Annual Statement of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRADE AND Commerce
COMMERCE

12211

OF

CHICAGO

FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1896.

COMPILED FOR THE

BOARD OF TRADE

By GEORGE F. STONE, Secretary.

CHICAGO:

The J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co.

1897.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Executive officers of the Board of Trade, 1848 to 1897, inclusive...

Officers of the Board of Trade, 1896..

Officers of the Board of Trade, 1897.

Members of the Board of Trade who died during 1896.

Secretary's review......

Report of Board of Directors

Report of Treasurer

DETAILED STATISTICS OF CHICAGO FOR 1896.

PAGE.

Statement showing the entire movement of flour and grain.............

Flour manufactured in Chicago, for six years.....

Monthly stocks of flour in Chicago, for six years...

Receipts and shipments of flour and wheat, by routes and by months

Receipts of flour and wheat at Chicago, by crops, since 1860....

Weekly range of prices of flour...........

Weekly range of prices of wheat in store

Monthly range of prices of No. 2 wheat (cash) for a series of years..

Receipts and shipments of corn and oats, by routes and by months

Weekly range of prices of corn and oats

Monthly range of prices of No. 2 corn (cash) for a series of years..

Monthly range of prices of No. 2 oats (cash) for a series of years..

Comparative statement of the current bi-monthly prices of flour

Receipts and shipments of rye and barley, by routes and by months

Weekly range of prices of rye and barley....

16

17

All-rail through business in flour and grain not passing through a

Chicago warehouse ...

18, 19

Receipts of flour and grain for a series of years, and the volume of

flour manufactured in the city.

Weekly statement of grain in store at Chicago during the past

two years....

22, 23

Weekly receipts and shipments of flour and grain, as posted on the

Rules governing the inspection of grain ........

Extracts from the rules adopted by the Railroad and Warehouse

Commissioners for the administration of the departments of

grain inspection and warehouse registration...

Rates for inspecting and weighing grain, provisions, etc..............

Rates of commission and brokerage established by the Board of

DETAILED STATISTICS OF CHICAGO FOR 1896.-Continued.

List of Chicago elevator warehouses, and published rates of storage

on grain ...

Monthly car-load inspection of grain received by rail.........

Inspection of grain received by lake and canal.....

Receipts and shipments of hogs (live and dressed), by routes and

by months.... ..

Receipts and shipments of cattle and sheep, by routes and by

months......

Receipts and shipments of dressed beef and lard, by routes and

by months....

Receipts and shipments of hog products, other than lard, by
routes and by months..

Receipts and shipments of cattle and hogs for a series of years...

Beef and pork packing for a series of years...........

Pork packing at the principal cities and in the west for a series of

years

Bi-monthly prices of mess pork for nine years.....

Bi-monthly prices of prime steam lard for nine years.

Weekly range of prices for cattle, hogs and sheep..

46

Monthly statement of stocks of mess pork and prime steam lard

for five years......

55

Detailed statement of weekly shipments of hog products.

Daily prices of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, mess pork, lard, short

rib sides and live hogs, for cash and future delivery.

56-59

60-83

Daily prices of flax seed, for cash and future delivery.

84-86

Receipts and shipments of timothy and clover seeds, by routes

and by months ....

87

Receipts and shipments of grass and flax seeds, by routes and by

months

Weekly range of prices of salt and seeds..

Weekly range of prices for beans and potatoes..

Receipts and shipments of hides and wool, by routes and by

months.

91

Range of prices for wool

92

Range of prices for hides

93

Receipts and shipments of coal and hay, by routes and by months

Monthly prices for coal and hay..................

94

95

Stocks of lumber in Chicago on January 1 for a series of years.

Receipts and shipments of lumber and shingles, by routes.

Tri-monthly prices of lumber, shingles and lath

96

97

.......

Receipts and shipments of cheese and butter, by routes and by

months ... . . .

Weekly range of prices of butter, cheese and eggs

Receipts and shipments of eggs for a series of years

Receipts and shipments of various commodities

98

99

100, 101

DETAILED STATISTICS OF CHICAGO FOR 1896-Continued.

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Receipts and shipments of various commodities for a series of years. 102, 103

Eastbound tonnage from Chicago by the several principal lines.. 104-112

Lake (steam) and rail freights eastward

Grain freights by lake and Erie canal....

113

114

Average freight charges for wheat and corn to New York since
1858 ...

115

European through freights, rail and steamer

All-rail freights eastward

115

116

Average ocean freights from New York to British ports.....

117

Table of clearings by the associated banks of Chicago for each

month during six years...

118

Table of clearings by the Clearing House of the Board of Trade

for each month during six years

119

Statement of the condition of the national and state banks of

Distilled spirits manufactured in the district of Chicago

Weekly range of prices of highwines....

128

Lake commerce of Chicago ...

Opening of navigation at Mackinac for a series of years

129

Receipts and shipments by lake at Chicago.....

Receipts and shipments by lake at South Chicago

Arrivals and clearances for a series of years...

Shipments of grain (in transit and export) by lake..

Exports by lake ......

Vessels entered and cleared at the principal ports of the United

Duties collected on imported merchandise during the past five

years ....

141

Value of and duty on imported goods warehoused at Chicago.

Custom House inspections...

Aggregate collections in the principal custom districts of the U.S.

Value of and duty collected on imported merchandise at the port

of Chicago....

144

145

Illinois and Michigan canal statistics

146-148

GENERAL STATISTICAL STATEMENTS.

Population statistics of the United States, Illinois and Chicago..

Statement showing the number of alien passengers arrived in the

United States since 1821, and the number of immigrants

arrived since 1856.....

Public debt of the United States annually since 1791..

150

151

152

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