The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-26
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 LOW, GRAIN RATE
Interstate Commerce Commission @ Group Holds Hearing In
 Birmingham

< Birmingham grain dealers, pleading for lower grain rates on carriers op- erating between Birmingham and Mem phis, gave lengthy testimony Monday afternoon before the Interstate com merce commission that the rate should be lowered, concluding their case at 5 o'clock.
 < The commission sat in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce it ad- journed at the conclusion of the deal CTS testimony an ordered the rep resentatives of the carriers to give tes-. Gmony Tuesday morning. Ice a..riers will be represented by Nelson W. Proc tor, general commerce counsel for the Louisville hnd Nashville railroad. a Shippers Case
 The grain dealers are officially rep resented by 0. l.. Bum. general man. ager of the Chamber of Commerce. and c. E. Jones, secretary. They are en- deavoring to reduce the rate from 2 cents to a rate properly related to the reshipping rate to Meridian, Miss, of IA cents. ,.. Mir. Jones curing the afternoon in- troduced numerous exhibits to prove the sonableness of the present rate. He was followed by Wade Wood, president of the Wood-C -Crabbe Grain company E. Wilkinson, president of the Western Grain company, and Ernest Redd, president of the Bir- mingham Grain exchange.
 Railroads Represented
 Practically every railroad in the south is represented at the hearing.
 The commission Monday morning. heard the case of the Thomas Crate Bar company against the. carriers in which the. carriers sought to increase the present rate on grate bars from Bir- mingham to Memphis of 22h cents to 641a cents.-. The increase was taken under ,advisement. ,. LIVESTOCK
 :. CHICAGO, Ill.,, Feb. .25.--Cattle re- ceipts. 20.000;, beef steers and fat she stock steady to strong early; closing uneven about steady; top matured steers at noon SIPS; some held higher; best yearlings, $11; bulk fed steers,
 T.75G9.75; in-between grades predomi hating in fed steer run; bulk fat cows, $4.50@5.75; bulk bsef heifers, $5.5o@7; load medium to good yearling heifers, $S.50; common fat cows and canners and butchers firm active; bologna bulls largely $475@$5; most veal calves to packers $10.50@11; outsiders paying up- ward to $14; stockers and feeders in fresh receipts scarce strong; bulk, $5.50 @7; few loads meaty feeds, $7@7.50.
 Hogs: Receipts, 60,000; opened ac- tive: early sales 15c to 25c higher; closed extremely slow; big packers bidding steady with Saturday; 35,000 unsold at noon; early sales bulk good and choice offerings averaging 150 pounds. $7.10Q7.30: top, T.30; bulk packing sows, s6.25@6.50; bulk strong weight killing pigs. s6@6.50; estimated holdover, 25,000.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1s.ooo; fat lambs, 25c to 35c higher; spot closed the high time of the day; sheep strong; feeding lambs,s 25c to 40c higher; bulk fat wooded lambs, $15.75@16.25; good yearl- ing wethers, $13.50; navajos, SIS; top aged wethers, $11; best fat ewes, $1O; feeding lambs largely $13.75@1425; choice shearing, $14.90.
 CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 25.-Hogs: Receipts. 5000; steady to 10c and 15c higher: heayy zys,1 S974o; packers and and 7.65; stags. sa.5o94; heavy fat sows. $5@6; pigs and lights, $4.50G7.10.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1,700; choice fat classes steady; medium common steers and keifers weak and lower; cows steady; steers, $4Q9.50; heifers, $500 $50; cows, $SD6. ~'- s'e.as-'''e-- -. -'S'.
 Calves steady. s5Q15.
 Sheep: Receipts 100; steady, $1@6; lambs. steady, $5@14.50.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 25.-Cattle: Receipts 700; slow steady; heavy steers, $8@8.75; beef, steers, $5@S.50; heifers, $5 Q8; cows, $3.500$ 0$sss feeders, S4.50@6.50; $2.5095,75.
 Hogs; Receipts. 1,4Oo;, steady to 15c higher; 165 pounds up, $7.40; 12o to 165 s6.75; pigs, $4.5o@5.25; throw out, $5.40 down. x
 Sheep: Receipts, 50; steady lams, SIP; choice. $1S@14.
 i. NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 25.-Cattle: Receipts. 700; market steady; heavy steers, %T@8; beef steers, $5@6; heifers, $6.50@6.60; cows, $3.50@5; feeders, S4.5O @6.50 stockers. $250@5. E
 t, Hogs: Receipts, 1000; light, medium and heavy hoks and throwouts, 15c to 200 pounds, $7.85; 13o to 1855 pounds, $6.75; pigs, $4.5o@5.25; throwouts. $5.4O
 Sheep, nominal; fat sheep, $3.5004.50; choice lambs, $s@10.
 EAST ST. LOUIS. Feb. 25.-Hogs: Receipts. 2s.OoO; 1oc to 200 higher; ac- tive; top, $7.40; bulk good butchers, $7:30@7.35; light weights, 150 to 15O pounds. $7.15@7.25; light lights and pigs very spotty; some sales 25c high CT; others lower at $s.5o@7.15 for bulk 1S0 to 160 pounds; no to 1s0 $6@6.50; lighter pigs, $5@5.75; packer, sows, $s1o06.15; few, $6.25.
 Cattle: Receipts, 2,500; beef cows opened strong; closed weak; light veal CTS, 25c higher at $13.25@13.50; other classes steady; bulk steers, $6.50@s.6O; top steers, $9; light yeariings and heif- CTS, $6.50@7.75; cows, $4.50@5.50; can ners, $2.2542.50; bologna bulls, $4.T5@ 5.25; stocker steers, $5.60@6.50.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1000; fat lambs opened steady; four decks good west erns. $15;s, closed 25c higher; late bulk, $15@15.60; top, s15.5o; sheep unchanged; fat handyweight ewes. ss.75 and down.
 KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25.-Cattle. Ill.,