New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK.
Increased Movements of Grain and
Diminished Movements of Stock.
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from The Tribune Bu-eaul
Washington, Jan. 6.-The interior movements
of grain in November. 1905 show an increase
in the figures for twelve cities of 23'ooo'VoV
bushels over the same month of the previous
year while movements of livestock. as judged
by the figures Of the six largest shipping polnts'
show slight falling off. The grain arrivals al
twelve cities, according to the figures OF the
Bureau of Statistics aggregated during NoVeh-
ber 1905, 97.913,953 bushels. and for the mrs.
eleven months of 1903 they aggregated 6Sl'-
75n67O bushels. as compared with total OF
612,155, 656 bushels for the same period OF the
previous year.
At the spring wheat markets Of Minneapolis
Milwaukee, Duluth and Chicago receipts OF
wheat from August to November 30 amounted
to "a 9S9, 19S bushels, against similar IN
bound movement in 1904 Of 71.S29569 bushels'
and in 1903 of 81 $40 6SS bushels. OF the 1910
movements, 41.31O1SO bushels were received at
Minneapolis, 40733S0 bushels at Milwaukee,
p, 1864 bushels at Duluth. and 1o,449'oI+
bushels at Chicago AS compared with 19O4
receipts gains were made at Minneapolis. Du-
Iuth and Chicago. a loss having been sustained
at Milwaukee At the winter wheat markets
of Toledo St Louis Detroit and Kansas City
receipts of wheat from July l to November 80
amounted to Al 800. 982 bushels. in contrast with
like receipts in 1901 of 40 023.353 bushels and III
1903 of 4O796397 bushels. AS compared with
the movements of the preceding year gains We're
made at the markets Of Toledo and Kansas City,
while slight losses occurred at st. Louis ana
Detroit
From Chicago and Chicago points the east
bound trunk line movements of grain during
November reached total Of 100000 bushels.
and were more than 100000 bushels greater
than corresponding movements Of either 1904 or
1903. Similar shipments during the first eleven
months Of the current year aggregated 1GOUOl'-
600 bushels, as against 0.177.000 in 1904. and
73990O00 bushels in 1903
At Buffalo shipments Of grain from elevators
during the month totaled II SIS 759 bushels. of
which S,407, 800 bushels represented a rail move
ment and 3,40S. $50 bushels a canal movement
The total corresponding movement in 10H
amounted to S557316 bushels. and in 1903 to
12.410669 bushels. During the present canal
season to and including November 30 shipments
of grain from elevators at Buffalo totaIed 10.
122615 bushels. made up of raj! movement OF
g., 49S, 100 bushels, and a canal movement OF
Is 623.9 15 bushels AS compared with similar
movements in 1904. a. gain of more than Ii'UOo-
600 bushels was made.
livestock movements at interior centres dur
ing November not so heavy as for the like
month in 1904. At the markets of Chicago Kan
sas City Omaha, st. Louis st. Joseph and ST
Paul receipts of livestock reached a total of
3.599773 head, as compared with 3,63O,SOb heaQ
in 1904. During the first eleven months OF 19Vo'
gated 34949,604 head, and were over Z,4Oo,OOV
head greater than similar receipts Tor the cor
responding month Of the preceding year Cams
We're made in the arrivals of all classes of AMI
mails the increases in the receipts OF hogs ana
sheep reaching nearly million head in each IN
stance. The cars required to handle the 1npouhd
,nOvapaant at these markets during the first
eleven months of 1906 numbered 63S.369 as
compared with 60S.S39 cars employed IN 19o4 ana
6OS,414 cars in 1903,
At Chicago the largest packing house centre
in the United States, the outbound movement OF
dressed meats and provisions during November
aggregated 296, 1862 pounds ana were over
Al 6OO 600 mounds in excess of similar with
Jlrawals in 1904, although more than S'VOO'oou
hounds less than corresponding shipments in
1903 During the first eleven months OF 1SV9
similar shipments from that city feached a
total of 2,426,544,946 pounds, ana We're consIt 4
erably heavier than corresponding movements
in either 1904 or 1903. ,,
On the Great Lakes, shipments OF nep pcn an
disc during November amounted 10 f,S .;Ia
tons falling nearly 100000 tons below SlIiilld4
withdrawals of the preceding month' OUT eA-
ceeding those of the corresponding HoyelneLt III
1904 by over 100000 tons, and those OF ISIo W
more Than 9 900 600 tons. During the first eleven
months of 1905 total shipments on the GreaS
Lakes amounted to 65,909,696 tons. as compares
nth AZ oil 12s tons in 1904 and 55,S35904 TONS
in 1q03 The 1905 outbound movement was
divided into 1173,693 tons Of flour, l4O,f6S.OoZ
bushels of grain and haxseed, 1S,SI9'Zi9 IONS OIL
otf1ar than coal, 1885 271,000 feet Of logs ana
lumber and 49S6,959 net tons OF unclaSslll7u
freight. -. 49,, 1-;+.z e+o+as
III
Gov November according to preliminary returns
which include about 81 per cent or such move
r,,ante II S91 612 bushels were shipped wa
Atlantic ports, 1887 ,319 bushels wa Gun
ports. 2,59S, 1S9 bushels via the Pacific ports
and 1455.299 bushels via norIne[n poIu n,
lake and other border ports, making a totI sA-
nort movement Of 10 342 419 bushels, as com
nared with a corresponding movement III 1JVf
of 49J1 1874 bushels. In the hrst eleVen Iiloho,S
NJ 1905 40 56S AT bushels of grain were ex,
Tcrted from various United States ports, ana
~ This quantity S2,421 400 bushels were cred.
tied to Atlantic ports, 30 2S9 $50 bushels 10 Gun
norts 1117O619 bushels to Pac1fc ports, anu
II 6S7 O93 bushels to northern border, lake anu
other border ports A similar total outbound
movement in 1904 aggregated 0oOoOI-t puShelSs:
Total corn exports for the first eleven months OF
1906 which amounted to 92,oSU6lS busnels' as
AGAINST 99 3149 S4 bushels in 1904, were the
oTeatest factors in the increase of the former
wears withdrawals, although oat exports also
increa sed from ! O26 245 bushels in 1914 10
DO 500 1877 bushels in 1905.
According to the latest available commercial!
statistics cotton sight receipts in the month or
November amounted to 2,164,OOS bales, in con
fra 81 with 236957 bales IN 1904 and 2311,OSl
bales in 1908 For the first three months of the
current season the amount of cotton brought
was nearly 100000 bales below a similar move
r1ent in 1904 but over 100000 bales more than
that for 1908 OF the American spinners' TAX
ines for this period S20,G01 bales went to
Northern mills and 69S,O26 bales to the southern
mills making a total of 1.51S,627 bales, COM
pared with similar takings in 1904 Of 1.5O0,345
bales. and in 1868 of 1,216,595 bales.
Shipments of anthracite coal from the Eastern
producing regions in the month of November
totaled ; 421 ,5S4 tons, against o.1Z4,O6S tons
for the corresponding month in 1904, and 4.091,-
lat tons in 1903. In the first eleven months Of
1906 similar shipments aggregated 56,O15,OSS
tons being over 100000 tons in excess Of cor
responding movements in 1904, and nearly
6r oOn fl,oy, fbnca for.