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OCTOBER, 1931

SURVEYOF

CURRENT BUSINESS

UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

WASHINGTON

VOLUME II NUMBER 10

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V o l u m e 11 O C T O B E R , 1 9 3 1 Number 10W E E K L Y DATA T H R O U G H S E P T E M B E R 26, 1931

MONTHLY DATA T H R O U G H AUGUST

SURVEY OFCURRENT BUSINESS

P U B L I S H E D B Y

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

W A S H I N G T O N

CONTENTSPage

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

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS October, 1931

Monthly Business Indicators1923-1925=100

140

!20

100

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

80

125

100

FACTORY EMPLOYMENT

75' ' " " ' ' ' "

ADJUSTED*

TTTTH i 1 1 1

130TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS

220DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

100

150

100

VALUE OF EXPORTS

50liliU_LiJLLLl

ZOO

150

iOO

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

1 III i50

1927 I92S 1929 1930 1931* ADJUSTMENT FOR NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS AND SEASONAL VARIATION

140

ieo— ;


100

120FACTORY PAYROLLS

60 UL

120

100

60

60

120

100

CAR LOADINGS L.C.L.

r UNADJUSTEDADJUSTED*

WHOLESALE PRICES

VALUE OF IMPORTS

60 U

150

100

5 0 j j M ! 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m i n*H>i 1 1

BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDEDzoo

150

100

50

UNADJUSTED

!927 1926 1929 1930 !93i


SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Business Situation SummarizedT3USINESS continues extremely dull, arid the-L* seasonal increase which usually occurs at this timeof the year has been slow in developing. Industrialproduction in August receded slightly from the Julylevel, arid the adjusted index fell below that of lastDecember. Declines of about equal proportions inmanufacturing and mineral production caused thegeneral index to drop 3.6 per cent below July and 12per cent below August, 1930. Recession during themonth was pronounced in the iron and steel, automo-bile, cement, and petroleum industries. Activity inmajor lines of consumers' goods continued on a rela-tively favorable plane, resulting in pay-roll gains inthe textile, food products, and leather industries. Silkand cotton consumption in August were substantiallyin excess of a year ago, and the output of boots andshoes was the largest since October, 1929. The ad-justed employment index was slightly below July,while the unadjusted index of pay rolls was unchanged.

Distribution indexes have also failed to expand.Freight-car loadings again declined, the adjusted indexreceding about 5 per cent below July. Departmentstore sales were larger, but the increase was less thanseasonal. Bank debits outside New York were about10 per cent lower than in July, and have not increasedso far in September.

Probably the most encouraging feature of themonth was the continued stability of wholesale prices,the index of which has remained substantially un-changed since June. The severe decline in construc-tion awards in early August was canceled in a measureby the subsequent increase, although the total for themonth was off more than seasonally.

Reserve bank credit outstanding increased sharplyduring August, primarily as a result of continued cur-rency withdrawals and the transfer of an additionalvolume of foreign bank funds from the money marketsto deposits in the reserve banks. Changes in moneyrates were negligible, and the market was character-ized by continued ease. Stock prices in August fluctu-ated within a narrow range, but in September acuteweakness carried the market below the June lows.Bond prices have also been reactionary. Gold hold-ings advanced in August, but more recently importantamounts have been placed under earmark for foreignaccount as a result of the unsettlement abroad. Newcapital issues were relatively small. Commercialfailures in August decreased, both in number and lia-bilities involved, but bank suspensions were morenumerous and the deposits affected were the largestsince last December.

MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES

Year and month

! M

Tot

al,

adju

sted

» g, c trial produc-

tion

Man

ufac

ture

s,

ad-

just

ed i

Min

eral

s, a

djus

ted

*

Factory em-ployment

and pay rolls

Nu

mb

er o

f em

ploy

-ee

s, a

djus

ted l

Am

ou

nt

of p

ay r

olls

,u

nad

just

ed >

Freight car loadings

Tota,

Una

djus

ted

»

Adj

uste

d i

Merchan-dise, 1. c. 1.

Una

djus

ted

»

I

i Departmentstore sales, i

i value

Una

djus

ted '

Adj

uste

d *

F<t1

Exp

orts

Foreigntrade,value

|I

Ifco

IK3SOQ

4i

Ban

k

ii00

*381

!*s?Md

Wholesale pricesC

ombi

ned

inde

x,co

mm

odit

ies

Far

m

er

than

fa

rmu

cts

and

foo

ds

j

1929: August 1231930:

August 91September __ ! 91October . 87November . 85December 82

1 931:January i 83February : 86March _. . i 88April I 90May. 89June . 84July 83August 80

Monthly average, January !through August:

1929 [ 1221930- i 1011931--. ! 85

124 j 115

1 90 96i 90 94: 85 98! 84 92| 80 94

81 90i 86 88

88 8790 9289 8684 85

i 83 8480 81

123 115101 10285 87

Monthly average 1923-1925=100

103 111 115

84 ' 82 9683 . 83 9982 81 9781 75 8680 74 74

78 ' 68 7478 73 7478 75 7578 74 7778 72 7976 68 7775 64 7874 64 76

1 102 109 10591 92 9377 70 76

: j s i

107

8987868484

8280808079777672

1079578

106

9599979486

8387899192898786

1049888

106 84

95 i 7795 i 10393 11292 11392 I 165

90 ; i 7989 ! i 8089 H 9288 !! 1018 9 i i 9 789 \\ 9088 !! 6586 i | 68

105 961 1 0 ; l 9 1

89 , | 84i i

111

10299

1029894

979897

10697959190

11110596

100

vs82867672

6659625754494843

1128755

114

6870776365

5754655856555451

1168456

143.7 j

106.2 i107.7 j120.1 !

99.9117.2

110.086.698.499.595. 698.493.583.8

137.7120. 295.7

122

8181787673

7179777366646160

1229869

! Monthly average1 1926=100

i 97.7

; 84.01 84.21 82.6| 80.4

78.4

i 77.0! 75.5! 74.5i 73.3! 71.3

70.070.070.2

97. 0! 88.9i 72. 7

107.1

84.985.382.679.375.2

73.570.170.670.167.165.464.963.5

105. 492.468.2

83.382.8-81.5.80.179.0«

77.8,77.175.674.273.271.971.872.3

92.987.274.2

1 Adjusted for seasonal variation. 2 Adjusted for number of working days.


SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS October, 1931

Finance—Credit and Bankingand banking statistics during August

were indicative of the continued low level ofbusiness activity. Bank debits in New York City,which reflect to a fair degree conditions in the securitymarkets, fell during August approximately 16 percent below those of the previous month. Debitsoutside of New York City, which reflect the generaltendencies in business turnover, showed a decline ofabout 10 per cent. To some extent seasonal influencesaccounted for these trends, but the failure of generalbusiness activity to hold to seasonal levels caused thedrop to be somewhat marked.

Liquidation of commercial bank portfolios is reflectedin the general downward trend of both loans andinvestments. The decline in "all other77 loans failsto show the full degree to which commercial loanshave receded, owing to the inclusion of certain bankholdings of acceptances which do not represent newcommercial transactions. The August decline inloans on securities is in line with a trend evidentthroughout the year and influenced in part by the lowprices of stocks. The month's change in bank invest-ments is somewhat contrary to the general trend sincethe end of 1929 and is indicative of the tendency onthe part of banks to protect their reserve position intime of stress. During the first half of Septemberthere was no change in these general trends.

The condition of the Federal reserve banks at the

end of August reflected several recent and significantdevelopments. The marked increases in Federalreserve notes in circulation during a month of recedingbusiness activity is apparently influenced in part bythe tendency of individuals and institutions to main-tain a somewhat more liquid position than usual.A factor which reflects a condition of internationalinterest is the month's sharp increase in bills boughtin the open market. This sharp reversal was appar-ently the result of England's action in drawing on herAmerican credits in an effort to stem the flow of goldfrom London, a development which culminated duringthe third week of September in the suspension ofsterling payments in gold. In consequence of thesedomestic and foreign developments total reserve bankcredit exceeded the billion dollar mark for the firsttime this year.

Despite a net import of gold during August, thereserve ratio showed the sharpest drop for any monththis year. The decline was due to a sharp increase inreserve-bank liabilities, especially in the note circu-lation. The month's drop in total bankers' accept-ances outstanding was approximately equal to thedecline of the preceeding month. These two reductionsfor single months were influenced to a large degree bysharp contractions of credits based on goods storedin or shipped between foreign countries and by thematurity of credits which were not renewed.

CREDIT AND BANKING STATISTICS

1929: August1930:

AugustSeptember-OctoberNovember—.December

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugust

Bank debits

NewYorkCity

Out-sideNewYorkCity

Can-ada

Report ing memberbanks Wednesdayclosest to end ofmonth

Loanson

securi-ties

i

AHotherloans

In-vest-

ments

Condition of Federal reserve banks, end of month

jTotalbillsdis-

count-ed

Totalbills

boughtin theopen

market

TotalUnitedStatessecuri-

ties

Totalreservebankcredit

Notesin cir-cula-tion

Mem-ber

bankreserve

ac-count

Re-serveratio

Totalbank-ers' ac-cept-ancesout-

stand-ing

end ofmonth

Netgoldim-

portsin-

cludinggoldre-

leasedfromear-

mark

posits

YorkState

savingsbanks

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

49, 034

25, 05227, 38330, 78122, 49029, 001

24, 55720, 94827, 58926, 82125, 07225, 89321 00717, 501

28, 339

20, 94121, 25323, 69319, 70023, 113

21, 69717, 08419,42119, 62018, 85819,40618 44416, 526

3,667

3,8022,9673,6182,9743,012

2, 6682,5352,5702,7863,1722,6942 400

7,515

8,3508,4768, 0657, 7687,814

7, 3797,3137,2567, 0526,8676,7466,5446,519

9,434

8,4168,4518,7078, 7668,449

8,3748,1518, 1267, 9417,8637,9457,9427,879

5,456

6,3386, 4546,7316,8006,693

6, 8437,1837,5517,9037,8077,7957 8107,665

1,046

215272207275251

232198250157174149195255

176

168209163175364

12510912416312510673

215

150

602597602599729

610599599598598668678728

1,439

1,0251, 103

9981,0791,373

980925990937917943976

1,255

1,880

1,3741,3791,3681,4551,664

1,4941,4781,4861 5351, 5801,7231,7651, 963

2, 337 73. 2

2,378 81-12,4672,4182, 3732,471

79.782.280.373.7

2,398 ! 82.22, 343 83. 72 428 ! 82 62 371 84 02,3892,3812 3672 373

84.984.683 878 8

1,201 17.4

1,3391,367

-19.66.5

1, 508 20. 31,571 33.11,556

1,5201,5201 4671,4221,4131,3681 2281 090

17.5

46.318.628.642.053.6

156. 1—10 2

41.5

4,426

4,5914,6624,6584,6664,792

4,8884,9285,0185,0595,0835,1565, 149


October, 1931 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Finance—Security and Money MarketsOTEADY declines in the general level of bond prices,^ halted temporarily in the final week, featuredsecurity markets during August. All stocks listed onthe New York Stock Exchange as of September 1showed a slight appreciation as compared with amonth previous. In the first half of September bothstock and bond prices dropped rapidly and liquidationassumed increasing proportions.

Activity during the greater part of August wasaccompanied by a relatively low rate of turnover.During the first three weeks of September, however,sales assumed greater volume largely as a result ofheavy liquidation early in the month and heavy alter-nate selling and buying immediately preceding andfollowing the suspension of gold payments by England.

Reported stock sales during August were on an ex-ceptionally low level. The turnover showed a markedincrease during the first three weeks of Septemberowing to occasional periods of heavy liquidation. Ina fair degree security market activity, as reflected inboth turnover and price, moved sympathetically withdevelopments in the international money markets andwith the security price trend in leading European mar-kets. The far-reaching nature of these influencescaused bond prices to move in general with stock prices.

After sharp declines during the first week of Augustvarious bond groups, especially certain European andSouth American issues, showed renewed strength butby the middle of the month weakness again definitelyset in and prices moved steadily downward through-out August and the first half of September.

Continued weakness in the general banking situa-tion, as well as in the security markets, continues to bereflected in the unusually low level of new capitalissues. August issues were considerably below thoseof February, the record low month of the first half ofthe year. Issues of long-term real-estate bonds,though still on a low monthly level, showed a markedincrease during August over those of the precedingmonth. Total dividend and interest payments fellbelow those of any preceding month of 1931 but wereonly 3 per cent less than in August, 1929.

Average money rates showed no change duringAugust. Loans to members of the New York StockExchange from all sources increased slightly, whereasloans to brokers by reporting banks in New York Cityshowed further reduction. This contrast in trendsuggests increased lending from by private and non-banking sources.

SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS

1!

1929: August

Stockprices

Rel. to1926

218. 11930:

August 147. 6September 148. 8October 127. 6November _ __ _ _ . 116. 7December 109 4

1931:January 112. 3February 119.8March 121 6Aoril 109.2May - 98.0JuTie 95 ]July 98. 2August 95. 5

Re-portedsales

ofstocks

Thou-sands ofshares

Com-mon-stockyields

Price indices of for-eign listed com-mon stock

Lon-don

Percent

95, 705 3. 01

39, 870 4. 4253, 545 4. 3365, 497 5. 0551,946 5.4358 764 5 62

52, 543 5. 5064, 145 5. 1265 494 4 9554, 335 5. 43

Rel. toDec. 31.

1923

125 81

96. 6090. 3592 6892. 1689 94

86. 3983. 9280 70SI 02

46. 661 i 5. 95 ! 77 63f>s 719 5 9633 540 5 66

i 70 3376 42

24, 890 5.74 i 72.40

Paris Berlin

Rela-tive to

1913

497

440424425395378

Priceto par

weight-ed

150 2

Bondyields

Percent

4 74

114.1 4.43113.2 4.41105 0 4 41103. 4 i 4. 46

97 0 , 4 55

349 90. 5 4. 43365 84. 7 4. 44373 97 % 4 41362 101 2 ' 4 43346

1 322329311

96. 6 ' 4 4380 6 4 4583 7 4 44

4 50

Newi capital

issues

Long-termreal

estatebonds

!i |

Totaldividend

andinterest

pay-ments

Thousands of dollars

763, 177

121, 516284,570

' 151, 148137. 622

i 180 872

: 399,84874, 251

269 030i 267 471

169 360131 343115,07046. 197

28, 403

1.93813, 8906 6359, 965

29 877

4,5203, 5902 0157 2359 4853 425

775V. 100

410 500

505, 000524, 100763, 329579, 028712 927

1,121,434523, 807594 28?748 873559 624762 077945 976489 858

Range of open mar-ket money ratesNew York

Callmon-ey re-newal

Timeloans

Com-mer-cial

paper

Per cent

8.23

2.212.192.002.002 23

1.571.501 551 521.451 501.501.50

8%-9

2H-2M2M-2M2J4-2M2 -2M2 -2H

l3/4-2M1M-22 21Al%-2ft1H-2iM-iMm-ij^

6 -6*4

333

234~32^-3

234-32M-&4

2i/2

2^-2^22 ~'21A

22

1&-1M 2i

Brokers' loans

Madebyre-port-ing

mem-ber

banksin

N.Y.C.,Wed.

closestto

end ofmonth

Re-portedby the

NewYorkStock

Ex-change,end ofmonth

Millions ofdollars

6,217

3,1103, 0632,5122, 1111,926

1,7341,7981 8751 7301, 5391 4791, 3901,366

7,882

3, 5593,4812, 5562, 1621, 894

1, 7201,8401 9091, 6511,4351 3911,3441. 354

Ra-tioto

mar-ket

value

Percent

8.79

5.315.794.654.063.86

3.303.223 583 403.372 933 033.04


SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS October, 1931

1931 in Comparison

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY — (Bt

19311930

1929

19281927

0 50 !00

z

150 aoo

EMAI

'LL/t

NL

2/1

250

T£R OF YEAR

/s OF DOLLARS)300 350

HL T

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

193119301929

1926

1927

0 1 2 3 4- 5

1

6 7

r-y~itA

STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (MILLIONS

1931!9301929

19261927

0 10 20 30 40 50

'

OF w/ysjSO 70

iAUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION (THOUSANDS OF CARS)

19311930

1929

19261927

0 1000 2000 3000

l

4000 5000

////////i

FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS (MILLIONS

193I960

1929

1926

1927

0 10 2.0 30

/////'A

OF CARS)

40 50

V//;s;');/;/;;J;/ss?;;;s; >S»A



Commodity PricesIN August, for the second successive month, prices of

commodities in wholesale and retail markets, heldthe level of the month preceding. Farm prices aver-aged slightly lower.

In wholesale markets advances of 7 per cent in pricesof fuel and lighting materials and slightly higher pricesof foods were reflected in the combined index whichregistered an advance of 0.2 per cent, the first rise sinceSeptember, 1930. About one-half of the commoditiesincluded in the combined index of wholesale prices didnot change in price from July to August, 1931. Themost conspicuous changes in prices from July toAugust, 1931, occurred in petroleum products andrubber, the former advancing 23.8 per cent and thelatter dropping 15.2 per cent. Livestock and poultryadvanced 6.3 per cent in price, prices of meat and dairyproducts rose 3.5 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively,and prices of anthracite coal advanced 1.5 per cent.Nonferrous metals, chemicals, and miscellaneous tex-tiles declined in price from 2 to 3 per cent. A declinefrom 3 to 4 per cent occurred in prices of cotton goods,structural steel, and paint materials, and drops ranging

from 5 to 10 per cent occurred in prices of farmproducts other than livestock and poultry, in hides andskins, in fertilizer materials and in cattle feed.

Prices of foods at retail advanced slightly in August,1931, as compared with the preceding month, andon August 15 prices of pork chops, cabbage, butter,arid eggs were from 5 to 12 per cent higher than onJuly 15, 1931. Eight others of the forty-two articlesof foods on which quotations are regularly receivedadvanced (in most instances in excess of 1 per cent),21 articles declined, and 9 remained unchanged fromJuly to August, 1931. Nineteen of the twenty-onearticles of foods declining in price exceeded 1 per cent.

Due to a drop of 25.4 per cent in prices of cotton andcottonseed and further drops in prices of grains, thecombined index of farm prices fell 5.1 per cent fromJuly to August 15, 1931, to a level of 25 per cent lowerthan before the war and about one-third lower than ayear ago. Of 22 important farm products 17 werelower on August 15, 1931, than the 5-year pre-waraverage, and of these prices of cotton and grains werenearly halved.

INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES

Wholesale * Retail Farm 3

Year and mouth

o£ " ! "u3«» ;

of*3 cc

vz) • "2S © ' *23 rt - ifa g ; ft

ill! 1« wE i JS

j

... ..- - —

1929: August1930:

A ugustSeptemberOctober-..

97. 7 107. 1:

84.0 84 984.2 i 85.382.6 82.fi

November | 80.4 79.3December _ . _ _ .

1931:January . _ _

78. 4 ; 75, 2

77. 0 1 72 KFebruary 75 5 i 70 1March 74. 5 70 6A.pril 73.3 i 70 1May 71 3 67 1June - ' 70. 0 • 65 4July ....... 70.0 j 64.9August ._ < 70.2 63 5

Monthly average, January through iAugust:

1929 . 97.0 105.419301931

88. 9 92 472.7 ' 68.2

"""j" g ^

i S'S! «2 o

! S*i V

1 1 If* oft

103. 1 ! 92. 51

87. 1 ! 83. 389.2 82^888. 6 i 81. 585.7 i 80.181.8 1 79. 0

80. 1 77. 877! 1 j 77! i76. 7 1 7s! 675. 6 i 74. 272. 9 I 73' 272. 4 ! 71. 973! 1 | 71. 873. 7 i 72. 3

99.4 i 92.992 1 i 87 275^2 74'. 2

~fc. "J3 '~& '^ 35 [ V

1 1 !W 1 H

M

109. 7 93. 1

98. 9 ' 77. 799! 1 i 75! 596. 5 73. 894.0 i 73.391. 2 : 72. 4

88. 6 ! 71. 086. 6 70. 437* 4 fig] 287. 3 ' 67! 687. 3 66 337] 3 i 65^ 489. 2 60! 488. 5 64. 2

109. 1 94. 7102. 4 | 84. 387! 8 67^4

"-|"-^-"-: • ' ^

-g ' JS 3

«s 1 a x ! | •«1 1 ll ; 1 ' 1d 1 2 ; M : 1

i i i* ! j 1 1&* | £ ss : Q

onthly average, 1926=100

80.9

75. 4

75 17L 870. 5

69.869. 6(54' 561. 660' 953*158. 262. 3

104.3

92 79l!890.4

90! o89. 388 989^088*. 787 887. 487*. 537 1

81. 5 I 105. 177. 4 97 663'. 1 88' 2

90. 7 1 93. 7

87. 4 1 87 386.4 | 86'. 685 8 i 86 085'. 6 ! 85'. 284. 4 •• 84. 8

82. 9 • 83. 681 8 • 82 28L 9 81.' 98ol 9 80*. 178 4 i 79 177! 5 i 77. 975. 8 ; 77. 375. 4 ; 75. 5

97.2 94.792. 7 ! 90. 2

bfi.22cc

"5^fa ©** SQJ

%3

ffi

97.1

95. 99ol 495 395/291.3

91. 190 8

on* 889. 288*. 6

87. 5

96.896. 489! 6

* "33 ,2

1 l

! 1S

it

PS

i3

1fltiSa&

81. 3 98. 9 i 96. 2

71 269.768 867'. 866. 9

64. 76s". 96i! 763* 962^86l! 861. 058. 5

80.376. 162^7

81. 8 1 78. 182! 1 i 76^580 076'. 874. 2

72. 97o! 669^468! 3

75 575.674. 3

73. 472. 372* 271 1

66. 5 68. 964. 7 68. 564. 3 69. 564. 1 68. 3

97. 8 96. 687. 0 85. 967. G 70. 5

_i

.«3a

-a Ia>

• .2i ja! ^

97. 3

86. 486'. 885 683^781. 9

80. 579. 378. 477. 175. 174'. o74. 074. 6

96. 890. 476'.6

1 : 1 ~i ji iI j! 35 ©

j l 1 : 1 •l * ; u

! i1 Mo. j Mo.1 ! aver- : aver-i i age i age: i 1913= ! 1923=|| loo ; loo

; ""'••

1 60 100.7

144 94. 7• i 146 i 95! 4

144 ! 94. 8141 ! 93.9137 1 92. 6

133 91. 1127 ! 89.6

' 126 ! 89! 1124 i 88~. 2121 1 86. 9

: 113 1 35] 9i 119 j 35. 9

i ! 120 1 85. 9

: i 155 ' 99.6

fc

« 2^3SB g

•siA 0a v©Q

Mo.aver-age1909to

1914 =100

14'"!

10811110610397

9190919]868079

: iasj 149 ^ 97 1 : 124

!| 124 1 87' 8 ! : 8f>1! I !

1 Department of Labor. '"Department of Agriculture. 1 National Industrial Conference Board.


8 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS October, 1931

E m p l o y m e n tFACTORY employment increased slightly during

August, but the increase was less than is usual atthis season of the year. Employment in factories wason a level about 12 per cent below August 1930 andabout 30 per cent below August 1929. The volume ofwage payments to factory workers declined slightlyfrom July to August, whereas an increase of 3. 3 percent usually occurs. Employment in the miningindustry, after seasonal adjustments are made, in-creased in some branches and decreased in others.

Factory employment during the first eight monthsof the year averaged almost 16 per cent under thesame period in 1930 and 25 per cent under 1929. Thevolume of pay rolls during the first eight months of theyear averaged 24 per cent under 1930 and 36 per centunder 1929.

Increases in the seasonally adjusted employmentindexes were recorded during August by the textilesindustry only, while the iron and steel, machinery,lumber, automobiles, leather, nonferrous metals,chemicals, rubber, tobacco, cement, clay, and glassgroups recorded declines of more than seasonal pro-portions. Employment increased normally in thefood industry and decreased normally in the paper andprinting industry.

An increase during August in the actual number ofemployees was reported by 24 of the 54 manufacturingindustries on which the Bureau of Labor receives re-ports. The most pronounced gain in employment inthese separate industries were largely seasonal and

were shown in the following industries: Pianos, 18.5per cent; milliner}^, 14.1 per cent; stoves, 9.6 per centwomen's clothing, 8.1 per cent; fertilizers, 7.1 percent; and confectionery, 7 per cent.

The West, North, Central, and the South Atlanticgeographic divisions reported small increases in em-ployment in August, and the New England divisionreported increased earnings. The remaining divisionsreported both decreased employment and earnings,the greatest decreases in both items being shown inthe West South Central States.

Per capita earnings in manufacturing industries inAugust were 0.4 per cent lower than in July and 9.6per cent lower than August, 1930.

Both employment and pay rolls of bituminous coalmines increased from July, and the same items foranthracite mining also recorded increases. Employ-ment and pay rolls in retail trade during August, ascompared with July, held up better than during thesame period last year, although on a lower level thanat this time last year. Employment and pay rolls ofthe public utility groups showed slight decreases fromJuly to August.

The trade unions reported 26 per cent of theirmembers unemployed in August, the same proportionas reported for July. This compares with a 22 percent unemployment in August, 1930, and 9 per centin August, 1929. Wages of common labor in roadbuilding during August were the same as reported forthe month of July.

STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS AND WAGES

Year and month

1929:August

1930:August . . _ _SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruary __ _March *Aoril.-MayJuneJulyAugust

Monthly average, Janu-arv through August:

1929 .'19301931

Factory em-ploymentF. R. B.

Ad-justed i

Unad-justed

F.R.B.factory

pa7rolls,unad-justed

Monthly average,1923-1925=100

102.7

84.483,482.281.180.1

78.377.877.978.077.876.075.174.1

101.790. 976. 9

104. 0

85.186.484.381.078.8

76.477.378.177.977.175.073.874.2

101.490.376.2

110.6

81.783.080.875.173.7

68.473.274.973.672. 167. 664.464.3

108. 692.169.8

Bituminouscoal mining

Em-ploy-ment

Payrolls

Anthracite1 mining

Em-ploy-ment

Payrolls

Power, light,and water

Em-ploy-ment

Payrolls

Telephoneand telegraph

Em-ploy-ment

Payrolls

Retail trade

Em-ploy-ment

Payrolls

|

Monthly average, 1929=100

95.7

89.290.591.892.592.5

93.991.588.885.982.478.476.477.0

100. 394.284.3

92.8

71.174.979.479.177.7

73.368.365. 258.654.452.450.450.6

97.683.159.2

91.1

! 80.2! 93.8

99.01 97.2

99.1

90.689.582.0

I 85.2l 80.3; 76.1i 65.11 67.3

97.791.579. 5

78.4

78.891.6

117.298.0

100.0

89.3101.971.375.276.166.753.766.4

90.692.173.8

105. 4

i 106. 4! 105. 2! 104. 8

103. 4103. 2

99.2i 97.8

96.797. 1

• 97. 697.296. 7

1 95. 9

* 97. 7• 102. 4

97. 3

103. 8

106.6106.1105.6103.7106. 3

98.699.7

102.497.698.798.397.496.2

97.3103.898.6

103.7

98.896.894.593.091.6

90.589.288.688. 187.486.986.685.9

99.099.887.9

101.8

102.5102.2100.997.9

101.3

96.394.897.995.094.1 !95.093.392.3

98.7104.094.8

93.6

85.692.095.598.4

115.1

90.087.187.890.189.989.183.981.8

95.993.687.5

95.2

87.692.495.196.807.7

89.486.787.588.388.087.683.380.3

96.6 !

95.386.4

Employ-ment

agencies,appli-

cants per100 jobs

Number

124

177170193227218

224202179177181

138184

Employ-ment,trade-unionmem-bers

Per centof total

members

91.0

78.079.079.078.077.0

73.073.074.075.075.075.074.074.0

88.379.074.1

Wages,com-mon

labor inroad

build-ing

Centsper hour

40

3940393837

3636373537373636

384036

Adjusted for seasonal variation.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

October, 1931 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 9

Domestic TradeDEPARTMENT store sales increased slightly less

than the usual seasonal amount during August,according to the seasonally adjusted index of the Fed-eral Reserve Board. Sales during August were 12 percent less than in the same month last year, measuredin dollar volume, and the cumulative total for the firsteight months of the year was 9 per cent less than incorresponding period in 1930. The value of stocks ofgoods in department stores, as indicated by the sea-sonally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board,showed little change during August, but was 13 percent smaller than a year ago.

Carloadings of merchandise freight in less than car-load lots were slightly smaller in August than in thepreceding month, while the adjusted index was 9.5 percent less than in the corresponding month last year.

The seasonally adjusted index of 5-and-lO-cent storesales recorded more than the usual seasonal increaseduring August, and the value of sales was only 2.5 percent smaller than a year ago.

Mail-order sales, based on the reports of two outlets,failed to show the usual seasonal increase during Au-gust and were 15 per cent less than in the correspondingperiod in 1930. Postal receipts in 50 selected citiesshowed a decline from July to August and were 10 percent less than in the corresponding month last year.

Commercial failures during August decreased fromthe preceding month, but the number was somewhathigher than in the same month last year. August, with1,944 failures, was the third consecutive month inwhich the number was below the 2,000 mark. Thenumber of failures among manufacturers was less thanin the corresponding month of last year, but there wereincreases for trading establishments and for agents andbrokers. Total liabilities of all failures during Augustwere 13 per cent less than in the preceding month but10 per cent larger than in the same month last year;liabilities for August failures were larger in 1928 and1924. The increase in liabilities over August of lastyear was accounted for by an increase of 45 per centfor the trading group and 18 per cent for agents andbrokers. Manufacturers' liabilities in August showeda decrease of 30 per cent from the corresponding periodin 1930.

Magazine advertising registered a seasonal declinein lineage during August and was 22 per cent less thanin the same month last year. Newspaper advertisingwas unchanged from July to August, and was only 4.3less than in August, 1930. Volume of radio advertis-ing, represented by cost of use of facilities, declinedin August and was less than in the correspondingmonth last year.

DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS

Year and mouth

1929: August1930:

AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruary- _ «MarchApri lMavJuneJuly .. _ .August _ - --_ _. _

Month ly average, January throughAm- list:

19r919301931

Departmentstore sales

Unad-just-ed *

Ad-just-

ed »

Departmentstore stocks

Unad-just-

ed 3

Ad-just-

ed 2

Freight carloadings, mer-chandise.,!. c.l.

Unad-just-

ed

Ad-just-

ed a

Five-and-tencent-store

sales

Unad-just-

ed

Ad-just-ed *

Monthly average, 1923-1925-100

84

103112113165

798092

101979065(8

9''9184

111

10299

1029894

979897

10697959190

111IQ-.

9:)

96

8795

10110485

£878585807576

979381

100

9191929291

8886848383828179

99Of;

83

106

9599979486

838789919289878';

10!9888

106

959593 j92 i92

90 !89 l

89 !88898988 j86 !

1059889

161

146147168159298

124127144160155147139142

145142142

174

163156151158153

161163159168167161147159

163If il1GI

Mail-order

sales, 2houses

Postalreceipts,

50 se-lectedcities

Thousands ofdollars

GO, 088

i 50, 68254, 41968, 878

i 55, 71372, 486

41,459I 39, 422! 43, 008

52, 078i 50, 070

49, 48045, 093

| 43, OC4

53, 61751,398

i 45, 452

29, 251

25, 87628, 76432, 27928, 37938, 572

29, 17226, 40530, 17829, 25727, 84426, 44224, 57823, ^89

31, 04829, 84227, 158

Commercialfailures

Fail-ures

Num-ber

1, 762

1,9131, 9632, 1212,0312, 525

3,3182, 5632, 6042,3862, 2481,9931,9831, 914

1,9612,2142, 380

Liabil-ities

Thou-sands

of dolls.

33, 746

49.18146, 94756, 29755, 26183, 683

94, 60859, 60860, 33750, 86353. 37151,65660, 99853, 025

37. 28853, 26260, 565

Advertisinglineage

Maga-zine

Thou-sands

of lines

1,979

1,6812, 1452, 4902,4882,265

1, 5851,9922, 2032,4212, 3752. 1911,6131, 311;

2, 6462,^821,962

News-paper

Mil-lions of

lines

85

7089988982

7672908988806767

998 8 )79

Moneyordervalue,paid

Thou-sands

of dolls.

88, 806

77, 67079, 17490, 64779, 93491 , 923

78, 27370. 93581, 74790, 64681.95679,31176, 365

87, 20084, 154

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

1 End of month figures.

78699—31-Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis


Foreign TradeI TNITED STATES foreign trade during August fell^ off considerably, whereas the usual trend at this

season of the year is slightly upward. Merchandiseexports showed a drop of 9 per cent in value as againsta normal seasonal increase of 4 per cent, while importsdeclined 5 per cent. Average daily exports and importsamounted to $5,320,000 and $5,860,000, respectively.

The balance of trade during August was "unfavor-able" to the amount of about $2,000,000,000. Ex-ports of agricultural products tend downward duringthe summer months, and although our exports duringAugust of recent years have exceeded imports, the"favorable77 balance, in general, has been compar-atively small. In August of 1929 the excess of exportsover imports amounted to only $11,000,000. Since1921 the value of merchandise imports has exceededthat of exports in the following months: June, 1922;March, April, May, and June, 1923; July, 1924;June, 1925; January, February, March, and April,1926; and May, 1929. Net imports of gold duringAugust, 1931, totaled $57,500,000.

By comparison with the corresponding period of1930, the 45 per cent reduction in the value of exportsduring August was larger than any decrease recordedduring the preceding months of the year, while therecession of 24 per cent in the value of imports, al-

though greater than in July, was less than the averagereduction for the period January through June.Smaller shipments of wheat and flour, raw cotton, ironand steel, copper, numerous classes of machinery, andautomobiles, together with the sharp reduction in unitvalues (average prices) of practically all commodities,accounted primarily for the decline in exports. Ourquantity shipments of oil cake and meal, fruits, cannedsalmon, vegetable oils, cotton-mill waste, power-drivenmetal-working machinery, sodium compounds and car-bon black were larger than in August, 1930. As com-pared with July, 1931, exports of wheat and flour, rawcotton, and machinery decreased considerably in value,while barley, apples, canned and evaporated fruit, coaland coke, and petroleum products showed increases.

In import trade the low level of prices was the pri-mary factor in the drop in value as compared with thecorresponding period of 1930. Our quantity pur-chases of crude rubber, coffee, sugar, cotton cloth,burlaps, hides and skins, and meats were larger, anddecreases shown for a number of commodities werecomparatively moderate.

For the period January through August. 1931, therespective declines in exports and imports on a volumebasis as compared with the corresponding period of 1930amounted to approximately 23 per cent and 13 per cent.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

Exports of United States merchandise

Year and month

Ex- iports,

includ-ing

reex- jports ' !

materials | Foodstuffs

! :

RawTotal I cot-

i ton

.. . . _

I Fruits: Wheat Meats! and

! Total and ! and prep-flour

j lfats ara-

tions

Semi-man-1

ufac-; tu res

i. _ \

General imports

Finished manufactures

Total: Ma-j chin-

ery

! Auto-I mo-j biles,i parts,j and: aeces- ,• sories

Gaso-line

TotalI Crude j

terials i

i Semi- |Food- manu-i

tures fac-tures

Millions of dollars

1929: August 380.61930:

August — . . . 297.8September . _ _ : 312.2October 326. 9November 289,0December 274. 9

1931:January 249.6February 224.4March . 235. 9April 215.1May _ _ „ 204.1June 187. 2July 180.7August -. 164.8

Cumulative, January throughAugust:

1929 _.. 3,406.51930 2,640.21931 11,661.6

I 50.9

! 53.21 93.7! 104.8

90.976.7

1 58.6! 47.7i 56. 5I 40.0

36. 529.1

' 28.325 5

585. 1462. 3

! 323.3

23.9 ; 65.5

27.6 ! ! 52.562.8 46.064. 9 47. 359.3 • 45.647. 2 40. 5

31.2 ' 35.525. 4 29. 53^,0 • 33.022. 9 28. 218. y 29. 413.5 • 28.713. 5 32. 3« !•' 28 1

368. 1 j i 486. 1262.5 :| 361.9171.4 244.6

23.4

24.018.411.47.86.3

4.93 23.' 95.77.48.8

11.67.0

1 13. 6113.852.6

15.8 i 9.3 ;

12. 1 1 7.7 i9.9 9.29. 8 1 17. 1 |

11.0 ! 17.5 I9 8 ! 15 1 i

12.2 10.710.6 j 8.910. 1 10. 78.5 ' fi.4 «7.8 i 6.57. 1 [ 5.76.8 , 7.66 '! 8 0

137. 8 1 79.3113.0 1 50.869.4 i 64.7i

57.1

40.837.238.033. 133.9

34.527.531.430.699 924. 528.023 9

500. 5370. 8233.7

201. 0

147.5130. 8132.7115.8119 7

117.1116.1110.3111.1103. 597.788.384 1

1. 775. 21, 400. ]

827. 5

50.8

34.1 I33.630.8 !33.236.1 i

37.7 |44.0 i29.4 I31.1 |26.628.322.7 !

20.4

410.8384.4 ;240.1

35.8

17.016.414. 514.115.3

14.416.118.518.014.212.811.510.7

42?. 0

24.5

25.616.521.912.413.7

13.810. 68.4

10.712.57.29.08.8

178.C217.1 186.2116.1 i 80.7

369. 4

i 218.4226.4247.4203. 6208.6

183.1174.9210.2

i 185. 7! 179. 7i 173.7! 174. 5i 160. 7

125. 8

72.675.477.559.269. 1

59.456.464.054.754.752.450.047.7

74.9

43.848.256. 148.452.3

42.146. 156.651.9

79.7

44.241.045.538.338.1

36.931.539.833.4

49.6 1 30.447.2 1 29.847. 1 30. 045. 4 28. 3

•3,008.7 1 1,072.9 1 672.0: 2, 175.0 i 721.0 488.81,448.3 l 439.2 385.6

608. 2445. 2260.0

88. 9

57.861.869.257.849.2

44.841.249.245.745.544.247. 545. 3

65" 6520. 0365.5

i Reexports of foreign merchandise during August, 1931, were $3,315,000.


October, 1931 SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 11

TransportationMOVEMENT of freight during August, as reflected

by the number of freight-car loadings, declinedslightly more than the usual seasonal amount and theadjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board was 5.3per cent lower than in July. Average daily loadingsduring August were 21 per cent under August, 1930,and 34 per cent under August, 1929. During the firsteight months of the year the average monthly loadingswere 18 per cent under the same period in 1930 arid 28per cent under 1929.

Average weekly merchandise loadings in less thancarload lots during August decreased slightly, whereas,a slight increase is normal for this period. Theseloadings \vere almost 10 per cent under August, 1930,and almost 19 per cent under August, 1929. Theaverage monthly loadings of merchandise for the firsteight months of the current year were 10 per centunder the same period in 1930 and 15 per cent under1929. The livestock, coal and coke, forest products,and ore commodity groups recorded slight increases inaverage weekly loadings as compared with July loadings.

A decrease in the movement of freight has naturallybeen reflected in an increased number of idle freightcars. The daily average number of surplus cars for

the last eight days of August was 33 per cent greaterthan reported for the same period in August last yearand 262 per cent over 1929. The peak in the numberof surplus freight cars in the present depression wasrecorded in December, 1930.

Dividend payments of railroads during Augusttotaled $33,500,000, compared with $37,700,000 inAugust, 1930, and $37,600,000 in August, 1929. Pay-ments of dividends by railroads during the first eightmonths of the year averaged $40,700,000 comparedwith $44,500,000 during the same period in 1930, and$39,150,000 in 1929.

The seasonal increase in inland waterway trafficwhich has been under way since the opening of spring-was extended through August, but the August tonnagepassing through the SaultSte. Marie Canal was only 75per cent of that reported for August last year and only60 per cent of the 1929 tonnage. During the firsteight months of the current year the average monthlytonnage passing through this canal was 42 per centunder the same period last year and 54 per cent under1929. Traffic through the Panama Canal increasedduring August with respect to July but was materiallyunder August, 1930, and August, 1929.

RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC

Freight-car loadings

Year andmonth

1929: August . . __*930:

August -.,SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch ._AprilMayJuneJulyAugust

Monthly average,January through

August:192919301931

F. E. B. index

Ad- Unad-justed fusted

0) 0)

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925=100-

107

8987868484

8280808079777672

1079578

115

9699978674

7474757779777876

1059376

1 « i o•O i «* ^1 ro •**

^ . . M 3

; { ! 1•*•* c. '•• <u£ ; £ | 3

*&

3$

3

; -

&

-.

058

ISe

a '

2P.U2 I

t ' o>

£ o

5fth

S 5O t.0 S3S3 9«e

K«l

ce •• '5

_JL _j£

Thousands of cars J

- ( - -

5,601 ', 1,308 1 316

4, 672 : 1, 178 i 3043,725 1 944 1893 818 l 966 1634,127 j 1,133 1902,784 | 820 143

3,491 ! 997 1962,836 i 842 1652 940 i 886 { 1532,986 ' 899 j 1513,736 ; 1,097 ! 1802 991 i 876 i 140

i 2 931 i 830 ; 2203 747 ; 1 069 228i ' ;

4,422 i 1,111 , 2073,929 ! 1,042 1983 207 ! 937 : 179

121

10610812914094

124887985

1067571

106

11110292

-902

770638733852638

344

207162159174121

379

2851951549222

817 | 156584555486611465452617

138138130165125106138

2622232980

119139175. _ _ 1 _ . _

785694573

i286219137

19815077

2, 231

1,8221,4901,5141,546

946

158

432394403580707

1, 175 | 647997 651

1, 105 ! 6221, 2061, 4961,1921,1131,413

1,7251,5231,212

603616599564

£ \& *S& [

Canal and river traffic j £ s£! G ' § a

*O K ie A i|S

5 :

Thous. ofdollars

1

37,600

37, 70029, 90044, 00038, 50039, 000

55, 60044, 90045 50038, 10032, 50034 00041.500 !

574 33 500

SaultSte.

Marie

.

Canals

NewYorkState

: | £ 2 "g ft

River •3:3 a PSSI !*rt.S-i gf S

i Missis- ^ ££Cano siDJ)i S* "*VvSi 1 (Govt. So fl «£coa owned a* ^8

barges)

Thousands of short tons

14, 085

11, 26710, 3479,0945, 130

312

00o

9224,3356,6457,6118. 385

i

224 39, 150 7,577440 i 44, 500 i 6, 002609 ! 40, 700 3, 487

380

457458608390

o

00o

349457385506425

208269265

08 w S3ft< ; O £

Thous. of | Thous. oflong tons net tons

j ; —

206 85

247 70245 114230 103225 83225 108

1,311 3,219

1,022 3,3591,040 3,0601,133 2,6511,009 ! 2,501

953 i 1,991

234 76 958 j 1,843166 70 864 i 1,695163 83 M 910 1 1,773203 82 ! 929 ! 2.092217 i 100 937 1 2.525203 ' 86 : ! 828 j 2,241211 104 : 820 i 2,742186 104 859 1 2. 734

1

167 111 1,227 1 2,622197 i 93 j 1.134 1 2.718198 : 88 888 ! 2.206

\ !l i

i Daily average basis.' Data for January, May, August, and November are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.



ConstructionTHE total volume of contracts awarded continued

to decline in August, although building construc-tion in several sections of the country registered a slightincrease. Both residential building and that of publicworks and utilities followed the downward trend.The seasonal slackening in demand for building mate-rials was reflected in the smaller shipments of mapleflooring and common brick and the decline in the pro-duction of cement. Although construction costs asa whole declined from July, building-material pricesof frame-house construction showed a slight upturn.

The number of square feet of all types of buildingcontracts awarded was 9.5 per cent less than in July,while the value fell off 18.5 per cent. As comparedwith August, 1930, the declines were 23 and 33 percent, respectively. Over the 8-month period of1931 the floor space and value were 27 and 31 per centless than in the corresponding period of 1930.

The value of residential contracts awarded declined5.8 per cent, the smallest drop in four consecutivemonths and the volume was 11 per cent less than inJuly. As compared with August, 1930, the decline involume and value was 16 and 27 per cent, respectively.

For the first eight months of 1931, the number ofsquare feet of residential contracts awarded was 7.8per cent less than in the same period of 1930. Thecontracts awarded for public works and utilities,which fluctuate widely, showed drops of 40 per centin volume and 37 per cent in value as compared withJuly.

Shipments of maple flooring declined only 1.5 percent from July, but fell 23 per cent below August,1930. Portland cement production was only 2.5 percent less than in July, but during the first eight monthsof this year there has been a decline of 21 per cent ascompared with the same period of both 1930 and1929.

The index of construction costs (composed of theprices of structural steel shapes, cement, lumber, andthe rates paid common labor) remained fairly steadyuntil the spring of 1931 but has declined rather sharplysince then; there was a decline of 6.9 per cent fromJune to July and only 1.7 per cent from July to August.Building-material prices for frame houses showed aslight advance over July, while those of brick housesdeclined slightly.

BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE

Year and month

1929" August _1930:

August _SeptemberOctoberNovember. .December

1931:January _ _ _FebruaryA! archAprilMayJuneJuly -.August

Monthly average, Jan-uarv through August:

1929 -19301931

Building contracts awarded

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

Monthlyaverage

1923-1925=100

129

8582756859

5868778279756864

127102

All types ofconstruction

Mil-lions oisquare

feet

66.7

39.841.239.533.129.1

24.628.338.039. 438.935.033.830.6

71.345. 933.6

Mil-lions ofdollars

489

347332337254249

228235370337306332286233

519419291

Residentialbuilding

Mil-lions ofsquare

feet

29.5

16.819.722.318.814.7

12.216. 622.122 621.916.915.914.1

36.819.317.8

Mil-lions ofdollars

146. 1

82.798.5

104.780.870.9

54.477.9

100. 995.988.972. 763.960.2

179.193.376.9

Public worksand utilities

Thou-sands ofsquare

feet

1,237

1,2971,484

339468697

393246522785387

2,3671,233

737

9101, 415

834

Mil-lions ofdollars

142.8

126.7109. 1113.076.478.6

95.278. 6

151.7133.0108. 9154.5116.373.0

135. 5159.3113.9

|Building materials

Maplefloor-ing

Ship-ments

Thou-sands of

feet,board

, meas-ure

7,029

4,4163, 3312, 8862, 5541,811

2, 3512, 0763,0173, 2263, 3153, 7783, 4473, 397

6. 2634, 0773, 151

Ce-ment

_

Pro-duc-tion

Thou-sands ofbarrels

18, 585

17,82116, 12414,41011,0988,480

6, 5955, 9208,245

11,24514,01014, 11813, 89913, 549

13, 87213. 84910, 948

Fabri-catedstruc-turalsteel

Neworders

Thou-sands of

shorttons

341

252156209151153

1021581S4293153177159124

309253176

Com-monbrick

Ship-ments

Mil-lions ofbrick

131.0

105. 5115.3103.4103.533.5

19.719.829.331.330.130. S31.3

131 692.5

Building !material l |

prices

I ji

Frame Brickhouse house

Con-struc-tioncost,Eng.NewsBee.

First of month, month-ly average 1913=100

177

169108171165168

163165163157160158155156

176175160

182

175174176172174

170171170167167106164163

182179167

205.9

201.0199.6198. 7198. 5196.9

194. 5196. 6194.5191.6189.3187. 4174. 4171.4

206. 6205. 1187. 5

Beal-estatemar-

ket ac-tivity—deeds

record-ed

Month-ly av-erage1926=

100

Long-termreaJ-estate

bonds

Total

To fi-nancenewcon-

struc-tion

Thousands ofdollars

86. 7 28, 403

69.6 i 1,93866.8 i 13,89074.0 i 6,63564. 6 9, 96568. 9 29, 877

66. 0 4, 52066. 7 3, 59061.7 j 2,01562.0 : 7,23561.3 , 9,48558.4 ; 3,42561. 1 77559.8 2,100

85.7 i ! 36,66871.6 : 13,83862.1 ; ' 4.143

16, 108

3001,4751,2101, 595

530

2, 8501,5001,0001,700

01, 000

600565

14. 0696.4181, 152



Agricul tureANIMAL products marketed during August, as

indicated by the combined index of physical vol-ume shown in the table, declined seasonally from thepreceding month; the total was slightly above that ofa year ago, but somewhat below the five-year average.

Seasonal declines were registered for receipts ofwool, poultry and eggs, and dairy products. Live-stock marketings increased from July to August,which was the same tendency exhibited in most of therecent years. Fresh fish landed, in three New Eng-land markets and one Pacific coast market, have showndeclines in August during the past two years, while thevolume during the month was only about three-fourthsas large as a year ago.

Crop marketings declined during August, accordingto the combined index, instead of showing the usualseasonal increase; grains declined nearly 17 per centfrom the preceding month and were 52 per cent lessthan in August, 1930. Cotton receipts increased byless than the usual seasonal amount and were 62 percent less than a year ago. Vegetable marketingsdeclined seasonally during August and were 22 percent less than in the corresponding month last year.Receipts of fruits showed a seasonal increase overthe preceding month and were larger than a year ago.

Wheat production in the United States, estimated

by the Department of Agriculture, as of September 1,indicated a total of 886,000,000 bushels comparedwith 863,000,000 bushels in 1930. Winter wheatalone accounted for the increase over last year, as theindicated total yields of durum and other spring wheatwere less than half as large as last year. Reports from34 wheat countries indicate a decrease of 123,000,000bushels below the world's production last year. Cornproduction forecast as of September 1 indicated atotal nearly 30 per cent greater than the short crop of1930 and only slightly less than the average of thefive years 1925-1929. The cotton crop report as ofSeptember 1 indicated a total yield of 15,685,000bales, or 1,341,000 bales more than in 1930, and anincrease of 101,000 bales compared with the August 1estimate. The combined production of the principalfood crops is expected to be somewhat above theaverage, while crops raised for feed are a little belowaverage. Hay and feed crops are rather plentiful inthe East and South, although there is a shortage inhay, oats, and barley from Michigan and Kansaswest. Flaxseed is expected to be the smallest cropsince 1922.

Visible stocks of wheat and of cotton on hand at theend of August were larger than for the same period ofeither of the two preceding years.

INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND STOCKS

Year and month

1929: August1930:

August _ _September _ _OctoberNovemberDecember

1931:January _FebruaryMarchApril..MayJuneJulyAugust

Monthly average, Jan-uary through Au-gust:

192919301931

Indexes of marketing

Animal products

Com-binedindex

Wool Live-stock

Poultryand eggs

Dairyproducts Fish

Crops

Com-binedindex

Grains Vege-tables Fruits Cotton

Indexes of stocks, end ofmonth

Wheat,visible

supply,UnitedStates

Meats,cold-

storage

Cotton,UnitedStates

Monthly average, 1923-1925=100

100.0

91.491.296.788.597.8

94.785.594.0

101.2106.7118.0105.295.7

100.1100.8100.1

268.3

360.530.979.134.557.1

25.350.861.978.2

197.1405.4573.2259.6

155.0206.8206.4

77.3

76.593.9

108.088.093.9

96.279.879.682.680.277.972.682.3

83.182.081.4

89.0

71.678.279.2

121.6137.8

95.094.0

121.8137.0125.6115.688.678.4

103.9106.0107.0

115.9

94.686.382.277.892.7

96.491.3

102.9113.1130.9156.6123.3106.6

115.4111.8115.1

247.2

202.0229.1172.0146.298.9

103.4116.2169.4174.3138.5144.5161.2150.6

172.0190.8144.8

132.9

122.5175.5212.1148.8105.8

74.366.864.453.162.055.2

103.186.0

81.470.970.6

213.9

180.5139.082.672.379.8

81.084.680.063.969.068.6

183.2135.8

106.794.295.8

88.1

81.9138.8168.489.679.4

98.091.1

104.393.3

135.6165.8103.464.1

114.8107.8107.0

130.0

133.1164.3249.0109.067.1

70.268.175.170.6

102.288.8

139.3154.1

91.175.596.1

72.0

77.7219.3327.5240.6144.9

64.045.138.629.828.39.1

22.629.2

48.740.533.3

325.1

331.7364.1349.8344.8333.3

335.8343.7352.7339.8336.4324.7370.4413.5

218.2256.5352.1

107.2

82.268.155.762.376.9

100.1114.0111.8114.8110.8105.898.783.3

124.7100.6104.9

58.1

118.9165.3236.6265.0267.0

254.1235.7216.0196.9179.6162.3146.8140.1

103.9143.1191.4



Iron and Steel IndustryFURTHER recession in activity in the iron and steel

industry in August extended the current declinefrom the peak of the spring rise over the fifth month.Measured by the Federal Reserve Board's index,operations declined 14 per cent from July to the lowestlevel since December, 1921. For the first eight monthsof the current year, the index averaged 37 per centbelow the same period last year, while the Augustindex was 45 per cent below August, 1930.

Employment and pay rolls in the industry under-went some additional contraction in August. Theemployment index was 2.5 per cent below July and16 per cent below August, 1930, while the drops inpay rolls were 3.4 per cent and 35 per cent, respectively.

August pig-iron production was 12 per cent belowJuly, and the average daily output was the lowestsince October, 1921. Production was only about half asgreat as in August, 1930, and for the first eight monthsof the year has averaged 41 per cent less than in thecorresponding months of 1930.

Steel ingot production in August was 8.9 per centbelow July, and while the decline was not as severe asin the two months immediately preceding, it wascontrary to the trend in every year since 1922. For

the first eight months of the year, steel productionwas 36 per cent below the preceding year and wasonly half of the average of the last five years. Opera-tions were at the rate of 31 per cent of capacity inAugust, compared with 34 in July and 59 a year ago.September output in recent years has usually beenbelow August and, with operations in the first threeweeks averaging slightly below last month, it appearsunlikely that the month's production will exceed thatof August. Unfilled orders of the United StatesSteel Corporation, declined 235,359 tons from theJuly total, and were the smallest for any month sinceSeptember, 1927. The decrease was less than in thesame month of either 1929 or 1930, but prior to 1929changes in the unfilled tonnage in August were smalland irregular. As the corporation operated at only34 per cent of capacity during the month and ran itsbacklog off 7 per cent, it is evident that buying con-tinued at a very low level.

Price changes were minor in August and earlySeptember, with the composite iron and steel priceholding the slight gain of July. Prices of structuralsteel beams eased off, and the finished steel price lostthe small gain of the preceding month.

IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS

I Ii i «-General operations ir°s?Jf a

Year andmonth

F. B. B.index(ad-

justed) i

Rale ofopera-tions,

electricenergycon-

sump-tion

i Monthly average,

1929: August1930:

August -SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1931:J anuaryFebruaryMarchApril.-May -JuneJuly. -I.."-August

M o n t h l y aver-age, J a n u a r ythrough August:

19291930- - - - - - - - - -1931

143

9285746559

647378

645951

13910667

150. 9

112.0110.3126.0106.5110.2

103.4116.5119.4108.1106.886. 683.178.0

156. 5129.2100.2

Em-ploy-mentad-

justedi

j- 1

Payrolls

unad-justed

1923-1925=100

101.4

83.981.781.380.279.1

77.575,976. 676.574.872.672.170.3

99. 590. 374.5

109. 3

77.575. 475.868.966.7

62.4

Ex-ports

Im-ports

Thousand

243

151131132112102

9367. 5 9170.0 1 11069. 1 1 10164. 9 9157.652. 450. 6

768473

107. 7 2a390.7 1 18961.8 90

I

61

2730303524

3221313928292721

493829

Pig-iron |pro-due-

i tion

s of long

i1 3,756

j 2. 5242, 2772,165

| 1,8671, 666

i 1,7141, 7072,0322, 0201,994 11,639 !

i 1,463 I1.281 !

3.648 !2,928 !1,731 1

Steel ingots

PerPro- centdue- ofca-tion pac-

ity

ton, ; PerlOLk i cent

!

4,939 , 93

3,061 ! 592,840 , 552,693 ! 502,212 I 441,980 ! 38

2,459 | 432,502 ! 492.994 542,722 i 492,505 : 452', 076 381,886 341,719 ' 31

4,853 • 953,695 i 722,358 | 43

Fabricatedstructural

st

Newor-ders

eel

Ship-ments

Thousandsof snor t

tons

341

25215G209151153

162158184293153177159124

309253176

315

262243239195168

172166151158148162182169

UnitedStatesSteel Manga-

Corpo- nese (oreration, con-unfilled tent),orders importsend ofmonth

Thousands of longtons

- - - j3,658 ! 32

3,580 ! 83,424 223,482 i 183,640 : 103,944 ; 29

4, 132 173,965 ; 103.995 : 23,898 : 333,620 i 213,479 373,405 383,169 ; 67

i

273 4, 175 31268 1 4. 188 : 25

, 164 3,708 , 28

Prices

Y

1 Steel ji billets, llron and Struc-i Besse- steel tural! mer compos-1 steeli (Pitts- ite ! beams| burgh)

!

Dolls, pe

35,00

31. 0031.0031.0031.0030.60

30. 0030.0030. 0030. 0029. 5029.0029.0029.00

34. 5432. 31

: 29. 56

!

• l ong t o n ; ™£,

36.57 1.95

33.01 [ 1.6532.67 : 1.6032.31 ! 1.6031.95 ! 1.6031.76 | 1.60

31.70 i 1.6331.65 ! 1.6531.66 1.6531.61 1.6531.39 : 1.6531.02 i 1.6531.05 ; 1.6531.05 1.60

I

36.63 ! 1.9334.25 ; 1.7631.39 > 1.64

Com-posite

finishedsteel

•ST"

2. 55

2. 262.242.222.202. 199 222/222.232.222.212 192! 202,19

2. 562. 372.21Digitized for FRASER

http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis


Chemical IndustriesDURING August the Federal Reserve Board's

adjusted index of employment in the chemicalindustries recorded a continuation of the decline ofJune and July. This was accompanied by a corre-sponding decrease in pay rolls. In both instances thereduction amounted to about 3 per cent. For thefirst eight months of the current year the averagemonthly employment was 14.5 per cent below thesame period of 1930 and pay rolls decreased 18 per cent.In August employment and pay rolls were both 17 percent below the same month of 1930.

Further curtailment in production was shown bythe available figures for August. The production ofnaval stores, which had held steady for more than ayear experienced a sharper decline than during July.Turpentine production was 40 per cent below theprevious month and 57 per cent below August of lastyear. Rosin output for August also declined 40 percent from the July level and was 54 per cent underthe same month a year ago. The average monthlyproduction for the first eight months of 1931 showed areduction of 27 per cent for rosin and 29 per cent inthe case of turpentine as compared with 1930. Con-tinuing the decline of the last four months, productionof by-product coke was 5 per cent less^ than in Julyand 32 per cent less than ki the same month a year

ago. Average monthly production for the first eightmonths was 28 per cent lower than in 1930.

Stocks of manufactured chemicals showed a furtherslight decline to a point close to the August, 1930,figure, which is the lowest point reached in severalyears. Stocks of raw materials moved up 1.5 per cent,the first increase since October, 1930. The averagemonthly stock of manufactured chemicals for the firsteight months of 1931 was kss than for a similar periodin 1930 and 1929 by 8 per cent and 9 per cent, re-spec tively.

Fertilizer consumption showed an increase overJuly, after a continued decline for the last four months,but fell slightly under August a year ago. Seasonalincreases in the importation of fertilizers and fertilizermaterials took place in August. The advance overJuly amounted to 31 per cent, but the total for Augustwas 20 per cent below the same month a year ago. Thevolume of imports of nitrate of soda was approximatelydouble that of the preceding month and nearly fourtimes as great as in August, 1930. This is the firstincrease in five months and is in contrast to the decideddecrease in August of last year. During the first eightmonths imports of nitrate of soda have been onlyabout 7 per cent less than in the same period of1930.

CHEMICALS STATISTICS

General operations

StocksEmploymentF. R. 15. Indexes

Ethylalcohol

Explo-sives

fiosiii,wood

Tur-pen-tine,wood

Super-phos-phates

1By-

prod-uct

coke

Ar-senic,

refinedFerti- Potash [Nitratelizer salts lofsoda

Year and month Ad- Unad_justed justed

Pay-rolls,

unad-justed

Manu-fac-

turedgoods

, Monthly average, 1923-1925=

1929: August . ..1930:

AugustSeptember.OctoberNovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril . _MayJune _- - - _JulyAugust

Monthly average, January throughAugust:

192919301931

114,4

104.4102.3101.198.397.9

96.694.589.891.793.089.689.486.6

111.5106.991.4

111.2

101. 5102.7101.498.697.8

96.295.693.396.791.486.786.284.4

111.4106.791.3

113.0

100.7101.399.996. 194.7

90.492.989.892.088.484.182.980.4

112.2106.987.6

106. 7

117.3121. 3

i 125. 2124. 2123. 9

; 128. 8130.7

! 132.0: 129.01 129. 3; 123. 3

119. 2119. 0

121. 6130. 7126. 4

Rawma-

terials

100

96.6

98.1120.0132.7128.5124. 2

107.7103. 296.591.588.487.986.788.0

103. 110.1. 993.7

Production

TilOUS. ThoUS. Rorrplqof gals. ! of Ins. , -Barrels

20, 026 40, 584

12, 890 i 31, 16814,299 i 35,68818,455 i 34,11320,861 j 30,24817,770 | 24,024

11,869 i 24,0568,859 28,751

11,929 j 25,41411, 162 | 27, 64713,120 ! 26,960

i 25, 98111,975 25,06812,363 ;

1 15,417 35,939: 11,973 | 28,068j .

38, 315

37, 34938, 29334, 81838, 93134, 332

24, 48832, 33233, 54435, 58533, 59334, 74728, 49517, 074

36, 80240, 96429, 982

6,721

6,1256,5735,8176,5846, 200

4, 7575, 6345, 7406,3445,9965, 6754,3702,607

6,5707,2725,140

Thous. of shorttons

310 4, 004

296 3,611283 3,376336 i 3,408303 i 3,114336 3,055

326 3,092249 j 2,898226 ! 3,256195 1 3, 146162 ! 3, 126146 | 2,715143 2,569

! 2,443j

294 3.956347 | 4.030

2, 906

Con-sump- Importstion

qhnrt Tnous-/nnl i of short Long tonstons tons ;

857 47 46,004

1,002 45 48,4871,101 i 128 48,4821,265 ; 95 37,4251,508 i 61 i 13.4991,439 ! 74 17,537

1,570 ! 343 ! 22,7501,409 i 640 19,0431,506 1 1,352 : 23,955

964 1 1, 132 j 15, 9821,044 ; 195 13,8491,024 ! 74 11,968

997 ' 25 35,1601,238 40 34,636

j870 1 633 27,669947 | 638 35,302

1, 219 475 22, 168

51,684

9, 08319, 36227, 20735, 47435, 512

45, 89068, 421

120, 16467,00834, 00629, 71 118, 80935, 367

91, 93556, 29252, 422Digitized for FRASER



Automobiles and RubberPRODUCTION in the automotive industry con-

tinued to decline by more than seasonal proportionsduring August, due entirely to a reduction of 15 percent in passenger-car output. Truck production waspractically unchanged. Units produced in the UnitedStates reached a total of 189,000, representing a reduc-tion of 13 per cent from July and of 16 per cent fromAugust, 1930. For the first eight months of the cur-rent year the average monthly output was 26 per centunder the same period in 1930.

Employment in the industry underwent a furtherslight reduction for the month of August and wasaccompanied by a proportionate decline in pay rolls.While these figures do not represent a large monthlydecrease, they are 14 per cent and 13 per cent, respec-tively, under the same month in 1930.

August exports of passenger cars failed to retain thegain recorded for July and fell slightly under the Junefigure. Truck exports continued to decline andreached a low point for the year. The monthly aver-age of total exports for the first eight months wasabout half that of a like period in 1930 and one-fourththe figure attained in 1929.

Pneumatic-tire output in July was 13 per cent under

that of the preceding month, but was 23 per centgreater than in July, 1930. With the exception ofJune, domestic shipments were larger than for anymonth of the current year. Complete data forAugust are not yet available, but production recededfrom the July level. Shipments also declined, butwere larger than the output. For the first sevenmonths of the year the average monthly productiondeclined 2.5 per cent with shipments receding 4 percent compared with a like period in 1930.

Employment in the rubber industry declined for thesecond consecutive month. The August adjustedindex was 70.5, compared with 73.8 in July and 80.0in August, 1930. Pay rolls were reduced approxi-mately 3 per cent, bringing the index to 20 per centbelow August of last year.

World stocks of crude rubber in August showed afurther increase over the record levels of July andwere 29 per cent greater than in the correspondingmonth of 1930. August imports of crude rubber de-clined 11.5 per cent as compared with July, but exceededAugust,1930, by 6.5 percent. The average monthly im-port for the first eight months of the present year is 5 percent less than for the same period in 1930.

AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: August1930:

AugustSeptemberOctober..NovemberDecember

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugust

Monthly average, Januarythrough August:

1929_1930.1931

Automobile production

F.R.B.index,

ad-justed

Month-ly av-erages,1923-1925-

100

131

6262497485

6368677777656053

1429166

United States

TotalPas-sen-gercars

Thousands

499

224221154137156

172220276337317251219189

528336248

441

184175113101121

138180231286271209183154

454283207

Taxi-cabs Trucks

!Canada

Totalpro-duc-tion

Automobileexports

Passen-ger cars Trucks

Number

1,040

386930582609

1,425

512529410665340360180104

1,591674388

56,808

40, 45044, 22340, 59335, 61333, 443

33, 53139, 52145, 16150, 02245, 68841, 34235,85434, 853

72, 89552, 17140, 747

14, 214

9,7927, 9574,5415,4075,622

6,4969,871

12, 99317,15912, 7386,8354,2204,544

27, 50516, 3339,357

22, 123

7,9568,1257,1366, 0399,096

8,3049,187

11,52611, 2288,4685,8436,4785,699

33, 85215, 3378,342

20, 706

5,3185,3124,0796,0395,102

4,5344,1876,0025,4994,4984,3403,5182,356

18, 6838,0514,367

Auto-mobileacces-sories,ship-ments

Janu-ary.

1925=100

88

6076796355

4653656661615766

857089

Automobilefinancing

Bywhole-

saledeal-ers

Bycon-sum-

ers

Millions ofdollars

70

4545363036

4050637173584944

616456

163

10390816066

626692

1131091059679

14811390

Pneumatictires

Pro-duc-tion

Do-mesticship-ments

Thousands

4,354

3,3322,6922,8662,1232,251

2,9403,1883,7303,9554, 5434,5383,941

5,3223,855

5,667

3,9763,3602,6132,1192,550

2,8552,5803,1433,8044,1974,3204,224

5,0483,773

Crude rubber

iWorld

Im- | stocks,ports end of

nionth

Long tons

37, 851

36, 65735, 78345, 37529, 73337, 370

36, 59834, 37440, 78844, 90835, 84446. 93944, 05239, 033

50, 42642, 15840, 317

261, 721

399, 695425, 619425, 423427, 427439, 728

460, 479471, 285487, 716487, 696497, 707496. 238£09. 139513, 721

254, 297379, 228490, 498



Textile Industry^ | AEXTILE production showed less than the usual

A seasonal increase during August, as indicated bythe adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board, butthe increase over the corresponding month last yearamounted to 23 per cent.

Raw cotton consumption during August was lessthan in the preceding month, but 21 per cent greaterthan in the corresponding month last year. Stocks onhand in mills and in warehouses at the end of Augustwere slightly less than in the preceding month, whilethe total was 18 per cent larger than a jêar ago.

Production of cotton textiles increased from July toAugust, but the total was slightly less than in August,1930. The average weekly production of cotton piecegoods, accounting for about half of total cloth output,was 52,000,000 yards in August, compared with 48,-000,000 yards in the preceding month; the sales of thesegoods were about 20 per cent under current productionduring August against 18 per cent in July. Shipmentsof cotton textiles during August were above the volumefor the preceding month but somewhat less than in thesame month last year; stocks on hand at the end ofthe month were somewhat less than for July, and

were about 43 per cent less than a year ago. Un-filled orders declined 22 per cent during August andreached a point which was slightly less than a yearprevious.

Wool receipts at Boston declined seasonally duringAugust and the total was 29 per cent less than in thecorresponding month last year. The price at Bostonof the territory type of fine, staple, scoured wool hasshown little change during the four months ending inAugust but the average for the month was 17 per centless than a year ago.

Spinning of woolen and worsted goods in Augustcontinued the upward trend, which had been in evidenceduring recent months; the rate of activity for woolensduring August was 38 per cent above that of the samemonth last year, while the ratio of active spindle hoursin worsteds was 42 per cent greater. The indexes ofemployment and pay rolls in woolens and worstedscombined, during August, showed that it was one of thefew manufacturing industries operating more activelythan a year ago.

Raw silk deliveries increased seasonally and were11 per cent larger than a year ago.

TEXTILE STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: August __1930:


1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune _JulyAugust

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

192919301931 ... .-

F.

E.

B.

inde

x, a

dju

sted

Month-ly av-erage,1923-1925=

100

120

8188919387

869397989897

102100

1189296

Cotton, raw

Mill

co

nsu

mp

-ti

on

Bales

558, 754

352, 626394, 321444, 494414, 887406, 207

454, 188433, 510490, 586508, 744465, 770455, 388450, 518425, 819

608, 808465, 035460, 565

Sto

cks,

mil

ls a

ndw

are

ho

us

es

,en

d o

f mo

nth

Thou-sands of

bales

2,183

4,4716,2158,8959,965

10, 037

9,5538,8628,1207,4046,7526,1015,5195,266

3,9045,381 i7,197

Cotton manufactures i

Spi

ndle

act

ivit

y,to

tal

Mil-lions ofspindlehours

8,129

5,1345,6636,2395,8325,916

6,3606,1107,0017,1296,7396,6306,5326,193

8,5546,6326,587

Cotton textiles (23 groups oftextile constructions)

Pro

du

c-ti

on

ift£

:' Sto

ck

s,en

d of

mo

nth •se*S-««f l

I"2*!P O 9 P

Thousands of yards

307, 538

218, 815182, 385228, 866206, 633234, 052

202, 149212, 168271, 638225, 955225, 392260, 163192, 545209, 050

298, 353245, 973224, 883

326, 398

231, 348232, 975270, 383200, 661226, 951

210, 597248, 354317, 185217, 582205, 603273, 871211,331227, 644

301, 814248, 226239, 021

364, 060

442, 996392, 406350, 889356, 861363, 962

355, 514319, 328273, 781282, 154301, 943288, 235269,449250, 855

371, 891449, 863292, 657

355, 095

226, 422285, 427350, 845333, 251288, 956

317, 465395, 802373, 951294, 118248, 544330, 575277, 597217, 508

414, 144304, 620306, 945

Whole

sale

pri

ce,

Fair

ch

ild

co

m-

posi

te

Month-ly av-erage,1911-1913=

100

160

126124124124122

120119121119115112111100

162138115

Wool

Bec

eipt

s, a

t Bos-

ton,

to

tal

Thou-sands ofpounds

40, 476

51, 6727,074

12, 7396,240

11, 574

10, 79513, 26913, 27917, 77530, 34156, 74379, 38136, 850

30, 61534, 38132, 304

&^<«®'&5SrtM iftTS^ \

*1*£§«1

Dol- !lars perpound

.93 j

.76 '

.76

.75 i

.72

.72 |

.68 ;

.66 !

.66 !

.65

.63 i

.62 !

.62 !

.63 I

':??!.64 j

Wool manu-factures

Spinningspindles

Woo

len

Wor

sted

Per cent of ac-tive hours tototal reported

77

4855535245

4866575560616466

815860

69

5560625252

5254575766738378

675365

Silk

Del

iver

ies

to m

ills

Bales

59, 704

41, 73455, 64961, 93757, 33355, 424

55, 91054, 24255, 38341, 35645, 07342, 16144, 74646, 454

51, 78343, 98548, 166

Ray

on

, w

hole

sale

pri

ce,

A g

rade

, bl

each

ed

Dol-lars perpound

1.15

.95

.95

.95

.95

.95

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

1.281.10.75

1 Months do not contain same number of weeks.

78699—31 3Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

18 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS October, 1931

Food IndustriesFOOD products processed during August were in

about the same volume as during the precedingmonth, according to the seasonally adjusted index ofthe Federal Reserve Board, while the rate of produc-tion was 5 per cent less than in the same month lastyear and 12 per cent less than the monthly averageof 1923-1925, which is taken as the base of the index,or 100. The seasonally adjusted index of employmentshowed no change during August, and was below thelevel of a year ago.

Wholesale prices of food products recorded thesecond consecutive monthly increase during Augustbut the index was still about 15 per cent less than ayear ago.

Wheat receipts in the principal markets duringAugust were about 37 per cent less than in the pre-ceding month, which was the largest decrease betweenthese two months in any recent year. August hasshown increased receipts over July in some years,amounting to as much as 39 per cent in 1927. Thevolume in August of this year was 21 per cent lessthan in the same month a year ago. Visible suppliesof wheat in the United States increased seasonallyand the total was about 22 per cent larger than at

the end of the same month last year. Exports ofwheat, including flour,declined during August instead ofregistering the usual seasonal increase, and the volumewas only half as great as in the same month in 1930.

Corn receipts in the principal markets declined dur-ing August and the volume for the month was only60 per cent as large as in the corresponding monthlast year. The visible supply decreased from July toAugust, but the total was 60 per cent larger than ayear ago.

Cattle receipts which increased seasonally weresomewhat larger than in the same month of either ofthe two preceding years. The Department of Agri-culture reports that more unfinished cattle, but fewergrain-fed cattle are coming to market than during thelatter months of 1930. The estimated number ofcattle on feed in the Corn Belt on August 1 was 13per cent smaller than a year ago. Hog receipts re-corded a seasonal decrease from July to August, whilethe volume was about 6 per cent smaller than in thecorresponding month last year. Meats in cold storagehave declined seasonally since the spring months; thetotal on hand at the end of August was 22 per centless than in August, 1929.

FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS

Year and month

1929' August1930:

Augus tSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember - - .

1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarch _AprilMay .June.JulyAugust -_ -

Monthly average, Jan-uary through August:

192919301931

Food products in-dustry

F. E. B.

CstSiP

aII||glw

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925=100

100

9196949489

9392879691838888

999490

99.9

93.092.990.991.490.8

91.290.389.990.690.888.788.188.1

99.896.589.7

I

1"o.d

ôl

103.1

87.189.288.685.781.8

80.177.176.775.672.972.473.173.7

99.492.175.2

Cro

p m

ark

eti

ng

s

An

imal

pro

du

cts

, m

ark

et-

ing

s

Monthlyaverage,

1923-1925=100

-

132. 9

122.5175.5212.1148.8105.8

74.366.864.453.162.055.2

103. 186.0

81.470. 970.6

100.0

91.491.296.788.597.8

94.785.594.0

101.2106. 7118.0105.295.7

100.1100.8100.1

Wheat

1"5•cl

fl

S

*»•atssgag* S

jli

bfa3

Is""Ô

f

Millions of bushels

102

8563292522

293131213130

10467

423643

191

200214205202196

197202207200198191218243

128151207

17

24191286

6457

10121712

11139

&liPaG3 ;§

"oft

1.26

.85

.79

.76

.70

.73

.71

.71

.71

.75

.76

.67

.47

.51

1.151.01.66

Corn

t« 1-S.JJ 09 ft

£.5 2«j

£ >

Millions ofbushels

19 6

20 ! 516 515 517 727 I 17

19 * 1821 2019 ' 2217 \ 2011 ! 1213 i 816 912 | 8

22 2222 1416 15

£Io

yi'3

»4 W

"oft

1.01

.99

.94

.82

.71

.69

.65

.61

.60

.58

.56

.58

.57

.46

.94

.84

.58

Animal products

%

ia

1fcflO

Thousands

1,619

1,6052,1082,3771,6961,736

1,5081,3031,5351,6171, 5511,5401,4881,821

1, 5541,5311,545

2,964

2,6172,7993,4413,4394,002

4,6523,7043,2073,0672,9382,8542,5112,454

3,6403,3873,173

•00

1-g

if!Ill

sisii1,027

788652534597737

9591,0921,0721,1001,0621.014

946798

1,195964

1,006

Tota

l ra

w s

ug

ar

import

s

"3

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A~

500

313392360344312

204364515415313382413532

551391392

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imp

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s

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£3

875

712991

1,159957

1,098

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

884

941988

1,169



Forest ProductsT UMBER production as measured by estimated-L' timber cut reached a new low level in August, theFederal Reserve index standing at 40 per cent of the1923-1925 average. This represents a decline of 10per cent from the month previous and 34 per cent fromthe level of a year ago, and reflects the efforts of theindustry to bring production more nearly into linewith present demand.

Employment in the forest products industry de-clined slightly to a point one-fifth below a year ago andabout half of the 1923-1925 average. Pay rolls alsodeclined more than seasonally to a point just over 40per cent of the 1923-1925 average.

Marketings of forest products in August weremaintained at about the level of a year ago, with a veryslight increase over the revised estimate for July.Present marketings are about two-thirds of the 1923-1925 average. Carloadings increased sharply butseasonally.

Marketings of naval stores declined somewhat morethan seasonally in August to a point 17 per cent belowAugust a year ago and 4 per cent below the averagefor this month in the years 1923-1925.

Production of southern pine, Douglas fir, arid hard-woods this year have averaged less than new orders,

whereas last year up to this time production wasexceeding the receipt of new orders. This reflectsa better technical position of the industry althoughoperations are at a low level.

Southern pine production declined while new andunfilled orders increased. Production during the firsteight months of this year was about 40 per cent belowthe same period last year, being this year 10 per centbelow new orders, whereas last year up to this timeproduction was 9 per cent in excess of new orders.

Douglas fir production increased seasonally inAugust to a level 17 per cent below this month lastyear; new orders also increased and unfilled ordersdeclined seasonally. Production for the first eightmonths of 1931 was at a rate about 8 per cent below thatof placing of new orders, whereas in the same period lastyear production exceeded new orders by 2 per cent.Hardwoods production declined about 8 per cent inAugust while new orders dropped 6 per cent and un-filled orders fell off 7 per cent. Unfilled orders are nowabout three and a half times the monthly production.

Unfilled furniture orders in the Southeastern districtin August were approximately the same as in July, theaverage amount for the first eight months of the yearbeing 7 per cent below the same period last year.

FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS

Year and month

1929: August.1930:


1931:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly. .August . _ _ _

Monthly average, Januarythrough August:

192919301931. _- .

General operations

Lum-ber

pro-duc-tionad-

justedF.R.B.

Em-ploy-ment,

ad-justed

Payroll,

unad-justed

Indexes ofmarketing

Totalforestprod-ucts

Navalstores


93

6157544750

4945504950494440

937447

90.5

65.162.462.160.458.8

56.356.355.755.455.454.452.051.1

89.373.454.6

94.7

61.660.960.454.750.4

44.045.646.244.945.744.641.741.3

90.370.344.3

91.7

66.060.268.262.958.0

55.955.960.964.068.467.566.667.0

88.070.563.3

189.0

171.2158.2143.1112.9117.7

37.125.539.798.3

136.5189.9186.7141.5

118.3117.2106.9

Southern pine

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un-filled

orders

Douglas fir 1

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un-filled

orders

Hardwoods

Pro-duc-tion

Neworders

Un-filled

orders

Millions of feet board measure

202207211185167

165154165165148127122120

244146

189206213177146

191171174169158140147151

223163

12411210910599

116107113104847883

.85

16696

354

207200208192167

160179186202207200149172

333262182

328

223218203186189

192189217224189191181188

350256196

245

135176138176188

183182197216136163166111

341222169 i

334

165161158143134

143158165146146143109101

313228139

300

139176154133125

169188173154158176139131

310181161

645

500475466452456

456481473463431419402375

641588438

Car-load-ings,forestprod-ucts

Thou-sands of

cars

344

207162159174121

156138138130165125106138

286219137

Furni-ture,un-filled

orders,south-east-ern

district

Dollarsperfirm

42, 26843, 68029, 11719,91714, 400

31, 78134, 16029, 79828, 24819, 33856, 86547, 99747, 706

39, 69936, 987

1 Data for May, August, and October contain 5 weeks; ether months, 4 weeks.


20 SUKVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS October, 1931

Miscellaneous IndustriesLEATHER

Although there was an increase of about 2.5 per centin the actual number of employees in the leather andleather products industry during August, this increasewas less than the usual seasonal increase and theadjusted index of employment in the industry dropped0.6 per cent. The Federal Reserve Board's adjustedindex on production of leather and shoes increased byone point, however, and was 7.4 per cent over Augustlast year. Production of shoes was almost 18 per centgreater than in July and was 18 per cent above August1930.

PAPER AND PRINTINGA normal seasonal drop of 0.3 per cent in employ-

ment was recorded by the paper and printing industryduring August. Pay rolls declined 0.5 per cent, andwere almost 13 per cent under August, 1930. Pro-duction of newsprint paper, which is normally aboutthe same in July and August, decreased by 12 per centto the lowest level of the year and to a point 14 percent under August last year.

NONFERROUS METALSProduction in the nonferrous metals group as

indicated by the Federal Reserve Board's adjustedindex dropped during August, reaching the lowestpoint so far this year. Employment and pay rollsalso declined during the month and were materiallyunder August, 1930.

Silver production increased more than normally,while lead production decreased after seasonal adjust-ments are made. Copper and zinc production in-creased by normal amounts for this season of the yearbut production of both metals was materially underAugust last year.

FUELS

The increase in the production of bituminous coalduring August was less than normal so that theadjusted index of production decreased by 5.4 percent from the July figure. August production was 14per cent under August last year. Anthracite produc-tion increased by 7 per cent.

STATISTICS ON MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES

Year and month

1929' August1930:


1931:January _February-.MarchAprilMay__JuneJulyAugust

Mon thly average, Januarythrough August:

19291930 -_. -.-1931

Leather and itsproducts

F.R.B.pro-duc-tion

index,ad-

justed

Month-ly av-erage1923-1925=

100

108

9595898181

788792

103107101101102

1049896

ShoesSoleandbelt-ing

Production

Mil-lions

ofpairs

36

2829281918

2024293028282833

302728

Mil-lions

ofpounds

26

2323231922

20171820182019

2424

Paper and printing

F.R.B.pro-duc-tion

index,ad-

justed

Month-ly av-erage1923-1925=

100

125

10910910710398

106110110110113108109

125117

Newsprint

Pro-duc-tion

Con-sump-tion bypub-

lishers

Thousands ofshort tons

121

10295

1059299

10289

10110210110110088

11711198

172

157164183185167

161150179174180161157146

185178164

Nonferrous metals

F.R.B.pro-duc-tion

index,ad-

justed

Employment

Ad-justed

Unad-justed

Payrolls,

unad-justed


124

9697958785

7879777373686564

12910172

101.2

76.173.672.671.871.2

69.266.866.666.566.665.464.263.1

103.481.066.1

99.8

75.172.571.670.970.2

68.468.168.868.167.465.463.462.3

104.181.566.5

113.2

72.070.769.467.367.9

64.164.466.365.463.459.154.552.9

120.385.061.3

Cop-per,

smelt-er

Lead,refined

Production

Short tons

91, 735

66, 69868, 48770, 41964, 81660, 022

53, 42955, 22957, 92252, 08553, 73451, 65246, 50347, 246

100, 58574, 15852,225

58, 503

52, 98048, 49150, 40243, 42348, 517

43, 40539, 46441, 77535, 49839, 51930, 70832, 15730, 249

59, 69153, 03436, 597

Tin

Deliv-eries

Longtons

7,185

5,6957,2507,5806,2707,495

7,2105, 1006,1206,6305, 5055,1855,1005,270

7,7686,2045,765

Fuel production

Bitu-mi-

nous

An-thra-cite

Thousands ofshort tons

44, 695

35, 66138, 63244, 15038, 12239, 716

38, 54231, 40833, 87028, 47828, 31429, 18529, 79030, 534

42, 99037, 62631,265

5,735

6,0815,2937,5765,2076,086

6,1575,3914,7455,7005,0054, 5443,9544,314

5,7585,6194,676

Crudepetro-leum

Mil-lions

ofbarrels

92

7571736867

66-6169737775-78

8477



LIFE INSURANCE—PREMIUM COLLECTIONS

[Thousands of dollars]

JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril . ... .MayJuneJuly .. .AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

January..FebruaryMarchAprilMay.June .__JulyAugust- _ ,September ... ___ . _OctoberNovember.December

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay__.JuneJulyAugust __SeptemberOctober __ ...NovemberDecember

January _FebruaryMarch __ .AprilMayJune.. .. ._JulyAugust ._September.OctoberNovember . _ . . _December

JanuaryFebruaryMarch _ _ ...AprilMayJuneJulyAugust .SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1921 1922 1923 1924 1935 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

TOTAL INSURANCE

101, 73598, 468

112,377109, 343104, 266106, 077103, 48298, 74095, 478

104, 717101, 700130, 289

109,411111,756125, 303114, 200117,999116,063114,729111,076101, 743114, 152114, 151148, 789

123, 997121, 771139, 260130, 938131, 275131, 122128, 213127, 140113,911131,112130, 917171, 697

138, 646140, 932145, 920144, 985150, 084142, 913146, 656134, 286131, 008145, 617138, 515205, 434

157, 556153, 000174, 738167, 663167, 240163, 046165, 593151, 227147, 548161, 683161, 245229, 976

170, 949169, 364190, 301183, 126176, 103180, 221180, 851165, 372162, 633174, 412177, 097236, 164

188, 381184, 058209, 818200, 358194, 465201, 223190, 493189, 754178, 808192, 072194, 924264, 488

211, 129220, 108226, 439214, 455223, 832211,999213, 230199, 319190, 824216, 627210, 763285, 694

223,611230, 246239, 319236, 386234, 187221, 879239, 199217, 478206, 336229, 926224, 519299, 023

247, 690231, 383262, 403241, 280247, 945238, 686240, 976222, 020220, 002236, 666226, 944333, 743

254, 005244, 325270, 081258, 926268, 658256, 586260, 103234, 652

ORDINARY INSURANCE

77, 90577, 49289, 61085, 60480, 58083, 41579, 54374, 03171, 93779, 12778, 69799, 149

82, 41388, 05698, 75489, 98391, 18989, 42087, 46483, 60276, 63786, 13887, 629

109, 624

93, 94593, 534

108, 752101,031102, 252100, 18297, 40696, 20984, 83898, 24199, 377

119, 800

106, 045108, 162111,422113, 205114,686107, 888113,01999, 41795, 049

109, 188103, 731141, 633

116,835116,975128, 544128, 710127, 080121, 806125, 554109, 737107, 367119,073118, 552157, 858

124, 695123, 456142, 143139, 123131, 553132, 268133, 755117,851118,023125, 689127, 489154, 534

135, 396135, 969158, 510149, 281143, 772149, 477138, 262135, 207128, 751137, 008141, 789168, 114

148, 947154, 292168, 961157, 836165, 718154, 916152, 862143, 386135, 743154, 489155, 032181, 752

160,867-160, 630175, 645172, 282174, 278158, 733169, 773154, 206143, 078169, 724156, 465190, 844

164, 920162, 709182, 665173, 929175, 397166, 190170,847150, 754147, 907165, 954154, 473191,871

170, 497166, 759186, 452183, 992175, 562173, 947178, 398154, 579

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE

21, 80419, 64921, 43621, 94622, 26621, 38122, 23323, 21622, 35423, 92721, 76229, 071

24, 56022, 20125, 19522, 80525, 15525, 31825, 71726, 12823, 70926, 45624, 81336, 957

28, 00225, 70628, 64027, 86927, 33929, 16928, 87729, 00627, 37830, 69729, 19548, 803

29, 86730, 20032, 81429, 23532, 96332, 74430, 75832, 53033, 81133, 40432, 19159, 616

36, 55032, 90137, 02233, 82936, 57437, 97736, 66437, 80837, 05738, 95139, 07465, 018

41, 24737, 80143, 34440, 76340, 29943, 74742, 63943, 41940, 82743, 98845, 28173, 947

45, 92043, 28645, 53445, 65045, 75046, 58447, 10849, 22045, 74149, 27248, 27389, 926

54, 56448, 19351,01350, 69152, 18451, 50953, 07250, 22849, 34355, 69149, 15496, 864

53, 80651, 95656, 15955, 76852, 21855, 80157, 93256, 14356, 77351, 70557, 97397, 619

58,71155, 65965, 60553, 94858, 45959, 52254, 60258, 96159, 85955, 85158, 108

112, 666

62, 65956, 38862, 92053, 85459, 88460, 65455,61262, 874

GROUP INSURANCE

2,0261,3271,3311,7931,4201,2811,7061,4931,1871,6631,2412,069

2,4381,4991,3541,4121,6551,3251,5481,3461,3971,5581,7092,208

2,0502,5311,8682,0381,6841,7711,9301,9251,6952,1742,3453,093

2,7342,5701,6842,5452,4352,2812,8792,3392,1483,0252,5934,185

4,1713, 1249,1725,1243,5863,2633,3753,6823,1243,6593,6197,100

5,0078,1074,8143,2404,2514,2064,4574,1023,7834,7354,3277,683

7,0654,8035,7745,4274,9435,1625,1235,3274,3165,7924,8626,448

7,61817, 6236,4655,9285,9305,5744,2965,7055,7386,4476,5777,078

8,93817, 6607,5158,3367,6917,345

11,4947,1296,4858,497

10, 08110, 560

9,6698,0998,3447,5988,0037,6158,4806,5087,2207,9447,2699,591

10, 1088,7488,7908,3988,0378,1178,1147,895

ANNUITIES

s

i

14, 3904,9165,7895,8056,0865,3597,0475,7975,0166,9177,094

19, 615

10, 74112, 43011,91912, 68225, 17513, 86817, 9799,304

1 Compiled by the Association of Life Insurance Presidents from reports of 44 companies. Prior to May, 1927, 45 companies were represented, but due to a merger of2 companies this number was reduced to 44. This merger did not affect the comparability of the series in any way, as both companies contributed their data towardthe aggregate compilation. Annuities were first segregated in January, 1930. This table revises any data previously shown in the Survey oj Current Business on this subject.



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

Sept.26

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

Beehive cokeBituminous coalBuilding (new awards)fElectric currentPetroleum. _Steel ingots

Receipts:Cattle and calves | 85.1

1931

Sept.

Cotton 176.Hogs 60.9Wheat

Distribution: Car loadingsWholesale prices:

Copper, electrolytic 49 3Cotton, middling, spot 23.2

Sept.

68.971.3

99.8105. 3 105. 7

38.2

5131.958.2

112.17

51.423.5

193O

Sept. I Sept.27 20

Sept.'Sept. Sept.! Sept.13 i 28 21 I 14

70.0 83.6 85.271. 8i 86. 2 85. 670.4 74.8

17.1 15.969.6J 93.4 91.5

15.5 48.693.8119.1

68.71 82. 9| 74.8106.095. 01102. 9J103. 4103. 7106.'92. 1 114.7116.3116.2139.:39.5 78.9 78.9 76.3111.:

1929

Sept.! Sept.! Sept26 19 12

86.4106. 1 105.6106.984. 1109. 31108. 7106. 280.8119. Oi 127.0

50. 2; 50. 2113.0113.0

113.0107.6108.4

1.4142.37.9111.8

2140.8107.

79. 4 101. 0 102. 8| 99. 1 121. 5 109. 8 100. 0i. 9 198. 8(202. 7 180. 8 245. 8 202. 3172. 1

56.7 63.81 60.4 60. l! 77.8 66. 4i 69.2212.4140.0136. 1146.8

99. 4100. 7i 125. 5 121. 8 120. 369. 6 99.1

52.9 71.7 73.925. 0 38. 2; 40.1

i i

75.4129.0129.0129.068.8: 69.9

Wholesale prices—Continued.Fisher's index (1926=100—

Total (120)Agricultural products (30)Nonagricultural products

(90)Iron and steel composite

! Banking and finance:I Bank debits outside N. Y. C_.[ Bond prices

I Business failures (number)i Federal reserve ratio! I Interest rates, callI i Interest rates, time

Loans and discounts...Money in circulationNet demand depositsStock pricesTime deposits

1931

68.61 69.054,

74.72.2

9 75.0 75.0

68.955.9

Sept. Sept.;Sept.|Sept. Sept.27 ! 20 13 28 21

83. li 83.6! 83.4 95.8

2 94. 7 63.14101. 4103. 37104.'4! 101. 2102.64! 36.4

40.0114.

0| 34.381114. 16:105. 2! 105.17| 108. 71109. 22107.3115.68152.1153.3

1930 1929

85. 6; 87.1

Sept.14

87.1 101. 8102. 3 102.2

80. 7: 80. 9| 80. 978.6| 78.8| 78.!

92.2 92.388.0 88.2

106. 5116. 0! 99. 8 147. 8J155. 3 136. 9103. 1

J-UU. <J 1 1U. U] J7£7. 01 ilf . O lijtj. O

109. 0108. 7! 108. 6! 102. 9 103.1119.9-122.11113.8105.2105.8105.3104.9 95.2 95.2

92.7

8.5! 54. 5i 60.61215.1203.0197.967.7! 74.3! 75.41208.6205.7205.7

135. 3135. l|l34. 51138. 0138. l|l37. 292.0! 92.3 92.5| 98.5 98.8 99.3

112.1,112. 8113. 41108. 2109.1 110.0193. 7 203. 8 210. 5.304. 9|312. 5 308. 0165. 2164. 3!164. 9150. 6 150.1|150. 0

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

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Bituminous-coal production thous. tons__Building contracts (da av ) 37 States thous. dollsElectrical current output mil kw -hoursExports:

Corn thous. of bu_.Wheat thous of buWheat flour thous. of bbls__

Freight cars:Loadings total cars

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

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

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

Steel-ingot production per cent capacity

WHOLESALE PRICES

Chemical index rel to 1924Copper ingots, electrolytic, New York dolls. lb_.Cotton middling, spot, New York dolls IbFood index (Bradstreet's) ... dolls. Ib .Iron and steel composite dolls, tonWrheat, 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 dolls..

Business failures numberFederal reserve banks:

Bills discounted mills, of dollsTotal reserves mills, of dolls

Federal reserve reporting member banks:Total loans and disounts mills, of dollsTotal investments mills, of dolls. ." Other" loans _ _ mills, of dolls .Net demand, deposits mills, of dollsTime deposits mills of dolls

Foreign exchange, sterling _ dolls .Interest rates 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 dollsSales thous. of shares ..

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

Sept. 26

.

2,193

269459

84l"

106.3.068.0632.15

31.02.43

5,2314,018

15, 18189.02

483

3103,492

14, 2287,8447,867

12, 8856,8373.99

1.751.50

5,176

99 2716, 084

78.873.058.2

123.8

1931

Sept. 19

7,256

1, 663

202,371

178

742 628127,61126, 57240 19224, 931

217,912275, 55529, 855

2,202

282343

8,9073,379

9 9

108 3.071.0642.19

31.03

5,2614,315

6, 14190.80

426

2633,648

14, 2637, 8697,849

13, 1346 8954.86

1.501.50

5,108

104. 2014, 337

81.276.052.4

131.0

Sept. 12

6,78411,0261,582

231,202

81

667 750116,92424, 16733 57223, 743

187, 645251,413 ,30, 286

571 0141,919 j

252 :226

9,353 I12,277 i

30 ;

106 3.073.0682.17

31.04.42

2,8242,877

4, 80792.49

396

2603,629

14, 3337,6837,891

13, 1956 9504.86

1.751.50

5,105

112.308,299

87.881.457.5

144.4

Sept. 27

9,10313,3171,714

142,367

387

950 38116l' 13442, 15943 11928, 976

244, 733382 13948, 095

394 0322,390

319572

11,5161,335

60

107.2.099.1042.71

32. 56.77

6,1574,850

2,62997.58

488

1673,141

16,9126,3858,458

13, 5427 4894.86

2.962.00

4,470

188. 1116, 179

142.1132.5119.7206.4

1930

Sept. 20

8,920

1 722

463 060

350

952 561162 04341, 49646 12527 175

244, 800382 13748 785

389 6872,422

325527

13,31768660

107 2.102

1092.77

32 64.78

6, 7535,285

3,54997.37

497

1633,127

16, 8816,3698,484

13,6187 4484.86

3.252.25

4,481

197. 949,677

150.1140.2123.0219. 5

Sept. 13

9, 14512,0131 727

462 451

323

965 813168'09240, 80049 92026, 903

243, 044386 26750 787

391 8192,420

313470

16, 8761,296

58

107 2.104111

2.7932 68

.80

5, 3754,548

1,63297. 21

463

1833,112

16,8126. 3538,488

13, 7007 4784.86

3.302.50

4,494

204. 4611,331

153. 6144. 0124.9223.8

Sept. 28

11,60517, 0231 778

971 377

288

1 203 139' 223' 423

63 78149 04935 000

273, 494489 535

68 857118 523

2,900

384639

11, 1231,691

85

112 5.178

1873.31

36.441.23

12, 6736,736

1,99192.18

428

944i 3, 162

17, 2445,4389,524

13, 0726 8294.85

9.138.88

4,782

296. 1324, 557

224.2213.3164.4330.4

1929

Sept. 21

11,013

1 792

2073 087

281

1 167 395' 204' 756

62, 57651 77532 135

271, 407475 79068, 956

131 8502,925

347526

10,8112,000

82

112 2.178

1873.33

36 521.25

12, 0287,074

1,41992.32

360

9343, 156

17, 2545,4899,567

13, 1796 8054.85

9.008.38

4, 798

303. 5323, 475

228.1218. 5169.4327.9

Sept. 14

111,00818 1371 806

453 485

239

1 153 274' 199' 604 I

64 82652 89029 273

269, 387467 69469 600

147 8452^965

316449 !

11,66311,902 ;

85

113 i i.178 1

190 !3.34

36 521.26 ;

12,409 i6,235 i

2, 548 I92.30 !

397 i

973 i3, 146

17, 142 I5,429 ;

9,564 i13, 283

6 799 !4.85 !

9.00 ;8.13 i

4,822 |

299. 1126,400 i

222.1216.9167.9312.4

19

Sept. 29

11,05629 0861 623

1313 658

274

1 196 965217 099

66 61563 32536 743

270, 568480 511

62, 104105 017

2, 510

385667

19, 7931,963

86

108 7.150. 1933.41

35.291.10

9,2875,751

2,10896. 64

400

1,0112,771

15, 8686,0169,058

12, 9816 8484.85

7.386.75

4,806

204. 3622, 751

156.4162.1128.9155.7

28

Sept. 22

10, 021

1 614

624 568

323

1 144 131191 22764, 47760 26336, 845

266, 658460, 303

64, 35893 2042,509

444527

18, 3642, 409

85

108.7.149.1853.44

35.231.07

9,7116,506

1,80296.62

437

1,0942,768

15, 9416, 0399,066

13, 0456,8314.85

7.257. 75

4,789

204. 9823, 751

157.8163. 8129.7156.1



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 23Wholesale prices 24Commodity groups:

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

PageCommodity groups—Continued.

Rubber and its products 40Stone, clay, and glass 42Textiles 42Tobacco 44Miscellaneous 44

Fuels 45Distribution movement . - _ _ _ 46Foreign trade 47Employment and wages 48Construction 50Public utilities 51Finance 53

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


Federal Reserve Board

Total, unadjusted rel. to 1923-25..Total adjusted rel to 1923-25Manufactures, total unadjusted rel. to 1923-25. _Manufactures, total adjusted _.rel. to 1923-25..

Automobiles . rel. to 1923-25..Cement rel to 1923-25Food products, rel. to 1923-25..Iron and steel rel to 1923-25Leather and shoes rel. to 1923-25..Nonferrous metals ..rel. to 1923-25. _Paper and printing ...rel. to 1923-25..Petroleum refining rel to 1923-25Polished plate glass rel. to 1923-25..Auto tires and tubes re to 1923-25Textiles re . to 1923-25.Tobacco manufactures re . to 1923-25. _

Minerals, total unadjusted re . to 1923-25..Minerals, total adjusted _ re . to 1923-25.

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

Industrial Consumption of ElectricalEnergy

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

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

repair parts 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 1923-25Paper and pulp . rel. to 1923-25Rubber and its products— rel. to 1923-25..Shipbuilding rel. to 1923-25.Stone, clav, and glass rel. to 1923-25..Textiles rel. to 1923-25..

August

7980798060

1028851

10264

1001188481617059

11459614549

97.389.990.099.5

112.8

97.3

43.6146.477.179.475.073.3

78.0121.798.585.6

105. 995.0

July

28083

27983

261108288

592101

6510916291

1121021228584577459

21225564

2 4249

97 9100 692. 195 7

117.596 8

97.9

55.9147.083.876.974 569.3

83 1104 097.482.0

104.898.2

June

8384

2828465

1128364

10168

10816191

12697

1338585667467

12246604654

101 798 4

102.791 5

114 3106 4

101.7

71.3136.285.486.381 578.6

86 6112 4121.084.8

118.7100.5

1931

May

28989

290289

77969172

10773

1131631121231011378486717568

12227785154

109 8104 4109.2101 3118 2119 1

109.8

89.7126. 881.097.298 594.0

106 8135 1122.389 7

132.0103.7

April

90289291289

77909675

10273

11016111710798

1348392847769

1210

715461

106 4109 4105-097 6

108 6114 0

106. 4

90.8122.083.991.599 594.6

108 1109 6109.092.5

116.5100.0

March

28928791

28767

87789277

1101521199897

1318287

7670

1120

796365

108 2105.8105. 7102 8117 5115 7

108.2

94.1116.871.293.2

112 2103. 5

119 4123 0109.698.3

105. 197.3

Febru-ary

28786

288285

688092738779

1111491119493

1328488897376

1100

826265

110 3105 5109 0108 0130 6120 0

110.3

88.9112.976.184.2

114 0112.3

116 5127 0122.0114 8102.699.3

January

82828181638493647778

107144908886

1218690937772

1100

836865

97 690 2

100 296 6

105 8111 0

97.6

67.5118.371.682.697 495.0

103 4111 8106.5113 975.386.4

Decem-ber

78827680858389598185

101149657387

1288994938576

1110

927168

99 186 399 097 5

116 499 9

99.1

71.5107.168.773.3

102 397.8

110 2117 084.399 0

100.689.8

Novem-ber

85284

8484748694658087

103151917793

1199592838683

11451837370

105 496 3

100 6103 5113 4121 3

104.3

74.9124.473.086.599 589.6

106 5112 395.3

105 5106.287.0

1930

October

90878885499794758995

1071601018891

12910498

1058783

11574947090

103 293 2

107.399 6

118 4116 1

103.2

80.9137.284.977.1

101 287.0

126 0120 099.0

121 5106.385.4

Septem-ber

29291919062

11196869597

109165958488

12510094808589

11479

1017393

110 788 1

110 6103 1120 1130 9

110.7

88.4148.673.5

105.6101 497.4

110 3119 3107.2124 1120.585.1

August

9091899162

11791

2 929596

109164659681

13010196

2868284

11796

1067094

106 987 1

122.094 3

110.2125 0

106.9

86.6141.287.797.7

100 395.2

112.0115. 1110.5122.8118.272.5

2 Revised.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

24 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

October, 1931


STOCKS AND ORDERS

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

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

Unfilled orders total rel to 1923-25

COST OF LIVING

All groups rel. to 1923..Clothing rel to 1923Food rel. to 1923Fuel and light . rel. to 1923..Housing rel to 1923Sundries rel. to 1923

PRICE INDEXES

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

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

rel. to 1926. .House furnishing goods (37)

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

products (384) rel. to 1926Raw materials (108) rel. to 1926Semimanufactured articles (62)

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

WHOLESALE PRICES

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

New York dolls, per lb_.Aluminum, scrap cast, New York.dolls. per l b _ _Barley, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, perbu..Brass sheets, mill dolls, per lb._Brick, common, red, New York

dolls, per thous..Butter, common, New York dolls, perlb.Cement, Portland (composite) ..dolls, perlb.Cheese, American whole milk, New York

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

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

. dolls, per short ton.Bituminous-

Mine average (spot)dolls, per short ton-

Prepared sizes (composite)dolls, per net ton-

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

dolls, per short ton..Coke, furnace, Connellsville

_ dolls, per short ton..Cocoa, spot, Accra, New York. .dolls, per lb.Corn:

No. 3, yellow, Chicago .dolls, per bu.No. 3, Kansas City .dolls, per bu.No. 3, white, Chicago .. -dolls, per bu.

Cotton:To producer dolls, perlbIn New York, middling dolls, per lb.

Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow,prime, New York dolls, perlb.

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

Cotton yarns:22/1 cones, Boston dolls, perlb .40/15 southern spinning .dolls, per lb.

Drugs and Pharmaceuticalsrel. to Aug., 1914.

Drugs, crude rel. to Aug., 1914.Essential 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:

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

Calfskins, country, No. 1 dolls, perlb.

1931

August

137.2114.5153.6

85.978.681.989.681.595.5

70.273.774.6

75.475.562.3

88.5

87.564.258.5

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

1.57

3.9078.11

3.704

2.45.0525

.46

.45

.49

.063

.072

.059

.030

.052100

.212

.336

15711876

1.41

119.7

.113

.129

July

48.32 134. 22117.22 146. 5

53.5

85.978. B81.589.382.095.8

70.073.174.0

75.877.358.2

89.2

88.065.461.0

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

256.02 134. 12 118. 2

145.6255.2

85.979.981.089.182.695.5

70.072.474.0

77.577.958.1

87.8

88.665.461.8

71.964.7

68.567.977.7

2.00

.2290

.0438.39

.158

10.00.23

1.364

.1488

.068.0803

14.31

12. 413

1.56

3.8168.00

3. 692

2.45.0563

.58

.52

.59

.077

.090

.068

.048

.054112

.215

.352

15712877

1.48

118.3

.100

.129

May

252.92 139. 22118.5

154.156.1

86.980.782.889.183.595.9

71.372.975.1

78.479.160.9

87.3

89.266.362.8

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

1.60

3.8388.04

3.723

2.48.0494

.56

.52

.56

.088

.093

.069

.050

.058115

.223

.353

15713079

1.55

121.0

.085

.129

April

260.42 143. 92119.4

161.759.8

88.282.084.990.684.196.8

73.375.677.1

80.980.161.6

87.3

90.867.663.9

74.268.3

71.169.079.2

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

258.22 150. 72119.5

173.261.2

89.183.286.592.584.696.8

74.576.778.4

81.981.964.5

87.4

90.869.264.7

75.669.4

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

.54

.60

.096

.109

.076

. 055

.059121

.240

.382

17413081

1.58

126.4

.090

.128

Fsr I'-™"*249.8

2 153. 32119.9 1

177.460.2 |

89.684.486.992.785.396.9

75.577.179.3

81.882.269.6

86.6

90.870.463.9

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

2.53.0563

.61

.54

.63

.091

.110

.073

.053

.065119

.239

.390

17513180

1.56

127.0

.073

.117

251.22 156. 32119.5

182.861.8

91.184.690.992.985.997.2

77.080.180.5

82.983.669.8

88.6

91.171.064.7

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

2.55.0619

.65

.59

.68

.086

.102

.073

.052

.062120

.248

.390

17513381

1.57

132.8

.095

.125

1930

Decem-ber

248.7163.7

2 120. 1194.561.8

92.686.693.992.986.797.4

78.481.881.9

84.484.870.5

91.2

91.372.466.9

79.074.2

74.373.684.7

2.00

.2290

.0601.47

.178

9.50.32

1.580

.1893

.070.1030

14.89

12 751

1.77

4.3178.94

3.898

2.55.0675

.69

.66

.73

.087

.101

.072

.053

.065122

.247

.390

17513785

1.61

137.2

.107

.144

Novem-ber

48.7161.8

2118.6 I192.658.7

93.987.796.892.987.597.6

80.485.783.7

85.685.271.8

94.0

95.273.367.8

80.176.8

75.676.186.4

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

.156

October

56.6157.2

2118.4184.858.6

94.888.898.892.788.097.8

82.688.685.6

85.886.075.1

96.5

95.373.868.8

81.580.0

75.577.887.6

2.42

.2290

.0769.52

.169

9.50.40

1.600

.1994

.089.0980

14.87

12. 762

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

.172

Septem-ber

260.0144.6

2 118. 2163.563.0

95.490.599.792.188.797.6

84.289.286.8

86.486.676.3

99.1

95.475.569.7

82.882.1

76.579.789.2

3.00

.2290

.0788.53

.176

9.50.40

1.600

.2094

.072.1031

14.80

12. 707

1.75

4.3038.79

3.897

2.60.0670

.94

.89

.97

.099

.109

.081

.053

.070124

.242

.420

17613991

1.90

145.6

.146

.165

August

53.8132.3

2 120. 5140.765.3

94.789.398.491.488.597.6

84.087.186.4

87.487.375.4

98.9

95.977.771.2

83.381.8

78.180.790.6

3.00

.2290

.0791.52

.179

9.50.39

1.600

.1994

.072.1069

14.57

12. 578

1.68

4.1808.70

3.892

2.55.0775

.9992

!99

.114

.121

.084

.050

.070126

.252

.435

17614397

2.00

143.7

.136

.161

2 Revised.




25


WHOLESALE PRICES— Continued

Hosiery _rel. to 1926...Iron and steel, metals and

metal products rel to 1926Iron, raw:

Basic (valley furnace) _dolls, per long ton._Basic (valley furnace) rel. to 1926-.Composite pig iron dolls, per long tou__Foundry No. 2,

northern dolls per long toriFoundry No. 2, northern rel. to 1926—

Lard, prime contract, NewYork dolls per Ib

Lead, pig, desilverized, NewYork dolls, per Ib—

Lead, pig, desilverized, NewYork rel. to 1926-

Leather, composite, wholesaleprice _ rel. to 1926- .

Leather, sole and belting, oak,and scoured backs dolls, per Ib—

Leather, sole and belting, oak,and scoured backs rel. to 1926—

Leather, upper, composite, chrome,calf black, "B" grade dolls, per sq. ft—

Leather, hides (see under hides).Leather, shoes (see under shoes) .Linseed oil, New York dolls, per Ib—Lumber:

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

common dolls, per M ft. b. m_.Douglas fir, flooring, 1x4 , "B"

and better (V. G. Washing-ton) _ - dolls, per M ft. b. ni—

Southern yellowpine dolls oer M ft. b. in

Southern yellow DIDP rel to 1926Meats:

Beef, fresh, carcass, goodnative steers, Chicago dolls, per Ib—

Beef, fresh, carcass, goodnative steers, Chicago rel. to 1926—

Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,New York dolls per Ib .

Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,New York rel. to 1928

Cattle, corn-fed, Chicago -dolls, per lOOlbs..Cattle, corn-fed Chicago rel. to 1926—.H.07S, heavy, Chicago-dolls, per 100 Ibs—Hogs, heavy, Chicago,.. rel. to 1926—Sheep, ewes, Chicago dolls, per cwt—Sheeo, ewes, Chicago. rel. to 1926..Sheep, lambs, Chicago dolls, per Ib—Sh.yop, lambs, Chicago _ rei. to 1926.Pork, haras, smoked, Chicago

_ _ _ dolls, per IbPork, hams, smoked, Chicago

.- _. rel. to 1926Western dressed steers, New York

..dolls. perlb—Methauol:

Refined dolls, per galMilk, condensed, New York— dolls, per case—Milk, evaporated - dolls, per case..Nonferroas metals rel. to 1926..Oats:

No. 3, white, Chicago dolls, per bu_.No. 3, white, Chicago rel. to 1926

Oils and fats ._ rel. to 1927Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored,

Chicago dolls, per Ib—Oleomargarine, t>( mdard, uncoiled,

Chicigo rel to 19 JOPaT>er, nen spruit roll, delivered,

\e"H ^ ork debs pel 100 lb^Fa; v,r, neo, -print roll, doluenM,

" e\ , York" rel to 1926r M I »le "r

( i -de, K i i- u> ' »k ld lu i la dolib per bbl_.Ciud<\ Ka 'ajvOklah mui . .iel. to l l»-ib—Ga dT.d fuM oiN, oklahoii. i 24 -2t,

<Ta")l 'n '_\ Ne\v ifo'lc dolls j)er <$al-.K e r o > > e, 110° water xvlnle.doll-* pei gal .I v.i( i f iiu oil, o v l i U v i O r uolls pel gii

I'1 iiju, foundry A ) 2,P iU^bu/ f rh— . — dolls per long ton

I'i^ iron, foa- idiy N - > '2, i i t ibDurgh_ rel. to 1926

Potatoes dolls per buPotatoes rel. to 1920—Kayon, 150 denier "A" grade,

New York— _ _ . _ __ _ dolls, per Ib -Kosin, gum, New York dels, per bb l_ .Ruhbcr, crude, smoked sheets,

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

Now York.. . rel. to 1926Kye, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bu._live, No. 2. Minneapolis rel. to 1926..Sheep, ewes, Chicago dolls, per 100 Ibs..Sheep, ewes, Chicago rel. to 1926--Sheet), lambs, Chicago doll, per 100 Ibs

August

48.6

87.1

15. 5083.6

16.38

18.7691.0

.075

. 0440

52.3

90.3

.40

91.3

.348

.083

66.0

10.97

25.29

27.6861.4

.144

87.9

.158

92.38.62090.56.3551.41.9830.05. 9543.4

.185

60.1

.158

.355.003.0058.0

.2151.2

62

. 105

46.0

.43423. 0

')UI\

. 133

.038

18. 76

91.0.767

41

.753. 94

.3841.31.9830.0r>. 9f>

July

48.6

87.5

15. 5083.6

16.38

18.7691.0

.082

. 0440

52.3

89.8

.37

84.4

.350

.091

66.3

10.64

25.76

27. 8261.7

.129

78.6

.145

84.97.25076.16.2450. 62. 5638.96. 0044.2

.173

56.1

.145

.355.653.1059.4

.2356.1

68

.106

46.5

. 23812. (i

.133

.038

18. 76

91.0.825

44

.754.28

.003

]3.0.37

40. 22.5638. 90. 00

June

48.6

87.4

15. 5083.6

16.40

18. 7691.0

.083

.0392

46.6

87.8

.37

84.4

.352

.086

67.8

11.25

25.98

28.1562.4

.129

78.8

.145

84.97. 32076. 86.3951.81.5523.56.9850.9

.174

56. 6

.145

.355. 653.2058.9

.2765.9

64

.110

48.2

.30015. 9

. ;W5

. 133

.042

18. 76

91.0.753

41

. 754. 08

. 003

13.0.37

40.21.5523.5(5, U8

19

May

50.8

87.8

16. 2587.6

16.64

18.7691.0

.082

. 0382

45.4

88.1

.37

84.4

.356

.088

68.4

11.64

28.33

28. 8263.9

.143

86.8

. 155

90. 37. 67580. 56.4051.92.4437.08.3861. 0

.182

59.2

.155

.355.653.3060.6

.2868.3

68

.128

55. 9

.53028. J

.403

. 133

. 04f»

18.76

91.0.870

47

.754.70

.004

13.2.36

39.12.4437.08. 30

31

April

50.8

88.7

16. 5089.0

36.75

18.7691.0

.090

.0441

52.4

88.4

.37

84.4

.356

.092

73.3

12.12

29.74

28.3262.8

.160

97.1

.172

100.88.56389.97.0857.43. 2950.08.7664. 0

. 184

59.7

.172

.355.653.5065.1

.3073.2

72

.145

63.5

. 53028.1

.4*8

.133

.048

.145

18. 76

Ul.O.908

49

. 754. 73

. 084

13.2.35

38.03.2950.08. 76

March

51.9

89.0

16.5089.0

16.72

18.2688.6

.094

.0453

53.8

88.4

.37

84.4

.352

.095

74.2

12.68

31.14

29.6665.8

.169

102.8

.180

105. 49.07595.27.1858.23.7957.58.2760. 4

,187

60.7

.180

.405.653.5067.1

.3175.6

71

.145

63.5

3.10

89.9

.59431.5

.510

.133

. 051

.145

18.26

88. 6.cS49

46

. 754, 04

.077

15.9.36

39.13.7957.58.27

Febru-ary

51.9

88.9

16.7590.3

16.82

18. 5189.8

.085

.0455

54.0

89.0

.37

83.3

.354

.092

73.2

12.86

31.65

28.4263.0

.178

108.1

.196

115.09. 10695.66. 7354.53. 6955.98. 31CO. 7

.195

63. 5

.196

.405.793.5066.1

.3278.0

68

.155

67.9

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.588

.138

.053

.146

18. 51

89.8.867

47

4! 38

.076

15.7.37

40.23.6955. 98.31

January

51.9

89.3

17.0091.7

16.94

18.7691.0

.090

.0480

57.0

90.8

.38

86.7

.359

.088

76.0

12.82

31.33

30.7368.1

.195

118.8

.205

120. 110. 00105.07.3459.53.4452.17.9858. 3

.207

67.1

.205

.406.033.7567.4

.3278.0

71

.177

77.6

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.600

.135

.054

.165

18.76

91.0.903

49

' .754. 45

. 082

16.9.38

41.33.4452. 17.98

Decem-ber

58.3

90.0

*• 17. 0091.7

17.01

18.7691.0

.100

.0510

60.6

91.5

.40

91.3

.355

.092

78.1

12.99

31.73

32.5172.1

.195

118.8

.205

120. 110.58111.07.9464.32.9344.47.4054.0

.213

69.2

.205

.406.033.8069.7

.3482.9

73

.190

83.3

3.10

89.9

.85045.1

.610

.141

.054

.172

18.70

91.0.898

48

. 954. 95

.089

18.4.44

' 47.82.9344.47. 40

Novem-ber

58.3

90.2

17.0091.7

17.14

18.7691.0

.112

.0510

60.6

93.3

.41

93.5

.307

.094

80.1

13.25

33.40

33.4474.1

.195

118.8

.205

120.1JO. 31108.28.8671.83.3851.27.1352. 0

72.1

.205

.406.033.8068.4

.3380.5

73

.205

89.8

3.25

94.2

.85045. 1

.650

.141

.053

.184

18.70

91. 0.950

51

.955. 29

.089

18.4.43

46.73.3851.27. 13

1930

October

60.5

90.4

17.0091.7

17.30

18.8991.6

.119

.0515

61.2

96.7

.41

93.5

.372

.099

80.2

12.98

33.77

34.0175.4

.195

118.8

.205

120. 19.97

104. o9.8679. 93.8443.17.0351. 3

.221

71,7

.205

.406.033.8067.8

.3687.8

74

.205

89.8

3.25

94.2

1. 09858.3

.594

.143

.054

.186

18.89

91.61.017

55

.955. 54

.084

17.3.49

53.33.8443.17.03

Septem-ber

62.6

91.8

17.6094.9

17.79

19.5694.9

.119

.0550

65.3

98.2

.44

100.4

.372

.105

80.8

13.14

34.58

33. 4874.2

.191

116.1

.203

118.610. 33108.410. 5885.83.0846. 67. 3553. 6

.221

73. 8

.203

.406.033.8071.2

.3892.7

78

.205

89.8

3.25

94.2

1.17862.5

.580

.148

.053

.190

19. 56

94.91.099

59

.955. 80

.080

16.5.55

59.83.0846. 67.35

August

64.8

92.7

18.0097.0

17.99

19.7695.8

.114

. 0549

65.2

99.9

.46

104.9

.371

.131

81.1

13.44

35.65

31.7270.3

.168

102.4

.173

101.19.1495.99.7879.23.0946.97.7256.3

.229

74.4

.173

.406.033.8072.7

.3995.1

87

.205

89.8

3.25

94.2

1.17862.5

.600

.163

.050

.193

19. 76

95.81.088

59

.955.39

.100

20.6.60

65.23.0946.97.72

78699—31—Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

26 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


October, 1931


WHOLESALE PRICES— ContinuedShoes, men's black calf blucher,

Boston dolls, per pair__Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,

oxford Rt Louis dolls per pairShoes, women's black kid,

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

York dolls, per l b__Silk goods, composite dolls, per yd—Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh.dolls. per cwt..Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh rol. to 1926. _Steel, crude:

Composite, finished steeldolls per 100 Ibs

Iron and steel, compositedolls, per long ton..

Steel billets, Bessemer. dolls, per long ton..Steel billets, Bessemer rel. to 1926—Steel scrap, Chicago__dolls. per gross ton..Structural steel beams.dolls. per lOOlbs..Structural steel beams rel. to 1926..

Sulphuric acid dolls, per ton..Sugar:

Retail average, 51 cities rel to 1913Retail granulated, New York_dolls. per lb_.Wholesale, 96° centrif., New

York .. „ ... dolls, per Ib.Wholesale, 90° centrif., New

York rel. to 1926.Wholesale, granulated, New

Yo^k dolls, per lb_Wholesale, granulated, New

York rel. to 1926.Tea, Formosa fine, New York— dolls, per Ib.Textiles, general rel. to 1926-Tin, wholesale, straits,

New York- - dolls, per Ib.Turpentine gum,

New York . dolls, per gal.Wheat:

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

No. 1, northern spring,Minneapolis rel. to 1026

No. 2, red winter,St. Louis - dolls, per bu—

No. 2, red winter, St. Louis.. _rel. to 1926—No. 2, hard winter,

Kansas City dolls, per bu~No. 2, hard winter,

Kansas City. rel. to 1926—Wheat flour:

Standard patents,Minneapolis dolls, per bbl—

Standard patents,Minneapolis rel. to 1926...

Winter straights,Kansas City dolls, per bbl—

Winter straights,Kansas City rel. to 1926.-

Wool:Raw, territory, fine, scoured -dolls, per Ib—Raw, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fleeces, }4.

blood, combing grease. dolls, perlb..Suiting 13 oz dolls. Tier vdSuiting, 13 oz rel. to 1926..Women's dress goods, French serge,

5-1-in., at factory dolls, per yd—Women's dress goods, French serge,

54-in., at factory . rel. to 1926-Worsted yarns dolls per IbWorsted yarns rel. to 1926..

Zinc, prime western dolls, per Ib—FARM FHICES

Cotton and cottonseed (2) rel. to 1909-14—Dairy and poultry products (4)_rel. to 1909-14..Fruits and vegetables (9) rel. to 1909-14. .Grains (6) rel to 1909-14Meat animals (5) rel. to 1909-14Unclassified (5) rel. to 1909-14—ill groups (3D rel to 1909-14

RETAIL PRICESRetail food index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 19I3__Retail coal index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913..

AUTOMOBILESProduction index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

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

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

Production, actual-Canada—

Total no. ol cars..Passenger cars no. of cars..Trucks no. of cars

United States-Total no. of cars..Passenger cars no. of cars..Taxicabs no. of cars..Tracks . no. of cars..

1931

August

6.75

4.35

3.150

2. 512.98

1.6081.7

2.19

31.0529.00

82.98. 375

l.GO81.7

15.50

104.053

. 035

80.0

. 046

84.1025

64?2

. 2575

.36

.65

41. 1

.47BO. 3

.43

28.9

4.21

49.9

2.96

40.8

.63

.231. 40074.5

.925

74.01.0069. 7

. 0382

53899754926075

119. 7186.1

53

43.0

4, 5443, 4261,118

187, 197155, 321

10431,772

July

6.75

4.35

3.150

2.364.98

1.6584.3

2.20

31. 0529.0082.9

8.7501.6584.3

15.50

102.051

.035

80.4

.046

84.1.22565.4

. 2502

.39

.61

38.6

.4831.0

.44

29. 5

4.13

49.0

3.84

47.8

.62

.211. 49474.5

.925

74.01.0069.7

.0389

7184

11057925879

119. 0184. 3

60

55.9

4,2203,1511,069

2218,4902 183, 993

180234,317

June

6.75

4.49

3.250

2. 463.99

1.6584.3

2.19

31.0229.0082.9

8.7501.6584.3

15.50

102.050

.033

76.5

.044

80.3.22565. 4

. 2341

.55

.74

46.8

.7246. 5

.68

45.6

4.75

56.3

4.12

56.8

.62

.201.49474.5

.925

74.01.0069. 7

. 0312

6585

11467915980

118.3180.8

65

71.3

6, 8355,5831, 252

2250,6402210,016

3602 40, 264

May

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.266.99

1.6584.3

2.21

31.3929.5084.3

8.8751.6584.3

15.50

102.050

.032

73.5

.043

78.3.22566.3

.2320

.54

.81

51.3

.7951.0

.73

49.0

4.85

57.6

4.14

57.1

.63

.201.49474.5

.925

74.01.0069.7

. 0331

7487

11974996286

121. 0179.4

77

89.7

12, 73810, 6212,117

317. 163271,135

34045, 688

April

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.266.99

1.6584.3

2.22

31.6130.0085.7

9.8131.6584.3

15. 50

104.050

.033

75.6

.044

80.1.22567.6

. 2512

.56

,79

50.0

.8051.6

.73

49.0

4.71

55.9

4.02

55.4

.65

.221. 49474.5

.968

77.4LOO69. 7

. 0372

7896

12074

1066391

124.0181.8

77

90.8

17, 15914, 0433,116

33fi, 93;286, 252

66550,022

March

6.75

4.60

3.250

2. 561.99

1.6584.3

2.23

31. 6630.0085.7

10. 0001.6584.3

15.50

106.051

.033

75.8

.043

79.2.22569.2

. 2707

.53

.76

48.1

.7850.3

.70

47.0

4.67

55.4

4.00

55.2

.66

.221.54377.0

1. 050

84.01.0069.7

. 0400

8099

10974

1066591

126. 4187.7

67

94.1

12, 99310, 4832, 510

276, 405230, 834

41045, 161

Febru-ary

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.7091.001.6584.3

2.22

31.6530.0085.7

10. 0631.6584.3

15.50

107.053

.033

76.3

.045

81.4.22570.4

. 2631

.45

. 75

47.5

.7951.0

.69

46.3

4.85

57.6

4.06

56.0

.66

.231. 60179.8

1.050

84.01.1076.6

. 0401

7695

10975

1006790

127.0187.6

68

88.9

9,8717, 5292,342

219,910179,890

52939, 521

anuary

6.75

4.60

3.250

2.8071.021.6383.0

2.22

31.7030.0085.7

10. 2191.6383.0

15.50

107.053

.034

77.9

.046

83.4.22571.0

.2610

.44

. 76

48.1

.7850.3

.69

46.3

4.96

58.9

4.09

56.3

.68

.261.60179.8

1.050

84.01.1076.6

. 0404

72108108

771126994

132.8188.1

63

67.5

6, 4964,5521,94'

171,84h137, 805

51233,531

1930

Decem-ber

6.75

4.72

3.450

2.7091.021.6081.7

2.19

31.7630. 6087.4

10. 0001.6081.7

15.50

107.053

.033

75.8

.046

83.2.22572.4

. 2527

.42

.77

48.7

.8353.5

.71

47.7

4.89

58.0

4.03

55.6

.72

.271.60179.8

1.050

84.01.1781.8

.0410

Tc.12010880

1127097

137. 2188.1

85

71.5

5,6224,2251, 397

155, 701120, 833

1,42533,443

Novem-ber

6.75

4.85

3. 550

2.4631.021.6081.7

2.20

31. 9531.0088. 6

10. 1251.6081.7

15. 50

107.053

.034

78. 8

.047

85.0.22573.3

. 2589

.43

.75

47.5

.8353.5

.69

46.3

4.69

55.7

4.14

57.1

.72

.291.60179.8

1.050

84.01.2083.6

. 0427

8013011480

US73

103

141.4188.0

74

74.9

5,4073, 5271,880

136, 754100, 532

60935, 613

October

6.75

4.85

3.550

2.5121.021.6081.7

2.22

32.3131.0088.6

11.3751.6081.7

15.50

106.053

.033

76.3

.044

80.8.22373.8

. 2686

.41

.82

51, 9

.8756.1

.74

49.7

4.98

59.1

4.23

58.3

.75

.301. 60179.8

1.093

87.31.2083.6

.0406

76126127

92123

70106

144.4187.9

49

80.9

4, 5413,2061,335

154,401113,226

58240, 593

Septem-ber

6.75tf

4.85

3.550

2.4131.041.6081.7

2,24

32.6731.0088.6

12. 5001.6081.7

15. 50

107.054

.031

72.1

.043

79.2.22475.5

. 2964

.44

.87

55.1

.8856. 8

.78

52.3

5.08

60.3

4.44

61.3

.76

.311.60179.8

1. 100

88.01.2083.6

.0427

8312314810012867

111

! 145. 6I 187. 0

62

88.4

7, 9575, 6232,334

220, 649175, 496

93044, 223

•August

6.75

4.85

3.550

2. 9551.061.6584.3

2.26

33.0131.0088.6

12. 1251.6584.3

15.50

111.054

.032

73.0

.044

80.3.29077.7

.3002

.41

.91

57.6

.8957.4

.81

54.4

5.34

63.4

4. 56

62.8

.76

.311.60179.8

1.100

88.01.2083. C

.0436

9411514910111970

108

143.7184, 1

62

86.6

9,7926, 9462, 846

224, 368183, 532

38640, 450

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AUTOMOBILES— Continued

Electric industrial trucks and tractors:Shipments —

Domestic number..Exports number

Exports (assembled):From Canada-

Total no. of cars..Passenger cars no of carsTrucks no. of cars..

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

Financing:United States-

Wholesale dealers thous. of dolls__Total consumers..... .thous. of dolls..New cars thous. of dolls..Used 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 carsTotal 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—

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)petroleum refining rel. to 1923-25

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

Prices, wholesale rel. to 1926—Stocks, manufactured goods,

end of month ... __ _rel. to 1923-25..Stocks, raw material, end of

month. rel. to 1923-25..Chemicals

Acetate of lime:Production - thous. of lbs._Shipments thous . of lbs_ .Stocks, end of month . thous. of Ibs..Price, wholesale -dolls, per cwt..

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

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

Ethyl alcohol:Production thous. of galsWarehouse stocks, end of

month thous. of gals__Withdrawn for denaturiza-

tion thous. of gals..Methanol, crude:

Production __ gallonsStocks at crude plants, end of

month gallons--Stocks at refineries and in transit gallonsExports gallons..

Meuthanol, refined:Price, wholesale, New York.dolls. per gal—Production . gallons..Shipments gallons. _Stocks, end of month gallons..

Price index numbers:Crude drugs rel. to Aug., 1914..Essential oils rel. to Aug., 1914—Drugs and

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

Plastic paints, cold-water paints, and calci-mines:

Sales of—Plastic paints thous. of dolls..Calcimines thous. of dolls..Cold-water paints thous. of dolls..

Paint, varnish, and lacquer products:Total sales (315 establish-

ments) thous. of dolls..Trade sales —thous. of dolls..Industrial sales thous. of dolls _ _Unclassified sales thous. of dolls. .

1931

August

3713

740542198

8,0555,6992,356

43, 74678, 83046, 50430, 080

2,246

2,9031,4171,485

69, 87662, 667

70, 078

8126, 334

6670

12779

924

137.675.5

119.0

88.0

2.00

2,5944,977

1,2382,616

12, 363

17, 024

11, 637

42, 300

.35

11876

1578662

;;;;;

July

6315

934644290

9,9966,4783,518

2 48, 8592 95, 9532 59, 3072 34, 136

2 2, 509

2 4, 1962 2, 1022 2, 094

194, 322

85, 05478, 723

87, 449

7229, 895

5779

12485

813

162

137.777.3

2 119. 2

286.7

8404,654

20, 3892.00

1,0363,972

9972,440

11, 975

14, 888

10, 436

154, 473

452, 489157, 09461, 240

.3591, 696

122, 846395, 322

11877

1578868

5112783

15, 1888,8446,269

75

June

5025

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

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

12877

1578864

7514186

19, 12612, Oil7,031

84

May

690

1,5121,083

429

12, 9668, 4684,498

72, 630109, 42668, 57137, 7933,062

6,3173,4402,877

247, 727

122, 717136, 778

153, 730

7531, 117

61129128117

1,508

163

133.879.1

129.3

88.4

2,9534,674

26, 2062.00

1,4914,768

1,0442,012

13, 120

14, 711

10, 288

247, 808

494, 192130, 20752, 048

.35118, 052257, 707429, 595

13079

1578968

109165106

22, 60014, 4308,071

100

April

4823

1,172763409

16, 72711, 2285,499

71, 194113, 04570, 56139, 5642,920

6,2543,3762,878

265, 732

135, 663132, 629

154, 252

7232, 538

66127127118

1,718

161

137.480.1

129.0

91.5

4,4005,160

27, 9272.00

1,4025,265

9641,950

11, 162

13, 074

10, 541

322, 049

520, 86536, 17654, 857

.35211, 073141, 801569, 250

13182

1609072

91162104

21, 68913, 4777,999

213

March

849

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

152

139.381.9

132.0

96.5

7,4524,465

28, 6872.00

1,9575,478

1,5062,181

11, 929

11, 633

8,795

483, 222

415, 489105, 23830, 146

.40253, 494199, 500499, 978

13081

1749071

11617590

17, 97210, 4617, 431

81

Febru-ary

506

1,565881684

13, 3749,1874, 187

49, 81360, 18136, 86527, 7221,593

2, 361921

1,440

134, 133

68, 97680, 373

96, 003

6929, 280

53959997

1,011

149

146.682.2

130.7

103.2

7,0733,468

25, 7012.00

1, 4945,862

1,4092,449

8,859

11, 008

6,296

465, 728

395, 855121, 52218, 295

.40223, 144221, 279445, 984

13180

1758968

10412271

14, 2697,8446,282

144

January

335

3,0541,7981, 256

12, 8388,3044, 534

40, 16561, 73432, 95727, 2451,532

2,197910

1,287

126, 788

61, 56676, 681

89, 349

5627, 713

46849892

681

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

.40306, 373167, 309444, 119

13381

1759071

839660

13, 5867,3996,047

141

1930

Decem-ber

429

3,6452,1931,452

14, 1989,0965,102

35, 55065, 96735, 34228, 8381, 787

2,954613

2,341

96, 054

57, 98968, 252

80, 008

* 11334, 295

5564

10075

567

149

133.584.8

123.9

124.2

7,3578, 375

19, 2662.00

1, 4835,767

1,4392,221

17, 770

6,858

19, 134

469, 312

244, 76393, 80590, 111

.40382, 547372, 352305, 055

13785

1759373

6510064

11, 6000, 1715,289

140

Novem-ber

379

2,5881, 2601,328

12, 0786,0396, 039

29, 63360, 19731,80526, 8421,550

3,038817

2,221

93, 060

41, 75748, 155

57, 2o7

7129, 213

6362

12780

920

151

145.085.2

124.2

128.5

6,5359, 128

20, 2852.00

2,3925,937

1,5082,010

20, 861

8,304

20, 070

424, 736

215, 44359, 19740, 814

.40431, 179477, 029294, 860

13787

1759473

7710545

13, 8217,6496,025

147

October

913

2,8682,003

865

11, 2157,1364,079

35, 87881, 25645, 63233, 7551,869

3, 7921,2892,504

150, 219

57, 75722,924

28, 253

9636, 303

7975

14099

864

160

122.486.0

125.2

132.7

5,8717, 922

22, 8782.42

2,6945,125

1, 2651,813

18, 455

8,898

18, 537

372, 939

331, 72959, 236

100, 479

.40575, 711541, 807340, 710

13790

1769474

10616981

17, 98610, 1417, 615

230

Septem-ber

776

6,6414,2932,348

13, 4378, 1255,312

45, 31190, 29752, 82035, 2102,267

4,2721,7552, 517

175, 286

75, 80569, 901

78, 792

8637, 482

7679

139105

1,052

165

147.186.6

121.3

120.0

5, 8963, 339

24, 9283.00

2,0774,026

1,1011,930

14, 299

10, 010

12, 615

288, 876

513, 239168, 16682, 168

.40364, 505440, 514306, 806

13991

1769478

9615178

18, 54110, 5527,743

246

August

8211

3,9222,5521,370

13, 2747,9565,318

45, 315102, 78162, 98937, 118

2,674

4,9232,0042,919

203, 737

, 4268676, 940

85, 610

11834, 958

6087

132104

1, 504

164

135.787.3

117.3

98.1

3,5232, 447

22, 3723.00

1,2173, 254

1,0021, 525

12, 890

9,317

11, 777

241, 718

474, 43179, 380

157, 037

.40374, 521463, 215382, 815

14397

1769487

9814188

18, 56210, 6298, 034

268

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CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PEOD-UCTS— Continued

C h em icals—C on t inuedSulphuric acid:

Production short tons__Purchases —

From fertilizer manufacturersshort tons.-

From nonfertilizer manufacturers.short tons..

Exports thous. of Ibs.-Price, wholesale 66° dolls, per ton..

Wood at chemical plants:Consumption cords. _Stocks at end of month . cords..Daily capacity —

All plants cordsPlants shut down cords..

CottonseedCottonseed:

Consumption (crush) short tons..Receipts at mills thous. of short tons-Stocks at mills, end of month

thous. of short tons—Cottonseed cake and meal:

Exports short tons .Production short tons _Stocks, end of month . short tons—

Cottonseed oil, crude:Production . ._ _ _ thous. of Ibs__Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs—

Cottonseed oil, refined:Factory consumption —

Total (quarterly) thous. of lbs~In oleomargarine thous. of lbs._

Price, yellow, prime, New Yorkdolls, per lb_.

Production .thous. of lbs_Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs.

ExplosivesExplosives, black powder, permissible and

other high explosives:New orders thous. of Ibs.Production thous. of Ibs-Shipments _thous. of Ibs.Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs.

Fats and OilsAnimal fats (quarterly):

Factory consumption thous of IbsProduction thous. of Ibs.Stocks, end of quarter thous. of Ibs.

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

Coconut or copra oil:Factory consumption-

Crude (quarterly) thous. of Ibs.Refined—

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

Imports thous. of Ibs.Production (quarterly) —

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

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

Copra:Factory consumption (quarterly)

short tonsImports short tons.-Stocks, end of quarter. ..short tons..

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

Fish oils:Factory consumption (quarterly)

thous. of IbsProduction (quarterly) thous. of Ibs,Stocks, end of quarter thous. of Ibs..

Gr,ases:Factory consumption (quarterly)

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

Lard compounds:Production (quarterly) thous. of Ibs. .Stocks, end of quarter .thous. oflbs.

Oleomargarine:Consumption thous. of Ibs-.Production ...thous. oflbs.

Vegetable oils:Exports _ __ thous. of IbsFactory consumption (quarterly)

mills, of IbsImports thous. of Ibs.Production (quarterly) mills, of Ibs.Stocks, end of quarter —

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

1931

August

64, 62015. 500

59, 14895

60

3.59028, 206

106, 358

17, 19612, 065

.05911,968

212, 371

"187228

20, 207

16, 483

1,025

63, 096

July

87, 464

14, 489

20, 462372, 945

15. 500

14, 364326, 990

2, 5051,335

19, 73913

26

1,3048,567

150, 291

6,9188, 591

876"

.06916, 268

277, 922

25, 05825, 06825, 15020, 304

~~~6,~ 169"34, 845

18, 012

9,28911,271

1,008

~~74,"285"

June

84, 051

23, 685

18, 399250, 77515. 500

19, 363338, 821

2,5051,008

44, 16432

33

22523, 144

192, 136

14, 72613, 919

3242, 1911, 012

.06830, 398

348, 438

26, 71925, 98126, 61120, 404

3166,0693559,5883276,983

3 23, 380

3 57, 326

a 139, 128

3 78, 3487,105

31, 000

3 81, 899» 67, 351

3206,123« 16, 039

3 63, 43417, 179

3 17, 491

s 4, 384s 8 026

3 M 405* 4, 647

"262, 106

? 55 7153 94, 9853 83, 074

3278,2163 25, 140

13, 18012, 636

1, 775

358875, 470

3390

3517,9093 386, 176

May

97, 729

25, 162

14, 601403. 298

15. 500

24, 444335, 809

2,505752

87, 01437

45

79743, 350

223, 084

28, 01932, 819

~"~1,~200~

.06936, 470

406, 237

26, 44126, 96027, 37921, 115

~""8,~466~15, 970

17, 871

15, 46014, 912

2,356

72, 280

April

112, 208

15, 424

15, 164310. 95015. 500

31. 458379,562

2,505632

155, 37344

95

6,58875, 921

253, 609

52, 46943, 048

"""I," 447"

.07676, 852

462, 881

28, 72127, 64728, 00020,639

~~Il~32926, 862

18, 927

17,15019, 618

2,154

52, 463

March

141, 773

24, 474200, 218

15. 500

48, 607370,449

2,499388

280, 637111

207

5,750135, 144303, 945

89, 79469, 878

s 276,9061, 621

.076115, 302494, 503

26, 73025, 41426, 59820, 929

3154,9513 618, 4593224,398

3 23, 345

3 53, 772

s 138, 255

3 75, 47912, 08627, 550

3 91, 4463 66, 268

3 201, 9323 1C, 869

3 71, 22925, 890

I 3 27, 167

3 4, 5493 8 642

« 44, 6203 11,587

* 21 5, 405

* 53 3463 95, 9483 79, 012

s 291, 3863 26, 081

19, 57321, 154

3, 831

382968, 238

3 674

3 610, 8123 531, 666

Febru-ary

155, 603

34, 594376, 076

15. 500

44, 933397,788

2, 499400

401, 736158

377

3,147190, 314363, 201

124, 392104,910

~"l,~46o"

.073130, 556

2494,882

25, 44828, 75127, 54320, 219

~~II,~492~44, 034

33, 133

19, 75120, 335

2,947

79, 809

January

164, 399

57, 374304, 745

15. 500

51, 390393,770

2,499368

589, 911219

620

11, 084270, 965343, 665

181, 221127, 739

"~i~875~

.0732 150, 998481, 776

26, 71424, 05625, 20117, 372

~~14,~87324, 690

"34~656

27, 23725, 740

4,775

72, 142

*

1930

Decem-ber

181, 301

48, 956438, 836

15. 500

46, 814448,067

2,519412

689, 264578

991

7, 538305, 019298, 139

201, 621114,248

a 328,6142,178

.072188, 823428, 609

24, 40424, 02422, 97417, 303

3154,5603 515, 7943 191, 906

3 23, 5153,469

3 49, 951

3 159, 546

3 90, 30716, 49130, 952

3 90, 9213 84, 264

3 158, 846321,993

3 71, 13437,419

3 41, 077

i 34,4343 8 224

3 42, 675i * 25, 3643 197, 758

3 49, 4943 89, 3383 77, 791

3331,4123 26, 672

27, 59328, 969

2, 086

3 1, 07F72, 0283 1, 007

3 635, 271i 3 469, 807

Novem-ber

188, 735

40, 227308, 99215. 500

42, 888478,962

2,519560

801, 800803

1,083

1, 580360, 943252, 323

239, 913114, 595

""27691"

.076215,405350, 280

28, 84730, 24830, 22916, 346

4, 565

"l7,"lll20, 477

33, 886

30, 63129, 633

2,2Q4

75, 352

October

192, 187

35, 602703S 787

15. 500

37, 913455,597

2,519659

936, 7431, 323

1, 081

4,361421, 283202, 156

283, 929110,829

"~2,~565~

.076232, 179254, 571

34, 32434, 11334, 19816, 812

5,891

"Is," 24843, 124

"§37725

33, 13832, 191

2, 5Q1

106, 699

Septem-ber

169, 534

30, 543465, 786

15. 500

31, 048481,268

2,5351, 180

561, 6251, 041

695

2,092251, 128116,396

169,45879, 280

3 328,4802, 151

.081102,460174, 208

33, 17335, 68835, 06916, 694

2 144, 1823463,0493 189, 726

321,7154,885

3 44, 380

3 150, 751

3 81, 53215, 81814, 846

a 87, 5543 71, 985

3 139, 4328 18, 252

3 69, 06031, 139

3 24, 502

3 2, 0793 7, 499

s 36, 7763 55, 569

a 206, 425

3 54 8703 91, 8413 69, 814

3 317, 2203 21, 164

27, 19428, 554

1, 794

3 5G473, 4-15

3 4gP,

3 521, 194* 214, 682

August

172, 667

27, 457176, 023

15. 000

27, 451473, 415

2, 5351,260

2 164, 3399- 335

'216

1752 76, 0582 43, 073

2 48, 8342 25, 583

"""'}," 906

.0842 27, 145

2 200, 703

32, 68731, 10832, 28916, 043

4, 59S

11, 47919, 331

16, 885

24, 67223, 071

1,317

"" 87," 072

87, 072

2 Revised, 1 Quarter ended in month indicated.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis



29


CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PEOD-UCTS-Continued

FertilizerFertilizer:

Consumption, Southern Statesthous. of short tons..

Exports thous. of long tons..Potash salts, imports.. thous. of long tons..Nitrate of soda, imports

thous. of long tons_.Superphosphate (acid phosphate) :

Production thous. of short tons.Shipments thous. of short tons .Stocks, end of month

_ thous. of short tons -_

Flaxseecl

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

Exports thoup- of IbsShipments from Minneapolis

thous. of lbs_.Liriseed oil:

Factory consumption (quarterly)thous of Ibs

Price, New York dolls, per Ib...Production ('quarterly) thous. of Ibs. _Shipments from Minneapolis

thous. of lbs._Stocks at factories (quarterly)

thous. of lbs._Minneapolis and Duluth:

Receipts thous. of bu_Shipments thous. of bu_.Stocks, end" of month thous. of bu._Oil mills (quarterly)--

Consumption thous. of bu._Stocks end of quarter thous. of bu

Price, No. 1, Minneapolis dolls, per bu_.Production crop estimate tbous. of bu

Naval StoresPine oil:

Production _ gallons...Stocks, end of month thous. of gals..

Rosin, gum:Net receipts, Southern ports bbls__Price, "B," New York. dolls, per bbl._Stocks at 3 ports, end of month bbls__

Rosin, wood:Production bblsStocks end of month bbls

Turpentine, gum:Net receipts, Southern ports bbls._Price, New York dolls, per gal..Stocks at port, end of month bbls..

Turpentine, wood:Production bbisStocks end of month . bbls

Roofing

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

Individual and single thicknessthous. of sqs_.

Strip, patented, and hexagon__thous. of sqs__

Smooth roll thous. of sqs__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

foodstuff^ rel. to 1923-25Stocks raw foodstuffs rel. to 1923-25.

Candy

Sales by manufacturers thous. of dolls..Coeoa

Shipments from Gold and NigerianCoasts Africa, long tons

Imports long tonsSpot price, Accra, New York dolls, per lb_.

CoffeeClearances:

Total, Brazil for UnitedStates. thous. of bags-

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

United States thous. of bags-World ...thous. of bags..

1931

August

4011535

35

1,339

57, 736

13, 972

.083

5, 675

2, 436406747

1.414 11 769

114, 2051, 866

129, 0183.94

44.9, 173

17, 074112, 295

37. 112.36

114,421

2, 6075,358

88

146.4

98.4207. 6

15, 558

4,35513, 546.0525

5921,216

884.056

1,495

1,5926,944

July

258935

19

14363

1,158

1,685

53, 225

11, 414

. 091

6,285

378386675

1.64

210,7112,000

156, 8104.28

439, 241

28, 495131, 942

53, 459.39

122, 214

4, 3705, 307

532

127

485873

2,017

2 88

147.02 111.12 191.5

12, 176

7, 78317, 746.0581

5301,1611,100.063

1,462

1,4916,990

June

748912

30

14655

1,060

1,150

39, 769

7,653

3 95, 544.086

3 130, 635

6,788

s 78, 200

789501790

3 7, 2053 1, 198

1.48

231, 2072,013

165, 5004.68

436, 480

34, 747126, 289

52, 345.55

101, 905

5. 675< 535

520

131

512843

2, 006

83

136.2

2 106. 3177.9

15,512

11,87014, 892.0563

7601,5041,037.068

1, 535

21,3956,724

May

195108

14

34

162106

996

1,496

38, 172

8,432

.088

11, 921

456424784

1.55

210, 0121,958

120, 8194.70

351, 548

33, 593124, 830

37, 026.54

66, 248

5, 9964, 727

570

155

541965

2,230

91

126.82 97. 0189.5

15, 680

11, 72022, 520.0494

6431,3331, 415.061

1,755

1,3456,286

April

1,13214016

67

195407

1,101

827

30, 818

12, 145

.092

12, 792

309314973

1.57

219, 0531,903

88, 7414.73

310, 576

35, 585126, 534

26, 102.56

53, 393

6, 3448, 383

533

146

555967

2,202

96

122.0296.1193.7

21, 608

33, 86420, 242.0535

1,0801,8631, 126.053

1, 550

1,0886,136

March

1,35210424

120

226305

1,836

1,313

39, 847

17, 827

3 74, 092.095

3118,417

11, 552

•H13,192

498185

1,205

3 6, 5713 2, 345

1.58

208, 6901,882

38, 9774.64

266, 056

33, 544125, 919

9,511. 53

45, 232

5,7409,987

333

92

329702

1,456

87

116.8293.5202.1

22,062

48, 35320, 942.0550

8491, 5591,407.056

1,565

1,1485,963

Febru-ary

6409819

68

249130

2,287

952

18, 238

11,046

.092

9, 594

426286

1,293

1.56

220, 0661,839

27, 3224.38

300, 695

32, 332130, 490

5,354.45

58, 202

5,63413, 537

330

60

277714

1,381

92

122.02 97. 3197. 9

21, 444

51, 55013, 696.0563

8891,5901,289.064

1,648

1,1615,879

January

3439123

46

326103

2,292

352

10, 853

17, 227

.088

8;553

491243877

1.57

144, 4401,769

41, 3454.45

329, 626

24, 488125, 630

7,228.44

68, 320

4,75714, 437

322

51

249773

1,395

93

118.3

295.5194.8

21,948

39, 27816,418.0619

9521,6471,094.068

1,697

8665,455

1930

Decem-ber

747218

36

33670

2,110

219

33, 596

16, 824

3 68, 894.092

3 131, 257

7,385

113, 423

709517

1,386

3 7, 3913 4, 472

1.615 21, 369

229, 7371,799

117, 4894.95

372, 090

34, 332122, 318

27, 482.42

84, 911

6,20015, 799

242

63

238583

1,126

89

107.1

289.1205.1

28, 727

21, 75613,700.0675

8811,5901,098.070

1,494

9295,188

Novem-ber

618513

35

30378

1,877

387

25, 986

17, 315

.094

10, 199

1,4241,9101,411

1.65

229, 9791,708

107, 4145.29

323, 142

38, 931119, 727

28, 107.43

95, 860

6,58413, 895

372

86

283742

1,484

94

124.4

288.6200.0

29, 500

18, 8886,338.0688

5141,080

967.079

1,549

8175,014

October

9512537

27

33693

1,703

148

12, 519

29, 726

.099

14, 792

2,6361,6182,182

1.80

225, 6881,610

127, 6215.54

303, 669

34, 818109, 785

38, 500.41

88, 499

5,81711, 257

922

191

5721,5753,259

94

137.2

293.7196.9

31,004

12, 6607,410.0675

6591,1761,159.089

1,437

8285,051

Septem-ber

12811948

19

283150

1,479

59

8,474

27, 149

3 81, 005.105

3108,236

11, 565

3 83, 943

5, 0542,0451,893

3 5, 8873 3. 386

1.90

229, 2381,529

140, 0905.80

276, 565

38, 293117, 726

42, 873.44

76, 774

6,57311, 163

872

196

1,0011,4383,506

96

148.62 106. 2

197.6

28,027

7,55411,008.0670

8521,469

991.072

1,595

9345,498

August

M511648

9

29665

1,527

551

22, 593

13,398

.131

6,117

3, 2661,436

447

2.00

224, 5461, 513

151, 2695. 39

267, 540

37, 349114,281

46, 521.41

65, 024

6, 12512, 772

655

176

6921,0212,544

91

141. 2

2 118.0183. 9

19, 044

13,44117, 863.0775

6521,318

712.072

1,462

7845,529

8 Revised. 8 Quarter ended in month indicated. < As of Sept. 1. • Final estimate for 1930.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis



October, 1931


FOODSTUFFS-Continued

Dairy Products

BUTTER

Apparent consumption thous of Ibs.. .Cold-storage holdings, creamery,

end of month thous of IbsProduction (factory) ._ thous. of lbs_..Receipts, 5 markets thous. of lbs_.Wholesale price, New York dolls, per lb_.Wholesale price, New York rel. to 1926.-

CHEESE

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

month thous o f l b sExports, Canada _ _ _ t h o u s . of Ibs. -Exports, United States thous. oflbs..Imports, United States thous. of lbs_.Receipt^ 5 markets thous. of lbsProduction (factory) thous. of lbs_.

Ainerican whole milk:Cold-storage holdings, end of

rn on th thous . of lbs_ _Wholesale price, New York. -dolls, per lb_.

EGGS

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

Receipts, 5 markets.. thous. of cases..

MILKCondensed milk:

Exports ._ _ thous. oflbs _ .Total stocks, manufacturers, end of

month —Cac-e goods thous. of lbsBulk goods thous. of Ibs. _

Unsold stocks, end of month-Case goods thous. of ibs_-B ulk goods . thous . of Ibs . -

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

Evports thous. oflbsManufacturers' stocks, end of month-

Total case goods thous. of lbs,_Unsold case goods thous. of lbs._

Wholesale price, New York, dolls, per case--Fluid milk:

Consumption in mfr. ofoleomargarine thous. of lbs._

Receipts —Boston, including cream .thous. of (its..Greater New York thous. of qts_.

Powdered milk:Exports - thous. of Ibs -Manufactures' stocks, end

of month thous. of lbs-_Net new orders thous. of Ibs..

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

FishCanned salmon:

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

Cold-storage holdings, 15th ofmonth thous of Ibs

Total catch, principal ports thous. of bbls..

Fruits and VegetablesApples:

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

month thous. of bbls_.Productiou, crop estimate. _ -thous. of bu..

Citrus fruits, car-lot shipments carloads. _Onions, car-lot shipments carloads..Potatoes, car-lot shipments carloads-Production, crop estimate thous, of bu._

Grains

Total grain exports, includingflour thous. of bu

BARLEYExports thous. of bu._Price, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bu__Price, No. 2, Minneapolis ...rel. to 192CL.Production, crop estimate thous of buReceipts, principal markets thous. of bu._Visible supply, end of month thous. of bu..

* Revised.

1931

August

203, 734

104, 675136, 76945, 588

.2862.2

45, 277

86, 31011,929

1244, 389

14, 20443,218

68. 792' .16

9, 01 1110, 273

1,053

1, 477

22, 50415, 001

5." 66"

4,466

181, 745

~ ~ ~ ~ 3 . ~ 66"

1,047

35, 86210, 903

140, 437

69, 327

57, 53533, 612

1, 869

^222, 9626, 0732, 258

11,717*361, 036

13, 439

1, 014.45

70.34212, 391

4, 080

July

197, 536

H15.121158, 061

r.q r,oo.}<:>, <Jji.^25

55. 6

45, 088

2 84. 00311,496

1483,413

14, 19052, 960

2 68, 532.15

2 9, 5042114,700

1,180

1,862

24, 0712 16, 221

20, 3394, 285

5. 65

5, 892

275,931209, 423

3. 10

2,943

21, 615

964

38, 21611,816

175, 578

59, 996524

48, 35028, 626

3, 155

June

205, 626

80, 172188, 04074, 154

.2351. 1

53, 147

72, 9774, 078

1195, 121

17. 48064, 533

58, 144. 14

9, 507113,513

1,862

1, 372

23, 99818, 992

20, 0486, 1265.65

5,024

275, 280225, 582

3.20

3,432

21, 021116, 580

1,085

42, 628* 11, 109

234, 055

47, 423340

39, 70025, 655

1,214

9, 407 10, 6931, 657 i 2, 122

20, 161 ; 27, 084

18, 750 : 13, 161

678 807. 42 . 39

i 65. <3 : 60. 9

May

228, 387

35, 155174, 8272 61, 813

.2453.3

55, 345

2 55, 9391,517

1395, S56

12, 14562, 568

42, 461.14

7, 887106, 607

2,236

1,973

19, 89219, 163

16, 0125,6615.65

5, 114

230, 739196, 089

3.30

3,791

21, 023116, 117

1, 369

43, 14811, 047

244, 229

59, 883384

31, 36824, 599

2,005

15, 5853,703

23,895

11, 224

896.45

70.3

i 1,801 • 2,193 2,523; 3, 449 4, 126 4, 626

4 As of Sept. 1.

April

184, 528

17,195140, 67653, 566

.2657.8

47, 925

53, 172505121

6, 47111, 44540, 470

40, 542.15

5,16291,5172,478

1, 853

12, 39015, 887

8,4345, 0695.65

5, 311

177, 754154, 490

3. 50

5,387

19, 877110,313

1,414

40, 50212, 145

194, 753

91, 083290

28, 07930, 949

3,081

1,509

15, 099i 2, 377

21, 032

; 8,118

776.48

i 75.0: ~"~2~446~; 5, 662

March

160, 753

18, 0102 122, 954

48, 739.29

64.4

46, 332

54, 270491203

4, 61111, 71734, 338

41,836.16

1,S9378, 0512, 046

1, 873

13, 22716, 273

9,0595,5495.65

5,034

150, 931125, 4Q8

3.50

5,927

20, 3J2113, 329

2,282

41, 36310, 606

172, 306

101,817334

38, 54230, 081

5, 700

2,917

17, 5722, 540

23, 601

6,061

7i5i .44; 68.8

i 2, 484j 7, 840

» January!

152, 985

30, 672105, 19243, 251

.2862.2

33, 068

61, 841306118

4,06210, 40626, 379

47, 968.16

40873, 8891,264

1,345

13, 05116, 171

8,8645,2855.79

3,775

136,896108, 672

3. 50

5,814

17,444101, 197

1,001

41, 7449,492

144, 649

38, 446300

56, 54720, 635

7, 115

5,224

13, 9802,610

20, 024

5, 067

921! .44; 68.8

i~"2,"246~| 9, 583

163,689

46,792 |112,84345,644

.2964.4

41,070

69, 471918129

4, 12311, 60027, 543

54, 499.17

73575, 6851,026

2,403

13, 92818, 594

9,6986,9866.03

5, 269

157, 152107, 009

3.75

7,464

18,352110, 428

366

41,12210, 253

141,981

45, 998406

71,91018, 353

7,806

7,439

14, 1973, 454

20, 971

6,610

732.44

68.8

~~~2,~511~10, 731

« Final e

Decem- 1 Novem-ber 1 ber

166,506 | 154,987

63,401 88,012106,181 ; 98,13843,892 i 36,848

.32 ! .3671.1 80.0

39, 500 40, 035

79, 015 ( 87, 1714,025 i 14,677

176 ! 1084,163 i 5,041

10,400 ! 10,78426,598 ! 25,583

63, 326 ! 71. 132.18 : '.19

1. 894 i 4, 15483,184 i 89,571

768 \ 593

1,907 1,973

17,803 ! 20,65719,520 : 20,885

14, 181 i 16, 6788,297 ! 7,8426.03 | 6.03

4,546 ! 4,366

202, 070 | 211, 828163, 478 ; 174, 148

3. 80 3. 80

8, 158 | 8, 404

18,313 : 18,226111, 345 i 111, 166

465 i 507

38,976 i 36,3188,945 i 8,733

143, 280 132, 284

107,333 ! 108,996333 273

85,317 91,43617,567 ! 25,967

8,085 17,454

9, 575 i 10, 860« 163,543

12, 554 11, 3382,254 2,753

15,092 16,2675 343,236

7,578 ! 9,803

1,047 964.47 ! .48

73.4 ! 75.0s 334 971 i

1 3,569 ! 4,20711,401 i 11,854

stimate for 1930.

1930

October

181, 569

109, 646117,37238, 933

.4088.9

41, 637

96, 39316, 568

1836, 293

12, 22628, 239

78, 919.19

6, 78598, 359

717

1,718

24, 65021, 965

20, 4277, 9356.03

4,718

224, 486187. 262

3.80

9, 066

19, 403116, 140

467

33, 2819,853

149, 136

194, 623653

88, 61630, 541

,

35, 782

9, 043

6,301i 5, 593

28, 788

14, 091

1, 295! .52

81.3

Septem-ber

179, 305

131, 489119, 38840, 853

.4088.9

43, 695

103, 69112, 652

1214,333

14, 50936, 062

85, 076.20

9,174106, 631

952

1,479

27, 31423, 727

22, 9518,1196.03

3,452

218, 486179, 047

3.80

7, 799

19, 634119, 356

477

32, 77010, 151

139, 802

152, 7791,433

85, 49840, 687

12, 757

1,872

August

193, 110

143, 089133, COO44, 821

.3986. 7

47, 5C4

107,21910, 188

1373,687

14, 95241, 125

87, 221.19

10, 3753 113, 138

944

3, 294

30, 87525, 765

26, 4646, 9546.03

5,223

244, 969197, 189

3.80

6,173

19, 007116, 769

426

34, 1869,623

163, 034

29, 4941,030

2 78, 99335, 875

2,729

114

4, 510 ! 4, 4415, 437 2, 793

21,924 15,979

21, 041 26, 095

1, 359 1, 281.53 .52

82. 8 81. 3

! 5,765 12,477 ! 10,822i 12,035 , 11,991 ! 29,142




31


FOODSTUFFS— Continued

Grains— Continued

CORN

Exports, including meal thous. of buGrindings (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 tbous. of buReceipts thous. of buShipments thous. of bu_.Visible supply, end of mo thous. of bu__

HAYReceipts number of carsProduction, crop estimate thous. of tons

OATS

Kxports, including meal thous. of buGrindings, Canada thous. of buPrice No. 3, white, Chicago dolls, per bu._Production, crop estimate thoir<. of bu__P reduction, oatmeal, and rolled

oats, Canada _thous. of Ibs..Peceipts, principal markets thous. of bu._Visible supply, end of month thous. of bu__

BICEKxports pockets (lOOlbs.)-.imports pockets (lOOlbs.)-.

Shipments:Total from

mills thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.)New Orleans pockets (100 Ibs.)

Southern paddy, receipts atmills thous. of bbls

Stocks, end ofmonth thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.)

RYE

Kxports including flour thous of buPrice No. 2, Minneapolis dolls. per bu_.Production, crop estimate thous. of bu._Receipts, principal markets thous. of buVisible supply, end of month thous. of bu__

WHEATExports:

Canada, including wheatflour _ „ _ thous. of bu_.

United States —Wheat only thous. of buIncluding wheat flour thous. of bu_.

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 buWmte;" wheP-t thous. of buSpring wheat _ _ _ _ _ thous. of bu

Receipts thous. of b u _ _Shipments thous of buVisible supply, end of month:

Canada thous. of buUnited States -thous. of bu._

WHEAT FLOUR

Consumption (comrrated) thous. of bblsExports:

Canada thous of bblsUnited States thous. of bbls

Grindings of wheat:Canada thous of buUnited States thous. of bu_-

Prices, wholesale:Standard patents, Minneapolis

dolls, per bblWinter, straights, Kansas City

_-.dolls. per bblProduction:

Canada _ thous. of bbls..United States-

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

Capacity per cent--Grain offal -.-thous. of bbls._

Stocks:All positions (computed)

end of month thous. of bbls. _Held by mills (Quarterly). .thous. of bbls__

1931

August

2014, 665

.46

.45

.49*2,715,357

12, 2727,2748,271

4 77, 859

429

.21n, 160,877

~~14,~636~15, 577

108, 1814,475

4 ,|Q 45Q

78, 269

14.38

14, 258

8,90111, 781

.65

.47

.434 830, 0004 775, 5374 110, 463

67, 18248, 904

101,306242, 846

522640

44, 412

4.21

2.98

---

785, 057

July

5565,168

.57

.53

.58

16, 1528, 9558, 536

3, 495

253938.23

12, 9635, 7497,785

100, 8995, 443

40437, 121

172

848

.10

.37

4728,687

2 14, 107

12, 73117,253

,61.48

.44

104,04765, 987

116, 462217, 526

7,642

24671,005

5, 9322 45, 362

4.13

3.84

1,319

9, 8529,847

59* 802, 424

6,000

June

1235,738

.58

.52

.59

13, 41710, 5897,785

3,052

374770

11, 0984,7487,654

239, 35810, 009

60175, 732

323

1,051

15.37

8628, 730

22, 988

8, 13611, 842

8 38 771

.74

.72

.68

29, 65630, 385

122, 318190, 702

6,666

490824

5,03335, 893

4.75

4.12

1,121

7, 7637,981

47647, 400

4,800a 2. 830

May

1515,580

.56

.52

.56

II, 38114, 85512, 286

3, 777

192785.28

10, 5255, 2949, 892

260, 94950, 472

• 61788, 718

520

1, 293

29.36

1,0358, 540

31, 687

6. 4009,956

.81

.79

.73

30, 86324, 061

136, 856197, 563

8, 711

481789

5,3042 35, 946

4.85

4.14

1,183

8,0158,739

50663, 303

4,857

April

2065, 492

.58

.53

.58

17, 10214, 24619, 676

4, 11)8

179822.30

9, 8717, 604

13, 837

203. 51938,, 748

78068; 753

566

1, 388

3.35

8809, 262

G» 148

3,5316, 954

.79

.80

.73

21, 23016, 601

160, 750199, 561

8, 281

326761

4,7192 39, 127

4.71

4.02

1, 058

8,4949,134

51702, 189

5,618

March

5345,441

.60

.54

.00

18. 56712, 28121, 998

4, 53 9

174844.31

10. 2436', 843

19, 103

211,81341,223

86468.. 349

599

1,561

?A.36

85510,440

15, 521

1, 3574, 574

381,841

.76

.78

.70

30, 83315, 570

180, 253207, 138

8, 054

561715

5.16940, 137

4.67

4.00

1. 104

8,7249, 275

713, 507

5, 5208 3. 712

Febru-ary

4435, 575

.61

.54

.63

21, 2781 1, 89520, 110

4, 279

1209iO.32

11.8957,123

22, 917

259, 57837, 821

93374, 620

864

1, 790

19.37

71611, 110

12, 165

1373, 564

. 75

. 79

.69

30, 67214. 817

183, 704201, 862

8,738

415762

4, 60737, 939

4.85

4. 06

1, 035

8,2428,750

56078, 795

5, (120

January

1885, 990

.65

.59

.68

19, 32012,61117, 562

5,211

144997.32

13,3206, 121

26', 650

376, 00041,891

1,11975, 643

1, 147

I, 793

3. 33

88411,911

11,373

1, 2395, 543

.76

.78

.69

29, 49613, 706

193, 858197, 219

9, 622

392945

4, 8342 42, 529

4. 95

4.09

1,086

2 9, 2329, 937

761, 935

6, 370

1930

Decem-ber

1325, 241

.69

.66

.7332,093,5W

27, 36710, 92516,993

4, 0575 77, 850

2081, 126

.34'1,353,052

14, 3606. 021

30, 504

413. 07427', 501

s 41 V>

1, 00375, 426

844

1,678

4. 44

» 4S, 1491, 356

12, 644

24, 939

2,1736, 187

:i 137,194

. 77

.83

.71

o 363 4305 612 2685 251,162

21. 54915, 053

205, 854195, 716

9,846

602892

5, 22641,307

4.89

4.03

1, 170

8, 9739,888

54739,, 243

7, 000?- 4. 016

Novem-ber

1635, 434

.71

.69

.76

17,0678,3967,411

4, 863

2021, 035

.33

14, 6056. 075

30, 641

383,51729, 294

1, 208126, 731

1,257

1, 776

4.43

1, 0-1013, 316

34, 782

3, 2668, 470

.75

.83

.69

24, 59720, 955

197, 998202, 475

10, 597

7921, 150

7. 78942, 428

4.69

4. J4

1,739

9, 18410, 403

GO7G2, 108

7, 850

October

2956, 253

.82

.82

.88

15. 1768, 7054, 703

5, 401

1571, 174

.36

1 1, 7499, 445

33, 509

150, 938j 0, 08 1

1, 323201, 483

2, 003

1, 670

49.49

2. 00113, 860

33, 447

6, 31112, 295

.82

.87

.74

28, 94325, 238

178, 827205, 437

11, 059

8141,330

8. 34849,914

4.98

4.23

1, 8C9

10, 81712, 089

62899, 580

9,200

Septem-ber

3946,473

.94

.89

.97

16. 0489,8294, 976

4, 808

1941, 054

.38

14, 84315, 38131, 979

91,0300, 505

766128, 750

1,084

842

25.55

6, 50214, 842

31, 120

12, 71619, 069

3 154,112

.87

.88

,78

62, 50944, 746

148, 288213,804

10, 929

7341,412

7, 25549, 382

5.08

4.44

1, 624

10, 67412, 241

67888, 576

9, 5003 3. 940

August

3326, 565

.99

.92

.99

20, 28212, 792

2 5, 441

4,717

292817.39

11,03225, 277

2 28, 999

99, 2498, 675

49990, 755

508

488

23.60

5, 20012, 649

20, 461

18,64624, 167

.91

.89

.81

85, 47648, 053

2 100, 8072 199, 909

9,585

6271,227

6, 93047, 054

5. 34

4. 56

1, 548

10,31311,562

62851, 401

9, 000

8 Revised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated « As of Sept. 1. « Final estimate for 1930.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

32 SURVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS


October, 1931


FOODSTITFFS-Continued

Meats

CATTLE AND BEEF

Beef products:Apparent consumption thous. of lbs._Cold-storage holdings, end of month

thous. of lbs_.Exports .thous. of lbs_-Production, inspected... __.-thous. of Ibs-.,

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, good native steers,

Chicago - _.rel. to 1928 _Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York

dolls, per lb_.Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York

rel. to 1926..Cattle, corn fed, Chicago

dolls, per 100 lbs._Cattle, corn fed, Chicago rel. to 1920. .

HOGS AND POBK

Hog movements, primary markets:Local slaughter thousandsReceipts thousands-.Shipments, stocker and feeder

thousands .Shipments, total..- thousands..

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

thous. of lbs._Exports thous. of lbs._Production thous. of lbs_.

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

Total thous. of lbs._Fresh and cured thous. of lbs._

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

thous. of lbs_-Production, inspected, thous. of Ibs. .

Prices:Hams, smoked, Chicago dolls, per lb_.Hams, smoked, Chicago rel. to 1926—Hogs, heavy, Chicago. _. dolls, per 100 lbs_.Hogs, heavy, Chicago rel. to 1926..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 lbs_.Production, inspected ..thous. of Ibs..Prices —

Sheep, ewes, Chicagodolls, per 100 lbs_.

Sheep, ewes, Chicago rel. to 1926. .Sheep, lambs, Chicago

dolls per 100 IbsSheep, lambs, Chicago.. _ _ rel. to 1926-.

Sheep movement primary market:Local slaughter thousandsReceipts thousands. .Shipments, stocker and feeder

thousands. .Shipments, total .thousands .

Miscellaneous meats:Cold-storage holdings,

end of month thous. of lbs_.Total meats:

Apparent consumption mills, of Ibs.-Cold-storage holdings,

end of month mills, of Ibs .Production . mills, of lbs._

POULTEY

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

llcceipts at 5 markets ..thous. of lbs_.

Prices

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

1931

Augiist

432, 458

38, 9271,837

430, 595

1,0091,821

251756

.144

87.9

. 158

92. 3

8.6290.5

1, 3982, 454

491, 045

95, 88534, 51091, 680

553, 324

690, 173594, 288

48, 032

13, 522457, 105

. 18560. 16.3551. 4

. 075

58, 349

1,98158, 466

1.9830.0

5. 9543.4

1, 4743, 270

7181,734

60, 971

1,044

798946

43, 05928, 655

12073.7

July

416, 802

> 41, 0551,497

411,952

9301,488

124561

.129

78.8

.145

84.9

7.2576.1

1,4742, 511

371,039

2121,92633, 824

109, 265

537, 017

-' 833, 7372711,811

49, 193

15, 369532, 757

.17356.16.2450.6

.082

54, 679

1,89253, 947

2.5638.9

6.0644.2

1, 3422,535

2431, 190

2 69, 026

1,008

2946999

2 36, 43824, 871

11973.1

June

404, 962

45, 5481,573

400, 529

9681, 540

111552

.129

78.8

.145

84.9

7.3276.8

1,7732, 854

361,072

115, 56137, 786

123, 263

583, 345

890,212774,651

53, 226

15,440597, 185

.17456.68.3951.8

.083

55, 300

2,68555, 678

1.5523.5

6.9850.9

1, 3842, 587

2891,214

75, 469

1,044

1,0141,053

32, 76222, 164

11872.4

May

424, 672

49, 4481,468

419, 124

9801, 551

153561

.143

86.8

.155

90.8

7.6880.5

1, 8412, 938

331. 099

103, 36639, 623

126, 323

581., 110

931, 117827, 751

55, 557

15,934604, 427

. 18259. 26.4051, 9

.082

54, 604

2,37154, 433

2.4437.0

8.3661.0

1,4642,810

1761,353

79, 331

1,060

1, 0621,078

35, 34817,252

12172.9

April

421, 252

53, 150981

412, 757

1,0361, 617

175581

.160

97.1

.172

100.8

8.5689.9

1, 9833, OG7

361, 088

95, 09344, 769

129, 090

523, 963

963, 217867, 524

59, 400

14,637624, 301

.18459. 77. 0857.4

.090

59, 095

2,52958, 579

3.2950. 0

8.7664.0

1,4102, 713

1891, 304

81, 359

1, 004

1,1001,098

45, 92017, 443

12475.6

March

379, 405

61,1111,444

374, 151

9601, 535

146546

. 169

102.8

.180

105.4

9.0895.2

1, 9623 207

311,234

78, 24958, 395

127, 516

G63f 934

921,920843, 671

73, 610

15,215630, 661

.18760.77.18

. 094

54, 949

3, 06354., 486

3.7957.5

8.2760.4

1, 1572, 119

103948

85, 678

998

1,0721, 059

69, 98820, 600

12676.7

Febru-ary

335, 603

67, 622961

330, 321

8121, 303

147486

.178

108. 1

.196

115.0

9. 1195.6

2 2, 2933, 704

371,417

74, 97768, 760

147, 632

508, 890

928, 385S53, 408

83, 470

14, 710731, 633

. 19563, 56. 7354. 5

.085

50, 967

3,57350, 511

3. 6955.9

8.3160.7

1, 0581, 964

10590S

92, 744

895

1,0921,112

95, 18826, 008

12777.1

January

384, 754

72, 398902

381, 531

8971,508

222607

.195

118.8

.205

120. 1

10.00405. 0

2, 9074, 652

45j ,739

62, 624 !68, 882

186, 032

603. 917

788, 888726, 264

86, 902

18, 020962, 175

. 20767.17.3459. 5

.090

58, 195

4, 08157, 642

3.4452.1

7.9858.3

1, 2012, 175

184979

93, 747

1,107

9591,401

101, 30734, 472

13380.1

Decem-ber

397, 741

75, 2851,207

398, 741

1,0151, 736

3321, 015

.195

118.8

.205

120. 1

10. 58111.0

2, 4804, 002

411, 542

51, 43445,114

150, 533

608, 323

572, 026521, 192

61, 134

16, 020798, 311

.21369. 27. 9464.3

.100

56, 348

4,67756, 453

2.9344.4

7.4054.0

1, 2302,307

2821, 081

84, 169

1, 062

7371,254

104, 91373, 314

13781.8

Novem-ber

331, 945

73, 3921,491

342, 405

8231, 696

478873

,195

118.8

.205

120.1

10.31108.2

2, 1693,439

371, 269

31, 58242, 552

119, 355

553, 479

443, 286411,704

62? 325

19, 773665, 665

.22272. 18.8671. 8

. 112

.50, 890

4, 62851, 236

3.3851.2

7.1352.0

1, 0792,607

7611, 534

75, 818

936

5971,059

82, 92567, 361

14185.7

1930

October

463, 928

63, 8622,347

468, 983

1,1832,377

6911,223

. 195

118.8

.205

120.1

9.97104.6

2,0483, 441

391, 392

36. 21141, 396

101, 672

636, 426

393, 017356, 808

53., 798

12, 402575, 700

.22171.79.8679. 9

.119

64, 946

4, 32665, 060

3.8443.1

7.0351.3

1,5973, 784

1, 0242, 238

72, 444

1, .165

5341, 110

59, 26933, 128

14488.6

Septem-ber

434, 287

60, 0231, 793

434, 625

1,0842,108

443947

.191

116.1

.203

118.6

10.33108.4

1,7032, 799

381, 090

59, 73237, 41788, 059

551, 557

507, 159447, 427

53, 892

16,475472, 467

.22773.8

10. 5885.8

.119

58, 873

4,32029, 297

3.0846.6

7.3553.6

1,4793,580

9072, 016

80, 653

1, 045

652966

46, 93824, 900

14689.2

August

409, 475

59, 7551, 058

403, 081

9591, 605

150618

.168

102.4

.173

101. 1

9.1495.9

1,4872,617

1, m

88, 86849, 28798, 167

558, 041

639, 827550, 959

72, 654

23, 431500, 438

.22974.49. 7879. 2

.114

52, f)16

3,97752, 268

3. 0940. 9

7. 7256.3

1. 2662, 583

4651,317

84. 324

] , 020

788956

42, 58920, 527

14487. 1

a Revised.




33

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

FOODSTUFFS— Continued

Sugar

Cuban movement (raw) :Exports long tonsReceipts at Cuban ports long tons _Stocks, end of nomth.thous. of long tons_.

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

York __ dolls, per Ib _Wholesale, granulated, New

York... dolls, per lb_.Wholesale, granulated, New

York . rel. to 1926—Raw:

Imports —From Hawaii and Porto

Rico . ..long tonsFrom foreign countries long tons..

Meltings, 8 ports ._ . -long tonsStocks at refineries, end of

month _ -long tons^Refined:

Exports, including maple long tons..Shipments, 2 ports long tons..Stocks 2 ports long tons

Tea

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

FOREST PRODUCTS

Lumber

ALL TYPES

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

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

RETAIL 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

FLOORING

Maple flooring:New orders M ft. b mProduction... _ M ft. b. mShipments M f t b mStocks, end of month .. .. M ft. b. inUnfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m _ _

HARDWOODS

All hardwoods:New orders ..mill. ft. b. mProduction - __ mill. ft. b inShipments mill. ft. b. m__Stocks, end of month-

Total mill. ft. b. mUnsold. 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. m

Northern hardwoods:Production M f t b mShipments IVT 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 measurePurchases M ft. log measure..Stocks, end of month. .M ft. log measure. .

Walnut lumber:New orders M ft. b. mProduction M ft. b. mShipments M ft. b. m.Stocks, end of month M ft. b. mUnfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m._

1931

August

215, 110126, 016

754

104

.053

.046

84.1

135, 228397, 042376, 715

429, 229

3,89676, 41237,116

7,977.225

99, 63341.066.0

79.4110.6

3,28036, 966

3,3122,9733,397

21, 1304,183

131101143

3,0202, 645

375

634542

92

853783

70

709776510

1, 252887

1,47213, 9262,821

July

203, 030119, 664

843

102

.051

.046

84.1

148, 636324, 848469, 609

367, 252

3,95298, 87936, 481

6,578.225

120, 35435.266.3

76.9110.149.7

8,51378, 274

3,74537, 279

3,7122.7373,447

21, 3214,772

139109139

3,0652,662

402

653551

102

6,1739,846

864783

81

523666442

1,574624

1,85314, 5432,981

June

148, 62493, 548

930

102

.050

.044

80.3

143, 382239, 085383, 157

400, 567

4,32978, 58335, 030

6,953.225

120, 501247.7

67.8

86.3106.351.4

10, 08479, 017

3,43237, 718

4,2453,1163,778

21, 8214,955

176143161

3,1262,707

419

683575

108

11, 87811, 690

890803

88

958674293

9961,0751,223

15, 8372,918

May

137, 205118, 514

982

102

.050

.043

78.3

161, 260151,815332, 556

463, 730

3,33857, 67032, 632

4,135.225

143, 558235.6

68.4

97.2107.748.1

8,45180,051

3,42138, 816

3,3272,6293,315

23, 4674,604

158146169

3,1492,718

431

686586

100

10, 82010, 330

914809

105

1,135828519

1,1811,3821,277

15, 9903,151

April

94, 865238, 872

1,007

104

.050

.044

80.1

135, 457279, 578403, 337

445, 535

5,33265, 63343, 880

6,184.225

135, 77141.573.3

91.5108. 249.2

7,76780,816

3,36839, 534

3,6793,3263,226

24, 1915,312

154146161

3,1752,713

463

694593

101

12, 76712, 806

935814

120

925719845

1,3931,1411,506

15, 8933,279

March

134, 928546, 538

844

106

.051

.043

79.2

150, 951364, 493351, 169

420, 650

4,61249, 07754, 665

7,995.225

73, 81840.374.2

93.2108.848.8

5,23681, 158

3,38939, 657

3,1313,7603,017

26, 1935,180

173165176

3,2052,731

473

703598

106

17, 87812, 631

966844

122

816699

1,050

2,094875

1,94216, 2653,522

Febru-ary

168, 450429, 576

461

107

.053

.045

81.4

151, 980212, 453290, 337

329, 324

3,08554, 57029, 070

5,223.225

67, 79235.773.2

84.2111.247.7

3,49480, 251

2,64138, 628

3,4553,1792,676

25, 8355,248

188158165

3,2492,769

481

713601

112

17, 25212, 330

990861

129

829874

1,172

1,471804

1,36317, 2363,314

January

86, 518105, 726

80

107

.053

.046

83.2

81, 700122, 071258, 585

293, 938

3,57242, 71734, 019

7,289.225

114, 55736.776.0

82.6113.246.8

3,56376, 552

2,87837, 839

3,5843,4522,351

25, 5784,664

169143158

3,3082,851

456

726607

118

14, 17810, 854

1,017918

99

8951,1791,136

1, 152642

1,06418, 295

3, 211 I

1930

Decem-ber

231, 039150, 277

669

107

.053

.046

83.2

5,590306, 500207, 006

305, 208

4,72333,64542, 555

8,029.225

128, 42433.878.1

73.3117.3244 .7

4,14570, 531

2,53037, 739

1,9053,0451,811

24, 2713,491

125134125

3,3192,863

456

611511

100

8,1478,021

1,029935

95

1,1461,204

777

1,2031,1841,187

17, 6703,118

Novem-ber

413, 406213, 688

764

107

.053

.047

85.0

50, 977293, 455337, 360

321, 930

6,57659, 91637, 759

7,565.225

110,85536.880.1

86.5113.742.6

9,02871, 025

3,94038, 108

2,7982,7592,554

23, 3533,204

133143148

3,2732,821

452

610509

102

4,3829,374

1,022928

95

1,3401,460

791

1,3431,4441,470

18, 7313,393

October

291, 311124, 848

958

106

.053

.044

80.8

82, 660277, 350402, 333

283, 778

8,55362, 11346, 134

9,917.223

122, 69039.480.2

77.1110.046.3

13, 59673, 743

5,11438. 674

2,5302,6432,886

22, 9853,188

154158169

3,2702,805

466

608504

104

4,77211,285

1,021924

97

1,4211,294

670

1,8091,3861,907

18, 7963, 646

Septem-ber

274, 588152, 166

1,163

107

.054

.043

79.2

117, 776273, 952413, 912

378, 969

6,66872, 20853, 998

8,717.224

139, 13853.780.8

105.6108.359.0

12,51679, 471

4,58040, 116

2,9833,3013,331

23, 9152,953

176161180

3,2612,787

475

601494

107

4,37111, 862

1,016918

98

1,1091,171

805

1,7351,1211,861

19, 3344,085

August

314, 239160, 710

1,279

111

.054

.044

80.3

132, 240181, 182360, 592

442, 894

7,24649, 06653, 324

8,134.290

136, 62843.581.1

97.7107.454.9

12, 39384, 567

4,26241, 543

3,5413,6164,416

24, 4763,528

139165154

3,3082,808

500

610497

113

9,22511,167

1,036927

109

1,029886745

1,6981,1741,511

20, 0904,025

2 Revised.




October, 1931


FOREST PRODUCTS-Continued

Lumber— -Continued

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. mDouglas fir:

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

New orders M ft. b. rn.-Price wholesale-

No. 1 common. _dolls. per M ft. b. m..Flooring, 1 x 4"B"

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

Production.. M ft. b. mShipments . . _.M ft. b. m.Unfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. ni..

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

Northern hemlock:Production.. M ft. b. m..Shipments M f t b m

Southern yellow pine:Exports-

Lumber M ft b mTimber M ft. b. m

New orders . _ M ft. b. mPrice flooring dolls per M ft b mPrice index rel. to 1926Production M ft b mShipments M ft. b. mUnfilled orders M ft. b. m

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

VENEER

Rotary-cut, veneer:Receipts no of carloadsPurchases no. of carloads..

Furniture

Household furniture and case goods:Grand Rapids district —

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

end of month no. days' sales-Plant operations. _ _ per cent full time--Shipments no. days' production. .Unfilled orders,

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

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

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

tured products.)Wholesale prices:

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

LEATHER PRODUCTS

Prices, wholesale, composite 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..

HidesImports-

Calfskins, thous. of lbs_.Cattle hides thous of IbsGoatskins thous of IbsSheepskins thous. of IbsTotal, hides and skins thous. of lbs_.

Inspected slaughter of livestock:Canada-

Cattle and calves, .thous. of animals..Swine . thous. of aniinals-.Sheep and lambs... thous. of animals..

United States-Cattle thous. of animals. _Calves thous. of animalsSwine thous. of animals ..Sheen. thous. of animals. .

1931

August

15, 38616, 27017, 323

17, 380

45, 30825, 155

188, 460

10.97

25.29171,897175, 030111,017

24, 27632, 375

21, 9567,888

151,48427. 6861.4

119.828155,51185, 281

127125125

1, 225

8564

7.015

3673.0

16

20

59, 223

47, 706

82.992.1

102.988. 2

90.3

102

77.178.0

3,731] 1, 8707,5563,368

29, 513

7816281

727357

2,5001,598

July

16, 57614, 71718, 131

19, 331

53, 08818, 186

181, 297

10.64

25.76149, 067173, 240165, 630

27, 01330, 408

10, 1288,640

29, 9258,745

146, 86027.8261.7

2121,994151,48883, 013

128137119

1,245

7892

6.513

3280.0

14

22

55, 063

47, 997

85.292.1

102.988.6

89.8

2 101

83.8277.6

4, 6999,3137,6861,582

28, 332

7714871

706356

2,7671,491

June

19, 32116, 42918, 253

20, 376

47, 76635,718

191, 146

11.25

25. 98199, 651197, 413162, 944

30, 33834, 293

10, 0139,554

30, 27812, 535

140, 32228.15

62.4126, 739138, 66378, 246

114156125

1,230

9999

4.527

3274.0

12

23

43, 077

56, 865

85.293.0

102.989.8

87.8

2 100

85.4277.5

2 2, 4727,5289,3213,313

26, 053

9216456

667417

3,2511,516

May

19, 22017,61621, 568

20, 237

69, 04355, 586

188, 907

11.64

28.33206, 813221, 586135, 637

30, 23331, 780

9,8937,894

34, 0675,827

157, 92028.8263.9

148, 048165, 00483, 958

107135122

2 1, 204

7954

13.09

3170.0

11

11

46, 431

19,338

86.894.0

102.989.8

88.1

2 107

81.0278.8

3,8046, 8128,2743, 091

24, 437

10315823

704425

3,4081,444

April

22, 48018, 76121, 898

22, 290

63, 15937, 573

224, 272

12.12

29.74201, 889200, 099215, 766

31, 24134, 454

8,6167,437

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

83.9279.4

2,8574,4046,1604, 453

19, 616

10117227

690471

3,4881,493

March

24, 48521, 79524, 852

22, 726

15,21119, 964

217, 109

12. 68

31.14186, 222195. 622196, 517

27, 48933, 250

6,5835,432

22, 4786,261

174, 02029.6665.8

164, 929175, 742113,043

109112120

1,174

10582

12.014

3464.0

13

15

62, 382

29, 798

90.794.0

102.993.2

88.4

92

71.2280.4

1,4496, 8676,2923, 280

19, 468

8515432

635416

3,5231,324

Febru-ary

20, 69523, 83623, 555

23, 613

14, 95114, 978

189, 355

12.86

31.65179, 059186, 669181, 745

24, 31832, 417

6,0855,508

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

76.1281.4

1, 1074,1493, 9912,890

13,417

5816132

559353

4,1421,223

1930

January

25, 92826, 99821,410

28, 725

38, 25116, 081

191, 593

12.82

31.33160, 258178, 164182, 640

24, 12932, 844

6,5266,094

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

278

71.6285.1

1,6705,1865,8634,040

20, 211

6916637

651379

5,3621,426

Decem-ber

17, 85723, 04820, 307

22, 766

53, 71812, 859

189, 355

12.99

31.73167, 420174, 583188,012

28, 35030, 317

5,8124,955

35, 8739,029

146, 46532.5172.1

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

68.72 85. 9

1,7226,7816,1543,313

20, 471

7517053

692398

4,6471,426

Novem-ber

21, 48525, 90020, 549

24, 514

42, 3649, 151

186, 222

13.25

33.40191, 593179, 954176, 373

28, 14034, 300

4,0466, 596

28, 11311,896

177, 32733.4474.1

184,712176, 110105, 021

9798

1141,284

10697

7.022

4881.0

18

22

43, 975

19, 917

91.794.0

102.992.3

93.3

281

63.02 84. 8

2,2026,7815,1671,965

18, 207

7816898

605324

4,0241,305

October

30, 60335. 06331,808

24, 277

43, 80112,511

203, 232

12.98

33.77208, 156199, 651137, 876

29, 38635, 049

4,3747,436

31, 95710, 590

213, 02834.0175.4

210, 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

284.9283.9

3, 2646,8887,2682,821

21,512

97160185

836438

3,4921,727

Septem-ber

27, 15528, 33727, 505

26, 150

48, 09716, 114

217, 557

13.14

34.58199, 651200, 546176, 373

27, 83235, 392

6,8766,751

44, 00711,509

206, 02433.4874.2

207, 107209, 545112, 266

149152152

1,330

147139

5.029

5289.0

27

26

74, 123

43, 680

91.794.0

102.992.3

98.2

95

73.5281.6

2, 83512, 7436,8073,289

27, 598

84140114

760374

2,7731. 591

August

25, 29328, 83525, 044

26, 573

42, 12925, 850

222, 929

13.44

35.65206,813218. 452134, 742:

27, 34933, 481

8,223-7, 007

43, 3129,153

189, 35031.7270.3

202, 016199, 360124, 362

131183159

1, 336

100106

6.018

4079.0

18

24

67, 163

42, 268

91.794.0

102.992.3

99.9

95

87.7280.8

1.40311,3898, 0754, 460-

26, 681

7512479

700363

2.7241,413

2 Revised.




35


LEATHER PRODUCTS— Continued

Hides— ContinuedPrices:

Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)dolls per Ib

Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)dolls, per Ib

Stocks, end of month:Calf and kip skins thous. of IbsCattle hides ... . thous. of Ibs..Sheep and lamb skins thous. of lbs_.Total hides and skins _ thous. of Ibs

RawSole and belting:

Exports (sole only) thous. of IbsPrice, oak, scoured backs (Boston)

dolls, per l b _ _Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)

rel. to 1926..Production —

Sole only .thous. of backs, bends, sides. _Sole and belting thous. of lbs._

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

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

grade dolls, per sq. f t ._Production __ thous. of sq. ft ._Stocks-

Finished thous. of sq. ftIn process of tanning__thous. of sq. f t_ .

ManufacturesGloves cut. . -. do/en pairs..Shoes:

Exports .. . thous. of pairs .Prices, 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._Boy's and youths' thous. of prs._Women's. _ thous. of prs_.Misses' and children's thous. of prsSlippers, all types thous. of prs..All other footwear thous. of prs_.

IRON AND STEEL

New orders rel. to 1923-25Prices, wholesale rel. to 1926..Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)

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

consumed) ._ rel. to 1923-25Stocks, manufactured goods, end

of month rel. to 1923-25Unfilled orders, end of month.. rel. to 1923-25. .

OreIron ore:

Consumption .. thous. of long tonsImports thous of long tonsReceipts-

Lake Erie ports andfurnaces thous of long tons

Other ports 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 foundryUnfilled orders av. tons per foundry..Material received., .av. tons per foundry..Material on hand av. tons per foundry..

Malleable castings:New orders short tons..Operating activities. ..per ct. of capacity--Production short tons..Shipments. ._ ..short tons..

1931

August

0.113

.129

459

4.00

91.3

6,635

.348

132

6.75

4.35

3. 15

EE

47.586.6

51

78.0

128.6

1,65292

3,2291,658

5.0G5

29, 385

5, 68635, 071

22

997970

123231

18, 30518.8

18, 37320, 301

July

0.120

.139

42, 778206, 31735, 223

284, 318

652

.370

84.4

1,09719, 281

81, 90667, 212

7,463

.35067, 234

246, 424128, 435

164, 205

140

6.75

4.35

3.15

28,4147,3151,676

10, 3372,8363,4122,838

56.287.1

59

83.1

2 130. 157.6

1,832128

3,1911,735

4,956

26, 451

5,36631,817

38

1019270

117226

2 19,4002 20.1219,943223.511

June

0.100

.129

2 38, 227209, 69734, 034

2 281, 958

983

.370

84.4

1,07619, 522

85, 62667, 070

9,234

.35263, 229

2250,612126, 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

May

0.085

.129

2 36, 046216, 40035, 026

2 287, 472

1,143

.370

84.4

1,03418, 388

85, 84867, 938

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, 20832.1

31,34436. 686

April

0.092

.135

2 34, 995220, 84632, 926

2 288, 767

1,442

.370

84.4

1,13720, 406

87, 19668, 933

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

March

0.090

.1282 33, 918223, 18234, 168

2 291, 268

949

.370

84.4

98418, 219

88, 04471, 122

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

Febru-ary

0.073

.117

2 35, 397225, 31533, 172

2 293, 884

713

.365

83.3

95117, 386

90, 32172, 488

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

116.5

141.168.6

2,36895

00

0

28,247

6,01134, 258

10

10810784

118268

32, 56634.4

33, 58732. 663

January

0.095

.125

2 38, 717235, 64933, 296

2 307, 662

726

2.380

86.7

1,08719, 559

91, 82773, 261

9,] 33

.35952, 225

2 272, 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

1930

Decem-ber

0.107

.144

2 40, 068237, 39234, 489

2311,949

1, 128

.400

91.3

1, 22621, 993

90, 87874, 135

8,118

2.3552 57, 888

2 280, 8562 127, 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

0

32, 618

6,33138, 949

29

10310180

112273

26, 43331.1

30, 43127.474

Novem-ber

0.118

.1562 41, 364227, 64734, 368

2 303, 379

825

.410

93.5

1,07118, 777

86, 33177, 485

7,451

.3672 51, 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

October

0.133

.172

2 39, 084227, 09934, 546

2 300, 729

691

.410

93.5

1,33323, 418

84, 03678, 815

9,838

.37265, 339

270, 902137, 513

236,911

269

6.75

4.85

3.55

27, 7316,4361,558

10, 3852,3934,6842,275

67.888.6

274

126.0

147.167.4

3,050186

4,0111,675

5, 531

34, 750

6,34241, 092

18

1379856

142292

24, 17129.0

28, 78529. 206

Septem-ber

0. 146

.1652 37, 249218, 44635, 490

2 291, 185

673

.440

100.4

1,33023, 137

81, 56980, 895

8,813

.372(53, 304

255, 787141, 495

219, 548

- 256

6.75

4.85

3.55

29,3346,5681,609

11,8562,7424,2922,267

70.789.5

285

110.3

145.367.9

3,282215

4,7211,891

6,488

32, 323

6,04338, 366

22

13510085

150254

26,25127.2

26, 52829. 223

August

0.136

.161

2 39, 636212, 98036, 079

2 288, 695

374

.460

104.9

1,31623, 223

80, 01884, 367

8,367

.37161,477

254, 020143, 063

241, 146

263

6.75

4.85

3.55

28, 4296,6071,653

11,5782,8953, 4602,236

74.490.1

2 92

112.0

143.370.5

3,673178

5,5862,492

8,252

29, 397

5,54134, 938

8

127108104141268

25, 40926.2

25, 61431.845

8 Revised.




October, 1931


IRON AND STEEL- Continued

Iron— Crude- Continued

Pig-iron production:Canada thous. of loug tons..Merchant furnaces thous. of long tons__United 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..Basic (valley furnace) .rel. to 1926..Composite pig-iron dolls, per long ton..Foundry, No. 2, northern

(Pittsburgh) dolls, per long ton..Foundry, No. 2, northern

(Pittsburgh) rel. to 1926

Iron— Manufactured Products

Cast-iron boilers:Gas-fired boilers-

Production thous. B. t. uShipments... thous. B. t. u_.Shipments dollarsStocks, end of month.. .mills. B. t. u._

Round boilers-New orders thous. of IbsProduction ..thous. of lbs._Shipments thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month... thous. of Ibs..

Square boilers-New orders thous. of lbs._Production ...thous. of lbs._Shipments thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month. . .thous. of lbs__

Cast-iron fittings:Production short tons..Shipments short tons

Malleable fittings:Production short tonsShipments short tons._

Radiators:New orders. thous. sq. ft. heating surface--Production, thous. sq. ft. heating surface. .Shipments.. thous. sq. ft. heating surface..Stocks, end of month

-- thous. sq. ft. heating surface--

Steel— Crude

Prices, wholesale:Composite, finished steel

dolls per 100 IbsIron and steel composite

dolls per long tonSteel billets, Bessemer

(Pittsburgh) dolls, per long ton..Steel billets, Bessemer (Pitts-

burgh) rel. to 1926. .Structural-steel beams (Pitts-

burgh). dolls, per 100 lbs._Structural-steel beams (Pitts-

burgh) .. -.rel. to 1926. .Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full fin-

ished:New orders . _. net tons..Production—

Per cent of capacity per cent.Total ..net tons..

Shipments net tonsStocks, end of month-

Unsold net tons.Total net tons

Unfilled orders, end of month. ..net tons.Steel castings:

New orders-Total. short tons-Miscellaneous short tons.Railroad specialties short tonsPer 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.United States, total. ..thous. of long tons-United States, total rel. to 1923-25.Per cent of capacitv per cent.

U. S. Steel Corporation:Earnings thous. of dollsUnfilled orders, end of

month thous. of long tons-Unfilled orders, end of

month rel. to 1923-25.

1931

August

2971,28142.9

7639, 085

15.5083.6

16.38

18.76

91.0

208, 072195, 946213, 852

1,106

7,2044,6627,309

53, 558

19, 96715, 26419, 413

137, 143

8,3654,5727,960

44, 834

2. 19

31.05

29.00

82.9

1.60

81.7

122, 849

34.9123, 752151, 529

75, 288149, 533170, 122

28, 01621, 1686,848

19

30, 92022, 2638,657

21

1,71949.7

31

3,169

66.4

July

40371

1,46349.0

8245, 230

15.5083.6

16.38

18.76

91.0

201, 956155, 723159, 568

1,089

5,5203,9776,071

57, 274

14, 76513, 02815, 184

139, 469

4,0594,779

2,1142,330

6,6064,1946,834

47,414

2.20

31.05

29.00

82.9

1.65

84.3

144, 461

46.3174, 890178, 460

77, 953160, 959203, 358

2 32, 8692 19, 248

13, 6212 23

31,75123, 3398,412

22

452 1, 886

2 54.634

3,405

71.3

June

56336

1,63954.9

9150,855

15.5083.6

16.40

18.76

91.0

178, 101156, 769166, 923

1,069

4,9484,6545,055

59, 876

12, 20013, 25611,422

141, 522

4,1654,508

2,3652,489

6,4285,0255,759

50, 183

2.19

31.02

29.00

82.9

1.65

84.3

163, 599

40.3147, 843156, 160

75, 618168, 013304, 107

26, 13618, 5397,597

18

35, 01825, 6089,410

24

562,07660.1

38

4,499

3,479

72.9

May

51410

1,99466.7

10561,085

16.2587.6

16.64

18.76

91.0

174,244154, 650148, 749

1,014

4,5255,0694,787

59, 770

10,04913, 1409,537

139, 773

4,9765,088

2,4712,784

4,8635,1645,003

50, 953

2.21

31.39

29.50

84.3

1.65

84.3

148, 612

56.6201, 846191, 942

82, 532169, 444296, 731

39, 05227, 74611, 306

27

43, 15431, 08312, 071

30

752, 50572.5

45

4,183

3,620

75.8

April

54404

2,02067.6

11366,980

16.5089.0

16.75

18.76

91.0

227, 605150, 227149, 057

997

3,7416,5534,232

60, 221

8,09115, 9818,448

136, 840

5,6035,379

3,0752,995

4,3305.9574,293

50, 632

2.22

31.61

30.00

85.7

1.65

84.3

191, 987

58.2213, 608211,118

85, 415176, 846325, 169

46, 03929, 84416, 195

32

48,28235, 43912, 843

33

912,72278.7

49

5,136

3,898

81.6

March

57356

2,03268.0

11667, 880

16.5089.0

16.72

18.26

88.6

210, 58495, 76594, 251

916

4,3114,8644,071

57, 794

9,77114,7008,851

129, 643

5,7635,665

3,2903,242

4,4516,7814,013

48,978

2.23

31.66

30.00

85.7

1.65

84.3

236, 310

61.1224, 322208, 207

89, 334189, 915383, 280

48, 18437, 17211,012

33

56, 75542, 54414, 211

39

992,99486.6

54

7,191

3,995

83.7

Febru-ary

46317

1,70757.1

10861, 850

16.7590.3

16.82

18.51

89.8

178,224114,593116, 186

797

3,9125,5094,183

56, 878

9,12215, 9578,632

124, 238

6,2885,897

3,3793,432

4,4836,8014,410

45, 969

2. 22

31.65

30.00

85.7

1.65

84.3

168, 564

57.2192, 218179, 138

92, 047181,614343, 439

40, 32031, 1849,136

28

49, 54835, 63813, 910

34

832,50272.4

49

6,156

3,965

83.0

January

36292

1,71457.4

10257, 365

17.0091.7

16.94

18.76

91.0

163, 39098, 39792, 702

721

6,4124,1095,724

54, 997

11,50014, 68912, 082

117, 622

6,4466,758

3, 2363,533

6,2676,9616,091

43, 613

2.22

31.70

30.00

85.7

1.63

83.0

180, 863

45.1167, 865170, 379

87, 496180, 285360, 479

46, 81032, 09214, 718

32

46, 26435, 35110, 943

32

582,45971.1

43

6,118

4,132

86.5

1930

Decem-ber

38396

1,66655.8

9551, 330

17.0091.7

17.01

18.76

91.0

85, 399221, 775181, 966

621

7,1933,6147,131

51,657

17, 72310, 85716,837

109, 835

6,5065,358

3,2092,603

7,4714,0976,866

38, 702

2.19

31.76

30.60

87.4

1.60

81.7

233, 289

39.8145, 125144, 040

83, 629184, 590378, 601

49, 38730, 13119, 256

34

46,29032, 09314, 197

32

561,98057.3

38

4,191

3,944

82.6

Novem-ber

46375

1,86762.5

10760, 205

17.0091.7

17.14

18.76

91.0

85, 328149, 507202, 835

759

9,4955,910

10,04153, 686

21,37712, 85821, 480

115,313

7,1887,222

3,3223,108

9,0894,7919,118

41,420

2.20

31.95

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

135, 682

43.6148, 550158, 182

96, 248184, 586295, 282

48, 12331, 62816, 495

33

44,29032, 44511, 845

31

722,21264.0

44

7,949

3,640

76.2

October

40373

2,16572.5

11165, 965

17.0091.7

17.30

18.89

91.6

250, 001359, 206445, 101

885

14, 5218,291

17, 77459, 134

33, 76023, 06839, 158

121, 666

9,1229,995

4,0614,041

11, 2205,852

12, 390

45, 626

2.22

32.31

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

158, 700

50.6193, 934193, 516

91, 024189, 213319, 518

45, 55232, 34413, 208

32

59, 52243, 84015, 682

41

652,69377.9

50

10, 943

3,482

72.9

Septem-ber

49407

2,27776.2

12373, 525

17.6094.9

17.70

19.56

94.9

286, 748334, 266396, 788

940

11,8946,321

12, 16268, 182

32, 25915,92031,595

140, 508

7,6848,804

3,3823,563

11, 3504,643

10, 347

51, 964

2.24

32.67

31.00

88.6

1.60

81.7

214, 454

48.8179, 928186, 639

88, 363185, 791388, 599

49, 54238, 39411, 148

34

61,91944, 09617, 823

43

562,84082.2

55

11,515

3,424

71.7

August

57513

2,52484.5

13980, 620

18.0097.0

17.99

19.76

95.8

268, 664364, 861430, 365

949

7,3924,6038,736

72, 967

22, 27110, 06624, 178

155, 184

8,5878,596

3,8063,615

8,9335,3669,520

57, 560

2.26

33.01

31.00

88.6

1.65

84.3

148, 969

48.6173, 956205, 774

82, 315182, 240373, 148

50, 37035, 08515, 285

35

64, 30343, 57520, 728

45

583,06188.5

59

13,000

3,580

75.01 Revised.


October, 1931 SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


37


IRON AND STEEL— Continued

Steel— Manufactured Products

Furniture, steel:Business group —

New orders... _._thous. of dolls..Shipments thous. of dolls..Unfilled orders, end of

month. . _ thous. of dollsShelving —

New orders. thous. of dolls..Shipments thous. of dolls.-Unfilled orders, end of

month thous. of dollsIron, steel, and heavy hardware,

sales ...rel. to Jan., 1921..Iron and steel:

Exports long tonsImports 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 barrelsSteel bars, cold finished, shipments-short tons—Steel boilers, new orders:

Area thous. of sq. ft..Quantity 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 tonsPer 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 pieces..Shipments no of piecesStocks, end of month. no of pieces

Miscellaneous sanitary ware:New orders no. of piecesShipments no of piecesStocks, end of month no of pieces

Sinks: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..

Shipbuilding

Rate of activity (elec. energyconsumed) rel to 1923-25

Building or under contract, end of month-Merchant vessels thous of gross tons

Completed during month —Total gross tons..Steel, seagoing gross tons..

MachineryElectric hoists:

New orders-Quantity no. of hoists..Value dollars--

Shipments dollars.-Electric overhead cranes:

New orders. _ thous. of dolls..Shipments thous of dollsUnfilled orders, end of

month _ thous of dollsFoundry equipment:

New orders _ rel to 1922-24Shipments rel. to 1922-24Unfilled orders, end of

month rel. to 1922-24..Machine tools:

New orders . „ rel. to 1922-24Shipments rel to 1922-24Unfilled orders, end of

month rel. to 1922-24Oil burners:

New orders no of burnersShipments no of burnersStocks, end of month no. of burners--Unfilled orders, end of

month no. of burners..

1931

August

1,0101,056

919

307358

390

73, 33820, 995

449, 59031.6

455, 50238, 692

1,030

595827

23, 8581,138

124, 40031.1

168, 80042.2

3,924

33, 60136, 544

136, 922

12,949

41, 85944, 137

185, 667

26, 42127, 74984, 582

40, 70743, 067

230, 630

39, 714

85.6

11, 5547,150

20388, 52673, 163

91345

736

16.937.4

32.1

7296

182

10, 62110, 03510, 155

2,076

July

1,0921,074

966

328371

441

84, 46627, 436

2580,565240.7

2581,4502 44, 604

2939

687816

227,2614,136

159, 20039.8

181, 600245.44,409

46, 70447, 922

138, 759

15, 892

53, 22653, 585

192, 552

27, 10629,08294, 260

51, 34152, 963

245, 354

45, 680

82.0

326

30, 47125, 363

19290, 964

142, 143

160435

990

38.755.7

51.8

6272

202

8,0107,491

10, 113

1,490

June

1,2721,221

948

452449

483

124

75, 58529, 365

122

552, 955338.9

549, 78145, 489

1,07816, 360

677818

22, 8064,679

177, 20044.3

162, 40040.6

5,705

43, 22843, 584

145, 140

17, 110

49, 18150,575

209,841

27, 46326, 45398, 384

49, 92851, 676

255, 269

49, 637

84.8

359

22,64716, 964

220109, 245122, 189

261410

1,264

40.990.4

70.1

7495

212

6,0466,0449,193

971

May

1,3061,305

897

506409

480

129

91, 40728, 107

172

610, 78843.1

618, 80142, 315

1,05322, 768

603658

26, 2102,411

152, 80038.2

148, 00037.0

7,453

42, 99145, 512

152, 206

17, 466

51, 39554, 520

218, 067

21. 24324,490

101, 673

54, 69356, 845

260, 426

51, 769

89.7

370

34, 52728, 613

293142, 962115,809

307310

1,413

54.1118.6

123.8

8796

232

5,1325,5628, 553

969

April

1,4241,481

896

408423

383

134

101, 08138, 702

179

591, 39941.9

600, 56650, 328

1,19525, 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

22, 99521, 719

107, 917

52, 77149, 443

273, 154

60, 293

92.5

397

13, 7664,985

276125,550101, 746

274416

1, 420

57.769.7

180.1

10591

238

5, 5285, 248

10, 036

1,399

March

1,4871,522

952

455481

398

123

109, 51231, 044

177

550, 58339.9

554, 33259, 495

1,25325,011

665630

31, 0562,538

184, 40046.1

151, 20037.8

8,944

33, 19634, 938

166, 158

20, 325

33, 85136, 642

230, 817

18,64118, 811

109, 508

41, 53241, 787

267, 828

53, 470

98.3

409

17, 44313, 976

261117,216134, 995

671261

1,552

174.472.9

314.6

11892

225

4,8364,4068,603

1,119

Febru-ary

1,4781,563

986

401382

424

104

91, 21220, 513

163

450, 13433.1

449, 48563, 244

1,39221, 727

622516

24, 4383,585

158, 40039.6

166, 40041.6

6,321

28, 04130, 616

160, 851

22, 067

30,88334, 438

212, 395

15, 78117, 768

107, 439

35, 87339, 211

259, 442

56, 686

114.8

412

25, 6229,703

205113, 862112,363

268530

1,207

54.755.4

93.5

8473

204

3,6993, 5318,603

689

January

1,8401,768

1,072

418422

404

110

92, 74531, 706

140

421, 81432.6

427, 62262, 595

1,42421, 943

577598

27, 5182,598

162, 40040.6

172, 00043.0

5,626

56, 49468, 564

148, 909

24,642

71, 11393, 870

192, 072

29, 78533, 527

106, 152

63, 07480, 095

244, 880

65, 566

113.9

421

29, 41321,045

335133, 295132, 157

423496

1,407

65.354.7

94.6

6775

179

3,8424,0468,572

521

1930

Decem-ber

1,5911,774

999

283515

409

123

101, 98824, 338

115

412, 28330.3

406, 32768, 403

1,43715, 747

587814

26, 7875,118

152, 80038.2

168, 40042.1

5,174

52, 25436,008

167, 932

36, 712

72, 49348, 023

214, 472

25, 09219, 680

112, 460

61, 56743, 968

261, 800

109, 086

99.0

344

25, 97118, 391

231126, 592106, 459

302671

1,517

59.8102.6

82.3

6985

203

5,0265,0258,604

725

Novem-ber

1,5871,632

1,182

468503

641

139

111, 96834, 572

119

497, 53936.5

500, 40962, 447

92915, 456

709777

33, 1519,965

151, 20037.8

195, 20048.8

4,212

30, 81335, 489

168, 808

20, 466

41, 22747, 078

205, 517

21, 45322, 065

108, 795

44, 89751, 027

253, 374

61, 605

105.5

359

53, 55139, 830

267122, 136115,849

370587

1,864

45.376.5

124.9

6067

230

6,8617,8558,319

724

October

1,8331,902

1,227

587645

676

175

131, 85029, 730

153

616, 12144.1

619, 55865, 317

98620, 521

8511,189

30, 1974,518

209, 20052.3

239, 20059.8

5,192

43, 75048, 547

166, 248

25, 142

52, 50958, 273

204, 496

27, 84029, 142

106, 858

58, 50461, 486

246, 632

74, 198

121.5

366

51, 66716, 895

259141,615137, 608

353677

1,948

50.062.0

159.1

90103

238

18, 15218, 5808,677

1,718

Septem-ber

1,7961,854

1,297

553542

734

165

131,21129, 793

160

564, 92740.3

565, 20468,754

1,01119, 338

1,2821,254

41, 06614, 916

155, 60038.9

243, 20060.8

5,642

41, 79947, 970

162, 302

29, 339

54, 36962, 369

185, 515

28, 44931, 485

100, 585

57, 60664, 044

243, 845

84, 246

124.1

423

32, 08320, 125

274149, 861140, 598

614942

2,124

91.066.0

170.8

13696

268

16, 45717, 03610, 304

2,146

August

1, 7251,928

1,355

579604

723

161

151,23527, 408

173

553, 84239.6

552, 26569, 031

1,11419, 086

1,3571,371

36. 51310, 056

252,00063.0

262, 40065.6

6,812

48, 44951,836

165, 687

36, 110

55, 06259, 130

187, 150

28, 36529, 807

101, 920

55, 78562, 454

254, 426

101, 720

122.8

489

75, 03033, 302

283124, 737145,979

522729

2,527

85.282.6

140.2

114120

223

11,58111,35410, 940

2,7252 Revised.Digitized for FRASER




October, 1931

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

IRON AND STEEL-ContinuedMachinery— Continued

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 boilers--.no. of pulverizers. .Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers. .Water-tube boilers_no. of pulverizers..

Pumps:Domestic shipments-

Pitcher, hand, and wind-mill .. .no. of units..

Power, horizontal type..no. of unitS-.Steam, power, and centrifugal-

New orders thous. of dolls. _Shipments.. .thous. of dolls..Unfilled orders, end of

month .thous. of dolls. .Stokers, mechanical, sales:

Power horsepower..Quantitv ..number..

\Vater-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..NONFEBROUS METALS AND PROD-

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 1 923-25. _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 lbs._

Copper:Exports short tons..Domestic shipments, refined. .short tons..Price, wholesale, electrolytic

(N Y.) dolls, per lb_.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 tonsUtah 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-

Tin:Deliveries (consumption) long tonsImports (bars, blocks, etc.) long tons..Price, wholesale, Straits (New

York)- dolls, per lb-Price, wholesale, Straits (New

York) rel. to 1926—Stocks, end of month-

United States long tonsWorld visible supply long tons-

Zinc:Ore, Joplin district-

Shipments short tonsStocks, mines, end of month

short tons..Price, slab, prime western (St.

Louis) dolls, per lb._Price, slab, prime western (St.

Louis) rel. to 1926—Production short tonsRetorts in operation, end of month

numberStocks, end of month short tons..

1931

August

5469

4,088

22, 3792,197

775800

2,450

31, 171132

4297,850

6447572513

356

87.1

64

73.3203.3

146.8

4041,3771,781

19, 27145, 816

.0729

5938, 925

90, 19047, 246

176, 105455, 775

402.6

27, 71130, 249

61

.0440

5, 2705,249

.2575

39.4

6,21350, 987

.0382

52. 021,467

21, 705129, 701

July

5560

3,962

00

51

11

24, 5792,312

874944

2,441

20, 735101

5257,640

16533448421

534

87.5

65

69.32 203. 32 137. 7

5111,4201,932

22, 38143, 144

.0770

592 38, 228

96, 40846, 503

2 179, 658440, 417

389. 1121, 260

-2,29031, 57732, 157

64

.044030, 136

5,1005,587

.2502

38.3

5, 83351, 707

12, 059

76, 566

.0389

53.021, 365

21, 666131, 833

June

7967

5,270

00

43

14

26, 3302,229

8751,028

2,471

29, 889111

5678,694

46503463391

479

87.4

68

78.6213.7

127.7

7021, 6052,307

23, 24450, 217

.0803

6744, 473

98, 27551, 652

187, 353413. 474

365.3126, 722

1,43228, 80630, 708

60

.039232, 551

5, 1854, 698

.2341

35.8

5,63351, 626

14, 395

70, 935

.0342

46.623, 483

21, 422138, 928

May

6058

4,270

00

310

22,4172,135

9211,037

2,605

23, 64680

6059,090

21487513393

516

87.8

73

94.0219.3

122.4

7311,6782,409

22. 95145, 265

.0867

6845, 580

102, 69553, 734

190, 578398, 667

352. 2130, 486

1,88141, 57639, 519

78

.038235, 677

5, 5055,483

.2320

35.5

5,69851, 231

22, 470

65, 480

.0331

45.125, 688

23. 024143, 049

April

6768

4,167

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. 921

325. 0128, 877

1,99534, 81635, 498

71

.044134, 694

6, 6306,126

.2512

38.5

6,21248, 462

27, 261

61, 110

.0372

50.729, 137

29, 072143, 212

March

6768

4, 789

02

22

13

225,1812 1, 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, 205

312.9136, 958

3,76235, 49841, 775

79

. 045337, 878

6,1206,986

.2707

41.5

7,91748, 607

17, 163

63, 001

.0400

54.532, 328

34, 221141, 493

Febru-ary

4476

3,715

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, 224303. 629

321.2128, 685

2, 50846, 90239, 464

82

. 045535, 512

5,1005,903

.2631

40.3

5,86249, 339

25, 389

58, 534

.0401

54.629, 562

35, 518144, 389

January

4158

3,215

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, 827

321.4129, 390

2.72155, 33143, 405

83

.048042, 110

7,2108,113

.2610

40.0

4,90443, 619

25, 987

56, 013

.0404

55.032, 522

35, 635145, 076

1930

Decem-ber

5867

4,251

00

033

23, 0561,325

1,0471, 205

2,812

11,72653

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, 799387, 175

324.4136, 252

2,89648, 70548, 517

92

. 051040, 462

7,4956,659

.2527

38.7

4,69342, 498

31, 056

47, 000

.0410

55.932, 733

33. 640143, 618

Novem-ber

5254

3,023

00

52

15

21, 5621,238

9671,116

2,975

21, 10371

6476,401

16459506442

520

90.2

87

89.6231.1

139.8

7911,9042,695

37, 77362, 693

.1011

8353, 141

112, 64664, 816

223, 2803G9, 832

326.7143, 214

3,96348. 40043, 423

83

. 051038, 820

6,2706,470

.2589

39.6

5,37240,811

39, 478

49, 441

.0427

58.232, 097

37, 492145, 139

October

4149

2,871

00

02

10

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

.0960

8355, 954

118, 22970, 419

240, 145364, 930

322.4157, 344

3.38163, 58450, 402

94

.051546, 237

7,5805,929

.2686

41.1

4,82339, 676

33, 474

45, 689

.0406

55.340, 922

41, 004143, 327

Septem-ber

4335

2,871

20

63

24

36, 8341,881

1,2121, 183

3,267

42, 899128

6848,202

17648516488

588

91.8

97

97.4223.3

137.0

1,0421,8502,892

30, 47865, 169

.1031

8956, 584

116, 00468, 487

235, 464360, 650

318.6156, 705

2,74652. 90748, 491

101

.055048, 354

7,2505,523

.2964

45.4

6,32340, 150

32, 122

41, 663

.0427

58.240, 470

44, 974134, 835

August

2730

2,423

10

334

38, 9022,378

1,3621,367

3,259

29, 988115

6839,220

12498606694

470

92.7

96

95.2213.4

137.2

9541,9642,918

33, 14156, 810

.1069

8456, 136

120, 77866, 698

234, 135347, 688

307.1154, 743

3,67360, 97852, 980

106

.054945, 542

5,6955,979

.3002

46.0

7, 53343, 805

37, 994

38, 565

.0436

59.441,012

50, 404126, 835

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39


NONFERROUS METALS AND PROD-UCTS— Continued

Manufactured ProductsElectrical equipment:

Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.(See under Distribution movement.)

Electric furnaces, new orders-.-kilowatts..Electric goods, new orders

(quarterly ) . thous. of dolls. .Electrical porcelain, shipments —

Glazed nail knobs thous. of pieces..Special dollars. .Standard . _. dollars. .Tubes thous. of piecesUnglazed nail knobs. thous. of pieces. .

Industrial reflectors, sales units .Laminated phenolic products,

shipments _ thous. of dolls. _Manufactured mica-

Shipments thous of dollsUnfilled orders, end of month

thous. of dolls. _Motors (direct current) —

Billings (shipments) .dollars. .New orders .._ _ _ dollars..

Nonrnetallic conduits, ship-ments thous. of feet .

Power cables, shipments... thous. of feet. _Power switching equipment, new orders —

Indoor. dollars..Outdoor dollars

Vulcanized fiber—Consumption thous. of IbsShipments, total _ thous. of dolls. .

Welding sets, new orders-Multiple operations units. .Single operation units ._

Miscellaneous products:Brass sheets rel. to 1926..Copper-wire cloth-

New orders... ..thous. of sq. it--Make and hold orders,

end of month .thous. of sq. ft..Production thous. of sq. ft..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 piecesPails and tubs, galvanized—-

Production dozen pieces. -Shipments dozen pieces

Other galvanized ware —Production dozen pieces..Shipments dozen pieces

PAPERNew orders . rel. to 1923-25Production index (Fed. Res.

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

(paper and pulp) rel to 1923-25Stocks end of month rel. to 1923-25

Wood PulpGround wood:

Consumption and shipments short tons..Imports short tons.-Production __ short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..

Soda:Consumption and shipments short tonsProduction short tonsStocks, end of month ..short tons..

Sulphite, unbleached:Consumption and shipments. .short tons..Imports short tonsPrice dolls per 100 IbsProduction .. _. _ . short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..

Sulphite, bleached:Consumption and shipments short tonsImports short tons..Production short tonsStocks, end of month... .short tons..

Total sulphite:Consumption and shipments short tonsProduction ._. . short tonsStocks 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 tons..Stocks, end of month short tons

Total chemical (all grades):Consumption short tonsProduction ...short tonsStocks, end of month.. _ short tons !

1931

August

3,975

1.C4374 18338, 303

971901

637

103

87

840

1,345348

80.9

326

504330330889

134

121.7

14, 433

49,3002.15

29, 510

July

1, 956

1, 84266 90633, 042

516562

61, 794

623

81

100

360, 444377, 129

2,777890

47, 041360, 325

1,783344

82.5

328

546302324898

158

246, 858

103, 345114, 134

26, 97027, 334

94.5

109

104.0128.9

111,46317, 725

102, 197103, 975

23, 50224, 3624,502

17, 54452, 061

2.1517, 9245, 578

35, 44823, 10935, 2625,800

105, 294107, 66423, 626

38, 15639, 228

6, 050

1,0781,202

326

168, 030172, 45634, 504

June

1,732

3 225, 457

1, 26377, 19441,331

592929

66, 188

637

92

97

450, 165402, 130

2,4471,106

52, 697240, 081

1,624402

2134

82.8

275

560253274934

145

232, 672

92, 46090, 747

26, 30428, 724

90.7

108

112.4129.7

2118,37113,512

2 123, 1032 115, 2352 23. 5722 24, 834

2 4, 660

16, 79052, 745

2.1519, 0925,500

38, 08029, 55839, 0485,986

111,282115,20021, 558

39, 82840, 9487,524

778774202

2175,4602 181, 7562 33, 944

May

2,680

2,06178, 98357, 4621, 3092,323

67, 256

711

128

119

455, 325440, 476

4, 0911,303

73, 567208, 713

1,541419

0165

86.8

275

514256277

1,073

302

264, 953

121,413122, 072

28, 39034, 188

2 102. 7

113

135.1126.1

118, 15712, 851

136, 858111,832

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

April

1, 791

2,14176,31352, 009

890l,28i

72, 003

633

135

138

473, 767536, 272

5, 1121, 619

111,875216, 145

1,475432

8169

90.4

299

554340297

1,096

174

281, 339

143, 258140, 080

34, 92942, 287

2101.3

110

109. 6131.2

116,91423, 136

136, 43893, 131

27, 41228, 1024,414

21, 17830, 724

2.1521, 0763,936

37, 27230,51136, 0924,196

115, 960115,97418, 734

39, 08241, 2929,594

844898764

183, 298186, 26633. 506

March

2,046

3 182, 486

1,45878, / 1652, 599

7831, 224

69, 484

689

142

110

445, 833396, 958

3, 50S1, 630

75, 303269, 425

1,975484

11177

91.4

357

557330

.3081,079

186

312, 916

147, 278144, 052

31, 54229, 579

299.3

110

123.0123.4

111,16514, 652

116,31173, 606

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

Febru-ary

2,358

2, 52386, 47164, 8231,1251,386

68, 285

630

137

141

418, 228450, 204

3, 6671,326

64, 736201, 344

1,652426

4136

89.7

309

530297304

1,083

211

289, 205

132, 781120, 723

34, 34728, 142

96.7

2 110

127.0128.6

96, 82315, 65695, 93768, 460

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

January

4,599

2, 25386, 97687, 794

8751, 752

65, 501

605

133

105

393, 558680, 251

3, 9971,139

76, 052228, 862

1,369385

23155

90.7

404

574332311

1,097

217

267, 232

103, 677138, 538

23, 71625, 958

97.2

2 106

111.8125.9

108, 34914, 394

107, 20869, 346

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. 7n6

1930

Decem-ber

1,489

3208,936

2,00791, 56451, 016

5221, 159

76, 659

551

101

104

500, 165617, 454

2,4171,678

77, 248178, 160

1,421318

13152

93.6

337

539344309

1,145

165

250, 568

87, 14068, 898

21, 65715,915

85.8

298

117.0122.6

109, 74027, 024

110,57875, 498

27, 12828,5605,118

18, 27263, 870

2.4817, 8605,474

38, 84430, 32238, 6989,206

116,830117, 15828, 720

33, 19036, 20410, 006

177, 272182, 01443 872

Novem-ber

2,202

1,83493, 67747, 994

8011,164

115,736

674

132

90

433, 530457, 518

3,7131,824

69, 202219, 232

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

28, 34628, 9664,936

18, 23876, 850

2.4818, 5325,886

40, 63430, 59540, 9389,352

120, 780121, 27628, 392

34, 11037, 2089,494

183, 346187, 57249 882

October

3,317

2, 044131,81573, 6591, 1561,615

113, 316

1,023

150

104

621,114474,611

4, 0071, 957

84, 160342, 771

1,824465

6200

88.9

363

606385356

1,160

199

329, 337

130, 906115, 185

40, 08441, 126

106.0

107

120.0127.4

121, 33531, 30596, 46582, 205

28, 95430, 6845,642

22, 31652, 286

2.4822, 1665,592

48, 11830, 48447, 7909,048

141,852140, 26427, 896

41, 44644, 4548,974

212, 388215, 570

42 RRC]

Septem-ber

2, 866

3228,733

2,45399, 57665, 581

3341,222

125, 786

854

141

107

596, 670820, 444

4, 2352,108

118,431298, 354

1, 9454t7

9194

92.5

299

533384317

1,173

241

297, 622

103, 177116,875

38, 21846, 310

100.5

109

119.3118.1

109, 86029, 50292, 872

107, 075

28, 63830, 0525,248

18, 93852, 426

2.4818, 8885,742

49, 05030, 56749, 8309,376

128, 936129, 24229, 484

38, 99042, 3788,966

196, 714201, 80043 714

August

5, 012

2,218111,02969, 656

1, 1461, 605

127, COS

789

122

109

708, 095719, 846

3,3972,260

121,930319, 668

1,828430

8221

94.0

336

516387353

1,117

264

309, 645

103, 050103, 354

46, 73043, 827

102.2

109

115.1117.4

116,88621, 26197, 895

124, 063

28, 86829, 9625,166

19, 12260, 198

2.4819, 6085,792

48, 09426, 88048, 3408, 596

131,454131,38229, 178

41,97044, 3748, 498

202, 466205, 90642. 880

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October, 1931

!Earlier data for items shown here may

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

PAPER AND PRINTING— Continued

PaperBox board:

Consumption of waste paper. .short tons..New orders short tons .Operation thous of inch hoursOperation p ct of capacityProduction short tons..Shipments short tonsStocks end of month short tonsStocks 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,

U S short tons .Exports Canada short tonsImports United States short tonsPrice roll f o b mill dolls per cwtProduction-

Canada short tonsUnited States, total short tons..Per cent of capacity per cent. .

Shipments-Canada short tonsUnited States. - short tons..

Stocks, end of month—At mills-

Canada _ short tons..United States short tons

At publishers, U. S short tons..In transit to publishers,

U S short tons..Other paper:

Binders' board, production short tons..Book paper:

Production _ . short tons,.Per cent of capacity per cent

1931

August

200, 138214,913

7,68165.9

213, 491217, 40579, 873

47, 549148, 04247, 206

146, 249160, 175157, 037

165, 12488, 344

59

162, 30389, 047

49, 12832, €07

202, 121

30, 879

Shipments short tons

New orders-Coated. ..p. ct. of normal production..Uncoated.p. ct. of normal production. _

Unfilled orders, end of month —Coated- _. .days' production..Uncoated davs' production..

Fine paper:Production short tonsPer cent of capacity per cent._Shipments short tons..Stocks end of month short tons

Wrapping paper:Production short tonsPer cent of capacity per centShipments short tonsStocks end of month short tons

All other grades:Production short tonsShipments short tons.-Stocks end of month short tons

Total paper (including newsprint and boxboard) :

Production short tonsPer cent of capacity per centShipments short tonsStocks end of month short tons

Paper Products

Paper-board shipping boxes:Operating time —

Corrugated p ct. of normalSolid fiber p. ct. of normal--Total p ct. of normal

Production-Corrugated .thous. of sq. f t_ .Solid fiber thous. of sq. ft_.Total thous. of sq. ft

Rope paper sacks, shipments. .rel. to 1921-22.-

PRINTING

Blank forms, new orders. _thous. of sets..Printing activity rel to 1923Sales books:

New orders thous. of booksShipments thous of books

RUBBER

Production index (Fed. Res.Bd ) auto tires and tubes rel to 1923-25

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

Stocks end of month rel to 1923-25

Crude Rubber

Consumption, quarterly:Totil long torsFor tires long tons

Imports (including latex) long tons

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5361

55

806877

449, 285106, 800556, 085

45, 455

10,51110, 501

98.5111.9

39, 033

jvised.

July

213, 686221, 04828,114269.6

222, 927221, 980283,787

247,052166, 006249,698

157, 119157, 205173, 457

182, 73199, 548

67

175, 3cO97, 225

47, 28833,616

203, 944

34, 566

106, 01571

107, 07589, 984

5860

65

26, 40855

27, 72859, 723

78, 07488

78, 77775, 146

74, 72874, 06270, 755

607, 70070

606, 847413,011

786876

402, 03195, 582

497, 61365

50, 35777

10, 3219,997

112

97.42 112.8

44, 052

June

2208,5132 223, 990

28,200270.3

2224,1102223,328

82, 840

50, 5582 169,570

50, 630

161, 265189, 739188, 919

193, 971101, 086

68

194, 144100, 087

39, 83233, 906

189, 990

39, 041

2 113,022

111,3272 90, 985

5265

56

29, 30459

28, 39562, 725

2 78, 17487

2 76, 8452 76, 051

2 75, 6552 75, 8952 69, 174

2 621,411

2 615,8772 415,681

817179

416, 28299, 754

516, 03644

48, 32284

10, 51410, 382

126

121.0121.0

399,1353 83 894

46, 939

May

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

117,60978

113,14092, 464

7067

76

30, 79364

31,50161, 758

78, 37788

76, 88878, 107

2 78, 509283,8822 68, 734

2 638, 51072

2 639, 7122416,077

846579

417, 407100, 301517, 708

55

55, 26696

11,58710, 585

123

122.3120.6

35, 844

April

206, 571224, 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

643, 05674

643, 146414, C54

816778

401, 874102, 609504, 483

60

48, 87797

10, 28411, 079

107

109.0118.1

44, 908

March

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, 96480

119,02689, 088

6474

66

35, 14174

33, 98162, 905

75, 40485

76, 08377, 718

74, 12374, 18669, 540

629, 23373

628, 343410,558

796275

391, 04393, 875

484, 93865

52, 88798

11, 20410, 669

98

109.6118.4

382,4803 68, 59340, 788

» Quart

Febru-ary

191, 331198, 296

7,34571.2

205, 785203, 20277, 065

35, 229191, 50750, 838

150, 403144, 236148, 388

3.10

164, 55288, 788

65

162, 35090, 901

42, 25933, 627

211,142

39, 486

1,543

114,30685

117,84990, 353

7676

86

32, 53473

32, 33961, 340

72, 28188

71, 92078, 404

70, 05469, 73567, 618

583, 74871

585, 946408, 407

786174

382, 30591, 966

474, 27177

48, 75196

10, 05410, 652

94

112.9113.0

34, 374

er ended

January

199, 229211,782

7, 52064.5

211,691209, 66074, 482

34, 510197, 69955, 744

160, 660153,362172, 110

3.10

182, 657101, 990

69

180,027100, 440

38, 76832, 903

217, 889

39, 022

1,515

125, 33579

127, 46694, 413

6675

66

32, 83566

34, 70761, 148

71, 82682

71, 97078,047

78, 37872, 12265, 594

622, 05566

621,365406, 587

635461

305, 27477, 921

383, 19584

50, 58795

10, 73510, 454

88

99.0107.4

36, 598

in month

1930

Decem-ber

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

551, 08065

545, 049425, 234

605860

283, 93375, 507

359, 44066

69, 00495

9,45510, 893

73

84.3110.6

3 66, 258352 28437, 370

indicated

Novem-ber

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

6367

75

29, 08564

28, 38767, 701

76, 62883

77, 70170, 881

77, 84678, 34962, 400

573, 17469

573, 538419, 278

705767

347, 87680, 360

428, 23679

47, 87891

11, 05310, 723

77

86.1115.5

29, 733

October

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

668, 71074

669, 809419, 711

806576

425, 90092, 488

518, 38887

78, 70792

12, 21713, 428

88

99.0117.9

45, 375

Septem-ber

223, 071226, 899

7,90769.7

228, 257228, 43967, 720

45, 960165,49961, 978

163, 895194, 820175, 996

3.25

195, 49095, 261

70

193, 83596, 048

62, 49530, 879

215, 685

41, 970

1,342

102, 60281

100, 345118,315

7369

86

31, 60867

29, 99667, 136

74,70481

77, 91672, 732

84, 95485, 70864, 432

617, 38674

618, 452421, 214

766573

415, 62390, 955

506, 57888

60, 81293

11,65212, 363

84

107.2115.8

3 78, 4413 64, 35335, 783

August

215, 879221, 840

8, 03068. 1

224, 391224, 14167, 902

36, 108187, £0863, 518

157, 426170, 107169, 280

3.25

202, 043101, 601

72

197, 870-99, 236

59, 00730, 691

227, 44a

38, 885

1, 620'

105, 01778

106, 907115,995

6875

T6

31,61667

30, 82665, 524

77, 47681

74, 68775, 949

81, 66fr83, 73565, 186-

621, 76172:

619, 532421, 247

72'637ft

388, 030>85, 324

473, 35478-

55, 779*85

11,02611,918

96:

110. 5.12.56-

3)6,657


October, 1931 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


41


RUBBER— Continued

Crude Rubber— Continued

Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,New York dolls, per Ib .

Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:Afloat long tonsDealers _ _ .long tons-Manufacturers long tonsTotal, dealers and manufacturers

long tonsWorld shipments, plantation long tonsWorld stocks, end of month:

Afloat . long tonsEurope long tonsProducing countries long tonsUnited States _. long tons-World total long tons

Reclaimed rubber:Production quarterly long tonsStocks, end of quarter long tons

Scrap rubber:Consumption by reclaimers,

quarterly long tons.Stocks at reclaimers, end of

quarter __ long tons

Tires and Tubes

Pneumatic casings:Production thousandsShipments —

Domestic thousandsExports thousands

Stocks, end of month thousandsSolid and cushion tires:

Production thousands..Shipments-


Stocks end of month thousandsInner tubes:

Production . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ thousandsShipments-


Stocks, end of month thousandsRaw material consumed:

Fabrics thous. of IbsCrude rubber... ...thous. of Ibs..

Miscellaneous Rubber Products

Calendered rubber clothing:Net orders no. coats and sundries..Production no. coats and sundries.

Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:Belting thous of dollsHose thous. of dollsAll other.. _ .thous. of dolls..Total thous of dolls

Rubber bands, shipments thous. of lbs_.Rubber flooring, shipments.. .thous. of sq. ft..Rubber and canvas footwear:

Tennis-Production ..thous. of pairs. .Shipments domestic thous of pairsExports thous. of pairsStocks thous. of pairs..

Waterproof, total —Production thous. of pairsShipments domestic thous of pairsExports . . . thous. of pairsStocks thous of pairs

Grand total-Production thous. of pairs..Shipments, domestic.. thous. of pairs..Exports thous. of pairs..Stocks thous. of pairs

Rubber heels:Production thous. of pairs..Shipments-

Exports thous. of pairs.Repair trade thous. of pairsShoe manufacturers.- -thous. of pairs..

Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs.Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:

Auto fabrics ._ _. thous. of ydsRaincoat fabrics thous of ydsAll other thous. of yds..Total thous. of yds..

Rubber soles:Production ... _ _ . thous. of pairsShipments-

Exports • _ thous. of pairsRepair trade thous. of pairs.Shoe manufacturers... thous. of pairs..

Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs..

1931

August

- --

21, 58027, 080

195595

July

0.063

66, 600

90, 768139, 26143, 364

235, 746509, 139

3,941

4,224125

7,936

13

151

55

3,964

4,56996

7,672

15, 14046, 697

17, 93214, 431

9141,4361,3563,706

246577

8361 520

1255,957

1,5701,510

11716, 978

2,4073,030

24222, 935

15,361

5404,058

11,17727, 006

5311,843

9633,337

2,864

67196

2,5692, 475

June

0.063

• 52, 658843,711

3 139, 613

3 183, 32462,090

86, 867140,26543, 760

225, 346496, 238

3 38, 5403 15, 782

3 47, 6668 59, 103

4,538

4,320137

8,358

12

141

57

4,286

4,22889

8,403

17, 08551,280

21,16115,419

7981,6501,4313,879

209576

1,9992,657

1006,766

1, 9221,173

10816, 763

3,9213,830

20823, 528

17,093

6304,946

10, 52227, 898

7011,3551,1563,212

3,177

59225

2,8992,461

May

0.064

68, 628

93, 379143,74741, 176

219, 405497, 707

4,543

4,197135

8,250

11

141

61

4,330

4,13589

8,439

18, 01053, 418

19,38018,094

7901,8571,5844,231

215569

2,1424,372

1217,523

1,26162650

16, 357

3,4024, 998

17123, 881

15, 474

6123,9759,693

28,491

9821,0661,0023,050

2,885

62330

2,6512,655

April

0.064

63, 395

78, 159142, 52042, 806

224,211487,696

3,955

3,804142

8,025

12

141

64

3,693

3, 61099

8, 330

15, 24445, 016

16,84616,803

8322, 1291, 6564,617

259569

2,5913, 624

1509, 889

1,1021,070

7215, 733

3, 6934,694

22225, 622

15,408

5784,038

10,11227, 764

7101,0401,2713,381

2,692

69255

2,4742, 764

March

0.077

3 49,4713 49,6133 138,1403 187 753

71, 218

88, 959L137, 452* 45,782215, 523487, 7163 32, 1153 16, 142

« 41, 2743 57, 198

3,730

3,143155

8,012

11

151

69

3,560

2,922109

8,380

14,04141, 851

19, 38019, 220

8891,8921,6314,412

231496

2,6092,879

23610, 960

87494453

15, 803

3,4833,822

28826, 762

14, 661

5774,868

10, 99126, 708

738863

1,1682,769

2,292

14408

2,1452,876

Febru-ary

0.076

65, 719

86, 469130, 24743, 958

210,611471, 285

3,188

2,580142

7,629

11

121

73

3,133

2,619101

7,937

12,00236, 651

16, 36118, 276

7221,6111,3783,711

222366

2,4922,343

20011,451

9581,015

9216,030

3,4503,358

29227,481

13, 156

6584,8548, 397

29, 335

644567973

2,184

2,724

36290

2,2593,167

January

0.082

65, 714

82, 687127, 55343, 154

207, 085460, 479

2,940

2,855140

7,166

13

121

75

2,898

3,147102

7,552

12, 73836, 319

21, 88413,059

7591,4401,4003,599

211365

2,4092,318

11011,506

1,2721,549

7416, 179

3,6813,867

18427, 685

12, 973

7483,9398,471

30,302

577738891

2,206

2,481

11287

2,0903,032

1930

Decem-ber

0.089

3 44,2863 58, 804

3 129, 5753 188,379

65, 661

81, 479121, 13136, 118

201,000439, 7283 30, 4773 18, 534

3 36, 3783 59, 464

2,251

2,550139

7,203

13

121

76

2,448

2,63496

7,999

8, 35825, 537

12, 88120, 791

6751,3371,3263,338

165597

1,875871175

10, 633

2,2143,888

6317,172

4,0894,759

23728, 806

13, 101

8383,4506,618

29, 741

476697736

1,909

3,021

58243

2,3052,917

Novem-ber

0.089

63, 065

80, 236119, 01037, 564

190, 617427, 427

2,123

2,119148

7,676

13

131

76

2,144

2,14784

8,250

8,41826, 253

15,49322, 623

7791,2761,3453,400

165432

1,940319148

10, 712

2,7364,212

13518,449

4,6754,531

28229,160

11,083

8804,4734,578

29, 130

5321,426

8642,822

1,426

60280

1,0112,390

October

0.084

71, 934

84, 435118,87336, 046

186, 069425, 423

2,866

2,613186

7, £42

18

191

78

3,161

2,659119

8,414

11, 78036, 097

25,08241,291

9541,5541,6784,186

197682

1,821562263

9,239

2,9605,299

28720,054

4,7815,861

55029, 293

16,460

9668,2919,354

29, 353

9153,0401,2545,209

3,056

82492

2,6382,520

Septem-ber

0.0803 45, 0733 59, 2053 91, 968

3151,17374, 941

97, 701120, 38937, 714

169, 815425, 6193 31, 2773 17, 989

3 39, 0718 66, 363

2,692

3,366165

7,849

14

221

82

3,053

3,525108

8,052

10, 91733, 382

39, 36437,097

1,0451,4731,5654,083

172529

1,4451,4412350

8,248

2,8224,968

54822, 680

4,2676,409

89830, 928

14, 322

1,0836,6819, 244

31,601

7333,2491,0645,046

2,193

74333

1,6912,729

August

0.100

73, 509

82, 805112, 79842, 910

161, 182399, 695

3,332

3,976164

8,678

16

221

90

3,837

4,492118

8,589

13, 22340, 736

26, 34844, 952

1,2481,6821,6224,552

164559

1,6721,389

2388,597

2,6163,430

38425, 416

4,2884,820

62234, 013

13, 735

7806,6228,813

33, 226

6781,805

9753,458

1,473

74317

1,1612,289

* Revised. 1 Quarter ended in month indicated.


SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


October, 1931


STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS

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

consumed) rel. to 1923-25Stocks, end of month _.rel. to 1923-25..Unfilled orders, end of month. .rel. to 1923-25..

BrickCommon brick:

Plants closed down number. _Price, red, New York dolls, per thous.-Shipments .thousands..Stocks, end of month-

Burned thousands..Unburned .. thousands ..

Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands..Faee brick (average per firm) :

Production thousands..Shipments - -thousands. .Stocks end of month thousands __Unfilled orders, end of month. thousands..

Sand-lime brick:Production thousands. _Shipments by rail .thousands..Shipments by truck thousands. .Stocks end o"f month thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month. thousands ..

Glass Containers

Net orders thous. of gross..Shipments . thous. of gross..Stocks end of month thous. of gross..Production:

Total thous. of gross—Per cent of capacity

Unfilled orders, end of month, thous. of gross. _

illuminating Glassware

New orders... p. ct. of capacity..Production:

Total no. of turns. .Per cent of capacity

Shipments.. I. ..p. ct. of capacity..Stocks, end of month. -.no. of weeks' supply..Unfilled orders, end of

month ...no. of weeks' supply--

Plate Glass

Plate glass, polished, produc-tion thous. of sq. ft..

Plumbing FixturesPorcelain:

N"et 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 pieces..Stocks, end" of month pieces..Unfilled orders erid of month pieces

Portland Cement

Per cent of capacityPrices, 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. .thous. of bbls..

Terra Cotta

Terra cotta, new orders:Quantity net tonsValue - -thous. of dolls

TileFloor and wall tile:

Production -.._ thous. of sq. ft..Shipments-

Quantity thous of sq ftStocks, end of month thous. of sq. ft—

TEXTILES

New orders _rel. to 1923-25Prices, wholesale rel. to 1926—Production index (Fed. Res.

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

consumed) rel to 1923-25Stocks, manufactured goods,

end of month „ rel. to 1923-25..Stocks, raw materials, end of

month rel. to 1923-25Unfilled orders, end of month. .rel. to 1923-25..

1931

August

46.7

105.9146.7

3110.00

28, 332

204, 218164, 59341,412

425477

3,602639

5, 989805

5,50610, 69810, 838

1,8592,2135, 930

2, 239686

7,591

24.8

1,60721.421.6

.9

4, 5715, 761

25, 236

7,69797. 77

60. 21,331

13, 54915, 17224, 3118,468

3, 955361

64.2

100

95.0

85.8

133. 2

July

2 49. 0

104.82 155. 0

25.0

2110.00

31, 303

168, 732171, 39641, 391

540521

3. 660669

2 5, 518529

* 5, 4242 10, 1992 10, 710

2, 1022,1805,887

2,26869.5

8,268

24.3

1,49219.924.03.9

- .8

7, 216'

5, 7965, 577

24.G41

10, 47698. 91

121, 324135, 292554, 939188, 623

62.01.331

13. 89915, 545 i

2 25, 9342 10, 209

5,117480

4,384

4,23214, 669

86.765. 4

102

98. 2

-'88.91 133. 5

39. 0

June

60.0

118.7164.326.5

3010.00

30, 754

189, 621164, 88649, 106

540574

3, 652733

6, 664494

5,7588,9759,960

2, 4652,4916, 086

2, 56575.9

8,625

29.3

2,16128.828.24.1

.9

7, 554

6, 2135, 237

27, 850

10, 80498.96

136, 285134, 549574, 304202, 591

65.41.364

14, 11816, 07727, 60211,837

7, 547719

2 4, 120

2 4, 316214,518

2 90. 965.4

97

100. 5

90. 8

148. 935. 8

May

52.3

132.0174. 927.3

3310.25

30, 087

209, 094159, 35244, 415

549569

3,684781

5, 0841,5954,375

10, 7246,513

2,1192,5456,003

2, 48173.4

9.127

27.3

2,03727.226.84.1

.8

9,466

4,8244, 665

28, 394

1 1, 38799. 16

119, 922128, 574593, 268200, 855

62.81.399

14, 01014, 20029. 55413,087

4,180412

4,090

3,99814,715

* 96. 666.3

298

103. 7

90.7

161.238. 2

April

48.7

116.5175. 523. 7

4410.25

31, 307

205, 842165, 17238, 281

533579

3,698784

3, 9991,6983,330

11, 1195,232

1,9522,2916,078

2. 40471.4

9,785

28.6

2, 08627.828.84.1

.8

10, 174

0, 8984, 093

28, 248

32. 54198. 84

93, 108117, 105597, 476209, 507

52.11.422

11,24511, 18429, 71513, 854

2, 598291

3, 861

3,74414, 623

^96 .867.6

98

100. 0

93. 4

™*-t'2. 6

March

55.3

105.1179.425.5

5310.00

29, 284

256, 396192, 49948, 240

395522

3,734685

4,8691,4663,743

12, 5667,070

2, 2502,4795, 974

2,16664.4

10, 340

32.4

2,10828.128.74.1

.8

10, 593

6, 1634, 178

30, 259

31.49797. 86

64. 260133, 802583, 099233, 504

36.91.4778,2457,192

29, 67613, 318

3, 138315

3,535

2,92314, 506

2 101. 069.2

97

97.3

94. 1

196.3

Febru-ary

48.0

102.6173.424.2

6610.00

19, 844

237, 346194, 50436, 997

338369

3,836708

4, 1401,4933,306

12, 5456,720

2,3421, 9726, 307

1, 77757.2

10, 913

27.0

1,81824.225. 94.2

8,882

5, 5703, 699

30, 004

30, 52696. 49

150, 451184, 563552, 403303, 046

29.41.5435, 9205,074

28, 61211, 946

3,226335

2, 656

3,65613, 895

2 91. 470.4

93

99. 3

92. 4

212.240.0

January

53.3

75.3165.028.0

5510.00

19, 657

251, 842205, 60047, 032

310303

3,856778

3,718910

3,36711, 5945, 245

2,6342,0416,696

1,77652.8

10, 761

30.7

2,18329.128.71.1

2

7,321

4, 5594, 597

29, 347

29, 86399.26

250, 183172, 334594, 886337, 158

29.51.5866, 5954,692

27, 75910, 384

3,231324

2,866

2,54114, 895

286.771.0

86

86.4

100.0

229. 938.9

1930

Decem-ber

48.7

100.6166.033.8

659.50

33, 488

290, 144233, 81284, 550

494365

3,823778

6,0531,8464,277

12, 0709, 125

1,8941,4867,022

1,69850.5

9,628

26.5

1, 91230.927.65.1

4,941

4,5863,259

29, 598

30, 40098. 52

131, 807108, 065623, 125259, 309

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

Novem-ber

53.3

106.2162.941.3

909.50

103, 489

429, S96285, 944121, 389

543536

3,677821

7,1263,0444,659

12, 7308,183

2,2211,6786,814

1,91359.1

9, 484

30.5

2,05933.230.64.9

7,103

4,4515, 034

30, 370

29, 86996.68

113, 710121, 259582, 675235, 567

51.71.599

11,0988,784

23, 0567,758

3,373329

3,134

3,79114, 166

2 73.973. 3

93

87.0

97.3

237. 637.3

October

66. 3

106.3149.640.0

769.50

103, 390

405, 082273, 309101, 906

748767

3,662901

7,9253,4376,169

12, 2607,567

2,4512,2976,578

2,46170.4

9, 097

34.5

2,18535.334.4

8, 583

8, 6576, 455

31,133

31, 30997.40

141, 036158, 839593, 492243, 116

65.41.611

14, 41015, 59920, 6977,266

5,930556

4,135

4, 57214, 823

•; 90. 973.8

91

85.4

96.8

214. 736. 2

Septem-ber

64.3

120.5152.645.8

709.50

115, 251

373, 485271, 577132, 689

730794

3, 6771,067

7,8773,2786, 553

14, 1518,957

2,5852,6236,412

2,20268.1

9, 404

33.7

1,96131.733.04.6

.8

7, 979

6,8157, 564

29, 367

31, 97396. 88

140, 882155, 330586, 915260, 919

75.71.611

16, 12418, 08321, 8897,783

5,718465

3,954

4,48215, 259

2 76. 075.5

88

85. 1

96. 5

155.434. 5

August

58. 7

118. 2160.1

6-9.50

105,493

350, 940222, 710149, 034

854779

3,7171,059

9, 6362,9216,437

15, 4967, 762

2, 63r,

2, 4596.. 768

2. 43972 £

10, 024

29. y

2, 08,?33. rt30.4

4.*;

5, o2'J

8. 231'7, 2M

32, 690

33, 49398. 32

142, 254166, 156615,931275, 307

81.01.611

17,82120,29923, 8249, 27;,

5, 5v)4520

3,812

4,85915,786

2 61. N

8!

72 ;•"

106. 4

116. 033.7




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

TEXTILES— Continued

Burlaps and FibersImports:

Burlaps thous. oflbs..Fibers long tons .

ClothingHosiery:

New 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

mouth thous. of doz. pairs..Knit underwear:

Net shipments thous. of doz. garmentsNew orders ... -thous. of doz. garments. _Production thous. of doz. garments..Stocks, end of

month thous of doz garmentsUnfilled orders, end

of month thous of doz garmentsMen's and boys' garments cut:

Overcoats thous. of garments--Separate trousers .thous. of garments ._Suits .. .thous. of garments--

Overalls:Cut thous. of doz. garmentsNet shipments thous of doz garmentsUnfilled orders,

end of month thous of do? garments

Cotton

Consumption by textile mills . _ bales _Consumption by textile mills.. rel. to 1923-25-.Exports, unmanufactured

(exclusive of linters). thous. of bales..Oinnings - thous. of balesImports, unmanufactured _ _ bales. _Machinery, activity of spindles:

Activity spindles . thousands.Activity per spindle hours. _Total activity mill, of hours. .Per cent of capacity .per cent..

Prices:To producer dolls. perlb_.In New York, middling.-.. .dolls, per lb._

Production, crop estimate thous. of bales. .Receipts into sight thous. of bales —Stocks, domestic, end of month:

Mills - -.-thotis. of bales. _Warehouses ...thous. of bales. .Total, mills and warehouses

. . .- .. -thous. of bales ..Total, mills and warehouses

... rel. to 1923-25 .Stocks, world visible, end of month:

American thous. of bales. .Total.-- thous. of bales-

Cotton Finishing

Printed only (mills and outside):Production thous. of yds—Stocks, end of month thous. ot" yds—

\Vhite, dyed, and printed (outside mills):Billings, finished goods thous. of yds..New orders, gray yardage. -thous. of yds.-Per cent of capacity per centShipments, finished goods cases ._Stocks, finished goods, end of

month cases.-Unfllled orders end of month .days—

Cetton GoodsCotton cloth:

Imports thous. of sq. yds..Exports thous. of sq. yds—

Cotton textiles:New orders.- _ - -thous. of yds..Production thous. of yds—Shipments 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 IbsPrices:

Print cloth 64 x 60 dolls, per yd—Sheeting, brown dolls, per yd—Cotton goods (Fairchild).. rel. to 1911-13—

Cottoii Yarn

Carded sales yarn:Production thous. of Ibs . .Stocks, end of month thous. of Ibs—Unfilled orders, end of month

thous. of Ibs..

1931

August

45,61818, 277

4,2784,5404, 188

9, 869

3,139

425, 81983.0

211565

7, 236

25, 623190

6,19381.8

. 063

. 0724 15, 685

333

8404, 426

5, 266

140. 1

4, 4986, 435

65, 98371, 615

44, 98244, 372

4824, 483

18,0951. 7

1,69230, 309

167, 555209, 050227, 644250, 855

217, 508

.043

. 052100

10, 29510, 023

31.351

July

35, 60421, 993

4,2793,7774,069

10, 177

3,511

4642,1871, 849

450, 51887.8

2597

9, 305

25, 836200

6, 5322 86. 0

.085

. 093

277

9954,524

5, 519

146.8

4,7756, 899

56, 15374, 662

45, 83145, 233

4724,916

16,4041.5

4,32635, 272

158, 353192, 545211,331269, 449

277, 597

15, 140

. 049

.056111

2 11, 8002 10, 181

2 32, 951

June

42, 94218, 622

4, G544,5614, 572

9, 990

3, 200

2992. 3361, 702

455, 3S888.7

255

14, 134

25, 799202

6,630^86.8

.077

. 090

103

1,1314, 971

6, 101

162.3

5, 2367, 572

57, 41277, 335

51,57741,119

4527, 221

16, 4331.5

3, 93734, 370

355, 902260, 163273, 871288, 235

330, 5751,018

17,085

.048

.054112

10,06711, 195

34, 017

May

37, 73214, 102

5, 0294,7724,719

9,864

3, 225

1322, 1571, 749

465, 77090.8

336

15, 189

26, 398204

6, 739•i 89. 6

.088

.093

341

1, 2585, 494

6, 752

179. 6

5,8618,346

67, 70474, 438

52, 53745, 937

5130, 109

17, 1411.9

3, 92030, 961

160, 029225, 392205, 603301, 943

248, 5441,124

18, 010

.050

.058115

13, 37711,212

34,914

April

30, 48121,719

4,8084, 9254,627

9,914

3,042

1912,0171,878

508, 74499.1

392

17, 257

26, 645216

7., 1292 94. 1

. 093

., 102

358

1,3706,034

7, 404

196. 9

6,3028, 883

86,61272, 973

60, 59050, 394

5231,176

16, 6772.7

2,81030, 776

137, 749225, 955217, 582282, 154

294, 1181, 199

15, 244

.053

.059119

11,08112, 240

38, 825

March

34, 94519, 574

4,9194,9824,486

10, 120

3, 260

1,1071,3261, 146

1,366

1,549

3031,8452,370

490, 58695.6

60513, 75610, 266

28, 490211

7,0012 91. 0

.096

. 109

447

1,4786, 643

8,120

216.0

6,8269,332

87,31865, 145

61, 80357, 872

5835, 334

17,6412.7

2,53033, 392

295, 334271, 638317, 185273, 781

373, 9511,363

14, 041

.055

.059121

11, 53612, 537

40, 979

Febru-ary

42, 17621, 326

4, 5344,3604, 199

10. 579

3,420

909994945

1,265

1,342

2511,7082, 028

234223

41

433, 51084.5

433

11, 165

25, 763184

6,11087.2

.091

.110

513

1,5487,314

8, 862

235.7

7,3819, 958

76, 84764,546

50, 16649, 679

5630, 593

17, 0712.6

2,14825, 188

326, 691212, 168248, 354319, 328

395, 8021,180

12,002

.053

.065119

10, 96813, 420

42, 407

January

35, 06219, 162

4,2973,8984,134

10, 704

3, 355

975967840

1, 329

1,258

1601,5801,714

222218

36

454, 18888.5

62513, 59311, 299

25, 611191

6, 36080.8

.086

.102

729

1,6137,939

9, 553

254.1

7,5769, 897

68, 38065, 704

43, 64246, 370

4729,031

20,1342.6

2,64131,488

239, 106202, 149210, 597355, 514

317, 4651,041

12, 738

.052

.062120

12, 66513, 795

39, 963

Decem-ber

44, 59120, 429

816878821

1,299

1,284

1591,2321,222

161137

42

406, 20779.2

76613, 2584,461

25, 526176

5, 91676.1

.087

.1015 14, 243

1,627

1,6598, 378

10, 037

287.0

7,8419, 897

70, 30168, 420

47, 56639, 749

4023, 888

23, 5932.6

1, 65829, 388

182, 656234, 052226, 951363,962

288, 956921

8,358

.053

.065122

9,58213, 531

38,920

Novem-ber

36, 65614, 681

1, 1291, 164

978

1,197

1,266

4441,1831, 100

207191

36

414, 88780.8

90812, 8373,409

25, 858173

5, 83280.1

.096

.110

2,749

1, 5078,398

9, 965

265.0

7,6769,437

62, 00568, 817

40,24938, 541

4423, 743

21, 8032.5

1,76329, 273

183, 067206, 633200, 661356, 861

333, 2511,000

8,418

.057

.066124

11,78712, 548

38, 926

1930

October

37, 94017, 958

1,3651,4751,132

1, 421

1, 250

5552,1031,654

279249

51

444, 49486.6

1,00410.8661, 747

26,154184

6, 23977. 1

.092

. 107

3,670

1, 3537,543

8,895

236. 6

6,6178,413

69, 76465, 876

53, 00347, 133

4829,260

22, 3922.1

1,97634, 804

335, 801228, 866270, 383350, 889

350, 8451,356

11,780

. 055

.066124

15, 49412, 548

37, 854

Septem-ber

39, 57813, 803

1,2611, 049

913

1,497

1,140

5642,0711, 662

326289

69

394, 32176.8

9036, 3043, 394

26, 087167

5, 66373.4

.099

.109

2, 410

9685,248

6,215

165. 3

4,8926,707

55, 38764,788

40, 63141,618

4626, 691

22, 0792.6

1, 92032, 626

291, 980182, 385232, 975392, 406

285, 4271,200

10,917

.053

.070124

11, 14812, 819

33, 194

August

2 39, 03813, 941

1,024909828

1, 759

1, 3GS

4371, 8911,878

288250

74

352, 33568.7

3661,8795,901

25, 874151

5,1342 64.8

.114

.121

865

1,0123, 465

4,476

119. 1

3, 1595, 190

42, 18570, 395

37, 90735, 576

3628, 843

27, 19.82. 1

1,66434, 285

235,272218,815231, 348442, 996

226, 4221, 127

13, 223

.050

.070126

10, 03113,633

29, 103

• Revised. 4 As of Aug. 1. 5 Final estimate for 1930.


44 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS


October, 1931


TEXTILES— Continued

Cotton Yarn— ContinuedPrices:

22/1 cones Boston do^s. per Ib40/ls southern spinning dohs. per lb._

FurSales by dealers . thous. of dolls. _

Pyroxylin- Coated Textiles

Pyroxylin spread thous. of lbs_Shipments billed thous. of linear yds__Unfilled orders end of

month thous. of linear yds .Rayon

Imports thous.rof lbs-_Price, 150 denier, "A" grade,

New York . dolls, per IbSilk

Deliveries (consumption) _ __bales_-Imports, raw - - thous. of Ibs,Prices:

Raw, Japanese 13-15, NewYork dolls per Ib.

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.

WoolConsumption at textile mills,

grease equivalent - thous. of lbs_Consumption at textile mills._,rel. to 1923-25.Imports:

In condition, imported thous. of Ibs.Machinery activity, hourly:

Combs p. ct. of hours active.Looms-

Carpet and rugs.p. ct. of hours active-Narrow ~.p. ct. of houis active.Wide p. ct. of hours active

Set of cards p. ct. of hours active.Spinning spindles-

Woolen p. ct. of hours active-Worsted p. ct. of hours active.

Prices:Raw, territory, fine, scoured.dolls. per lb_Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces, }4 blood,

combing, grease dolls, per lb_Suiting IS-oz dolls, per IbWomen's dress goods, French

serge, 54-in. at factory dolls, per yd.Worsted yarns dolls, per IbWorsted yarns rel. to 1926.

Receipts at Boston:Domestic thous. of Ibs.Foreign - thous. of lbs_Total thous. of Ibs.

TOBACCO

Unmanufactured:Production, crop estimate, -.mills, of Ibs.Exports, leaf __thous. of IbsStocks-

Chewing, smoking, snuff and exporttypes, quarterly.- mills, of Ibs

Cigar types, quarterly thous. of IbsTotal, including imported

types, quarterly mills, of IbsManufactured products:

Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)—Large cigars _ - -- thousandsSmall cigarettes millions-Manufactured tobacco

and snuff - thous. of IbsManufacturing

operations rel. to 1923-25Exports, cigarettes thousands

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTIONButtons

Fresh-water pearl buttons:Production, ratio to capacity _ per centStocks, end of month thous. of gross-

Imports:Buttons-

Product of Philippines.thous. of gross-All other thous. of gross

Shells-Mother-of-pearl, thous. of IbsAll other . thous. of Ibs

Taguanuts.. thous. of Ibs.> Revised. a (

1931

August

0.212.336

299

.75

46, 4547,167

2.512.98

79.438.248.7

41, 87821, 122

51, 140107.9

9,679

115

38457065

6678

.63

.231.490

.9251.0069.7

34, 4452,405

36, 850

< 1, 64823, 113

403, 2569,520

31, 558

118254, 049

956

399467

1,527

Quarter er

July

0.225.352

6,033

4,2582,375

2,615

276

.75

44, 7466,724

2.364.98

76.435.344.6

29, 92116, 990

53, 886113.7

12,987

115

38436464

6483

.62

.211.494

.9251.0069.7

76,0463,335

79, 381

20, 574

478, 90110, 700

30, 661

122243, 233

231.32 8, 842

6810

256134

2,025

ided in m

June

0.215.352

4,474

4,0012,815

2,656

202

.75

42, 1616,409

2.463.99

75.643.942.8

37, 35218, 706

45, 80596.7

16, 868

107

40466160

6173

.62

.201.494

.9251.0069.7

53, 7792,964

56, 743

38, 737

31,4533370, 142

3 1,915

517, 51411, 508

31, 086

133244, 201

45.09,252

118446

202527

1,999

onth indi

May

0.223.353

5,324

4,0603,186

2,810

225

.75

45, 0736,520

2.266.99

76.342.549.5

32, 68818,206

52, 199110.2

14, 168

97

46455860

6066

.63

.201.494

.9251.0069.7

26, 1514,190

30, 341

48, 911

467, 30010, 448

30, 780

137250, 858

44.79,224

6111

27243

901

cated.

April

0.231.369

5,615

4,2733,301

2,962

295

.75

41,3564,823

2.266.99

90.944.651.8

35, 49720, 425

47, 710100.7

21, 258

82

44425457

5557

.65

.221.494

.9681.0069.7

10, 3767,399

17, 775

45, 006

459, 9829,471

30, 781

134241, 703

45.29,408

552

39548

1,720

March

0.240.382

6,693

4,0813,394

3,358

439

.75

55, 3837,725

2. £61.99

93.844.258.6

47, 40722, 231

40, 37385.2

15, 348

76

44345966

5757

.66

.221.543

1.0501.0069.7

8,2155,064

13, 279

39, 908

a 1, 6983 354 184

3 2 151

440, 4729,802

31, 049

131324, 808

47.59,518

942

28995

592

* As

Febru-ary

0.239.390

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

6654

.66

.231.601

1.0501.1076.6

6,7416,528

13, 269

46, 879

362, 8398,836

29, 562

132256, 706

44.69,807

593

273369

1,329

of Aug. 1

January

0.248.390

4,496

2,5652,333

2,735

154

.75

55, 9107,405

2.8071.02

94.039.255.2

51, 81423, 588

33, 85671.5

13, 767

67

29284947

48ro

.68

.261.601

1.0501.1076.6

3,3637,432

10, 795

50, 440

362, 9399,368

31, 697

121229, 697

35.510, 154

594

47522

270

»

1930

Decem-ber

0.247.390

3,048

2,3532,126

2,031

0

.95

55, 4249,877

2.7091.02

94.035.865.8

58, 43024, 242

30, 00763.3

10, 920

67

29264643

4552

.72

.271.601

1.0501.1781.8

7,5744,000

11, 574

5 1, 64162, 148

3 1, 4923277,850

3 1, 853

349, 6358,675

25, 815

128338, 808

40.68,842

829

89615

858•

Novem-ber

0.254.405

4,520

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

.72

.291.601

1.0501.2083.6

4,5761,6646,240

57, 964

528, 1287,952

25, 976

119251, 507

42.08,756

659

402458331

Final esti

October

0.235.413

5,7§7

2,8772,711

2,472

101

.95

61, 9378,940

2.5121.02

88.238.270.2

51,27822, 954

40, 97586.5

8,994

74

38444754

5362

.75

.301.601

1.0931.2083.6

10, 4942,245

12, 739

78, 262

623, 86110, 947

33, 026

129318, 751

38.88,808

725

354586

1,204

mate for

Septem-ber

0.242.420

7,301

3, 1582,690

2,590

153

.95

55, 6497,887

2.4131.04

80.044.757.7

47, 62121, 243

38, 08380.4

8,817

81

36414653

5560

.76

.311.601

1.1001.2083.6

4,0942,9807,074

53, 841

3 1, 2663303,104

3 1,649

523, 97310, 190

32, 166

125305, 676

36.29,061

783

802164

1,286

L930.

August

0. 252.435

5,425

2,8822,309

2,015

171

.95

41, 7348,244

2.9551.06

73.136.949.1

44, 97820, 511

33, 76171.3

10, 145

75

34434448

4855

.76

.311.601

1.1001.2083.6

47, 8263,846

51, 672

39, 527

517, 20010, 577

31, 370

130295, 744

25.79,258

6914

84456

708




45

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

FUELS

Coa!Anthracite:

Exports thous of long tonsPrices-

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

posite dolls, per long ton--Wholesale, composite rel. to 1926. .

Production thous. of short tons _Stocks, end of month, in yards

of dealers . _ no. of days' supply--Bituminous:

Consumption—By coke plants-

Canada thous of short tonsUnited States

thous. of short tons..By electric power

plants thous of short tonsBy railroads thous. of short tonsBy vessels clearing

ports thous. of long tonsExports. thous. of long tons..Prices —

Mine average (spot)dolls, per short ton

Prepared sizes (com-posite) -.- ..dolls, per net ton..

Prepared sizes (composite) rl. to 1926..Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton..Wholesale, composite

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

Produetion—Canada thous. of short tons..United States.. -thous. of short tons..

Production index rel. to 1923-25..Stocks, end of month, held

by consumers thous. of short tons__

Coke

Exports _ thous. of long tonsPrice, furnace, Connellsville.

_ ...dolls, per short ton..Price, furnace, Connellsville rel. to 1926..Production:

Canada thous. of short tons..United States-

Beehive thous. of short tons..By-product thous. of short tons--

PetroleumAsphalt:

Imports. thous. of short tonsProduction thous. of short tons-Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons

Coke:Production thous. of short tons..Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons..

Crude petroleum:Consumption (run to stills) -thous. of bblsImports .thous. of bbls..Oil wells completed numberPrice, Kansas-Oklahoma— dolls, per bbl_.Price, Kansas-Oklahoma rel. to 1926-.Production thous. of bbls._Production index rel to 1923-25Refinery operations p. ct. of capacity--Refinery operations index rel to 1923-25Stocks, end of month —

California —Heavy thous. of bbls-_Light thous. of bbls..

East of California-Refineries thous. of bbls._Tank farms and pipe

lines thous. of bbls..TotaL... .thous. of bbls—

Mexico-Production thous. of bbls..Exports thous. of bbls..

Venezuela —Exports thous. of bbls..Production thous. of bbls__

Gas and fuel oils:Consumption—

By electric power plants.thous.of bbls.By railroads thous. of bbls._By vessels thous. of bbls..

Price, Oklahoma 24-26,refineries dolls, per bbl__

Production thous. of bbls._Stocks at refineries at end of

month thous. of bbls—Gasoline:

Consumption .thous. of bbls__Exports thous. of bbls_.Prices, wholesale, New York.clolls per gal—Prices, retail, tank wagon,

50 cities dolls, per gal..

1931

August

101

14.73

12. 79692.9

4,314

3,634

1651,217

1.57

3.90781.58.11

3.70485.9

30, 53470

87

2.4559.7

702,443

14

.43423.0

114"

9,2749,796

* 3," 442"

.280

"~3,"982~. 133

July

110

14.59

12. 61491.6

3,954

193

3,795

3,1485,463

1861,087

1.58

3. 85680.48.09

3.70685.9

82629, 790

74

50

2. 4559.7

139

762,569

4314349

1731,391

79, 7583,588

599.23812.6

77, 9612 122

68162

98, 09839, 021

41, 007

305, 009346, 016

3, 1292, 183

9, 4019, 913

7143, 5673,839

.29429, 488

41,416

39, 4594,157.133

June

146

14.31

12. -11390.2

4,544

60

213

4,027

2,9465,314

209994

1.56

3.81679.68.00

3.69285.6

88829, 185

74

30, 100

45

2.4559.7

155

872,715

10315393

1801,315

76, 2373,978

603.30015.9

75, 11612267

161

99, 01540, 043

41, 734

305, 876347, 610

2, 9802,716

8, 5619,181

26223,4404,053

.38529, 512

38, 581

38, 375z 3, 093

.133

.125

May

148

14.19

12. 27089.1

5,005

229

4,629

2,9535,821

195926

1.60

3.83880.18.04

3.72386.3

90228, 314

75

86

2.4860.3

169

943,126

9304380

1781,250

78, 5214,512

498.53028.1

77, 16412267

163

100,01140, 805

41,819

306, 287348, 106

3, 0802,808

9,0499,515

5413,6064,286

.46329, 949

36, 579

35,7164,792.133

.122

April

120

14.39

12. 20288.6

5,700

45

230

4,682

2,9635,885

168671

1.64

3. 84580.28.46

3. 76087.2

88828, 478

77

26,, 900

43

2.5060.9

169

1093, 146

248360

1681, 158

74, 7084, 162

519.53028.1

73, 10112167

161

100, 57840, 840

41,413

308, 752350, 165

2,7612, 392

8,5869, 263

5523,5364, 043

.48830, 073

33, 854

33, 4003, 988. 133

.124

March

79

14.85

12. 60891.6

4,745

21

247

4,902

3,4106,414

136665

1.69

4.00183.58.71

3.79187.9

1,02833, 8/0

76

29,500

54

2.5060.9

179

1493,256

7190354

1701,089

73, 5963,715

383.59431.5

69, 39711264

152

100, 53141,016

40, 786

310, 377351, 163

2,8191,528

10, 36210, 283

6433,6443, 6G7

.51030, 754

32, 105

31,0372,841.133

.137

Febru-ary

159

14.85

12. 73292.5

5,391

235

4,408

3,2865,810

141645

1.77

4. 22388.18.83

3.81488.4

96331,408

73

67

2.5361.5

165

1632,898

3168332

1511,053

65, 2494,789

450.85045. 1

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, 586.138

.149

January

207

14.88

12. 73292.5

6,157

31

236

4,686

3,6886,598

187700

1.77

4.26889.08.87

3. 82988.8

1,16438, 542

77

34, 200

71

2.5562.1

171

1633, 092

0147295

1591,032

70, 0264, 353

487.85045. 1

65, 99111061

144

102, 36840, 389

41, 785

317,854359, 639

2, 8901, 263

10, 87710, 384

8003, 5993,544

.60029, 174

33, 977

26, 8444,462.135

.148

1930

Decem-ber

178

14.89

12. 75192.6

6,086

43

246

4,737

3,8376,622

201803

1.77

4.31790.08.94

3.89890.4

1,27539, 716

85

37, 200

70

2.5562.1

181

1703,055

3168308

1661, 041

71,5814,727

527.85045.1

66, 98511163

149

104, 12140, 625

41,191

320, 510361, 701

2, 9221, 690

10, 70410, 492

8453,7053, 868

.61029,704

37, 007

29, 0944,149.141

.146

Novem-ber

182

14.90

12. 75192.6

5,207

249

4,820

3,6706,642

2041,287

1.78

4.33690.58.9^

3.90090.4

1,31538, 122

86

69

2.5862.7

185

1663,114

3217295

1581,064

70,3104, 467

659.85045.1

68, 17411464

151

103, 55340, 652

43, 446

323, 089366, 535

2, 8951, 895

11, 13410, 911

7903,8063, 794

.65029, 034

40, 427

30, 9843, 538.141

.150

October

253

14. 87

12. 76292.7

7,576

47

249

5,270

3,9447,124

2301,317

1.81

4.3*290.68.88

3. 89390.2

1,63044, 150

87

36, 800

83

2.6063.3

185

1763,408

7306267

1771,045

74, 0165, 061

8661. 09858.3

72, 69611565

160

102, 64340, 738

46, 032

323, 030369, 062

3,1472, 093

12, 20811, 785

9024, 3554, 463

. 59429,818

41,293

32, 2676, 131.143

.154

Septem-ber

198

14.80

12. 70792.3

5,293

61

233

5,214

3, 7256,349

2691,462

1.75

4.30389.88.79

3.89790.3

1,23038, 632

85

35, 900

66

2.6063.3

170

1673,376

5306270

1701,045

75, 9505,808

7821.17862.5

70, 97711469

165

103, 64740, 582

45, 445

324, 644370, 089

3,2432, 419

11,67411,311

8453,8414, 333

.58029, 923

41, 480

37, 8233,826.148

.159

August

205

14.57

12. 57891.4

2 6, 081

244

5,559

3,6596,408

2611,433

1.68

4.18087.28.70

3.89290.2

1,10135, 661

82

64

2.5562.1

182

1683,611

3346316

172994

79, 2895,059

9921. 17862. 5

74, 85311770

164

103. 70140, 671

46, 785

32S, 355375, 140

3, 4402, 630

12,18211,378

7643, 8174,702

. 60029, 862

39, 729

37, 4336, 375

.163

.163




October, 1931


FUELS— Continued

Petroleum—Continued

Gasoline— Continued. jProduction-

Natural gas (at plants) -thous. of bbis..Raw (at refineries). .... thous. of bbls.._

Retail distribution — 41 States mills of galsStock, end of month-

Natural gas (at plant) .thous. of bbls..Raw (at refineries) thous. of bbls..

Kerosene:Consumption ....thous. of bbls..Exports thous. of bblsPrice, 150° water white dolls, per gal...Production thous. of bbls..Stocks at refineries, end of

month . thous. of bbls—Lubricating oil:

Consumption ._., _thous. of bbls~Price cylinder oil dolls, per gal_.Production thous. of bbls—Stocks at refineries, end of

month thous. of bbls..Wax:

Production _ . _ thous. of lbs._Stocks, end of mouth thous. oflbs..

DISTBIBUTION MOVEMENT

Advertising

Magazine advertising thous. of lines. .Magazine advertising, total

cost thous. of dolls.-Newspaper advertising thous. of lines-Radio broadcasting, facilities,

cost . .thous. of dolls. .

Agricultural Products (Marketing)

Agricultural, total rel. to 1923-25..Animal products:

Dairy products rel. to 1023-25Fish . .. rel. to 1928-25. -Livestock rel. to 1923-25..Poultry and eggs rel. to 1923-25Wool rel to 1923-25Total rel to 1923-25

Crops:Cotton ...rel. to 1 923-25. .Fruits rel. to 1 923-25. .Grains rel. to 1923-25..Vegetables rel. to 1923-25..Total rel. to 1923-25 -

Collections

Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:Amount __ dollarsDelinquent firms number-

Forest Products (Marketing)

Distilled wood rel. to 1923-25Gum rel to 1923-25Lumber ,. rel. to 1923-25Pulpwood rel to 1923-25Total rel to 1923-25

Postal Business

Air mail, weight dispatched . poundsMoney orders:

Domestic, issued (50 cities)—Quantitv thousand?Value thous of dolls

Domestic, paid (50 cities)—Quantitv thousandsValue thous. of dolls

Foreign, issued thous of dollsPostal receipts:

Total index rel. to 1923-25. _50 selected cities thous. of dolls..50 industrial cities thous. of dolls ...

Retail Sales

Department 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. .

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..

1931

August

"I, 131. 038

1,316

10, 00867, 235

2,514

86.8

90. 3.188. 682.388.0

259.694.2

29. 2154. 1135. 864.186.0

70, 681780

30, 0141. 561.7So. 365. 1

~~23,~389~2, 869

9068

7976

43, 004132

26, 59716,407

July

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, 31466, 877

2, 764

2 103. 3

2 123. 62 161.2

72.6288.6573. 2

2 105. 2

2 22. 6139. 3J83. 2103.4

2 103. 1

98. 621933

28.82 186. 7

2 61. 12 87. 72 65. 7

779, 105

3, 50134, 224

9,93076, 365

4,412

92.924, 578

2, 903

29165

8175

45, 093138

29, 77315, 320

June

3. 52137, 024

8CO44, 296

2,104720

. 0423, 404

6,521

1, 615

2, 088

9, 763

34. 160200, 836

2, 191

16, 69279, 772

2, 825

61.4

156. 6144. 577.9

115.6405. 4118.0

9.188.868.6

165. 855.2

111,183948

33. 5189.962.196. 667.5

781,419

3,72936, 315

10, 73479, 3114,348

99. 426, 442

2, 957

9590

8280

49, 480151

30, 26119, 219

May

3, 81439, 019

996'17,948

2.395i;i45. 045

3, 389

5, 960

1, 865

2. 264

10, 119

35, 840205, 803

2, 375

16, 95988, 443

3, 036

66.4

130. 9138.580.2

125. 6197. 1106. 7

28.3102. 269.0

135.662.0

91, 332941

43.3136.562.8

123. 168.4

750, 960

3, 76636, 006

10, 90281,956

4, 073

104.527, 8443,047

9797

8385

50, 070153

31, 52318, 547

April

j

3, 82436, 601

962

1. 00648, 587

2, 804753

.0483, 397

6, 129

1,850.145

2, 316

10, 463

33, 040205, 105

2, 421

17, 17388, 737

3, 161

57. 9

113. 1174. 382.6

137.078.2

101. 2

29.870.663.993. 353. 1

112,8431, 258

45.798.359.1

117.264.0

750, 638

3,82837, 803

11, 56290, 6464,442

109.929, 2573, 268

106101

8387

52, 078159

31, 52020, 558

March

4, 04835, 246

874

884.48.. 225

2, 6911. 151!051

3. 670

6, 300

1, 950. 145

2, 293

10, 710

37, 520208, 620

2, 203

16, 00290, 244

3, 141

67. 3

102.9169. 479.6

121.861.994. 0

38.675.180.0

104.364.4

138, 5921, 228

70.539.755.4

118.360.9

724,617

4, 01537, 250

11. 13281, 7475, 014

113.130, 1783, 284

9792

8487

43, 008132

25, 40717, 601

Febru-ary

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, 30772, 282

2, 591

68.7

91.3116.279.894.050.885. 5

45. 168.184.691. 166.8

132, 6091,141

65.825.551.6

103.155.9

642, 484

3,56733, 240

9,70170, 9354,032

100.126, 4053,215

9880

8681

39, 422121

24,177! 15, 245

January

4, 14032, 708

835

60642, 818

2, 5961,275.054

3,560

6, 555

1, 715.165

2,441

11, 013

42, 560233, 044

1, 585

10,82075, 823

2,637

76.3

96.4103.496.295.025.394.7

64.070.281.098.074.3

112, 2501, 089

74.237.150.5

110.955.9

687, 560

3,74936, 352

10, 59078, 2734,893

110.329, 1723,466

9779

8878

41, 459127

24, 83916, 620

1930

Decem-ber

4, 19834, 352

890

57840, 741

2,7861,310.054

3, 575

6,883

1,458.172

2,509

10, 971

36, 120232, 592

2, 265

15, 35282, 467

2,718

105. 0

92.798.993.9

137.857.197.8

144.967.179.879.4

105. 8

150, 3491,065

67.0117.750.7

115.658.0

767, 229

4,16539, 627

11,71691, 92310, 443

145. 338, 572

4,418

94165

9185

72, 486222

43, 814\ 28,672

Novem-ber

4.23833, 616

'929

596385 705

2, 841'970,053

3, 590

7, 379

1,573.184

2,409

10, 536

35, 840237, 027

2,488

17, 35989, 424

2, 577

142.8

77.8146. 288.0

121. 634.588.5

240.6109.072.389.6

148.8

96, 912868

67.0112.957.4

105.462.9

637, 062

3, 52534, 525

10, 24879, 9345,178

106.228, 379

3, 028

98113

92104

55, 713170

33, 31222, 401

October

4,32637, 400

1,022

55938, 684

2, 5991,373.054

3, 876

7,633

1,569.186

2, 546

10, 502

38, 080240, 060

2,490

17, 75998, 437

2, 674

200.7

82.2172.0108.079.279.196.7

327.5249.082.6

168.4212.1

122, 1501, 101

60.0143.163.499.368.2

2 743, 705

3,66235, 916

11,51490, 6474, 996

121.132, 2793,568

102112

92101

68, 878211

38, 78530, 093

Septem-ber

j

4, 07936.914 !

LOGO

53438, 254

2, 7681, 349.053

3, 846

7,771

1,944. 190

2, 723

10, 257

43, 960248, 940

2,145

15, 21488, 648

2, 123

167. 2

86.3229. 193. 978.230.991.2

219.3164.3139. 0138. 8175.5

93, 898939

50.2158.257.763.960.2

705, 963

3,41533, 923

9, 75879. 1744,781

107. 928, 7643,160

99103

9195

54, 419166

33, 08621,333

August

4,21237, 814

2,112

74441,624

2, 5731,687.050

3, 975

8, 030

1. 940.193

2, 971

10, 161

39, 7602549. 90

2 1,681

12, 07570, 018

1, 960

119.5

94.6202. 076.571.0

360. 591 . 4

133ll180.581.9

122. 5

127,0061,155

44.7171.262.876. 177.0

2 on-% 318

3, 28533, 363

9, 68177, 670

5. 225

98.125, 876

3, 132

10277

9187

50,682155

20, 715! 20, 967

2 Revised.




47


DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Con.

Retail Sales — Continued

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 dolls. .Store^ operated number

August

2, 030

1.301117

1,248

Total sales, 3 chains— |Total thous. of dolls..! 4, 579Stores operated number

Grocery chains:Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.—

Total sales thous. of dollsWeeks in month numberWeeklv average thous. of dolls.Tonnage sales. ...-tons--Weekly average __ ._ . tons . .

Chain stores, sales:F. W. Wool worth & Co.—

Sales .thous. of dollsStores operated number

F. & W. Grand-Sales thous. of dollsStores operated number. .

G. C. Murphy Co.—Sales thous. of dolls.Stores operated _ _ number

Isaac Silver & Bros.—Sales -thous. of dollsStores operated number

J. C. Penny Co.—Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated ...number..

McCrory Stores Corp.—Sales thous. of dolls.Stores operated number.

Metropolitan-Sales thous. of dolls..Stores operated . number..

S. H. Kress & Co.—Sales thous. of dolls_.Stores operated number

S. S. Kresge Co. —Sales thous. of dolls. .Stores operated number

W. T. Grant Co.—Sales thous. of dollsStores operated -.number-

Miscellaneous chain group:Five and Ten—

\ctual rel to 1923-95Adjusted for seasonal. -rel. to 1923-25..

Warehouses

Public merchandising warehouses,space occupied p. ct. of total ..

FOREIGN TRADE

CanadianTotal trade:

Kxports thous of dollsImports thous. of dolls

United StatesE xports:

Grand total, includingreexports thous of dolls

Grand total, including reexports,index rei. to 1923-25..

By grand divisions-Africa, total thous. of dollsAsia and Oceania —

Total thous of dollsJapan thous. of dolls

Europe-Total. . . thous. of dollsFrance ..thous. of dolls..Germany thous. of dollsItaly _. thous. of dolls. _United Kingdom thous. of dolls

North America —Total thous. of dolls-.Canada. .. thous. of dolls. _

South America-Total thous of dollsArgentina thous. of dolls. _

74. 4114

18, 003399, 77999. 945

21, 7121, 895

1,519172

13, 2571, 456

3,214243

51883

5,286218

5, 395381

14215.8

49, 89447, 308

165, 000

43.5

July

1, 858108

1,086118

1,244165

4,188391

95, 5285

19, 106613, 095102, 619

21, 0791,889

1,475170

12, 779

3, 004242

55883

5, 104218

5, 227375

139147.3

63.9

50, 04148, 379

2 ISO, 670

5, 070

34, 66010, 885

79, 9777, 3928,2863, 757

32, 564

48, 01832, 677

12. 9454,706

June

1,847109

1,093117

1. 245162

4, 185388

80, 8514

20, 213454, 268113, 567

21, 9781,889

1, 833119

1, 569169

69245

14, 8321,453

3, 240243

70283

5, 467217

6, 289371

147160. 6

2 04. 7

55, 32052, 508

187,190

49.3

4, 648

30, 2778,798

88, 1498,688

10, 8193, 622

30, 915

51, 24735, 030

12, 8694, 295

19?

May

1,957108

1, 202116

1,337162

4,496386

102, 9465

20, 589563, 223112, 645

24, 1171,896

1.825118

1,549168

69545

15, 4501, 453

3,412243

71384

5, 469216

6, 606307

155IC6. 7

05. 8

00, 84573, 457

203, 991

53.7

6, 129

33, 42011, 201

89, 57010, 12113, 1533,887

34, 238

59, 58141, 604

15, 2805, 583

51

April

2,059110

1,175117

1,360160

4,594387

85, 1604

21, 290454, 479113, 620

23, 8301,896

2,004117

1, 588168

72345

15,3801,454

3,703243

72291

5, /Gl216

6,402364

100167. 9

05. 9

34, 67451, 189

214, 888

56.6

4, 925

30, 20214, 230

94, 32011,32912, 2823, 884

33, 344

62, 97444, 851

16, 4675, 803

March

2.064111

1,208117

1,351160

4. 623'388

82, 7194

20, 680435, 292108, 823

21, 7241,894

1,664116

1,329166

59645

12, 4431,454

3,381242

50893

5. 259213

5, 334354

144158.7

66. 8

56, 29675, 348

235, 881

02. 1

4, 923

38,91317, 995

113. 83812,45619, 1955, 691

39. 706

63, 06841, 800

15, 1394, 512

Febru-ary

1,889111

1,082120

1,210160

4,181391

82, 3854

20, 596439, 545109, 886

19, 386' 1,888

1,431114

1, 204166

61345

9,5401,453

2,946242

44594

4,487211

4.347350

127102. 5

67.9

44, 91450, 994

224,413

59.1

4,954

33, 25211,257

117, 93813, 56416, 9604,168

38, 626

52, 76235, 305

15. £084, 92?

January

2, 083112

1,192120

1,295152

4,570384

97, 5595

19,512508, 490101 , 980

19, 2401,886

1,371112

1,221166

47645

9,7251,452

2,903242

48795

4,400211

9,825681

4,110350

124100. 8

68.9

45, 03450, 414

249, 646

65.8

5,514

35, <±3114, 743

131, 69916, 07617, 0155, 200

49, 744

56, 95233, 657

20, 0495, 467

1930

Decem-ber

2,277112

1,246120

1,379152

4.902384

81, 3474

20, 337416, 673104, 168

42, 3201,890

3, 545112

3,170166

1,42145

23, 7031,452

6, 783242

1,60695

12, 061213

23, 982078

11. 797348

298153. 2

70.4

08, 05360, 338

275. 193

72.5

5, 635

42, 27912, 593

141, 62119, 17220, 3208, 625

53, 871

61,92136, 326

23. 7378. 801

Novem-ber

2.075111

1,186121

1,338147

4,599379

79,8204

19, 955400, 203100, 051

24,0771,890

1,894112

1,579165

67345

18. 9371,452

3,617242

72495

5, 528213

12, 503676

6,677340

159158. 3

69. 9

74, 59270, 325

289. 021

70. 1

6, 588

39, 21912, 425

155. 22722, 09423, 0807, 582

61, 094

64, 47141, 689

23, 5108, 728

October

2, 259111

1,287121

1,338145

4,884377

100, 9605

20, 192481, 70396, 341

26,4221,889

2.026111

1,621163

69344

19, 8601, 450

3. 006241

69995

5,710213

12, 853608

7,084340

168151. 0

08. 8

84, 29878. 358

327, 120

80.2

6,272

44, 20411, 249

174, 65223, 68331, 5078, 924

71,918

76, 17549, 165

25,81710,301

Septem-ber

2,136113

1, 215120

1,291147

4,642380

77,0234

19, 256569, 67392,418

22, 3531,886

1,663111

1. 344162

56645

15,9561,446

3,278240

621(J5

5, 478211

11, 265665

5, 280318

147156. 0

08. 4

82. 19087, 900

311,889

82.1

0, 400

41, 20815, 025

158, 71720, 00932,9128, 105

57, 841

79, 53352, 070

25,9119, 770

August

2.173113

1,208120

1 , 201140

-1,042379

2 78, 3074

19, 591373, 56093, 392

22. 0551,881

1.009108

1,302103

00845

14. 3991,440

3.406240

66195

5, 125211

11.410656

5, 383309

140103. 0

OS. 4

70.01377. 900

298, 1.18

78. 5

7, 525

33,0418, 821

143, 20210, 15222, 7845. 775

53, 928

82, 94553, 695

2'>. 744<), 741

? Revised.




October, 1931


FOREIGN TRADE-Continued

United States— Continued

Grand total, including exports, index — Con.By economic classes-

Total domestic exportsonly thous of dolls

Crude materials thous. of dolls..Foodstuffs, crude, and

food animals thous. of dolls. .Manufactured food-

stuffs thous. of dolls .Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls_ .Semifinished manufac-

tures thous . of dolls - .Agricultural exports (quantities)—

All commodities rel to 1910-14All commodities (except

cotton) rel to 1910-14Imports:

Grand total thous. of dolls..Grand total index rel. to 1923-25By grand divisions —

Africa total thous of dollsAsia and Oceania —

Total thous. of dolls..Japan thous. of dolls _

Europe —Total thous. of dolls..France thaus of dollsGermany thous of dollsItaly thous. of dollsUnited Kingdom.. thous. of dolls..

North America—f Total thous. of dolls..Canada ...theus. ofdolls._South America-

Total thous. of dolls..Argentina thous of dolls

By economic classes-Total thous. of dolls..

Crude materials thous. of dolls..Foodstuffs, crude, and

food animals thous. of dolls _ _Manufactured food-

stuffs thous. of dolls _Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls. _Semifinished manufac-

tures thous of dolls

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES

Employment

Factory-employment, adjusted. (Fed. Res.Bd.):Total rel. to 1923-25 .Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25..Chemicals—

Gro'io rel to 1923-25Petroleum, refined rel. to 1923-25..

Iron and steel rel. to 1923-25 .Leather and its products ._ rel. to 1923-25..Lumber and its products ._ rel. to 1923-25..Machinery ...rel. to 1923-25—Non ferrous metals rel to 1923-25Paper and printing rel. to 1923-25 .Rubber products .rel. to 1923-25..Textiles **el to 1923-25Tobacco production rel. to 1923-25..Transportation-

Group rel. to 1923-25 .Automobiles rel to 1923-25

Nonmanufacturing industries:Anthracite mining rel. to 1929..Bituminous coal mining rel. to 1929..Metalliferous mining re!, to 1929 _Quarrying and nonmetallic mining.

rel. to 1929..Crude petroleum producing- _rel. to 1929..Telephone and telegraph ral. to 1929..Power light, and water rol. to 1929Operation and maintenance of electric

railroads rel. to 1929. .Wholesale trade rel. to 1929..Reta'l trade rel. to 1929 _Hoteh rol to 1929Canning and preserving rel. to 1929—

Employees on pay roll, unadjusted:Cleveland rel. to Jan., 1921..Dehwira rel to 1923-25Detroit rel. to 1923-25 .Illinois .rel. to 1925-27..Iowa ..rel. to 1923...Massachusetts rel. to 1925-27 _Maryland rel to 1924Now Jersey rel to 1923-25New York State rel. to 1923New York State numberOhio rei to 1926Oklahoma numberPennsylvania rel. to 1923-25Wisconsin rel. to 1925-27..

1931

August

161, 50725, 510

9,981

18, 08184, 072

23, 863

166, 67051.6

166, 67047, 703

21, 820

23, 54145, 296

28, 310

74.160.1

86.684.870.384.351. 167.863.193.070.580.979.1

58.364.2

67.377.055.8

68.962.485.995.9

84.886.581.892.8

142. 9

81.383.250.070.1

109.169. 172 373.064. 0

353, S95

72.9

July

2 176, 983228,378

13, 999

* 18, 306288,346

2 27, 953

63

962174,481

54.0

2,384

48, 77216, 057

51, 3595,459

11, 7344,138

10, 951

47, 82722, 341

24, 1333,042

2 174, 4812 49, 960

25, 944

21, 130247,458

229,988

75.162.7

89.487.172.184.852.070.364.293.073.879.681.4

60.267.6

65.176.456.2

71.065.386.696.7

85.686.883.993.3

102.2

80.384.461.870.5

108. 767.672.572.664.2

355, 50478.2

72.579.6

June

2 182, 987229,070

11, 119

17, 531297,736

227,451

58

86

173, 67353.8

2,773

52, 75714, 988

47, 4805,5168, 9374, 269

11,000

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. 88581.3

74.876.7

May

2199,205236,484

210,546

18, 8682 103, 416

229,891

66

89

179, 69455.6

4,337

49, 96415, 580

51, 8416, 1439,5124,627

12, 354

45, 17724, 110

28, 8443,215

179, 69454, 160

30, 774

18, 85045, 527

30, 382

77.865.4

93.094.574.884.255.476.366.695.374.081.282.1

63.270.9

80.382.462.4

75.067.887.497.6

85.987.189.992.556.0

86.986.380.474.5

110.170.875.975.367.6

373, 99382.7

77.478.1

April

210,0614 0, 149

8,626

19, 593110, 768

30, 925

68

81

185, 70657.5

3,778

53, 18012, 183

53, 3876,250

11, 2495,741

11,561

46, 48423, 757

26, 9172,638

185, 70654, 702

28, 912

22, 98545, 734

33, 373

78.065.2

91.794.076.584.055.478.066.595.070.580.282.1

63.870.3

85.285.963.9

76.169.888.197.1

86.887.490.195.959.6

88.880. 983.575. 6

111.072.276.275.769. 0

382, 04583.0

27, 34079.477.9

March

231, 07756, 428

9,583

23, 381110, 256

31, 429

87

86

210, 20065.1

3,052

59, 55218, 454

62, 1746, 598

13, 4346,192

13, 033

50, 23024, 148

34, 5993,506

210, 20064, 607

33, 020

23, 55849, 226

39, 789

77.965.2

89.887.276.682.255.779.366. 694.768.479.783.4

64.370.2

82.088.863.5

70.072.288.690.7

86.487.487.89f5.853.0

90.088.183. 076.6

112.571.976.277.069.6

384, 98382.4

26. 36379.878.2

Febru-ary

220,66647, 660

7,316

22, 165116, 110

27, 415

71

82

175, 10854.2

2,344

50, 18316, 255

51, 1726,8809,4865,128

11, 970

42, 29421, 454

29, 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

88.688.287.196.848.3

90.087.68L 276.5

114.671.275.577.468. 5

379, 08980.9

28,11080.277.6

January

245, 77158, 625

8,487

27, 039117, 053

34, 567

85

95

183, 13256.7

3,500

56, 02419, 711

52, 9405,881

10, 6823,724

10, 913

43, 85823, 534

25, 9282,356

183, 13259, 318

27, 363

14, 64444, 947

36, 860

78.364.4

96.699.777.577.156.381.969.295.673.775.581.3

67.172.3

90.693.968.3

64.474.890.599.2

86.989.590.095.048.9

89.887.176.576.3

113. 869.473.677.967.5

373, 30479.8

28. 48778.976.9

1930

Decem-ber

270, 81076, 735

13, 462

27, 033119, 670

33, 910

109

105

208, 72164.6

3,353

64, 94127, 208

56, 6617,275

11, 6195,252

11, 468

53, 2 r 726, 139

30, 5092,519

208, 72169, 079

30, 029

22, 31249, 172

38, 129

80.168.6

97.9100.879.176.658.884.271.296.774.777.483.5

69.478.9

99.192.570.1

70.277.491.6

103. 2

88.892.0

115.193.561.6

87.986. 740.077.5

117.269.976. 782.269.3

383. 51881.9

30, 07681.777. 5

Novem-ber

285, 44190, 930

15, 592

29, 992115, 802

33, 125

126

116

203, 71363.1

3,938

53, 03219, 620

56, 5608,227

11, 1066,353

15, 289

54, 52630, 279

26. 6572,370

203, 71359, 243

27, 337

'11, 04557, 826

38, 262

81.170.0

98.3100.880.277.460.485.771.897.075.279.482.0

68.676.4

97.292.572.8

78.383.693.0

103.4

89. 392.698.495.298.7

87.487.975.877.7

117.773.278.885.872.0

398, 42482. 1

32 29484.778.5

October

322, 941104, 829

15, 228

32, 143132, 729

38, 012

137

127

247, 32276.6

4,310

73, 90930, 577

77, 53011,67317, 3586,461

17, 743

62, 15834, 308

30, 3882,639

247, 32277, 487

32, 849

23, 14568, 321

45, 520

82.271.4

101.1104.381.380.262.188.072.698.475.480.783.5

67.269.6

99.091.877,2

84.785.294. 5

104.8

91.094.295.597.5

164.7

91.694.079.080.2

114.375. 481.688.274.3

411,33385.1

33, 34286.481.3

Septem-ber

307, 94594, 268

18, 183

27, 825130, 569

37, 099

124

114

226, 35270.1

4,257

62, 02023, 232

73, 42310, 35114. 0504,976

17, 017

58, 58432, 508

28, 0283,396

223, 35275, 393

27, 582

20, 60061, 791

40, 986

83.471.7

102.3106. 681.782.762.490.273.699.075.382.485.1

69.771.1

93.890.578.1

87.785.096. 8

105.2

91.894.892.0

100.1246. 6

92. 098. 574.882.9

115.176.283.488.075.6

418, 26288.2

35, 05887.583.1

August

293, 89953, 156

24, 161

28, 317147, 505

40, 760

87

130

218,41767.6

4,696

68, 78925, 249

63. 4958,806

14, 3344,546

13, 840

65. 12929, 286

26, 2793,341

218. 41772, 617

26, 598

17,21057, 797

44, 196

84.471.4

104.4110.183.985.165. 190.876. 1

101. 180.081.084.1

71.774.8

80.289.279.0

89.387.798.8

106. 4

92.995. 085. 6

101.5185. 7

96. 1101. 683. 084.9

117.275.782.084.273.9

408, 89589.3

35. 13986. 685.2

2 Revised.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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49


EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES-Con.

Employment— Continued

Anthracite mines, employment.rel. to 1923-25. .Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:

Canada __ __ _ numberUnited States .number..Central States ..number..E astern States ._ numberSouthern 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. ct. of full timeChemicals and other

products p. ct. of full timeFood and kindred prod-

ucts p. et. of full time..Leather and its finished

products. p. ct. of full time..Lumber and its manu-

factures __ p. ct. of full time--Iron and steel and their

products p. ct. of full timeNonferrous metals p. ct. of full time..Paper and printing p. ct. of full timeStone, clay, and glass

products p ct. of full timeTextiles and their prod-

ucts p. ct. of full time.-Tobacco manufactures.. p. ct. of full time--Vehicles for land trans-

portation. p. ct. of full time. _Miscellaneous indus-

tries _ . _.p. ct. of full time--Federal Civilian Employees ("Wash-

ington) number-Hours of work in factories:

Actual hours per week-Nominal hours per week

Labor disputes:Disputes number..Man-days lost in month number..Workers involved number

Labor turnover:Accessions . p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Separations-

Total p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Discharges. _ _ p . ct. of no. on pay roll..Lay-ofl's p. ct. of no. on pay rollVoluntary

quits p. ct. of no. on pay roll..Ohio construction, employ-

ment rel. to 1926Railways, employees on pay roll thousands..

Wages

Anthracite mines, payroll rel. to 1923-25..Factory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):

Total rel. to 1923-25Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25..Chemicals —

Group rel. to 1923-25Petroleum refining rel. to 1923-25..

Iron and steel rel. to 1923-25Leather arid its products... rel. to 1923-25..Lumber and its products. _rel. to 1923-25..Machinery.. rel. to 1923-25..Nonferrous metals rel. to 1923-25..Paper and printing rel. to 1923-25..Rubber products rel. to 1923-25Textiles rel. to 1923-25Tobacco products rel. to 1923-25Transportation —

Group rel. to 1923-25..Automobile .. rel. to 1923-25

Nonmanufacturing industries:Anthracite mining _ rei. to 1929Bituminous coal mining re . to 1929..Metalliferous mining re . to 1929Quarrying and nonmetallic

mining re . to 1929..Crude petroleum producing _.re . to 1929...Telephone and telegraph re . to 1929..Power, light, and water re . to 1929..Opcration and maintenance of

electric railroads re to 1929Wholesale trade re to 1929Retail trade re . to 1929Hotels _ . rel. to 1929Canning and preserving rel. to 1929..Farm wages, without board

dolls per month

1931

August

65.5

244"

74.0105.2

30.6

43.22.6

28.2

12.4

47.8

64.348.1

80.485.650.675.541.355.252.993.162.270.266.3

50.950.4

56.450.640.2

55. 156.392.396.2

81.982.180.383.8

104.7

July

63.4

209247235265

942250

186

74.0103.8

89

92

96

92

84

768493

90

9287

89

85

71, 658

39.948.0

113877, 78968, 282

35.5

54.92.9

39.1

12.9

62.8

45.6

64.449.4

82.989.652.472.641.757.454.593.664.065.967.5

52.753.2

53.750.441.3

57.359. 293.397.4

83.383.383.385.274.2

•Revised.

June

74.2

20620524622127784

245212

83.775.0

103.6

89

95

95

90

85

778494

90

9287

91

86

71, 693

40.947.9

2982603, 9532 25, 334

29.3

61.92.8

46.7

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

May

78.3

165181206187345

66218197

83.875.0

102.2

90

96

96

91

85

798595

91

9387

92

88

72,417

42.748.0

2492402,437

2 15, 735

32.8

45.13.3

28.6

13.2

61.31,337

64.6

72.156.7

88.496.164.968.745.767.863.4

100.071.071.768.3

66.175.6

76.154.449.3

62.364.794.198.7

85.184.788.087.756.0

April

82.9

15117719918123780

215172

85.175.099.7

91

97

96

92

86

808695

91

9386

92

88

72, 297

41.748.0

239769, 720J 22, 604

37.2

41.63.8

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

86.685.288.389.957.1

March

79.9

147179215202215

75228197

84.574.0

100.2

91

96

96

91

85

808796

91

9487

91

87

71,917

41.848.2

27422, 54528, 139

43.2

34.83.1

20.6

11.1

53.71,319

55.7

74.954.0

89.890.870.073.446.272.066.3

101.963.281.968.3

64.167.7

71.365.252.8

58.2/o. 297.9

102.4

88.189.187.593.450.3

3 38. 37

« Quar

Febru-ary

87.1

141202232209265

89250250

84.473.0

100.7

90

95

96

92

84

808795

90

9385

91

87

71, 162

42.347.9

34228, 32912, 512

36.8

35.02.6

22.8

9.6

51.91,316

79.8

73.251.4

92.9100.867.568.845.671.964.4

100.763.876.965.3

62.261.1

101.968.354.6

54.470.094.899.7

87.188.486.793.748.6

;er endinj

January

88.3

156224261254293

91331230

84.073.0

101.7

89

95

97

89

83

808695

90

9088

89

88

71, 252

40.248.0

20181,031

2,927

35.0

33.92.2

23.0

8.7

49.41,334

75.8

68.446.6

90.499.362.460.644.069.964.1

101.363.868.464.3

51.840.0

89.373.355.0

50.471.596.398.6

85.687.589.491.046.1

I in mont

193O

Decem-ber

96.5

133218233239314103270191

83.077.0

108.5

90

95

97

87

84

808696

90

9091

91

88

71, 189

41.648.3

7194,455

5,144

25.1

44.62.5

32.2

9.9

59.81,357

85.0

73.756. 3

94.7101.466.758.150.475.067.9

105. 762.672.277.7

60.855.5

100.077.759.9

59.977.2

101.3106.3

88.691.3

107.791.557.4

9 39. 04

i indicate

Novem-ber

94.7

189227251231344123280210

86.278.0

112.9

90

95

97

84

86

808796

91

9189

91

88

71,052

29273, 608

7,759

24.9

47.62.9

33.7

11.0

72.01,394

83.2

75.160.9

96.1103.268.955.054.775.167.3

105. 058.773.476.8

60.857.4

98.079.163.4

66.880.097.7

103.7

87.791.096. 893.682.9

d.

October

96.2

211193240192277

74278178

89.279.0

116.2

92

97

98

90

89

838997

93

9290

93

90

70, 790

36335, 91616,007

30.1

52.93.8

33.9

15.2

82.61,455

102.3

80.866.4

99.9109. 375.869.760.481.469.4

105.465.980.378.0

62.858.4

117.279.468.6

79.382.6

100.9105.6

89.992.995.195.5

140.0

Septem-ber

91.9

159170222181201

71230188

90.679.0

116.6

92

96

98

91

89

849096

92

9090

93

91

70, 598

44208, 18413, 778

39.8

60.94.4

38.2

18.3

87.71,486

78.2

83.066.4

101.3113.875.476.260.984.270.7

106.371.881.280.0

66.062.4

91.674.969.9

82.584.0

102.2106.1

90.593.692.497.1

214.8

» 44. 28

August

81.7

145177204214252

79234162

90.778.0

118.8

91

96

97

93

88

858996

92

8992

93

90

70, 197

33142, 738

7,131

31.9

67.74.2

47.0

16.5

96.61,514

68.2

81.766.4

100.7117.277.580.061.6

285.672.0

106.977.673.277.2

66.358.1

78.871.171.0

85.886.0

102.5106.6

92.193.687.698.6

172.0




October, 1931


EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES-Con.

Wages— C ontinued

Industrial pay rolls:Total, monthly-

Delaware rel. to 1923-20..New Jersey ,.rel. to 1923- 25—New York rel. to 1923 _Pennsylvania . rel. to 1923-25..Wisconsin rel. to 1925-27. .

Weekly-New York State thous of dollsOklahoma thous of dolls

Road building, wages of common labor:United States average cents per hour-East North Central section i

cents por hour..East South Central section

cents per hour..Middle Atlantic section... cents por hour—Mountain section cants per hour..New England section cents per hour..Pacific section . _ ..cents per hour..South Atlantic section cents per hour..West North Central section

cents per hour .West South Central section

cents per hour--Railways, average hourly wages dollars. .U. S. Steel Corpn., wage rates .cents per hour..Weekly earnings of factory labor:

United States, totals, 23 industries-Grand total dollarsGrand total rel to 1923Men-

Total dollarsTot-iil rel to 1923Skilled dollarsSk'lled rol to 19^3Unskilled dollarsUnskilled rel to 1923

Women dollarsWomen rel to 1923

Totals by States —Illinois dollars .Illinois rel. to 1925-27.,New York dollars..New York ..-..rel. to 1923..Oklahoma - . dollars. .Wisconsin . dollars..Wisconsin . rel. to 1925-27. .

Youngstown district, wages ofsteel workers , p. ct. of base scale..

CONSTRUCTION

Building Costs

Building costs (A. Q. a), 1st of'month rel. to 1913

Building costs (E. N. R.) 1st of! month . rel. to 19J3 .

Building materials:Brick house, 6-rm., 1st of month. _ ...rel. to 1913-

Frame house, 6-rm., 1st of monthrel. to 1913-

Construction costs (Am. Appraisal) :Brick, steel frame rel. to 1913Brick, wood frame rel. to 1913..Frame _ _rel. to 1913..Reinforced concrete ... . _rel. to 1913..Factory costs (quarterly) (Aber-

thaw) rel to 1914Building volume (A Q C.) rel. to 1913

Construction Contracts Awarded

Total construction, adjusted,F. R. B_. ._____ . rel. to 1923-1925. .

Total construction, all types:F. W. Dodge Corp.—

Projects numberFloor space thous. of sq. ft..Valuation thous. of dolls

Public works and utilities:Projects _ number. .Floor space thous. of sq. ftValuation thous. of dolls

Residential buildings, all types:Projects.. number..Floor space...... ..-thous. of sq. ft..Valuation thous. of dolls..

Contracts awarded, Canada.. -thous. of dolls.-Engineering construction (E. N. R.):

Total public , thous. of dolls..Water works thous. of dolls. .Sewers.. thous. of dolls..Bridges, public _ thous. of dolls..Excavation thous of dollsStreet and roads thous. of dollsFederal Government. -thous. of dolls..Unclassified, public... thous. of dolls..Buildings, public .thous. of dolls..

August

68.970.761.656.1

9, 279

36

35

193747445020

35

22

50~

22. 4984 5

93 8183 0

24 7680 4

18 8681 6

14 7885 7

23 7083 5

26 2396.3

127.0

171. 4

1.63

156

163176160165

i|

1 GO

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, 704

July

68.770.862.055.661.0

9,347

36

35

20 |36 145 i45 ]5122

35

20---

22.3484.0

23 6582.5

24. 8980 8

18 9284 9

14 7985.8

23. 8684.1

26.3096. 5

19.3775.7

127. 0

195

1 74. 4

164

155

165177162166

140

• 61

10, 66333, 812

285, 997

2,0481, 233

116, 265

5, 65815, 88963, 89328, 055

148, 7845, 5365, 697

28,5201, 180

56,51122, 5604,129

24, 651

June

78.072.063.260.664.2

9, 524

37

36

203646445121

36

20.659

50

23. 0786 7

*>4 4285. 1

25. 7183 4

1 9. 5587 7

15 1788.0

23. 9384.3

26. 2593.4

21.1682.8

127. 0

196

1.87. 4

166

158

166179165168

a 17G137

64

10. 80635, 001

331,880

2,0302,367

154, 512

5, 97216, 91372, 74529,793

125, 7378,0165,3705, 7861. 419

62, 47120, 158

i 3. 96518, 552

May

81.176.366.664.967.2

19, 046

37 |

37

* \38 i45 j455021

36

22.664

50

24 2591 1

25 7089 8 1

27.0487 8

20 7593 1

15 3789 2

24. 5486. 5

26.8798.6

21. 6584.9

127. 0

197

189.3

167

160

166180166169

107

66

11,50638, 941

306 079

2,141387

108, 948

6,65221,91188, 90036, 896

122, 0365,2483,254

11, 8014, 198

63, 16710, 3405,422

18,606

1931

April

79.776.169.169.568.2

10, 4146S2

35

36

203843475122

36

21. 664

50

23. 8289 5

25 3588 4

26. 4986 0

20 4691 8

15 2288.3

24.9988.1

27. 27100. 124. 9522. 2686.7

127. 0

199

191.6

167

157

172186172175

S7

' 73i

i 11,88839, 380

336, 925

1, 907785

132, 993

7. 22122, 63395, 89622, 708

176, 07510, 2197. 7279, 9161 143

81, 62326, 3898,214

30, 844

March

81.777.371.168.468.8

10, 723679

37

41

214144485224

37

23.669

50

23. 9389 9

25 3288 3

26. 4986 0

20 7893 3

15 6290 6

25. 1388.6

27.87102. 325. 7322. 6988.1

127. 0

199

194. 5

170

163

178192178181

s igii.yii '^

77J

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, 349

Febru-ary

79.978.668.868.365.8

10,365711

36

33

223942485124

36

28.689

50

24. 2991 3

25 S390. i

26. 9187 3

20 8993 8

15 3388 9

25. 2989.1

27. 35100. 425.2821.6484.3

127.0

200

196.6

171

165

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, 553

January

77.077.566.766.260. 0

10, 048730

36

37

214044485120

37

26.670

50

23. 0786 7

24 4585 3

25. 8984 0 I

19 7788 7

14 7985 8

24. 2585.5

26.9298.8

25. 6119.7076.5

127. 0

199

194. 5

170

163

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

Decem-ber

78.783.469.771.363.9

10, 513808

37

37

224145515122

37

28.670

50

24. 0390 3

25 5589 1

26. 7186 7

20 4691 8

15 6490.7

25. 0988.4

27.42100.726.8720.8481.1

127. 0

199

196.9

174

168

179196182184

3 185123

73

7, 39129, 055

249, 436

1,009697

78, 021

4, 34014. 70570, 91124, 542

99. 6162,2375, 6696,2893, 762

25, 65012, 30022, 91520, 794

Novem-ber

78.187.772.274.866.2

10, 883869

38

37

244047505222

26.679

50

25.3189.2

27. 32100.326.9121. 3384. 1

127.0

199

198. 5

172

165

180196183185

173

76

9, 12733. 0.^9

253, 574

1, 292468

76. 378

5, 36818, 84480,78239, 311

87, 1884,0084, 6477,1498,523

25, 7988,723

11,80516, 535

1930

October

87.193.476.280.773. 0

1 1 , 489836

39

33

244118495322

38

27. 659

50

26.4293.1

27. 94102. 625. 0622. 8989.0

127.0

200

198. 7

176

171

!86202188190

186

78

12, 15839, 484

336, 706

2, 017339

112,966

i 6, 822| 22, 337

104, 67033, 332

121, 6337, 0226,150

13, 7631, 053

47, 8868, 8153,798

33, 146

Septem-ber

89.793.080.081.472.3

12,061944

40

38

244248505323

37

27.664

50

26. 4393.1

28.84105.926. 9222.1685.6

127. 0

198

199.6

174

1C8

188206191193

2 185199

81

11,44.541, 193

331, 864

2,1461,484

109, 092

6, 09719, 68898, 53532, 407

104, 9733, 2348,6649, 3786, 038

41, 60110, 0837,162

18.813

August

93. 289. H77. 282. U73. y

11,631958

39

28424G505u2H

3?;

26. 697

50

26. 4."93. '2

28. 45104. \27.2722.2186.0

127. 0

19*

203. f

IS*

lyu20s194195

on* •

SI

1.1,62139, 760

346,644

2, 0761, 297

126, 722

5, 97016, 84382, 67049, 407

104, 0082,0818,4926, 6622, 252

49,2439, 7 IS3, 440

22. 121




51


CONSTRUCTION— Continued

Construction Contracts Awarded— Con.

Engineering construction (E. N. /?.)— Con.Total, private. ._ thous. of dolls

Buildings, industrial.. thous. of dolls..Buildings,commerciaL thous. of dolls..Bridges, private thous. of dolls _Unclassified . thous. of dolls..

Highways

Concrete pavements, new contracts:Total . thous. of sq. yds..Road thous. of sq. yds..

Federal-aid highways:Completed—

Cost.. thous. of dolls..Distance .miles..

Under construction, end of month. miles..

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Gas and Electric Power

Electric power companies, grossrevenue thous. of dolls

Electric power production:United States-

Total mills, of kw. hrsBy fuels _. mills, of kw. hrsBy water power mills, of kw. hrs..In street railways, manufacturing

plants, etc mills, of kw. hrs_.In central stations.— mills, of kw. hrs..

Canada —Total mills, of kw. hrs._By water power _ .mills, of kw. hrsExported mills, of kw. hrs..

Manufaetured 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 income thous. of dolls

Telegraph

Commercial telegraph tolls thous. of dolls. _Operating revenues _ . thous. of dollsOperating income thous of dolls

Transportation

Express earnings:Operating income thous of dollsOperating revenue thous. of dolls

Electric railways (212 companies):Average fare centsPassengers carried. - . . -thous. of persons

Inland waterways:Allegheny River short tons. .Cape Cod Canal short tons..Mississippi River Government

barges short tons. .Monongahela River, thous. of short tons..New York State canals

_ . thous. of short tonsOhio River, Pittsburgh to Wheeling

thous. of short tons..Panama Canal-

Total cargo traffic -thous. of long tons...In American 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 long tonsSuez Canal thous. of met tonsWelland Canal short tons..

Oeean traffic:Clearances, vessels in foreign trade —

Total ..thous. of net tonsAmerican thous. of net tons..Foreign thous, of net tons..

1931

August

66, 44811, 80133, 256

13721, 254

7,6755, 437

26, 799943

11.884

_..::...::294, 720ISO, 414

104, 0001, 042

425

662

1, 789

859378714

8,385

972, 976

7, 4632, 7344, 729

July

12.1, 32638, 66355, 2422,250

25, 171

12, 4709,309

26, 1641,018

1 2, 207

7,7314, 9952, 736

5067, 225

I. 2401 223

95

.'"'.".

74, 80216, 320

8,77411,370

461

237, 024211, 172

104, 3001,331

506

849

1,867

820466717

7, 61.11, 963

871, 513

7,5362, 7424, 794

June

70, 58913, 90140, 986

2515, 677

15, 95713, 536

13, 994651

1 2, 306

7,5144,6302,884

5090005

3 , 2841, 268

89

28,31030, 654

30, 821lf>. 159

75. 91917, 977

9,21211, 875

1, 737

143, 027203, 230

86, 0161, 257

385

736

1, 759

828453920

6, 6452,027

1,015,469

6, 5432, 2414,302

May

95, 79712, 60654, 4136,248

22, 530

12, 30310, 038

5,059225

11,229

171, 180

7, 6394, 5003, 139

4477, 392

1. 3f;01,343

87

29, 80531, 827

43, 34020, 108

76, 80418, 046

9, 13311,744

1, 426

10710, 493

666, 410

169, 760216, 559

99, 9011, 508

457

686

1, 925

937421

1,166

4, 3352. 403

1,165,853

6, 539

J' 014

April

140,83022, 96567, 444

5050, 371

24, 6712.1, 982

9, 100254

9, 569

176,210

7, 6434,5203, 123

4547, 189

1, 4051, 388

98

30, 73132, 356

52, 56824, 225

77, 09819, 051

9, 391.11,963

1, 513

12910, 196

8 072672, 555

134, 854203, 085

82, 4651, 518

349

713

2,011

929436319

9222, 396

370, 003

5,9072 0923,815

March

78, 42116, 56646, 128

2515, 702

19, 46717, 573

5,826205

8,277

2176,584

7.8765, 2432, 633

4527, 424

1,4141, 392

128

30, 94532, 386

54, 72926, 031

77, 12418,650

9,34612, 0241,403

1.1910, 113

8 072690, 476

52, 700163, 186

82, 9701, 535

0

546

1, 916

910429

0

02,440

0

5,0441, 7733,27

Febru-ary

94, 70514, 11950, 432

030, 154

9,4038, 321

9, 654188

7, 489

182, 280

7,1605,0012, 159

4106,750

1, 3361,311

145

31,11032, 504

56, 24227. 124

73, 27716, 864

8. 34610i 906

724

1349,687

8.066629, 336

49, 620165, 789

69, 5721,359

0

428

1, 930

864448

0

02, 474

0

4,9721. 6953,277

January

120, 66014, 13554, 316

23051, 979

10, 1079, 218

17,416423

6, 957

2197,160

7,9475,5972, 350

4601, 487

1, 4851, 456

162

33, 47834, 947

63. 33831, 037

76, 82517, 892

8, 943] 1, 528

609

1289. 884

8. 064692, 709

56, 740233, 890

75, 5121,571

0

505

2,107

958540

0

2, 7440

5,4141, 8433, 57!

1930

Decem-ber

73, 19911,74651, 742

1009,611

8, 8085, 081

42, 7511, 0717, 030

191,920

8,1085,7462, 362

5027, 008

1, 542I, 513

149

31, 32032, 963

56, 52920, 816

77, 28016, 070

10, 01212, 9731, 517

10210, 826

8. 050718, 784

64, 170225, 021

107, 507I, 547

0

i 500

2,167

953| 536

38

3122, 246

68, 400

5, 5051, 991

J 3,514

Novem-ber

102, 14620, 40173, 4471,9976, 301

6, 2934, 790

40. 4181, 1387,785

187, 130

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

8.050658, 789

230, 423225, 322

83, 4801,811

390

926

2? 263

1,009615563

5, 1302, 186

583, 907

6, 2242,5013, 723

October

121, 30524, 59383, 723

82512, 164

9, 7456, 820

41, 0881, 0258, 325

182, 950

8,1955, 9062, 289

4967, 709

1. 5751, 550

' 161

29, 37731, 698

40, 93017, 031

79, 19319, 074

10, 13712. 1571, 829

11810, 940

8.376701, 279

246, 832230, 043

102, 5692,075

608

1,037

2,394

1, 133540877

9,0942, 217

916, 563

7, 0742, 6514. 423

Septem-ber

109, 22717, 64173, 4925,750

12, 344

10, 0806, 360

18,422544

8, 459

174, 940

7,7925, 5172, 275

4797,313

1, 443I, 419

154

20, 88229, 518

36, 13614, 592

76, 92517, 756

10, 11713, 0541,467

11510, 810

8.370646, 036

282, 393244, 640

113, 7492, 087

458

928

2,060

1,040436914

10, 3472, 204

979, 532

7, 6533.080!, 593

August

135, 58417, 09976, 798

2.51038, 467

10, 6577, 243

18, 541537

8, 339

168, 100

7, 90G5, 3972, 509

5307,380

1,4121, 391

143

24, 29126, 847

34, 79413, 920

76, 27916, 445

10,12!12, 9651,400

12410,416

8. 35 'J646, 750

387, 260247, 376

70, 088 '2, 152

457

998

2, 145

1, 0222532

1, 007

11.2672,288

985, 928

8, 4803, 3515, 129

2 Revised.




October, 1931


PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued

Transportation— Continued

Passenger travel:Arrivals from abroad—

Immigrants number..United States citizens number

Departures abroad —Emigrants numberUni ted States citizens number

National parks-Visitors . _ numberA uto in obiles entered number.

Passports issued - numberPullman Company operations:

Revenue thous. of 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 carsRatio to total cars— per cent..

New orders carsOwned, end of month-

Quantity thous. of cars..Capacity mills, of Ibs

Shipments-Total . carsDomestic cars..

Unfilled orders (railroads)—Total . carsOf manufacturers carsIn railroad shops cars

Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assc.")—Exports, steam numberIn bad order, end of month —

Awaiting classified repairsnumber..

Ratio to total locomotivesp<?r cent

Installed numberNew orders number..Retired number

Owned, end of month-Quantity numberTractive power mills, of lbs._

Shipments, manufacturers (Census)—Total - numberElectric, domestic number. .Steam, domestic ...number--

Shipments, electric locomotives —Industrial (quarterly) numberMinins? (quarterly) number

Unfilled orders (railroads), end of mo...Of manufacturers number--In railroad shops number

Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Cen-sus)—

Total number--Electric, domestic number--Steam domestic number

Passenger cars —In railroad hands, end of quarter

numberNew orders cars..Shipments-

Total carsDomestic . ..carsUnfilled orders, end of quarter

numberFinancial operations-

Net operating income -thous. of dolls. .Operating revenues-

Canada thous. of dolls. .United States-

Total thous. of dolls..Freight thous of dollsPassengers thous. of dolls

Operating expenses thous. of dolls. .Net operating revenue, Canada

I thous. of dolls..Freight cars —

Carloadings* —Total thous. of cars..Coal and coke thous. of cars._Forest products thous. of cars-Grain and grain products

thous. of cars_.Livestock thous. of cars..Ore- thous. of cars..Merchandise, 1. c. 1 ..thous. of cars..Miscellaneous, thous. of cars..

Car surplus (daily average, last weekof month) —

Total cars..Box cars-Coal. - cars..

1931

August

10, 749

3.6454

187, 5858.6534

524499

0

6, 173

11.4

6

1312

745518

688

3,747617138

228106175

1, 0691,413

573, 680302, 887206, 240

July

3,17430, 944

7,42846, 961

17, 667

5,4132,023

3.5554

181, 7028.3443

2,223208, 095

341341

6,4661,3365,130

2

5,913

10.9663

108

55, 0562,513

131

11

1814

865520

0

22

56, 535

377, 146290, 34850, 272

280, 127

2,931452106

22071

139830

1,113

564,068288,414211,044

June

3,53425, 588

5,89329, 579

27, 689

5, 4702,051

3.5856

172, 7767.9972

2,229208, 579

615555

7,1792,0705,109

1

5,938

10.9114

2291

55, 0982,513

190

19

3 4382

2016

955430

51,1110

1313

324

50,163

30, 480

369, 810281, 261

50, 957280, 145

1,898

2,992465125

14075

119876

1,192

599, 282306, 443224, 120

May

3,79922, 518

5,61623, 242

28, 513

5,0551,900

3.5061

170, 1657. 746

2,244209, 645

648646

6, 5851, 5994,986

3

5,910

10.894

151182

55, 2782,518

260

26

3120

580

47

0

3838

41, 264

30, 934

369, 020283, 16146,981

288, 067

2,166

3,736611165

18010680

1,0971,496

615,924306, 319238, 504

April

3,47028, 281

5, 64724, 418

21, 466

5,2381,9SG

3.7363

162, 9667.4

2,768

2,249209, 958

1, 0821,082

7,5422, 1765, 366

5

5,958

10.967

7151

55, 3662,520

152

12

5724

800

69

4

3737

39, 074

30,912

369, 652283, 71 1

47, 272290, 618

3,640

2, 986486130

1518529

8991,206

602, 832282,315251,679

March

3,57734, 861

4, 69332, 278

14, 328

4,8941,966

3.6361

162,1177.3

2,166

2,251210, 102

762657

7,4841. 5695,915

0

5,967

10.9778

161

55, 4502,522

1055

3 173 60

6026

952

81

3 51, 4890

2424

3 125

45, 906

30, 613

376, 149291, 289

47, 150291,582

3,112

2,940555138

1537923

8861,105

621,509298, 837252, 825

Febru-ary

3,14727, 508

4,72033, 172

7,255

5,3461, 919

3.8464

153, 6066.9

24

2, 253210, 235

633533

8,6372,2076,430

2

5,734

10.4868

128

55, 5342,525

155

10

5729

1037

85

0

3030

27, 264

26, 788

336. 632257, 521

46, 455272, 116

121

2,836584138

1658822

842997

650, 964324, 938253, 515

January

4,09119, 844

4, 39724, 885

48, 8749,2117,445

6,0722,203

3.8066

147, 6506.7

0

2,254210, 229

845735

8,7992, 6816,118

2

5,522

10.080

2182

55, 5762,525

166

10

6430

911278

0

3333

33, 849

28, 141

365. 900277,01453, 349

294, 082

424

3,491817156

19612426

9971, 175

646, 750336, 577240, 292

1930

Decem-ber

6,43928, 535

5,45021, 140

37, 2466, 0106, 565

5,4182, 180

3.7260

147, 3346.6

2, 691

2,258210, 426

607436

9,7803, 3766,404

3

5,216

9.59260

390

55, 6782, 528

497

378 23376

9030

1041886

3 51, 6442

88

3264

49, 372

33, 450

377, 933280, 909

55, 443297, 608

5,910

2,784638121

1439422

820946

706, 538380, 603251, 358

Novem-ber

9,20922, 381

4,95124, 420

43, 3617,9377, 496

5,3052,031

3.9665

155, 8837.0

2,862

2,271211, 788

1,1821,139

3,7161,1252,591

0

5,102

9.2964

268

55, 9852,538

436

37

5933

932563

10

6767

62, 069

35, 474

398, 786311,04248, 710

299, 301

7,579

4,127852174

19014092

1,1331,546

580, 498304,100213,752

October

13, 94240, 702

5, 35232, 988

67, 08915, 5967,834

6, 0162,278

3.9069

157, 7277.1

3,291

2,272211,823

2,3842,307

5,4232,4452,978

5

4,936

8.9127

7206

56, 1572,541

502

48

10237

1323196

0

7373

112,251

42, 093

483, 455385, 68452, 3(58

326, 286

11,408

3,818733159

163129154906

1, 514

402, 637230, 705126,935

Septem-ber

17, 79280, 900

5,10056, 526

183, 58343, 9398, 772

6, 4762, 517

3.8264

157, 1417.1565

2,275211,942

4, 2354, 176

6,1754,1272,048

2

4,676

8.614725

198

56, 2362, 541

653

62

333113

14338

17433

136

3 51, 77062

5050

465

104, 078

44, 340

467, 469363, 473

59, 092320, 131

11,435

3,725638162

1891081959-14

1,490

394, 032202, 398139,416

August ]

14, 81669, 957

5, 24588, 372

549, 287127, 15310, 510

7,1282,767

3.9660

153, 0466.8823

2,274211,831

5,9405,934

10, 8027,7233,079

2

4,585

8.216134

216

56, 2872,540

775

68

18946

23436

193

13

3535

95, 604

38, 804

466, 370354,71367, 432

327, 204

5,619

2 4, 6722770

207

304106

22852 1, 1782 1, 822

431,971232, 89S141, 721

* Data for January, May, 1931, and August arid November, 1930, are for 5 weeks, other months 4 weeks.1 Revised.8 Quarter ending in month indicated.Digitized for FRASER


October, 1931 SUKVEY OF CUKRENT BUSINESS


53


PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued

Transportation— Continued

Steam railways — Continued.Freight cars— Continued

Operation results-Freight carried 1 mile —

Canada mills, of tons..United States, .mills, of tons..

Passengers carried 1 mile millionsReceipts per ton-mile cents..

FINANCE

Agricultural Finances

Loans outstanding, end of month:Federal land banks mills, of dolls..Federal intermediate credit banks

mills, of dolls..Joint-stock land banks.. mills, of dolls..

BankingBank debits:

Canada mills of dollsNew York City mills, of dolls..Outside New York City.. .mills, of dolls..Outside New York City...rel. to 1923-25—

Brokers' loans, end of month:By N. Y. F. R. member banks

mills, of dolls .Ratio to market value per centTotal mills, of dolls

Deposits, New York State savings banks,end o f month _ _ _ _ _ _ mills o f dolls

Federal reserve banks:Bills discounted _ _ . mills of dollsNotes in circulation mills, of dolls..Reserve ratio per centReserve ratio rel. to 1923-25Total deposits. mills, of dolls..Total 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 banks. per cent..Intermediate credit banks. per cent--New York Federal Reserve

Bank (dis.)... per cent--Prime bankers' acceptances per cent..Prime commercial paper (4-6 months)

per centPrime commercial paper (4-6 months)

rel to 1923-25Time loans, 90 days per cent--

Business FailuresFirms (United States) :

Banks number..Total commercial numberManufacturers numberTrade establishments ..number..Agents and brokers .number..By groups-

Manufacturers—Total number..Chemicals. _ _ numberFoodstuffs _ numberLeather uuin berLiquors and tobacco number..Lumber numberPrinting and engraving. number..Stone, clay, and glass number..Textiles number--Metals numberAll 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) numberLiabilities (United States):

Banks ._ .thous. of dollsTotal commercial thous. of dolls..Total commercial rel to 1923-25Manufacturers -thous. of dolls..Trade establishments thous. of dolls..Agents and brokers. thous. of dollsLiabilities (Canada) thous. of dolls..

1931

August

1,178

133548

17, 50116, 528

83.8

1,3663.04

1,354

2551,96378.8

192.52,632

9433,619

13, 2447,665

14, 398

1.505.633.81

1.50.88

2.00

46.41.38

1541,944

4271,381

136

4279

30187

52146

6149

181

1,38112

10922044178

235286164

226, 02253, 025125.1

16, 96725, 84810, 2102,138

July

1,179

137551

2,40021, 00718, 444

93.5

1,3903.03

1,344

5,149

1951,76583.8

109.02,527

7513,597

13, 4737,810

14, 486

1.505.633.81

1.50.88

2.00

46.41.38

2931,983

5201,322

141

5201334166

3917137549

258

1,3221986

257363

66239292223

241,33460, 998143.9

20, 58628, 09112, 3213,345

June

2,20734, 4172,0341,090

1,182

137532

2,69425, 89319,406

98.4

1,4792.93

1,391

5,156

1491,72384.6

110.02, 504

7733,576

13,6887,795

14, 691

1.505.«33.90

1.50.88

2.00

46.41.50

21671,993

4491,435

109

4497

64261057217

5337

167

1,4352084

23536089

243404174

196, 54251, 656121.8

21, 90925, 9343,8133,504

May

2,17830, 0141,8701.054

1,184

131536

3,17225, 07218, 858

95.6

1,5393.37

1,435

5,083

1741,58084.9

110.42,442

7243,413

13, 6057,807

14, 730

1.455.634.00

1.502.00

2.13

49.41.75

892,248

5521,570

126

5521243144

65279

7850

250

1,57019

10829540188

357302196

43, 96353, 371125.9

18, 50625. 0699,7962,775

April

2,13628, 7101,8311. 093

1,185

138540

2,78626, 82119, 620

99.5

1,7303.40

1,651

5,059

1571,53584.0

109.22,434

7613,334

13,6647,903

14, 993

1.525.634.00

1.501.50

2.38

55.22.00

642,386

5151,710

158

5159

38126

75105

7855

227

1,7101898

351451109297386204

42, 41750, 868120.0

18, 71926, 3865,7633.638

March

2,10429, 9601,7581.074

1,187

138544

2,57027, 58919, 421

98.4

1,8753.58

1,909

5,018

2501,48682.6

107.42,506

7233, 296

13, 7487,551

15, 382

1.555.634.00

2.001.50

2.50

58.02.13

862,604

5821,843

179

5825

37239

61277

7962

282

1,84328

107400441152358357213

35, 28560, 387

142.424, 07230. 3485,9673,752

Febru-ary

1,95127, 0791,7471.049

1,187

128548

2,53520, 94817, 084

86.6

1,7983.22

1,840

4,928

1981,47883.7

108.82,399

7083,244

13, 6147,183

15, 464

1.505.634.00

2.001.44

2.63

61.01.88

772,563

5831,831

149

5831337149

72154

9654

269

1,8311993

381438131407362253

35, 12359, 608140.6

25, 30430, 852

3,4523, 014 '

January

2,01630, 3141,9151.015

1,187

128550

2,66824, 55721, 697110.0

1,7343.30

1,720

4,888

2321,49482.2

106.92,448

7353,243

13, 6806,843

15, 753

1.575.634.00

2.001.56

2.88

66.82.13

2023,316

6112,541

164

611103217

6 1762111

12444

270

2,54115

117633476220571509296

78, 13094, 608223.1

47, 63343. 0713, 9044, 215 '

1930

Decem-ber

2,23929, 0262,0151.052

1,187

130553

3,01229, 00122,113117.2

1,9263.86

1,894

4,792

2511,66473.795.8

2,5171,1003,082

13, 9996,693

16, 263

2.235.634.00

2.001.88

2.88

66.82.25

3442,525

5371,834

154

5379

34146

7715 1128534

251

1,83415

114444461138290372295

367, 11983, 683

197.419, 94828, 85335, 3826,994

Novem-ber

2,63332, 2951,8281.050

1,188

132567

2,97422, 49019, 700

99.9

2,1114.06

2,162

4,666

2751,45580.3

104.42,422

7803,115

13,9086,800

16, 516

2.005.634.00

2.501.88

2.88

66.82.13

2542,031

4481,447

136

4485

278

107118147134

190

1,44711

111261393104245322237

186, 30655, 261130.3

19, 43821,21714, 6062,958

October

3,09639, 2921,9591.063

1,189

126560

3,61830, 78123, 693120.1

2,5124.65

2,556

4,658

2071,36882.2

106.92,465

7713,149

13, 8306,731

16, 764

2.005.634.00

2.501.88

3.00

69.62.50

722,124

4991,474

151

4997

3515145420129734

211

1,4741894

250398108253353214

24, 59956, 297132.8

17, 98922, 09616, 2122,532

Septem-ber

3,56236, 2202,2531.081

1,190

123563

2,96727, 38321, 253107.7

3,0635.79

3,481

4,662

2721,37979.7

103.62,532

8133,118

13, 8126,454

17, 013

2.195.634.06

2.501.88

3.00

69.62.63

661, 963

4341,395

134

4349

35148

65167

5330

197

1,3951298

25734193

247347175

23, 66646, 947110.7

16, 44819,31111, 1882,664

August

2,26837, 4212,6341,040

1,191

123565

3,80225, 052

2 20, 941106.3

3,1105.31

3,559

4,591

2151,37481.1

105.52,423

7793,079

13, 6296,338

16, 830

2.215.634.13

2.501.88

3.00

69.62.63

671,913

5661,234

113

5661429211198197

5533

279

1, 234 .1178

270329

67204275

2158

21, 95149, 181

116.024, 73517, 8298,617

2 2, 610

»Revised.




October. 1931


FINANCE—Continued

Dividend and Interest Payments

Grand total mills, of dollsDividend payments:

Total mills, of dollsIndustrial and miscel-

laneous mills, of dolls..Steam railroads mills, of dollsStreet railways mills, of dollsInterest payments . mills, of dolls ..

Foreign Exchange Rates

America:Argentina . dolls, per gold peso..Brazil dolls, per milreis..Canada dolls, per Canadian doll..Chile dolls, per paper peso.-

Asia:Japan dolls, per yen..Jndia dolls, per rupee..

Europe:Belgium dolls. per belga..England.. dolls, per Ib sterling..France dolls, per franc. .Italy . _ dolls, per lira. .Netherlands dolls, per guilderSweden dolls, per krone--Switzerland dolls, per franc..

Gold and SilverGold:

Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces--Exports -thous. of dolls. _Imports thous. of dolls. .Monetary stocks of U. S., daily

average mills, of dolls _ _Rand output fine ounces

Silver:Exports thous. of dolls..Imports thous. of dolls..Price at New York dolls, per fine oz_.Production —

United States -thous. of fine oz_.Canada _ thous. of fine oz..Mexico thous of fine oz-.

Stocks, end of month-United States _. thous of fine oz.-Canada .thous. of fine oz..

Net Corporation Profits

Industrial and mercantile-Total mills, of dolls..Automobiles, parts and accessories

. mills, of dolls..Food mills, of dolls..Machinery - mills, of dolls..Metals and mining mills, of dolls..Oil ...mills, of dolls--Steel and railroad equipment

mills, of dolls..Class I railroads mills, of dolls..Telephone - mills, of dolls.-

Life Insurance

(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)

Admitted life insurance assets (40 cos.):Grand total ..mills, of dolls..Mortgage loans-

Total .mills, of dollsFarm . ..mills, of dolls. .All other - mills, of dolls

Bonds and stocks (book value):Government mills, of dolls .Public utility .mills, of dolls..Railroad mills, of dollsAll other mills, of dolls..Total mills, of dolls

Policy loans and premium notesmills, of dolls-

Amount of new insurance (44 cos.) :Group mills, of dolls-.Industrial - . mills, of dolls. .Ordinary - mills, of dolls ..Total insurance mills, of dolls -.

Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.) :Group thous. 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..

* For early data see table o

1931

August

490

245

170346

245

.646

.064

.997

.121

.494

.359

.1394.86.039.052.403.268.195

115, 34339

57, 539

4,975916, 425

2,0242, 685

2,4591,610

2,2401,363

46247547839

26995233

1,254

9,3047,895

62, 874154, 579234, 652

n page 21

July

946

387

2674211

559

.699

.072

.997

.121

.494

.360

.1404.86.039.052.403.268.194

118, 1231,009

20,497

4,958916, 843

2 2, 3051,640.283

2 2, 1762,1336, 390

2,077754

15, 978

6,3531, 5354,818

1,2131,6622,657

5036, 035

2,388

48253606905

22994

• 2601,276

17, 9798,114

55, 612178, 398260, 103

of this iss

June

762

346

23734

416

.703

.075

.997

.121

.494

.360

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.194

114,65140

63, 887

4,865897,000

1,8952,364.273

2,433731

7,041

1,611958

3 159

3653 35

353 530

393131

3 69

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

ue.

May

560

292

213338

268

.707

.067

.999

.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.193

95, 133628

50, 258

4,767910, 279

2,0992,636.277

2,7621,8367,374

1,4851, 423

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 i

April

749

314

236389

435

.765

.0731.000.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

93,61227

49, 543

4,711882, 237

3,2492,439.283

2,8311,1399,535

7131,509

15, 662

6,3321,5444,788

1,1341,6052,660

4955,894

2,300

99235691

1, 025

59865301

1, 225

12, 6828,398

53, 854183, 992258. 926

» Re vis

March

594

311

23646

7284

.780

.0791.000.121

.494

.361

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.192

85,09126

25,671

4,682910, 998

2,3231,821.292

3,5281,4316,510

2,714796

' 3 125

3303 31

3 53 430

3 1073 68

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

ed.

Febru-ary

524

285

217459

239

.719

.0861.000.121

.494

.359

.1394.86.039.052.401.268.193

87, 71714

16, 156

4,656839,937

1,6381,877.268

3,1871,7726,944

1,851702

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

January

1,121

521

3865616

601

.697.091.998.121

.494

.359

.1394.85.039.052.402.268.194

94, 47654

34, 426

4,622914, 576

3,5712,896.294

3,4801,9328,751

792694

15, 392

6,3121,5554, 757

1,1061,5452,633

4785, 762

2,212

78214596888

44750231

1,026

10, 74110, 10862, 659

170, 497254, 005

3 Quart

1930

Decem-ber

713

284

2213914

429

.756

.096

.999

.121

.496

.359

.1404.86.039.052.403.268.194

109, 90736

32, 778

4,583908, 492

3,4722,660.326

3,7132,0438,481

960179

3 1163 103 30

3 93 430

3163226

368

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

ti ending

Novem-ber

579

277

2123912

302

.7810

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394.86.039.052.402.268.194

113, 4305,008

40, 159

4,553884, 735

4,1022,652.359

3,7381,4128,712

956216

15,217

6,2701,5614,709

1,1011,5262,640

4695,736

2,127

59208593861

28741253

1,022

7,0947,269

58, 108154,473226, 944

in month

October

763

320

2504411

443

.7810

1.001.121

.496

.360

.1394,86.039.052.403.269.194

152,6489,266

35, 635

4,520926, 561

4,4243,270.358

3,8162,2918,889

649217

15, 120

6,2441,5624,682

1,0951,5212,638

4655,719

2,098

52244620915

35847261

1,143

6,9177,944

55, 851165,954236, 666

indicates

Septem-ber

524

228

184307

296

.818

.1011.001.121

.494

.360

.1404.86.039.052.403.269.194

125. 871li, 13313, 680

4,503903, 176

3,9033,461.363

3,7803,4869,154

813341

2204

» 29237

3 8

3 24

a 353 283

3 65

15, 024

6,2231,5634,660

1,0891,4882,622

4495,648

2,062

138210545894

46722229996

5,0167,220

59, 859147, 907220, 002

August

-505

-'278

-M90238

227

.825

.1001.001.121

.494

.360It i.1404.87.039. 052.403. 269.194

112,39539, 33219, 714

4,496921, 081

4.5443, 492t.352

f .3,8352,6857,755

1.1677410

14, 926

6,2131,5714,642

1,0851,4732,621

4375, 616

2,041

73234622929

39805245

1,088

o, 7976,508

58, 961170,847240, 97f.




oo


FINANCE— Continued

Life Insurance — Continued

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 1925-26..Mountain rel. to 1925-26 .New England rel. to 1925-26..Pacific . rel. to 1925-26..South Atlantic rel. to 1925-26..West North Central.. .rel. to 1925-26..West South Central.. _rel. to 1925-26..

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 Stages money in cir-

culation mills, of dolls .

Stockholders

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:Domestic number..Foreign number-

Pennsylvania R. R. Co.:Domestic number..Foreign .number. .

U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):Domestic number. -Foreign _ 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% bondPublic utility p. ct. of par, 4% bond_.Second-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond_.

Bond prices, 1st of following month:50 domestic bonds _p. ct. of par..40 representative issues .p. ct. of par..5 Liberty bonds p. ct. of par..

Bond yields:Industrial (15) per cent..Liberty and Treasury bonds per cent..Municipal (15). _. . percentMunicipal bond yield (20) per cent..Railroads (15).. . . percentU. S. Treasury notes and certificates,

3-6 mos . per centUtilities (15) percentTotal, 60 high grade per cent

Long-term real-estate bonds issued:Grand total thous. of dollsInterest rates per centKind of structure-

Apartments thous. of dollsHotels thous. of dollsOffice and commercial.thous. of dolls..

Purpose of issue —Acquisitions and im-

provements ...thous. of dolls__Finance construction_.thous. of dolls..Real-estate mortgage._thous. of dolls..

STOCKS

Stock prices, average daily closing:25 industrials, average____dolls. pershare..25 industrials, average rel. to 1923-25..25 railroads, average dolls, per share..25 railroads, average rel to 1923-25103 stocks, average dolls, per share-

August

35, 738589, 497

242, 92060, 60769, 047

84, 197

132, 726

38, 240

323, 838

16, 864122, 141

4,947

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. 2357.8782.7

32.48

July

39, 977634, 902

267, 37863, 11273, 714

91, 959

138, 739

34,480

330, 661

16, 802131, 706

4,836

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. 83164.964.8892.8

33.35

June

46, 227734, 614

321, 40370, 22684, 055

100, 752

158, 178

'1118 123»117«1278 958 1058 1033 1008 107* 110

28, 986

375, 153

16, 801512, 894

4, 750

3595,3228 6, 735

3240,73433,291

3153,718» 2, 520•14.37

79.0797.7364.3682.7678.51

100.2583.84

106. 30

5.253.303.768.844.32

.554.464.45

3,4255.69

00

2,700

01,000

426

198. 56158.668.0997.4

35.81

1931

May

41,314724, 206

313, 03868, 66381, 955

98, 861

161, 689

27, 463

285, 892

16, 527124, 405

4,679

80.4897.6866.7080.9182.54

99.8981.01

106. 84

5.243.313.753.744.27

.884.444.43

9,4855.43

0265

8,650

2650

9,220

193.75154.866.8994.2

31.39

April

45, 648754, 002

327, 07770, 94382, 930

102, 396

170, 657

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

March

46, 945770, 440

343, 74573, 57977, 628

101, 945

173, 543

31138 11681283 12831083 114398

a 1098 1088 119

31,807

720, 236

16, 583433, 301

4,590

3574,905* 6, 383

3235,30633,272

3 147, 4403 2, 451315.68

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

Febru-ary

40, 180647, 140

289, 75760, 09464, 009

86, 439

146, 841

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

3,5605.36

00

2,000

01,6001,090

235.29188.082.03131.644.00

January

41, 188628, 607

280, 06661, 58965, 329

82, 754

138, 869

28,808

413, 796

16, 163125, 605

4,695

81.9896.5970.9878.1486.54

99.5784.66

104. 23

4.993.333.824.054.25

1.244.564.43

4,5206.81

01,2501,2CO

1,2502,850

0

214. 18171.190.38129.240. fift

1930

Decem-ber

49, 874795, 642

324, 63586,29191, 922

117, 117

175, 677

3127313931393 143U258 1413 1143 121«1128 124

30, 764

364, 540

16,026717, 092

4, 823

3 560, 4243 6, 184

3233,4143 3, 190

3 143, 221a 2, 345s 16. 20

78. 9692.8968.6175.5482.78

99.5481.53

105. 53

5.123.344.054.124.41

1.484.614.55

29,8775.76

0340

28,972

850530

27,945

212. 34169.682.00117.2HS ftQ

Novem-ber

46, 868653, 131

279, 65165,01172, 189

90, 178

146, 102

36, 3G5

244, 651

16, 185120, 362

2, 528

81.1094.6370.6377.3285.85

99.6884.05

106. 41

4.973.324.004.064.32

1.404.574.46

9,9665.74

1100

9,300

01,5955,120

227.60181.890.23129.042 12

October

46, 019685, 755

285, 59471, 96177, 196

97, 300

153, 704

39, 319

375, 244

16, 180147, 813

4, 501

82.4995.8571.6378.9287.49

100. 0886.08

106. 06

4.893.343.943.994.25

1.744.534.41

6,6355.61

1750

3,050

2,0001,2101,976

240. 49191.197.30139.143 44

Septem-ber

39, 643603, 102

238, 90968, 52069, 724

89, 779

136, 170

8 120«133

123138117125113114105112

36, 655

308, 221

16, 081602, 811

4,492

3 540, 8263 5 866

3212,3113 3 096

3 132, 479s 3, 0263 18. 60

84.2695.8376.1379.4988.32

100. 9688.25

105. 84

4.853.373.973.974.25

1.844.554.41

13, 8905.89

0600

2,300

10.5001,475

165

282.92226.0

110. 16157.547 40

August

37, 061685, 864

275, 22877, 45080, 858

99, 276

153, 052

32, 083

224,117

16, 188127, 388

4, 470

82. 9394. 2576. 33-76.8286.94

100. 4190. 99

105. 23

4.873.383.974.014.29

i.sa4.594.43

1,9385.46

0675250

0300

1, 388

282. 81225.9

110. 38157.8to 09

•Quarter ending in month indicated.


56 SUKVEY OF CUKRENT BUSINESS


October, 1931


FINANCE-Continued

Stocks and Bonds— Continued

STOCKS— Continued

Stock prices, average weekly closing:All industrials (404) rel. to 1926..All railroads (33) rel. to 1926..All utilities (34) rel. to 1926..Industrials, rails and utilities

(337) rel to 1926Agricultural implements (4).. rel. to 1926..Airplanes (10) rel. to 1926..Automobiles and trucks (13). .rel. to 1926. .Automobile tires and rubber

goods (7) rel. to 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 1926Railroad equipment (9) rel. to 1926..Rayon (5) rel to 1926Steel 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)Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Ex-

change thous. of shares -Stock yields:

Preferred high-grade industrial(20) per cent..

Total common (90) percent..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 dollsDominian and provincial

thous of dollsMunicioal thous. of dolls -Railways thous. of dolls..

Bond sales (U. S.):Corporation-

Total ... thous of dollsClass of industry-

Industrial thous of dollsLand and build-

ings thous. of dolls .Oil thous of dollsPublic utilities thous. of dolls..Railroads thous. of dollsShipping and mis-

cellaneous thous. of dollsPurpose of issue-

New capical _ thous. of dollsRefunding thous of dolls

Type of security —Bonds and notes thous. of dolls..Stocks _ thous. of dolls

Bond sales on N. Y. Stock Exchange:Miscellaneous thous. of dolls _Liberty — Treasury . thous. of dollsTotal thous. of dolls-

Foreign governments thous of dollsForeign loans in the United

States thous. of dollsStates and municipalities:

Permanent loans thous. of dollsTemporary loans thous. of dolls -

1931

August

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

59.8

24, 890

5.805.745.944.368.15

1,923400

01,523

0

51, 997

9,197

2,650400

27, 45612, 295

0

46, 1975,800

39, 83512, 162

191, 0358, 675

199, 7100

0

75, 10190, 521

July

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

33, 540

5.775.665.894.337.54

7,133683

5,0001,450

0

155, 934

15, 439

1,6510

136,8000

2,044

115, 07040, 864

153, 8142,120

219, 6158,284

227, 8990

2,500

2 92, 070» 45, 602

June

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. g

133.5

63.2

58, 719

5.855.966.264.477.76

62, 2405,085

33, 65013, 505

0

252, 918

6,350

3,8135,000

220, 41616, 113

1,226

131, 343121, 575

247, 0345,884

252, 53515, 167

267, 7520

38, 800

2120,041* 30, 892

May

98.076.8

156.4

89.4140.3202.3110.0

46.488.866.7

117.7

88.7

63.257.148.672.147.4

44.3

137.3

60.8

46, 661

5.715.956.234.427.91

666, 8409,660

650, 1417, 039

0

250, 590

4,850

10, 4152,000

210, 02522,500

800

169, 36081, 230

190, 06560, 525

221, 25614,431

235, 6870

* 69, 184

2 169, 022* 24, 785

April

109.287.3

169.8

100.3150.5227.6117.4

58.086.279.4

127.1

109.4

74.167.552.686.152.2

61.3

144.3

61.9

54,335

5.595.435.694.047.Ls

57, 9943,975

25,76428, 254

0

456, 678

96, 932

7,5774,940

305, 6616,000

35, 568

267, 471189, 207

354, 969101, 709

215, 66112, 127

227, 7880

* 44, 303

111,395196, 598

March

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

65, 494

5.544.955.173.606.75

44, 95817,054

8,05718, 0971,750

401, 229

82,400

3,7652, 053

101, 393200, 018

11, 600

269, 030132, 199

391, 7589,471

238, 2988, 723

247, 0210

13, 791

279, 32764, 975

Febru-ary

119.8104.7177.9

110.3174.0237.3120.4

54.486.490.8

133.2

125.8

90.777.452.2

101.255.3

80.2

137.4

66.3

64,145

5.615.125.353.896.29

39, 83419,300

8,00012, 534

0

88, 226

2,925

6,4050

64, 26612, 000

2,630

74, 25113, 975

61, 46026, 766

174, 53519,911

194, 4460

8,707

119, 589250, 436

January

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

52, 543

5.655.505.734.266.56

109. 8642,685

35, 4441,735

70,000

580, 706

69, 173

8,0211,500

324, 108175, 004

2,900

399, 848180, 858

535, 40445, 302

247. 30816, 809

264, 1170

95, 657

49, 97769, 697

1930

Decem-ber

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

58,764

5.775.625.794.377.05

46, 83912, 355

7,7142,520

24, 250

187, 644

21, 889

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

116.7102.1167.4

108.5195.8214.9101.2

56.081.790.8

126.4

120.3

96.976.867.999.554.9

77.7

129.2

67.9

51, 946

5.625.435.694.106.46

69, 5637,000

60, 0002,563

0

141, 855

10, 562

15, 3654,250

89, 7387,600

14, 340

137, 6224,233

123, 41718, 438

182, 9066,640

189, 5469,500

5,662

93, 98280, 422

October

127.6110.9187.0

117.8211.7269.6108.0

52.588.192.6

133.5

134.4

106.482.064.6

115.458.2

87.8

136.8

72.3

65, 497

5.525.055.393.645.98

156, 87333, 690

112,40410, 779

0

213, 795

44, 605

8,74035, 750

104, 6425,000

15, 058

151, 14862, 647

183, 65930, 136

264, 3577,773

272, 1300

103, 545

158, 38081, 222

Septem-ber

148.8122.6216.4

139.3265.3391.1132.5

65.595.6

114.4149.8

154.1

125.495.671.4

138.167.2

112.4

152.6

74.6

53,545

5.484.334.603.045.45

31, 6587,150

15, 1509,358

0

346, 887

10, 273

15, 6150

172, 24376, 254

72, 501

284, 57062, 317

285, 11261, 775

221, 3279,631

230, 95852,900

59, 650

79, 57876, 501

August

147.6121.2212.7

138.7268.5400.9134. 1

72.090.1

121.3147.2

152.3

129.793.465.8

138.466.0

106.1

149.2

72.7

39, 870

5.534.424.693.125.50

48, 76034, 695

12, 1501,915

0

189, 866

84, 714

3,1010

48, 07141,516

9,363

121,5166, , 350

132, 19356, 673

167, 5844,951

172, 5352,680

19, 680

98, 51426, 406

1 Revised*

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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 at 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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