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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU O F FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
:
BUREAU O F STANDARDS
JUNE
No. 22
1923
CONTENTS
Page.
Page.
Summary for April
Business indicators (diagrams and table)
Wholesale price comparisons (diagrams and table)
Comparison of wholesale price index numbers (diagram)
Business conditions in April
Business failures by geographical distribution (diagram)
Index numbers of production and marketing
Trend of business movements:
Textiles
Metals
Fuel and power
Paper and printing
Rubber and automobiles
Glass and optical goods
Building and construction
Hides and leather
Chemicals, naval stores, and oils
Foodstuffs
:
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1
9
4
6
7
20
23
25
26
28
29
30
31
31
33
34
35
Trend of business movements—Continued.
Tobacco
Transportation
Labor
Price index numbers
Distribution movement
Public .finance
Banking and finance
Foreign exchange and trade
Trade and industry of foreign countries
Detailed tables:
Banking and finance
Miscellaneous
World crop production
Patents granted—Internal-combustion engines
Construction cost index numbers
Sources of data
38
38
39
39
40
41
41
43
44
46
48
50
52
52
53
SUMMARY FOR APRIL.
A slight decline took place in productive activity
in April, partly due to seasonal trend; but some commodities, such as crude petroleum, pig iron, and automobiles, made new high records for monthly output.
Stocks of commodities were further reduced in April.
Production still exceeded the 1920 average by about
20 per cent.
Price levels were almost unchanged in April, with
slight advances in farmers' prices, and average wholesale price indexes unchanged or lower, thus arresting the
continued rise noted in recent months. Retail prices
advanced slightly, while living costs as a whole were
unchanged.
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Labor conditions continue to reflect large employment and an excess of open positions over applicants.
Sales of mail-order houses and chain stores made a
seasonal decline, but were larger than a year ago,
especially the mail-order houses. Business failures
continued to decline, although liabilities were greater,
while investments in savings banks and life insurance
gained perceptibly over the high March figures.
Freight-car loadings for April were not only the
greatest for this season of the year but on a level not
normally reached until about midsummer or early fall.
The net shortage of freight cars for April was reduced
to 24,176 cars.
BUSINESS INDICATORS.
(1913 monthly average-100. See explanation on inside front cover.)
PIG-IRON PRODUCTION.
1920
1.000
1931
1.000
1922
1921
COTT<) N CONSUL[PTION.
BTTUMINO1us COAL PH ODUCTION.
innoi
1920
1933
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800
800
400
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900
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NET FREIGHT TON-MILES.
1920
1921
EXPORTS (VALUES).
BANK CLEARINGS OUTSIDE NEW YORK
CITY (VALUES).
1920
1922
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DEFAULTED LIABILITIES (VALUES).
1931
000
1922
I93S
WHOLESALE PRICES.
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1939
1931
1932
PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS.
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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.
MONTHLY AVERAGE.
1922
1923
COMMODITY.
1920
1921
1922
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
111
121
136
131
117
138
101
102
106
234
118
107
156
138
160
120
117
117
271
129
117
177
139
156
116
106
107
281
120
1913 m o n t h l y average- 100.
Production:
Pig iron *
Steel ingots
Copper
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
Crude petroleum
Cotton (consumption) * *
Beef
Pork
Unfilled orders:
Steel Corporation
Stocks:
Crude petroleum
Cotton (mills and warehouses) * *..
Prices:
Wholesale index, all commodities
(Dept. Labor)
Retail food (Dept. Labor)
Retail coal, bitum.—U. S. average
(Dept. Labor)
Farm crops (Dept. Agriculture)1...
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, net ton-miles
121
111
54
64
39
99
87
189
85
109
116
87
114
81
58
85
222
102
121
129
79
112
61
115
126
225
108
119
118
170
90
96
109
150
152
183
226
203
207
92
106
105
(«)
51
224
103
124
133
92
124
93
1
56
220
106
125
149
94
117
92
2
43
225
95
119
117
71
104
98
2
56
225
109
127
109
76
86
89
95
98
101
234
161
211
171
225
151
235
128
244
103
249
87
250
83
251
147
153
149
142
142
139
143
139
148
139
150
141
155
142
168
197
109
107
188
113
111
179
112
117
177
115
115
175
118
118
175
119
119
175
118
119
108
184
67
230
136
64
229
169
75
315
153
70
322
163
74
195
166
76
168
166
74
176
170
257
127
205
212
113
230
229
76
237
223
83
238
213
79
244
228
74
294
331
264
140
181
188
174
154
204
171
159
211
145
154
196
137
105
114
120
90
119
135
99
97
116
178
111
238
275
81
115
75
(8)
40 #
216*
90
128
90
120
109
134
124
146
183
126
153
110
114
126
249
127
125
188
113 ! 117
116
114
117
123
125
123
253
184
252
252
5 241
5 243
6 247
138
191
193
176
156
142
»252
124
155
139
153
140
154
156
145
156
140
147
156
144
157
142
159
142
159
143
184
114
112
205
205
110
110
109
110
205
130
107
203
134
106
192
139
107
79
112
95
65
103
219
103
131
101
103
135
101
112
113
231
111
141
113
101
103
112
111
114
117
230
242
208
118
105
123
104
206
126
106
207
177
162
152
184
191
77
178
82
177
182
76
256
187
74
217
190
74
179
198
79
213
199
78
227
195
76
255
234
70
233
223
65
215
225
68
219
234
249
266
76
220
245
76
240
213
230
80
251
271
87
228
261
80
251
289
80
169
149
194
174
162
174
169
145
154
188
146
157
200
151
190
185
179
195
184
277
196
166
287
221
162
243
203
148
232
266
165
290
244
165
272
102
106
99
111
125
144
139
132
138
119
144
83
72
258
1 9 1 9 m o n t h l y average=100.
Production:
Lumber2
Building contracts (floor space)
Stocks:
Beef
Pork
Business finances:
Bond prices index (40 issues)
Banking:
100
72
85
69
114
102
103
111
107
125
126
128
132
130
122
111
129
116
124
95
123
100
124
101
96
83
109
83
99
89
131
139
130
138
70
43
85
27
70
29
74
27
76
24
83
21
94
20
91
20
81
22
67
28
47
40
50
48
68
48
82
42
92
38
102
33
112
87
107
104
107
108
108
109
111
112
110
107
107
107 , 106
104
103
91
91
122
122
97
28
144
154
99
33
142
155
94
30
143
156
92
29
143
155
98
24
144
154
93
20
145
158
90
21
146
158
94
22
146
156
105
24
147
155
98
34
146
152
112
33
144
144
112
31
147
153
112
36
145
150
107
33
145
153
97
Debits to individual accounts, outside N e w York City
114
Federal Reserve, bills discounted... 132
Federal Reserve, total reserves
97
Federal Reserve, ratio
87
96
31
146
152
* Monthly statistics on the movements since January, 1913, or as far back as available, are given on pages 47-49 of the December Survey (No. 16).
i Monthly prices are for the 15th of the month indicated.
* Based on the total computed production reported by 5 associations. Includes southern pine, Douglas fir, western pine, North Carolina pine, and Michigan hard
and soft woods. 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.
«Yearly figures are monthly averages for the crop year ending July 31 of year indicated.
* Does not include stocks of topped oil or crude oil held at refineries; this omission reduced the January stocks by about 15,000,000 barrels.
COMPARISON OK PRESENT WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR.
(Relative prices 1913 = 100.)
INDEX NUMBERS
300
I
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 (BOSTON)
COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON, FOUNDRY
PIG IRON, BASIC
STEEL BILLETS. BESSEMER
COPPER
LEAD
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK, COMMON. NEW YORK
BRICK. COMMON. CHICAGO
CEMENT
STEEL BEAMS
RUBBER, CRUDE
SULPHURIC ACID
I F A R M pnnmirvr.Q P Q I
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS—MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS.
NOTE.—Prices to the pro.iucor on farm proiucts are from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. All other prices are from U. S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, except market price of wool compiled by IT. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. As far as possible all quotations represent prices to the producer or at the mill. See diagram on opposite page.
Date and m a x i m u m
relative price.
COMMODITIES.
February.
March.
April.
Percent
increase ;
(+) or de- j
crease (—)
j in March i
from April!
+ 3.0
+
8.0
+ 10.6
Relative price.
(1913 average=100.)
Farm products—Average price to producers:
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cottonseed
Wool
Cattle, beef
Hogs
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)
Juno,
Tuly,
June,
Julv,
May,
July,
May,
July,
Apr.,
1020
1020
1020
1020
1020
1918
1019
1019
1020
; May,
May,
Sept.,
June,
i Mar.,
I Mar.,
Mar.,
Apr.,
Mar.,
Mar.,
July,
Apr.,
Feb.,
1020
1020
1017
1920
1018
1918
1919
1920
1020
1919
1919
1918
1020
May,
May,
May,
May,
July,
Sept.,
July,
Sept.,
1920
1917
1920
1920
1919
1920
1920
1919
May,
Apr.,
May,
Jan.,
Oct.,
July,
Jan.,
Aug.
Aug.,
Mar.,
Aug.,
1920 ;
1920
1920
1920
1918
1020
1020
1910
1010
1020
1010
Sept.,
Oct.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
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326
133
135
139
300
120
123
134
706
107
123
136
312
231
237
224
321
207
213
218
344
211
223
235
08
+
+
2.3
5.4
1.0
2.8
183
94
95
256
102
100
00
_
230
178
180
175
-
354
136
133
137
4-
302
138
134
134
331
118
118
127
4-
296
122
123
124
+
325
107
106
107
4-
+
451
136
130
134
352
208
208
208
331
226
240
226
350
236
232
232
218
110
109
106
266
94
98
05
319
143
153
161
263
188
183
168
3.0
0.0
7.6
0.8
0.0
3.1
0.0
-
5.8
0.0
+
-
2.8
3.1
5.2
8.2
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)
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146
145
152
+
363
145
146
149
598
176
208
223
44-
7.2
526
171
201
215
374
150
163
162
+
-
7.0
0.6
201
114
112
112
0.0
211
105
111
111
254
105
100
103
0.0
3.0
348
198
203
200
478
232
238
220
_
-
427
206
208
210
4-
289
225
225
225
0.0
0.0
Clothing:
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)
Cotton, print cloth, 27 inches, 64 x 60-7.60 yards to pound (Boston)
Cotton, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L. (New York)
Worsted yarns: 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Boston)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, double warp, 50 inches (New York)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce Middlesex (New York)
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansai No. 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers (Chicago)
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
Men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
4.8
7.1
202
176
184
181
201
227
227
227
466
241
237
256
283
108
105
102
1.5
3.8
1.0
o.o
4-
8.0
2.0
400
88
88
88
308
210
209
200
0.0
0.0
202
153
153
153
0.0
1022
1021
1020
1920
336
222
222
201
2(K)
202
1S5
200
0.0
0.0
13.7
1.5
July,
Sept.,
July,
Mar.,
June,
May,
June,
1017
1 020
1017
1017
1917
1918
1915
340
183
179
154
202
230
98
108
261
185
193
224
94
100
386
130
141
205
211
175
108
188
103
133
Feb.,
Jan.,
Feb.,
Oct.,
Sept.,
June,
Jan.,
Feb.,
1920
1020
1020
1020
1920
1017
1013
1916
455
221
230
232
407
212
236
236
381
305
305
305
251
177
175
178
105
173
173
173
331
139
146
172
124
38
36
34
250
70
70
71
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
637
375
200
250
105
-
Metals:
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig iron, basic, valley furnace
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
Lead, pig, desilvered, for early delivery (New York)
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery (New York)
330
388
205
172
2.9
1.7
0.0
2.6
Building materials and miscellaneous:
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring, 1 x 4 , " B " and better (Hattiesburgdistrict)
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common, s 1 s, 1 x 8 x 10 (State of Washington)
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
Brick, common building, salmon, run of kiln (Chicago)
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b. plant (Chicago district)
Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
Rubber, Para Island, fine (New York)
Sulphuric acid, 66° (New York)
0.9
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.0
17.8
5.6
1.4
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BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN APRIL,
The following pages contain a review by principal
industries of the more important statistics shown in
the table on the "Trend of Business Movements"
(page 25). Summaries of production, stocks, sales, and
price changes are given also.
COURSE OF PRODUCTION SINCE
BELAT7V& PRODUCTION (1919 = 100)
Maximum
since
end
of
Mini1923
1922
mum 1920 1921 1922
since averaverend age. average. age. Mar. Apr.
of
Mar. Apr.
1919. 1919.
PRODUCTION.
Production of commodities slackened somewhat in
April after the high records made in March, with seasonal influences causing this decline to a large extent.
The index number of raw material production on a
1919 base declined from 125.8 in March to 121.1 in
April, while the marketing of animal products declined
from 113.6 to 111.4. Crop marketings have made the
usual seasonal decline, while manufacturing production shows a slight falling off in almost all groups from
the March figures.
Out of 51 commodities for which comparison can be
made between March and April on a 1919 base, there
were 14 increases and 36 decreases, with most of the
changes either way falling within a comparatively narrow range. New high records were made in the April
output of crude petroleum, pig iron, silver, Douglas fir
lumber, newspapers, corrugated paper boxes, passenger
automobiles, and motor trucks.
In comparison with April, 1922, there were 45 increases and only 7 decreases reported for individual
commodities.
RELATION
OF
PRODUCTION,
STOCKS,
AND UNFILLED
ORDERS.
(Relative monthly average 1920=»100.)
1922
1988
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
120.6 117.8 116.7 109.0 111.0 102.8 102.5 95.1
Stocks
Production (manufactured)... 84.7 91.8 93.0 88.1 113.3 100.3 122.0
41.2 41.1 47.2 57.6
Unfilled orders
84.5 93.2 100.5 "94*6
COMBINED PRODUCTION I N D E X N U M B E R S . 1
(Relatively monthly production 1919—100.)
Maxi- Minimum m u m 1920 1921 1922
Apr. Mar. Apr.
sinoe since aver- aver- aver- Mar.
end end of age. age. age. 1922. 1922. 1923. 1923.
1919. 1919.
Manufacturing (total)..
Manufacturing (62 identical commodities)
Raw materials, total...
Minerals
Animal products...
Crops
Forestry
1
102.2
126.7
81.2
122.7
153.4
131.7
119.6
194.6
127.9
74.0 100.6 80.9 97.8 93.6 88.6 122.7
72.9] 98.5 102.8 108.0 93.6 74.1 98.2 90.5
62.51 113.9 93.3 99.0 116.2 62.5 125.8 121.1
79. 7! 95.4 97.5 106.3 102.5 106.9 113.6 111.4
49.1 93.9 112.1 112.6 77.8 54.5 74.3 61.0
60.6 101.6 85.5 109.9 99.3 101.7 119.9 120.4
96.7
92.7 126.7
For details "of individual commodities, see pages 23 aqd 24,
1919.
FOODSTUFFS:
Wheat flour
Beef products
Pork products
Lamb and mutton
Sugar (meltings)
Oleomargarine
Cottonseed oil
Condensed milk
Butter
Cheese
Icecream..
Corn products
125
109
152
110
178
126
203
121
201
169
468
135
64
67
58
58
40
26
4
20
64
41
41
38
82
92
93
80
104
103
91
76
99
86
111
93
91
83
97
94
92
60
99
71
120
86
110
90
Cotton (consumption). 130
Sole leather
95
Boots and shoes
U13
57
63
186
103
82
79
80
95
78
98
(2)
94
87
92
90
107
98
79
77
130
165
51
52
71
66
66
62
129
107
85 1 68
111
66
103
124
71
80
88
67
164
47
22
69
116
74
92
78
96
89
147
90
157.
68
56
110
97
100
82
106
92
72
97
130
91
130
120
90
CLOTHING:
FUELS:
Anthracite coal...
Bituminous coal
Beehive coke..
By-product coke
Crude petroleum..
Gasoline
Kerosene.
Gas and fuel
Lubricating oil
Electric power
"ihb
62
37
121
137
127
»155
184
177
116
153
135
145
41
11
3 62
112
98
71
93
89
98
101
122
110
122
117
123
99
146
124
113
103
91
30
79
124
130
83
127
104
105
60
88
42
113
146
157
98
140
116
122
119
129
46
102
148
143
92
134
104
118
41
33
106
142
143
97
125
103
111
121
121
110
155
178
191
98
153
129
145
110
110
112
153
184
139
144
3 114
127
140
181
34
33
*17
38
80
79
119
121
94
105
100
88
54
57
37
47
95
113
88
99
77
81
98
121
80
100
58
69
89
99
81
103
72
67
88
101
138
144
114
127
129
91
139
141
110
123
140
91
128
144
75
64
112
84
96
96
97
101
90
82
85
78
97
114
90
106
119
50
94
91
99
108
89
103
%
131
172
180
69
20
33
94
121
98
99
67
88
115
105
153
113
58
153
104
95
158
126
109
180
113
155
153
272
182
144
122
120
161
120
319
139
8
57
44
27
28
21
33
42
47
121
122
102
89
82
105
91
106
103
78
109
79
60
59
88
57
123
83
114
135
117
62
68
81
78
226
114
15
134
107
54
37
118
68
202
92
40
129
113
63
78
90
82
197
94
82
164
138
68
53
150
94
319
123
131
144
62
49
140
82
304
114
Mechanical wood pulp 143
Chemical wood pulp.. 138
Newsprint
116
Newspapers (printed). 138
126
150
135
123
55
64
69
93
64
77
65
53
109
117
110
105
121
120
119
113
87
79
89
104
79
94
85
71
102
102
105
120
107
120
111
105
119
106
103
119
102
121
118
102
122
93
98
124
92
106
101
96
103
118
113
134
126
150
123
128
109
102
138
123
136
111
113
156
142
30
18
104
104
65
89
117
109
96
116
109
109
151
112
156
111
130
131
187
3
184
124
13
43
34
3 61
48
106
120
117
125
104
37
63
105
122
69
79
92
144
142
77
65
84
126
100
67
70
82
144
138
79
119
131
147
148
79
99
127
150
169
267
235
214
65
86
80
149
112
110
120
127
122
209
195
172
189
199
166
226
222
181
267
229
210
241
200
179
139
30
72
69
102
111
125
139
138
Automobiles, passen«249
ger
8
142
Motor trucks
135
Locomotives.
79
Ships
«51
• 32
9
2
114
102
89
67
93
46
50
30
141
111
77 1 75
17
48
2
8
143
85
9
10
231
131
126
7
249
142
97
11
METALS:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Zinc..
Silver
Gold (receipts)
TOBACCO:
Cigars<
Cigarettes *..
Manufactured
tobacco 4
LUMBER:
Yellow pine .
Western pine
North Carolina pine..
California white and
sugar pine
California redwood
Douglas fir
Michigan hardwoods..
Michigan softwoods...
Northern hardwoods..
HfiTnlop.lr
Oak flooring.. . .
Maple flooring
PAPER:
Book paper
Wrapping paper
Pat>flr board
Fine paper
Corrugated
paper
boxes 6 .
Solidfiberpaper boxes5
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)
TRANSPORT VEHICLES:
i Since November, 1921.
> Less than 1.
»Since January, 1921-
* As represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
& Relative to the last six months of 1919,
« Since July 1,1921
COMPARISON OF PRESENT PRODUCTION WITH CORRESPONDING
MONTH OF 1920.
DECREAM
COMPARISON OF APRIL PRODUCTION WITH PRE-WAR.
INDEX NUMBERS
400
INCREASE
PER CENT
W
SO
ft
1
BEEF PRODUCTS
80
CENT
100
iM
460
D8TUFI •8
WHEAT FLOUR
PORK PRODUCTS
LAMB AND
BEEF PRODUCTS
MUTTON
m
SUGAR
PORK PRODUCTS
OLEOMARGARINE
COTTONSEED OtL
CORN
LAMB AND MUTTON
m
PRODUCTS
THINQ
CL
OLEOMARGARI
COTTON CONSUMPTION
SOLE
3
LEATHER
FU
ANTHRACITE
LS
COAL
BITUMINOUS
m
COAL
S3
BEEHIVE COKE
CRUDE
ANTHRACITE COAL
PETROLEUM
BITUMINOUS COAL
GASOLINE
KEROSENE
QAS AND
BEEHIVE COKE
FUEL OIL
LUBRICATING OIL
BY-PRODUCT COKE
ELECTRIC POWER
M
TALS• 1
W//JW/A
PIG IRON
CRUDE PETROLEUM
STEEL-INGOTS
ZINC
PIG IRON
1ACCO
.CIGARS
STEEL-INGOTS
CIGARETTES
MANFD.
TOBACCO
COPPER
LI
WE8TERN
PINE
NORTH CAROLINA
CALIFORNIA
PINE
•
WHITE PINE
CALIFORNIA
MBER
a
a
YELLOW PINE
REDWOOD
DOUGLAS FIR
MICHIGAN
HARDWOODS
MICHIGAN
SOFTWOODS
NORTHERN
HARDWOODS
• M wmm
warn
3
m
HEM LOCK
OAK FLOORING
•
MAPLE FLOORING
PER
MECHANICAL
CHEMICAL
WOOD PULP
WOOD PULP
NEWSPAPERS (PRINTED )
BOOK
PAPER
WRAPPING
FINE
a
•
NEWSPRINT PAPER
PAPER
a
PAPER
CORRUGATED PAPER BOXES
•OLID
FIBER
a
PAPER BOXES
O N E . C LAY. AN
> SAND PRODUCTS
SILICA BRICK
CLAY
FIRE
8INKS( ENAMEL)
3
BRICK
FACE BRICK
GLA8S
•••
BOTTLES
B
BATHS( ENAMEL)
LOCOMOTIVES
ILDIN
EQUI
F>MENT
LAVATORIES' ENAMEL )
SINKS( ENAMEL*
BUILDINGSC CONTRACTED)
1
RAN^
>RTATIC N
LOCOMOTIVES
•H • M • M
STOCKS.
There was a decline in stocks of commodities during
April. Out of 40 commodities for which comparisons
are available on a 1919 base, there were 9 increases
during the month and 29 decreases. Of the increases,
3 were among the food commodities, which are usually
subject to seasonal influences, and 3 were in the paper
group.
Compared with a year ago, there were 15 increases
and 21 decreases in stocks. Among the foodstuffs
there were 10 increases and only 5 decreases, while
the other commodities had only 5 increases as against
21 decreases.
The index number of stocks of commodities compiled by the Department of Commerce stood at 95.1
at the end of April, based on the average 1920 stocks
as 100, showing a decrease of about 20 per cent since
last September, and of about 7 per cent during the
month of April.
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES COMPARED WITH PRE-WAR.
(Taken at end of each month.)
RELATIVE STOCKS (1913=100).
1923
1922
1920
average.
Wheat (visible)
Corn (visible)
Oats (visible)
Coffee
Cotton (total)
Crude petroleum
Pig iron (merchant) *..
Zinc
Tin
.
Oak
flooring
!
Cement 2
Tobacco..
i
Flaxseed
127
71
89
89
150
109
38
99
183
258
80
114
33
i Relative to 1914.
1922
average.
1921
average.
134
256
270
89
183
152
84
196
127
375
91
131
74
2
177
315
268
60
161
234
48
89
134
256
87
130
10
Mar.
|
194
607
371
63
171
i 211
'• 71
148
167
312
i 123
! 145
i
Mar.
Apr.
173
470
327
55
151
225
59
127
148
296
129
8
249
372
138
64
142
247
32
25
220
281
116
150
1
Relative to stocks at end of 1913.
Apr.
231
291
126
55
124
252
35
22
194
264
102
1
Retail sales, on the basis of reports from mail-order
houses and ten-cent chains, made the usual seasonal
decline, while they were considerably greater than
RELATIVE STOCKS (1919-100).
the sales reported for April a year ago. Postal
receipts
and magazine advertising in the principal
1923
1922
1922
1920
cities
of
the country declined, while newspaper
aver
average, age. age, Mar. Apr. I Mar. Apr.
advertising reached a new maximum since 1919.
Telephone receipts and telegraph tolls were higher
in March than in the corresponding month a year ago.
27
29
38
70
33
43
Sales of both stocks and bonds in April were con74
76 102 112
97
85
34
25
183 324
79
69
siderably lower than in the preceding month and in
287
332 298 343
110 157
57
33
110 107
63
39
April, 1922. New life insurance written in April
135
120 173 161
89
93
64
60
95
85
76
reached a newT high mark in point of aggregate policy
1,482 1,147
174 622
908 'in
290
250 108
69 211
98
value.
14
6
7
81
5
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES SINCE 1919.
(Taken at end of each month.)
Maxi- Minimum mum
since
1919. 1919.
FOODSTUFFS.
Beef products
Pork products
Lamb and mutton
Sugar (raw)
Cottonseed oil
Wheat (visible)
Wheat flour
Corn (visible)
Oats (visible)
Butter
Cheese
Eggs
Poultry
Fish*
Coffee
Apples
Rice (domestic)
124
20
129
38
928
25
437
44
200
8
191
28
149
54
1,482 108
316
16
174
5
156
28
240 0)
183
30
110
17
177
72
391
360 ""50
82
70
73
146
181
159
28
23
103
41
103
111
190
79
101
72
72
145
166
159
28
114
76
28
89
54
165
37
11
143
27
104
133
215
36
91
112
17
89
62
194
92
87
76
235
267
94
163
146
241
COMPARISON OF SALES IN DIFFERENT LINES OF BUSINESS.
RELATIVE SALES ( 1 9 1 9 = 1 0 0 ) .
CLOTHING MATERIALS.
Cotton (total)
136
111
102
145
134
134
151
143
223
168
100
172
143
FUELS.
Crude petroleum
Gasoline
Kerosene
Gas and fuel oil
Lubricating oil
241
267
153
178
162
Pig iron (merchant)
Zinc
Tin
101
61
85
75
81
31
24
122
60
108
332
132
213
232
67
97
244
129
98
141
234
199
100
182
193
179
126
74
98
159
180
92
178
185
98
55
73
151
INDIVIDUAL
COMMODITIES.
24
352
CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS.
Yellow pine
Michigan hardwoods...
Michigan softwoods
Oak flooring
Maple flooring
Silica brick
Face brick
Cement 3
Baths (enamel)
Lavatories (enamel)...
Sinks (enamel)
Rosin 4
Turpentine 4
102
59
80
59
55
81
123
79
29
21
34
41
13
113
59
81
165
123
101
192
218
81
36
40
101
49
PAPER.
Mechanical wood pulp..
Chemical wood pulp....
Newsprint (at mills)
Book paper
Wrapping paper
Paper board
Fine paper
143
138
175
131
130
132
112
108
89 | 90
99 I 98 j 106
118
125 ! 95
121
115 121
119
101 112
132
117 114
95
101
58
103
79
117
79
96
96
OTHER AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS.
Tobacco (total).
Flaxseed
134
1,578
117 116 i! 1 129
127
550 1,242 j 167 i
1
2
Index numberless than 1.
On loth of month.
» Relative to stocks at end of 1919.
* Relative to season beginning Apr. 1,1919.
* Apr. 1.
Pig iron (merchant)
Freight cars
Structural steel
Baths, enamel
Lavatories, enamel
Sinks, enamel
Sanitary pottery
Oak flooring
Maple flooring
Redwood lumber
Clay fire brick
Leather belting
Abrasive paper and
cloth
Fine cotton goods
Paper 1
Printing
Optical goods l
DISTRIBUTION
MOVEMENT.
Wholesalers s
Mail-order houses 1
Chain stores 1
SERVICES.
Postal receipts l
Telephone receipts
*
Telegraph tolls l
Railroad revenues:
1
Passengers
Freight 1
Advertising:
Magazine
Newspaper
SECURITIES.
Stocks
Bonds
Municipal bonds
(new)1.
Life insurance 1
1
SALES.
Of the 12 individual commodities for which sales data
are available the sales in April, with the exception of
redwood lumber, clay fire brick, and leather belting,
were below those reported for April, 1922. The index
of unfilled orders for basic commodities recently
compiled by the Department of Commerce declined
slightly in April.
2
156
Items based on value.
Relative proportion of orders to total transactions.
PRICES.
Prices received by farmers for their crops continued
to rise, reaching 39 per cent above the 1913 average.
Live-stock prices remained within the same narrow
range as during the previous three months, at from
6 to 7 per cent above the 1913 average.
10
The wholesale price index of the Department of
Labor remained unchanged at 59 per cent above the
pre-war average, declines in the farm products, fuel,
and miscellaneous groups neutralizing increases in the
other groups. The Federal Reserve Board's reclassification of this index shows a slight decline in raw
materials in spite of an advance in forest products,
while producers' and consumers' goods rose in price.
Dun's and Bradstreet's index numbers of wholesale
prices declined slightly, the first reduction in either
index number since last summer.
The retail food index increased slightly in April,
while the cost of living figure of the National Industrial
Conference Boa*rd for April shows no change, the
increase in food being balanced by declines in clothing
and fuel.
Foreign wholesale prices moved within a narrow
range, with declines in France and Sweden and increases in Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, and
Canada.
Comparing industrial prices in the table and chart
on pages 4 and 5, it is seen that farmers7 prices increased, except for cotton, hogs, and lambs, while the
same commodities and also cattle show declines in
the market price of farm products. Foodstuffs increased except cottonseed oil, which declined, and beef,
which remained unchanged. Clothing prices showed
little change except increases in raw silk and cotton
sheeting and declines in cotton yarns and print cloth
and in packers' hides. Among the fuels coke and
petroleum declined, while coal was stationary. Among
the metals, iron and steel rose, copper was unchanged,
and other metals declined. Building materials in general rose slightly, except for a sharp advance in steel
beams, which at 18 per cent was the largest advance
in the whole list. Other advances of over 8 per cent
were potatoes, corn, and silk, while coke, with 14 per
cent, and lambs, with 8 per cent, were the only outstanding declines.
TEXTILES.
Receipts of wool at Boston made a seasonal decline
in April, but were considerably larger than a year ago,
owing to foreign receipts being almost doubled, while
domestic receipts were slightly lower. Consumption
of wool declined about 10 per cent from March.
Woolen machinery activity decreased slightly as regards looms, but spindles, cards, and combs showed
even greater activity, due to the large amount of overtime work. The price of raw wool to the producer
again advanced, but through all other stages prices of
wool and woolen goods remained stationary.
The first report compiled by the Bureau of the Census on the monthly output of ready-to-wear clothing
shows the number of garments cut by 327 identical
establishments in February and March:
M E N ' § AND BOY'S
CLOTHING.
NUMBER OF
GARMENTS CUT.
KIND.
February.
Men's suits, made wholly or partly of wool
Men's suits, made wholly or partly of mohair, cotton, silk, linen,
etc
,
Men's separate trousers, made wholly or partly of wool
Men's separate summer trousers, made wholly or partly of
mohair, cotton, silk, linen, etc
Men's overcoats...
Boys' suits and separate pants (all grades)
Boys' overcoats and reefers (all srad.es)
March.
870,160
908,132
144,608
735,617
155,523
788,242
429,381
119,130
659,570
17,733
467,25B
144,950
719,125
12,294
Cotton consumption declined from the March high
record to 577,396 bales in April, in a seasonal movement. Stocks of raw cotton at both mills and warehouses continued to decline, and were about 800,000
bales less than a year ago. Exports of raw cotton
again declined, and at 262,753 bales were the lowest
since September, 1920. Cotton cloth exports declined
slightly, as did sales of elastic webbing. Slightly more
cotton spindles were active in April than in March,
but the total activity declined. Prices of cotton and
cotton goods were slightly lower in April, except for a
very slight advance in sheetings.
The first report of the Bureau of the Census on the
monthly operations of hosiery concerns gives the
following statistics for February and March by 311
identical concerns representing 383 mills, which
reported over 60 per cent of the total value of hosiery
at the Census of Manufactures of 1921 :
QUANTITY (DOZEN PAIRS).
March.
February.
Total.*
Production:
All cotton
All nat. silk
All others....
2,193,110
862,949
972,844
Men's.
941,258
247,931
326,145
Women's.
Total.1
596,828 2,520,755
919,012
605,213
560,851 1,112,586
Men's.
1,071,965
255,262
379,409
Women's.
663,383
655,373
616,046
Total.
4,028,903 1,515,334 1,762,892 4,552,355 1,706,636 1,934,802
Shipments
Stocks, end of mo.
Orders
Cancellations
Unfilled orders,
end of month...
4,050,932 1,475,080 727,290 4,636,310 1,684,125 1,970,981
6,069,277 1,977,636 2,741,181 6,186,661 2,014,080 2,764,592
4 299,313 1,602,633 1,774,856 4,473,516 1,604,630 2,009,238
221,149
127,969
171,584
41,874
104,486
57,083
10,972,600 4,423,648 4,208,057 10,453,877 4,277,225 4,024,121
1
Includes men's, women's, boys' and misses', children's and infants', and athletic
and sport.
The apparent consumption of silk in April amounted
to 38,193 bales, the highest since the end of 1920.
Stocks of raw silk at warehouses were further reduced
to the lowest point since last July, while the price of
raw silk exceeded $9 per pound for the first time since
April, 1920.
11
COTTON CONSUMPTION IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MILLS.
400
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%/A
&
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%* A
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V
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f\r
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of the United States Steel Corporation declined in
April. Exports of iron and steel products increased
slightly and prices continued to advance, especially
structural beams, which rose 18 per cent over March.
PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON AND STEEL INGOTS AND U. S. STEEL
CORPORATION'S UNFILLED ORDERS.
12
%
10
i
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%
)
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o
0
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1920
i 1922
i § I I
1921
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IRON AND STEEL.
Slight declines were registered in the production,
shipments, unfilled orders and unsold stocks of independent sheet producers, while sales declined over 43
per cent and total stocks increased slightly. Production of steel barrels rose to 50 per cent of capacity,
the highest recorded since 1920, but shipments and
unfilled orders declined.1
Bookings of commercial steel castings reported to
the Bureau of the Census by two-thirds of the shop
capacity devoted to this purpose amounted to 90,968
tons or 93.9 per cent of capacity, a decline of over
50,000 tons from the March record. Railway specialties were booked at only about half the March bookings but miscellaneous bookings declined only slightly.
Sales of fabricated structural steel declined to 80
per cent of capacity, as comparad with 96 per cent
in March and 88 per cent in April, 1922. The table
on page 12 gives figures compiled by the Bureau of
the Census showing the total tonnage booked each
month by 171 firms with a monthly capacity of
226,625 tons, and the total bookings computed to
a capacity of 250,000 tons at the rate of sales to
capacity of the reporting firms.
The production of pig iron in April was slightlyhigher than the previous record made in March, but
steel-ingot production declined somewhat. The great
falling off in orders for merchant pig iron and continued high production and shipments caused a
decline in unfilled orders of merchant pig iron. Stocks
of mercbwt iron increased slightly. Unfilled orders
i The Steel Barrel Manufacturers' Association has entered into cooperative
arrangements with the Department of Commerce for the wider distribution of the
statistics compiled and issued by that association. The statistics are issued daily
and monthly and cover the sales, production, shipments, and unfilled orders of
steel barrels and drums specified by kind and size; shipments are distributed by
states. Persons desiring to obtain this service may either apply direct to the secretary of the association, 1428 Bulkley Building, Cleveland, Ohio, from whom a
statement of the subscription charges for the various reports may be obtained; or
if they prefer, may send thoU aames fa the Survey of Current Business for forwarding
to the association.
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BOOKINGS OF FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL.
YEAR AND MONTH.
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November.
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April
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167,641
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145,097
131,303
110,188
136,168
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202,500
185,000
172,500
170,000
160,000
145,000
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150,000
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3 Reported by 150 firms with a capacity of 220,965 tons.
Shipments of locomotives from manufacturing
plants declined in April, due to the smaller number
destined for domestic railroads. Unfilled orders,
both domestic and foreign, declined slightly. Orders
for domestic freight cars made a sharp decline. Sales
of stokers made a considerable increase over April,
but shipments of steel furniture declined.
Production of copper was slightly less in April
than in March and over 50 per cent higher than a
year ago. Exports were the same as in March and
there was no change in the price of electrolytic copper.
Zinc production made a slight decline, and stocks
were further reduced to a new low record since
1919. Receipts and shipments at St. Louis declined
about 20 per cent and the price of slab zinc was
reduced.
Stocks of tin declined and the price of tin fell off
slightly. Receipts of lead increased, but shipments
declined. The price of lead declined slightly.
FUELS.
Production of both bituminous and anthracite coal
seasonally declined about 9 per cent from March, but
there was little change in the output of both beehive
and by-product coke. Storage of anthracite coal increased but was only 7 per cent of last year and confined to steam sizes. Exports of both bituminous and
anthracite coal increased slightly, while coke exports
were double the March figures. Prices of coal and coke
declined.
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another high record at 58,133,000 barrels, and stocks
continued to climb. Consumption declined, as did
imports, and the price of crude oil was reduced
slightly. A considerable increase took place in the
number of oil wells completed during the month.
Gasoline figures for March, the latest available,
show increases in production, consumption, and exports,
and the rise of stocks to 1,259,000,000 gallons—a level
far above previous high marks. Exports of gasoline
declined slightly in April. Production of other refined
products increased in March, and stocks declined, except for kerosene oil.
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AUTOMOBILES.
PRODUCTION OF BEEHIVE AND BY-PRODUCT COKE.
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The output of automobiles made a new high record
in April with 344,474 passenger cars and 37,514 trucks,
both showing an increase of 8 per cent over March.
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Production of glass bottles declined slightly in
March, while March operations of illuminating glassware plants show declines in production, shipments,
and orders, all being slightly over 50 per cent of
capacity.
Sales of spectacle frames and mountings made a
considerable increase in April, but unfilled orders
declined.
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PAPER AND PRINTING.
Production of mechanical wood pulp increased
almost 25 per cent over March, consumption was
slightly greater, and stocks increased 48 per cent in a
seasonal movement. Production and consumption of
chemical pulp declined and stocks increased slightly.
Production and shipments of newsprint paper
declined about 10 per cent and total stocks declined
slightly in spite of an increase in jobbers' holdings.
Consumption of newsprint by publishers increased.
Total printing paper exports declined. A slight increase took place in production of corrugated and
solid fiber paper boxes.
Reports furnished to the Department of Commerce
by the National Association of Button Manufacturers
show the following weekly comparisons regarding
stocks of finished fresh-water pearl buttons and machinery activity by 17 companies representing 95.2 per
cent of the machine capacity of the Association
members.a
BUTTON MANUFACTURING.
STOCK ON HAND (GROSS).
WEEK ENDING—
December 30 (previous year)..
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12,100,792
13,611,979
13,638,275
13,646,436
13,671,499
11,930,906
11,920,613
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13,493,976
13,532,540
13,564,760
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11,997,520
12,043,674
12,108,272
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13,373,501
13,454,219
13,467,402
11,909,903
11,895,817
11,941,118
12,000,472
12,020,933
13,344,915
13,357,190
U3,455,624
13,514,369
11,988.674
12,082,463
12,161,789
12,199,085
13,431,057
13,499,864
13,622.367
12,164,667
12,240,858
12,390,540
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a The National Association of Button Manufacturers has entered into cooperative
arrangements with the Department of Commerce for the wider distribution of the
statistics compiled and issued by that association. The statistics cover the quantity
and price of orders received, quantity of button stocks on hand, and machinery
activity weekly for fresh-water pearl buttons specified by kind and grade. Persons
desirin? to obtain this service may either apply direct to the secretary of the association, 1182 Broadway, New York City, or, if they prefer, may send their names to the
Survey of Current Business for forwarding to the association. A limited number of
free copies is available for distribution by the association. If the demand for these
becomes greater than the supply, a charge will be made by the association sufficient
to cover merely the cost of distribution.
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
Building costs remained quite stationary in April,
both as regards building materials and the costs of
construction.
Building contracts awarded in April in the 27
Northeastern States made a very slight decline from
March, but the total value was considerably higher.
The only increases in volume occurred in several
groups of public and semipublic buildings, while industrial contracts fell off 21 per cent.
Fire losses declined over 20 per cent from March,
but were slightly larger than a year ago.
VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED, BY CLASSES.
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BUILDING MATERIALS.
Production of lumber in general showed a decline
from the high March totals. Exceptions were Douglas
fir, western pine, and northern pine. Shipments of
all species declined except Michigan softwoods, and
stocks were less than in March except for western
pine. Exports of lumber increased and prices declined
fractionally.
PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OP PORTLAND CEMENT.
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Orders for both oak and maple flooring declined
about 40 per cent from March, while production, shipments, stocks, and unfilled orders all declined to a
considerable extent.
Production, shipments, and stocks of clay-fire and
silica brick declined in April. Orders for clay-fire
brick were one-third less than the March orders, but
unfilled orders increased slightly. Production, shipments, and unfilled orders of face brick continued to
increase, but stocks declined. Prices of common
brick showed little change.
The first statistical report of the National Paving
Brick Manufacturers' Association,1 covering 29 companies representing 66 per cent of the tonnage capacity of the paving brick industry, shows the following
figures on No. 1 paving brick for the month of April:
i The National Paving Brick Manufacturers' Association has entered into cooperative arrangements with the Department of Commerce for the wider distribution of the statistics compiled and issued by that association. The statistics are
issued weekly and cover the production, shipments, stocks, new orders, cancellations and unfilled orders for paving brick, classified by sizes. The distribution of
unfilled orders and shipments is shown by states and classes of highways. Persons
desiring to obtain this service may either apply direct to the secretary of the association, 830 Engineers Building, Cleveland, Ohio, or, if they prefer, may send their
names to the Survey of Current Business for forwarding to the association. A
limited number of free copies is available for distribution by the association. If
there is a large demand for these sheets, a charge will probably be made by th«
association to cover the cost of printing and mailing.
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PAVING BRICK ( N O . 1 SIZE).
[In thousands of bricks.]
April.
Production
Shipments
Stockonhand, end of month
Orders received
Cancellations
Unfilled orders, end of month
33, 315
23, 397
80,170
24, 522
1,028
91, 849
March.
70,252
91, 752
The production of No. 1 and No. 2 paving brick in
April represented 77 per cent of the normal tonnage
capacity of the reporting firms.
Production and shipments of cement made a seasonal increase in April and were larger than a year
ago. Stocks declined during April and were considerably lower than a year ago. The price of Portland cement remained unchanged. Contracts for
concrete paving let in April increased but were much
smaller than in April, 1922.
A considerable decline took place in April in orders
and shipments of all classes of sanitary enamel ware,
as against an increase during April, 1922, but the
totals were about the same as a year ago. Stocks
in general declined during April and averaged about
half as large as a year ago.
Sales of tubular plumbing goods in April were less
than half of the March sales, both in pieces and in
value.1
The wholesale price index of plumbing fixtures,
compiled from reports to the Department of Commerce, shows a further increase in April, with prices
about 92 per cent over the 1913 average.
HIDES AND LEATHER.
Production of sole leather in April was almost as
large as in March and reductions of about 8 per cent
occurred in the output of skivers and oak and union
harness. Exports of sole leather declined, but upper
leather exports were larger than in March.
The production of boots and shoes declined about
10 per cent in April, but exports continued to increase.
Prices of boots and shoes were unchanged. Sales of
leather belting declined slightly.
CHEMICALS AND OILS.
Exports of sulphuric acid and dyestuffs declined
but fertilizer exports increased. Prices of essential
oils and chemicals increased, but crude drugs remained
unchanged and drugs and pharmaceuticals declined
slightly.
* The Tubular Plumbing Goods Association has completed cooperative arrangements with the Department of Commerce for the wider distribution of the statistics
compiled and issued by that association. These statistics are issued semiweekly
and cover manufacturers' sales, in 3-day intervals, of traps and supply pipes. The
figures are given in great detail in the regular reports specifying the quantities,
subdivided by sizes, which have been sold in particular States, cities, or Territories.
Persons desiring to obtain this service may do so by applying either to the secretary of the association at 25 Broad Street, New York City, or, if they prefer, may
send their names to the Survey of Current Business for forwarding to the association. If there is a large demand for these sheets, a charge will probably be made
by the association to cover the cost of printing and mailing.
Seasonal increases took place in the receipts of turpentine and rosin, which were larger than a year ago.
Stocks of turpentine were greater than the previous
month and a year ago, but rosin stocks were less than
at both these periods.
Exports of vegetable oils increased slightly in April.
The consumption of oleomargarine declined. Stocks of
cottonseed and production and stocks of cottonseed
oil declined seasonally but were higher than a year
ago. The price of cottonseed oil declined fractionally.
Except for a large increase in receipts at Minneapolis, the usual seasonal decline took place in receipts, shipments, and stocks of flaxseed in the
Northwest, with stocks far below last year. Shipments of linseed oil and oil cake from Minneapolis,
however, showed an increase and were much larger
than a year ago.
CEREALS.
Receipts and shipments "of wheat at the principal
markets were about the same as in March and considerably larger than a year ago. Exports of wheat
and flour were slightly less than either March, 1923,
or April, 1922. Prices of wheat and flour advanced
slightly. The visible supply of wheat was 30,000,000
bushels larger than a year ago.
Receipts and shipments of corn made a seasonal
decline and were larger than in April, 1922. The
visible supply was 15,000,000 bushels smaller than a
year ago. Exports again declined, but the price of
corn rose. Grindings of corn by starch and glucose
manufacturers made a seasonal decline but exceeded
last year's grindings for April.
Reports furnished to the Department of Commerce
by the Iowa-Nebraska Canners' Association 2 show
the following comparison of unsold stocks of sweet
corn in the 36 canneries of Iowa and Nebraska, in
cases:
February 15, 1921
November 18, 1921
February 1, 1922
August 1, 1922
November 1, 1922
January 1, 1923
March 1,1923
April 7, 1923
May 29, 1923
1,956,000
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1,400,000
519,600
649,000
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Receipts of oats in April were almost twice as large
as a year ago, but the visible supply was less than
half as great. Exports increased, but were much less
«The Iowa-Nebraska Canners' Association has entered into cooperative arrangements with the Department of Commerce for the wider distribution of trade statistics
collected, compiled, and issued by that association. These statistics cover periodic
reports on acreage planted to sweet corn and the production, stocks, and sales of
canned corn. Persons desiring to obtain this service may either apply direct to the
secretary of the association at Marshalltown, Iowa, or, if they prefer, may send
their names to the Survey of Current Business for forwarding to the association. A limited number of free copies are available for distribution by the secretary
of the association. If the demand for these is greater than the supply, a charge
will be made by the association sufficient to cover merely the cost of distribution.
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than a year ago, while the price of oats advanced
fractionally. Prices of barley and rye also advanced.
Total grain exports for April declined to 19,936,000
bushels, slightly more than half as large as a year ago,
but car loadings of grain and grain products, though
less than in March, were about 15 per cent larger than
in April, 1922.
Exports of condensed and evaporated milk declined
from March, 1923, and from April, 1922. Receipts of
butter and cheese were larger than a year ago, but
receipts of eggs were less. Cold-storage holdings of
butter and eggs were less than a year ago, but cheese
holdings increased. Prices of butter and cheese declined from March.
TOBACCO.
RELATIVE PURCHASING POWER OP FARM PRODUCTS, AND
PATENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
A decline of about 7 per cent took place in the consumption of tobacco products in April, as represented
by tax-paid withdrawals, but there was a considerable
increase over the corresponding month of last year.
Exports of both unmanufactured tobacco and cigarettes made good increases over March.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO.
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Receipts and shipments of rice increased both over
March, 1923, and April, 1922, while exports declined
in comparison with both periods. Stocks declined
but were larger than a year ago.
Cold-storage holdings of apples and carlot shipments made seasonal declines but were larger than a
year ago. Slight declines occurred in the carlot shipments of potatoes, onions and citrus fruit, all but
onions exceeding the April, 1922 shipments.
MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
The movement and slaughter of all kinds of live
stock was generally greater in April than a year ago,
with cattle showing an increase over March in contrast to a decline a year ago. Exports of both beef
products and pork products declined, with the latter
about twice as high as a year ago. Cold-storage
holdings of meats were considerably larger than at
this season last year. Prices were irregular.
The fish catch for April was considerably larger than
a year ago, but cold-storage holdings were much less.
Poultry receipts were less than in March but greater
than in April, 1922. Cold-storage holdings were
about 50 per cent larger than a year ago.
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WATER TRANSPORTATION.
March traffic through the Panama Canal was the
largest on record, with 1,941,000 tons of cargo passing
through, of which over half was carried in American
vessels. Clearances of vessels in foreign trade from
United States ports increased but entrances declined.
The relative proportion of American vessels was
slightly greater than in March. Ocean freight rates
to England declined but the index for all of Europe
rose.
RAILROADS.
The surplus of idle freight cars was reduced slightly
in April and the shortage was cut in half, thus bringing
the net shortage down to less than 22,000 cars. The
number of bad-order cars increased slightly. Car
loadings again increased, owing to the continued
growth of merchandise shipments. About 10 per
cent more Pullman passengers were carried in April
than a year ago.
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March figures on railroad operations show considerably larger revenues, both freight and passenger,
than a year ago, and also a considerable advance in
operating expense, with net-operating income about
the same, at the annual rate of 5.84 per cent on the
tentative valuation of the reporting railroads.
PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC.
LABOR.
Employment in 1,428 United States factories, each
employing 500 workers or over, showed an increase in
April, and at 2,040,000 employees compares with
1,617,000 in April, 1922. Employment reports from
Wisconsin also show an increase for the month, while
in New York State factories a slight decline was
reported in the number of employees during April.
Total involuntary unemployment in Pennsylvania
was reduced still further, being estimated at 10,025
on May 15. The total pay roll in New York State
factories increased but one-tenth of 1 per cent, while
for Wisconsin the increase amounted to 2 per cent.
The average weekly earnings of Wisconsin factory
employees increased 1 per cent during April. Reports from State and municipal employment agencies
show that in April the registration of workers
amounted to 178,158, while the number of jobs registered, at 200,692, was higher than at any time since
October, 1922. The ratio of workers per job at 0.89 is
the lowest since comparable figures became available
in July, 1921, and compares with 1.32 in April a
year ago.
SHORTAGE, SURPLUS, BAD-ORDER, AND TOTAL LOADINGS OP
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of 1922. April sales of 10-cent chain stores aggregated $23,764,000, which may be compared with
$22,429,000 in April, 1922, and $18,589,000 in April,
1921.
The index of department-store sales as compiled by
the Federal Reserve Board also shows the seasonal
falling off in this line of trade, and at 117 the index
on a 1919 base compares with 113 in April, 1922.
Department store stocks at 128.5 for April, on a
1919 base, compare with 117.6 in April, 1922, and
142.0 in April, 1920.
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As measured by debits to individual accounts, the
volume of payments by checks outside of New York
City declined to $18,732,000,000 in April, which
compares with $16,481,000,000 in April, 1922, and
$20,279,000,000 in April, 1920. Debits to individual
accounts in New York City declined to $20,478,000,000,
which may be compared with $20,717,000,000 in April
a year ago. Discounts, investments, deposits, and
note circulation of the Federal reserve banks were
reduced slightly during April, while the reserve ratio
increased and at 77.0 per cent compares with 75.5 in
March and 78.3 in April, 1922. Among the member
banks of the Federal Reserve System, loans and discounts increased, and at $11,839,000,000 were 10 per
cent greater than April a year ago, while total investments were reduced to provide for the increased
demand for funds in business. Net demand deposits
increased during the month.
BILLS DISCOUNTED AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS OF FEDERAL
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Magazine advertising in May amounted to 2,270,000
lines and compares with 1,830,000 lines in May a year
ago. The total magazine advertising for the first five
months of 1923 aggregated 9,699,000 lines and compares with 7,557,000 lines for the corresponding period
of last year. Newspaper advertising increased during
April, and at 387,777,000 agate lines the cumulative
total for the first four months of the year compares
with 352,909,000 lines for the same period of 1922.
Postal receipts in 50 selected cities during April
amounted to $24,374,000, which may be compared
with $22,156,000 in April a year ago and $22,441,000
in April, 1920.
PUBLIC FINANCE.
The total interest-bearing debt increased in April,
but decreased 3 per cent from April, 1922. Customs
receipts in April declined, but the total for the first
four months of 1923 is 56 per cent greater than for
the corresponding period last year. For the four
months ending April 30 ordinary expenditures increased 12 per cent from the corresponding period of
1922, while ordinary receipts increased 16 per cent
over the same period. The per capita distribution of
money held outside of the United States Treasury and
the Federal Reserve System amounted to $42*04 as
against $40.06 in April, 1922.
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Interest rates on New York call loans declined
appreciably in April, and at 4.94 per cent may be
compared with 4.35 per cent for April last year and
7.35 per cent for April, 1920. Rates on prime commercial paper hardened in April, and at 5.13 per cent
the April average may be compared with 6.78 per
cent in April, 1920.
With the exception of the New York district, savings
deposits increased in each of the twelve Federal
Reserve districts, the greatest percentage increase over
March being in the Kansas City district. The combined total deposits to the credit of depositors in eleven
19
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
400
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1922
! 1923
Owing to the much larger number of classifications
required under the new tariff act and the difficulty in
getting the declarations properly made out, all import
statistics have been greatly delayed. It is expected
that these difficulties will be overcome shortly and
that the statistics can again be brought up to date.
Figures for imports during January, 1923, have
just become available Since these can not easily be
fitted into the table on the u Trend of Business Movements/' the imports of those items usually reported
in the Survey are given in the accompanying table.
Comparison is made with the quantities imported in
January, 1922. With the exception of rice and
mechanical wood pulp, the imports of the commodities
here shown in quantities point to a marked increase in
the volume of our import trade during the fiscal year
1923 as compared with 1922. In point of value, the
total goods imported into the United States since the
beginning of the fiscal year was 43 per cent greater
than the corresponding period a year ago.
IMPORTS OF SPECIFIED COMMODITIES.
January,
1923.
GRAND TOTAL IMPORTS
FOODSTUFFS:
Rice
Coffee..
Tea
Sugar
Vegetable oils
HIDES AND SKINS:
Total
Cattle hides
Calfskins
Sheep and lamb skins
Goat and kid skins
TEXTILES:
Cotton
Wool
Silk
Fiber
Burlap
RUBBER
METALS:
Iron and steel
Tin
PAPER:
Mechanical wood pulp
Chemical wood pulp
Newspaper print
CHEMICALS:
Potash
Nitrate of soda
January,
1922.
Percentage
increase
(+) or
decrease
(-^January, 1923,
from
January,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL FROM
JULY 1.
1922-23
1921-22
Percentage
increase
( + ) or
decrease
(—), cumulative 192223 from
1921-22.
319,000
217,185
+46.9
2,012,110
1,405,857
+43.1
11,922
115,608
8,738
240,034
63,112
8,640
119,353
6,966
314,939
49,060
4-38.0
-3.1
+25.4
-23.8
+28.6
40, 222
721,709
70,649
1,866,116
339,529
44,84S
717,404
57,921
1,379,777
233,133
-10.3
+0.6
+22.0
+ 35.2
+45.6
lbs.
lbs.
lbs.
lbs.
lbs.
59,327
33,126
4,596
*9,397
8,S54
27,833
15,934
2,272
3,213
5,530
+ 113.2
+ 108.0
+ 102.3
+ 192.5
+60.1
402,030
240,671
44,311
45,557
48, 344
212,185
104,019
27,944
26,588
47,617
+89.5
+ 131.4
+58.6
+ 71.3
+ 1.5
bales.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
long tons
thous. of lbs.
105,215
56,313
5,603
47,106
61,013
42,093
22,152
4,593
14,612
37,781
+ 150.0
+ 154.2
+22.0
+222.4
+61.5
277,802
250,323
38,873
198,956
307,153
201,253
94,560
37,020
107,986
260,856
+38.0
+ 164.7
+ 5.0
+84.2
+17.7
thous. of lbs.
82,653
54,011
+53.0
446,735
307,327
+45.6
thous. of long tons.
thous. of lbs.
119
13,165
13
9,103
+815.4
+44.6
728
82,119
82
41,784
+787. S
+96.5
short tons.
short tons.
short tons.
30,447
116,426
106,988
20,920
95,525
82,482
+45.5
+21.9
+29.7
166,189
753,620
650,294
172,011
491,359
524,594
-3.4
+53.4
+24.0
long tons.
long tons.
20,409
109,064
17,591
9,470
+16.0
+ 1,051.7
136,497
453,983
90,275
117,196
+51.2
+287.4
thous. of dolls
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
long tons.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
20
Prices of both industrial and railroad stocks declined
during April, as did industrial bonds, while prices of
railroad bonds advanced slightly. Sales of stocks on
the New York Stock Exchange declined 22 per cent
from March and the 20,136,000 shares sold compare
with 30,468,000 shares in April, 1922. Sales of bonds
showed a decline both as compared with March and
with April a year ago.
NUMBER OF BUSINESS FAILURES BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.
2.800
2.600
2,400
2.200
1,800
1.600
1.400
1,200
1.000
800
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1918
GOLD AND SILVER.
Gold receipts at the mint in April totaled 65,043
fine ounces as against 64,494 ounces in March and
71,768 ounces in April, 1922. The Rand output for
April declined, as did both exports and imports of
gold. The total imports of gold for the first four
months of 1923 amounted to $66,342,000, which is
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1921
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34 per cent less than the corresponding period of 1922.
Gold exports for the same period amounted to
$20,918,000, or 307 per cent greater than the total
exports of gold in the first four months of 1922. Imports and exports of silver declined during April as
did the price of silver at New York.
21
statistics have been greatly delayed. It is expected
that these difficulties will be overcome shortly and
Exchange on London declined in April, while
that the statistics can be brought up to date. Figures
French, Belgian and Italian exchanges increased
for imports during February, March, and April, 1923,
during the month. Exchange on Switzerland and the
have just become available. The imports of those
Netherlands also declined in April while Japanese yen
items usually reported in the Survey are given in the
rose during the month. Of the other important
accompanying table. Comparison is made with the
countries, exchange on India, Canada, Argentina,
quantities imported in the corresponding months of
Brazil, and Chile declined in April. The general
index of foreign exchange for April shows no change 1922. With the exception of tea, sugar, and vegetable
oils, the imports of the commodities here shown in
from the preceding month at 67.
quantities point to a marked increase in the volume
of our import trade during the first four months of
FOREIGN TRADE.
1923 as compared with 1922. In point of value, the
Owing to the much larger number of classifications total goods imported into the United States since the
required under the new tariff act and the difficulty in beginning of the calendar year was 54 per cent greater
getting the declarations properly made out, all import than the corresponding period a year ago.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
IMPORTS OF SPECIFIED COMMODITIES.
Percent-
1922
1928
age
—
CUMULATIVE TOTAL,
CALENDAR YEAR.
increase
(+) or de-
GRAND TOTAL IMPORTS
FOODSTUFFS:
Rice
Cofloo
Tea
Sugar
Vegetable oils
HIDES AND SKINS:
Total
Cattle hides
Calfskins
Sheep and Iamb skins
Goat and kid skins
TEXTILES:
Cotton
Wool
Silk
Fiber
Burlap
RUBBER
METALS:
Iron and steel.
Tin
PAPER:
Mechanical wood pulp
Chemical wood pulp
Newsprint paper
CHEMICALS:
Potash
Nitrate of soda
April.
February.
March.
April.
crease
(--) April,
1923, from
April,
1922.
1923
398,078
364,230
215,743
256,178
217,023
4-67.8
1,395,624
3,984
131,975
5,376
245,907
54,798
3,015
175,876
4,221
578,101
49,080
7,072
114,073
4,309
391,741
64,452
5,345
106,847
5,030
448,321
50,008
4,275
96,132
6,617
571,836
81,270
4,900
100,455
5,593
473,137
64,363
+44.3
+ 13.6
-23.0
-17.2
+0.1
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
49,033
30,535
3,332
6.608
5,832
51,414
28,361
3,144
8,076
8,638
63,200
40,024
4,234
8,182
6,839
35,190
23,286
3,013
2 294
5,563
30,344
14,908
1,971
4,517
6,908
31,935
16,348
1,702
3 780
8,708
bales
thous of lbs,
thous. of lbs.
long tons,
thous. of lbs
66,329
57,111
5,133
26,367
47,914
53,219
63, 706
6,154
30,213
55,231
37,068
77,047
4,170
29,752
52,825
54,761
27, 834
3,801
18,462
31,345
59,957
43,071
3,406
27,874
41,240
thous. of lbs,
63,258
73,114 | 73,488
66,744 I 64,215
thous. of long tons.
thous. of lbs.
67
12,429
105
18,366
16,802
12
9,295
short tons.
short tons.
short tons.
27,766
97,774
89,495
25,143
82,078
112,340
17,186
70,401
111,712
lonp tons.
long tons.
17,050
86,302
22,226
121,134
25,077
98,577
Fobruary.
March.
thous. of dolls
303,413
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
„
ion}? tons
thous. of lbs
1922
; Porcenti
age
increase
; ( + )orde; croase(—)
i cumulaj tivo 1923
I
from
I 1922.
906,129
+54.0
25,992
537,532
22,644
1,455,783
231,442
23,159
422,787
24,200
1,808 233
244,701
+ 12.2
+ 27.1
+97. 9
+ 144.8
+ 148.8
+ 116.5
-21.5
222,974
132,040
15,296
32,263
29,163
125,302
70,476
8,958
13,804
26,709
+ 77.9
+ 87.4
+ 70.8
+ 133.7
15,115
38,988
3,087
15,212
37,200
+ 145.2
+97.6
+ 35.1
+95.6
+42.0
261,831
254,177
21,060
133,438
216,983
171,926
132,045
14,887
76,160
147,565
+52.3
+92.5
+41.5
+ 75.2
+47.0
43,407
+ 69.3
292,512
228,378
+ 28.1
14
15,783
19
10,526
+300.0
+59.6
367
60,761
58
44,708
+532.8
+35.9
9,138
66,443
82,390
12,425
48,376
78,031
11,797
65,140
77,369
+45.7
+ 8.1
+44.4
102,562
366,679
420,535
54,280
275,484
320,272
+ 88.9
+ 33.1
+31.3
20,793
19,160
21,925
23,452
24,883
29,891
+0.8
+229.8
87,574
415,077
85,192
81,973
+ 2.8
+406.4
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-19.5
—5.4
+9.2
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RELATIVE PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS IN BASIC INDUSTRIES.
(Monthly average 1920=100.)
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1920 AVERAGE
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1921
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1922
1923
PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND WHOLESALE PRICES.
(Monthly average 1919=100.)
1923
23
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING.
In recent numbers of the Survey there have been
published detailed discussions of certain index numbers of production and marketing dealing particularly
with raw materials. The following tables give the
recent figures for each of these index numbers, compared with the corresponding months of 1922. The
methods of compiling these indices and the weighting
factors used are discussed in detail in the issues of the
Survey referred to.
INDEX NUMBERS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION. 1
Feb.
Total index
FOODSTUFFS:
Meats
Wheat four . . .
Sugar meltings
Ice cream
Butter
Cheese
Condensed milk
Glucose and starch
Oleomargarine (production)...
Rice
COMBINED PRODUCTION INDEX NUMBERS.
(Relative monthly production 1919=100.)
Total
1923
1922
Maxi- Minimum mum 1921 1922 !
j
since since aver- aver- j
end of end of age. age. Mar. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr
1919. 1919.
1923
1922
Apr.
82.1
96.7
99 3
83 2
127.8
49.0
90 9
50.7
51.8
109.9
93 9
87.1
164.6
65.7
107.2
67.6
61.7
123.5
83.7
70.5
163.6
92.2
115.9
74.3
69.4
77.8
47 6
166.8
52.0
195.9
45.3
81.7
86.3
95.3
95.8
116.8
92.7 j
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Feb.
Mar.
109.3
126.7
107.2
85.0
105.4
25O.O
2 80.6
2:43.3
2 32.0
104.0
120.2
95.6
157.0
2 72.2
4
95.7
2 60.0
2 46.2
115.8.
60.8
91.8
2 69.9
107.0
Apr.
149.6
102.7
115.7
85.3 '
2 89.7 2102.5
105.4
131.2
89.9
92.5
114.9
125.8
126.3
135.4
117.0
122.6
103.2
114.5
90.8
118.8
129.5
119.0
64.0
71.0
19.7
79.8
96.5
17.5
81.3 i 117.5
118.8
99.5
9.4 ! 92.8
138.2
138.5
126.5
139.2
135.2
97.3
67.2
89.8
92.0
117.2
140.4
133.5
Lumber
Flooring
88.8
131.9
100.4
146.9
101.7
97.6
148.9 ; 177.5
123.8
221.3
119.4
209.1
Total
96.5
108.7
110.1
141.2
135.4
77.2
90.5
*70.7
98.7 ! 109.8 8 130.1
90.1
3114.7
105.2
TEXTH.ES:
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
Total
I
Mar.
1
IRON AND STEEL:
Manufacturing (total).
Manufacturing f62 identical commod.)
Raw materials, total..
Minerals
Animal products..
Crops
Forestry
Pig iron
Steel ingots
109.3 126.7
126.7
81.2
119.7
153.4
131.7
119.6
194.6
127.9
74.0
80.9 97.8 : 93.6; 88.6 100.9 122.7
72.9: 102.8 108.0! 93.6i 74.1
87.4 98.2 90. 5
93.3 99.0i 116.21 62.5 106.5 125.8 121. 1
62,5
79. 7! 97.5 106.3 102.5 106.9
95.4 113.6 111. 4
49.1! 112.1 112.6
77.8 54.5
73.4 74.3 61. 0
60. 6 85.5 109 9
99.3| 101.7
95.9 119.9 120. 4
I
INDEX
102.2!
OF F O R E S T R Y
96.7;
92.7'
Total
LUMBER:
LEATHER:
PRODUCTION.1
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
(Relative production 1919=100.)
Total
1922
1923
Wood pulp
|
Paper
'•
Printing (paper purchases). j
Consumption by printers,
newspaper printing —
Apr.
Feb.
Mar.
101.3
124.6
110.5
Total
80.4
51.7
114.4
109.4
137.7 : 128.3
79.4 i 65.7
112.1
80.7
103.3
139.8
175.1
80.9
119.6
169.1
146.4
139.9
71.0
110.7
CHEMICALS, ETC.:
Apr.
Mar.
I
Yellow pine
97 5 110 3
Western and sugar pine and
id
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white fir
32.3
46 6
Douglas fir
..
109.5
109.1
Redwood
..
95.5 j 142.9
Hemlock
38 9
57 8
Maple, birch, and beech.. ..:
68.7
94.6
Total lumber
Pulp wood
Gum
Distilled wood
103.7
...!
88.8 1 100.4
101.7
97.6
123.8
121.7
...
76 2 i 109 7
47 9 : 53 6
71.6 : 83.7
107.3
96.7
63.3
91.4
63.9
123.1
108.1
64.3
132.1
111.8
113.0
119.9
85.7 i
101.7
95.9
119.9
120.4
Grand total
99.3
t For complete table and discussion see August, 1922 (No. 12), issue of the Survey.
I N D E X OF M A R K E T I N G S OF A N I M A L
Coke
Petroleum products
Cottonseed oil....
Turpentine and rosin
Total
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS:
Brick
. . .
Glass bottles
Cement
Total
Total metals, exrept iron
1
Apr. | Feb.
:
87.8
102.5
75.2 ;
69.0
9G.7
61. S
86.4 ;
; 75. s ;
123.7
101.9 |
61.1
79.0
91.3 i
64.7
163.9
Total
Wool
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep
Eggs
Poultry
Fish
Milk
1923
Mar.
i
106.9
51.2
71.6
82.1
54.2
245.0
66.6 1 56.5
107.3 I 75.8
117.9 ! 115.1
(
Mar.
95. 4 i 113.6
33.6
69.5
120.1
60.3
86.3
119.3
67.1
106.9
!
52.4
7V2
:
131.8
I 63.1
1
178.8
!
86.6
j 89.4
122.5
87.8
97.1
86.3 i 1 1 1 . 5
97.3 1 115.1
123.2
109.5
105.5 i 9 9 . 1
111.2
102.4
119.1 2128.9
107-0
127.0 j 2138.2
54.9
117.4
137.6
105.5
119.3
124.4
116.2
' 103.9
119.1
114.3
118.5 2132.7
63.7
i 113.4
76.1
51.0
77.9
127.8
61.1
57.2
74.8
124.0
20.4
98.0
116.6
140.4
84.3
66.6
135.9
153.0
52.2
67.4
135.3
151.8
33.9
113.8
|
96.0
105.9
100.3
124.0
131.0
130.8
;
58 4
81 0
63.9
85 4
67 0
99.9
89.2
79 0
138.1
93.7 ' 96.6
79 0
82 0
120.8 147.7 j
68.9
81.7
97.4
95.8
134.1
:
92.9
169.2
102.4
29.0 : 32.6
69.4
66.7
178.7 | 200.8
113.0 ; 107.9
1
114.2
98.7 »123.2 !
111.0 ! 127.4
189.9 1 22.5.5
126.2 ; 149.8
111.9
122.5
198.6
138.5
140.4 3 167.7
151.4
96.3
90.4
106.4
93.9
115.4
91.8
75.9
70.6
107.9 j
89.8
82.1 ;
88.8
85.1
78.0
92.2
86.1
104.4
76.9
90.3 I
83.1
94.3
9.8
1.8
105.0 i 133.5
112.0
124.3
6.1
168.1
158.9
TOBACCO:
Manufactured tobacco and
snuff
Cigars
Cigarettes
Apr.
111.4
Total
45.5
81.4
115.5
63.9
188.3
62.8
87.1
122.6
MlSCELLANFOFS:
For complete table and discussion, see June, 1922 (No. 10), issue of the Survey.
96.4
Copper smelting and refining
.'
46.1
Zin^ smelting and refining. 58.9
Enamelware
142.2
Lead
113.5 i
(Relative marketings 1919=100.)
Feb.
85.6
METALS, EXCEPT IRON AND
STFEL-
PRODUCTS.1
1922
78.5
107.8
PAPER AND PRINTING:
i
: Feb.
78.1
90.4
111.9
1
Shipbuilding..
Automobiles..
Rubber tires..
Total.
1
10.9
74.4
85.7
53.1
70.6 ;
81.2
103.1
63.5
113.9
90.5 ;
97.7
7.1
214.6
193.1
11.1
232.2
178.0
104.1 ; 130.5
134.7
For complete table and discussion, see January, 1923 (No. 17), issue of the Survey.
2 Subject to revision; partly estimated.
* Revised
24
INDEX OF MINERAL PRODUCTION. 1
(Relative production 1919=100.)
INDEX OF CROP MARKETING. 1
(Relative production 1919=100.)
1922
1
1922
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
Feb.
Mar.
Total production
:
73.4
74.3
61.0
174.9 ,
69.1 i
93.4 j
43.9
92.3
64.9
113.2
69.5
87.6
32.3
100.9
86.8
77.8
389 0
72.1
93.0
30.4
39.8
162.9
207.0
64.2
79.6
42.5
81.6
213.6
Total grains
151.6
101.9
96.5
81.9
Potatoes (white)
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes..
Onions
Cabbage
Celery
90.4
133. 5
44.3
58.7
145. 8
259.0
1*8.2
133.9
210. 5
41.6
200.9
327.7
91.7
134.1
91.1 ; 145. 3
74.9
232.1
SO. 3
178.3
188.0 •• 1 0 4 . 8
340.4
211.4
152.7
149.4
187.8
81.2
123.7
466.9
144.8
97.4
192.4
76.7
171.5
310.6
93.6
154.3
144.8 J 98.6
157.6
147.4
68.9
43.2
25.9 j 92.1
77.4
39/7
204.6
183.2
6*i.6
74.8
220.3
Corn
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Rye
.
Rice
....
Total vegetables
Apples
Citrus fruit
Grapes. .
Pears
Strawberries
Total fruits
Cotton
Cottonseed
Total cotton products
Hay
Tobacco
Flaxseed
Cane su^ar
Total miscellaneous .
.1
. I
128.5
180.2
0.5
0.1
54.5
97.0 ' 208.6
68.6
49.6
83.2
48.6
33.0
24.3
119.1
35.5
64.4
50.7
60.1
103. 8
178. 9
i37.8
:
!
Feb. I Mar.
Apr.
34.9
113.5
59.6
]
67.6
'< 82.1
Total, excluding lead, gold, |
and silver
;
36.4
57. 5
61.0
64.6 !
81.3
82.3
72.2
45.5
38.5
51.1
18.5
42.2
6.1
39.0
26.2
43.1
16.3
29.0
6.0
44.5
46.3
36.8
37.1
39.1
25.6
60.6
91.0
35.7
35.5
56.9
23.9
49.8
11.1
54.0
5.6
32.1
14.8
57.2
42.6
39.6
18.5
69.1
27.5
50.7
8.9
67.1
5.2
71.5
11.0
74.2
35.6
24.4
45.9
41.7
30.0
106.5
125.8
121.1
153. 5
110.4
75.2
178.0
122.6
121.2
184 4
111.5
109,8
95.7
126.2
112.6
73.4
100.1
114.0
149.8
129.3 1
65.5
129.4 :
110.5
142.7
124.0
66.0
140.1
96.5
117.3
106.9
126.4
61.4 |
1
For complete table and discussion, see September, 1922 (No. 13), issuo of the
Survey.
INDEX OF MINERAL PRODUCTION.1
(Relative production 1909-1913=100.)
!|
1922
Feb.
15.6
62.5
147.9
141.6
131.5 | 41.3
0.4
119.3
1.9
58.1
71.9
113.0
109.9
67.6
70.1
72.9
71.7
88.6
87.6
96.1 | 116.2
129.4
107.3
92.1
...
4.3
i For complete table and discussion, see July, 1922 (No. 11), issue of the Survey.
Petroleum.
Bituminous coal.
Anthracite coal..
Iron ore
Copper
Lead
Zinc . .
Gold
Silver
6.3
0.2
35f?0
Mar. j Apr.
Apr.
90.3
Grand total
1923
1923
Total
Petroleum
Bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Gold
Silver
Total, excluding lead, gold,
and silver
1
1923
Apr. ! Feb. i Mar.
1
Mar.
99.1 ' 120.8 i
67.8 ! 114.4
Apr.
134.7
129.4
225. 8 25S. 0 240.9 ij 207. S , 310.5
44.4 | ii8.7 ; 131. 8
141.3
115.3
123.6
0.4 : 76.7
93.9 ; 121.7 !
j 39.1 ! 65.2 i 80.5 • 107.3
127. 8 i
124.5 ; 119.0
125.2
130. 0 165. i !
112.1
179.9 2 206. 5 1
108.0
95.2
41. 6 !
46.6
42.9 | 45.5 j 46.3
121. 1 l
93.7
76.8 \ 82.9 | 82.0
103. 9
128.1 !
!
68.2 | 120.2
J
321.6
119.8
112.0
123.8
157.3
198.1
41.9
131.1
142.5 ! 136.4
I
!
For complete table and discussion, see May, 1S22 (No. 9), issue of the Survey.
«Revised.
25
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:
March, 1923.—This column gives the March figures corresponding to those for April 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, 1922.
April, 1923.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of April, or, as in the case of stocks, etc., the situation on
April 30 or May 1. In a few cases (usually where returns are reported quarterly only) the figures are for the quarter ending
April 30 or the condition on that date. Where this column is left blank, no figures for April were available at the time of going
to press (June 7).
Corresponding month, March, 1922, or April, 1922.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous to those
in the "April, 1923," column (that is, generally April, 1922), but where no figures are available for April, 1923, the March, 1922,
figures have been inserted in this column for comparison with the March, 1923, figures. In the case of quarterly figures, this
column shows the corresponding quarter of 1922.
Cumulative total through latest month.—These columns set forth, for those items that can properly be cumulated, the cumulative total
for the first four months of the calendar years 1922 and 1923, respectively, except where the April, 1923, figures are lacking, in
which case the cumulative total for three months in each year is given.
Percentage increase (-}-) or decrease ( —) cumulative, 1923 from 1922.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated total
for the four months ending April, 1923, is greater (+) or less ( —) than the total for the corresponding period ending April, 1922.
Base year or period.—For purposes of comparison with a previous more or less normal period, all items, so far as possible, are related
to such a period by index numbers. The period taken for each item, called the base, is the monthly average of the year or period
stated in this column. Wherever possible, the year 1913 is taken as a base, and if no pre-war figures are available, 1919 is usually
taken to avoid using a war year as a basis. In some cases it will be noted that figures were not available prior to 1920 or even
1921, and that sometimes a month, or an average of a few months, has to be used rather than a year's average. Also, for some
industries, 1919 would not be a proper base on account of extraordinary conditions in the industry and therefore some more
representative year has been chosen.
Index numbers.—In order to visualize the trend of each movement, index or relative numbers are given for the last four months and
for two corresponding months of a year ago. These index numbers are computed by allowing the monthly average for the base
period, usually 1913 or 1919, to equal 100. If the movement for a current month is greater than the base the index number will
be greater than 100. If the converse is true the index number will be less than 100. The difference between 100 and any index
number gives at once the per cent increase or decrease compared with the base period. Index numbers may also be used to
compute the approximate per cent increase or decrease from one month to the next.
Percentage increase (-)-) or decrease ( —) April from March.—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease of the figure for the
last month compared with the preceding month.
NOTE.—All import figures are omitted from this table.
February, March, and April imports are given on page 21.
NUMERICAL
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
March,
April,
1928.
I N D E X NUMBERS.
DATA.
Corresponding I
month, j
March I
or April, |
1922. I
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
Per.
centage
in! crease
1923
j or deli crease
1922
1928
208,996
240,534 + 15.1
Mar. Apr. i| Jan. Feb.
Apr.
Mar. Apr. ijj from
Mar.
TEXTILES.
Wool.
Consumption by textile mills,
grease equivalent
thous. of lbs..
Receipts at Boston:
Domestic
thous. of lbs.. I
Foreign
thous. of lbs.. j
Total
thous. of lbs..
Machinery activity:
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours active..
Looms, narrow
per ct. of hours active..
Looms,
carpet and rug.. .per ct. of hours active..
Sets of cards
per ct. of hours active..
Combs.
.per ct. of hours active..
Spinning spindlesWoolen
per ct. of hours active..
Worsted
per ct. of hours active..
Looms and spindles:
Woolen spindles, .per ct. of active to total..
Worsted spindles, per ct. of active to total..
Wide looms
per ct. of active to total..
Narrow looms
per ct. of active to total.. I
Carpet looms
per ct. of active to total..
62,859
9,337
55,200
64,537
56,411 I
8,109 ji
45,497 j!
53,586 I
42,574 ]
9,655
24,539
34,194
47,786
78,486
126,272
30,159 - 3 6 . 9
180,628 +130.1
210,787 + 66.9
1921
137 | 96 |j 144 !
1913
1913
1913
;!
I
50 I 44 j 69
81
72 !
740 j 775 1,046
550 | 465
244
250 ! 344
213 I 182 !
|
|
j
131 142
i
92.9
85.7
89.5
83.7
58.4
53.4
1921
1921
87.1
103.9
117.2
82.5
127.3
119.8
74.8
86.2
72.7
1921
1921
1921
152 ; 146 ! 168 i 160
121
133 ! 133
124
82 < 116 ' 105
98.6
102.1
102.0
109.5
84.8
62.1
1921
1921
119
86
118 ; 127
76 I 116
83
62
60
64
70
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
109
108 ; 110
101 : 84 ! 122
109
88
81
90
94
87
90 ;
94 j:
87 |
85
86 I
- 10.3
60 - 13.2
862 - 17.6
286 - 17.0
130
131
- 3.7
-2.2
170
145
132
161
178
134
-5.3
+ 22.8
132
137
142
117
125
134
3.6
7.2
113
117
117
0.0
123 ; 127
127
0.0
92 j 85 ! 126 ! 116 | 135
99 ; 84 ; 131
116 134
99
88 j 118
i; ii6; lie i 126
128
+
1.5
112 ! 116
118 +
118
118 ! 116 I-
1.7
128 i 126 I-
1.6
125
1.7
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 ^T ill be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
March,
1923.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTU.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
April,
1923.
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
Per;ccntage
I increase
1928
I (+)
! orde-
i crease
cumulative
1923 !
from I
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Percentage
increase
1928
1922
(+
J
or decrease
(-)
Apr.
from
Mar.
Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
TEXTILES—Continued,
Wool—Continued.
Prices:
Raw wool to producer,
all grades
dolls, per l b . .
Unwashed, fine Ohio, Boston.dolls, per l b . .
Worsted yarn
dolls, per l b . .
Wool dress goods
dolls, per yd..
Men's suitings
dolls, per yd..
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
150
177
161
145
184
149
173
167
145
184
211
236
219
169
221
211
236
225
176
227
+
5.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2,377,800 + 21.2
1913
108
92
127
118
-
7.3
261,831 + 52.3
1,414,056 - 24.5
116
213
116
295
109
182
110
74
84
148
198
109
518
65
150
159
171,926
1,874,043
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
i L
7.2
17.3
38.7
30.3
17.4
163,765
1913
1919
1919
131
141
84
139
129
76
105
164
46,894
169,270 + 3.4
48,936 + 50.7
61,264 + 30.6
366,323 1,424,190
273,626 1,025,131
1,721,522 + 20.9
1,595,827 + 55.7
1919
1919
104
72
96
61
105
125
104
1913
105
104
117
117
.373
.51
1.750
1.035
3. 510
.392
.51
1.750
1.035
3. 510
.248
.38
1.300
.815
2.835
623,105
577,396
443,509
2,035
2,378
2,335
53,219
318,210
1,889
1,966
i,432
37,068
262,753
1,461
3,213
3,399
15,115
48,885
44,741
12,509
16,181
51,615
8,624
11,147
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..
Fabric consump. by tire mfrs. thous. of lbs..
Elastic webbing sales
thous. of yds..
Fine cotton goods:
Production
piece
Sales
pieces..
Machinery activity, spindles:
Active
thousands
Total activity
mills, of hours..
Activity per spindle
hours
Prices:
Raw cotton to producer
dolls, per lb..
Raw cotton, New York
dolls, per l b . .
Cotton yarn
dolls, per l b . .
Printcloth
dolls, per yd..
Sheeting
dolls, per yd..
13,5%
17,223
497,511
440,066
35,501
9,531
255
.284
.307
.502
.082
.128
423,201
215,503
35,516
8,787
236
31,390
6,636
180
.269
.290
.495
.079
.129
32,473
131,459
141,566 +
7.7
327
49
-8.5
- 8.0
-6.1
- 14.9
- 51.0
117
Production
doz
Orders received
thous. of doz
Shipments
doz
Cancellations
doz
Unfilled orders, end of month.. .thous. of doz..
bales.
bales.
dolls, per lb.
688,500
559
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
133
143
143
173
157
133 216
142 | 215
141 !j 192
227
173
197
148
231
226
197
232
206
237
240
203
238
208
1.7
5.4
27.6
7.6
1920
11920
»1920
11920
U920
113
458
141
24
306
107
110
407 1,157
185
117
46
46
320
587
106
497
182
20
511
116
554
189
22
432
149 I 140 i I 195 203 188
77
87
43
38
166 179
225 ! 241 237
214 + 14.0
56 | l - 27.3
256 !+ 8.0
.159 j .
. 1 8 1 I.
.350 j .
.060 |.
.091 .
865,800
10,800
2,168
33,515
39,436
8.624
674,100 ;
367 I
654,300
11,700
2,162
0.0
7.8
7.5
117
224
226
200
229
210
}!;|j|II11+
!i
5.3
5.5
1.4
3.7
0.8
114 ; ! -
2.1
!
|
K n i t Underwear.
Silk.
Consumption, raw
Stocks, raw, end of month
Prices, raw, Japanese, N. Y
1,962,304
648,000 2,580,300
411
2,460
535,500 2,511,900
22,500
59,400
2,624,400
25,950
3,207,600
54,900
+
,+
!+
-
1,607
- 34.4
143 I - 24.5
23 j + 8.3
430 0.3
364
38,193
28,657
9.310
24,247
19,268
6.517
106,847
142,619 + 33.5
8 1920
1920
1913
3,548
3,948
2,072
2,906
7,383
13,293 + 80.0
15,326 + 58.1
1913
1913
80
112
81
115
126 j 117 ; 138
153 j 138 I 160
139 |l+ 0.8
156 I - 2.4
533
220
514
1,643
247
792
379
1,484
921
1,785
1,212
1,932 +109.8
2,332 + 30.6
1,900 + 56.8
1914
1914
1914
1914
67
153
104
82
65
240
114
114
121 ! 115 133
279
152 209
127 130 | 159
141 j +
1914
1921
71
96
59
82
METALS.
Iron a n d Steel.
Production:
Pig iron.
thous. of long tons.
Steel ingots (prorated).thous. of long tons.
Merchant pig iron:
Production
thous. of long tons.
Sales
thous. of long tons.
Shipments
thous. of long tons.
Unfilled orders
thous. of long tons.
Stocks, merchant
furnaces
thous. of long tons.
Stocks, steel plants
thous. of long tons.
3,521
4,044
503
920
530
1,918
24C
G5
2G5 i
67 i
i Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.
445
154
95
116 I 147
36
37 |
32
40
38 |
35
3 Eleven months' average, February to December, inclusive.
6.0
67 ! i - 76.1
154 - 3.0
126 - 14.3
+
+
8.1
3.1
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 ""'ill be found at the end of this bulletin
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SUBVEY ( N O .
21).
MET ALS—Continued.
Iron and Steel—Continued.
Steel castings:
Total bookings
short tons..
Railroad specialties
short tons..
Miscellaneous bookings
short tons..
Exports (comparable)
thous. of long tons..
Exports (total)
thous. of long tons..
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. of long tons..
Foundry production, Ohio, .per ct. of normal..
Wholesale prices:
Pig iron—
Foundry No. 2,
Northern
dolls, per long ton..
Basic,
Valley furnace.. .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..
Compositefinishedsteel.-dolls, per 100 lbs..
Structural steel beams, .dolls, per 100 lbs..
Finished Iron and Steel.
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
Production
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons..
Sales...
short tons..
Unfilled orders
short tons..
Unsold stocks
short tons..
Total stocks
short tons..
Steel barrels:
Shipments
barrels.
Production
per ct. of capacity.
Unfilled orders
barrels.
Structural steel:
Sales (prorated)
short tons.
Sales
per ct. of capacity..
Iron and Steel Products.
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
number.
Domestic
number.
Foreign
number.
Unfilled ordersTotal
number..
Domestic...,
number.
Foreign
number.
Freight cars: Orders, domestic
number.
Snip construction:
Vessels under
construction
thous. of gross tons.
New vessels
completed
thous. of gross tons.
Stokers:
Sales
number..
Sales.
horsepower..
Steel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls..
Agricultural pumps:
Shipments^—Total
thous. of dolls..
Pitcher, hand, etc
number
Power pumps
.number
1
March,
1923.
143,564
76,409
67,155
135
166
April,
1923.
39,610
51,358
141
179
7,403
83.20
7,289
32.27
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
75,665
46,560
29,105
185
201
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
1923
195,096
109,010
86,086
617
707
425,289
203,743
221,546
490
604
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
BASE
YE\R
OR
PERIOD.
1923
from
1922.
+118.0
+ 86.9
+157.4
- 20.6
- 14.6
1922
1923
(+)
or decrease
Mar. Apr.
Jan.
1920
72
114
152
136
217
138
1920
90
176
181
150
288
1920
61
74
133
127
170
149 130 -
1913
78
81
46
48
59
1922
124
119
74
80
1913
76
117
123
125
1921
193
234
287
327
402
32.77
22.71
1913
131
142
180
183
202
30.13
44.38
45.04
30.36
2.83
2.70
2.20
31.00
45.00
47.01
31.44
2.99
2.81
2.60
20.00
29.50
34.42
20.77
2.16
2.08
1.50
279,475
92.7
287,203
325,526
619,823
29,084
136,347
254,808
90.9
253,563
183,904
577,969
24,470
140,044
184,979
75.2
177,855
264,629
395,620
34,166
101,863
559,792
254,573
48.1
627,143
245,125
50.1
556,801
200,214
36.1
350,445
559,736
240,000
200,000
80
220,000
623,100
269
13
217
201
16
21
13
8
2,316
2,214
102
42,500
2,204
2,111
93
9,800
617
515
31,500
270
241
212
25
39
34
132
100 - 24.2
1919
«120
» 68,955
1,709
167
125
561 + 41.3
304,183 + 50.9
5,899 + 44.0
50
53
62
55
51
62,027
1,058
397
201,563
4,097
1919
85,339
1,520
1919
132
118
158
126
131
1919
120
117
150
144
188
517,391
712,965
1,006,911 + 94.6
1,015,116 + 42.4
178
99
79
827,500 + 34.0
935 +425.3
883 +791.9
52 - 34.2
- 36.6
48.2
23.5
62
4.4
106 + 7.4
123
-
1.5
205
+
1.5
+
+
1913
122
136
175
179
205
211
1913
109
114
145
154
172
175
1913
125
131
156
162
171
179
1913
125
135
177
181
197
204
1913
122
126
151
158
165
174
1913
122
125
149
157
163
169
1913
96
132
139
146
172
1920
97
108
152
139
163
149
1920
94
103
127
122
128
125
1920
87
103
144
127
167
147
1920
193
188
179
180
231
131
2.9
1.4
4.4
3.9
5.7
4.1
+ 18.2
8.8
1.9
- 11.7
- 43.5
- 6.8
- 15.9
+ 2.7
1920
46
57
74
79
90
84
1920
817
611
577
521
520
438
91
117
132
122
125
219 - 3.7
288 + 4.3
237 - 11.2.
1920
899,711 + 60.7
(-)
Apr.
from
Mar.
Feb. Mar. Apr.
5,097
48.40
1,032,722 + 84.5
Percentage
increase
1921
150
179
184
173
227
1921
159
207
182
236
276
U921
120
149
221
257
267
1913
202
230
207
209
249
1913
154
176
150
159
190
209 159 -
15.8
16.3
- 23.0
183 - 25.3
18 + 23.1
1913
13
75
68
92
1920
32
197
178
245
1920
4
13
12
15
1920
25
135
168
175 |
1920
29
190
239
248
!
102
69,000
73,490 +
6.5
1920
17
21
18
24
1913
114
128
74
405
1920
17
18
26
24
23
10
4
646
75,371
3,635
476
44,123
2,858
Six months average, July to December, inclusive.
«Revised.
167
236
22
93
-4.8
-4.7
-8.2
- 76.9
21 -
10.7
+ 56.0
71 + 39.2
162 + 23.8
167 - 11.1
28
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
centage
iin«
icrease
NOTE.—Items marked vith an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasonsdetailed tables covering back figures for these
items ^ ill be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other item^, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
April,
1023
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
1923
I (+)
I1 or decrease
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
1923
Mar. Apr.
(+
J
or deerease
(-)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr.
from
Mar.
M E T ALS—Con tinued.
Copper.
Production
Exports
Wholesale price, electrolytic
thous. of lbs.. '1^,202
64,394
thous. of lbs..
.169
dolls, per l b . .
Zinc.
Production
Stocks, end of month
Receipts, St. Louis
Shipments, St. Louis
Price, Blab, prime western
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
dolls, per l b . .
Stocks, end of month
Wholesale price, pig tin
Lead.
Receipts, St. Louis
Shipments, St. Louis
118,424
64,353
.169
77,026
70,145
.126
202,695
256,090
455,608 +124.9
254,115 - 1 . 1
1913
1913
1913
61
115
81
97,462
20,042
35,366
22,506
.082
93,732
17,952
28,851
17,498
.077
51,012
103,456
15,854
13,132
.052
196,514
368,714 + 87.6
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
92
148
73
long torn..
dolls, per l b . .
4,067
.489
3,577
.463
2,731
.305
1913
1913
167
65
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
14,828
7,939
.085
16,470
6,814
.083
15,434
6,108
.051
66,770
28,734
1913
1913
1913
84
107
46,807
8,900
1,749
3,256
42,564
8,063
1,776
3,206
15,780
26
528
2,227
144,524
21,803
2,305
8,062
1913
1913
1913
1913
126
115
26
202
4,727
•148
4,479
327
3,597
2,775
14,689
18,285 + 24.5
1909-13
1921
118
125
1,220
400
98
1,385
422
202
715
109
3,360
903
115
4,503 + 34.0
1,508 + 67.0
449 +290.4
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
108
102
34
4.89
a 17
10.63
7.31
4.89
2.79
10.62
6.31
3.60
2.24
10.66
4.48
1913
1913
1913
1913
164
172
200
133
9.96
8.84
8.77
1913
182
14.13
13.68
13.14
1913
189
66,153 |
97,820 ;
87,119 + 31.7
67,731 + 30.8
75
100
110
107
93
120
91
108
116 - 3.1
91 - 0 . 1
108
0.0
160
41
43
48
125
162 - 3.8
147 169
22 - 10.4
27
25
40 j 128 104 - 18.4
50 I 79 62 - 22.3
133 - 6.1
130 141
148
68
182
Ill
94
220
109
194 - 12.0
103 - 5 . 3
282
70.
116
255
78
178
215
62
185
271
91
193
301 + 11.1
78 - 14.2
188 - 2 . 4
40
106
102
19
210
126
114
53
293
265
117
117
62
307
107
106
63
303
111
104
147
4
133
4
146
6
138 - 5.9
7 + 20.2
124
107
73
115
97
111
138
134
126 + 13.5
147 + 5.5
277 +106.1
164
182
201
183
256
354
200
338
222
292
200
292
222
258
200
300
0.0
222
227 — 12.0
200 - 0 . 1
259 - 13.7
182
228
224
207
184 - 11.2
207
214
203
196 -
127
57
46
90
Tin.
Wholesale price, pig, desilverized, dolls, per l b . .
F U E L AND P O W E R .
Coal a n d Coke.
Production:
Bituminous coal
thous. of short tons..
Anthracite coal
thous. of short tons..
Beehive coke
thous. of short tons..
By-product coke
thous. of short tons..
Public-utility
electric power
mills, of kw. hours..
Storage, anthracite
thous. of long tons..
Exports:
Bituminous
r.; thous. of long.tons..
Anthracite
thous. of long tons..
Coke..
thous. of long tons..
Wholesale prices:
Bituminous—
Kanawha, f. o. b .
Cincinnati
dolls, per short t o n . .
Mine average
dolls, per short tons..
Anthracite, chestnut.. .dolls, per long ton..
Coke, Connellsville
dolls per short ton..
Retail prices:
Bituminous, Chicago.. .dolls, per short ton..
Anthracite, chestnut,
New York
dolls, per short ton..
57,028 — 14.6
26,977
181,654
33,449
6,485
12,372
+ 25.7
+ 5a 4
+181.3
+ 53.5
- 9.1
-9.4
+ 1.5
-1.5
3.2
Petroleum.
Crude petroleum:
Production
thous. of bbls.
56,123
175,224
44,635
216
58,133
225
214,145 + 22.2
1913
249
271
234
281 + 3.6
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls. «258,738 « 264,627
235,902
225
211
1913
241
247
243
252 + 2.3
Stocks, end of month
days' supply.
139
173
149
143
126
1913
121
120 123 + 2.9
124
Consumption
thous. of bbls. •57,591
172,607
40,997
55,707
188
216
220,918 + 28.0
1913
226
228 264 255 - 3.3
5,840
Impofts....
thous. of bbls.
11,059
50,837
4,915
786
22,840 - 65.1
944
1913
517 294 394 335 - 15.0
Shipments from Mexico
thous. of bbls. •13,222
18,663
71,153
864
800
1913
554
612
471
L850
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma.. .dolls, per bbl.
2.250
L825
241
341
1913
145
198
185
195 - 1.4
Oil wells completed
number.
1,248
1,442
1,025
'91
5,059
83
1913
76
78
102 + 30.2
5,175 + 2.3
Gasoline:
Production
thous. of gals.
630,701
472,278 1,315,124 1,823,176 + 88.6
143
1919
143
191
189
172
Exports
thous. of gals.
68,506
65,650
58,007
198,847
214 - 4.2
1919
172
189
259,034
191
218 223
Domestic consumption
thous. of gals.
440,000
380,407
926,050 1,256,692 + 35.7
154
1919
133
155
135
130
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gals. 1,259,209
854,232
212
1919
181
189
239 267
« Revised.
- Does not include stocks of topped oil or crude oil held at refineries; this omission reduced the January stocks by about 15,000,000 barrels.
29
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked v-ith an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the j
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items "ill be found at the end of this bulletin. ; March,
For detailed tables covering other items, see ! 1923.
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (XO.
21).
I
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
j Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
I 1922.
April,
1923.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
j Pcr' centI age
! in192-2
1923
crease
i (+ )
| or deicrease
! (-)
Mar. Apr. Jan. \ Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr.
from
Mar.
or deI crease
cumulative
192.3
from
1922.
1922
1923
518,922
583,523 + 12.4
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
FUEL AND POWER—Continued.
Petroleum—Continued.
Kerosene oil:
Production
Stocks
Gas and fuel oil:
Production
Stocks
Lubricating oil:
Production
Stocks..
thous. of gals. J
thous. of gals. J
190, 701
283,340
178,785 *
321,428
1919
1919
92
107
97
108
109
92
92
91
98
94
I
thous. of gals..; 970,891
thous. of gals.. j 1,254,122
thous. of gals..
thous. of gals..
849,106 ;
2,468,302
2,862,830
16.0
1,250,278
90,745
235,263
216,828
73,391
255,321
+ 17.8
236,886 '
134
125
1919
162
107 ;,
156
104
142
106
153
103
1919
104
147
103
147
123
149
110
148
129
146
1919
1919
!
PAPER AND PRINTING.
Wood Pulp.
Mechanical:
Production
Consumption and shipment..
Stocks, end of month
Chemical:
Production
Consumption and shipment..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
.short tons..
short tons..
j
short tons. .J
.short tons. J
short tons..
124,175 154,768 |
120,386 j 124,915 j
60,163
89,180 j
127,286 ;
189,602
175,291 |
187,298 I
171,601
51,670
55,264
129,294
132,292
1,989
116,719 :
247,944
20,180
7,688
165,708
54,368
190,547
242,331 ;
3.770
3.748
3.840
118,023
1,475
18,876 j
8,314 '
165,455
49,086 ;
195,510 |
3.S27
3.791
3.852
499,121 ;
462,489 !
512,756 j| + 2.7
1919
119
122
108
487,493 !j + 5.4
1919
10S
105
108
1919
90
104
43
+ 16.4
1919
106
715,427 + 16.0
1919
104
90
113
1919
106
99
94
159,712 :
i
Newsprint Paper.
Production
short tons..
Shipments
short tons..
Exports
.short tons..
Stocks, end of month:
Total
short tons..
At mills
short tons..
Jobbers
short tons..
Publishers
short tons..
In transit to publishers
short tons..
Consumption
short tons..
Prices:
Contract, domestic
dolls, par 100 lbs..
Contract, Canadian
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Spot market, domestic, .dolls, per 100 lbs. .j
147,608
i
149,859
153,542
53,184
111,861
115,167
3,345
212,427
24,874
5,668
151,643
30,242
176,801
G23,lfi8 ,
616,827 |
725,353
432,962
488, 076 + 12.7
1919
103
432,022
488, 386 + 13.0
1919
102
9,509
5,722 - 39.8
1913
726,757 | + 11.4
3.570
3.497
3.548
111
100
108
93
30
83
101
102
88
100
104
89
101 j 103 + 1.5
103 I 104 |+ 1.1
90
90 + 0.3
102
121
92
118
128
123
117 ; 120 | 123 - 2.8
120 | 99 117 + 17.1
118
132
101
128
129
100
122 I
110 !
93
111
118 ; 104
90
1919
08 i
05
1919
108
07 ,
119
98
1919
1919
1919
100 ; 113 ! 102 11- 9..
100 ! 115 | 103 ;|- 10.8
33
55 I 41 ||- 25.8
108; 100
79
84 j
89 ! 96
107 I 107
133 i 121
134 ! 138
100
1919
1919
109
118 109 - 7.5
110 \ 117 j 107 ||- 8.4
95 ! 96 103 !+ 7.0
113
97
89
90
111
111
124 i 134
124 i 110
1919
1919
652,570 j
78 !
114
86 ; 103 128 |+ 24.6
92 ! 100 ; 104 j+ 3.8
38
39
58 |+ 48.2
97
95 !
84 !
74 i
124
90
90
- 2.3
- 0.5
+ 8.1
- 10.2
-8.6
!+ 2.6
Other Paper.
Book:
Production
short
Stocks
short
Paperboard:
Production
short
Stocks
short
Wrapping:
Production
short
Stocks
short
Pine:
Production
short
Stocks
short
Total, all grades (including newsprint):
Production
short
Stocks
short
Exports (total printing)
short
tons..
tons..
96,087
31,480
tons..
tons..
(t)
(t)
tons..
tons..
86,776
43,213
78,559 j
43,403 |
I
61,562
tons.
tons..
35,144
36,978
32,507 j
27,420
tons.
tons.
tons.
(t)
(t)
3,181
93,390 !
70,507
36,871 j
37,367 |
179,744 I
52,300 |
291,270 \
37(5,000
+ 29.1
1919
1919
164,327 j 656,537 !
69,756
259,529
587,24S
1919
1919
325,851 + 25.6
68,401
110,834
35,806
37,889 |
I
605,490 | 528,461 2,130,333
284,862
230,181
4,512
13,111
2,535
134,974 + 21.8
1919
! 119 ! 125 \\
1919
I 102
95
1919
1,884,407 - 115
1919
1919
10,156 - 22.5
121 ; 100 I! 143
1919
1919
115
121
23
88
135
89
Ill
I 96
150
136 - 9.5
79 ! 79 + 0.4
90 11 122 I 113 ! 123 I 113 - 7.5
97 || 105 i 108 i 100 \ 103+ 2.5
129 119
102
119
106 ; 110
29 I 13 ' 15
20
117
96
10 - 20.3
144 137
151
183 i 184 | 215
150 + 3.1
175 - 18.5
Paper Boxes.
Corrugated board:
Production (Container
Club)
thous. of sq. ft.
Production (Nat'l Ass'n)..thous. of sq. ft.
Machinery activity
per cent of normal.
161,661
166,271
83
166,644
116,198
389,556
135,539
34,916
132,203
627,713 '+ 61.1
585,325 1+342.7
1922
109
45
60
t March figures not available because of incomplete returns from manufacturers.
i 1919
1
Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.
30
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
N U M E R I C A L ]DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (•)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for speciarreasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items v ill be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
CorrespondMarcn,
innq
PAPER AND PRINTING—Continued.
Paper Boxes—Continued.
Solid fiber board:
Production (Container
Club)
thous. of sq. ft..
Production (Nat'l Ass'n). .thous. of sq. ft..
Machinery activity .per cent of normal..
Folding boxes:
Production
per cent of capacity..
New orders
per cent of capacity
Other Paper Products.
Labels:
New orders
per cent of capacity..
Rope paper sacks: Shipments .index number
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Domestic sales
.
. .reams..
Foreign sales
reams..
A nril
April,
1091
ing
month,
March
or April,
1922.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
(+) ;
THROUGH
| or de- |
LATEST MONTH. 1 crease
BASE
YEAR
1923
1922
(+)
OR
(-) !
cumu- i PERIOD.
lative
1923
from
1922. ;
1923
1922
or decrease
(-)
Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. from
Mar.
Mar. Apr.
j
|
I
Percentage
increase
I.
1
j
i
56,979
25,698
56,287
27, lid
55,625
14,659
78
78
76
67.9
74.0
66.1
70.0
69.5
64.2
106.9
94.6
85.0
210,911
52,953
231,537 + 9.8 ;
118,632 +124.0
72,930
7,745
264,111
26,233
109
129
103
1922
76
67
135
164
112
117
123
Ill
+
+
2.4
5.5
-
2.7
5.2
1921
146
151
145
121
148
144
148
134
121
146
154
146
1921
207
192
223
208
224
198
1922
114
96
91
105
130
122
1919
110
107
136
129
154
172
1919
82
84
98
113
126
Sept.,'20
91
88
97
94
97
1921
1913
149
20
135
21
191
34
191
38
232
13,750 + 49.7
1921
146
132
172
177
213
195
.j_ 75, i
1921
140
132
236
213
226
202
— 11.2
+ 61.4 '
1921
134
117
175
179
216
189
- 12.6
274 + 60.2 I 1921
11,882 + 62.3
1921
14,114 4- 76.2 i 1921
110
119
138
144
175
165
— 5.2
109
110
157
136
174
156
— 10.4
91
102
164
131
167
Io4
-
5
117,413
9,631
116
1921
I
104,902
11,593
1919
402,934 + 52.6
40,532 + 54.5
- 11.6
- 6.2
+ 11.9
105 - 16.9
Printing.
Activity, weighted
index number..
99 +
2.1
RUBBER.
Crude:
Consumption by tire mfrs.. .thous. of lbs..
Wholesale price, Para, N. Y . .dolls, per l b . .
Tires:
Production—
Pneumatic
thousands..
Solid
thousands..
Inner tubes
thousands..
Domestic shipments—
Solid
. . . . thousands..
Pneumatic
thousands..
Inner tubes
thousands..
Stocks, end of m o n t h Pneumatic .
. .
thousands..
Solid
.
thousands..
Inner tubes
thousands..
41,594
.290
38,348
.274
24,125
3,866
3,539
2,401
9,186
80
71
47
176
310
4,875
4,260
2,651
10,608
17,126
80,544
148.363 + 63.9
.171
36
214 34 -
7.8
5.5
- 8 . 5
77
73
52
171
3,323
3,828
2,976
3,536
2,087
2,329
7,320
8,012
5,671
6,088
5 464
130
111
124
135
144
261
174
1921
1921
123
266
79
75
114
117
115
113
7,741
8,394
7,230
1921
153
158
128
148
169
+ 7.4
— 1.9
184 + 8.4
344,474
37,514
197,216
22,342
541,039
64,714
1919
1,141,254 + 110.9
113,299 + 75.1 I 1919
111
143
162
184
231
249
75
85
73
83
131
142
+
+
8.2
8.4
44,400
58,100
4,443
31,334
22,381
2,9C0
94,080
56,950
3,843
159,549 + 69.6
190,047 +233. 7
7,953 + 106.9
1920
133
150 1 168
171
209
212
+
1-4
1920
43
57
77
109
149
148
— 0.4
1920
12
63
15
19
40
95 +133.8
5,621
4,377
13,395
27,310 + 103.9
1920
55
63
111
84
116
81 - 30.3
713
731
2,072
2,947 + 42.2
1920
39
58
63
56
57
56 -
3,394
2,231
9,041
+ 49.2 1 1920
63
52
76
82
79
80 + 0.5
7.6
AUTOMOBILES.
Production:
Passenger cars
.
number.. 318,424
Trucks
number.. I 34,593
Shipments:
43,774
By railroad
carloads..
58,320
Driveways
number of machines
By boat
.number of machines.. j 1,900
Internal-revenue taxes collected on:
Passenger automobiles and
motor cycles
thous. of dolls..
8,070
Automobile trucks and
725
wagons
thous. of dolls..
Automobile accessories and
parts
thous. of dolls..
3,378
* Twelve months' average, July, 1921, to June, 1922.
13,491
1.7
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 backfiguresfor these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SUEVEY (NO.
1/T
V.
-flicircxi,
1Q9Q
A rvril
April,
1QOQ
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
21).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage;
1923
(+)
BASE
YEAR
or de-
crease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
OR
PERIOD.
1922.
1922
age
in-
1923
crease
(+)
or decrease
(-)
Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr.
from
Mar.
|
GLASS AND OPTICAL GOODS.
Bottles production
index number.
Illuminating glassware:
Net orders
per ct. of capacity
Actual production
per ct. of capacity..
Shipments billed
per ct. of capacity..
Spectacle frames and mountings:
Sales (shipments)
index number .
Unfilled orders (value)
index number..
Percent-
increase i
i
55.6
51.9
54.2
52.4
55.7
54.8
1919
67
79
80
82
79
•1921
•1921
6
1921
117
128
111
107
120
115
134
142
146
188
154
155
151
143
152
143 — 5.3
154 — 7.6
154 — 1.3
1913
1919
259
42
257
334
44
76
351
93
439
!
454
97
!
|
1913
1913
1913
169
173
165
168
172
165
195
199
197
198
201
205
209
209
214
206 — 1.4
209 — 0 . 0
217 + 1.4
1914
152
157
197
197
204
204
1913
202
150
126
105
195
160 — 17.9
+ 6.3 ! 1919
+ 57.2
1919
+ 30.2
1919
113
40
157
380
235
145
64
35
122
112
130
116
76
40
112
208
188
64
107
60
195
214
318
159
103
47.
194
305
183
153
-
+ 5.7
39.2
43.4
41.1
92
+ 3.4
+ 5.4
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.
Building Costs.
Building materials:
Frame house
. ...indexnumber..
Brick house
index number..
Building costs
index number..
Concrete factory costs 1st of
following month
index number..
Construction and Losses.
Building volume
index number..
Contracts awarded, floor space:
9,886
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
7,673
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft.. 39,286
4,092
Educational buildings... .thous. of sq. ft..
1,172
Hospitals and institutions.thous. of sq. ft..
274
Public buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Social and recreational
1,643
buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Religious and memorial
892
buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Grand total
thous. of sq. ft.. 64,920
Contracts awarded, value:
Business buildings
thous. of dolls.. 44,076
Industrial buildings
.thous. of dolls.. 37,034
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.. 164,267
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls.. 22,550
Hospitals and institutions .thous. of dolls..
5,869
Public buildings
thous.
Public works and utilities, .thous.
Social and recreational
buildings
thous.
Religious and memorial
buildings.
thous.
Grand total
thous.
Fire losses
thous.
9,561
672
264
865
30,447
14,745
96,587
16,674
3,391
219
890
1,736
1,432
1,270
64,527
5,997
39,174
5,849
10,419
5,130
31,666
7,277
32,361
23,176
125,714
16,086
3,016
0 o
-3.5
- 11.1
848 4.7
1919
1919
1919
97
33
151
265
218
219
4,495
5,547 + 23. 4 !:
1919
108
113
64
107
130
137
1,092
58,146
2,971
170,425
3,190 + 7.4 i
210,005 + 23.2
1919
1919
179
111
246
125
89
83
143
89
201
139
286 + 42.4
138 - 0 . 6
58,711
24,312
132,478
36,719
6,584
1,380
75,251
171,405
79,010
405,485
87,471
24,914
4,929
167,176
151,372
111,409
540,513
94,386
18,688
5,268
159,626
11.7 I
1919
158
140
87
139
62
92
64
143
222
1919
1919
1919
57
187
369
202
123
180
92
51
152
71
72
130
87
232
226
180
133
102
134
58
231
360
154
128
146
+ 2.8
1919
1919
147
57
172
257
160
170
124
174
+ 41.0 I
+ 33.3 | |
+ 7.9 j
1919
118
134
81
125
133
167
+ 25.
1919
1919
1919
156
137
178
265
164
138
86
101
163
107
107
191
197
155
184
286
•4-
109
84
94
82
114
81
101 -
220
221
230
232
+
1.1
122
156
212
116
148
182
236
155 +
176 236
4.7
149
212
99
150
117
185
160
216
185 -
235
208
233
151 -
of dolls
of dolls..
1,486
42,586
45,322
24,913
163,476
35,822
5,015
1,431
60,926
of dolls..
9,272
11,609
9,317
27,842
of dolls
of dolls..
of dolls..
6,170
333,518
41,160
8,931
357,475
32,638
8,288
353,162
31,010
21,417
990,592
138,888
-
-25.0
'<+ 6.9
-
4.5
35,196 + 26.4 |
21,142 — 1.3 i
1,138,264 + 14.9
153,184 + 10.3
1919
+ 42.9
- 42.7
- 3 . 6
- 32. 7
- 0.5
+ 58.9
-116
— 3.7
+ 43.1
166 !+
146
3.3
21.8
0.3
AA.
7
7.2
-20.7
Lumber.
Southern pine:
94
101
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m.. 480,966 428,471 397,553 1,595,402 1,772,121 + 11.1
1917
85
Stocks, end of mo. (computed) .M ft. b. m.. 1,107,612 1,056,358 1,159,422
88
! 1917
Price, " B "
and better
dolls, per M ft. b. m
53.53
52.95
41.35
1917
178
180
Douglas fir:
121
115
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m.. 515,698 539,871 422,157 1,578,499 1,883,372 + 19.3
1917
114
136
Shipments (computed).
M ft. b. m.. 589,561 568,074 439,169 1,484,488 2,141,625 + 44.3 j 1917
124
125
21.500
11.500
Price, No. 1 common.dolls, per M ft. b. m.. 21.500
1913
California redwood:
47,855
130
1918
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m.. 59,844
47,099
166,017
126
188,599 + 13.6
52,744
35,888
156
1918
151,988
210,079 + 38.2
126
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m.. »61,796
43,347
42,479
169,846
1918
169
148
Orders received (computed).. .M ft. b. m.. 66,878
237,305 + 39.7
• Twelve months' average, May, 1921, to April, 1922.
•Revised.
10.9
77 — 4.6
128 -
3.6
no
20.0
14.6
35.2
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
BUILDING AND CONSTBTJCTIONContinued.
Lumber—Continued.
California white pine:
Production
. . .M ft. b. m..
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
Stocks
Mft. b . m . .
Michigan softwood:
Production
M ft. b. m..
Shipments
Mft. b. m..
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m..
Michigan hardwood:
Production
M ft .b. m . .
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m . .
Western pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
Stocks, end of mo. (computed) .M ft. b. m . .
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
Northern pine:
LumberProduction
M ft. b. m.
Shipments
M ft. b. m.
LathProduction
M ft. b. m . .
Ship ments
M ft. b. m . .
Northern hemlock:
Production
M ft. b. m..
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
Northern hardwood:
Production
M ft. b. m..
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
Exports:
Planks, scantling, joists
M ft. b. m..
Composite lumber prices (1st of following
month):
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m..
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m..
Flooring.
Oak flooring:
Production
M ft. b. xn..
Shipments
Mlt.b.m..
Orders booked
M ft. b. m..
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m..
Unfilled orders, end of month..M ft. b. m.
Maple flooring:
Production
M ft. b. m.
Shipments
M ft. b. m.
Orders booked
M ft. b . m .
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b . m .
Unfilled orders, end of month..M ft. b. m.
March,
1928.
April,
1928.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
39,463 I 91,929
56,156 | 54,444
333,169 | 328,640
19,149
32,730
287,452
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
1922
1923
• 56,084
182,188 +224.8
207,984 + 87.0
111,237
5,981
7,128
53,490
5,505
10,949
42,980
8,157
49,716
14,365
16,961
102,477
13,047
15,538
100,329
13,402
10,790
127,966
52,563
39,491
175,881 I 108,186
•124,188
»144,948 • 132,521 ' 132,001
'737,489 « 781,229
805,870
251,873
420,698
20,796
26,063
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
24,285 + 16.8
30,453 + 16.8
61,093 + 16.2
63,299 + 60.3
423,310 + 68.1
522,737 + 24.3
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
Mar. Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
1918
14
1918
95
103
166
1918
118
108
163
1917
24
51
42
1917
34
46
37
1917
48
47
44
1917
41
48
65
1917
29
34
55
1917
55
57
48
53
1917
61
99
59
1917
106
120
117
91
94
1920
Apr.
from
Mar.
43
139
139
75
176
126
32
33
46
35
40
50
32
8.0
62
53.6
40
19.6
56
43
47
52
54
46
47
9.2
49
8.4
45
2.1
54
106
87
113
131
84
161
41.6
120
8.6
175 +132.9
171 - 3.0
124 —
1.4
5.9
61,460
68,110
52,500
54,040
54,180
50,330
199,850
173,740
L 9
196,000 214,200 + 23.3
1919
153
158
120
156
156
134
120
152
180
212
14.6
1919
38,714
52,720
49,748
43,039
52,096
48,416
128,021
136,720
156,900 + 23.3
1920
1920
97
99
84
86
96
105
+ 28.5
188,370 + 37.8
10,607
17,241
11,896
14,342
13,430
8,748
33,660
28,434
41,199 4- 22.4
51,007 + 79.4
1920
94
140
94
143
138
135
101
171
111
271
+ 12.2
1920
28,334
28,432
24,636
24,117
24,793
21,913
79,084
68,762
101,904 + 28.9
1913
71
1913
59
59
52
75
78
- 13.1
93,193 + 35.5
49,070
40,512
45,700
40,366
29,404
27,228
123,161
103,803
180,711 + 46.7
1913
137
104
148
147,472 4-42.1
1913
125
107
149
155
314
160
128,773
141,636
132,807
567,324
533,719 -
90
74
73
74
72
50.19
36.96
49.8* I
36.62 i
5.9
37.82
28.87
1909-13
- 16.8
- 15.2
173
~
6.9
0.4
79 4- 10.0
90.6
90.5 1115.4 116.2 120.2
19.3 -
0.7
1920
55.6
58.2
73.8 ~
0.9
30,706
32,068
25,298
23,749
57,356
19,892
22,227
29,961
26,615
33,501
76,803
76,342
83,099
12,344
15,329
18,321
23,161
42,434
11,401
15,181
10,924
19,060
36,722
9,478
10,429
13,902
33,467
18,426
39,008
37,520
41,381
66,456
70,624
159,180
99,330
118,284
64,647
65,276
167,685
66,613
120,564
41,446
38,458
150,292
46,851
3©, 402
148,876
138,496
351,982
60.3
346,691 4- 78.1
1919
1919
1919
166,112
2*7,990
1919
49,007 4- 25.6
55,133 4- 46.9
69,759 4- 68.6
- 18.4
1921
32,236
34,964
39,641
25,297
65,823
114,836 4- 49.5
117,025
53.3
128,534 4- 54.7
20.7
70.8
72.8
74.5
412
36ft
417
548
281
785
483
582
640
281
908
1913
305
1913
378
370
402
1913
385
491
494
1&3
312
296
283
1913
344
462
695
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
92
94
139
90
88
112
87
98
173
221
217
162
39
48
94
113
96
113
165
105
m
82
128
HI
76
114
108
118
105
118
89
136
460
• 4.7
*34
• 8.3
414
36.2
264
• 6.1
791
12.9
123
129
129
150
111
114
- 7.6
128
• ' 1.0
77
- 40.4
123
- 17.7
96
- 13.5
1S1
139
116
f9*
190
127 -
2.7
12*
7.6
Brick.
Clay fire brick (computed):
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of month
New orders.
Unfilled orders
«Revised.
thousands.
thousands.
thousands.
thousands.
thousands.
•0.9
WL9
76
107
94
34
43
tst
*
~
114 - . 0.9
130 - 32.9
12f
+ 1.9
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 v ill be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
March,
1923.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION—
Continued.
Brick—Continued.
Silica brick (computed):
Production
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Face brick (32identical plants):
Production
thousands..
Stocks, in sheds and kilns
thousands..
Unfilled orders
thousands..
Shipments
thousands.. |
Prices:
I
Common red, New York.dolls, per thous.. J
Common salmon, Chicago .dolls, per thous.. j
Cement.
I
Production
thous. of bbls..j
Shipments
thous. of bbls.. j
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls.. j
Price, Portland
.dolls, per bbl..j
Concrete paving contracts:
f
Total
thous. of sq. yds..!
Roads...*
thous. of sq. yds..j
S a n i t a r y Ware.
I
Baths, enamel:
j
Orders shipped
number..
Stocks
number..
Orders received
number..
Lavatories, enamel:
Orders shipped
number..
Stocks
number..
Orders received
number..
Sinks, enamel:
Orders shipped
number..
Stocks
number..
Orders received
number..
Miscellaneous, enameled:
Orders shipped
number..
Stocks
number..
Orders received
number.. j
April,
1923.
Correspond- i
ing
month,
March i
!1 or April, !
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
13,981 |
14,363 j
42,242 |
9,830
10,485
36,316
32,194
33,831
23,004 i 23,515 i
73,756 I 65,447 \
62,139 ! 67,371 |
26,423 j;
22,384
22,587
67,511
32,512
23,851
64,276
16,793 I
17,804 !
44,481 |
57,061
20.00
8.79
16.75
8.52
9,880 | 11,322
10,326 | 12,917
13,045 j 11,450
1.75
1. 75 ;
9,243
8,592
14,470
1.50
24,497
21,8lO
11,371
9,112
26,936
22,137
20.00 i
8.65 !
5,684 I
3,737 !
7,370 |
4,550 ;|
1923
59,626 + 85.2
60,866 + 79.9
82,680 | + 28.6
81,554 + 42.<
!
36,991 ,+ 51.0
34,625 + 58.8
22,282 ;- 17.3
15,152 !- 31.6
344,369
104,876 j 91,704
50,127 | 50,429
148,121 ! 136,587
101,482 | 326,222
104,543 |
138,757
383,186
371,165 + 13.8
114,677 | 97,834
61,391 I 50,628
149,144 | 132,830
98,905
135,071
140,620
428,135 + 27.0
H I D E S AND L E A T H E R .
j
Hides.
Stocks, end of month:
Total hides and skins
thous. of lbs.. 397,982
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.. 328,588
48,120
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs..
21,274
Sheep and lamb skins.. .thous. of lbs..
Prices:
Green salted, packer's heavy
native steers
dolls, per l b . .
.193
Calfskins, country No. 1
dolls, per l b . .
.165 :
51,618 | 49,402
53,594
85,528
61,827
63,910
373,023
300,392
49,444
23,187
.188
.166
346,277
269,828
46,858
29,591
.134 j.
.131 |.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1923
from
1922.
78,130 I 244,373
60,260 |
107,566 j 278,935
;
56,359
54,332
67,642
+ 40,9
480,203 + 72.2
611,434 + 59.6
1923
1922
(+)
Mar. Apr.
1919
70
1919
75
1919
87
1919
126
144
1919
216
199
102
102
111
103
103
109
119
127
107
99 - 16.7
103 - 19.3
101 - 5.0
129
191
149
137 !
102 ; 147
217
208
226
186
160
98
150 + 2.2
192 - 11.3
245
8.4
189 + 18.0
1919
100
118
126
171
1913
248
1913
173
255 || 305 I 305 305
173 |! 178 177 175
305
178
1913
87
1913
95
100 105
81
73
102 120
158 173
129
140
116
173
148 + 14.6
175 + 25.1
102
12.3
173
0.0
1913
123
1913
148
1919
216
255
1919
232
265
62
141
138
128
109
165
29.7
132 + 21.8
226
248
96
191
240
95
186
267
100
167
241 - 9 . 9
81 - 14.7
144 - 9 . 0
229
36
201
200 j - 12. (
1919
1919
167
143
1919
91
154
ji
||
ij
j
0.0
1.6
120
116
129
148
1919
199
1919
90
1919
130
222 ;• 199 182
40
75 i 43
188 232 212
1919
166
181
1919
122
107
108
160
645,565 + 64.7
1919
168,591
205,998 + 22.2
1919
158
1919
108
107
1919
115
153
298,327 + 47.9
or decrease
(-)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr.
from
Mar.
U920
391,982
201,757
Percentage
increase
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
92,473 | 83,281
40,200 | 34,308
116,514 | 100,644
337,206
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
1921
1921
1921
1921
1913
1913
36 | +
0. (
214 ! 182 I 210 179 - 14.7
47 I 48 j 49 ' 40 - 17.5
223 ; 190 169 151 - 10.9
\
|
I
188 j 158 ! 199 182 - 8 . 4
72 | 62 | 68 67 - 1.4
223 ! 180 | 161 ' 148- 8 . 6
87 ;
91
72
70
73 ! 109
69 I 86
92
97
82
65
87 - 6.3
88 j - 8.(5
85 '+ 2.1
108 j 105
87
102 - 2 . 6
+ 0.0
93
83
+ 9.0
Leather.
Production:
82
1919
88
77 ! 91
1,691
3 1,356
6,493
1,699
90 ;— 0.5
Sole leather
thous. ofbks., bends, sides..
6.065
7.1
129
1919
107
157
159 j 181 , 166 \- 8.1
38,706
42,139
Skivers
doz..
122 U2 - 8.6
82
1919
132,801
121
117
O ak and union harness
stuffed sides.. 8145,243
1921
110
99 ; 116 113 - 2.7
22,416
99,377
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs..
29,806 , 28,998
1921
134
115
145
135 | 153 159 + 3.8
66,700
88,721 I 92,066
Finished upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Stocks, end of month:
85 '+ 1.1
1921
103 103
87
85 j 84
199,177
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.. 163, 061 i 164, 851
1921 i 106 I 113 . 93 , 92 i 92 , 93 •+ 0.9
Upper
thous. of sq. ft.. 388, 070 391, 665 i 477,709
7
» Revised.
Ten months' average, March to December.
• Not exactly comparable with monthly figures prior to July, 1922. The index numbers have been computed by chain relatives and take account of the percentage
variation rather than the absolute variation in the figures,, and hence show the trend of the movement irrespective of the change in the number of firms reporting.
50832—23
3
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O .
21).
March,
1933
April,
J Vw>.
109ft
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
Corresponding
month, 1
March 1
or April,
1922.
1922
1923
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
ncrease
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
Jan. ! Feb. Mar. Apr.
Mar. Apr.
i-}
Apr.
from
Mar.
H I D E S AND LEATHER—Continued.
!
Leather—Continued.
Stocks, in process of tanning:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs..
Upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Exports:
Sole
thous. of lbs..
Upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Leather P r o d u c t s .
Belting sales:
Quantity
thous. of lbs..
Amount
thous. of dolls..
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs..
Exports
thous. of pairs..
Wholesale p r i c e s Men's black calf blucher. dolls.per pair..
Men's dress welt,
tan calf, St. Louis
dolls, per pair..
Women's black kid, Goodyear welt, St. Louis, .dolls per pair..
1921
1921
90
107
90
104
96
98
100
100
5,476 + 21.0
26,403 + 7.1
1913
1913
55
91
41
74
36
79
69
56
6*
80
41 - 36.1
83 + 4.1
1,364
2,274
1,975 + 44.8
3,645 + 60.3
1919
1919
53
46
53 !
45
73
68
62
60
73 i
71
70 - 4.8
68 — 5.0
105,873
1,630
128,443 _j_ 21.3
2,401 + 47.3
1919
1913
106
54
111
97
55 ! 57
110
65
130
73
115 + 11.7
90 + 23.2
213
209 ! 210
210
209
209
0.0
153
145
!
153
153
153
153
0.0
1913
158
140
142
142
142
142
0.0
1920
1920
1920
1920
80
&4
61 ; 136
65 i 147
58 ; 137
99
106
114
122
112
95
128
131
120
91
112
116
109
88
- 12.8
- 11.3
9.2
- 2.9
111,261
161,687
111,084
164,116
100,258
170,179
1,677
7,049
1,071
7,341
1,070
6,578
4,527
24,654
520
972
495
923
373
615
35,836
616
31,663
759
26,852
463
6.50
6.50
6.50
1913
4.85
4.85
4.60
1913
4.25
4.25
4.19
CHEMICALS.
|
!
'-
100
100 98 ! IOO +
0.2
1.5
1
Production:
Acetate of lime
thous. of lbs..
Methanol
galls..
Consumption, wood, carbonized
cords..
Stocks, wood, at chemical plants
cords..
Exports:
Sulphuri c acid
. thous. of lbs..
Dyes and dyestuffs
thous. of dolls..
Total f ertiliier
.
long tons..
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 100lbs.
15,569
831,784
91,273
769,174
13,575
738,050
82,860
746,626
7,390
33,373
59,582 + 78.5
416,112 1,877,398 3,276,193 + 74.5
43,775
200,673
363,427 + 81.1
895,826 I
i
76
': 105
I
702
589
89,519
369
574
98,236 i
.70
.71
1 QQ1 '
346
87,311
4 <UR
1,839
272,544
43 3
2,466
2,079 + 13.1
328 847 i 20 7
156
1909-13 i 1G3 324
71 114
60 — 47.4
1909-13 ' 1,722 1,194 1,383 1,784 2,034 1,985 - 2.5
1909-13 i 64
9o, 7i
66
70
87
84
95 4-r
1914
1914
155
135
177
135
208
124
239
125
253
128
253
134 +
1914
1913
1913
116
156
80
117
158
84
135
173
70
132
170
70
133
178
70
132 — 0.8
180 + 1.1
71 i + i . 4
1919-20
1919-20
22
62
86
36
68
125
39
94
36
47
107 i +199.5
49 + 4.9
228,114 + 13.0 i 1919-20
1919-20
79
141
104 ! 122 j 83
109 i 141
127
87
111
11G + 34.3
101 9.0
.84
0.0
4.7
NAVAL S T O R E S .
'Turpentine (3 principal parts):
Net receipts
Stocks
Rosin (3 principal ports):
Net receiptsStocks
barrels.
barrels.
5,431
14,596
barrels. •
barrels. .
48,445
222,501
16,267 |
15,312
13,139
11,081
26,734
65,058
58,015
202,391 ! 255,326
201,826
37,938 + 41.9
1
F A T S AND OILS.
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
Oleomargarine:
Consumption
thous. of lbs.
5,232
5,661
4,785
37,273
20,730 - 28.3
1913
36
16
32
thous. of lbs. .
19,722
18,033
13,686
58,031
78,110 + 34.6 ;
1913
129
115
174
Cottonseed.
Cottonseed stocks
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks
Production
Price, New York
thous. of lbs. .
thous. of lbs.
dolls, perlb.
159,922
60,137
62,170
.118 !
IS
166
166
59
31
19 +
152 -
8.2
8.6
j
i
tons. .
1
23
64,752
46,140
37,484
40,356
.117
31,848 . . .
24,345
291,484
.115
1
1919
20
9
348,221 j + 19.5 !
,
1919
1919
1913
57
66
159
33
22
158
103
96 I 87
132
91
150
149
13 — 39.5
63
39 — 37.7
56
37 - 35.1
163 . 162 0.8
35
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
1
1
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. March,
For detailed tables covering other items, see ; 1923
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
Ar\ril
April,
21).
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
(+)
or decrease
BASE
YEAR
cumulative
1923
from
PERIOD.
INDEX NUMBERS.
1922
Percent-
age
in-
1923
crease
|
OR
1922
1923
Mar.
Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
1922.
i
;'
!
1
j
F A T S AND OILS—Continued.
Flaxseed.
Receipts:
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
Shipments:
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs..
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
Stocks:
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs..
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
Linseed oil:
Shipments from Minneapolis, thous. of lbs..
Linseed-oil cake:
Shipments from Minneapolis, thous. of lbs..
1,521 + 58 3
309
486
198
901
75
55
45
347
309
— 11.0
1913
2 7 '•
1913
12
21
4
81
62
53
420
324
— 22.9
1913
45
2G
52
395
471
+ 19.2
1913
17
9
17
9
8,080
15,372
8,661 |
52 ;
176 !
27
33
52
13
4
7
5
— 20. 7
55
34
79
37
52
40
-
23.5
'
12
5
33
3
4
2
-
42.2
38
3
22 '
G
5
7
1
— 47.1
3
3
1
4
'
1913
1913
50
or decrease
( —)
Apr.
from
Mar.
— 47.1
6,069
26,406
35,196 + 33.3
1913
48 |
40 '
66
55 ;
53
57
+
7.2
15,930
4,159
44,543
62,080 + 39.4
1913
31 |
14
58
44
51
53
+
3.6
10,195
118,861
21,901
12,567 j
10,244
88,772
15,630
10,684
50,588
45,636
1913
121
86
105
102
90
86
- 4 . 9
1913
194
173
274
2(34
249
231
—
7.2
102,880 + 35.4
55,864 + 17.1
1919
64
50
119
69
69
70
+
0.7
1919
71
54
95
54
68
63
- 7 . 7
30,169 + 6.3
26,162 — 1.7
1914
100
81
104
97
109
1919
1919
119
85
114
64
60
78
98
S2
109
85
FOODSTUFFS.
Wheat.
Exports, including
flour
thous. of bushs..
10,725
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.. 128,085
Receipts, principal markets. .thous. of bushs..
21,746
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
13,621
Wheat flour:
Production
.thous. of bbls..
10,607
Consumption
.thous. of bbls..;
8,852
Stocks
thous. of bbls..
8,050
Prices:
No. 1, northern, Chicago, .dolls, per bush.. j
1.216
No. 2, red winter, Chicago.dolls, per bush..
1.321
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl.. |
6.625
Flour, winter straights,
Kansas City
dolls, per bbl..
5.600
9,658
9,720
6,000
76,008
47,690
28,386
26,604
- 9 . 8
i
!
1.253
1.320 \
1.386
1.391
1913
148
152
131
136
133
137
+
3.0
1913
138
141
12S
138
134
134
—
0. 1
6.956
8.144
1913
170
178
145
146
145
152 • +
5 0
5.744
6.785
1913
176
176
145
145
146
149
+
2.6
7,764
31,266
26,222
16,090
5,946
5,632
24,472
16,976
14,274
5,270
18,817
39,502
14,552
12,019
4,211
.740
.793
.588
Corn.
Exports, including meal
thous. of bushs..
Visible supply
thous. of bushs..
Receipts, principal markets. ..thous. of bushs..
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
Grindings (starch, glucose)....thous. of bushs..
Prices, contract grades,
No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
83,444
156,014
97,145
22,021
29,678 - 6 4 . 4
543
446
175
211
184
133
-
27.5
1913
607
470
263
356
372
291
-
21.7
1913
112,043 - 2 8 . 2
69,418 - 2 8 . 5
22,082 + 0.3 |
;
1919
207
97
250
209
175
113
— 35.3
1919
1913
270
136
187
182
161
100
127
142
126 ! -
11.3
159
255
132
1913
92
94
114
118
118
127
1913
74
109
177
90
82
371
45
321
77
1913
159
138
126
1913
92
67
16
32
29
1913
105
104
117
122
123
1913
36
21
42
28
38 ',
28
1913
57
69
45
82
69
48
- 26.5
— 30.0
!
1913
103
102
104
107
+ 1.1
19,626 +160.7 !
13,037 + 79. 5 !
1913
251
110 1 555 S 367
284 i 311
!+ 9.3
1913
615 2,545
1913
160
164
137
136
130 ' 134
1913
202
174
105
96
1 106
84
118
121
141
1919
106
105
98 ! -
11.4
+
7.2
Other Grains.
Oats:
Receipts, prin. markets. ..thous. of bushs..
Visible supply
thous. of bushs..
Exports, including meal, .thous. of bushs..
Prices, contract goods,
Chicago
dolls, per bush..
Barley:
Receipts, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
Exports . .
thous. of bushs .
Price, fair to good, malting,
Chicago
dolls per bush
Rye:
Receipts, prin. markets...thous. of bushs..
Exports, including flour, .thous. of bushs..
Price, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
9,371
55,837
2,035
874
16,867 |
21,932
1,175
.462
.466
.393
3,403
1,012
2,500
708
1,881
1,002
.663
.670
.640
3,679
1,382
.827
4,022
2,226
.853
1,417
3,945
1,043
7,527
21,757
41,006
19,936
38,259 ,
36,043
32,874
149,770
18,568
24,044
58,905
5,752
9,795
2,724
74,093 + 25.8
3,512 - 38.9 !
12,235 + 24.9
3,572 + 31.1
•
7,262
'
107
-9.2
— 8.8
39 + 34.4
124
+
0.9
j
106
2,229 3,854 ' 892 ' 1,436 + 61.1
!+ 3.1
Total Grains.
Total grain exports, incl. flour, thous. of bushs..
Car loadings of grain and grain products..cars..
175,717
95,435 ,j-36.3 j
167,696 : , - 4.6 i
-
8.4
6.7
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. March,
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterlv issue of the SXJEVEY (NO. 1923.
21).
April,
1923.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
(+
J
or decrease
(-)
BASE
YEAR
OR
1922
Percentage
increase
1933
or decrease
PERIOD.
1922
1923
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
309
49,948
3,571
358,054
2,269 - 36.5
293,952 - 17.9
1919
1919
214
196
16,154
110,395
117, 741
6.7
1919
166
63
136 I 121
133,590
42,288
172,951
148,774 [ - 14.0
1919
1919
190
213
165 I
135
281 I 251
151 i 106
194 - 9.6
106 - 4.4
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
111
43
148
42
167
54
26
134
178
137
310
120
107
110
198
62
40
145
77
182
- 53. e
- 49.7
-5.2
- 5.5
! - 10. 4
5.5
.4
.2
9.7
1919
1919
1919
1919
79
71
64
87
72
63
53
79
81
64
53
95
+ 11.2
+ 3.4
+ 17.7
+ 13.0
6.3
7.1
3.4
1913
1919
1913
119
89
131
106
80
101
27
Mar. Apr.
Apr.
from
Mar.
Jan. ! Feb. Mar.
Apr.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Other Crops.
Rice:
396
529
Receipts at mills
thous. of bbls..
70,774
Shipments, total from mills, .thous. of lbs.. 65,448
Shipments, through New
31,549
Orleans
thous. of lbs.. 20,586
Stocks, end of monthDomestic, at mills and
dealers
thous. of lbs.. 174,302 157,505
Exports
thous. of lbs.. 34,706
33,193
Apples:
Cold-storage holdings
thous. of bbls..
1,074
2,314
Car-lot shipments
carloads..
2,699
5,362
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
carloads.. 22,917
21,728
1,335
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads.
1,413
9,891
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads. 3 11,045
Cattle and Beef.
Cattle movement, primary markets:
Receipts
thousands.
1,502
Shipments, total
thousands.
554
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands.
198
Slaughter
thousands.
956
Beef products:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs. 401,037
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs. 395,982
Exports
thous. of lbs.
15,144
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month).. .thous. of lbs. * 90,502
Prices, Chicago:
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100 lbs.
9.26
Beef, fresh native steers .dolls, per 100 lbs.
14.50
Beef, steer rounds, No. 2.dolls. per 100 lbs.
14.50
Hogs and Fork.
Hog movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands.
Shipments, primary markets..thousands.
Shipments, stocker and feeder-thousands.
Slaughter
*.
thousands.
Pork products:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs.
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.
Exports
thous. of lbs.
Cold-storage holdings (1st of
following month)
thous. of lbs.
Prices:
Hogs, heavy, Chicago.. .dolls, per 100lbs.
Pork, loins, fresh,
Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs
Sheep and Mutton.
Sheep movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands.
Shipments, primary markets, .thousands.
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands.
Slaughter
thousands
Lamb and mutton:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month).. .thous. of lbs.
»Revised.
4,926
1,703
69
3,234
856,386
582,553
185,197
3
1,670
573
233
1,080
12,149
944
1,761
20,131
3; 102
7,407
1,470
562
235
13,593 I
72,199
6,629
32,174
6,136
2,453
993
3,641
408,248 1,126,359
395,747 1,104,778
53,056
13,735
22,489 + 65.4
74,175 4- 2.7 I
6,055 - 8 . 7
41,301 + 28.4 I
6,474
2,442
922
3,993
+
-0
-7
+
1,197,000 +
1,183,657 +
51,245 -
78,065
64,507
1919
29
9.02
14.50
14.50
8.41
14.50
14.40
1913
1913
1913
103
112
101
4,318
1,393
76
2,924
3,067
1,067
56
2,000
164,288
931,417 1,018,336
14,369
5,362
219
9,016
19,040
6,652
275
12,372
64
92
87 + 33.6
116 + 8.1
81
223
92
90
80
179
91 j 69
85 I 63
64 I 48
95
76
73
62
45
84
125
94
92
- 19.8
33 - 13.7
106 - 2 . 6
112
0.0
111
0.0
115
99
112 I 119
110 i 103
120
140
85
111
132
143
92
128
116
12.3
117 - 18.2
101 + 10.1
115 — 9.6
105
145
110
188
209
239
156
175
200
177
208
226
200 - 11.3
74
76
82
92
102
112 + 9.3
95 - 2 . 3
1919
1919
1919
1919
569,838 1,856,948 2,516,523 + 35.5
376,978 1,252,560 1,659,342 + 32.5
480,221
90,132
709,369 + 47.7
1913
1919
1913
118
135
152
690,296
1919
8.16
7.97
10.21
1913
124
122
98
94
98
14.80
15.30
23.60
1913
133
159
104
105
100
1,430
646
114
805
1,447
584
82
855
1,227
564
97
678
5,927
2,785
592
3,144
33,656
101,925
39,410
*6,635
5,768
2,071
5,879
2,605
536
3,265
63
53
20
76
0.8
6.5
9.5
3.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
116,815 + 14.6
1913
66
75
1919
68
79
+
124 + 53.3
142
158
88
134
32.5
24.1
25.6
37.2
+
+
+
+
156
166
103 +
64
48
14
81
3.4
+ 1.2
-9.6
- 28.1
+ 6.2
69 - 13.1
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*) j"
have not been published previously in the j
SURVEY or are repeated for special'reasons: >
detailed tables covering back figures for these j
it ems will be found at the end of this bulletin. ,'
For detailed tables covering other items, see i March,
1923.
the last quarter])' issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21)
*
!
April,
1923.
ii Per- !
I i centage
'increase
1
CUMULATIVE TOTAL i (+)
I ordeBASE
THROUGH
i: crease i
YEAR
LATEST MONTH.
!
! (-) !
OR
: cumu- i PERIOD.
1 lative '
j! 1923 j
1923 1 j f r o m I
1922
1922. !
i Corresponding
month,
March
or April.
; 1922.
INDEX NUMBERS.
i
i
!
'
Percentage
increase
1923
1922
S Mar. Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
t+)
or decrease
(-)
Apr.
from
Mar.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Sheep and Mutton—Continued.
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sheep, lambs, Chicago, .dolls, per 100lbs..
6.99
13.22
;
7.15
14.25
7. 57
13.06
15,518
16,724
15,120
10,596
13,160
i7j485
66,794
thous. of lbs..
!7, 154
12,446'
ii,196
62,260
thous. of lbs..
3 94,872
74,748
250,840
18,176
24,234
87,543
61,168 - 30.1
1919
48,699
16,410
42,694
15,757
2,911
168,204
52,346
187,893 :+ 11.7
57,445 + 9.7
6,239 - 6.7
1919
1919
1919
153
161 ! +
183
168 I- 8.4
5.9
1913
1913
151 | 149
187 170
148
182
143
188
1919
1910
107
41 I
76
28
45
65
67
44
27
17 j - 36.6
I
1919
67
57
221
119
87
63 I— 27.4
103 ! 76 ! 183
171
143
112 - 21.2
14
18
28
Fish.
Total catch, prin. fishing ports, .thous. of lbs..;
Cold-storage holdings,15th of mo.thous. of lbs..'
Poultry.
Receipts at five markets
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month)
50,170 - 24.9
87 j - 2.6
;
Dairy Products.
96,954
4-55.7
1919
i
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Exports
thous. of lbs..
20,034
Receipts at 5 markets:
Butter
thous. of lbs.., 50,400
Cheese
thous. of lbs.. j 15,573 .
Eggs
thous. of cases.. |
2,124
Cold-storage holdings (1st of following mo.):
Creamery butter
thous. of lbs..
M,824
American cheese
.thous. of lbs.. 3 14,465
Case eggs
thous. of cases..
M53
Wholesale prices at 5 markets:
Butter
dolls, per l b . .
.485
Cheese
dolls, per l b . .
.241
Fluid milk:
R eceipts—
Boston (including cream),thous. of qts..
Greater New York
thous. of cans..
2,295
Production—Minneapolis
thous. of qts..
18,118
Sugar.
Raw:
Meltings, 7 ports
long tons..
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
long tons..
Refined:
Exports
long tons..
Cane, domestic:
Receipts at New Orleans
long tons..
Prices :
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal,
N. Y
dolls, per l b . .
Wholesale, refined, N. V
dolls, p e r l b . .
Retail, average 51 cities
index number..
Cuban movement:
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons..
Exports
long tons..
Stocks
long tons..
2,237
]
i
3,248 j
14,068 I
3,710 I
3 3,830
10,868
4,648 '.
.445 ,
.216
.363 .
.183 .
14,714 1
2,297 '
1,774,643
531,962
284,800
327,081
316,973
31,632
39,324
122,516
110
144
192
1,590,929 j - 10.4
1919
165
164
77
1919
287
332
84 130
I
1,206
3,673 4,149
106 j - 3.4
101 ! + 5.4
188 | + 5.3
75 ;|— 8.2
70 ! - 10.4
110 100 115 I 113 I- 2.1
145 134 153 154 4- 0.1
225 216 254
103
148
207
I
105,112 j - 70.4 1909-13
26 j - 9.3
9
6 j - 32.7
39
38 \- 2.7
12 : 101 ! '+719.0
82 !
78
1919
1913
1919
728
896
29 16
72 i 56
6 (9)
57,232 | + 2.0
8,764 1+ 5.3
I
355,140
110
96
179
93 !| 105
97
79 :
72 ;
245
61
59
1919
1919
56,132
8,323
55,228
486,421
90
164
1916-1920
16 i 7
1916-1920
29 I 29
1916-1920 i 26 I 126
14,428
2,156
13,687
510,653
35 i 34
160
209
105 i 157 I
150- 4 . 7
S 343+ 14.8
m
997 |l,071 11,332 + 24.3
m
9
4 !
6
1913
6
7
1913
1913
1913
112
121
118
114
122
122
1919
1919
1919
261
157
124
218
158
155
- 24.1
1913
1913
1913
78
63
96
76
65
63 ! 59
55 j 43
58 j 64
86 ! 105 93 I 77
- 12.0
- 14.5
- 65.2
-5.0
+ 19.3
1913
1913
117
118
108 j 124 120 I 117
170 |, 176 211 I 153
- 41.2
- 64.7
[
.073
.086
.078
.040
.052
861,736
647,00S
653,622
563,525
461,321
756,155
720,509
512,430
997,291
of bags..
of bags..
of bags..
6,936
1,208
739
6,104
1,033
257
8,944
1,039
821
3,807
of bags..
of bags..
1,155
601
679
212
1,072 ;
667
4,458 1
1,957 I
2,288,146 ; 2,608,271 + 14.0
1,345,277 1,892,924 | + 40.7
•I
151 176 I 208 j 223+ 6.8
158 171 ! 201 I 215+ 7.0
151 158 185 ! 193 4.3
I
152 207 261 \ 171 :- 34.6
95 ! 146 199 142 - 2 8 . 7
43 ! 71 i 101 I 117+ 15.7
Coffee.
Visible supply (1st of following mo.):
World
thous.
United States
thous.
Receipts, total, Brazil
thous.
Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world
thous.
Total, Brazil, for U. S
thous.
* Revised.
4,237
2,334
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENT—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for speciarreasons; ;
detailed tables covering back figures for these j
items will be found at the end of this bulletin. March,
For detailed tables covering other itoms. see
1928*
l issue of the SURVEY ( N O . ; lsr3KS
the last quarterly
April,
1923.
' Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
i Percentage
i! increase
1928
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1923
from
1922.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
(-)
!
i
Apr.
Mar. Apr. !• Jan. i Feb. Mar. A p rfrom
.
Mar.
TOBACCO.
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large cigars
millions..
Small cigarettes
millions..
Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of lbs..
Exports:
Unmanufactured leaf
thous. of lbs..
Cigarettes
thousands..
Sales at loose-leaf warehouses
thous. of lbs..
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs..
575
5,043
36,451
533
4,711
34,055 ;
31,641
40,590
937,498 1,063,237
22,636
4,309
501
3,453
1,921
13,920
31,376
136,167
2,173 !'+ 13.1
19,727 ;j+ 41.7
140,207'+
3.0
40,704
131,571
140,623 + 6.9
928,955 3,510,514 3,670,154 + 4.5
4,582
179,075
119,396 - 33.3
1913
1913
84 79
280 266
89 ; 80
413 357
91
389
84 - 7.3
363 !- 6.6
1913
103
85
100
88
99
92 - 6.6
1909-13
1913
1919
105
519
24
130
481
6
133
85
470 394
70 1 43
101
485
28
129 + 28.3
550 : +13.4
5
27.50
27.50 i
27.50
tons..
tons..
tons..
1,168
388
1,941
1,373
510
2.1S7
499
297
1,046
1,699
1,138
3,652
4,275 +151.6
1,681 + 47.7
7,283 + 99.4
1915
1915
1915
252
157
236
274
162
257
425
222
391
526
205
384
641
212
476
tons..
59,551
60,202 I 56,871
235,471
210,155 - 10.8
1919
645
651
427
608
682 | 690 ' + 1.1
tons..
tons..
tons..
4,765
1,882
2,SS3
4;676
1,936
2,740
4,627
2,168
2,459
17,401
8,090
9,311
18,140 + 4.2
7,366 - 8.9
10,774 ,+ 15.7
1913
1913
1913
107
181
1S4
184
109
172
87
130
72
107
160
88
105 165 +
84 -
tons..
tons..
tons..
4,650
1,817
2,833
4,890
2,042
2,848
4,884
2,3S9
2,49-5
17,759
8,477
9,283
18,205 •+ 2.5
7,319 ;— 13.7
10,885 + 17.3
1913
1913
1913
108
174
83
109
191
102
150
83
92
127
78
104
145
109 + 5.2
163 + 12.4
88 + 0.5
Jan. 1920
Jan. 1920
33.1
28.3
27.3
25.4
25.3
22.9
208 • 208 • 208 i 208
1913
208 | 208
0.0
TRANSPORTATION-WATER.
Cargo Traffic.
Panama Canal:
In American vessels.. .thous. of long
In British vessels
thous. of long
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long
Mississippi River:
Government barge line
753 + 17.6
278 + 31.4
537 + 12.7
Vessels In Foreign T r a d e ,
Entered in United States ports:
Total
thous. of net
American
thous. of net
Foreign
thous. of net
Cleared from United States ports:
Total
thous. of net
American
thous. of net
Foreign
thous. of net
1.9
2.9
5.0
Index of Ocean Freight R a t e s .
United States Atlantic t o United Kingdom, .weighted index number..
All Europe
weighted index number..
21.8 23.1
21.1 21.9
22.6
22.6
- 2.2
+ 3.2
TRANSPORTATION—RAIL.
Freight Cars.
Surplus (daily av. last week of month):
Box
number..
Coal
number.,
Total
number..
Shortage (daily av. last week of month):
Box
number.
Coal
number.
Total
number..
Bad order cars, total (1st of following
month)
number.
Car loadings (weekly average):
Total
cars..
Grain and grain products
cars.
Live stock
cars.
Coal
cars.
Forest products
cars.,
Ore
cars.
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars..
Freight carried
mills, of ton-miles.
3,266
3,7S5
14,196
4,654
2,849
13,556
94,653
235,077
371,538
1919
1919
1919
108
96
109
30,849
29,281
68,986
13,940
17,634
35,282
369
374
842
1919
1919
1919
2
2
206,312
210,505
327,704
1913
916,492 s 941,792 1 727,4S8
41,006 338,259 1 32,874
31,145 3 31,634
27,114
185,414 3 176,555
72,528
56,052
74,950 3 76,966
13,336 3 20,169
9,654
555,261 3 5S2,2S7
521,106
39,2SS
32,941
+23.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
1,214,948 1,478,092 + 21.7
321,407
346,356 + 7.8
1,689,741 . 2,007,507 + 18.8
1913
1913
1913
88,543
109,573
8
10
14
3
6
8
4
5
7
6 + 42.5
4 - 24.7
7 - 4.5
2
141
9
916
3 ! 303
178
923
334
162
697
285
73 - 54.8
420 - 39.8
146 — 48.9
139
143
137
139 +
102
106
55
74
93
14
105
120
106
91
84 > 121
82
105
41
109
99
118
26
29
102
110
90
138
106
106
97
105
117
28
105
119
114
105
95
105
132
36
118
144
117
98
96
100
135
54
123
200
140
186
207
163
145
158
163 ! 197
185
138
175
225
153
1
i
115
311
196
212 217
2.0
+ 2.8
- 6.7
+ 1.6
- 4.8
+ 2.7
+ 51.2
+ 4.9
Railroad O p e r a t i o n s .
Revenue:
Freight
Passengers
Total, operating
•Revised.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
398,536
88,229
535,541
386,136 »288,900
87,872
»83,457
523,167 ,« 417,140
218 153 210 ' 205 -
3.1
0.4
2.3
39
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
March,
1923.
April,
1923.
Corresponding
month.
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAE
OE
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
Apr.
Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. from
Mar.
TRANSPORTATION-RAIL-Continued.
j
Railroad Operations—Continued.
j
404,058
Operating expense
thous. of dolls.. j 417,913
83,201
Net operating income
thous. of dolls.. j 83,568
Receipts per ton-mile
index number..
2,637 \
2,6
Pullman passengers carried
thousands..
•336,425
•49,974
2,461
1,359,792 1,606,611 + 18.2
210,791
266,502 + 26.4
9,375
10,321 + 10.1
185
83
180
119
225
102
150
130
207
65
154
112
230 222 - 3.3
140 ! 139
0.4
1913
1913
199
139
167
114
1921
" 1914
" 1915
103
101
100
104
100
102
124
114
121
128
116
125
131
119
126
+ 0.1
241 i 241 257
245 \ 262 264
203 210 210
+ 0.1
+ 2.3
+ 1.0
1913
1913
127 !
129+ 1-7
LABOR.
Number employed:
I
United States (1,428 firms)... .thousands..I
2,037
New York State
thousands..
567
Wisconsin
index number.. j
Total pay roll:
!
New York State
thous. of dolls.. j 15,262
Wisconsin
index number.. j
Av. weekly earnings,Wisconsin .index number.. J
Unemployment, Pennsylvania (1st
of following month)
number..
14,940
Employment agency operations:
Workers registered
number.. 169,217
Jobs registered
number.. 178,384
Workers placed
number.. 135,226
Average applicants per job
number..
.95
Immigration
number..
53,330
Emigration
number..
10,630
2,040
566
1,617
478
-0.2
+ 0.8
15,276
11,546
" 1914
ii 1915
ii 1915
200
187
188
194
193
190
11,605
215,410
1921
106
82
178,158
200,692
143,582
.89
65,135
13,763
213,167
161,768
120,763
1.32
29,166
24,962
1921
1921
1921
1921
1913
1913
115
119
129
97
21
31
105
138
128
76
25
49
101
136
134
74
32
23
1913
1913
112
117
115
115
126 | 130
106 107
1913
1913
1913
1913
130
137
172
191
129
137
171
194
143
141
196
218
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
109
155
125
175
117
142
113
156
124
175
116
143
133
188
131
184
124
156 I
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
147
141
122
165
178
120
150
142
148
145
120
167
180
122
149
143
168
164
125
215
213
136
155
156
1913
1913
1913
111
144
147
115
144
149
139 ' 146 154
180 ! 187 193
165 166
1913
137
139
154 ! 158 I
160 159
1913
1913
125
139
127
139
149 ! 151 I
144 i 142 I
151 148 142 143
824,391
509,585
418,427
727,110 - 11.8
705,944 + 38.5
533,550 + 27.5
93,981
70,666
195,178 +108.0
44,739 - 36.7
- 22.3
87
144
135
61
33
17
+
+
+
+
+
3.5
12.5
6.2
6.3
22.1
29.5
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
Farm prices:
Crops (15th of month)
index number..
Live stock (15th of month) .index number..
Wholesale prices:
Department of L a b o r Farm products
•.. .index number..
Food, etc
.index number..
Cloths and clothing
index number..
Fuel and lighting..... .index number..
Metals and metal
products
index number..
Building material
index number..
Chemicals and drugs, .index number..
House-furnish, goods, .indexnumber..
Miscellaneous
.index number..
All commodities
index number..
Fed. Reserve Bd. (Dept. Labor prices)—
Total raw products
index number..
Agricultural prod-index number..
Animai products. .index number..
Forest products.. ..index number..
Mineral products. .index number..
Producer's goods
index number..
Consumer's goods
index number..
All commodities
index number..
Federal Reserve Board I n d e x Goods imported
index number..
Goods exported
index number..
All commodities
index number..
Dun's
(1st of following month) .index number..
Bradstreet's
(1st of following month) .index number..
Retail prices, food
index number..
•Revised.
* Seven months' average, June to December, inclusive.
11
+ 3.7
+ 0.9
143
143
201
206
141
144
205
200
+
+
-
1.4
0.7
2.0
2.9
139
192
132
184
126
157
149
198
135
185
127
159
154
204
136
187
126
159
+
+
+
+
-
3.4
3.0
0.7
1.1
0.8
0.0
167
170
123
220
207
141
155
157
167
174
123
227
202
148
156
157
166 - 0.(
1.1
172
0.0
123
232' i| + 2.2
198 - 2.0
150 + 1.4
157 + 0.6
159 + 1.3
142
141
199
212
First quarter of year.
156 +
186 : 169
1.3
3.6
I 0.0
I - 0.6
2.0
0.7
40
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 baokfiguresfor these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
March,
1923.
April,
1923.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
1923
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Percentage
increase
1923
1922
Mar. Apr.
(+)
or decrease
(-)
Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. | Apr. from
Mar.
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS—Continued.
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 KingdomBritish Board Trade...index number..
London Economist
index number..
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
index number..
France—
Gen. Stat. Bureau
index number..
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd....index number..
Italy (Bachi)
index number..
Sweden
index number..
Switzerland
index number..
Canada—
Canadian Dept. Labor.index number..
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd....index number..
Australia
index number..
India (Calcutta)
index number.. I
JapanBank of Japan
index number..
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd....index number..
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
139
165
154
174
174
155
139
165
155
174
174
155
144
167
160
187
171
158
1913
1913
1913
163
160
168
163
159
167
157 ! 158 160
161 j 164 163
167 | 170 175
1913
1913
1913
1913
1914
307
287
533
164
171
314
299
527
165
163
387
324
575
156
175
i
j
|
|
1913
1913
1914
1914
166
150
146
182
166
152
148
182
105
148
163
179
;
|
|
|
1913
1913
201
182
198
180
184
176
142
167
162
187
171
158
142
170
173
159
143 +
170
0.7
159
0.0
0.0
167 - 0 . 6
180 - 3 . 2
173
0.0
161
192 j
183 i
0.6
+
;+
+
2.1
0.8
0.3
1.9
0.5
168 +
0.6
0.6
1.8
1.7
422 424 415
355 | 372 369
588
582 586
158 | 162 159
181 I 186 187
160 167
152 155
161 163
180 181
+
165 + 1.2
177 1+ 1.1
156 +
166 +
178 -
196 196 |
185 185 !.
0.0
0.0
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
Mail-order houses, total sales...thous. of dolls..
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls..
Montgomery Ward & Co.. .thous. of dolls..
Chain stores, total sales 12
thous. of dolls..
F. W. Wool worth Co
thous. of dolls..
S. S. Kresge Co
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..
Music (4 chains)
index number..:
Grocery (21 chains)
index number.
Drug (8 chains)
index number..!
Cigar (3 chains)
index number.
Shoe (5 chains)
index number.
Total department-store sales
|
(306 stores)
weighted index number
Total department-store stocks
(265 stores)
weighted index number
American Wholesale Corp.,
|
tqfcal sales
thous. of dolls.. I
Wholesale trade:
Hardware
weighted index number
Shoes
weighted index number.
Dry goods
weighted index number
Groceries
weighted index number.
Drugs
weighted index number
Meat packing
weighted index number.. i
Candy sales by manufacturers .thous. of dolls.. j
32,730
19,755
12,975
27,158
15,780
6,950
1,772
2,656
4,387
6,281
935
2,472
32,398
30,691
19,178
11,513
23,764
13,940
5,862
1,466
2,496
4,458
5,775
849
1,836
31,080
22,071
14,713
7,358
22,429
13,439
5,208
1,379
2,396
3,943
6,012
825
2,107
23,116
83,883
57; 115
26,768
74,566
44,883
17,050
4,590
7,997
11,656
21,717
3,249
I
j
'
9,272
137,065 |
«Includes F. W. Woolworth, S. S. Kresge, McCrory Stores Corp. and S. H. Kress.
|
117,006 + 39.5
74,978 + 31.3
42,028 + 57.0
89,693 | + 20.3
52,000 + 15.9
22,757 |+ 33.5
5,722 j+ 24.7
' 9,214 |+ 15.2
14,468 |+ 24.1
22,654 !+ 4.3
3,403 + G. G
10,934 ! + 17.9
135,443 \ -
1.2
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1919
1919
1919
1910
1919
243 232 290 272
211
19G
248 241
238 215
198
185
250
274 392 348
243 222
298
242 245 341
247 281
200 203 280 253
215
244
530
446
454 C29
406
471
273
279 394 320
268 306
278
229 223 290
238 267
1,433 1,792 1,273 1,283 1,994 2,026
221
209 255 234
244 244
263
253
288 201
2G5 254
99
9G
88
81
95
79
164
188
149
165 | 159
139
135
145
123
129 j 125
121
125
135
124
116 | 110
125
122
14G
104
156
86 | 71
6.2
2.9
11.3
12.5
11.7
15.7
17.3
6.0
1.6
• 8.1
9.2
3.1
12.8
6.9
7.4
16.4
1919
101
113
100 !
122
117 ! - 4.1
1919
118
118
105
125
129 |j+ 3.2
1913
163
311 ! 174 I
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1920
82
70
88
76
114
51
64
87
56
105
75
113
60
101 |
82
56
101
75
106
57
181 134 ! - 25.7
109
82
111 + 1.8
62 - 24.4
113
81
80
120
106
59
81 , 82
-
1.2
- 11.7
54 - 8 . 5
78 - 4.1
41
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
INDEX NUMBERS.
! Percentage
increase
or decrease
i (-)
cumu! lative
; 1923
from
i 1922.
1922
1923
13 7,557
352,909
87,790
w 9,699 + 28.3
387,777 j+ 9.9
BASE
YEAR
OK
PERIOD.
Percentage
increase
1923
1922
( }
t
or decrease
(-)
Jan. Feb. Mar. j Apr. Apr.
from
Mar.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Contd.
Magazine advertising
(for following month)
thous. of lines..
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines..
Postal receipts
thous. of dolls..
Internal-revenue taxes collected
on theater admissions
.thous. of dolls..
2,298
105,023
27,870
2,270 |; 1,830
108,836 ii 3 98,031
24,374 j 3 22,156
1913
1919
100,261 + 14.2
140 1
150
141
164
112 I
117
108
100
125
130 j|+ 3.6
132 I
121
136
126
152
133 |:— 12.5
81
92
83 ! j - 9.7
185 |- 1.2
1919
6,700
6,051
5,439 j
24,044
25,394 +
5.6
87 !
75
93
91
91
89
1919
PUBLIC FINANCE.
U . S . interest-bearing d e b t . . : . .mills, of dolls..
Liberty and Victory Loans and
War Savings securities
mills, of dolls..
Customs receipts
.thous. of dolls..
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Ordinary expenditures
thous. of dolls..
Money held outside U . S . Treasury
and Federal Reserve System:
Total
mills, of dolls..
Per capita
dollars..
22,389
22,327
22,954
16,110
16,084
18,405
62,172
53,736
33,804 i
1919
1919
134,995 !
197,920 1,115,330
242,561 i 981,969
210,565
Ml
88 Ii- 0.3
78
78 I 78
174 182 !
78 |- 0.2
234 202 ;- 13.6
+ 56.0
1913
152
127 11
1,293,987 + 16.0
1; 098,027 + 11.8
1913
913
328 ||
354 327 1,062
401 ';- 62.3
1913
573
426 !
425 429
531
641,082
241,830
310,473
301,848
4,656
41.98
4,668
1919
90
89 j 92
42.04 ! 3 40.06
1919
88
87 !| 89
84,125 + 9.1
74,870 !+ 14.!
1919
100
102
109
93 I 111
101 ii-
9.2
1919
99
94
112
112
107
4.3
70,115
74,340 ; + 6.0
1913
237
238
251
213
251
228 ;'-
47,882
60,431 ;S+ 26.2
1913
223
213
289
230
271
261 jj- 3.7
1919
33
26
31
1919
92
110
92
546
-
2.8
BANKING AND FINANCE.
Banking.
Debits to individual accounts:
22,541
20,478
20,717
New York City
mills, of dolls..
18,732
19,567
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
16,481
Bank clearings:
18,010
19,768
New York City
mills, of dolls..
18,759
15,005
15,585
12,237
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Federal Reserve Banks:
637
700
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls..
500
504
468
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
650
2,232
2,223
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
2,158
3,176
3,125
Total reserves
mills, of dolls..
3,179
1,833
1,909 i
Total deposits
mills, of dolls..
1,976
78.3 j
77.0
Reserve ratio
per cent..
75.5
Federal Reserve member banks:
11,783
11,839
Total loans and discounts, .mills, of dolls..
10,846
4,714
4,634
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
3,865
11,082
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls..
11,156
10,676
Interest rates:
5.23
4.35
4.94
New York call loans
per cent..
5.13 I
5.00
4.58 '
Commercial paper, 60-90 d a y s . . .per cent..
Savings deposits (bal. to credit of depositors): I
Total, 11 Fed. Res. dists.. .thous. of dolls.. 6,276,223 6,314,793 ;5,734, 744f
Boston dist
thous. of dolls.. 1,155,719 1,173,515 |l, 092,416
New York dist
thous. of dolls. .1,825,991 1,820,182 '1,700,636
426,745
Philadelphia dist
thous. of dolls.. | 449.252 453,217
418,287
376,115
Cleveland dist
thous. of dolls..; 415,526
290,706
262,969
Richmond dist
thous. of dolls.. \ 287,828
183,251
158,711
Atlanta dist
thous. of dolls.. 179,131
838,895
755,475
Chicago dist
thous. of dolls.. 834,622
126,920
111,990
St. Louis dist
thous. of dolls.. 126,838
88,246
79,152
Minneapolis dist
thous. of dolls..
87,987
99,078
89,133 !
Kansas City dist
thous. of dolls..
96,619
58,495
50,464
Dallas dist
thous. of dolls..
57; 958
890,921
742,928 '
San Francisco dist
thous. of dolls.. 885,590
132,255
142,326
U. S. Postal Savings
thpus. of dolls.. 132,180
76,722
65,220
36
85
1919
83
82
84
1919
142
143
147
146
95 ' 103
153
101
102 '
152
150
1919
1919
1921
93 I
155
91 j
85
156
145
99
91
-
33
-
9.0
79 — 7.1
85 - 0.4
145 + 0.1
99 i - 3.4
153 [ +
2.0
99 +
0.5
1921
110 \ 115
144
139
140
138 I - 1.7
1919
101
109
109
105
150
164
105 j + 0.7
1
1
155 I — 5.5
80
87
89 ! + 2.3
118
118
1913
137
137
1913
83
80
1920
108
:
I
1920
108
117
105
105
111
112
112
119 I +
0.6
113 | + 0.7
1920
111
111
118 ; 118
119
1920
110
110
113
115
115
1920
108
109
119 ' 120
120
1920
115
117
126 I
127
128
1920
107
108
121
120
122
129 ! + 1.0
125 + 2.3
1920
102
102
110
112
111
112
+
0.5
1921
106
107
119
120 j 121
120 ; 124 : 123
125
130 : 130
129
122
127
121
+
0.1
1920
110
110
1920
114
116
119 ! -
0.3
116 I +
0.9
121 I +
0.7
123
+
0.3
129
+
2.5
131
+
0.9
132
+
0.6
333
+
0.1
1920
116
113
1920
111
110
1913
362
358
128 i 130 ! 132
333
331 ! 332
1913
1913
226
218
205
215
282
251 I - 11.0
180
151
144
145
176
250 I + 42.0
1913
187
161 ; 154 i 156 , 194
Life Insurance.
Policies, new:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total insurance
...thous. of policies..
.thous. of policies..
number of policies..:
thous. of policies..
*Revised.
209
669
104
879
186
950
88
1,137 ,
161
572
40
733
598
2,363
170
2,960
706
2,717
325
3,425
13
, + 18.1
I + 15.0
! + 91.2
I + 15.7
- 15.4
Cumulative for five months ending May.
250
+ 29.4
42
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterlv issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
"fcT
li
1928.'
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST
MONTH.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
April,
1928.
1922
1922.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
1923
or decrease
BASE
YEAR
OB
cumulative
1923
from
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
(+)
or decrease
Feb.
Mar. Apr.
BANKING AND
Apr.
from
Mar.
Apr.
Jan.
310
237
1,053 1,687
307 300
302
217
948
283
411 369 - 10.3
315
221 266
401 + 51.0
687 1,374 2,298 + 67.3
291 377 393 + 4.0
Mar.
1922.
FINANCB-Continued.
Life Insurance—Continued.
Amount of new insurance:
Ordinary
Industrial
Group
Total insurance
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
+
+
76,681 +
2,490,494 +
541,388
485,874
408,361
1,495,299
1,840,418
137,853
208,105
123,208
470,720
573,394
19,848
33,199
24,379
60,301
699,089
727,179
555,948
2,026,321
1913
23.1
21.8
27.2
22.9
1913
1913
1913
318
256
Business Finances.
Business failures:
Firms
number..
Liabilities.
thous. of dolls..
Total dividend and interest payments
(for following month)
thous. of dolls..
Dividend payments (for following mo.):
Total
thous. of dolls..
Indus, and misc. corp
thous. of dolls..
Steam railroads
.thous. of dolls..
Street railways
thous of dolls.
New capital issues:
Corporations
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
rfivfiniift
1913
184
315
162
322
159
217
113
179
126
213
114 227 +
+
8.9
1913
245
164
119
191
252
171 - 32.0
+
+
i» 125,430 +
it 37^ 395 +
2.9
3.5
1.2
3.4
1913
124
144
92
162
73
67
83
94
107
106
112
128
112
120
117
65
126
148
93
169
76
70
85
102
200 - 12.6
584 +100.9
1,520
2,167
9,684
6,836
51,492
73,059
291,071
189,723
372,535
253,425
88,275
52,925
•50,976
i» 424,377
« 436,775
56,900
26,950 ! «25,875
i» 221,625
"229,350
23,100
20,975
"123,926
8,275
313,928
• 242,576 i» 1,418,036 i«l,544,125
5,000 !
•20,501
t 4f 601
i» 36,177
1913
40.0
52.6
9.2
39.6
207
425
325
460
461
528
173
407
229
291
34 428
+ 12.1
+ 36.1
1913
1913
300
244
305
250
326
266
315
362
338
299
22 518
26,717
4- 18 fi
1919
107
102
118
108
126
10 302
28,820
32,923
4- 14 2
1919
1 643
3,568
5 149
+ 44.3
1919
102
100
97
78
110
120
100
86
116
108
1913
1913
153
163
74
190
198
199
70
74
79
78
1921
111
111
112
117
117 | 114 -
2.8
4.9
1913
328
440
292
328 \ 373 1 291 -
22.1
773,123
- 12.2
- 63.0
1,037,519 - 34.9
1919
333
76
300
32
-
1919
1919
136
371
77
145
262 • 2 7 4 i 248
264,396
94
81
9.5
9.4
9.5
93
94
94 |
93 \
92
92
1,458,746
2,959,295
3,117,479
44,324
39 393
114 574
128,482
11,102
9,070
25 292
9,565
8,117
!
1913
—
1913
1,141,331
792,372
11,699
1 775
1913
9.6
6.4
1913
445,196
thous of dolls
1913
+ 27.8
+ 5.3
274,425
500,819 1,006,258
thons of dolls
ODer&tini? income
— 29.4
- 34.8
1,682
48,393
-f A*.^
Stocks a n d Bonds.
Stock prices, closing:
116.03
25 industrials, average.... .dolls, per share..
65.06
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share..
Combined index (103
99.29
stocks)
dolls, per share..
Stock sales:
25,855
N. Y. Stock Exchange.. .thous. of shares..
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.. 195,146
66,599
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls.. 261,745
i
Bond prices:
81.15
Highest-grade rails, .p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
67.42
Second-grade rails D ct of t>ar. 4% bond .
6*7.41
Public utility.......p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
72.25
Industrial
p ct of par, 4% bond !
71.65
Comb, price index. .p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
98.55
5 Liberty and Victory. .p. ct. of par value..
16 foreign government
100.78
and city . . . .
p. ct. of par value..
Combined index (67
93.11
bonds)
p. ct. of par value..
113.46
63.04
94.59
61.62
96.48
93.53
20,136
30,468
84,781
176,642
264,341
60,351
182,582
236,993
446,923
880,777
713,815
1,594,592
!
195 - 2 . 2
76 3.1
1
88,893 !+
81.55
84.60
1915
67.48
66.52
71.44
71.29
98.88
72.20
1915
66.58
1915
73.59
73.69
99.90
1915
1921
94
96
i 88
90
102 ; 104
94 i 96
107 | 107
101.48
102.84
1921
110 • 111
93.81
95.21
65,043
744
9,188
655
71,768 I
511
12,244 |
1,579 !
1915
26 i
28 !
85
25 -
77 -
96
96
107
106
90
91 + 0.5
89
89 + 0.1
91
90 — 1.3
102
101 1.1
0.5
93
93 106 ! 106 + 0.3
107
109
109
110 + 0.7
I 1 1 0 I 112
110
110
109
110 + 0.8
48
70
231
21
47
104
618
111
44
49
104
96
158 | 300
18
136
44 + 0.9
101 - 2.4
173 - 42.4
9 - 93.7
!
93
93
106
105
1
,
1921
271,246
- 4.8 !
+158.4
66,342 - 34.3 !
20,918 +307.2 I
1913
48
2,975
1913
31
Gold a n d Silver.
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces..
Rand output
thous. of ounces..
Imports
thous. of dolls.. j
Exports
thous. of dolls..
8
Revised.
64,494
762
15,951
10,392
284,924
1,151
101,042
5,137
631
1913
1913
I
13
« Cumulative for five months ending May.
i
43
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 speciarreasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the endof this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
March,
1923.
April,
1923.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
! or deLATEST MONTH.
i| crease
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
1922
INDEX NUMBERS.
i: Per:centage
increase
1923
cumu! lative
i 1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
1923
or decrease
Mar. Apr.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
££n
Mar.
_l_
BANKING AND FINANCE-Continued.
Gold a n d Silver—Continued.
Silver:
Production
thous. of fine oz..
Imports
thous. of dolls..
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Price at New York
dolls. per fine oz..
Price at London.. .pence per standard oz..
I
6,110
4,626
4,732
.676
32.310
6,616 i
3,549 ,
4,336 ;
4,139 !
4,800 j
32.346 '
5,109 I
.666 j .
34.080 i.
4.70
.063
.049
.055
00005
.395
.266
.186
4.66
.0700
.050
.058
.00004
.392
.266
.182
4.41
.092 ;
.054 ;
.085 !
.003
.379
.260
.194|
.485
.316
.487
.314
.841
.111
.127
.832 '
.106
.123
.669 I
16,141 !
23,035 !
20,480 I
22,645 j + 40.3
17,792 | , - 22.8
18,180 i - 11.2
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
110
155 j
90 \
113 :
117
119 + 8.3
119 - 23.3
83-8.4
112 ~ LO
117 !- 0.1
97 ;
96
96
32 ! 33 I
35
25
25 ! 25 \
28 I 28 i
31
0.03 0.02 0.02 •
98
98
98
100
99 ; 99
96 \
97
97
96 - 0.9
35 + 11.1
26 •!+ 2.0
30 j+5.5
0.02 i; 0.0
98 - 0.8
99
0.0
95 ~ 2.2
75 ! 74
233 161
82 i 98
108 | 111
121 124
93
195
132
110
116
85
127
42
108
112
F O R E I G N EXCHANGE R A T E S .
Europ«:
England
dolls, per £ sterling..
France
dolls, per franc..
Italy
dolls, per lire..
Belgium
. .dolls, per franc..
Germany
*.dolls, per mark..
Netherlands
dolls, per guilder..
Sweden
dolls, per krone..
Switzerland
dolls, per franc..
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen. .1
India
dolls, per rupee..
Americas:
Canada
dolls, per Can. doll..
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso..
Brazil
dolls, per milreis..
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
General index foreign exch.index number..
Par
Par
Par
Par
Par
Par
Par
Par
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
90
47
26
44
2
94
98
101
91
48
28
44
1
94
97
101
Par val.
Par val.
95
57
57
98
65
Par
Par
Par
Par
Par
97
86
42
58
70
98
84
42
58
72
99
99
88 I 87
35
35
66
61
68 ] 67
I
.474
\
.278
.978
.807
.136
.113
val.
val.
val.
val.
val.
95
97
65
+ 0.4
97
65 l\ 64 - 0.6
98 I
87 j
34 l
65
67
98 \~ 0.1
86 ~ 1-1
33 ; ~ 4-5
63 !~ 3.1
67
0.0
U. S. F O R E I G N TRADE.
I m p o r t s by G r a n d 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
119
112
63
119
147
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
120,987
15,381
14,997
11,008
49,386
85,796
13,025
9,633
5,501
33,332
225 400
35,335
25,757
13,271
80,655
314,379
39,931
39,261
26,259
118,166
39.5
13.0
52.4
97.9
46.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
115,744 j .
32,705
73,235
25,950
187,465
71,301
263,239 ji+ 40.4
91,592 ; + 28.5
1913
1913
thous. of dolls.. I
thous. of dolls..
53,436 j
13,511
23,745
4,727
71,652
16,149
136,503 + 90.5
36,014 +123.0
1913
1913
144
222
139
251 i 252 323
208 i; 548 ' 508 634
! + 52.3
+ 27.1
+ 79.1
+ 49.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
239
235
523
171 I
223 I
230 |!
327
145
I + 4.5
I + 6.6
I — 9.4
! + 64.6
! + 5.3
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
144 ;
149|
122;
100 i
148 !
147 152
172 182
106 1 89
168 j 23G i
147 i 170 !
12S
10s
83
163
145
132
100
85
196
129
125 174 +
90 ! +
220 +
119 -
335,786 1 + 2 8 . 0
71,124 ! 262,385
43,402 ! 155,782 I 200,848 I •+ 28.9
1913
1913
147
132 I
142 ; 156 i 149
! 132
129 :
140 !
181
100
183 + 1.1
160 ! + 0.3
1913
1913
141 ! 150 ! 175
102! 184 ! 201
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
97,107
32,685
10, i
398,078
279,411
183,447
88,607
69,717
37,862
21,143
689,106 1,031,394
63,063
19,370
10,339
256,178
+
+
+
|s+
|j+
91 i 144 I 125 168
93
123 ! 89 133 '
55 I 90 I 68 98
78 || 186 I 144 239
98 |i 148 I 155
218 ;
225 195 ! 222 ! 232 356 j
I 219 , 180 il 258 \ 239 276 |
361 | 331 369
376 302 396
896 472 j 546
221 203 '' 266
Exports by G r a n d Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
164,798
20,475
25,031
12,851
63,630
156,405
22,306
26,290
14,416
58,460
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
90,849
53,044
91,827
53,799
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
22,943
9,105
22,834
9,2S9 ' 18,366 j
8,411 I
! 183,143
I 22,076
j 31,048
; 11,028
72,291
641,290
74,940
112,428
32,489
203,402
I
63,514
27,831
670,448
79,858
101,849
53,461
277,231
88,038 i'+ 38.6
37,384 ' ! + 34.3
171
213
S-1
8.0
5.0
13.0
8.1
1S8
187 [ + 0.5
199 1 203 ' + 2.0
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
XOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
21).
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE—Continued.
Exports by Grand Divisions—Continued.
Asia and Oceania:
Total
thous. of dolls..
Japan
thous. of dolls..
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..
Grand total
thous. of dolls..
INDEX NUMBERS.
11 Per-
Percentage
increase
i centage
!increase
March,
1923.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
April,
1923.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
! or deLATEST MONTH.
crease
1922
1923
1922
Mar. Apr.
311
438
218
159
359,974
167,037
107,698
83,841
j-f
;+
,j +
;S+
1913
1913
1913
1913
137
187
94
126
241,571
11,896
29,742
195,920
248,241
12,098
42,123
190,316
jj + 2.8
||+ 1.7
;!+ 41.6
!|— 2.9
1913
1913
1913
1913
120
145
151
37,987
9,463
19,057
9,456
41,136
6,218
26,634
8,258
! + 8.3
ij- 34.3
||+ 39.8
! j - 12.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
1920
80,661
40,097
21,404
18,962
314,303
151,587
88,275
73,557
62,871 j 55,508
3,224 I
3,011
11,717 i! 7,376
40,922 ! 44,336
j
9,200
2,323
4,704
2,168
(+)
Jan.
Feb.
Mar. Apr.
i
1913
1913
1913
1913
194,340
73,609
21,024
1,309,636
1923
or decrease
+ 0.2
||- 11.9
| + 24.2
ij + 11.2
194,026
83,599
16,795
1,177,918
58,080 :
,539 , 41,874
23,642
18,,939
14,041
,122 !
4,493
3,961
7,
341,162 | 325,,727 I! 318,470
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
'ERIOD.
242
270
164
154
241
257
186
162
271
339
204
148
335
454
186
165
274
364
295
157
(-)
Apr.
from
Mar.
- 18.1
- 19.9
+ 5S.5
-4.5
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
United Kingdom.
Imports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco..thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Exports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco..thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Reexports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco..thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Cotton piece goods
thous. of sq. yds..
Woolen and
worsted tissues
thous. of sq. yds..
Iron and steel
thous. of long tons..
Coal
thous. oflong tons..
stocks, zinc
short tons..
90,002
40,726
27,732
21,226
86,417
41,772 ;
22,939 i
21,446 |
14.5
10.2
22.0
14.0
I
|
i
|
126 156
190
106
129
91
118
131
127
111
127
129
111
204
94
99
101
175
82
121
140 I 135 168 i 173 |i+
118
132
133 +
4.0
2.6
17.3
1.0
153
131
139
144 +
3.2
124
105
97
154
114
•I
60,921
2,646
11,564
45,935
9,086
1,639
5,586
1,858
337,906
14,466
309
7, ISO
93S
12,429 !
1,592 '•
8,618 |
2,207 J!
316,736 i; 302,598 1,198,517 1,398,220 ;+ 16.7
ij
12,982 | 14,002
56,867 '
67,446 j + 18.6
388 :|
258
1,429 .' + 38.5
1,032
6,841
25.500 |;+ 47.5
4,007
17,333
1,387
I), 795
1920
1913
1913
1920
119 + .21.8
+
1.3
2.1
101
103
199
201
155
129
134
137 +
107
108
100
127
98
123
111
122
105
130 .+ 36.8
120 !- 2.9
162 + 54.3
82
76
90 :+ 18.8
82
108 I 93
91
86 -
64
63
07
27
100 I 80
C->559 - 10.3
94 + 5.1
8 0 I 77 89
92 | 97 I 117 112 - 4.7
2
1
4
6.3
Belgium.
Production:
Zinc
short tons..
36,860
52,349 ;' + 42.0
1920
127 |
» 47,695
32,652
232,844
187,601
293,456 + 26.0
256,396 + 36.7
1913
1913
122 ; 117
142 : 86
194 j 104 209 : 187
1,080
1,740
6,042
10,841
19,487
9,448 \ + 56.4
4,742 - 56.3
28,626 :j + 46.9
1913
1913
1913
106
27 ;
72
I
34
22
1,165
142
127
4,877
234 i+ 64.8
277 1+118.1
4,693 3.8
1913
1913
1913
50
40
49
52 | 77 100 !! + 29.2
34 I 25
55
54 ! 102 107 i;+ 4.5
167 j 150 167 , 133 149
157 '!+ 5.7
7,125
10,935
5,550
10,500 || 118,000
4,493 |
17,925
3,225 |
6,475
141,620
33,594
26,838
26,075 | - 81.6
56,997 |+ 69.7
48,406 : |+ 80.4
1913
1913
1913
51 2,668
191 ;
0
29 | 186 165 266
158 i 105 219 I 423
37,820
31,827
42,144
30,655
121,722
76,226
120,817 - 0.7
96,154 \ + 26.1
1920
1920
I
101 |
76 i
83
77
15,005
12,636
16,319
9,182
38,76S
27,302
32.557 - - 16.0
42,518 + 55.7
1920
1920
54 ! 71
139 I 112 218
235
49
192
83,731
82,924
8,726
61,453
329,416
334,527
398,835 + 21.1
391,197 + 17.0
128
295,079
359,012 + 21.7
1919
1919
1919
1919
137
134 I
85 |
153
158
154
100
2C6
14,319
13, 791
* 91,881
77,787
68,181
54,328
2,271
562
6,614
1,979
610
5,143
65
89
1,152
S4
9,359 |
121 152 j
161
178 I- 3.7
Canada.
Total trade:
Imports
thous. of dolls..
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
thous. of pounds..
Cheese
thous. of pounds..
Wheat
thous. of bushs..
Production:
Pig iron
thous. of long tons..
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons..
Bank clearings
mills, of dolls..
Bond issues:
Govt. and provincial
thous. of dolls..
Municipal
thous. of dolls..
Corporation
thous. of dolls..
Employment:
Applications
number..
Vacancies
number..
PlacementsRegular
number..
Casual
number..
Newsprint paper:
Production
short tons.
Shipments
short tons.
Stocks
short tons.
Exports (total printing)
short tons.
a Revised.
106,361
104,496
12,639
113,450
93
1,218
100,742 ;
100,874
12,338 i
78,378
129
63
172
122 |- 25.8
173 I'- 30.2
164
248
129 | 113 I;— 12.9
5 t!+ 8.5
85 j
61 :!- 22.2
1 2 7 • 168
24 ;
116 I
111
124
122
69
111
||
!|
i;
!i
148 ';
140 |
92 I
150 I
39
161
237 + 47.4
113 j 47 |- 58.9
90 I 52 v- 41.9
91
79 !
!
\
\
1
150 |- 5.3
149 j - 3.5
98 \ - 2.4
142 - 30.9
45
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 detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O .
21).
March,
1923.
April,
1923.
Corresponding
month,
March
or April,
1922.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1922
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Per- I
centage
increase
1923
( }
t i
or de- I
crease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1922
Percentage
increase
(
1923
V
Mar. Apr.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar. Apr.
or decrease
(-)
Apr.
from
Mar.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES—Continued.
Canada—Continued.
Business failures:
Firms
Liabilities.:
Building contracts awarded
number..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..!
283
5,134
19,955
231
4,386
30,844
1,068
21,839
62,005
1,171 + 9.6
21,083
3.5
73,952 + 19.3
1913
4,400
29,428
thous. of bushs..i
thous. of bushs..'
thous. of bushs.. •
thous. of bushs.. \
18,661
1,956
3,177
7,403
17,773
2,629
1,374
6,280
18,852
3,398
1,789
2,271
73,195
21,274
10,955
10,132
66,222
22,369
16,824
26,763
thous. of bushs.. j
thous. of bushs..!
7,400
4,000
8,510
4,800
7,400
2,800
207 j
1913
139
320
42
136
317
92
217
436
31
215
397
42
186
370
62
152 - 18.4
316 - 14.6
96 + 54.6
1913
1913
1913
1913
321
28
50
80
219
22
35
68
134
85
122
205
212
28
118
187
217
12
62
222
206
17
27
188
1913
1914
186
286
385
172
275
200
357
329 + 15.0
549 i 659 + 20.0
1913
Argentina.
Grain shipments:
Wheat
Corn.
Oats
Flaxseed
Visible supply:
Wheat
Flaxseed
- 9.5
+ 5.1
+ 53.6
+164.1
-4.8
j+ 34.4
- 56.8
- 15.2
46
BANKING AND FINANCE.
NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government and non-Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
AGRICULTURAL LOANS.
War Finance Corporation.*
Total 3 Federal Jointfarm- t$tock«
by
loan
land
land
YEAR AND MONTH.
With banks and live- With cooperative mar-1!
stock loan companies.* keting associations.
banks. banks.
banks,
NEW CORPORATE BOND ISSUES.
AdRevance- pay- i Balments. ments. ance.
Loans closed.
! AdRe- B a l _
vance- pay- j " * '
ments. ments.- a n c e *
Railroads.
Public utilities.
Industrial
corporations. •
ReNew
capital. funding.
ReNew
capital. fundIng.
ReNew
capital. fundIng.
Thousands of dollars.
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
S3,259
10,526
15,937
7,883
8,364
30,235
$3,259
11,614
6,071
7,586
18,678
$701
4,323
1,812
778
11,557
1920.
May
June
July....
August.
1,748
6,605
7,038
2,478
1,191
6,312
6,743
2,478
557
293
295
None.
September
October
November
December
3,124 |
1,187 |
1,160 i
868 i
3,124
1,187
786
None.
None. !
374
177
1921.
January
February
March
April
387
438
604
561
$14,060 { $8,862 I $166,969 ;! $1,708
$8,314
25,198
28,056
38,707
$1,391 j $7,082
$2,933
4,500
25,152
10,394
64,333 ! 9,000
61,325 ; None.
None.
None.
10,000
15,000
!
j
j
! | None. None.
|i 33,757
5,000
4,500 | 25,000
4,500 | None.
!
$4,729
1,504
10,269
16,777
$9,754
16,667
29,165
35,923
$10,608
24,906
24,163
26,232
$943
2,730
3,138
6,383
16,160
840
6,775 None.
11,540
960 j 12,020 3,000
116
14,785
1,300 I 7,009
11,420 ; None, j 19,300 None.
1,398
40,249
500
28,075
9,250
2,900
36,604 ; 8,993
35,475
93,850
27,850
26,896
None.
None.
None.
None.
355
279
411
213
32
159
193
348
22,846
30,350
None.
18,453
50,510
15,495
None.
217,227
48,722
20,313
15,475
21,424
3,072
7,377
3,500
1,500
33,904 10,436
26,627 1,500
22,560 1,400
31,645
650
1,958
6,129
9,204
12,506
468
577
128
400
12,196
8,000
25,600
None.
None.
6,987
None.
1,500
29,170
9,180
30,741
29,450
11,780
70
9,800
3,611
17,673
10,929
15,450
10,600
133,020
None.
8,454
77,751
None.
None.
5,655
4,449
8,909
22,716
98,640
16,236 !
28,108
14,737
10,432
29,244
16,700 8,000
15,575 None.
13,640 2,200
74,656 1,750
11,218
17,733
40,902
25,628
13,300
18,575
5,395
26,567
8,875
29,060 10,250
35,192 4,858
38,000 4,990
126,888 ! 15,746
52,510 i 17,459
19,791 22,209
10,971
470
33,418 18,757
23,936 8,074
31,806 9,144
14,459 4,641
May
June
July
August
2,426 j
6,706 !
9,332 :
12,906
September
October
November
December
11,840 j
14,050 j
17,263
32,877
11,407
13,300
15,054
29,238
750
1,716
2,209 j 28,108
3,639
44,988
1922.
January
February
March
April
!
23,215 |
27,100 !
31,036 j
32,953 I
18,192
18,527
22,249
18,208
5,023
8,573
8,787
14,745
May
June
July
August
32,597 ] 19,464
18,077
27,747
16,549
26,260
17,605
29,239
2,428
6,443
600
2,250
i
September
October
November
December
1923.
January
February
March
April
May..
June..
32,670
j 41,358
37,410
40,486
17,967
19,478
18,399
19,585
21,501
17,486
18,916
15,942
1,716
29,720
74,365
640
2,987
4,521
2
172
641
3,625
7,975
44,324
34,357
37,107
17,967
1,596
117,093
2,730 i 148,720
6,648 | 179,179
7,372 189,775
1,759
975
477
278
189
497
3,424
2,573
9,545
10,023
7,076
4,782
84,629
26,021
70,684
103,756
27,643
18,800
15,383
11,945
13,133
9,670
9,711
11,634
15,129
6,714
4,232
3,166
10,625 ! 194,279
8,231 I 192,762
8,181 j 188,813
11,926 180,053
4,209
13
None.
700
2,084
1,066
980
630
6,906
5,852
4,872
4,942
19,543
64,511
23,825
4,879
None.
750
33,702
None.
14,703
21,880
19,011
20,901
1,139
103;
343 !
|
;
I
j
1,867
1,815
9,048
15,307
13,261
11,416
172,143
157,733
146,339
136,737
112
880
6,336
4,759
326
4,728
.450 ! 5,158
2,173 ! 9,321
2,303 ! 11,777
30,637
10,625
3,505
21,872
None.
4,500
4,000
8,000
29,085
59,512
20,241
16,605
22,500
18,240 None.
28,852 ! 34,303 12,297
27,822
25,384 2,591
2,430
22,106
3,346
2,026
1,996
1,213
13,011
9,268
9,480
7,153
127,072
119,830
112,346
106,406
1,607
1,212 12,172
300 j 1,865 10,609
8,907
329 | 2,029
5,089 1,469 12,528
50,802
32,555
56,300
27,061
4,000
9,903
10,000
None.
66,940
47,082
63,683
28,860
44,833
2,855
13,132
31,800
897
167,149 49,601
31,410 5,805
45,890
250
40,273 3,872
15,910
See footnotes on opposite page also.
<6 Advances for "Agricultural and live-stock purposes" under the agricultural credits act of August 24,1921.
Loans to banks and live-stock associations were combined because of their parallel trend. Cooperative Marketing Association figures could not well be combined of
because of their opposite movement.
• Represents bond issues of the following industries combined: Iron, steel, coal, copper, equipment, manufacturers, motors and accessories, and miscellaneous industrial
and manufacturing companies.
47
BANKING AND FINANCE.
INDEX NUMBERS.
From Government and non-Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
AGRICULTURAL LOANS.
Total Federal
by
land farmloan
banks. banks.
Jointstock
land
banks.
YEAR AND MONTH.
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average..
1922 monthly average.
NEW CORPORATE BOND ISSUES.
4
War Finance Corporation.
With banks and
live-stock loan
companies.^
Loans closed.
AdAdReReBalBal- vance- payvanceance.
pay- ance.
ments. ments.
ments, ments
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1922.
20
66
100
49
52
190
85
16
1OO
1OO
52
40
65
18
161
268
10
13
7
7
None.
100
100
Railroads.
With cooperative marketing associations.
100
100
New
Recapi- fundtal.
ing.
Public
utilities.
New
I Industrial 0
corporations.
ReNew
Refund- ! capl- funding. | i tal.
ing.
It
Relative to 1919.
i 100
100
100
303
337
466
100
153
858
354
100
171
299
368
774
307
166
100
|l 100
100
32
||
235
217
||
228
333
355
I!
247
677
64
113
66
182
m
318
12
(2)
334
885
(2)
1920.
May
June
July
August
11
41
44
16
September..
October
November..
December..
20
27
7
10
7
7
9
54
852
95
5
6
4
54
(*)
375
18
20
27
(')
30
11
61
190
2
3
1
275
1,722
3
2
4
365
528
4
4
4
4
2
8
.1
222
7,406
500
208
159
220
15
17
11
.
147
•!;
.!;
(*)
238
308
299
84
315
302
54
58
21
118
738
152
None.
None.
120
511
406
170
117
413
288
(•)
263
254
(5)
(*)
65
156
74
32
320
1,107
251
159
213
148
298
69
249
1
207
76
167
257
103
683
1921.
January—
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
42
53
13
59
79
3
81
108
9
96
51
74
98
10
88
115
17
12
I 1,600
1
34
108
130
51
200
1
18
160
206
253
84
320
4
45
243
146
157
116
315
18
70
170
160
198
244
31
89
195
192
203
264
75
207
157
341
128
83
146
64
100
239
(2)
91
|
594
157
848
(3)
233
!
312
147
(2)
193 ji 1 , 0 1 1
i
221
129
233
152
I
618
704
186
51
102
12
113
I 935
94
14
135 11 1,018 I 942
52
36
142 ji
313
|
641
182
!
393
274
107
26
246
100 I
850
!
524
419
j
114
332
515
114
15
185
407
263
;
562
358
529
116
226
150
166
1922.
January
February...
March
April
68
|j 1,248
115
281
84
1,087
May
June
July
August
205
168
304
108
120
|i 1,301
333
315
\ 1,989
174
156
224
48
93
115 !
77
83
776
26
538
369
226
856
165
142
225
30
92
113
70
69
287
1,149
203
470
300
970
183
152
269
23
135
108
38
45
70
59
112
10
136
492 i
September..
October
November..
December..
205
155
340
102
103
6
23
67
368
260
168
506
173
94
47
32
73
128
235
158
440
13
150
340
156
132
254
169
483
13
129
255
166
166
235
(»)
298
476
172
!
153
610
610
323
I 1,304
(»)
42
136
208
588
239
!
263
273
170
51
208
105
275
1923.
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
185
24
147
76
87
172
611
136
948
1,576
I 5,260
151
14
105
72
16
134
150
392
338
483
60
296
616
163
14
107
67
18
146
126
677
341
653
278
433
27
81
64
273
106
177
446
None
296
672
380
411
137
!
137
See footnotes on opposite page also.
Data on loans closed by joint-stock banks and Federal farm-loan banks from the Federal Farm Loan Board; other agricultural loans from the War Finance Corporation;3 new corporate bond issues are compiled by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
Index number less than 1.
* These data represent loans for agricultural development secured by mortgages on land and buildings. For detailed information as to organization and operations of
the Federal Farm Loan Board see the first "Annual Report" of the board, Document No. 714, and subsequent "Annual Reports" of the board. The banks were closed
during the greater part of 1920, pending litigation in the Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Federal farm-loan act. When operations were resumed
the banks were flooded with loan requests, many of which could not be granted because the cessation of bond selling had depleted the resources. These facts will account
for the diminished figures of 1920 and 1921.
1
48
MISCELLANEOUS.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government and commercial sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EMPLOYMENT.
I M M I G R A T I O N AND
EMIGRATION.
United States
citizens.
Y E A R AND M O N T H .
Arrivals.
Depart-
Passports
issued.2
1913 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
100
1914 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
94
1915 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e .
41
30
1916 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
46
34
99
1917 monthly a v e r a g e . .
33
47
1918 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
27
44
69
78
99
1920 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
1921 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
1922 monthly a v e r a g e . .
PLUMBING F I X i TURES. !
TIN.4
Stocks.
Total at
On Lake
furnaces
At
Erie
and on
Lake Erie furnaces. docks.
docks.
Relative
to 1914.
Relative to 1913.
1919 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .
Average
weekly
earnings, New
York
State
factories.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE.
Consumption^
Relative to 1921.
Domestic consumption.
World
visible
supply.
Relative to 1913.
SCHULTE
CIGAR
STORE
SALES.
Relative
to 1919.
1OO
1OO
160
103
116
131
86
111
128
132
120
123
150
152
93
242
188
133
112
41
418
188
74
104
1OO
226
116
59
159
131
191
161
183
204
43
158
44
154
138
130
127
34
44
42
91
148
145
164
161
175
171
204
171
190
174
255
100
82
100
87
70
78
81
587
587
100
101
1OO
105
1OO
92
1OO
165
100
92
73
57
42
43
37
30
33
206
1OO
201
159
Wholesale
priced
Relative
to 1913.
100.0
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
53
50
62
74
80
37
71
59
221
113
113
113
215
103
102
107
216
96
94
103
210
91
918
777
564
481
207
204
91
99
107
116
118
99
104
109 |
114
425
385
373
366
201
197
195
200
124
128
126
118
126
132
132
123
119
119
111
104
64
71
61
89
101
101
99
95
86
62
62
76
76
117
88
165
137
212
202
181
178
163
162
189
192
64
130
140
126
114
185
190
174
195
197
193
203
205
185
226
589
577
792
801
43
46
66
63
66
107
73
111
112
September
October
November
December
1922.
January
February
March
April
147
92
61
59
120
49
71
89
81
52
63
70
87
373
383
775
1,125
196
194
197
194
110
102
92
82
113
104
92
81
May...June
July
August..
81
78
91
128
99
117
176
71
1,251
930
486
391
197
200
198
201
76
83
102
123
74
84
107
133
80
83
90
99
September
October
November
December
223
62
344
206
147
111
74
141
65
323
205
155
118
100
86
51
322
209
153
122
109
68
52
338
211
137
145
144
131
137
114
120
138
153
132
133
64
54
439
210
116
120
104
124
82
71
282
207
100
101
97
116
106
65
539
216
83
82
136
100
64
828
1,171
May..-.
June
July..-.
August.
95
86
61
206
202
97
107
54
189
184
162
186
187
178
180
182
185
204
204
210
201
305
181
208
169
203
181
199
216
185
179
198
189
238
229
221
165
179
1923.
January
February
March
April
May..
June.
181.9
184.3
186.2
192.1
49
MISCELLANEOUS.
NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government and commercial sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
IMMIGRATION AND
EMIGRATION.
United States
citizens.
Passports
issued. 2
YEAR AND MONTH.
Departures.
I Arrivals.
Number.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average
average
average
average
average
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
average.
average
average
average
average
EMPLOYMENT.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE.
Average
Stocks.
weekly
earnings,
Total at
New
York furnaces
furand on At
State Lake
Erie naces.
factodocks.
Consumption^
Thousands of tons.
Dollars.
24,600
30,069
23,238
24,580
10,161 |
8,954
11,208 | 10,321
8,187 ! 14,161
On
Lake
Erie
docks.
PLUMBING FIXTURES.
TIN.*
Domestic con- World
visible
sump- supply.
tion.
Long tons.
SCHULTE
CIGAR
STORE
SALES.
Dollars.
1,954
1,693
1,093
1,927
3,135
$12.48
12.85
14.43
16.37
3,658
3,475
4,063
4,685
4,823
12,377
14,907
15,208
18,585
18,803
13,894
12,890
19,726
19,697
23,649
$671,532
1,084,408
1,230,376
1,370,056
$66.70
6,564
10,839
17,038
19,272
24,296
27,909
12,247
21,102
23,340
24,209
4,735
8,163
13,374
11,474
11,463
23.50
23.50
28.15
25.72
25.04
33,330
33,751
24,512
25,642
8,818
8,109
2,030
3,355
4,862
2,692
4,260
2,160
4,788
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
13,071
15,346
19,715
17,546
15,041
22,362
11,164
17,708
11,503
11,267
15,477
15,653
27.61
26.77
26.97
26.20
34,445
31,528
29,291
27,595
25,228
22,829
20,911
19,502
9,217
8,380
8,094
3,702
2,948
2,291
1,675
1,555
1,585
1,683
1,590
18,994
17,074
16,073
15,670
1,061,057
1,090,745
1,246,275
1,259,020
May
June
July
August..
16,234
16,240
17,841
27,313
18,868
32,202
33,566
28, 549
17,939
15,177
11,024
9,389
25.86
25.71
25.26
25.43
27,840
30,066
32,629
35,487
19,756
21,649
23,788
26,201
8,084
8,418
8,841
9,285
1,723
1,470
1,195
1,322
1,225
1,590
1,525
3,320
18,352
17,968
20,316
19,858
1,176,757
1,196,381
1,205,062
1,224,775
September
October
November
December
1922.
January
February
March
April
36,130
22,518
14,910
14,399
35,953
25,868
18,414
20,385
8,314
7,517
7,280
7,145
25.07
24.53
24.32
24.91
37,747
39,071
38,369
35,896
28,086
29,399
29,337
27,461
9,661
9,672
9,033
8,434
1,431
1,833
2,188
2,577
2,605
2,230
3,250
3,710
21,189
23,349
22,806
25,220
1,149,393
1,273,080
1,165,895
1,715,073
12,057
17,573
21,884
19,889
15,519
19,031
20,993
26,197
7,281
7,465
15,142
21,979
24.43
24.17
24.57
24.15
33,481
31,206
28,151
25,092
25,257
23,148
20,470
18,103
8,223
8,058
7,681
6,989
2,493
2,500
3,057
3,059
4,275
3,215
6,030
4,995
26,216
25,047
22,353
22,017
1,096,501
1,091,092
1,267,517
1,287,960
May
June.
July
August
19,837
19,212
22,279
31, 407
29,643
35,329
53,069
21,364
24,448
18,179
9,503
7,637
24.59
24.91
24.77
25.10
23,025
25,447
31,127
37,630
16,532
18,693
23,830
29,566
6,493
6,754
7,297
8,064
3,294
3,441
3,583
2,589
4,740
5,130
4,590
4,150
22,910
23,566
21,502
24,176
1,321,012
1,296,293
1,360,308
1,373,987
September
October
November
December
1923.
54,7m
34,67S
21,2-51
16,720
18,668
19,54fi
15,354
15,761
6,723
6,309
6,288
6,597
25.71
25.61
26.04
26.39
41,805
44,181
44,004
39,866
32,777
34,595
34,105
30,632
9,029
9,586
9,899
9,234
2,990
4,012
4,381
4,845
5,050
5,603
4,812
4,870
22,879
22,902
25,286
24,930
1,516,355
1,369,185
1,411,784
2,048,679
15, 645
20, 217
6,990
5,508
26 21
25 87
181
16, 120
21, 2.57
19, 583
10,524
26 92
35,151
30,519
25,121
26,684
22,601
18,496
8,467
7,918
6,625
4,999
4,671
5,473
24, 563
19, 209
16,170
27 00
6,625
6,1.85
6,634
6,775
25,765
25,157
24,622
22,116
1,331,383
1,269,492
1,600,757
1,538,546
22,885
27.63
6,035
22,187
February
March
April
May
...j
I
|
J
June
i
Wholesale
price.*
121 32
122 95
124 20
128.17
1
Data on immigration and emigration compiled by the XI. S. Department of State, Division of Passport Control; New York employment from the New York State
Department of Labor; Great Lakes movement of iron ore is from the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association; consumption and visible supply of tin from the American Metal
Market. Schulte cigar store sales from A. Schulte (Inc.). Wholesale price of plumbing fixtures is an average from 13 firms reporting to the U. S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Cemus.
2
Passports are not required of American citizens for travel in the following countries: Bahamas; Bermuda; Canada; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Jamaica,
when the person is a tourist or winter visitor; Newfoundland; Paraguay; St. Pierre-Miqueion; Trinidad. Passports are not required for direct travel from the United States
to Mexico;
they are required of Americans who enter Mexico via a third country.
3
Furnaces reporting vary in number from 319 to 341. Beginning with June, 1922, reports from 15 Canadian furnaces are included.
4
Figures
on consumption of tin represent withdrawals from warehouses; world visible supply includes stocks in United States, Europe, and afloat.
5
Represents average of 13 reports of combined net selling prices to retailers, without freight,'on the following competitive fixtures: Bathtub, washstand, water-closet,
siuk, two-part cement laundry tub, and 30-gallon range boiler.
50832°—23
4
50
WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON.*
Country
World total.
New crop available
Peru.
United
States.
Mexico.
June.
August.
August.
1
India.
Egypt.
Brazil.
November. September. September.
Thousands of bales (478 pounds net).
Normal consumption 1909-1913)
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
3,584
4,356
3,126
3,756
322
1,453
387
1,337
11 302
135
12,041
11,421
13,440
7,954
203
106
129
113
127
13,033
16,135
11,192
11,459
18,370
125
18,580
129
155
164
157
19,925
20,940
1920
1921
193
108
95
103
20,660
24,630
18,470
18,970
15,330
199
188
i
126
282
980
281
1,048
3,390
345
1,304
3,324
4,850
3,013
3,735
339
384
451
612
999
1,155
1,251
902
4,348
553
1,015
j
1922 latest estimates
1923, latest estimates
17 795
9 762
1
1
t
i From private sources.
2
! 115
'
i
21922 acreage 12,496,000 c o m p a r e d w i t h 11,9,76,000 i n 1921.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF WHEAT *
World total.
Country
\
New crop available
Argentina.
Australia.
India.
January.
January.
March
United
States.
Spain.
Italy.
France, j Germany. Rumania. Canada.
Millions of bushels.
i
Normal consumption
64
37
301
531
3,577
3,586
157
114
85
103
351
312
687
1915
1916
4,199
12,609
169
173
377
323
1917
i 2,288
25
179
152
282
037
115
76
46
146
370
280
377
250
921
968
833
814
128
109
366
425
856
(1900-1913)
1909-1913 averaee
1914
1Q18
1919
1920
1921
. . .
1922, latest estimates ... .
1923, latest estimates .
1
I
184
172
214
170
i 2,804
» 2,743
i 2,868
13,069
13,107
80
|
181
194
I
:
891
1,026
361
221
34
116
152
177
140
317
283
223
205
135
146
142
2 110
2
82
87
49
89
78
197
161
394
263
234
145
183
170
141
194
226
2 187
4
237
«323
2
86
2 80
«S3
< 108
3 18
'66
4
70
4
76
1R9
193
263
301
125
162
«243
<76
<S3
400
136
'
•
636
!
130
116
139
152
143
136
129
183
|
170
I 171
j
!
r
4
Russia excluded. No accurate statistics are available.
New boundaries.
5
*3 Excludes Alsace-Lorraine.
Former kingdom, Bessarabia and Bukowina.
Excludes Dobruja.
1
k
Data.\ compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with
inform;
t a v alatest
i l a b l e available
inform;1, tion
rec , (ion received
hich crops
are h a r v e s t e d'.
by that department or by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order
in whic*
""
51
WORLD PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR AND FLAXSEED.*
CANE S U G A R .
World
YEAR.
FLAXSEED.
BraziI
- | Hawaii - £?co? j Cuba-
Java.
Indla
-
Argentina.
World
total.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Thousands of short tons.
;
1922 latest estimates
1923 latest estimates
1
United
States. Canada.
*
total.
May.
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
lIT
n ldl Il |aa
9,971
11,293
12,776
13,442
14/50S
13,324
13,799
13,656
14,698
1,514
1,054
1,797
2,009
1,960
1,478
1,473
1,579
1,858
311
247
139
311
246
284
122
176
<328
14,864
1,993
4
295
645
577
600
556
522
522
2,295
2,967
3,437
3,442
3,957
4,597
4,209
4,408
3 4.476
2,614
2,757
2,950
3,058
3,708
.2,617
3,361
2,826
2,911
3 592
3 393
34,183
33,347
567
646
593
3 532
2
3
Exports.
31,989
36,928
45,040
39,289
4,032
19,588
30,775
42,038
50,470
19,870
15,448
15,880
19,040
21,040
20,600
9,400
16,760
| 10,800
; 32,272
I 46,297
17,360
110,992
94,559
103,287
82,151
41,063
61,821
61,692
87,964
83,288
:
Louisiana and Texas.
4
From private sources.
Aug.
Nethermany. Slovakia. Russia. Poland. lands,
19,505
12,040
7,175
13,749
10,628
14,030
8,260
14,296
9,164
5,935
6,055
13,369
5,473
7,256
10,774
7,998
8,029 j 4,112
, 12,238
|
3,685
Louisiana and Texas.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR*
|
World
U n i t e d i GerCzechototaU ij States.
! Aug.
Thousands of bushels.
363
346
484
503
454
406
485
490
408
2 38
344
486
413
493
440
496
580
676
Apr.
Belgium.
Spain.
JStSC
Sweden,
YEAR.
Thousands of short tons.
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
610
722
374
821
765
761
726
8,432
8,331
6,056
I
j
1
|
5,208
4,592
3,490
4,997
5,570
2 5,673
1922 latest estimates.
1923 latest estimates.
1
!
4
1,089
1,074
4
711
2,296
2,721
1,678
1,721
1,726
1,484
SOS
1,212
1,429
1,017
1,004
812
805
5S4
6S8
559
770
720
1,726
1,879
1,824
1,457
1,134
318
86
55
55
279
1,635
2 799
2 3 217
239
293
263
249
108
195
19S
246
316
264
286
215
182
263
314
421
276
215
120
140
136
78
152
268
325
3 292
2 319
2 302
759
334
150
204
221
121
171
370
<315
|
4
496
209
166
166
160
162
120
185
150
244
116
112
117
139
154
169
91
104
151
128
168
143
124
149*
156
149
168
158
2 291
2 190
2 102
154
170
140
151
144
141
141
181
259
3
Crops in all countries here given are harvested beginning in September.
From private sources.
4
Includes Ukraine; data from private sources.
Refined sugar in terms of raw on the basis of 95 per c?nt of the raw.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF RICE.*
Country
World total.;
New crop available.
India.
Apr.
United
States.
Egypt.
j
Apr.
j
Aug.
i
Italy.
Spain.
Japan.
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Indies.
Pines<
Dec.
Dec.
Millions of pounds (cleaned).
Normal consumption (1919-1913).
1909-1913.
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922 latest estimates..
1923 latest estimates..
67,891
110,7S0
102,986
114,500
112,300
122,000
97,400
117,200
90,777
120,797
14,602
375
72,950
61,022
73,526
77,932
SI, 19S
55,21S
71,613
62,793
74,437
553
81
542
237
487
692
607
634
472
481
657
804
1,135
965
1,072
1,166
1,446
1,045
646
741
7G3
708
716
712
662
997
641
297
337
320
329
322
282
412
394
356
14,009
17,909
17,569
18,360
17,143
17,184
19,106
19,849
17,336
3,323
3,465
7,051
6,430
5,669
1,124
1,404
1,109
1,289
1,745
2,210
1,977
2,127
2,560
74,222
2 33
1,166
»633
373
19,067
6,451
2,517
7,349
7,826
1
2
3
Java and Madura.
Acreage about half of normal: Summer crop only given.
1922 acreage 296,500 compared with 286,400 acres in 1921.
*Data compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with latest available information received
by that department or b y the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in which crops are harvested.
52
PATENTS GRANTED—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.1
MONTH.
1913
'
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Januarv
37
35
62
63
75
64
60
50
44
57
February
30
60
87
82
61
61
59
69
46
51
March
32
62
80
62
61
62
46
92
77
58
April . . . .
40
60
65
61
60
81
83
58
72
60
May
27
62
67
60
86
67
49
75
77
63
June
48
86
68
57
83
50
64
88
34
35
July
56
71
65
74
85
70
77
71
35
41
August
38
72
77
54
62
46
53
60
49
53
35
44
69
58
45
34
53
70
67
46
October
53
48
70
56
57
76
75
61
54
65
November
46
81
81
50
90
46
59
100
64
30
December
68
73
76
60
75
68
84
81
67
39
519
779
856
724
829
744
779
872
665
587
September
..
Total number
1
Data compiled from the official records on file in the JJ. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Patent Office, Division of Publications.
as patents are granted on Tuesdays only, the number of patents shown for a given month represents the total of either 4 or 5 Tuesdays.
'
I t should be noted that inasmuch
INDEX NUMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.1
MONTH.
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
January
89.2
87.1
130.5
167.8
184.5
198.1
February
89.2
87.4
134.5
167.8
184.5
201. 5
March
89.0
87.7
143.0
175.7
184.5
198.1
240.9
April
88.0
90.2
147.3
183.4
186.0
191.3
265.2
May
88.6
90.2
148.9
187.6
186.0
191.3
|
June
87.9
89.0
146.5
199.3
186.3
191.9
1
July
88.1
90.5
145.8
204.0
188.7
193.7
265.7
August...
90.1
91.8
146.6
198.4
193.9
196.7
September
90.4
93.0
149.6
190.3
193.9
202.9
October
88.5
96.2
152.9
167.1
193.9
202.3
November
87.3
101.1
155.7
166.5
193.6
206.9
255.3
December
86.5
107.1
167.2
167.1
194.8
206.9
251.6
88.6
92.6
147.4
181.2
189.2
198.4
251.3
Average
206.6
;
;
i
225.1
1921
1922
230.9
168.7
230.7
168.7
1
224.3
162.0
!
213.1
164.7
268.9
210.8
164.6
273.8
209.8
166.6
169.7
252.0
203.8
193.1
255.2
188.3
185.0
255.2
182.6
188.6
166.3
1SS.6
167.8
192.6
201. S
174.5
i
173.4
i Compiled by the Engineering News-Record. The index numbers are based on the costs of steel (structural shapes, Pittsburgh base), cement (f. o. b . Chicago, exclusive
of bags), lumber (Southern pine, New York base), and the average rates paid common labor in the building industry as obtained from the prevailing rates in 20 representative cities. From 1913 to 1920, inclusive, the rates paid common labor in the steel industry were used. The prices are weighted on the basis of the total production of steel,
cement, and lumbar, and th9 total supply of common labor as follows: Steel, 37.50 per cent; cement, 7.14 per cent; lumber, 17.10 per cent; and labor, 3S per cent.
53
SOURCES OF DATA.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.1
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
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BANK OF JAPAN
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CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF L A B O R . . .
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AND COMMERCE.
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO.
FEDERAL
LAND.
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
CITY.
FEDERAL
YORK.
RESERVE BANK OF CLEVERESERVE BANK OF DALLAS. .
RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS
RESERVE BANK OF NEW
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND.
FEDERAL RESERVE
FRANCISCO.
BANK OF SAN
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Price index for Australia
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Price index for Japan
Price index for United Kingdom
Price index for Canada
Employment in Canadian trade-unions
Operations of Canadian employment service...
Foreign trade of Canada.
Canadian railroad operations
Canadian iron and steel production
Agricultural loans by land banks
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in First Federal Reserve
District.
Savings deposits in Seventh Federal Reserve
District.
Agricultural pumps
Savings deposits in Fourth Federal Reserve
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Wholesale trade
Wholesale trade
Federal Reserve Bulletin
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Labour Gazette (Canadian)
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Employment
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Employment
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Foreign trade of Canada
: Monthly.
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i
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Business and Financial Conditions
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I
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j|
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press
releases*
!
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!
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Condition of Federal reserve banks
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MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
PANAMA CANAL
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
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ECONOMICS.
j Monthly.
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Federal Reserve Bulletin and daily statement.*
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Savings deposits in Second Federal
District.
Savings deposits in Third Federal
District.
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in Fifth Federal
District.
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in Twelfth Federal
District.
Wholesale trade
Foreign exchange index numbers
Debits to individual accounts
Business Conditions
Second week of month.
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and Federal reserve system to July 1,1922.
Wholesale price index numbers
Department store trade: in cooperation with
National Retail Dry Goods Association.
Index numbers of department store, mailorder, and chain store trade.
Barley and rye receipts
Sales of loose leaf tobacco
Index of ocean freight rates
Index numbers of production
Wholesale trade
Paper and wood pulp production, prices, etc..
Price index for France
Employment in Illinois
Price index for India
Railway revenues and expenses
Telephone operating revenue and income
Telegraph operations and income
Express operations and income
Milk receipts at Boston
New York State factory employment and
earnings.
New York State canal traffic
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Daily and monthly.
Monthly.
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Monthly.
Monthly (second week of month).
Sunday newspapers and monthly.
Friday morning newspapers and
monthly.
Friday afternoon newspapers and
monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin.
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Monthly press releases *...
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
j Monthly.
; Newsprint, 20th to 25th of the month ;
other paper and wood pulp, 1st of
i following month.
Bulletin de la Statisque Generate
I The Employment Bulletin
! Federal
Bulletin
™-j—* *Reserve *..*,-*.*I
Preliminary statement of operations of
Class I roads.
|
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Monthly.
Second
« . . . „ . week
_ . of month.
Monthly.
Labor Market Bulletin and press rel<
Monthly.
Annual report
Yearly.
Last weekly issue of month.
| Semimonthly.
Last weekly issue of month or first
of next month.
Monthly.
Monthly Crop Reporter *
Prices of farm products to producer.
First
weekly issue of month.
Market Reporter *
Wool stocks in dealers' hands
Monthly Crop Reporter 8 and press Releases about 1st of month (cotton)
Crop production
and 10th (other crops).
releases.*
Fourth weekly issue of month.
Cold-storage holdings and fish frozen
Market Reporter *
Third weekly issue of month.
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep
Market Reporter *
Weekly.
Receipts of butter, cheese, eggs, ana poultry. Market Reporter*
Quarterly.
Market Reporter s*
Production of dairy products
Third weekly issue of month.
Market Reporter
Car lot shipments of fruits and vegetables
Monthly.
Monthly Crop Reporter *
Farm labor, wages, supply, etc
Weekly.
Foreign crops and markets*
World crop production
Annually.
Market Reporter *
Live stock on farms
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE- Total lumber production from 1913 to 1920.. - Production of Lumber, Lath, and Shingles. Yearly.
Pulp wood consumption and wood-pulp Yearly.
Wood pulp production, 1914 and 1916
FOREST SERVICE.
production.
Preliminary report on ginnings *
Semimonthly during season.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- Cotton ginned
Preliminary report on cotton consumed... 15th of month.
Cotton consumed and on hand
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
Reports on wool machinery and on cotton 20th of month.
Active textile machinery
spindles.*
First week of month.
Leather, hides, and shoes, production and Census of hides, skins, and leather *
stocks.
Preliminary
report
on
cottonseed
18th of month.
Cottonseed and cottonseed oil
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
i 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 aided to assist readers in obtaining current statistics between publication dates of the SURVEY.
> Beginning Jan. 7,1922, combined into new publication called, Weather, Crops, And Markets, issued weekly.
Panama Canal traffic
Unemployment in Pennsylvania.
Beef, pork, and lamb production..
The Panama Canal Record
Semimonthly report *
Market Reporter »
54
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
I
DATE OF PUBLICATION'.
REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN—Continued.
Wool consumption and stocks in manfacturers' hands.
Production indexes of raw mateiials and
manufactures.
Fats and oils, production, consumption, and
stocks.
Fabricated structural steel sales from April,
1922.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FISHERIES.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
COMMERCE.
17. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
U. S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
U . S . TREASURY DEPARTMENT
17. S. TREASURY
DEPARTMENTBUREAU OF THE MINT.
17. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Quarterly (one month after end of
quarter).
Quarterly.
Surrey of Current Business
Monthly.
Statistics of fats and oils *
Quarterly (one month after end of
quarter).
15th of month.
Press release *
j
Press release *
| Press release *
i Press release *
i Press release *
Survey of Current Business
Survey of Current Business
Monthly statement
Automobile production
Sugar statistics
Steel castings sales
Steel furniture shipments
Earnings of public utilities
Plumbing goods price index
Fish catch at principal fishing ports.
All imports and exports
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in
United States foreign trade.
Data on trade, employment and coal and iron
production of foreign countries.
Wholesale price of wool
Warehouse stocks of rice
17. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E - Vessels under construction and vessels comBUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
j
pleted.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE— j Building material price indices
BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION
! Wheat flour production, prior to July, 1920— j
U . S . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR— j Refined petroleum products, production, etc..
BUREAU OF MINES.
i
r . S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR— , Portland cement, production, etc
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
| Coal and coke production
U . S . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—
U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
Press release
Statement on stocks of leaf tobacco..
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE— i Stocks of tobacco held by manufacturers and
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS—Contd.
|
dealers.
Crude petroleum, production, etc
Electric power production
Annual figures on nonferrous metal production.
Patents granted
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
(Partfl.)i.
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
(Part II.)
Various foreign sources
Wholesale Prices
Monthly Summarv of Foreign Commerce.
(Part" II.)
Commerce Reports
Not published
No longer published..
Refinery Statistics *..
Report on Portland cement output *..
Weekly report on production of coal *.
Preliminary statistics on petroleum *
Production of electric power *
Mineral Resources
20th of month.
20th of month.
20th of month.
20th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Last week of month.
Middle of next month.
Yearly.
Monthly.
First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Second week of month.
20th of month.
Second or third weekly
month (Saturdays).
25th of month.
End of month.
Annually.
Not published.
Number on pay roll—United States factories.. Industrial Survey *
Employment agency operations
Report of Activities of State and Municipal Employment Agencies.
Immigration and emigration statistics
Not published
Wholesale prices of commodities, including
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc.
Wholesale price index
Retail price index of foods
Retail coal prices
United States postal savings
Postal receipts
Government debt, receipts and disbursements.
Money in circulation from July 1, 1922
Domestic receipts of gold at mint
Wholesale Prices of Commodities..
Oleomargarine production
Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Internal Revenue taxes on specified articles...
Iron ore movement
Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic
Barge traffic on Mississippi River
Not published
Statement of tax-paid products *
Classified collections of Internal Revenue.
Monthly statistical report
Monthly statistical report
Not published
Monthly Labor Review.
Monthly Labor Review.
Monthlv Labor Review.
Postal Savings News Bulletin
Statement of Postal Receipts *
Daily Statement of the U. S. Treasury.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Not published
U . S . W A R DEPARTMENT—ENGINEER
CORPS.
U. S. W A R DEPARTMENT—MISSISSIPPI
WARRIOR SERVICE.
Agricultural loans
! Not published in form used
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. . . Wisconsin factory earnings and employment.. j Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market *
First week of month.
Every 4 or 5 weeks.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
12th of month.
7th of month.
Last day of month.
Monthlv.
First week of month.
2oth of month.
Monthly during season.
Monthly during season.
loth of month.
II REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations.')
ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO
i
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH MANU- j
FACTURERS' EXCHANGE.
|
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIA- ;
TION OF PRODUCTION FROM CORN. ,
AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL STA- '
TISTICS.
!
Building costs
Sale of abrasive paper and cloth
Corn ground into starch, glucose, etc
Copper production
Silver production
Zinc production in Beldum
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION.. Face brick production, stocks, etc
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE j Steel ingot production
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
| Gasoline and Kerosene Consumption
States.
AMERICAN PIG IRON ASSOCIATION
I Merchant pig iron production, etc
AMERICAN
RAILWAY
ASSOCIATION I Freight car surplus
(Car Service Division).
| Freight car shortage
Car ladings
i Bad-order cars
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELE- ! Stockholders in the company
GRAPH Co.
I
AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS' ! Walnut lumber and logs
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY.' Purchases and sales of paper
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE....
j Production and stocks of zinc
Construction trade papers.
Not published
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Not published.
by
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Press release to trade papers *
Special statement
:
j
!
|
'
i 7th of month.
|
Not published
Car Surplusages and Shortages *
Car Surplusages and Shortages *
Information Bulletin *
Information Bulletin *
Financial papers
!
j Weekly.
; Weekly.
| Weekly.
Third week of mont h.
Quarterly.
Not published.
Not published
i 15th of month.
Press release to trade papers *
1
Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part 11.
issue of
55
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations.)
Statement of anthracite shipments *
Not published
Trade papers
Receipts cf wool at Boston
Fabricated structural steel sales before April, No longer published..
1924.
Summary of operating statistics
Number of tons carried 1 mile
Not published
Average receipts per ton-mile
Summary of operating statistics
Passengers carried 1 mile
Not published
Railway employment
Not published
Locomotives in bad order
Not published
Per cent of earnings on valuation
Not published
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION. . . Redwood lumber production, etc
Not published
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE Sugar pine lumber production, etc
ANTHRACITE BUREAU OF INFORMATION
ASSOCIATION OF LIFE INSURANCE
PRESIDENTS.
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS
ASSOCIATION.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CONTAINER CLUB
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION, INC.
F. W. DODGE CO
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT.
ENAMELED SANITARY MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCLATION.
FEDERATION OF IRON AND STEEL
MANUFACTURERS (British).,
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANGE
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
KNIT
GOODS MANUFACTURES OF
AMERICA.
LEATHER BELTING EXCHANGE
MAPLE FLOORING MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, LTD
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. L o m s . .
Wheat, corn and oats, receipts, etc
Production of paper box board
Credit conditions
Milk deliveries to milk plants
Trade papers
Not published
Credit,.
Not published.
Building statistics—Contracts awarded.
Detroit factory employment
Enameled sanitary ware
Statement on Building Statistics.
Weekly press release
Not published
British iron and steel production
Trade papers
Fine cotton goods production and sales
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc.
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Knit underwear production, etc
Trade papers
Not published
Naval Stores Review
Monthly report *
Sales of leather belting
Maple flooring production, etc
Canadian building contracts
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
Mississippi River traffic
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFACTUR- Hardwood and softwood lumber, production
and shipments.
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Linseed oil and oil-cake shipments
Unfilled
orders and shipments of furniture...
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CASE GOODS
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS Brass stop cocks, orders and shipments
MANUFACTURERS .
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIR MAN- Chair shipments and unfilled orders
UFAdURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRU- Production of paper-box board
GATED AND FIBER BOX MANUFACTURERS.
|
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM j Agricultural pumps
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL Steel furniture shipments
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCLATION OF SHEET AND Sheet-metal production and stocks
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOL 1913 figures for active textile machinery
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF I Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
COMMERCE.
I
NATIONAL BOTTLE MANUFACTURERS' Glass bottle production index
ASSOCIATION.
!
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE Cost of living
BOARD.
NATIONAL RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSO- Department store trade (we Federal Reserve
Board).
CIATION.
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL ASSOCIA- Production of wood alcohol and acetate of lime.
TION.
Rice distribution through New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE — Cotton receipts into sight
Canadian newsprint production, etc
NEWS PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
NEW YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR E X - I Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
CHANGE.
I
Slojks of tin
N E W YORK METAL EXCHANGE
Indexes of sto?k and bond prices
NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION.. North Carolina pine, production, etc
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD J Hemlock and hardwood lumber production,
etc.
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NORTHERN PINE MANUFACTURERS' ! Northern pine lumber and lath
ASSOCIATION.
I
OAK FLOORING MANUFACTURERS' AS- Oak flooring, production, etc
SOCIATION.
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION... Ohio foundry iron production
OPTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIA- Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
TION.
Stockholders in the company
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO
PENSACOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . . Turpentine and rosin receipts
Milk receipts at Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE
Cement paving contracts
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Pullman passenger traffic
PULLMAN COMPANY
REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURERS' AS- Fire-clay brick production, etc
Silica brick production, etc
SOCIATION.
Rice receipts, stocks, etc
RICE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION
ROPE PAPER SACK MANUFACTURERS' Shipments of rope paper sacks
ASSOCIATION.
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material
RUBBER ASSOCLATION OF AMERICA
Sanitary potters orders
SANITARY POTTERS' ASSOCIATION
Turpentine and rosin receipts
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION OF STATE Savings banks deposits in New York State
OF N E W YORK.
Raw silk consumption, etc
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
15th of month.
Anthracite shipments and stocks..
New life insurance business
Daily.
I Monthly.
j
j Monthly.
j
I
j
'
j Daily.
i
I Weekly.
Monthly.
• Second week of month.
Weekly.
Monthly.
Monthly report (not published).
Not published
Monthly.
3d month.
Canadian Building ReviewReceipts and snipments at St. Louis
Not published
Not published
Monthly statements
Not published in form used
Not published
Not published in form used
Not published
Business conditions
Reserve).
Not published
(Chicago
Monthly.
Federal
Not published
No longer published.
Traffic bulletin * (production figures not
published).
Not published
Second week of month.
Monthly press release
2lst of month.
Federal Reserve Bulletin.
Monthly.
N ot published
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
• First, week of month.
First week of month.
report —
report
bulletin
statement
Trade papers
The, Index
Not published
Not published
First week of month.
•. First week of month.
' Monthly.
Not published
N ot published
Monthly report * (not published)
Not published
—
j
-I
Financial papers
Naval Stores Review
Not published
Concrete Highway Magazine
Not published
Not published
Not published
Monthly report
Not published
| Quarterly
; Weekly.
j
I Mon t hiy.
j
;
Monthly reports (not published)
Not published
Naval Stores Review
Not published
'
: Weekly.
'
Monthly press release to trade papers * — | 5th of month.
56
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations.)
SOUTHERN
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHERN P I N E ASSOCIATION
STEEL BARREL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
STEEL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY
STOKER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
STRUCTURAL STEEL SOCIETY
TANNERS' COUNCIL
,
TUBULAR PLUMBING GOODS ASSOCIATION.
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION.
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
WEBBING
MANUFACTURERS'
EXCHANGE.
WESTERN P I N E MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Not published in form used
Yellow pine production and stocks
Steel barrel shipments
Sales of steel castings
Sales of stokers
Sales of fabricated structural steel
Leather production through May, 1922
Tubular plumbing sales
Not published in form used
Monthly reports * (not published)
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Semiweekly reports
Milk production, Minnesota
Not published
Unfilled orders
Earnings
Stockholders
Wages of common labor
Printing activity
Press release *
Press release *
Financial papers
Special reports *
Typothetae Bulletin
I 10th of mont h.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
Monthly.
Douglas fir lumber production, etc
Not published
I
Sales of elastic webbing
Not published
Western pine lumber production, etc
Not published
I
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
SOURCE.
III.—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS.
ENGINEERING N E W S RECORD
Composite pig iron and steel prices
New York stock sales
New York closing stock prices
Foreign exchange rates, 1914 to 1918
State and municipal bond issues
Municipalbond yields
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings, United States and Canada
Price index
Business failures, Canada
Price index for France
Chemical price index
. i Mine price of bituminous coal
.{ Cotton (visible supply)
I Interest rates
! Mail order and chain store sales
i New corporate securities
. i New York bond sales
i New York bond prices
i Mexican petroleum shipments
.! Business failures
i Price index
. ! Rand gold production
! Silver prices
. | Construction cost and volume index
; First or second week of month (daily).
! First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
| Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturadys).
•> First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
!
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Second or third weekly issue of month (Saturdays)
Lastissue of month.
First week of month (daily).
; First week of month (daily).
20th of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue or month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month.
FINANCIAL POST ., ;
. • Canadian bond issues
j Weekly (Thursdays).
AMERICAN METAL MARKET.
T H E ANNALIST
T H E BOND B U Y E R .
BRADSTREET'S
BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE
CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING.
COAL AGE
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
Dow,
JONES & Co. (WALL STREET JOURNAL) .
DUN'S REVIEW
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS...
FRANKFURTER ZTETUNG
[ Price index for Germany.
Monthly.
HAY TRADE JOURNAL
I Hay receipts
Weekly (Fridays).
IRON AGE
IRON TRADE REVIEW
.ONDON ECONOMIST
LUMBER
MANUFACTURERS' RECORD
MILK REPORTER
. i Pig-iron production
Composite finished steel price
Iron and steel prices
Railway freight car orders
Price index for United Kingdom
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
I Weekly (Thursdays).
I Weekly (Thursdays).
| First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
| 10th of month.
First weekly issue of month (Fridays).
Price indices of lumber.
Southern construction
Southern bond issues
I Milk receipts at Greater "New "York•
Monthly.
| Monthly.
Weekly.
MODERN MILLER
Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn
Weekly.
NAVAL STORES REVIEW
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks..
Weekly (Saturdays).
NEUE ZURICHER ZEITUNG
Price index for Switzerland
N E W YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE...
Dividend and interest payments
New capital issues
New corporations..'
Fire losses
Newspaper advertising
Flaxseed, receipts, etc
Argentine grain shipments
Wheat flour production for 1917
Price indices of drugs, oils, etc
Argentine shipments and supply of
flaxseed
Mexican petroleum shipments
Magazine advertising
Book production
Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics
Price index for Sweden
N E W YORK EVENING POST
NORTHWESTERN MILLER
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER.
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS' INK
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
'.'....'..'.'.'.'.'.
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL N E W S . . . ]
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL,
SVENSK HANDELSTIDNING
O
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
i First week of month (daily).
i 10th of month (daily).
! Not published.
I Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Mondays).
\ Weekly (Mondays).
| 10th of month (monthly).
{ Second week of month.
i Third week of month.
1 Weekly compilation (daily).
Weekly (Fridays).
@FedFRASER