Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-13

Toea7s ...35s,soo 3l2, 300 $50, 900
F. c. Sawyer. OF Swift & Co, just
kback from Europe. pronounced IN his
khE3ef1hAt prices OF American hog pro-
~1st suffer a drastic decline y
@hs country 1s to retain any part Of
hts trade abroad. Mr.. Sawyer left Chi
lcAEp Nov. 20 last and has since been
EdHlGedtiy looking into conditions az
hect4ng American products IN Germany,
Hollsnd. Belgium. Austria. Hungary.
i1taiy. Ffxnce England and Scotland. IN
fau Of these countries the story was the
kme. Their was no cal for American
tmea4s simply because the price was 100
nigh. Their own hogs were much low
fer, and in addition to having much
tchaeper lard than could be aid down
ffrom America they were using many
VEGETABLE substitutes. He found con-
tsideJ1ble prejudice against Chinese
ihogy andprotuct, but said there va. no
Asg1dmte ground for 1t. as The Chi
Enese meat examined was good and
Wholesome
Cate.
! 1ttie~were more or less uneven. and
1.-THE fnn was heavier than ANTICIPATED.
account. Butcher stock had q slightly
,easier tone.
Light steer trade has really enjoyed
biggest price boosts There were in
stances late last week wherein steers
nm1tIng $6.006S.15 were claimed by
buyers to be 4o@5oc higher. and they
produced the killing sheets to substanti-
ate their claims. However, killing
sheets. which show the steers bought
ono day TO have carried a big fiji, and
again those OF another day TO have
gone over the scales with little water
In them, are not taken by the general
trade as a good basis upon Which %
figure advance or decline, since he
selling interest figures the stuff on a
straight basis OF live selling price one
day with another. This week the stuff
took a good fl. and was sold early zach
day, LIZ last week much Of II had lost
the early fill before going over the
scales.
What the present week viii bring
forth in the shape OF receipts Is cor
siderable OF a mystery TO The trade.
That the market ts In shape 20 handle
n DIR supply at curdent rates IS agreed
all around, n a considerable crop OF
surplus beef stocks has found outlet
this week., and with the eastern beef
conditions showing on improvement
there - reason to look for a good de-
-nand from this quarter. However. big
Shipping would be inaivisable. II will
meat recession Of a lot OF this weeks
advance. since the beef outlet IS not
capable Of handling anything above
normal marke:ings without forcing
prices tower.
Were there actual urgency in gen
eral demands the packers would not
have permitted shippers to get half of
this weeks receipts, and the fact that
tho ri took half the crop is significant
that local interests must lave been IN
a comfortable position as regards their
ability TO supply beef demands.
A big quota OF the supply has landed
above Sc this week. while a week age
there was q lot Of s5.s595.90 selling OF
weu-conditloned steers. OF late only
q phin. warmed-up light kin sold be-
low 3S.75. and steers at IS have no;
carried much in the way OF quality
On the other hand, 1t took a well
Mniahsd class OF 1900 to 1850 10 steers
20 command se.25 @S.40, and stun
GT0und $3.50 was choice weighty cattle
HS1ne 9horthorn yearling steers and
h11Ssfs topped at 81 on Friday, frs,
time this month that this price was
padd for anything Prime heavy steers
however. are not quotable that high
$50 taking OF that class here this
Avoek. A year g top was 50.
Sheep.
The sheep and lamb trade was
utt1e mixed. Demand for mature NUT.
tons VA fair and the market looked
STEADY, but lambs shove a tendency q
ssease OF . little and IN spots were II
eonts lower. Buyers called the marke
ta1out steady. The bulk OF good lamb
lWent It $6yo00e.15.
~ this time last ear best lamb
e~onmAnding -, while prime two
ySiyAs-viI wstsSss nlslso $50. &c. e-S
$500 selling at $3.50 top. and SOL
fIahaafinG lambs were going out at 37.5
1870. But it must be remembers,
sst1nneG0g1a0n4o. mefAstineD wore fhel