New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
THE CURRENTS OF TRADE
MOVEMENTS OF GREAT STAPLE COM
MODITIES IN THE INTERIOR AND
CoASTWISE COMMERCE.
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something of lun in the midsummer transition
from crop year to another. There is neVer1he-
less. the data collected by the Treasury De-
partment internal commerce I'D TO the end OF
June opportunity for half year comparisons OF
commercial movements such as those of live stock
grain provisions and produce The FIVE Western
live stock markets of Chicago, Kansas CITY
Omaha. ST Louis and St Joseph, taken as an IN
the trade generally. report total receIptS ol
meat producing stock including cattle, hogs ana
sheep. between January i and June 30 lhciusl'E
of i 7S6 s55 head This was 92SS head less than
for the corresponding period of 1901 and Sf',osz
head less than for 1900 Taking the Chicago market
as tvncal the monthly average weight OF cattle
has begun to recover from the lower level OF '4'
pounds per head in April. In May the aFerase
weight rose pounds and in June 10 s64 POUNDS
per head. The average weight of hogs Is likewise
recovering but the supply is still nearly million
short of the receipts for the first half Of 1911
A rough gauge of the increase in the consuming
demand for meats is found in the trunk line ship
ments of provisions from Chicago and Chlcdso
! points These shipments go primarily eastward
from the centres of production in the interior anu
secondariiy southwark For the first tWehty-sN
weeks of this year 2l7 of provisions entered
into this movement. compared with 7t2oIo toilS lds'
year The gain of 1873 per cent over last year
| amounted to average of 3054 tons week more
! than the demand for 1901 The nVe markets Ie
! porting stocks of cut meats had. in round num-
bers 24 900 pounds of cut meats in stock at the
end of June 1892 against 331 100000 pounds for the
corresponding date in 1901 This is decrease u
% per cent. Chicago the STOCKS were oNei
Is 900 900 pounds below the level OF year ago AT
the four other packing centres reporting theTe "as
a reduction of 81 100000 pounds or 2S1 per cent o"
the basis of supply available at the end OF June
-s01.
THE GREAT LAKES
0oroastic freight receipts at 155 ports reporting
in June were AZ ss2 tons compared with R0Z-o4l
tons in June 1901. Shipments from 224 por-s III
June this wear amounted to 7.747811 TONS asdlnSI
900 tons in June. 1901. For the FIRST SIX nlo'i
of 1901 and 1902 the freight receipts at lake potS
aggregated Il s72 and 1S13s7s tons respectively
Iron ore shipments the end Of June this year
were s127 21 tons compared with 4.457276 tons last
year.
COASTWISE COMMERCE
Shipping operations at New-York for the nrsc
six months of this year give the total nurloeF Vi
vessels arriving as 5s15 of which $40 vessels were
engaged in the coasting and 2I45 in the foreign
trade AT Philadelphia there were 2fh arrivals,
of which S23 engaged in the coastlng ana o4o
in the foreign trade AT Baltimore the total al
rivals for five months only were 1Nlo vessels ol
which sS4 were credited coastng and 81 TO Tor
eign trade NewOreans reports 64s vessels arriving
this year 10 the end Of June, OF Which -" were |
engaged in coastwise and ass in foreign trade.
The three ports of New-York. Philadelphia ana |
Baltimore together out Sl5.250 of coal by
water TO coastwise destinations IN May ana ior |
the five months ended with May 5,252l3o tons, as !
reported by the leading coal carriers and shippers
at the principal points OF trade shipment Coal |
receipts at Boston in the six months ended with |
June 22ss.OO4 tons. compared with 2Si1OS tons
in 1901 Ordinarily these receipts are about equally
divided between anthracite and bitumnous. but |
thus far this year there has been loss of 10 per
cent in anthracite tonnage. while 6itumnous re-
ceipts increased 10 per those OF the hrst
six months OF 1901
IN SOUTHERN TERRITORY.
The first ten months of the cotton year in South
eru territory show receipts OF IOaz.47s bales. OF
which 7.45ol3 arrived at seahoard points. Le46 as
entered into overland shipments and lSoz.'oo were
taken by Southern mills The cotton manufactur-
ing industry of the cotton States has. therefore.
reached a point where It takes approximately ID
per cent OF the American yield. The yearly con-
never reached the dimensions OF the Southern
sumption in the last ten months: Iron shipments
ported gain of s per cent over those Oh me same
fhepe shgped q 9 s sona l Of pig and Pipe
with $50 647 tens for the eST5espond9E period OF
western territory show that 74s,o36 957 feet were
marketed in the first six months Of Isoo s32 81 o.1
advance of 49 per cent over the output OF 1850
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Redwood. pine and fir arrivals at California coast
points for the last six months amounted TO G4,-
8 feet compared with 55So 5S7 feet in the first
half OF 1901 Cargo lumber shipments from the
State of Washington for six months. reported |
by leading mills. 64.d1 SS6 feet to foreign and
197 e44O82 feet TO domestic points. Orange and
lemon shipments from California have decreased
26.6 per cent from November to July of this
OF last year the average weekly shipment declin-
ing from $40 40 For June, the nrst inonln
Of the deciduous fruit season in California, 100
cars were 1901 and $50 cars in June I912
rneuts from Columbia River points for the nsca!
year ended June 80 amounted to 62Sofo oarTeisy OF
IA per cent, went 10 foreign des-
tinatons and 055 domestic ports. Tacoma
S4O6 barrels abroad and SeatIe "4''o0' oal-
reIs in approximately the same period
COAL. COKE AND PETROLEUM.
June coal traffic in the East shows contraction |
of anthracite shipments and expansion Of btu |
rrinous and coke shipments. Pennsylvania road |
shipments east OF PttsburR and Erie amounted TO !
30 4s4 tons OF anthracite this Tune. compared with
3s5 a3 tons in June 1901 and 3424l5 tons in June
1900 Bituuainous shipments IN June OF this year
were 2Z727Z7 tons compared with 1.5O9s+O tons IN
June 1901 and l42S050 in June, 1900. Total
shtpnents Of coal and coke for corresponding haif
wear periods were Is in 1902 IS 1888 636 tons
In 1901 and I6I47 I'D in 1900. The Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway carried 5,744.2os tons for the
eleven months ending with May, 1902. compared
with 5Gi4ll0 tons in 1901 In the same period the
Southern Railway handled 3.l39 49s tons OF coaI
originating it's line. AT Chicago anthracite re-
CENTS bv rail and lake for six months We're |
Coke shipments from the Connellsvile region aver
aged II al cars weekly for the nfst tWenLy -sIA
weeks Of this year and 1880 cars last year Texas
petroleum shipments by water and rail In June
Zach Pipe line territory reported 7761. .7Sl barrels
of receipts for same month SIX months phos-
mostly from Southern ports to-
taaI 527 r7 tons OF which 1898 i69 foreign ana
irg total for the last half year was 4l56S2 tons
NEW APPRAISER TAKES OFFICE.
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