Arizona republican., 1909-08-09
INTERNAL
 COMMERCE A General Improvement of Railway Traffic Conditions THE FIGURES FOR JUNE
Increases Compared With the Volume of Trade For the Corresponding Month of Last Year Observed in Nearly All Directions.

Washington, Aug S.-ImprOved con- ditions in railway traffic and in the movements of coke and iron ore are characteristics of the June internal commerce report of the bureau of sta tistics of the department of com merce and labor The live stock, grain and provision movements show de- crease in volume compared with the figures of the corresponding month of last year, and the eXtrme activity in building which characterized the re- ports of the earlier months of the year shows some signs of abatement.
 Live stock receipts during the month at interior primary markets. 2.952, SPA head, show a considerable decrease as compared with like figures for June, 1908 and 1907, 325S.561 and 3,202, ,03S head. Smaller receipts are shown for all classes of animals except calves. The decrease affects all important centers with the exception of Kansas. City, which reports larger arrivals of all classes of live stock except horses and mules The total number of ears used in hnrdIing the inbound move mont lulinc the rr'r w7s .ll.jS- eumitr -I tth J. ss- ,t-l -i4 CarS- reported for June. 1908 and 1907. Live stock arrivals n inc same centers for the SIX months ending June totaled 19.OSI,725 head, compared with 20,S2O,- 393 and 2O.O52 .e42 head for the same period in 1908 and 1907 The smaller total is due mainly to the smaller receipts of hogs and cattle. The re- ceipts during the first half of the year at Chicago of hogs alone, 4.04f.56S head. were about 15 per cent below those reported for the first six months in 1908. The calculated number of in bound live stock cars was 329,513 for the six month period of the current year. compared with 355.902 and 371,- 800 cars reported for the same period in 1908 and 1907.
 A similar decline in the monthly re- ceipts of live stock is shown for the four principal Atlantic seaport cities. the June, 1909, figures. 756,327 head, being over per cent below the June. 1908, figures The main losses oc- cured under the head of hogs and cattle though even calves and sheep show smaller figures than year ago The showing for the six month period is even more unfavorable, the 1909 to- tai. 4,442,1 1S6 head, being about ' per cent below the corresponding total in 1908. though the number of sheep re- ceived for the six months was larger than year ago.
 The June shipments of packing house products from Chicago, lS5,665,- O9O pounds. were likewise smaller than the June. 1908 and 1907, figures of 2O4, ,S23, ,3O5 and 194,OS9.115 pounds. The less favorable showing in the total IS due to smaller shipments of fresh beef, canned and cured meats. and lard. Picked beef and hides, on the other hand, show q heavier outbound move ment than year ago. Shipments for the first six months of the year, 1,01S,- 7S5.950 pounds, likewise show de- cline as compared with the figures for the two earlier years; tho losses being quite marked in the case of fresh beef. canned meats, hides, and lard, while piclIled beef, cured meats, and pork appear to have been shipped in larger quantities than during the first half of the preceding year. The east ward trunk line movement of pro- visions for the month, 69.S22 net tons. as compared with June, 1908 and 1907, figures. shows an even heavier decline. The six months figures for this move ment. 44O.S1S net tons, shows a r per cent decline from the 1908 total.
 Grain receipts in June at 15 leading interior markets aggregated 43,42S,955 bushels. compared with 45,644,917 and 64, 4,s5O,970 bushels reported for June' 1908 and 1907. Of the total receipts 6.551.372 bushels was wheat; 1S.926.- 62S bushels corn; 13,5S3,494 bushels oats; 4.O35,551 bushels barley; and 32691O bushels rye. The most marked decline is seen in the monthly receipts of wheat, which were about one third below the June 1908. receipts, and less than one-half the June. 1908. receipts, and less than one-half the June. 1907, receipts. The receipts for the month, of oats, barley, and rye, were some what larger than during June, 1908. Grain receipts at the same market for the crop season, beginning with Sep tember i, to the end of the month to- taled 630, ,6SO. .6S6 bushels. compared with 6S9.449. .O9O and 1S,4OS,117 bushels for the 1gO7-S and 1906-7 seasons. The largest losses as compared with the 1907-S receipts occurred under the head of corn and oats. The wheat re- ceipts during the current season, 2OS,- 622 ,397 bushels, were about 26,O00,000 bushels in excess of like receipts dur ing the 1907-S season. The flour ship ments during June from 1S important