Show MARCU MOVEMENT Of COMMODITIES SHOWS INCREASE IE IN Y YEAR YA Indications That Building Building Activity in Large Cities Is General WASHINGTON April com cona coerce morce movements during M March last cats cat a hea heavy lumber movement to con consuming coni sum sunning suming Ins Ins- centers according to r reports re- re by the bureau of ot statistics This Is believed to b be duo to Increased ased build build- buildIng Ins Ing Ing- activity It In the largo large cities On Ott the tho oth other r hand the tho soft coal cOlli coke and pig Iron Iron- trades for the thc month showed slackening tendencies March h shipments of or hard coal worn were ern unusually lar largo o in view of or Impending Int labor difficulties Live stock receipts at se f several interior interior- markets during March l showed sho considerable considerable consider consider- able ahlo Increases oV over r March of or the tho previous previous ous year but live 11 stock stoC receipts at four principal Atlantic seaports ern considerably consid below like lUc rec receipts during th the previous previous previous pre pre- March Grain and flour receipts at four prin- prin A A. h heavier mo movement nl t during March 1 1003 1309 than thaI dueIng during dur due ing the corresponding month last lut year ear The Tho ho shipments of or anthracite C coal from eastern pro producing territory were thus the heaviest lest on record |