| Show INTERNAL THADE OF COUNTRY internal movements of both gram and live stock during daiy as indicated by receipts and shipments at important primary margets reported to the department 0 commerce and labor through its of statistics present marked improvements it compared with simler movements in 1804 at 13 grain centers aggregate cereal receipts during the month were over 20 million bubels heavier than those lor a corresponding period in 1304 the large wheat crop forecast by boch government and commercial estimates is beginning to bs marketed and at the four leading winter wheat centers the arrivals during july exceeded those of 1904 b over 61 2 million bushels Bas Mound trunk line movements of grain as well as cereal receipts at important concentrating points along the borders ot tho great lakes also bear evidence of this improved condition no less worthy ot note is the heavy increase in itic stock movements the receipts at alve leading markets during july having been nearly a million head in excess of those representing similar arrivals during tha preceding year at chicago kansas city omaha S louis and st josephihe Josep hive stock re chipta during the month of july aggregated head of which were atle calves hogs sheep and horses and mules A similar total inbound movement in 1904 amounted to head and in 1903 to 2620 head during the first seven months of the current year head of alvo stock were received at these five markets a number nearly head greater than that for a like period in 1904 and over 2 million head more chah that for 1903 the present years movement was divided into cattle calves hogs sheep and horses and mules As compared with the 1904 figures gains were made in the arrivals of all five 0 the classes ot animals specified the number of cars required to handle the inbound movement of live stock at these markets during the first seven months of 1903 totaled as compared with cars in 1901 and cars in 1903 |
