Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09

mcrcc for the month OF August, as ~
iport4d to the bureau Of statistics %
the department OF commerce and lao
'or. show. generally. marked improve
! mcnts over the prec, ding months u
1.-THE year There is conSiderabl!
heavier livestock movement reported
for the month when compared VILE
preceding months, and III" season
figures Of eight months show siish'
increases over the corresponding per
'iud for the preceding year. A marked
iimproyement Is shown in the freight
car situation, practically all tn" as
sOciatiuns showing increased trahc
for August over any of tn" preceding
months Of the current year. Grain a.,
G, shows heavier movements when
compared with last month. and coal
land lumi.rr continue 10 lhulca'e IN"
timproyed condition over the Garner
months OF the year. though the hs-
luras are still below the records maze
lin the volume of business for 1907.
Livestock receipts al seven inter
ior markets during the month sho"
gains over the preceding months re-
CENTS and of all kinds OF ANIMALS az
these markets for the current NOUN
are 3.232,i41 head in comparison WIN
: 9 40 225 head for August. 1907. W
the seven cities included IN lhe pr.
Imary markets, only st. LOUIS ana
! sioux City showed slight declines ih
! the receipts for the month when COIL
nared with a like month in 1907. For
the nrriOd of eight months erdihs
With August receipts at these seven
markets, 2s.927.o27 head. make a FAIR
showing with receipts for like per
J iod in 1907 OF 26.495.332 htah. Inc
, gain is due chiefly to the heavy re-
ceipts of hogs fer this period. o'ner
classes of animals showing uec''ie
when compared with ;a'" eight
months period in 1907. The aEsre-
gate shipments for the eight months
ending with August at these SAM
markets, 7,O1S,41G head. are largely
in advance of the shipments for a
like period in 1907 Of 5.s53.936 head.
At the four principal Atlantic s,a-
coast cities-Boston. New YORK. Phi'"
delrahia. and Bait hmare-receips VI
I'VE stock for August aggregated '4'-
40 head. small gain over the Au-
rust 1907. figures OF 72S.sl2 head.
Eor the eigh, months ending with Au-
pust of the current year receipts AT
,hese same cities. 6.375.622 head. are
largely in advance Of those rece'."
| for the same period In 1897. "heh u
473.097 head were reported.
Receipts of grain at fifteen leadihs
markets for the month show hotahi.
.,in, over the month of July anu
comDare fairly well with receipts oi
| aupust. 1907 and 1906. For the cur
rent month receipts Of all kinds OF
grain are 7O.445,551 bushels. as com
nared with 72.537,039 bushels report
ed for August. 1907. and u'"o4.o'o
bushels for August. 1906 the CUES
which show gains In receipts over
n like period in 1907 are Cincinnati;
Dptroit. Indianapolis. Milwaukee. ana
Minneapolis. the latter alone showing
a cain Of over 2 million bushels. VI
the total receipts, wheat cohsti'uteu
90 .O62 $50 bushels. as compared WIN
81 .24l54l bushels in 1907: corn -
7S3s1e bushels, as compared WIN 10
sex AGO bushels in 1907: oats 2o,13l'-
ss5 bushels, as compared with Zi'-
S23.S76 bushels in 1907.
| Flour shows heavy gains over eie
same month in last year, the hsuree
representing receipts to the amount
OF 20l7.567 barrels, as against l.soa''
i9a2 barrels reported in 1907. At these
same markets during the tweiVe
months OF the season, beginning WIN
Septe mber and closing with Ausus''
there was a slight decline when COM
mart d with receipts for the same per
iod in the two preceding years; the
6pures for the current year. 76oi6S''
1914 bushels. compared with S3s.S9i.'
)63l bushels in 1907. and S4''ze+, ~
bushels in 1896. indicate the compare
itiys receipts for the three years men
Itioned. The shortage is about equally
divided among wheat, corn, and rye.
The receipts Of grain, including
Aour reduced to bushels, for A!gust
at Position. New York. Philadelphia
and baltimore we're 1861, 249 bushels
compared with I9.472,6O4 bushels for
IreO7 New York and Baltimore snow
Gains over the figures for August on
last wear. while Boston and Philadei
mia show declines. For the same
cities, wheat receipts for August, a.
4ss S21 bushels. were below the re.
iceipts for August. 1907, OF 1888. 80
bushels. but exports Of wheat. $50:
iOo4 bushels. were about 50 per cent
lin advance Of the exports Of last year
IICorn continues to show decline
iwhen compared with the same period
,of last year. while -four Is nearly
leoual. For the eight months the re
,lcfipts at these cities amounted II
ms eS, .S,, bushels of grain. including
ifour as against I62.1s2.257 bushels re
lcciyed in 1907 and 154si2.sll bushels
treceived in 1895.
Stocks Of meats at FIVE principal In
itrrior markets at the close o; August
les. lss. oo7 pounds. are brow the pre-
lceding nonth's totals Of 21s.s1s.s3'
pounds
I,u-inr the four xecks OF Auyns