| Show the latest of internal corn marce froin the treasury attreau of sta f hows no substantial loss in rc bf live stock at five western markets for the first third of this year 1 or tho first four months 0 1902 10 linail were received at these centers compared with head in and head tor the cor responding period of 1900 april receipts of catlie at these markets acro considerably lii glier than those of t april 1000 but somewhat below those of april 1001 receipts of calves con linued to exceed the arrival of tho f atto preceding years but hogs and sheep both fell below the figures of 1900 nd goolt at chicago the demand for T live stock for city use and consumption for the month of april shows a shrinkage of 5 per pent in all kinds of stock but for the faur mouths ending april here was an increase of per can over tho requirements of 1901 April receipts at this point however fell nsf carloads compared with those of april last year tor the four months ending with april receipts gained carloads this contraction in numbers during april is noticeable also at kansas city and st louis in both receipts and shipments hile at omaha and SL joseph alio first third of the year shows a gain in receipts and f i the northwest is thap v if by minneapolis y iship ment the total for the first 18 weeks of this year were barrels barrels in 1801 and barrels in 1000 for export the average weekly shipments were lower by one half in 1902 than those of the first 18 weeks of 1901 and leis than half of the total export for the corresponding period in for trado in flour lias evidently undergone a radical cliance cl iange I 1 receipts of wheat at eight leading markets in both spring and winter wheat sections to may 1 for the current year amounted to bushels compared with bushels for artho corresponding portion of the last crop year alie average weekly ship 1 mants of flour from chicago and chicago points eastward since january 1 were barrels compared with barrels in loof and bushels of grain thun far thia year compared bushels in 1901 the provision traffic eastward from chicago has averaged thus far this year tona per week compared etli tons in 1001 being an increase 01 per cent jk receipts of flour and grain at the atlantic seaboard continue to emphasize the loss of trade on account of condi 1 prevailing at the interior during april new york received bushels of grain including flour reduced to biu heh compared with bushels in april 1001 the total receipts last year to the end of april at boston new york philadelphia and baltimore from seaboard bounces and interior centers were bubels compared with bushels for corresponding period of 1902 lc on the great lakes the month 01 april made an extraordinary advance over that odthe preceding year A total freight tonnage of tons received and tons shipped is ic ported in contrast with last aprils movement of tons received and tona alu u ped in southern territory the cotton receipts n sight to the first dy of alay berc bale of which bales or 30 per cent of tho total re copt were derived from what is known as texas territory bales or per cent from the other gulf plates and bales or per cent from tl antio staica at new orleana the grain for 10 months ot tha current fiscal year were against buschou for the period of yat year at Gal vealon tho amounts were bushels and buah cla lively the iron trade tor tho first four months orthis year a tonnage of tons in contrast long for the corresponding period of 1901 the fot pig iron from quarter hag almot out of a total 01 ton of pig iron in april only ton were credited to export from southern iron territory on tho pac cilc coast lumber from the red wood regions of upper california were in round numbers eleven millions of feel ahead of those of 1000 and three million feet greater alian 1901 |
