Arizona republican., 1909-07-05

Wltn the May, l9OS, recelptS OI lileSe
 articles. The grain and flour receipts
 at these markets for the five months
 of the year, 59,4299 9SS bushels, show
 a decided decline as compared with
 like 1907 and 1908 figures of l06,9S9,-
 097 and 72,642,957 bushels, the de-
 crease affecting practically all kinds
 of grains. The export movement from
 the corresponding customs districts
 shows a more than proportionate de-
 cline for the five months in question.
 The May receipts of southern pine
 at New York. 45,555,91 feet, compare
 favorably with like receipts during
 corresponding months in 1907 and
 1908 of S2. 707.S24 and 24.7S1,1I2 feet.
 Lumber receipts at Boston by rail
 and sea aggregated 2O,2S2, 695 feet, a
 quantity smaller than that reported
 for April. but comparing favorably
 with the total reported for May. 1908
 -1s.s47.444 feet The lumber ship
 ments by lake, I37,3S2M feet, were
 about 50.000,006 feet in excess of the
 May, 1908, shipments. Pine lumber
 shipments during the month from the Mississippi and Wisconsin valleys.
 S2.757, ,327 feet, while 100000 feet in
 excess of the may, 1908, total, were
 lS per cent below the record for the
 preceding month. The May receipts of pine and fir at California points, 1O6. l69.357 feet, were larger than the May, 1908, figures. and the same is true of the California receipts of redwood for the month. 0,732 ,142 feet
 The month of May notes a further curtailment in the shipments of an -rhraafta rr.a6rrR- ing territory, the total, 5,063,S73 gross tons, being over a million tons short of the corresponding May, 1908, fig ures. The shipments for the five months of the year. 27046,S72 gross tons, were the largest reported for the period in the annals of the in dustry. The lake shipments of soft coal during the month, 1,1s1,s93 net tons. were more than double the May, 1908, figures, while the lake shipments of hard coal, 447,S46 net tons, show but a slight increase over. the corresponding 1908 figures of 434.496 net tons. The shipments of bituminous coal over eight of the leading eastern eoaI-carrying rail- roads, 7.54S. .622 tons, while below the April figures. compare favorably with the corresponding 1908 total of G. 015,70S tons.
 Coke shipments during the month over the same roads 1,712.9S7 tons, show an even greater improvement over the May, 1908, figures. The ConneIlsville coke production during the four weeks of May, 1,e60,35S net tons. shows an increase of 5S per cent over the corresponding 1908 figures, the improvement being most notable during the last two weeks of the month. The pig iron production dur ing the month, 1.SS0,09S gross tons. proceeded at a rate of output slightly above that reported for April, and was over 50 per cent in excess of the May, 1908. output. The figures for the five months of the year, s,960.669 gross tons show an almost equal improvement over the corresponding 1908 figures.
 The taking of cotton during the month by American, including Cana dian, spinners aggregated S44.914 bales, compared with 22,SO7 bales reported for May, 1908. Of the total 139. 9.452 bales are credited to northern mills and 2O5,52 bales to southern mills. The total wool receipts at Boston during the month aggregated 8. .s26.49S pounds compared with H. S5S, ,4s2 pounds for May, 1908. The increase was due both to larger re- ceipts of the domestic article, as well as to heavier importations. Ship ments of boots and shoes from Bos- ton for the four weeks in May amounted to 292,4S cases, as against 24S.273 cases for the corresponding period in 1908
 Building operations in 104 of the larger American cities show a further The value of building permits granted in these cities dur ing May, s94, ,599 .OO4, was about S10,- O0O, 900 larger than the like record l for April and 75.7 per cent in excess of the May, 1908, total.
 The number of freight cars han dIed during May by thirtyfour car service associations and demurrage bureaus, in various parts of the coun- try, 2,472,6S5, was about g per cent in excess of the May, 1908, total. As compared with the totals for the earlier months, but little change is shown in the traffic situation of the country as a whole. The American association reports the num- Der of idle cars under date or the 18th of May as 273,s9O against 2S2,S2S l under date of April 2S, and SS1,sO cars under date of May 27, 1908. This number. however is reported to have to 277,559 cars under date of June Q. owing to an increase Tn the number of idle box cars, mainly