Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
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movements OF internal commerce
during May, as reported to the bureau
of statistics of the department of
commerce and labor, show consider
ably heavier livestock movements than
last year. There is also a slight but
steady improvement in the freight car
situation, the improvement appearing
to be more or less uniform in the
various portions of the country. Grain,
lumber and coal, while still below the
May 1907, figures in volume, show a
marked percentage of Improvement
over the preceding months of the cur
rent year
Live stock receipts at seven in
terror primary markets during May,
3,232,066 head, show a slight decrease
compared with like figures for the
corresponding months Of 1907 and
1906, 1922, 500 and 3,330,9S5 head; the
decrease being due mainly to cattle
n horses and mules, while hogs
and sheep showed material increases.
Receipts of all kinds OF live stock for
the first five months of the year. IT,
561,S32 head, is considerably in eX-
cess of the 1907 and 1906 figures of
16,S50,209 and 16,774,9SS head, respect
lively. The increased receipts for the
season Of five months are shown in
the case of hogs, while the other
classes of animals show a slight de-
cline.
May grain receipts at fifteen pri-
mary markets, 44,153,942 bushels,
while slightly above the April re-
ceipts, were, however, below the May
figures of 1907 and 1906 of 57,821,666
and 4~7,369,293 bushels respectively.
the decrease being due mainly to
Duluth, Minneapolis and st. Louis,
while Omaha shows a decided increase
over May 1907. The total grain re-
ceipts constitute 11,476,270 bushels OF
wheat, 1863, $40 bushels of corn,
14,167,S a bushels Of oats, 2,514,S97
bushels of barley, and 325,020 bushels
of rye, besides 7S0.459 bushels OF
fiaxseed, which, however, do not enter
into the above totals. Wheat and
corn show gains over last months re-
ceipts, while the other cereals indicate
slight decreases. Grain receipts at
the same markets during the nine
months of the crop season, beginning
September 1, 1907, sos, s92,4S0 bushels,
were likewise below the correspond
ing 1906-7 figures of 653,729.957
bushels, all the markets in question
except Indianapolis, Little Rock and
Peoria, showing smaller season re-
ceipts than a year agu.
Stocks of meats at five principal in
terror markets at the close of the
month, 322,0S2,7 66 pounds were in
excess of like figures at the end OF
May, 1907 and 1906. Kansas City,
Omaha, st. Joseph, and Milwaukee
show decreases, while Chicago shows
a decided increase in the stocks on
hand as compared with the May
figures for last year.
During the month shipments OF
Westinghouse products, 176, 701,439
pounds, while larger than the pre-
ceding months shipment, fall below
the May, 1907, figures of 199,65S,S69
pounds and were So per cent below
the 1906 totals. Decreases from the
figures of 1907 are shown in the case
of cured meats, picked beef, lard
pork, tallow, and stearine, while
fresh beef, canned meats, dressed
hogs and hides show substantial gains
over the figures of the preceding
year; VILE the total shipment for the
first five months of the year were
below those of 1907, canned meats,
33,773,100 pounds, were over s million
pounds in excess of like 1907 figures.
Live stock receipts at the four prin-
cipal Atlantic coast cities, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, dur
ing May aggregated 70S,153 head, COM
pared with 771,939 head received dur
ing the previous month and 669,161
head during the same period in 1907.
Of the total receipts during the month
at the four cities named, 344,711
head were hogs, 7S,767 calves, So