Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-19
LACK OF SUPPORT CAUSED AN.
OTHER DECLINE OF TO 10
IN HOG PRICES.
PACKERS INDIFFERENT
AND ScALPERS AFRAID
Cattle NominaIy Without Change, But
Week Ends With Prices rs or More
Lower Than Last-Lamb Trade Close
to Decentralization and Sheep Market
Simply DeporabIe.

Chicago, Nov. la.-Lack Of support
caused another decline in the hog mar
ket, reaching ga 10 cents. before SELL
ers were able 10 interest buyers to any
extent. Packers We're indifferent, ship
pers did not carry orders, and scalpers
We're afraid to take chances. 1t Was
reported that a Speculator mad pau
s. 10 for a load Of prime heavy putch-
erS.
In the west signs OF an expanding
movement nave not been dilllcuil ~
lstact mis- week The local run l.
apou, $50 900. or $4,000 more than last
week and /. 900 in excess Of year
aso while the five principal markets
reuor- around .s6oo0, against $4,000
1ast week and 100000 last year. The
,,roportiou of 200 TO 2o5- pound shoa's
M ne new crop shows a large in
crease
There has been drop OF TO cent
per pound i'll the price Of fresh meats
from th,. high point Of the season but
packers say that the consumptive trade
has not increased materially. Gossip on
lard is oearish and holders of Novem :
her lard and ribs are liquldatng.
While the mum her Of hogs slaughter
"a IN The west Cor the week ending
NOV. 10 increased 5000 compared with
tn. previous week, the number a 40
600 VS. 100 900 smaller than year
ago and 3l5,o00 smaller than the COR
responding week OF 1905 when the
pa licking Of 73o 900 was unusually large.
Three years ago this week only $4,000
hogs were Slaughtered in the west.
From Nov. 70 NOV Is packing totaled
anly 100000, or 10000 less than year
ago and $4,000 less than the same pc
Rod of 1905.
Cattle
Cattle We're uonnaily without price
change the market ending the week -
cents lower than at the end last week
and with instances showing even
greater decline.
With the consumers claInorlng tor
Further reduction in retail prices as ar
,ctual evidence OF trend toward low
or cost Of living, there Is small IKE
Iihood Of beef trade broadening 20 an
extern, which will permit free move
ment out Of packers coolers, lons
aviIv filled In the past four weeks
the packers have bought more cattle
than during any other period o. equai
length in many months, but the outlet
FOR their purchases on the other hand
mas contracted. The same situation
APPLIES to the east, where beef trade
has been reported IN miserao!y poor
shane for some weeks, and with me APP
proach Of Thanksgiving, when poultry
consumption always gets a boost, there
is slim prospect Of betterment IN lne
beef market.
Weight IS strongly Disseminated
against all along the line ana indicative
Of this have been sales of 1900 TO l'oo
round steers this week which were
down as much as 25@35 cents from
week ago. In fact, here and there SON"
transactions on Wednesday We're as
much as 35 cents lower than the Mon
day basis strong evidence of the de-
,noraliza ton which features the beef
market where heavy cuts are concern
ed. Everybody wants yearlings. on the
other hand. and the best OF the baby
beeves are bringing prices fully az good
as last week, altho there have been
numerous sales OF plain and medium
warnings this week which showed 10
cents decline from last week in sym
pathy with the big end Of medium to
good warmed up and short fed 1000 to
1900 pound steers.
Where strictly choice quality is found
in 1900 70 1900 pound grades they nave
not gone much more than 10 cents I'M
der last week. but prime quality IN
this line is about as scarce as the prime
oeeves are plentiful.
Sheep.
The lamb trade has been close to
the past week and as
for sheen the market was so bad thai
it was almost Impossible TO picture tne
full extent of the deplorable SITUATION.
Sheep are fully 80 cents lowe: on the
week. and lambs all the way from 20
cents to S1.25.