East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-18
HOGS ADVANCE
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
TOP NOTCH PORKERS
SELL FOR $S.75
Further Importations of Swine from
East VIII Probably Follow-Prrces
Fur Ahead of Omaha.

Sales of hogs at $S.75 in the North
Portland stockyards today will in
duce further impOrtations from the
east as this price is 35 cents per
hundred pounds higher than the best
offerings at South Omaha can Je
| landed here with freight and carry
ing charges paid.
Today's arrivals in the swine pens
at North Portland were of good qual-
ity and being of very light weight
We're eagerly picked up at the ad-
vance Of a quarter All top stuff
weighed less than 200 pounds.
The present market for hogs here
is far out of line with conditions else
where and this will probably induce
further shipments from the east. For
instance, the high mark at South
| Omaha today was 1920. This means
| that top stuff can be landed at Pa
cific northwest packing plants at
$40 or 35c under the value ruling
here today even after paying the big
freight charge.
Today's advance in the swine mar
ket here was due to the lack of local
offerings recently and the failure of
the big packers to continue to BRING
supplies from the east. Total offer
ings Of swine at North Portland for
the five days to date this week were
but 1856 head.
There were no supplies Of cattle
or sheep in the yards today and in
those lines prices are nominally
quoted at former transactions.
Worlds Wheat Market.
Portland-Cash club 7Sc; bluestem
so and SIC.
Buenos Ayres-Wheat firm.
Melbourne-Wheat firm.
Liverpool-Wheat is to lad low
er.
Paris-Wheat LAC higher.
Antwerp-Wheat 5-Sc higher.
Budapest-Wheat Lac lower.
Chlcago-Wheat / is to l 1-2c
lower.
Minneapolis-May 90 SAC.
st. Louis-May 80 1-2c.
Winnipeg-May "a lac.
Farmers Hold Wheat.
Farmers generally are not inclined
to let go of their wheat at the pres
ent range. therefore the movement
toward tidewater is limited. Export
ers are not offering above 7Sc for
club. but freely admit that this price
is rather low and is not being gen.
orally accepted by holders.
The recent drop Of 20c barrel IN
the price of patent flour is extremely
unsatisfactory and according to mill
ing interests will not do the good ex-
pected. The primary reason LOT the
drop in price was the lack OF suitable
demand for patent, but another cause
was the fact that the east had drop
ned severely and with its low prices
would ship additional supplies to the
coast This therefore would cut out
that much local product.
with patent flour piled high IN all
the mills it was the general OPINION
of the trade that prices should nave
been cut at least 40c barrel ana eN-
mort allowed to remain unchanged at
S3.7O. The cutting of 10c on export
hv the sound millers, which forced
the issue here, is considered big err
ror. because every sale at that price
is money lost, because none Oh 'he
grinders have low priced wheat "
grind flour at the reduction III Wou"
be all right if wheat could be secur-
ed at the present price, but farmers
are not free sellers. 1t therefore oe-
velops that either wheat must drop
or else mlllers must get more Luz
their export.
coarse grains are showing no
change hut barley is very firm for
eastern account.
eggs Drop Sharply.
Price of eggs went down win
hang in the local market during the
past "a hours. Sales were maze rom
"a to 25c but later few were asking
over "a 1-2c and this afternoon z4c
would seem to be the extreme Inn
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