Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-17
HIGH In GRAIN AND STOCK
Omaha Makes Plsttsrins Showing for Year
in Markets of World.
TEN MILLION BUSHELS GAIN IN RECEIPTS
Finishes Third as Corn Market and
\ f. One of the Few Show
ing increase I'm Live
stock Business.

Omaha made a nattering showing for
1906 both as a grain and a live stock mar
ket. and the fact is demonstrated In the
December, report and annual summary OF
the bureau OF statistics, Department Of
Commerce and Labor. Just received at the
Office Of the Omaha Grain exchange.
Though the total increase OF grain re-
ceipts over the previous year for fifteen
primary markets was but 10000 bushels
Omaha's gain was about 100000 bushels
making up for large losses at some other
markets. The city also was one OF the
markets which gained in live stock re-
ceipts
Omaha finished the year in third place as
a corn market. OF the five principal pm
mary corn markets Chicago received Vs.
ss6,5sS bushels, St Louis Soao. f25' Omaha
%. 72s, 400, Kansas City 15,ss2,OoO. Peoria b.
10000. The movement to Omaha In De-
cennber was 21s4eOO bushels, about 2,OOO 900
less than for the same month Of 1905.
The report Of the department says:
For the year grain receipts at fifteen In
terror primary markets aggregates iss'ozl,-
6S5 bushels, exceeding those OF lsoo by s ap
proximately 10000 bushels and those OF lyD4
BY about 50. 10000 bushels: OF the different
cities Chicago received PROCESSES busneIs'
MINNEAPOLIS 12ols4 20 St i0qfs x 9sS "a
Omaha 44,630, 300 Milwaukee 49, 421 ,026, Pc,
, orfa 3S 127 800 Louisville % 15S,bSel Cleveand
1iS V6 Detroit is,ssl.s6, Indianapolis 1880 :
475 ana Little Rock S,1Ss zoe bushels.
Division of the fetal.
The total movement was divided into
243.7B O5S bushels Of wheat, "a, 71e corn,
1880 2S9 eats, Co. 4ss, 30 barley, 92s4,22 rye.
AS compared with arrivals in 1905, losses
occurred in receipts OF wheat, barley ana
rye. but were more than Offset by the gains
made in the corn and oats movement.
Regarding live stock the department says:
Receipts Of live stock at interior primary
markets during 1906, while they exceeded
10 a small extent similar activities In 1870,
showed an appreciate decrease during the
cen,ber receipts OF live stock at Chicago,
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Louis, St Joseph,
ST. Paul and Sioux City amounted TO S,Es5,-
like arrivals in 1906 and more than 10000
head below those for 1904. As compared
with the 1905 movement, all OF the markets
ception OF St Paul where a gain of APP
proximateIy 10000 head was made. For the
year live stock receipts at these markets
aggregated ,65S head, exceeding CORE
spending movements in 1905 by more than
10000 and those Of 1904 by nearly 100000
OF the total movement Chicago received
16491, 432 head; Kansas City, 6,911,S l2; Omaha,
$3.50, $685. St Louis. 1850, 1873; st. Joseph. g.
1853 63S; st. Paul, 2092,0 1882; Sioux City, l,626,-
800. The gain shown I'm the aggregate move
ment. as compared with that of 1905 was
caused by heavier receipts at Kansas City,
Cured at Chicago, st. Joseph and Sioux
cattle cattle constituted s,s7s,s25 calves 10, 7s8
hogs, 49, 223 gG3; sheep, 1885,, Az; horses and
mules. 46s,920. AS compared with the pre-
ceding years receipts gains is were made sba. II
while losses occurred in those of hogs
horses and mules.