Arizona republican., 1905-06-19
GRAIN MOVEMENTS
The Good Showing of a
 Month This Year
More Wheat Used at Home and Much Less Sent Abroad = Cotton and Pc. trOleum Figures.

Washington. June 1S.-Grain move ments at prominent Atlantic and Cuff ports during April, as indicated by re- ports received by the department of commerce and labor, through it's bu- reau of statistics, show appreciable gains, if contrasted with like move ments for the fourth month of the preceding year, while similar receipts and shipments for the first four months of 1905, although presenting gains for Boston, New York and Bal timore, show losses for rf.~ cities of Philadelphia and Galveston. On the Pacific coast total grain receipts were considerably lighter during April than they were during a corresponding month in 1904, the same conditions holding true with regard to a four month period.
 At Boston grain receipts for April reached a total of 2,165,2O7 bushels, over a million bushels in excess of a similar movement in 1904, while shipments which amounted to 1,7O6.- 1ss bushels were approximately 1,300,- 900 bushels greater than those of like month in the preceding year. During the first four months of 1905, receipts of cereals at that port aggre- gated S,221,505 bushels, while the total arrivals for a similar period in 1904 amounted to 5,75s,07O bushels. The great increase thus indicated in the 1905 receipts was almost entirely due to heavier corn arrivals, although there was also some increase in the receipts of wheat. Shipments of grain i from this city for like periods were | s.111,614 bushels in 1905, and 3456, ,093 l bushels in 1904.
 ! | the month of April totaled 6,964, ,339 ! bushels, of which 6.S93,2SS bushels l represented a rail movement. and IT, 05l bushels a river and coast move ment. Similar total receipts for the ! fourth month of the preceding year aggregated 4,6S1,S93 bushels. divided | into rail movement of 4.6O5, ,96S bush ] els. and river and coast movement Of 75.s25 bushels.
 l At Philadelphia receipts of grain during the fourth month of the cur rent year amounted to 1870, 467 bush els as compared with 929,566 bushels for a like month in 1904. Shipments from this port for April were 1.028,- 566 bushels in 1905 and 557.139 bush els in 1904. During the present year to April 30. 5,11S.03S bushels of grain were received at Philadelphia, while AOi d SlilllldI peTlOu III 1SU4 the lfl- bound movement totaled 5.99O,939 bushels. Grain shipments at this mar ket were 3,33O.5Ss bushels during the present year to April 30 while a like movement in 1904 amounted to 4,O66,-
 37s bushels.
 Baltimore's grain receipts during April totaled 2,147, 19S bushels, being an amount considerably over a million
 bushels in excess of that representing
 a similar movement for a correspond
 ing month in 1904. Shipments for the
 month from this port which totaled
 2,005.607 bushels, were nearly 100000
 bushels greater than a like movement
 in 1904. Arrivals of grain at Balti-
 more during the first four months of
 1905 aggregated S,412.611 bushels, be-
 ing 100000 bushels heavier than sim
 liar arrivals in 1904. Total shipments for corresponding periods were 7.299,-
 064 bushels in 1905. and 5,617. .079 bush
 els in 1904. The great increase shown
 for the current year both with regard
 to receipts and shipments for either
 April or a four-month period, were en- ; tirely due to an exceptionally heavy
 corn movement.
 At New Orleans grain receipts foI
 the month of April totaled 1,165, 200
 bushels. and were approximately 75O,-
 900 bushels heavier than like move ; ment in 1904. but over 2,000 900 bush
 els below that for 1903, the decrease as
 compared with the 1903 figures being caused by heavy shrinkages of receipts of wheat and oats, corn movements fol
 both months being almost identical
 Total grain shipments for the month were 1,673,262 bushels in 1905, 715.60S bushels in 1904, and 2.53S, ,22S bushels
 in 1903. During the first four months of the present year grain arrivals al . New Orleans amounted to 1S,436 ,60C