Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-04
STATISTICS FOR JANUARY MADE
PUBLIC BY DEPARTMENT. OF
COMMERCE.
HOGS AND CALF RECEIPTS
SHOW HEAVY FALLING OFF
Shipment Of Packing House Products
Materially Deereased-Grain Re-
ceipts and Other Internal Commerce
Much Larger With Exception Of Cot
ton-lnterestins Figures Made Public
Special to Times-Republican.

| Spec1al TO IlmeS-HepuDlcan.
Washington, March january re-
| ports of internal commerce movem ents
! just made public by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of commerce
and labor show heavy movements of
coal and coke in the east and of lumber
| in the far west, increased grain re-
ceipts at interior markets., but light
movement of live stock in the middle
west and of cotton in the south.
Livestock receipts during the month
at seven primary interior market total
ed 3.Os4,S92 head, compared with 81
7o6, ss2 and 4,529,s3S head received
during January, 1909 and 1908. OF the
total received during the month at
these markets 709,S96 head were cat
tie; $4,000, calves; 1,5s5.7o4, hogs; 1885,
14s, sheep; and 44.244. horses and
mules Receipts Of cattle sheep. horses
and mules show larger figures than a
year ago, while those of calves and
| hogs fall decidedly below the corre-
! spending figures for the earlier year.
The receipts of hogs were 81 per cent
below the January, 1909. and 4S per
cent below the January, 1908, totals. all
the larger cities sharing in the decline.
Thus Chicago receipts Of hogs are
given as 584.658 head, or 33 per cent
below January, 1909, receipts and less
than half the number received in Janu-
airy, 1908 similar decline is shown
in the hog receipts at Kansas City and
ST Joseph, while Omaha and st. Louis
likewise show considerable. tho not SO
heavy, declines as compared with the
figures for the earlier years.
Decline in Livestock Receipts.
A large decline is also shown in the
livestock receipts at four principal AT
lantic seacoast cities, the total number
Of cattle, hogs, calves, and sheep re-
ceived at these four markets during the
past month. 663,324 head, being II per
cent and 81 per cent below the carre-
spending 1909 and 1908 totals. With
the exception Of calves, figures for all
animals show considerable declines as
compared with the figures for the year
before. Thus combined receipts of cat
tie declined from S9,973 head in Janu-
airy. 1909, to 1926 head in January.
1910, the smaller total being due. how
ever. exclusively to the decrease of cat
tie receipts at Boston. The combined
receipts of hogs at these four markets.
346,61S head were 10 per cent below
January. 1909, and % per cent below
January. 1908. totals, all the cities ex-
cept Philadelphia showing smaller fig-
ures than a year before. Arrivals OF
sheep during the month fell FL per cent
below the corresponding 1909 figures,
the relative shortage in the supply be-
ing more pronounced in the case OF
Boston and New York.
Packing House Products.
Shipments for the month of packing
house products from Chicago aggre-
gated 167.3s0,123 pounds compared
with 1s9,SS4, 534 and 213,29S,423 pounds
shipped during January, 1909 and 1908.
Compared with corresponding January,
1909 figures the shipments OF fresh
beef, tallow, and hides are the only
products showing slight increases, all
the .other items, especially cured ana
canned meats, lard, picked beef ana
pork showing smaller totals than
year ago. The eastward trunk line
movement Of provisions from Cnlcago
and Chicago Junction points Tor the
four weeks in January, 1850 tons, IN
dicates an even heavier decline COM
pared with the corresponding 1909 and
The combined stocks Of meat at five
principal markets at the close of the
month, 157,742,940 pounds, were al
most so per cent below the totai re-
ported year ago.
Grain Receipts Heavy.
Grain receipts during the month at
fourteen primary interior markets to-
tailed 65,226,O37 bushels. compared with
51.222.172 and 66,44O,727 bushels in the
same month in 1909 and 1908. OF the
total received at these markets 2O,33l,-
78S bushels was wheat, 24,164.597 corn,
14,044.012 oats, 5,s95.966 barley, and
1854 rye. The larger monthly in
bound movement of wheat and corn is
mainly responsible for the increased
total, the January receipts of these two
grains comparing favorably with the
corresponding receipts for January,
1908. when the larger movement may
be said to have been due primarily to
the forced export demand for these
articles. The shipments during the
month Of flour from twelve important
milling centers, 2,S83,416 barrels COM
pare favorably with corresponding lSOS
and 1908 figures of 2,519,699 and q
638,146 barrels. The grain receipts at
tile fourteen primary interior 1nar8ets
during the nVe months VI llle Gull SaI
crop period beginning with September
aggregated 3s7, 257,47S bushels, COM
pared with 3s2,757,1S6 and 376,572,9s9
bushels reported for CORE spending per-
iods in 1869 and 1907S. AS compared
with the figures for the preceding sea-
son increases are shown in the re-
ceipts of corn, wheat, and rye, while
decreases appear under the head of
oats and barley.
The combined grain and flour re-
ceipts at four Atlantic seaport cities
during January were 12.73S,549 BUSH
els. compared with 12,515,s77 and 49,
cog ,O92 bushels reported for January,
1909 and 1908. The January receipts
at these ports of wheat, 2.os6,517 bush.
| els, were smaller; those Of corn, B.
213,O54 bushels; and -four. 1,097,616
,, barrels, larger than for January Of
the preceding years. The monthly ex-
ports OF these articles from the ports
| in question show decided decreases as
compared with the corresponding hg-
ures of the year before.
Line Up For lnterurban.
Special to Times-Republican.
| Logan, March A well attended
interurban meeting occurred 8. Mag
nolia Wednesday afternoon at which
time and place H. 81. Miller and J. N.
BailevS of Dies MOineS. were present