Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-31
MARKET FO9 ALL O1hER GRADES
TENDS TOWARDS
WEAKNESS.
SUPPLIES TOO HEAVY
TO MEET DEMANDS
Cattle Offerings Of Plain Quality and
Prices Fail to Show Improvement
Arrivals Of Sheep and Lambs Too
Observation-Disclosures Of Market Con.
diticnS.

Chicago, March 31-There vas COM
paratively large supply OF hogs to-
/ day and the marker was weak. except
-or prime lights.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
/ Monday, or 400 less than last Mon
/ day. 1890 less than year ago. Most
eastern markets were well supplied,
Chicago. ST. Joseph and Cleveland
We're the only markets having less than
! a week ago, while Chicago and ST. Jo-
seph showed the largest decrease COM
pared with a year ago. ST. Joseph
showed the largest decrease compared
with two years ago and Omaha was
credited with the greatest increase.
Tota! for 1914 to date s.3so.00o, or
$4,000 less than same period 1913 and
1.2l5,00D less than corresponding time
1912.
Cattle
Cattle offerings we're Of plain quality
A meaner acting market has not
been witnessed this season than that
Of Monday. Killers simply would not
begin to do business on anything like
a broad scale until the noon hour had
passed, ard :he-e %:as &c. enough ship
ping demand TO give the early deal a
decent npetus. Everybody wanted TO
buy cattle lower right off the reel. but
nobody would give the market a fair
start. Killers would not bid in early
rounds for cattle other than OF strict
" choice grade. and in fact. there were
comparatively few of them which
moved until afternoon hours. All this
in spite OF the good rail service. prac-
tically the entire run being yarded by
9 O'clock.
Lower prices were seen to be newt
able from the outset and sellers were
resigned 10 the situation. Their cat
tla would not take a big fill because
OF raw weather and thus things were
propi,ious for an early starting trade.
barring one condition-the packers
Were not ready.
Last weeks Argentina imports were
Hight, total at New York being e,ls7
quarters, all chilled. The National Pro-
vis!oner says the imports Of the prevt-
Gus week were enough TO supply the
market for some time. even tho much
Of il was shipped thru the country and
even tho a good share Of 1t was held
UP TEN porarily by government inspec-
tors.
This was the Srst hold-up Of import
ed beef of any consequence. and was
due 10 the objection by our meat In
soection service TO the use OF the Lin
lev process, which is accepted by Brit
ism and European authorities and gen.
orally used in the European trade.
Two OF the largest consignments OF
beef on last weeks boat, shipped by
two Of the British owned Argentine
hacking concerns. were held up because
.he government suspected them OF hav-
ing been preserved by the fornalde-
hyde process. All the other meat on
the boat passed the government tests
and was admitted. 1t was presumed
that If the government adhered TO It's
attitude this beef would have to be
shipped out, probably to England. But
New York agents 70 whom this beer
was consigned. sent protests TO Wash
ingron and the beef was released.
Sheep.
Arrivals Of sheep and lambs were too
numerous.
Receipts all around the market cir
emit Monday were disappointing to the
| huv;ns Size. St joe. with 5000. gen
| e-o,1s run for that market. was the one
i -eall,- we'll supplied mart on the map.
| The local supply at $4,000 was below
| expectancy. Omaha and Kansas City
| divided but 1880 between them and
the aggregate at six western points
| was only $4,000 against $4,000 a week
ago The east was another big source
Of worry to packers. Buffalo reporting
modest Monday crop Of 1000 and a
! soaring trade th2: carried ton LAMBS
| .-.,a ,,n 70 $500 and sent enough ship
80 orders this way TO make great
big hole in the local supply OF choice
| handy wooded lambs.
Colorado fed lambs predcnfnated IN
,be supply here. but this crop totaie1
less than forty-fve carloads. taii
snpplv of ted-westerns, the major por-
+io, or which came minus their fieeces
and a mere handful of natives were
| yarded. Sheep and yearlings were vers
scarce ard matured muttons cioseiS
annroaching top quality conspicous iol
their absence, outside of fed heavy
native ewes.