Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-10-17
Internal TRADE
.,;o This Year in Live
| stock Receipts.
I,,ia Moving in Larger
Volume.
L ct.u 0at,i,,J That of 1GN3
Traffic Still Behind That of 1903.

.hireton. oct. 16-Reports on rep
".a,i,c tad. movements in the
commerce of the country, as
n the Department Of Commerce
= Labor through its Bureau Of
",istirs show that for the first
-. months Of the year livestock
-,,.s reached a total of 1885,
hs,d 1T the five leading
-,,a,s Of Chicago. Kansas City,
o. 4 Louis, and st. Jos.'ph. To
NA a.n,a date a year ago .0.4S5, 3V7
~ n..re received. in comparison with
@,,,,a mead in 1902. Out of the entira
~, ,.o..iy-d thus far this year there
.G,7 $50 cattle and calves, 1852
,ogs 5,l69.l59 sneep, and 2T4,223
orses aud mules.
Grain movements at interior centres.
racialv th, mOr- southern markets.
a.o7,n to show Increasing volume
-, the new crop yield. AT Kansas
r,r winch may be- taken as repre-
.,a.;,... market in the Wint"r-Wheat
Lion receipts of grain for August
rprp lU."9.J"v huSl!el7' '6"ii''t o''oi'''o
ushs!s II July
nd. authorities at Chicago report
,birtv-tiye weeks. thus far this year,
400 igI bushels of grain arriving,
r,,arld with 20, l02, $50 bushels in 1903.
nv, receipts have not been so favor
hle during the current year, though
,,uants are in advance of last years
L,aI 502s egS barrels having been sem
NJ this wear. compared with 1920, 33o
barrels last year.
summary of receipts at twelve ri
a-y grain markets naturally Indicates
very marked improvement in August
rs- the volume of buSiness dor in
1uIy August arrivals amuu.;t- Il to
III sQ7 bushels. The total re@e'p,s %
rain at these points in July we're 90
"a 36 bushels. against 43,6S2,c.l bush
y in June.
AT these twelve markets for eight
Dnthg total receipts were 369.S5' lI3
,shels; last year the corresponding
NAL was 377, ,762, ,83s bushels. The
arkets which have thus far in the
bar shown an increase over the re-
kipts Of 1902 are Cincinnati, Detroit,
bruth, Kansas City. Louisville ana
rinrcapclis.
Tbe figures of the season relating to
e grain trade at Buffalo show that b?
Ne end Of August q, ,139, 500 bushels had
{ essed through grain elevators al
! Buffalo for shipment by rail. In 1907
a-5ln n ~ 4 1taI
: ShiIe for the corresponding period ii
!. Ee, 52.5i4 6oi bushels were reported.
: Grain traffic by canal included ",I33,
/ y, bushels of grain received from ole
stOrs % the end of August. LIST yea
!. h. ,ua WaS 9,al2 2d4 buelelf. AID
/ slMI tdl~hcIs i'm the preceding year.
i, Domestic lake traffic for the month q!
AUGUST shows the total fl 1"iLi t1!lnaTe
f al cL,sses Of commodities received
y h lake lorts S.9St.2s0 tons. or this
= ld,s tons We're coal and 4,095...S ton
' re and minerals. not including coal
khe total tonnage for August. 1903, was
y AL - net tons and 6.9S4. 16: net ton:
: August. lao9 For the eight mouth:
. hiding with August the current sea
n pns receipts ar" still behind those I"
q be- and 100 To Aug. 81. 1904. "a. f5,
+ ~ net tons of freight We're reported az
s. k%ceyel. List year for the CORE
d bprdng eight months 35.25S.7172 tons o
IS Freight were received and 81. 103. 5S9 ton
4. Ibr 1902. c, ~
Arrivals 81 r, gistAr.,d tonnage fo
Aur,t. ,cGi. n,luied 80 vessels o
lsl9ai; tons. For eight months end
fg With August. 1901. there We're SO,
/. ta arrivals. with Il +, gistry Of 35,6l2,
81 tons.
At the Norh Atlantic snaboard grail
N fecrptS for the month of August, 1g4.
the Tive markets of TGIt;aHd. Boston
n New York, Philadelphia and Baltimcr
:. amounted to l,n,.N5 bushels. compare
r win hlIi" bushels in August. 30 70
The period of light months ending wit
I august, LOI. the total rec, ipts AZ th"s
!. nSe p9F's w"re I@lI2la5 bushels. y yea
A az" the corresponding to, al was l61. IS. IS
= bushels
oi these five ports IS per cent. of tn
M Total receipts were crrdit"d 10 portlau,
= - lci cent to Boston iag per cent I
4 ~" l"rH. l5J per cent to Philadelphi
ana l'\ per cent to Baltimore
,,'.,','t r"StWiSt VS. shipments of coal durin
49, 49, from Atlantic scaboard piers fun
/. iSn'd a combined tonnage OF 2.Sll =,
:. ."ls of which ll23.Sli tons were ar
Era'lte and lhS1.iSi tors bituminou
y 60 We eisht months ending with Al
Il - ut to'dl shipments We're 2i.926,9
1tS oi which 9,>~ 40 tons were anthrs
= - 80 di' i-'t\.S'+ tons bituminouS. Las
o august shipments amounted to =, sos
N nS. anu for the eight months endiI
A n. n"suSt - 's'h tons were shipped
s,5 H'e total shipments reported to II
e ~ VI August this Year New York
!. tVuIlrd with l3G222.9 OFT tons; Ph:ladelphi
S'm;LS Tons; Baltimore. l52,saG ton
iI['g.S, g, l~.7lj IONS. and Newport New
n ms IA Southern trade territory Aug.
. MI rs the close of the crop vear in colt,
"A, me movement of cotton in
(. 81" as reported by the New Crle;Ii
,e "!"h exchange for the twelve mont
O. Hs WIN this date. are given as 1901
: .-r'l.S IN me Year l902-lg03 thr,e Ne
d Nj ~ vow, m'iaS rs reported as sight recent
.- III E-H- l'2. lO0>0,6S0 bales The la te
; ar rtctiItS have been the sma!, @
r ftce l>ao-l@,1 ''''
y str "r t t"iSnoSltion of this immeus., qua
III En-, In, ", cotton Is matter of i,creasi,
XIV ,rtalce to both domestic ana forei.
raa" The chief movement * t1at
- r' receipts. The total port ra..,irls
N s''T just CLOSED amounted t. i.2sa .
% arS 80 t"r me preceding wear mort r
= ,bi!s were '.'24 loi bales. Among Il
le "r,nS rm,So ports Iarticipating in the receip
sE:Gl hal"s New Orleans nsrt -
. 49,. na.eS 1. and Savannah with l.. Isl
70 NnrF,u.' ne fourth port in importance w
le i.i '4.h, ON, 10 which 4S.6DS bales were ere
; Inn v.n,. uu,rns the season. Comnarison wi
i ived 9Slt,tl; bales Galy.sfnn sins id9 s%,2
y XII sS 80 SSayaEnah ~ l.22s7.i53 bales and Nc
. ,ns se,rintS , of grain at San Francisco d,