Wichita Daily Stockman from Wichita, Kansas • 1

A i ll OFFICIAL PUBLICATION WICHITA LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE VOLUME 19 NUMBER 227 WICHITA, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1917, of four hundred employes In the can it is doubtful whether they will ma HOGS SLUM ANOTHER QUARTER: ture before frost, ning department at the Cudahy Packing plant In Kansas City, according to F. C. Clewell assistant superin Alfalfa, Pastures and Gardens CATTLE TRADE WAS VERY SLOW: v. Of A BIT AGAIN TODAY mm LIGHT: QUALITY RAGGED tendent of the plant.

The employes, Pastures are generally In prime con more than half of whom are women and girls, quit work at noou today, de Basla on. Plain 8teore 25 80c Lower dition, except in a few' counties 'fa the northwest, 'where they are turning brown from lack of rain. The fourth cutting of alfalfa has begun in the manding higher wages. for Week. OOO OO" OF INTEREST.

0 0 L. h. Collins of Harvey county and All of the striking employes it Is south central counties and will soon be said, were employed on war orders for It Was a Very Slow 8esslon Here This I Morning. NOTHING DONE UNTIL NOON. Top Was $18.20 on a Plain Load With Bulk of 8ales f17.0017.9O Piga Higher, ready in the northeastern.

In' the the United States government and for J. E. "Brown of Butler county delivered one and two carloads of cattle re eastern and central parts it Is almost '-iaiifc GOOD 'CATTLE ABOUT 8TEADY Demand Holds Up on Beet Kinds but Othera Show Lois Each Day Si of Week. finished, but so far seeding has not spectively to the late receipts yesterday. begun.

LATE CROPS PROMISING Apples and fall gardens are growing Among the late arrivals yesterday satisfactorily. Picking Jonathans and Weather and Crop Conditions In Okla HOC Estimated today 4 from Oklahoma were, J. Ifever of Xoble county and Jno. Butler of Beckham county with a carload of cattle Grimes golden apples will begin the' Arkansas Valley inBlde of two weeks. 500 1542 944 1952 homa for Week Ending, 8ep-tember 4.

i 4. .....1000 430 ...2276 836 1113 CATTLE Estimated today Official yesterday Official week Official month ago Official year ago Otficail yesterday Official week ago Official month ago Official year ago Sugar beets have developed rapid each. ly. 11 J. M.

Patterson and D. P. Duncan .342 The first half of the week was quite 6.. 826 8.00 6....:... 835 .00 4 632 7.75 2 s-b.

435 7.50 6 s-b 435 7.33 1.1 550 7.25 4. 755 7.25 18 B77 7.25 1-. 430 7.25 1........ 690 7.25 3........ 790 7.23 3........

063 7.25 5........ 538 7.00 8........ 631 7.00 573 7.00 4..:..... .450 6.90 .1 530 C.90 5 634 6.90 2 560 6.85 1 690, 6.50 3........ 583 6.50 5........

Gd5 G.5Q 2 825 6.00 2 590 6.00 1 530 6.00 1.. 720 6.00 500 6.00 2........ 550 6.00 2........ 515 6.00 4 640 5.75 4 560 5........ 513 5.50 1 640 5.50 620 5.50 5 s-h 880 5.50 Stock Helfora 1 520 8.00 3 730 6.85 1........

820 6.85 1........ 720 6.75 2 715 6.75 1.. 730 6.40 1 670 6.25 Stock Cowa 13 720 6.73 3 690 6.50 2........ 830 6.50 6.50 4 8C2 6.25 2... 995 6 25 540 6.00 1........

988 6.00 1 920 C.Ooj 1 980 5.75 7 817 5.50 4.. 832 5.50 cool'and the lattey jhalf moderately delivered one and two carloads of cattle respectively from Dewey county, Oklahoma points. BUSINESS MEN TO CONSIDER warm, sunsnme was aencicni. snow-ers were quite'general, the rainfall be L. S.

Palmer sent up two carloads of ing generally light to moderate, More cattle from Hemphill county, Texas, rain would be beneficial in the south tor the day's trading. FURTHER WAR SERVICE Special Meeting of Chamber of Con merce Will Back Up President and -Further Consider Duty Business Owes Government. I W. A. Simmonds helped the late re ceipts yesterday by having a carload western counties, where, crops'are gen orally needing moisture.

There is an abundance of moisture in other sections o( the State. of cattle from Reno county Wm. Latham was In from Kingman It has been too wet for cotton over county with two carloads of cattle for Washington.VD. C. September 5.

As most of the south-central and eastern the late trade Tuesday. a result of being brought Into close con portions. The plants are making! too F. Forney of Sedgwick county was tact with high government officials nuch growth, resulting In considerable also among the late arrivals with a and others in touch with the war, bus! iheddlng. The cool, wet and cloudy one-car shipment.

weather was favorable for boll worms Ira Burk was a Kay county visitor on the hog division with a one-car ness men will have an opportunity at Atlantic City two weeks hence of real lzig aspects of the present situation which, it is said, have heretofore not been brought home to them. At what and they are doing much damage In uany localities. The cotton crop, as i whole however, is BtlU very promis The supply of hogs today was very light and common in quality. The market ranged 25c lower compared to yesterday. The morning estimate called for 1,000, with the noon count showing but 681 yarded.

The market was very slow in getting underway and nothing was done until noon. Packers realized that the bearish els-' ment was bound to have the better end of it today and waited to get the full benefit of the Quality was quite ragged and the best to be had was a fair bunch of 207 pound hogs that brought $18.20 for the while the bulk of sales was Included between 17.90. Very little of the supply reached the 200 pound mark in weight. The pig market was active and 50c higher, good 100 pound pigs selling as high as $15.50. REPRESENTATIVE HOG SALES.

Hogs No- Dk. Av.Wt. -j Pr. 20 207 18,20 73 231 .17.90 40 206 17.83,;' 3t 110 233 i 17.73 2 310 17.73 i shipment today. 1 W.

H. Chappie of Woodward coun OTHER LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Chicago, llllnola. Chicago Union Stockyards, Sept 51 ing- ty, Oklahoma, added a carload of cat promises to be the greatest gathering tle to the day's receipts. Madi of its kind ever held In this country son delivered a mixed load from the Catatle 20.000: market steadv tn 15 a special war meeting of the Chamber same lower.

Hogs leftovers A carload ef cattle was the contribu The weakness which has prevailed tn the cattle trade this week continued today. The supply was very-light and was made up largely of odds and ends of rather indifferent quality. The runs of 'late have included mostly common stuff tend on this class the market is especially bearish, traders finding it hard' to move the commoner sorts, and the, packers complaining of too many common cattle and not enough good ones. Anything good In any class today sold, about steady with anything last week, but anything common was 10 15c lower compared to yesterday and sold slow and as much as 2550c lower ihan the close last week. Only odds and ends of butcher steers were offered and the market was slow and dull and around 10(gl5c lower than yesterday's basis.

Butcher stock of good quality found ready Bale at weak but the commoner sorts were very slow and sold 25 (5-30c lower than last week- Canners were unchanged and bulls were steady The' calf market lost -some of yesterday's bloom and was around a quarter lower. "Scarcely enough stacker offerings were oh hand today to really test val- lies and (the market was very slow on "tllcjass' of cattle offered. Country Remand is; very slack as far as com-ruo quality steers are concerned, and they'setllow and shade lower than U'yeaierday ot JJJc; JLoilOft. lower, than "this Close. last week.

hulk of the common red steers ranged from $6.00 with the right good quality at tl.00i8.25.1 Stock cows and hoifers find better sale than the steers, but the market is around a quarter lower oil this class compared to last week. market opened dull and 15o lower, Late Corn Improving Late planted corn is making satisfactory progress, is improving steadily ind will make considerable, grain, un 'ess caught by unusually early frost. Sorghum grains and late forage crops ire making splendid growth and pro-Tress, especially In the northwestern counties, where conditions have great tion of A. Jester to the day's business." closed active, 2540c lower. Top.

bulk Sheen. W. H. McFadden of Knox county, 000; market steady to 23c lower. of Commerce of the United State held at the ocean resort September 18 to 21st; it will be shown business is not only backing up the President bui now comes forward to consider further how it may render greater service in winning the war.

Solution of War Problems. It is said many of the most perplex Texas delivered a carload of calves and Ray Schoellenberger of Lipscomb ly improved during the past'- month. Kanaaa City, Mo. Kansas City Stockyards, Sopt. 5 county, a carload of cattle to the trade this morning.

3room corn harvest Is progressing sat- Jno. Hazcn of Comanche county, 'sfactorily over, the southern half of Cattle, market steady to 10c lower. Hogs 4,000: market 1 ODened p. H. Hyatt of Harper county and slow and 1013c lower, closed 25c ing problems which Washington Is facing in connection with the war are those which arise from business.

In Guntcr Glaves of Butler county were he area, yield and quality ranging jrora poor to excellent. Broom corn ma Improved greatly in the north- Top S18.C0; bulk $17.0018.35. among the shippers with' mixed loads! Sheep market steady. solving these the knowledge and expor vestern comities since the' rains set ience of business men is helpful to 'n and is now a fair to. good prospect I The second crop of white potatoes is Ft.

Worth, Tex. Ft. Worth, 5 Cattle 14.000: the government. The War Convention is' expected to give business an jeneralry a' fair, atand Sweet pota-'oes and peanuts are excellent; A fair- opportunity or voicing 4helr thoughfi market 25c lower. Hogs 2,600 market.

ISPSoc lower. Top ll7.85; bulk, and putting in definite form the results 'y good crop of prairie hay is being 16.7dlu7.00. Slieop markot, of their experience. "The convention will give represon for the early trading. Jas.

Green of Reno county also had a mixed shipment, Jacob" Tjadon cashed up a carload of hogs from a point i'n' this county. The Farmers' Orain "ft Supply of Ellis county, sent in a shipment of hogs. P. L. Johnson was on tho hog division with a carload of Sumnor coun ty porkers.

Frank Beaver was up from Beaver county, Oklahoma, with a shipment of cattle for trading. lar vested. Pastures, alfalfa and late 'ruck cropB are making good growth steady. COMPARATIVE STOCK RECEIPTS. Preparations for seeding an increased icreage of winter wheat are being oushed rapidly, with soil in fine condi tatives of business the opportunity of expressing their deep sentiments of loyalty and patriotism," said Waddlll Catchlngs, chairman of tho National Official at Wichita.

tion over practically the whole State, Hogs 827 Chamber program committee, "and Wednesday Aug. 29 CATTLE SALES 90 187 17.73 2 i 295 17.73' 22 198 17.73- 51....: 7o" 177 17.35 20 180- 17.35 22 .....150 173 7 17.23; 17 Throw-Outs and Piga 1 1.. 130 16.00 7 80' 98 13 50 12 lfO 15.50 45 70 93 15.25 Wagon Hogs 211 17.85-,'.' 8 203 17.80 2 200 17.23 Sheep No. Av.Wt. Pr.

18 lamlw 83 13.00 2 lambs 83 14.00 2 lambs 85 12.50 1 yearling ,...100 10.00- 7 yearlings 90 9.00 2 ewes 100 650 PROVISIONS AT CHICAGO Pork. '-Close- will five them the opportunity of mak Thursday, Aug. 30 Cattle ........1,952 158 80 4 Friday Aug. 31 628 222 219 Ing constructive suggestions to the government. The ultimate result of FEED FLOWER BULBS TO CATTLE 3utchDiscover New Way to Increase Saturday Sept 1 i crystallizing the thought of large num Monday, Sept.

3 bers of business men. and sending Tuesday Sept. 4 .5,272,1,648 1,452 430 8,938 3,874 GOOD WHITE-FACE CALVES. Early In the week the Williamson Cattle marketed three cars of very good white faced stock calves that brought $8.73 per hundredweight. Production of Milk, Amster-1 dam Paper Reports.

Total for week these men home in a spirit to be helpful to the government must result In a leadership throughout the country RECEIPTS OP CARS. Amsterdam, Sept. 5 According to There were ,184 calves In the string and they weighed 377 pounds. W. H.

Santa Fe .....:....23 which. will make more effective our national energy in the prosecution of Handelsblad, the prohibition of the It. Island 6 Mo. Pac. 4 port of flower bulbs was issued with Hunter of Langley, purchased the calves, the war.

"And here is another phase of the i view of controlling their export for tbnormal use. By the removal of Orient 3 Md. Valley 1 It is frequently said bust larmful ingredients it was found pos noss Is on trial. The manner in which Total .......37 iible to prepare very nourishing, tnilk The Trade In Grain business acts today Will determine the producing cattle feod of various kinds Open High Low attitude of government toward bus! TELEGRAPHIC RECEIPTS. T'day 42.62 torn the.

uuibs. The hyacinth and nar Oct. 42.62 ness for years to If business Hogs Cattle oissus bulbs, it has been learned, Wichita Grain Wichita 1,000 400 roally is on trial, it should be heard tV Butcher Steers 5........ 746 9.75 5 Js 830 7.50 6 661 7.23 9.. 663 6.73 430 6.50 1........

900 6.23 2 S-b 930 6.25 490 6.00 500 6.00 450 1 6.00 435 5.751 4...... 5C0 5.50 9 555 6.50 Butcher Heifers. 683 9.00 1....:... 530 8.30 1 600 8.00 1.., 770 8.00 1. 1080 8.00 10..

644 7.73 2. 893 7.50J 1.:. 480 1 7.30 3...:.... 713 7.25" 4 890 7 23 773 7.25 1 610 7.23 1 670 7.00 4...... 783 6.50 803 6.50 poo 6.00 1 510 6.0(VN Butcher Cows 1030 8.50 1 ...1280 8.5(1 -i 750 5 1198 7.50 1.:......1010 7.23 15 826 7.25 --990 7.25 16........1006 7-00 3.

980 7.00 2 1010 7.00 2......:. 880 i 7.00 7.00 1090 7.00 7 C-h 930 7.00 2,::... 990 1 6.50 1........ 970 6.50 4... .973 6.50 5 988 6.25 6.23 896 6.23 2..

940 6.00 .6.00 940 6.00, -2 880 6.00 1......4120,. 6.00 1.1.4U9 6.00 have proved valuable for industrial 23.23 Oct. Yea. 42.93 230 23.55 23.57 23.60 42.72 42.45 Lard 23.37 23.25 23.42 23.30 Ribs' 23.50 23.2t There should be a voice speaking for business, otherwise business is apt tc Receipts Today L. Yr.

85 0 1 0 1 Sept 23.37 Chicago 14,000 20,000 Kansas City 4,000 16,000 Omaha 6,500 8,500 Wheat Corn Oats 23.30 23.37 23.42 23.43 be Judged by those men who come for lurposes. i 'l RAIN BRINGS OUT FEED CROPS Oct. 23.50 St. Joseph 2.500 3.000 Sheep 22,000 3,000 23,000 1,000 250 2,300 500 200 42.750 Sept 23.32 ,23.43 23.30 ward because they are hurt by, some action' which Is taken In Washington or because they desire to secure a Sioux City 3,500 3,000 St. Louis 6,000 6,500 Kanaaa City Board of Trade.

By Orthweln-Matchette Sedg. Blk Sowley County Corn Will Produce Ft. Worth 2,000 9,060 contract. In the absence of some gen Wheat Close- WESTERN LEAGUE RESULTS Oklahoma City ..1,000 1,200 Go6d Yield While Kafir, Maize and Alfalfa Are Thriving, Open High Law T'dy Yes Tot. today 41,500 67.600 eral gathering of business men to give expression to the broad thoughts and feelings of business men business if apt to be Judged solely from its selfish Corn May 107 108 107-108 10714 Doc.

110 112 110 112V4 111 Wlnfield, Seal, 5. August rains i CROPS AND PASTURE DOING WELL have made almost a miraculous change In the condition of Cowley county's standpoint," Price Control to be Discussed. Chicago Board of Trade, Clubs Won Lost Lincoln ...:..24 18 Omaha ...24 18 Wichita 24. 20 Hutchinson ....24 20 SC Joseph 21 Joplin ......22 22 Des Moines 17 25 Denver i ...16 28 i Pet .571 .543 .545 .500 .500 .403 .364 feed crop, It is now estimated by com At the meeting will come up the dif Weather and Crop Condftlona tn Kan aaa For Week Ending 8ept. 4.

By Orthweln-Matchette Co. Sedg. Blk. ferent phases of the problem- of the Wheat. i petent judges that the corn crop thU vear will be two-thirds of an average Late sown kafir and milo maize will also make good crops If they are government control of prices; the establishment of priority In', require Canners and Cutter Open High Low T'dy Yes Very little rain fell in Kansas this week, except some local showers In ments of the government and of Indi 2....

999 .930 .1045 5.75 2......:, 965 5.50 1........ 970 5.50 4 847 tne northeast portion, ana in some not Injured by early frosts and alfalfa vlduals for materials and products the 5.50 5.50 5.35 5.23 5.25 north-central and northwestern coun ties the ground is getting quite dry, will produce the fourth, and in some fields, the fifth One farmer supply of which is limited. There will be discussed the Industrial relations 11...,. 823 5.251 826 i 630 5.2 5 5.25 5........ 742 An Off Day.

Yesterday was an off-day in the schedule so the Izzies went to King man for an exhibition game, winning handily. They remain for a socond. game today returning home tomorrow to open a series with JopHn. during the war, how the governments Chicago Board of Trade Committee has' fixed the price for September wheat at $2.13. Corn Dec.

112 113' 111 113 111 May 108 109 107 108 107 Oats May. 58 59 58-58 58 Sept" 56 5fir -56 56 56 Dec 55 57vi 55 55 53 The weather was abnormally cool until the last two or three days. The near Wlnfield has already cut; his fourth crop of alfalfa, which averaged a ton to the acre on each cutting, can best procure the supplies' and ma Bulla'. 7.23 6.75. terials most needed for the war and which he marketed for 18, ton.

week was favored by plenty of sun shine for all needs. Corn Improving, But Corn continues to improve in prae handle the great business problems which arise in connection with the i CRAWFORD war. 3....:...1206 1........1350 2 1315 1........1270 1 940 2.i;.. 993' 2 .875. 7.00 6-75 6.75 6.50 6.25 6.25 ,.00 6.50 It Is thought In connection with the 1........1330 3...1073 3 930 1.......

960 630 2 815 6.75 C.65 6.50! 6.23 6.15 5.75 Visible Supply. "Lonesome Town," the musical com tlcally ail parts, out tne week was somewhat too cool for satisfactory development, and indications now ere that the bulk of It will not be safe Atlantic City gathering which promises to break all records for attend edy now being presented by the Craw THE -STORK SPECIAL. The Stockman family was made one larger Sunday night with the arrival of a nine pound girl at the home of "Mr. and Mrs. G.

K. Warrici on North Estelle. Mr. Warrick Is The Slock man's advertising manager. 659,000 190,000 ,.1,902,000 Wheat, Inc.

Corn, dee Oats, Inc. ford Theater Musical Comedy Stock ance tne general meeting of men from frost before October ,1. A con from all sections of the country that consideration of the broad problems company, Is far different from any of the former bills, and Is much, better 1 11.50 siderable part of it has passed the roasting ear stage and Is hardening and denting, but a great deal is Just will result in conclusions which will liked because of the more comedy Total -Visible! 54.660,000 3,330,500 27,691,000 and plenty of songs. "Story' Land," in which the-, mem 11.00 10.00 9.50 9.25 8.00 silking. Complaint of poor pollination Wheat Corn Oats be helpful to: the and which will bring business generally more Into step with what Is s'being is received from many parts of the bers of the chorus take the patt of 'Calve 230 12.00 160 J30 11.00 6.:....., 181 no li.ooj 170 250 .50 215 357 9.35 310 333 ,00 2....,.

335 310 .00 480 140 T.60 483 315 7.00 1........ 100 475 5.301 Etackera and Fftiiri 540 4., C13 State. done. a Mother Goose characters and "'Goodbye Broadway, Hello France," the pat 1 8.00 7.25 7.00 MORRIS BUYER A VlSITC- A visitor on the hog yards yestsn: was R. M.

Schlup, who has rem accepted a position as hog buyer Morris at Oklahoma Cltj. Schlup was with Morris in St. before being transferred to CI' 8TRIKE TROUBLE AT KANSA8 riotic finale of the first are some 4 Grain sorghums made an excellent growth during the week, but, as In the case of corn, their development has not been as rapid as desired and In CITY. thing different, while all' of the mem' THE WEATHER. Wichita, Sept 5, 1917..

Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; cooler In north portion tonight and in southeast portion Thursday. the north-central and northwestern Kansas City, Sept. 5. Strike bers bring good applause. "Lonesome Town." will be presented the of tha wt'-i, t.

counUes, where they are now breakers were used to hnzl Efrlke i.