Arizona republican., 1904-04-11

current calendar year were 4,S62,253 bushels, or about half the quantity re- ceived last year to the same date, when 9,721,751 bushels were recorded. Ship ments of grain alone from Galveston for two months were 3,093,575 bushels, and S,S04,245 bushels in 1903.
 Receipts of rough rice at New Or leans for the seven months ending with February amounted to 1,254,52S sacks, against S49,475 sacks in 19O2-3 Of cleaned rice, 294,612 pockets were re- ceived, in contrast with 3S7,473 pockets in 19023.
 From the. southwest January ship ments Of lumber reached a total of 227, ,097, ,566 feet, compared with 255,- O94,56S feet in 1908. The reduction CO., incides with the suspense in demand generally among consuming centers during this month.
 At Louisville, Ky. for twelve months ending with February, 1904, 1O5.O14 hogsheads of leaf tobacco were re- ceived, against 146,3OS hogsheads for the corresponding period of 1903. Ship ments of manufactured tobacco amounted to 52,145,1O7 pounds, com pared with 49,956,O ,O65 pounds for the preceding period.
 Shipments of whisky amounted to 394,S91 barrels, against 351,724 barrels | Tn the preceding twelve months.
 On the Pacific coast the large crop | of oranges and lemons is evidenced in the total of weekly shipments from southern California for the first eigh-
 teen weeks of the season beginning
 with November l, during which period l 9,322 cars of oranges and lemons were | shipped, against 7,049 cars in 1902-3 and 7,940 cars in 19O1-2.
 In the lumber trade on the Pacific
 coast no signs of decrease are seen ir arrivals at California points, 162, ,63O.-
 965 feet having been reported for the
 first two months of the calendar year
 compared with 143,S55 1892 feet in 19O:
 and 106,9O5,651 feet in 1902.
 Through the Pacific coast ports ot
 Portland Tacoma and Seattle 2,O1413:
 barrels of flour were sent to oriental destinations in the eight months end
 ing with February, compared with l. 213,S90 barrels in the correspondine period of the preceding year. Coast wise shipments by water from Tacoma
 for two months ending with February were valued at S1,523, 467, and .foreigr shipments at $3,051, TAI, making a tota , of $4,575,20S or ratio of one-thirc coastwise and two-thirds foreign ship. ments.
 , River traffic for February shared tn, backwardness of the season generally On the MOnongahela 345. 400 net ton were reported for February, 1904
 against S9O,26S tons in February, 1903 for two months, this year, 5O6, ,939 tons
 against 1,S03,O61 tons in 1903, a decreas, of 1296, 122 tons.
 At Davis Island Dam, for months 264,S99 tons were reported, against 6S2, 197 tons in 1903. At Louisville 319, ,95 , tons, compared with 392, ,243 tons. O.
 twelve other streams a tonnage of 192, 775 tons was reported for two month this year, in contrast with 1899 ton
 in 19O3
 Coal and coke traffic returns sho1
 that February tonnage of anthracit
 shipments was 4,326,269 tons, and fo
 two months S,46O,514 tons, compare , with 11,035,55S tons in 1903 and S,279, 39 tons in 1902, indicating that this trad
 has again reached a normal status. Pennsylvania railroad returns eas of Pittsburg and Erie give 5,S49,SSS ne . tons to February 27, 1904, of whic
 644,O49 tons were anthracite, 4,O45, 45
 tons bituminous, and 1,16O,3S4 ton coke.
 Coal and coke shipments on tn q Chesapeake and Ohio for Januar amounted to 622,OS3 tons this year compared with 516,O73 tons last year. January coal tonnage on the South
 ern railway was 339, ,451 tons, compare
 with 340,S49 tons a year ago. At S Louis 1,O57,2SS tons were resolved fo
 two months ending with February thi year, and 1,O50,932 tons last year. From the Connellsville coke regio shipments for eight weeks of the cur
 rent year amounted to 61, ,6S9 cars, 77, I 732 cars in 1903, and S4,252 cars in 19O: showing a gradual decrease.