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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D. C , FEBRUARY 9, 1939
SUMMARY OP BUSINESS TRENDS
average of industrial shares closed at 145, a gain of 6 points on
the week's trading. Despite this gain, industrial shares were
6 percent below the high point in the first week of 1939. The
closing railroad "average" last week was down 12 percent from
the peak in January. Utilities share quotations, however,
moved up to the high point of last month. Corporate bond
quotations also advanced last week and recovered almost all of
the loss during January. Other than the financing by one large
utility company, the flotation of_ corporate securities has been
quite small so far this year.
Foreign exchange rates have been relatively stable in recent
weeks in contrast to the fluctuations in the final months of
1938.
The pound sterling has moved narrowly around $4.68
since the first week of this year. As compared with the dollar
rate a year ago, the pound sterling shows a reduction of about
6 percent; the French franc since January 1938 has depreciated
about 20 percent.
r p H E most recent reports indicate no definite change in
industrial activity, which continues moderately below the
seasonally adjusted rate in the first half of December. In the
steel industry, the seasonally corrected rate of ingot production
has been as much as one-fifth below the peak weeks in 1938.
Automobile assemblies, though declining in the week ended
February 4, have averaged slightly higher, on a seasonally
adjusted basis, than in December. Weekly data on cotton
consumption indicate a small increase from the seasonally
corrected rate in December. Silk deliveries, though increasing,
did not record the usual large advance in January. Lumber
production in January was little changed from the adjusted
rate in the preceding month and was more than one-fifth above
output a year ago. Unfilled orders for lumber were larger than
a year earlier and represented a higher ratio to stocks than in
January of last year.
Security prices in the week ended February 4 recovered a
part of the losses incurred during January. The Dow-Jones'
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION
(PERCENT
01
OF
{THOUSANDS Of
INGOT CAPACITY)
'JAL' 1 & IW.! 'AU' I W IJJ^I ' J W 1 UAlJcUl 'cJcV 11& 1 ' J ^ '
ol
VEHICLES)
w LJJ to 1 m11 MM ^ 1 m 1 '&•
' U ' I ^. ILJU I '^' I LVJ iJJUl '^' 1 kU \ M 'o'cV.11 ^ I 'jck;
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
(THOUSANDS OF BARBELS *
"''^'l^l^l^Vl^l^l^1
JAN
WHOLESALE PRICES
126024—39
I FC8
I MAR I
APR. I MAY
I JUNE!
JULY
DAILY AVERAGE)
I AUC I S E P T I
OCT
I HtN
l O E C
"
JAN.
I FEB.
" " "
1
I FEB.
1 MAR I APR! I MAY 1 JUWCI JULY I MXJ I SEPT I O c V J NOV I
STOCK PRICES
'D£C
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average 1923-25=100]
Business activity: 1
New York1 Timeslcf
Barrcn'sd
Business week
_
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Dept. of Labor 1926=100:
-Combined index (813)—*...
Farm products (67)
Food (122)
AU other (624)—-.
Fisher's index, 1926=100:
Combined index (120)
Copper, electrolytic!
Cotton, middling, spot
Feb. Jan. Jan. Jan.
4
28
21
14
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
Debits, outside N. Y. C.t—
Federal Reserve reporting
member banks:
Loans, total
Interest rates:
Call loans!
Time loans!
Currency in circulation!
Production:
Automobiles
Bituminous coal!
,
Cotton consumption!
,
Electric powerf
Lumber
Petroleum!
Steel ingots©
Receipts, primary markets:
Cattle and calves
92.3 91.6 90.7 93.5 81.3 82.2 101.2 101.7
97.9 93.7 97.5 99.4 77.2 78.0 102.7 102.1
103.6 104.3 103.2 105.5 82.3 83.4 109.4 108.1
76.7
07.3
71.2
80.4
76.6
66.9
71.3
80.4
77.0
67.6
72.6
80.6
76.8
67.3
71.3
80.5
80.1
70.9
74.5
83.2
80.3
70.8
74.6
83.5
85.4
90.5
86.7
83.5
85.4
91.4
86.9
83.2
79.8 79.8 79.8 79.7 80.0 82.6 83.1 90.4 90.4
79. 79.7 70.7 79.7 79.7 71.0 72.5 92.8 92.8
33.1 33.1 33.5 32.4 32. 31.6 30.9 48.5
Construction contractst
Distribution: Carloadings
Employment: Detroit, f a c t o r y Finance:
62.
Failures, commercial
66.9
Bond yields!
Stock pricest—
103.9
79.0
34.9
56.9 62.9
70.0 68.1
62.0 61.6 61.2 55.4 58.9 57.
126.0
101.8
79.8
45.2
74.0 71. 73.7 62.4 67.3 82.1
64.0
66.9 66.4 66.9 67. 74.5 74.2
90.5 142.9 141.7
101, 107.3 107.1 110.5
• Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
{Computed normal=lOO.
©Index for week ended Feb. 11 is 90.1.
c?For description of these indexes, see p. 4 of the Dec. 16,1937 issue.
O£
Cotton
Wheat
!Daily average.
1937
1938
1939
1938
1939
1937
Feb. Jan.]Jan. Jan. Jan Feb. Jan. Feb.l Jan.
5 29
30
4
28* 21 14 7
Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
30
5 29
7
87.6 83.2 92.5 90.8 133.4 89.0 82.3 102.6 94.0
66.9 67.3 71.9 72.3 71.5 71.6
24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2
28.6 28.6 28.0 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 23.6 28.6
137.6 136.6 137.3 138.3 140.5 130.3 129.9 130.9 130.5
65.9 66.3
104.1 116.9 118.2 113.9 100.5 67.4 77.8 94.8 97.2
83.7 80.0 78.6 88.1 75.4 76.3 96.9 86.1
112.1 105.2 S3.1 80.4 129.1 128.2
137.6 137.5 136.3 130.2 125.0 126.0 132.1 133.0
44.3 49.2 44.9 3S.7 34.2 34.1 37.1 42.2
155.0 156.7 155.7
154.3 159.2 161.: 154.6 153.3
155.7 154.3
87.3 85.6 51.5 55.2 130.7 127.9
89.1 86.4
62.8 61.4 59.6 56.0 62.7 67.1 58.2 75.4
41.6 48.4 49.4 45.1 48.5 59.4 44.1 5S.2
18.1 58.5 99.6 52.3 63.5
44.6 42.3 46.2 44.
36.1 34.7 33.8 27.0 23.1 31.0 16.6 19.0
fWeekly average, 1928*30-100.
^Seasonally adjusted.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS*
1939
Feb. 4
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, New York!
dol. p e r f ection, middling, spot. New York
do
Food index (Bradstreet's)
do
Iron and steel, composite
dol. per t o n . .
Wheat, No. 2 hard winter (Kansas City)—dol. per bu__
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, New York City
mil. of dol..
Debits, outside of New York City
do
Federal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total
do
TJ. S. Government securitiesdo
Member bank reserve balances
do
Excess reserves, estimated
do
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:
Deposits, demand, adjusted
do—.
Deposits, time.
do—.
Investments, total
do—.
U. S. Government direct obligations
do—.
Obligations fully guaranteed b y U . S. Government
mil. of dol..
Loans, total
do
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans
mil.ofdoL.
Interest rates, call loans!
percent..
Interest rates, time loans!
do....
Exchange rates:
French franc 1_
cents..
Pound sterling!
dollarsFailures, commercial
.number.,
Currency in circulation!
mill, of dol..
Security markets:
Bond sales (N. Y. S. E.)
thous. of dol. par value.
Bond yields (Moody's) (120 bonds)!
percentStock sales (N. Y. 8. E.)
thous. of shares.
Stock prices (iV. Y. Time8)t
dol. per share.
Stock prices (Standard Statistics) (420)
1926=100.
Industrials (348)
do...
Public utilities (40)
do...
Railroads (32)
do...
PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND
DISTRIBUTION
Production:
Automobiles
number..
Bituminous coal!
thous. of short tons..
Electric power
mil. of kw.-hr.
Petroleum!
thous. of bbl_
Steel ingots®
pet. of capacity.
Construction-contract awards!
thous. of doL_
Distribution:
Freight-car loadings, total
cars...
Coal and coke
do...
Forest products
do...
Grains and grain products
do
Livestock
do
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
do.__
Ore
do
Miscellaneous
do
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
thousands.,
Hogs
do
Cotton into sight
thous. of bales..
Wheat, at primary markets
thous. of bu_.
Jan. 28
Jan. 21
1938
Jan. 14
Jan. 7
Dec. 31
0.110
.090
2.31
36.35
.70
0.110
.090
2.30
36.35
.72
0.110
.091
2.30
36.37
.70
0.110
.088
2.31
36.37
.71
0.110
.089
2.33
36.36
.72
0.110
.089
2.35
36.36
.71
3,362
4,063
3,064
3,860
3.391
4,289
3,429
4,210
4,620
5,153
3.379
3,937
2,582
2.664
9,047
3,478
2,583
2,564
9,166
3,597
2,588
% 564
9,130
3,559
2,592
2,564
8.956
3,436
2,604
2,564
8,819
3,298
16,048
5,183
13,209
8,173
16,152
5,179
13,147
8,186
16,124
5,174
13.150
8,182
16,050
5.177
13.110
8,206
1,732
8,290
Feb. 5
1936
1937
Jan. 29
Feb.6
Jan
Feb. 8
0.100
.084
2.47
38.97
1.02
0.128
.132
2.93
36.64
1.36
0.128
.133
2.94
36.62
1.35
0.090
.117
2.67
33.44
1.10
3,053
3,816
5,241
4,756
4,184
4,360
4,495
4,102
2,610
2,564
8,577
3,072
3,381
4,130
2,594
2,564
7,249
1,385
2,594
2,564
7,296
1,440
2,463
2,430
6,758
2,150
2,472
2,430
6.773
2,154
2,489
2,430
5,869
3,090
15,888
5.161
13,114
8,189
15,986
5,160
33,219
8,266
14,464
5,225
12,253
8,165
14.583
5,213
12,237
8,176
15.493
5,077
13,638
9,149
15.530
5,052
13,684
9,212
13,991
4,892
13,046
8,701
1,715
8,367
1,732
8,412
1,732
8,430
1,141
8,981
1,139
9,038
1,214
8,941
1,212
8,943
1,179
7,977
3,789
1.00
1.25
3,818
1.00
1.25
3,826
1.00
1.25
3,843
1.00
1.25
4,394
1.00
1.25
4,595
1.00
1.25
1.00
1.25
1.00
1.25
.75
1.00
2.46
38.94
1.01
1,789
1,733
3,767
1.00
1.25
8,281
3,765
1.00
1.25
2,643
4,678
255
6,676
2.641
4.675
301
6,635
2.640
4.678
292
2.636
4.672
300
6,718
2.628
4.646
254
2.631
4.656
236
3.280
5.011
274
3.267
5.001
334
6,306
4.658
4.895
198
6,358
4.661
4.901
184
6,338
6.692
5.019
225
5,755
32,660
38,180
3.86
7,657
98.29
87.4
103.5
80.9
27.0
34,430
3.83
4,402
104.16
92.6
110.0
82.8
30.0
35,870
3.86
5,405
103.99
91.5
109.2
80.3
29.6
39,410
3.88
5,808
107.33
95.6
114.5
80.8
32.5
50,970
3.93
7,537
106.94
92.6
111.3
77.5
30.1
35,950
4.30
4,374
85.99
41,640
4.28
5,511
87.85
79.8
93.8
73.6
27.7
72,720
3.71
14,401
138.77
129.8
151.9
112.9
66.7
73,250
3.69
11,833
137.64
126.9
147.8
112.9
55.3
101,980
3.99
14,829
119.53
105.9
120.6
103.4
48.1
89,200
1,425
2,293
3,248
51.2
90,205
1,362
2,290
3,264
52.7
9,139
86,925
1,338
2,270
3,244
51.7
10,105
76,685
1,500
2,169
3,215
50.7
75,215
1,574
2,121
3,204
38.8
20,359
51,443
1,284
2,082
3,316
30.5
59,365
1,299
2,099
3,358
32.7
5,607
72,295
1,651
2,201
3,221
79.6
74,148
1,466
2,215
3,194
77.9
12,683
69,876
1,704
1,952
2,764
50.0
594,379
148,811
27,935
32,202
12,966
146,428
7,640
218,397
590,359
139,046
27,240
33,029
13,839
146,586
8,964
221,655
586,877
130,636
26,416
34,056
13,152
145,469
7,849
229,299
530,849
126,917
21,733
29,324
12,819
122,302
8,982
208,772
499,895
138,398
17,945
25,897
10,374
115,079
6,995
185,207
564,740
135,851
26,259
32,282
11,455
148,002
6,447
204,444
553,176
135,853
24,759
31,611
12,890
142,180
6,973
198,910
671,227
167,672
32,595
28,211
10,689
158,258
9,598
264,204
653,022
151,611
30,875
29,607
12,421
153,171
10,700
264,637
621,686
199,198
24,920
28,524
10,430
147.123
5,376
206,115
198
270
110
2,871
194
314
120
2,763
1S8
321
115
3,090
177
293
47
2,145
154
348
95
1,879
198
315
152
1,8
212
386
259
2,466
184
286
136
1,321
238
378
165
1,514
214
296
150
1,503
3.86
4,224
100.88
89.0
105.3
81.8
27.7
79,410
52.8
116
3,093
tpata do not cover calendar weeks In all cases.
JDaily average.
6,329
78.9
93.0
71.5
27.5
®Rate for week ended Feb. 11 is 53.4.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
Monthly statistics tlirough December 1937, to- 1939
gether with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data may be found in the
anuary
1938 Supplement to the Survey
COMMODITY PRICES
Page 11
Prices received by farmers (U. S. Department of
Agriculture):
Combined index
1909-14=100..
Chickens and eggs
do_
Cotton and cottonseed
do^
Dairy products
do.
Fruits
do.
Grains
do.
Meat animals
do.
Truck crops
do.
Miscellaneous
do,
94
97
71
109
76
66
112
96
109
1933
Februanuary
ary
102
113
66:
128
70
91
110
'105
114
97
94
68
121
68
89
110
'111
97
March
93
70
117
69
85
117
'101
April
94
93
71
110
68
82
114
'98
86
May
July
June
92
98
71
103
77
79
111
'88
82
92
73
77
116
'92
84
October
.ugust
95
103
71
101
79
72
123
'99
87
92
105
69
102
78
62
115
'92
95
118
69
104
75
63
117
'107
95
124
72
107
70
60
111
'107
107
ovem- December
ber
94
131
73
109
71
60
111
'102
95
9fi
127
70
112
73
63
109
'108
108
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND
WAGES
Page 3S
Trade-union members employed:
All trades...
percent of total..
Building
do.
Metal
do.
Printing...;
__:.___
_L-_-____..do.
A1I other
do.
On full time (all trades).
do.
80
61
75
-~ 88
85
59
85
67
78
88
89
65
66
FINANCE
Pages 54, 55, 56, 65, 76
Banking:
Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of
month:
Assets (resources) total
mil. of dol_.
Reserve bank credit outstanding, total
mil. of dol..
Bills bought.do—
Bills discounted
do...
United States securities
do—
Reserves, total.
do—
Gold certificates
do...
Liabilities, total
do...
Deposits, total
^.do...
Member bank reserve balances, total
mil. of dol.
Excess reserves (estimated)
do-_.
Federal Reserve notes in circulation
mil. of dol.
Reserve ratio
percentMoney and interest rates:
Discount rate (N. Y. F. R. Bank)
do...
Open market rates, N. Y. C :
Acceptances, prime, bankers
_--do—
Call loans, renewal (JV. Y. S. E.)
do...
Com'l paper, prime (4-6 mo.)
.do—
Time loans, 90 days (N. Y. S. E.).—do—
Public finance (Federal):
Debt, gross, end of m o . . .
mil. of dol_,
Public issues:
Interest bearing*
do...
Noninterest bearing*
do
Special issues to gov't agencies and trust
funds*
__
mil. of dol..
Receipts, customs
thous. of dol_.
Security markets:
Stocks:
Prices:
Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 stocks)
dol. per share.
Industrials (30 stocks)
do...
Public utilities (15 stocks)
..do...
-Rails (20 stocks)--^rv--—-T^-Trdorrr
Jew York Times (50 stocks)
do...
Industrials (25 stocks)..
__do._Railroads (25 stocks)
do...
15,639
12,697
12,796
12,925
14,322
14,179
14,214
14,285
14,261
14,573
14,861
15,293
15,581
2,590
2,611
1
13
2(5S0
9,690
9,223
12,925
7,917
2,594
1
9
2,564
11,091
10,650
14.322
9,298
2,582
2,589
1
7
2,564
11,049
JO, 642
14,285
9,270
2,585
2,584
7
2,664
11,026
10,640
14,261
9,212
2,600
1
8
2,563
11,295
10,918
14,573
9,406
2,586
2,601
1
4
2,564
12,166
11,798
15,581
10,088
7,623
2,548
8,024
2,875
8,164
3,022
8,179
2,941
8.198
2,869
7
2,564
11,639
11,272
14,861
9,672
8,713
3,227
7
2,564
11,970
11,613
15,293
7,2S7
1,546
9
2,564
11,030
10,648
14,179
9,212
7,665
2,568
2,596
1
8
2,564
11,041
10,645
14,214
9,247
8,876
8,724
3,205
4,139
80.4
4,142
80.3
4,148
82.5
4,157
82.5
4,149
82.4
4,135
82.4
4,169
82.4
4,253
82.7
4,315
83.2
4,385
83.6
4,452
83.7
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Me
1.00
H
38,603
39,427
2,607
1
5
2,574
12,382
11,948
15,639
10,420
1
12
2,564
9,556
9,127
12,697
7,775
9,215
3,644
7,237
1,383
2,564
9,637
9,183
12,796
7,850
7,248
1,415
83.9
4,13$
80.2
1.00
1.00
M<
1.00
1
10
M
1.00
Me
M<
1.00
1.00
1
1.00
94-1
94-1
m
39,631
37,459
37,636
37,560
m
m
35,882
534
34,579
565
553
34,486
556
37,513
34,465
546
3,215
24,318
2,314
26,193
2,481
24,203
2,518
26,307
2,501
24,430
49.13
146.87
23.30
42.26
128.38
20.80
37.86
40.92
126.08 119.07
19. 23
17.96
25.8T ~ 2 4 . W
89.73
83.14
157.18 148.12
22.2S
18.17
30. r r
91.35
102.73
181.82
23.61
159.53
23.18
2,302
515
30
103
129
53
56
33
871
'2,257
'497
'26
'102
'150
'53
'671
'28
'823
M
M
1.00
1.00
m
VA
37,424
37,167
37,194
37,596
38,395 ' 38,426
34,291
551
33,903
33,834
549
34,112
541
34,920
543
34,950
526
34,978
535
35,743
. 528
2,582
22,336
2,676
21,950
2,810
23,101
2,943
28,673
2,933
28,590
2,949
30,797
3,090
27,338
3,156
25,121
46.05
38.73
36.38
35.57
112.85 114.20 118.79 139.47
21.64
19.38
17.76 - 22.00
-^19709- — 2 1 . S2~ "28716
81.92
98.90
85.70
80.47
146. 70 143.93 153.92 175.95
21.85
17.13
17.49
17.01
46.13
140.97
20.01
"28.49
99.74
177.53
21.95
43.98
137.04
18.49
""25.62
95.63
171.70
19.63
49.64
150.36
22.92
30;6
106.81
189.69
23.95
50.32
151.96
23,35..
49.32
150.12
JU..94._
30.52
105.36
186.99
23.74
2,392
382
IS
120
191
49
598
98
936
2,553
468
22
120
148
63
604
106
1,022
3,542
663
31
159
221
102
799
14
1,422
2,530
511
26
109
137
69
594
65
1,018
31.29
105.29
186.99
23.59
TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS
Page 85
Class I steam railways:
Freight carloading (A. A. R.):§
Total cars
thousands.
Coal
_
do.
Coke.
._
do.
Forest products..
do.__
Grains and grain products
do...
Livestock
do
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
do
Ore
do...
Miscellaneous
do...
2,155
442
23
105
127
45
577
29
809
2,223
381
20
108
133
44
606
31
900
2,650
405
20
122
160
58
75-1
40
1,092
2,186
344
16
105
130
51
597
55
887
2,171
339
16
104
135
44
570
94
870
21
132
274
54
710
114
1,110
2,949
664
35
131
163
67
708
44
1,138
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
Pages 117,118,119
Coal:
Anthracite:
Production
Bituminous:
Production
Coke, beehive:
Production
t h o u s . of short tons
4,815
3,539
4,015
3,138
4,255
4,291
2,571
3,337
4,165
3,728
4,471
do...
•30,950
27,440
26,745
22,380
21,266
22,470
23,35;
28,665
32.27C
35,094
36,11C
36,230
7i
117
do...
105
97
^Preliminary.
'Revised.
*New series. See footnote on p. 32 of the December 1938 Survey.
{Data for April, July, October, and December 1938 are for 5 weeks, other months, 4 weeks.
58
52
44
50
56
63
70
79
4
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1933
Monthly statistics through December 1937, to- 1939
gether with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data may be found in the January January
1938 Supplement to the Survey
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Page 137
Nonferrous metals:
Tin:
Deliveries
long tons.
Stocks, end of month:
;
World, visible supply.
: do...
United States..
....do...
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Pages 154,156
Cotton:
.
,
World visible supply, total...thous. of bales.
American cotton
do...
Silk:
!
Deliveries (consumption).
....bales.
Stocks> end of month:
:
!
Total visible supply
do
United States (warehouses)
: do
March
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
!
Page 139
Machinery and apparatus:
Foundry equipment:
Orders:
:
i
New
i
1922-24=100.
Unfilled, end of month
_
do.-.
Shipments.__L
'
do...
PAPER AND PRINTING
; Page 146
Paper:
Newsprint:
Consumption by publishers
short tons.
Stocks, end of month: ,
At publishers
J
_do._.
In transit to publishers
^...do...
Paperboard:
;
Consumption, waste paper
:
do...
Orders, new...
_
do...
Orders, unfilled, end of m o n t h . . .
do...
Production, __:
do...
Percent of capacity...
Stocks of waste paper, end of month:
At mills
short tons.
Jane
July
August
NovemSepovem Decemce
tember October
ber
ber
4,330
5,550
4,420
4,555
3,745
4,275
4,205
3,775
3,775
4,465
3,535
3,400
27,101
4,866
25,261
5,116
29,125
4,458
30,606
4,447
27,909
3,679
29,061
4,247
31,007
4,071
32,251
5,232
32,476
4,573
31,539
4,500
5,060
30,554
5,157
9,361
7,050
9,210
7,450
9,220
7,271
9,025
6,881
8,796
6,509
8,490
6,071
8,142
5,772
7,893
5,491
7,643
5,479
8,726
6,686
9,802
7,750
9,757
7,790
9,652
7,478
40,816
30,715
30,260
34,884
33,381
28,687
31,492
32,593
38,504
38,844
35,031
41,599
35,204
124,354
48,554
143,678
48,678
136,934
43,834
134,426
36,326
130,955
41,455
135,616
37,016
133,157
44,457
138,105
42,305
135,347
39,747
142,511
40,711
151,311
43,811
150,718
46,218
149,778
53,278
193S
1937
193S
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Pages 16,21
Contract awards:
209,450 192,231
Construction, total value..
thous. of dol..
F. W. Dodge Corp. (37 States):
Building, total:*
Floor area_.J
__._thous. of sq. ft.. 48,223 27,498 18,993
Valuation
thous. of dol.. 231,052 144,687 93,655
Construction cost indexes:
American Appraisal Co.:
183
184
182
Average, 30 cities
1913~1OO~
172
172
169
Atlanta
>
do.
195
196
192
New York..!
1
.._do.
165
165
166
San Francisco
—do
189
190
184
St. Louis
do....
Associated General Contractors (all types)
191
183
1913m100..
191
ELECTRIC POWER
;
: Page99;
Production, total
mil. of kw.-hr_
By source:
,
Fuel
_
L
i
do—
Water power.!
_
;
do—
By type of producer:
Privately or municipally owned
do.-.
Other producers.
_
do...
May
34,240
4,624
Decem- Decem- January
ber
ber
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
:
Pages 97, 98
Vegetable oils and products:
Oleomargarine: !
i
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)
, tho.is. of lb__
Price, wholesale, standard, uncolored (Chicago)
:
•_
dol. per l b . .
Production
L
thous. oflb..
Paint sales:
I
i
:
Paints, varnish, lacquer, and fillers:
Total
:
L
do.
Classified, total
_____do____
Industrial.
J
do.
Trade____:
L
do.
Unclassified:
do.
April
March
April
May
June
July
August
S
te m£er
118,945
226,918
222,016
283,156
251,006
239,799
313,141
300,000
357,698
301,679
18,786
88,463
33,782
167,219
32,310
155,012
34,337
160,924
35,704
167,485
33,158
160,541
38,318
187,048
37,380
191,571
50,400
243,693
44,920
211,261
183
172
194
164
188
183
171
193
164
188
182
168
193
163
187
182
168
193
162
186
181
168
192
162
184
181
168
191
164
184
181
167
191
164
184
181
167
191
164
184
182
167
192
166
184
182
169
192
166
184 •
189
189
138
188
188
188
188
188
191
October
29,991
39,718
40,802
36,288
39,684
33,137
28,754
27,887
25,671
28,371
32,000
31,824
29,812
.143
30,373
.150
40,728
.150
40,476
.145
36,201
.145
40,961
.145
32,641
.138
28,500
.134
27,938
.145
25,512
.158
28,718
.155
32,387
.153
31,092
.150
30,221
20,515
15,036
7,417
7,619
6,478
18,621
13,323
6,567
6,757
5,298
21,245
15,002
6,371
8,632
6,242
21,657
15,326
6,085
9,241
6,331
29,449
20,721
7,938
12,783
8,728
23,143
7,946
15,197
10,143
35,294
24,115
32,390
22,386
7,418
14,968
10,003
26,730
18,512
6,603
11,909
8,218
28,821
19,747
7,249
12,499
9,074
29,769
20,114
7,879
12,235
9,655
28,773
20,486
8,481
12,006
8,287
25,280
18,367
8,397
9,970
6,914
10,824
10,051
9,633
8,709
9,468
8,924
9,082.
9,197
9,523
10,180
10,210
10,244
6,978
3,847
6,470
3,581
6,106
3,527
5,179
3,530
5,534
3,934
4,907
4,017
5,252
3,830
5,519
3,678
5,878
3,645
6,397
3,783
6,376
3,462
6,868
3,342
'6,760
••3,484
10,216
608
9,453
9,035
597
8,156
553
8,929
539
8,404
520
8,571
511
8,710
487
9,019
504
9,650
531
9,314
524
541
'554
141.9
126.0
102.8
113.7
245.5
159.8
77.6
147.7
147.7
90.8
157.1
114.7
172.3
99.4
79.3
158.2
93.4
90.6
157.5
91.3
62.2
140.2
78.5
75.3
108.6
105.8
83.4
102.8
89.1
78.7
97.3
84.2
87.9
91.8
93.4
89.7
87.0
94.5
177,134
187,048
169,922
156,475
174,971
173,638
176,600
159,199
151,875
151,324
162,457
187,450
176,322
284,412
30,615
543,861
69,545
521,411
38,471
464,691
38,970
406,622
32,282
379,439
29,285
343,149
34,908
324,056
24,401
317,442
26,191
315,410
34,535
303,254
32,683
288,385
47,498
291,331
44,603
221,768
334,711
94,411
329,181
60.1
196,231
243,992
75,994
244,825
48.2
203,424
269,367
79,595
268,121
54.7
215,047
273,651
72,832
243,571
317,472
74,137
318,552
224,715
302,921
75,296
303,073
58.7
210,117
281,401
76,701
286,574
57.4
218.652
298,845
76,693
296,960
55.0
221,218
322,948
93,637
306,343
59.7
264,418
361,323
96,635
358,977
67.3
254,024
367,200
109,288
351,051
68.5
267,193
370,453
107,235
370.977
72.4
243,924
327,168
89,586
344,445
66.3
290,643
322,435
331,582
325,166
333,218
319,816
318,698
312,684
300,917
296,070
284,239
275,746
274,951
9.8
16,492
11,179
' Revised.
* New series. Data on total building includes all types of construction except public works and public utilities. Data beginning 1930 will be shown In a future monthly
Survey.
U. S. 6OVERNHENT PRINTING OFFlCtt 1939
@FedFRASER