New-York tribune., 1901-12-02
DOMESTIC TRADE SUMMARY.
OF STATISTICS FOR THIS YEAR
TO OCTOBER 81.

Washington Dec. CSpeciaD.-The October sum-
mary of domestic trade movements, just issued by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics contains state
ments of Withdrawals OF staple commodities from
the internal commerce of the country and COM
pares the domestic movements for the hrst ten
months of this year with those of the correspond
ing period a year ago. According to this statement
there were withdrawn during the year to OCTOBER
81 from the country's stock OF cereals for export
12O bushels compared with 26S5s3.4S1 bushels
for the corresponding period of 1900 The with
drawals of packing house and dairy products Tor
the same period this year amounted 10 1ISo,Ib3 III
pounds compared with 1896. .i66 165 pounds for the
preceding year. The demands of home consunp-
ton have been such to raise domestic prices TO
q level at which they have begun TO pass less
readily into the export trade. The october with
drawals OF cereals this year were 29I6l16 bushels
compared with 2s 276,44i bushels in October. 1900
showing a decrease Of 63u0.32S bushels The hish
prices of cereals in the domestic markets have, II
would seem. begun to check the export movement
but on the other hand, they have given the asri-
cultural sections of the country, from which these
three products are derived a greatly increased pur-
chasing power. the effect of which has been TO
stimulate especially the westward shipments OF
merchandise extraordinary degree Al IN
terror centres leading spring wheat markets loF
the first three months of the crop year gained IN re- re-
ceipts from So 26 bushels last year 70 t-oo's.-
bushels this year. On the other hand o. -FOUR WINTER yer
wheat markets which TeGeived ssr ba5 re
ceived only 80 2i9 sI5 bushels for the correspondis
psqiod psaos OF to 6S Soyyember amounted to i o
rels compared with i3.l09.SS barrels IN 4soo anu
II, ,Ts2 go barrels in 1899 &c. ,,,-.-.-.
The eastward trunk line movement from ChlcasS 1s
Of trunk line traffic for the first forty-rour weeks
of the year have averaged l3l 1853 barrels or nour
week 20T, lS2 bushels OF grain and zi.s'o tohs VI
provisions A.. xr-.-.o-, ,,or
kets for ten months ending with OCTOBER TINS year
amounted to q 07s. .10t head OF cattle hoss AM
sheep During that period last year the aEa5s
were % 69743 head, showing an increase OF l"o''o
head for this year. ,, 4, GO -
Al the Atlantic seaboard. Boston received n SI9-
s2l bushels of grain, including flour reuuCSu 70
bushels to October 81. compared with 100 osL
els last year that date. Octooec receipts at
York were Is SIC ~ bushels compared with Is ~
IN bushels last October. Philadelphla ana baIu- u
more made marked advances in the volume OF nour
and wheat received contrast with receipts durlns
October 1900 In coastwise shipI tnS Bai !.
under It's newly organized system OF collecting
trade statistics. reports tor SepteInoeI
the arrivals of SS7 vessels. In october NeW-1 1oI>
arrivals coastwse ports nupt "a ell .
In Southern territory q noteworthy Eeature OF the
cotton movement has been the Ill Sualiy idrSe
tskncs of Southern mills S34 14S bale having gone
to meet this demand during the frs Two montns
for iso An index of the statistical stion of the
loaf tobacco trade is given in the forI or the lolI
sales at Richmcnd Danville. Lynchb rg. WINSTON
and Durham for the commercial yea endinS Oc-
receved from first hands soOs5.52 pounds. WHICH
total was 81 95s, ,S96 pounds below the faes Oh 'ne
On the Pacific Coast the progress of trade Is
Citrus and dcciduous fruit shipments from CaH
fornia and by the -four movement from the NoIen S
Pscific ports for export. These ports have peen
growing rapidly milling centres. IRON rIS Ess
oO9 900 barrels of -four from Portland l9isZI prrei
from Seattle and 125. 10 barrels from Tacoma