New-York tribune., 1903-05-02
MUCH HOME BUSINESS.
Unprecedented ActiUity IN Trade
Throughout The United States.

Washington, May 1.-(speciaI)-An instructive
and gratifying summary Of domestic trade move
ments Is presented in the March summary OF In
ternsI commerce. to be issued next week by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. Among other things
it shows that during tle first three months OF the
current year the receipts of livestock at hVe Iead-
ing markets were 7.6O79O head compared with
S03OsS2 head last year and 7S6572 head In the pre-
cedIng year. for corresponding periods. com
parison of traffic operations shows that 10 the end
OF March. 1sOS the five markets received
144.S76 OF stock. whereas l4lZI5 cars were
credited to the corresponding quarter OF l$2 ana
112.3S2 cars 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 extraordinary increase IN
the average weight of hogs. the average weight at
Kansas City for March. 1893, being 80 pouhoS
greater than In March. 1902
Eight wheat receiving markets. TO the end OF
March for the current year, reported ZlZ'OS"o
bushels OF wheat received For the corresponding
period of 1892 total of 1856 766 bushels was re-
ported and In 1901 only 1s0,9l2,S96 bushels
The stocks of cut meats at five reporting markets
on March 81 1893. 23l 962.052 pounds compared
with SO6214.553 pounds the same date year
ago. This is reduction of 242 per cent COM
parison of receipts OF hogs at five markets SHOWS a
reduction of 202 per cent
Freight receipts for the first three months OF the
current year on the Great Lakes totaIled SlOSoS
net tons. compared with 614.S1S net tons IN lSO--
For the three months ending with March Zop ar
rivals reported. WITH q cOIlDlhSu Ac64SHA| -
1850 13S net tons.
At the North Atlantic seaboard the four ports
of Boston. New-York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
received 64OH 9al bushels of grain including nour
reduced bushels for the first quarter OF ys af %
1902 At NewYork receipts for thrse mGntes d1 en9
pared with 4,5o0 l07 bushels in lyu2 AT boston Lne
corresponding hgures were sSz9I1,l oiShG,S ~ S
529 bushels compared with 7s11 bushes at Bal al
timore 15,651 Sn bushels. compared VITA t,oII,foi
hush al AT
ceipts for three months ending wan MarGn inTr
of which total S453l5 bushels were OF American
origin and s94 bushels of Canadian 0IlsIi' .,
board is reported to the eEd OF February this year
For the two months end1rg wL1h SUMMED from New
York harbor points; Fhiladelpha total 75 95
tons including 4g 256 tons Tor fueing Of vessels;
from m fMewpor Nsw fs and 24s 4o NorfoR %
tons Including 67.425 tons for fueiing vessels. 49,.
ing eSfiM %tR MareR S2" we're tons Of whch s ~
tons came from domestic ports oy coaSTS 81 ebi1
ment For the first quarter of 1892 receipts were
81 TONS of which only 1885 tons came iioih
In Southern territory traffic operations in cotton
t6at out Of Total avaiiabie supply Of s39 56S
bales z065152 bales were received al por5s 40 6d
bales included in Southern mill Iakiissii g nr
hsn1e 5 to sng Df G2p2Isa ast and
bales in the preceding OF the port receipts
Gnf Sfn p6rts and Ss il2 Bales At Atlantic ports
f ne norfs Greas E shawn m T bv compaTson Of shipments
through those ports 10 the end of March. At New
bushels, for the first three months of the year
amounted 15$l6S1S bushels compares Win =
At Galveston the total wheat shipments Is foE 70 5
bushels. compared with $40 bushels for the first
quarter of 1902.
Receipts of naval stores at eleven southern, mar.
kets for the commercial year ending Marcn 81 gtvs
800 narrels Of rosin and 56l 99g casks Sf SPLITS
Of rosin and 5s6 4s2 casks Of spirits for last year
On the Pacific coast shipments OF redwood from
upper California during the quarter under con
ideTatGn sd rat N We9e @ % % = "a s des et IN 1851 The move
s Ifet Of n citrus i s fruits from southern California
from November to April incusi re- reaGheds ga a
cars the preceding season. The movement OF nouT
through ports on the North Pacific o f3r or GrenLai SIa
Seattle with 409S75 barrels. and Portland with
Traftic movements on rivers and canals reporting
Indicate increasing activity with the peS1nnIng SI
md ,ndng aS With % March Monongahela River traits
m 1892 70 The cam6ned fSns fregh passing Louis
lille for the quarter ending with March. lsu5 vas
sland dam for the quarter, was 12s4 s22 net tons
On the Kanawha River 4SSs s net tons
nent on the Chesapeake and Delaware canal for
even months ending with March amounted TO
Anthracite shipments for the first quarter Of hs the
2 9ss LES tons in the same months 6, OF ET aa ana
yIvania lines east OF Pttsburg report 2+ tons
on those lines during the first twelve
in 0I 1907 one and s tons IN Gi The chesa
,eake and Ohio Railroad handed 9S5. Ssl tons Of
oaI during the first two months OF 1888, compared
With 1O59 1854 tons in the same months OF lS2 Con-
lellsvie coal shipments averaged 1925 cars per
week during the first twelve weeks OF the current
ear 10605 in 1902. and 1ois5 cars In 1901 Coal
eceiDts at st. Louis for the first three months or
gO3 were SOP tons with 80 tons for Ike
,erod in 1902. At Chicago coal and coke receipts
or this quarter were s 33S4.675 tons, and for the |
corresponding period of 1902 were 2712.528 tons !
'he Beaumont oil fields shipped 16.4zS cars, con- |
aiming 27914 barrels of petroleum for the three
months ending with March.