Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-16
HOG QUOTATIONS
BREAK SLIGHTLY
ABSENCE OF EAsTERN DEMAND
FORCES PRICES TO LOWER
LEVELS.
CATTLE OFFERINGS IN
MODERATION HELPFUL
Prices Hold Steady Because Of Light.
ness Of Rseeipts-Futurs Of Market
Matter Of Guesswork-No Active In
quiry-ko Active Inquiry for Sheep
and Lambs-current Quotations.

Chicago. April 1s-Absence of east
ern demand forced break today in the
price of hogs
Marketings for the first three days
Of the week proved quite moderate. hut
shipping demand fell off badly and
packers took advantage of this in get
ting hogs lower. Three days this week
there have been ABOUT $500 hogs mar
kered at Chicago. being 500 less than
same days last week. 1890 less than a
year ago and 5.41o less than cores
spending period two years ago.
Eleven markets received 1860 hogs
"Wednesday. or ..208 more than las,
Wednesday. 1890 less than year go
and 1880 less than two years ago.
Total the first half of this week 23S.000.
same as like period last week. $4,000
less than same time last year. and p
600 more than corresponding three days
Two years ago. Total for 1914 TO date
100000, or IS 900 less than same per-
iod 1913 and $4,000 less than cor
responding time 1912.
Cattle.
Cattle held up today on moderate
receipts.
Haif-xeek's run stood $4,000. against
:.
While al the six points the crop for this
Period was S4.ooo. an increase of 5000
over week ago and $4,000 below 8
year ago.
Killers are getting a fair quota Of
good steers east OF Chicago. having
buyers well scattered over that terri
tory, and as result the crop of New
York orders is smaller than usual. and
&c "a ;r, Erip io- n
locally. while the southwestern move
Inent is another influence, bur the chief
force in holding the lid down over the
market for biggest share of steers is
the rad beef trade of weeks duration.
Importation Of South American prod
uct- New York has q big lot OF Ar
sentine beef. more than any time since
the tariff came off. but subsequent
shipments from there promise to run
men, of oeef into consumer channels
where buying ha. long been small. due
to high coS. the general trade, bar
ring choice 10 prime grades, promises
70 wear a little more bloom than has
been shown in recent weeks
So many adverse factors 20 pros
trade is disseminating no optimistic
forecasts. Scarcity OF ripe bullocks Is
evident. but there appears 10 be enough
good cattle to go around at the prices.
News from the industrial sphere is uni
forully discouraging. Manufacturers
are curtaiIing output, this being re-
fiected this week in closing down Of
coal mines owing 10 accumulation OF
unstable products, railroads are still
pairing pay rolls and reports from every
| industrial center on the map are
couched in lugubrious terms. Consid-
cradle Argentine beef has been reach
ing New York and has been hard to
move Distributors insist that With
FORMAL conditions foreign stuff could be
disposed IF without difficulty. but at
present il is hard to sell and the fact
that il must be unloaded affects the
domestic market adversely.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs found no active in
| quiry-
Supply estimate OF $1,000 Wednes-
day promised 70 fiji close to 100 car
| loads arriving. bulk OF them double
decks Chicago and the FIVE leading
Missouri river markets had combined
supply Of $4,000. or 5000 more than a
week GO. and the half week total AT
| these points foots up 10000 agains,
1873 900 like period, las, week and 1872.
| 900 year ago.