Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-07
INTERNAL COMMERCE CONDITIONS.

INTERNAL COMMERCE CONDITIONS.
Internal commerce conditions in TIL
United States as reported by the de
partnent of commerce and labor thru
its bureau of statistics show that tn
first half of the current year compare
fayoraby with the corresponding pc
riod in 1902 or 1901. With a few ex
lcepuons the volume of trade thus ia
this year eaualled, If not exceeded, tina
Of last year. tho occasionally falling be.
low the high. level OF 1901. There is M
evidence of a general recession in com
mercial activities, corresponding to the
extraordinary shrlnkage in speculative
values.
Western staples for this year hav,
gained materially over last year, re.
ceipts of live stock ut five markets
having amounted to 15,126.661 head
compared with 14,96S,343 head in the
first six months Of 1902. and 15,71o,Sot
head in 1901. The numerical decrease
from 1901 occurred in hogs, which have
been averaging equal to or heavier thar
Coincident with this. the trend of prices
| for. hogs has been downward. The price
at Chicago on July was s5.79 per hum
bred, against $7.61 a year ago.
Wheat receipts at eight interior mar
kets for the crop year ending June so,
1903, were 236.675.669 bushels. COM
pared with 221. 766,3S7 bushels in 1902
and 21705S.743 bushels in 1901. The
total shipments of provisions from Chi
cago and Chicago points for the first
twenty-six weeks of 1903 were 621 ,135
| tons, against 653.217 tons in the same
period of 1902 and 566,029 tons in 1901
Shipments of flour from Minneapolis
were S,379,625 barrels, 7,6S3,70S barrels
and 7,21S,721 barrels respectively. Six
months shipments Of grain from Buff
falo by rail We're 44,453,900 bushels in
1903, S7,259.404 bushels In 1902 and 49,,
09S,624 bushels in 1901.
On the great lakes the tonnage of
coastwise traffic shipped from ports re-
porting to the end of June this year has
totaled 2o.113.227 tons. compared with
19,4S945S tons and 12621,s77 tons in
1901 Coal tonnage for the half year
amounted to 7,s33.s09 cons. of which
5000 were shipped to domestic ports
and 2,332,sT3 tons to foreign points.
Domestic iron ore shipments were
7,936,177 tons, OF which 3,922,074 tons
were shipped in June. The registered
tonnage for six months this year In
the domestic trade of the lakes reached
25,57o.757 net tons, compared with 49,
342,69S net tons in 1902. The freight
tonnage Via the Sauit Ste. Marie ca
mails was 11,944.934 tons in 1903, 1885
sol tons in 1902 and 6,767,120 tons In
1901.
At the North Atlantic seaboard grair
receipts. including flour reduced To
bushels. were as follows for six
months:
New York, 62,053,14o bushels dn 1905
and 4s,s31,4 bushels in 1902; Boston
16.S67,234 bushels in 1903 and 1886"
3sS bushels In 1902: Philadelphia, 20.
442. $50 bushels in 1903 and 16.s65.o73
bushels In 1902: Baltimore, 16,190,92l
bushels in 1903 and 16.069,077 bushels
In 1902. Officially inspected receipts
at the port OF Portland, Me-, totalei
6,so6,s79 bushels. of which 1868, 1875
bushels were OF American origin and
s, 158,6S6 bushels of Canadian origin.
In southern territory the cotton crop
covers the first ten months
Of the current commercial year. Out
of total available supply of 1O.7S9,si7
bales, 7,669,716 bales were port receipts,
!, 064,140 bales overland shipments ard
/ ,S13,500 bales shipments to southern
mills. The total American spinners'
takings were 3,s99,127 bales, compared
with 3,727,7S7 bales in 1902 and 3,24E,
$50 bales In 1901. New Orleans shipped
81, 914.545 bushels of grain, including
-four reduced to bushels. in the first six
of 1903, and 5.954,109 bushels in
1892 Galveston's figures We're 9.713,I31
bushels and 1,17S,7S6 bushels respect
lively.
On the Pacific coast 115,2S4,134 feet
Of redwood lumber were shipped from
points In the first six months,
with 110.7S4,216 feet in 1902
and 1O2,slS,403 feet in 1901. Citrus fruit
shipments from southern California
for thirty-five weeks were 1850 cars
to July Q, 1903, 1876 cars in 1902 snd
223s7 cars in 1901. The cargo tonnage
at Tacoma for this half year
to 511,SS2 tons and 1896
tons for the first half Of 1902.
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