The Omaha Daily Bee
9ART TWO
ANNUAL REVIEW
PAGES 13 TO 24
PART TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES 13 TO 24
VOL. XLIU-NO. 1G9.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1914.
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OMAHA
YEAR JUST CLOSED
SHOWSBjG GROWTH
All Lines but Real Estate Transfers
and Building Make Enor
mous Advances.
JOBBING GAINS TWO MILLION
Bank Clearings Run Forty-Eight
Million Ahead of Record.
SMELTER OUTPUT IS LARGE
Manufacturers Also Forge Ahead in
Their Total Output.
RECORD FOR GRAIN BUSINESS
llecelpts mill Shipment of Grain
Ilotli I'nr Ahciul of Any Prcvl
iiiih Yonr ! Seventeen
Million nnnhclH.
Jobbing of Omaha for 1913
Shows Total of $161,626,639
Manufacturing. ..9103,385,671 9187,673,460
Jobbing .. .... 161626,839 169,691,813
neal eatata t.fra 9,371,301 17.34S.374
Pk. hOUM OUtp't 105,000,000 104,804,784
Bmelter output.. 31.414,480 30,799,334
Drain reo'ta. bu 68,160,000 61,534,600
Oraln ah'ta, DU. . 69;995,000 ,338.30O
Bank clearing . 908,947,578 860,781,557
Bank depoalta... 01,184,070 59,334,703
Building permits 4,110,733 4.546,704
lVB STOCK' BECEIPTS.
Cattlo, head 961,381 1,010,796
noS; heaS ..... . 2,637,373 3,887,373
Sheep, head....: 3;ai4;640 3,977.670
With an exception only In the line of
rrnl r.rtnto buslncsH Omaha has enjoyed
during the year JiiBt closed tlvo greateat.
olumc of business It has thus rar in iu
hbtory experienced". , Instinctively, busi
ness men turn first to bank clearings as
their dial to lndlcato the general or total
volume of business. In doing thla this
morning they find the enormous increase
of $48,000,000 over the bank clearings of
1912. This makes by far the greatest
bank clearings ever known in Omaha.
The bank deposits also show an Increase
of nearly J2.000.000.
The next great record smasher Is that
of tho grain business. The grain receipts
show nn Increase over those of last year
of lT.OOOioOO bushels, while the grain ship
ments show an Incrcaso of 17,500,000 bush
els. Last year's grain business was her
alded as a great record smasher for
Omaha, but this year's figures have
placed Omaha among the leading grain
markets of the world.
Manufnctnrlnir Gains.
The manufactured output of Omaha aa
complied by the publicity bureau of
Omaha shows the enormous gain over
the preceding year of 15,712,205.
A gain of nearly $2,000,000 was shown
in thA Inbblnir business of tho city over
that of last year as compiled by the,
bureau of publicity.
The live stock receipts at tho Union
Stock yards in South Omaha show an
Increase iJf 831,656 head in splto of the
fact that there was a great falling off
In the .receipts of cattlo and hogs. Tho
enormous forging ahead of South Omaha
as a sheep market )s responsible for tho
Increase in the grand total of live stock
receipts. The production of cattlo on the
ranges Is regularly decreasing, and the
high prices of feed last winter which
forced much young stock on the market
Is largely responsible for the decrease In
the number of cattle. The prevalance of
hog cholera throughout tho state, which
Wiled tens of thousands of hogs in tha
last summer, is responsible to a largo
decree tor the decrease In tho hog re
ceipts. Also the enormous run of hogs
last year Is said to have reduced the- sup
ply to such an extent It will take some
time for the normal' state to bo reached.
In the sheep business, however, alt tho
lalllng off of the other classes of live
mock was made up and the grand total
surpassed that of last year.
Pocking House Gain,
The packing house output of the year
ahoiva a. gain of J200.000 over that of the
Vrevioua year. Tho output of the smelter
business of the city shows a gain of
1015,000 over the preceding year.
On account of a falling off In the
ipeculatlve aplrlt In the real estate busl
nesi, that- line of business alone showed
a decrease. This, real estate men say,
"that the business was not
good for the year, but it means, they
say. that the large nign pncea imruiK
for purely speculative purposes wero not
made. There were Just a many small
sales, and, In 'act. many real estate men
estimate that the total number of homes
bought during the year outnumbered
those of the previous year, A Josa Is
alsov noted from the practice of recording
deeds with the consideration of II.
In the iam way tho building activities
showed-a small decrease. This, also, ihe
real ctate dealers say, la djie to the more
conservative activities- of speculators.
Mi-ch of the speculative activity, they
pa . . was held back by the attltudc.of the
Tanks, during the pending of tho cur
rency bill, which has now" at last ben
enacted Into law and ha cead to worr
many business wen.
Jobbing trado of Omaha has forged
ahead during the last year and tho fig
ures as compiled by the publicity bureau
of the Commercial club show a gain of
$2,000,000. The automobllo business is
among tho leaders In the Jobbing busi
ness. Tho Jobbing business In agricul
tural Implements is also strong, showing
a large Incrcaso In this lino of business
over that of last year and .over all pre
vious years. This indicates that Omaha
Is becoming more and more a center for
tho distribution of materials pertaining
to agriculture.
Advertising novelties 90,000
Agricultural Implements 12,3.V),213
Asbestos and mngneslu products 328,500
Automobiles 10.819.15S
Automobile accessories 2,284,500
Bakers' supplies 115,0)0
Barbers' supplies 09,470
Boer 1.029.000
Billiard and bar fixtures 100,000
Boots and shoes 2,964,000
Bowling alleys 18.000
Boxes (paper) 16.000
Brick nnd tile 812.23S
Butchers' supplies 225,000
Carpets, rugs and draperies 1.19S.84G
Cement, stone and bids material 2.165.1VU
Cheeso 237,00)
China and crockery 608.C00
Church goods 75,000
Cigars and tobacco 3,737,125
Clothing and wearing apparel... .650,000
Coal and coke 8,778,538
Coffees and teas 2S4.0CO
Confectionery 1,865,342
Crackers and cakes 353,600
Creamery machtn'y and supplies 323,875
Dairy products 1,231,925
Dental supplies 228,000
Dry goods and notions 8,898,22$
Drugs and sundries 2,650,000
Electrical supplies 3,211,923
Electrotypes 17,500
Engines (gasoline) 709,000
Feed 196,300
Fencing (wire) 7,250
Flaxseed products , 658,000
Flour 1,361,651
Foundry products v 116,822
Fruits and vegetables .'. 7,899,907
Fur coats , 241,000
v urnace supplies 100,000
Furnishing goods 638,041
Furniture 650,000
Grain
Grain and elevator supplies
Gravel and limestone
Groceries
Hardware (heavy)
Hardware (light)
Harness and saddles
Hats and cups
Hospital supplies
Hotel and kitchen supplies
Icq
Ico cream cones
Jewelry
Liquors
Lumber
.Machinery supplies (steam, mill)
Malt
Matches
Metals
Millinery
Motorcycles and supplies
Oils (lubricat'g and lllunilnat'g)
Optical goods
Oysters, fish and celery
Paints and glass
Painters' supplies
Paper
Paper bags and twine
Pianos and organs
Pictures, frames and moulding..
Pillows and bedding
Photo supplies
Plumbing and heating supplies..
Poultry nnd eggs
Poultry foods
Printers' supplies
Pumps and wind mills .'
Refrigerators
Rubber goods
Hash, doors and mill work
Scales (light and heavy)
School supplies
Seeds ,
Silos , ;
Spices and extracts ,
Sporting goods. .k
Starch
Steel ceilings
Stock food and remedies
Stoneware nnd bottles
Surgical Instruments
Suspenders
Syrups and preserves
Tents and awnings
Trucks
Undertakers' supplies
Wall paper ,
Washing machines
White lead and alloys
Window shades, etc
Woodcnware
Total
14,543,620
100,000
61.907
14,075,000
500,000
4,213,000
440,000
625,000
85.000
81.442
1SO.0O0
15,000
678.000
3,StW,0O)
7,613,292
355,000
225,000
221,980
410,000
760,000
140.000
3,717,100
17,000
1,025,000
3,482,306
45,000
3,288,501)
520,000
37,600
75,000
250,000
110.0)0
&IN1.000
S,714.38
193,10)
98,300
112.500
25,000
1,463,200
765,000
428,000
60,000
612.000
206,231
204.000
713.84ft
24,250
11,615
245,300
36,000
125,000
25,000
450,400
398,000
25,000
151,000
337,000
20.000
615,000
73,000
10,000
.1161,626,639
PACKERS SHOW INCREASE
Over Seven Thousand Men Are Em
ployed at South Omaha Houses.
LARGE SUMS ARE SPENT. THERE
Armonr Una IlulIrilnR Pimm for the
Cc in In ir year Cuiliilir Kill the
Lnrcrcat Nniulier of Animals.
Omaha Banks Make
Fine Record During
Year Just Closed
The Clearing House association gives
tho following comparative statement of
bank clearings for past years:
Year, Amount.
18S7 $274,441,009
1868 332.041.006
1889 402,600,332
4890 490,124,013
1891 , 442,257,790
1893 645,879.384
1893 632,833,745
1894 483.472.16S
1895 3S1,2S6,477
1896. ' 420.282.668
1S97j 243.3S8.79S
k898 319.461.528
1899 297,432,370
Year. Amount.
1900 $315,135,194
1901 329,043,683
1902 361.511,775
1903 392,880,920
1904 398,985,212
1905 442,285,685
1906 604,388,764
1907 667,515.738
1908 602,525,867
1909 735,225,563
1910 R32.971.G07
1911 753,108,753
1912 753,108,753
1913 908,947,678
BANK CLEARINGS.
1912. 1913.
January S 68.260.943.40 $ 76,383,621.37
icnruary 67,707,243.0..
March 72.810.120.27
April 67,429,425.29
May 72.769,259.87
June 67,120,283.46
July 7!.Sai,S63.2S
August 69,810.665.02
September 68.420,007.61
October 86,730,430.01
November 73.221,560.75
December 74.608,145.64
Totals .,
65,119.785.23
79.150,044,74
72,240,182.91
72,845,665.04
71,667.376.70
73,285,088.60
72,238.858.47
75.617,623.75
94,403.419.58
76,871,160.66
76,314,034.67
.J800,781,667.63 $908,947,678.75
CITY ELECTRICIAN REPORTS
ON THE INSPECTION MADE
M, J. Curran, city electrician, accord
ing to his annual report Issued 3.196 elec
trical permits during the year 1913, and
his department made 7,191 Inspections.
Three hundred of these Inspections were
of wiring In theaters.
Births in Omaha
Far Exceed Total.
Number of Deaths
Births In Omaha during -1913 exceeded
tho deaths by 1,064. Tho deaths during
the year numbered 1,678. The total births
were 2,742. Following are the birth
records for 1312 and 1913:
1913. 1912.
Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls.
January 99 134 MM 125
1-ebruary 132 103 105 98
March 136 120 96 93
April HO 103 97 91
May 12S 110 105 116
Juno 78 10H 104 109
July 139 110 136 145
August 105 89 H3 124
September 118 123 110 123
October 122 110 133 107
November 129 106 129 1 0G
December ,. 130 100 116 109
Totals 1,426 1,316 1,379 1,317
Big Increase in
Output of Smelter
The Omaha plant of tho American
Smelting and Refining company continues
as tho largest lead refinery In tho world
and holds second placo In tho refining of
silver. Tho total refined output laat
year had a value of $31, 414,480.37, as
against $30,799,344.06 during 1912. The
amount of tho output and the value was:
Amount. Value,
Gold, ounces 280,408 $ 6,796,033.38
Silver, ounces 18,801,775 11,281,063.00
Lead, pounds 232,492,032 11,109,649.00
Mlscl. metals 131.250.00
Vitriol, pounds.... 15,290,211 264,512.(f.
Copper, pounds.... 17,699,816 2,831,970.66
Total 131,414,480.37
Roturns from four of the largo pack
ers at South Omahu show that tho ag
gregate volume of business done hist year
by the big plants amounts to $102,000,000.
This amount added to an estimate of
$3,000,000 from tho smaller or Independent
packing houses of tho city total about
$105,000,000 In all, showing a small gain
over the not volume of business a year
ago which totaled $104,809,000. The gain Is
based to a great extent upon an estlmato
of what tho small independent packers
have done and It la conceded that what
there la of actual gain In dollars and
cents over last year Is duo to high prices
obtained for products rather than an in
creased volume of products put in tho
market by local packers.
In tho four big plants 7,197 men find
employment and tho aggregate pay roll
amountB to $5,670,370 per year. Averaging
from the figures given by each house It
appears that the averago pay of cm
ployos at Morris & Co., Is the high
est, amounting to $988.25 per year. Ar
mour comes next with an average pay of
$944.60 plus, per man per year, Swift's
averago pay per man Is $693.75 plus, and
Cudahy's Is $632.76 plus.
Of the total kill during tho. last twelve
months the table Is aa folowa:
Cattle Hogs 1 Sheep Calves
Armour ....121.600 616,000 1 425,000 6,20rt
Swift 124.000 504,200 450,500 84,000
Clldahy ....152.989 599.723 469.397 11.609
Morris aw, km sa,uu 4,111
Total.... 481,871 2,102,658 1,576,990 105,920
Spend I.nrRO Suiiim.
Of tho total output Cuday rates Its
sharo at $30,000,000 for tho last year,
whilo Morris $ Co. at South Omaha
assort that they have done ono-seventh
of the total business of Morris & Co. In
the wholo country, which aggregates
$200,00i000. Armour and Swift would not
give, their Individual volume of business
in dollars and cents.
During tho last year all four of the
packing houses have spent a vast amount
of mor;cy In improvements. Cudahy spent
tho most, totaling $385,000. The Cudahy
Improvements consist of a new beef
houso valued at $200,000; remodeling beof
coolor, $100,000; hog house, $85,000.
Armour spent enough to build dressing
room J and lunch rooms for employes nnd
will Immediately after the first of tho
year begin the erection of a new hog
houso to replace the present one. The
pork warehouse at Swift's was completed
during the year at a cost of $100,000. Tho
new Ice sheds will be built early in the
year. At Morris & Co.'a, which Buffered
from fire last year, the building improve
ment coat $135,000 to date and additional
lmprovementa In tho nature of a hair
houso and fertilizer will cost something
In tho neighborhood of $52,000.
All told, tho year has been a cautious
one with tho big packers in South
Omaha. Two or thre6 tlmea there ha3
occurred small Indications of labor
troubles, which, however, passed off
without serious results. While many men
have been laid off and the forces gen
erally reduced at tho packing houses,
those men who wero retained have been
given slight increase In pay and longer
time.
Improvement nt Stock VnnU.
Each year the. patrohs of the South
Omaha market look forward to the con
templating Improvements to be inndo
during the coming year. As has been tho
custom for years past, the management
of this market has In view extensive ad
ditions to the already modern plant.
Plans have already been laid for erecting
an additional section of new hog pens
to replace tho old wooden sheds, the new
Omaha Manufactures for 1913
Show a Total of $193,385,671
Figures on tho manufacturing Industry
of Omaha. as' compiled by tho publicity
bureau of tho Omaha Commercial club
show a gain of about $6,000,000 over last
year, the total being $193,3S5,671. Great
gains aro shvn In alfalfa feed, In elec
tricity for both light and power, In
bags and In creamery butter. In fact,
tho showing mado by Omaha manufac
turers Is splendid nil along tho lino.
Alfalfa feed $ 2,643,400
Advertising novelties 120.060
Art glass and mirrors 30,0i0
AUtomobllo accessories, etc 372,576
Auto and carrlago bodies., 88,410
Artificial limbs 6,198
Bags und bag factory products.. 2,200,000
Barrels 367,086
Hank nnd office furniture 73,321
Bakers' supplies 86,000
Beer 3,960,288
Bird food 16,000
Blue prints 2,400
Blankets 160,000
Boilet compound 12,000
llootH and shoes 795.000
.Hollers, smokestacks, etc , 340,000
Boxes (wooden und paper) 410.W0
Bread and bakery products 654,231
Breakfast food 154,500
Brootr.H, i 63,000
Brick And tilo 46S,2.V
Butcher und bar supplies 35,000
Butter, creamery 7,195,452
Candy 794,00)
Cars and rolling stock rebuilt.. 1,629,848
Carbonated products 131.4ISt
Cans i 160,000
Cement stone and blocks 166,706
Cigars 238,723
Clothing 2.757,005
Cornices and sheet metal 113,448
Costumes 29414
Crackers and cakes 1,050,000
Creamery machinery supplies,.. 100,000
Dip foi llvo stock 101,4(5
Drugs ". 153,650
Klcctrlolty, power and light 2,680,000
lClectrlcui machinery, etc.... l3-
Klectrotyplng nnd stereotyping.. S1,0
Kgg cases, fillers, etc 63,197
Knvelopea 32S
HxtractH, spices, etc .??;'5V2
Flour and mill products !,4l2'!JI
Foundry products Ji?'!2
Fencing
Fruit sprays i.M0
Furnace supplies !????,
Furnlturo (cabinet)
Furs 224,000
Gases 1.301.101
ClaB generators and equipment.. 1H.500
Grocers' specialties '''M'Jii
Hair goods ;
Hardware
Hats and caps
Harness and saddles..
Hotel supplies
Ico (artificial)
Ico cream .
Icn machines
Incubators and poultry supplies
Jewelry ,
leather goons
l.cud pipe
Lead nnd shot
Lightning rods
1 .1(1 Horn
Macatonl nnd noodles
Malt
Metallc packing
Milk (certified) .
Mill work, cash nnd doors
Monument and mausoleum work
Motor cars and parts
Moving picture films
Offlcft fixtures
Optlcnl goods
Pillows and nodding
Packing houso products
Photo engraving
Palhto
Paste
Picture frames and moulding...
Pianos (robullt)
Plating
Pleating
Printing and publishing....
Products of rendorlng works....
Hallway signals
Heed furnlturo
Hoad graders
Iloach powder
Hugs and portlcra .................
Itubbcr stamps and stencils
Had Irons
Soap producta
Hmoltor producta
Starch
Btock and poultry foods
Stoves and ranges....
Street car bodies .'
Structural steel
Surgical supplies
Suspenders
Syrups and preserves
Sweeping compounds
Tags and gum labels
Tanks (galvanized) ..............
Tar and potroleum products
Tenta and awnings
Tobacco pipes
Toilet preparations
Trunka and traveling bags
Umbrellas
Vinegar and plcklea ....
Window guarda
Whlpfa
Whlto lend
Total.,
10,000
44,212
297,800
10,000
194,2s8
998,628
325,000
350,000
60,000
16,000
72,231
49,510
67.610
3,000.000
1S5.000
246,000
53,000
18.000
638,500
315,000
426,650
,000
10,000
49,000
73,000
103,819,882
153,514
55.000
8,4,-W
35,W
771.000
34,600
14.00J
3,034,4111
35.000
80,000
3,000
600,000
1,200
4.976
38,600
10,600
2.279,903
31.420.769
26,600
4OS.150
150,000
80.000
893.662
5.000
40,000
228.431
23,503
191.00J
139,000
33$.17i
315,00)
40,000
175,003
19,000
18,000
295,529
750
260.000
845,000
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
EXPANDSWITH YEAR
Last Twelve Months Breaks All of
Previous Records in Volume of
Business Transacted.
RECEIPTS REACH HIGH MARK
Wheat Makes a Gain of More Than
Eight Million Bushels.
CORN CONTINUES THE KING
Thirty-One Million Bushels Handled
During the Year.
SHIPMENTS GROW ENORMOUS
.trope Covered by II u ye in Ilrondrncd,
While Jlnr Field Far Awny Aro
Found for Moat of the
l'urrhnnea.
$193,385,671
Miles of New Sewer,
Paving and Curbing
During Year 1913
Thomaa McGovcrn, city commissioner
of public Improvements, In his annual
summary of work dona by hla depart
ment during 1913, reports the completion
of 132,632.4 square yards of additional
pavement Thin tncreasea the total paved
streets of the city of Omaha from 147.14
miles to 155.61, not Including over six
miles of paved alleys,
Tho total cost of the new pavement In
1913 was $253,237.69. The majority of thla
pavement wan compoaeu f aaphalt.
About two-thlrda of the paved streets of
tho city aro now paved with asphalt.
McGovern's report shows 8.83 miles of
now curbing laid at a total expenditure
of $50,410.96. Sewers wero extended 0 20
miles, making a present total of 224.16
miles of sewers, which haa cost a total
of $3,137,649.21. The new sewers cost $130,-251.24.
BIRTHS ALMOST DOUBLE THE
DEATHS AT SOUTH OMAHA
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
Hcporta of the city clerk show that
tho death rato has run about 50 per cent
loss than the birth rate in South Omaha
for the last year. Of the births, 418
were male children, while 355 females
Were born. Death claimed 206 men and
167 women In South Omaha during the
fame period.
Efficient Fire
Fighting Marks
the Year of 1913
The city fire department, reporting Its
opcrationa from January 1 to Docombcr 1
of last year, discloses a period of un
usual activity and one marked by big
flrpH and correspondingly thorough and
big work. Following Is a summary ot
the principal Items of the report:
iMtn to buildings and contents, $3-57,019.
Total number of alarms. P9J.
Total number of fires, 869.
Leading causo of flro gasoline stovo
explosions.
Largest fire, Dewoy hotel; losa $17,000.
Lioss of life from flro. six. t
Number Injured ln fires, twenty-three.
FEWER MEN APPLY FOR
ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY
During the calendar year 1913 the naval
recruiting station at Omaha, with sub
stations In Omaha, Sioux City and Lin
coln, received applications for enlistment
from 1,253 men. Ah at all other recruiting
stations during 1913, enlistments wero
unusually light during tho summer
months, and tho result was that tho total
number of applications and enlistments
for the year arc somewhat smaller than
In 1912.
Of the 1,253 men who applied, 214 were
accepted for aervlce In the United States
navy, or a little more than 17 per cent, as
compared with 233 out ot 1,345 applicants
In 1912, or 21 per cent.
Detailed Showing of Banking Operations in Omaha by Months for 1913
MONTH.
I No.
of DwelllngB.
Per-
mlU. II Fr. Dk-IT't'll Cost.
January
February '
March
April
May ....
June
J uly .9 fl
August, - . , I
September ' . - . .. ..j
October .f
November '
December '
. 67 fl
80-
108
llO.H
162
131
121
97
. "
91
U !l
5G
30 I
44 I
72 j
67 I
87 I
77 j
73 j
G2 j
SO j
49 I
S3 I
34
1 I 31
2 I 46
2 j 74
3 I 70
4 I 91
9 j 86
2 7C
7 j 69
C j 66
4 J S3
4 I 87
2 ' 36
71,300
108,300
161,500
169,400
219,050
223,625
192,250
186,600
130,70ji
127,35')
191,200
7R,40'i
Stores and Office
Buildings.
Warehouses
jjand Kactorles.il
Churches.
Brick
Apartments.
Fr. Bk.T'fl Cost. No. Coat. No.) Cost. Bk. Cost.
1 I 3 I 4 12,100
. I 6 I 6 I . 42,000
. j 6 I 6 I .15,300
, . j , 4 j. 4 j 18,700
2 j 7 j ' 9 j 44U'00
1 5 j 6 j , 27,000
3 I 2 I 5 I 33,650
, . I 3 I 3 284,500
2 J 3 I 5 I 18000
2 I 4 I 0 52,875
1 I 1 ! 2i 1,000
1 ' 1 2 1 2.050
1 f 30.000
3 I 27,000
1 j 6,000
4 I 253,200
3 I 82,000
ll 1,000
I
II 1
3 I 22,000'
1 I 2,000
4 I 216,000
1
"J
I
1
1 I
10,000
5,000
3,300
1 $ 20,000
4 I 67,500
2 j 125,000
3 j 37,000
1 I -15,000
4 I 93,000
3 I 39,000
1 I 10,000
1 I 40,000
1 ' 9,000,
2 34,000
Totals ,. 1,236 ,728 46 ,774 ?l,S9,7b5 jj 13 , 44 u7 ?551,775 , 21 C 11,000 ,, 5 ,$50,000 'u 21 ,?455,500
Municipal Additions and
Buildings. I Miscellaneous. Ropalrs.
" " Total.
Bk. Cost. Fr. Uk.TVl Cost. No. Cost.
. . 7j 2j 9 10,925 22 $ 36,400 $ 160,725
..j 1 3 4 6,"40019 32,288 236,988
.. fl 3 2 5 2,400 19 j 12,875 265,575
. . 14 3 17 5,085 13 3,700 575,085
. . 14 fl 4 18 10,700 fl 37 j 49,150 477,000
1 30,000 7 4 j 11 j 3,525 25 j 28,500 339,650
1 25,000 10 1 11 4,025 fl 22 j 22,600 392,525
..j 6 3 9 3,315 11 11,100 536,515'
.. 5 1 0 1,015 24 34,275 414.580
1 40,00.0 9 3 12 4,750 18 429,050 294,025
. . 1 ; 10 3 13 10,605 l 13 56,285 268,590
4 115 1 1,325 1 9 25,400 , 149,475
3 ,195,000 90 30TT2'(7TC4,070 2"32" ?34M23T?4, 110,733"
Whilo It Is tho youngest of the pri
mary grain markets of the .United States,
established hut ten yenra ago, In tho
matter of receipts Omaha' has climbed
from tho foot almost to tho top. As a
primary market It. dosed .tha year 1913
with receipts that aggregated 68.160,000
buahela, the former record being that
of .1311, when' 51,6347009., buahela pasaetf
through tho Omijia?;tmlnBi elevators, '
As a primary wheat market, Omaha'
haa passed St. Louis, . KananB City arid
Duluth, la closo to Minneapolis and not
no fur behind Chicago. The wheat re
ceipts during 1913 were 20,400,000 buahela,
ugnlnst 12,297,000 bushels In 1912 and
lfl,Rl!5,000 In 1911, tho big year of tho
market.
Of tho markets of tho country, in t.
receipts of corn, Chicago Is tho only one.
that leada Omaha. It haa passed both
St. Louis and Kansas City. Tho corn
receipts hero for tho year were 31,000,000,'
while In 1912 they were 19,361,000 and.
30,498,000 In 1911, tho big year.
Soop.. of Mnrkrt "Widen.
During tho last year tho hcopo of tho1
Omaha gruln market has widened verj
materially, prior to this tho members
of tho Omaha Grain exchange looked.'
largely- to Nobraslta, western Iowa .and.
Wyoming and Colorado for their grain,
Last yeor they invaded new fields and
aa a result, owing to the excellent prices
paid, fair dealings of buyers and excel
lent shipping facilities, tho Omaha ex
change members have gone into central
Illinois for their corn and into the cen
tral portion ot Minnesota and North Da
kota for thefr wheat.' '
While tlio area from which grain la
bought for the Omaha market has"
broadened, the area Into which tho grain
Ih( shipped haa rapidly become greater.
Omaha is now exporting mqre corn than
any of tho corn markets except Chicago
and is dally sending thousands of bush
els Into tho plantation sections of lha
south, where it la used for Vhilllng and
feeding purposes.
Tho wheat that comes hero and which
for yearn 'has been sent to the northern
nnd eastern mills la now divided with
California und there la hardly a week
passea that from one to fivq tralnload
doea not go to that stato to be ground
into flour and cereal foods.
While receipts havo Increased during
the last year, the shipments, too, have
kept paco. Last year the shipments of
all kinds of grain reached' tho record
point, aggregating 59,996,000, as against
H.581,000 bushels In 1912 and 42,338,000
bushels in 1911.
The following tablet give an Idea ot
what the Omaha grain market and the
Cmuhn Grain exchange did laat year:.
Itecetpta hy Months.
Month Wheat. Corn. Oats.
January 1,673.200 3.C30.100 1,528,300
February 1,5S3,800 2,376,800 1,582,70)
March 684,000 1,272.000 1.060.SCOT
April 1,164,000 865,200 9G3.90O
May 1,473,200 1,112,400 855.100
June 1,491,009 2,175.600 8G5J0O
July 4,090,600 1.830,000 712,200
Auguat 3,818,400 2,547.600 2,531,400
September 1,264,800 1,067,200 1,711.500
October 1,170.000 2.505,600 2.113.10O
November 992.100 3.597.600 1,242,700
December 1,164,000 7,280,000 823,000
Total 20,400,000 31,000,000 16,000,000
Receipts.
Bushels.
1912. 1911
Wheat 12.297,000 20,400.000
Corn 19,364,000 31,000,000
Oata 9,106.000 16,000.00(1
Ky Sfl.OOO 330,000
Uarley 4,758,000 430,0011
Total .
68.1C0.0fe
,,.,45,626,000
Shipment.
Bushels.
1912. 1913.
Wheat S.tlO.OOO 17.000,000
Com 16.445,000 36,714,000
Oata 8,150.000 15,083,000
11 ye 50.000 Lfm
lllurlty 726,000 90,000
Total 34,531,000 53,995,0
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