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 totaled 72 million dollars compared
 with 62 million dollars in January of i last year, a gain of 16 per cent. Both
 the cotton and the grain movements I were markedly less than in the initial l month of last year.
 The railroads of the country order
 ed 14,O95 freight cars in January
 compared with 16,195 in December
 and 14,613 in January, 1916. Foreign
 buyers also purchased $500 freight 1 compared with $500 in December
 and HOO in January of last year.
 January rail orders totaled 36O thou
 sand tons compared with 600 thous-
 and tons in December and 241 thous- and tons a year ago. Locomotives
 ordered in January numbered 512
 compared with 241 in December and
 231 in January of last year. Foreign
 interests placedt AZ locomotive orders
 in January compared with 464 in De-
 cemher, whole only two locomotives were ordered for export in January, t1916.
 i There were 415 steel merchant ves- sells of 1,530 thousand gross tons
 building or under contract to build in i American shipyafds on February 1st compared with 403 such ships of l. G496 thousand gross tons building or
 under contract to be built on January l 1st The February 1st tonnage was j larger than has ever before been un- : der construction in American ship [ yards at any one time.a
 1: Building operation during January at 15S cities aggregated 57 million dollars compared with 55 million dol 1 lars in January of last year, gain ] of per cent. These are the largest expenditures for building ever record ed in the month of January. There was a per cent. gain in the number of permits issued during the month as compared with the same month a year ago.
 Contrary to the condition prevail ing in most of the previous months of 1916, lumber shipments in Decem- Der were larger than the lumber cut, 1 totaling 1,O14 million feet compared with 965 million feet in December, 1915, while the December cut totaled 1 SS7 million feet compared with 900 million feet cut in December of the previous year. December shipments were composed of 921 million feet of soft woods and 93 million feet of hard woods compared with S83 million feet 1 of hard wood shipped in December, l1915 The lumber cut for December consisted of SO9 million feet of soft woods and 7S million feet of hard woods compared with S35 million feet of soft woods and 65 million feet of hard; woods cut in December of the previous year.
 Shipments of anthracite coal in January were 5,941 thousands tons compared with 5,583 thousand tons in December and 5.SS4 thousand tons in January, 1916. With the exception Eof January, 1913, January shipments were the largest ever recorded for that month. The production of coke in the Con- nelsville district in the four weeks ending January 27th totaled 1,412 thousand tons compared with a pro ductfon of 1929 thousand tons for the entire month of January, 1916, and shipments for the four weeks totaled 39,701 cars compared with 49,564 cars in January of last year. There were 3S,319 ovens in blast on February 10th compared with 3S,272 on Janu- ary 9th.
 January production of pig iron az gregated 3,151 thousand tons compar- ed with 3,179 thousand tons in De-
 
 January, 1916. There were 312 fur naces in blast on February 1st with a capacity of 1O2 thousand tons per day compared with 311 in blast on January 1st with daily capacity of about 100 tons more than the fur naces in blast on February 1st.
 The thrilled tonnage of the Steel corporation fell of slightly during January and stood at II, ,474 thousand tons on January S1st compared with 11,547 thousand tonA at the close of 1916 and 1928 thousand tons on Jan ury 31, 1916.
 Receipts of zinc and spelter at the principal market during January were 582 thousand slabs compared with 425 thousand slabs in January, 1916, and shipments of zrnc and spelter from that point were 375 thousand slabs compared with AT thousand slabs shipped in January a year ago. These figures indicate a considerable increase in the supply of zinc and spelter at the principal market
 Domestic consumption of tin in the opening month of the year was 7,177 tons compared with 4,OS2 tons in de-. cember and 4,452 tons in January, 1916. Shipments of tin from the OLTdlLS OoLtIoIncuLS LO Ln1S country Tn January totaled 2,165 tons compared with 1,265 tons in December and A. 2O5 tons in January ys last year As the increased consumption indicates stocks of tin in the United States have decreased, standing at 2,622 tons on January 31st compared with 3,551 tons on December 31, 1916, and 2,Ao1 tons on January 31st year ago.
 Receipts of crude oil from the wells of the various oil fields during Janu- ary were 12,159 thousand barrels compared with 12,066 thousand bar rels in December and 10,2O7 thousand barrels in January, 1916 Deliveries of crude oil during January totaled 13.969 thousand barrels compared with 13,535 thousand barrels deliver ed in December. Stocks of crude pe troleum held in storage by pipelines one January 31st totaIed 95,168 bar rels compared with 94,5O7 thousand barrels held in storage on December 31, 1916. The output of petroleum during 1916 is now reported to have been 303,495 barrels compared with 3O1,S72 thousand barrels in. 1915. The