The evening times., 1901-11-08

4 Statement Issued by the Treasury
Bnrrnn of ntntistics.


Thr Internal commtrcs Of the United
States during the first three-duaTtsrs Of
the commercial year is in many respects
the most remarkable in the history of the
country.s Internal trade while iu some
features there is decline from 'hs high
trade of activity for the corresponding
period OF a year or two ago The monthly
summary or the Treasury Bureau Of Sta
ustics reports that the truuk-iine move
meut OF -four from Chicago points during
four weeks of September reached an aver
age OF gJ.Ni2 barrels. For the first time
I'm the year one weeks grain movement
fen below mii'iou bushels The provis-
ION trade shows the highest weekly aver
age OF the year, being gl,lg5 tons per
week
At the five chief live stock markets in
Tho West the receipts for mine months
ending Sept,m ,mbtr 30 were 5Z5G.55 cattle.
l5.tl5.'t5 hogs. and 5-@l.l55 sheep. nESra-
eating Z5.sNi,lsD head OF these three kinds
compared with -2.Zsy.gI head for She like
period of 1900
Chicago received 2l3.IIS cars of the five
kinds Of stock. compared with 2.1. .ig5 cars
for The first nine months Of 1900 kan
sas City $ arrivals of both cattle and
hogs were larger than for any previous
year 10 september 20. Dmaha's packing
industries consumed 2.6Sl 81 head Of cat
lie, hogs. and sheep. against =. 80. .552 head
last year To September 90. The CORE
spending figures for St Joseph are Z.J-9. Cos
head and l.5s0.s9I. Nine months receipts
at St Louis in 1901 were Z.yJ3,yB and
2,6l5.652 head for 1900
Stocks of cut meats of both Kansas
City and Omaha ON September 80 We're
lower than at the end of amy one Of Ju-
previous five months. but higher taau 0u
the CORE spending dates of the two pre-
cydiug years. September receipts and
shipments of cut meats and dried beef
at Chicago decreased below last Seutem-
bcr.s figures. Cincinnati. on the contra
ry, shows an unusual gain in both re-
Ctlpts and shipments of dried saIted
meats. both for September and for the
nine months ending September. The sea-
sons receipts OF uve kinds of grain at
7 Buffalo show that there has been con-
siderable falling of compared with 1913
and 1888. The seasons flour receipts Jy
lake, are still above those Of 1893 though
slightly below those Of 1880. Shipments
hy Erie Canal from that point Tor the
season to September 20 1871, were ID 1913 Z47
bushels and for the season OF 1900 90 that
date were lu.l-b.-5s bushels Canal ship
DeiJS ul I'VE principal cereals have made
some gain. while railway shipments of
Eralu from elevators al Buffalo have fall
lon from ~. t>1..a5 bushels for the first
thr-g-quaTters Of last year to E5.ffl u-i
bushels this year The number of boats
cleared 10y canal this season % Septvm-
Der go has been 1853 being the smallest
number on record since l>>5- The tom
mage for the season 20 September I'D. was
-lls.. az. covering the entire state system
canals
on the Great Lakes the shipments o.;
Hour coal, minerals. including ore, lum-
beT, logs. and uUclassiIed freight. were
larger Jhis september than last Septem-
Der Grain shipments decreased from H.
5ss AZ bushels 10 D f,2 500 bushels. The
SauII Ste Marie canals report 4l55 u5i
tons Of freight for september, 1871, and
5.4ll.453 tons for September. l5H as hay
ing passed in both directions The sea-
sons traffic IS nearly half "a million tJls
greater than last season. s..
In Southern territory the receipts Of cot
ton IN sight for Jhe first month Of the
season amounted 90 f32. fsj bales. being the
smallest in four years Port receipts were
likewise unusually small. and snow an in
sreasiug tendency tD-nove cotton by way
Of The Gulf ports rather than the Atlantic
ports on the other hand. the figures OF
distribution show that the total d1mes-
tie Spluler5 takings have been much
higher than during last September.
though rot quite up 90 those OF S+Ut-u-
Ig-. 1893. The receipts OF tobacco al seven
Southern markets west of the mountains
4hl l.la-r lAHl4hll1 Alhte y tll were -4tr CAD
h0E-hea5s. compared WITH IS9.sSg last
year. Grain cleared at New Orleans was
nearly three times as iarge as that cleared
in september one year ago Redwood ship
meuJs from upper. California for Septau-
i.r fell below those OF TWO previous years.
For the nine months ending with Septem-
ber shipments amounted 90 l6llH1.52 feet.
compared with l52 S5j.ss feet in 1850. and
ITO. 3l3 feet IN 1899 The seasons ship
meu;s of daclduous fruits from California
. this year aggregated 5-ss2 cars. compared
with Tl-3 cars last season Citrus fruits
show a gain over last seasons shipments.
being p s7, this season. SEaiUst lI.5I last
/ season. from November =
Coastwlse commerce at the port of Ia
coma FOR September gives the smallest
flour shipments during the four months
since june The lumber trade has shown
/ a similar falling of to domestic d@stina-
. lions. but "a marked Increase To- foreign
ports. a. san FTa1s--.r the local -four
movement has been ef.--- -autiaIIy station
AIRY for the past tr-. @ GaOutHs. The ar
rivals pt wheat for lyptember nave eN-
CsgGoI tho combined receipts of July and
August. and September harley receipts
wer, twice the combined receipts for July
and August