AUGUST, 1931 SURVEY CURRENT BUSIN

AUGUST, 1931

SURVEYOF i

CURRENT BUSIN

11!<:i

UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF COMMERBUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

WASHINGTON

VOLUME 11 NUMBER 8

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How to use.RENT BUSINESS STATISTICSexplained for the business man in nontechnical

ll|l|:ij language with 283 specific examples«£$.-:, and 7 charts

Published by the United States Department of Commerce

CHAPTER TITLES AND CONTENTS

I—The problem and its solution

Results of use of statistics Controlling the business cycle£velopment of statistics Results of statistical controleed of census data Budgetingstory of statistics Difficulties in forecasting

II—How the figures are used

Specific examples of the uses of business statistics,gathered from actual experience, are presented here,classified under 30 industries and businesses.

$| productionfylfftpacity

Jfe: jjjr—fjow {O interpret the figures

Unshipped ordersInquiriesSalemen's callsPrices

|||^;ipOmsumption of materials Importsstock Exportsstock Statistics of material markets

Statistics of distribution marketsGeneral business statistics

shipments

accepted|';jpittcellations

IV—How to collect current statistics

to gathercovered

_ the form{(Meeting the data

lationIce statistics

PublicityMode of presentationGraphic chartsImproving the reportsJoint collection by Census BureauMeeting objections to reporting

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V o l u m e 11 AUGUST, 1 9 3 1 Number 8W E E K L Y DATA T H R O U G H JULY 25, 1931

MONTHLY DATA T H R O U G H J U N E

SURVEY OFCURRENT BUSINESS

P U B L I S H E D B Y

U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E

W A S H I N G T O N

CONTENTSPage

Monthly business indicators 2Business situation summarized 3Finance 41931 in comparison 6Commodity prices 7Employment 8Domestic trade 9Foreign trade 10Transportation 11Construction 12Agriculture.__ 13Iron and steel industry 14Metals and metal products 15Automobile and rubber industries 16Textiles industry 17Food industries 18Forest products industry 19Miscellaneous industries 20New and revised series 21Weekly business statistics 22Monthly business statistics 23

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS [August, 1931

Monthly Business Indicators1923-1925-106

140 r

120

100

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

80

125

100

75

130

FACTORY EMPLOYMENT

ADJUSTED*

TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS

Z20

150

DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

150

100

50

ZOO

150

100

50

VALUE OF EXPORTS

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

£^v1927 !926 1929 1930 !93!

* ADJUSTMENT FOR NUMBER OF WORKING DAY5 AND SEASONAL VARIATION

140INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

100

120FACTORY PAYROLLS

120

SOO

60

60

120

CAR LOADINGS L.C.L.

rUNADJUSTED

\OJUSTED*

WHOLESALE PRICES

150VALUE OF IMPORTS

200

150 -

100

BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED

1927 1926 1929 1930 193!

August , 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Business Situation SummarizedGENERAL business activity continued its decline of

greater than seasonal proportions during June, atendency, however, which became less marked duringthe first two weeks of Juhr. The adjusted index ofindustrial production for June showed a drop of 3.4per cent, a change largely accounted for by a recessionof 4.4 per cent in the adjusted index of manufacturingoutput, while the decline in mineral production wasonly a little more than seasonal. Among manufac-turing industries there were relatively sharp recessionsin the output of iron and steel and in automobileproduction, but textile activity was maintained closeto seasonal levels and was well above the levels of ayear ago.

The recession in business during June was furtherreflected in a drop of 2.5 per cent in factory employ-ment, after allowing for normal seasonal changes, andin a fall of 5.5 per cent in factory pay rolls which arenow 25 per cent below the level of a year ago. Theindexes of distribution also tended downward, althoughthe adjusted index of freight-car loadings, after show-ing a decline of 2.5 per cent during June, has movedconsistently upward since the beginning of July.

Department store sales, if adjusted for the number ofworking days, fell 6.2 per cent in June, but if adjustedalso for seasonal variation the decline was only 1.1per cent. Bank debits outside of New York, after asharp drop in May, increased nearly three per cent inJune and have moved to a higher level since the closeof the month.

The unadjusted value of building contracts showeda gain of 9.4 per cent in June. Residential buildingawards moved contrary to this general trend but pub-lic works and utilities construction, although steadilydeclining from March to May, registered an increaselast month of 42 per cent over the May total. Amongthe more favorable factors during June was the retarda-tion in the rate of decline of wholesale prices whichturned into a temporary rise early in July. Securityprices also moved ahead over a great part of the month,reflecting favorable sentiment created by the morato-rium agreement, but these have reversed their trendsince the close of the month.

The January-to-June average of adjusted indexesof industrial production shows a decline of 16.3 percent as compared with the first half of 1930.

MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES

Year and month

1920: June1930:

June - - . - . _ „ _JulyAugustSeptemberOctober ...NovemberDecember ...

1931:January. . ...FebruaryMarchAprilMayJune. . . _ _ _

Monthly average, Januarythrough June:

192919301931

Industrial produc-tion

3

«

I0H

iT3X

8~

|1

H %"3aee

1*

f

4>ai

Factory em-ployment

and pay rolls

|

a!0>tn

»!150

111

jf

Freight car loadings

Total

| „

3•5eeap

•aa>

33

Merchan-dise) 1. c. I.

1OS

3

id&

ia3<

Department;store sales, |

valuei

100

IaS

•oVen=3

-<

Foreigntrade,value

£!s

%

1

1 Ban

ks

deb

its

ou

tsid

e N

ewY

ork

Cit

y

Bu

ild

ing

con

trac

ts,

all

types

,v

alu

e

Monthly average 1923-1925 = 100

126

100949191878582

838688908986

12110487

129

100949090858480

818688909086

12210587

112

100979694989294

908887928685

11510488

103

90878483828180

787878787876

10193»

110

91838283817574

687375747268

10995 ;72 !

110

95959699978674

747475777977

1029376

108

93928987868484

828080807977

3079780

105

98949599979486

838789919289

1049788

105

98959595939292

908989888989

1049989

108

987177

103112113165

798092

1019791

10197

! 80

113

10310010299

1029894

979897

1069786 i

11110698

.104

78707982867672

665962575449

1159158

109

7868687077 i63 ;65 i

57 !54 '65 ;58 '5655 !

118 i90 :58

134.0

124.9117.5106.3107. 7120.199.9

117.2

110.086.698.499.595.698.4

135.6123.098.1

129

146898481826261

555790827481

12210773

Wholesale prices

§»0

£3•dCflSSS£ =,0 0

l w6

enws1&$c3

ffa

OSssa*•e§§Si*is|OP*

Monthly average1926=100

96.4

86.884.084.084.282.680.478.4

77.075.574.573.371.370.0

96.790.573.6

103.3

88.983.184.985.382.679.375.2

73.570.170.670.167.165.4

104. 895.269.5

93.1

85.784.3.83.382.8,81.580.179.0-

77.8.77.175.674, 273.271.9

93.088.475.0

3 Adjusted for seasonal variation. \d justed for number of working days.

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS [August, 1931

Finance—Credit and BankingTHE credit and banking statistics for June reflected

in general the low level of activity which continuesto feature the commercial and security markets.Bank debits outside of New York City, which tend tobe somewhat irregular on the basis of short-term com-parisons, showed a slight increase over the May totalbut were 21 per cent below the aggregate for June,1930. The latest figures available show a generaldownward tendency in total bankers' acceptances out-standing, an increase in reserve bank credit outstand-ing, a sudden spurt during June in the rate of influxof gold, and a steady flow—although at a retardedrate—of funds into savings bank accounts.

Loans on securities by reporting member banksdeclined further during June and the first two weeks ofJuly, thus continuing a tendency which set in at thebeginning of the year. At the same time "all other"loans showed a slight advance during the same period,although a great part of the increase was due to thepurchase of acceptances rather than to new customers'loans. Member bank investments, which have tendedupward with the downswing of business, continuedthroughout June the decline wilich, in May, had setin from the depression peak of nearly $8,000,000,000at the end of April.

Despite the month's net gold imports and releases ofgold from earmark the total reserve bank credit out-standing at the end of June was somewhat higher thana month previously. This gain was entirely due to anincrease of 11.8 per cent in the reserve bank's portfolioof Government securities, which was only partly offsetby the decline in total bills discounted and bills pur-chased in the open market. The exceptional increasein gold imports was in large part due to the release ofgold from earmark for the protection of the Germanmark. Part of the large inflow was offset by a steadyincrease throughout June in the total money in circu-lation induced apparently by renewed banking diffi-culties in certain areas. Federal reserve notes showedthe largest increase in circulation since last Decemberwhen, however, the usual holiday demand for currencyoffered a normal explanation for the rise.

The Federal reserve banks' ratio of total gold reservesto total note and deposit liabilities combined stood at theend of June slightly below the level of a month before.Total bankers' acceptances outstanding have been de-clining steadily since the latter part of 1930. A steadyinflow of gold during the first half of the year, togetherwith releases of the metal from earmark, has resulted in anetimport since January 1 of approximately $340,000,000.

CREDIT AND BANKING STATISTICS

1929: June1930:

JuneJulyAaÛSt_-September...OctoberNovember.. .December. -.

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch .AprilMayJune

Bank debitsR e p o r t i n g 31ember

H a n k s Wednesdayclosest to end ofmonth

; : i

Out-New i side ! rYork New | *1*£City York ada

; City i

' i i

Loanson

securi-ties

Ail In-other vest-loans nients

43, 263 26, 428 ' 3, 590

37,690 24,621 3,398 ,29, i,OG 23, 171 ' 3, 09425,052 20,966 3,80227,383 ; 21,253 j 2,96730,781 ! 23,693 : 3,61822,490 ! 19,700 : 2,97429, 001 : 23, 113 i 3, 012

24,557 i 21,697 ! 2,66820,948 : 17,084 i 2,53527,589 19,421 : 2, 57Q26,821 ! 19,620 i 2,78625,072 i 18,858 | 3,17225 893 ' 19,406 !

7, 761 9. 164

8,4358, 391

5,560

8, 572 1 6, 120 i8.529 6.291 ,

8.350 8.4168,476 8,4518,065 8,7077, 768 8, 7667,814

7,3797,3137,2567,0526,8676,746

8, 449

8,3748,1518, 1257,941

6,3386,4546,7316,8006, 693

6,8437,1837,5517, 903

7,863 j 7,8077,945 | 7,795

|

Condition of Federal Reserve Banks, end of month

• ' • • ' iTofai Total i rn^-i i Mem- JMil? bills 1 IJnited ! Total Notes ber ReJJg! 1 bought |[™° reserve in cir- bank Ke;

count in the securT bank cu!a' reserve 1 ratiocount- open securi- credit tion ac_ | ratioca market! lies count i

Totalbank-

ers*

cept-

out-stand-

iiigend of

i month

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

1,037 82 216 1,400 1,713

272 128 i 591 1,018 i 1,424200 130 ' 577 934 ! 1,342215 168 : 602 1,025 j 1,374272 209 i 597 \ 1, 103 i 1, 379207 163 : 602 998 ! 1,368275 175 | 599 1,079 | 1,455251 364 ! 729 1,373 j 1,664

i 232 125 610 980 i 1,494198 109 ! 599 ; 925 ! 1,478

i 250 124 ' 599 ' 990 j 1,486I 157 163 i 598 937 ! 1,535

174 125 ; 598 ; 917 | 1,580i 149 106 ! 668 943 \ 1, 723

2, 356 73. 3 1.113

2,389 81.8 i 1,3052,396 83.4 i 1,3502,378 81.1 !| 1,3392, 467 79. 7 1, 3672,418 82.2 | 1,5082, 373 80. 3 1,5712,471 73.7 1,556

2,398 82.2 i 1,5202, 343 83. 7 1,5202,428 82.6 : 1,4672,371 84.0 1,4222, 389 84. 9 1. 4132,381 1 84.6

!

Net !goldira- i De-

ports positsin- ! New

eluding Yorkgold Statere- sav-

leased ingsfrom banksear-

mark

22.7 i 4,459

15.9 ! 4,559-22.6 i 4,572-19.6 i 4,591

6.5 i 4,66220.3 j 4,65833.1 i 4,66617.5 | 4,792

i46.3 i 4,88818.6 i 4,92828.6 1 5,01842.0 | 5,05953.6 i 5,083

152.0 i _ _

August, 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Finance—Security and Money MarketsCONDITIONS in the security markets during June

were featured by sudden reversals of trend owingto the American proposal for a year's moratorium onwar debt and reparations payments. Due to a sharpupturn in prices after the announcement of the debtsuspension plan, the rate of decline for the month as awhole was less marked than that of the two precedingmonths. During the first half of July stock prices,however, lost the greater part of their June gains, whilebonds, some groups of which were under periodicpressure during June, held firm and showed littlechange after the close of the month. The sharp risein security prices late in June was accompanied byseveral record daily turnovers of shares for the yearwith the result that the month's total sales mountedto the highest level since March.

Price indices of stocks listed on the leading Europeanexchanges moved to new low levels for the year andwere indicative of the state of uncertainty which pre-vailed in the financial markets when the Germaneconomic situation led suddenly to heavy withdrawalsof funds and to a weakening of mark exchange. Thedecline in stock prices on the Berlin Bourse was

particularly sharp, as indicated by a drop of 16.5 percent in the month's index.

New capital issues during June represented thesecond lowest monthly total for the year and were72.7 per cent below the total for June, 1930. Issues oflong-term real estate bonds also reached the secondlowest monthly total of the 3rear. Although short-time money rates in June reached new low levels for thedepression, the market for long-time funds has con-tinued generally unfavorable.

Brokers' loans continued to decline throughout Juneand at the end of the month loans of this type outstand-ing stood at new low levels for the depression period.Liquidation has continued since the end of the month.In sharp contrast with the relative position of the twoseries of statistics on brokers' loans prior to the stockmarket break of 1929, loans made to members of theNew York Stock Exchange from all sources have inrecent months fallen below the total loans made byNew York reporting member banks to all brokers,whether members of the stock exchange or of the curbexchange, as well as to investment firms which aremembers of neither of the security exchanges.

SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS— _ - _. _ . . ._

1929: June1930:

June . -_ _ _JulyAugust _ _.SeptemberOctoberNovember - _ _December

1931:JanuaryFebruary

Stockprices

Eel. to1926

190.7

152.8149.3147.6148.8127. 6116.7109.4

112.311Q «

March _ 121.6April 1Q9 2MayJune

98.095.1

Re-portedsales

ofstocks

i ! !

Price indices of for- jeign listed cem-in on stock

!|i

Com-monstockyields Lon-

don

!

Thou-sands ofshares

69, 548

Percent

3.38

76, 593 4. 5047, 746 i 4. 4439,870 4.4253,545 4.3365 497 5 0551,946 5.4358,764 : 5.62

52 543 5.5064 145 5 1265^ 494 4. 9554 335 5 4346,661 5 9558, 719 5. 96

Eel. toDec. 31,

1923

132. 50

103. 9899.2596.6090.3592.6892.1689.94

86.3983 9280.7081.0277.63

Paris Berlin

Bondyields

i

Rela-tive to

1913

512

462437440424425395378

349365373362346

70. 33 322

Priceto parweight-

ed

158 5

131.6123 3114. 1113.2105 0103. 497.0

Peri cent

1

i 4 73

i 4.534 49

i 4.43i 4. 41

Newcapitalissues

Long-termreal

estatebonds

. __ ...

Totaldividend

andinterest

pay-ments

Range ofmarket i

open•noney

- .

Brokers* loansrates New York

Callmon-ey re-newal

Timeloans

i ' ':

,

Com-mer-cial

paper

Thousands of dollars i! Per cent

624 907 20 025 i 058 300 f : 7 70 1 8 -8^

445,363 11,093 rn.RSO ! 2 62 2V>-3U402 2H 16 425 )15 :00 ' 2 20 21,4-3121, 5 K ,' 1 93S ,' *>.} 500 2. 21 i 214 tM284. 57f 13. SO;) , 21. 100 > 2 10

i 4 41 151 14.>>i 4.461 4. 55

90.5 4 4384 7 4 4497.3 4.41

101 2 4 4396.6 4 4380.6 4.45

137 62°f) 635 ! (.,] rPO ' '?. 009'9( , r) ' 7<> 0 > S 2 00

2l/t-2%2*4 '2.%

6

3M-3M3 -&A

333

9 -<&/A 9M-Z180, 872 20. S77 . 1 >. !)1?7 ! 2 2?, 9 -2Vo

399 81874 251

269, 030267 471169, 360131, 343

4 520 i 1 i]i HI , ] T73 5'tf) >\ , \}. i r.n2,0157 2359 4853, 425

j I, 2,^2 ' ! 1.5574;, H73 ! ' 1 52559 G24 i 1.457(52, 077 1.50

i3< iy21% 22 -2M1ZA-11A1^-21M-1M

2M-3

2^-32^2-2%

2l/>2^-2l/22 -2l/i

2

Made1 byre-

port-ing

I mem-ber

\ banks1 in

Re-portedby theNewYorkStock;N.Y. C., Ex-

Wed. change,1 closest end ofi to i month

end ofmonth i

Millions ofdollars

5 769

3, 2191 3 228

3, 1103,0632 5122 1111, 926

1, 7341 7981,8751 730

; 1, 539i 1, 479

7 071

3,7283 6893 5533,4812 5562 1621,894

1 7201 8401^9091 6511,4351,391

Ra-tioto

mar-ket

value

Percent

9 15

5.835 495 315.794 654 063.86

3 303 223.583 4*3 372.98

6 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS [August, 1931

1931 in Comparison

BAMK

-

FIRSTS MONTh'j

DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK

JO 50 100

IQ3I

1930

1929

19261927

m^H^meMm

150

V///////////A R

CITY — (Qt

ZOO

EMMNDER Of YEAR

fLL/OA,fs OF DOLLARS)250 30O

\'/////A

I

350

I 1 1 1 } 1 1 1 I 1 L I L 1 ( L I I f §

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

193119301929

1926

1927

°pm

1 z

m^rnika3

STEEL INGOT

0 10 20

193119301929

19281927

=PE=;_K

,^

4 5 6

PRODUCTION (MILLIONS30

V// //////

40

'////A\

AUTOMOBILE

1931S930

1929

19261927

0

h— !1000

m&m

50

'^"'V"".

OF TONS)

60

7

70

PRODUCTION (THOUSANDS OF CARS)zooo

F

FREIGHT CAR

193)1930

1929

1926

1927

0

Lc^$0

mue^

3000

!,

!

4000 5GOO

LOADINGS

£0

n̂ .

(MILLIONS

30

Or CARS)

40

\

50

L- 1 , ! , -_Ui £__ ^ — " < ' " - - 1

s


Commodity PricesEWER levels of commodity prices were registered in

June than in May, although the decline was muchless than in the preceding month, Prices of commod-ities at wholesale declined 1.8 per cent from May toJune, 1931, to a level 29 per cent lower than in July,1929, and only a small fraction above that of 1913.Prices of grains and livestock fell 6 per cent and 3.4per cent, respectively, and as a consequence the indexof farm products dropped 2.5 per cent from May toJune, 1931, to a level about 9 per cent lower than in1913. A decline of 4/2 per cent in prices of meatsslightly more than offset advances in prices of dairyproducts and miscellaneous foods, so that the com-bined index of foods declined less than 1 per cent.Prices of nonfarm products in June were 1.8 per centlower than in May, only 2.7 per cent higher than in1913, and at the lowest level reached since October,1915. Of the 34 subgroup price indexes of nonfarmproducts, 27 declined from May to June, 1931, Pricesof 13 of these declined less than 1 per cent however, 10declined from 1 to 3 per cent, while prices of petroleum

fell 15 per cent. Hides and skins advanced 4,6 percent and anthracite coal rose 1.4 per cent. Prices ofmany industrial materials are now much lower thanin 1913.

Farm prices on June 15 averaged 7 per cent lowerthan on May 15. Drops ranged from 5.5 per cent inprices of dairy products to 12 per cent in prices ofcotton and cottonseed. Prices of poultry productsadvanced 5.2 per cent from May to June, 1931. OnJune 15, 1931, farm prices were from 9 to 41 per centlower than before the war, except prices of fruits andvegetables which were 14 per cent higher.

Retail prices of foods declined further in June andon the 15th of the month the index was 2 per cent lowerthan on May 15. Of the 42 articles of foods on whichprice quotations are regularly received, 34 articlesdeclined and 3 advanced from May to June, 1931.

The semiannual index of cost of living compiled bythe Department of Labor shows that from December,1930, to June, 1931, the cost of living declined 6.5 percent on the average.

INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES

Year and month

1929: Tune...1930:

JuneJuly

Wholesale :

1*w'g

aS

•si.2 3 r*

•SSsSo,®oSSQ

96.4 :

86.8 ;84.0

August : 84.0September.- ' 84.2 !October ... . . . i 82.6 'November SO. 4December | 78. 4

1931:Januarv j 77. 0February . . . . 75. 5March i 74.5 !April i 73.3May 71.3 iJune ! 70. 0 i

Monthly average, January throughJune: ;

1929 96.7 ;1930 90.5L931 73.8

j

-223

«A

1 1

§* 1a* ^1

ll 11 *3 P a.

78b£ : *a ! Ss i " «5 sf

t€A O

«•d 1a> 1 1o» a ! ^ fe g

Monthly average

103. 3

88.983.184.985.382. 679.375.2

73.570. 170.670. 167.185. 4

104. S95.269.5

98. 9

90.586.387.189.288.685.781.8

80.177.176. 775.672.972.4

98.294.075.8

93. 1 108. 0 93. 3

85. 784. 383.382.881. 580. 179.0

77.877.175.674.273.271.9

102.4 82 2100. 7 80. 098.999. 196.594.091.2

88.686.687.487.387.3

77.775.573.873.372.4

71.0

83. 3 105. 1

76. 475.475.476.375.171.870.5

69. 870. 4 69. 669. 2 64. 567.6 61. 666.3 i 60.9

87. 8 85. 4 53. 1

93.0 108.9 i 95.3 ! 31. o88. 4 103. 3 ! 86. 1 78. 175.9 37. 5 88. 3 1 34. 1

95.494.392.791.890.490.290.0

89.388.989.088.787.887.4

105. 299.088,5

w

>M

-2

S3

2'sa

, 1928=!

96. 4

90.088.987.486.485.885.684. 4

82.981.881.980.978.477. 5

97.394. 230,8

ce

•d•dd

IS

1w

00

93.4

88.987.887. 386.686.085.284.8

83.682.281.980.179. 177.9

95. 091. 180.8

,9

2«sl

30S

96. 8

96.296.295.995.495.395.291.3

91.190.890.890.889.288.6

96.696.690.2

3

1

§

M

la

| Retail

s i i

Farm-

s3 3 i

3

a

S 2flS

Sg i S 3«3 B *20).=

.—S

tf dc E*

80.4 ! 96.8i

74.571.771.2G9.768.867.866.9

64.763.984. 763.962.861.8

SO. 077.783.6

84.881.181.882. 180.076. 874.2

72.970.669.468.366.564.7

97.489.663.7

94.4

82.079.778.176.575.575.674.3

73.472.372.271. 168.988.5

96. 888.271.1

95.7

88.986.786.486.885.683.781.9

80.579.378.477.175.174.0

96. 591. 677.4

«* i ,5 S

! i rfe ^ Q

ivlO.

Mo. Mo. ' -aver-aver- aver- i at?9aire a g e i ! 1909

1913- 1923- i to100 100 i ! 1014-

155

148144144146144141137

133127126124121118

154151125

1

i 100

99.2 135

96.5 12395.294.795.494.893.992.6

91.189.689.188.286.985.9

11110811110610397

949091918630

i99.4 13697.988.5

128S9

1 Departineat of Labor. 3 Department; of Ag 5 National In.-lostrial Conference Board,


EmploymentMPLOYMENT in the factories of the country decreased

.EL by 2.3 per cent from May to June and was about15 per cent under June, 1930, according to the season-ally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board.The unadjusted volume of wage payments to factoryworkers declined by slightly more than 6 per cent.Employment in the mining industry as a whole alsodecreased after seasonal adjustments are made.

Factory employment during the first half of the yearaveraged about 16 per cent under the same period in1930 and 23 per cent under 1929. The volume of payrolls during the first half of the year averaged 25 percent under 1930 and 34 per cent under 1929.

Rubber products was the only industrial groupreporting an increase in employment greater thanwould normally be expected at this season of the year.Food products was the only other industrial group toregister an increase in actual number of employees,but this increase was less than is usually recorded dur-ing June. The smallest decrease in employment, afterseasonal adjustments are made, was recorded by theautomobile industry with a decrease of 0.3 per centfollowed by the leather group with a decrease of 0.4per cent; cement, clay, and glass group, 1.5 per cent;nonferrous metals, 1.8 per cent; paper and printing,1.8 per cent; lumber, 1.8 per cent; tobacco manufac-

tures, 2.1 per cent; food products, 2.3 per cent; ironand steel, 2.9 per cent; textiles, 3.2 per cent; chemi-cals group, 3.7 per cent; and machinery, 3.8 per cent.The petroleum branch of the chemicals group reporteda decrease of 4.5 per cent in number of employees.

Rubber products and tobacco manufactures werethe only two groups to register an increase in volume ofpay rolls from May to June, while pay rolls in the foodproducts industry were approximately the same asduring May. All groups reported pay rolls materiallyunder those of June, 1930.

Both employment and pay rolls of bituminous coalmines decreased from May, and the same items foranthracite mining also recorded declines. Employ-ment and pay rolls in retail trade during June, ascompared with May, held up better than during thesame period last year, although on a lower level thanat this time last year. Employment of public utilitygroups showed slight decreases from May to June, butpay rolls of telephone and telegraph companies in-creased by almost 1 per cent.

The trade unions reported 25 per cent of their mem-bers unemployed in June, the same proportion asreported for April and May. This compares with a20 per cent unemployment in June, 1930, and 9 percent in June, 1929.

STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS AND WAGES

Year and month

1929: June1930:

JuneJuly _AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune

Monthly average, Janu-ary through June:

19291930 _.1931

Factory em-ploymentF. B. B.

Ad-justed i

Unad-justed

F.R.B.factory

payrolls,

unad-justed

Bituminous Anthracitecoal mining j mining

Em-ploy-ment

p I I Em-roUs pioy-roiis i inent

\>.

Payrolis

Power, light,and water

Em-ploy-ment

Pay Irolls

Telephoneand telegraph

Em-ploy-ment

Payro.Is

Retail trade

Em- ! p

£K 35

Monthly average, Monthlv avpraee 1929-1001923-1925=100 Montnl} a\erage, UZJ-LOO

102.7

89.786.684.483.482.281.180.1

78.377.877.978.077.876.0

101.392.777.6

102.0

88.885.585.186.484.381.078.8

76.477.378.177.977.175.0

100.892.077.0

109.7

90.782.681.783.080.875.173.7

68.473.274.973.672.167.6

108.795.4TL •

94.7

88.488.089.290.591.892.592.5

93.991.588.885.984.278.4

102.196.187.1

90.0

75.668.971.174.979.479.177.7

73.368.365.258.654.452.4

100.487.562.0

92.9

90.891.680.293.899.097.299.1

90.689.582.085.280.376.1

101.293.484.0

80.7

94.3§4.078.891.6

117.298.0

100.0

89.3101.971.375.276.166.7

96.995.780.1

100.7

104.6105. 9106. 4105.2104.8103.4

i 103. 2

99.21 97. 8

96.797.197.687.2

95.6101.197.6

100.4 I

107.8106. 7106.6106.1105. 6103.7106.3

98.699.7

102.497.698.798.3

95.3 '102.9 ;

99.2

101.5

99.8100.098.896.894.593.091.6

90.589.299.688.187.486.9

97.699.988.5

100.0

103.4106.6102.5102. 2100.997.9

101.3

96.394.897.995.094.195.0

97.3103.895.5

i 97.4

i 93.989. 085.692.095.598.4

115. 1

' 90.0i 87. 1

87.8! 90.1i 89.9[ 89. 1

i 96. 7\ 95.9

89. 0

98.6

96.891.787.692.495.196.8

107.7

89.486.7 !87.588.388.087.6

96.997.187.9

Employ-ment

agencies*appli-

cants per100 jobs

Number

128

186198177170193227218

224202179177

139182

Employ-ment,trade-unionmem-bers

Per centof total

members

91.0

80.078.078.079.079.078.077.0

73.073.074.075.075.075.0

87.379.374.2

Wages,com-mon

labor inroad

build-ing

Centsper hour

40

40403940393837

363637353737

384036

i Adjusted for seasonal variation.


Domestic TradeTHE average daily sales of department stores de-

clined by slightly more than the normal seasonalamount in June so that the seasonably adjusted indexof the Federal Reserve Board was less than 1 per centbelow that of May. June sales were about 7 per centbelow the level of a year ago, while the average of themonthly indexes of sales for the first six months of theyear was 7 per cent less than in the correspondingperiod in 1930. Stocks of goods in department storesshowed no change during June, according to the season-ally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board, andwere 9 per cent smaller than a year ago.

Merchandise freight carloadings showed a normalseasonal decline in June and the adjusted index re-mained unchanged at a level of about 9 per cent belowthat of the same month of last year.

The adjusted index of 5-and-10-cent store sales duringJune (adjusted for seasonal variation) was somewhatless than in the preceding month, but slightly abovethe same month of last year. The average of thesales volume of these stores during the first six monthsof 1931 was slightly above that of either of the twopreceding years.

Postal receipts in 50 selected commercial cities de-clined seasonally during June and continued below thelevel of the corresponding period last year.

The record of commercial failures during June wasthe most favorable in several months; it was the firstmonth since November, 1930, that the number of fail-ures was less than in the corresponding month of thepreceding year. The number of failures in June wasthe smallest for any month since September, 1930.The total of liabilities during June was less than in thesame month of last year, and also slightly less than inMay. The number of failures during the first half of1931 was the largest in history, but the total of liabilitieswas slightly less than in the first half of 1922. The in-crease in failures during the first half of 1931 over thesame period of last year was principally among smalltrading concerns—retail dealers; the increase in thenumber of failures in the trading group was 15 per cent,while the increase in the total of liabilities amountedto 24 per cent.

Magazine advertising showed a seasonal declineduring June, and was 20 per cent below the total lineagein the same month last year. Newspaper advertisingduring June was 9 per cent less than in the precedingmonth and 10 per cent less than in the correspondingmonth last year.

Money orders paid have recorded a smaller volume inthe first half of 1931 than in the corresponding periodlast year.

DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS

Year and month

Departmentstore sales

Unad-just-

ed i

Ad-just-ed'

Department ^S^mlrstore stocks J^S,̂

Unad-just-

ed alust iUnad-J Jf*f | justed

Ad-just-

ed 2

Five-and-tencent-store

salesJ

Unad-justed

Ad-just-

ed 2

Monthly average, 1923-1925—100

1929: June „1930:

June -_JulyAugustSeptember- .OctoberNovember _ _ _December

1931:January.FebruaryMarch ..AprilMayJune

Monthly average, January throughJune:

192919301931

108

9871

103112113165

798092

1019791

1019790

113

103ISO10299

1029894

979897

1069796

11110699

95

93878795

10110485

7881

i 878585

I 80

; 98! 96

83

98

96949191929291

888684838382

999784

105

98

%99

S86

83878991

i 9289

104i 99! 89

105

98959595939292

908989888989

1049989

153

141138146147

| 168i 159

298

! 124! 127! 144i 160

155i 147

i 142142

! 143

174

160152163156151158153

161163159168167161

162162163

Mail-order

sales, 2houses

Postalreceipts,

50 se-lectedcities

Thousands ofdollars

i 57,702

i 54, 356i 48, 7§01 50, 682i 54, 419

68, 87855, 713

i 72, 486

! 41, 459! 39, 422i 43, 008

52, 07850, 070

; 52, 589i 51, 952

29, 280

27, 95626, 76125, 87628, 76432, 27928, 37938, 572

29, 17226, 40530, 17829, 25727, 84428, 442

31, 67731,01728, 216

i 1 iCommercial j Advertisingfailures I lineage

!Fail- Liabil- Maga-ures Hies | zine

: !

News-paper

i Nrum ! Thou- I Thou- Mil-/V ; sands !sands of lions of

i Der of dolls.; lines lines

1 1, 767

2, 0262, 6281,9131, 9632,1242, 0312,525

3, 3162, 5632, 604

i 2, 386i 2, 248

1, 893

'• 2, 0292, 295

!| 2,518j

31,375 2,878

63,131 ! 2,75239,826 i 1,98649,181 ],6S846, 947 2, 14556, 297 2, 49055, 201 2, 48883, 683 2, 265

94, 608 1, 58559, 60S 1, 99260, 387 2, 20358, 868 2, 42153, 371 2, 37551, 858 2, 191

38, 688 2, 80756, 181 2, £9661, 750 2, 128

101

89727089988982

767290898880

1039383

Moneyorders,value,paid

Thou-sands of

dolls.

86, 958

82, 69181, 80077, 670

i 79, 174i 90, 647i 79, 934

91, 923

78, 27370, 935

1 81,74790, 64681, 956

i

1 87, 03785,627

1 Corrected to average daily sales.2 Adjusted for seasonal variation.

3 End of month figures.

69201—31-

1C SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS J931

Foreign TradeDURING June the decline in United States exports of

merchandise was slightly greater than seasonal,while the month's imports showed less than the usualseasonal decrease. These changes were thus similarto the trend in our foreign trade during the month im-mediately preceding. Export indexes, unadjusted forseasonal and adjusted for seasonal, registered respec-tive drops of 8 per cent and 2 per cent, while recordedimports fell off only 3 per cent. Daily average ex-ports totaled $6,200,000, and imports $5,800,000.

By comparison with the corresponding month of1930, the value of exports in June fell off 37 per cent,or in exactly the same proportion as for the entireperiod from January through May, while importsdecreased 31 per cent as contrasted with 37 per centduring the immediately preceding five months' period.These declines were attributable in part to smallervolume of shipments, as well as to marked reductionsin prices. Unit values (prices) of practically all majorexport commodities and of some of the leading importcommodities showed further slight recessions from theaverage in May, and for all commodities were decidedlybelow the level of the corresponding period of 1930. Inquantity, exports of raw cotton, wheat, and apples, inJune, 1931, were larger than shipments in June, 1930,butjmeat products, machinery, automobiles, gasoline,

and copper showed reductions in quantity, as well asin value. Among the imports, our quantity purchasesof coffee, raw silk, cane sugar, and crude rubber, in-creased considerably, and of copper, newsprint, andtin, fell off, as compared with the volume in June. 1930.

For the period January through June, 1931. exportsof finished articles showed a larger reduction-—41 percent-—in comparison with the corresponding period oflast year than did the crude material, semimanufac-tured, and foodstuffs classes. This large decline infinished manufactures is explained in part by the factthat machinery and gasoline exports, which constitutea considerable fraction of the finished class, continuedon a comparatively high level throughout the first halfof 1930. The decline in the value of four items—rawcotton (owing entirely to low prices), refined mineraloils, machinery, arid automobiles—accounted for morethan half of the drop of 37 per cent in the dollar valueof total exports.

Owing to the large proportion of crude materialsand semimanufactures in import trade, the recessionin prices was a greater factor in import than exportvalue decline. These two classes showed respectivedecreases of 41 per cent and 43 per cent, whereas thereduction in value of total imports amounted to36 per cent.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

Year and month

1929, June1930:

JuneJuly . .August - -SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:January.. _FebruaryMarchAprilMay__ ._June

Cumulative, January throughJune:

19291930 .1931

Ex-ports,

includ-ing

reex-ports i

Exports of United States merchandise

Crudematerials

TotalRawcot-ton

Foodstuffs

TotalWheatandflour

Meatsandfats

Fruitsandprep-ara-tions

Semi-man-ufae-tures

Finished manufacturesi

Total

i

i

Ma-chin-

ery

Auto-mo-biles,parts,and

acces-sories

Gaso-line

Total

General imports

Crudema-

terialsFood-stuffs

Semi-nianu-

fac-tures

Fin-ished

manu-fac-

tures

Millions of dollars

j* e-j(k

393.2

294.7266.8297.8312.2326.0289.0 i274.9 !

249.6224.3235 9214! 9204.0187.2

2,623.1 i2, 075. 7 i1,316,1 I

56.1

37.536.653.193.7

104. 890.976.7

58.647.756. 540.036.529.1

484.2372. 7268.4

30.9

15.714.827.662.864.959.347.2

31.225.436.022.918.913.5

319.8220.2143.0

i

48.5

40.740.752.546.047.345.640.5

35.5 |29.533.0 !28.229.4 i28.7

354.5 1268.6 ;184.3 !

i

10.3

13.216.424.018.411.47.86.3

4.93.23.95.77 48." 8

73.773.2S3. 9

16.8

13.112.112. 19.99.8

11.09.8

12.210.610.18.57.87.1

104.888.856.2

6.9

5.0

£?9.2

17.117.515.1

10.78.9

10.76.46.55.7

63.738.149.0

62.1

47.239.9

| 40.837.238.033.133.9

34.5 i27.531.4 130.6 !29.9 i24.5 ;

382, 9290.2181. 8

220.0

164.6144. 7147.4130.8132.7115.8119.7

117.1116. 1110.3111.1103.597.7

1,347.01.107.8

655. 4

49.4

42.437.834.133.630.833.236.1

37.744.029.431.126.628.3

303.4312.5197.1

50.8

21.017.417.016.414.514.115.3

14.416.118.518.014.212.8

339.0182.793.9

25.0

26.722.525.616.521.912.413.7

13.810.68.4

10.712.57.2

128.0138. 262.9

; 353.4

250.3220.6218.4226.4247. 4203.6208.6

183. 1174.9210.2185.7180.2 ,173.5 j

2, 286. 41, 735. 91, 107. 2

120.7

76.669.672.675.477.559.269.1

59.456.464.054.754.752.4

828.1578.8 !341.6

i

77.5

60.249.043.848.256.148.452.3

42.146.156.651.949.647.2

521.1395. 9293.2

75. 5

51.644.744.141.045.538.338.1

36.931.539. 833.430.429.8

454.7?::,". 3 1201,7 i

79.6

61.857.257.861.869.257.849 °

44.841.249.245.745.544,2

482. 5405. C' 70 ,8

! Reexports of foreign merchandise during June, 1931, were $4,280,000.

August , 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 11

TransportationTHE movement of freight during June, as reflected

by the number of freight-car loadings, decreasedmore than the usual seasonal amount, so that the sea-sonally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Boarddeclined by nearly 3 per cent from May. Loadings d ur-ing June were 17 per cent under June, 1930, and 29 percent under June, 1929. During the first half of theyear the average monthly loadings were 18 per centunder the same period in 1930 and 25 per cent underthe year of 1929.

The movement of merchandise in less-than-carlo adlots during June was approximately the same as duringMay, after adjustemnts are made for the number ofbusiness days and seasonal variation. The averagemonthly merchandise movement by the railroads dur-ing the first half of the current year was almost 11 percent under the same period in 1930 and 15 per centunder 1929. Ore was the only group recordingear loadings over those of May, and loadings of allgroups of commodities were materially under Junelast year. During the firs!} half of the year the aver-age monthly loadings of all groups were under thosefor the same period in 1930, the greatest decrease in

freight car loadings being recorded by the ore group.The number of idle freight cars has gradually de-

creased since February, the June surplus being the low-est of the year so far, and 15 per cent under the lowof December. But the average number of idle cars isstill 29 per cent greater than at this time last year and174 per cent greater than in 1929. The average freight-car surplus during the first half of the year was 42per cent greater than for the same period in 1930 and160 per cent over 1929.

Dividend payments of steam railways during thefirst half of the year averaged $41,767,000 monthlycompared with $44,633,000 during the same period in1930 and $36,767,000 in 1929.

A seasonal increase in traffic was reported as pass-ing through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, but the Junetonnage was only about one-half that recorded duringJune last year. The tonnage passing through theNew York State Canal and Cape Cod Canal decreasedfrom the May figures, but the average monthly trafficthrough these canals during the first half of the yearexceeded that recorded during the same period in both1930 and 1929.

RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC

Year andmonth

1929: June ..1930:

JunelulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember


Monthly average,January throughJune:

192919301931 _

Freight-car loadings

F. K, B. index

Ad-justed

(2)

Unad-justed

(2)

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925=100

108

93928987868484

82808080

77

1079780

110

95959699978674

747475

7977

1029376

1H

4,292

3.7193, 5564,6703,7253,818

j 4,1272,784

3,491i 2,836i 2,940: 2, 9861 3,736i 2,991

: 4,269• 3, 867

3. 183

Me

rch

an

dis

e,

1. c

. 1.

:-ift-&«.

Liv

esto

ck

Coa

l an

d c

oke

Thousands of

1,042

967899

J,179944966

1,133820

997842886899

1,097876

1,0971,044

933

178

166233304189163190143

198165153151180140

183174164

94

8680

10610812914094

124887985

10675

11210593

669

579557679638733852638

817584555486611465

790705586

Fore

st

pro

du

cts

cars J

281

199160207162159174121

J56138138130165125

283231142

1 Mis

cell

aneo

us

306

25024528419515492

2622232980

119

15111150

1,720

1,4721,3821,8211,4901, 5141,546

946

"'%71,1051, 2061, 4961, 182

1,6541,497i, m

Fre

igh

t-ca

r su

rplu

s

218

465455432394403580707

6476516226036j6599

2,«{iV'623

Div

iden

d p

ay

men

ts,

stea

m r

ailw

ays

Thous. ofdollars

33, 600

40, 10054. 00036, 90029, 90044, 00038, 50039. 000

55, 60044, 90045, 50038, 10032, 50034. 000

36, 76744, 63341, 767

Canal and river traffic

Canals

SaultSte.

Marie

NewYorkState

CapeCod

River

Missis-sippi

(Govt.ownedbarges)

Thousands of short tons

14, 076

12,65012,367

1 11,26710, 3479,0945, 130

j 312

i 0i 0

0922

4,3356,645

5, 4024,0631, 984

387

416563457458608390

0

000

349457385

140188199

161

208220247245230225225

234166163203217203

159184198

104

1408470

114103 ;

83 [

108

767083829988

1189883

Pan

am

a C

anal

tra

ffic

,b

oth

dir

ecti

on

s

Thous. oflong tons

1,186

1,0621,2211,022,049

1,1331,009

953

958864910929937

1,1951,138

Oce

an

traf

fic

clea

r-an

ces,

Am

eric

an p

ort

s

Thous. ofnet tons

2,985

2,8223,3713,3593,0602,6512,5011,991

1,8431,6951,7732,0922, 5252,241

2,4302,5032, 028

1 Data for January, May, August, and November are f'< Daily average basis.

r 5 weeks, other months, 4 weeks.


ConstructionALTHOUGH the value of all construction contracts

-Z~\awarded in June was larger than in May, the totalnumber ef square feet was smaller. Residentialbuilding decreased, but that of public works andutilities increased materially. Production and ship-ments of several important building materialsincreased. Prices continued their downward trend.

The number of square feet of all types of buildingcontracts awarded was 10 per cent less in June thanin May and the total value 8.4 per cent more, but ascompared with a year ago they were 27 and 45 percent smaller, respectively. During the first half ofthe year the floor space and value of contracts awardedwere 28 and 32 per cent smaller than in the corre-sponding period in 1930.

Although residential construction contracts weresmaller in value and square footage than in May, forthe year to date this type of construction was onlymoderately smaller than in 1930. The value of con-tracts awarded during June for public works andutilities was 42 per cent larger than in May, and larger

than in any month since June, 1930. The square feetof public works and utility contracts awarded, repre-senting only that part which is measurable on a squarefoot basis, showed a 5-fold increase from May toJune.

Shipments of maple flooring increased for the sixthconsecutive month and were 14 per cent larger in Junethan in May. Production of Portland cementincreased for the fourth consecutive month and was0.8 per cent larger in June than in May. For the yearto date cement production has been 21 and 20 per centless, respectively, than in 1930 and 1929. New ordersfor fabricated steel increased 16 per cent over those inMay, while shipments of common brick increased1.2 per cent.

The index of construction costs (composed of theprices of structural steel shapes, cement, lumber, andthe rates paid common labor) has declined almostcontinuously since December, 1929, and in June was1 per cent less than in the previous month. Buildingmaterial prices for frame and brick houses also declined.

BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE

Year and month

1929- Juno,1930:1

JunoJulyAugust -. - _.SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruary - -March .ApriLMay - - _ _June _

Monthly average, Jan-uary, through June:

19291930. . - _1931

Building contracts awarded

F. K. B.index(valueunad-justed)

Monthlyaverage

1923-1925=300

129

146398481826261

555790827481

12210773

AH types ofconstruction

Mil-lions ofsquare

feet

71.8

48.244.639.841.239.533.129.1

24.628.338.039.438.935.0

71.447.234.0

Mil-lions ofdollars

530

601367347332337254249

228235370337306332

502440301

Jlesidentsalbuilding

Mil-lions ofsquare

feet

36.5

20.818.216.819.722.318.814.7

12.216.622.122.621.918.9

37.819.918.7

Mil-lions ofdollars

173. 8

96.884.382.798.5

104. 780. 870.9

54.477.9

100.995.988.972.7

181.296. 681.8

J : Building |:Building materials l > material

| prices !i:

Public worksand utilities

Thou-sands ofsquare

feet

1, 075

1,907946

1, 2971,484

339468697

393246522785387

2,367

9081, 513

783

Mil-lions ofdollars

155.4

322. 8 i121.2126. 7109.1113.076.4 :78.6

95.278.6

151.7133.0108.9154.5

123.2171.0120.3

Maplefloor-ing

Ship-ments

Thou-sands of

feet,boardmeas-

ure

6,122

3. 9564, 6254,4163.3312, 8862, 5541,811

2, 3512, 6763,0173, 2263, 3153, 778

6,1463, 9293.061

Ce-ment

Pro-duc-tion

Thou-sands ofbarrels

16, 803

17,23917, 07817, 82116, 12414,41011,0988,480

6, 5955, 9208,245

11,24514,01014, 125

12, 51312,64910, 023

Fabri-catedstruc-turalsteel

Neworders

Thou-sands of

shorttons

324

254270252156209151153

162158184293153177

300250188

Com-monbrick

Ship- Iments

Mil-lions ofbrick

:

154.0 ;

123.782.4

105. 5115.3103. 4103.533.5

19.719.829.331.330.130.4

137.992.028.8

! , Con-! strue-| tioni cost,i Eng.

Frame Brick Newshouse ; house *£ec.

i :! j l

First of month, month-ly average 1913=100

176

175173169168171165168

163165163157160158

176176161

181 | 205.7

179 i ! 203.4177 !| 201.01 7 5 J ! 201.0174 ! j 199.6176 i l 198. 7172 i! 199.5174 196.9

170 i i 194.5171 !! 198.6170 \l 194.5167 h 191.6167 | i 189.3166 || 187.4

181 ! 207.0180 i i 206.5169 ii 192.3

i

Real-estatemar-

ket ac-tivity-deeds 1

record-ed

Month-:ly av-erage1926=

100

82.3

66.769.869.666.874.064.668.9

66.066.761.762.061.358.4

85.572.2 !62.7

Long-termreal-estate

bonds

Total

To fi-nancenewcon-

struc-tion

Thousands ofdollars

20, 025

11,09316, 4251,938

13, 8906, 6359, 965

29, 877

4,5203,590

! 2,0157,2359,4853,425

38, 02515, 3915,045

4,295

6,64810, 725

3001,4751,2101, 595

530

2,8501,5001,0001,700

01,000

11,9646,7201,342

August, 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 13

AgricultureTHE physical volume of animal products moving into

wholesale channels during June, as represented bythe combined index shown in the table, registered asharp increase over the preceding month, and wasabove the levels of the same month in either of the twopreceding years. The monthly average of these mar-ketings during the first half of 1931 was practically thesame as in the corresponding period in 1930.

The Department of Agriculture reports that theJune "pig survey" indicates that the pig crop nextfall will be about 20 per cent larger than at the sameperiod last year; this reflects an effort to find a marketfor low-priced corn, if possible. The hog situation atthe present time is quite similar to the conditions whichprevailed in 1921; the corn-hog ratio at that time wassuch that it was more profitable to feed corn to hogs,although hog prices were low. The result was that theslaughter from the pig crop of 1922 was 25 per centlarger than in 1921.

Crop movements during June, according to the com-bined index of that group, showed a decrease from thepreceding month, but were somewhat larger than in thesame month last year. All of the crop groups, exceptcotton, moved in larger volume during June than in thesame month last year. Vegetables represented the only

group showing increased receipts over the precedingmonth. Increases over the preceding month wererecorded for white potatoes and tomatoes, while sweetpotatoes, onions, cabbage, and celery showed decreases.While fruit receipts as a class declined from the pre-ceding month, there were increased shipments of in-dividual commodities, including peaches, grapes, pears,watermelons, and cantaloupes.

The Department of Agriculture's crop report, as ofJuly 1, indicated that the total production of wheatin 1931 would be somewhat above the harvest of lastyear; the indicated increase is in winter wheat alone?

as the prospect for spring wheat was for the secondsmallest crop in 20 years. The cotton acreage report,as of July 1, indicated a 10 per cent decrease comparedwith last year. Diggings of early potatoes have shownfairly good yields, while the late potato crop is makinggood progress. An abundant supply of fruit is in-dicated, especially peaches and apples.

Stocks of wheat, meats in cold storage, and rawcotton all decreased during June, but were above/thevolumes of a year ago, with meats showing only a smallincrease. Compared with a year ago, the indexesshow the following increases: Wheat, visible supply,73 per cent; meats, 6 per cent, and cotton, 37 per cent.

INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND STOCKS

Year and month

1929: June1930:

JuneJulvAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember


Monthly average, Jan-uary through June:

192919301931

Indexcs of marketing

Animal products !

Com-binedindex

Wool Live-stock

Poultryand eggs

Dairyproducts

Crops

! Corn-Fish bined

indexGrains Vege-

tables Fruits

JCotton

Indexes of stocks, end ofmonth

Wheat,visible

supply.UnitedStates

Meats,cold-

storage

Cotton,UnitedStates

Monthly average, 1923-1925=100

111.8

110.7111.891.491.296.788.597.8

94.785. 594.0

101.2106. 7117.6

97.4100.5100.0

306.0

412.5545.1360. 530.979.134.557.1

25.350.861.978.2

197.1405.4

94.6124.8136.5i

76.2

79.276.676. 593.9

108.088.092.9

96.279.879.682. 680.277.9

84.183.982.7

95.6

112.090.671.678.279.2

121.6137.8

95.094.0

121.8137.0125.6115.6

99.3114.3114.8

146.8

148.9131.594.686.382.277.892.7

96.491.3

102.9113. 1130.9156.6

110.6111.4115.2

178.7

185.2263.3202.0229.1 i172.0146. 298.9 ;

103.4 !

116.2 !169. 4174.3 I138.5 i126.7

147.6 '176.9 i138.1

59.6

48.793. 3

122. 5175.5212.1148.8105.8

74.364.964.453.161.255.3

69.858.662.2

74.9

! 58.5i 177. 5

180. 5! 139. 0I 82.6! 72.31 79.8

i 81.6i 84.6

80.0! 63.9

69.068.7

76.8i 65. 9

74.5

146.9

1 151.0I 113.4! 81.9! 138.8! 168. 4

89.6! 79.4

1 98.0i 91. 1

104.393.3

! 135. 6! 165. 8

i 110.2! 111.2

114.7

88.6

57.8122.4133. 1164. 3249.0109.067.1

70.268.175.170.6

102.288.8

85. 657.879.2

18.3

14.05.8

77.7219. 3327. 5240. 6144.9

64.040.638.629.826. 59.1

51.140.134.8

160. 2

187.3275.3331.7364. 1349.8344.8333.3

335.8343.7352.7339.8336. 4324.7

196. 1240.9338.9

122.9

100.197.082.268.155.762.376.9

100.1114.0111.8114.8110.8105.9

128.5104.2109.6

70.9

118.7108.0119.0165.3236.6265. 0266. 9

255.0235.7216.0196.9179.6162.3

119.8153.0207.4


Iron and Steel IndustryA;TIVITY in the iron and steel industry in June fell

back to the level of January, but held above thelow point of last December. The decline in productionfor the month was considerably greater than seasonal,and the adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Boardwas 11 per cent lower than in May and 41 per centbelow the level of a year ago. Employment in theindustry was further reduced during the month andthe index dropped to a new low. The reduction inthe index was 3 per cent as compared with May and19 per cent as compared with June, 1930. The de-cline in pay rolls was larger owing to more part-timeemployment, and the index was 11 per cent belowMay and 8 per cent below the previous low touchedlast January.

Steel ingot production in June was 17 per cent lessthan in May, compared with a decline of 14 per centfrom May to June last year and of 7 per cent in thesame period of 1929. The percentage decline inJune was the largest for any one month since Novem-ber, 1930. June output was 39 per cent below a yearago and was the smallest for the month since 1924.

Production in the first half of 1931 was 35 per centbelow last year and was the lowest for the period since1921, although the output was twice as great as inin that year. Operations in the industry averaged 38per cent of capacity in June, which was the same rateas last December. Actual production, however, wasabove that month as capacity has been increased thisyear. Further reduction occurred in July and opera-tions were at the rate of about 32 per cent.

Pig iron production in June was the smallest sinceFebruary, 1922, and was 18 per cent below May and44 per cent below a year ago. Production in the firstsix months was 39 per cent below last year. Only 91furnaces were in blast at the end of the month, thesmallest number since September, 1921.

Prices were somewhat lower in June and the slightimprovement of early July was not fully maintained.The composite iron and steel price averaged slightlylower than in May, and was the lowest since November,1915. Scrap prices declined to a new low average inJune, but resistance developed in July and a slightupward reaction resulted.

IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS

Year andmonth

1929: June .1930-

JuneJulyAugust- _ _ -September0 ctoberNovemberDecember

1931-January _ _FebruaryMarchApril.MayJune

Monthly average,January throughJune:

1929. _19301931

General operations

F. n. B.index(ad-

justed)1

Rate ofopera-tions,

electricenergycon-

sump-tion

Em-ploy-mentad-

justed1

!|:

steel i

Payrolls

unad-justed

Monthly average, 1923-1925 = 100

155

109939285746559

647378

154.3

115.2109.7112.0110.3126.0106.5

100.8

90.087.383.981.781. 380. 2

110.2 79.1

103. 4116.5119.4

75 i 108. 172 106. 864 115.7

77.575.976.676.574.872.8

135 159. 5 98. 911171

135.3 91.9111.7 75.7

Ex- Im-ports ports

Til )U"tii i

109. 9

90. 878.677.575.475.868 9

2-8 46

1-"'J -.5132 i 32151 27131 30132 ! 30 ,112 ! 35

fr\7 ! 102 i 24

62.4 i 93 ! 32 ,67.5 ! 91 21 ,70.0 110 3169. 1 101 3964.9 91 2857. 6 78 29

108. 2 165 4695.0 204 4135. 3 34 30

i

Steel ingotsFabr icatedstructural Prices

i steel i United !

Pig-ironpro-duc-tion

> • i i n g

3,717

2, 9342, 6402, 524

2, ?651, Sf 71, 6^6

1, 7141,7072, 0322,0201, 9941,639

3, 607". 0411, 311

Pro-duc-tion

ions

' 4,903

3,419' 2, 922

3, 061

Percentof ca-pac-ity

C 'lit

100

f)5659

2, 840 552. tf'o 502. 212 441, OM") 3s

2, 45') 43! 2, 512 4 )

2. 'Jl,4 542, 722 492 ",0." 4:2, 078 33

4, 5 ->'.' '6• i . 1 1 30 r>>

, C . M 3 «

Newor-ders

t<

. 324

25427025215620'?1 'T1'153

162158184293153177

1 .".uO250133

! States| i Steel

! Corpo-j ; ration,

! unfilledSliip-j! orders

mentsjj end of; month

ms" : i ' to

271 ! 4.257

2 8 0 > | 3,9682 7 5 . 1 4,022262 i 3,580243 i 3,424239 ! 3,482195 l 3,640168 ; i 3,944

172 ' 4,132166 ; : 3,965151 ; . 3,995158 ! 3,8981 4 8 , i 3,620162 3,479

! '

264 4.276267 ! 4,317180 3.423

j :

Manga-nese(oreii

con- I I Steeltent), ! billets,

imports i Besse-i mer' , (Pitts-

burgh)

Iron andsteel

compos-ite

^ of long , Dolls. per long ton

51 || 35.25i i

31 l | 31.001 6 i i 31.008 i l 31.00

2 2 i ! 31.001 8 i i 31.0010 i ! 31.0029 j i 30. 60

1 7 i i 30.0010 |! 30.00

2 l ! 30.003 3 i i 30.0021 l| 29.5037 \\ 29.00

!

j

3 3 i i 34.3835 | ! 32.752 0 j 1 29.75

37.01

33. 5333.2533.0132. 6732. 3131.9531.76

31. 7031. 6531. 6631. 6131. 3931.02

36. 6334. 6231.51

Struc- Com-tural positesteel finished

beams steel

Dolls, per 100pounds

1. 95 j 2. So

1. 70 i 2. 331.65 i 2.291.65 i 2 ,261. 60 2. 241.60 : 2.221.60 2.201.60 ; 2. I }

1.63 : 2 .221.65 2.221.65 2.2:i1.65 : 2 .221.65 i 2.2:1.65 : 2. 1?

1. 92 i 2. -V)l . S O 2. -i,)1.65 ; 2/22

1 Adjusted for seasonal variation

Augusc, 1931| SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 15

Chemical Industr iesO PERATIONS in the chemical industries were curtailed

further during June. Employment was sharplyreduced during the month and both the unadjusted andadjusted indexes dropped to new lows for the depres-sion. The adjusted index for June was 3.7 per centbelow May and 7.2 per cent below January, the highpoint of the year. Average employment for the firsthalf of the current year was 14 per cent below the sameperiod of 1930.

A similar reduction occurred in the unadjusted indexof pay rolls, which declined for the second successivemonth, following a slight rise in April. The index forJune was at the lowest point reached so far in thedepression being 5 per cent below May and 20 percent below June, 1930. Excepting for a few slightgains which were not held, the trend of employmentand pay rolls has been downward since early 1930.

Stocks of manufactured goods remain relatively highon the basis of current consumption, although therehas been some slight reduction in the index sinceMarch. The index for June was about the same as ayear ago, but was 8 per cent higher than in June, 1929.Raw-material stocks have been steadilv reduced since

the last quarter of 1930, partly owing to seasonal causes,but the index in June was 8 per cent below the samemonth of both 1929 and 1930.

Production of the major products was generallylower in June, but rosin was an exception to the trend.By-product coke production has declined each monthsince March, and in June was 13 per cent less than inMay. Output in the first six months of 1931 averaged27 per cent below a year ago. The declines from lastyear in other products, on the basis of the latest figures,were as follows: Refined arsenic, 46 per cent; super-phosphates, 38 per cent; turpentine, 26 per cent; rosin,22 per cent; explosives, 18 per cent; and ethyl alcohol,2.1 per cent.

Fertilizer consumption this year has been about one-fourth less than in 1930 and was the smallest since1922. Fertilizer imports have declined seasonallyfrom the peak of March. For the first six monthsimports of potash salts were 41 per cent below a yearago and were 21 per cent less than in the same periodof 1929. Nitrate imports have followed the same trend,and imports in the six months were 11 per cent below1930, and 43 per cent less than in 1929.

CHEMICALS STATISTICS

General operations

EmploymentF. E. B. Indexes

j "Year and month Pay-

Ad- i Unad- rolls,justed j justed unad-

justed

Stocks

Manu-fac-

turedgoods

Monthly average, 1923-1925 =

102'); Airw . .. . . . ! 111.8 107.9D20:

June. 105,7 101.8July . - 105. 4 101. 0Vugust 104. 4 101. 5

September . . _ _ _ • 102.3 102.7October 101. 1 101. 4November ! 98.3 98.6

®» De.-.e >nher : 97 9 1 97 8vm: • i

j.'iuuarv : 90. 6 i 96 2Februarv 94. 5 ; 95. 6March ... . 89.8 i 93.3v n r i - : 91 7 96 7

Mav ! 93.0 ! 91.4June . . . _ 89. 6 86. 7

Monthly average. January through ;June: ~ ' ;

i')29 110.71 111.9i')30 107. o ' 108, 0133L- 92. 5 93.3

111.2

105. 3100,8100.7101.399.990. 194.7

90.492.989.892 088.484.1

112.2109.089,8

117.2

128.0121. 2117.3121.3125. 2124.2123.9

128.8130.7132.0129.0128.5127.0

125.9134. 5129. 3

Ethylalcohol

i

Hawma-

terials

1nn i | Thous.100 : ; of gals.

: i

94. 4

94.492. 998.1

120.0132.7128.5124.2

107.7103.296.591. 588.486.9

105. 6104.095.7

12, 545

13,116i 11, 617! 12, 890! 14, 299i 18, 455' 20, 861j 17,770: 11,869

8, 85911,92911,162

i 13, 120 ;

14,40711,880

Explo-sives

|

Rosin, ! peUn-~ Super-weod |âiS&

Production

Thous.oflbs.

34, 383

33, 54630, 81031, 16835, 68834, 11330, 24824, 024

24, 05628, 75125, 41427, 64726, 9GO

35, 19532, 085

Barrels

36,123 6,505

40,049 i 6,77439, 929 : 6, 40637, 349 6, 12538,293 ! 6,57334,818 i 5,81738,931 ! 6,58434,332 6,200

24,488 ' 4,75732,332 i 5,63433,544 5,74035, 585 i 6, 34433,593 ; 5,99634,747 5,675

36,377 6,85341,739 7,60832. 382 5. 691

Thou

270

291308296283336303336

326249226195162

291357

Fertil-izer

Hy-prod-uct

coke

Ar-senic,

refined

Con-sump- Productiontion

sands of short Shorttons ! tons

99

791838

128

6174

343640

1,3521,132

19574

833840623

4,504

3, 9543, 7703, 6373, 4013, 4323, 1373,077

3,0922,8983,256 !3, 146 i3, 1262,715

4,444 !4, 1773,039

917

1,0811,0321,0021,1011, 2651, 5081, 439

1,5701, 4091, 506

9C41,044

882874

Potashsalts

Nitrate! of soda

Imports

Long tons

10, 877

17, 70451,97048, 48748, 48237, 42513, 49917, 537

22, 75019, 04323, 95515, 98213,849 i11,968

22, 81230, 32617,925

64, 733

18, 73728, 6449,083

19, 36227, 20735, 47435, 512

45, 89068, 421

120, .16467, 00834, 00629,711

107, 21f>68, 76930, 866

16 SURVEY OF CUEEENT BUSINESS [August, 1931

Automobiles and RubberM ANUFACTURING schedules in the automotive in-

dustry were sharply reduced in June and theadjusted production index of the Federal ReserveBoard dropped 16 per cent below May, the largestmonthly recession since last October. Total outputin the United States and Canada amounted to 256,000units, the smallest total since February. June pro-duction in the United States and Canada was 22 percent below the preceding month and 27 per centbelow last year, while the six months production was29 per cent below the first half of 1930. Productionso far this }êar was the smallest for the period since1922, but was held close to the demand and the inven-tory situation is regarded as fairty satisfaction^.Truck production in June was 9.7 per cent belowMay and the six months total was 23 per cent belowthe same period of 1930.

Employment in the automotive industry declinedin June, but the contraction was only slightly greaterthan seasonal. However, pay rolls were substantiallyreduced, the index dropping 19 per cent below Mayand 30 per cent below June, 1930.

Automobile exports in June were the smallest forany month of the depression, and the total for thesix months was only about half that of last year andone-quarter of the 1929 exports.

Production of pneumatic tires increased in May andthe total was the highest since the same month of 1930.May output was 15 per cent greater than in April andwas onlvy slightly below May, 1930, while shipmentswere 10 per cent above April and 4 per cent larger thanin the same month of last year. Preliminary date in-dicates that production was well maintained in June.

Rubber manufacturing was the only major industryto show1- a gain in employment in June as comparedwith May. The indexes were at the highest level sincelast August and were 2 per cent above May. Theemployment index was 14 per cent lower than lastyear while the pay roll index was 18 per cent lower.

No reduction was effected in the record world stocksof crude rubber and preliminary figures indicate an-other slight gain for the end of June. Imports of cruderubber in June were one-third larger than in May andwere the largest for any month since January, 1930.

AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICSI

Automobile production

i

F. E. B.index,

ad-Tear and month justed

i

Month-ly av-erages,

1923-1925=

100

1929: June . 1621930:

June 91Julv . _ _ _ _ _ 7 5August 02September 62October i 49November 74December _ 85

1931:January 63February. _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 8March 67\pril 77May _ _ _ 77June 65


1929 1531930 i 991931 70

United States

Pas-Total s™r-

cars

Taxi-cabs Trucks

Canada

Totalpro- !due- !tion |

Automobileexports

Passen-ger cars Trucks

'

Thousands j Number

540 451

335 285266 222

i 224 184! 221 ! 175

154 i 113137 i 101156 121

172 138220 180

1 276 , 2311 336 i 285

315 ! 269249 208

538 1 461366 1 310261 i 218

1,378

463376386930582609

1,425

512529410665340360

1,772771469

93, 183

48, 57043, 32840, 45044, 22340, 59335, 61333, 443

33, 53139. 52145, 16150,01545, 69541, 304

75, 25255, 59942, 538

i 21, 492i! 15,090I 10, 1881 9, 792! 7, 957

4, 5U5,4075,622

6,496! 9, 871I 12, 9931 17, 159 !

12,738 :

i 6,835 !

! 31,394I 18,448: 11,015

34, 109

10,1017,8287, 9568, 1257, 1366, 0399,096

8,3049,187

11,52611,2288, 4685,843

36, 60217, 8189,093

16, 789

5, 3364,0425,3185,3124, 0796,0395,102

4, 5344,1876,0025, 4994,4984,340

17,1179,1754,843

Auto-mobileacces-sories,ship-ments

Janu-; arv.

1925=100

90

71656076796355

46536566

8473

Automobilefinancing

Bywhole-

saledeal-ers

Bycon-sum-

ers

Millions ofdollars

63

54554545363036

405063717358

596959

180

1381191039181CO66

626692

113110105

14111491

Pneumatictires

Pro-duc-tion

Do-mesticship-ments

Thousands

5,478

4,0983, 1933,3322, 6922, 8662, 1232,251

2.9403,1883, 7303, 9554,543

i

5, 5614,053

5, 288

4,0504,2293,9763,3602,6132,1192,550

2, 8552,5803, 1433, 8044, 197

4,8323,664

Crude rubber

WorldIm- ! stocks,ports I end of

month

; Long tons

:! 41,828

I 40,382i 35,424

' ! 36,65735,78345,375

: 29,733: 37,370

36,598i 34,374! 40, 788! 44,908: 35,844

47,701

"\ 53,537i 44,197

40,036

245, 553

379, 688394, 687400, 796427, 089427, 664429, 901439, 728

460, 479471, 285487, 716487, 660498, 389502, 875

250, 458367, 119484, 734


Textile IndustryTEXTILE production during June, according to the

seasonally adjusted index of the Federal EeserveBoard, was only slightly less than in May and waslarger than in any other month during the past year.

Mill consumption of raw cotton was seasonallylower in June as compared with May, but 12 per centabove that of the same month last year. Stocks ofraw cotton in mills and warehouses at the end of Juneshowed a seasonal decline from the preceding month,but were considerably above the volumes on hand atthe corresponding period, in either of the two precedingyears.

Cotton-mill activity during June was above the levelof a year ago, while showing a seasonal decline fromthe preceding month. The same tendencies wereexhibited by the total output of 23 groups of textileproducts. The average weekly production of cottonpiece goods during June amounted to 52,000,000 yardsas compared with an average of 56,000,000 yards inthe preceding month. Shipments during June were inexcess of current production, and were also greaterthan in the preceding month, which was just the oppo-

site of what occurred in 1930. Stocks of textiles onhand at the end of June showed a decline from thepreceding month and reached a point which was 38per cent less than a year ago. Unfilled orders at theend of June were 51 per cent larger than at the sametime last year and showed a 33 per cent increase overthe preceding month.

Wool receipts at Boston during June showed aseasonal increase over the preceding month, and wereonly slightly less than in "the same month last year.The price of the territory type of fine, staple, scouredwool at Boston showed the usual slight seasonaldecrease from May to June, and averaged 18 per centless than in the same month last year. Manufactureof woolens continued during June at the relativelyhigh level attained during May, while employment inworsteds was slightly above the level of a year ago.

Silk deliveries declined seasonally from May, butthe volume for June was 43 per cent greater than inJune, 1930.

Rayon prices continued firm throughout June andwere 35 per cent less than in the same month last year.

TEXTILE STATISTICS

Year and mouth

1929: June1930:

June _ _ _ _JulyAugustSeptember _ _OctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch ._AprilMayJune ._


192919301931- ___ . !

F.

R.

B.

ind

ex,

adju

sted

Month-ly av-er a tre,1923-

1925 =100

121

8484818891

87

8f)939798

101100

1189596

Cotton, raw

Mil

l co

nsu

mp

-ti

on

Bales

569, 414

405, 236379, 022352, 335394, 321444, 494414, 887400, 207

454, 188433, 510490, 58C508, 744465, 770455,388

627, 424498, 106468,031 !

Cotton manufactures i

Sto

cks,

mil

ls a

nd

wa

reh

ou

se

s,

end

of

mo

nth

Sp

ind

le a

ctiv

ity

,to

tal

Thou-sands of'

bales

2,664

4,4624,oeo :4,476G, 215 i8, 8959, 965

10, 037

9,5538,8628, 1207,4046, 752 i6, 101

4, 502 i5, 7537,799 j

Mil-lions ofspindlehours

8,160

5, 7895,3015, 1345, 6036, 2395, 8325, 916

6, 3006, 1107,0017, 1296, 7396,630

8, 7587,1036,662

Cotton textiles (23 groups oftextile constructions)

»s *fIS 31£ *B

•>!*-( r*

111TJ1

•S-SSs 5,3 a

Who

lesa

le p

rice

,F

airc

hil

d co

m-

po

site

i Month-!I ly av-

Thousands of yards ' i Tm-'1913= :

100 |

285, 928

198, 539165, 850218, 815182, 385228, 866206, 033234, 052

202, 149212, 168271,638225, 955225, 392260, 163

307, 475263, 854232, 911

252, 008

182, 652176, 689231, 348232, 975270, 383200, 661226, 951

210, 597248, 354317, 185217, 582205, 603273,871

305, 972262, 961245, 532

401, 260

466, 368455, 529442, 996392, 406350, 889356, 861363, 962

355, 514319, 328273, 781282, 154301,943288, 235

371,358450, 064303, 493

358, 748

219, 040222, 498226, 422285, 427350, 845333, 251288, 956

317,465395, 802373, 951294,11824S, 544330, 575

431,533331, 339326, 743

! 159

i 134 :I 130; 126

124 j

124 \124 l

122 ;

120119 i121119115

163142 i

Wooli

Kec

eipt

s at

B

os-

ton,

to

tal

Thou-sands ofpounds

47, 795

57, 66576 (»1551,6/27, 074

12, 7396, 240

11,574

10, 79513 26913, 27917,77530, 34156, 743

24, 57724,41023, 700

> » * i•M « eg

IH~ •+•»£«"0

»

lull^

Dol-lars perpound

0.97

. 76

.76

. 76

. 76

. 72

.72

.6866666)5

.'(•;3.«1.05.78.65

Wool manu-factures

Spinningspindles

Woo

len 1

VI

Gt*

Per cent of ac-tive hours tototal reported

82

62

485553

45

48665755CO

836058

65

5653

6062 I5252 :

52545757 !6673

685360

Silk

Del

iver

ies

to m

ills

Bales

46, 504

29, 39639, 94841, 73455, 64961, 93757 33355,' 424

55, 91054, 242 !55,38341,356 ;45,07342, 161

50,48945,03449,021

Kay

on

, w

ho

lesa

le p

rice

,A

gra

de,

ble

ach

ed

Dol-lars perpound

1.23

1.15.95.95.95.95.95.95

.75

.75

. 75

.75

. 75

.75

1.321.15.75

1 Months do not contain same number of weeks

69201—31 3

18 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS (August . 1931

Food IndustriesTHE Federal Reserve Board's seasonally adjusted

production index for food products manufacturing;during June was almost 9 per cent less than in thepreceding month and 11 per cent less than in the samemonth last year. The seasonally adjusted index ofemployment in food manufacturing during June wasalso less than in the preceding month or the same monthlast year. The monthly averages of the indexes ofproduction and employment for the first six months of1931 were less than for the corresponding period lastyear.

Wholesale prices of food products during Junedeclined only fractionally but reached a new low whichrepresented a decline of 20 per cent from the samemonth of last year.

Wheat receipts at primary markets during Junewere slightly less than in the preceding month, butwere 58 per cent greater than in the same month lastyear. Visible supplies of wheat in the United Statesat the end of June showed some decrease from thepreceding month, but were 74 per cent greater than ayear ago. Exports of wheat, including flour, have

been smaller this year than in the corresponding periodof 1930. Wheat prices receded during June, aftershowing two consecutive monthly increases.

Corn receipts in primary markets showed a seasonalincrease during June but were 28 per cent less thanin the same month last year. The price of No, 3yellow corn at Chicago showed a small increaseduring June after a gradual decline since the latterpart of 1930.

Cattle receipts at the primary markets showeda slight seasonal decline from May to June; but thereceipts during June were somewhat larger than for thesame month in either 1930 or 1929. Hog receiptsdeclined seasonally during June, while the total volumewas less than a year ago. Meats in cold storage at theend of June showed some decrease from the precedingmonth, but were slightly larger than in the same monthlast year.

Raw sugar imports made a seasonal decline duringJune, and have been less during 1931 than a year ago;coffee imports during the half-year have been largerthan last year.

FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS

Year and month

1929* June1930:

JuneJulyYugustSentemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch. -\ prilMayJune

Monthly average, Jan-uary through June:

192919301931—

Food products in- H i 1£ : idustry ! ; [ £ :

A ' :

F. E. ». f ' / i , £-j£ «j —

fl i! \ I '

)4 « 90 9 ' U .< 212 1 '.* , ; 29>4 91. -i ; v> •; ; ' '--^ ( v . 21

>? 91.2 ' M). 1 ' 74 3 ' , 4 7 2.'•2 (, 0. 3 i 77. 1 i 04. 9 V.:, ' J I-7 8 ». 9 76. 7 i 6 \ 4 , U 0 , P.l

91 K) S 72 9 61.2 ' 10') r ' °,1SO i 33.7 72 4 ! 55.3 > 117.6 j , 30

i 1

i9') <j(J 7 98 2 j 69 8 ('7 4 h °395 1)7.3 94 0 58.0 ' 100.5 v 1790 90.3 75.8 62.2 i 100.0 j 1 29

! i

i lWheat Corn

Jj"S3 «

•;--

I1|

1

94

119

211°0"202i:»f.l . ' Tl'(,2207290US131

141199

12

24191286

64

1012

10107

•j| : t| t| »|

^3 ii Millions of ^1|j I ' b^>]? ||

i1.05 , 21 • 14 | 0.91

. 9 4 ! I> . 7 1 . 7 9

.8 ; ' 17 , 4 .82

.8 j . 20 4 .99

.7 : 17 7 ! '.71

. 7 27 17 . 69

.7 • 19 ; IS i .65

.7 : 21 ; 20 j .61

. 7 ; 19 i 22 1 . 60

. 7 1 7 1 20 .58

.7 ! 11 I 12 | .56

. 67 : 13 ! 8 .58

1.10 ' 23 ' 27 .921. 06 23 ! IS . 81.72 17 17 .60

Animal productsC

attl

e re

ceip

ts

'3V

Thousands

1,451

1, 4591, 5121,6052,108

1, 6961, 736

1, 5081,3031, 5351.6171, 5511, 540

i 1, 5251 1, 522

1,509

3, 275

3, 2152, 9182, 6172, 7993. 4413, 4394,002

4, 6523,7043,2073, 0672, 9382,854

3,8103, 5933,404

r

c

51,178

959929788652534597

9591,0921, 0721, 1001, 0621,015

1,231999

1,050

£

1

f

L

5,

3

55 5 ~

451

311395

392360

312i

204364

1 515

i ° 1 3382

566403358

817

1, 010801712991

1, 159

1,09S

1, 0941 , 2891, 407

1, 4151,037

9641,0651,228


Forest ProductsAcCTIVITY in the forest products industries during

June was fair as related to the state of generalbusiness. There was a slight seasonal decline as com-pared with the previous month and general operationswere on a reduced but steady basis. Some sections ofthe industry made progress in efforts to bring supplymore nearly into line with demand.

The June rate of operations, as measured by con-sumption of electricity, dropped 11 per cent from theprevious month, which was the high point of the firsthalf of this year; the rate for the latter period was inturn 11 per cent under the 1923-1925 average.

Employment showed a slightly greater than seasonaldecline from May, and was one-fourth lower than ayear ago. The level of employment in the first halfof this year was only a little better than one-half ofthe 1923-1925 average. Pay rolls reflected the slightseasonal decline in June, the general level being some-what below one-half of the 1923-1925 average.

June marketings of forest products were encouragingshowing less than the usual seasonal decline from May.The Jime level is 64 per cent of the 1923-1925 average.The marketings of naval stores followed the generaltrend, the sharp seasonal rise of May being subject toonly a slight decline in June. Marketings have held

up comparatively well for the first half of the year, thegeneral index being only about 15 per cent below thesame period a year ago and somewhat less as comparedwith 1929.

Southern pine June production showed the usualseasonal decline from May, the quantity turned out,however, being about 41 per cent less than June ayear ago, the latter in turn having shown a similardecline from the production in June, 1929. Neworders followed approximately the same trend as pro-duction, except that there was not quite as great adecline from May to June. Unfilled orders also de-clined slightly but seasonally in June. The amount forthe first half of the year represents a decline of about45 per cent from the quantity during the first half of1930. Hardwoods production in June was only slightlyless than in May but was 30 per cent under June, ayear ago.

Car loadings of forest products usually drop rathersharply from May to June, the decline for this Junebeing about average. Car loadings for the first sixmonths of the year were between two-thirds and three-fifths of those a year ago and about half of car load-ings in the first half of 1929.

FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: June1930:

June -JulvAugustSeptemberOctober ._ .November

General operations '' iV/irke*)^^ Southern pine i Douglas fir

liate ofopera-tions,elec-

tricitycon-

sump-tion

M(

113.8

107. 3100. 097. 1

105. 677.186. 37'̂ •*

1931:January • SP f\February. - . _ _ -MarchVuril

84.293. 291 5

May 97. 2June


192919301931

88.3

108.798.089.2

I

! ' : ;

£ S ! iKcS ! Nava. I J5»n'°dnt> unad-:| prod- i stores i ''"«

JulSed •"»«<! urts

! v '••

89. s ('^ 2 S t. M 17' . t

71 < "0 " "(/ 0 ' ) 7 .1•>7 8 t,3 0 . - .0> ' >(n 1 ,1 b t • f \i 2 A02 1 t O * 0 2 r> J 21( .21 9 37 1 i fo 1 4" () ,) i 9 25 5 1.

V> 7 - > 0 9 39 7 155 4 -U » ' ( 4 0 93 3 1'5 5 4 4 , - ( -s 4 13 ) 5 1454.4 ! 44.6 63.6 131.6 j j 1 2

S9. 0 ; 89. 0 ! 87. 3 ! 92. 3 !75.8 ! 73.0 ! • 7 2 . 1 93.7 ! 1155.6 45.2 : : 81. 5 \ 73. 1 | 15

: „££, $&[%£\ «^$&G.UCI& order., t-on ; 01 dei s orders

Hardwoods

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un- ifilled

orders i

r . i i i l lons O L fee' board measure

> J ^ l 15] L--,3 24! i IX):•>• 1 ( 0 2 i3 172

2 1 i 1L4 207 223 1357 20t. 112 200 218 1701 213 109 20b 203 13S

177 105 1"2 1«V) 17f)7 Lt, 99 1/57 189 188

5 191 nr> I,;Q 1<)2 1834 171 107 179 189 182") 174 113 1X<; 217 , 197) K>9 101 i 202 224 210

S 1 .S 84 i 207 189 13GT 140 78

I 335 '•• 360 ! 3594 j 233 179 ' 283 | 268 ' 2454 ! 167 100

300

214172

. 1G5101158143134

143158165146146143

310248150

277

143128139176154133125

169188173154158178

316197170

657

526500475460

456

456481473463431419

639613454

Car-load-ings,forestprod-ucts

Thou-sands of

cars

281

199160

1159174121

156138138130165125

283231142

Furni-ture,plantopera-tions,Grandliapids

dis-trict

Per ct.full

time

88.0

70.067. 079. 089.085.081.071.0

68. 063. 064. 007. 070.074.0

92 770^267.7


Miscellaneous IndustriesLEATHER

GREATER than the normal seasonal curtailmentin productive operations was recorded by the

leather and its products industry during June, but theindustry was still operating on a plane about 5 percent above last year. The average rate of productionin this industry during the first half of the year wasabout 4 per cent under the same period last year and6 per cent under 1929. Employment decreased duringJune by a slightly greater amount than would normallybe expected.

PAPER AND PRINTING

Employment in the paper and printing group de-creased slightly more than normal for the season ofthe year. Pay rolls declined by 3.4 per cent and werealmost 14 per cent under June, 1930. Production ofnewsprint paper was approximately the same as re-corded during May but was about 6 per cent underJune last year. During the first half of the year theaverage montly production was 13 per cent under thesame period in 1930 and 15 per cent under 1929.

NONFERROUS METALS

Production of nonferrous metals during June de-clined more than the usual seasonal amount, as didalso employment and pay rolls. Copper productiondecreased seasonally during June, and was of propor-tions 25 per cent under June, 1930. The averagemonthly copper production during the first half of theyear was 29 per cent under the same period in 1930and 48 per cent under 1929. Lead production and tindeliveries also decreased during June as compared withMay.

FUELS

Bituminous coal production increased during Juneby 851,000 short tons, which was not quite as largean increase as would normally be expected during thismonth. The June production was about 14 per centunder June, 1930, a reflection of curtailed factoryoperations. Anthracite production decreased by 9per cent from May, whereas a 6 per cent decrease isabout normal for this period. June production was11 per cent under June last year.

STATISTICS ON MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES

Year and month

Leather and itsproducts

F.K.B.pro-duc-tion

index,ad-

justed

Month-ly av-erage1923-1925=

100

1929' June 11-1930:

JuneJulyA U£UStSeptemberOctoberNovember -December

1931:January -FebruaryMarch. _ ,_ _AprilMavJune .__


192919301831

97959595898181

8792

103107102

1019995

ShoesSoleandbelt-ing

Paper and printing

!

F.R.B. NcwsP"nt

pro-do c-tion

index,ad- Pro-

Production justed cluc-tion

Mil-lions

ofpairs

28

°4242829281918

202429302929

! 292727

Con-sump-tion bypub-

lishers

Month-Mil- < lyav-lions eraê ; Thousands of

of l(-:23- short tenspounds 1925 =

100

25 vis 11*3

242323231922

201718

18

2325

1

lln i 108! 131 1031 109 i 102

109 ". 95107 ! 105103 ; 92

98 99

106 102110 89110 101110 102113 101

.... 101

125 117120 114

99

192

178104157lf'4183185167

101150179174180161

190! 183

168

Nonferrous metals

F H, B Employmentpro-due-tion j

index,

i,?*l«H A(1- ' Unad-justed jllsted jjuste,i

Pay irolis,

unad-justed

1

Monthly average 1923-1925=100

120 102. 9 ; 102. 9

9(1 80. 3 i 80.2! 97 ': "X 7 i 77. 7

96 "6. 1 i 75. 1' 97 3. 6 i 72. 5

95 "2.6 i 71.6i 87 • "1. 8 ; 70. 9i 85 "1.2 i 70.2: I; 78 69. 2 ' 68. 4

79 ; 66. 8 J 68. 11 77 66.6 ; 68.81 73 66. 5 1 68. 1i 73 i 66. 6 j 67. 4

68 65.4 i 65.4

i 129 i 104.0 I 105.4102 82.1 1 83.2

i 75 i 66.9 i 67.7i 1 i

117.0 :

; 85. 0 '76. 072.070. 7

i 09.4 !67. 3 :

: 67.9

! 64. 1 :

! 64.4; 66.3i Go. 4i 63.4; 59.11

122. 7! 88.7! 63.8

Cop-per

smel-ter

Lead,refined

Production

Short tons

95, 339

69, 15567, 63866, 69868,48770, 41964,81660, 022

53, 42955, 22957, 92252, 08553, 73451,652

103, 04276, 48854, 009

i 58,380

: 50,721i 51,538: 52,980

48,491! 50,402i 43; 423

48,517

1 43,405i 39,4641 41, 775j 35,498t 39,519| 30,708

59,979' 53,292! 38,395

Tin

Deliv-eries

Longtons

7, 455

5, 8856, 1305, 6957, 2507,580f], 2707, 495

7,2105, 1006,1206, 6305,5055,185

8, 0156, 3015,958

Fuel

Bitu-mi-

nous

production

An-thra-cite

Thousands ofI short tons

38, 771

33, 71434, 71 535, 6C138, 63244, 15038, 12239, 716

38, 54231, 40833, 87028, 47828, 31429, 165

42, 97538, 43931,630

4,883

2 5, 0905, 6586, 1905, 2937, 5765, 2076, 086

6, 1575, 3914,7455, 7005, 0054,552

5,9205,5535,258

Crudepetro-leum

Mil-lions

ofbarrels

S3

36867

6661697377

8178

August, 1931] SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 21

INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1931, TOGETHER WITHCOMPARATIVE FIGURES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1930l

Districts

Alabama _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ArizonaArkansasFirst California _ _ _Sixth CaliforniaColoradoConnecticut _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _DelawareFlorida - - .GeorgiaHawaiiIdahoFirst Illinois _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Eighth IllinoisIndianaIowaKansas _ _KentuckyLouisiana _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _IVIaineMaryland, including District of ColumbiaMassachusetts - _ _ _Michigan _MinnesotaMississippi _ _First Missouri _ _ _Sixth MissouriMôntanaNebraska - - - _ _Nevada __New HampshireFirst New Jersey _ _Fifth New JerseyNew MêxicoFirst New York_Second New York.Third New YorkFourteenth New York _Twenty-first New YorkTwenty-eighth New YorkNorth Carolina -North DakotaFirst OhioTenth Ohio . . _Eleventh OhioEighteenth OhioOklahomaOreaonFirst PennsylvaniaTwelfth PennsylvaniaTwenty-third PennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth Dakota .TennesseeFirst TexasSecond Texa^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Utah -VermontVirginia --Wa^hin^ton including AlaskaWest Virginia __ _ _ _ _ _WisconsinWyomingPhilinîne Islands _ _ - _Sales of documentary stamps by postmastersInternal revenue receipts through customs

offices .- -_

Total

Corporation i Individual

$2, 298, 149. 11 ' $2, 010, 276. 221,114,554.291 1,079,933.071 199 466 28 i 617, 189 27

27, 676, 387. 10 ! 16, 965, 943. 5022,211,454.96! 26,739,368.6411 934 765 67 3,337.521.3516, 287, 010 31 1 18, 708, 143. 8323 134 000 44 i 9 743 127 242 608 219 36 5 245, 859. 623, 707, 961. 90 2, 703, 636. 703 169 014 10 ' 1 213 Oil 28

484 110 77 ' 200 735 9297 897, 682. 84 ! 69, 782, 701. 58

3*914 662 80 i 2 093 013 4510*838 411 80 ! 8 256 692 226 191,871 86 1 3,705,530 80

10, 945, 386. 68 i 2, 394, 232. 046 569 880 19 i 4 141 125 634 955, 705 93 < 2, 712, 931, 663 637 853 90 l 2 756 349 58

2l', 191, 578. 52 1 19, 982, 751. 4837 840 826 83 | 45, 592, 833 8858 147, 320. 15 i 44, 220, 653, 7812 787 808 77 i 8 015 242 99

*985 206 46 ' 517 881 8919,012,119.86: 11,018,726.496 651 212 38 i 4 22 i 952 81

780 133 18 l 910 113 452,710.596.76 i 1,862,065.57

863, 628. 75 ! 434, 552. 131 173 609 62 ! 1 600 002 015, 124, 836 06 ! 7, 225. 108. 28

30,526,978.80 1 28,781,429.78281 779 84 ! 326 856 22

10,902,442.07 i 23,021,913 50174, 214, 502. 56 ' 173, 334, 903. 4985 539 798 79 75 291 934 9916,938.433.43 i 17,557,229 234, 810, 543. 32 ' 5, 330, 468. 95

15 938 023 69 i 12 097 240 2110, 239, 452. 04 i 3, 481. 361. 66

238.377. 20 i 113,255. 2213 395 893 58 11,047 557 337, 336, 630 89 : 3, 897, 466. 634,545,777.88! 3,135,927.34

34,893 240 78 ! 17,760 738 729, 511, 829. 55 ! 5, 145, 725. 732 391 325 43 1 719 410 40

54 840 676 48 ! 42 673 908 168, 225, 969 25 4. 305, 900 59

35 177 569 26 29 021 666 484 710 422 97 6 145 799 691, 300. 848 49 ' 509, 575. 43

390, 943. 97 330. 055. 155 523 290 00 i 3 761 422 74

10 670 134 75 7,227,321 667, 278, 82S OS : n. 432, 032. 511.619,581.25 718.433.11

812 1.53 06 ; 858 101 0016, 157. 273 02 3, 019, 480. 645, 543 945 39 5 219 307 696,472,075 37 ! 2.200,745.66

17,004.559.43 ! 8,981.110.63301 762 92 i 265, 532 06

1,026,443.530 11 < 833,758,110.96

Total income tax

$4, 308, 425. 332, 194, 487. 361 816 655 55

44, 642, 330. 6048, 950, 823. 6015 272 287 0234, 995, 184. 1432 877 127 68

7 854 078 986,411,598.604 382 055 38

684 846 69167, 680, 384. 42

6 007 676 2519 095 104 029 897,402.66

13, 339, 618. 7210 711 005 827,668 637 596 394 203 48

41, 174, 330. 0083 433 660 71

102, 367, 973. 9320 803 051 761 503 088 35

30, 030, 846. 3510 878 165 19

1*690 246 634, 572, 662. 331. 298, 180. 882 773 611 63

12 349, 944. 3459, 308, 408. 58

608 636 0633 924, 355. 57

347, 549, 406. 05160 831 733 7834 495, 662. 6610, 141, 012. 2728 035 ^63 9013, 720, 813. 70

351, 032. 4224 443 450 9111, 234. 097. 527, 681, 705, 22

52 653 979 5014, 657, 555. 284 110 735 83

97 514 5S4 6412, 531, SGO 8464 199 235 7410 856 222 661,810 42,5 92

721,009. 129 984 713 70

17,897 450 4113, 710, 910 57

2, ;Ui8, 01 7. 361, 700 259 06

19, 206, 7.53 6010 763 253 OS8 672 821 03

26, 585, o7Q. 00570 291 98

1,860,201,641 07

Miscellaneoustaxes

$305,838 9868, 132. 1691 680 41 '.

15 835 270 203 648,501.06

394 946 322 884 432 791 164 738 213 668 144 78

323, 640 04433 623 6331 542 23

15 513 454 831 597 888 362 336 120 95

498 816 52 !

350.946.4017 774 729 02 !

1 232 093 24 !355 647 19

3, 684', 246'. 22 i5 063 247 86 '4,996,586.96 l

2 480 375 4561 415 43

10, 112,026 11 j

717 695 27102 285 54 i206,274 1947, 880. 96

781 565 58 •1,986,066 42

23, 956, 647. 94 ;81 538 12 i

4,381 421 43 |35, 396, 230. 1111 364 271 46 i3 533 309 67

837,461.01 !1 126 038 56

249 128 997 89 i13, 600. 42

11 004 998 813,39^ 736 01

465,051.32 ;

2 066 80S 59264,639 77 i321 479 82 :

11 6'<5 824 621, 843. 1ST 782 540 151 30

425 0'2 13170 803 32 :27,798.89

3 818 349 48682 189 93 ;

512, 781. 96 :

58,932.94 !50 752 00 i

94, 554, 618. 45 •738 :;09 57

2,481,822 13 -1. 579, 709. 22

20 308 77 i2 29^, 001. 28 1- 411 801 69

2 5, 626. 68

567, 978 579 38

Total fiscalyear 1931

$4, 614, 264. 312, 262, 619. 521 908 335 96 !

60 477,600.8052, 599, 324. 6615 667 233 3437 879, 616. 9334 041 865 8911*522 223 76

6 735,238.64 j4 815 079 01' 716 388 92 i

183, 193 839 257 605 564 61

21 431 224 9710 396, 219. 1813, 690, 565. 1228 485 734 848 900 730 836 749 850 67

44, 858, 576. 2288 496 908 57 !

107, 364, 560. 8923 283 427 211 564 503 78

40, 142, 872. 4611 595 860 461 792 532 174 778,936.521,346 061.843 555 177 21 [

14,336,010 76 '83,265,056.52 !

690 174 18 ]

38 305 777 00 i382, 945, 636. 16172 196 005 2438 028,972 3310, 978, 473. 28 !29 161 302 46

262 849,811. 59 \365, 232. 84

35 448 449 7214, 628, 833. 538, 146, 756. 54

54 720 848 0914. 922, 195. 05 14 432 215 65

109 150 409 26 '14,375,057.62 i66 739 387 04 111 281 234 79

1, 981. 227. 24 '718.808.01 !

13 133 056 18 118, 579, 646. 34 i14. 223, 092. 53 12.426.950.301, 751,011 03 i

113,701,372. 11 i11 501 6^2 6511, 154,043. 1628, 165, 379. 28 l

590 003 75298, 001. 28411 801 69

5,626.68 i

2, 428, 180, 220 45

Total fiscalyear 1930

$7, 161, 054. 932, 965, 710. 013 156 507 34

83, 653, 870. 4465, 634, 438. 4012 468 450 7748, 391, 389. 3540 145 321 9016 735,335 8012, 520, 618. 545 515 914 45

868, 067. 52238, 174, 524. 95

8 963 112 9326 298 542 3013, 368, 665. 4817, 133, 836. 2332 378, 183 9612, 199, 672. 948 670 813 09

54, 208. 727. 71115 742,594.64137, 076, 199. 6430 438 665 112 099, 915. 16

49, 077, 189. 1712 946 702 222 610, 739 325, 705, 779. 811, 879, 608. 883 758 973 25

19, 114.613.44104, 833, 827. 87

924 647 5158, 510, 200. 79

538, 872, 184. 77224 814 697 2349, 883, 402. 0815, 718, 635. 7241 155 900. 58

274, 257, 525. 21556, 292. 43

45,479 655 5519, 874, 902. 879, 144, 562. 85

71 130 052 7418, 079, 569. 435 744 794 79

133 212 737 97" 17,900,789. 14

79 089 537 2115 307, 494. 163,018.204.30

887,611.8816 478 693 7822, 203, 373. 2916, 621, 147. 723, 225, 694. 422, 229, 415. 73

96, 694, 138. 8814 441 936.6212.139,820.3735, 512. 796. 15

752, 334. 55324,815.00

3 040 145 733 17

1 Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue.2 Eleven months' collections only.

SUMMARY OF INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1931

Quarter ended—

Sept 30, 1930Deo 31 1930Mar. 31, 1931June 30 1931

Total fiscal year 1931Total, fiscal year 1930 _

Decrease, 1931

Corporation

1 $302, 675, 618. 791 301 569 511 27! 214,057,514.70! 208, 140, 885. 35

1 1,026,443,530 11' 1, 263, 414, 466. 60

236 970 936 49

Individual

$251, 050, 206. 07252, 016, 755 34184, 483, 550. 18146, 207, 599. 37

833,758, 130 961, 146, 844, 763, 68

313, 086, 652 72

Total income tax

$553, 725. 824. 86553 586 266 61398, 541, 064. 88354, 348. 484. 72

1, 860 201, 641 072,410,259,230.28

550 057, 589 21

Miscellaneoustaxes

$154, 637, 882. 85134 322 101 65135,219,025.88143. 799, 569. 00

567, 978, 579. 38629, 886, 502. 89

61, 907, 923. 51

Total (all! sources)

i $708, 363, 707. 71i 687, 908, 368. 26

533, 760. 090. 76498, 148, 053. 72

2, 428, 180, 220. 453, 040, 145, 733. 17

611. 965, 512. 72

22 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS[Weekly average, 1923-1925=100]

[August, 1931

ITEM

"Composite index, N. Y. Times. ."Composite index, Business Week-Detroit employmentProduction:

Beehive cokeBituminous coalBuildings (new a wards)t Electric currentPetroleum _ _ _ _Steel ingots

Receipts:Cattle and calvesCottonHogsWheat

Distribution' Car loadingsWholesale prices:

Copper electrolyticCotton middling

1931

Julv25"

119.443.4

69.023.855.5

55.133.1

July! Julv18 ! ll"

74.8 74.376.0 76.8

i 68 2

7.3' 7.869.7^ 68.5

i 72.0100.1 99.3117.5122.240.8 40.8

73.7 57.922. 3! 5. 865.0 60.2

368.0261.079. Oi 79.6

155. 81 58.734. 2| 34.6

1930

Julv26"

85.591.0

18.482.986.4

102.8119.576.3

66.811.565.2

406. 095.9

78.347.1

Ju lyJu ly July19 12 27

86.0 89.3110.094.8 97.5|114.7

58 0'

20. 4 21. 2'- 55. 981.3 80.7i 98.6

95. 2 160. 5101. 6101.4J 104. 6120.0121.5139.176.3 75.0,126.3

84. 8 71. 2! 83. 27. 7 6. 9j 23. 1

74. 4 76. 9! 75. 7296. 7230. 3 374. 9

96.8 95.5115.0

78.3 81. 2l 129.049.3 48.2; 68.8

1029 1931

July20

ITEMJulv J u l v

1 3 " ; , 2 5 "

109. 3:110.1 ; ! Wholesale prices— Continued.112.3:111.2 M Fisher's index (1926=100)— :

i19Q 0 ; Total (1901 69 5

55.195.7

104.9138. 9126. 3

75.018.576.4

229.1112.6

129.070.6

! Agricultural products (30) . i 60. 553. 9 ; ! Nonagricultural products98.1 || (90) ; 72.0

161.1 | Iron and steel composite : 74.8105.5 i Banking and finance: ;138. 8 Bank debits outside N. Y. C _ \ 87. 4125.0 Bond prices 106.9

Business failures (number) 115. 2

33.5 i! Interest rates, call 36.484.3 i! Interest rates, time i 34.3

207.5 i l Loans and discounts 116.2111.21 ' Money in circulation . i 99. 2

i Net demand deposits 111.7129.0 1 Stock prices 134.867. 6 i Time deposits 157. 1

1 !

Ju lv July18 ! 11

69.861.0

72.574.8

96.4106.9105.2108.536.434.3

117.199.4

113.0134.7157.5

1930

July26

70.4! 83.361.9 85.2

73.2! 82.175.1 80.0

92.2110.7107.1106.995. 6; 125. 3

108.6107.436.4 48.538.2! 80.0

117. 1 134. 8100.01 91.4112.61113.4139. 5 207. 1158.3163.2

!

IJu ly i Ju ly

19 : 12

S3. 4: 84.585. 5 j 86.6

82.1! 83.080.11 80.5

122. 1!105.2106.7106.5111.1105.2105.8105.454. 5! 62.179. 11 70.4

135.3135.092.1! 93.2

114. 1 112. 5207.4 196. 6163.2161.6

1929

J u l v Ju lyJu ly27" | 20 ; 13

99.1106. 7

94.688. 6

138. 0104. 198.396.4

206.1182.9135.897.5

108.8289. 1147.2

98.8 98.0105.7103.4

94. 5: 94.988.7. 88.7

143.6121.6104. 2 104. 292. 4 108. 195.2 94.2

230. 3 209. 1180.0171.4135. 2 135. 3

98.3 98.8109. 4 109. 0289. 9 284. 5146.6146.8

* Relative to a computed normal taken as 100. fRelative to weekly average 1928-1930 for week shown.

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

ITEM

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Bituminous-coal production _thous. tons..Building contracts (da av ) 37 states thous. dolls _Electrical-current output mil. kw.-hours__Exports:

Corn - thous. of buWheat thous. of bu._Wheat flour.. thous. of bbls._

Freight cars:Loadings total cars

Coal and coke cars _Forest products _ _. cars..Grain and grain products carsLivestock cars _Merchandise, 1. c. 1 _ _ _ cars..IVIiscellaneous carsOre cars

Net available surplus (da. av.) _ carsPetroleum production (da. av.) thous. of bbls..Receipts:

Cattle and calves (12 markets) thous._Cotton into sight thous. of bales _Wheat, primary markets thous. bush.Wool, total, Boston thous. Ibs..

Steel-ingot production per cent capacity -

WHOLESALE PRICES

Chemical index rel. to 1924..Copper ingots, electrolyte, New York dolls. lb._Cotton middling, New York dolls. lb._Food index (Bradst reefs) . dolls. Ib .Iron and steel composite dolls. ton_.Wheat, No. 2, hard winter, Kansas City_. dolls. b u _ _

FINANCIALBank debts:

New York City _ mills of dollsOutside New York City mills, of dolls..

Bond sales, New York Exchange:United States Government thous. of dolls. .Average price 40 corporation bonds ._ dolls. _

Business failures numberFederal reserve banks:

Bills discounted . ^ _ mills of dollsTotal reserves mills, of dolls-

Federal reserve member banks:Total loans and discounts mills, of dolls..Total investmentsOther loans mills of dollsNet demand, deposits mills, of dolls..Time deposits . mills, of dolls..

Foreign exchange, sterling dolls..Interest rates on brokers' loans:

Time monev, New York _. per eent-.Call money, New York per cent--

Money in circulation (dally average).. mills, of dolls..Stocks, New York Exchange:

Average price 50 stocks dolls..Sales thous . of sh ares. -

Stocks price, average weekly closing:Industrials, rails, and utilities (404). .rel to. 192(L.All industrials (337) rel. to 1926..All railroads (33) ... rel. to 1926All utilities (34) ..rel. to 1926

1931

July 25

1,680

222,553

244

2,487

21862

9,83233

106.3.076.0902.19

30.9845

4, 4993,981

1,51495.71

469

! 182j 3, 598

14, 527

7, 95713, 492

| 7, 1214. 84

' 1.501. 50

i 4, 8171 130. 90: 5, 108

i 93.590.2

1 75.0! 158. 0

July 18 July 11

6,794

1~667~

101,998

183

757, 555113, 69227, 89160, 12719, 710

213, 294285, 94136, 900

2,447 !

23358

29, 23732, 129

31

106.3.077.6932.18

30.98.43

5,1144,390

| 1, 81995.77

428

1621 3, 581

14, 6357.7808. 002

13, 6457,1424.85

! 1.50i 1.50

4,828

130. 86! 8, 161

95.285.9

! 73. 2153.0

6,67111, 5541,655

2,163165

763, 581115, 21226, 17060, 12118, 147

215, 853291, 79036, 288

571, 4102,545

18315

20, 73214, 296

31

106.3.081.0942.19

31.11.46

4,7174,247

1.31895.92

389

1623,592

14, 6367, 8517, 968

13, 6047,1764.87

1.671.50

4,858

135. 449, 813

99.190.476.5

159.0i

1930

July 26

8,08413, 8691,713

252,782

203

919, 349149, 02941,61263, 63718, 769

230, 986364, 93560, 381

454, 8151 2, 489

21130

32, 25822, 807

58

107.2.08

.1282.67

33.14.81

I 6, 0565,045

! 1, 94295.74

570

191! 3, 194

16, 852!| 6,243| 8, 454j 13, 692

7,400| 4.87

; 3.502.00

i 4, 436

! 201. 1010, 380

! 153.5!! 144.2! ! 126.6

220.8

July 19

7,922

1,693

263,962

233

928, 271145, 33542, 16564, 15522, 351

233, 173359, 083

62, 00 )463, 605

2,500

26820

23, 56813, 504

58

108.8.08

.1342.67

33. 18.79

7, 1125,562

2.85095. 56

452

2073, 197

i16, 9066, 2008,482

13. 7847, 3994.86

i3.462.25

4,470

201. 4514, 535

152. 5142.9126.2220.3

July 12

7, 86115, 2781,690

117825134

915,985144. 009

39, 67557, 31522, 479

230, 297355, 63566, 575

471, 9512,532

22518

18, 29720, 518

57

108.9.112.1312.62

33.32.81

5, 4974,793

2,75695.35

428

2363,178

16,8696,1188, 502

13, 5877. 326

i 4.86

3. 082. 58

4, 526

190. 91: 8, 952

144. 4135. 1122.3207. 6

1929

July 27

9,60725, 7761,743

743,558

316

1, 102, 553173, 02566, 74370, 11724, 124

258, 039428, 77780, 678

197, 9202,897

26348

29, 78811, 166

96

113.3.178.1873.36

36.68; 1.29

10, 721! 6, 289

i 2, 021! 93. 23

400

1, 0643,126

16, 9705, 490

i 9, 287i 13, 146

6, 6744.85

8.008.50

4,734

280. 7219, 637

210. 3202.8

i 164. 0i 288. 3

July 20

9,324

1,748

2611,551

203

1, 079, 968163, 10266, 74364, 73322, 861

257, 570425, 611

79, 348215, 897

2,894

23748

18, 1999,282

96

113.3.178.1923.36

36.721.30

11, 5056,543

3,46193.32

376

1, 0843, 098

16,8925, 5189, 248

13,2196, 648

i 4. 85

| 7.889.50

; 4, 775

281. 5523, 030

i209.8

j 203. 8! 163.91 281.6

July 13

9,55825, 8671,757

136839264

1, 066, 414165, 44060, 59659, 46724, 762

255, 806421, 721

78, 622211, 108

2,892

23887

16, 48716, 174

95

112.5.178.1843.33

36.721.17

9. 1635,541

3,26693. 33

440

1, 1533, 062

16, 9065, 5289, 195

13, 1706, 654

j 4.85

7.501 8.63| 4, 800

276. 2923, 152

205. 8202.7156. 4266. 9

1928

July 28

8,96423, 4701, 539

2301,806

165

1, 034, 326164, 85464, 70255, 03522, 037

255, 296! 408,7101 €2, 651! 270, 985! 2, 386

i 233i 26; 23, 079: 8, 946: 72

110. 61 .145! .211! 3.36i 34. 97

1.18

7,299: 5, 108; 2, 987

96. 95356

1,0252, 761

. ; 15.692; i 6,053

8, 966: 13, 007! 6, 824

4.86

; 6.005. 50

4, 696

; 188. 738, 973

:| 145.3149. 2125. 0

i 145. 6

July 21

8,642

1,530

125555211

1, 033, 843160, 20964, 70255, 23323, 239

255, 702410, 260

64, 498294, 458

2,402

357

18, 73710,623

i 71

110.6.145.2123.41

34.891.26

: 8. 5275,851

4,87096. 21

| 426

1,0122,759

15, 7506. 0948, 988

! 13,146| 6, 830j 4.86

6.00; 5.63! 4, 720

; 185.92I 7, 0251 142.71 146.45 123. 2j 143. 4

August. 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 23

Monthly Business StatisticsThe following table contains a summary of the monthly figures designed to show the trend in important

industrial and commercial movements. These data represent continuations of the figures presented in the 1931Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, in which monthly figures for the past seven years maybe found, together with explanations as to the sources and basis for the figures quoted. The figures givenbelow should always be read in connection with these explanations. For later data, which have become avail-able since these data were compiled, see recent Weekly Supplements to the Survey.

CONTENTSPage

Industrial indexes 23Wholesale prices 24Commodity groups:

Automobiles 26Chemicals and allied products 27Foodstuffs 29Forest products 33Leather products 34Iron and steel 35Machinery 37Nonferrous metals 38Paper and its products 39Printing 40

Commodity groups—Continued.Rubber and its productsStone, clay, and glassTextilesTobaccoMiscellaneous

FuelsDistribution movementForeign tradeEmployment and wagesConstructionPublic utilitiesFinance

Page

404142444445464848505153

Earlier data for items shown here maybe found in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Federal Reserve Board

Total, unadjusted rel. to 1923-25. _Total adjusted rel to 1923-25Manufactures, total unadjusted rel. to 1 923-25. .Manufactures, total adjusted.. rel. to 1923-25..

Automobiles rel. to 1923-25Cement rel to 1923-25Food products rel. to 1923-25Iron and steel rel to 1923-25Leather und shoes rel. to 1923-25..Nonferrous metals rel. to 1923-25Paper and printing rel to 1923-25Petroleum refining rel. to 1923-25Polished plate glass rel to 1923-25Auto tires and tubes rel. to 1923-25Textiles rel. to 1923-25-.Tobacoo manufactures rel. to 1923-25..

Minerals, told unadjusted rel. to 1923-25..Minerals, total ad jus led rel. to 1923-25..

Anthracite rel to 1923-25Bituminous coal. rel. to 1923-25..Copper rel to 1923-25Crude petroleum rel. to 1923-25..Iron-ore shipments rel. to 1923-25Lead rel. to 1923-25Silver .. . rel. to 1923-25..Zinc rel. to 1923-25

Industrial Consumption of ElectricalEnergy

Activity by geographic sections:United States rel. to 1923-25..New England rel. to 1923-25North Central _.rel. to 1923-25..Middle Atlantic rel. to 1923-25-.Southern rel. to 1923-25Western.. rel. to 1923-25

Activity by industries:AlUndustry - - rel. to 1923-25Automobiles, including

repair parts rel. to 1923-25..Food and kindred products rel. to 1 923-25. .Leather and its products.__rel. to 1 923-25. .Lumber and its products. .rel. to 1923-25..Metals group rel. to 1923-25.

Metal working plants_.rel. to 1923-25. .Rolling mills and

steel plants rel to 1923-25Paper and pulp _ _ rel. to 1923-25Rubber and its products...rel. to 1 923-25. .Shipbuilding rel. to 1923-25..Stone, clay and glass rel. to 1 923-25. _Textiles ..rel. to 1923-25..

June

8586848665

1128364

10268

1001338585667467

122466052

101.798 4

102.791.5

111 4106. 4

101 7

71.3136.285.486.392.578.6

86 6112 4121.084.8

118.7100.5

May

9089919077969172

2 10773

113163112123

2 101137284

8671756S

2 12227785154

109.8104 4109. 2101. 3118 2119. 1

109 8

89.7126. 881. 097.298 594. 0

106 8135 1122.389.7

132.0103.7

April

9090929077909675

10273

11016111710798

13483928477

2 gg121

715461

106.4109 4105.097.6

108 6114 0

106 4

90.8122.083.991.599 594.6

108 1109 6109. 092.5

116. 5100. 0

1931

March

90889188678187789277

*1101521199897

1318287727670

112

796365

108.2105. 8105. 7102.8117.5115. 7

108.2

94.1116. 871.293.2

112.2103.5

119 4123 0109. 698.3

105.197.3

Febru-ary

88868986688092738779

1111491119493

1328488897376

110

826265

110.3105.5109. 0108.0130.6120.0

110.3

88.9112.976.184.2

114.0112.3

116 5127 0122.0514.8102.699.3

January |

82838181638493647778

107144908886

1218690937772

110

836865

97.690.2

100.296.6

105.8 j111.0 '

97.6

67.5118.371.682.697.495. 0

103 4111 8

1 106. 51 113.9

75.386.4

Decem-ber

78827680858389598185

101149657387

1288994938576

111

927168

99.186.399.097.5

116.4I 99. 9

1 99.1

71.5107.168.773.3

102.397.8

110 2117.084.399.0

ICO. 689.8

Novem-ber

!

85858484748694658087

103151917793

1199592838683

11451837370

105.496.3

100.6103.5113.4121.3

104.3

74.9124.473.086.599.589.6

106 5112 395.3

105. 5106. 2

1 87.0

October

90878885499794758995

1071601018891

12910498

1058783

11574947090

103.293.2

107.399.6

118 4116. 1

103.2

80.9137.284.977.1

101.287.0

126 0120.099.0

121. 5106. 385.4

1930

Septem-ber

9391919062

11196869597

109165958488

12510094808589

11479

1017393

110.788.1

110.6103.1120. 1130.9

110.7

88.4148. 673.5

105. 6101.497.4

110 3119.3107.2124.1120.585.1

August

9091899162

11791939596

109164659681

13010196888284

11796

1067094

106.987.1

112.094.3

110.2125.0

106.9

86.6141.287.797.7

100.395. 2

112.0115.1110.5122.8118.272. 5

July

9195909475

11694939597

111166105'9384

13710097828683

12095

1036991

105.187.9

109. 9102.9106.5129.0

105.1

75.3139. 297.3

100.0100. 595.1

109.7119.9103.8110. 8110.879.7

June

9910099

10090

11993

1099796

11617011411984

141103100

788986

124108997599

115.394.2

116.0111.8119.5135.0

115.3

102.9145.496.8

107.3110.0106.8

115. 2137.5104.8111.8136. 5

QS. 2.1 Revised.


MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

[August, 1931


STOCKS AND ORDERS

New orders, total . _ _ rel. to 1923-25Stocks, total rel. to 1923-25..

Manufactured goods rel. to 1923-25—Raw materials rel to 1923-25

Unfilled orders, total rel to 1923-25

PRICE INDEXES

Department of Labor Indexes:All commodities (550). rel. to 1926. _Food (121) rel to 1926Finished products (380) rel. to 1926..Industrial group commodities —

Building materials (57).— rel. to 1926._Chemicals and drugs (78).rel. to 1926..Fuel and lighting (23) rel. to 1926..Hides and leather products (40)

rel. to 1926-House furnishing goods (37)

rel. to 1926—Textile products (75) rel. to 1926..Miscellaneous (25) rel. to 1926—All except farm and food products

(384) rel. to 1928-Raw materials (108) rel. to 1926—Semimanufactured articles (62)

„.. rel. to 1926-Bradstreet's Index rel. to 1926Dun's Index rel. to 1926

WHOLESALE PRICES

Acetate of lime dolls, per cwtBarley, No. 2, Minneapolis.. .dolls, per bush..Brass sheets, mill dolls, per lb—Brick, common, red, New York

dolls per thousButter, common, New York dolls, per lb_.Butter. New York rel. to 1926Cement, Portland (composite). .dolls, per l b _ _Cement. Portland (composite) rel. to 1926..Cheese, American whole milk, New York

. dolls, per lb —Chemicals . rel. to 1927Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Brazil grades-dolls, per lb—Copper ingots, electrolytic dolls, per lb—Copper ingots, electrolytic rel. to 1926Coal:

Anthracite —Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton..Wholesale, composite

..dolls, per short ton —Wholesale, composite. rel. to 1926..

Bituminous-Mine average (spot)

dolls, per short ton--Prepared sizes (composite)

dolls per net tonPrepared sizes (com posited reL to 1926—Retail, composite .dolls, per short tori--Wholesale, composite

dolls np,r short tonWholesale, composite rel. to 192G_.

Coke, furnace, Connellsvilledolls per short ton

Coke, furnnce, Connellsville . rel. to 1926 -Cocoa, spot, Accra, New York.. dolls, per l b —Corn:

No. 3, yellow, Chicago-- .dolls, per bush..No. 3, yellow. Chicago rel. to l! /2f i_.No. 3, Kansas City dolls per b'isli

1931

June

47.1134.4120.3144.455.1

70.072.474.0

77.577.958.1

87.8

88.665.461.8

71.964.7

68.567.977. 7

2.00.39

.158

10. 00.23

51.11.36478.2

.14

.88! . Of)81 . 0803

58.2

! 14.31

\ 12.41390.2

3. 8 ] t )79. 68. 1 1

' 3. G9285. 0

2. 45

. 58' 77. 3

No. 3, White, Chicago dolls, per bush—! .58Cotton: !

To producer dolls per lb 077In New York, middling dolls, per lb ._

Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow,prime, New York 1 dolls, per lb

Cotton goods:Print cloth 64 x 60 dolls, per vd —Print cloth, 64 x 60 rel. to 1926Sheeting, brown dolls per ydSheeting, brown rel to 1926Cotton goods (Fairchild) rel. to 1911-1913

. 090

. 008

. 048: 63.4i . 054' 57.9

Cotton yarns:22/J cones, Boston do^ls per lb ' ^'-^22/1 cones, Boston rel. to 192640/15 southern spinning dolls, per lb..

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals-_ rel. to Aug., 1914-

Drugs, crude.. rel. to Aug., 19 14-.Essential oils rel. to Aug., 1914..Flaxseed, No. 1, Minneapolis—dolls, per bush-.Flour, see under wheat Hour.Food, wholesale, see under individual items.Food, retail (Dept. of Labor) rel. to 1913.Hides:

Green salted, packers'heavy native steers dolls, per lb_

Green-salted packers'heavy native steers .rel. to 1926

Calfskins, country, No. 1 dolls, perlb..Calfskins, country, No. 1 rel. to 1926..

i 60. 0

; 157i 128

i 1.48

' 118.3

0. 1001 71.31 .129

74.3

May

250.52 139. 62119.42 154. 1

56.1

71.372.975.1

78.479.160.9

87.3

89.266.362.8

73.266.5

68.966.977.3

2.00.45

.165

10. 25.24

53.31.399.802

.14

.89.061

. 086762. 8

14. 19

12. 27089.1

1.60

3. 838SO. 18.0-i

3. 723I 8-i. 3

2.4S60. 3

.049,

.5674, 7

. 50

.088

.093

. 009

! . 05065. 7. 05862. 8115

i 2°3I 62. 2; . 353

157130

791. 55

121.0

.085

60.2.12974.1

April

256.92 144. 5

120.6161.759.8

73.375.677.1

80.980.161.6

87.3

90.867.663.9

74.268.3

71.169,079.2

2.00.48

.172

10. 25.26

57 81. 42281.6

.1590

.053.093968.0

14.39

12. 20288. 6

1.64

3. 84580.28. 85

3. 76087.2

2. 50: 60.9

. 0535

. 5877.3. 53.58

. 093, 102

.076

. 05369.6, 05963.2119

i .23164.5.369

: 160; 131

821.57

! 124. 0

i .092

! 65. 5; .135' 77. 9

March

«54.8151.3120.9173.261.2

74.576.778.4.

81.981.964.5

87.4

90.869.264.7

75.669.4

72.271.480.9

2.00.44

.174

10.00.29

64. 41.47784.1

.1690

. 056.098571.4

14. 85

M 2. 608; 91.6

| 1.69

'' 3. 999• 83.4| 8.85

! 33.7913 87. 9

2.5060. 9

: . 0550

i .60i SO.O

. 54j .60! .096| .109

.076

• .055i 73. 3

.059! 63.3

121

.24066.8.382

17413081

1.58

126.4

.090

64.1.12873.4

Febru-ary

46.6153.7121.0177.460.2

75.577.179.3

81.882.269.6

86.6

90.870.463.9

77.170.6

72.371.081.4

2.00.44

.171

10.00.28

62.21.54387.9

.1689

.064.097270.4

14. 85

12. 732i 92.5

! 1.77

4. 22388.1

• 8.83

! 3.81488.4

i 2.5361. 5

! . 0563

i .61! 81.3i . 54i .63

1 .091| .110

.073

. 05369.6

! .065! 69.8i 119

.239! 66.7; .390! 175

131! 80| 1.56

127.0

.073

' 52.1.11767. 4

January

48.2156.8120.8182.861.8

77.080.180.5

82.983.669.8

88.6

91.171.064.7

77.872.9

73.472.082.7

2.00.44

.173

10.00.29

64.41. 57888.5

.1790

. 068.098471.3

14.88

12.73292.5

1. 77: 4. 270

89. 18.87

3.820SS. 8

2. 551 62.1| . 0619

.6586.7.59.68

. OfiG; . 102

.073

.05268.8.06267.0

120

.248; 69. 1

.390

1751 133

811.57

132.8

.095

67.7.12571.8

1930

Decem-ber

48.6163.7120.9194.561.8

78.481.881.9

84.484.870.5

91.2

91.372.466.9

79.074.2

74.373.684.7

2.00.47

.178

9.50.32

71.11.58090.6

.1893

.070.103074.6

14. 89

12. 751i 92. 6

1.77

4. 31790.0

i 8.94

3. 89890. 4

1 2.55: 62.1

! . 0675

i .69i 92. 0i .661 .73

.087

.101

.072

.05370.4

! .065i 69. 9

122

.247j 68.8! .390

! 175! 137

851.61

137.2

.107

75.9.144

i 83.0

Novem-ber

48.7161. 8119.1192.658.7

80.485.783.7

85.685.271.8

94.0

95.273.367.8

80.176.8

75.676.186.4

2.00.48

.176

9.50.36

80.01.58891.1

.1994

.079.101173.3

14.90

12. 75192.6

1.78

4.33690.58. 94

3.90090, 4

2.5862.7

.0688

.7194.7.69.76

.096

.110

.076

.05775. 5

i .06670.9

124

.25471.0.405

17513787

1.65

141.4

.118

84.2.15689.7

October

56.6157.2119.0184.858.6

82.688.685.6

85.886.075.1

96.5

95.373.868.8

81.580.0

75.577.887.6

2.42.52

.169

9.50.40

88.91.60091.7

.1994

.089.096069.6

14.87

12. 76292.7

1.81

4.34290.68.88

3.89390.2

2.6063.3

.0675

.82109.3

.82

.88

.092

.107

.076

.05572.9.06671.3

124

.235j 65. 5j .413

17613790

1.80

144.4

.133

94.8.17299.2

Septem-ber

59.7144.6118.6163.563.0

84.289.286.8

86.486.676.3

99.1

95.475.569.7

82.882.1

76.579.789.2

3.00.53

.176

9.50.40

88.91.60091.7

.2094

.072.103174.7

14.80

12. 70792.3

1.75

4. 30389.8

! 8.79

! 3. 897' 90.3! 2.60

63.3| . 0670

1 .94! 125. 3! .89

.97

.099

.109

.081

.053i 70. 4! .070

75.1124

.24267.4.420

17613991

1.90

145. 6

.146

103.8.16595.2

August ji

63.8 !132.3120.6 i140.7 i65.3

84.087.186.4

87.4 ';87.3 i75.4 !

98.9

95.977.771.2

83.381.8

78.180.790.6

3.00.52

.179

9.50.39

86.71.60091.7

.1994

.072. 106977.5

14.57

12. 57891.4

1.68

4.18087 2

i 8.70

3. 89290.2

2. 55! 62.1

. 0775

.99131. 2

021 ]99

i .114| .121

.084

.05066.6.07074. 9

126

.25270.3. 4.35

i 17614397

I 2.00

143.7

.136

96.7.16193.0

July

60.0125.4124.5126.174.5

84.086.386.7

88.987.875.4

100.7

96.280.071.7

84.381.1

79.780.989.8

3.11.4.7

.182

10.00.35

77.81. 60091.7

.1895

.076.110279.9

14.53

12. 36689.8

1.71

4.15686.78.65

3.89190.2

2.5261.4

. 0889

.82109. 2

.80

.84

.119

.132

.080

.05471.8.07075.3

130

.26273.1.447

176147107

2.32

144.0

.141

100.1.1655.2

June

59.4124.9125.4124.575.9

86.890.588.9

90.088.976.4

102.4

96.282.274.5

85.784.8

82.081.791.0

4.29.49

.192

10.00.33

73.31.60091.7

.1896

.093. 120587.3

14.32

12. 25189. 0

i 1.67

4. 09685.48.54

3. 89290.2

2. 5060.9

. 0825: .79

105. 3,80

; .81

.140

.145

.083

i . 056: 74.7I . 075i 80.3

134

.27376.2.461

; 176: 1541 111; 2.71

147.9

.152

108.3.175

100. 98 Revised.



25

Earl/f-T data for items shown here maybe found in I he 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

W HOLESALE PRICES— Continued

no h»ry rel. to 1926—lion i f i d «?ted, rnetals and

in> t il t .oduets... rel. to 1926—3 rou, nw •

B.'Mc (v VlleA furnace) doll?, per long ton-.B s c fv i i ]" 7 furnace). rel. to 1926—/ OTUT " s j i< pig iion do'ls per long ton.-

northern - dolls, per long ton--Foundry No. 2, northern rel. to 1926—

Lard, r/iime coatiact. NewYork dolls, per Ib—

I e^l pig, desilverized, New

1931

June

48.6

87.4

15.5083.6

16. 40

18.7691.0

.083

York dolls, perlb-- .0392Leid, pig, de>ilvenzpd, New

York rel. to 1926— 46. 6Leativr, composite, wholesale i

price rel. to 1926- 87.8Leather, <-olo and belling, oak,

au i scoured backs dolls, per lb—Le°thcr, v>lc arid belting, oak.

and secured hacks _ ...rel. to 1926—L'- t ther up] r. coT^visite,

obiOTv , oil ol i' k,"B 'grade-dolls, per sq.ft.-'.e fiier, 1 uit (ô imacr h>i¥°).Le >tl <-a shi»a c (cei under jrho^s)Lm^M1 oil, A •> "• York . . dolls, per Ib—

Co'î'u ,*t , ^vhobs.de { nee- rel. to 1926-.

I r > deleft por TV! ft b m°o . iM>an Tdk'^v pine rel. to .1926—Oo gl is < b , No. 1,

M n*Tion dolls per M ft. b, in..I'âJi- f r, Poonn^, 1 r 4, "B"

i i j d bUtei (V G. Washing-ion) _ -duPs pei M ft. b. m._

M at..Beef, (iec!|, < arcass, good

na< ^ e Û<-is, Chicago., dolls, per lb_.lit i f, fusn, caicass, good

np tne stters Chicago rel. to 1926—B. ^ f , f i e -h , circass, steers,

N t w York dolls, perlb—Br< f frosh circass, steers,

\"\ YCK rel. to 1926 -c^'iti]' , c ' j.-fed, Chicago dolls, per 1001bs_Catfc, r o i r led Chicago. rel. to 1926—Tu^ , ho \ j , Chicago uolls per 100 Ibs—Ut"s 1 f\\^ v , riiHvr,j rftl. to 1926—i 1 * h >. e \e , Chicago dolls, per cwt —ru'«.;» ene , Chicago - _ _ — rel. to 1926..oh i ( i , i ' « l / s Chicago dolls, perlb..

h T. la^nhs, Ch ' t tgo ., rel. to 1926- .

- - _ — dolls, perlb—I oi ' , h i / i i , ^Luol-ed, Chicago

rel. to J9?6V, isrei r> U H < ^ d t 3?i>, Ne\v i'ork

-.dolls, per Ib—MctlmiOi

I v c f u t u . ... __ _ _ dolls, per gal—v 1 I ' K , K udeii'-t 1 Ne\\ York.. dolls, per case..

JMi1 ' . , e\ apo'c.led dolls pe.r caseiMtf'fenor metals rel to 1926C ats

No 3, vvhi re , riuc^L'o dolls, per bush-No. 3, winte, Chicago rel. to 1926—

Oil ^nd hits rel to 1927())• "ID ut, miie, standard, uncnlored,

( MiCa^c dolls perlbO'eoinargunw, standard, uncolored,

Chicago,. .. -rel. to 1926-Papei, nev\spnnt roll, delivered,

New York ... .. .-.dolls, per 100 Ibs...Fjf e r , new sprint roll, delivered,

New Yoik ... _ , rel. to 1926Petroloiinr

( ruoo, Kansns-Oklahoii"*_dolls. per bbl_.Ciade , ftT-iDsas-OUfJioma- rel. to 1926—Gas add fad o>K, Oklahoma 24-26,

reiincnes dolls per bblGasoline, New York dolls, per gal—Kero>ene, 150° \\pter \vhite.dolls. per gal—Luhncatmr oil, cylinder —dolls, per gal-

Pig iron founarj No 2,Pi t t sburgh . - _ . uolls per long ton

Pig iron, foundry No. 2, Pittsburgh.. ... rel. to 1926- .

Potatoes , dolls, per bush—Potatoes . rel. to 1926it \ o ' > , L~>0 demer "A" giado,

New York dolls, perlb—Pvosm, gum " B," New York-_dols. per bbl—K u n h t r , nude, smoked sheets,

New York dolls, per Ib—Lubber, crude, smoked sheets,

New York rel. to 1926-Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bush—Rve No. 2 Minneapolis rel to 1926Sleeps, ewes, Chicago dolls, per 100 Ibs—Sheep, ewes, Chicago __rel . to 1926.

.37

84.4

.380

.086

67.8

28 1562.4

11.25

25. 98

.129

78.8

.145

84. 97.320

7(3.86.3951.81.5523.5

6. 975,50.9

.174

56.6

.145

.355.653.20

.2765.9

64

.110

48.2

.30015.9

.133

.042

18. 76

91.0.753

41

.754.68

.063

13.0.37

40.21.5523.5

Sheep, lambs, Chicago dolls, per 100 lbs__ 6. 98 .

May

60.8

87.8

16.2587.6

16.64

18.7691.0

.082

.0382

45.4

88.1

.37

84.4

.380

.088

68.4

28.8263.9

11.64

28.33

.143

86.8

.155

90.87.67580.56.4051.92.4437.0

8.35661.0

.182

59.2

.155

.355.653.30 !60.6

.2868.3

68

.128

55.9

.53028.1

.133

.045

18.76

91.0.870

47

.754.70

.064

13.2.36

39. 12.4437.08.36

April

50.8&

88.7

16.5089.0

16.75

18.7691.0

.090

.0441

52.4

88.4

.37

84.4

.356

.092

73.3

28.3262.8

12.12

29.74

.160

97.1

.172

100.88.56389.97.0857.43.2950.08.7664.0

.184

59.7

.172

.355.653.5065.1

.3073.2

72

.145

63.5

.53028.1

.488

.133

.048

.145

18.76

91.0.908

49

754.73

.064

13.2.35

38.03.2950.08.76

March

51.9

89.0

16.5089.0

16.72

18.2688.6

.094

.0453

53.8

88.4

.37

84.4

.352

.095

74.2

29.6665.8

12.68

31.14

,169

102.8

.180

105. 49.07595.27.1858.23.7957.58.2760.4

.187

60.7

.180

.405.653. 5067.1

.3175.6

71

.145

63.5

3.10

89.9

.59431.5

.510

.133

.051

.145

18.26

88.6.849

46

.754.64

.077

15.9.36

39.13.7957.58.27

Febru-ary

51.9

88.91

10. 7590.3

16.82

18. 5189.8

.085

.0455

54.0

89.0

.37

83.3

.354

.092

73.2

28.4263.0

12.86

31.65

.178

108.1

.196

115.09.10695.66.7354.53.6955.98.3160.7

.195

63.5

.196

.405.793.5066.1

.3278.0

68

.155

67.9

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.588

.138

.053

.146

18.51

89.8.867

47

.754.38

.076

15.7.37

40.23.6955.98.31

January

51.9

89.3

17.0091.7

16.94

18.7691.0

.090

.0480

57.0

90.8

.38

86.7

.359

.088

76.0

30.7368.1

12.82

31.33

.195

118.8

.205

120.110.00105.07.3459.53.4452.17.9858.3

.207

67.1

.205

.406.033. 7567.4

.3278.0

71

.177

77.6

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.600

.135

.054

.165

18.76

91.0.903

49

.754.45

.082

16.9.38

41.33.4452.17.98

1930

Decem-ber

58.3

90.0

17.0091.7

17.01

18.7691.0

.100

,0510

60.6

91. 5

.40

91.3

.355

.092

78.1

32.5172.1

12.99

31.73

.195

118.8

.205

120.110.58111.07.9464.32.9344.47.4054.0

.213

69.2

.205

.406.033.8069.7

.3482.9

73

.190

83.3

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.610

.141

.054

.172

18.76

91.0.898

48

.954.95

.089

18.4.44

47.82.9344.47.40

Novem-ber

58.3

90.2

17.0091.7

17.14

18.7691.0

.112

October

60.5

Septem-ber

62. 6

90. 4 91. 8

17. 00 17. 6091.7 94. 9

17. 30 17. 79

18. 89 19. 5691.6

.119i

.0510

60.6

93.3

.41

93.5

.367

.084

80.1

33.4474.1

13. 25

33.40

.195

118.8

.205

120.110.31108.28.8671.83.3851.27.1352.0

.222

72.1

.205

.406.033.8068.4

.3380.5

73

.205

89.8

3.25

94.2

.85045.1

.650

.141

.053

.184

18.76

91.0.950

51

.955.29

.089

18.4.43

46.73.3851.27.13

94,9

.119

. 0515 . 0550

61.2 65.3

96. 7 98. 2

August

64.8

92.7

18. 0097. 0

17.99

July June

|69. 1 09. I

94. 3 95.4

18. 10 18. 5097. 6 99. 7

18. 22 i 18. 55

19. 76 19. 86 20. 2695. 8 96. 3 98. 3

.114 . 100 . 102!

.0549

65.2

. 0525 . 0541

62. 4 64. 3

99. 9 100. 1 102. 9

.41 .44 .46 .46 .44

93. 5 100. 4 104. 9

. 372 . 372 . 371

104. 9 100. 4

. 371 . 371

. 099 . 105

80. 2 | 80. 8

. 131 . 140 i . 140

81. 1 83. 3 85. 3

34. 01 33. 48 31. 7275. 4 1 74. 2 70. 3

i12.98

33.77

.195

118.8

.205

120.19.97

104.69.8679.93.8443.17.0351.3

.221

13. 14 13.44

33. 89 33. 0675.1 ; 73.3

14. 47 ! 14. 30

34.58 35.65 ! 36.57 j 36.94

. 191

116. 1

.203

118.610.33108. 410. 5885.83.0846.67. 3553.6

!

. 168 .174 . 195

102. 4 105. 7 118. 8

. 173 . 177 . 218

101.19.14

103.79.28

95. 9 97. 49. 78 8. 9479. 2 72. 53. 0946.9

3.0646.5

7. 72 8. 1356. 3 59. 3

. 227 . 229 . 230

127.410.73112.69.6878.43.4552.39.7371.0

.233

71. 7 73. 8 74. 4 74. 7 ! 75. 6

. 205 . 203 i . 173 .177 . 218

.40 | .40 1 .40 .40 .406.03 | 6.033.80 ! 3.8067.8 71.2

.3687.8

74

.3892.7

6. 03 6. 03 6. 133.8072.7

3. 74 3. 6973. 5 78. 1

. 39 . 35 . 3895. 1 85. 4 92. 7

78 87 88

.205 .205 .205 i .205

89.8 89.8 89. 8 89. 8

3. 25 3. 25!

94. 2 94. 2!1. 098 1. 17858.3

.594

.143

.054

.186

18. 89

91.61.017

55

.955.54

.084

17.3

62.5

.580

.148

.053

. 190

19.56

3.25 3.25

94. 2 04. 2

1. 17862.5

.600

.163

.050

. .193

19. 76

94. 9 95. 81. 099

59

.955.80

.080

16.5.49 .55

53. 3 59. 83.8443,1

3.0846.6

1. 08859

.955.39

1. 17862. 5

. 625

. 163

.052

. 210

19. 86

96.31. 294

70

.955.90

. 100 111

20. 6 22. 9.60 .55

65. 2 59. 93. 09 3. 0646. 9 46. 5

89

.228

99.7

3.25

94.2

1. 17862.5

.6751.63.055.284

20.26

98.31.486

80

1.156.50

.124

15.6.57

62.03.4552.3

7. 03 7. 35 7. 72 8. 13 i 9, 73



[August, 1931


WHOLESALE PRICES— ContinuedSheep, lambs, Chicago rel. to 1926—Shoes, men's black calf blucher,

Boston dolls, per pair..Shoes, men's black calf blucher,

Boston rel. to 1926—Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,

oxford, St. Louis _ . dolls, per pair--Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,

oxford, St Louis rel. to 1926. .Shoes, women's black kid, dressed

oxford welt, lace dolls, per pair_.Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,

New York dolls. per lb__Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,

New York rel. to 1926Silk ôods, composite dolls, per v d _ _Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh.. dolls, per cwt__Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh rel to. 1926_.Steel, crude:

Composite, finished steeldoll?, per 100 lbs_.

Iron and steel, composite. _ ._ . dolls, per long ton..

Steel billets. Bessemer-dolls, per long ton..Steel billets, Bessemer rel. to 1926-Stmctural steel beams—dolls, per 100 lbs._Structural steel beams rei. to 1926

Sulphuric acid dolls, per 100 lbs_-Sugar:

Retail average, 51 cities rel. to 1913—Retail granulated, New York, dolls, per lb—Wholcsale, 96° centrif.,

New York dolls, per lb—Wholesale, 96° centrif.,

New York ..rel. to 1926. .VV holesale, granulated,

X ew York dolls, per 1 b . ..\V holesale, granulated,

"New York rel. to 1926,Tea, .Formosa line, New York... dolls, per lb...Textiles general rel. to 1926Tin, wholesale, straits,

New York _ . dolls, per lb.-.Turpentine, gum, southern,

New York dolls . per gal .. ..Wheat:

No. 1, northern spring,Minneapolis dolls, per bush

No. 1, northern spring,Minneapolis rel. to 1926

No. 2, red winter,St Louis dolls, per bush

No. 2, red winter, St. Louis-.rel. to 1926- .No. 2, hard winter,

Kansas City dolls, per bushNo. 2, hard winter,

Kansas City rel. to 1926Wheat flour:

Standard patents,Minneapolis . - dolls, per bbL .

Standard patents,Minneapolis rel. to 1926

Winter straights,K'lnâs City dolls pel bbl

Winter straights,Kansas City rel. to 1926

Wool:Raw, territory, fine, scoured .dolls, per lb__Raw, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fleeces,

H blood, combing grease.-dolls. per lb_.Suiting, 13 oz dolls, per yd__Suiting 13 oz rel. to 1926Women's dress goods, French

serge, 39-in .dolls, per yd..Women's dress goods, French

serge, 39-in rel. to 1926Worsted "varns dolls, per lbWorsted yarns re], to 1926

Zinc, orime western _. __ „ . dolls, per lb _RETAIL PRICES

Retail food index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913..Retail coal indei (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913—

FARM PRICESCotton and cottonseed (2) rel. to 1909-14..Dairy and poultry nroducts (4) -rel. to 1909-14..Fruits arid vegetables (9) rel. to 1909-14..Grains (6) rel. to 1909-14Meat animals (5) rel. to 1909-14Unclassified (5). rel. to 1909-14..All groups (33) rel. to 1909-14

AUTOMOBILESProduction index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

_ _ _ _ r e l . to 1923-25..Production index (elect, energy con-

sumed) " rel. to 1923-25.Accessories and parts, shipments:

Accessories- ..,.rel. to Jan., 1925..Original equipment, ...rel. to Jan,, 1926, .Replacement parts.*,, „, rel, to Jan,} 1925..Ber vice parts.^.,.,.....rd. to Jaa.s 1825..

1931

June

50.9

6.75

105.5

4.49

92.8

2.463

39.8

1.6584.3

2.19

31.0229.0082,91.6584.3.75

102.050

.033

76.5

.044

80.3. 22565.4

. 2341

. 65

.74

46.8

.7246.5

.68

45.6

4.75

56.3

4.12

56.8

.62

.201. 49474.5

May

61.0

6.75

105.5

4.60

95.0

2.266

36.6.99

1.6584.3

2.21

31. 3929. 5084.31.6584.3.75

102.050

.032

73. 5

.043

78.3.22566. 3

. 2320

.54

.81

ri o

.7951.0

.73

49.0

4. 85

57.6

4.14

57.1

.63

.201. 49474.5

1. 00 1. 0069. 7 69. 7

. 0342 . 0331

118. 3 121. 0180.8 1 179.4

|65 i 7485 87

114 11967 | 7491 9959 ) 6280 | 86

65 77

71. 3 89. 7

,_... — U.,,,.«-

April March

50. 0 60. 4

6. 75 6. 75

105. 5 105. 5

4. 60 4. 60

95. 0 95. 0

2. 260 2. 561

36. 6 41. 3. 99 , 99

1. 65 1. 6584. 3 84. 3

2. 22 2. 23

31. 61 31. 6630. 00 30. 00

85. 7 j 85. 71. 65 { 1. 6584.3 ; 84.3

104 106. 050 . 051

. 033 . 033

75. 0 75, 8

.044 I ,043

MO. 1 I 79. 2. 225 . 22^67. 6 69. '>

. 79 . 76

50. 0 48. 1

. 80 . 7851. 6 50- S

. 73 . 70

49,0 47,0

4,71 4. 67

55.9 55.4

4. 02 4. 00

55. 4 55. 2

. 65 . 66

.22 ,221.494 J . 5 4 3

74. 5 77. 0

1. 55 1. 5569. 7 69. 7

. 0372 . 0400

124. 0 126. 4181. 8 187. 7

78 8096 99

120 10974 74

106 10663 6591 91

377 67

90.8 | 94.1

66 65127 i 11712? i 110118 j 115

Febru-ary

60. 7

6.75

1C5. 5

4.60

95. 0

2. 709

43.71. 001.6584. 3

2. 22

31. 6,530. 0085 71. 6584. 3

75

107

. 033

.0-!;.

Si. 4

VO. 4

.2631

.45

47. 5

.7951 0

.69

46. 3

4, 80

57.6

4. 00

56.0

.66

.231. 60179.8

1.1076.6

» 0401

127. 0187. 6

7695

10975

1066790

68

88.9

5305OS97

January

58.3

6.75

105. 5 ;

4. CO I

95.0

3.66 ;

2. fc07

45.3 ;1.02 ;1.6383. 0

2.22 !

31.7030.0085. 71.63 :83J3

107.053

. 034.

77, 9

Si. 4

vfo. :?6iO

. 44 '•

.76 1

4«. i.78 i

50. 3 j

. 69 i

46. o I

4.96 !

58. 9

4.09 i

56. 3 ;

.OS

.261.601 i79.8 I

.90

87.01. 1076-6

. 0404

132.8188. 1

7210810S

1126994

63

67.5

46§498n

Decem-ber

•* " " " "1

54.0 j

6. 75

105. 5 :

4.72

97. 3

4. 25

2.709

43.71.021.6081. 7

2.19

31 . 7630. 608 '7. 4i. (;381,7

.053

. 0,">3

.046

, 4 2

48.7

. 8353. n

.71

47. 7

4. 89

5S. 0

4. 03

55. 6

.72

. 271. 60179.8

.90

87.0

81^8. 0410

137. '>188. 1

i

1201 108! 80

1127097

85

71. 5

55i 64

100n

Novem-ber

52.0

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4. 25

2. 463

39. a1.021. 6081.7

2.20

3J.9".31.0088. 61 . 60

107. 053

. 03 1

7b. 8

. 047

85, 0

. 258V

.43

.75

47. 5

.83!v,-̂ <s

. <">'•->

-10. 3

4.69

65. 7

4. 14

57. 1

.72

.291. 60179. 8

.90

87. 01. 2083.6

.0427

141. 4188. 0

8013011480

US

103

74

74.9

6382

12?80

1930

October

51. 3

6.75

105. 5

4.85

100.2

4. 25

9.. 512

40.61.021. 6081,7

2.22

32. 313 LOO88. 61. 6081. 7

106.053

.033

76. 3

.044

SO. 8. 22373. 8

. ',:'t)86

. 41

.82

51.9

.8756. ]

74

19. 7

4. 98

59. 1

4. 23

58. 3

.301. 60179.8

.90

87.01.2083.6

. 0406

144. 4187. 9

7612612792

12370

106

49

80.9

7975

140m

Septem-ber

53.6

6. 75

105. 5

4.85

100.2

4. 25

2.413

39.01.041.6081.7

2.24

32. 6731.0088.61. 6081.7

75

107. 054

.031

72. 1

.043

79. 2.22475, 5

. 2964

.44

.87

55. 1

56. 8

. 78

52, ."

5. 08

00, 3

4.44

61.3

,76

.311.60179.8

.90

87.01.2083.6

. 0427

145. 6187. 0

S312314810012867

111

62

88.4

7679

189ioa

August

56.3

6.75

105. 5

4.85

100.2

4.25

2. 955

47. 71. 061. 6584.3

2.26

33. 0131.0088.61.6584.3

75

111.054

.032

73.0

.044

SO. 3.29077.7

. 3002

.41

.91

57.6

., R957, 4

. 81

M. 4

5. 34

63. 4

4. 56

62. 8

.76

• .31! 1. 601

79.8

.90! 87.0

1.2083.6

.0436

143. 7184.1

9411514910111970

108

62

86.6

60! 87i 132! 104

July

59.3

6.75

105. 5

4.85

100. 2

4.25

2. 955

47.71.081.6584.3

2.29

33. 2531. 0088. 61.6584.3

111.054

.033

75. 3

.046

84. 1. 29280. 0

. 2981

. 4;>

.92

58.2

.8554,8

.80

5-17

5. 51

05. 3

4. 64

64.0

.76

.311. 69684. 6

.90

87.01.2083.6

. 0435

144. 0183. 6

9911117392

12775

111

75

75.3

6583

12T116

June

71.0

6.75

105. 5

4.85

100.2

4. 25

3,251

52.51.091.7086.8

2,33

33. 5331. On

88. G1.7086.8

75

111.055

.032

74.4

. 045

82.7. 30082.2

. 3030

.47

1. 00

63.3

1. 0567.7

.89

59. V

5, 83

69. 1

4.99

68.9

.76

.311. 75687.6

.90

87.01.2083.6

. 0444

147. 9180. 9

11611419310614179

123

90

102.9

71119

; lai! 128




AUTOMOBILES— Continued

Electric industrial trucks and tractors:Shipments—

Domestic numberExports number

Exports (assembled):From Canada —

Total no. of earsPassenger cars no of earsTrucks _ no. of ears

From United States-Total no. of earsPassenger cars... no. of cars__

Financing:Wholesale dealers thous. of dolls..Total consumers thous. of dolls..New cars. . - thous. of doilsUser; cars thouc> of dollsUnclassified ihous. of dolls. ..

Fire-extinguishing equipment:Shipments—

'Motor vehicles numberI land types number. .

New passenger-car, registrations.... . _ ... . . total no. of cars

Production, actual:Canada-

Total no of carsPassenger cars no of carsTrucks no ofcnrs

United States-Total no. of cars..Passengers cars no. of cars..Taxicabs - no. of ear?Trucks no of cars

Rirn production thous. of rimsSales General Motors Corp.):

Total to consumers, U. rf no. of cars..Total to dealers, U. S no. of cars..Total to dealers, including Canadian and

overseas - ... ... no. of cars

CHEMICALS ANB ALLIED PKODUCTS

Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)petroleum rel to 1903-25

Production index (elect, energyconsumed) rel. to 1923-25..

Prices, wholesale rel to 1926Stocks, manufactured goods,

end of month rel to 19/3 -25Stocks, raw material, end of

month rel to 1923-25

ChemicalsAcetate of lime:

Production .thous. of Jbs._Shipments thous. of lbs_.Stocks, end of month thous. of lbs._Exports thous. o f lbsPrice, wholesale »„ dolls, per cwt...

Arsenic, crude:Production _. short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons

Arsenic refined:Production ._ . short tonsStocks, end of month short tons

Dyes and dyestufTs, exports:Vegetable thous. of lbs_.Coal tar ... thous. of Ibs

Ethyl alcohol:Production thous. of gals..Warehouse stocks, end of

month thous. of gals..Withdrawn for denaturiza-

tion ..thous. of gals..Methanol, crude:

Production .gallons..Stocks at crude plants, end of

month gallonsStocks at refineries and in transit-gallons..Exports _. gallons. _

Menthanol, refined:Price, wholesale, New York. dolls, per gaL_Production gallonsShipments gallons..Stocks, end of month gallons..

Nitrate of soda:Imports .long tons..Produetion in Chile . metric tons

Potash salts:Imports _. - _. long tonsSales in Germany (KjO

content) metric tons. !Price index numbers:

Crude drugs. rel. to Aug., 1914..Essential oils rel. to Aug., 1914__Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals rel. to Aug., 1914..Chemicals rel. to 1927Oils and fats rel. to 1927..

i

June

! ,o25

10 1S35, 843

8929, 696

201, 911

6 8355 583l' 252

249, 462207, 798

SCO41 304

1 085

103, 303100, 270

111, G68

132.777 9

127 0

86 9

1,8533, 856

24, 203

2.00

187560

182,273

5?6 54398, 00059, 950

.3594, 765

110,454413, 906

29, 711

11,968

12877

1578864

| May

C9

i

i 1, 512i 1 083

42Q

' 1? 966| 8. 468: 4 4 98

• 72, 567109.55768 63837 8583, 062

2 7531. 1J7

i 247,727

12 73810 69l2 117

315,115269, 080

: ' 340I 45 695i j' 508

12?, 717130,778

153, 730

163

133. 879 i

2 J98 5

2 gg 4

2, 9534,901

26, 206

2.00

1,4914 768

1 0442 012

3581, 782

13, 120

14,711

10, 288

247, 808

494 192130,20752, 048

35118,052257, 707429, 595

34, 006

13, 849

13079

1578968

i April

1823

1, 172763409

Ui 7?711, £285 4^9

71, 155113,15870 65930 f"-r,8

2, S31

T~)

32, 538

265, 732

17 15914 0433 316

335. 708285. 028

66550 015l' 718

135, 60313i', 829

154.252

161

137. 480 1

129 0

91 5

4, 4465, 210

28, 154

2.00

1, 4025 ?65

9641, 950

1432 231

11, 102

13, 074

10, 541

324, 173

594 66536,17654, 857.

.3521 1, 073143,801569, 250

67, 008

15, 982

13182

1609072

1931

i March

1 84; Q

1, 8531 327

520

17, 528: 11, 526i 6 00°

! 63. 0901 92, 229

55. 09834 7782, 353

7634, 248

200,841

12, 99310 4832,510

276, 405230, 834

41045, 161

1, 425

101, 33998, 943

119,195

1V>

139.381 9

132 0

96 5

7, 5204,478

28, 919

2.00

1, 9575, 478

1, 5062, 181

1722,641

11,929

13, 633

8,795

483, 335

416 989105, 23830, 146

.40253, 494199,500499, 978

120, 164

23 955

13081

1749071

Febru-ary

1

506

1, 565881684

13, 3749, 1874 187

49. 81360, 26638, 90727 7381, 621

6929, 280

134,133

9 8717 5292 342

219,940179, 890

52939 5211,011

G8, 97680, 373

96, 003

149

146.682 2

130 7

103 2

7,1333,468

25, 877

2.00

1,4945 862

1 4092 449

1792 538

8,859

11,008

6,296

465, 728

401 455121,52218, 295

.40223, 144221, 279445, 984

68, 421

19 043

13180

1758968

January

335

3, 0541,7981,256

12, 8388, 3044 534

40, 16561, 85532, 99327 3051,557 |

5627,713

126,786I

6, 4964 5521,944

171,348137, 805

51233 531

681

61, 56676,681 i

89, 349

144

132.083 6

128 8

107 7

8,0895, 765

22, 212

2.00 1

2,8036 486

1 5702, 419

1012,066

11, 869

9,442

8,081

525, 656

305 32089', 740 !45, 139

i.40

306, 373167, 309444, 119

45, 890

22 750

13381

1759071

Decem-ber

429

3.6452,1931, 452

14, 1989, 096e |A9

35, 60166, 06835, 38228 8991,787

11334, 295

96, 054

5,6224 225l' 397

155,701120, 833

1, 42533 443

567

57, 98968, 252

80, 008

149

133. 584 8

123 9

124 2

7, 5428,480

19, 888

2.00

1,4835 767

1 4392 221

1782 502

17, 770

6,858

19, 134

477, 165

947 81393, 80590, 111

.40382, 547372, 352305, 055

35, 512

17 537

80, 699

13785

1759373

Novem-ber

379

2,5881 2601,328

12 0786,0396 039

29, 68460, 29531> 84326 9021,550

7129, 213

93, 066

5 4073 5271 880

136, 754100, 532

60935 613

920

41, 75748r 155

57, 257

151

145.085 2

124 °

1°8 5

6,6749,496

20, 826

2.00

2,3925 937

1 5082*010

1143 136

20, 861

8,304

20, 070

430, 342

218 70359, 19740, 814

.40431 179477, 029294, 860

35, 474

13 499

54 872

13787

1759473

October

913

2,8682,003

865

11,2157,1364 079

35, 96281,41545,71033 835

1, 869

9636, 303

150, 219

4 5413 2061 335

154, 401113, 226

58240 593

864

57, 75722, 924

28, 253

160

122.486 0

125 2

132 7

6,0188,207

23, 649

2.42

2,6945 125

1 2651 813

3092 481

18, 455

8,898

18, 537

379, 626

337 74959, 236

100, 479

.40575, 711541, 807340, 710

27, 207179 357

37 425

71, 660

13790

1769474

1930

Septem-ber

776

6,6414,2932,348

13, 4378, 1255 312

45, 39790, 50452, 93235 3052,267

8637, 482

175, 286

7,9575 6^32 334

220, 649175, 496

93044 2231 05 ?

75, 80569, 901

78, 792

165

147.186 6

19i 3

120 0

6,0383,722

25, 838

3.00

2,0774 026

1 1011 930

204866

14, 299

10, 010

12, 615

294, 176

519 439168, 16682, 168

.40364, 505440, 514306, 806

19, 362181 467

48 482

127, 660

13991

1769478

August

8211

3 9222 5521,370

13, 2747, 9565 3m

45,411102, 99463, 10237 218

2, 674

11834, 958

203, 737

9 7926 9462 846

224, 368183, 532

38640 4501 504

86, 42676, 140

85, 610

164

135.787 3

117 3

98 1

3,5352, 560

23, 52223

3.00

1,2173 254

1 0021*525

1241 757

12, 890

9,317

11, 777

242, 418

475 33179, 380

157, 037

.40374, 521463, 215382, 815

9,083202 466

48 487

98, 722

14397

1769487

July

10211

3, 521i 2, 471

1,050

i 11,8707, 8284 04°

55, 480119,01473, 55442 775

i 2.. 685

11843, 065

254, 098

10 1888 5561 632

265, 533221, 829

37643 3I:>8l' 449

80, 14770,716

79, 976

166

140.687 8

121 2

92 9

3,5683,109

22, 547

3.11

1,4283 495

1 0321 897

1101 153

11, 617

9,498

11,352

192, 519

510 030153, 81161, 240

.40250, 085309, 274471, 509

28, 644199 284

51 970

93, 859

147107

1769588

June

6732

3,6702, 9401, 430

15, 43710, 1015 ^(j

53, 802138,41191, 22443 086

4,101

10644,911

260, 861

15 090I'7 194

2 S9(i

331, 506285, 473

46348 r)70

1 338

97, 31887, 595

97, 440

170

138.688 9

128 0

94 4

4, 8475,703

22, 089

4.29

2,1683 654

1 0812 024

1942 612

13, 116

10, 076

11, 128

319, 478

490 158219, 989126, 813

.40418, 205383, 570530, 698

18, 737205 911

17 704

95, 968

154111

17696<89

> Revised.



[August, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here maybe found! in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PROD-UCTS -Continued

Chemicals—ContinuedSulphuric acid:

Exports thous. of lbs__Price wholesale dolls, per 100 Ibs

Superphosphate (acid phosphate) :Production - - .short tons..Shipnients short tons _Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons._

Wood at, chemical plants:Consumption cords .Stocks at end of month _ _ cords. .Daily capacity-

Total - ..cords--Shut down cords..

CottonseedCottonseed:

C onsumption (crash) short tons. -Receipts at mills thous. of short tons..Stocks at mills, end of month

_ _ _ thous. of short tons—Cottonseed cake and meal:

Exports short tonsProduction -- --short tons..Rtocks, end of month short tons..

Cottonseed oil, crude:Production thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month-. thous. of Ibs..

Cottonseed oil, refined:Factory consumption-

Total (quarterly) thous. of Ibs -In oleomargarine thous. of Ibs.-

Price, yellow, prime, New York.dolls, per lb~

Production thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month thous. of lbs._

ExplosivesExplosives, black powder, permissible and

other high explosives:New orders thous. of Ibs..Production thous. of lbs._Shipments thous. of lbs_.Stocks, end of month.. thous. of Ibs—

Fats and OilsAnimal fats (quarterly):

Factory consumption thous. of lbs_.Productior thous of IbsStocks end of quarter thous. of Ibs ....

Animal glues:Production (quarterly) thous. of lbs~Shipments thous. of lbs_.Stocks end of quarter thous of Ibs

Coconut or copra oil:Factory consumption —

Crude (quarterly) thous. of lbs~Refined—

Total (quarterly) _ . .thous. of lbs_.In oleomargarine _thous. of lbs__

Imports thous. of lbs_.Production (quarterly)—

Crude-- thous. of Ibs..Refined thous of Ibs -

Stocks, end of quarter-Crude thous. of Ibs.-Refined thous of Ibs

Copra:Factory consumption (quarterly)

short tonsImports short tons _Stocks, end of quarter. .short tons..

Edible gelatin:Production (quarterly) thous. of lbs_.Stocks end of quarter thous of Ibs

Fish oils:Factory consumption (quarterly)

thous. of Ibs..Production (quarterly) thous of IbsStocks end of quarter thous. of Ibs

Greases:Factory consumption (quarterly)

thous. of IbsProduction ( quarterly) thous of IbsStocks, end of quarter thous. of lbs__

Lard compounds:Production (quarterly) thous. of Ibs _Stocks end of quarter thous of Ibs

Oleomargarine:Consumption thous. of Ibs _Production thous. of Ibs..

Vegetable oils:Exports thous. of lbs_.Factory consumption (quarterly)

mills of IbsImports thous. of Ibs. .Production (quarterly) mills of IbsStocks, end of quarter-

Crude ..thous. of Ibs. .Refined thous of ibs

1931

June

250, 775.75

19, 363338, 821

2,5891,092

44, 16432

S3

22523, 144

192, 136

14, 72613, 919

.06830, 398

348, 438

3 23, 380

3 57 39^

31, 000

17, 179

13, 180

1,775

75,470

May

403, 298.75

162, 488106, 246

996

24, 444335, 809

2,589812

87, 01437

45

79743, 350

223, 084

28, 01932, 819

1,200

.06936, 470

406, 237

26, 44126,96027, 37921, 115

8,46615, 970

17, 871

I.....

15, 46014, 912

2,356

72, 280

April

310, 950.75

194, 756407, 385

1,101

31, 694386, 104

2,589692

155, 37344

95

6,58875, 921

253, 609

52, 46943, 048

1,447

.07676, 852

462, 881

28,72127, 64728,00020,639

11, 32926, 862

18, 927

17, 15019, 618

2,154

52, 463

March

200, 218.75

225, 906304, 786

1,836

48, 919376, 952

2,583448

280, 637111

207

5, 750135, 144303, 945

89, 79469, 878

3 276,9061,621

.076115,302494, 503

26, 73025, 41426, 59820, 929

3 154,9513 618,4593 224,398

3 23, 345

3 53, 772

3 138,255

3 75, 47912, 08627, 550

3 91, 4463 66, 268

3 201,932» 16, 869

3 71, 22925, 890

3 27, 167

3 4, 5493 8, 642

3 44, 620« 11, 587

3 215,405

3 53, 3463 95, 9483 79, 012

3 291,386326,081

19, 57321, 154

3,831

382968, 238

3674

3 610,812l l f f f l l . A A f i

Febru-ary

376, 076.75

249, 405130, 996

2,287

45, 221404, 603

2,583460

401, 736158

377

3,147190, 314363, 201

124, 392104, 910

1,465

.073130, 556494, 882

25, 44828, 75127, 54320, 219

11, 49244, 034

33, 133

19, 75120, 335

2,947

79, 809

January

304, 745.75

325, 552103, 024

2,292

51, 726400, 858

2,583428

589, 911219

620

11, 084270, 965343, 685

181, 221127, 739

1,875

.073150, 998461, 776

26, 71424, 05625, 20117, 372

14, 87324, 690

34, 056

27, 23725, 740

4,775

72, 142

2 Revised. 8 Quarter

1930

DbeT N(oT-| October Se^-

|

438, 836.75

335, 93070, 4962,110

47, 654463, 276

2,647472

669, 264578

991

7,538305, 019298, 139

201, 621114, 248

3 331,7462,178

.072188, 823428, 609

24, 40424, 02422, 97417, 303

3 154,7643 515,598« 191,941

3 23, 5153,469

3 49, 951

3 159,545

3 79, 71116, 49130, 952

» 90, 9213 77, 612

« 164,2063 22, 352

3 71, 13437, 419

3 41, 077

8 4, 434» 8, 224

3 42 7033 27, 815

3 197,770

3 49, 476a 88, 510377,211

3 331,412! 3 26, 672

27,59328,969

2, 086

3 1, 07672, 0288 1, 004

3 641,0023 466,602

ended in

308,992.75

302, 73077, 8611,877

43, 483494, 329

2, 647644

801, 800803

1,083

1,580360, 943252, 323

239, 913114, 595

2,091

.076215, 405350, 260

28, 84730, 24830, 22916, 346

703, 787. 75

335, 59492, 769

1,703

38, 519470, 732

2, 647743

936, 7431, 323

1, 081

4, 361421,283202, 156

283, 929110, 829

2, 505

.076232, 179254, 571

34, 32434, 11334, 19816, 812

4, 565 5, 891

17, 11120, 477

18, 24843, 124

33, 886

30,63129, 633

2, 294

75, 352

- -

33, 725

465, 766. 75

282, 710149, 899

1, 479

31, 608490, 238

2, 6031, 204

561, 6251, 041

695

2, 09225], 128116, 396

169, 45879, 280

3 323,5212, 151

.081102, 460174, 208

33, 17335, 0883,5, OG916, 694

3 147,5593 4 ft [ 547

August July

176,023 !. 75

295,79064,756 ;

1,527 j

27,595 '487,955 ;

2, 6431, 344

105, 770336

215

17576, 44045,340

49, 32225, 606

2, 906

.08426, 525

200, 273

32, 68731, 16832, 28916, 043

570, 683.75

308, 24173', 134L 309

29, 503477, 701

2, 6431, 346

01, 70030

45

3049C> ~)2~

55^ 352

19, 4257, 894

1, 587

29, 754301, 609

30. 42430, 81030, 04917, 392

3 189,501 ..,..!

2 21,7154, 885

3 44. 380

3 150,753

3 76, 57215, 81314, 846

3 85, 068» 69, 313

3 139, 4333 18, 029

3 67, 16531, 139

3 24, 502

3 2, 9793 7, 499

3 3d 921350,693

|3 207.301

33, 13832, 191

2,591

106, 699

3 54, 826s 92, 0318 69, 739

3 317,8833 21, 164

27,19423, 554

1, 794

3 56173, 445

3483

|3 521.01013208,964

month indicated*

4, 598

11, 47919, 331

.

16, 8S5

24, 67223, 071

1,317

87, 072

5, 585

11,4558,118

- --

18, 663

18, 78220, 970

533

74, 579

June

409, 748. 75

290. 61554, 488

1,079

35, 040451, 128

2, 049914

80, 309

24838, 73085,277

29. 25322, 328

3 299,7491,882

.08349,325

393, 573

33, 00533, 54333, 969

3 ]/(] /<503 540,0203 22fi,4S2

3 27. 9394,788

3 43, 162

3 161,077

69, 3773 11, 76325, 590

3 78. 5923 65, 232

3 360,1933 18, 452

3 01, 54416, 100

3 28, 69S

3 5, 2433 8, 109

3 41, 301« 8, 418

3 174,001

3 59, 5803 92, 021» 70, 404

3 283,2993 24,011

22, 17821,904

2, 049

3 07086, 947

»415

3 497,0303 428,427



29

Earlier data for items shown here may \be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \ment to the Survey \ June

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PROD-UCTS— Continued

FertilizerFertilizer:

Consumption Southern St^t js_ . _ _______ ___ thou t> of -short t

Export'- . ______ _ __ . short

1930

Maxseed

FUvcod, impoits. _L PSI o t i erike an^ rê i

Shipments trow A riuneai ol's

I ms ed O'l1

i actoi} consumption (quarterly)thin ot I

I Y H L , JS(.\v i ork f ' o l l - . j k i Ib[ \odurt iv>n ''quail'Mh ; _ thous o f ' o s -t hipu'cnts 'rom TUinne jpohs

U o u - of Ibs.S t j ( k - > a t f i c t o r k s ( q u i r t t i l j )

___ ._ _ _ th( is oi lb-> -Mh IK "hs and Dululu. '

II' L ' l t-.-. - - --- t l l ( U S Oi i i T .Ship ient^ _.. _ _ tl oas f l u } *•'"to IvS, "11(1 Ol month „ _ tin US 0,1 b' S )bOil i - i i l ' ^ ( q u n l e t i j ) -

Consumption thous of oub'isstocks, end of qa r r < r

_ _ . . . _ ..thous ' t t l u s h b _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ L,V»> _ - - - 3 1, 172 _.! ._ ! 33,386Fncc, . N O 1, Vmno.po1!" - .dolls j < r bus1!. 1 4 ^ 1.53 ' 1. 7 1 ' »> J .oo 1 57 1 61 1.65 j 1.30 j 1.90 j

1 me 0)1.i touuttion _ - _ _stocK>, end or rnoi'th _ _ the u

Rosin, gui i:

Friti , "B,"'l\ew Yoik _ i *]]s ntr bbl

Kosm, v ood:Production bbi°tor iv , end of month _

Tuipcntiiie. puiu"Net r ceipt , boatl en ports J^] 1Prict, Southern, New i < r k d*1!!- pt i «iblocks at port, (nd of month J

Turpentm \ wood'Production __ — tStocks, end of month bbb.

Koofing

Prepared roofing, shipments:Grit roll _,thous of sqs_Shingles-

Individual and single thickness

Strip, patented, and hivngou__ thous. of

Smooth roll _ . thovis. of rqs _Total t ho us. of b

FOODSTUFFS

Production index: jFood products (Fed. Res. !

Bd.) rel. to 1023-25..jFood and kindred products i

(elect, energy consumed). rel. to 1923-25.. _ j 130. 2Stocks, manufactured

foodstuffs _.rel. to 1923-25..j _ . -_ .»Stocks, raw foodstuffs rel. to l&23-25__J 177.9

Candy

Sales by manufacturers.^,, thous, of dolls....

€ocoa

Shipments from Gold and NigerianCoasts, Africa - long tons_.| II,870

Imports long tons..! 14,892Spot price, Accra, New York......dolls, per lb._|

CoffeeClearances:

Total, Brazil for UnitedStates thousj of bags...

Total, Brazil for world thous. of bags...Imports thous. of bags..Price. Rio No. 7. Brazil grades, dolls, per lb ._Receipts, tola] Brazil thous. of bags__Visible supply:

United States thous. of bags._World thous. of bags..

* Revisedi Quarter ended in month indicated.



[August, 1931

Earlier data for Herns shown Lcic n^\be found in the 1931 Annual l*n<^ttl*~ ' , ,ment to the Survey ,i" - \ i a > U P ' I . . ' ' i M h \1

!v''" • uiu^r.> ^r" jj^'" Oclol cr

FOODSTUFFS— Continued ,

Dairy Products 1 i !

BUTTER 1 , !

A'H'arei i; consumption.... llioa- o f l b b j 5, ».'<' 1'C^ 3-"' Is-} ".S 110 753 1^2 985 163 6S9 ]y ¥ Oo6 151 f /7 18J 599

roKl -storage hokha^h, c r tvêrv .uid of iiif nth . . I l o u < c f i ' n ' '' i ' " ' ' 1 ' " > 1^ 010 ro 672 In /92 6r '01 X1* 012 ' ( ) ) f4o

Pro Itu uon (lactor>) U 'Hit . <• ' ' . 1" , > i - - i i \ f 7 ' > iJ> 4 .<','> "lur, 1 2 112, bC ]') ' ,! ** lu* 117i372Ho'-dpus, 3 mar ts .u i">--_ . . . . t f a n s . o i l , , V. "i ( i , . < f > ^\:V 13,151 15. < H J ° » h > 2 ^6,818 3b, 933^Viioirst i 'o prk'i', \(.w York do l^ t |Vi i f ' 2! >J "] <!' 2-* 2' ->2 3b 40\\ holc-b lie price, NPV Yoi k , jo1. U l t , 2 '> _ M . I \ ] 5..S n t ' ! > ' , . 2 61.4 n. 1 80 0 8H <J

CJTELSH ( i1 :

Total, all varieties. , , jA iM'iiirnl consul iphop __ .Jn n* c u l l - . ;;, T < 7 f \ i -) 17, ')25 1. . S")? 3 \ PS* 41070 3", £00 10, C35 41,637CoU: ior.ge hddim^, eu ~ • - 1 . .0-j ( / H ' 4 (.2," H 077 "6 568K\ I n r l & , Ui i i eu . "utet. ... tho^. . ' ! ^ i < T • Ul Jo H v j J 2 > 176 'PI ' 183Impor t s 1 n i r f v i .states ... iKn..*. o * t> - , , ' " s o '., 171 . < l l 4, ii»L ! i 4 , 1 2 ! 4, K,J ,"), f U 6, 2°3U p ( « - i ' U . « , .T »ii{ r ^ f ' i s .. ti . us 0 i 1 ) 1 - i , . i r j_ n M ' " M 7 ' ~ h1, - t ( 0 | J l . b C 1 ) 10, -iOo ' j(). 7<si 12,226P i o . - u c t u m i f u to r \ ) . . - ..ihous ; > .1 - . ( - - , , " . ] ">„ ., J;, ' / , !l ,,o> 2i , ;J7 * 27, vio 20,5^ 25,5^3 28.230

viiicrkHD \vaolB i n i l i v iCoKl stor-ige L( kiinq;s. *->Ti 1 cs1'

•'mnth . f i O M S o r 1! - _ ',,, ', ^ 4 2 1 C i 4c, "4. ' i .1 > ( > r, . ^ h , î , t , M ^ /^ 7i, i;]2 78,919VvTl oâlepri. 8, N e w York .do ' ly \ i l l - . :t . , 1 I > . iu , !(' ' , 2 7 . IS .1! .19

EGGS

Toi i-sK»friPO holt nig1-, end of riuntl ir i < - e _ . - _ . ihn 0,0 ) ' > . ; . ' , > ' xi ^ * ) 7 3 1,^)4 4 , 1 5 4 ! 6, 7S5I i ) / f j n . . _._ 1 i u i i > o ^ t , * ' ( t < ' i M ~ - s 0 1 ?, -v 7i. S5 Sr, h, 89,571 ! 98,359

Recevi\ ." n^rLef.. - tuo ia o r t o 1 M ' 2 ^ f ' , 2 O 1 ' > J , * i i l,OJb 70S '593 "ill

VIILK ! : ! ! i i. ironderio' <1 m i lk"

1" \poir--- - - - thous o 1 - j t> l,{>~ ) \t^ I, S7S I > \ 2, 40o 1, 9J7 1,973 1,718Totil ^ to ik i j , Tnamif ictuior , c « > f |

P l O D i t - |<^ *-,v rooa^ iiiou ui i ; 1 ( > ^2 , >u M " 2 / 13 0"1 i ] ( 2 W 1' S03 20 657 24 650j u 'kt/ iou^. . - - . c >u- 2 n, l u > ', / h 2 / J 10,171 i% , " > > i l f% 5LO 2o]sSfi 21,965

{Juso1 i ^tot ka, pn«I of r" on tli -< 1 a t o g u o d - > 'houi c 1 i ^ "* * K 0 ' ^ 1 > ' ') ?< ^'11 9 ((^ 14 1S1 16 G7S 20 427Huift . tôotls - - Tnous o j M s 1 ", r , u > ' „ n o 2- h, H( ,5,^; , 7 ,^42 7,935

\v noleâê [ t r iê , Now \ OIK: doll1- n 5r ^ ^ > "• (M - r > * ^ 7(' 0. r^ f u ' o. 03 6.03Evaporated milk: j : i ; : 1

^xpoit^ t l ous of i 1 -> i ( °J 5 I I I "v jn o i l 1 77") 5 2< < 4 no 4 366 i 4 718Manu!<ir '"ure' t-' "ôok15, fiid of monî

r f ' o t a l f t > e goods. .. . t h c t ' of ' ^ J7 , . ' » - t 7 » i" 7 > i ) ( >1 io », ^ > H7, 152 2^J 0,0 211. S^S 224,480[Tnôl(l case Luods... . *! oil o f l ^ . 2 2 , 2 i' 0 ' « ' i ^ >u "2 1 ' - lob <>"- 107 < ( ' IGo, 1 S 171. 11 > 187,262

"\\holospit3i.rice, Ne\\ York dt/ilb nr (. J j «0 -1 « ' j ' i oJ 3.50 S < 3 o SO 3. SO 3.80Fluid milk '

Consumption in mfr. ofoloomargarmo _ th«us uf .*, « 0 i , , 3 - 7 , ( L " 5,bl4 , 1,1 , '^^ 8 ,404! 9,066

lie er»t — , IBo *lon, inr lu( m? creant hull1- o fq^ J, ^21 l ^ ^ / ^ ) j i 2 i7, i l l !•> 3o? 1s*, T13 18,226! 19,403Giea^r New York.. . thou«- 01 s - . *M 32* 101,197 1.0 42S Ul/, i 111, 166 | 116, 140

Powdeie i milk* ;Import0 foou o ' J i y J O " ) 1 f 9 1 1U 2 7 ° i « j ' 3')0 !t>5 507 : 467i\ ap'if}( Hirers' stocks, end

ol mouth .tliuir o ' i r ^ \ 1 > , ^41, - S t' 0- 4] 'f 3 41 ,7i l 41 122 i, , 36,318 ; 33,281Not new OK T - - - - - tl f .us n f l t s L I 1 'i -' i l « ! i ^ 1 ±5 10 • ( , -t »- ( ,2") . j h, ( 45 8,733 ; 9,853

Pio lu tion, condensed ^nd t ^ v n ^ j ii ate 1 milk .. thou-» o u;s 2 1 <

5 ( , 5 24,12' jj4,"53 172,«JOS 144 '9 Hi, bl 1^32-0 132,284 149,136

Fish 'Canned salmon: i i 1

Exports, Canada - • • < s. - _ 7 42 "9 H- ? i u i , f M 10^ S17 i 33, '16 45, 'r ( j 107,333 i 108,996 194,623Shipments 1 nited S^tes thoii> o < ^ > _ _ t 1 29'/ i'M 300 40o ,'no 2"J 653

Cold-storai'p holdings, ISib of |mon/b t'.o.j. o \ l (

( , , ' , . , ! , ' - , 2 07 » 3\5I2 c f , 5 4 7 7J,910 ";, 317 91,436 ^S. 616Total cat^h, principal porfs J lvî^ . o l t » . 2i , , » ) uO,»)yj ,/J, (.SI 2 u i ' u 1% 353 17, 5t>7 -5, «»b" 30,541

Fruits and Vegetables j . , .Apples: I >

Car-lot shij ment c 'nr. ifN i 1 4 1 2, uOo 'J, 0^1 5,700 7,11, 7,806 8,085: 17,454 35,782Col, 1-st orage holdings end of

Lu,iuh ... _.tlu.us o t l 1 ! ^ - .. . ' , ;09 °, JT 5 2J4 7, 43Q °, T75 i 10, 860 9,043Citrus fruits, car-lot shiy raeuts c « » : i v » , V ' > j r , 5 5 1 ">, o> 1 7 , " > / 2 13, l)M) 1M1<7 12, ; 4 i 11,338 6,301Ouiona, cat -lof shipments ...car'o v. ) '-1' ?,'»\6 ",C7t 2, 5'0 2, f . ' O ^,454 L. »54 ! 2,753 5,593Potatoes, car-lot sLipmeuK .. c - i i o i ^ s . ' " , « : 2 h , r'l, 0 > J 2,1,601 .0, 0_ t 20,971 15,092! 16,267 28/788

Grains l j

Total griin exports, including j , !flour th HIS of bli ' i s i j. i( 1 I1 ii b US ' 0 06J ^ Ot i t) 610 7 578 : 9 803 M- G91

1 , jjRA^lLL/

Exports . . r h ' i - s o f i u i ' 17 "o 77^ / 15 921 7o2 ' , 1,0." 964 1,285Price, No 2, Vmne^pnl-s doil& T ( • • ^ ^ l ,_ " is I1 > 44 [ 4 " ' .48 .52Price, N > 2, Mmre > } ohs _ __ _r ' t u ) > 1 0 "I ' 7 j •; u v v H i v S , 73 4 I 75. 0 81. 3

Visible supply, end ot 'riontn tiiou" o( M ^ . 1,1-, 4,o.o t,0o- 7^b iO S 3 10,' 731 , Il|i01 i 11J854 12J035

Septem-ber

179, 305

1 31, 1891 !'»,?«40 853

.408S. )

43, 695

103, 69112, 652

1214, 333

J'4,50936, 062

85, 076.20

9, 174J 06. 631

952

1, 479

27, 3.1423, 727

22, 9518, 1 196.03

3, 452

218,486179, 047

3.80

7, 799

19, 634119,356

477

32, 77010, 151

139, 802

152, 7791, 433

85, 43840, 687

12, 757

1, 8724, 5105, 437

21, 924

21, 041

1, 359.53

82.812, 47711, 991

August Juiy ; June

133,110 191,178 | 199,016

143, OR9 145,061 ,! 106,522! 133,600 163,534 ! 173,719

44,821 62,274 i 70,529.39 .35 ! .33

80.7 77.8 ; 73.3

47, 5b4 29, MO 4 J , 4 M )

i 107. 21i» 10^, 8' 9 00, 4211 10,1^ l?,i-"2 5 ,5 (0

137 172 1593.6V7 3, 10i5 6,097

14/-52 17, 4b', 17,89541, 12,. ' 45. 120 t - ' , ; 2 6

87,221 , b8, 749 , ; 0,186.19 ! .18 ; .18

10,375 11, 198 10.743113, ,38 ! 116.272 ! 115,134

944 1, 377 i 1, 728

3,294 1,515 2,682

30.875 35,006 i 35,37325,765 30,337 j 28,855

26.464 30,866 31,2226,954 10,212 ! 8, 1766.03 6.03 6.13

5,223 4,720 5,417

244,969 258.836 i 227,201197,189 1 218,761 176,439

3. 80 3. 74 3. 69j i

6, 173 5, 837 6, 074

19,007 l 20,348 | 21,149116,769 i 123,165 [ 122,086

426 1 376 346

34, 186 32,493 31,8209,623 JO, 946 11,913

163,034 j 205,641 243,414

29, 494 24, 942 22. 4941, 030 367 ' 358

78,997 i 64,847 47,49835, 875 i 46, 751 32, ;86

2,729 3,253 1 .083

114 72 i 1824,441 j 5,765 i 5,4782, 793 ! 2, 556 ' 1, 729

15,979 22,093 24,614

26,095 18,015 13,829

1,281 698 i 550.52 ! .47 ! .49

81.3 73.4 ! 76.610,822 2,568 ; 2,5377,429 j 3,997 i 4,671

2 Revised.

1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Coutinued

31

1930

be found in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

F OOBST UFFS— C ontinued

Grains-— Continued

COPN

Export^ im hiding mod thous1 of bus) « _Gimding c (stii. Vi . glucose) tl ous of bushs

No 3, jellow, ^bicajj),. doll* per bii hNo -i, Mil j * , f J ir no. rel to i LGi\U 3, \elic\v, KanFa4*

City . 'tolls pti 1 1 sUI\ > >', \\ inte Cnicago _ . oolls. per bi '&h

Reuipt-> . i i< us of ou a-bbipments . i h j u s of 1 usi sV ibiblo s'lpplj . pl*d of mo thou-?. <>f 1 ubbb

HAf

Iôccipt" niurber rf cars .

(His

Exports, including nu d _ thoub of i usl" _.Grind IT )_'s, ( an <xt t thnu,? of bu^ ' i s__Price r \ o i \ hue, < hu igo -d > l ) c I ci bu bPnce No , vh i r e Chicu,o rrl < o r>~r__Production, o t i^c J, and i t 11' d

oif, C i i-da — thM's. 01 11 <-

Viable vipi Ij end \ t month thous of bu«l s

FidExports _ . pocktt (100 Ibs Împoits . . . p. o k c t s nOf l lb s )». hip nents

Total frontu ill-, 11 u o, j u J . is COO tb >

\CH (.)r<M^ . j 1 C1s vK'O lb-> /xmthein p * d d j r t c ^ i p t i a f

11 ll 's * ' I "• >t bliS' )( k , end o»,nor tb thous o p« , ho t s (100 Ib )

R » p

! xj 01 1 including ilour V < » i . ( f 1 W ••Priê, No 2, A' in ie i[ ol s d( iX i f " } a-.liPure l\o 2, "M r M ohs __ _ _ i e l . ». > i i 'hf1 roducljon, croii t> in i t e__ tnons. < f ) hsTie eipts p*-ii eivul , oi ' ets _ tho is. ul 1 u h<\ isiblesi i ] > l y , u inof na ath tln»s of t n S

.,

Exports:C nnd i , uclud'z c, \ \h« 1 1

flour f n ° u 'i1 b s i t st j i Ice-1 o1 ites

S11 i cat 01 'i tl < M1- f f bi Sit n < h tin g w i âi

P a- ni .1* of busl -v lock , neiv j b\ i ni ls

Cqunr te i ly ) t l i f H ?f bus!1

Prues?> o J , noi < hern ' pring,

M i u n e i p 1 r*u (lo i > t i b'ichNo 1, "o) the r i pr nr.

Ann.1 ij. oh n I fo l'jl.6_No 2, rea v i Her, 4st.

L /"ic _ dolh ptr t u«-J\u °, red ^ i i iU , Q ^ . J J j i f ] i ' 19^.)No. 2, hard winter,

KariM ( i1\ d'11- j < r bu<-hNo 2 hare3 %vmai 11 lisa.-.

*, it v . re, to ] f *2f .1 roduc uon ^r >p estinê,

' w i r t c r w h o t t J K ) i ' & < A 1" L s ' iI c< c ip t s "* hods of In v

h ip t t u t - > i hops )•" 07 r >•

1 l ' 't t I c , _ IS n , < ; f hi" lls

Vi HI VI .. U>» A

Consumption (computed) thons. of bbls.._Exports:

Cai'ada... _ . ....tnous. of bl:,Is._United States thous of hbls

Grindings of wl iea t :(. " a r. ad a 1 ho us . o f b us b s . .United Stn.tcs . _ .thous. of bushs

Frier's, wholesale:H ta'jdard patents, IvI inncapolis

dollv^. per bblStandard patents. 7v) hmeapolis

Winter, straights. Kansas City.._.... dolls, per bbl...

Winter, straigius, Kansas Citv.. . .„, , ._____., ,.,.,_..,reL to 1926..

i . , ( r. .J u n e May 2 pri , ^ i - i - 1 , . JrT

i1 .

!1

12, 151 2';* ^ 441r>, 7 - 5 5-r 5, v \,ii

5^ 5 ^ f( ( '77 "" 74 \ {,

52 5* j i " j^ 5 > ( 0 (

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July

395C,103

.82109. 3

.80

.8410, 6f>011.091)4, 012

4, 505

71782f. 35

85. 4

10, 893

»', 149

124, 1817, 501

26856, 861

22

450

18. 55

59. 8

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1 Of, 551i 6 1 . ( ) »

10, 012

659945

6, 44843, 721

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65. 3

4.64

fid A !

June

7766, 100

.79105. 3

.80

.8117, 83315, 6937, 378

3, 881

204719. 38

92. 7

9, 660

i:U3i7

202, 2247, 037

34665, 195

60

087

62. ( 1

44511,248

21,681

8, Of*

12, 295

oo,oao

1. 00

63.3

1. 0507. 7

,89

59. 7

18, 70520, 575

132, 187109, 98;.

7. 883

598Q40

5, 21840, J37

r o..

69. 1

4. 99

Kfi ft

s Quarter ended in month indioftted., n, of % i^nal cr xa&te for 1930,


MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Contmued

[August, 1931

Earlier data for itvmx sfooicn her ft may i _ ____be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- I jmcnt to the Survey I June ; May

FCOOSTLIFS lout inupdfarads Contmuea

T \ H E A J FLOLli -x OLUirt'ied

i I _ M( U Of I )ls

Ml i

Mtat-

L ANTL

June

1.1 u4 1,6It- ! L 136 1,161

i co M i i t i i r u n th m oJ c ' 0 1 ^ 2 -_4,f7? 121,.P2 « . " > 0 ^ ,*),( jj

Pin 1,1 n i. r, t 01 < ii t r ] IPO t ii < T ^ i r h » j ' i K I t c

L^ J s n ' a i l.oi (Poal lHS I 1 u' 1 ' i, v «^ i n T . M( L r fo i i

t » o i M 'T l I. 1 'S, 1 y ( 1 U O !(

, '°

m

< i, i i i t ' ^* c . s f , , a s , s l c « , ^ N v

tO"- , ' l f > 11

"t ^ f, A* 1 - . ' , ( C i S, S ' i , X x <•

1 i 1 * l°2r h! «ârtlo, c'Tn feu, C5i c^ o

Fiuiu lion _ t1 i i .Pork pro*' ^-ti n-

1 Total ""J - '^ ".' - 11 oi'.s ' !I K i d^d cured _ ] s o1 j, K

r I O I KOther pmducK tbai ' lai<

t i 01 O * " ' 1

Prod ic i i ) » j . , is 'Kted... t ( i t i 1

ll iIR , "PlCl VQ, CbK «lTu _ _ ( J O U C . __y 3 'Hams, sniuk* 1, Tl ^ o - rtl to '0 'l io t>« , no .uA, ' I,K\ ^ > _ oolib. DI t 10.) VUoj;s, heavy, Chkaô ... - rel to 1C^*JLaid, T^riLue c o j i t i d ^ i , se\v ^ ' O I K

_ . do'N id !•

. 174

105. 7 |

.1\ 1. » . 177 |

U f 101 J 103.7 |

I ) " (M * i y. 28 !

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?r, 4 L 7 4 '» ,

( | f c ^ ( ' < - . ( ^ j .(- -1 0 , . 0 > U SCO : .1121 .119; . H 9 j .114 i , 1 0 0 ;

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h upn'onts, &tock .

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\_ old ^toragf- hoi lingsend of month mills, of It

><\ Al

f 3 6 5G. 3 j 59. C

3.4552. 3

9.7371.0

' 0. i , 0 » 1,004

j , 0 ) ^ 1,100

9.', 7 ' ' W<<7 sir.) 75, Mi 72.lt"

^5 1,107 i, Mi2 , 93n 1,166

1,072 1,0°2 959 I 737 597 | 534Production mills. oflba.J 1,053! 1,078 i I,0fl6 1,059} 1,112 j 1,401 j j 1,254 1,059 | 1,110!

s Revised. * Quarter ended in month indicated.

8C,'% 84,324 j 90,621 i 87,980

1,01^ 1,020 i 1,025 ! 1,007

652 788 1 929 I 959.966 I 956 1 1,068 i 1,088

August, 1931] SUEVEY OF CUKKENT BUSINESS

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Contiaued

33


FOODSTUFFS— Continued

Meats— Continued

POULTRY

Cold-storage holdings,end of month. thous. of lbs._

Receipts at 5 markets thous, of Ibs..

Prices

Retail food (Dept. of Labor) rel. to 1913..Wholesale food

SugarCuban movement (raw) :

Exports long tons--Receipts at Cuban ports long tons..Stocks, end of month.thous. of long tons--

Prices:Retail coverage, 51 cities rel. to 1913..Retail granulated, New

York ._ dolls, per Ib-.Wholesale, 96° centrif., New

York dolls, per lb_.Wholesale, 96° centrif., New

York.,.. ___-re l . to 1926-Wholesale, granulated, New

York dolls, per lb_.Wholesale, granulated, New

York ...rel. to 1926,.Raw:

Imports —From Hawaii and Porto

Rico . long tonsFrom foreign countries long tons-

Meltings, 8 ports long tonsStocks at refineries,

end of month long tonsRefined:

Exports, including maple -long tons.-Shipments, 2 ports long tonsStocks, 2 ports long tons..

Tea

Imports thous. of lbs._Price, Formosa, fine, New York-dolls, per lb__

FOREST PRODUCTS

Lumber

ALL TYPES

Exports M ft b mNew orders - rel to 1923-1925Prices, wholesale, composite rel. to 1926..Production index (.elect, energy

<-ons;rmpd) rel to 1923-1925Stocks, end of mouth rel. to 1923-1925..Unfilled orders, end of month, rel. to 1923-1925—

MOVEMENT

Retail yards, 9th Fed. Res. Dist.:Sales .---_ ...M ft. b. m._Stocks, end of month M ft. b. m._

Retail yards, 10th Fed. Res. Dist.:Sales M ft b mStocks, end of month M ft. b. m._

FLOORINGMaple flooring:

New orders M ft b mProduction _ _ _ M ft. b. m .Shipments M ft b mStocks, end. of month M ft b mUnfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m_.

SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE

Exports:Lumber M ft. b. m—Timber M ft. b. m .

Price, flooring dolls per M ft b raPrice, index rel. to 1926—

HARDWOODAll hardwoods:

New orders mill. ft. b. m _ _Production mill. ft. b. m_.Shipments mill. ft. b. mStocks, end of month —

Total mill. ft. b. m _ _Unsold mill. ft. b. m__Unfilled orders, end of

month mill. ft. b. m_.Gum:

Stocks, end of month —Total.. _ mill. ft. b. m..Unsold mill. ft. b. m..

Unfilled orders, end ofmonth mill. ft. b. m_.

2 Revised.

1931

June

32, 73522, 164

11872.4

148, 62493, 548

930

102

.050

.033

76.5

.044

80.3

143, 382239, 085383, 157

400, 567

4,32978, 58335, 030

6,953.225

120, 50138.067.8

86.3106.351.4

1.0, 08479, 017

3, 43237, 718

4 2453, 1163, 778

21,8214,955

30, 27812, 53528. 1562.4

176143iei

3,1262,707

419

683575

108

May

2 35, 34817, 252

12172.9

137, 205118, 514

982

102

.050

.032

73.5

.043

78.3

161,260151,815332, 556

463, 730

3,33857, 67032, 632

4,135.225

143, 55839.268.4

97.22 107. 7

48.1

8, 45180, 051

3,42138,816

3,3272,6293, 315

23, 4674,604

34, 0675,82728.8263.9

158146169

3, 1492,718

431

686586

100

April

45, 920! 17, 443

! 124: 75.6

94, 865238, 872

1,007

104

,050

.033

75.6

.044

80.1

135,457279, 578403, 337

445, 535

5,33265, 63343, 880

1 6, 184! .225

135,77141.573.3

91.5108.249.2

7, 76780, 816

3,36839, 534

3, 6793, 3263, 226

24, 1915,312

32, 54410, 25628.3268.2

154146161

3,1752,713

463

694593

101

March

69, 98620, 600

12676.7

134, 928546, 538

844

106

.051

.033

75.8

.043

79.2

150, 951364, 493351, 169

420, 650

4,61249, 07754, 665

7,995.225

73, 81840.374.2

93.2108. 848.8

5, 23681, 158

3, 38939, 657

3, 1313, 7603,017

26, 1935,180

22, 4786,26129.6665.8

173165176

3,2052,731

473

703598

106

Febru-ary

95, 18826, 008

12777.1

168,450429, 576

481

107

.053

.033

76.3

.045

81.4

151,980212, 453290, 337

329, 324

3,08554, 57029, 070

5,223.225

67, 79235.773.2

84.2111.247.7

3, 49480, 251

2,64138, 628

3,4553,1792,676

25, 8355,248

21, 3094,93528.4263.0

188158165

3,2492,769

481

713601

112

January

101, 30734, 472

13380.1

1j

86,518105, 726

80

107

.053

.034

77.9

.046

83.2

81, 700 ;122,071 i258,585 i

293,938 i

3,572 !42,71734,019 :

7,289 !.225

114,557 '36.776.0

82.6113.246.8

3, 58376,552 |

2, 87837 839 ,

3, 5843,4522.351 i

25,578 ;4,664 ;

33, 5098,16330.73 i68.1

169143 i158

3,3082,851

456

726 i607 i

118 !

1930

Decem-ber

104,91373,314

13781.8

231, 039150, 277

669

107

.053

.033

75.8

.046

83.2

5, 590306, 500207, 006

305, 208

4,72333, 64542, 555

8,029.225

128, 42433.878.1

73.3117. 347.0

4, 14570, 531

2,53037, 739

1, 9053,0451,811

24, 2713, 491

35, 8739,02932.5172.1

125134125

3,3192,863

456

611511

100

Novem-ber

82, 92567, 361

14185.7

413, 406213, 688

764

107

.053

.03*

78.8

.047

85.0

50, 977293, 455337, 360

321, 930

6,57659,91637, 759

7,565.225

110, 85536.880.1

86.5113. 72 42. 6

9, 02871, 025

3,94038, 108

2,7982,7592, 554

23, 3533,204

28, 11311,89633.44•74.1

133143148

3,2732,821

452

610509

102

October Se '̂

59, 26933,128

14488,6

291,311124, 848

958

106

.053

.033

76.3

.044

80.8

82, 660277, 350402, 333

283, 778

8, 55362, 11346, 134

9,917.223

122, 69039.480.2

77.1110. 02 46. 3

13, 59673, 743

5,11438, 674

2,5302, 6432, 886

22, 9853,188

31,95710, 59034.0175.4

154158169

3,2702, 805

466

608504

104

46, 93824, 900

14689.2

274,588152, 166

1,163

107

.054

.031

72.1

.043

79.2

117,776273,952413,912

378, 969

6,66872, 20853, 998

8,717.224

139. 13853 780.8

105.6108.32[59. 0

12,51679, 471

4,58040, 116

2,9833,3013,331

23,9152, 953

44, 00711, 50933.4874.2

176161180

3,2612,787

475

601494

107

August

42, 58920, 527

14487.1

314, 239160, 710

1,279

111

.054

.032

73.0

.044

80.3

132, 240181, 182360, 592

442,894

7,24649, 066

533. 324

8, 134.290

136, 62843.581.1

97.7107. 4254.9

12, 39384, 567

4,26241, 543

3,5413,6164,416

24, 4763,528

43,3129,15331.7270.3

139165154

3,3082,808

500

610497

113

July

46, 96719,858

14486.3

326, 074149, 333

1,418

111

.054

.033

75.3

.046

84.1

199, 950195, 187501, 569

444, 415

4,66189, 92848,600

7,007.292

163, 02552.783.3

100. 0107.3

SO. 9

12, 11088,919

4,40742, 700

3,5313,3964,625

25, 4693,975

34, 27610, 50033. 8975,1

128172150

3,3232,795

526

609488

120

June

54, 25323, 867

14890.5

236, 592164, 444

1,631

111

.055

.032

74.4

.045

82.7

109, 929201, 442371, 714

622, 945

4,74269, 42347, 827

6,555.300

189. 07549. 085.3

107. 3103. 178.6

13, 94389, 639

3,80343, 211

3,4813, 3213, 956

?6, 8214,863

47, 42914, 97033. 0673.3

143214165

3,2942,737

557

598470

128



[August, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here may jbe found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \ment to the Survey

1931

June May

FOREST PRODUCTS— Continued ;

Lumber— Continued j

HARDWOOD— ContinuedNorthern hardwoods:

Production M ft. b. m.J ! 10.820Shipments M ft. b. m _ _

Oak:Stocks, end of month —

Total mill. ft. b. m.JUnsold mill. ft. b. m _ _ !

Unfilled orders, end ofmonth mill. ft. b. m _ _

Walnut logs: jMade into lumber and

veneer - - - __ .M ft. log measure _ _Purchases M ft. log measure ._Stocks, end of month.. M ft. log measure..

Walnut lumber:New orders M ft. b. m _ _Production M ft. b. m_.Shipments M ft. b. m._Stocks end of month Ivl ft b mUnfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m_.

SOFTWOOD

California redwood:New orders (computed) M ft. b. m_.Production (computed) M ft. b. m..Shipments (computed) _ _ M ft. b. m _ _Unfilled orders, end of month

(computed) M ft. b. in_.Douglas fir:

Exports-Lumber M ft. b. m__Timber M ft. b. m

New orders M ft. b. m _Price wholesale-

No. 1 common—dolls, per M ft. b. m__Flooring, 1x4 "B"

and better, V.G dolls, per M ft. b. m .

Production - ..M ft. b. m _ _Shipinents M ft. b. m__Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m__

North Carolina pine:Production (computed) M ft. b. m_.Shipments (computed) M ft. b. m_.

Northern hemlock:Production -M ft. b. m_.Shiprnents M ft. b. m_.

Northern pine:Lath-

Production thousands .Shipments thousands--

Lumber —New orders M ft. b. m__Production M ft. b. m_.Shipments M ft. b. m _

Western pine:New orders mill. ft. b. mProduction mill. ft. b. mShipments mill. ft. b. m..Stocks end of month mill ft b m

VENEERRotary-cut veneer:

Receipts no. of carloadsPurchases no. of carloads

Furniture

Household furniture and case goods:Grand Rapids district —

Cancellations per cent new orders. .New orders no. days' production. .Outstanding accounts,

end of month no. days' sales..Plant operations per cent full time..Shipments no. days' productionUnfilled orders,

end ofmonth.no. days' production..Southeastern district-

Shipments _ _ . .dolls., av. per firm..Unfilled orders, end of month

dolls., av. per firmSteel furniture. (See under steel manufac-

tured products.)Wholesale prices:

Beds rel. to 1926..Dining-room chairs, sets of six.rel. to 1926..Kitchen cabinets . . r e l . to 1926Living-room davenports rel. to 1926..

LEATHER PRODUCTS

General operations:Prices, wholesale, composite. -rel. to 1926..Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

rel. to 1923-25..Production index (elect, energy consumed)

rel to 1923-25Stocks, end of month rel. to 1923-25..

890803

88

958674293

9961, 0751,223

15, 8372,918

47, 76635, 718

11.25

30, 33834, 293

10, 330

914809

105

1,135828519

i, 1811,3821,277

15, 9903,151

19, 22017,61621, 568

20, 237

69, 04355, 586

188, 907

11.64

206,813221, 586135, 637

30, 23331, 780

9,8937,894

April :

12, 7G712, 80G

935814

120

925719845

1, 3931,1411,506

15, 8933,279

22, 48018, 76121, 898

22, 290

63, 15937, 573

224, 272

12.12

29.74201, 889200, 099215, 766

31, 24134, 454

8,6167,437

9999

45

32740

12

23

85.293.0

102.989.8

87.8

102

85.477.9

555517581

1,206

7954

13.09

3170.0

11

11

448382459

1,196

8359

8.013

3367.0

1 13

15

March j

17, 87812, 631

966844

122

816699

1,050

2,094875

1, 94216, 2653,522

24, 48521, 79524, 852

22, 726

15, 21119, 964

217, 109

12.68

31.14186, 222195, 622196, 517

27, 48933, 250

6,5835, 432

™™- January

17, 25212, 330

990861

129

829874

1,172

1,471804

1,36317, 2363,314

20, 69523, 83623, 555

23, 613

14, 95114, 978

189, 355

12.86

31.65179, 059186, 669181, 745

24, 31832, 417

6,0855,508

307240334

1,174

10582

12.014

3464^0

13

15

198129214

1,174

118118

6.013

3563.0

13

17

14,17810,854

1,017918

99

8951,1791,136

1,152642

1,06418, 2953,211

25, 92826, 99821,410

28, 725

38,251 !16,081

191, 593

12. 82

31.33160,258178, 164 |182, 640

24, 12932, 844

6,5266,094

None.4,174

13, 9902,167

13, 799

8763

1071,218

101138

7.016

4268.0

14

! IS

:'

86.8 90.794.0 ; 94.0

102.9 | 102.989.8 : 93.2

88.1 i 88.4

2107 ! 102

81.0 83.9i 276.6 i 77.5

90.794.0

102.993.2

88.4

92i! 71.2

78.5

1 90.7 90.794.0 94.0

| 102.9 i 102.992.3 j 92.3

89.0 ; 90.8

1 87 i 77

76. 1 ! 71.6; 79.3 82.9

Decem-ber

8,1478,021

1,029935

95

1, 1461,204

777

1,2031,1841,187

17, 6703,118

17, 85723, 04820, 307

22, 766

53, 71812, 859

189, 355

12.99

31.73167, 420174, 583188, 012

28, 35030, 317

5,8124, 955

None.1,450

9,4421,326

10,977

11185

1081,262

111112

16.015

1 43! 71.0; 17

i 17

24, 765

14, 073

90.794.0

102.992.3

91.5

81

68.784.2

Novem-ber

4,3829,374

1,022928

95

1,3401,460

791

1,3431,4441,470

18, 7313,393

21, 48525, 90020, 549

24, 514

42, 3649,151

186, 222

13.25

33.40191, 593179, 954176, 373

28, 14034, 300

4,0466,596

333,162

12, 525850

14, 280

9798

1141,284

10697

7.022

4881.0

18

22

34, 207

15,411

91.794.0

102.9| 92.3

93.3

80

63.01 82.5

1930

October Se^)teerm' August

4,77211, 285

1,021924

97

1,4211,294

670

1,8091,3861,907

18, 7963,646

30, 60335, 06331, 808

24, 277

43, 80112, 511

203, 232

12.98

33.77208, 156199, 651137, 876

29, 38635, 049

4,3747,436

1,2733,671

21, 0339,853

20, 498

177139164

1,300

101101

9.021

5185.0

26

20

! 53,091i

17, 335

i 91.794.0

102.992.3

! 96.7

89

84.981.8

4,37111,862

1,016918

98

1,1091,171

805

1,7351,1211,861

19, 3344,085

27, 15528, 33727, 505

26, 150

48, 09716, 114

217, 557

13.14

34.58199,651200, 546176, 373

27, 83235, 392

6,8766,751

3,2296,047

17, 69722, 92517, 791

149152152

1,330

147139

5.029

5289.0

27

26

| 63, 343

25, 830

91.794.0

102.992.3

[ 98.2

95

73.579.5

9,22511, 167

1,036927

109

1,029886745

1,6981,1741,511

20, 0904,025

25, 29328, 83525, 044

26, 573i

42, 12925, 850

222, 929

13.44

35.65206, 813218, 452134, 742

27, 34933, 481

8,2237,007

3,9684,833

19, 50327, 58321,516

131183159

1,336

100106

6.018

4079.0

18

24

56, 456

; 33,432

91.794.0

102. 992. 3

99.9

95

! 87.778.6

July

14, 36312, 649

1,044929

115

943598885

1, 0311,3121,123

20,4544,016

30, 57428, 33531, 305

26, 254

61,81322, 369

213, 080

14.47

36.57190, 250231, 434172, 344

26, 80330, 730

13, 2458,033

5,2144,473

19, 96237, 84922, 101

174179150

1, 313

118116

7.018

3767.0

13

27

45, 686

35, 903

91.794.0

102.992.3

100.1

95

97.379.1

June

16,32113, 345

1,049917

132

1,268712

1,198

1,9891,8501,696

20, 2813,970

26,09231, 09528, 384

25, 815

85, 00441, 849

239, 939-

14.30

36.94253,369'275, 751199, 203

35, 91738, 164-

9,5558,455

4,55&4,001

24, 29041,89125, 160

138198153

1,283

115133

23.010

3670.0

12

24

! 32,956

33,951

91.794.0

102. 992.3

i 102. 9

1 97

96.880.3

s Revised.



35


LEATHER PRODUCTS— Continued

Hides:Imports-

Calfskins thous. of Ibs-Cattle hides _ _ - thous. of Ibs. _Goatskins thous. of lbs_-Sheepskins _ thous. of IbsTotal, hides and skins. _thous. of lbs_.

Inspected slaughter of livestock:Canada-

Cattle and calves -.thous. of animals-.Swine . . .. -thous. of animals.-.Sheep and lambs thous. of animals ._

United States-Cattle thous of animals-Calves thous of animalsSwine thous. of animais.Sheeo thous of animals

Prices:Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)

dolls, per IbPackers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)

_ ._ rel. to 1926Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)

dolls, per IbCalfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)

rel. to 1926Stocks, end of month:

Calf and kip skins. _ thous. of Ibs. .Cattle hides thous. of Ibs..Sheep and lamb skins ._thous. of lbs_.Total hides and skins thous. of Ibs..

Leather— Raw

Sole and belting:Exports (sole only) thous of IbsPrice, oak, scoured backs (Boston)

dolls, per IbPrice, oak, scoured backs (Boston)

rel. to 1926Production —

Sole only thous of backs bends sidesSole and belting- _ thous. of Ibs..

Stocks, end of month-Finished thous. of Ibs..In process of tanning thous. of Ibs..

Upper leather:Exports thous. of sq. ftPrice, composite, chrome, calf, black "B "

grade ...dolls, per sq. ft—Production thous. of sq ftStocks-

Finished _.thous. of sq. f t_.In process of tanning thous. of sq ft

Leather— Manufactures

Gloves cut . dozen pairs.Shoes:

Exports .. ..thous. of pairs .Prices, wholesale —

Men's black calf blucher (Boston)dolls, per pair

Men's black calf blucher (Boston)rel. to 1926—

Men's dress welt tanned calf, oxford,(St. Louis) dolls, per pair..

Men's dress welt, tanned calf, oxford,(St Louis) rel to 1926

Women's black kid, dress welt, lace,oxford.. dolls, per pair..

Production — thous. of pairs

IRON AND STEELGeneral Operations

New orders rel. to 1923-25Prices, wholesale. _. ..rel. to 1926. .Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

rel. to 1923-25Production index (elect, energy consumed)

rel. to 1923-25Stocks, manufactured goods, end of month

rel. to 1923-25Unfilled orders, end of month. .rel. to 1920-25..

OreIron ore:

Consumption thous. of long tonsImports thous. of long tonsReceipts-

Lake Erie ports and furnaces._ thous. of long tons..

Other ports thous. of long tons..Shipments from mines

thous. of long tons-Stocks end of month—-

At furnaces thous. of long tonsOn Lake Erie docks

-thous. f long tons..Total thous of long tons

Manganenese ore;Imports thous. of long tons..

1931

June

3,6467,5289,3213,313

26, 053

9216456

- -

.100

71.3

.129

74.3

983

.370

84.4

9,234

— --

182, 077

167

6.75

105.5

4.49

92.8

59.086. 9

64

86.6

136.660.3

2,103122

2,3691,428

3,808

23, 556

5,15728, 713

37

May

4,5126,8128, 2743,091

24, 437

10315823

704425

3,4081,444

.085

60.2

.129

74.1

24, 150216, 40035, 026

275, 576

1,143

.370

84.4

1,03418, 388

85, 84867, 938

9,211

.35660, 542

254, 142124, 330

171, 968

194

6.75

105.5

4.60

95.0

28, 533

257.987.2

72

106.8

2 138. 962.4

2,675194

599656

1,769

21, 968

5, 14727, 115

21

April

2,8574,4046,1604, 453

19,616

10117227

690471

3,4881,493

.092

65.5

.135

77.9

24, 678220, 8462 32, 926277, 847

1,442

.370

84.4

1,13720, 406

87, 19668, 933

8,752

.35662, 536

2257,195125, 722

191,120

177

6.75

105.5

4.60

95.0

2 30, 002

83.687.5

75

108.1

142.867.4

2,826163

9106

176

23, 292

5,43028, 722

33

March | ™m-

1,4496,8676,2923, 2SO

19,468

8515432

635416

3,5231,324

.090

64.1

.128

73.5

23, 132223, 18234, 16S

280, 482

949

.370

84.4

98418, 219

88,04471, 122

9,347

.35261, 515

261,057127, 867

175,988

185

6.75

105.5

4.60

95.0

1,1074, 1493,9912,890

13,417

5816132

559353

4,1421,223

.073

52.1

.117

67.4

24, 104225, 31533, 172

282, 591

713

.365

83.3

95117, 386

90, 32172, 488

7,700

.35454, 706

264, 392128,967

158, 485

130

6.75

105.5

4.60

95.0

29, 364 23, 971

274.5 ! 259.988. 1 i 88.4

78 73

119.4 116.5

145. 7 141. 169. 6 68. 6

2,835 ! 2,368169 95

January êcem - j Novem-

1,670 !5,186 i5,8634,040 ;

20, 211

69 :

16fi37

651379

5, 3621,426 |

.095

67.7

.125

71.8

26, 707235, 64933, 296

295, 652

726

.381

86.7

1,08719, 559

91, 82773, 261

9,133

.35952, 225

282.079129, 513

162, 388

130 |

6.75 1

105.5

4.60

95.0

19, 889

66.988.1

64

103.4

141.771.6

2,350150

25,751 28,247

5, 765 6, Oil31, 516 34, 258

2 10

30, 430

6,19036, 620

17

1,7226,7816,1543,313

20, 471

7517053

692398

4,6471,426

.107

75.9

.144

83.0

27, 553237, 39234, 489

299, 434

1,128

.400

91.3

1,22621, 993

90, 87874, 135

8,118

.36759, 459

289, 092134, 633

157, 079

208

6.75

105. 5

4.72

97.3

3.6617, 537

70.988.0

59

110.2

146.476.3

2,339176

32, 618

6,33138, 949

29

2, 2026,7815,1671,965

18, 207

7816898

605324

4,0241,305

.118

84.2

.156

89.7

28,221227, 64734, 368

290, 236

825

.410

93.5

1,07118, 777

86, 33177, 485

7,451

.36753, 558

279, 023133, 357

236, 263

270

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2518, 541

58.088.3

65

106.5

146.169.4

2,64074

1,634993

1,988

34,761

6, 46641, 227

10

1930

October

3,2646,8887, 2682,821

21, 512

97160185

836438

3,4921,727

.133

94.8

.172

99.2

26, 972227, 099

34, 546288, 617

691

.410

93.5

1,33323, 418

84, 03678,815

9,838

.37265, 339

270, 902137, 513

236, 911

269

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2527, 731

67.888.6

75

126.0

147.167.4

3,050186

4,0111,675

5,531

34, 750

6,34241, 092

18

Septem-ber

2, 83512, 7436,8073,289

27, 598

84140114

760374

2,7731,591

.146

103.8

.165

95.2

25, 536218, 44635, 490

279, 472

673

.440

100.4

1,33023, 137

81, 56980, 895

8,813

.37263, 304

255, 787141, 495

219, 548

256

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2529, 334

70.789.5

86

110.3

145. 367.9

3,282215

4,7211,891

6,488

32, 323

6,04338, 366

22

August

1,40311, 3898.0754,460

26, 681

7512479

700363

2,7241,413

.136

96.7

.161

93.0

27, 166212, 98036, 079

276, 225

374

.460

104.9

1,31623, 223

80, 01884, 367

8,367

.37161, 477

254, 020143, 063

241, 146

263

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2528, 429

74.490.1

93

112.0

143.370.5

3,673178

5,5862,492

8,252

29, 397

5,54134, 938

8

iJuly I June

1, 29511, 5047,4556, 219

27, 960

8112756

710375

3,1871,411

.141

100.1

.165

95.2

27, 725217, 30234, 087

279, 114

640

.460

104.9

1, 36523, 894

76, 86385, 953

7,287

.37162, 016

259, 561150, 287

209, 873

256

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2524, 121

86.190.7

93

109.7

152.878.3

3,838251

6,3462,515

8,587

25, 493

5,02230, 515

16

3,50513, 99210, 0167, 626

37, 407

8115936

654356

3,6891,295

.152

108.3

.175

100.9ft!

30. 034224, 20932, 423

286, 666

849

.440

100.4

1,31023, 542

74, 79977, 946

8,765

.37160, 544

262, 621141, 506

237, 377

257

6.75

105.5

4.85

100.2

4.2523, 904

84.091.7

U09

115.2

148.177.5

,288292

5, 7552,697

8, 650

21, 087

4,61325, 700

311 Revised.



[August, 1931


IRON AND STEEL— Continued

Iron— Crude

Malleable castings:New orders short tons _Operating activities .. .per ct. of capacity..Production . . short tonsShipments short tons..

Pig-iron production:Canada thous of long tonsMerchant furnaces thous. of long tons..United States, total.. .thous. of long tons..United States, total rel to 1923-25

Pig-iron furnaces in blast:Furnaces, end of month number..Capacity, end of month long tons per day..

Prices, wholesale:Basic (valley furnace) .dolls per long ton..Basic (valley furnace) rel. to 1926..Composite pig-iron. ..cdolls. per long ton..Foundry, No. 2, northern

(Pittsburgh). dolls, per long tonFoundry, No. 2, northern

(Pittsburgh) rel. to 1926-

Iron— Manufactured Products

Cast-iron boilers:Gas-fired boilers —

Production thous. B. t. u._Shipments thous. B. t. ii__Shipments dollars..Stocks, end of month. ..mills. B. t. u._

Kound boilers-New orders thous. of lbs_.Production _ thous. of Ibs—Shipments thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month... thous. of lbs._

Square boilers-New orders thous. of Ibs..Production tbous of IbsShipments ..thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs

Radiators:New orders -thous. sq. ft. heating surfaceProduction .thous. sq. ft. heating surfaceShipments-.thous. sq. ft. heating surfaceStocks, end of month

thous sq ft heating surface

Steel— Crude

Prices, wholesale:Composite, finished steel

dolls per 100 IbsIron and steel composite

-- -- dolls per long tonSteei billets, Bessemer

(Pittsburgh) dolls, per long ton..Steel billets, Bessemer (Pitts-

burgh) rel. to 1926_-Structural-steel beams (Pitts-

burgh) dolls r>erl001bsStructural-steel beams (Pitts- *

burgh) _ ' rel to 1926Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full fin-

ished:New orders net tons_.Production—

Per cent of capacity. _.per cent--Total . net tons

Shipments net tonsStocks, end of month-

Unsold.. _ net tons._Total net tons

Unfilled orders, end of month net tons.-Steel castings:

New orders-Total . . short tonsMiscellaneous _. . . short tonsRailroad specialties.. _ short tonsPer cent of total to capacity.per cent--

Production—Total short tonsMiscellaneous short tons. .Railroad specialties short tons..Per cent of total to capacity.per cent..

Steel ingots, production:Canada thous. of long tons_.United States, total... thous. of long tonsUnited States, total rel. to 1923-25..Per cent of capacity per cent..

U.S . Steel Corporation:Earnings thous of dollsUnfilled orders, end of

month thous. of long tonsUnfilled orders, end of

month _ rel. to 1923-25..

1931

June

22, 52924.4

23, 71228, 048

56336

1,63954.9

9150, 855

15.5083.6

16.40

18.76

91.0

178, 101156, 769166, 923

1,069

2.19

31.02

29. 00

82.9

1.05

813

103, 599

40.3147,843156, ICO

75,618168, 013304, 107

26, 04118, 444

7, 59718

34, 92325, 5139, 410

24

562,076

60. 138

4,499

3,479

72.9

May April March

28, 20832.1

31, 34436, 686

51410

1, 99466.7

10561, 085

16.2587.6

16. 64

18.76

91.0

174, 244154, 650148, 749

1,014

4,5255, 0694,787

59, 770

10,04913, 1409,537

139, 773

4,8635, 1645,003

50, 953

2.21

31. 39

29. 50

84.3

1.65

84. 3

148, 612

56. 6201, 846191,942

82, 532169, 444296, 731

' 2 39, 052! 2 27, 746

11, 30627

2 43, 1542 31, 083

12, 07130

752,50572.5

45

4,183

3, 620

75.8

36, 08636.3

36, 07637, 693

54404

2,02067.6

11366, 980

16.5089.0

16.75

18.76

91.0

227, 605150, 227149, 057

997

3,7416, 5534,232

60, 221

8,09115,9818,448

136, 840

4, 3305,9574,293

50, 632

2.22

31.61

30.00

85.7

1. 65

84.3

191, 987

58.2213, 608; 211,11885,415

176,846325.169

2 46, 0392 29, 844a 16, 195

32

' 2 48, 282! 2 35, 4391 12, 843

33

912,722

78.749

5,136

3, 898

81.6

34, 33135.9

35, 21036, 677

57356

2,03268.0

11667, 880

16. 5089.0

16.72

18.26

88.6

210, 58495, 76594, 251

916

4,3114,8644,071

57, 794

9,77114, 7008,851

129,643

4, 4516,7814,013

48, 978

2.23

31. 66

30.00

85.7

1.65

84.3

236, 310

! 61. 1224, 322

! 203,207

89, 334i 289,915

383, 280

2 48, 184i 2 37, 172i 11,012

332 56, 755

i 2 42, 54414,211

39

992,99486. 6

54

7,191

3, 995

83.7

^January!

32,566 i34.4 i

33,58732,663 ;

46317 :

1, 707 ,57.1

10861, 850

16.7590.3

16.82

18.51

89.8

178, 224114, 593116, 186

797

3,9125, 5094,183

56, 878

9,12215,9578,632

124,238

4, 4836,801

2 4, 410

45, 969

2.22

31. 65

30.00

85.7

1. 65

84.3

168, 564

I 57.2192,218179, 138

92, 047181,614343, 439

2 40, 3202 31, 184

i 9, 13628

2 49, 548! 2 35, 63S

13,91034

1 83i 2, 502

72.449

6, 156

3, 965

i 83. 0

32,67631.5

31,26731,536

36292

1,71457.4

10257, 365

17.0091.7

16.94

18.76

91.0

163, 39098, 39792, 702

721

6,4124,1095, 724

54, 997

11, 50014, 68912, 082

117,622

6,2676,9616,091

43,613

2. 22

31.70

30.00

85.7

1.63

83.0

180, 863

45. 1167, 865170, 379

87, 496180,285360, 479

46, 81032, 09214, 718

32

46, 2941 35, 351I 10, 943

32

582, 45971.1

43

6,118

4,132

86.5

1930

Decem-ber

26, 43331.1

30, 43127, 474

38396

1,66655.8

9551,330

17.0091.7

71.01

18.76

91.0

85, 399221, 775181, 966

621

7,1933,6147, 131

51, 657

17, 72310, 857

! 16, 837109, 835

7, 471! 4, 097

6,866

| 38,702

2.19

31. 76

30. 60

87.4

1.60

81.7

233, 289

39.8115,125144, 040

i 83,629! • 184,590

i 378,601i i

49, 38730, 131

' 19,256i 34! 46,290

32, 093: 14,197; 32i i 5 6: i 1,980| 57.3

j i 3 8

4,191

j i 3,944

I i 82.6

N™m-j October

27, 45127.8

27, 11425, 974

46375

1,86762.5

10760, 205

17.0091.7

17.14

18.76

91.0

85, 328149, 507202, 835

759

9,4955,910

10, 04153, 686

21, 37712, 85821, 480

115,313

9, 0894,7919,118

41, 420

2.20

31.95

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

135, 682

43.6148, 550158, 182

96, 248184, 586295, 282

48, 12331, 62816, 495

33

44, 29032, 44511,845

31

722,21264.0

44

7,949

3,640

76.2

24, 17129.0

28, 78529,206

40373

2,16572.5

11165, 965

17.0091.7

17.30

18.89

91.6

250, 001359, 206445, 101

885

14, 5218,291

17, 77459, 134

33, 76023, 06839, 158

121, 666

11, 2205, 852

12, 390

45, 626

2. 22

32.31

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

j 158,700

i 50.6193,934

i 193,516

! 91, 024! 189,213I 319,518

i 45,55232, 34413, 208

32

59, 52243, 84015, 682

! 41

! 65i 2, 693! 77.9j 50

10, 943

3, 482

I 72.9

Septem-ber

26, 25127.2

26, 52829, 223

49407

2,27776.2

12373, 525

17.6094.9

17.79

9.56

94.9

286, 748334, 266396, 788

940

11, 8946,321

12, 16268, 182

32, 25915, 92031, 595

140, 508

11, 3504,643

10, 347

51, 964

2.24

32.67

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

214, 454

48.8179, 928186, 639

88, 363185, 791388, 599

49, 54238, 39411, 148

34

61, 91944, 09617, 823

43

562,84082.2

55

11,515

j 3, 424

71.7

August

25, 40926.2

25, 61431, 845

57513

2,52484.5

13980, 620

18.0097.0

17.99

19.76

95.8

268, 664364, 861430, 365

949

7,3924,6038,736

72, 967

22, 27110, 06624, 178

155, 184

8,9335,3669,520

57, 560

2.26

33.01

31.00

88.6

1.65

84.3

148, 969

48.6173, 956205, 774

82, 315182, 240373, 148

50, 37035, 085

I 15, 28535

64, 30343, 57520, 728

45

583,06188.5

59

13, 000

3,580

75.0

July

30, 06831. 0

30,91132, 656

65564

2,64088.4

14483, 645

18.1097.6

18.22

19.86

96.3

283, 750160, 347185, 484

1,032

6,9754,7037,266

76, 865

17, 49611,37618, 269

170, 941

7,2324,9977,447

62, 662

2.29

33.25

31.00

88.6

1.65

84.3

207,400

50.4186, 206194, 767

82, 708202, 682432, 298

57, 85043, 14014, 710

40

78,97752, 91626, 061

55

682,92284.5

56

13, 480

4,022

84.2

June

33, 86540.3

39, 34743, 937

66630

2,93498.2

16092, 590

18.5099.7

18.55

20.26

98.3

367, 022260, 123213, 950

933

6,8747,1036, 342

79, 605

16, 04414, 49314, 384

177, 376

7,2965, 8736,154

65, 034

2.33

33.53

31.00

88.6

1.70

; 86.8

187,412

58. 8205, 675212,930

i 83, 988200, 589431,324

ri, 164I 47,45(

13, 71442

90, 79558, 00232, 793

63

953, 41998.9

i 68

14, 377

3, 968

; 83.12 Revised.



37


IRON AND STEEI/— ContinuedSteel— Manufactured Products

Furniture, steel:Business group-

New orders thous. of dolls. _Shipments thous. of dolls _Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dolls..Shelving-

New orders thous. of dolls..Shipments thous. of dolls..Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dolls..Iron, steel, and heavy hardware,

sales _..rel. to Jan., 1921..Iron and steel:

Exports long tons..Imports long tons..

Lock washers shipments thous. of dolls..Steel barrels:

Production barrels..Per cent of capacity per cent--Shipments -barrels--Stocks, end of month ..barrels..Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of barrels..Steel bars, col'd" finished, shipments-short tons..Stee) boilers, new orders:

Area. thous. of sq. ft..Quantity number..

Steel plate, fabricated, new orders:Total short tons..Oil storage tanks short tons..

Structural steel, fabricated:New orders-

Computed total short tons..Per cent of capacity per cent..

Shipments—Computed total short tons__Per cent of capacity per cent--

Track work, production ..short tons..

MachineryElectric hoists:

New orders—Quantity no. of hoists..Value dollars. .

Shipments dollars..Eiectrtc overhead cranes:

New orders - thous. of dolls..Shipments thous. of dolls..Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dolls. .Foundry equipment:

New orders rel. to 1922-24..Shipments. — rel. to 1922-24-Unfilled orders, end of

month rel. to 1922-24..Machine tools: «nnn nANew orders rel. to 1 922-24. .

Shipments -rel. to 1922-24..Unfilled orders, end of

month... rel. to 1922-24..Oil burners:

New orders no. of burners..Shipments -- .no. of burners..Stocks end of month no. of burners..Unfilled orders, end of

month n°- of burners. _Patents granted:

Agricultural implements number..Internal-combustion engines number. .Tot'il all classes number..

Pulverized-fuel equipment:New orders, central system-

Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers..Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers..

New orders, unit system —Firc-mbe boilers.. ..no. of pulverizers..Furnaces and kilns. .no. of pulverizers-Marine boilers no. of pulverizers. .Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers..

Pumps:Domestic shipments-

Pitcher, hand, and wind-mill no. of units-

Power, horizontal type.. .no. of units..Steam, power, and centrifugal-

New orders ...thous. of dolls..Shipments thous. of dolls—Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dolls. _Stokers, mechanical, sales:

Power horsepower. .Quantity number..

Water-softening apparatus, ship-ments no. of units..

Water-systems, shipments no. of units..Wood-working machinery:

Cancellations - ... thous. of dolls. .New orders thous. of dolls.Shipments - thous. of dolls. .Shipments . ._ .no. of machines _.Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dolls..

1931

June

75, 585629, 365

122

554, 52039.0

549, 78147, 054

1,07816, 360

679820

22, 8064,679

177, 20044.3

162, 40040.6

5,705

241126, 762134, 890

261410

1,264

40.990.4

70.1

7495

212

6,0486,0899,098

966

7967

5,270

None.None.

43

None.14

8751,028

2,471

29,889111

663

May

1,3331,294

763

471376

465

129

91, 40728, 107

172

610, 78843.1

618, 80142, 315

1,05322, 768

26032658

2 26, 2102,411

152, 80038.2

148, 00037.0

7,453

327158, 355135, 086

307310

1,413

54.1118.6

123.8

8796

232

5,1685, 5568,549

1,007

6058

4,270

None.None.

31

None.None.

22,4172,135

9211, 037

2,605

23, 64680

7029,090

21487513393

516

April

1,4371,487

725

370387

370

134

101, 08138, 702

179

591, 39941.9

6CO, 56650, 328

1,19525, 141

825689

29, 9167,749

292, 80073.2

158, 400239.68,564

314140, 500113, 164

274416

1,420

57.769.7

180.1

10591

238

5,5175,229

10, 060

1,395

6768

4,167

None.2

11

None.9

24, 2552, 145

1,075918

2,762

18, 72365

7857,638

10484451356

518

March

2 1, 5212 1, 591

775

416436

387

123

109, 51231, 044

177

550, 58339.9

554, 33259, 495

1,25325,011

665630

31, 0562, 538

184,40046.1

151,20037.8

297134,316166, 438

671261

1,552

174.472.9

314.6

11892

225

4, 6084, 2268,593

1,107

6768

4,789

None.2

22

None.13

22, 767667

9501,036

2,616

17, 99363

8516,105

16527545400

479

Febru-ary

1,5091,598

844

375356

407

104

91,21220, 513

163

450, 13433.1

449, 48563, 244

1,39221, 727

622516

24, 4383,585

158,40039.6

166,40041.6

6,321

219122, 047111, 727

268530

1,207

54.755.4

93.5

8473

204

2 3, 7082 3, 5042 8, 762

2725

4476

3,715

21

3None.None.

2

32, 9021,657

765873

2,717

13, 84966

7035,434

13474491,421

502

January

1,7981,798

933

376393

388

110

92, 74531, 706

140

421,81432.6

427, 62262, 595

1,42421, 943

577598

27, 5182,598

162, 40040.6

172, 00043.0

6,626

400155, 972134, 472

423496

1,407

65.354.7

94.6

6775

179

3,7483, 9528,571

521

4158

3,215

None.2

6None.None.

8

24, 8731,564

773718

2,826

25, 90285

7536,010

9486383400

557

193O

Decem-ber

1,5651,800

932

• 242468

405

123

101, 98824, 338

115

412, 28330.3

406, 32768, 403

1,43715, 747

587814

26, 7875,118

152, 80038.2

168, 40042.1

5,174

231126,592106, 459

302671

1,517

59.8102.6

82.3

6985

203

5, 0265,0258,604

725

5867

4, 251

None.None.

None.3

None.3

23, 0561,325

1,0471,205

2,812

11, 72653

6455,177

21470500529

467

Novem-ber

1,6371,673

1,168

429458

632

139

111,96834, 572

119

497, 53936.5

500, 40962, 447

92915,456

709777

33, 1519,965

151, 20037.8

195, 20048.8

4,212

267122, 136115, 849

370587

1,864

45.376.5

124. 9

CO67

230

6,8617, 8558, 319

724

5254

3,023

None.None.

52

None.15

21, 5621,238

9671,116

2,975

21, 10371

7326,401

16459506442

520

October

1,8551,901

1,203

534593

661

175

131, 85029, 730

153

616, 12144.1

619, 55865, 317

98620, 521

8511,189

30, 1974, 518

209, 20052.3

239, 20059.8

5,192

259141,615137, 608

353677

1,948

50.062.0

159.1

90103

238

18, 15218, 5808,677

1,718

4149

2,871

None.None.

None.2

None.10

26, 9171,992

1,0271,167

3,124

38, 27692

7387,522

17605564441

636

Septem-ber

1,7951,879

1,249

512497

720

165

131,21129, 793

160

564, 92740.3

565, 20468, 754

1,01119, 338

1,2821, 254

41, 06614, 916

155, 60038.9

243, 20060.8

5,642

274149, 861140, 598

614942

2,124

91.066.0

170.8

13696

268

16, 45717, 03610, 304

2,146

4335

2,871

2None.

632

24

36, 8341,881

1,2121,183

3,267

42, 899128

7558,202

17648516488

588

August

1,7881,985

1,331

526555

704

161

151, 23527, 408

173

553, 84239.6

552, 26569, 031

1,11419, 086

1,3571,371

36, 51310, 056

252, 00063.0

262, 40065.6

6,812

283124, 737145, 979

522729

2,527

85.282.6

140.2

114120

223

11,58111,35411, 940

2,725

2730

2,423

1None.

33

None.4

38, 9022,378

1,3621, 367

3,259

29, 988115

7749,220

12498606694

470

July

1,8411,812

1,528

596604

736

162

131,77231, 849

161

612, 31343.7

621, 09167, 454

1,29619,241

1,4101,309

38, 28311,969

270, 00067.5

274, 80068.7

8,774

263152, 859177, 384

6011,005

2,706

90.6116.1

139.1

91128

235

9,1309, 5U3

13, 857

2,498

5152

3,452

32

None.1

None.12

37, 7192,388

1, 3591,338

3,257

37, 761150

7829,699

27733821624

593

June

2,0072,168

1,492

699705

746

167

159, 39234, 755

228

651, 55946.4

638, 35876, 232

1,29027,388

1,5891,360

41, 7749,869

253, 60063.4

280, 00070.0

10, 553

338153, 782206, 634

741956

3,249

102.1160.5

166.7

126176

282

7,9277,623

12, 161

2,961

109144

7,670

None.1

None.56

15

26, 6012,885

1,2911,644

3,250

47, 803151

75210, 375

10836913615

705

i Revised.



[August, 1931


IEON AND STEEIr— Continued

Enameled WareBaths:

New orders no. of pieces ..Shipments no. of piecesStocks end of month . .no. of pieces _Unfilled orders, end of

month - no. of pieces _Lavatories:

New orders ...no. of pieces _ _Shipments - no. of pieces _Stocks, end~ of month no. of pieces..

Miscellaneous sanitary ware:New orders no. of pieces .Shipments - no. of pieces..Stocks end of month no. of pieces

Sinks:New orders no. of pieces..Shipments no. of pieces..Stocks, end of month no. of pieces..

Small ware (except baths):Unfilled orders, end of

month no. of pieces..

NONFE&ROUS METALS

General Operations

Prices, wholesale, metal and metalproducts rel. to 1926..

Production index (Fed. Res.Bd ) rel. to 1923-25..

Production index (elec. energyconsumed) rel. to 1923-25 _

Stocks end of month . ...rel. to 1923-25..Stocks' raw materials, end of

month ... ~ rel. to 1923-25..

Haw Materials

Babbitt metal consumption:Direct by producers thous. of lbs_.Sale to consumers thous. of lbs._Total apparent thous. of Ibs

Copper:Exports -- short tons..Domestic shipments, refined, .short tons..Prices, wholesale, electrolytic

(N. Y.) dolls, per lb__Prices, wholesale, electrolytic

(N Y.) --rel. to 1926..Production —

Index (Fed. Res. Bd.)_rel. to 1923-25..Mines short tons_.Refined (N. and S.

America) short tons,.Smelters - .short tous_.

Stocks (N. and S. America),end of month-

Blister short tons..Refined. _ _ short tons__Refined rel. to 1923-25..

World production, blister short tons..Lead:

Ore shipments —Joplin district .short tons..Utah short tons..

Production, refined short tons..Production (Fed. Res.

Bd.) rel. to 1923-25..Price, pig, desilverized (New

York) dolls, per lb_.Price, pig, desilverized (New

York) rel. to 1926..Receipts in United States, ore short tons

Tin:Deliveries (consumption) .long tons..Imports (bars, blocks, etc.) long tons..Price, wholesale, Straits (New York)

dolls, per IbPrice wholesale, Straits (New York)

rel. to 1926..Stocks, end of month-

United States _ .. long tons--World visible supply long tons..

Zinc:Ore, Joplin district —

Shipments short tons..Stocks, mines, end of month

short tonsPrice, slab, prime western (St. Louis)__._. .

dolls, per lb_.Price, slab, prime western (St. Louis)

. rel. to 1926Production short tons..Retorts in operation end of month

_.. number--Stocks, end of month short tons.

1931

June

43, 22443, 580

145, 140

17, 110

49, 33150, 725

209, 841

27, 47526, 46598, 384

49, 94151, 689

255, 269

49, 637

87.4

68

78. 6213.7

125.9

7021, 6052,307

23, 24450, 217

.0803

58.2

6744, 647

98, 27551, 652

167, 353413, 474

365. 3126. 722

1,43228, 80630, 708

60

. 0392

46. 6

5, 1854, 698

.2341

35.8

5, 63351, 626

14, 395

70, 935

. 0342

46. 623, 4S3

21 492138! 928

May

2 42, 991'45. 512

2 152, 206

2 17, 466

251,3952 54, 520

2 218, 067

2 21, 2432 24, 490

2 101, 6732 54. 6932 56, 845

2260,426

2 51, 769

87.8

73

94,0219.3

2 122. 4

7311,6782,409

22, 95145, 265

.0867

62.8

682 45, 580

102, 69553, 734

190, 578398, 667

352 2130, 48G

1, 88141, 57639, 519

78

.0382

45.435, 677

5, 5055,483

.2320

5, 69851,231

22, 470

65, 480

. 0331

45.125, 688

23, 024143, 049

April

40, 11140, 449

163, 037

19, 987

45, 44043, 221

232, 277

22, 99521, 719

107,917

52, 77149, 443

273, 154

60, 293

88.7

73

94.6220.4

126.9

7161,8442,560

24, 17954, 567

.0939

68.0

26946,452

100, 50152, 085

193, 876367, 921

325.0128, 877

1, 99534, 81635, 498

71

.0441

52.434, 694

6, 6306,126

. 2512

38. 5

6, 21248, 462

27, 261

61,110

.0372

50.729, 137

29, 072143, 212

March

33, 19634, 938

166, 158

20, 325

33, 85136, 642

230, 817

18, 64118,811

109, 508

41, 53241, 787

267, 828

53, 470

89.0

77

103. 5219.9

144.8

8321,8292,661

31, 53674, 685

.0985

71.4

7048, 702

102, 05857, 922

198.811354, 205

312.9136, 958

3,76235, 49841, 775

79

.0453

53.837, 878

6, 1206, 986

.2707

41.5

7, 91748, 607

17, 163

63, 001

.0400

54.532, 328

34, 221141, 493

Febru-ary

28, 04130, 616

160, 851

22, 067

30, 88334, 438

212, 395

15, 78117, 768

107,439

35, 87339,211

259, 442

56, 686

88.9

79

112.3224.4

2 130. 7

6871,8202,507

28,94760, 636

.0972

70.4

7647, 504

99, 85355, 229

203, 224363, 629

321.2128, 685

2,50846, 90239, 464

82

.0455

54.035, 512

5, 1005, 903

. 2631

40. 3

5, 86249, 339

25, 389

58, 534

.0401

54. 629, 562

35, 518144, 389

January

56, 49468, 564

148, 909

24, 642

71,11393, 870

192, 072

29, 78533, 527

106, 152

63, 07480, 095

244, 880

65, 566

89.3

78

95.0227.4

130.9

7662,0902,856

42, 19260, 209

.0984

71.3

7248, 059

102, 45853, 429

210, 637363. 827

321. 4129, 390

2,72155, 33143, 405

83

.0480

57.042, 110

7,2108,113

.2610

40. 0

4, 90443, Cl 9

25, 987

56, 013

. 0404

55.032, 522

35, 635145, 076

1930

Decem-ber

52, 25436, 008

167, 932

36, 712

72, 49348, 023

214, 472

25, 09219, 680

112,460

61, 56743. 968

261, 800

109, 086

90.0

85

97.8228.1

129.6

6471.4592,107

32, 20869, 854

.1030

74.6

7648, 726

106, 36660, 022

218, 799367, 175

324.4136, 252

2,89648, 70548, 517

92

.0510

60.640, 462

7,4956, 659

1.2527

38.7

4, 69342, 498

31, 056

47, 000

.0410

55.932, 733

33. 640143,618

Novem-ber

30, 81335, 489

168, 808

20, 466

41, 22747, 078

205, 517

21, 45322, 065

108, 795

44, 89751,027

253, 374

61, 605

90.2

87

89.6231.1

139.8

7911. 9042,695

37, 77362, 693

. 1011

73.3

8353, 141

112,64664, 816

223, 280369, 832

326. 7143,214

3,96348, 40043, 423

83

.0510

60.638, 820

6, 2706,470

. 2589

39.6

5, 37240,811

39, 478

49, 441

. 0427

58.232, 097

37, 492145, 139

October

43, 75048, 547

166, 248

25, 142

52, 50958, 273

204, 496

27, 84029, 142

106, 858

58, 50461, 486

246, 632

74, 198

90.4

95

87.0234.1

134.1

1,0332,0693,101

30, 71575, 703

.0960

69.6

8355, 954

118, 22970, 419

240, 145364, 930

322. 4157, 344

3,36163, 58450, 402

94

.0515

61.246, 237

7,5805, 929

. 268G

41.1

4,82339, 676

33, 474

45, 689

. 0406

55.340, 922

41,004143, 327

Septem-ber

41, 79947, 970

162, 302

29, 939

54, 36962, 369

185, 515

28, 44931, 485

100, 585

57, 60664, 044

243, 845

84, 246

91.8

97

97.4223.3

137.0

1,0421,8502,892

30, 47865, 169

.1031

74.7

8956, 584

116,00468, 487

236, 464360, 650

318.6156, 705

2,74652, 90748, 491

101

.0550

65.348, 354

7, 2505, 523

. 2964

45.4

6,32340, 150

32, 122

41, 663

.0427

58.240, 470

44, 974134, 835

August

48, 44951, 836

165, 687

36, 110

55, 06259, 130

187, 150

28, 36529, 807

101, 920

55, 78562, 454

254, 426

101, 720

92.7

96

95.2213.4

137.2

9541, 9642,918

33, 14156, 810

.1069

77.5

8456, 136

120, 77866, 698

234, 135347, 688

307.1154, 743

3,67360, 97852, 980

106

. 0549

65. 245, 542

5, 6955,979

.3002

46.0

7,53343, 805

37, 994

38, 565

.0436

59.441,012

50, 404126, 835

July

48, 70653, 259

173, 860

39, 497

56, 87563, 895

187, 979

23, 53725, 987

104, 102

61,76664, 459

257, 039

113, 899

94.3

97

95.1205.4

119.0

9002,1613,061

32, 42175, 436

.1102

79.9

8354, 249

123, 17967, 638

242, 212322, 039

284.5148, 929

2,57045, 19451, 538

103

. 0525

62.444, 433

6, 1305, 259

.2981

45.7

6,78641, 950

24, 974

28, 729

.0435

59. 340, 023

46, 030117, 724

June

54, 82752, 189

181, 746

44, 050

64, 79262 337

197^117

27 1F927^ 283

125, 505

62, 42461, 329

261, 633

126, 062

95.4

96

106.8203.6

111.7

1.1702,7423,913

34, 96071, 887

. 1205

87.3

8656. 743

124. 82169, 1.55

253. SHI310. 762

279. 8150,697

5,^7555, SOI50, 721

. 0541

••4.347, 092

5, 8S56, 793

. 3030

0. 4

7, 72842, 611

41, 819

19, 553

. 0444

60. 543, 458

52, 428113,090

1 Revised*

August, 1931] SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS


39


NONFERBOUS METALS— ContinuedManufactured Products

Electrical equipment:Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.

(See under Distribution movement.)Electric furnaces, new orders, .kilo watts. .Electric goods, new orders (quarterly)

thous. of dolls,.Electrical porcelain, shipments —

Glazed nail knobs thous. of pieces..Special _ . _ dollarsStandard dollars.-Tubes thous of piecesUnglazed nail knobs -thous. of pieces--

Industrial reflectors, sales ..units,.Laminated phenolic products, shipments

. . ..thous. of dolls .Manufactured mica-

Shipments , thous. of dollsUnfilled orders, end of month

thous of dollsMotors (direct current) —

Billings (shipments) dollarsNew orders . _ _ dollars

Nonmetallic conduits, shipmentsthous. of feet

Outlet boxes and covers, shipmentsthous of pieces

Power cables, shipments. ..thous. of feet...Power switching equipment, new orders-

Indoor dollars. _Outdoor dollars..

Vulcanized fiber —CorisuniDtion thous of lbsShipments, total.. ._ thous. of dolls .

Welding sets, new orders-

Single operation units-Miscellaneous products:

Brass sheets . rel. to 1926Copper-wire cloth —

New orders thous. of sq. ft..Make and hold orders,

end of month __thous. ofsq. ft..Production thous. of sq. ft..Shipments thous. ofsq . ftStocks, end of month. .thous. ofsq. ft—Unfilled orders, end

of month thous. of sq. ftEnameled sheet-metal ware,

shipments dozen piecesPails and tubs, galvanized—

Production dozen piecesShipments dozen pieces

Other galvanized ware —Production dozen pieces. _Shipments dozen piecesPAPEB ANI> FEINTING

General OperationsNew orders rel, to 1923-25Production index (Fed. Res.

Bd ) rel to 1923 25Production index (elect, energy consumed)

(paper and pulp) rel to 1923-25Stocks, end of month rel. to 1923-25

Wood PulpGround wood:

Consumption and shipments.,short tons..Imports _ _ _ _ . .short tonsProduction short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons_.

Soda:Consumption and shipments, .short tons—Production shor7 tons

1931 1

June

66, 188

637

92

97

52, 697240, 081

1, 624402

2134

82.8

275

560253

934

145

£9. 7

1 12. 4129. 7

~~I3~512~

Stocks, end of month short tons..Sulphite, unbleached:

Consumption and shipments short tonsImports.. _ ...short tons .Price dolls nerlOOlbsProduction short tonsStocks, end of month short tons

Sulphite, bleached:Consumption and shipments. .short tons..Imports short tonsProduction short tons

52, 7452.15

29, 558

Stocks, end of month short tons..Total sulphite:

Consumption and shipments..short tons..Production short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..

Sulphate:Consumption and shipments.. short tons—Production short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..

Other grades:Consumption and shipments short tonsProduction short tons

_ _

Stocks, end of month short tons, i•Total chemical (all grades):

Consumption short tons..Production short tons..Stocks, end of month. short tons..

May

2,06178, 98357, 4621, 3092, 323

67, 256

711

128

119

455, 325440, 476

4, 091

1,303

73, 567208, 713

1,541419

165

86.8

275

514256277

1, 073

302

264, 953

121,413122, 072

28, 39034, 188

100.2

113

135. 1126.1

119,25512, S51

137, 757111,032

25, 96027, 2304,480

19, 02034, 483

2.1519, 4944, 256

37, 44028, 61438, 262

5, 018

110, 722110,840

18, 698

39, 59041, 8709,076

1,072514206

177, 344180, 45432. 460

April

1,791

2,14476,31352, 009

8901,281

72, 003

633

135

138

473, 767536, 272

5,112

1, 619

111,875216, 145

1,475

8169

90.4

299

554340297

1,096

174

281, 339

143, 258140, 080

34, 92942, 287

100.7

110

109.6131.2

116,91423,136

136, 43893, 131

27, 4122>s 1024,414

21, 17830, 724

2.1521, 0763,936

37, 27230, 51136, 0924,196

115, 960115,97418, 734

39, 08241, 2929,594

844898764

183, 298186, 26633. 506

March

2,046

3181,265

1,45878,71652, 599

7831, 224

69, 484

689

142

110

445, 833396, 958

3, 508

1,630

75, 303269, 425

1,975484

11177

91.4

357

557330308

1,079

186

312, 916

146, 438144, 637

31,54229, 579

103. 3

110

123.0123.4

111,16514, 652

116,31173, 606

27, 66029, 304

4, 998

18, 88234, 289

2.3518, 8784,316

40, 54432, 86340, 6005,376

115,794115, 02218, 998

34,01436, 54210, 152

1,1841,188

710

178, 652182, 05634. 858

F^ | January I

2,358

2,52386, 47164, 8231,1251, 386

68, 285

630

137

141

418, 228450, 204

3, 667

1,326

64, 736201, 344

1,652426

4' 136

89. 7

309

5302^7304

1,083

211

289, 205

132,781120,723

34, 347; 28, 142

96.7

i 109

i 127.0128.6

96,82315, 65695,93768, 460

27, 88429, 4224,624

20, 554: 50,271

2.4819, 384

: 4, 320! 43.090j 25, 5921 40, 462

5, 320

117,122112,552

! 19, 770

1 35,880; 38,104i 10, 092

i 1,016; 1, 098

706

i 181,9021 181,176! 35.192

4,599

8ft! 976 '87,794

8751,752 ;

65.501 i

605 i

133 I

105

393,558 1680,251 j

3,997 !

1,139 '

76,052228,862

1,3693h5

23155

90. 7

404 ;

574 i332 i311 >

1,097

217

267, 232

103, 677133, 977

23,716 !25, 958

97.2 j

105

111.8 i125.9 !

108,34914,394 !

107, 2086!), 346 :

28,512 !

29,102 '4,366 ;

20,19487,600

2. 4820,3545,490

41,61636,095 i41, 4027,948 j

121,774120,62824,340 i

33,72236,67410,426

1,2581,190 ;

624 j

185, 266187, 59439. 756

Decern- !

ber |

1,489 1

3 208, 936

2,00791,564 i51.016 i

1, 159 i76,659

551 i

101

104

500, 165617,454

2,417

1,678

77, 248178, 1(50

1,421318

13152

93.6

337

539344309

1,145

165

250, 568

87, 14068, 898

21,65715, 915

85. 8

101

117.0122. 6

109. 74027, C24

110, 57875, 498

27. ]2828, 5605,118

18, 27263, 870

2. 4817,8605,474

38, 84430, 32238, 698

9, 206

116,830117,15828, 720

33, 19036, 20410, 006

1249228

177,272182, 01443. 872

193O

N(^n-! October

2,202 ' 3,317

1, 83493, 67747, 994

8011, 164

115. 736

674

132

90

433, 530457, 518

3, 713

1, 824

69, 202219, 232

1, 513359

2153

92.7

269

5303103vr)3

1,176

166

263, 365

60, 79868, 330

16,06121, 296

93.2

103

112.3121.7

110,50221,776

102, 95774, 660

28, 34628, 9664, 936

18,23876, 850

2. <818, 5325,886

40, 63430, 59540, 938

9, 352

120, 780121,27628, 392

34, 11037, 2089, 494

11012260

183, 346187, 57242. 882

2,044131,81573, 659

1, 1561. 615

113,316

1,023

150

104

621, 114474,611

4,067

1, 6771,957

84, 160342, 771

1,824465

200

88.9

363

606385356

1, 160

199

329, 337

130, 906115, 185

40, 08441, 126

106.0

107

120.0127.4

121,33531,30596, 46582, 205

28, 954. 30,684

5,642

22,31652, 286

2.4822, 1665, 592

48, 11830,48447, 790

9, 048

141, 852140, 26427, 896

41, 44644, 454

8, 974

13616848

212,388215, 57C

42. 56fi

Septem-ber

2, 866

3 228 733

2,45399, 57665, 581

3341,222

125, 786

854

141

107

596, 670820, 444

4,235

2,1792,108

118,431298, 354

1, 945447

9194

92.5

299

533384317

1,173

241

297, 622

103, 177116,875

38, 21846,310

100.5

109

119.3118.1

109, 86029, 50292, 872

107, 075

28, 63830, 0525,248

18, 93852, 426

2.4818, 8885,742

49, 05030, 56749, 830

9,376

128, 936129,24229, 484

38, 99042, 3788, 966

15012816

1%, 714201, 80043.714

August

5.012

2,218111,02969, 6561,1461, 605

127, 608

789

122

109

708, 095719, 846

3,397

1,4912, 260

121. 930319, 668

1,828430

8221

94.0

336

516387353

1,117

264

309, 645

103, 050103, 354

46, 73043, 827

102.2

109

115.1117.4

116, 88621, 26197, 895

124, 063

28, 86829, 9625,166

19, 12260, 198

2.48] 9, 6085,792

48, 09426, 88048, 3408,596

131,454131,38229, 178

41, 97044, 3748, 498

17418838

202, 466205, 906

42 8SO

-luly

5, 899

2. 243133, 65468, 483

7821,120

135, 687

722

156

88

644. 252677, 348

3,564

1, 5171,980

136, 559451,051

2,121450

10207

95.9

378

525373347

1,118

279

213, 420

91,879104, 096

42, 05633, 874

104.5

111

119.9112.0

122,70917, 1S6

104, 997143, 054

28, 98430, 326

5,420

18, 53057,317

2. 4818,8605,306

42, 98628, 25642, 1368,250

124, 326123, 71829, 250

38, 75440, 5629, 088

16016024

192,224194, 76643 782

June

3, 665

2 192, 't:02

2. 46411<),«3572. S25

i, MO1,524

134,783

925

102

137

673, 415935, 040

4, 021

1,7033, 033

172,186360, 584

1, 967541

7228

100. 9

360

565370

1, 107

232

247, 861

89, 9S282, 956

40, 64633, 140

107.3

116

137. 5112.9

124, 903IS, 534

140,603160, 760

30, 00432, 366

5, 426

19,39864, 687

2.4819, 4644, 976

47, 89230, 95550, 096

9, 200

136, 578137, 76829, 858

39, 06641, 2909, 998

214196

205, 862211,620

45 3Dfi2 Revised, 8 Quarter ended in month indicated.

40 SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS


[August, 1931


PAPER AND PRINTING— Continued

PaperBox board:

Consumption of waste paper. .short tons..New orders short tons..Operation thous. of inch hoursOperation.... ...p. ct. of capacity..Production short tonsShipments short tons...Stocks end of month short tonsStocks of waste paper, end of month —

In transit and unshippedpurchases . ..short tons .

\t mills short tonsUnfilled orders, end of month short tons.

Newsprint:Consumption by publishers,

U S .short tons..Exports, Canada short tons..Imports, United States .short tons..Price roll f o b mill dolls, per cwtProduction-

Canada short tonsUnited States, total . short tons. .Per cent of capacity

Shipments-Canada short tonsUnited States short ton^

Stocks, end of month—At mills-

Canada .short tons..United States short tons

At publishers U S short tonsIn transit to publishers,

U S - short tons_.Other paper:

Binders' board, production short tons..Book paper —

Production short tons..Per cent of capacityShipments short tonsStocks, end" of month . . .short tons..

Fine paper —Production short tons..Per cent of capacityShipments - .short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons..

Wrapping paper-Production _ short tons..Per cent of capacityShipments short tonsStocks end of month short tons.

All other grades-Production short tonsShipments ..short tons..Stocks end of month short tons.

Total paper (including newsprint and boxboard) —

Production _ short tons_.Per cent of capacityShipments . short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons..

Paper Products

Paper-board shipping boxes:Operating time-

Corrugated p. ct. of normal

1931

June

161, 265189, 739188, 919

193, 971101, 086

68

194, 144100, 087

39, 83233, 906

149, 990

39, 041

- -

Solid fiber .p. ct. of normal.. jTotal p. ct. of normal. .

Production —Corrugated--- thous. of sq. ft..Solid fiber thous. of sq. ft.. ....Total thous. of sq. ft..!

Rope paper sacks, shipments ..rel. to 1921-22.. j 44

Printing

Blank forms, new orders _ _ thous. of sets.. | 48, 322Book publication: !

American manufacture no. of editions..

May

208, 935227, 116

8, 02371.6

224, 770225, 97780, 577

35, 641167,52546, 680

179, 836185, 432192, 688

202, 607101, 202

69

202, 280102, 555

39, 96232, 956

178, 333

44, 859

117,60978

113,14092, 464

30, 79364

31,50161, 758

78, 37788

76, 88878, 107

80, 08980, 80873, 388

632, 94072

630, 869419, 250

846579

417, 407100, 301517,708

55

55, 266

A pril

206, 571224,021

7,90367. S

230,537227, 80681, 784

25, 026167, 47845, 541

174, 325152,360175, 242

205, 838102, 450

70

205, 752101,819

39, 75434, 289

185, 560

45, 352

1,809

117, 37479

118, 78287, 395

32, 45167

33, 10062, 459

2 79, 261291

2 80, 3712 76, 582

2 80, 9832 81, 268171,545

2 643, 056274

2 643, 1462 414, 054

81

401, 874102, 609504, 483

60

48, 877

March ™™~

210, 590222,511

8, 1 7570.1

226, OH224,02379, 053

51,301167, 84649, 326

179,340200, 545169, 345

3.10

187, 005100, 590

68

187, 730101, G44

39, 85032, 254

190, 728

44,011

1,401

117,96480

119,02689, 088

35, 14174

33, 98162, 905

75, 40485

76, 08377, 718

74, 12374, 18669, 540

629,23373

628,343410,558

796275

391,04393. 875

484, 93865

52, 887

191,331198,296

7, 34571.2

205, 785203, 202

77, 065

35, 229191, 50750, 838

150, 403144,236148, 388

3.10

164, 55288, 788

65

162, 35090, 901

42, 25933, 627

211,142

39, 486

1, 543

114,30685

117,84990, 353

32, 53473

32, 33961, 340

72, 28188

71,92078, 404

70, 05469, 73567, 618

583,74871

585,946408,407

7861

382, 30591, 966

474, 27177

48, 751

Imported no. of editionsPrinting activity rel. to 1923 \Sales books:

New orders thous. of books..Shipments thous. of books. .

RUBBER

General Operations

Production index (Fed. Res.Bd.)» auto tires and tubes... rel. to 1923-25..

Production index (elect, energyconsumed) rel. to 1923-25 _

Stocks, end of month rel. to 1923-25..

Crude Rubber

Consumption, quarterly:Total long tons

10,514 ! 11,58710,382 1 10,585

| 123

121. 0 122. 3122.1 | 2120.6

iI

iFor tires long tons i

Imports (incuding latex) long tons.. 46, 939 35, 844

97

10, 28411,079

107

109.0118.1

44, 908

98

11,20410, 669

98

109.6118.4

a 82,480s 68, 593

40, 788

96

10, 05410, 652

94

112.9113.0

January

199, 229211, 782

7,52064.5

211,691209, 660

74,482 '

34,510 '197,69955,744 !

160,660 i153,362 !172,110 i

3.10 |

182, 657 I101,99069 ;180, 027 '100,440

38, 768 !32,903

217,889 :

39,022 i

1,515 i

125,33579 :

127,466 !94,413 ]

32,835 i66

34,70761,148

71,82682

71,970 '78,047

78,37877,122 !65,594 :

622,05566

621,365406,587

035461

305,27477, 921

383, 19584

50, 587

95

10, 73510,454

88

99.0107.4

34, 374 36, 598

1930

Decem-ber

2 162, 52S173,258

6, 26153.1

176,483175, 170

72, 451

34, 292201, 59753, 622

166, 645225, 495194, 144

3.25

184, 75599, 276

69

188, 84599, 062

36, 77732, 061

217,651

38, 821

1,477

100, 18875

101,090114,302

25,485co

24, 87368, 310

74, 55478

73, 13772, 333

75, 09471, 71765, 777

551,08065

545, 049425, 234

GO

CO

283, 93375, £07

359, 44066

69, 004

61824795

9, 45510, 893

84.3110.6

3 66, 2583 52, 284

37, 370

N°bT" °Ctober

190, 502200, 1 99

7,11465.3

203, 381202, 042

71, 138

3C, 649184, 59855, 534

184,615173,149195, 953

3.25

201, 70392, 337

68

213, 67393, 631

40, 37231,818

198, 151

50, 539

1,317

93, 89773

93, 428115,340

29, 08564

28, 38767, 701

76, 62883

77, 70170, 881

77, 84678, 34962, 400

573, 1 7469

573, 538419, 278

70

67

347, 87680, 360

428, 23679

47, 878

78514191

11,05310, 723

77

86.1115.5

29, 733

228, 588247, 209

8,39168.5

253, 889251, 810

69, 799

34, 910177,48657,377

183, 388200, 776209, 944

3.25

213,817105, 450

72

221, 748102, 808

52, 54733,318

211,716

41,017

1, 894

103, 52574

106, 838114, 766

34, 48672

34, 62467, 009

83, 90584

84, 74471,916

87, 45588, 98562, 903

668, 71C74

669, 809419, 711

806576

425, 90092, 488

518, 38887

78, 707

7129592

12,21713, 428

88

99.0117.9

45, 375

Septem-ber

223, 071226, 899

7,90769.7

228, 257228, 439

67, 720

45, 960165,49961, 978

163, 895194,820175,996

3.25

195,49095, 261

70

193, 83596, 048

62, 49530, 879

215, 685

41, 970

1, 342

102, 60281

100,345118,315

31, 60867

29, 99667, 136

74, 70481

77,91672, 732

84, 95485, 70864, 432

617,38674

618, 452421,214

766573

415, 62390, 955

506, 57888

60, 812

64315093

11, 65212, 363

84

107.2115.8

3 78, 4413 64, 353

35, 783

August

215, 879221,840

8,03068.1

224,391224, 14167, 902

36, 108187, 50863, 518

157, 426170, 107169, 280

3.25

202, 043101,601

72

197, 87099, 236

59, 00730, 691

227, 443

38, 885

1,620

105,01778

106, 907115,995

31,61667

30, 82665, 524

77, 47681

74, 68775, 949

81, 66083, 73565, 186

621, 76172

619, 532421, 247

726370

388, 03085, 324

473, 35478

55, 779

65715585

11, 02611, 918

96

110.5125.6

July

207, 596230, 380

7, 89366.9

222, 788223, 427

67, 652

43, 393175,64565, 819

163, 666199, 060193, 595

3.25

216,978102, 840

73

209,511103, 018

52, 86229, 284

221,368

32, 422

1,400

105,01778

107, 012118,362

33, 29070

32, 65764, 730

73, 91571

79, 97673, 149

78, 27282, 81466,367

616, 12271

628, 904419, 544

736872

374, 70986, 439

461, 14885

59, 152

4187489

10, 90310, 572

103. 8136.6

36, 657 35,424

June

210, 793220, 965.

7, 84269.1

; 221, 525225, 33668, 291

38, 241184, 45158, 866

177, 800194, 322206, 927

3.25

213, 634108, 398

80

212, 670106, 883

45, 22929, 507

200, 651

36, 274

1,592-

111, 72087

109, 932120, 778

33, 85474

29, 99564, 091

77, 13884

79, 37579, 207

93, 14&88, 119.71, SOS

645, 78478

639, 64G433, 677

746973.

393, 13097, 474

490, 604.87

64, 544

440.7190

12, G8812, 54C.

104.8158. 2

3- 103, 250.s 87, 072

40,382;

2 Revise * Quarter ended in month indicated



41

Earlier data for items shown here may \be found in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

RUBBER— Continued

Crude Rubber — Continued i

Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,New York - - dolls, per Ib

Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,New York rel. to 1926

Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:Alloat _ _ - _ _ . long tons,.Dealers long tonsManufacturers _ _ , long tons..Total long tons_.

World shipments, plantation long tens..World stocks, end of month:

Afloat long tons..Europe long tons..Producing countries _ lone tons..United States long tonsWorld total long tons _

Reclaimed rubber:Production, Quarterly long tonsStocks, end of Quarter _ long tons..

Scrap rubber:Consumption by reclaimers,

quarterly _ _ long tons..Stocks at reclaimers, end of

quarter long tons _

Tires and TubesPneumatic casings:

Production thousandsShipments —

Domestic.. thousands. .Exports thousands

Stocks, end of month . thousands..Solid and cushion tires:

Production thousandsShipments —

Domestic ..thousands..Experts* thousands-

Stocks, end of month ., thousands..Inner tubes:

Production . thousands-Shipments —

Domestic thousandsExports . . . . thousands.-

Stocks end of month thousandsRaw material consumed:

Fabrics thous. of Ibs.Crude rubber thous. of lbs._

Miscellaneous Rubber ProductsCalendered rubber clothing:

Net orders no. coats and sundriesProduction no. coats and sundries..

Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:Belting thous. of dolls..Hose thous. of dolls..All other thous. of dolls..Total thous. of dolls..

Rubber bands, shipments thous. of lbs__Rubber flooring shipments thous. of sq. ft..Rubber heels:

Production thous. of pairs..Shipments —

Exports thous of pairsRepair trade thous of pairsShoe manufacturers tbous of pairs

Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs.-Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:

Auto fabrics thous. of yds..Raincoat fabrics thous. of yds..All other thous. of yds..Total thous. of yds..

Rubber soles:Production thous of pairsShipments —

Exports thous of pairsRepair trade thous. of pairs.-Shoe manufacturers. ..thous. of pairs..

Stocks end of month thou^ of pairs

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASSGeneral Operations

New orders rel to 1923-25Production index (elect, energy consumed)

.. rel. to 1923-25 .Stocks, end of month rel to 1923-25Unfilled orders, end of month. _rel. to 1923-25 ..

BrickCommon brick:

Plants closed down number--Price, red, New York dolls, per thoiis..Price, red, New York rel. to 1926 .Shipments thousands-Stocks, end of month—

Burned thousands..Unburned thousands

Unfilled orders, end of month_th©usands.-

1931

June

|

0.063

13.0

May April j

0.064 0.064 ]

13.2 1 13.2

| |

— -

140, 045

225, 346

21, 16115, 419

209"576

~"l~355~1,156

60.0

118. 7166. 226.5

2910.0060.8

30, 434

188, 590164, 73649, 106

68, 628

93,379143,774

219, 405

63, 395

78, 159142, 52042, 770

224,211487, «GO

4,543

4,197135

8,250

11

141

61

4,330

4,13589

8,439

18, 01053, 418

19, 38018, 094

7901,8571, 5844, 231

215569

15, 474

6123,9759, 693

28, 491

9821,0661,0023,050

2,885

62336

2,6512, 655

52.3

132.02 174. 9327.3

23310. 2562.3

2 30, 087

2 209,0942 159,352

2 44, 415

3,955

3,804142

8,025

12

141

64

3,693

3, 61099

8,330

15, 24445, 016

16, 84616, 803

8322,1291, 6564,617

259569

15, 408

5784, 038

10, 11227, 764

7101,0401,2713,381

2,692

69255

2,4742,764

48.7

116.52 175. 5

23.7

4410.2562.3

31, 307

205, 842165, 17238, 281

March

0.077

15.9

3 49, 4718 49 613

3138,1403 187, 753

71,218

88, 959137, 45245, 782

215, 523487, 7163 32 115s 16, 142

3 41 274

3 57, 198

3,730

3,143155

8,012

11

151

69

3,560

2,922109

8,380

14, 04141, 851

19, 38019, 220

8891,8921,6314,412

231496

14, 661

5774,868

10, 99126, 708

738863

1,1682,769

2,292

14408

2, 1452,876

55.3

105.1»179.4

25.5

5310.0060.8

29, 284

256, 396192, 49948,240

Febru- !ary

0.076

15.7

65, 719

86, 469130, 24743, 958

210, 611471,285

3,188

2,580142

7,629

11

121

73

3,133

2, 619! 101

7, 937

12, 00236, 651

16, 36118, 276

722I 1,611

1,378! 3, 711

222366

13, 156

6584,8548,397

29, 335

644567973

2,184

2,724

36290

2,2593,167

48.0

102.6173.424.2

6610.0060.8

19, 844

237, 346194,50436,997

January i

0.082

16.9

65, 714

82, 687127, 55343, 154

207, 085460, 479

2,940

2,855140

7,166

13

121

75

2,898

3,147102

7,562

12, 73836, 319

21, 88413, 059

7591,4401,4003,599

211365

12, 973

7483, 9398,471

30, 302

577738891

2,206

2,481

11287

2,0903,032

53.3

75.3165. 028.0

5510.0060.8

19, 657

251, 842205, 60047, 032

1930

Decem-ber

0. 089

18.4

3 44, 286i 3 58 8048129,5753 188, 379

: 81, 479121,131

. 36, 118201,000

: 439, 728

* 30, 4773 18, 534

3 36, 378

3 59, 464

2, 251

2, 550139

7, 203

13

: 12] 1i 7G

I 2, 448

1 2, 634: 96\ 7, 9991 8. 358i 25,537

1 12, 881j 20,791

i 675; 1, 337

1, 326i 3, 338

165i 597

i 13,101

i 8383, 4506,618

| 29,741

I 476! 697

736•; 1, 909

3, 021

i 58i 243i 2, 305| 2, 917

48.7

100. 6! 166. 0! 33.8j

659. 50

i 57. 7i 33, 488

290, 144233, 812

i 84,550

Novem-ber

0. 089

18.4

October

0.084 '

17.3

63, 065 71, 934

§0, 236 84, 435119,010 | 118,87337,664 i 36,frM5

193, 091 188, 310429, 901 427, 664

2,123

2,119148

7,676

13

131

76

2,144

2,14784

8,250

8,41826, 253

15, 49322, 623

7791, 2761, 3453,400

165432

11,083

8804,4734, 578

29, 130

5321,426

8642,822

1, 426

60280

1,0112,390

53.3

106.2162.941.3

909.5057.7

103, 489

429, 896285, 944121, 389

2,866

2,613186

7,842

18

191

78

3,161

2,659119

8,414

11, 78036, 097

25, 08241, 291

9541,5541,6784,186

197682

16, 460

9668,2919,354

29, 353

9153,0401,2545,209

3,056

82492

2,63$2,520

66.3

106.3149.640.0

769.5057.7

103, 390

405, 082273, 309101, 906

Seberm" August

0.080

16.5

3 45, 0733 59 205

0.100

20.6

3 91, 9683151,173 „

74, 941

§7, 701120, 38937, 714

171, 285427, 089

3 31 277

73, 509

82, 805112, 79842,910

162,283400, 796

3 17, 989

3 39, 071

3 66, 363

2,692

3, 360165

7,849

14

221

82

3,053

3, 525108

8,052

10,91733, 382

39,36437, 097

1,0451,4731,5654,083

172529

14, 322

1, 0836,6819,244

31, 601

7333,2491,0645,046

2,193

74333

1, 6912,729

64.3

120.5152. 645.8

709.5057.7

115, 251

373, 485271, 577132, 689

3,332

3, 976164

8,678

16

221

90

3,837

4,492118

8,589

13,22340, 736

26, 34844, 952

1,2481,6821,6224, 552

164559

13, 735

7806, 6228,813

33, 226

6781,805

9753,458

1,473

74317

1,1612, 289

58.7

118. 2160.147.3

629.5057.7

105, 493

350, 940222, 710149, 034

July

0.111

22.9

60, 596

84, 129111,75140, 362

158, 445394, 687

3,193

4,229129

9,449

13

191

101

3,151

4,59490

9,326

13, 39939, 365

28, 76738, 582

1,3641,8561, 6904,910

174507

15, 117

9385, 053

11,66836, 220

6081,415

9172,940

2,663

34364

2.6272,876

60.0

110.8170.439.8

6710.0060.8

82, 429

341, 993197, 06995, 101

June

0.12425.6

3 43, 2038 51, 3873 87, 381

3 138, 76752, 944

75, 480109, 9S839, 300

155, 000379, 688

(45^2692_19, 926

« 57, 251

*»*66^11

4,098

4,050fc-185

10, 622

17

182

107

3, 960

4,082131

10, 889

15, 03445, 706

21, 24955, 411

1,2382,1991,8815, 318

177L634

15, 795

8295, 186

10, ?8738, 852

8511, 4861, 0423,379

2,734

31309

2, 5493,307

75.0136. 5191.553.7

6910.0060.8

123, 694

390, 782213, 848182, 680

' Rerised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated



[August, 1931


STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS— Contd.

Brick— Continued

Face brick:Production thousands. .Shipments thousands..Stocks end of month thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month. thousands..

Sand-lime brick:Production thousands..Shiuments by rail - - - thousands. _Shipments by truck thousands--Stocks end of month thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month .thousands. _

Glass Containers

Net orders thous. of gross..Shipments .thous. of gross. _Stocks end of month thous of grossProduction:

Total - - -thous. of gross..Per cent of capacity

Unfilled orders, end of month.thous. of gross. .

Illuminating Glassware

New orders p. ct. of capacity..Production:

Total no. ofturns..

Shipments " p. ct. of capacity..Stocks end" of month no. of weeks' supply _ _Unfilled orders, end of

month no. of weeks' suoply..

Plate Glass

Plate glass, polished, produc-tion -. thous. of sq. ft..

Porcelain Plumbing Fixtures

Net new orders number of Diecos .Shipments number of pieces..Stocks, end7 of month -.nurnber'of pieces. _Unfilled orders, end of month

number of pieces..

Portland Cement

Per cent of capacityPrices, wholesale, composite dolls, per bbl..Prices, wholesale, composite rel. to 1926..Production thous. of bbls..Shipmonts ...thous. of bbls..Stocks end of month . . -thous. of bbls..Stocks, clinker, end of month. ..thous. of bbls..

Terra Cotta

Terra cotta, new orders:Quantity __ ._ . ...net tons .Value . . . . ..thous. of dolls. _

Tile

Floor and wall tile:Production thous. of sq. ftShipments — •

Quantity _ .thous. of sq. ft..Value thous of dolls

Stocks, end of month thous. of sq. ft..

Vitreous China

Plumbing fixtures:New orders piecesShipments piecesStocks, end of month piecesUnfilled orders, end of month pieces..

TEXTILES

General Operations

New orders ...rel. to 1923-25. _Prices wholesale rel to 19^6Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

rel. to 1923-25..Production index (elect, energy

consumed) rel. to 1923-25Stocks, manufactured goods, end of

month .. rel. to 1923-25. .Stocks, raw materials, end of

month rel. to 1923-25 ._Unfilled orders, end of month.. rel. to 1923-25. .

Burlaps and FibersImports:

Burlaps ... -thous. oflbs..F ibers long t ons - .

1931

June

540574

3,652733

6,664494

5,7588,9759,960

2, 4652,4916,086

2,56575.9

8,625

7,554

6,2135,237

27, 850

10, 804

65.41. 36478.2

14, 12516, 09427, 58511,801

7 M7719

136, 285134, 549574, 304202, 591

61.365.4

100

100.5

90.8

148. 936.5

42, 94214, 803

May

549569

3,684781

5,0841,5954,375

10, 7246,513

2,1192,5456, 003

2,48173.4

9, 127

2/. 3

2,03727.226.84.1

.8

9,466

4, 8244, 065

28, 394

11,387

62.81. 39980. 2

2 14,0102 14. 2002 29, 5542 13, 087

4, ISO412

4, 084

3, 992

14,715

2119,9222 128, 5742 593, 2682200,855

269.966.3

2101

103. 7

'90.7

161. 22 38. t>

37, 73214, 102

April

533579

3,698784

3,9991,6983,330

11, 1195,232

1,9522,2916,078

2,40471.4

9,785

28.6

2,08627.828.84.1

.8

10, 174

6.8984,093

28, 248

32, 541

52.11.42281.0

11, 24511, 184

2 29,715* 13, 854

2, 598291

2 3, 8612 3, 744

2 14,623

93, 108117, 105597, 476209, 507

2 73. 567.6

98

100.0

93.4

17(3, 82 42. 3

30, 48121,719

March

395522

3.734685

4,8691,4663,743

12, 5667, 070

2.2502, 4795, 974

2,16664.4

10, 340

32.4

2,10828.128.74.1

.8

10, 593

6,1634,178

30, 259

31, 497

36.91.47784.1

8,2457,192

29, 67613, 318

3,138315

3,535

2, 923

14, 508

64, 260133, 802583, 099233, 504

277.069. 2

97

97.3

9i. 1

196.32 42. 7

34, 94519, 574

Febru-ary

338369

3,836708

4,1401, 4933,306

12, 5456,720

2,3421,9726,307

1,77757.2

10, 913

27.0

1,81824.225.94.2

8,882

5,5703, 699

30, 004

30, 526

29.41.54387.9

5,9205,074

28, 61211, 946

3,226335

2, 655

3,656

13, 895

150, 451184, 563552, 403303, 046

69.870.4

93

99.3

92. 4

212.240.0

42, 17621,320

January

310303

3,856778

3,718910

3,36711, 5945,245

2,6342,0416,696

1,77652.8

10, 761

30.7

2,18329.128.71.1

.2

7,321

4,5594,597

29, 347

29, 863

29.51. 58690.5

6, 5954,692

27, 75910. 384

i

3, 231324

2,366

2, 541

14, 895

250, 183172, 334594, 886337, 158

66. 971.0

86

86.4

100.0

229. 938.9

35, 06219, 1-32

1930

Decem-ber

494365

3,823778

6,0531,8464,277

12, 0709,125

1, 8941,4867,022

1,69850.5

9,628

26.5

1,91230.927.65.1

. 7

4,941

4,5863, 259

29, 598

30, 400

38.21.58090.6

8,4805,688

25, 8838,809

3, 799350

3, 342

2,937975

14, 570

131, 807108, 065623. 12o

I 259, 309I

60.872. 4

87

89.8

109. 2

241.834.3

44, 59120, 429

Novem-ber

543536

3,677821

7,1263,0444,659

12, 7308,183

2,2211,6786,814

1,91359.1

9,484

30.5

2,05933.230.64,9

.7

7,103

4,4515,634

30, 370

29, 869

51.71.58891.1

11, 0988,784

23, 0567, 758

3,373329

3,134

3. 7911,110

14, 166

113, 710121, 259582, 675235, 567

73.673.3

93

87.0

97.3

237.637. 3

36, 65614, 681

October

748767

3,662901

7,9253,4376,169

12, 2607,567

2,4512,2976,578

2,46170.4

9, 097

34.5

2,18535.334.44.7

.8

8,583

8,6576,455

31, 133

31, 309

65.41.60091.7

14, 41015, 59920, 697

7,266

o, 930556

4, 135

4,5721.581

14, 823

141, 036158, 839593, 492243, 116

90.673.8

91

85.4

96.8

214.738.2

37, 94017, 958

Septem-ber

730794

3,6771,067

7,8773,2786, 553

14, 1518,957

2,5852,6236,412

2,20268.1

9,404

33.7

1, 96131.733.04.6

.8

7,979

6,8157,564

29, 367

31, 973

75. 71.60091.7

16, 12418, 08321, 889

7, 783

5,718465

3,954

4,4821,518

15, 259

140, 882155, 330536, 915260, 919

74.4

88

85.1

96.5

155. 434.5

39, 57813, 303

August

854779

3,7171, 059

9,6362,9216,437

15, 4967,762

2,6362, 4596,768

2,43972.5

10, 024

29.9

2,08333.630.44.6

t 7

5,523

8, 2327,214

32, 696

33, 493

81.01.60091.7

17, 82120, 29923, 8249,275

5,594520

3,812

4,8591.663

15', 788

142, 254166, 156615, 931275, 367

61.777. 7

81

72.5

106.4

116. 933.7

39, 03813, 941

July ju rw

738865

3,6251,144

10, 4153,1026,781

14, 3289,797

1,9802,3686,799

2,40671.5

10, 152

26.8

1, 78528.828.04.5

.8

, 8,326

7,4807,448

34, 259

34, 171

77.81.60091.7

17,07820, 15326, 28911, 684

7,829741

3,690

4,3851,576

16, 834

142, 024j 56, 650654, 535299, 269

56. 180.0

84

79.7

117.3

104. 235.9

57, 553. 10, 857

S35887

3, 7371, 263

10, 3172, 9296, 809

13, 1919,314

3, 2492,4516. 750

2, 52878.1

11,147

36. 1

2, 26236. 536. 2

5. 9

9, 13S

- -> .-. , C'O,

37.' 41'}

35, 674

SI. 4I. 60091.7

17, 23918, 78129, 36413, 452

3, 2.3o

4, 2801, 53'9

10, 773

128, 99.157, 77i648, 805313, o95

95. b

il. U

2 Revised.




TEXTILES— ContinuedClothing

Hosiery:Prices, pure silk, wholesale.-. rel. to 1926- _New orders thous of doz. pairsNet shipments thous. of doz. pairs_-Production thous. of doz. pairs..Stocks, end of month

thous. of doz. pairs_-Unfiiled orders, end of

month thous. of doz. pairs..Knit underwear:

Net shipments.. -thous. of doz. garments..New orders thous. of doz. gannents..Production thous. of doz. garments--Stocks, end of

month thous. of doz. garments--Unfilled orders, end

of month .__ thous. of doz. garments-Men's and hoys' garments cut:

Overcoats thous. of garmentsSeparate trousers thous. of garments..Suits _ thous of garments

Overalls:Cut -_ _ thous. of doz. garmentsNet shipments -thous. of doz. garmentsUnfilled orders,

end of month. -thous. of doz garments

CottonConsumption by textile mills. _ _ .bales..Consumption by textile mills. _rel. to 1923-25..Exports, unmanufactured

(exclusive of linters) thous. of balesGinnings thous. of bales .Imports, unmanufactured bales. _Machinery, activity of spindles:

Activity spindles thousandsActivity per spindle-.. _ hoursTotal activity .mill, of hours..Per cent of capacity

Prices:To producer dolls, per lb._In New York, middling dolls, per lb_-

jRectupts into sis;ht thous of balesStocks, domestic, end of month:

Mills thous. of bales--Warehouses thous. of bales..Total, mills and ware-

houses . . thous of balesTotal, mills and ware-

houses rel. to 1923-25--Stocks, world visible, end of month:

American thous of balesTotal.. . . thous of bales

Cotton FinishingPrinted only (mills and outside):

Production thous. of yds..Stocks, end of month thous. of yds._

White, dyed, and printed (outside mills):Billings, finished goods thous. of yds..New orders, gray yardage --thous. of yds.._Per cent of capacity .Shipments, finished goods cases_.Stocks, finished goods, end of month

_ casesUnfilled orders, end of month days..

Cotton GoodsCotton cloth:

Imports thous. of sq. yds..Exports thous. of sq. yds_.

Cotton textiles:New orders thous. of yds. _Production _ thous. of ydsShipments thous of ydsStocks, end of month thous, of yds__Unfilled orders, end of

month... thous. of vdsElastic webbing, shipments -.thous. of dolls...Fabric for tire manufacture, con-

sumption thous. of lbs__Mill dividends:

Fall River (quarterly) thous. of dollsNew Bedford (quarterly) .thous. of dolls

Prices:Print cloth 64x60... ...dolls, per vd__Print cloth 64x60 rel. to 1926..Sheeting, brown dolls, per yd..Sheeting, brown rel. to 1926Cotton goods (Fairchild) rel to 1911-13

Cotton YarnCarded sales yarn:

Production thous. of lbs_.Stocks end of month thous. of lbs_.Unfilled orders, end of month

thous. of Ibs—Prices:

22/1 cones, Boston. .dolls, perlb..22/1 cones, Boston. rel. to 1926—40' Is southern spinning- dolls, per lb._

1931

June

43.6

455, 38888.7

255

14, 134

25, 799202

6, 63087.0

.077

. 090103

1,1314,971

6,102

162.3

5,2367,572

57, 41277, 335

51, 57741,119

4527, 221

16, 4331.5

3,93734, 370

355, 902260, 163273, 871288, 235

330, 5751,018

3271

. 04863.4. 05457. 9

10, 06711, 195

34,017

.21560.0. 352

May

50.82,6912,5412,570

6,312

2,127

465, 77090.8

336

15, 189

26, 398204

6,73989.9

.088

.093341

1,2585, 494-

6,752

179.6

5,8618,346

67, 70474, 436

52, 53745, 937

5130, 109

17,1411.9

3,92030, 961

130,029225, 392205, 603301, 943

248, 5442 1, 124

16.010

.05065. 7.05862.8115

13,37711, 212

3-i, 914

.22362.2. 353

April

50.82,7172,7082,535

6,265

2,002

1912,0171,878

503, 74499.1

392

17, 257

26, 645216

7,12994.3

.093

.102358

1, 3706,034

7,404

196.9

6,3028,883

86, 61272, 973

60, 59050, 394

5231, 176

16, 6772.7

2,81030, 776

137, 749225, 955217, 582282, 154

294, 1181,199

15, 244

.05369.6.05963.3119

11,08112, 240

38, 825

.23164.5.369

March

51.92,7742,7282,465

6,433

2, 051

1,1071, 3261,146

1,366

1,549

3031,8452,370

490, 58695.6

60513, 75610, 266

26, 490211

7,00191.2

.096

.109447

1,4786,643

8,120

216.0

6,8269, 332

87, 31865, 145

61, 80357, 872

5835, 334

17, 6412.7

2,53033, 392

295, 334271, 638317, 185273, 781

373, 9511, 363

14, 041

3 301

.05573.3.05963.3121

11, 53612, 537

40, 979

.24066.8.382

Febru-ary

51.92,6002,4972,405

6,713

2,027

909994945

1,265

1, 342

2501,7082,028

234223

41

433, 51084.5

433

11, 165

25, 763184

6,11087.2

.091

.110513

1,5487,314

8,862

235. 7

7,3819,958

76, 84764, 546

50, 16649, 679

5630, 593

17, 0712.6

2,14825, 188

326, 691212, 168248, 354319, 328

395, 8021,180

12, 002

.05369.6.06569-8119

10, 96813, 420

42, 407

.23966.7.390

January

51.92,5262,2092,400

7,074

2,041

975967840

1,329

1, 258

1601, 5801, 714

222218

36

454, 18888.5

62513, 59311,299

25, 611191

6, 36080.8

.086

. 102729

1, 6147, 939

9,553

254. 1

7,5769,897

68, 38065, 704

43, 64246, 370

4729, 031

20, 1342.6

2, 64131, 488

239, 106202, 149210, 597355, 514

317, 4651, 041

12, 738

1930

Decem-ber

58.32,4552, 7962,638

7,095

1,834

816878821

1,299

1,284

1591,2321,222

161137

42

406, 20779.2

76613, 2584,461

25, 526176

5, 91676.1

.087

. 1011,627

1, 6598,378

10, 037

267.0

7,8419,897

70, 30168, 420

47, 56639; 749

4023, 888

23, 5932.6

1,65829, 388

182, 656234, 052226, 951363, 962

1 288,956921

| 8, 358

• 3 27Q

Novem-ber

53.33,2183,3153,036

7, 249

2, 408

1,1291,164

978

1,197

1, 266

4441, 1831,100

207191

36

414, 88780.8

90812, 8373,409

25, 858173

5,83280.1

.096

. no2, 749

1, 5678,398

9, 965

265.0

7,6769,437

62, 00568, 817

40, 2493S, 541

4423, 743

21, 8032. 5

1, 76329, 273

183, 067206, 633200, 661356, 861

333, 2511, 000

8,418

!,' I

.05268.8.06267.0

120

12, 66513, 795

39, 963

.24869.1.390

.05370 4.08569.9

122

9, 5S213, 531

38, 920

68.8.390

.057

.'06670.9

124

11,78712, 518

38, 928

.-25471.0.405

October

60.53, 9183, 8133,480

7,749

2, 633

1,3651,4751,132

1,421

1, 250

5552,1031, 654

279249

51

444, 49486.6

1,00410, 8661,747

26, 154184

6,23977.1

.092

.1073,670

1, 3537,543

8,895

236.6

6,6178,413

69, 76465, 876

53, 00347, 133

4829, 260

22, 3922.1

1,97634, 304

335, 801228, 866270, 383350, 889

350, 8451,356

11, 780

Septem-ber

62.63,4343,5392,914

8, 142

1,948

1,2611,049

913

1,497

1,140

5642,0711,662

326289

69

394, 32176.3

9036,3043,394

26, 087167

5,66373.4

. 099

. 1092,410

9685,248

6, 215

165.3

4,8926,707

55, 38764, 788

40, 63141, 618

4626, 691

22, 0792.6

1, 92032, 626

291, 980182, 385232, 975392, 406

285, 4271, 200

10,917

3 110

August

64.82,6392,7722,412

3,683

2,096

1,024909328

1,759

1,398

4371,8911,878

288250

74

352, 33568.7

3661,8795, 901

25, 874151

5,13465.2

.114

.121365

1,0123, 465

4,476

119.1

3,1595,190

42, 18570, 395

37, 90735, 576

3628, 843

27, 1982. 1

1, 66434, 285

235, 272218, 815231, 348442, 996

226, 4221,127

13, 223

July

69.12, 2292,3612,300

9,056

2, 322

902781869

1,880

1,524

4411,9261,811

244223

60

379, 02273.8

17678

4,162

26, 458156

5,30167.2

.119

.13264

1, 1832, 877

4, 060

108.0

2, 9175, 230

38, 79982, 297

41,47337, 349

3428, 559

31,9011.9

2,43435, 397

180, 147165, 850176, 689455, 529

222, 4981,088

13, 399

.05572.9.06670.9124

15, 49412, 548

37, 854

.23565.5.113

.05370.4^07075. 1124

11. 14812,819

33. 194

.24267.4, 420

.05066.6.07075.1

126

10,03113, 633

29, 103

.25270.3. 4.35

.05471. 8.07075.1

130

11,04913, 742

26, 469

.26273.1.447

June

69. L2,9412,8272,823

10, 464

2,736

875911

1, 023

1,846

1, 634

3291,9761.792

231213

67

405, 23679.0

135

9, 550

27, 659170

5,78976.2

.140

. 14£163

1, 3573, 105

4, 462

118.7

3, 3525,951

47, 60882, 856

50, 9333-9, 249

4132, 986

34, 4772. 0

3, 01935, 808

129, 947198, 539182, 652466, 363

219, 0401, 109

15, 0343 330^254

.05674.7.07580.3

134

10, 96813,559

27, 632

.27376.2.461

2 Revised. 3 Quarter ended :a mouth indicated.

44 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


[August, 1931


TEXTILES— ContinuedFur

Sales by dealers thous. of dolls..'

Pyroxylin-Coated Textiles

Pyroxylin spread thous. of IbsShipments billed thous. of linear yds..!Unfilled orders end of

month thous. of linear yds__

Rayon

Imports thous. of lbs__Price, 150 denier, "A" grade,

New York _ . ___dolls. per l b _ _

Silk

Deliveries (consumption) bales..Imports raw .thous. of Ibs. .Prices:

Raw, Japanese 13-15, NewYork dolls, per lb._

Raw, Japanese 13-15, NewYork rel. t® 1926..

Silk goods, composite dolls, per yd_. iSilk machinery activity:

Broad looms F. ct. of normalNarrow looms p. ct. of normal. _Spinning spindles p. ct. of normal..

Stocks, end of month:At warehouses -- bales..At manufacturing plants bales

Wool

Consumption at textile mills,grease equivalent thous. of Ibs

Consumption at textile mills.— rel. to 1923-25,.Imports:

In condition, imported thous. of lbs__Machinery activity, hourly:

Combs . . p. ct. of hours active.-Looms—

Carpet and rugs.p. ct. of hours active..Narrow p. ct. of hours active--Wide p. ct. of hours active..

Set of cards p. ct. of hours active--Spinning spindles-

Woolen p. ct. of hours active..Worsted p- ct. of hours active..

Prices:Raw, territory, fme,scoured_dolls. per l b _ _Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces, 34 blood,

combing grease dolls, per IbSuiting 13-oz dolls, per Ib _Suiting 13-oz rel to 1926Women's dress goods,

French serge, 39-in dolls, per y d _ _Women's dress goods,

French serge, 39-in rel. to 1926..Worsted varns ..dolls, per l b _ _Worsted varns rel. to 1926- .

Receipts at Boston:Domestic thous. of Ibs. .Foreign thous. of IbsTotal - --thous. of Ibs.

TOBACCO

Unmanufactured:Plxports, leaf thous. of lbs~Stocks—

Chewing, smoking, snuff a^.d exporttypes, quarterly.. mills, of Ibs.

Cigar types, quarterly thous. of lbs-_Total, including imported types, quar-

terly mills, of lbs_-Manufactured products:

Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)— -Large cigars . _ thousands. -Small cigarettes millions--Manufactured tobacco

and snuff -- thous. of Ibs..Manufacturing

operations - rel. to 1923- 25. _Exports cigarettes thousands

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTIONButtons

Fresh-water pearl button:Production, ratio to capacity per cent--Stocks, end of month thous. of gross. -

Imports:Buttons-

Product of Philippines.thous. of gross. .All other thous. of gross. -Shells-

Mother-of-pearl thous. of Ibs-.All other thous. of Ibs..

Tagua nuts thous. of lbs_.

1931

June

4,001 i2,815

2,656

202

.73 ;

42,161 i6,409 1

2.463 !

39.8 '

75.6 i43.9 i42.8 j

37, 35218, 706

45,805 i96.7 j

16, 868

107

404661 i60

6173

.62

.201.49474.5

1.0069.7

53, 7792, 964

56, 743

38, 737

517,51411, 508

31,086

133244, 201

4509,252

118446

202527

1,999

1May ! April

5,324 j 5,615 ,

4,060 ! 4,2733,186 i 3,301

2,810 2,962

225 295

.75 i .75

45 073 41 3566,520 4,823 :

2.266 ; 2.266 !

36.6 3.66 !99 .99 !

76.3 90.942.5 44.6 ;49.5 51.8 |

32,688 i 35,497 i18,206 20,425 j

52, 199 47, 710110.2 100.7 !

14, 168 21, 258 |

97 82

46 44 j45 42 158 | 5460 ! 57 1

60 i 55 |2 66 1 57 i

.63 .65 '

.20 .221,494 1.494 !74.5 : 7.45 |

1

1.00 1.00 >69.7 69.7

26,151 10,3764, 190 7,399

30,341 17,775

48,911 45,006;

467,300 459,98210,448 i 9,471

30,780 30,781

137 134250,858 241,703

44. 7 45. 29,224 : 9,408

61 C511 ! 2

272 ' 39543 48

901 ! 1,720

March F*^ru" January :

6,693 6,049 |

4,081 i 3,044 i3, 394 ! 2, 724

3,358 3,058

439 274 i

.75 1 .75 \

55,383 ! 54,2427,725 7,318

2.561 | 2.709

41.3 1 43.7.99 | 1.00

93.8 1 96.544. 3 i 51. 758.6 58.9

47,407 45,39922, 231 | 23, 124

40,373 38,42085.2 | 81.1

15,348 I 11,687

76 | 75

44 ! 3934 i 3059 i 5966 i 60

57 6657 i 54

1.66 | ,66

.22 i 231.543 ! 1.60177.0 j 79.8

1.00 ! 1.1069.7 76.6

8,215 6,7415,064 ! 6,528

13,279 I 13,2691

i

39,908 46,879

s 1 697 1

4,496

2,565 .2,333

2,735

154

.75

55, 9107,465

2.807

45.31.02

94.039.255.2

51,81423, 588

33, 85671.5

13, 767

67

29284947

4852

.68

.261.60179.8

1.1076.6

3,3637,432

10, 795

50, 440

3354319 '

32,151 ! 1

440,472 1 362,8399,802 | 8,836

31,049 29,562

131 ! 132324,808 i 256,706

iI

47.5 ' 44.69,518 9,807

94 ! 592 i 3

#9 i 27395 1 369

592 i 1,329

362. 9399,368

31,697

121229, 697

35.510,154

594

47522

270

Decem-ber

3,048

2, 3532, 120

2,031

0

.95

55, 4249,877

2.709

43.71.02

94.035.865.8

58, 43024, 242

30,00763. 3

10, 920

67

292646

i 43

i 45| 52

.72

! .27i 1. 601! 79.8

' .90

! 87.0! 1.17\ 81.8

! 7, 574! 4,000i 11,574

62? 148

» 1, 492' 3 277, 850

! 3 1, 853

; 349,635' 8, 675; 25,815

: 128

338,808

40.6i 8, 842

829

i 896i is

858

N?™- October

4,520

2,4172,075

2,424

216

. 95

57, 3337,000

2.463

39.81.02

96.560.875.1

49, 23824,929

31, 23765.9

8,546

65

38374750

5252

.72

.291.60179.8

.90

87.01.2083.6

4,5761,6646,240

57, 964

528, 1287,952

25, 976

119251,507

42.0| 8, 756

659

402458331

5,787

12,879 !

2,711

2,472

101

.95

61,9378,940

2.512

40.61.02

88.238.270.2

51,27822, 954

40, 97586.5

8,994

74

38444754

5362

. 75

.301.60179.8

.90

87.01.2083.6

10, 4942, 245

12, 739

78, 262

623, 86110,947

33. 026

129318, 751

38.88, 808

725

354586

1,204

1930

Septem-ber

7,301

3,1582, 690

2,590

153

.95

55, 6497,887

2.413

39.01.04

80.044.757.7

47,62121,243

38, 08380.4

8, 817

81

36414653

5560

.76

.311. 60179.8

.90

87.01.2083.6

4,0942,9807,074

53, 841

3 1, 2663 303 104

> 1, 649

523, 97310, 190

32, 166

125305, 676

36.29,061

783

802164

1,2*6

August I July June

5,425 4,348

2,882 ! 3,0282, 309 2, 426

2,015 : 3,070

171 135

.95 .95

41,734 39,9488,244 ; 5,712

2. 955 2. 955

47.7 ; 47.71.06 1.08

73.1 79.236.9 31.049.1 j 52.1

44,978 ! 35,56520,511 18,046

1

33,761 34,68271.3 : 73.2

10,145 8,900:

75 ' 71

34 ! 3143 | 4244 * 48 148 I 51 1

1 i48 i 5255 j 53

1.76 ! .76

.31 | .311.601 i 1.G9G79.8 i 84.6

.90 .90

87. 0 ! 87. 01. 20 ! 1. 2083.6 ! 83.6

47,826 72,3133,846 i 4,602

51,672 76,915

39,527 27,620

I

517,200 532,80510,577 11,859

31,370 30,964

130 137295,744 643,358

25. 7 1 23. 19,258 9,857

69 6314 ; 12

844 j 47656 ! 72

708 ! 1,213

5, 455

4,1903,092

M3, 973

383

1.15

39, 3964,622

3.251

52.51.09

79.063.658.0

28,45019, 843

32, 77269.2

8,896

72

36485360

6256

.76

.311. 75687.6

.90

87.01.2083.6

54,7292,936

57, 665

30, 351

» 1.296» 337, 071

s 1, 726

519, 59911,751

30, 939

141566,015

41.210, 056

10718

271377

1,2422 Revised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated.

August, 1931] SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


45


FUELS

CoalAnthracite:

Exports thous. «f long tons._Prioes—

Retail, composite.dolls. per short ton..Wholesale, com-

posite dolls per long tonWholesale, composite rel. to 1926—

Production, . thous. of short tons—Stocks, end of month, in yards of

dealers —no. of days' supply—Bituminous:

Consumption —Bv coke plants-

Canada thous. of short tons—United States

thous. of short tons..By electric power

plants thons. of short tons. .By railroads thous. of short tons—By vessels clearing

ports thous. of long tons—Exports . . thous. of long tons—Prices—

Mine average (spot)dolls per short ton

Prepared sizes (compos-ite) dolls, pernet ton..

Preparedsizes (composite) rel. to 1926—Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton--Wholesale, composite

dolls, per short ton..Wholesale, composite rel. to 1926-.

Production—Canada - thous of short tonsUnited States thous. of short tons—

Production index rel. to 1923-25—Stocks, end of month, held by

consumers thous. of short tons—

Coke

Exports thous. of lo:*g tons__Price, furnace, Connells-

ville _ -.- ..dolls, per short tonPrice, furnace, Connellsvills rel. to 1926_.Production:

Canada thous. of short tonsUnited States-

Beehive thous. of short tonsBy-product thous. of short tons._

PetroleumAsphalt:

Iranorts _ thous. of short tonsProduction —.thous. of short tons—Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons .

Coke:Production thous of short tonsStocks, end of month.thous. of short tons.-

Crude petroleum:Consumption (run to stills) thous. of bblsImports --thous. of bblsOil wells completed numberPrice, Kansas-Oklahoma... dolls, per bbl—Price, Kansas-Oklahoma rel. to 1928—Production thous. of bbls—Production index rel. to 1923-25Refinery operations p. ct. of capacityRefinery operations index. -rel. to ] 923-25. .Stocks, end of month —

California —Heavv__ - thous of bbls

19311

June

146

14.31

12.41390.2

4,552

4,027

209994

1.56

3.81679.68.00

3.69285.6

29, 16574

45

2. 4559. 7

872,715

10

.33015.9

122~

Light thous. of bbls..East of California —

Refineries thous of bblsTank farms and pipe

lines. . . thous. of bblsTotal thous. of bbls

Mexico —Production _ ... _ thous. of bblsExports thous. of bbls— i —

Venezuela-Exports -.thous. of bblsProduction - thous. of bbls

Gas and fuel oils: iCon-sumption —

B y electric power plants.thou s . of bbls .By railroads thous. of bbls— iBy vessels thous. of bbls '

Price, Oklahoma 24-26,refineries dolts, per bbl

Production . thous. of bblsStocks at refineries at end. of

month thous. of bbls—Gasoline:

Consumption thous. of bbls—Exports theus. of bblsPrices, wholesale, New York.dolls per gal—Prices, retail, tank wagon,

50 cities. . dolls, per gal ...

.385

~~~3~085~. 133

May

148

14.19

12. 27089.1

5,005

4,629

2, 9555,821

195926

1.60

3.83880.18.04

3.72386.3

2 28, 31475

86

2. 4860.3

943,126

9304380

1781,250

78, 5214,512

4^:8.53028.1

77, 1642 122

67163

100, Oil40, 805

41, 819

306, 287348, 106

9,0499, 515

539

"~4~364~

.46329, 949

36, 579

35, 7164, 721.133

April

120

14.39

12.20288.6

5,700

230

4,682

2 2, 9645,885

168671

1.64

3.84580.28.46

3.76087.2

88828, 4 78

43

2.5060.9

169

1093,146

•7

248360

1681, 158

74, 7064,162

519.53028.1

73, 10112167

161

100, 57840, 840

41,413

308, 752350, 165

2,7612,392

8,5869, 263

2 5503, 5364, 043

.48830, 073

33, 854

33, 4003,988.133

March

79

14.85

12. 60891. S

4,745

21

247

4,902

3, 4106,414

136660

1.69

4.00183.58.71

3.79187.9

1,02833, 870

76

29, 500

54

2.5060.9

179

1493,256

7190354

1701,089

73, 5963,715

383.59431.5

69, 39711264

152

100, 53141,016

40, 786

310, 377351, 163

2,8191, 528

10, 36210, 283

6433, 6443,667

.51030, 754

32, 105

31, 0372,841.133

.137

Febru-ary

159

14.85

12. 73292.5

5,391

235

4,408

3,2865,810

141645

1.77

4.22388.18.83

3.81488.4

96331,403

73

67

2.5361.5

165

1632,898

3166332

1511, 053

65, 2494,789

450.85045.1

60, 645110

* 63

149

101, 44240, 651

42, 027

313, 310355, 337

2.5641,463

9,5169,486

6373,1813,622

.58826, 536

32, 159

26, 1333,586.138

.149

January

207

14.88

12. 73292.5

6,157

31

236

4,686

3,6886,598

187700

1.77

4.26889.08.87

3.82988.8

1,16438, 542

77 j

34, 200

71

2.5562.1

171

1633,092

0147295

1591,032

70, 0264, 353

487.85045.1

65, 99111061

144

102. 36840, 389

41, 785

317, 854359, 639

2,8901, 263

10, 87710, 384

8003, 5993,544

.60029, 174

33, 977

26, 8444,462.135

.148

193O

Decem-ber

178

14.89

12. 75192.6

6,086

43

246

4,737

3, 8376,622

201803

1.77

4.31790.0

3.89890.4

1,27539. 716

85

37,200

70

2.5562.1

181

1713,077

3168308

1,041

71,5814, 727

527.85045.1

66, 98511163

149

i 104,121! 40, 625

41, 191

320, 510361, 701

2, 9221,690

10, 70410, 492

8453, 7053,868

.61029,704

37, 007

29, 6944, 149.141

.146

Novem-ber

182

14.90

12. 75192.6

5,207

249

4,820

3,6706,642

2041,287

1.78

4.33690.58.94

3.90090.4

1,31538, 122

69

2.5862.7

185

1633,137

3217295

1581,064

70,3104,467

659.85045.1

68, 174114

64151

103, 55340, §52

43, 446

323, 089366, 535

2, 8951, 895

11, 13410, 911

7903, 8863, 794

.65029, 034

40, 427

30, 9843, 536.141

.150

October

253

14.87

12. 76292.7

7,576

47

249

5,270

3,9447,124

2301,317

1.81

4.34290.68.88

3. 89390.2

1,63044, 150

87

36, 800

83

2.6063.3

185

1783,432

7306267

1771,045

74, 0165,061

866.1. 09858. 3

72, 696115

f>5160

102, 64340, 738

46, 032

323, 030369, 062

3,1472, 093

12, 20811, 785

2 9024, 3554, 463

.59429, 818

41, 293

32, 2676,131.143

.154

Septem-ber

198

14.86

12. 70792.3

5,293

8,

233

5,214

2 3, 7256,349

2691,462

1.75

4. 30389.88.79

3.89790.3

1,23038, 632

85

35, 900

66

2.6063.3

170

1683, 401

5306270

1703,045

75, 9505, SOS

7821.17862.5

70, 97711469

165

103, 64740, 582

45, 445

324, 644370, 089

3,2432,419

11, 67411,311

2 845! 3,841

4,333

. 58029, 923

41, 480

37, 8233,826.148

.159

August

305

14.47

12. 57891.4

6,190

244

5,550

2 3, 6596,408

2611,433

1.68

4.18087.28.70

3. 89290.2

1, 10135, 661

82

64

2.5562.1

182

1703,637

3346316

172994

79, 2895, 059

9921.17862.5

74. 85311770

164

103, 70140, 671

46, 785

328, 355375, 140

3, 4492, 630

12, 18211, 378

2 7643,8174, 702

.60029, 562

39, 729

37, 4336,375.163

.163

July

129

14.53

12. 36689.8

5,658

60

248

g.824

3,4526,228

2841,586

1.71

4.15686.78.65

3. 89190.2

1,06134, 715

86

33, 100

93

2.5261.4

182

2153,770

6334311

161942

78, 6445,8771,0511.17862.5

76, 55412069

166

104, 55041,071

47, 140

331, 124378, 264

3,4372,808

11,50611, 624

27303, 9244,316

.62531, 023

39, 127

38, 2565,497.163

.165

June

144

14.32

12. 25189.0

5, 090

57

268

6,155

2 3, 1996,177

2761,394

1.67

4,09685.48.54

3,90290.5

1,12833, 714

89

32, 200

68

2.5060.9

193

2623, 954

6337312

163891

80, 7475,7671,1971.17862.5

76,92912473

170

105, 27641,045

46, 772

331,050377, 822

3,2873,030

11,22111,361

26343,7504,041

.67531,092

38,302

35,7066,955.163

.166

» Revised.



[August, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here may \be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \ment to the Survey June

FUELS— Continued ;

Petroleum— Continued

Gasoline— Continued .Production —

Natural gas (at plants') .thous. of bbl> .. -Raw (at refineries) thous. of bbls

Retail distribution — 41 States mills, of galsStocks, end of month-

Natural gas (at plant) thous. of bbl?Raw (at refineries) thous. of bbls

Kerosene:Consumption . thous. of bblsExports thous. of bbls - - ; 720Price, 150° water white dolls, per gal. - . 042Production thous. of bbls .- iStocks at refineries, end of

month . thous. of bbls . _Lubricating oil:

Consumption... thous. of bbls. .Price cylinder oil ..dolls, per gal.J ...Production thous. of bbls.-iStocks at refineries, end of

month thous. of bbls..'Wax:

Production thous. of Ibs. . ,Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT

Advertising

Magazine advertising thous. of lines., i 2, 191Magazine advertising, total

cost thous. of dolls.. i 16,692National advertising in newspapers: i

B uilding materials thous. of lines - .Electrical appliances, sup- !

plies thous of linesFinancial thous of lines iFoods and beveracres thou^ of linoc

Heating and plumbing equip-ment thous. of lines.

Medical thous of lines 'Passenger cars thous. of lines.-'Radio thous. of lines !Tires, trucks, and acces-

sories thous. of lines. *Tobacco thous of linesToilet articles thous. of lines. 'Transportation thous of line*5 1All other thous of linesTotal thous. of lines.

Newspaper advertising thous. of lines.. 79, 772Radio broadcasting, facilities,

cost thous. of dolls..!

Agricultural Products (Marketing)

Agricultural, total rel. to 1923-25.. 61.8Animal products:

Dairy products rei. to 1923-25-. 156.6Fish rel. to 1923-25.. 126.7Livestock rel. to 1923-25.. 77.9Poultry and eggs rel. to 1923-25.- 115. 6Wool. rel. to 1923-25.- 405.4Total rel. to 1923-25. 117.6

Crops:Cotton rel. to 1923-25 9 1Fruits ... . - - - - - rel. to 1923-25.- 88.8Grains rel. to 1923-25 68. 7Vegetables rel to 1923-25 165 8Miscellaneous re], to 1923-25Total rel. to 1923-25-. 55.3

Collections

Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:Amount dollar?.. 111. 183Delinquent firms number 948

Cost of Living

All groups _ _ rel. to 1923 '• 85.9Clothing rel. to 1923.-! 79.9Food . rel to 1923 81.0Fuel and light rel to 1923 89 1Housing rel. to 1923.- 82.6Sundries. rel. to 1923 : 95. 5

Forest Products (Marketing)

Distilled wood rel. to 1923-25. . 33.5Gum rel to 1923- r/5 131 6Lumber rel. to 1923-25-. 1 58.2Pulpwood rel. to 1923-25.. 104.0Total rel. to !923-2f._: 63.6

May

3, 81439,019

99647, 948

2, 3951. 145.045

3, 389

5, 960

1, 865

" ~ ~ 2 ~ 264"

10,119

35, 840205, 803

2, 375

16, 959

88, 443

3,036

265.7

130 9138.580.2

125 6197.1106.7

26 5102.269 0

135 6

61." 2"

91.332941

86.980.782.889 183.595.9

i 43.3i 136 P

2 62. 8123.1

! 68. 4

1931

April , March

3,824 4,04836,601 i 35,246

1,006 i 88448,587 1 48,225

2,804 ! 2,691753 i 1,151

.048 i .0513,397 i 3,676

6, 129 6, 300

1,850 1,950145 . 145

2, 316 2, 293

10,463 10,710

33,040 37,520205,105 208,620

2,421 2,203

17,173 16,002

1

1

i88, 737 90, 244

3, 161 3, 141

57. 9 67. 3

113.1 102.9174. 3 169. 482. 6 79, 6

137. 0 121. 878. 2 61. 9

101. 2 94. 0

29. 8 38. 670. 6 75. 163. 9 80. 093. 3 104. 3

~ ~ ~ ~ 6 3 ~ I 64.T

112, 843 138, 5921,258 i 1,228

88.2 i 89.182.0 ; 83.284.9 ; 86.590.6 ! 92 584.1 84.696.8 i 96.8

! 45.7 ; 70.598 3 : 39 7

: -59. 1 55. 4I 117.2 118.3

04, 0 ! 60. 9

Febru-ary

3,63131, 328

782

69245, 355

2,272974

.0533,171

6,477

1,583.146

2,036

10, 911

38, 640229, 414

1,992

15, 307

72, 282

2,591

67.0

91.3116.279.894.050.885.5

40.668.184.691.14.4

64.9

132, 6091,141

89.684.486.992.785.396.9

65. 825 551.6

303. 1i f.5. 9

January

!•4,140

32, 708821

60642, 818

2,5961,275.054

3, 560

6,555

1,715.165

2,441

11,013

42, 560233, 044

1,585

10, 820

75, 823

2,637

76.3

96.4103.496.295.025.394.7

64.070.281.098.04.3

74.3

112, 2501,089

91.184.690.9

i 92.985.997.2

74.2i 37 1i 50. 5• 110.9

55.9

Decem-ber

4,19834, 352

887

57840, 741

2,7861,310.054

3,575

6,883

1,458.172

2,509

10, 971

36, 120232, 592

2,265

15, 352

75

7945,1143,579

2792,0251,2082,186

2,490938985

1,8904,229

25, 79582, 467

2,718

105.0

92.798.993.9

137.857.197.8

144.967.179.879.45.3

105.8

150, 3491,065

92.686.693.992.986.797.4

67.0117.750.7

115.658.0

Novem-ber

4,23833, 616

935

59638, 705

2,841970

.0533,590

7,379

1,573.184

2,409

10, 536

35, 840237, 027

2,488

17, 359

129

7514,4726, 156

3964,4153,0582,788

3, 8593,7872,1401,9914,678

38, 62289, 424

2,577

142.8

77.8146.288.0

121.634.588.5

240.6109.072.389.610.7

148.8

96, 912868

93.987.796.892.987.597.6

67.0112 957.4

105.462.9

iOctober

4,32637, 4001,019

55938, 684

2,5991,373.054

3,876

7,633

1,569.186

2,546

10, 502

38, 080240, 060

2, 490

17, 759

229

5625,5797,726

6764,2663, 3983,604

3,9135, 8802,5901,7685,180

45, 37098, 437

2,674

200.7

82.2172.0108.079.279.196.7

327.5249.082.6

168.420.1

212.1

122, 1501,101

94.888.898.892 788.097.8

60.0143 163.499.368.2

1930

Septem-ber

4,07936, 9441,060

53438, 254

2,7681,349.053

3,846

. 7, 771

1,944.190

2,723

10, 257

43, 960248, 940

2,145

15, 214

216

6855,1126,618

9792,3823,1543,584

4,0635,6331,8411,6894,623

40, 57988, 648

2,123

167.2

86.3229.193.978.230.991.2

219.3164.3139.0138.841.6

175.5

93, 898939

95.490.599.792.188.797.6

50. 2158 257.763.9

! 60. 2

August

j

4,21237, 8441,114

74441, 624

2,5731,687

, 0503,975

8,030

1,940.193

2,971

10, 161

39, 760254, 990

1,658

12, 075

99

4593,7555,898

4841,7602,7361,049

5,4311,7602,0552,3233,318

31,12670, 018

1,960

119.5

94.6202.076.5

! 71.6360.5

| 91.4

77.7133.1180. 5

i 81.924.8

1 122. 5

127, 0061,155

94.789.398.491.488.597.6

44.7171.262.8m

July

4,23138, 061

1,124

74146, 077

2,9331,021.052

3, 929

8,319

1,887.210

3,018

9,953

45, 640254, 999

1, 986

14, 316

117

7396, 4466. 428

4011, 8534,082

927

5, 6343,7422,9853,1303,427

39,91172, 007

2,074

95.1

131.5263.376.690.6

545.1111.8

5.8124.4177.5113.4

2.693.3

141, 1621,106

95.291.098.691. 189.197 £

42.2203 9

! 61.872. 4

! €.".4

Jure

4,26937, 537

1,027

92850. 225

2,3231,782.055

4,026

8;352

1,772!284

2, 920

9,742

43, 680249, 748

2, 752

19,614

342

1.247e, 1627 781

4792, 1943, 781

649

5,9275,4133, 12-34,1015,812

47,01088, 771

2, 033

55. 4

148. 9185.279.2

112.0412.5116. 7

14.057. 858.5

. 151.02,7

48.7

: 1 07,821: 3,096

: 96.592.5

101.291. 589. 998. 1

56. 41 70. 764.1

105.970.0

* Revised.

A v; trust, 1931] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


Earlier data for items shown here may1931 1930


DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.

Postal Business

Air mail, weight dispatched pounds..Money orders:

Domestic, issued (50 cities)—Quantity thousandsValue . thous. of dolls.

Domestic, paid (50 cities) —Quantity . thousands-Value thous of dolls

Foreign, issued thous. of dollsPostal receipts:

Total index rel to 1923-2550 selected cities thous. of dolls _ _50 industrial cities thous. of dolls

Retail SalesDepartment store sales, value of:

United States, adjusted rel. to 1923-25__United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..Atlanta . . rel. to 1923-25,Boston rel to 1923-25Chicago.. .- . . rel. to 1923-25Cleveland rel to 1923-25Dallas rel. to 1923-25Kansas City rel. to 1923-25Minneapolis rel to 1923-25New York rel to 1923-25Philadelphia rel. to 1923-25Richmond rel. to 1923-25 .St. Louis . rel to 1923-25San Francisco rel. to 1923-25

Department store stocks, end of month:United States, adjusted.... rel. to 1923-25 _ _United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..Atlanta rel. to 1923-25Boston rel. to 1923-25 _Chicago rel. to 1923-25Cleveland.. rel. to 1923-25Dallas rel to 1923-25Kansas City rel. to 1923-25Minneapolis rel to 1923-25New York rel. to 1923-25Philadelphia. rel. to 1923-25Richmond rel. to 1923-25St. Louis. rel. to 1923-25San Francisco rel. to 1923-25

Mail-order houses:Total sales, 2 houses thous. of dollsTotal sales, 2 houses rel. to 1923-25Sears, Roebuck & Co thous. of dollsMontgomery, Ward & Co.thous. of dolls..

Restaurant chains:Childs Co.—

Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated. number

J. R. Thompson Co. —Sales . thous of dollsStores operated. number

Waldorf System (Inc.)—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number

Total sales, 3 chains —Total thous of dollsStores operated . number

10-cent chain stores, sales:F. W. Woolworth & Co.—

Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number

F. & W. Grand-Sales thous of dollsStores operated number

G. C. Murphy Co.—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number

Isaac Silver & Bros.—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number

J. C. Penny Co.—Sales thous. of dollsStores operated number..

McCrory Stores Corp.—Sales thous. of dollsStores operated.. number

Metropolitan-Sales thous. of dollsStores operated number. .

S. H. Kress & Co.—Sales thous. of dollsStores operated nurnher

S. S. Kresge Co.—Sales -..thous. of dollsStores operated number

W. T. Grant Co.—Sales -.thous. of dollsStores operated number

Total sales, 4 chains-Sales thous. of dollsStores operated number. .

Miscellaneous chain group:Five and Ten-

Actual rel. to 1923-26.-Adjustod for seasonal ..re!, to 1923-25- .'

June

* 99 426, 4422, 957

9691

' 8280

174

19, 219

1, 847

1 093117

1,245

21, 9781 889

1 833119

1, 569169

692

14, 8321,453

3,240243

5, 467217

6,289

147160.fi

May

i 750,960

3.76636. 006

10, 90281 9564,073

104.5I 27, 844

3,047

297297

8385

|

50, 070153

31, 52318, 547

1,957108

1,202116

1, 337162

4 496386

24, 1171 896

1 825118

1,549168

69545 |

15. 4501,453

3,412243

5,469216

6,606 136" '

155 \166.7 ;

April

750, 638

3,82837, 803

11,56290, 6464,442

109.929, 2573 268

106101

8387

52 078159

31, 52020, 558

2,059110

1 175117

1, 360160

4 594387

23, 8301 896

2 004117

1,588168

72345

15, 3801,454

3 703243

5 761216

6 402364

160167.9

March

724, 617

4,01537, 250

11,13281 7475 014

113.130, 1783 284

9792

8487

43 008132

25, 40717, 601

2,064111

1,208117

1,351160

4 623388

21, 7241 894

1 664116

1,329166

59645

12, 4431, 454

3 381242

5 259 j213 !

5 334354

144158. 7

Febru-ary

642, 484

3 56733, 240

9,70170 9354,032

100 126, 4053 215

9880

8681

39 422121

24, 17715, 245

1,889111

1 082120

1,210160

4 181391

19, 3861 888

1 431114

1.204' 166

51345

9,5401,453

2 946242

4 487211

4 347350

12?162. c

January

687, 560

3 74936, 352

10, 59078 2734,893

110 329, 1723 466

11

8878

79

41 459127

24, 83916, 620

2,083112

1,192120

1,295152

4 570384

19, 2401 886

1 371112

1,221166

47645

9 7251,452

2 903242

4 400211

9 8"56«i

4 110350 1

36 3683,020

124160. 8

i Decem-ber

767,229

4 16539, 627

11,71691 92310 443

145 338, 572

4 418

94165152163167148159147129191152194142182

9185

73

72 486222

43, 81428, 672

2,277112

1 2461^0

1,379152

4 902384

42, 3201 890

3 545' 112 1

j3,170

106 '

1,42145

23 7031,452 |

P 783?242

1? 061 i213

23 982678

11 797348 i

85 146 ;

3 023 i

298153. 2 i

Novem-ber

637, 054

3, 52534, 525

10, 24879, 9345, 178

106.228, 3793,028

9811397

11010689

1089978

12510111794

108

921049598

1149587

12073

12091

10395

107

55, 713170

33, 31222, 401

2,075111

1 186121

1,338147

4 599379

24, 0771 890

1 894112

1,579165

67345

18 9371,452

3 617242

5 528 1?13

12 503 !676

6 67734f>

45 7253 021

159158.3

October

742, 687

3 66235, 916

11,51490 6474,996

121 132, 2793 568

10211211511511310311811086

136114134104118

921919294

1139386

11973

11686

10095

107

68 878211

38, 78530, 093

2,259111

1 287121

1,338145

4 884'377

26, 4221 889

2 026111

1, 621163

69344

19 8601,450

3 606241

5 7^213

12 853' 668

7 084' 340

48 5973 Oil

168151. 0

Septem-ber

705,963

3 41533, 923

9,75879 1744 781

107 928 7643 160

991039088

10889

1071031001127992

108108

91958887

1078878

11369

107799389

100

54 419166

33, 08621,333

2,136113

1 215120

1,291147

4 642380

22, 3531 886

1 663111

1,344162

56645

15 9561,446

3 278240

5 478?11

11 265665

5 286318

42 3743 002

147156.C

August

695, 305

3,28533, 363

9,68177 6705,225

98 125, 8763 132

102777774847678797377637773

108

91878578998070

107669770828696

50 682155

29, 71520, 667

2,173113

1 208120

1,261146

4 642379

22, 0551 881

1 669108

1,362163

60845

14, 3971,440

3 406240

1 226148

5 125211

11,410656

5,385309

41 9962, 9«.8

146163.0

July

693,627 | 680, &14

3,436 ! 3,55434,672 | 35,395

10,197 I 10,61981,800 j 82,6915,428 I 5,413

101.226, 7613,157

1007167717268696861775873

94878381998066

100629771838296

48, 790149

30,12118, 669

2,050113

1,199119

1,252 j147 I

4, 501379

20, 7371,871

1,669105

1,319163

59845

13, 6021,438

i3.123 i

240 !

1,258 i148 I

5,061 i211 |

10,882 i645 !

4,818 I305 i

39,803 |2,967 I

138152.0 !

8280

10984

10084

96938988

1038872

10465

10478908699

54, 356166

30, 36723, 989

2,103114

1,225121

4, 585382

1,869103

1.289160

1, 337148

5. 221209

11,400636

5,464303

40, 5482, 952

141160. 0

: Revised.



[August, 1931


DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.

Warehouses

Public merchandise warehouses,space occupied p. ct. of total..

FOREIGN TRADE

CanadianTotal trade:

Exports -_ thous. of dolls.Imperts thous. of dolls__

United StatesExports:

Grand total, includingreexports thous. of dolls

Grand total, including reexports,index rel. to 1923-25..

By grand divisions —Africa, totaL__ thous. of dolls..

1931

June

55, 32052, 508

137, 000

49.3

Asia and Oceania —Total thous. of dolls.Japan thous. of dolls, j

Europe-Total thous. of dolls. .France thous. of dolls. _Germany thous. of dolls..Italy thous. of dolls..United Kindgom -thous. of dolls.-|

North America-Total thous. of dolls..Canada thous. of dolls ._

South America —Total thous. of dolls. _Argentina thous. of dolls

By economic classes —Total domestic exports

only thous. of dolls..Crude materials thous. of dolls..Foodstulls, crude, and

food animals thous. of dolls..Manufactured food-

stuffs thous. of dolls..Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls..Semifinished manufac-

tures thous. of dolls.-Agrieultural exports (quantities) —

All commodities rel to 1910-14All commodities (except

cotton).. .rel. to 1010-14..Imports:

Grand total. . . .thous. of dolls. .Grand total index rel. to 1923-25..By grand divisions —

Africa, total thous. of dolls. .Asia and Oceania-

Total. .. . - ..thoas. of dolls..Japan thous. of dolls. .

Europe —T<stal thous. of dollsFrance thous. of dolls..Germany thous. of dolls. _Italy thous of dollsUnited Kindgom.. thous. of dolls..

North America-Total - thous. ef dolls..

Canada thous. of dolls,.South America —

Total _ .thoiis. of dolls..Argentina thous. of dolls. .

By economic classes —Total thous. of dolls

Crude materials thous. of dolls..Foodstuils, crude, and

food animals thous. of dolls. .Manufactured food-

stuffs thous. of dolls..Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls. .Semifinished manufac-

tures .thous. of dolls..

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES

Employment Indexes

Factory employment, adjusted (Fed. Res. Bd.):Total rel. to 1923-25 .Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25..Chemicals-

Group rel. to 1923-25Petroleum, refined rel. to 1923-25..

Iron and steel. rel. to 1923-25Leather and its products. . rel. to 1923-25_.Lumber and its products.. rel. to 1923-25..Machinery rel. to 1923-25..Nonferrous metals . . rel. to 1923-25Paper and printing rel. to 1923-25..Rubber products - rel. to 1923-25Textiles rel. to 1923-25Tobacco production rel. to 1923-25..Transpertation—

Group _ rel. to 1923-25..Automobiles rel. to 1923-25.

182, 91029, 063

11,119

17, 53197, 731

27, 460

58

86

173, 53453. 7

173, 53452, 399

27, 435

19, 73644, 163

29, 802

76.064.4

1 89.6i 90. 2

72.683.954.473.465.493. 675.778.680.4

62.470.7

May April March

§5.4

60, 84573, 457

2203, 9912 53. 7

6 129

33, 42011, 201

89 57610,12113, 1533, 887

34, 238

59, 58141, 664

15 2865, 583

2199,32536, 486

2 10, 544

2 18, 8682103, 459

2 29, 967

66

89

2179, 7$22 55. 6

4, 337

49, 96415, 580

51, 8416, 1439, 5J 24, 627

12 354

45, 17724, 110

28, 8443, 215

2179, 7022 54, 166

2 30, 774

2 18, 85045, 530

2 30, 382

77.865.4

93.094.574.884.255.476. 366. 695.374.081.282.1

63.270.9

i

65.9

34, 67451, 189

214, 888

56.6

4,925

36,202 '14, 230

94, 32011,32912,2823,884

33, 344

62, 97444, 851

16, 4675, 803

210, 06840, 146

8, 626

19, 593110,773

30, 929

68

81

185, 70657 5

3,778

53, 18012, 183

53, 3876, 250

11,2495, 741

11, 561

46, 48423, 757

26,9172, 638

185, 70654, 702

28, 912

22, 98545, 734

33, 373

78.065. 2

91. 704. 076. 584.055.478.066.595.070.580.282. 1

63.879.3

§6.8

56, 29675, 348

235,881

62.1

4, 923

38,91317,995

113,83812, 45619, 1955,691

39, 706

63, 06841,860

15, 1394,512

231, 07756, 428

9, 583

23, 383110,255

31,427

87

86

210, 20065.1

3,052

59, 55?18, 454

62, 1746, 598

13, 4346, 192

13, 033

50, 23024, 148

34, 5993, 506

210, 20064, 607

33, 020

23, 55849, 226

39,789

77.965.2

89.887.276. 682.2

! 55. 779.366.694.768.479.783.4

64.370.2

Febru-ary

67.9

44, 91450, 994

224, 413

59.1

4,954

33, 25211,257

117,93813,56416,9604, 168

38, 626

52, 76235, 305

15,5084,922

220, 65847, 630

7,316

22,165116,009

27,417

71

82

175, 10854. 2

2, 344

50, 18316, 255

51,1726,8809,4865, 128

11,970

42, 2942V 54

29, 1152, 849

175,10856, 357

28, 314

17, 73741, 168

31, 532

i

77.865.0

94.597.575.978.456.380.666.894.971.477.284.6

64.968.8

January

I !68.9

45,634 !50,414

I249,646

65.8 i

5, 514

35,43114,743 j

131, f9916, 6761'<,0155, 260

49, 744

56, 95233, 657

20,0495,467 j

245, 75958, 625

8,487

27, 003117,061

34, 578

85

95

183, 13256.7

3, 500

56, 02419,711

52, 940,5.881 !

10, 6823,724

10, 813

43, S5823, 534

28, 9282,35o

183, 13259, 318

27, 363

14, 64444, 947

36,860

78.364.4

96.699.777.577.156.381.969.295.673.775.581.3

67.172.3

1930

Decem-ber

70.4 i

68, 05360,838

275, 193

72.5

5,635

42, 27912, 593

141, 62119, 17220, 3268, 825

53, 871

61,92136, 326

23, 7378,801

270, 81076, 735

13, 462

27, 033119, 6^9

33,910

109

105

208, 72164.6

3, 353

64, 94127, 208

56, 6617,275

11,6195, 252

11,465

53, 25726, 139

30, 5092,519

208, 72169, 079

30, 029

22,31249^ 172

38, 129

80.168.6

97.9100.8

i 79.11 76.61 58.8

84.271.296.774.777.483.5

69.41 78.9

Novem-ber

69.9

74, 59276, 325

289, 021

76.1

6, 588

39, 21912,425

155, 22722, 09423, 6867, 582

61, 094

64,47141, 689

23, 5168,728

285, 44190, 930

15, 592

29,992115,802

33, 125

126

116

203, 71363.1

3, 938

53, 03219, 620

56, 5808, 227

11,1666, 353

15, 289

54. 52630, 279

26, 6572,370

203, 71359, 243

27, 337

21, 04557, 826

38, 262

i

81.170.0

98.3100.880.277.460.485.771.897.075.279.482.0

68.676.4

October

68.8

84, 29878,358 i

327,120 i

86.2 !

6.272 ;

44,204 111,2*9 !i

174, 65223, 68331, 5078, 924

71, 918

76, 17549, 165

25, 81710, 361

322, 941104, 829

15, 228

32,143132, 729

38, 012

137

127

247, 32276.6

4,310

73, 90930, 577

77, 53011,67317,3586, 461

17, 743

62, 15834, 30i

30, 3882,639

247, 32277, 487

32, 849

23, 14568, 321

45, 520

82.271.4

1 101.11 104. 3

81.380.262.188.072.698.4

! 75.4! 80.7

83.5

i 67.2i 69.6

Septem-ber

68.4

82, 19087, 900

311,889

82.1

6, 460

41,26V15, 025

158, 71720, 06932,912

S, 10557,841

79, 53352, 070

25,9119,776

307, P4594, 268

IS, 183

27, 825130, 569

37,099

124

114

226, 35270.1

4, 257

62, 02023, 232

73, 42310, 3£114,0504, 978

17, 017

58, 58432, 508

28, 0283,396

226, 35275, 393

27, 582

20, 60061, 791

40, 986

83.471.7

102.3106.681.782.762.4

1 90. 273. 699.075.382.485.1

69.771.1

August

68.4 |

i

70,61377,906

298, 118

78.5

7, 5?5

33,641 |8,821 1

143, 26216,15222, 784

5, 77553, 928

82, 94553, 695

25, 7449, 741

293, 89953, 156

24, 161

28, 317147, 505

40, 760

87

130

218,41767.6

4,696

68, 78925, 249

63, 4958, 806

14, 3344,546

13, S40

65, 12929, 286

26,2^93, 341

218, 41772, 617

26, 598

17,21057, 797

44, 196

84.471. 4

104. 4110.183.985.165. 190.876.1

101. 180.081.084.1

71.774.8

July

67.8

77, 90684, 551

266, 619

70.2

7, 095

35,913V , 4 8 f >

113,04311,98614,1515,522

40, 628

82, 95655, 058

27,61210,816

261, 96036, 532

10, 656

24, 209144,732

39, 830

57

98

220, 49468.3

5, 354

65, 28117, 147

62, 0467,857

12,7214, 518

13, 901

57, 51530, 265

30, 2483, 931

220, 4P469, 585

29, 310

19, 66957, 242

44, 688

86.674.3

105.4111.187.386.867.895.278.7

101.782.481.090.4

74.981.4

Juxe

68.4

80, 53691, 544

295, 097

77.7

8,497

43, 96012, 709

122,83011,15216, 4566, 240

47,915

92, 17459, 715

27, 63612, 067

289, 82737, 484

13, 346

27, 31 1164, 559

47, 127

55

93

250, 34377.5

5,013

71, 19415, 357

72, 1477, 484

12,8176, 770

15,511

66, 181j 36, 503

35, 5544,109

250, 34376, 643

35, 372

24, 81361, 790

51, 725

89.777.1

105.7113.090.0

! 88.9! 7.16

99.580.3

102.488.085.789.7

i 78.986.5

2 Revised,



49


EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— Con.

Employment Indexes— Continued

Employees on pay roll, unadjusted:Cleveland rel. to Jan., 1921..Delaware rel. to 1923-25-.Detroit rel. to 1923-25. .Illinois _rel. to 1925-27,.Iowa- .. rel. to 1923 .Massachusetts rel. to 1925-27..Maryland rel to 1924 .New Jersev _ rel. to 1923-25 ._New York State rel. to 1923New York State . number--Ohio rel. to 1926Oklahoma numberPennsylvania rel. to 1923-25Wisconsin __ ._ _.rel. to 1925-27 -

Employment

Anthracite mines, employnient.rel. to 1923-25. .Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:

Canada numberUnited States number--Central States number--Eastern States . numberSouthern States number.-WTestern States numberIllinois. -. ._ . number--Wisconsin number--

Employment Trade Unions:Canada p. ct. of total membership ..United States.p. ct. of total membership. _

Employment Canada rel of 1926Factories, time operated:

Total. -. ._ p. ct. of full time..Chemicals and other

products _ . . p. ct. of full time. .Food and kindred prod-

ucts _ p, ct. of full time .Leather and its finished

products p. ct. of full timeLumber and its manu-

factures p. ct. of full time .

June

83.885.673.272.3

110.169.0

73.665.6

362, 885

May

86.986.380.474.5

110. 170.875.975.367.6

373, 993

74.8

74.2

77.478.1

78.3

1

|245

75.0103.6

Iron and steel and theirproducts _.p. ct. of full time-.i

Nonferrous metals p. ct. of full time ••Paper and printing p. ct. of full time - :

Stone, clay, and glassproducts p. ct. of full time..

Textiles and their prod- 1ucts p. ct. of full time. .

Tobacco manufactures. p. ct. of full time..Vehicles for land trans-

portation p. ct. of full time-.!Miscellaneous indus-

tries p, fit. of full time iRatio actual time to capacity. ..per cent--

Factory employment relative to full normal |force:

Total 12 groups p. ct. of nor. force. .Chemicals and other

products p. ct. of nor. force..!Food and kindred prod-

ucts . .. ... p. ct. of nor. force iIron and steel and their 1

products p. ct. of nor. forceLeather and its finished

products _ _ p . ct. of nor. force--Lumber and its manu-

factures p. ct. of nor. force. -Nonferrous metals. _ _ _ p . ct. of nor. force. _ ;Paper and printing p. ct. of nor. force--Stone, clay, and glass

products p. ct. of nor. force. _Textiles and their prod-

ucts p. ct. of nor. force--Tobacco manufactures .p. ct. of nor. orceVehicles for land trans-

portation p ct of nor forceMiscellaneous-. p. ct. of nor. force

Federal Civilian Employees (WTash-ington). number

Hours of work in factories:Actual hours per weekNominal hours per week

Labor turnover:Accessions p. ct. of no. on pay rollSeparations —

Total p. ct. of no. on pay rollDischarges. ..p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Lay-offs. p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Voluntary

Quits p. ct. of n®. on pay rollLabor disputes:

Disputes numberMan-days lost in month ..number..Workers involved number. _

Ohio construction, employ-ment . rel. to 1926

Railways, employees on pay roll ..thousands. .

218197

75.0102.2

90

96

96

91

85

798595

91

9387

92

88

1931

April

8S.886. 983.575. 5

111.072.276.2

'••' ' o3 2. ' - ; - .

8; . ;

27 Hi 79.

82.9

177199181237

80215172

85.175.0

! 69.7

91

97

96

92

1 86

80! 86! 95

91

! 93I 86

92

88

March

90.088.183.076.6

112.571.976.277.069.6

384, 98382.4

26, 36379.878.2

79.9

147175215202215

75228197

84. 574.0

100.2

91

96

96

91

85

808796

91

9487

91

87

FSU- January

90.087.681.276.5

114.671.275.577.468.5

379, 08980.9

28,11080.277.6

87.1

14120223220926589

250250

84.473.0

100.7

90

95

96

92

84

808795

90

9385

91

87

89.887.176.576.3

113.869.473.677.967.5

373, 30479.8

28, 48778.976.9

88.3

15622426125429391

331230

84.073.0

101.7

89

95

97

89

83

808695

189

88

1

72,417 72, 297

l

29.3

61.92.8

46.7

12.4

32.8

45.13.3

28.6

13.2

71445,38421,325

37.2

41.63.8

23.9

13.9

2522 778, 3221 23, 058

60.0

;

71,917 71,162 i 71,252 |

43.2

34.83.1

20.6

11.1

227«422, 645

> 28, 139

53.71,319

36.8

35.02.6

22.8

9.6

34228, 32912, 512

51.91.316

35.0

33.92.2

23.0

8.7

20181,031 !

2,927 i

49.41.334 I

Decem-ber

87.986.740.077.5

117.269.976.782.2

i 69.3i 383,518

81.930, 076

81.777.5

96.5

i 133218233239314

i 103270191

83.077.0

108. 5

90

95

97

87

84

808696

90

9091

91

88

71, 189

41.748.3

25.1

44.62.5

32.2

9.9

7194, 455

5,144

59.81.357

193O

Novem-ber

87.487.975.877.7

117.773.278.885.872.0

398, 42482.1

32, 29484.778.5

94.7

189227251231344123280210

86.278.0

112. 9

90

95

97

84

86

808796

91

9189

91

8868

76

75

88

73

83

667594

75

7896

6476

71,052

41.147.8

24.9

47.62.9

33.7

11.0

29273, 608

7, 759

72.01.394

October SeP£m-

91.694.079.080.2

114.375.481.688.274.3

411,33385.1

33, 34286.481.3

96.2

211193240192277

74278178

89.279.0

116.2

92

97

98

90

89

838997

93

9290

93

9071

77

77

89

75

88

687594

76

7897

6679

70, 790

42.348.2

30.1

52.93.8

33.9

15.2

36235, 916

16, 007

82.61. 455

92.098.574.882.9

115.176.283.488.075.6

418, 26288.2

35, 05887.583.1

91.9

159170222181201

71230188

90.679.0

116.6

92

96

98

91

89

849096

92

9090

93

9172

78

79

89

77

89

687594

77

7797

7079

70, 598

42.548.3

39.8

60.94.4

38.2

18.3

442 208, 184

13, 778

87.71.486

August

96.1101. 683.084.9

117.275.782.084.273.9

408, 89589.3

35, 13986.685.2

81.7

145177204214252

79234162

90.778.0

118.8

91

96

97

93

88

858996

92

8992

93

9071

78

77

85

79

90

717794

77

7597

7280

70, 197

42.649.1

31.9

67 74.2

47.0

16.5

33142, 738

7, 131

96.61. 514

July

! 99.4102. 748.085.7

118. 174.383.3

i 83.5i 74.6

412. 69392. 1

34, 849: 87.6

j 90.5

90.3

16119822123125398

262150

90.878.0

118.9

91

95

97

94

88

868996

92

8893

93

9273

80

77

88

82

90

727895

77

7697

7582

69, 666

43.348.4

29.5

68. 83.8

49. 1

15. 9

30141, 647

4,615

100.31.532

June

103. 9107.299.091.2

122.578.586.284.177.5

428, 67896.5

34. 74891.989.0

89J5

15618620920224081

224155

89.480.0

116.5

93

97

97

92

90

889298

95

9093

94

8878

84

79

88

86

87

758097

81

8098

8186

68, 510

44.548.6

35. 5

64 65.6

36. 5

22.5

34144,117

8,311

93.31 564

» Revised.



[August, 1931


EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— Con.

Wages

.Anthracite mines, pay roll rel. to 1923-25..r actory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):

Total rel to 1923-25Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25. .Chemicals-

Group _ rel, to 1923-25Petroleum refining rel. to 1923-25..

Iron and steel rel. to 1923-25Leather and its products...rel. to 1923-25..Lumber and its products. _rel. to 1923-25..Machinery rel. to 1923-25Nonferrous metals rel. to 1923-25 .Paper and printing rel. to 1923-25Rubber products _rel. to 1923-25Textiles rel to 1923-25Tobacco products rel. to 1923-25Transportation-

Group rel. to 1923-25Automobile rel. to 1923-25 .

Farm wages, without board dolls, per monthIndustrial pay rolls:

Total, monthly-Delaware rel. to 1923-25New Jersey .rel. to 1923-25New York rel to 1923Pennsylvania rel. to 1923-25..Wisconsin rel. to 1925-27..

Weekly-New York State - _ _ - _ thous. of dolls..Oklahoma thous. of dolls..

Road building, wages of common labor:United States average cents per hour--East North Central section

cents per hour. .East South Central section

..cents per hour-Middle Atlantic section... cents per hour..Mountain section cents per hour--New England section cents per hour..Pacific section cents per hourSouth Atlantic section cents per hour..West North Central section

cents per hourWest South Central section

cents per hour--Railways, average hourly wages dollars..U. S. Steel Corpn., wage rates-cents per hour--Weekly earnings of factory labor:

United States, totals, 23 industries-Grand total dollarsGrand total rel. to July, 1914..Men —

Total dollarsTotal rel. to July, 1914

1931

June

56.5

67.654.4

84.191.157.666.744.662.459.198.672.466.768.6

58.862. 1

3 37 00

78,072.063.260.6

9,524'„'

36

203646445121

36

20

50~

Skilled dollarsSkilled rel. to July, 1914 1Unskilled dollarsUnskilled rel. to July, 1914. 1

Women dollarsWomen rel. to July, 1914

Totals by States-Illinois . dollarsIllinois rel. to 1925-27New York dollarsNew York rel. to 1923Oklahoma dollars. .

23.9384.3

26 2596.4

Wisconsin dollars !Wisconsin rel to 1925-27 '

Youngstown district, wages ofsteel workers p. ct. of base scale

CONSTRUCTION

Building Costs

Building costs (A. O. C.), 1st ofmonth rel. to 1913..

Building costs (E. N. /?.) 1st ofmonth rel. to 1913..

Building materials:Brick house, 6-rrn,, 1st of month

rel. to 1913..Frame house, 6-rm., 1st of month

rel. to 1913Construction costs (Am. Appraisal):

Brick, steel frame rel. to 1913Brick, wood frame _ rel. to 1913Frame ...rel. to 1913..Reinforced concrete rel to 1913Factory costs (quarterly) (Aber-

thaw] rel to 1914Building volume (.4. 0. C.) rel. to 1913

Construction Contracts Awarded

Total construction, unadjusted,F. R. B rel. to 1923-192,3

Total construction, all types:Projects number. _Floor space thous. of sq. ftValuation thous. of dolls. .

127.0

196

187.4

166

158

166179165188

137

81

10, 80635, 001

331. 880

May

64.6

W. 7

88.496.164.968.745.767.863.4

100.071.071.768.3

66.175.6

81.176.366.664.967.2

10, 046

37

37

213845455021

36

22

"so"

24.5486.5

26.8796.6

21. 6584.9

127.0

197

189.3

167

160

166180186169

107

74

11, 50638, 941

300, 079

April

63.8

73.655.7

92.096.769.170.644.969.765.4

100.866.876.865.7

65.370.8

79.776.169.189.568.2

10, 414r>82

35

36

203843475122

36

2166450

-- -

24.9988.1

27.27100.124.9522.2686.7

127. 0

!

199

191. 6

167

157

172186172175

87

82

11,88839, 380

! 336,925

March

55.7

74.954.0

89.890.870.073.446. 272.066.3

101.963.281.968.3

64.167.7

'38.37

81.777.371.168.468.8

10, 723679

37

41

214144485224

37

23.689

50

25. 1388.6

27.87102.325.7322.6988. 1

127.0

199

194. 5

170

163

178192178181

78

90

10, 78837, 955

369, 981

Febru-ary

79.8

73.251.4

92.9100.867.568.845.671.984. 4

100.763.876.965.3

62.261.1

79.978.668.868.365.8

10, 365711

36

33

223942485124

36

28.689

50

January

75.8

68.446.6

90.499.362.4 i60.644.069.964.1

101.363.868.464.3

51.840.0

77.077.566.766.260.0

10, 048730

36

37

214044485120

37

26.670

50

25.2989.1

27.35100.425. 2821. 6484.3

127.0

200

196,6

171

165

179194179182

24.2585.5

26.9298.8

25. 6119.7076.5

127. 0

199

194.5

170

163

179194179182

99 95

57 55

7,629 8,91128, 339 24, 635

235, 405 227. 956

Decem-ber

85.0

73.756.3

94.7101.466.758.150.475.067.9

105.762.672.277.7

60.855.5

3 39. 04

78.783.469.771.363.9

10, 513808

37

37

224145515122

37

28.670

50

24.23193.2

25.36190,726.30185.721. 58201.515.47197.3

25.0988.4

27.42100.726. 8720.8481.1

127.0

199

196. 9

174

168

179196182184

» 185123

81

7,39129, 055

249. 430

Novem-ber

83.2

75.160.9

96.1103.268.955.054.775.167.3

105.058.773.476.8

60.857.4

78.187.772.274.866.2

10, 883869

38

37

244047505222

35

26.679

50

24.06191.9

25.15189.126. 11184. 421.29198.815.22194.1

25.3189.2

27.32100.326. 9121.3384.1

127.0

199

198, 5

172

165

180198

i 183185

173

62

9,12733, 099

253. 574

October

102.3

80.866.4

99.9109.375.869.760.481.469.4

105.465.980.378.0

62.858.4

87.193.476.280.773.0

11,489836

39

38

244148495322

38

27.659

50

24.92198.7

26.25197.427.25192.422.13206. 615.72200.5

26. 4293.1

27.94102.625.0622.8989.0

127.0

200

198. 7

176

171

186202188190

186

82

J 12, 15839, 484

i 336,706

1930

Se^'| August

78.2

83.066.4

101.3113.875.476.260.984.270.7

106.371.881.280.0

66.062.4

3 44 28

89.793.080.081.472.3

12, 061944

40

38

244248505323

37

27.664

50

25.22201.1

26.87202.028.08198.321. 93204.815. 27194.8

28.4393.1

28.84105.926.9222.1685.6

127.0

108

199. 8

\ 174

168

188206191193

* 185; 199

81

11,49541, 193

331, 864

68.2

81.766.4

100. 7117.277.580.061.685.872.0

106. 977.673.277.2

66.358.1

93 289! 377.282.073.9

11, 631958

39

37

234246505328

36

26.697

50

25.38202.4

27.15204.128.35200.222.30208.215.71200.4

26.4593.2

28.45104.427.2722.2186.0

127.0

193

201.0

175

169

190208194195

208

84

11, 62139, 760

346, 643

July

72.6

82.666.4

100.8118.178.678.663.090.976.0

107.380.869.281.9

71.772.4

94.288.177.781.277.7

11,717971

40

38

254247495325

36

26.651

50

25. 72205. 1

27.33205.528.55201.822.26207.815. 88202.6

26. 2792.6

28.40104.327.8521.4783.6

127.0

199

201. 0

177

173

193211197197

199

89

12, 53344, 577

366, 87S

June

73. 2

90.776.1

105. 3121.790.873.870.9

102. 785.0

111.988. 377.834,4

83.889.2

3 47. 24

101. I90. 182.0S9. 183. 0

12,369982

40

38

254348495426

37

28.653

50

26. 48211. 2

28.56214.729.87210.923.13218.016.13205. 7

27. 4996.9

28.86105, 928.2523.9692.8

127, o

200

29-i.i

17'.)

175

193212198198

3 189101

Hb

13, 35948, 214

500, 573

3 Quarter ended in month indicated.



51


CONSTRUCTION— Continued

Construction Contracts Awarded— Con.

Commercial buildings:Projects numberFloor space thous. of sq. f t_.Valuation thous. of dolls. _

Educational buildings:Projects number..Floor space. thous. of sq. ft..Valuation thous. of dolls

Hospital and institutional buildings:Projects numberFloor space thous of sq ftValuation thous of dolls

Industrial buildings:Projects numberFloor space . thous. of sq. ftValuation thous of dolls

Public buildings:Projects numberFloor space _ thous. of sq. ftValuation thous. of dolls .

Public works and utilities:Projects - - _ _ _ ._ _ .number .Floor space thous of sq ftValuation _ _ thous. of dolls

Religious and memorial buildings:Projects numberFloor space thous of sq ftValuation thous. of dolls

Residential buildings, all types:Projects numberFloor space thous. of sq. ft._Valuation thous of dolls

Social and recreational buildings:Projects. __ _ _ number--Floor space thous. of sq. ftValuation . thous. of dolls _

Contracts awarded, Canada.. -thous. of dolls..

Employment

Ohio, construction rel. to 1926.,

Highways

Concrete pavements, new contracts:Total.. thous. of sq. yds..Road thous. of sq. yds..

Federal-aid highways:Completed—

Cost -thous. of dolls..Distance miles

Under construction, end of month.. miles. .

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Gas and Electric Power

Electric power companies, grossrevenue thous of dolls

Electric power production:United States-

Total mills, of kw. hrs_.By fuels _ ... _ .mills, of kw. hrsBy water power mills, of kw. hrs _In street railways, manufactur-

ing plants, etc mills, of kw. hrs .In central stations, .mills, of kw. hrs

Canada-Total mills, of kw. hrs._By water power .mills, of kw. hrsExported mills, of kw. hrs-.

Rate of manufacturing operations (based onconsumption of electric energy for power pur-poses). (See under General production,)

Telephone

Telephone companies:O Derating revenues thous of dollsOperating income thous. of dolls. .

Telegraph

Commercial telegraph tolls., -thous. of dollsOperating revenues -thous. of dolls. .Operating income _ -thous. of dolls. .

Transportation

Express earnings:Operating income thous. of dollsOperating revenue thous. of dolls

Electric railways (212 companies):Average fare, . _ centsPassengers carried thous. of persons..

Inland waterways:Allegheny River _ short tonsCape Cod Canal short tons..Mississippi River Government

barees. short tons..

1931

June

2, 0302,367

154, 512

5,97216, 91372, 745

29, 793

15, 95713, 536

13, 994651

12, 306

143, 627203, 230

86, 000

May

2,141387

108, 948

6,65221,91188, 900

36, 896

12, 30310, 038

5,059225

11, 229

171, 180

7.6234.5083, 115

4477, 176

1.3601. 343

87

76. 804IS, 046

9.13311.7441,426

666, 410

169, 760216, 559

299.901

April

1,907785

132, 993

7,22122, 63395, 896

22, 708

60.0

24, 67121, 982

9,100254

9,569

176, 210

2 7, 6432 4, 5202 3, 123

4542 7, 189

1,4051,388

98

77, 09819,051

9,39111,9631,513

8,072672, 555

134, 854203, 085

82.465 -

March

1, 681522

151, 722

6, 48622, 090

100, 913

27, 312

53.7

19, 46717, 573

5,826205

8,277

2 175, 848

2 7, 8762 5, 243* 2, 633

4523 7, 424

1,4141,392

128

77, 21418, 650

9,34612, 0241,406

11910, 113

8, 072690, 476

52, 700163, 186

82, 970 :

Febru-ary

1, 2763, 825

27, 513

1472,272

16, 685

59908

7,708

2211,4997,309

832,019

10, 705

1,080246

78, 643

94392

3,926

4,52016, 55977, 918

149619

4,99925, 930

51.9

9,4038,321

9,654188

7,489

182, 280

7,1605,0012,159

4108,750

1,3381,311

145

73, 27716, 864

8,32610, 806

724

1349, 687

8,066629, 336

49, 620165, 789

69. 572

January

1,1354,567

28, 435

1462,800

19, 408

55600

4,855

2361,620

10, 067

86952

5,364

978393

95, 211

90241

1,685

4, 05612, 23554, 376

1291, 2268,557

20, 299

49.4

10, 1079,218

17, 416423

6,957

197, 960

7,9475,5972,350

4607,487

1, 4851, 456

162

76, 82417, 892

8,94311,528

609

1289, 884

8,064692, 709

56, 740233. 890

75. 512 1

1930

Decem-ber

j

1,1743, 555

25, 092

1974,012

24, 527

69752

6, 769

2662,090

12, 946

1071,710

19, 545

1,009697

78, 621

102446

5,177

4, 34014, 70570, 911

1271,1085, 849

24, 542

59.8

8,8085,081

42, 7511,0717,030

191, 920

8,1085,7462, 362

5027,606

1,5421, 513

149

77, 82016, 070

10, 01212, 973

1, 517

10210, 826

8, 050718, 784

64, 170225, 021

107, 507

Novem-ber

1,4814,727

29, 509

2024,275

29, 528

72816

6,937

3182, 056

12, 967

114645

5,240

1,292468

76, 378

111496

4, 564

5,36818, 84480, 782

169771

7,67039, 311

72.0

6,2934,790

40, 4181,1387,785

187, 340

7,6935, 5022, 191

4657, 228

1, 5151,488

142

76, 13917, 148

8,64711,348

735

12410, 474

S. 050658, 789

230, 423225, 322

S3. 480

October S«

2, 0156, 673

35, 653

2833, 584

28, 554

1101,052

11, 556

3852,610

13, 785

1371, 176

14, 553

2, 017339

112, 966

162667

5,386

6,82222, 337

104, 670

2271,0479,583

33, 332

82.6

9,7458,820

41, 0881,0258, 325

182, 950

8,1955,9062, 2S9

4867, 709

1. 5751, 550

161

79, 17319, 074

10, 13713, 1571,829

11810, 940

8,376701, 279 |

246, 832230, 043

102. 569 !

1, 8415,721

31, 137

3804,150

28, 233

1361, 753

16, 547

3475,434

24, 043

1371,300

11,661

2, 1461,484

109, 092

189860

6, 576

8,09719, 68898. 535

222804

6,04032, 407

87.7

10, 0806,360

18, 422544

8, 459

174, 940

7,7925, 5172, 275

4797,313

1,4431, 419

154

76, 92517, 756

10, 11713, 0541, 467

11510, 810

8,370646, 036

282, 393244, 640

113,749

August

1,9197,914

50, 860

5484,141

25, 897

1191,609

13, 415

4173,611

18, 175

1372, 031

12, 547

2,0761,297

126, 722

206852

8,879

5, 97916, 84382, 670

2201,4629, 478

49, 407

96.6

10, 6577,243

18,541537

8,339

168, 100

7,9065,3972. 509

5267, 380

1,4121, 391

143

76, 27916, 445

10, 12112, 9651.400

12410,416

8, 352646, 750

387, 260247, 376

70, 088

July

1,9257,332

46, 941

8236,514

42, 748

1261,900

12, 673

4015, 073

28, 882

1562,650

13, 947

2,316946

121,151

220873

8, 030

6,29718, 23184, 333

2691,0598,173

37, 374

100,3

17, 41612, 720

13, 844483

8,055

167, 200

7,8995, 0162,883

5417, 358

1,4261,404

132

76, 85015, 452

10, 13113, 090

875

9310, 891

8,340655, 477

367, 727219, 574

84266

June

1,9169,489

59, 080

6966,730

48, 919

1251, 903

19, 675

3833, 721

22, 693

1551,1158, 554

2, 5941,907

322, 842

2361, 315

11,809

7, 01220, 78296, 816

2421, 253

10, 18754, 728

93.3

18, 15613, 860

22, 939938

7,709

176, 920

7, 7844,7203, 064

5417, 243

1, 4351,414

136

77,31517, 432

10, 75913, 768

1,412

8411, 15:i

3, 328681, 783

307, 82:}208, 467

140, 173

Revised.



[August, 1931


PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued

Transportation— Continued

Inland waterways — Continued.Monongahela River.-thous. of short tons..New York State canals

thous. of short tons._Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Wheeling

thous of short tonsPanama Canal-

Total cargo traffic thou^ of long tonsIn American vessels

_ _ thous. of long tons .In British vessels thous. of Ions? tons

St. Lawrence CanaL. thous. of short tons..Sault Sta. Marie Canal

thous. of long tons.-Suez CanaL. ___thous. of met. tons _Welland Canal short tons..

Ocean traffic:Clearances, vessels in foreign trade —

Total thous of net tonsAmerican... thous. of net tons.Foreign thous. of net tons..

Passenger travel:Arrivals from abroad—-

Immigrants number. .United States citizens number--

Departures abroad—Emigrants number - ..United States citizens _ .number

National parks —Visitors numberAutomobiles entered number

Passports issued number . .Pullman Company operations:

Revenue thous of dollsPassengers carried thousands - -

Trend of business in hotels:Average sale per occupied room.. .dollars ..Room occupancy p. ct. of capacity

Shipbuilding:Rate of activity (elec. energy

consumed) _ _ rel. to 1923-25Building or under contract, end of

month-Merchant vessels.thous. of gross tons-.

Completed during month —Total gross tonsSteel, seagoing gross tons

Steam railways:Equipment —

Freight cars—In bad order, end of month-

Quantity cars.Ratio to total cars. _ .per cent-.

New orders carsOwned, end of month-

Quantity thous. of ears. -Capacity mills, of Ibs..

Shipments —Total carsDomestic cars..

Unfilled orders (railroads)—Total -. . cars..Of manufacturers cars_.In railroad skops cars__

Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assc.)—Exports steam numberIn bad order, end of month —

Awaiting classified repairs.. _. number--

Ratio to total locomotivesper cent

Installed _ number.New orders _ .number . -Retired number-

Owned, end of month —Quantity . numberTractive power mills, oflbs..

Shipments, manufacturers (Census) —Total numberElectric, domestic number. .Steam domestic number

Shipments, electric locomotives-Industrial (quarterly) numberAlining (quarterly) number

Unfilled orders (railroads), end of mo.—Of manufacturers number..In railroad shops number. _

Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Cen-sus)—

Total numberElectric domestic numberSteam, domestic . _ _ . number .

Passenger cars —In railroad hands, end of quarter

number

1931

June

1, 257

385

736

920

6, G45

1,015,469

6, 5432,2414,302

3.5856

84.8

22, 64716, 964

172, 7767.9972

2,229268, 5SO

615555

7,1792,0705,109

1

5,938

10.9114

2291

55,1012, 513

19

19

3 4* 82

2016

955430

New orders carsShipments —

Total - cars .Domestic— _ cirsUnfilled orders, end of n er

.number. .

1313

May

1,508

457

686

1, 925

937421

1, 166

4, 3352, 403

1,165,853

6,5392, 5254,014

3,79922, 518

5,61623, 242

28, 513

5,0551/JOO

3.5061

89.7

370

34, 52728, 613

170, 1657.746

2. 244209, 645

648646

6, 5851,5994, 88G

5,910

10.894

151182

55, 2782, 518

26

26

April

1,518

349

713

2,011

929436319

9222, 396

370, 003

5,9072,0923,815

3,47028, 231

5, 64724,418

March

1, 535

546

1,916

910429

2,440

5,0441,7733,271

3,57734, 861

4, 69332, 278

Febru-ary January

1, 359 1, 571

42S 505

1, 930 2, 107

864 958448 540

2,474 | 2,7441

4,9721,6953,277

3, 14727, 508

4,72033, 172

21, 466

5, 2381,986

3.7363

92.5

397

13, 7664, 985

162, 9667.4

2,768

2,249209, 958

1,0821, 082

7,5422,1765, 366

5

5,958

10.967

151

55, 3662,520

152

12

31 5720 24

58 80

47

3838

69

4

3737

14, 328

4,8941,966

3.6361

98.3

409

17,44313, 976

162, 1177.3

2,166

2,251210,102

762657

7, 4841,5695, 915

5, 967

K .

161

55, 4502 522

1055

»173 60

6026

952

81

» 51, 489

2424

*125

7, 255

5, 3461, 919

3.8464

114.8

412

25, 6229,703

153, 6066.924

2, 253210, 235

633533

8, 6372,2076, 430

2

5, 734

10.4868

128

55, 5342,525

155

10

5729

1037

85

3030

5,4141,8433,571

4,09119, 844

4,39724, 885

48, 8749,2117,445

6,0722,203

3.8066

113.9

421

29, 41321,045

147, 6506.7

2.254210, 229

845735

8, 7992,6816,118

5,522

10.080

2182

55, 5762, 525

166

10

6430

911278

3333

1930

! Decem-ber

1 1, 547

I 500

2,167

j 95353638

3112,246

i 68, 400

5. 5051,9913, 514

6, 43928, 535

5. 45021, 140

37, 2466. 0106, 585

5,4182,180

3.7260

99.0

344

25 97118, 391

147,3346.6

2, 691

2. 258; 210,426

607436

9,7803,3766,404

3

5, 216

9.59260

390

1 55, 6782, 528

1 49i 7! 37

3 03

Novem-ber

1,811

390

926

2,263

1,009615563

5,1302, 186

583, 907

6,2242,5013. 723

9, 20922, 3S1

4. 95124, 420

43, 3617,9377,496

5,3052, 031

3. 9665

105.5

359

53, 55139, 830

155, 8837.0

2,862

2,271211,788

1,1821, 139

3,7161,1252,591

5,102

9.296

4268

55, 9852,538

436

37

3 76

90i 30

104; 18, 86

\ » 51, 644: 2

8| 8

32C4

5933

932563

10

6767

October

2,075

608

1,037

2,394

1,133516877

9,0942, 217

916,' 563

;,0742, 6514,423

13, 94240, 702

5, 35232, 988

67, 08915,5967,834

6,0162, 278

3.9069

121.5

366

51, 66716, 895

157, 7277.1

3, 291

2,272211,823

2,3842,307

5,4232,4452,978

5

4,936

8.9127

7206

56, 1572,541

502

48

10237

1323196

7373

Septem-ber

2,087

458

928

2,060

1,040436914

10,3472,204

979, 532

7, 6533,0604,593

17, 79280, 900

5,10056, 526

183, 58343. 9398,772

6,4762,517

3.8264

124.1

423

32, 08320, 125

157, 1417.1565

2, 275211,942

4, 2354, 176

6,1754, 1272,048

2

4,676

8.614725

198

56, 2362,541

653

62

3 33 113

14338

17433

136

3 51, 77062

5050

465

August July June

2,152

457

998

2, 145

1,022532

1, 007

11, 2672,288

985, 829

8,4803, 3595, 121

14,81669, 957

5, 24588, 372

549, 287127, 15310, 510

7, 1282, 767

3.9660

122.8

489

75, 03033, 302

153, 0466.8823

2, 274211, 831

5,9405,934

10, 8027,7233,079

4,585

8.216134

216

56, 2872,540

775

68

2,154

563

1,106

2,402

1,221578930

12, 3672,390

850, 918

8,0673,3714,696

13. 32338, 822

4,81855, 366

596, 699143, 04916, 084

6, 4852, 541

3.8659

116.8

465

45, 06915, 974

144, 9876.5

1,306

2,274211,550

5,3485,348

17, 23014, 2472, 983

4,562

8.2118

156

56, 3422, 537

563

52

18946

23436

193

13

3535

24254

29141

243

32

4141

2,152

416

: 1, 015; 2, 147

1, 062555898

12, 6502,111

755, 820

7,5092,8224, 687

14, 94432, 284

4,32040, 103

293, 93177, 15332, 405

7,1982,679

3.8962

111.8

487

29, 80617, 395

140, 5946.3794

2,272211, 221

5, 0665, 059

22, 75919, 1613,598

3

4,515

8.1165

193

56, 3802,535

81

80

3 53136

30064

34344

291

3 51, 77713

6666

35871 Quarter ended in month indicated.



53

Earlier data for items shown here may 1931 1930


PUBLIC UTILITIES— ContinuedTransportation — Continued

Steam railways — Continued.Financial operations —

Net operating income. thous. of dolls..Operating revenues —

Canada.. thous. of dells..United States-

Total _. thous. of dolls. .Freight thous. of dolls..Passengers . .thous. of do l l s .

Operating expenses thous. of dolls -Net operating revenue, Canada

thous. oi doils..Freight cars —

Carloadings—Total thous of carsCoal and coke -thous. of carsForest products thous. of cars..Grain and grain products

.thous. of cars .Livestock thous of carsOre thous. of carsMerchandise,!, c. Lthous. of cars..Miscellaneous thous. of cars..

Car surplus (daily average, last weekof mo.)—

Total .cars .Box . . cars _Coal cars

Operation results-Freight carried 1 mile-

Canada mills, of tons._United States. .mills, of tons..

Passengers carried 1 mile millions .Receipts per ton-mile cents..

FINANCEAgricultural Finances

Loans outstanding, end of month:Federal land banks . mills, of dollsFederal intermediate credit banks

mills, of dolls..Joint-stock land banks mills, of dolls..

BankingBank debits:

Canada mills, of dolls.New York City mills, of dolls _Outside New York City— mills, of dolls..Outside New York City— _rel. to 1923-25..

Brokers' loans, end of month:By N. Y. F. R. member banks

mills, of dollsRatio to market value per centTotal . - mills, of dolls

Deposits, New York State savings banks,end of mo mills, of dolls..

Federal reserve banks:Bills discounted mills, of dollsNotes in circulation mills, of dolls..Reserve ratio . percentReserve ratio rel to 1923-25Total deposits _ mills, of dollsTotal investments mills, of dollsTotal reserve mills of dolls

Federal reserve member banks:Net demand deposits mills, of dolls..Total investments _ _ mills, of dollsTotal loans and discounts__mills. of dolls. _

Interest rates:Call loans, renewal _ .per centFederal land banks per cent..Intermediate credit banks per centNew York Federal Reserve

Bank (dis.) _ _. per centPrime bankers' acceptances per cent..Prime commercial paper

(4-6 months) per cent..Prime commercial paper (4-6 months)

rel to 1923-25Time loans, 90 days ..percent..

Business FailuresFirms (United States):

Total commercial.. number. _Manufacturers number. _Trade establishments numberAgents and brokers - . number

By groups-Manufacturers —

Total numberChemicals number,.Foodstuffs number..Leather number..Liquors and tobacco number. .Lumber ... .numberPrinting and engraving, number, .Stone, clay, and glass number. _Textiles number..Metals number. _All other _ number..

June

2 992465125

14075

119876

1,192

599 282306* 443224' 120

1 182

137532

25 89319, 406

98.4

1 4792 98

1 391

1491,72384 6

110 02 504

7733 576

13, 6887,795

14, 691

1.505.633.90

1.50.88

2.00

46.41.50

1,993449

1,435109

449

6426105721

5337

167

May

41, 264

369 020283, 16146 991

288 087

3 736611165

ISO10680

1,0971,496

615 924306* 319938 504

1 184

131536

3,17225 07218, 858

95.6

1 5393 37

1 435

5,083

3741, 58084 9

110 42 442

7243 413

13,6057, 807

14, 730

1.455.634.00

1.502.00

2.13

49.41.75

2,248552

1, 570126

552124314

A

65279

50250

April

39, 074

30, 912

369, 652283,71147, 272

290,618

3,640

2 986486130

1518529

8991,206

602 832282 315251 679

2,13628, 7101 8311,093

1 185

138540

2 78626 82119, 620

99.5

1 7303 40

1 651

5,059

1571,53584 0

109 22 434' 761

3 334

13, 6847 903

14, 993

1 525.634 00

1 501.50

2.38

55 22 00

2,386515

1 710' 158

5159

38126

75105

7855

227

March

45, 906

30, 613

376, 149291, 28947, 150

291, 582

3,112

2 940555138

1537923

8861,105

621 509298 837252 825

2,10429,9601,7581,074

1 187

138544

2 57027 58919, 421

98.4

1 8753 58

1 909

5,018

2501,48882 8

107 42 506' 723

3 296

13, 7487 551

15, 382

1 555.634 00

2 001. 50

2.50

58 02 13

2,604582

1 843179

5825

37239

61277

7952

282

Febru-ary

27, 264

26, 788

336, 632257, 52146, 455

272, 116

121

2 836584138

1658822

842997

650 964324 938253 515

1,95127, 0791 7471 049

1 187

128548

2 53520 94817, 084

86.6

1 7983 22

1 840

4,928

1981,47883 7

108 82 399' 708

3 244

13, 6147 183

15, 464

1 505.634 00

2 001.44

2.63

61 01 88

2, 563583

1 831149

5831337149

72154

9654

269

January

33, 849

28 141

265 900277, 01453 349

294 082

424

3 491

156

19612426

997 I1,175

646 750336* 577240 292

2,01630,3141 9151 015

1 187

128550

2 66824 55721, 697110.0

1 7343 30

1 720

4,888

2321,49482 2

108 92 448' 735

3 243

13, 6806 843

15, 753

1 575.634 00

9 001.56

2.88

68 82 13

3,316611

2 541' 164

6111032176

762111

12444

270

Decem-ber

49, 372

33, 450

377, 933280, 90955 443

297, 806

5,910

2 784638121

143Q492

820946

706 538380* 603251 358

2, 2391 29 026

2 0151 052

1 187

130553

3 01229 00122, 113117.2

1 9963 86

1 894

4,792

2511,66473 795 8

2 5171 100

13, 9996 693

16, 263

2 235.634 00

2 001.88

! 2. 88

66 82 95

i

2,525537

1 834154

5379

3414

15128534

251

Novem-ber

62, 069

35 474

398 7S6311, 04248 710

299 301

7 579

4 127852174

19014092

1,1331,546

580 498304* 100213 752

2, 63332, 2951 8281 050

1 188

132567

2 97422 49019,700

99.9

2 1114 06

2 162

4, 666

2751,45580 3

104 42 429

7803 115

13, 9086 800

16, 516

2 005.634 00

2 5Q1.88

2.88

66 82 13

2,031448

1 447' 136

4485

278

107118147134

190

October

112, 251

42 093

483 455385, 68452 368

326, 286

11, 408

3 818' 733

15'J

163129154966

1,514

409 637230* 705l9^ 935

3,09639 2921 959l'o63

1 189

126560

3 61830 78123, 693120.1

2 5124 65

2 556

4,658

2071,36882 2

106 92 465

7713 149

13, 8306 731

16, 764

2 005.634 00

2 501.88

3.00

69 62 50

2,124499

1 474151

4997

3515145420129734

211

Septem-ber

104, 078

44, 340

467, 469363, 47359 092

320, 131

11,435

3 725'638

162

189108195944

1, 490

394 032202 398139 416

3,56236 2202 2531 081

1 190

123563

2 96727 38321, 253107.7

3 0635 79

3 481

4,662

2721, 37979 7

103 62 532

813M 10

13,8126 454

17, 013

2 195.634 06

2 501.88

3.00

69 62 63

1,963434

1 395134

4349

35148

6516

5330

197

August

95, 604

38, 804

466 370354, 71367 432

327, 204

5 619

4 670760207

304106284

1,1791,821

431 971232 898141 721

2,26837,421

2 6341 040

1 191

123565

3 80225 05220, 966106.3

3 1105 31

3 559

4,591

2151,37481 1

105 52 423

7793 079

13, 6296 338

16, 8309 215.634 13

2 501.88

3.00

69 62 63

1,913566

1 234113

5661429211198197

5533

279

July June

82, 750 68, 883

38 071 • 38 995

457 025 >:- 444 848347 293 '< 33l' 647

65 805 ' 67 14633l' 562 • 334' 638

5 702 5 486

3 556 3 71Q' 557 ' ' 579

160 199

233 16680 1 86

245 250899 967

1, 382 1, 472

454 815 465 464232 235 246 622165 499 163* 396

2, 131 2, 53835 580 ; 34 419

2 567 2 5131 071 1 063

1 192 1 193

111 92567 : 569

3 094 3 39829 600 37' 69023, 171 2 24, 621

117. 5 2 124. 18

3 228 3 2^95 49 5 83

3 689 3 728

4,572 4,559

9nn 9791,342 1,42483 4 81 Q

108 5 106 42 447 2 ^55

714 7243 160 3 174

13,798 13,7406 291 6 120

16,945 i 16,960

2 20 26°5.61 ! 5.584 17 ; 4 55

2 50 2 501. 88 ; 2. 13

3.25 3.50

75 4 81 °2 75 2 8S

2,028 : 2,026425 507

1 481 1 393122 ''> 126

425 ' 50711 i 937 i 4510 81 6

81 8520 ! 229 7

51 7545 28

160 | 222* Revised.



[August, 1931


FINANCE -Continued

Business Failures— Continued

Firms (United States)— Continued.By groups— Continued.

Traders-Total number..Books and paper .numberChemicals and paints. __ number. _Clothing number--Foods and tobacco number. .General stores. number. .Household furniture number--All other . number-

Firms (Canada) number..Liabilities (United States):

Total commercial . -- -thous. of dolls..Total commercial rel. to 1923-25..Manufacturers - -thous. of dolls .Trade establishments thous. of dollsAgents and brokers thous. of dolls

Liabilities (Canada) - thous. of dolls.

Dividend and Interest Payments

Grand total mills, of dolls-Dividend payments:

Total mills, of dolls. .Industrial and miscel-

laneous .mills, of dolls. .Steam railroads mills, of dolls-Street railways mills, of dolls. .

Interest payments .mills, of dolls. _

Net Corporation Profits

Grand total 10 groups mills, of dolls .

1931

June

1,4352084

23536089

243404174

51, 656121.8

21, 90925, 9343,8133,504

762

340

23734

7416

May

1,57019

10829540188

357302196

53, 371125.9

18, 50625, 0699,7962,775

580

292

213338

268

Total public utilities mills, of dolls..Industrial and miscellaneous-

Total mills, of dolls. _Automobiles, parts and accessories

mills, of dolls. .Food mills, of dolls..Machinery mills, of dolls.. |Metals and mining mills, of dolls. .Oil mills, of dolls. -Miscellaneous mills, of dolls. -Steel and railroad equipment

mills, of dolls. _Class I railroads mills, of dolls. .Telephone mills, of dolls. .Other large public utilities mills, of dolls--

Stockholders

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:Domestic number-.Foreign number..

Pennsylvania R. R. Co.:Domestic number .Foreign number--

U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):Domestic number--Foreign number--Shares held by brokers p. ct. of total. .

Foreign Exchange Rates

America:Argentina - dolls, per gold pesoBrazil . dolls, per milreis .Canada dolls, per Canadian dolL.Chile dolls, per paper peso..

Asia:Japan dolls, per yen--India dolls, per rupee--

Europe:Belgium __ dolls, per franc. _England dolls. Der Ib. sterling _France dolls, per franc. .Italy . -.dolls, per lira-Netherlands dolls, per guilder--Sweden _*dolls. per krone--Switzerland. - dolls, per franc. .

Life Insurance

(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)

Admitted life insurance assets (10 cos.):Grand total mills, of dolls..

1

3 240 7343 3, 291

.703

.075

.997

.121

.494

.360

.1394.86.039052

.402

.208

Mortgage loans-Total mills, of dolls..iFarm mills, of dollsAll other mills, of dolls..

Bonds and stocks (book value): iGovernment mills, of dolls >Public utility mills, of dolls., iRailroad mills of noilsAll other mills, of dolls 'Total mills, of dolls..;

Policy loans and premium notesmills of doll9

.707

.067

.999

. 121

.494

.361 !

.1394.86.039.052. 402. 268.193

15. 769

6 3451, 5414, 804

1,1641.6112, 653

4995, 927

'" liev sed.

April

1,7101898

351451109297386204

50, 868120.0

18, 71926, 3865,7633,638

749

314

236389

435

March

1,84328

107400411152358357213

60, 387142.4

21,07230, 3485,9673,752

594

311

23646

284

Febru-ary

1,8311993

381438131407362253

59, 608140.6

25, 30430, 8523,4523,014

521

285

217459

239

> 126

331331

363 4

347

. 8107

569

3574,905! 3 fi 383

3235,3063 3, 272

8147,4403 2. 451

January

2,54115

117633476220571509296

94, 608223.1

47, 63343, 0713,9044,215

1,121 !

521

3865616 !

601 |

| 3 If,. fiS

.765

.0731.000.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

15,662

6,3321, 5444,788

1,1341, 0052, GtiO

4955,894

2, 300

.780

.0791.000.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.192

15, 573

6,3301,5474,783

1,1201,5782, 651

4875,836

2,273

.719

.0861.000.121

.494

.359

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

15, 474

6,3231,5554,768

1,1081,5722,648

4855,813

2,241

.697

.091 !

.998

.121

.494 I

.359

.1394.85 !. 039.052.402 i.268.194

15,392

6,312 i1,555 I4,757 I

1,106 !1,5452,633 !

4785,762

2,212

Quarter e

193O

Decem-ber

1,83415

114444461138290372295

83, 683197.4

19, 94828, 85335, 3826,994

713

281

2213914

429

3 6833341

3 116

3 163 30

3 93 4

343

33

o16

3*68» 273

3560,4243 6 184

3233, 4143 3, 190

3143.2213 2, 3453 16. 20

.756

.096

.999

.121

.496

.359

.1404.86.039.052.403.268.194

15, 293

6, 3031,5544,749

1,1041,5312,637

4755,747

2,169

nded in n

Novem-ber

1,44711

111261393104245322237

55, 261130.3

19, 43821,21714, 6062,958

579

277

2123912

302

""."".'.

.781

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.194

15,217

6,2701,5614,709

1,1011,5262,640

4695,736

2,127

lonth ind

October

1,4741894

250398108253353214

56, 297132.8

17, 98922. 09616,2122,532

763

320

2504411

443

Septem-ber

1,3951298

25734193

247347175

46, 947110.7

16, 44819,31111, 1882,664

524

228

18430

7296

3 77f>3 288

2 204

3 293 37

3 83 5

3 24« 66

3353 283

3653 223

3 540, 8263 5, 866

3212 3113 3, 096

3132,4793 3. 0263 18 fiO

.781

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394.86.039.052.403.269.194

15, 120

6,2441, 5G24,682

1,0951,5212,638

4655, 719

2,098

icated.

.818

.1011.001.121

.494

.360

.140186.039.052.403.269.194

15, 024

6,2231, 5634,660

1,0891,4882,622

4495,648

2,062

August

1,2341178

27032967

201275167

49, 181116.0

24, 73517, 8298,6172, 939

424

197

15337

227

July June

1,4812173

26840383

235398183

39, 82693.9

13, 36921, 5724,8872,997

916

373

2785413

543

.........

.825

.1001.001.121

.494

.360

.140 '4.87 !.039 i.052 I.403.269 I.194 |

14,926 ;

6,2131,571 !4,642 j

1,0851,473 !2,621

4375,616

2,041

1,3931393

2C436573

259326156

63, 131148. 9

2G, 27322, 82514,0332, 707

i 779

329

- 26240

2 8392

'= 329

2276

' 1C*8

3 71

2 53?200

> 259

i f,f!7 774'< f ' FTC

i 207 £f,Q

.82]

.1091.001.121

.494

.361

.1404.87.039.052.402.269.194

14, 837

6,2001,5724,628

1,0791,4502,617

4365,582

2,018

' 18.57

. 845

.1141.000. 121

.494

.360

.1404. 8(i.039. 052.402. 2G9. 194

14, 730

0, 171

4, 59S

1,0731,4412, 600

5, 531

1,992



55


FINANCE— Continued

Life Insurance— Continued

Amount of new insurance (44 cos.):Group mills, of dolls_.Industrial _ mills, of dollsOrdinary mills of dollsTotal insurance mills, of dolls__

Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.):Group thous. of certificates „_Industrial thous. of policiesOrdinary _ _ _ thous. of policiesTotal policies and certificates .-thousands--

Premium collections (44 cos.):Annuities thous. of dolls..Group thous. of dolls__Industrial . ..thous. of dollsOrdinary __ thous. of dolls..Total thous. of dolls..

Sales of ordinary life insurance (Life InsuranceSales Research Bureau):

Canada, total, 15 cos thous. of dolls.."United States, total thous. of dolls..

Eastern manufacturing dis-trict thous. of dolls..

Far western district._.thous. of dolls..Southern district thous. of dolls..Western agricultural dis-

trict thous of dollsWestern manufacturing dis-

trict thous. of dolls

Gold and SilverGold:

Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces..Exports thous. of dolls..Imports thous. of dolls..Monetary stocks of U. S., daily

average mills, of dolls.Rand output fine ounces

Silver:Exports thous. of dolls__Imports thous. of dolls__Price at New York dolls, per fine oz__Production-

United States thous of fine ozCanada thous. of fine ozMexico thous of fine oz

Stocks, end of month —United States thous. of fine ozCanada thous of fine oz

Public Finance

Customs receipts thous. of dolls..Expenditures chargeable to ordinary

receipts thous. of dolls..Government debt, gross, end of

month mills, of dollsTotal ordinary receipts thous. of dolls. .United States money in cir-

culation _ . mills, of dolls

Stocks and Bonds

BONDSBond prices:

Combined priceindex... p. ct. of par, 4% bond..

Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..Industrial p. ct. of par, 4% bond..Public utility p. ct. of par, 4% bond--Second-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..

Bond prices, 1st of following month:50 domestic bonds p. ct. of par_.40 representative issues p. ct. of par..5 Liberty bonds p. ct. of par_-

Bond yields:Industrial (15) per cent--Liberty arid Treasury bonds per cent..Municipal (15) per cent..Municipal bond yield (20) per cent..Railroads (15). ._ . .percentU. S. Treasury notes and certificates,

3-6 mos per cent..Utilities (15) _ per cent-Total, GO high grade per cent

Long-term real-estate bonds issued:Grand total thous of dollsInterest rates per cent..Kind of structure —

Apartments thous. of dolls..Hotels thous. of dolls

1931

June

81251673

1,005

45926285

1,256

13, 8688,117

60, 654173, 947256, 586

46, 227734, 614

321,40370, 22684, 055

100, 752

158, 178

114,65139

63, 887

4,865897, 000

1,8922,351

2,733731

1,611958

28, 986

375, 153

16, 801512,894

4, 750

79.0797.7364. 3682.7678.51

100. 2583.84

106. 30

5.253.303.763.844.32

.554. 464.45

3,4255. 69

Office and commercial .thous. of dolls.. 2, 700Purpose of issue — !

Acquisitions and im-provements.. thous. of dolls _;

Finance construction thous of dolls \ 000

May

72236

26722980

35845

22882 1, 168

25, 1758,037

59, 884175, 562268, 658

41,314724, 206

313, 03868, 66381, 955

98, 861

161, C89

95, 133628

50, 258

4, 707910,279

2, 0992,636.277

2 2, 7621, 836

1,4851,423

27, 463

285, 892

16, 527124, 405

4,679

80.4897.6866.7080.9182.54

99.8981.01

106. 84

5.2423.31

3.753.744.27

.884.444.43

9,4855.43

265"8,650

265

April

99235691

1,025

59865301

1,225

12, 6828,398

53, 854183, 992258, 926

45, 648754, 002

327, 07770, 94382, 930

102, 396

170, 656

93, 61227

49, 543

4,7H2 882, 237

3,2492,439.283

2,8311,1399,567

7131,509

31, 798

432, 366

16, 655148, 208

4, 647

80.8696.1168.1580.0684. 03

100. 1285.30

105. 77

5.103.383.803.854.33

1.494.464.43

7,2355.68

250

"1,166"

1. 700Heal-esUte mortgage. .thous of dolls.. 425 9,220 3,135

March

62247720

1,028

28881321

1,230

11, 9198,790

62, 920186,452270, 081

46, 945770, 440

343, 74573, 57977, 628

101, 945

173, 543

85, 09126

25, 671

4,682910, 998

2,3231,821.292

3,5281,4316, 511

2, 714796

31, 807

720, 236

16, 583433, 301

4,590

82.2996.3170.8379.5986.58

100. 1588.03

105. 37

4.983.393.893.904.27

1.384.484.41

2,0155.66

"""l,l75"

2301, 000

630

Febru-ary

104209599912

60731247

1,039

12, 4308,748

56, 388166, 759244, 325

40, 180647, 140

289, 75760, 09464, 009

86, 439

146, 841

87, 71714

16, 156

4, 6562839, 937

1, 6381,877.268

3,1871,7726,944

1,851702

28, 107

191, 425

16, 231118, 614

4, 598

82.0696.4170.7279.0086.39

100. 2786.67

104. 85

5.013.403.954.034.27

1.064.544.44

3,5905.36

~ ~ ~ 2 ~ 666"

1, 5001,090

January

78214596888

44750231

1,026

10, 74110, 10862, 659

170, 497254, 005

41, 188628, 607

280, 06661, 58965, 329

82, 754

138, 869

94, 47654

34, 426

4,622914, 576

3,5712,896.294

3,4801,9328, 751

2792694

28, 808

413, 796

16, 163125, 605

4,695

81.9896.5970.9878.1486.54

99.5784.56

104.23

4.993.333.924.054.25

1.244.564.43

4,5205.81

1,2501,200

1, 2502,850

193O

Decem-ber

131229753

1,112

59794319

1,172

19, 6159,591

112, 666191, 871333, 743

49, 874795, 642

324, 63586, 29191, 922

117,117

175, 677

109, 90736

32, 778

4,583908, 492

3,4722,660.326

3,7132,0438,481

2960179

30, 764

364, 540

16, 026717,092

4,823

78.9692.8968.6175.5482.78

99.5481.53

105. 53

5.123.344.054.124.41

1.484.614.55

29, 8775.75

34028, 972

850530

! 27,945

Novem-ber

59208593861

28741253

1,022

7, 0947,269

58, 108154, 473226, 944

46, 868653, 131

279, 65165. Oil72, 189

90, 178

146, 102

113, 4305,008

40, 159

4, 553884, 735

4,1022,652.359

3,7381,4128,712

956216

36, 365

244, 651

16, 185120, 362

4,528

81.1094. 6370.5377.3285.85

99.6884.05

106. 41

4.973.324.004.064.32

1.404.574.46

9,9655.74

110

9,300

1, 5955, 120

October

52244620915

35847261

1,143

6,9177,944

55, 851165, 954236, 666

46, 019685, 755

285, 59471, 96177, 196

97, 300

153, 704

152, 6489, 266

35, 635

4,520926, 561

4,4242,270.358

3,8162,2918,889

649217

39, 319

375, 244

16, 180147,813

4,501

82.4995.8571.6378.9287.49

100. 0886. 08

106. 06

! 4.893.343.943.994.25

1.744.534.41

6,6355.61

175

3,050

2,0001, 2!01, 975

Septem-ber

138210545894

46722229996

5,0167,220

59, 859147, 907220, 002

39, 643603, 102

238, 90968, 52069, 724

89, 779

136, 170

125, 87111, 13313, 680

4, 503903, 176

3,9033,461.363

3,7803,4869,154

813341

36, 655

308, 221

16, 081602, 811

4, 492

84.2695.8376.1379.4988.32

100. 9688.25

105. 84

4.853.373.973.974.25

1.844.554.41

13, 8905.89

6002,300

10, 5001, 475

165

August

73234622929

39805245

1,088

5,7976,508

58, 961150, 754222,020

37, 061685, 864

275, 22877, 45080,858

99, 276

153, 052

112, 39539, 33219, 714

4,496921, 081

4,5443,492.352

3, 8352,6857,755

677410

32, 083

224, 117

16, 188127, 388

4,476

82.9394.2576.3376.8286.94

100. 4190.99

105. 23

4.873.383.974.014.29

1.534.594.43

1,9385.46

675250

3001,388

July

130248715

1,092

74896270

1,241

7,0478,480

54, 602170, 847240, 976

49, 829779, 184

319, 32182, 95589, 284

114,929

172, 695

115, 11941, 52921, 889

4,532912, 652

3,7093,953.343

3,5512,1007, 905

459312

26, 200

284, 310

16, 176138, 741

4,483

81.4392.8375.4374.9985.09

99.8191.12

105. 44

4.923.374.054.084.36

1.834.634.49

16, 4255.99

10, 0501,4003,395

48010, 7252,590

June

107312720

1,144

521, 163

2671,482

5,3597, 615

59, 522166, 190238, 686

55, 355822, 437

330, 94887,11494, 384

121,170

188, 821

90, 76426

13, 938

4, 528887, 867

3, 33G2, 707.346

3, 9691,485

10, 276

737441

72, 170

416, 7<J9

16, 185803, 495

4, 489

81.1091.3675.6074. 7884.91

99.1090. 62

105. 28

4.923.374.104.144.41

1.894.674.53

11, 0936.20

5,665198

3,035

1, 1106, 6481, 555

' Revised.



[August, 1931


FINANCE— Continued

Stocks and Bonds — Coatinued

STOCKS

Stock prices, average daily closing:25 industrials, average dolls, per share..25 industrials, average rel. to 1923-25..25 railroads, average dolls, per share...25 railroads, average ..rel. to 1923-25..103 stocks, average dolls per shareSouthern cotton mills dolls, per share

Stock prices, average weekly closing:All industrials (404) rel. to 1926All railroads (33) . rel. to 1926All utilities (34) rel. to 1926__Industrials, rails and utilities

(337) rel to 1926Agricultural implements (4). -rel. to 1926..Airplanes (10) ...rel. to 1926,Automobiles and trucks (13) . .rel. to 1926..Automobile tires and rubber

goods (7) rel to 1926Chain stores (17) rel. to 1926Copper and brass (9) rel. to 1926.Food, other than meat (20)...rel. to 1926,.Machinery and machine equip-

ment 00) rel to 1926Oil producing and refining

(16) rel to 1926Railroad equipment (9) rel. to 1926..Rayon (5) rel. to 1926..Steel and iron (9) rel to 1926Textiles (30) - -rel. to 1926.Theaters, motion pictures and

amusements (7) .rel. to 1926Tobacco and tobacco products

(10) rel. to 1926..Traction, motor transportation

(9) _.Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Ex-

change thous. of shares. .Stock yields:

Preferred high-grade industrial(°0) per cent

Total common (90) per cent..Industrials (50) per cent.Public utilities (20) per centRailroads (20) per cent--

New Security Issues

Bond sales (Canada):Corporation thous of dollsGovernment and provin-

cial thous of dollsMunicipal thous of dolls

Bond sales (U. S.):Corporation —

Total _ thous. of dollsClass of industry-

Industrial thous. of dolls..Land and build-

ings thous of dollsOil thous of dollsPublic utilities thous. of dolls..Railroads _ -thous. of dolls .Shipping and mis-

cellaneous thous. of dolls..Purpose of issue —

New capital thous. of dolls..Refunding . thous. of dolls. _

Type of security —Bonds and notes thous. of dollsStocks - - -.thous. of dolls..

Bond sales on N. Y, Stock Exchange:Miscellaneous thous of dollsLiberty— Treasury thous. of dolls..Total thous. of dolls. _

Foreign governments thous of dolls

1931

June May

198. 56158.668.0997.4

35.81

95.174.0

153.0

86 5129.2189.7101.2

46.788.562.0

111.9

83.4

63.154.648.668.245.0

44.6

133.5

63.2

58, 719

5. 855.966.264.477.76

252, 918

6,350

3,8135,000

220, 41616,113

1,226

131,343121, 575

247, 0345,884

252, 58515, 167

267, 752

Foreign loans in the UnitedStates , , - thous. of dolls.. __

States and municipalities:Permanent loans thous. of dolls--Temporary loans thous. of dolls. .

Tax-Exempt Securities

Total end of month mills of dolls

115, 80128, 452

193. 75154.865.8994.2

31.39

98.076.8

156.4

89.4140.3202. 3110.0

46.488.866.7

117.7

88.7

63.257.148.672.147.4

44.3

137.3

60.8

46, 661

5.715.956.234.427.91

250, 590

4,850

10, 4152, 000

210,02522, 500

800

169, 36081, 230

190, 06560, 525

221, 25614,431

235, 687

5©, 000

* 169, 081» 24, 799

April

215.74172.474.97107.236.38

109.287.3

169. 8

100.3150. 5227.6117.4

50.086. 279.4

127.1

109.4

74.167.552.686.152. 2

61.3

144.3

61.9

54, 335

5.595.435.694. 047.12

March

237. 52189.884. 55120.940.49

121. 697.2

188.9

111.8178.6268. 2128.6

57.589. 99.-.. 7

136. 9

125. 1

84.578.251. 5

102.958.2

76.1

143. 8

67.1

65, 494

5.544.955.173. 606.75

456, 678

96, 932

7, 5774,940

305, 6616,000

35, 568

267, 471189, 207

354, 809101, 709

215, 66112, 127

227, 788

46, 000

111,395196, 598

401, 229

82, 400

3,7652,053

101, 393200, 018

11,600

269, 030132, 199

391, 7589,471

238, 2988,723

247, 021

Febru-ary

235. 29188.092.03131. 644.00

119.8104.7177.9

110.3174.0237.3120.4

54.486.490.8

133.2

125.8

90.777.452.2

101.255.3

80.2

137.4

66.3

64, 145

5.615.125. 353.896. 29

January

214.18 I171. 1 !90.38 |129.2 140.69 [

112.3100.4163.4

103.4161.7 :202. 5106.2

50.678.4 i82.1

127.2

120.4

89. 174.153.889.852.5

G9.4 i

131.5 !

63.1 i

52,543

5.665. 505.734.266.56

; i

88, 226

2,925

6, 405

64, 26612, 000

2, 630

74, 25113, 975

61, 46026, 766

174, 53519,911

194, 446

13,791 i 8,707

279,327 ! 119,589a 64, 975 i 250, 436

'

580,706 !

69,173

8,0211,500

324,108175,004

2,900

399,848180,858

535, 40445, 302

247, 30818, 809

264, 117

95, 657

49, 97769, 697

Decem-ber

212. 34169. 682.00117.238. 09

109. 493.5

157. 9

101.9ISO. 7177.0100.3

54.978. 179.9

123.0

116. 9

87. 872.958.291.651.0

66.7

125. 6

63.3

58, 764

5.775.625.794.377.05

11, 748

45, 1703,236

187, 644

21, 889

30, 002

116,77814, 250

4,725

180, 8728,772

114,13573, 509

250, 70715, 055

265, 762

22, 377

97, 70376, 531

1Q fi4fi

Novem-ber

227. 60181.890.23129.042.1262.04

116.7102.1167.4

108.5195.8214.9101.2

56. 081.790.8

126.4

120.3

96.970. 867.999.554.9

77.7

129.2

67.9

51, 946

5. 625.435. 694.106,40

2,700

20, 0002,526

141, 855

10, 562

15, 3654,250

89, 7387,600

14, 340

137, 6224,233

123,41718, 438

182, 9066,640

189, 5469, 500

5, 662

93, 98280, 422

19, 684

October

240. 49191.197.30139.143.4463.54

127. 6110.9187.0

117.8211.7269. 6108.0

52.588.192.6

133. 5

134.4

106. 482.064.6

115.458.2

87.8

136.8

72.3

65, 497

5.525.055.393. 645.98

34, 166

111,55212, 547

213, 795

44, 605

8, 74035, 750

104, 6425,000

15, 058

151, 14862, 647

183, 65930, 136

264, 3577,773

272, 130

103, 545

158, 38081, 222

20, 040

1930

StT; August

282. 92226.0

110. 16157.547.4065. 70

148.8122. 6216. 4

139.3265. 3391. 1132.5

65.595.6

114.4149.8

154.1

125.495.671.4

138.167.2

112.4

152.6

74.6

53, 545

5.484.334.603.045.45

4,345

20, 1508,485

346, 887

10, 273

15, 615

172,24376, 254

72, 501

284, 57062, 317

285,11261, 775

221, 3279, 631

230, 95852, 900

50, 650

79, 57876, 501

19, 836

282. 81225.9

110. 38157.855. 9268. 96

147.6121.2212.7

138. 7268. 5400.9134.1

72.090.1

121.3147.2

152. 3

129.793.465.8

138.466.0

106. 1

149.2

72.7

39, 870

5. 534.424.693.125.50

35, 875

7, 1502, 365

189, 866

84, 714

3,101

48, 07141,516

9,363

121, 51668, 350

132, 19357, 673

167, 5844, 951

172, 5352, 680

19, 680

98, 51426, 406

19, 873

July

282. 64225.8

113.69162. 656. 9871.92

149.3124. 2215.4

139.8285. 5405.7132.2

76.888.7

129.1149.4

154.5

132.994.372.0

140.667.1

111.9

146. 6

74.1

47, 746

5.564.444.773.045.41

3,475

1,00012, 930

428, 762

45, 920

22, 070625

234, 46562, 632

63, 050

402, 28126, 481

358, 33270, 430

183, 71610, 112

193, 82842, 100

73, 738

111,657153, 068

19, 848

June

284. 36227.2

113. 84176.754.8474.91

152.8124.5223.5

143.1311.1418.1134.0

84.089.5

134.6148.7

152.1

133. 198.873.7

146.468.5

119. 4

145.2

75.3

76, 593

5.524. 504.912.925.43

13.900

7.3004.056

512,678

55,953

15,38366, 000

172,091178,467

24, 785

445, 36367,315

357, 723154,955

218, 50011,789

230, 289103, 250

187, 855

153.69969, 742

19, 772

»Revised.

EXPLANATORY

The Survey of Current Business is designed to presenteach month a picture of the business situation by settingforth the principal facts regarding the various lines oftrade and industry. The figures are very largely thosealready in existence. The chief function oi the Surveyis to bring together those data which, it available at all,are scattered in hundreds of different publications. Aportion of these data are collected by Governmentdepartments, other figures are compiled by technicaljournals, and still others are reported by trade asso-ciations. The Survey of Current Business computesthe indexes on total stocks, new orders, agriculturalmarketings, crop marketings, and unfilled orders basedon available data.

SOURCES OF DATAThe sources and inclusiveness of the data appearing

in the table "Monthly Business Statistics" will befound noted in the 1931 Annual Supplement to theSurvey of Current Business, and the sources of theweekly data are given on page 4 of the February 5,1931, issue of the Weekly Supplement to The Survey ofCurrent Business.

HISTORICAL DATAMonthly data on all the various series carried in the

Monthly Survey will be found in the 1931 AnnualSupplement to the Survey, running back seven yearsand in some cases eight years. Data previous to thatincluded in the 1931 Annual Supplement will be foundin the monthly Surveys prior to 1924.

RELATIVE AND INDEX NUMBERSTo facilitate comparison between different important

items and to chart series expressed in different units,relative numbers (often called "index numbers/' aterm referring more particularly to a special kind ofnumbers described below) have been calculated. Themonthly average for 1923-1925 has usually been usedas a base equal to 100.

The relative numbers are computed by allowing themonthly average for the base year to equal 100. Ifthe movement for the current month is greater thanthe base, the relative number will be greater than 100,and vice versa. The difference between 100 and therelative number will give at once the per cent increase

or decrease compared with the base|relative number of 115 means ancent over the base period, while a80 means a decrease of 20 per cent fnf

Relative numbers may also be use' i f

approximate percentage increase qitjjmovement from one period to therelative number at one month is 12month is 144, there has been an incr

When two or more series of relacombined by a system of weightingseries is denominated an index ninumber, by combining many relsdesigned to show the trend of an enttries, or for the country as a whole, Isingle commodity or industry whnumber covers. Comparisons with ,.with other periods are made in the!!in the case of relative numbers. , i1 j

SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTSSeasonal variations are found in

nomic statistics for which monthlyable. Consumption and production1 jjinterest rates, bank clearings, railrand many other types of data areswings repeated with minor variatioitThese, in so far as they exist atperiodic in character, with a constant] JIn cases where an adjustment is notried in the Survey, the index hasnumber of working or business dajmonths and then adjusted forThe index figures thereby become coifout the series.

METHODS OF USIMethods of using and interpreting J

statistics have been collected by thjtCommerce from many businessdescribed in a booklet entitled "HoijBusiness Statistics," together withing statistics. This booklet may be $Superintendent of Documents, Govj||Office, Washington, D. C., at 15 cent

month — in

ONTHLY SUMMARYOF

FOREIGN COMMERCEOF THE UNITED STATES

|oreign-trade returns as early as they can be compiled and printed.ij>pears within 35 days from the end of the month covered by data.

)llows within a fortnight.

|e of Contents indicates the scope of this timely release, which alsoiComparisons with data one year previous and cumulative figures for

lar year:

Page' domestic merchandise, by articles and principal countries 3

nports of merchandise, by articles and principal countries 48

articles 74

Pagetotal exports and imports of merchandise,

!ected, merchandise in warehouse, gold andtonnage 81

xports and general imports, by economic, 81

general imports of merchandise:ies 82is districts 84imports of gold and silver:

ies 85and customs districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

PageTotal exports and general imports, by months 86Domestic exports and general imports, by method of

carriage 86Exports of foreign merchandise, by articles 87Commerce with noncontiguous territories 90Domestic exports and general imports of cotton (dur-

ing the cotton year beginning August 1) . . . . . . . . . . . 90Monthly average prices of principal articles. 91

Tonnage of vessels entered arid cleared 92

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