Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-13

the Bureau OF Statistics. Department
of Commerce and Labor. on the whole.
indicate satisfactory volume of bus.
mess compared with August. 1906 re.
] turns. us well rs with the figures for
the earlier months of the year. Tho
| grain movement has been larger for
the month than Il year ago. though
| the larger receipts at interior mar.
kcts are due. probably, to highcs
| prices prevailing rather than to larr-
| Sr supplies in producers hanas
While the movement of live stock To
| the packing ccntcrs in The Middle
West was lighter than usual, the coal
shipments. both by rail and by lake.
show large increases over last years
figures. Commercial movements ON
the Great Lakes. as measured by the
volume Of shipments from the various
lake ports for the month 1887 sec
net TONS. were about 10 per cent.
larger than during August of the pc.
ccding year.
Arrivals of live stock nj seven in
terror primary markets during August.
3.l3O,225 head. slow n slight loss ms
compared with 1906 figures of 3295.
i25 head. but are slightly above the
| August. 1905 figures OF 3,077.697 head.
Chicago and Omaha show the largest
| losses in receipts for the month. white
st. Lonis and Sioux City show the
largest relative gains over the cor
responding 1906 figures. The smaller
total for the month is due To tho
smaller receipts of hogs, 1891
head as compared with l.521.GS1 head
received during August 1906, and OF
sheep. 776.359 head as compared vita
SI7lG9 head. while receipts OF cattle
S37O12 head. those OF calves, S5.0Gi
head. and those of horses and mules
'0,3lS head show small gains as com
nared with August 1906. totals. Re
Hoipts of all classes OF live stock Mt
these cities for the eight months or
The wear. 2G.495.532 head compared
'avorahly with CORRESPONDING 1906 ana
1905 figures of 2G.3GS.99S head ana
'5.275,55l head resnectively Chicago
being practically the only primary
market showing loss in receipts rs
"omnarcd with the corresponding 1906
figures Gains for the season arc
shown in the reccipts of cattle, calves.
anh hogs. while losses in the season
receipts occur under the head of
sheen, horses and mules.
Shipments of packing-housc pro
ducts from Chicago during August
POP ,266.9G0 pounds. are below the cor
responding 1906 and 1905 figures o,
2lS,6l9,596 pounds and 2G5,3iG.470
pounds. the main decreases occurring
under the heads of fresh beef. lard
and hides. Shipments of canned
meats, 9,G59.550 pounds, show the
largest monthly figures since June
1906. being about double the August.
1906. figures, though 2655,G00 pounds
short of the August, 1908, shipments
The shipments of cured meats, CO.
16G.a65 pounds. are over 100000 in
excess of the corresponding 1906
figures, though about II 100000
pounds below the corresponding 1905
shipments Increased shipments are
shown likewise for picked beef and
dressed hogs. Figures for the eight
months of the year. 1.G3l or, 527
pounds, are below the 1906 and 1905
figures of 1,910,507 l9S pounds and
l,679,597,372 pounds. respectively; de.
creases as compared with 1906 totals
occurring under the heads of practl
cally all important items. Shipments
of canned meats for the season were
h0.4l9.350 pounds as against S6.i40.-
$50 pounds shipped during the eight
months of 1906.
Grain receipts during August Mt fiji.
teen interior primary markets, 70.
537.039 bushels. show a slight increase
over the August. 1906. receipts of H.
3S4.S45 bushels. though being Q per
cent. below the corresponding 1905
receipts. Large receipts are report
ed for st. Louis. Kansas CITY. Mime.
apolis. Omaha. ana Peoria. while
smaller receipts for the month are
shown for Chicago. Toledo. Cleveland
and Cincinnati. or the total gain re.
ceipts for the month ut the 10 cities
considered. 31.247,54l bushels was
wheat, 16.6G5.460 bushels corn, 81.
S23.G76 bushels oats, 2.1S2SGS l,'Ishels
barley. Gl7.494 bushels rye. and 5S9
995 bushels flaXseed. With the ax.
ception of oats and flaxseed, gains
are shown in the receipts of all elias.
SEES of grains, the largest gains the
largest gains appearing in the wheat
receipts of Kansas City. st. Louis
and Minneapolis.
Grain receipts at these markets for
the twelve months of the crop perioc
ending August 81 totaled S3S 1914, 63t
bushels and are somewhat below the
corresponding 1906 figures of S47,26i-
74O bushels. though almost 100 mi
lion bushels in excess of the 1905
figures. Corn is the only grain for
which large increases of receipts arc
shown in the crop year Just ended
Chicago and st. Louis participating
chiefly in this gain. The wheat re
ceipts for the season are slightly
above the corresponding 1906 figures
the principal gains being shown IN
Duluth. Omaha. and Milwaukee. Will.
Chicago and Minneapolis show consid
cradle losses. The receipts of oats
fn. the COZ CON ,unIc 10 nor. nnnt he