The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
OUR INTERNAL COMMERCE
JULY TRADE MOVEMENTS AS RE-
PORTED BY TREASURY BUREAU.
Decrease i'm Receipts of Live Stock
and Stocks of Cut Meats-Ship-
ments of Other Articles.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Information or
timely value to the commerce of the coun-
try is brought together IN the July sum-
mary OF internal commerce. issued by the
Treasury Bureau OF Statistics.
OF interior trade movements the report
states that for seven months, ending WITH
July, 1852, the receipts Of live stock at the
five markets in Chicago, Kansas City
Omaha, st. Louis and st. Joseph reached
a total of q, ODD O94 head. in contrast with
IS. 323.972 head for the corresponding period
of 1901. There is a difference of 1,lOl,sIS
head to be supplied before the receipts OF
the current year shall have equaled those
OF last year.
Analysis of stocks of cut meats at the
five markets of Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, st. Joseph and Milwaukee show
that on July 81 of the current year there
were on hand 209,0940S7 pounds. On the
corresponding date of 1901 the combined
stock consisted of 279, sO1.3 45 pounds.
Freight receipts at 121 points on the great
lakes for the month of July, 1901. were
7,0O4.6s5 TONS. and for the corresponding
period OF 1902 there were received 7,5S2,S4S
tons at IA different ports. Shipments from
7.o3l, s57 tons. and for 1902. 7,iS654s tons from
217 ports. Total shipments for the first
seven months of 1901 were 49, 1884 tons,
1902, showing a gain of 7,222,67O tons. or
36.7 per cent; 16,5 500 tons passed the
Sault Ste. Marie canals, against I,54S,l92
tons in 1901. and II, 715,246 tons in 1900.
Trade movements at Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore show that for
the first seven months OF the current year
the receipts of grain and -four, reduced d.. cd
bushels, compared with 50, 5l0,6SS bushels for
the corresponding period of last year: AT
the three other ports OF Boston, Phiidel-
phia and Baltimore the receipts were 81
,043 bushels, compared with III .6S5, l9o
bushels for the same period of 1901. OF
receipts at New York in July Of this year
| "a per cent. came by rail and 70 per cent.
Traffic in iron and steel originating in
| Southern producing territory during the
! first seven months of this year amounted
to 1925 tons, compared with S57.76o
| tons for the corresponding period OF 1901.
| There has been decline in this traffic in
July. the tonnage of 1859 tons being the
smallest In the course of the current calen-
| dar year, but considerably higher than the
tonnage of 1918 tons in July, 1901.
Coal shipments from New York for the
| month of June by water, as reported by
| six of the leading coal carriers to tide
water amounted to 497 tons, and for six
months, ending with June, 1851 600 tons.
Reported shipments from Philadelphia
were as follows: For June, 900 tons:
| for six months, ending with June, 1,27l,l9l
tons Coastwise coal shipments from Bal
| timore during June were 172,s06 tons, and
| for six months, to the end of June. 1.O06 a97
| tons. The total amount reported from the
| three ports was 471,9O3 tons in June and
6.245,S54 tons for six months ending with
June. Coal receipts at Boston, mostly by
coastwise lines, for the first seven months
| of 1901 were 1851, 3i6 tons. This years re-
| ceipts were 1877 tons.
During the half-year to the end of June,
! 1901, there arrived at San Francisco 1885,
222 bushels of wheat. For the half-year to
the end of June. 1902, the total receipts
were 17,12573 bushels, being a gain of
2S.6 per cent. over the receipts of the pre-
ceding year. III
The report of the Pacific coast salmon
| pack for series of years gives the total
| for 1901 as 5,O56.79 cases, including Column
| bia river, Sacramento river. Puget sound
/ and outside rivers British Columbia and
Alaska. The largest output for any pre-
ceding year was that of 1898, amounting to
3.1Ss,040 cases of four dozen one-pound cans
| each.
Traffic on the Monongahela river, as
reported by the engineers in charge, dur
| ing the month of July, amounted to 5,471,-
| 069 tons. The tonnage movement at the
| Davis island dam on the Ohio river, south
| of Pittsburg, for July, was LIB 991 TONS
| The tonnage moved through the New York
| State canals for the season ending with
| July shows a total of 1888, 62S tons, COM
pared with 1,47.12S tons for the same
| period of 1901.
The Pennsylvania Railroads shipments
to Aug. 2, originating east of Pittsburg
and Erie, amounted 10 Zz,JU0,yl0 tons, or
| which 1,612.659 tons were anthracite coal,
| 1865, 1S3 tons bituminous and 5,725,O6S tons
coke. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
coal and coke movement for the first six
months of this year reached a total of
10.711, 94 tons, of which S,439.26S tons were
bituminous. ,466 tons anthracite and
! 1865. 200 tons coke. On the Norfolk * West
| ern Railroad the six months tonnage was
reported as amounting to 4,140,S79 tons, of
which 1888. 1S3 tons reached tidewater.
For the twelve months ending with June
| the Southern Railway, embracing Tennes-
| see and Alabama districts. handled BASIL
S6S tons of coal originating on it's lines
! Receipts of coal and coke at st. Louis for
the seven months ending with July of this
year amounted to 2,Sl9,613 tons, compared
with 2,419,943 tons for the corresponding
period of 1901. Receipts at Chicago for
seven months ending with July show a
total of 5.13SO62 tons this year, compared
with ,697 tons last year. The Con-
nellsville weekly coke output still averages
| somewhat higher than during 1901.