The Washington times., 1902-01-06
Review Of Eleven Months
Ended Last November.
GRAIN ALONE SHOWS DECREASE.
Receipts at Internal Ports in Live
STOCK ana Farm PrOducts-Lakc
Traffic Records Broken - Grain
Movements 70 Atlantic and Pacific
Coast Ports.

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Chicago have received 1O1 ,O1O 1Os bushels
from spring wheat territory for the first
quarter of the current crop year, a gain
OF ~ per cent over the first quarter of
lSoo. At the winter wheat markets of
ioIedo. Detroit, st. Louis, and Kansas
| CITY, the hrst five months of this crop
year, on the contrary, show a decrease
in receipts from 46,4 AIS bushels to 35.-
7SS, 72S bushels
| The Live Stock Markets.
| Arrivals of live stock at five Western
markets for the first eleven months of
| lsOl were as follows, including only cat
| tie, hogs, and sheep: Chicago, 13, ,SO1, ,067
| head; Kansas City. 613S. $50 head: Omaha.
4'l55,4S2 head; St. Louis. S444.7s2 head;
ST. Joseph, 2,77S,777 head-a total of 3d.
S2o'55s head, as compared with e7,s77, 1855
mead in the same months of 1900
The only evidence of decline in the live
STOCK movement at Chicago appeared in
the decrease in the receipts and ship
ments of hogs. At Kansas City the re-
celpts have been larger and the ship
ihents smaller than for the similar period
oI Isoo Local consumption at these five
markets has generally exceeded that of
the preceding year, and the shipping
movement both for stocking and for
feeding purposes, exhibits a more en-
pbatic decrease as the end of the calendar
year is approached
Nast Gains in Lake Traffic.
This seasons traffic on the Great
Lakes has generally exceeded the opera
tions of any preceding season. BY way
of the St. Mary's canals 27,s17 81 tons of
freight were carried to November 30 of
which 22,6l9, 500 tons were eastbound
from Lake Superior, and 5,197, seq tons
were westbound. Last seasons figures
were 2o,23l,s sS2 tons eastbound and $685.
BOT westbound, making a total of 25,270-
o3S tons The freight passing through
the American canal amounted to % O62,-
522 tons, and through the Canadian canal
2,19f 2S9 tons
-Four times as many vessels passed
through the American IS through the
Canadian canal, and yearly nine times
as large tonnage Lake trafic for No.
vember represer's lal of receipt,
and 1S1 ports .lir
The seasor creased over
last years ur, coal, ore,
and minera unclassiied
freight Graz fallen off from
low Viio,oiv pus season, 10 49,
345, 4Os bushels IN.
Grain Recc.pt- a., 5oHst Ports.
AT the north At.sH.to aorts November's
receipts of -four an in at New York
were 1927, ,S17 bushes, icludng -four re-
duced to bushels, of ch 1928, III bush
els arrived by rail and 00a ,O4s bushels by
water. The receipts at Boston for eleven !
months were 4S,323632 bushels, against |
As, S,5i9 ,92j bushels in eleven months of |
1900. Wheat receipts at Philadelphia dur
ing eleven moHths-have doubled. COM |
pared with those OF the preceding year, |
but this port has lost most in grain re- !
ceip:s, owing to the failure OF the corn |
crop. At Baltimore the receipts of both !
-four and grain have made advances over |
the first eleven months of 1900.
Coastwise receipts of lumber at New
York from Southern and Eastern sources |
amounted to 165 cargoes In November
Tie receipts Of domestic wool at Boston
during five weeks following October &C.
1901, were 10.s21 bales compared with
8, 152 bales in 1900. The coastwise trade
at Baltimore reports 7s9 vessels for the
month of October.
Increased Cotton Movement.
In Southern territory the arrival of
cotton at ports for the first three months
9f the commercial year was 3 1855 bales,
thus exceeding the receipts of the two
preceding years. Overland shipments were
the lowest in four years. and Southern
mill tal,ings were larger than for any of
he three preceding years. The receipts
1f leaf tobacco at Louisville, Cincinnati,
Hopkinsville, Paducah, Nash
vile. and Mayfeld for the first eleven
OF 1901 were 224,s3J hogsheads,
Y.nH III haa b.a Ao IN,
The six iron-producing districts of An
lis on, Birmingham. Nashville, Sheffield,
and Chattanooga furnished
freight tonnage OF ,5j5075 tons OF pig
ron, cast-iron pipe. aud small quantities
II steel for the first eleven months of
sol.
Pacific Coast Receipts.
On the Pacific Coast 6.171 1898 centals of
rain were received at San Francisco
Turing FIVE months. Lumber shipments
rom Tacoma for November are equally
ividcd between foreign and domestic des-
ina tions. For the seven months ending
nth November the coastwise movement
otaled so 369 724 feet and foreign ship ,
lents IS. .3Gi 209 feet. Three North Pacific
orts contributed 6S5,s91 barrels of -four
or export from July 3 to November g. {
ortland supplying 262 S63 barrels, Seattle
q ,Ssl barrels, and Tacoma 191, 7t7 bar /
els.
CaIifornia's big Fruit Trade.
The figures for the California fruit
rade during the commercial year ending
'oyember /, 1901. show that 6,l59 ears of Z
eclduous fruit were shipped, OF which c
442 cars were sent to New York, 1928 to
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