Evening star., 1902-01-06
OUR DOMESTIC TRADE
Reports From the Principal Busi-
ness Centers.
THE TRAFFIC ON THE GREAT LAKES
Has Generally Exceeded That of
Any Season.
AT THE ATLANTIC PORTS


United States during November and for the
eleven months ending with November is
generally satisfactory. The treasury bu-
reau of statistics. reporting on Internal
trade at interior centers, shows that Mime
apolis, Duluth. Milwaukee and Chicago re-
ceived 101 0fo, los bushels from spring wheat
territory for the first quarter OF the current
crop year, being gain of So per cent over
the first squarter of 1900. At the winter
wheat markets of Toledo. Detroit ST. Louis
and Kansas City the first five months Of
this crop year, on the contrary. show a de-
crease i'm receipts from i6. AL AIS bushels TO
81, 19S 12s bushels.
Western Live stock Markets.
Arrivals of live stock at five western
markets for the first eleven months OF 1901
were as follows, including only cattle, hcgs
and sheep: Chicago, 13.s0l ,067 head Kan
sas City, 6,f39. .523 head; Omaha. 4.155. Az
head st. Louis 3,444, 162 head; 81. Joseph.
211a,tt1 head, making total of 3o,32u.:s,s
head, compared with 2I.91I 165 head in the
same months of 1900. The only evidence OF
decline in the live stock movement at chi
cago appeared in the decrease in the re-
cepts and shipments of hogs AT Kansas
City the receipts have been larger and the
shipments smaller than for the similar
period of 1900. Local consumption at these
five markets has generally exceeded that OF
the preceding year. and the shipping move
ment, both for stoc-.ng and for feeding
purposes, exhibits more emphatic de-
crease as the end of the calendar year is
approached.
Traffic on the Great Lakes.
This seasons traffic on the great lakes
has generally exceeded the operations Of
any preceding season. BY way of the St
Mary's canals 27,slT,s11 tons of freight
We're carried to November 30. of which 22.-
619,909 tons were east-bound from Lake
Superior and J19I. SCI tons were west
bound. Last seasons figures were 2o.s51.-
SD tons east-bound and 50.1s.656 west
bound, making a total of 23.21O,13s tons.
The freight passing through the American
canal amounted to 25.0G2522 tons, and
through the Canadian canal 2,f9l.2s9 tons.
-Four times as many vessels passed through
the American as through the Canadian ca
nal, and nearly nine times as large ton
mage. Lake traffic for November repre-
sents 121 ports Of receipt and ISL ports OF
shipment. The seasons receipts increased
over last years receipts in flour, coal, ore
and minerals, logs ard uDclassified freight.
Grain alone has fallen off from 1G0. 11S,3l0
bushels last season to 131, ,345.40s bushels
this season.
At Atlantic Ports.
AT the north Atlantic ports Novembers
receipts of -four and grain at New York
were 9,327 SIT bushels, including -four re-
duced to bushels. of which 7,22s, 711 bushels
came by rail and 2009O46 bushels came 10y
water. The receipts at Boston for eleven
months were As, - i,632 bushels, against as,
549, 500 bushels in eleven months of 1900.
Wheat receipts at Philadelphia during
eleven months have doubled compared with
those of the preceding year, but this port
has lost most in grain receipts, owing TO
the failure of the corn crop. At Baltimore
the receipts of both flour and grain have
made advances over the first eleven months
of 1900. Coastwise receipts of lumber
New York from southern and eastern
sources amounted to 165 cargoes in Novem-
ber. The receipts of domestic wool al Bos-
ton during five weeks following October "a.
1901, We're 10,S21 bales compared with 3.152
bales in 1900. The coastwise trade at Bal
timore reports 199 vessels for the month of
October.
In Southern Territory
In southern territory the arrival of cot
ton at ports for the first three months Of
the commercial year was 3.555,5S5 bales
thus exceeding the receipts of the two pre-
ceding years. Overland shipmentt were
the lowest in four years, and southern mill
takings were larger than for any of the
three preceding years.
The receipts of leaf tobacco at Louisville.
Cincinnati, Clarksviile, Hopkinsville. Padu-
cab, Nashville and Mayfieid for the first
elevent months of 1901 were 22i .930 hogs
heads, compared with 193.63S hogsheads I'm
lyUO. Inc SIX lrcn-prOCuclng districts OF
Admission, Birmingham. Nashville, Sheffield
Middleboro' and Chattanooga furnished a
freight tonnage of 1,5oJ.0i5 tons OF pig
iron. cast-iron pipe and small quantities of
steel for the first eleven months OF 1901.
On the Pacific Coast.
On the Pacific coast, Gill 99S centals OF
grain were received at San Francisco dur
ing five months. Lumber shipments from
Tacoma for November are equally divided
hot dopnecffa N In,,S
For the seven months ending with Novem-
Der the coastwise movement totalled 3d.
400, ,s24 feet, and foreign shipments 1S.364.-
2oS feet. Three north Pacific ports contrib
uted 6S5,991 barrels of flour for export from
July to November %, Portland supplying
266. .3G3 barrels; Seattle, 227.S barrels. and
Tacoma, 191, 747 barrels. The figures for
the California fruit trade during the COM
mercial year ending November l, 1901, show
that 6.459 cars Of decduous fruit were
shipped, of which i ,442 cars were sent to
go to Minneapolis. 257 to Philadelphia and
246 to Denver Excepting 1899 the last
years shipments were the largest I'm the
history of this trade. The citrus fruit
movement for the first five weeks of the
new trade year starts out auspiciousy
with 931 ears, compared with 6S3 cars for
the corresponding period OF the preceding
season.
Exports of Staples.
In intimate relation with internal COM
merce are the export Withdrawals Of
staples. The bureau OF statistics shows
Withdrawals of grain and grain products
amounting to 19,013,919 bushels during Mo-
vember. 1901, compared with 81 .S29 $50
bushels for November, 1900. For IL months
ending with November the corresponding
export Withdrawals from the national sur
plus were 302, ,425 $50 bushels, compared
with 299,513.55o bushels in 1900. Flour
Withdrawals were Il, ,612 IS barrels and IT,
s49. .266 barrels. respectively. Both. grain
and flour have. therefore. continued to In