New-York tribune., 1903-02-07
INTERNAL COMMERCE.
Statistics of Receipts of Cattle at Chief Mar
kets and Trade on Lakes and Coastwise.

rents of internal commerce for the last year re-
veal interesting statistical facts. According to
the figures prepared by the Treasury Bureau,
the receipts OF cattle at the five leading stock
markets of Chicago Kansas City Omaha, St.
Louis and St Joseph during the last year num-
bered I,I1o.o.9 head, compared with 245,469
head in 1901 and 6,6o2, 80 head in 1900. The
number of hogs received in 1902 is given at H.
614129 head. in contrast with the much higher
number of 1S,T64.o14 head in 1901 as we'll
with 11.2t9.621 head in 1900. The average
weight of the 1.S9523S hogs received at Chi
cago in 1902 was DO pounds. compared with
226 pounds for twelve months of 1901. At Kan
sas City the average weight of hogs received in
1902 200 pounds. and 197 pounds in 1901.
At Chicago the demands for city use and local
consumption for the year 1902 were l., 5S9. I1t
head of all Glasses of stock. compared with
l.. i:s9. .207 head in 1901.
AT Kansas City somewhat different tendency
shown in lighter requirements for local
consumption and heavier demands for feeders
shipped and driven to the country. In 1907
local consumption took 41S0,291 head, and in
1901, 5,572,930 head. The feeder movement in
1902 reached the extraordinary total of 1.112.O61
head, in comparison with 15S.o43 head in 19ol-
At st. Joseph similar condition prevailed
throughout the year, resulting in reduction
in local consumption from 2.7JS.11o head in
1901 to o.4195;SJ head in 1902, while the num-
ber of feeders shipped and driven to the coun-
try increased from Ga $40 head in 1901 to 1913
head in 1907.
The contribution of live stock to railway
traffic at these five, markets in 1862 amounted
to ,;3 224J cars compared with 622,352 cars in
1901 and 5S2 H251 cars in 1900. 1t would thus
seem that the high tide of live stock traffic was
reached i'm 1901, and that the last year has re-
turned to the level of activity indicated by the
of no of al
five markets of Chicago Kansas City. Omaha,
ST. Louis and Milwaukee on December 81, 1901,
amounted to 269, 131.141 pounds. On the cor
responding date of 1902 the stocks were li9.-
org, 100 pounds There thus shrinkage OF
80 041 pounds or 3S.4S per cent, in the
course of year.
CONNER on the Great Lakes between do
mestic ports for the entire calendar year re-
suited in freight receipts amounting to o4,oi4.-
30 net tons. compared with 45oi9ol9 net tons
for 1901 Iron ore and minerals constitute ap
proximately half of this freight tonnage. In
1902 there were p. .S9S, ,424 gross tons of ore and
minerals received at lake ports from domestic
sources: in 1901. 20,71044T gross tons. Coal
contributed S.2J6.117 net tons TO the receipts OF
1907 and 9,20J, 764 net tons in 1901
The first figures for arrivals and clearances OF
vessels in the coasting trade on the Great
Lakes for 1902 give in net registered tons: Ar
rivals 74609251 tons: clearances, l4.SOrtlS
tons The maximum movement occurred in Au-
gust when arrivals totalled 1oJ9s1I6 tons and
clearances 10S4S.3S4 tons Freight traffic
through the Sault Ste. Marie canals amounted
to 35.961. 146 net tons in 1902, 2S403O6o tons
in 1901 and 25643,013 tons in 1900 Freight
tonnage passing through the Portage Lake ship
canals was 26S2. 1S9 tons.
Al the North Atlantic seaboard receipts OF
grain and -four reduced bushels were IN
11I3Sl bushels at the four ports of Boston,
New-York Philadelphia and Baltimore, COM
pared with :}o2 4SS :94 bushels in 1901, loss IN
1902 of 29.3 per cent. 1t is estimated that snip
r,ents of grain. and flour alone from these four
ports represented a shrinkage Of about three
million net tons in ocean freight Recelpts ol
grain. including -four reduced TO bushels at New
York during the last year. were llf,92o.S21
bushels. in comparison with 1876, 1871 bushels
in 1901 a decrease of 1912 per cent. The re-
duction in grain receipts at Boston was from
- 431 800 bushels in 1901 to 3f.614,313 bushels
in 1902 or $3.50 per cent. At Philadelphia
10 9jG 800 bushels were reported as received In
1901. and in 1902 3S.00S,:;oG bushels. loss OF
254 per cent. At Baltimore receipts or gram
and -four reduced to bushels amounted in M L,!i
70 - .l41 :,7S bushels in contrast with 4o.H3,-
1SI bushels in 1902 decrease o. A. "a per @ cen.
Receipts of grain Portland, Me- IN l"uz;
amounted to l.. 131 $40 those of flour 10 -o'S--o
b9rr
bushels incluLing -four reduced TO bushels' VI
Grain onlv not including -four. 29'9 400 push
els came from American sources ana 81 -
bushels from Canada. OF the quantity derived
from American sources. 2S9o"if pusheis "'
yrI,eat and SS so bushels were corn
ON the Atlantic and Gulf coasts PIon'lI'eIt , M
foa+,,ros of trade are the shipments of coal 10y
T,-ote, from New-York. Philadelphia. Baiu'hore
oTd Novnort News. Nine coal companies Ie-
,ortinc shinmentS over their docks at toe water
aive / ona 600 tons the quanlilH cdt
from, these ports to coastvise destinations from
January ia November 30 1902 Coal recelpts
90 Roston for the calendar year 1907 were
1 rS0 300 tons compared with 4,Sl2ll3 tons IN
1qn1 or this latter quantity =. ,.oJS tons
were anthracite and 264SShl tons pltulnl'ious.
For 1902 anthracite amounted to l,G9t'l'o tohs
aud hitrminous :.26U39 tons
Receipts OF cotton in sight for the nIst nDt LUu,
months of the season to December 81 i'"-,
amounted 10 G113.l9S bales. OF this total
4 o;4 III bales we're received at seaboard ports.
Southern mills took $40 800 bales. In net over
land shipments there had been steaoS oeo
crease TO J490J0 bales in l9u2. from o3i''oo
bales in 1901 and 704. .46f bales in 1850
total of 10 SIS. .S42 bushels of wheat was
Skinned from Galveston in 1902. Southwestern
yelIou, pine shipments for the eleven months ms
ending November. 1902, are given as 23Sl s,}S
thousand feet, in comparison with I.99-'ooi
thousand feet in 1901 and lll9t2S thousano
feet in the equal period of 1900
Receipts of coal San Francisco for I9o-
amounted to ,445 ;i9S gross tons. being smaller
than during any Of the preceding three years
6l per cent coming from foreign sources Ihe
Pacific Coast salmon pack for 1907 is reported
as amounting to 4,224. 400 cases of four dozen
one pound cans each. to which Alaska contrib