Arizona republican., 1906-12-06
DOMESTIC
 \ COMMERCE The GOOd Record of the
 Month of October
\ Falling Off by COmpar- ison. of Packing House Products.

Washington. Dec. 5.-Internal com r7erce movements during october, 1906 caur2re fav0rably with those Of the corresponding month of last year. While there was an appreciable dc crease in the grain. livestock and pro- vision movements at interior markets, ls curapared with corresponding re- ccipts and shipments in 1905. move ucnts in nearly all other lines Of trade aupear to have been particularly ac- tive. Coal and iron shipments and coke production were extremely heavy. and were indicative of industrial pro- eress in the iron and steel industries. Car shortage during the month was felt in all sections of the country anl long delays in the delivery of freight were of constant occurrence. With re gard to the first ten months of the current year. all trade movements. with but few exceptions, appear to have been far heavier than those for corresponding periods of either 1905 or 1904. according to reports receivct. llv the department of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics
 Live stock receipts at seven interior markets during October tOtaled 415S.- T31 head. about 150,000 below like movements in 1905. but more than 35O.O00 in excess of those of 1904. Chl- cago received I,5S1,544 head; Kansas City. 754.S54: Omaha. 6G0.O71; St Louis. 39s.616; St. Joseph. 246.e47; St Paul. 3S9.572 and Sioux City. 127.32; Compared with October 1905 move ment, all these markets show losses .f,y .F N gain of nearly 20.000 head was record ed. Slight decreases in the arrivals Of all classes of animals were respon- sible for the losses shown in the az gregate movement. During the first ten months of the current year live stock receipts at these markets aggre- gated 33.9OS.012 head, compared with 33.2SS.104 for corresponding months in 1905 and 30.444,535 in 1904. The Kan sas City Omaha and St. Louis. losses having been sustained at Chicago. St. Joseph and St Paul. and Sioux City. The total cattle receipts amounted tn l.659. .5S0 head; calves to 674.353; hogs to IG141.956: sheep to 9,O15.116. and horses and mules to 417,2O7. All classes show gains as compared with the 1905 movement
 Shipments of picking house products from Chicago during october amount ed Co 2SL555.096 pounds as against 249491 057 pounds for a corresponding period in 1905 and 21I.5S5l27 in 190i Compared with the 1905 movement losses of I33, 100 pounds were sustained in beef. 4.1S1. 400 pounds in canned meats. 6,S35.705 pounds in cured meats 323.217 pounds in dressed beef and S.d72.S3S pounds in lard, while slight gains were made in the shipments oi dressed hogs. hides and pork. During the filst ten months of the current year total shipments Of this character aggregated 2,231. .3SO.477 pounds an in- (rease of more than 200 million pounds if compared with like movements 1T 1905. and of over 300 million pounds il compared with those of 1904. The ship ments of canned beef and dressed hog. however. shows a loss in the former case aggregating 103.6S2.925 pounds 1T 1906 and 11S, S,3527T5 in 1905 and in tho latter 10.O92,45O pounds in 1906 ant 1S.S29, ,5OO pounds in 1905.
 Grain receipts at fifteen interior primary markets during October to- tailed 95.972.134 bushels, being nearlj seven millions below corresponding ar. rivals in 1905, although almost fifteeI millions in excess Of those in 1904. O the total movement wheat constituted 33,531.675 bussels. corn 1895 240. oats 30,00O.932. barley. 12,07LSI7 and IT. 1.432470. Wbile the gain in corn re ceipts as compared with similar arri vals in 1905. was over 51a million bush els. the losses in the receipts of wheat oats. barley and rye were more thai sufficient to offset this gain. During the first ten months of the presen year grain receipts at these market aggregated 647.I65.447 bushels. agains 17.9T7.634 during the eOrrespondini months in 1905 and 569. 1891, ,622 in 1904 all markets showed gains with the ex ception of Detroit. Louisville, Milwau kee and toledo while the comparison with 1905 arrivals show improvement only at Cincinnati. Duluth, Indianap0 lis. Little Rock, Milwaukee, Omaha Peoria and St Louis. Total wheat re ceipts amounted to 1S9, ,S4S bush els. corn to 2O2,6f3.737 oats to 197,55S, 915. barley to 5O,6S5.121. and rye [ 6,444.S26. As compared with 1905 ar rivals. losses were sustained in the re