The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-16
COMMERCIAL THERMOMETERS.
(By Fred +. sehrader.

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Washington d. c., June I4.(Staf Special Leading
movements in the domestic of the United States
now being made the subject of monthly reports by the
treasury bureau Of statistics An idea OF the growth of this
feature the bureaus work be gathered from the TACT
the April Of commerce and finance contains
over tables showing commercial movements at IN
terror traffic the Great Lakes receipts at the At
seaboard trade in Southern territory and
on the Pacific and shipments of coke petroleum
other mineral products various parts OF the country
In many cases comparisons made the four
ending April and the corresponding period OF
year Attention is also called the broadening basis OF
internal the conversion OF vacant
lands farms in the Northwest and recent mineral devel-
opments in the Southwest which sections enjoying
large influx of population.
territory live stock and cereals leading
factors Of domestic trade movements The live stock
ceips at the FIVE principal markets Chicago Kansas City
Omaha ST. Louis and St. Joseph during 1901 show
arabe gains last year both April and the
months ending with April the official receipts of cattle
hogs and sheep the just ended showing
Of 35o4I7 head compared with the corresponding
months OF The rise in the price of is point
ed being largely responsible for this increased
Of livestock market having become prohta
bic sell IS per years price than to
keep the stock such highpced food The receipts of
spring and winter wheat the eight markets Of Minneapolis
Milwaukee Duluth Chicago Kansas City ST Louis, Detroit
and Toledo for the harvest April os4o7za
bushels than gain Of approximately per
cent
The commercial movements the Atlantic eaboard in
clude grain and -four reduced bushels. During April
Boston received 4oozs9a bushels New York o6ssot9
bushels Philadelphia 493tso7 bushels and Baltimore 6I3
ss4 bushels making total of 2499366a bushels for those
four principal ports
In Southern territory the cotton movement is the most
important q348o47 bales having into sight by May
OF this amount Texas alone contributed 1903 400
bales The growth of New Orleans grain port is
in the fact that there exported city during
the four months ending May rSoza363 bushels Of grain,
compared with 4Is3Ia7 bushels in the four months of
1900.
An of sufficient importance be noted in its hear
ing upon this phase of the internal Of country
during April is the shipment OF carload Of Valencia
oranges from Southern California Portland Ore destined
for Vadivostock Siberia This the fruit shipment
the kind and illustrates the tendency branch of pro-
ducton relieve itself from the necessity of depending
solely the domestic and European markets The failure
Of California growers ind sufficient supply of
to enable them put their fruit the Eastern market
and the high of freight from the Atlantic sea-
board Europe have conspred the growers either
to work up the product at home find markets in
the Far East Another experimental feature distrib
ton Of the citrus fruit crop Of California is the shipment
easwse by way OF steamers from Redondo to
Seattle thence the Great Northern railroad to points as
Mar Chicago Several tranoads nave been marketed
over this