The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
COMMERCE
BURNING MONTH
OF MAY
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kets as measured by the number of
loaded livestock cars received. was
composed of 247,36l cars, which is
about II and Is per cent below the
1909 and 1908 figures.
The shipments of packing house
products during the month from Chi
cage totaled 1G1,z2O,275 pounds, comp
pared with 17S,S75,O44 pounds report
ed for May of the previous year. The
monthly shipment of fresh beef and
canned meats show some improve
ment over the figures of the preceding
year, while the principal losses occur
under the head of cured meats and
picked beef. The shipments for the
1 five months of the year, S17.133. 425
| pounds, likewise show slight decline
| from the corresponding 1909 total of
| 33,12O,S60 pounds. Gains are shown
in the shipments of fresh beef, can
ned meats, and hides, while the main
/ losses appear under the head of pick
led beef, cured meats, and lard.
The stocks Of meat on the last of
the month at five principal Atlantic
! 17l17l,215 pounds, while slightly
higher than at the end of the two pre-
| Ceding months. show a considerable
depletion, as compared with the guam
titles reported on the same dates in
the preceding two years.
Livestock receipts during the
month at four principal Atlantic
seaport cities, 6OO,523 head, were also
heavier than during the preceding
month. though considerably below the
receipts reported for May, 1909 and
1908, of GS7,956 and 713145 head. AS
compared with May, 1909, smaller re-
ceipts are shown for all classes of
food animals, especially for hogs. The
receipts for the five months of the
year totaled 3,045,446 head, making a
decrease of about 10 per cent. as COM
pared with the corresponding 1909
figures, and of % per cent, as COM
pared with 1908 figures. AS against
smaller receipts of other classes of
animals, the five months, receipts of
calves show a considerable gain over
the corresponding figures of the two
preceding years.
The grain receipts during the month
at fifteen primary interior markets.
43,4l4,S40 bushels show the customary
light volume for the month, though
comparing favorably with the May
1909, receipts of 40356,191 bushels
OF the total, 10,440,675 bushels was
wheat, 13,976,4S5 corn, 14,456.44S oats
4,O96,022 barley, and 445,210 rye
Receipts for the nine months begin.
ming with September, 624,456,47S bush.
els. exceeded in volume both the
1909 and 1907-S figures of 57S,256, 731
and 593S04,173 bushels, the principal
gain appearing under the head of
wheat chiefly at Minneapolis and
Duluth. Flour shipments for the
month, 2,994,676 barrels, fell below
the May shipments during the pre-,
ceding two years, though the total
for The five months of the year, IS.
451,964 barrels, exceeds considerably
the corresponding totals of the two
earlier years.
Flour and grain receipts at -four
principal Atlantic seaports during the
month, a3,325,733 bushels, compare
favOrably with the corresponding 1905
total of 10,S96,329 bushels Like re
ceipts at these points for the five
months of the present year, 5000 ,65G
bushels, were also larger than the
year before, Notwithstanding the small
Ter demand for export of wheat anC
flour.
The May receipts of southern pine
at New York, 59.7S3,S65 feet, exceeded
by far the large May 1909, receipts Of
45,555,919 feet. Owing to the lighter
movements during the earlier months
the five months total of 2O3 ,9O1, 4O1
feet is, however, slightly below the
corresponding 1909 total of POS. 1864.
O44 feet An even larger increase
over the May, 1909, figures is shown
in the monthly receipts of lumber al
Boston, Great Lakes, 162, O09 900 feet
were about IS per cent higher than in
1909 The receipts of redwood lum
Der during the month at California
points, 37,419,727 feet not only show
the heaviest monthly total for the
year, but were over 20 per cent larger
than in May, 1909 Pine and fir re
ceipts for the month at these same
points, 125,097, S53 feet, likewise prov
ed heavier than for any month of the
year and exceeded the corresponding
May, 1909, total by about is per cent
Anthracite coal shipments during
the month from eastern producing
territory, 5,679,6O1 gross tons, were
fairly heavy, though falling below tn,
May totals reported in 1905 and 1908
The total shipments during the fly,
months of the year, 27,416,565 gros
tons, is the largest total ever reporte,
to the bureau for the period in ques
ton. The monthly shipment of btu
minuos coal over seven leading east
ern coal-carrying roads 7,091,663 ne
TONS show a decided imnrOVamen