The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
Figures on Present Conditions
Show Decided Advance Over
This Time Last Year.
OPERATIONS IN LIVE STOCK.
Six Thousand More Cars Reported
for February. 1863. Than for
for the Same Month in 1902
Receipts of Wheat.


WashlEZlon. April @-DOmesiic ,rgde
movements. a. reported In the February
Summary of Internal Commerce. issued by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, show a
general improvement over conditions at the
corresponding date last ySIr In 1--we stock.
In movements OF wheat and -four. in move
meats Of corn and Ia traffic on the Great
Lakes. the figures showing present condi-
tIons indicate a decided advance over those
Of the corresponding date last year.
In live stock, the traffic operations at fiye
Western centers amounted during February
10 4I.l5l cars. having advanced from 4l,3s7
cars in February. 1850. and 1859 cars In
February. 1891. For the two months ending
with February. this year. 80 SO cars were
reported. compared with Ss.237 cars 10 the
end OF February. lsOz. and $50 cars for
Ihe first two months OF 1901.
Receipts OF wheat at eight markets 20
the end OF February FOR the current crop
year are reported as amounting 90 .Vl1s.
~ bushels. 4 year ago the receipts We're
ISj, 80. 74S bushels, and for An equal period
In 1901 a total Of Is5. .4Ss bushels. There
has, therefore, been = progressive increase
during these three seasons IN the volume OF
grain received at these Interior centeTs.
The -four trade at Minneapolis during 1899
has thus far averaged much higher than
during the preceding two years. The week
ly production for the first nine weeks OF
Igl3 averaged 3OG o4S barrels, COMPARED with
3dy. iol' barrels in lSGe and 2f9.ss3 barrels for
a Ike period In 1901. Shipments show All
equally marked enlargement
GREAT LAKES TRAFFIC.
On the great lakes. traffic during F-bru-
airy was still subject 10 winter conditions
and confined 10 translake operations on
Lake Michigan. Nevertheless the receipts
SS3 tons. compared with l7O.5S tons in Feb
ruary. lSJ2, and l6S.z tons In February.
1901. For the two months ending with Feb
TuaTy. 1896. i.4O arrivals OF vessels were
reported with a registered tonnage OF l.
S7s.Is5 net tons. compared with .235 arrivals
IN the first two months OF lsO2. and l,3jJ.-
G5s registered net tons
At the North Atlantic Seaboard. receipts
OF grain. including flour reduaed TO BUSH
els. at Boston. New York. Philadelphia aud
baltimore are reported as amounting TO
lsi72. S5s bushels In February. 1896. com
pared with l0.1j9.7sJ bushels In February.
1892. making Il gain OF s. i2l. .1d9 bushels Milk
receipts at Philadelphia In 1872 amounted
TO lOi.1Oli2 quarts, compared with l03. iJ7.-
~ quarts in 1891 and l0e.5J5,9s quarts In
Transatlantic shipments Of live stock
for eight months from Atlantic seaboard
ports show 115,5l head OF cattle. III 9i7
head OF sheep and 2.l14 horses. The coast
wise coal trade reports receipts at Boston
amount Of foreign coal by sea. Out OF
total OF Gi4.9l5 tons. arriving from all
sources. 1854 tons foreign coal by sea. and
s9S.2Ii tons domestic Of which 1886 came
by rail. The amount OF foreign coal re-
ceiyed during February, 1872 which was
a normal month. was 5G.sS4 tons out of n
total OF 2I.ls2 tons. For the two months
ending with February Boston coal receipts
were ,2ss 2iS tons this year, compared with
s5i,146 tons last year.
COTTON RECEIPTS.
In Southern territory port receipts o. cot
ton to the end - February. this year.
amounted 10 5.59e $50 bales in contrast with
e.4es,5l6 bales last season and 5S6j.o3 bales
IN the preceding season; The overland
tl rrsft t,ala
this season and s29s27 bales in the preced-
ing season. Southern mill takings. net, were
1-10.5O0 bales this season. compared with
l062. .22S bales last season. and SI2.6l9 bales
in the preceding season. Port receipts and
Southern mill takings appear 60 consti-
tute a growing proportion Of the cotton
crop while overland receipts show a ten
dency TO reduction I'm favor OF local de-
mands and shipments BY water.
Receipts OF naval stores from April l, 1902,
to the last Friday I'm February this year
show 1.SG.7o3 barrels OF rosin reported at
eleven markets, in contrast with I $50 go
barrels in 1902 and 1.g72.I7s barrels in 1901.
Yellow pine shipments from the Southwest
were 254. .3ss .02J feet in January. 1906 COM
pared with 1855. 5i6 go feet In January 1907,
and l6j,7S2,669 feet in January. 1901.
February was characterized by light river
and canal trafic throughout the country
generally. On the Monongahela river. how
Softed @ meye5 neS ions upng ri IreEH5 wg[e
against 3l6.369 net tons In February. 1907
The combined tonnage OF freight passing al
tue Gaildl ana over tne
falls for the two months ending with Feb
ruary was 3s2.2l2 net tons.
ST. LOUIS COAL RECEIPTS.
Shipments of anthracite coal in February
are reported as amounting to 800. COS net
tons, and for January $50, $50 tons, making
a grand total Of IL .055.g53 tons for the first
two months OF this year. For the CORE
spending months OF 1902 there were shipped
,3Sl tons and of 1891 9.306. .99f tons Ship
ments Of coke from the Connellsyille region
for eight weeks ending with February were
TIE cars this year. compared with Si,252
cars in 1902 and Sl.ig7 cars In 1901
At st. Louis. February receipts OF coal
were 5l2.99i tons. compared with ss7 23a tons
I'm February. 1902. For the two months
ending with February 1.0Jo a32 tons were re-
ceived this year and i,02o,slS tons last year