The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-07-05
CONDITION OF
AMERICAN TRADE
A General Summary Of the Years
Business.
GOOD SHOWING ALL ALONG The Line
The Department of Commerce land
Labor Issues an Interesting Statement
Falling OFF in Shipments of Pack
ing-house Products-Increase in yell
low Pine Shipments From the South.

Washington Especially Here is a
bird's-eye view of the nations COM
mercial movements, as furnished by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor in connection with data con-
corning the opening of the new
fiscal year:
May shipments of packing-house
products from Chicago 26 per cent.
below the corresponding shipments
of 1906.
Arrival of live stock at seven in
terror primary markets during May
slightly less than during the cor
responding period of 1906.
Grain receipts at IA interior mar
kets in May were 100000 bushels
in excess Of like receipts for May,
1906.
Grain shipments from those mar
kets likewise in large excess.
Sight receipts of cotton during
May for the first time since October
showed smaller total than the cor
responding 1905 or 1905 figures.
Shipments of yellow pine from
eight Southern and Southwestern
States in April showed 100000 900
feet increase over April, 1906.
Der in May at Southern points of the
state, Including San Francisco, were
almost 100000 feet in excess of
like receipts during May, 1906.
Shipments of anthracite coal from
Eastern producing regions in May
were more than 100000 gross tons
In excess of May, 1906. but slightly
less than that of May, 1905.
Coal and coke traffic, originating
on the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's lines east of Pittsburg and
Erie during the five weeks ended
June 1 was nearly 100000 tons
greater than during the correspond
ing period of 1905.
Pig iron production shows in May
8 per cent. increase over May,
1906.
Building operations in SO lead
ing cities during May, owing mainly
to less favorable New York returns,
show smaller aggregates than on
May 1, 1906.
Reports from 35 car service as
sociations show that in May the
number of cars handled were in ex-
cess of the number of May, 1906, by
10 per cent.
The official figures just issued
conform closely to the unofficial
statement sent out as to the gov
eminent receipts and expenditures
for the fiscal year 1907, ended June
20. The year was notable one.
The total receipts for the year were
1865, 306,134, which exceeds by over
$70,000,000 the revenues a year
ago, the largest in the history of
the government.
The receipts from customs for the
year aggregated $333,230,126, which
is $33,000,000 in excess of any 9TH
er year. The internal revenue re-
ceipts amounted to $270,309,3SS,
which is also more than ever before
realized except during the Civil and
Spanish War periods. These figures
not only exceed all previous records,
but they show very large increase
over last year. The receipts during
the year exceeded the expenditures
by $S6, 845,542. The so-called work.
ing balance now actually in the
Treasury is over $S3,000,000, and
in addition there is over $171, 000,-
900 on deposit in the national de-
pository banks and at all times sub
ject to call. There is also in the
national depository banks nearly
$11, 100000 to the credit of dis
bursting officers and $3,723,00O of
government funds in the Philippine
Treasury, making a total of $685.
$4,000. The expenditures last year
amounted to $578,360,592, which is
$9,633,027 in excess of those for the
fiscal year 1906.
The total receipts for the month
of June were 62,711,463 and the
expenditures $40,816,S83.
Col. Lomax's Widow Dead.
MonfCnmerv Ala (Sneeian