Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-04
GREAT LAKE TRAFFIC
 HAS FALLEN AWAY
Figures for August Show by Comparison a Decided
 Shrinking

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A loss of more than ten per cent in the domes. tic freight tonnage shipped between ports on the Great Lakes during Aug ust of the present year is shown by the monthly figures of lake shiy. ments, just made public by the bureau Of statistics of the department Of com meree and labor. These shipments totaled ll,643.l23 short tons, com pared with 13,066,1IS short tons in August 1910, and 12,j43.O57 short tons in August, 1909. Assuming that the relative losses for the succeed ing months of the present season, as compared with last season, will not exceed the losses for August, the 1911 domestic freight shipments on the Great Lakes are not likely to exceed 12 l-2 million short tons, as com pared with S6,732.3I6 short tons in 1910 and S0.974,6G5 short tons in 1909. The total domestic lake ship ments for the 8 months of the pres ent year aggregated 45.5S4, ,366 short tons or about 19 per cent less than in 1910. Of the total loss of over 1O.7 million short tons about 1O.3 million short tons represent the loss in iron ore shipments alone.
 The iron ore shipments for the month aggregated 5,341,626 long tons, compared with 6,S72.27S long tons shipped during August, 1910. Iron ore shipments for the year will exceed 30 million long tons, compared with fl l-2 million for the preceding season.
 The August shipments of soft coal. 2,433,0S6 short tons, exceeded the corresponding 1910 shipments. all the larger shipping ports such as Ash. tabula, Toledo, Cleveland, Lorain and Sandusky showing considerable gains over the 1910 figures. Shipments for the s months, 10,5O9, ,026 short tons. were 30,795S tons less than in 971O Cleveland, Dorain, Huron and Fair port showing the main loses for the season while Toledo, Ashtabula and Sandusky report larger shipments than a year ago About two-thirds of the coal received during the month was landed at Duluth Superior and 2s S07 l64 short tons, respectivelp, main y also heavier than the year before.
 The lumber shipments for the month 149,924 NJ feet, fell below the corresponding 1910 shipments of 15S,- 3S2 NJ feet Of the 8 months ship ments 100,722 NJ feet, about 54 per cent proceeded from Lake Michigan ports, about 39 per cent from Lake Superior ports, largely from Duluth, and about per cent from Lake Huron ports.
 Grain shipments for the month, H. 226.995 bushels, compare favorably with like shipments in 1910. 11,475,32 bushels. Of the total, 6,61S, 161 bu- shels was wheat, ,022-corn; 3,254 .901 1,-oats; and the rest, barley and rye. The grain shipments for the eight months of the present sea son 73,S77, ,435 bushels, likewise show a large gain over the 1910 figures of 57,591, ,705 bushels, the largest gains appearing under the head of corn and oats. Flour shipments during Aug ust, 135,9S7 short tons of 10 barrels each, show a slight increase over the figures of year ago. The monthly shipments of the other specified ar ticles, l. e., pig iron, iron, iron manu- factures, salt, and copper, were all smaller than the year before The August and months shipments of unclassed including package, freight, 1,072,767 and 5,309,095 short tons, ex- ceeded in volume similar 1910 ship ments.
 The August freight traffic through the Sault Ste. Harie canals, S,54S,- SIP short tons, shows a considerable decline from the corresponding 1910 and 1909 figures of 9,744,556 and s. 9SS,223 short tons. As against a heavy loss for the month in the east bound iron ore movement, consid- erable gains in the westbound coal and eatbound grain movements are noted. The vessel movement through the canals for the month and season was considerably lighter than during last year, the relative decline in ton mage being much larger than the de- cline in the number of vessels locked through.
 The domestic freight movement during the month by way of the De- troit River, S,9S4. .095 short tons, was about a million and half tons light CT than in 1910, the loss affecting, however, the southbound movement only.