The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-01
Statistics Showing the Com
mercial Movements of
Same in January.

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WASHINGTON April .1.-De-
creased receipts of wheat at leading
interior markets, and smaller ship
ments Of -four are the leading feat
ures Of the commercial movement Of
breadstuffs during January Of the
present year as reported by the BIZ
reau Of Statistics Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. For the
first time also the monthly exports
OF wheat, were less in quantity than
the exports Of corn.
Grain receipts during January at
Is important markets, ,7Sl
bushels, show but little variation
from the January figures Of the pre-
ceding year and the January average
for the preceding 5-year period. The
total inbound movement was made
up Of 16,494,4s4 bushels OF wheat;
90, 4S2 ,58S bushels of corn; 16,4s7,59S
bi3hels Of oats; 6,1S7,041 bushels of
barley; and $4,000 bushels of rye.
AS compared with corresponding 1910.
figures for the more important
grains, the receipts of corn. oats, and
barley SHOW larger totals, while
those OF wheat show a sharp decline
from the corresponding monthly to-
tai. 1t should be stated though that
this decline is not a peculiar feature
of the January receipts. AS mat
ter 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
markets, for which no official reports
are had, or else larger stocks in the
hands of the producers. The de-
crease may be said to affect almost
equally the spring wheat and 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 same period for the pre-
ceding five crop seasons. The corn
receipts at fifteen interior markets
for the five months, 114,204,16s bush
els, we're heavier than for the same
periods in the preceding five seasons,
the larger receipts for the current
season corresponding to the larger
export demand at the Atlantic ports.
The five months. receipts Of oats, 9O,-
S57 ,225 bushels, were larger, while
those Of barley, 4,6O7655 bushels,
smaller than for the preceding sea
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! The total grain receipts during the
five months period since September
were 373,746,192 bushels, compared
with 40o27O,4SS bushels for the same
period last year and an average of
over 406 million bushels for the pre-
ceding five-year period, The January
shipments of flour from thirteen mill
ing centers, 2,755.SO4, barrels, like
wise show an unfayorable turn as
compared with the figures of the
preceding months, and the cores
ponding months, and the correspond
ling January, 1910, total.
The month witnessed increased re-
caipts OF corn at the four principal
Atlantic ports, 1O,4S5,721 bushels.
compared with 7,83O,s45 bushels re-
ceived during January, 1910, and s.
4ST ,S14 bushels received during jan
uary, 1909. Wheat receipts at the
four Atlantic ports totaled only =
24o,475 bushels. compared with g.
9S4, 900 bushels received in January,
1910, and 4,3OS,46O bushels received
in January, 1909, the exports at
these ports showing corresponding
declines. AS matter of fact, of the
tctal domestic exports of wheat for
the month, 2,7S9,151 bushels, almost
as per cent was shipped from the
Pacific ports, the exports, from Port
land, Ore, and Puget Sound points
leading those from any other GUS
tom district, both for the month as
well as for the cumulative period
since July, 1910. 1t should be stated
though, that the seven months wheat
exports for the present fiscal year.
I17,195,72S bushels, were practically
only one-third of the average seven
months exports for the preceding
fve-year period. The larger shrink
age in the wheat exports is shown