The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-09-15
OUR VAST INTERNAL COMMERCE.

Internal commerce conditions
throughout the United States, as re-
flected by the July report of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor
through its Bureau of Statistics, are
quite satisfactory. Receipts of live
stock at five markets this year to the
end of July amounted to 17734,Si7 head.
Last year, 17,232,0O4 head were report
ed to the corresponding date, and 49,
500, 1888 head in 1901. In 1901 total OF
374. e76 cars of stock arrived at the same
five markets, 5419 cars in 1902, and
al. 500 cars in 1903. The total receipts
of stock for this year were divided as
follows: at Chicago, S,5TA7 head IN
17O.565 cars; at Kansas City, 2,65O,33I
head in 54210 cars: at Omaha, 2,7Sl,45S
head in 49, 225 cars; at st. Louis, 2,OOl'-
ga5 head in 37,773 cars: at st. Joseph
1.773.26O head in 30029 cars. July re-
ceipts of cattle at Chicago this year
we're the heaviest since 1892, with the
single exception of those of July, 1901.
The increase in natives as compared
with range and Texan stocks was char
acteristic of July arrivals.
The state of the provision market, as
indicated by stocks on hand at the fVe
cities on July 31st, is significant OF
lowering prices. on that date, in 1901,
there were 97,SO1,3i5 pounds of cut
meats reported on hand. In 1902 the
corresponding reserve was 2O9.SS9,OSI
pounds, compared with 262,4SS,44O
pounds in 1903.
Backwardness of the season Is re-
fected in the figures of wheat receipts
during July, the first month of the new
crop year At the four winter wheat
markets of Kansas City, st. Louis,
Toledo and Detroit, 1884, 16S bushels
were received in July, 1901, as compared
with IL ,695 OS7 bushels in July, 1908.
Trade on the Great Lakes between
domestic ports to the end of July has
exceeded the quantity of freight
handled to that date in 1902 by mil
lion tons. In July, 1901, there We're re-
ported 1904 6S5 net tons of freight,
against 7,5S2,S4S net tons in 1902, and
7,S7641O net tons in 1903. For the first
seven months of the current year, 26,-
92S,513 tons of coastwise traffic were
reported, compared with 25,7lS,S25 tons
last year, and 1881 ,257 tons in the pre-
ceding year. in which navigation open
ed unusually late. The amount Of
Great Lakes in coastwise trade for the
season to July 3lst 1902, was S5,OS9,S16
net tons, and 35,S70,6S net tons in 1903.
Registered tonnage by the way of Sault
Ste Marie Canal in 1902, to the same
date totalled 729 tons compared
with 13,923.5O6 tons in 1908. This de-
crease is partly explained by the ten
dency in freight-carrying capacity Of
through steamers to increase at a more
rapid rate than their registered tom
mage.
Grain receipts at the North Atlantic
seaboard to July 3lst last year were
Ill, 5362S9 bushels compared with 49,
439,340 bushels this year.
Receipts at New York for seven
months ending July were 5662663O
bushels in 1902, and Il, 416. 400 bushels in
1903; at Boston, l5,6l7,322 bushels in
1902 compared with IS, 6S2, 9S7 bushels in
1903; at Philadelphia, 10, l93,S04 bushels
in 1902, in contrast with 22,9jl ,972 BUSH
els in 1903; at Baltimore, 20,O9S5SS
bushels in 1902 and 80, 1897, 9l2 bushels in
1908.
At the Atlantic seaboard the coast
wise coal movement for the first six
months of the year credited New York
with 9,Sl5,19l tons shipped to cOastwise
destinations; Philadelphia, 2,74S,S54
tons. Baltimore. SO2.234 tons; Newport
News, $780, tons; Norfolk $40, 434 tons.
The total shipments during June from
these five points We're 2,147, $3.50 tons, and
for six months ending June. 14,74l, 967
tons. Receipts at Boston for seven
months ending July, 1902, We're 2,4OO,O27
- "a
the same period in 1903.
Receipts of cotton at United States
ports to July 3lst being eleven months
of the cotton-crop year, We're 7,549,4 3S
bales in 1901, compared with 7,542, 2Si
bales last year, and 1887, 1899 bales this
year, of which 4,990,O16 bales We're re-
ceived at Gulf ports, and 2,707 1853 bales
at Atlantic ports. The exhausted con-
dition OF the supply in first hands is in
dicated by the receipt of only 2S,2s3
bales at United States ports in July
compared with 57,22l bales in 1902. and
1927 bales in 1901. The extraordinary
rise in price to a scarcity level, has,
among other things. caused the ship
ping to New Orleans of 2,4OO bales of
cotton, during July, from New York,
1888 bales from Boston, and 2.797 bales
or American cotton from Bremen, Ger
many.
New Orleans rice report for the year
ending July 31st, 1908, gives l,79S, 53l
sacks of rough rice as comprising the
years supply, and 1875, $50 pockets of
clean rice, compared with ,6O7, $50
pockets in 1901, and 1,16i,Gl2 pockets in
1900.
Among special movements character
istlc of certain trade centers NAV be
mentioned shipments of manufactured
tobacco at Louisville, which, for FIVE
months In 1902, amounted to 196l2Ol2
pounds, compared with % ,OSG, 1858 hounds
In the corresponding period of 1903.
Zinc and spelter shipments at st. Louis
in 1902 were 1,4361l1 slabs, compared
with l,463,40l slabs in 1903. Grain ship
ments at Galveston for the first seven
months OF 1902 We're l,S75,3S6 bushels
compared with l0,4SO,702 bushels for the
same period of 1903: at New Orleans
s,lsi.O47 bushels in 1902 and 22,3l2,524