THE FORTY-SIXTH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRADE AND COMMERCE

OF

CHICAGO

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1903

BOARD OF TRADE

GEORGE F. STONE, Secretary.

CHICAGO:

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

1904

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Officers and Members of the Board of Trade at its organization,

April, 1848......

VIII

Executive officers of the Board of Trade, 1848 to 1904, inclusive...

Officers of the Board of Trade, 1903...

ix

X

Officers of the Board of Trade, 1904..

xi

Members of the Roard of Trade who died during 1903.

xii

Secretary's review ...

xiii

Report of Board of Directors.

Report of Treasurer

DETAILED STATISTICS OF CHICAGO FOR 1903.

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

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

Monthly stocks of flour in Chicago, for eight 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

and grain for seven years...

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

Stocks of contract wheat in store in Chicago for six years..

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...

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30-33

34

35, 36