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SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
APRIL, 1924
No. 32
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D. B. CARSON, Commissioner.
Chief functions.
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GEORGE UULER, Supervising Inspector General.
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BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
APRIL
1924
CONTENTS
Page.
Summary for February
.__ 1
Business indicators (diagrams and tables)
2, 3
Comparison of wholesale prices (diagram and table)
4r 5
Wholesale and retail food prices (diagram)
6
Course of business in February
7
Cotton stocks in northern and southern mills and warehouses (diagram)
10
Pig iron production and unfilled steel orders (diagram) . „ 12
Employment in selected industries (diagrams)
, 21
Wholesale prices, bank clearings, and pig-iron production
since 1840 (diagram)
25
Commodity stocks—a study in seasonal movements
27
March data
_- 29
Indexes of business (production, prices, sales, etc.)
31
Trend of business movements:
Textiles
35
Metals
37
Fuel and power
.- 38
Automobiles and rubber
39
Hides and leather
39
Paper and printing40
Buttons
__40
„
41
41
43
44
46
46, 47
47
47
48
50
51
52
55
56
— 57, 59
60
61
61
62
64
SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY
(See note at bottom of opposite cover page)
Industrial activity in, general showed little change
from the previous month but was on a higher level
than a year ago. The principal indicators of the iron
and steel industry registered increased productivity in
February over both the preceding month and February, 1923, while the production of such basic commodities as bituminous coal, petroleum, copper, and zinc,
although below January, was larger than a year ago.
Tin consumption was larger in February than either
the previous month or February, 1923, while mill consumption of cotton, wool, and silk was lower in February than in either of these comparative periods. The
output of automobiles, both passenger and truck, increased in February over January and a year ago, while
new lettings for building construction declined in
February but were well above a year ago. Unfilled
steel orders continued to accumulate, while the index
of unfilled orders for basic commodities, based on
1920 as 100, increased to 63.4 on February 29 from
62.9 on January 31 and may be compared with 93.2
for a year ago
Retail sales of 10-cent chain store systems increased ]
in
February, while sales by mail-order houses and |
93345-24
1
Trend of business movements—Continued.
Glass and optical goods
Building and construction
Chemicals, naval stores, and oils
.
Foodstuffs.
._Tobacco
i
Transportation and public utilities
Employment
Distribution movement
Public finance and banking and finance
Foreign exchange and trade..
Trade and industry of foreign countries
Detailed tables:
Automobiles
.
Machine tools
Life insurance sales by districts. _ _
Business failures and bank failures
Sugar
Steel ingots
Hosiery
World production of principal crops
Sources of data
department stores declined, each, however, recording
larger sales than a year ago. Wholesale trade in
general declined in February but was larger than a
year ago. Check transactions throughout the country
declined in February from the previous month but
were larger than a year ago, while interest rates
softened in February.
Wholesale prices at 152 for February may be compared with 151 for January and 157 a year ago, while
the cost of living index in February at 64 per cent
above July, 1914, compares with 65 per cent in January and 58 per cent a year ago. Employment in
1,428 representative factories showed no change from
the previous month while business failures declined in
February. Prices of industrial stocks averaged lower
in February, while railroad stocks registered a slight
increase over January.
Weekly car loadings in February averaged 908,404
cars, as against 858,863 in January and 848,269 a year
ago, while the net available daily surplus of freight
cars averaged 130,282 cars for the last week of February, compared with 164,438 cars for the same period in
January and a net shortage of 64,814 cars a year ago.
BUSINESS INDICATORS
(1013 montniy average-100. See explanation on inside front cover. Except for "net freight ton-miles " latest month plotted is February, 1924)
PIG-IRON PRODUCTION
J92O
1921
1922
BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION
1923
1924
<oo
I92Q
,
lfl21
IS22
1923
COTTON CONSUMPTION
1924
^
J9ZO
1921
1922
1923 |924
I] =»
1
1
!
1
NET FREIGHT TON-MILES
1920
1921.
1922
EXPORTS (VALUES)
1923
1920
1921
' 1922
BANK CLEARINGS OUTSIDE NEW
YORK CITY (VALUES)
1923
1924
400
1920
1921
1922
300
£.00
2 80
i
111
O 40
i
I
i
I
DEFAULTED UABIUTIES (VALUES)
J92»
1922
1923
WHOLESALE PRICES
1924
J92O_
1921
1922
PRICE OP 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
1923
1924
1920
1921
1922
IS23
1924
BUSINESS INDICATORS
The following table gives comparative index numbers for a selected list of important business movements. It is believed
that this table will prove useful, because it separates out from the large mass of material a comparatively small number of items
which are often regarded as indicative of business in general.
The table has been divided into two parts, the first containing those items for which index numbers can be calculated, using
1913 as a base. The second part contains items for which comparable data back to 1913 are not available. This latter group of
index numbers is calculated by letting the 1919 monthly average equal 100. Care should therefore be exercised in comparing the
absolute value of the two sets of data. In either group, however, the upward or downward trend of the index numbers, compared
to previous months, does reflect the present tendency in each item and will give a basis for business judgment.
MONTHLY AVERAGE
1923
COMMODITY
1920
1921 1922 1923
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Juno
Jujy
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov. Doc.
1913 monthly average—100
Production:
Pig iron •
Steel ingots
Copper
„
Cement (shipments)
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
Electrical energy (gross revenue sales)
...
Crude petroleum
Cotton (consumption)
Beef
_
Pork......
Unfilled orders:
U. S. Steel Corporation
Stocks:
Crude petroleum*—
Cotton (total) •
Prices:
Wholesale index, all commodities (Dept. Labor).-.
Retail food (Dept. Labor)...
Retail coal, bitum.—TJ. S.
average (Dept. Labor)
Farm crops (Dept Agr) *. .
Farm livestock (Dept. Agr.)
Business finances:
Defaulted liabilities
Price 25 industrial stocks • „
Price 25 railroad stocks •
Hanking:
Clearings, N. Y. City....
Clearings, outside N. Y. City
Commercial paper int. rate..
Distribution J
Imports (value)
Exports (value)
Sales, mail-order houses
Transportation:
Freight, net ton-miles
119
135
99
108
97
116
54
64
39
107
99
87
87
114
81
131
68
85
130
143
121
153
104
114
126
151
110
76
114
126
117
137
101
82
102
106
138
160
119
140
117
117
139
156
116
175
106
107
151
166
123
193
112
116
143
149
123
180
114
114
144
139
124
186
109
113
134
146
129
203
116
123
122
131
122
185
38
116
123
141
129
193
114
123
113
123
125
139
102
103
114
113
127
87
105
101
113
143
131
70
104
127
120
150
126
80
100
115
283
178
105
121
111
312
189
97
109
116
349
224
109
121
129
407
292
117
125
159
411
251
131
125
188
432
232
122
107
156
402
273
134
117
177
401
283
124
119
153
394
299
133
129
153
381
301
116
122
156
381
315
99
119
146
375
318
106
133
134
370
312
104
129
115
398
323
116
151
148
420
313
114
135
182
452
284
99
120
203
466
273
124
133
203
485
260
109
111
175
170
90
102
117
123
125
123
118
103
100
92
85
79
74
75
81
83
127
155
152
198
234
153
285
125
256
177
256
156
259
143
264
125
271
104
281
290
66
296
64
302
95
310
149
318
169
321
167
321
149
322
132
226
203
147
153
149
142
154
146
156
144
157
142
159
142
159
143
156
143
153
144
151
147
150
146
154
149
153
150
152
151
151
150
151
149
152
147
207
238
168
197
109
107
188
113
111
190
136
103
206
126
108
205
130
107
203
134
106
192
139
107
186
140
105
185
139
100
185
136
102
183
136
102
184
138
109
186
139
103
185
137
97
183
137
94
180
140
97
180
141
03
108
184
67
230
136
64
227
169
75
198
170
72
217
190
74
179
198
79
213
199
78
227
195
76
181
186
73
126
132
73
157
176
151
177
68
126
177
349
175
69
221
181
70
227
187
70
230
193
73
158
192
73
257
275
127
205
212
113
230
231
76
226
265
86
251'
289
80
213
230
80
25U
271
87
223
261
244
271
237
267
211
256
86
187
242
191
242
225
285
89
229
263
83
247
277
86
2G2
281
84
230
256
S3
294
331
264
140
181
188
177
154
.204
211
201
259
220
162
243
203
148
232
266
165
290
244
157
272
249
153
260
214
155
221
192
146
199
134
150
193
170
184
231
206
194
335
195
193
306
193
206
318
198
191
271
221
177
270
137
105
114
139
138
119
143
140
145
139
141
148
144.
154
140
122
126
i 135
70
1919 monthly average»100
Production:
Lumber *
„
100
BIdg. contracts (floor space) .
72
Stocks:
Beef
66
Pork
_
98
Business finances:
Bond prices index (40 issues).
86
Banking;
Debits to individual accounts, outside N. Y. City. 114
Fed. Res., bills discounted-. 132
Fed. Res., total reserves
97
Fed. Res. ratio
87
131
139
130
138
135
129
136
126
90
138
85
131
83
137
116
132
111
107
102
113
107
125
103
42
92
33
111
27
103
24
112
19
HO
19
95
20
74
27
101
39
67
45
82
43
93
41
103
107
106
104
103
104
104
103
104
103
102
103
103
105
101
112
31
147
153
96
31
146
152
112
36
145
150
107
33
145
153
116
111
40
146
153
104
99
42
146
154
45
145
152
113
46
146
152
106
41
146
152
116
44
143
146
111
27
149
162
100
27
147
161
85
114
102
126
106
109
83
42
83
29
70
91
48
81
87
107
104
91
91
122
122
97
28
144
154
107
39
146
152
146
152
146
156
• Monthly statistics on the movements since January, 1913, or as far back as available, am given on pages 47-49 of the December, 1922, Survey (No. 16).
^ o S ^ S « m M p ^ S ^ p S S f ^ 5 associations Includes southern pine, Douglas
fir,
^^.f^^^J^^J
?J? soft woods. The total production of these associations in 1919 was equal to 11,190,000,000 board feet, compared with a total lumber produ
",^2,000,000 board feet reported by the census.
COMPARISON OF PRESENT WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR
(Relative prices 1913=100)
INDEX NUMBERS
300
400
FARM PRODUCTS. AVERAGE PRICE TO PRODUCER
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
CATTLE. BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT.. WINTER
CORN. NO.2.
OATS
BARLEY
RYE. NO.2
TOBACCO. BURLEY
COTTON
WOOL '4 GREASE (BOSTON)
CATTLE
STEERS
HOGS. HEAVY
SHEEP, EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR. SPRING
FLOUR, WINTER
SUGAR, RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
BEEF. CARCASS
CEEF,STEER ROUNDS
HAMS. SMOKED (CHICAGO)
COTTON YARN
COTTON. PRINT CLOTH
COTTON. SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES. PACKERS
HIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER, CHROME (BOSTON)
i^ATHER. SOLE OAK
BOOTS AND SHOES (BOSTON*
BOOTS AND SHOES (ST. LOUIS)
-COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BASIC
STEEL BILLETS. BESSEMER
COPPER
LEAD
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN1
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON (NEW* YORK)
CEMENT
STEEL BEAMS
RUBBER. CRUDE
•SULPHURIC
ACID
600
700
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS-MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS
M SMSK 3
December,
COMMODITIES
Date and maximum
relative price
1923
January,
1934
February,
1924
Relative price
(1913 average-100)
Farm products—Average price to producers!
Wheat
,
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cottonseed.
Cattle, beefHogs
Lambs
:...
_
Farm products—Market price:
Wheat, No. 1, northern, spring (Chicago)
Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (Chicago)
_
Corn, contract grades, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago)
.-.
._
Barley, fair to good, malting (Chicago)
_
_
.
Rye, No. 2, cash (Chicago) fc
Tobacco, burley, good leaf, dark red (Louisville)
Cotton, middling upland (New York)
Wool, i blood combing, Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston)
Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago)
_
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
_
_
.'.
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
_
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
Food:
Flour, standard patents (Minneapolis)
.!
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City)
_
_
_
Sugar, 9fi° centrifugal (New York)
--Sugar, granulated, in barrels (New York)
_
Cottonseed oil, prime summer yellow (New York)
_.
Beef, fresh carcass good native steers (Chicago)
Beef, fresh steer rounds N o . 2 (Chicago)
—
Pork, amoked hams (Chicago)
Clothing:
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)
Cotton, print cloth, 27 inches, 64 x 60-7.60 yards to pound (Boston)
_
Cotton, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L. (New York)
_
Worsted yarns, 2/32's crossbred stock, white, In skein (Boston)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, double warp, 60 inches (New York)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce Middlesex (New York)
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansai No. 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers (Chicago)
_
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
_.
Leather, chrome calf, dull or b r i g h t " B " grades (Boston)-.,
..--.
Leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy (Boston)
'.
—_.-i
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
_
Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
Fuels:
Coal, bituminous, Pittsburgh, mine run—Kanawha (Cincinnati)
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York tidewater)
..._„._.
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace—at ovens
_
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—at wells
_
Metals:
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig Iron, basic, valley furnace•
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
...__
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
_
Lead, pig, desilvered, for early delivery (New York)
_
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
_
_
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery (New York)
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Building m a t e r i a l s a n d m i s c e l l a n e o u s :
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring, 1 x 4 , " B " and better (Hattlesburg district).
Lumber, Douglas fir, No 1, common, s 1 s, 1 x S x 10 (State of Washington)
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b plant (Chicago district)
Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
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Rubber, Para Island, fine (New York)
Sulphuric acid, 66° (New York)
->"-
June,
July,
June,
July,
May,
May,
July,
Apr.,
Per cent
Increase
(+) or decrease (—)
In February
from
January
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1919
1919
1920
326
300
706
312
321
183
256
239
119
117
137
268
209
89
85
166
122
119
145
271
204
91
88
167
124
124
148
262
199
93
87
173
May, 1920
May, 1920
Sept., 1917
June, 1920
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1919
Apr., 1920
Apr., 1918
Mar., 1919
July, 1919
Apr., 1918
Feb., 1920
354
302
331
296
325
451
352
331
308
218
266
319
263
122
110
117
120
110
110
212
280
204
115
84
137
160
124
112
121
126
113
114
212
271
208
111
86
1S3
171
129
114
128
131
118
113
212
250
216
114
85
180
187
May, 1920
May, 1917
May, 1920
May, 1920
July, 1919
Sept., 1920
July, 1920
July, 1919
328
363
598
526
374
201
211
231
133
133
209
207
151
132
103
123
135
137
192
196
152
131
106
116
138
139
207
204
139
131
111
211
205
204
219
184
239
163
98
201
153
-6.4
+10,3
+15.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
rn
+1.6
+4.2
+2L1
-3.3
+2.2
+3.6
+4.0
+1.8
+5.8
+4.0
+4.4
-0.9
0.0
-7.7
+3.8
-1.2
+17.6
+9.4
+2.2
+1.5
+7.8
+4.1
-&6
0.0
+4.7
-4.3
-5.4
-8.1
-7.3
0.0
May, 1920
Apr., 1920
May, 1920
Jan., 1920
Oct., 1918
July, 1920
Jan., 1920
Aug., 1919
Aug., 1919
Nov., 1919
AUg, 1919
Mar., 1920
Aug., 1919
348
47S
427
289
292
291
466
283
490
473
230
308
292
228
236
217
212
184
239
213
74
80
163
95
201
153
223
223
220
219
184
239
202
78
83
163
98
201
153
Sept.,
Oct.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
1922
1921
1920
1920
336
201
637
375
154
216
164
109
166
216
165
133
166
216
172
162
0.0
0,0
+4.2
+21.8
July,
Sept.,
July,
Mar.,
June,
May,
June,
1917
1920
1917
1917
1917
1918
1915
346
330
388
230
261
224
386
148
143
155
82
173
105
113
151
144
155
80
188
108
116
155
150
155
81
203
118
+2.6
+4.2
Feb., 1920
Jan., 1920
Feb., 1920
Sept., 1920
June, 1917
Jan., 1913
Feb., 1916
455
407
3S1
105
331
124
250
183
190
290
163
166
25
75
192
212
305
170
166
25
75
123
193
212
305
173
166
24
73
+G.0
+0.5
ao
ao
ao
+1.2
+&0
+9.3
ao
0.0
+L8
0.0
-4.0
-2.7
COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOOD PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
WITH INDEX OF ALL COMMODITIES AT WHOLESALE
(U. S. Department of Labor index numbers. Relative prices 1913-100)
1916
1917
J M M J S N J M M J 8
1918
N
J
M
M
J
1919
N
J
M
M
J
S
1920
N
J
M
M
J
8
1921
N
J
M
M
J
S
. 1922
N
J
M
M
J
1923
S
N
J
M
M
J
1924
S
N
J
M
M
BUSINESS SUMMARY
(Index numbers based on the 1919 monthly average as 100-^except unfilled orders which are based on the 1920 average—enable comparisons to be made of thefrelative con*
dition of the several phases of business. The use of index numbers is more fully explained on the inside front cover, and details of this summary aro given in the
table entitled "Indexes of Business/' beginning on p. 31.)
*
1923
January
February
1924
|| November | December
January
February
PRODUCTION:
Manufacturing (65 commodities)
Raw materials, total.l
Minerals
'_.:__
Animal products
Crops
Forestry
Electric power
Building construction (contracts awarded),
115
116
124
113
115
107
147
83
108
88
110
95
73
96
133
89
U12
141
136
123
158
119
149
111
104
129
125
129
133
103
153
102
108
128
119
39
108
160
107
117
100
128
105
87
115
150
103
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES
UNFILLED ORDERS (relative to 1920)
SALES (based on value):
126
85
130
93
132
53
136
58
132
63
140
63
Mail-order houses (4)^__
Ten-cent chains (5 chains)
Wholesale trade
Department stores (333 stores)
89
116
77
101
84
118
74
90
122
177
84
142
118
331
72
203
99
126
78
109
96
141
76
101
76
77
92
95
76
76
92
98
74
81
96
99
73
81
96
9S
73
80
96
99
74
79
95
99
114
106
-28
106
—39
116
122
92
101
103
189
104
107
100
109
113
79
.
PRICES (recomputed to 1919 base):
Wholesale, all commodities
Retail food
COST OF LIVING (recomputed to 1919 base)
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT (recomputed to 1919 base)TRANSPORTATION :
Net freight ton-mile operation
Average weekly carloadings
Net available car surplus (end of month) _
1
Partly estimated.
COURSE OF BUSINESS IN FEBRUARY
metals, other than iron and steel, at 167 against 166
and 134; and tobacco at 97 against 111 and 94.
The output of minerals in February as measured by
the combined index on 1919 as a base stood at 121 as
compared with 128 in January and 110 a year ago.
Except for the output of silver, which increased over
the previous month, the production of all products of
PRODUCTION
the mine for which comparable data are available
February production, after due allowance for the registered decreases from January, while with the
short month, was in general on about the same level as exception of gold and anthracite coal the increased
in the previous month but registered increased activity output of minerals over a year ago was general.
Marketings of animal products declined seasonally
over a year ago. The output of manufactures in
in
February,
the combined index for that month, based
February as seen from the revised index of manufacon
1919
as
100,
being 105 as compared with 119 in
turing production stood at 117, based on 1919 as 100,
January
and
95
a year ago. Increases over a year
and may be compared with 114 for January and 108
ago
were
registered
in the marketings of all classes of
a year ago.
animal
products
except
wool and eggs. Crop marketFebruary production, by major groups, shows foodings
on
the
same
base
were
computed at 121 for Febstuffs at 105 against 111 in January and 92 a year
ruary
as
against
94
in
the
previous
month and 104 a
ago; textiles at 106 against 117 and 119; iron and
year
ago.
Increased
marketings
over
both the presteel at 128 against 124 and 121; lumber at 131
vious
month
and
a
year
ago
were
registered
in corn,
against 124 and 112; leather and its products at 84
oats,
and
barley,
while
February
marketings
of rice
against 87 and 97; paper and printing at 102 against
112 and 100; chemicals at 135 against 144 and 124; were larger than a year ago and smaller marketings
stone, clay, and glass at 104 against 101 and 96; were recorded in rye.
The following pages contain a review, by principal
industries, of the more important statistics shown in
the table on "Trend of Business Movements" (p. 35).
Summaries of production, stocks, sales, and price
changes are also shown, taken from the data in tables
of "Indexes of Business" (p. 31).
STOCKS
BUSINESS
INDICATOIIS—COMPARISON OF FEBHUARY
FEBRUARY, 1923
INDEX NUMBERS
WITH
The course of commodity stocks as seen from the
weighted index of 45 commodities on a 1919 base
trended upward in February, the index at the end of
February being 140 as compared with 132 at the end
of January and 130 a year ago. The following group
comparisons for these comparative periods may be
noted: Raw foodstuffs at 186 for the end of February
against 149 for January 31 and 201 a year ago; raw
materials for manufacture at 119 against 134 and 107;
manufactured foodstuffs at 77 against 76 and 75; and
manufactured commodities at 156 against 156 and 122.
On page 28 is given the results of a special study,
by major groups, showing the trend of commodity
stocks after due allowance for seasonal conditions have
been made.
PRODUCTION
PIQ IRON
•TEEL-INQOTS
LOCOMOTIVES
ZINC
COPPER
ANTHRACITE COAL
BITUMINOUS COAL
C*UD£ PETROLEUM
COTTON 1 CONSUMPTION)
STEEL CORP. (UNFILLED 01
PRICES
WHOLESALE INDEX,
ALL COMMODITIES ( OCT.
SALES
PETAIL fOOD i tt*% LABC*)
FARM CHOPS < MPt AON i cut.
FARM LIVE STOCK U t r r .
BANKING AND FINANCE
D t FAULTED
LIABILITIES
F>R)CE »
INDO»TRfAL
*>RIC« 38
RAILROAD
«T0CK8
STOCKS
DANK CLEARINGS.
OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
DISTRIBUTION
(MPOHTS
< VALUE)
EXPORTS
( VALUE )
SALES,
MAIL-ORDER
SALES.
TEN -
FREIGHT.
NET
CENT
HOUSES
STCHCS
TON-MILES
1824
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FEBRUARY .
Manufacturers' sales in February were generally
less than in either the previous month or a year ago.
Increases over January, however, occurred in the sales
of structural steel and other building equipment, steel
castings, and clay fire brick, while new sales of freight
cars were greater in February than in either the previous
month or a year ago. The ind'ex of unfilled orders on
manufacturers' books, based on the 1920 average as
100, stood at 63.4 as against 62.9 for January and
93.2 a year ago.
Wholesale trade in general declined seasonally in
February, the lines not sharing in this general decline
being hardware, which remained stationary, and dry
goods, which increased. Based on the value of sales
in 1919 as 100, the general index of wholesale tradestood at 76 as against 78 for January and 74 a year ago-
* JANUARY
RELATIVE PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS IN BASIC INDUSTRIES
(Monthly average 1920=100)
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Retail trade by 10-cent chains stood at 140 for February, based on 1919 as 100, as. against 126 for January and 117 a year ago, while sales of mail-order
houses on the same base were computed at 96 for
February as compared with 99 for January and 84
a year ago. Sales of music and drug chain-store
systems were larger in February than in either the
previous month or February, 1923, while for grocery
and shoe chains increased sales over a year ago alone
were registered* in February. Sales of department
stores declined seasonally in February, but were 12 per
cent larger than a year ago.
PRICES
Prices received by producers for their crops at 41
per cent above pre-war may be compared with 40 per
cent for January and 30 per cent a year ago, while
the livestock index, based on 1913 as 100, stood at
98 for February as against 97 for January and 107 a
year ago.
Wholesale prices as compiled by the Department of
Labor, based on 1913 average prices as 100, stood at
152 for February as against 151 for January and 157
for a year ago. Prices of the metal and metal products, building materials, and fuel and lighting groupings registered increases in February, while farm products, cloths and clotHing, and chemicals declined. As
regrouped by the Federal Reserve Board this index
shows an increase in raw products, due to increased
prices for animal products, forest products, and mineral products, against which a deline in agricultural
products is shown. As between producers' goods and
consumers' goods, the former grouping registered an
increase over January and the latter a decrease.
Dun's index of wholesale prices at 58 per cent above
1913 showed no change from either the previous
month or a year ago, while Bradstreet's index at 40
per cent above pre-war may be compared with 43 per
cent in January and 51 per cent a year ago.
The Federal Reserve Board's wholesale price index
for international comparison at 163 showed no change
from the prices prevailing during the five preceding
months, while British and French prices continued to
advance, the increase in British prices over the previous month amounting to slightly more than 1 per
cent and the increase in French prices to 5 per cent.
Retail food prices as compiled by the Department
of Labor stood at 147, based on 1913 as 100, as against
149 in January and 142 a year ago. The cost-of-living
index at 64 per cent over July, 1914, may be compared with 65 per cent for January and 58 per cent
for February, 1923.
TEXTILES
Receipts of wool at Boston declined both from the
previous month and from a year ago, being in February
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2
more than 60 per cent less than in February, 1923,
this decline being largely due to smaller foreign receipts. Consumption of wool by textile mills in February declined 6 per cent from the preceding month,
while the hourly machinery activity showed relatively
little change as respects looms but an increase in the
activity of cards, combs, and spindlos, both woolen
and worsted. Imports of wool increased 28 per cont
over January, but were 31 per cent below February,
1923. Prices of raw wool in February averaged more
than 3 per cent higher than in the previous month,
while worsted yarns and woolen goods showed no
change.
W O O L C O N S U M P T I O N AND IMPORTS
(Consumption computed to 100 per cent of industry)
100
TOTAL COTTON GINNINGS FROM EACH CHOP: 1913-1923
MILLIONS OF BALES
192
1022
102!
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1918
1917
10(6
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©rap amonntlng to 10,159,000 bales against ginmlnge
of 9,729,000 bales from fee 1922 crop. Cotton eonsimption by textile mills In Febrasuoy registered a
dtadlne of 12 per cent from January send 11 per cent
from a year £g©0 Stocks of eotton war® considerably lower at the ©lid of Febrnary than a year a^@0
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prewoiis irnontlfar but were 34 per cent above m wmt
sag®. Cotton spindle activity declined in Fobra@jry
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° ig®3 while prices of cotton and cottoa] goods a¥@rag®d
from I to 10 per ©©at low©r in Fobraary than in Jarrm
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given shows the dlstrlbntlon as between the principal
©nstosas districts from which cotton was exported dnr°
this perlodo
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PIG-IRON PRODUCTION AND UNFILLED ORDERS AT THE END OF EACH MONTH
(UNFILLED ORDERS FROM UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATIONS
1913
1914
128
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Silk deliveries to consuming establishments in February declined from both the preceding month and
February a year ago, while stocks of silk at the end
of February were 9 and 10 per cent less, respectively,
than on January 31 and at the end of the corresponding month a year ago. Imports of silk declined in
February, the decrease from the previous month
amounting to 21 per cent and from a year ago 18 per
cent. The wholesale price of raw silk at New York
averaged 7 per cent lower than in January and 22 per
cent lower than a year ago.
Imports of burlap increased in February, being N3
per cent greater than in the previous month and 21
per cent greater than a year ago. Imports of unmanufactured fibers declined in February, being 2 per cent
less than in January and 6 per cent lower than a
year ago.
IRON AND STEEL
Pig-iron production increased in February, being 2
per cent greater than the output in January and about
3 per cent greater than a year ago. Consumption of
iron ore made corresponding increases over January!
and a year ago, while stocks of ore at furnaces and
Lake Erie docks at the end of February declined 14
per cent from January and 4 per cent from a year ago.
Production, sales, and unfilled orders of merchant pig
iron declined in February from both the previous
month and a year ago, while shipments registered an
increase over those two comparative periods. The
production of castings by Ohio gray-iron foundries increased 13 per cent over January, while foundry stocks
at the end of February, registered an increase of 4
per cent over January inventories and 2 per cent over
a
year ago. February average wholesale prices of
^on, though below a year ago, increased over January
from 3 to 5 per cent.
The February production of steel ingots increased
5 per cent over January and 9 per cent over a year
ago. Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation at the end of February increased 2 per cent
over the previous month but were 33 per cent below a
year ago. The output of steel sheets by independent
drills increased over both the previous month and
February a year ago. In terms of percentage to
plant capacity the February output was equivalent to
96.5 per cent as against 87.2 in January and 89.0 a
year ago. Shipments of sheets - also increased in
February, but new sales, unfilled orders, and stocks
declined. New bookings for steel castings in Feb*u&ry, although 21 per cent less than a year ago, registered an increase of 44 per cent over the previous
^onth, this increase being, in great measure, attributable to larger bookings for railroad specialties. While
ttew bookings for fabricated structural steel increased
3
Per cent over January, wholesale prices of steel
showed practically no change from the previous
month.
The following table shows statistics of fabricated
structural steel reported to the Department of Commerce by 180 identical firms with a present capacity
of 234,505 tons per month and total statistics computed
to a capacity of 250,000 tons per month in 1922 and
260,000 tons per month in 1923 and 1924 prorated
from the percentage figures.
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL
Per
Per
Actual ton- cent of Computed cent of
catonnage
nage
capacity
pacity
TEAR AND MONTH
Computed
tonnage
192*2
April.,
May..
June
July
August
September.
October
November..
December..
January...
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
NovemberDecember..
1928
1924
January...
February..
201,800
185,847
169,991
158,828
157,559
147,604
133,737
113,135
139, 547
87
80
73
68
6864
58
49
60
217,500
200,000
182,500
170,000
170,000
160,000
145,000
122,500
150,000
174,100
185,763
221,342
187,271
132,873
119,086
118,386
135,914
122,401
1
113,536
U26,482
1
188,762
73
78
93
79
56
50
50
57
52
53
79
189,800
202,800
241,800
205,400
145,600
130,000
130,000
148,200
135,200
124,800
137,800
205,400
205,400
179,400
171,600
71
73
184,600
189,800
166,400
156,000
• 48
•165,219
* 167,322
i Reported by 175 firms with a capacity of 238,005 tons.
Reported by 174 firms with a capacity of 237,755 tons.
* Reported by 168 firms with a capacity of 232,195 tons.
* Reported by 158 firms with a capacity of 228,155 tons.
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February locomotive shipments by principal manufacturers declined 34 per cent from the previous
month and 52 per cent from a year ago. Unfilled
locomotive orders at the end of February were 33 per
cent larger than on January 31, the number of
locomotives on order at the end of February being
499 as against 376 for January 31 and 2,220 a year ago.
New orders for freight cars increased 350 per cent
over January and 430 per cent over a year ago.
The number of mechanical stokers sold in February
increased over January, while the horsepower equivalent declined. The value of steel furniture shipments increased in February over both the previous
month and a year ago.
of fuel oil in the year 1923 by locomotives of the
principal railroads in the United States as compared
with 46,628,556 barrels in 1922.
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Copper production declined 4 per cent in February,
but was 25 per cent greater than a year ago. Exports
of copper increased 30 per cent over January and
79 per cent over February, 1923. Wholesale prices
of electrolytic copper averaged 2 per cent higher in
February, while sales of tubular plumbing goods,
although greater than a year ago, declined markedly
from JanuaryZinc production declined 12 per cent from January,
but was 4 per cent greater than a year ago, while
stocks of zinc at the end of February, although 242
per cent above a year ago, declined 9 per cent from
the previous month. Receipts of zinc at St. Louis
declined, while shipments from St. Louis increased
over the previous month. The wholesale price of
prime western zinc, in slabs, increased 4 per cent
during the month.
Stocks of tin at New York increased 17 per cent
but the world visible supply at the end of February
declined 10 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively,
from the previous month and a year ago. Consumption of tin increased 81 per cent over January,
while imports registered an increase in February,
amounting to 59 per cent over the previous month,
and the wholesale price of pig tin averaged 9 per cent
higher in February than in January.
FUELS
The output of bituminous coal declined 10 per cent
in February, while exports increased 21 per cent over
the previous month and the wholesale price of bituminous coal showed little change from January. The
production of anthracite coal declined 4 per cent in
February, while exports increased 14 per cent and the
retail price of chestnut at New York averaged 3 per
cent lower than in the previous month.
The production of petroleum declined 3 per cent in
February but was 14 per cent larger than a year ago,
while stocks continued to accumulate and the wholesale price averaged 22 per cent higher during the
month* Reports from the American Petroleum Institute indicate a consumption of 57,641,233 barrels
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AUTOMOBILES. AND TIRES
Automobile production increased in February, the
passenger-car output totaling 336,363 cars, as against
287,302 in January, and trucks 31,072, as compared
with 28,846 in January. Shipments of automobiles
in February increased correspondingly over the
previous month.
The first diagram on page 15 gives, by geographic
distribution, the percentage increase in automobile
registrations at the end of 1923 over comparative
periods. The increase of registrations at the end of
1922 over 1921 is also given. The data upon which
this chart is based were compiled by the Bureau of
Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, and include passenger cars and tracks, both
gasoline and electric. On page 15 is also given a
drawing showing the comparison of automobile registrations and concrete highway mileage at the end of
1923 by geographic divisions, and on this diagram
will be found a map of the United States showing
the geographic divisions which have been used in
each instance.
Production of pneumatic tires, tubes, and solid tires
increased in February. Except for inner tubes, tire
shipments increased, while stocks of all classes of automobile tires continued to accumulate. The'diagram
below gives the course of production, shipments,
and stocks of pneumatic tires since January, 1921.
In this drawing the excess production over current
shipments is indicated by the shaded area, while the
excess shipments over current production is indicated
by the black area.
Imports of crude rubber increased 44 per cent over
January, while the wholesale price of rubber averaged
4 per cent lower, being in February 76 per cent below
the average prices of rubber in 1913.
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TOTAL AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS AT THE E N D OF 1923P E R CENT INCREASE OVER COMPARATIVE PERIODS
PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF PNEUMATIC
TIRE:
1922 OVER 1921
1923 OVER 1922
1923 OVER 1921
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Men's
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Dress and street gloves, etc.:
Imported
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Work gloves, mittens, etc
21,408
31,457
138,990
Women's
and
children's
5,598
2,106
349
FEBRUARY
Men's
and
boy's
23,934
35,0&4
145,044
Women's
and
children's
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2,227
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HIDES AND LEATHER
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
Imports of all classes of hides and skins increased
in February, the total being, however, 41 per cent
Imports of mechanical wood pulp declined slightly
below the inward movement of February, 1923.
from January, while chemical pulp imports in FebExports of sole leather and upper leather exports
ruary increased 40 per cent over the previous month.
increased over the previous month. Wholesale prices
Total pulp imports in February aggregated 141,815
of hides and skins averaged higher in February, while
tons, as against 125,540 tons a year ago. Production
prices of leather showed no change from the pre- and shipments of newsprint paper decreased in Febceding month.
ruary but were above a year ago, while stocks of newsBoot and shoe production increased slightly in print continued to accumulate, being at the end of
February, while exports registered an increase of 32 February 31 per cent larger than a year ago. Imports
per cent and Avholesale prices of boots and shoes of newsprint paper declined 4 per cent in February
showed no change from January except for quotations but were 15 per cent larger than a year ago.
for women's* shoes at St. Louis, which declined. The
Production of paper boxes increased, being in Febfollowing table shows the number of leather gloves ruary 7 per cent larger than the output of the previous
and mittens cut in January and February as reported month and 4 per cent greater than a year ago. The
to the Department of Commerce by 235 identical operating time of paper-box manufacturers was comestablishments.
puted at 78 per cent of normal, as against 72 in Jan-
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uary and 75 a year ago, while prices of finished boxes
were about 10 per cent lower than a year ago. Sales
of abrasive paper and cloth in February increased over
both the previous month and a year ago.
Below are given comparative monthly statistics covering the awards for construction in 36 States, representing seven-eighths of the total construction of the
United States.
BUTTONS AND GLASSWARE
COXSTKUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 36 STATES *
The productive activity of manufacturers of freshwater pearl buttons increased from 38.4 per cent in
January to 43.5 per cent in February, which may be
compared with 53.4 per cent for a year ago. Stocks
of buttons continued to decline, but at the end of
February were 6 per cent greater than a year ago.
Production and new orders for illuminating glassware increased in February, but were 5 and 26 per
cent less, respectively, than a year ago, while shipments increased over both the previous month and a
year ago.
Grand total:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft.Number of projects
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Construction costs in general increased in Februar}7,
while fire losses in the United States and Canada
declined from both the previous month and February
a year ago.
Contracts awarded for building construction in 27
northeastern States called for an expenditure of
$259,264,000, as against 8261,320,000 in January and
lettings amounting to §229,938,000 a }^ear ago. Residential construction represented 50 per cent of the
February awards, as against 61 per cent in January
and 39 per cent a year ago, while the February lettings
for the construction of business buildings represented
16 per cent of the total, as compared with 13 per cent
in January and 12 per cent a year ago.
February,
1923
CHARACTER OF CONSTRUCTION
Business:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft_.
Number of projects
Industrial:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft.Number of projects
Residential:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
Educational;
Value
thousands of dollars. .
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..i
Number of projects
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thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..j
Number of projects
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Value
thousands of dollars..
Number of projects
38,893
536
i As compiled from data furnished by the F . W. Dodge Corporation.
'Includes hospitals and institutions, public buildings, social and recreational
buildings, and religious and memorial buildings.
The diagram on page 17 gives a quarterly comparison, since the beginning of 1920, of new awards for
public and semipublic construction in 27 northeastern States and new issues of long-term municipal
bonds.
VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED, BY CLASSES
1921
28,381
361
1922
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MUNICIPAL BONDS
MEW LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUES
TOTAL AWARDS FOR PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC C
(27 NORTHEASTERN STATES)
2ND. ' 3RD. • 4TH.
QUARTERS
1920
2ND. • 3RD ' 4TH.
QUARTERS
1921
BUILDING MATERIALS
Total production of 10 important species of lumber,
representing over 70 per cent of the total cut of lumber in the United States, increased in February over
both the preceding month and February, 1923. Corresponding shipments of lumber increased over January, while stocks of lumber, except for southern pine
and Michigan hardwoods and softwoods, were larger
at the end of February than a year ago. Exports of
lumber in February, although 20 per cent greater than
a year ago, registered a decline of 27 per cent from
January, while prices of lumber in general averaged
higher during the month.
Production and shipments of oak flooring declined
in February, while maple flooring shipments increased
and production declined from the previous month.
As compared with a year ago, the February production
and shipments of oak flooring were 19 and 22 per cent
greater, respectively, while the output and shipments
of maple flooring were 14 and 23 per cent lower.
Stocks of oak flooring at the end of February were 51
per cent greater than a year ago, while stocks of
maple flooring were 11 per cent less than those held
at the end of February, 1923. New orders for
both classes of flooring were considerably below a
year ago.
Production and shipments of refractory bricks in
February increased over the preceding month and a
year ago. New orders and unfilled orders for clay
fire brick also increased in February, new orders
being about 1 per cent larger than a year ago. Stocks
of clay fire brick at the end. of February were 23 per
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1922
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1923
ventory indicated a decrease in stocks from a year ago,
amounting to 9 per cent. Production and shipments of
face brick increased over both the previous month and
February, 1923, while unfilled orders for face brick
on manufacturers' books at the end of February were
21 per cent less than a year ago, and stocks continued
to accumulate. Production and shipments declined
while new orders and unfilled orders for paving brick
increased in February, the production of No. 1 and No.
2 brick being in terms of percentage to normal plant
capacity 45 per cent as against 37 in January. Wholesale prices of common brick at New York showed no
change from those prevailing in January. The production of Portland cement declined 2 per cent in February, while shipments increased 14 per cent and stocks
continued to increase, the inventory at the end of
February being 24 per cent larger than a year ago.
Wholesale prices of cement showed relatively no
change in February. New awards for concrete pavements were 14 per cent larger than the lettings in
January, but were 27 per cent smaller than the awards
in February, 1923.
The first diagram on page 18 shows by geographic divisions a comparison of concrete highway mileage and
automobile registrations at the end of 1923. It should
be noted that, for the purposes of this chart, concrete
highway mileage alone is given, no other hard-surfaced
highways being included.
New orders, shipments, stocks, and unfilled orders
for all classes of enamel sanitary ware increased in
February. The production of roofing felt in February increased over both the preceding month and a
year ago.
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price of oil in New York averaged 8 per cent lower
than that which prevailed in January. Consumption
of oleomargarine declined 1 per cent in February, but
was 20 per cent larger than a year ago.
Except for shipments from Duluth, which increased
over January, receipts, shipments, and stocks of flaxseed at Minneapolis and Duluth decreased in February from the previous month.
CEREALS
Receipts of wheat at the principal primary markets
increased 25 per cent in February, but were 8 per
cent below a year ago, while shipments of wheat
declined 5 per cent from January and 1 per cent
from a year ago. The visible supply of wheat in the
United States and Canada east of the Eocky Mountains at the end of February was 43 per cent greater
than at the end of the corresponding month of 1923,
while exports of wheat, including flour, declined 18
per cent from both January and a year ago. Wholesale prices of wheat at Chicago averaged higher in
February, while prices of flour likewise increased over
the previous month.
The following table shows the output of wheat flour
reported by over 1,000 mills each month, which made
about 84 per cent of the flour produced in 1921,
according to the census of manufactures.
WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCTION
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August
September
October
November
December
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44,179
44,969
60,810
43,606
37,799
7,805
9,642
9,760
10,983
9,403
8,137
633,324
772,774
796,325
908,311
783,669
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38,812
8,970
8,353
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Receipts of corn at the primary markets increased
42 per cent over January and 39 per cent over a year
ago, while shipments in February increased 8 per
cent over the previous month and 28 per cent over
February, 1923. The visible supply of corn at the
end of February was 31 per cent below a year ago,
while exports of corn and cornmeal increased 14 per
cent over January but were 60 per cent below a year
ago. Com grindings for glucose and starch manufacture increased over both the previous month and
February, 1923. The wholesale price of corn averaged 5 per cent higher than in January.
Receipts of barley, oats, and rye increased correspondingly over the previous month and a year ago,
except for rye, which declined 59 per cent from February, 1923. The visible supply of oats at the end of
February was 36 per cent less than a year ago, while
the exports of oats and barley were only about
one-half as large as a year ago. Wholesale prices of
oats and barley averaged higher in February, while the
price of rye declined. Receipts and shipments of rice
from mills declined from January but were 48 and
65 per cent larger, respectively, than a year ago.
Exports of rice declined 42 per cent in February and
were only about one-half as large as. a year ago,
while imports of rice in February registered a decline
of 29 per cent from the previous month and 20 per
cent from a year ago.
Car-lot shipments of fruits and vegetables increased in February over the corresponding month of
1923, while hay receipts at 11 principal markets increased 4 per cent over January and 51 per cent over
a year ago.
MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter of cattle declined seasonally in February but, except for shipments, were larger than a year ago. Receipts, shipments, and slaughter of hogs also declined seasonally
but were considerably above their respective movements in February, 1923. Receipts and slaughter of
sheep also increased over February, 1923, but shipments from primary markets in February were less
than a year ago.
Exports of beef products increased 18 per cent over
the previous month and 2 per cent over a year ago,
while the cold-storage holdings of beef products at
the end of February were 3 per cent less than a year
ago, and prices of cattle and beef averaged higher
during the month. Exports of pork products declined 15 per cent from February but were 16 per cent
larger than a year ago, while storage holdings of pork
at the end of February were 12 per cent larger than
a year ago and prices of hogs and pork declined during
the month. Storage holdings of lamb and mutton
at the end of February were 62 per cent lower than a
year ago, while prices of sheep and lamb averaged
considerably higher in February. Cold-storage holdings of fish at the middle of February were 50 per cent
larger than a year ago and the receipts of poultry
were also larger than a year ago.
Receipts of butter, cheese, and eggs at the principal
markets increased in February over the previous
month and a year ago, except for eggs,.while coldstorage holdings of these products were larger at the
end of February than a year ago. Wholesale prices
of butter and cheese averaged lower than in January.
TOBACCO
The consumption of cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco
as measured by February tax-paid withdrawals declined from the previous month, but, except for a decline in cigars, the February consumption was larger
than a year ago. Exports of unmanufactured to-
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59 per cent larger than a year ago. Sales of tobacco
at loose-leaf warehouses declined in February, but
were 37 per cent larger than the sales in February,
1923.
WATER TRANSPORTATION
The tonnage of vessels engaged in foreign trade,
entering American ports, was less in February than
in January, due to a decrease in the tonnage of incoming American vessels, while clearances from
American ports were also less in February, the decline
being attributable to decreased tonnage of outgoing
foreign vessels. Freight rates to the United Kingdom
and all Europe from Atlantic ports increased in February, but were 70 and 75 per cent, respectively,
below the rates prevailing in January, 1920.
RAILROADS
The net available daily average surplus of freight
cars for the last week of February totaled 130,282 cars
against 164,438 cars for the same period in January
and a net shortage of 64,814 a year ago. February
car loadings averaged 908,404 cars per week as against
858,863 cars in January and 848,269 a year ago.
SHORTAGE,
SURPLUS,
BAD-ORDER, AND
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TOTAL
LOADINGS'
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of ore, although greater than in January, were below
February a year ago. Freight cars in need of heavy
repairs increased in February, but at the end of the
month were 22 per cent below, a year ago. Locomotives in bad order, both freight and passenger, also
increased, but at the end of February were 28 per cent
below the corresponding period of 1923.
EMPLOYMENT
Factory employment in the aggregate, as shown by
reports from 1,428 representative factories, remained
stationary in February, but, as compared with a year
ago, an increase of one-half of 1 per cent was registered.
Of the 14 major groups into which these factories have
been divided, seven recorded increases over the previous month, viz, iron and steel, lumber, paper and
printing, chemical, stone, clay and glass, metals other
than iron and steel, and vehicles, ranging from onehalf of 1 per cent in the vehicle and iron and steel industries to 2 per cent in the lumber industry. Seven
groups recorded declines in industrial employment
from the previous month, viz, food products, textiles,
leather, beverages, tobacco products, railway repair
shops, and miscellaneous, ranging from two-tenths of
1 per cent in employment in miscellaneous factories to
more than 3 per cent in factories producing tobacco
manufactures. Of the industries reporting increases
over January, five also recorded increases over a year
ago as follows, lumber, paper and printing, stone, clay
and glass, metals other than iron and steel, and vehicles, while of the seven which recorded decreases from
January employment in two was above a year ago,
viz, beverages and miscellaneous.
Employment in New York State, Wisconsin, and
Illinois increased in February. Average weekly earnings in New York declined in February, while for Wisconsin factories weekly earnings in February averaged
higher than in January. The following monthly figures, reported by the United States Civil Service
Commission, give a comparative summary of the
operations of the civil-service system:
CIVIL-SERVICE APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS,
AND SEPARATIONS l
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MONTH
NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
EXAMINED
APPOINTMENTS,
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
APPOINTED
NUMBER OT
PERSONS
8EPABATED
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mental
mental service
mental Field mental
service service service service service service service
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June
July
August
September...
October
November...
December....
1924
January
February..
3f930 9,898
4,175 13,943
3,875 15,218
2,980 18,538
2,415 19,263
2,953 15,511
2,410 12,887
3,515
2,320
1,817
1,793
3,038
2,478
1.397
11,051
12,660
11,770
16,824
16,893
15,564
9,710
509
599
618
702
552
509
366
5,629
6,787
5,791
7,514
6,612
8,059
6,021
876
523
545
937
823
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475
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3,120
13,534
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January, the increase in weekly loadings in February
over the previous month was general, while loadings
neia service is meant all service outside of the District of Columbia ana mw*uw
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service in Washington under the jurisdiction of the fourth civil-service district.
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EMPLOYMENT IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES1
(Relative employment 1921-100)
FOOD AND KINDRED
PEODUCTS
TEXTILES AND THEIR PRODUCTS
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
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TRANSPORTATION
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on pages 172 and 173 of the February issue (No. 30) of the Survey of Current Business.
22
IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION, AND IMMIGRATION QUOTA
lections in January, but were larger than those of a
year ago.
SALES OF MAIL-ORDER HOITSES AND CHAIN T E N - C E N T STORES
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Operations of State and municipal employment
agencies in February recorded less activity than in
either the previous month or a year ago as respects
registration of workers, jobs, and placements. The
'ratio of applicants per job stood at 1.45 for February
as compared with 1.61 for January and 1.05 a year ago.
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PUBLIC FINANCE
The gross debt of the United States Government
was reduced three-tenths of 1 per cent in February,
standing at $21,520,000,000 on February 29,' 1924.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
At the end of February the short-dated debt, i. e.3 the
Sales of two leading retail mail - order houses de- debt'maturing within five years, stood at $8,490,000,clined slightly in February but were 16 per cent 000 as against $5,730,000,000 a year ago. Customs
larger than a year ago. Sales of four 10-cent chain receipts increased 26 per cent in February, while the
systems increased 11 per cent over January and 20 total for the eight months ending February 29,
per cent over a year ago. Two large restaurant amounting to $359,985,000, was 5 per cent larger
chains registered a decline in sales amounting to 5 than the collections in the corresponding period
per cent, but the Februaiy business was 8 per cent ending February 28, 1923. Ordinary receipts ingreater than a year ago.
creased over both the previous month and February
Candy sales by manufacturers in January, as a year ago, while the total receipts for the eight months
measured by internal-revenue tax collections during of the fiscal year 1924, amounting to $2,359,361,000,
the month of February, declined from both December registered an increase of about 3^ per cent over the
and a year ago. Advertising in March magazines corresponding period of last year. Expenditures
increased 14 per cent over the previous month and chargeable to ordinary receipts declined both as
was 11 per cent larger than in the magazines for March, respects the previous month and a year ago, while
1923. Newspaper advertising in the principal cities for the fiscal year thus far the expenditures, amounting
of the United States declined in February, but was to $2,344,512,000, were about 1 per cent less than a
7 per cent larger than a year ago.
year ago.
Postal receipts in 50 selected cities declined in FebThe per capita distribution of money held outside
ruary, but were 10 per cent larger than for the cor- the Federal reserve system and the United States
responding month of 1923. Internal-revenue taxes Treasury increased 3 per cent in February, amounting
collected in February covering theater admissions to $42.85 at the end of the month compared with
and jewelry sales in January declined from the col- $41.61 on February 28, 1923.
23
DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT PRINCIPAL CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS
GROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
Index numbers relative to 1919 monthly average
1924
192S
1934
192S
DI3TEICT
February
UNITED STATES, 141 clearing-house centers.
March
-March
99.9
108.8
112.7
111.5
115.9
118.5
99.3
113.9
121.4
125.8
133.7
104.1
132.0
125.6
133,3
115.2
104.8
115.3
98.1
124.1
104.2
111.7
97.7
106.3
134.4
111.4
126.7
105.9
111.1
132.1
111.8
131.7
110.7
ST. LOUIS DISTRICT:
106.0
102.5
145.3
148.9
114.9
112.2
143.4
144.2
118.5
117.0
145.3
130.3
MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT:
102.2
70.0
116.6
89.4
105.7
95.0
148.3
104.3
126.0
110.7
77.8
128.4
95.8
8
101.7
156.9
117.2
142.0
112.4
83.3
148.6
96.3
115.1
100.0
157.8
125.9
158.0
90.5
84.0
78.6
107.8
67.6
97.4
95.8
79,7
106.9
62.2
102.7
97.3
92,8
112.9
83.8
102.2
104.9
174.6
112.5
118.7
72.0
75.7
106.4
114.6
194.9
111.2
127.1
82.8
67.6
106.9
119.5
179.7
104.6
125.0
82.6
110.0
BOSTONTDISTRICT:
Total, 11 centers. . ! . „
Boston
.....
Hartford
Providence
New Haven
N E W YORK DISTRICT:
Total. 7 centers
Albany.
Buffalo...
Rochester..
New York
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PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT:
Total, 10 centers
Philadelphia
Scranton
Trenton
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CLEVELAND DISTRICT:
Total, 13 centers
Ak ron—..
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
RICHMOND DISTRICT:
Total, 7 centers
Baltimore.
Norfolk
Richmond
Charleston
ATLANTA DISTRICT:
Total, 15 centers
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Nashville
Augusta
February
March
March
CHICAGO DISTRICT:
Total, 21 centers..
Chicago.
Detroit.
Detroit..
Indianapolis.,
Milwaukee
Bes Moines
Grand Rapids
Sioux City
98.5
92.2
125.3
108.1
111.0
79.5
77.3
117.4
113.3
108.7
139.4
111.0
116.4
94.0
89.3
134.9
113.3
109.6
130.3
115.4
117.8
115.7
92.0
136.5
101.7
102.6
9S.6
94.9
158.3
110.1
107.7
109.6
95.6
166.7
115.2
106.4
109.6
129.4
175.0
79.3
60.0
79.4
90.1
. 81.8
77.8
76.2
100.0
70.7
62.1
65.9
95.6
811
88.7
64.4
89.3
103.1
81.8
55.6
91.2
6S.9
86.7
111.7
81.8
100.0
99.3
121.2
73.1
71.6
70.6
93.6
92.6
97.4
116.4
S6.9
86.0
78.8
133.9
121.3
94.8
104.3
82.6
94.6
102.5
81.9
105.0
104.3
8-1.1
121.7
129.4
251.9
84.5
107.1
75.2
193.6
139.4
276.1
90.6
111.5
95.6
212.7
135.2
238.6
82.9
116.5
87.4
217.4
Total, 6 centers
Louisville
St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Total, 9 centers
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul.
Helena
Billings
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KANSAS CITY DISTRICT:
Total, 14 centers
Denver
Kansas City, Mo..
, Omaha
St. Joseph, Mo
Oklahoma City.—
Tulsa.
DALLAS DISTRICT""
Total, 11 centers
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT:
Total, 18 centers
Los Angeles
Portland, Oreg
San Francisco
Seattle
Oakland, Calif-...
»Revised.
BANKING AND FINANCE
February check transactions both in New York
City and for the rest of the country as measured by
bank debits and clearings declined from January, but
were larger than a year ago.
BILLS
DISCOUNTED
AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS
RESERVE BANKS
OF
LOANS, DISCOUNTS, AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS
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Bills discounted and total investments of Federal
reserve banks, although below a year ago, were 2 and
7 per cent, larger, respectively, at the end of February
than on January 31. Note circulation, total reserves,
total deposits, and the.reserve ratio declined in February but, except for note circulation, were larger than
a year a^o. Loans and discounts of member banks
declined slightly in February, but were larger than a
year ago, while investments made a slight increase and
net demand deposits decreased from the previous
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COMPARISONS WHOLESALE PRICES, PIG-IRON PRODUCTION, AND BANK CLEARINGS IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1840
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to
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1846
I860
(866
I860
1866
($70
1876
1880
1886
1890
1806
IG00
1905
1910
1916
1920
1926
Below is given a comparative summary of the
loaning operations of the 12 Federal Intermediate
Credit Banks since October, 1923.
LOANS
AND REDISCOUNTS OF THE FEDERAL INTERMEDIATE
CKEDIT BANKS l AT THE END OF MONTH
1923
October
Direct loans
Rediscounts
November December
1924
January
February
from six-tenths of 1 per cent for Switzerland to 10
per cent for Brazil, and declines in the exchange on
France, Belgium, India, Canada, and Chile, ranging
from 1 per cent for India to almost 10 per cent for
Belgium. The general index at 58 may be compared
with 59 for January and 67 a year ago.
EXPOBTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
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There are 12 intermediate credit banks located in the same cities as the 12 Federal Land Banks, as follows: Springfield, Baltimore, Colombia, Louisville, New
Orleans, St. Louis, St. Paul, Omaha, Wichita, Houston, Berkeley, and Spokane.
Prices of industrial stocks in February averaged
three-tenths of 1 per cent less than in January and 3
per cent less than a year ago, while prices of railroad
stocks increased two-tenths of 1 per cent over January but were 7 per cent less than a year ago. Sales of
stock on the New York Stock Exchange declined 26
per cent in February from the preceding month and
9 per cent from a year ago, while February bond
sales declined 33 per cent from January and 6 per
cent from a year ago. Prices of highest-grade rail
bonds and industrial bonds declined 1 per cent in
February, while second-grade rails and public utility
bonds made a slight increase. The municipal bond
yield increased in February to 4.36 per cent at the
end of the month, as against 4.11 per cent a year ago.
GOLD AND SILVER
Domestic gold receipts at the mint increased in
January both over the previous month and a'year
ago. Imports of gold declined in February, but were
more than four times as large as a year ago, while gold
exports increased in February, being, however, less
than one-half as large as a year ago. Silver production increased 4 per cent in February, while both
imports and exports of silver increased over both the
previous month and a year ago. Prices of silver at
New York and London increased in February.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE
Foreign exchange rates were in general widely
divergent in their movements in February, advances
being recorded in the exchange on England, Italy,
Switzerland, Japan, Argentina, and Brazil ranging
11
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$21,257,477 $27,863,360 $30,577,492 $32,295,425 $28,849,239
6,786,077 8,637,569 9,104,938 11,139,060 12,560,129
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Imports into the United States totaling $333,500,000
in February represent an increase of 13 per cent over
January and 10 per cent over a year ago. Imports
from Europe, North America, and Asia and Oceania
increased correspondingly over the previous month
and a year ago, while merchandise imports from
South America and Africa were less in February than
in either the preceding month or a year ago. The
total inward movement of merchandise during the
eight-month period ended February, aggregating
$2,333,619,000, was three-tenths of 1 per cent larger
than in the corresponding period ended February,
1923. Exports of merchandise, including reexports,
declined 7 per cent in February, but were 19 per cent
above a year ago. Exports to Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania declined from
January, but, except for North America, were larger
than a year ago, while exports to South America were
larger in February than in either the previous month
or a year ago. The total outward movement of
merchandise during the eight^month period ended
February, aggregating $2,983,239,000, was 12 per cent
greater than the exports during the same period ended
February, 1923.
27
COMMODITY STOCKS—A STUDY IN SEASONAL MOVEMENTS
In order to comprehend more clearly the trend of
basic movements in commerce and industry, it is
very often necessary to adjust statistical data to
account for factors, among other things, which are
distinctly seasonal in their nature. This is especially
true of commodity stocks.
That the business man may have a knowledge of
the course of commodity stocks, and this after due
compensation for seasonal conditions, the Department of Commerce here publishes the results of a
study designed to show, by four major groups, the
trend of stocks after such adjustments have been made.
This study was based upon the statistics published in
the February "Survey" (No. 30), pages 30 and 31.
The adjustment for the seasonal tendencies, peculiar
to each commodity, was first made according to the
method outlined on page 24 of that number. This
done, the combination of the several commodities into
respective group totals was effected. Monthly stocks
of brick, flooring, and zinc were estimated for the
year 1919 for the purposes of this study, while no ad-
justment for seasonal conditions as respects zinc was
necessary, stocks of this commodity moving free from
seasonal conditions. In the table below are given the
indexes of seasonal tendencies for each commodity for
which adjustment was made. The relative differences
in the inventories of important commodities at different times of the year as computed from observations
covering the five-year period 1919-1923 can be clearly
seen from this table. On the following page are given
the group total indexes since January, 1919, derived
from these data, after the effect of seasonal conditions
has been eliminated. For purposes of comparison the
unadjusted group indexes are also shown. It is hoped
that this study will constitute a useful supplement to
the index numbers of commodity stocks published in
the February number and which have currently been
carried forward, particularly since it is of as much
importance to know the course of commodity stocks
as to have knowledge of the way production, sales,
shipments, and prices are trending to establish a
better basis for business judgment.
COMMODITY STOCKS—INDEXES OF SEASONAL TENDENCIES
KAW FOODSTUFFS
RAW MATERIAL FOR MANUFACTURE
MONTH
Sugar
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Eggs
Poultry
Fish
Apples
Coffee
Cotton
Cottonseed
Flaxseed
Rosin
Turpentine
Petroleum
Tin
January.
February..
March
April
51.8
80.2
132.5
158.5
140.0
129.7
111.7
92.9
115.9
160.9
184.9
147.2
131.3
115.6
105.1
93.4
4.1
0.5
17.1
84.7
182.8
165.7
134.2
100.fi
127.1
99.3
69.5
51.0
178.5
123.8
72.5
34.4
94.7
102.4
111.6
108.5
128.0
125.0
110.9
97.8
169.6
116.8
67.0
35.8
81.9
78.8
79.0
78.1
112.3
102.2
89.9
85.5
158.2
131.3
89.6
71.6
87.5
88.9
91.9
04.8
90.4
88.4
109.6
92.7
May... .
June
July
August
153.1
147.7
127.3
117.5
57.6
39! 7
58.0
93.6
106.2
75.3
44.3
80.4
74.2
70.1
89.1
154.1
' 190.1
194.9
184.6
76,7
65.4
55.1
48.1
50 3
65.9
84.5
103.3
10 9
' 0.3
0.2
0.6
98 4
95.2
98.2
96.8
84.7
71.0
58.7
55.8
19.5
13.3
11.1
22.5
82.8
93.1
89.0
85.1
85.0
89.9
96.9
100.0
61.2
61.2
79.1
83.6
97.6
100.9
103.8
104.3
. 105.1
86.9
81.5
93.5
90.3
55.7
47.5
38.0
93.4
138.2
150.1
147.1
55.3
67.0
61 0
88.3
96.2
116.6
116 1
111.5
158.9
116.3
67.3
27.5
48.8
58.7
100 3
163.8
122.7
142.0
145 4
139.4
37 3
194.1
280 9
266.4
99 6
97.1
98 7
98.6
76.8
126.5
135 6
129.3
97.6
205.4
233.6
207.9
127.8
156.2
137.7
110.6
103.5
104.0
112.3
120.7
104.5
110.4
119.4
132.8
105.7
106.8
108.0
109.8
85.2
155.2
104.5
107.2
September
October.
November
December..
MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES
MANUFACTURED FOODSTUFFS
MONTH
Meats
Wheat
flour
Butter
Cheese
January
February... .
March
April
106.5
115.7
118.5
117.8
106.8
107.3
101.0
96.6
60.4
38.0
19.1
11.5
73.7
M.2
May
June
July...
August...
116.3
119.1
112.6
98 7
86.1
77.2
82 5
97.1
31.4
120.6
184.7
199.6
79.5
65.4
67.2.
82.6
105.3
117.6
116.8
106.4
186.5
155.1
114.5
78.5
September
October....
November
December.
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Rice
Refined CottonCement
seed
oils
oil
Brick
Flooring
Lumber Enamel
ware
Pig
iron
Newsprint
34.3
149.0
141.0
123.3
108.6
92.9
97.5
100.5
104.5
162.6
157.8
139.7
105.0
116.5
131.8
133.1
132.4
97.6
99.9
101.2
99.9
95.1
96.9
97.1
93.7
96.9
95.2
94.0
92.3
106.5
115.2
127.4
126.8
86.8
91.8
97.6
103.3
94,7
117.9
122.8
112.3
42.9
96.0
143.7
167.7
85.4
63.1
43.2
39.2
105.1
104.8
102.8
98.5
69.5
40.4
18.5
12.9
126.9
112.9
95.9
76.2
99.4
100.3
100.7
100.7
92.0
96.3
101.4
103.7
91.9
98.1
100.8
104.6
117.0
106.5
05.8
89.0
104.1
106.1
108.4
100.6
1010
98.1
97.0
100.9
163.7
146.9
127.7
110.5
49.5
86.5
144.1
166.9
96.6
95.4
98.5
102.9
51.0
121.3
161.0
160.0
60.3
48.5
67.2
98.3
98.7
99.2
100.4
101.9
103.9
103.4
105.2
111.3
103.9
103.8
106.7
106.9
78.8
72.4
77.4
87.1
96.6
95.7
99.3
109.8
05.7
84.8
84.0
87.7
• 38.9
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COURSE OF COMMODITY STOCKS, BY MAJOR GROUPS
Monthly
average
YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Man
Apr.
June
May
Aug.
July
Sept.
Oct.
NOT*
Dee.
SEASONAL VARIATIONS ELIMINATED
TOTAL I N D E X
1020
1021
1022
1023 .
100
98
138
126
118
-
103
99
124
131
121
103
96
134
131
116
100
91
141
131
117
104
93
136
127
117
102
93
139
133
111
97
93
145
130
115
97
95
145
128
114
96
95
148
125
IO1
96
138
126
118
100
107
137
116
IIS
RAW FOODSTUFFS
1919
1020
1021
1022
1923
..
,
, „
100
97
174
192
142
125
101
121
191
165
120
91
147
195
157
99
73
164
206
161
101
82
147
203
169
89
85
154
233
143
86
86
171
220
146
91
98
171
214
134
10O
106
132
119
122
97
109
131
117
125
'
101
94
'198
174
133
108
103
184
190
119
94
135
212
150
113
99
114
205
163
122
87
104
209
163
141
85
102
151
121
lift
95
109
124
120
130
98
123
118
116
123-
93
139
110
RAW MATERIALS FOR M A N U F A C T U R E
1910
1920
1021
1922
1923
_ .
-
.
1
----
100
104
158
108
108
106
96
154
110
111
105
97
166
107
102
107
94
171
105
101
111
89
176
105
96
no
95
178
100
93
100 1
98
184
100
95
100
99
189
96
94
85
103
176
102
111
m
119
MANUFACTURED FOODSTUFFS
1920
1921
19221923
„
~-.
100
95
79
72
80
93
113
78
66
70
93
114
80
68
71
90
115
82
63
76
94
113
80
58
76
100
99
81
66
79
88
95
81
75
83
83
87
83
P0
8/
93
85
78
80
85
107
82
76
77
83
114
78
78
75
80
114
79
74
76
82
121
78
71
75
81
100
95
133
111
140
98
104
124
112
141
92
110
120
112
147
89
116
120
111
146
94
89
121
107
109
136
120
127
no
114
132
121
132
105
118
137
125
136
95
83
139
142
108
103
117
178
140
120
105
105
171
141
133
89
102
202
161
147
74
96
137
110
114
124
143
163
154
168
135
167
160
155
161
128
175
141
143
149
113
86
80
81
88
113
77
81
76
SO
111
76
74
75
77
116
73
67
72
76
93
92
126
105
135
9$
105
123
113
141
98
117
123
116
153
99
127
129
120
255
MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES
1919
1020
1021
1022
1023
,
100
97
136
118
129
*
88
90
141
138
124
95
88
142
135
121
103
86
144
130
117
no
91
143
123
113
110
95
144
115
117
109
96
145
no
121
107
97
141
108
128
100
97
140
103
136
U N A D J U S T E D F O B THE SEASONAL ELEMENT
TOTAL INDEX
100
96
132
126
119
1920
102!
1022
1923
129
100
129
137
126
no
99
139
149
130
103
95
147
151
132
101
91
137
137
123
92
84
126
124
104
90
85
136
126
103
87
86
123
116
102
87
84
118
101
105
in
114
RAW F O O D S T U F F S
1919
1020 -2921
.. ...
1022
1923
...
-
.
100
89
161
192
144
140
91
131
205
175
129
SS
159
255
201
109
88
193
282
215
104
86
173
246
196
85
70
144
211
130
83
77
176
216
110
75
85
137
177
93
81
77
128
127
96
RAW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURE
1919
1020 2021
1022
1923
.,.*
100
106
147
no
_
111
131
114
168
125
123
121
109
173
115
107
106
94
162
105
93
97
81
151
97
89
86
79
141
8
73
74
133
82
82
67
68
121
75
78
58
74
116
77
83
MANUFACTURED FOODSTUFFS
1919
1020..
1921
1922
1923..
100
94
78 l
72
81
99
113
78
65
73
94
115
78
65
75
no
75
100
98
135
118
130
90
93
140
135
121
99
93
145
134
122
108
90
148
131
118
87
58
77
84
103
71
56
77
86
92
71
59
73
91
94
81
74
86
100
95
88
87
94
107
95
89
90
94
MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES
1919
1020
- .
•
1921
1922
1923
.
112
92
144
124
114
107
92
141
114
116
103
91
140
110
122
99
89
136
107
129
95
89
130.
102
132
29
MARCH DATA
The following tmbte give* Much March data a* have been received to and including April 10,1924
11)24
i Febru1
ary
March
1923
— Murch
I 1W28
March I
FOODSTUFFS—continued
Bilk:
Consumption
Stocks
_
_
bales.
29,604
40,226
26,543
30,375
33r 515
39,436
3,075
3,781
3,436
4,146
3,521
4,047
4,913
4,783
7,403
IRON X3fl> STEEL
Pig iron, production
tfaous. of long tons..
Steel ingots, production
thous. of long tons,.
Unfilled orders, TJ. S* Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. of long tons..
Wholesale price, composite finished steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Wholesale price:
Composite pig iron
dolls, per ton..
Iron and steel
dolls, per ton..
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
_
number.
Domestic
number..!
Foreign
_
_•_
number..
Unfilled ordersTotal
number..
Domestic
number..
Foreign
number..
Freight cars, orders, domestic
number..
2.78
2.73
2.72
24.13
43.45
3.03
23.83
43.24
3.00
30.36
99
92
7
132
128
4
282
269
13
499
466
33
41,346
534
494
40
13,145
2,316
2,214
102
42,500
22,834
19,168
26,322
27,480
35,366
22,506
11,301
7,688
15,184
9,125
14,828
7,939
45.04
2.83
NONFERROUS METALS
Zinc:
Receipts at St. Louis
Shipments from St. Louis
Lead:
Receipts at St. Louis
Shipments from St. Louis
thous. oflbs..f
thous. of lbs..!
j
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Contracts awarded, floor space (27 States):
7,961
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft._i
3,787
Industrial buildings
_
thous. of sq. ft_.
28,037
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft._
4,838
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Other public and semipublic
3,152
buildings
thous. of sq. ft._
48,036
Grand total
thous of sq. ft..
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
40,550
Business buildings
thous. of dolls..
17,057
Industrial buildings
thous. of dolls..
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.. 129,795
26,735
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls..
Other public and semipublic
19,825
buildings
tbous. of dolls..
Grand total
.thous. of dolls.. 259,264
Construction relative to 1913, Engineering Newt
Record:
128
Volume
*
index number..
225
Cost (1st of following month)
index number..
Northern pine:
Lumber36,347
Production
M ft. b. m—
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
46,406
Lath8,899
Production
„
M ft. b. m._
12,105
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
Composite lumber prices (1st of following month)—
45.30
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. ni_.
32.36
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m . .
10,000
4,225
44,389
4,615
9,880
7,673
39,286
4,092
4,893
68,425
3,981
64,920
58,600
19,437
206,089
29,567
44,076
37,034
164,267
22,550
34,859
386,483
22,797
323,518
134
220
195
214
36,638
49,905
38,714
52,720
8,905
12,968
10,607
17,241
44.40
32.52
50.19
39.96
8,588
5,933
16,815
10,370
8,995
18,190
9,880
10,326
13,045
4,562
3,421
8,009
5,798
5,684
3,737
thous. of bush..
7,152
7,835
5,946
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush-
19,803
43,442
18,778
17,617
29,876
16,356
21,746
26,222
18,568
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush-
10,616
21,213
11,661
16,832
13,621
16,090
CEMENT
Production
thous. of bbls..
Shipments
II.I
I.I.thous. of bbls..
Stocks
thous. of bbls_.
Concrete paving, contracts awarded:
Total
thous. of sq. yds..
Roads
thous. of sq. yds..
FOODSTUFFS
Corn grindings
Grain movement:
Receipts—
Wheat
Corn
_ Oats
Shipments—
Wheat
Corn__.t
Visible s u p p l y Wheat
Corn... t
A, & • , O a t s
Argentine grain:
Visible s u p p l y Wheat
Corn
Flaxseed...
February
March
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
- of bush-
thous
fc
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush-
194,500
20,634
17,741
184,363
27,314
16,215
128,085
31,266
24,044
9,250
600
5,200
10,730
1,400
6,400
7,400
1,200
4,000
Rice:
Receipts at mills
Shipments from mills
Stocks, domestic
Sugar, raw:
Meltings
Stocks at refineries
Sugar, Cuban movement:
Receipts, Cuban ports
Exports
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
92,055
168; 037
81,870
118,197
36
65,448
174,302
long tons..
long tons..
426,927
13169
455,051
237,119
510,653
284,800
long tons..
..Jong tons..
long tons..
736,588
527,741
437, y:>8
821,721
59418fl
060,388
861,736
647,008
653, CW2
index number..
index number.index number..
153
131
155
139
180
133
128
253
29.9
25.1
29.fi
24.8
23.1
21.0
008,404
49,129
32,931
189,991
79,693
9,466
534,305
910,640
41,252
30,650
164,944
81,182
11,072
573, 703
916,402
41,006
31,145
185,414
74,950
13,330
555, 201
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thou*. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
30,468
17,878
12,590
23,400
13,431
6,019
2,344
1,612
31,450
17,381
14,009
27,344
15,903
6,875
2,731r
Ib3
32,730
19,775
12,W75
27,158
J.\7N>
C, V5U
2,G5fl
1,772
thous. of dolls..
....-thous. of dolls.
333,600
366,135
319,000
341,000
397,928
341,377
158
140
154
137
160
1E1
1.700
1.035
3.G90
1.050
1.035
3. GUO
1.750
1.035
3.510
.319
.522
.071
.125
.4S3
.(Mi
.121
.307
.502
.082
.128
6.S60
G.223
8.624
24.76
22.00
40.00
2.50
• .128
.071
.529
.090
24.70
21.94
40.00
2.50
,137
.069
.551
. 093
32.27
30.13
44.38
2.20
.109
,0h2
.4b9
.085
ftbo
370
CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
Wholesale prices:
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
Essential oils
Crude drugs
TRANSPORTATION
Index of ocean rates, Atlantic ports to:
United Kingdom
weighted Index number..
All Europe
weighted index number..
Freight-car movement:
Car loadings (weekly average)—
Total
cars.,
Grain and grain products
cars.
Livestock
cars.
Coal
carsForest products
cars.,
Ore
cars.
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars.
DISTRIBUTION
Mail-order houses, total sales
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ten-cent stores, total sales
F. W. Woolworth Co
S. S. Kresge Co
S. H. Kress Co
McCrory Stores Corp
U. S. foreign trade;
Imports....
Exports
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
Dun's (1st of following mo.)
price index no..
Brasdtreet's (1st of following mo.)—price index no.,
WHOLESALE PRICES
Textiles
°°Worsted yarn
Wool dress goods
Men's suitings
Cotton:
-dolls, per lb..
dolls, per yd..
dolls, per yd..
.,
„
0 s per
Raw,N.Y
2 B'
n!"
Yarn
dolls, per lb..
Print cloth
-dogs, per y<L.
Sheeting
dolls, per yd..
Silk*
^
Raw, Japanese, N. Y
dolls, per lb..
MdaU
Pig iron:
Foundry No. 2, northern
dolls, per long ton..
Basic Valley, furnace
dolls, per long ton..
Steel billets, Bessemer
dolls, per long ton..
Structural steel beams
dolls, per 100 lbs.,
Copper, electrolytic
dolls, per lb..
Zinc, slab, prime Western
dolls, per lb_.
Tin Dig
dolls, per lb.,
Lead, deVifvefftedll
dolls, per lb..
Fuel
Bituminous, Kanawha, f. o. b.
Cincinnati
dolls, per short ton.,
Anthracite, chestnut
dolls, per Jong ton..
Coke, Connellsville
dolls, per short ton..
Petroleum, Kansas-Oklahoma
dolls, per bbl..
3.C4
11.47 :
4.19 |
1.513 ,
3.39
11.48
4.18
1.67
4.59
10.03
7.31
1.850
Rubber
Para, N. Y
dolls, per lb.
.191
.171
.290
Lumber
Southern pine flooring, " B "
and better
dolls, per M ft. b. m.
Douglas fir, No. 1 common
dolls, per M ft. o. xn_
44.54
19.50
43.99
18.50
52.95
21.50
20.00
20.00
20.00
Brick
Common red, N . Y
dolls, per t b o u s .
30
MARCH DATA—Continued
1924
1924
February
March
March
1923
WHOLESALE PEicES—continued
PUBLIC FINANCE
Portland cement
U. S. interest-bearing debt
mills, of dolls..
Gross debt
mills, of dolls..
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls..
Ordinary receipts
-thous. of dolls..
Total expenditures chargeable against
ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls-
Chicago district
Lehigh Volley mills
dolls, per bbl..
dolls, per bbL.
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.90
Leather
Green salted packer's heavy native
steers
dolls, per l b Calfskin, country No. 1
dolls, perlb..
Sole, oak, scoured backs, Boston
dolls, per lb_.
Chrome calf, " B " grade, Boston...dolls, per sq. f t Boots and shoes:
Men's black calf blucher
dolls, per pairMen's dress welt, tan calf, St. L...dolls, per pairWomen's black kid Goodyear,
St. Louis
dolls, per pairSulphuric acid, 66° N . Y
r dolls. per 100 lbs..
.158
.182
.440
.440
.139
.188
.460
.460
.193
.165
.540
6.25
4.85
6.25
4.85
6.50
4.85
3.85
.73
3.85
.70
4.25
.70
Foodstuffs
Cottonseed oil, New York
dolls, per lb_.
Wheat:
No. 1 northern, Chicago
dolls, per bu_.
No. 2 red winter, Chicago
dolls, per bu_.
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl..
Flour, winter straights, Kansas
City
dolls, per bbL.
Other grains:
Corn, contract grades No. 2,
Chicago
dolls, per bu..
Oats, contract grades, Chicago
dolls, per bu_.
Barley, fair to good malting,
Chicago
dolls, per bu..
Rye, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per b u Cattle and beef:
Cattle, corn fed
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Beef, fresh native steers
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Beef, steer rounds No. 2
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Hogs and pork:
Pork, smoked hams, Chicago.-dolls, per 100 lbs..
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sheep and mutton:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sugar:
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal, N . Y_...dolls, per Ib.,
Refined, N. Y
dolls, p e r l b .
Tobacco
Burley, good leaf, dark red,
Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs.
1
.101
.118
1.174
1.127
1.165
1.088
1.216
1.321
6.306
6.300
6.625
5.350
5.330
5.600
.797
.493
.796
.481
.740
.462
.740
.720
.753
.685
.663
.827
9.706
17.00
14.50
10.065
17.00
15.00
9.263
14.50
14.50
18.40
7.075
18.90
7.345
20.60
8.163
8.425
11550
9.975
15.775
7.150
14.250
.085
.073
.086
.072
28.00
No quotation.
28.00
27.50
March
1923
February
March
21, 520
21, 782
50, 207
206, 607
21,356
21,624
51,459
646,389
22,390
22,723
62,172
641,082
208,432
291,026
341,935
18,120
14,713
19,650
16,118
19,768
16,361
419
532
2,022
3,230
1,986
80.6
460
482
1,983
3,223
2,007
80.8
504
700
2,232
3,176
1,976
75.5
11,874
4,496
11,165
12,065
4,515
11,171
11,783
4,714
11,082
BANKING AND FINANCE
Bank clearings:
New York City
mills, of dolls..
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve banks:
Total investments
mills. Of dolls..
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls..
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls,.
' Total reserves
_
mills, of dolls,.
Total deposits
mills, of dolls..
Reserve ratio
per cent..
Member banks:
Total loans and discounts
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls,.
Interest rates:
New York call loans
per cent..
Business failures:
Firms
numberLiabilities
thous. of dolls..
Stock sales
thous. of shares..
Stock prices:
25 industrials
dolls, per share..
25 railroads
dolls, per share..
SUver:
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz_.
Price at London
pence per standard oz_.
4.50
4.00
5.23
1,730
35,942
20,637
1,817
97,651
18,206
1,682
48,393
25,855
111.83
60.47
109.82
61.09
116.03
65.06
.644
33.565
.642
33.483
.676
32.310
4.31
.044
.044
.038
.374
.262
.174
4.29
.047
.043
.039
.371
.263
.173
4.70
.063
.049
.055
.395
.266
.186
.454
.303
.429
.299
.485
.316
.969
.765
.120
.101
58
.970
.766
.115
.098
53
.981
.841
.111
.127
67
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Europe:
England
dolls, per £ sterling..
France
dolls, per f r a n c
Italy
dolls, per lira..
Belgium
dolls, per franc.
Netherlands
dolls, per guilderSweden
dolls, per krona.,
Switzerland
dolls, per f r a n c
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen_.
India
dolls, per rupee..
America:
Canada
dolls, per Can. doll..
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso.
Brazil
dolls, per milreis.,
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
General index of foreign exchange
index number.
3
Preliminary.
31
INDEXES OF BUSINESS
The index numbers presented in this table are designed to show the trend in production, prices, trade
etc., in various groups of industry and commerce. They consist in general of weighted combinations of series
of individual index numbers, and often the individual index numbers making up the series are also given. The
base year of all the index numbers is 1919, except prices which are on a 1913 base, and unfilled orders, on a
1920 base. The function of index numbers is explained on the inside front cover. A condensed form of this
table is given on page 7.
j
1923
EXPLANATION
Maximum Minimum
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, exceptsince Jan. since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
1,1920
1,1920
January Febtuaiy
orders, which are relative to 1920.
1923
November
ID
December
January
Per cent
increase ( + ) or
decrease (—)f
Feb. from Jan.
February
PRODUCTION
1
RAW MATERIALS, total MINERALS:
157 \
73
116
88..
141
129
108
Petroleum
Bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
Iron ore*
Copper- _ ^
Lead
Zinc
Gold
Silver.-^
Total
209
137
121 '
241
124
156
133
131
145
154
105
41
0
0
17
74
38
57
80
83
165
129
119
153
109 .
106
105 ,
137
123
71
110
124
96
126
113
73
100
110
206
111
106
123
119
132
117
110
104
136
187
119
109
0
121
129
123
92
101
125
179
131
108
0
124
140
133
,76
111
128
175
118
104
0
120
153
117
61
.115
121
66
92
167
75
60
192
59
126
119
31
71
143
62
84
139
71
119
105
-
•
-_
-_
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (marketings):
Wool
Cattle and calves
_
SheepI
.,
Eggs*
Poultry*.
Fish—
__-
i
Milk (New York)
Total
-- . •
100 ,
-7.4
-2.2
-9.9
-3.7
0.0
-3.2
+9.3
, -12.0
-19.7
+ 3.6
-5.5
-53.0
.
-22.8
-14.4
-17.3
+40.0
-27.6
+20.3
-5.6
L. - 1 1 . 8
227
143
167
153
245
382
135
190
130
19
58
64
54
30
21
45
94
80
38
91'
142
72
72
221
45
116
113
34
70
120
60
86
119
67
107
95
46
106
145
80
48
292
90
122
123
87
88
156
67
49
382
70
125
129
389
218
211 .
85
353
367
206
61
43
49
22
32
4
54
251
119
118
49
180
156
152
209
69
83
33
119
64
104
155
118
95
58
89
31
120
245
90
105
75
51
16
125
349
314
497
282
316
501
291
45
4
2
35
22
4
58
110
180
11
110
136
352
112
92
145
75
80
105
'340
99
129
165
46
151
188 *
438
134
76
152
8
97
109
470
85
655
532
217
1, 049
799
785
566
1,925
405
4
0
34r\
0
0
0
0
48
120
0
198n
u
13
0
0
11
94
92
0
198
n
4
0
0
62
86
371
16
207
300
50
0
2
0
226
114
0
198
30
14
0
0
0
94
225
276
232
25
2
23
83
61
80
39
26
37
203
191
201
162
107
154
85
58
81
40
42
40
-52.9
-27.6
-50.6
148
258
566
810
170
195
46
0
28
0
22
49
69
70
80
416
95
115
57
43
40
19
46
73
75
120 •
368
464
138
158
63
115
188
810
150
133
83
94
74
273
102
93
86
59
45
22
65
87
+3.6
-37.2
-39.2
-91.9
-36.3
-6.5
CROPS (marketings):
Grains—
Corn*
Wheat*
Oats*
Barley*
-
Rice*
Total*—
Vegetables—
Potatoes (white)*
Sweet Dotatoes* Tomatoes*
Onions*- - Cabbage*-- - Celery* .„ .
Total*
Fruits—
Apples*
Peaches*
Citrus fruit*
Grapes*
Pears*
«
Watermelons*- .
Cantaloupes* Strawberries* —Total* -
Cotton products—
Cotton*
Cottonseed*
Total*
--
.--
.
- --
Miscellaneous crops—
Hay*
i-
Tobacco*_. Flaxseed* .
Cane sugar* Total* - - - - Grand total, crops-
u
• Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations
+42.2
. .290
204
50.
.63
+26. 0
84
98
+ 16. 7
38
44
+ 15. 8
45
49
+8. 9
177
. 95, 1 —46. 3
94 .
121
+28. 7
+3.9
132
127
105
—41. 0
62
47
+117. 0
102
139
-13.7
120
A T
191
—1 14.
7
163
2
3
.4
501
384
, 129
132
+2. 3
+0.9
118
117
0.0
0
0
:
+20.6
217
180
0
1
10r\
15
-33.3
U. U
0
0
f\
0
0
0. f\0
27
+22.2
33
89
+10. 1
98
32
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued.
EXPLANATION
Aliniznum
AH index numbers attrelative to 1919 at 100, except Maximum
since Jan. since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1913, and unfilled
1,1920
1,1920
orders, which are relative to 1920.
1923
1923
January
February
1934
November December
January
February
Per cent
increase (40 or
decrease (—),
Feb. from Jan.
PRODUCTION—Continued
FOBEBT PRODUCTS:
Lumber
Pulpwood
Gum (rosin and turpentine)
Distilled wood™
Total
+8.3
133
135
267
151
135
59
51
20
24
61
108
98
98
151
107
98
91
64
123
96
119
90
185
116
119
100
102
201
98
103
108
121
94
114
108
1
117
105
87
106
2 115
-13.2
-7.4
-7.0
+6.5
132
126
178
260
207
169
122
135
122
233
116
75
64
40
41
64
41
20
38
29
35
77
128
91
77
49
104
54
63
102
66
166
103
107
85
105
46
97
55
62
99
61
92
92
128
104
89
00
100
*60
103
73
202
*109
132
97
61
155
1 102
186
162
105
62
134
"106
137
99
70
156
1 105
190
1
68
125
72
181
1
111
118
93
131
*55
1 108
195
*65
132
171
152
* 105
-13.9
-6.1
+87.1
-1.8
+2.9
+5.6
-4.4
+5.6
-1.4
-16.0
-5.4
127
138
130
152
149
150
147
60
42
54
124
138
129
115
126
119
108
109
108
94
99
95
117
117
117
103
110
106
-12.0
-6.0
-9.4
34
33
9
32
127
136
103
133
118
123
93
121
114
111
134
113
115
101
148
106
119
128
68
124
121
135
44
128
+1.7
+5.5
-35.3
+3.2
135
232
150
59
51
57
108
207
125
98
178
112
119
211
136
100
187
115
108
200
124
117
193
131
+8.3
-3.5
+5.6
95
130
115
63
82
63
88
111
102
77
110
97
73
96
87
-11.0
0.0
-3.4
69
111
100
69
82
77
103
65
96
84
121
73
98
88
105
102
-8.9
110
168
108
204
82
150
MANUFACTURING:
Foodstuffs—
Meats
_
Wheat
flour
__Sugar
____
Ice cream
Butter
Cheese
Condensed m i l k . . .
Glucose and starch.
Oleomargarine
Rice
_
TotalTextiles—
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
Total
Iron and steel—
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Locomotives
Total
Lumber—
Lumber
Flooring
Total
Leather—
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
Total..
Paper and printing—
Total
Chemicals, etc,—
Coke
Petroleum products
Cottonseed oil*
Turpentine and rosin*
Wood distillation
Total
Stone, clay, and glass—
Brick
Cement*
Total
Metals, excepting iron and steel—
Copper smelting and refining
^
Zinc smelting and refining.
Enamel ware
Lead
Total
Tobacco—
Manufactured tobacco and
snuff
!
Cigars...
Cigarettes
,
Total
Miscellaneous—
j
!
Shipbuilding
Automobiles
—j
Rubber tires
i
Prepared roofing
j
Total
I
Grand total, 65 commodities
,
ELECTRICAL P O W E R - - - -
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (total)•._
1
140
163
188
269
118
157
40
96
4
21
21
92
124
155
122
102
118
142
117
140
84
67
96
124
110
162
152
107
100
147
124
200
126
53
61
69
111
115
100
94
121
96
78
188
M09
126
130
275
156
176
23
38
86
79
71
84
121
212
137
148
76
111
190
126
134
119
128
147
125
50
75
64
70
105
95
121
107
79
239
221
163
145
133
2
29
20
58
37
68
153
139
98
30
114
159
84
88
88
135
-0.9
-5.4
-17.6
-8.3
67
149
94
115
168
102
96
93
144
79
131
101
- 87
128
104
+10. 1
-2.3
+3.0
98
116
228
132
157
99
122
223
129
156
100
130
239
140
166
102
115
247
153
167
+2.0
-11.5
+3.3
+9.3
+0.6
92
86
104
94
95
91
147
113
74
83
100
88
108
86
141
111
100
85
110
97
-7.4
-1.2
-22.0
-12.6
4
148
159
92
96
115
6
168
159
94
104
108
2
190
107
124
99
112
11
184
115
98
101
1
104
3
192
115
115
101
114
1
223
155
140
123
117
147
83
133
89
149
111
153
102
160
107
150
103
-66.7
+ 16.1
+34.8
+21.7
+101. 8
+2.6
-6.2
-3.7
S
.1 - , , , , ,
• Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.
Estimated.
' P a r t l y estimated.
* January, 1920; no other figures for 1620 araLiable
112
+5.4
-6.3
33
INDEX OF BUSINESS—Continued
EXPLANATION
Maximum
All index numbers, are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1913, and unfilled
J, 1920
orders, which are relative to 1920.
Minimum
since Jan.
1, 1920
1923
January
1924
1923
February
November December
January
February
Per cent
increase (•}-) or
decrease ( ~ ) ,
Feb. from Jan.
STOCKS
152 ,1
282 '
175
115
159
84
70
68
56
89
126
175
123
73
122
130
201
107
75
122
132
133
161
77
153
136
147
149
76
159
132
149
134
76
156
140
186
119
77
156
+6.1
+24.8
-11.2
+ 1.3
0.0
116
40
85
93
53
53
63
63
0.0
117
78
123
99
129
73
58
39
64
62
88
43
62
57
101
75
113
58
77
83
57
95
74
107
55
74
101
59
90
93
111
62
84
90
48
66
75
102
62
71
90
48
98
79
116
66
78
90
47
100
75
110
62
76
0.0
-2. 1
+2.0
-5. 1
~5. 2
-6.1
-2.6
134
49
89
84
122
118
99
96
-3.0
331
214
190
185
192
171
84
55
117
109
106
72
115
95
165
129
116
86
117
88
159
126
110
72
176
149
187
141
134
131
331
214
187
185
192
171
126
84
191
141
119
99
140
97
186
143
124
93
+ 11.1
+ 15.5
-2.6
+ 1.4
+4.2
~6. 1
202
154
80
101
101
107
90
118
142
149
203
123
109
116
101
125
+7.8
309
181
97
91
126
106
130
107
137
97
137
94
140
97
141
98
+0.7
+1.0
Farm products
Food, etc _*
Cloths and clothing
Fuel and lighting
Metals and metal products!
Building material
Chemicals
House-furnishing goods
Miscellaneous
All commodities
243
248
346
281
203
300
213
275
208
248
114
131
171
178
109
155
121
173
114
138
143
141
196
218
133
188
131
184
124
156
142
141
199
212
139
192
132
184
126
157
146
148
201
167
141
181
130
176
118
152
145
147
203
162
142
178
130
176
116
151
144
143
200
169
142
181
132
176
117
151
143
143
196
180
143
182
131
176
113
152
»0.7
0.0
-2.0
+6.5
+0.7
+0.6
-0.8
0.0
-3.4
+0.7
ment of Labor prices)—
Total raw products
Agricultural products.
Animal products
Forest products.
Mineral products
Producers' goods
,
Consumers' goods
All commodities
249
311
218
375
272
244
249
247
135
122
103
152
168
118
146
138
168
164
125
215
213
136
155
156
167
170
123
220
207
141
155
157
154
179
115
196
165
138
159
152
153
181
115
191
165
136
158
151
155
182
115
194
170
136
156
151
156
177
116
195
177
139
f55
152
+0.6
-2.7
+0.9
+0.5
+4.1
+2.2
-0.6
+0.7
246
272
267
218
102
125
142
134
139
180
166
154
145
187
166
158
147
196
163
158
148
199
163
157
143
196
163
158
148
189
163
158
+3.5
227
115
149
151
146
144
143
140
-2.1
Total
Raw foodstuffs
Haw materials for manufacture- _j
Manufactured foodstuffs
Manufactured commodities
UNFILLED ORDERS
Total (based on 1920-100)
WHOLESALE TRADE
(Value)
Hardware
Shoes
Dry goods
Groceries
Drugs
Meat packing
TotaL
RETAIL TRADE
(Value)
MAIL-ORDER HOUSES (4 houses) —
CHAIN STORES:
Ten-cent (5 chains)_:
Music (4 chains)
Grocery (32 chains)
Drug (10 chains)
Cigar (3 chains)-Shoe (6 chains)
DEPARTMENT STORES:
Sales (333 stores)
Stocks (286 stores)
-7.3
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
(AH price Index numbers relative to 1913J
FARM PRICES:
Crops (15th of month)
Livestock (15th of month)
WHOLESALE PRICES:
Department of Labor—
Federal Reserve Board (Depart-
Federal Reserve Board Index—
Goods imported
Goods exported
All commodities
~—
Dun's (1st of following mo.).,.
Bradstreet's (1st of following
month)
_
93345—24
-3.6
0.0
0.0
34
INDEX OF BUSINESS—Continued
EXPLANATION
Maximum Minimum
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, exceptsince Jan, since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
1, 1920
1, 1920
orders, which are relative to 19S0.
1933
1923
January
February
1934
November December
January
Per cent
February
increase (+) or
decrease (—),
Feb. from Jan.
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS—
Continued
RETAIL PRICES, FOOD
219
139
144
142
151
150
149
147
-1.3
219
175
288
200
192
205
139
143
153
149
171
155
144
167
160
187
171
158
142
167
162
187
171
158
151
180
174
176
174
165
150
180
175
176
174
165
149
180
176
175
174
165
147
180
177
175
174
164
-1.3
0.0
+ 0.6
0.0
0.0
-0.6
333
310
340
157
161
165
387
346
575
156
175
158
164
168
163
170
177
459
426
577
150
183
165
173
178
495
443
571
152
183
1-2
0.0
1.1
422
380
582
158
181
161
169
171
443
416
571
151
183
167
173
180
588
537
670
366
»326
154
155
163
306
283
504
154
160
465
573
153
180
263
279
236
218
162
144
146
170
165
148
163
179
166
152
161
180
164
145
173
177
164
144
174
179
164
146
174
172
+5.0
+0.4
+0.7
-1.6
+ 1.2
+ 1.4
178
« 321
313
183
171
184
176
192
183
209
199
210
205
211
205
208
200
COST OP LIVING, National Industrial
Conference Board:
Food.
Shelter
Clothin
Fuel an
Sundries
All items weighted
FOREIGN WHOLESALE PRICES:
United Kingdom—
British Board Trade
London Economist
__
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
France—
Gen. Stat. Bureau,
U.S. Fed. Res. Bd
Italy (Bachi)
Sweden
Switzerland..
Canada—
Canadian Dept. Labor
U.S. Fed. Res. Bd
Australia
India (Calcutta)
Japan—
Bank of Japan
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
166
148
+3.5
-1.4
-2.4
35
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS
The following table contains a summary of the monthly figures, designed to show the trend in important industrial and commercial movements. The numerical data for the latest months are given and in addition index numbers for the last four months
and for two corresponding months of a year ago. In many lines the figures do not lend themselves readily to statistical uniformity,
due to lateness of their publication or publication at other than monthly intervals; therefore the following explanations of the
various headings are offered to make clear such distinctions and in general to facilitate the use of the table:
January, 1921*.—This column gives the January figures corresponding to those for January shown in the next column—in
other words, cover the previous month.
February, 1924.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of February, or, as in the case of stocks, etc., the
situation on February 29 or March 1.
Corresponding month, January, 1923, or February, 1923.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous to those in the "February, 1924," column (that is, generally February, 1923), but where nd figures are available for
February, 1924, the January, 1923, figures have been inserted in this column for comparison with the December, 1923,
figures.
Cumulative total from July 1 through latest month.—-These columns set forth, for those items that properly can be cumulated,
the cumulative totals for the eight months ending February, 1923 and 1924, respective^, except where the February, 1924,
figures are lacking in which case the cumulative totals for the last six months of 1922 and 1923 are given.
Percentage increase (-f) or decrease (—) cumulative, 1923-24 from 1922-23,—This column shows the per cent by which the
cumulated total for the eight months ending February, 1924, is greater (+) or less (—) than the total for the corresponding period ended February, 1923.
Base year or period.—For purposes of comparison with a previous more or less normal period, all items, so far as possible, are
related to such a period by index numbers. The period taken for each item, called the base, is the monthly average of
the year or period stated in this column. Wherever possible, the year 1913 is taken as a base, and if no pre-war figures
are available, 1919 is usually taken to avoid using a war year as a basis. In some cases it will be noted that figures were
not available prior to 1920 or even 1921, and that sometimes a month, or an average of a few months, has to be used
rather than a year's average. Also, for some industries, 1919 would not be a proper base on account of extraordinary
conditions in the industry and therefore some more representative year has been chosen.
Index numbers,—In order to visualize the trend of each movement, index or relative numbers are given for the last four months
and for two corresponding months of a year ago. These index numbers are computed by allowing the monthly average
for the base period, usually 1913 or 1919, to equal 100. If the movement for a current month is greater than the base
the index number will be greater than 100. If the converse is true the index number will be less than 100. The difference
between 100 and any index number gives at once the per cent increase or decrease compared with the base period. Index
numbers may also be used to compute the approximate per cent increase or decrease from one month to the next.
Percentage increase (4-) or decrease (—) January from December,—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease
of the figure for the last month compared with the preceding month.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
NUMERICAL
Per ct. |
increase
DATA
Tor
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
(+>
1924
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special January
table on page 2$
February
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-23
1923-24
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1923-24
from
1922-23
1923
Jan.
ordocreaso
1924
Jan.
from
Dec.
Feb. Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Fob.
61
66
62
78
115
94
109
93
-88
347
1C1
243
40
240
06
312
-53.8
-31.1
-40.0
+28.3
TEXTILES
Wool
Receipts
:wipi>s at
at Boston:
liosion:
Domestic.
1__thous. of lbs
Foreign
thous. of lbs
Total
._
thous. of lbs
T
imports, unmanufactured
thous. of lb;
^uuauiuption by textile mills,
grease equivalent..
thous. of lbs.
-Machinery activity hourly:
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours active.
Looms, narrow
per ct. of hours active.
Looms,
carpet and rug.„.per ct. of hours active.
Sets of cards
per ct. of hours active.
Lombs
per ct. of hours active.
Spinning spindles—
Woolen
per ct. of hours active.
n t ,_. Worsted
per ct. of hours activeMachinery activity (percentage of total):
Woolen
spindles
per ct. of active to totalWorsted
spindles
per ct. of active to total.
Wide
_ide looms
per ct. of active to total.
total..
loon"
' of' active to total..
Narrow looms-___per
ct.
loom
. Carpet looms
per ct. of active to total..
Prices:
Raw, Ohio,
1 blood unwashed.
dolls, per lb..
Raw, territory fine,
scoured
dolls, per lb.
Worsted yarn
dolls, per l b .
Wool, dress goods
dolls, per yd.,
Men's suitings
dolls, per yd..
5,458
12,642
18,100
39,487
5,990
40,885
46,875
57, 111
109,839
212,689
322,529
307,434
99,524
57,260
156,784
133,045
-9.4
-73.1
-51.4
-56.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
50
740
244
445
53,845
50,633
57,916
461,239
393,220
-14.7
1921
144
131
114
103 | 122
115
-0.0
112
116
103 ! 106
103
105
104
104
-1.9
-1.2
+ 1.5
+8.5
+4.9
+3.7
+5.6
72.8
67.3
71.4
66.5
79.7
74.3
1921
1921
126
131
116
116
75.0
87.1
89.6
76.1
94.5
94.0
8L9
95.0
93.3
1921
1921
1921
168
133
116
160
133
105
165
130
96
146
122
101
148
132
105
86.4
72.8
89.6
76.9
94.6
95.8
1921
1921
127
116
132
117
123
101
120
125
94
1913
110
113
105
105
106
1913
1913
1913
1913
122
109
118
126
123
112
118
125
104
99
108
126
99
105
96
111
122
.52
.54
.53
1913
204
212
192
20-1
208
216
1.37
1.700
1.035
3.690
1.41
1.700
1.035
3.690
1.44
1.750
.993
3.510
1913
1913
1913
1913
253
219
169
221
253
225
176
227
228
212
184
239
235
212
184
239
210
219
184
239
24'
219
184
239
1913
1913
72
518
34
327
177
82
142
175
235
' 35
239
Cotton
19,729
l 10,159
- .
thous. of bales..
410
421
896
- , - ^ J S into sight
thous. of bales..
66,329
48,
601
47,693
Imports, unmanufactured...;
..bales..
imports, unmanufactured
359,657
482,146
(including linters)
bales.. 546,253
566,805
507,876
consumption by textile mills
bales.. 576,644
1
Ginnings are crop-year totals for 1922 and 1923, respectively.
44
775
250
451
11,823
18,336
30,159
30, 786
9,613
344,735
9,845
172,458
+4.4
+2.4
-50.0
65
66
49
106
116
> 1913
4,112,887 4,531,023 +10.2
131
109
122
114
-5.6
4,297,782 4,057,646
1913
* Twelve months' average, July to Juno, inclusive, ending tho year indicated.
+1.2
+6.8
-2.7
0.0
+1.2
+3.8
+2.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
-53.0
+1.9
-11.7
-11.9
36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will bo found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
lost quarterly Issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on pane 29
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1924
January
February
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
t>
or de-
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
crease
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
1922-23
1923*24
(-)
Per
INDEX NUMBERS
(
ct.
increase
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1923
(+)
1924
or decrease
Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Fcb,
Jan.
from
Dec.
TEXTILES—Continued
Cotton—Continued
Stocks, end of month:
Total domestic ginned
thous. of bales..
Mills
thous. of bales..
Warehouses
thous. of bales..
Elsewhere (computed)
thous. of bales..
World, visible,
American
thous. of bales..
Manufactured Roods:
Cotton cloth exports
thous. of sq. yds..
Fabric consumption
by tiro manufacturers
thous. of lbs..
Fine cotton goods:
Production
pieces..
Sales
pieces..
Cotton finishing:
Orders received, grey yardageWhite goods
thous. of yds..
Dyed goods
thous. of yds..
Printed goods
thous. of yds..
Total
thous. of y d s Billings, finished goods (as produced)—
White goods
thous. of yds..
Dyed goods
thous. of yds..
Printed goods
thous. of yds..
Total
thous. of yds..
Shipments, finished goodsWhite goods
cases..
Dyed goods
cases..
Printed goods
cases..
Total
cases..
Stocks, finished goods—
White goods
cases..
Dycdgood3
cases..
Printed goods
cases..
Total
cases..
Operating activity...por cent of capacity..
Machinery activity of spindles:
Active spindles
thousands..
Total activity
millions of hours..
Activity per spindle
hours..
Percent of capacity
percent..
Prices:
Raw cotton to producer <
dolls, per l b . .
Raw cotton, New York
dolls, per lb..
Cotton yarn
dolls, per l b . .
Print cloth
.*.
dolls, per y d . .
Sheeting
dolls, per y d , .
Clothing:
Men's and boys' garments c u t Men's suits*\vool
number.
Men's suits, other
number.
Men's separate trousers,
wool
number..
Men's separate trousers,
other
number..
Men's overcoats
number..
Boys' suits and separate
pants
number..
Boys' overcoats and reefers..number..
Work clothing:
Cut
dozens..
Sales
dozens..
Cancellations
dozens..
Stocks, end of month
dozens..
Knit underwear:
Production
dozens..
Orders received,.
thous. of dozen.*
Shipments
..
dozens..
Cancellations
dozens..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dozens..
Raw Silk
Imports
Deliveries (consumption)
Stocks, end of month
Price, Japanese, N . Y
5,202
1,633
2,966
4,440
1,578
2,485
602
408
3,030
28,444
2,785
28,867
5,654
2,021
2,803
1914
1913
1913
1914
2,734
1913
109
149
162
47
133
106
218
94
36,751
375,538
281,102
-25.1
* 1913
11,834
81,166
69,580
-14.3
1921
+7.6
119
119
204
101
120
172
34
86
116
144
23
57
52
90
-S.1
78
+1.5
110
99
100
177
119
104
120
94
105
-14.fi
-3.4
-16.2
-32.2
77
104
109
175
171
125
117
61
-2.2
121
56
107
43
-11.8
-23.6
103
104
47
90
97
127
60
v 96
92
118
54
91
-4.9
-7.2
-9.9
-6.0
11,706
461,408
250,300
11,447
409,377
191,278
399,024
383,818
3,232,702
3,382,777
3,467,130
2,537,405
-25.0
1919
1919
32,569
37,143
9,368
86,888
30,9S0
34,466
8,438
81,680
36,655
42,263
14,180
102,827
298,797
318,627
110,359
811,695
267,426
275,549
66,649
€78,514
-10.5
-13.5
-39.6
-16.4
M921
U921
UQ21
117
154
103
123
;
109 ! 110
144
124
91
59
114
102
36,735
35,389
8,682
92,714
33,172
33,603
8,239
85,823
34,251
37,865
15,189
99,442
301,371
280,712
109,141
787,018
279,093
68,760
698,732
-10.4
-0.6
-37.0
-11.2
31921
'1921
•1921
'1921
119
140
123
124
105
143
116
116
111
154
77
114
118
139
71
111
113
133
66
109
102
127
63
101
-9.7
-5.0
-5.1
-7,4
19,651
9,411
1,830
54,291
19,225
8,458
1,581
47,856
16,852
12,135
2,729
55,092
135,610
89,882
21,174
419,314
130,790
64,828
13,465
360,976
-3.6
-27.9
-36.4
-13.9
31921
*1921
U921
114
159
74
128
109
153
94
123
105
108
77
10 i
109
107
59
104
127
119
63
121
124
107
54
107
-2.2
-10.1
-13.6
-11.9
11,551
8,332
2,386
10,555
45|8S3
64
U921
•1921
>1921
'1921
113
133
77
113
114
80
135
102
162
212
80
137
97
158
214
80
133
114
145
221
78
127
* 1921
124
144
84
120
118
172
177
48,007
8,283
5,198
2,301
40,935
74
96.7
194
89.8
35,304
8,449
227
109.6
1913
1922
1922
115
120
119
116
109
109
112
104
102
111
92
91
109
109
107
107
95
93
-2.0
-13.5
-13.4
-7.1
1325
.347
.552
.077
.135
•.314
.319
.522
.071
.125
.277
.290
.487
.080
.126
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
216
215
192
227
197
231
226
197
232
206
258
274
218
229
208
280
228
236
217
271
271
223
223
220
262
249
211
205
204
-3.4
-8.1
-5.4
-7.8
-7.4
700,896
119,516
757,447
108,756
858,207
147,591
33,340
8,448
224
32,684
7,301
164
105
125
a 1921
> 1921
-8.6
+3.6
-1.9
-4.4
-13.5
+8.1
-9-0
630,394
638,077
790,400
+ 1.2
342,925
147,100
487,587
119,142
456,921
113,798
+42-2
-19.0
673,921
16,615
74,470
15,478
603,058
13,972
+7.1
-6.8
166,882
170,333
238,1&4
153,034
143,780
1,314
255,242
756,000
758
767,700
4,500
730,800
528
681,300
12,600
1,442
,376,900
-8.3
-15.6
-8.9
+7.2
626,400
501
837,000
9,900
4,897,800
7,119
5,779,800
104,400
5,795,100
6,204
5,786,100
164,700
+18.3
-12.9
+0.1
+57.8
224,800 12,567,700
thous. of l b s . .
bales
bales
dolls, per l b . .
5,304
32,925
44,398
7.350
4,200
29,804
40,226
6.860
5,133
36,231
44,615
a 771
44,006
268,871
41,626
226,194
Burlap and Fiber
Imports:
.
Burlap
;.
thous. of l b s . .
Fiber (unmanufactured)
long tons..
56,049
25,422
57,882
24,812
47,914
26,367
355,067
225,323
389,937
189,612
Pyroxylin Coated Textiles
Pyroxylin spread
thous. of lbs.
2,912
2,861
Shipments billed:
Light goods
linear yds.. 688,589
535,379
Heavy goods
linear yds
384,688
457,660
Unfilled orders, end of month:
Light goods
linear yds
420,461 511,563
Heavy goods
linear yds" ,946) 670 103,698
* Twelve months' average, July to June, inclusive, endin
»Eleven months' average, January to November, indusi the year indicated.
• AB of the 16th of the month. Figures prior to January are as of the first of following month.
122
146
202
-5.4
-15.9
+9.8
-15.8
1920
«1920
«1920
M920
107
1,157
185
46
106
497
182
20
121
132
625 1,029
144
156
70
45
128
751
167
9
-3.3
124
523 -30.3
-11.3
148
25 +180.0
U920
587
511
451
570
473
443
-6.4
1913
•1920
1920
1913
197
195
92
225
180
203
87
241
212
141
69
215
179
131
80
213
186
185
87
202
147
167
78
189
-20.8
1909-13
1909-13
180
165
141
92
151
120
143
116
165
171
87
-9.4
-6.7
-1.8
-22.8
+5.3
+2L7
i Relative to six months* average, July to December, inclusive,
'
RelaUve t0 eleven mOntbs
'
aVeragG
' F e b r u a r r t o December, indusive.
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTB.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
NUMERICAL DATA
havelnot been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1924
For detailed tables covering other items, see
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of the SUEVEY ( N O . 30).
MONTH
January
In many cases March figures are now
or Febavailable and may be found in the special January
February,
1922-23
table on page 29
ruary
1923
Perct
Increase
ordecumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
INDEX
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1928
Jan.
Per
ct.
in*
crease-
NUMBERS
<+>
or decrease
1924
Feb. Nov. Dec.
an. Feb
U.
from
Dec.
METALS
Iron Ore a n d Pig Iron
Iron ore:
StocksTotal
thous. of tons-.
At furnaces
thous. of tons..
On Lake Erie docks
thous. of tons.
Consumption
.thous. of tons..
Pig iron, production
thous. of long tons..
Furnaces in blast:
Furnace
J
number.
Capacity
long tons per dayMerchant pig iron:
Production
thous. of long tons..
Sales
thous. of long tons..
Shipments
thous. of long tons..
Unfilled orders
.thous. of long tons..
Stock, merchant
furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Stocks, steel plants___.tbous. of long tons,.
Ohio gray-iron foundries:
Meltings
long tons..
Meltings
:
per cent of normal..
Stocks
long tons..
Receipts of iron
long tons..
Wholesale prices:
Foundry No. 2,
Northern
dolls, per long ton..
Basic Valley furnace...dolls, per long ton..
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long ton..
Malleable castings:
Production
tons..
Shipments
tons..
Orders booked
tons..
Operating activity
per. ct. of capacity..
Cast-iron pipe:
Production
tons..
Shipments
tons..
New orders
.'...tons..
33,991
26,453
U91&-20
U919-20
U919-20
U919-20
1913
115
120
104
124
126
100
101
97
116
117
140
153
108
110
113
1913
1913
97
125
103
131
86
112
112
+6,5
+U
1914
1914
1914
1914
121
152
127
95
115
209
130
116
114
297
110
97
112
60
121
86
-1.6
-4Z1
+3.5
-4.2
1914
M921
37
40
118
80
121
85
-3.3
-8.7
1922
1922
1922
1922
110
115
91
132
163
131
108
353
165
136
106
168
120
111
107
140
+12.8
-0.4
+4.0
+17.7
1913
1913
1913
180
175
177
183
179
181
148
142
148
+2.5
+3.8
+4.1
4,688
3,019
29,258
22,232
7,026
4,783
3,075
30,519
22,601
7,918
4,671
2,994
248
101f 435
264
108,100
278
110,055
429
613
433
1,297
422
355
448
1,242
437
689
433
1,516
918
161
147
279
73
15,780
23,137
74.10
24,413
18,578
19,800
67.80
23,992
29,044
24.16
21.20
23.18
24.76
22.00
24.13
29.27
26.25
27.98
56,278
58,504
64,058
58.0
58,793
52,918
56,828
62.0
+4.5
-9.5
-11.3
81,431
63,987
204,547
78,962
69,399
222,164
-3.0
+8.5
+8.6
3,600
Steel ingots, production...thous. of long tons..
Steel castings:
Total bookings
short tons.. * 49,046
18,970
Railroad specialties
short tons_.
Miscellaneous bookings
short tons.. a30,076
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corp.,
4,798
end of month,
thous. of long tons..
3,781
7,638
20,520
74.40
23,478
32,070
21,053
2,676
3,071
2,836
39,106
25,311
3,663
3,222
3,240
+21.9
+20.2
+36.9
+4.9
+14.2
117,011
161,742
+38.2
94,299
114,960
+21.9
-13.9
-16.0
-6.8
+2.0
+1.9
+6.9
Crude Steel
3,455
25,819
623,755
283,398
340,357
27,407
388,048
148,567
239,211
+6.1
151
+5.0
1913
1913
1913
199
202
197
+44.4
+84.0
+19.5
1913
117
+2.4
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
152
127
144
179
74
1913
70,829
34,901
35,928
90,152
39,845
50,307
4,913
7,284
274,097
87.2
228,660
234,858
471,053
275,118
96.5
249,859
189,081
434,145
237,919
89.0
217,808
253,197
547,897
117,069
37,541
113,020
30,658
148,360
29,123
1920
1920
117
677
40.00
43.35
3.03
2.79
2.50
40.00
43.49
3.03
2.78
2.50
39.63
42.61
Z72
2.61
2.10
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
number..
number..
number..
151
147
4
99
92
207
196
11
+50.9
+51.5
+43.4
numbernumber.
number.
number.,
376
344
32
9,170
499
466
33
41r346
2,220
2,141
72,418
-28.5
dollars..
dollars.
dollars.
• Revised.
419,164
317,931
569,137
378,265
348,641
614,579
407,609
374,416
692,190
% 673,725 2,803,446
2,521,769 2,797,832
+4.9
+10.9
-37.8
-47.6
-29.7
Finished Iron a n d Steel
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
Production (actual)
:sbort tons,.
Production
per ct. of capacity..
Shipments
short tons..
Sales
short tons..
Unfilled orders
short tons..
Stocks— ,
Total
:
short tons..
Unsold
short tons..
"Wholesale prices;
Steel billets, Bessemer-dolls, per long t o n Iron and steel
dolls, per long tonComposite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Composite finished steel.dolls. per 100 lbs..
Structural steel beams dolls, per 100 lbs..
1,799,814
1,712,901
-4.8
1,723,213
1,794,921
1,730,295
1,556,559
-13.3
+0.4
110
92
116
117
41
91
81
110
248
65
160
133
145
134
63
+0.4
+10.7
+9.3
-19.5
-7.8
132
521
100
815
93
790
101
548
-3.5
-18.3
145
156
151
149
132
154
162
158
157
139
155
163
176
167
166
155
163
176
167
166
155
165
176
167
166
1913
1920
1920
75
197
13
178
12
98
245
33
108
277
27
49
134
4
1920
1920
1920
1913
135
190
21
128
168
239
18
74
52
73
8
48
29
41
5
101
28
38
7
87
33 +32.7
52 +35.5
8
+3.1
394 +350.9
1922
1922
1922
164
111
176
148
146
187
97 15!
103
136
118 1 139
152
124
154
137
136 i +9.7
+8.0
166
0.0
! +0.3
0.0
-0.4
0.0
Iron and Steel Products
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
Domestic
Foreign
Unfilled ordersTotal
Domestic
Foreign
freight cars: Orders, domestic
Foundry equipment:
Sales
Shipments
_
Unfilled orders
79
7,800
1,348
1,249
99
101,305
2,034
1,892
142
* Twelve months' average, June, 1919, to May, 1920.
32
84
8
-34.4
-37.4
+75.0
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
. SURVEY or are repented for special reasons;
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CorreFROM JULY 1
items will bo found at the end of this bulletin.
sponding
1924
THROUGH LATEST
For detailed tables covering other items, see
month,
MONTH
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
January
In many cases March figures are now
or February,
Febavailable and may be found in the special_ January
1922-23
1923-24
1923
ruary
table on page 29
»
Perct
increas
or decrease
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
Per
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASS
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1923
1924
or decrease
Jan. Feb. I Nov. Dec.Jan. Feb.
Jan.
from
Dec.
METALS—Continued
I r o n a n d Steel Products—Continued
Vessel construction:
Completed during m o n t h Total
gross tons..
Steel seagoing
gross tons..
Building or under contract, end of mo.—
Merchant vessels..thous. of gross tons..
Structural steel, fabricated:
Salrs (prorated)
short tons..
Salo^
perct. of capacityShipments
per ct. of capacitySteel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls..
10,780
3,719
3,950
1,849
21,392
16,224
146
196
280
,84,600
204,622
65,541
1,310,100
134,599
51,576
-34.2
-21.3
1,255,800
-4.1
1916
-63.4
-50.3
1916
24
23
13
13
12
1916
1916
1916
16
+34.0
199
212
156
144
106
215
158
193
142
199
146
1919
150
"144
148
-160
177
+2.8
+2.8
-6.2
+0.8
47
118
+20.9
-6.6
94
+7.1
-5.3
+9.5
202,800
78
64
1,592
189,800
73
60
1,605
91
06,492
110
62,113
129
66,619
1,188
574,608
775
394,636
-34.8
-31.3
1919
1919
62
158
55
126
538
52,844
2,798
576
50,056
3,065
537
54,322
2,676
4,600
428,996
25,501
4,549
341,753
25,550
-1.1
-20.3
1919
87
SS
b 1,506
b 1,112
9,467
7,914
10,814
-16.4
+37.2
1919
1919
1919
91
86
81
115
96
92
64
109
59
58
106
47
65
84
45
25,809
373
24,995
351
461
-3.2
-5.9
+18.8
1913
1913
1913
127
91
179
114
61
112
111
61
144
109
58
112
120
53
98
105
53
119
-11.8
0.0
+21.4
812,842 1,033,504
582,743
468,078
+27.1
+24.5
1913
1913
1913
110
107
93
101
71
125
102
81
127
108
82
131
98
80
126
127
31
-3.8
+29.6
+1.6
1,307
Machinery
Stokers:
Sales. _
number..
• Sales
horsepower,.
Agricultural pump shipments:
Total
...thou3. of dolls..
Pitcher, hand, etc
number..
Power pumps
numberSteam, power, and centrifugal pumps:
New orders
.-thous. of dolls.
Shipments
thous. of dolls.
Unfilled orders
thous. of dolls.
Patents issued:
Total, all classes
number..I
Agricultural implements
number..|
Internal-combustion engines
number..]
1,071
1,081
2,706
31
62
1
39
126
79
+0.2
K849
3,380
42
42
2,980
42
51
3,226
48
48
133,356
68,888
128,200
89,278
.128
102,735
49,751
.155
496,535
362,433
515,521
394,316
645,306
481,740
+3.8
+8.8
540,763
425,776
269,112
260,548
254,593
238,690
-50.2
-38.8
number,.
thous. of lbs,.
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs.,
dolls, per Ib.,
78,768
99,418
81,394
25,974
17,022
.068
79,232
87,866
74,384
22,834
19,168
.071
86,931
84,886
21,728
11,096
14,171
.076
long tons.
long tons.
long tonsthous. of lbs.
dolls, per l b .
2,812
24,372
4,895
12,925
.485
3,302
21,835
8,845
20,599
.529
2,054
25,157
6,185
12,429
.423
Lead
Production
index number
Rceipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
Wholesale price, pig, desilverized,dolls. per l b . .
12,150
7,451
.083
11,301
7,688
.090
50,801
1,046
45,725
1,263
NONFEKEOUS METALS
Copper a n d Brass
Copper:
Production
thous. of lbs..
Exports
thous. of lbs.,
Wholesale price, electrolytic.dolls. per lb_.
Brass faucets:
Orders received
number of piecesOrders shipped
number of pieces..
Tubular plumbing sales:
Quantity
number of pieces..
Valuo
dollars..
.126
Zinc
Retorts in operation, end of mo
Production
Stocks, end of month
Receipts, St. Louis
Shipments, St. Louis
Price, slab, prime western
577,743
616,430
653,098
700,600
+13.0
+13.7
120,008
135,718
169,041
139,581
+40.9
+2.8
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
80
160
41
43
48
125
82
147
27
40
50
130
80
153
76
49
43
115
82
161
92
106
64
113
75
172
100
94
60
116
75
152
91
83
68
123
+0.6
-11.6
-8.6
-12.1
+12.6
+4.4
174
203
181
138
88
106
203
169
130
94
56
158
185
119
09
86
170
131
132
105
146
197
134
135
103
171
176
242
215
113
+80.7
+59.4
+9.1
Tin
Stocks, end of month:
United States
World visible supply
Deliveries (consumption)
Imports
Wholesale price, pig tin
+17.4
-10.4
41,885
94,548
46,230
105,223
+10.4
+11.3
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
11,792
5,402
.082
121.250
72,852
72,365
65,027
-40.3
-10.7
1921
1913
1913
1913
140
255
78
178
130
215
62
185
142
141
123
157
140
196
106
173
139
222
35
183
152
206
83
203
+9.4
-7.0
+3.2
+8.4
42,160
806
309,518
8,631
368,646
12,293
+19.1
+41.6
1913
1909-13
126
99
106
73
103
114
100
127
95
115
115
-10.0
+20.7
FUEL AND POWER
Coal a n d Coke
Bituminous:
Production
thous. of short t o n s . .
Exports
thous. of long t o n s . .
Prices—
Mine average, spot.dolls. per short t o n . .
Wholesale, Kanawha, f. o. b .
Cincinnati
dolls, per short t o n Retail, Chicago..-dolls, per short ton Anthracite:
Production
thous. of short t o n s Stocks, distrib. points .thous. of long tons
Exports
thous. of long t o n s "
PricesWholesale, chestnut
N. Y_._
dolls, per long t o n Retail, chestnut
N. Y
dolls, per short ton._
Production, beehive..thous. of short tons
Production,
by product
thous. of short tons
Exports
thous. of long tons
Price, furnace,
Connellsville
dolls, per short t o n . .
2.23
2.25
3.59
1913
354
292
181
176
181
183
+0.9
3.64
8.71
3.64
8.73
4.89
10.79
1913
1913
256
228
222
224
177
182
154
181
166
181
166
181
0.0
+0.2
7,924
1,494
272
7,621
1,660
310
7,773
114
330
102
4
115
102
47
128
105
54
114
104
56
94
100
62
108
-3.8
+11.1
+14.0
200
216
216
216
216
0.0
203
203
-2.6
41
43
+4.9
-3.7
+5.7
+4.0
11.47
11.47
10.63
14.50
14.13
14.90
1,154
1,211
1,481
2,981
£6
2,810
71
4.03
4.19 I
47,285
60,094
+27.1
2,048
2,754
+34.5
1913
1921
1909-13
1913
10,265
21,228
438
7.13
b January, 1923.
24,736
535
+31.6
+16.5
+22.1
200
1913
207
214
209
1913
53
53
39
1913
1909-13
1913
293
107
203
265
97
278
67
233
62
292
73
231
77
292
156
164
165
172
39
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
N O T E .—Items marked with a n asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in t h e
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures lor these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found a t t h e e n d of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1924
For detailed tables covering other items, see'
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of t h e S U R V E Y ( N O . 30).
MONTH
January
In many cases March figures are now
or Febavailable and may be found in the special January
ruary,
Feb1922-23
1928-24
table on page 29
1923
ruary
Per ct.
ncrease
(
t>
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
Per
ct.
in*
crease
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OU
PERIOD
1923-24
from
1922-23
{
1923
Jan. Fob.
+?
1924
Nov. Dec.
>r decrease
Jan. Feb.
Dec.
F U E L AND POWER—Continued
Petroleum
Crude petroleum:
Production
56,455
_.thous. of bbls..
Stocks, end of monthTotal (comparable) „« .thous. of bbls_. 337,419
Days' supply
162
number—
Tank farms and pipe
lines
.thous. of bbls— 333,742
33,873
Refineries
.thous. of bbls.
Imports
.thous. of bbls.
62,262
Consumtion
.thous. of bbls_
9,911
Shipments from Mexico... -thous. of bbls.
1.244
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma.. .dolls, per bbl.
774
Oil wells completed
number<3asoline:
Production
.thous. of gals., 695,323
Exports
.thous. of gals-, 85,946
Domestic consumption..., .thous. of gals., 498,161
Stocks, end of month
.thous. of gals.. 1,202,547
.165
Price, motor, N. Y
..dolls. pergaL.
Kerosene oil:
Production
.thous. of gals., 217,768
Domestic consumption... .thous. of gals.,
Stocks
.thous. of gals.. "314f"l8l"
.220
Price, 150° water white... ,.dolls, per gal..
€as and fuel oil:
Production
, .thous. of gals., 1,062,892
Domestic consumption
.thous. of gals.,
Stocks
.thous. of gals.. 1,-527,-347"
.057
Price, Pa.t 36-40 at refin._ .dolls, per gal..
bricating oil: •
94,535
Production
.thous. of gals,
Domestic consumption
-thous. of gals.,
Stocks
.thous. of gals.
Price, Pa., 600°fil.," D "
.263
at refinery
dolls, per gal..
AUTOMOBILES
Production:
Passenger cars
number- 287,302
Trucks
.
number.. 28,846
Shipments:
By railroads
carloads.. 46,359
Driveaways
number of machines.. 40,976
1,018
By boat
number of machinesInternal revenue taxes collected on:
Passenger automobiles and
motor cycles
thous. of dolls ~ 11,457
Automobile trucks and
1,258
wagons
thous. of dollsAutomobile accessories
2,877
and parts
thous. of dolls..
_,
RUBBER
•Crude:
Imports
thous. of lbs..
Consumption by tiie mfrs__-thous. oi lbs..
Wholesale price, Para, N. Y..dolls. per lbPneumatic tires:
Production *
thousands .
gtocks, end of month
thousands.,
Shipments, domestic
thousands.,
Inner tubes:
Production
thousands.,
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Shipments, domestic
thousands..
Solid tires:
Production
thousandsStocks, end of month
thousandsShipments, domestic
thousandsHIDES AND LEATHER
T
x
49,080
37,78ft
.199
55,027
48,130
338,262
160
268,9-16'
141
334,585
37,324
6,511
59,008
11,809
1.513
904
260,026
28,113
6,199
51,681
10,175
1.725
1,094
568,652
677,740
101,597
380,093
407,710
1,347,222 1,130,341
1231
.200
196,826
180,375
-3167756"
.220
*272'763"
.220
1,025,422
902,563
1,-5567563"
.060
f~276,~876"
93,824
387,148
497,920
+28.6
63,767
434,304
102,752
54,657
495,414
95,206
-14.3
+14.1
-7.3
11,416
9,188
4,566,966 6,218,451
396,512
623,971
3,891,180 4,605,629
-19.5
+14.3
+57.4
+18.4
1,643,943 1,629,805
-0.9
1913
251
1913
1919
256
128
1919
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
200
492
247
554
145
76
183
418
237
471
185
69
221
410
277
555
112
63
223
567
290
623
109
56
227
425
286
459
133
49
+0.2
-1.2
+0.3
+ 10.2
+3.3
-5.2
+19.2
+21.6
+16.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
189
191
160
212
131
172
218
133
239
137
187
175
188
209
101
200
230
181
228
92
211
230
174
255
98
-2.5
+18.2
-18.0
+ 12.5
+21.2
1919
1919
1919
1919
109
106
92
110
92
104
91
110
113
114
80
110
120
103
94
110
112
-9.6
232
273
+11.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
156
179
163
117
142
145
164
123
160
160
193
113
163
16G
195
108
167
738,625
+6.5
1919
1919
1919
123
104
149
110
120
148
136
128
143
139
112
150
134
68
53
.064
"255,-688" '"238,~859
1919
.293
162
75
184
84
317,859
320,138
48,841
1920
1920
1920
168
77
15
173
111
19
55,398
73,619
+32.9
1920
111
137
137
63
62
64
67
62
49,219
48,300
1,100
36,165
43,613
882
241,237
258,011
40,844
6,839
5,887
-3.5
+ 1.5
+5.2
-0.8
153
+4.5
+17.1
+7.7
+6.2
+17.9
+8.1
1919
1919
254,773
22,161
161
+11.1
+36.4
+37.1
+31.8
+241
+19.6
1,781,792 2,429,664
236,027
172,179
336,363
31,072
-2.5
+C.8
0.0
7,498,422 8,385,875
77,498
266
321
140
-40.3
-29.5
-26.0
887
710
6,787
7,655
+12.8
1920
2,130
3,476
27,331
23,351
-14.6
1920
70,589
33,466
.191
60,379
34,236
.307
373,841
-25.2
1913
1921
1913
828
191
34
625
1Q1
361
129
25
690
138
25
508
211
25
731
187
24
+43.8
246,766
177
124
136
132
111
129
134
103
137
177
114
146
ISO
125
147
+0.6
+11.5
-1.9
+3.7
+11.4
-6.0
+12.5
+10.5
+13.5
-476
3,220
4,808
2,785
3,279
5,265
2,801
3,218
5,224
2,589
22,297
20,076
21,713
21,436
-10.1
-1.6
1921
1921
1921
172
111
157
3,888
6,720
3,476
4,068
7,339
3,330
4,089
6,772
3,002
29,418
28,009
-4.9
28,482
29,251
+2.5
1921
1921
1921
175
123
164
179
148
131
153
147
149
146
133
153
172
147
152
180
161
145
48
152
37
55
161
43
75
270
63
645
327
-49.5
236
114
138
213
117
144
90
64
127
135
66
85
155
70
'-29.T
1921
1921
1921
77
77
365
22,486
2,610
10,528
3,291
4,006
29,049
3,655
13,048
5,113
5,370
49,033
3,332
30,535
6,832
6,603
451,063
47,643
271,206
54,176
52,165
242,963
28,073
117,787
44,347
38,317
-46.1
-41.1
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
138
67
173
103
178
114
49
169
71
125
63
45
75
50
71
64
43
62
72
77
63
54
63
62
102
+29,2
+40.0
+23.9
+55.4
+34.0
302,899
253,454
33,473
15,872
297,287
250,823
31,798
14,666
401,165
48,259
22,646
1921
1921
1921
1921
87
01
72
70
73
75
70
59
73
75
66
56
69
74
5
4
-1.9
-1.0
-5.0
-7.6
.143
,158
.158
.182
.199
.167
1913
1913
109
• Hides
Imports:
Total
hides and skins
Calfekins
Cattle
Calfeki hides
thous. of lbsthous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbsthous. of lbs.
Goatskins
Sheepskins
Stocks, end of month:
thous. of lbs.
Total hides and skins
thous. of lbs
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Call and kip skins
thoas
b skinS
* Of l b S "
Prices- 660 a D d
Green salted, packer's heavy
native steers
dolls, per l b .
Calfskins, country No. 1
dolls, per lb
-56.6
-18.1
-26.5
108
88
+10.5
+15.2
40
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (•)
havo not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 30).
In many cages March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
Perct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1924
January
February
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
(+)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FBOM JULY 1
THEOUQH LATEST
MONTH
1922-28 I 1923-24
orde*
cumulative
Per
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
( }
BASE
YEAR
OK
PERIOD
1923-24
from
1922-23
1923
t
1924
Jan. I
Jan. | Feb. || Nov. | Dec.
or decrease
Jan.
Feb, from
Dec.
HIDES AND LEATHER—Continued
Leather
Production:
Sole leather...thous. of bks., bends, sides
Skivers
doz.
Oak and union harness
stuffed sides.
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Finished upper
thous. of sq. ft.
Stocks, end of month:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Upper..
thous. of sq. ft.
Stocks, in process of tanning:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Upper
thous. of sq. ft.
Exports:
Sole
thous. of lbs.
Upper
thous. of sq. ft.
Prices:
Sole, oak, scoured backs,
heavy Boston
dolls, perlb.
Chrome calf, " B " grades.dolls, per sq. ft.
1,373
34,597
129,736
23,819
76,340
1,213
29,863
124,001
21,906
74,009
1,449
36,948
139,365
25,496
78,209
12,004
202,846
615,871
11,536
203,338
593,486
-3.9
+0.2
-3.6
1919
1919
1921
1921
157
121
110
145
77
159
117
99
135
85
92
100
100
1919
73
186
113
92
124
158
99
124
73
150
108
93
132
65
129
104
85
128
-11.7
-13.7
-4.4
-8.0
-3.1
92
88
90
-1.0
-1.5
81
-3.1
-2.2
172,898
387,600
171,247
381,722
164,270
390,357
1921
1921
87
93
92,907
149,400
90,065
146,095
111,239
164,878
1921
1921
96
1,350
5,429
1,695
5,958
1,796
4,992
1913
1913
.36
79
4.40
4.40
5.25
1913
1913
117
)
441
757
418
711
442
822
3,933
6,767
3,318
6,037
-15.6
-10.8
1919
1919
73
26,451
381
26,591
504
30,301
548
227,990
216,208
4,356
-5.2
+13.6
1919
1913
111
57
110
65
75
6.25
6.25
6.55
1913
210
210
201
201
201
201
4.85
4.85
4.85
1913
153
153
153
153
153
153
0.0
4.25
3.85
4.25
1913
142
142
142
142
142
142
-9.4
17,660
88,565
17,637
124,178
27,766
97,774
193,955
851,430
195,746
786,485
+0.9
-7.6
1909-13
1909-13
197
456
169
383
186
455
215
382
107
347
107
487
-0.1
+40.2
128,772
123,253
107,594
1,682
28,417
117,322
115,427
103,337
1,407
30,288
114,611
114,415
89,495
1,194
23,197
999,609
999,778
739,789
13,106
974,258
961,311
878,394
10,588
-2.5
-3.8
+18.7
-19.2
1919
1919
1913
1913
1919
111
108
584
30
96
100
100
105
102
592
36
100
103
102
630
52
112
107
587
47
119
102
100
564
39
-8.9
-6.3
-4.0
-16.3
+6.6
editions.
editions.
456
178
529
142
5,184
1,000
4,672
1,108
-9.9
+10.8
1913
1913
thous. of sq. ft_
thous. of sq. ft.
thous. of sq. ft.
295,168
211,686
83,482
315,376
229,575
85,801
301,870
213,177
88,693
2,328,091 2,296,075
1,593,609 1,682,672
734,482
613,403
+5.6
-16.5
-1.4
1922
1922
1922
per cent of normal.
per cent of normal.
per cent of normal.
72
68
85
78
75
87
75
75
75
4.40
4.40
9,511
52,263
11,493
46,418
+20.8
-11.2
44
+25.6
+9.7
56
117
101
163
95
163
98
163
98
163
0.0
0.0
Leather Products
Belting sales:
Quality
thous. of lbs.
value
thous. of doi;
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs.
Exports
thous. of pairs.
Wholesale pricesMen's black calf,
blucher
1
dolls, per pair.
Men's dress welt, tan
calf St. Louis
dolls, per pair.
Women's black kid, Goodyear
wdt, St. Louis
dolls, per pair.
-5.2
-6.1
+0.5
+32.3
0.0
PAPER AND PRINTING
Wood-pulp Imports
Mechanical
short tons.
Chemical
short tons.
Newsprint Paper
Production
Shipments
Imports
Exports
Stocks, end of month: At mills
short
short
short
short
short
tons,
tons.
tons.
tins.
tons.
1127
Printing
Book publication:
American manufacture
Imported
72
65
+16.0
-20.2
139
154
111
+6.8
+8.5
+2.2
Paper Boxes
Production:
Total_.
Corrugated
Solid
fiber
Operating activity:
Total
Corrugated
Solid
fiber
Price index numbers:
Finished board—
Corrugated
Solid
fiber
raw materials—
85 test liners
Chip
Straw
138
146
123
133
143
115
126
139
101
113
137
67
130
142
108
+8.3
+10.3
+2.4
...index number.
index number..
1922
1922
111
118
115
121
103
103
116
102
105
99
104
97
-1.0
-2.0
index numberindex number..
...index number..
1922
1922
1922
114
130
125
122
134
125
106
110
105
105
97
119
97
91
108
94
91
111
-3.1
0.0
+2.8
1921
1921
1921-22
146
208
105
142
121
118
132
146
112
134
191
142
146
109
+26.2
121
223
91
+22.5
136
93
+3.4
+1.7
94
113
Other Paper Products
Folding boxes, orders
per cent of capacity.
Labels, orders
...per cent of capacity.
Rope paper sacks, shipments, .index number.
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Domestic sales
reams.
Foreign sales
reams.
612
108.2
81.0
83.0
70.1
92.0
89,961
8,384
93,011
8,529
87,804
10,352
38.4
14,495
43.5
14,237
53.4
13,399
635,438
85,795
636,306
84,661
+0.1
-1.3
1919
1919
136
98
129
113
114
115
100
132
91
1922
1922
111 \ 116
108 I 117
115
85
116
83
115
BUTTONS
Fre sh-water pearl buttons:
Production
--per ct. of capacity.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross.
• No quotation.
41
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
NUMERICAL
1924
January
February
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
Per ct.
Increase;
DATA
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-23
1923-24
or decrease
cumulative
1923*24
from
1922-23
Per
ct.
increasa
INDEX NUMBER?
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+)
19*3
JJUI.
Feb.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan. Fob
or de*
crease
(-)
Jan.
from
Dec.
GLASS A N D O P T I C A L G O O D S
Illuminating glassware:
Net orders
per ct. of capacity..
Actual production
per ct. of capacity..
Shipments billed
per ct. of capacity..
Spectacle frames and mountings:
Sales (shipments)
index number.
Unfilled orders (value)
index number,
BUILDING
41.2
51.5
40.3
51.3
52.7
57.1
68.9
55.7
55.2
•1921
•1921
•1921
116
143
127
112
142
113
+24.5
+2.3
+41.7
1913
1919
472
95
509
+2.2
-7.2
1913
1913
204
207
20*
207
0.0
0.0
CONSTRUCTION
Building Costs
Building materials:
Frame house, 6-room *
index number.
BuiBrick house, 6-room *
index number
Building costs (Engineering News
Record)
index number,
Concrete factory costs
Aberthaw)
index number..
Plumbing fixtures, 6 articles
index number
1913
197
205
217
1914
1913
218
220
199
181
200
1K3
225
+2.3
+1.0
0.0
Construction and Losses
Building volume
index number.
Contracts awarded (27 States):
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Other public
and
semipublic
buildings 1(L__.
thous .of sq.
Grand total... ~
thous. of sq. ft..
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
Business buildings
thous. of dolls..
Industrial buildings
thous. of dolls..
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls..
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls..
Other public and semipublic
buildings *>
thous. of dolls
Grand total
thous. of dolls..
Fire losses:
United States and Canada.thous. of dolls..
Great Britain..
thous. of £ sterling.*
1913
126
105
101
130
-1.5
7,044
5,096
22,668
3,992
57,571
50,066
197,940
29,771
56,830
32,202
231,687
28,089
-1.3
-35.7
+17.0
-5.6
1919
1919
1919
1919
64
35
122
112
76
40
112
208
80
36
151
131
72
24
l
172
134
+ 19.7
+25,0
-19.2
2,571
7,961
3,787
28,037
4,838
2,213
49,867
3,152
48,036
2,789
41,611
27,009
362,912
22,771
372,753
-15.7
+2.7
1919
1919
84
83
124
S3
102
93
107
+42.4
92
51
158
140
115
54
193
256
101
4G
224
160
+19.0
-13.5
-18.2
+67.0
101
90
125
103
122
+33.1
-0.8
113
108
184
121
-23.8
6,650
3,029
34,693
-3.7
34,068
19,723
158,521
15,927
40,550
17,057
129,795
26,735
30,999
27,518
101,040
22,108
277,866
251,284
877,416
174,719
275,407
208,123
1,057,163
173,784
-17.2
+20.5
-0.5
1919
1919
1919
1919
14,899
261,320
19,825
259,264
17,781
229,938
190,723
2,103,568
156,093
2,178,479
-18.2
+3.6
1919
1919
41,244
857
31,448
42,771
937
297,416
3,239
239,833
5,388
-19.4
+66.3
1919
1919
3,519,738
3,525,690
3,702,906
3,601,040
3,544,471
3,598,203
+2.3
+0.5
-2.8
419,934
518,974
+15.3
1917
1917
1917
1917
1919
109
123
139
84
140
94
99
103
82
124
109
97
97
31
109
107
112
121
78
109
106 i -0.9
95 — 15. f>
8f» -2S.9
+2.4
80
165 +52.0
1913
220
221
184
192
193
+0.6
4,156,316 +16.1
3,944,389 +16.0
444,753 +50.1
463,229 +333.7
1917
1917
1919
1922
1913
122
156
127
121
212
116
149
146
97
212
160
154
181
413
201
132
235
691
190
135
147
444
604
212
159
164
223
361
212
17.6
+11.5
-49.7
-40.3
0.0
+5.0
1918
1918
1918
99
150
235
117
185
203
185
182
145
106
110
102
103
130
142
118
136
132
+14.7
+5.0
-6.7
71 +124.2
198 +20.6
199 -12.2
Lumber
Southern pine:
400.113
447,954
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m., 452,214
436,772
419,297
497,038
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m.
483,339
384,638
541,282
Orders (computed)
M ft. b. m.
Stocks,endofmo. (computed).M ft. b. m_ 1,068,919 1,094,418 1,118,834
63,296
84,109
55,324
Exports
M ft. b. m..
Price,«B"and
50.80
44
54
44.28
^
better
dolls, per M ft. b. m Douglas fir:
403,561
553,749
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m— 470,776
480,289
528,681
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 473,990
36,604
56,019
Exports, lumber
M ft. b. m.. I l l , 340
13,990
51,870
86,849
Exports, timber
M ft. b. m..
19.50
19.50
19.50
Price,No.l common.dolls. per M ft. b. nu_
California redwood:
44,367
43,896
38,673
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m_.
52r740
38,847
36,997
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m~
59,658
33,040
40,773
Orders received (computed)...M ft. b. m..
ahfornia white pine:
22,699
37,163
16,576
Production
M ft. b i n . .
44,282
63,171
52,381
Shipments
M ft. b. m 367,597
528,127
M ft. b. m - 470,725
W t Stocks
Michigan softwood:
5,556
3,990
4,474
Production
M ft. b. m._
5,839
4,705
3,896
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
48,436
39,185
40,127
.
Stocks,
end
of
month
M
ft.
b.
m.u
Michigan hardwood:
15,442
13,261
12,636
Production
M ft. b. m..
13,600
11,723
9,287
Shipments
M ft. b. m 68,033
69,065
106.114
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m~
Western pine:
59,148
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m. * 74,101 102,345
116,557
140,747
* 127,838
Shipments
(computed)
M
ft.
b.
nu
766,391
931,023
XT 5?°£ ks > end o f mo. (computed)..M ft. b. m.
r*orth Carolina pine:
41,090
49,784
47,530
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m.
48,930
52,325
50,680
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. inNorthern pine:
Lumber33,702
36,347
37,552
Production
M ft. b. m 42,883
46,406
41,720
Shipments
M ft. b. m_.
9,671
8,899
Lath—
8,979
10,845
12,105
9,106
Production
thousands.
thousands22,320
18,765
Production
M
ft.b. m 16,523
19,109
Shipments
19f 136
Mft.b.m17,951
• Revised.
rthe^nffik
3,578,644
3,399,752
296,303
1068<tt
390,405
372,934
425,532
410,069
344,671
309,535
-27.3
637,311
444,355
797,508
513,269
+25.1
+15.5
1918
1913
1913
53
166
163
43
139
139
181
191
237
104
176
242
164
178
62,368
65,505
63,811
51,134
+2.3
-21.9
1917
1917
1917
42
37
44
32
33
46
29
39
44
34
34
44
28
22
38
23
27
37
-10.8
+20.8
-2.3
110,550
118,924
115,404
106,032
+4.4
-10.8
1917
1917
1917
65
55
48
56
43
47
49
50
40
33
30
31
43
37
37
+4.9
+26.2
-1.5
995,729
1,031,079
1,114,197
1,004,689
+11.9
-2.6
1917
1917
1920
59
117
94
54
106
87
134
109
123
81
101
119
68
116
110
94
126
106
+33.1
+10.1
-3.7
405,461
438,014
393,253
378,945
-3.0
-13.5
1919
1919
120
134
120
152
153
165
124
138
139
157
145
163
+4.7
+3.2
340,647
419,347
383,712
355,159
+12.6
-15.3
1920
1920
55
70
66
83
90
93
-3.3
+11.2
97,518
103,451
95,877
91,862
-1.7
-11.2
1920
1920
72
90
94
143
93
190
-0.9
+32.9
50
50
44
49
-7.6
94
135
101
171
190,585
186,370
-2.2 1913
210;002
184,277 -12.2 1913
• 12 months' average M a y to April, inclusive.
54
113
+13.5
+6.6
42
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (•)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
Items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of tho SURVEY (NO. 30).
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
Perct
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
January
Feb.
ruary
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
or deCUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-28
1923-24
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—Contd.
Lumber—Continued
Northern hardwood:
272,813
224,276
51,576
43,938
43,525
Production
M ft. b. m.
304,642
303,065
28,823
35,592
Shipments
M ft. b . m.
28,319
Walnut lumber:
2,028
14,057
20,779
2,702
2,561
Production
M ft. b. m.
19,742
17,594
2,410
3,568
3,088
Shipments.
M ft. b. m8,646
7,819
8,351
Stocks
M ft. b. mWalnut logs:
2,337
18,522
13,127
2,383
2,308
Purchases
M ft. log measure.
Made into lumber and
1,582
2,235
11,699
17,322
2,122
veneer
M ft. log measure2,412
3,634
3,782
StocksM ft. log measure.
All lumber:
12,020,775
18,473,838 19,790,799
Production, 10 species
M ft. b. m. '2,229,295 12,425,712
132,634
949,832 1 1,267,996
218,557 1 159,215
Exports, planks, joists, e t c — M ft. b. m.
3,753
98,403
-4,413
3,164
82,155
Retail sales, Minneapolis
M
ft.
b.
m.
11
Composite lumber prices:
48.52
45.30
43.71
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m.
36.12
32.80
32.36
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m.
Wooden Furniture
* 34,282
Shipments
dolls., average per firm.
30,596
52,964
b 68,575
"Unfilled orders
dolls., average per firm.
(
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
Per
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
TEAE
OB
PERIOD
1923
1924
Jan. I Feb. I! Nov. j Dec.
Jan.
or decrease
Feb.
Jan.
from
Dec.
+21.6
-0.5
1913
1913
148
149
155
114
90
168
114
158
154
112
182
142
+18.5
+25.7
+47.8
+12.2
1922
1922
1922
124
128
84
112
125
82
167
136
151
107
90
142
160
85
150
185
77
+5.5
+15.5
-9.6
+41.1
1922
168
160
179
177
+3.2
1922
1922
150
94
119
116
176
187
157
212
158
C
160
174
163
+48.1
168
181
+5.3
+7.1
+33.5
-16.5
1913
1909-13
1919
102
73
32
112
82
67
94
96
31
101
123
23
110
89
17
+8.8
-27.2
-28.3
1921
1920
115
71
104
63
104
64
105
66
109
65
+3.6
-1.3
-3.7
-2.1
-31.9
-1.0
-6.2
116
73
1920
1920
+4.1
41
36
Flooring
Oak flooring:
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments
M ft. b. m._
Orders booked
M ft. b. m . .
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m . .
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m._
Maple flooring:
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments...
M ft. b. m_.
Orders booked
M ft. b. m._
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m__
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m__
Brick
Clay fire brick (computed):
Production
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
New orders
thousands..
Unfilled orders
thousands..
Silica brick (computed):
Production
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Face brick (32 identical plants):
Production
thousands..
Stocks on yards "
thousands..
Unfilled orders
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Paving brick:
ProductionActual.thousands..
Relation to capacity
per cent..
Shipments
_.
thousands..
Stocks/end of month
thousands. _
Orders received
thousands..
Cancellations
thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month..thousands..
Prices, common brick:
Wholesale, red, New York dolls, per thous..
Cement
Production
thous. of bbls_.
Shipments
thous. ofbbls..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls._
Price, Portland:
Chicago district
dolls, per b b L .
Lehigh Valley
dolls, per bbL.
Concrete paving contracts:
Total
thous. of sq. yds..
Roads
„
thous. of sq. y d s . .
Kooflng
Preparing roofing:
Shipments
tbous. of roof squares..
Roofing felt:
Production, dry felt.
tons
StocksTotal
„
tons
. Dry felt
tons!.
Receipts: .
Rags.....
tons..
30,136
31,080
42,141
38,595
56,554
29,033
30,441
28,688
38,222
53,052
24,421
25,031
33,458
25,301
56,936
204,206
206,289
210,087
236,586
231,754
250,295
+15.9
+12.3
+19.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
412
402
494
283
695
366
417
548
281
785
459
477
494
461
520
390
457
620
457
658
451
517
690
428
780
435
507
470
425
732
10,225
8,109
14,736
21,831
18,655
9,752
8,698
8,653
22,747
19,534
11,333
11,354
16,033
25,539
40,200
101,106
102,301
113,151
89,194
79,302
73,623
-11.8
-22.5
-34.9
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
139
112
173
162
94
113
96
113
165
105
118
83
64
143
40
116
75
73
157
40
102
68
104
141
49
97
7a
+7.3
61
147
51
-41.3
56,347
54,111
198,315
66,080
59,511
57,594
201,755
67,616
79,600
56,094
53,323
163,392
67,153
88,736
435,066
426,880
456,607
433,031
+5.0
+1.4
465,438
+2.1
128
114
118
126
111
105
118
131
95
107
97
133
87
64
92
95
132
92
63
111
107
143
128
74
117
114
145
131
85
+5.6
+6.4
455,979
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
+1.7
+2.3
+14.0
13,400
15,391
42,298
17,355
18,247
41,407
14,541
14,417
45,501
105,981
99,728
98,606
-10.0
-1.1
1919
1919
1919
102
102
111
103
103
109
61
105
43
61
99
95
110
101
123
130
+29.5
+18.6
17,366
61,575
33,592
11,231
19,284
67,997
40,524
15,363
16,012
70,751
51,296
13,660
183,468
179,111
-2.4
159,983
147,266
-7.9
1919
1919
1919
"1920
138
200
105
128
134
229
93
91
I 1
50
122
80
123
276
147
110
+11.0
+10.4
+20.6
+36.8
19,664
37
9,491
91,737
6,834
1,164
51,419
19,571
45
6,442
102,498
11,136
110
55,482
20.00
20.00
20.00
8,788
5,210
14,155
8,588
5,933
16,811
8,210
6,090
13,596
1.72
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.90
4,013
2,613
4,562
3,421
6,272
4,725
42,811
29,765
48,145
36,447
20,182
20,868
129
191
149
137
+4.2
+4.7
-2.1
-as
+21.6
-32.1
+11.7
+62.0
+7.9
83,152
80,252
92,022
84,468
1913
305
305
274
290
305
305
0.0
1913
1913
1913
104
76
102
107
82
121
164
139
62
130
87
94
115
70
126
12
80
150
-2.3
+13.9
+18.8
1913
1913
158
214
173
214
166
200
163
197
170
197
173
197
+1.7
0.0
+12.5
+2.3
1919
1919
141
138
120
62
106
103
90
76
102
100
+13.7
+30.9
+3.4
1919
92
114
140
+22.5
+10.9
+5.4
-IB. I
+107
+5.3
2,380
2,915
1,952
14,662
16,263
14,495
1923
12,385
1,982
13,057
lf623
11,889
1,906
1923
1923
106
122
16,438
6,602
1,053
14,003
5,225
2,229
13,514
5,548
2,331
1923
1923
98
91
105
Japertons...
S0 cia1 r e l i g i o u s a n d
"Miscellaneous
Pric^Se^ver^s S ? ^ ? ^ ^ 'tons..!
* '
'
memorial buildings forme
1
sported aa o f t h e first w e e k o f t h e
"<* Revised.
IteuraSntiKSSfnfflSewS???
?
5
.,
followingmonth
'
r i C k O 1 1 y a r d S a n d d 0 6 S DOt i n C l U d e f o r m e d b r i k i n k i
&d
January,
We to
3 ? p S S1923.
fo^ P t°e™ i923
'
^ «• *P*ted prior to September, 1923.
" Ten months' average, March to December, inclusive.
102
208
186
-4.6
124
95
206
100
93
91
101
81
87
$5
101
82
106
67
104
69
74
111
84
71
107
113
91 -14.8
89 -20.9
197 +111.7
Current data therefore are n
43
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SUEVET or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
NUMERICAL
1924
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
Per ct.
increase
(
DATA
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
t>
or decrease
<-)
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
BASE
TEAR
OR
PERIOD
1919
1919
1919
248
96
191
1919
1919
1919
January
February
number..
number-.
number..
84,684
46,570
107,494
88,841
52,581
137,246
82,912
40,124
129,847
626,497
695,435
+11.0
786,598
731,994
-6.9
number..
number..
number..
117,011
90,272
125,273
121,878
98,668
148,414
83,469
56,543
156,033
710,283
925,431
+30.3
963,006
874,297
-9.2
number,numbernumber..
126,088
90,003
145,977
128,036
90,509
155,156
99,085
59,806
167,607
786,249
929,036
+18.2
1,078,406
945,778
-12.3
number.,
numbernumber..
62,640
57,333
76,800
63,856
57,817
93,785
44,766
49,367
75,431
361,726
474,850
+31.3
number..
number.,
211,674
704,194
228,235
756,311
291,549
997,126
1922-23
1923-24
INDEX
Tor
ct •
increase
NUMBERS
1928
or decrease
1924
l
eb.
from,
Dec.
240
95
186
257
125
196
+4.P
+12.9
+27.7
199
43
232
182
40
212
266
71
202
+4.2
+9.3
+18.5
1919
1919
1919
214
47
223
182
48
190
235
72
176
1919
1919
1919
188
72
223
158
62
180
225
72
224
+1.6
+0.6
+6.3
+1.9
+0.8
+22.1
» 1921
i< 1921
609
642
714
771
559
585
Jan.
Feb.
Nov. Dec.
Jan.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—Contd.
Sanitary Ware
Baths, enamel:
Orders s h i p p e d . . :
' Stocks...
Orders received
Lavatories,
enamel: •
1
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received..!
Sinks, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Miscellaneous, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Unfilled orders:
Baths
' . Small w a r e . .
"-5A
""5247644*
f"
CHEMICALS
Acetate of lime:
, ,.
13,470
13,420
13,173
Production
. . . . t h o u s . of lbs..
9,022
8,548
13,635
Shipments or use
thous. of lbs..
23,402
27,494
14,499
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs..
Methanol: .
689,503
730,590
Production
gallons.. 705,747
667,929
Shipments or u s e . — . . . .
gallons.. 642,812 681,057
Stocks, end of m o n t h . . . ,
gallons.. 2,632,633 2,618,339 2,044,429
Wood at chemical plants:
73,541
81,912
78,892
Consumption (carbonized)
cords.,
Stocks, end of month
cords.. 786,174 794,856
796,541
Imports:
24,929
17,050
25,878
• Potash
long tons..
86,302
159,275 149,603
Nitrate of soda
long tons.
Exports:
439
849
570
Sulphuric acid
thous. of l b s .
637
516
529
Dyes and dyestuffs.
thous. of dolls..
86,942
72,424
85,200
Total fertilizer
long tons..
Price index numbers:
Crude drugs
..Index n u m b e r . _
Essential oils
index n u m b e r . .
Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals
index number.,
Chemicals
weighted index number.,
Price, sulphuric acid 66° N . Y..index number..
+7.8
103,880
85,472
+2.3
-30.7
1922
1922
1922
151
119
129
100
40
113
89
52
5,490,959 5,324,694
6,403,944 5,220,809
-3.0
-18.5
1922
1922
1922
157
136
73
129
105
74
110
119
94
-1.8
-5.3
+17.5
-2.3
+5.9
-0.5
627,267 - 595,567
-5.1
1922
1922
153
86
127
84
105
89
-6.8
+1,1
156,359
540,285
165,708
650,278
+6.0
+20.4
1909-13
1909-13
110
253
81
200
115
203
-3.7
-6.1
4,887
3,623
579,282
5,894
4,293
717,640
+20.6
+18.5
+23.9
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
71
156
1,383 1,784
70
66
59
,430
SO
+48.9
+20.4
-5.3
-2.8
+2.0
101,551
123,408
Aug.,'14
Aug.,'14
208
124
125
305
144
Aug.,'14
1913
1913
135
173
70
132
176
70
149
165
75
125
+2.0
-0.6
-2,7
NAVAL S T O R E S
Turpentine (3 principal ports):
Net receipts1
Stocks.....
n
Rosin (3 principal ports):
Net receipts
Stocks
•_
+15.7
-17.8
barrels—
barrels..
10,788
41,545
12,478
34,148
. 5,914
29,238
190,560
231,042
+21.2
1919-20
1919-20
barrelsbarrels-
61,971
306,606
50,620
261,109
46,644
282,610
715,802
832,844
+16.4
1919-20
1919-20
122
83
141
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
4,735
79,742
3,827
106,658
6,619
54,798
56,209
394,327
33,234
424,860
1913
1913
32
295
23
256
13
499
thous. of lbsthous. of lbs._
22,148
23,841
23,616
& 20,378
19,722
117,965
139,147
135,211
162,093
-40.9
+7.7
+14.0
+16.5
1913
1913
168
174
154
166
199 !
tons.. 577,693
385,716
305,096
1919
103 !
128,518
100,189
.101
86,959
100,551
.109
100 I
867,563
-5.8
1919
1919
1913
-18.3
-14.8
F A T S A N D OILS
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
Imports
Oleomargarine:
Production
Consumption
Cottonseed
Cottonseed stocks
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks
Production
Price, New York
Eeceip
Minneapolis
thous. of lbs.. 136,348
thous. of lbs.. 121,148
.110
dolls, per lb..
816,975
-19.2
+33.8
-0.9
60
155
144
113
75 \ - 3 3 . 2
130 i 91
149 | 150
145
164
162
146
116
151
142
110
152
134 I1 - 5 . 7
91 'I - 1 7 , 3
139 j1 - 8 . 2
Flaxseed
Minneapolis
StocS?
Minneapolis
thous. of b u s h s thous. of b u s h s . .
403
159
235
102
257
43
4,190
3,407
8,593 +105.1
6,445 +89.2
1913
1913
50
13
133
148
87
59
25 I - 4 1 . 7
10 i - 3 5 . 8
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
137
199
134
218
58
35
977
3,181
1,494
4,503
+5Z9
+41.6
1913
1913
79
33
162
64
100
82
86 I - 2 . 2
20 ' + 9 . 5
410
304
283
173
1913
1913
5
3
329
23
205
40
1913
66
103
th0US Of bU5hs
S?
'
^ ^ J ^
"
s.thous. oflbs..
Shipments from Minneapolis.thous. of lbs..
« Revised.
13,754
& 10,051
24,652
t January, 1923
& 17,371
65,290
94,251
90,435
+38.5
5S
15
101
88
144,749 +53.6
81
u Eight months' average, M a y to December, inclusive.
1913
176
11
12X , - 3 1 . 0
6 . -43.1
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
:NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1924
For detailed tables covering other items, see
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
MONTH
January
In many case* March figures are now
or Febavailable and may be found in the special January
February,
1922-23
1923-24
table on page 29
1923
ruary
FOODSTUFFS
Wheat
Exports, including
flour
thous. of bushs..
Visible supply
thous. of busbs..
Receipts, principal markets...thous. of bushs..
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
Wheat flour:
Production
thous. of bbls..
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
Stocks
thous. of bbls..
Prices:
No. 1, northern, Chicago..dolls, per bush.,
No. 2, red winter, Chicago.dolls, per bush..
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl..
Flour, winter straights,
Kansas City
dolls, per bbl.
Corn
Exports, including meal
thous. of bushs.
Visible supply
thous. of busbs.
Receipts, principal markets, .thous. of bushs.
-Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs.
•Grindings (starch, glucose)...thous. of bushs.
Prices, contract grades,
No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush.
12,201
194,616
15,875
11,200
oll,000
<»9,299
a 7,150
10,019
194,500
19,803
10,616
12,197
135,697
21,618
10,740
10,286
8,711
7,200
9,425
7,984
7,700
173,701
121,226
Per ct.
or decrease
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
-3a 2
353,270
211,871
286,195
144,746
-19.0
-31.7
92,740
80,591
90,568
.78,942
-2.3
-2.0
Per
ct.
Increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OB
PERIOD
1923
1924
Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan.
<•$
or decrease
Feb.
from
Dec.
1913
1913
1919
1919
105
274
119
95
102
264
69
54
102
361
118
88
109
387
90
83
102
379
50
56
84
388
63
+24.7
53
-5.2
1914
1919
1919
104
114
78
97
98
82
119
127
84
111
132
75
113
114
76
106
107
76
-6.5
-6.3
131
128
136
138
120
108
122
110
124
112
129
114
+3.6
+1.9
-17.9
-0.1
+0.7
1.133
1.106
1.174
1.127
1.244
1.360
1913
1913
6.195
6.306
6.713
1913
145
146
132
133
135
138
+1.8
5.250
5.350
5.569
1913
145
145
136
133
137
139
+1.9
3,106
10,513
30,600
19,648
6,758
3,542
20,534
43,442
21,213
7,152
8,894
29,877
31,287
16,533
5,336
1913
1913
1919
1919
1913
175
263
250
255
132
211
356
209
187
127
74
125
204
222
161
84
243
290
240
170
+15.9
+95.3
+42.0
+8.0
+5.8
.759
.797
.737
1913
114
118
121
128
+5.0
16,208
17,539
18,778
17,741
485
16,023
27,683
966
191S
1913
1913
109
177
16
77
159
32
97
114
37
78
101
21
91
102
16
+14.0
+1.2
.474
.493
.457
1913
117
122
US
120
126
131
+4.0
299
2,916
613
3,381
1,191
2,556
82
28
18
50
20
32
42
27
+105.0
+15.9
.705
.740
107
105
110
113
118
+5.0
1,807
821
.725
1,938
402
.720
4,749
5,974
.864
367
555
2,229 3,854
136
137
273
633
111
157
774
110
140
530
114
150
259
113
-5L0
-0.7
17,066
15,061
29,222
82
73
-11.7
75,749
14,178
-81.3
248,364
157,376
45,611
208,829
114,685
46,625
-15.9
-27.1
4-2.2
Other Grains
-Oats:
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bushs..
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.
Exports, including meal..thous.of bushs.
Prices, contract grades,
Chicago
dols. per bush.
Barley:
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bush.
Exports
thous. of bush.
Price, fair to good, malting,
Chicago
dolls, per bush.
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bushs. _
Exports, including flour..thous. of bushs..
Price, No. % Chicago
dolls, per bush..
171,364
15,393
30,743
172,993
+1.0
7,499
-64.~7
8,424
36,945
-45.3
+20.2
1913
1913
1913
62,241
39,514
104
-24.1
+7.2
23,388
11,659
-62.4
-70.5
1913
1913
1913
162,986
-49.9
1913
118
141
75
598
+7.
42,720 -26.8
68,070 -19.6
15,187 +32.6
16,688 -37.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
97
140
80
141
241
56
382
29
101
196
82
49
38
51
24
59
27
40
28
36
97
21
19
88
202
1913
1913
1914
172
46
275
200
23
357
114
92
110
157
57
30
243
29
495
357
17
714
+47.1
140.0
+44.4
Total Grains
Total grain exports, incl. flour.thous. of bushs..
Argentlne Grain
Exports:
Wheat
flour
thous. of bbls.,
Wheat
thous. of bushs..
Corn
thous. of bushs..
Oats
thous. of bushs..
Flaxseed
thous. of bushs..
"Visible supply:
Wheat
thous. of bushs.,
Corn
thous. of bushs..
Flaxseed
thous. of bushs..
114
& 12,038
& 12,593
&7,216
&8,027
113
1,801
3,071
4,478
6,732
557
58,362
84,673
11,451
26,784
6,290
1,000
3,600
9,250
600
5,200
5,180
800
1,076
580
392
7,689
6,980
-9.2
1919
156
64
314
158
176
95
-46.1
1,105
927
562
6,807
6,430
-5.5
1919
166
92
202
134
181
151
-16.1
229
203
309
2,514
1,602
-36.3
1919
136
121
121
80
90
2,600
Other Oops
;Eice:
Receipts at mills
thous. of bbls..
Shipments—
Total from mills
thous. of pockets,.
Through
New Orleans
thous. of pockets..
Stocks, end of month,
at mills
thous. of pockets..
Imports
pockets (100lbs.)..
Exports
pockets (100 lbs.)..Apples:
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month)..thous. of bbls..
Car-lot shipments
carloads..
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads..
-Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Hay, receipts
tonsl.
Cattle and Beef
-Cattle movement, primary market:
Receipts
thousands..
Shipments, total
thousands .
Shipments, stocker and feeder-thousands"
Slaughter
thousands"
.Beef products:
Inspected slaughter produc.thous. of lbs .
Apparent consumption
thous. of l b s . .
Exports
.
thous. of lbs
Cold-storage holdings,
(end of month)
thous. of l b s . .
442,058
2,413,511
180,337
1,782,945
-49.2
-26.1
1919
1919
1919
281
88
151
251
29
106
214
20
59
248
21
108
249
33
97
207
23
56
1,398
10,665
69,014
49,671
114,686
157,165
20,833
59,557
683,522
+25.6
+2.0
+7.4
+19.9
+7.5
310
120
107
110
198
223
92
90
80
198
57
582
371
129
151
207
75
556
114
76
97
198
63
452
117
127
139
180
83
-23.9
91,312
154,083
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
344
6,257
13,481
118
132
120
217
86
+0.4
+4.6
JlS.2
+2<U
+3.6
1,457
540
170
915
•1,427
•560
210
•871
16,746
8,047
3,744
8,606
16,544
7,509
3,509
8,943
-1.2
-6.7
-6.3
+3.9
1919
1919
1919
1919
91
85
64
95
48
76
106
127
142
97
88
88
SO
89
92
SO
55
101
71
60
39
80
-22-7
-242
-30.0
-20. S
373,733
11,669
366,801
368,908
11,415
3,455,843
3,318,084
105,329
3,540,705
3,394,147
104,759
+2.5
+2.3
-0.5
1913
1919
1913
125'
94
92
107
83
84
135
95
120
87
70
133
100
73
111
84
86
-16.4
-16.8
+17.9
97,874
100,591
1919
48
42
39
45
43
41
2,019
44,876
303,950
1,680
31,868
177,314
•2,039
39,836
334,215
•7,843
7,961
18,983
2,411
9,735
100,367
5,966
7,995
19,862
2,092
11,693
103,963
3,877
1,884
712
243
1,155
455,902
449,003
102,655
Revised
-11.4
-16.8
-29.0
-41.7
6
January, 1923
-4.7
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1924
For detailed tables covering other items, see
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
MONTH
January
or FebIn many cases March figures are now
ruary,
available and may be found in the special January
Feb1922-28
1923-24
1923
table on page 29
ruary
Per ct.
increase
orde*
crease
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
INDEX
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Per
ct.
in
crease
NUMBERS
1924
1928
or decrease
Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb,
Jan.
from
Dec.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued
Cattle a n d Beef—Continued
Prices, Chicago:
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Beef, fresh native steers.dolls. per 100 lbs..
Beef, steer rounds, No. 2_dolls. per 100 lbs..
9,469
17.00
13.90
9.706
17.00
14.60
9.356
14,80
13.80
5,335
•4,492
• 1,670
64
1913
1913
1913
110
114
105
116
135
104
114
131
111
+43
+2.5
0.0
Hogs a n d Fork
Hog movement, primary markets:
6,253
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
2,198
Shipments, primary markets..thousands..
50
Shipments, stocker and feeder-thousands..
4,016
Slaughter
_
thousands..
Pork products, total:
Inspected slaughter p r o d u c . thous. of lbs.. 980,793
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.. 657,931
Exports
thous, of lbs.. 224,660
Cold-storage holdings,
(end of month)
thous. of lbs.. 855,020
Lard: •
Production
thous. of lbs.. >227,689
Exports
thous. of lbs.. 132,768
Cold-storage holdings, on end
56,161
of month
thous. of lbs..
Prices .
7,231
Hogs, heavy, Chicago...dolls, per 100 lbs..
19.30
Hams, smoked, Chicago.dolls, per 100 lbs..128
Lard, prime contract, N . Y.*.dolls, per lb_.
•2,820
31,984
11,263
376
20,688
39,143
13,958
512
25,159
+22.4
+23.9
+36.2
+21.6
1919
1919
1919
1919
120
140
85
111
145
149
93
144
167
184
C7
158
143
178
63
127
-3.3
-6.0
-19.6-
847,265
568,283
752,492
491,156
163,745
5,378,754
4,410,625
1,147,458
6,304,703
5,005,038
1,396,439
+17.2
+ 13.5
+21.7
1913
1919
1913
156
175
200
182
231
194
203
235
274
175
203
232
-13.6
-2.2
946,788
842,781
188,308
99,910
168,557
89,055
1,105,144
600,175
1,311,835
718,741
68,557
59,101
4l»
3,227
+18.7
+19.8
1919
92
67
93
103
+10.7
1919
1919
180
140
174
117
259
209
214
158
-17.3
-24.7
1919
72
38
74
+22.1
85
126
128
86
110
116
85
111
100
-15,1
-4.7
-8.6
60
53
29
67
75
64
26
87
C2
57
IS
69
-16.8-10.3
-28.9
-21.2"
66
81
C9
-14.9
28
20
-5.7
153
171
180
187
+17.2
+9.2
90
103
59
85
7J
60
+19.7
-22.7
-27.6
04
122
107
1913
1913
1913
7,075
18.40
.117
7,838
20.30
.118
1,697
773
149
920
1,412
693
106
725
646
169
708
16,048
8,658
3,579
7,355
16,036
9,035
3,864
6,973
-0.1
+4.4
+8.0
-5.2
1919
1919
1919
1919
42,555
36,197
34,831
294,820
293,839
-0.3
1913
«*2,306
2,175
5,758
1919
7.188
13,325
8.425
14. 550
6.719
14. 613
1913
1913
10,259
» 52,627
12,277
»40,678
11,647
27,070
116,930
37,915
27,447
23,619
256,981
Sheep a n d M u t t o n
Sheep movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets..thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder-thousands..
Slaughter
thousands..
Lamb and mutton:
Inspected slaughter produc.-thous. of lbs_.
Cold storage holdings,
(end of month)
thous. of lbs.,
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago....dolls, per 100 lbs.,
Sheep, lambs, Chicago ..dolls, per 100 lbs..
72
143 ' 121
188 | 158
Fish
Total catch, prin. fishing ports..thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage holdings, 15th of mo.thous. of lbs..
132,387
67:
+13.2
1919
1919
+8.9
1919
292
191
139
1919
95
149
141
-6.O-
94
31
85
47
69
30
-9.0
+37.5
+13.2
+12.8
+40.1
44 I
- Poultry
Receipts at five markets
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
thous. of lbs.
279,779
•99,486
93,528
113,503
191,313
154,869
21,028
• 79,772
12,719
91,497
160,415
+75.3
1920
1919
42,615
14,399
713
48,260
16,243
999
40,662
12,575
1,025
409,031
135,044
6,961
405,568
148,950
7,232
-0.8
+10.3
+3.9
1919
1919
1919
105
79
72
90
104
48
93
88
60
105
100
S4
•15,246
-40,606
500
9,837
35,223
8,910
20,693
13
1916-20
1916-20
1916-20
29
72
6
91
148
109
27
109
14
17
95
1
-35.5
-13.0
-91.2"
.519
.225
.499
.221
.492
.249
1919
1919
85
83
86
80
88
73
84
71
-3.9
-1.8
14,684
•2,362
2,237
614,357
2,002
112
158
150
-5.3
long tons.,
"...long tons.,
230,919
•228,670
409,553
426,927
245,907
342,715
. . J o n g tons.,
long tons.
"79,208
3,499
131,689
7,181
124,164
29,438
long tons.,
22,262
1,769
1,506
.072
.087
.062
.073
736,588
527,741
437,958
681,939
474,764
460,009
thous. of lbs.
Dairy Products
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Stocks
thous. of lbs..
Eiports
thous. of lbs..
Receipts at five markets:
Butter
thous. of lbs.,
Cheese
thous. of lbs.,
_ Eggs
thous. of cases.,
Cold-storage holdings (end of month):
Creamery butter
thous. of lbs.
American cheese
thous. of l b s .
Case eggs
thous. of cases..
Wholesale prices at five markets:
Butter
dolls, per l b .
Cheese
_.dolls. per l b .
Fluid milk:
ReceiptsBoston (includ. cream)..thous. of q t s .
Greater New York
thous. of cans.
S U 8
Raw:
"
Imports
Meltings, 8 ports
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
Refined, exports
Cane, domestic:
^ Receipts at New Orleans
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal,
N. Y
dolls, perlb.,
wholesale, refined, N . Y
dolls, per l b .
Retail, average 51 cities
index number.,
^uDan movement:
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons.,
Exports
long tons.,
Stocks, end of month
long tons., *
.067
.084
548,358
341,821
240,622
Revised.
113
156
107,184
20,071
+3.5
+13.5
1910
1913
110
145
100
134
2,112,023 1,809,069
2,793,732 2,372,218
-14.3
-15.1
1913
1919
137
77
140
105
131
70
233
131
+77.4
+86.7
188,473
28,463
-84.9
1919
1909-13
84
160
130
997
83
118
138
243
+66.3
+105.2.
129,931
154,972
+19.3
1913
209
1913
1913
1913
151
158
151
170
171
158
1919
1919
1919
152
95
43
207
146
71
103,587
17,681
1,946,413
2,359,841
1,607,189
1,713,849
-17.4
-27.4
b January. 1923.
-92.1
234
408
138
11
208
203
18'
209
207
189
192
196
185
207
204
187
+7.5+3.6
+1.1
8
1
3
166
105
37
223
162
68
+34.3
+54.4
+82.0-
46
TREND OP BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SUEVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
Per ct.
increase!
NUMERICAL DATA
mary
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
1924
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
or
crease
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-23
(-)
cumulative
1923-a
from
1922-23
1923-24
INDEX
Per
ct.
in-
NUMBERS
IIT+T
BASE
YEAR
OB
1923
1924
orde-
PERIOD
Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec, Jan. Feb.
Jan.
from
Dec.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued
Coffee
Imports
Visible supply:
World
United States
Receipts, total, Brazil
Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world
Total, Brazil, for U. S
fibs..
137,397
109,994
131,975
thous. of bags..
thous. of bags..
thous. of bags..
;
thous. of bags..
thous. of bags..
thous.
4,198
670
1,235
4,183
571
1,054
7,491
1,090
889
7,606
1,134
505
1,297
635
1,187
828
thous. of l b s . .
7F831
5,185
853,684
+12.0
1909-13
153
174
218
189
182
145
9,522
+25.2
1913
1913
1913
65
45
105
63
59
93
40
48
125
36
39
127
37
129
! -10.3
31 -14.8
110 -14.7
8,924
4,879
10,882
5,644
+21.9
+15.7
1913
1913
124
176
120
211
138
190
130
192
115
128
131
162
+14.4
+25.7
5,376
76,025
85,380
+12.3
1909-13
106
149
167
95
•63
-33.8
507
4,623
4,854
39,715
4,661
44,444
-4.0
+11.9
1913
1913
89
413
89
357
103
414
78
342
79
374
-1.0
-22.4
956,158
-2a 0
Tea
Imports.
65
TOBACCO
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large cigars
millions..
Small cigarettes
millions..
Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of l b s . .
Exports:
Unmanufactured leaf.
thous. of l b s . .
Cigarettes
millions..
Sales at loose-leaf warehouses
thous. of l b s . .
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs!
504
6,257
80
483
38,191
35,353
32,611
279,687
273,228
-2.2
1913
100
88
90
71
103
96
-7.4
50,528
990
76,989
42,59C
662
48,01S
26,740
762
. 297,866
7,361
410,061
368,993
8,160
508,726
+23.9
+10.9
+24.1
1909-13
1913
1919
133
470
70
85
394
43
171
496
120
177
554
115
161
512
94
136
342
58
-15.7
-33.1
-37.6
28.00
28. OC
27.50
1913
208
208
212
212
212
212
0.0
2,427
1,402
2,244
1,351
507
1,563
959
376
1915
1915
1915
1919
384
526
205
151
545
785
261
166
613
7S6
340
173
778
322
173
551
741
277
-7.5
-3,6
-14.1
1919
608
610
593
941
.919
-2.4
217
164
82
112
+36.3
87
130
72
127
232
89
125
224
69
97
151
78
96
128
84
-1.7
-15.1
+7.6
TEANSPOETATION
River a n d Canal Cargo Traffic
Panama Canal:
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long
In American vessels...thous. of long
In British vessels
thous. of long
Suez Canal
thous. of metric
Mississippi Elver:
Government barge line
Ohio River, Pittsburgh, Pa, to
Wheeling, W. Va
short
tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..
Ocean Transportation
Entrance, vessels in foreign trade:
Total
thous. of net tons..
American
thous. of net tons..j
Foreign
thous. of net tons..
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade:
Total
thous. of net tons..
American
thous. of net tons..
Foreign
thous. of net tons..]
Freight rates, Atlantic ports to:
United Kingdom-weighted
[gdom.weighted iindex number..
All Europe
weighted index number..
590
2,017
U81
+64.2
+108.8
+24.1
+7.9
314,608
501,930
+59.5
3,175,403 4,417,724
+39.1
11,078
5,504
3,112
12,520
18,187
11,492
3,861
13,508
80,229
53,086
335,451
201,830
4,325
1,774
2,551
4,250
1,505
2,745
3,878
1,527
2,352
45,469
21,623
23,747
44,784
18,484
26,301
-1.5
-14.5
+10.8
1913
1913
1913
4,635
1,817
2,818
4,600
1,917
2,683
4,113
1,587
2,526
44,817
21,402
23,413
45,659
19,159
26,500
+1.9
-10.5
+13.2
1913
1913
1913
102
150
83
92
127
78
130
231
92
111
179
84
103
145
87
103
153
+0.8
+5.5
-4.8
1920
1920
25.3
22.9
21.8
21.1
28.6
25.1
27.8
25.1
27.5
24.9
29.9
25.1
-8.7
-0.8
91
82,179
246,033
1922
Freight Cars
Surplus (daily av. last week of month):
Box-number..
74,415
Coal..
..number67,578
Total
number.. 169,036
Shortage (daily av. last week of month):
Box..
,.
number..
1,678
Coal
.
number..
1,894
Total.:
number..
4,598
Cars in bad order:
Total
cars.. 161,569
7.1
Ratio to total in use
per cent..
C a r loadings (weekly average):
Total
. . . . c a r s . . 858,863
Grain and grain products
cars..
45,093
Livestock
cars-.
35,945
Coal
cars..
Forest products...
_._
cars..
66,704
Ore
_
cars..!
8,435
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars..] 493,874
Railroad Operations
Revenue:
Freight
thous. of dolls..; 333,576
Passenger
thous. of dolls..i 91,730
Total operating
thous. of dolls..! 468,977
Operating expense
thous. of dolls..' 384,984
Net operating income:
Total
thous. of dolls..
51,281
Per cent on tentative valuation, .per c e n t 4.54
Receipts per ton-mile
cents..!
1.086
Freight carried
mills, ton-miles..
34,514
Locomotives in bad order, 1st of following
month, per cent to total in use:
Freight
percent..
17.9
Passenger
percent..
16.9
* January, 1923.
51,398
56,618
134,273
2,739
4,845
15,819
1919
1919
1919
8
63
75
71
-30.9
-16.2
-20.6
1,076
2,475
3,991
33,857
38,771
80,633
1919
1919
1919
178
923
334
6
59
17
-35.9
+30.7
-13.2
168,782
7.5
215,552
8.7
1913
1913
141
128
110 I +4.5
110 I +5.6
908,404
49,129
32,931
189,991
79,698
9,466
534,305
41,209
32,064
185,492
66,646 j
10,310!
497,505
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
106
106
97
105
117
23
105
113
126
100
108
140
25
113
352,443
83,363
478,914
374,700
326,836
79,135
446,949
376,007
71,192
~"35~962"
18.5
17.5
39,275
*5.56 j
U.07S
32,630
2,836,278
743,519
3,955,765
3,162,170
3,039,204
783,622
,197,606
,258,566
528,193
'275.1S*
+7.2
+5.4
+6.1
+3.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
199
145
188
206
656,429
+24.3
119
"302f"58l"
+9.7
1913
1913
1919
1919
25.5
24.5
1919
1919
li
+5.8
+9,0
-8.4
-3.5
+19.5
+12.2
+8.2
+5.7
39.1
+2.1
12.7
+38.8
135
97
91 1
Index number less than 1.
94
92
+2.2
+3.6
47
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (•)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1924
For detailed tables covering other items, see
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 30).
MONTH
January
In many cases March figures are now
or Febavailable and may be found in the special
ruary,
FebJanuary
1922-23
1923-24
1923
table on page 29
ruary
Per ct.
increase
(+) !
or de-
INDEX
crease
(-) i
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Per
ct.
Increase
NUMBERS
1923
or decrease
1924
Jon. Feb. Nov.
Dec.
Jan,
Feb.
from
Dec.
TKANSPORTATION-Continued
Passenger Travel
Railroads:
Pullman passengers carried
National parks:
Visitors
Automobiles entered
Arrivals from abroad:
Aliens
United States citizens
Departures for abroad:
Aliens
United States citizens
136 i
thousands-
2,724
2,483
2,313
21,828
23,292
+6.7
1913
130
112
numbernumber..
35,761
1,334
«l 27,606
« 2,654
20,923
402
757,366
105,613
1,094,651
127,936
+44.5
+21.1
1920
1920
31
5
30
6
numbernumber-
44,354
15,638
40,743
22,161
38,760
20,217
429,610
216,963
670,296
+56.0
-13.8
1913
1913
32
64
33
82
numbernumber..
14,412
20,817
11,586
11,586
8,844
21,257
141,886
181,139
146,207
166,296
+3.0
-8.2
1913
1913
23
54
17
71
46,584
9,895
* 42,841
*9S79
290,343
63,749
314,700
+8.4
+3.6
1913
1913
326
260
315
362
345
351
274
355
267
8,839
10,938
, 1,424
6 8,986
& 11,130
M961
62,562
77,950
13,369
63,330
77,479
10,772
+1.2
-0.6
-19.4
1919
1919
1919
118
110
120
10S
100
86
116
109
92
116
109
90
116
108
87
123
131
120
-8.9
-40
37
-22.9
+98.9
-8.1
+41.7
-19.4
-44.3
118
28
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Telephone companies:
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls—
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Telegraph companies:
Commercial telegraph tolls -thous. of dolls..
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Central electric stations:
Production, electric power—
Total
mills, of kw. hours..
By water power—mills, of kw, hours—
By fuels
mills, of kw. hours-.
Consumption of f u e l s Coal.
thous. of short tons..
Oil
thous. of barrels..
Gas
.millions of cu. ft..
Gross revenue, sales
thous. of dolls—
5,202
1,680
3,522
4,878
1,560
3,318
4,324
1,468
2,857
34,431
11,634
22,797
38,566
12,582
25,954
+12.0
+9.0
+13.8
1919
1919
1919
147
133
155
133
121
141
149
123
165
153
138
162
160
138
174
-6.2
-7.1
-5.3
3,673
1,602
2.455
126,100
3,374
1,546
2,601
3,249
1,166
1,823
* 112,300
25,316
9,961
19,853
674,000
26,910
11,233
22,415
774,100
+6.3
+12.8
+12.9
+14.9
1919
1919
1919
1913
123
136
118
432
111
127
102
402
118
150
124
452
116
160
141
46G
126
174
138
485
-8.1
-3.5
+5.9
2,006
138,124
259,081
496,333
28,131
55,282
56,352
1,086
86,462
19,250
109,713
30,604
329,790
70,032
325,860
2,006
137,666
254,842
499,051
28,900
54,557
57,202
1,082
87,243
19,420
110,777
29,570
331,422
69,698
325,344
1,999
141,216
282,121
500,214
28,200
60,567
56,013
596
88,736
18,211
106,095
30,216
303,492
72,555
310,691
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1021
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
124.3
107.4
104.0
140.7
119.1
121.9
113.3
40.4
115.4
119.6
135.8
101.4
186.2
118.4
103.0
128.2
107.5
110.4
143.1
121.1
122.0
112.2
41.2
118.3
131.9
139.7
100.4
197.1
118.9
108.1
129.3
113.9
102.7
144.8
123.9
113.0
112.7
69.4
118.0
154.4
142.6
102.7
196.5
119.0
114.5
127.4
110.4
102.5
140.6
122.1
108.1
112.1
75.8
114.4
142.1
145.4
104.6
194.8
118.3
113.9
128.7
105.2
101.4
141.9
120.3
111.4
11Z9
75.1
115.2
139.4
144.5
101.6
213.1
114.8
.13.4
535
240
540
241
554
214
1914
1920
1915
1922
107
115 113 106
114 116
13G
120 132 135
114 120
120.7 124.7 120.7 119.9 L14.5 23.4
08.5
[06,2
108.1
108.9
107.1 109.7
14,874
14,978
14,329
1914
1915
+0.7
+ 11.7
27.81
27.73
25.87
1914
1915
239 239 235 236
241 241
245.0 261.6 275.2 265.0 253. 9 283.6
224 219 213
221
210 207
203.0 210.0 228.3 221.7 213.5 230.6
175,620
108,949
89,535
1.61
150,235
103,509
84,683
1.45
175,807
167,866
127,965
1.05
1,700,111
1,583,187
1,217,487
1,444,445
1,205,812
974,884
-15.0
-23.8
-19.9
11921
•1921
11921
•1921
101
136
134
74
87
144
135
61
81
110
114
73
70
78
83
63
87
93
95
93
74
89
90
84
-14.5
-5.0
-5.4
—9.9
30,508
19,303
11,205
30,468
17,878
12,590
26,178
17,115
9,063
203,921
135,707
68,214
239,946
145,944
94,002
+17.7
+7.5
+37.8
1913
1913
1913
243
238
256
306
232
256
215
274 ' 426
318
261
455
271
242
339
270
224
3S0
-0.1
+7.4
+12.4
21,096
12,134
5f457
1,352
2,153
23,406
13,431
6,019
1,612
2,344
19,508
11,234
5,016
1,256
2,002
201,831
119,380
48,238
12,516
21,695
233,987
137,300
57,707
15,256
24,724
+15.9
+15.0
+19.6
+21.9
+13.9
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
242
200
446
273
229
245
203
454
279
223
265
220
494
300
240
294
243
545
358
261
+10.9
+10.7
+10.3
+19.2
+8.9
2,696
3,062
22,876
2,918
200
215
216
"H754*
1,716
1,967
1,827
8,122
1,091
9S0
1,095
average, July to December, Inclusive.
24,656
+7.8
1920
113
103
115
122
117
112
-4.7-
"268" "242"
135 124
270
138
293 277 257
141 139 138
-0.4
EMPLOYMENT
Number employed, by industries:
Total, 1,428
firms
thousands..
Food products
„
number..
Textiles
number..
Iron and steel
.
numberLumber
number..
Leather
_
numberPaper and printing
number..
Beverages
number..
Chemicals
.numberStone, clay, and glass
numberMetals, exc. iron and steel
number..
Tobacco products
numbervehicles
number—
Railway repair shops
number,.
Miscellaneous
numberNumber employed, State and city reports:
New York State
thousandsDetroit
thousandsWisconsin
index number
Illinois
index number
Total pay roll:
New York State
thous. of dolls..
Wisconsin....
index number..
Average weekly earnings:
New York State
idolls..
Wisconsin
.index number..
employment agency operations:
Workers registered
number._
Jobs registered...
number..
Workers placed
number..
Average applicants per job
number..
DISTEIBTJTION
0.0
-0.3
-1.6
+0.5
+Z7
-1.3
+1.5
-0.4
+0.9
j-0.9
+1.0
-3.4
+0.5
-a 5
-0.2
+
+0.4.
+2.8
+2.2
-0.3
+8.0
MOVEMENT
Mail-order houses*
Total sales
.thous. of d o l l s Sears, Roebuck & C o . .1 .thous. of dolls.Montgomery Ward & Co. .thous. of dolls..
Ten-cent stores:
Total sales
.thous. of dolls..
F. W. Woolworth Co.Jill .thous. of dolls.,
SB. Kresge Co
.thous. of dolls.,
McCrory Stores C o r p . . . . .thous. of dolls—
S. H. Kress & C o . . . . .
.thous. of dolls..
Restaurant chains:
Total sales, 2 chains
.thous. of dolls.Stores o p e r a t d ' ; " " : '
number..
Child'sCo..
.thous. of dolls..
W'aldorf s y s t e m . ™ " ! " " .thous. of dolls—
s Six months'
* January, 1923.
128.7
104.9
99.7
142.7
24.1
.11.9
[14.6
74.8
116.2
[40.6
L45.8
98.2
J14.1
14.2.
13.1
692
369
591
313
679 1,183
406 795
308 ! 664
"1913"
"I57739" •"+6.7
1920
+9.8
8,917
i> Preliminary; reports from two parks ar e not included.
48
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
SURVET or are repeated for special reasons;
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CorreFROM JULY 1
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
sponding
1924
THROUGH LATEST
For detailed tables covering other items, see
month,
MONTH
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
January
In many cases March figures are now
or February,
Febavailable and may be found in the special January
1922-23
1928-24
1923
ruary
table on page 29
Per ct.
increase
Per
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
<•#
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
BASE
YEAE
OB
PERIOD
1923-24
from
1922-23
1923
Jan.
Feb.
1924
Nov. Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(+)
or decrease
from
Dec.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Contd.
Chain stores:
J. C. Penney Co
thous. of dolls_
United Cigar Stores Co
thous. of dolls.
A. Schulte (Inc.)
thous. of dolls..
Jones Bros. Tea Co
thous. of dolls.
Owl Drug Co
thous. of dolls.
American Wholesale Corp.
total sales
thous. of dolls.
Candy sales by manufacturers.thous. of dolls..
Magazine advertising
(for following month).
.thous. of lines,
Newspaper advertising
.thous. of lines.
Postal receipts,
„^ „
total (50 cities)
thous. of dolls.
Money orders:
Domestic paid (50 cities)—
Quantity
number.
Value
thous. of dolls.
Domestic issued (50 cities)—
Quantity
number.
Value thous. of dolls.
Foreign issued
thous. of dolls.
Internal-revenue taxes collected:
Theater admissions
thous. of dolls.
Firearms and shells
thous. of dolls.
Jewelry, watches, and
clocks
thous. of dolls.
Bond and stock issues
and conveyances
thous. of dolls.
Capital stock transfers
thous. of dolls.
3,468
5,396
1,597
1,815
918
3,708
5,619
1,656
2,022
912
2,823
5,158
1,269
1,367
823
34,948
49,667
11,680
11,427
7,515
44,626
51,879
14,239
15,284
8,093
+27.7
+4.5
+21.9
+33.7
+7.6
1913
1913
1919
1913
1913
3,845
45,375
2,226
31,497
2,377
32,007
23,785
253,927
24,119
269,526
+1.4
+6.1
1913
1920
311
101
174
81
211
100
125
116
281
114
163
79
-42.1
-30.6
1,945
92,172
2,219
88,928
2,002
83,608
"14,811
726 713
"17,540
755,880
+18.4
+4.0
1913
1919
141
108
164
100
172
126
143
122
159
110
181
106
+14.1
-3.5
26,031
25,264
23,082
190,435
203,354
+6.8
1919
136
126
144
171
142
137
-3.0
10,867
77,642
10,482
75,404
9,238
65,725
77,061
572,408
82,578
637,025
+7.2
+11.3
1919
1919
157
111
119
101
141
134
154
140
140
119
135
115
-3.6
-0.3
3,028
29,118
2,773
2,823
28,189
2,439
2,384
24,908
2,166
19,173
200,908
18,508
22,113
227,667
31,012
+15.3
+13.3
+67.6
1919
1919
1919
138
125
126
115
72
146
133
153
172
147
185
160
134
93
149
130
82
-6.8
-3.2
-12.1
7,577
147
6,739
5,877
197
44,469
2,988
50,848
+14.3
-9.9
1919
1919
125
81
109
61
127
157
130
76
140
46
125
28
-11.1
-39.5
4,942
2,675
2,570
14,507
16,871
+16.2
1919
358
215
138
142
413
223
4,173
895
3,517
906
3,700
879
28,166
6,344
28,632
5,254
+1.7
-17.2
1919
1919
135
78
109
95
55
100
77
117
88
-15.7
mills, of dolls.,
mills, of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
21,574
21,844
40,019
183,307
21,520
21,782
50,207
206,607
22,717
48,311
197,517
343,581
2,282,125
359,985
2,359,361
+4.8
+3.4
«1919
" 1919
2 1913
21913
175
354
89 ,
86
89 i 87
182
176
316
327
86
86
154
956
85
86
151
thous. of dolls.
260,765
208,432
244,276
2,366,440
2,344,512
-0.9
443
404
424
mills, of dolls.
dollars.
4,682
41.7"
4,808
42.85
4,611
41.61
96
92
103
97
1,273 1,283 3,271 3,852
221
209 1 250 355
198
189
377
250
169
167
250
235
263
253
422
275
1,576 1,686
219
228
238
246
222
247
282
281
+6.9
+4.1
+3.7
+11.4
-0.7
-45.9
+1.2
PUBLIC FINANCE
Government debt:
Interest-bearing
Total gross debt
Customs receipts
Total ordinary receipts
Expenditures chargeable to
ordinary receipts
Money in circulation:
Total
Per capita
" 1919
w 1919
431
103
343
-0.3
-0.3
+25.5
+12.7
345
-20.1
100
95
+2.7
+2.6
BANKING AND FINANCE
Banking
Debits to individual accounts:
New York City
mills, of dolls.
22,014
19,886
19,019
Outside New York City....mills. of dolls.
19,395
17,512
16,905
Bank clearings:
New York City
mills, of dolls.
20,689
18,120
16,784
Outside New York City....mills. of dolls.
16,135
14,713
13,247
Federal Reserve Banks:
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls.
522
532
596
Notes in circulation
..mills, of dolls.
2,023
2,022
2,247
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
393
419
571
Total reserves
mills, of dolls..
3,263
3,230
3,202
Total deposits
mills, of dolls.
1,991
1,986
1,952
Reserve ratio
per cent..
81.3
76.2
Federal Reserve member banks:
Total loans and discounts..mills, of dolls.,
11,884
11,874
11,639
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
4,480
4,496
4,690
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls..
11,239
11,165
11,525
Interest rates:
155
4.50
New York call loans
per cent..
4.78
4.88
4.78
Commercial paper, 60-90 days ...per cent..
4.63
Saving deposits, by Federal Reserve Districts
(balance to credit of depositors):
Total, 858 banks
thous. of dolls.. ,878,006 6,938,646 3,407,790
Boston, 64 banks
thous. of dolls.. ,227,742 1,235,079 ".,158,610
New York, 30 banks.*.thous. of dolls.. ,922,678 [,928,114 ,809,394
Philadelphia, 79 banks-thous. of dolls.. 483,826
485,354
446,707
Cleveland, 18 banks...thous. of dolls.. 458,720
463,107
412,811
Richmond, 91 banks...thous. of dolls.. 293,099
298,464
285,829
Atlanta, 96 banks
thous. of dolls.. 219,855
224,817
204,038
Chicago, 209 banks
thous. of dolls.. 891,580
895,491
828,144
St. Louis, 33 banks
thous. of dolls.. 135,025
135,929
125,774
92,303
Minneapolis, 15 banks.thous. of dolls..
86,946
92,076
Kansas City, 56 banks..thous. of dolls.. 108,714
102,858
108,653
64,526
Dallas, 85 banks
thous. of dolls..
56,755
65,082
San Francisco,73 banks thous. of dolls.. 979,938
006,480
17. S. Postal Savings
thous. of dolls.. 130,277
132,127
131,980
Life Insurance
Policies, new:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total insurance
thous. of policies..
thous. of policies..
number of policies..
thous. of policies..
160
767
49
927
172
159
551
73
710
:ef July to June, inclusiv , ending the year indicated
649
57
821
*'
July t0 March
' ™
160,521
140,280
154,425
148,295
145,021
113,859
140,576
120,725
1,250
4,519
805
5,770
1,415
5,155
783
6,572
-3.8
+5.7
3.1
+6.0
+13.2
+14.1
-2.7
+13.9
1919
1919
109
112
96
106
109
116
108
111
100
-9.7
-9.7
19113
1913
251
289
213
230
229
263
247
277
262
281
230
256
-12.4
-8.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
31
84
92
147
103
153
31
86
96
146
101
152
41
86
63
146
100
152
44
89
74
143
100
146
27
77
66
149
103
162
27
77
71
147
103
161
1921
1921
1919
96
144
109
139
109
100
133
105
100
135
104
100
133
106
100
134
106
+0.4
1913
1913
137
80
150
80
151
144
143
84
142
-0.7
-1.2
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1913
117
111
118
113
119
126
120109
138
120
127
122
123
331
118
112
118
115
120
127
121
110
139
121
127
127
127
332
124
117
122
119
132
129
129
117
146
126
133
141
137
334
126
117
126
123
135
130
131
119
149
129
135
143
140
331
126
118
125
124
133
130
130
119
149
129
134
144
140
128
119
126
125
134
132
133
119
150
128
134
145
144
1913
1913
205
144
215
145
245
173
288
179
216
202
232
171
1913
154
156 '•'
185197
"204
+1.9
0.0
+6.6
-1.0
-0.3
-0.6
-0.1
-0.7
+0.9
+0.6
+0.3
+0.3
+10.0
+1.8
+2.3
+0.4
+0.7
-0.1
+0.9
+2.7
+14
49
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
N U M E R I C A L DATA
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
FROM JULY 1
sponding
1921
For detailed tables covering other items, see
THROUGH LATEST
month,
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30).
MONTH
January
In many cases March figures are now
or Febavailable and may be found in the special January
February,
1922-28
1923*24
table on page 29
ruary
1923
Per ct,
ncrease
or decrease
cumulative
1923-24
from
1922-23
INDEX
Per
ct.
increase
NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+)
1924
Jan.
Feb. Nov. Dec.
an.
or decrease
Feb
Jan.
from
Dec.
BANKING AND FINANCE—Continued
Life Insurance—Continued
Amount of new insurance:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total insurance
Premium collections:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
I
dolls.. 448,999
dolls.. 179,656
8,727
dolls..
dolls.. 637,381
467,423
143,762
8,990
620,176
415,006
114,758
9,933
539, 698
3,211,587
934,474
157,842
4,303,903
3,719, 597
1,160,308
283,862
5,163,767
+15.8
+24.2
+79.8
+20.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
dolls..
dolls..
dolls..
dolls..
100,650
29,867
2,278
132,795
110,347
30,200
2,605
143,152
86,947
25,706
1,824
114,477
674,861
217,488
11,679
904,029
769.053
25*, 024
i5,851
1. 38,927
+14.0
+16.8
+35.7
+14.9
1913
1913
1913
1913
2,108
51,273
1,730
35,942
1,508
40,628
13,920
340,017
12,828
367,179
+8.0
-7.8
1913
1913
159
217
185,565
319,041
283,645
82,613,598 >82,675,952
+2.4
1913
76,640
41,895
28,115
6,630
878,705
83,241
49,650
29,600
3,991
661,049
79,055
46,600
28,950
3,505
700,708
"643,947 "771,792
"413,140 "427,331
"218,480 " 225,390
"50,822
"56,946
85,815,508 95,572,447
+3.7
+3.4
+3.2
+6.8
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
of
of
of
of
302
217
943
283
315
221
687
291
+4.1
429
295
931 13,620
342
491
-20.0
+3.0
—2.7
251
303
271
453
232 8,023
259 ! 342
+9.6
+1.1
+14.4
+7.8
113
179
128
221
138
227
-17.9
-29.9
119
192
193
284
+71.9
107
106
112
129
528
113
121
117
71
407
97
132
53
70
471
217
162
104
317
555
+8.6
+18.5
+5.3
-39.8
-24.8
1916
1916
1916
107
107
96
113
103
95
101 ! 67
111 i 111
108
104
243 235
260 239
5,558 5,884
239
250
358
283 •
Business F i n a n c e s
Business failures:
Firms
number..
Liabilities
thous. of dolls..
Total dividend and interest payments
(for following month)
thous. of dolls..
Dividend payments (for following mo.):
Total
thous. of dolls,.
Indus, and misc. corp
thous. of dolls..
Steam railroads
thous. of dolls..
Street railways
thous. of dolls..
New incorporation
thous. of dolls..
•Credit conditions:
Orders
per ct. of total transactions..
Indebtedness.per ct. of total transactions..
Payments
per ct. of total transactions-
New Capital Issues
Total corporations (Commercial and
Financial Chronicle):
Purpose of i s s u e New capital
thous. of dolls—
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
Kind of i s s u e Stocks
. . t h o u s . of dolls..
Bonds and notes
thous. of dolls..
Bond issues classified—
RailroadsNew capital
thous. of dolls..
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
Public u t i l i t i e s New capital
thous. of d o l l s Refunding
thous. of dolls..
Industrials—
New capital
thous. of dolls..
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
Total corporations (Journal of
Commerce)
thous. of dolls..
States and municipalities:
Permanent loans
thous. of d o l l s Temporary loans
thous. of dolls—
25.8
38.9
54.7
-4.2
31.1
40.0
52.2
27fi, 906
27,792
228,303
37,285
230,095
26,510
1,621, S01
569,408
1,690,' 197
190,989
+4.2
-66.5
1920
1920
197
833
102
124
143
305
120
70
-17.6
+34.2
65,937
238,762
58,876
196,712
a 78,715
177,889
548,038
1,644,170
423,861
1,447,321
-22.7
-12.0
1920
1920
152
309
113
107
185
117
116
-10.7
-17.6
45,608
50,611
6,500
32,555
9,903
178,700
64,105
324,428
34,160
+81.5
-46.7
1919
1919
611
136
392
338
,006:
151
144
324
104,803
20,375
91,948
14,050
a9,625
306,728
161,479
552,645
110,426
+80.2
-31.6
1919
1919
948
708
204
196
781
25
-12.3
-31.0
14,760
5,568
37,753
16, 735
0 59,684
a 6, 920
394,952
86,183
229,458
31,317
-41.9
-63.7
1919
1919
1,576
5,260
563
734
349
394
264
292
+153.8
+15.4
+11.0
549
•200.6
161
186
220,883
254,913
237,609
2,423,005
1,943,579
-19.8
1920
461
173
273
194
85,745
50,377
102,659
60,791
78,429
35,464
722,641
314,187
683,464
362,491
-5.4
+15.4
1913
1913
290
121
230
83
273
72
329
235
+17.7
-20.7
23,747
16,454
7,293
23,187
18,924
4,263
47,153
17,486
29,667
301,021
148,570
152,451
188,774
122,166
66,608
-37.3
-17.8
-56.3
1919
1919
1919
291
185
577
296
151
686
125
121
136 '
145
142
154
-2.4
+15.0
-41.5
49S
1,420
2,548
64,946
2,026
9,268
119,830
18,488
91,418
1,288,720
4,630
36,761
622,355
-75.0
-59.8
-51.7
1922
1922
1922
24
147
76
14
105
72
2 '
74
44 '
239
2,143
15
180
1,978
300
1,865
10,609
14,694
9,939
63,579
2,552
9,330
28,841
-82.6
-6.1
-54.6
1922
1922
1922
86
87
172
16
134
150
20
26
S6 i 100
45 ! 32
112.14
60.35
93.00
111.83
60.47
87.77
115.03
65,28
94.67
1913
1913
1921
190
74
112
198
79
112
181
70
101
27,762
20,637
22,694
Agricultural L o a n s
B y land banks:
Total closed
thous. of dolls..
Federal farm loan banks...thous. of dolls..
Joint-stock land banks
thous. of dolls..
*By War Finance Corporation:
With banks and livestock loan
companies—
Advancements
thous. of dolls..
Repayments—
thous. of dolls..
Balance
_
thous. of dolls..
With cooperative market associationsAdvancements
thous. of dolls..
Repayments
thous. of dolls..
Balance
thous. of dolls..
2,325
66,075
134
+185.1
+9.6
-1.7
-88.8
-24.7
-7.7
Stocks a n d B o n d s
•Stock prices, closing:
25 industrials, average
25 railroads, average
103 stocks, average
•Stock sales:
B
dolls, per share..
dolls, per share.dolls, per share..
N . Y. Stock Exchange-.thous. of s h a r e s -
Miscellaneous . .
thous. of dolls
Liberty-Victory
" . . t h o u s . of dolls..
^ Total
thous. of dollsBond prices:
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Second-grade rails.-p. ct. of par, 4% bond-.
Public utility . . . . . . p . ct. of par, 4% bond
Industrial
p. c t . of par, 4% b o n d Comb, price index.p. ct. of par, 4% b o n d 5 Liberty bonds
p . ct. of par-.
16 foreign government and
crtyp. ct. of par.Comb, price index, 66 bonds, .p. ct. of par._
:Municipal bond yeild *
. . . . p e r cent..
° Revised.
193
73
110
192
73
104
-0.3
+0.2
-5.6
165,926
151,252
-8.8
1913
292
328
326
348
401
298
-25.7
1,576,706
789,847
2,366,553
1,257,510
508,151
1,763,661
-20.2
-35.7
-25.5
1919
1919
1919
300
32
94
262
26
81
228
28
74
238
29
355
39
112
250
23
75
-29.6
-41.8
-32.5
9C
103
94
107
-1.1
0.0
0.0
-1.0
0.0
0.0
253,394
91,693
345,087
178,379
53,375
231,754
187,150
61,207
248,357
83.59
68.43
66.12
73.09
72.23
99.50
82.79
68.72
66.27
72.86
72.15
99.48
84.18
69.31
68.40
73.80
73.42
99.05
1915
1915
1915
1915
1915
1921
94
92
93
106
96
107
94
92
93
105
96
106
93
S8
87
102
92
106
92
89
88
102
93
106
93
9
90
104
9
99.60
93.99
4.32
99.77
93.78
4.36
100.55
94.26
4.11
1921
1921
1913
107
110
93
109
110
92
107
109
98
107
109
9
108
11
* As of the first of the following month.
10S
IK
0.0
0.0
+1.0
50
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*;
have not been published previously in thi
SUKVET or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at tho end of this bulletin
For detailed tables covering other items, set
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 30)
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the specia*
table on page 2$
NUMERICAL
Per ct
iincreasi
DATA
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
January
February
spondini
month,
January
or February,
1923
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-23
1923-24
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
Per
ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
(+)
BASE
YEAB
OR
1923
(+)
1924
or decrease
PERIOD
1923-24
from
1922-23
Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
from
Dec.
BANKING AND FINANCE—Continued
Gold a n d Silver
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces,
Imports
thous. of dolls
Exports
thous. of dolls
Silver:
Production
thous. of fine oz.
Imports
thous. of dolls.
Exports
thous. of dolls.
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz
Price at London...pence per standard oz
74,392
45,469
281
35,11
50c
72,284
8,383
1,399
733,834
193,360
36,603
752,019
271,362
7,139
+2.5
+40.3
-80.5
1913
1913
1913
47
618
111
49
158
18
73
749
10
61
615
9
50
856
4
40
661
7
+20.5
-22.8
+79.7
5,221
5,980
8,209
.634
33.549
5,42i
7,9OC
8,877
.644
33.561
4,729
3,792
2,191
.643
30.875
40,230
45,531
39,758
41,405
59,300
64,293
+2.9
+30.2
+61.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
93
195
132
110
116
85
127
42
108
112
176
168
107
119
85
273
182
103
121
94
200
157
106
122
97
264
170
108
122
+3.9
+32.1
+8.1
+1.6
0.0
4.26
.04
.043
.042
.37'
.26:
.17;
4.3
.044
.044
.038
.374
.262
.174
4.69
.061
.048
.054
.395
.266
.188
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
80
27
23
24
95
88
24
23
22
+1.2
-6.4
+2.3
-9.5
0.0
0.0
+0.6
.44!
.30;
.454
.303
.484
.318
Par.
Par.
65 I
.974
.737
.109
.104
.969
.765
.120
.101
.987
.842
.114
.120
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
99
88
35
66
68
FOEEIGN EXCHANGE RATES
Europe:
England
dolls, per £ sterling
France
dolls, per franc.
Italy
dolls, per lire.
Belgium
dolls, per franc.
Netherlands
dolls, per guilder,
Sweden
dolls, per krone.
Switzerland
dolls, per franc,
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen.
India
dolls, per rupee,
Americas:
Canada
dolls, per Canadian doll
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso.
Brazil
dolls, per milreis.
Chile
dolls, per paper peso.
General index foreign exch
index number.
96 (
35
25
31 I
98
vo
90
90
23
23
20
93
98
90
94
64
90
63
91
62
+1.1
-0.9
98
75
29
55
60
97
76
34
53
59
97
79
37
52
58
-0.5
+3.8
+10.1
-2.9
-1.7
Qft
97 I
!
[
;
!
97
99
87
35
61
67
93
no
yo
U . S . FOREIGN TRADE
Imports
Grand total
thous. of dolls.
By grand divisions:
EuropeTotal
thous. of dolls
France
thous. of dolls
Germany
thous. of dolls,
Italy
thous. of dolls.
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls.
North A m e r i c a Total
thous. of dolls.
Canada
thous. of dolls.
South A m e r i c a Total
thous. of dolls.
Argentina
thous. of dolls.
Asia and OceaniaTotal
thous. of dolls.
Japan
thous. of dolls.
Africa, total
thous. of dolls.
By classes of commodities:
Crude materials for use in
manufacturing
thous. of dolls_
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of dolls.
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
manufactured
thous. of dolls.
Manufactures for further use
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls.
Manufactures ready for
consumption
thous. of dolls..
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
295,551
333,500
303,412
2,326,005
2,333,619
+0.3
1913
220 ! 203
,195
193
198 i 221
+12.8
88,018
10,818
11,245
5,992
30,835
98,879
13,587
12,716
5,600
34,535
89,748
10,277
10,476
6,659
35,200
743,039
99,668
89,393
51,941
270,290
732,170
97,655
107,469
57,591
233,826
-1.5
-2.0
+20.2
+10.9
-13.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
144
123
90
186
148
144
155
130
110
87
234
122
130
114
89
190
128
122
93
73
130
136
137
117
83
121
152
+12.3
+25.6
+13.1
-6.5
+12.0
75,197
31,948
33,018
75,391
28,291
574,463
271,332
616,264
282,165
+7.3
+4.0
1913
1913
220 i 232
258 I 239
226
325
210
303
231
270
304
279
+31.5
+3.3
37,96;
4,098
36,425
6,018
41,654
10,782
285,141
73,575
272,001
44,012
-4.6
-40.2
1913
1913
251 I 252
548 ! 506
211
172
222
200
230
192
220
282
-4.1
+46.9
82,680
34,812
11,686
91,980
26,128
7,332
87,279
24,850
9,340
665,245
255,964
58,118
667,760
235,488
45,424
+0.4
-8.0
-21.8
1913
1913
1913
361
331
376 ' 301
896 i 472
321
349
256
314
313
398 j 422
591
384
317
371
+11.2
-24.9
-37.3
105,634
117,322
127,467
925,598
795,195
-14.1
1913
276 j 253
194
204
209
232
+11.1
32,631
30,540
28,597
227,682
244,112
+7.2
1913
155 ! 155
218
192
177
166
-6.4
38,586
58,763
38,641
262,225
312,415
+19.1
1913
189
234
216
167
234
356
+52.3
58,032
66,650
55,413
437,994
450,438
1913
228
195
179
191
205
235 |
58,029
2,637
57,881
2,344
52, 267
1,027
457,776
14,730
511,448
20,011
+2.8
+11.7
+35.9
1913
1913
186
187
152
83
186
232
189
169
214
168
190
-0.3
-11.1
thous. of dolls._
395,170
366,135
306,957
2,653,548
2,983,239
+12.4
1913
162 I 148
194
206
191
177
-7.3
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
202,671
23,128
40,966
16,858
84,863
200,729
19,946
49,080
15,889
74,157
159,431
13,791
24,441
10,705
71,452
1,436,740
186,015
199,860
123,193
597,732
1,548,322
195,120
263,084
123,821
660,756
+7.8
+4.9
+31.6
+0.5
+10.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
128
108
83
163
145
174
245
97
278
203
197
234
110
303
250
162
180
140
257
172
161
156
167
242
151
-13.8
+19.8
-5.7
-12.6
thous. of dolls..
thous, of dolls..
74,581
40,750
71,334
45,007
74,664
44,479
659,288
421,965
698,945
408,221
+6.0
-3.3
1913
1913
149
132
169
136
160
135
149
121
142
134
-4.4.
+10.4
thous. of dolls,.
thous. of dolls
23,874
8,959
24,451
8,728
20,936
9,780
165,744
69,620
182,409
71,665
+10,1
+2.9
1913
1913
171
213
192
201
157
137
196
196
200 I
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls
87,004
47,637
7,039
58,170
20,837
5,451
46,996
17,650
4,931
125
89
Exports
Grand total, including
reexports
By grand divisions:
EuropeTotal
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
North A m e r i c a Total
Canada
South America—
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania—
Total
Japan.
Africa, total
355,700
133,519
37,076
511,564
222,175
42,000
+43.8
+66.4
+13.3
1913
1913
1913
271
339
204
405
674
193
440
721
208
502
915
292
190 I
336
400
226
-1.0
+2.4
-2.6
-33.1
-56.3
-22.6
51
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 30).
In many cases March figures are now
available and may be found in the special
table on page 29
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE—Continued
Per ct.'
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
1924
January
February
Corresponding
month,
January
or February,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JULY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1922-23
1923-24
2,931,948
"I
(
v
or decrease ,
(-)
Per
ct.
in*
crease
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
cumu*:
lativo
1923-24
from
1922-23
or decrease
Jan. Feb. Nov.
Jnn.
Feb.
Jan.
from
Dec.
Exports—Continued
Total, domestic exports only...thous. of dolls..
By classes of commodities:
Crude materials for use in
manufacturing
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
manufactured
thous. of dolls..
Manufactures for further use
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls..
Manufactures ready for
consumption._
thous. of dolls..
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
389,054
358, 576
302,010
2,613,071
132,749
113,862
77,207
745,012
13,792
13,927
27,167
309,921
59,319
52,287
49,807
64,627
50,374
127,928
639
127,433
693
+12. 2
1913
162
148
193
200
191
176
996, 753
+33.8
1913
159
121
251
285
207
178 ' - 1 4 . 2
149,380
-51.8
1913
172
192
102
105
98
388,040
397,767
+2.5
1913
188
184
191
210
230
193
-11.9
39,382
291,735
391,092
+34.1
1913
131
119
143
154
165
152
-7.8
107,760
687
873,352
5,011
992,633
4,323
+13.7
-13.7
1913
1913
168
132
165
102
182
141
178
87
106
95
196
103
83,855
37,141
26,739
19,462
700,471
323,083
226,384
158,469
756,871
339,094
. 241,609
172,463
+8.1
+5.0
+6.7
+8.8
1913
1913
1913
1913
156
196
129
135
131
15-1
114
121
159
194
137
138
170
194
170
134
158
1GS
167
130
151
175
139
130
-17.0
+0.1
57,510
2,864
9,470
44,324
493,184
23,563
74,687
385,330
576,859
33,565
82,606
391,819
+17.0
+42.4
+10.6
+1.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
153
124
161
155
131
105
163
129
150
172
182
144
146
163
173
140
147
166
164
142
165
169
171
154
+5.8
+ 1.7
+16
+8.0
9,823
1,300
6,492
2,021
67,727
11,537
39,063
17,073
20,014
41,424
19,793
+18.6
+73.5
+6.0
+15.9
1913
1913
1913
1913
107
127
111
88
108
98
122
82
111
213
91
100
114
198
95
110
146
243
130
128
145
-0.6
220
-9.8
145 +11.6
105 | -17.7
3,077,008 2,789,959
99 i
-7.8
1.0
-0.4
+8.5
TEADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
United Kingdom
Imports (value):
Total
thous. of £ sterling.. * 101,269 96,705
Food, drink, tobacco-.thous. of £ sterling..
42,296
40,739
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
32,639
39,208
Manufactured articles-thous. of £ sterling..
20,976
20,960
Exports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
64,235 •67,975
Food, drink, tobacco.-thous. of £ sterling..
4,594
4,515
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
9,970
9,530
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterlings
52,662
48,782
Reexports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
13,311 «13,231
Food, drink, tobacco.-thous. of £ sterling..
2,918
3,23fi
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling. _
7,725
6,920
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
2,586
3,141
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Cotton piece goods
thous. of sq. yds.. 354,000 397,573
Woolen and worsted
tissues
thous. of sq. yds..
22,656
20,139
Iron and steel
thous. of long tons.338
332
Coal
thous. of long tons..
6,441
5,075
Prpduction:
Pig iron..
thous. of long tons..
632
613
Steel i n g o t s . . : . . . .
thous. of long tons..
768
690
„ Coal
thous. of metric tons..
23,926
23,538
Stocks, zinc
short tons..
1,092
1,219
Belgium
Production:
Zinc
short tons..
/
_„
Canada
Total trade:
Imports
thous. of dolls..
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Exports of key commodities (quantities:)
' Canned salmon
thous. of pounds..
Cheese
thous. of pounds,.
Wheat
thous. of bushs.,
Bank clearings
mills, of dolls.
Bond issues:
Govt. and provincial
thous. of dolls.,
Municipal
thous. of dolls..
Corporation
thous. of dolls.
•Employment:
Total (1st of following
mo.)
_
index numberVT
Newsprint paper:
Production
short tons.
Shipments
......short tons.
Stocks
short
tons.
T, Exports ( t o t a l printing)
short tons,
Budding contracts awarded..,thous. of dolls.
Railroad operations:
Freight carried..
mills, of ton-miles.
Net operating revenue
thous. of dolls.
-9.3
1920
108
93
95
87
96
107
+12.3
17,718
318
5,903
135,651
2,535
48,565
153,382
2,775
50,156
+13.1
+9.5
+3.3
1920
1913
1913
100
86
.92
80
77
97
77
95
109
86
86
96
102
82
91
80
S3
-11.1
-1.8
-6.7
543
707
22,229
221
3,863
4,593
179,096
4,877
5,465
186,934
+26.3
+19.0
+4.4
1913
1913
1913
1920
66
98
99
2
64
111
91
1
70
117
104
6
73
102
00
5
72
120
-3.0
+11.3
+1.6
-10.4
342,980
16,366
14,660
12,500
93,196
111,987
+20.2
1920
152
161
184
196
199
66,568
70,355
62,134
68,332
65,308
58,646
535,168
691,291
569,834
738,474
+6.5
+6.8
1913
1913
122
209
117
187
129
442
117
398
119
224
111
217
-6.7
-2.9
. 6,228
2,278
12,322
1,339
4,549
1,505
11,770
1,236
2,959
428
7,129
1,028
26,665
102,659
180,754
10,382
38,132
106,089
204,122
11,838
+43.0
+3.3
+12.9
+14.0
1913
1913
1913
1013
127
24
116
167
168
3
85
133
478
122
766
239
304
62
685
196
298
18
147
173
259
12
140
159
-13.0
-33.9
-4.5
-7.7
8,300
21,645
50,510
2,000
5,435
13,050
25,665
26,095
185,650
79,184
71,324
250,342
45,826
119,153
+34.8
-42.1
+67.1
1913
1913
1913
191
165 "266*
219 423
204 3,186
18
IS
123 347
IS8
223
819
45
56
211
-75.9
-74.8
-712
95.7
88.7
90.6
90.7
+0.1
165
163
159
187
49
142
148
120
172
67
163
159
131
170
20
166
162
144
ISO
+1.6
+1.8
238
201
204
131
129
28
M 1920
109,875
107,966
16,493
93,708
6,638
111,664
109,901
18,195
99,621
21,249
91,686
90,795
10,741
84,395
13,311
2,474
1,771
• Revised.
b
January,
19
1923.
Nine month's average, April to December, inclusive.
-4.6
+3.8
89.9
+16.8
-11.8
1910
1919
1919
1919
1913
148
136
134
139
85
92
150 . 153
42
31
-6.1
+39.4
1913
1913
135
11
764,297
863,581
857,754
+13. fi
+13.7
669,360
202,544
780,527
178,719
20,991
38,058
22,270
63,056
761,073
89.5
107
<»)
io Relative to January, 1920.
« Deficit.
-4.6
+10.3
+6.3
+225.0
52
AUTOMOBILES
[Base year In bold-faced type; Index numbers on opposite page]
Y E A R AND MONTH
Passenger
cats
Total
EXPORTS»
SHIPMENTS *
PRODUCTION >
T r u c k s
By railroad
Carloads
Number of cars
Driven
away
Ratio
of total
exports
By boat
to production
Number of cars
Assembled
Total
Passenger cars
Trucks
Foreign
assembly
Thous. of
dollars
Number of cars
Per cent
Accessories and
parts
5.5
4.5
7.2
5.1
4.3
4.1
2,241
2,147
5,330
6,737
6,687
3,937
2,157
1,861
3,489
5,160
5,480
3,078
84
286
1,841
1,577
1,207
859
$523
472
1,389
2,001
2,635
2,801
4,693
1,859
4,852
6,798
4.2
7.8
2.3
3.0
3.8
6,894
14,304
3,202
6,546
12,658
5,595
11,876
2,579
5,591
10,586
1,299
2,428
623
955
2,072
8,547
7,183
3,255
3,191
4,915
15.4
4.7
1.8
1.6
7,378
3,587
2,629
3,078
5,819
2,492
2,019
14,197
75
1,619
1,559
1,095
610
609
9,679
3,427
3,099
3,196
19,514
20,758
15,193
18,834
15,533
15,218
2,381
3,947
3,726
3,595
1.5
1.4
1.5
1.4
2,941
2,382
2,563
2,618
2,479
1,964
2,224
2,237
462
418
339
381
3,205
2,212
1,953
1,787
13,978
13,149
10,487
8,656
19,002
17,808
14,264
12,310
13,840
12,971
10,528
7,501
2,959
2,226
1,402
188
1.7
2.0
2.1
4.0
2,924
2,504
3,157
2,197
2,329
2,075
2,646
472
595
429
511
2,571
2,702
2,546
2,684
81,696
109,171
152,962
197,224
9,576
13,350
20,022
22,640
15,357
19,636
27,753
31,334
7,479
10,173
16,917
22,381
143
180
560
2,960
3.1
2.9
2.9
3.3
2,871
3,550
5,061
7,317
2,407
3,096
4,471
6,438
464
454
590
879
2,061
2,838
3,597
3,933
256,659
2S9,351
247,132
274,184
232,462
263,053
225,0S6
249,492
24,097
26,298
22,046
24,692
33,416
34,230
29,116
32,817
28,827
33,857
28,100
36,768
7,406
7,737
7,030
10,104
3.1
3.1
2.6
2.7
8,001
8,939
6,422
7,405
6,798
7,818
5,600
6,143
1,203
1,121
822
1,262
3,160
4,090
2,825
2,679
207,156
239,361
237,301
228,364
187,694
217,566
215,352
208,010
19,462
21,795
21,949
20,354
26,335
27,100
27,232
27,244
30,177
35,203
27,376
26,743
8,118
7,605
5,070
1,307
3.5
3.0
2.6
3.7
7,157
7,237
6,079
8,511
5,862
6,446
5,276
6,740
1,295
791
803
1,771
3,227
3,166
3,304
3,417
January.February.
March....
April......
243,539
276,934
355,030
382,695
223,819
254,773
319,770
344,639
19,720
22,161
35,260
38,056
35,228
36,165
44,983
46,095
30,031
43,613
62,988
60,467
728
882
1,908
5,027
3.0
3.8
3.8
4.1
7,392
10,549
13,375
15,582
6,040
8,851
11,811
13,352
1,352
1,698
. 1,564
' 2,230
*9,037
« 9,037
* 9,037
9,514
4,421
4,581
4,695
5,720
May...
June
July....
August.
394,083
378,507
327,993
345,202
350,410
337,362
297,330
314,373
43,678
41,145
30,663
30,829
45,397
40,281
32,623
38,319
62,346
59,099
46,837
45,958
12,812
13,492
10,131
10,053
3.8
3.8
15
2.9
15,105
14,518
14,922
10,057
12,500
12,387
11,817
8,411
2,605
2,131
3,105
1,646
11,386
10,343
9,056
8,803
5,559
4,599
5,023
4,428
September.
October
November.
December..
327,549
365,189
312,993
303,182
298,911
335,023
284,923
275,439
28,638
30,166
28,070
27,743
35,986
42,236
38,133
34,984
39,653
37,947
32,859
27,608
8,463
7,663
6,413
4,000
3.6
3.5
4.4
4.0
11,691
12,775
13,795
12,135
10,466
10,456
10,875
1,225
2,319
2,920
2,066
8,074
8,890
7,002
6,031
5,302
4,917
4,400
5,329
316,148
397,435
287,302
336,363
28,846
31,072
46,359
49,219
40,976
48,300
1,018
1,100
4.9
4.1
15,459
15,033
12,614
13,329
2,845
1,704
9,256
11,454
6,140
7,013
1913 monthly
1014 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
40,416
47,422
74,385
131,968
155,746
90,137
38,458
45,307
68,218
124,468
145,066
77,199
1,958
2,115
6,167
7,500
10,680
18,938
16,048
22,598
22,462
13,456
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average „
164,502
183,767
140,205
215,504
334,408
138,138
156,930
127,933
191,9S1
303,064
26,364
26,837
12,272
20,523
31,344
23,726
20,922
16,290
27,631
39,203
January.,
February.
March
April
47,917
75,918
143,591
194,509
43,056
68,088
130,263
176,439
4,831
7,830
13,328
18,070
6,485
9,9S6
16,287
20,187
May....
June
July
August.
195,508
164,591
176,752
181,156
177,438
150,263
165,616
167,756
18,070
14,328
11,136
13,400
18,603
September.
October
November.
December..
158,648
147,923
116,568
79,383
144,670
134,774
106,081
70,727
January.
February.
March....
April
91,272
122,521
172,984
219,864
May...
June
July...
August.
September.
October
November.
December..
1921
39,239
12,037
25,333
45,784
3,185
7,507
8,351
1922
1923
January...
February.
March
April
1924
Automobile shipments, reported bv the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, represent factory shipments rfor
practically the entire industry
Automobile exports compUed by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic CommeTCe P d l - l i c a u J l U 0 e u i l U e 1 U U l j r
Interpolated from data giving total for the first quarter of the yean
wnmercc
53
AUTOMOBILES
[Base year in bold-lace type; numerical data on opposite page]
PRODUCTION
YKAR AND MONTH
Passenger cars | Trucks
Total
Relative to 1919
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
averageaverage.
average.
average.
average.
average -
25
29
45
80
95
58
28
33
49
90
105
56
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
100
112
85
131
203
100
114
93
141
219
1921
January...
February..
March
April
29
46
87
118
May....
June
July
August..
KYPOETS »
SHIPMENTS*
By railroad
Driven
away
By boat
Ratio of
total exports to
production
Relative to 1920
100
Total
Passenger ears
Trucks
108
107
bi
131
107
171
121
102
93
22
21
77
OS
97
57
39
33
62
92
98
ML!
121
OS
1OO
180
55
71
90
100
207
46
95
184
1OO
212
46
100
189
1OO
1ST
48
74
ICO
104
36
44
120
84
47
47
44
35
40
40
36
32
26
29
102
47
77
119
113
1OO
78
132
187
1OO
31
117
1OO
40
103
145
120
140
168
161
18
30
51
69
31
48
78
96
8
19
25
36
367
112
43
38
107
2
34
119
100
107
110
152
130
124
124
69
54
42
51
97
93
39
48
40
51
84
79
77
36
33
36
33
43
35
37
3b
September.
October
November.
December..
96
90
71
48
103
63
45
34
53
50
40
91
85
68
35
33
27
19
63
47
30
4
40
48
.SO
95
39
42
30
40
1922
January,. _
February...
March
April
55
74
105
134
59
79
111
143
51
76
80
73
94
133
150
19
26
43
57
3
4
12
63
74
69
69
79
42
51
73
106
43
55
80
36
35
45
68
May
June
July
August
:
156
176
150
167
1G8
190
163
181
91
100
84
94
160
158
139
157
73
78
72
94
158
168
150
213
74
74
62
64
116
130
93
107
122
140
100
110
93
B6
C3
97
September
October....
November.
December..
126
146
144
139
157
156
151
74
S3
83
77
12G
130
130
130
77
90
70
68
173
162
108
28
83
71
62
88
104
105
88
123
105
115
04
120
100
61
C2
136
148
168
216
233 !
162
184
231
249
75
84
134
144
168
173
215
220
77
111
161
154
16
19
41
107
71
90
90
98
107
153
194
226
10S
158
211
239
104
131
120
172
May
June
July
August..
240
230
199
210
254
244
215
228
166
156
116
117
217
193
156
183
159
151
119
117
273
287
216
214
90
00
107
219
211
216
146
223
221
211
150
201
164
239
127
September.
October
November.
December..
199
222
190
184
216
243
206
199
109
114
106
105
172
202
182
167
101
97
84
70
180
163
137
85
86
83
105
95
170
185
200
176
187
187
194
180
04
179
225
159
1924
January...
February..
March
April
192
223
208
243
109
118
222
235
104
123
117
224
218
225
238
219
131
January
February
March
April
See footnotes o n o p p o s i t e p a g e
OS
r
4. >
1923
Foreign Accessoanil
assembly ries
parts
Relative to 1911)
8
23
28
41
72
Assembled
.v.
:*
100
LTft
Wi
131*
l(Xt
1T2
S7
%
(
.*(l
f.2
M*
-'>
7C
30
42
37
47
33
7(i
101
HI
ll'»
ft)
M
h9
• 102
132
161
* 102
107
117
102
99
'
!
|
j
!
130
142
91
UW
79
f*
124
1MI
105
129
173
19S
54
AUTOMOBILES
[Base year In bold-faced type]
INTERNAL-REVENUE
TAXES ON 1 —
Fassen- A u t o Autogcrauto- mobile mobile
mobiles trucks accessoand
and ries and
YEAR AND MONTH m o t o r wagons parts
cycles
EXPORTS FROM CANADA 3
Total
PassenAccesso-; gerautoPassen- Trucks rles and mobiles
and
ger cars
parts
motorcycles
Auto- Automobile mobile
trucks accessoand ries and
wagons parts
Thousands of dollars
Relative to 1919
Relative to 1920
INTERNAL-REVENUE
TAXES ON1—
av..
av_.
av_.
av..
av.
av..
1921
January
February.-.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December—./,.
1933
January
February...
March
April
Number of machines
Accessories and
parts
Dollars
1
2 $1,138
1,263
687
799
909
a $4,305
4,250
3,374
2,946
3,217
« 1,006
1,912
1,918
893
3,164
5,827
«780
1,633
1,506
775
2,950
4,790
*226
279
412
118
214
1,037
$90,262
290,881
356,336
94,015
, 160,508
294,198
34
50
31
28
3,094
2,644
2,785
4,256
572
384
618
767
2,282
1,942
2,695
2,722
1,837
1,080
665
478
1,679
816
428
415
158
264
237
63
99,416
144,757
88,953
82,323
19
9
13
10
20
26
22
25
5,355
4,497
3,873
8,428
832
973
505
1,281
2,873
3,369
3,042
213
182
364
475
159
157
327
446
54
25
37
29
7< 931
64,487
71,954
13
55
60
70
13
23
50
67
2,465
4,414
5,427
114
71
121
670
514
655
474
6,777
4,565
3,357
2,863
671
1,266
1,320
2,175
634
1,112
1,152
1,980
37
154
168
195
36,739
67,795
145,940
193,923
41
56
63
52
75
156
165
126
82
167
183
142
35
95
62
34
65
36
21
35
2,567
2,606
3,845
4,377
457
397
487
731
1,751
2,385
2,674
2,231
1,442
2,983
3,155
2,415
1,344
2,719
2,983
2,319
264
172
96
188,923
105,913
61,562
100,884
3 101
61
90
127
145
*53
100
100
47
165
305
44
38
40
61
45
30
49
61
53
46
63
64
56
35
25
103
50
26
25
57
95
85
23
77
65
56
121
66
77
40
101
79
72
94
11
10
19
25
10
10
20
27
35
63
78*
57
53
41
52
38
159
107
79
67
37
36
31
39
5$
100
Passenger cars Trucks
* $5,824
6,967
4,270
5,821
8,857
*81
100
148
42
77
372
»90
100
54
63
72
a 84
Total
NUMERICAL DATA
INDEX NUMBERS
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
EXPORTS FROM CANADA i
100
«48
100
92
47
181
293
35
100
123
32
55
101
May...
June
July-...
August.
113
52
125
78
99
49
105
63
71
73
84
147
127
158
149
157
139
172
166
90
61
76
48
41
35
53
46
6,834
7,848
3,632
981
1,254
613
1,324
2,684
3,016
3,123
3,555
2,813
2,437
3,023
2,849
2,562
2,267
2,812
2,716
251
170
211
133
117,870
100,877
153,113
134,105
September..
October
November..
December..
103
166
SO
73
61
71
72
61
90
82
84
72
16S
205
210
180
225
220
335
90
153
77
65
99
91
76
7,190
11,587
5,559
5,112
770
891
915
765
3,813
3,479
3,576
3,066
3,217
3,918
4,015
5,691
2,943
3,667
3,587
5,475
274
251
428
216
288,427
264,622
221,403
1933
January
February...
March
April
May...,
June...,
July....
August.
111
84
116
81
56
57
56
76
82
79
80
263
319
382
263
286
347
394
272
132
157
316
216
77
67
125
103
7,732
5,887
8,070
5,621
799
710
725
713
3,243
3,476
3,378
3,394
5,035
6,106
7,309
5,038
4,666
5,668
6,426
4,436
369
438
883
602
225,220
196,168
363,978
298,553
173
166
194
74
96
98
108
56
82
77
77
74
221
301
288
299
210
284
266
260
283
401
420
530
127
145
88
98
12,079
11,568
13,501
5,135
1,216
1,238
1,360
701
3,504
3,264
3,265
3,160
4,217
5,759
5,513
5,725
3,427
4,639
4,341
4,245
790
1,120
1,172
1,480
368,335
421,552
256,557
286,456
September..
October
NovemberDecember. .
132
120
137
137
67
79
62
64
66
85
67
62
332
327
292
372
312
308
239
343
451
441
566
544
82
78
126
96
9,209
8,359
9,543
9,576
852
1,003
789
805
2,786
3,614
2,865
2,654
6,352
6,257
5,587
7,122
5,095
5,028
3,907
5,603
1,257
1,229
1,580
1,519
164
100
70
68
50
307
210
251
198
636
281
119
129
11,457
1,258
887
2,877
2,130
5,869
4,013
4,094
3,230
1,775
783
1924
January
February
March
April
..,
m 397
345,803
374,877
e c
payable by the manufacturer. For taxes o T " a u t o £ K
l "' ?£ld o n o r i n connection therewith") the rate is 3 per cent and
payable by the manufacturer.
<K.Le!*ones ana parts sold to any person other than a manufacturer (of automobiles)" the rate is 5 per cent ana
-J Sk months' average, July to December, inclusive.
S
—,-.
, _ ,„__,_. _ _ . . ^
:£{P^™nt of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
55
MACHINE TOOLS1
[Base year In bold-faced type]
SHIPMENTS
Milling It lachlnes
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
Radial
drills
Upright
drills
Shapers
Universal
Plain
horizontals
Relative to 1913
1901 monthly
1902 monthly
1903 monthly
1904 monthly
1905 monthly
average
average
average
average
average
_
1906 monthly
1907 monthly
1908 monthly
1909 monthly
1910 monthly
average
average
average
average
average
1911 monthly
1912 monthly
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
average
average
average
average
average
1916
1917
1918
1919
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average _
average
average
average
1920
1921
1922
1923
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average
average
average
average
ORDKKS
(all classes)
Rel. to 1920
69.5
87.8
85.3
70.8
103.1
53.0
80.1
66.0
54.2
95.8
81.3
102.1
97.6
87.6
116.9
74.9
91.3
95.4
67.9
98.7
60.2
76.2
76 3
64.2
91.0
47 7
59.5
59 6
57 5
82.8
122.5
125.0
• 50.3
84.4
104.8
141.0
131.3
29.0
62.7
91.0
139.8
142.4
57.0
91.4
111.6
122.8
127.3
43.5
92.1
99.4
86.1
96.4
62.3
74.9
75.7
95 6
95 6
40.6
91.1
115.2
83.9
112.4
100.0
66.3
138.3
81.0
112.4
100.0
52.6
105.5
83.1
115.5
100.0
67.5
126.1
95.7
116.1
100.0
68.5
119.5
87.1
97.3
100.0
73.5
141.2
76.8
110.4
100.0
63.2
206.4
172.2
192.1
181.2
143.6
107.0
205.0
241.0
164.0
151.0
160.9
133.1
114.7
180.3
220.6
199.4
160.7
196.0
274.1
250.1
211.9
247.6
207.0
243.2
166.7
135.5
20.5
25.6
44.5
132.4
29.2
30.0
66.0
124.2
16.0
20.8
41.5
156.3
* 25.6
35.3
49.3
155.6
35.2
30.9 ,
40.6
141,6
14.0
25.7
40.0
100.0
18.0
34.9
59.3
39.8
31.7
30.5
22.6
66.6
59.5
61.9
44.0
30.0
24.3
22.0
13.3
42.8
43.5
35.7
24.1
73.6
51.0
48.0
43.0
29.0
15.2
20.1
18.9
23.5
20.9
22.3
18.7
13.8
12.3
22.6
19.0
20.4
5.1
25.8
14.0
11.4
9.4
18.6
27.2
17.1
18.6 '
28.0
35.0
26.0
27.0
10.3
14.5
9.4
11.7
15.8
12.9
3.8
11.5
11.5
21.7
9.6
8.5
24.1
20.2
26.4
22.0
30.0
20.0
22.0
15.7
12.6
20.5
23.5
17.8
17.8
23.8
34.5
20.2
20.8
24.9
17.1
24.1
23.3
26.0
23.0
18.0
27.0
21.5
27.4
29.2
35.6
30.9
10.0
42.5
34.5
18.4
21.0
22.8
32.6
27.2
47.4
34.2
56.0
30.4
35.1
31.3
31.9
42.8
48.8
48.8
29.7
24.8
27.2
25.0
29.3
40.4
53.6
32.6
42.8
33.0
43.1
58.5
60.0
42.8
57.1
75.0
67.8
28.8
43.8
52.5
54.0
39.6
49.0
79.3
70.0
May
.
June
- „
July
August
57.5
51.8
45.1
51.2
77.5
71.5
76.3
93.3
56.3
54.0
42.4
54.0
66.9
54.4
49.8
38.1
September
October
November
December
37.5
44.3
35.0
29.4
59.3
66.6
64.2
40.0
35.6
44.0
31.0
24.5
35.0
41.3
36.6
26.5
- .-
_
__...--.--.
. -~
.. .. , ^ . . _ . .
.-...
~-~
1921
February
March
April
-
May
June
July
August .
-
-
..
__-
September
October
November
December
- - *.
1922
......
January.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August .
-...-- -
-
.__
^
- -
September^ *
OctoberNovember-* „
1923
February
March . .
April
January
FebruaryMarch
April
May
June
July..
August
1
--
..
-.*-»
—-
-....
1924
_
?
8.1
16.0
6.2
11.6
7.9
1
211
24.2
6.9
9.0
17.3
15.2
14.4
18.4
9.0
14.1
15.6
17.9
19.4
30.0
31.0
42.0
45.0
34.0
39.0
34.0
24.0
12.4
13.8
18.0
23.7
14.9
37.0
29.0
21.4
29.7
32.4
38.0
38.0
23.3
20.3
21.6
28.0
36.0
42.0
43.2
31.2
46.1
40.9
43.4
43.0
41.0
40.0
57.0
68.0
40.0
44.0
45.0
27.0
35.0
36.0
33.0
22.0
29.7
30.4
48.9
60.0
54.3
36.5
31.8
47.6
35.9
40.8
31.2
34.8
71.4
53.1
77.2
71.0
5S.5
56.4
55. 9
63.1
48.7
52. 6
53.9
45.1
4.1
12.4
11.0
60.8
56.3
34 3
_
_
.__
Compiled by the National Machine Tool Builders' Association. Shipments data are made up from reports of 29 firms representing about
20 per cent of the membership, but as they cover standard machines and the contributors are most of the larger firms they are fairly typical.
Orders data are an aggregate of reports from 70 firms, stated to represent 60 per cent of the industry. The index numbers are based upon
quantity figures. Shipments data were discontinued at the end of 1923. The index numbers on orders have been recomputed to a 1920 base
from original data based on the average of the first three months of 1920, which represented the peak point.
!
56
ORDINARY LIFE INSURANCE SALES BY DISTRICTS'
[Base year In bold-faced type]
United
States,
total
YEAR AND MONTH
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1921
Eastern Western Western SouthFar
Indus- Indus- Agricultural
Western
trial
trial
United
States,
total
Eastern
Industrial
Western
Industrial
Western
Agricultural
Southern
Far
Western
I --
100
10S
129
Relative to 1921
Thousands of dollars
INDEX NUMBERS
NUMERICAL DATA
100
97
112
100
108
127
100
135
100
109
134
109
133
$425,092
459,292
549,296
$154,321
174,242
208, 526
$90,152
98,380
121,194
$81,074
78,899
90,912
$57,145
61,645
72,403
$42,400
46,126
56,261
100
113
January
February
March
April
100
99
112
108
108
104
113
110
107
99
113
105
95
96
115
111
83
91
108
108
92
96
112
104
426,709
419,289
477r 659
460,566
166,770
160,022
173,929
170,029
96,493
89,012
101,470
95,052
76,919
77,454
92,999
89, 761
47,442
52,215
61, 631
61,531
39,085
40,586
47,630
44,193
May
June
July
August
114
107
92
116
109
109
104
92
92
114
107
96
93
111
105
94
96
116
106
96
102
482,654
453,685
389,767
394,073
179,526
168,031
134,804
137,707
97,857
93,931
82,768
82,793
92,647
86,508
77,792
75,166
63, 518
60,275
53,552
55,046
49,106
44,940
40,851
43,361
September
October
November
December
81
94
91
110
77
93
87
107
82
92
92
114
84
94
88
109
84
96
103
120
84
96
91
103
344,553
399,070
385,896
467,186
118,761
143,644
134,244
164,379
74,127
83,183
82,716
102,422
67,756
76,378
71,249
88,261
48,172
55,008
68,444
35,737
40,856
38,779
43,681
January
February
March
April
96
98
113
107
110
109
122
110
98
98
113
107
79
103
99
82
91
107
113
88
89
108
107
406,573
415,405
480,960
456,491
170,057
168,843
188,435
169,341
88,117
88,364
102,128
96,858
64,164
68,482
83,532
80,073
46,791
51,870
61,247
64,647
37,444
37,846
45,618
45,572
May
June
July
August
120
115
104
102
126
US
106
101
120
116
108
107
108
107
96
90
117
118
107
103
120
111
102
118
508,130
488,771
443,805
433,933
194,082
182,681
164,109
155,642
108,486
104,608
97,598
96,028
87,764
87,147
77,488
73,365
67,127
67,355
61,369
58,805
50,671
46,980
43,241
50,093
93
108
110
130
92
114
114
131
94
112
111
125
87
94
99
120
100
105
105
145
97
113
118
134
396,610
460,794
466,694
553,333
142,525
175,691
176,668
202,833
85,067
100,656
99,696
112,949
70,571
76,436
80,334
97,429
57,315
60,058
60,027
83,133
41,132
47,953
49,969
January
February
March
April
110
114
140
133
125
129
150
141
108
115
147
137
94
97
116
114
101
106
143
134
103
103
128
135
466,880
485,930
593,213
566,844
192,326
199,830
230,748
217,276
97,694
103,825
132,473
123,675
75,906
78,441
93,835
92,366
57,485
60,334
81,798
76,410
43,469
43,500
54,359
57,117
May
June
July
August
147 |
139
126
127 |
159
142
124
129
148
144
132
135
129
122
115 i
109
143
143
122
120
146
143
142
142
625,957
590,460
534,075
538,043
244,865
219,359
191,717
199,159
132,998
130,081
119,248
121,745
104,387
98,602
92,920
88,466
81,780
81,792
69,925
68,431
61,927
60,626
60,265
September
October
November
December
112 i
131 j
129
144
114
138
138
134
115
141
13S
152
101
112
107
132
112
122
121
155
122
129
131
169
475,957
554,773
548,669
610,751
175,511
212,757
212,548
206,217
103,573
127,070
124,472
137,473
81,569
90,734
7i 019
63,742
69,436
69,368
88,340
51,562
54,776
55,583
71,702
127
129
154
147
125
134
93
100
105
110
122
130
53S, 601
546,521
238,057
226,893
113,109
120,674
75,689
80,796
60,148
62,891
51,598
55,267
1922
September
October.
November
December
,
87
1023
1924
January
February
.rdi^XS^
1. " 2 3 , 88 per ceat of the total legal reser*
57
BUSINESS FAILURES—MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS:1 1913 TO 1923
MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS
GRAND TOTAL
TRADE
ESTABLISHMENTS
AGENTS. BROKERS, ETC.
YEAR
Number
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
_-.
Average N u m per firm
ber
Liabilities
Average
per firm
Liabilities
Number
Average!
per firm;
bcr
Liabilities
619
800
1,010
874
734
722
$34,424,5-18 , $53,042 !
50,452,728
60,781 !
40,026,027
39,030 I
31,858,848 • 30,452 |
32, 781,195 , 44,601
31,727,314
43,944
,
_._.
...'
'
_________
16,035
18,278
22,156
16,983
13,853
9,982
$273,832,083
357,954,894
301,287,217
196,251,973
182,441,263
163,088,979
$17,077
19,584
13,598
11.556
13,170
16,338
4,241
4,618
5,116
4,186
3,691
2,766
$124,402,323
135,837,314
112,027,484
72,993,558
79, 543,498
73,454,694
$29,333
29,415
21.897
17,439
21,551
26, 556
11,145
12,851
16,030
11,923
9,428
6,494
,
!
!
|
6,451
8,880
19,651
23,676
18,718
113,309,165
295,121,715
627,401,613
623,896,251
538,641,555
17,565
33,234
31,418
26,351
28,777
1,865
2,635
4,495
5,682
4,968
51,614,216
127,992,383
232,907,185
214,925,388
280, 558,644
27,675
48,574
51,815
37,826
56,473
4,013
5,531
13,998
16,923
13,064
37,670,443
88,558,345
254,794,015
271,388,107
209,942, 582
9,387
16, Oil
18,202
16,037
10,070
573
714
1,158
1,071
G8G
24,024, GOT> . 41,928
78,570,987
110,043
139.700,413
120,039
137,582,750
128,402
48,140,329 , 70,175
174,663
3,673,226,708
21,030
44,263
1,506,261,687
34,030
121,400
1,511,675,370 i
12,452
9,000
G55,2S9,651
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
Total
IRON AND STEEL
MACHINERY AND
TOOLS
$115,005,212 I $10,319
165,664,852 . 12,891
149,233,706 '
9,310
91,394,567 i
7,CC5
70,116,570
7,437
57,906,971
8,917
WOOLENS AND
WOOLEN GOODS
COTTONS AND
COTTON GOODS
72,921
LUMBER AND LUMBER
PRODUCTS
YEAR
f!
1913
1914
1915
1916 _
1917
1918
|
t
1919... .
1920
1921
1922... „
1923
Liabilities Average
$15,142,482
4,184,315
3,999,092
1, 519,091
1,347,467
1,209,574
$159,395
52,304
43,946
37,051
30,624
31,831
287
297
290
199
218
193
$23,233,281
24,094,975
25,274,648
3,803,781
7,205,325
11,103,534
1,520,780
4,083,973
8, 633,413
S, 265,066
7,445,778
66,121
116,685
107,980
100, 793
94,250
177
248
461
549
495
S3,366 3,414
i
i
Total...
57,356,031
CLOTHING AND
MILLINERY
Average
Liabilities per
firm
per firm
12,868,454
27,066,316
52,558,701
50,083,639
50,666,010
$80,952
81,128
87,154
19,114 !
33,052 i
57,531 j
I
72,703 '
109,138
114,010 !
91, 227 i
102,356 11
18
38
51
42
287,958,664
84,346
341
•HATS, GLOVES, AND
FURS
YEAR
Liabilities * « « £
$M87,573
1,361,242
1,451,126 !
1,125,375 1
1,953,989 I
2,347,417 '
$1,361,410
$36,795
1,770,072
36,877
2,153,536
42,226
502,428
25,121
451,871 j 20,540
78,869 !
9,859
I
'
i
I
1,456,138 \ 69,340 „
1,446,678 ! 48,223
4,429,966 j 76,379
47,076
1,930,135
12,014,739 i 245,199
15,667
94,001
102,012
1,830,218
2,890,278 S 76,060
2,013,042 I 39,471
3,160,789 i 75,257
16,312,514 j
$38,143
34,031
39,220
40,192
59,212
90,285
402
47,837
C H E M I C A L S AND
DRUGS
31,004,378 i
Liabilities Average'
per firm
| |
505
484
484
455
517
337
I
•
|
,
240
207
354
400
453
•
,
t
I
i
77,125 i 4,436
Liabilities
Average
per firm
Liabilities
Liabilities
Average
per firm
4,412,536
13,345,872
17, C98,446
17,338,742
15,256,111 '
165,756,063
$38,536
46,525
33,687
28,933
33,234
26,838
18,511
OM73
49,096
43,347
33,678
37,306
P R I N T I N G AND
ENGRAVING
P A I N T S AND O I L S
I
Liabilities
$19,400,891
22,517,008
16,304,701
13,104,602
17,181,803
9,044,451
Average;
Liabilities per
firm
1913.
1914.
1915.
1916.
1917.
1918.
694
789
858
565
535
336
$8,484,115
7,789,341
8,574,760
4,938,885
6,130,915
4,066, 727
$12,225
9,872
9,994
8,741
11,460
12,103
105
165
109
65
53
34
$1,646,964
2,289,075
1,636,104
1,280,170
1,026,457
415,707
$15,685
13,873
15,010
19,695
19,367
12,227
43
51
27
27
54
35
$858,105
510,435
492,220
643,481
1,489,757
1,094,514 j
$19,956
10,009
18,230
23,833
27,588
31,272
$901,242
350,979
1,312,744
514,949
140,646
188,133
$30,041
15,260
32,819
32,184
12,786
12,542
178
221
276
204
145
146
$2,643,917 $14,853
18,269
4,035,2S6
19,099
5,271,229
9,344
1,906,247
1.668,508 11,507 i
16,444
'
2,400,808
1919.
1920..
1921.
1922.
1923,
174
435
848
997
645
1, 721,845
10,551,074
19,959,548
20,608,815
12,357,684
24,255
23,537
20,671
19,159
26
93
186
219
161
305,150
3,091,431
5,480,916
4,767,825
3,836,595
11,737
33,241
29,467
21,771
23,830
38
45
89
- 96 i
•72
1,128,960 !
3,222,836 j
3,768,466 I
5,809,634 ;
7,373,930
29,709
71,619
42,354
60,517
102,416
169,073
310,416
943,241
688,255
776,518
21,134
28,220
47,162
32,774
59,732
59
50
143
171
165
824,870
2,509,071
4,858,479
3,343,106
15,651,959
13,981
50,181
33,975
19,550
94,800
Total.. 6,876
105,183,709
15,297 1,216
25,776,394
21,198
577 1 26,393,338
45,742
6,296,196
30,270
1,758
45,113,480
25,862
MILLING AND BAKERS
GLASS, E A R T H E N WARE, BRICK
L I Q U O R S AND
TOBACCO
LEATHER, SHOES,
AND H A R N E S S
YEAR
Liabilities
Liabilities
Average
per firm
$27,993
13,387
25,548
21,909
15,988
23,195
liabilities
Average
per firm
105
122
182
133
101
79
$4,084,387
7,592,629
3,939,703
3,476,121
1,495,028
4.594,935
62,235
21,647
26,136
14,802
58,164
262 ! $2,337, 743 i
289
2,645,883 |
375 l
1,858, 748 I
495 ' 3,352,367 '
305 j 1,936,730 •
175 | 1,398,853 |
$8,923
9,155
4,957
6,772
6,350
7,993
126
125
126
103
81
86
$3,527,175
1,673,395
3,219,045
' 2,256,663
1,295,047
1,994,804
172:
282 !
385 j
518
485 !
14,405
12,788
22,041
18,429
11,739
53
91
185
241
205
895,417
3,485,696
4,742,907
4,442,323
6,979,675
49
16,895
61
38,304
97
25,637
140
18,433
34,047 j 110
934,059
1,371,449
7,625,039
3,676,047
.5,006,602
19,063
22,4S2
78,609
26,257
45,515
11,579
422
34,512,147
24,270 11,179
43,796,029
37,147
2,477,628 I
3, 606,130
8,485,800 '
9,546,021 j
5,693,855 .
3,743 | 43,339,768
1
Average
per firm
Compiled by Dun's Xeriew.
1
I
147
123
137
93
96
77
t
45
26
46
93
73
956
Liabilities
ALL O T H E R S
I*
Average
Liabilities per
firm
$34,428
$5,060,891
4,522,977 i 36,772
22,717
3,112,205
6,289,S05 , 67,632
4,876,375 ' 50,796
48,046
3,699,509
1,588
1,761
2,033
1,742
1,476
1,181
$34,172,147
50,498,802
33,427,623
28,224,593
31,343,580
29,810,859
$21,519
28,676
16,443
16,202
21,235
25,247
40,219
51,723
72,765
40,575
57,202
774
1,003
1,505
2,063
1,021
20,905,439
50,720,414
87,478,806
78,639,292
130,162,621
27,087
50,569
58,125
38,119
67f758
42,012.810 ! 43,946 j 17,047
575,450,176
33,757
1,809,836
1,344,809 j
3,347,179
3,773,446
4,175,778 I
58
BUSINESS FAILURES—TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS: > 1913 TO 1923
GENERAL STOEES
GROCERIES, MEATS,
AND F I S H
LIQUORS AND
TOBACCO
H O T E L S AND R E S TAURANTS
C L O T H I N G AND
FURNISHINGS
YEAR
i 1913
,! 1914
1915
, 1916
, 1917
! 1918
1,615
1,789
2,334
1,391
975
593
, 1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
425
618
2,277
2,263
1,512
Total
15,792
Liabilities Average
per firm
Average
Liabilities per
firm
Average
Liabilities per
firm
Liabilities
2,774
3,022
3,614
3,599
3,120
1,969
$15,548,843
15, 769,574
14,460,248
12,929,101
14,206,187
9,296,954
$5,605
5,218
4,001
3,592
4,540
4,722
510 $4,870,891
634 7,370,302
767 10,121,331
650 6,268, 720
530 4,441,529
437 8,728,222
832 $5,922,520
$9,551
958 6,014,236
11,625
13,196 1,286 9,898,475
936 5,253,554
9,644
732 4,587,393
8,380
19; 973 479 3,253,560
1,359
1,713
3,007
3,518
2,882
8,256,917
13,058,860
38,186,701
37,907,194
25,935,596
6,076
7,623
12,699
10,775
8,999
324
369
554
741
739
3,258,861
4,175,359
6,281,038
9,236,429
12,473,860
10,058
11,315
11,338
12,465
16,879
198,374,036 j 12,562 30,686
205,556,175
6,721 6,255
77,226,542
$13,183,035 , $8,163
15,735,331 i 8,796
20,371,928 , 8,72S
11,542,210 : 8,293
7,662,500 ' 7,859
4,509,165 j 7,601
4,412,395 i
10,143,829 •
43,059,785 )
43,634,203 I
24,119,655 !
10,382
16,414
19,423
19,282
15,952
DRV GOODS AND
CARPETS
S H O E S , R U B B E R S , AND
TRUNKS
Liabilities Average
per firm
$7,118
6,278
7,697
5,613
6,267
6,792
1,155 $11,074,778
1, 558 15,482,616
1,747
13,028,839
1,089
8,928,253
836
5,974,142
645
5,798,818
1,522,640
1,858,623
1,661,091
3,261,780
2,841,512
7,115
11,616
9,427
9,409
325
566
1,871
2,043
1,561
2,760,100
7,672,954
29,140,274
31,891,240
28,513,160
8,493
13,556
15,575
15,610
18,266
12,346 6,505 46,075,384
7,083
13,396
160,265,174
11,964
F U R N I T U R E AND
CROCKERY
214
160
260
346
302
HARDWARE, STOVES,
AND T O O L S
9,937
7,458
8,199
7,146
8,990
CHEMICALS AND
DRUGS
YEAR
Liabilities
Average
per firm
Average
Liabilities per
firm
I*
Average
Liabilities per
firm
$11,871
12,689
12,707
9,225
11,140
9,575
347
351
491
349
208
152
$4,505,482
6,321,488
5,054,565
4,090,516
2,069,519
1,390,426
$12,984
18,010
10,294
11,721
9,950
9,148
437
509
631
490
362
280
$2,565,352
3,356,431
4,950,037
2,361,209
2,182,039
2, 225,692
$5,870
6,594
7,845
4,819
6,028
7,949
Liabilities £ r e £j£
I*
Average
Liabilities per
firm
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
728
916
1,179
712
478
296
$17,819,447
54,320,728
28,846,365
11,525,923
6,220,403
5,108,528
$24,477
59,302
22,554
16,188
13,013
17,259
453
453
568
376
229
174
$4,748,617 $10,483
4,522,983
9,985
3,716,724
6,544
2,357,730
6,271
1,430,960
6,304
1,362,692
7,832
283 $3,359,578
354 4,491,862
497 6,315,546
287 2,647,602
249 2, 773,802
148 1,417,118
1919........
1920
1921
1922
1923
206
377
1,298
1,382
874
3,073,446
8,096,949
24,646,808
27,029,779
17,806,063
14,920
21,477
18,988
19,558
20,373
120
162
589
797
667
1,090,104
1,954,013
8,913,982
10,538,546
9,463,850
78
74
402
530
384
743,455
5,402,195
8,708,484
12,578,432
10,321
10,047
13,438
16,431
32,756
81
83
319
484
412
1,211,738
1,434,922
7,866,214
10,502,098
9,594,749
14,960
17,288
24,659
21,699
23,288
130
112
409
528
490
789,261
914,705
4,835,851
5,775,105
7,231,285
6,071
8,167
11,824
10,938
14,758
Total,
8,446
204,494,439
24,212
4,588
. 50,100,201 10,920 3,286
49,243,111
14,986 3,277
54,041,717
16,491
4,378
37,186,967
8,494
P A I N T S AND O I L S
9,084
12,062
15,134
•13,223
14,189
J E W E L R Y AND
CLOCKS
805,037
BOOKS AND PAPERS
HATS, FURS, AND
GLOVES
ALL OTHERS
YEAR
Sfe
Liabilities
Average
per firm
Average
Liabilities per
firm
1913.
1914,
1915_
1916.
1917.
1918.
$655,960
895,084
1,009,269
425,318
904,007
'294,081
$12,615
14,437
12,939
7,876
14,349
7,541
322
393
494
293
222
178
1919.
1920.
1921.
1922.,
1923..
758,623
324,963
1,764,062
1,185,696
635,620
36,125
20,310
24,501
15,809
9,212
8,852,683
14,730
Total....
1
601
Compiled by Pun's Review.
Liabilities Average
$3,749,296
4, 663,314
5,822,430
2,790,361
1,787,026
1,644,854
$11,644
11,866
11,786
9,523
8,050
9,241
87
102
123
99
51
42
$509,442
817,566
822,258
549,430
462,029
400,842
$5,856
8,015
6,685
5,550
73
103
313
415
294
1,669,599
5,785,059
7,636,434
4,706,046
9,585
16,210
18,483
18,401
16,0D7
21
21
52
109
116
176,337
229/287
458,762
857,187
1,233,242
3,100
40,954,152
13,211
823
"6,516,382
Average
Liabilities per firm
Average
Liabilities per
firm
per firm
85
123
118
51
37
32
$939,001
2,098,057
1,086,895
452,990
516,799
370,121
$11,047
17,057
9,211
8,882
13,968
11,566
1,465
1,627
2,103
1,547
1,327
1,030
$25,552,970
23,805,280
23,728,796
19,271,650
14,898,235
12,105,898
$17,442
14 631
11,283
12,457
11,227
11,753
8,397
10,918
8,822
7,864
10,631
21
135
125
114
288,887
7,365,158
6,420,668
2,632,053
1,642,410
13,757
54,557
51,365
23,088
18,664
615
1,022
2,450
3,578
2,674
28,915,669
70,371,525
70,591,879
51,167,102
13,929
28,293
28,723
19,729
19,135
7,918
929
23,813,039
25,633
19,438
348,975,368
17,953
9,544
59
1
BANK FAILURES
TOTAL
YEAR
NATIONAL
ALL OTHERS
\
No.
Liabilities
No.
578
277
404
119
50
$203,739,138
77,735,551
173,027,776
50,708,300
-16,520,862
77
35
47
10
4
$36,568,934
16,453,926
28,401,550
3, 350,000
1,850,000
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
20
42
50
133
212
5,131,887
18,451,964
10,396,779
37,223, 234
56,005,107
4
8
18
19
3,760,066
1Q13
1912
1911
1910
1909
120
79
107
119
80
31,546,314
24,219,522
25,511,606
41,097,255
24,677,128
1908
1907
1906
1905
180
132
58
78
1904
1903
1902
1901
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
PER [CENT OF BUSINESS CONCERNS
FAILING'
Liabilities No.
501
242
357
109
46
$167,170,204
61,281,625
144, 626, 226
47,358, 300
14, 670,862
1,755,000
13,649,000
9,606,098-
20
38
42
115
193
5,131,887
14, 751,964
8,641,779
23,574,234
46,399,009
7
4
3
10
11
5,197,336
8,313,000
1, 250,000
4,284,482
4,109, 224
113
75
104
109
69
26,348,978
15,906,522
24,261,606
36,812,773
20,567,904
123,126,956
233,325,972
18,805,380
20,227,155
31
12
8
16
48,388,000
12,533,000
1,490,966
4,198,348
149
120
50
62
74,738.956
220,792,972
17,314,414
16,028,807
99
121
63
74
28,158,811
29,685,766
10,969,072
18,018,774
24
12
2
9
10,257,223
5, 735,477
420, 617
5, 666,231
75
109
61
65
17,901,588
23,950,289
10,548, 455
12,352, 543
1900
1899
1898
1897.
58
55
80
171
14,456,563
27,116,790
18,395,094
28,249, 700
5
10
11
28
1,312,721
7,106,567
4,102,290
5,977,421
53
43
69
143
13,143,842
20,010, 223
14,292, 804
22,272,279
1896
1895....
1894
1893
198
132
125
642
50,718,915
20,710,210
125, 666,035
210,998,808
34
34
18
161
22, 674,512
5,863,842
4,803,616
67,673,894
164
98
107
481
29,044,403
14,846,368
120,862,419
143,324,914
.
BANE FAILURES, BY CLASSES
NATIONAL
STATE AND
PRIVATE
TRUST
COMPANIES
SAVINGS
YEAR
No. Liabilities No.
Liabilities No. Liabilities No. Liabilities
1923....
1922....
1921
1920....
1919....
1918....
77 $36,568,934
35 16,453,926
47' 28,401,550
10
3,350,000
4
1,850,000
471 $154,239,180
227
57,117,895
327 114,975,024
98
17,684,900
37
12,284,862
16
4,790,000
11
2
15
4
3
1
$3,936,762
550,000
25,371,924
25,826,000
1,260,000
150,000
19
13
15
7
6
3
$8,994,262
3,613,730
4,279,278
3,847,400
1,126,000
191,887
1917....
1916...
1915....
1914
1913....
1912....
4
3
18
19
7
4
3,700,000
1,755,000
13,649,000
9,606,098
5,197,336
8,313,000
36
37
105
173
83
61
14,566,964
6,112,779
7,670,151
37,812,875
16,128,253
9,508,568
2
4
4
10
10
4
185,000
1,729,000
2,231,373
5,500,000
3,044,501
335,440
1
6
10
15
6
800,000
13,672,713
2,786,134
7,176,224
5,872,392
1911....
1910....
1909...;
1908...
1907...*
3
10
11
31
12
1,250,000
4,284,482
4,109,224
48,388,000
12,533,000
84
93
55
112
91
12,940,450
26,576,991
10,482,841
35,140,222
106,488,332
6
8,856,884
3
1,190,428
5
5,740,000
23 36,684,112
19 105,562,003
7
13
7
14
10
1,108,856
9,045,554
3,545,063
2,914,622
8,742,637
Failures
YEAR
Liabilities
Concerns In
business
Per cent of
failures
1023
1022
1021..
1920
1910
18,718
23,C76
19, 652
8,881
0,451
1,996,001
1,983,100
1,027,301
1,821,400
1,710,900
0 94
1.10
1.02
0.40
0.38
1918
1017.
1016
1015....
1014...
9,082
13,805
16,903
22,156
18,280
1 70S 061
1,733,225
1,707,630
1,074 783
1,055,490
0 5S
O.SO
0.99
1.32
1.10
1913
1912
1911
1910.
1909...
16,037
15,452
13,441
12, 652
12,024
1,616,517
1,504,270
1,525,024
1,515,143
1,486,389
0.09
0.98
0.81
0.80
0.80
1908...
1907...
1006....
1905
1904
15,000
11,725
10,682
11,520
12,109
1,447,551
1,418,075
1,302,010
1,357,455
1,320,172
1.08
0.82
0.77
0.85
0.92
1903
1002
1901
1900
1809 . .
12,069
11,615
11,002
10,774
9,337
1,281,481
1,253,172
1,219,242
1,174,300
1,147,595
0.94
0.03
0.90
0.92
0.81
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
12,186
13,351
15,088
,13,197
13,885
1,105,830
1,058,521
1,151,570
1,209.282
1,114,174
1.10
1.26
1.31
1.09
1.25
15,242
10,344
12,273
10,607
10,882
1,103,113
1,172,705
1,142,951
1,110,500
1,051,140
1.28
O.ES
1.07
0.9S
1.04
10,679
9,634
9,824
10,637
10,968
1,016,662
994,281
969,841
910,900
904,759
1.02
0.90
1.01
1.16
1.21
9,184
6,788
4,735
4,375
6,658
863,993
822,256
781, 689
746,823
702,157
0.82
0.71
0.63
0.95
10,478
8,872
9,092
7,740
5,830
674,741
652,006
681,900
642,420
600,400
5,183
4,069
2,915
3,546
550,764
528,970
475,145
427,230
2,799
2,608
2,780
1,505
352, 674
278,840
209,720
160,000
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889 .
A.
. .
1888
1887
1886 .
1885 .
1884
. .
1883..
1882
1881
1880
1879
'.
1878
1877
1876
1875
1874
1873
1872
1871
1870
. . ..
.
1869
1868
1867
1866
» Compiled by Dun'sl
1.06
1.55
1,36
1.33
1.21
0.07
0.93
0.77
0.61
0.83
0.79
0.84
1.33
0.94
60
SUGAR1
CANE SUGAR
BEET SUGAR
Sales
YEAR AND MONTH
Stacks, end ! Man Ufacof month I
tured
Sales
Deliveries
Stocks, end
of month
Manufactured
For direct
consumption
Torefineries
Deliveries
Short tons
267,595
121,828
150,717
272,290
12,242
3,729
1,108
651
3,437
3,252
1,536
2,093
3,630
601
5,463
6,882
2,137
72,525
89,110
56,902
4,412
24,023
46,761
12,492
99,882
106,819
6,550
34,915
34,079
5,074
44,853
49,769
10,322
80,271
84,081
68,449
146,989
41,088
67,002
63,854
109,401
78,190
48,134
29,265
12,159
8,354
6,642
35,375
928
372
2,259
19,830
8,979*
3,490
2,872
34,472
6,984
875
1,266
52,871
18,034
4,177
3,971
23,011
17,226
45,045
48,129
19,823
31,344
6,469
6,541
7,265
1,642
2,338
3,635
1,453
1,435
2,116
268
833
790
1,815
2,266
2,911
690,391
677,363
722,941
S7,322
52,479
49,035
5,836
43,616
35,871
19,033
63,060
40,689
33,124
218,844
428,066
478,685
242,334
298,332
107,421
109,309
69,306
36,463
January-.
February.
March
April
419,167
310,023
232,385
184,445
4,436
257
552
194
May.
June.
July..
136,576
117,842
87,233
260
1,089
735
Total, year ending June 30,1923.
1932
Jnly
August
September
October
November...
December
-
9,917
4,143
1923
HAW SUGAR
REFINED SUGAR
Receipts
YEAR AND MONTH
Sales
Stocks, end
of month
Meltings *
Domestic
Imported
Stocks, end
of month
Production
For domestic consumption
Deliveries.
.1
For
export
Short tons
Total, year ending June 30,1923.
151,528 I
4,745,327 \
4,914,426
4,608,245
3,955,721
416,080
306,687
189,394
293,208 I 4,304,085
1022
July
August
September
293,804
280,939
192,951
1,433
3,106
1,071
501,288
570,138
275,067
494,130
586,109
374,126
130,236
460,595
539,538
356,770
October
November
December
105,868
104,732
40,947
1,771
44,628
47,921
246,656
291,707
120,677
325,510
337,471
232,383
143,118
164,108
177,470
306,049
317,410
222,033
January...
February.
March....
April
71,053
117,879
240,391
263,550
45,541
4,647
1,405
305,488
456,985
614,588
506,329
320,922
414,806
493,481
483,170
186,578
126,798
258,254
309,620
294,652
387,211
465,872
455,420
540,072
404,420
284,570
462,854
May.
June.
July..
292,843
267,642
247,225
521,520
334,884
245,774
492,233
360,085
266,191
351,540
430,061
364,659
461,226
341,469
243,790
254,727
215,030
282,603
49,682
6,069
10,678
492,688
503,110
260,338
6,125
2,250
9,489
296,420
208,671
•42,031 I
23,656 '
38,563
56,604
285,544
446,991
334,416
404,054
1023
27,209
20,852
22,883
419,306
262,948
309,192
of c m
a?afrVXoTrge%eCeriS S' D?aHmni
° ™«> *«"«• of the Census, from practically the entire industry, except that the refined sugar statistics do not
* 415 tons destroyed by fire.
' " Meltings " include 2,133 short tons of raw sugar, which was sold during various months for direct consumption without refining.
61
PRODUCTION OF STEEL INGOTS1
[Prorated to 100 per cent production]
1917
1921
1923
MONTH
Gross tons .
January
February.. _.
March
April
2 3,710,512
* 3,710,612
»3,710,512
8 3,710,512
2,641,196
2,724,962
3,727,632
3,791,184
3,650,845
3,177f3U
3,127,481
2,631,087
3,524,026
3,401,760
3,916,960
3,132,458
2,517,042
1,998,705
1,794,777
1,386,897
1,891,857
2,071,772
2,814,667
2,902,240
May
June.
July
August
,
»3,710,512
3,617,322
3,447,461
3,663,405
3,939,580
3,695,352
3,731,532
3,695,632
2,266,109
2,607,015
2,946,465
3,225,942
3,423,178
3,538,971
3,327,785
3,562,411
1,446,181
1,146,350
917,824
1,300,199
3,218,794
3,127,775
2,952,806
2,629,256
4,195,800
3,748,890
3,514,241
3,677,771
September..
October
November...
December...
3,486,337
3,931,681
3, 713,889
3,206, 543
3,832,228
4,017,435
3,668,164
3,586,125
»2,515,635
'2,515,635
3 2,515,635
* 2,515,635
3,561,365
3,580,873
3,132,891
2,778,714
1,342,092
1,847,139
1,896,483
1,630,395
2,818,261
3,410,2G5
3,430,309
3,300,416
3,328,580
3,547,966
3,113,804
2,843,764
Total....
43.619,200
43,051,022
33,694,795
40,881,392
19,224,084
34,56S,418
I
I
I
j
3,822,369
3,454,918
4,046,854
3,944,412
43,239,309 \
1
Compiled b y the American Iron and Steel Institute comprising reports from steel plants whose actual production during these years was as follows: 1917, 37,187,
'325 tons, or 83 per cent of the total production in the United States during that year; 1918, 35,922,291 tons, or 83 per cent; 1919, 28,682,604 tons, or 85 per cent; 1920,
34,432,252 tons, or 84 per cent; 1921,16,826,946 tons, or 87 per cent; ,1922, 29,116,453 tons, or 84 per cent; 1923,41,228,739 tons, or 95 per cent. These data were prorated
to 100
per cent by dividing the total tonnage reported by the percentage of total production which the reporting firms represented.
2
Interpolated by dividing equally between each month the total for the period.
PRODUCTION OF HOSIERY1
MEN'S
Total
(all classes)
MONTH
Full
fashioned
Seamless
WOMEN'S
Full
fashioned
Seamless
BOYS'
AND
MISSES'
(all styles)
CHILDREN'S
AND
INFANTS'
(all styles)
ATHLETIC
AND
SPOKT
(all styles)
Dozens of pairs
3,833,654
68,336
1,487,158
475,277
1,065,633
375,007
345,118
18,837
3,775,591
4,289,049
4,001,093
4,213,902
79,062
65,849
67,208
64,394
1.395.501
1,591,057
1,467,470
1,561,538
411,928
475,779
473,514
504,715
1,248,676
1,370,842
1,236,588
1,309,072
350,096
413,590
389,519
386,037
290,328
353,952
348,544
371,780
17,980
18,250
10,366
June
July
August
September
3,874,150
3,478, 217
3,860,265
3,530,556
84,073
59,839
75,960
51,991
L, 456,311
L, 315,746
1,593,415
L. 449,298
493,164
432,000
491,742
460,831
1,093,625
985,923
928,777
845,068
380,171
342,885
392,735
368,888
October
November
December
4,025,823
3,885,316
3,236,227
69,931
72,134
61,259
1,634,563
1,587,766
1,306,073
529,657
520,508
434,209
978,096
942,556
782,738
414,345
390,562
296,251
349,490
322,016
357,663
336,031
378,954
351,889
335,647
17,316'
19,808
19,973
18,449
20,277
19,901
20,050
3,878,298
73,120
1,603,075
479,749
946,276
369,461
385,653
20,964
1923 monthly average (11 months)..
February
March
April
May
January
1923
:
1924
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 270 identical establishments representing 349 mills which produced
approximately 62 per cent of the total value of hosiery reported in the biennial Census of Manufactures, 1921.
1
Not reported separately for this month.
62
WORLD PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR AND FLAXSEED*
FLAXSEED
CANE S U G A R
YEAR
Java
United
States i
Brazil
Hawaii
Porto
Rico
Cuba
India
May
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
World
total
World
total
9,971
11,293
12,776
13,442
14,508
13,324
13,799
13,656
14,563
14,589
1,514
1,054
1,797
2,009
1,960
1,478
1,473
1,579
1,906
1,993
311
247
139
311
246
284
122
176
328
295
>38
344
486
413
493
440
496
580
551
*667
567
646
593
645
577
600
556
522
592
*537
1923 latest estimates
15,232
1,971
172
710
605
India
Jan.*
Apr.
United Canada
States
Aug.
Aug.
Thousands of bushels
Thousands of short tons
1909-1913 averaee
1914 .
1915... .
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Argentina
a 379
2,295
2,967
3,437
3,442
3,957
4,597
. 4,209
4,408
4,517
»4,034
2,614
2,757
2,950
3,058
3,708
2,617
3,361
2,826
2,925
'3,409
110,992
94,559
103,287
82,151
41,063
61,821
61,692
87,964
83,288
94,000
31,989
36,928
45,040
39,289
4,032
19,588
30,775
42,038
50,470
44,286
19,870
15,448
15,880
19, (M0
21,040
20,600
9,400
16,760
10,800
17,440
19,505
13,749
14,030
14,296
9,164
13,369
7,256
10,774
8,029
10,375
12,040
7,175
10,628
8,260
5,935
6,055
5,473
7,998
4,112
5,009
407
4,271
3,629
127,000
63,225
21,280
17,429
7,140
363
346
484
503
454
406
485
490
408
3
From private sources.
* New crop available In January of the year indicated; January, 1924, estimate is 63,225,000 bushels.
i Louisiana and Texas,
i Exports.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR*
World
total i
United
States
Germany
Czechoslovakia Russia
Netherlands
Poland
Belgium
France
Italy
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
YEAR
Thousands of short tons
1909-1913 average .1914 . . .
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920.:
v
1921
1922
1923 latest estimates
1
1
8,432
8,331
6,056
5,808
5,208
4,592
3,490
4,997
5,443
*5,700
610
722
374
821
765
761
726
1,089
* 1,074
«711
2,296
2,721
1,678
1,721
1,726
1,404
808
1,212
1,416
1,605
1,017
1,004
812
805
584
688
559
770
726
*821
1,726
1,879
1,824
1,457
1,134
318
86
55
61
V245
6,202
934
1,180
1,080
398
Crops in all countries here given are harvested beginning in September.
From private sources.
239
293
263
249
106
195
198
1294
246
316
264
286
215
182
263
314
412
303
276
215
120
140
136
78
152
268
315
'293
759
334
150
204
221
121
171
370
< 319
515
209
166
166
160
162
120
185
150
234
300
116
112
117
139
154
169
91
104
80
'176
128
168
143
124
149
156
149
168
156
94
154
170
140
151
144
141
141
181
259
»79
341
274
309
516
339
187
121
165
279
' Includes Ukraine; data from private sources.
* Refined sugar in terms of raw on the basis of 95 per cent of the raw.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF RICE*
Country..
World
total3
New crop available-
India
Egypt
United
States
Italy
Spain
Japan
Dutch
East
Indies i
Philippines
Apr.
Apr.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Millions of pounds (cleaned)
Normal consumption (1909-1913).
1909-1913..
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
,
1920
1921
1922
1923 latest estimates..
1
67,891
110,780
116,000
126,000
131,000
134,000
109,000
128,000
118,000
129,000
131,000
518
297
337
320
329
322
283
412
394
356
373
14,009
17,909
17,569
18,360
17,143
17,184
19,106
19,849
17,336
19,067
7,349
7,826
7,964
7,912
8,323
8,433
9,179
7,716
6,943
6,451
1,124
1,404
1,100
1,289
1,745
2,213
2,089
2,247
2,565
2,681
330
18,303
6,904
2,703
72,950
61,109
73,315
78,521
80,638
54,526
71,743
61,963
74,446
74,294
553
61
551
230
487
692
244
283
472
»33
481
657
804
1,135
965
1,072
1,166
1,150
646
741
763
708
716
712
662
614
641
>632
63,376
270
924
670
1,446
1,045
»Exclusive of China: Chinese crop estimated at 52,788,000,000 pounds in 1920 and 70,218,667,000 in 1917.
14,602
375
63
WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON*
Country..
World total
New crop available
Peru
United
States
Mexico
India
Brazil
Egypt
June
August
August
November
September
September
Thousands of bales (478 pounds net)
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
20,660
24,630
18,470 •
18,970
18,370
106
129
113
127
125
13,033
16,135
11,192
11,500
11,302
193
108
95
103
135
3,584
4,354
3,128
3,7S9
3,393
322
337
282
281
345
1,453
1,337
9S9
1,048
1,304
1918
1919 .
1920
1921
1922 . . .
-
18,580
19,925
20,940
15,391
18,705
142
155
164
157
137
12,041
11,421
13,440
7,954
9,762
203
199
188
147
U78
3,328
4,853
3,013
3,748
14,336
339
384
451
505
553
999
1,155
1,251
902
1,170
1923, latest estimates
19,125
10,081
138
4,219
. -
i From private sources.
1,213
* 1922 acreage 12,496,000 compared with 11,976,000 In 1921.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF WHEAT*
Country...
World t o t a l
New crop available
Argen-
tina
Australia
India
United
States
Spain
Italy
France
Germany
Rumania
Canada
January
January
March
July
August
August
August
August
August
September
221
34
116
Millions of bushels
Normal consumption
(1909-1913)
64
37
301
581
136
236
361
-
1909-1913 average
1914.
1915
1916....
1917
3,577
3,586
4,199
12,609
12,288
157
105
169
169
SO
85
103
25
179
152
351
312
377
323
382
690
891
1,026
636
637
130
116
139
152
143
183
170
171
177
140
313
283
223
205
135
152
146
142
*110
»82
87
49
89
78
197
161
394
263
234
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
12,804
12,743
12,868
13,069
13,096
224
180
217
156
191
115
76
46
146
129
370
280
378
250
367
921
968
833
815
868
136
129
139
145
125
183
170
141
194
162
226
»182
*237
4
323
'243
>S6
*80
«83
*108
*72
*18
166
«81
*79
492
189
193
263
301
400
196
259
109
126
369
786
157
225
290
106
103
474
1923, latest estimates
1924. latest estimates
< New boundaries.
* Russia excluded. No accurate statistics are available.
* Excludes Alsace-Lorraine.
* Former kingdom, Bessarabia and Bukowina.
' Excludes Dobnija.
K 1 ? i t a compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with latest available information rectiytd
Dy that department or by Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in which crops are harvested. Corrected
to March 20,1924.
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_
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,
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_..
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and
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,
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f World crop production.
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Crops and Markets
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Pulp Wood Consumption and Wood-Pulp
consumed and on hand
Production.
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,
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..
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•
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,
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Press release *
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Monthly.
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Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Daily and monthly,
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Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
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Fri. morning papers and monthly.
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Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Second week of month.
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Monthly.
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Monthly supplement.
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First week of month.
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30th of month.
30th of month.
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•
15th of month.
EL—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION C O
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH M A N U FACTURERS* EXCHANGE.
AMERICAN MANUPACTUBERS ASSOCIATION o r PRODUCTION FROM C O R N .
S ? I C A N B U R E 1 1 7 OV METAL STA-
Copper, silver, and lead production
Zinc production in Belgium
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
Face brick production, stocks, etc
Stocks of newsprint paper
Steel ingot production
Gasoline and kerosene consumption
Merchant pig iron production, etc
Freight car surplus and shortage
Car loadings and bad-order cars
Stockholders in the company
A
Walnut lumber and logs
T
A^CAN ^
MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY.
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE
A
™ R A C I T E BUREAU OF INFORMAIION.
ASSOCIATED KNIT UNDERWEAR MANA « « A C T U R E R S ' ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION OF LlFE INSURANCE
PRESIDENTS.
SS11
Not published
Corn ground into starch, glucose* etc
A « S 5 I C A N ? A C E B B I C K ASSOCIATION-.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS'
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE.
A M E E I C A N PETROLEUM INSTITUTE....
AMERICAN PIG IRON ASSOCIATION....
AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
(Car Service Division).
AND TELB
TELB
GRAPHC
I T E L0 E PNH 0EN E AND
'
Construction trade papers...
Not published
Building costs
Sale of abrasive paper and cloth
_*
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Monthly report
Press release to trade papers •„.
:ial statement
statement.
Special
Not published
—
Information
Bulletin'
Car Surplusages
Financial
papers.and Shortages *.
Not published.
Purchases and sales of paper
___ Not published
Press release to trade papers •
Produc. and stocks zinc, retorts operating
Statement of anthracite shipments •
Anthracite shipments and stocks
Monthly report *
Knit underwear production
New life insurance business
Premium collections
Automobile accessory sales
Not published
Not published
Trade Papers
Cape Cod Canal traffic
Not published
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Monthly.
7th of month.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Third week of month.
Quarterly.
--
; 13th of month.
| 15th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
i Imports and exports of gold and silver in Fart II.
66
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
DATE OF PUBLICATION
CURRENT PUBLICATION
SOURCB
n.-REFORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION. _
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE
ASSOCIATION.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CHILDS CO
CLEVELAND TRUST CO
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL
MARITIME DE SUEZ.
CONTAINER CLUB
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION, INC.
F. W. DODGE CORP
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT,
ENAMELED
SANITARY
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
FEDERATION OF IRON AND STEEL
MANUFACTURERS (British).
FELT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANGE
FIRE EXTINGUISHER EXCHANGE
FOUNDRY
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
HARDWOOD MANFKS. INSTITUTE
HAFFARDS, G. M., <fc Co
HYDRAULIC SOCIETY
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
IOWA-NEBRASKA CANNERS' ASSOCN __
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JONES BROS. TEA CO
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCN
LEATHER BEITINO EXCHANGE
LIFE INSURANCE SALES RESEARCH
BUREAU.
MAPLE FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCN..
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, LTD
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. LOUIS
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COM
MEKCE.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CASE GOODS
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUTTON
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIR
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRU^
GATED AND FIBER BOX MANFRS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FINISHERS
OF COTTON F ABRICS.
NATIONAL ASSO CIATION OF HAT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL * ASSOCIATION OF STEEL
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET AND
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOL
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
NATIONAL BOTTLE MANFRS. ASSOCN...
NATIONAL CONTAINER ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION.
NAT. INDUS. CONFERENCE BOARD
NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL PAVING BRICK: MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSO
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL ASSO . . . I
NEW ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE
NEWS PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
NEW YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR EX...
NEW YORK METAL EXCHANGE
„
NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION..
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NORTHERN PINE MANFRS. ASSOCN....
OAK FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCN..^ . . .
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION
OPTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN
PACIFIC CANNED FISH BROKERS' ASSOCIATION.
Trade papers
Receipts of wool at Boston
Fabricated structural steel sales before April, No longer published..
1922.
Summary of operating statistics..
Number of tons carried 1 mile
Not published
Average receipts per ton-mile
Summary of operating statistics.,
Passengers carried 1 mile
Not published
,
Railway employment
Not published
,
Locomotives in bad order
Not published
Per cent of earnings on valuation
Not published
,
Redwood lumber production, etc
Not published
Sugar pine lumber production, etc
Trade papers
Wheat, corn and oats, receipts, etc
Monthly report
Restaurant sales
Automobile production, monthly, January, Not published currently.
1920, to June, 1921.
Lc Canal de Suez
Suez Canal traffic
Production of paper box board through April, Not published
1923.
Credit
Credit conditions
Milk deliveries to milk plants
Not published
Statement on Building Statistics
Building statistics—Contracts awarded.
Weekly press release
Detroit factory employment
Not published
Enameled sanitary ware
Trade papers
British iron and steel production
Daily.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Daily.
Monthly.
5th, 15th, and 25th of month
Weekly.
Monthly.
Second week of month
Roofing felt production, stocks, etc
Fine cotton goods production and sales..
Shipments offireextinguishers
Foundry equipment production
Not published
Trade papers
Not published
Stocks and unfilled orders hardwood lumber..
Fall River Mill dividends
Hydraulic machinery shipments, etc
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc,
Unsold stock of sweet corn
Turpentine and rosin receipts
,
Sales.
Consump.and Stocks of Lake Superior Iron Ore.
Sales of leather belting
Life insurance sales
Monthly report
Quarterly.
Bradstreets
Not published
Not published
Weekly.
Weekly report *
Weekly.
Naval Stores Review
Monthly.
Financial papers
Monthly report*
Monthly report (not published)
Monthly release
. . . . _ „ . . 18th of month.
Mapleflooringproduction, etc
_
,
Canadian building contracts
,
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
Mississippi River traffic
_.
Hardwood and softwood lumber, production
and shipments.
Linseed oil and oil-cake shipments
Not published
Canadian Building Review
Receipts and shipments at St. Louis _
Not published
Not published
Unfilled orders and shipments of furniture
Brass faucets, orders and shipments.__
Button stocks, activity, etc
,*
Monthly.
Monthly.
3d of month
Monthly statements
Not published in form used, Not published
, Weekly report
, Not puolished in form used.
Production of paper box board through April, Not published
1923.
Agricultural pumps
, Business conditions (Chicago Federal
Reserve).
Finished cotton goods, billings, orders,
Not published
ments, and stocks.
Hat production, etc., and stocks of fur
Not published
Steel furniture shipments.Not published
Weekly.
Chair shipments and unfilled orders
Sheet-metal production and stocks
Monthly
Not published
1913figuresfor active textile machinery
No longer published..
Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Glass bottle production index
Production of paper box board since April, 1923
Credit conditions..
Traffic bulletin* (production figures not
published).
Not published
Not published
Not published
Second week of month.
Cost of living.
,
Machine-tool orders, etc...
Paving-brick production, etc..
Monthly press releaseNot published
21st of month.
Monthly report.
Department store trade (see Fed. Res. Bd.) I Federal Reserve Bulletin...,
Production of wood alcohol and acetate of lime. Not published
Rice distribution through New Orleans
Monthly report
™~'
Cotton receipts into sight
Monthly report
Canadian newsprint production, etc
„_ Monthly bulletini...
United States newsprint data since June, 1923.. Monthly bulletin
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
Monthly statement
Stocks of tin
Trade papers
Indexes of stock and bond prices
The Index,.
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North Carolina pine, production, etc
Not published
Hemlock and hardwood lumber production, Not published
etc.
Northern pine lumber and lath
, Not published
Oakflooring,production, etc
Not published
Ohio foundry iron production
Monthly report* (not published)'.!
Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
Not published
Shipments of canned salmon
Not published
"
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Monthly.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
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SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO
PENSACOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
,
PREPARED ROOFING MANFRS. ASSOCN
PULLMAN COMPANY
REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
RICE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION
,
ROPE PAPER SACK MANFRS. ASSOCN.
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RUBBER GROWERS* ASSOCIATION
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION OF STATE
OF NEW YORK.
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
SOUTHERN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS* ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
...
STEEL BARREL MANFRS. ASSOCN
STEEL FOUNDERS' S O C I E T Y . . . . . . . .
STOKER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN
STRUCTURAL STEEL SOCIETY
TANNERS' COUNCIL
TUBULAR PLUMBING GOODS ASSOCN, _
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION.
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
Stockholders in the company
„
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Milk receipts at Philadelphia
Cement paving contracts
Shipments of prepared roofings
Pullman passenger traffic.
Fire-clay brick production, etc
Silica brick production, etc
Rice receipts, stocks, etc
Shipments of rope paper sacks
___
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material
Rubber stocks in England
Turpentine and rosin receipts
__
Savings banks deposits in New York State
Financial papers
i Quarterly.
Naval Stores Review
| Weekly.
Not published
|
Concrete Highway Magazine
Monthly.
Not published__
Not published
Not publishedNot published
Monthly report
Not published
Monthly reports (not published)
Bulletin of Rubber Growers Association. Monthly.
Naval Stores Review
Weekly.
Not published
Raw silk consumption, etc
„
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Yellow pine production and stocks
Steel barrel shipments, orders, etc
Sales of steel castings
Sales of stokers through December, 1922
Sales of fabricated structural steel
Leather production through May, 1922
Tubular plumbing sales
Milk production, Minnesota
Monthly press release to trade papers •
Not published in form used
Not published in form used
Monthly reports • (not published).
Not published,.
No longer published
Not published
Not published..
Semiweekly reports
Not published
5th of month.
Press release *
Press release *
Financial papers
Special reports *
Typothetae Bulletin...
Monthly press release *
Not published.........
Not published.
*..
Not published
10th of month.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
Monthly.
Unfilled orders
_
Earnings
Stockholders
Wages of common lab.r
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
Printing activity
WALDORF SYSTEM, INC
Restaurant sales
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCN _. Douglas fir lumber production, etc
WEBBING MANUFACTURERS' EXCH
Sales of elastic webbing.
WESTERN
PINE MANUFACTURERS' Western pine lumber production, etc
-
ASSOCIATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION
SOURCE
III.—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS
AMERICAN METAL MARKET.
THE ANNALIST
THE
BOND BUYER.
BRADSTREET'S
BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE
CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING.
COAL AGE
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
Dow, JONES & Co. (WALL STREET JOURNAL).
DUN'S REVIEW „
ELECTRICAL W O R L D " " " " " " " " " " . !
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS..
ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
FINANCIAL POST
FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG
HAY TRADE JOURNAL
IRON AGE
IRON TRADE REVIEW.,
LONDON ECONOMIST
LUMBER
MANUFACTURERVREV
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MANUFACV'"RV~vr"rrrr
MILK REPORTER.. .
MODERN M I L L E R . . . .
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NAVAL STORES REVIEW
V.
NEUE ZURICHER ZEITUNG
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
NEW YORK EVENING POST.
NORTHWESTERN MILLER
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTERSOIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS1 INK.
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
KUSSBLI/S COMMERCIAL'NEWSr.".."".
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL.
bVENSK HANDELSTIDNING
Composite pig iron and steel prices
_._
New York stock sales
New York closing stock prices
_
Foreign exchange rates, 1914 to 1918-_
State and municipal bond issues
Municipal bond yields
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings, United States and Canada
Wholesale price index
Business failures, Canada
Price index for France
Chemical price index
Mine price of bituminous coal
Cotton (visible supply) and interest rates
Mail order and chain store sales
New corporate securities
New York bond sales and prices
Mexican petroleum shipments..
Business failures and wholesale price index
Sales of electrical energy, central stations
Rand gold production and silver prices
Construction cost and volume index
Canadian bond issues
Price index for Germany
Hay receipts
Pig-iron production and furnaces in blast
Composite finished steel price
Iron and steel prices
Railway freight car orders
-Price index for United Kingdom
Price indices of lumber
Southern construction and southern bond issues
Milk receipts at Greater New York
Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks
Price index for Switzerland
Dividend and interest payments
New capital issues and new corporations
Fire losses
,—
Newspaper advertising
Flaxseed, receipts, etc
Wheat flour production for 1917
Price indices of drugs, oils, etc
Argentine visible supply of flaxseed..
Mexican petroleum shipments..
Magazine advertising
Book production
—
Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics.. Price index for Sweden
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
O
First or second week of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Second or third weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Last issue of month.
First week of month (daily).
20th of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month.
Weekly (Thursdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Fridays).
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
10th of month.
First weekly issue of month (Fridays).
Monthly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly (Saturdays).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
10th of month (daily).
Not published.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Mondays),
Weekly (Mondays).
10th of month (monthly).
Second week of month.
Third week of month.
Weekly compilation (daily).
Weekly (Fridays).
PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Recent publications of the Department of Commerce having the most direct interest to readers of the SURVEY OF CUBBBJNT
BUSINESS f.re listed below. A complete list may be obtained by addressing the Division of Publications, Department of Commerce*
at Washington. Copies of the publications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, at the prices stated below. If no price is mentioned, the publication is distributed free.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
L u m b e r : HimspIJifled Practice Kecommcndiation.—This
brllclin is a confirmation of the Elimination of Waste Series
and contr. ns the recommended standards on lumber clapsification, j^r.Mie names, standard and extra standard sizes for
lumber \a'-!s, meiliods of lumber ineasurenient, standard shipping woi^Lts, dipping, and other provisions.
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publications address tho Director of the Census]
Census of M a n u f a c t u r e s , 1921.--Industry bulletin series:
Cotton minufacturrs, 29 pages; The leather industries, 53
pages; Co-dage, 1/wine, jute goods, linen goods, fur-felt hats,
dyeing and finishing lextiles, oilcloth and linoleum, flax and
hemp, dressed haircloth, mats and matting, 36 pages; Wearing
appjuvl, 4 ^ pages; Chemicals and acids, 48 pages; Clay and
reiractory products, 23 puges.
Forest Products, series, 1922.—Pulp-wood consumption
and wood-pulp production, 16 pages.
Stale c o m p e u d l u m s , 1920.—Arkansas, 141 page?, price
25 cents; < 'alifornia, 190 pages, 30 cents.
F o u r t e e n t h Census Report, Volume IV, Occupations,
1,309 fees. Price, $2.25.
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a n d C o m m e r c e , by Leonard .1. 1/jwery, :5<4siaii-f ch'ef, European and Levantine- Division. MiscelhiM'ous -S;*nV> No. 124,
28 pages. The report rrmtai:.- u -f^ume o*' th<\ foreign capital
investments in Russian iudMs^ir^ n-x] <\>!;iin"iv*\ compiled
from Soviet oflicial sources. Pnrv, 5 ce-ntn
American Automotive ~**r;yducis in ludiiu by C. O.
Batcholder, trade commission-'--. SprHuI A<?> nt-1 8 TICS No. 223;
61 pages. The study embraces an analysis <>f conditions affecting the autnmobi^ industry Mid vo;A;iiu< information concerning busine-s method*, Pnv«o, 10 <vnt*.
Market Methods a n d Trade Usa^er. In London, i^mpiled by the staff of f he American pon.vthtc general in London. Special Consular Ropor^s N'». Ktf; SJ j>n-^'v. Bocau.^
of the importance of Lonrlon AS an international market, this
study describes the methods of handling certain important
commodities t\z typical of methods arid u>ja^c;- in London. A
report on cotton at Liverpool is included. Price, 10 cents.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
Artificial Propagation of Whlfeflsh, Grayling, a n d Lake
| T r o u t , by Glen C. Leach, assistant In charge of fish culture*.
! Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 940; 32 pages. For the
! types of fish included, the points discussed are range and
description, habits, commercial value, methods used in artificial
propagation.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
Commerce Reports.—A weekly survey of foreign trade.
Cable surrni arics of world conditions and articles on situation
in various commodities in foreign countries. Quarto, 72 pages.
Price. 10 tents per copy; $3 per year ($5 for foreign).
Mo»{h»y S u m m a r y of Foreign Commerce of t h e
Uiilleil ,v fates. - Parts 1 and 2. Gives total values by
countries md by customs districts, movements of gold and
silver in foreign trade, merchandise remaining in warehouse,
and trade with noncontiguous territories of the United States.
l^rive,
10 cents, including both parts; $1 per year.
!1'-:K(le Rubber Survey: No. i. Marketing of Plantation
"Rubber, I yT J. J. Blandin, special agent. Trade Information
Bulletin ?« o. 1H0. Crude rubber is one of the raw materials
under spe *ial investigation by the Department of Commerce,
and this review of plantation rubber is the first of a series of
reports growing out of the study of the rubber situation.
Topics piesented
are world rubber production and portion
takf*, by l;i)ifed States, methods of direct purchase by United
St.in>- frtr crms, Kuropean and Far Eastern markets. In the
appendix ,o the report are printed the rules and regulations of
the Kubber Association of North America.
Protesting Drafts in Western a aid Northern Europe,
prepared in the Division of Commercial Laws from reports
Fubmitted by American consuls and representatives of the
Department of Commerce. Trade Information Bulletin No.
1S2, H prgps. This bulletin is a continuation of the series, of
which ni/;o numbers have already been announced. The methods of protesting drafts in these countries have been developed
by the questionnaire plan in which was used a set of 10 questions covering the leading phases of tho subject.
Methods of Merchandising American Wheat in t h e
Export Trade: Part I. Buying Wheat for Export, by Theodore D. liamrnatt, special agent. Trade Information Bulletin
No. 183; 71 pages. Methods employed by exporters are presented in dctaii, with accompanying illustrative material in
forms and charts.
Same: Part I I . Selling Anierican Wheat Abroad.
Trade Information Bulletin No. 185; 78 pages. This part of
the surve* discusses methods of operation, securing supplies
handling vheat ai ports, sales practices and hazards, shipping ,
I>r&etices at New York. As in Fart. I, numerous forms are j
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Wefc-Proee»s Enamels for Cast I r o n , by R. R. Dunielson,
technologist, and H. P. Paiine-kur, assistant chemisi. Technologic Popcr No. 2US; 41 pages. This paper deals with an
investigation of vitreous enamels to he applied u> cast iron by
the wet process, both with and without ground coatb. Price,
10 cents.
Exposure Tpat.s on Colorless Waterproofing Materials,
by D. W. Keller. n.-?ociate phy>icis«. Tochr.ologic Paper No.
248; 34 page:?. The report describes ihe nature of several
colorless walerpToofiii'; material^ and results of tests* in th«4r
application to the surface of such porous materials as «tonot
brick, and roncrele. Price, 15 rents.
Les:ai Weights (1A P o u n d s ; per Bushel of Various
Commodities. (Fourth edition, Jan. «2, 1924.) Circular
No. 10; 18 pasjos. Price, .5 cents.
Noiiifeerec!^ Cotton B a c k , United S»atos Govern m e a t
s t a n d a r d sneciflcatlon No. 53. Circular No. I'M), Specifications officially adopted by ihe Federal Specifications Board
for the i*=?e of the department^ and in(!cp«uidcrif estabJishinents
of the Government in the purchase of numbered duck.
Wai! Plaster: HH I n g r e d i e n t s , P r e p a r a t i o n , a n d P r o p erties. Circular No. 151; 06 pages. Price, 15 cents.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
Seagoing^ Vessels of t h e United States, 1933.—Part VI
of the fifty-fifth annual list of merchant vessels of the United
States for the year ended June 30, 1923. Price, Ho cents.
Commercial a n d GoTemsnent liadlo Stations* of t h e
United States, edition of June 30, 1923. Price, 15 cents.
A m a t e u r Eadio Stations of tiie United States, edition
of June 30, 1923. Price, 25 cents,
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Results of Observations Made at the United Statos
Coast and Geodetic Survey Magnetic Observatory near
Tucson, Ariz., in 1919 and 1920. by Daniel L. Hazard,
Ui«'h:dcd.
| assistant chief, Division of Terrestrial M&^netisui. Serial No.
Cuban Market for Paper asid Paper Products, by C. A. j 248. Contains 98 pages of tables and 20 charts.
Livcn$;<MK , trade
commissioner, Habar-.a. Trade information j
Hu]U-ti?i l\o. ll.V2; 15 pat>es. This is the third of a series* of l
BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES
bulletins issued on the paper markets of various Latin-American
regions. The reports show ihnt the sfr'uisj competition frorn i
Buoy Lists. Hawaiian and Samoan Islands, and Porto
European sources makes necessary a thorough understanding [ Rieo and Adjacent Islands. — Both lints are corrected to
of the factors controlling these markets.
> November 1, 1923, Price, 20 cents each.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
HERBERT HOOVER, Secretary of Commerce
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WILLIAM M. STKFART, Director
( Vf ic/ functions
The taking of the decennial ccnsu., co\ering population, agriculture, manufactures, mines and quarries, and forest products,
Decennial report oa wealth, public debt, ;*nd taxation, Including- principal iiuaneiai statistics on Federal, State, county, citj7,
and townsliip govurmaeiito.
Annual financial statistics of Slate and municipal govern- 1
ments —Sources uf revenue, objet. !> of pa\ inentrf, debt, tax levies.
Decennial statistics relating to inmates of institutions, including paupers, insane, prid^u^rs, and juvenile delinquents.
A census of agriculture in each middeeennial 3'ear, a biennial ,
ecus.is of manufactures, a qa^'.juennial census of electrical
public utilities, statistics of marrh^e and divorce.
Annual t-tatislks 01 births, deaths, causes of death, etc., in
the registration area, wf the United States.
Quarterly statistics uf leaf tobacco slocks and of production,
stocks, and uun.sumpiioii «»f fats and oils.
Monthly or semimonthly statistic- vt cotton ginning; cotton
stocirs and consumption; the p? ,;i"jcti"';», stocks, and consuniption of hides and leather; the produ :i'v>:i of shoes; and statistics of active textile machinery and of movements in an increasing number of other industries.
The compilation and publication, in the "Survey of Current •
Business/' of monthly commercial and Industrial statistics.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
JULIO: KLEIN, Director
Chief functions
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The compilation of timely information concerning world
market coaduious and openings for American products in for- '
eign countries secured through commercial attache'.-, and trade
commissioner.^ of the Department of Commerce and the foreign
service of the Department of State. The distribution of such
information to American business through weekly ''Commerce
reiK'Tts," bpecial bulletins, <*ouJidentinl circulars, the news and •
trad;: pre-N, correspondence, and personal contact. Approximately 3,000 trade inquiries arc answered daily by the bureau 1
and its nine district office-.
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The maintenawo of commodity, technical, nnd geographical
divisions to a'Tord special service to American, export industries.
The compilation and distribution of names of possible buyers
aivl M^ei:ts for Am«-irui;in products in all parts of the world and
publication of weekly lists of ^peeilie stiles opportunities abroad,
Tbc maintenance of district and cooperative oim-esin 3^ cities ,
""i ihf% Vnitct} Hia*«'" J.o expedite delivery <;f market information ;
r<> bu-hi.-hs men and to keep the department advised as to
tli<* iir^ent re<t«iirc-meut.s of American trades and industries.
'The publicaiion of olikual statistics on imports and exports.
Tut* *4udy of the processes of domestic trade and commerce, •
\Y\VI a view t<» their improvement and the fiisseminution of
information obtained for the benefit of the public, as well as of
tlu-'^i: directly e.oiict mew\
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Gicondjo I\. RuJUiwss, Director
C't irf functi'j?is
Custody cf standard.- t*f m e a s u r e m e n t , quality, performance,
or pr.'iotiee. '»,lf,pred or r e a eiuzeJ by t h e Go\ e m i n e n t .
Devel«'>prji'*r»! aiivi c«'ii.-.irj;ction of such s t a n d a r d s when neee?sary.
l*c .Inj.-; }ir^i calibr:i?:.»n of iii»p, o rar:is a n d coinpitrison of s t a n d zii'I? '••'0-! )•;. **ic.it I(i«* u ; I'ther institutions with those in t h e
h ,>icai constants and properties of
;»• <i -ii- K:.inina*i(»n rf Information showing ap,Tv ''.liMlr,..-. rjlinniiij?, and construction, inciud'v r'.;'s *«».d
'*' d '.- and such other matters as may
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iit^! K\i ,-* ::5:n^rcial practices and establishment
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threu '•; c«;<;_iiTj.tive business organizations.
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The ^i r*?-j! T^ubll^L -; -lv M-ric? of scientific and technical
publications, rcpuvtin*^ tin* results of its researches and giving
technical da la fundamental t'> U'.dw-^Ty.
BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES
GEORGES II. PUTNAM, Commissioner
Chief functions
The establishment} and maintenance of lighthouse, lightships, buoys, and other aids to navigation on i-11 * - -*oi, and the
lake coast and on the rivers of the United Stato'. including
Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico.
Trie publication of Light L>1s. i*uoy Lists, and >"ot.oes to
Mariners, including information regarding all aid,> to :ia\ •j.i..uioR
maintained by the Lighthouse Service.
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
E, LssTEi? JONES, Director
Chief functions
The survey of the coasts of the United States and ;he. publication of charts needed for the navigation of the adjacent;
waters, including Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Port')
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.
A comprehensive geodetic system, extending into th»» inferior,
connects and coordinates the surveys <-f the eon-'ts. ..mi i- designed to furnish accurately determined i>v»j'nt> :n;.'! •! •viti'j.is
in all parts of the country. These are available a---: :• l>u-<. f • -•
Federal, State, and municipal survey:--, and ofjgmwr i-\ pr- •>- < t-;
of every kind. The magnetic declination ha-, b**^:* d »U"'«r:r»ed
at a large number of stations throughout the conriir-, and the
results are available for the ui-n of Mirveyors and engineers.
The technical operations include base, measures, brmngulation, traverse, precise level'ng, the determination of la -itude a'su
azimuth, the determination of difference »»f longitude bv telegraph or radio, magnetic observations and researches, the
preparation of magnetic maps, 1he determination <>i t)>o force
of gravity, topography, hydrography, deep-sea1 "»:r>'l;r»j£s
water temperatures, tidal and current observation -'.
The results are published in the form <:f ciiarH >>n various
scales, annual reports, coast pilots, tide tabJrs 'r>ui,h-ueu annually in advance), current tables, digests of geodetic pu'ilicaiions,
and special publications.
IX B. C/R C C»N. CoiuHii.ssioiier
Chief functions
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of standards and .
nercial tirms or organizations.
structural, engineering, and ;
^]--J.<} radio, r-^ium, inochr-Tji^al appliances,1
It-*,i/ier, jjapei\ rur»ber, and textiles; clay
»:: *ffr:tf-t«»r:e^ rno'f.K ami metallurgy, and
oil* .\-
The propagation of useful food fishes, including lobster*.,
ov^t-ers, and other shellfish, and tlieir distribution to suitablewaters.
Investigations of fish culture, fish diseases, and for the conservation of iishery resources and the development of coinmorcial fisheries.
The stud:/ of the methods of the fisheries andfisheryindustries
and the utilization of fishery products.
The collection of statistics of fisheries.
The administration of the Alaska salmon fisheries, the fur-seal
herd on the Pribiiof Islands, and the Jaw for the projection of
sponges off the coast of Florida.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
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HENRY O'MALLET, Commissioner
Chi cf function*
General superintendence of commercial marine and nuTch-Aiit
seamen.
Supervision of registering, enrolling, licensing inmji.erinit,
e t c , of vessels under the United States tlag, and t ! ie annual
jmblieation of a list of si]«*h ves«eNThe enforcement of the navigation ami steamboat i^.-pcctloa
laws and the laws governing radio eo umuniValk-n, u.s v*t*:l ?.<
duties connected with {PQ?. tines, tonnage taxes, ref iu»l', 'Hi-originating under such laws,
STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SEE VICE
viEORC.iv UnLUK, Supervising fn-»[)iictor ilvn*- ral
Chi* (functions
The inspection: • f v^-sseU, the licensing of Uie otliccrs -J{ ves~
. sels, and the administration <»f laws reiatin^ to such ^easclti and
: their officers. The certiiicatfoii of nble teamen vjlm fv»im the
, crews of merchant W P ^ K .
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The inspection of vessels, including the types of boilers: the
The Director has supervisior. of tho preparation of tecliDical testing of all materials subji-ct io tensile strain in mar ne buiienr
the inspection of hull? and of life-saving equipment.
specifications ilrough the Federal Specifications Board.
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