Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-02
TRADE ONLY MODERATE
Cattle Receipts Today Were Suf-
ficient to Meet the Demand
and Prices Were Weak
HEAVY DECLINE SINCE MONDAY
Hog Prices Were Strong and in Many
Cases Cents Higher, General De.
mand Being Fairly Active-Receipts
of Sheep Show Falling Off, and
Prices Today Were Firm.

Chicago, Sept. 2. - Cattle--Today's
limited demands. Trade was only
moderately animated and prices failed
to show much firmness, except for this
better class. Prices have declined Is
@40 since Monday, the average being
ESQ.
The strike in independent plants To-
Gated near by took effect yesterday and
there was no buying by these houses,
while many shipping and export orders
were cancelled when it was learned
that delays in loading out cattle will
likely occur until the new force of men
at work in the yards become more thor
oughly acquainted with their duties.
Stock yard officials put a force of men
to work Immediately after the old stock
handlers cult and yesterday greater
number We're engaged, tho operations
at the chutes We're badly handicapped,
and many of the early arrivals had not
been unloaded and driven to the pens
up to 10 o'clock. Statesmen, yard work
ers and office men turned out to give a
helping hand in caring for the stock,
but their efforts were not sufficient to
handle all arrivals and things We're
badly delayed, tho stock yards officials
assert that things will soon be running
smoothly.
Prices We're strong and in many
fairly active.
cases 5 higher, general demand being
y1yS-. fr,r,
large number of light and medium
weight hogs, but the intimidation of
the strikers prevented a number OF
shippers from attempting to fill orders
as there was only a small and made
quate force to load cars FOR them and
they were told that if they did it them
selves they would be made to suffer
personal violence.
Shippers are urgently advised to keep
back hogs averaging 500 pounds or
over, no matter how good 1t is useless
to send in coarse and grassy packers,
boars, little pigs and what are common
Iy called throwouts until conditions are
more settled.
However, a good deal of stock sold
to shippers and the packers We're gen
medium weights at prices not much
different from Wednesdays close, about
) to 10 cents lower than Wednesdays
average and 20 to 35 cents lower than
Sheep.
MANY sheep have been turned PACK
on account of the new strike. and since
Wednesday receipts have shown a ran
Ing off. Prices today were firm with a
fairly active general demand
Feeding muttons are too high, said
A. III. Beyerstedt, the big operator OF
Winona Mimi. who was here Wednes-
Law. "and I am confident that lower
prices will prevail before long | have
bought no feeders and am content to
wait awhile A difference of % cents
per head in the cost of feeders may
mean a seasons profits to the big OPP
.rator. The man who handles car
oad or so can, of course, afford to pay
4 little more, especially if he has grass
going to waste, and thus is able TO
nlilize it. Colorado has been buying
feeders literally in the west but they
will soon have all they want at these
prices and l believe Idaho, Montana,
and Wyoming will cut loose enough
lambs before the season is over %
meet all feed lot demands. Idaho had
4 big lamb crop and the feeder end
viii necessarily be large. I have rough
age for about 10000 head, and am not
about the possibility of fill
ing ND with thin stock at prices con-
siderably lower than are current at
present"