The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-04

pared with 109. .437,3H quarts In 1901 and 102, ,5S6,308 quarts in 1900
 Trans-Atlantis shipments of live stock for eight months from Atlantic seaboard ports show 175,5i1 head of cattle, Ill ,947 head of sheep and 2174 horses. The coast wise coal trade reports receipts at Bos- ton during February of an extraordinary amount of foreign coal by sea-. Out of a total of 1915 tons arriving from all sources. 246,641 tons were foreign coal by sea, and 39S,274 tons domestic, of which only 30,595 tons came by rail. The amount of foreign coal received during was 56,9S4 tons out of a totel of 2S7 1S2 tons. For the two months ending with February, Boston coal receipts were 1,239 24S tons this year, compared with 657,14G tons last year.
 In Southern territory, port receipts of cotton to the end of February this year amounted to 6,599, ,sS9 bales, in contrast with 6,46S,516 bales last season and 5,S65,O6s bales in the pre- ment is credited with SAFEST bales this | season, SIT, AT bales last season and S92,- 927 bales in the preceding season. South ern mill takingS, net, were l,l9O50O bales this season, compared with 1,062,22S bales ceding season. Port receipts and south ern mill takings appear to constitute a growing proportion of the cotton crop, while overland receipts show tendency IO TeuuCllOu ldNpl OA AcNS~A N~AA-AAAN~ and shipments by water.
 Receipts of naval stores from April l, 1902 to the last Friday in February this year show 1898, ,76 barrels of rosin report ed at eleven markets, in contrast with l, 1,950 92O barrels in 1902 and 1,972179 bar rels in 1901 Yellow pine shipments from the Southwest were 254 398, ,025 feet in Jan- uary 1903, compared with 19S, ,546,0 ,039 feet In January 1902 and 165, 7S7, ,669 feet in Janua- ry, 1901.
 On the Pacific coast. the lumber trade shows no signs of abatement. From upper California 42,174,6SS feet of redwood lumber were shipped during the first two months of the current year. For the corresponding period in 1902, the ship ments were ,36992,1l0 feet, and in 1901. 35, ,677, ,536 feet.
 Citrus fruit shipments from Southern California from November 1902 to Februa- ry 25, 1908, inclusive, amounted to 8.6Ot cars this season, compared with T,66S cars last season and 8,42S cars during the pre- ceding season to the same date.
 Eureka. Cal, reports shipments of lum, 205, ,275 19S feet during 1901 Of the former quality, 192,564, ,S93 feeth were to domestic destinations, including insular posses sions.
 bushels of wheat, during 1902, to foreign February 2S 1908, 57O.11 barrels of flour were shipped from Tacoma to Oriental ports; 367,A barrels rom SedLtIe5 ana 276 GOT barrels from Portland.
 February was characterized by light river and canal traffic throughout the country generally. On the Monongahela River, however, S90,2 26S net tons of freight were reported as moved during February 1903, as against ,362 net tons in Februa- ry 1902 The combined tonnage of freight passing at Louisville, Ky, through the canal and over the falls for the two months ending with February was Ss2, PAP net tons. The tonnage moved by way of Davis Island dam amounted to 6S2, ,7S1 net tons for the first two months of this year. On the Chesapeake and Delaware canal for the six months ending with February 1908, freight movement of 5S1 net tons was reported.
 Shipments of anthracite coal in Februa- ry are reported as amounting to 5,OIO.60S net tons, and for January, 5,964, ,950 tons, making a grand total of 11,0S5,95S tons for the first two months of this year. For the corresponding months of 1902 there were shipped S,729,S91 tons, and or l90l 9,306, ,994 tons. Shipments of coke from the Connellsville region for eight weeks ending with February, were U,132 cars this year, compared with S4,252 cars in 1902, and Sl 497 cars in 1901. At St Louis, February receipts of coal were 51299 tons compared with 4S7,232 tons in Feb ruary 1909. For the two months ending with February, 1.0o0,9S2 tons were receiv- ed this year and 1,020,S1S tons last year. At Chicago, coal and coke receipts for two months were 2,2l536l tons this year, compared with 1,S63, IA tons last year.