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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.
ix
X
xi
xii
xiii
lxxiii
lxxxiii
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
Trade
32
33, 34
35
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.
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
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 ......
130, 131
132
133, 134
134
135
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