &c lower"
St. Louis received 5000 hogs and the
market was quoted as 19c lower. Pro-
visions were easier. They opened lower
and closed about normal with Tuesdays
best prices, lost little and later regained
most of the loss, closing with ribs about
PIC of, lard steady. and pork about the
same point as the day previous
Chief Clerk Harrison of the Dold offices.
is reported as improving, although still
confined to his home with malignant grip,
the symptoms closely approaching pneu-
n.onia-
The north departments OF the Dold
Offices are undergoing complete repairs
and added conveniences and appearances.
The two cOmmodious offices used as the
private apartments OF Manager George
P Dold and Mr.. VIM. Hooten are receiv-
ing the attention of the carpenters who
are adding new wainscoating, panels,
large, roomy window siIls and general
complete improvements. Once this IS
finished and these apartments will be all
the more attractive and IN harmony with
the conveniences of the rest Of the outer
offices.
Drovers' Telegram: Mobile" a Texas
steer nineteen years Odd, and for many
years an attraction in Buffalo Bits
show, was killed by an Omaha packer
last Saturday. The long-heralded short
age in beef cattle has certainly arrived
when It becomes necessary to take foot /
light favorites 10 supply the demand. ms |
is pretty tough.
INSPECTION OF MEAT.
The inspection OF meat for Interstate |
commerce. Is, by direction OF congress. |
conducted by the Bureau OF Animal In |
dustrv. Il was instituted IN 1891 and |
now there are I2S abattoirs IN IS cities /
where the bureau inspects ell meat |
The number of live animals I
inspected in 1897 was as follows: Cattle, |
5 80, 025; sheep. sO44. $50; calves. 44S,9S3; |
hogs, .. SOC. IA; total. A. 80 107. OF these |
the following numbers were rejected; |
Cattle. . 145; sheep, II go; calves. 2,653; 1
hogs. 53.145; total condemnation, 92,304. |
This last total does not show a large
percentage of diseased animals IN this /
but Il is unpleasant TO think |
that. without government inspection, ma
ny Of them would find their way onto the
butchers block; some would be con-
1emned by state OF municipal inspectors.
In addition to the above figures, there
were post-mortem inspections of 255SO,6Ss
animals and a. % parts Of carcasses were
Besides, there ware killed by
,ity inspectors SAL cattle. :. ST sheep, 40
calves and 2,0S1 hogs that had been re-
iected In the stock yards by officers Of
the Bureau Of Animal Industry. Dr.. D.
E. Salmon, chief OF the Bureau OF Ami
mai Industry. who is authority for these
statistics. gives in the fourteenth annual
report of the bureau a complete review
Of the meat inspection work as well as
IF the other lines of work conducted by
he bureau The volume is published by
direction Of congress, and is distributed
BY senators and representatives
AMERICAN HAMS IN GERMANY.
A cable from Berlin says that the trade
n American hams IS being subjected to |
severe regulations and inspection by the
German authorities. Formerly hams. af-
Ter inspection at the port where landed,
we're marked with q colored analine
stamp. which sgnified that they were rec
5gnized as wholesome. This colored mark
sometimes was rubbed of, and It has
been replaced by branding with a hot
ron stamp Any American hams not /
bearing this new marx are henceforth !
liable TO confiScation. Dealers in Amer
can hams are compelled to keep a book
showing the number OF hams in their
possession their weight and the time each
lam has been IN stock. Any dealer whose
-egister is not properly kept tncurs a fine
II 10 marks for each offense. The meat
anime continues 70 increase. In the
EASTERN provinces pork costs 81 pfennings
aOc) per pound. and good butchers
neat IS practically unobtainable The
~cs+xr -,-er-aS1s 171y- no
tut in the remotest country districts.
where the farmers cannot get harvesters
Il the usual wages on account of the
increased cost of living. The central or
IAN Of the butchery trade relates that in
Thuringia the farmers have no cattle 70
ell and that the butchers have 70 buy
heir swine from the wholesale dealers
II IS marks per cwt. living. When
laughtered the pork has cost the butch
rs = pfenn.ngs per pound. When the
armers are asked why they do not fat
en- more stock, they say that with the
present high prices for barley meal it I
would not pay. Thus the grand aim Of
he Agrarisn Leagua-dear meat and dear
orn-is realized. and satisfies nobody. /
'he agrarian organs publish pages daily
0 show that the import restrictions have
othing 10 do with the scarcity. but their I
regiments do not carry conviction In
own and country. in factory and on the .
arm. everybody IS ciamorLng for a r.
novaL or At least a suspension. Of the
important Observation-Disclosures PrOviS- I
1uer.
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
ST. LOUIS
81. Louis. Jan 4-Cattle-Receiq 3
= including 80 Texans Market