Arizona republican., 1908-05-07
THE MARCH
 MOVEMENT
Of Commerce Within the
 COuntry'S Borders
A Very Favorable COmpar- isOn With the Same Month Last Year.

Washington. May 3.-Intcrnal com mcrce movements during March as reported to the bureau of statistics ., the department of commerce and la.
 bor show heavier livestock move mems than q year ago. Traffic oper- ations of the railways. while consid- crahly below those reported for March of last year. show a slight improve ment since the earlier months of the year. Grain, coal and iron and lum- Der show a reduction in volume as compared with conditions at this time last year.
 Receipts of live stock at seven in terior primary markets during March were 5.S79,67S head. and while below the January and February totals com pared favorably with March receipts in 1907 and 1906. 3.OSS.97S and 3.2S6.- 6S3 head. Of the total number Of ani- mals received. 657,469 head were cattle. 6l.953 head calves. 1876. .490 head hogs. 63S.35S head sheep. and 45.4OS head horses and mules. Receipts of all classes of live stock for the first three months of the year were 11590 25O head. compared with I0.265.g56 and lO.4S6.149 head reported for the first three months in 1907 and 1906 In- creased receipts for the first quarter of the year are shown principally in the case of hogs. while the receipts of cattle and sheep were lighter than during the first quarter in 1907.
 Shipments of packing house pro ducts from Chicago during the month. 20o.550,ol2 pounds, show a 10 per cent decline from the February total. and but slight increase over the March. 1907. figures of 199.525.51l pounds As against increased shipments of fresh beef and canned meats. smaller ship ments are reported under the head of lard. picked beef, pork. and tallow
 The canned meat shipments for the month were 7.O31.775 pounds compar- ed with 5.663.77 and 10.SS3.775 pounds for March 1907 and 1906. respectively. Shipments for the first, quarter of the year. 635.5S1172 pounds. were below like figures for the first quarter for l9H7 and 1906. 637.304. .757 and TOO O652.- 474 pounds. The shipment of canned meats for the first quarter of the year. While about 20 per cent above the cor responding 1907 figures. were. how ever. almost 50 per cent below like shipments for the first quarter in 1906
 Grain receipts during March at l. primary markets -65.9IGI-l bushels. while in excess of the unusually small
 February receipts. were below the March. 190I, receipts of 72.2S9.547 bushels. the decrease being due mainly to smaller receipts at Chicago. Min neapolis, St. Louis. Kansas City. Mil waukec and Duluth The total grain receipts were made up of 15.65O.55S bushels of wheat. 21.3O1 .O05 bushels of corn. 23.67S.270 bushels of oats. 4.467.- 992 bushels of barley. and S12.346 bushels of rye. besides 2.029. .669 bush els of flaXseed which. however. do not enter the above total. With the ex- ception of oats all classes of cereals showed lighter receipts than during March, 1907 Grain receipts at the same markets during the seven months "f the crop season beginning Septem- her l. 50725S.S46 bushels. Were below the corresponding 1907 and 1906 fig ure% of 527.6S3,Of1 and 61.SG3.7O bushels, smaller receipts as compared with 1907 totals appearing under the head of wheat. corn. and rye. while the receipts of oats and barley show slightly larger figures.
 Live stock receipts at the four prin- cipal Atlantic seacoast cities-Bcston. New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore during the month or four weeks ending March aggregated 741,915 head compared with 526409 head received during the same period in 1907 Of the total receipts during the month at the four cities named, 4196SS head were hogs 4n.371 calves. SS. 300 cattle. and i"3.555 sheep. Receipts during the first quarter of the year at these cities -2,515.6 .663 head-were over 40 per cent larger than the corresponding 1907 re- ceipts the largest increases as in the ease of monthly figures, appearing un- der the head of hogs and sheep.
 Grain and flour receipts at the four mentioned cities for the month-12.- la6.21 busneIs-show a heavy decline as compared with March. 1907 and 1906 receipts of 22.553.I62 and 17.S3i,- >-' bushels all the cities. especially Now York and Baltimore, showing heavy decreases as compared with cor responding 19o7 receipts. The aggre- gate grain receipts for the first quar- t'' Of tho year at the four cities nam "d-43.i4o.02l busheIs-likewise show a considerable decrease as compared l with corresponding 1907 and 1906 fig ur"s of 62.997,769 bushels and 73.6S7.- ''a bushels. owing to the smaller re- crlpts of wheat. and notably corn.
 Sight receipts of cotton for the sey 'n months of the season beginning September l. 9,92S.065 bales. show a decrease of over r per cent compared with the 1907 season receipts although | being about half million bales in ex- Cess of the 1906 figures. American sp'nners' takings are stated as 2.955.- f5S bales, or about 90 per cent of the total slight receipts. while the cores bonding percentages for the 1907 and 1906 seasons were g per cent and g.