Arizona republican., 1903-05-04

Washington. May 3.-A summary of domestic trade movements for the first quarter Of 1903 is presented in the March summary of Internal Commerce, issued by the treasury bureau of sta tistics. It shows that for the three months comprising the first quarter of the current year, the receipts of live stock at five leading markets were 7.607. .901 head, compared with S.O30, ,SS2 head last year and 7,646,572 head in the preceding year. for corresponding peri ods. A comparison of traffic operations shows that to the end of March, 1903. the same five markets received 144,SI6 cars of stock, whereas 141,275 cars were credited to the corresponding quarter of 1902 and 112, ,332 cars in 1901. mo- ticeable feature in the market is the increase in the number oi cattle, sheep and horses, accompanied by a numeri- cal decrease in hogs, the average weight at Kansas City for March, 1905, being thirty pounds greater than in March, 1902.
 Eight wheat receiving markets, to the end of March for the current crop year. reported PIP, ,73O,936 bushels of wheat received. For the correspond irg period of 1902 a total of 196 7S2,766 bushels were reported, and in 1901 only 0.912, ,S96 bushels.
 The stocks of cut meats at five re- porting markets on March 31, 1903, was 231, ,962, ,052 pounds, compared with 306,- 214,553 pounds on the same date year ago. This is a reduction of PAP per
 <.r,- .r,f !, at five markets shows a reduction O; POP per cent.
 Freight receipts for the first three months of the current year on the Great Lakes totalled S10.9eS net tons, compared with 614.S1S ret tons in 1902. For the three months ending with March, 2,670 arrivals were reported with a combined registry of 2,666,1S net tons.
 At the North Atlantic seaboard. the four ports of Boston. New York, Phila- delphia and Baltimore received 64,041,- ee1 bushels of grain, including flour re- duced to bushels. for the first quarter of 1903, and A 4,3OSO77 bushels for the corresponding quarter oi 1902. At New York receipts for three months ending with March, were in 1903 27,214,349 bush els, compared with 21.500, 1C7 bushels in 1902. At Boston the corresponding figures were S,S26, ,147 bushels, compared with 6,414,SS2 bushels; at Philadelphia, 10. .94O,229 bushels, compared with 7.911,- 1S1 bushels; at Baltimore, 15.651,S4l bushels. compared with ' 311,4 ,457 bush els; at Portland, Me. officially inspect ed receipts for three months ending with March amounted to 3,759,209 bush els, not including flour, of which total 345,315 bushels were of American origin and 3,423,s94 bushels of Canadian origin
 Coastwise commerce in coal at the Atlantic seaboard is reported to the end of February this year. For the two months ending with February 1863. D. 550,5 tons were reported as shipped from New York harbor points; from Philadelphia total of 577,619 tons was reported: from Baltimore, 244722 tons, including 49,296 tons for fueling of yes sels; from Newport News, 292,627 tons. including 21, ,433 tons for vescels fueling; and from Norfolk. 321,945 tons. in cluding 67 429 tons for fueling vessels.
 Receipts of coal at Boston for three months ending with March were 1,701,- ] 662 tons. of which 92O, ,494 tons came from domestic ports by coastwise routes, and 6s2 694 tons by sea from foreign points of shipment For the first quarter of 1902 receipts were l. ,341 tons, of which only 194,S16 tons came from foreign sources by sea.
 In southern territory traffic opera tions in cotton for the first seven months of the season indicate that out of a total available supply of g. 53g, ,666 bales, 7.065, ,152 bales were re- ceived at ports, 941, ,15S bales entered into overland shipments, and 1,379,OOO bales were included in southern mill takings. This last figure is to be com pared with 1,231, ,256 bales for southern mill takings last season, and 1,0O4,532 bales in the preceding season. Of the port receipts given above, 4,54O,lIS bales were received at the Gulf ports, and 2,523.41 bales at Atlantic ports.
 The increase in the volume of grain trade at the Gulf ports is shown by a comparison of shipments through those rorts to the end of March. At New Orleans grain shipments, including flour reduced to bushels, for the first three months oi the year, amounted to 15316.3iS bushels, compared with D. 135,4S bushels for the corresponding period a year ago. At Galveston the total wheat shipments for the first quarter of this year amounted to 2, G52, ,527 bushels compared with 420.370 bushels for the first quarter of 1902.
 Receipts of naval stores at eleven southern markets for the commercial year ending March 31 give 2,131.9OO bar rels of rosin and 560, ,099 casks of spirits as the years total, compared with g., ,413 barrels of rosin and 596,49 casks