Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-08-29 | Page 1 | Foodstuffs Continue to Drop

TU ff FES I IO D r Hogs and Cattle in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Decline to Fur Fur- ther r r Lou ks nd d dI I Buyers Are Scarce C Aug 29 Food Foodstuffs Food Food- stuffs of all kinds continued on on a downward scale today Live hogs sold as low as 1450 per I pounds early in the buying and lack of buyers for thousands of hogs on the market made further de declines declines declines de- de clines seem certain All grades have shown a drop of approximately 3 cents a pound since the beginning of the slump Cattle sales began at around 1675 per 11 0 an average of under prices at the cosse of last weeks week's trad trad- ing Only the tha buying of more dr dressed meat by the public will revive the market according to stockyards The consumer will not receive the benefit of the lower figures figure it was pointed out until meat purchased during during during dur dur- ing the decline is released for sale which will be in about a week Eighteen thousand hogs remained unsold i in n Chicago's pens at the close of Thursdays Thursday's trading and nearly 1000 cars were reported on the way to the i I yards