The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
Wheat Shipments for First Quarter
Of Current Year Show Increase
Of $4,000, 900 Bushels.
GULF RECEIPTS oUADRUPLED.
Two Million Barrels of Oil Shipped
From Beaumont Fields Be
tween January l and
March so.
The Republic Bureau.

l4tl 81. and pennsylvania aNe.
Washington, May "A ummary OF do
nestle trade movements for the first quar-
ter Of 1908 is presented in the March sum-
mary of Internal Commerce, issued by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics.
It shows for the three months comprising
the first quarter of the current year, the
receipts o: live stock at FIVE leading mar
kets were 1901, sol head. compared with s.
Q .sS2 head last year and 7.6iS.5t9 head IN
the preceding year for corresponding perl
DDS.
A comparison Of traffic operations shows
that to the end Of March. 1903. the same
five markets received 1855 cars of etock.
whereas l4l.2f5 cars were credited TO the
corresponding quarter of 1902. and 112.sS2
car in 1901.
"A noticeable feature in the market is the
increase in the number Of cattle. sheep and
horses, accompanied by a numerical de-
crease in hogs. but an extraordinary in
crease in the average weight OF hogs. the
average weight at Kansas City for March.
1905, being thirty pounds greater than IN
March, 1907 Eight wheat receiving mar
kets. to the end Of March for the current
crop year. reported 2l2. .s3s bushels Of
wheat received. For the corresponding perl
cd Of 1902 a total of ls6. 49,, 766 bus hels were
reported, and in 1901 only $50. 81. 500 bushels.
THE stocks Of cut meats at five reporting
markets on March 81. 1903, was 23l &C., o52
pounds. compared with 800, PA, $50 pounds on
the same date a year ago. This is a reduc-
tion Of 24.2 per cent. A comparison Of re-
ceipts Of hogs at five markets shows a re-
duction Of 2.2 per cent.
Freight receipts for the first three months
Of the current year on the great lakes to-
tailed S10,9S net tons. compared with 61l,S SIS
net tons in 1902. For the three months end
ing with March. $50 arrivals were report
ed. with a combined registry of 2,S66, lSs net
tons.
A the North Atlantic seaboard the four
ports Of Boston, New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore received 64,04l.9 91 bushels of
grain. including -four. reduced to bushels.
for the first quar,er of 1903. and 4.:0S.o "a
bushels for the corresponding quarter of
cotton for the first seven months Of the
season indicate that out of a total available
supply of s.Ss .666 bales 1906. l52 bales were
received at ports, 81 .15S bales entered into
overland shipments and I.37s.00 bales were
included In Southern mil kin This last
ngure is to be compared with l.2sl .25S bales
for Southern mill takings last season and
1-t04.532 bales at Atlantic ports.
OF the port receipts given above 4.s40.17s
bales were received at the Gulf ports and q
62S.4l 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 ports to the
end Of March. At New Orleans grain ship
ments. including flour reduced to bushels.
for the first quarter OF the year amounted
to 15,31S.S is bushels. compared with 2.iSS.4s7
bushels for the corresponding period a year
ago. At Galveston the Aotal, wheat ship
ments for the first quarter amounted to g
6E2,5H bushels. Compared Will AZ. $40 BUSH
els for the FIRST quarter of 1907.
Anthracite shipments for the first quarter
Of the current year were JIG. al. Dos tons. com
pared with L. 0es, 15s tons in the same mon his
OF 1s01 and IA .271.3 80 tons for a like period in
1ool The Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts
burg report s.7s2.eA tons. originating on
those lines during the first twelve weeks
Of the current year.
Coal receipts at st. Louis for the first
quarter were Loo, 29S tons, with LAS, 80 tons
for q like period in 1909.
AT Chicago coal and coke receipts for this
quarter were 3,3Si,67 tons. and for the cor-
responding period OF 1902 were 2.7l2,52S tors.
The Beaumont oil fields shipping was To-
q cars, containing 2.79l. 4SS barrels of petrp-
leum. for the three months ending with
March.