Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1910 — SUSPEND KILLING OF HOGS [ARTICLE]

SUSPEND KILLING OF HOGS

Several Chicago Packing Firms Shut Their Slaughtering Pens. Hog killing at the Union stock yards in Chicago is at the lowest notch In over a quarter of a century and prices rule the highest at around sll a hundred, with the prospect of a still further rise. Owing to this unprecedented scarcity of hogs, several packers have shut down their big slaughtering pens rather than pay (he heavy prices for swine