The Washington times., 1902-08-02
Treasury Statistics Show
ing Movements OF
Staple Products
SUMMER lUlL NOW IN FORCE
Quiet Period Due to Crop Transition
Production of Meat, Cotton, Coal, and
Other Commodities During the Past
Ten Months-Coastwise Shipments.

Operations during the first half of the
present year show that the commercial
movements of great staple commodities
produced in the interior OF the country
are necessarily subject to lull during
the summer transition from one crop
year to another. The Statistical Bureau
of the Treasury has cof7rpilcd some COM
parisons relative to these movements.
The five Western live stock markets OF
Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha, st. Louis,
and st. Joseph. taken as an index of the
trade generally, report total receipts II
eat-producing stock, including cattle.
hogs, and sheep, between January l and
junes 30. inclusive, of 14.766,S55 heal
This was 7C9,2S3 head less than for the
corresponding period of 1901, and 3i1, ,6g2
head less than for 1900.
Demand for Meat Increases.
a rough gauge of the increase in the
consuming demand for meats is found
in the trunk line shipments OF provis-
ions from Chicago and Chicago points.
These shipments go primarily eastward
from the centers of production in the IN
terror, and secondarily southwark. For
the first twenty-six weeks of this year
d52.217 tons of provisions entered into
this movement, compared with $40 SIS
tons last year. The gain of 1873 per
cent over last year amounted to an av-
erage Of 3.05i tons per week more than
the weekly demand for 1901. The five
markets reporting stock for cut meats
had, in round numbers, 245, eco 600 pounds
of cut meats in stock at the end of
June, 1902, against 311 900 goo pounds
for the corresponding date in 1901. This
i3 decrease of 21.2 per cent. At Chi
cago the stocks were over 5000, 900
pounds below the level of year ago
At the four other packing centers re-
porting there was a reduction of 5l.-
o00.O00 pounds. or 29.1 per cent. from-thc
basis of supply available at the end OF
June, 1901.
Atlantic and Gulf Trade.
Shipping operations at New York for
the first six months OF this year give
the total number of vessels arriving as
5,9l5, of wfich $40 vessels were en-
gagged in the coasting trade. and 2,i45 in
the foreign trade. At Philadelphia there
were 2.4i1 arrivals. of which 1923 we're
engaged in the coasting trade, and 6fS
in foreign trade. At Baltimore the total
arrivals for five months only, were LOIS
vessels. of which a3i were credited to
the coasting trade, and 81 TO foreign
trade. New Orleans reports 6i9 vessels
arriving during this year, to the end OF
June, OF which 1873 vessels were engaged
in coastwise trade, and ass in foreign
trade.
The three ports OF New York, Phila-
delphia. and Baltimore together sent
out Sl5,250 tons of coal by water to |
coast%ise destinations during the month
of May. and for the five months ending
with May. 5.252, 13j tons, as reported by
the leading coal carriers and shippers at
the principal points of trans shipment.
Coal receipts al Boston during the first
six months. ending with June, totaled
2 .2S6.G04 tons. compared with 2.311.7 .703
tons in 1901. Ordinarily these receipts
are about equally divided between au-
thracite and btumineHs. but thus fer
this year there has been a loss OF 10
per cent in anthracite tonnage, while BIZ
luminous receipts increased 10 per cent
over those OF the first six months OF
1901
The first ten months Of the cotton year
in Southern territory. show receipts OF
iO,o21.473 bales, of which 7,4S5,0l3 bales