The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-06
INTERNAL COMMERCE
MOVEMENTS FOR MAY

during May with the exception OF those
! OF live stock at some of the more import
! ant interior centres. and the southern
| cotton movement. show, on the whole,
| heavier volume than corresponding
, movements during the earlier part OF the
year. as we'll as during May. 1906. The
largely Increased movements at the more
! important grain markets no doubt reflect,
! 10 some extent, the Stimulating effects of
| higher prices, we'll as the Improvement
l in traffic facilities due to the opening Of
lake navigation during the last week OF
| April.
Arrivals OF live stock at seven interior
| primary markets during May totaled
! 1922. 500 head, figures slightly less than the
| total for May, 1905. 1880 9S5. but above the
corresponding 1906 total OF 3.276,9 head.
May shipments OF packinsi house prod
| ucts from Chicago totaled 1879 65S SEQ
| pounds, being 26 per cent below the cor
| responding 1906 shipments. though slight
| ly above the 1905 shipments. Decreases
are shown practically by all classes of
food products. the largest decreases APP
pearing under the heads OF fresh beef.
| H,6oI697 pounds, compared with 106,SS2,59S
shipped during May, 1906: cured meats.
SIS, 497. .236 pounds. compared with ssssl ,074:
canned meats, 3.734,625 pounds. compared
| with 14,09l. .S25. and picked beef. 2,0629oO
| pounds, compared with 7l99,300. Ship
| ments for the first five months OF the
year. 1881. 341 pounds. are IA per cent
| below the corresponding 1906 figures.
| Grain receipts during the month OF May
| at IA interior primary markets. 6.525, 366
| bushels. were almost 10 million bushels I'm
excess OF like receipts during May 1906.
| and about 70 per cent in excess of the
May 1906, receipts. The. largest relative
gain Is shown by Dublin. which reports
| 5,391. .0ss bushels received. compared with
! (, 1851. .337 bushels during May, 1906
| Grain ehiDments from these markets
during the month. 5O,6S0.5 .595 bushels were
likewise in excess of the corresponding
1906 and 1905 figures OF 43.0S1. .162 and 33.-
| 654, S21 bushels respectively.
Sight receipts OF cotton during May
| 4l2 954 bales. for the first time since Oc-
| tober show smaller totals than the corrc-
spending 1906 and 1905 figures. 5Ol,s11 and
| 72s, ,997 bales respectively. Total sight re-
| ceipts for the season beginning Sept. i,
| 1907. .306 bales, were. however. 2iR millions
| In excess of those OF 1906, and about
three -fourths of a million I'm excess OF
| the 1905 figures for the same period. Amer
| lean spinners' takings for the season were
| ASH 627 bales. OF which 2,4l0.77 bales rep
resent the share of the northern. includ-
| ing Canadian mills. while 211O,9lO bales IS
| the total taken by southern mills, the to-
/ tai takings for the season being over 8
| per cent in excess OF the corresponding
| 1906 figures and II per cent In ex-
| cess of the 1905 figures Ex-
| port figures for the nine months ending
| Nav s02s 1S9 bales, exceed the 1906 figures
by 35 per cent. showing thus a relative
| increase considerably larger than the fig-
| ures OF. domestic consumption. OF the To-
| tai available supply. about GO per cent APP
| pears to have been exported. the respect
I've percentages of exports for the corre-
spending periods OF the 1906 and 1876 sea
| sons being "a and 81 per cent The total
| American stocks at the end of the month
| were 764, ,216. smaller figure bot has com
pared with the figures for the same date
! In 1906 and 1905. and as compared WIN IKE
| figures for the earlier months or the year.
| April shipments of yellow pine from
| eight southern and southwestern states
are given as 3S4,354,75S feet, compared
| with 2s2643e99 feet shipped during
April. 1906, and 313275,47S feet dur
ing April, 1905. Figures for the four
| months of the year 1.290,2SS,543. also
corresponding totals for the two pre-
| vious years.
May receipts OF upper California
lumber at more southern points in the
state. chiefly San Francisco. 153,5l2,-
967 feet. were almost 40 million feet
in excess of like receipts during May,
1906. while receipts for the five months
| Of the year. S49,777.957 feet, are over
so per cent in excess of corresponding
| 1eOS figures Both redwood and pine
and fir shipments show heavy In
creases for the month and the year.
May shipments of anthracite coal
from eastern producing regions were
5.9o4.272 gross tons. compared with
3.254230 tons shipped during May,
| 1906. and 6,005,15S tons during May,
1905 The figures for the frst i've
months OF the year 26,960,S35 tons,
are in excess not only OF the abnor-
mally low figures for the corresponding
| In a r.
fered with the normal output and snip
ments. but also OF like figures for any
other year beginning with 1901.
Coal and coke traffic originating on
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company's
lines east OF Pittsburg and Erie dur
ing the five weeks ending June l
totaled 5,627.791 short tons. being
largely I'm excess not only OF the corre-
sponding 1906 figure. OF 3.9753 32S short
| tons but also OF the more normal
figures for the corresponding 1905 and
1904 periods. Figures for the period
since Jan. l. 23.S53,1l5 tons, compare
favorably with figures for the 1906
period of 2O.365, ,909 tons. and those OF
the 1905 period OF 1s.209,lss tons.
Figures OF pig iron production dur
ing the month OF May. 2,294,005 gross
tons,yare over per cent In excess
OF the 1906 figures and present. new
monthly record in the production OF
coke and anthracite pig iron" Figures
for the first FIVE months OF the year
1O.ggO.3T9 gross tons. are about per
cent I'm excess OF the corresponding
1906 figures.
building operations In 80 leading
cities during May, owing mainly "a
less favorable New York returns, show
smaller aggregates than the May. 1906
: totals, the respective figures being
s6s. s.001.is7 and s63.7i5.4S3.
A return to more normal conditions
I'm the transportation field Is indicated
7 by the larger number OF cars handled
by % reporting car service associa-
tions. the May. 1907. figures, 2,759.522
being 13 per cent in excess OF the 1905
figures. while the figures for the first
FIVE months Of the year 1885, 633. are
also largely in excess OF the sorre-
spending 1906 figures OF 12.129,3S5 cars