The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-13
SUMMARY OF TRADE
What Interior Markets Have
Been Doing of Late.
LIVESTOCK, GRAIN, COTTON
Receipts of Cotton Aggregat-
ed 100000 Bales.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The annual sum-
mary of domestic trade movements for
1906, as reported by the department of
commerce and labor through its bureau
of statistics, indicates that the distinc-
tive feature of the live stock trade at
interior markets was the lowering trend
OF prices compared with those of 1892.
At the end of 1862 hogs averaged So
per hundred pounds at Chicago compared
with $50 in 1903, inspite of a reduction
in annual supply at five markets. from
Is, 763 104 head in 1901 10 15,614.l39 head in
seq, and l5014.S11 head in 1893 Beef cat
tie prices fell from S6.15, the annual av-
erage of 1902, TO $3.50 in 1906, with re-
oeIpts at four markets increasing from
1924, i67 head in 1901 to 1,7l0,559 head in
1902, and $500 0SS head in 1903. The grand
total of live stock received at the five
markets-Chicago, Kansas. Omaha. St
Louis and St. Joseph-was 32,9S3,601 in
1903, in comparison with 32,67S, 2s6 head in
1902, ana "a. 143. 176 head in 1901. Provision
stocks of cut meats on December 81 1893
were 147 02S. 591 pounds, against rs .616, 100
pounds a year before at five markets re-
porting.
Important among staple movements at
interior centers are wheat receipts at
eight markets. For the crop year to
January /. 1904 total of 157 SOL ,2S5 bush
els was reported compared with IA
$50 255 bushels in 1902, and Isl, 1873, 41s bush
els in 1901 Most marked gains were
made at Kansas City, where 271Sl, 7s6
bushels arrived in the last six months of
1903, in contrast with 19,6S4,3O0 bushels
in 1952, and 15656.954 bushels in 1901, in
dicatirg how rapidly southwestern wheat
growing areas have expanded. During
the year Minneapolis milling drew heav-
lily ON this areas output. giving a north
and south current to the domestic wheat
trade and competing with the gulf and
lake ports for control of traffic.
Trunk lines to the seaboard carried
81. O29 0G bushels of grain from Chicago
and Chicago points alone in 1903, aver
aging 1.54SO00 bushels per week. against
7a.9i5000 bushels, averaging 1.i33.o00 bush
els per week in 1902 and 06. So, 600 bush
els, or 2,0l6 900 bushels per week in 1901
Flour shipments showed a tendency to
diminishing volume, 5.26S barrels.
s.213 per week having been sent in 1903
compared with 4S9S.5 99 barrels, 81. 1926
weekly in 1902, and 7,14O.230 marrels, 1884,.
721 weekly, in 1901. While the grain
movement is most variable. and flour
shipments have decreased. provision
tonnage made gradual gains. The aver
age weekly shipment of provisions was
27.lo6 tons in 1893. 2611O tons in 1902. and
%, 1914 tons in 1901. or a total of 1861
tons. 1888 ISL tons, and 1865 tons for
the respective years
Shipments of grain by the Erie canal
from Buffalo during the season of 1903
reached the total of II. 1917 bushels of
which 4,6S3,6 $40 bushels were wheat, $685.
2s7 bushels corn, 3,S15759 bushels oats
>. 103. 900 bushels barley. and 42e,551 bushels
rye Shipments in 1902 were 16,1S2eS4 bush
els and in 1901, 1S,O2S $50 bushels were
shipped
The average freight on wheat by way
of Erie canal from Buffalo to New York
is reported at slightly less than 4 cents
per bushel.
At five points on the North Atlantic
seaboard 259 350. 233 bushels of grain were
received during 1905 OF this amount
Portland received 1879 46l bushels, of
which 3447925 bushels came from Amer
lean and S.501 $50 bushels from Canadian
sources: Boston, 32.sl4,664 bushels; New
York. 125Os9.5 sol bushels; Philadelphia,
g.. 79S. O7S bushels, and Baltimore. 5l.6sS.-
479 bushels These ports received 24O,-
7251S3 bushels in 1902.
Sight receipts of cotton aggregated
.035 Cos bales to December 81. 1soS-5,2ol.-
952 bales received at seaboard ports
3,4lS749 at gulf ports. and 1,1SS.3S bales
at Atlantic ports. Grain receipts at
New Orleans were 2S.675,66s bushels
(eIeven months. Shipments at Calves
ton were %. 124 100 bushels for year.