Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-09
Statement of Volume of
Business for the Year
COMPARISON WITH 1902
Heavier Movement Toward the
Seaboard and a Falling Off Of Lake
and River Trade.

Washington, d. c.. Nov. S.-Internal
commerce conditions in the United
States Cor the month of September.
as presented by the department of
commerce and labor through it's bureau
of statistics. are summarized as fol-
lows:
The month of September in the do
mestic commerce of the United States
is characterized as a rule by rapidly
enlarging movements of staple COM
modities, such as live stock and grain,
to primary centers, and by the ac
cumulation of supplies of raw mater
falls such as lumber, coal and other
elements of industry, in manufacturing
centers. Increasing shipments of pro-
duce to the seaboard and the westward
movement of merchandise, together
with decline in the volume of traffic
on lakes. rivers and canals are also
seasonal features of the home trade.
In the live. .stock trade, according to
these returns. five western markets,
including Chicago. Kansas City, Oma-
ha, st. Louis and st. Joseph report
combined receipts of 3,1S4,610 head in
! September. In 1901 receipts were >
| 754.601 head and 3.044259 head in 1902.
Cars of live stock arriving at these
I markets. III sNtplttllDti IOi &C SuNNtS-
| sive years were 52,614 cars in 1901.
| 1896 cars in 1902 and 60.213 in 1908.
For nine months ending with Septem
/ ber 1901. 24,573. 10 head were re-
ceived, compared with 22,S4S.272 in
1902 and 23,67S.9I6 in 1903 or this
latter number, 11,257,S15 head were re-
ceived at Chicago, 3,74S,125 at Kansas
| City, 3.667.540 at Omaha, 2.706,3 1874 at
| St Louis and 2,294,O42 at St. Joseph.
| Receipts at st. Paul for nine months
amounted to 1.055.979 head and at
Sioux City 1.157,16S head.
| Stocks of cut meats on September 80
at five markets indicate much
| stronger reserve in this species OF
packing house product than was the
case a year ago. The combined stocks
| Septeunber 80. 1902. at these markets
were 116.376.15l pounds. compared with
| III 4O2, $50 pounds in 1903, being a gain
of 525 per cent. The corresponding
stocks in 1901 were 1S2,994.s36 pounds.
Comparison of wheat receipts at
eight markets to October =, 1901. were
! 7e 05S,566 bushels 7S.331,96G bushels in
| 1902. 54,591,422 bushels in 1903. The
current years receipts appear to be
! approximately one-third less than in
either of the two preceding years.
| Zinc and spelter receipts at St. Louis
for the first three quarters OF 1902
were 1.756,SS0 slabs, compared with
1913. 200 slabs in 1908. Receipts of lead
were 1,559,745 pigs in 1902 and 1900
| 925 pigs in 1903.
In the lake trade freight receipts at
146 ports reporting in September. 1902.
were 7,399,2S1 tons. compared with a.
177,S65 net tons in September. 1905.
l n in,
4O.1O2. SIC tons. compared with 42,4S2.-
| 322 tons in 1903.
! During September of the current year
1857 ,O9S tons of coal entered into the
coastwise trade of the lakes, and 677.S92
net tons were sent to foreign ports in
the lake trade. For the nine months
ending with September 11,402,501 net
tons of coal were shipped in the do
mestic lake trade and 4,556,244 net tons
! in the foreign lake trade, making
total of 15.95S,745 tons. This total in
cludes coal loaded on steamers for their
own fuel
The registered tonnage reported
shows that the arrivals for nine months
| in 1902 were 55,I34,0I3 tons. compared
with 56,255.791 tons in the current
season. For six months, by way of
Sault Ste. Marie canals, in 1901, 90
36G .O65 tons of freight we're reported,
in contrast with 26,312, 1922 tons in 1902
and 26.S93,S2O tons in 1903.
Passenger traffic in 1901 amounted T.
5O.71 persons to September 30, 1851
persons in 1902. and 52,306 persons il,
| 1903.
AT the North Atlantic seaboard the
four ports of, Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore give receipts o.
grain at tide water for succeeding years.
-Septembers receipts at the four ports
were 26,057.O91 bushels in 1902 and H.
232. 467 bushels in 1903. For nine
months. 1902. 15S,536,665 bushels were
received and 76,2S0,642 bushels in 19eS.
For September. 1902. Boston received
| 3.745.271 bushels, including flour and
meal reduced to bushels, in comparison
with 1.694.642 bushels in September,
1903. For nine months in 1902 21,2Sl,-
SIS barrels were received and 21,91S,
26S barrels in 1908.
At New York September's receipts
were 13,774,56S bushels in 1902 and g.
| 733. $50 bushels in 1903 Nine months
receipts totaled S1.O9O,197 bushels in
| 1902 and S9,25S,455 bushels in 1908. OF
Septembers receipts at New York, 77.45
per cent came by rail and Pip per
cent by canal, fractional amount ar
irving by coast.
At Philadelphia Septembers receipts
were 4,O71,4OO bushels in 1902, COM
rared with 2,525. $50 bushels in 1908.
| For nine months in 1902 receipts were
| c6,757,621 bushels and 2S,0S1,69l
bushels in 1903.
At Baltimore September's receipts in
1902 were 4.475,5S7 bushels and S.21S.-
T25 bushels in 1908. Nine months re-
Lceipts in 1902 were 20. 407,1T1 bushels
and S697222S bushels in 1908.
Inspected receipts of grain at Port
land. Me. for September, this year,
amounted TO 7SS,99S bushels, of which
Isl. .676 came from Canadian sources
and 5S7, ,322 from American sources. For
nine months S.S41,653 bushels were re-
ceived. of which 6,015,22O came from
Canadian sources and 2,S26.4S3 from
American sources.
Coal companies reporting coastwise