Arizona republican., 1903-06-08
Domestic Commerce Dur ingFirst Third of Year
SHOWING IS NOT BEST
Decline by Comparison With Two Preceding Years of the Live Stock Movement in the Leading Interior Markets.

of the current year. compared with those of the corresponding period in 1902 and 1901, are just announced by the treasury bureau of statistics.
 The five leading stock markets of the i interior, for the first four months of ' 1903 report receipts of 10,069 769 head. 1 as compared with 10,22O.516 head in the same months of 1902. and 10.26S,S59 head | in the first four months of 1901. From this it appears that there has been continuous decline in quantity. The ! chief loss, however has been in the re- ceipts of hogs, the four months figures being, for the five markets considered. : 6.CO914S head in 1901, 5,996, 499 head in , 1902, and 5,03S42S head in the present year. Thus far this year, therefore, re- ! ccipts of hogs have been almost I ! million head short of the receipts in | the first third of 1901. Gains have been made in the receipts of cattle and sheep, compared with either of the two 1 preceding years. Wheat receipts at eight markets, to the end of April. are reported as amounting to 221 ,29S, ,S03 bushels. To the corresponding date last year receipts were 2O4, ,OS1. .S66 and in 1901. only 193,- 73S.S22 bushels. Minneapolis has re- ceived this season thus far 77.747.4 .420  ceipts at the four spring wheat mar kets of Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Duluth and Chicago The flour trade at Minneapolis has been subject to conditions peculiarly unfavorable to the regular movement of this commodity. During the fourth week of April shipments sunk to less than one-third of the weekly shipment during the preceding three weeks. The export movement from this market dur ing the fourth week of April was 101,- 635 barrels; the second week it fell to 72.2J5 barrels, the third week to 30, 150 barrels. and in the week ending with May it was only 25,S3O barrels. No such extraordinary change marked the movement of flour in either of the pre- ceding two years to this season. A similar condition prevailed at Chicago. During the week ending with April 1. there were shipped on trunk lines from Chicago and Chicago points 129,797 barrels, whereas in the week ending with May only 55,565 barrels were shipped. A year ago 74,S30 barrels were reported, and two years ago, 142, 256 bal rels.
 Provision shipments to May ?, were 434. 72c tons this year. compared with 4C6,O35 tons last year, ind 37f ,612 tons in 1901.
 Stocks G cut meats al the i've mar kets reporting. on the 3Oth of April this year were 235, ,321 035 pounds. compared with 264.923.g3Q pounds on April 3O 1902. a reduction of 11.2 per cent.
 On the Great Lakes during April, D. 700, 735 tons of freight were received at 1O9 different points reporting. compared with 3,2S2.S41 tons in April. 1902, and F-,r months ending with April. 3,511. 7O3 tons were reported as received, this year. compared with 3.S97, ,659 tons last year, and 800, 430 in the same months of 1901. The total freight passing through the Sault Ste. Marie canals in April this year was 1,651.S39 net tons, compared with 2,339,234 net tons in April, 1902.
 At the North Atlantic seaboard the receipts of grain at Boston, New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore in the four months ending with April this year were S7.S73,979 bushels. including flour reduced to bushels. The total for the corresponding period of 1902 was 63, ,023,- 19S bushels. At New York four months receipts were 3S,091 914 bushels this year. compared with 3O,115,639 bushels last year. At Boston the corresponding receipts were 12,17S242 bushels and s. 943C83 bushels: at Philadelphia, F, ,222.- 565 bushels, compared with 13,157 425 bushels; at Baltimore, 0,32O, 400 bushels, compared with 10.347,245 bushels. h. spccted receipts at Portland, Me, for four months ending with April were 1892, 561 bushels, of which S17, ,5S6 bush els were from American, and 3,574, ,975 bushels from Canadian sources.
 Coastwise commerce at Atlantic and Gulf ports shows a total of 4.46O. .237 tons of coal shipped from New York harbor points during the first quarter of 1903; from Philadelphia. 1.15S. 43f tons; from Baltimore. 394, ,OS6 tons; from Newport News. 47S,S75 tons; and from Norfolk, 536, 1S9 tons. The total ship ments reported from these five ports were 7,027,S2 tons. Coal receipts at Boston for four months were 2,17S,515 tons, compared with 1,604,576 tons for the first third of 1902 Thus far this year S15,054 tons of foreign coal have reached Boston, compared with 254, 495 tons in the corresponding period of 1902
 The first eight months of the cotton year show that of 1O,O1S,123 bales sight receipts, 7.369,629 bales were port re- ceipts Overland receipts netted 1OO6,- 063 bales. and Southern mill takings equaled 1,543,5OO bales Of these re- CelplS, 0,oJO,Olo DdleS were ueflVeu rom the Atlantic states. 3,39755S bales from the Gulf states, and 2,73O,052 bales from Texas.
 The grain trade at the Gulf ports and Galveston indicates marked gains over last season. Four months of 1903 show, at New Orleans 1S.554350 bushels re- ceived: Tn 1902, 4,191 942; at Galveston, S,593,167 bushels, compared with ASA, 1922 bushels.
 Shipments of oranges and lemons from Southern California by rail in the first twenty-six weeks of 1903 reached 13,S73 cars; last year, 12,9S7 cars, and in the same weeks of 1901, 17,360 cars.