The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-10
Report of Department Of CON-
merce and Labor
GRAIN RECEIPTS GROW
Shipments of Packing House Products
for First Seven Months of the
Year Are Much Larger
Than Last Year.

gains over corresponding activities in
either of the two Immediately preceding
years, according to reports received by
the department of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics.
Grain receipts at fifteen interior pri-
mary markets during July amounted to
G4,4i4,2E bushels, over millions in ex-
cess of corresponding movements in 1905,
and nearly 80 millions greater than those
for 1904. Wheat arrivals show the heaviest
gains when compared with the 1905 move
ments, the receipts having amounted to
30,016,1 ia bushels, against a corresponding
movement in July. 1905, of 2O,926SSS
bushels. During the first seven months of
the present year arrivals of grain at
Chicago aggregated 124117,s76 bushels; at
Minneapolis, 61,145,310 at st. Louis, 49,
74o,267 at Kansas City, 29.2665OO; at
Omaha, 800; at Peoria. 2227S, 900; at
Milwaukee, 20,474sT; at Duluth, 1924
GAG; at Louisville, 1S,7lOO59; at Cincinnati
II ,903, 091; at Cleveland, 1915 1888; at To-
ledo, 77l1 $50; at Detroit, 7,6O4151 at In
dianapolis, 5,7s7,s25, and at Little Rock
3,779,0 900, a total of 401 1S7,918 bushels, in
contrast with 342, 496,515 received during
corresponding months in 1906 and 322,S2S,-
473 in 1904. As compared with 1905 re-
ceipts, all of the markets specified, with
the exception of Chicago and Toledo,
showed gains.
Receipts Of spring wheat in Minneapolis,
Milwaukee, Duluth and Chicago from Au-
gust /, 1905, to July 81, 1906, aggregated
III, 49o,SSO bushels divided into 90, 1l6 1870 re-
ppi4rpH af
waukee, 1890, 1853 at Duluth, and 2704S, $50
at Chicago Corresponding arrivals at
these cities In 1904-5 amounted to 146S0S
800 bushels and in 1904 to 1499ls,6O2
bushels. At the markets Of Toledo, St.
Louis, Detroit and Kansas City winter
wheat receipts during the month of July
totaled 1156O,444 bushels, against 12,29O,O13
in July, 1905, and 5,635,2Ss in 1904.
Eastbound trunk-line movements of
grain from Chicago and Chicago juno
ton points during July amounted to
5,175,000 bushels, against 4,7S7,000 in July,
1905, and 100000 In 1904. For the first
seven months in 1906 similar shipments ag-
gregated "a 466, 900 bushels, more than Il
millions in excess of corresponding move
ments in 1905, and over 16 millions greater
than those in 1904
Live stock receipts at Chicago Kan
sas City, Omaha, ST. Louis, St Joseph,
st. Paul and Sioux City during July
totaled 3046. 479 head, in contrast with
2,798, 639 received in July, 1905 and 1873, SS5
In July, 1904 For the first seven months
of 1916 similar arrivals aggregated 23073,-
574 head, and were nearly 100000 in excess
of corresponding movements in 1905 and
over 2, 600 more than In 1904. Cattle re-
eeipts amounted to 4,739,25 head; calves,
4O6 $50; hogs, 12,249117; sheep, 5,3sS ,O7O, and
horses and mules, 300, 1858.
Packing House Products.
Shipments of packing house products
from Chicago during July amounted TO
| 20S, 252 030 pounds, in contrast with 1872,
490,724 in July, 1905. and 1856, 7l6 in 1904.
During the first seven months of the pres
emit year similar shipments aggregated l.
675, 436, 262 pounds, nearly 800 million In ex-
cess of corresponding movements In 1905,
and over $50 millions greater than In 1904.
| The three largest items were 670,941, 665
pounds of dressed beef, 510,7l216S pounds
of cured meats, and 2iS 252 pounds or
lard.
Grain, -four and corn meal receipts at
Boston,, New York. Philadelphia, Balti-
more and New Orleans during July
amounted to 15405.74 bushels, compared
with II S51, 453 received in July 1905, and
14.503. 4S4 in 1904. During the first seven
months of the present year similar ar
rivals aggregated 1852 S62,229 bushels. over
| 80 million bushels in excess of correspond
ing receipts in 1905, and more than 80
million bushels greater than those for
1904. Compared with the 1905 receipts, all
ports show heavy gains with the excep-
| ton of New Orleans. where a slight loss
| occurred.
Cotton receipts at United States ports
from September I, 1905, to July 81. 1906
amounted to 77S0,6S7 bales, 4,S0S, 1892 of
| x1raf ah af er,.If a.,A
Atlantic ports. Receipts during corre-
| spending months in 19O4-5 aggregated g.
9S3, 562 bales, and in 1904, 7135,17S bales At
I 20 leading interior southern towns cot
ton receipts during the current season to
August 8 aggregated 5,213, 1893 bales against
6.S41oS2 received during the correspond
| ing period in 1904-5 and 4,S75 1886 in 1904.
Anthracite coal shipments during July
from eastern producing regions totaled A.
9S1, AS tons. compared with 4,546. 743 shipped
In July, 1905, and 4623.227 in 1904. During
the first seven months of 1906 coal ship
| ments from these regions aggregated 30
S15,95O tons. against S5,26S,74O for compar-
| ative months in 1905 and 80 $50 asa in
| 1904.
! The estimated production of coke at
| Connellsville during the first thirty weeks
of 1906 totaled S.2755T7 tons. an amount
never before equaled for a like period
| in the history of the industry. Correspond
| ing production IN 1903 amounted TO L.
426.406 tons and in 1904 to 5,525.S66 tons
Shipments of coke from this locality dur
| ing the present season to July 81 required
the use OF 432,176 cars. 1S7.757 of which
were destined to Pittsburg and the river,
2S9,053 to points west of Pittsburg, and
! 55S66 to points east of Connellsvllle.
] Petroleum Production.
! Runs from wells in eastern petroleum
| pipeline territory during July amounted
to 2,997,S63 barrels, compared with S.54S lei
in July. 1905 while from the year of July 81
| similar receipts aggregated 21,lS1 .223 bar
rels in 1906, and &c, 1872, $40 in 1905. Regular
deliveries totaled 3,769, 2SS barrels in July
1906, and S,9109l1 in July, 1905, while for
seven months they amounted to 26,S73, 1868
| barrels in the former and 2S,029, 1856 in the
| latter year.
| Freight shipped by water out of domes-
tic ports on the great lakes during July
| exclusive of exports to Canada) amounted
| to 10.14S, 654 net tons, compared with g.
5lS,42S in July, 1905. and s. IA in 1904
| During the first seven months of the cur
rent year the shipments were divided into
| 49, SIP tons of ore and minerals 1,9l425l
tons of logs and lumber, 759S.740 tons of
coal. 1861 800 tons of grain and fiaxseed
,009 tons of flour, and 2,6l,727 tons of
| unclassified freight-a total of 33,4771 1853
| tons, in contrast with a corresponding
movement of 81 103,103 tons in 1905 and 16,
S95.096 in 1904. Compared with the 1905
| shipments, iron ore and coal each showed
an increase of nearly a million tons.
Freight movements through the Detroit
| 81. Atsx J,a1x ,fod IN