The Washington times., 1901-10-07
INTERNAL TRADE FIGURES.
Advances i'm Commercial Movements
at Interior Centres.

at Interior Centres.
The beginning OF autumn affords con
venient point of view from which to mak'
survey Of the internal trade movements
OF the country for the first two-thirds o
the year. The Monthly Sum nary is
sued by the Treasury Bureau of Stats
tics, covers the movements of domcsti'
trade for August and for eight months
ending with August. 1t shows that ms
carload receipts of grain at Chicago cur
ing August amounted to q $50 cars, com
pared with 10, ,u5 cars during july. Iht
spring wheat receipts at the four prin-
cipal markets were 1893, no bushels, com
pared with Is. go 17O bushels in August OF
1900. showing a gain of approximately
. oO0 600 bushels in the first month Of the
crop year The four principal winter
wheat markets during the first two
months of the crop year received g. 40,Sli
bushels in July and August, 1851. and S2,
f94613 bushels for the corresponding
months of the previous year.
If the withdrawal of corn and wheat
from the country in export movements
be taken as q measure of the coastward
drain of these two cereals, it appears
that during August. 1900, H,lS0,326 bushels
of corn. and S303, 7iS bushels of wheat
We're withdrawn from the country after
participating in the internal commerce
of the country by being transported full
| ly 900 miles to the coast. A most re-
| markabIe change from last years move
| ment is seen in the August arrivals from
| the interior for this year. Only 2,S5,-
| l45 bushels of corn passed out of do
| mestic control and entered into the ex-
| port, while 26,694, ,s32 bushels of wheat
passed out of the country during the
| with August last year, the corn and wheat
| shipments out of the country amounted t.
| 1S2,210,13 bushels. This years shipme nts
amounted to 213,53S.350 bushels. In point
| of quantity. wheat and corn have been
/ taking each others place.
| Trade movements at interior centres
| generally still report an advance over
! last year, except where special causes
| have intervened to the contrary. At Min
neapois, the statement of receipts for
| the commercial year ending with Sep
| tember shows u decrease in the items of
hour and millstuffs, but an extraordi-
nary Increase in corn, oats, barley. rye.
and fax. Shipments of milIstuns in
creased perceptiDiy and serve to call at
tehtlol 10 TINS market, from which these
by-productS Of flour milling are whey
distributed throughout cattIe-feeainE
territory or increasing Importance.
The provision movement over trunk
line railways fIom Chicago and Chica-
go points Tor the tye weeks ending with
august u, have averaged the heaviest OF
the year. AT st. Louis the receipts of
wool this year were 3,12I, 100 pounds COM
pared with 2509.6I0 pounds last August
( for the eight months ending with Au-
gust this years shipments have been
fuliy 81 Der cent in advance of last
years. The receipts of hay have in
creased from 153 $50 tons to I60g57 tons
At Cincinnati there were received to Au-
q x t,..Fa s
wool, compared with 1,2I3,S75 bales to the
end OF August, 1901. Hay receipts have
likewise advanced from SO, $50 tons last
year, TO 6f,30l tons this year
The live stock receipts at five Western
markets continue strong. For the eight
months ending with August this year the
increase over 1900 has amounted to 1913 2S7
cattle, 523, l6i hogs, 394, ,559 sheep. making
a total gain of I.50I, ,6I0 head. The total
receipts thus far through the calendar
year OF these principal kinds have
cut meats on hand ON the last day of Au-
gust at Chicago, Kansas City and Orna-
ma were materially larger than they were
year ago, in spite of extraordinary de-
mands occasioned by the heavy move
ments to the Atlantic Coast and to the /
South, on account of the opening of the !
cotton picking season.
y comparative summary of traffic on
the Great Lakes for August shows a gain
in the number of barrels of flour received +
Ia the tons Of minerals and coal. and in
the luduIlIy OF logs and unClaSSltied
freight handled. The grain receipts and /
shipments are at this stage of the season !
stili far behind the aggregate of last year |
On the Atlantic seabOard the four prin- /
cipal ports received the following guam /
titles Of grain during August. 1851. COM /
pared with tine same month of 1900. New /
York, l0355,l94 bushels, against HSI2 022 !
bushels, which includes in both cases
flour and meal reduced to bushels: Bos-
ton, 3.5U3. $50 bushels, against 2S12,72 bush
tls; Philadelphia. including -four reduced
to bushels, 4,Sl6320. against 5,4H .443. Bal
timore, S5lO, i94 bushels, against 5,I74.I6g .
bushels. The figures for Baltimore in
clude only the four principal cereals and
flour reduced TO bushels, while the Phila-
de!phia figures do not include rye. Possi-
bly, the most remarkable phenomenon in
the month grain trade is the increase
in the receipts OF wheat at Baltimore for
August from l34OGuG bushels in 1900 to
500 lGi bushels in 1891
The coal receipts at Boston for the
eight months ending August, 1901, have
aggregated 5,3ti. .333 tons from all sources.
OF this quantity 2.Sl6,2I2 tons were
ceived from domestic sources by coast
wise vessels and only 43. I06 tons by rail.
In Southern territory the cotton year
ending with August 81 brings with it the
statement of the commercial disposition
Of that crop for the entire season. The
Texas crop amounted to 3.s0S, ,55s bales of
which 2.l98,63S bales were received at the
total crop Of 10. .3S3. .422 bales included 1866
49, bales received at ports. i.l+J.237 bales
sent overland to mills outside of the
South and 1920 931 bales reserved for
consumption, subject to a de-
duCtiOn of a l9S b.tles taken from port
receipts for Southern mills. A calculation
shows that the stocks remaining at do
nestle ports at the close of the cotton
year amounted to % per cent of the en-
ire crop. The demands of Southern spin
lers required i.62093l bales, and Northern
spinners !. .957. SO bales. A comparison of
,oastwise and foreign shipments at New :
Orleans gives the distinctive features of :
he coastwise trade, including shipments ,
If sugar, molasses, rice, hides, wool and
products. .
On the Pacific Coast the most note
worthy increase in produce movements at !
barley. oats and potatoes; while wheat, !
lines. owing largely to labor troubles
1t that point of trade. Deciduous fruit
hipments have decreased for the season :
rom 4i7S ears last year to 4.0e3 cars this :
ear although citrus shipments have in
'reased from I1,4G6 cars last season to / :
36OS cars this season. Lumber shipments
It Tacoma have advanced greatly over :
asst month for coaStwiSe as well as for r
ign destinations. There has been de /
ided falling off in the coastwfse and for d
ign movements Of flour. s
Croker's ForgetfuIness. '
From the Chicago Tribune.) =
Thus in selecting Edward H. Shepard t
5 the Tammany candidate for Mayor of i
ireater New York Croker has forgotten I