Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-11
RECEIPTS Of HOGS
CONTINUE LIBERAL
TOO MANY COMING TO MARKET
TO MAINTAIN PRICE
LEVELS.
VALUES GO LOWER
DESPITE GOOD DEMAND
Fairly Broad Inquiry Fails to Sustain
Prices at Wednesdays Lower Levels
Cattle Offerings Not of Desirable
Quality Demand For Sheep and
Lambs Continues to Shrink.

Chicaso. Feb 11.-Receipts OF hogs
We're too liberal today, altho demand
was fairly broad.
Eleven markets received 1o5, 800 hogs
Wednesday, or $1,000 more than last
Wednesday $500 more than a year
ago and $1,000 more than two Years
ago, Receipts in the west We're re-
sponsible for the big increase as east
ern markets We're only moderately sup
Piled Total thus far this week $4,000.
an Increase Of $4,000 compared with
same period last week, $4,000 COM
pared with like time last year and 49,
GOO compared with corresponding three
days last year Total for 1915 to date
4,0T2,0 600, or $4,000 more than same
period 1914 and $4,000 more than cor
responding time 1913.
Cattle.
Cattle offerings We're not desirable.
That the killer is beneiiirg by the
present situation to an extent greater
than in years past. is plainly evident.
and with Maryland and Pennsylvania
continuing in force their embargoes
against this market, the situation will
border on paralysis for some time
ahead
The federal government has given
the Chicago yards a clean bill of health
and within the next week or ten days,
it will be conclusively demonstrated to
the eastern states that stock is leaving
here in healthy condition and that the
embargoes placed upon the Chicago
yards by Pennsylvania and Maryland
are needless. and only tend TO cripple
the industry both here and in the east.
The present restrictions n the east
force Pennsylvania and Mary land kill
ers who ordinarily buy at Chicago to
get stock elsewhere and sell the beef in
competition with packer bought beef
on losing basis.
Right now the shipping situation Is
badly tied up, since he eastern buy
ers can not unload at the uuclean mar
kets east and reload for movement to
their plants. They are compelled 70
ship only to houses that have side
tracks and can unload directly off the
cars into the packing houses. I'm
fortunately. few of the eastern houses
are so favorably fixed and as result
they are forced TO remain out Of the
market This situation applies with
severity in many points in Ohio. where
shipments for immediate slaughter are
barred by the federal regulation which
prohibits shipments from a quaran-
tined into a free area.
Sheep.
Shrinkage continued in demand for
sheep and lambs.
Where packers were urgent buyers
OF lambs a week ago at S9.0G09.25 they
acted as tho present prices Were far
too high. and that in the face of nearly
a dollar drop since then. Such tactics
do not look right: either ii was poo.
business buying freely week ago, OF
else present methods are foolish
Dressed trade has been in bad condi-
ton for weeks and undoubtedly pack
ers have bought rather freely previous
! to this week. in the hope that the sit
/ uation would change and losses cease
! As no change has been recorded. they
are out to make up for relatively hisl
provement in prices of livestock are
slim for the immediate future Packers
| are even predicting still further de
clines. and unless receipts are sharpl.
curtailed it looks like their prediction:
will come true. The Lenten season
is near at hand, and everything il
against any betterment in the dresse
market. Now that shippers are al
| lowed in the trade orders are scarce
but it is said that the demand in tn
east is easily filed at this time.