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F E D E R A L B 2 S 3 3 V 3 BO AH D E&3-RT 1925-3 STAT3QT? FOR THE TRESS For r e l e a s e i n m o r n i n g p a p e r s , •ruesday, l.'arch. 1 0 , 1 9 2 5 . D e p a r t m e n t S t o r e S a l e s i n F e b r u a r y . 1925 Aggregate s a l e s a t department s t o r e s which r e p o r t e d to the F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a r k s f r o m a l l s e c t i o n s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w e r e a b o u t ovie p e r c e n t s m a l l e r i n F e b r u a r y t h a n t h e e x c e p t i o n a l l y h e a v y volume i n t h o c o r r e s p o n d i n g month l a s t y e a r . ton, Cleveland, Atlanta, districts, districts. S a l e s w o r e s m a l l e r i n t h e Bos- C h i c a g o , and San F r a n c i s c o F e d e r a l r e s e r v e t h e l a r g e s t d e c r e a s e s b e i n g i n t h e C l e v e l a n d and A t l a n t a I n c r e a s e s a m o u n t i n g t o 10 and 14 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y , w e r e r e p o r t e d f r o m t h e D a l l a s and M i n n e a p o l i s d i s t r i c t s . number of s t o r e s r e p o r t e d f r o m p r a c t i c a l l y a l l districts A larger than in J a n u a r y a n d f o r t h e e n t i r e c o u n t r y t h e t o t a l number was 4 7 4 , a s comp a r e d w i t h 578 i n J a n u a r y . Of t h e t o t a l number of s t o r e s r e p o r t i n g , 210 shewed i n c r e a s e s a n d 264 showed d e c r e a s e s . P e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e s i n d o l l a r s a l e s between F e b r u a r y , 1924, and F e b r u a r y , 1 9 2 5 , a r e shown by F e d e r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t s in the f o l l o w i n g table; Districts : Eumber s t o r e s r e p o r t i n g : P e r c e n t a g e of i n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e :Total: Increase D e c r e a s e : compared w i t h F e b r u a r y . 1924 Boston 59 23 36 - 3.5 iTow York 54 23 3.4 31 Phila. 23 72 39 0.6 Cleveland 30 10 20 8.1 Richmond 49 24 25 1.6 Atlanta 28 13 8.0 15 Chi cago 60 18 42 - 4.7 S t . Louis 21 10 2.6 11 K i n n e a p o l i s 19 6 11 13.9 Kansas C i t y 19 6 13 3.3 Dallas 13 12 10.0 1 San F r a n , 50 19 31 - 3.6 U. S . 474 210 264 - 1.0