The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-13
Movements During First Half
Year Reviewed
THE DEPARTMENT FIGURES
Shipments of Packing House Products
From Chicago During Month of
June Shows Good Increase
Over Last Year.

ternal trade movements during June
and the first half of the current calendar
year show decided improvements over
| corresponding activities in either 1905 or
1904, according to reports received by the
bureau of statistics of the department Of
commerce and labor.
Live stock receipts at Chicago, Kan
sas City. Omaha, ST. Louis, st. Joseph,
st. Paul and Sioux City during June az
gregated 3,252. 106 head. being 1854 in ex-
cess Of those for June, 1905, and 2S2.6e5
greater than in June, 1904. Shipments for
the same month were 6235O5 head in 1906,
65O,305 in 1905. and 610,957 in 1904 During
the first six months of the present year
live stock receipts at these markets ag-
gregated 2O,027,095 head, in contrast with
10 1889, 215 received during the correspond
ing period in 1905, and 1S.6l7,544 In 1904.
or the 1906 movement, s223,974 head were
received at Chicago; 3413,7O1 at Kansas
City, 2692176 at Omaha, 2,261,922 at st.
Louis, 1,S22, 304 at ST. Joseph 746,sS9 at st.
Paul, and s66,079 at Sioux City. Compared
with the preceding year, gains occurred at
all of the markets with the exception of
Chicago, St. Paul and Sioux City. Total
live stock shipments for similar months
amounted to 4,727,186 head in 1905, 4542,-
1876 head in 1905. and 4S79,oos in 1904.
Shipments of packing house products
from Chicago during June amounted to
279, 1886, 73S pounds. against 2S42s6,s9o pounds
in June. 1905, and 2i3,6SS,4l3 pounds in
June, 1904 During the six-month period
similar Withdrawals totaled 1,F21s42s2
pounds. and were 272 6,160 pounds in ex-
cess of like movements in 1905 and 195Ss9,-
SIS pounds greater than in 1904.
Grain receipts at fifteen interior prl-
mary markets during June totaled $780,
81 bushels. over 10 millions in excess of
similar receipts in 1905 and nearly 1l1s
millions greater than in 1904. The total
shipments from these markets for the
same months amounted to 42,417S30 bush
els in 1906, 81, 6s7 SOS bushels in 1905, and
"a, ogS, 500 bushels in 1904. For the six-nnonth
period similar receipts aggregated 1885,
1851 bushels, while shipments amount
ed to 263,o24, $40 bushels. Both the inbound
and outbound movements were heavily
in excess OF those for corresponding pc
RODS in either of the two preceding years
OF the receipts, wheat constituted 49,
250,O65 bushels; corn, 9S7 bushels
oats, 1O4,77S,919 bushels: barley. G,1Sl, IA
bushels, and rye. 3.3S5,506 bushels
Spring Wheat
Spring wheat receipts at Minneapolis,
Duluth, Chicago and Milwaukee from Au-
gust 1. 1905. to June 80, 1906, totaled 1885,
1896 bushels. against 754 bushels
for the corresponding months in 190i-5.
and 143, 49,, 325 bushels in 1903-4. At the
winter wheat markets of Toledo, St.
Louis, Detroit and Kansas city receipts
from July to July 80 totaled 65,sOS,09f
bushels in 1856, 57,6O0s4s bushels in 19O4-5,
and 73177, 452 bushels In 1904.
Eastbound trunk line movements of
grain from Chicago and Chicago Junction
points during June amounted to 6,O11,000
bushels in contract with 4S65,0O0 bushels
in June, 1905, and 5.t7O,000 bushels in 1904.
For the six-month period similar Ship
ments aggregated 1921. 600 bushels in 1905,
56.54e,oOo bushels In 1906, and 5S,973,000
bushels in 1904
Grain receipts during June at the ports
OF Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Balti-
more, and New Orleans aggregated 14.292,-
500 bushels, over millions in excess of re-
ceipts for June 1905. and more than 21z
millions greater than in 1904 During the
first half of 1906 similar receipts totaled
147, 446, 300 bushels. compared with Ill.,
O86, 765 bushels received during the corre-
spending period in 1906, and S6,790 All
bushels in 1904 AS compared with the
1906 receipts, Baltlmore's increase was
greatest, either from relative or actual
standpoints.
Sight receipts of cotton during June
amounted to 26O, $40 bales, against 475903
bales in June, 1905, and 1H,211 bales In
June, 1904 During the first ten months of
the present season similar receipts aggre-
gated 1O,653949 bales, 2,Os5,S99 bales less
than for like months in 19o4-5, but s25,04l
bales greater than In 1904. The net
overland movement during the same
months was 922, 526 bales in 1866 1857 1893
bales in 19o4-5, and 9O9.O06 bales in 1884.
OF the domestic spinners' takings for the
current season, 2,2S1, ISL bales were shipped
to northern mills, and 262, 959 bales to mills
in the south, total of 4,344120 bales,
compared with 4166,S73 bales for the cor
responding month In 19o4-5 and 1885,, SIP
bales in 1904
Shipments Of anthracite coal from cas-
tern producing regions during June to-
tailed 5676,0iS tons. against 5,Si4,052 tons In
June, 1905. and 5,72S, 795 tons in June, 1904.
During the first half of 1906 similar ship
ments from these regions aggregated u.s.
3s4 500 tons, compared with 80, T16997 tons
shIpped during the first six months of 1905,
and 29,257 .207 tons in the first half of 1904.
The comparatively small amount shipped
in the current year Is no doubt princi-
pally due to the strike during the spring
and early summer.
ConnellsvilIe Coke.
The estimated production of coke at
! Connellsville to June 80, 1906 amounted
to 7,191 $3.50 tons. against 6,452.3ls tons for
the corresponding period OF 1906 and A.
al3.s7o tons in the first six months Of
1904 OF the 374, $50 cars required to handle
the 1906 movement. $3.50 cars were deliv-
cred to points east of Connellsville 2O7,-
SCI cars TO points west of Pittsburg, and
11Sl52 cars to Pttsburg and the river.
The total number of cars employed for
the like period in 1905 was S4s.47s and In
1904. 256, 100 AS coke is largely employed
In the manufacture of iron, the present
prosperous condition of the coke indus
try is indicative. at least to some degree,
of an Increase in the production of iron
and steel.
Freight shipped by water out of all do
nestle lake ports during June excluding