New-York tribune., 1903-07-13
INTERNAL COMMERCE.
Domestic Trade Movements as a
Prosperity Indicator.
TrHoN THE ruIoryE BrEsAuI

IFEoyf THE TRIBUNE HUEzAuI
Washington, July 12-InteruaI conmerce con
ditions. shown by the latest monthly report
of the Department OF Commerce and Labor
through fits bureau of statistics. compare favor
ably in the main with the corresponding period
Of last year Lumber receipts however. az
New-York have fallen Off from 100 $50 634 feet
for the first tventy-one weeks Of 1902 20 1856
GGLSS9 feet for the same period in 1903. This
decline was due primarily 10 disturbed condi-
tions OF the Luidin- trades ln the New-York
market
For the month of May receipts % livestock az
five Western markets have been larger than
either Of the two preceding months a total O.
2'l2I"l head having arrived. compared with
2.461sos head IN april and 2;;4641O head ia
March or the curreU wear. The usual course OF
;Tade is ia the other direction and these large
receipts may be partly accounted for by the ex-
celient condition Of pasturags throughout the
producins region. owing To- the more prolonged
period Of rainfall For i've months ending with
May this year l. 81 $50 head or stock had been
received az Chicago. Kansas CitF. Omaha, s..
Louis and ST. Joseph. For tue corresponding
period in 1902 total OF 12,502.J06 head were
reported. showing rhar this season IS fully up
to that Of 1872 in this branch OF trade. In 1901
the receipts amounted 70 1S.212,9 ,926 head
If the livestock trade p, taken as an index 20
economic conditions generally. it would seem
that firm and even level Of prosperity had
been maintained with ar least fair prospects o.
contiuuarc~- This view Is confirmed by con-
parjson OF the movement or livestock from kan
sas City and 81 Joseph for feeder and country
demand. During the rive months under con-
sidecarion 20G974 head were sent from these
two markets. whereas tu 1912 only 237,5SS head
We're sent. and in 1901 27219S head. These hg-
Ures indicate that the feeding focks OF the stock
raising sections tributary 20 the large slaughter
ing centres are steadily being rehabuitated
For the crop wear up 70 June the total re-
ceiDts OF wheat at eight narke-s were 22S519.-
J61 bushels. compared with 211G56 605 bushels
in 1902 and 213oS& o37 bushels in 1901 These
figures cover ten months OF The crop year n
the spring wheat section. and eleven months IN
winter wheat regions. They show. however.
that for the fun crop year the volume OF re-
ceiPts will undoubtedly exceed those OF either
1901 or 1892
The weekly average shipment OF Hour from
Minneapolis for the first twenty-five weeks OF
the current year was -. .561 barrels compared
with 299G5S barrels i'm 1912. and 2T32S5 bar
relz in 1901 For the week ending with May
J 9 Minneapolis shipped 2t9552 barrels and
+io1f5 barrels during the next week
Shipments of grain from elevators at Buffalo
| for i've months ending with May were 81. .941.-
! 9t0 bushels compared with IS 162 St4 bushels
/ last year, ana 24l3..N24 bushels ii 1901 Ship
I Lll'iltN III gram NY ctLldt up 20 EuQ or May
were 2O10l lG} bushels. compared with 250S 4S6
/ bushels last season
on the Great Lakes 139 ports report T112S S14
/ net tons OF freight received. and for the sea
/ son % the end of May. 10 629 511 net tons
/ compared with 1862 $50 net tons in 1902 The
/ volume of traffic is. therefore. practically as
| large as last years, in spite OF the somewhat
/ later opening, Of navigation this year.
shipments OL iron ore 70 the end Of May were
4O14.lO3 tons. compared with 51139T9 tons in
| l9u2- TratCC through the SaUIt Ste. Marie ca
| nails reached total of 6S.9 SJ6 net tons 20
/ May 81 t5ls year. compared with 6,I64, ,S9S net
/ tons in 1902
| At the North Atlantic seaboard the four ports
| OF Boston. New York. Philadelphia and Baltt-
/ more report lOb,2|i.u12 bushels OF grain re-
/ Cetved. including -four and meal reduced to
| bushels. for hve months ending With Nav Last
| years receipts were Sp.34S f32 bushels being a
! gain of 2I,S1I,.,~p bushels
| Inspected receipts of grain at Portland Ne
| for five months were =. 500. 156 bushels Of which
and +5l1S91 bushels from Canadian sources
! CoastwIse coal shipments from five seabOsr5
/ points % coastvise destinations show tha ?
/ H,yS2.4t'' tons were carried during the four
/ months ending with April April alone contrib
| uting 2S3i.6l4 tons Receipts at Boston for
| five months this year were . 26S3. .S12 tons com
| pared with 1901 l6.I tons a year ago
The total available supply OF cotton on Nav
| 81 this year was 1O.56I .50S bales This ex-
/ ceeds receipts for the preceding wear which
! were IOS6p6lI bales as we'll as 9S15 674
bales IN 1901 The sources Of receipts this sea
| son were as follows: 2.s04 0S3 bales from Texas
! 3.3.3.SO6 bales from the Gulf States and 4O34 :
! DO bales from the Atlantic States.