Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-03
Export Of Grain.

At the North Atlantic seaboard receInts
Of grain at five leading ports of export in.
Guiding flour and meal reduced to bushels,
for six months were 81 25s $40 bushels.
compared with 1873 O21 ,OO5 bushels in the
first half of 1903. A comparison of receipts
and shipments at the different ports shows
that the past year has been one of a much
larger proportionate local consumntion
Boston, for example. received 1854 OIL
Dushels OF grain and shipped 6.6OO 641 bush
els or 81 per cent of the receipts. Last
year ~ per cent of receipts were shjnned
on much larger total of receipts. At
Philadelphla shipments were GO Der cent of
receipts this year and 10 per cent last year.
Al baltimore the current years shInments
were 40 per cent of receipts. IN cnntrast
with n per cent in 1903. '''
Vessei movements on the Atlantic sea-
board including both coastwise and for
eign. do not seem to have had a daaro >
activity equal to that of 1902 nnri, ~
last half year 12.419 vessels arrived a9 III
three ports OF Boston, New York and phi
adelphia comma red With 70 oao anu I'LL
year ago. e''eis
Coastwise shipments of Goa, f,o,., ~,
YORK. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Norfolk an1
newport News during the month of ~
t zen somewha. short of the corresponding
tonnage for May. The general total nag
2y6So0 tons. of which 1884 O87 tons wars
Dituminous and 1.272,722 tons Anthracite
E 20 the six months ending with June Ia. :.
no. IONS were carried, Of which s769, 4O5
TONS were bituminous and 1893 100 tons an
thracite During the six months ending with
June. 2,oOb, 3tSS tons Of coal were receiyad n >
Boston. chiefly from coastwise sources
compared with 3,OJ6,972 tons in the proceed
ing year. OF the former total / OK n 49,
were anthracite and 1.45O.597 tons bitumi.
nous. ' "-'"iiii
The cotton movement In southern terri
Tory curing ten months of the crop wear
ending with June 30 failed to reach the ten
million bale mark. The total ayaiIahIa
supply including sight receipts and stock
Last year the receipts to the corresnoniino
date were 10, 739. ST. bales. or three-fourths
OF million bales in advance. Domestic
spinners north and south. have not quite
takings. and exports have fallen about 700
600 bales behind those of last year
Gulf ports have shared with other sea-
Of grain. At New Orleans s.O67 $50 bushels
were received In six months this year. and
Fl 800 bushels in 1903. Various explana-
tons have been offered for this change,
nestle demand In the east for CONSUMPTION
increase in the quantity of winter wheat
shipped from south OF the Missouri tn
northwestern milling account, and the ac-
central west.
Receipts Of grain at San Francisco in
GLIDING -four reduced to bushels, in Six
with 9.622. $50 bushels in 1903
On the Pacific coast 2,33S. 7O4 barrels of
-four were shipped from Portland, Seattle
and Tacoma for oriental destinations only
in twelve months ending June 30. COM
pared with l. 7SO6 COG barrels last year.
Trade in Lumber.
A heavy coasting trade in lumber has
been carried on from north coast sources
of supply. Arrivals Of redwood pine and
fir at California points in June were 1O4.
565, 643 feet. and the total for the sly
months was 537 602,271 feet. This total IL
the result of progressive increase since
1901, when the first six months shipments
amounted to 81. $50. 967 feet During thIrty-
five weeks to June 80 southern California
shipped . SIC cars of citrous fruit Compared
with 10, 800 cars in 1908 and 1876 cars in
1902. Deciduous fruit shipments were much
less than a year ago, COS cars having been
sent east up to July 5. 1904. compared with
961 cars last year
The first half Of the current year was ia
vored with ample depths OF water in most
of It's navigHble streams. In not few cases
continuous high water suspended naviga-
ton by preventing vessels from passing
under bridges. Lateness OF opening OF
navigation retarded traffic in the earlier
portions OF the year. Nevertheless. con-
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