The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-03-17
Commercial Movements Of Breadstuffs
During January, 1911.

During January, 1911.
Decreased receipts on wheat at lead
ing interior markets, and smaller
shipments of -four are the leading
| features of the commercial movement
of breadstuffs during January or the
| present year, al reported by the Bu-
reau OF Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. For the first
| time also the monthly exports of
wheat, were less i'm quantity than the
exports OF corn.
Grain receipts during January at
Is important markets, 69,403,731
bushels, show but little variation from
the January figures or the preceding
year and the January average
for the preceding five-year period.
The total inbound movement was
made up OF 16,494,484 bushels Of
wheat; 29,4S2,533 bushels OF corn;
16,487,593 bushels OF oats; 6,187,041
bushels of barley, and $4,000 bushels
of rye. As compared with CORES
ponding 1910 figures Tor the more i'm
portant grains, the receipts OF corn,
oats and barley show larger totals,
while those of wheat show sharp
decline from the corresponding month
\ ly total. 1T should be stated though
that this decline Is not a peculiar
| feature Of the January receipts. AS
matter of fact wheat receipts for all
the months of the current season be-
ginning with September were lower
than the year before, indicating either
heavier receipts at the smaller mar
kets, for which no official reports are
had, or else larger stocks in the hands
OF the producers. The decrease may
be said to effect almost equally the
spring wheat and the winter wheat
markets. Wheat receipts at these
markets for the five months of the
present crop period fell more than 20
per cent short of like receipts during
| the 1909-10 season and about Is per
cent short of the average receipt
during the same period for the pre-
ceding five crop seasons. The corn
receipts at Is interior markets for the
| five months, 114,204,16S bushels were
heavier than for the same periods in
the preceding five Seasons, the larger
receipts for the current season cor
responding to the larger export de-
mand at the Atlantic ports. The five
months receipts of oats, $685., 225
| bushels, we're larger, while those OF
barley, 44,607 $50 bushels, smaller than
/ for the preceding season.
h The total grain receipts during the
\ five months period since September
were 373,746,192 bushels, compared
with 400,270,433 bushels for the same
| period last year and an average of
over 406 million bushels for the pre-
cedfng five-year period. The January
shipments Of flour from thirteen mill
ing centers, 2,755,804 barrels, likewise
show an unfavorable turn as compared
with the figures of the preceding
months, and the corresponding Janu-
airy, 1910, total.
The month witnessed increased re-
ceipts of corn at the four principal
Atlantic ports, 10,485, 721 bushels, com
pared with 7,830,845 bushels received
during January, 1910. Wheat receipts
at the four Atlantic ports totaled only
1,240,475 bushels, compared with g.
934, 1000 bushels received i'm January,
1910, and 4,308,460 bushels received
in January, 1909, the exports at these
ports showing corresponding declines.
As matter of fact, of the total do
nestle exports OF wheat for the
month, 2,7S9,151 bushels, almost rs
per cent. was shipped from the Paci-
nc ports, the exports, from Portland,
Oregon and Puget Sound points lead
ing those from any other custom dis
trict, both for the month as well as
for the cumulative period since July,
1910. 1t should be stated though, that
me seven months wheat exports for
the present fiscal year, 1916, 72S
bushels, were practically only one
third OF the average seven months
exports for the preceding five-year
period. The largest shrinkage in the
wheat exports is shown by the Gulf
ports, particularly Galveston and
New Orleans.
The total -four exports for the seven
months period ending January, 1911,
o,S4S,749 barrels, were about 26 per
cent below the average exports for
the seven months of the preceding
nVe years The seven months -four
exports from the -four leading Atlantic
ports are given as 441,S64 barrels,
compared with 7S0,564 barrels in 1910
and 1,917,18 barrels in 1909. The
corn exports for the seven months
period OF the present fiscal year, 2S,-
935,46O bushels, were larger than in
1909 and 1910 and exceeded in guam
tlty those of wheat, though falling
considerably below like exports dur7
ing the years prior to 1909 The ex-
ports of barley during the seven
months Of the present fiscal year, s.
229,541 bushels, preceded mainly from
San Francisco and show large grain
over like exports in earlier years.
The value of all breadstuffs export
cd during the seven months Of the
present year was $72,585,445, showing
decline OF 20 per cent as compared
with the figures for the preceding
year, and loss of about As million
dollars since 1906, Notwithstanding
the considerable rise i'm the prices
since that year.