Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
STATISTICS SHOW
BUMPER BUSINESS
REPORTS RECORD RETURN OF
PROSPERITY
GRAIN, LIVE STOCK, COTTON AND
COAL ARE BOOMING
Figures Cleaned from Railroad Re-
ports of Business Handled Show
Big Increase Over
Last Year

Gated by the reports of leading Internal
commerce movements received during
the past month by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of commerce
and labor. Unusually large movements
of soft coal coke and iron ore, a corre-
spondingly heavy output of pig ron'
and large shipments of lumber to con-
suming centers are few indications OF
increasing industrial activity. The trat-
fic activity of the railroads, as meas
ured by the number of cars handled by
the principal car service associations
and demurrage bureaus in various
parts of the country, for the first time
show larger total than for the CORE
spending month in 1907. The grain re-
ceipts at the leading interior markets
were larger than during August in the
two previous years. The movement Of
live stock and provisions, also of hard
coal, continued lighter than in former
years.
Receipts of live stock during August
at seven primary markets, 3,0S9,455
head, while considerably in excess of
the low July figures, were, however,
short of the August 1908 and 1907 fig
ures of 3,232,411 and 3,130,225 head, all
the important packing centers except
Omaha showing smaller monthly totals
than a year ago. OF the total received,
| S57622 head were cattle, 94,774 calves,
| ], ,O93 495 hogs, 962,257 sheep and 1907
| horses and mules. The largest loss, as
compared with 1908 figures, is shown in
| the receipts of hogs, while gains appear
under the head of cattle and sheep The
receipts for the eight months ending
August, 24,S09,491 head, were likewise
below THE corresponding totals in the
| two preceding years, the losses In the
receipts of hogs alone amounting to IA
| per cent, as compared with the corre-
spending 1908 figures. Smaller season
receipts are also shown for cattle,
! horses and mules, while the 1909 figures
for calves and sheep show small gains
| over the corresponding 1908 totals.
Packing Shipments Lessen
The August shipments of packing
house products from Chicago, 1924, ,313
| hounds, likewise fell below the corre-
spending 1908 and 1907 shipments Of
1874, 9,37S and O2,266,960 pounds. Losses
| are shown in the case of the principal
products except picked beef, cured
| meats stearin and tallow. The ship
ments during the year to August 81,
1878, 1882 pounds, were below the like
| shipments for the period since 1908, the
| largest losses occurring under the head
| of fresh beef and lard, these losses cor
responding more or less to the de-
| creased exports of these articles as re-
| ported by the bureau. The eastward
| trunk line movement of provisions from
| Chicago during the thirty-four weeks
| of the year, 607, 396 tons, shows an anal
ogous decrease compared with the cor
| responding 1908 and 1907 figures of 7O4,-
O6S and 764,042 tons.
| Grain receipts during the month at
| fifteen primary interior markets, IL
800, $50 bushels, compare favorably
with like receipts for the same month
| in 1908 and 1907 of 70,329, ,449 and 72,-
537, ,039 bushels The principal gains as
compared with August, 1905 receipts
are shown for Chicago and st. Louis,
| the only important market showing
| considerable loss being Minneapolis
| OF the total received, 81, ,254, ,449 bushels
was wheat, 17,204,553 bushels corn,
| 25, $780, ,739 bushels oats, 2.655,211 bush
els barley and 736,90S bushels rye. The
| above total does not include 247, 7,4O4
! bushels of flaXseed reported from six
interior markets. All classes of grain,
| with the exception of barley, show
| larger monthly receipts than a year
| ago. The receipts for the twelve
months of the crop season ending Au-
gust aggregated 753,S30,314 bushels,
compared with 759. 9.SS2,331 and S3S,921,-
92O bushels reported for the 1908 and
1907 crop seasons. The twelve months
receipts of wheat, 259,213,129 bushels;
| corn, 207 ,407 1873 bushels; OATS 1856, 564,-
| 257 bushels, and rye S,397 ,539 bushels,
were smaller for the preceding crop
season while those of barley, S2,24S,OO9
bushels, largely exceeded the like re-
ceipts for the two previous seasons.
Big Live Stock Business
Live stock receipts during the month
at the four principal Atlantic seaports,
| 7S1, 1853 head, compare favorably with
like receipts for August, 1908, of 175,-
272 head. Receipts of cattle, calves
| and sheep show larger totals, while
! Of oh q total
| than a year ago. Arrivals during the
eight months, 6O79,S42 head, fell below
| the $3.50 500 head reported for the
eight months of the preceding year.
mainly because of the smaller number
of hogs received at these cities. The
combined grain receipts at these four
markets, 14,337, 1926 bushels, were below
the like totals for August, 1908 and
1907, of II, 1862, ,249 and 19, 472. 604 bushels.
The August receipts of wheat, 4,3Sl,-
| 7S7 bushels, show a decline of over 40
per cent as compared with the August,
| 1908, receipts. The flour receipts dur
ing the month, 1,16S,234 barrels, on the
other hand, were slightly larger than
| those for August in the preceding
year. The total grain receipts at these
four cities for the eight months of the
year, 92, 1872. $50 bushels, also show large
losses when compared with the figures
| for the two preceding years. The
wheat receipts for the period, 19,17I-
662 bushels, were more than 10,OOO,OOO
bushels below the corresponding 1908
total. The corn receipts. 14,S70,722
bushels, were % per cent below the
corresponding 1908 figures, while the
flour receipts for the eight months, T.
726, 5S6 barrels, also show a consider
able decline when compared with like
1907 figures. Corresponding decreases
are shown by the export figures for
these articles.
| Sight receipts of cotton during the
year ending August 81 are stated as
! 1877, ,504 bales. compared with 1852
489 and 13,4S93 337 bales for the 19O7-S
| crop seasons. OF the total receipts for
the season just ended 8,586,569 bales
were exported and 5,239,991 bales taken
by American spinners. The northern
mills are credited with season taxi
ings of 2.6S0,118 bales, while the TAX
| ings of the southern mills are given
as 2,559,S73 bales. The stocks at Unit
ed States ports, under date of August
81 are given as 1S0,41s bales, or to-
tai smaller than this reported under
| the same date of the preceding two
| years. OF the total port receipts over
| SO per cent is credited to Galveston,
! over 20 per cent to New Orleans and
about 10 per cent to Savannah, the
combined receipts at these ports con-
stitutlng over 70 per cent of the total