Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-28
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF
DOMESTIC TRADE.
Increased Movements for This Year
Compared With Correspond
ing Periods.

The statement of domestic trade move
ments for the first quarter of 1902, COM
pared with that for the corresponding
period in 1901. as reported in the March
summary of internal commerce by the
treasury bureau of statistics. is interesting
in view of the claim of n shortage in the
cattle market causing. higher prices for
beef. These figures seem to indicate a
continued increase in the volume of repre-
sentative branches of commerce. The re-
ceipts of wheat at eight markets in the
interior for the year 1901 up to April 1
amounted to ISL, IS, 965 bushels, compared
with log. GS2. T66 bushels for the correspond
ing period of 1902. There is thus a gain Of
81 per cent to the credit OF the current
quarter.
Increased Live Stock Receipts.
The live stock movements exhibit the
same general tendency. with some excep-
tions. For the first quarter of 1900 the re-
ceipts of FIVE kinds of stock at the five lead
ing markets of the interior were 7,412. 103
head; for the first quarter of 1901 the re-
ceipts totaled 7646572 head and for 1902
totaled 1881, $50 head. The greatest per-
centage of gain among the five classes of
stock was made in the receipts of calves.
A comparison of receipts, shipments and
consumption of calves brings to light the
fact that the primary markets are cutting
deeper than usual into the younger classes
of stock on the western farms, and other
areas of supply.
The average weight Of hogs at Chicago
was six pounds less than during March.
1901; at st. Joseph. eight pounds less; at
Omaha, twelve pounds less, and at Kansas
City. nineteen pounds less. The carload
receipts of stock generally show an in
crease, except at Kansas City. where there
nf ont flasaHF ~,
Der of cars compared with March, 1901.
For the three months ending March 81
of this year Chicago received 1854 cars of
stock and 69,563 for the corresponding quar-
ter of the preceding year. showing gain
of 6.251 cars, indicating that the Chicago
supply is being kept up by the central west
and northwest. Traffic in live stock COM
pared for the first quarter of three success
sive years showed that for the first quarter
of 1900 four markets received ,392 cars:
for 1901 the corresponding figure was 81 9Sa
cars. and for 1902 127, 2l9 cars There is,
therefore, material gain to the credit OF
western live stock traffic thus far this year
over either of the preceding two years
despite the southwestern shortage of sup
ply.
The commercial years report on the pork
packing industry confirms these figures of
the increase of live stock traffic The Gin
cinnau Price Current gives p. All SO head
as the total of hogs packed in the western
centers during the year ending March 1,
coIlpdTeu WIN Z5,UU.oi4 mead Tor the pre-
ceding year. The receipts of hogs at New
York Philadelphia and Baltimore. however.
during the twelve months ending March L
were the lowest in seven years.
Traffic on the Lakes.
Traffic on the great lakes for March was
marked by the opening OF local operations
on the lower lakes and the clearing of a
few cargoes of ore and wheat from the
upper lake ports during the last week of
the month. Receipts for March were 25I.-
293 tons Of freight, compared with 1S39IS
tons in March. 1901. The March lake state
ment further shows that the domestic ship
ments Of hard coal during the season of
1901 amounted to 3,310323 tons: soft coal.
5,916,231 tons. and that 1,15S 23S tons of
coal were loaded for vessels consumption
at 121 lake ports by 126 different firms.
The exports of coal from northern lake dis
tricts in 1901 amounted to 4412,2SJ tons.
compared with 5.054 15S tons during the call
endar year 1900. The total shipments of
coal on the lakes, including coastwise and
foreign, for 1901 amounted to u. 457 071
tons, compared with 12.o26, Sal tons in 1860.
Decreased Receipts of Grain.
At the North Atlantic seaboard the re-
ceipts of -four and grain at New York for
March amounted to S,311,242 bushels, in
Guiding -four and meal reduced to bushels
compared with II .367 957 bushels in March,
1901. Grain and flour receipts at Boston
for the three months ending with March of
this year We're 6,504 .501 bushels, including
flour and meal reduced to bushels. COM
pared with 12254 ,249 bushels for the cor
responding period of the preceding year.
At Philadelphia the receipts We're 3, 1871 ,626
bushels of wheat, corn and oats, against
1U,3S7, S62 bushels for the corresponding
quarter of 1901. At Baltimore 3J10 151
bushels of wheat. corn, oats and rye ar
rived. compared with 1929 30l bushels dur
ing the first three months of 1901.
The four ports of Boston. New York. Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, on the basis of the
above totals, received an aggregate of 34,-
SAG, 997 bushels to March 81. 1902, COM
pared with 1882, OIL bushels for the cor
responding period in 1901. This is a de-
crease Of 81 .65 per cent in this particular
feature of traffic by rail from the interior
to the Seaboard.
Coal Shipments Fall Of.
Anthracite coal shipments for March were
3,S13,767 tons, compared with 1864 .3.3 tons
in March, 1901, and 3, 1873 1896 tons in 1900
The bituminous trade and the coke trade
generally show gains up to the present
date over shipments Of year ago. The
average weekly shipments of coke in the
ConneIlsville region to March - were TO-
554 cars, compared with 10,39S cars to cor
responding date in 1901.
Approximately correct figures of oil ship
ments from the Beaumont, Texas. field
oil from the time shipments began in 1901
to March 81, 1902.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.