The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

mcnts from Chicago. the trunk line move
ment amounts 70 s. per cent OF shipments
from Chicago.
Extraordinary Live stock Trade.
Tho live stock trade Of the interior was
extraordinary In several respects. The
feeding sections OF the Southwest, owing
jointly TO the decrease in the corn yield
and the high prices for stock. precipi-
tated unusually large quantities of live
stock, especially hogs. upon the packing
markets in the last quarter OF the calen-
dar year.
The decline in average weights serves
TO measure the intensity @. this influence
upon commercial conditions At Chicago
the average weight Of hogs fell from 23S
pounds i'm December, 1900. TO POP pounds
in December. 1901. At Omaha the decline
was fsom 252 pounds 10 2I2 pounds. and
AZ 81. Joseph from 235 pounds 10 1872
pounds.
The substitution Of wheat for corn in
the feeding sections has meanwhile been
goinE on extensively throughout Kansas
and Nebraska. the Nebraska Grain Deal
crs' Association estimating that 10000 coo
bushels Of wheat In that State. out of a
crop OF $4,000 600 bushels will he con-
sumed for feeding purposes alone
Live Stoci> Traffic.
As a factor in traffic operations the
live stock movement has continued TO ex-
pand. At Chicago 1886 carloads we're
received i'm excess Of 1900 In shipments
there was q gain o. 4.27G ears. The five
Western markets received I.2i3 f67 cat
tie lS.764 Oh hogs. and 1898 O62 sheep.
making q total Of O. 4C6.543 head. or a
gain Of secs I3T head over 1860. OF the
total Chicago received 1885. $50 head.
Kansas City, 6.6e5. 6+7 head Omaha
A.-l5.ss6 head 81. Louis 2.740.S5l head
and 81. Joseph. 2c56IG4 head
Great Lakes Navigation.
ON The Great Lakes the reports OF the
Bureau OF Statistics cover the entire
years navigation for the first time. The
operations reported include 20i ports Of
receipt and 81 points OF shipment during
the calendar year 1901 BY reducing the
total freight to net tons the total quantity
Of commodities received during the past
year amounted 10 -. eSq .507 tons. and the
total amount shipped TO 1906. 2S8 tons.
the combined total handled in the form Of
both receipts and shipments amounting TO
Sl,i54- IHJ tons The tonnage passing
through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal was
Is, it5o1s net tons. compared with 25,-
645,Ot3 tons for the season Of 1900, being
a gain Of 2,75g,s96 tons. or II per cent.
Al the North Atlantic seaports the re-
ceipts Of staple commodities from the in
terror fen somewhat short Of the mark
reached in 1900 Al Boston, New York
Philadelphia. and Baltimore there was an
aggregate decrease Of %. 667.567 bushels
or J. per cent compared with 1860. This
figure. in some cases. includes 10ur and
meal reduced 10 bushels. The receipts Of
coal al Boston during the wear were
4S7S-255 tons, mostly by vessel.
Cotton Receipts Large.
Ia Southern territory the cotton
brought into sight by the end OF the cal
eudar year was 6.504g43 bales. The port
receipts were the largest in four years
The overland shipments were the lowest
and Southern mill takings were the
largest In history OF the trade. The first
quarter OF the crop year shows that the
Atlantic States have regained their
pTimacy as geographical sources Of cot
ton production, 80 per cent Of the receipts
have come from their territory, 81 Pc
cent frs what is known as Texas te
rito-y, and 80 per cent from the 9th,
Gulf States.
pipe. and steel from Southern producing
districts reached a grand total OF LeS5. 674
tons.
On the Pacific Coast he redwood lumber
shipments from upper California during
1901 amounted 20 24s-3s6.o75 feet, and