Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-12
The Commerce OF Great Lakes
HeaUv for Month of October.

Domestic freight movements on ho
Great Lakes during October 1911 az
measured hy the aggregate shipments
Of merchandise between domestic lako
ports, totallod lO,153i73 short tons,
compared with lO.Gi9,2S1 short tons
shipped during October, 1910, and
l2,01S,2l2 short IONS during Octob-
er 1908. The smaller tonnage for the
month was due mainly 10 the lighter
movement Of coal and iron ore, The
shipments of grain, lumber and un-
classcd freight were heavier than a
yeur ago. The merchandise tonnage
shipped during the ten months of the
present year as reported 10 the bureau
of statistics of the department Of
commerce ana labor aggregated 66,-
G70.299 short tons and was almost
nineteen per cent less than In 1910,
though only about 2lg million tons
short Of the 90g record. Iron orc
shipments during the month totaled
4,67O,S7j long tons, of which almost
seventy per cent proceeded from Du-
mth Superior and Two llarbors. The
shipments for the ten months OF the
present season totalcd 28,777698 long
tons. compared with 3g,042.51l and
35.5gt,bS3 long tons shipped during
the ten months Of 1910 and 1903 re-
spectlyely. or tho total iron ore re-
ceipts for the season 23,0i6,2l9 long
tons or so per cent are credited toI
Lake Erie ports, and 5,l3i,6lS long
tons to Lake Michigan ports. A con-
siderable decline In iron ore receipts
is shown for all the important ports
with the exception of Conneaut which
reports nm increase Of half a million
tons, and Lorain, the season receipts
Of which closely approximate those of
a year ago,
The shipments of soft coal for the
month 2,l62,045 short tons, were on "A
lower scale than In October 1910, |
when 2,55i,11i short tons were
shipped The shipments for the 10
months Of the present year, 1896
G53 short tons, of which over one-half
proceeded from Ashtubula and Tole-
do, likewise fell short of the 1910
shipments Of l6,251,S10 short tons.
over 95 per cent OF this coal moved |
10 Lake Superior and Lake Michigan
destinations, the principal receiving
ports Duluth Superior and Mllwau-
kee claiming about O. per cent Of the
total receipts Of this article.
October shipments Of hard coal
459, ,S6l short tons, likewise proceeded
on a smaller scale than in 1910.
though the 10 months figures, g.,
722,7ll short tons, are larger than
those of year ago The main des-
tnations Of this coal were Duluth
Superior, Milwaukee and Chicago, the
quantities unloaded at Lake Michi-
gan ports exceeding by far those re-
ceved at Lake Superior destinations
Shipments Of lumber during Octob-
er, 1j9, 1865 NJ feet, were heavier than
for any other month of the year and
exceeded by more than 20 million feet
the corresponding 1910 shipments,
The 10 months shipments, 1902, ,773 |
NJ feet, were below the 1910 record, |
all the larger receiving ports, includ-
ing Chicago, North Tonawanda,
Frankfort, Buffalo and Ludington re-
porting smaller transactions than last
year.
Grain shipments during the month |
aggregated 19,270,707 bushels, COM
pared with 1874, ,497 bushels shipped !
bushels shipped in October, 1909. The
10 months shipments, 1l3,OSS,S57 |
bushels. show "A 'arge gain over the
1909 and 1910 figures, |
OF the total forwarded during the 10
months of the present season, 81
S04,623 bushels was wheat; 45,31S,5S7
bushels corn. 24,4OO,4i5 bushels oats,
7,700.042 bushels barley, 1,4i6,03S
bushels rye and 1,41i,222 bushels
flax seed The gain I'm the total over
last years figures is due chiefly to the
heavier shipments Of wheat, corn and
oats. The movement of barley de
creased by more than million bush
els. the shipments of flax seed show
u further decline from the abnormally
The flour shipments for the month
and season, 16l, 4S2 and 93S, 3i6 short
tons of 10 barrels each, respectively
were below those of a year ago, Buff
felo and Erie being the principal des-
tlnatlons of these shipments The 10
months shipments OF the other artic-
les specified In the lake returns, viz,
iron manufactures. pig iron, salt and
copper. all show smaller totals than
in 1910. the decreases being especial
ly notable in the first two items men
toned A large gain appears under
the head Of uncassed, including pack
age freight, the 10 months figures for
the present season, 7.279,S63 short
tons. exceeding by far the correspond
Ing records of the previous years,