The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-03
DOLD OFFICIAL HERE
Vice President Visits Wichita
and Expresses Opinions.
EXPECTS A GOOD YEAR
An Expert in Meat Packing
Offers Predictions.

Mr.. J. C. Dold. vice president of the
Jacob Dold Packing company corporation,
and general manager Of the Kansas City
house. spent yesterday ia the city, the
guest Of his brother. Mr. Fred W. Dold.
second vice-president and general mana
ger of the Wichita house. Mr.. Dolds
mission, as he expressed it is "semi-of-
fetal 1t was partly a business trip,
but mainly a pleasure visit with his
brother, and as he also piquantly put it,
to see the sun once more.
Why" he declared to an Eagle repor-
ter, do you know have not seen the
sun in Kansas City for a month" He
is eloquent IN his praise Of the soft Ital-
ian climate Of southern Kansas and says
the present weather during his brief stay
is simply grand for the season of the
year and makes stranger wish he were
q permanent resident here.
As 10 the packing business in general
end the Dold affairs IN particular Mr.
Dold is also very well pleased He re-
marks with satisfaction on the large
trade in all classes Of abattoir products
in the immediate past and is very san
guine as to the on-coming year. AS TO
the future of the provisions market he
sad that was necessarily problem at
this time Of the year. and it would very
likely be largely speculative. He cited
the fact and all experts in the meat
curing trade know this condition is per-
enn.al and that is that right now at this
Lenten season the trade drops off an
nually in a very marked degree. Not
only SO, but as Mr.. Dold said the big
packers always seize this time to bear
the market and after it is pounded down,
then quickly load up again. Then again,
the past winter season has been an open
one, and farmers everywhere have been
prevented largely from killing their hogs
and producing their own pork. The win
ter season is always a dull one for this
very reason, but the 1870 winter was so
open that the packers did not experience
nearly so great a falling off in sales.
Then again; the packers have been doing
bus.aes on such a nice margin, and the
farmers have been getting such fancy
prices for their hogs that the latter can
far better afford to sell the live hog to
the packer. and from him buy his pain
Of lard and pork and thus save a ruinous
waste at both ends Of the string Never
before scarcely at this season, and es-
pecially with such tremendous receipts
OF hogs at all the leading markets Of the
west, have farmers received such fancy
prices. Right now hogs are at least
hfty-dve cents higher than they were a
year ago now No farmer can afford to
do any backyard hog slaughtering with
conditions this way so he has done the
wise thing and fred whole train loads of
hogs, often half matured and light. into
the markets and in turn bought his meats
all cured ans dressed from the packing
houses. Tsis condition viii continue as
very soon win approach the heavy con-
sumption season Of the year. for mixed
packing house products. Right now is
the packing season when. during the Len
ten dullness, packers seize the opportun-
ity to kin and cure the meats for the
summer trade.
In an Mr.. Dold sees no possible pre-
venting influence that can in any possible /
manner Interfere with another year Of
heavy trading in his line as an circum-
stances seem to combine with the general
prosperity an over, to make of one of
Americas greatest industries another
year Of unparalleled growth and activity
AS TO The D7ld business i'm particular,
no is very jubuant Ia all branches Of /
their growing trade; at all the several /
plants. the past year has been a record /
breaker and they were never i'm better
condition as to output and facilities for
handling the business. At all the several /
houses extensive improvements and addi- /
lions have been made and the world fans +
of the standard trade mark ''Tt It's ODDS