The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-18
HOGS IN YARDS
over SUNDAY; BAD
BREAK AT CHICAGO
BY WILLIAM r. sANBoRN.

6y WILLIAM n. SAN6onN
The receipts OF hogs were so liberal
at Glen Miller stock yards last week
that 800 head were left in the pens
over Sunday, because of lack Of cars.
Nor was there any cars in sight Mon
day, although 1t was expected that a
few cars would be set in later in the
day.
Rome Shurley said that he did not
think it as so much the lack of cars
as the scarcity of men to handle them,
which accounts for the shortage Of
cars at the stock yards, and for the
shipment Of the grain, with which
our country elevators are blocked.
The local yards asked for IL cars
during the week, Of which cars were
set in on Monday, 2 on Tuesday, and
l on Wednesday. since which no cars
had been received up to noon on
Monday. Farmers not only marketed
hogs literally, last week, but also cat
tie, veals and lambs in quantity, some
of which are still awaiting shipment.
All live stock markets were demon
allied last week, particularly from
Wednesday on. An analysis Of the
descending scale of prices showed
that Cincinnati withstood the shock
a trifle better than the Chicago of
Pittsburg markets The seizure of
cold storage stocks, and the nation
wide agitation to reduce the cost Of
necessities, was largely, If not alto
gether, responsible for the break in
all markets.
Names Of Local Shippers.
Among the heavy shippers to the
local market for the week ending Sat
urday, August 16, were:
John Bunch, of Randolph county, "a
hogs, s4,166; Tom Ryan, 145 hogs,
$3.50 60; Harry Gilbert, 26s hogs,
$13,350; Arthur Wisehart, 81 hogs,
$2,45SS5; Clarence Raper, rs hogs,
$3,9S4.20; Cal Brown. Al hogs, $1,707.
ed in s1,542.
! $1,S4215; ninety-six lambs, $759.50;
and seventy-two veals, $1,894.72.
| There we're some forty shippers and
feeders on the local market last week
as follows: Harm Woke, Miles Shute.
John Bunch. William Carter. Ollie Cra-
nor, John Branson, D. Conway, Bert
Skinner, Thomas Ryan, Charles Dag
Ter. Harry Gilbert, Everett White,
Arthur Wisehart, T. F. Edwards,
Matt Schneider, Harry Brown, o. NJ
jennings, Howard McWhinney, w. D.
i Rich, A. S. Parent, Harry Osborne,
Vaughan Croker, Frank Cook, Walter
Moore, Earl Stephens. Frank Taylor
Walter Williams, Charles Benson
Clarence Raper, Cal Brown, Joe Mote,
William Cooper, William Lupp, Fred
Hollingsworth, o. A. Study and CARL
Clarke.
The Break In Chicago.
| Hogs and hog products broke badly
| at Chicago, there being a drop OF 81
on Saturday on top of a previous de-
cline Of $3.50 and SO from the recent
high point. The top on Saturday was
paid for light and heavy butchers, a
few going at $20,75.
| This lowered the average for the
week to $3.50, which was $3.50 per
hundred weight below that of Wednes-
day. Hogs sold at an average break
of $1.35 under Fridays prices, on Sat
urday because there were so few
choice offerings. although the top and
bottom was at but 81 spread as quoted.
Receipts at Chicago totaled 101,sO0,
or 26,7O0 less than were received for
the week ending Saturday. August 9th.
The average prices on cattle at
Chicago last week were the highest on
record for a corresponding week Of
the year, at $3.50, according to the
Tribune's market editor, although the
late prices on Saturday were from 81
to SO below the high time. This was
So higher than for same week in 1918.
Sheep sold at an average Of $40 and
lambs at $17.05. Veal calves were
strong all week, holding firm at rec
ord prices, owing to shortage in sup
ply.
One Chicago authority. figuring on
the bulk of sales, puts the average"
price OF hogs during the week in that
market, at $21.25, while another puts
it at $3.50, the lowest since last
March and below the prices paid a
year ago for same dates.
Arrivals Of hogs at the eleven prin-
cipal markets for the week were 345,-
OO0 and the average weight at Chicago
was 246 pounds. There was a liberal
break in all hog products last week.