The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-07
STATISTICS SHOW
INCREASED TRADE
Reports of Decrease in Live
stock Shipments Unfounded.
GROWTH OF LUMBER TRADE
COAL BUSINESS EXCEEDS THAT
OF LAST YEAR.
lsaeeiaI Correspondenee.l

w report on internal commerce
from the treasury bureau of
statistics shows no substantial loss in
receipts OF livestock at five western
markets for the first third of this year.
For the first four months of 1902, TO-
! O16,S1S head were received at these CEN
ters' compared with 10106,495 head in
1901, and 9,735,324 head for the CORE
| spending period of 1900. April receints
of cattle at these markets were con-
siderably higher than those of April,
1900, but somewhat below those of
April. 1901.
/ Receipts of calves continued to ex-
/ ceed the arrivals Of the two preced-
! ing years, but hogs and sheep both fell
below the figures of 1900 and 1901 At
/ Chicago the demand for livestock for
CITY use and consumption for the
! month of April shows a shrinkage of
per cent i'm all kinds of stock, but for
The four months ending with April
: there was an increase of 11.69 per cent
! over the requirements of 1901. April
/ receipts at this point however fell off
/ d,252 carloads. compared With those Of
( April last year For the four months
/ ending With April receipts gained
/ 3Ols carloads. This contraction in num-
/ bers during April is noticeable also at
Kansas City and st. Louis. in both re-
/ ceipts and shipments, while at Omaha
! and ST. Joseph the first third of the
year shows a gain in receipts and ship
ments.
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The flour trade in the northwest is
best measured by Minneapolis ship
ments. The total shipments for
the first eighteen weeks of this
year were 5,A3154 barrels; 4,S74,5SS
/ barrels in 1901 and 5,713,S4S barrels in
| 1900 For export the average weekly
/ shipments were lower by one-half in
/ 1902 than those of the first eighteen
/ weeks OF 1901, and less than half of the
total export shipments for the CORE
! spending period in 1900.
Foreign trade in flour has evidently
! undergone a radical change. Receipts
J of wheat at eight leading markets in
/ both spring and winter wheat sections
/ TO May !, for the current year, amount
ed to 204,0S1,s66 bushels, compared with
! 1874, 1852 bushels for the corresponding
/ portion of the last crop year
I The average weekly shipments of
/ flour from Chicago and Chicago points
I eastward since Jan. 4, We're 152, 523
/ barrels, compared with 1ST,7S5 barrels
/ in 1901, and L642, 900 bushels of grain
/ thus far this year, compared with
/ 2,594,000 bushels in 1901.
/ The provision tTaffic eastward from
I Chicago has averaged thus far this
l year 25.S79 tons per week, compared
/ with 21600 tons. in 1901, being an in
/ crease of 1875. per cent.
/ Receipts Of flour and grain at the
/ Atlantic seaboard continue to empha-
! size the loss of trade on account OF
/ conditions prevailing at the interior.
/ During April New York received
S,6l5,525 bushels of grain, including
! -four reduced to- Bushels. compared
with 9655. 919 bushels in April l9bl
R The total receipts last year 20 the end
of April at Boston. New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore from seaboard
I sources and interior" centers were -107.-
1 452.234 bushels compared with 63.023 19S
bushels for the corresponding period of
1902
On the great lakes the month of
April made an extraordinary advance
over that of the preceding year. A
total freight tonnage of 3.2S2841 tons
lTeceived and 4. I5fs090 tons shipped is
reported, in contrast with last April's
movement Of 53S,1 1873 tons received and
30, 700 tons shipped. This difference
between shipments and receipts repre-
resents in general way the amount
of freight shipped during the last sew
eral days of the month, the arrivals Of
which occurred il. the following month.
The registered tonnage passing through
the Sault Ste. Marie canals in April
was 2,322.S79 tons, compared with l0,12I
tons in 1901 and 529.191 tons in 1000 The
Portage Lake ship canals show a reg
istered tonnage of $3.50 tons.
In southern territory the cotton re-
ceipts in sight TO the first day of May
were 9,624.352 bales. of which 1882. 342
bales, or 30 per cent of the total re-
ceipts. were derived from what is
known as Texas territory; 1896. go
bales. or 32.2 per cent. from the other
gulf states, and 3635. 40 bales, or 37.S
per cent. from the Atlantic states. At
New Orleans the grain shipments for
ten months Of the current fiscal year
were 19.276.6 $50 bushels, against SA121.-
3S1 bushels Cor the corresponding pc
Rod of last year. At Galveston the
amounts We're 9.451.113 bushels and H.
656.4S4 bushels. respectively
The iron trade for the first four
months of this year furnished a ton
mage of $3.50 tons, in contrast with
529.121 tons for the corresponding period
Of 1901. The home demand for pig iron
from this quarter has almost eXtin-
guished exports out of total ship
ment of 1929 tons Of pig iron in April.
only 149 tons were credited 10 export
from southern iron territory.
On the Pacific coast. lumber ship
ments from the red wood regions of
upper California we're, i'm round num-
bers. 100000 feet ahead of those Of
1890, and 100000 feet greater than
1901 Everett. WISH, shipped lS,500.000
feet of lumber in April alone. At the
port OF Tacoma the outward freight
tonnage for the first four months Of
1902 was 1888 tons, and the inward
tonnage Ass tons. OF the l,2e3,554
barrels Of -four for the Orient, Port
land contributed 517.476 barrels Ia
coma 45o,520 barrels. and Seattle 5i5,55S
barrels
The coal trade since Jan. has gen
orally exceeded that Of the correspond
ing period OF last year. Cincinnati
gained 42.5 per cent, ST. Louis shows
an Increase Of I3 per cent. The Chesa-
peake & Ohio coal tonnage for nine
months ending with March was 4,29s.oD0
tons, compared with 3.9lS,l72 tons last
year. The coal and coke tonnage over
the Pennsylvania lines east Of Pitts
burg and Erie reached a total of H..
ss4,99S tons to April IS Of this year,
compared with 10. $50, Sl3 tons last year
ConnellsEilie coke shipments this year
averages 1917 cars Per week, compared
with 1883 cars per week last year
Coal shipments 10 domestic ports on
the lakes, mainly from lower lake
ports. were 9Ss 0s6 tons this April. COM
pared with 55.653 tons last April. while
cOastwise and foreign shipments for
the first four months OF the year
amounted 10 2.5zI.673 tons, Of which
6sS,s2l tons were hard coal and ISIS, -
tons soft coal. The iron ore shipments
Of lO4,652 tons bring the tonnage Of
these two chief articles in lake trade