Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-06
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INTERNAL TRADE
SHOWS INCREASE
PRIMARY GRAIN MARKETS ARE
HEAVILY TAXED
Complaints on Part of Shippers of Ina
suffioiency of Car Supply Are
Becoming More Nu-
merous

Internal commerce movements during Sep
tember, as reported by the bureau of statistics
OF the department of commerce and labor, 40
not indicate any decreased market activity.
This is particularly true of the live stock ana
grain trades. which were heavier than during
the earlier months of the year. as well as dur
ing September of the preceding year, though
shipments of coal some important roads
and the lake commerce show a smaller volume
than during August. The freight movement on
the whole was, however, large enough to tax
to the utmost the carrying facilities of the
railroads, and complaints of unsatisfactory
car service are again becoming numerous in
various parts OF The country.
Grain receipts during September at fourteen
interior primary rnarkets-96 0S9, 1854 bushels-are
over 20 per cent larger than the September,
1906, receipts. and nearly per cent in excess
of the September, 1905, figures,
Increase Is Reported
Larger receipts reported for Chicago,
which is credited with 7.440 bushels, com
pared with 25. 459SO0 bushels received during
September 1906; Minneapolis, 13501, $3.50 bush
els compared with 10, SG6, $40 bushels; st. Louis,
9,4ss,os9 bushels, compared with S,s4o'so pusn
els and Kansas City. 7,se6000 bushels. COM
pared with 6,01S.503 bushels, substantial gains
in receipts being reported also for the smaller
markets of Omaha Peoria, Cincinnati and
Louisville. Duluth is the only large market
reporting smaller grain receipts for the month
than year ago the respective figures being
1858. SAT and 10.210,596 bushels OF the total
grain receipts TO. the month at the markets
considered 26, oil, ,163 bushels constituted wheat
26 6S1, ,Oss bushels corn, 29,72s.621 bushels oats
II, 3S7, ,306 bushels barley and 1,2Sl.7S bushels
rye.
Sight receipts OF cotton during September,
the first month Of the new crop year, aggre-
gated Sal. 329 bales. compared with 994,5% bales
and 1875, Oc1 bales received during September
1906 and 1906 While the decrease compared
with the corresponding figures of the preced-
ing year. about 16 per cent, is smaller than
the per cent o. decrease indicated by the
United States census report in the quantity OF
cotton ginned from the growth of 1907 to Sep
tennber 25 as compared with the previous
years flgures the inference seems justified
that the 1907 cotton crop will turn out consid-
erably smaller than either Of its two prede-
cessors.
Cars Are Scarce
Reports of thirty-fve car service associations
received during the month indicate total of
sO92 4sO cars handled, compared with 2.7S4,923
cars handled during the same month in 1905.
Figures Cor the nine months of the year
26 5SS, ,945 cars-are over per cent in excess Of
ber of localities from which smaller car service
operations are reported for the month Is not
great complaints the part of shippers Of
the insufficienty of the supply are becom-
ing more numerous A shortage Of coal Is
reported at Lake Erie ports, due to lack Of
cars In the middle west the scarcity of cars
Is said to restrict the movement of coal, while
in the northwest the grain shippers find 1t
difficult to obtain the necessary supply
elevators have been forced to close down for
the time being. An abnormal accumulation Of
freight at the important traffic centers of
Buffalo and Pittsburg is also ascribed to the
inability OF the railroads TO handle with proper
dispatch the freight offered.