New-York tribune., 1902-05-26
INTERNAL COMMERCE..
CHANGE IN THE FLOUR TRADE-INCREAsE
OF LAKE TONNAGE-COTTON RE-
CEIPTS-

Washington. May 25 (speciaD.-The latest report
on internal commerce, from the Treasury bureau
Statistics shows no substantial loss in receipts
Of live stock at five Western markets for the hrSt
third of this year For the first four months OF
1902 10O76373 head were received at these centres
compared with lG,l06.4q5 head in 1901 and @'3o'5-4
head for the corresponding period Of 1900. April
receipts Of cattle at these markets were consider
ably higher than those Of April 1909. but some
what below those Of April, 1901. Receipts of calves
continued to exceed the arrivals of the two pre-
cedng years. but hogs and sheep both fell below
the figures OF 1900 and 1891. At Chicago the de-
mand for live stock for city use and consumption
for the month of April shows shrinkage OF per
cent I'm all kinds of stock: but for the four months
ending with April there increase of 116 per
cent the requirements of 1901. April receipts
at this point however fell off 1922 carloads com
pared with those of April last year For the four
months ending with April receipts gained 3OlS car
loads. This contraction in numbers during April
is noticeable also at Kansas City and St Louis in
both receipts and shipments while at Omaha and
ST Joseph the first third of the year shows a gain
in receipts and shipments.
The trade In the Northwest Is best meas
ured by Minneapolis shipments. The total ship
ments for the first IS weeks of this year were
54I3l barrels: 4.S7453S barrels in 1901 and BIB
SIS barrels In 1900 For export the average weekly
shipments lower by onehalf in 1902 than those
Of the first IS weeks OF 1901 and less than half of
the total export shipments for the corresponding
period in 1900 Foreign trade I'm flour has evidently
undergone radical change
Receipts of wheat eight leading markets in
both spring and winter wheat sections to May
for the year amounted to 2O4OS1S66 bushels
compared with ,36 bushels for the correspond
ing portion OF the last crop year. The average
weekly shipments OF -four from Chicago and points
eastward since January We're 152523 barrels, COM
pared with S1725 barrels 1901; and lGi20O bush
els of grain thus far this year compared with 2
$4,000 bushels In 1901. The provision traffic east
ward from Chicago mas averaged thus far this
year 25S9 tons Per week. compared with $1,000 tons
in 1891. being an increase OF 1913 per cent.
Receipts Of -four and grain at the Atlantic sea
board continue to emphasize the loss of trade on
account of conditions prevailing the interior.
During April, New-York received S.6l5525 bushels
OF grain. including -four reduced to bushels, COM
pared with s,G55s19 bushels in April, 1901 The to-
tai receipts last year to the end of April at Bos-
ton. New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore from
seahoard sources and interior centres 107452.
z3 bushels compared with 62,023 9S bushels for the
corresponding period OF 1902
On the Great Lakes the month OF April made an
extraordinary advance that Of the preceding
year. 4 total freight tonnage of 32S2Sf tons re-
ceived. and 4.l5l09O shipped Is reported in
contrast with last Aprils movement of 3Sl35 tons
received ana 81. .709 shipped. This difference
general way the AMOUNT Of fright shipped durns I
the last several days Of the month the arrivals OF
tered tonnage passing through The the sault Ste.
Marie Canal in April was 2322 SO tons. compared
Portage Lake Ship canals show a registered ton
In Southern territory the cotton receipts in sight
TO the first day Of May 9624352 bales. Of which
were derived from what is known as Texas ter
ritory @o6270 bales 322 per cent from the other
from the Atlantic States. At New-Orleans the
grain shipments for ten months of the current fiscal
els for the corresponding period of last year At
Galveston the amounts were @,45ll13 bushels and
The iron trade for the first four months OF this
year furnished tonnage OF CO. SO tons in contrast
with 52s ISL tons for the corresponding period or
1901. The home demand for pig iron from
quarter has almost extingulshed exports. Out OF
a total shipment Of l45,26 tons OF pig iron in April
only 20 credited to Export from Southern
iron territory.
on the Pacific Coast lumber shipments from the
redwood regions of Upper California Were in round
numbers eleven millions Of feet ahead Of those of
erett Wash. shipped lS-So.OC0 feet of lumber in
April alone At the port of Tacoma the outward
freight tonnage for the first four months Of 1902
3i5 $50 tons. and the inward tonnage 42iSS tons
OF The l2$354 barrels flour for the Orient Portland
and Seattle 3I555G barrels.
The coal trade since January has generally eX
ceeded that Of the corresponding period of last year
Cincinnati gained 42j per cent St. l.ouis shows an
increase Of lS per cent The Chesapeakg and Ohio
coal tonnage Tor nine months ending with March
l,2ss 600 tons, compared with 39isl2 tons last
year. The coal and coke tonnage over the Pennsyl-
total Of 1i37s9S tons April % of this year.
pared with i0s3O.N2 tons last year. Connelisville
cokr shipments thlS year averaged lo'i' cars per
week, compared with l05i9 per week last year.
Coal shipments TO donfstic ports on the lakes.
milhlN from Io"tF laNt poItS. Wei" %'"u'b toiS
this April compared with 55.653 tons last April
Iour monlhS of the year amounted 10 Z0z ht5 TONS,
Of which 1921 tons hard coal and lS33, 1872
tons Soit coal The iron ore shipments oI l,4bo2
tons Drlns the tonnage OF these TWO chet artlcles
in Lake trade to total OF 1902 32 tons for the first
l'62 66 tons, compared with l5s.3l3 tons last year
Coal and coke traffic the Norfolk and Western
Railway 10 the END OF March increased 13 cent
over last year, and the Baltimore and Ohios traffic
Tor April increased 2HS per cent above April, 1901