CHICAGO RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS (1918-1923), RECEIPTS. Article. Beef, pkgs... Pork, brls.. Other meats, lbs. 1918. 35,921 6,931 271,321,000 Lard, lbs..... 125,762,000 Cheese, lbs.... 162.361,000 Butter, lbs....... 277,661,000 5,049,743 89,352,000 156,030,000 481,000 55,777,000 1919. 4,917 14.704 12.251 1,800 3.640 81,527,000 73.176.000 969,000 79,280,000 187,662,000 73,423,000 66,015.000 61,864.000 43,411 41,465,000 88,951 114.882.000 1,432,234 187.294 1.410.483 140.905 2,412.887 3.954.143 235.657 8,914,000 10,271,000 8.354.000 10.911.000 Wheat. bu....... 69,610,000 76,929,000 28.997.000 45.700.000 Corn, bu....... 100,409,000 65,894,000 85.487.000 182.982.000 193,271.000 105.505.000 Oats, bu......... 137,072.000 88,939,000 74.939.000 82,729.000 87,141,000 75,106,000 SHIPMENTS. 948,922,0001,744,193,000 890.952.000 928,376,000 334,602,000 639,687,000 428,704.000 582,103,000 78,439,000 215,142,000 133,793.000 113,795,000 Butter, lbs....... 229,745,000 324,561,000 356.737,000 241.030.000 Eggs, cases...... 2,620,574 Wool, lbs........ 87,872,000 Hides, lbs.. 194,146,000 303,079 684,517,000 778,353.000 453,674 575.900.000 81,443,000 84.279.000 243.490,000 236.397.000 3,017,099 3.281.576 68,119,000 42.227,000 189,130,000 189.047.000 8,000 61,746,000 209.000 39.570.000 717.202 13.225 2.013.434 705.355 457,583 533,000 648,507 30.592 12.110 9.487 958.175 987.698 1,550,945 178.858 208.756 448,574 6,092.000 7.722.000 61.903,000 36.064.000 41.073.000 50,385.000 CHICAGO'S LAKE TRADE. ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES OF VESSELS." 3.980.8731917... 1923..... 5.615 13.524,311 6.392.497 1903..... 7,650 7.587.410 7.721 7.720,225 553 Total ..5.615 13,524,311 5.581 13.538.061 Relieves Traffic Enough five-ton trucks to make a procession five miles long, each traveling five miles daily, would not transport sufficient fuel to Chicago citizens to take the place of the gas which is now delivered to them silently and cleanly through gas mains laid below the street surface. Makes for a Clean Chicago Gas is a clean fuel. It is superior to all other fuels for factory use, and is equally suitable and practical for House Heating Furnaces. The general adoption of gas for heat in homes and factories will make a clean Chicago and insure a pure, healthy breathing atmosphere. Thousands of homes and factories now use gas for heat. Do you? You Can Do It Better with Gas Get the facts. THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE CO. 582,569 1,251,376 75.350 Wheat, bushels .17.639.970 7,128,019 Corn, bushels .14,095.729 22,635 Oats, bushels 3,830 Rye, bushels 171.152 Flour, tons 1,662,634 Binder twine, tons 1,156,000 Iron manufactures, tons 554,122 Mill stuffs, tons EXECUTIONS IN COOK COUNTY. William Yancy Mills (col.). John Stone was executed publicly on the prairie on the south side. William Jackson and Albert Staub were also executed publicly. but on the west side. After that executions were private and took place in the courthouse until 1878, since which time they have taken place in the county jail on the north side. Rafferty was hanged in Waukegan for murder in Chicago. CHICAGO CRIME COMMISSION. President-Charles R. Holden. Assistant Secretary-Thomas C. Cooper. Henry Barrett Chamberlin, the operating W. director, in a report made public Jan. 16. 1924, pointed out that since the organization of the commission in 1919 the annual murder rate had dropped from 330 to 270, that bur glaries were 50 per cent fewer and that rob beries had been reduced by more than half. In the period from 1921 to 1923 the number of convictions in the courts had increased from 24.90 to 37.27 per cent. Assistant Treasurer-William J. Rathe. Headquarters-21 North LaSalle street. CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR. President John Fitzpatrick. Financial Secretary-F. G. Hopp. Direct Private Wires-Chicago-New York-Boston Byllesby Engineering and Management Engineers-Managers for the following operated utility companies of Standard Gas and Electric Company, serving 915 cities and towns having an estimated total population of over 2,900,000. Northern States Power Company' Oklahoma General Power Company 974 CHICAGO'S DEATH ROLL IN 1924. Abbott, John N., railroad Adams, Emma J. (1852), April 1. in Winnetka. Aug. 1. Amerson, William H.. physician, May 20. Anderson, Pierce (1870), architect, Feb. 10. Sept. 13. Andrews, Edward W.. grain operator, April 25. Ellyn, March 19. in Glen Ascher. Emil (1850), theater operator, Feb. 6. Austin, Addie, W. C. T. U. worker, Dec. 29, 1923. Bach, Emanuel (1842), fur merchant, June 29. Bacon, Edward R. (1857), grain dealer, Dec. 24. 1923. Baggot, James E. (1864), plumber, June 25. Barber, Hiram (1834), former congressman. Bartlett, Robert. Sr. (1836), realtor, in Tuc- Bates, Lindon W., engineer, in Paris, France, Battis, Roy J., chief clerk, July 16. Beal, Sarell W., lumberman, in Louisville, Ky., Beardsley, LeRoy (1852), retired business man, Beel. John Bassett (1878), designer, Feb. 22. Beidler, Francis (1854), lumberman, March 4. Blackburn, Adam (1834), pioneer, May 6. March 17. Blakeslee, George S. (1849), broker. in Oak Block, Mrs. Ann Scott, Sept. 10. (1872), engineer, June 1. Sarah H. (1854), physician, in B. (1866), newspaper writer, uce, John E. (1856), former baseball of Buckley, Asbury Wright (1845), architect, in Buenger, Adolph J. (1862), clergyman, Sept. 17. urgess, John R. (1870), banker, June 11. Burns, John E. (1867), lumberman, in Stur- Byllesby, Henry M. (1859), electrical engineer, Caldwell, Francis S. (1851), physician. March (1870), merchant, Caldwell. Frank B. (1867), banker, May 15. Cameron. S. (1878), physician, in Dec. 11, 1923. Carson, C. E. (1864), railroad official, in Des Moines, Iowa, May 7. Cervenka, Mrs. John A. (1870), Sept. 26. Chadwick, Horace A. (1844), retired business man. Feb. 23. Feb. 18. Chaim, Adolph (1832), physician, Clark, George M. (1842), manufacturer, in Cleland. McKenzie (1860), jurist, Feb. 12. (1843), wool dealer. Jan. 9. Collins. Charles E., attorney, in Ill., Jan. 8. Cooke, Homer (1832), lawyer, in Waukegan, Cord. Charles E. (1862), physician, Sept. 12. Cozzens, Samuel (1848), stock dealer, Aug. 12. Croke, Andrew, clergyman, April 28. in Los Angeles, Cal Cudahy, Mrs. John. Deeves. Thomas S. (1840), board of man, Feb. 22. |