Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-06

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Al New York receipts Of grain dur
Ing the month Of September totaled
9,5ls,s90 bushels, as against a cor.
responding inbound movement in 1904
Of 6.12s,65l bushels. or the former
months movement 7,933.259 bushels
We're received by rail, l,532,975 bush.
els by canal, and 53.656 bushels by
river and seat, The grand total re,
ceipts al grain and flour and cornmeal
reduced 10 bushels at New York dur.
ing the first nine months OF the cur.
rent year aggregated sO,7i2.696 bush
els. as against 63,ll7.94l bushels In
1904,
Philadelphia's grain receipts during
the month Of September reached a
total Of 2.779.O25 bushels. being over
a million and a half bushels In ex.
cess Of a corresponding movement In
1904. due 10 increases In the arrivals
OF wheat. corn and oats. Shipments
for the month. which were 645,345
bushels In 1905. were 59,3l4 bushels
In 1904. Total grain receipts at
Philadelphia for THE first nine
months Of the current year aggre'
gated 13,2O3, 0I6 bushels, In contrast
with 11,22l. 1888 bushels in 1904. Heavy
gains were made In the arrivals OF
wheat and oats.
Preliminary returns Of grain exports
from the United States during Sep.
TENDER. which includes about 81 per
cent OF such exports. show that the
foreign Withdrawals amounted TO a.
409. SOS bushels, as compared with a
corresponding movement In 1904 OF
4,2SS.S Z bushelc. or the 1905 move
ment 1890, 432 bushels were shipped
by way Of the Atlantc ports. 1,l70,.
649 bushels by way Of the Gulf ports,
1866. 1886 bushels by way OF the Pa
cific ports. and 1852. PSI bushels by
way Of the northern border, lake and
other border ports. During the first
nine months OF 1905. 1O5.219,693 bush.
els Of grain were exported from the
various United States ports, and Of
this quantity GO. $50 .2s5 bushels we're
credited to Atlantic ports, 24,291. 760
bushels to Gulf ports, 5,80S. 23S bush
els to Pacific ports. and l4.159,41O
bushels to northern border, lake and
other border ports. A similar out
bound movement In 1904 aggregated
4S.573. FOG bushels. Both the Atlantic
and Gulf ports made heavy gains In
connection with the expectation of
cereals during the first nine months
OF the current year. II compared with
like movements In 1904. although the
total increase at the Atlantic ports,
either from an actual or a relative
standpoint, greatly exceeded that at
the Gulf ports. Total corn exports
which were 82.752,212 bushels in 1905.
as against 34.441,771 bushels in 1904,
were the greatest factors in the &C.
complishment Of this improved con.
dition.
Latest available figures obtained
from commercial sources indicate that
the total available supply of cotton
brought into sight during September
amounted to 1903, 583 bales. as against
a similar supply in 1894 of 1862 1896
bales and In 1903 Of 750,233 bales. The
net overland movement for the month
totaled 1929 bales in 1905. 14.02a
bales In 1904, and 1895 bales in 1903
or the domestic takings for the cur
rent month, 118,154 bales went to nor
thern mills and 175,769 bales to south
ern mills, a total of 303, 1923 bales, in
contrast with similar takings in 1904
Of 264,422 bales and in 1903 Of 232.'
757 bales. As compared with the 1904
takings. the receipts both for the nor
thern and southern mills indicate
slight increases.
Shipments Of anthracite coal dur.
ing the month Of September. which
totaled 5,0S2, 232 tons. showed an In
crease Of over a million tons II com
pared with a similar movement In
1904. During the first nine months Of
1905, shipments Of this commodity
reached a total Of 45.3S7.S1 tons, as
compared with AL 1888 tons in 1904
and 1856, zy3 tons in 1908.