Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-05
COMPETE
FOR BEST HOGS
BID AGAINST SHIPPERS AND
PRICES ADVANCE ACCORD
INGLY.
OTHER GRADES SELL
At REcEDlNG PRICES
Cattle Offerings Not Of an Attractive
kind-ouotations For Sheep and
Lamb. Little Better Than Nominal
Review Of Market conditions-Cur-
rent Quotations.

| with shippers today for the choice'
grades of hogs. Prices for best wers
higher but others went to lower Levels
I Receipts the first five days this week
totaled $4,000. an increase OF loo,lVo
compared with same period last "eeA
and even $4,000 compared with CORE
spending time last year. This Dig run
has caused big reaction in values 10
ward a lower level, but the let-up III
the run Friday made it possible 1or
sellers to get more money.
! Eleven markets received only 67.2oo
I hogs Friday. or 21,403 less than last
/ Friday 80, 100 less than year ago anu
25,100 less than two years ago. Iotai
! thus far this week. $4,000, or 204,ooo
I more than same period last week, oo,ooo
/ more than like time last year and ~
! 600 more than corresponding five days
two years age. Total for 1914 to DATE
/ y. 1872 900. or 1.577.00o less than same
period 1913 and 1.471,o00 less than cor
, responding time 1912.
Cattle.
| Cattle offerings were not of an at
tractive kind.
The shutting out of small shipper de-
mand by Guarantining against them
where these concerns have no federal
inspection is strong handicap to the
trade, but this Is a stringent regulation
of the federal authorities. In the OIL
and coal districts of Pennsylvania, ana
also in many points in Ohio. there are
small packers who ordinarily buy
load or two of cattle weekly at chi
cago but are now shut out Of the trade
as result of the federal inspection re-
quirement before they are eligible to
ship cattle from here These houses
are hungry for beef and given an OPP
portunity to get 1t here. their demands
would prove a strong stimulus TO tho
local trade and afford outlet for
much greater crop OF cattle than can
now be handled. Strong pressure has
| been brough, TO bear upon federal
forces sekiag to reopen this branch OF
the shipping outlet, but as yet there
is no intimatton that the small nom
government inspected houses will be
permitted to move stock from Chicago.
| A better movement both In shipper
and local trade is the forecast tor the
immediate future. Colder weather will
stimulate beef outlet and call for the
product should grow by reason OF wan
| ing consumer prejudice against beef.
| Disease situation should soon be prac-
| tically forgotten blythe public. A real
| iZation that beef is free from any con-
taminat ton guaranteed SO by the fed
eral goyernment-should have effect in
broadening the demand. In trade cir
cles the belief is gaining that the worst
| effects of the disease situation have
been felt in the naEket. Cases OF in
| lection are isolated.
! In Illinois. the worst plague spot
! conditions are better than they were
lat any time since the outbreak, altho
/ il Is going to be q fight of some
months before eradication is completed.
Meantime cattle owners in Illinois de
mand the privilege Of continued outlet
I in the market for their free and unex-
posed stock and strong condemnation
CT the agitation for the county unit
plan of quarantine is being heard.
Sheep.
QUOTATIONS Of sheep and lamb.
seemed but little better than nominal
| The decline pulled the market down
to the weeks lowest Levels, bulk OF
lambs selling on packing account GO
/ ing at 70 cents to 81 declines from top
levels of Monday and 1890 cents be-
low high time week ago Friday, while
| the extreme top on outside account
! was 80 cents below last Friday and IS
I cents below Mondays best figure.
| Packers based their bearish actions
on supply figures which have been q
few thousand head heavier here thil
week than year ago and almost
double last weeks run, a prospective
/, good supply next week, bad dressed
markets and the relatively low mar
ket for hogs and hog product.
All the eleven quarantine counties in
Wisconsin were released Friday fol
shipment of sheep and lambs. sub
ject to the inspection of the stock e.
iloading point. This order released a
fairly large sheep producing section
that will tend to swell next weeks Chi.
!, cago run materially.