Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16
CHICAGO KANSAS
CITY MARKETS TO.
Be STANDARDIZED
Idaho Food Administrator
Informed Movement I'm
der Way to Establish Six
day Maximum.

The dream of an elualized, stand
ardized. six-day market for the Chi
cago and Kansas City stockyards is
being made true by the regulations
promulgated by the United States food
administration for their government,
announces the department in COM
munication Tuesday to r. F. Bicknell.
food administrator for Idaho.
The Chicago stockyards will on Dec.
10 go under the zone system OF stock
shipments under the same general plan
that is now in practical operation In
Kansas City. Chicago is the largest
and Kansas City the second largest
livestock market of the country. Kan
sas City went to the zone system I'M
der the regulations of the food admin
istration Nov. IL.
BY the provisions of the zone sys-
tenn, the livestock territory tributary TO
these two great markets Is so appor-
toned as to insure better railway
service and better handling OF stock
At the yards. Each zone is required
to be ready for stock shipments on
certain specified days of the week so
that cars may be assigned to that ter-
er territories on other days.
WANTED CHANGE FOR YEARS.
For many years one of the evils of
the livestock business in this country
was the fact that a considerable ma
tority of the animals arrived ct the
markets on Mondays and Tuesdays.
This probably was the outcome OF
belief in the minds of the shippers tnat
these were the two best days on which
to have their stock on the market ana
as a consequence this grew into Gus
tom and the greater part of the buying
has been confined largely to those
DAYS, This is condition that the
livestock interests of this country have
been trying to overcome for 20 years
without success. To the already over
burdened TRANSFORMATION facilities the
new order, subdividing trade territory
into shipping zones, gives relief. The
railroads are finding the new resula-
lions particularly advantageous unoer
the present car shortage, and are saw
ing a great deal of operating, duph-
eating other effort and expense In CIV
ing much quicker movement or empty
cattle cars where needed.
The commission men and packers
find themselves able to equaliZe their
activities, spreading them over SIX
DAYS of the week instead of two. Ihey
predict that the zone order Will pre-
vent violent slumps in the market,
heretofore caused by over congestion.
II is also predicted that there will be
less CARRYING over of stock from day
10 day and less damage in the way OF
I cattle
SUCCESSFUL AT KANSAS CITY.
While receipts, during the flrst TWO
weeks of operation under the new reg
ulations at the Kansas City Market
we're 80 per cent heavier than CORE
yponding weeks last year, the fact that
the business has been spread out
through the week rather than con-
rested into the first two days allowed
It TO be handled with less difficulty
than at any time in recent years. Ac-
cording to reports received from Kan
sas City by the food administration,
only about so per cent OF the snip
ments for each of the weeks under
the new regulations have fallen on
Mondays and Tuesdays as compared
with nearly rs per cent on correspond
ing weeks of last year.
A letter to the food administration
from George R. Callett, vice president
and general manager of the Kansas
City Stockyards company says: Tine
plan is working very successfully here
and have not heard complaint made
regarding 1t and l wish to congratu-
late the food administration on sue
cessfully working out in rev weeks
time something that the interests have
not been able to work out for them
selves for 25 years. II the plan works
as well at other markets as 1t appar-
entity is working with us, 1t certainly
is going to be a lasting benefit to all
interests involved
Merchants Lunch. Popular prices
Drinks. Adv.-Dls
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