Arizona republican., 1904-09-17
THE HOME TRADE
Internal Commerce of the
 Country for July
There Was a Decided Falling Cf in Grain Movements - There Was in All Lines a Reduction.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Statistical in ternaI commerce returns received by 1 the bureau of statistics, show at twelve primary grain markets SO,S44.SO5 bush els of grain reported as arriving in July, against 42, ,655. .zG4 bushels in July, 1908. being a decrease of 27.T per cent. For seven months the difference was proportionately much less, the higher prices of the closing months Of the crop year having helped more nearly to balance the receipts of this year with those of 1903. To July 31, 1904. receipts of grain aggT egated 299. .3OS,- CSC bushels. and 326. 001, 1925 bushels in 1903, or a decrease of S.2 per cent.
 Live stock receipts at five interior markets during July show the effects of the packing house strike in the re- duction from 2,620,O46 head in July, 1909. to 1854. .451 head in July. 190t. Car load receipts at Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and St. Joseph, fell of from 52,752 cars in July. 1903. to 90. 741 cars in 1904. For seven months ending with July, the total receipts of stock at , markets were IS, 210,346 head compared with 17,4T2, .O7 head in 1903, and 17,232, 114 head in 1902. Consump- tion O. hogs alone at four markets dur ing the first six months of the year averaged 1.04S,250 head per month com pared with z69. .3z2 head in July, being a decrease os 55.2 per cent.
 Trurik-line movements of flour, grain 1 and provisions for thirty weeks ending with July 90 have all been larger in volume than the corresponding months in 1902 and 1903. Shipments of flour from Chicago and Chicago points | cazr ror l compared with 2,663,90 barrels last year and S,G63, ,423 barrels in the pre- ceding year. Grain shipments increas- ed to 5S,273OOO bushels. in contrast with i B, 900 bushels in 1908 and 41664 OC0 | bushels in 1902. Provision shipments l also show a gain, with 77O.25S tens to 1 the same date this year. 723,S93 tons | last year, and 740,592 tons in 1902. Domestic lake traffic in July re- ported a total freight of S507,192 net | tons received at the domestic coast | ports of the Great Lakes. This is the 1 largest tonnage reported for any single month in the history of domestic lake freight receipts. There was likewise
 an advance upon last years figures when 7,S76,41O tons were reported. as l against 7,5S2.S .S4S tons in July. 1902. Fol i seven months, however, receipts show ] 1 months of the year and are behind | those of the two earlier years, this l years total amounting to 15,161, ,40+ tons, against 26,951,O ,O1S tons in 1903 and 25, ,71S,S26 tons in 1902. Ircn ore and nlin-
 erals have contributed the largest
 quota of the traffic, 3,6e5.096 tons hay
 ing been reported, in contrast with 3914. .7O3 tans in July, 1903. Coal ranked
 next in importance, with 2,f21,377 tons
 in July, compared with 1616.O3S ton:
 in July, 1903.
 The total passing Sault Ste. Marie
 canals thus far this year was 9,19S, %
 tons; a year ago for the corresponding
 period 17,224.362 tons had passed, ana
 16. .56S. .S99 tons in 1902.
 Grain receipts at Atlantic seabOarC
 during July were larger than those O
 either May or June, amounting to F,
 SIS, 733 bushels. In July, 19G3 the cor
 responding total was 1S,492,370 bush
 els. Among these five ports of Port
 land, Boston, New York, Philadelphi:
 and Baltimore, Boston alone shows al
 increase in receipts for July this yea
 over those of July, 1903 For seve' \ months, however, none of the port
 show a record for this year equal {
 that of the preceding year, the total
 being 94.0S2.60S bushels to July 31, 190-
 and 151, ,513,S74 bushels in 1903.