New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-27
GREAT INTERNAL TRADE
Governments Figures Demonstrate
Sources of Natioms Cams.
FROM The Tribune Burcau.l


r,,,o.o, Oct. 26-How substantial and
,,-,aasr.o.a &c the prosperity now being enJoyea
+hrouehout the United States is strlklnSiy SCI
forth hv the governments official hgnreS hoi
,h, month of September, In which 1t is SHOWN
that livestock receipts In I'VE Oh ,he ie"N..-s
markets of the country for september eAcSeu0N
nv nearly 100000 head those OF the saiiie
month In 1904 while the increase IN gram ie
c.rts in twelve important centres showed all
excess of more than 2i,ooo,VVo pusheio wa
September of the previous year
This remarkable increase naturally mace IL
self felt in eaetbound freight tonnage Snip
,nents from Chicago and Chicago points durins
san.a,nber amounted to 5.74SO00 bushels Oh
oersaIs nm increase of more than 2,ooV'Voo
bushels over the two previous years East
ward shipments of -four equalled for the month
2S7 .o92 barrels this year. as against -ol'ooi
barrels In 1904 and 24S.424 in 1908
The most noteworthy gains. however. in the
volume OF domestic commerce appear TO nave
occurred In connection with the tonnage move
ment on the Great Lakes the total increase
during the present year TO and lnciuoihs sep
tenber 80. as compared with similar move
nlents in 1904. having aggregated Ia. too-oo net
tons, a gain in the flour outbound movement
NJ OH o25 net tons: in the grain and faxseed
movements Of 22,3944. rs bushels; in the coal
movement of 531 $40 net tons: in the ore ana
mineral movements of IL I43I51 gross tons; in
the lumber movement of 1851 thousand feet
and in the movement of unclassified freight OF
46S 6G1 net tons. While these increases may, to
a certain extent be traced to the restrictive in"
t1ueace of labor difficulties In 1864 improvement
in the present years commercial conditions gen.
orally must also be given share Of the credit.
At New-York receipts Of grain during the
month of September totaled 9.5lS.SSG bushels.
irbo movement
In 1904 OF 6,123.651 bushels. OF the former
months movement 79S3,2o9 bushels were re-
ceived by rail- 1,532, $40 bushels by canal, and
59 CSC bushels by river and coast. The grand
total receipts Of grain and -four and cornmeal
reduced 10 bushels at New York during the first
nine months of the current year aggregated
so 40 500 bushels. against 63, 1l1,941 bushels
In 1904
Preliminary returns of grain exports from the
United States during September, which include
about 81 per cent. show that the foreign with
drawals amounted to 14.409.66S bushels. as
compared with a corresponding movement In
1904 Of 4.2S9 81 bushels, OF the 1905 move
ment 9,39O4S2 bushels were shipped by way
Of the Atlantis ports 1.170,649 bushels by
way of the Gulf ports 1266 338 bushels by way
of the Pacific ports and 2.5S2.251 bushels by
way of the northern border, lake and other
border ports During the first nine months OF
1866 105. 2i9.69o bushels Of grain were exported
from various United States ports, and OF this
quantity 6o980,2S5 bushels credited TO
Atlantic ports. q, POI, $50 bushels to Gulf ports
6S082SS bushels to Pacific ports, and Il 1o9 40
bushels TO northern border, lake and other bor-
der ports. A similar total outbound movement
In 1904 aggregated 1858 TOO bushels Both
the Atlantic and Gull ports made heavy gains
In connection with the expectation of cereals
during the first nine months OF the current
year. il compared with like movements in 1904
although the total increase at the Atlantic
ports. either from actual or q relative stand
point. greatly exceeded that at the Gulf ports
Total corn exports, which 50, 212
bushels in 1906, as against "a All I'll bushels in
1904. were the greatest factors in the accom-
plishment of this improved condition
Shipments OF anthracite coal during the month
of September. which totaled 5,0S2,2S2 tons,
showed an increase of more than 00tJ00 tons
compared with similar movement in 1904.
During the first nine months Of 1905 shipments
of this commodity reached total of 45 a387 $40
tons, compared with 42,179SSS tons in 1904
and Al 0S6 293 tons in 1903.