Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-14
INTERNAL COMMERCE
Remarkable During First Three
Fourths of Present Year.
SITUATION ACCORDING TO TREASURY
Figures Show Many Things Out of the
Ordinary, Yet in Some Features
There is Marked Decline From the
High Tide.

Washington, Nov. 11-(Special cor
respondence. 1.-The internal commerce
of the United States during the first
three quarters of the commercial year
is in many respects the most remark
able in the history of the country's in
ternal trade, while in some features
there is a decline from the high tide
of activity for the corresponding Pc
riod of year or two ago. The month
ly summary Of the treasury bureau of
statistics reports that the trunk-line
movement of -four from Chicago points
during four weeks of September reach
ed an average of 9O,S42 barrels. For
the first time in the year one weeks
grain movement fell below million
bushels. The provision trade shows
the highest weekly average of the
year, being 31,196 tons per week.
A the five chief live stock markets
in the west the receipts for nine
months ending September 80 were
5,236,356 cattle, 13,413,669 hogs, and
5.331,1 sheep aggregating 23,9S1,1 SO
head of these three kinds, compared
with 22,239,971 head for the like period
of 1900.
Chicago received 213.11S cars of the
five kinds of stock, compared with 200,-
A93 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 80.
Omaha's packing industries consumed
1851, 431 head of cattle, hogs and
sheep, against 2,590,662 head last year
to September go The corresponding
figures for st. Joseph are 2,029,4O
head and 1,5S0,S91. Nine months re-
ceipts at st. Louis in 1901 We're 2,903,-
045 and 2,619,652 head for 1900.
Stocks of cut meats of both Kansas
City and Omaha on September 30
were lower than at the end of any one
OF the previous five months, but high
er than on the corresponding dates of
the two preceding years. September
receipts and shipments of cut meats
and dried beef at Chicago decreased
below last Septembers figures. Gin
cfnnati, on the contrary, shows an I'M
usual gain in both receipts and ship
ments of dried sailed meats, both for
September and for the nine months
ending September The seasons re-
ceipts of five kinds of grain at Buffalo
show that there has been consider
able falling off compared with 1900
and 1899. The seasons flour receipts
by lake, are still above those of 1893
though slightly below those of 1900.
Shipments by Erie canal from that
point for the season to September 30,
1901, were 1892 bushels, and for
the season of 1900 to that date were
10,726,235 bushels. Canal shipments
of five principal cereals have made
some gain, while railway shipments of
grain from elevators at Buffalo have
fallen from 79,4S6,755 bushels for the
hrst three-quarters of last year to Co.
447,024 bushels this year. The num-
Der of boats cleared by canal this sea
son to September 80 has been 1859,
being the smallest number on record
since 1885. The tonnage for the sea
son to September 80 was 2,445,7 TAT,
covering the entire state system can.
ais.
On the Great Lakes the shipments
of flour, coal, minerals, including ore,
lumber, logs, and unclassified freight,
were larger this September than last
September. Grain shipments decreas-
ed from 17,598,4S7 bushels to 22,492,.
sos bushels. The Saul Ste. Marie
canals report 4,133,056 tons of freight
for September, 1901, and 3,411,453 tons
for September, 1900, as having passed
in both directions The seasons traf-
tic is nearly half million tons great
er than last seasons.
In southern territory the receipts OF
cotton in sight for the first month OF
the season amounted to 692,6S6 bales
being the smallest in four years. Port
receipts were likewise unusually small
oh r.
move cotton by way of the Gulf ports
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 tobacco at seven south.
ern markets west of the mountains for
nine months this year were 214,715
hogsheads, compared with 1S9,8S0 last
year. Grain cleared at New Orleans
was nearly three times as large as
ago. Redwood shipments from upper
California for September fell below
those of two previous years. For the
nine months ending with September
shipments amounted to 161, 100,50i
d
1900, and 165, 156,919 feet in 1899. The
seasons shipments of deciduous fruits
from California this year aggregated
$3.50 cars, compared with 1928 cars
last season. Citrus fruits show gail
over last seasons shipments, being
23,857 this season, against 1877 las
season from November 1.
Coastwise commerce at the port o
Tacoma for September gives the small
est flour shipments during the fou
months since June. The lumber trad,
has shown a similar falling off to dc
mestic destinations, but a marked in
crease to foreign ports. At San Fran
cisco the local flour movement ha
been substantially stationary for tn
past three months. The arrivals o
wheat for September have exceeds
the combined receipts Of July. Angus
and September barley receipts wer
twice the combined receipts for Jul
and August.
DIRECTORY COUNT is MADE.
/ pes Mones Credited with a Populi
ton of 87,A00.