The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30
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WASHINGTON, # March 2o.---1nternal-
trade movement for February and q two 20
months period show III the aggregate
marked gains over corresponding actiW-
ties III either Of the two Immediately pre-
cedihg years according 70 reports re-
ceived by the Department Of Commerce
and Labor, through It's Beareuu OF statls-
tics.
Total receipts of grain at it interior.
primary market during February
amounted to 81 ,8e9,23s bushels, compared
with 45,411546 for February, 1905, and
b6,s4s, 264 for February, 1904. OF the
movement for the second month OF the
current year. 13,s56,10S bushels were
wheat, 21,S26,5SO corn, 14.759,192 oats, o.
412,o25 barley, and 704, 1853 rye. During
the first two months Of 1906 grain re-
ceipts at these cities aggregated 1873. ISL, "a
o74 bushels. more than rs million In ex-S
cess OF the corresponding movement OF
1906 and over s million greater than that
Of 1904. Of this total 37,13S,s7S bushels
were received Eat Chicago 3,044,bS7 at
sCinclnnati,s 1886 nati Cleveland, 2,6SS,-
500 at Detroit; ,G,o2e,s2p 1iat Duluth, II
637375. at. INDIANAPOLIS L. 500 at Kan
sas City.51,lsS,ooo atSIllttle Rock, s,77o.-
1s2 at Louisvilie.7 s.43+, 260fat Milwaukee,
2s.54o.soo at Minneapolis, 7,915,7oo at
Omaha, 5,3O930 at Peoria, 13,6b6,06S at
st. Louis and 2,309, 2006nt Toledo. Ship
ments OF grain from these r15 markets
during the month OF February amounted
to 30, 65O,0S0 bushels in 1906 26,645,0S8 In
1906 and 1885,, 297 In 1904. Similar ship
rnents for q two month period wore S8,-i
Del, OSO 63.O41 $50. ! and 50, 1872, 800 bushels
respectively. OF tho 1906 total. wheat
constituted ;!12;452,74s cbushels; corn. al
5o3.7s2; u oats9e 50, sQ2i32e r barley, i69. Il
.6ss.and rye. 1882, 5s5. ,s F; II 7. 1,
Live Stock.
Aggregate receipts Of live stock at the
markets OF Chicago, Kansas City, Oma-+
Ina, st. Louis, st. Joseph and st. Paul
during February amounted to 3.lol, 454
head, against 2, $50 ,s4S IN February, lslS'
and s,2l5s9s in February, 1901. during ,rna !,
the. first two months OF the current year.
similar receipts totaled 6,Ss3706 head, 432,-
4 O44 moro than during the corresponding
period in 1905, and 26oG+0 In excess OF
the Same months in 1904, and consisted OF
1884 692 cattle, 6S,sS calves $50. e3l hogs,
4 GA. l1S ) Sheep and 109,l30 J, horses and
mules or the total Of all classes 1885,
$50 head were received a.. chicago, !, S5a,-
400 at Kansas City, Sa3,46 at Omahh,
976S, 222 at st. Louis. 615.164 at st. Joseph,
and zoe, SIS at st. Paul. Compared with
the corresponding receipts In 1905, gains
were made at all Of the markets spect-
fed with the exception of st. Paul,
where a slight loss occurred.
At Chicago the receipts Of packing
koalse products during \ February
amounted to 6s,176,6s4 pounds IN 1905.
so. oo7,372 in 1905, and 46,274,6ss in 1904,
while shipments for the same months
were 212,267 s72. 1911 Ia, go, and FL ,Sos 447
pounds, respectively.
Receipts OF wheat at the spring wheat
markets OF Minneapolis. milwaukee,, Du-5
sluth and Chicago from August / 1905,
to February g. 1906, an1onted to 1877 $780,
531 bushels. compared with 114,Os7 400 re-;
ceived during tho corresponding months
in 1B0i-5 and 11S, $50 In 1904. or the
present seasons movement II ,sod $40 bush
els were received at Minneapolis 5,7SS-.
$50 at Milwaukee 80, 255, 40 at Duluth and
Is. 0S3 ,041 at Chicago. 4,