The Washington times., 1906-01-07
COMMERCE SHOWS
HEALTHY INCREASE
Large Rise IN Exports of
American Products.
G GOD YEAR FOR GRAIN
Live Stock and Other Necessaries Give
Evidence of a Strong
Deaiand.

Exports of grain from the United
States for the month of November. 1905.
was 19.342.H9 bushels, or four times
greater than such exports for the pre-
| ceding November
For the eleven months. ended Deeem-
ber last. our total exports OF grain
were double the exports of a similar
, period OF the preceding year Ia all
other products of the soil, cotton ex-
oepted. statistics compiled by the De-
paTtment Of Commerce and Labor show
that the past years output is much
greater than the output of 1904
Ia twelve OF the largest cities OF the
United States an aggregate Of 97.913 953
bushels Of grain was received during
November last. This shows an increase
OF 3 600 bushels more than the pre-
ceding November. while the total
amount of grain marketed 70 and includ-
ing November 30 1907 was 6Sl. I'D. .570
bushels, as agaist ST., is, 656 bushels in
the same perio" year ago.
Big Wheat Increase.
At Minneapolis. Milwaukee. Duluth,
and Chicago the spring wheat receipts
from Angus ! 20 November 30 We're
s.. .sss. .1ss bushels, IN increase of approxi-
mately 10000 bushels for a similar
period of l9oi.
The winter wheat markets OF Toledo,
St. Louis. Detroit. and Kansas City re-
ceipts from July ! 10 November 30
amounted 10 q 1882 bushels. in con
trast with like receipts III 1904 OF 2.023 353
bushels and in 1903 Of %. 7s6. 397 bushels
Compared with the movements Of the
preceding year Toledo and Kansas City
gained. while slight losses occurred at
St Louis and Detroit.
Al Chicago the outbound movement Of
dressed meats and provisions during No
vember aggregated 20. .060. .362 pounds. and
were over A.o00,000 pounds in excess Of
similar Withdrawals in 1854. although
more than 5000. 900 pounds less than cor
responding shipments in 1903 During the
first eleven months OF 1863 similar ship
ments from that city reached a total Of
2 AT. .544.3 .34s pounds, and were considerably
heavier than corresponding movements
in either 1904 or 1903
Merchandise Shipments.
Shipments Of merchandise on the great I
lakes during November amounted 10
Z .3S4, ,9fs tons, exceeding those of the cor /
movement in 1904 by over 100 :
BOO tons and those CT 1903 by more than .
2, ,000, 900 tons.
During the first eleven months Of 1906 F.
total shipments on the great lakes /
amounted 10 65 9oS. .6s6 tons. as compared 1
With 4S,sll,l2S S--@ in 1904 and So SO S54
tons IN 1903. T'he 1893 outbound move
nent was divided into LIB 6s3 tons of
-four, 140 rs, So bushels or grain and
faxseed, 13.S1s.27S tons Of coal 50. 42l.5 $50
gross tons of ors and minerals other than
'oaI, 1,sS5,27l NJ feet of logs and lumber
md 4,9S6,s5s me- tons OF unclassi6ed
reight.
The receipts OF cotton during the month
Il November amounted TO 2l54 COS bales.
n contrast with 2.3se, $50 bales in 1904 and
,3l7O6l bales in 1903 For the first
hree months OF the current season the
mount OF cotton in sight reached
otal OF s. 457 bales. nearly 10000 bales
eIow a similar movement in 19A. but
Yer 40oe0 bales more than that for 1913.
# the american spinners' takings for
MS period $50 60l bales went 10 Northern
nils. and 69S026 bales 20 the Southern
illIs, making total OF l.5lS,62I bales
s compared with l,5o0, ,345 bales in 1874,
nd in 1893 Of 1865 bales.
Live Stock Market.
Gains We're made in the receipts of all
asses OF live stock. the increases in
'e receipts OF hogs and sheep reaching
s triy million head in each instance.
he cars required TO handle the inbound
icvement at these markets during the
rst eleven months of 1905 numbered
$500, as compared with COS. $50 cars en-
loyed In B04 and 61S.4l4 cars in 1893.
QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
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he young man, ardently
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