The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-09
By William r. Sanborn.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. Jan. 9.-The
many embargoes in recent weeks have
worked considerable hardship on many
farmers in the vicinity of Fountain
City Some of them unloaded their
troubles four to six weeks late, on
| Tuesday. when seven cars were ship
ped out-the first in many days. On
Wednesday morning three more cars
were loaded in the face of an en-
barge order at Cincinnati, Louisville
and Pittsburg, all in effect that morn
ing. A number of unloaded stock cars
were at hand but loading stopped short
with the pens still full of hogs. A
fresh embargo was reported at Indi-
annapolis, which possibly means that
parties having received permits in
various places, and still waiting for
cars, will have to make application
for other permits before shipping.
This, however, is a disputed point.
Tho total of hogs accepted on Tuesday
and Wednesday by George Davis was
ten car loads and by Ed Starr two
cars. These well known buyers and
shippers live at Williamsburg and by
prompt use of the telephone saved a
number of worried farmers the useless
trouble of bringing in their hogs, al
though contracted for days and weeks
ago. to be shipped as fast as permits
could be obtained Several shipments
have been made to Pittsburg during
past weeks, and even farther east at
times-but the outlet of hogs at this
point has been in dribs for weeks,
SO farmers report.
Forced to Buy Corn.
Charles Arnctt sold his hogs at
a price four weeks or more ago, and
these sixty hogs are among those
taken on Wednesday. r. d. Collins
was in the same boat up to Tuesday
morning. as were lot of others. Mr..
Arnett considered his hogs finished at
the time of sale contract, and hadn't
counted on buying corn for them.
but wait minute. He went down
INTO his bank account for 5000 worth
OF corn while waiting to get said hogs
across the scales. And there YOU are
gentlemen. as to the situation of the
farmers who can't spend their hog
money until they get it. In the mean
ume, FEEDING costs go on, of course.
In spite of the largest corn crop this
section has ever produced some farm.
ers are holding in the hope of selling
at 81 per bushel Many refuse to sell
at all at present, regardless of price.
and as this is being written Ben
wright is unloading a car of corn
bought in Ohio as cost of s1.65 or
Whereabouts, we are told He had to
nave it, it seems. But if there was a
large crop in Wayne there was also
a dandy big crop of porkers to eat it
and the fact that hogs have been held
up by embargoes has caused much
extra consumption of feed.
Farmers Who Sold Hoos.
Through the courtesy of John Pow
ell, Manager Of the grain firm of Pow
ell and company, We are able to give
the names of the farmers who brought
in hogs on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week. The list follows:
Tennis Mercer. Rolla Overman. RI
Collins. Charles Arnett. Archie knight
John Barnes. Isaac Williams, Frank
Skinner. Will Skinner, Mart Johnson,
Roy Carroll, August Knoll. l.. l.. Hunt
Orville Love. Henry Brown, Nate
Hunt. Thomas Durham. Henry Kirk.
man. Edward Carman, John Peden, w
NJ. Small, Will Brookes, Harry Shultz
and George Rothermel.
Some of this stock will 90 TO Gin.
cinnati. we believe, and a lot Of it to
Pittsburg. the ten cars of this ship