The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
LARGER BUSINESS
in PINE LUMBER
Virginia and North Carolina
Broke Their Own Record
in Month Of July.
INTERNAL COMMERCE FACTS
Slight Falling Off in Grain
Business, and Ores Drop
Little Behind.

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WASHINGTON, D. c., September ~,
Principal internal-commcrce mover
ments during july, as reported to the
Bureau of Statistics. Department OF
Commerce and Labor, show, on the
whole, 81 larger volume than the cor
responding movements of n year ago,
the only exception being the grain re-
ceipts at primary interior markets,
which are considerably below the July,
1906, figures. AS compared with the
extraordinary activity during the carl
Ter part OF the year, the rate Of output
of some basic industries, such as an
thracite-coal, coke. and pig-iron pro-
duction, shows q slight let up, though
the figures for the month are largely
in excess OF those for July, 1906. The
ore handlers strike in the Lake Supe-
Tior region, while curtailing iron-ore
shipments for the month. affected but
little the volume of lake traffic as a
whole. the freight tonnage shipped dur
ing the month, 11.47s.37l net tons, be-
Ing the largest on record and about 10
per cent. larger than the correspond
ing 1905 total.
Virginia and Carolina Pine.
Shipments OF pine lumber from yir-
ginia and the Carolinas during the
month. 42.6o2,s09 feet, were largely In
excess OF July, 1905, shipments OF e.
S45,123 feet. Over rs per cent of the
total shipments went by rail- the
largest consignments being directed to
Pennsylvania. TO5S.4l2 feet; New York
State. 5675.l51 feet; philadelphia, g..
gs6.3s0 feet; Virginia. 3,i7s,i94 feet:
New York City. 3.127330 feet, and Bal
timore, $1,000 feet. The total ship
lnents for the seven months OF the
year, 2S2.549,6s5 feet, are over IL per
cent. in excess OF the corresponding
1906 figures of 24O94s.sss feet.
June shipments of yellow pine from
eight Southern and Southwestern States
IRE given as a0l.s6s.3ss feet. compared
with 236,210.e70 feet shipped during
during June. 1905. Figures for the first
half of the year, 1.99i,s13,2 200 feet. are
60 per cent. in excess of corresponding
1906 figures and 26 per cent. in excess
of 1905 figures.
Coastwisc receipts OF Southern pine
nj New York during the month ending
July 25. 42,s5s.453 feet for the first
time in the year. show considerable
increase e-er the corresponding 1905
figures of as.TOa,7e9 feet while the re-
ceipts for the seven months of the
year. 252,163,735 feet are abont % per
cent. below corresponding I9Q6 receipts,
the season's figures being lower for
practically all tho more important
shipping ports.tyst
Grain Receipts and Shipments.
Grain receipts during July at four
teen interior primary markets. 47,l40,-
065 bushels. are considerably below the
corresponding sos and even 1905 fig
ures OF 62.3S7.s37 and 35,3o6.4s5 bush
els. respectively. Smaller receipts for
the month are shown by the more i'm
rlxs-Tg rtx
14,592,5iO bushels compared with a.
423.6ls bushels received during July
1906, Kansas City 100000 bushels
compared with S,506.Oo0 bushels, and st.
Louis 5,000.9i1 bushels compared with
6,997.603 bushels. The more northern
markets. such as Duluth. Minneapolis.
and Milwaukee,, show normal gains as
compared with 1906 receipts.
OF the total grain receipts for the
month at the cities considered. 1866
491 bushels were wheat. 1898, 010
bushels corn, 10.T35.5S2 bushels oats.
1.s24,745 bushels barley, 33t,836 bush
els rye, and 1.426.646 bushels fiaxseed.
The large loss in the receipts OF wheat
and oats as compared with 1906 returns
is the most noteworthy fact revealed by
these figures. The grain receipts at
these cities for the eleven months of
the crop period beginning September l..
755.354,292 bushels. while slightly lower
than the 1905 figures, T67.26s.100 bush-
els are about 100 million bushels larger
than the 1905 figures, the receipts OF
wheat, oats, and barley showing slight
ly lower figures. while the receipts of
corn and rye show slightly larger fig
ures. as compared with the 1906 totals.
In the Ear Northwest.
Minneapolis with se,2so,560 bushels,
Duluth with 522l1,514 bushels, and
Kansas City with 31,653,ooO bushels are
credited in the aggregate with about
20 per cent. of the entire wheat re-
celpts for the season. OF the total corn
receipts. Chicago. with 115.232.e4s
bushels, and st. Louis, with 33,190.195
bushels. took about 60 per cent. while
about 60 per cent of the total Dat
receipts for the season We're
marketed at Chicago. st. Louis,
and Minneapolis Chicago alone re-
ceiving S2.37o.321 bushels, or over 10
per cent of the total quantities market
ed during the season.
Arrivals of live stock at seven in
terror primary markets during July ag-
gregated S,313,065 head. total in en-
cess Of like figures for the two pre-
ceding months. as well as of the July
figures. In 1905 and 1905. of 3O46,479
and 2,79S.639 head. respectively. AS
compared with July, 1906, receipts, all
CllleSt Will lIlc cACcpllOll OIL Iaul,
show larger totals, the gains being
most notable in the case of Kansas
CITY st. Louis, and Sioux City. Larger
receiI is as compared with 1906 figures
are sho in the case of cattle. 7s3,s69
head as against 699,796: calves So
0S7 compared with 1915; and hogs,
1.777845. compared With l,537,7SO
head. while the number of sheep.
horses, and mules received during the
month Is conSidara h1v baloIy the 4 QOG
figures. Receipts at the same cities
for the first seven months of the year
23,a65,S07 Mead, are also In excess OF
the corresponding 1906 and 1905 fig
ures of 2S,07357a and 22,19RS54 Head
respectively, gains being shown by all
cities except Chicago and ST. Paul.
Pncklng products from Chicago