Arizona republican., 1908-03-09
VOL. XVIII. NO 29S

Grain and flour receipts at the above named cities for the month aggregated
 3.209.092 bushels. compared with 21.- S41,99l and 32.S30.494 bushels received at these cites during January of 1907 and 1906. of the total given, Boston is credited with 2.032.S10 bushels. New York with 7.S33.5SO bushels. Fhiladel- phia with 3.34O.33O bushels. and Balti- more with 5,OO2.372 bushels. all the cities with the exception of Baltimore. showing considerably smaller receipts than a year ago.
 Sight receipts of cotton for the five months of the season beginning Sep tember S230.354 bales. were Is per cent below the corresponding figures for the preceding season, though about a quarter of a million bales in excess Of the corresponding 19O5-6 season fig ureS. Port receipts during the same period were 6.252.S26 bales. compared with 7.31S.599 and 5.702. S05 bales re- ceived during the 19O6-7 and 1905-6 seasons. American spinners' takings for the first five months fo the season are given as 2.157.344 bales of which 56 per cent are credited to southern mills. Total American stocks at the end of January aggregated 1.312.S24 bales. compared with l.S15.637 bales and 1.5S9,024 bales al the end of Janu- ary. 1907 and 1906
 Shipments of pine lumber from the Mississippi and Wisconsin valleys for the month are reported as 47.296.92f feet and mark a slight improvement as compared with the shipments for the preceding month. though being much below the corresponding January. 1907 and 1906 figures of 1OS.647. .O4S and IT, 941.313 feet The shipments of yellow pine lumber from southern and southwestern states during the month. 2OS.1S9.6s2 feet. while in excess of the unusually low December figures were almost 100 million feet below the Jan uary. 1907 shipments. COastwise re- ceipts of southern pine at New York during the month ending January 25, 22, 2,916.790 feet, were considerably below the corresponding 1907 and 1906 fig ures of S1,546O21 and 47,1OS.506 feet.
 Shipments of redwood lumber from Upper California during the month aggregated 16.92S.635 feet. compared with 33.411,576 feet shipped during January. 1907. Arrivals of pine and fir at California points likewise show a considerable decrease. from 131 1.614.- 23S feet in January. 190E to S4. .70S.I07 feet in January. 1908 The arrivals of pine and fir at San Francisco Bay during the month were 4S.977. .926 feet. compared with 7S.649,549 feet during January. 1907. Domestic lumber ship ments from Portland during the month totaled 6.149.450 feet. as against 9141.- 572 feet shipped during January. 1907. while the total shipments. including exports. for the month. 17.702 .092 feet. were heavier than the total shipments during January, 1907. 12.515.569 feet. Production of anthracite and coke pig iron during the month. 1.O45,525 gross tons. shows a further decrease of operations since the recent depres- sion set in. the corresponding 1907 and 1906 figures being 2.2O5. .6O7 gross tons and 2,06S,S93 gross tons. The only district which shows an improvement as compared with the December out put, is the Pittsburg district which reports a production of 3O5.575 gross tons for January. as compared with 25S.412 gross tons for December.