The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-24

loads of swine on the market yesterday.
Both loads were medium weights and
sold for stiff bulk prices.
JEFF Houston, the veteran shipper Of
Ponca City. was in again yesterday. He
received a good price for a load of heavy
hogs he had on the market.
D M. Hutchinson Of Haverhil was rep
resented on the market by load of good
hogs yesterday. The car was accompa-
MED by Mr.. o. r. Neal of Leon, who
buys at that place for Mr.. Hutchinson.
w. S. Thomas of Ponca City, one Of
the well known Oklahoma shippers, had
two loads Of good hogs on the market
yesterday. He had one big load of lights
and fair-sized load Of heavies. Both
loads sold for good prices.
A. Garland of Kiowa obtained good
stiff price for a load of medium weight
packers he had in yesterday. Mr.. Gar
land has been shipping very heavily Of
late. deals exclusively on this mar
ket.
H. W. Sparks of Conway Springs had
In a load Of light medium weight hogs
yesterday which sold for the bulk sum
of the day. Mr.. Sparks is a regular ship
per to this market.
The railroads did light business at the
yards yesterday. The Santa Fe brought
III CetiSB Tie @1lSSOuIl Z T. the
Rock Island 3, and the Frisco g.
Charles irwin, the well-known thor
oughbred hog breeder, was at the Dold
packing house yesterday escorting a party
of Illinois gentlemen about the plant.
They were surprised that Wichita had
such large packing institution.
The fountains in the park at the Dold
Packing company are being cleaned up
for use this summer. The fountains will
present pretty appearance.
Business is heavy at the Dold Packing
company. The jobbing and shipping bus
mess is especially heavy at present and
the prospects are that all records for
business, will be broken this year.
The Cincinnati Price Current today says
there is a continued fair movement Of
hogs. Western packing for the week end
ed Wednesday night was 10000 COM
pared with 10000 the preceding week and
$4,000 last year. From March ] the total
Is 1,T70000, against 100000 a year ago.
A LIVESTOCK RATE DECISION.
In the United States court yesterday at
Omaha, Judge Munger rendered a decis-
ion in the injunction case brought by the
railroads against the state board of
transportation. The court holds that I'M
der the decision OF the supreme court in
the maxim rate case, the board Of
transportation has a right to enforce reg
ulations and rates not embraced within
the provisions Of that law" After stat
ing the facts in the case the final para
graph of the opinion says that the only
question for consideration is whether the
orders of the board of November &c, 1897,
and Of February and S, 1900 or any one
of them falls within the prohibited provis-
ions Of the decree Of the supreme court.
The first of these orders restored car
load rates in place of the hundred weight
rates adopted by the railroads. The Sec
ond order reduced the rates on livestock
10 per cent, and the third made a 80 per
cent reduction in grain and mill stuff
The court then says that the orders
Clearly do net fal. NJ in p;d.4' lifted pro-
visions Of the decree The railroads will
now be forced either to accept the re-
duced rates or make a showing before
the board that they are unreasonable