The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-16

Cotton Receipts HIVE Increased.
The Internal commerce Of the country
continues Co rIu ahead Of last years hS-
ures by a considerable margin There
are certain exceptions. for example. M
the July receipts and shipments of corn.
iu the shortage of grain receipts IN the
Northwest and in the lake movement OF
grain As "A rule however. the tide OF
domestic trade has maintained It's hi5h
level well into the opening Of the new
harvest year
The monthly summary of the Treasury
Bureau Of Statistics for July reports that
winter wheat shipments at Toledo, De
tr0it. ~. Louis, and Kansas City for
July have been 1ol72.3u bushels. com
pared with SsiS.9Su bushels during July,
1870. The live stock receipts at the five
leading Western markets for the first
seven months Of 1921 exceeded by l2i-59
head those Of the like period a year ago.
| The shipments Of cut meats at Chicago
| exceeded those Of last year by more than
p 100000 pounds. and the receipts eN-
! Ceedod those of last year by H0Well
pounds.
! At St. Louis the gains have been. in
! shipments. 100000 pounds. and in re-
, ceiptS Z5o0.g0 pounds. At Ciucin-
4 natl there has been a gain of lo.o9oeo
! pounds. At Cincinnati there has been
/ gain Of lo,J10po pounds IN receipts and
| 33.5o000J pounds IN shipments. These
/ movcemnts serve roughly to indicate the
! progress in the consuming capacity Of the
| country. as "a factor in maintaining the
volume Of internal trade.
! If the railway traffic be taken as a
/ measure of the CoUutry's increase in
home trade, an index may be found in the
/ number of cars reported as handled by
/ the Car Service Associations. For the
O. tdrter ended June 30, 1901. the National
] Association reports that f.ySJ.fiG cars
/ were handled. compared with 4ZlS.y3l cars
| FOR the corresponding period OF last year.
I an Increase OF almost 9 per cent In the
I number of cars handled.
/ The Erie Canal at Buffalo has thus far
I handled less grain than last year by
! nearly "a million bushels, nut has in
creased Its sugar receipts going west
/ ward over this waterway by fully Il. 500
w. pounds In other respects the canal at
| TINS port shows a decrease ia most items
The New York State canals as a whole
nave gained In tonnage. having carried
] a-l..4G tons in July. showing between o
and , per cent increase i'm tonnage The
| total freight FOR the season 10 July 81
/ amounted TO ltf1.l2S tons.
| ON the Great Lakes the receipts of -four
! coal, metals and minerals logs and un-
| CldsSlued freight have Increased Grain
| alone is In arrears for Jhe first seven
! months, owing 60 the falling off In corn
| r. 81. s.,-'i,IT',ii l--..'. g-4S'-'l9- ~
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/ t-,7i-' Iel9'. t-''--'t l-r'.'--f' TONS i'i
| -"9 49,, i9'.. 20 ,ll' same tiL.
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| - " -t-.--a - - on ELl--- ~. l-I
! lis "a -ii,- l-li-' 't '-, -,N ,H pi more
[ lealiIE railroads, and li-4 by water.
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sumo" nay below last season $ i=-I,~ AT
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.Hl--tN L-'. tA. l'.'iit1 '- corn 'gtA Al
20 ti'rt 'L la-L season 'Hal F.cripfS az
L'7.'i >i--., January nave reached ~
I g.h'.- tons from IH-7lNl@r sources alone
ne ".Hi receipts ih-rr are luliy one
miro above last year = arrivals tt the
lii-H 90 IHuHDs received. JOB. 90. NlH
p"IuaS are domestic and ty-tyHt1s pounds
foreign arrivals. I'D ls" g" the same date
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