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stated as S93,778 bales. compared with
5Sl. 425 and 537,77S bales on Septem.
Der 80. 1906 and 1907.
According to the lates, census re.
port. the quantity OF cotton ginned
to October IS was 6,2S3.7S bales. com.
pared with 4.420.25S and i.e3l.62l bales
1907 and 1906. All the cotton States.
except Oklahoma. report larger ng'
ures than year ago. the figures Tor
Texas alone, 2,0il.57o bales. being over
80 per cent larger than the CORE
spending 1907 figur 5.
Shipments Of anthracite ccal from
eastern producing territory for the
month. 5.2ll.047 gross tons. show a
further increase over previous months
operations. though being below the
September. 1907. shipments OF $40
334 gross tons, were but per cent be.
low the corresponding 1907 ship
.m.nts-the largest on record in the
history OF the anthracite coal trade,
SEPTEMBER figures of coal and coke
traffic ever eight OF the more impor-
tant eastern coal-carrying railroads.
O.756.997 tons indicate gradual i'm
provement in the coal trade, due main-
" to larger shipments OF hitunnons
ccal and coke of S.6Ao.C39 and 1886
776 tons. compared with 9.9i4.73i and
2.529,I59 tons, respectfully, carried by
the same roads during September,
1907. The figures FOX the nine months
OF the year, S1.004.O+9 IONS. are about
"a per cent below the corresponding
1907 total, and wer" composed of A.
3173,456 tons Of anthracite, 65,3SS.519
tens Of bituminous coal, and lI,242,-
GA tons Of coke.
The average weekly coke production
at Connellsville, including the Lower
District, for the five weeks ending
October 3. Is estimated at 1877 ,337 net
tons. compared with weekly average
of i27U6 net tons for the same period
in 1907. The estimated production for
tons. was about So per cent below the
the 40 weeks CT the year. 6,al9,064 net
corresponding 1907 total.
Pig-iron plofuction tor the 50 days
of the month, 1.41S.93S gross tons.
shows the largest monthly production
for the year, though falling about %
per cent short Of the September. 1907.
figures. The production figures for the
nine months of the year, 1O.1o5,573
gross tons were about 46 per cent be-
low corresponding 1870. figures.
Lake traffic between domestic ports
during September. as measured by the
volumue of shipments from various
4 lake ports, totaled 9.i5S,605 net tons.
compared with 11,I37 1927 and 1".So7.-
y92 net tons shipped during Septem-
Der, 1907 and 1906 The decrease In
the monthly total Is due primarily to
.G-aller iron-ore hipm- ME, though
coal and lumber likewise show small
er totals than a year ago. Grain ship
ments by lake for the month, 1881
500 bushels. were largely In excess or
like shipments during September.
1907. due to large shipments OF
wheat from Lake Superior and Michi'
gan ports.
Reports from % car-service assocIa-
tions and demurrage bureaus, cover
ing practically the entire territory or
the United States, indicate further
improvement in the car situation, the
total for September. 2,69O,226 cars
handled. being about one-quarter OF a
million cars larger than for the pre-
ceding month, though still over 49,
900 cars short of the september. 1901.
record. The number Of surplus cars
reported by the American Railway AS
ISOLATION. under date of October IA,
was 1906. showing considerable
improvement since the 10th and 30tn
Of September for which dates 1887
and 133,792 idle cars were reported.
The most notable improvement Oc-
ours under the head Of box and coal
cars For the first time during the
year considerable shortage OF cars are
! reported, though chiefly on Canadian
lines.