New-York tribune., 1903-08-08
CONTINUED PROSPERITY.
Internal Commerce WarrantS Er-
pectation of as Good a Year as 1902.

yvasbinpton August 7-Statistics of the internal
commerce Of the United States for the first haI OF
the current year. as compiled by the Bureau OF
Statistics of the Department Of Commerce. snow
that 1903 is maintaining the prosperous conditions
which characterized tie preceding year with tew
exceptions the volume Ot trade has equaIied that
of last year and in some instances has exceeded It.
1t is particularly gratifying to learn that there Is
no evidence of general recession in commercial ac
tvities corresponding to the extraordinary shrink
age in speculative values
Western staples for this year have gained ma
terialIy over last receipts of livestock at five
markets having amounted to 15126.661 head, COM
pared with H. 345 head in the first six months of
1902 and 10 10000 head in 1901 The numerical de-
crease from 1901 was in hogs, which have been
averaging equal to heavier than in 1901, and
much heavier than in 1852 Coincident with this
the trend of prices for hogs has been downward
The price at Chicago July was 50 10 a hundred
pounds against 81 81 year ago
Wheat receipts at eight interior markets for the
crop ended June 80. 1863 were 2S6675,669 bush
els, compared with 221 766,3S7 bushels in 1902 and
21705S,743 bushels in 1901 The total shipments of
provisions from Chicago and Chicago points for
the first twentysiX weeks of 1903 621 13S tons
against 653,27 tons in the same period of 1902 and
566,O29 tons iE 1901 Shipments of -four from Mime
apolis were S.379625 barrels. 76S3.70S barrels and
7,21S,7H barrels respectively. Six months ship
ments of grain from Buffalo by rail were "A 453 500
bushels in 19O5 81 594O bushels in 1902 and S909S 624
bushels in 1901
traffic shipped from ports reporting the end
of June this year has totalled 2O11S227 tons COM
pared with 194S945S tons and 1881 ST. 1901
Coal tonnage for the half-year amounted to 1885,
500 TONS of which 5.5O0936 shipped to domestic
ports and 2332S7S tons to foreign points. Domestic
iron ore shipments were 7.S36.177 tons. OF which
tonnage for six months this Year in the domestic
trade OF the lakes reached 25,50.157 net tons
tonnage by way of the sauit Ste Mare Canal Was
Il 81 934 tons in 1903, n4S65O1 tons in 1902 and 6767
At the North Atlantic seaboard grain receipts
for six months: NevYork 81 053 4o bsbeIs I in @
and 4S SS1 $50 bushels in 1902; Boston, 8674 bush
phia 20 $50 bushels in 1893 and 16 S6 6S bushels
in 1892: Baltimore, 161sos24 bushels in 1903 and
ceiPts at the port of Portland Me, totaed 6S6S79
can origin md 5.15368 bushels of Canadian origin:
Figures of coastwise shipments of coal are avail
York Philadelphia Baltimore and Newport News
In this period New-Tork has reported SO73,7A tons
tons and Newport News 769SO6 tons Receipts Of
@ Sa on at Bos5n 9 six WITH mo9{ hs o IN 3
In Southern territory the cotton crop Ovement
mercal year. out of total available supply of
10 7$9 81 bales 1853 716 bales were port receipts
1064i40 bales overland shipments and lStS5C0 bales
shipments TO Southern mills. The total American
spin 7 7 afss baes IN @ a4S $50 bales IN @
New Orleans shipped 29l4.5+5 bushels of grain, in
3u of M and g s oss6e bSsG R in 1897
veston's figures We're 9n3,131 bushels and 117S,7S6
on the Pacific Coast 115,2S4184 feet of redwood
lumber were shipped from California points in the
first six months. compared With llo7S4 276 feet in
ments from Southern California for thrty-ive
weeks 1880 to July 2 1903, l5Sl6 cars in
movement Tacoma for this half-yeaT amounted
5l1S82 tons and n4S06 tons for the first half of
1902.
River and canal traffic covers the Monongahela
River which Dps. 500 tons were reported this
half-year. against 4,677587 tons in 1902; at Louis
Vile 81 tons and 1l10.9S0 tors. respectively
The Ncw-York State canals report a tonnage to
the end of June this year. of l031.lSo tons 902GS
tons in 1902 and 915.732 tons in 1901. 80 49,.
for six months in 1893, 1S7}l,Sso tons in 1902 and
~ 43j 9j2 tons in 1901.