The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
TRAFFIC SHORTAGE HAMPERS COMMERCE UnfavorabIe Weather Also Re- f1ected in Movements SMALLER THAN LAST YEAR Gross Earnings of Railroads for Feb ruary Show Larger Figures
 Than for Same Month
 Last Year.

merce movements for February, as report ed by the bureau of statistics of the de- partment of commerce and labor, reflect
 both the unfavorable weather conditions
 prevailing in the northern part of the
 country, as well as unsatisfactory traiflc
 facilities, complaints regarding Which
 were more pronounced In the south southwest and middle west than in the
 rest of the country
 Live stock arrivals at seven interior pri-
 mary markets during the month aggre-
 gated s.3l2, ,5S3 head. as against 33l3.C9S in February. 1906. and s,052, 900 during F@b- ruary, 19O5 Of the total animals received
 cattle constituted 656.752 head, hogs l,sl5,-
 O5O. sheep 76l 1923. and horses and mules
 39.741. The distribution of receipts by
 cities shows the following figures: Chl-
 cago, 1851 .1s2 head; Kansas City, 5So, 59S;
 Omaha, Al, 200: St. Louis, 344, 595; St. Jo- seph, s32 964; St. Paul 99,47l, and Sioux City, 16252S.
 February shipments of packing house products from Chicago were 2OS,O4, S9b
 pounds, a slight loss as compared with shipments during February, 1906. of 2l4,- 274342 pounds. Decreased shipments or
 canned meats OG19o.725 pounds in Febru-
 ary, 1907, as against 15,22l, 700 In February,
 1906, or a loss of almost 60 per cenD, cured meats, dressed beef, dressed hogs
 and pork are responsible for the smaller
 total, while shipments of fresh beef, hides, lard, tallow and stearine present higher figures than during February, 1906 Grain receipts at fourteen interior prl- mary markets during February aggre- gated GO,7l8. .967 bushels. as compared with 57, ,65S. .429 bushels during February, lsO6'
 and 43,SS3,937 during February, lgo. Oi the total receipts. wheat constituted l5,ol256l bushels: corn, 27.395,036; oats. 8,426,Sll; {; barley. 4,23l, ,SS1, and rye, 652,S7s. Increased receipts are shown by wheat and corn.
 while losses are shown in the receipts or | oats. barley and rye, the gains being es- | pceally heavy in the case of corn. | Grain shipments during the month from l fourteen leading markets aggregated 5i,- 1 923, ,633 bushels. compared with fo.35'- 1 2s0 during February, 1906, and 26'F5o,lo4 Tn | February 1905. Decreased shipments are shown by all the grains except corn. Grain receipts at Boston. New York. i Philadelphja, Baltimore. New Orleans and | San Francisco during the month of Feb | ruary aggregated 16sss.O98 bushels. as l compared with 25, ,40s,3 ,39S and 1i,SiS,s99 | bushels at these seaboard points during l the same month in 1906 and 19oo. De- | creases are shown in the case of each l one of the markets mentioned, being es- | peciaily heavy in the cases or Boston, which received 1,16G973 bushels in Febrn- | ary, 1907. as against 2.2s3.4 3.4s1 in February. l 1906: New York. 5,O72o0o bushels, as | against 7.2is0o0 in February, 1906; and l Philadelphia. 2.s39.00 bushels, as against | 4153JO0 during February. 1906.
 i Inc February sight receipts Of cotton 1 totaled l,253, ,s4i bales, as compared with 1 7s065i bales brought into sight during | February, 1906, and Gl6,39l bales during | February. 1905. The total sight receipts | for the season beginning with September
 were 1l,O7l,4s4 bales for the current year,
 as compared with S.76S.4S2 bales during the corresponding period of the 1906 season l and 9,CO474S bales during the l9Oo sea l son.
 | American spinners taking since Septem- | Der aggregated 3420.0I0 bales. as com | pared with 3,13o532 bales taken by them , during the same period of leo5-6 and 2.s22,- l s9s in l9O4-5. Of the total takings up to | the close of February. the north IS cred | ited with 1s32.s52 bales and the south | with 4s7 2lS bales. Stocks at the close 1 of the month were 1.654, ,735 bales, as com l pared with l.440,363 on the same date in | 1906 and 1.2l0 eS9 at the close of February, | 1905
 | Anthracite coal shipments from eastern 1 producing regions during February aggre- gated 4.5c3, ,720 gross tons shipped during
 February. 1906. but considerably in excess | of tine 3,922,002 tons shipped during Feb ruary 1905. Slight decreases in shipments of coal and coke are shown by the Penn syvana railroad for its lines east of Pittsburg and Erie. the figures for the | four weeks ending March showing an ] aggregate of 4.l95,52s tons, ss compared