Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-12
No More Carload Lots to Be
Shown at International Ex-
hibit From Iowa
PACKERS GET IN FINE WORK
Refuse to Bid Fancy Cattle at Prices
Sufficient to Pay Expenses-corn
Belt Meat Producers Have Griev-
ance Also Against Commission Men
Chapel to Succeed Sage.
specia. to T,mes-republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 12.-According TO
all that is learned about the lobbies of
the Slavery where the Corn Belt Meat
Producers Association is meeting, II
the next fat stock show at Chic =,
has any exhibits OF carload lots of
prime beef cattle, they will not come
from Iowa. Incidentally from, talking
to the members of the association one
cannot help getting the idea that II
there lis anything in Chicago not above
suspicion it is not worth much.
At every international stock show
since the first in Chicago the prime
carload lots entered in, the show have
brought "way-up" prices. The vim
ming carload lot has usually brought
about IL cents a pound. This year 1t
brought only 8 cents. A carload OF
steers of an especially fine grade pur-
chased in Kansas City at 10 cents a
pound and fed for this show at Chica-
go brought only cents.
Carload exhibitors are mad and
swear that they will not show next
year. They say that prime stuff
should bring big prices and that they
cannot afford to lose money on the
show at Chicago. Usually the packers
buy the prize carload lots for olts
prices and sell it to the Christmas
trade at prices that net them good
profit This year it is claimed by the
packers that the bottom dropped gu;
Of the. market before the show. Others
claim that the packers are tightentn',
up and have determined to reduce Che
amount Of dressed meat they have on
hand. The cattle men claim that ii
the show is to be kept going the paok-
ers should have taken care" Of these
carload entries.
But the carload entries are only q
small per cent of the claims. The cat
tie feeders claim that they get the
raw end of it in many places with no
one to watch their interests. They
claim that beef suspected Of being
diseased is cut from the rest of the
cattle and sent to a separate slaught-
ering house. Frequently the suspected
stuff is found to be all right on post
mortem examination. Then it is sold
to the Chicago meat markets and
brings about as high a price as any
meat, but the Corn Belt Meat Produ-.-
Iers claim that they seldom get more
than SO or $12 when they should get
$50 Or $35.
They intimate furthermore that the
live stock commission business Is IN
the hands of hard and fast trust.
The commission men in eacn of tire
cattle market centers are banded into
close organization and they ,mall':
even the packers "step sideways" and
the various cities are united in still
bigger trust so that they control the
entire thing. The talk Of the cattle
rnen is that even Secretary Wilson is
not big enough to handle these i've
stock commission men.
It is more than likely that DR.. Chap
pell, of the Des Moines weather bur-
eau will be the successor to John r.
Sage as director of the Iowa crop and
wea ther service. At least there are a
number who wish to have him selected.
1t is understood among the directors
that. many Of them think that Mr.. Sage
will be reelected. The board Of di-
rectors Of the department of agriclll-
ture recommends and the governor
makes the appointment. Mr.. Sage is
highly pleased that the farmers of the
state and the directors of the depart
ment should think SO highly of his
work but it is understood that he feels
that his age and health will not per-
nit his continuing. He desires to seek
1nilder climate during the winter
months and does not care to work so
hard during the summer.
1t is being whispered about that un-
less DR.. Chappell is appointed as his
successor the U. S. weather depart
ment will discontinue the arrangement
by which it works in harmony with
the state Secretary Wilson is said to
prefer DR.. Chappell. There is no
question but that DR.. Chappell is a
very skilled scientist as to weather
matters and many feel that he would
be a worthy successor to Mr.. Sage.
There are some few who think that
some young agriculturist from the Ag-
ricultural College should be trained to
the work Under the arrangement with
the government Iowa has large num-
ber of stations about the state and
owns the instruments, such, as ther-
mometers and gauges of different
kinds. The government owns such in
strurnents in other places over the state
and the two combine and work together
both using the reports from these.
There was considerable discussion
as to the advisability of the meat pro-
drcers association fostering move
ment to establish a cooperative pack
ing house, probably in Des Moines, at
once Owing to the number of other
matters now under way. and the cam
paign now being waged on the live
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