New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
INTERNAL COMMERCE.
..x IN SPRING WHEAT SHIPMENTS
SHEEP AT CHICAGo-CoAST-
ING TRADE

-7-..bi,aton July (SpeciaD.-The monthly sum
= AZ internal commerce, issued by the Treas
= Bureau Of Statistics. sums up representative
.--a--ial movements for comparative periods OF
,.aading years. II reports that receipts Of wheat
.tsbt interior markets 10 the end Of May in the
- crop year reached z total Of "a. 500
-h.,s Last years receipts for the corresponding
- we're 20 0Ss OF bushels. AL Of this gain is TO
= credited 70 spring wheat sections Of the country
-. bsrinr been a decrease OF nearly % OOe. 900
s.hsls AZ the winter wheat markets compared
- last year. The largest gains were made at
-,T,,b Minneapolis and Milwaukee, all other mar
ts-s including Chicago. Toledo. ST. Louis and
xsnsas CITY failing short Of the receipts Of the
r-svious year.
v.eklv shipments OF -four al Minneapolis aver
-ss 80 IS barrels for the first twenty-five weeks
- this wear compared with Z70o42 barrels in 1901
ar 20 II barrels IN 1890. The trunk line shipments
,.srzsrd from Chicago and Chicago points show
,bs usual high average in provision shipments in
contrast with continued shrnkage in the volume Of
grain and -four traffic.
Live stock receipts al i've Western markets in
Nav amounted 10 2g82s head. and for five months
ending with May 10 1882, 500 head, compared with
ISnsgs head in ISaI and T. .SS7 head in 1909 The
receipts OF hogs al Chicago alone for these FIVE
months were S43 head. and exceeded the entire
rsoeiprs Of any year that market prior 1872.
The growth Of receipts Of sheep TO the end OF May
If mis- wear az Chicago is shown by the fact that
the number exceeded any entire years receipts
prior N -sSs
The advantage OF the early opening Of lake navi-
zatiou Is apparent Receipts OF freight I35 differ
eur points have thus far. amounted 70 rs. 401
tons compared with 3sS4 Sol for the CORE
spending period Of 1901 showing a gain Of 727 per
cert Much II This increase is in iron ore ship
rnsnts from upper lake ports. which have already
amounted 70 5113g7s tons. During May 3342.9+o
tons were carried down the lakes. in contrast with
a172 70 tons Nay, 1901 and 2S2s $50 tons for May,
1870
The main streams OF traffic between the interior
and the Atlantic seaboard consist Of grain. -four
and provisions which reach TIDE water az the
ports II Boston, New-York, Philadelphia and Bal
tsnore. For this year. TO the end OF May. these
four ports show arrivals Of s. 7e53s bushels includ-
ing four and meal reduced to bushels For the cor
responding period - 1911. the receipts were ~
ss7gl bushels There has therefore, been shrink
age amounting 10 = Per cent II this years grain ar
-ivsls q The Atlantic seaboard for these four
ments combined for comparison with Atlantic sea
board receipts al Boston. New-York, Philadel phia
ard Baltimore. there has been decrease at these
6se re bushels in 1909. or Q per cent: g
CoastWse selpping a. n 7s+ ta 64 nf .S
vessels and the number arriving in foreign trade
TIE vessels engaged in foreign trade 10 were Amer
lean and E73 foreign in nationality. Al New-YoTk,
OF MAJ and i.76l foreign arrivals making a total
Of 47 vessels A. Baltimore the April arrivals of
SIS, q which SO were IN me coasting trade and 20
IN the cossting trade. coal shipments are d
prominent feature in the supply OF Atlantic sea
coast cities from the great tdewaTeT ports Of dis
tribution During April. Rew-York and vicinity
shipped sz7,zlo tons 70 seaboard and river towns.
Philadelphia sent s4e.0lz tons itwo cut Of three
leading carriers reDorung) and Baltimore shipped
Trade in the South and Southwest may be best
measured comparison Of the cotton. the
the phosphate. the iron Ano the petroleum shlp-
ments Receipts Of cotton in sight for the first
nine months Of this crop year were 9S52-Z.3 bales.
thus exceeding the receipts or each of the Two
preceding years. The bulk Of this traffic avs
moves 70 tidewater 754 5s6 bales having arrived
land shipments were ias 90 aies and the Southern
mil takings 1s9S 900 bales. This years mill TAX
ings within Southern territory were the largest
lumber shipments from the Southwest for four
'S s e nc with ApT q ms gssr T.. amounted
year. In the Southern iron trade this year 10 the
ena q MAY; q +ss tons o. pig IRON iron pipe and
ing sections. During the corresponding period Of
1901 the total was 673 s74 tons. Phosphate ship
total Of 43l 66 compared with 35s $50 tons for
the first five months Of 1901. This years shipments
MAY 81 were rs cars If be al e bsrTes Ia Ship
rrlents by water in May mostly 10 coastwise des-
weston. Port Arthur and Sabine Pass
! ne coal trade during Nay reports anthracite
shipments 70 the amount Of s92 tons. compared
with $50 5s2 tons in May 1901. and $50 o97 in May
1870 For the five months ending with May the
anthrscite coal movement this year reached a total
1s1 and 1890 2SS in 1900 The average weekly
shipments Of ConnellsviIle coke for twenty-five
weeks ending with May OF this year Il .056
tons against I05ls tons for the corresponding period
The Pennsylvania Bureau Of Mines has reported
which amount IS ~ 800 tons or So per cent 81 me
.otal production, was shipped from the mines dur
ing that year