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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
:
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
1922
JULY
No. 11
CONTENTS
Summary for May
Business indicators (diagrams and table)
Wholesale price comparisons (diagrams and table)
Business conditions in May (text and diagrams)
Index of crop marketings
Trend of business movements (table)
Page.
1
2
4
6
17
22
Prices
Lumber and
Employment agency operations
Transportation
Miscellaneous
Sources of data
flooring
Page.
41
42
44
45
46
47
SUMMARY FOR MAY.
In spite of the prolonged coal strike and the possibility of a railroad strike in the near future, business
has continued to gain in volume and in stability. All
of the basic industries increased their output during
May, compared with April. Pig-iron production
increased more than 11 per cent during the month,
with a total of 2,306,679 tons. This figure has not
been equaled since January, 1921. Steel-ingot production totaled 3,099,155 tons, compared to 2,794,000
tons in April, and 1,388,000 tons in May a year ago.
The unfilled orders of the U. S. Steel Corporation
increased 157,000 tons, making the total 5,254,288
tons at the end of May.
Building activity continued to increase, making
another new high record in May. The value of the
contracts awarded in the 27 northeastern states totaled
$362,590,000, or nearly $10,000,000 more than in
April.
A new record was established in the automobile
industry in May, with a total production of 231,699
passenger cars, compared to 197,221 in April. Truck
production increased from 22,237 in April to 23,694 in
May. The output of petroleum and of gasoline continued to increase, according to latest figures.
There was a pronounced increase in the mill consumption of cotton over the low figure reported for
April. The silk and woolen industries have also shown
improvements.
Car loadings have shown a progressive increase in
recent weeks, even in spite of the coal strike. Employment is increasing and business failures in May
showed the first substantial decrease in many months.
112000—22
1
A matter of importance is the distinct upward trend
in prices. The revised wholesale index of the Department of Labor rose from 143 to 148. This indicates a
much firmer demand than has heretofore existed.
Activity on the New York Stock Exchange continued
to be marked, although the volume of sales was somewhat less than a few weeks back. Prices of all classes
of securities continued to advance.
Bills discounted by the Federal Reserve Board
have continued to decline, reaching a low point of
$538,000,000 at the middle of June, compared with
$1,180,000,000 at the beginning of this year. Member
bank loans, however, have been increasing recently,
indicating a slightly greater demand for money. Interest rates continued to decline, as evidenced by the
recent reduction of the New York Federal Reserve
Board rediscount rate to 4 per cent.
The picture which business now presents is that of
prosperity. Fundamental conditions in this country,
including the agricultural outlook, are for the most
part favorable to a continuation of this period of the
business cycle. On the other hand, business men must
realize that all the economic ills caused by the war
have not been cured. There is a possibility of business developing too rapidly, in which case a set-back
will be sure to follow. It is believed that care should
be exercised in placing large forward orders for raw
materials on which there has been a marked increase
in price. With due care in the exercise of business
judgment the period of prosperity can be prolonged
without the excesses so characteristic of 1919 and the
early part of 1920.
BUSINESS INDICATORS.
(1913 monthly average = lCO. See explanation on inside front cover.)
PIG-IRON PRODUCTION.
1920
1922
1921
1.000
BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION.
COTTON CONSUMPTION.
922
1920
1.000
800
1922
1921
800
600
400
NUMBERS
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1920
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1922
1921
BANK CLEARINGS OUTSIDE NEW YORK
CITY (VALUES).
EXPORTS ^VALUES).
1920
1000
1921
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800
800
600
600
400
400
1922
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1,000
1920
1921
1922
800
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20
20
10
10
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1922
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1920
1921
1920
1922
1921
1922
1 000
600
—
400
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1921
PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
DEFAULTED LIABILITIES (VALUES).
1920
60
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INDEX
NUMBERS
1
400
40
40
20
20
10
10
^
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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.
1921
MONTHLY AVERAGE.
1922
Commodity.
1919 i 1920 1921
Apr. ' May. Juno. ; July.
Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Jan.
Feb. j Mar. ! Apr. i May
1 9 1 3 m o n t h l y average = 1OO.
Production:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
Crude petroleum
Wool (consumption)
Cotton (consumption)
Beef
Pork
Stocks:
Crude petroleum
Cotton (mills and warehouses)
Prices:
Wholesale index, all commodities
(Dept. Labor)
Retail food (Dept. Labor)
Retail coal, bitum. (Dept. Labor)..
Farm crops (Dept. Agriculture)!. - Farm live stock (Dept. Agriculture).
Business finances:
Defaulted liabilities
Price 25 industrial stocks
Price 25 railroad stocks
Banking:
Bank clearings, New York City
Bank clearings, outside N. Y. City..
Commercial paper interest rate
Distribution:
Imports (value)
Exports (value)
Sales, mail-order houses
Transportation :
Freight, ton-miles
100
111
105
96
96
154
142
108
131
120
119
135
99
97
116
181
118
117
121
111
39
95
85
189
135
85
109
116
47
57
50
101
71
193
132
85
101
108
48
55
24
101
83
203
141
91
101
116
42
45
19
108
85
195
145
96
104
128
34
36
17
92
76
194
132
85
101
110
37
52
21
94
87
198
145
97
118
94
38
53
21
93
88
178
155
101
119
49
73
24
99
110
172
168
103
125
99
55
75
22
90
90
183
163
109
114
118
64
65
18
78
77
203
159
106
99
133
64
72
25
82
94
208
153
109
111
144
64
79
37
89
103
197
158
98
98
123
79
107
61
115
126
225
176
108
119
118
81
111
75
90
123
87
40
216
130
93
106
105
51
224
109
155
150
183
138
205
147
194
153
178
159
156
160
145
163
172
164
206
168
223
175
223
187
203
199
188
211
171
224
151
233
206
ISO
147
236
198
226
203
207
244
168
147
153
197
111
107
148
152
195
101
112
145
145
191
109
109
142
144
191
106
104
141 ' 142 141
148 ! 155 153
193 ! 193 193
109
109 111
109
113 101
142 ! 141 140
153
150
152
192
189
190
138
142
182
100
95
141
142
143
148
142
139
139
139
179
179
177
175
112
114
117
120
108
117
115
118
108
184
68
230
137
64
170
147
62
251
148
65
152
131
61
1S8
189 163
127 ! 121 128
64
64
65
234
130
64
235
135
66
385
140
66
325
143
65
320
315
322
195
182
75
149
154
162
166
70
74
75
249
228
94
257
258
127
205
199
113
197
181
131
201
188
120
214
196
117
195
188
111
185
189
103
199
196
102
203
209
97
213
201
90
234
212
89
219
189
85
195
237
238
244
166
200
191
204
84
83
79
74
218
319
264
294
331
264
140
181
188
170 ; 137 124
164 | 159 163
159
203 160
119
157
133
130
177
159
120
157
188
126
166
222
141
142
211
159
143
217
145
135
175
144
171
145
170
121
156
150
149
161
211
196
194
121
137
105
113 | 134 107
94
99
104
120
94
103
103
104 I 111
I
98
; 92
103
128
1919 m o n t h l y average = 1OO.
Production:
Lumber»
Building contracts (floor space)
Stocks:
Beef
Pork
Business finances:
Bond prices (40 issues)
Banking:
Debits to individual accounts, outside New York City
Federal Reserve, bills discounted...
Federal Reserve, total reserves
I
100
100
100
100
100
72
85
70
70
97
44
85
51
105
87
91
91
122
100
100
100
100
118
132
97
92
77
85
68
94
76
92
90
97
87
90
95
103
107
127
82
76
65
65
112
125
129
46
108
40
110
36
100
27
85
25
61
27
45
33
43
35
51
33
31 I
29
27
24
67
74
76
83
86
86
84
85
86
87
90
93
102
102
104
107
108
90
107
114
88
97
117
89
92
120
85
85
123
85
77
127
95
85
66
137
100
61
137
95
84
99
94
92
44
37
33
30
29
140
141
142
143
143
89
72
131
134
i Monthly prices are for the first of the month following.
• Based on the total computed production reported by 5 associations. Includes southern pine, Douglas fir, western pine, North Carolina pine, and Michigan hardwoods. The total production of these associations in 1919 was equal to 11,190,000,000 board feet, compared with a total lumber production for the country of 34,552,000,000
board feet reported by the census.
8
Less than 1.
COMPAEISON OF PRESENT WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR.
(Relative prices 1913=100.)
I N D E X NUMBERS
300
400
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
WOOL
CATTLE. BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT. WINTER
CORN. NO. 2
OATS
BARLEY
RYE. NO. 2
TOBACCO.BURLEY
COTTON. MIDDLING
WOOL. OHIO. UNWASHED
CATTLE. STEERS
HOGS. HEAVY
SHEEP. EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR. SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
BEEF
CARCASS
BEEF. STEER. ROUNDS
PORK. LOINS
COTTON YARN
COTTON PRINT CLOTH
COTTON SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES. PACKERS
HIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER. SOLE
LEATHER. CHROME
BOOTS AND SHOES
COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BESSEMER
STEEL BILLETS
COPPER
LEAD
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON. NEW YORK
BRICK. COMMON. CHICAGO
CEMENT
STEEL BEAMS
RUBBER. CRUDE
SULPHURIC ACIO
AK PRICE
• • • • P R I C E IN MAY 1922
• PEAK PRICE SAME AS MAY
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS.—MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS.
NOTE.—Prices to the producer on farm products are from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. All other prices are from U. S.
Departmentof Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, except market price of wool compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
As far as possible all quotations represent prices to the producer or at the mill. See diagram on opposite page.
COMMODITIES.
Date and maximum
relative price.
Mar.,
1922.
Apr.,
1922.
Percent
increase
(+) or de— : ; crease (-)
i in April
from May.
May,
1922.
Relative price.
(1913 average= 100.)
Farm products—Average price to producer:
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cotton seed
Wool
Cattle, beef
June, 1920
July, 1920
June, 1920
July, 1920
May, 1920
July, 1918
May, 1919
July, 1919
Apr., 1920
326
300
706
312
321
344
183
256
239
148
92
190
133
150
150
93
121
167
153
97
175
133
187
149
94
118
173
147
100
174
156
185
174
97
121
170
- 3.9
+ 3.1
- 0.6
+ 17.3
- 1.1
+ 16.8
+ 3.2
+ 2.5
- 1.7
May, 1920
May, 1920
Sept., 1917
June, 1920
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1919
Apr., 1920
Mar. 1920
Mar., 1919
July, 1919
Apr., 1918
Feb., 1920
354
302
331
296
325
451
352
331
350
218
266
319
263
148
138
92
105
103
160
208
143
177
H33
124
151
187
152
141
94
104
102
164
208
142
173
99
122
149
170
158
138
99
107
109
166
208
163
186
101
125
126
160
+
+
+
+
+
3.9
2.1
5.3
2.9
6.9
1.2
0.0
+ 14.8
+ 7.5
+ 2.0
+ 2.5
-15.4
- 5.9
May,
May,
May,
May,
July,
Sept.,
July,
Sept.,
1920
1917
1920
1920
1919
1920
1920
1919
328
363
598
526
374
201
211
254
170
176
112
121
159
112
101
133
178
176
114
122
158
112
110
159
176
174
116
123
162
112
116
160
+
+
+
May,
Apr.,
May,
Jan.,
Oct.,
July,
Jan.,
Aug.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
Nov.,
Mar.,
1920
1920
1920
1920
1918
1920
1920
1919
1919
1917
1919
1920
348
478
427
289
292
291
466
283
490
211
473
308
143
173
157
1(31
145
184
166
76
72
124
158
213
141
173
148
167
145
184
179
73
69
124
1J4
209
149
185
151
174
145
198
198
79
71
124
154
209
+
+
+
+
Sept.,
Oct.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
1920
1921
1920
1920
323
201
637
375
164
200
133
241
164
201
183
241
214
+ 30.5
246
241
+34.4
0.0
July, 1917
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Sept. 1920
Pig iron, basic, valley furnace
July, 1917
Steel billets, bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Mar., 1917
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
June, 1917
Lead, pig, desilverized, for early delivery (New York)
May, 1918
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
June, 1915
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery (New York)
Building materials and miscellaneous:
Lumber, pine, southern, yellowflooring,1 x 4, " B " and better (Hattiesburg district) Feb., 1920
Jan., 1920
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common, s 1 s, 1 x 8 x 10 (State of Washington)
Feb., 1920
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
Oct., 1920
Brick, common building, salmon, run of kiln (Chicago)
Sept., 1920
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b. plant (Chicago district)
June, 1917
Steel beams, mill (Pittstnirgh)
Jan., 1913
Rubber, Para Island, fine (New York)
Sulphuric acid, 66 degrees (New York)
j Feb., 1916
346
330
388
230
261
224
131
122
109
81
107
65
86
142
136
114
80
116
68
90
161
167
132
84
126
69
+ 13.4
+22.8
+ 15.8
+ 5.0
+ 8.6
+ 1.5
+ 4.4
455
407
381
251
195
331
124
250
178
125
248
173
148
96
20
180
125
255
173
148
99
21
184
147
302
177
149
106
122
80
+ 2.2
+ 17.6
+ 18.4
+ 2.1
+ 0.7
+ 7.1
+ 4.8
- 4.8
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)
Tobacco, burley, good leaf, dark red (Louisville)
Cotton, middling upland (New York)
Wool, unwashed, fine (Ohio)
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, 96* 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 No. 2 (Chicago)
Pork, loins, fresh (Chicago)
1.1
1.1
1.8
0.8
2.5
0.0
+ 5.5
+ 0.6
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 (Philadelphia)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, double warp, 50 inches (New York)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce, Middlesex (Boston)
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, sole, hemlock, middle, No. 1 (Boston)
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright, " B " grades (Boston)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
5.7
6.9
2.0
4.2
0.0
+ 7.6
+ 10 6
+ 82
+ 2.9
0.0
00
0.0
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:
COMPARISON OP MAY PRODUCTION WITH
( ' o u n s E OF COMMODITY STOCKS SINCE
PRE-WAR.
NDEX
1910.
(Relative stocks 1019 = 100.)
(Relative rroductioi 1913—100.)
NUMBERS
300
INDEX NUMBERS
400
400
FOODSTUFFS
WHEAT FLOUR
BEEF PROOUCTS
BEEF PRODUCTS
LAMB AND MUTTON
PORK PRODUCTS
SUGAR (RAW)
PORK PRODUCTS
COTTONSEED OIL
LAMB AND MUTTON
WHEAT (VI8IBLE)
WHEAT FLOUR
OLEOMARGARINE
CORN (VISIBLE)
CORN
(CONSUMPTION)
BUTTER
WOOL
(CONSUMPTION)
EGGS
COTTON
COFFEE
CHEESE
APPLES,
(CONSUMPTION)
ANTHRACITE COAL
FUELS
RICE (DOMESTIC)
i
COTTON(TOTAL)
BITUMINOUS COAL
CRUDE PETROLEUM
GASOLINE
KEROSENE
BY-PRODUCT COKE
GAS AND FUEL OIL
CRUDE PETROLEUM
LUBRICATING OIL
PIG IRON
PIQ IRON
ZINC
STEEL-INGOTS
TIN
COPPER
YELLOW PING
OAK FLOORING
ZINC
SILICA BRICK
FACE BRICK
SILVER
CEMENT
GOLD
BATHS (ENAMEL)
CIGARS
SINKS (ENAMEL)
CIGARETTES
ROSIN
MANUFACTURED
TOBACCO
MECHANICAL WOOD PULP
LAVATORIES (ENAMEL)
TURPENTINE
CHEMICAL WOOD PULP
NEWSPRINT
NORTHERN
HARDWOODS
BOOK PAPER
WRAPPING PAPER
OAK FLOORING
PAPER BOARD
CEMENT
FJNE PAPER
BATHS (ENAMEL)
TOBACCO (TOTAL)
LAVATORIES
(ENAMEL)
SINKS(ENAMEL)
FLAX SEED
1
1
M A X I M U M SINCE I9!9
TRANSPORTATION
MAY
LOCOMOTIVES
M I N I M U M SINCE 1919
•k APRIL
AUTOMOBILES
(PA8SENGER)
I N D E X OF M I N E R A L
* Production for April; Mayfiguresnot available for chart.
I N D E X OF MARKETINGS OF ANIMAL
PRODUCTION.
(Relative production 1°09-1013-100.)
PRODUCTS.
(Relative marketings 1919-100.)
1819 AVEF AGE
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W I T H OUT EIGGS
AND
POUL" R Y
i i i i nmmmmimikimtiii
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
,920
1921
1920
1921
1922
BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN MAY.
The following pages present a review by industries
of the more important statistics shown in the detailed
tables, with summaries of production, stocks, sales
and prices.
PRODUCTION.
Production in May made the greatest advance of
any month reported this year. Out of 55 commodities
for which May production figures are now available
on a 1919 base, there were 49 increases over April and
only 6 decreases—-2 of these were in the food-stuff
group. Lumber, metals, tobacco, brick, paper, and
vehicles all showed good increases in production.
Compared with a year ago there were 42 increases, 9
decreases and 1 unchanged. Metals, brick, and building equipment showed the greatest relative increases.
Compared with the 1919 average, there were 31 increases and 24 decreases, the largest relative increase
again occurring in the building equipment group. In
comparison with the 1920 average, there were 25 increases and 29 decreases, with lumber and building
materials the chief gainers and fuels and metals the
chief losers. Compared with the 1921 average, there
were 44 increases and only 10 decreases, 3 of which
occurred in the fuels group and 4 in foodstuffs.
New high production records since 1919 were made
in sugar meltings, southern pine, western pine, redwood, Douglas fir, oak flooring, face brick, cement and
all classes of enamel ware, while for beehive coke, passenger automobiles and motor trucks, new high records
were made for the short period during which monthly
statistics have been collected.
COURSE OF PRODUCTION SINCE 1919.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION (1919=100).
RELATIVE PRODUCTION (1919=100).
Maxi- Minimum mum 1920 1921 Apr.j May, Apr., May,
aversince since
1921. 1922. 1922.
age. 1921.
end of end of
1919. 1919.
Maxi- Mini-j
I
m u m mum: 1920 1921
May, A p r . , May,
since since \ aver- j aver- Apr.,
endofendof; age. ' age. 1921. 1921. 1922. ! 1922.
1919. 1919. I
LUMBER:
FOODSTUFFS:
Wheat flour
Beef products
Pork products
Lamb and mutton
Sugar (meltings)..
Oleomargarine *...
Cottonseed oil
Condensed m i l k . . .
Butter
Cheese
Ice cream
Corn p r o d u c t s . . . .
CLOTHING:
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
FUELS:
Anthracite coal
Bituminous
coal
Beehive coke
By-product coke
Crude petroleum
Gasoline
Kerosene
Gas and fuel oil
Lubricating oil
Electric power
125
109
151
110
178
126
340
121
177
169
468
135
114
126
95
3
108
119
I 137
127
149
141
110
136
135
119
82
64
67
58
58
40
26
7
92
93
80
104
103
100
76
99
86
111
93
20
64
41
42
38
57
109
42
83
63
82
286 !
84
91
77
83
97 | 90
94 | 94
92 ! 107
60
63
164
122
71
86
118
111
83
153
90
79
93
76
85
99
83
105
74
21
73
127
129
80
128
108
100
102
87
25
76
133
136
74
129
87
95
79
99 i;
101
121
89 I
110 | 30 i
122
79 !
117
124 !
123
130
99
83
146
127
124
104
113 ! 105 l|
()
41
11
<62
104
98
71
93
S9
76
77
97
85
104
42
72
113
160
130
415
87
88
67
164
47
42
78 ;
178
44
19
87
86
96
92
71 '""70
99 '
98
41
33
106
142
143
97
125
103
111
(3)
54
27
121
14S
METALS:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Zinc
Silver
Gold (receipts)
132
140
83
126
129
181
34
33
17
38
80
|
I
|
|
!
119
121
94
105
100
54 !l 47 ;
57 ii
52
37 ii
48
47 \\ 43
95 ii
94
1 1 3 |! 100
48
81 i
100 j
49
23
71 !
67 |
47
88 :
91
94 : ioi :
91
no
83
72
90
115
TOBACCO:
128
Cigars 1 l
116
Cigarettes
Manufactured tobacco i . . . I 119
1
112
64 ! 84
50 : 94
96 i!
96
91 !
As represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
Since November,'1921.
93
86
SS
94
93
89 ;
85 !
78 :
97
104
101
Yellow pine
Western pine..
North Carolina pine
California white and sugar
pine.
California redwood
Douglas fir
Michigan hardwoods
Michigan softwoods
Northern hardwoods
Hemlock
Oak flooring
Maple flooring
PAPER:
126
145
158
69 |
94 '
20 I 121 i
33 |
98 ;
204
174
124
122
120
161
120
217
125 |
8
57
44
27
28
21
33
42
47
121
122
102
89
82
105
91
106
103
138 i
114
126
130
135
121
129
142
64
69
64
77
65
55
30
18
109
117
110
121
120
119
113
104
104
130 '
127 !
121 •
167;
124 !
13
43
34 ;
61
48 i
106
120
100
125
104
237
235
200
129
65
86
SO '
30
149
112
110
143 I
Mechanical wood pulp
Chemical wood pulp
Newsprint
Book paper
Wrapping paper
Paper board
Fine paper
Corrugate 1 paper boxes s5 ..
Solid fiber paper boxes . .
STONE, CLAY, AND SAND PRODUCTS:
Silica brick
Clay fire brick
Face brick
Cement
Glass bottles
BUILDING EQUIPMENT:
Baths, enamel
Lavatories, enamel
Sinks, enamel
Buildings (contracted for)
TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES:
Automobiles, passenger..
Motor trucks
Locomotives
Ships
3 Less than 1.
< Since January 1, 1921.
6
168
•51
93 I 6 32
135
79
6
114
102
89
67
99
67
88
96
67
84
109
79
60
59
88
57
123;
S3 i
19
96
74
100
84
155
57
101
74
;
|
'
;
:
!
87 I
79 [
89
79
94
85
71
65
132 !
68 !
101 I
67 I
89 !
79
55 I
53 i
93 I
102
98
79
111
36 !
126 ! 130
86 | 113 i
79 i 63 ,
79 i
85
140
90 ;
82 ;
65
197
125
91 J
83
81
73
69
69
92
76
61
53
89
122 1
93 ;
98 !
92 ;
106 !
101
96 !
109 :
I
40 ! 24 | 17
70 i
63 ! 52
49
82 |
100 I 63
84
104 I
122
129
139 i 138 '
68
60
79 |
|
120
100 I 101
226 :
127 ! 129 114
222 ;
122
123 ; 124
181 ;
70
74 I 77
125 ;
93 :
46 i
50
30 !
|
I
S3 I
34 i
143 !
S4 j
34
31
* Relative to last 6 months of 1919.
Since July 1, 1921.
6
104
97
158 ;
126
145
155
120
174
124
69
87
95
90
217
100
138
102
113
108
124
109
105
113
121
l<>7
82
200
129
168
03
COURSE OP PRODUCTION SINCE 1919.
(Relative production 1919=100.)
I N D E X NUMBERS
100
WHEAT FLOUR
BEEF PRODUCTS
PORK PRODUCTS
LAMB A N D M U T T O N
SUGAR ( M E L T I N G S )
OLEOMARGARINE
COTTONSEED OIL
CORN PRODUCTS
COTTON (CONSUMPTION)
WOOL (CONSUMPTION)
SOLE LEATHER
BOOTS A N D SHOES
A N T H R A C I T E COAL
BITUMINOUS COAL
BEEHIVE COKE
200
INDEX OF MINING PRODUCTION.
The increase in bituminous coal production and the
seasonal advance in iron-ore operations were chiefly
responsible for the advance in the index number of
mining production from 67.7 in April to 79.6 in May.
All the minerals showed a gain in output except lead.
In spite of the advance from April to May, which
was almost the same as the advance from April to
May last year, the May index number was the lowest,
excepting April, recorded since the war, due to the
coal strike.
The following table compares recent figures with
corresponding months of 1921, some of the March and
April figures being revised. The complete table will
be found in the May issue of the Survey (page 22).
BY-PRODUCT COKE
INDEX OF MINING PRODUCTION.
CRUDE PETROLEUM
GASOLINE
(Relative production 1909-1913 = 100.)
KEROSENE
GAS A N D F U E L OIL
1921
L U B R I C A T I N G OIL
1922
ELECTRIC POWER
May.
April.
PIG IRON
February.
March.
April.
May.
STEEL INGOTS
COPPER
ZINC
SILVER
GOLD (RECEIPTS.)
CIGARS
CIGARETTES
MANFD. TOBACCO
YELLOW PINE
Total
87.5
Petroleum
Bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
Iron ore
Copper . . .
Lead
Zinc
Gold
Silver
221.5
77.6
107.0
2.5
53.4
86.7
90.0
46.0
87.9
T o t a l , excluding
lead, gold, and silver
WESTERN PINE
NORTH CAROLINA PINE
91.1
97.7
99.1
120.7
67.7
79.6
232.6
93.8
103.9
70.8
25.3 |
91.3
96.4
43.2
84.7
225.8
115.3
93.9
258.0
141.3
121.7
39. i
125.2
95.2
42.9
76.8
64.7
124.5
112.1
45.5
82.9
246.9
444
0.4
2.1
80.1
119.0
108.0
46.3
82.0
257.1
57.7
0.5
35.6
92.8
116.8
116.1
52.7
84.4
102.8
103.9
128.0
68.2
81.0
CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD
DOUGLAS FIR
INDEX OF MARKETING OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS.
MICHIGAN mRDWOOD
Continuing the index of the marketings of animal
products begun in the June issue, the table below
presents the May figures. These show a rise from
106.9 to 119.6 and make by far the highest mark
recorded. All the commodities made large gains,
except eggs, which made a seasonal decline, and all
but sheep were marketed in much larger volume than
in May, 1921. Milk receipts made a new high record.
The following table compares recent figures with
corresponding months of 1921:
NORTHERN HARDWOODS
HEMLOCK
OAK FLOORING
MECHANICAL WOOD PULP
CHEMICAL WOOD PULP
NEWSPRINT
BOOK PAPER
WRAPPING PAPER
PAPER BOARD
FINE PAPER
CORRUGATED PAPER BOARD
SOLID FIBER PAPER BOARD
SILICA BRICK
CLAY FIRE BRICK
I N D E X OF MARKETING OP ANIMAL PRODUCTS.
FACE BRICK
CEMENT
(Relative marketings 1919 = 100.)
GLASS BOTTLES
BATHS. ENAMEL
1921
1922
LAVATORIES. ENAMEL
SINKS. ENAMEL
April.
BUILDINGS (CONTRACTED)
May.
February.
March.
April.
May.
AUTOMOBILES, PASSENGER
MOTOR TRUCKS
LOCOMOTIVES
SHIPS
MAXIMUM
MAY
MINIMUM
it APRIL
Total
102.2
102.6
87.8
102.5
106.9
119.6
Wool
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep
Eggs
Poultry
Fish
Milk
31.9
72.8
86.4
74.0
210.3
51.5
57.9
112.7
44.0
75.1
88.9
84.6
176.9
54.1
68.7
122.2
75.2
69.0
96.7
61.8
86.4
75.8
123.7
101.9
61.1
79.0
91.3
64.7
163.9
66.6
107.3
117.9
54.2
71.6
82.1
54.2
245.0
56.5
75.8
115.1
93.8
91.5
100.0
74.7
217.8
73.5
87.4
132.4
New high records were again made by stocks of
crude petroleum and of gasoline (the latter being an
Further reductions in commodity stocks took place
April figure), while new low records since the end of
in May, on almost as large a scale as in April. Of 43
1919 were made by beef products and fish. In addicommodities for which May reports are now available
tion to coffee, pig iron, and flaxseed, stocks of zinc
relative to 1919, there were 29 decreases, 13 increases,
have now been reduced below the 1913 average, and
and 1 unchanged. Six of the increases occurred stocks of tin, cement, cotton, and wheat came down
in the foodstuff group, due largely to seasonal condi- to within a relatively short distance of the 1913
tions, and four came in the paper group.
average.
Compared with May, 1921, increases occurred in
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES COMPARED WITH PRE-WAR.
the stocks of 11 commodities, while 30 commodities
(Taken at end of each month.)
decreased and 2 were unchanged. All of the increases except petroleum and cement were in the
RELATIVE STOCKS (1913= 100).
foodstuff or paper groups. The largest relative declines took place in the metals.
1920
1921 ! AprH, May,
April, May,
STOCKS.
average. average.
1921.
1921.
1922.
1922.
STOCKS OP COMMODITIES SINCE 1919.
(Taken at end of each month.)
RELATIVE STOCKS (1919 =100).
Maxjnum
since
1919.
FOODSTUFFS:
124
Beef products -.
129
Pork products
928
Lamb and mutton
332
Sugar (raw)
321
Cottonseed oil
184
Wheat (visible)
149
Wheat flour ..
1,482
Corn (visible)
316
Oats (visible)
. .174
Butter.
1.56
Cheese
186
Eggs..
156
Poultry
110
Fish i .
177
Coffee
391
Apples
360
Rice (domestic) .
....
CLOTHING MATERIALS:
Cotton (total)
. . . 136
106
^V^ool (commercial)
FUELS:
223
Crude petroleum
189
Gasoline..
153
Kerosene
173
Gas and fuel oil
.
162
Lubricating oil
METALS:
146
Pic iron (merchant)
247
Zinc
528
Tin .
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL:
143
Yellow pine
108
Michigan hardwoods
152
Michigan softwoods
277
Oak flooring
222
Maple flooring
115
Silica brick
181
Face bnck
276
Cement *
301
Baths (enamel)
95
Lavatories (enamel)
122
Sinks (enamel).
175
Rosin *
4
215
Turpentine
PAPER:
143
Mechanical wood pulp
138
Chemical wood pulp
175
Newsprint (at mills)
Book paper .
. . . . 127
125
Wrapping paper
132
Paper board
112
Fine paper
OTHER A G R I C U L T U R A L
PRODUCTS:
132
Tobacco (total)
1,578
Flaxseed
!
Min- 1920 1921
Apr.,
Apr.,
imum averMay,
May,
since age. average. 1921. 1921. 1922. 1922.
1919.
1
30
27
89
12
65
70
97
183
110
127
89
95
174
69
89
99
82
70
73
146
181
159
44
85
324
157
158
93
76
622
211
81
79
101
72
72
145
162
159
51
105
298
258
194
57
63
740
152
12
35
120
72
46
177
64
196
46
27
76
108
25
189
332
276
53
120
120
36
60
54
514 1,147
138
290
6
33
49
24
114
167
76
53
28
42
89
175
54
26
165
184
24
83
27
285
40
92
58
905
250
20
62
197
58
27
99
22
120
61
83
95
88
111
125
118
92
78
101
61
109
75
81
104
98
126
89
85
145
134
134
151
143
133
158
153
137
155
141
169
151
151
162
213
189
108
167
147
223
39
72
130
60
108
332
132
212
232
146
217
240
144
229
253
93
138
269
69
108
189
102
67
80
59
55
81
107
102
29
21
34
41
13
127
72
105
161
103
103
140
170
50
31
53
104
109
129
98
141
234
199
107
153
193
179
78
89
164
149
133
102
152
258
206
106
137
240
271
84
85
157
91
130
93
152
248
206
99
136
237
236
84
84
163
124
124
76
94
184
208
87
162
275
143
75
107
133
36
119
77
92
163
186
91
136
245
113
56
82
131
15
55
64
71
66
36
70
74
78
63
97
75
48
79
79
108
99
125
115
101
117
101
141
106
147
- 121
107
130
109
147
112
130
125
109
125
112
104
99
104
118
125
128
97
119
92
104
125
121
130
100
132
1,455 1,347
129
127
83
?A
38
25
44
23
28
54
108
16
6
28
(i)
92
29
102
117
550 1,242
1
Index number less than 1.
» On 15th of month.
* Relative to stocks at end of 1919.
* Relative to season beginning April 1, 1919.
112000—22
2
Wheat (visible)
Corn (visible)
Oats (visible)..
Coffee
Cotton (total)..
Crude petroleum
Pig iron (merchant) 1
Zinc
Tin
Oak flooring...
Cement 8
Tobacco
FlaxsmL-,
Relative to 1914.
127
71
89
89
155
109
38
99
IS?
258
80
114
33
134
255 i
270 i
89
183
150
84
195
127
375
91
131
74 !
82
303
177
109
205
138
93
200
132
413
112
147
87
52
211
173
108
194
147
91
211
139
397
111
81
173
470
321
55
151
224
59
127
148
296
129
145
8
132
371
275
61
128
233
44
99
104
261
115
5
2 Relative to stocks at end of 1913.
PRICES.
Farmers' prices of crops and live stock each rose
about 2\ per cent in May. The revised wholesale
price-index number of the Department of Labor advanced from 143 to 148, the largest gain since the
violent price declines. Fuel and lighting rose to more
than double the 1913 price. The Federal Reserve
Board's compilation of the Department of Labor
prices showed increases in all groups except forest
products, which had the greatest gain over 1913.
The index for international price comparison increased
from 149 to 158, with both imported goods and exported goods exhibiting considerable gains. Dun's
and Bradstreet's index numbers made slight increases.
The retail food price remained unchanged and so did
the cost of living. A slight increase*in clothing was
the only change in any group in this compilation.
Wholesale prices in May rose in England, France,
Germany, Canada, and India, but declined in Italy and
Japan.
The individual wholesale prices (see table and chart
on pages 4 and 5) showed increases in all groups in
May. The farmers' prices showed the most declines—four, as against five increases. Wheat and sheep made
the only declines in the market prices of farm products,
and flour the only decline among the food products.
No other declines occurred except sulphuric acid.
The largest increases were in bituminous coal and coke,
followed by pig iron. Sheep showed the greatest
relative decrease.
10
SALES.
Sales of individual commodities continued to increase. Of 11 products on which May sales figures are
available, most of which are related to the building
industry, there were 9 increases and only 2 decreases,
both in iron and steel. The distribution movement
through wholesale, mail-order, and chain stores declined
slightly, as did advertising sales, while postal sales
increased. Sales of securities declined, but life-insurance sales made a slight gain.
Compared with a year ago, all individual commodities connected with the building industry showed
doubled sales. All other items for which May figures
are available also increased over last year. New high
records since the end of 1919 were made by 6 individual commodities in May and also by sales of
stocks in May and telephone receipts in April.
May than at any time since the latter part of 1920.
Smaller price increases occurred in worsted yarns and
men's suitings, but dress goods remained unchanged.
Cotton consumption increased in May but was still
below the March level. Stocks made a seasonal decline greater than in May, 1921, and, except at mills,
the amount of cotton on hand was smaller than a year
ago. Imports declined slightly, while exports fell off
23 per cent and were also slightly less than a year ago.
Cloth exports continued their steady increase and
were double the January exports. Spindle activity in
cotton mills increased. Prices of raw cotton advanced about 3 cents per pound over April both to
the producer and on the market. Yarns, print cloths,
and sheetings advanced slightly.
COTTON CONSUMPTION IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MILLS.
400
COMPARISON OF SALES IN DIFFERENT LINES OF BUSINESS.
I
900
Max- Minmum i m u m 1920 1921
Apr., May, Apr., M a y ,
since since aver- aver- 1921.
1921. 1922. 1922.
2nd of end of age. age.
1919. 1919.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT:
2
Wholesalers
Mail-order housesl
Chain storesl
SERVICES:
Postal receiptsl l
Telephone receipts
Telegraph tolls1
Railroad revenues—
Passengersl
Freight^
Advertising—
Magazine
Newspaper
SECURITIES:
Stocks
Bonds
Municipal bonds (new) l ..
Life insurance
1
i
351
178
215
262
222
124
260
135
157
174
129
148
129
147
168
143
14
27
12
27
25
7
23
17
21
33
35
40
25
71
106
47
97
101
53
73
65
34
54
36
77
120
98
111
87
127
148
114
34
24
66
58
59
47
77
67
73
69
43
32
119
119
63
61
74
70
45
38
42
41
65
69
81 . 83
89
83
121
122
73
89
27
53
51
63
72
32
101
72
71
41
43
65
78
71
113
83
107
136
242
62
50
82
99
102
118
87
71
124
82
77
112
145
163
125
95
114
98
113
123
120
113
147
106
135
162
84
91
109
122
144
129
58
85
110
178
489
122
35
67
61
87
186
172
154
188
160
81
254
98
113
89
91
153
215
262
222
95
260
135
157
99
44
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1921
EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON.
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Items based on value.
Relative proportion of orders to total transactions.
900
Imports of wool declined slightly in May but were
more than twice as large as the imports in May, 1921.
Receipts of domestic wool at Boston showed a large
increase. Machinery activity in woolen mills increased all along the line, except carpet looms, which
remained almost the same as in April. The price of
raw wool increased considerably, both to the producer
and in the Boston market: both prices were higher in
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Pig iron (merchant)...
Structural steel
Baths, enamel
Lavatories, enamel
Sinks, enamel
Sanitary pottery
Oak flooring
Maple flooring
Redwood lumber
Clay firebrick
Leather belting
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Silk imports increased considerably and consumption gained 37 per cent. Stocks of raw silk increased
slightly and prices advanced about 10 per cent.
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FUELS.
The movement of iron ore in May was only half as
great as during May, 1921. Production of both pig
iron and steel ingots increased 11 per cent over April
and made new high records since the beginning of
1921. Production and shipments of merchant pig
iron increased slightly, but sales declined from the
April record and stocks also declined, especially at
steel plants. Imports and exports of iron and steel
both increased slightly. Unfilled orders of the U. S.
Steel Corporation continued to increase. Prices of
pig iron and steel billets rose about 15 per cent over
April, but finished steel products showed only slight
advances.
Bituminous coal production increased somewhat in
May but was only half of normal. Anthracite production remained practically nothing. Beehive coke
production continued to decline, while by-product
coke continued to advance, reaching the highest mark
recorded since 1920. Exports of all coal and coke
again made heavy declines. Wholesale prices of bituminous coal and coke advanced over 30 per cent
over April; anthracite was not quoted. Retail prices
of all coal and coke, however, underwent a slight
decline.
PRODUCTION OF BITUMINOUS COAL.
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PRODUCTION OF ANTHRACITE COAL.
Shipments of locomotives made a decided increase
in May, reflecting the increased unfilled orders at the
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sheets increased while sales, unfilled orders and unsold stocks declined. Structural steel sales were 11
per cent less than in April.
Copper production continued to increase and was
the largest since March, 1921. Exports declined
somewhat. The price of copper advanced slightly.
Zinc production advanced to the highest point
since December, 1920, while stocks were reduced
heavily and stood at the lowest point since August,
1920. Receipts and shipments at St. Louis increased
considerably and prices rose slightly.
Imports of tin declined in May, and stocks were reduced also. A slight advance took place in the tin
price.
Petroleum production increased again and almost
Receipts and shipments of lead at St. Louis made reached the record figures for March. Stocks conmarked gains over April and the price advanced.
tinued to increase and again made a new high record.
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Shipments from Mexico continued their steady upward movement, while the price of crude petroleum
remained unchanged. Exports of gasoline declined
slightly in May.
STOCKS OF CATTLE HIDES (PACKER) AND PRODUCTION AND STOCKS
OF LEATHER (SOLE AND BELTING).
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The April gasoline report showed stationary production, but increased stocks and consumption.
Kerosene production and stocks increased, gas and
fuel oil showed a considerable loss in production and
larger stocks, while lubricating oil showed little change
from March.
PAPER.
Production and shipments of newsprint paper made
a marked increase in May, both rising to a point not
equalled since the middle of 1920. Stocks increased,
due to a larger amount in transit to publishers.
Consumption of newsprint by publishers was somewhat smaller than in April. Prices showed little
change.
Purchases of paper by printers and sales of printing
declined sharply in April, while printing activity
underwent a smaller decrease. Exports of printing
paper again increased to the highest mark since
January, 1921.
AUTOMOBILES.
Passenger-car production for May totaled 231,699
cars and truck output totaled 23,694, thus continuing
the steady increase in this industry. Shipments
of automobiles also increased considerably over April.
HIDES AND LEATHER.
Imports of hides and skins increased somewhat in
May, but stocks continued to decline and again made
a new low record. Prices of hides increased.
Production of leather increased slightly in May,
while stocks declined. Prices remained stationary,
and exports declined. Production of boots and shoes
again declined, but exports made a slight increase.
There was no change in the price in May.
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BUILDING OPERATIONS.
Construction costs showed a slight increase in May,
especially the concrete factory cost. All the cost indices ranged from 59 to 76 per cent above the pre-war
average and almost 10 per cent less than a year ago.
VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED, BY CLASSES.
M I L L I O N S OF SQUARE F E E T
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AVERAGE
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Production and shipments of all kinds of lumber
thus far reported showed large increases in May except
North Carolina pine production, which declined 2 per
cent. Stocks of hardwoods in Michigan increased
but Michigan softwoods and Southern pine declined.
The price of Southern pine rose slightly, while Douglas
fir increased $2 per thousand feet. Exports of lumber
increased slightly.
Production, shipments, new orders, and unfilled
orders for both oak flooring and maple flooring
exhibited gains over April, while stocks of both kinds
of flooring were reduced about 10 per cent.
Greatly increased production occurred in all classes
of brick in May, in most cases exceeding any month
since 1920. Shipments and unfilled orders also
gained. Stocks of clay fire and silica brick increased
very slightly, while face-brick stocks declined over
15 per cent. Prices of brick rose considerably.
Cement production increased 21 per cent in May and
made a new high record, while shipments, with a gain
of 48 per cent over April, also attained record heights.
Stocks declined and the price was unchanged.
Shipments of all kinds of enamel sanitary ware increased, all making new high records, while new orders
increased almost 40 per cent and exceeded shipments,
as well as making new high records. Stocks were reduced about 25 per cent in most lines. Orders for
sanitary pottery continued to increase and, except for
last January, exceeded any previous month since
January, 1920.
CEREALS.
The crops of both winter and spring wheat were
estimated in July to exceed the 1921 crops, with a
total forecast for 1922 of 817,000,000 bushels. Exports of wheat and flour for May showed a good increase
but were less than half as large as a year ago. The
visible supply made the usual seasonal decline and
exceeded last year's visible by 40,000,000 bushels.
Receipts and shipments made seasonal increases and
were slightly larger than a year ago. Wheat prices
were irregular, while flour prices declined slightly.
MEATS.
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter of cattle made
large increases in May. Exports of beef products
were the largest since January, 1921, and cold-storage
holdings continued their seasonal decline, reaching the
lowest mark recorded since the end of the war. Prices
of cattle and round steak advanced, while carcass beef
remained unchanged.
INSPECTED SLAUGHTER, CONSUMPTION, AND GOLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF BEEF PRODUCTS.
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BUILDING MATERIALS.
Corn exports declined in May from the huge outpourings in pievious months. The visible supply declined seasonally but was almost double last year's
visible. Receipts and shipments made a seasonal increase and were slightly larger than a year ago.
Grindings into glucose and starch increased slightly
and equalled the May grindings last year. The price
of corn continued to advance. The crop was estimated at 2,860,000,000 bushels in July, a considerable
decline from last year.
The production of oats was estimated at 1,187,000,000 bushels in the July report, exceeding last year's
crop by 126,000,000 bushels. The visible supply continued to decline in May, wThile receipts increased and
exports were the largest since March, 1920. The
price of oats increased.
Barley production was estimated at 182,000,000
bushels in July, an increase of 30,000,000 bushels over
last year. Exports showed little change from April,
but the price of barley increased.
Rye production forecast in July was 82,000,000
bushels, an increase of 24,000,000 bushels over last
year, while exports in May rose to the highest point
since January, 1921. The price of rye continued to
increase.
Total grain exports declined slightly in May and
were smaller than a year ago. Car loadings of grain
and grain products exceeded both March and April
figures and were larger than in May, 1921.
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in May. Contracts awarded in the 27 northeastern
states amounted to 59,639,000 square feet in May,
again making a new record. Declines occurred in
business, residential and educational buildings, but
the other groups showed large increases; industrial
buildings increased 16 per cent over April contracts.
May also witnessed an increase in the value of building projects, which reached $362,590,000, the highest
figure recorded on these monthly reports. Declines
occurred among the business and industrial buildings
and in public works and utilities, while the other classes
showed good gains. Fire losses again declined but
were still higher than a year ago.
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The movement and slaughter of hogs also showed a
good increase in May. Exports of pork products increased slightly and cold-storage holdings made a
seasonal advance, but were considerably less than in
May, 1921. Prices of hogs and pork advanced
slightly.
May, but exports increased and stocks in Cuba continued to gain.
IMPORTS, MELTINGS, AND STOCKS OP RAW SUGAR.
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Rice receipts made a seasonal decline and shipments
from mills were also less. Stocks also declined with
the season, and exports were the smallest since October, 1920.
The fish catch increased in May over both the
previous month and the corresponding month last year.
Cold-storage holdings continued to decline and were
the lowest recorded.
Receipts of poultry increased and cold-storage
holdings made a seasonal decline.
Exports of condensed milk declined. Receipts of
butter and cheese made seasonal increases, but eggs
declined. Cold-storage holdings of butter, cheese,
and eggs increased with the season, while prices of
butter and cheese continued to decline.
Domestic cane sugar receipts continued at a low
level in May and imports declined. Meltings were
slightly larger and made a new high record since 1919.
Stocks were reduced and exports of refined sugar also
made a new high record since 1919. Wholesale prices
of both raw and refined sugar advanced but the retail
price declined. Cuban crop receipts declined in
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Advances were recorded in the movement and
slaughter of sheep in May, but these movements were
somewhat smaller than a year ago. Cold-storage
holdings increased from the low mark made in April.
Prices of sheep declined.
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visible supply, but the world visible declined. Receipts and clearances in Brazil made a seasonal
decline. Imports of tea were about the same as in
April.
TOBACCO.
Large increases in production occurred in all tobacco
products in May, in most cases reaching the highest
mark since last October. Exports of unmanufactured
leaf tobacco declined slightly and the price was again
unchanged.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO.
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WATER TRANSPORTATION.
Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal in May
was much smaller than in May, 1921, but canal traffic
in New York State showed an increase. Panama
Canal traffic for April showed another increase,
attaining the highest mark since March, 1921.
Increases in entrances and clearances of vessels in
foreign trade in May were very marked, especially for
American vessels. Another increase occurred in the
number of vessels under construction.
ENTRANCES AND CLEARANCES OF VESSELS IN U. S. FOREIGN
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point since last October. Loadings were 8 per cent
greater than in April, due especially to larger grain,
ore, and merchandise movements, though all classes
showed a gain.
LABOR.
Employment in representative factories throughout
the United States was 3 per cent greater than in April
and the highest since these statistics were established
in January, 1921. Employment in New York State
also increased. The accompanying chart shows that
the gain was well distributed in each section of the
country although the Middle West continued to gain
at a far greater rate than the other sections. Unemployment in Pennsylvania was reduced by 22 per
cent during the month. Immigration increased and
emigration declined.
RELATIVE TREND OF EMPLOYMENT, BY DISTRICTS.
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DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
The influence of seasonal trend was noted in the
declines in May sales in mail-order and chain stores.
In all cases, however, the sales were greater than a
year ago. For the year to date, mail-order sales were
less than a year ago, while chain-store sales increased.
American Wholesale Corporation sales declined both
from April, 1922, and May, 1921.
incorporations increased over April. Credit reports
in the wholesale trade showed another decline in the
proportion of orders but increases in indebtedness and
in payments.
LOANS, DISCOUNTS, AND INVESTMENTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE
MEMBER BANKS COMPARED WITH BILLS DISCOUNTED BY FEDERAL
RESERVE BANKS.
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April, while newspaper advertising remained about
the same. Postal receipts increased slightly and were
larger than a year ago.
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NUMBER OF BUSINESS FAILURES AND AMOUNT OF DEFAULTED
LIABILITIES.
PUBLIC FINANCE.
The outstanding debt of the United States increased
somewhat in May, although a slight reduction was
made in Liberty and Victory bonds. Ordinary
receipts of the Government gained, largely on account
of increased customs receipts, while disbursements
declined. The year to date shows an excess of
receipts as against an excess of disbursements last
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BANKING AND FINANCE.
Debits to individual accounts and bank clearings in
New York City both increased in May, while outside
New York debits declined but clearings increased.
Discounts and note circulation of the Federal Reserve
banks continued to decline, while reserves and deposits
increased. The reserve ratio for May declined slightly.
Member bank loans again showed an opposite trend to
the reserve banks, increasing $300,000,000, while
demand deposits made an even larger gain. Both
time and call money rates declined. A slight decrease
occurred in postal savings deposits, while in the Chicago Federal reserve district increased savings deposits were noted in savings and commercial banks.
Life insurance sales continued to increase. Failures made another decline and the amount of defaulted
liabilities fell almost 40 per cent. Dividend and
interest payments were somewhat less than a year ago.
New capital issues of corporations declined, while
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possessor of the highest valued currency.
Exports for May again declined, while imports rose.
The excess of exports is the smallest, with the exception of last February, since before the war.
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Dutch and British exchange rose in May, but the
other important European exchanges declined. Rates
on American countries and India also increased, and
the general index remained stationary. Swiss francs
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•NOV.
DEC.
Prices of both railroad and industrial stocks and
both corporation and municipal bonds rose in May,
although railroad bonds did not participate in the
rise.
Domestic gold receipts at the United States Mint
increased in May and the Rand production of gold rose
considerably but was still below last year's figures.
Imports of gold declined to the lowest point since
February, 1920, and exceeded exports by only
$5,600,000.
Silver production for May showed a slight increase.
Both imports and exports increased, with the latter
very slightly larger. The price of silver continued to
rise.
1920
N _
-S
?=
ill
1921
922
is
MONTHLY INDEX OF CROP MARKETINGS.
A monthly index of the production of crops is not,
strictly speaking, an index of production, because
generally the crop is a yearly, not a monthly, affair.
But we can indicate monthly the relative output of agricultural products by the amounts which are shipped
into market. Thus the index, while indicating the
movement of production, is really an index of the
marketing of the crops. For this purpose statistics
are now available monthly showing the movement to
market of crops which represented 95 per cent of the
total value of all crops, excluding forage, in 1909, and
94 per cent in 1919. These statistics include every
crop representing more than one-half of 1 per cent of
the total in 1909.
In this index we are not able, as in the mineral
production index, to go back to a pre-war base, as the
greater part of these marketing statistics, like those on
animal products, were developed during the war. It
has been necessary to use the year 1919 as a base because (1) it was the first peace year since the war?
(2) a few of the individual series do not go back of that
year, and (3) it was a year for which the census of crops
was taken, thus giving a base for weighting. The
various crops are weighted arithmetically by total
value produced as reported by the Census for 19195
with an adjustment based on the percentage marketed,
or by actual quantities marketed, as reported by the
Census. In this manner, the large amounts of some
crops that remain on the farm for feeding live stock
and other purposes, and never reach the market, are
excluded from the weighting, which gives a more
nearly proper weighting for marketing.
112000—22
3
SOURCES OF MATERIAL.
The individual series of data in most cases represent
either receipts at markets or shipments from points of
production, and thus represent about the same point
in every case in the movement from the farm. In the
case of cotton, a figure even closer to the point of production could have been taken—ginnings instead of
receipts—but it was felt that the latter series more
nearly coincided with the point at which the other
crop statistics were taken. Explanations of the individual sources follow:
Corn, wheat, and oats.—These data represent receipts of these grains at the principal interior markets
as compiled by the Chicago Board of Trade. The corn
receipts cover about 10 per cent of the total corn crop
but about half of what is marketed. Oats receipts
comprise about 15 per cent of the total crop of oats
but about 60 per cent of the marketed portion. Wheat
receipts represent about 45 per cent of the total crop
and over half of the amount marketed.
Barley and rye.—-These data represent receipts of
these grains at 17 principal interior markets as compiled by the Federal Reserve Board. The barley receipts cover about one-fourth of the total barley crop,
but about three-fourths of the amount marketed. The
rye receipts cover about 55 per cent of the total crop
and over 90 per cent of the amount marketed.
Rice.—These data are compiled by the Rice Millers'
Association and represent receipts at the mills of rough
rice from Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, forming
practically the entire rice marketings in the United
18
States outside of^California, or about two-thirds of |
the crop.
Flaxseed.—These data are compiled by the Northwestern Miller and represent receipts at Minneapolis
and Duluth. The receipts at these two points have
totaled in the aggregate more than the total crop of
flaxseed in the United States each year since 1919,
probably due to duplications in receipts and also to
receipts of Canadian flaxseed.
Cotton.—These data are compiled by the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and represent the amount of
cotton brought into sight (i. e., from the plantation)
throughout the United States. These figures cover
practically the entire cotton crop.
Cottonseed.—These data are compiled by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and represent
receipts of cottonseed at the crushing mills. They form
about 80 per cent of the total cottonseed production.
Cane sugar.—These data are compiled by the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal and represent the receipts
at New Orleans of domestic cane sugar. These
receipts cover about half of the Louisiana cane crop.
Although technically a product of manufacture, cane
sugar has been included because no figures of sugar
cane are available and the movement is almost identical with the cane movement.
Tobacco.—These data are compiled by the Federal
Reserve Board, Division of Analysis and Research,
from reports of the state authorities of Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. They
represent sales of loose-leaf tobacco from the warehouses of those states, which grow about 75 per cent
of the total tobacco crop of the United States and the
sales themselves comprise about 60 per cent of the
total tobacco crop. The 1919 figure is partly estimated, as the Kentucky crop was not reported on a
monthly basis prior to July, 1919. For the first halt
year the combined total of the other states is doubled,
as the Kentucky sales usually form half of the total.
Fruits and vegetables.—The data on white potatoes,
sweet potatoes, onions, apples, peaches, citrus fruit
(oranges, lemons, and grapefruit), strawberries, grapes,
pears, tomatoes, cabbage, celery, watermelons, and
cantaloupes are compiled by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and
represent railroad shipments in car lots from growing sections throughout the United States. The percentage of each crop represented in these figures varies
greatly, owing to the different methods of distribution
of the various crops. The shipments on citrus fruit
represent as high as 90 per cent of the total crop, while
for sweet potatoes only 10 per cent of the crop is marketed in this manner. In general, the car-lot shipments represent from 25 to 60 per cent of the crop of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Figures for white potatoes represent about 30 per cent of the total crop and
about 50 per cent of the amount sold by farmers, ac-
cording to the 1919 census. Figures for apples represent about 30 per cent of the total crop and about
40 per cent of the amount sold by farmers.
Hay.—These data are compiled by the Hay Trade
Journal and represent receipts at 11 markets—New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Milwaukee, and Peoria. These data form only about 2
per cent of the total hay crop but over 11 per cent
of the amounts sold by farmers, according to the 1919
census.
WEIGHTING FACTORS.
The census reports of the value of crops grown in
1919 have been used as weighting factors in preparing
this index, adjusted by deducting the estimated
amounts retained on the farm for feeding live stock,
etc.
In the case of some fruits and vegetables the census
does not report the value of the total crop grown
but only the amounts raised for sale in 1919. These
figures are taken without adjustment for weighting the
marketing index.
The percentages marketed of each crop have been
chosen in accordance with investigations near the
year 1919 on some of the principal crops by various
authorities. These are shown in the table below.
PERCENTAGE OF CROP MARKETED.
(According to various sources.)
Corn. Wheat. Oats. Barley.
!
Census of agriculture:
1909
i
1919
!
U. S. Grain Corporation, report '
of marketings, 1918 crop..
Shipped from county where •
grown (Dept. of Agriculture): \
1918crop
1919crop
;
1920 crop
;
1921crop
I
Estimated marketings, Depart- j
ment of Agriculture:
;
1918crop
!
:
1919 crop
14.5
16.7! 6 1 . 1 .
22. 0 ! 59. 0
19.2 ; 61.6
j
i
16.4
84.1
14. 0
85. 7
27.4
26.4
28. 8
23.8
Final percentage used
20.0
25.0
|
18.0
19.7
11.5
25.9
26.3
79.1
85.0
31.8
Rye.
43.4
36.8 ;
48.7 •
Hay
12.2
14.5
61.0
39.i ;
34.5 j.
36.3 |
36.1 I......
I
.
27.3
26.4
35.0 !
60.0 •
15J0
For the other crops where an adjustment has been
made, the percentage is based on unpublished reports
of sales collected through the 1919 census, except
apples and potatoes, for which the figures of 1919
sales have been published.
The final weighting figures are gathered together in
the table that follows, which indicates the values of
the total and marketed portions of the crops taken
for this index in the census year 1919. There is also
shown the estimated percentage of the crop marketed.
Continental United States alone is represented in these
crop figures. The crops are divided into groups, for
which separate index numbers have been obtained in
accordance with the weights of the individual crops.
No attempt has been made to eliminate the seasonal
variation in the marketing.
19
WEIGHTS FOR INDEX OF CROP MARKETINGS.
! Value of
crop, 1919 Per cent
mar(millions
keted.
of Jol1 lars).
CROP.
Corn
Wheat
Oats . .
Barley
Rye
Rice
3,508
2 074
855
160
116
97
i
. .
.
.
19
Total vegetables
Apples
Peaches
Citrus fruit
Grapes
Pears
Watermelons
Cantaloupes
Strawberries
...
639
125
1
39
1
21
1
22
.
. .
.
. .
Value marketed. 1919 Final
(m illions weight.
of dollars).
702
.
Total fruit
10
ill
36
290
383
25
39
38
3
4
100
100
100
21
22
2
499
50
75
60
100
50
70
100
181
58
110
48
18
10
18
6
11
5
2
I
465
47
100
100
2,007
348
Total cotton products
2,355
1,953
Hay
Tobacco.
Flaxseed
Cane sugar
444
29
59
Total miscellaneous
Total for index
Total all crops
1 Amount raised for sale only.
11
29
100
80
646
2,007
Cotton..
Cotton seed
1
3
348
201
35
2,355
236
293
444
29
59
29
44
3
6
825
82
15
100
100
100
2,485
13,131
2 14,755
70
176
21
6
7
10
2,902
Sol
241
96
110
96
26
1
214
56
70
97
1,763
60
20
100
6.810
Total grains
Potatoes (white)
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Onions..?
.
Cabbage
Celery
20
85
25
35
60
100
RESULTS.
7,046
The crop-marketing index shows a decline similar to
the animal-products index in 1920 as compared with
1919, but in 1921 the upward rebound was very much
greater, carrying the total index 12 per cent above the
1919 average. All groups except fruit participated in
the increase, and all but the miscellaneous group
stood at over 15 per cent above the 1919 base.
Seasonal variation accounts for a large part of the
monthly changes in this index. As most of the crops
move in the fall, the index shows extremely heavy
movement in the last few months of the year, while the
low point is usually reached in April. Each of the five
groups of commodities in this index displays this same
general trend.
The monthly index numbers for 1922 have been
consistently higher than the corresponding months of
1920 since January. The first four months of this
year were lower than the corresponding months of
1921, but May showed an increase. This was due to
the much heavier movement of all groups except the
cotton and miscellaneous.
I N D E X OF CROP MARKETINGS.
(Relative marketings 1919 = 100.)
200
705
180
' Excluding forage, $14,185,000,000.
/
/
160
COMPARISON WITH OTHER INDICES.
This index can be compared only with the index
recently published by the Federal Reserve Board on
agricultural marketings, which also included animal
products. Only two groups can be compared with the
Federal Reserve Board groupings. The grains run
consistently higher in the Department of Commerce's
index in 1921, apparently on account of the higher
weighting given to corn. In the fruit group the
results are totally different, as the Federal Reserve
index used only citrus fruits, whose movement is
greatest in the spring, while the inclusion of other
fruits in the Department of Commerce index, notably
apples, shows the heaviest fruit movement to be in the
fall.
200
/
/
140
f
w
DC
£ 120
D
Z 100
80
60
1919
/
A V E R AGE
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180
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160
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140
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120
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INDEX NUMBERS OF MARKETING OF CROPS.
Prepared by the Department of Commerce.
(Relative to monthly average for 1919 taken as 100.)
Y E A R AND MONTH.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
•»»•
Corn* Wheat. Oats.
141.1
116.4
59.9
68.6
107.4 117.0
115.2
96.0
117.6 I 108.3
141.7 i 121.8
129.0 I 89.2
32.4
41.3
45.4
48.5
47.9
White: OnCane
Toseed. j sugar.! bacco. toes.
Rice.
Flaxseed.
Cotton.
76.8
261.4
145.8
132.0
176.6
111.4
114.4
98.5
119.6
112.9
91.3
91.8
172.3
117.1
114.9
88.6
101.7
89.4
105. a
97.0
165.2
103.3 147.1 | 79.0
69.6
104.0
100.0 100.0 100.0 I 100.0 100.0 100.0
119.9
85.9
93.1 104.9
92.4 |
49.3
189.5 115.5
64.5 130.7
92.8 i
42.9
I
[Table continued on opposite page.
Ap- Peach- Citrus
ples.
es. :truit.
198.5 !
124.0 ;
104.3 I
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
76.0
80.3
74.9
91.7
102.3
70.0
94.0
105.5 j
84.4
74.7
88.1
66.0 |
63.3
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 I 100.0 100.0
127.3
109.8
89.5
96.9
86.5
96.0
57.7 •
108.1
79.5 ; 97.5 124.3
90.4 j 119.1 ! 109.5
1920.
January..
February.
March....
April
143.0 I
167.6 I
141.4 !
70.4!
68.3
43.1
43.8
48.3
108.5
94.2
85.2
48.7
39.1
31.8
37.5
28.8
109.8
81.8
89.0
73.1
149.7
60.4
45.4
37.0
56.5
61.3
68.4
36.3
150.7
100.0
75.0
52.6
132.6
79.7
50.6
17.7
24.9
7.1
167.6
148.9
63.2
16.5
May....
June
July....
August.
74.8 ! 58.1
164.2
59.4
170.7 1 87.7
61.2
125. 7
34.5
35.1
34.3
38.8
94.3
79.7
77.6
80.0
20.0
24.1
9.7
46.0
48.5
150.9
177.5
87.5
34.3
25.3
34.5
29.3
7.8
7.3
2.1
6.5
3.5
8.1
64.2
86.6
137.2
2.8
5.3
September..
October
November..
December..
134.9
123.1
67.4
120.7
135.6
141.6
118.2
100.3
156.7
101.9
71.6
64.2
85.6
74.8
85.4
65.3
139.7
111.7
93.0
87.3
106.9
220.5
366.6
173.2
155.5
78.3
326.9 | 149.0
184.5 | 184.1
174.9 160.3
71.7
276.2
228.6
157.2
0.4
January...
February..
March
April
,
262.4
174.7
226.6
77.0
92.0
67.3
71.6
74.1
58.7
79.2
50.5
48.5
26.8
40.2
27.6
55.2
35.1
32.7
38.7
106.2
77.6
135.4
159.7
59.4 | 116.9
49.5 | 75.5
63.4 | 56.1
73.6
57.8
118.6
123.3
96.6
35.8 |
May....
June
July....
August.
142.2 ! 85.7
235.0 | 95.8
117.8 | 196.9
195.9 218.0
66.7
106.8
115.0
211.2
32.9
49.8
39.7
82.5
34.3
36.7
64.1
155.7
187.8
72.1
63.2
160.9
134.7
130.8
118.9
84.4
80.5
62.8
57.8
59.0
21.8 |
8.2
22.5 j
September..
October
November..
December..
243.8
230.1
103.1
264.9
195.0
132.0
81.2
76.1
98.7
114.2
56.3
69.7
65.7
51.8
27.1
22.0
137.6
75.4
49.8
58.8
126.0
193.3
140.4
145.3
126.6
225.5
154.8
95.1
January..
February.
March....
April
347.4
389.0
207.0
97.0
55.4
72.1
64.2
49.6
85.6
93.0
79.6
48.6
29.2
30.4
42.5
24.3
31.8
39.8
81.6
35.5
158.6
162.9
213.6
50.7
May..
June.
180.6
92.3
101.5
37.9
114.4
14.9
126.3
113.9
87.2 j 110.7
86.5
139.2
98.7
58.)
64.6
65.0
64.4
32.8
141.3
142.7
166.2
116.1
134.9
125.4
147.9
58.1
1.7
61.7
267.1
243.9
152.2
94.4
67.4
45.0
83.1
94.1
93.8
87.6
162.5 | 407.8
63.6
548.6
339.7
0.1
130.6
33.5
58.3
142.8
168.3
103.9
80.4
85.0
92.1
183.5
172.1
208.2
199.6
82.2
79.2
66.7
53.9
i
9.5
3.5
78.6
56.5 I
66.6
80.4 | 57.4
53.0 j 111.4
]
19.2 ;
80.4 !
2.6
83.5 I
45.3 ! 243.8
98.4 j
34.9
18.8
3.9
27.3
56.8
104.1 i
59.2
90.5
110.2
70.6
120.3
134.7 j 208.1
132.7 ! 165.6
106.5 ! 64.1
211.2
282.2
167.7
68.2
162.4 '
258.2 ;
173.2
26.3
92.4
79.2
107.2
98.9
117.1
101.7
99.1
144.3
89.0
98.6
83.8 |
17.8
37.0
12.7
54.7
49.4
98.8
117.5
14.9 ; 113.5
64.4 ! 106.8
147.1
47.4
85.1
117.4
21.7
5.9
17.2
49.8
55.5
154.6
354.9
275.8
161.5
143.5
93.8
66.9
47.0
46.4
48.1
57.8
109.4
187.0
163.5
141.7
157.2
271.9
171.4
77.6
25.3
99.7
458.6
486.6
58.9
169.7
76.4 ; 276.7
138.6 ! 104.1
65.2
97.8 |
185.0
141.7
67.9
60.6
187.5
480.5
206.3
84.8
195.8
1.0
67.8
92.8
112.0
169.1
51.4
64.8
54.5
53.6
55.2
35.7
49.8
32.1
84.8
44.3
49.9
41.3
37.0
38.5
18.5
6.1
98.6
35.5
11.1
14.8
97.5
91.0
23.9
5.6
102.6
90.6
147.3
128.0
96.1
59.0
42.0
177.6
59.7
69.6
44.0
26.2
157.7
123.8
155.1
133.8
69.3
60.6
56.9
54.0
11.5
56.5
3.9
14.6
1.6
131.9
122.7
17.1
107.4
53.8
0.1
2.4
222.0
411.4
1921.
52.5
15.3
19.7
15.0
4.1 1
!
1922.
9.4 i
25.5
21
INDEX NUMBERS OF MARKETING OF CROPS.
Prepared by the Department of Commerce.
(Relative to monthly average for 1919 taken as 100.)
Table continued from opposite page.]
GROUP SUMMARIES.
YEAR \ N D MONTH.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average . . .
average
average
average.
average. .
potatoes.
64.9
67.5
100.0
118.5
133.9
average.
average
average.
average
Strawberries. Grapes. Pears.
200.4
185.9
104.3
100.0
104.9
129.3
54.6
70.5
68.9
100.0
129.2
114.5
83.1
113.0
101.5
100.0
147.3
122.2
Tomatoes.
Cabbage.
101.7
95.9
53.7
76.8
80.4
102.0
102.3
102.1
77.2
79.0
88.0
85.4
81.4
106.6
100.0
104.2
117.2
114.7
100.0
124.2
123.9
115.1
100.0
144.5
189.2
66.1
100.0
127.2
148.4
63.1
100.0
101.5
113.8
120.1
100.0
94.3
129.5
95.1
100.0
102.4
121.1
76.6
100.0
113.9
118.4
90.5
100.0
89.1
96.8
100.0
86.4
81.0
100.0
93.5
111.6
22.0
39.0
110.8
38.7
92.7
120.9
159.8
189.0
152.0
195.0
224.6
131.8
92.5
77.9
71.4
53.5
82.3
62.5
89.2
62.3
57.8
58.3
64.0
48.1
148.0
97.0
71.4
47.4
141.5
127.2
89.0
31.3
113.7
87.6
74.2
49.1
141.3
72.4
29.4
52.6
59.6
0.7
3.9
12.8
27.9
249.5
785.3
400.4
63.5
83.8
103.6
105.3
57.7
99.9
97.8
90.0
76.8
77.6
100.7
116.1
30.4
22.6
29.7
25.9
35.8
41.9
50.2
77.3
49.7
59.2
72.0
75.1
86.0
259.3
221.3
65.1
78.4
233.9
337.2
276.2
84.5
2.5
0.7
2.5
135.0
151.6
8.3 > 134.9
109.8
104.1
142.3
211.8
162.9
69.6
202.6
331.8
179.3
90.3
77.3
167.9
190.7
159.8
80.3
112.9
124.3
126.2
114.4
161.9
147.0
122.0
0.3
131.5
91.3
110.2
74.2
97.5
85.5
111.6
107.3
77.4
78.6
87.2
81.6
117.2
82.6
62.1
54.5
122.2
169.5
120.3
37.0
119.6
96.2
93.8
66.1
34.7 ; 99.1
434.1 , 127.0
450.2
160.8
325.3
205.9
109.0
124.4
101.7
106.6
111.5
90.4
108.9
125.9
71.8
56.8
51.9
55.7
27.2
24.3
33.3
61.7
83.1
88.9
102.1
126.5
193.4
153.5
84.8
122.1
176.7
251.3
103.3
72.3
203.3
270.1
114.3
72.4
116.5
199.6
164.7
132.2
56.3
79.5
132.9
110.5
151.2
175.2
120.4
117.3
103.0
93.8
153.6
140.2
60.0
56.7
55.5
64.4
77.7
43.4
45.2
36.1
86.1
74.2
35.6
24.4
101.0
96.0
77.0
53.9
141.2
158.3
48.7.
21.4
85.0
Water- CantaCelery. melon.
loupe.
VegeGrains. tables.
Fruit.
Cotton Miscelprod- lane- Total.
ucts.
ous.
91.4
1920.
119 7
83 9
100.6
71.5
January
Fobruarv
March
April
40.2
Mav
June
julv
August
3.8
8.0
60.0
September .
October
November
December
....
245.0
292.0
232.5
164 7
6.5
131.4
520.2
514.5
59.7
16.6
8.6
0.3
0.9
0.4
0.5
2.7
14.5
183.7
285.7
366.9
52.5
256.8
180.1
132.6
474.5
765.4
111.0
0.5
573.3
429.5
92.1
18.7
284.4
121.7
9.8
1.8
25.9
369.1
289.5
373.8
1921.
178 0
142.1
103.1
69.3
Janu&rv
ITebruarv
March
April
37.9
1.5
5.8
2.7
5.9
3.4
2.4
22.6
77.6
139.5
137.0
110.1
140.7
196.7
311.9
325.1
326.6
161.3
227.8
363.3
155.2
88.6
164.7
82.4
22.0
67.3
47.5
19.6
25.5
49.0
42.2
437.0
757.3
467.3
231.5
63.9
30.0
92.2
320.5
251.4
340.0
75.3
1.9
4.3
126.0
241.5
111.2
87.4
44.3
216.5
230.7
158.6
147.7
201.3
192.7
268.3
255.9
327. 7
211.4
0.4
0.4
130.5
151.6
104.9
60.1
303.1
185.6
71.3
114.4
6.4
111.0
97.5
298.8
887.0
254.5
May
June
July
August
21.1
166.7
2.7
September
October
November
December
249.4
285.3
160.4
160.7
1.9
1.3
6.6
1.3
0.2
0.1
15.3
113.0
178.6
634.1
626.3
545.5
73.8
0.2
465.7
139.6
27.8
8.6
|
114.0
6.3
0.7
1
1922.
March
April
May
150 2
133 6
134.5
91.3
49.4
2.5
15.6
36.4
361.3
1,891.9
01
1.3
0.6
0.1
22
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:
April, 1922.—This column gives the April figures corresponding to those for May shown in the next column—in other words, cover
the previous month, and in some cases, where indicated by a footnote, refer to the previous quarter; that is, ending December
31, 1921.
May, 1922.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of May, or, as in the case of stocks, etc., the situation on May
30 or June 1. In a few cases (usually where returns are reported quarterly only) the figures are for the quarter ending March 31
or the condition on that date. Where this column is left blank, no figures for May were available at the time of going to press
(July 6).
Corresponding month, April or May, 1921.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous to those in the
"May, 1922," column (that is, generally, May, 1921), but where no figures were available for May, 1922, the April, 1921, figures
have been inserted in this column for comparison with the April, 1922, figures. In the case of quarterly figures, this column shows
the corresponding quarter of 1921.
Cumulative total through latest month—These columns set forth, for those items that can properly be cumulated, the cumulative total
for the first five months of the calendar years 1921 and 1922, respectively, except where the May, 1922, figures are lacking, in
which case the cumulative total for four months in each year is given.
Percentage increase ( + ) or decrease ( —) cumulative 1922 from 1921.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated total for
the first five months of 1922 is greater ( + ) or less ( —) than the total for the corresponding period of 1921.
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 prewar 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 ( + ) or decrease ( —) May from April.—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease of the figure for the
last month compared with the preceding month.
!j
NUMERICAL DATA.
N O T E . — I t e m s m a r k e d with a n asterick (*) 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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the J u n e n u m b e r (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 9).
ApriL,
1922
May,
1922
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
j Per
!centage
! increase
1922
!l (+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
BASE
YEAR ||
OR
ij
PERIOD. S
••! Percenta g e increase
1922
1921
(
V
or dej"
li crease
i May
j A p r . May.! F e b . M a r . \ A p r . M a y . from
April.
TEXTILES.
Wool.
Consumption by textile mills
i
thous. of l b s . .
57,164
52,720
1913
132 i 141 158 176 130
1913
1913
1913
1913
42
860
272
516
Receipts a t Boston:
Domestic
thous. of l b s . .
9,655
16,717
7,851
Foreign
t h o u s . of l b s . .
24,539
24,255
12,193
Total
thous. of l b s . .
34,194
40,972
20,044
t h o u s . of l b s . .
38,988
32 956
14,745
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
58.4
62.4
80.1 |
Looms, narrow
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
53.4
55.2
69.9 I
Imports, unmanufactured
27, 189
177,765
204, 954
242,239
Machinery a c t i v i t y :
64, 503
102, 741
167,244
165,001
+
-
137.2
42.2
18.4
31.9
58 j
231 I
107 |
117 !
99
224
135
220
81 I 72 j 124 :,+ 73.1
550 465 ; 460 '- 1.2
213 ! 182 | 218 + 19.8
340 ! 308 i 261 !!- 15.5
1
Looms,carpet and rug.per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
74.8
75.5
44.1
H920-21 11 113
11920-21 11 82
Sets of cards
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
86.2
89.7
80.2 I
11920-21 i
Combs
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
72.7
79.2
98.6
11920-21 I 123
96 ! 102
108 103
122 114 | 96 | 99
95 | 166 169 162 ! 163
128 I 134 141 I 137 ! 143
94 | 103
128 ! 126 107
Woolen.
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
'84.8
88.6
81.4
Worsted
per ct. of hours a c t i v e . .
62.1
65.3
89.6
11920-21
11920-21
122
121
129 j 129 136
125 ! 115 99
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
99
118
100
97
68
103
122
108
103
69
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
107
150
155
157
198
149 ! 174
96 134 150
146 | 173 177 j 173 ! 186
161 j 167 161 | 167 I 174
145 | 145
157 ! 145 145
184 I 198
189 184 184
ij
1920-21 |
120 i 131
!
125
119
;;+
6.3
!:+
3.1
j
| +
0.6
ij +
4.4
;i+
9.6
140 ;! +
4.5
Spinning s p i n d l e s 134
87 I
91 j!+ 4 . 6
Looms and spindles:
Woolen spindles
per c t . of active t o t o t a l . .
86
79 |
Worsted s p i n d l e s . . .per c t . of active to t o t a l . .
62
67
90 i
Wide looms
per ct. of active to t o t a l . .
60
63
80 !
Narrow looms
per c t . of active to t o t a l . .
64
65
75 I
Carpet looms
per c t . of active to t o t a l . .
79
78
47 !
dolls, per l b . .
Unwashed, fine Ohio, B o s t o n . . .dolls, per l b . .
0.248
0.290
.38
.41
.32
1.30
1.35
1.25
0.160
Worsted yarn
dolls, per l b . .
Wool dress goods
dolls, per y d . .
.815
.815
.885 i
Men's suitings
dolls, per y d . .
2.835
3.060
2.925 I
1
Twelve months' average, November, 1920, to October, 1921, inclusive.
108 |
112 |'+
88
100
99
116 116
3.7
+ 8.3
+ 4.9
+ 1.1
116
115
-
0.
i
Prices:
R a w wool t o producer
104 j 109
101
116
| + 16.9
|j+
! +
7.9
3.8
0.0
+
7.9
23
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
INDEX NUMBERS.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
Percentage increase
1922
(
-y
or decrease
(-)
May. May
from
April.
TEXTILES—Continued.
Cotton.
Consumption by textile mills
bales..
Stocks, end of month:
Mills
thous. of bales..
Warehouses
thous. of bales..
Visible supply
thous. of bales..
Imports, unmanufactured
bales..
Exports, unmanufactured
bales..
Manufactured goods:
Cotton cloth exports
thous. of sq. yds.. a 51,615 a 60,448 ij 39,767
Fabric consump. by tire mfrs... thous. of lbs..
8,624
10,161 ' 7,864
Elastic webbing sales
thous. of yds.. 11,815
ij 12,040
Machinery activity:
SpindlesActive
thousands.. 31,389
Total activity
mills, of hours..
6,636
Activity per spindle
hours..
180
Prices:
Raw cotton to producer
dolls, per l b . .
0.159
Raw cotton, New York
dolls, per l b . .
181
Cotton yarn
dolls, per l b . .
350
Print cloth
dolls, per yd..
060
Sheeting
dolls, per yd..
091
Knit Underwear.
Production
Orders received
Shipments
Cancellations
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous.
Silk.
Imports, raw
Consumption, raw
Stocks, raw, end of month.
Prices, raw, Japanese, N. Y
+ 10.9
1
106
145
98
71
65
-2.6
- 20.3
- 11.7
- 5.3
I - 23.4
163 !+
17.1
152 + 17.8
I
doz.. 744,300 |
j
doz.. 411,300 j 814,500 j 472,500 2,260,800 I 3,274,200 i + 44.
doz.. 535,500 | 500,400 i 437,400 ; 1,561,500 j 3,012,300 j + 92.9
doz.. 22,500 | 18,900 ! 9,000'
29,700 |
78,300 1+163.0
of doz..
1,607 I 1,316
thous. of lbs..
bales..
bales..
dolls, per l b . .
+ 11.1
2,574 | 4,217
4,435
14,531
24,247 | 33,284 ,
27,209
120,395
140,131 •+ 16.4
19,268 : 20,826
20,541
203,573
7.203
5.635
37,200 | 56,007
15,212 | 22,120
43,513
214,577
23,486
124,016
1,380
2,747
2,843
2,307
3,099 ;
1,221
8,363
1,388
9,149
149
970
479
813
6.517 I
16,144
Burlap a n d Fiber.
Imports:
Burlap
Fiber (unmanufactured)
thous. of lbs..
long tons..
- 5.1
98,280 - 26.2
METALS.
Iron and Steel.
Iron ore movement
Production:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Merchant pig iron:
Production
Sales
Shipments
Unfilled orders
Stocks, merchant
furnaces
Stocks, steel plants
Exports (comparable)t
Imports
thous. of short tons..
thous. of long tons..
thous. of long tons..
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
of long tons..
of long tons..
of long tons.. \
of long tons..!
!
thous. of long tons.. j
thous. of long tons..!
thous. of long tons..
thous. of long tons..'
81
2,072
2,794 j
|
247 |
792 |
379 j
1,484 |
445
154
185
19
|
i
|
j
250 i
387 |
408 I
1,421 j
334 j
131 |
188 |.
23
114.
179
1,460
- 48.6
9,682 '+ 15.8
12,420 + 35.8
1,171
+ 20.7
2,172
+353.4
1,620
+ 99.3
1,103
693
210
143
13
1,477
43
804 - 45.6
81 + 88.4
+
+
11 3
10.9
+ 12
- 51 1
+ 7.7
- 42
+
+
24 9
14 9
16
21 1
a Beginning with January, 1922, figures are in square yards. For the present these are compared directly with linear yards in earlier months, Stated in square yards,
the total will probably average slightly less than in linear yards.
2
Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.
3
Eleven months' average, February to December, inclusive,
24
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- 1922
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
MET ALS—Continued.
Iron a n d Steel—Continued.
Unfilled orders, Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. of long tons.
Foundry production, Ohio
per ct. of normal.
Wholesale prices:
Pig iron—
Fdry. No. 2, Northern.dolls, per long ton.
Basic,Valley furnacef -dolls, per long ton.
Steel billets, Bessemer
dolls, per long ton.
Iron and steel
dolls, per long ton.
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long ton.
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Composite finished steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Structural steel beams
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
May,
192*
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
1922
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1921
1922
or decrease
(-)
May
Apr. May. I Feb. Mar. Apr. May. from
April.
76
193
5,482
19.34
1913
1921
79
93
93
25.76
24.60
34.00
36.51
23.91
2.18
2.11
1.60
25.36
22.00
37.00
43.32
24.47
2.93
2.76
2.20
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
167
156
145
167
107
170
165
147
158
150
144
165
159
170
166
146
21
13
70
54
16
75
57
18
1913
1920
1920
60
125
53
13
32 i
4 I
515
497
102
124 !
167
121
1920
1920
22
20
29 I
17
41.8
38.2
25.3
96.4
19.0
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
47
49
61
38
713
89,610
16.1
1921
1921
U921
1913
111
118
5,097
48.40
5,254
22.71
20.00
29.50
34. 42
20.77
2.16
2.08
1.50
Percentage increase
70
151
131
122
109
125
125
122
122
96
+ 3.1
234
142
136
114
131
135
126
125
161
167
132
139
155
127
127
106
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
13.4
23.0
15.3
6.1
15.1
0.9
1.4
6.7
Locomotives.
Shipments :f
Total
Domestic
Foreign
Unfilled orders:f
Domestic
Foreign
number..
number..
number..
number..
number..
818
563
255
248 - 69.7
153 - 72.8
- 62.7
23 + 233.3
49 +315.4
18 + 100.0
-
3.
+
+
-
15.5
17.2
16.4
10.9
37.4
Finished Iron and Steel.
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
Production
per ct. of capacity..
75.2
86.6
Shipments
per ct. of capacity..
84. 2 i
72.3
Sales
per ct. of capacity..
107.7
69. 8 |
Unfilled orders
per ct. of capacity..
161.0
144. 2 i
Unsold stocks
per ct. of capacity..
13.9
8. 7 !
Steel barrels:
Shipments
barrels.. 200,214 225,372 ,
Production
per ct. of capacity..
36.1
42.2 I
Unfilled orders
barrels.. 350,445 j 416,477 j
Structural steel, sales
long tons.. 165,900 146,900
+178.1
94
84
183
44
813
103
99
177
55
604
119
116
148
49
378
91
97
106
88
150
159
120
156
179
207
149
185
201
243
178
164
57
53
42
33
826
I + 12.6
I + 17.4
| + 18.8
! - 11.5
50,823
216,755 j
602,900
76,601
70,145
.126
88,714 I 24,235
326,906
229,,c09 I
290,434 ; ! - 11.2
319,881 + 39.2
1913
1913
1913
50
59
79
24
46
82
37
75
82
61
115
81
75
100
80
87 + 15.8
S9 - 10.3
84 + 4.8
thous. of lbs.. I 51,012
thous. of lbs.. 103,456
thous. of lbs.. 15,854
thous. of lbs.. 13,132
dolls, per l b . .
.052
54,838
36,052
80,818 171,624
27,065 jl 8,594
24,323 ! 18,985
.055
.054
188,004 |
251,352
93,218 + 35.0
122,143 + 20.7
57
200
33
62
90
62
211
31
67
92
78
158
39
110
83
92
148
73
?8
127
57
46
90
95
69,043
101,162
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
53,197 +245.7
1913
1913
1913
132
15,388
139
21
72
97
68
167
165
65
148
110
104 - 48.5
89 - 19.3
+ 1.3
87,114 + 90.8
39,590 + 63.3
1913
1913
1913
163
62
97
243
78
113
212
78
107
369
84
107
282
70
116
372 + 31.8
124 + 77.7
126 + 7.8
+ 1.2
- 42.1
- 17.0
+ 17.2
1913
1913
1913
1913
71
101
12
143
83
101
11
150
103
89
20
169
126
115
26
202
40
19
210
+
+
15 240 +
18,497 ' + 11.4
1919
100
101
107
118
111
117 + 5.5
62
1
ij
Copper.
Production
Exports
Wholesale price, electrolytic
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
dolls. per l b . .
I
Zinc.
Production
Stocks, end of month
Receipts, St. Louis
Shipments, St. Louis
Price, slab, prime western
Tin.
Stocks, end of month
Imports
Wholesale price, pig tin
62,891
.132
32,259 \
.128 :
I
long tons..
thous. of lbs..
dolls, per l b . .
3,731
10,526
. 305
1,921
8,490
.309
2,571
2,022
.322
Lead.
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.. 15,434
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.. 6,108
Wholesale price, pig, desilverized... dolls, per l b . . j .051
20,344
10,856
.055
13,308
6,819
.050
45,660
24,244
20,501
35
432
2,537
33,255
7,479
390
1,590
163,078
37,699
3,296
9,047
3,264
16,606
+ 33.7
+
7.5
21.9
+ 70.7
+ 85.2
+ 5.8
FUEL AND POWER.
Coal a n d Coke.
Production:
Bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
Beehive coke
By-product coke
Public-utility
electric power
a
thous. of short tons..
thous. of short tons..
thous. of short tons..
thous. of short tons..
15,780
26
528
2,227
mills, of kw. hours..
Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.
3,800 1]
4
165,025
21,838
2,737
10,599
Ten months' average, March to December, inclusive,
6
51
Index number less than one.
29.9
34.6
18.2
13.9
25
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA
N O T E . — I t e m - m a r k e d witli an ast risk (*) have
not boon p u b l i - h e d p i w i o u - d v hi he S U R V E Y or
are repoate-1 fur >p<vial TV\.-<-'U^: •tailed fable.,
covering back l i g ' h ^ for !hfw> ionis will be
found a' t h e e u u of i h i - b;illr>;i . For items
i a b l e . Yore
m a r k e d w i i h a dagger
g i \ e n in the .June'number > .V>. 10; For <!,..
tailed tables covering other Hems, see the la~t
quarterly is-ue of the SUR\ EY ( N O . 9;.
CUMLLATIVi: TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST M^XTH.
( oireSpolN.tApril,
May.
192-2'
j 0*22
month
April
or
May.
1921.
INDEX
Per•'Mitage
joo.>
.
huive
1922
Per, centag© increase
•
19-21
RASE
YEAR
•••iimu-
1921
NUMBERS.
rj
or decrease
___
j
,
•
May
A n r . ' M a v . F e b . Mar. A p r . M a w f rom
*
j
*
.
.April.
from
1921.
FUEL A M ) POWER- Coafinued.
Coal and. Coke
S; orage, anthracite
Co if inutd.
t hous. of long to
1921
133
125
104
Exports:
Bituminous
t^ous. of long t o n s . .
Anthracite
thous. of long tons..
Coke
l hous. of long t o n s . .
i 15
K -9
2s
olls, per short t o n . .
3.00 ;
d"lls. per long ton
ton..
o.oo
340
01
2, 500
434
8,610
22
10
125
V'91
3,TOO
57.0
1909-1913
228
74
108
05 .
904
43.0
1909-1913
151
95
102
38
21 — 44.0
137
9.0
1909-1913
21
44
34
3^
30 - 21.4
214 -f 30.0
31 - 52.4
Wholesale prices:
Bitumino;:Anthracite, chestnut
Coke, Connelsvillc
olls, per short ton..
4.70
(f<)
4.48:
0.00 :
4.S5
1913
221
221
104
104
164
10.24
1913
191
193
2011
200
201
3.33
1913
152
130 ;
125
J33
1-3 • 246 + 33.9
Retail prices:
olls, per short t o n . .
Bituminous
10.39
191
Anthracite —
Stove
dolls, per short ton
14.V9
14.84
Chestnut
dolb. per short ton
14.94
14.91
14.79
101.3
192
191
1913
193
193
193
192 -
1M)
1^9
1*9
1>:N - 0.2
I). 3
216
Petroleum.
Crude petroleum:
Production
thous. of b b l s . .
44,035
40,473
41,9*5
Stocks end of m o n t h . .
thous. of b b l s . . 234,800
245,030
155,207 ;
190,255
221,097
1913
193
203
197
225
1913
139
148
199
211 , 224
224 4-
4.1
233 • — 4.3
Consumption
thous. of b b l s . .
42,093
49,572
41,391 i
217,*] 2
223,275
2.5
1913
195
190
182
210 i 193
227 ~ 17.8
Imports
thous. of b b l s . .
11,059
14,018
9,14S
50,132
04,705
15.4
1913
osi
010
814
944 ' 7Sf>
945
S h i p m e n t s from Mexico
thous. of b b l s . .
IV'03
18, "J^7
> 1,252
S9,152
1913
744
050
781.
800 ' S37
S01 -L.
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
dolls, per b b l . .
2. 250
2.250
1.500 ;
1913
161
241
241
241
1,442
1,511 ,
1,405 |
1913
S8
72
Oil wells completed
number..
14,020
7,4-SO
0,570
420,215 j 1,094,030
- J2.2
S3 :
241
91
r
20.2
2.9
0.0
95 -f
4.8
Gasoline:
Production
thous. of g a l s . . 472,920
Exports
thous. of gals..
Dome-tic consumption
Stocks, end of m o n t h
121
143 i 143
124
172 ; 189
J24
88
133 ; 135
158
109
173
181 i 189
i
74
SO
1919
153
151
Ill
107 : 108
1919
128
129
120
134 ; 125
1919
137
151
171
102
1919
1919
108
1,7S8,O44
••- 5.5
1919
129
136
248,437
254,071
-f 2.5
1919
185
130
thous. of gals.. 3;<5,5fi4
333,291 I 1, 190,402
1,300,447
4- S. 7
1919
116
t h o u s . of g a l s . . £92,208
747,223 \
1919
58,007
55,824
39,859 [
(
Kerosene oil:
Production
thous. of gals.. 18^809
150,157 j
Stacks
thous. of gals.. 325,^30
45«,007 |
093,802
707,731
•r
2.0
1919
92
182 — 3.8
97
I
Gas and fuel oil:
Production
thous. of gals.. 791,04:;
Stocks
thous. of gals..
813,444; 3,141,005
.282.S01 :
3,259,945
3.8
!
1,050,485 ;
167
Lu.bricai.ing oil:
Production
thous. of gals..
72,945
Stocks
thous. of gals..
237,230
' 70,457 j
!
307,801
2S9,773
;
249,593 ;
98 • 104 ' 103
101 ' 147 : 147
PAPER AND PRIXTIXG.
Wood Pulp.
Mechanical:
Production
short tons.. 147,00* ; 107,107 | 97,903 J
059,138
600.31* ' + 1.1
1919
132
81
Consumption and shipment
short tons.. 127,280
144.042 '' 89,182 j
562,681
001 ,.531 !-f
1919
74
Stocks, end of month
short tons.. 159,712 i iS2,867 :: 220,089 '
11,020
7,072
short tons.. 11,797
103
141
32,794
65,900
h 101.0
607 251
787,005
29.7
1919
590,147
789,922
33.9
1919
Imports
6.9
;
1919
147
82 : 119 122
81 ' 108 i 105
104
82 : 90
138
+ 13.3
119
+ 13.2
119
+ 14.5
71
- 1.4
42
56 ;
OS i
73
90 '
106
93
102 , + 9.8
70 I
72
89 j
104
96
105
100 ! 112
99 |
106
99
92
80
200 |
190
1909-1913
Chemical:
Production
short tons.. 149,859 , 104,497
Consumption and shipment
short tons.. 153,542 i 108.095 [] 114,995 :
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
53,184 ; 49.580 ', 00,127
Imports
short tons..
05,140 | 51,05S
Newsprint Paper.
Productiont
Shipments!
Importsf
Exportsf
113,138 '
1919
20,322
|
;
;
short tons.. j 111,S01 129,950 : 7:>,S0s
short tons..! 115,107 ; 130,043 ; >2,770 ,
short t ons.. | 77,307 I 81,352 | 44,238 j
short tons..
3,345 \ 2,570 .', 1,854 I
|
Stocks, end of month:!
i|
At mills
327,142 ;-j-197.5
52*,678
502,912 ( -j- 6.5
1919
101
69
85 I 103
522,243
5''»2,00"> : -f
1919
100
72
84 |
304,148
401,022 |-f 32.0
19J 3
351
241
9, 230
12,0-5
7. 0
- 30.9
1909-1913
51
1913
450 i 420
422
4^4
93
72
23 '
7*
+
5.2
- 23.0
93
138
+
1.9
130 110 ! U S
104
104
-
0.4
08 I 05 65
1919
1919
•
78 S 72
138 I 125
1919
!
73 | 58
113 + 1 2 . 9
111 102 ; 100
5,438 1! 0,198
4
113 -I- 10.2
100
147 |
short t o n s . .
112000—22
98
102
125 !
short tons.. 151,643 ] 150,443 |j 193,436
short tons.. 30,243 | 35,776 i 23,804
• No quotation.
6.8
- 20.7
1919
Publishers
In transit to publishers
202
19! 9
Jobbers
5,008 !
25
i
short t o n s . . 212,427 ! 210,438 \\ 254,030 ;
short t o n s . . 24,874 | 24,7X1 / 31,198 '
Total
109,952
+ 9.5
-
112 j 108
66 I
67
63
-
4.1
9i
97
-
0.8
74
87
+ 18. ii
26
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
April,
1922
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
or deLATEST MONTH.
I crease
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
1921
1922
731,870
827,240 -}- 13.0
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Percentage increase
1922
(+)
or decrease
May
Apr. ! M a y . Feb. Mar. Apr. ! May. from
April.
PAPER AND PRINTING- Continued.
Newsprint Paper- Continued.
Consumption!
Prices :f
Contract, domestic
Contract, Canadian
Spot market, domestic
short tons.. 176,801
dolls, per 100 lbs..
dolls, per 100lbs..
dolls, per 100 lbs..
174,670
152,278
3.541
5.248
5.497
5.056
3.570
3.497
3.548
3.501
3.548
1919
| 104 [ 107
1919 j 145 i 141
1919
151 | 151
1919 | 121 | U S j
95
84
1.2
-
0.8
:
+
0.1
0.0
I
Printing.
Activity, weighted
Paper purchases, quantities
Paper purchases, value
Sales
96
96
S3
97
123 -
index
index
index
index
number
number
number..
number
Other Paper.
Book:f
Production
short tons.. 70,507
82,574
Stocks
short tons.. 37,367
39,491
Paperboard:f
Production
short ton3.. 164,327 176,790
Stocks
short tons.. 69,756
65,702
Wrapping :f
Production
short tons.. 61,562
71, 494
Stocks
short tons.. 68,401 70,906
Fine:f
Production
short tons.. 27,420
30,129
36,985
Stocks
short tons.. 35,806
Total, all grades (including newsprint): t
Production
short tons.. 528,461 589,971
Stocks
short tons.. 284,862 285,729
Exports (total printing)
short tons..
4,512
3,893
52,642
284,923
373,844 i+ 31.2
39,639
122,801
620,348
832,327 jj+ 34.2
67,979
53,084
59,503
245,648
17,485
41,143
94,172
331,023 + 34.8
140,963 ij-f 49.7
383,995 2,075,218 2,720,304 j! + 31.1
291,089
23,558
17,004 !|- 27.8
2,894
Sept. ,1920
1918
1918
1918
75
79
92
152
1919
1919
67
121
69
125
91
124
1919
1919
79
130 J 125
118
1919
1919
89
107
107
10S
1919
1919
55 ! 61 ; 93
97
109 112
1919
1919
1919
82
124
21
74
123
17
53
|
;
!
i
57 } 85
67 j 104
77 i 91
141 133
92
109
88
101
91
116
£9 ' 102 ||+ 14.6
103
139
175
157 j|+ 12.9
102
92
121
118
125
+
5.7
118
101
109
+
7.6
132
128
121
-
5.8
121
106
124
+ 16.1
119
125
130
+
3.7
105
+
9.9
100
+
3.3
102 I
i
95 i
115 ! 102
97
95 -t- 8.0
116 1+ 14.9
108 j + 17.1
114 j;+ 11.6
121 I 119 I 120 :+
115
23 I
10
29 j
0.3
25 !- 13.7
Paper Boxes.
Corrugated board: f
Production (Container Club)., thous. of sq.ft.. 116,198
Production o
thous. of sq. ft.. 34,916
Machinery activity, t
per cent of normal..
60
Solid fiber board:f
Production (Container Club), .thous. of sq. ft.. 55,625
Production o
thous. of sq. ft.. 14,659
Machinery activity
per cent of normal
RUBBER.
Crude:
Imports
Consumption by tire mfrs
Wholesale price, Para, N. Y
Tires:
ProductionPneumatic
Solid
Innertubes
Domestic shipments—
Pneumatic
Solid
Inner tubes
Stocks, end of m o n t h Pneumatic
Solid
Inner tubes
120,972
41,156
64
56,438
44,154
45,071
240,508
510,528 + 112.3
173,359
1919
53
182,043
255,065 + 40.1
61,762 !|
,
1919
93
264,105 + 112.4
119,613 + 84.7
1913
1921
1913
38
8,809
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
dolls, per l b . .
43,407
24,125
.171
35,727
29,068
.176
23,891
21,051
.179
124,332
64,766
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
2,401
47
2,651
2,722
58
2,971
2,101
35
2,210
6,439
137
6,976
11,908 + 84.9
233 + 70,1
13,579 + 94.7
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
2,087
52
2,329
2,639
2,086
61
40
2,939 . 2,343
7, 526
185
8,142
9,959 + 32.3
231 1+ 24.9
10,951 ! + 34.5
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
5,464 j
89 |i
100 ! 116
I:
i
100
- 20.6
- 39.9
87
i
247
691
665
449
96
117 ij
103
149
135
22
22
20
20
21
1921
1921
1921
116
115
146
132
99
112
140
132
115
134
117
1921
1921
1921
94 ! 109
82
109
110
96
91
84
110
119
87
102
74
91
102
107
106
111
123
130
117
115
79
79
75
104
134
270
113 + 4.1
+ 17.9
+ 6.7
370 ! | - 17.7
162 ||+ 20.5
22 !|+ 2.9
150 ||+ 13.4
163 !'+ 23.4
132 !'+ 12.1
|l
138 !j+ 26.4
138 !j+ 17.3
128 j!+ 26.2
il
5,523 i
174 I
171 |
7,230 | 7,190 :
4,452
265
4,752
o Figures furnished by the National Association of Corrugated and Fiber Box Manufacturers,
96 ; 109
1921
1921
1921
108
153 I 158
jl
131 ii+
1.1
74
-
1.7
157
-
0.6
27
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables weie April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- 19-22
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue ( f the SURVEY ( N O . 9).
AUTOMOBILES.
Production:
Passenger cars
Trucks
Shipments:
.number..
number..
By railroad
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
May,
1922
197,221 ; 231,699 jl
22,237 [ 23.094 ||
•
'
i!
j
'
'
31,334
34..324
18,608 '
71,553
Driveav/ays
number of machines..
22,381
28.700 j
15,193 j
50,021 j
Byboat
number of machines..
7,360 j
2,381 '
GLASS AND OPTICAL GOODS.
Bottles, production
index number
Illuminating glassware:
Net orders
p e r c t . of capacit y . .
Actual production
p e r c t . of capacity..
Shipments billed
p e r c t . of capacity..
Spectacle frames and mountings:
Sales (value).
index n u m b e r . .
Unfilled orders (value)
index n u m b e r . .
I
j
|
|
j
j
|
j
'
45.5
45.3
41.1
1922
(+)
or decrease
i Apr. May.' Feb. : Mar. Apr. May. from
April.
79
50
111
143
84
168 J + 17.5
90 j| + 6.6
94
20
4
133 ! 150
43! 57
'i
164 ||+ 9.5
73 |j+ 28.5
157 li + 148.9
772,742
88,087 ;'
1919
1919
128,404 'i+ 79.5
85,710 + 71.4
11,209 +159.3
1920
1920
1920
89
39
51
4,20
1919
00 ! 81
May. 1921
May,1921
May,1921
100 I 98
100 j 138
100 i 136
i
43.4
41.1
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Percentage increase
|
carloads..
VJG0 j
INDEX NUMBERS.
Per- I
centagej
increase 1
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
(+)
THROUGH
I or deLATEST MONTH.
crease
(-)
cumulative
1922
1922
1921
from
1921.
37.0 !
31.9 j
30.8 I
265
1913
1919
248 j 233
54 ; 45
12S
82 j,
67
116106
145136
129133
123 r + 16.0
142 !j + 4.4
131 ||- 1.5
257
44
;
3.1
|
0.8
37 !- 15.9
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.
Building Costs.
Building materials:
F r a m e house
Brick house
Building costs
Concrete factory costs
Hotel buildingcosts
Loft ofiice building costs
Subdivided office building costs..
index
index
index
index
index
index
.index
numl >er..
number..
number..
number..
number..
number..
number..
1913
1913
1913
1914
1914
1914
1914
213
176
179
183
179
1913
80
.;i 171
.j 174
162
211
152
172
158
176
160
181
156
177
177
174
165
152
159
162
157
170
172
165
157
160
164
158
176 |
172 |
3.5
0.0
1.2
7.6
0.6
1.2
0.6
167 I
169
161
166
159
!
|
|
'
Construction and Losses.
Building volume
index number
Contracts awarded, floor space:
Business buildings
thous. of s'j. ft.. 10,419
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq.ft..
5,130
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft.. 31,606
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
7,277
Hospitals and institutions
thous. of sq.ft..
805
Public buildings.
thous. of sq. ft..
249
Social and recreational bldgs.. .thous. of sq. ft..
1,432
Religions and memorial bldgs. .thous. of sq. ft..
1,092
Grand total
thous. of sq.ft.. 58,140
Contracts awarded, value:
Business buildings
thous. of dolls.. 58,711
Industrial buildings
thous. of dolls.. 24,312
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.. 132,478
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls.. 36,719
6,584
Hospitals and institutions
thous. of dolls..
1,380
Public buildings
thous. of dolls..
Public works and utilities
thous. of dolls.. 75,251
Social and recreational bldgs...thous. of dolls..
9,317
Religious and memorial bldgs. thous. of dolls..
8,288
Grand total
thous. of dolls.. 353,162
Fire losses
thous. of dolls.. 31,010
Sulhernplne:
Lumber.
Production
M ft. b. m . . 397,553
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. JR.. 1,159,422
Price, "B" and better..dolls, per M ft. b . m . . 41.35
Douglas fir:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 422,157
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 439,109
11.50
Price, No. 1 common.. .dolls, per M ft. b. m . .
9,841
5,032
5,941
3,543
31,604
18,804
6,101
4,068
045
1,179 |
273
480 j
1,451
2,381
1,952
715
59,639
35,731
57, 515
23,893
140,933
32,925
8, 437
2,506
63,817
20,260
11,966
302, ,'90
29,869
24, 494
20, 404
82, 982
24, 4«2j
3, 288
1 846
64, 999
9, 975
4, 497
242, 094
23, 957
| 477,898
387,736
jl,111,878
1,223,441 j
42.48
90 ,1 100 202 !
150 179 ji+ 19.3
21,679
13,526
66,177
13,847
2,768
1,316
7,016
2,707
129,036
40,288 f 85.8
20,086 + 52.9
128,191 f 93.7
22,835 + 64.9
4,570 ' + 65.1
1,370 + 4.1
0,876 - 2.0
4,923 + 81.9
230,064 + 78.3
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
55
27
89
174
179
234
215
61
28
93
244
175
158
115
101
77
68
19
82
121
270
53
62
142
05
97 I
33 ;
151 j
205 \
218 I
219 I
108
179 '
112
113,
228,920
102,903
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
80
30
106
227
137
249
115
280
196
103
99
87
48
117
246
101
105
155
143
144
113
107
116
25
107
132
237
63
51
57
156
83
131
147 ! 174
57 '. 57
172 ' 187
257 309
160 202
170
123
124
180
118
134
156 265
137
164
178
138
08,
2*5,
81,
16,
10,
189,
48,
17.
839.
135
1,764,564
•1-100.8
+• 50.4
546,418 | + 91.2
120,396
33,351
7,435
230,993
48,102
33,383
1,353,182
168,757
+ 47.4
i + 103.4
!- 28.9
!+ 21.7
j - 1.0
|+ 89.3
' 61.2
+ 24.2
2,073,300 j-f 17.5
:
'\
31.78
464,680 320,515 1,228,790 | 2,043,185 j+ 06.3
487,518 358,505 1,339,807 1,972,006 i+ 47.2
13. .50 j 11.50
1917
1917
1913
1917
1917
1913
1
;
|
I
!
I
|
i
92
87
88 101
89
91
133 138 i 189
178
i
! *>
98
136
113
40
157
380
235
145
113
246
125
107| - 5 . 5
47 !+ 15.8
157 I - 0 . 2
322 I- 15.3
320 ;+ 36.3
279 i+ 92.8
188 !+ 66.3
440 |+ 78.8
129 |+ 2.6
i
170
56
199
331
258
224
153
383
291
169
133
- 2.0
I- 1 . 7
!+ 6.4
- 10.3
+ 28.1
+ 81.6
- 15.2
+ 117.5
i|+ 44.4
i|+ 2.7
; - 3.7
113 |+ 20.2
81
!
-
4.1
184 |l+ 2.7
180
92
116
115
HI
107
114 ; 136
125
136 ; 124 \ 125 1 147 |j+ 17.4
121
133 li+ 10.1
151 ||+ 11.0
28
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
.NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Tterns marked with an asterisk (*) have
not been published previously in the SURVEY or
are repeated for special rea-solis; detailed tables
covering back figures for these items will be
found at the end of this bulletin. For items
marked wiih a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering oilier items, sec the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
BUILDING AND C O N S T R U C T I O N
April,
1922
i 1;22
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
Percentage!
increase
(+)
j or dei crease
YEAR
OR
(—)
PERIOD.
cumulative
| 1922
i from
! 1921.
!|
|
INDEX NUMBERS.
1921
| Per
| centi! agein|i crease
1922
!! (+)
I j or deii crea e
Apr. May.
i ft
1921
1922
178,672
118,449 !
117,009 |
229,179 + 28.3
204,300 |+ 72.5
232,930 + 99.0
1918
93
126
169
1918
108
81 I! 132
150
126
184 i|+ 45.9
1918
100
98 |; i;;5
109
147
218 ; |-|- 48.2
77,111 j
99,014 |
117,030
149,115 + 50.6
1918
17
102
1918
72
95
1918
128
122
1917
70
21
41 1
52
21
29 J
38
71
55 |
I
58
18 '
34 j
24 |
48 j
57 i|+ 10.6
54 + 17.0
40 ' - 1.8
Feb.
Mar. | Apr. May, ! from
I! April.
Con.
Lumber—Continued.
California redwood:
Production
Shipments
Orders received
California white pine:
Production
Shipments
Stocks
Michigan hardwoods:*
Production
Shipments
Stocks
Michigan soft woods:*
Production
Shipments
Stocks
Western pine:
Production
Shipments
North Carolina pine:
Production
Shipments
Northern hemlock:
Production
Shipments
Northern hardwood:
Production
Shipments
Exports, planks, scantling, joists
flooring: Flooring.
Production
Shipments
Orders booked
Stocks, end of month
Unfilled orders, end of month
Maple flooring:*
Production
Shipments
Orders booked
Stocks, end of month
Unfilled orders, end of month
M ft. b. m .
M ft. b. m .
M ft. b. m .
M ft. 1). m .
M ft. b. m .
M ft. b. m .
47,099 ; 03,102 |j 45,799
35,888 ! 52,378 |j 23,051
42,479 ! 02,945 II 28,394
19,149 ! 00,951
32,730 i 37, 878
287,452 '
53,423
30,273
325,209
M ft. b . i n . . 13,402 | 14,479 I 10,780
M ft. b. m . . 10,790 i 11, SO*» ; 0,740
M ft. b. m . . 127,900 ! 130,444 j 157,938
89,020
34,107
M ft. b. m . .
M ft. b. m . .
M ft. b. m . .
9,559
0,5(38
8O,72S
37,212
109,200
293,088
73,942
302,917
8,893 !
8,157 !
49,710 I
9,S32 |i
9,540 ||
M ft. b. m . . 108,180 i 101,180
M ft. b. in.. 132,001 ;
07,042 - 25.2
51,297 + 49.1
1917
1917
19,727
M ft. b. m . .
M ft. b. m . .
54,180
52,990 I 20,999
112,875
50,330
57,890 11 23,001
100,527
M ft. b . m . .
M ft. b. m . .
24,793 | 27,187
19,038
88,010
21,913 ! 35,030
18,234
01,109
M ft. b. in.. 29,404 ; 30,932
M ft. b. m... 27,228 ! 27,971
M ft. b. m . . 132,807 ;135,953
45,902
212,083
10,715
C>0, 012
79,005
401,927
30,028 j - 17.7
35,009 |+ 80.5
1917
122 I:
00
55
1917
87 | 130
18
14 i
75 !
95 | 103
30
142 ! 118 | 108
40
34 j
+ 34.1
110 jj+218.3
119 !:+ 15.7
84 !- 22.4
+ 8.0
+ 9.4
+ 1.9
1917
76
51 I
413,500 + 40.8
588,259 );+ 94.2
1917
60
1917
07
37 j 59 I 96
81 ! 106 i 120
142 !|+ 49.0
152 jj + 26.9
252,840 + 124.0
231,030 + 130.4
1919
84
149
153
158
1919
08
128 i 150
150
155 \\— 2.2
180 V 15.0
100,271
104,392
19.9
70.8
1913
45
1913
47
154,093 - 27.5
131,774 +117.4
703,277 + 75.0
1913
179
102
84 | 137 | 104
109
1913
03
00
75 | 125 | 107
110 ||+ 2.7
1909-13
54
45
71
98,717
1913
153
189
259
101,593
1913
199
211
274
33
J
72
98
54 I
I
08 i
90 |
i
74
62.6
+
5.2
76 j!+ 2.4
Oak
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
b. m._
b. m . .
b.m..
b. m . .
b. m . .
19,892 ;
21,914
12,009
41,072
22,227
25,251
12,702
45,305
29,951 I 30,008
23,534
11,809
49,185
1913
229
194
203
385
491
'35,704
1913
413
397
321
312
296
33,501 ! 40,417
9,240
1913
84
127
288
344
462
20,015
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
M ft.
b. m...
b. m . .
b.m..
b. m . .
b. m . .
+ 45.3
64.2
60,008 + 65.4
8,311
33,934
49,310
1919
74
7,903
31,217
51,205
1919
57
30,291
07
92
91
67
90
13,853
19,070
10,102
1919
61
72
57
84
32,174
28,793
31,890
1919
206
200
222
218
17,839
25,098
9,097
1919
21
31
37
1919
52
49
08
84
82
1919
51
45
59
76
76
1919
97
99
106
107
108
1919
38
41
70
84
89
1919
38
30
32
34
42
1919
24
17
30
37 i
47
52
6o |
1919
1919
106
99
86
88 I
Ten months average, March to December, inclusive.
305 I 298
370
378
i
f
9,093 ! 10,701
13,000
10,031
Clay
firebrick:
Brick.
Production
:
thousands.. 41,440 i 40,794 | 24,958
188,311
Shipments
thousands.. 38,458 ! 44,120 ! 22,791
101,550
Stocks, end of month
thousands.. 150,292 !152,259 !i 137,178
New orders
thousands.. 45,851 ; 51,041 j| 21,075
98,535
Unfilled orders
thousands.. 39,402 | 45,300
33,830
Silica brick:
Production
thousands..
9,830
34,880
12,233 j 2,442
Shipments
thousands.. 10,485 | 10,704 '[\ 5,101
27,729
Stocks, end of month
thousands.. 36,310 37,845 ij 41,385
Face brick:
Production
thousands.. 40,707 54,807 i 37,734
118,095
Stocks, in sheds and kilns
thousands.. 144,223 121,540 121,185
Unfilled orders
thousands.. 09,038 87,620 :| 41,298, !
Shipments
thousands.. 47,320 50,433 i 30,474
100,551
Prices:
Common red, New York
dolls, per thous..
14.50
10.75
8.74
Common salmon, Chicago.. .dolls, per thous..
8.70 i
8.52
4
+ 140.4
+ 124.2
113,707 + 131.2
182,016
+ 3.9
+ 13.0
207,153
+ 110.2
195,070
44,427 + 27.4
44,535 + 60.6
192,024 j + 02.0
175,044
+ 74.1
1919
63
84
51
1919
137
130
170
98
1919
41
52
*1920
78
57
1913
229
221
1913
186
177
170
248
173
+
+
+
+
10.2
13.6
2.2
11.0
20.6
ioo
115
135
180
00
!:+ 17.;
|:+ 28.0
||+ 37.7
|— 10.5
ji-f- 40. T
92
87
110
99
48
!:+
|+
;!+
|'+
1+
12.9
14.7
1.3
11.3
15.0
+ 24.4
+ 2.1
+ 4.2
56 !
93
176
69
116
328
420
501
261
557
104
162
81
146
121 |
136
15.7
102 + 25.8
102 + 19.2
255
173
302 + 18.3
177 + 2.1
29
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
Correspondin^
A
-1
1922
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
At
1922J
April
or
May,
1921.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
ncrease
or decrease
(—)
cumulative
1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
1921
or decrease
Apr. May.
from
1921.
Perage increase
Feb.
Mar. Apr. May.
May
from
April.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION—Con.
Cement.
Production
thous. of bbls..
Shipments
thous. of bbls..
Stocks, end of month
... thous. of bbls..
Price, Portland
dolls, per bbl..
11,176
12,749
12,897
1.50
9,281
9,488
12,450
1.70
33,172
29,498
78 130 82 100
number
60 260 47,694
number
number.. 107,566 150,475
35 011
99,525
35,717
143,684
135,444
429,410 +217.0
433,930 + 55.2
9,243
8,592
14,498
1.50
35,673 + 7.5
34,559 + 17.2
1913
1913
1913
1913
113
121
56
87
120
146
107
128
44
95
116
172
112
111
126
123
129
+ 20.9
+ 48.4
115 - 11.0
170
170
148
148
148
149
0.0
Sanitary Ware.
Baths, enajnel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Lavatories, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Sinks, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Miscellaneous, enamel:
Orders shipped
Storks
Orders received
Sanitary pottery:
Orders received
326 473 + 127 2
100
101
152
189
226
237
271
236
135
167
143
113
47
51
70
91
154
+ 5.1
- 20.9
215 + 39.9
1919
1919
1919
129
114
154
199
222
235
84
84
73
90
75
56
67
63
93
130
188
1919
1919
1919
123
124
135
166
181
85
84
103
122
107
69
72
81
108
160
+ 10.6
- 23.9
222 + 39.0
130
103
125
158
174
178
121
115
101
108
107
97
71
68
84
115
153
1919
1919
1919
number.. 101,482
number.. 104,543
number.. 138,757
107,708
78,062
192,546
52,323
117,422
46,686
279,634
245,095
575,732 + 134.9
number.. 98,905
number.. 135,071
number.. 140,620
109,377
102,747
195,503
67,487
105,916
63,250
297,411
446,583 + 50.2
275,511
587,485 + 113.2
number
number
number..
49,402
85,528
63,910
50,644
77 788
80,341
29,341
91,737
28,661
160,330
219,235 + 36.7
135,352
282,098 +108.4
1919
1919
1919
number pieces per kiln..
347
409
137
573
1,738 +203.3
1919
32
32
52
52
81
47,538
5 958
148,142
16 876
264,111 + 78.3
26 233 + 55 4
1919
1919
70
68
87
110
107
65
43
60
82
84
33,505
5,383
17,343
3,762
6,108
119,634
15,677
70,603
11,797
16,972
163,420
11,582
90,383
33,937
20,179
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
52
78
82
71
75
51
79
44
29
25
+ 6.1
- 25.3
262 + 38.8
200
82
+ 2.5
- 9.0
192 + 25.7
95
+ 17.9
89
+
+
104 +
88 121 +
19.4
54.2
21.8
17.0
68.7
1.8
2.9
7.1
5.9
9.0
2.3
Abrasive Paper and Cloth.
Domestic sales
Foreign sales
reams..
reams..
72,930
7 745
H I D E S AND LEATHER.
Hides.
Imports:
Total hides and skins
thous. of lbs . 31,935 38,118
1,702
2,624
Calfskins
..
thous. of l b s . .
19,907
Cattle hides
thous. of l b s . . 16,348
8,708
7,228
Goat skins
thous. of l b s . .
3,780
6,375
Sheep skins
thous. of lbs
Stocks, end of month:
Total hidps and skins
thous of lbs 346 277 339,977
Cattle hides
thous of lbs
269,828 261,935
Calf and kip skins
thous. of l b s . . 46 858 50 187
29,591
27,855
Sheep and lamb skins
thous of lbs
Prices:
Green salted, packer's heavy
.146
134
native steers
dolls, per l b . .
.134
Calfskins poimtrv No 1
dolls ner lb
131
Leather.
Production:
Sole leather
Skivers
Oak and union harness
Finished sole and belting
Finished upper
Stocks, end of month:
Snip and bpltincr
Upper
Stocks, in process of tanning:
SOIP and bpltinc
Ui)per
Exports:
Sole
Upper
61
91
122
78
85
33
46
68
84
106
74
115
43
85
71
107
82
81
80
109
109
82
81
79
100
103
78
79
80
99
101
99
91
90
86 +
85 -
.119
.169
1913
1913
55
72
65
87
76
90
73
72
73
69*
79
71
+
+
- 0 . 4
199 177
thous of lbs
thous. ofsq. ft.. 477,709
196,639
452 651
204,137
420,712
100,258
170,179
99,609
164,434
111,662
162,498
1,070
6,578
+ 28.0
+187.7
+ 18.9
39
107
1,561
14,909
57,480
25,242
53,532
thous. of lbs.
thous. of sq. ft.
26.1
1921
1921
1921
1921
1,321
16,099
90,813
22,576
67,275
thous of lbs
thous of sq ft
-
462,512
369,268
59,909
33,335
1,327
16,065
94,598
22,416
66,700
thous. of sides..
doz..
stufTed sides..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of sq. ft..
+ 36.6
2,450
455
7,981 1 1,574
6,704
73,071
296,803
118,393
222,779
5,580
12,900
7,241
87,586
388,398
121,953
356,344
+ 8.0 | I
+ 19.9
+ 30.9
+ 3.0
+ 60.0
6,977 + 25.0
32,635 +153.0
1919
1919
1919
1921
1921
79
77
76
83
78
78
71
70
90
96
113
129
107
107
73
60
68
82
99
94
98
94
99
87
87
92
121
134
115
+
95 88 +
116 +
0.2
4.0
0.7
0.9
1921
1921
98
105
106
103
103
102
99
99
102
106
113
107
-
1.3
5.2
1921
1921
101
100
90
90
99
1 93
111
90
96
107
104
100
-
0.6
3.4
1913
1913
32
17
40
35
18
63
55
91
41
74
94
90
+ 129.0
+ 21.3
30
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- 1922
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (No. 9).
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Per
centage
increase
1922
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1921
Percentage increase
1922
or decrease
Apr. May.
Feb.
Mar. Apr. May.
ft
from
April.
H I D E S AND LEATHER—Continued.
Leather—Continued.
Prices:
Sole, hemlock, middle No. 1
dolls, per lb..
Chrome calf,"B " grades
dolls, per sq. ft..
Leather Products.
Belting sales:
Quantity
thous. of lbs..
Amount
thous. of dolls..
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs..
Exports
thous. of pairs..
Price, wholesale, men's black
calf, blucher
dolls, per pair..
.350 j
.415 I
.350
.415
.370
.525
1913
1913
376
613
309
1919
1919
572
27,194
463
26,902
515
538
6.50
6.50
7.00
5,177
2,145 - 58.6
131
195
131
195
124
173
124
158
0.0
0.0
124 ! 124
154
154
44
42
1919
1913
146
64
1913
225
225
217
1920
1920
1920
1920
32
30
90
14
87
108
1.1
+ 11.2
213
209
209
0.0
66
70
63
111
117
65
67
59
106
59
61
57
105
- 9.3
- 9.1
-3.5
- 0.7
104
54
118
44
60 - 49.4
149 +114.5
CHEMICALS.
Production:
Acetate of lime
thous. of lbs..
7,836
7,107
Wood alcohol
galls.. 418,271 380,237
Consumption, wood, carbonized
.cords.. 44,451 42,917
Stocks, wood
cords.. 898,529 892,602
Imports:
Potash
long tons.. 24,883
12,585
Nitrate of soda
long tons.. 29,891 64,130
Exports:
Sulphuric acid
thous. of lbs..
1,991
2,148
Dyes and dyestuf?s
thous. of dolls..
346
307
Total fertilizer
long tons.. 87,311 158,149
Price index numbers:
Crude drugs
index number..
Essential oils
index number..
Drugs and pharmaceuticals...index number..
Chemicals
weighted index number..
Price, sulphuric acid 66° N. Y
dolls, per lb..
.008
3,489
201,579
22,521
762,013
25,088
1,692,593
189,739
3,007
37,778
27,035
223,626
97,777 +261.7
146,103 - 34.7
1909-13
1909-13
788
397
54,518 ;
6,996
3,370
367,200
6,497 - 7.1
2,146 - 36.3
430,693 + 17.3
128 ; 102 163 324 350 + 7.9
1909-13
219
1909-13 1,286 1,370 111, 167 1,722 1,194 1,061 - 11.3
1909-13
53 i! 50
64
53 + 81.1
64
84
42,513 + 69.5
2,272,160 + 34.2
247,092 + 30.2
Aug.,1914
Aug.,1914
Aug.,1914
U914
1913
.009
138
168
135
140
95
NAVAL STORES.
Turpentine: t
Net receipts
Stocks.
Rosin:f
Net receipts
Stocks
barrels..
barrels..
13,139
11,081
28,659
4,601
barrels.. 58,015
barrels.. 255,326
93,019
251,823
58,293
312,507
168,325
25,768 j
62,627
55,393 -
11.6
38,418 :
294,845 + 75.2
U920
8 1920
136 | 139
165 j 136
129 I 115
148
143
90
SO
II
124
21
107
155
135
116
156
80
177
135
117
158
84
177
135
116 159 +
£0
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.6
4.8
86
36
188 +118.1
- 58.5
8 1920
•1920
52
150
104
156
149
79
141
104
127
166 + 60.3
131 - 1.4
12 - 29.5
+ 2.3
FATS AND OILS.
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
Imports
Oleomargarine:
Production
Consumption
thous. of l b s . .
thous. of l b s . .
4,785
64,363
3,373
65,851
19,613
13,967
189,509
126,464
40,556 - 78.6
310,552 +145.6
1913
1913
74
213
65
34
234
36
380
16
301
thous. of l b s . .
thous. of l b s . .
13,930
13,686
12,765
19,507
12,317
88,143
97,477
63,847 - 27.6
70,795 - 27.4
1913
1913
161
175
116
104
147
103
132
129
115
115
tons..
45,970
23,319
129,624
1919
37
25
50
21
thous. of l b s . .
thous. of l b s . .
dolls, per l b . .
31,682
27,610
.115
23,801
12,389
.117
71,782
47,291
.072
- 49.9
1919
1919
1913
194
122
117
607,092
117
140
139
100
110
159
thous. of bushs
thous. of bushs..
198
45
290
87
598
422
1,991
891
1,251 - 37.2
434 - 51.3
1913
1913
45
147
73
730
300
1,050
465 + 55.0
542 - 48.4
1913
1913
108 -
6.7
-
49.3
Cottonseed.
Cottonseed stocks
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks
Production
Price, New York
304,263
53
42
158
40 - 24.9
19 - 55.1
162 + 1.7
22
21
4
+ 46.5
+ 93.3
77
34
- 15.1
13 +182.7
Flaxseed.
Receipts:
Minneapolis
. Duluth
Shipments:
Minneapolis
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs
7 Average for fiscal year ending June 30.
• Average for fiscal year ending April 30.
5
31
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were j April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- | 1922
tailed tables covering other items, see the last |
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
! CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Corre- I
THROUGH
spond- ! LATEST MONTH.
ing
month
April
or
May
1921
1922
1921.
May,
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
(+)
or decrease
(—)
cumulative
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
1921
1922
from
1921.
Apr. I
Percentage increase
(
-y
or decrease
(-)
May. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. May
from
April.
!
FATS AND OILS—Continued.
Flaxseed—Continued.
Stocks:
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs..
Duluth
thous. of bushs.. j
Linseed oil:
!
Shipments from Minneapolis.. .thous. of lbs..
Linseed-oil cake:
Shipments from Minneapolis.. .thous. of lbs..
FOODSTUFFS.
j
Wheat.
|
52
418 j
1913
1913
993 ;
81
1,419 !
59
38,294
8,357
34,357
-
10.3
79,890 j
10,869
48,995! -
38. 7j
Production, monthly estimate:
i
Winter
thous. of bushs. .js607,333 "> 569,000 10 573,930
Spring
thous. of bushs.. p 247,175 10 248,000 ! io 235,482
Total
thous. of b u s h s . . 9 854,508 10 817,000 j|i0S09,412
14,267 •i
31,624
127,358 ! 64,858 E xports, including
flour
thous. of bushs.. 10,244
67,853 !
26,875
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.. 88,772
29,070
27,000 , 123,OS9 | 105,078 ! i Receipts, principal markets
thous. of bushs.. 15,630
25,474
22,517
90,464 ! 73,164 Shipments, principal markets... thous. of bushs.. 10,684
Wheat
flour:
j
8,073 ;
42,864
44,782 ! +
8,406
Production
thous. of bbls..
7,823 '
7,245 |i
7,989
37,279 ! 40,747 !+
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
6,898
5,500 11 5,100
Stocks
thous. of bbls..
5,700
Prices:
1.446 ]t
1.600
No. 1, northern, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
1.386
1.356
1.568
No. 2, red winter, Chicago.. .dolls, per bush..
1.391
Flour, standard patents,
8.060 j
8.745 i
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl..
8.144
Flour, winter straights,
6.675
7.625
Kansas City
dolls, per bbl..
6.785
1913
Corn.
49.1
14.6
19.1
4.5
9.3
41
36
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919
131
130
96
118
266
52
86
113
1914
1919
1919
97
1913
1913
160
1913
103
121
208
82
74
91
-f 30.8
-
44
61 I 55
4,159
29
3
54.0
52
1913
6,069
4,452
22 (
58 | 38
5 |
176
7,952
426
j
51 I
31
40
52 ji+ 31.0
14 |
15 +
7.0
129
101
124 ! 119
120
86
132
173
j - 6.3
||+ 0.3
j _ 4.4
;+ 39.3
I 1 - 23.6
92 |+ 86.0
50
54 ! 128 + 138.4
138 |
101 |
92
210
72
58
121
194
64
71
+
+
58 83
3.2
5.0
3.5
87
98
54
100 100
97 119
80 ! 64
81
175
159
153 ; 148
152
158
+
140 I 138
141
138
- 2 . 5
j| 173 191
174 i 170
178
176 I -
1.0
174
176
176
174 ! ; -
1.6
527 | 543
446
268
-
39.9
533 : 607
470
371
-
21.1
98
63
141
85 ,
60
4.3
jj
1913
!
181 198
|
Exports, including meal
thous. of bushs..
Visible supply
thous. of bushs..
Receipts, principal markets
thous. of bushs..
Shipments, principal markets.. .thous. of bushs..
Grindings (starch and glucose)., thous. of bushs..
Prices, contract grades,
No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
18,817
39,502
14,552
12,019
4,211
11,306 i
31,170 J
27,083 j
23,691
4,705
. 588
8,694
17,708
21,319
21,282
| 47,247 | 94,750 i|+ 100.5,
'.
j 132,377 i 183,097 j,+ 38.3
| 86,827 | 120,836 ; + 39.2
4,696 j
.618
19,124
26,726
+ 39.8
1913
1913
1919
1919
1913
250
303
77
154
99 i
1913
.616 I.
206
211
142
241
112
97 , 181 :+ 86.1
359 I 207
360 ! 270
136 I 268
142 I 159
100
91
;
112
99
+ 97.1
+ 11.7
+
5.1
115
105 i -
9.1
45
321
275
67
103
+ 108.6
- 14.1
+ 52.5
104
107
+
2.5
105
100
-
4.8
94
92
!
Other Grains.
Oats:
Production, monthly est
Receipts, principal
markets t
Visible supply
Exports, including meal
Prices, contract grades,
Chicago
Barley:
Production, monthly est
Receipts, principal
markets t
Exports.
Price, fair to good, malting.
Chicago
Rye:
Production, monthly est
Receipts, principal
markets t
Exports, including flour
Price, No. 2, Chicago....
1909-13 ii
thous. of bushs.. »l,304,664 101,187,000' ioi;328,937|.
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
9,371
55,837
2,035
dolls, per bush..
. 393
thous. of bushs.. 9191,246
'
thous. of bushs..! 1,881
thous. of bushs..
1,002
dolls, per bush..
. 640
19,544
12,855 I
47,950
30,114 |.
3,104
619 i
3,044
78,649 : + 19.4
8,856 j +190.9
182,000
2,551 |
13,628 '
6,971
1,015
;
1913
| 177 I 173
1913
i
1909-13
io 184,288
2,933
1913
1913
.392
.403
1
65,872
12,728 | 3,739
-
6.6
46.4
124 117
47 |
16 | 21
101 !
!
62
105
74
87
405 ; 371
1 4 '<
104 106
105
101
1913
1913
26
36
32
57
101
103
;
94
32
+ 55.9
+ 1.3
458 j
.679
]
1913
102
105
102
109
+
6.1
231
235
+
1.5
.657 i .
thous. of bushs.. 980,815
1909-13 ; 203 j 200
10 82,000 [
0 69,956
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
dolls, per bush..
8
1,417
3,945
1.043
As of June 1.
4,564
5,491
1.056 i
j
1,369 i
2,055 j
1.467
7,818
15,263
12,091 ; + 54.7
12,753 j -
16.4
1913
1913
1913
io A s of
I 119 j 106 123
780
1,376 1,329
I 211 i 231 156
July 1.
251
+322.1
+ 39.2
164 j 166 i + 1.2
110 : 353
615 2,545 3,543
160
32
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- 1922
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
May,
1922
Corresponding,
month
April
or
May,
1921.
(+)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
i 1922
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
1 Per1 centage increase
1922
'\ or de; crease
PERIOD.
i May
Mar. Apr. May. i from
I April.
Apr. j May. Feb.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Total Grains.
Total production, estimate - -. .millions of bushs.. 9 6.146
Total grain exports, incl. flour.. .thous. of bushs.. 36,043
Car loadings of grain and grain products.... cars.. 32,874
105,945 | 105,515 1
35,183 j 43,450 j 187,574
42,720
38,214 | 185,870
1909-13
118
116:,
1
j 130
186 209 || 170 I 202 j 174
! 86
98 j| 131 ! 106 I 84
184,956 | j - 1.4
1913
11
218,437 jj + 17.5
1919
3,662 j!- 9.9
1919
1919
160
1919
136
125 ] . - 3.3
170 1;- 2.4
110 + 30.0
Other Crops.
Rice:
309
91 I 1,144
Receipts at mills (rough)
thous. of bags..
48,181 | 142,026
Shipment total from mills
thous. oflbs.. 49,948
Shipments, through New
20,020 : 38,423
Orleans
thous. of lbs.. 16,154
Stocks, end of monthDomestic, at mills and
97,242 j 149,321
dealers
...thous. oflbs.. 133,590
17,691 j 11,743
Foreign, in warehouses .. .thous. oflbs.. 11,712
4,900
8,858 | 7,618
Imports
...thous. oflbs..
24,892 !' 52,425
Exports
...thous. oflbs.. 36,334
Apples:
Production, monthly est.. thous. of bushs.. 179,810 10190,000 | 10102,190 '
944
..thous. of bbls..
384 '
Cold-storage holdings
445
1,780 j 1,160 I j 1,476
Car-lot shipments
carloads..
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
carloads.. 19,203 I 19,795 i' 14,818
2,135
3,090!
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads..
2,559
5,798 [
7,225
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads..
8,720
4,063
582,608
406,235 ''- 30.3
182,772
!
130,415
- 28.6
1S8 ! 163 I 214 I
- 70.6
232 ;j 167 ! 196 I
-3.5
151 1 131 ! 166 !
196 184
1919
j
1919
46
56 j 56
|j 188 ! 167
30,630
32,017 ;j+ 4.5
1919
235,847
191,886 j - 18.6
1919
l! 42
204
61
39
128
190
38
31
213
63
79
165
120
- 27.2
46
69
+ 51.1
36
65
+ 80.8
116
79
+ 23.9
- 31.5
|i
22,734
71,507
10,601
49,923
14,713
90,101
8,654
36,591
j | - 35.3
I + 26.0
| | - 18.4
I - 26.7
7,435
2,883
1,060
4,487
82,476
8,014
3,232
1,358
4,727
72,201
jj + 7.8
j| + 12.1
i| + 28.1
!|+ 5.3
i l - 12.5
1909-13
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
61 ;
64
41
58
26
22
178
70
111
44
+ 5.7
102
103
54
22
- 59.3
26
17
- 34.8
91
147
128
13-7 +
144
147 !|
59
42
178
123
- 30.9
200
162 ' 124
155
134
107
- 19.8
99
3.1
Cattle a n d Beef.
1,470
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
562
Shipments, primary markets
thousands..
235
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands..
898
Slaughter
thousands..
Exports of beef products
thous. oflbs.. 13,735
Cold-storage holdings of beef
..thous. oflbs., 64,507
Inspected slaughter production. ..thous. oflbs.. 363,071
Apparent consumption
..thous. oflbs.. 356,787
Prices, Chicago:
8.41
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100 lbs..
14.50
Beef, fresh native steers
dolls, per 100 lbs..
14.40
Beef, steer rounds, No. 2 . . .dolls, per 100 lbs..
1,878
780
365
1,086
19,145
56,892
8.62
14.50
15.10
1,542
597
214
924
15,911
109,553
347,567
351,725
1,414,402
1,378,032
1,489,460 jj
1,461,565 j|
5.3
6.1
8.43
16.50
15.80
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
1919
1913
1919
1913
1913
1913
73
75
69 |
79
72
68
67
66 !
71
54
49
55 I
64
87
87 j +
83 +
95 +
141 +
24 -
38.8
55.3
72 |
63
53
79
101
27
106
80
99
112
110
101 +
112
116 +
2.5
78
81
107
117
51 \
46
101 i 101
79
77
103
99
127
127
122
120
91 | 131
31 j
29
98 | 119
74 j
102 j 103
mj
112
97 !
Hogs and Pork.
101
91 I + 27. 8
20.9
39.4
11.8
0.0
4.9
i
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
3,067
3,737
1,067
Shipments, primary markets
thousands..
1,149
56
70
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands..
2,000
2,571
Slaughter
thousands..
99,440
Exports, pork products
thous. oflbs.. 90,132
Inspected slaughter production
thous. of lbs.. 508,909
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.. 405,764
Cold-storage holdings,
pork products
thous. of lbs.. 690,296 I 758,515
Prices:
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs.. 10.206
10.425
Pork, loins, fresh, Chicago..dolls, per 100 lbs..
23.60
23.80
3,328
18,649
1,045
6,499
39 j
271
2,270 i
12,122
141,041 • 715,431
521,521 I 2,466,710
420,270 ! 1,526,621
18,105
6,511
289
11,587
579,661
2,364,156
1,656,622
i - 2.9
|+ 0.2
! + 6.6
44
I-j - 19.0
'
! - 4.2
j | + 8.5
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
1913
1919
89
95
88
97
111
76
52
83
99
89
83
89
90
144
172
168 I
108
116
123
150
140
141 !
82 ; 100 j + 21.8
91
99
89 I
96 I +
75 I
93
152
118
7. 7
I + 25.0
79 ! 101 |+ 28.6
121 I + 10.3
1101
105 I
134 145 I
983,379
1919
105 I
67
74
8.195
22.30
1913
1919
118
182 j 150 : 114
124
122 i 125 j|+ 2.1
133
159 I 160 !!+ 0.8
108
76
Sheep and Mutton.
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands..
Slaughter
thousands..
Inspected slaughter production
thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage holdings,
lamb and mutton
thous. oflbs..
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
9
1,227 j
564 I
97 I
678 I
29,299 !
1,692
832
145
852
2,071 I 2,312
5.900
13.219
12.475
As of June 1.
1,916 !
926 !
123 !
1,015 I
41,282
15,877
4.125 I
11.790
8,651
3,598
468
5,092
169,162
7,618
3,616
737
3,995
131,224
I
+
+
I
11.9
0.5
57.5
21.5
22.4
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
74 I
85
58 !
77
18 j
94 !
79!
21 ;
1919
j!
94;
1913 11 132
As of July 1.
1913
i+ 37.9
75
69
25
81
71
54
47
17
64
56
189
25
27 + 11.6
%
88 ; 130 I
151 149
151 I; 182 j
187 170
+ 47.5
+ 49.5
+ 25.7
126 j - 15.6
160 - 6. t>
33
TREND OF BUSINESS
MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
(+)
THROUGH
or deLATEST MONTH.
I crease
| (-)
; cumu| lative
April,
1922
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Perj centage
I increase
1922
BASE
YEAR i|
OR
PERIOD.
1922
| or de! crease
i May
Apr. I M a y . ; Feb. i Mar.
Apr. May. • from
April.
1922
•
1921
Percentage increase
from
1921.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Fish.
Total catch
thous. of lbs..I 13,160
15,168
16,675
11,920
26,346
62,702 i
14,552 !
38,664 |
10,719
35,408
70,656
15,711
9,186
109,623
103,254 - 5.8
1919
68,893
18,809
2,587
60,208
19,567
2,101
193,577
69,048
8,392
237,097 | + 22.5
71,155 |!+ 3.1
9,276 ;+ 10.5
1919
1919
1919
85
87
210
131
120
177
13,125
24,096
8,043
21,682
28,453
6,843
1916-20
1916-20
1916-20
14
36
133
38
48
186
.360
.175
.316
.152
1919
1919
74
85
53
49
1,206
473,137
531,962
316,973
122,516
1,187
446,678
577,330
271,890
146,454
671
i 381,651
11 339,850
| 263,539
| 60,197
1913
1913
1919
1919
1909-13
8
219
107
258
. 040
. 052
.041
.053
.049
.063
1913
1913
1913
155
170
176
140
148
153
107
115
116
112
121
118
114
122
122
116 + 2.5
123 + 1.9
120 - 1.6
1919
1919
1919
193
114
191
144
75
215
154
61
64
261
157
124
218
158
155
168 J- 22.9
174 + 10.3
162 4- 4.6
1909-13
215
163
141
133
+ 21.5
75
109
108
74
108
104
106
76
55
86
75 - 0.8
61 + 10.3
£0 - 6.8
- 34.4
- 49.5
Cold-storage holdings, 15th of mo., .thous. of lbs.. j 17,485
Poultry.
Receipts at five markets f
Cold-storage holdings t
81,962 + 30.7
1919
1919
58
69
46 ! 43
124 i 107
61 ! 41
76
87 i'-f 15.3
28 j 27 ; - 4. 6
76
133
67
103
57
76
73 jj-f 30.0
58 - 23.9
28
35
34
22 i- 35.2
90
164
93
97
245
150 + 61.4
116 + 19.4
218 - 11.1
16
29
26
7
51
126
+242.7
65 + 27.0
218 + 73.0
;
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
11,196
50,840
76,812 |.+ 8.7
1919
1919
Dairy Products.
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Exports
thous. of lbs..
Receipts of 5 markets:
Butter
thous. of lbs..
Cheese
thous. of lbs..
Eggs
thous. ofcases..
Cold-storage holdings:
Creamery butter
thous. of lbs..
American cheese
thous. of lbs..
Caseeggs
thous. ofcases..
Wholesale prices at 5 markets:
Butter
dolls, per lb.
Cheese
dolls, per lb..
Sugar.
Receipts, Louisiana crop
long tons..
Imports, raw
long tons..
Meltings, raw
long tons..
Stocks, raw
long tons..
Exports, refined
long tons..
Prices:
Wholesale, 96 ° centrifugal, N. Y.. dolls, per lb..
Wholesale, refined, N. Y
dolls .per lb..
Retail, average 51 cities
index number.
Cuban jnovement:t
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons.
Exports
long tons.
Stocks
long tons.
24,234
42,694
15,757
2,911
3,830
18,980
4,648
.183
9,026
14,236 + 57.7
1,520,336 2,254,911 + 48.3
1,512,831 2,351,973 + 55.5
127,733
501,593 +292.7
720,509 555,852 474,426 3,016,014 2,843,998 - 5.7
512,430 565,350 244,109 2,451,680 1,910,627 - 22.1
997,291 1,043,420 1.383,036
28 I 13
40
40
(»)
61 - 0 . 8
56 - 4.4
64
7
4
6
18
254
166
255 326
178
104
128 165 164
285
276
172 287 332
2,039 2,045 3,673 4,149 4,959
- 1.6
-5.6
+ 8.5
- 14.2
19.5
Coffee.
Imports
Visible supply:
World
United States
Receipts, total, Brazil
Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world
Total, Brazil, for U. S
thous. of lbs.
100,455
122,093
123,191
thous. of bags,
thous. of bags,
thous. of bags.
8,944
1,039
821
8,872
1,146
765
8,720
2,037
994
4,821
4,572 -
5.2
1913
1913
1913
thous. of bags,
thous. of bags.
1,072
667
703
337
727
218
4,910
2,707
5,161 + 5.1
2,294 - 15.3
1913
1913
97
128
73
55
83
118
108
170
thous. of lbs.
5,593
5,634
4,383
20,439
29,840 + 46.0
1909-13
57
53
61
80
68
501
3,453
31,376
40,704
569
4,601
35,846
39,844
555
4,136
31,351
40,220
2,624
20,429
155,045
217,572
- 5.1
- 9.3
+ 10.9
- 21.2
1913
1913
1913
1909-13
87
293
84
138
319
85
128
71
241
84
280
103
105
79
266
85
130
27.50
27.50
28.75
1913
246
218
208
208
544,880 - 18.5
Tea.
Imports
+ . 0.7
TOBACCO.
Production (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large cigars
millions.
Small cigarettes
millions.
Manufactured tobacco and snuff .thous. of lbs.
Exports, unmanufactured leaf
thous. of lbs.
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs.
• Index number less than 1.
2,490
18,522
172,013
171,415
90
+ 13.6
355
+ 33.2
97
127
208
+ 14.2
-
2.1
0.0
34
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de1922
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . 9).
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
Mav,
1922
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
1922
Percentage
increase
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
I N D E X NUMBERS.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Percentage increase
1922
1921
or decrea.se
Apr
May
Feb. Mar. Apr. May.
Mav
from
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Cargo Traffic.
Panama Canal:
In American vessels
thous. of long
In British vessels
thous. of long
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
thous. of short
New York State canals
thous. of short
Mississippi River:
Receipts at St. Louis*
short
Shipments from St. Louis*
short
tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..
499
297
1,046
639
3,317
157
6,155
105
1915
1915
1915
1913
1913
203
169
223
10
; 228 208 252
157
; 120 151
! 195 206 236
j 62
,
! 28
274
162
257
6
33
42
-419 1
tons..
tons..
Vessels i n F o r e i g n T r a d e .
Entered in U. S. ports:
American
Foreign
Total
Cleared from U. S. ports:
American
Foreign
Total
thous. of net tons..
thous. of net tons..
thous. of net tons..
2,168
2,459
4,627
2,S70
2,601
5,471
2,463
2, £61
5,324
12,125
11,673
23,799
10,960 - 9 6 1
11,912 + 2 0
22,872 - 3 9
1913
1913
1913
212
73
107
1>1
>.O
107
185
75
104
244 4- 32.4
SO + 5.8
123 ;'+ 18.2
thous. of net tons..
thous. of net tons..
thous. of net tons..
2,389
2,495
4,884
2,621 j
2,554
5,175 ;
2,114
2,910
5,024
10,950
12,384
23,341
11)09S + 1 3
11,837 - 4 4
22,934 - 1 7
1913
1913
1913
203 ' 162 : 148 174
67
74
83
90
112 112 i 90 :: 10S
191
77
109
210 4- 9.7
79 4- 2.4
115 -f- 6.0
n B0
1920
1919
64
34
Ship Construction.
Vessels under construction.. thous. of gross tons..
New vessels completed
thous. of gross tons..
212 !
34
221
21
645 '.
109
696
153
210
88
120
i
1
56 '
31
156
70
93
12
11
17
2
18
10
19 4- 4.2
38.2
6
116
129
129
108
96
109
115
311
196
85 - 26.3
259 - 16.9
161 - 17.9
TRANSPORTATION-RAIL.
Freight Cars.
Surplus:
Box
Coal
Total
Shortage:
Box
Coal
Total
Bad-order cars, total
Car loadings:
Total
Grain and grain products
Live stock
Coal
Forest products
Ore
Merchandise and miscellaneous
Freight carried
mills, of
number.. 94,653
number.. 235,077
number.. 371,538
69,714 \ 155,040 !
195,439 j 165,102 \
305,198 ; 394,040 j
1919
1919
1919
217
303
255
189
218
20^
369
number..
number..
374
842
number..
number.. 327,704
1,094 |
263 j
50
423 '
339
1,714
340,822 341,337
1919
1919
1919
1913
(5)
3
1
205
1
1
1
226
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
87
86
82
74
84
15
95
95
9S
81
89
87
63
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
7 1913
172
158
170
207
49
186
118
cars.. 727,488 782,670
cars.. 32,874
42,186
cars.. 27,114
29,550
cars.. 72,528
82,494
cars.. 56,052
60,714
cars..
9,654
18,3S4
cars.. 521,106 540,546
ton-miles..
Railroad Operations.
Revenue
Freight
thous. of dolls.. 288,849
Passengers
thous. of dolls.. 83,461
Total, operating
thous. of dolls.. 416,869
Operating expense
thous. of dolls.. 336,178
Net operating income
thous. of dolls.. 50,272
Receipts per ton-mile
index number..
2,461
Pullman passengers carried
thousands..
LABOR.
Number employed:
United States (1,428
firms)
thousands..
New York State
thousands..
Wisconsin
index number..
6
Index n u m b e r less than 1.
1,617
478
75^,438 3,521,960
38,214
185,870
139,826
26,652
744,447
157,122
246,256
49, 463
53,830
23,684
455,605 2,112,510
3,840,741
217,903
136,437
644,984
268,584
41,849
2,464,775
9.1
4- 17.2
- 2.4
- 13.4
4- 9.1
' - 22.3
4- 16.7
304,774 1,234,700 j 1,213,703 - 1.7
j 90,649
381,628
321,297 - 1 5 . 8
. . 4 3 3 , 3 9 8 1,769,331 1,687,907 - 4.6
375,697 •' 1,602,650 1,358,876 - 15.2
; 29,857
57,025
211,030 4-270.1
1,669
482
7
1,574
461
Average for fiscal year ending June 30.
1921
1914
U915
2
222
96
131
88
108
88
11
92
1
2
2
9
2
3
212 j 217
6
10
7
226
4-196.5
+ 13.1
4-103.6
4- 4.0
103
106
55
74
93
14
105
108
90
47
107
49
114
4- 7.6
4- 28. 3
4- 9.0
4- 13.7
+ 8.3
+ 90.4
4- 3.7
91
84
82
41
99
26
110
177 • 166 i 200 163
' 163 ! 128
140
145
\ 174
157
163
186
179
209
185
199
, 62
80
84
139
160
174
167
! 123
102
114
119
101 101
99 1 96
92
i 93
11
2;
2
100
103 ; 104 : 107 4- 3.:
100
101 100 101 4- O.i
97 i 100 102 i 105 4- 2,!
First quarter of year.
35
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10), For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
April,
1922
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage!
increase
1922
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
Percentage increase
1922
1921
(+)
YEAR |i
OR
!|
PERIOD. I',"
1922
from
1921.
or decrease
(-)
May
from
April.
Apr. May. |! Feb. I Mar. Apr.
LAB OR—Cont inued.
Total pay roll:
11,929
New York State
thous. of dolls.. 11,546 ; 11,857
Wisconsin
index number..
Av. weekly earnings, Wisconsin, .index number..
Unemployment, Pennsylvania
number.. 215,410 167,405 232,520
36,880
Immigration
number.. 29,166
82,648
23,147 ; 30,029
Emigration
number.. 24,962
62,847
58,197
1914
200
206
197
63
31
45
114 j 117
115
117
120
118
2.6
2.6
129
137
171
194
113
156
124
175
116
143
132
138
175
216
119
160
122
176
116
148
2.3
0.7
2.3
11.3
5.3
2.6
1.6
0.6
0.0
3.5
118
207
176
153
128
153
143
115
206
181
154
128
151
116
203
192
159
132
154
110
142
146
140
126
142
111
144
147
137
125
139
115
144
149
139
127
139
119 |4- 3.5
155 j|+ 7.6
158 !|4- 6.0
140 ||+ 0.7
129 \ + 1. 6
139
0.0
|
142
139
165
154
174
174
155
139
165
155
174
174
155
139 | 0.0
165 !| 0.0
211
198
243
196
185
222
194 1.0
182 1.6
193 - 13.3
1913
1913
1913
104
112
109 112
109 [ 108
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
117
144
176
205
138
167
135
216
130
148
118
139
173
200
138
165
134
209
126
145
131
135
174
191
110
156
123
177
117
141
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
126
106
205
189
149
143
159
131
104
205
188
149
140
153
139
116
207
176
153
127
153
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
109
125
146
138
117
152
105
129
145
137
115
145
Jy., 1914
Jy., 1914
Jy.,1914
Jy.,1914
Jy.,1914
Jy.,1914
156
171
169
179
185
168
152
171
168
178
185
166
12 1921
121,125 - 67.3
86,386 !- 41.6
194
193
190
82
25
49
201 :
192
209 !
88
69
59 !|
11 1915
370,442
147,974
195
185
191
117
15
28 ;
208
201
216
91
60
64
" 1915
1913
200
187
188
106
12
16 ;
! +
i +
! +
! j +
:-
2.7
6. 7
3. 7
22. 3
26. 4
7.3
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
Farm prices:
Crops
index number..
Live stock
index number..
Wholesale prices:
Department of LaborFarm products*
index number..
Food, etc*
index number..
Cloths and clothing*
index number..
Fuel and lighting*
.index number..
Metalsandmetalproducts.index number..
Building material*
index number..
Chemicals and drugs*
index number..
House-furnishing goods*.-index number..
Miscellaneous*
index number..
All commodities*
index number..
Fed. Reserve Board (Dept. Labor prices)—
Agricultural products
index number..
Animal products
index number..
Forest products
index number..
Mineral products
index number..
Total raw products
index number..
Producer's goods
index number..
Consumer's goods
index number..
Federal Reserve Board I n d e x Goods imported
index number..
Goods exported
index number..
All commodities
index number..
Dun's
index number..
Bradstreet's
index number..
Ketail prices, food
index number..
Cost of living;
National Industrial Conference BoardFood
index number..
Shelter
index number..
Clothing
index number..
Fuel and light
index number..
Sundries
index number..
All items weighted
index number..
Foreign wholesale prices:
United Kingdom
index number..
France
index number..
Italy
index number..
Germany
index number..
Canada
index number..
Australia
index number..
India
index number..
Japan
index number..
169
156
177
177
158
182 i 158
183
1913
329
306
347
1913
547
562
584
1913
Jy.,1914 1,483 1,438 4,888
183 ' 169
187
1913
166
147
171
Jy., 1914
184
179
183
Jy.,1914
191
204
190
1913
130
137 I
172
191 |
109 i
155 :
125 j
175 j
117 |
142 j
141
151 114|i4' i +
! +
5.6
0.9
1.5
6.1
3.2
3.1
2.0
I
156 114- 0.6
174 jj 0.0
174 ! 0.0
155 | 0.0
I
160
159
162 | j 4- 1.9
314
307
317 j| + 1.0
533
527
524 jj- 0.6
5,899 6,573 i,809 ||+ 3.6
167 ||+ 0.6
166
166
146
148
ji
182
182
187 ||4- 2.7
194 l i - 1.5
201
197
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
Mail-order houses, total sales
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
22,071
14,713
7,358
First quarter of year.
21,855
14,478
6,377
18,060
12,239
5,321
109,186
78,321
30,364
105,738 - 3.2
71,593
33,145 + 9.2
1913
1913
1913
203
206
195
160
154
176
161
156
175
« Nine months' average, April to December, inclusive.
36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed tables were i April,
given in the June number (No. 10). For de- ! 19'22
tailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
INDEX NUMBERS.
Per! centage
j increase
!
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Corre- j
THROUGH
I. or deSpondLATEST MONTH.
crease
May,
1922
ing I
! month ',
April
or
May,
1921.
,
1921
1922
BASE
!
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
cumulative
! 1922
from
, 1921.
Percentage increase
1922
1921
Apr. May.
(+)
or decrease
(-)
May
Feb.Mar. Apr. M a y . from
April.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Continued.
Chain stores, total sales c
thous. of dolls..
F. W. Woolworth Co
thous. of dolls..
S. S. KresgeCo
thous. of dolls..
McCrory Stores Corp
thous. of dolls..
S. H. Kress & Co
thous. of dolls..
J. C. Penney Co
thous. of dolls..
United Cigar Stores Co
thous. of dolls..
Owl Drug Co
thous. of dolls..
American Wholesale Corporation,
total sales
thous. of dolls..
Magazine advertising
thous. of lines..
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines..
Postal receipts
thous. of dolls..
22,429
13,439
5,208
1,386
2,396
3,943
6,012
825
21,540 j | 18,572
12,884 !| 11,203
4,903 |i 4,232
1,001
1,242
2,110
2,511
3,806
4,067
6,309
6,226
810
848
2,107 j
1,750 ;
1,830 I
1,644 I 1,574
2,057
97,160 i 97,086 j 96,516
22,098 I 22,317 |
19,504
22,954
23,710
86,926
51,471
19,949
5,137
10,368
16,755
30,898
4,180
96,115
57,7-5
21,953
5,869
10,508
15,723
27,943
4,097
13,241
9,664
438,066
101,948
11,022
9,201
448,595
109,894
281
233 233
247
270
244
199 203
215
233
471
398 353
406
444
308
239 228
270
276
267
241
238
2S0
244
L,696 1,732 1,0891,433 1,792 1,849
263
256
194244 I 244 253
258
249
236265 i 254 261
+ 10.6
+ 12.3
+ 10.0
+ 14.2
+ 1.4
-6.2
- 10.6
- 2.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
- 16.8
- 4.8
+ 2.4
|+ 7.8
.1913
1913
1919
1919
165
140
107
112
151
129
106
106
132
124
90
111
163
140
111
132
1919
94
94
92
91
| 97 96
:| 152 96
' 491 371
ii 868
92
127
291
320
152
913
573
I
|
j
j
154
150
116 ;
120
128
134
116
121
- 4.0
- 4.1
-5.9
- 10.4
+ 4.8
+ 3.1
+ 3.5
+ 2.8
+
16.9
10.2
0.1
1.0
PUBLIC FINANCE.
U. S. interest-bearing debt
mills, of dolls.
Liberty and Victory Loans and
War Saving securities
mills, of dolls.
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls.
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls.
Ordinary disbursements
thous. of dolls.
Money held outside U. S. Treasury
and Federal Reserve System:
Total
mills, of dolls.
Per capita
dollars.
23,139
19,995
18,405 18,361
25,485
142,184
33,804 | 35,578
170,573 + 20.0
197,920 ! 206,376 223,706 1,907,397 i1,321,706 - 30.7
242,561 ; 237,961 ; 368,451 2,138,299 j 1,219,930 - 42.9
1919
1913
1913
1913
4,449 i 4,418
40.69 I 40.36
5,020
46.57
20,717 | 21,654
16,482
16,167
17,297
15,348
86,162 |
81,223 j
98,356 i + 14.2
81,388 + 0.2
1919
18,759
11,681
19,215
12,501
15,847
11,520
81,167 |
59,926 j
89,330 ! + 10.1
58,182 - 2.9
1913
5S3
2,158
3,125
1,833
78.3
556
2,141
3,130
1,870
78.0
103
102
1919
1919
91
92 + 0.8
89
127 134
328 ! 342
426 j 418
+
+
—
0.2
5.2
4.3
1.9
102
101
90
91
90 - 0.7
88 - 0.8
85
81
84
100 102
99 ! 94
106 + 4.5
92 !- 1.9
201
188
195
166
237 ! 238 244
200 191 204
2.4
7.0
97
104
117
88 I
116 !
37
84
141
94
156
53
30 ;
83 | 82
142 j 143
95
156 156
29
82
143
97
155
-4.6
- 0.8
+ 0.2
+ 2.Q
-0.6
BANKING AND FINANCE.
Banking.
Debits to individual accounts:
New York City
mills, of dolls.
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls.
Bank clearings:
New York City
mills, of dolls.
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls.
Federal Reserve Banks:
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.
Federal Reserve member banks:
Total loans, rediscounts, and
investments
mills, of dolls.
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls.
Interest rates:
New York call loans
per cent.
Commercial paper, 60-90 days
per cent.
Savings deposits (balance to credit of depositors):
Philadelphia Federal Reserve
district
thous. of dolls.
Chicago Federal Reserve
district
thous. of dolls.
San Francisco Federal
Reserve district*
thous. of dolls.
U. S. Postal Savings
thous. of dolls.
1919
1913
197
181
1,870
2,735
2,558
1,706
58.1
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
107
108
114
89
109
14,711
15,029
10,67& • 11,049
15,346
10,153
1919
1919
103 I
96
3.97
4.25
6.81
6.94
1913
1913
i
203 214
131 120
415,886
1920
i
107 107
750,133
1920
j
103 103 ! 101
1919
1913
! 123
398
1913
1913
1913
1913
j 246 227 i 193 i 226 ; 218 228 + 5.0
164 + 9.1
133 172
150 | 180 151
(13)
+ 52.5
152 181
157
187 i 161 j 175 + 8.2
4.35
4.58
427,104 423,582
735,153
737,848
I
742,928 747,296 j 714,574
143,000 i 140,750 I 155,395
I
|
|
|
I
96 97
99 + 2.2
97 j 101 104 + 3.5
101
155 j 137 I 137 ; 125 !;- 8.8
84 i 83 ! 79 ! 74 !- 6.3
109
128
123
391 ; 365
110 110
101
109 - 0.8
101 i 101 + 0.4
128 128 : 129 + 0.6
364 360 354 - 1.6
Life Insurance.
Policies, new:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total insurance
thous.
thous.
number
thous.
of policies.
of policies.
of policies.
of policies.
161
572
40
733
624
61
793
168
652
44
820
832
2,751
218
3,582
«Includes Woolworth, Kresge, McCrory, and Kress only.
767
2,987
231
3,753
+
+
+
7.8
8.6
6.0
4.8
18
Index numbers not computed.
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
N O T E . — I t e m s m a r k e d w i t h an asterisk (*) h a v e
not been published previously in t h e S U R V E Y or
are repeated for special reasons; detailed tables
covering back figures for these items will b e
found a t t h e e n d of t h i s bulletin. For i t e m s
m a r k e d w i t h a dagger (f) detailed tables were
given in t h e J u n e n u m b e r (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see t h e last
quarterly issue of t h e SURVEY ( N O . 9),
BANKING AND
April,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
Mav,
1922
May,
1921.
CUMULATIVE iuiAL,
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
1922
I
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
(+)
1922
1921
BASE
or de- !
crease j YEAR
'•
OR
(—)
cumu- i | PERIOD.
lative
j 1922
from
1921.
Percentage increase
or deCFG£IS6
Apr.
May.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
(--)
May
from
April.
FINANCE—Continued.
Life Insurance—Continued.
Amount of new insurance:
Ordinary
thous. of dolls.. 409,361
Industrial
thous. of dolls.. 123,208
Group
thous. of dolls.. 24,379
Total insurance
thous. of dolls.. 555,948
i
429,236
395,445
1,902,029
1,924,535
125,084
125,232
524,692
595,804
1.2
1913
311
300
274
318
310
326
4-
4- 13.6
1913
184
241 j
214
256
237
241
4- 97.3 i
4- 5.2 i
1913
464
555
513 1,053 1,687
689
4- 1.5
- 59.1
1913
277
285
259
300
305
4-
4-
9,962
8,023
35,611
70,263
564,282
528,699
2,462,331
2,590,603
2,167
1,960
1,356
7,715
11,644
+ 50. 9 i
1913
111
101
174
184
162
147
—
73,059
44,403
57,066
276,032
335,474
+ 21.5 j
1913
170
251
320
322
286,951
292,168
1,686,346
1,682,498
-
1913
161
197
189
195
194
-
242,451
315
232
307
5.1
1.5
Business Finances.
Business failures:
Firms
number..
Liabilities
thous. of dolls..
Dividend and interest payments d. thous. of dolls..
New capital issues:
Corporations
thous. of dolls..
States and municipalitiesPermanent loans
thous. of dolls..
Temporary loans
thous. of dolls..
New incorporations
thous. of dolls..
Telephone earnings:
Total operating revenue
thous. of dolls..
Total operating income
thous. of dolls..
Telegraph earnings:
Commercial telegraph tolls
thous. of dolls..
Telegraph and cable operating
revenue
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Credit conditions:
Orders
per ct. of total transactions..
Indebtedness.... per ct. of total transactions..
Payments
per ct. of total transactions..
1
0.2
164
9.6
39.2
4- 18.4
|
445,196
400,700
177,638
1,263,138
146,860
123,007
76,961
387,530
4,940
14,720
70,007
402,045
792,372
938,195
001,044
4,441,475
+ 22.1 ;
1913
285
130 ! 148
207
325
292
-
10.0
558,796
1913
276
225 ; 256
366
-
16,2
1913
310
173
120
162
431
12
361
146,276
4-198.0
1913
573
349 |
343
425
460
37
545
1913
1,542,031
+ 44.2 |
— 63. 6
3,897,490 - 12.2
36,398
139,648
153,632
300
305
29,635
34,564
1913
277
232
282
8,599
4- 10.0 i
4- 16.6 !
.278
9,272
223
218
244
250
7,766
7,823
31,953
30,284
— 5.2 i
1919
103
107
91
107
102
9,808
10,163
40,872
38,628
-
5.5
1919
j 101
102;
88
102
97
1,275
1,228
4,040
4,843
+ 19.9
1919
75
76
54
100
78
40,058
i
|
j
4- 18.4
24.8
24.1
22.7
1916
84
87
—
3.3
38.3
1916
93
93
102
90
44.8
82
99
97
41.9
98
108
115
4-
6.5
46.4
49.6 !
55.0
1916
99
100
87
90
84
90
4-
7-1
148 ' 149
65 ; 68
154
162
166
4-
2.2
70
74
75
4-
1.6
254
234
328
440
418
-
5.1
Stocks and Bonds.
Stock prices, closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls per share
94.44
96.53
86.32
1913
147
25 railroads, average
dolls, per s h a r e . .
61. 59
62.57
54.19
1913
62
Stock sales (N. Y. Stock Exch.) .thous. of shares.. 30,468
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.. 264,341
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls.. 182,582
Total
thous. of dolls.. 440,923
Bond prices:
84.60
Highest-grade rails
per ct. of par..
72.20
Second- grade rails
per ct. of par..
Public utility
per ct. of par..
66.58
Industrial
per ct. of par..
73.59
Combined price index
per ct. of par..
73.09
4.15
Municipal bond yield
DOT cent
28,911
17,601
74,904
113,692
+ 51.8
1913
j 221
229,460
113,177
128,023
241,200
475,897
729,805
1,205,702
1,110,237
858,782
4-133.3 :
1919
1919
•
129
57
159
54
263
52
333
76
371
77
322
61
— 13.2
- 20.6
1919
1
74
78
100
136
145
122
— 16.2
0.0
|
144,967
374,427
1,969,019
4- 17.7 i
4- 63.3 :
i
84.80 |
72.25
1915
81
80
92
93
94
94
72.83
59.84
1915
78
79
93
96
96
C8. 05 '
74.42
52 SS
1915
72
72
91
84
4-
1915
80
80
102
90
104
93
56.16
88
102
106
4-
1.9
74. 72 |
59.40
1915
!
77
77
92
94
96
4-
1.0
4.18 i
5.18
1913
'
115
116
99
98
93
97
94
1+ 1.1
48
48
55
j+ 14.0
4- 23.3
Gold a n d Silver.
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint
fine ounces..
Rand output
thous of 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 perfineoz
Price at London
pence per standard oz..
d All figures are for m o n t h s following
0.0
3.3
i
j
71,708
81,839
67,052
342,116
366,763
511
630
688
3,250
1,781
12,244
8,994
58,117
308,391
109,998
1,579
3,407
1,063
5,918
8,567
4- 7.2 1
1913
— 45.2
1913
93
94
45
11
31
70
86
-
1913
1,538
1,097
541
631
231
169
1913
5
14
23
13
21
44
4-120.8
64.3 I
4- 44.8
4,139
4r2oS
4,277
25,163
20,399
-
!
1913
4.S0O
5,512
6,950
23,823
28,534
1913
5,109
5,077
2,3-53
19,619
27,162
4- 19.8 |
4- 38.4 |
.660
.712
.598
34.080
36.073
34.105
month stated.
18.9
48
45^
-
26.5
so
77
70
75
74
76
|+ 2.9
110
233
160
233
161
184
4- 14.8
44
45
136
101
98
109
1913
99
100
109
108
111
4- 11.1
119 J4- 6.9
1913
124
124
123
121
124
131
1913
;
;
4-
5.8
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*) have
not leen published previously in the SURVEY or
are repeated for special reasons; detailed talles
covering back figures for these items will t e
found at the end of this bulletin. For items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed talles were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed taT les covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
April,
1922
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
Percentage increase
(+)
or decrease
(+)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
1921
May
Apr. May. Feb. Mar. Apr. ! Vay. from
April.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BATES.
Europe:
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
Asia:
Japan
India
Americas:
Canada
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
dolls, per £ sterling.
dolls, per franc.
dolls, per lire.
dolls, per franc.
dolls, per mark.
dolls, per guilder.
dolls, per krone.
dolls, per franc.
4.41
.092
.054
.085
.003
.379
.260
.194
4.45
.091
.053
.084
.003
.387
.258
.192
3.98
.084
.053
.084
.016
.356
.235
.179
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
.dolls, per yen.
dolls, per rupee.
.474
.278
.474
.288
.485
.265
dolls, per Can. doll.
dolls, per gold peso.
dolls, per milreis.
dolls, per paper peso.
.978
.807
.136
.113
.824
.137
.119
.897
.718
.137
.119
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
65,669
10,742
8,497
3,598
22,124
73,949
11,591
8,520
5,584
25,439
60,804
11,823
6,456
7,131
19,374
321,167
59,204
30,082
23,243
108,959
365,058
57,668
42,774
22,453
128,229
13.7
2.6
42.2
3.4
17.7
1913
1913
1013
1913
1913
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
63,320
21,296
71,721
28,249
69,603
26,143
394,361
155,749
322,463 - 18.2
120,833 - 22.4
1913
1913
264
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
22,889
4,440
33,029
6,079
23,358
4,854
143,837
29,658
127,580 - 11.3
26,668 - 10.1
1913
1913
185
251
58,725 69,831
18,990 29,693
4,287
6,470
217,025 252,817
48,871
22,760
2,275
204,911
256,401
77,725
19,018
1,134,786
312,002 4- 21.7
118,387
52.3
31,903 4- 67.8
1,158,958 + 2.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
232
287
208
170
186
276
115
137
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
182,474
22,076
31,048
11,028
72,072
168,721
20,117
26,105
9,473
74,455
176,799
9,863
20,485
22,527
80,287
1,115,229
99,299
157,770
108,440
446,933
27.4
4.3
12.2
61.3
24.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
140
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
71,373
43,412
71,087
44,287
89,647
50,483
549,948
247,191
333,885 - 39.3
200,082 - 19.1
1913
1913
188
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
18,418
8,411
18,158
8,064
18,036
7,690
167,609
67,870
81,736 - 51.2
35,895 - 47.1
1913
1913
170
General index of foreign exchange.index number.
82 :
43
27
43
7
0.9
1.1
1.9
1.2
0.0
2.1
0.8
1.0
91 I
48 !
28 j
44|
1
94 !
97 |
91
47
27
44
1
96
96
95
57
95
57
0.0
95
59 + 3.6
9G
86
41
53
58
97
86
42
58
56
84
42
58
53
84 | 99
102 i 101
i
58
42
69
155
117
85
119
112
63
119
147
91
93
55
78
214 I 178
221 ! 170
225
219
195
180
152
144
222
139
200 + 44.3
285 + 36.9
209
272
318
144
239
235
523
171
223
230
327
145
18.9
265
360 + 56.4
217 - 33.7
141
77
70
344
163
103
125
75
86
108
144
149
122
100
148
146
172
106
168
146
135
179
150
119
105
147
132
142
129
148
168
115
136
141
152
151
184
234
236
193
159
252
361
180
120
312
439
218
156
242
270
164
154
90
45
25
43
2
94
97
101
90
47
26
44
2
94
98
101
Par. val.
Par. val.
95
58
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
'
|
!
i
99
85
42
61 +
53
1.0
2.1
0.7
5.3
0.0
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE*
Imports by Grand Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa, total
Grand total
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
of dolls.
of dolls.
of dolls.
of dolls.
+
+
+
96
100
43
117
115
276
228j 291
|
103
12.6
100
7.9
56 + 0.3
121 + 55.-2
112 + 15.0
+ 13.3
239 + 32.6
+ 16.5
Exports by Grand Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa, total
Grand total
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. ot dolls.
41,875
43,189
14,041
16,051
3,959
6,534
318,100 307,689
40,586
319,485
12,297
85,730
4,642
45,208
329,710 2,197,479
809,211
95,057
138,533
41,962
337,563
237,529
99,717
23,338
1,478,887
-
+
-
25.7
16.3
48.4
32.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
106
65
208
171
146
160
256
233
240
164
89
- 7.5
- 8.9
- 15.9
144
- 14.1
151
+
3.3
142
-
0.4
132
+
2.0
-
4.1
157
149
176
1.4
+ 3.1
+ 14.3
271 + 65.0
149 '- 3.3
249
308
39
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
N U M E R I C A L DATA.
N O T E . - I t e m s marked with a n asterisk (*) have
not been published previously in t h e SURVEY or
are repeated for special reasons; detailed t a l l e s
covering I ack figures for these items will t e
found at the end of this lulletin. For items
marked with a dagger (f) detailed talles wrere
given in the June numler (No. 10). For detailed talles covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of t h e SURVEY ( N O . 9).
April,
1922
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
1921.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
CUMULATIVE TOTAT
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
increase
or decrease
BASE
YEAR
Percentage increase
1922
1921
or decrease
OR
cumulative
1922
from
1921.
PERIOD.
Apr. May. Feb.
Mar. Apr. May.
1921
1922
484,071
403,117
- 16.7
1913
250,798
113,506
118,497
194,662
113,642
+ 22.4
-f
0.1
93,764
-
20.9
1913
1913
1913
-
9.4
4.6
62.1
1913
1913
1913
50
-
15.6
1913
153
+ 10.2
+ 5.0
+ 14.4
1913
1913
1913
1913
93
191
72
79
147
64
87
75
1920
50
46
39
10
39
34
1913
7
2
35
46
46
1913
1913
1920
11
24
77
1
86
84
65
81
37
102
28
63
74
27
1913
84
79
85
85
85
+ 1.5
+ 7.2
+ 17.4
1913
1913
1915
254
258
215
223
277
-
30.9
1913
363
168
330
263
255
276
235
275
305
244
338
290
239
234
+ 2.1
- 21.8
+ 6.7
+ 3.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
237
252
302
370
288
217
268
311
323
220
289
359
328
187
295
370
-
12.0
11.1
1919
1919
83
93
71
80
65
73
77
96
+ 6.7
+ 17.2
~ 24.8
+ 99.2
1913
1913
64
73
84
102
40
68
66
7
55
72
May
from
April.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
United K i n g d o m .
Imports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous of £ sterling
Manufactured articles
Exports (values):
Total
21,404
thous. of £ sterling..
18,961
t h o u s . of £ sterling..
55,507
3,011
Food, drink, and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw matrial
.
thous of £ sterling
Manufactured articles
Reexports (values):
thous. of £ sterling..
Total
80,661
40,097
thous. of £ sterling
Food, drink, and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous of £ sterling
Manufactured articles
t h o u s . of £ sterling..
E x p o r t s of key commodities (quantities):
7,376
44,336
9,200
2,323
4,704
2,168
88,814
43,075
25,358
20,207
86,308
50,094
16,711
19,282
58,045
3,045
8,757
43,088
2,101
1,437
330,743
15,654
299,616
14,941
23,754
45,073
38,662
285,573
3«,499
240,993
8,965
2,152
7,232
42,603
11,064
20,626
10,852
46,952
1,059,223
51,466
819
6,018
1,540,476
73,452
+ 45.4
+ 42.7
1,305
22,390
+ 59.3
+272.1
1,566
1,780
2,158
+ 13.7
+ 52.7
101,914
+ 91 0
4,548
2,264
1,958
3,418
1,850
Cotton piece goods
thous. of sq. y d s . . 302,598
Woolen and worsted tissues.thous. of sq. yds.. 14,002
258
Iron and steel.. .
thous of long tons
4,097
Coal
thous of long tons
Production:
394
Pig iron
thous of long tons
404
Steel ingots
thous of long tons
341,959
16,585
273
5,057
145,769
7,566
102
408
462
14
6
thous of metric tons
short tons
18,049
6,795
21,366
5,9:3
60
21,280
per cent employed
83.0
Coal
Stocks zinc
Employment:
Trade-unions
14
1,413
53,347
11,615
23,605
11,720
-
8.0
1920
1913
1913
11
140
219
70
126
137
137
137
187
126
166
139
178
94
126
91
118
108
125
+ 7.4
+ 18.5
+ 6.6
148
127
120
145
151
111
127
133
112
+
+
129
150
131
+ 18.7
+ 1-7
111
111
171
204
94
101
175
98
162
-2.6
7.4
99
88
88
85
92
+
82
82
68
71
63
62
67
92
75
66
83
+ 13.0
+ 18.4
48
72
+ 3.6
88
23
+ 18.4
256
334
242
+ 3.2
+
1.4
225
-
4.0
342
194
297
392
332
189
321
356
+
+
3.2
2.9
8.0
-
9.3
71
79
82
92
+ 15.9
+ 16.9
64
75
75 . 82
22
7
80
131
77
2
+ 24.4
+ 73.1
5.4
- 70.0
126
+ 4.0
+ 4.4
+ 16.5
135
207
71
108
120
103
98
77
25
133
101
118
113
140
25
24
133
86
100
105
68
54
54
66
85
+ 10.1
4.6
1-1
3.3
4.4
+ 5.4
+ 23.5
+ 14.4
-
11.9
France.
Imports (values):
Total, all commodities
Foodstuffs
Raw material
Manufactured articles
.
E x p o r t s (values):
Total, all commodities
Foodstuffs
Raw materials
Manufactured articles
mills, of francs..
1,744
438
9S3
323
1,800
504
997
310
1,566
mills, of francs
mill, of francs...
mills of francs
419
691
456
8,684
1,998
4,268
2,418
8,811
2,141
mills, of francs..
mills, of francs..
mills, of francs..
mills of francs
1,963
136
461
1,365
1,900
132
498
1,238
1,649
152
415
1,082
9,049
863
2,176
6,020
9,232
194,080
108,424
168,115
93,819
962,357
546,635
847,024
485,898
2,466
7,171
4,578
2,245
4,593
8,565
19,432
9,943
22,774
6,033
42
5
28,306
492
21,287
980
5,010
1,671
675
2,322
6,202
248
+ 15.1
The Netherlands.
Total trade (values):
167,452
Imports... .
.
t h o u s . of guilders
Exports
thous. of guilders.. 92,730
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
1,982
Butter
metric tons..
4,143
Cheese
metric tons..
4,837
Margarine
.
. . metric tons..
140
Flower bulbs
metric tons..
1913
75
119
1913
2
Germany.
Total trade (values):
Imports
thous. of dolls..
97,712
1913
42
Exports
Production:
Coal
T jprrijfp
thous. of dolls..
79,380
1913
37
27
35
38
38
46
40
75
143
55
129
72
139
85
169
71
146
1920
62
62
127
121
1913
90
84
92
103
91
1913
46
37
44
57
54
31
41
57
52
55
1913
47
55
thous of metric tons
thons of metric tons
11,289
10,634
11,906
10,374
47,384
4,806
1,712
31,043
40,360
48,329
43,964
+
+
2.0
8.9
1913
1913
Belgium.
Production:
Zinc
Coal
short tons..
thous of metric tons
9,359
Pig ironf
thous. of metric tons..
1 726
114
Steel ingotst
thous. of metric tons..
97
i Nine months' average, April to December, inclusive.
9,733
7,331
46,593 + 50.1 |
0.1
7,326 -
119
96
495
537
113
no
493
480
+ ,8.-5
2.6
no
40
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMEHICAL DATA.
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 items
marked with a dagger (t) detailed tables were
given in the June number (No. 10). For detailed tables covering other items, see the last
quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. 9).
April,
1922
May,
1922
Corresponding
month
April
or
May,
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1921
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
Percentage increase
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
from
1921.
1922
192*1.
1921
1922
or decrease
Apr.
May. Feb.
Mar. Apr. May.
May
from
April
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES—Continued.
Canada.
Total trade:
Imports
thous. of dolls..
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
thous. of pounds..
Paper, printing
thous. of pounds..
Cheese
thous. of pounds..
Wheat
thous. of bushs..
Production:
Pig iron
thous. of long tons..
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons..
Bank clearings
mills, of dolls..
Bond issues:
Government and provincial...thous. of dolls..
Municipal
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls..
Corporation
thous. of dolls..
Employment:
Trade-union employment.per cent employed.
Applications
number.
Vacancies
number.
PlacementsRegular
number.
Casual
number.
Business failures:
Firms
number.
Liabilities
thous. of dolls.
Building contracts awarded*
thous. of dolls.
47,861
32,652
66,121
68,502
370,637
299,089
70,459
60,734
322,527
258,060
1,089
775
122,905
151,566
88,356
1,080
3,156
5,178
1,740
14,207
8,112
7,225
555,184
18,485
41,208
33
23
56
22
17
52
1,165
1,442
1,466
118,000
6,234
21,980
17,925
11,878
18,112
16,765
4,700
135,925
6,475
26,680
1,000
254
231
6,867
63,570
28,989
92,559
26,550
- 19.3
- 25.0
1913
117
1913
140
7,134
1.3
+ 33.6
13,997 - 24.3
33,694 - 18.2
1913
58
741,722
1913
388
- 35.4
- 37.7
8.0
1913
46
1913
31
1913
183
147,854
1913
290
45,472
1913
33
164
144
6,319
+ 132.6
+ 56.9
93,326 + 0.8
43,603 + 64.2
1913
2
1913
59
1913
114
1913
170
122
193
97
150
142
194
86
104
118 + 38.2
224 + 115.8
44
361
40
97
72
578
36
67
106
778
27
72
56
502
62
620
24
170
67
60
189
40
48
143
50
34
167
497
49
190
16
110
123
107
51 (2,668
29 i 186
36 966
158
105
21
25
150
+ 11.1
+ 23.3
+ 192.2
+716.5
27 - 30.3
20 - 22.7
186 + 23.8
(13)
141
123 - 33.7
129 - 86.7
272 +158.9
83.0
39,432 !
36,452 !
1919
87
1920
108
102
89
90
56
94
101
76
87
95
91
21,778 !
4,391 I
1920
85
1920
100
75
117
35
137
54
139
71
112
95
249
84
207
664
33
139
320
42
126
340
92
175 + 38.5
423 + 24.4
109 + 18.3
112
43
38
82
223
48
86
321
28
50
80
219
22
35
68
+
[29 109 +
329
137
824
272
57
302
186
46
385
385
247 - 35.7
247
200
323
192
338
218
311
246
8.0
286 295 + 19.9
1920
192 i
266
4,724
5,877
.29,428 ! 34,827
145
3,459
26,860
804
18,418
85,328
+ 63.4
+ 64.7
96,831 + 13.5
39,362
26,375
11,944
18,874
84,977
1,314
1913
91
30,334
1913
177
1913
68
1913
157
1913
11
Argentina.
Grain shipments:
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Flaxseed
Visible supply:
Wheat
Corn
Flaxseed
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
of
of
of
of
bushs.
bushs.
bushs.
bushs.
18,852 ! 11,782
3,398 | 8,491
1,789 j 1,461
2,271
3,627
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.
9,655
6,782
1,969
2,720
29,765
12,416
13,759
+ 115.9
+ 12.9
5.0
- 27.1
37.5
149.9
18.3
59.7
1913
49
1913
153
1913
255
1913
17
1914
549
+ 44.9
+ 26.0
1913
229
1913
219
- 17.8
+ 35.0
1913
193
155
95
141
108
160
135
133
116
142 + 6.8
133 + 14.4
160
173
139
198
133
203
155
166
140 177 +
1,800
6,000
173,788
155,474
149,883
105,370
650,774
942,986
466,766
588,324
178,400 190,600
238,600 273,000
207,853
194,258
1,277,055
1,049,301
918,894
1,240,410
9,310
11,580
10,661
11.354
66,011
46,290
-
29.1
1913
176
57,914
58,360
+ 0.!
1913
183
Japan.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
thous. of yen.. 188,891
thous. of yen.. 129,679
British India.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
thous. of rupees.
thous. of rupees.
1913
Australia.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
13
Very large decrease.
thous. of £ sterling.
thous. of £ sterling.
10,280
10,900
9.4
6.2
41
PRICES.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX NUMBERS (Revised).*
(Compiled by U. S. Department of Labor.)
YEAR AND
MONTH.
Farm
products.
Food,
etc.
1913 m o . av..
100
100
1914 m o . av..
103
102
1915 mo. av..
104
105
1916 m o . av..
123
121
1917 m o . av..
190
1918 m o . av..
218
1919 m o . av..
Cloths
Fuel
and
and
clothing. lighting.
Metal
and
metal
products.
RETAIL
FOOD
House
Building Chemi- furnishAll
comPRICES.*
Miscel- ! modimate- cals and
ing
laneous.
!
rials.
drugs.
ties.
goods.
100
100
1OO
98
102
108
103
101
101
111
95
106
127
114
123
111
202
125
148
177
146
206
164
215
153
156
194
167
226
192
169
184
175
206
186
236
198
264
200
254
196
226
203
244
168
165
136
195
128
147
153
111
107
239
194
233
201
241
173
242
197
232
200
252
177
205
242
200
234
200
255
178
210
242
206
245
211
271
181
293
213
247
208
247
215
294
177
275
212
248
205
243
219
309
175
202
269
212
275
203
241
219
304
176
202
265
209
274
199
231
207
268
172
281
200
255
205
273
195
226
203
239
174
280
191
240
198
271
188
211
198
202
166
176
215
181
260
179
196
193
163
147
160
204
164
242
166
179
178
135
121
192
153
217
154
170
172
129
120
180
149
217
147
160
158
123
117
140
173
143
216
139
155
156
120
123
205
138
167
135
216
130
148
152
113
112
173
200
138
165
134
209
126
145
145
104
109
137
172
191
133
163
133
196
125
142
144
109
104
119
141
172
186
124
160
129
180
123
141
148
106
109
123
146
171
184
117
156
129
179
119
142
155
109
113
100
92
94
100
101
134
100
127
126
162
120
181
167
175
169
231
157
188
228
170
187
172
231
207
253
181
162
201
1920 m o . av.
218
220
295
241
192
1921 m o . av.
124
144
180
199
129
1920.
January
February...
March
April
247
231
339
194
175
274
237
222
346
199
190
293
195
237
220
344
208
197
297
243
238
336
231
203
300
May....
June
July....
August.
241
248
328
239
202
237
243
314
250
200
233
238
300
259
218
221
286
269
September.
October
November..
December..
210
215
266
187
201
245
173
190
226
264
152
170
215
254
143
162
196
247
153
133
151
188
225
147
127
151
183
212
117
144
176
118
139
114
September.
October
November..
December..
1922.
January...
February..
March
April
May..
June.
Live
stock.
100
100
85
99
May....
June
July....
August.
Crops.
100
95
95
121
100
93
88
1921.
January..
February.
March
April
FARM PRICES.*
100
100
100
124
142
178
181
116
156
131
179
118
141
153
109
101
124
140
180
189
116
159
131
180
118
142
153
111
98
121
139
180
197
114
163
129
178
119
141
152
92
120
136
180
199
113
158
127
178
121
140
150
91
122
131
176
195
112
157
124
178
117
138
142
131
135
174
191
110
156
123
177
117
141
142
100
108
130
137
172
191
109
155
125
175
117
142
139
112
117
129
137
171
194
113
156
124
175
116
143
139
114
115
132
138
175
216
119
160
122
176
116
148
139
117
118
95
120
1 Wholesale prices and retail food prices from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; farm prices from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau
of Markets and Crop Estimates.
2
The revised wholesale price index number of the U. S. Deparment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on quotations of 404 commodities. These commodities
are arranged in 9 groups as given in the table. In computing this index, the price of each commodity ir weighted by multiplying it by the estimated quantity of that
article marketed in the census year 1919.
8
The retail food price index compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represents the changes in the price of 22 articles of foods as reported by retail dealers in 51 of
the larger cities as of the 15th of the month.
* Farm prices of crops represent the relative average prices to farmers of the 10 leading crops on the first of each month. The live stock farm price index is computed
as of the 15th of each month.
42
LUMBER AND FLOORING.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS.
Production.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Shipments.
MICHIGAN SOFTWOODS.
Stocks,
end of
month.
Production.
Shipments.
Stocks,
end of
month.
MAPLE FLOORING.
Production.
Shipments.
100
78
76
67
46
100
69
75
50
30
65
73
74
93
63
54
61
53
July
August
68
71
76
66
September
October .
November
December
1920.
January..
February .
March
April
May
June
2
100
2
90
2
75
3
55
74
Unfilled
Orders
end
booked. orders,
of month.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1917.
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
Stocks,
end of
month.
100
67
65
53
39
100
74
72
37
40
51
54
52
48
49
58
57
60
66
55
51
54
55
53
51
67
53
52
44
38
25
19
54
60
71
76
1
100
* 79
50
»52
70
100
103
83
1OO
70
69
100
103
199
1OO
36
63
1OO
70
27
47
44
37
47
40
45
114
108
125
122
86
78
92
86
55
61
73
83
87
49
46
62
134
126
112
109
36
52
66
71
38
43
37
48
43
45
48
54
88
100
105
107
89
80
79
68
68
74
78
95
33
28
27
22
84
73
57
45
54
56
57
63
78
57
40
33
35
31
21
12
56
60
62
69
110
107
87
67
52
53
39
33
125
154
178
196
22
17
19
19
38
26
19
15
22
16
28
21
65
71
73
77
28
31
46
55
10
13
27
24
70
72
75
76
53
47
81
74
36
42
62
57
200
198
203
206
30
42
51
61
13
16
17
21
60
56
37
34
21
27
26
26
71
81
81
80
55
46
27
37
37
50
34
41
76
75
71
74
83
90
77
84
67
69
66
80
206
209
209
202
72
57
49
75
25
27
23
28
25
21
21
31
31
48
55
36
79
74
69
67
31
26
48
31
62
74
64
41
71
63
60
61
75
108
113
117
80
93
94
76
187
185
184
200
68
105
102
49
28
38
46
36
54
46
41
48
35
28
29
34
66
58
55
57
26
18
24
51
32
34
34
46
56
51
48
47
110
92
92
91
72
67
89
90
216
222
218
208
50
57
84
98
32
31
37
47
52
38
58
57
54
46
100
115
186
135
66
!
!
s
1921.
JfVnil&ry - -
r- - -
February
March
April
May
June
July
-.. . ...
September
October .
November
December. .
1922.
January .
March
April
May
June
,
See footnotes on opposite page.
43
LUMBER AND FLOORING.
NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
MICHIGAN HARDWOODS.
Y E A R AND M O N T H .
Production.
Shipments.
month.
MICHIGAN SOFTWOODS.
tion.
Shipments.
Stocks,
end of
month.
MAPLE FLOORING.
Shipments.
Stocks,
end of
month.
10,039
11,848
15,448
14,163
38,289
8,259
8,121
15,963
74,724
10,383
8,378
30,749
5,106
8,991
26,723
10,176
11,459
10,882
12,571
12,226
10,191
9,246
10,935
10,238
8,440
9,450
11,347
12,838
12,390
6,980
6,452
8,809
51,255
48,405
42,901
41,819
10,068
10,526
10,561
9;514
9,370
10,790
8,083
10,511
11,371
12,058
14,649
4,702
3,980
3,869
3,183
32,122
28,044
21,729
17,054
Production.
Unfilled
Orders
end
booked. orders
of month.
Thousands of feet, board measure.
27,763
21,573
21,119
18,699
12,652
31,396
21,576
23,427
15,564
9,356
1920.
January..
February.
March
April
17,999
20,276
20,476
25,798
May....
June
July....
August.
17,288
11,661
11,294
9,207
6,658
17,741
• 106,216
201,053
'169,080
3122,468
165,984
13,200
12,857
6,494
7,034
* 84,180
«52,994
3
55,518
19, 810
16,951
19,109
16,563
113,889
121,551
8,923
8,263
8,466
10,050
8,278
7,820
6,515
8,296
42,196
47,388
18,779
19,764
21,017
18,356
17, 752
18,895
20, 820
17,314
114,082
120, 253
122,328
119,387
6,283
8,909
11,427
12,225
6,749
7,609
6,501
8,527
45,981
48,301
51,390
56,897
September..
October
November..
December..
14,263
18,539
14,774
14,343
13,754
11,968
13,549
9,895
6,830
5,666
6,274
5,566
3,702
2,095
59,580
63,992
66,230
73,227
11,027
10,782
8,707
6,693
6,135
6,274
4,634
3,928
19,306
23,807
27,520
30,255
3,079
2,456
2,632
2,736
14,726
7,874
5,956
119,949
126,437
126,731
140,074
1921.
January
February
March
April
15,119
16,660
19,837
21,224
7,003
5,168
8,897
6,593
145,861
159,161
162,564
172,757
4,842
5,380
7,974
9,457
1,729
2,333
4,773
4,324
74,772
76,563
79,568
80,587
5,289
4,754
8,101
7,479
4,250
4,963
7,300
6,741
30,886
30,620
31,314
31,896
4,299
5,947
7,253
8,630
5,113
6,112
6,392
8,150
May....
June
July....
August.
16,786
15,551
10,160
9,382
6,746
8,450
8,092
8,013
157,938
182,474
182,283
179,029
9,559
8,021
4,752
6,568
8,823
6,006
7,217
80,728
80,129
75,722
78,229
8,311
9,038
7,721
8,438
7,963
10,162
8,100
6,968
9,469
31,896
32,271
32,268
31,180
10,564
9,697
10,311
8,961
10,541
6,815
5,750
5,959
8,586
9,708
15,078
17,195
11,330
177,676
166,369
154,948
150,747
5,403
4,519
8,245
5,386
11,048
13,086
11,277
7,219
75,431
66,576
63,677
64,703
7,510
10,851
11,329
11,713
9,472
11,066
11,141
9,042
28,893
28,516
28,383
30,865
9,632
14,897
14,517
6,927
10,868
14,597
17,481
13,894
January
February
March
April
14,896
12,787
11,478
13,402
10,881
8,647
9,173
10,790
148,631
129,070
123,330
127,966
4,575
3,117
4,211
8,893
5,720
6,083
6,103
8,157
59,475
54,605
50,752
49,716
11,024
9,274
9,218
9,093
8,533
7,947
10,548
10,631
33,329
34,248
33,632
32,174
7,051
8,105
11,923
13,853
12,226
11,818
14,282
17,839
May..
June..
14,479
11,806
130,444
9,832
9,546
48,807
10,701
13,606
28,793
19,076
25,098
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average
average
average
average
average
September..
October
November..
December..
* 223,961
s
8,234
7,813
9,790
7,266
5,570
1922.
i Data on Michigan hardwoods (chiefly maple, birch, basswood, and beech) and Michigan softwoods (chiefly hemlock) are actual figures reported by about 40 mills
each month to the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. The number of mills varies from 35 to 62, but 44 is the highest number reporting since the beginning of
1920. Data on maple flooring (including also birch and beech) are reports of 20 identical mills each month to the Maple Flooring Manufacturers1 A ssociation, said to represent
about 70 per cent of the industry.
8
Quarterly average.
8
Ten months' average.
44
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OPERATIONS.
(A) INDEX NTJMBEES AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year In bold-faced type.]
JOBS REGISTERED.
WORKERS REGISTERED.
WORKERS PLACED.
Total
workEast- Cen- South- West-!
East- i Cen- South- West- j I
East- Cen- j South- Western
tral
ern I em i Total.
ern | tral
ern
ern ||
tral
Total.
ern
ern
ern
Total.
States. States. States. States.
States. States. States. States.
! States. States. States. States.! Job.
I
YEAR AND MONTH.
Relative to 6 months' average, July-December, 1921.
A . - I N D E X NUMBERS.
6 months' average, 1921..
1921.
July
August
September
October
November
December
1922.
January
February
March
April
May
June
100
1OO
100
100
1OO
97
102
101
109
97
94
109
100
105
104
97
85
»94
3 104
«96
110
101
MOO
«94
102
115
105
130
55
98
112
109
187
92
102
117
106
114
1OO
1OO
95
101
101
97
! 1OO
! 1OO
I 100
^94
104
I
122
112
115
105
101
94
i
122
120
105
119
145
85
!
85
92
98
94
84
«84
98
128
131
83
124 \ 79
79
84
78
70
81
93
85
85
119
125
120
138
139
149
186
165
215
85
100
114
142
146
116
115
111
115
164
108
119
102
93
111
85
113
136
»106
101
4
NUMBER OF JOBS.
NUMBER OF WORKERS.
1OO
1OO
i 1OO
95
101
114
108
98
85
95
109
106
103
90
2
97
•103
<105
116
98
81
87
129
128
177
95
103
134
124
157
85
79
127
135
195
1OO
1OO
99
117
109
98
91
«90
104
137
91
93
85
102
101
90
91
105
119
95
106 :
133 i
144
159
131
81
129
113
167
99
110
97
76
70
NUMBER OF WORKERS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
1OO
Workers
per
job.
B.-NUMERICAL DATA.
6 months' average, 1921.. 202,132
July
August
September
October
November
December
196,306
206,368
204,940
| 220,052
!
195,322
! 189,806
1922.
January
February
March
April
May..
June.
|
\ 172,838
! 206,405
j 231,981
| 213,167
262,025
94,478 !, 23,941
116,866
29,967 | 53,068
42,913
39,149
41,215
40,942
38,137
33,437
111,353
118,415
131,359
139,953
107,802
92,315
30,353 1*51,694 »8,080 «21,226
89,600
95,427
28,935 |
8,646 24,621
34,446 | 55,874
8,680 32,359 107,354
31,412 J 63,120 12,446 ! 32,975 101,662
29,407 50,138
92,696
7,237 ; 21,020
80,128
25,247 i 41,371
6,505 j 19,192
21,515
38,465
47,040
42,829
73,396
' 114,492
j 127,344
i 146,298
; 132,202
142,727
26,087
28,625
24,655
22,267
26,771
100,599
108,163
139,055
161,768
217,382
14,066
10,744
11,971
13,988
15,869
19,131
8,599
25,232
24,068
i
1116,713 14,028 «22,652
3 130,234 13,062 23,923
;«119,919 14,559 29,247
j 136,597 13,240 29,273
124,780 12,022 20,383
119,958 17,483 18,928
39,299 | 124,700
1921.
43,072
6,835 | 20,630
1.73
23,464 Ml,745 6 5,924 «18,467 j 1.76
22,707 3 44,531 6,760 j 21,429 | 1.74
26,029 45,091 7,969 | 28,265 j 1.56
1.57
7,460 !18,875
25,341 49,986
6,667 t 19,211 ; 1.81
24,568 42,250
21,537 34,828
6,230 17,533 ! 2.06
11 21,022 | 43,004 7,301 ; 29,272 j 92,924 22,821
I 25,379 i 45,139 j 8,630 ' 29,015
82,513 24,616
37,445 j 63,776 j 9,840 \ 27,994 122,227 31,979
29,684
| j 41,673 i 78,938 j 12,247 \ 28,910 j| 120,763
|| 49,365 114,100 i 12,552 i 41,365 \ 165,75737,544
36,608
34,026
54,640
58,006
83,813
6,524 26,971
7,257 16,614
9,084 26,524
9,854 23,219
10,879 34,521
1.72
1.91
1.67
1.32
1.21
1
Compiled from weekly reports to the XT. S. Department of Labor, Employment Service, by state and municipal employment agencies. Eastern states included in the
report are Connecticut, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island (Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, now reporting, are
excluded to show true comparison). Central states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin. Southern states include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia. Western states include Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; Montana is included beginning with March, itsfiguresbeing so small as not to affect the total.
•One week in July estimated for South Dakota.
» One week in August estimated for Iowa and Michigan.
* Month of September for South Dakota and one week for Iowa estimated.
» First two weeks in July estimated for Arkansas.
s First two weeks in July estimated for Washington.
45
TRANSPORTATION.
(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government and non-Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER CARGO
TRAFFIC.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Shipments
from
St.
Louis.
Receipts
at St.
Louis.
Relative to 1913.
EXPRESS
EARNINGS.
CANADIAN
RAILROAD
OPERATIONS.
Total
operat- Operating
ing
reve- Income,
nues.
Net
Freight operating
carried
reve1 mile.
nue.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
CANADIAN RAILROAD
OPERATIONS.
Receipts
at St.
Louis.
Shipments
from
St.
Louis.
{ Total I Operat| operating
ing
[ revenues, j income.
Tons.
B.—NUMERICAL
•;
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly average..
monthly average.,
monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly averFge..
100
50 i
100
103
100
96
86
8,738
4,078
42
!
112
77
70
7,414
45
|
120
122
111
39 !
141
135
118
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly average.
monthly average.
29
145
135
75
59
231
100
100
117
43
84
349
129
173
136
17
71
609
124
12
114 ,
48
101
207
115
28
155
102
301
110
66
237
112
99
127
11,620
59
294
97
173
122
17,594
'<
!
Thousands
of tons.
Thousands of dollars.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
100
Net operat! ^ g revenue.
DATA.
I
j
!
:
1,919,413
3,96-5
Thousands
of dollars.
S6,224,251
1,838,608
5,342,357
4 437
1,471,776
4,342,664
7 883
4 750
2 349 614
6 915 408
6 923
5 609
2,598,892
7 323 404
5,038
5,754
10,449
9,174
§12,613
14,827
12,548
13, 845
16,306
24,133
15,640
10,390
3,075
6,155
9,380
11,655
12,748
12,843
14,146
12,279
15,230
21,770
24,975
16,645
23,965
29,790
10,280
20,530
14,875
15,509
14,669
15,463
13,800
17,500
7,580
6,430
21,217
21,002
20,570
20,345
2,585,756
4,688,726
$2,092
2,245,883
2,650,772
3,615
2,605,416
1,040,158
2,184,524
2,972,480
260 •
1920.
January..
February.
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.
September..
October
November..
December..
34
5,965
4,900
(*)
87
604
118
117
118
26
124
751
123
398
118
9
142
411
116
350
128
95
518
123
380
131
128
348
168
13
146
24
131
441
167
13
179
120
74
191
163
12
175
90
45
162
161
10*
159
11
22,525
23,020
13,000
7,885
66
140
62
286
135
41
619
143
87
603
138
22
21
1,400
10,970
7,140
15,300
2,625
11,340
24,550
23,890
17,704
16,992
18,023
17,403
15,745
20,175
14,155
23,050
15,665
18,725
33,310
37,050
16,929
16,779
16,767
11,431
6,985
10,535
16,480
8,575
38,785
30,420
27,155
26,085
15,127
14,951
14,801
10,770
4,338
2,198,078
* 2,667,296
6,294
2,113,338
1
2,065
2,444,311
187,388
3,626
2,349,752
1,069,330
1,592,562
3,319,206
2,453
2,265, 816
8,321
2,264,430
581,949
7,326
2,457,062
'684,071
7,948
2,516,057
488,342
281
2,803,247
1,507,281
269
3,439,898
7,452
246
3,358,029
5,589,908
211
3,054,974
682, 808
177
2,195,008
» 2,072,166
195
2,002,311
*1,431,832
221
2,122,115
1,367,768
277
1,749,308
1,276,419
1,535,229
1921.
January..
February..
March....
April
May
June
July
August
September...
October
November...
December.. .
114
9
11
13
104
83
111
91
89
395
134
1
115
472
133
9
30
80
840
133
5
37
131
934
91
7
98
87
120
9
137
100
40
GO
767
119
10
178
157
94
685
117
4
153
101
658
85
62
133
53
18
1,592,306
184
1,538,356
1,852,984
107
1,685,591
2,281,377
154
1,890,5-49
5,428,943
186
2,624,671
6,204,662
202
3,414,313
9,803,135
88
2,930,344
6,277,760
1,305
2,545,408
3,309,134
1922.
January..
February.
March
April
104
99
104
105
107
127
13,131
13,132
13,440
95
1,900,310
1
113
2,011,226
M 40,316
103
2,436,149
3,568,803
827.619
May..
June.
1
Receipts and shipments of cargo by river at St. Louis (almost ail by Mississippi River) from Mcrchants Exchange of St. Louis; express earnings aro reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission by the American Railway Ezpress Co., and, beginning with May, 1921, by the Southeastern Express Co. also; Canadian railroad operations from
Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, covering annual reports of all railroads in Canada and monthly reports of all railroads with
annual operating revenues of $500,000 or over, which include 98 per cent of the total revenues.
a Deficit.
46
MISCELLANEOUS.
(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA,
Front Government and non-Government sources.1
[Bade year in bold-faced type.]
SAVINGS
DEPOSITS.
MILK*
YEAR AND MONTH.
! Receipts Receipts
! at Greater at Boston
(including
New
York.2
cream).3
Relative
to 1913.
CANADIAN
BUILDINGS.
MILK.
Balance
Receipts at Receipts at Production |
to credit
ProducMinneapBoston
tion Min- I of deposi- Contracts Greater
New
olis-St.
(including
neapolis- i tors, San awarded.
York.2
St. Paul.< Francisco
Paul.<
cream).s
District.
Relative
to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
Thousands
of cans, 40
quarts
each.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average..
average..
average..
average.
average.
100
101
100
106
22
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
118
93
80
125
1OO
1OO
136
106
143
100
January..
February.
March
April
124
95
118
89
97
131
104
130
May....
June
July....
August.
63
26
10S
90
CANADIAN
BUILDINGS.
Balance
to credit
of depositors, San
Francisco
District.
Contracts
awarded.
Thousands of dollar;
B.-NUMERICAL DATA.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
110
Thousands of quarts.
SAVINGS
DEPOSITS.
22
1,496
1,513
1,590
1,613
1,652
11,727
12,193
13,059
13,865
13,010
5,715
7,145
7,786
12,141
8580,743
673,382
715,883
12,345
11,594
13,560
13,467
6,389
6,934
7,989
7,777
641,470
6.50,170
655,347
655,661
16.066
9,216
10,581
9,310
7,618
661,774
681,349
673,533
677,118
28,702
20,820
20,163
6,993
8,276
7,070
109
100
116
67
170
123
63
1,763
1,873
2,036
2,142
110
50
1,853
112
57
1,761
112
113
66
1,961
103
109
113
97
1,946
143
111
129
114
90
2,213
150
118
148
117
91
2,249
151
120
130
116
76
2,256
143
113
107
117
73
2,146
14,476
15,348
15,690
14,758
September..
October
November..
December..
135
139
131
133
107
112
101
103
89
89
91
112
118
13,935
14,586
13,201
13,421
6;32S
6,336
6,486
8,012
6S3,574
690,619
696,801
713,168
1921.
January...
February..
March
April
132
124
143
141
101
94
110
106
May....
June
July....
August.
15-3
161
September.
October
November..
December..
26
49
8,320
15,836
21,301
20,011
1920.
18,337
21,278
31,0~2
29,283
24,258
23,475
120
48
123
27
2,027
2,075
1,953
1,992
139
153
183
182
123
28 :
55
32 ''
68
1,978
1,854
2,143
2,111
13,180
12,321
14,334
13,857
9,934
10,898
13,100
13,023
711,973
715,769
716,871
712,190
119
225
123
229
125
162
118
179
123
119
110
165
122
84
83
55
113
2,289
2,414
2, 427
2,229
15,525
16,054
15,383
14,311
16,098
16,375
12,758
11,773
714, 574
726,318
714,928
711,145
26,860
123
151
108
137
122
140
123
122
100
136
123
131
103
171
126
14,045
13,786
13,115
13,484
9,767
9,996
9,739
12,266
709,498
711,457
712,653
733,220
19,506
105
61
59
52
60
2,262
144
137
113
192
126
104
182
128
118
103
207
128
26
33
42
2,050
128
144
110
192
128
14,743
13,523
13,438
14,428
13,698
13,031
14,812
13.687
734,089
741.565
744,599
742,928
16,287
16,114
747,2%
J
119
123
123
123
2,155
1,826
2,012
18,170
15,399
8,747
8,948
17,6U
10,257
21,622
26, 437
17,741
36,307
18,997
16,640
19,119
1922.
January..
February.
March
April
May..
June..
129
1,908
2,209
2,156
109
111
8,393
10,718
13,465
29,428
34,827
35,020
1
Milk receipts at Greater New York from the Milk Reporter; at Boston from Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities; milk production in Minneapolis-St. Paul district from Twin Cities Milk Producers Association; savings deposits in San Francisco Federal Reserve district from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisa; Canadian building contracts from McLean Building Reports (Ltd.).
1
Receipts of milk, excluding cream, in the metropolitan area around New York City, including many large cities in New Jersey.
1
Receipts of milk by rail, including cream.
4
Production of whole milk by members of the Twin City Milk Producers' Association including most of the area within a 40-mile radius of Minneapolis and. St. Paul.
47
SOURCES OF DATA.
SOl'liCE.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.1
DATA.
DATE Of PUBLICATION.
-REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN.
A USTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH'S Bu- I Price index for Australia
REAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
I
! Federal Reserve Bulletin
Second week of month.
| Federal Reserve Bulletin
Second week of month.
!
BANK o r JAPAN
Price index for Japan
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT or LABOR
Price index for Canada
j Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Employment in Canadian trade unions
I Employment
Operations of Canadian employment service...' Employment.
Monthly.
Semimonthly.
Semimonthly.
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT
AND INDUSTRY.
Foreign trade of Canada.
Canadian railroad operations
Monthly.
Monthly.
OF TRADE
Foreign trade of Canada..
j Operating Revenues, etc.," of" Railways *.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO. Savings deposits in Seventh Federal Reserve j Business Conditions
Monthly.
District.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W Foreign exchange rates and index
YORK.
i Federal Reserve Bulletin and daily state- i Daily and monthly.
I ment.
Savings deposits in Third Federal Reserve | Business and Financial Conditions
Monthly.
District.
}
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN j Savings deposits in Twelfth Federal Reserve Business Conditions
j Monthly.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FRANCISCO.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
J
District.
Foreign exchange index numbers..
Federal Reserve Bulletin
! Monthly (second week of month).
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press Sunday newspapers and monthly.
releases.*
Condition of Federal Reserve banks
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press j Friday morning newspapers and
releases.*
| monthly.
i Condition of reporting member banks
j Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press ! Friday afternoon newspapers and
!
| releases.*
! monthly.
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and j Federal Reserve Bulletin
(Monthly.
i Federal Reserve Systems.
i
j
| Wholesale price index numbers
I Federal Reserve Bulletin
j Monthly.
i Department store trade; in cooperation with Federal Reserve Bulletin
.! Monthly.
! National Retail Dry Goods Association.
j
I
: Index numbers of department store and gro- [ Federal Reserve Bulletin
| Monthly.
| eery trade.
i Barley and rye receipts
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Monthly.
i Debits to individual accounts
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
! Paper and wood pulp production, prices, e t c . . Monthly press releases *...
INDIAN DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS. . . ! Price index for India
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION--! Railway revenues and expenses
MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
j Telephone operating revenue and income
; Telegraph operations and income
! Express operations and income
OF j Milk receipts at Boston
Newsprint, 20th to 25th of the month,
other paper and wood pulp, 1st >,{
following month.
Second week of month.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
| Preliminary statement of operations of I Monthly..
Class I roads.
Not published..
Not published..
Not published.
Not published
N E W YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ; New York State factory employment and j Labor Market Bulletin and rress releases*.' Monthly.
LABOR.
J
earnings.
j
N E W YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF j New York State canal traffic
PUBLIC WORKS.
[ Yearly.
I
I
PANAMA CANAL
i Panama Canal traffic
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LA- | Unemployment in Pennsylvania
BOR AKD INDUSTRY.
j The Panama Canal Record
Semimonthly report*
j
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— Beef, pork, and lamb production
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
!
Annual report
j
J
j Market Reporter »
j
• Last weekly issue of month.
I Semimonthly.
j Last weekly issue of month or firs;
s
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— j Prices of farm products to producer
| Monthly Crop Reporter
BUREAU OF MARKETS AND CROP i Wool consumption and stocks
j Market*Reporter»
ESTIMATES.<
j Crop production
Monthly Crop Reporter 3
j
releases.*
Market
! Cold storage holdings and fish frozen
- . . Reporter'
. - . .
.. Market Reporter»
I Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep,
Receipts of butter, cheese, eggs and poultry...; Market Reporter*J
1
Production of dairy products
j Market Reporter
I Car lot shipments of fruits and vegetables
J Market Reporter 2
i Farm labor, wages, supply, etc.
j Monthly Crop Reporter 3
!
of next month.
i Monthly.
i First weekly issue of month.
and press I Releases about 1st of month (cotton)
! and 10th (other crops).
weekly issue of 'month.
], Fourth
Third weekly'issue of month.
Weekly.
I Quarterly.
! Third weekly issue of month.
' Monthly.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E - ; Cotton ginned
I Cotton consumed and on hand
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
I Preliminary report on gin n ings *
' Semimonthh' during season.
Preliminary report on cotton consumed... | 15th of month.
I Reports on wool machinery and on cotton j 20th of month.
;
I spindles.*
j
Leather, hides and shoes, production and I Census of hides, skins, and leather *
First week of month.
stocks.
j
JFth of month.
Cotton seed and cottonseed oil
j Preliminary report on cotton seed
Stocks of tobacco held by manufacturers and , Statement on stocks of leaf tobacco
Quarterly (one month after end of
dealers.
quarter).
Fats and oiJs, production, consumption, and Statistics of fats and oils *
Quarterly (one month after end of
stocks.
quarter).
Stocks of coal, in cooperation with Geological Commercial stocks of coal *
Bimonthly hereafter.
Survey.
15th of month.
Fabricated struc. steel sales from April, 1922.. Press release *
1 Monthly statement
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E - Fish catch
Active textile machinery.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce. Last week of month.
(Part I.) »
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce. Middle of next month.
United States foreign trade.
(Partll.)
Data on trade, employment and coal and iron Various foreign sources
production of foreign countries.
Wholesale price of wool
Wholesale Prices.
Yearly.
Warehouse stocks of rice
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce. I Monthly.
(Part
II.)
I
;
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
1
This is not necessarily the source of the figures published in the SURVEY as many of them are obtained direct from the compilers prior to publication in the respective Journals. This column and the right-hand column have been added to assist readers in obtaining current statistics between publication dates of the SURVEY.
•1 Beginning Jan. 7,1D22, combined into new publication called Weather, Crops, and Markets, issued weekly.
Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.
4
Beginning July 1, 1922, merged into Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE.
All imports and exports
48
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
DAT! OF PUBLICATION.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN—Continued.
Vessels under construetlon and vessels com- Commerce Reports.
pleted.
Building material price indices
Not published
U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF STANDARDS.
I First weekly iisue of month (Mondays).
Wheatflourproduction, prior to July, 1920
U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF MINES.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORGEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
1
No longer published.
Refined petroleum products, production, etc.. Refinery Statistics*.,
Report on Portland cement output *..
Weekly report on production of coal *.
Preliminary statistics on petroleum * .
Production of electric power *
Number on pay roll—United States factories.. Industrial Survey *
Beport of Activities of State and MuniciEmployment agency operations
pal Employment Agencies.
Portland cement, production, etc..
Coal and coke production
Crude petroleum, production, etc..
Electric power production
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.
Immigration and emigration statistics
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Wholesale prices of commodities, including i Not published
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc. '
Wholesale price index
Monthly Labor Review.
Retail price index of foods
Monthly Labor Review.
Retail coal prices
Monthly Labor Review.
| Postal Savings News Bulletin..
United States postal savings.
Postal receipts
j Statement of Postal Receipts *.
U. S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
U, S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Second week of month.
20th of month.
Second or third weekly igsue of
month (Saturdays).
25th of month.
End of month.
First week of month.
Every 4 or 5 weeks.
j Not published..
Government debt, receipts and disbursements.
Oleomargarine production
Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Iron ore movement
Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
i
Daily Statement of the U. S. Treasury
Last day of month.
Not published
Statement of tax-paid products *..
First week of month.
Not published
Not published
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.. . Wisconsin factory earnings and employment.. Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market *
U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT—ENGINEER
CORPS.
12th of month.
7th of month.
15th of month.
n.—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 .
Building costs
Construction trade papers.
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH MANUFACTURERS' EXCHANGE.
Sales of abrasive paper and cloth
N ot published
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF PRODUCTS FROM CORN.
Corn ground into starch, glucose, etc
Not published
AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS.
Copper production
Zinc production in Belgium
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
Not published
Not published
Not published
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION,
Face brick production, stocks, etc
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE
Steel ingot production
j Press release to trade papers • .
AMERICAN PIG IRON ASSOCIATION
Merchant pig iron production, etc
!
AMERICAN
Freight car surplus
Car loadings
Bad-order cars
i Summary of Car Surplusages and Short< ages.*
, Summary of Car Surplusages and Short| ages.*
; Information Bulletin *
j Information Bulletin •
Stockholders in the company
: Financial papers
RAILWAY
(Car Service Division).
AMERICAN TELEPHONE
GRAPH Co.
ASSOCIATION
Freight car shortage
AND TELE-
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY. Purchases and sales of paper
Not published
Production and stocks of zinc
ANTHRACITE BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Anthracite shipments and stocks
ASSOCIATION OF
PRESIDENTS.
New life insurance business
Not published
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Receipts of wool at Boston
Trade papers
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
Fabricated structural steel sales before April, Press release to trade papers * . . .
1922.
;
INSURANCE
Press release io trade papers *
: Statement of anthracite shipments *.
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS . . . Number of tons carried 1 mile
; Summary of operating statistics.
' Not published
' Summary of operating statistics.
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION. . Redwood lumber production, etc
\ Not published
Average receipts per ton-mile
Passengers carried 1 mile
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE
ASSOCIATION.
Sugar pine lumber production, etc
Not published
CHICAGO BOARD OF T R A D E .
Receipts and shipments of wheat and corn
Trade papers
CONTAINER CLUB
Production of paper box board
Not published
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Third week of month.
Quarterly.
Not published
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE
LIFE
7th of month.
Not published
15th of month.
15th of month.
Daily.
15th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Daily.
49
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
DATE O f PUBLICATION.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
CRIDIT CLEARING HOUSE
Credit conditions
Credit
F. W.
Building statistics—Contracts awarded
Statement on Building Statistics
ENAMELED SANITARY MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION.
Enameled sanitary ware
Not published
FEDERATION
British iron ati'd steel production
Trade papers
GEORGE A. FULLER COMPANY
Hotel and office building costs
Not published..
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc. N ot published.
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Turpentine and rosin receipts
| Naval Stores Review..
Weekly.
KNIT GOODS
AMERICA.
Knit underwear production, etc
' Monthly report *
Monthly.
DODGE CO
OF
IRON
AND
STEEL
MANUFACTURERS (British).
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Weekly
Second week of month.
,
Monthly report (not published).
LEATHER BELTING EXCHANGE
Sales of leather belting.
MAPLE FLOORING
ASSOCIATION.
Maple flooring production, etc
I Not published
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, L T D . . .
Cannadian building contracts
! Canadian Building Review
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. LOUIS.
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
MANUFACTURES'
| Monthly.
Monthly.
3d of month.
Receipts and shipments at St. Louis.
Mississippi River traffic
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
MANUFACTUR-
j Not published
j
Hardwood and softwood lumber, production j N ot published
and shipments.
|
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .
Linseed oil and oil-cake shipments
j Monthly statements
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRUGATED AND FIBER BOX MANUFACTURERS.
Production of paper-box board
j Not published
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET AND
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
Sheet-metal production and stocks
j Not published.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
MANUFACTURERS.
1913 figures for active textile machinery.
N o longer published.,
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Traffic bulletin * (production figures not j Second week of month,
published).
i
NATIONAL BOTTLE
ASSOCIATION.
Glass bottle production index
Not published
Cost of living.
Monthly press release
NATIONAL RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION.
Department store trade (see Federal Reserve
Board).
Federal Reserve Bulletin
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION.
Production of wood alcohol and acetate of lime. Not published.
NATIONAL
BOARD.
OF
WOOL
MANUFACTURERS'
INDUSTRIAL
CONFERENCE
N E W ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
Rice distribution through New Orleans
Monthly report
NEWS PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
Canadian newsprint production, etc
Monthly bulletin
N E W YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR E X CHANGE.
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
Monthly statement
N E W YORK METAL EXCHANGE
Stocks of tin
Trade papers
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION.
North Carolina pine, production, etc.
Not published
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Hemlock and hardwood lumber production, etc Not published
OAK
FLOORING
ASSOCIATION.
MANUFACTURERS'
Oak flooring, production, etc.
Not published
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. .
Ohiof oundry iron production
Monthly report * (not published).
OPTICAL
TION.
Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
Not published
MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIA-
! 21st of month.
Monthly.
;
First week of month.
| First week of month.
j
j
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO
Stockholders in the company
; Financial papers
Quarterly.
PENSACOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Turpentine and rosin receipts
: Naval Stores Rewew
Weekly.
PULLMAN COMPANY
Pullman passenger traffic
j Not published
REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Fire-clay brick production, etc
j Not published
Silica brick production, etc
j Not published
RICE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION
Rice receipts, stocks, etc
j Monthly report
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA...
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material
j Monthly reports (not published).
SANITARY POTTERS' ASSOCIATION
Sanitary pottery orders
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
Turpentine and rosin receipts
SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION OF STATE
OF N E W YORK.
Savings banks deposits in New York State.... j Not published
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA .
Raw silk consumption, etc
Monthly press release to trade papers • — 5th of month.
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Not published
i
Naval Stores Review
Weekly.
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SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION'.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
I I . - R E P O R T S FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
Yellow pine production and stocks
Not published
STEEL,
Steel barrel shipments
Monthly reports • (not published)..
BARREL
MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
TANNERS' COUNCIL
Not published..
i Leather production
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION.
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
;
Milk production, Minnesota
Not published.
Unfiliedorders
I Earnings
i Stockholders
Wages of common labor
Press release *
Press release *
Financial papers
Special reports •
10th of month.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
Monthly.
UNITED TYPOTDETAE OF AMERICA
Printing activity
Typothetae Bulletin
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Doudas fir lumber production, etc
Not published
WEBBING
MANUFACTURERS'
CHANGE.
WE.-*TERN
PINE
ASSOCIATION.
E X - Sales of elastic webbing
MANUFACTURER:-?'
Not published
Western pine lumber production, etc.
Not published.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
HI.—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS.
AMERICAN METAL MARKET
Composite pig iron and steel prices.
First or second week of month (dally).
THE
ANNALIST
New York stock sales
New York closing stock prices
First wockly issue of month (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
THE
BOND BUYER.
Stale and municipal bond issues..
Muncipal bond yields
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings, United States and Canada.
Price index
Weekly (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays').
BRADSTREET'S
Business failures, Canada
BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALS
CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL E N G I N E E R I N G . . .
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
Dow, JONES A Co. (WALL STREET JOURNAL).
DUN'S REVIEW
Monthly.
Price index for France
.. Chemical price index.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
.. Cotton (visible supply)
, Interest rates
."
Mail order and chain store sales
j Weekly (Saturdays).
| Weekly (Saturdays).
j Second or third weekly Issue of month (Saturdays).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
. . New York bond sales
New York bond prices..
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Business failures.
Price index
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS
Rand gold production.
ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
Silver prices
Construction cost and volunio index
FINANCIAL POST
Canadian bond issues
Weekly (Thursdays).
FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG.
Price Index for Germany
Monthly.
IRON AGE
Pig iron production
First weekly issue of month (Wednesdays)
Weekly (Wednesdays).
| Composite finished steel price
IRON TRADE REVIEW
Iron and steel prices
LONDON ECONOMIST
Price index for United Kingdom
MILK REPORTER
Milk receipts at Greater New York
MODERN MILLER
Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn.
NAVAL STORES REVIEW
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks..
NEW
YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
NEW
YORK EVENING POST.
NORTHWESTE RN MlLLER
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS' INK
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL NEWS
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL
First weekly issue of month.
Weekly (Thursdays).
10th of month.
Dividend and interest payments
New
corporations..
New
capital
issues
Fire losses..
Newspaper advertising
Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
10th of month (daily).
' Not published.
Flaxsecd, receipts, etc
Argentine grain shipments
Wheat flour production for 1917
j Price indices of drugs, oils, etc
Argentine shipments and supply of flaxseed.
Mexican petroleum shipments
Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
10th of month (monthly).
Magazine advertising
Second week of month.
Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
Weekly compilation (daily).
Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics... Weekly (Fridays).
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
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