The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
DOMESTIC TRADE
Ia shown on the Whole to Indicate
Normal Conditions.

Ia shown ON the Whole to Indicate
Normal COnditions.
Washington, Oct. 4.-The August
summary of internal commerce, in
Guiding eight months ending with Au-
gust. as prepared by the Department
of Commerce and Labor through its
Bureau of Statistics. brings to light
certain facts relating to domestic trade
in different parts of the country, which,
on the whole, indicate normal condi-
lions for this, the transitional month
of the calendar year.
The beginning of the new CONNER
cial year in the grain movement was
marked by some unusual features,
among which were Cd extraordinary
lightness of receipts, compared with last
year; 90 demand of the Northwest
ern milling centers for winter wheat,
on account of shortness in the supply
of spring wheat. even to the extent
Of checking the movement Of South
western grain. to the Gulf for export;
(S) the practical suspension of the
grain exporting trade on the Pacific
coast, owing to the requirements of
flour milling and to the wide difference
between prices of Pacific coast grain in
England and the price at which pro-
ducers held their product; 90 the ex-
ceptional demand of China and Japan
for the flour output of the far North
west, facilitated no doubt by the cut
OF Oriental steamship lines from IS to
IS per ton in ocean freights.
Live stock receipts at five markets In
August We're 2,742,599 head of all kinds,
compared with 2,56S, 005 head in 1902 and
2,743,375 head in 1901 OF this years
total Chicago took somewhat less than
half, Kansas City "A sixth and Omaha,
st. Louis and ST. Joseph nearly a mill
lion head. Although August arrivals
exceeded those of the two earlier years,
the lead for Fights months is still with
1901, when 2l.S19, $50 head of stock were
marketed at these markets. In 1902 the
quota Vas 19,S04,133 head, and this year
20, 4S9, 306 head.
At the North Atlantic seaboard, the
receipts of grain at the four ports OF
Boston, New York Philadelphia, and
Baltimore, for August, 1902, were TO-
933,0S5 bushels and at the two Gulf
ports of New Orleans and Galveston,
5,7T3059 bushels At the six ports COM
bined, 26, IA bushels were received,
counting Galveston shipments as equal
TO receipts For August, 1908, the four
Atlantic ports received 15,55S,937 bush
els of grain, and the Gulf ports 4,S99,
400 bushels. The six ports combined
received, 20,45S,337 bushels. For the
eight months ending with August, 1902,
the four Atlantic ports resolved 1872, 49,
|, 474. bushels. and the two Gulf ports,
1929 492 bushels, making grand total
of 1929, 966 bushels for the six ports.
For the corresponding eight months
in 1908, the four ports received 1vS,-
99S,276 bushels, and the two Gulf ports
81, 702, 626 bushels. making total for the
six ports OF 196700 9o2 bushels.
Coastwise coal trade on the Atlantic
seabosrd for the month of July, 1902,
reports a total of 2,46S,925 tons shipped
from the four ports of New York, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and Newport
News, compared with, 2,147,566 tons in
June and 2,519025 tons in May. For the
seven months, ending with July, 1888
5l3 tons were shipped from these four
ports, of which, 11,i44095 tons were
from New York, 3,466,999 tons from
Philadelphia, 976.797 tons from Balti-
more, and, 1,025,622 tons from Newport
News, August receipts at Boston, Il IN
cipally by coastwise routes, were, 5lI,-
l47 tons, compared with, 53S. 1894 tons in
July, and, 377, 237 tons in June. For the
period of eight months, this year, A.
1888 tons were received at Boston,
compared with 26S4,775 tons in 1902.
Lumber receipts at New York, both
by coastwise and by rail, have fall n
off from, $4,000, 600 feet for the first
thirty-five weeks of 1902. to 2S0.0OO, 900
feet for the corresponding period of
1903 A similar decrease has been re-
ported in rail receipts.
The cotton movement for the year
ending Aug 81, 1903, gives a total COM
mercial supply of 10,721559 bales, OF
which, 5,O11,25S bales were receiv d
from Gulf states, and 2,714.S49 bales
from Atlantic states. Out OF the total
crop an Increasing quantity was taken
for Southern mill consumption, amount
ing to, 1,0S3,3S3 bales entered into OYER
land shipments, while 772t,104 bales
were received at ports. The unusual
quantity of 42,37s bales was returned
from foreign ports to the Southern sea-
board