Arizona republican., 1906-07-16
INTERNAL
 COMMERCE Large Increase of Grain Movements During May Business for the First Five
Business for the First Five Months of the Year Great CT Than Ever Before.


 the first five months of the current year show. in the aggregate, apprecia- hle gains over those for corresponding periods of either 1905 or 1904, accord ing to reports received by the depart ment of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics. This is par ticularly true with regard to grain, to- tai receipts of which. at fifteen inn portant primary markets, aggregated PTS. 413,13O bushels during the period specified, in contrast with 238.152,9 ,976 for the corresponding months of 1905 and 241,415.131 in 1904. May receipts amounted to 47.S7O.2sS bushels. com pared with 3S,079.95S in May, 1905. and S2.19S.112 in 1904.
 Receipts of spring wheat at Mime apolis. Milwaukee. Duluth, and Chica- go, from August 1. 1905, to May 31 1906. aggregated 15O. .167, ,s6S bushels. 15,SS3.S67 greater than for the cores bonding months in 19O4-O5, and 12.695. S37 in excess of those of 19O3-o4 At Toledo, St. Louis, Detroit, and Kansas City. receipts of winter wheat from July 1, 1905, to May 31, 1906, totaled e3,915,670 bushels. against 55,942, ,OO3 bushels, for corresponding months in 1904-05 and 71,675,94S in 19O3-O4
 Eastbound truckIine movements Of grain from Chicago and Chicago Junc- tion points during May totaled 11675.- O00 bushels, exceeding those of May, 1905, by nearly million bushels and of May 1904, by over 6OO,0OO bushels Similar shipments for the first five months of 1906 amounted to 63,2sO 900 bushels. over II million bushels in ex- months in 1905, and more than 14 miI- lion greater than those for 1904
 At Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha. St Louis, St. Joseph, and St. Paul. live stock receipts during May totaled 3,176,O93 head, against 3,O98,17S recelv- ed in May 1905, and 2,6s9, ,636 in 1904 Receipts for five months period were 16,093,376 head in 1906, 15,417,593 in 1905, and 14,9S5. .9S5 in 1904.
 Aggregate grain receipts at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans during May amounted to 22,269,O56 bushels, nearly million bushels greater than corresponding receipts in May, 1904. During the first five months of the present year grain receipts at these markets totaled 132,- 627667 bushels, against 91. .4O6, ,8O1 for like months in 1905 and 75,2OO.6SS in 1904.
 Cotton brought into sight during the present season, from September to May 31, aggregated 1O,393.4O3 bales, nearly two million below corresponding receipts in 19O4-5, but slightly in ex- cess of those for 19O3-4. The net over land movement during like periods amounted to SS6, 795 bales in 19O5-6. l. 0OS,7O9 in 19O4-5, and S96, ,676 in 19O3-4, while the total domestic spinners talk ings were 4,O98,5O6 bales for the present season, 3,919,237 for the preceding one, and 3,745, ,491 for 19O3-4. Of the current seasons movement 2.176,S66 bales were sent to northern mills and S1.916,64O to mills in the south.
 Anthracite coal shipments from east ern producing regions, during May. amounted to 3,254,23O tons, compared with 6,OO5, ,15S for May, 1905, and 5,2S5,- O79 for May, 1904. For a five-month period similar shipments aggregated 1965S, ASA tons in 1906. 24,S72, ,945 in 1905, and 23,52S 412 tons in 1904.
 The estimated production of coke at Connellsville during the first 22 weeks of the current year amounted to 6,1O2,- 794 tons, over 3OO,OOO greater than for the corresponding weeks in 1905, and nearly two millions in excess of that for 1904
 Runs from wells in pipe line pro- ducing territory, during May, amounted to 3,15S,O45 barrels, against 397O,173 in May, 1905. For the first five months of 1906 similar receipts aggregated 15.172,- O93 barrels, in contrast with 1S,747, ,946 for the corresponding period in 1905. Regular deliveries during May totaIed 3,874,9S1 in 1906 and 4,1O1, SPA in 1905, while for the five-month period they amounted to 19,5S4.174 barrels ill 1906 and 2OO31, 6S2 in 1905.
 Freight shipped by water out of all domestic ports on the Great Lakes dur ing May (excluding exports to Canada) aggregated 7,651, 1,197 net tons. a loss of 7OS,g12 tons if compared with similar movements for May, 1904. In the lat ter instance, however. the heavy in- crease noted was almost entirely due to the strike of steamship employees during the spring and summer of 1904. which caused an almost complete sus- pension of traffic during it's progress. Of the shipments for May, 1906, 4,S93,- 755 net tons were ore and minerals, l.