IRON AND STEEL-CONTINUED. Monthly range of prices in the Chicago market during the past three years. LAKE COMMERCE OF CHICAGO FOR THE YEAR 1902. (Compiled by WILLIAM PENN NIXON, Collector of Customs.) COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. LIST OF VESSELS BUILT IN THE DISTRICT DURING 1902. The following statement shows the dates of the opening of navigation at the Straits of Mackinac for a number of years. The last clearance for Buffalo in 1902 was on December 6. 1.499.720 725,910 Flaxseed Bus.... 76.225 26,650 556,970 2,470,320 836,460 408,000 1,311,915 1,710,6302,671.630 1,487,125 1,788,135 2,584,175 1.790,390 322,010 925,675 268,600 101.750 599,845 153.400 67,500 70,400 Rye Bus.. 101,100 282.460 218,335 291,950 91,405 367,000 394,175 1,352,250 Barley Bus. 42,000 89.000 25,000 156,000 Flour... Bris 126.165 211,885 255,260 209.675 347,000 322,170 334,075 282.200 55,000 2,143,430 Grass seed. Sacks 400 320 7:20 1,120 282 510 1,430 10.030 17.210 32,022 Mill stuff's Sacks 300 5,815 46,705 92.965 175.850 181,705 250,155 279.311 239,990 50,604 1,323,400 Malt. Sacks 1.295 10:225 11,460 13,240 8,473 4,808 3.335 2,470 2,158 57,464 Oil cake.. Sacks 15,915 25.720 2.485 18,875 6,975 10,125 14,215 23,735 7,975 126,020 Glucose. Brls 9,800 3,675 6,650 4.030 1.765 752 625 400 27,697 Pork.... Bris 1,680 1,480 580 1,400 1.750 2,000 2,010 480 11,380 Beef.. Bris 100 150 100 40 390 Cured meats.. Boxes. 500 820 150 1,100 1,100 1,000 1.400 1.900 1.400 800 500 10,670 Spelter.. Plates.. 6,865 9.585 16,745 27,360 12.995 19,080 34.920 1282 128.832 Lead, etc. Pigs.. 150 3,165 4,615 9.085 15,590 9,180 6,315 4,145 52,445 Manufactures of Iron. Tons... 195 250 602 1.475 615 915 665 300 268 140 1,015 50 6,490 Hides Bales... 1,840 1,100 200 500 550 750 1,765 3.745 100 550 11,100 Leather Bales. 795 2.080 1,175 1,480 155 1.045 1,000 110 1,017 8,857 Tallow. Bris 540 1.410 695 435 1.985 1,720 4,875 4,875 400 16,935 Wool and Hair. Sacks 1,875 3,535 4,168 7,310 8,560 4,226 2,030 4,385 36,119 Broom-corn.. Bales... 120 28 40 90 135 505 152 750 610 2,430 Soap Boxes. 4.200 5,450 6,200 14,995 29,545 26,150 36.246 42,325 45,945 28,395 38,230 5,042 282,723 Sugar Brls. 235 60 1,050 6,120 6.270 11,670 5.350 1.490 10.815 985 44,045 Lard Tierces. 2,425 4,325 9,015 8,150 12.815 6,295 3,550 775 47,350 1,665 1,540 9,785 13,255 2,740 41,455 127,831 17,375 12,720 377,925 |