Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-30
IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION IN.
DICTATED BY STATISTICS is.
SUED az GOVERNMENT.
AUGUST MARKET ARRIVALS
EXCEED ALL PREVIOUS MONTHS
Inbound Movement Of Sheep and Cat
tie Responsible For Gain - Fewer
Hogs Received at Interior Markets
= Packing House Products Show
Gain-Heavy Grain Movement.

| Washington, Sept 30.-A material
situation is indicated by the August
figures of leading trade movements,
just made public by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of commerce
especially in the central part of the
country, of bituminous and anthracite
coal in the east, and of wool in New
England, also proved fairly heavy,
the principal decreases for the month.
The volume of railroad traffic. as indi-
Gated by the number Of freight cars
handled, shows large gains particular
ly in the middle west.
Livestock arrivals during August at
seven primary interior markets, 1914
3s5 head, show the largest monthly
total for the year and exceeded by far
the corresponding totals for August.
1909, 3,039.455 head, and August, 1908.
3,232.441 head. OF the total received
during the past month 9S6.64S head
We're cattle: 109.75I head. calves; l,2O5,-
3s3 head, hogs; 1.346.737 head, sheep;
and 25 500 head, horses and mules. The
gain in the total appears to have been
due, primarily, TO the heavier inbound
movement of sheep and cattle. The
August receipts of hogs were below the
totals for the earlier summer months,
tho exceeding in volume the CORES
ponding 1909 figures AS compared
with August. 1909, the volume of the
inbound livestock movement, s meas
tIo har Of loaded livestock
cars received at the various markets,
shows considera BILE gains for Chicago,
Omaha. ST Paul. and Sioux City. Kan
sas City. ST Louis. and st. Joseph re-
port a decline in the inbound livestock
traffic Livestock receipts for the
eight months of the present year. %
O7oS26 were lighter than in 1903 ana
1908. when 24,s0o.491 and 26.926,S27
head were reported. The losses in the
total receipts were due almost entirely
to the shortage in the commercial sup
Div OF hogs the eight m onths' figures
for the present year, f0,81S.912 mead,
being IS per cent below the cores
bonding 1909. and about 80 per cent
below the corresponding 1908 totals
The August shipments of packing
house products from Chicago. 1S2,39s,-
Ats pounds likewise show some gain
since the earlier months and differ
but slightly from the corresponding
1909 and 1908 figures AS compared
with 1909 there was a decided gain IN
the shipments of canned meats and
lard. Shipments for the eight months
of the wear. 1.339339.s5o pounds, were
below the 1908 and 1909 figures of l.
56oose,113 and 1.37S.3s4,sS2 pounds.
the losses occurring chiefly under the
head Of picked beef. cured meats. ana
pork. The eastward trunk-line move
ment Of provisions from Chicago ana
Chicago junction points for the month.
71,336 short tons, and for the eight
month period, 590,371 short tons. show
a continuous decline since 1907. Stocks
OF meat at the end of the month held
at five principal eastern markets. IT.
$4,000 pounds. show a slight diminu-
ton since June and July. but were
somewhat higher than year ago.
Grain receipts during the month at
fourteen primary markets. lo1,6O4.sso
bushels indicate an unusually heavy
movement of the new crop to the prin-
cipal centers of distribution.