Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-28
Summary of Internal Commerce
Issued by the Treasury Blu.
reau OF Statistics.
Increase Of Wheat Receipts in
Leading Markets Helpful
TO Northwest.
Some Interesting Figures and
Facts About the Coast
Trade Included.

tistics, reports the progress of trade
movements in the different parts OF the
United States for the first two months
of the calendar year. These figures
are gathered thru the cooperation OF
the commercial organizations, trade
periodicals and transportation COM
panies, and present from month to
month records in comparison with the
corresponding period for the preceding
year This increase has given de-
ample, at the four leading spring
wheat markets for the seven months
of the crop year ending with March !,
1902, were 144,SS9,225 bushels compar-
ed with 1O7,759,027 bushels for the
corresponding period Of the preceding
year This increase has biven de-
cidedly stronger impulse to traffic and
values turnout the entire northwest.
where return to good harvests has
stimulated immigration to an extra
ordinary extent. AT the four winter
wheat markets the condition is re-
versed. Receipts for the first eight
months of the crop year ending March
II. 1902, were 40,431.520 bushels, COM
pared with 57,S99,542 bushels in 1901.
The output of -four at Minneapolis for
the first nine weeks of this year shows
a total of 2,504,405 barrels. compared
with 2,S53,714 barrels In 1900 The av-
erage shipments per week thus TAI
this year have amounted to 2S3,3Ol
barrels, compared with 244,497 barrels
in 1901, and 3O0.S44 barrels in 1900.
The northwestern stocks Of wheat in
store at Minneapolis and Duluth show
that Minneapolis reached it's maximum
in the week ending with January 25,
while the stocks at Duluth still con,
tinue to accumulate, awaiting the OPP
ening Of lake navigation.
The traffic movement of livestock ar
five western markets-Chicago, Kan
sas City, Omaha and st. Joseph-falls
behind that of the preceding two years.
ceived 41,3S7 cars; for 1901. 41,933
ceived 41,3S7 cars; for 1901. 41.9333
cars, and for 1900, 1859 cars. The
numerical receipts. however, for the
two months ending with February
continue to exceed those Of the pre-
ceding two years. The arrivals OF
cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and mules
aggregated 5,617,276 head, compared
with 5,4O9,1S4 head last year and o.
114,356 head the preceding year. The
average weight of hogs received at
Clinton for February of this year was
16 pounds lighter than for February,
1901. For the two months ending with
February this years live stock re-
ceipts at Chicago amounted to 1900
car loads more than for the CORE
spending period of last year. AT Kan
sas City receipts and shipments show
fall in numbers. Car load arrivals
have decreased from $4,000 cars in
the first two months of 1901 to 1854
cars for the corresponding period of
1902; the volume Of traffic is thus be-
ing unfavorably affected by the reduce
ton in supply. Likewise the feeder
movement decreased from 1882 head
in the first two months of 1901 to Sb,374
head during January and February of
1902 At Omaha receipts declined, but
shipments and local consumption have
been considerably enlarged over last
year. At this market the average
weight of hogs has fallen off 20 pounds
ceipts and shipments at st. Louis bea9
out the same general conclusion, both
for February and for the two months
ending with February. At ST. Joseph.
however, an advancing tendency is
still in control of receipts for Febru-
airy and of receipts and shipments for
the two months ending with February.
Local consumption is particularly
active, tho the feeder movement is los
ing ground. Stocks Of cut meats at
Chicago, Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Omaha are noticeably larger than they
We're at the end of February in 1901.
For the nine weeks ending with March
1 the shipments of cured meats from
Chicago fell off from 124 million
pounds to 104 million pounds, tho there
was gain of over 10 million pounds
in dressed beef shipments. Turnout
the list there is a tendency to lighter
trade activities in produce, tho there
are many noteworthy exceptions in the
commercial activities of the great in
terror markets. Lumber and wool at
Cincinnati show liberal gains over the
first two months of 1901. At ST. Louis
wool receipts are 2h times larger than
in the first two months of last year
The receipts of broom corn at India
napolis for this year to the end of
February amounted to 1,532,0OO pounds
of which only 106SO0 pounds wera
The hay trade shows re-
markable increases of receipts al
New York, Cincinnati, ST Louis and
Chicago out of eight leading markets
in the east and west.
In coastwise commerce on the Allan
tic and gulf ports one prominent feat
ure is the carriage of coal by barge
lines and schooners to Boston from
middle Atlantic ports of distribution.
During February domestic coastwise
receipts were 224,634 tons out of total
receipts amounting to 2SS,1S2 tons. Re-
ceipts and shipments of merchandise
between New York and New England
ports are given for nine leading points
on the eastern coast. From New York
four leading coal companies report
January shipments of 347,754 tons to 76
specified destinations. mostly on the
New England coast. Reports of part of
the movement from Philadelphia for
January give total of 1853 tons.
During January a total of $50 vessels in
the coasting trade arrived at Baltimore,
representing registered tonnage of
437,31S tons. During February 40
coasting vessels arrived at New York.
In southern territory the cotton
for six months ending with
February 1902 reached a. total of @ 661 :