Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14

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classes Of animals show somewha,
larger figures than a year ago. Re-
ceipts during the first five months OF
the year, ~3,995,755 head, were largely
in excess of the corresponding 1907
figures of 3,1S3,57S head, the main in.
crease occurring in the case of hogs
and sheep, the figures for calves and
cattle showing but a small growth
figures.
Grain and flour receipts at the four
cities named for the month, $780,
1874 bushels though almost double the
quantities received during the pre-
vious month, were considerably below
the corresponding 1907 and 1906
figures of 22,132,371 and 20,549,399
bushssr. All the ports in question as
well as the principal classes of bread
stuffs are affected by the decline from
last years figures. The wheat re-
ceipts at these four cities for the
month were 5,492,617 bushels, com
pared with 6,307,321 bushels re-
ceived during May, 1907; the corn
receipts aggregated 995,075 bushels
compared with ~3,763,739 bushels re-
ceived during May, 1907, while the
quantity Of flour received, 1,222,0S3
barrels, was also considerably below
the corresponding 1907 figures of
1,502,46S barrels.
The export movement from the cor
responding customs districts shows a
similar decline; the decline in the ex-
ports of corr from 5,53S,l13 bushels
in May, 1907, to 595,744 bushels in
May, 1908, being even heavier than
the decrease in the receipts. The
quantities of flour and grain received
at these four cities during the first
five months of the year, 72,642,957
bushels, were likewise considerably
below the corresponding 1907 and
1906 figures of LOG, 49, ,097 bushels and
108, 236,046 bushels, respectively. The
decline in the wheat receipts is the
more remarkable since the exports
from these ports for the first five
months in question show a larger
total than a year ago. The cor
responding -four exports were likewise
slightly larger than during 1907.
During the month ending May 25,
coastwise receipts of southern pine at
New York, 24,731,172 feet, were be-
low the figures of the preceding
month, as we'll as May, 1907, figure. of
32,707, 1924 feet. There was also a
considerable shrinkage from the first
five months total of 116,204 ,693 feet,
when compared with a like period OF
1907.
Sipments Of redwood lumber from
upper California during the month, 3d.
202,338 feet, were below the April
shipments as well as the correspond
ing 1907 and 1906 shipments of 3d.
627,2 59 and 3~6,S24,4 61 feet, the prin-
cfpal decrease affecting consignments
to San Francisco Bay. Figures OF
the five months of the year 121, O4S, 697
feet were not only much below the
unusually high 1907 figures of 1885,
Gill; 67 feet, even below the 1906
figures of 139, 74S, 1901 feet; shipments
to San Francisco Bay and southern
California showing the heaviest losses.
Pine and fir arrivals at California
points during the month, loo, 050, 1852
feet, show a further improvement over
the figures of the earlier months,
though being still about 10 per cent
below the May, 1907, figures. The
total for the five months, 404,77S,0 900
feet, We're about 40 per cent below the
corresponding 1907 total, and even
less than the 1906 figures of 427,717,-
241 feet.
Lumber shipments from Portland,
Ore, during the month, 19,211,182
feet, while slightly below the figures
for the preceding month, compare
favorably with the May 1907, shipment
of 13,809,324 feet, owing mainly to
the heavier export movement during
the month. Shipments for the five
months of the year, 7~S,109,7 7 feet,
were below the corresponding 1907
shipments Of S2,947, 1856 feet, notwith-
standing the figures of exports in
creased from 3~1,974,7S3 feet to ST.
/ 446,104 feet during the five months in
1908.
Anthracite coal shipments from
eastern producing territory for the
month totaled 6,0SS,116 gross tons.
being the largest monthly total ship
ped in the history of the trade. Ship
ments for the five months of the year,
6 1868, $50 tons, are likewise larger
than corresponding totals during any
earlier years.
Coal and coke traffic during May
! over seven eastern coal carrying
roads, ~7,552,424 tons, while showing
a slight improvement yer the pre-
ceding month Of 7,487, 076 tons, is
, nearly 4 million tons below like figures
for the same period in 1907, the In
crease being entirely due to the
heavier shipments of bituminous coal,
the shipments of which during May
amounted to 5,939,229 tons, as com.
pared with S,423,746 tons during the
some period in 1907. Anthracite coal
shipments, 544,834 tons, show a de-
crease of about 8 per cent, as com
pared with May, 1907, shipments,
while the shipments of coke, LOGS, 1851
tons, show a decrease of nearly Sd per
cent compared with like 1907 ship.
ments. Figures for the first five
months of the year, 41,297,5S6 tons,
were 27 per cent below the like 1907
shipments, the main decrease accur
ing under the head of bituminous coal
and coke.
The estimated coke production at
Connellsville, including the lower dis
tricf during fOur weeks ending Nav