Arizona republican., 1905-07-10

cific ports, and 52S,6 bushels by way of the northern border, lake, and other border ports. For the first five months of the current year total exports O: grain aggregated 71,I64, PCT bushels. 3S,724,9S6 bushels being exported from the Atlantic ponts, 22.216.637 bushels from the Gulf ports, 3,755.2 PAP bushels from the Pacific ports, and 7,067. 402 bushels from the northern border, lake and other border ports. During the corresponding i,eriod in 1904 the total exports amounted to 36,O49S4O bushels, the gain in the present years move ments being almost entirely due to greatly increased exports Of corn, al- though the oat and barley movements were largely in excess of those for 1904. These figures represent about 97 per cent of the total export movement. The Atlantic ports exported 54 per cent of the entire grain movement in 1905 and but 47 12 per cent in 1904.
 Commercial reports indicate that the amount Of cotton brought into sight from September l, 1904, to May 31, 1905, aggregated F, ,263, ,445 bales, as against 9,6S4,697 bales for a similar period in 1903-4 and 1O,352, ASA bales in 1902-3. Similar receipts for the month of May, 1905 which amounted
 
 bales heavier than the like movement in 1904 and approximately 400, 900 bales heavier than that in 1903 Port receipts for the season, to and includ- ing May 31 of the present year, az gregated 9,207, TAO bales, this amount being over two million bales greater than the 1904 movement and nearly two million bales heavier than that for 1903. The total net overland movement for the current season amounted to 1,0O8,7O9 bales. and al though somewhat in excess of the cor responding movement in 19O3-4 fell below that of 1902-3 by nearly 10000 bales. American spinners' takings during the current season amounted to , 3.917.744 bales, as against 3,745.491 bales in 1903-4 and 3,738,699 bales in 1902-3. Of the present seasons tak- i ings 2,07S, 902 bales were delivered to northern mills and 1.83S,842 bales to ! exports have amounted to 3,559, ,130 bales to Great Britain 7SO959 bales to i France, and 3,33S,4S2 bales to cOnti- mental Europe and other countries. making I total of 7,62S,571 bales. in ! contrast with 5694, ,807 bales in I9O3-4 and 6.431 295 bales in 1902-3.
 ] The movement of anthracite coal during the month Of May of the cur rent year, which amounted to 6,O05,- 15S tons, was larger than that of any of the first five months of this year or of the five preceding years. The : movement for the first five months of l 1905 amounted to 24,S72.945 tons and was over 1.30O,OOO tons larger than the ] movement for a similar period in 1904. i but about I600O0O tons less than the movement for the corresponding pc. riod in 1903
 1 The total runs from various petrO- | leum wells in the pipeline territory during the month of May this year amounted to 3.97O.173 barrels, as coin pared with 4.OS9,141 barrels for a like month in 1904 Other petroleum re- ceipts by these companies during the fifth month of the current year amounted to 3.4SS,S55 barrels. while | the 1904 arrivals were 3,5O3,271 bar rels. The grand total of the runs from wells during the first five months of | 1905 aggregated 1S,747,946 barrels and i differed but little from similar runs in 1904 Regular deliveries during the : corresponding periods amounted to | 20,031,6S2 barrels and 1S,S27, 537 bar i rels, respectively.