Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
INSIDE TRADE Ii Is Much Lighter Than a
 Year Ago SOME OF THE CAUSES
One of Them the Late Opening of Navigation on the Great Lakes AT. fecting Movement of Grain-FaIlins Off in Atlantic Ports Business.

department of commerce and Iabor through its bureau of statistics, make favorable comparison with preceding years on the subject of live stock re- celpts at western markets and lumber movements in the south and on the Pa cine coast. In all branches of trade de- pendent on river and lake navigation there was a much lighter movement than in 1903, owing to the later open- ing of the season of navigation.
 Live stock receipts at five markets.
 to the end of March, amounted to S,S44,71 head, compared with 7,6O3. .9O1
 head in 1903 and S,O3l, ,OOS head in 1902.
 The strength of the feeder movement. including those shipped and driven to
 the country, at Kansas City and St. Joseph combined, was materially gre att CT than in either 1902 or 1903 Among specal movements the sheep trade at omaha has made exceptional progress m contrast with former seasons. Ship ments of horses at St. Louis reflect the extraordinary increase of demand, at 1 tributed mainly to the expansion of farming area. which naturally results from continued high prices of such products as grain and cotton. Receipts of wheat at eist1t primary markets for the crop years to the end | of March totaled 196, 49O,127 bushels thus far this year, in contrast with 213,37S,- 9o4 bushels last year and 97513925 | bushels for the preceding year. Totals reported from Il primary markets give receipts of grain of all kinds as 16O.- O2S,057 bushels for the first quarter of 1904. Last year the corresponding total
 was 159. TIP bushels
 Lateness in the opening of through navigation on the lakes is responsibla for the lighter tonnage for the first ! three months of this year. The total freight receipts were 502 ,O17 net tons. 1 compared with S1096S tons in 1903 and 614.S1S tons in 1902 The month of March closed without any indications of early opening by way of either the Straits of
 Mackinaw or the Sault Ste. Marie can- als. Navigation between Sanduslxy and kellys is-and in Lake Erie WIS con- ducted during practically the whole of
 March, and some of the lake packet lines began operation along Lake Erie shores before the close of the month. Besides lateness of season. the absence of a definite understanding between vessel owners and seamen on the lakes mas deferred preparations for the open- ing of navigation.
 At the Atlantic, gulf and Pacific sea- board nine primary seaports of the united States give the quarters receipts or grain as o5,412. 29S bushels, including -four reduced to bushels. A year ago the corresponding total was 97 ,O09. .6S1 bushels, or a decrease of 31 597 3S3
 bushels, equaling 32.6 per cent. At gulf ports receipts fell off during March. attributable in part to the continued demand of northwestern milling inter. eSts.
 Transatlantic cattle shipments for
 the quarter amounted to 225, ,O34 head. or which Boston shipped 75,133 head. New York 54,3S7 head, Baltimore 4312O head. Portland 2s.5O6 head, Philadelphia l4'SSS head, Newport News 10,151 head,
 and Norfolk S49 head.
 Coastwise commerce of Atlantic and gulf ports reports d coal tonnage
 shipped from piers at five tidewater points during March amounting to 2'3'',6n tons, of which 1,04OO4S tons were anthracite and .335, ,623 tons bIt- luminous. For the quarter, shipments were 6,527,425 tons, of which 3241, ,952 tons were anthracite and 3,2S5,573 tons bituminous.
 Shipping movements are still consid- erably smaller than in 1903. Arrivals at Boston for three months this year were 1511 vessels of 16O5 2SO gross tons registry. A year ago 1922 arrivals were reported of 1,161,911 gross tons registry. At New York. in coastwise trade only, l19S vessels were reported in 1903, against 1246 in 1904 for the same period At Philadelphia, in 1903, coasting trade arrivals were 1091 vessels, against S75 Tn 1904. For three months ending with March, 155 vessels, including domestic ion registry of 379,602 tons.
 Petroleum shipments, mostly in the coastwise trade, at Port Arthur, Sa- pine Pass and Galveston, Tex, for March amounted to S95,7S6 barrels. comprising SG cargoes, of which twen- ty-seven were shipped from Port Ar thur. seven from Sabine Pass and two from Galveston.
 In southern territory receipts of cot ton for seven months of the current season reached 9,205,653 bales. of which 6. 6.lO9,2O3 bales entered into port receipts, S66,22O bales into net overland ship ments, and 1,335,OOO bales for southern mill takings, with 235,230 bales of left over stocks at interior towns. Exports for the seven months were 5.235, ,541 bales, compared with last seasons ex- ports Of 5,SS6,S24 bales and with 5,572,- OS4 bales exported in the preceding year. The current seasons exports are, therefore, the lowest in three years.
 Receipts Of naval stores at eleven primary markets in southern territory amounted to 2,020,925 barrels of resin for the commercial year ending April l, 1904. Last seasons receipts were 2,1S4,S1S barrels and 2,212,41 barrels in the preceding season. Spirits of turpen- tine arriving at the same market to- taled 535,951 casks this season, con- pared with 511,C96 casks last season and ,492 casks in the preceding season. Two months shipment of yellow pine from southern states, as reported by over 200 mills, contributed 29,213 car loads of freight to railway traffic. irio