Show kne livestock situation by J A mcnaughton all if s shared in sharp advances during dining the f first week of the ilie great war in europe to what extent these advances are justified may be better known in the second week lal although though many lu in the trade tire are of the opinion that some substantial strength in commodity prices will be sustained luea most alost spectacular was the advance in hog prices it will be recalled that about a mouth month ago prices had dropped to the lowest levels since 1 the top on the los angeles market going as low as a ewt bartly due to war preparations and because of gi greatly catly stimulated demand deman d for lard d the hog market staged a sharp comeback during tile the week before war was declared hut but last iveel eck one of the most spectacular advances I 1 in history was recorded fluid from the august low of for choice grain fed liggs the market sky rocketed to a me pork products hut but it is apparent that the winter hog market la is likely to be higher than had been anticipated due largely to increased foreign demand it must be remembered that poland has been a large exporter of pork products to the british isles and even to america it does not seem likely that poland will be a pork exporter por ter for the duration of the war at best 1 thus it may be seen that there 14 substantial idl background for a better situation in the hog market than existed a mouth month ago whether or not the peak prices paid last week can call be justified remains to be seen it must be realized that the outbreak br OR k of what may be another world war Is bound to bring about unsettled market marka conditions it I 1 was not until the second year C of tile the last world war that our american commodity markets gained substantially it Is probable that in thelong thelon 9 run lun we will see war prosperity lit in this coun country iry such prosperity may come soon sooner r chati than jn ln the 1914 1918 1018 affair but it seems unwise to speculate on them the immediate f future i we have abundant supplies of feed feedstuffs stuffs in this country vand actual a it surplus supplies of many foods there is a shortage of fed cattle on the pacific coast and it would not be surprising ilour it our los loa angeles cattle market would be relatively stronger than the middle west the war flurry has al ready caused some price advances and many in the trade believe that tile the cattle market will be more likely to hold hoid the advances than some other commodity markets |