Arizona republican., 1909-04-05
LIVE STOCK AN EXCEPTION
But In All Other Lines There
Was a Greater Tonnage
Than In Preceding Month
or Corresponding Month
of the Previous Year.


movements in the domestic field dur
ing February on the whole indicate a
larger degree of industrial activity
than for the preceding month. Re
ports received by the Bureau of Sta
tistics Of the department of Com
merce and Labor show heavier move
ments OF coal, and especially coke, due
to the larger demand of the iron
furnaces. Larger lumber receipts at
consuming and distributing centers
and increased building activity in the
larger cities are another sign Of in
dustrial revival. The movement Of
grain and provisions toward the At
lantic seaboard shows a considerable
diminution, mainly because OF the
smaller demand for export
February receipts of live stock at
seven primary interior markets.
3.O71,2l1 head, were decidedly lower
than during the corresponding months
of 1908 and 1907, when S,6S0.734 and
3,312,5 ,533 head were reported. This
decrease is due primarily to the
smaller number of hogs received at
all the important primary markets.
though the arrivals of cattle and
GdlNtS llhtNlSt SilON mummy
totals than a year ago. The number
Of cars used in the transportation to
market of the above reported animals
is calculated as 52,757. compared with
81. .s61 and 59,7S6 cars, the calculated
totals for February, 1908 and 1907.
Chicago alone shows a diminution of
over 5000 cars for the month, as COM
pared with the February, 1908, record.
Livestock receipts for the two
months of the year at the same
markets, 6,77S1O3 head. also compare
unfavorably with corresponding 1908
and 1907 figures Of S,21O,572 and
7.176.g7s head. The receipts of cattle
since the beginning of the year,
1850 head, were considerably low
er than during the preceding two
years. The receipts of hogs since
January, 4,O02,073 head, while in ex-
cess of the number reported for Feb
ruary, 1907, show a % per cent de-
crease. as compared with correspond
ing 1908 figures.
Shipments during February Of pack
ing house products at Chicago, 15O.-
295, ,7O2 pounds, were more than 32
Der cent below the February, 1908
shipments. The main diminutions oc-
CURED under the head Of fresh beef.
cured meats, hides, lard, and canned
meats. Shipments since the begin
ming of the year, 340,1SO,236 pounds,
also show heavy decreases from the
corresponding 1908 and 1907 totals of
435.13I.1 100 and 435, ,779. 1s6 pounds. The
less favorable figures of the livestock
movements are due to some extent to
10 which
was extremely heavy during the early
months of 1908. The eastward trunk
line movement of provisions during
the month from Chicago and Chicago
junction points, 6s,252 tons, was q
per cent lighter than during February
of the preceding year.
Grain receipts during the month at
fifteen primary interior markets, ST.
129,961 bushels, were considerably in
excess of the total reported for Feb
ruary, 1903, of 47,229,151 bushels. The
wheat, corn, and barley receipts for
the month were heavier than for last
wear. while receipts of oats fell about
two million bushels below the total
reported for February. 1908. As COM
pared with corresponding 1907 figures,
all the items except barley show con-
siderable shrinkages. Flour shipments
during February from thirteen impor-
tant milling centers, 2,927,429 barrels,
compare favorably with the corre-
sponding 1908 and 1907 figures of p
s4s4I4 and 2,339,175 barrels. Aggre-'
gate grain receipts at the above mar
kets for the season beginning Septem-
her /. 446.714,S44 bushels, show but
slight differences from the totals re-
corded for corresponding periods of
the 1908 and 1907 seasons of AL, ,347.-
34O and ASS. 1896, ,494 bushels. The COM
bined season receipts of wheat and
harley show a gain of about forty
million bushels over the 1907 total,
while those of corn and oats show
loss of about thirty-four million
bushels.
Live stock receipts during the
month. or four weeks ending with
February, at four leading Atlantic
ports. 701, ,503 head, compare unfavor-
ably with the February, 1908, total of
1877 744 head. The number of cattle
and hogs received was smaller than q
wear ago, while slight increases ap-
pear under the head of calves ana
sheep. The same remarks apply 10
the figures for the two months end
ing with February, 1,5S2.65S head
with 1,755,1S7 head for the
first two months in 1908.
Combined flour and grain receipts
a,rino the month at the same ports