Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-02

preceding months OF the year, There
lis a considerably heavier livestock
movement reported for the months
lending with July Of the current year
than for the corresponding period OF
either of the two Immediately preced'
ing years. Grain receipts for July
show an increase over those OF the
preceding month and also when com,
pared with July of last year. Lumber
and coal movements, as well as the
production of iron, continue to show
marked advance over the preceding
months OF the year, though the totals
are still below the heavy figures OF
July, 1907. The improvement In the
freight-car situation is still apparent
more than~7O per cent Of the report
ling car-service associations showing
for July gains over any Of the pre-
cedins months Of the current year.
Live stock receipts at interior pri-
mary markets. while fellow those for
July OF last year. are In the aggre-
gate for the seven months ending
with July in advance Of these for the
period OF 1907 or 1906
The figures representing the tota! re-
ceipts of all kinds of animals at these
markets Aggregated 2.s74.193 head.
compared with 3.313.06S head AMI
3,O46,b79 head. respectively, for tee
same month Of 1907 and 1906. Tn"
receipts at these same markets our
ing the seven months. ending with
July, 23,694,5S6 head, show a decided
gain when compared with 23,365.3O'
head and 23,O73,573 head for the cor
responding period Of 1907 and 1905
The gain is due largely to the heavier
receipts of hogs.
The principal Atlantic seacoas!
cities, New York, Boston. Philadelphia.
and Baltimore, show aggregate r.
ceipts Of live stock for the month o.
July OF 831.5S2 head. as comparea
with S69. 4S1 head received during the
month Of last year
Grain receipts at Is primary mar
|kets for the month of July show an IN
crease over those of any preceding
ninth of the year. as well as over
those Of July, 1907. though slightly be-
low the heavy receipts OF July, lSp".
For the current month there were
received 5000, SAB bushels. compared
with 47,976,765 bushels for July. 1907.
and 63,444.247 bushels for July. 1906.
The following cities comprised In the
grain markets show gains In receipts
lover July, 1907: Cincinnati. India
napolis. Kansas City. Little Rock
Louisville. Omaha, Peoria. st. Louis
and Toledo.
Receipts Of -four and grain at New
york, Boston, Philadelphia, and Balti-
lmore were 1851 bushels. COM
pared with 18,S62,4 400 bushels received
in July. 1907, and 13,943.676 bushels,
in 1906. For the same cities wheat
receipts for July. 6.090.s11 bushels:
but far in excess OF like receipts for
July. 1907. 4,430.737 bushels; but
corn receipts show an abnormal de-
cline from last years heavy receipts
Of 7.053. 293 bushels. Flour receipts OF
916.S24 barrels during the month COM
pare with 1,05S.611 barrels received
during July, 1907. During the seven
months ending with July, the receipts
of flour and grain at these four cities
continued, as at the end Of the six
months period. to show q decline
when compared with 1907 receipts, ar
fected principally by the heavy decline
| In corn receipts. The export move
ment Of wheat from the above-named
ports. 1S.597.SS1 bushels. is for the
seven months ending with July largely
lin excess Of that for q like period Of
1907. 15,16l,175 bushels; flour exports.
Ia .e45. 997 barrels for the same period,
tcompare favorably with the 4,44O.O41
barrels exported during the seven
months period Of year ago; VINE
corn receipts for the same period nave
fallen off about 80 per cent when CON-
pared with a Ike period . year earl
Ter.
Stocks OF meat at nve principal in
iterior markets at the close Of July,
27S,976. s34 pounds. were samller than
at the end Of the preceding month
and likewise below the July figures
for 1907 ard 1906; all Of the cities
Chicago. Kansas City. Omaha, 81
Joseph. and MISUNDERSTANDING . de
feline from the figures Of the two I'm
Immediately preceding years.
The east-bound trunk line move
iucn, CT provisions during the Nv<
weeks ending with July. s7.os7 tons
while IN excess Of . like period IL
Iune. fell below the figures for tn
corresponding peftOo !" ISVe-
Figures for the fhirty-one weeks emo
ing with july. sis.912 tons. are IKE
Iwise below those for q similar pertot
lin 1907 or 1906. Trunk line grail
shipments. lies. 00o bushels. fo'
lJuly. are. however. largely - exces'
lcf those OF july. 1907: and July, 13"s
Is. 30 oOa bushels spd s. 17s.ooo bus''
lels, respectively; and the movemen
LOT the sam, commodity for the thirty
lone weeks ending with July shows
|. considerable gain over ne HE perio'
loG the too imnediaselv precedin'
.lycars. the agure beipy s9.!iSoc
bushels for the current year. rs con
lpared With 7e1s3.oo0 bushels for 100
, and 7l.sss 600 bushels FOR 1sos
If,our shipmeets. 3s7.seo hsrrcA. ar
I'm excess Of those Tor July. $50! Q