Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-08
COUNTRYS INTERNAL TRADE
INCREASED RECEIPTS At FIVE
CHIEF LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Record for the Three Quarters of the
Year Most Remarkable i'm
Many Respects.

The Internal commerce of the United
States during the first three quarters of the
commercial year is in many respects the
most remarkable in the history Of the
cGuntry's internal trade, while In some fea-
lures there is a decline from the high tide
of activity for the corresponding period of
year or two ago. The monthly summary
os the treasury bureau of statistics reports
that the trunk line movement of flour from
Chicago points during four weeks of Sep
tember reached an average of 90,S42 bar
rels. For the first time in the year one
weeks grain movement fell below a mil
hon bushels. The provision trade shows
the highest weekly average of the year.
being 81 1876 tons per week
At the five chief live stock markets III
the west the receipts for nine months end
Ing September 80, were 5,236,S38 cattle, b.
413,Gi9 hogs and 1881 155 sheep, aggregat-
ing y, 9S1 $50 head of these three kinds.
compared with -. 239,9I1 head for the like
period of 1890
Chicago received 213,11 cars of the five
kinds of stock. compared with 200,4 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 81 Omahas packing industries
consumed 2.6Sl 43l head of cattle, hogs
and sheep, against 2.59o662 head last year
to September 80 The corresponding fig
ures for st. Joseph are 2,o29,4h6 head and
$50 S9. Nine months receipts at St. Louis
in 1901 We're 2.9o3.o4 and 2,619652 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
hVe months, but higher than on the CORE
spending dates of the two preceding years.
September receipts and shipments of cut
meats ard dried beef at Chicago decreased
below last September's figures. Cincinnati.
on the contrary. shows an unusual gain in
both receipts and shipments of dried sailed
meats. both for September and for the nine
months ending September.
Business at Buffalo.
The seasons receipts of five kinds of
grain at Buffalo show that there has been
a considerable falling off compared with
1go0 and 1899. The seasons -four receipts
by lake are still above those of 1899. though
slightly below those of 1890 Shipments by
Erie canal from that point for the season
TO September 30. 1901. were II .993 24T bush
els and for the season of 1900 to that date
Were 1n.I26.2:s bushels Canal shipments
of five principal cereals have made some
gain. while railway shipments of grain
from elevators DIT Buffalo have fallen from
20. 4S6I-:1 bushels for the first three-quar-
tiers Of last year TO 6i.44T ,o24 bushels this
year. The number of boats cleared by
canal this season to September 80 has been
2iIH. being the smallest number on record
since 1SSI. The tonnage for the season To
September ~ was, 2.445,T4I, covering the
entire state system canals.
On the great lakes the shipments of -four.
coal, minerals Gncluding Ore). lumber. logs
and unClaEsifed freight We're larger this
September than last September. Grain
shipments incrAsed from 1I.J9S,4 49, BUSH
els 70 -. fF2,5 4'6 bushels. The Sault Ste.
Marie canals report t 1896, tons of freight
for September. 1901. and Bali ,453 tons for
September 1900. as having passed in both
directions. The seasons traffic is nearly
half million tons greater than last sea-
sons.
The south and West.
In southern territory the receipts If cot
tor in sight for the first month Of the sea-
son amounted to 692. CSC bales. being the
smallest in four years. Port receipts were
likewise unusually small and show an in
creasirg tendency to move cotton by way
of the gulf ports rather than the Atlantic
ports On the other hand. the figures of
dstTib1tfOu show that the total domestic
spinn"rs' takingS have been much higher
than during last September. though not
quite mp 70 those Of September. 1899. The
receipts Of tobacco at seven southern mark
kstS west OF the mountains for nine months
this year We're 21i.115 hogsheads, compared
with 1880 last year. Grain cleared at
New Orleans was nearly three times as
large as that cleared in September one
year ago.
Redwood shipments from upper California
for September fell below those of two pre-
viOgls years. For the nine months ending
with September shipments amounted TO
16l lno,Tb2 feet, compared with 152, $50 !tS5
feet in 1890 and 165 156.913 feet in 1899.
The seasons shipments of deciduous fruits
from California this year aggregated 3,sSS3
cars. compared with ). I23 cars last sea-
son. Citrous fruits show gain over last
seasons shipments. being 23,S5I this sea-
son against I,617 last season from Noyem-
Der l.
Coastwise commerce at the port of Ia
coma for September gives the smallest
-four shipments during the four months
since June The lumber trade has shown
a similar falling off TO domestic destina
lions. but marked increase to foreign
ports. At San Francisco the local -four
movement has been substantially station
airy for the past three months. The arriv-
ais Of wheat for September exceeded the
combined receipts of July and August, and
September barley receipts We're twice the
combined receipts for July and August