Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
RADICAL ADVANCE
N PRICES Of HOGS
VALUES JUMP Is AND 80 CENTS AT
OPENING OF DAYS
TRADING.
EVERY CLASS OFFERED
BENEFITS IN VALUES
Small Receipts and Probable Demand
For Meats Because Of War Puts
Market on Strong Basis-Cattie Mar
ket Also Strong, While Sheep and
Lambs Hold Steady-Quotations.

Chica 90, Aug. 6.-Hog prices mace
material gains today, recovering some
share of the losses due TO the slump
following the declaration of war in
Europe Advances for all grades were
% and 80 cents. Receipts were mod
crate and assurances are held out that
facilities for shipping to foreign ports
Will be provided
+ Run for the first three days this
week totals about $4,000 head, being
! p 200 less than same days last week,
$4,000 less than a year ago and is,5Vo
less than two years ago Not many
hogs were received direct By packers,
hut they did not display any great de-
I sire TO secure hogs on the market
I Al eleven markets Wednesday there
were only 81, 300 hogs received, against
$500 a week ago, $500 year ago ana
.2100 two years ago. The big price
cuts have cur1ailed the liquidation 20
other markets as we'll as Chicago. SO
far this week marketings at these
points have been $4,000 against 200
coo for same days last week, 22lov0
year ago and 2lS.0o0 for corresponding
period TWO years ago
For the year TO date arrivals at the
| eleven markets aggregate li,0l9, 0ev
head. against 1882. geo year ago and
15.SIo.000 for like period two years
ago.
Cattle
Cattle were strong. altho receipts
, were small and trading lacked activity
Packer buyers attitude in the trade
did not necessarily point to a mean de-
/ man for the stuff. and the fact that a
I lot of the smaller eastern concerns are
! showing a fairly good demand would
seem to indicate that the situation In
the east is not OF discouraging nature.
! Killers had access to only moderate
/ crop in the west, and this was also true
| at the start this week but doubtless the
! tight money conditions over the coun-
| try are a factor with which the trade
will have TO reckon for some little time
! at least.
That this situation can slow up beef
! demand is we'll evident, and until it is
passed small movement from the
. country will be good shipping policy.
! Country banks show no uneasiness over
loans and nobody is being especially
crowded.
The dry pasture sections having un-
loaded freely up 10 last week, there is
temporarily a check on this movement
OF the receipts coming now are dressing
out to better satisfaction, and this being
| taken into consideration, the cheaper
/ prices prevailing in the market afford
| killers getting beef at favorable rates.
| In the local beef trade it is very
| irregular deal now, with packers not
| selling freely and holding wholesale
prices right up to topnotch levels. The
| foreign situation is a source of deep
concern and just when the sea will be
| open for d generous volume of export
business is a question. That Europe
| will want all the beef she can possibly
get from US seems certain, but as ire
situation stands now killers have no
little amount of product on the boats
now and face great uncertainty of il
ever getting into the hands of con-
signees, with the seas being patrolled
by men of-w CARRIED in fighting trim
and ready to capture or sink all con-
traband consigned to an enemy.
Packers are displaying hunger for
western cattle. A train of Heinrich
j stuff from Montana that reached Chi
cago yesterday realized more money
than any consignment of the same size
that ever reached Chicago. Two car
: loads reached $3.50 and the big end of
the trainload was cashed at 1888, heif-
ers selling at 1925. These cattle were
the best that ever came off Montana
grass and if they herald the condition
of the northwestern beef roundup that
, gathering will be extremely profitable.
I AS in the acse of native cattle, killers
are showing a marked preference for
weight. which is likely to attract AL
berta grassers this way. Despite the
I jolt il received on Monday. the cattle
, market is in healthy condition.
Sheep.
Sheep trade held steady, there beine
| a fair call for offerings.
Native eve trade was higher thar
e paper prices make it appear as is the
4 case with packer lamb purchases. Sell
|. ers We're unable to work off not a few
e Gull ewes off punches that carried
q desirable top end at s5.0005.50, ant
i tho few sold above the latter figure
: $3.50 was secured and 1915 was paic
r for some sold in connection with lambs
n Gull ewes at $3.50 were ordinary, tn.
S a common, thin kind ranged down t
II see OF lover
y Omaha was the one decently sup
piled mart on Wednesday. 5000 report
ing there. There were only $4,000 al
:. told at six western markets, maxim;
$4,000 for the half week, against LOG, 00
IS like period last week and 1s2, 900 a yea
ago. Cincinnati had 5000 but qualit.
l. there is running low and reports in
h Dictated an ss.9oa90 90 market there 70
l. choice lambs. Jersey City had only tel
= cars and reported probable 1925 tot
1t for best lambs. Sellers at Omaha he'll
best above s. and $50 was paid a
= Kansas City, all of which prices ar
n logical reasons for (,hica go's meaRe
,e receipts.