Arizona republican., 1907-10-16

principal mills in the northwest for the five weeks ending September 1. 9,904,- 900 bushels. are below the correspond ing 1906 figures. 1O.024.OOO bushels, smaller figures of consumption being shown for the mills in Minneapolis and Duluth. Figures for the fifty-two weeks ending September l, los, ,230. 900 bushels. are also below the correspond f ing 1906 figures of 1IO,67S. 900 bushels. the losses affecting equally the Min neapolis and Duluth mills. The fug- ures of flour output. 2,201 900 barrels for the five weeks named. and 24,O51,- 900 barrels for the season, show cor responding decreases compared with like figures for 1906. 2,22S,OO0 barrels and 24,595, ,00O barrels.
 The commercial cotton crop for the year just ended as stated by the sec retary of the New orleans cotton ex- change, 13,510.9S2 bales. shows an in crease of 2.164,994 bales over that of ' l905-6 and a decrease of 54. .9O3 bales as tcompared with the record crop of l904-5. Total sight receipts of cotton for the year-13. .iS9,337 bales-show an increase of 2.167.5O2 bales over like receipts for the 19O5-6 season and are only 152,1S bales less than the 1g04-5 receipts. By far the larger part of the commercial supply found it's way to the Atlantic and Gulf ports, the port re- ceipts for the crop ycar-9,9l9.555 bales standing midway between the 19O5-6 receipts of S.O29,5i4 and 1O.SI9.7S2 bales for 190ij. or the total port receipts, over ~ per cent are credited to the 1 three ports of Galveston, New Orleans and Savannah, Galveston alone hand
 ling alUost 40 per cent of the total port receipts and about % per cent of | the commercial crop of the country 1 The total American spinners' takings- i.965.43S bales-are likewise larger ! than corresponding figures for the pre- cedlng two seasons-4, ,I23,703 for I lSo5-6 and 4,i45,650 bales for 1904-5. The total figures of domestic cotton consumption are made up of 25263gO bales, which represent the quantities received by northern mills, and of D. l 439'OS bales, the net southern mills takings for the season. Both northern and southern mills show figures of in creased consumption for the year as compared with the previous years record though the increase is larger for the northern mills than for the southern mills. the total quantity con- stunned by the northern mills constitut- ing 51 per cent of the domestic spin
 ners' takings for the season. as com pared with 30 per cent for the preced- ing season and 51 per cent for the | l9Oi-5 season.
 Exports for the cotton year were | S,503.265 bales, compared with s.753.524 and S.I6s,125 bales shipped out of the country during the crop years of 1905-6 and 1sOi-5, respectively. The share which exports formed of the total crop for the year was 63 per cent, compared with 59 per cent for the preceding sea son and 65 per cent for the 19O4-5 sea son.
 | Anthracite coal shipments from esat- ern producing regions during August, 5,l6,252 gross tons, are larger than the July figures and about $ Der cent in excess of the August. 1906. shipments | though below the figures for the three | earlier months of the same year. Ship-
 ments for the eight months of the years, 44,203.2S2 gross tons, are about "A per cent in excess of the correspond- | Ing 1906 totals, and represent the larg- est season figures on record since 1901. Coal and coke shipments originating on the Pennsylvania Railroad com | pany's lines east of Pittsburg and Erie during the four weeks ending August ! 5l, 4,6SO3li net tons, show a 23 per cent gain over the corresponding 1906 fig | ures and Si per cent gain over the corresponding 1905 shipments. larger figures being shown by the shipments ! of coke, anthracite. and chiefly bitum- | inous coal. Figures for thirty-five weeks of the year, 3S.6S4,5 ,536 net tons. are nearly 20 per cent in excess of the corresponding 1906 figures Large in creases in the monthly figures of coal tonnage are also shown by the Ches- apeake and Ohio, the New York Cen tral, the Buffalo. Rochester and Pitts burg, the Pittsburg and Lake Erie rail roads. and other important eastern coal carrying roads.
 The estimated coke production at Connellsville. including the lower dis | trict, for the thirty-five weeks of the year. 14,353.552 net tons is s per cent in excess of the 1906 output of I3.212.S11 net tons. The average weekly output | 41O101 net tons, while lower than the corresponding figures for the first twenty-six weeks of the year. 413.O93 net tons. shows, however. an increase of over 1000 tons in the weekly out put as compared with the July figures. Report of building operations for the month from about 50 cities in all parts of the country show an aggregate val ue of building permits granted of Si1.- 5I0,S20 as compared with s47213.416 for August. 1906. decreased activity being reported among others for Greater New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. St. Louis. and Baltimore. Figures for eight months of the year. s414, ,i56.674. are more than 9 million dollars below the corresponding 1906 total.
 large traffic activity and fuller utilization of the available car supply Is shown by the number of cars han dled by 8 reporting car service asso- citations. the figures for the month. 2.S75.919 cars, being in excess of those for July, and about F per cent larger than the August. 1906 figures. Figures for the eight months of the year, 22.- O15.4i5 cars, compare equally favSrab bly t1rifh ha oF