Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-01
EFFORT TO SCORE SCENT AD-
VANCE PARTIALLY sUc-
cEssFUL.
ONE SALE REPORTED
AT s11, OTHERS AT $1o.s5
Little Trading in Cattle Yards ant
Prices Are Practically Unchanged
Sheep and Lambs Slow and Prices
show Slump of rs to so Cents for
the Week.

Chicago, April Hogs showed some
strength today, and tried to secure 5
cent advance, but were only partially
successful. The best price of the early
session was s1O.95, but later a sale
was made at S1I
/ There We're a few more hogs at prin-
clpal western markets than last week.
but not nearly as many as a year ago.
The five principal points show a de-
| hciency during the first three months
OF the year of about 1880, 900. March
receipts here will be close to 100000,
or about 100000 less than packers ex-
| pected. 1t is a $40, 900 shorter supply
man year ago.
The provisions market during the
past week has made new high records.
but III the ground gained was wiped
out in the declines of Wednesday, and
Thursday. Sentiment has changed to
large degree as the high prices seem
at last to be cutting down consumption
materially. The export demand for
lard is almost nil. and in spite of the
fact that one of the packers claims to
have stripped 1000 barrels of pork, our
reports show that the stocks of bota
pork and lard will show an increase for
the month. The week has also seen
general evening up, the outside pack
ing firms who We're the heaviest shorts,
covering most of their line, while sew
eral of the large local traders have
taken their profits. This has and will
continue to weaken the situation. With
the hogs averaging 220 pounds, it will
not take many to fill up the present
small trade.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady. There was ii tie
trading and prices We're practically the
same as on yesterday.
The poor situa ton in beef trade both
in the east and in local quarters, has
given killers and shippers a good ex-
cuse to hammer the market for all
grades of cattle Increased consump-
ton of eggs has been chief downfall
Of the beef trade. The hen fruit is SELL
ing 40 per cent cheaper than a few
weeks ago, and consumption has in
creased Droportionately, while the beef
market has suffered in consequence.
Export demand for cattle has been very
light, and with this competitive force
practically eliminated by failure of the
prices abroad to rise to levels relatively
on basis with the market on this side
of the water. killers have been we'll
lCi liAeO LII tilSll pcSiliOll
The week ahead, however, does not
appear one likely to bring forth further
gloom in steer trade. This week good
many of the cattle have come out of
feed yards whose owners were DESTROYS
of clearing up before tax day." and at
ter the hard slump in prices at market
1t is expected that country shippers
activities will be checked considerably,
since many feeders will not sell on
basis equivalent to the late big price
breaks. In many quarters 1t is be-
lieved that the bear campaign has
about run its course, but even tho this
may prove the case. it has been sue
cessful raid while the killers were
about it.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were steady and
trade was slow. Breaks of 25@50 cents
were brought about this week thru the
bad meat trade. and wool lambs have
been forced down more sharply than
clipped stuff, because of the early
warm weather.
Compared with the high spot week
ago the market is generally 25@50
cents lower, but wooded lambs show
even more loss. Half-fat wooded lambs
are emphatically unpopular and ma
tive stuff is almost impossible to in
terest buyers in. The 37.50@8.00 kind
is costing country shippers consider
able money to market. Such lambs /.
have been hit hard this week and even
at the decline killers do not seem to
want them.
The case of wooded lambs was hard
to diagnose Good shorn lambs sold a
SO. and some high dressers at 1925,
with stuff not exactly good at 1915,
and these figures about indicate how
the market stood.
A band of western sheep was the
kind eligible to $3.50 week ago.
Sheep are scarce and have not lost as
much as lambs. Ewes with the wool
on, if fat, sold at sS.50@8.75 largely,
and it was a 1915 1S25 market for
shorn sheep, if fat