The age-herald., 1901-11-15
INTERNAL TRADE
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Washington, November 14-The internal commerce of the United States during the first three quarters of the commercial year is in many respects the most re- markable in the history of the country's internal trade, while in some features there is a decline from the high tide of activity for the corresponding period of a year or two ago. The Monthly Sum- mary of the Treasury Bureau of Statis- tics reports that the trunk-line move ment of flour from Chicago points dur ing four weeks of September reached an average of 9o,0o0 barrels. For the first time in the year one weeks grain move ment fell below a million bushels. The provision trade shows the highest weekly average of the year. being 31,1S6 tons per week.
 Live Stock Market.
 At the five live stock markets in the west receipts for nine months, ending September 30, were 5.236,356 cattle, 13, 41S,- 6e9 hogs and 5,331, 155 sheep, aggregating %, ,9S1, ,1SO head of these three kinds, com pared with p, 239, ,971 head for the like pe- riod in 1900.
 Chicago received 312.11S cars of the five kinds of stock, compared with 20e,49S cars for the first nine months of 1900. Kansas City's arrivals of both cattle and hogs were larger than for any previous year to September 30 Omaha!s packing indus tries consumed 2,ss1, 4S1 head of cattle hogs and sheep. against 2,590662 head last year to September 30. The corre- spending figures for St. Joseph are B. O29, 4O6 head and l. 1.5S1,s91. Nine months receipts at St. Louis in 1901 were 2,902,045 and 2,619, ,652 head for 1900
 Falling Of in Grain.
 The season receipts of five kinds of grain at Buffalo show that there has been a considerable falling off compared with 1900 and 1899. The seasons flour receipts by lake are still above those of 1899 though slightly below those of 1900 Ship ments by Erie Canal from that point for the season to September 30 1901, were Il, ,993 PAT bushels, and for the season of 1900 to that date were 10, ,726 235 bushels. Canal shipments of five principal cere- als have made some gain, while railway shipments of grain from elevators at Buffalo have fallen from 79,4S6. 755 bushels for the first three-quarters of last year to 66 OA bushels this year. The num- Der of boats cleared by canal this sea- son to September 30th has been 2S59 being the smallest number on record since 1885. The tonnage for the season to Sep tember 30th was 2, 445,z47, covering the en- tire State system canals.
 At Southern Ports.
 In southern territory the receipts of cotton in sight for the first month of the season amounted to 6a2 6S6 bales. be- ing the smallest in four years Port re- ceipts were likewise unusually small and show an increasing tendency to move cotton by way of the gulf ports rather than the Atlantic ports. On the other hand, the figures of distribution show that the total domestic spinners takings have been much higher than during last September, though not quite up to those of September, 1899. The receipts of to- bacco at seven southern markets west of the mountains for nine months this year were 214.715 hogsheads, compared with 1S9,SS0 last year. Grain cleared at New Orleans was nearly three times as large as that cleared in September one year ago. Redwood shipments from up- per California for September fell below those of two previous years,