DECEMBER. 1931 SURVEY · 2011. 10. 20. · 75 11 in i 11! i i i 11 11 ill i! 1111 i 11 ii i i! i u i 11..i i.i 11111 i-tttfthji i * i30r total freight car loadings 70llli z20 department

DECEMBER. 1931

SURVEYOF

CURRENT BUSINESS

UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

WASHINGTON

VOLUME 11 NUMBER 12

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V o l u m e 11 D E C E M B E R , 1931 N u m b e r 12WEEKLY DATA THROUGH NOVEMB E R 28. 1931

MONTHLY DATA THROUGH OCTOBER

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. _. . . . 2

Business situation summarized.... ... 3

Finance 4

1931 in comparison 6

Commodity prices 7

Employment . 8

Domestic trade___ _. 9

Foreign trade 10

Transportation 11

Construction 12Agriculture-.. „ . 13

Iron and steel industry. 14

Chemical industries . 15

Automobile and rubber industries 16

Textile industry 17

Food industries . 18Forest products industry . 19New and revised series.., 20

Weekly business statistics _ _. 21

Monthly business statistics (Index) 22

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December, 1931

Monthly Business Indicators1 9 2 3 - 1 9 2 5 = 1 0 0

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

FACTORY EMPLOYMENT

ADJusreo*

125

100

75 11 in i 1 1 ! i i i 1 1 1 1 ill i! 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ii I i ! i U I 11. . I i.i 1 1 1 1 1 i-TTTfTHji i *

I30 r

TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS

70LLLi

Z20DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

150

100

VALUE OF EXPORTS

°WI I I I I I 1 1 I I hi ireji Ijri

ZOO

150

'100

50

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

^7^

1927 1926 1929 1930 1931* ADJUSTMENT FOR NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS AND SEASONAL VARIATION

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

100

MANVFACTURIS (ADJUSTED)*' '

!QO

120

100

60

60

CAR LOADINGS L.C.L

r UNADJUSTEH

\DJU5TED*

WHOLESALE PRICES

VALUE OF IMPORTS150

100

50 h ' I I I ! I I I i 1 I ! I I I I i I I 1 I I I I I ! I I I I I M I I I ! I I I i i H M

BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDEDzoo

150

1927 1925 1929 I93O 1931

December, 1931 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Business Situation SummarizedTTÛRTHER recession in general business activityA' occurred in October and early November, and ingeneral such gains as were realized were less thanseasonal. Retail trade expanded arid for departmentstores alone the increase was greater than the usualgain. Industrial production declined for the sixth suc-cessive month and in October was 18 per cent below thepeak of the spring rise in April. For the elapsed 10months, the adjusted index averaged 16 per cent belowa. year ago while the October index was off 15 per cent.The loss in October was the result of a further drop inmanufacturing, as the mineral output increased morethan seasonally. The principal gains were in the out-put of coal and petroleum with iron ore sharply lower,and the nonferrous metal group slightly changed.Decreases in manufacturing industries were general.

Factory employment and pay rolls underwent afurther contraction in October. The pay-roll indexwas 4 per cent below the preceding month and wasonly a little more than half of the peak reached in 1929.Increased employment was confined to the tobacco,and paper and printing industries, but in both theincreases were less than seasonal. Pay rolls werelower, except in the paper and printing, chemical,and tobacco groups, with the largest relative decreasesin the textile and leather industries which up to nowhave been doing relatively well.

Car loadings increased in October, but after allowingfor the number of working days, the index was un-changed. Variation in the unadjusted index this yearhas not been large, but the adjusted index has recededsteadily and in October was 16 per cent below Januaryand 20 per con t below a year ago. Foreign trade remainsrestricted with a further slight recession in October im-ports, contrary to the seasonal trend. Exports increasedfollowing the gain of September, but, as in the precedingmonth, the increase was less than seasonal. The valueof building contracts awarded in October declined bymore than the usual seasonal amount, arid a furtherreduction occurred in the first half of November.

Financial markets improved following the establish-ment of new low levels in early October. Stockprices moved irregularly upward during the last threeweeks of the month, but the trend since the first weekof November has been downward. Bond prices havemade little progress. The extremely heavy gold ex-port movement in late September and in October hasterminated and recently there has been a substantialnet gain of gold on balance.

Wholesale prices declined in October, but the lowsreached early in that month were followed by someimprovement.

MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES1 i! Industrial produc-

tion

I ; i ! ri i ! g- 1

Tear and month f S« ^

i f i l! 11 1 • i I

H 5? £

Factoployi

and pi

!i"9fc A

mo

un

t of

pay

roll

s, i

i2

ou

nad

just

ed *

I

2.S

-3;

5T

i

Freight car loadings

i ' iTotal ' ! Merchan-lotai ! dIse,Lc.l.

• i !

1at

Sfl l

i

19

fl

023 ,

; Monthly average 1923-1925=

1929: October . ! 1181930: :

October 1 87November ' 85December i 82

1931: jJanuary : 83February. _ 86March ; 88April i 90May. . 89June 84July 83August 79September _ _ i 76October.. 1 74

Monthly average Januarythrough October: !

1929 i 1211930. ! 991931 i 83

i

118

858480

81868890898483797672

1229983

118

989294

9088879286858479

85

11510185

101

828180

| 78i 78

7878787675

j 747370

1028976

111

817574

68737574726864646259

1099068

\ 118

1 97

! 74

i 741 74i 75i 77

! 11j Si 78! 78

I 108

| S

104 |

86 ;

8484 ;

82 !8080 :8079 :

77 :76 ;72 !69 !69

l

109

979486

83878991928987868887

1059888

104 :

93 i92no |

90 18989 l

88 !8989 ;88 !86 ;85 l

83

Departmentstore sales,

value

a i ^

= 100

122 1 112

112 102113 98165 94

79 9780 9892 97

101 10697 9790 9565 9167 8887 8494 86

1019585&0 j

Foreign 'trade,value

* | ;

I ] ! :

139

867672

66596257544948434854

1088654

121

77 '63 i65 1

57 I54 !65 j58 !56 155 i54 j52 !53 i50

:

116 ;

82 i

i B

ank

deb

its

ou

tsid

e N

ewY

ork

Cit

y

163.2

120.099.9

117.2

110.086.698.499.595. 698.493.583.884.391.9

140.3119. 094.3

Bu

ild

ing

contr

acts

, al

l ty

pes

,va

lue,

ad

just

ed

107

78 '7673 i

71 1

??73666461595955

1199466

Wholesale prices

i s|sfs ai•ow £ .Q

il 1 IS|| a u§r i siMoni

1

96.3

82.680.478.4

77.075.574.573.371.370.070.070.269.168.4

97.087.871.9

,hly average026=100

103.9

82.679.375.2

73.570.170.670.167.165.464.963.560.558.8

105. 490.766.5

92. 7

81.580.179.0

77.877.175.674.273.271.971. 872.372.071.4

92. 986.273.7

1 Adjusted for seasonal variation. * Adjusted for number of working days.


Finance—Credit and Bankin

THE more important credit changes of the monthare reflected in the combined statements of the

Federal reserve banks which show sharp increases inmoney in circulation, in total bills discounted, and in billsbought in the open market. The increase in circula-tion and the foreign demands upon the gold reserveswere met by an expansion of Federal reserve creditof approximately $600,000,000 during the month whilethe reserve ratio against note and deposit liabilitiescombined fell from 73.4 per cent to 56.5 per cent.

Toward the end of the month the demands byEurope upon the dollar had practically ceased. Withthe correction of erroneous impressions abroad con-cerning the "free gold" holdings of the Federal reservesystem and also concerning the method of operation ofthe new credit corporation, gold exports virtuallystopped. Since the end of October the gold holdingsof the reserve banks have increased approximately$135,000,000. During the last week of the monthmoney in circulation reversed its previously upwardtrend and has shown a relatively small increase sincethe beginning of November. Also, since the middle ofOctober foreign funds held on deposit with the Federalreserve banks have been steadily withdrawn, not, asseveral weeks ago,in the form of gold exports, but ratherthrough being reinvested in bankers' acceptances asindicated in the weekly rise in bills purchased by thereserve banks on foreign account.

October gold exports and earmarkings representeda record for one month. The cessation of the outflowwas as sudden and complete as its inception had beena month before and by the beginning of Novemberthe situation, characterized by a physical export ofthe metal of $398,600,000 during October, had largelycorrected itself. Money rates have eased slightly anda drop in acceptance rates on November 9 broughtnew bills into the market. The Federal reserve bankshold an unusually large proportion of the outstandingacceptances but bills subject to renewal are findingtheir way into the open market to meet the buyingorders which it was difficult early in the presentmonth for the dealers to meet.

Bank debits since the beginning of October havecontinued highly irregular although debits outside ofNew York showed an increase during the month aswell as during the first week of November. Bothloans on securities and "all other" loans by reportingmember banks declined, steadily throughout Octoberand the first half of November, the reason for thedrop in the latter being probably accounted for inpart by the sale of bill holdings to the Federal reservebanks. Institutional liquidation of bonds, which keptthe bond market weak during the period under review,is evidenced by the October decline of commercialbank investment portfolios. Postal savings depositshave shown an unusual rate of increase.

CREDIT AND BANKING STATISTICS

1929:JOctober1930:

OctoberNovember...December

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch.AprilMay ..„JunoJuly.. .AugustSeptember...October

Bank debits

Out-New sideYork NewCity York

City

Can-ada

E e p o r t f n g memberbanks Wednesday Condition of Federal reserve banks, Totalclosest to end of end of month bank-

i month ers* ae-! : eent-

fn ins Tt>ta!Loans A|1 In_ bms

«P£?PI other vest" dis"HA* loans ments count-ties ed

Total T^.jbills iJ.SSL Total

bought Sf '£» reservein the ™«» bankopen i"?,™1 credit

market ties

ancesMem- out-

ber ; stand -bank ing

reserve end ofac- month

count

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

63,325 32,202

30,781 23,67922,490 , 19,70029, 001 23, 113

24, 557 21, 69720,948 17,08427, 589 19, 42126,821 19,62025, 072 18, 85825,893 19,40621,007 18,44417.501 16,52620, 073 16, 62720, 678 18, 125

4,713

3,6182,9743,012

2,6682,5352,5702,7863,1722,6942,4002,2442,451

9, 179 9, 755 5, 496

8,065 8,707 6,731| 7,768 i 8,766 i 6,800

7, 814 | 8, 449 i 6, 693

7,379 8,374 6,8437, 313 i 8, 151 7, 183

! 7. 256 1 8, 126 7, 5517,052 ! 7,941 7,9036,867 i 7,863 7,8076,746 ! 7,945 7,795

I 6,544 ! 7,942 7,810! 6.519 i 7,879 7,665! 6,346 ] 7,845 7,916 i! 5,897 ! 7,624 7,700

1,000

207275251

232198250157174149195255328728

355 j 321 \ 1,742

163 | 602 998175 i 599 1,079364 729 j 1,373

125 610 ! 980109 1 599 925124 ! 599 990163 i 598 937125 j 598 917106 ! 668 94373 ! 678 976

215 ! 728 1,255469 i 742 1,578681 727 2,184

2,666 ' 1,541

2, 418 > 1, 5082,373 ! : 1,5712,471 1,656

2,398 ! 1,5202,343 ! 1,5202,428 ; 1,4672,371 j 1,4222,3891! 1,4132,381 1 ! 1,3682, 367 1, 2282,373 , 1,0902,364 , 9962,167 ' 1,0401

NetgoldJiS*°« De" PostalIn- Won*?' posits 'savin»s,

cluSing S b"

?ed ffi »S" «*"It^l'i savings ofde-from banks P°s«orsear-

mark

Thou-l sands of' dollars

13. 0 4, 810 4, 372 j 161, 583

20.3 ! 4,501 4,658 ! 192,54333. 1 i 4, 528 4, 666 i 200, 66817. 5 | 4, 823 4, 792 \ 245, 379

46.3 4,695 4,888 i 278,35318. 6 i 4, 598 4, 928 i 292, 05928.6 1 4,590 5,018 ; 302,05842.0 4,647 5,059 i 313,77553. 6 1 4, 679 5, 083 i 325, 028

156.1 i 4,750 5.156 347,417—10.2 • 4,836 i 5,149 ! 370,827

41.5 : 4,947 I 5,173 ; 414,986-258.5 5,133 i 5.231 i 460,915-445.3 5,478 5,217 527,130

i


Finance—Security and Money MarketsSECURITY and money markets were featured dur-

ing October by the year's sharpest firming ofmoney rates and by a record outflow of gold. Secu-rity prices, after reacting favorably to the President'sannouncement on October 6, relative to the proposednational credit corporation, weakened again butmany of the gains were held throughout the month.A general rise in stock prices early in November wasfollowed, toward the middle of the month, b}^ a seriesof daily declines which carried quotations close totheir early October lows.

Bond prices have also been unable to hold theirgains of early October. After the suspension of goldpayments in England late in September the marketwas called upon to absorb both stocks and bonds heldabroad. The fears abroad which led temporarily toa flight from the dollar and the necessity of domesticinstitutions to liquidate bond holdings introduced anelement of weakness for a period of several weeks intothe security markets generally. With the return ofconfidence in the dollar late in October gold with-drawals ceased and bond prices turned upward forseveral days early in November.

New capital issues continued throughout Octoberon a very low level. For the first time since the war awhole week passed duringwhichnonewissue was brought

out. As compared with the correspond ing months in1929 and 1930 total dividend and interest paymentsshowed a relatively small decline during October.

The month's money rates reflected the temporarystrain placed upon the financial markets by the pres-sure on the dollar in foreign centers. The two in-creases in the New York Federal Reserve Bank'srediscount rate early in October were followed by anupward adjustment in bill rates when the greaterpart of the bills held by the commercial banks, foreignbanks, and acceptance dealers were transferred to theFederal reserve banks. By the middle of the monthcommercial paper rates and rates on both call and timeloans had moved to the highest levels since the end of1930. Rates have continued firm through the firsthalf of November, although rates on bankers' billshave been cut somewhat owing to the extremelysmall amount available in the open market after theclosing clays of October.

The steady decline in brokers' loans, which hasbeen a feature of the security markets throughout theyear, continued during October. The recent ruleenforced by New York member banks, whereunderthey have ceased making loans for the account ofoutside lenders, has had no perceptible effect owingto the small amount of such loans outstanding.;

SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS- •' - " ••• ' 1

; Re-l Stock PJ***

; StOCk

PPI TO ThOU

V 2f faands (

shaie5

' :| : ! !! ' Price Indices of for-i i els n listed com- !

i us <»u stock

* COR!- : I

in on- Bondsioek > . ; , yields i

. yields : f _ i ' : i

don Paris l?CT»a

« P« iDe'car.fvfto '«'P- *w j}M Pont l ec til uve to wpjpv,t. pRT.tioiu 1923 ' 1*413 vvtigiit- ce^Ji

! '

i| Range of opeii mar- '' S

;LongJ , Total

New term ! *^^J^n

:

ket moneyNew York

Call 'mon-'i Tisiieeyre- j loansnew a!

rates

CJniij-in er-eial

paper

Brokers' loai

Madei by re-; port-

ill ern-hcr

hanksin

Be-portedby the

NewYorkStock

.N.Y.C., Ex-Wed. | change.

closest i end of

IS

Ka-tieto

mar-ket

value

• i L to month

Thousands of do'lars

! i - . .1929' October 2P. 7 141 f6S . ••< 33 122 07 51 8 143 9 i 4 7,-? i 7?4 it'.P, in 97."^ 7A7 sr.fi1930:

October i 7 ') 65 49'November . . 1 1 1 7 ! 6l,94fDecember. .... iG'M f 8, 78

1931:Jannirv, 1123 52,54February 1 10 S 64, 14,F

March U f» f 5, I'HApril . . ! f y 2 o4 3J*May ' OS d « f i , f f i ]June l« r> 1 cs 71 c

July .... 98 2 .-v3,51lAugust 95. i 24, X ;(September 81 7 M. 14fOctober 60.7 47, <

j (>r 0° f>S ^2 105 0 4 41 1*1 14^ f» T°5 777 Tx;i5 43 | to In i r » > -03 4 | 4! 40 ' 137, f,'J2 9, '»r'^ 595 02815 62 8& 1*1 37^ 97.0 ' 4.55 ihO, ^-7z ' i. •, *77 7 j 2, 927

T fO S3 '«- S40 905 t J] 399,81^ 4, WO 1,121,43*5 12 8* 92 Sfi'i 8 7 4 44 7^ ,2^1 , ? f/O 523,8074.93 &0 70 0'7r^ 9 7 3 4.4! lifiQ f»°0 2 0 1 5 5M.2825 4 3 8M>2 ^62 1012 4.43 2«7. 471 7,?3B, 718,873I ^ 77 f» $6 96.6 4 4,? i lP.Q,d''0 ' 9.1^5 550, fi24

) •> < f 70 ^3 V- 80 f> 4.45 m V H i 425 ~fi2 077) 5 CG 70.42 329 83.7 4.44 115.070 775 945,376) ^ 7 4 7 2 4 0 J00 Closed 4.50 4fi, 197 2,100 489 858) F 51 ( 0 9 0 304 ("2.0 4.70 l'u.381 f 6, 785 532,840i * 2S TO. I t U') Ciosid. 5.16 17,391 9, 1?5 747,157

,!

Per cent

• 6 43 7 -0

9 Of) Olx'-OS^'

2 oo i 2 "-2k;; 2,23 , 2 -2U

: 1.57 . 1H-2H•J FjQ j 3.J — 2

i 1.55 ! 2 -2V£1.52 ; 134~2H1.45 i 1K-21 50 ' \Y4.-\%

• 1.60 ' 1H'-1M1 50 1^-lVo1.50 i \\i-1 "2.10 i tyi-l

' '"*r\

2*4-32$i -3

234 -32i/6 -2:^

2U

2 -2''.;,9

222

2 -4H

end of. month

M i l l i o n s ofdollars

o 538 i ( : U'9

i 9 \\>2 '* SriB2. 1 i 1 :'' 1 H2

i 1.926i! 1.734! 1, 798: 1 8751 1 . 730i 1.539! 1.47'"*: lt 390

1.894

1,7201,8401,9091, 'J5Ji. 4351.301I. 344

1,172869

1.044796

Perrent

P 51

4 f-1)i ' Of;

3.303 223 583 403.372 933.033 043.233. S3


1931 in Comparison

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK

IQ3I1930

1929

19281927

0 50 100 150

&///////////A R

CITY — /£>

EOO

EMAI

'LL/C

250

NDER OF YEAR

ws OF DOLLARS)300 350

L. 1 1 — — ! 1_ 1_ 1 J ' ' ' \ i _ . i .- . . i . f . - . . |

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

\

19311930

1928

1927

0 2 3

r~~]

193!19301929

!9281927

0

m&

-4- 5 6 7

.1

STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (MILLIONS OF TONS)

;o 20i ._,,_.„„K^ggSSffSiassazpiK

mmmilmm

--mm m30

mm

40

mm^^

50 60 70

i

AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION (THOUSANDS OF CARS)

1931!9301929

19261927

0 1000 2000 3000

FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS (MIL

193)1930

!929

19261927

0

aiBa aie K|

10 20 30

â@^

4000 5000

LIONS OF CARS)

40 50

..

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1

;

i


Commodity Prices

PRICES of commodities in October were slightlylower than in September, 1931, but the decline was

less than from September to October, 1930, exceptfor prices received by farmers for the productsthey sell.

Wholesale commodity prices averaged about 1per cent lower in October than in September, but thedecline was less than from August to September andthere was additional evidence of an underlying tend-ency for prices to fluctuate within a narrower range.Of the 550 commodities or price series included in thecombined index of wholesale commodity prices, ad-vances occurred in 190 instances and no changeoccurred in 256 others. Weekly indexes compiled byprivate agencies indicate that wholesale commodityprices have remained relatively steady during Novem-ber. Prices of foods, of metals and metal products,of building materials and of chemicals and drugsdeclined less than 1 per cent and prices of house fur-nishing goods, of textile products, of farm products,and of hide arid leather products dropped from 1.8

per cent to 3.1 per cent. Fuel and lighting materialsand miscellaneous products advanced slightly fromSeptember to October, 1931. Among the subgroupsof commodities drops in prices exceeding 5 per centoccurred in hides and skins, in livestock and poultry,in nonferrous metals, and in fertilizer materials.

Little change has occurred in retail prices of foodssince June. On October 15, 1931, retail food priceswere 17.5 per cent lower than on the correspondingdate of last year. From September 15 to October 15,1931, declines occurred in 28 of the 42 articles of foodson which retail price quotations are regularly received,prices of 8 articles advanced and those of 6 articlesshowed no change.

Farm prices on October 15, 1931 were 5.6 per centlower than on the corresponding date of the precedingmonth as a result of drops of about 8 per cent each inprices of grains and meat animals, of 10.6 per cent inthe price of cotton and cotton seed and of a fall of15.7 per cent in prices of fruits and vegetables. Pricesof dairy and poultry products advanced 6.5 per cent.

INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES

Wholesale »

S| , i g|i s< jj : V* Oj -go - | : 5«S '. | ! §S'O w i i ^3o o ; ? ; 33 «3 S _ • fit : "S

Year and month a S i ' - S S *•§s o ® : £ e J3 o0 W« ; & 6 *> h^ ' £s« 5z« O

1929: October...- - . .1930:

OctoberNovember--. _December

1931:J anuaryFebruarv _ . .. _ .March „-. „AprilMay_ - ._ .

JulyAugustSeptemberOctober. .... . _ _

Monthly average, January throughOctober:

192919301931

06.3 103.00

82.680.478.4

77.076.574.573.371.370.070.070.269.168.4

82.679.3

101.2 ! 92.7

88.6 ! 81.585.7 I 80.1

75.2 81-8 1 7Q. 0j

73. 5 80 1 i 77 870. 170.670.167.165.464.963.560.558.8

77. 1 i 77. 176.7 75.675.6 74.272.9 ! 73.272.4 71.973. 1 I 71. 873.7 ! 72.372.9 i 72.072.6 71.4

! 1i !

97.0 1 105.487. S i 90.771.9 i 68.5

100.0 i 92.991.5 ! 86.274.7 1 73.7

| ' „ 11 : ^ .1 i""•g ; 3 : £ ^-g^3 ; •§ i I*^"a ' *" T* "Is^ hi i ^ ' 5 t«

ft 'i * »j • « ft

1 i i : i . $_tt 1 H .* • ^

Monthly average

110. 5 ' 92. 7 ] 81. 7 | 103. 6

96. 5 73. 8 75. 1 90. 494.0 73.3 ! 71.8 00.291.2 72.4 ! 70.5

88.6 71.0 ! 69.886.6 70.4 69.687.4 69.2 i 64.587.3 67.6 ' 61.687.3 66.3 1 60.987.8 65.4 ! 58.189.2 65.4 ! 58.288 5 64.2 i 62.384.8 62.9 1 63.38?. 2 ' 61.5 I 03.4

109. 4 94. 3 ; SI. 5101.5 82.4 i 77.187.9 ^ 88.4 ! 83. 2

90.0

89. 388.989.088.787.887.487.587.187.286.5

104. 896. 387.9

1 1'2 -5I -d« PS *

••!

a S§ 1

j=S3 «

1926=100

97.8 94.2 !

)

85.684.4

82.981.881.980.973.477.575.875.474.974.3

97.391. 378.4

86.0 i85.2 j

84.8 i

83.682.281.980.1 i79.1 177.977.375. 574.8 ;

74.1 ;

94.5 !

89.4 |78.7 i

Ml ! !

2 : !A ' i« i x ' J£

Sf I 13 o Sj -2

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97. 1

95 395.291.3

91.190.890.890.889.288 688.087.584.783.2

96.896.288.5

81. 3

68.867.866.9

64.763.961.763.962.861.861.058.558.459.0

80.674.761.9

97. 1 97. 9 i Q:>. S

80.076.874.2

72.970.669.468.366.564.764.364.162.761.5

97.986.366.5

75.5 1 85. G75.6 I 83.774.3 81.9

73.4 80.572.3 79.372.2 78.471. 1 ! 77. 168. 9 ' 75. 168.5 ! 74.069.5 74.068.3 i 74 665.3 1 74.064.7 73.7

96. 8 ! 96. 783.9 | 89.569.5 78.1

!

Eetai!

! "

'•• .2; .jg

«n

1 1 1© • 0

• fe : 0

Mo. Mo.aver- aver-

i cge ' age1913= 1923=

, 100 ' 100

161 101 0

144141

i 137

94.893.992.6

133 01 1127126124

89.889.188 9.

121 86. 9118 8* Q119120119119

! 156149

! 123

85.985.985.684.9

99.996. 787.3

Farm*

eo

Q S

li***I®^SflflS oa ce

Mo.i aver-

agej 1909i to

1914 =! 100

140

10610397

94i 90: 91i 91

8880

1 79' 75

72: 68

13812083

1 Department of Labor. 2 Department of Agriculture. 3 National Industrial Conference Board.


E m p l o y m e n tA DECLINE of more than the usual seasonal pro-

-^*- portions was recorded in factory employment dur-ing October, the seasonally adjusted index therebyreceding slightly from the September figure to a newlow for the depression. The unadjusted volume ofwage payments to factory workers declined by almost4 per cent from September to October.

The petroleum and rubber products industries werethe only groups recording employment increases afterseasonal adjustments are made. Declines in employ-ment after seasonal adjustments are made were recordedby the following industrial groups: iron and steel, ma-chinery, textiles, food, paper and printing, lumber,automobiles, leather, cement, clay and glass, nonfer-rons metals, chemicals, except petroleum, and tobacco.

During the first 10 months of the year factory em-ployment averaged about 15 per cent under the sameperiod last year, and 26 per cent under 1929. Payrolls during the 10 months were 25 per cent under1930 and 38 per cent under 1929.

A seasonal increase in employment and volume ofpay rolls occurred in retail trade during October; theincrease in employment from September was aboutthe same as that recorded for the corresponding periodlast year. The average number of employees in retailtrade during the first 10 months of the year was about7 per cent less than during the same period last year,while pay rolls averaged about 10 per cent lower.

Both employment and pay rolls of bituminous coalmines increased from September, but the increaseswere smaller than those normally recorded at thisseason of the year. The same items for anthracitemining, on the other hand, exceeded the normalincrease for the period. Bituminous coal mining em-ployment during the first 10 months of the year aver-aged about 11 per cent under the same period lastyear, and employment in anthracite mining averaged13 per cent under the previous year.

Both employment and pay rolls of power, light,and water companies decreased during October ascompared with September. The index of employmentdecreased by 2.1 per cent, while pay rolls decreasedby 1.2 per cent. A similar decrease was recordedduring the corresponding period last year. The tele-phone and telegraph group reported a decline in em-ployment of 1.1 per cent during October as comparedwith September, and a drop of 0.5 per cent in volumeof pay rolls for the same period. Employment andpay rolls of both of these utility groups were materiallyunder October last year.

The proportion of trade-union members employed,during October was the same as for the previous threemonths, 74 per cent. Trade-union employment,however, was more than 6 per cent under October,1930, and 17 per cent under 1929.

STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS AND WAGES

Year and mouth

1929:October

1930:October .November __December... __

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch . _April _ .MayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober

Monthly average, Janu-ary through October:

192919301931

Factory em-ployment i

F. E. B. i__

Ad- Unad-|}usted*| justed!

!Monthly ave

1923-1925=]

101 3

82.281. 180.1

78.377.877.978.077.876.075 174.172.870.3

i

103.3 j

84.3 !81.0 ;78.8 1

76,4 i77.3 !78.1 !77.9 177.1 !

75.0 i73.8 :74.274.7 ;71.4 !

102 0 i89.375.8

F.K.B.factory

payrolls,

unad-justed

rage, '00 i

110.9

80 875. 173.7

68.473.274.973.872.167.664.464.361.859.4

109. 190. 168. 0

Bituminouscoal mining

Em- p !

Ploy- £f£ !meiit rol'b ;

98.8

91. 892.562. 5

93.9* 91. 6

88. 8i 85. 9i 82.4

78,476.477.080.481.3

99.893. 683.6

I106. 8

79.479.177.7

73.368.365.268.554. 4 !52.450. 4 |50.653.6 i56.2

98.681.958.3

Anthracite |j Power, light, ! ' Telephone j n^ttn fr«dpraining || and water j and telegraph |

i ; | , : ! •Em- ; p j| Em- < p : Em- , „ ; Era- , p

SEK & 1 sss ! '•& ±K \ '^ i ss« ^Monthly average. 1829s3 100

[|

106.1 ; 133.9 !' 105.7 106.0i ! ' •

99.0 117.2 j 104.8 105,697.2 98.0 i ! 103.4 103.799.1 100.0 i | 103.2 106.3

90.6 89.3 99.2 98.689.5 101.9 |l 97.8 99.782.0 71.3 i i 96.7 102.485.2 75.2 !: 97.1 97.680. 3 76. 1 1 97. 6 98. 776.1 66.7 i 97.2 98.365.1 53.7 i 96.7 97.467. 3 56. 4 | 95. 9 96. 280.0 64,9 ! 94.7 94.388,8 91.1 j ; f i t 7 93.2

98. 9 90. 2 99. 3 99. 192.5 94.6 ! 102.9 101.280.3 74.7 i 98.6 97.8

i ;

101.9

94.593.091.6

90.589.288.688.187.486.986.685.985.084.1

99.799.087. 2

105.1

100.997.9

101. 3

96.394.897.995.094.195.093.362.392, 191.6

99. 5103.594.2

101.7 102.6

95. 5 i 95. 198. 4 i 86. 8

1 15. 1 i 97. 7

90.0 ' 89.487. 1 86. 787.8 ! 87.590. 1 ! 88. 389.9 i 88.089. 1 i 87. 683.9 i 83.381. 8 i 80. 386.6 ! 83.589.8 , 84.6

96. 7 97. 19e. 7 9'>. 087 V h,> 9

Employ- Employ- Y^m *meut moot, ™f~

agencies.. trade- ..If™ •„appli- union ^^

can is per niein- K,.nd.100 jobs bers \^

Per cent rrrtvNumber i of total i r7r

Cv?, "members Per hour

127 89, 0 40

193 i 79.0 39227 78.0 38218 ; 77.0 37

224 73.0 36202 73.0 36179 ! 74.0 37177 i 75.0 35181 75.9 37

i 205 ; 75. 0 i 37i 209 ! 74.0 36i 217 : 74.0 36; 196 74.0 34

1-i. 0 35

133 i 88.4 39183 l 79.0 40

' 74 I 38

i Adjusted for seasonal variation.

December, 1931 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 9

Domestic TradeOETAIL trade expanded in October, although theAv unusually warm weather in recent weeks hasadversely affected sales of seasonal merchandise.Department store sales increased by somewhat morethan the usual seasonal amount, and the adjustedindex advanced 2.4 per cent, the first gain sinceApril, The dollar volume of October sales was 16per cent below a year ago, compared with a cumu-lative decline for the 10 months of 11 per cent. Bydistricts, the best relative showing was made inBoston, New York, Richmond, and Minneapolis forboth the latest month and for the year to date. Stocksof merchandise in department stores increased as isusual at this season of the }rear, but after adjustmentthe index has varied but slightly in recent monthsand in October was 13 per cent below a year ago.

Sales of the two largest mail order houses in Octoberalso moved up seasonally, but the decrease as com-pared with a year ago was 24 per cent as against 16per cent in September. The expansion in sales of5-and-10 cent stores in October amounted to 18 percent, which was somewhat less than the usual gain,and the adjusted index was off 2.6 per cent. Actualsales in the first 10 months of the current year wereequal to those in the same period of 1930.

Merchandise 1. c. 1. car loadings declined after thegain of September, but the adjusted index has shown adownward trend for four months. The adjusted

index in October was 2.4 per cent below Septemberand 11 per cent below a year ago. For the 10 monthsto date, such loadings were off 10 per cent from thecorresponding months of 1930.

Commercial failures are usually more numerous inOctober than in the months immediately preceding,but the total last month increased to an exceptionallyhigh point as a result of adverse financial and businessdevelopments. After decreasing steadily since April,the number of failures increased 22 per cent overSeptember, 1931, and 11 per cent over October, 1930.Liabilities involved were 76 per cent greater than inthe preceding month and were the largest since Janu-ary. For the first 10 months of this year averagemonthly failures increased 7 per cent as comparedwith a year ago, and average monthly liabilities wereone-eighth greater.

Magazine and newspaper advertising continued theseasonal upward trend in October. Magazine lineageincreased 19 per cent and newspaper lineage 14 percent over the preceding month, but the cumulativetotal for the 10 months was 22 per cent and 11 percent, respectively, below a year ago. Postal receiptshave been moving upward since August, and inOctober were 11 per cent below a year ago. Averagemonthly receipts for the elapsed 10 months of thecurrent year have been 9.2 per cent below the sameperiod of 1930 and 13 per cent below the 1929 level.

DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS

Department Department l^1*™ SJr. , F ?o1e Commercial| storesales | Btore ttoek* â&l.cl ' fa!ef nia,,_ \ Postal | ; raHureg

1 -Irdor lr«**!?te'li

jUnad-Yoar and month just-

ed 1

1929- October 1221930: - 1

October 112Novpinb^r 113December - '• 185

1931:Jaiiuarv 79February . . 80March ! 92\pril - - 101May. 97June 90July 65August J ?7September - • 87October 9i

Monthly average, January througn iOctober:

1929 ! 1011930 951931 i 85

Ad- Unad-Just- | i Just-

ed * l i cd 3

Mr all.

112 112

102 i 10198 i 10494 j 85

97 ; | 7898 ! 8197 87

106 ; 8597 8505 SO91 • ! 7588 j 7684 : | 8488 ! 88

l'' 99' l 94

Ad- ' " inad- A*l-jUf.1- jll .1- ' J'ist-

«M! : i e<! c'! *

pver^. l ' i 1 , i»2o = !• 0

101 | 109 104

92 I 97 9392 94 92 !91 j 86 92

88 83 90! 86 87 ; 89i 84 j 89 89i S3 1 91 88! 83 92 89! 82 I 89 89i 81 II 87 88: 79 ! 86 ; 8r;; 81 ! 88 85| 80 j | 87 83

': ii i i 1 0 6' !' 98 i! I 88 !

s< ic,, <> i •>« se- i . --

1 i ad- /.d- i hSu'el | !£ctfe? j : » ,j

jL"»t- just- l ! ' ernes , *a.i-*i \ d » ; || urp*

Thousands of ; Nurn-dollars ! ber

17G i:,9 ' 79,256 | 35,743 , ; 1, 822

168 151 , 68,878 ! 32,279 \\ 2.124159 L58 | 55,713 ! 28,379 2,031298 153 72,486 38.572 | 2,525

124 1G1 ' 41.459! 29, 1 7 2 i | 3,316127 103 I 39,422 ! 26,405 \\ 2,563

i 144 159 :\ 43.008 i 30,178 !| 2,604; 160 168 : i 52?078 1 29,257 i 2,386i 155 167 i 50.070 | 27,844 i 2,248! 147 101 , | 49.480 j 26,442 li 1.993

139 H7 45,093 ' 24.578 |i 1,983; 142 1-9 43.004 i ?3 38!) 1.914

141 155 45,955 1 26,335 1.936167 151 , 53,280 ! 28,618 2,362

148 : 57 127 i 31 467 i 1 908145 53,450 i 29,978 1 2,180145 '• 48,185 !. ?<1, 222 I 3,334

Liabil-ities

Thou-sands

of dolls.

31,314

56, ?9755.26183, 683

94, 60859, 60860, 38750, 868

i 53,37151. 65660, 99853. 02540, 25670, 660

1 26,37452, 93459,541

Adveriisi u &lineage

Maga-zine

Thou-sands

oi -hies

3, 050

2, 4882, 265

1, 5851,9922. 2032, 4212,3752, 1911,6131. 31 6

' 1, 6031, 911

| 2,676| 2,453

1, 921

News- :?5aper

Mil- ;lions '.)f

!in«\s |

119

98 •89 i82 j

7672908988

1 8Ci 67i K7

! 77: 88

\ 102: 8979

Moneyordervalue,paid

Thou-sandsof dolls.

107, 899

-90, 64779, 93491, 923

78, 27370, 93581,74790, 646

: 81,956i 79 31!i 76,365i 71,6221 7 i, 679

Ii 89, 227

84, 305

!2 Corrected, to average daily sales.

88026—31 2

s Adjusted for seasonal variation. * End of month figures.

10 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1931

Foreign TradeT TN1TED STATES exports during October increased^ approximately 14 per cent in value as compared

with the exports in September, while imports fell offabout 1 per cent. The gain in the former was onlyslightly less than the normal seasonal increase of 16per cent, but the drop in imports was contrary to anormal upswing of 7 per cent. The export mer-chandise balance in October was $36,000,000.

Exports of gold in October—$398,600,000—repre-sented in part amounts earmarked for foreign accountduring September. Gold imports of $60,900,000 were26 per cent greater than the imports in September.Exports of gold were shipped largely to France,Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium, whereas im-ports originated in Japan, Argentina, Canada, Sweden,and China, in the order mentioned.

A decline in our exports of industrial machineryduring October and the relatively small seasonalexpansion in shipments of leaf tobacco were importantfactors in the less-than-seasonal increase in the valueof merchandise exports. Although quantity exportsof cotton were considerably lower than the average forthe corresponding month of the period 1925 to 1929,inclusive, they were larger than in October, 1930, andshowed about the normal increase over shipments inSeptember. Leaf-tobacco exports amounted to only

49,200,000 pounds in comparison with 78,300,000pounds in the corresponding period of 1930. Ship-ments of wheat, which had been comparatively smallfor the first three quarters of 1931, increased con-siderably during October. Exports to China (includ-ing Hong Kong and Kwantung) were heavy, amount-ing to 4,300,000 bushels, or 36 per cent of the totalshipments. Exports of apples and both canned andevaporated fruits showed the usual fall expansion.

Although the decline in the value of exports duringOctober, 1931, in comparison with the correspondingperiod of 1930, was smaller than the decrease recordedduring the two months immediately preceding, itamounted to approximately 37 per cent. Quantityshipments of tobacco, copper, rubber manufactures,cotton cloth, lumber, iron and steel, gasoline, variousclasses of machinery and automobiles, were considera-bly smaller and sharp recessions in the price of un-manufactured cotton as well as of practically all othercommodities contributed very substantially to thedrop in value.

'hi import trade for the period January-October,1931, as compared with the corresponding period of 1930,our quantity purchases of coffee, cocoa, and raw silkin creased, while crude rubber, cane sugar, newsprintand unmanufactured wool, fell off only slightly.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

Year and mouth

Exports of United States merchandise

: i CrudeEx- i l materials

ports, i iFoodstuffs

ingreex-ports i

! ' i , ' i IFruits! i Haw !: Wheat!Meats! andI Total: cot- -Total; and : and ! prep-

! too i Hour fats ara-•

Finished manufactures

Semi-man-iifac-: tores " Total

Ma-chin-

ery

A u to-rn o- 'biles, iparts, ,and

acces-sories

Mi]]ions of dollars

TotalGaso- iHue i

- tcrials i

rai imports

tures tores

1929: October1930:

OctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch .AprilMay.JuneJulyAugustSeptember .October

Cumulative, January throughOctober:1929...19301931

528.5 ; 174.3 j 128.9

326.9 | i 104.8 64.8289. O i 90.9 59.3274.9 I 76.7 47.2 ,

249.6 58.6 31.2224.3 1 . 47.7 25.4 |235.9 | 56.5 36.0215.1 i : 40.0 22.9 L204.0 30.5 18.9 !187.1 29.1 13.5 |180.7 ! l 28.3 13.5 ' :

134.8 j 25.5 9.9 '180.2 ! 44.4 23.5 ,205.0| 63.6 39.8

i i j4,372.2 1 871.6 ; 573.4 !3,279.3 i 661.4 390.2 12,046.7 ! 430.3 234.7 j

i i I!

71.8

47.245. 640.5

35. 529. 533.028.229.428.732.328.128.439. 3

628.9455.1312.3

19.5

11.37.86.3

4.93.23.95.77.48.8

11.67.06.78.8

157.3143.468.1

16. 1

9.811.09.8

12.210.610.18.57.87. 16.86.46.37.1

169. 2132.782.9

18.C ; ! K4. C ! 211.7 52.9

17,1 : 38.0 i 132.7 j 30.817.5 i 33. 1 j 115.8 1 33.215.1 ' ; 33.9 ! 119.7 ; 30.1

10.7 ! 34.5 ! 117.1 37.78.9 i 27. 5 i 116.1 j 44.0

10.7 i 31.4 ! 110.3 i 29.46.4 ! 30.fi i lll.l ' 31.16.5 j 29.9 1 103.5 ; 26.65.7 ! 24.5 i 97.7 ; 28.37.6 ' 1 28.0 i 88.3 ; 22.78. 0 1 23. 9 84. 1 20. 49.2 i 21.4 ! 83.2 ' 24.7

16.? 1 ?-!.? j 77.3 20.2

109.3 ' 022.7 12,177.8 i 512.277.1 | 445.9 1 1,663.4 I 448.700.0 ; 276.? !. 987.9 ! 284.9

32. 7 ; 26. H

14.5 ! 21.814.1 12.4 ;15.3 13.7 I

14.4 13.8 i16.1 10.6 !

18. 5 8. 4 !18. 0 10. 7 i14.2 12.5 |12.8 : 7.211.5 9.0 i10.7 8.8 !8.7 7.2 j

8.5 1.1 \

488. 1 ! 223. 8248.1 224.5 !

391. 1 | 120. 5

247. 4 77. 5203.6208. 6

59.269. 1

183. 1 59. 4174.9210.2185.7179.7173.5174.5166.7170. 4168. 7

56.464.054.754.752.4

^2 3

56.048.4

82.3 | ICO. 0

45.6 i 68.338.3 i 57.8

52. 3 38. 1 i 49. 2

42.1 35.9 | 44.846.1 31.5 i 41.256. 651.949. 6

39.8 i 49.233.4 i 45.730.4

47.2 i 29.850. 0 47. 1 30. 047.752.952.4

3,751.1 ! 1,321. 52, 648. 7 873. 8

133. 2 ' 95. 1 1, 787. 4 544.6

45.4

45. 644.247. 5

28. 3 45. 335. 1 ! 30. 3 52. 036.8 J 29.0

i827. 3 761. 1593. 0457, 6

531.8319. 2

50.5

841.2650.1466. 0

1 Reexports of foreign merchandise during October, 1931, were $3,515,000.


Transportation/COMMODITY distribution during October, as^-^ reflected by the average daily total freight-carloadings, was of about the same proportions as duringSeptember and the seasonally adjusted index of theFederal Reserve Board was unchanged from the Sep-tember figure. Average daily loadings during Octoberwere 20 per cent under October, 1930, and 34 per centunder 1929. The average monthly car loadings duringthe first 10 months of the year were 19 per cent underthe corresponding period in 1930 and 29 per cent under1929.

The daily average movement of merchandise in less-than-caiioad lots during October decreased by about1 per cent, and the seasonally adjusted index of theFederal Reserve Board was 2 points below the Septem-ber figure. October loadings of merchandise wereabout 10 per cent under October, 1930, and 20 per centunder 1929. During the first 10 months of the cur-rent year the average monthly merchandise movementby the railroads was 10 per cent under the same periodIn 1930, and 17 per cent under 1929. Coal and cokewas the only commodity group to register a materialincrease in car loadings as compared with September,after corrections are made for the number of business

days in the two months. During the first 10 monthsof the year 18 per cent less loadings of coal and cokewere reported than for the corresponding period in1930. Car loadings of ore during the 10-monthperiod were only about one-half those during the sameperiod last year.

The number of idle freight cars was the lowestsince November of last year. A drop in number ofidle cars was recorded from September to October,although an increase is usual at this season of trie year.While the October surplus was the smallest of theyear so far , it was still 132,000 cars, or 33 per cent,above the number of idle cars on hand dining October,1930. The October surplus was 24 per cent under thepeak recorded in December, 1930.

Monthly payments of dividends by railroads duringthe first 10 months of the year averaged. $88,810,000,compared with $4,3/280,000 during the same period in1030 ami $38,980,000 in 1929.

The seasonal decrease in traffic tonnage through theSault Ste. AT a lie Canal which stalled in September wascontinued through October, Traffic through the CapeCod Canal increased by 12 per cent as compared withthe September tonnage.

RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC

Freight-car loadings

F. K. B. index «T«"3

Year andmonth

.1929: October3930:

OctoberNovemberDecember. ..-

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober

Monthly average,January throughOctober:

] 29

Ad-justed

0)

Unad- ,q ^j listed — «"""

0) | ! «£ i §

K ~ • *£, ! WT3 i '« i C*"• © © I <S

0 S j iS

& ,•*•> :

i ! «» ! £

+4 I vy

«s *1

1 ' |

i • 1Monthly iaverage, T ioasnTi<i-. 'sf tMI s

1923-1925=100 ' ,

104

868484

828080807977

726969

1930 _ L . _1931 :

!

1.18 5,752' i

97 4, 75186 ; • 4,12774 :| 2,784

7474 i7577797778767878

3,4912,8362,9402, 9863,7362,9912,6313,7472,9083.813

1,357

1,2061,133

820

997842886899

1.097876830

1, 069841

1,081

:

i :108 4. 507 i 1. 12994 3.991 i 1.04977 3.238 942

224 183 1,066

201 161 917190 140 852143 94 638

196 124 817165 : 88 i 584153 79 i 555151 85 ' 486180 106 i 611140 75 ; 465220 71 ; 452228 106 617149 96 : 516193 145 755

208 119 814198 108 ; 711177 98 i 586

31 1 286

197 i 189174 i 92121 22

156 26138 22138 23130 29165 80125 119106 139138 175104 121123 102

285 i 215211 i 158132 I 84

2,321 12i

1,871 i 4031,540 ; 580

94G ; 707

1, 175 ! 647997 ! 051

1, 105 i 6221,206 ' 6031,496 ! 0161, 192 ; 5991,113 5641,413 : 5741. 081 | 5041,415 335

1, 796 2031.555 i 4H21,219 j 598

'

I River I ~«

Canal sod river traffic

! Canu!s

! ; | Missis- ! ^-i Sault I New • «, v j sfppi [ »;g

rfarfr | State : €od I owned i §•=

Thousands of short tons j T t i o u s . o f : Thous. oflong ton* ; net tons

45,500 11,213

i>,t;o4 i5. 130 !

312 i

0 'o io !

922 !J,335 '6,6-15 !7,611 !8. 885 !7, 126 I®,218 i

55, 00044,90045,50038,100 '32,500 :34,000 '41.500 i33, 500 |20,500 !

36,000 !

0 i0 jo !

349 i457 '385 :506 !425587 i505 I

234 ;166 !163 :

203217203 i211 i186198221

103 !S3 i108 \

76 i70 !83 !82 !

100 ;86 :

104 i104 j107105

38,980 ! 8,519 j43,280 0,746 i38,810 j 4,1?7 !

!

254 |H22 ;

mi \178 i205 j25)0 !

i

1129693

1,133 i1,009953

953 '8G4 '910 :929 ;

937 i828 :820 iB59 i884 :

1,236 ;1,124 !

892 '

3,041

2,6512.5011,991

1,8431, 6951,7732,0922,5252, 2412, 7422,7342, 478?, 420

2,6852,7462,254

> Daily average basis. 2 Data for January, May, August, November, and October arc for 5 vreek^; other months, 4 weeks.

12 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December, 1931

Construct ion/CONSTRUCTION activity during October was^-^ marked by a slight increase in residential build-ing, although this revival was confined to only a fewsections of the country. The construction of publicworks and utilities declined from that of the previousmonth, as did other classes of nonresidential building,and the total value of all types of construction showeda decrease from that in September, although themeasurable volume was slightly larger. The seasonaldecline in the production, shipments, and new ordersof important building materials continued, and theindex of construction costs dropped to a new low.Building-material prices for both frame and brickhouses showed an increase over those of the previousmonth.

The total volume of all types of construction con-tracts awarded increased 2 per cent from September,1931, but was 22 per cent less than in October, 1980.The total value declined 4 per cent from Septemberand 28 per cent from that of October, 1930. For the10 months of 1931, volume and value decreased 27 and30 per cent, respectively, compared with a year ago.

Residential building increased 17 per cent in termsof the total number of square feet and 11 per cent invalue from September, but a comparison with Octobera year ago shows a decline of 32 per cent in volume and42 per cent in value. During the first 10 months ofthis year the value decreased 23 per cent from that ofthe same period in 1930. The value of contractsawarded for public works and utilities fell 3.1 per centbelow that of September and was 27 per cent less thanin October, 1930.

The shipments of maple flooring declined 14 percent from those in September, but were only 6.3 percent less than in the same month last year. Oakflooring shipments declined 6.6 per cent, and cementproduction fell off 11 per cent from the precedingmonth. New orders for fabricated structural steelwere 44 per cent less than in September.

The index of construction costs (composed of theprices of structural steel shapes, cement, lumber, andthe rates paid common labor) declined 0.9 per cent,but building material prices for frame and brick housesrose 1.3 and 0.6 per cent, respectively.

BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE

! Building'. Building contracts awarded j I> i;!Sd?ng materials material

; ; , prices

- - - — - — -

F. E. B.Index (3

moving HI types of"uerar.e construction

Year and month cf valuesunad-

justed)

I Monthly i MiS-average

1923-i 1925- 100

1929" October '•• 1041930:

October - 75November « „ . • OHDecember . _ _ _ „ 59

1931: !January - ; 58February * 68March _ ! 77

May _! 73Juue • i 74Jily ~- — . -- 68August . _. 63

| lions 01; square( feet

05. 6

39. 5I 33. I• 29. 11 24.6

28. 3i 38.0

i

i ; Ma piej , floor-1 * '§>

Residential i Public worksbuilding and utilities

Mil-

«^°< SErVdollars b^re

446

337254249

228

370j 3q 4 ! 337! 38.9 306I 35. 0 332i 33. 8 i 2V-6! 30.6 i 233

Seotembor 59 ; 30 1 251October 52 ; i 30,7 M2

Monthly average, Jan-uary through Oc- *tober: i

1929 i 123 i j o'J.O ! 5041930 _ . ._! 97 !; 44.8 4021031 ! 88 ! 32.9 ! 282

23 S

22.318' 814,7

12.210. 622. 122, 02l! 916. 915.914.113 015. 2

34, 919.617. 1

!

dollars Sf|^\re i dollars

137. 7 ' 1, 229 87. 9

104. 7 339 113. 080.8 468 76.470.9 697 78.0

54. 4 393 i 95. 277. 6 248 i 78. 6

100. 9 522 151. 795, 9 785 133. 08&9 387 10&972. 7 2, 367 154. 563.9 1,233 116.360.2 737 73.054. n 353 ! 85. 160. 5 : 171 : 82.5

.

; m en is

; Thou-:satidsof; feet,

board1 meas-

ure

n ' ^7'

2. 8862J5M1,811

2, 3512, 6763,017

i 3, 2263' 315

; 3, 7783. 4473, 397

i 3. 1442, 703

108. S 990 j 131.3 1 6,23595. 0 1, 314 ! 149. 6 3, 88373.0 719 1 107. S 3,105

; Fatri- ,€on-struc-

Oak fi i cated j tionfloor- ! ..,'"*. struc-,1 cost,in« : Wt'Iit twral ; Bug.

: stetl Frame' Brick êws-.;house house Bec«

; pro- w

tion \«rtZ»]

• \ r j

- ^^^f^sands of IFirst of month, raontfa-! Bu""«io : ^hort i! 1 7 average 1013= 100; u<*irui> , tons j

i

32, '*S7 16,731 320 } 178

20,549 14,410 :09is! 844 i 11J098 15117, 152 i 8, 480 153

18, 365 6, 595 162 '21,713 j 5,920 i 158 !26,243 i 8,245 ! 184 !28, 155 I 11, 245 i 29327^745 i H010 ! 153 i23, 131 I 14, 118 i 177 125,691 ; 13, S99 | 159 !21,464 i 13,549 ! 124 i19,486 ! 12,092 i 197 !IS, 203 10,762 : 110 |

; |

39,818 ; 14,493 \ 309 '•2'i', 683 : 14,133 '• 239 :

28,010 11,041 172 !

171165168

163165163157160158155156154155

177174159

1S3 2 jr. C

17 fi ' 198.7172 198. 5174 i 196,9

170 194. 5171 i 196.6170 1 194. 5167 ! 191. 6167 ! 189.' 3168 i 187.4164 ! 171 4163 i 171. 4161 i 171.4182 i 169.8

182 : ; 20n. 7178 203.9166 184.1

Long-termreal-estate

bonds

Eeai- ~ -estatemar-

ket ac-tivity-deeds

record- Totaled

'

Month-j;

To fi-nancenewcon-

struc-tion

l?r f^p" • Thousands of1928» ' : dollars

100 i :

^5. 8 ' 19. 2~5

74. 0 ! i 6, 63564,6 ! i 9,905*38.9 1 29,877

66.0 ! ; 4752066.7 | i 3,59061.7 | i 2,01562. 0 1 ! 7, 2356L3 i ; 9^48558. 4 3. 42561.1 ! : 77559.8 i 2,100

1 66,7851 9,125

85. 1 ; 31,79071.3 13,123

10,906

V3 o75±. ,

I , 2101, 595

£30

2, 8oO1, 5001, 0001, 700

01, 000

60C565395500

12, 7385. 4031,011


Agricul tureMARKETING of animal products during October

increased by slightly more than the usual sea-sonal amount. The combined intlex recorded a riseof 4.6 per cent, but part of this advance is discountedby the low revised figure for September. The indexfor October was 1 per cent below the same month lastyear, and the monthly average for the first 10 monthsof the current year was less than 1 per cent under thesame period in 1930.

Wool receipts fell off sharply, due largely to a reac-tion from the high level of the last five months. Themonthly average to date still exceeds 1930, by a marginof 3.5 per cent. Livestock marketing reached thehigh point of the year and brought the monthly aver-age to a level less than 2 per cent below a year ago.Poultry, eggs, dairy products, and fish receipts alldeclined. The index for fish marketing was 12 percent below the revised figure for September and wasthe second marked monthly recession. Average re-ceipts for January through October were 4 per centhigher than last year for poultry and eggs, 2 per centhigher for dairy products, and 22 per cent lower forfish.

Crop marketings in October continued to increaseseasonally, but the combined index for the monthwas 24 per cent below October of last year. Cottonreceipts^were more than double the September amount

and partially absorbed the loss resulting from theless than seasonal gain of the last two months.Fruits, which did not record the usual seasonal grainin September, reached a high for the year. This isonly partially a seasonal increase, and extended thegain in the monthly average over a year ago.

The November 1 estimate of wheat production inthe United States, made by the Department of Agri-culture, showed no change from October, and remainedat 884,000,000 bushels. The 1931 potato crop isexpected to exceed last }rear's somewhat scant yield by39,000,000 bushels and is estimated at 1,000,000 bushelsin excess of the 1925-1929 average. No improvementis anticipated in the light crops of hay and feed grains.

Of the citrus fruit crops, it is estimated that orangeswill be less plentiful than a year ago except in thecase of the Texas output and Florida Satsumas.California and Florida grapefruit will probably bemore abundant and the lemon crop will approximatethe high output of last year. Due to dry weather themovement of Florida fruit has been late and to dateis considerably below 1930.

The index of stocks of meat in cold storage decreased21 per cent during October, and reached the lowestpoint of the year. This was the usual seasonal de-cline, but the monthly index was 5 per cent bel°wOctober of last year.

INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND STOCKS

Indexes of marketing

Animal products Crops

Indexes of stocks, cod ofmonth

Year and month Com-binedindex

Wool Live-stock

Poultry j Hairyan d eggs prod»z cts Fish

Com-binedindex

Grainsv 'tables Frl3its Cotton

Wheat,visible

supply,United

i States

Meats,cold-

storage

Cotton,UnitedStates

Monthly average, 1923-1925=100

11*29- October -1930:

OctoberNovemberDecember.. .... „

1931:JanuaryFebruary.. _MarchA prilMay. .JuneJulyAugustSeptember. ..October

Monthly average, Jan-uary through Octo-ber:

192919301831

102 G 52 2

96 7 79. 188. 5 ' 34, 597. 8 ; 57. 1

94 7 25 385.5 50.894. 0 ; 61. 9

101 2 ! 78 2106 7 i 197. 1118.0 i 405.4105.2 573.294.3 259 691. 5 i 125. 1§5. 7 i 49. 5

100 2 '• 142 0(J (» 4 : 170. 4158.7 18?. 6

11? 8

108 088.093 9

96 279.879.682 680 277.972.682 588.3

104 2

87 385 884.4

8;; 4

79 2121 6137 8

95 094 0

121 8137 0125 6115 688.688 088 48£ 4

100 1100 5104. 0

oo 7 i 187 2 !

82 2 172 077 8 14G 2 >92 7 98 9

98 4 103 491 3 116 2

102 9 169 4113 1 174 3130 9 138 53 56. 6 144 5123.6 161 2

90 5 160 18f? ,5 ! MO S

110 8 ; 18-' 6ICO 3 [ 192 8108.8 > 149 8

938 0 ' 10° V

212 1 82 6148 8 72 3105 8 7^ 8

74 3 81 066 8 84 664 4 80 053 1 63 962 0 69 056 2 68 6

103 0 182 9S3 9 130 0

119 3 79 8161 9 80 5

105 8 107 495 5 97 584 4 92 0

171 2 945 2

168 4 249 089 6 109 079 4 6*7 1

98 0 70 291 1 68 1

104 3 75 193 3 70 6

135 6 < 102 2165 8 ! 88 8103 4 1 139 364 1 ' 154 6

103 ? 129 2131 9 191 1

12^ 4 i 114 7117 0 i 101 7109 1 ' 108 9

327 5240 6144 9

64 045 138 629 828 39 1

2? 629 2

152 123? 4

<;S 187 16? 2

345 3

349 S344 8333 3

335 8343 7352 7339 8336 4

; 324 7370 4413 5407 7S*13 4

<>42 0276 ('•361 S

70 4

55 762 376 9

100 1114 0111 8114 8110 8105 898 783 366 652 7

116 792 885 9

176 9-

234 8264 9'266 8

254 2235 8-216 41°6 9179 5162 3146 a140 1188 1281 C'

111 4154 5200 1

14 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December,

Iron and Steel IndustrySEASONAL factors, whicli usually cause au upturn

in activity in the iron and steel industry in October,were lacking' last month, and operations continued torecede, although at a slackened pace. Measured bythe adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board, pro-duction in the industry declined. 6.5 per cent, thesmallest relative decline since May. Actual output ofpip; iron and steel ingots increased slightly for thefirst time since March, but *n each, case the daily aver-age output was smaller than in the preceding month.Operations in the steel industry were at the rate of 28per cent of capacity, the same as in September, but inthe first three weeks of November the rate advanced to30 per cent.

Maintenance of the extremely low rate of opera-tions was reflected in a contra-seasonal recession inboth employment and pay rolls, although the latterindex was also affected by the wage reductions effectiveOctober 1. Employment, after making allowance forthe seasonal trend, declined 1.8 per cent, as comparedwith September, while the unadjusted index of payrolls was off 2.9 per cent.

Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corpora-tion declined during the month and while the drop was

small, its main significance lies in the fact that itwas the first decrease reported for the month since1923. Bookings of the corporation at the end of themonth were 10 per cent below a year ago and 24 percent below the same month of 1929. The index ofnew orders for the industry declined sharply duringOctober to the lowest level reached so far. Specifica-tions from some of the leading outlets, particularlythe railroad, building, and automotive industries, havebeen in small volume. The index of structural-steelorders declined to a new low, following the substantialgain in September. The decline in the index of neworders for the 10 months compared with a year agowas 34 per cent, while structural steel orders dropped28 per cent.

Iron and steel exports again declined in October aridwere 16 per cent below the preceding month and 55per cent below October, 1930. Imports were off, butthe recession in imports this year has not been assevere as in the export trade. Prices have been easierand the composite iron and steel price has recentlyeased off to $30.63, against a September average of$31.03. Scrap prices have increased only slightlyfrom the low reached at the end of October.

IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS

Year andin on tli

General operations

F. R. B.index(ad-

justed) i

Eate ofopera-tions,

electricenergycon-

sump-tion

'' Monthly average,

1929: October1930:

OctoberNovemberDecember..-.

1931:January.February-,.-.March. . ,_.April...MayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober.......

Mont hi y aver-ago, J a n u a r ythrough Octo-ber:

192919301931

124

746559

64737875726459514343

13710063

144.8

126.0106.5110.2

103. 4116.51 19. 4108. 1106.886.683.178.078. 376. 3

154.9127. 095.7

Em-ploy-mentad-

justed1

i ' :! ;Fabricated

s?eel jStcel ingots j structural:| :

! " i" " " ' Pig- : ~ " " :" '

! iron

Payrolls

unad-justed

; ££ P p%I ^£x» j j[fui«i flon - i - ro— cent

portsj ports j ™£ y£j\ > y

H i . '

1923-1925=100 ; Thousands of long tons ^^j.

99.1

81.380.279,1

77.575.976. 676. 574.872.672,170.367.466.2

99.588.673.0

107.9, 2 IS , .".0 3, ."88 4,531 86' J

75. 6 l.°,2 1 30 2, IfiS - 2, 693T8.C ,' 112 35 1,867 2,21266. 7 iu2 24 l,6'.n 1,980

62.4 '.!,} 34 1,714 2,4:907.5 < i 2'.' 1,707 ' 2,50270.0 ' 110 33 2,032 2 9046? 1 1 101 41 2,020 2.722f»4.'j i 01 ' 30 1,994 2,50f:r.6 ; 7" ' 31 1,639 2,07652.4 | 84 2S 1,403 1.88650. T i 73 22 3,281 1,71945 2 70 : 25 1. 169 1.54813.9 5P 23 1,173 1,592

«j107.987.758.4

i 258 , 48 3,f.27 4,789i 177 ; 36 2,787 3,509i 85 ! W 1,619 , 2,209

504438

43 ,4954494538 '34312828

94 168 i40

steel

Newor-ders

Ship-ments

United^lf*el Manga-Corpo- pcse ore

» « ; content)month

. ! _ _ = .Thousands >

of shorttons

320

209151153

162158184293153177159124197110

309239172

324

239195 i168

172 !166151158148162182169150148

Thousands of longtons

4,087 25

3,482 183,640 103,944 29 i

4, 132 17 !3. 965 103, 995 23, 898 333, 620 213, 479 373, 405 383, 169 223, 145 273,!19 21

i !

1Ii!

280 i 4,139 j 28262 1 4,041 i 24 '160 I 3,593 1 23

1 !

Prices

!Steei

biliets, Iron andBesse- steelmer • compos-

(Pitts- itcburgh)

Dolls, per Jong ton

35. 00

31.0031. 00

36.27

32.3131.95

30. 60 31. 76

30.00 ! 31.7030.00 I 31.6530. 0030. 0029.5029. 0029. 0029.0029.0029. 00

31.6631. 6131.3931.0231.0531. 0531.0330.81

34. 63 36. 5832.0529.45

33. 9031.30

T"~"

Struc-turalsteel

beams

Com-posite

finishedsteel

i|!__.

Dolls, per 100pounds

1.90

1.601.601.60

1.631.651.651.651.65

2.51

2.222^202.19

2.222.222.232.222,21

1. 65 2, 191. 65 2, 201. 60 2. 191. 60 2. 201. 60 2, 18

i

1. 93 2. 551. 73 2, 341.63 2.21

1 Adjusted for seasonal variation.


Chemical IndustriesHEMICAL industry developments in Octoberwere characterized by a slightly increased activity

in certain seasonal products. Employment in theindu^tiy declined slightly during the month, accordingto the Federal "Reserve Board indexes. The presentlevel ol omployiiient is about 1.1 per cent under a y-vu*ago ai j -1 niiiobt 30 per oîl below the }\i'A\ i v»o idemployment in October, 192P, the decline fioin tlnupoint i u jv ing been fairly leirulur from month to mouth.Pay rolls in October maintained the slight gain recoi dedfor September, but did not show the small seasonal risewhich is normal in the fall.

Stocks of manufactured chemicals and oils rosesharply, but seasonally, in October as compared withthe revised September estimate. While stocks inOctober of this year are higher than at this time inseveral years past, the average for the first ten monthsof this year was below that of last year. Stocks ofchemical and oil raw materials rose 21 per cent inOctober as compared with the unusually low stocks ofSeptember, present stocks being still about 10 per centbelow the quantities on hand at this time in severalyears past.

Wood rosin production increased slightly in Octoberas is usual at this season. The present level of produc-tion is? however, 25 per cent below that of a year ago

and 36 per cent below two years ago. Wood turpen-tine production also increased slightly, though sea-sonally, in October, with the present output below thatof this reason one and two years ago by 33 per cent and40 per cent, respectively.

Alcohol production increased more than seasonallyin Ociober, though still 13 per cent under a year ago.

Tie production of by-product coke increased a littlein October as is customary at this time of year. Thepresent level of production is below that of October ayear ago by 30 per cent and under that of two yearsago by 48 per cent.

Fertilizer consumption in the Southern States,which shows large seasonal fluctuations, increasedslightly m October, although there is usually a sea-sonal decline at this time. Present consumption is,however, about 10 per cent under that of the last twoyears at this season.

Imports of potash salts and nitrate of soda declinedin October, although imports of potash salts usuallyincrease greatly and of nitrate soda slightly at thisseason. Imports of potash salts in October wereabout a third less than those of a year ago, and werealmost 60 per cent less than imports two years ago atthis season. Nitrate of soda imports for the monthwere 20 per cent greater than a year ago.

CHEMICALS STATISTICS

Year a ikd month

Genera! operations

EmploymentF. K. B. Indexes

Ad-justed

Unad- roll ,justed uiiad-|

Justed 1 goods

Stocks

Tur-Ethyl i Explo- •. Rosin, pen- r;

alcohol : slves wood tine'l prod-

Production

Fertl- Potash Nitrate«™ salts lofsoda

Con- isump- Importstion

Monthly average, 1923-1925=

1929: October ; 115.81930: :

October i iQl 1November . 98 3December . _ . ; 97. 9

1931:Januarv . _. . * 96 6February . __ . i 94.5March .. i 89 8April ! 91 7May. . '•• 930June 89. GJuly 89.4August 86 6September. 85 7October 85 4

Monthly average, January throughOctober:

1929-1930 .1931

116. 1

101. 498.697.8

96. 295. 693.396.791.486.786.284.486.085.7

312.21C5. 890.3

118.2

99.99fi 194.7

90.492. 989.892.088,484. 182.980.480.880.8

113.2105. 688. 3

120. 7

125.1124. 2123. 9

128. S130. 7132.0129. 0129. 3123. 3119.2117.4121.0130. i

120.6129.8126.1

100 ;

134.3 ::

132. 7 ;128.3124. 2 ;107. 7 ;

103.2 ;96. 5 '91.5 i88.4 :87.986.785.399.5 :

130,7

107. 4106.896.7 !

Thous. i Thous.of gals, ; of Ibs.

25, 426 42, 10S

13,455 I 34,11320,861 i 30.24S17, 770 i 24, 024

11.869 : 24,0568,859 i 28,751

11,929 : 25,41411,162 : 27,64713, 120 i 26, 960

25,98111,975 25,06812,363 24,54812,952 • 26,59816,037 |

Id, 950 ! 37, 16412,854 ' 32.789

i 12,252 i _ . . .

T)n-i.iic, Thous. of short i Shortmrrels tons ! tons

40.. 903

34,81838, 93134, 332

24, 48832, 33233, 54435, 58533, 59334, 74728, 49517, 07425, 05828, 103

37, 22340, 08229, 102

7, 640 ; 350

5,817 . 3366,584 i 3036,200 336

4,757 3265,634 2495, 740 2266,344 1955,996 ; 1625,675 : 1464,370 1432,607 1623, 797 1423 922 ;

\6.889 • 2967,057 i 3364,884 |

4,605 : l,03o

3,408 ! 1.2653,114 1,5083,055 1,439

3. 092 : 1, 5702,898 ; 1,4093,256 ! 1,5063, 146 • S<>43,126 i 1,0442,715 I 1,0242,569 i Q972,443 ' 1,2382,310 1,252? 389

4,492 : 8863,905 . 9942,794 i

103 J122, Oil j 54,821

1066174

343640

1,3621,1321957425409194

73, 94519, 70625, 324

41, 66333, 82260, 39430, 20617, 70614. 65067, 95865, 04366, 44050, 071

27, 20735,47435, 512

45, 89068, 421120,16467, 00834, 00629,71118, 80935, 36748, 59033, 968

534 j 68.100535 j 78,885399 i 44,795

82,18449, 691so, in

i Average of 9 months.

16 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December. 1935

Automobiles and RubberSCHEDULES of production in the automobile^ industry were reduced in October by a margingreatly in excess of that usually recorded at thisseason. The adjusted production index of the Fed-eral Reserve Board stood at the lowest level recordedin recent years and was 43 per cent below October ayear ago. The monthly average for January throughOctober is 29 per cent lower than the figure for thesame months in 1930 and 59 per cent below the highlevel of 1929. Passenger-car output continued itsdecline of the previous five months and was approxi-mately half the already low product of September.Truck production, which had remained fairly steadyfor three months, also declined sharply and registereda loss for the month of 31 per cent.

Employment in the automotive industry decreased19 per cent in October, according to the seasonallyadjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board. Payrolls, however, remained practically the same, indi-cating an increase in working hours. The unadjustedpay-roll index fell less than 1 per cent while the un-adjusted employment index declined 21 per cent. Inthe first two weeks of November some improvementwas apparent from the employment index of the

Detroit Board of Commerce, which rose from 41.7to 50.

The export of trucks was the most active section inthe entire industry. Total trucks shipped abroadduring October exceeded all months since April andthe number was 10 per cent greater than shipments inOctober of last year. Passenger car exports, on thecontrary, were less than half the total for October,1930, and the average monthly exports for Januarythrough October were 46 per cent below the samemonths a year ago.

Pneumatic tire production in September was 19 percent less than in the preceding month and only slightlyunder September, 1930. During September domesticshipments in the industry also receded from the Augusttotal. The Federal Reserve Board adjusted index ofOctober employment in the rubber products indus-tries recorded a small gain. The unadjusted pay-rollindex declined 2 per cent.

Following three successive decreases the importationof crude rubber gained in volume during October.The total import receipts were G per cent above theamount recorded for September but 9 per cent belowOctober, 1930.

AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS

An torn oM!

Year and month

1929: October1930:

October.-. _ _November _ _ -December _ __

1931:January „February . _ _ .MarchAprilTV! avJuneJuly -August _ .SeptemberOctober

Monthly average, J a n u a r ythrough October:

1929 _1930__ .1931

F. U. B.'index,

ad-justed

Month-ly av-erages,1923-1925= ,

100

113

49 i74 !85

63686777786560524028

i 14584fift

Total

e production

United States

Pas-sen- Taxi- j Truoksfijer cabsears \

Thousands

380

154137156

17222027633731725121818714180

502306220

318

113101121

138180231286271210184155] ( IU58

431255182

868 60, 687

582 40, 593609 35, 613

1, 425 33, 443

512 33,531529 39, 521410 45, 161660 50. 022340 45, 688360 40, 244180 34, 317104 31,772141 31,338651 21, 727

1, 446 69, 543690 50, 219389 37, 332

Automobileexports

Canada j

j Total ^^^Jy^! 1

. due- :

Number

! 14,523 ! 19,931: 4.541 j 7,136

: ' : 5,407 ! 6.039I - 5,622 9', 0 9 6 ':

l ! 6,498 8,304\' 9,871 9,187 '

12,993 11,526i 17,159 11.228: 12,738 8,468; 6. 835 5, 843! 4, 220 6, 478

4, 544 5, 699

1,440 3,207

i 24,838 31,168i 14,316 13,793

7, 894 7, 452

rucks'

11, 512 ,

4.079 !6,039 !5,102 ,

4,534 )4,187 !o,002 !5.499 i4,498 !4,340 i3,518 i2,356 '4,1714. 50C

17,396 i7,380 :4,361

mobile ;acces-sories, \ship- iments !

Janu-ary,

1925=100

91

796355

5365666161576666

8672

Automobile jf i n a n c i n g ; j

whole- i Jfy 1sale i _„„" i lclea!- ; su™" \\

ers ^ er!s i i

Millions ofdollars

64

363036

40506371735849443626

616051

126

81 (

CO '66

62 /6692

113109 i105 i968068 i |

14410885 !L

Pneumatictires

Pro- D°-i." in es tic?i^n" sh|P-110 nients

Thousands

3, 089 3, 520

2, 866 2, 6132.123 2 1192, 251 2 5:0

2.940 2 SV3, 188 2 'x )3, 730 3. 1433, 955 \ 8044,543 4. !'»74,538 1, 3203, 941 4, 2443, 125 3, 8452, 538 3, n<u

4, 983 4, 8233, 640 3, 616

Crude rubber

WorldSni- stocks*ports end of

month

Long tor.?

38, 454 282, 837

ic, 3"" 42S42?24 7H 127,427"7 .70 439,728

,10 'OS 4PO,479'U, >74 171,28'4C, >s i^7 71644. 4^7, t963"> 814 4^7,70"16 ( i°6 2rf844, 052 i 509, 139rv.OTi 511,75008, c"3 "> 2.77441,398 ! 536,874

47,668 : 259,43641,842 : 383,48740, 287 497, 16ft


Textile IndustryTHE increased activity in the textile industry

registered in September was not maintained inOctober, and, although the index of the Federal Re-serve Board adjusted for seasonal variations in Octoberwas 7 per cent below its 1923-1925 average, it was2 per cent higher than in the same month of last year.Consumption of raw cotton in October was about thesame as in September.

Production of 300 classifications or constructionsof carded cotton cloths, representing output of a verylarge proportion of the industry, averaged nearly57,000,000 yards per week in October, 4.3 per centmore than in September, and the largest weekly outputfor any month since June. Sales of these cloths inOctober averaged 45 per cent larger per week than inSeptember, and were 47 per cent more than production.The increase of 117,500,000 yards in unfilled ordersconsiderably more than offset the increase in stocksof 10,900,000 yards; unfilled orders on October. 31represented 6 weeks of production at the current rateof activity, although they were slightly lower than onOctober 31, 1930. Prices of cotton goods were steadyduring October, at a level about 25 per cent lower thana year ago.

Wool receipts at Boston in October declined for thesecond successive month, which was not unusual atthat time of the year, and were 24.4 per cent less thanin October of last year; the accumulated wool receiptsat Boston for the first 10 months of 1931 have beenonly 2.7 per cent less than during the same period of1930. The price of territory, fine, staple wool afcBoston averaged 58 cents per pound in October ascompared with 62 cents in the preceding month and75 cents per pound in October of last year. Spinningactivity in the woolen and worsted industry was at amuch lower rate in October than in September, 1931.As compared with the average for the first 10 monthsof last }rear the rate of activity from January to Octo-ber, 1931, averaged higher in both the woolen andworsted industries.

Raw silk deliveries to American mills in Octoberwere 8.4 per cent less than in October of last year,but were the largest quantities received by mills inany one month since November, 1930. Wholesaleprices of Japanese, double, extra cracks, raw silk atNew York changed only slightly from September toOctober, 1931. Wholesale prices of rayon did notchange during that period.

TEXTILE STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: October.1930:

OctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune _JulyAugustSeptemberOctober _

Monthly a v e r a g e , J a n u a r ythrough October:

1<2919301931

F.

U.

B.

ind

ex,

adju

sted

Month-ly av-erage,1923-1925=

100

118

919387

869397989897

10210010093

1189196

Cotton, raw Cottoa manufactures

Mill

co

nsu

mp

-ti

on

Bales

639, 759

443, 284415, 315405, 518

450,117433, 376490, 509508, 691465, 363453, 901450, 884425, 819463, 704462, 025

605, 605455, 696460, 439

Sto

cks,

mil

ls a

nd

wa

reh

ou

se

s,

end o

f m

on

th

Thou-sands of

bales

6, 652

8, 8299,962

10, 031

9,5578,8648,1367,4046,7486,1025,5205,2667,072

10, 566

4, 1885,8097, 524

Sp

ind

le a

ctiv

ity

,to

tal

Mil-lions ofspindlehours

9,006

6,2435,8255,924

6,3656,1227,0007,1256,7336,6306,5286,1936, 5406,595

8,5316,4936,583

Cotton textiles (23 groups oftextile constructions)

Pro

du

c-ti

on

i

1 -i I **~J3

e.3 ! 50i-a i ansg-I I s s l«i \ OQ

ayp!l

Thousands of yards •

283, 064

228, 866206, 633234, 052

202, 149212, 168271, 638225, 955225, 392260, 163192, 545209, 050272,118227, 116

293, 850237, 904229, 829

265, 450

270, 383200, 661226, 951

210, 597248, 354317, 185217, 582205, 603273, 871211,331227, 644278, 049216, 207

296, 759248, 916240, 642

362, 657

350, 889356, 861363, 962

355, 514319, 328273, 781282, 154301,943288, 235269, 449250, 855244. 924255, 833

368, 283434, 220284, 202

395,698

350,845333, 251288, 956

317, 465395, 802373, 951294, 118248, 544330, 575277, 597217, 508227, 167344, 639

414, 780307, 323302, 737

Who

lesa

le p

rice

,F

airc

hil

d c

om

-p

osi

te

Month-ly av-erage,1911-

1913 =100

160

124124122

12011912111911511211110095

162136

TO Ati Wool manu-WooJ ! factures

Eec

efpt

s, a

t B

os-

ton

, to

tal

Thou-sands ofpounds

12, 148

12, 7396,240

11, 574

10, 79513, 26913,27917, 77530,34156, 74379, 38136, 85018, 7079,628

27, 65129, 48628, 677

Mlrirtli•caS-Si

Dol- ;lars perpound !

0.90

.75 !

.72 i

.72 :

.68 i

.66

.66

.65

.63 i

.62 |

.62 i

.63

.62

.58

1.00.77.64

Sinningg pi EI dies

Woo

len

Wor

sted

Per cent of ac- |live hours tototal reported

78

535245

4866575560H I64666353

815759

72

625252

52545757667383787049

685564

Silk

Del

iver

ies

to m

ills

Bales

57, 489

61, 93757, 33355, 424

55, 91054, 24255, 38341, 35645, 07342, 16144, 74646, 45453,81956, 668

52, 50346, 94749, 581

•~ »

" '

2 3

d

1 R

ayo

n,

whole

sale

pri

ce,

5 13

?•

A g

rade,

ble

ach

ed

1.15

.95

.95

.95

.75-

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

1 1.251.07.75

1 Months do not contain same number of weeks.QCfi°A °1 QooU-u—ol •—o


Food IndustriesPRODUCTION in the food products industry

declined slightly during October, according to theadjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board. TheOctober level corresponded to the average monthlyfigure, from January through October of the currentyear. The monthly average for the first 10 monthswas 4 per cent below last year and 9 per cent below1929. After remaining comparatively steady for threemonths, the Federal Reserve Board's adjusted indexof employment in the food industries declined. TheOctober index was 2 per cent lower than that recordedfor September and 6 per cent below October of lastyear. The monthly average to date is 7 per centunder the average for the first 10 months of 1930 and11 per cent below a similar period in 1929. The levelof wholesale prices in the industry remained steadyand receded only a fraction of 1 per cent for the monthofÔctober. Prices were 18 per cent below October oflast year, while the monthly average for the first 10months of 1931 was also 18 per cent lower than duringthe same period a year ago.

Wheat receipts at the principal markets continued inOctober the seasonal decline of the two precedingmonths. The total receipts for the month were 14 per

cent above the same month in 1930, and brought theaverage for the first 10 months of 1931 to 8 per centabove a similar period last year. The visible supply ofwheat in the United States at the end of October was3 per cent less than the amount recorded a monthearlier. Exports were 25 per cent above October oflast year and reached the same level as October, 1929.

October receipts of corn at primary markets increasedsharply from the extremely low figure of the precedingmonth, bat the 10-month average was 29 per centbelow last year. The visible corn supply in the UnitedStates increased slightly during October. The declinein price of the last four months, evidenced by No. 3yellow at Chicago, continued during October. Theprice fell to a low mark for the year and was 54 per centlower than that quoted for the same month a year ago.

Cattle receipts at principal markets recorded a de-delayed seasonal increase. Hog receipts continued thegain of last month which was also seasonal. The totalvolume of hogs received was slightly greater than thefigure for October, 1930.

Raw sugar imports in October had a further decrease,while coffee imports were greater after a decline of twomonths.

FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS

Yearjand month

1929: October1930:

OctoberNovemberDecember _ „ -

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay - .JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober.

Monthly average, Jan-uary through Octo-ber:

19291930 .1931

Food products in-dustry

F. R. B.

Pro

du

cti

on

adju

sted

Em

plo

ym

ent

adju

sted

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925=100

96

949489

93928796918388889290

999490

99.8

90.991.490.8

91.290.389.990.690.888.788.188.187.585.5

99.895.689.1

Who

lesa

le p

rice

s

t>* 8>>|7Q 01O — <2

101.2

88.685.781.8

80.177.176.775.6 172.972.473.173.772.972.6

100.091.574.7

Cro

p m

ark

etin

gs

An

imal

pro

du

cts,

mar

ket

-in

gs

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925 = 100

238.6

212.1148.8105.8

74.366.864.453.162.055.2

103.083.9

119.3161.9

105.895.584.4

102.6

96.788.597.8

94.785.594.0

101.2106. 7118.0105.294.391.595.7

i

100.299.498.7

Wheat

7s«%2S|a?£1s

£f•MS?*§* 2«"SoA^'C

5£g>

ita•33"Si.£3

«re•wIM3

Millions of bushels

36

292522

293131213130

104613933

423841

203

205202196

197202207200198191218243239231

143162813

15

12

6

6457

101217121215

121310

Pri

ce, w

td.

aver

age,

6 m

ark

ets,

al

lgr

ades

Dol

lars

pe

rbu

shel

1.24

.76

.70

.73

.71

.71

.71

.75

.76

.67

.47

.51

.56

.58

1.17.96.64

i 'Corn j j Animal products

Rec

eipt

s, p

rinc

ipal

mar

ket

s

Vis

ible

su

pp

ly,

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

Millions ofbushels

i

18

151727

1921191711

! 1316118

14

222115

*

57

17

182022201289867

191213

0

Bi ! 1 ! i» « s **® *S : S *S

5° i -I !£ i 3 Z

Do

llar

s pe

rbu

shel

.95

.82

.71 ,

.69

.65

.61

.60

.58

.56 i

.58

.57

.46

.42

.38

.95

.84

.54

Thousands

2,407

2,3771,6961,736

1,5081,3031,5351,6171,5511,5401,4881,8211,7973,137

1,6941, 6781,630

3,701

3,4413,4394,002

4.6523,7043,2073,0672,9382,8542,5112,4542,7273,462

3,5913,3333,158

Tota

l m

eats

, co

ld-

stor

age,

en

d of

mo

nth

Mil

lio

ns

ofpo

unds

732

534597737

9591,0921,0721,1001,0621,014

946798638505

1,118890919

Tota

l ra

w s

ug

ar i

mp

ort

sT

hous

ands

of

long

ton

s

349

360344312

204364515415313382413532330289

517388374

Cof

fee

imp

ort

?j

Tho

usan

ds o

fba

gs

1,004

1,159957

1,098

1,0941,2891,4071,1261,4151,0371,100

884794907

9451,0051,105

December, 1931 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 19

Forest P r o d u c t sEMBER production in October, according to the

adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board,continued the steady decline which has been takingplace since last May. Present production, which isdown to 35 per cent of the 1923-1925 average, repres-ents a decline of 35 per cent from that of October,1930, and about 60 per cent from production two yearsago.

Employment and pay rolls both declined more thanseasonally in October. Employment has been declin-ing steadily since the summer of 1929, the presentlevel being approximately 22 per cent below Octobera year ago and less than half of the 1923-1925 average.Pay rolls have been declining more rapidly than em-ployment, reflecting wage readjustments in the indus-try and part-time employment; in October, 1930,, theindex for pay rolls (1923-1925 average = 100) was 3 percent less than that for employment and in October ofthis year pay rolls were 21 per cent below.

Marketing of forest products increased seasonally inOctober, being now about 9 per cent less than a yearago and 38 per cent under average marketings in 1923-1925. Naval stores, or gum, marketings in Octoberincreased slightly as compared with the revised esti-mate for September, whereas there is usually a smallseasonal decrease at this time.

Southern pine production remained steady at 117,-000,000 board feet in October, which is 45 per cent

below production at this time a year ago. New ordersdeclined to 135,000,000 board feet, which is about37 per cent less than new orders at this time in1930. Unfilled orders dropped to the lowest in manyyears, being about 47 per cent below the October,1930, figure.

Douglas fir production declined sharply in October(the estimate for this month includes an extra week)to 150,000,000 board feet, the lowest yet recorded.This is about 28 per cent less than production a yearago and 52 per cent less than two years ago. Neworders likewise declined to a new low point in Octoberand at present are about 26 per cent below those of ayear ago and less than half those of October, 1929.Unfilled orders, which reached a record low point, were41 per cent off from a year ago and only a little morethan a quarter of unfilled orders two years ago.

Production of hardwoods remained steady in Octoberas compared with the preceding month, but presentoutput is 33 per cent less than a year ago and 65 percent less than two years ago. New orders have re-mained about the same for several months, while un-filled orders rose somewhat in September but de-clined again in October.

Car loadings of forest products increased about20,000 cars from the low point recorded in Sep-tember.

FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: October1930:

October _ «November .December

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay .JuneJulyAugust .September...October

Monthly average, Januarythrough October:

192919301931 ..

General operations

Lum-berpro-duc-tionad-

justedF.R.B.

Em-ploy-ment,

ad-justed

Payroll,

unad-justed

Indexes of « thorn nin*»marketing Southern pine

Totalforestprod-ucts

Navalstores

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Monthly average 1923-1925=100

89

544750

49455049504944403835

927145

87.2

62,160.458.8

56.356.355.755.455.454.452.051.149.448.4

89.171.253.4

96.8

60.454.750.4

44.045.646.244.945.744.641.741.340.338.2

91.668.443.3 •

89.1

68.162.958.0

55.955.860.964.068.367.465.666.359.362.0

87.369.062.6

130.1

143.1112.9117.7

37.125.539.798.3

136.5189.9186.7141.5111.9114.0

123.3123. 9108.1

2H185167

165154165165148127

1 122120117117

213177146

191171174169158140147151138135

237 220140 157

Un-filled

orders

Douglas fir »

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un-filled

orders

Hardwoods

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un-filled

orders

Millions of feet board measure

10910599

116107121104848383827458

15591

312

208192167

160179186202207200149172155150

330250176

304

203186189

192189217224189191181188159151

339247188

296

138176188

18318219721613616316611112581

332209156

296

158143134

143158165146146143109101105105

313214132

281

154133125

169188173154158176139131131131

308178155

660

466452456

456481473463431419402375387374

646564426

Car-load-ings,forestprod-ucts

! Thou-isands of

cars

! 254

! 197174121

156138138130165125106138

i 104123

i

279211132

Furni-ture,un-filled

orders,south-east-ern

district

Dollarsperfirm

29, 11719, 91714, 400

31, 78134, 16029, 79828, 24819, 33856, 86547, 99747, 70642, 18022, 100

39, 03936,017

Mnv An cm.-:t. «nri s: othfir months. 4 weeks.


IMPORTS OF FERTILIZER AND FERTILIZER MATERIALS[Long tons]

Months

JanuaryFebruary _ _ _ _ _ . .M!archApril _ _ _ .MayJune _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _July _ _AugustSeptember _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _October _. _ .-_ ___ _ _NovemberDecember _ _ _ _ _

Total

JanusryFebruaryMarcliApril _ - _ - - _ - _ _ _ - - - - _ _ _ _MayJune _ _ _ - - - _ . _ -JulyAugust _ - _ _ _ - - - - _ - _ _SeptemberOctober _ - _ - -NovemberDecember.

Total

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

Total

72, 07769, 22078 92792, 64197, 472

116, 515183, 270158, 79380, 599

122, 573151, 755115,492

1, 339, 334

210, 426142, 350222 955193, 032134, 68572, 625

116,740153, 820145, 123160,616110,360195, 134

1, 857, 866

266, 623232, 558227 361111,78396. 24753, 59287, 271

109, 445141, 028172,517189, 944204, 511

1, 892, 880

199, 363197, 963298, 781246, 939174,002101,946152, 467202, 576215, 088153, 457164, 581161, 365

2, 268, 528

224, 139277, 525326, 592211, 54092, 78145, 120

109, 527155, 499124,412159,728163, 978191, 781

2, 082, 622

152, 659119, 897184, 813150, 86175, 46274, 732

151, 602249, 862188, 724181, 202140, 414148, 710

1, 818, 938

231, 522300, 524324, 468224, 681157, 773126, 526160, 447277, 363198, 575183, 737163, 666185, 788

2, 535, 070

195, 387289, 414221, 443226, 883204, 007107, 023159, 486201, 665154, 569237, 113149, 843162, 942

2, 309, 775

240, 130257, 596287, 555177, 32787, 99489, 547

164, 546

160! 784150,68695, 798

107, 198

137, 172141,421255, 905143, 25072, 15959, 97097, 358

127. 599146, 700120.822

1,976,893

Nitrogenous

13 01021 05120, 26 732, 73360, 01653, 89337, 72048, 19957, 98491, 631

124, 37761, 312

634, 805

IZ'f ?1 I1(L i » M141,S7i1 12, ( r,2117, V'.'i38, (»:s,5, 9t>7

65, 727t>3, %080, 7u350,3^)

120, 190

1, 089. 524

1^0. 144lhl.t .701 *6. 017

/ ( > , 3527S, 03910. °7757. ( 8874, 51481, S97

105. 227S9, 84185,310

1, 177, 576

111,578118,204221, 500177, 081149, 81368, 97387, 226

1 07, 68475, 72783, 922

106, 06364, 390

1, 372, 167

134, 899180, 301210, 400140, 90964, 73021,81632, 36571, 72850, 40760, 84369, 09088, 285

1, 1.43, 899

73, 19759, 497

120, 017121, 68062, 34952, 11769, 230

100, 590100, 32798, 34095, 23997, 738

1, 050, 927

110,722181, 898242, 099104, 489131,13291, 57859, 219

122, 44875, 54387, 18986, 521

122, 920

1, 475, 758

132, 527193, 95(5142, 573148, 0281.4, 33580, 39567, 35675. 10963, 30697, 56682, 57498, 609

1, 326, 994

143, 191130,211165,811105,47158, 20534, 90243, 35035, 94049, 79105, 83960, 04468, 250

973, 115

82, 46698, 435

170, 587102.34246', 00237. 99824, 73047, 93570, 02261, 904

Phosphates

January _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ -.February]VIarch - -April - - - - - - - - -May _ _ _ -- _ -June _ --JulyAugust _ -_ _ - _ . _September _ _ -October _ _ _ _NovemberDecember _

Total ......

January

JVTarchApril - - - --JVIjjy _ _ _ __June _ _ - - - -JUly . _ _._

AugustSeptember _ _ _ _ _ __- . __October --NovemberDecember

Total

JanuaryFebruary - -March . - _ - --April . -M!ay _ _ - - _ _ _ -TuneJulyAugust -September - . - _ _ - _ - _ _ _October _ . _ . - _ _ -

1,4911, 808

4471, 3071, 0142, 0971, 2013, 4454, 3SO7,1461, 873

10, 176

37, 105

4, 1393,6834,6047,4662, 7572, 0037, 976

11,2614, 8637, 0075,7275,800

67, 346

8,2331, 7013, 2344,293

9295, 7362,8051,3064,9508,1381, 7282,075

45, 128

4,0171,3121,2602, 3804, 0791, 9483,9633,8233,4153, 0254,2292,906

36, 357

3, 1553, 437

11, 9607,9741,9715,2943, 169

11, 6725, 4525, 1503,9165,560

68,710

8,7338,8669, 6456, 5303,453

10, 0417,415

10, 0834, 368

11, 50613, 1688, 107

101, 915

9, 46821, 16410, 7408,9315, 4158,111

11,81113, 3219,4238,560

11, 52014, 383

132, 847

5,3048, 5245,0366,773

14, 92412, 1824,666

13, 0435,2125, 641

10, 76912, 740

104, 814

7, 8078,896

15, 8746,2405,025

17, 4824, 0746,7073, 6036, 9224, 1579, 760

96, 547

6,2793,726

15, 1585, 5784,8323, 3393,7689,8586, 1753, 331

Potash

42, 76338 5"643, 99943, 91919, 26052,613

136, 383100, 69511, 36017, 85318, 75841, 237

567 422

73, 717,32 701

72, 33867, 36011,77331, 33041, 42174, 47675, 01870, 65752, 60462, 061

665, 456

63, 77067, 32784, 69325, 21513,9256, 328

26, 08732, 70653, 00754, 58888, 932

115, 441

632, 019

82, 03777, 20771, 53863, 27914, 24029, 82759, 71086, 154

130, 40563, 38652, 62790, 229

820, 637

82, 11485, 92599, 25061, 08124, 70415, 83671, 09465, 26957,51169, 71488, 18495, 032

815,714

67, 04447, 81746, 04819, 3446,624

11,15474, 355

135, 96580, 35466, 44729, 32138, 636

623, 109

105, 76589, 52865, 66445,81417, 38415, 82083, 854

137, 924107, 60179, 16155, 36238, 679

842, 556

46, 18477, 15664, 43356, 79135, 5439,975

83, 661101,87383, 374

122,01150, 19846, 710

777, 909

85, 18S106, 20092, 20855, 11918, 82834, 616

113,423106, 209103, 11373, 94519, 70625, 324

833, 879

41, 66333. 82260, 39430, 20617, 70614,65067, 95865, 04306, 44050, 071

Other Fertilizer

14,2077, 7258^214

14, 68211, 1827,3127, 9006, 4546, 8695, 943

3, 2563, 3324,1395, 2542,2951,2341,3762, 3561, 3362,189

8,1761,8603, 4172,9232, 754

551691919

1,1744,564

1,7311,2404, 4794,1995, 8701,1981, 5684,9155, 5413, 124

3,9711,8024,9221,5761,3702,1742,8996,8305,042

18, 021

3,6853, 7178,5033, 3073,0361,420

6023,2183,6754,909

5,5677,9345,9655, 4473,842

11,0175,5633,6706,0088,827

11, 3729,7789,401

14. 6919,2054, 4713,803

11, 6402,617

11,895

3,9446,289

13, 66210, 4975,9362,4873,6998,8764,2773, 930

6,7645,4389,7665,1243,0193,983

9024, 7634,0635,516

1 Compiled by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The item " Other Fertilizer " represents the total imports of Nitrophoska, lime-stone ground and pulverized for agricultural purposes, prepared fertilizer mixtures, and substances used chiefly for fertilizer not elsewhere specified.


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

21

ITEM

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

Beehive coke.Bituminous coalBuilding (new awards)t Electric currentPetroleumSteel ingots

Receipts:Cattle and calves _ _ -CottonHogs. .Wheat

Distribution: Car loadingsWholesale prices:

Coppnr electrolyticCotton, middling, spot

Nov.28

116.236.8

79.7196.584.1

44.922.8

1931

Nov.! Nov.21 i 14

63.21 64.666.l! 65.9

50.0

9.8 10.672.5! 77.2

__ i 39.799.3! 97.4

117.8118.338.2 40.8

87.0! 95.9271.5|295.4101.4! 95.562.4! 88.668. 2| 72.0

48.5 49.322.8! 24.3

1930

Nov. Nov.29 22

82.0 79.080.4 80.975.8

16.3! 15.589.31 91.264. 6!

100.4103.4108. 8 109. 651. 3| 52.6

69.0 83.9195. 8 185. 467.8i 88.940.4 80.373.2! 81.3

78.3: 73.939.0S 40.1

Nov.15

80.478.680.0

16.399.767.1

102.8110.756.6

96.2231. 290.081.286.5

79.741.2

1939

Nov.30

95.0102.193.0

34.3104.4106. 5103. 1126. 688.2

76.6168. 890.653.387.2

129.064.0

Nov.93

95. 5101.4

34.7114.6

109.1126. 490. 8

102. 8184. 299. 848.099.1

129. 064.7

Nov.16

97.1101.389.5

39.2110.277. 9

107. 7125. 893.4

110.4238. 594.856.7

102.5

129.064.3

ITEM

!

! Wholesale prices — Continued.i Fisher's index (1926=100)—i Total (120)j Agricultural product (30) -

Nonagricultural products1 (90)

Iron and steel, compositeI Banking and finance:1 Bank debits outside N. Y. C

Bond prices; Business failures (number)-..

Federal reserve ratioInterest rates, call

1 Interest rates, time _ _1 Loans and discountsI Money in circulationi Net demand depositsj Stock prices. .

Time deposits

1931 ! 1930

Nov.28

67.852.2

70.073.8

74 Q92. 8

120. 983.960.680.0

107.3113. 0101.185.5

137.0

Nov.21

68.653.7

70.274.0

91.595.0

144. 582.757.785.7

107.6113.2101.792.7

137.6

Nov. Nov.14 ; 29

68.6 80.653.91 77.5

70.2: 80.374.0 77.0

66.5^ 99.196.3106.5

130.5J113.380.6105.060.6; 48.591.4; 62.9

107.4132.2114.0 94.3101.7114.9101.7164.0138. 0 165. 1

Nov.22

80.878.7

80.377.0

120.7106.7139.8105.748. 562.9

133.592.9

115.7166.0165.1

Nov.15

82.281.3

81.377.2

100.7108. 5121. 6104.848.562.9

133.492.6

116.3161.0166.6

1929

Nov.30

92.397.5

91.286.9

129.8104.991.292.6

109.1114.3141.6100.1115. 0207.8149.1

iNov.! Nov.

23 1 16

192.2! 92.697.2: 97.0

91.1! 91.686.9 87.2

162. 5k44.0103.3103.3116.0' 99.391.91 89.7

115. l! 142. 4125.7137.1142.9144.999. 2i 100.0

117.8120.6205.3185.0148.3149.0

^Relative to a computed normal taken as 100. f Relative 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. dollsElectrical current output _ mills, of kw. hours. _Exports:

Corn thous of bushWheat thous. of bushWheat flour thous. of bbls__

Freight cars:Loadings, total _ cars..

Coal and coke carsForest products carsGrain and grain products carsLivestock carsMerchandise 1. c. 1 carsMiscellaneous . . cars..Ore cars

Net available surplus (da. av.) carsPetroleum production (da. av.) thous. of bbls__Receipts:

Cattle and calves (12 markets) . thousands. _Cotton into sight thous. of bales..Wheat, primary markets thous. of bushWrool, total, Boston thous. of lbs._

Steel-ingot production per ct. of capacity..

WHOLESALE PRICES

Chemical index rel to 1924Copper ingots, electrolytic, New York.-dolls. per lb._Cotton, middling, spot, New York dolls, per l b _ _Food index (Bradstreet's) dolls. perlb..Iron and steel composite dolls, per ton..Wheat, No. 2, hard winter, Kansas City.-dolls. bu._

FINANCIALBank debits:

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

Bond sales, New York Stock Exchange:United States Government thous. of dolls..

Average price 40 corporation bonds dollarsBusiness failures . number.Federal reserve banks:

Bills discounted- mills, of dolls..Total reserves .. mills, of dolls

Federal reserve reporting member banks:Total loans and discounts mills, of dolls. _Total investments _ mills, of dolls" Other" loans mills of dollsNet demand deposits mills, of dolls..Time deposits mills, of dolls

Sterling exchange, rate quoted (daily av.) dollars..Interest loans on brokers' loans:

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

Money in circulation (daily average) -.mills, of dolls. _Stocks, New York Exchange:

Average price 50 stocks dollars..Sales thous. of shares..

Stock prices, weighted:Industrials, rails and utilities (404)— rel. to 1926..All industrials (337) rel to 1926All railroads (33) rel to 1926All utilities (34) rel. to 1926--

Nov. 28

1101,754

113

2,420

252511

75728

106 3.062.0622.07

30.55.54

3 3753 414

8, 9548 308

492

6863 094

13. 4057 5037 574

12, 2066 211

361

3 502 50

5,486

83.066, 849

66.062 439 3

107. 2

1931

Nov. 21

7,063

1, 655

362, 465

173

653, 503121, 54921, 32536, 87225, 555

209, 032234, 269

4,901

2,453

275706

4, 9613,129

29

106.3.067.0622.13

30.63.58

3,7804,170

6,66085.05

588

6623, 043

13,4427,5607,553

12, 2796,2413.76

3.752.38

5,496

89.989,075

70.566.544.4

112, 9

Nov. 14

7,5206,377 '1,623

150 !1,960

130 I

690,366 !136, 109 |22,972 J37 994 127,604 !

207,499251,576 !

6, 612588,377 i

2,464

303 {

7687,0372,756 i

31 i

106 3.068.0662.09 i

30.63 !.62 '

3 645 '3,030 '

9.86986 24

531

684 i2 989

13,421 I7,612 !7 573

12, 2876 2563.79

4 002.50

5,535

98.8010, 668

76.171 351 5

120. 7

Nov. 29

8,70510, 3801,672

o99

283

702, 085155, 76332, 09533 73023, 821

194, 952255, 951

5 773580, 498

2, 266

218509

3, 20673439

107 2.108.1062.61

31.86.70

5 0364, 514

1,64005 40

461

2343,164

16, 5276, 8548 766

13, 8827, 4874.86

2 752 00

4,580

159. 278,175

116.9109 2101 3166.5

1339

Nov. 22

8,890

1,722

21819187

779, 752155, 36433, 11136 34824, 845

229, 521292, 340

8,223533, 445

2,282

265482

6, 3791,924

40

107 2.102.1092.61

31. 86.68

5,7485,500

1,57195 55

569

2053,191

16, 6906, 8048 852

13, 9747,4864.86

2.752.00

4,513

161.2212, 502

119.1110 8102 8171.6

Nov. 15

9,71810, 7761,713

34517190

829, 023175, 18433, 06137, 04929, 670

231, 001308, 486

14,572 j

469, 7932,305 !

304601

6,4491,378

43

107 2.119.1122.67

31.98.67

6,1184,590 '•

2,29695 41 1

495 i

1923,177

16, 6686,7678 763 '

14,049 !7, 5524.86 j

2.75 !2.00

4,498 |

158. 3818, 983

113.1105 499 0

161.2

Nov. 30

10, 17617, 0921,718

641, 465

169

836, 310188, 33548 61138, 71625, 769

220, 000305, 441

9,438340, 740

2,638

242439

4, 2343,008

67

112 5.178.1743.14

35.971.21

10, 3275,913

2,67193 93

371

9123,135

17, 6985,6559,809

13, 8906,7604.88

5.004.50

4,897

201. 768,087

152.5145 5136 8198.2

1929

Nov. 23

11, 173

1,818

841, 808

208

949, 716199, 87254, 86439 78029, 821

257, 825351, 810

15, 744289, 669

2,633

325479

3,8113,648

69

112 5.178.1763.16

35.971.20

13,1997,402

2, 49692 48

472

9003,196

17,8615,6509 871

14, 2276,7224.88

5.504.75

4,816

199. 3714, 362

157.1150 5138 9203.7

Nov. 16

10, 74012 5151, 794

2602 561

304

982, 926193 08353 63235 91033 441

259 543374, 02033 297

226, 1312,620

349615

4, 5024, 129

71

112 5.178.1753.13

36. 091.13

14 3506 559

7,14192 46

404

9713 187

18,1155 6019 746

14, 5706 7564.88

6 005.88

4, 856

179. 6927, 491

140.3134 5127 8177.6

! 19

Dec. 1

• 9, 90621,331

1, 6191 973' 1 291

177

900, 556189 33258 44853 59125 623

226 169336, 210

11 183222 539

2,506

214621

11, 1922, 886

84j

1 108 3.158.207

! 3.35! 36. 13

1.14

1 12 167! 6 080

2,113i 96 68

417

9902 722

16, 2005 8948 954

13,4086 8464.85

7 007 50

4, 908

227. 1626,041

178. 9186 4139 7180.5 i

28

Nov. 24

10, 982

1,701

3501,584

245

1 029,237211,449

64, 71554 77732, 873

260, 430387, 241

17, 752194, 092

2, 505

331615

11, 0521,980

83

108 3. 158.2053.32

36. 191.14

11 2796, 909

1, 74896 83

476

8002, 890

16,0975,8768 993

13, 3966, 8494.85

7.006. 50

4,835

224. 0730, 350

175.3184 2137 2170.5

22 SURVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS December, 1931

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 given belowshould always be read in connection with these explanations. For later data, which have become availablesince these data were compiled, see recent Weekly Supplements to the Survey.

CONTENTSPage

Industrial indexes - 22Wholesale prices.... 23Commodity groups:

Automobiles 25Chemicals and allied products__. 26Foodstuffs 28Forest products 32Leather and leather products 33Iron and steel 34Machinery 36Nonferrous metals 37Paper arid paper products 38Printing 40

PageCommodity groups—Continued.

Rubber and rubber products 40Stone, clay, and glass 41Textiles. . 42Tobacco 44Miscellaneous 44

Fuels... 44Distribution movement . 45Foreign trade 47Employment and wages 48Construction 50Public utilities..._ 50Finance 52

to 1923-25..ito 1923-25.Jto 1923-25..i

7674 '.73 :

72 ;288390438635 :65

93112

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

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION !i

Federal Reserve Board !

Total, unadjusted rel. to 1923-25..|Total, adjusted. rel. to 1923-25..jManufactures, total unadjusted rel, to 1923-25.. jManufactures, total adjusted..rel. to 1923-25._j

Automobiles rel. to 1923-25.Cement _..__rel.Food products— rel.Iron and steel rel.Leather and shoes rel. to 1923-25.Lumber rel. to 1923-25.Nonferrous rnetals rel. to 1923-25..Paper and printing rel. to 1923-25..Petroleum refining rel. to 1923-25..Polished plate glass.. rel. to 1923-25..Auto tires and tubes rel. to 1923-25..Textiles rel. to 1923-25..Tobacco manufactures.....rel. to 1923-25..

Minerals, total unadjusted rel. to 1923-25..Minerals, total adjusted rel. to 1923-25-.

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

Industrial Consumption of ElectricalEnergy

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

Consumption by industries:All industry rel. to 1923-25.Automobiles, including

repair parts rel. to 1923-25.Electrical apparatus and

equipment rel. to 1923-25.Food and kindred products rel. to 1923-25.Leather and its products...rel. to 1923-25.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 1923-25.Paper and pulp ._ rel. to 1923-25.Rubber and its products...rel. to 1923-25..Shipbuilding ....rel. to 1923-25..Stone, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25..Textiles rel. to 1923-25..

1931

August | July | June [ May i April ! March

11942684047

97.187. 587.4

103. 3113. 2102.2

97.1

57.4

128.5136. 581.882.273.071.0

76.3113.082.884.5

113.498.2

ary January !

i't76

27676

24095

«9246

29738 I

2 65 !104 !161 !55 !79 !

2 100 j118 !282 !277 i

65 i70 !60 i

2 102 !51 I67 i40 !49 -

100.497.092.6

104. 0113.8102.3

100.4

53.7 |

129. 8 !142.0 !81.982.276.275.0

78.3138.388.088.9

113.998.7

7879777952102835110440641051657290100118827961705910759614549

97.389.990.099.5

112.8108.8

97.3

43.6

128.0146.477.179.476.073.3

78.0121.798.585.6

105. 995.0

80 ;S3 !79 j83 !61 !

108 !88 I59 i

101 !44 !65

109 !162 !91 !112102 !122 !85 i84 i57 j74 i59 i

122 I55 !64 !42 !49 i

97.9100.092.195.7

117.596.8

130.1147.083.876.974.569.3

83.1104.097.482.0

104.898.2

83 |84 j82 j84 j65 !112836410149681081619112697133858566746712246604654

101.798.4

102.791.5

114.3106.4 ;

101.7 i

130.8 !136. 285.4 :86.3 !81.578.6

86.6112.4121.084.8 i

118.7 i100. 5 !

89899089779691721075073113163112123101137848671756812227785154

109.8104.4109.2101.3118.2119.1

89.7 i

132.0126.881.097.298.594.0

106.8135.1122.389.7

132.0103.7

9089 :9189 i?< |909675 i

102 j49 I73 i110161 !117 :107 I98 i134 !8392 !84 !77 ;69 i

121 !0 I

71 !54 i61 i

106.4 I109.4105.0 \97.6

108.6114.0

106.4

90.8 | 94.1

136.7122.083.991.699.594.6

108.1109.6109.092.5

116.5100.0

87918767818778925077110152119989713182

7670

1120

796385

108.2105. 8105. 7102.8117.5115.7

108.2

124.3116.871.293.2

112.2103.5

119.4123.0109.698.3

105. 197.3

87 :

86 ;88;8568 [

8092 '73874579111149111949313284 ;8889 i7376110

0 i826265

110.3105.5109.0108.0130.6120.0

110.3 !

149.0112.976.184.2

114.0112.3

116.5127.0122.0114.8102. 699.3

828281816384936477497810714490888612186909377721100836865

97.690.2

100.296.6

105.8111.0

67.5

144.7118.371.682.697.495.0

103.4111.8106. 5113.975. 386.4

1930

Decem- Novber

78827680858389598150851011496573871288994 i9385 i76 \111

0 i92

68

99.186.399.097.5

116.499.9

71.5

132.4107.168.773.3

102.3

110.2117.084.399.0

100.689.8

8584848474869465804787103151

7793119959283

11451837370

105.496.3100.6;103.5113.4121.3

74.9 j

137.5 !

124.4 i73.0 !86.5 i99. o ;89.6

106. 5 ;112.3 i95.3105.5 :106.287.0

9087888549979475895495107160101889112910498105878311574947080

103.293.2

107.399.8

118.4116.1

104.3 103.2

80.9

140.6137.284.977.1

101.287.0

126.0120.099.0

121.5106.385.4

2 Revised.


MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

23

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

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_.

COST OF LIVING

All groups rel. to 1923Clothing rel. to 1923 .Food rel. to 1923Fuel and light - rel. to 1923Housing _.. re!, to 1923. .Sundries _ rel. to 1923

PRICE INDEXES

Department of Labor Indexes:All commodities (550) ... rel. to 1926Farm products _ _ 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 1920..House furnishing goods (37)

rel. to 1926Metal and metal products rel. to 1926..

Textile products (75) rel. to I92fi_.Miscellaneous (25) rel. to 1926..All except farm and food

products (384) rel. to 1926_.Raw materials (103) rel. to 1826Semimanufactured articles (62)

re^ to 1926Bradstreet's Index rel. to 1926Dun's Index . rel. to 1926. _

WHOLESALE PRICES

Acetate of lime dolls, per cwtAluminum No. I, Virgin 98-99,

New York _ _._dolls. per lb._Aluminum, scrap cast, New York-dolls, per lh._Barley, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bu..Brass sheets mill dolls per IbBrick, common, red, New York

_ dolls, per thous .Butter, common, New York dolls, per lb._Cement, Portland (composite) ..dolls, per lb..Cheese, American whole milk, New York

dolls, per Ib .,Chemicals rel to 1927Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Brazil grades.dolls. per lb-JCopper ingots, electrolytic dolls, per Ib 1Coal: |

Anthracite— !

Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton--Wholesale, composite

_ _. .dolls, per short ton _!Bituminous —

Mine average (spot)dolls per shot ton

Prepared sizes (composite)...dolls, per net ton.-

Rotail, composite, dolls, per short ton-.!Wholesale, composite i

dolls per short ton iCoke, furnace, Connellsville

. _. dolls, per short tonCocoa, spot, Accra, New York._dolls. perlb..!Corn:

No. 3, yellow, Chicago dolls, per b u _ _ jNo. 3, Kansas City dolls, per bu._No. 3, white, Chicaeo -.dolls, per bu

Cotton:To producer dolls per lbIn New York, middling dolls. perlh.J

Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow, :prime, New York.. _ dolls, per lb

Cotton goods:Print cloth 64 x 60 ..dolls, per yd._Sheeting, brown.. dolls, per ydCotton goods (Fairchild) rel. to 1911-1913

Cotton yarns:22/1 cones, Boston dolls, per lb ._40/15 southern spinning dolls, per lb..

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals !-rel. to Aug., 1914..;

Drills, crude. _ . rel. to Aug., 1914 iEssential oils rel. to Aug., 1914..:Flaxseed, No. 1, Minneapolis. dolls, per bu._Flour, see under wheat flour.Food, wholesale, see under individual items. !Food, retail (Dept. of Labor) rel. to 1913. .!Hides: i

Green salted, packers'heavy native steers . .dolls, per lb..i

Calfskins, country, No. 1 dolls, perlb._ '

1931 „

October

162.6105. 7203.645.1

84.975.481.590.580.394.6

68.458.872.673.7

74.374.163.4

82.2

83.286. 561.559.0

71.461.5

64.762.674.4

2.00

. 2290

.0393.50

.130

10.00.34

1. 318

.1686

.058.0678

14. 97

13. 083

3. 9548.22

3. 703

2. 45. 0475

.38

.40

.39

.053

. 064

.045

.038

.040

.189

.315

15711865

1.32

119.1

.077

.083 j

Septem-ber

55.22 142. 32 108. 72 166. 7

46.0

85.678.581.790.180.795.4

69.160.572.974.0

74.974.863.3

84.8

84.787.262.958.4

72.062.7

66.364.272.3

2.00

. 2290

.0400.50

.152

10.00.33

1.331

.1786

.056.0699

14. 93

13. 083

1.62

3. 9548.17

3.705

2.45. 0463

.42

.46

.44

.059

.065

.044

.041

.05095

.201

.326

15711870

1.37

119.4

.090

.098

August July

! 48.2137. 7

M13.3» 155. 3

247.8

85.978.681.989.681.595.5

70.263.573.774.6

75.475.562.3

88.5

87.587.164.258.5

72.364.1

68.365. 775.1

2.00

. 2290

. 0400.45

.154

10.00. 28

1. 331

.1686

. 056. 0729

14. 73

12. 796

1.58

3.9078.11

3.704

2.45. 0525

.46

.45

.49

.003

.072

. 059

.043

. 052100

.212

.336

15711876

1.41

119,, 7

.113

.129

48. ii 134. 2

117.1146.551.9

85.978.681.589.382.095.8

70-064.973.174.0

75.877.358.2

89.2

88.087.565.461.0

71.864.3

69.568.077.2

2.00

.2290

.0424.42

.157

10. 00.25

1.331

.1588

.063.0770

14. 59

12. 614

1. 58

3. 8568.09

3.706

2.45.0581

.57

.53

.58

.085

.093

.069

.049

.056111

.225

.352

15711877

1.64

119.0

.120

.139

June

56.02 134. 22 118. 32 145. 7256.6

85.979.981.089.182.695.5

1

70.065.472.4

| 74.0

I 77 ,577.9

i 58.1

87.8

1 88.61 87.4i 65.4i 61.8

71.964.7

68. 6i 67. 9i 77.7

?.oo. 2290. 0438

.39.158

10.00.23

1.3G4

.1488

.068.0803

14.31

12.413

1.56 \

3.8168.00 i

3.692 I

2.45 1.0563

.58

.52

.59 |

.077

.090

.068

.048 i

.054112

.215

.352 !

15712877

1.48

118.3

.100

.129

May

52.92 139. 32118.62 154. 2

257.4

86.980.782.889. 183.595.9

71.367.172.975.1

78.479.160.9

87.3

89.287.866.362.8

73.266.5

68.966.977.3

2.00

.2290

.0438.45

.165

10.25.24

1.399

.1489

.061.0867

14.19

12. 270

1.CO

3.8388.04

3.723

2.48.0494

.56

.52

.56

.088 i

.093

.069

.050 i

.058115

.223

.353

15713079

1.55

121.0

.085

.129

April

60.42 144. 02119.5

161.7260.5

88.282.084.990.684.196.8

73.370.175.677.1

80.980.161.6

87.3

90.888.767.663.9

74.268.3

71.16fi.O79.2

2. 00

.2290

.0488.48

.172

10.25.26

1.422

.1590

. 053.0939

14.39

12. 202

1.64

3. 8458.46

3.760

2.50. 0535

58!53.58

.093

.102

.076

. 053

. 059119

.231

.369

16013182

1.57

124.0

.092

.135

March

58.2150.7119.5173.2J61.8

89.183.286.592.584.696.8

74.570.676.778.4

81.981.964.5

87.4

90.889.068.264.7

7.5.6C9 4

72.271.480.9

2.00

. 2290

.0488.44

.174

10.00.29

1.477

.1690

.056.0985

14. 85

12.608

1.69

3.9998.71

3.791

2.50 :

.0550 ;

.60 I

.54

.60 !

j.096 !.109 1

.076

.055

.059121

.240

.382 !

17413081

1.58 !

126.4

.090 !

.128 I

Febru-ary

49.8153.3

2119.8177.4261.0

89.684.486.992.785.396.9

75.570.177.179.3

81.882.269.6

86.6

80.888.970.463.9

77.170.6

72.371.081.4

2.00

. 2290

.0517.44

.171

10.00.28

1. 543

.1689

.064.0972

14. 85

12. 732

1.77

4.2238.83

3. 814

2.53. 0503

.61

.54

.63

.091

.110

.073

.053

.065119

.239

.390

17513180

1.56

127.0

.073

.117

January

j

51.21*6.3119.5182.861.8

91.184.690.992.985.997.2

77,073. 580.180.5

82.983.669.8

88.6

91.189.371.064.7

77.872.9

73.472.082.7

2.00

. 2290

.0525.44

.173

10.00.29

1. 578

.1790

.068.0984

14.88

12. 732

1.77

4.2708.87

3.829

2.55 i.0619 |

.65

.59 i

.68

.086 j

.102

.073

.052 !

.062120

.248

.390

175133 !81

1.57 1

132.8 i

1.095.125

1930

Decem-ber

48.7163.7120.1194.561.8

92.686.693.992.986.797.4

78.475. 281.881.9

i 84.4i 84.8! 70.5

1 91.2

91.3i 90 0I 72.41 66.9

79.074.2

74.3i 73. 6i 84,7

! 2.00

. 2290i . 0601i .47: .178

9.50.32

1. 580

.1893

.070.1030

14.89

12, 751

1. 77

4.3178.94

3. 898

2.55 1.0675 |

.69

.66

.73

.087

.101

.072

.053

. 065122

.247

.390

175137 !85

1.61

137.2

.107

.144

Novem-ber

48.7161.8118.6192 658.7

93.987.796.892.987.597.6

80.479.385.783.7

85.685. 271.8

94.0

95.290. 273.367. 8

80.176.8

75. 67fl. 186.4

2. 00

. 2290

. 0738.48

.176

9.50.36

1.588

.1994

.079.1011

14.90

12. 751

1.78

4. 3368.94

3. 900

2. 58. 0688

.71

.69

.76

.096

.110

.076

.057

.066124

. 254

.405

17513787

1. 65

141.4

.118,15f>

October

56. 6157.2118.4184.858.6

94.888.898.892.788.097.8

' 82.682.6

1 88. 685.6

I 85.886.075.1

96.5

95. 390.473.868. 8

81.580.0

75. 577.887. 6

2.42

.2290

. 0769.52

. 169

9. 50.40

1.600

.1994

.089. 0960

14.87

12. 702

1.81

4. 3428.88

3. 893

2.60. 0675

.82

.82

.88

.092

.107

.076

. 055

.066124

.235

.413

17613790

1.80

144.4

.133

.1722 Rev'sed.

24 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


December, 1931

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

WHOLESALE PRICES— Continued

Hosiery _ _ . _ rel. to 1926..Iron and steel, metals and

metal products .rel. to 1926-.Iron, raw:

Basic (valley furnace). dolls, per long ton..Composite pig iron dolls, per long ton__ :Foundry No. 2,

northern dolls per long tonLard, prime contract, New

York dolls, per lb._Lead, pig, desilverized, New

York... dolls, per Ib.-iLeather, composite, wholesale i

price rel. to 1926 JLeather, sole and belting, oak, !

and scoured backs _dolls. per lb_.Leather, upper, composite, chrome,

calf black, "B" grade dolls, per sq. f t-_Leather, hides (see under hides) .Leather, shoes (see under shoes).Linseed oil, New York dolls. perlb..Lumber:

Composite, wholesale price rel. to 1926..Douglas fir, No. 1,

common dolls, per M ft. b. m._Douglas fir, flooring, 1 x 4, "B"

and better (V. Q. Washing-ton) - dolls, per M ft. b. in..

Southern yellowpine dolls, per M ft. b. in-_

Meats:Beef, fresh, carcass, good

native steers, Chicago...., dolls, per lb._Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,

New York. dolls, per lb__Cattle, corn-fed. Chicago-dolls, per 100 lbs__Hogs, heavy, Chicago-dolls, por 100 lbs_.Sheep, ewes, Chicago .dolls, per cwt__Sheep, Iambs, Chicago. dolls, per lb_.Pork, hams, smoked, Chicago

dolls, per lb_.Western dressed steers, New York

dolls, per Ib...Methanol:

Refined - dolls, per gal..Milk, condensed, New York.. dolls, per case..Milk evaporated dolls, per case. _Nonferrous metals rel. to 1926..Oats:

No. 3, white, Chicago. dolls, per bu..Oils and fats rel. to 1927..Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored,

Chicago - _ dolls, per lb._Paper, newsprint roll, delivered,

New York dolls per 100 IbsPetroleum:

Crude, Kansas-Oklahoma-dolls, per bbl._Gas and fuel oils, Oklahoma 24-26,

refineries _ -dolls, per bbl._Gasoline, New York _ __ dolls, per gaL.Kerosene, 150° water white-dolls, per gaL.Lubricating oil, cylinder — dolls, per gal-

Pig iron, foundry No. 2,Pittsburgh _ dolls, per long ton. _

Potatoes dolls, per bu._Rayon, 150 denier "A" grade,

New York dolls, per lb_.Rosin, guiu, New York dols. per bbl._Rubber, crude, smoked sheets,

New York _ .dolls, per lb._Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, perbu..Sheep ewos Chicago dolls per 100 IbsSheop, lambs. Ohicngo. ...... doll, per 100 lbs_.Shoos, men's black calf blucher,

Boston dolls, per pair..Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,

oxford, St. Louis - dolls, per pair..Shoes, women's black kid,

McKay sewed dolls, per pair..Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15, New

York.. .dolls, per lb..Silk goods, composite .dolls, per yd..Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh-dolls, per cwt..Steel, crude:

Composite, finished steel.dolls, per 100 lbs._

Iron and steel, composite_dolls. per long ton..

Steel billets, Bessemer. dolls, per long ton..Steel scrap, Chicago. .dolls, per gross ton..Structural steel beams.dolls. per 100 lbs__Structural steel beams ...rel. to 1926..

Sulphuric acid ..dolls, per ton..Sugar:

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

York dolls, per lb._Wholesale, granulated, New

York dolls, per lb._Tea, Formosa fine, New York. .dolls, per lb._Textiles, general rel. to 1926..Tin, wholesale, straits,

New York dolls, perlb..

1931

October

48.6

86.5

15. 2516.23

18.39

.080

. 0396

80.7

.35

.330

.073

64. 5

11.21

25. 63

26. 49

.156

.1739. 250

5.411.635. 70

.182

.173

.354. 753.0053.7

.2347

. 127

.560

.338

. 143

.039

18. 39.462

""Tso".050.41

1.635.70

6.55

4.35

3,150

2.266

1.60"

2.18

30.8129.008.000

1.6081.7

15.50

102.052

.034

.045

.22561.5

.2272

Septein-1

ber \

48.6

87.2

15.5016.32

18.76 ;

.075

.0140

83.4

.39

.337

.076 j

65.5

11.27

25.48

27. 21

.148

.165 ;

8.656 15.71 i1.635.94 ;. 186

.165

.35 i4.75 !3.0056.8 j

.2251

.119

.560

.319 ,

.143

.039

18.76.601

.753.87

.050.39

1.635.94

6.75

4.35

3.150

2.315.98

1.60

2.20

31. 0329. 008. 200

1.6081. 7

15. 50

104: .052

' .034

i .045.225

; 62. 9

i . 2468

August

48.6

87.1

15. 50 ,16.38 i

18. 76 i

.075 ;

.0440

90.3 ;

.40

.34S

.083

66.0

10.97

25. 29

27.68

.144

.1588.6206. 351.985.95

.185

.158

.355.003.0058.0

.2182

.105

.434

.280

.133

.038

18-76.767

.753. 94

.054.38

1.985.95

6.75

4.35

3.150

2.512.98

1.60

2.19

31.0529.008.3751.6081.7

15.50

104.053

.035

.046

.22564.2

.2575

July

48.6

87.5

15.5016.38

18.76

.082

.0440

89.8

.37

.350

.091

66.3

10.64

25.76

27.82

.129

.1457.2506.242.566.06

.173

.145

,355.653.1059.4

.2368

.106

.238

.294

.133

.038

18. 76.825

. 754.28

.063.37

2. 566. 06

6.75

4.35

3.150

2.364.98

1.65

2.20

31.0529.008.7501.6584.3

15.50

102,051

.035

.048

.22565.4

.2502

June

48.6

87.4

15.5016.40

18.76

.083

.0392

87.8

.37

.352

.086

67. 8

11.25

25. 98

28.15

.129

.1457.3206.391.556.98

.174

.145

.355.653.2058.9

.2764

.110

.300

.385

.133

.042

18.76.753

.754.68

.063.37

1. 556. 9S

6.75

4.49

3.250

2.463.99

1.65

2.19

31.0229.008.7501.6584.3

15.50

102.050

.033

.044

.22565.4

.2341

May

50.8

87.8

16.2516.64

18.76

.082

.0382

83.1

.37

.356

.088

68.4

11.64

28. 33

28.82

.143

.1557.6756.402.448.36

.182

.155

.355.653.3060.6

.2868

.128

.530

.463

.133

.045

18.76.870

.754.70

.064.35

2.448.36

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.266.99

1.65

2.21

31.3929.508.8751.6584.3

15.50

! 102.050

.032

i .043.22566.3

.2320

April

50.8

88.7

16.5016. 75

18.76

.090

.0441

88.4

.37

.356

.092

73.3

12.12

29.74

28.32

.160

.1728.5637.083.298.76

.184

.172

.355.653.5065.1

.3072

.145

.530

.488

.133

.048

.145

18.76.908

.754.73

.064. 35

3.298.76

6.75

4.60

3. 250

2.266.99

1.65

2.22

' 31. 61'' 30.00i 9. 813

1.6584.3

15.50

104.050

.033

.044

.22567.6

.2512

March

51.9

89.0 i

16. 50 !16. 72 |

18.26 1

.094

.0453

88.4 i

.37

.352

.095

74.2

12.68

31. 14

29.66

.169 1

.180 !

9.0757.183.798.27

.187

.180

.405.653.5067.1

.3171

.145

3.10

.594

.510

.133

.051

.145

18.26.849

.754.64

.077.36

3.798.27

6, 75

4.60

3.250

2.561.99

1.65

2.23

31.6630.00

10.0001.6584.3

15.50

106.051

.033

.043

.22569.2

.2707

F| u- January

51.9

88.9

16.7516.82

18.51

.085

. 0455

89.0

.37

.354

.092

73.2

12.86

31.65

28.42

.178

.1969.1066.733.698.31

.195

.196

.405.793.5066.1

.3268

.155

3.10

.850

.588

.138

.053

.146

18.51.867

.754.38

.076.37

3.698.31

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.7091.001.65

2.22

31.6530.00

10. 0631.6584.3

15.50

107.053

.033

.045

.22570.4

.2631

51.9

89.3

17.0016.94

18.76

.090

.0480

90.8

.38

.359

.088

76.0

12.82

31.33

30.73

.195 ;

.205 j10.00 i7.34 !3.44 !7.98 |

.207

.205

.406.033.75 I67.4 |

.32 |71 |

.177 i

3.10

.850 |

.600

.135

.054 i

.165

18.76 1.903 i

.75 !

4.45 i

.082 !.38

3.447.98

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.8071.021.63

2.22

31.7030.00

10. 2191.6383.0

15.50

107.053

.034

.046

.22571.0

.2610

1930

Decem- Novem-ber ber

58.3

90.0

17.0017. 01

18.78

.100

.0510

91.5

.40

.355

.092

78.1

12.99

31.73

32.51

.195

.20510.587.942.937.40

.213

.205

.406.033.8069.7

.3473

.190

3.10

.850

.610

.141

.054

.172

18.76.898

.954.95

.089.44

2.937. 40

6.75

4.72

3.450

2.7091.021.60

2.19

31.7630.60

10. 0001.6081.7

15.50

107.053

.033

.046

.22572.4

.2527

58.3

90.2

17.0017.14

18. 76

.112

. 0510

93.3

.41

.367

.094

80.1

13.25

33.40

33.44

.195

.20510.318.863.387.13

,222

.205

.406.033.8068.4

.3373

.205

3.25

.850

.650

.141

.053

.184

18.76.950

.955.29

.089.43

3.387.13

6.75

4.85

3. 550

2.463! 1.02i 1.60

! 2.20jI 31.95! 31. 00| 10. 125: 1.601 81.7| 15. 50

i 107.053

.034

.047

.225! 73.3

.2589

October

60.5

90.4

17.0017.30

18.89

.119

.0515

96.7

.41

.372

.099

80.2

12.98

33.77

34. 01

.195

.2059.979.863.847.03

.221

.205

.406.033.8067.8

.3674

.205

3.25

1. 098

.594

.143

.054

.186

18. 891.017

.955.54

. 084.49

3.84! 7.03

6.75

4.85

3.550

2.5121. 021.60

2.22

i 32.3131. 00

11.3751.6081.7

15. 50

106i .053

.033

! .044.22373. 8

! . 2686



25


WHOLESALE PRICES-ContinuedTurpentine gum,

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

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

No. 2, red winter,St. Louis dolls, perbu..

No. 2, hard winter,Kansas City -. dolls, per bu—

W heat flour:Standard patents,

Minneapolis dolls, per bbl—Winter straights,

Kansas City - dolls, per bbl..Wool:

Raw, territory, fine, scoured.dolls. per lb..Raw, Ohio arid Pennsylvania, fleeces, l/i

blood, combing grease dolls, per lb._Suiting, 13 oz dolls, per yd—W omen's dress goods, French serge,

54-in., at factory dolls, per yd__Worsted yarns _ dolls. per lb__

Zinc, prime western dolls, per lb—FAEM PRICES

Cotton and cottonseed (2) rel. to 1900-14..Dairy and poultry products (4).rel. to 1909-14..Fruits and vegetables (9) rel. to 1909-14Grains (6) - .-..rel. to 1909-14..Meat animals (5) rei. to 1909-14Unclassified (5) . .rel. to 1909-14All groups (31) .rel. to 1909-14—

RETAIL PRICESRetail food index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1«J13. .Retail coal index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913..

AIRPLANESDeliveries, military . num/u ' iExports, during month ...numberProduction:

Commercial aircraft'-.. .. numberManufactured for export. . . . . . . . . number

AUTOMOBILESProduction index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

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

sumed) rel. to 1923-25Passenger cars and trucks:

Production, actual-Canada—

Total „ „ , _ , „ , -., , no. of carsPassenger cars ...... .no. of cars. ,Trucks , , . . _ - _ . no , of cars. ,

United States-Total _.... ,...no. of cars,.Passenger cars.. no. of cars..Taxicabs -.no. of cars..Trucks no. of cars..

Electric industrial trucks and tractors:Shipments-

Domestic number..Exports number

Autos, parts and accessories, export valuetbous of dolls

Exports (assembled): iFrom Canada— !

Total... no. of cars..!Passenger cars no. of cars..Trucks no. of cars..

From United States-Total no. of cars..Passenger cars no. of cars..Trucks no. of cars..

Financing: iUnited States-

Wholesale dealers..... thous. of dolls..Total consumers ..thous. of dolls..New cars thous. of dollsUsed cars thous. of dolls. _Unclassified thous. of dolls..!

Canada— !Total new and used cars

and trucks thous. of dolls-New cars and trucks.. thous. of dolls..Used cars thous. of dolls..

New passenger-car, registrations_ _no. of cars..

Sales (General Motors Corp.):Total to consumers, U. S_. no. of cars..Total to dealers, U. S no. of cars-Total to dealers, including Canadian and

overseas no. of cars..Fire-extinguishing equipment:

Shipments-Motor vehicles ..number-Hand types . number

Accessories and parts, shipments:Accessories rel. to Jan., 1925..Original equipment .rel. to Jan., 1925..Replacement parts rel. to Jan., 1925..Service parts.. — ... ._~_.rel. to Jan., 1925 _

Rim production...-,. ..-— thous. of rims..3 Ke vised.

RCH9^ 21 _4

193 1

October

0, 30

.72

.52

.48

4.28

3.10

.58

.211.400

. 925

. !)50. 0338

*->99704(57953fiS

I !9. 1H9. 1

28

57. -i

I , t i n/oif . / ' i

HO, 14257, 704

05 i21, 727

lf>1

8, 492

7,7073. 207•i, 500

25. 78060, 73633, 21225, 903

J.621

49, 04221, 305

25, 975

8024, 749

. -

i Seb£m1 Au8Ust

| 0.37 0,36

! .69 .65

.47 .47

.43 .43

4.24 ! 4.21

2.96 ; 2.96

.62 : .63

.22 ! .231.400 1.490

.925 .925,950 , 1.00

.0374 .0382

47 5393 8983 ! 9750 5486 9255 6072 : 75

119.4 119.7188.7 186.1

11 IS

89 15011 18

MO 52

53.7 43.6

2, 646 4, 544'J, 108 :'., 470

•S3S 1,118

HO, 566 i 137, J 97109,087 155,321

141 i 10431,338 31,772

39 374 13

8,658 10, (»51

690 740557 542133 198

8, 748 8, 0554,577 5,6994,171 2,356

235,841 43,9472 68, 285 79, 641238,610 46,871227,581 f 30,493

2,094 I 2,277

i 2,903. i 1,417

| 1,485

124,903J 155.744

51,740 ! 69,87647,895 | 62,667

58,122 70,078

64 ! 8128,720 ! 26,334

66 ! 6654 i 70

138 ! 12767 ! 79

505 924

July

0. 39

.61

.48

.44

4.13

3 84

.62

.211. 494

.9251.00

. 0389

7184

11057925879

119.0184.3

M15

2 1 215

60

55.9

4,2203, 151i , 00< »

JI»,490183, 993

18034, 317

6315

11,525

934644290

9,9966,4783,518

48, 85995, 95359, 30734, 1362,509

4,1962,1022,094

194, 322

85, 05478, 723

87, 449

7229,895

6779

124; 85J 813

June

0. 55

.74

.72

.68

4.75

4.12

.62

.201.494

.9251.00

. 0342

6585

11467915980

us. 3180.8

21

.,--

21

65

71.3

0, 835h. 583

UuO, 040210,016

36040, 264

5025

12. 755

1, 021789232

10, 1835,8434,340

58, 178104, 69863, 56637, 9993,133

4,9182,4452,474

201, 911

103, 303100, 270

111,668

9029, 696

6191

122102

1,085

May April

0,54 0.56

.81 .79

. 79 . 80

. 73 . 73

4. 85 4. 71

4. 14 4. 02

.63 .65

.20 .221.494 1.494

. 925 . 9681.00 1.00

,0331 .0372

74 78S7 96

119 12074 7499 106r>2 6386 01

12I.Q 124.0179,4 181.8

58 03U ; 8

28S 2071 j 7

77 77

89. 7 90. 8

u /«*-> n, «sy10 f&\ 11.043/ i j ; .\ i i r .

5 1/ \'& 330,939271 135 280,252

340 0054,% hSn uO, (122

fi9 480 23

M, 17-1 18,004

1,512 1,1721. 083 753

429 409

12,900 •, 16,7278, 468 11, 2284, 498 5, 499

72, 630 71, 194109, 426 1 .13, 04568, 571 70, 56137, 793 39, 5643,062 2,920

6,317 6,2543,440 3,3762,877 2,878

247,727 \ 265,732

122,717 ! 135,663136,778 132,629

153, 730 154, 252

75 7231,117 32,538

61 66129 127

i 128 127! 117 1181 1,508 1,718

March

0. 53

.76

.78

.70

4.67

4.00

,66

.221. 543

1.050LOO

. 0400

8099

10974

1066591

126. 4187.7

9

isr>« >

67

94. 1

r',99310,483? ,MO

Ii7h, iOo230, 8b 1

41045, 161

S49

18, 494

1, 8531,327

526

17, 52811, 5266,002

63, 09092, 05555, 03634, 7042,315

3,5431,8901, 653

200, 841

101, 33998, 943

119, 195

7634, 248

65117110115

1,425

Febru-ary

0. 45

.75

.79

.69

4.85

4.06

.66

.231.601

1. 0501.10

. 0401

7695

109

10ftf;790

127.0187.0

74

70

08

88.9

M, 8717, 529. , 342

219,940179, 890

52939, 521

506

10,071.

1, 565881084

13, 3749,1874,187

49, 81366, 18136, 86527, 7221,593

2, 361921

1,440

134, 133

68, 97680, 373

96, 003

6929,280

53959997

1, Oil

January

0. 44

.76 ,

.78 ;

.69

4.96

4.09

.68

.261.601

1.0501.10

. 0 404

7210810877

1120994

132.8183. 1

12

! i ( , i12

03

07. 5

6, 490i, 5521,94*

171,848137, 805

51233, 531

335

14, 353

3, 0541,7981, 256

12, 8388,3044,534

40, 16561, 73432,95727,2451,532

2,197910

1,287

126, 786

61, 56676, 681

89, 349

5627, 713

4684

i 98; 921 681

1930

Deeein- ! Novem-ber ber

0.42 0.43

.77 .75

. 83 . 83

.71 .69

4. 89 4. 69

4. 03 4. 14

.72 .72

. 27 . 291.601 1.601

1.050 1.0501.17 1.20

. 0-110 . 0427

73 80120 130108 11480 80

112 11870 7397 103

137.2 141.4188, 1 18S. 0

2;.-; : ;>8

70 7017 17

85 74

71.5 74.9

5, 622 5, 407l ,22i ' 3,527i.397 ; 1,880

155,701 i 130,754120,833 i 100,532

1,425 60933,443 35,613

42 379 j 9

15,292 ! 14,080

3,645 l 2,5882, 193 1, 2601, 452 I 1, 328

14, 198 ! 12, 0789,096 i 6,0395, 102 6, 039

j35,550 ! 29,63365,967 1 60,19735,342! 31,80528,838 i 26,8421,787 i 1,550

2,954 i 3,038613 I 817

2,341 i 2,221

96,054 ! 93,066

1 57,989 41,757| 68,252 48,155

80,008 57,257

I 113 71! 34,295 29,213

55 63i 64 62

100 12775 ; HO

: 567 i 920

October

0 . 1 1

. 82

.87

.74

4.98

4.23

.75

.301.601

1. 0031.20

. 0400

7012012792

12370

100

144.4187. 9

829

11318

49

80. 9

4, 54 13. 2001 , 3&>

154,401113,220

58240, 593

913

14,542

2, 80S2, 003

805

11.21")7, 1304, 079

35, 87881, 25045, 03233, 755

1, 869

3, 7921,2892,504

150, 219

57, 75722, 924

28, 253

9630, 303

7975

14099

804



December, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here may \be found in the. Iif3t Annual Suppte- ! i Q iment to the Survey \ October ; ^ August July

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS!

Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.) :petroleum re lining _ _ . „ _ rel. to 1923-25_. 161 165 162

Production index (elect, energy !consumed) .........rel. to 1923-25.. 1 4 2 . 0 . 144.6 i 137.6 137.7

Prices, wholesale ... „. „. rel. to 1926.. : 74 1 74.8 ! 75.5 77,3Stocks, manufactured goods, '• '

end of month rel. to 1923-25 1304 2 121. 0 i * 117. 4 119.2Stocks, raw material, end of ! i ! '

month rel, to 1923-25 190 7 2 99 5 = 85 3 gfi 7

Chemicals

Acetate of lime: iProduction... thous. of lbs._': 782! 2 QQQ g40Shipments . . ... thous. of lbs.._ : ! Q 268 ! 4,777 4,654Stocks, end of month.... thous. of Ibs..: : 10,791 -? 16,277 20,389Price, wholesale .. .dolls, per cwr, ' 2 00 2 00 ! 2 0" 2 00

Arsenic, crude: iProduction short tons 994 ; *> 594 1 036Stocks, end of month., short tons... 4,669 ! 4.977 3,072

Arsenic refined:Production . - . _ . short tons _ 1,252 : 1 238 $97Stocks, end of month short tons . . ! 3, 528 ' 2, 616 2, 440

Ethvl alcohol:Production ._ thous. of proof gals.. 1 6 0 3 7 ' 12952 12,363 11,975Warehouse stocks, end of

month thous. of proof gals.. 15,130 15,885 ! 17 ,024 , 14,888Withdrawn for denaturiza-

tion ..thous, of proof gals.. 15, 5?>4 13. G76 11,837 10,436Methanol, crude: ;

Production ^llo^s j '»" y'F ^ i r < £<>•? 154 473Stocks at crude plants, end of

month.... gallons. . ;^78,991 395,907 ' 452,489Stocks at refineries and in transit. gallons. _ . . . 106, 103 H 15, 400 157,094Exnorts . . . . . . . . . . . _ . gallons 42300 61,240

Menthanol, refined:Price, wholesale. New York. dolls, per gal _ . .;•:;.. . ;->5 .35 .35Production ' r^Hons; % GHJ 1 1\?> 311 î r,96Shipments trailons < ; H 431 -13U 8" 122 t*4«>Stocks, end of mouth - - gallons ., . '?.s^ <v.<U '* 330 8 1 1 395, 3?2

Price index numbers:Crude drug?! , _rel, to Any., 1914 i s x us 118 118Essential oils rel. to Aug., 1914. . of, 70 76 77Drugs arid

£harmaceuticals__ rel. to Aug., 1914.. io7 157 157 157emicals rel to 1927 % gp go 88

Oils and fats . „ rel to 1927 47 51 62 0*Plastic paints, cold-water paints, and calci-

minesSales: of—

Plastic paints thous. of dolls 76 84 67 51Calcinifnes _„ thous. of dolls 145 162 i" 127Cold-water paints .thous. of dolis.. 6 5 ' 8! ! 7 3 - 83

Paint, varnish, and lacquer products:Total sales (3lf> establish-

ments) thous ofdi . i is v <.'4* 2 i^ ,' ^{i < } j. •. jo 15 \\~2Trade sales thous. of dolL - 4 < , i . •> %o - s' vv 8 802Industrial sales . „ .„_ . . thous. of dolls. _ • ' 3fi< 5 633 * f ' rt>-* 6,235Unclassified sales thous of dolls...; s. 8 6 ' '*85 '• 75

Sulphur, production (quarterly) .. „ . long tons .. . • ; 2 539, 23 1 1 . _ . . _Sulphuric acid: ; • , :

Production.. . . short tons 101; "™5^ 102 632 ! 110 599 ; 92 S95Purchases— ' ; ' ! '

From fertilizer manufacturers--- -- . _ - - - . . short tons IS SO1' lc>- 988 13 412 14 709

From nonfertilizer manufacturersshort topsj 14 "v5 '•' g fifji) I 15 qgy 23 006

Exports _ pounds 18°' 84;* 155*018 ; 64*620 ; 372', 945Price, wholesale 66° ..dolls, per t.on.._ 15.500: 15,500 Ifl! fiOO ' 15.500Synthetic dyes import0- uouuds '*>"1 39^* 46^ 346 ' 454 165 3^6 106

Wood at chemical plants: * 1Consumption ...... . _ . _ _ . .. cords 15 596 12 123 14 364Stocks, end of month . cords 970 605 337 017 326 990Daily capacity —

All plants .....—cords i 2,505 2 505 2,505Plants shut down «... ...cords 1,315 1 499 1 335

CottonseedCottonseed:

Consumption (crush) short tons.. 862,032 451,324 59,148 i 19,739Receipts at mills.. .....thous. of short tons.- 1 ,570^ 875 95 i 13Stocks at mills, end of month i ;

, -thous. of short tons 1 193 484 60 i 26Cottonseed cake and meal: ;

Exports short tou« A') ^ l>1! 10 260 ; 3 590 • 1 304Production ._„._.,..- Suort ton**-. 3^\ I'M 201,517 28^206 i 8,567Stocks, end of month,.... short tons.. 187, (>\i : 118,845 106,358 i 150,291

Cottonseed oil, crude:Production thous. of His.. 2W. 03! 136,699 17,196 ! 6,918Stocks, end of month, , .. .thcus of Ibs.. J i5. y * i > : 69,745 12,065! 8,591

Cottonseed oil, refined:Factory consumption —

Total fquartpriv) thous, of Ibs s 232, 420In oleomargarine (.nous oHb^ 1 480 1 '54 : 910 : 876

Price, yellow, prime, New York 1. ...dolls, per Ib._; . 0 4 5 ' . 0 4 4 ; .059; ,009

Production. . thous. of Ibs ... 206,643 ; 63,989 11,968 i le. 268Stocks, end of month........ thous of Ibs..; 231,079 : 173,945 ^ 212,371 | 277,922

3 Revised.

1031 ;

June

161

132.777.9

123. 3

87.9

1, 8533, 856

24, 2032,00

1,4074, 280

1, 0242,201

182, 273

526, 54398. 00059, 950

. 35107, 331110,454426, 472

128

1578864

7514186

19, 12612.0117, 031

843 608, 730

90, 772

25, 176

18, 876250, 775

15. 500399, 213

19, 363338, 821

2,5051,008

44, 16432

33

22523, 144

192, 136

14, 7261-3,919

'242 1911, 012

. 05830. 398

348. 438

May April

163 161

133.8 137.479.1 80.1

129.3 i 129.0

88,4 91.5

2,953 4,4004, 674 5, 160

26,206 27,9272.00 2.00

1,491 i 1,4024,768 | 5,205

1,044 - 9642,012 | 1,950

13, 120 ! 11, 162

14,711 1 13,074

10,288 \ 10,541.

247,808 i 322,019

494, 192 : 520, 865130, 207 ; 36, 17652,048 ! 54,857

. 35 '• . 35118,052 211,073257, 707 ! 141, 801429, 595 569, 250

130 13179 82

157 16089 0068 72

109 ! 91165 I 162106 ! 104

22, 600 i 21, 68914, 430 13, 4778,071 7,999

100 ; 213

105,250 i 116,447

26,565 I 15,424

14,601 15,844403,298 ! 310,950

15,500 i 15.500675,058 502,24.8

24,444 31,458335,809 i 379,562

2,505 ' 2,505752 ; 632

87,014 ! 155,37337 | 44

45 I 95

797 I 6,58813, 350 1 75, 921

223,084 253,609

28,019 52,46932,819 ; 43,048

1, 200 i 1, 447

,009 i .07636, 470 ! 76, 852

406, 237 ' 462, 881

Quarter ended in

March

152

139.381.9

132.0

96.5

7,4524,465

28, 6872.00

1,9575,478

1,5062,181

11, 929

11, 633

8, 7S5

483, 222

415, 489105, 23830, 146

.40253, 494199, 500499, 978

13081

1749071

11617590

17, 97210, 4617,431

81^ 649, 595

146.458

26, 189200, 218

15. 500218, 844

48, 607370,449

2,499388

280, 837111

207

5,750135, 144303, 945

89, 79469, 878

3 276,9061, 021

.076115, 302494, 503

month in

Febru-ary

149

146.882.2

130,7

103. 2

7,0733,468

25, 7012.00

1, 4945,862

1,4092,449

8,859

11,008

6,29(1

465, 728

395, 855121, 52218, 295

.40223, 144221, 279445, 984

13180

1758968

10412271

14, 2697. 8446, 282

144

163, 647

35, 594376, 076

15. 500452, 477

44, 933397,788

2,499400

401, 736158

377

3,147190, 314363, 201

124, 392104,910

1,465

.073130, 556494, 882

dicated ;

January

144

132.083.6

128,8

107,7

8, 0235,195

22, 0952.00

2, 8036,486

1,5702,419

11,869

9,442

8, 081

522, 656

302, 32089. 74045, 139

. -JO306, 373lr-7, 309444, 119

13381

1759071

839660

13, 5867, 3996,047

141

184, 036

59, 244304, 74515. 500

181, 775

51, 390393,770

2,499368

589, 911219

620

11, 084270, 965343, 665

181, 221127, 739

.073150, 998461S 776

iDeêm-

; 149133.584.8

, 123. 9

124.2

7, 3578, 375

19, 2662.00

1, 4835, 767

1 1, 439i 2, 221

i 17, 770

6,858

: 19, 134

; 469,312

244, 76393, 80590, 111

.40382, 547372, 352305, 055

13785

17593

i 73

;

; 6510064

11, 6006, 171

! 5, 289140

3678,119

186,656

1 51, 472438,836

: 15. 500i 306,3181 46,814

448,067

2, 519412

669,264578

991

7,538305, 019298, 139

201, 621114,248

!» 328,614| 2,178

! .072i 188,823! 428,609

1930

ber

151 160

145.0 122.485.2 86.0

124. 2 125. 2

128.5 132.7

6, 535 5, 8719,128 7,922

20, 285 22, 8782.00 2.42

2,392 2,6945, 937 5, 125

1, 508 1, 2652, 010 1, 813

20, 861 18, 455

8, 304 8, 898

20, 070 18, 537

424, 736 372, 939

215, 443 331, 72959, 197 59, 23640, 814 100, 479

.40 .40431,179 575,711477,029 541,807294,860 340,710

137 13787 90

175 17694 9473 74

77 106105 16945 si

13, 821 17, 9867, 649 10, 1416,025 7,615

147 230

185,472 197,739

41,282 : 41,897308,992 703,78715.500 15.500

336,026 ' 324,902

42,888 37,9131 478,962 : 455, 597

2,519 ; 2,519560 1 659

801, 800 i i 941, 293803 i * 1, 328

1, 083 | 2 if 087

; 1, 580 i 4, 361360,943 j 2422.596

! 252, 323 | 2 202, 357

239, 913 2 285, 471114, 595 2 111, 632

: 2,091 j 2,505

.076 .076i 215,405 -'231.372! 350, 260 2 254, 762


MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Contiflued

27


CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PROD-UCTS— Continued

Chemicals— ContinuedExplosives

Explosives, black powder, permissible andother high explosives:

New orders - tbotis of IbsProduction ..thous. of Ibs-.Shipments thous of IbsStocks, end of month _thous. of IDS..

Fats and OilsAnimal fats (quarterly):

Factory consumption.- thous. oflbs..Production tbous of IbsStocks end of quarter thous of Ibs

Animal glues:Production (quarterly). .....thous. oflbs..Stocks, end of quarter ...thous. of lbs_.

Coconut or copra oil:Factory consumption —

Crude (quarterly) thous of IbsRefined-

Total (quarter ly)._. thous. oflbs..In oleomargarine thous. oflbs..

Imports ..thous. of Ibs..Production (quarterly)-—

Crude thous of IbsRefined thous. of lbs._

Stocks, end of quarter-Crude tho^s of IbsRefined „ thous. of ibs__

Copra:Factory consumption (quarterly)

short tonsImports short tonsStocks, end of quarter short tons

Edible gelatin:Production (quarterly) thous of IbsStocks, end of quarter thous of Ibs

Fish oils:Factory consumption (quarterly)

thous of IbsProduction (quar erly) thous of IbsStocks, end of quarter thous. oflbs..

Greases:Factory consumption (quarterly)

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

Lard compounds:Production (quarterly) ._ thous. oflbsStocks, end of quarter thous. of lbs._

Oleomargarine:Consumption ....thous. of lbs._Production- „ _ _ _ thous. oflbs..

Vegetable oils:Exports _ thous. oflbs...Factory consumption (quarterly)

.mills, of Ibs.Imports .....thous. of Ibs. ,Production (quarterly) mills of Ib^Stocks, end of quarter-

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

FertilizerConsumption, Southern States

thous, of short tons..Imports:

Total , lorn' ton*!Nitrogenous long tons..Other fertilizers- long tons..Phosphates long tonsPotash . . long tons

Exports:Total. _. ... , long tons

Nitrogenous long tonsOther fertilizers long tons..Phosphate material long tons..Prepared fertilizer.. _ long tons

Nitrate of soda, imports.. thous. of long tons..Superphosphate (acid phosphate):

Production ...thous. of short tonsShipments thous of short tonsStocks, end of month

thous. of short tonsFlaxseed

Flaxseed, imports... ....thous. of bu_.Linseed cake and meal:

Exports... thoas. of Ibs...Shipments from Minneapolis

thous. of Ibs..Linseed oil-

Factory consumption (quarterly)thous. oflbs

Price, New York dolls, per )b_.Production (quarterly) -thous. oflbs..Shipments from Minneapolis

thous. of Ibs, .Stocks at factories (quarterly)

„.„„_ ..thous. of Ibs...

October

.........

..:......

~~13,~859~30, 784

...

19,352

"

23, 40123, 965

1, 814

~~59~22o"~

94

120, 82261.904

5,5163, 331

50, 071

91 41613, 4525. 550

75, 114300

34

49, 027

14,354

.073

4,410

Septem-; ber

I 25,803\ 26, 598i 27, 408; 17, 888

! 3176, 221!34Qj S37»230 999

3 20, 847* 01, 848

3137,730

s 78, 49610, 94729,455

s 61, 3882 68, 682

3201 0363 17,516

3 49, 02419, 832

3 23 795

» 1, 625a 6, 543

3 52 4973 29, 847

^247, 638

3 51, 941« 90, 056s 81, 072

«276, 7133 21, 718

19, 49918, 836

455

348950, 633

3441

3591. 3423209, 759

91

146, 70070, 0224, 0636, 175

66, 440

127, 9537, 5543, 863

115,621915

49

142119

1,237

2, 469

48,615

17, 385

3 70, 504. 076

3141,205

6,806

3 107, 508

August July

i 25.437 i 25,058i 24,548 i 25.068I 24, 867 ! 25, 150

19,956 I 20,304

I - - - - - - - - - ; - - -

9," 473~ 6. 16918,228 : 34,845

20,207 18,012

; . .:

:

-- j— — -.-

16,483 ! 9.28916,075 11,271

l , 0 2 5 j 1.008

!83.096 i 74,285

40 \ 25

127,599 ; 97,35847,935 : 24,7304,763 i 9029, 85S ! 3, 7GS

65,043 ; 67,058

115,207 j 89,4097,682 ! 7,0781,425 • 1,164

105,717 ! 80,670383 ; 49735 19

162 14358 | 63

1,275 \ 1,158

1,339 1,685

57,736 53.225

13,972 11,414

.083 ; .091

5,676 | 8,285

Jun, May | A,,H! , Mn,,, ' ^r»-

i ! 1 1j I :

i : i I

; ' 1 ;26, 719 1 26, 441 i 28. 721 j 26, 730 1 25, 44825, 981 j 26, 960 i 27, 647 j 25, 414 1 28. 75126,6111 27 ,379! 28.0001 26, 598 j 27,54320,404 21,115 ! 20,639 i 20,9291 20,219

! I

M 06, Of 9 - _ ' 1s 154, 951 L3r,">9 M8 ! I -H18 4593276 983 |s 224, 398 '

3 f# 7^7 i 3 54' 991 !

U39,12S i ......... '''138,255 |.........

378.348 i _ - • 1*75,479 !....7.105: 8,466 11,329 12,086! 11.492

31,000 | 15,970 26,862: 27,550! 44,034

* 81 899 i . _ ' ? 91,446 ;

* fi? 351 : s f-6 268 j

8 206,123 '......... i 3 201. 932 i...2 16 039 i l In 869

» 63 434 ' , i 3 71 229 i17,179! 17,871: 18,927 i 25,890; 33,133

' 17 491 I • 3 27 Ifi7 '

J 4 415 :' * 4 549 ;

:- 8 G'i'<* !- • - { 3 8, 642 j . .

3 54 405 | _ . | « 44, 620 i* 4 647 i : a 11 ^87 i

3 262, 106 !— - ' ..!»215,405 i.. .......

2 55 715 .........:... _ . i a 53, 34R L.'' 94 985 - ! 3 95 948 >3 83 074 |! i 8 79 012 •

3278,216 ; — • s 291, 386 1 ....325,140 | ....!> 26, 081 !__ ._

13, 180 : 15,460 17.150! 19.5731 19.75112, 636 i 14, 912 j 19, 618 | 21, 154 | 20, 335

1, 775 2, 356 2, 154 '• 3, 831 i 2, 947

»588 — :~~. ; 382975, 470 1 72, 280 52, 463 i G8, 238 j 79, 809

g 390 j • 8 674 I

3 o I 7 909 ' i ' f>10 812'886 176 • - . ! ; '53J,6fi6 ;

74 195 1, 132 | 1, 352 ' 640

59,970 j 72,159 143,250 , 255,905 ; 141,421.37,998 ''• 46,602 '• 102,342 1 170,587 ! 98,435*3,983 I 3,019 , 5.124 ! 9,766 ; 5,4383. 339 ! 4. 832 j 5, 578 ! 15, 158 j 3, 726

14,650 17,706 j 30,206 ; 60,394 ! 33,822

89,194 | 107,918 ! 150,128 112,725 ! 104,0497, 690 i 6. 637 i 25, 146 ! 19, 819 ! 18, 3361,926 i 9,498 i 10.829 ! 7,755 ! 4,734

79,472 ! 91,049 ! 113,017 j S4. 682 1 80,696106 i 734 ; 1, 136 ! 469 ! 283

30 1 34 67 ! 120 i 68

146 : 162 : 195 ! 226 ; 24955 | 106 407 \ 305 j 131

1, 060 996 1, 103 : 1, 838 \ 2, 2S7

1, 150 1, 496 827 i 1, 313 : 952

39, 7G9 38, 172 ; 30, 818 i 39, 847 j 18, 238

7,653! 8,432 12.145 17,827 11,046

^95,544 ._ . - .... i * 74. 09? L086 ! . 088 . 092 ! , 095 ! . 092

'130,635 .. ___|»118,417 i

6,788 11,921 12,792 i 11,552 9,594

» 78, 200 ; . ..... _._._:»113, 192 L. .......

l

! 26,714 - 24,404; 24,056 i 24,024i 25,201 : 22,974i 17, 372 I 17, 303

1930

l N < K r u ~ °ctoher

ii28, 847 34, 32430,248 34,11330, 229 34, 19816, 346 16, 812

3 515, 794 . i.•'3191,906 i

!. „_' ^23,515; 3 51 055

: > 159, 546

! 8 90. 30714. 873 • 16. 49124, 690 30, 952

1 s 90, 9211 84, 204

3 158, 846s 21, 993

i 3 71, 13434,056 i 37,419

J * 41, 077

»4,434» S, 224

* 42, 675a 25, 364

.. ...... .;3 197, 758

. , * 49, 494s gg 338

!

i|

20' 477 j 43] 124

33, 886 33, 725

,

' s 77 791

......... a 331, 412; 3 26, 672

27, 237 ! 27, 59325, 740 j 28, 969

4, 775 I 2, 086

: 31,07672, 142 ! 72, 028

i * I 007

i 3 pjjs 27],„ . 3 469, 807

343 74

137, 172 ; 107, 19S82,466 ! 68,2506,764 i 3,8646,279 ; 9,760

41,663 25,324

92,463 ! 71,93313,331 i 5,1645.117 1,510

73,520 64,721495 538

46 36

326 336103 70

2, 292 2, 110

352 219

10,853 33,596

17,227 16,824

.... 368,894. 088 . 092

... 8131,257

8,553 7,385

,..,.3113,423

30, 631 33, 13829, 633 32, 191

2, 294 2, 591

75, 352 106, 699

61 a 106

95,798 150,68666, 044 65, 8895, 891 3, 9304,157 6,922

19, 706 73, 945

92, 258 126, 62111,914 16,5354,599 3,110

74, 863 105, 353882 1, 623

35 ! 27

303 33678 93

1,877 ! 1,703

387 148

25,986 12,519

17,315 i 29,726

,094 ! .099

10, 199 14, 792

$ Revised, 8 Quarter ended in month indicated.



December, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here maybe found in the l9St Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PftOD-UCTS—Continued

Flaxseed- - C ontiuuc < I

Minneapolis and Duhith:Receipts thous of huShipments thous, of bu._Stocks, end of month... thous of b u _ _

Oil mills (quarterly)—Consumption , _. thous. of rm._Stocks, end of quarter thous. of i>u..

Fries, No i, Minneapolis d<Vl!<? r><jr buProduction, crop estimate thous of bu

Naval StoresPine oil:

Production gallonsStocks, end of month.. thous. of gals...

Rosin, gum:Net receipts, Southern ports bl>Ss...Price, "B," New York dolls, per hbl_.Stocks at 3 ports, end of month _hbls .

Rosin, wood:Production.- bbls._Stocks, end of month bbls_.

Turpentine, gum:Net receipts, Southern ports. _ _ h l . l s _Priê New York dolK JKT ./ylStocks at port, end of month bbls

Turpentine, wood:Production bblsStocks end of month bbls

HoofingDry roofing felt:

Production.. short tons ..Stocks, end of month,.. - . ..short tons

Prepared roofing, shipments:Grit roll. . thous. of sqs._Shingles—

Individual and single thickness, , ...thous. of sqs_.

Strip, patented, and hexagon... ._ thous. of scis__

Smooth roll thous. of sq ••_.Total . thous. of sqs._

FOODSTUFFS

Production index:Food products (Fed. Res.

Bd.) rel. to 1923-25Food and kindred products

(elect, energy consumed) _rel. to 1923-25. .Stocks, manufactured

foodstuffs rel. to 1923-25...Stocks, raw foodstuffs rel. to 1923-25

CandySales by manufacturers thous, of dolls.,

CocoaShipments from Gold and Nigerian

Coasts, Africa long tons..Imports long tonsSpot price, Accra, New York.... dolls, per lb—

CoffeeClearances:

Total, Brazil for UnitedStates _tnous. of bags..

Total, Brazil for world thous. or bags..Imports thous. of bags.-Price, Rio No. 7, Brazil grades. .dolls, per lb_.Receipts, total Brazil-.- ..thous. of bags..Visible supply:

United States.. thous. of bags..World thou*5. of bags

Dairy ProductsBUTTER

Apparent consumption . thous o f lbsCold-storage holdings, creamery,

end of month thou^ of IbsProduction (factory) thous. of IDS.-Receipts, 5 markets _ _ thous of Ibs . _Wholesale price, New York dolls, per lb..

CHEESE

Total, all varieties:Apparent consumption thous. oflbs..Cold-storage holdings, end of

month.-. ..thous. oflbs..Exports, Canada thous, oflbs..Exports, United States thous. of lbs_.Imports, United States ....thous. oflbs..Receipts, 5 markets .... thous. oflbs,.Production (factory) thous. of Ibs, .

American whole milk:'Cold-storage holdings, end of

month thous of IbsWholesale price, Now York. .dolls, per lb..

;»<"^feir-

i !'•'' ; '"* TOO»«• ' - ! , 786

1 .422 > 1,381

s 7,611!• * 4 , 2 4 1

• ! i 314 •

170 473 : 172 530l . S t J O : 1,81,''

• 01. 157 1 116.6303. so ; 3.87

;•;."• i' »it 15'), 5ss

2u, 102 25, 05-SHU, ,V, ; j os, 350

• A). ^ i ' » 2H,9953ii 37

120. ; » . . ! 115,178

3 M2'? 3 707V2M 1.M7

ir», l i t ; 18,35*)5,021 , 4,831

574 711

!30 ]53

470 5351,128 1,1982,302 2,597

DO ; 2 92

136.5 ! 142.0

08. 3 i 2 81 .4219. 8 ; 2 204. 1

24, 110 j 22,965

7,250 6,6638, 152 | 14, 104.0475 .0463

805 1 7111,485 ! 1,263

907 I 794.058 i .056

1 , 7 1 1 i 1,533

1.037 < 1,555'1,374 6,578

l « » l ) , 17«J 180,462

..<•;, !• 1 -'80, 1521 2 L , O l i 2 118,202

i'., S,'/7 i 42,863.34 .33

1I

5i , ( )87 40,557

, > ! , S ( i O "83,4202 ! , < > 4 o I f ) , (588

112 1167, 179 , 5,515

!3, ,",SS ! 11,949r;. I'M* Jjs, 175

n l , 071 I * 65, 802'. Ut 1 . 17

August

2 43(5•IOC747

1,41

114,2051.8'jli

129,0183. 94

449, 173

17,074112,295

37, 112.30

114,421

2, 0075, 358

17, 1434, 761

568

136

4661, 0672, 237

88

146.4

97.42 213. 1

15, 558

4,35513, 546. 0525

5921,216

884.056

1,495

1,5920,944

203, 734

104, 678136, 76945, 588

.28

45, 277

86, 41811, 929

1244, 389

14, 26443,218

68,874, 10

, July

3783bO675

1.64

210,7112, 000

356.8104. 28

439, 241

28, 495131, 942

53, 459.39

122, 214

4, 3705,307

1C, 7474, 908

532

127

485873

2,017

88

147.0

111.12 191. 7

12, 176

7,78317, 746.0581

5301,1611,100.063

1,462

1,4916,990

197, 538

115. 121158, 06158, 522

.25

45, 088

84. 00311,496

1483,413

14, 19052, 960

GS, 532.15

1931

June May

7H9 450501 424790 784

3 7, 2051 1, 198

1.48

231,2072,013

165, 5004.68

436, 480

34, 747126, 289

52, 345.55

101,905

5, 6754, 535

10. 7954, 398

520

131

512843

2,006

83

136.2

106.32 178. 2

15, 512

11,87014, 892.0563

7601,5041,037.068

1,535

1,3956,724

205, 626

89, 172188, 04074, 154

.23

53, 147

72, 9774,078

1195.121

17, 48064, 533

58, 144.14

1.55

210,0121, 958

120,8194.70

351, 548

33, 593124, 830

37, 026.54

66, 248

5, 9964,727

19, 9984, 092

570

155

541965

2,230

91

126.8

97.02 189. 7

15, 680

11,72022,520.0494

6431,3331,415.061

1,755

1,3456,286

228, 387

35, 155174, 82761, 813

.24

55, 345

55, 9391,517

1395, 856

12, 14552, 568

42, 461.14

i April | Marchi |

309 i 498314 185973 : 1,205

» 6, 571i * 2, 345

1.57 ! 1.58

219,053 ! 208,6901,903 | 1,882

88,741 38,9774. 73 4. 64

310, 576 266, 056

35, 585 33, 544126,534 125,919

26, 102 9, 511. 56 . 53

53, 393 45, 232

6, 344 5, 7408, 383 9, 987

18,001 16,6434, 360 5, 378

533 333

146 92

555 329967 702

2,202 1,456

96 87

122.0! 116.8

96.1 93.5193. 7 202. 1

21,608 22,062

33,864 48,35320,242 20,942.0535 .0550

1,080 8491,863 1,5591,126 1,407.053 .056

1,550 ! 1,565

1,088! 1,1486,136 5,963

184, 528 160, 753

17,195 18,010140,676 122,95453,566 ! 48,739

.26 .29

47,925 46,332

53, 172 i 54, 270505 f 491121 ! 208

6,471 i 4,61111,445 ! 11,71740, 470 ! 34, 388

40,542 : 41,836.15 i .16

~ January

426 491286 i 243

1,293 i 877

|1.56 i 1.57

220,066 \ 144,4401,839 | 1,769

27, 322 I 41, 3454.38 4.45

300,695 329,626

32,332 24,488130,490 ! 125,630

5, 354 7, 228. 45 . 44

58, 202 68, 320

5, 634 4, 75713, >37 14,437

13,787 13,0454, 677 4, 759

330 322

60 61

277 ! 249714 773

1,381 1,395

92 93

122.0 118.3

97.3 ; 95.5197.9 194.8

21,444 j 21,948

51,550 39,27813, 696 16, 418. 0563 . 0619

889 9521,590 1,6471, 289 1, 094.064 \ .068

1,648 ! 1,697

1,161 ! 8665,879 5,455

152, 985 ; 163, 689

30,672 ; 46,792105,192 i 112,84343,251 ! 45,644

.28 ! .29

38,068 ! 41,070

61,841 1 69,471306 i 918118 ! 129

4,062 ! 4,12310,406 ! 11,60026, 379 | 27, 543

47,968 | 54,499. 16 I . 17

Decem-ber

709517

1,380

» 7, 3918 4, 472

1.61« 21, 369

229,7371,799

! 117,489! 4. 95! 372,090

1 34,332! 122,318

27, 482.42

84,911

6, 20015, 799

: 8, 1063,731

242

63

238! 583

1,126

89

i 107. 1

89.1205. 1

28, 727

21, 756! 13, 700! . 0675

' 8811,5901,098.070

1,494

929. 5,188

166, 506

63,401111,670

! 43, 892.32

39, 500

79, 015! 4, 0251 176; 4, 163; 10, 400i 35,057

1 63, 326i .18

1930

Novem-ber

1,4241,9101,411

1.65

229, 9791, 708

107. 4145. 29

323, 142

38. 931119, 727

28, 107.43

95, 860

0, 58413, 895

8, 9444, 036

372

86

283742

1,484

94

124.4

88.6200.0

29, 500

18,8886,338. 0688

5141,080

967.079

1,549

8175,014

154, 987

as, 012101, 95036, 848

.36

40, 035

87, 17114, 677

1085.041

10, 78435, 782

71, 132.19

October

2, 0301,6182, 182

1.80

225, 088I. 610

127,6215. 54

303, 669

34,818109.785

.'IS, 500. 4 1

S8, 49'J

5, X I 71 1 , 257

21,4704, 79<J

191

57''i , r»75

(.l!

137. 2

93. 7196.9

31.004

1 2, 0007,410. 0675

6591. 1761, 159. 089

1,437

8285, 051

181.56!)

109, 04f,120,21538, 933

.40

41,637

96, 393,16,568

1836. 293

12,22642, 589

78, 919. 1(J

* Revised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated. « As of Nov. 1. » Final estimate for 1930.



29


FOODSTUFFS-Continued

EGGS

Cold-storage holdings, end of month:Case .thous. of cases. _Frozen thous. of lbs_.

Receipts, 5 markets thous. of cases..

MILKCondensed milk:

Exports thous. of lbs_.Total stocks, manufacturers, end of

month-Case goods thous of IbsBulk goods. thous. of Ibs. .

Wholesale price, New York-dolls, per case..Evaporated milk:

Exports thous. of lbs_.Manufacturers' stocks, end of month-

Total case goods thous. of Ibs..Wholesale price, New York.dolls. per case. .

Fluid milk:Consumption in nifr. of

oleomargarine thous. of lbs__Production, Minneapolis and

St. Paul- thous. of Ibs. -Receipts —

Boston, including cream. thous. of qts..Greater New York thous. of qts._

Powdered milk:Exports thous. of lbs._Manufacturers' stocks, end

of month.., thous. of Ibs..Net new orders thous. of lbs~

Production, condensed and evapo-rated milk thous. of lbs_.

Kxports, condensed and evaporatedmilk thous. of Ibs.

FishCanned salmon:

Exports, Canada . cases..Shipments, United States.thous. of cases. .

Cold-storage holdings, 15th ofmonth . thous. of lbs_.

Total catch, principal ports thous. of lbs._

Fruits and Vegetables

Export value, fruits and prep-arations thous. of dolls

Apples:Car-lot shipment. carloads..Cold-storage holdings, end of

month thous. of bbls..Production, crop estimate. ..thous. of bu._

Citrus fruits, car-lot shipments _ _ _ carloads. .Onions, car-lot shipments carloadsPotatoes, car- lot shipments _ carloadsProduction, crop estimate thous. of bu._

Grains

Total grain exports, includingflour ... thous. of bu

BARLEYExports „_ __ . thous. of bu_.Price, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bu..Production, crop estimate _._thous. of bu_.Receipts, principal markets. thous. of bu._Visible supply, end of month thous of bu_.

CORN

Exports, including meal.. thous. of bu._Grindings (starch, glucose) thous. of bu_.Prices:

No. 3, yellow, Chicago. dolls, per bu_.No. 3, yellow, Kansas

City.. _ dolls. per bu..No. 3, white, Chicago.. dolls, per bu...

Production crop estimate thous. of bu_,Receipts thous of buShipments thous. of bu..Visible supply, end of mo... thous. of bu..

HAYReceipts . number of carsProduction, orop estimate thous. of tons..

OATS

Exports, including meaL. thous. of bu..Grindings, Canada thous. of bu_.Price No. 3, white, Chicago dolls, per bu_.Prodtiction, crop estimate. _ thou«. of buProduction, oatmeal, and rolled

oats, Canada _ thous. of Ibs..Receipts, principal markets thous. of bu_.Visible supply, end of month thous. of bu._

1 Revised.

October

f., 74004, K60

722

1,180

17,26410, 001

4. 7f>

3,610

129, 8023. 00

6, 142

970

23, 193() 487

111, 109

4, 790

100, 138

73,01824. 947

16, 181

30, 137

4 920 2448, 7064, 014

24, 3924 38'? ?,25

17, 296

768.50

4 21 5, 889

"~4~770

256

. 38

.40

.3942,074,369

14,4147, 21 17, 364

4 7Q 9<) £

Septem-ber

2 7, 9602 103, 302

943

1, 309

20, 34911, 007

4.75

3,659

136, 4083.00

4,849

19,598115,390

854

'26,7112 14, 331

121, 599

4, 968

91, 873632

2 68, 08328, 439

9, 162

12, 597

2,004

5, 6883,776

16, 979

13, 124

717.50

~"~5~152~4,138

1655, 912

.42

.46

.44

8,4476,3645, 592

3, 959

S57 ! 627\ 1,166

.23 | .224! 173 999 i.

15,9607, 090 | 7, 398

18,605 . 17,468

August

9,016110,271

1, 053

1,477

22, 604.15,001

5.00

4,466

181, 7453.00

4,199

20,545115, 166

1,047

35, 92211,062

140, 437

o, 943

69, 327902

2 57, 51833,612

8, 041

1,869

81

6, 0732, 258

11,717

13, 439

1,014.45

~~~5"688~4, 089

2014, 665

.46

.45

.49

11, 3206,5618,271

5,001

429836.21

10, 23912, 90315, 577

< As

July

1 9,504114,700

1,180

1,862

24, 07116,221

5.65

5,892

275,9313.10

i1 2,943

j 27,436

21, 615120,752

964

i 38,21611,816

175, 578

7, 754

59, 998524

48, 35028,626

7, 587

3, 155

62

9,4071, 657

20, 161

18,750

678.42

~~~l f~801~3,449

5565,168

.57

.53

.58

16, 1528,9558,536

3,495

253938.23

12, 9635,7497,785

of Nov. 1.

1931

June

! 9, 507113,513

1, 862

1, 372

1 23,998! 18, 992; 5. 65

5, 024

i 275,2803.20

3,432

33, 978

21, 021116, 580

1,085

42, 62811,109

234, 055

6, 396

47,423340

39,70025, 655

5, 692

1,214

137

10, 6932, 122

27, 084

13, 161

807.39

~ "27l93~4,126

1235, 738

.58

.52

.59

May

7,887106, 607

2,236

1,973

19, 89219, 163

5.65

5,114

230, 7393.30

3,791

36, 244

21, C23116, 117

1,369

43, 14811,047

244, 229

7,087

59, 883384

2 31, 28324, 599

6, 549

2,005

577

15, 5853,703

23, 895

11, 224

896

:412,5234, 626

1515,580

.56

.52

.56

13, 417 11, 38110, 589 14, 8557,785 12,286

3,052 3,777

374 192770 785.27 .28

11, 0984,7487,654

10, 5255,2949,892

April March

5,16291, 5172,478

1, 853

12, 39015,887

5.65

5,311

177, 7543.50

5,387

32, 654

19, 877110, 313

1,414

40, 50212, 145

194, 753

7, 164

91,083290

2 28, 09530, 949

6, 446

3,081

1,509

1,89378, 0512,046

1,873

13, 22716, 273

5.65

5,034

150, 9313.50

5,927

36, 245

20, 312113,329

2,282

41, 36310,606

172, 306

6, 907

101, 817334

2 38, 56730,081

10, 717

5,700

2,917

15, 099 1 7, 5722,377 | 2,540

21, 032 23, 601

8,118

776.48

""~2~446"5,662

2065,492

.58

.53

.58

17, 10214, 24619, 676

4,198

179822.30

9,8717,604

13,837

6,061

745.44

"~2,~484~7,840

5345, 441

.60

.54

.60

18, 56712, 28121, 998

4,519

174844.31

10, 2436, 843

19, 103

' Final

F|bru- January

40873, 8891,264

1,345

13, 05116. 171

5.79

3,775

136, 8963.50

5,814

33, 026

17, 444101, 197

1,001

41, 7449r492

144, 649

5, 120

38,446300

2 56, 56020, 635

8,946

7,115

5,224

73575, 685

1,026

2,403 j

13, 92818,594

6.03

5, 269

157, 1523.75 j

7,464 !

34,333 1

18, 352 j110, 428

366 i

41,12210,253 |

141,981 ;

7,672

45,998406 !

2 71,81718, 35J1

10, 682

7,806 ;7,439

13, 980 14, 197 ;2,610 3,454 i

20,C24 20,971 !

5,067

921.44

~"2,~ 246"9,583

4435, 575

.61

.54

.63

21, 27811, 89520, 110

4,279

120940.32

11,8957,123

22, 947

estimate 1

6, 610

732 !44 i

~~~2,~511~!10, 731 i

188 15,990

.65

.59 !

.68 |

19, 32012,611 j17,662 !

i

6,214

144 !997.32

-- - 1

13, 3206,121

26,650 !

or 1930.

1930

Decem-ber

1,89483, 184

768

1,907

17, 80319, 520

6.03

4,546

202, 0703.80

8, 158

30, 310

18, 313111,345

465

38, 9768,945

140,904

6,453

107, 333333

2 85, 32317, 567

15, 082

8,085

9,5758 163,543

12,5542,254

15, 092« 343,236

7,578

1,047.47

8 334,9713, 569

11, 401

1325,241

.69

.66

.7352,093,552

27, 36710, 92516, 993

4,057« 77, 850

2081,126

.34H358.052

14, 3606,021

30,504

Novem-ber

4,15489, 571

593

1,973

20, 65720, 885

6.03

4,366

211,8283.80

8,404

25, 685

18, 226111, 166

507

36, 3188,733

132, 691

6, 339

108, 996273

291,87225, 967

17, 536

17, 454

10, 860

11,3382,753

16, 267

9,803

964.48

"~4~ 207"11, 854

1635,434

.71

.69

.76

17, 0678,3967,411

4,863

2021,085

.33

14, 6056,075

30, 641

October

6, 78598, 359

717

1,718

24, 65021, 965

6. 034,718

224, 4863.80

9, 066

24, 629

19, 403116,140

467

33, 2819, 853

152,757

6, 436

194, 623653

2 88, 60330,541

17, 124

35, 782

9, 043

6,3015, 593

28, 7SK

14, 091

1, 295.52

5776512,03.*

2956, 253

.82

.82

.88

15, 1768, 7054, 703

5, 401

1571, 174

. 36

14, 7499, 445

33, 509



December, 1931



RICEExports . pockets (1001 bs.)--Imports.. pockets (100 lbs.)._Production crop estimate thous of tonShipments:

Total frommills . thous. of pockets (100 lbs.)_.

New Orleans.. _ . pockets (100 lbs.)__Southern paddy, receipts at

mills . - _ _ _ thous. of bbls,.Stocks, end of

month thous. of pockets (100 lbs.)._

RYE

Exports, including flour. thous. of bu_.Price No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bu_.Production, crop estimate thous. of buReceipts, principal markets thous. of bu_.Visible supply, end of month... thous. of bu_.

WHEATExports:

Canada, including wheatflour .. -_. thous. of bu__

United States-Wheat only _ -thous. of bu_.Including wheat flour. __thous. of bu__

Export value of wheat and flourthous of dolls

Stocks, held by mills (quarterly), thous. of bu_.Prices:

No. 1, northern spring,Minneapolis.- dolls, per bu__

No. 2, red winter, St. Louis., dolls, per bu._No. 2, hard winter,

Kansas City - dolls, per bu _Production, crop estimate:

Total thous of buWinter wheat thous of buSpring wheat ._ _. -thous. of bu_.

Receipts thous. of buShipments -thous. of bu__Visible supply, end of month:

Canada thous. of bu_.United States thous. of bu..

WHEAT FLOUR

Consumption (computed) thous. of bbls.~Exports:

Canada thous. of bbls..United States ....thous. of bbls~

Qrindings of wheat:Canada thous. of bu._United States .. -thous. of bu_-

Prices, wholesale:Standard patents, Minneapolis

dolls, per bbl .Winter, straights, Kansas City

. dolls, per bbl__Production:

Canada , thous. of bbls..United States-

Actual (Census) -.thous. of bbls_.Prorated (Russells')--- thous. of bbls..

Capacity per centGrain offaL. thous. of lbs_.

Stocks:All positions (computed)

end of month _ thous. of bbls..Held by milH (quarterly) thous of bbls

MEATS

Export value, meats and fats.-thous. of dolls-.

CATTLK AND Bsi?

Beef products:Apparent consumption thous. of Ibs-.Cold-storage holdings, end of month

thous. of lbs_.Exports thous. of lbs_.Production, inspected thous. of lbs__

Cattle movements, primary markets:Local slaughter thousands ._Receipts thousands _Shipments, stocker and feeder

_ _ thousands..Shipments total thousands..

Prices:Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers,

Chicago dolls, per lb—Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York

_ dolls, per lb_.Cattle, corn fed, Chicago

dolls, per 100 lbs__» Revised. 3 Q

October

322, 3029,397

4 43, 045

1,396199, 965

1,810

1,805

.414 36, 233

21, 436

11, 87315, 406

8,751

.72

.52

.484 884 286* 775, 180* 109,106

32, 65826, 851

161,912231, 049

558

"~47~ 473"

4.28

3.10

10, 401---

828, 523

7,145

448, 804

34, 4911,604

446, 798

1,0372,137

5821,096

.156

.173

9.25

uarter en

Septem-ber

87, 6303,756

875139, 048

1, 455

1,305

27.39

1,3118,922

16,840

8,39711, 588

6,769H39, 002

.69

.47

.43

~~38,~877~28,325

122, 199239, 431

9,898

557709

6,772244,569

4.24

2.96

1,51629,73510,611

612781,318

6,1353 3, 532

6, 321

2404,928

235,1712,077

400, 752

9611,797

381861

.148

.165

8.66

ded in m

August

108, 1814,475

42778, 269

382

683

14.38

1,1378,267

14, 258

8,90111, 781

7,039

.65

.47

.43

"61," 463"45, 747

101, 306242, 846

9,843

522640

5,99244, 412

4.21

2.96

1,333

9,65810. 614

58785, 106

6,131

6,386

432, 312

39, 0501,837

130, 595

1,0091,821

251756

.144

.158

8.62

onth indi

July

100,8995,443

40437, 121

172

848

10.37

4728,687

14, 107

12, 73117,253

11, 561

.61

.48

.44

~I64Y647~65, 987

116,462217, 526

7,642

4671,005

5,93245, 362

4.13

3.16

1,319

9,8529,847

59802,424

6,000

6,821

416, 822

41, 0551,497

411,952

9301,488

124561

.129

.145

7.25

cated.

1931

June May

239, 35810, 009

260, 94950, 472

601 61775,732 { 88,718

323 ! 520

1,051 i 1,293

15 29.37 .36

8628,730

22,688

8,13611, 842

8,805» 38, 771

.74

.72

.68

"29,~656~30,385

122, 318190, 702

6,666

490824

fi, 03335, 893

4.75

4.12

1,121

7,7637,981

47647, 400

4,800' 2, 830

7,074

404, 731

45, 5481,573

400, 529

9681,540

111552

.129

.145

7.32

1,0358, 540

31, 687

6,4069,956

7, 443

.81

.79

.73

April

203, 51938, 748

78068, 753

566

1,388

3.35

8809, 262

6,148

3,5316,954

5,671

.79

.80

.73

~~36~863~24,061

136, 856197, 563

8,711

481789

5,30436, 946

4.85

4.14

1,183

8, 0158,739

50663, 303

4,857

~~21,"230~16, 601

160, 750199, 561

8,281

326761

4,71939, 127

4.71

4.02

1, 058

8,4946.134

51702r 189

5,618

7,791 | 8,477

424,672 421,252

49, 448 i 53, 1501. 468 981

419, 124 412, 757

980 1,0361,551 1,617

153 175561 581

.143 .160

.155 .172

7.68 • 8.56

* As of Nov. 1.

| 1930

March Ff™' January

211,843 ! 259,578 376,00041,223 37,821 41,891

"""" |

864 i 93368,349 | 74,629

599 j 864

1,561 ! 1,790

34 ! 19.36 ! .37

855 | 71610,440 ! 11,110

ii

15,521 ! 12,165

1,357 ; 1374,574 ; 3,564

3,882 3,234a 81,841 [

j

.76 ! .75

.78 .79

.70 .69ij1I

~~30~833 I ~30,~672~15, 570 | 14, 817

180, 253 1 183. 704207, 138 I 201, 862

8,654 8,738

561 1 415715 | 762

5,169 4,60740,137 { 37,939

4.67 4.85

4. 00 1 4. 06i

1,164 1,035

8,724 1 8,2429,275 | 8,750

52 i 56713,507 ! 678,795

5.526 j 5,620!3, 7J2 L—_~~

|:

10,082 ! 10,576!

379,405 ; 335,603

61.111 i 67,6221,444 i 961

374,151 ; 330,321

960 ! 8121, 535 1, 303

146 147546 486

. 169 ! . 178

.ISO . 196

9. 08 l 9. 11

•Fi

1,11975, 643

1,147

1,793

3 !.38 ;884

11,911

11, 373

1, 2895, 543

4,864

.76

.78

.69

i29,49613, 706

193, 858197, 219

1

9,622

392945

4,83442,529

4.96

4.09

1,086

9,2329,937

55761, 935

6,370

12,204

384, 754

72, 398902

381, 631

8971,508

222607

.195

.205

10.00

nal estime

Decem- Novem-ber ber

413, 67427, 504

» 41, 322

1,00375, 426

844

1,678

4.44

» 48, 1491, 356

12, 644

24, 939

2,1736,187

6,2783 137,194

.77

.83

.71

• 863.430• 612. 2685 251,162

21, 54915, 053

205, 854195, 716

9,848

602892

5, 22641, 307

4.89

4.03

1,170

8,9739,888

54739, 243

7,000•4,016

9,819

397,741

75, 2851.207

398, 741

1.0151,736

3321,015

.195

.205

10.58

ite for 193

383, 61729, 294

1,208126, 781

1,257

1,776

4.43

1.64013, 316

34, 782

3,2668,470

7,833

.75

.83

.69

"~24~597"20,955

197,998202, 475

10, 597

7921,156

7,78942,428

4.69

4.14

1,739

9,18410, 403

60762, 108

7,850

11,039

331, 945

73, 3921,491

342, 405

8231,696

478873

.195

.205

10.31

0.

October

150, 93810, 684

1,323201, 483

2,063

1,670

49.49

2,00113, 860

33,447

6,31112,295

11, 427

.82

.87

.74

~"~28,~94325,238

178,827205, 437

11, 059

8141,330

8,34849,914

4.98

4.23

1,869

10,81712, 089

62899, 580

9,200

9,798

463, 928

63, 8622,347

468,983

1,1832,377

6911,223

.195

.205

9.97



31



HOGS AND PORK

Hog movements, primary markets:Local slaughter. thousands..Receipts thousandsShipments, stocker and feeder

__ .. ...thousands--Shipments, total - thousands

Lard (included in pork products) :Cold-storage holdings, end of month

thous. of Ibs -Exports ... thous. of lbs_.Production. thous, of lbs._

Pork production:Apparent consumption thous. of lbs__Cold-storage holdings, end of month-

Total thous of IbsFresh and cured thous. of lbs_-

Exports —Total.- - thous. of Ibs—Other products than lard

. _ thous. of Ibs—Production, inspected thous. of lbs__

Prices:Hams, smoked, Chicago dolls, per lb._Hogs, heavy, Chicago.. -dolls, per 100 lbs._Lard, prime contract, New York

.... dolls, per lb__

SHEEP AND LAMBS

Lamb and mutton:Apparent consumption thous. of lbs_-Cold-storage holdings, end of month

_ _ .thous. of Ibs—Production, inspected thous. of lbs._Prices-

Sheep, ewes, Chicago. dolls, per 100 Ibs

Sheep, lambs, Chicagodolls, per 100 Ibs

Sheep movements, primary markets:Local slaughter thousandsReceipts thousandsShipments, stocker and feeder

_-_ — .- thousands--Shipments, total thousands..

Miscellaneous meats:Cold-storage holdings,

end of month _— thous. of lbs__Total meats:

Apparent consumption .... mills, of lbs__Cold-storage holdings,

end of month _ .mills, oflbs _Production mills of Ibs

POULTRY

Cold-storage holdings, end ofmonth . thous. of Ibs _

Receipts at 5 markets. _ ._.. thous. of lbs__

Prices

Retail food (Dept. of Labor) __rel. to 1913..Wholesale food rel. to 1926—

Sugar

Cuban movement (raw):Exports long tonsReceipts 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 IbWholesale, granulated, New

York dolls, per IbRaw:

Imports—-From Hawaii aod 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, 2ports._ ,. .—Jong tons

Tea

Imports thous. of Ibs..Price, Formosa, fine, New York.dolls. per Ib—

» Revised.

October

2,1553,462

721, 311

39, 64143, 547

116, 124

680, 285

419, 387379, 746

56, 134

12, 587611, 171

.1825. 41

,080

6d, 455

1,95866, 546

1.63

o.TO

I, 5003,956

1, 1812, 468

49, 109

1, 196

5051. 125

65, 69030, 377

11972.6

134, 33697, 725

666

102

.052

.045

82, 062186, 928328, 310

245, 694

4,30448, 20833, 047

10, 271.225

Septem-ber

1,6632,727

551,062

2 69, 29637, 79097, 114

2601,392

2544,1832474,887

48, 550

10, 760502, 673

.1865.71

.075

2 60, 792

2 1, 90860, 754

1.63

5. 94

1.4613,900

1,1042,455

2 56, 881

1,067

638964

* 58, 21532,409

11972.9

160, 992109, 613

702

104

.052

.045

126, 970202, 564414, 066

321, 815

4,36560,50241, 171

8, 568.225

August

1,3982,454

491,045

96,04734, 51091,680

552, 387

691, 110595, 063

48, 032

13, 522457, 105

. 1856. 35

.075

58,351

1,97558,488

1. 98

• 5. 95

1,4743,270

7181, 734

66, 334

1.043

798948

43, 05828, 655

12073.7

215, 110126,016

754

104

.053

.046

135,228397, 042376, 715

429, 229

3,89676, 41237, 116

7,977.225

1831

July

1,4742,511

371,039

121, 92633,824

109.. 265

540, 228

833, 737711,811

49, 193

15, 369| 532, 757

.1736.24

.082

54, 679

1,89253, 947

2.56

6.06

1,3422.. 535

2431,190

69, 026

1.012

946999

36,43824, 871

11973.1

203, 030119, 664

843

102

.051

.046

148, 636324,848469, 609

367, 252

3, 95298, 87936, 481

6,578.226

June

1,7732,854

361,072

115, 56137, 786

123, 263

585, 146

890,2)2774, 651

53, 226

15, 440597, 185

.1746.39

.083

255,333

2, 68555, 678

1. 55

6.98

1,3842,587

2891,214

75, 469

1, 045

1,0141 053

32, 76222, 164

11872.4

148, 62493, 548

930

102

.050

.044

143, 382239, 085383, 157

400, 567

4,32978,58335, 030

6,953.225

May

1,8412,938

331,099

103,36639, 623

126, 323

581, 110

931,117827, 751

55, 557

15, 934604, 427

.1826.40

.082

54, 604

2,37154, 433

2.44

8.36

1, 4642,810

1761,353

79, 331

1,060

1,0621S078

35, 34817, 252

12172.9

137, 205118, 514

982

102

.050

.043

161, 260151, 815332, 556

463,730

3,33857, 67032, 632

4,135.225

April

1,9833,067

361,088

95, 69344, 769

129, 090

523,963

963, 217867, 524

59,406

14,637624, 301

.1847.08

.090

59, 095

2,52958, 579

3.29

8.76

1, 4102,713

1891,304

81, 359

1,004

1,1001,096

45,92017,443

12475.6

94,865238,872

1,007

104

.050

.044

135, 457279,578403, 337

445,535

5,33265,63343,880

6,184.225

March

1,9623,207

311,234

78,24958, 395

127, 516

563,934

921, 920843, 671

73,610

15,215630, 661

.1877.18

.094

54,949

3,06354,486

3.79

8.27

1,1572,119

103948

85, 678

998

1,0721,059

69, 98620,600

12676,7

134,928546,538

844

106

.051

.043

150,951364, 493351, 169

420, 650

4,61249, 07754, 665

7,995.225

Febru-ary

2,2933,704

371,417

74, 97768, 760

147, 632

508, 890

928, 385853, 408

83,470

14, 710731, 633

.1956.73

.085

50, 967

3, 57350, 511

3.69

8.31

1,0561,964

105908

92, 744

895

1,0921,112

95,18826,008

12777.1

168, 450429, 576

461

107

.053

.045

151,980212, 453290, 337

329,324

3,08554,57029,070

5,223.225

January

2,9074,652

451,739

62, 62468,882

186, 062

663, 947

788, 888726, 264

86,902

18,020962, 175

.2077.34

.090

58, 195

4,08157, 642

3.44

7.98

1, 2012, 175

184979

93,747

1,107

9591,401

101, 30734,472

13380.1

86, 518105, 726

80

107

.053

.046

81,700122,071258,585

293,938

3,57242, 71734,019

7,289.225

1930

Decem-ber

2,4604,002

411,542

51, 43445,114

150, 538

608, 323

572, 626521, 192

61, 134

16, 020798, 311

.2137.94

.100

56, 348

4,67756, 453

2.93

7.40

1,2302,307

2821,081

84, 169

1, 062

7371, 254

104, 91373, 314

13781.8

231,039150, 277

669

107

.053

.046

5,590306,500207,006

305,208

4,72333,64542, 555

8,029.225

Novem-ber

2,1693,439

371,269

31, 58242, 552

119, 355

553, 479

443, 286411, 704

62, 325

19, 773665, 665

.2228.86

.112

50, 890

4,62851, 236

3.38

7.13

1,0792,607

7611,534

75, 818

936

5971, 059

82,92567, 361

14185.7

413, 406213,688

764

107

.053

.047

50,977293, 455337, 360

321,930

6,57659, 91637, 759

7,565.225

October

2,0483,441

391,392

36, 21141, 396

101, 672

636, 426

393, 017356, 806

53, 798

12, 402575, 700

.2219.86

. 119

64, 946

4,32665, 060

3.84

7. 03

1,5973, 784

1, 0242,238

72,444

1,165

5341,110

59, 26$33, 128

14488.6

291,311124, 848

958

106

.053

.044

82, 660277, 350402, 333

283, 778

8,55362, 11346, 134

9,917.223



December, 1931


FOREST PRODUCTS

Lumber

ALL TYPES

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

consumed) rel. to 1923-1925Stocks, end of month .rel. to 1923-1925Unfilled orders, end of month.rel. to 1923-1925. .

KETAIL 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. m__Stocks, end of month M ft. b. m..j

FLOORING >

Maple:New orders M ft. b. m_.Production M ft. b. m__Shipments M ft. b. m__Stocks, end of month M ft. b. m._Unfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m__

Oak-New orders M ft , b . in . ..Production - , , M ft . b . in - -Shipments M f t . b. mStocks, end of month M ft. b. m. .Unfilled orders, end of

month . M ft. b. in .

HARDWOODS

All hardwoods:New orders— mill. ft. b. m__Production .. - mill. ft. b. in.Shipments _ mill. ft. b. m..Stocks, end of month-

Total .. mill. ft. b. m..Unsold. mill. ft. b. m..

Unfilled orders, end ofmonth «._.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. ffi_.

Northern hardwoods:Production . - M ft. b. m__Shipments M ft. b. m._

Oak:Stocks, end of month-

Total mill. ft. b. m.Unsold mill. ft. b. m__

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

Walnut logs:Made 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 _M ft. b. m.Unfilled 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. m__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, 1 x 4"B"

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

Production- M ft. b. m._Shipments 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_.Shioments M ft. b. in..

October

85 23430 664. 5

82 2306. 127. 3

9. 25568, 318

3,48135, 207

2,7602, 8122, 703

20, 0423,778

15,97319, 29918,20367, 103

15, 589

131105135

2. 9152, 542

374

607f.16

01

2, 61715, 378

827742

85

1, 1451,104

666

1, 4631,4051,720

12,8252,173

18, 63615, 93117, 055

20, 485

36, 71421, 874

151, 305

11.21

25.63149, 962162, 04981, 472

! 27,370i 33,110

3,9287,811

Septem-ber

89, 502231 365.5

82 2 imi* 5

29. 0

8,31473,002

3,24936, 245

2, 7833,134 13, 144

20, 1893,775

16,92822,425 '19, 48665, 696

17,590

131105131

2, 9602, 559

387

615518

3, 21014, 907

S40761

79

9251,113

707

1,8611,0371,786

13, 1762,934

16,00714, 76015, 734

17,585

38,78718, 020

158, 915

11.27

25.48155, 334166, 525125,341

24, 64033, 320

4,8047, 531

August

99, 633* 33. 4

66.0

79.42 110. 4

- 33. 7

9,45776, 554

3,28036, 966

3,3122,9733,397

21, 1304,183

18,63121,73621,46465, 004

18. 15)4

131101143

3,0202,645

375

634542

92

5,88413, 445

853783

70

709776510

1,252887

1,47213, 9262,821

15,38616, 27017,323

17,380

45,30825, 155

188, 460

10.97

25. 29171,897175,030111,017

24, 27632, 375

9,9917,864

July

120, 35435.266.3

76.9110.1238.2

8,51378, 274

3,74537, 279

3,7122,7373,447

21, 3214,772

26, 39024, 12025, 69164. 798

21,204

139109139

3,0652,662

402

653551

102

6,1739,846

864783

81

523666442

1,574624

1,85314, 5432,981

16, 57614, 71718, 131

19, 331

53,08818, 186

181, 297

10.64

25.76149, 067173, 240165,630

27,01330,408

10, 1288,640

19

June

120, 50147,767.8

86.3106.351.4

10, 08479, 017

3,43237, 718

4,2453,1163,778

21, 8214,955

21.06520, 98423, 13167, 619

30, 176

176143161

3,1262,707

419

683575

108

11, 87811, 690

890803

88

958674293

9961,0751,223

15, 8372,918

1 19, 32116,42918, 253

20, 376

47, 76635, 718

191, 146

11.25

25. 98199, 651197,413162,944

30,338; 34,293

1 10, 013I 9, 554

31

May

143 55835.668.4

97.2107.748.1

8,45180,051

3,42138, 816

3,3272,6293,315

23, 4674,604

24, 71024, 50527, 74576, 753

30, 235

158146169

3,1492,718

431

686586

100

10, 82010, 330

914809

105

1,135828519

1,1811,3821,277

15, 9903,151

19, 22017, 61621, 568

20, 237

69, 04355, 586

188, 907

11.64

28.33206, 813221, 586135, 637

i 30, 233i 31,780

9,893/ 7,B94

April

135, 77141.573.3

91.5108.249.2

7,76780, 816

3,36839, 534

3,6793,3263,226

24, 1915,312

28, 57525, 14728, 15576, 783

34, 095

154146161

3,1752,713

463

694693

101

12, 76712, 806

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, 241! 34,454

8,6167,437

March

73, 81840.374.2

93.2108.848.8

5,23681,158

3, 38939, 657

3,1313,7603,017

26, 1935,180

31, 40723, 64326, 24378, 305

36, 326

173165176

3,2052,731

473

703598

106

17, 87812, 631

966844

i 122

816I 699i 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

Febru-ary

67, 79235.773.2

84.2111.247.7

3,49480, 251

2,64138, 628

3,4553,1792,676

25, 8355,248

24, 77119, 54821, 71380, 943

32, 719

188158165

3,2492,769

481

713601

112

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, 318j 32,417

6,0855,508

January

114, 55736.776.0

82.6113.246.8

3,56376, 552

2,87837, 839

3,5843,4522,351

25, 5784, 664

21,11617, 68618, 36582, 487

30, 241

169143158

3,3082,851

456

726607

118

14, 17810, 854

1,017918

99

8951,1791, 136

1,152642

1,06418, 2953,211

25, 92826, 99821, 410

28, 725

38, 25116, 081

191, 593

12.82

31.33160, 258178, 164182, 640

24, 129i 32, 844

6,5266,094

Decem-ber

128, 42433.878.1

73.3117.344.7

4,14570, 531

2,53037, 739

1,9053,0451,811

24, 2713,491

21, 01015,73817, 15283, 420

29, 353

125134125

3,31.92,863

456

611511

100

8,1478,021

1 1,029! 935

I 95

i 1, 1461,204

777

i 1, 2031,1841,187

; 17, 670i 3, 118

1 17, 857! 23, 048

20, 307

22, 766

53, 71812, 859

189, 355

12.99

31.73167, 420174, 583188, 012

! 28, 35030, 317

1 5,812I! 4,955

1930

Novem-ber

110, 85536.880.1

86.5113.742.6

9,02871,025

3,94038,108

2,7982,7592,554

23, 3533,204

14, 17016, 23115,84491, 598

29. 790

133143148

3,2732,821

452

610509

102

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, 593179,954

| 176,373

j 28,140| 34,300

4,0466,696

October

122, 69039.480.2

77.1110.046.3

13, 59673, 743

5,11438. 674

2, 5302,6432,886

22, 9853, 188

17,40219,97820, 64992,631

30, 678

154158169

3,2702,805

466

60S504

104

4,77211,285

1,021924

97

1,421! 1, 294! 670

! 1, 809i 1, 386! 1, 9071 18, 796

3, 646

30, 60335, 06331, 808

24, 277

43, 80112,511

203, 232

12.98

I 33. 77j 208, 156

199, 651137, 876

! 29, 386j 35, 049

; 4, 3747,436

Revised.

December, 1931 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


33


FOREST PRODUCTS-Continued

Lumber— Continued

SOFTWOOD— Continued

Southern yellow pine:Exports-

Lumber M ft. b. m__Timber. _ M ft. b. m

New orders M ft. b. rn__Price flooring doils. per M ft. b. mPrice index rel. to 1926..ProductioQ M f t b mShipments M ft. b. m__Unfilled orders— - M ft. b. m._

Western pine:New orders mill. ft. b. in__Production . mill. ft. b, mShipments.. mill. ft. b. m__Stocks end of month mill. ft. b. in__

VENEER

Rotary-cut veneer:Receipts..., no. of carloads..Purchases ... 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' salesPlant operations-.-per cent full time...Shipments no. days' production,.Unfilled orders,

end of month.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 rel. to 1926..Living-room davenports rel. to 1926—

LSATHEB AND LEATHER PRODUCTS

Prices, wholesale, composite, leather_ .. . _ ... rel. to 1928

Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)rel. to 1923-25—

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

Stocks end of month rel to 1923-25

HidesImports-

Calfskins thous. of lbs._Cattle hides thous. of IbsGoatskins thous. of IbsSheepskins thous. of IbsTotal, hides and skins thous. of Ibs

Inspected slaughter of livestock:Canada —

Cattle and calves. _thous. of animals..Swine thous of animalsSheep and lambs— -thous. of animals..

United States-Cattle thous. of animals _Calves thous. of animalsSwine thous. of animalsSheep _ _thous. of animals

Prices:Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)

. „ dolls, per lb__Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)

dolls, per IbStocks, end of month:

Calf and kip skins thous of IbsCattle hides thous. of lbs._Sheep and lamb skins thous. of Ibs. _Total hides and skins thous. of lbs._

RawSole and belting:

Exports (sole only) thous. of Ibs..Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)

dolls, per lb._Production —

Sole only .thous. of backs, bends, sides..Sole and belting thous. of lbs__

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

1931

October

20, 8955,017

134. 75726.4958.7

117,241142, 25458, 464

8. 514

3883.0

17

11

64, 122

22, 100

73.191.0

100.182.0

80.7

86

81.882.0

3,16410, 8465, 5334, 472

25, 856

80247193

781407

3,7721,804

.077

.083

531

.35

Septem-ber

18, 9365,663

138, 20427.2160.3

116,511142, 17074,235

8.016

3972.0

19

15

66, 042

42, 180

80.492.1

2 100. 184.2

83.4

297

81.9280.1

2 3, 26511, 9342 6, 8583,360

27, 445

80201117

687393

2, 9551,667

. 090

.098

27, 413221, 34334, 649

283, 405

546

.39

1,08818, 765

80, 77369. 172

August

21, 9567,888

151, 48427.7861.4

119,828155,51182, 551

127125125

1, 225

8564

7.015

3673.0

16

20

59, 223

47, 706

82.992. I

102.988.2

90.3

104

77.1277 .4

2 5, 058] 1,8707,5563,368

29, 513

7816281

727357

2,5001, 598

.113

.1292 28, 325212,299

35, 3762 276, 000

459

.40

1,16019, 837

81,31968. 931

July

29, 9258, 745

146, 86027.8261.7

121, 994151, 48883, 013

128137119

1, 245

7892

6.513

3280.0

14

22

55, 063

47, 997

85.292.1

102.988.6

89.8

101

83.877.6

2 6,2119, 3137,686

3 3, 47228, 332

7714871

706356

2,7871,491

.120

, 1392 29, 033206, 317

35, 2232270,573

652

.37

1,09719,281

81, 90667. 212

June

30, 27812, 535

140, 32228.15

62.4126. 739138, 66383, 475

114158125

1,230

9999

4.527

3274.0

12

23

43, 077

56, 865

85.293.0

102.989.8

87.8

100

85.4278.2

2 3, 6467,5289,3213,313

26, 053

9216456

667417

3, 2511,516

.100

.1292 26, 027209. 69734, 034

2269,758

983

.37

1,07619, 522

85, 62667. 070

May

34, 0675,827

157, 92028.8263.9

148, 048165, 00483, 958

107135122

1, 204

7954

13.09

3170.0

11

11

46, 431

19, 338

86.894.0

102.989.8

88.1

107

81.02 79.5

2 4, 5126,8128,2743, 091

24,437

10315823

704425

3,4081,444

.085

.129

2 24, 150216, 40035, 026

2275,576

1,143

.37

1,03418, 388

85, 84867. 938

April

32, 54410, 256

169, 01528.3268.2

165, 325180, 306104, 307

141141125

1,196

8359

8.013

3367.0

13

15

52, 390

28, 248

90.794.0

102.993.2

88.4

102

83.980.3

2 3, 3374,4046, 1604,453

19, 616

10117227

690471

3,4881,493

.092

.135

2 23, 662220, 84632. 926

2 277, 434

1,442

.37

1,13720, 406

87, 19668. 933

March

22, 4786,261

174, 02029.6865.8

164, 929175, 742121,401

109112120

1,174

10582

12.014

3464.0

13

15

62, 382

29, 798

90.794.0

102.993.2

88.4

92

71.2281.2

2 1,8186,8676,2923,280

19, 468

8515432

635416

3,5231,324

.090

.128

2 23, 132223, 182

34, 1682280,482

849

.37

98418, 219

88, 04471, 122

Febru-ary

21, 3094,935

170, 70928.4263.0

153, 831163, 926106, 932

11266

1071,174

118118

6.013

3563.0

13

17

50, 858

34, 160

90.794.0

102.992.3

89.0

87

76.1282.1

2 1, 3394,1493,9912,890

13, 417

5816132

559353

4,1421,223

.073

.117

2 24, 104225,315

33, J 722282,591

713

.37

95117, 386

90, 32172. 488

January

33, 5098,163

190, 98530.7368.1

165, 065182, 679116, 193

8763

1071,218

101138

7.016

4268.0

14

18

36, 692

31, 781

90.794.0

102.992.3

90.8

78

71.62 85. 3

2 2, 0675,1865,8634,040

20, 211

6916637

651379

5,3621,426

.095

. 125

2 26, 707235, 64933, 296

2 295, 652

726

.38

1,08719, 559

91, 82773. 261

1930

Decem-ber

35, 8739,029

146, 46532.5172.4,

157, 143145, 11099, 036

11185

1081,262

111112

16.015

4371.0

17

17

29, 051

14, 400

90.794.0

102.992.3

91.5

81

68.7286.4

2 2, 1266, 7816,1543,313

20,471

7517053

692398

4,6471,426

.107

.144

2 27, 553237, 39234, 489

2 299, 434

1,128

.40

1,22621, 993

90, 87874, 135

Novem-ber

28, 11311,896

177, 32733.4474.1

184, 712176, 110105, 021

9798

1141,284

10697

7.022

4881.0

18

22

43, 975

It), 917

91.794.0

102.91;2. 3

93.3

81

63.02 83. 8

2,2026,7815,1671,965

18, 207

7816898

605324

4,0241,305

.118

.156

2 28, 221227, 64734, 368

2 290, 236

825

.41

1,07118, 777

86, 33177. 485

October

31,95710, 590

213, 02834 01

75.4210, 972217, 885108, 864

177139164

1,300

101101

9.021

5185.0

26

20

70, 007

29, 117

91.794.0

102.992.3

96.7

89

84.9282.6

3,2646,8887, 2682,821

21,512

97160185

83643S

3, 4921,727

.133

.172

2 26, 972227, 09934, 546

2 288, 617

691

.41

1,33323, 418

84, 03678. 815

7 Ro vised.

34 SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


December, 1931


LEATHER AND LEATHER PROD-UCTS— ContinuedRaw— Continued

Upper leather;Exports thous. of sq. ft..Price, composite, chrome, calf, black "B"

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

Finished thous. of sq. ftIn process of tanning-thous. of sq. ft..

ManufacturesGloves and mittens cut dozen pairsShoes:

Exports thous. of pairsPrices, wholesale-

Men's black calf blucher(Boston) _. dolls, per pair. _

Men's dress welt tanned calf, oxford(St. Louis) dolls, per pair--

Women's black kid, McKaysewed dolls, per pair..

Production-Total. thous. of prs._Men's thous. of prs._Boys' and youths' thous. of prsWomen's thous. of prs._Misses' and children's -.thous. of prs__Slippers, all types thous. of prs_.All other footwear .thous. of prs.-

IRON AND STEEL

New orders.. .. .. rel. to 1923-25Prices, wholesale-- rel. to 1926Production 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 inonth..rel. to 1923-25. .

OreIron ore:

Consumption thous of long tonsImports thous of long tonsReceipts-

Lake Erie ports andfurnaces thous. of long tons

Other r>orts . thous. of long tonsShipments* from mines

thous. of long tonsStocks end of month—

At furnaces thous of long tonsOn Lake Erie docks

thous of long tonsTotal- thous. of long tons

Manganese ore:Imports... thous. of long tons..

Iron— Crude

Gray-iron castings:Production. av. tons per foundryNew business av tons per foundry j

Unfilled orders av tons per foundryMaterial received av tons per foundryMaterial on hand., .av. tons per foundry..

Malleable castings:New orders _ .short tonsOperating activities. ..per ct. of capacity..Production short tonsShipments short tons

Pig-iron production:Canada thous of long tonsMerchant furnaces thous of long tonsUnited States, total.. .thous. of long tons..United States, total ...rel. to 1923-25-.

Pig-iron furnaces in blast, end of month:Furnaces, end of month number..Capacity, end of month.long tons per day.. !

Prices, wholesale:Basic (valley furnace)— dolls., per long ton..'Composite pig-iron dolls, per long ton..1Foundry, No. 2, northern

(Pittsburgh) dolls, per long ton..

Iron— Manufactured Products i

Cast-iron boilers:Gas-fired boilers— :

Production thous. B. t. u._Shipments tbous. B. t. u_.Shipments ...dollars..!Stocks, end of month. ..mills. B. t. u_. !

Round boilers— \New orders thous. of lbs__ iProduction thous. of Ibs.JShipments thous. of Ibs ;Stocks, end of month.. -thous. of Ibs. .;

1931 !

October

7,926

.330

233, 334

136

6.55

4.35

3. 15

42.686.2

43

76. 3

125. 352. 9

1,45170

2,0291, 162

3,094

33, 687

6,08039, 767

21

18, 14520.5

20, 12317, 484

1, 17339.3

7036, 530

15. 2516. 23

18.39

105, 181247, 732270, 880

842

1

6,529

.33765, 543

254, 306126, 146

226, 754

142

6.75

4 35

3.15

31,5557,4231,991

11,8512, 7854,4593,046

56.086.6

46

78.3

2123.353.0

1,47099

2,8731, 440

4,179

31, 998

5,97437, 972

27

1118268

137260

2 17, 61018.6

2 18, 1932 18, 387

18

1, 16939.1

7338, 600

15.5016.32

18.76

158, 495257, 941288, 422

978

_

August

6,635

.34869, 826

250. 478131,095

223, 837

132

6.75

4.35

3.15

2 33, 4752 8, 245

2,0782 13, 103

2 3, 1402 3, 9312 2, 978

246.886.6

61

78.0

2 128. 753.4

1,65292

3,2291,658

5, 065

29, 385

5,68635, 071

22

997970

123231

18, 494819.018, 53120, 513

23297

1,28142.9

7639, 085

15. 5016.38

18.76

208, 072195, 946213, 852

1,106

7,2044,6627,309

53, 558

July

7,463

.35067,234

246, 424128,425

164, 205

140

6.75

4.35

3.15

28, 6147,3491,739

10, 4002,8463,4312,849

56.287.1

59

83.1

130.157.6

1,832128

3,1911,735

4, 956

26, 451

5,36631,817

38

1019270

117226

19, 40020.1

19,94323,511

40371

1,46349.0

8245, 230

15.5016.38

18.76

201, 956155, 723159, 568

1,089

5, 5203,9776,071

57, 274

June

9, 234

.35263, 229

250, 612126, 684

182, 077

167

6.75

4.49

3.25

27,8397,2441,6059,5962,8352,9743,585

59.086.9

64

86.6

136. 660.3

2,114122

2,3691,428

3,808

23, 556

5,15728, 713

37

1088260

123229

22, 17624.5

23, 83728, 132

56336

1,63954.9

9150, 855

15.5016.40

18.76

178, 101156, 769166, 923

1,069

4,9484,6545, 055

59, 876

! May

9,211

.35660, 542

254, 142124, 330

171, 968

194

6.75

4.60

3.25

28, 4526, 7351,647

10, 0583,1282,8124,072

57.987.2

72

106.8

138.962.4

2, 675194

599656

1,769

21, 968

5,14727, 115

21

12610577

134232

28,32832.2

31,45036, 540

51410

1, 99466.7

10561,085

16.2516.64

18.76

174,244154,650148, 749

1,014

4,5255, 0694,787

59, 770

April

8,752

.35662, 536

257, 195125, 722

191, 120

177

6.75

4.60

3.25

29, 8886,6411,768

11, 0423,8462,4544,137

83.687.5

75

108.1

142.867.4

2,826163

9106

176

23,292

5,43028, 722

33

12212393

140252

36, 08636.3

36, 07637, 693

4042,020

67.6

11366, 980

16. 5016.75

18.76

227, 605150, 227149,057

997

3,7416, 5534,232

60,221

March

9,347

.35261,515

261, 057127, 867

175, 988

185

6.75

4.60

3.25

29,3646,2541,654

11, 8883, 7122,0453,811

74.588.1

78

119.4

145.769.6

2,835169

00

0

25, 751

5, 76531, 516

2

12213498

136261

34, 33135.9

35, 21036, 677

57356

2,03268.0

11667, 880

16.5016.72

18.26

210, 58495, 76594,251

916

4,3114,8644,071

57, 794

ary

7,700

.35454,706

264, 392128, 967

158, 485

130

6.75

4.60

3.25

23, 9715,6871,4389,6442,9831,3702,849

59.988.4

73

11C. 5

139. 768.6

2,36895

00

0

28,247

6,01134, 258

10

10810784

118268

32, 56634.4

33, 58732, 663

46317

1,70757.1

10861, 850

16.7516.82

18.51

178,224114,593116,186

797

3,9125,5094,183

56, 878

January | bS^"

9,133

.35952, 225

272,866129, 513

162, 388

130

6.75

4.60

3.25

19, 8895,2501,4187,5732,495

8532,300

66.988.1

64

103.4

141.771.6

2,350150

00

0

30,430

6,19036, 620

17

1019768

131309

32, 67631.5

31,26731, 536

36292

1,71457.4

10257,365

17.0016.94

18.76

163,39098, 39792, 702

721

6,4124,1095,724

54, 997

8,118

.36757, 888

280,856127, 785

157, 079

208

6.75

4.72

3.45

17, 5375,0341,2625, 4012,0032,0441,793

70. 988.0

59

110. 2

146.476.3

2, 339176

00

o32,618

6,33138,949

29

10310180

112273

26, 43331.1

30, 43127,474

38396

1, 66655.8

9551, 330

17.0017.01

18.76

85, 399221,775181,966

1 621

i 7,193I 3,6141 7,131i 51,657

1930

N(berm" October

7,451

. 36751,848

279, 023133, 357

236, 263

270

6.75

4.85

3.55

18,5414,7401,2715,0341.7693,9531,774

58.088.3

65

106. 5

146.169.4

2,64074

1,634993

1,988

34, 761

6, 46641, 227

10

1067753

135260

27, 45127.8

27, 11425, 974

46375

1, 86762.5

10760, 205

17.0017.14

18.76

85, 328149,507202, 835

769

9,4955,910

10,04153, 686

9,838

.37265, 339

270, 902137,513

236,911

269

6.75

4.85

3.55

27, 7316,4361,558

! 10, 385! 2, 393

4, 684\ 2,275

67.888,6

74

126.0

147.167.4

3,050186

4,0111,675

5,531

34, 750

6,34241, 092

IS

1379856

142292

24,17129.0

28, 78529,206

40373

2,16572.5

11165, 9G5

17.0017.30

18.89

250, 001359, 206445, 101

885

14,5218,291

17,77459, 134

2 Revised



35


1931

October i ber

IRON AND STEEL-Continued

Iron—Manufactured Products—Contd.

Cast-iron boilers—Continued.Square boilers-

New orders thous. of Re-production thous. of Ibs.Shipments __„ thous. of Ibs.Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs.

Cast-iron fittings:Production short tons.Shipments..., short tons.

Malleable fittings:Production short tons.Shipments short tons.

Kadiators:New orders.thous. sq. ft. heating surfaee.Production.thous. sq. ft. heating surface-Shipments, .thous. sq. ft. heating surface.Stocks, end of month

._ thous. sq. ft. heating surface.Range boilers:

New orders numberProduction numberShipments number.Stocks, end of month numberUnfilled orders—

Total number.Delivery, 30 days numberDelivery, more than 30 days.number,

Steel—Crude

Prices, wholesale:Composite, finished steel

dolls, per 100 Ibs.Iron and steel composite

dolls, per long ton.Steel billets, Bessemer

(Pittsburgh) ..dolls, per long ton.Structural-steel beams (Pitts-

burgh) dolls, per 100 Ibs.Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full fin

ished:New orders net tons-Production—

Per cent of capacity per cent-Total ..net tons-

Shipments. net tons.Stocks, end of month-

Unsold net tons.Total net tons-

Unfilled orders, end of month. __net tons.Steel castings:

New orders-Total short tons.Miscellaneous short tonsRailroad specialties short tons.Per cent of capacity ...per cent-

Production—Total— .short tons-Miscellaneous. short tons.Railroad specialties short tons.Per cent of capacity per cent.

Steel ingots, production:Canada thous. of long tons_TJnited States, total...thous. of long tons-United States, totaL _.rel. to 1923-25.Per cent of capacity per cent.

U. S. Steel Corporation:Earnings thous. of dolls.Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of long tons.Unfilled orders, end of

month rel. to 1923-25.

Steel—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 Jong 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-

August July

4, 5925,822

2,4662,964

46, 78351, 29550, 12725, 143

7, 1265, 5261,600

2.18

30.81

29.00

1.60

117, 195

33.1122, 739129, 365

70, 465137, 243159, 367

22, 85115, 8906,961

16

24, 08316,7177,366

17

1. 59246.128

3,119

65.3

42, 1091 39, 211

41, 75423, 975

! 10, 4708, 4702, 000

I|

1 2.20

i 31.03

29. 00

i 1.601

120,688

32.0i 116,842j 123,371

67, 337j 143,153! 167,366

i 223,0731 * 17, 0501 6, 023I 16

! * 26, 948i »19, 683I 7, 265i 19

; 331 1, 548! 44.8! 28

! 2, 559

3, 145

! 65. 9

19, 96715, 26419,413

137,143

3,650 I4,442 :

1,9592,041

8, 3654,5727,960

44,834

35, 67432,00333, 63626, 518

10,1158, 0542,061

2.19

31. 05

29. 00

1.65

June May

14, 76513,02815,184139,469

4,0594,779

2,1142,330

6,6064,1946,834

47, 414

39,066 \44,611 !46,03628,151 |

8,077 I5, 922 I2,155 !

2.20 |

31.05 1I

29.00 |

1.65 i

12,20013,25611,422141,522

4.1654,508

2,3652,489

6,4285,0255,759

50,183

39, 42842, 01241,00129, 576

15, 04712, 7522,295

2.19

31.02

29.00

1.65

April

10,04913,1409,537

139, 773

4,9765, 088

2,4712,784

4,8635,1645,003

50,953

41,768 i43,799 :41,744 \28,565 |

16,620 !9,944 i6,676

2.21 i 2.22

31.39 ! 33.61

29.50 | 30.00

1.65 | 1.65

8,09115, 9818,448

136,840

5, 6035,379

3,0752,995

4,3305,9574,293

50, 632

43, 28748, 25047,14826, 510

March Febru- I

120,688 122,849 144,461 ! 163,599 j 148,612 j 191,987

46.3 40.3174,890 j 147,843

34.9 i123,752 I151, 529 ! 178, 460 | 156J160

75,288 I 77,953 75,618149, 533 ! 160, 959 168, 013170,122 I 203, 358 | 304,107

1,113 I 2 ! 0591,078 U,188

826

304310

378

790

304310

383

112

59,335 i 69,76823, 335

85

489, 55535.3

492,14534, 704

638 !

24,50983

451, 56231.7

452,96037,294

914

27,458 I20,610 i6,848 I

19 |

30,186 I21,529 !

8,65721

52 !1,719 i49.7 !31 |

2,960 !

3,169

66.4

1,0102 1,057

919

307358

390

110

73,33821,898

84 i

449,590 I31.6 j

455,502 |38,692 j

1.030 !

19, 24813, 621

23

31,75123, 3398,412

22 |

45 i1,886 j54.6 !

34 I

3,662 |

3,405 |

71.3 i

1,0921,074 j

966 j

328 I371 i

441 i

117 I

84,466 I28,225 i

96

26,13618, 5397,597

18

35,01825, 6089,410

24

562,07660.1

4,499

56.6 ; 58.2201,846 i 213,608191, 942 ! 211,118

82,532 I 85,415169,444 ' 176,846296,731 : 325,169

39,05227,746 :

11,306 ,27 i

43,15431,08312,071 i

30 i

75 ;

2,50572.5 !

45 I

4,183

3,479 3,620

72.9 j 75.8 '

1,272 I1,221 j

948 j

452 I449

483

124

75, 58530,987

122

580,565 552,95540.7 | 38.9

581,450 ! 549,78144,604 j 45,489

939 1.078

1,3061,305

897 ;

506 !409 |

129 ;

91,40729,689

172

610, 78843.1

618,80142,315

ary I January

9, 771 9,12214,700 i 15,9578,851 8,632

129,643 124,238

5, 763 i5,665 I

3, 290 i3,242 |

4,451 I6,781 !4,013 |

6,288 !5,897 i

3,379 !3,432 |

4,483 !6,801 !4,410

11,50014,68912,082117,622

6,4466,758

3, 2363,533

6, 2676,9616,091

1930

Decem-ber

17,72310,85716,837109, 835

6,5065,358

3,2092,603

7,4714,0976,866

Novem-ber

21,37712,85821,480

115,313

7,1887,222

3.3223,108

9,0894.79)9,118

October

48,978 | 45,969 | 43,613 ! 38,702 i 41,420

48, 73348, 05149, 86125, 408

20, 45710, 8829, 575

2.23

31.66

30.00

1.65

236,310

61.1224, 322

2.22

31.65

30.00

1.63

58, 23360, 21364, 03327, 079

22, 72211,71211,010

2. 22

31.70

30.00

1.60

39,92738, 30231,49630,899

I39. 30443. ?5141'.07724, 093

2.19 i 2.20

31.76 I 31.95

30.60 I 31.00

1.60 ! 1.60 j

168,564 180,863 233,289 I 135,682

57.2 I 45.1 39. £ 43.6

33, 76023,06839,158121,666

9,1229,995

4,0614,041

11,220o, 85212, 390

45, 626

56,79153,98355,36622, 519

22, 4649,80712,657

2,22

32.31

31.00

1.60

158, 700

*«,„— 192,218 I 167,865 i | 145,125 i 148,550 193,934208,207 179,138 | 170,379 || 144,. 040 j 158,182 | 193,516

),334189,915383,280 1 343,439

92, 047 87, 496181, 614 180, 285

46, 03929, 84416,195

32

48, 28235, 43912, 843

33

912,72278.749

5,138

3,898

81.6

1,4241,481

896 !

408 I423 I

134

101,08140,606

179

591, 39941.9

600, 56650,328

1,053 1,195

48,18437,17211,012

33

56, 75542, 54414,211

39

992,99486.654

7,191

3,995

83.7

1,4871,522

952

455481

123

109, 51233,343

177

550, 58339.9

554,33259,495

1.253

83, 629 96, 248 |184,590 184,586

40, 32031,1849,136

28

49,54835, 63813,910 j

34 Ii

832, 50272.449

6,156i

3,965 j

83.0I1

46,810 ! 49,38732,092 ;| 30,13114,718 : | 19,256

32 ! 34

46,294 !35,351 ,10,943

32 ;

582,45971.143

6,118 i

4,132 1

86.5 i

46, 29032,09314,197

32

56

4,191

3,944

82.6

1,478 !1,563 j

401382

424

104

91, 21222, 479

163

450,13433.1

449,48563, 244

1,392

91,024189, 213

360 479 j ! 378, 601 295 282 | 319',518

48,12331,62816. 495

33

44, 29032, 44511,845

31

722,21264.044

7,949

3,640

76.2

1,8411,768

1,072 i

418 j422 i

404

110 i

92,745 ;33,959

140 |

421,814 |32.6 |

427, 622 i62,595

1,424

1,591 1,5871,774 1,632

999 ! 1,182

283515

409

123

101,98824,338

115

412, 28330.3

406, 32768,403

1.437 I

503

641

139

111, 96834, 572

119

497, 53936.5

500, 40962, 447

929 i

45, 55232, 34413, 208KL32

59752243,84015, 682

4165

2,69377.950

10, 943

3,482

72.9

1,8331,902

1,227

587645

676

175

131, 85029, 730

153

616,12144.1

619, 55865, 317

-Revised .



December, 1931


1931 1930

Octo-ber I August i July ! June j May j April i March ] January i Novem-

ber October

IEON AND STEEL-Continued

Steel— Manufactiired_Prodiicts~-Cont'd.

Steel bars, cold finished, shipments-short tons-.Steel boilers, new orders:

Area thous of sq ftQuantity number. .

Steel plate, fabricated, new orders:Total short tonsOil storage tanks short tons

Structural steel, fabricated:New orders-

Computed total short tonsPer cent of capacity per cent

Shipments-Computed total short tons..Per cent of capacity.. per cent..

Track work, production . short tons

Enameled WareBaths:

New orders - _ no. of piecesShipments no. of pieces _Stocks, end of month no. of piecesUnfilled orders, end of

month no. of piecesLavatories:

New orders no of piecesShipments - - no. of piecesStocks, end of month no. of pieces--

Sinks:New orders . no. of pieces .Shipments- no. of pieces--Stocks, end of month. no. of pieces -

Miscellaneous sanitary ware:New orders no. of piecesShipments .. no. of pieces .Stocks, end of month ..no. of pieces-.

Small ware (except baths):Unfilled orders, end of

month no. of pieces -.Porcelain enameled flat ware:

New orders-Total dollarsSigns . .dollars _Table tops dollarsAll other ._ . dollars

Shipments-Total dollars-Signs dollars--Table tops dollars..All other__ dollars.-

Plumbers* Woodwork

New orders, net no. of pieces..Shipments no. of piecesStock, finished, end of month-__no. of pieces--Unfilled orders, end of month.. _no. of pieces. _

Bathroom AccessoriesTotal:

Production no. of pieces. _Shipments.-. no. of pieces..

Shipbuilding

Rate of activity (clec. energy*••• consumed) . ._ . _rel. to 1923-25.-Buikiing or under contract, end of month —-f Merchant vessels thous. of gross tons._Completed during month-

Total. . -gross tons..Steel, seagoing gross tons--

MachineryTotal exports thous. of dollsAir conditioning equipment:

New orders-Total thous of dolls

Fan group thous of dolls

Electric hoists:New orders-

Quantity no. of hoists. .Value. dollars..

Shipments dollars ..Electric overhead cranes:

New orders thous. of dollsShipments . 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.

13, 034

467 iG72 i

20,664 !1,955

110,000 i27.5 '<

145,60036.4

2, 162

35,70336, 022

131, 858

12,001

43,23844, 963

169, 509

44, 23743, 437

224, 726

26, 85428, 17586, 401

36, 503

706, 284206, 012205, 756294, 516

692, 415182, 077201, 935308, 403

100, 275111,422191, 93389, 409

154, 106160, 839629 268

84. 5

20, 200

' 1 48583

: 575i 827

1 16571,451

i 62,493

" 73157

497

11,576

692893

33, 4734, 024

196, 80049.2

150, 00037.5

3,472

33, 57834, 980

134, 392

12, 320

41, 48943, 372

176, 825

43,51843, 070

226, 440

21, 91122, 23186, 640

39, 702

701, 487213, 856175, 642311, 989

704, 428222, 332180, 650301, 446

2110,3722 100, 4662 199, 3082 100, 556

160, 401153, 120648, 161

88.9

294

27, 90625, 002

24, 700

1,43261

562809

13263, 032SI, 465

84235

58111 31.9i 29.6

35.6

12,600

695827

324.2821, 138 i

124, 40031.1

168,80042.2

3,924

35, 46337,633

139,498

13,722

43,521 J

45,262190,225

43, 17441,907

236,005

27,32428,073 ;86,455

41,457 !:

564.093 !170, 313 :128, 350265, 430

638, 431229,459 |131,675277, 297

: 106,928, 118,358

203,213; 96, 650

163,462144,466640 886

;

85.6

299

11, 5547,150

20, 400

1 3597"

553731

20385, 52673, 163

91345

736

16.937.4

2.1

14,413

687816

27, 2614,136

159, 20039.8

181, 60045,4

4,409

46, 70447, 922

138, 759

15, 892

53, 22653, 585

192, 552

51, 34152, 963

245, 354

27, 10629, 08294, 260

45, 680

649, 894245, 943168, 362235, 589

690, 801278, 732163, 979248, 090

101, 784108, 525211,622108, 080

1 17, 999162, 497621, 890

82.0

326

30, 47125, 363

22, 700

1 719qq

832i 794

19290, 964

112, 143

160435

990

38.755.7

i 51.8

16, 360

677 i818 i

22,806 14,679 !

177,200 i44.3 !

162,40040.6

5,705

43,228 !43,584

145, 140

17, 110

49,181 I50,575 ,

209, 841

49, 92851, 676

255, 269

27,46326, 45398,384

i49,637 1

637,688 !249,455 i132, 869255, 364

706, 838290, 032140, 545276, 261

i 122,642; 126,368

200, 227| 114,821

203,283192,246636, 388

: 84. 8

359

i 22, 647\ 16, 964

i 28,300

1 538127

: 788623

220109,245

i 122,189

! 281\ 410

1, 264

i 40.990.4

; 70.1

22,768

603658

26, 2102,411

152, 80038.2

148, 00037.0

7,453

42. 99145, 512

152, 208

17, 466

51, 39554, 520

218, 067

54, 69356, 845

260, 426

21, 24324, 490

101, 673

51, 769

716, 502283. 526148, 700284, 276

739, 656290, 429151, 647297, 580

135, 674125,652211,972119, 578

189, 979192, 848625, 351

89.7

370

34, 52728, 613

26, 600

1, 671205781685

293142, 962115, 809

307310

1,413

54.1118.6

123.8

25, 141

825689

29, 9167,749

292, 80073.2

158, 40039.6

8,564

40, 11140, 449

163, 037

19, 987

45, 44043, 221

232, 277

52, 77149, 443

273, 154

22, 99521, 719

107, 917

60, 293

670, 171242, 938161, 172266, 061

691, 107256, 906160, 892273, 309

118, 510i 127,055

204, 586109, 556

181, 955177, 051628, 220

92.5

397

1 13, 768! 4, 985

; 31, 100

1 1, 39878

I 756564

' 276i 125,550i 101,746

i 274416

! 1, 420

1 57.7i 69.7

180. 1

i

25,011

665630

31, 0562,538

184, 40046.1

151, 20037.8

8,944

33. 19634, 938

166, 158

20, 325

33, 85136, 642

230, 817

41, 53241, 787

267, 828

18, 64118, 811

109, 508

53, 470

707, 480264, 769173, 064269, 647

738, 358293, 356174, 347270, 655

130,895117,445213, 574118, 101

173, 588166, 084

! 623,316

98.3

409

17, 44313, 976

! 29, 400

1, 30799

I 740468

261! 117,216I 134,995

671i 261

1,552

174. 4i 72.9

314.6

21, 727

622516

24, 4383, 585

158, 40039.6

166, 40041.6

6,321

28,04130, 616

160, 851

22, 087

30, 88334, 438

212, 395

35, 87339,211

259, 442

15, 78117, 768

107, 439

56, 686

623, 973263, 677122, 836237, 460

628, 969270, 886120, 623237, 460

98, 869119, 725215, 628104, 651

121, 546122, 745615, 812

114.8

412

25, 6229,703

: 44, 000

1,180' 64

585531

205113,862112, 363

268530

1, 207

54.7i 55.4

i 93.5

21,943

577598

27,518 !2,598 :!

162,400 ''•.40.6

172,000 l i43.0 ;

5,626

56,49468,564 i

148,909 !

24,642

71, 11393,870

192,072

63, 07480,095

244,880 i

29, 78533, 527

106,152 i

65,566 r

548, 403i 259, 070 ;

104,522 ||184,811

468, 779 1197,894102, 199 !168,686 |

! 111,957! 113. 168 I

212.683 !125, 507

121, 205158, 414

j 617, Oil

113.9

421

29, 41321, 045

37, 700 11

1, 28479

666539

! 335133,295

: 132,157

423496

1,4071 65.3

54.7

94. 6

15,747 j 15,456

587 | 709 i814 777 !

26,787 33,1515,118 i 9,965

i152,800 ! 151,200

38.2 I 37.8

168,400 i 195,20042.1 ! 48.8

5, 174 j 4, 212

52, 254 i 30, 81336,008 35,489

167,932 168,808

36, 712 i 20, 466

72,493 41,22748,023 i 47,078

214,472 ' 205,517

61, 567 : 44. 89743,968 51,027

261,800 ; 253,374

25, 092 i 21, 45319,680 ! 22,065

112, 460 ! 108, 795

109,086 61,605

412,512 ! 515,383181,600 1 195,76450,271 i 85,009

180,641 . 234,610

509,392 I 524,486283,966 1 192,547

50, 680 i 80, 764174, 746 i 251, 175

111, 689 ! se, 928108,021 i 104,088247,513 ! 232,467126,718 i 123,050

99.0 105.5

344 359

25,971 53,55118,391 ! 39,830

36, 100 ! 33. 200

231 ! 267126,592 i 122,136106,459 | 115,849

302 ! 370671 587

1,517 1 1,864

59.8 1 45.3102. 6 I 76. 5

82. 3 124. 9

20, 521

8511, isy

30,194, 5 is

209, 20052.3

239. 200PCs r;

5, 102

43, 75048, 547

166, 248

25, 142

52, 50958, 273

204, 496

58, 50461. 4S6

246, 032

27, 84029, 142

103, >^5H

74, 198

853, PI!)216, 180203, 700434, 039

890. 285236. 931202, 470450, 884

119,900136, 536225, 085130, 210

121. 5

j 306

i 51, 667! 16, 895

30, 800

259i 141, 615

137, 608

! 353677

i 1, 948

50.01 62.0

i 159. 1s Revised.



37


IEON AND STEEL-ContinuedMachinery—Continued

Machine tools:New orders... ,..rel. to 1922-24_.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 _ no. of burners..Patents granted:

Agricultural implements. .number..Internal-combustion engines number..Total, 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—Fire-tube boilcrs--.no. of pulverizers,.Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers..Watcr-tubeboilers.no. of pulverizers..

Pumps (water):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..Purnps (gasoline and other):

Shipments—Gasoline—

Hand operated units...Power operated _ .units _.

Other-Hand operated units..Power operated „ units..

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,.NONFERROUS METALS AND PSOD-

UCTSPrices, wholesale, metal and metal

products.- rel. to 1926..Production index (Fed. Res,

Bd.) .rel. to 1923-25..Production index (elec. energy

consumed) „ rel. to 1923-25,.Stocks, end of month __rel. to 1923-25..Stocks, raw materials, end of

month... _ rel. to 1923-25..Raw Materials

Babbitt metal consumption:Direct by producers. _ .thous. of lbs_.Sale to consumers thous. of lbs_.Total apparent thous. of IDS..

Copper:Exports, refined short tons..Domestic shipments, refined-.short tons..Price, wholesale, electrolytic

(N. Y.)_. dolls, perlb..Production-

Index (Fed. Res. Bd.).rel. to 1923-25,.Mines._ short tons..Refined (N. and S.

America) short tons,.Smelters... short tons..

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_.Receipts in United States, ore.short tons,.

Rp vised.

1931

October

45 I85

97 '

13,54214, 2348,320

1,177

4,074 |

August j July June May April

5092

140

12, 32912, 5369,748

7296

182

10, 62110, 03510, 155

1,869 I 2,076

6266 |

4,750 |

5469

4,088

6272

202

8,0107,491

10,113

1,490

5560

3,962

7495

212

6,0466,044 I9,193 |

971 I

7967

5,270

00

43

14

8796 |

232 !

5,1325,5628,553

969

10591

238

5, 5285,248

10, 036

1,399

March Febru-ary

118 !92 |

225 j

4,836 !4,406 i8,603 I

1,119 I

60 i 6758 68 68 !

4,270 4,167 I 4,789 j

8473

204

3, 6993,5318,645

689

4476

3,715

January

6775

179

3,8424,0468,572

521

4158

3,215

1930

Decem- Novem-ber ber October

6985

203

5,0265, 0258,604

725 I

5867

4, 251

6067

230

6,8617,8558, 319 I

724 j

52 !54 i

3,023 i

l| 032 i l| 063 I 2* 197 j ~2,312 | 1£ 229 i "% 135

563695

2599 !2 886 |

775800

2,023 I 22,161 I 2,450

874 j944

875 I1,028 I

921 |1,037 I

2,986 !3,837 |

22,479291

20,33983

5186,030

8 i377 !347 !371 |

340 !

2 2, 71523,676 I

18,645 i458 !

22,462 I96 |

500 i6,681 i

345379 !331 !

336

87. 2

71.0 | 75.0202. 0 | 2 200. 9 1

3,276 ;

4,309 |

22, 708501

31,171132 |

429 !7,850 I

447572513

356 I

87.1 I|

266 i

73.3 !199.9 !

2,441 i 2,471 i 2,605 j

4,585 i 5.019 6,041 i5,742 1 7,735 10,263 j

37,600 | 37,287985 i 1,162

20,735101 ,

5257,640 !

16 i533 |448 I421 I

534 |

37,3551,077 |

29,889111 i ' 80

567 6058,694 ! 9,090

157.1 j 2152.0 I 147.9 II

87.5 !

65

69.3203.3

137.7

46503 J463 I391 |

479 I

87.4

78.6213.7

127.7 I

21487 I513 !393 |

516 !

87.8

73

94.0219.3

122.4

552 i 497 i1,495 ! 1,355 i2,047 ! 1,852

11,429 17,201 !40,459 i

.0678

4041,3771,781

19,27145,816

5111,4201,932

22, 38143,144

.0729 I .0770

38,088 !I

86,704 j47,012 j

5938,925

90,19047, 246

5938,228 !

46, 503

7021,6052,307

23,24450,217

.0803

6744, 473

98, 27551, 652

i 178,425 i 176,105 J 179,658 ' 187,353 ;I 479,896 ! 455,775 440, 417 I 413,474 ;! 423.9 402.6 i 389.1 1 365.3 i! 120, 689 | 121,655 121, 504 i 126, 722

| 2,91134,807 i 25,30536,546 I 31,966

68 67

. 0396 .044033,104 ] 33, 228

3,064 I 2,29027,711 I 31,577 |34,144 | 32,157

64 !

.0440 .044033,385 30,136

1,432 I28,806 !

30,708 I

60 '

.0392 I32,551 i

731 i1,6782, 409 |

22.95145,265

.0867 !

as!45,580 j

102,695 |53,734 i

190, 578398, 667352.2

130. 486

1,88141,576 i39,519 |

78 |

35,677.044134,694

79

.045337, 878

82

.045535, 512

83 92

.0480 i .051042,110 !' 40,462

83

.0510 !38,820 i

90103

238

18,152IS, 5808,677

1,718

4149

2,871

02

119

24, 2552,145

1,075918

2, 762

18, 72365

6927,638

10484451356

518

88.7

73

94.6220.4

126.9

7161,8442,560

24, 17954, 567

.0939

6946, 452

100, 50152, 085

193,876367, 921325. 0

128, 877

1,99534, 818QP; XOQ

02

2213

25, 1811,772

9501, 036

2,616

17, 99363

7566,105

16527545400

479

89.0

77

103.5219.9

144.8

8321,8292,661

31, 53674, 685

.0985

7048, 702

102, 05857, 922

198, 811354, 205312.9

136, 958

3,76235, 498At 77 K

21

302

32, 9021,657

765873

2,717

13, 84966

5915,434

13474491421

502

88.9

79

112.3224.4

130.7

6871,8202,507

28, 94760, 636

.0972

7647, 504

99, 85355, 229

203, 224363, 629321.2

128,685

2,50846, 902QO AKA

02

608

24, 8731,564

773718

2,826

25, 90285

6646,010

9486383400

557

89.3

78

95.0227.4

130.9

7662,0902,856

42, 19260, 209

. 0984

7248, 059

102, 45853, 429

210, 637363, 827321.4

129, 390

2,72155,331A? Afie.

1 00

i 03

! 3

23, 050i 1, 325

1,0471,205

2, 812

11, 7261 53

5665, 177

21470500529

467

90.0

85

97.8228.1

129.6

6471,4592,107

32, 20869, 854

.1030

7648, 726

106, 36660, 022

218, 799367, 175324.4

136, 252

2,89648, 705AQ K17

00 ;

5215

21,562 !1,238 ;867 i

1, 116 i

2,975 |

21,10371

647 !6,401 |

16 !459 1506 S442 j

520

90.2 '

87

89.6231.1

139.8

7911,9042,695

37,773 !62,693 j

.1011 \

83 !

53,141

112,64064,816

223,280369,832

32fi. 7143, 214

3, 9G348, 400A? /lO*}

00

0210

26,9171, 992

1,0271, 167

3,124

38, 27692

6557,522

17605564441

636

90.4

95

87.0234.1

134. 1

1,0332,0693,101

30, 71575, 703

.C960

8355, 954

118, 22970, 419

240, 145364, 930322.4

157, 3-14

3,36163, 584Kft ACif>

94

. 051540, 237

38 SURVEY OF CUEEENT BUSINESS


December, 1931


JVONFERROUS METALS AND PROD-UCTS— Continued

Raw materials— ContinuedTin:

Deliveries (consumption) long tonsImports (bars, blocks, etc.) long tons-Price, wholesale, Straits (New

York) dolls, per lb.-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 tons..Price, slab, prime western (St.

Louis). dolls, per lb..Production short tonsRetorts in operation, end of month

. . number..Stocks, end of month short tons..

Manufactured ProductsElectrical equipment:

Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.(See under Distribution movement.)

Electric furnaces, new orders_._kilo watts. .Electric goods, new orders

(quarterly) thous o* dollsElectrical porcelain, shipments-

Glazed nail knobs -thous. of pieces. .Special .dollars -Standard .dollars..Tubes thous. of pieces. _Unglazed nail knobs, thous. of pieces..

Industrial reflectors, sales units. .Laminated phenolic products,

shipments - thous. of dolls. .Manufactured mica —

Shipments thous. of dolls _Unfilled orders, end of month

thous of dolls .Motors (direct current)—

Billings (shipments) dollars..New orders - dollars. _

Nonmetallic conduits, ship-ments.. thous. of feet..

Panelboards and cabinets,shipments thous. of dolls _

Power cables, shipments... thous. of feet..Power switching equipment, new orders-

Indoor dollars..Outdoor ...dollars.-

Vacuum cleaners shipments unitsVulcanized fiber —

Consumption - thous. of lbs__Shipments, total thous. of dolls..

Welding sets, new orders-Multiple operations unitsSingle operation units _

Miscellaneous products:Brass sheets rel. to 1926..Copper-wire cloth-

New orders. .-thous. of sq. ft..Make and hold orders,

end of month thous. of sq. ft..Production thous. of sq. f t _ _Shipments .thous. of sq. ft..Stocks, end of month .thous. of sq. ft..Unfilled orders, end

of month ._ .thous. of sq. ft..Enameled sheet-metal ware,

shipments dozen pieces..Pails and tubs, galvanized—

Production dozen pieces..Shipments - dozen pieces..

Other galvanized ware —Production dozen piecesShipments - dozen pieces. .

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTSNew orders - - rel. to 1923-25Production index (Fed. Res.

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

(paper and pulp) _ - rel. to 1923-25.Stocks, end of month rel. to 1923-25..

Wood PulpGround wood:

Consumption and shipments short tonsImports -. - - short tonsProduction short tons

1931

October

5,3855, 607

.2272

6,77350, 602

.033821, 674

23, 774130, 666

59, 103

577

76

73

2,005

1,137

37, 547244, 122

1,398313

68.3

308

522338312910

129

255, 782

98, 34088, 270

26, 62627 792

96. S

113.0122.2

21, 842

Stocks, end of month short tons

Septem-ber

5,0154,882

.2468

5,86850, 722

17, 113

81, 190

.037421, 356

22. 817130, 155

1,231

3 157, 472

2,03882, 48542, 562

8691,095

54, 691

644

79

81

365, 930413, 864

3, 356

32S806

40, 586188, 043

1,407332

0115

79.7

339

509333316911

135

307, 068

110, 253120, 851

32, 27638, 007

93. 8

104

138.3128.2

106, 09418, 75096, 92082, 260

August

5,2705,249

.2575

6,21350, 987

20, 243

79,533

.038221, 467

21, 705129, 701

3,975

1,64374, 18338, 303

971901

56, 735

637

103

87

365, 877299, 081

4,487

367840

48, 707175, 62937, 952

1, 345348

080

80.9

326

504330330889

134

251, 544

2 134, 003129, 693

34, 70932, 764

290.5

105: 121. 7

128. 6

100, 18014, 43387, 63891, 434

July

5,1005,587

.2502

5,83351, 707

12,059

76, 566

.038921, 365

21, 666131, 833

1,956

1,48266, 90633, 042

516562

61, 794

623

81

100

360,444377, 129

2,777

336890

47, 041360, 325

35, 447

1,783344

0120

82.5

328

546302324898

158

246, 858

103, 345114, 134

26, 97027, 334

93.2

109

104.0128.6

111,46317, 725

102, 197103, 975

June

5,1854,698

.2341

5,63351, 626

14, 395

70, 935

.034223,483

21, 422138, 928

1,732

3 224, 348

1,26377, 19441,331

592929

66,188

637

92

97

4,50, 165402, 130

2,447

3381,106

52, 697240, 08143, Oil

1,624402

o134

82.8

275

560253274934

145

232, 672

92, 46090, 747

26, 30428, 724

90.7

2109

112.4129.7

118,37113,512

121, 103115,235

May

5,5055,483

.2320

5, 69851, 231

22, 470

65, 480

.033125, 688

23,024143, 049

2,680

2,06178, 98357, 4621,3092,323

67, 256

711

128

119

455, 325440, 476

4,091

3391, 303

73, 567208,713

70, 303

1,541419

0165

86.8

275

514256277

1,073

302

264, 953

121,413122, 072

28, 39034, 188

102.7

113

135.1126.1

118, 15712, 851

136, 858111,832

April

6,6306, 126

.2512

6,21248, 462

27, 261

61, 110

.037229, 137

29,072143, 212

1,791

2,14476, 31352, 009

8901,281

72, 003

633

135

138

473, 767536, 272

5,112

3241,819

111,875216, 14579, 527

1,475432

8169

90.4

299

554340297

1,096

174

281, 339

143, 258140, 080

34, 92942, 287

101.3

110

109.6131.2

116,91423, 136

136, 43893, 131

March

6,1206,986

.2707

7,91748, 607

17, 163

63,001

.040032, 328

34, 221141, 493

2,046

3182,486

1,45878, 71652, 599

7831,224

69, 484

689

142

110

445, 833396, 958

3,508

3451,630

75, 303269, 42582, 279

1,975484

11177

91.4

357

557330308

1,079

186

312, 916

147, 278144, 052

31, 54229, 579

99.3

110

123.0123. 4

111,16514, 652

116,31173, 606

Febru-ary

5,1005,903

.2631

5,86249, 339

25, 389

58,534

.040129, 562

35, 518144, 389

2,358

2,52386, 47164, 8231,1251,386

68, 285

630

137

141

418, 228450, 204

3,667

3731,326

64, 736201, 34471,551

1,652426

4136

89.7

309

530297304

1,083

211

289, 205

132, 781120, 723

34,34728, 142

96.7

110

127.0128.6

96, 82315, 65695, 93768, 460

January

7,2108,113

.2610

4,90443, 619

25, 987

56, 013

.0404 |32, 522

35, 635145,076 |

4,599

2,25386,976 187,794 i

8751, 752 !

65,501 i

605

133

105 ;393,558 !

680,251 ;

3,997

383 ii,13S ;

76, 052 !228,86255,362 ;

1,369 i385 ;

23 ;

155 :

90.7

404

574 i332 !311 !

1,097 ;

217

267,232 j

103, 677138, 538 i

23,71625,958

97.2

106

111.8125.9

108, 34914, 394

107, 20869, 346

1931

Decem-ber

7,4956,659

.2527

4,69342, 498

31,056

47, 000

041032, 733

33, 640143, 618

1,489

8208,936

2,00791, 56451, 016

5221,159

76, 659

551

101

104

500, 165617, 454

2,417

1,678

77, 248178, 16078,611

1,421318

13152

93.6

337

539344309

1,145

165

250, 568

87, 14068, 898

21, 65715, 915

85.8

98

117.0122.6

109, 740i 27, 024

110,57875, 498

N o vera-ber

6,2706,470

,2589

5,37240, 811

39, 478

49, 441

.042732, 097

37, 492145, 139

2,202

1,83493, 67747, 994

8011,164

115, 736

674

132

90

433, 530457, 518

3,713

.1,824

69, 202219, 232

78, 626

1, 513359

2153

92.7

269

530310303

1,176

166

263, 365

60, 79868, 330

16, 06121, 296

93.2

103

112.3121.7

110,50221, 776

102, 95774, 660

October

7,5805,929

.2686

4,82339, 676

33, 474

45, 689

. 040840, 922

41, 004143, 327

3, 317

2,044131,81573, 6591, 1561, 615

113,316

1,023

150

104

621, 114474,611

4,067

1,957

84, 160342, 771

73, 934

1,824465

f,200

88.9

303

606385356

1,160

199

329, 337

130, 906115, 185

40, 08441, 126

106. 0

107

120.0127.4

121, 33531, 30596, 46582, 205

2 Revised. 3 Quarter ended in mouth indicated.

December, 1931 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


39


PAPER AND PAPER PRGDUCTS-Con.

Wood Pulp—ContinuedSoda:

Consumption and shipments, short tons..Production.. short tons..Stocks, end of month . short tons

Sulphite, unbleached:Consumption and shipments short tonsImports short tonsPrice -. dolls, per 100 IbsProduction short tons

1931

October

i53, 014

2.15

Stocks, end of month short tonsSulphite, bleached:

Consumption and shipments, short tons. . ... _ _Imports. short tons..) 29, 169Production . short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..

Total sulphite:Consumption and shipments short tonsProduction short tons_.Stocks, end of month short tons

Sulphate:Consumption and shipments short tonsProduction short tonsStocks, end of month short tons

Other grades:Consumption and shipments.. short tons_.Production short tonsStocks, end of month short tons

Total chemical (all grades):Consumption short tonsProduction short tonsStocks, end of month __ _ short tons

PaperBox board:

Consumption of waste paper. ..short tons,.New orders ..short tonsOperation thous of inch hoursOperation p. ct. of capacity,.Production short tonsShipments . short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..Stocks of waste paper, end of month—

In transit and unshippedpurchases _ short tons

At mills _ short tonsUnfilled orders, end of month. short tons..

Newsprint:Consumption by publishers,

United States short tonsExports, Canada short tonsImports, United States short tons..Price, roll, f. o. b. mill .dolls, per cwtProduction —

Canada ... short tonsUnited States, total short tonsPer cent of capacity per cent

Shipments —Canada ... ._ . short tonsUnited States __ short tons

Stocks, end of month—At mills-

Canada _ . . short tonsUnited States short tons

At publishers, U. S short tons...In transit to publishers,

United States short tons..Other paper:

Binders' board, production... short tonsBook paper:

Production. . short tonsPer cent of capacity per centShipments short tons..Stocks, ead of month short tonsNew orders-

Coated p. ct. of normal production. _

209, 903218, 527

7,84064.8

218, 157218, 48979, 248

36, 055151,65861, 365

173, 852171,031180, 230

184, 25297, 117

63

191, 72598, 616

42, 96331,953

190, 367

38, 022

Uncoated.p. ct. of normal productionUnfilled orders, end of month— 1

Coated days' production !UDcoated. ._ -days' production i

Fine paper: iProduction short tonsPer cent of capacity.. ... percent iShipments short tons iStocks, end of month _ short tons

Wrapping paper:Production . short tons ; 1Per cent of capacity.. per centShipments short tonsStocks, end of month short tons

All other grades:Production short tons..Shipments short tons j

Stocks, end of month short tons* Revised.

Septem-ber

21, 55821, 5283,598

16, 69849, 314

2.1519, 8006,388

35, 78434, 94336, 2326,166

105, 666109, 55825 836

35, 20236, 8664,604

986942418

163, 412168, 89434, 456

205, 084235, 382

7, 94670.9

221, 684221, 261

79, 580

45, 386149, 02961,327

152, 422161,171159, 946

78, 41291, 241

64

178, 18190, 303

50,45133, 517

197, 716

34, 379

' , 323

98, 56369 '

101,323 !

89,440 ,

5759

55

26, 44355

27, 60657, 489

69, 53781

69, 120 '.77,451

77,505 !79,57466,020

August

24, 27825, 5084,620

19, 02649, 300

2.1516, 9225,052

37,81829,51037, 7365,718

108, 924107, 43023, 710

2 36, 6302 38, 522

2 5, 384

754890462

2 170, 5862 172, 350

2 34, 176

200, 138215, 752

7,68565.9

213,614218, 24479, 157

47, 549148, 04247, 206

146, 249160, 175157, 037

165, 12488, 344

59

162, 30389, 047

49, 12832, 607

202, 121

30, 879

1,695

106, 43971

104, 09792, 684

5361

55

26, 38655

27, 44158, 658

2 78, 36090

2 76, 4792 77, 047

2 78, 7212 81, 3152 68, 192

July

|

23, 50224, 3624,502

17,54452, 061

2.1517, 9245,578

35, 44823, 10935, 2625,800

105, 294107, 66423, 626

38, 15639, 2286, 050

1,0781,202

326

168, 030172, 45634, 504

213, 686221, 048

8,11469.6

222, 927221, 98083, 787

47,052166, 00649, 698

157, 119157, 205173, 457

182, 73199, 548

67

175,35097, 225

47, 28833,616

203, 944

34, 566

2,069

106,01571

107,07589, 984

5860

65

26, 40855

27, 72859, 723

78, 07488

78, 77775, 146

74. 72874, 06270, 755

June

23, 57224, 8344,660

16, 79052, 745

2.1519, 0925,500

38, 08029, 55839, 0485,986

111, 282115, 20021,558

39,82840, 948

7,524

778774202

175, 460181,75633,944

208, 513223, 990

8,20070.3

224,110223, 32882, 840

50, 558169, 57050, 630

161, 265189, 739188, 919

193, 971101, 086

68

194, 144100, 087

39, 83233, 908

189, 990

39, 041

1,535

113,02277

111,32790, 985

5265

56

29, 36459

28, 39562, 725

78, 17487

76, 84576, 051

75, 65575, 89569, 174

May

25, 96027, 2304,480

19, 02034, 483

2.1519, 4944,256

37, 44028, 61438, 2625,018

110,722110, 84018, 698

39, 59041, 8709,076

1,072514206

177, 344180, 45432, 460

227, 125236, 173

8,72777.8

232, 020231, 74682, 058

39, 209182, 81249, 968

179, 836185, 432192, 688

202, 607101, 202

69

202, 280102, 555

39, 96232, 956

178, 333

44, 859

1,486

117, 60978

113, 14092, 464

7067

76

30,79364

31, 50161, 758

78, 37788

76, 88878, 107

78,50983, 88268, 734

April

27, 41228, 1024,414

21, 17830, 724

2.1521, 0763,936

37, 27230,61136, 0924,196

115,960115,97418,734

39, 08241, 2929,594

844898764

183, 298186, 26633, 506

206, 511224, 021

7,90367.8

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

7668

76

32, 45167

33, 10062,459

79, 26191

80, 37176, 582

80, 98381, 26871, 545

March

27, 66029, 3044,998

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

210, 590222, 511

8,17570.1

226, Oil224, 02379, 053

51, 301167, 84649, 326

179, 340200, 545169, 345

3.10

187, 005100, 590

68

187, 730101, 044

39, 85032, 254

190, 728

44,011

1,401

117, 98480

119,02689, 088

6474

66

35, 14174

33, 98162, 905

75, 40485

76, 08377, 718

74, 12374, 18669,540

Febru-ary

27, 88429, 4224,624

20, 55450, 271

2.4819, 3844,320

43, 09025, 59240, 4625,320

117, 122112, 55219, 770

35, 88038, 10410, 092

1,0161,098

706

181, 902181, 17635, 192

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

114,30885

117, 84990, 353

76 !76

86

32, 53473

32, 33961, 340

72, 28188 1

71, 92078,404

70, 05469, 73567, 618

January

28, 51229, 1024,366

20, 19487, 600

2.4820, 3545,490

41,61636, 09541, 4027,948

121, 774120, 62824, 340

33, 72236, 67410, 426

1,2581,190

624

185, 266187, 59439, 756

199,229 'i211,782

7, 52064.5

211,691209, 66074, 482

34,510 i197,699 i55, 744

160, 660153, 362172, 110

3.10

182,657101, 990

69 j

180,027100, 440

38, 76832. 903

217, 889

39, 022

1,515

125, 33579

127,46694, 413

66

6

32,835 166

34,707 I61, 148

71,826 i82 !

71,970 i78,047

78,378 i72,122 '!65,594 |!

1930

Decem-ber

27,12828,5605,118

18, 27263, 870

2.4817, 8605,474

38, 84430, 32238, 6989,206

116,830117, 15828, 720

33, 19036, 20410, 006

j Novem-ber

28, 34628, 9664,936

18, 23876, 850

2.4818, 5325,886

40, 63430, 59540, 9389,352

120,780i 121,276i 28, 392

34,11037, 2089,494

177, 272182, 01443, 872

162, 528173, 258

6,26153.1

176, 483175, 17072, 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

6569

76

25, 48552

24, 87368, 310

74, 55478

73, 13772, 333

75,09471,71765, 777

183, 346187, 57242, 882

190,502200, 199

7,11465.3

203, 381202, 04271, 138

30, 649184, 59855, 534

184, 615173, 149195, 953

3.25

201, 70392, 237

68

213,67393, 631

40, 37231, 818

198, 151

50,539

1,317

93, 89773

93, 428115,340

8367

75

29, 08564

28, 38767, 701

76, 62883

77, 70170, 881

77, 84678, 34962, 400

October

28, 95430, 6845,642

22,31652, 286

2.4822, 1665,592

48, 11830, 48447, 7909,048

141, 852140, 26427, 896

41, 44644, 454

8,974

212, 388215, 57042, 560

228, 588247, 209

8,39168.5

253, 889251, 81069, 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

6870

75

34, 48672

34, 62467, 009

83, 90584

84, 74471,916

87, 45588, 98562, 903

40 SUUVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


December, 1931


PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS-Con.Paper— Continued

Total paper (including newsprint and boxboard) :

Production short tons..Per cent of capacity per cent--Shipments _ _- short tons__Stocks end of month short tons..

Paper Products

Abrasive paper and cloth:Shipments —

Domestic reams _Foro'(rn reams _

Paper-board shipping boxes:Operating time —

Corrugated— p.ct.of normal--Solid fiber.. p.ct.of normal--Total - - ,_- ~.p. ct. of normal--

Production—Corrugated —thous. cf sq. ft..Solid fiber thous. of sq. f t_ .Total thous. of sq. ft..

Rope paper sacks, shipments-.rel. to 1921-22..

PRINTING

Blank forms, new orders. _thous. of sets..Book production:

New books no. of titles..New editions no of titles

Printing activitv _ rel. to 1923..Sales books:

New orders _ thous. of books..Shipments -thous. of books..

RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS

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 J 923-25

Crude Rubber

Consumption, quarterly:Total long tonsFor tires .long tons

Imports (including latex) __ long tonsPrices, wholesale, smoked sheets,

New York dolls, per Ib _.Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:

Afloat long tons-Dealers long tonsManufacturers long tonsTotal, dealers and manufacturers

long tonsWorld shipments, plantation long tons.World stocks, end of month:

Afloat - long tons..Europe _ .. long tons—Producing countries long tons..United States long tons-World total long tons

Reclaimed rubber:Production long tonsStocks . _ long tons..

Scrap rubber:Consumption by reclaimers long tons..Stocks at reclaimers, end of

quarter long tons

1931I

October

1

53 3486, 942

816677

438, 296101, 997540, 293

69

57, 819

] , 070157

10, 66310, 664

82.896.4

41,398

.050

~275~756~

! 8,81814, 273

6, 338

Tires and Tubes

Pneumatic casings:Production thousands.Shipments — j

Domestic thousandsExports _ _ _ thousands, i

Stocks, end of month . thousands—Solid and cushion tires: !

Production thousands. _Shipments —

Domestic thousands-Exports _ . _ _ _ thousands. _

Stocks, end of month thousands. .Inner tubes:

Production _ _ thousands _Shipments—

Domestic thousandsExports thousands..

Stocks, end of month thousands..Raw material consumed:

Fabrics thous. of IbsCrude rubber -.thous. of lbs_.

Miscellaneous Rubber Products

Calendered rubber clothing:Net orders no. coats and sundries--Production no. coats and sundries..

20, 92519, 773

Septem-ber !

584,97370 !

589,187 ;

403,497

53, 3736,552

827179

448,910103,740552, 650

75

47, 35.1.

73514783

10, 27511,241

79

88.02 94. 5

3 76 941s 61, 283

38, 933

.0503 46, 770s 43, 5253171,296

s 214,82166, 529

84, 644139, 023

~258~35_f

8,95513,781

6, 967

3 60, 406

2,538

3,034111

6, 527

10

121

46

2,759

3,24773

6,476

9, 58529; 854

23, 96622. 728

August

2591,414 !67

2596,623 i2408,345

54, 7217,131

806877

449, 285106, 800556, 085

67

45, 455

770J9476

10, 51110, 501

90

98.5102.4

"§9," 033*

.054

65, 392

84, 156140, 19242, 775

244, 627511,750

9,40213, 732

7,778

3,125

3,845123

7,117

12

151

51

3,548

4,15882

7,019

11,74536, 232

21, 58027, 080

July

607,700 I70 !

606, 847413, Oil

51, 9487,832

786876

402, 03195, 582

497, 61365

50, 357

56S15077

10, 3219,997

112

97.4112.8

"44,~052~

.063

66, 600

90, 768139, 26143, 364

235, 746509, 139

10, 59614,176

8,929

3,941

4,244125

7,936

13

151

55

3,964

4,56996

7,672

15, 14046, 697

17, 93214, 431

June

621,41171

615,877415,681

54. 4318,705

817179

416, 28299, 754

516, 03644

48, 322

5S611784

10. 51410, 382

126

121.0121.0

3 83, 89446, 939

.063

3 52, 658843,711

3139.613

8183,32462, 090

86, 867140,26543, 760

225, 346496, 238

13,08214, 804

10, 175

3 59, 103

4, 538

4,320137

8,358

12

141

57

4,286

4,22889

8,403

17, 08551, 280

21, 16115,419

May

638,51072

639, 712416, 077

62, 2688, 236

846579

417,407100, 301517, 708

55

55, 266

70817896

11,58710, 585

123

122. 3120. 6

~~35,"844~

.064

68, 628

93, 379143,74741, 176

219, 405497, 707

12, 53514,431

10.. 220

4,543

4,197135

8,250

11

141

61

4,330

4,13589

8,439

18, 01053, 418

19,38018,094

April

643, 05674

643, 146414, 054

65, 4529, 525

816778

401, 874102, 609504, 483

60

48, 877

640220

97

10, 28411, 079

107

109.0118.1

44, 908

.064

63, 395

78, 159142, 52042, 806

224,211487,696

12,33814, 685

9,161

3,955

3,804142

8,025

12

141

64

3,693

3,61099

8,330

15, 24445, 016

16,84616, 803

March

629, 23373

628, 343410, 558

64, 9109, 528

796275

391, 04393, 875

484, 93865

52, 887

74610798

11, 20410, 669

98

109.6118. 4

382 480

aryU" January

583, 74871

585, 946408, 407

56, 0048,261

786174

382, 30591, 966

474, 27177

48, 751

67813696

10, 05410, 652

94

112.9113.0

368,593 !40,788 ! 34,374

.077 : .076

849,471 i3 49,613

3 138,140

» 187,75371. 218

' 88, 959137, 45245, 782

215,523487,716

: 12,03214, 700

9,769

3 57, 198

3,730

3, 143155

8,012

11

151

69

3, 560

2,<922109

8, 380

! 14, 04141,851

19,380! 19,220

622,055 i66 |

621,365 i406,587 i

53,752 19,290 j

6354 !61

305,274 i77, 921

383, 195

50,587

625 :150 i95

10, 73510,454 i

88

99.0107.4 I

~~36~598~

.082

65, 719 65, 714

86, 469 82, 687130, 247 127, 55343, 958 43, 154

210,611 1 207,085471,285 460,479

10,110 9,72815,102 16,373

8,424 | 8,582

3,188

2,580142

7,629

11

121

73

3,133

2,619101

7,937

12,00236, 651

16,36118,276

2,940

2, 855140

7,166

13

121

75

2,898

3,147102

7,552

12, 73836, 319

21,88413,059

1930

Decem-ber

551, 08065

545, 049425, 234

Novem-ber

573, 17469

573, 538419, 278

October

668, 71074

669, 809419,711

605860

283, 93375, 507

359, 44066

69, 004

95

9, 45510, 893

73

84.3110.6

366,2583 52, 28437, 370

.089

3 44, 2863 58, 804

3 129, 5753 188,379

65, 661

81, 479121, 13136, 118

201, 000439, 728

9,46917, 520

6, 7593 59, 464

2,251

2,550139

7, 203

13

i 12i 1

76

2,448

2,63496

7,999

8, 35825,537

12, 88120, 791

705757

347, 87680, 360

42S. 23fi7(J

47, 878

91

11,05310, 723

77

86.1115.5

~~29~ 733"

.089

63, 066

80, 236119.010

37, 5fi4190,617427. 427

10, 11717,525

7, 053

2,123

2,119148

7,676

13

131

76

2, 144

2,14784

8,250

8,41826, 253

15, 49322, 623

806576

425. 90002, 488

518,38887

78, 707

92

12.21713. 42S

88

99.0117. 9

45, 375

. 084

71,934

84, 435118, 87336, 046

186, 069425, 423

10, 62015,862

8, 579

2,866

2,613186

7,842

18

191

78

3,161

2,659116

8,414

11,78036, 097

25, 08241, 291

2 Revised* * Quarter ended in month indicated.

December. 1931 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

MON'THLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

41

1930

rnent to the Survey

EUBBESl—Continued

Miscellaneous Rubber Products—Con.

Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:Belting _ thous. of dolls, _Hose . thous, of dolls..A 11 other . . thoas, of dollsTotal thOUS Of dolls

Rubber bands, shipments thous. of IbsRubber flooring, shipments.- .thous. of sq. f t—Rubber and canvas footwear:

'Tennis-Production thous. of pairsShipments, domestic.-thous. of pairs, .Exports thoas. of pairs__Stocks thoas. of pairs. _

Waterproof, total —Production thous. of pairs..Shipments, domestic.-thous. of pairs..Exports . ..thous. of pairs..Stocks thous. of pairs. _

Grand total-Production thous. of pairsShipments, domestic—thous. of pairs..Exports thous. of pairs..Stocks _- ._ thous. of pairs..

Rubber heels:Production _._ thous. of pairs..Shipments—

E\ports t"hous of pairsRepair trade thous. of pairs..Shoe manufacturers _ thous. of pairs

Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs..Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:

Auto fabrics thous. of yds. _liaiue-oat fabrics thous. of yds..All other .thous. of yds..Total thous. of yds, _

Rubber soles:

Shipments-Exports tho'is of o-iirsKopair trade thous. of pairsShoe manufacturers.. -thous. of pairs..

Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs..

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS

New orders rel to 1923-25..Production index (elect, energy

consumed).. rei. to 1923-25..Stocks, end of month rel. to 1923-25—Unfilled orders, end of month __rel . to 1923-25..

Brick

Face brick (average per firm) :Production thousandsShipments . . thousands .Stocks end of month thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month.thousands..

Sand-lime brick;Production .thousands..Shipments by rail -. thousandsShipments by truck. thousands ..Stocks, end of month thousands..Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands—

Glass ContainersNet orders thous. of grossShipments thous of jrrossStocks, end of month ....thous. of gross..Production:

Total _. -thous. of gross..Per cent of capacity ... _ ..

Unfilled orders, end of month, thous. of gross _ .II! ii mi noting Glassware

New orders p. ct. of capacity. _Production:

Total .- no. of turnsPer cent of capacity — _

Shipments p. ct. of capacity..Stocks, end of month— no. of weeks' supply..Unfilled orders, end of

month .no. of weeks' supolyPlate Glass

Plate glass, polished, produc-tion thous. of sq. ft.-

Plumbing FixturesPorcelain:

Net new orders number of pieces..Shipments _ . . number of piecesStocks, end of month. ..number of pieces-Unfilled orders, end of

month number of pieces. .Wholesale price, 6 pieces dollars-

Vitreous china plumbing fixtures:New orders.. pieces-Shipments _. _ ._ _. piecesStocks, end of month pieces..Unfilled orders, end of month pieces..

October

550

_„ ,

""2~47(T1, 191

44.0

113.4141. 924.5

422479

3, 516534

6, 521977

4, 65712, 34711,437

1, 7791. 9415, 709

2,12864. 2C, 713

26.6

2, 27630. 430. 1

.4

.8

4, 532

3,1423, 683

21,G57

5, 88796. 12

182, £38155, 404506, 901188, 969

beptem-

7881,0411,1863,015

201595

1,0121, 263

725, 473

2, 9224,185

18615, 141

3,9345. 448

25820, 615

15, 827

5016, 9949,724

23, 952

5282,9831,1764,692

2, 880

90290

22,6042, 264

* 50,0

113. 92 150. 9

2 25.0

434454

3,577587

6, 943872

4, 92210, 86611,532

1, 8202,3105, 536

1,94862 0

6, 860

26.3

1,67922.426.0

.9

. 2

4,611

4,7404, 533

23, 45C

7,10496. 32

116, 794127, 954529, 531161,435

August

8021,1611,3933. 356'195595

1,0"!1, 223

295, 704

2, 3612,8 2

15116, 366

3, ob24,065

hO22 070

10 _},-$

5'1o ooo

T 653

2 b%

3 7S7

i 7

f , 7( J2,3)5

46.7

105.9143.925. 5

425477

3, 602639

5, 989805

5, 50610, 69810, 838

1, 8592,2135, 930

2, 23968.6

7, 591

24.8

1,60721.421.6

.9

6, 088

4,5715,761

25, 236

7,69797.77

122,977139, 005

* 533, 305172, 595

July : June j May

914 ; 798 i 7901,436 ! 1,650 ! 1,8571,356 \ 1,431 i 1,5843,700 3,879 I 4,231

246 ! 209 i 215577 576 569

' 12-) *' UU ' 1215,9)7 b,7C6 7,;2^

1,570 1,922 1,2,11,510 M,2wQ o2o

117 ! 108 ! 5016/»~8 2x7,0-4 lb,S57

2 4f7 3.921 '*, * 0 >3, Oû 2 o ^ V >

242 208 1712o r ( , « ^">t~ j 2\8«1

- , 3 < 1 17,0^3 15,474

i 6 0 6124,0 s 4,9*6 3,975

11,177 10,5. V^27,000 27,808 2H, i«!l

o31 701 9821.M3 ] , i 1,066

nf3 1. 50 1,0023,357 3,212 3,050

2,b! * 3,17, 2,8^

67 ! 59 621 , 225 3oO

2, " c A, b1*1 2, ' 12,47" 2, lol 2,6r>5

49.0 ! 60.0 52.3

104.8 i 118.7 132.0154.5 : 164.2 174.925.0 j 28.5 27.3

540 540 549521 574 569

3,660 ! 3,652 3,684669 , 733 781

5,518 6,664 5,084529 494 1, 595

5,424 5,758 4,37510,199 8,975 10,72410,710 9,960 6,513

2,102 2,465 2,1192,180 2,491 2,5455, 887 6, 086 6, 003

2, 268 2, 565 2, 48169.5 75.9 73.4

8,268 ! 8,625 9,127

24. 3 29. 3 27, 3

1,492 ! 2,161 2,03719.9 28.8 27.224.0 28.2 26.83.9 4.1 4.1

.8 .9 .8

7,216 7,554 9,466;

5,796 6,213 4,8245,577 5,237 4,665

24,641 | 27,850 1 28,394

10,476 10,804 11,38798.91 98.96 99.16

121,321 ! 136,285 I 119,922135,292 | 134,549 I 128,574554,939 ! 574,304 i 593,268188,623 i 202,591 ! 200,855

Apri l March j ^Û" January { rn " ^ J3^111"! October

832 889 722 759 ;! 075 , 770 : 9542,1291 1,892 | 1,611 1,4401 1,237 1, 276 i 1,5541,656 1,631 1,378 1,400 i 1,326 1,345 1,6784,617 4,412 3,711 3,599| 3,338 3,400! 4,186

259 : 231 ' 222 211 ! 165 i 165 ! 197569 | 496 366 365 ! , 597 i 432 682

2,50] 2,60 2,^0° 2, 100 1 ,S7> > 9/! 1 C U

r J " iC,*tb i f < i , JL fvJ* 10,71° • . 9

1,102 87± 0 o l , /7~ L,21i 2 736 2 (01,070 944 I,0i5 1,54' 3, 8 ,,212 ', ' '

72 i 53 i 92 ; 74 V- 63 ' 135 /l",733 lo,8C3 i6,GcO If, 170 17,172 ib,4 9 .0 < '

,5,tM 3,483 3, 50 ! 3,(>b, 4 O8'i , »7; ' "si0 , i i » 0 0 3, < » i 3 4 75C i , 5 > l s(,i

222 2 * * 184 *J7 2^2 V

i5,4i»S n,0fl 13,15'. 12 9~3 13,101 1 ,Gbo i < '

""<. 577 tK8 718 huS hV uGf" ,C-»b l , b<-o 4 b"4 3, °9'J ^, -*uO 4, t7a *• ^ 1

10,li2 10, '"1 b,307 S,47i 6,Ub ,,78 (* 5i27.764 26,708 29,335 ^0,302 2J, 7 1 it, 1 0 )(

710 738 f 4 1 r77 17. cr3^ <>1,0-iO 8o3 567 7ib M7 i, '2( Ot1,271 1,HS 97° 891 r hot S46,6bl L, 7 t ' » 2,lbi 2,206 j , 9 U ( f 2 1 2~ .'

2 , ' J f c 2,202 2,721 2 Si o , t 1 1,-iJi (

69 ! 14 V , '6 t j2 i 40b 2 »0 *i 24 2s ;

-.17 2,1 2,254 2,0( / 2 , o O > i .O i i ( ^2,76, 2,b7o 3,107 o,0 2 fc,^ " 2,3" 2 J

48.7 55.3 4 3 . 0 ; 53.3; : 48.7 53.3 00.3

116.5 105.1 102.6' 7 5 . 3 ^ : 100.6 W>. 2 ! ICO. 3175.5 179.4 173.4 i 165. O l ^ 166.0 ' 2G:>. 9 1 149. 6

23.7 25.5 2 4 . 2 1 2 8 . 0 J J 33.8 41.3 40.0

i ! • i533 395 338 i 310 |! 494 : 543 748579 | 522 369 ! 303 ! j 3G5 ; 536 767

3,698 j 3,734 3,836 i 3,856 j i 3,823 ; 3,677 3,662784 685 708 778 H 778 i 821 901

3,999 4,869 4,140 3,718';! 6 ,053: 7, 126 j 7,9251,698 i 1,466 1,493 i 910 I ' 1,846 ; 3,044 | 3,4373,330 3,743 3,306 3,367 ; ! 4, 277 i 4,659 6, W.»

11,119 12,566 12,5451 1 1 , 5 9 4 ' ! 12,070; 12,730 12. i f lO5,232 7,070 6, 720 | 5 ,245J 9,125: 8,183 7,^7

1,952 2, 250 ! 2,342 2, 634 0 1 ,894- 2, 221 i - L: 3472,291 2,479 1,972 2, 041 i 1 , 486 ; 1,678: *2,'24'J6, 078 5, 974 j 6, 307 j 6, 696 I 7, 022 j 6, 814 j - 6, 302

2,404 2, 166 I 1 .7771 1,776: 1,698! 1,913 22,4(j^71.4 6 4 . 4 1 5 7 . 2 J 52.8 i 50. 5 i 59.1 2 7 J . : - l

9,785 10,340 10,913; 10,761! 9,628 9,484 5 s, 900

28.6 32.4 2 7 . 0 ; 30.7 26. 5 i 30.5 \'A. o

2,086 2,108 1,818 2,183; 1,912! 2,059 2 , ] 8527. 8 28. 1 24. 2 29. 1 i 30. 9 1 33. 2 So. 328.8 28.7 25.9 2 8 . 7 i 2 7 . 6 : 3 0 . 6 ; 34. 44.1 4,1 4.2 1.1; 5.1 ! 4.9 4 . 7

.8 .8 .7 . 2 ! . 7 ; . 7 | . s

10,174 10,593 I 8,882 ! 7,321 4,641 7,103 ! 8,583

1 i6, 898 6, 163 i 5, 570 4, 559 ; 4, 586 ; 4, 451 i i: . 6574,093 4,178 ! 3,699 4,597 : 3,259 i 5,634 M55

28,248 30,259 30,004 29,347 29, 598 | 30,370 31,133

32,541 31,497 30,526 29,863 30,400 29,869 ! 31.30998.84 97.86 ! 96.49 99.26 , 98.52 96.68 ! 07.40

93,108 64,260 ! 150,451 250,183 131,807 113,710 ! 141,030117,105 133, 802 | 184, 563 172,334 i! 108,065 121,259 158, 839597,476 583,099 552,403 694,886 i j 623, 125 582,675 593,492209,507 233,504 303,046 337, 158 i ! 259, 309 235, 567 i 243. 1 16

3 Revised



December, 1931


STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS— Continued

Portland Cement

Per cent of capacity - -Prices, wholesale, composite- --dolls, per bbl..Production _ .thous. of bbls_.Shipments ___thous. of bbls-.Stocks, end of month thous. of bbls..Stocks, clinker, end of month—thong, of bbls..

Terra Go it a

Terra cotta, new orders:Quantity net tons..Value ..__ thous. of do! L? - .

TileFloor and wall tile:

Production thous of sq ftShipments —

Quantity ....thous. of sq. f t _ .Stocks, end of month... ..thous. of sq. ft...

TEXTILES

Xew orders ......._ rel. to 1923-25..Prices, wholesale rel to 1920Production index (Fed. lies.

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

consumed). rel. to 1923-25...Stocks, manufactured goods,

end of month rel to 1923-25Stocks, raw materials, end of

month rel. to 1923-25. .Unfilled orders, end of month. _rel. to 1923-25..

Burlaps and FibersImports:

Burlaps . . thous. of Ibs.Fibers lor? tons

ClothingHosiery:

Now orders thous. of doz. pairs..Net shipments thous. of doz. pairs. .Production thous. of doz. pairs. . .Stocks, end of month

.__ thous. of doz. pairs. .Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of doz. pairs..Knit underwear:

Net shipments tbous of doz ârmentsNew orders thous. of doz. garments..Production thous of doz garmentsStocks, end of

month thou^ of doz garment85

Unfilled orders, endof month tbous of doz ârinerits

Men's and boys' garments cut:Overcoats thous. of garmentsSeparate trousers ..thous. of garments..Suits thous. of garments-

Overalls:Hut thous of doz. garmentsNet shipments thous. of doz. garments. .Unfilled orders,

pnd of month thous of do? garments

Cotton

Consumption bv textile mills balesConsumption by textile mills._rel. to 1923-25..Exports, unmanufactured :

Exclusive of linters thous. of bales ..Total thous. of dolls,.

Q innings thous of balesImports unmanufactured balesMachinery, activity of spindles:

Activity spindles thousands. .Activity per spindle hoursTotal activity .mill, of hours .Per cent of canaeitv per cent..

Prices:To producer dolls per IbIn New York, middling dolls, p e r l b _ _

Production crop estimate thous of balesReceipts into sight thous. of bales..Stocks, domestic, end of month:

"Mills thous of balesWarehouses thous of balesTotal, mills and warehouses

. ._ .thous. of bales. .Total, mills and warehouses

rel to 1923-25Stocks, world visible, end of month:

Americas thous. of bales _.Total thous. of bales..

Cotton Finishing

Printed only (mills and outside):Production thous. of yds..Stocks, end of month thous. of yds_.

October

1.31810, 76212, 3HO21, 138»»; ens

1,907' 194

101.2M l . 5

93

98. 2

80. 8

250. 234.9

5, 0585, 1154, 743

9, 108

2, 637

462, 02590.0

1, 01439, 83812 1302, 630

25. 188203

6, 59585. 1

.053

.0644 ig ()Q3

4, 082

1, 1169, 450

10, 566

281. 0

7, 2999, 184

03, 01478, 027

Septem-ber

o,". 31.331

12,09213,671

2 22, 7362 r > , e i s

- 4. 2'.K)

3, 690

3. 58715,261

99. 062.9

2 100

98. 7

2 86. 5

169. 8

37, 50417, 118

4,7164, 9414,521

9,730

2,814

i 4Q9

9841 097

1 926

1, 201

6392, 3631, 662

463, 70490.4

55823, 4575-4085, 426

25, 237201

6.54088.1

.059

. 065

1,623

7766,297

7, 072

188.1

5,2757,113

70, 13876, 245

August

HO. 21.331

13, 54915.17224, 3138, 468

3, 9553nl

* 4, 1 45

3, 54215, 158

89. 564. 2

100

95.0

90. 3

133. 22 42. 2

45, 61818, 277

4,2784,5404, 188

9, 869

3,139

] 195i;67

1 017

1 56 '

1,631

5732,4361,926

425, 81983.0

2119 898

5657, 236

25, 623190

6,19381.8

. 063

.072

333

8404,426

5, 266

140.1

4,4986,435

65, 98371.615

19

July June

62. 01.331

13. 89f?15, 54525. 93410, 209

5, 117480

4, 346

4, 30814, 556

86.765. 4

102

98.2

88.9

133. 52 41.9

35,60421, 993

4,2793,7774, 069

10, 177

3, 51 1

1 00«1. 0771 'J i5

1 50-!

1 S'i9

4842, 1871, 849

450, 88487.9

25913,525

79,305

25, 826200

6,52886.0

.085

.093

277

9964,524

5, 520

140. 8

4, 7756,899

56,15374, 662

65. 41.364

14, 11816.07727, 60211,837

7, 547719

4, 120

4, 31614,513

90.965.4

97

100. 5

90.8

148.9M4.7

42, 94218, 622

4, 6544,5614,572

9, 990

3, 200

1.0501, 169' 088

] 48s

j . C V - O

2992, 3361,702

453. 90188.4

25513,517

14,134

25. 898202

6,63086.8

.077

.090

31"

May

62. 81. 399

14, 01014, 20029. 55413, 087

4. l i O

4., 090

3.99814,715

96.666. 3

98

103. 7

90.7

161.2- 46. 5

37, 73214, 102

5, 0294,7724, 719

9, 864

3,225

_ _.. -

132

l] 749

465. 36390.7

33618, V'28

15, 189

26, 379204

6, 73389.6

.088

. 093

103 j 341

1,131 < 1.2584, 971 5, 490

G, 102 ; 6, 748

162.3 : 179.5

5,236 i 5-8617,572 | 8,346

I

57,412 | 67,70477,335 74,436

April

52. 11.422

11,24511,18429, 71513, 854

2, 598291

3, 861

3, 74414, 623

96.867. 6

98

100.0

93.4

176. 82 46. 4

30, 48121, 719

4,8084. 9254', 627

9, 9! 4

3, 042

1912, 0171, 878

508, G9199.1

39222. 948

17, 258

26, 669216

7,12594.1

.093

.102

358

1, 3716, 033

7,404

196.9

6. 3028, 883

86, 61272,973

March

36. 91.4778,2457,192

29, 67613,318

3, 1.38315

3, 535

2,92314, 506

101.069.2

97

97 3

94.1

196.32 46. 5

34, 94519, 574

4, 9194, 9824,486

10, 120

3, 260

3031,8452,370

490, 50995.6

60535, 96113. 75610, 266

26, 504211

7,00091.0

.0962.109

447

1,4780, 658

8,136

216.4

6,8269, 332

87,31865, 145

*'*"- January

2114

1. 5435. 9205,074

28, 61211,94.0

3, 226335

2, 656

3,65613, 895

91.470.4

93

99.3

92.4

212.22 44 .8

42, 17621, 326

4, 5344, 3604,199

10, 579

3,420

2511,7082,028

234223

41

433, 37684.4

43325, 402

11, 165

25, 798184

6. 12287.3

.091

.110

513

1,5507, 314

8, 864

235. 8

7, 3819, 958

76,84764, 546

29. 51. 5866, 5954, 692

27, 75910, 384

3. 23 i324

2, 806

2. 54114, 895

86.771.0

86

86.4

100.0

229.938.9

35, 06219, 162

4, 2973, 8984,134

10, 704

3, 355

1601, 5801, 714

222218

36

405. 11787.7

53331, 19813, 59311,299

25, 628191

6,36580.7

.086

.102

729

1, 6187. 939

9., 557

254. 2

7.5769, 897

68, 38065, 704

Decem-ber

|

i 38.21. 5918,4805, 688

25, 8838,809

3, 799350

3, 342

2,93714, 570

61.472.4

87

89.8

109.2

241. 834.3

44, 59120, 429

1591,2321, 222

161137

42

405, 51879.0

76647, 23013, 2584,461

25, 550176

5.92475.9

.087

.1015 14, 243

1,627

1, 6568,376

10, 031

266.8

7, 8419,897

70, 30168,420

1930

Novem-ber

51.71,599

11.0988,784

23, 0567, 758

3,373329

3; 134

3, 79.114, 166

73.973.3

93

87.0

97.3

237.637.3

36, 65614,681

4 4 41, 1831,100

207191

36

415, 31580.9

90859. 30712, 8373, 410

25, 797173

5, 82579.7

.096

.110

2,749

1. 5648, 398

9,962

264. 9

7,6769,437

62. 00568,817

October

65.41.611

14, 41015, 59920, 697

5,930

4, 135

4, 57214, 823

90.973.8

91

85.4

96.8

214. 736.2

37, 94017, 958

5552,1031, 654

279249

51

443. 28486.4

1,00464! 831

2 10', 8641, 747

25, 7211 .4

6, 24377.0

. 092

.107

3, 670

1,3557, 474

8, 829

234. 8

6,6178, 413

69, 76405, 876

2 Revised. Final estimate for 1930.



43


TEXTILBS-Continuea

Cotton Finishing— Cont inued

White, dyed, and printed (outside mills):Billings, finished goods thous. of yds..New orders, gray yardage.. thous. of yds..Per cent of capacity per cent-.Shipments, finished goods "... cases. .Stocks, finished goods, end of

month .. . _ _ cases -Unfllled orders, ond of month days.,,

Abrasive cloth. (See paper pro; i '.ids. j

Cotton GoodsCotton doth:

i m ports _ _ thous . of s q , yds . .Exports thous. of sq. yds..

Cotton textiles:*New orders . thous. of ydsProduction thous of vdsShipments thous. of yds..Stocks, end of month thous. of yds..Unfilled orders, end of

month „ thous. of yds...Elastic webbing, shipments. -.thous. of dolls..Fabric for tire manufacture,

consumption-.- thous. of Jbs._Prices:

Print cloth 64 x 60 dolls, per vd_.Sheeting, brown .dolls, per yd-.Cotton goods (Fairchild) rcl. to 1911-13.

Cotton Yarn

Carded sales yarn:Production thous. oflbs.-Stocks, end of month _ _ thous. of Ibs..Unfllled orders, end of month

thous. of Ibs-.Prices:

22/1 cones, Boston dolls, perlb..40/ls southern spinning dolls, per lb._

Floor CoveringFelt base:

New orders thous of S'i vdsProduction thous of so ydsShipments thou^ of ^cj Yds

Linoleum:New orders.- thous of sq. vdsProduction thous of so vdsShipments thous of s;| vc's

FurSales by dealers. thous. of dolls..

Pyroxylin-Coated Textiles

Pyroxylin spread thous. of Ibs..Shipments billed thous. of linear ydsUnfilled orders end of

month.- thous, of linear yds..

RayonImports- _ ._ . thous. of IbsPrice, 150 denier, "A" grade,

New York dolls, per lb..

Silk

Deliveries (consumption) bales..Imports, raw thous. of Ibs. _Prices:

Raw, Japanese 13-15, NewYork dolls, per lb..

Silk goods, composite dolls, per yd...Silk machinery activity:

Broad looms p. ct. of normal..Narrow 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 IDS..

Consumption at textile mills._.rel. to 1923-25..Imports:

In condition, imported -thous. of Ibs..Machinery activity, hourly:

f ombs p ct of hours activeLooms —

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 activeSpinning spindles-

Woolen p. ct. of hours active--Worsted p. ct. of hours active..

October

48, 23744, 515

4826,811

18 3211.5

1, 95829, 897

333, 679227 110210,207255^ 833

314. f)39' 9fJ9

. n:&

. 010

14,7039, 461

32, 943

. 1*9

.315

2,3332,184

2,180

107

. 75

56, 6689,524

2. 266

93.038.056. 4

49, 9° I23,176

42, 99090.7

13, 463

74

38394953

5349

Septem-ber

1 49, 252i 45,782' 49! 27,207

! 17, 467i 1. 6

I 2, 18525, 599

; 287,7081 272, 118i 278,049

244, 924

: 227,107j 1,031

•' 9, 585

.041i .050! 95

i 10, 858i 9, 382

; 29,819

! .201i .320

! f , 4326, 4c;.°7 944

i 1,7251 7'J21 627

i 6, 609

1 2, 822! 2,4191: 2, 400

! 239

.75

1 53,819! 7 331

2. 315.98

i 90.5i 48.3! 53.4

I 36, 099i 20,044

47, 548100.4

11,677

j 109

404463

i 61

63! 70

August

44, 98244,372

4824, 483

18,0951.7

I, 69230, 309

167, 555209, 050227, 644250, 855

217,508969

11,745

.043

.052100

10, 29510, 023

31, 351

.212

. 336

5, 62(jb, 2285. f.21

1. hi 91,()D51,492

5,465

2,6672,412

2, 751

299

.75

46, 4547,167

2. 512.98

79.438.248.7

41, 87821, 122

51,140107.9

9, 679

115

38457065

6678

July

45.83145, 233

4724,916

16, 4041.5

4, 32635, 272

158, 353192, 545211,331269,449

277, 5971,015

15, 140

.049

. 056111

11,80010, 181

32,951

. 2251 352

4, 8109, 0125, 577

1,4711 S261. IW

6, 033

22,6212,375

2,615

276

.75

44, 7466,724

2.364.98

76.435.344.6

29, 92116, 990

53, 888113.7

12, 987

115

38436464

6483

1931

June ;' May

51,577 52,53741,119 : 45,937

45 5127,221 I 30,109

10,433 17,1411.5 1.9

3,937 ' 3,92034,370 I 30,961

555,902 160,0292HO, 163 | 225,392273,871 ! 205,603288,235 | 301,943

330.575 i 248,5441,018 1,124

17,085 18,010

.018 ! .050

.054 .058112 115

10,067 i 13,37711,195 11,212

34,017 34,914

.215 .223

.352 .353

13.662 ! 11,36810,389 i 6,96013, 383 i 10, 169

2,257 i 1,932] 817 i 1 8452, 3fX> 1, 912

4,474 j 5,324

4,001 i 4,0602,815 ! 3,186

2,656 ! 2,810

202 i 225

.75 .75i

42,161 45,0736,409 6,520

j

2.463 i 2.266.99 .99

75.6 i 76.343. 9 i 42. 542. 8 49. 5

37,352 ! 32,68818, 706 | 18, 206

45, 805 i 52, 19996. 7 ! 110. 2

16,888 14,168

107 i 97

40 ! 4646 ! 4561 i 5860 60

61 I 6073 : 66

| April • March

i 60,590 j 61,803! 50,394 ! 57,872I 52 ! 58; 31,176 ! 35,334

! 16,077 • 17,641i 2. 7 2. 7

1 2,810 2,53030,776 j 33,392

137,749 ! 295,334225,955 ! 271,638217,582 i 317,185282,154 i 273,781

1 294,118 ' 373,9511 1,199 1,363

15,244 : 14,041

.053 ! .055

.059 .059119 121

i 11,081 ; 11,536i 12,240 ! 12,537

! 38,825 \ 40,979

j .231 .240i .369 .382

! 9, 215 ; 7. 90]; 6, 400 i 6, 757! 8. 575 : 8, 239

: 2,002 i 2,4591 901 ' 1 9452 112 2 375

5, 615 i 6, 693

! 4,273 i 4,081! 3,301 - 3,394

2,962 ; 3,358

295 439

| . 75 : .75

i ;! 41,356 i 55,383! 4,823 : 7,725j ;

1 2. 266 2. 561! . 99 ; .99

i 90. 9 i 93.8i 44. 6 44. 2! 51. 8 ; 58. 6

35,497 47,407; 20, 425 : 22, 231

i 47,710 40,373i 100.7 85.2

1 21,258 ! 15,348

! 82 76

: 44 4442 34

! 54 59i 57 ' g(j

55 5757 ; 57

Febru-ary

50, 16649, 679

5630, £93

17.0712.6

2, 14825,188

326, 691212, 168248, 354319, 328

395, S021, 180

12,002

.053

.065119

10, 96813, 420

42, 407

.239

. 390

0, S50ft. 3877, 043

2,8371 3032 (102

6,049

3,0442,724

3.. 058

274

.75

54, 2427,318

2.7091.00

96.551.758.9

45, 39923, 124

38, 42081.1

11,687

75

39305960

6854

I January

43,042I 4M70! 47! 29,031

! 20.1342.6

2, 6411 31,488

239,106i 202,149! 210.597! 355,514

! 317,465; i,o4i< 12, 738

. 052

.062120

, 12,665! 13, 795

! 39, 963

; .248.390

' 7 925! 5. 07!"')

7. 295

2. 048i i 364

1 4, 496

i 2, 565i 2, 333

' 2, 735

: 154

j .75

i 55, 910; 7, 405

i 2. 8071 1.02

• 94.0> 39.2; 55. 2

i 51, 814| 23, 588

: 33,856i 71.5

; ] 3,767

67

292849

: 47

48. 52

i

i Decern-| ber

:; 47,566: 39, 749; 40i 23,888

i 23,5932.6

! 1,658: 29,388

1 182,856234, 052226, 951363, 962

288,956921

; 8, 358

: .053.065122

9, 58213,531

38,920

. 247

. 390

. 6, 6215, 2615, 749

\ 2, 278: 1 285

1 697

3,048

2, 3532, 126

2, 031

0

.95

55,424i 9, 877

2. 7091. 02

i 94.035. 865. 8

58, 430! 24,242

30,00763.3

! 10,920

67

292646

i 43!; 45i 52

1930

Novem-ber

40, 2483S, 541

4423. 743

21,8032.5

1. 76329, 273

183, 057206, 633200, 66.1356, 861

333, 2511,000

8,418

. 057

. 066124

11,78712, 548

38, 926

.254

.405

1, 520

2,4172,075

2, 424

216

.95

57, 3337,000

2. 4631.02

96.560.875.1

49, 23824, 929

31, 23765. 9

8, 546

65

38374750

5252

October

53, 00347, 133

4S29, 260

22 3922. 1

1/171.3 l , v ) i

*5, - 0'

2 a/, 3\>7), -v j

350, M 51,3f t

1 1 , 7 >U

.(».""!

O',t>124

15,49412.54S

37, S54

235!Ti3

5 7S7

2, S772 711

2, 472

101

.95

61.9378, 9-iO

2,5121.02

88.238.270.2

51,27822, 954

40. 97586. 5

8, 994

74

38414754

5362

2 Revised. * Months of March, June, and September, 1931, and August, 1930, contain 5 weeks, other months 4 weeks.



December. 1931


TEXTILES— ContinuedWool — Continued

Prices:Raw, territory, fine, sc-ourod.dolls. per lb_.Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces, H blood,

combing, grease _ _ dolls, per IbSuiting, 13-oz dolls, per lb.Women's dress goods, French

serge, 54-in. at factory dolls, per yd—Worsted yarns dolls per Ib

Receipts at Boston:Domestic . _ _ thous. of lbs_Foreigu thous. of IbsTotal thous. of Tbs

TOBACCOU timanufa ctur ed :

Production, crop estimate mills of ibsExports, leaf thous. of Ibs—Stocks—

Chewing, smoking, snuiT, and exporttypes, quarterly mills, of Ibs

Cigar types, quarterly.. thous. of lbs.._Total, including imported

types, quarterly _. mills, of lbs_.Manufactured products:

Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)—Large cigars thousandsSmall cigarettes millionsManufactured tobacco

and snuff thous. of lbs_.Manufacturing

operations rel. to 1923-25-.Exports, cigarettes thousands.. .

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTIONButtons

Fresh-water pearl buttons-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—Alotiier-of-pe'-irl thons of 'bsAll other thous oPbs

Taûa nuts t!iou>. of IbsFUELS ;

CoalAnthracite:

Exports thous. of long tonsPrices-

Retail, composite, chestnutdolls per short ton

Wholesale, composite chestnutdolls nc-r long ton

Production thous. of short tons..Stocks, end of mouth, in yards

of dealers no ot days' supplyBituminous:

Consumption —By coke plants —

Canada thous. of short tons..United Stater- i

thous. of short tons—By electric power

plants thous of short tonsBy railroads thous. of short tons..By vessels clearing

ports thous of long tonsExports thous. cl long tons..1

Prices-Mine average (spot)

dolls, per short ton.. :

Prepared sizes (com-posite) dolls, per net ton..

Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton--Wholesale, composite

dolls, per short tor i—'Production-

Canada thous. of short tons.-United States.. -thous. of short tons..;

Production index rel to 1923-25Stocks, end of month, held

by consumers thous of short tons >

CokeExports . thous. of long tonsPrice, furnace, Conncllsville 1

dolls, per short tonProduction: j

Canada thous of short tonsUnited States— i

Beehive thous, of short tons..By-product thous. of short tons..'

PetroleumAsphalt:

Imports thous. of short tonsProduction thous. of short tonsStocks, end of month. thous. of short tons--

October

211.400

.925

.950

r., "67

r;!?s4 1. 64849, 170

Septem-ber

| .62

1.400i1 .925| . 950

, 16,505i 2, 112i 18, 707

i

' '

! 3 1 . 4 1 Q

; August

.63

.231. 4PO

.9251.00

34. 4452,405

86, S50

23, 113

July

.62

1,494

,9251.00

76, 0463, 335

79. 381

2G, 574

p341, HQ5 L- ,

! 31.841 '

534, 3718, 956

34,139

191,3S5

4-1 98. < ;~n

•Ho47.'

20, (-25

157

13 0836, 551

3, 616

3, 426

1831, 078

3. 9548.22

3. 703

35, 70071

50

2.45

1052, 389

1

''. 449,330'. 9, 695

! 33,278

' r.8: 257,854

42. 98,583

625

45183

2,014

; jo-j

14.93

13. 0834, 358

75

179

3, 459

3,2815, 268

1631, 163

1.62

3. 9548.17

3. 705

1,00531,919

70

34, 500

52

2.45

126

782,310

12326340

i 463,2569, 520

31, 558

118254,049

45. 08, 689

956

399467

1,527

101

14.73

I9 7964,314

186

3, 634

2 3, 2335,419

1 351,217

1.58

3. 9078.11

3. 704

76030, 534

70

87

2.45

132

702, 443

141 312

332

478, 90110, 700

30, C61

243, 233

31.38, 803

6810

256134

2, 025

110

14. 59

\'> 6143. 954

3, 7952 3, 168

o, 463

1861,087

1.58

3. 8568.09

3. 706

82629, 790

74

30, 900

50

2.45

139

762, 569

4314349

19

June

.62

.201. 494

. 9251. 00

53, 7792, 964

56, 743

38,737

3 1. 453•^370, 142

* 1,915

517, 51411, 508

31, 086

133244, 201

45.09, 252

118446

202527

1, 999

M6

14. 31

12.4134, 541

60

213

4,027

2, 9545,314

209994

1.56

3. SIR8.00

3.692

88829, 185

74

30, 100

45

2.45

155

872,715

10315393

31

May April

.63 .65

. 20 . 223.494 1.494

. 925 . 9681.00 1.00

26, 151 10, 3764, 190 7, 390

30.341 17,775

48,911 45,006

467.300 459,98210, 448 9, 471

30, 780 30, 781

137 134250,858 241,703

44. 7 45. 29, 224 9, 40S

61 5511 2

272 39543 48

901 1, 720

148 ! 120

14.19 14.39

12.270 12. 2C25, OC5 5,700

45

229 230

4, 629 4, 082

2, 953 2, 9G35, 821 5, :-85

195 168926 671

1. 60 1. 64

3.838 3.8458.04 ; 8.46

3. 723 3. 760

902 ! 88828,314 : 28,478

75 i 77

| 26,900

86 43

2.48 2.50

169 169

94 1093, 126 3, 146

9 7304 248380 I 360

March !

,66

.22 |1.543 |

1.050 11.00 i

8,215

13! 279

39,908

3 1 6983 354, 184

2 2 151

440,4729,802

31,049

131324, 808

47.59,518 !

94 ;2 l

289 !95 i

592 !

79 !

14.85 ;

12.608 !

4, 745 :

21 !

247 i

4,902 i

3,4106,414

136 ;665 !

1.69 !

4.001 !8.71

3.79!

1,028 i33,8/0 i

76

29,500

54 !

2.50

179

1493,256

I7 i

190 i354 l

FSU- January

.66 .68

.23 ! .261,601 ! 1.601

1. 050 1. 0501. 10 1. 10

6,741 i 3,3636, 528 7, 432

13,269 ! 10,795

46,879 i 50,440

362,839 j 362,9398,836 | 9,368

29, 562 31, 697

132 ! 121256,706 i 229,697

44.6 i 35.59,807 | 10,154

59 1 593 4

273 ! 475369 22

1, 329 270

159 i 207

14.85 14.88

12.732 12.7325, 39 i 6,157

31

235 230

4,408 4,f,S6

3, 283 3, 6885,810 6,598

141 187645 700

1. 77 i. 77

4. 223 4. 2688. 83 8. 87

3.814 3.829

963 1,16431, 408 38, 542

73 77

... 31,200

67 71

2. 53 2. 55

165 171

163 1632, 898 3, 092

3 0166 147332 295

! Decem-ber

1 .72

.27i 1.601

1.050 i1.17

7, 5744,000

i 11,574 ,

* 1 641: 62,148

i 3 1, 49213 277, 850

i * 1, 853

! 349,635'• 8,675

25, 815

! 128338,808

40.68,842

829 i

896 !

15 :

858 :

178 :

14.88 i

12.751 I6,080 ;

43 :

246 i

4,737 ;

3,837 l

6,622

201 i803 |

1.77 !

4.3178.94 |

3.898 |

1,27539,716 i

85 I

37, 200 1

70

j 2.55 I

181 i

! 170 i: 3,055 j

1

3 l! 168 !

SOS !

1930

Novem-ber

.72

.291. 601

1.050

15761 . 6646, 2 10

57; 964

528, 1287, 952

25, 976

119251, 507

42. 08, 756

659

402458331

IS2

14. PC

12.7515, 207

249

4,820

3,6706, 642

2041, 28:

1.78

4. 33*S.t4

3. 800

1,31538, 122

80

6j

2.56

185

1663,114

3217295

•' <:. ',-er

. 303 . fjOl

] . 0*31.20

H; . - i v i4

12! 739

7S. 262

023. 80110. 947

33, 026

318,7:1

* S, SO"

354586

1.204

253

1 2. 762^ 7. 443

47

2 19

2 ."';. 2] 5

3,9447. 124

2301.317

1. 81

4. 342S.8S

3. 393

i . 03041, ir,0

\7

:JA 800

S3

2. t)0

3,408

0 ?

267

» Revised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated. 4 As of Nov. 1. ! Final estimate for 1930*



45

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

FUELS— Continued

Petroleum— ContinuedCoke:

Production- _ thous. of short tonsStocks, end of month thous of short tons

Crude petroleum:Consumption (run to stills) -t.hous. of bbls. JImports thous. of bb^sOil wells corriDleted numberPrice. Kansas-OklaboniLi___dolis. per bbl.JProduction thous. of bblsProduction index, rei. to 1923-25 .Refinery operations p. ct. of capacity _ _ ^Hennery operations index rel to 1823-25Stocks, end of month-

California —Heavy thous. of bbls...Light thous of bbl^

East of California —Refineries thous of bbisTank farms and pipe

lines „ thous. of bbls..;Total... thous. of bbls.,!

Mexico —Production _ thous, of bblsExports.. thous. of bbls.J

Venezuela— \K.s.ports thous. of bbls ;Production thous. of bbls

Gas and fuel oils: ;Consumption —

By electric power plants.thous.of bbls- jBv railroads thous of bblsBy vessels thous. of bbls. J

Price, Oklahoma 24-26, irefineries dolls, per bbL-

Production thous. of bbls-.iStocks at refineries at end of

month thous. of bblsGasoline:

Consumption ._ .thous. of bbls..Exports thous. of bbls}v;vporr|3 thous of dollsPrices, wholesale, New York-dolls per gal . j

Prices, retail, filling station,50 cities dolls, per gal

Production — •Natural gas (at plants) -thous. of bbls-JHaw (at refineries) thous. of bbls

Retail distribution— 41 States-mills, of gals_Stock, end of month —

Natural gas (at plant) thous. of bblsRaw (at refineries) thous. of bbls

Kerosene:Consumption thous. of bbls...Exports thous. of bbls...Price, 150° water white dolls, per gal._!Production thous. of bbls.-iStocks at refineries, end of \

month thous. of bblsLubricating oil: ;

Consumption thous. of bblsPrice cylinder oil dolls, per galProduction thous. of bblsStocks at refineries, end of i

month thous. of bbls. .Wax:

Production thous. of IbsStocks, end of month thous. of ibs-,.

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT

Advertising :

AirKfu i r ' vlvmising thous. of lines..'MasasLiO advertisimT, tofal

cost, . _ _ . _ thous. of dollsAut< motive in Ins* i'y_ ^ »us of dollsBuilding n:afe f t \ i - - _ thoas of dollsCigir -, ris^re. .e - na T o r (co.tôu of doll'?ClotLin-. ,n.i '^ • , • ' > < • . vous ( f uol'sConfer iojitTi. . r vous of doliDrug0 < r n d to'iet g i n < . - t ous of dollsFmaru'iii. _ tl ou& • f (Î'sFoiKi"- - - - - - - - . _ _ JK us of lollsGuraer - ... tl ous of dollsHoust- fu.ri i^hni^--- - 1 ou of dolls -Jew*vlr\ i i O L s of doiiSMachinery ... ous of aoJlsOilit 3 equiprien" T O O L ' S ol dollsPuiiits uid ' t 'T i 1 ^ i ^ t l ouc of dollsPetroleum i roauci = ' hous. of doiislifiriios thous. of dollsSchools vlious. of dollsShoes. . - - _ thous. of dolls <Soaps diid housekeepers' sup-

plies 1 ' iO ' i^ . Of dollsSporting goods ". i tou1 ' of doll '^Stationery add booko Thous. of dclls--Tr^vel mid amusement thous. of dolls. _Miscellaneous 1 iicus of dollsXe^spai-ei advertising-..- thous. ci lines. -

1931

October

. 560

119

702

3, 643

.338

~~~3~325~7, i 80. 143

~"l~267~.039

1,911

14,2311, '/)

6>,G i O

2, 86526"

2, 0 1

1, -3~2 6(nif123371313 :232 i149 i

8S'J1174311:31:,60

87, bo 3

Septem-ber

ISO1, 516

75, 0943,426

445.500

63, 6362 102

66161

96, 96740, 406

33, 358

284, 840323, 198

2, 6281, 864

9,4209,412

6913, 2363, 095

.31928, 749

45, 239

30, 7423, 0747, 178.143

3, 06237, 469

61435, 033

2, 3411,057.039

3,239

6,558

1,549

2, 143

Q 224

42, 000191, 158

1,603

J i , 'JOJL ( '

2, 277187

2, 001±1

1 0M•»sSb

V>317430595

963201241 i171 1450 |

77,208 i

j August

1781 1, 451

i 80, 672; 2, 702' 441

.43468, 418

10769

165

97, 809240,495

39, 021

294, 831333, 852

2,8411, 488

9, 2749,796

27263,2863, 142

. 28030, 292

* 44, 551

39, 4594,0308, 758. 133

3, 17939, 283

7222 36, 405

2,6781,131 ..038

3,685

6,734

1,753 <

2,306

9,289

37.520192, 108 :

1,316 •

10,008 !1,304 |

295 •428 ;

180 i378 :

2,210180

1,805 '28 i

453

55 ;

8845

422 !

11431741

683

160172328

67,169

July

1731, 391

79, 7583, 588

589. 238

77, 96112268

162

93, 09839, 021

41,007

305, 009346,016

3 1 992, 183

9. 4019,913

27123, 5673, 839

. 29129, 488

41, 416

39. 4594, 1669,007

3, 52138, 440

85540, 332

2,1141,214.038

3,696

6,869

1,969

2,337

9, 597

37, 800198, 407

1,613

12, 3141,393

515422531 '426 i

2, 658253

1 . 904 i59

630159102170 ;

88445141291 i

98 !i782334 !ISO i320 j413 j

66, 877 i

June

1801,315

76, 2373,978

603.300

75, 11612267

161

99, 01540, 043

41, 734

305, 876347, 610

2,9602, 716

8,5619, 181

6223,4404, 053

.38529, 512

38, 581

38, 3753, 0937,234.133

.125

3, 52137, 024

86044, 296

2,104720

.0423,404

6, 521

1, 615

2,088

9, 763

34, 160200, 836

2, 191

18, 6921,886

682486481553

3,220294

2,408121

1, 324391190252183 ;5261.28

208 •

1,091' 522 !366614 !451 i

79,772 i

May

1781,250

78, 5214,512

498.530

77, 16412267

163

100,01140, 805

41, 819

306, 287348, 106

3, 0802, 808

9, 0499, 515

5413, 6064, 286

.46329, 949

36, 579

35, 7164,792

12,540.133

.122

3.81439, 019

99647, 948

2, 3951,145.045

3,389

5, 960

1,885

2,264

10, 119

35, 840205; 803

2,375

16, 9591,886

742478412387

3,417274

2,418196 ,

1,462 !

303 ;157 !246 |216 i458 ]

116 i294 i209 |

1,260438 1

711 ;

529 :88,443 i

April '

1681,158

74, 7064, 162 i

519. 530

73, 101121 i

67 i.161 j

100,57840, 840 1

41,413 !!

308,752 !350, 165

2,7612,392 i

8,5869, 283

5523,536 ;4,043 i

,488 !30,073 |

33,854 !

33,400 i3,988 i

10.705 iil33 i

.124

3,82436,601 !

962 j

1,006 j48,587

2,804 !753 !

.048 !3, 397 ;

6, 129

1,850 I.145

2,316 i

10,463

33, 040205, 105

2,421 j

17, 1731, 632 i

749 ;542494 :30! .<

3,552 i319 ;

2,665 i210

1,536168

216 :232 ^471 j209 ;

274 :

206 -'

1,246 ;309 j380 |769 !502 '•

88, 737 j

March

1701,089

73, 5963,715

383,594

69, 39711264

162

100, 53141, 016

40, 786

310, 377351, 163

2,8191,528

10, 36210, 283

6433,6443, 667

.51030, 754

32, 105

31,0372,8418, 426.133

.137

4, 04835, 246

874

88448, 225

2,6911,151.051

3,676

6,300

1,950. 145

2, 293

10, 710

37, 520208, 620

2,203

16, 0021,418

651507436304

3, 42129-i

3,098266

1, 269123160198111348246276168

1,101166354577510 j

90,244 !

™<"| January

1511,053

65, 2494,789

450.850

60, 64511063

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

10, 604.138

.149

3, 63131, 328

'777

69245, 355

2, 272974

.0533,171

6, 477

1,583.146

2,036

10, 911

38, 640229,414

1, 992

15, 3071 , 801

' 519519316302

3. 194267

3, 200222967103191181

79384348363

95

849131360480436

72, 282

1591,032

70, 0264,353

487.850

85, 99111061

144

102, 36840, 389

41, 785

317, 854359, 639

2,8901,263

10, 87710, 384

8003,5993,544

.60029, 174

33, 977

26, 8442 4, 66213, 765

.135

.148

4,14032, 708

835

60642, 818

2. 5961, 275.054

3, 560

0, 555

1,715.165

2,441

11,013

42, 560233, 044

1,585

10, 8201,001

338536270292

1,687255

1, 908Hi)619292151210

64282422311169

471252406362403

75, 823

Decem-ber

• ; ! 1 6 6i 1, 069|

' ! 71,581i ! 4,727! i 5 4 0>'. .850

; 66,972; Illi 63- 149

i 103,421| 40, 325

! 41,136

1 ; 320,740: 361,876

• ! 2,922i 1,690

i 10,70410, 492

8453,7053, 863

• i .61029,704

i 37? 007

i 29 2132 4* 22513,728

.141

' .146

• ; 4,27134, 472

: 890

57840, 541

i 2, 7861, 310

1 .054- 3,575

6,883

:! 1,459; | .172

! 2,509

I 10, 971! 36,120j 232,592

i2,265

i 15, 352

| "1! 336| 2 , o I Oi 367j 2,30J

i ' 479i 2111 274i 88i 4301 759

239j 275

1 577. 1 231

1 635i 815[ 464! 82,407 ,

Is'KiO

Novem-ber

1581,097

70, 3104,467

657.850

67, 95711464

151

103,25340, 472

43, 457

323,151360,608

2, 8951,895

11,13410,911

7903, 8063, 794

.05021;, 054

40, 427

30, 882

1*2, 387,141

.150

4, 31733, 572

929

59638, 705

2,841970

.0533,590

7,379

1,573.184

2, 409

10, 536

35, 840237, 027

2,488

17,359X > 823

717554382

3, 105322

2,91260

1 , 430501229223} 63

713273288

872158567616439

89, 424

October

1771,080

74, 0165, 061

8661. 098

72, 89311565

160

102, 53040,. 338

46, 032

323, 213369, 245

3, 1472, 093

12, 20811, 785

9024, 3554, 463

.59429, 809

41, 293

32, 0002 6, 133

"'!l43

.154

4, 40537, 2231,022

55938, 624

2, 5991, 373.054

3. 876

7, 633

1, 569.186

2,546

10, 502

38, 080210, 060

2 2, 527

17, 7591,532

924631557327

2,865310

2, 99465

1,675426243297265502774304298

924198623461564

2 98. 34 8



December, 1931


DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Con.

Advertising—Continued

K i u o l i O t d c s'lnsj, total cosl. thous. « > f aolls..Vutomotue i uli s i \ thous. of dolls

l5Uil('i is; in iteii Is thous. of dolls..C ie T S cig,irt, es, f 1 tobcicco.thciis. of. dolls..-C lothi \y VHI (h \ r( o is thous. of dolls..C. oiife^t ( i -"i v thous. of 'lollc,

F in mci l . .-_thou3. < / f dulls

t l o i b e f o n s nn b "Ithoils" i,f dolls -c \vc l \ th-jus. ( t dolls

M lu^ H K M I S . 01 ,ViNj' in s i h j I L ... . th , i < « . , , f d'.usTen 1 n i i û*- s t U c u s . o f i. > < • >K (.1 i rlioii.3. «.{ , ' , Us._

b( lT>b 11 T h j ISi -v«H i b sup-plies th' -Us of u('!L__

i f)7 | r i, j ( ,< S ill1/ '3 ( IL <. 'IN

^ t n r in 1 pi lis'i j s thuiis. t f t ' l ' i is. .i \ f l iM U K *"hyu'i. of .< 11s. .v L C ll 11 c HiS t l i O U S . «) ' ' <» lL l

Agricultural Products (Marketing)

Agricultural, total rel. to 1 ""3-25Animal products:

Dairy products. _. rel. f o 19J?-_5._Pish iri . to H)13-r5 .Livestock nl. to 1L^3 15Poultry and eggs ___. re l . t» '.23-25..Wool 1 51 t 3 ~ q "M^Total _ _ . . _ r o l . i( ' H ;~

Crops:Cotton i* i t i 1(/ 3 'V

Total "H i t I'-1 °> 1ZCollections

Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:

Delinquent firms. .._ ...numberForest Products (Marketing)

Distilled wood rel to 1923-25Gum rel. to 1923-25Lumber .rel. to 1923-25..Pulpwood .rel. to 1923-25..Total rel. to 1923-25

Postal BusinessAir mail, weight dispatched poundsMoney orders:

Domestic, issued (50 cities) —Quantity thousands..Value thous of dells

Domestic, paid (50 cities)—Quantity thousands..Value thous. of dolls...

Foreign, issued . thou^. of dollsPostal receipts:

Total irdex rel to 1993 2550 selected cities . thous. of dolls50 industrial cities thous. of dolls.-

Metal! SalesDepartment store sales, value of:

United States, adjusted— _rel. to 1923-25..United States, unadjusted. rel. to 1923-25. .

Department store stocks, end of month:United States, adjusted rel. to 1923-25..United States, unadjusted, rel. to 1923-25..

Installment sales in New Englanddept. stores, ratio to total sales per cent..

Mail-order houses:Total sales, 2 houses ..thous, of dolls..Total sales, 2 houses rel. to 1923-25..Sears, Roebuck & Co thous. of dolls..Montgomery, Ward & Co. thous. of dolls..

Restaurant chains:Childs Co.—

Sales thous. of dollsStores operated number.

J. R. Thompson Co.—Sales . . thous. of dolls ,Stores operated. _ number..

Waldorf System (Inc.)—Sales . .thous. of dollsStores operated number .

Total sales, 3 chains-Total . .thous. of dollsStores operated number .

Grocery chains:Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.—

Total sales thous. of dolls..Weeks in month numberWeekly average thous of dollsTonnage sales _ _. tonsWeekly average. tons..

2 Revised.

1931

October

3, 2519537

51349

128648136790

5910K'J

' 10749

i 341

122i 13

130

20 9

1 t£ 5'0 2

, 5 1

<*> C

'06 71^1 1

0 f1 \ <)217.9

30. 01 11 1. 0i 60. 5! 08. 61 02. 0

! 107.4! 2S, 618'; 3, 150

86

1 30! 88

i 11.0! 52,280I 160i 30, 246| 22,034

: 2, 208; 507

115"

: 1,359j 156

i

! 95, 498i 5! 19, 100j 524,7431 104,949

Septem-ber

2,730 :

143:110485116665

84 ;

31578909

124

12924

118

79

2 110. 6

90. 52 160. 1

88. 388.4

125. 1291.5

152.1

79! 8103. 2

2 119. 3

78, 534786

22.12111.9

2 56. 676.2

259.3

' 796,703

~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 9 6 ~

98.826, 335

| 2, 897

8487

8184

8.9

i 45.955141

28, 45017, 505

! 2, 164108

1,278| 117

1, 3031 156I

4,745; 381|

74, 6424

18, 660411.883102, 971

August

2,5276825

46732

10639798

652650

37

yo1851

Ic33384

84.9

96.3180. 382.588.0

259. 694.3

29.2154. 6130. 064.183.9

70, 681780

17.2141.563.285.366.3

804, 455

3,36833, 370

9,07471,6223, 958

88.823, 3892, 869

8867

7976

11.9

43, 004132

26, 59716, 407

2,030108

1,301117

1,246154

2 4, 577379

74,4114

18, 603399, 779

1)9, 945

July

2, 7648932

47638

135453112730

0

81961086

1463492

285

103. 2

123. 6161. 2

88. 6573. 2105. 2

22.6139. 3182. 9103. 4103.0

98, 321933

20.4186. 761. 187.765.6

779, 105

3, 50134, 224

9,93076, 3654,412

92.924, 5782,903

9165

8175

6,7

45, 093138

29, 77315, 320

1, 858108

1,086118

1,244165

4,188391

95. 5285

19.106513, 095102, 619

June

2, 8359919

47644

112452126748

448

3972888495

1292986

63

G1.4

156, 6144. 577.9

115.6405. 4118. 0

9.18J.8

16s! 855. 2

111,183948

27.5189.962.198. 667.4

781,419

3,72936, 315

10, 73479,3114,348

99.426, 4422, 957

9590

8280

4.7

49, 4SO151

30, 26119, 219

1,847109

1,093117

1, 245162

4, 185388

80, 8514

20, 213454,268113,567

May

3, 0369130

42568

1004631367627118727495

104131

11037

10727

115

66. 4

130.9138.580.2

125. 6197. 1106, 7

28.3102. 2os. o

135. 662.0

91, 332941

34.7136. 562.8

123.188.3

750, 960

3, 76636, 006

10, 90281, 9564,073

104.527, 8443, 047

9797

8385

7.0

50, 070153

31,52318, 547

1,957108

1, 202116

1,337162

4,496388

102, 9465

20, 589563, 223112,645

April

3, 16412239

43466

471155788

85177669

10311895

115

12830

134

57.9

113.1174.382. 6

137.078.2

101. 2

29.870.603. 993. 353.1

112, 8431,258

44.698.359.1

117.264,0

750, 638

3,82837, 803

11,56290, 646

4, 442

109.929, 2573, 268

106101

8387

6.5

52, 078159

31,52020, 558

2, 059110

1,175117

1, 360160

4,594387

85, 1604

21, 290454, 479113,620

March.

3,14111737

4125186

-1651257819316755691

142112

133

12231

173

67.3

102. 9169. 479.8

121. 861.994. 0

38.675.180.0

104.364.4

138, 5621,228

68.939.755.4

118. 360.9

724, 617

4,01537, 250

11, 13281, 7475,014

113. 130, 1783, 284

0792

8487

8.4

43, 008132

25, 40717, 601

2,064111

1,208117

1,351180

4,623388

82, 7194

20, 680435, 292108,823

Febru-ary

2, 5919806

2624884

445110690

4610

3684

1219 1

G315

10524

137

68.7

91.3116. 279.894.050.885. 5

45.168. 184.691.1G6.8

132, 6091, 141

63.725.551.6

103.1355.8

642, 484

3,56733, 240

9,70170, 9354,032

100. 126, 4053,215

98SO

8681

10.6

39, 422121

24, 17715, 245

1,889111

1,082120

1,210160

4,181391

82, 3854

20,596439, 545109,886

January

2, CM 713438

2384894

4331176725011881599

1301)8

713

130

144

76.3

96.4103.496.295. 025.394. 7

64.070.281.098.07-1. 3

112, 2501,089

72.937.150. 5

110.955.9

687, 560

3,74936, 352

10, 59078, 2734,893

110. 329, 1723, 466

9779

8S78

120

41,459127

24, 83916, 620

2,083112

1,192120

1,295152

4, 570384

97, 5596

19,512508, 490101, 980

Decem-ber

2,71814039

2175297

384no

'• 62046

i 63; 85: 13

.110203

'•• 97

61

134: 93j 154

105. 0

i 99 7i 9S~! 9

93.9! 137. 8

57.197.8

1 144. 9| 67.1j 79. 8

79.4105. S

' 150,3491, 065

66.4117.750.7

115.6

58.0

767, 229

1 4, 1651 39, 627

i 11,71691,92310, 443

• 145. 338. 572

4, 418

I 94165

9185

I 8.5

72, 486222

43, 81428, 672

! 2, 277! 112

I 1, 246120

1,379152

I 4, 902384

81,3474

20, 337416, 673

i 104,168

1930

Novem-ber

2, 57711361

1?97

32210756841908517

11320291

600

12687

134

142.8

77.8146.288.0

121. C34 588.5

240. 6109.072. 889.6

148.8

96, 912868

60.8112.957.4

105.462.9

637, 062

3, 52534, 525

10, 24879, 9345, 178

106.228, 3793, 028

98113

104

7. 4

55, 713170

33, 31222, 401

2,075111

1, 186121

1,338147

4, 599379

79, 8204

19, 955400,203100, 051

Octohtr

2, 07 i1*870

761043121M-

11V

010

180

200. 7

82.2172.0108.079. 279.196. 7

327. 5249. 082. 6

16S. 4212.?

122, 1501,103

53. S143.163.499.36S.I

743, 705

3, 66235, 916

11,51490, 6474,996

121.132, 279

3, £68

102112

92101

8. S

68, 878211

38, 78530, 093

2,259111

1,287121

2 1, 350145

4,884377

M00,9655

220,193481, 70S96,341

December, 1931 SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS



DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Con.Retail Sales—Continued

Chain stores, sales:F. W. Woolworth & Co.—

Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated— number..

F. & W. Grand-Sales thous. of dolls-.Stores 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 dolls._Stores operated. number. _

MeCrory Stores Corp.—Sales -...thous. of dolls-Stores o perated number. _

Metropolitan—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number._

S. H. Kress & Co.—Sales thous, of dolls...Stores operated rsumber. _

S. S. Kresge Co.—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number—

\V. T. Grant Co.—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated number—

Five and Ten—chain group:Actual ...rel. to 1923-25-Adjusted for seasonal..rel. to 1923-25..

Warehouses

Public merchandising warehouse?,space occupied p. ct. of total..

FOREIGN TRADE

Total trade:ExportsImports __________

October

26,1501,908 ;

2,134 I121 i

1,715 |172 i

832 i45 |

17,968 <1,458 i

1931

August July I June j May J April : March

1930

January i Decem- JNovem-!

21,732 11,902 I

1,699 i121 i

1,490 !172 I

607 i44 i

14, 577

3,881 |244

12,498705

3, 260 !244 j

571 j83 j

5,295 :220 i

10,957 I703 !

21, 7121, 895

1, 565119

1,519172

58945

13, 2571,456

3,214243 i

51883

7,423 | 5,570 ;

167 ! 141150.7 i 155.1

thous. of dolls.......... -thous. of dolls. .

56,534 j 49,90945, 933 45, 379

United StatesExports:

Grand total, includingreexports ________________ thous. of dolls

By grand divisions-Africa, total.. ..... ____ thous, of dollsAsia and Oceania-

Total _____________ thous. of dollsJapan _______ ..... .thous. of dolls

Europe-Total ..... _________ thous. of dollsFrance ____ ...... ..thous. of dollsGermany ........ -thous. of dollsItaly ____ __________ thous. of dollsUnited Kingdom. .thous. of dolls

North America-Total _ . .......... thous. of dollsCanada ______ ..... thous. of dolls.

South America —Total -------------- thous. of dollsArgentina ____ ..... thous. of dolls

By economic classes-Total domestic exports

only ------------------- thous. of dollsCrude materials ________ thous. of dollsFoodstuffs, crude, and

food animals ________ thous. of dolls.Manufactured food-

stuffs ..... ---------- thous. of dollsFinished manufactures.thous. of dollsSemifinished manufac-

tures ---------------- thous. of dollsAgricultural exports (quantities)—

All commodities _______ rel. to 1910-14All commodities (except

cotton) ........ ------ rel. to 1910-14Imports:

Grand total ______ ......... thous. of dolls..By grand divisions-

Africa, total ___________ thous. of dolls..Asia and Oceania-

Total ------ ..... ..thous. of dolls..Japan ...... . ...... thous. of dolls..

Europe-Total ......... --thous. of dolls.France. _ _ ...... ...thous. of dolls.Germany ......... thous. of dolls.Italy -------------- thous. of dolls.United Kingdom. .thous. of dolls.

2 Revised.

204, 904

5, 376

37, 22113, 131

111,9838,80217,3526, 15850, 559

2180,220

4, 140

34, 54812, 370

90, 3617,72612, 8373,98634, 589

40, 07226,621 !

10,252 |3, 435 '

40, 94128, 002

10,230 |3,658 !

21,079 I1,889 !

1,628 |119 ;

1,475 I170 |

594 !45 '

5,395381

5,227 i375 i

139147.3

63.9

49,894 i 350,671 i47,308 ! 48,379

164, 822

6,162

28, 9968,357

74, 5678,1067,8733, 23927,815

44,328 |

10, 7704, 420

! 201,390 I2 177, 38563, 624 2 44 339

i13, 967

25, 34977, 264

21, 186

168, 707

1, 697

48,41319, 474

56, 3028,97112, 0715, 64811,278

2 10, 289

2 18, 12383, 188

21,»396

86

92

2 170, 368

3,098

42, 49417, 256

60, 7887, 79912, 2035,63513, 379

2161,494 I25,502 '

180,670

5,070

34,66010,885

79, 9777,3928,2863, 75732,564

48, 01832,677

12, 9454,706

176,98028,378 |

3,004 i242 i

558 i83 !

5,104 !218 i

21,9781,889

1,833119

1,569 !169 j

692 !45 !

14,832 I1,453 i

3, 240 !243 I

24,117 '1,896 j

1,825 I118 '

1,549168 |

695 i45 |

15,450 !1,453 |

3,412 !243

5,407 |217 i

11,896 i694

6,289 I371 ,

147 '100. 6

55,320 !52,508 !

60,84573,457

187,190 | 203,991

4,648 i 6,129

33, 42011, 201

89, 57610,12113,1533,88734, 238

59,58141,664

15,2865,583

88,149 j8,688 j10,819 !3,622 !30,915 |

51, 247 !35, 030 i

I12.861) i4,295 ;

182,987 !29,070 ;

199, 20536,484

9,981! 13,999 I 11,119 ! 10,546

2 18,075 !2 84,069 \

18, 30688,348

2 23, 868 ;' 27, 949

53 ! 63

83 I 97

2166,679 | 174,460

2,400

45.581 !16,052 !

50,776 I6,551 |11,3734,351 i11,509 I

2,384 |

48,772 i16,057 j

51,359 !5, 459 i11,734 i4,13810,951

17,531 !97,736 |

27,451 |

58 !

86 I

173, 673 |

2,773 j

52,757 i14,988 |

47,480 !5,516 18,937 I4,269 i11,000 !

23,830 :1,896 i

2,004117 ;

1,588 i'168

723 !45

15, 3801,454

3,703243

722 ;91 !

5, 761 !'216 i

12, 590 IG88 ;

307 ;

155 :

18,868103,416 i

29,891

66

89

179, 694

4, 337

49,96415,580

51,8416,1439,512 !4,627 ;12,354 j

34, 67451,189

214,888

4,925

36,20214,230

94,32011,32912,2823,88433, 344

62,97444,Sol

16, 4075,803

210,06140,149

8, 626

19, 593110, 768

30,925

68

81

185, 706

3,778

53,18012,183

53, 3876,250

11, 2495,741 i

11,561 I

21,7241,894

116 I

1,329 I'166 j

596 !45 |

12,4431,454

3,381 !242 |

508 i93 i

5,259 I213 !

5, 334354

19, 3S61,888

1,431114

1.204'166

61345 |

9, 540 I1,453 I

2,946 !242 i

445 !

94 i

4,487 !2il I

4,347 |350 ;

127 ;102. 5 !

60.8

56, 29675,348

235,881

4,923

38,91317,995

113,83812,45619,1955, 69139, 706

63,06841,860

15,1394,512

231,07756,428

44,91450,994

9,583 ! 7,316

23, 381110, 256

31, 429j

87 i

so i210, 200

3,052

59,552 i18,454 j

62,174 !6,598

13,434 !6,192 !

13,033 j

22,165116,110

27,415

71

82

175,108

2,344

IS, 2401,886

1,371112

1,221166

47645

1,452

2.903'212 i '

487£5 '

4,400211 i

9,82.:081

4,110350 '

124iro. s

ber

42, 3201,890

3, 545112

3,170 !166 i

1,421 !45 j

23,703 i1,452 |

6, 783 I242 !

12,001 i213 ;

11,7

45,634 *50,414 |

224,413 I 249,646

4,954 5, 514

33, 25211,257

117, 93813, 56416, 9604,16838,626

52. 76235,305 j

15,508 '4,922

220,66647,660

35,431 !14,743

131,699 !16, 67617,015 i5,200 ,49,744

56,952 .33,657

20, 0495, 407

245,771 |58,625

348

298 i153. 2 i

70.4

50,18316,255 I

51,172 !6,8809,4865,12811,970

27, 039117, 053

34, 567

85

95

183, 132

3,500

56, 02419, 711

1 27,033119, 670

33,9JO

109

105

208, 721

3,353

64,94127, 208

ber

24,0771,890

1.894in

1,579185

67345

18,937 I1, 452 j

72495

5, 528213

12,503 i076 i

6,677346

159158. 3

69.9

68,053 I 74,59260,338 ! 76,325

275,193 j 289,021

5,635 i 6,588[

42,279 i 39,21912,593 j 12,425

141, 62119,17220, 3268,62553,871 I

61,921 i36,326 !

8,801 j

270,81076,735

155,22722, 09423, 6867, 58261, 094

64,47141, 689

23, 5168,728

285,44190,930

8,487 |! 13,462 I 15,592

29,992115,802

33,125

126

116

203, 713

3,938

53,03219, 620

52,940 i 56,661 56,5605,881 7,275 8,22710,682 11,619 11,1663,724 5,252 6,35310,913 11,468 15,289

J.621' 164

2 111,8811, 450

3, OOG' 241

44, 10711,241*

322,941104, 829

32,143132, 729

38, 012

137

127

247, 322

4,310

73.91530, 584

76,61011,66217.367

6, 46417,748



December, 1931

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

FOREIGN TRADE— Continued

United States— Continued

I rii ports — ContinuedNorth America-

Total thous. of dolls.Canada thous. of dollsSouth Americn— -

Total thoi> of dollsArgentina the 1° of u^lK

By economic classes-Total t\OT*. of doll 3

Foodstuii's, crude, andfood animals t)iGU->. t f dolls

Manufactured food-staiLs _ . ._ __ tli on- of dolls

Finished msinufaetures.thou;?. of dollsSemifinished manufac-

tures thous. of dolls

EMPLOYMENT AND W.*GLS

Employment

Factory employment, adjusted (Fed. Res. B J.) :Total rei to 1923-25Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25...Chemicals —

Group rei. to 1923-25..Petroleum, refined rel. to 1923-25..

Iron and steel rel. to 1923-25..Leather and its products _ . rei, 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 1923-25. _Rubber products rel. to 1923-25Textiles .rel. to 1923-25. .Tobacco production rel. to 1923-25Transportation — <

Group rel. to 1923-25Automobiles rel. to 1923-25

Nonmanufacturing industries:Anthracite mining rel. to 1929Bituminous coal raii'U47 rel. to 1^29Metalliferous mining rel. to 1929Quarrying and noninetallic mining _

. . „ .rel. to 1929..Crude petroleum producing. -rel. to 1929..Telephone and telegraph rel. to 1929..Power, light, and water rel. to 1929—Operation and maintenance of electric

railroads rei. to 1929—Wholesale trade rel. to 1929Retail trade _. ..rel. to 1929-Hotels rel. to 1929Canning and preserving rel. to 1929. _

Employees on pay roll unadjusted:Cleveland rel to Jan., 1921Delaware rel. to 1923-25- .Detroit-. _ rel. to 1923-25.,Illinois rel. to 1925-27Iowa rel. to 1923__Massachusetts rel. to 1925-27..Maryland rel to 1924New Jersey rel. to 1923-25New York St^te rel. to 1923New York State .number..Ohio . rel. to 1926—Pennsylvania rel. to 1923-25Wisconsin rel to 1925-27

Anthracite mines, einploymeiit.rel. to 1923-25—Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:

Canada numberUnited States _ . number,.Central States numberEastern States.... ....number-Southern States. . number..Western States . . _. number „Illinois..-. number. _Wisconsin number

Employment Trade Unions:Canada p. ct. of total membership..United States .p. ct. of total membership .

Employment, Canada . ._ rel. to 1926—Factories, time operated:

Total p. ot. of full timeChemicals and other

products p. ct. of full time--Food and kindred prod-

ucts p ft of full tirneLeather and its finished

products p. ct. of full timo _Lumber and its manu-

factures p. ct. of full timeIron and steel and their

products p. ct. of full timeNonferrous metals ...p. ct. of full time--Paper and printing _. p. ct. of full time..Stone, clay, and glass

-Droduets u. ct. of full time-.

October !»"

40, Ou^ 41, 60821,2 1 21,928

_, f ^ T 22,380', T' * 4, 753

Iv-, 70. 2 170, 368,} \~ ( 52 927

'• "i 18,649

1 o o 16, 4835v, ' 52,012

2 ) ( o 30, 295

70. 3 72. 857. 6 59. 4

85. 4 85. 783. 2 32. 906. 2 67. 470. 4 SO. 9•iS. 4 49. 405. G 67. 301.7 62.591.0 91. 170. 3 69. 876. 0 80. 075. 8 77. 2

51.7 57.250. 5 62. 0

86.8 l 80.081.3 ! 80.453. S | 55.5

64.5 j 60.660.4 ! 61.2811 ! 85.092. 7 94. 7

82. 7 84. 085. 2 86, 189. 8 86. 688. 5 90. 6

108. 1 180. 1

76. 0 75. 674. 5 81. 2-11.7 51.065 7 68.3

105.0 106.3M 1 68.670. 6 . 72, 072. 4 ' 73. 2OJ 7 i 65.8

252,45:3 364,26571.3 75.571.9 ' 72.7

75.0fe4.-i ! 77.8

195196250191

: 287. _ . .' 91

251 220

; 8i.974.0 i 74.0

.. J 107.1

88

i 94

i 98

' .. 90

! 83

i 7i! 82

92

i I 88

August July ;

45,346 ! 47,827 ;20,529 ; 22,341 !

22,567 i 24.133 !3,595 | a, 042 ;

2 166, 779 i 174, 46047,686 | 49,978

21,820 i 25,930

25, 541 1 21, 120 !45,295 | 47,442 \

28,336 1 29,990 j

74.1 ! 75.1 :

60.1 62.7 |

86.6 ! 89.4 !84.8 \ 87.1 !70.3 ! 72. 1 j84.3 i 84.8 I51. 1 ! 52. 0 !67.7 ! 70.363.1 | 64.293.0 93.070.5 ! 73.880. 9 i 79. 6 !79.1 ! 81.4 j

58.3 i 60.2 '64. 2 67, 6 !

67.3 ! 65.177.0 i 76.4 I55.8 | 56.2 !

68.9 ' 71.0 i62.4 i 65.3 '•85.9 ; 86.695.9 ! 96.7 ,

84.8 1 85.686.5 i 86. S81.8 83.992.8 93.3

142.9 102.2

81.3 ! 80.383.2 84,450.0 ! 61.870.1 I 70.5

100. 1 108. 709. 1 i 67, 672.3 i 72.573.0 : 72.664.0 i 64.2

353,895 i 355,50476.9 i 78.272.9 ! 72.575.6 ! 79.865.5 | 63.4

268 ; 237217 i 209273 | 247212 ! 235411 ! 265

94 i 94244 i 250199 i 186

84.2 1 83.874. 0 ! 74. 0

1 105. 2 i 103. 8

:. 89 | 89

93 | 92

95 96

93 1 92

83 84

70 ! 7684 ! 8493 ! 93

90 ! 90

1931

June

44, 45622, 854

26, 0682, 645

173,67352,416

27, 435

19, 74444, 276

29, 803

76.064. 4

89.690.272.683.954.473.465.493.675.778.680.4

62.470.7

76.178.460.0

72.365.086.997.2

85.387.189.191.670.6

83.885.673.272.3

110.169.073.873.665. 6

362, 88581 374.876.774.2

20820524622127784

245212

83.775.0

103.6

89

95

95

90

85

778494

90

IMay April

45, 177 46, 48424, 110 23, 757

28,844 26,9173,215 i 2,838

179, 694 185, 70654, 160 | 54, 702

30,774 28,912

18.850 22,98545,527 : 45,734

30, 382 33, 373

77.8 ! 78.065.4 ! 65.2

93.0 91.794.5 1 94.074. 8 76. 584.2 ! 84.055.4 : 55.476.3 ' 78.06G. 6 1 66.595.3 ! 95.074.0 i 70.581.2 80.282. 1 ! 82. 1

63.2 63.870.9 i 70.3

80.3 i 85.282.4 85.962.4 : 63.9

75. 0 ! 76. 167.8 69.887. 4 88. 197. 6 97. 1

85. 9 86. 887. 1 87. 489. 9 90. 192.5 95.956.0 59.6

86.9 S8.886. 3 ' 86. 980. 4 83. 574.5 75.6

110.1 111.070.8 72.275,9 ! 76.275.3 1 75.767.6 ! 69.0

373,993 ! 382,04582.7 i 83.077.4 \ 79.478.1 1 77.978.3 i 82.9

165 151181 177206 199187 i 181345 i 237

66 i ,80218 1 215197 : 172

! 83. 8 85. 1| 75.0 75.0

102. 2 99. 7

90 91

96 97

96 96

91 92

85 ; 88

79 8085 8695 95

91 91

March

50, 23024, 148

34, 5993, 505

210, 20064, 607

33, 020

23, 55849, 226

39, 789

77.965.2

89.887.276.682.255.779.366.694.768.479.783.4

64.370.2

82.088.863. 5

70.072.288.696.7

86.487.487.896.853.0

90.088.183.076.6

U2.571.976.277.069.6

384, 98382.479.878.279.9

147179215202215

75228197

84.574.0

100.2

91

96

96

91

1 85

SO8796

91

Febru-ary

42, 29421, 454

20, 1152, 849

175, 10856, 357

28, 314

17, 73741, 168

31, 532

77.865.0

94.597.475.978.456.380.666.894.971.477.284. 6

64.968.8

89,591.565.3

66.673.289.297.8

86.688.287.196.848.3

90.087.681.276.5

114.671.275.577.468.5

379, 08980.980.277.687.1

14120223220926589

i 250250

84.473.0

l 100. 7

i 90

i 95

96

92

! 84

8087

j 95

! 90

!

January p-;-

43,858 53, 2"723, 534 26, 139

26, 928 30, 5092, 356 2, 519

183, 132 208, 72159, 318 69, 079

27.363 30,029

14,644 22,31244,947 ! 49,172

3->,8bO ' 38,129

78. 3 80. 164.4 i | 68.6

96.6 ! j 97.999.7 i ; 100.877.5 I i 79.177.1 ! ! 76.656.3 l | 58.881.9 I i 84.269.2 j | 71.295.6 j ! 96.773.7 i 74.775.5 I i 77.481.3 i ' 83.5

j67. 1 69. 472.3 ;. 78.9

90.6 ! l 99.193.9 I ! 92.568.3 i j 70.1

64.4 ' 70.274.8 • 77.490. 5 91. 699. 2 103. 2

86. 9 88. 889. 5 92. 090. 0 115. 195.0 93.548.9 , 61.6

89. 8 87. 987. 1 86. 776. 5 40. 076. 3 77. 5

113.8 117.269. 4 69. 973. 6 76. 777.9 | 82.267.5 '! 69.3

373,304 || 383,51879.8 i | 81.978.9 i! 81.776.9 ' 77.588.3 1 96.5

158 i 133224 | 218261 I 2332 5 4 > i 2 3 9

i 293 1 314! 91 ; | 103i 331 i ' 270: 230 i 191

84.0 1 83.0! 73.0 i 77.0| 101.7 i 108.5

j 89 i 90

1 95 ; 95

97 j 97

! 8 9 i i 8 7

; 83 : i 84

: so !! so: 8 6 j i 8 6i 95 ; ; 96

1 90 •! 90

1930

N<ST- <**<*>«

54, 526 62, 10430, 279 34, 336

26, 657 30. 4282, 370 2, 030

203,713 217,32259, 243 77, 487

27,337 32, Si';:

•i, 045 23, 14557, 826 68, 321

38, 202 45.. 520

81. 1 82. -270.0 71. 4

98. 3 101, I100. 8 104. 380. 2 81. 377, 4 80. 260. 4 62. I85, 7 88. 071. 8 72. 697. 0 98. 475.2 75.4

- 79. 4 80. 782. 0 c3. 5

68. 6 57. 276. 4 69. 6

97, 2 99. 092 5 91. 872. 8 77. 2

78. 3 84. 783. 6 85. 293.0 94.5

103.4 104.3

89.3 91.092.6 94.298. 4 95. 595. 2 97. 596. 7 164. 7

87. 4 91. 687.9 94.075.8 79 .077. 7 80. 2

117.7 H4.373. 2 75. 478.8 81.685. 8 88. 272. 0 74. 3

398,424 411,33882. 1 85. 184. 7 86. 478. 5 81. 394. 7 96. 2

189 21 1227 l'J3251 240231 1S2344 277123 74280 278210 178

86. 2 89. 2! 78. 0 79. 0i 112-S 118.2

90 92

95 97

| 97 98

84 90

j 86 S9

! 80 ^3i 87 89

96 97

I 91 93

s Revise!.



49

Earlier data for items shown here may 1931 1930be found in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES-Con.Employment—Continued

Textiles and their prod-ucts p. ct. of full time

Tobacco manufactures p. ct. of full timeVehicles for land trans-

portation _ p. ct. of full timeMiscellaneous indus-

tries _ _ p. ct. of full time.Federal Civilian Employees (Wash-

ington) numbcr__Hours of work in factories:

Actual hours per weekNominal hours per week

Labor disputes:Disputes nuniberMan-days lost in month— number..Workers involved number..

Labor turnover:'Yecesîons p ct of no on pay rollSeparations-

Total p ct. of no. on pnv rollDischarges- _ _p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Lay-oils p. ct. of no. on pay roll--Voluntary

quits p ct of no on pay rollOhio construction, employ-

ment - rel. to 1926Railways, employees on pay roll.. thousands..

WagesAnthracite mines, payroll rel. to 1923-25..Factory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):

Total rei to 1923-25Cement, clay, and glass re!, to 1923-25..Chemicals—

Group rel. to 1923-25Petroleum refining el. to 1923-25...

Iron and steel M. to 1923-25Leather and its products... el. to 1 923-25. _Lumber and its products., el. to 1923-25..Machinery el. to 1923-25—Nonferrous metals el. to 1923-25- _Paper and printing.... el. to 1923-25-.Rubber products <"•! to 1923-25Textiles......... - el. to 1923-25Tobacco products rel to 1923-25Transportation-

Group rel. to 1 923-25..Automobile rel to '923-25

Nonmanufacturing industries:Anthracite mining rel. to 1929...Bitutnmous coal mining rel. to 1929..Metalliferous mining rel. to 1929. _Quarrying and nonrnetallic

mining rel to 1929Crude petroleum producing ..rel. to 1929- _Telephone and telegraph rel. to 1929..Power, light, arid water rel. to 1929..Operation and maintenance of

electric railroads rel. to 1929—Wholesale trade rel. to 1929..Retail trade . rel. to 1929Hotels rel to 1929Canning and preserving rel. to 1929...Farm wages, without board

dolls per monthIndustrial pay rolls:

Total, monthly-Delaware _ _ . rel. to 1923-25.-New Jersey rel. to 1923-25—New York rel. to 1923-Pennsylvania rel. to 1923-25Wisconsin . rel to 1925-27

Weekly-New York State thous. of dolls..

Road building, wages of common labor:By Geographic sections-

United States average-cents per hour,.East North Central__-cents per hour--East South Central cents per hour--Middle Atlantic cents per hour..Mountain section cents per hour..New England cents per hour--Pacific section ._ cents per hour-South Atlantic cents per hour..West North Central— cents per hour--West South Central- .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 1923-Men —

Total dollarsTotal rel to 1923Skilled dollarsSkilled , rel. to 1923Unskilled dollars. -Unskilled - rel to 1923

Women. . . . _ .. dollarsWomen rel. to 1923 ~

October

38 248 0

32 4

59! o1! 8

5-1 2

,59 443.9

SO 880.843 956. 438 250! 249. 091.453 766. 064 (3

45.341 4

91. 156 237^4

: 4fi 754. 491.0

! 93. 2

79. 479. 9

1 85. G79 7

' 77.6

61.068.959.053.9

8, 897

35371937464251213524---

21. 2179. 7

22.6078 8

23 1075.0

18. 0581.0

13 8580.3

Septem-ber

9185

89

85

70, 580

39 248. 1

89695, 96346, 029

43 6

68 42.9

51. 4

14 1

58.3

65.0

61 846. 1

80 883.045 267.740.351.250.290.454 67 L O62 7

45.641 5

64.953.640.0

51 255.292.194.3

81.281.483 581 9

129.4

s 34 22

64.166.663.053 755 6

9,493

34361836464350203524

~45~

21. 7581.7

23. 0880 5

23.9577. 7

18. 1981.6

14. 5784.5

August July

92 9288 87

90 : 89

85 85

70,885 71,658

39 9 ' 39.948. 2 48. 0

258 • !5421,217,397; 666, 309

221,667 i 258 995

30 6 : 35 5

43 2 54 92. 0 ; 2. 9

28. 2 i 3«J. 1

1 2 4 12. 9

60 0 62. 81,288 1,310

47.8 45.6

64 3 84. 448.1 ! 49,4

80.4 82.985.6 ! 89.650.6 52.475.5 72.641.3 ! 41.754.9 ; 57.452.9 54.593. 1 : 93. 662 2 64 070. 2 65. 966.3 67 5

50.9 52.750 4 53 2

56. 4 53. 750.6 50.440.2 41.3

55 1 57.356.3 i 59.292.3 93.396.2 ; 97.4

81.9 i 83.382. 1 i 83. 380.3 i 83.383 8 i 85 2

104. 7 74. 2

03. 9 68. 770.7 70.861.6 62,056. 1 i 55. 658.9 i 61 0

9,279 ' 9,347

36 3635 [ 3519 ! 2037 3647 4544 4550 5120 i 2235 : 3522 20

.662 .66050 50

22. 49 22. 3484.5 84.0

23 8] 23.6583 0 82 5

24 76 24 8980. 4 80 8

18. 80 18. 9284 6 84 9

14. 78 14 7985.7 ; 85.8

June

9287

91

86

71,693

40 947.9

51506, 097

17.071

6- 9

2. 846. ;12 4

63.31,317

56.5

67.654.4

84.191.157 666.744.662.459.196.672 466.768 ?

58.862 1

66.752.446.1

60 162.795.098.3

84.884.187 685 458.6

* 37. 00

78.072.063.260.664.2

9, 524

37362036464451213620

.65950

23.0786.7

24.4285 1

25 7183.4

19.5587 7

15. 1788.0

May

9387

92

88

72,417

42.748.0

49402,43715, 735

45 1

32.83.3

2S. 6

13. 2

61.31, 337

64.6

72.156.7

88.496.164, 968.745.767.863.4

100.071 071. 76S. 3

66.175 6

76.154. 449.3

62.364.794.198.7

85.184.788.087 756.0

81.176.368.664.967.2

10, 046

37372138454550213622

. 66450

24.2591.1

25. 7689 8

27 0487.8

20.7593. 1

15.3789.2

April

9386

92

88

72, 297

41. 748.0

39769, 72022, 604

41 6

37 23. 8

23. 9

13.9

60.01, 331

63.8

73.655.7

92.096. 769.170.644.969.765.4

100.666 876. 865. 7

65.370 8

75. 258.651.4

62 666.395.097.6

86.685.2H8.389 957.1

79.776.169.169. 568.2

10, 414

35362038434751223621

.60450

23.8289.5

25. 3588 4

26 4986.0

20. 4691.8

15. 2288.3

March

9487

91

87

71,917

41.848.2

27422, 54528, 139

34 8

43.23.1

20.6

11. I

53.71,319

5ft. 7

74.954.0

89.890. 870,073.446.272.06(5.3

101.963 281.968.3

64.167 7

71.365.252.8

58 273.297.9

102.4

88.189.187.593 450.3

8 38. 37

81.777.371.168.468.8

10, 723

37412141444852243723

.66950

23. S389.9

25 3°88 3

26 4986.0

20.78S3. 3

15.6290.6

Febru-ary

9385

91

87

71, 162

42.347. 9

34228, 329

12, 512

35 0

36. 82.6

22.8

9 6

51.91,316

79.8

73.251.4

92. 9100. 867.568. S45.671.964. 4

100. 763 876.9ftn 3

62,261 1

101. 968. 354.6

54 470.094,899.7

87.188.486.793 748.6

79.978.668.868.365.8

10,365

36332239424851243628

.68950

24. 2991.3

25. 8390 1

26 9187. 3

20. 8993 8

15.3388.9

January

9088

89

88

71,252

40 248 0

20181,031

2,927

33 9

3 T (;

23! o8 7

49.41,334

75.3

6S.4 !

46.6

90. 499. 362. 460.644.069.964. 1

101.363 868!464 3

51.840 0

89.373.355. 0

50 471.5 •96.3 i98.6

85. 687.589.491 046.1

77.077.5 ;66.766. 2 ,60.0

10, 048

3637

40444851203726

.670 i50

23.0786.7

24. 4585 3

25 8984.0

19.7788 7

14 7985.8

Dece,, JNoven , - Oflob(.r

00 ' 91 9291 i 89 90

91 ' 91 93

88 88 90

71,189 ! 71,052 70,790

41 648.3 i .

7 : 21> 36194,455 i 273,608 335,916

5,144 j 7,759 16,007

44 6 47 6 30 J

25. 1 24. U 52. 9" o 2 V' 3 8

:>2. 2 33. 7 33! 9

9. ',' l i . i J 15 2

59. 8 72. 0 82. 61,357 1,394 1 , 4 5 5

85. 0 83. 2 ! 02. 3

73. 7 75. 1 SO 8f>n. 3 CO. 9 (ft. 4

94. 7 9ti. 1 99 v)101.4 103.2 109.366.7 68.9 75 858.1 • 55.0 G9. 750. 4 54. 7 GO. 475. 0 75. 1 81. 467. 9 67. 3 G9. 4

105.7 105.0 J05. 462 6 58. 7 do 972.2 73.4 80.377.7 76. S 78 0

60. 8 GO. 8 62. 855 5 57 4 5S 4

100.0 98,0 117.277. 7 : 79. 1 79. 459.9 63.4 68.6

59. 9 66. 8 79. 377.2 80.0 82.6

101.3 97.7 100.9106.3 103.7 105. &

88.6 ' 87.7 89.991.3 91.0 92.9

107.7 96.8 95.191 5 93 6 85 557.4 82.9 140.0

» 39. 04

78. ? • 78. 1 87. 183.4 87.7 93.469.7 72.2 7G. 271. 3 74. 8 80. 763. 9 66. 2 73. 0

10,513 1C.. 8S3 11,489

37 38 3937 37 3822 i 24 :. 2441 1 40 ; 4145 i 47 i 4851 50 ! 4951 i 52 ; 5322 i 22 i 2237 ;: 35 ! 3828 ; 26 ! 27

. 670 . 679 ! . 05950 ; 50 : 50

24. OS ! !

90.3 i •.

25.5589 1

26.71 i86. 7 i .—

20.46 !...91.8 !

15.64 ' „90.7 !_.-_— ' . . . . . . . _

2 Revised. 3 Quarter ending In month indicated.




EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES-Con.

Wages— Continued

Totals bv States-Delaware rel to 1923-25Illinois dollars..Illinois . rel. to 1925-27..New Jersey rel to 1923-25New York . dollars .New York rel. to 1923..Pennsylvania rel. to 1923-25 _ .Wisconsin dollars. .Wisconsin rel to 1925-27

Youngstown district, wages ofsteel workers... p. ct. of base scale..

CONSTRUCTION

iiuildiag Costs

Building costs (^4. 0. C.), 1st ofmonth , ' rel. to 1913

Building costs (E. N. R.) 1st ofmonth rel. to 1913..

Building materials:Brick house, 1st of month .....rel. to 1913..Frame house, 1st of month rel. to 1913. .

Construction costs (.4m. Appraisal):Brick, steel frame rel. to 1913Brick, wood frame .rei. to 1913. .Frame rel. to 1913Reinforced concrete .rel. to 1913 .Factory costs (Aberthaw^ rel. to 1914

Building volume (A. 0. C.) -rel. to 1913..

Construction Contracts Awarded

Total construction,F. R, B. adjusted ..rel. to 1923-1925,.

Total construction, all tyoes:F. W. Dodge Corp.—

Projects . number..Floor space thous. of sq. ft.-Valuation thous. of dolls .

Public works and utilities:Projects . number _Floor space thous. of sq. f t ._Valuation thous. of dolls

Residential buildings, all types:Projects numberFloor space thous, of sq. ft .Valuation .. thous. of dolls. ..

Contracts awarded, Canada thous. of dollsEngineering construction (E. N. R.):

Total public thous of dollsWater works thous, of dolls__Sewers _ .thous. of dolls. .Bridges, public.- . thous. of dolls..Excavation thous. of dolls..Street and roads... thous. of dolls..Federal Government, .thous. of dolls..Unclassified, public., thous. of dolls. .Buildings, public .thou?. of dolls..

Total, private thous. of rlollsBuildings, industrial.. thous. of dolh..Buildings, commerciaLthous. of dolls..Bridges," private .thous. of dolls..Unclassified thous. of dolls

Fire Losses

Unite*! State0- tôus of MollsCmif ida tlious of dolls

Real Estate

Marke t activity rel to 1920

Highways

Concrete pavements, new contracts:Total ._ thous. of sq. yds .Road thous. of sq. vds

Federal-aid highways:Completed—

Cost thous. of dollsDistance miles

Under construction, end of month-miles..

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Electric R ail w a y s

-Vver-ige ;'ares (27^ cities^ centsPassengers carried (232 co/s)- thous. of person?-.Operating revenue (all railways)

" thous. of dolls

Gas and Electric Power

Electric power companies, grossrevenue thous. of dolls. .

October h^f1'

90.022. 1678.199.4

25.2692.776.3

107.5

192

169.8

162156

161172157162

128

55

8.70130, 700

242, 094

1,288171

82, 462

5, 26815, 21760, 540

105, 1133, 0385,176

15, 8171,624

28, 70318, 8218, 108

24, 828119, 06019, 14186, 128

45013, 341

3,510

4, 0092, 482

65. 3492, 1139. 028

794. 798

2 Revised.

87.022.5279.495.1

26.0795.775.3

107.5

193

171.4

161154

163174159164

3 174135

9,10530, 068

2251,110

1,800353

85, 139

5, 09612, 99254, 55333, 658

129, 1576,3907,7339,9482,365

29, 84041,637

4, 75326, 49147, 79910, 02125, 446

94411,388

83, 203•2, 905

8.7026,182

53, 4151,887

10, 659

734. 056

55; 986

172. 240

August

91.223.7083.5

101.426.2398.378.4

107.5

195

171.4

163156

163176160165

144

59

9,24230, 631

233, 106

1,719737

72, 964

5,14114, 12460, 20326, 143

82, 4531,1536,0596,9091,711

31, 08810, 8395,990

18. 70466, 44811,80133, 256

13721, 254

31,9182,819

59 8

7,6755, 437

26, 799943

11,884

8, 0%712, 660

55, 835

167, 380

19

July June

89.9 100.523.86 23.9384.1 84.3

102.2 102.226.30 26.2596.5 96.478.3 ; 82.3

19.37 ! 21.1675.7 | 82.8

107.5 ; 107.5

195 196.

174.4 187.4

164 166155 158

165 166177 179162 165166 168

8 176140 137

61 64

10,663 i 10,80633,812 35,001

285,997 | 331,880

2,048 ! 2,0301.233 ! 2,367

116,265 ! 154,512

5,658 i 5,97215,889 16,91363,893 ! 72,74528,055 i 29.793

148,784 125,7375,536 i 8,0165,697 ! 5,370

28,520 : 5,7861,180 1,419

56,511 : 62,47122,560 i 20,1584,129 : 3,965

24,651 ! 18,552121,326 i 70,58938,663 j 13,90155,242 i 40,9862,250 i 25

25,171 15,677

33,025 33.3681.999 12,427

01. 1 ! 58.4

12,470 ' 15,9579,309 ; 13,536

\

26, 164 ] 13, 9941,018 ; 651

12,207 : 12,306

8,096 ; 8,069739,617 | 787,453

56,981 i 60,232

2 187, 190 i 168, 510

• Q

31

May

103.624.5486.5

105.826.8798.685.6

21.6584.9

110.5

197

189.3

167160

166180166169

April

101. 324.9988.1

105.127.27100.189.2

22.2686.7

115. 0

199

191.6

167175

172186172175

107 : 87

66 73

11,506 ; 11,88838,941 i 39,380

306,079 I 336,925

2,141 1 1,907387 ! 785

108,948 | 132,993

6,652 ! 7,22121,911 ! 22,63388,900 ! 95,89636,896 i 22,708

122, 036 176, 0755, 243 10, 2193,254 i 7,727

11,801 ' 9.9164. 198 1, 143

63, 167 81, 62310,340 • 26,3895,422 ; 8,214

18,606 ! 30,84495,797 : 140,83012.606 ! 22,96554,413 ! 67,4446, 248 50

22,530 50,371

37,S35 : 41,4243,807 : 3,602

61.3 '\ 62.0

12, 303 24, 67110, 038 21, 982

1

5, 059 ! 9, 100225 1 254

11,229 • 9,569

8, 069 8, 072831, 183 843, 669

63, 718 64, 332i

i

171, 550 1 176, 210

aarter ending in me

March

102. 425.1388.6

105.027.87102.387.5

22.6988.1

115.0

199

194.5

170163

178192178181

* 18178

77

10, 78837, 955

369, 981

1.681522

151,722

6,48622, 090

100, 91327, 312

168, 9252,542

11, 3009,7521,122

53, 38866,22510, 24714, 34978, 42116, 56646, 128

2515, 702

44, 0743,488

61.7

29,46717, 573

5,826205

8, 277

8,072861,501

66, 028

i 175,840

>nth indie

Febru-ary

100.825. 2989.1

106.227.35100.486.8

21.6484.3

113.5

200

196.6

171165

179194179182

99

79

7, 62928, 339

235, 405

1,080246

78, 643

4, 52016, 55977,91825, 930

83, 8373,1103,0432,4771,768

36, 68214,5715,633

16, 55394, 70514, 11950, 432

30, 154

41,7764,689

60. 7

9, 4038, 321

9, 654188

7, 489

8, 006782,034

60, 370

i 182,280

ated.

January

97.924.2585.5

104. 126.9298.885.6

19.7076.5

113.5

199

194.5

170163

179194179182

95

71

6, 91124, 635

227, 956

978393

95, 211

4,05612, 23554, 37620,299

116, 5355, 4315,079

11,4282.908

39, 62010, 57616, 13425, 359

120, 66014, 13554, 316

23051, 979

44, 0904,, 053

66. 0

20, 1079, 218

17,416423

6,957

8, 064860, 458

66, 839

2196,170

1930

Decem-ber

100.625.0988.4

106.027.42100.787.8

20.8481.1

116.5

199

196.9

174. 168

[ 1791 196i 182

1848 185

123

7, 39129, 055

: 249,436

1,009697

78, 621

4, 34014, 70570,91124, 542

99, 6162, 2375,669

! 6, 2891 3, 762; 25, 650! 12,300! 22, 915i 20, 7941 73. 199

11,7461 51, 742

1009,611

42, 6701 4, 689

C8.9

8, 8085, 081

42,751' 1, 071

7,030

: 8, 050i 898,062

5 70, 165

1 191,920

N£r| October

(

98. 4 ! 102. 625.31 i 26.4289.2 i 93.1

106.6 ! 110.627.32 ! 27.94100.3 ! 102.689.8 ; 94.8

21.33 i 22.8984.1 ; 89.0

116.5 118.0

199 : 200

198.5 : 198.7

172 176165 171

180 186196 202183 188185 190

173 186

76 78

9, 127 12, 15833,089 39,484

253, 574 ; 336, 706

1,292 : 2,017468 339

76,378 112,966

5,368 6,82218,844 22,33780,782 ; 104,67039,311 33,332

87,188 121,6334,003 7,0224,647 6,1507, 149 13, 7638, 523 1, 053

25, 798 47, 8868, 723 8, 815

11,805 3,79816, 535 33, 146

102, 146 121. 30520,401 24,59373, 447 83, 723

1, 997 8256,301 12, 164

35, CS3 36, 8393,175 : 2.796

04. 6 74. 0

0,293 9,7454,790 6,820

40,4J 8 41,0881, 138 : 1, 0257,785 8,325

8,050 8,376828,905 878,327

65,415 69,642

187,340 , 182,950



51

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

PUBLIC UTTILHES

Gas and Electric Power

1931 1930

August July June May April : March January i 1 October

Electric power production :United Stales —

Total mills, of kw. hrsBy fuels mills of kw. hrsBy water power mills, of kw. hrs._In street railways, manufacturing

plants, etc mills of kw. hrsIn central stations. —mills, of kw. hrs..

Canada —Total mills, of kw, hrs..By water power . .mills, of kw. hrsExported.. mills, of kw. hrs..

Manufactured gas:Sales mills, cu. ftRevenue thous. of dolls..

Natural gas:Sales mills, cu. ft..Revenue thous. of dolls

Rate of manufacturing operations (based onconsumption of electric energy for power pur-poses). (See under Industrial production.)

Telephone

Telephone companies:Operating revenues thous. of dollsOperating incoir-e thous of dolls

TelegraphCommercial telegraph tolls thous. of dolls. .Operating revenues . -thous. of dolls._Operating income ,. thous. of dolls..

TransportationExpress earnings:

Operating income thous of dollsOperating revenue. ....... thous. of dolls..

Inland waterways:Allegheny River. . ... short tonsCape Cod Canal short tons__Mississippi River Govt. barges short tons—Monongahela River. thous. of short tons..New York canals thous. of short tons..Ohio River —

Cincinnati districtthous of short tons

Huntington district% thous o? short tons

Louisville districtthous of snort tons

Pittsburg to Wheeling short tons..Pittsburg district

thous of short tonsPanama Canal-

Total cargo traffic.thous. of long tons..IT. S. vessels thous. of long tons

In British vessels.thous. of long tons..St. Lawrence Canal. thous. of short tons..Sault Ste. Marie Canal

thous. of short 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 numberUnited States citizens. number..

D e p art u res abroad—Emigrants numberUnited States citizens number..

Passports issued numberPullman Company operations:

Revenue thous. o f dolls . .Passengers carried thousands..

Trend of business in hotels:Average sale per occupied room ....dollars...Room occupancy p. ct. of capacity..

Steam railways:Equipment—

Freight cars—-in bad order, end of month—

Quantity errsRatio to total earn... per coat..

New orders ... _ earsOwned, end of month —

Quantity thous. of cars...rapacity... mills, of l h s _ _

Shipments—Total cars..Domestic cars

Unfilled orders (railroads) —Total. ..'....cars..Of manufacturers ears..In railroad shops. _ .cars..

Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assc.)—- l

Exports, steam number..

7.708 j 27,531 27,6285,067 25,340 25,1652,041 22,191 22,463

418 445 4707,290 2 7, 086 2 7, 158

1,2S8 1,2561,263 1,234

93 100

25,985 23,52728,681 26,046

! 33,823 31,661! 13.400 12.813

73,414 73,337! 17.523 16,621

8,441 ' 8,359; 11,012 j 10,825i 507 \ 387

..J 134; : 9,428

213,562 1 246,551 i 294,720221,308 197,997 \ 186,414105,000 !* 106, 931 ! 104,266

1,135 i 962 ! 1,042505 i 587 ; 425

3315 '

' 2 1,193 !

: 3 856 i _. .603,544 635,571 661,514

i s 2,135 i

3,763 : 1,755 i 1,789930 i 884 i 859327 i 318 ! 378795 ; 711 ! 714

6,248 i 7,126 1 8,385i 1 813 1 ^60

821,454 | 968,763 j 972,976

6,461 i 6,679 7,4632,420 i 2 478 ; 2,7344,011 4,201 | 4,729

3,913 : 5,017 1 4,09032, Ivy i (;2r581 ! 59,372

JO, S57 i 8,733 9,54135. 016 • 42,247 65,895

7,34f> i 8,812 i 10,749

5,409 i 5,5641,969 | 2,091

351 3.55 3.64tX) : 58 64

194,948 ; 194,127 187,5859. 0 i 8.9 i 8.6798 ; 3 534

2.211 2,216 ' 2,220207, 259 j 207, 639 | 207, 947

404 ^ 780 i 524404 ; 776 499

4, 610 i 5, 100 5, 746314 ! 534 1 866

4,296 ! 4,566 j 4,880

1 11 0

'7,766; 2 5, 022i 2, 744

! 506\ 2 7, 260

! 2 1,251i zl,231I 95

i 24,741! 27, 337

32, 83413, 482

74, 80216, 320

1 8, 774• 11,370i 461

139| 9, 773

! 237,024211,172104, 300

1,331506

849, 277

1,867! 820

466717

7,6111, 963

i 871,513

7,5362 7424.' 784

3,17430, 944

7, 42846. 96117, 667

6. 4132, 023

3. 5554

181, 7028.3443

2, 224208, 207

341341

6,4661,3365,130

2

i 7,526 7,639 7,643 i 7,8761 4,642 4,500 \ 4,520 j 5,243

2,884 3,139 | 3,123 2,633

509 447 j 454 ; 4527,017 7,192 ! 7,189 1 7,424

21,290 * 1,366 1 2^411 j J 1,4181,268 i 1,34.3 ! 1,388 i 1,392

89 87 I 98 1 128

28,310 ! 29,865 ; 30,731 i 30,94530,654 31,827 32,356 ; 32,386

36,821 43,340 52,568 1 54,72916, 159 20, 108 24, 225 i 26, 031

75,919 ; 76,804 77,098 77,21417,977 ' 18,046 i 19,051 j 18,650

: 1 I9,212 9,133 \ 9,391 : 9,346

11,875 11,744 11,963 ! 12,0241,737 1,426 1,513 ! 1,406

1 '''•• •

105 107 129 ! 11910,151 ; 10,493 10,196 | 10,113

143,627 1 169,760 i 134,854 52,700203,230 216,559 203,085 1 163,18686,016 99,901 • 82,465 I 82,970

1,257 1,508 i 1,518 1 1,535385 457 i 349 i 0

s 290 3 65

7,160 7,9475,001 5,5972, 150 2, 350

410 4606,750 I 7,487

2 1, 339 2 1, 4891,311 1,456

145 162

31.110 33,47832; 504 34,947

56,242 i 63,33827,124 31,037

i

73,277 76,8241.6,864 17,892

8,326 8,94310,806 11,528

724 609

134 1289,687 9,884

49,620 56,740165,789 233,89069,572 75,512

1, 359 1. 5710 0

3 942 3 7653 969 [ \ z 464

736, 187 685, 526 7.13, 200 j 545, 900 428, 499 504, 7003 2, 120 ' 3 1,484

1,759 1,925 i 2,011 i 1,916828 937 \ 929 i 910453 421 436 i 429920 1, 166 I 319 1 0

6, 645 4, 335 ! 922 \ 02,027 2,403 ! 2,396 i 2,440

1,015,469 1,165,853 370,003 i 0; ;

6, 543 6, 539 ! 5, 907 1 5, 0442,241 2.525 i 2,092 i 1,7734,302 4,014 i 3,815 3,271

3,534 3,799 3,470 i 3,57725,588 22,518 28,281 34,861

5, 893 | 5, 616 5, 647 \ 4, 69329, 579 23, 242 24, 418 ! 32, 27827,689 i 23,513 21,466' 14,328

5, 470 ; 5, 055 5, 238 1 4, 8942,051 : 1,900 i 1,986 j 1,966

3. 58 ! 3. 50 3. 73 : 3. 6350 61 63 i 61

172,776 170,165 I 162,966 162,1177.9 7.7 7.4 7.3972 46 2,768 2,166

2,229 2,244 2,249 2,251208,579 209,645 209,958 210,102

615 648 1,082 762555 646 1,082 657

7,179 j 6,585 7,542 7,4842, 070 i 1, 599 2, 176 1. 5G95,109 ! 4,986 5,366 5,915

1 1 3 5 1 0

1, 930 2, 107864 958448 540

0 0

0 02,474 2,744

0 0

4, 972 5, 4141,695 1,8433,277 3,571

3,147 4,09127, 508 19, 844

4,720 ' 4,39733,172 ! 24,8857,255 7,445

5,346 S,0721,919 2,203

3.84 3. SO64 66

•

153,606 ; 147,6506.9 ; 6.724 0

2,253 i 2,254210,235 j 210,229

633 845533 ; 735

8,637 ; 8,7992,207 i 2,6816,430 6,118 j

2 2

8,1085,7462,362

5027, 606

1, 5421, 513

149

31, 32032, 963

i 56,529| 26,816

77, 820| 16, 070

I 10, 012i 12, 973

1, 517

' 10210, 826

1 64, 170225, 021107, 507

! 1, 5470

3 83

7,6935. 5022, 191

4657,228

1,5151, 488

142

29, 75731,751

49, 38622, 426

76, 13917, 148

8, 64711, 348

735

12410, 474

230, 423225, 32283, 480

1,811390

3 1, 268

3951500, 211

• 3 2, 440: 2, 167

'953i 536I 38

3122,246

68, 400

5, 5051, 9913,514

' 6, 43928, 535

i 5, 45021, 140

1 6, 5651 5,418: 2, ISO

3. 7260

; 147,334: 6.6i 2, 6911 2, 258

210,426

607436

9,7803,3766,404

3

926,013

2, 2631, 009

615563

5, 1302, 186

583, 907

G, 2242,5013,723

9, 20922, 381

4, 95124, 420

7, 496

5, 3052. 031

3. 9665

155, 8837.0

2, 862

2,271211, 788

1,1821,139

3, 7161, 1252,591

0

8, 1955,9062, 289

4867,709

1,5751, 550

161

29,37731, 698

40, 93017,031

79, 17319, 074

10, 13713, 1571,829

11810, 940

246, 832230, 043102, 569

2,075608

1, 037, 028

2, 3941, 133

546877

9, 0942,217

916, 563

7,0742,6514,423

13, 94240, 702

5 35232J 988

7, 834

6, 0162,278

3. 9069

157, 7277.1

3, 291

2,272211,823

2,3842,307

5, 4232, 4452, 97S

5

^ Revised. Quarter ending in month indicated.



December, 1931

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

PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued ;

Locomotives ji

In bad order, end of month— jAwaiting classified repairs \

nuro.be! iRatio to total locomotives

per cent..'.Installed _ . _ _. number...;New orders number., jRetired nu uiber i

Owned, end of month— '.Quantity number...Tractive power mills, of lhs._

Shipments, manufacturers (Census)-- j

Total - numberElectric, domestic number .Steam, domestic number ._

Shipments, electric locomotives-Industrial (quarterly) ...number.-A'linin17 (Quarterly) number

Unfilled orders (railroads) , end of mo...Of manufacturers number--In railroad shops number. _

Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (CenSOP)-

Total numberElectric, domestic.. number--Steam, domestic number--

Passenger cars—In railroad hands, end of quarter

numberNew orders.. ears..Shipments—

Toial carsDomestic carsUnfilled orders, end of quarter

nu'T'berFinancial operations-

Net operating income .thous. of dolls-..Operating revenues —

Canada thous of dollsUnited States—

Total ... -thous. of dolls-Freight. . thous. of dolls. .Passengers thous. of dolls..

Operating expanses thous. of dolls..Net operating revenue, Canada

_ _ thous. of dolls. .Freight cars—

Carload! ngs*—Total thous. of cars..Coal and coke thous. of cars..Forest products thous. of cars--Grain and grain products

thous of carsLivestock thous. of cars..Ore. _. . _ thous. of ears..Merchandise, 1. c. 1. thous. of cars...Miscellaneous ... ..thotis. of cars--

Car surplus (daiiy average, last woekof month)—

Total ears..Box cars..Coal _ _ cars.

Operation results —Freight carried 1 mile-

Canada mills of tonsUnited States. .mills, of tons.-

Passengers carried 1 mile-millions..Receipts per ton-mile cents

FINANCE

Agricultural Finances

Loans outstanding, end of month:Federal land banks mills, of d oils-Federal intermediate credit, banks

mills, of dolls.Joint-stock land banks mills, of dolls.,

Banking

Acceptances and commercial paper:Bankers acceptances outstanding-

Total mills, of dolls..Held by Federal reserve banks — •

For own account. mills, of dolls. .For account of foreign correspondents

mills, of dolls..Held by group of accepting banks —

Own bills ' mills of dollsBills bought mills, of dolls _

Held by others mills, of dolls. .Commercial Daper outstanding

! mills, of dolls..Bank debits:

Canada mills, of dolls..New York Citv mills, of dolls.Outside New York City. ...mills, of dolls..Outside New York City.-iel. to 1823-25-

1931

October

6, 485

12. 0610

139

54, 8892.509

908

154

112105

7

0

210

3, QIo755

193145102

1,0811, 415

535, 254290, 369185, 442

1, 171

124540

1, 040

617

99

11211863

210

"26." 678"18, 125

91. 9

Septem-ber

6,310

11.7611

113

54, 9672,512

404

» 32 37

1512

12010514

3 50, 95$0

00

3 16

55,319

350. 335270. 239

4-t, 757258, 223

2, 90S516104

14996

121841

1.081

f>64, 284293, 424209, 765

27, S47

1,174

130545

990

420

100

162248

06

243

; 2, 451

20, 073! 16, 627! 84.3

August

6, 173

11.4956

J22

55, 0292, 514

1312

1613

745518

0

88

55, 859

28, 205

364.525280, 10349, 183

269, 463

1,871

3,747617138

228106175

1, 0691, 413

573. 680302, 887206, 240

1. 03029. 348

L041

1, 178

133548

1, 090

70

228

1C8439185

2, 24417. 50116, 526

83.8

July

i

!

5,913

10.9 |66 !3 |

108

55,0562,513 |

13 ;1 j

"ii

18 114 :

86 !55 :

20

0 |

2 !

2 ;

56, 535

29,352 ;

377,146 :290,34850,272 ;

280,127 :

2,049 \

2,C31452 '10(5

220 i71 ,

139830 i

1,113 !

504,068 I288,414 i211,014 |

1,770 ;

30,276 i2,1151.051 |

i

1,179 1

137 jCfll !

1, 22s

39

213

2? 2•* : ;>278

„, 40021,00718, 444

93.5

June

5,938

10.9114

55,0982, 513

190

19

3 4! 82

201C

955430

• 51, 1360

1313

824

50,163

30, 480

369, 8102*1.261

50, 957280, 145

1,898

2,992465125

140

119876

1, 192

599, 282306, 443224, 120

2, 20728, 2582, 0341. 090

1,182

137532

i crs

95

341

Uf.3. 7r,79

2'j2

2,69125, Sf-31 9. 406

98.4

May |

5,910

10.8 i94 '

151 !182

55,2782,518 ;

26 '0 >

26!

31 'l20 ;

580 :

47

0

3838

41, 264

30.934

369, 020283, 161

46, 9812SS, 067

2, me

3, 730611165

18010680

1,0971,496

615, 924308,319238, 504

2,17830,0141.8701. 054

1,184

131536

1,413

124

3^0

171293444

30-

3,17225 07218,858

95, 6

April

5, 95S

10.967

7151

55. 3(562,520

152

12

572*

800

69

4

3737

39, 071

30, 912

369. 652283,711

47, 272290, 618

3, 640

2 9%4S6130

1518529

8991,206

R02, 832282,315251, 679

2, 13628, 710

1, 8311.093

1,185

138540

] ,422

102

409

285441

307

2, 78626. 82119, 620

99.5

March

5,967

10.9 !77 !

8 !161 ;

55,450

10 !5 ;5 i

1 17a fiO

60 )26 ;

95

s f j

s 51 4S9 ''0 {

24 !24 I

1 125

45,906 !

30,613 !

376,149 !291,289 !47,150 i

291,582 |

3, 112

2,940 !555 i138 !

153 i79 123

886 !1.105 •

621,509 12P8.837 !252,825 |

2,10429,960 1

1, 758 !1.074 !

Ii

1,187

138 i544 !

1.4C7 1

123

431

131 !341 i441 i

311

2,57027,589 i19.421 !

98.4 |

Febru-ary

5, 734

10.4868

128

55, 5342,525

155

10

5729

103

85

0

3030

27, 264

26, 788

336. 632257,52140. 455

272, 1 16

121

2,83658413S

1658822

842997

650,964324,938253, 51.5

1, 95127, 079

1,7471.049

1, 187

128548

1, ,'.20

85

450

j f l305;430

315

2, 53520, 94817, 084

86 6

January i

5, 522

10.0802

182

55, 5762, 525

166

10

6430

911278

0

3333

S3, 849

28, 141

365,900277.014

53, 349294. 082

421

3,49181715C

18612426

t-971. 175

646, 750336, 577240, 292

2,01030, 3141,9151. 015

1, 187

128i 550

1,720

£1

1M3^

327

2, 66824, 55721, 697

110. 0

Decem-ber

: ,5, 216

! 9.592CO

390

55, 678! 2, 528

' 497

; 37s 23

i «76

9030

104i is

86

i 3 51, 644

8s

3 264

49, 372

33, 450

377, 933280, 90955, 443

297,606

6, 910

2, 784638121

: 14394

i 22820

I 640

i 706,538! 380,6031 251,358

2, 23929, 026

; 2,0151. 052

1, 187

i 130| 553

o~>

l j *

0

4i7

3"^

3,01229, 001

1 22,113117. 2

1930

Novem-ber

5, 102

9 , 29tf

426S

55. 9S52. 538

43G

37

33

932563

10

^767

02. 069

35, 474

398, 786311,042

48,710299, 301

7, 579

^'852174

19G14092

1, 1331, 546

580, 498$04, 1 00213, 752

2, 63332, 205

1, 8281. 050

1, 1SS

1325G7

-i2'-

9 U 7 l22! 4r-019,700

99. 9

October

4, 936

8.9127

206

56,1572, 541

509

48

10237

1323196

0

7373

11C, 251

42. 093

483, 455385, 684

52, 3683':6, 286

11.408

3,818733159

163129154966

1, 514

-S02, 037m 705126, 935

3.09639. 292

1.9591. 063

1, 189

v?e56-0

1. ~'fi

141

4^

1 "2212

0

is.">

"., 618V.. 781

- -3, 679' 0 0

* Data for January, May, and October, 1931, and November 1930, are for 5 weeks, other months 4 weeks.2 Revised.3 Quarter ending in month indicated.



53


FiNANCE-ContinuedBanking— Continued

Brokers' loans, end of month:By N. Y. F. K. member banks

mills, of Qolls.Katio to market value - per cent..Total mills of dolls

Federal reserve banks:Bills discounted.- mills, of dolls..Member b'lnk reserve account

mills of dollsNotes in circulation mills, of dolls..Reserve bank credit mills, of dolis__Total deposits mills, of dollsTotal investments^ _. mills, of dolls _Total reserve mills of dolls

Federal reserve member banks:Net demand deposits mills, of dolls..Total investments mills, of dolls..Total loans and discounts—mills, of dolls..

Interest rates:Call loans, renewal per centFederal land binks per centIntermediate credit banks .per cent--New York Federal Reserve

Bank (discount rate) per centPrime bankers' acceptances. ... -per cent..Prime eouiiuereial paper (4-6 months)

ptr centTime loans, 99 days . .per cent-..

N'ew York St if e . i/iills. of dolLs. .Uii.tra rlatvs postal saving system —

I V i - r - ' t N t lulls, of d:>lls\\ i t hî-r.v i' i .. ... .tlir.us. of do1 Is. _h •( v J o n dit uf d(-p, sitors .. . .

. .tii, *us. of doiiS..

tilOUS of doll>

Pushups iafiuresFirms . Uni t f J States):

Banks number

M.miiLicturpr> . number-Trade pst'tbi'srrr'onts .--number--Agents and brokers .number..B\ groups —

]\ ranufactur-j rs— -Total number..C hem icals num her. .Foodstuffs numberLeather .number-,Liquors and tobacco-- ..number..Lumber — ------number--Printing and engraving-number..^tone, clay, and glass number...Textiles. number...Metals number..All other number..

Traders-Total ... „ number. _Books and paper number..Chemicals and paints. _ .number—Clothing numberFoods and tobacco number..General stores number _.Household furniture number-.All other number

Firms (Canada) -.number..Liabilities (United States;:

Banks thous. of dolls..Total commercial thous. of dolls..Manufacturers thous of dollsTrade establishments thous. of dolls..Agents and brokers __.thous. of dolls_.Liabilities (Canada) _ thous. of dollsDividend and Interest Payments

Grand total _ . mills, of dollsDividend payments:

Total . .. mills, of dollsIndustrial and miscel-

laneous ... .... mills, of dolls .Steam railroads .mills, of dolls..Street railways. mills, of dollsInterest payments mills, of dolls. _

Foreign Exchange BatesAmerica:

Argentina dolls, per gold pesoBrazil-. dolls, per rnilreis__Canada dolls, per Canadian doll..Chile dolls, per paper peso..

Asia:Japan ..dolls, per yen--India dolls per rupee

Europe:Belgium . dolls. per belga..England dolls per Ib sterlingFrance dolls, per franc..Italy dolls, per lira--Netherlands dolls, per guilder _ _Sweden dolls, per krone--Switzerland dolls, per franc..

1931

October

'

8692. 33

798

728

2, 1672,429 :

2, 184 i2,380 :1,408 ;2, 903

12, 4497, 700

13, 521

2.10

4.06

* 3. 502. 50

G 133.25

5,217

527 130

447, 300

Oil

' 1 W

6141150181454

y8155

290

1, 60518

112284447105260379256

566.686 i70,660 i26, 33429,48614,8413.200

747

288 :

22536

9 i459

.520

.056

.891

.121

.493

.287

.1403.89.039.052.404.231 i.196

Seyt em- 1ber !

1, 1723.23 !

1,044

323

2, 3642,098 i1,578 :2,506 11,211 !3,301 1

13,227 •7,916 1

14,191 i

1.505.63 (

3.81

1.501,07 ;

2 001.63 ;

5,231 •

4">,°lo

i^:, 2'0

-'3051,936

4491,374

113

449134014 :1049 !23 ?6

6432

193

1,3741590

273 :

35387 i

234322

2 230 :'

237,061 !40,256 i14,857 !24,658 !7,741 |4,539

533

233

17427 i

6 i300

.597

.059

.963

.120

.493

.339

. 1394.53.039.052.403.261.195

August

1,3663.04

1, 354

2,3731, 9631,2552,632

9433,619

13,2447, C65 ^

14,398

1.505.63 13.81

1.50,88 ;

2. 001.38

5,173

ji S o o

1581,944

4271, 381

136

4279

3018

52146

6149

181

1, 3S112

10922044.1

78235286164

185,90253, 02516,96725,84810, 2102,138

490 •

245

170346

245

.646

.064 i

.997 i

.121

.494 1

.359 !\

.139 !4.86 1.039 1.052 |.403 1.268 j.195 i

July

1,3903.03

1, 344

195

2, 3671, 765

9762,527

7513,597

13, 4737, 810

14, 486

1.505.833.81

1.50.88

2. 001.38

5, 149

: f v 1 , S27

931, 983

5201,322

141

5201334lu6

3917137549

258

1,3221986

25736368

239292223

41,33460, 99820, 58628, 09112, 3213,345

946

387

2674211

559

.699

.072

.997

.121

.494

.360

.1404.86.039.052.403.268.194

June

1,4792. 93

1,391

149

2, 3811, 723

9432, 504

7733, 576

13, 688

14', 691

1.505. 633.90

1.50.88

2. 001.50

5 158

43, ~f 5

3i .), 120

1671. 993

4491, 435

109

4497

64261057217

5337

167

1, 4352084

23536089

243404174

2195,951, 51, 656i 21, 909

25, 9343, 8133,504

762

346

237347

416

.703

.075

.997

.121

.494

.360

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.194

May

1,5393. 37

1,435

174

2, 3891,580

9172, 442

7243, 413

13, 6057,807

14, 730

1.455.034,00

*1. 502.00

2.131.75

5. 033

31 °2J

.°o «)'J-?

892, 218

5521,570

126

5521243144

6597~97850

250

1,57019

10829540188

357302196

43, 96353, 37118, 50625 0699, 7962,775

560

292

213338

268

.707

.067

.999

.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.193

April |

1,7303.40

1, 651

157

2, 3711, 535

9372,434

7613,334

13, 664 17,903 |

14,993 i

1. 52 ;5. 63 i4.00

2.00 :

1.50 ;!

2. 38 •2. 00 i

5,059

20,911

27>, ,ol

64 i2,386

515 j1, 710

158

5159

3812

6 !

75100

7855

227

1,7101898

351451109297 .386 i204

42,417 ,50,868 ;18, 719 i26, 3865. 7633. 638

749

314

236389

435

.765 !

.073LOOO.121

.494

.361 !

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

March

1,8753.58

1,909

250

2,4281,486

9902,506

7233, 296

13, 7487, 551

15; 382

1.555. C34. 00

2.001. 50

2. 502.13

5,018

29 337IS, 1 38

02, • :,->

862, 604

5821, 843

170

5825

37239

61277

7952

282

1,84328

107400441152358357213

35,28560, 38724, 07230,348

5, 9673,752

594 |

311

236 i46 i

284

i.780.079 i

1.000 |.121 |

.494 !

.361 1

.139 !4.86 !.039 |.052 i.401 !.268 1.192 !

Febru-ary

1,7983.22

1,840

198

2, 3431,478

9252, 399

7083, 244

13, 6147, 183

15,464

1.505. 634.00

2.001.44

2. R31.88

4,928

31, >5">17, old

2y2, 059

2", 2uo

Ti

2, 563583

1,831149

5831337149

72154

9654

269

1,8311993

381438131407362253

35, 12369, G0825, 30430, 852

3,4523,014

524

285

217459

239

.719

.0861.000.121

.494

.359

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

January

1,7343.30

1,720

232

2,3981,494

9802,448

7353,243

13, 680 i6,843

15,753

1.575.634.00

2.001.56

2.882. 13

4, 888

51, 58518, oil

210,2*0

2023, 316

6112,541

164

6111032176

762111

12444

270

2,54115

117633476220571509296

78, 13094,60847, 63343. 0713,9044,215

1,121

521

3865616

601

.697.091.998.121

.494

.359

.1394.85.039.052.402.268. 194

Decem-ber

1, 9263.86

1, 894

251

2,4711,6641,3732,5171,1003,082

13, 9996,693

16, 263

2.235.634.00

* 2.001.88

2.882 25

4, 792

OS, S7914, 1(,7

3442, 525

5371, 834

154

5379

34146

7715128534

251

1, 83415

114444461138290372295

367, 11983, 68319, 94828, 85335, 382

6,994

713

284

2213914

429

.756

.096

.999

.121

.496

.359

.1404.86.039.052.403.268.1Q4

1930

Novem-ber

2,1114.06

2,162

275

2,3731,4551, 0792,422

7803, 115

13, 9086,800

16, 516

2.00/>. 634.00

2. 501.8S

2.882.13

4, 066

20, 19712,072

2' < , ' t ">

17U,

2542, 031

4481,447

136

4485

278

107118147134

190

1,44711

111261393104245322237

ISO, 30655, 26119, 43821,21714, 6062,958

579

277

2123912

302

.7810

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394.86.039.052.102.468

9Q4

October

2,5124. 65

2,556

207

2,4181, 368

9982, 465

7653,149

13, 8306,731

16, 764

2.005. 634.00

2. 501.88

3. 002.50

4, 658

14,78312, 084

192, 5 i i

2,124499

1,474151

499

15145420129734

211

1, 4741894

25039810*253353

2 219

24, 59956, 29717, 98922, 09616, 212

2 2, 849

2777

2334

2 25244

2 10443

.7810

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394.86.039.052.403.269

1Q4

* Eate changed Dec. 24, 1930, May 8, 1931, Oct. 9, to 2.50, and Oct. 16 to 3.50. 2 Revised.



December, 1931

Earlier data for items shown here may ; _ 1931 1930be found in the 1931 Annual Supple-ment to the Survey

FINANCE— Continued

Gold and SilverGold:

Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces--Exports thous. of dollsEarmarked for foreign

account _ .. .thous. of dolls ..Imports thous. of dolls. .Monetary stocks of TJ. S.f daily

average mills, of dollsRand output fine ounces..

Silver:Exports thous. of dollsImports thous. of dolls-Price at New York dolls per fine ozProduction-

United States .. thous. of fine oz_.Canada.- .thous. of fine oz..Me\ico thous. of fine oz~-

Stocks, end of month —United States tlious of fine ozCanada thous. of fine <)/,._

Net Corporation Profits

Grand total mills, of dolls..Total industrial and mer-

cantile .- mills, of dolls ..Automobile parts and accessories, exclu-

sive of tires mills, of dolls. _Food mills, of dollsOil mills, of dolls--Metals and mining mills, of dolls..Machinery mills, of dolls. _Miscellaneous _ . . mills, of dolls. .Steel and railroad equip-

ment .mills, of doll-Class I railroads mills, of dollsOther public utilities mills, of dollsTelephones - ._ mills, of dolls..

Life Insurance

(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)

Admitted life insurance assets (40 cos.) :Grand total mills, of dollsMortgage loans —

Total . ..mills, of dolls-tf'dfin - ..mills, of dollsAll other mills, of dolls. .

Bonds and stocks (book value):Government . . mills, of dollsPublic utility .mills, of dollsRailroad . . mills, of dolls..All other .mills, of dollsTotal . . mills, of dolls .

Policy loans and premium notes_ .mills, of dolls

Amount of new insurance (44 cos.) :Group mills, of dollsIndustrial mills, of dollsOrdinary mills, of dollsTotal insurance mills, of dolls _

Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.):Group .. tbous. of certificates. .Industrial thous. of policies--Ordinary thous. of policies--Total policies and certificates .^thousands--

Premium collections (44 cos.) : *Annuities . .thous. of dolls. .Group thous. of dolls .Industrial ._ .thous. of dolls..Ordinary.. 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 dolls..Western manufacturing dis-

trict ..thous. of dolls..Ordinary life insurance, lapse rates (Life In-

surance Research Bureau):United States total rel to 1925-26

East North Central- rel. to 1925-26—East South Central .rel. to 1925-26. .Middle Atlantic rel to 1925-26Mountain rel to 1925-26New England rel. to 1925-26 .Pacific rel to 1925-26South Atlantic rel to 1925-26West North Central rel to 1925-26West South Central... rel. to 1925-26-

, October

\ 123, 74Si 398, C04

i 00, 907

1 447

'. 2.1580 499.295

2, 2112, 1 17

4, 0661, 110

2?}503818

18761250

1,035

10, 1257, 484

58, 365105,587241,501

36. 006599, 855

258. 24561. 49204, 470

80, 224

135. 524

Septem-ber

128,92828, 708

2 49, 209

4, 948910, OCO

2 2,1832 2, 355

.282

2 2, 1011, 403

4, 082989

37199484720

22723223968

9, 0197,521

55, 319150, 450222, 309

30, 066535, 353

221, 44056, 55361,076

75,004

121, 280

312431403 1233 1403 1133 1223 1103 107s 1203 123

| August

115,343i 39

I 57, 539

i 4, 975916,425

2,0242, 685.275

* 2, 4191, 6106,814

2,2401,363

16, 070

6,3591,5334,826

1,2581,6672,663

5046,092

2,409

46247547839

26995233

1,254

9,3047, 895

62, 874154, 579234, 652

35, 738589, 497

242, 92060, 60769, 047

84, 197

132, 720

July

118, 1231, 009

-; 20,512

4, 958916, 843

2, 3052 1,663

.283

2, 1762. 1336, 390

2,077754

15, 978

6,3531,5354,818

1,2131,6622,657

5036,035

2,388

46253606905

22994260

1,276

17, 9798,114

55, 612178, 398260, 103

39, 977634,902

267, 37863, 11273,714

91, 959

138, 739

:::::::::

June

114,65140

May

95, 13362S

63,887 50,258

4,865 4,767897, 000 910, 279

1,895 2,0992,364 i 2,636.273 | .277

2, 433 2, 762731 i 1,836

7,041 | 7,374

1,611 1,485958 1, 423

3 159

3653 353 03 33 5

3 53

3 93 131

378369

15, 871

6,3561,5374,819

1,1891,6442,653

5045,990

2,363

81251673

1,005

45926285

1,256

13,8688,117

60, 654173, 947256, 586

46, 227734,614

321, 40370, 22684, 055

100, 752

158, 178

3 1233 11731273 95

3 1033 1003 1073 110

15,769

6, 3451,5414,804

1,1641,6112,653

4995,927

2,331

72236672980

35845288

1,168

25, 1758,037

59, 884175, 562268, 658

41, 314724, 206

313,03868, 66381, 955

98,861

161, 689

! April

93,61227

49, 543

4,711882, 237

3,2492,439.283

2,8311,1399, 535

7131,509

! March

! 85,091; 26

1 25, 671

4,682910,998

2,3231,821.292

3,5281,4316,510

2,714796

3 125

Febru-ary

87, 71714

16, 156

4, 656839,937

1,6381,877.268

3,1871,7726,944

1, 851702

' 3 30i 3 31

3 0

113 48

38i 3 107

15, 662

6,3321,5444,788

1,1341,6052,660

4955,894

2,300

99225691

1, 025

59865301

1,225

12, 6828,398

53,854183, 992258, 926

45, 648754,002

327, 07770, 94382, 930

102, 396

170, 657

381368

15, 573

6,3301,5474,783

1,1201,5782,651

4875,836

2,273

62247720

1,028

28881321

1, 230

11,9198,790

62,920186,452270,081

46, 945770,440

343,74573, 57977, 628

101, 945

173, 543

311331163 128

15,474

6,3231,5554,768

1,1081,5722,648

4855,813

2,241

104209599912

60731247

1,039

12, 4308,748

56,388166, 759244,325

40, 180647, 140

289,75760, 09464,009

86, 439

146, 841

3 1283108« 114

3 983 ino

! 3 log311Q i

: January

; 94.476: 541

i 34,426

4, 622914, 576

3, 5712,896 i.294

3,4801,9328,751 j

792694

15,392 ;

6,3121,5554,757 i

1,106 !1,545 !2,633

4785, 762 |

2,212

78 '214 ;596888 |

44 i750 !231 !

1,026 |

10,741 110,108 !62,659 !

170,497 !254,005 !

I41,188 !

628,607 ;

280,066 !61,589 !65,329

82,754 j

138,869

j Decem-ber

109, 90736

137, 69532, 778

4,583908, 492

3,4722,660.326

3,7132,0438,481

960179

3 116

3 9Q3 03 43 9

3433 16

3 226394a 68

15,293

6,3031,5544,749

1,1041,5312,637

4755,747

2,169

131229753

1,112

59794319

1,172

19,6159,591

112,666191, 871333, 743

49,874795,642

324, 63586, 29191, 922

117, 117

175, 677

3127139139143125141114121112124

1 Novem-; her

i 113,430: 5, 008

127,5361 40,159

! 4, 553; 884,735

4,1022, 652.359

3,7381,4128,712

956216

October

152. 04*9.206

120,41035, 63o

4, 520

4, 4243, 270. 358

3, 8162, 291

G49217

;. . .j

: —

15, 217

6,2701,5614,709

1,1011,5262,640

4695,736

2/127

59208593861

28741253

1,022

7,0947,269

58, 108154, 473226, 044

46,868653, 131

279, 65165, Oil72, 189

90,178

146, 102

15, 120

6, 2441, 5624,682

1, 0951,5212, 638

4655, 719

2, 098

52

620915

35847261

1,143

6,9177,944

55, 851165, 954236, 666

46, 019C8 5, 755

285,59171,96177, 190

97, 300

153, 70 1

* For earlier data see table on page 21 of the October, 1931, issue. 2 Revised. 5 Quarter ending in month indicated.



oo

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

FINANCE— Continued

Public Finance

Customs receipts thous. of dollsExpenditures chargeable to ordinary

receipts thous. of dolls..Government debt, gross, end of

month mills, of dolls._Total ordinary receipts. thous. of dolls..United States money in cir-

culation „, .mills, of dolls..

Stock!* oldftrs

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:Domestic numberForeign number. _

Pennsylvania R. R. Co.:Domestic numberForeign number .

U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):Domestic numberForeign numberShares held by brokers p. ct. of total

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) percent..Liberty arid Treasury bonds per cent..Municipal (15) - -. per cent .Municipal bond yield (20) percent..Railroads (15) per cent—U. S. Treasury notes and certificates,

3-6 mos per cent..Utilities (15) per centTotal, 60 high grade per cent..

Long-term real-estate bonds issued:Grand total .. . thous. of dolls .Interest rates per cent--Kind of structure-

Apartments thous of dollsHotels . thous. of dollsOffice and commercial .thous. of dolls. .

Purpose of issue —Acquisitions and Im-

provements thous of dollsFinance construction__thous. of dolls ..Real-estate mortgage.. thous. of dolls. .

STOCKS

Stock prices, average daily closing:25 industrials, average dolls, per share ..25 industrials, average rel. to 1923-25..25 railroads, average dolls per share25 railroads, average ..rel to 1923-25103 stocks, average., .. .dolls, per share--

Stock prices, average weekly closing:All groups (404) rel. to 1926

All railroads (33) _ _ rel. to 1926..All utilities (34) rel. to 1926..Industrials, rails and utilities

(337) rel. to 1926..Agricultural implements (4).. rel. to 1926..Airplanes (10) rel. to 1926..Automobiles and trucks (13). .rel. to 1926..Automobile tiros and rubber

goods (7) rel. to 1926..Chain stores (17). rel. to 1926. _Copper and brass (9)._ rel. to 1926..Food, other than meat (20). ..rel. to 1926..Machinery and machine equip-

ment (10) rel. to 1926..Oil producing and refining

(16) rel. to 1926..Railroad equipment (9) rel. to 1926..Rayon (5) rel. to 1926..Steel and iron (9) rel. to 1926..Textiles (30)... rel. to 1926-Theaters, motion pictures and

amusements (7) rel. to 1926—Tobacco and tobacco products

(10) .._ .rel. to 1926-.Traction, motor transportation

(9)._ rel. to 1926-2 Revi

October

35, 175

416, 472

17, 292131, 649

5, 478

65.0684.3555.4871.9356.49

92.9656.10

100. 37

6.213.714.514.315.14

1.704.775.16

9,1255.00

o0

9,125

0500

8,625

146. 65117.244.7263.9

23.85

69.748.4

111.9

64.880.1

121. 570.4

31.369.743.084.3

59.3

53.141.242.641.735.9

28.3

104.7

43.6

sed .

Septem-ber

35, 500

356, 630

17, 321368, 792

5, 133

3 605, 88536,870

3 241, 3913 3, 284

3166,3163 2, 701313.16

72.2492.7061.6078.4064.11

96.3253.98

103. 76

5.6423.42

4.00M.06

4.66

.454.504.70

66, 7855.80

00

66, 445

0395

66, 090

156. 80125.346.4466.4

22. 90

81.756.1

131.9

75.894.0

158.184.7

41.180.050.096.7

71.6

60.046.445.954.840.4

37.9

117.5

51.1

August

38, 240

323, 838

16, 864122, 141

4,947

July

34, 480

330, 661

16, 802131, 706

4,830

77.0595.1465.8282.8170.76

99.9871.02

106. 04

5.263.343.883.854.47

.424.404.50

2,1005.76

00

1, 985

0565635

190. 59152. 357.8782.7

32.48

95.566.2

154.0

88.5115.0194.1103.4

49.191.661.0

112.0

84.2

69.954.548.465.244.7

43.4

136.9

59. »

80. 9997.7067.7583.6880.34

100.3872.32

106. 09

5.133.323.883,864.32

.414.424.44

7755.78

00

175

0600

0

193. S3154.964.8892.8

33.35

98.275.3

157.5

89.8130.7196.3104.9

50.289.265.8

112.2

88.0

67.457.248.971.845.8

44.5

141.0

62.7

1931

June > May

28, 986

375, 153

16,801512, 894

4, 750

8 595, 3228 6, 735

3 240, 734»3,291

3 153, 7181 2, 5201 14. 37

79.0797.7364.3682. 7678.51

100. 2583.84

106. 30

5.253.303.763.844.32

.554.464.45

3,4255.69

00

2,700

01,000

425

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

3 Q

27, 463

285, 892

16, 527124, 405

4,679

80.4897.6866.7080.9182.54

99.8981.01

108. 84

5.243.313.753.744.27

.884.444.43

9,4855.43

o265

8,650

2650

9,220

193. 75154. 365.8994.2

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

Barter ec

April

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

2500

4,400

01,7003,135

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

ding in m

March

31, 807

720, 236

16, 583433, 301

4,590

3574 905» 6, 383

2235,3063 3 272

s 147, 4403 2, 4513 15 68

82.2996.3170.8379.5986.58

100. 1588.03

105. 37

4.983.393.893.904.27

1.384.484.41

2,0155.66

00

1,475

2101,000

630

237.52189.884. 55120.940.49

121.697.2

188.9

111.8178.6268.2128.6

57.589.995.7

136.9

125.1

84.578.251.5

102.958.2

76.1

143.8

67.1

onth fnd

Febru-ary

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

00

2,000

01,5001,090

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

cated.

January

28,808

413,796

16, 163 i125,605

4,695

81.98 I96.59 !

79.9878. 14 !86.54

99.57 ;84.56 i

104.23 |

4.99 i3.333.92 i4.05 !4.25 !

1.244.564.43 !

4,520 ,5.81 i

0 ;1,2501,200

1,250 ;2,850

0

214. 18171.190.38129. 240.69

112.3100.4163.4

103.4161.7202.5106.2

50.678.482.1

127.2

120.4

89.174.153.889.852.5

69.4

131.5

63.1

Decem-ber

30, 764

364, 540

16, 026717,092

4,823

«560,4243 6, 184

s 233, 4143 3, 190

* 143, 221* 2 345* 16 20

78.9892.8968.6175. 5482.78

99.5481.53

105. 53

5.123.344.054.124.41

1.484.614.55

29,8775.75

0340

28,972

850530

27,945

212 34169.682.00117.238.09

109.493.5

157.9

101.9169.7177.0100.3

54.978.179.9

123.0

116.9

87.872.958.291.651.0

66.7

125.6

63.3

1930

Novem-ber

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

"89,300

01,5955,120

227.60181.890.23129.042. 12

116.7102.1167.4

108.5195.8214.9101.2

56.081.790.8

126. 4

120.3

96.9i 76.8

67.9i 99.5

54.9

77.7

129.2

67.9

October

39.319

375,214

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

1750

3,050

2,0001. 2101,975

240. 49191. 197. 30139. 143.44

127.6110.9187.0

117.8211. 7269. 6108.0

52. 588. 192. 6

133. 5

134.4

106. 482. 064.6

115.4<>8. 2

87.8

136.8

72. 3



December. 1931


FINANCE—Continued

Stocks aod Bonds— Continued

STOCKS— Continued

Stock sales, N, Y. Stock Ex-change thous. of shares..

Stock yields:Preferred high-grade industrial

(20) . . oer centTotal common (90) .per cent..

Industrials (50). ._ ..per cent..Public utilities (20) per cent..Railroads (20).., . per cent...

New Security Issues

Bond sales, Canada:Total - . .thous. of dolls..

Corporation thous. of dolls..Dominion and provincial

__ „ , _ _ „ _ thous. of dollsMunicipal .thous. of dollsRailways ...thous. of dolls..

Bond sales (U. S.):Corporation —

Total . — thous. of doils..'Class of industry-

Industrial thous. of dolls..Land and build-

ing:? thous. of dolls. .Oil thous of dolls iPublic utilities thous. of dolls. .Railroads. . . thous. of dolls..Shipping and mis-

cellaneous thous, of dolls, .Purpose of issue —

New capir-al... -.thous. of 'loSJs.,Refunding . ,. ~ _ thous. of dolls

Type of security-Bonds and notes. thous. of dolls..Stock5* thous of doPs

Bond sales on N. Y. Stock Exchange:Miscellaneous thous of dollc>Liberty— Treasury.. -thous. oi dolls...Total . . . thous. of do! 3 *_ .

Foreign governments thous. of dolls..Foreign loans in the United

States . thous. of dolls .St.iles f ind municipalities:

Permanent loans.. .. thous. of dolls..Temporary loans... thous. of dolls.-:

1931

October !Se^rn-

1

47,895 51,140

6 40 i 6.037.28 i 6.517. 49 i 6. 635. 74 ' 5. 11

10.07 < 9.59

43<{. 251,073150 240

0 02itf> 833

0 50, 000

17,891 176,284

2, 100 4, 550

9, 02,5 67, 0090 ! 0

2, 000 42,0 SO0 60,000

4. 10(5 2,025

17,' J :>)1 : 156,331500 19, 8S3

14.2S5 163,399o r,(){] 12 865

290,822 i 267,323ou,157 • 38,4^3

346,979 305,8160 0

0 2 23, 602

15,650 121.39249,064 2 102, 129

August

24, 890

5. 805.745.944. 368.15

1, 923400

0I. 523

0

51.997

9, 197

2, 650400

27. 45i)12, 295

0

16, 1975. 800

39, 835

191 0358, 675

199, 7100

0

275.818291,522

July

33, 540

5.775.665.894.337.54

7, 133683

5,0001, 450

0

155, 934

15, 439

1, 6510

138.8000

2, 044

115,07040, 864

153, 8142, 120

9 JO. 615&', 284

227, 8990

I, 900

91.32745, 602

June

58, 719

5.855. 966. 284.477.70

62, 2405, 085

33, 65013. 505

0

252,918

6, 350

3. 8135, 000

220, 41816, 113

1, 226

131,343121, 575

247, 0345, 884

252. 58515, 167

267, 752G

38, 80Q

» 120, 33630, 892

May

46, 661

5 715.956. 234.427.91

866, 3409,660

650, 1417, 039

0

''50 *WJ

4, 850

10,4152. 000

210,02522. 500

800

169, 36081, 230

190,06560; 525

221. 25614, 431

235, 6870

69, 184

169, 02224, 785

April i March

j

i54,335 65,494

5.59 ! 5.545.43 ! 4.955. 69 i 5. 174. 04 3. 607. 12 6. 75

57, 994 44. 9583, 975 17, 054

25, 764 3, 05728, 254 18, 097

0 1, 750

•S56, 07S 401,229

95, 932 82, 400

7, 577 3, 7654. 640 2, 053

305,661 101,393G, 000 200, 018

35,563 11,600

267. 471 269, 030189, 207 132, 199

354, 969 391, 758101, 709 9, 471

215 661 238,29812,127 8,723

227, 788 247, 0210 0

44, 303 13, 791

111,395 » 279, 443198, 598 : 64, 979

ary

64, 145

5.615.125.353.896.29

39S 83419, 300

8, 00012, 534

0

.88, 228

2, 025

6.4050

64, 26612, COO

2, 630

74 25113, 975

61, 46026, 768

174, 53519.911

: 194,1460

8, 707

i 119,589-'238,436

; January

52, 543

5 665. 505.734. 266,56

109.8642, 685

35. 4441, 73,'

70, 000

5&0, 706

69, 173

8, 0211,500

175, 004

2 900

3^, 848ISO, 858

535, 40445, 302

247, 30816,809

26% 1170

95, 057

49.977, * 81, 697

1930

Decem-ber

58, 764

5.775.625.794.37

' 7.05

46, 83912,355

7.7142, 520

24, 250

187. 644

21, 8>;9

30, 0020

116,77814, 250

4.725

180.8726,772

.114,13573, 509

250, 70715. 055

265. 7620

22, 377

97, 70376, 531

Novem-ber

51, 946

5.625.435=694. 10fi. 46

69, 5637, 000

60, 0002. 563

0

141, 855

10. 502

15,3654 250

89, 7387, 600

14, 340

137. 6224, 233

123,41718, 438

182. 9066. 610

189, 54697 500

5, 662

93, 98280. 422

October

65, 497

5 "'ô! 055. 393.645. 9>

156 87333. 690

112. 40410. 779

211', 795

44, 605

S. 74035. 750

104 6425, 000

15. 053

153, 14*'']•) (-\j ~

183, 65930' I 3 f j

264, 357

272, l i v )0

103, 545

158, 3 SO

8 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 of the Surveyis to bring together those data which, if 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 period. Thus, arelative number of 115 means an increase of 15 percent over the base period, while a relative number of80 means a decrease of 20 per cent from the base.

Relative numbers may also be used to calculate theapproximate percentage increase or decrease in amovement from one period to the next. Thus, if arelative number for one month is 120 and for a latermonth is 144, there has been an increase of 20 per cent.

When two or more series of relative numbers arecombined by a system of weightings, the resultingseries is denominated an index number. The indexnumber, by combining many relative numbers, isdesigned to show the trend of an entire group of indus-tries, or for the country as a whole, instead of for thesingle commodity or industry which the relativenumber covers. Comparisons with the base year orwith other periods are made in the same manner asin the case of relative numbers.

SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO INDEXESSeasonal variations are found in most series of eco-

nomic statistics for which monthly values are obtain-able. Consumption and production of commodities,interest .rates, bank clearings, railroad freight traffic,and many other types of data are marked by seasonalswings repeated with minor variations year after year.These, in so far as they exist at all, are definitelyperiodic in character, with a constant 12-month period.In cases where an adjustment is noted for a series car-ried in the Survey, the index has been corrected fornumber of working or business days in the variousmonths and then adjusted for seasonal variation.The index figures thereby become comparable through-out the series.

METHODS OF USEMethods of using and interpreting current business

statistics have been collected by the Department ofCommerce from many business concerns and aredescribed in a booklet entitled "How to Use CurrentBusiness Statistics," together with methods of collect-ing statistics. This booklet may be obtained from theSuperintendent of Documents, Government PrintingOffice, Washington, D. C., at 15 cents per copy.

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If you plan to do business in or withGulf Southwest it is very important foryou to keep tabs on this billion

In other words, the cotton crop of this region is

worth annually a billion dollars—or more. It

is subject, however, to the vagaries of weather

and insect infestation and to price fluctua-

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the

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a 311-page illustrated volume, gives you thefindings of the extensive survey of production

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Income from cotton is estimated on a county

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hired labor are listed. The relative importance

of different markets is revealed.

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