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AUGUST, 1928
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INTRODUCTION
The SURVEY OF CUBRENT BUSINESS is designed to
present each month a picture of the business situation
by setting forth th$ principal f&cts regarding the v$ri~
ous^ lines of trade and industry; The figures reported
are very largely xtho^ .already m existence. The
chief function of the department is to bring together
these data which, if available at all, are scattered
in hundreds of different, publications. A portion of
these data is collected by Government departments,
other figures are, compiled by technical journals, and
still others are reported by tr^de associations.'
At semiannual intervals detailed tables are, pub' lished giving, for each item, monthly figures for the
.past two years and ye&fly^comparisons, where available, back to 1913; also jblank;liiies sufficient for ,si£
, months,have been left; ai;the> bottom of each;table,
enabling those who ^are'to do^so to enter new figures
as soon as they appear {^ee TablesHl to 115). In the
intervening mojiths the more important comparisons
only are £iv6n .in the tWble entitled '*' Trend of busk
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has, arranged to distribute supplements every weak to
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as has been received 'during the week ending, on,the
preceding Tuesday. The monthly inforniation contained in these bulletins Js republished in the SURVEY,
•and thie, supplements, also contain charts and tables
of weekly data.
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RELATIVE AND INDEX NUMBERS
To. facilitate comparison between different important items and to .chart series expressed in different;
units, relative numbers /(qften .called "index n;u#ibers," a term referring morp p&rticularfy to a special
kind of number described below) have been €aMulated. The monthly average for 1923-1925 Iras
usually been used aa a,;b^se equal to 100,
The relative nuthl^ers are computed by allowing the,
monthly average for tjhe base year or period ip equal
100. If the movement fdr a c^rreiit month is greater
than the base, the relativ^iiiimber willbp greater than ,
100^ and vice versa. The.d^&rence between 1QO and
the relative number will givl at once the per cent
increase or decrease compared with the base period.< J
Thus a relative nuinb&t V6l HSlneahs an increase of 15"
per cent over the base period^ while & relative, BUniber
of 80 means a ^decrease of 20 per cent from the base.
Relative numbers may also\be used to calculate th&
approximate percentage increase or decrease it* a moyement from one period to the n&xt. Thus, if a relative
number at one month is 120 and for a later inonth it
is 144 there has been an increase of 20 per cent. ,
When two or more series of ?elativ6 numbers are
combined by ~a system of weightings, the resulting
series is denominated $n index number. The index
number, by (jombininj? Bpjany relative numbers,
designed to show, the trend of an entire group of
industries or for the country as a whole, instead of for
the single commodity or industry which the relative
number,covers. Comparisons with the base year or
with other periods are made in the same manner as in
the case of relative numbers, ,
RATIO CHARTS
In most instances the charts used in .the SURVEY
OF CURRENT BUSINESS are of the type termed "Ratio
Charts'' (logarithmic scale), notably the Business
Indicator charts on page 2. These charts show the
percentage increase and allow direct comparisons
between the slope of one curve and that of any other
curve regardless of its: location on the diagram; that
is, a 10 per cent increase in an item is given the same
" vertical movement whether its curve ^is, near the bottom or near the top of the chart. ; The difference
between this and the ordinary arithmetic form of
chart can be made <?Iear by an. example* If a certain
item having a .relative number of 400 in one month
increases 10 per cent ia the following month, its
relative number will be 440, and on aa ordinary
chart would be plotted 40 equidistant scale points
.higher than the preceding months Another movement with a relative; number of, say, 50 also increases
10 per cent, making its relative number 55. On the
ordinary (arithmetic) scale this item would rise only 5
equidistant points, whereas the previous item rose 40
points, yet each showed the same percentage increase.
The ratio charts avoid difficulty and give to each
of the two moveinents exactly the same vertical rise,
and hence the slopes of the two lines are directly
comparable. The ratio charts compare percentage
changes, while the arithmetic charts compare absolute
changes.
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RECORD BOOK
As an aid to readers in comparing present data
with monthly statistics in previous years, .the department is compiling a RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS
STATISTICS, in which data now carried in the SURVEY
OF CURRENT BUSINESS are shown by months as far
back as 1909, if available, Full descriptions of the
figures and reports &f how the data are used in actual,
practice fcy business firms are contained in the RECORD
BOOK. The sections covering textiles and inetals have
already been issued and may b^ obtained for 10 cents
per copy from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. (Do not
send stamps,) Notices of other sections will be given
in the SURVEY as they are issued.
METHODS OF USE
Methods of using^ and interpreting current .business
statistics h&ve been collected by the department
from many business concerns and are described in a
booklet entitled "How to Use Current Business
Statistics/' together with methods of collecting statistics. This booklet may be obtained from the
Superintendent of, Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington t). C., at 15 cents per copy. (Do
not send stamps.)
This issue present^ practicmlly complete data for the jnonih of June and contains text coverinff the early weeks of
July {page 1), for which the basic figures in table and chart forrn are presented regularly in the weekly supplements.
As mQStdata covering a particular month's business are not available until from 15 to 30 days after the close of the month,
a compete picture of tfiat month's operations can not be presented at an early date9 but the weekly supplements give
every week the latest data available.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
C O M P I L E D BY
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
IN COOPERATION WITH
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC C O M M E R C E AND B U R E A U OF STANDARDS
August, 1928
WASHINGTON
No. 84
CONTENTS
SUMMARIES
Page
Preliminary summary for July
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Business conditions in June
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Monthly business indicators (table and chart)
2, 3
Weekly business indicators (table)
6
Wholesale prices (table and charts)
9. 10, 11
Semiannual statistical summary of commerce and industry
4, 5
Revised index of commodity stocks
20
Automobiles, building, mining, manufacturing, electric
power, and transportation (charts)
7
Forecast of prospective carloadings, third quarter of
1928
18
Special long-time monthly data on retail lumber sales,
Ohio employment, silk-goods price index, ratio of
brokers' loans to stock values, and life-insurance
lapses
138
Sources of data
Index
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143
INDEX BY SUBJECTS
Textiles
Metals and metal products
Fuels
Automobiles
Rubber
Hides and leather
Paper and printing
Building construction and housing
Lumber products
Stone, clay, and glass products
Chemicals and oils
Foodstuffs and tobacco
Transportation and public utilities
Employment and wages
Distribution movement (trade, advertis., etc.)Banking, finance, and insurance
Foreign exchange and trade
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PRELIMINARY SUMMARY FOR JULY
Business during the early weeks of July, as indicated
by check payments, was greater than in the corresponding period of last year. Operations in steel
plants, although somewhat lower than in June, were
more active than in July, 1927. Employment in
Detroit factories, reflecting conditions in the automobile industry, registered advances over both the
preceding month and the corresponding period of last
year. The volume of new building contracts awarded,
while running low^er than in June, was higher than a
year ago.
Loans and discounts of Federal reserve member
banks showed only slight change from the previous
month, but were higher than a year ago. Interest
rates on time money averaged higher than in either the
previous month or July of last year, while call-loan
rates, averaging lower than in June, also were higher
than a year ago. The general level of wholesale prices
averaged slightly higher than in the previous month,
showing an advance over a year ago. Stock prices
receded from the preceding month but were higher
than a year ago. Prices for bonds, reflecting higher
interest rates, declined from both prior periods. Brokers' loans were further reduced during the month,
following the declines in stock and bond prices. The
Federal reserve ratio showed only little change from
the previous month but was lower than a year ago.
Business failures were less numerous than in the previous month but showed little change from a year ago.
The output of lumber was running smaller than in
either the previous month or July of last year. Bituminous-coal production was higher than in either
prior period. Car loadings of freight showed a slight
decline from a year ago. Petroleum production was
running lower than in July, 1927.
NOW READY—How to Use Current Business Statistics, a 90-page booklet published by the Department of Commerce. Price,
15 cents per copy, from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. See description
on back cover of this issue.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS INDICATORS, 1923-1923
[Ratio charts—see explanations on inside front cover. The curves on check payments, wholesale trade, sales of mail-order houses, 10-cent chains, department store:
and manufacturing and mineral production have been adjusted for normal seasonal variations]
1924 ! !925
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BUILDING CONTRACTS (FLOOR SPACE
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MONTHLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
The principal business indicators are shown below, all calculated on a comparable basis, the average for the years 1923 to 1925
inclusive. Thus the table gives a bird's-eye view of the business situation in a concise form, so that trends of the principal indicators
may be seen at a glance.
Certain indicators, in which there is a marked seasonal movement, are shown with the average seasonal variations eliminated,
as noted below. In this manner a more understanding month-to-month comparison may be made.
MONTHLY AVERAGE
1923
ITEM
1924
1925
1S28
1837
1328
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Apr.
1827
May June July Aug. j Sept. Oct. ! Nov. Dae. I Jan. Feb.
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Apr.
May June
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1923-1925 montbly average=109
Industrial production:
* Total manufacturing
Total minerals
Pig iron
S^eel ingots
Automobiles
Cement
Lumber (5 species)
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
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101. 0
105. 0
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10-18
101. 5
62,1
98.6
105.9
112.8
ISaw material output?
Animal products
Crops
Forest products
Crude petroleum
Bituminous coal
Copper
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&4.0
96.0
88.7
88.7
90.9
99.8
96.2
89.7
9-16
105.0
99. 0
101.5
106.4
107. 7
108. 1
105.2
104. 4
82. <5
10S. 0
107. 0
109.0
113. 1
108. 5
110.0
101.5
108. 5
89.7
106. d
107. Oj
101. OJ
104.6
85. 7J
115. 3
94,6
120. 3
97.0
100.0 104.0 96.0 96.0 97.0
92.0 104.0 104.0 109.0 113.0
99.0 97.0 104. 0 98.0 93.0
99.4 99. 9 103.7 104.6 121.41
108.0 92.5 99.5 109.7 99.4
93.4 100.2 106.4 110.2 104.9
Power and construction:
Electric power
Building contracts (37 States)
92.5
89.7
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107. 0 111. 0 - G. 0 110. 0
10P. 0 If" 0 105. 0 F3 0
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96 1 07 I 1^7. 1 :C6.
ilo.* ir.r 13C.4 i-n.5
70.2 93.1 125. 2 121. 2
78. G 70 I 82.3 .08. 4
76. 1 &7 2 J7. 1 fc°. 7
113. 5 ir s .1^.3 102.3
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110.0 109.0
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120. 0 120. I
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95.0 115.0 123. 0 109.0 105.0 87.0 95.0 92.0 88. o| 96.0 94. 0 97.0 95.0
62.0 62.0 60.0 65.0 115. 0 183.0 219. 0 166. 0 120. ol 88.0 81.0 77.0 81.0
93.0 99.0 96.0 89.0 99.0 98. 0 96.0 93.0 86.08 81.0 87. 0 97.0 96.0
118.2 124.2 121.4 127. 6 127.1 122. 3 125.6 120. 2 120. 71 117. 8 110. 9 122.2 117. 5
79.6 81.2 84.1 77.2 95.7 98.2 101.0 93.3 94. 8| 101. 5 94.9 100. 9 73.9
107.8 108. 6 105.4 99.4 102. G 100.0 106.1 103.2 101. 98 103. 8 102.2 106.6 105.7
108. 0 117.0
72.0 52.0
101.0 98.0
122. 5 118.1
84. 1 82.6
111.8 110. 6
109.0
10-1. 0
114.5
119. 4;
122.6
113,0
91.0
120.6
92.8
111.0
108. 0
113.5
117. 1
122. 4
134.4
101.9
123.3
93.6
108. 0 106. 0 107. 0
104. 0 100. 0 106. Q!
103.4 08.8 98.6
101. 1 S2.7 101. 2
97.5 81.3 93.5
138. 6 140.1 147.4
99.9 96.5 107,5
129.1 no. 9 123.4
95.0 84.1 98.1
121.7
125.8
Stocks :
* General index
* Manfd. commodities (28)
Cotton
Copper (refined)
94.5 102.0 103. 5 114.6 120. 5 115.3 107.8 106.1
93.8 103.2 103.0 106.3 111.5 111.3 111.1 113.6
102 5 91.4 108.2 145. 5 163.2 148.2 124.0 100.3
106.4 113.9 73.1 64.8 85.4 87.7 95.5 85.1
Prices:
Farm products, to producers
Wholesale, all commodities. _
Retail foorL.
Cost of living (including food)
.
87.0
83.6
91. S
90.6
84.8
82.1
74. C
71. 1
77.2
72.4
74.2
63.9
02.
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00. .'
87.1
72.2
63.0
72.1
85.8
71.5
66.9
68.8
65.9
67. C
70.0
67.1
72,4
71. 5^ 81.2
83. 2| 89.5
81.6
92.1
81. 4
90.8
76.8
81.1
73. 5
71.6
75.0
76.2
104. 1 108.2 119.0 131. 7 134.2 133. 4| 129. 0 130. 0 127.0 122. 0 116. 0 109.0
115.7 114.1 112.8 108.6 109. 6 111.4| 115.0 120. 0 120. 0 119.0 113.0 119.0
85.8 87.6 135.2 179. 8 200. 0 195. 81 178. 8 159.1 135.7 117.8 96.7 74. 6
92.2 82.7 76.4 74.1 80.3 84. 21 85.2 76.8 77.1 64.4 58.6 52.0
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106.8
S6.3
97.2
98.0
97.8 67.1 106.5 98,6
99.7 97.2 102.6 99.1
97.6 97.6 104.9 107.6
98.1 99.9 102.3 1C2.3
34. 3
96.6
05.6
91.2 96.7 111.9 119.6 132.5 134. 3 127.7
101.0 98.0 101.0 gao 95.0 64.0 95-0
98.0 99.0 103.0 106.0 106,0 105.0 103.0
92.0 98.0 110. C 115. 0 120.0 113. 0 118.0
88.0 99.0 113.0 125.0 138. 0 137.0 132.0
97.8 93.1 109.0 114.3 107.0 118, 3 107. 3
91.5 100.8 107.8 105.5 106.8 109.4 103.6
Transportation:
* Car loadings. ._
Freight, net ton-miles
99.8
102.2
Finance:
Member bank loans and discounts. 94.1
Interest rate (commercial paper) _ _ 116.2
Federal reserve ratio
99.0
Price, corporation bonds
96.4
Price, railroad stocks
86.0
Price, industrial stocks
86.1
Failures (liabilities)..
106.0
97.6 102.8 103.8 104.0
95.9 101.9 109.1 101.5
98.5
90.0
104. 1
99.9
96.1
91.9
106.8
107.4
93.5
96.9
103.6
117.9
122.0
87.2
112.9
100.9
96.0
108.0
133.4
132.4
80.4
©5.0
93.1
93.2
63.8
93.4
91.6
90.7JJ 83.8
S4.9 90.6 91.3 94.2 94.2 95.7 101.4 100. 7 £9.3 99.3|
95.4 92.9 92.9 93.0 93.3 94.4 95. 6 96.1 95.8 95.93
103.6 102.9 103.6 106.2 102. 9 101. C 102. 9 1G4. 3 10-4.9 104 2jj
89.9 99.9 99.9 109.5 98.7 98.7 99.3 99.9 98.9 99. 9|
Distribution (values) :
* Bank debits, 141 cities
" Wholesale trade.
* Department stores, sales
* Mail-order houses, sales
* 10-cent chains, sales
Imports
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Exports.
102. 0 93.0 U9 ™
105. 0 101. 0 103. Of
93.2 8S 8 90.21
95. 9 90 5 91. W
66.5 4G.7 40 4J
138. 2 1?S 3 O i f j
101.5 I? 4 4 82 9?
119.4 lul 9 105 9j
103. 7 97.8 bS.CJ
98.1 109.5 122.6 133.3 129.3 131.6 129.5 129.2 133.5 131.7 138.2 137.1 143. 8J 144.9 137.0 144.5 136.7 142. 1 139.5
92.7 117.6 111.0 106.8 126.0 111.6 118.6 102.4 11G.1 101.9 115.0 105.2 95.28 96,0 103. 7 132. 7 142.4 143.5 142.2
Unfilled orders:
General index
U. S. Steel Corporation
Em ploy m eat:
Factories
105.0
1 05. G
92. 9
94.6
78.9
140.8
105.8
122.2
101. 6
117.3
95.4
99.1
112. 5
162.7
171. 4
102.3
141,0
96.0
109.0
122.0
141.0
105,9
112.0
130.7
91.0
105.0
117.0
144.0
110.1
128.7
182.1
65.0
107. 0
119.0
140.0
106.6
121,4
86.1 109.2 128.9 102.7 103.3 103.3 101.3
99.4 107.5 103.1 102.9 112.6 115.1 122.1
95.2
99.8
114.6
95.8
103. 0
111.9
158. 3
159. 8
125.4
116.7
95.8
99.5
112.1
162.4
167.6
89.1
129.7
93.0
104.0
121.0
135.0
109.9
94.0
117.5
98.6
100.5
111.2
165.3
168.8
81.3
127.8
95.0
103.0
127. G
139.0
98.9
90.1
115.7
98.6
103.2
111.4
167.3
177.3
101.8
' Seasonal adjustments.
137.6
100.0
111.0
133.0
140.0
114.2
98.7
117.3
92.8
101.4
112.9
167.9
183.7
92.4
119.3
92.8
08.8
113.4
171.5
193.9
77.3
120.0
92.8
96.4
114.4
168.5
188.4
85.5
121.4
92.8
92.2
114.9
171.6
190.0
85.3
91.2
91.8
91.4
91.2
91.3
99.3 67.8 99. 3 101.4 107. 2 105.1
85.4 95.5 95.1 96,5 97.7 96. 7
103. C 101.3 101. 2 101.6 102. 8 102. 0
C9.2 98.4 98.1 87,9 98. 4 08.0
j
136. 0? 142. 1 1^9. fi
93. Ol 95.1 97. 0
ni.ci 105.0 105. 0
128. OR 113. 0 116. 0
147. of 140. 0 142. C
102. 5g 104. C 108.7
107 4l "^08.2 97.8
164. 8
92.8
105.0
113. 0
142. 0
117. 8
110.8
161. 8
89. 2
103. 0
117. 0
147.0
107. 2
95.9
IG8. 8
96.2
104. 0
132. 0
144. G
109. 8
111.1
165.4
89. 2
105. 0
144. 0
153. 0
98.1
102.7
96. Sj 68. G 101.8 129. G 83.0 106. 4 127.0
§2.7.1 97,2 95.7 105.8 96.1 105 2
123. 2|
92.81
86. 5|
116. 6j
171. IB
193. 71
120.91
121. 9
92.8
95.5
115.9
169. 1
193. 5
112.3
120. 9
92.8
96.0
115.8
164.7
191.2
106.3
123.3
95.8
95.6
115.7
170.1
204.8
129.3
127.3
101. 6
90.9
116.0
176.0
210. 4
82.5
126.9
104.4
89.2
115.0
178. 9
213.2
85.2
128. 4
113.2
84. 7J
112.3
169. 6'
202.1
66.0
MID^YEAK STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: 1924-1923
The following table contains a review of production since 1924. A similar presentation for the entire year
and distribution by principal industries and branches 1927, with comparisons since 1923, was given in the
of commerce for the first half of 1928, with comparisons February, 1928, issue of the Survey.
VOLUME OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN 1928, JANUARY-JUNE, INCLUSIVE
1924
ITEM
1925
1926
1927
1928
38, 746
2,718
40, 974
2,665
FOODSTUFFS
Corn grindings (bu. —000 omitted)
38, 830
Sugar meltings (long tons—000 omitted) . . 2,452
Oleomargarine production (Ibs. —000
123, 595
omitted)
677, 917
Butter production (Ibs.—000 omitted)
Condensed and evaporated milk produc927, 734
tion (Ibs.—000 omitted)
Egg receipts (cases —000 omitted)
__ 10, 327
94, 901
Fish catch (Ibs. —000 omitted)
Meat production, inspected slaughter
(Ibs.—000,000 omitted):
2,438
Beef products
__
4,735
Pork products
219
Lamb and mutton products
_ _
Cottonseed -oil production (Ibs.—000,000
386
omitted)
Wheat-flour production (bbls.— 000,000
60
omitted)
34, 342
2,734
47, 545
2,278
108, 046 121, 153 135, 708 152, 890
676, 395 759, 784 829, 166 764, 318
949, 616 990, 015 1,067,542 1,061,074
10, 422 10, 170 11, 162 10, 842
113, 488 120, 839 138, 898 143, 322
2,570
3,948
233
2,754
3,845
248
2,602
4, 151
241
2,327
4,806
249
631
734
848
529
56
56
55
TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Consumption (000 omitted):
263, 948 263, 412 240, 449 279, 904 264, 254
Wool (pounds) _ _
3,794
3,345
3,351
2,816
3,396
Cotton (bales)
289
167
240
237
275
Silk (bales)
Production (000 omitted):
2,574
2,125
2, 501
2,919
1,811
Fine cotton goods (pieces) _
_ __
Boots and shoes (pairs— 000 omitted) 157, 901 160, 450 154, 307 165, 074 166, 399
Knit underwear (dozen garments—
6,175
7,308
6,677
6,386
6, 770
000 omitted)
Hosiery (dozen pairs—000 omitted).. 21, 277 23, 219 21, 375 22, 824 21, 001
Men's and boys' suits (dozen —000
13, 354 14, 740 14, 456 12, 807
omitted)
METALS AND EQUIPMENT
Production (000 omitted):
Pig iron (long tons)
Steel ingots (long tons) _ _ .. _
Steel sheets (short tons)
Tin (consumption —long tons).
Production (short tons):
Zinc. Copper
New orders:
Structural steel (short
omitted)
Steel castings (short
tons— 000
tons— 000
Fabricated steel plate (short tons—
000 omitted)
Machine tool orders (index number).
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
Locomotive shipments (number)
Freight-car shipments (number)
PRODUCTION OF FUEL AND
POWER
Coal (short tons —000 omitted) :
Anthracite
Bituminous _
Coke (short tons—000 omitted):
Total
Petroleum, products (000,000 omitted):
Crude petroleum (bbls. —42 gal.)
Gasoline (bbls.—42 gal.)
Kerosene (bbls.—42 gal.)
Gas and fuel oil _ _ _ _ . - _ _ _ Electrical energy, central stations (kw.
hours— 000,000 omitted) :
Total
By water power
By fuels
PAPER
Production (short tons— 000 omitted) :
Newsprint
Book paper
Wrapping paper
Wood pulp
-_
26, 284
17, 414
19, 737
1,353
35
28, 765
19,011
22, 383
1,698
39
29, 812
19, 847
24, 154
1, 775
40
28, 352
19,431
23, 807
1, 825
37
27, 902
18, 522
24, 793
2,002
38
277, 474 293, 192 319, 300 317, 425 316,077
393, 107 429, 792 433, 198 426, 98S 422, 623
1,284
1,378
1,433
1,395
1, 586
528
500
575
537
506
149
104
178
130
249
151
265
135
259
214
756
32, 881
619
53, 468
901
46, 450
570
28, 388
314
20, 173
ITEM
24, 027
25, 054
28, 632
26, 532
25, 448
355
105
29
14
157
370
125
30
15
175
359
143
31
16
174
438
161
28
15
193
435
175
30
202
17
29, 105
10, 441
18, 664
31, 633
11,373
20, 260
35, 547
13, 148
22, 399
39,411
15, 205
24, 206
42, 359
17, 401
24, 957
754
616
511
2,257
763
649
539
2,197
844
680
531
2,315
775
680
543
2,215
715
761
571
2,157
1925
1926
1927
1928
BUILDING AND BUILDING
MATERIALS
Contracts awarded (36 States—000,000
omitted):
Total floor space (sq. ft.)
Total value (dolls.)
Lumber production (board feet— 000,000
omitted):
Southern pine.. .
Douglas fir
California redwood. .
California white pine
Western pine .
North Carolina pine_. . _ .
Northern hemlock
Northern hardwoods
Northern pine lumber
Northern pine lath _ .
Oak flooring
Maple flooring
Brick production (000 omitted) :
Face brick (average per firm)
Cement (bbls.—000 omitted) :
Production
_ ________
Shipments
Sanitary enamel ware shipments (pieces—
000 omitted):
Baths
Lavatories
Sinks
390
2,322
407
2,660
434
2,990
411
3,073
484
3,318
2,756
3,018
306
482
840
293
123
272
281
68
196
56
2,882
3,205
268
530
840
321
90
267
296
76
248
51
2,724
3,302
273
677
853
297
101
271
245
62
272
56
2,549
2,959
224
467
756
299
107
228
244
60
229
55
2,570
2,918
250
98
224
235
46
252
45
3,730
4,153
4,076
4,355
3,910
66, 787
62, 496
72, 842
70, 086
71, 824
71, 105
75, 058
74, 775
77, 005
73, 953
600
748
802
632
745
773
618
717
709
584
646
670
593
685
701
1, 775
187
1,866
216
2,070
235
1,803
266
1,966
236
18, 943
23 480
23, 401
399
30 984
23. 161
'319
29, 674
26, 341
338
28, 464
92
84
92
100
94
113
108
104
139
109
116
161
116
128
202
13
596
155
13
600
166
14
644
179
14
623
185
15
601
188
2,090
1,850
2,363
2,064
2,207
2,303
2,367
2,124
2, 379
2, 087
132
97.9
144
163
147
103.5
152
166
141
101.2
162
169
127
94.7
156
165
140
97.1
153
162
115
1,796
202
1,868
218
1,626
279
1,982
416
1,701
61.93
109. 31
79.22
138. 83
77.04
89.55
160. 83
79. 88
108. 96
194. 37
82.78
119. 94
253. 60
85.61
AUTOMOBILES AND TIRES
Automobile production (000 omitted):
Trucks!
Rubber tires, production (000 omitted):
Pneumatic tires
___ _ _
Solid tires and cushions
Inner tubes
DISTRIBUTION
Sales (index numbers) :
r f ! o
to]
i" ,
32 grocery chains ....
Advertising, agate lines (000, 000 omitted):
Newspaper, 22 cities
Postal receipts (dollars— 000,000 omitted).
Foreign trade of United Stales (dollars—
000,000 omitted):
Exports
Imports
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
Farm prices (rel to 1909-1914)
Wholesale prices (rel. to 1926)
Retail food prices (rel. to 1913)
Cost of living (rel. to July, 1914)
44, 757 43, 969 36, 254 40, 897 37, 103
235, 260 234, 886 267, 506 276, 629 234, 289
1924
BANKING AND FINANCE
Securities:
Sales (000,000 omitted)—
Stocks (shares). . ... __ __ _
Bonds, total (dolls.)
Prices monthly average (dolls.) —
25 railroad stocks. ...
|
25 industrials
i Banking and insurance (dollars—009,000
omitted):
TO gp
4, 456
5,133
6, 241
5, 668
5,819
Check payments (debits)—
Outside New York City
118,971 124, 737 133, 517 138. 530 151, 209
New York City
127, 532 154, 042 172, 424 189, 474 247, 913
Interest rates, average (per cent)—
New York call loans
3.77
3.76
4.29
5.01
4.21
Commercial paper 60-90 days
4.44
3.84
4.32
4.23
4.17
Business failures:
^ns
Liabilities (dollars— 000,000 omitted).
304
210
282
247
Firms (number).. .... _ .... . 10, 785 11, 420 11,476 12, 296 12,831
MID-YEAR STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: 1925-1928—Continued
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES HELD AT MID-YEAR INVENTORY PERIODS
19
»
May
192 8
19 37
19 26
May
May
June
May
61, 554
884, 574
1,535
376, 868
22, 363
65, 121
30, 420
5, 900
16, 040
37, 530
1, 657
7, 181
145, 919
63, 687
61, 992
46, 468
38, 379
9,482
58, 562
31, 980
52, 579
681, 296
1, 697
519, 595
29, 437
285, 307
20, 125
6,400
27, 469
39, 995
2,393
9,984
106, 824
30, 561
52, 167
39, 346
34, 815
7,236
42, 808
21, 540
223, 542
1, 847, 225
1, 179, 488
i 2, 040, 067
975, 043
1, 868, 296
305, 958
2,483
42, 517
6,235
1, 252
264, 158
382, 596
1,885
44, 016
6,039
1,279
256, 800
i 331, 324
4,414
31, 143
6,128
1,379
281, 354
21, 049
133, 513
48, 340
21, 210
1,404
25, 404
132, 552
54, 373
22, 906
2, 054
1, 152, 617
493, 023
19, 332
4,734
51, 254
29, 165
3,378
18, 440
1,688
119, 104
232,811
286,317
26, 761
161, 970
1, 184, 431
545, 982
19, 515
4,374
53, 494
28, 504
3,075
16, 409
1, 589
101, 925
227, 018
279, 287
35, 402
210, 059
June
50, 413
899, 826
1, 210
370, 898
73, 029
149, 467
30, 002
6,300
31, 528
22, 350
947
2,213
111,976
25, 404
50, 864
35, 826
71, 605
8,962
61, 525
29, 782
48, 688
722, 703
1,871
541, 467
15, 142
229, 855
13, 273
6,500
32, 279
38, 768
2,835
10, 748
120, 527
86, 897
68,771
54, 069
45, 688
9,133
36, 730
31, 345
June
43, 756
991, 593
1, 360
361, 915
33, 985
101, 748
23, 544
6, 250
36, 239
18, 110
1, 143
June
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
Beef products
Pork products
Lamb and mutton
Sugar (raw at refineries)
Cottonseed oil
Cottonseed cake and meal
Wheat (visible United States)
Wheat flour
Corn (visible United States)
Oats (visible, United States)
Barlev (visible)
Rvo (visible^
Lard
Butter
...
Cheese all varieties
Cheese American
Eggs frozen
Eg^s case
Poultry
Fish
Coffee (visible, United States)
Rice (domestic)
Tobacco
. _
74, 618
Thous. of Ibs
_
886, 713
Thous. of Ibs
1, 913
Thous. of Ibs
325, 906
_ _ Long tons
44, 339
Thous. of Ibs ._
100, 085
Short tons
36,911
Thous. of bush
5, 700
Thous. of bbls
18, 676
Thous of bush
Thous. of bush
37, 520
Thous. of bush___
1, 809
8, 507
Thous. of bush
138, 295
Thous. of Ibs . _
Thous. of Ibs
13, 036
42, 888
Thous. of Ibs
Thous. of lbs_._
_
29, 550
29, 544
Thous. of Ibs
7,712
Thous of cases
. __
68, 126
Thous. of Ibs
23, 749
Thous. of Ibs
537
Thous. of bags . 363, 747
Thous. of pockets
1 2, 035, 678
Thous. of Ibs
713
32, 210
1, 128, 524
2, 163
682, 591
33, 509
45, 387
40, 480
147, 318
89, 996
67, 216
49, 999
81, 263
10, 565
50, 065
36, 696
37, 212
1, 105, 439
1, 276
701, 624
47, 409
59, 745
50, 381
6, 300
27, 554
7,319
1,435
1, 696
188, 073
15, 952
48, 990
36,716
67, 941
8,168
43, 872
26, 358
1, 400, 980
2, 081, 695
1, 181, 230
1, 841, 078
1, 455, 366
i 1, 998, 145
1, 067, 092
1, 734, 378
397, 446
3,679
29, 111
6,397
1,484
293, 615
i 291, 657
4,659
35, 527
7,914
1,527
230, 924
385, 615
3,776
37, 024
8,141
1,623
226, 274
261, 749
3, 637
42, 088
9,030
1,709
241, 264
385, 407
2,805
41, 127
8,980
1,766
17, 387
178, 539
44, 021
29, 934
1,739
21, 512
176, 428
46, 751
25, 760
2,409
22, 971
173, 986
62, 435
42, 046
1,604
26, 973
168, 155
52, 094
43, 858
1,519
18, 877
166, 711
58, 585
45, 225
3,708
22, 981
151, 606
53, 868
44, 468
2,148
1, 102, 498
521, 237
16, 974
2,151
60, 282
31, 689
4,269
21, 255
2,082
164, 614
249, 171
307, 405
26, 719
85, 026
1, 086, 086
605, 169
16, 992
2,961
59, 737
30,290
3,054
19, 000
2, 028
158, 897
248, 959
294, 587
36, 532
112, 514
1, 218, 391
482, 405
10,915
2,882
51, 430
25, 055
2,806
23, 503
2,507
158, 014
243, 959
303, 586
47, 264
153, 445
1, 208, 417
551, 687
11,063
3 083
58, 276
25, 061
3, 181
20, 972
2, 625
139, 463
219, 007
267, 871
52, 340
165 991
1, 101, 740
473, 560
13, 264
3,009
75, 948
27, 514
2,366
25, 927
2,517
135, 793
183, 173
239, 678
46, 741
128, 789
1, 090, 126
583
947
743
647
1
788
17, ^51
3, 3(»2
711
1,465
214, 465
69, 343
68, 493
53, 617
77, 690
9,998
38, 182
40, 895
775
861
CLOTHING MATERIALS
Wool grease equivalent (mills and dealers)
Cotton (mills and warehouses)
Silk (warehouses) _ .
Hosiery
Knit underwear
Hides and skins
Thous
Thous.
Bales
Thous.
Thous.
Thous
1
of Ibs
of bales
of doz. pairs...
of dozens
of Ibs
METALS
Thous. of long tons
Short tons
Barrels
Short tons
Long tons
Iron ore
Steel sheets
Steel barrels
Zinc
Tin (United States)
CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS
M feet b. m
M feet b. m
M feet b. m
_ _ _.
M feet log measure
M feet b. m
M feet b. m
Tons
Thous. of bbls
Thousands. _.
Number
Number
Number
Barrels
Barrels
Yellow pine
California white pine
Walnut lumber
Walnut logs
Oak flooring
Maple flooring _ _ _
Roofing felt
Cement
Face brick _
Baths (enamel)
Lavatories (enamel)
Sinks (enamel)
Turpentine (3 ports) ..
Rosin (3 ports)
13, 530
2, 75-2
71,425
26, 271
2,153
25, 021
2, 495
120, 723
173,898
227, 929
61, 336
165, 604
RUBBER AND PAPER
Thousands
Thousands
Short tons
Short tons
Short tons
Pneumatic tires
Solid tires and cushions
Newsprint (at mills)
Wood pulp, mechanicalWood pulp, chemical
1
Quarter ending Mar. 31.
6,477
5,449
9,271
8,989
9,370
9,369
9,794
32, 037
288, 978
37, 980
31, 864
294, 358
38, 012
18, 207
234, 037
39, 274
18, 852
241, 754
42, 132
24, 233
243, 762
39, 120
26, 549
238, 231
39, 086
37, 207
186, 377
42, 120
158
_
155
214
215
178
Unit
COMMODITY
1925
156
39, 979
184, 682
45, 882
UNFILLED ORDERS FOR SPECIFIED COMMODITIES
JUNE 30—
Hosiery
Knit underwear
Cotton finishing
Pyroxylin coated textiles
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized
Steel (U. S. Steel Corporation). _
Locomotives. _
Ocik flooring
Maple flooring _
Baths (enamel)-. Small ware (enamel)
Face brick
Common brick
Freight cars
Ships ._
Furniture
_
Boxboard.
.
Illuminating glassware
186
_
Thous. of doz. pairs...
Thous. of dozens
Days
Thous of linear yds
Short tons
Thous. of long tons
Number
M feet b m
M feet b. m
Number
Number
___
Thousands
Thousands
Number
Thous. of gross tons
No. of days' supply. ..
Short tons
No. of weeks' supply..
8,302
2,935
4.0
1.730
440, 687
3,710
411
50, 092
9,498
111,797
252, 991
1, 153
326, 226
27, 458
186
56
92, 401
2.3
1926
6, 229
2, 391
'4.2
2,374
422, 237
3,479
667
41, 741
9,317
80, 050
172, 026
1, 130
220, 078
34, 874
199
60
109, 559
2.5
1927
6,342
2,614
5.5
2,671
399, 562
3,053
400
37, 983
11,634
45, 479
115, 375
1,113
254, 191
21, 956
219
53
94, 847
1.3
1928
Percentage
change
June 30,
1928, from
June 30,
1927
4,743
2,060
3.6
4,226
526, 798
3, 637
201
49, 002
10, 500
121, 061
315, 920
950
260, 970
12, 446
264
-25. 2
-21. 2
-34.5
+58.2
+31.8
+19.1
-49.7
+29. 0
-9.7
+66.2
+73.8
-14. 6
+2.7
-43.3
+20.5
77, 882
1.3
-17.9
0
DECEMBER 31—
1925
1928
6, 206
2, 736
5. 5
1,677
677, 907
5,033
708
61, 103
9,076
83,831
189, 157
770
253, 490
40, 015
232
56
107, 756
1.9
5,100
1,562
5.0
2, 523
529, 940
3,961
398
35, 995
9,706
49, 804
127, 104
673
311, 979
18, 481
314
42
86, 562
1.0
1927
5,395
1,912
3.9
2,979
745, 393
3,973
232
27, 887
8,736
33, 160
104, 774
730
224, 825
12, 431
204
29
74, 729
1.0
6
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WHOLESALE JUICES
TBADE
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Federal Reserve Board: Call-money and Time-money rates, and Bond prices from Wall Street Journal: Stock prices from Annalist; Business failures from J2. G. Dun& Co. Detroit2 employment from The Employers' Association of Detroit.
The actual week for all items does not always end on the same day.
NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS AND AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
[Relative numbers, monthly average, 1923-1925, taken as 100]
MINERAL PRODUCTION AND RAILROAD TON-MILEAGE
[Relative numbers, monthly average, 1923-1925, taken as 100]
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT, MANUFACTURING, AND ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
[ Relative numbers, monthly average, 1923-1925, taken as 100]
8
BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN JUNE
PRODUCTION
SALES
Manufacturing output, after adjustments for seasonal variation, showed a decline from the previous
month but a gain over June, 1927. Mineral output,
however, was lower than in either period. Movement
of animal products to market in June, although greater
than in May, was lower than a year ago. Crop marketings showed declines from both prior periods. The output of forest products registered a decline from the preceding month but showed no change from a year ago.
The general index of unfilled orders for manufactured
goods showed a gain over the previous month and
June, 1927. As compared with May, unfilled orders
for textiles and transportation equipment were lower,
but orders for iron and steel and lumber showed
advances. Contrasted with a year ago, higher unfilled
orders for iron and steel and lumber were more than
sufficient to offset declines in textiles and transportation equipment.
PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS FOR MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES
[1923-1925 monthly average—100. Unfilled orders are principally those of iron, steel, building materials, and textiles. June, 1928, is latest month plotted]
1923
1924
1925
COMMODITY STOCKS
Stocks of commodities, according to the revised
index of the Department of Commerce, details of
which are given on page 20 of this issue, were larger
at the end of June than a year ago. The increase over
last year in the general index was due to larger holdings
of both manufactured goods and raw materials. Of
the manufactured goods smaller holdings than a year
ago were registered in nonferrous metals, chemicals and
oils, and lumber, while larger stocks were reported in foodstuffs, iron and steel, textiles, leather,rubber, and stone,
clay, and glass products. In the case of raw materials
declines from a year ago were registered in textiles and
metals, while foodstuffs and chemicals showed advances.
1926
1927
1928
Wholesale trade was smaller in June than in May,
being lower also than a year ago. Contrasted with last
year, all lines of wholesale trade showed declines except
meats and drugs. Retail trade in June, as measured
by department-store sales, after adjustments for
seasonal variation, gained over a year ago as well as
over May. Merchandise stocks of department stores,
however, showed declines from both periods. Sales
by mail-order houses were larger than in either the
previous month or June a year ago, while the volume of
business of 10-cent chain-store systems also showed
gains over both prior periods. Sales by grocery, shoe,
apparel, and drug chains also showed gains over both
periods after adjustments for seasonal variations.
PRICES
Wholesale prices, as reflected by the general index,
averaged lower than in May, but were higher than a
year ago. Compared with May, all groups declined
except fuel and lighting, metals and metal products,
and building materials. Contrasted with last year all
groups showed higher average prices except fuel,
building materials, chemicals, and house furnishings.
Classified by state of manufacture, all groups showed
declines from May but advances over a year ago.
The index of prices received by farmers for their
produce also averaged lower than in May but was
higher than a year ago. All groups showed gains over
factories producing foods, iron and steel products,
lumber, stone, clay and glass products, tobacco manufacturing, and vehicles, while declines were registered
in textiles, leather, paper and printing, chemicals and
oils, and nonferrous metals. Contrasted with a year
ago, all groups showed smaller employment except
vehicles for land transportation, which registered a
gain. The greatest declines from last year in factory
employment occurred in textiles, leather and stone,
clay and glass factories. Factory pay-roll payments
in June were also larger than in May but were lower
than a year ago. As compared with May, increased
payments were noted in factories producing food,
PRICE COMPARISONS
[Prices at wholesale are relative to 1926; farm prices and the cost of living are relative to the average for 1923-1925. June, 1928, is latest month plotted]
130
WHOLESALE
, l.. 1. i .. I., I , , I.,
1923
1924
1926
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
last year except fruits and vegetables. As compared
with May, declines were registered in all groups except
the unclassified items. Retail food costs were lower
than in either the preceding month or June a year ago.
The general cost-of-living index declined from May
and from June, 1927. As compared with May, all
items were unchanged except food and shelter costs,
which declined. Contrasted with a year ago, all items
were lower except clothing, which advanced, and light,
which showed no change.
EMPLOYMENT
The general index of factory employment in June
showed a gain over the preceding month. As compared with May, larger employment was registered in
lumber, leather, paper and printing, tobacco products,
and certain miscellaneous industries, while declines
were registered in textiles, iron and steel, chemicals,
stone, clay and glass, nonferrous metals, and vehicle
factories. Contrasted with a year ago, all groups
showed smaller pay-roll payments except paper and
printing, nonferrous metals, and vehicles.
Reports from the American Federation of Labor
show 89 per cent of union members in representative
cities employed in June, as compared with 87 per cent
in May. Wages of common labor showed no change
from the preceding month but averaged higher than a
year ago. The number of applicants per job at employment agencies declined from a year ago.
10
WHOLESALE PRICES FOR SPECIFIED COMMODITIES
[Relative numbers, 1926 monthly average taken as 100. June, 1928, is latest month plotted. Data from which these charts are drawn are given on the opposite page]
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120
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WHOLESALE PRICES FOR SPECIFIED COMMODITIES
* NOTE .—Prices to producer on farm products and market price of wool are from £7. S. Department 0} Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural JEJcommKa,, noo ferrous metals
i_
from the Engineering and Minino Journal-Press, exeept tin, which is from the American Metal Market. All other prices are from U. 8. Department of Labor Bureau of
Labor Statistics. So far as possible all quotations represent prices to producer or at mill.
RELATIVE P3ICS
ACTUAL PRICB
(dollars)
1926 average =100
Unit
COMMODITIES
Mav,
1928
1928
June,
1927
1. 443
1. 025
1. 033
. 201
43. 00
. 0909
. 0882
.1303
1.320
1.022
. 836
.197
41.25
.0910
.0870
. 1318
1. 301
.889
1.910
.148
26 27
. 0708
.0840
. 1195
96
132
63
124
145
138
66
110
1.502
1.898
1.072
.692
1.041
1. 362
11. 643
. 217
. 55
13. 181
9. 613
7. 313
15. 188
1.376
1. 654
1.033
.714
. 962
1. 257
6. 492
.214
.55
13. 556
10. 119
5.875
13. 031
1.456
1. 448
1. 003
. 503
.916
1.146
7. 633
.168
.42
11.831
' 8. 688
5. 156
13. 250
92
118
136
150
146
133
150
116
115
140
74
135
117
141
161
150
143
137
124
120
138
78
111
111
89
107
136
166
1 39
132
77
122
120
142
&2
89
95
8. 490
7. 631
.045
. 059
. 106
.201
229
.206
.45
.215
7.9.50
96
104
103
106
84
122
130
65
100
94
101
105
104
197
89
122
134
67
100
94
100
108
86
129
1 32
70
98
94
102
101
97
108
99
100
97
87
85
106
105
99
110
104
102
98
110
100
100
81
85
78
85
June,
April,
1928
May,
1928
June,
May,
Juno,
1928'
1927
1927
FAM-M PRODUCTS-AVERAGE PEICE TO PRODUCES
Whoat . ...
Com
Pot^oes
Cotton
Cottonseed
Cattle, beef
1 Hogs _„_.__...
Lambs
...„..-...._....._.......
„
.
„..„.-
.. . .
..
._
.
«,_. __„
„„„ ... _
_. .„
Bushel
Bushel
Bushel
Ponnd
Ton
Pound
Pound
Pound
1
147
56
146
158
141
75
113
131
152
141
74
114
91
104
79
92
96
in
80
103
96
127
103
98
97
110
71
103
FARM PRODUCTS— MARKET PEICE
Wheat, No. 1, northern spring (Minneapolis) _ _ ._
Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (Chicago)
_„__ _ _ _.
Corn, contract grade No. 2, cash (Chicago)
Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago)
.„ .
Barley, feeding (Chicago) ... . . . . . . .
Rvo, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
„
Tobacco, leaf, average sales, warehouse (Kentucky)
Cotton, middling upland (New York) ...
.
_.
,_
Wool, % blood combing, Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston)
Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago)
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
„
..
...
Sheop, ewes (Chicago)
. .
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
. ..
... .. .
..
..
Bushel
Bushel
Bushel
Bushel
Bushel —
Bushel
Cwt
Pound ...
Pound
Cwt
Cwt
nwt
Cwt . ..
FOOD
93
94
115
118
129
119
93
89
120
77
90
108
94
94
132
117
132
102
90
96
91
124
70
78
97
|
Flour standard patents (Minnoapolis)
. „ . ...
B arrel
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City) „
„
.
Barrel
Sugar 98° centrifugal (New York)
Pound
Sugar, granulated, in barrels (New York)
.. _
..
Pound
Cottonseed oil, prime yellow (New York)
Pound
Boef, f^ssh, carcass, good native steers (Chicago"* _
...
Pound
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers (New York)
__ Pound .„
Pork, snicked hams (Chicago)
. ...
.. ..
Pound
Butler, creamerv, 92 score (New York)
. ..
Pound ...
Pound
Oleomargarine standard, uncolored (Chicapo) -= . . .....
!
|
7. 180
.043
. 059
. 102
.212
925
.215
.44
.215
TEXTILES
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)
Cotton-print cloth, 64 x 60~38}4"-5.35— yards to pound..
Cotton sheeting, brown 4/4 Trion (New York) __
„__
Worsted yarns, 2/32's cross-bred stock, white, in skein (Boston)
Woman's dross goods, French, 39 inches Bt mills, serge __ _._ _ _ .
Suitings, unfinished worsted— 13-oimoe. mill..
Suitings, serge, li-ounce, 56-58 inch..
„___„
.......
Silk, Japan, 13-15
Hosiery, women's, puro silk, mill
. ... ...
. .
97
Pound
Yard
Yard
Pound
Yard
Yard
Yard
Pound
Dozen pair
i
1
!
I
'
. 380
. 079
. 092
1. 575
1 025
2. 008
2. 095
4. 998
10 290
374
!077
. 091
1. 575
1 025
2. 008
2. 095
4. 851
10. 290
7.913
7. 063
. 046
.060
.0<>2
. 170
. 188
:!f
•m
. 346
.073
.084
1.325
. 975
1.913
2. 048
5. 488
11. 270
94
93
90
111
no
77
10-i
110
84
96
94
94
97
107
110
78
104
130
80
96
94
94
94
97
97
90
94
95
95
94
93
1 1
To
93
i.
LEATHER
Hidf>s preen salted, packers' heavy native steers (Chicago) ... ...
Hides calfskins No 1 country 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago^
Leather cliromo calf, dull or bright "B" grades (Boston)
Leather sole oak soour6d backs he&vy (Boston)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf blucher (Massachusetts)
. .
Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
„_._..„
Pound
Pound
Square foot.
Pound
Pair «
Pair
.240
.295
. 000
.670
6. 750
5.000
.224
. 266
. 530
. 680
6. 750
5.000
. 195
.201
. 480
.490
6.4-90
4. 902
183
170
132
149
10f)
102
175
170
132
153
106
102
160
154
117
155
106
102
120
102
100
103
100
CD
139
116
106
112
100
91)
93
89
93
67
03
92
89
93
60
63
92
90
95
68
63
99
98
94
61
99
99
94
77
61
92
92
94
101
99
72
80
78
92
88
94
103
100
73
79
82
90
83
92
105
101
84
98
98
94
91
95
79
103
83
97
96
94
90
93
76
]0o
85
FUEL
Coal, bituminous, prepared sizes (composite price). .„„
..
..
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (composite price) __„_
„.
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace— at ovens...
Petroleum, crude, Kansas- Oklahoma— at wells
Net ton
Net ton
Long ton
Short ton__
Barrel.
3. 98f>
4. 288
12. 752
2. 095
1. 190
Long ton...
Long ton...
Long ton...
Pound
Pound.....
Pound _.„._
Pound.....
Pound
18. 960
10. 300
33. 000
. 1420
.189
. 0012
. 5154
. OG03
Mfeet
Thous?.nd__
35. 88
13.50
36.40
38.96
13. 50
13.50
79
82
80
82
81
82
87
94
86
82
Barrel
Cwt
Pound
Ton .
Cwt
1. 600
1.875
. 105
15. 500
2.525
3.250
1.600
1. 850
.165
15. 500
2.525
3.250
1.600
1.850
.278
15. 000
2.600
3.250
97
97
48
107
88
94
97
96
43
107
88
94
97
95
43
107
88
94
97
97
79
103
92
94
97
95
73
103
91
94
4. 307
12. 932
2. 800
i. iyo
4. 272
4. 755
13. 057
3. 169
METALS
Pig iron, foundry No, 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
„
.
...
Pip iron basic vallev furnace
Steal billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
. _
.
,
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (Now York)
Brass, sheets^ mill
_
..
. _
.......
Lead, pig, desilverized, for early delivery (New York)...... . . . . . .
.....
Tin Straits (New York)
_
....
Zinc, slab, western (St. Louis).
'8.510
j.'. !50
3? u;,'}
. "MfS
• 9'^9
. 4794
. 0016
1 9. 890
17. 875
33. 000
. 1237
. 177
. 0641
.6742
.0621
BUILDING MATERIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring, mill
Brick common red, domestic building (New York)
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)
Wood pulp, sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news grade (New York)..
Newsprint rolls, contract, mill
Cwt,
I
12
REVIEW OF PRINCIPAL BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
TEXTILES
Wool receipts at Boston were larger in June than in
either the previous month or the same month of last
year, while imports, showing a decline from the preceding month, w^ere larger than in June, 1927. The
consumption of wool by textile mills decreased from
both the preceding month and the same month of
last year, while the total for the first half of 1928 was
also smaller than in the same period of 1927. Machinery activity in woolen mills was likewise smaller in
June than in either prior period.
cotton yarns and fabrics were generally lower than in
the preceding month and higher than a year ago.
Cotton finishers reported smaller billings, new orders
and shipments than in either the preceding month or
last year. Operating activity of cotton finishers in
June was likewise smaller than in either prior period.
Stocks of finished goods, although lower than in the
preceding month were higher than a year ago. [Infilled orders on the books of cotton finishers at the
end of June were lower than at the end of either the
previous month or the same month of 1927.
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925, taken as 100. June, 1928, is latest month plotted. Curves covering imports of wool and exports of cotton are plotted from
12 months' moving monthly averages plotted on the end month]
1923
1924
1923
1925
1926
1927
1928
1924
Exports of raw cotton showed declines from both
prior periods, while the consumption of cotton was likewise smaller in June than in either the previous month
or the same month of 1927. Stocks of cotton held at
the end of June, both at mills and in public storage,
were substantially lower than a year ago. Prices for
cotton, both to the producer and at wholesale, averaged
lower than in May but were higher than a year ago.
Cotton machinery was less active than in either
prior period. Production, new orders and shipments
of cotton textiles were lower than in May. Stocks of
cotton textiles continued to increase, while unfilled
orders at the end of June showed a decline. Prices of
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
192
1923
1924
1925
1926
S927
1928
Imports of raw silk in June were smaller than in
May, showing a decline also from June of last year.
Deliveries of silk to consuming establishments showed
a decline from the previous month but a substantial
gain over last year. For the first six months of 1928,
silk deliveries were larger than in any other comparable period on record. Stocks of silk at manufacturing plants were larger than in either prior
period. Prices of silk averaged lower than in either
the previous month or the same month of 1927.
Imports of rayon were lower than in either the preceding month or June of last year, while rayon prices
showed no change from either period.
13
METALS
Iron-ore consumption in June was smaller than in
May but larger than a year ago. Stocks of iron ore at
the end of the month were smaller than a year ago.
The ratio of furnaces in blast to the total in the industry showed a decline from the previous month but
was higher than a year ago. The production of pig
iron was lower than in either prior period, with a
decline registered also in the total for the first half
year. Wholesale prices for iron averaged lower than
in either the preceding month or June, 1927.
The production of steel ingots, although lower than
in May, was greater than in June of last year, while
the total for the first half of 1928 also recorded an
period. New orders for steel boilers showed gains
over both the preceding month and the same month
of 1927. New orders for fabricated steel plate, although smaller than in May, were larger than a 3^ear
ago.
The production of copper at the mines, although
smaller than in May, was greater than a year ago.
For the first half of 1928, copper production was
smaller than in the same period of 1927. Stocks of
refined copper were considerably smaller at the end
of either the previous month or June, 1927, while
exports were larger than a year ago. Wholesale
prices for copper averaged higher than in either the
preceding month or June of last year.
THE METAL INDUSTRIES
[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925, taken as 100. June, 1928, is latest month plotted. Curve covering zinc stocks is plotted from 12 months' moving
monthly averages plotted on the end month]
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
J923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
192.3
1924
1925
1926
1927
1923
advance over a year ago. Unfilled steel orders at the
end of June were larger than at the end of either the
preceding month or June, 1927. The production of
steel sheets by independent manufacturers showed a
decline from May but was larger than a year ago.
Stocks of steel sheets at the end of the month were
lower than at the end of either the preceding month
or June a year ago.
The output of steel castings registered a decline from
May but was greater than a year ago, while new
orders showed declines from both periods. New
orders for fabricated structural steel were substantially larger than a year ago, but declined from May.
Shipments, however, were larger than in either prior
Imports of tin were smaller than in either the previous month or June a year ago. The price of tin
averaged lower than in either prior period.
Fewer zinc retorts were in operation at the end of
June than at the end of either the previous month or
June of last year. Zinc production, although greater
than a year ago, was smaller than in Ma}7. Stocks
declined from May but gained over last year. Prices
for zinc averaged higher than in May but were lower
than a year ago.
Lead production showed a slight decline from May
and was considerably lower than a year ago. Prices
for lead averaged higher than in May but were lower
than a year ago.
14
FUELS
HIDES AND LEATHER
The output of bituminous coal was smaller than in
May or than in June a year ago, while, for the first
half of 1928, it declined from last year. Mine prices
for bituminous averaged lower than for either prior
period. The production of anthracite coal declined
from both the preceding month and the corresponding
month of last year. The price of anthracite, both at
wholesale and at retail, averaged higher than in May.
The output of coke declined from May but was greater
than a year ago, while coke prices averaged higher
than in May but were lower than in June of last year.
The output of crude petroleum was smaller than a
year ago.
Imports of hides and skins, although lower than in
the previous month, were considerably larger than a
year ago, while the production of hides, as reflected
by the slaughter of cattle, w^as smaller than in either
prior period. The output of sole leather, although
smaller than in May, was larger than in June of last
year. Exports of sole and belting leather were smaller
than a year ago. Prices for leather were generally
higher than in June, 1927. The production of shoes
was smaller than in May, showing a decline also from
June a year ago. For the first six months of the year
the output of shoes, however, gained over the same
period of 1927.
THE FUEL INDUSTRIES
[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100. June, 1928, is latest month plotted where data were available]
COAL PRODUCTION
9
I 8
I I I I , , I i, I.
1924
1923
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
P928
1923
1925
1924
1926
1927
1928
1925
1826
1927
1928
AUTOMOBILES
PAPER AND PRINTING
The production of automobiles in June was smaller
than in May but considerably larger than a year ago,
with the total for the first half of the year also showing
a gain over the same period of last year. Exports of
automobiles were smaller than in May but almost
twice as large as a year ago, while for the first half of
the year exports showed a considerable gain over the
same period of 1927. Shipments of accessories and
parts abroad were larger than in either the preceding
month or the same month of 1927. Foreign assemblies
of automobiles declined from both the preceding
month and June a year ago.
The output of newsprint paper was smaller than
either the previous month or June a year ago. The
Canadian production of newsprint, although smaller
than in May, was considerably larger than ID June,
1927. For the first half of 1928 domestic production
of newsprint was substantially lower, while Canadian
production was greater than in the corresponding
period of last year. Imports of newsprint were greater
than a year ago. Imports of wood pulp, both chemical and mechanical, showed large gains over a year ago.
The price of chemical pulp, showing no change from the
preceding month, averaged lower than a year ago.
15
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
New contracts awarded for building construction,
measured both in value and in floor space, were considerably larger than a year ago, but declined from
May. For the first six months of the year new awards
were more than 10 per cent larger than a year ago in
floor space and 7 per cent larger in value. Building
costs in June showed little change. Fire losses in the
United States and Canada were smaller than in May.
LUMBER AND LUMBER PRODUCTS
Lumber production was generally lower than either
the previous month or the same month of 1927.
.Lumber prices were generally lower than a year ago,
end of June were larger than in the preceding month
but smaller than a year ago, while stocks showed declines from both periods. Prices for common brick
showed no change. New orders for terra cotta showed
a considerable gain over May, being larger also than
in June, 1927. New orders for vitreous-china plumbing fixtures were smaller than a year ago but unfilled
orders gained over last year. Stocks at the end of
the month were smaller than a year ago. Production
and shipments of Portland cement were larger than a
year ago, with the totals for the first half of 1928 also
showing gains over last year. The production of polished plate glass was greater than in either the previous month or June of last year.
THE AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER INDUSTRIES
[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100. Where available, June, 1928, is latest month plotted]
I Ql i i . l n l n . l i l l n l l l l i ' l l l l l l l l i l l i I I I I n h I 1 1 1 I I I l l l h i l l l l i l l u l l l l l l l l t l l l h l l l l l l l l i l l l l l l i
1921
1922.
1923
1924
1921
1922
1923
1925
1926
1927
I92i
I
but averaged higher than in May. Production of oak
flooring declined from May but was greater than a
year ago. Maple flooring showed the opposite trend.
Unfilled orders of oak flooring at the end of June were
.greater than in either period while forward business
.on the books of maple-flooring mills declined from
both periods. Stocks of flooring, both species, were
generally larger than at the end of June, 1927.
STONE AND CLAY PRODUCTS
The production and shipments of face brick in June
were smaller than a year ago but production was greater
;than in May. Unfilled orders for face brick at the
DLuliiL 1 1 1 1 i n I J 1 1 1 1 1 ,
19211022
1921
1922
1923
iG24
1925
1926
1927
1928
CHEMICALS AND OILS
Imports of nitrate of soda, while smaller than in
May, were larger than a year ago. Exports of sulphuric acid gained over the previous month but were
smaller than a year ago. Consumption of fertilizer
was smaller than in June of last year while fertilizer
exports increased. Imports of potash were greater
than either the preceding month or June a year ago.
Exports of vegetable dyes were smaller than a year
ago while coal-tar dye exports were almost twice as
great. Production of refined methanol was greater
than in either the previous month or in June, 1927.
16
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
The visible supply of wheat at the end of June,
both in the United States and Canada, was practically twice as large as a year ago. Receipts of wheat
at primary markets, however, showed a decline from
last year. Wholesale prices averaged lower than in
May while exports showed a gain over the previous
month and a decline from a year ago. The visible
supply of corn w^as likewise smaller than a year ago
while receipts at primary markets were also lower
than in June of last year. Corn prices averaged lower
than in May but were higher than in June, 1927.
Total exports of grains showed declines from both
prior periods.
showing no great change from last year, were substantially lower than in May. Storage holdings of lamb and
mutton were considerably higher than a year ago.
The factory output of butter was smaller than in June
of last year, receipts also declining. Storage holdings
of creamery butter at the end of June were considerably
lower than a year ago. The wholesale price of butter
averaging lower than in May, was higher than a year
ago. The production of cheese, all varieties, was
larger than a year ago, but receipts declined. Cold
storage holdings of cheese were greater than a year ago.
Wholesale prices of cheese averaged higher than in
either the previous month or June a year ago. Receipts of eggs at the markets were slightly lower than.
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRIES
[Relative numbers, monthly average, 1923-1925, taken as 100. May, 1928, is latest month plotted]
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1921
1926
1927
1928
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO
i l l , , I n ! . , i.In | M ! I I | M | M ! M !
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Keceipts and slaughter of cattle at primary markets
were lower than either the previous month or of June
of last year. Prices for cattle averaged higher than
in either prior period. Storage holdings of beef were
lower than a year ago while exports showed a gain.
Wholesale prices for beef were generally higher than
a year ago. Receipts and slaughter of hogs at primary
markets were smaller than a year ago. Prices for hogs
averaged higher than in either prior period. Storage
holdings of pork products were considerably larger
than a year ago while exports were smaller. Wholesale prices for pork products were generally lower than
in June, 1927. Receipts and slaughter of sheep and
lamb were greater than a year ago while prices, though
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
in June, 1927. Case eggs held in storage at the end
of the month were likewise smaller than a year ago.
Imports of sugar were smaller than in either the
previous month or June a year ago. Refiners' stocks
of cane sugar were almost twice as large as a year ago.
Prices of sugar, both raw and refined, averaged lower
than in June, 1927. Imports of coffee were larger
than in either the preceding month or the corresponding period a year earlier.
Exports of unmanufactured tobacco were smaller
than in May or in June of last year. Cigarette exports
showed substantial gains over both periods. The
wholesale price of unmanufactured leaf tobacco averaged lower than in either period.
17
TRANSPORTATION
Freight-car loadings, while greater than in May,
were smaller than a year ago. More surplus freight
cars were available than in either the previous month
or June of last year. Clearances of vessels engaged in
foreign trade showed larger tonnages than in either
prior period. Merchandise-warehouse space at the
end of May was 70 per cent filled as against 69 per
cent at the end of April.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Postal receipts were smaller than in May but larger
than in June a year ago. Newspaper advertising
declined from both prior periods while advertising
Interest rates on call loans, time loans, and prime
commercial paper averaged higher than a year ago.
Loans to brokers and dealers were lower than in the
preceding month but higher than in June of last year.
Business failures showed smaller liabilities than either
the preceding month or June a year ago. New sales
of ordinary life insurance were greater than a year
ago.
GOLD, SILVER, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND TRADE
Receipts of gold at the mint were smaller than in
May but larger than a year ago. Exports of gold
increased over the preceding month, being practically
fifty times as great as a year ago. Silver production
was larger in June than in either prior period. Exports
BUSINESS FAILURES
[Actual number of failures, by lines, plotted as 12 months' moving monthly averages on the end month]
1,000
400
\
GROCERIES AND MEATS
MANUFACTURERS
TRADERS
I n t i l l . I Llnl.
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1928
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
-LUMBER, AND LUMBER,
PRODUCTS
IRON, STEEL AND MACHINERY
•S\. ,-v x>'
MANUFACTURERS
ilnlnii
1924
1923
1925
1926
1927
in magazines, although smaller than in May, was
larger than a year ago. Sales of mail-order houses
were considerably larger than either prior period.
Department-store trade also recorded advances over
both periods.
BANKING AND FINANCE
The volume of check payments both in and outside
of New York was greater than a year ago. Loans and
discounts of Federal reserve member banks were
larger than in either May or a year ago. Bills discounted by member banks with the Federal reserve
banks showed gains over both periods. The reserve
ratio was lower than in either the previous month or
the same month of last year.
731°—28
2
of silver showed gains over both the previous month:
and the same month of last year, with imports making
similar comparisons. The price of silver, averaging
lower than in May, was substantially higher than a
year ago. Stocks of silver, both in the United States
and Canada, were larger than at the end of either the
previous month or June, 1927.
Exchange on the principal foreign countries showed
little change from the preceding month, but as conpared with a year ago, most currencies were higher,
the principal exceptions being the Italian lira, the
Japanese yen arid the Canadian dollar. Imports of
merchandise into the United States were smaller than
in either the previous month or June a year ago.
Merchandise exports, while declining from May, were
larger than in June, 1927.
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PROSPECTIVE CAR LOADINGS, THIRD QUARTER OF 1928
Commodity car loadings by railroads in carload
lots for the third quarter of 1928 are estimated by the
Regional Advisory Boards set up by the American
Railway Association at 6.4 per cent above the corresponding loadings in the second quarter of 1927.
These estimates are compiled from detailed reports of
commodities representing shippers of the various commodities, as first described in the August, 1927, issue
of the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, page 20, and
are comparable to similar data published quarterly
since that date. The boundaries of the various
economic districts set up by these boards are shown
in the accompanying chart.
Outside of the estimated declines of 42 per cent in
cottonseed and its products and 28 per cent in cotton,
the estimated declines from the third quarter of 1927
are small. The largest numerical increase over the
third quarter of 1927 is in coal and coke, the largest
relative increase being estimated for automobiles,
trucks, and carts, with a gain of 16 per cent. Coal
and coke, petroleum, and flour also are estimated to
.have increased 10 per cent or more.
In only 2 out of the 13 districts are decreases estimated from the corresponding quarter of last year.
The Ohio Valley district is estimated to load 5 per cent
less cars than a year ago, almost all of the commodities
for that district showing a decline, with automobiles
and lumber the only exceptions. The Central Western
district also shows a decline in estimates of 3 per cent,
due largely to estimated decreased loadings of grain.
The greatest relative increase in loadings is estimated
for the mid-west district with almost 25 per cent, due
largely to greater coal and coke loadings, which last
year were restricted by labor troubles. The gain in
the Allegheny district is also due largely to the expected
increase in coal traffic. The next largest increase, that
for the trans-Missouri-Kansas district, is due principally to grain and flour, while in the Pacific Northwest an increase of 6 per cent is due in part to a gain
in lumber loadings. The southwest district, with an
increase of almost 6 per cent, shows gains in almost
every line, with cotton, cotton products, and ore
making the only decreases. Other districts showed
increases of from 2 to 5 per cent, except the Southeast,
where the increase was a fraction of 1 per cent.
REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD DISTRICTS
PROSPECTIVE CAR LOADINGS, THIRD QUARTER OF 1928
COMPARED WITH ACTUAL LOADINGS SAME QUARTER OF 1927
(As reported by commodity committees, regional shippers' advisory boards, and compiled by American Railway Association)
Number of cars
COMMODITY GROUPS
Actual
1927
Estimated
1928
Per
cent
inc.
(+)
or dec.
(-)
Number of ears
Actual
1927
District No. 12
NEW ENGLAND
ALL DISTRICTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Estimated
1928
Per
cent
Inc.
(+)
or dec.
(-)
481, 029
Grain, all
233, 466
Flour, meal, and other mill products 76, 441
Hay, straw, and alfalfa
87, 663
Cotton
47, 298
Cottonseed and products, except oil
14, 829
Citrus fruits
160, 697
Other fresh fruits
_ _
54, 530
Potatoes
81, 189
Other fresh vegetables
373, 129
Livestock
28, 150
Poultry and dairy products _ _
2, 473, 313
Coal and coke
817, 261
Ore and concentrates
1, 207, 099
Clay, gravel, sand, and stone l
14, 868
Salt
977, 370
Lumber and forest products
593, 889
Petroleum and petroleum products
56, 055
Sugar sirup, glucose, and molasses
433, 823
Iron and steel
65, 778
Castings machinery and boilers
272, 358
Cement
_
194. 898
Brick and clay products
67, 512
Lime and plaster _
Agricultural implements and vehicles (other
38, 978
than automobiles)
210, 741
Automobiles, trucks, and parts _
75, 247
Fertilizers all kinds
73, 915
Paper printed matter, and books
60, 236
Chemicals and2 explosives
41,975
Canned goods
-
499, 603
261, 497
75, 612
62, 997
27, 612
13, 589
172, 496
58, 163
85, 595
356, 182
29, 256
2, 820, 897
839, 352
1, 274, 183
14, 077
1, 000, 496
653, 174
56, 014
454, 760
67, 875
284, 234
189, 037
69, 131
4-3.9
+12.0
-1.1
—28.1
-41.6
-8.4
+7.3
+6.7
+5.4
-4.5
+3.9
+14.1
+2.7
+5.6
-5.3
+2.4
+10.0
-0. 1
+4.8
+3.2
+4.4
-3.0
+2.4
454
5,465
701
1,477
13
64
2,597
3,284
1,666
1,597
125
24, 296
323
21, 284
54
37, 933
24, 840
2,495
3,971
5, 524
4,285
4,580
4,499
363
4,372
561
1,354
13
64
2,650
3,284
1,750
1, 597
125
23, 096
323
22, 348
54
39, 830
28, 069
2,450
4, 170
5,500
4,521
3,893
4,588
42, 355
244, 510
73, 243
78, 780
63, 063
42, 985
+8.7
+16.0
-2.7
+6.6
+4.7
+2.4
539
2,072
1, 684
11, 635
2, 505
1,483
539
2,113
1, 684
11, 926
2,693
1, 038
-ao. o
9, 313, 737
9, 910, 768
+6.4
171,445
174, 968
+2.1
Total, all commodities listed
i Including crude and powdered gypsum.
2
Number of cars
Actual
1927
Estimated
1928
Per
cent
inc.
(+)
or dec.
(S-)
District No. 8
ATLANTIC STATES
—20.0
—20.0
-20.0
—8.3
15, 227
23, 165
5,268
15, 227
23,160
5,270
+2.0
17, 878
12, 942
37, 244
20, 559
14, 495
37, 968
369, 959
26, 367
154, 921
369, 959
26, 367
162, 667
36, 107
83, 036
13, 079
86, 251
11, 272
77, 046
23, 939
19, 180
7,061
12, 608
21, 650
15,617
11, 186
+5.0
-4.9
+5.0
+5.0
+13.0
-1.8
+5.0
+5.5
-15.0
+2.0
+2.0
+2.5
+7.5
Number of cars
Actual
1927
Estimated
1928
Per
cent
inc.
(+)
or dec.
(-)
District No. 9
ALLEGHENY
2,235
713
805
1,788
713
805
-20.0
5,115
78
57
2,387
5,626
78
57
2,149
+10.0
704, 896
862, 088
+22.3
+5.0
115, 092
127, 867
+11.1
32, 496
93, 000
12, 948
86, 251
11, 272
79, 357
25, 136
20, 139
-10.0
+12.0
-1.0
14, 305
20, 640
13, 762
22, 415
-3.8
+8.6
177,011
5,872
19, 377
40, 076
2,064
194, 004
5,544
21,217
41,719
2,212
+9.6
-5.6
+9.5
+4.1
+7.2
8,332
13, 377
24, 897
15, 617
11,745
4,000
704
2,473
4,160
10, 013
1, 010
3,800
704
2,542
4,543
11,465
1,057
-5.0
+18.0
+6.1
+15.0
+2.8
+9.2
+14.5
+4.7
+2.7 1,133,083 1,326,155
+ 17.0
1, 081, 003 1,110,239
-1-15.0
+12.0
+2.0
+3.0
+5.0
+5.0
+5.0
Also includes catsups, jams, jellies, olives, pickles, preserves, etc.
-10.0
19
PROSPECTIVE CARLOADINGS THIRD QUARTER OF 1928—Continued
COMPARED WITH ACTUAL LOADINGS, SAME QUARTER, OF 1927
(As reported by commodity committees, regional shippers' advisory boards, and compiled by American Railway Association)
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Per
Per
Per
Per
Per
cars
cars
cars
cars
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
inc.
inc.
inc.
Inc.
inc.
(+)
(+)
(+)
(+)
(+)
EstiEstiEstiEstiActual Esti- or dec. Actual mated or dec. Actaai mated or dec. Actual mated or dec. Actual mated or dec.
1927
1927
1927
1927
1M7 mated (-)
(-)
(-)
(-)
(-)
1928
1928
1928
1928
1938
Number of
cars
COMMODITY GROUPS
District No. 2
GREAT LAKES
1
2
3
4
5
Grain, all-..
Flour, meal, and other mill products.
Hay, straw, and alfalfa
Cotton
Cottonseed and products, except oil.
23,898
34, 370
9, 658
24,500
37,000
12,000
+2.5
+7.7
+24.2
2,033
608
2,150
9,259
2,950
600
2,800
8,350
+45.1
-1.3
+30.2
-9.8
District No. 4
OHIO VALLEY
District No. 6
SOUTHEAST
5,720
17, 435
2,429
31,000
13, 872
+5.0
+10.0
-35.1
-50.0
385
39, 065
4,912
4,103
12, 251
325
44, 130
4, 883
4,267
12, 863
-15.5
+13.0
-0.6
+4.0
+5.0
6
7
8
9
10
Citrus fruit
Other fresh fruits
Potatoes
Other fresh vegetables
Livestock
11
12
13
14
15
Poultry and dairy products
Coal and coke
Ore and concentrates
Clav, gravel, sand, and stone 2
Salt
16
17
18
19
20
Lumber and forest products
Petroleum and petroleum products. .
Sugar, sirup, glucose, and molasses
Iron and steel
Castings, machinery, and boilers
13,816
22,047
1, 352
47, 412
13, 796
345, 925 362, 183
13,800
23, 000 ~"+4.~3 58, 822 65,881
9, 173 9,265
1,000 -26.0
49,000
+3.3 27, 777 30, 555
3,271
3, 271
+8.7
15,000
21
22
23
24
Cement
Brick and clay products
Lime and plaster
Agri cultural i mplements and vehicles
other than automobiles
19,477
13, 241
14, 347
20, 000
13, 700
15, 000
+2.7
+3.5
+4.6
23, 311
28, 316
6, 630
25, 642
22, 653
6, 630
8,155
8, 200
+0.6
1,883
+11.8
+0.4
+4.3
+5.9
+5.8
1,282
31, 797
1,050
7, 464
1,799
1,602
31, 797
1, 103
7,389
1, 799
-23. 8
+10.0
-24.1
91, 968
33, 920
2,923
91, 048
44,000
3,300
-1.0
+29.7
+12.9
3,232
1,868
5,597
-6.0 105,068
3, 000
1,800
5,400
92, 459
-7.2
-3.6
-3.5
-12.0
378
4,373
802
40, 515
378
4,000
802
42, 540
+5.0
-18.0
2,868
-20. 0|
1,883
131, 966 147, 500
4,829
4,850
9,049
9,440
12, 275 13,000
2,647
2,800
66,580
36, 522
11,000
33, 855
3,585
25
26
.27
28
29
Automobiles, trucks, and parts
Fertilizers all kinds
Paper, printed matter, and books
Chemicals and3
explosives
Canned goods .
27,510 27, 500
202, 301 202, 000
144, 231 146,000
Total ,all commodities listed.. 770, 427 799, 990
153, 816 149, 245
-0.1 32, 265 34, 129
+1.2 159, 412 163, 510
+3.8 1,054,767 1,055,461
District No. 5
TRANS-MISSOURIKANSAS
1
2
3
4
5
69. 107 109, 325
Grain, all
Flour, meal, and other mill products 41,267 57,000
Hay, straw, and alfalfa
15., 517 15, 517
Cotton
Cottonseed and products, except oil-
3,282
+1.0
21, 340
20, 487
-3.8
+10.0
—20 0
23, 140
14, 823
21, 983
14, 379
-5.0
—3.0
+*25. 0
+5.0
-1.0
16, 918
15,810
13, 348
19, 445
13, 050
12, 360
+0.1 1,183,338 1,124,173
District No. 7
SOUTHWEST
+14.9
-17.5
-7.4
District No. IB
CENTRAL- WESTERN
58, 014
18, 367
5,552
30, 533
13, 327
+50. 0
+10. 0
+ 10.0
-20. 0
-30.0
74, 245
10, 688
2, 743
63, 551
10, 900
2,460
-14.4
+2.0
-10.3
14,260
14, 616
15,200
15,400
+6.6
+5.4
57, 898
57, 558
-0.6
3,483
76, 660
13,260
23, 346
750
3,495
73, 790
12, 650
23,350
750
7,255
-7.0 96, 721 96, 721
+5.0 190, 827 208, 093 ~~+8.~6~ 37, 384
4,436
6,066
6,066
+6.1
4, 867
2,566
5,110
+5.0
6,158
1,722
+5.0
+3.7
1,640
7, 555
38, 245
4,510
2, 550
6, 590
1,275
4, 323
7,000
1,601
63,000
+31.6
+16. 8
+84.9
-6.6
8,806
1,114
1,838
30, 799
7, 926
1,225
2,021
30, 799
-10.0
+10.0
+10.0
11
12
13
14
15
Poultry and dairy products
Coal and coke
Ore and concentrates
Clay, gravel, sand, and stone 2
Salt
6, 620
41, 243
6,988
68, 274
7,433
6,710
41,015
8,420
61, 447
6,000
+1.4
-0.6
+20.5
-10.0
-19.3
1, 162
15, 228
1, 231
69, 731
6,317
1,278
15, 228
1,108
76,704
6,948
+10.0
16
17
18
19
20
Lumber and forest products
40, 960
Petroleum and petroleum products.. 70, 030
Sugar, sirup, glucose, and molasses
4,572
Iron and steel
Castings, machinery, and boilers
1,531
38,100
73, 532
21
22
23
24
Cement
Brick and clay products
Lime and plaster
. .__
Agricultural implements and vehicles, other than automobiles
23, 809
11,810
5,422
26, 117
9,705
4,300
1,697
25
26
27
28
29
Automobiles, trucks, and parts
Fertilizers, all kinds
Paper, printed matter, and books.
Chemicals and3explosives
Canned goods
14, 175
~-io.~6"
+10.0
+10.0
+9.7
-17.8
-20.7
9,847
9,427
5,340
9, 847
10, 369
5,607
+10.0
+5.0
1,800
+6.1
847
1,058
+27. 7
580
722
322
1, 566
712
+6.5
+10.0
+2.1
40, 608
40, 229
9,037
44, 670
39, 000
9,670
32, 133
4, 566
7,004
7,555
10, 755
-8.5
+5.0
+6.5
-15.0
+10.6
+4.9
20, 976
3,442
851
2,954
1,323
20, 625
3, 614
925
3,000
1,323
-1.7
+5.0
+8.7
+1.6
+10.0
-3.1
+7.0
7, 635
3,871
685
7,550
3,871
675
-1.1
19, 000
+15.1
5,347
6,075
+13.6
40. 000
4,400
7, 144
8,000
11,300
+24. 5
-3.6
+2.0
+5. 9
+5.1
326
550
2,228
329
845
342
550
2,228
329
875
+4.9
+24. 5 655, 903 688, (549
+5.0
District No. 11
PACIFIC COAST
+0.2
7,484
6,497
9, 843
241
502
7,500
6,500
10,000
110
400
+1.6
-54. 4
-20.3
14, 380
53, 418
3,111
24, 361
14, 026
13,200
48,000
3,300
26, 200
14,500
+0.3
-3.8
-4.6
726
6, 913
29,928
65, 032
+4.1
+2.3
+1.7
1 5
+3.6
District No. 14
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
22,132
5,528
3,850
-5.3
-5.9
+5.7
-8.2
-10.1
+6.1
+7.5
+3.4
10, 630
1, 630
2,505
5,262
17, 754
2,098
2,729
5, 367
+67. 0
+28.7
+8.9
+2.0
740
6,834
30,000
66,450
+1.9
-1. 1
+0.2
+2.2
1,009
12, 084
4,209
8,047
1,612
11,410
6,355
7,300
+59.8
56
+51.0
-9.3
82, 448
42, 203
10,768
3,668
80, 798
55,000
10, 850
3,431
+30.3
-2.0 195, 243 203, 544
16, 789
3,018
16,000
3,042
3,390
+7.0
23,359
5,876
3,643
1, 665
2,623
7, 360
9,354
9,925
+4.3
+6.1
831
520
750
465
-9.7
-10.6
-4.7
+0.8
5,750
1,568
308
6,055
1,570
310
+5.3
4,357
+28.5
1,782
2,643
7, 360
+7.0
+0.8
134
208
1,804
289
3, 153
855
235
3,003
283
3,228
+538. 0
+13. 0
+66.5
-2.1
+2.4
+2.1 297, 416 316, 358
+6.4
+0.8
-6.5
+25.0
18,100
87, 800
34, 400
8,000
50, 600
15, 600
-5.0 |l, 107,501 1,379,175
38, 676
16, 698
5,048
38, 106
19, 038
+58. 2
+23.2
82, 431
31, 264
7,835
50, 603
14, 871
16, 510
3,250
3,285
5,994
866
67, 467
Total, all commodities listed ._ 513, 067 559, 452
1, 160 +100.0
758
+5.0
354 + 10. 0
1, 644
+5 0
783 + 10. 0
+9. 0 583, 336 616, 322
1,284
1,025
1,000
+5.7 |352, 057 340, 829
Actual loadings 1927 affected by cessation of operations due termination Jacksonville agreement.
Including crude and powdered gypsum.
3 All canned-food products, including catsups, jams, jellies, olives, pickles, preserves, etc.
12, 000 12, 120
+1.0
3,025
3, 176
-4.5 U20,000 360, 000 +200. 0 33, 432 33, 432
-5.0 370, 894 395, 000
129, 495 123, 000
-5.0 239, 560 287, 500 +20.0 22, 207 18, 876
104
210
210
115
+4.7
+12.0
+1.0
+10.0
Citrus fruits.
Other fresh fruits
Potatoes
_.Other fresh vegetables
Livestock.
1
3
25,000
-3.0 887, 276 847, 300
+5.8
+2.6 115,962 110, 164
6
7
8
9
10
4,852
1,588
26,600
District No. 3
NORTHWEST
87, 370
33, 202
14, 498
41, 286
5,720
16,605
2,209
47, 779
27, 745
District No. 1
MID- WEST
-2.4
-3.2 410, 394 418, 997
20
REVISED INDEX OF COMMODITY STOCKS
Continuing the program to bring the general index
numbers to a common postwar base, the index of
commodity stocks of the Department of Commerce
has been revised and is herewith presented by major
groups and subgroups. The changes comprise, in
addition to a change in the base period, revised weightings as well as certain changes occasioned by revisions in original data. Furthermore, the revised index is more complete in that it includes 65 commodities
as against 45 in the old index. Of the 65 items comprised within the index, 46 cover manufactured goods
arid 19, raw materials.
The index of commodity stocks has been weighted
by the relative value of the supply of each commodity
in the years 1923 and 1925, ascertained by adding to
the value of the amount marketed or manufactured,
the value of the amount imported, where imports are
of any consequence, as in the case of sugar, coffee, and
certain other items. For manufactured products the
values given are those shown in the census reports on
manufactures for the years 1923 and 1925, while for
raw materials the weights used are those derived from
the index of production and marketings. The following table shows the weights assigned to each of the
subgroups comprised within the index, in accordance
with the description above.
Grand total
540
MANUFACTURED GOODS:
Total
227
Foodstuffs
36
Textiles
11
Iron and steel
22
Nonferrous metals _ _
7
Lumber
60
Stone, clay, and glass. 16
Leather
17
Rubber
17
Paper and printing. _ 18
Chemicals and oils _ _ 23
RAW MATERIALS:
Total
313
Foodstuffs
127
Textiles
99
Metals
15
Chemicals and oils _ _ 72
The weights in the above table relate to those which
were used since January, 1928. The total weights
vary from a low of 372 for 1919 to a high of 548 from
1923 through 1927 through lack of monthly data
covering all of the individual series for the entire
period. It is believed, however, that the comparability of the index from month to month over the
entire period is not seriously impaired by this condition.
All figures included within the index represent stocks
held at the end of the month except as otherwise noted,
the yearly figures being averages of the monthly
stocks. Descriptions of the individual items included within the index follow:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
FOODSTUFFS:
Meats, represent total stocks of beef products, pork products, and lamb and mutton held in cold storage, as reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Agricultural Economics.
Wheat flour, represents stocks in all positions, calculated
by Russell's Commercial News from reports bearing a known
relation to total stocks.
Butter, cheese, and milk (condensed and evaporated), represent cold-storage holdings of these commodities, as
reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Agricultural Economics.
TEXTILES:
^ Cotton goods (finished), as reported by the National Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics.
Rayon, as reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce.
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, covering imported rayon in bonded customs warehouses only.
Buttons, as reported by the National Association of Button
Manufacturers covering stocks of fresh-water pearl buttons
only.
IRON AND STEEL:
Pig iron (merchant), as previously reported by the American Pig Iron Association, but discontinued at the end of
1927.
Steel sheets, as reported by independent manufacturers
through the National Association of Sheet and Tin Plate
Manufacturers.
Gray-iron castings, covering stocks in gray-iron foundries in
Ohio, as compiled by the Ohio State Foundry-men's Association.
Enameled sanitary ware, representing a total of baths,
lavatories, sinks, and miscellaneous enameled ware held by
manufacturers as compiled by the Enameled Sanitary Ware
Manufacturers' Association and the U. S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
LUMBER:
Lumber, represents a total of southern pine, walnut, western pine, and California white pine, as compiled, respectively,
by the Southern Pine Association, the American Walnut
Manufacturers' Association, the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, and the California White and Sugar
Pine Association.
Flooring, represents a total of oak and maple flooring as
compiled respectively by the Oak Flooring Manufacturers'
Association and the Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association.
Naval stores, represents a total of turpentine and rosin as
reported by the Naval Stores Review, covering stocks at
Jacksonville, Savannah, and Pensacola.
LEATHER:
Hides and skins, compiled by the U. S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and represent a total of
cattle, hides and calfskins, and sheep and lamb skins.
Leather, represents a total of finished sole and upper
leather, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census.
RUBBER:
Automobile tires and tubes, and rubber heels, represent
stocks of pneumatic and solid tires and inner tubes, as compiled by the Rubber Association of America.
PAPER AND PRINTING:
Paper, represents newsprint paper, as compiled by the
Newsprint Service Bureau and covers stocks of newsprint at
domestic mills only.
Wood pulp (mechanical and chemical), as reported by the
Federal Trade Commission prior to May, 1923, and since
then as compiled by the American Paper and Pulp Association and prorated to represent complete stocks at the mills.
CHEMICALS AND OILS:
Explosives and petroleum refinery products, as compiled by
the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines,
representing black powder, permissible explosives and other
high explosives, gasoline, kerosene, gas and fuel oils, and
lubricating oils.
Cottonseed oil (crude), as reported by the U. S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, covering stocks at crude
mills, at refineries and in transit to refiners and consumers.
Ethyl alcohol, as made available by the U. S. Treasury
Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, covering 160°
proof alcohol.
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS:
Cement, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Mines, covering mill stocks.
Brick, represents a total of face, common and paving
bricks as compiled, respectively, by the American Face Brick
Association, the Common Brick Manufacturers' Association
of America, and the Paving Brick Manufacturers' Association.
Illuminating glassware, as compiled by the Illuminating
Glassware Guild, covering shades, reflectors, bowls, and
globes.
(Continued on p. 21)
21
REVISED INDEX OF COMMODITY STOCKS—Continued
(Monthly average, 1933-1935 = 100)
MANUFACTURED GOODS
YEAR AND MONTH
Grand
total
Total
1
'ji
fi
3
•§
O
&
1
1
•d
a
S3
S
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£f
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0
|
fc
1919 monthly av
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av
1923 monthly av
93.5
86.3
102. 1
94.6
94.5
90.2
84.4
97.3
87.0
93.8
127.4
118.2
97.2
84.4
99.5
1924
1925
1926
1927
102.0
103.5
114.6
120.5
103.2
103.0
106.3
111.5
104.4
96. 1
89.6
97.2
116.2
111.2
103.6
95.2
91.0
97.4
104 2
107.9
144.7
138.6
130 1
124.8
98.9
99.9
99.4
91.7
123 7
139.4
143. 5
136.3
83.7
99.8
102.3
98.4
79.8
72.6
68.6
71.3
95.3
94.3
88.4
83.8
£
§
cfl
rt
"w .
*w
1
£
S
j
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•=e
§
*•£
c
1
OQ
45.5
63.3
83 5
96.0
83.0
77.0
75. 3
76.2
RAW MATERIALS
>3
84.8
99.6
109.3
70.0
58 8
83.8
76.1
85.2
151.1
93.6
94.4
99.7
88.7
92.0
83.6
76.3
79.7
135. 4
121. 1
116.5
96.1
94.6
114.5
104.2
104.4
109. 9
114.2
120.3
115.1
90.5
101.4
117.4
102.7
105.3
113.0
116.5
104.1
116.3
127.4
139.9
95.1
88.5
85.0
69.9
>fi
B
£
•O
«
£
3
Total
OB
«
88
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«
5
£«4
3
35
03
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&
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•w
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S
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E
02
W
59 0
59.5
77.3
76. 7
90.3
94.5
86.9
105. 5
100.2
95.0
96.4
78.0
99.0
100.4
92.7
112.3
102.8
63.7
95.1
104.3
105.6
99.6
109.1
101.0
103.9
120.9
127.2
102.7
104.6
127.1
128.1
81.2
87 4
122. 1
139! 2
58.7
65 3
69.7
69.7
123.6
115 2
103.4
91.4
132 8
122 9
106.6
89.6
81 9
70 7
58.6
50 9
101 6
92.3
83.0
73.7
103. 6
99.9
108. 0
97.9
60.7
55.4
49. 1
44.2
78.3
70.3
68.2
71.6
71. 1
62.4
66.6
83.4
57 7
67.8
79.5
86.9
126.9
111.2
100.8
108.8
63.6
54.3
44.8
38.9
70.1
61.6
58.7
58.8
47.8
57.2
62.9
67.5
84.8
107.9
112.3
106.5
98.1
113.3
111.6
98.6
101.2
161.2
140.2
118. 3
85.9
97.4
96.6
92.9
132.1
167.5
138.2
131.8
50 7
56.4
5 1. 0
68.2
64.8
106. 9
105. 4
82.9
71.0
69.9
66.5
64.0
98.5
93.3
85.6
80.7
85.9
82.5
76.1
74.4
149.0
141.4
130.9
121.8
110.0
98.3
77.9
66.7
49.5
45.3
41.5
37.6
77.4
74.7
74.3
73.2
87.6
88.0
82.6
80.6
122.2
126.8
126.9
122 3
60.7
62 5
57. 2
54 1
87.3
91. 8
84.2
94.5
58.2
51.4
45.9
42.1
74.0
70.2
71.5
70.6
64.1
60.8
69.3
69.1
110.3
102.1
94.7
87.4
91.4
86.2
83.7
104.7
38.5
40.4
41.3
44.7
79.3
91.7
98.9
104.2
74.8
71.6
73.7
81.4
107.7
94.4
88.4
90.1
51.5
55 2
66. 1
69.1
94.1
86.4
77.5
94.7
45.4
57.0
69.2
77.6
80.8
98.5
107.5
111.9
78.5
92.4
91.4
91.3
100.5
129.5
153.7
166.6
118.2
122.8
125.6
116.2
51.6
62.6
69.3
72.4
106.5
109. 0
108.4
104. 0
102.7
106. 1
106.9
101.4
98.8
104.4
100.3
96.6
77.3
73.2
67.4
69.1
83.4
85.2
102.7
89.8
159.3
160. 7
163. 7
161. 0
105.0
104.2
102.5
99.5
94.1
97.6
95.6
97.7
147.2
145.6
146.8
140.1
82.4
80.2
73.0
73.9
124.0
149.9
159.8
134.3
81.6
88.2
90.1
86.1
109.2
111. 1
109.5
105.8
92.0
98.8
104. 2
100. 7
162.9
159.5
150.3
146. 9
104.9
106. 3
100.4
87.4
66.5
66.9
64.1
61.5
99.7
98.3
93.8
93.6
100.3
99.4
98.6
96.7
99.2
109.9
113.1
106.9
72.6
81.4
82.2
89.2
89.5
91.1
86.7
82.2
162.3
165.7
164.7
154.0
99.7
99.9
103.7
103.8
92.1
84.2
83.2
72.8
142.7
139.2
131.8
131.0
72.0
62.6
55.4
59.3
119.3
101.9
97.6
103. 8
83.3
77.1
72.3
66.0
89.7
94.0
86.6
95.7
141.0
128.7
116. 0
107.8
89.2
94.3
100.3
100.7
60.4
61.4
60.2
59.8
September
October
November
December __
98.1
102.6
104.3
107.1
92.1
87.5
87.4
88.8
92.0
86.7
81.1
77.5
95.6
96.4
106. 7
106.7
78.9
72.8
72.8
70.2
144.4
130.7
123. 7
122.9
98.3
95.6
90.5
94.0
60.4
53.4
76.8
95.4
126. 4
126.2
124.1
123.5
55.2
63. 1
69.3
64.1
115.7
88.0
88.5
91.6
66.6
68.3
71.8
76.3
102.3
113.2
116.2
120.0
100.2
106.8
104.0
115.6
128. 9
147.7
160.5
162.0
106.1
112.7
103. 0
101.1
68.9
77.4
78.8
73.2
1922
January .
February
March
April
_
104 3
105. 5
104. 1
96.5
92 6
92.9
92.0
89.2
77.1
77.8
73.9
72.5
102.8
98.7
95.2
98.9
87.4
86.2
91.1
83.6
120.0
119.4
113.4
105. 1
95.5
95.3
90.8
87.2
101.1
98.5
97.4
100.0
125. 2
124.2
123.9
124.9
71.4
79.6
91.6
95.5
101.6
106. 4
107.8
95.1
81.8
80.5
78.3
77.0
113.0
114.9
113.2
101.9
111.0
127.2
132. 9
116.2
150.9
138.5
125. 8
111.3
92.2
87.4
94.2
83.8
67.6
65.3
64.2
66.5
90.0
87.5
83. 8
79.2
86.5
86.7
85.8
83.6
78.8
96. 1
104.8
104.8
102.6
101.2
100.2
102.3
76.4
75.0
70.9
68.7
97.0
90. 1
88.3
76.3
80.9
81.0
82.4
84.3
89.4
79.5
67.8
52.0
121.7
120.2
118.4
116. 2
95. 5
84.6
79.3
74.3
94.8
89.4
80.9
76. 1
74.8
73.6
71.3
67.4
92.6
88.1
82.4
76.0
105. 1
102.3
95. 4
79.4
96.3
82.9
70.9
69.2
72.0
81.8
106.1
114.8
68.7
71.0
71. 1
72.8
87.8
96.8
99.3
100.2
81.0
83. 3
85.2
85.1
90.0
79.0
77.3
81.2
94.8
97.4
99.1
101.4
65.0
69. 4
72.0
68.0
77. 1
78. 1
80.6
77.9
86.6
93. 4
95. 4
92.1
48.4
49. 6
56. 8
74.8
117.4
119. 1
120. 8
121.4
74.0
77. 0
84.6
78.3
72. 0
75.5
75.2
73. 5
71.6
80. 2
80.5
82.5
92.9
106.8
110.0
111.5
83.4
81.6
82.9
87. 8
108.2
141. 9
147. 8
150.4
111.5
131. 1
129. 3
127.8
85.3
98.9
102.0
97.3
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
January
February
JVIarch
.April
av
av
av
av
1919
IMay
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
1930
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June _
July
August
1931
__
_ _
May.- _
June
July
August
September
October
November.. __
December
Copper, as compiled by the American Bureau of Metal
Statistics, covering stocks of refined copper in North and
South America.
Zinc, as compiled by the American Zinc Institute, covering
stocks at refineries.
FOODSTUFFS:
Wheat, corn, oats, and barley, represent the visible supply
on the nearest Saturday to the end of the month, as compiled
bv "Bradstreet's."
96.2
106. 4
156.5
147. 3
!
1
|
(Continued from p. 20.)
NONFERROUS METALS!
RAW MATERIALS
67.5
82. 1
97. 5
91 5
89.2
114. 5
87.4
84.9
99.3 1
97.5
90.4
91.4
!
1
!:
,
124.0
142.7
116.2
99.2
89 6
100. 2
100. 5
102.7
106. 1
49.6
66.6
77.6
91.4
92.0
108.7
136.9
145.5
103.3
90.7
83.7
90.7
110.0
98.9
95.6
108.0
Sugar, represents the amount of raw cane sugar held by
refiners covering practically all refineries, and certain importers, as reported by the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.
Rye, represents stocks held in elevators and warehouses at
11 interior centers and 8 seaports, as compiled by the Federal
Reserve Board.
Eggs, poultry, apples, and fish, compiled by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, representing holdings at the end of the month
except for fish, which are for the fifteenth of the month.
(Continued on p. 22.)
22
REVISED INDEX OF COMMODITY STOCKS—Continued
(Monthly average, 1923-1925 = 100)
MANUFACTURED GOODS
RAW MATERIALS
YEAR AND MONTH
111.0
115.5
118.9
118.5
1924
January
February
March
April._
103. 8
102. 7
101. 8
96.6
100.1
102.5
104. 7
105. 9
95.2
99. 0
100. 4
99. 1
115.7
108. 7
101. 8
101.2
May
June
July....
August.
93.9
91.2
88.3
90.7
107. 9
109.7
10(5.4 |
101.9
116. 5
125. 6
121.4
97.5
95.6
91.8
90. 2
99.4
113. 8
119. 6
121.9
100.6 !
98.8 j
97.6 !
101.0:
111.2
96. 5
88. 9
9C. 8
116.7
113.9
107. 9
99.4
103.9 |
108. 0 I
108. 0
106. 8 j
105. 0
107. 1
99. 1
95.6
79. 1
78. 2
80.8
89. 7
93. 2
91.8
105. 5 I
105. 4 j
104. 4 !
102. 6
91. 1
100. 6
110.4
106. 5
93. 5
95. 9
97.4
100.2
101.4
106. 1
113. 6
124. 4
99. 1
95. 2
96. 2
103. 8
96. 1
83. 4
79. 6
79. 1
98.9
99. 5
108. 1
114.5
119. 6
118.4
114.9
110. 9
103. 0
105. 6
109. 4
110.2
September..
October
November..
December. .
1925
January.
February,,
March
April
May
June
July_...
August.
September..
October
November..
December..
I
I
I
i!
1
1926
January.
February.
March
May
June
July
August
111.2
111. 1
120. 7
119. 5
109. 1
110. 0
10S. 3
100. 5
79.9
96.4
114. 1
116.3
116.8
119. 2
119.0
115.4
108.4
123. 5
130. 1
136. 0
103.9
100.8
102.8
106. 0
:l 103.9
i
90.8
i 79.3
;
75. 1
111.9
108.2
109.9
112.0
131.9
130. 7
123.4
j 115.3
108. 2
110.8
111. 3
111. 3
September..
October
November..
December..
January
February
March
April
103. 2 !
1927
107.8
106. 1
104. 1
108.2
May
June
July
August
|
|
;
I
September
October
November
December
; 119. 0
' 131. 7
134. 2
133.4
111.8 J 130.0
107.5
93.8
140. 5 ] i 139. 5 I 162. 0
104. 3
161. 1 I 158.8
194.3 I 109. 1
99.8
91.4
93 5
96.5
111.1 1j'
113.6 j
115.7 j :
114.1 |
92.2
112.7
128. 4
128.8
100. 5
105. 4
111.0
94.6
j
112.8
108. 6
109.6
111.4
i
!
I
I
115. 6
96.0
81.4
79. 1
(Continued from p. 21)
Coffee, represents visible supply of coffee for the United
States as reported by the New York Coffee and Sugar
Exchange.
TEXTILES:
Cotton, represents total ginned cotton, as compiled by the
U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Silk, represents stocks at warehouses and manufacturing
plants, as compiled by the Silk Association of America.
METALS:
Iron ore, represents total stocks, as compiled by the Lake
Superior Iron Ore Association.
Zinc ore, represents stocks in the Joplin district, as compiled
by the Joplin Globe.
Tin, represents visible supply in warehouses, as reported
by the New York Metal Exchange.
CHEMICALS AND OILS:
Cottonseed, represents stocks at mills, as reported by the
U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Flaxseed, represents stocks at Minneapolis and Duluth, as
reported by the Northwestern Miller.
Crude petroleum, represents total stocks, as compiled by
the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines.
23
Table 1.—INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
[Adjusted for seasonal variations, except where otherwise noted]
TOTAL
INDUSTRIAL
Un- Ad-l
adj ust- justed ed
i :*
coa!
Total
Bituminous
coal
Anthracite
Tofeaeco manufactures
. 1
Rubber tires
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: ©
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MINERALS
Cement, brick,
and glaas
Nonferrosis
metals
Petroleum
refining
•d
s
Automobiles
YEAR AND MONTH
Textiles
TJn- Adadiust- just- TJn- Ad'ed ed 1ad- justusted ed
-d
Lumber
Tots!
Food products
MANUFACTURES
a
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w
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S3
5 I
J
S3
66
77
88
102
111
116
112
84
87
103
100
98
96
93
cc
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average.
1922 monthly average .
1923 monthly average.. ...
..
192* monthly average
1925 monthlv average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
j
Jl
87
84
86
66
87
101
94
105
108
106
67
85
101
95
104
108
106
82
99
46
83
106
88
106
113
104
92
84
88
99
105
90
104
104
114
76
93
84 86
84 66
94 85
100 95
102 99
98 106
98 114
97 112
79 53
79
55
68 41
89 66
99 103
96 91
105 107
100 109
94 86
67
78
39
69
94
99
107
112
109
54
63
64
74
86
98
115
125
136
55
78
85
i 99
116
: 116
1 121
116
113
113
120
99
101
99
105
94 115
99 113
100 114
103 115
102 114 93 111 114
97 110 98 122 107
99 109 102 119 109
94 134 103 119 110
125
126
126
128
100 127 105
97 106 107
95 89 99
98 63 100
119
114
106
94
101
107
119
109
116
112
108
112
104
95
91
103
110
93
97
98
103
53
68
62
78
95
95
110
112
109
S3
86
85 ...
..
88
96
99
105 |
112
117 !
89
70
74
105
96
99
107
107
88
108
79
80
109
92
99
110
98
109 52
110 61
112 64
69 76
115 100
109 97
103
104 105
100 122
88
114 80 87
40 30 39
80 63
68
114 93 96
79 100 97
102 107 107
112 110 116
93 105 111
108
117
118
128
Ill
113
109
113
103
109
113
115
103
104
105
109
100
101
101
103
120
124
118
121
98
99
103
106
95
103
109
128
108
106
112
108
112 116
110 111
107 113
119 110
92
98
90
93
112 128
113 129
121 133
119 135
138
126
106
112
113
116
116
110
120 111
124 116
124 118
112 120
108 127
114 125
125 113
124 111
106
112
117
121
116
134
97
114 124 122
113 122 119
116 121 118
112 119 125
93
93
93
109
135
134
135
134
118
117
123
131
114
113 |
116
122
113
113
112
101
116
118
118
104
119 101
125 95
131 88
87 108
120
123
123
119
i
:::::
—
1926
May
June
July
August
-- 107 106
--- 106 107
J04
109
107
111
108 107
106 107
102 107
108 112
September
October
November
December
113
114
110
101
112
111
108
105
112
112
108
99
113
111
106
103
117 110
114 110
105 110
102 109
103
102
99
96
116
118
115
113
1927
January
_
February
March. .
April
106
110
113
109
107
109
111
108
104
110
113
112
105
107
110
109
106
114
115
116
108
108
114
112
95
93
99
98
113
113
113
114
96 97
95 101
91 106
88 106
-. 112 111
112
107
101
104
111
108
106
107
116
105
103
102
116
121
118
119
103
102
96
97
112
112
114
112
95
93
95
95
103 100
95 105
84 113
89 112
108 111
109 108
111 106
115 108
132 127 122
134 131 116
136 124 109
136 119 119
109
108
103
111
108
104
100
106
94 117 120
91 102 120
87 75 124
92 107 123
120
101
99
99
81 113
70 108
47 97
53 96
113 107
108 106
107 106
105 111
139 113
142 116
140 117
137 110
123
121
122
112
111
112
105
103
105
105
101
103
92 100
90 107
85 106
87 92
124
124
124
124
87
95
49
92
94
99
87
88
88
79
109
121
119
121
119
93
89
114
74
119
118
May
June_ _ -_
July
August
107 108
102 106
105 107
September ___
October
November
December
_ _
99
102
98
98
106
105
101
95
105
103
99
99
106 105
104 102
101 98
95 99
98
94
88
93
118
113
112
105
93
94
94
95
113
111
110
112
99
94
96
93
105
111
111
110
106
110
109
109
106
113
114
113
107
111
110
110
110
115
114
125
106
107
106
101
102
110
105
97
116
117
118
118
97
97
96
97
92
103
114
110
99 111
102 115
101 109
96 108
101
109
107
110
135
139
141
147
124
139
135
131
118
118
119
119
111
104
109
111
111
104
110
109
117 107
112 105
96
93
121
91
92
108
119
97
101
113
112
111
115
150
134
148
120
114
111
100
106
113
113
114
110
113
112
115
120
97
95
90
90
107
105
101
101
108
114
109
114
113
112
116
112
90
93
94
94
104 111
102 110
106 107
105 109
111
105
110
109
90
91
100
95
102
104
102
103
104
107
112
114
105
109
109
100
93
83
94
89
110
110
113
117
100
99
88
94
1928
January
March
April
May
June
July
August
_ __
September
October
November
December
103
104
105
100
80
107
"
i
_
..
ll
1
99 103
98 103
97 105
94 103
i
1j
!
j
I..!
...
1
1
i
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from 60 individual series of data representing the production of about 35 industries and
estimated to represent, directly and indirectly, about 80 per cent of the total industrial production of the United States. The figures are reduced to average daily output
to make figures for each month comparable. In addition, the figures are also corrected for seasonal variation, except the unadjusted total, which is presented to show the
actual output on a daily average basis independent of seasonal conditions. Complete description of this index, which is being substituted for the indexes of manufactures
and minerals previously published, was presented in the Federal Reserve Bulletin for February, 1927, and March, 1927. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the July, 1928,
issue of the SURVEY (No. 83), pp. 21 and 22.
24
Table 2.—INDEXES OF MARKETINGS OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS'
"o
§
s
o
Distilled wood
Pulpwood
Lumber
Miscellaneous
£
Cotton
3
1
cc
-S
FOREST PRODUCTS
Fruits
Grains
Dairy products
1
Poultry and
eggs
3
1
Livestock
YEAR AND
MONTH
Total,
agricultural
Vegetables
CROPS
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1920 mo. av_
1921 mo. av.
1922 mo. av.
86
98
98
71
82
93
66
90
120
89
84
92
75
87
94
71
82
93
91
80
84
86
100
99
82
110
117
75
89
103
78
80
88
80
90
87
138
126
91
82
70
90
80
70
90
98
68
91
79
78
88
112
49
88
1923 mo. av_
1924 mo. av_
1925 mo. av.
1926 mo. av.
1927 mo. av.
93
104
103
108
112
100
104
96
96
97
91
126
83
106
138
103
104
93
90
89
103
101
96
102
102
96
103
101
101
103
92
96
112
124
136
92
104
104
109
113
98
114
88
89
103
97
101
102
102
113
100
101
99
113
103
82
99
119
125
118
96
98
106
116
132
99
97
104
98
93
100
96
104
98
93
93
106
101
92
93
104
100
96
99
93
115
88
97
101
102
1926
January
February, _
March
April
101
75
66
56
88
79
94
89
36
38
88
67
96
79
88
79
79
76
104
114
83
83
97
96
77
83
134
104
102
74
63
53
90
70
60
50
80
68
89
73
50
48
56
53
107
68
62
52
186
134
66
51
91
96
106
103
90
99
109 |
103
111
90
101
119
33
27
18
44
110
102
111
113
56
61
82
96
100
119
111
96
104
171
340
178
83
85
80
85
125
126
92
82
115
160
144
107
129
157
167
180
52
56
79
96
49
75
141
141
94
137
105
75
83
74
168
172
42
19
11
48
33
41
30
69
108
103
96
97
106 I
103
97
100
121
92
67
54
102
156
161
153
103
89
86
94
September .
October
November .
December..
154
219
186
143
95
95
94
92
64
52
64
75
99
109
102
92
77
76
125
142
95
81
72
76
138
134
112
76
159
231
194
148
112
114
91
77
142
184
99
74
207
245
127
67
193
346
320
238
159
220
217
186
98
97
92
85
99
98
91
84
75
82
99
90
132
124
109
124
93
105
105
105
1927
January
February _ _
March
April
114
97
89
65
88
79
94
95
46
48
65
72
96
78
88
79
83
80
113
143
80
81
96
102
102
109
161
116
117
98
89
62
89
76
62
45
88
83
112
114
62
61
61
72
139
108
110
72
194
174
105
36
82
87
94
95
83
88
95
90
72
83
100
119
42
33
32
74
114
98
108
99
May
June
July
August
67
65
69
114
115
123
109
105
135
348
421
225
93
89
76
89
143
110
81
77
135
160
142
123
142
153
154
187
62
60
65
115
57
76
116
169
115
130
99
86
93
91
114
57
31
12
74
29
28
25
106
99
96
89
99
97
96
91
102
117
88
64
63
113
133
124
119
91
92
90
116
September .
October
November.
December .
175
208
160
117
87
95
92
88
89
68
68
66
85
108
101
92
75
73
114
126
89
81
71
71
150
154
119
79
183
219
166
120
178
100
109
104
146
199
107
74
183
223
96
57
186
260
227
145
220
266
238
170
98
96
93
86
99
94
91
83
84
100
111
111
124
117
109
98
113
104
100
95
1928
January
February. _
March
April
98
82
79
82
96
94
97
95
61
48
49
61
107
101
92
83
80
89
118
130
89
87
97
101
81
106
160
137
98
81
77
81
99
108
112
66
100
102
106
91
45
43
44
47
81
55
60
58
194
105
40
25
81
87
97
96
80
89
98
9o
99
83
102
111
38
26
77
97
31
103
91
75
58
108
117
195
378
90
83
139
106
115
147
108
147
72
52
84
57
136
164
94
75
56
24
23
24
101
96
94
120
94
140
172
85
92
May
June
July
August
May
June
July
August
September .
October
November.
December
124
.
25
i
il
i
\ --
i Weighted averages, compiled by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, representing 90 per cent of crops, 95 per cent of marketed livestock and
their products, and 80 per cent of forest products. For details pertaining to the construction of these indexes as well as earlier data, see the July, 1928, issue of the Survey,
pp. 18, 19, and 20. The index of total agricultural marketings is a composite of animal and crop marketings shown separately in this table.
25
Table 3.—INDEXES OF COMMODITY STOCKS AND UNFILLED ORDERS
STOCKS, END OF MONTH 1
UNFILLED ORDERS,
END OF MONTH 2
Lumber
Brick and glass
Transportation
equipment
Iron and steel
96
78
99
100
93
103
105
127
128
124
143
116
99
92
109
137
146
90
100
101
103
106
103
91
84
91
50
67
78
91
110
99
96
108
210
101
108
122
87
91
85
74
74
109
125
124
82
94
84
85
220
104
111
124
85
91
81
71
484
211
118
140
86
74
88
71
62
33
83
109
93
98
91
72
115
43
78
115
95
90
76
73
87
88
86
84
185
178
155
141
96
90
90
88
102
99
92
95
113
119
115
126
113
95
80
72
60
73
82
84
77
76
73
73
79
79
84
82
83
77
80
79
72
74
78
76
91
81
86
83
85
88
95
96
81
83
83
77
69
56
52
46
83
81
81
77
137
143
148
147
95
102
106
110
112
141
161
159
130
140
159
152
108
1G2
194
203
94
104
109
96
89
120
130
123
82
79
80
77
82
77
79
70
79
78
80
81
79
74
86
87
90
84
79
68
75
68
71
74
153
159
158
152
61
71
87
92
75
72
71
68
144
154
158
105
116
125
124
122
150
146
133
118
140
149
141
126
197
180
156
137
100
88
68
62
112
106
98
92
83
82
81
77
85
91
89
88
80
76
76
73
91
91
86
74
83
80
79
76
72
77
88
87
106
111
117
118
147
137
132
123
93
102
106
116
70
68
68
69
170
166
150
140
113
101
97
94
105
101
95
104
111
112
108
119
117
99
88
96
69
79
89
96
87
87
85
89
74
72
72
72
88
86
85
85
64
63
65
66
73
69
72
66
86
81
74
72
78
76
72
74
111
113
118
119
118
118
119
125
116
118
130
154
118
107
109
80
69
70
70
69
129
129
132
133
97
103
107
108
124
149
153
150
125
136
135
136
135
173
186
183
103
117
113
104
110
146
145
138
70
67
67
72
87
84
76
69
65
66
71
85
62
62
51
57
67
57
61
52
73
60
62
59
141
146
152
147
118
120
118
120
119
118
105
104
i69
178
172
167
99
109
133
129
68
67
66
67
128
146
155
162
113
116
114
108
139
138
132
125
127
144
152
154
168
151
130
114
105
95
90
68
129
118
108
102
81
82
81
77
77
81
75
71
89
90
90
82
64
64
71
73
79
76
72
70
63
67
71
75
147
140
122
124
100
99
155
153
142
153
69
68
170
166
102
95
114
102
141
126
99
81
82
74
95
94
74
75
72
68
72
75
73
65
79
86
77
74
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Rubber
£*>
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s
13
1
Textiles
95
87
106
100
95
101
104
121
127
ft
d
0
!«
Foodstuffs
68
82
98
96
106
157
147
59
58
77
77
90
104
106
100
109
TS
a
fS
Leather
TextOes
Chemicals and
oils
Chemicals and
oils
Raw materials
Paper a,nd printing
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c
Lumber
t.
Nonferrous
metals
3
o
1
02
Textiles
Grand total
YEAR
AND MONTH
Foodstuffs
Manufactured goods
|
V
s
!
H
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av.
84
76
80
104
116
127
140
92
89
115
87
85
112
103
64
95
135
121
117
95
89
85
70
113
115
113
112
137
120
112
106
70
72
63
73
95
96
98
105
111
111
115
121
102
97
122
142
116
121
118
121
115
117
119
120
120
119
115
112
100
105
111
95
127
120
118
117
119
125
118
114
108
109
113
127
125
115
123
128
129
130
127
122
115
85 134
120 100 132
120 | 104 137
119 103 138
116
109
118
119
94
86
102
95
95
102
104
115
121
90
84
97
87
94
103
103
106
112
127
118
97
84
100
104
96
90
97
1926
May
June
July .
August
105
104
99
100
109
110
108
107
September
October
November .
.
December
108
124
136
136
1927
January
February
March
April
._
85
100
109
96
95
115
104
70
59
84
76
86
104
110
114
120
151
94
94
115
91
101
117
100
89
92
103
105
113
117
80
96
114
116
117
119
119
115
121
120
113
111
115
110
107
97
104
101
103
106
104
91
79
75
112
108
110
112
111
106
111
119
132
131
123
115
108
111
111
111
81
82
84
86
100
91
94
97
June
July
August
108
106
104
108
111
114
116
114
92
113
128
129
September
October
November
December
119
132
134
133
113
109
110
112
116
96
81
79
1928
January
February
March
April
May
May
June
July
August
103
117
137
135
i
1
I
September
October
November
December .
'•
1
i1
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i
Compiled by the IT. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from data on 45 commodities covering stocks in the hands of manufacturers or at other visible
points at the end of each month. Details covering construction and weightings are to be found on pp. 20 to 22 of this issue. This index represents a complete revision of the
stocks index formerly published. No adjustment has been made for seasonal variations.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from data on 17 commodities, weighted according to the relative value added in manufacture
in the years 1923 and 1925. In addition to the groups mentioned in this table, data are also included in the total covering paper, which, however, is not deemed representative of the paper group, since only one class of paper is included. Details as to weightings, sources, etc., are given in the January, 1928, issue (No. 77).
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Table 4.—INDEXES OF WHOLESALE PRICES
[Base year In toold-faced type]
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDEX i
Total
YEAR AND MONTH
•^
1
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MetaJs Bu tid- Chem- Mouse
Semi- i Fie_
Tqonm
and j TextfSe Fuel
and
farMisBaw
Farm
and
ing
cella- mate-™
prod- Foods leather; prod- fight- i!i eta! mate- icals
0
coni
and
"
prod- i sacts
procl- rials drugs iug neous rials tur«d D*" ^- 1'
j ucts
ing
ucts
geods
units i
mrtidesj
|
j
§ ®
Comniorlities
Number of quotations
550
67
121
j
40
|
73
j
23
!
73
'
57
;
78
'
37
35
108
G2
3 SO
j
483
300
98
Kolative to 926
1
1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av
1919 monthly av
69. 8
68.1
69.5
85.5
117.5
131.3
138. 6
154.4
71. 5 j 64. 2
64.7
71.2
65.4
71.5
84.4
75. 7
129. 0
104. 5
119.1
148.0
157.6
129. 5
150.7
137. 4
68. 1
70. 9
75. o
93.4
123. 8
125.7
174.1
171.3
57.3
54.6
54.1
70. 4
98.7
137. 2
135. 3
164.8
61.3
56.6
51.8
74. 3
105. 4
109. 2
104.3
163.7
90. S
80.2
86.3
116. 5
150.6
136.5
130.9
149.4
56. 7
52, 7
53.5
67.6
88.2
08.6
115. 6
150.1
80.2
SI. 4
112.0
160. 7
165. 0
182. 3
157. 0
164.7
56.3
56.8
56.0
61.4
74.2
93.3
105. 9
141.8
93. 1
89.9
8G.9
100. 6
122. 1
134. 4
139, 1
167. 5
68.8
67.6
67.2
82.6
122. 6
135. 8
145. 9
151. 8
74.9
70.0
81.2
118.3
150.4
153.8
157. 9
198.2
69.4
67.8
68.9
82.3
109. 2
124.7
130. 6
149.8
69.0
66.8
68.5
85.3
113.1
125.1
131. 6
154.8
64.3
64.8
67.6
80.3
110.5
121. 9
123.2
129.3
70.9
68.9
7i. 4
j 93.3
123. 8
145. 2
145. 6
140.6
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly a v
1923 monthly av
1924 monthly av
1925 monthly av
1926 monthly av
1927 monthly av
97.6
96. 7
100.6
98.1
103.5
100.0
95.4
88.4
93.8
98.6
100.0
109.8
100.0
99.4
90.6
87.6
92.7
91.0
100.2
100.0
96.5
109.2
104.6
104. 2
101.5
105.3
100.0
107.9
94.5
100.2
111.3
106.7
108.3
100.0
95.7
96.8
107.3
97.3
82.0
96.5
97.4
97.3
108.7
102. 3
101.7
100.0
93.3
115. 0
100.3
101.1
98.9
101.8
190.0
96.6
113. 0
103. 5
108.9
104.9
103.1
100.0
98.2
109.2
92.8
99.7
93.6
109.0
MO. 0
89.9
88.3
96.0
98.5
97.6
106.7
100.©
96.5
96.1
98.9
118.6
108,7
105.3
100.0
96.9
103.3
96.5
99.2
96.3
100.6
100.0
94.5
100. 1
97.3
100.9
97.1
101.4
89.1
92.3
100.8
100.9
104.6
87.2
95.3
103.5
100.0
108. 0
86.5
117.5
102.9
109.3
106.3
103. 2
100.0
98.2
94.4
99.4
99.4
1926
September _
October
November
December
99.7
99.4
98.4
97.9
99.3
97.9
94.7
94.9
99.8
100.8
100.5
100.7
98.8
101.0
100.4
100.4
98.9
97.7
96.3
95.2
101.5
101.3
102.5
99.4
101.2
101.0
100.8
100.4
99.5
99.5
100.1
99.2
100.2
99.1
98.6
98.8
99.5
99.4
99.1
98.8
94.2
93.4
90.8
89.9
99.3
99.5
98.2
96.9
100.4
99.1
98.9
98.9
99.9
99.3
98.4
98.4
99.8
99.8
99.4
98.7
99.3
99.6
99.5
99.6
99.0
98.6
98.9
99.2
1927
January
February
March
April
96.6
95.9
94.5
93.7
96.5
95.4
94.2
94.3
96.9
95.9
94.5
94.6
101.0
100.2
100.5
101.7
94.3
94.6
94.0
94.2
97.7
95.8
90.0
84.9
98.8
98.0
98.2
97.8
97.5
96.2
95.3
95.0
97.6
97.6
97.1
97.8
97.9
97.9
97.8
97.8
90.3
90.6
90.9
91.3
97.3
96.0
94.0
92.7
97.8
96.6
96.6
95.9
95.9
95.8
94.6
94.1
96.6
96.1
94.6
93.6
98.3
97.2
97.1
96.9
96.9
97.2
97.0
96.3
93.7
93.8
94.1
95.2
96.3
96.5
97.6
102.2
94.4
94.4
93.9
94.2
103. 7
107.3
111.7
111.7
93.9
94.3
94.3
96.2
83.9
84.2
84.2
84.1
98.6
98.2
97.7
98.0
95.1
94.6
93.7
92.9
95.4
95.8
95.3
95. 4
97.8
98.0
98.0
98.6
91.3
90.2
89.3
89.9
93.9
94.1
94.7
97.5
96.0
95.6
95.7
97.3
93.6
93.4
93.5
93.4
93.2
93.1
93.2
93.3
99.3
98.4
98.8
99.8
96.2
95.8
97.4
99.8
September
October.
November
] December
96.5
97.0
96.7
96.8
105.9
105.0
104.3
104.4
96.5
100.0
101.5
100.7
112.5
113.0
114. 3
116.9
98.5
98.4
97.5
97.2
84.2
83.8
82.9
82.5
97.6
97.1
97.0
98.4
92. 1
91.6
90.2
90.4
96.4
97. 1
97.4
97.2
98.6
98.5
98.9
98.8
89.2
88.3
88.3
89.0
99.9
99.5
99.0
99.2
98.6
97.6
97.0
97.7
94.0
95.5
95.3
95.3
94.0
94.8
94.6
94.8
100.9
101.6
102.5
102.3
102.7
103.7
104.7
105.0
1928
Janua^v February
j March
April
96.3
96. 4
96. 0
97 4
106.1
104.5
103. 5
107.6
98.5
98. 7
98.0
99.5
121. 0
124. 1
1210
126.7
96.7
96.6
96.5
96. 5
SO. 8
81.2
80.8
80.8
98.1
98.3
98.4
98. 4
90.8
91. 0
91. 0
92.5
96.3
95.8
95. 6
95. 8
98.6
98.4
98.3
97.9
89.0
87.3
86.8
84.9
100.2
99. 1
97.9
100 1
S7.7
97.1
97.8
97,9
93.9
94.8
94.8
95.9
93.7
94.2
94.0
94.7
101. 7
102. 7
103. 6
105. 6
104.7
103.2
103.8
104. 0
98 6
97.6
109.8
101.3
1 0(1 7 ! 100.3
12G. 3
193 7
96. 6
9T>. 3
81. 3
82, 1
98. 6
98 7
93. 5
03. ft
95.3
fl4. 9
87 S
97.0
85. 1
82.2
101. 4
99.3
68. 6
97.8
97.1
96.7
95. 6
103. 8
103. 5
102. 1
! 101.7
May
June
Julv
August
_
. -_
May
June
July
August
:
_ _ ; _ _ _ ' _ !
:
mo
:
!
•
__
100. e
me
!
;
mo
_
_
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September
October
November
December.. _
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1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on monthly averages of 550 weekly quotations, arranged in 10 groups and also reclassified by state of manufacture with a grouping of all nonagricultural commodities, consisting of the total index minus the 67 quotations in the farm-products group. This
index supersedes the index based on 1913 as 100, which was published in the August, 1927, issue (No. 72) and previous issues. In computing this new index, the price of
each commodity is weighted by multiplying it by the estimated average quantity marketed in the years 1923 to 1925, or 1923 and 1925 in the ca.se of most manufactured
commodities, the census data being used for those years. Monthly data from 1923 appeared in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), p. 24, except for data for state of manufacture, which appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 23. Full description of the new index, with details on subgroups and on individual commodities, is contained in Bulletin 453 of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2
Data compiled, respectively, by Duris Review and Bradstreet's and recomputed to a 1926 base for comparison with the Department of Labor index; the data are sho\vn
as of the end of the month, instead of at the first of the month, as formerly. In its original form, Dun's price index is an aggregate of 300 quotations, each weighted by the
amount "annually consumed by each inhabitant"; about half of the aggregate is represented by food products. Bradstreet's index is the aggregate of prices per pound of
•96 commodities. Details by co-mmodity groups are shown for each index in their respective journals.
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Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES
FARM PRICES 2
Fuel and light
YHAB AND MONTH
Shel- Clothter
ing
Food
All
Sundries groups
Combined
Dairy
Fruits Meat and Cotton Unand
and ani- poul- cot- classi- AM
Grains vegetatry
mals prod- tonfied jgrou ps
bles
ucts seed
Number of quotations
Fuel
Light
6
100
100
102
100
103
120
100
4
!
2
5
31
100
92
100
83
123
100
108
112
104
120
100
101
101
99
106
100
97
85
78
119
Relative to 1913
!
100
94
95
95
100
102
104
100
100
104
100
101
109
1OO
92
103
120
126
117
153
164
185
184
100
100
5
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
Relative to July, 1914
1909-14 monthly av i
1913 monthly av
i
1914 monthly av
100
1915 monthly av
100
1916 monthly av
111
9
EETAIL COAL PRICE*
COST OF LIVING i
EETAIL FOOD PRICE 3
[Base year In bold-faced type]
131
159
172
197
167
217
226
231
231
112
202
162
189
249
148
173
202
206
173
108
134
160
182
197
151
187
245
247
249
101
130
157
162
152
90
176
200
209
205
118
146
168
186
203
153
117
127
150
«190
192
6191
100
100
102
100
117
100
102
101
114
100
100
99
104
1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av
1919 monthly av
1920. monthly av
1921 monthly av
146
173
186
205
156
105
118
129
155
169
143
185
205
261
166
126
138
144
168
183
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
142
146
146
157
160
155
166
173
184
180
176
169
155
170
175
174
174
171
179
180
169
167
163
163
197
182
181
186
184
146
142
140
120
122
173
173
174
175
174
173
157
161
163
168
168
164
105
114
129
156
129
128
152
136
124
160
189
155
113
106
109
139
146
139
135
147
137
143
141
138
156
216
211
177
122
128
88
101
100
92
88
83
123
134
134
147
136
131
142
146
146
157
161
155
194
193
7192
7 194
190
1927
May
June
July
August
155
159
153
152
170
169
168
169
171
169
169
170
160
160
160
161
179
180
180
181
122
122
122
122
173
172
173
172
164
165
162
162
127
140
139
138
158
201
195
172
137
129
131
136
130
124
125
127
113
119
125
136
79
82
81
81
126
130
130
132
155
159
153
152
184
186
187
187
September
October
November _
December
154
156
157
156
168
167
167
166
171
170
171
171
162
163
163
163
183
184
184
184
122
122
122
122
172
173
173
173
163
164
164
164
134
128
120
123
145
138
136
141
142
145
141
138
137
146
153
158
179
169
162
153
87
83
86
90
140
139
137
137
154
156
157
156
190
190
191
191
1928
January
February
March
__
April
155
152
151
152
166
165
165
163
172
171
173
171
163
163
163
160
184
184
184
179
122
122
122
122
172
172
171
171
163
162
161
161
125
128
136
144
144
153
174
179
138
139
139
142
154
144
137
134
152
141
147
154
91
90
89
85
137
135
137
140
155
152
151
152
191
191
191
185
154
153
163
162
171
171
158
158
176
176
122
122
171
171
162
161
160
152
181
168
151
150
134
132
166
162
86
87
148
145
154
153
183
185
av
av
av
av
av
av
May
_
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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1
Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the month
except food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,
all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on the
following basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are based
on July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends,_the fuel and the light data have been segregated
from 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is not
3 "
available and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for those
years on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.
2
Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmers
throughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers for
the period 1019-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
» The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau o/ Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to their
consumption in workingmeu's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15tii of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
4
The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of^Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvania
. anthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotation? a year, on Jan. 15 and
July 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.
* 8 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.
6 11 months' average, August missing.
710 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.
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Table 6.—WOOL*
CONSUMP- l
TION
(in
i
In
grease
As Im- grease equivaported equiva- lent) 3
lent
For-
eign
MACHINERY ACTIVITY »
Looms
Total
Held by
manu- Held by
dealers
facturers
Wide Narrow
Thousands of pounds
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average. _ _
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average. __
1919 monthly average. __
18, 761
27, 906
35, 801
36, 683
42, 214
41, 956
39, 918
13, 483
15, 894
15, 142
17, 100
17, 510
15, 275
17, 825
12, 012
20, 660
19, 583
24, 704
26, 682
22, 093
1920 monthly average. _ .
1921 monthly average ._..
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average. ..
1925 monthly average. _.
1926 monthly average...
1927 monthly average.. .
22, 839
28, 589
36, 151
34, 759
25, 501
29, 102
28, 546
8,809
11, 977
15, 913
12, 095
16, 687
11,018
14, 105
18, 266
14, 030
16, 613
20, 238
22, 664
9,315
14, 483
14, 997
10, 280
26, 394
50, 598
60, 980
36, 499
17, 938
46, 106
55, 877
29, 891
8,456
4,492
16, 956
16, 578
5, 157
15 442
11, 799
9, 033
8,972
8,794
17, 281
18, 085
24, 706
21, 346
8,044
6,399
6,498
8,138
9,237
11,686
18,208
33, 331
55, 841
25, 843
50, 082
26,001
5,278
21, 635
26, 722
31, 390
32, 854
22, 351
Per cent of active hours to total reported
i
1
44, 487
54,163
24, 921
31, 659
28, 017
25, 402
53, 467
44, 813
43, 857
42, 503
45, 961
18, 117
17, 355
13, 464
18, 425
20, 362
45,006
15, 079
21, 754
79
77
84
90
94
91
84
78
78
90
90
86
83
75
85
90
93
90
83
74
78
74
90
85
81
79
207, 008
215, 737
554, 183
559, 431
478, 761
480, 867
383, 100
352, 061
357, 266
334, 512
220, 339
279, 381
290, 023
247, 431
207, 803
179, 213
168, 257
255, 015
233, 940
188, 738
233, 437
175, 297
172, 848
191, 166
166, 255
64
69
68
83
69
69
63
62
70
64
65
76
62
64
61
63
67
51
77
82
66
72
63
64
70
71
89
98
88
86
77
79
75
89
91
98
80
77
79
80
68
72
87
92
85
84
73
78
74
82
79
92
66
67
69
67
385, 615
167, 426
218, 189
58
60
56
59
61
67
58
65
67
64
56
57
80
84
77
79
74
73
75
83
80
79
76
78
61
61
59
65
357, 107
175, 436
181, 671
168, 458
135, 210
65
67
64
58
65
64
67
68
84
84
79
77
81
88
83
71
82
79
80
77
71
303, 668
64
66
66
63
62
60
57
58
52
51
57
51
68
67
68
71
78
78
79
78
75
80
70
64
78
77
76
75
66
68 !
61
56
60
59
53
58
65
62
80
81
64
63
79
78
55
49
39, 833
15, 832
21, 053
20, 179
17, 924
18, 933
24, 535
23, 936
20,566
48, 153
49, 122
46, 322
41, C91
13, 208
24, 759
21, 305
29, 473
20, 474
28, 353
23, 646
33, 120
23, 600
45, 087
48, 324
46, 757
38, 855
7,488
5,759
25, 040
19, 671
28, 163
43, 911
41, 282
25, 856
22, 222
68
65
72
80
74
60
57
206, 669
227, 236
44, 338
20,149
28,271
73
78
73
91
88
84
72
75
74
73
86
87
85
71
i
37, 158
Wool- Woren
sted
492, 114
652, 258
12 632
21, 557
34, 393
37, 432
35, 083
37,811
Carpet
and
rug
Spinning
spinciies
Combs
DoTotal mestic
YEAR AND MONTH
STOCKS «
(in grease equivalent,
quarterly)
IMPOETS 2
Sets of cards
RECEIPTS AT
BOSTON i
166,100
1927
May _
June
July
August.
September
October
November
December
.
...
__
1928
January
February. _
March.
April
May
June
July
August
_ _
_.
15,205
5,103
6,608
7,545
6,233
6,648
September
October
November
December
21,383
46,504
261, 749
175,876
85, 873
385, 407
173, 556
211,850
65
i
1
I
*Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, pp. 10, 11, 12r
14, 16, and 17.
1 Receipts of wool at Boston by railroads and steamships compiled by the Boston Chamber of Commerce through January, 1925, and since that date by the Boston Grain
and Flour Exchange. They comprise usually about two-thirds of all wool imported and about half of the domestic wool clip. All classes of wool are combined in these
figures, without reduction to grease equivalent.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The left-hand column totals wool of all classes in the condition imported,
while the right-hand column shows the reduction to grease equivalent. Scoured carpet wool is converted to the grease basis, assuming a shrinkage of 40 per cent; other wools
are converted from scoured to grease on basis of a shrinkage of 45 per cent.
a Consumption of wool by textile mills from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, until April, 1922, when the compilation was transferred
to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. These data reported by almost 600 manufacturers represent nearly 80 per cent of the industry, the figures from
the American Woolen Company and from 10 to 20 other concerns not being included. The figures are reduced to grease equivalent by multiplying scoured wool by 2 and
pulled wool by 1^. Further details as to classes of wool and districts are given in press releases.
* Stocks of wool held by about 600 manufacturers and about 400 dealers from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, until April, 1922,
and thereafter by that bureau jointly with U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Until the third quarter of 1920, the stock reports by manufacturers are
practically complete, with about 600 firms reporting. Thereafter one large firm and a number of small firms, varying from 10 to 20, did not report, but estimates were made
for them from the third quarter of 1920 through the third quarter of 1921, in order to make the data comparable with previous figures; these figures, however, are not comparable with the later data from the reduced number of firms, which represent about 85 per cent of manufacturers* stocks. Stocks in dealers' hands include U. S. Government stocks taken over during the war and finally disposed of shortly after the end of 1921. Stocks include wool, tops, and noils and are reduced to grease equivalent in
the same manner as in the consumption report; further details as to classes of wool, etc., are given in press releases.
8
Percentage of active wool machinery compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, beginning with June, 1919. From October, 1918, through
May, 1919, these data had been collected by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, while previous thereto they were compiled by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. The 1913 figure is based on only one month (November figures as of December 1), while thereafter the averages are of quarterly data, until 1917 when monthly figures
were started in the middle of the year. The 1917 averages are therefore based on 9 months' figures. Up to 1921, the data represent the percentage of active machines to
total and beginning with 1921, the percentage of active hours to total hours of plant operation. Figures on the old basis of active machines are still published in the press
releases but are not much different from the more accurate active hour figures. Previous to October, 1922, these figures were originally given as of the first of
the following month, representing the previous months' operations, but these have now been changed to show the activity for the month to which properly credited; where
activity of over 100 per cent is shown, overtime was reported sufficient to offset all idle hours and leaves an excess. Details as to number of spindles, etc., are given in press
releases. These data comprise practically all wool-consuming mills.
29
Table 7.—CLOTHING
MEN'S AND BOYS'
GARMENTS CUT 1
YEAR AND MONTH
Suits
Separate Overtrou- coats
sers
OVERALLS 2
HOSIERY 3
KNIT UNDERWEAR <
UnUnProfilled
St'ks, New
Net filled
ducNet
orship- end of orders orders,
Cut ship- ders,
tion
end of
ments end of
(all ments mo.
mo.
mo. classes)
Thousands of garments Thousands of dozen
garments
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
Thousands of dozen pairs
Production
Unfilled
St'ks,
Net
New
ship- end of orders orders,
ments mo.
end of
mo.
Thousands of dozen garments
986
846
1,046
1,170
s 3, 834
8168
994
1,309
1,157
6837
1,840
2,992
3,807
7 1, 119
? 1, 108 7 1, 038
1,154 5 1, 156 « 1, 106 » 1, 221
1,029 1,020 1,243
965
1,062
1,124
1,104
1,331
2,456
3,002
2,175
2,364
»765
770
1,070
1,230
2,037
2,280
2,205
2,025
2,160
2,295
2,260
2,062
522
481
493
465
3,352
3,812
3,522
3,749
3,331
3,758
3,620
3,780
6,259
5,771
6,703
7,781
3,410
3,888
3,639
3,909
5,755
7,394
6,077
5,960
1,973
2,445
2,277
2,310
2,190
2,231
2,069
2,133
417
590
631
748
3,215
3,424
3,060
3,359
3,266
3,812
3,078
3,767
6,128
6,397
7, 616
7,378
3,252
3,848
2,966
3,477
6,213
6,229
6,170
5,786
1,043
1,062
821
927
838
853
843
1,109
1,379
1,484
1,507
1,386
720
966
616
974
2,354
2,391
2,114
1,910
1,897
1,790
1, 644
2,081
2,296
2,187
1,919
2,071
752
878
362
308
3,557
3,694
3, 733
3,487
4,015
3,940
3,888
3,560
6,953
6,843
6,856
6,710
3,946
4,289
4, 012
3,261
5,566
5,667
5, 783
5.100
1,004
1,015
976
931
1,325
1,166
999
787
1,196
1,042
1,011
1.063
1,087
949
1,117
918
1,659
1,417
1,400
1,562
January
February
March
April
2, 264
2 382
2,574
1, 932
2,170
2, 320
2,284
2,032
300
305
343
255
3,681
3, 640
4,159
3,709
3, 175
3,412
4, 251
3,618
7,301
7,567
7,342
7, 758
3,668
3,701
4,225
3,963
5, 513
5, 668
5,530
5,807
912
959
1,198
1,108
819
911
1, 164
1,013
1, 157
1,213
1,298
1,395
1,357
1, 232
1,282
949
2,091
2,408
2, 615
2,566
May
June
A ugtlSt
1,775
1, 970
1,902
2,151
2,032
2, 064
1, 950
2,199
379
544
614
710
3,694
3,941
3,113
3, 807
3,551
3,886
3,226
4,016
7,914
8,141
8, 390
8,093
4,058
4,143
3, 095
3, 892
6,141
6, 342
6,046
6,018
1,082
1,127
880
1, 082
958
1,049
950
1, 369
1,527
1, 623
1,617
1,434
952
1,115
803
1, 434
2,583
2,614
2, 458
2, 543
October
November
December ._
1 839
1,715
1, 692
2,095
1 963
1, 939
1, 847
1,902
729
'
704
435
261
3,841
1 4 151
3, 863
| 3,386
4, 355
4 294
3, 927
3,646
7, 695
7 965
7, 568
7,640
4,896
4 946
3,838
3,183
6, 407
6,481
6, 1G7
5,395
1, 055
1,181
1,181
973
1, 464
1, 359
1, 230
959
1, 216
1,322
1,073
1,100
1,241
1,147
1,046
924
2, 416
2, 185
1, 967
1, 925
2,207
2,408
2, 265
1,584
2,021
2, 013
2,329
1,662
269
280
280
199
354
377
372
341
294
353
254
303
99
106
97
125
3,578
3, 603
3,808
3,304
3, 033
3,279
3,803
3,217
7, 983
8, 466
8, 494
8,618
3,109
3,137
3, 363
3,418
5, 380
5, 167
4, 532
4, 520
1,022
1,132
1,215
1, 151
917
1, 042
1,194
965
1,202
1,209
1,250
1,520
1, 309
1, 025
1, 208
934
2, 313
2,275
2, 281
2,245
1,806
1,658
330
388
335
163
3,462
3,312
9,030
3,682
4,794
1,162
1,043
1,657
1,041
2,228
1924 monthly average ._
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
-_
1926
IVIay
June
July
August
--
September
October
November
December
-
1927
July
-
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
Julv
A u<Tust
--
i_
October
November
December
|
!
1
* Monthly data from 1920 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, pp. 37, 38, and 48,
except for men's and boys' garments, for which monthly data from 1924 appeared in the May, 1928, issue (No. 81), p. 48.
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 7*30 identical establishments in 1927 and approximately identical establishments
hereafter. Earlier figures are from 467 establishments prorated to compare with the 730 establishments on the basis of the relation of the figures in both groups in 1927.
Details by materials are given in press releases.
2
Compiled from reports to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from about 290 establishments; further details by kind of overalls are given in press
summaries. The data represent overalls, overall jackets, and one-piece overall suits, while additional data on children's play suits, work pants and breeches, blanket-lined
and 3similar coats, sheep-lined coats, leather jackets and hunting, riding, and camp clothing are shown in the press summaries.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as reported by 261 identical establishments, which produced 44 per cent of the total output of
hosiery in 1925, according to the census of manufacturers. Further details are given in press releases.
4
Data
of " "
" ' from reports of from 162 to 176 establishments, which produced 61 per cent of the total outData from U. S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, compiled '
U. S.
Commerce,
put of knit underwear in 1925, according to the census of manufacturers, while stocks are from 70 to 83 establishments only. Further details as to classes given in press
Jy.
releases. Data previous to May, 1924, were compiled by the Associated Knit Underwear Manufacturers of America.
6
6
7
11 months' average.
6 months' average.
9 months' average.
30
Table 8.—TEXTILE WHOLESALE PRICES
1
COTTON YARN
COTTON
COTTON GOODS
(B^SI) '
WOR- ! DRESS
STED
YARN j GOODS
1
Carded, Carded,
white,
Price to Midnorth- single
warp,
prodling,
ern,
40/ls,
ducer, upland, mule southspun,
all 3
New
ern
grades
York
22/1,
spincones,
ning
Boston
YEAR AND
MONTH
Print
cloth,
64 x 60,
Composite 38^ in.,
index * 5.35 yds.
tolb.,
f. o. b.
mm
Rel. to
1911-1913
Dollars per pound
Sheet\i blood
ing, 4/4
Terri- combing
Trion,
grease,
Ofolo
L Ls 36", tory*
fine,
4yds.
and
staple,
to lb., scoured PennNew
sylvania
York
fleeces
Dollars per yard
SUIT- ! SILK,
SILK
ING
II HAW ! GOODS
.
I
;
Japanese,
13-15,
New
York
2/33's,
Fr
crossss ^f
®^c> »•***
worsted,
bred
stock,
a*m'ra i»oi.,at
Boston • ** maH i
mm
Composite
index 8
i
;
Dollars per pound
Dollars
Dollars
per pound; per yard
Dollars per yard
ji
1913 mo.
1914 mo
1915 mo.
191 6 mo.
1917 mo.
1918 mo.
19 19 mo.
1920 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
__.
$0. 120
.104
.091
. 137
220
. 295
.299
.310
.125
.193
.270
.268
.222
.151
. 159
$0. 128
7
.119
.102
. 145
. 235
.318
.324
.339
$0. 248
.218
.198
---
449
. 662
. 596.703
.331
.397
.486
475
.418
.358
.351
. 152
.213
.294
.287
.235
.176
.176
6
1
|
$0. 448
.571
. 648
. 593
.558
. 508
.491
100
97
91
122
187
292
272
323
$0. 053
.046
.041
.061
.095
. 159
. 146
182
162
187
213
199
188
160
157
--
. 077
. 086
.103
.091
.093
.076
.076
$0. 062 !
. 056 i
.052 ;
. 072
. Ill)
. 195
.108
211
.087
. 104
. 123
.113
.104
. 093
. 093
$0. 57
.61
.71
.87
1. 59
81.84
1.74
1.66
.85
1.25
1. 41
1.42
1.40
1. 15
1.10
$0 25
.26
.36
.41
.66
8
. 76
.64
.26
. 42
.51
.53
:i
$0 78
.64
.79
1.05
1. 56
2 11
7 1. 63
1.83
1.18
1.41
1.73
1.69
1.72
i
jl
|
•'
;
i
I
i
I
i
1
i
s
$1.03
.99
11
i
;
$2. 168
2. 195 I
2. 348
2. 005
1. 912
33.273
6. 960
9. 639
9.084
6. 574
7. 643 •
8. 653
6.248
6.574
6.195
5. 443 ,
.168
.117
.110
.100
.170
.132
.128
.128
.367
.329
.321
.311
.506
.482
.470
.467
1927
January
February
March
April
.106
.115
.125
.123
.134
.140
.144
.146
.301
.306
.312
.312
Mav
June
_
July
August
.139
.148
.155
.171
.163
.168
.180
.203
September
October
November
December
1928
January
February
March
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1.40
1.44
1. 57
1.38
1. 39
1.36
1.24
1
1
1926
September
October
November
December
$1. S2
1. 75
.076
.068
.069
. 067
.093
.090
. 085
.080
1.11
1.12
1.12
1.08
.44
.45
.45
.44
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.38
1.01
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.890
1. 890
1.890
1. 890
6.370
6. 076
5.730
5.831
1.35
1.31
1.30
1.28
.460
.464
.458
.446
143
145
146
146
.068
.069
. 069
.068
.080
.081
.081
.081
1.08
1.09
1.08
1.08
.44
.44
.44
.43
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.35
1.00
1.00
.98
.98
1.895
1. 913
1. 913
1.913
5. 635
6.027
5.733 i
6. 125
1.27
1.29
1.28
1.26
.335
.346
. 354
. 387
i
159
154
148
143
. 456
.470
.481
.512
147
150
152
.071
.073
.075
.084
.082
.084
.087
.098
1.08
1.09
1.13
1. 12
.41
.42
.44
.44
1.33
1.33
1.35
1.35
.98
.98
.98
.98
1.913
1.913
1.913
1.913
5.831
5.488
5. 292
5. 145
1.25
1.24
1.23
1.23
.406
.402
. 383
.371
. 547
. 546
. 530
.522
177
175
172
168
.089
.087
.083
.080
.110
.111
.110
. 105
1.12
1. 12
1.12
1.14
.45
.47
.48
.49
1.38
1.40
1.40
1.40
.98
1.00
1.00
1.00
1. 913
1. 913
1.913
1.917
5.096
5. 145
4. 802
4. 998
1.20
1.20
1.19
1.19
166
163
161
161
.080
.077
.076
.076
.098
.095
.092
. 091
1.17
1.20
1.20
1. 19
.50
.52
.52
.53
1.43
1.50
1. 53
1.55
1.00
1.00
1.03
1.03
1. 935
1. 953
2.008
2.008
5.145
5 292
5. 194
5. 390
1. 19
1.20
1.20
1. 20
164
162
.079
.077
.092
.091
1.18
1.18
.55
.55
1.58
1.58
1.03
1.03
2.008
2.008
4.998
4.851
.225
.210
.200
.187
.218
.211
.203
.196
.186
.170
.178
187
.190
.185
.195
.203
.369
.360
.366
.366
.523
.494
.483
.480
.201
.197
.217
.214
. 380
.374
i
162
.480
.489
j
i
|
;
1.19
1. 18
!
I
jl
II
1 Unless otherwise specified, all prices are averages of weekly quotations as compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly data from
1909 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, pp. 13,14,15, 28, 35, and 36, except on raw
silk,2 Japan, 13-15, New York, for which monthly data from 1917 were presented in the November, 1927, issue of the SURVEY (No. 75), p. 27.
Averages of weekly quotations on representative grades in the Boston market, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
3 Price of cotton to the producer, given at the end of each month until December, 1923, since which month it is given as of the 15th of the month, is a weighted average
of prices received by producers throughout the United States for all grades of cotton as compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
The 4 market price in New York, on the other hand, is quoted on a specific grade and includes handling and transportation charges.
Fairchild cotton-goods index, compiled by the Daily News Record, represents average weekly wholesale quotations of 36 standard cloths in the New York market.
s Fairchild silk-goods index, compiled by the Daily News Record, represents the arithmetic average price per yard at the end of each month in the New York market
of 18 domestic numbers and 5 Japanese numbers, including most of the standard fabrics manufactured both in the United States and in Japan. Monthly data from 1019
are given on p. 138 of the present issue.
7
e Average for years 1911 to 1913, inclusive.
Average for 10 months.
« Average for 6 months.
• Average for 9 months.
31
Table 9.—COTTON
REPRODUC- GINNINGS
(total crop CEIPTS
TION
INTO
(crop 3 to end of
nioatia
estimate) indicated) ? SIGHT
YEAR AND MONTH
STOCKS
(end of month)
EXFORTS CONIM- (includ- SUMPPORTS
ing
TION
linters)
World visible *
Domestic
Total
!
Mills
Warehouses
Total
cotton
American
cotton
Bales «
1909-13 monthly average
1913 monthly average
_
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average _ _ _ _ _
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
13 033 235
14, 156, 486
16, 134, 930
11,191,820
11,449,930
11, 302, 375
12, 040, 532
11,420,763
1920 monthly average
19'?1 monthly avenige
1922 monthly avenge
1 923 monthly aver, i ge . . _ . ...
1924 monthly averfsO
1925 monthly av-, r,r~c
__
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
13, 439, 603
7, 953, 641
9, 762, 069
10, 139, 671
13, 627, 936
16, 103,679
17, 977, 000
13,982,811
15, 905, 840
11,068,173
11,363,915
11,248,242
11,906,480
11, 325, 532
1, 203, 092
1,035,730
1,256,604
1, 186, 402
959, 945
920, 106
1,031,256
17,313
18, 455
26, 283
33, 798
32, 064
23, 103
18, 781
29, 226
735, 226
746, 978
547, 068
727, 033
607, 546
412,690
352, 953
561, 280
465, 289
454, 064
500, 749
551, 701
567, 984
514,712
493, 293
3, 085, 132
3, 414, 853
4, 898, 345
4,777,800
4, 137, 287
4, 687, 250
4, 935, 973
1,359,417
1, 209, 177
1, 552, 989
1, 883, 668
1, 658, 513
1, 594, 578
1, 430, 976
1,725,715
2, 205, 675
3, 345, 356
2, 914, 132
2, 478, 774
3, 092, 672
3, 504, 998
3, 977, 335
4, 349, 535
4,628,711
5, 920, 777
4, 704, 844
3, 978, 899
4, 021, 720
5, 065, 485
2, 976, 202
3, 061, 535
3, 094, 377
4,473, 105
3,494,011
2, 752, 066
2, 814, 722
3, 614, 068
13, 270, 970
7, 977, 778
9, 729, 306
10, 170, 694
13, 639, 399
16,122,516
17, 755, 070
12,783,112
896, 699
1, 014, 029
1, 000, 802
944, 2CO
1,119,34.9
1, 344, 3S4
1, 424, 535
1, 336, 327
49, 999
23, 158
31,030
31, 228
26, 754
26, 113
30, 232
34, 268
513, 261
539, 509
509, 484
439, 930
566, 243
711,020
754, 026
789, 616
486, 933
450, 565
507, 294
543, 444
460, 139
536, 044
556, 971
617, 220
4, 792, 190
6, 100, 426
4, 706, 031
3,853,119
3, 435, 371
3,991,285
5,471,631
5, 758, 353
1,453,054
1,312,862
1, 447, 196
1,480,319
1, 087, 880
1,283,913
1, 432, 843
1, 605, 737
3, 339, 136
4, 787, 564
3, 258, 836
2, 372, 800
2, 347, 490
2, 707, 372
4, 038, 787
4, 152, 616
5, 662, 420
6, 346, 620
4, 950, 925
3, 503, 179
3, 722, 885
4, 579, 560
5, 626, 734
6, 732, 073
3, 909, 420
4,410,286
3, 152, 091
2, 152, 179
2, 417, 302
3, 264, 977
4, 209, 484
5, 240, 157
4,414,216
516, 376
518, 607 ! 3, 678, 968
3, 032. 560
461, 743
2, 632, 157
500, 253
1, 448, 739
1, 268, 707
1, 096, 647
916, 786
2, 965, 477
2,410,261
1, 935, 913
1, 715, 371
5, 070, 424
4, 314, 794
3, 686, 450
3, 182, 764
3, 459, 424
2, 762, 794
2, 284, 450
1, 988, 764
|
1926
13, 625
22, 137
12, 090
13, 269
\. ugust
15, 635, 000
15, 621, 000
47, 770
696, 556
509, 092
225, 409
131, 103
558, 523
September
October
November
December. _
15, 166, 000
16, 627, 000
17,918,000
18,618,000
5, 643, 139
11,253,873
14, 644, 070
15, 540, 804
2, 138, 747
3, 901, 252
3, 648. 910
2, 701, 262
794, 584
10, 007
30, 877 1, 369, 820
41,441 1, 486, 224
39, 851 1, 531, 297
570, 570
568, 361
583, 746
602, 986
4, 223, 726
6, 684, 732
8,009,515
8, 311, 996
936, 441
1, 213, 199
1, 493, 013
1, 763, 739
3, 287, 285
5, 471, 533
6, 516, 502
6S 548, 257
4, 283, 515
6, 148, 052
7, 456, 845
8, 519, 146
3,115,515
5, 056, 052
6, 367, 845
7, 229, 146
16, 616, 075
1, 575, 278
1,211,831
1, 287, 048
876, 865
56, 939 1,115,792
39, 702 1, 010, 507
41, 267 1, 129, 537
38, 058 855, 449
603, 242
589, 513
693, 081
618, 279
8, 010, 582
7, 385, 107
6, 458, 599
5, 560, 874
1, 852, 074
1, 931, 794
1,975,694
1, 891, 137
6, 158, 508
5, 453, 313
4, 482, 905
3, 669, 737
8, 796, 094
8, 533, 443
7, 795, 143
7, 380, 071
7, 227. 094
6, 860, 443
6, 178, 143
5, 718, 071
21,347
37, 078
31, 147
28, 041
628, 132
481, 943
389, 358
340,311
629, 948
659, 841
569, 765
633, 434
4, 659, 218
3, 775, 984
3, 227, 367
3, 295, 004
1,792,261
1, 594, 475
1, 404, 815
1, 122, 059
2, 866, 957
2, 181, 509
1, 822, 552
2, 172. 945
6, 507, 136
5, 654, 492
4, 988, 005
4, 480, 172
4,815,136
4, 014, 492
3,417,005
3,131,172
631, 041
28, 346
19, 235 1, 126, 509
28, 845 999, 501
767, 314
41,211
627, 321
612, 935
625, 680
543, 598
5, 083, 456
6, 760, 224
7, 520, 754
7, 363, 062
1,118,776
1, 327, 095
1, 551, 336
1, 707, 326
3, 964, 680
5,433,129
5, 969, 418
5, 655, 736
5, 356, 078
6, 478, 500
7,314,256
7, 501, 489
4, 108, 078
5, 296, 500
6, 074, 256
6, 041, 489
May
June
July
1927
_ _ _ _ _
Januarv
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
_ _
17, 755, 070
419,459
346, 533
366, 722
391, 295
13, 492, 000
162, 283
1, 533, 577
690, 988
365, 509
128, 932
832, 333
12,692,000
12, 678, 000
12 842 000
12, 789, 000
5, 944, 734
9, 920, 846
11,738,338
12, 072, 763
1, 999, 710
2, 836, 916
2, 570, 792
1, 659, 719
12, 501, 447
897, 939
633, 133
715, 445
713, 516
41, 445
38, 200
41, 433
18, 196
728, 935
634, 890
614, 428
485, 219
582, 417
573, 810
581,318
525, 158
6, 720, 922
5, 981, 579
5, 104, 020
4, 429, 298
1, 706, 893
1, 668, 650
1, 593, 486
1, 507, 992
5, 014, 029
4, 312, 929
3, 510, 534
2, 921, 306
7, 162, 849
6, 701, 828
6, 273, 385
6, 022, 896
5, 469, 849
5, 019, 828
4, 543, 385
4, 101, 896
693, 162
297, 397
19, 842
14, 587
591, 345
457, 781
577, 710
510, 565
3, 636, 501
2, 804, 502
1,331,135
1, 158, 531
2, 305, 366
1, 645, 971
5, 629, 762
4, 961, 966
3, 532, 762
2, 909, 966
- _
_
___
September
October
November
December
_
,
1928
January
February
Mprch
April
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December _
12, 783, 112
. . .-
--
-
_ _
1 Receipts into sight compiled by New Orleans Cotton Exchange; imports and exports from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce;
consumption, ginnings, and domestic stocks from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Linters are not included in the statistics in this table, except in
the exports. Yearly figures represent averages for the calendar year except for ginnings and production, in which case totals for the crop year are shown (not an average).
Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, may be found in. the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, p. 18 to 27.
2
The yearly figures, from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, represent the latest revised estimates of total production of the cotton
crop for the year (not a monthly average). The monthly figures show the current estimate of total production as reported each month.
3 Figures for September are to Sept. 25 only, prior to 1924. December figures cover ginnings through Dec. 13 only. January figures for all years cover ginnings through
Jan. 16, and March figures cover all ginnings of the crop. Yearly figures represent total ginnings for the cotton crop harvested in that year (not a monthly average).
* These figures, from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, represent world visible supply on the Saturday nearest the end of the month, covering European ports,
United States ports and interior, Egypt, India, and quantities afloat.
5
All bales are running bales counting round as half bales, except for imports, which are given in equivalent 500-pound bales.
32
Table 10.—COTTON MANUFACTURING
SPINI>LE ACTIVITY 1
YEAR AND
MONTH
Active
spindles
Per
Total spin- Ratio
spin- dle to ca- Billings Orders, Shipgray
dle
yardage ments
in
hours place pacity
Thous. Millions Hours
of hours
Thousands of
yards
Per
cent
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av ...
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
30, 559
30, 748
31, 136
32, 293
33,400
33, 525
33, 878
33, 807
1921 mo. av .__
1922 mo. av
1923 mo. av
1924 mo. av ...
1925 mo. av
1926 mo. av
1927 mo. av
33, 052 » 7, 532
7,725
33, 026
34, 681 8,292
31, 136 6,689
32, 642
7,883
32, 352 8,086
32, 531 8,700
•206
209
222
177
208
215
236
1927
May
June
July
August
32, 905
32, 757
32, 324
32, 239
8,983
9,191
8,033
8,973
244
249
219
245
108.9
109.3
99.1
103.5
85, 054
87,006
72, 334
84, 780
77, 170
77, 743
71,959
82, 407
September
October
November.
December
32, 343
32, 498
32, 269
31,715
8,761
8,705
8, 680
7,859
240
238
238
215
107.0
105.3
107.2
94.3
84, 899
85,490
77, 239
77.885
1928
January
February _
March
April
31, 698
31, 687
31,413
30, 965
8,259
7,969
8,312
7,416
227
220
231
206
101.5
101.2
96.8
94.8
29, 060
28, 624
7,959
7,248
222
203
95.0
88,3
May
June
Julv
August
FINE
COTTON
GOODS
(3)
FINISHED COTTON GOODS >
8
Stocks,
end of
month
Cases
Unfilled ProducAc- ortion
tivity ders,
(New
end Bedford)
mo.
Per
cent
Days
Pieces
COTTON
CLOTH *
MILL DIVIDENDS
(quarterly)
Fall River •'
New Bedford «
Ratio
Ratio
Imto capto capports Exports Total italiza- Total italization
tion
Thous. of square Thous. Per ct. Thous. Per ct.
of
of
per
per
yards
dollars quarter dollars quarter
3,880
5,189
3,563
5,534
5,441
2,737
4,146
11, 732
38,890
27, 207
43, 195
51, 688
63,718
45, 348
56,920
68,229
$519
311
284
512
1,054
1,512
1,208
2,521
1.820
1.084
.974
1.734
3.338
4.594
3.651
7.486
$547
470
653
746
1,471
1,603
1,681
2, 238
1.405
1.197
1.645
1.832
3.001
3.164
3.324
4.390
354, 274 12 7, 148
385, 770 11, 872
438, 761 18, 248
366,360 14, 782
9,104
421, 059
5,057
403, 020
5,251
480, 868
45, 959
48, 958
38,710
39, 818
45, 276
42, 775
45, 987
780
762
882
705
419
305
299
2.031
1.997
2.061
1.609
.931
.722
.730
1,365
1,500
1,258
942
981
703
570
2.299
2.429
1.741
1.285
1.325
1.024
.788
262
.643
598
.821
262
.643
588
.809
406
.997
607
.826
247
.629
PQ-T
oU,
.821
241
.602
i 434, 188
383, 523
329, 571
52, 787 s 39, 431 8 25, 543 » 39, 920
838
86.7
•91.5 10 85, 386 10 90, 054 10 44, 935 10 36, 226
93.5 11 94, 016 11 95, 509 » 49, 102 11 44, 937
98.9
95,098 91,504 48, 116 46,166
78.5
77,650 76, 105 41,863 43, 139
92.9
78, 756
76, 558 43, 691 39, 640
81,214 78,565 47, 352 39, 641
95.4
104.9
84, 458 81, 627 49, 428 38, 243
1065
H66
68
58
60
64
70
109.4
H9.9
9.5
5.9
5.8
6.1
5.8
49, 711
48, 133
43, 154
52, 399
37, 340
39, 535
40, 390
37, 092
72
66
63
68
6.1
5.5
5.9
5.8
479, 275
530, 892
460, 260
486, 395
6,892
5,654
3,821
4,996
51, 796
48, 589
50, 387
46, 387
87, 386
77, 296
69, 073
69, 836
52, 316
50, 175
44, 671
43, 287
37, 053
39, 094
41, 350
41, 059
72
73
61
59
5.8
5.4
4.4
3.9
496, 697
466, 529
472, 298
468, 823
4,741
4,425
5,081
5,565
50,333
42, 836
45, 919
41, 117
68, 737
78, 786
89, 740
75, 378
75, 665
79, 184
81, 328
68,316
44, 673
49, 035
51, 495
43, 378
40, 751
38, 698
39, 787
40, 876
62
69
69
64
4.7
5.2
4.8
4.5
401, 676
429, 095
461, 429
255, 949
6,472
5,813
7,921
6, 418
34, 963
33, 380
42, 237
39, 831
73, 539
70,029
72, 961
61,347
47, 555
42,357
40, 449
38, 907
62
53
4.3
3.6
128, 604
134, 158
4,615
43, Oil
46, 534
September
October
November
December
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, pp. 29 to 34, 39
-and 1
40.
Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, representing total cotton spindles active in textile mills during the month. The capacity percentage
akes2 into account working days, on a single-shift basis, exclusive of holidays. Details by States are given in press releases.
Compiled by the National Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics from reports from 31 out of 51 members, covering work done outside of regular textile mills. In the
statistics given above, white goods and dyed goods each comprise regularly about 40 per cent of billings and orders, and printed goods about 20 per cent. Prior to November, 1923, an additional firm was included. Details by Federal reserve districts and classes of goods are given in the association's reports. The goods are billed as completed,
hence billings approximate production.
3
Data on fine cotton goods, from the Fine Cotton Goods Exchange, are reported by 24 identical mills in the New Bedford district, representing about 50 per cent of the
fine cotton goods industry in New England and from 20 to 30 per cent throughout the United States. Data on sales are no longer published, as not strictly comparable
with4 production figures.
Imports and exports of cotton cloth from the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Exports of cotton cloth include duck and
.other cloth, bleached, unbleached, and colored. Beginning with January, 1921, the figures are reported in square yards instead of linear yards, as formerly, and are probably slightly smaller than in the corresponding linear-yard measurement. Imports include bleached and unbleached, colored, dyed, printed, and woven figured cloths.
* Dividends paid by cotton mills in Fall River in quarter ending in the month given, comprising about 38 mills, are compiled by G. M. Haffards & Co. Yearly figures
are quarterly averages.
e Dividends paid by New Bedford cotton mills in quarter ending in the month given, compiled from records comprising about 26 mills, supplied by Sanford & Eilley.
Yearly figures are quarterly averages.
? 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
8
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive, previous data not available.
' Average for 5 months, August to December, inclusive; previous data not available.
1011 months' average, January to November, inclusive.
"11 months' average, February to December, inclusive.
" 9 months' average, January to September, inclusive.
33
Table 11.—COTTON TEXTILES AND BUTTONS
CARDED SALES
YARN*
Production
YEAR AND
MONTH
Stocks,
end of
month
Unfilled
Proorders,
end of duction
month
New
orders
6
Shipments
Production
Stocks, Unfitted
end of orders,
end of
month month
FRESHWATER
PEARL
BUTTONS <
Production
Stocks,
end of
month
Stocks,
end of
month
Ratio
to capacity
Thousands of yards
Thousands of pounds
1922 monthly av_
1923 monthly av_
1924 monthly av_
1925 monthly av_
1926 monthly av.
1927 monthly av.
CLOTH
PRINTING 3
COTTON TEXTILES 2
OCEAN PEARL
BUTTONS 5
Pro- Ship- New Stocks,
duc- ments orders end of
tion
month
Thousands of gross
46.1
46.0
33.4
44.0
46.7
48.4
12, 562
13, 874
14,011
12, 489
11,969
9,794
6 9, 887
6
27, 597
185
217
248
529
1927
January
February. ..
March
April
219, 024
277, 853
226, 117
275, 206
220, 815
271, 801
257, 103
214, 840
278, 644
454, 800
228, 933
232, 611
277, 052
237, 185
15, 682
376, 811
270, 644
296, 165
252, 301
259, 955
258, 303
305, 134
222, 942
216, 212
190, 520
162, 438
176, 681
441, 799
454, 140
445, 171
474, 530
44.4
48.3
50.0
50.9
10, 300
10, 134
9,819
9,900
154
188
185
209
186
258
231
211
402
303
195
203
522
535
558
540
9, 830
9,966
9. 705
9,555
208
185
140
171
217
186
162
192
209
233
146
208
535
566
568
333
7
56, 177
May
June
July
August
13, 136
10, 792
13, 286
8,085
8,538
9,393
19, 945
22, 665
24, 415
231, 874
279, 456
229, 097
245, 605
328, 144
179, 060
215, 730
255, 992
230, 665
269, 723
239, 193
221, 915
177, 890
187, 623
177, 527
201, 217
572, 009
481, 346
457, 883
491, 960
51, 688
51.5
52.9
37.3
43.6
September
October
November
December
17, 618
16, 619
17,162
21, 160
8,570
10, 165
11, 580
12, 880
24, 124
27, 220
34, 692
40, 115
346, 902
331, 854
321, 621
372, 042
333, 607
225, 560
193, 871
374, 581
346, 199
293, 411
286, 097
328, 076
201, 920
257, Oil
292, 535
336, 501
479, 368
432, 447
340, 221
386, 726
58, 673
64, 943
57, 006
48, 574
50.9
53.9
52.3
45.1
9,409
9, 604
9,646
9,662
173
207
195
206
217
274
253
220
279
282
284
237
529
499
483
476
18, 934
18, 642
22, 598
16, 737
13, 444
13,611
13, 475
13, 390
38, 287
38, 457
33, 030
31, 925
297, 669
300, 323
358, 025
286, 005
194, 114
256, 328
349, 855
335, 117
266, 9-17
285, 404
337, 573
270, 172
367, 223
382, 142
402, 594
418, 427
313, 893
284, 817
297, 099
362, 044
49, 826
64, 015
75, 725
69, 378
74, 326
75, 153
78, 151
48.8
51.1
51.9
50.7
10, 902
10, 748
10, 914
10, 949
190
233
225
220
223
258
229
207
301
336
237
216
565
578
585
390
16, 358
19,415
13, 427
12, 539
28, 484
25, 435
349, 325
287, 818
269, 845
267, 025
326, 244
270, 342
441, 508
458, 984
305, 645
302, 328
73, 520
63, 796
76, 149
79, 416
48.8
46.8
11,098
11, 277
206
204
199
1928
January
February
March.
April
May
June..
July
August
_ _
September
October
November
December
1 Compiled by the Cotton Textile Institute from weekly reports, the production figures being combined into the monthly totals on the basis of either 4 or 5 weeks, June
and September being 5-week months, while stocks and unfilled orders are for the Saturday nearest the end of the month. The figures for 1927 are not strictly comparable
owing to the progressive addition of reporting firms, June and July reports being from about 100 mills each week, August and September from 118 mills with about 1,400,000
spindles in place, October and most of November from 134 mills with about 1,700,000 spindles in place, and beginning with the week ended November 26 from 141 mills
with about 1,950,000 spindles in place, these latter mills representing about 70 per cent of the spindle-capacity of the industry. These reports include only yarn made for
sale 2to other mills, yarn used by the same mill in further manufacture being excluded.
Compiled by the Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York from weekly, biweekly, and monthly reports of 46 commission houses and of several additional
mills through the Cotton Textile Institute, representing mills manufacturing 23 groups of textile constructions, as follows, new groups added since the beginning of 1926 being
marked with the date of inauguration of their statistics: Class A sheetings, Class B sheetings, Class C sheetings, print cloths narrower than 36 inches, print cloth 36 inches
a,nd wider, pajama checks, drills 40 inches and narrower, 4-leaf clothing twills, pocketing twills, jeans (gray cloth only), osnaburgs, heavy-warp sateens, drills, twills,
sheetings, and sateens wider than 40 inches, denims, chambrays, cheviots and plaids, ginghams, wide brown sheetings (compiled entirely by the Cotton Textile Institute
beginning with July, 1927, with additional mills reporting), print cloth fancies (beginning March, 1926), carded broadcloth (beginning July, 1926), canton flannels for the
mitten trade (beginning July, 1926), flat ducks (beginning October, 1927), tobacco cloths (beginning October, 1927), and miscellaneous print cloths (beginning October, 1927).
orders and shipments are computed from the other figures. The mills reporting are believed to represent over 60 per cent of the industry and are located chiefly in the South.
3
Compiled by the Cotton Textile Institute from reports of from 15 to 18 mills finishing print cloths, both job printers, i. e., those printing cloths not of their own manufacture, and corporation printers, i. e., those both manufacturing and printing. These statistics, therefore, overlap somewhat the data of the National Association of Finishers
of Cotton Fabrics, as they include corporation printers, which the association statistics omit, and exclude white and dyed goods, which the association statistics cover in
addition to printed goods. The machines included in these reports represent from 68 to 74 per cent of the total printing machines. Cotton and rayon mixtures are included
in these data, and the institute's reports present details by kind of cloth and use. Stocks represent printed yardage, both in cases and open stock.
4
Compiled by the National Association of Button Manufacturers from reports of 17 firms representing 95.2 per cent of the machine capacity of the association members,
except prior to July, 1922, when 16 firms reported on stocks, and there has been a further variation in the production reports; but being on a percentage basis, they are
comparable. Stocks are as of the last Saturday of the month. Monthly data from 1922 through 1926 may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textile Section,
page 47.
6
Compiled by the Ocean Pearl Button Manufacturers' Association from reports of 9 members, estimated to represent about 75 per cent of the industry. Figures represent 4-week totals, the extra week being omitted in 5-week months to insure comparability. Details by sizes are given in the association's reports, stock figures being
presented also by patterns. Production represents buttons polished.
6
7 months' average.
7
5 months' average.
731°—28
3
34
Table 12.—SILK, RAYON, OTHER TEXTILES, AND FUR*
SILK
Thous.
of Ibs.
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. average__mo. average. _.
mo. average.. .
mo. average__.
mo. average__mo. average
mo. average-- .
mo. average...
mo. average__.
At Broad NarAt
ware 2 mfg. 3 looms row
houses plants
iooms
Per cent of active
hours to total
Bales
Dolls, Thous.
perlb. of dolls.
Long
tons
Thous.
of Ibs.
Thous. Thous. of linear
of Ibs.
yds.
62. 6
72.5
69.5
97.9
88.5
78.6
27, 274
33, 817
20, 416
22, 815
26, 613
24, 691
25, 854
25, 063
25,300
36, 880
47, 628
39, 595
43, 436
49, 873
47, 971
52, 151
49, 915
47, 473
56.2
58.1
60.4
62.6
89.4
89.1
81.2
79.7
700
852
1,718
1,518
1,397
1,074
1,074
1,022
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.50
29, 892
20, 751
29. 096
43. 437
49, 797
47, 320
39, 830
50, 271
3,206
3, 398
4,275
3.559
87. 3
83.0
89.7
86.8
61.6
56.6
53.8
51.9
76.5
67.3
74.9
73.4
1,799
1,311
1,220
1,528
1,366
1,405
1,654
1,052
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
30, 569
23, 115
19, 030
23, 768
62, 760
61, 287
35, 286
71, 417
22, 100
25, 967
26, 530
24, 282
81.9
84.2
88.4
93.0
50.8
54.2
53.3
51.8
77.1
77.6
77.8
79.6
1,129
1,386
1,285
1,764
1,875
1,674
1,680
2,549
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
$1, 220
1,133
18, 284
16, 705
25, 089
23, 862
47, 528
41. 677
40, 186
35, 483
26, 700
27, 567
23, 096
24, 369
94.6
99.1
98.8
88.5
50.7
50.6
52.5
49.8
77.3
79.1
67.7
64.2
1,366
1,146
1,080
844
2,915
3,048
3,263
3, 164
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1,159
1,374
1,627
1,332
42, 088
41, 127
23, 523
24, 746
90.8
97.4
56.7
55.4
66.9
57.1
902
710
3,128
1.50
1.50
1,415
15, 283
15, 176
18, 484
20,051
27 732
24, 043
22, 078
1937
January __
February
March
April
8,208
5,437
7,011
6,418
48, 307
42, 860
49, 242
47, 853
52, 627
43, 758
33, 116
31, 749
24, 872
22, 120
21, 193
22, 581
86.4
86.2
90. 1
86.4
May
June
Julv
August
7,322
7,404
6,225
9, 347
45. 486
41,312
41, 039
47, 042
35, 527
37, 024
43, 841
56, 618
18, 984
18, 086
16, 002
22, 218
September. _
October
November
December _ _
7,625
7,942
5,899
7,541
50, 107
47, 827
46, 947
43, 357
58, 986
62, 366
52, 069
53, 540
1928
January
February.
March.
April
7,405
6,657
6,725
6,561
52, 420
50, 679
52, Oil
41, 258
9,133
6,174
46, 367
46, 051
1
9
59. 3
73.5
72.5
88.7
84.8
87.0
9
42. 1
55.1
47.8
59.5
62.3
55.9
9
Thous. of
dolls.
|
$4.77
4.66
2.67
2.80
2.80
2.11
2.00
1.81
1.49
51,312
21,315
32, 350
33, 367
37, 464
44, 819
36, 814
46, 768
September
October
November
December
Imports *
Sales
by
dealers 8
UnPyrox- Ship- filled
ylin ments orders,
spread billed end of
mo.
15
2G3
385
320
ic 818
268
645
1, 863
1,485
18, 558
27, 887
30, 635
29, 868
30, 592
41, 779
41, 796
45, 948
May _
June
Julv
August
Thous. of
Ibs.
Shipments
FUR
Pyroxylin-coated
textiles 1
(artificial leather)
Burlaps
96
154
306
174
326
143
583
839
1,351
4,627
3,305
4, 361
4,872
5, 163
5,050
6,400
6,472
7,198
_
Spinning
spindles
Elastic Fibers
(unwebbing « mnfd.)
Price, wholesale 5
DelivImports l
Im-
Machinery
activity *
Stocks, imported,
end of month *
Stocks, end of
month
YEAR AND MONTH ports * eries 2
OTHER TEXTILES
RAYON
9
2, 482
2.201
2, 438
2,900
3,559
9
2, 050
1,630
2,018
2,256
2, 724
9
2, 469
1,577
1,698
2,045
2,701
$12, 029
13, 624
14, 227
2,168
2,431
3,426
2,752
2.486
3,410
2,781
2, 995
13, 400
20, 239
23,885
17, 544
3,854
4,358
3, 246
3,581
2,930
2,964
2}545
2,749
2,768
2,671
2, 415
2,387
17, 551
14, 136
10, 959
13, 694
40, 337
37, 396
29,569
44, 451
3,600
3,042
3,092
3,502
2,901
2,649
2,382
2,785
2,421
2,426
2,678
2,979
13, 644
8,843
8,115
8,713
39,268
28, 493
32, 882
23, 682
48, 922
66, 102
63, 901
62, 050
4,068
4,752
5,670
4,636
3,051
3,654
4,469
3,705
3,588
4, 715
4,499
3,817
7,081
13, 919
14, 572
11, 113
21, 846
19, 672
58, 124
56,913
5,422
5,123
3,991
4,274
4,005
4,228
12,905
1
11
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, and monthly averages from 1913 through 1918 on all imports and rayon data may be found
in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Textiles Section, pp. 41 to 47.
1
Imports of silk, of unmanufactured fibers, burlaps, and of rayon, as well as stocks of rayon in bonded customs warehouses, from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Silk imports are a total of unmanufactured silk, including raw silk, cocoons, and waste. Unmanufactured fibers include flax, hemp,
istle, jute, kapok, manila, New Zealand flax, sisal, etc. Rayon imports are a total of yarns, threads, and filaments.
2
Deliveries of raw silk from principal warehouses in New York City, indicating approximate consumption by mills, and stocks at these warehouses are from the Silk
Association of America. A bale of silk averages about 133 pounds, but varies considerably according to origin of the bale. Details by sources are given in the association's
report. The delivery figures are computed by the association from the data on stocks and trade figures on imports through New York and Pacific ports, allowing time for
Pacific imports to reach New York.
3
Computed from data reported by the Silk Association of America, covering from 35 to 60 per cent of the silk manufactures and throwsters, averaging about 45 per cent
for most of the year 1924. Owing to the varying number of mills reporting, the original figures have been prorated up to 100 per cent, by dividing the stocks reported by
:}he percentage of the trade which they are estimated to represent. The maximum reporting capacity (60 per cent in April and May, 1923), coming immediately after a
month of minimum reporting capacity (35 per cent in March, 1923), indicates, in the close correspondence of these prorated totals, that the prorating shows the situation
quite accurately.
4
Compiled by the Silk Association of America from manufacturers representing about 50 per cent of the industry. The figures represent the percentage of active hours
to the total hours normally worked, and are weighted averages of each section of the silk industry, for which details are given in the association's monthly reports, i. e.,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New England, and all other.
* Compiled by the Silk Association of America, representing average price of bleached rayon, 150 denier, A grade, in the New York market.
6
Compiled by the Webbing Manufacturers Exchange from reports of 19 manufacturers. From 1920 through August, 1928, data were collected from 8 manufacturers
and shown in thousands of yards in the February, 1928, and previous issues of the SURVEY
i Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of from 10 to 16 establishments, the number gradually increasing until 1928, when
these 16 establishments had a monthly capacity on a 24-hour basis of 11,113,074 yards, based on 26 working days. These data represent products manufactured by spreading
nitrocellulose or pyroxylin preparations upon gray goods. Further details as to values, etc., are given in press summaries.
8
Compiled by the American Fur Merchants' Association, representing sales of fur to garment manufacturers, retailers, etc., principally in New York City, but also in
other places in the United States and Canada.
9
10 months' average, March to December, inclusive, except for pyroxylin unfilled orders, where a different 10 months' average is used, January and October figures
not being available.
10 8 months' average.
35
Table 13.—COAL
ANTHRACITE
BITUMINOUS
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
United
States
0)
Canada
(2)
Thous. of short
tons
Prices
Consumption
Exports
(3)
By
B
vesBy
sels electric railerr- power roads
ing plants
(6)
ports
(5)
(4)
.y
Thous. of
long tons
Stocks,
end of
By coke
Whole- Retail
mo.,
plants
held by Mine sale, comaver- com- posite,
consumers age posite,
51
United Can(spot) mine cities
(9)
(10)
States ada
run
8
7
u
(")
()
()
( )
Thousands of short tons
Dollars per short ton
Production
0)
Prices
St'ks
end
of
Ex- mo., Whole- Retail,
in
sale,
ports yds.
comcom(3)
of
posite, posite,
deal- chest- chestnut
ers
nut
(12)
(n)
O1)
Dolls,
Thous. Thous. No. of Dolls,
of short of long days' per long per short
ton
tons sup.
ton
tons
i
1,499
1,150
1,397
1 581
1,774
642
606
620
656
574
1,160
1,412
1, 255
1,263
1, 663
1,497
2,866
1,721
924
461
604
780
629
343
47, 047
40, 307
43, 338
47, 781
43, 317
1, 416
1,136
1,095
1,373
1,451
1, 596
1,272
1,299
2,624
1,341
1937
September
October
November
.
December
41, 928
44, 000
40, 628
41, 277
1,340
1,477
1,753
1,870
1928
January
February
March
_
April
44, 208
41, 351
43, 955
32, 188
36, 624
35, 963
1913 monthly average— _
19i4 monthly average. _
1915 monthly average. __
1916 monthly average1917 monthly average
39, 870
35, 225
36, 886
41, 877
45, 983
1918 monthly average. __
1919 monthly average. _ _
1920 monthly average. _.
1921 monthly average...
1922 monthly average...
48, 282
38, 822
47, 389
34, 660
35, 189
1923 monthly average.. .
1924 monthly average.. .
1925 monthly average-- 1926 monthly average...
1927 monthly average...
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December
$5.44
5.72
5.58
5.61
7.09
7,627
7,569
7,416
7,298
8, 301
346
319
295
347
447
7.80
8.00
11.26
10. 68
« 10. 21
8, 236
7,341
7,467
7,539
4, 557
370
370
402
348
197
34
20
44
12
$1 03
1. 14
1 12
1 85
3 25
$7.92
7.89
7.86
8.21
9.28
3,099
4,528
57, 900
40, 400
29, 933
44, 250
38, 583
2.58
2. 59
5.64
2. 55
3.69
9,123
8, 161
8,119
8,428
7,954
7,030
5,415
6, 211
6, 906
6,177
187
242
240
49, 000
49, 000
44,400
42, 714
62, 867
2.77
2.08
2.06
2.21
2,02
$4. 822
4.213
4. 116
4.314
4.264
10.33
9.18
9.07
9.33
9.28
7,778
7,327
5, 151
7,036
6,722
379
299
237
300
249
20
54
42
39
52
$13. 885
13. 911
13. 788
13. 767
13. 298
3,566
3,666
3, 563
3,719
7,661
8,418
7,847
8,198
5,898
6,006
5, 626
5,834
219
223
229
261
61, 900
61, 300
2.08
1.95
1.90
1.90
4.274
4.199
4. 160
4.144
9.20
9.33
9.32
9.31
6,642
7,404
6,902
6,032
290
310
277
226
60
60
13. 353
13. 389
13. 389
13. 389
15. 03
15. 07
15. 07
15.08
319
267
305
306
3,695
3,455
3,472
3, 119
8,304
7,872
8,265
7,436
6,192
5,964
6,548
6,235
257
233
252
243
51, 500
1.84
1.86
1.92
1.74
4.093
4. 069
4.044
4.016
9.21
9.28
9.26
9.20
5,690
5,582
5,497
6,909
233
224
189
182
13. 130
13. 232
13. 207
12. 794
15.08
15.09
15.08
14.64
364
332
3, 118
6,460
266
271
1.73
1.72
3. 986
3.973
8.18
8.72
8,124
5,301
266
209
12. 752
12. 932
14.46
14.61
13
2, 816
3,094
2, 632
2,848
9, 451
7,644
8,006
379
332
362
576
340
3,247
3,130
3,352
3,443
3,491
1,313
1,252
1,121
832
369
351
363
271
1,695
1,403
1,401
1,123
850
796
756
711
1,258
1,338
1,144
1,277
55, 500
48, 300
14
57
42
25
10. 05
11.89
" 15. 04
15. 22
« 15. 11
16
16
15.35
15. 31
15. 17
15. 35
14. 99
__
1
Production figures, calculated from shipments from the mine and representing complete production except for small quantities used at the mines, compiled by U. S.
Detriment of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. Monthly data from 1911 appeared in November, 1924, issue (No. 39), p. 215.
2 Compiled by Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, including bituminous, subbituminous, and lignite. Previous to 1919 these data
comprised sales, colliery consumption, and coal used by operators, and thereafter the tonnage representing output of all mines.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; bunker coal on vessels engaged in the foreign trade is not included.
* Coal loaded for consumption by outgoing vessels at principal ports compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly
data6 covering the period 1913-1923 appeared in October, 1923, issue (No. 26), p. 61.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, representing fuel consumption by all plants producing electric power, mainly central stations.
Coal consumption in central stations alone shown in April, 1925, issue (No. 44), p. 29, and by street railways, manufacturing plants, and reclamation projects in March,
1925, issue (No. 43), p. 28.
6
Compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission from reports of 174 Class I railroads. Consumption by switching and terminal engines is not included. It is stated
that about 3 per cent would be added to the figures by such inclusion. About 2 per cent of the coal consumed on railroads in 1923 was anthracite. Monthly data from
19207appeared in January, 1926, issue (No. 53), p. 23.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, by applying to the coke production figures the average amount of coal used in making both byproduct and beehive coke. Monthly data from June, 1921, were given in March, 1926, issue (No. 55), p. 25.
8
Compiled by the Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, presenting complete figures for Canada.
9
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, representing stocks in the hands of commercial consumers and retail dealers at the end of each
month, but does not include coal for steamship fuel, on lake docks, in transit, and in householders' bins. The figures for 1918 were taken on three different dates, from actual
canvasses, while the later figures are based upon reports from a selected list of 5,000 consumers whose stocks in 1918 bore a known relation to the known total stocks. Data
for 1918 and 1919 are averages of 1 month, for 1920 and 1924 each 3 months, for 1921 and 1925 each 4 months, for 1922, 6 months, and for 1923 and 1926 each 8 months. Details
from101919 were given in the December, 1926, issue (No. 64), p. 14.
Average mine price of spot coal in 14 representative bituminous fields weighted by the production in each field, compiled by the Coal Age; about 20 per cent of the
output of bituminous coal is sold spot, while about 55 per cent is sold on future contracts, and 25 per cent of the output is not sold commercially.
11
Compiled by the U. S. Department oj Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wholesale price of bituminous coal is monthly average based on run of mine as reported by
28 firms, f. o. b. city, while the retail price is average consumers8 price on the 15th of the month, of lump, egg, nut, and mine run, averaged according to the month's.shipments. Anthracite wholesale prices are monthly averages for chestnut coal as reported by 15 firms, f. o. b. city, while retail prices are unweighted quotations on Pennsylvania anthracite, white ash chestnut, on the 15th of the month. From 1913 through 1919 the retail averages for both bituminous and anthracite are for January 15th aad
July1215th only.
Compiled by the U-- S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, from reports of about 500 retail dealers, calculated to show the number of days' supply at the
current rate of consumption. Averages cover 2 months in 1919, 3 months in 1920, 4 in 1921, 5 in 1922, 8 in 1923, 2 in 1924, 5 in 1925, and 8 in 1926.
13
6 months' average, January, May, June, August, November, and December missing.
14
7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
15
11 months' average, August missing.
is10 months' average, January and February missing in 1926 and November and December in 1925.
36
Table 14.—IRON ORE AND PIG IRON*
IRON ORE i
Imports 2
(manganese
content)
MANGANESE
ORE
YEAK AND
MONTH
Receipts
PIG IRON
Stocks, end of month
ConsumpShipIm- 2 m e n t s Lake
tion
ports from
by
Erie
mines ports Other furand ports naces
furnaces
Total
On
At fur- Lake
naces
Erie
docks
Furnaces in blast,
end of month 3
Production
Foundry*
Per No. 2, Basic ComFur- Capac- cent north- (valley posite
ity
of
furnaces
pig 1
Merern
total (Pitts- nace) iron
Total chant Total
4
burgh)
iron
Canada s
United3
States
Long
Num- tons per
ber
day
Thousands of long tons
21
29
24
26
48
52
41
28
180
216
113
112
110
81
66
40
4,089
2,668
3,860
5,395
5,208
5,096
3,931
3,230
2,091
3,127
4,282
4,033
3,976
3,073
826
565
732
1,082
1,128
1,089 8 5, 290
833 3,903
1920 mo. av
1921 mo.av
1922 mo. av
1923 mo. av
1924mo. av
1925 mo. av
1926 mo. av
1927 mo. av
51
33
31
16
19
23
29
26
106
26
95
231
171
183
213
219
4,877
1,858
3,551
4,920
3,552
4,507
4,880
4,259
3,736
1,296
2,643
3,639
2,631
3,225
3,52^
3,046
1,104
546
873
1,230
887
1,237
1,305
1,170
1927
January
February
March
April
16
24
23
30
233
193
197
240
None.
None.
None.
1,560
None.
None.
None.
733
May
June
July
August
18
37
28
23
186
232
252
304
7,752
8,459
8,607
8,776
September
October
November.
December
36
15
27
32
225
228
200
132
1938
January
February
March
April
9
18
13
14
16
13
1909-1913 mo. av
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo.av
1917 mo. av
1918 mo.av
1919 mo. av
May.. -_ _
June
July
August _-
.
_-
September
October _
November
!
December ._. J
Wholesale prices 6
2, 262
2, 560
1,921
2,472
3,253
3,182
3,209
2,549
676
753
560
647
922
929
863
650
Per
cent
Dollars per long ton
87
87
89
68
252
268
187
230
319
338
352
241
74, 487
84, 005
62, 418
83, .539
106,775
106, 498
106,562
81, 918
60.8
63.7
44.5
55.0
81.4
83.2
83.1
56.3
$15. 60
16.01
13.90
14.87
21.07
41.45
34.44
30.28
$14.71
12. 87
13.74
19.76
38.98
32.50
27.68
$15. 21
15.42
13.52
14.15
20.31
39.99
34.38
29.92
33, 455
31, 325
« 25, 523
23,546
7,530
7,246
7,244
6,282
7,278
8, 234
7,779
4,531
2,030
3, 355
5,191
3,833
4,564
4,863
4,411
29, 753
33, 330
33, 751
31, 059
31, 639
30, 422
29, 860
32, 245
21,211
24, 512
25, 642
24, 438
25, 076
24, 319
23, 863
26, 281
8,542
8,818
8, 109
6, 621
6, 563
6,103
5,998
5,964
3,035
1,379
2,240
3,338
2, 592
3,034
3,256
3,019
824
246
472
805
621
659
750
740
81
50
32
73
49
48
63
59
287
105
181
277
203
216
221
195
97, 644
44, 040
75, 197
109, 080
84, 772
99, 750
106, 545
98, 415
66.5
25.1
43.2
66.2
50.1
55.1
59.4
53.9
44.88
25.16
26.93
28.15
22.50
21.66
20.63
19.75
42.25
21.74
24.20
25.81
20.24
19.58
18.55
17.70
43.80
24.06
25. 00
27.15
21.87
21.32
21.06
19.35
None.
None.
None.
316
4,524
4,234
5,031
5,019
33, 971
29, 809
24, 809
20, 753
27,279
23, 74S
19, 569
16, 050
6, 692
6,063
5,240
4,703
3,104
2,941
3,483
3,422
760
684
808
784
52
51
76
77
208
217
223
220
100, 635
106, 135
113, 435
112, 955
57.0
59.5
61.3
60.4
20.26
20,26
20.26
20.26
18.00
18.00
18.40
19.00
20.16
19.73
19.79
20.04
4,969
6,010
6,136
6,451
2,183
2,418
2,282
2,274
5,013
4,531
4, 294
4,368
22, 971
26, 973
31,331
35, 803
18, 215
21, 922
25, 872
29, 728
4,756
5,051
5,459
6,075
3,391
3,090
2,951
2,947
772
746
788
733
79
69
51
63
211
198
190
187
107, 445
99, 240
93, 700
93, 800
58.3
54.7
52.5
51.7
20.26
19.89
19.76
19.36
18.20
17.88
17.50
17.30
19.89
19.79
19.31
19.00
7,230
6,723
2,000
None.
5,493
4,929
1,831
None.
1,832
1,828
911
None.
4,089
4,024
3,814
3,992
39,296
42, 164
41,472
37, 582
32, 527
34, 952
34, 528
30, 978
6,769
7,212
6,944
6,604
2,775
2,784
2,648
2,696
685
707
710
708
52
38
38
63
179
172
170
169
90,800
88, 300
87, 700
86,835
49.4
47.6
47.4
47.3
19.26
19.26
19.21
19.01
17.06
17.00
17.00
17.00
18.89
18.79
18.42
18.37
251
230
163
225
None.
None.
None.
6
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
6
4,303
4,395
4,808
4,781
33, 350
29, 003
24, 259
17, 570
27, 062
23, 015
18, 691
14, 388
6,288
5,988
5, 568
5, 182
2,870
2,900
3,200
3,186
715
625
612
630
65
65
78
75
185
187
197
195
96, 640
100, 060
104, 650
104, 015
52.9
53.6
56.8
56.9
19.01
19.01
19.01
19.01
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
18.37
18.45
18.40
18.40
211
189
5,363
8,926
2,848
6,199
1,517
2, 613
4,948
4, 667
18, 877
22, 981
13, 942
17, 913
4,935
5, 068
3,284
3,082
631
633
88
97
198
189
106, 145
100, 855
57.7
55.3
18.96
18.51
16.30
15.45
18.18
17.97
8
|
__ __
!
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Bool: of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section,
pp. 11 to 20.
1
Data on iron ore from the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, except imports. Shipments represent movement of ore through the upper lake ports, including not only
tonnage passing through the Sault Ste. Marie canals but also that from ports on Lake Michigan, thus representing over 85 per cent of the total iron ore mined. Receipts
at ports other than on Lake Erie are mostly at Chicago and vicinity and Detroit, the details by ports being shown in the monthly reports of the association, which also
give by districts the consumption data. Furnaces reporting vary in number from 319 to 341 and beginning with June, 1922, reports from 15 Canadian furnaces are included.
Averages are based on the full 12 months of the year.
2 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Imports of manganese ores exclude ores imported from Cuba since September, 1922, which are shown only in the raw state, but included those ores prior to that date, when they were combined with the manganese content of imported ores.
3 Pig-iron production and blast-furnace data, in the United States, comprising practically the entire output, except that made with charcoal, from the Iron Age.
* Compiled from data reported by the Iron Age by subtracting the figures on pig iron produced by steel mills from the total pig-iron production figures, thus obtaining
data5 on the total output of merchant pig iron.
Data on Canadian pig-iron production compiled by Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, comprising complete production.
6
Wholesale prices, except composite average, are averages of weekly quotations taken from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
7 The composite pig-iron price, compiled by the American Metal Market, is the average of daily prices of 10 tons of iron distributed as follows: Iton each of Bessemer
Valley; No. 2 foundry valley; No. 2 X foundry at Philadelphia and at Buffalo; No. 2 foundry at Cleveland and at Chicago; 2 tons each of basic valley and No. 2 Southern
foundry at Cincinnati.
s 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
37
Table 15.—CRUDE STEEL AND COKE:
U. S. STEEL
CORPORATION 3
STEEL INGOTS
COKE
STEEL PRICES
Production
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
Unfilled
orders, Earnings
end of
month
United States i
Total
Ratio
to capacity
Thous.
of long
tons
Canada 2
Per
cent
Steel
Structural
billets,
Bessesteel
mer
beams
(Pitts- (Pitts-4
burgh)* burgh)
Iron
and
steel 5
Composite
United States ?
finished 6
steel
ByBeehive product
Can-8
ada
Wholesale
price
Ex! ports 9
f
Con- !
nells- 1
f ille 10
! Thous.
of long
tons
Dolls,
per short
ton
73
73
19
67
87
105
126
53
$2.09
2.30
1.79
1.89
3.61
8.15
6.00
4.75
123 j
159 |
165
68
23
38
92
49
71
73
60
10.79
3. 65
7.42
5. 55
3. 53
4.09
4. 14
3.21
177
59
172
170
46
50
3.88
3.70
3. 65
3. 49
3,788
3, 597
3, 658
3, 681
174
166
159
169 ;
50
59
58
55
2 94
3.17
3.04
3.08
150
';
76
69
Thous. of long
tons
Thous.
of dolls.
Dolls,
per long
ton
Dolls,
per
pound
Dolls,
per long
ton
Dolls,
per
pound
4,795
5,907
4,115
5,189
9,722
10, 716
8,635
5,995
$10, 370
11, 432
5, 972
10, 866
27, 798
24, 608
16,613
11,966
$23. 93
25.79
20.08
22.44
43.95
70.78
47.30
40. 54
$0. 0151
.0118
.0128
.0253
.0374
.0300
.0252
$26. 32
22.92
24.76
40.50
70. 10
56.68
50.32
$0 0171
.0172
.0152
.0163
.0280
.0446
.0379
.0332
2, 799
1,945
2,292
2. 955
2.764
2,540
1,587
1,060
935
1, 173
1,589
1,870
2, 167
2, 095
10, 022
5,331
5,648
6,009
3,993
4,324
3,922
3,397
14, 724
7,727
8,461
14, 971
12, 760
13, 795
16, 588
13, 687
56. 14
34.46
33. 95
41.65
37. 99
35. 45
35.00
33.27
.0284
.0204
.0173
.0242
.0224
.0200
. 0196
.0186
65.59
40.74
37.86
44. 55
40.86
38. 83
38. 27
36.41
.0363
.0269
.0231
.0295
.0284
. 0268
. 0264
.0253
1,709
462
714
1,615
857
946
1,041
584
2,570
1,646
2,379
2.832
3, 326
3, 698
3, 660
787
754
890
779
3, 709
3,431
3,880
3, 708
630
579
467
486
Thous. of short tons
j
1909-13 monthly average
1913 monthly average 1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average- - .
1918 monthly average.. _
1919 monthly average
2,523
1 902
2,607
3, 450
3, 635
3,588
2,808
1920 monthly average. _ _
1921 monthly average _
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average. _ _
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average. _ _
1927 monthly average
3,407
1,602
2, 881
3,624
3, 068
3 678
3,911
3,617
____
-
94
76
106
130
140
92
56
41
74
54
63
65
76
9
|
199
;
|
1927
January
February
March
April
3,790
3,812
4 535
4,127
79
86
91
86
59
56
107
109
3,800
3,597
3, 553
3, 456
13, 513
14, 943
17, 129
15, 450
35.00
33. 00
34. 00
33.25
O'?00
.0195
.0190
.0190
37.76
37.01
36. 82
36.76
.0262
.0256
.0255
.0255
May
June
July
August
4,047
3,496
3,204
3,499
85
73
70
70
97
60
55
3,051
3,053
3,142
3,196
15, 566
15, 024
13, 809
14, 289
33. 00
33.00
33. 00
33.00
.0190
.0185
.0178
.0180
36.76
36.62
36.43
36.24
. 0254
.0254
.0253
.0253
3,269
3, 316
3,127
3,176
68
69
65
66
54
56
81
96
3,148
3,341
3,455
3,973
13, 276
11, 870
9, 625
9, 753
33.00
33.00
33.00
33.00
. 0183
.0180
.0175
.0180
36.22
35.75
35.39
35.10
. 0251
.0248
.0247
.0246
457
419
379
377
3, 603
3,720
3,500
3, 646
157 ;
177
63
3.00
2.91
2.83
2.79
3,991
4, 045
4,508
4,303
81
86
89
91
84
99
118
113
4,276
4,398
4, 335
3,872
11,900
13, 581
15, 453
13, 927
33. 00
33.00
33.00
33.00
.0180
. 0185
.0190
. 0190
35. 27
35. 57
35.81
35.67
.0247
.0252
.0254
.0251
376
390
449
377
3, 897
3,233
4,065
3, 925
182
169
182
174 ;
65
76
74
62
2.78
2.71
2.72
2.74
4,203
3, 743
83
76
118
117
3,417
3, 637
16, 647
16, 359
33.00
32.25
.0188
.0185
35. 55
35. 34
.0249
0°48
376
299
4, 100
3,961
193 |
195 j
89
126
2.70
2.80
September
October _
November
December
_
_
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1
158 :
1
i
!
"
II"
i
1
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items on steel in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section,
pp. 21, 22, 25, and 26.
1
Yearly figures represent the monthly averages of total production of all companies as compiled annually by the American Iron and Steel Institute. The institute
reported up to 1923 monthly production "figures for 30 companies which produced 84.4 per cent of the total output of the country in 1920, 87.48 per cent in 1921, and 84.15
per cent in 1922. In order to make the monthly figures comparable they have been calculated to a 100 per cent production each year on the basis of the above percentages.
The figures since 1922 are calculated on the basis of reports from companies which produced 95.35 per cent of the total production in 1922, 94.84 per cent in 1923, 94.43 per
annual capacity as of Dec. 31, 1927, of 58,627,910 long tons of Bessemer and open-hearth steel ingots, the figure for a year earlier being 57,230,350 tons. Beginning with 1927,
crucible and electric ingots are excluded, but these items represented only a fraction of 1 per cent of the total.
2
Production of steel in Canada, representing complete figures, compiled by Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
3
Unfilled orders of steel and earnings reported by United States Steel Corporation.
4
Average of weekly prices from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
&
Average of weekly prices compiled by the Iron Trade Review, on the following 14 products: Pig iron, billets, slabs, sheet bars, wire rods, steel bars, plates, structural
shapes, black, galvanized and blue annealed sheets, tin plates, wire nails, and black pipe. Pig iron average, in turn, is an average of 14 different quotations.
6
The figures for composite finished steel compiled by the American Metal Market represents the daily average price per pound 9f steel products weighted as follows;
254-pound bars, l^-pound plates, Impound shapes, 1^-pound pipe, iH-pound wire nails, 1-pound galvanized sheets, and Mi-pound tin plate.
7
Production figures, representing complete production, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines.
8
Compiled by the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, presenting complete figures for Canada.
e
Exports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
10
Compiled by U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing beehive furnace coke (range of prompt and future) at Connellsville ovens.
38
FABRICATED
STRUCTURAL, STEEL 1
New orders
YEAR AND MONTH
Computed
total
Short
tons
1919 mo
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
1924 mo
1925 ino.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
Shipments
Per
cent
Short
tons
54
54
35
64
65
68
72
67
68
221, 408
251, 248
268, 200
241, 250
1926
September
October
November
December
216, 000
230, 400
223, 200
255, 600
60
64
62
71
1927
January..
February
March
April
195, 000
243, 750
232, 500
262, 500
May
June
July
August
Per
cent
STEEL
BOILERS 3
Short
tons
Per
cent
Short
tons
New orders
Unfilled
ord- Exports,
ers,
total
end
mo.
$1,936
2,236
2,619
2,592
2,450
2, 553
2 734
2,934
2,420
2, 615
2, COS
2,802
1,179
1,390
1,492
1,490
2,731
2, 686
3,081
2,849
1,419
1,542
1,516
1,517
1,355
1,366
1,778
1,569
15, 421
18, 648
8,920
13, 367
1,312
1,270
1,235
1,054
45
62
59
63
11, 101
25, 532
25, 226
22, 095
53
43
14, 849
11, 280
Imports,
total
Long tons
Thousands of dollars
$1, 335
1,941
1,250
1,432
1,811
1,909
2,279
2, 616
2,563
Rel. to
Jan.
1921
$374
483
639
671
362, 920
405, 644
182, 661
167, 515
167, 565
150, 580
146, 881
180, 587
181, 748
26, 854
34, 546
10, 075
64, 115
59,961
38, 868
69, 836
77, 803
46, 076
122
157
139
143
167
191
$567
557
611
605
$46
285
123
205
364
466
578
612
613
1,614
1,687
1,547
1,556
588
640
584
622
707
592
574
562
790
745
731
608
182, 071
172, 070
219, 830
198, 189
69, 234
66, 539
60, 214
53, 319
172
181
174
172
2,887
2,771
3,022
2,751
1,728
1,804
1,744
1, 646
556
608
691
678
576
658
690
622
624
675
679
627
215, 235
166, 128
171, 094
192, 339
42, 219
31,908
47, 312
42, 550
169
165
200
199
2,529
2,519
2,040
2,475
2,381
2,369
2,092
2,382
1,598
1,469
1,507
1,412
585
658
565
604
686
639
535
592
731
710
679
669
202, 708
184, 364
190, 502
175, 637
55,836
49, 599
39, 543
51,596
198
202
183
200
1,152
930
1, 125
906
2,219
2,380
2,856
2,741
2,368
2,411
2,476
2,850
1,558
1,574
1,577
1,414
531
619
591
578
608
551
575
619
738
666
651
606
166, 352
170, 255
177, 928
168, 428
46, 573
39, 516
51, 185
55, 070
203
216
186
166
1,042
986
1,247
1,325
872
1,165
1,337
1,295
2,713
2,909
3,169
3,066
3,248
3,296
3,283
2,915
2,000
2,389
2,512
2,360
680
682
832
716
769
741
841
741
680
743
775
794
205, 766
185, 915
221, 935
215, 184
49, 903
36, 861
58, 666
55, 567
157
158
187
187
1,571
1, 609
1,456
1,467
3,213
3,009
3,085
2,764
2,233
1,993
769
720
733
737
753
729
267, 890
262, 052
55, 092
56, 573
204
68
72
75
64
48, 489
29, 028
32, 127
42, 826
41, 476
60
36
37
52
52
25, 285
10, 413
8,261
14, 614
17, 581
284, 400
284, 400
248, 400
255, 600
79
79
69
71
38, 739
44, 974
63, 119
29, 858
49
57
74
35
17, 038
23,094
26 269
9,476
52
65
62
70
195, 000
202, 500
221, 250
232, 500
52
54
59
62
35, 854
59, 643
55, 407
47, 347
45
74
69
59
14, 342
32, 983
24, 127
18, 019
1,021
1,101
1,413
1,548
62
61
92
73
232, 500
258, 750
258, 750
285, 000
62
69
69
76
37, 883
28, 811
35, 434
48, 577
47
36
44
60
10, 855
7,402
17, 199
29, 691
71
77
63
70
270, 000
251, 250
247, 500
240, 000
72
67
66
64
38, 662
47, 090
27, 341
35, 658
48
58
34
44
210, 000
266, 250
258, 750
236, 250
56
71
69
63
210, 000
236, 250
232, 500
243, 750
56
63
62
65
35, 787
49, 820
46, 840
50, 347
311, 250
303, 750
May__
June
July
August
Shelving
Unfilled
Ship- New orders, Ship- New
ments orders end m'ts orders
mo.
Num- Thous.
of sq.
ber
feet
262, 250
288, 750
236, 250
262, 500
1928
January
February
March
April.
IRON AND
STEEL «
Business group
232, 500
228, 750
345, 000
273, 750
__
STEEL FURNITURE <
New orders
Total
RaRatio to Com- tio to
Ra- Storca- puted
ca- Quan- tio to age
pactotal pactity
ca- tanks
ity
ity
pac.
143, 640
149, 040
99, 050
194, 560
203, 580
220, 050
248, 394
240, 900
255, 292
September
October
_
November
December
FABRICATED
STEEL PLATE 2
IRON, STEEL, AND
HEAVY HARDWARE SALES e
Table 16.—FABRICATED STEEL PRODUCTS
83
81
262, 500
270, 000
70
72
42, 376
34, 278
7
1,329
1,311
7
$1,256
1,541
1,694
1,586
7
7
September
October
November
December
i
*Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section, pp. 27,28,
32, 33, and 35.
1 Fabricated structural steel data compiled by the Bridge Builders and Structural Society up to April, 1922, and since then by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, including reports from the Central Fabricators' Association. Percentages of capacity calculated from reports of the Bridge Builders and Structural Society up to
April, 1922, and applied to estimated total capacity each year based on a special annual survey by the Bureau of the Census. Beginning with April, 1922, reports received
from 229 firms (and in addition 27 firms now out of business) with a total capacity of 250,140 tons in 1922, 256,440 tons in 1923, 268,795 tons in 1924, 285,190 tons in 1925, 293,580
in 1926 and 306,235 tons in 1927 have been prorated to the estimated total capacity of the United States, 304,000 tons in 1922 and 312,000 tons in 1923, 326,000 tons in 1924,
347,000 in 1925, 360,000 in 1926 and 375,000 tons in 1927 and 1928, for comparison with previous figures. Monthly data from 1922, revising the figures shown in the Record
Book of Business Statistics, appeared in the March, 1928, issue (No. 79), p. 21.
2 Compped by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 36 identical firms, including reports from the American Erectors Association*
Reports from most of the larger fabricators are included in the figures. Data for other classifications included in the total, covering refinery, tank cars, gas holders,, blast
furnaces, and miscellaneous, including stacks and ladles, but not separately shown, are given in press releases.
3
Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 72 firms, estimated to represent about 90 per cent of the capacity of the industry.
Data for classifications included in these totals, covering the principal types of stationary and marine boilers, are given in press releases. Details for the first 5 months of
19274appeared in July, 1927, issue (No. 71), p. 22.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, including reports from the National Association of Steel Furniture Manufacturers, and comprising:
data from 33 companies in the "business group" and 15 companies manufacturing shelving, comprising the entire industry, with few exceptions. The "business group"
includes sections, counters, office and vault verticals, safes and interiors, desks and tables, and small miscellaneous articles, exclusive of lockers.
5
Iron and steel exports and imports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The exports prior to 1922 are based on the
group of pig iron and rolled products as used in the Iron Trade Review, comparable each month back to 1913, Beginning with January, 1922, all commodities are given in
quantities in the export reports, and thus a grand total can be presented, which is not more than about 5 per cent larger, on the average, than the data fiar the- comparable
items. Imports are identical throughout the period, with a few minor exceptions.
6
Data on the value of sales by jobbers of hardware, compiled by American Steel and Heavy Hardware Assotiafi&n, comprising reports from about 75 firms, estimated
to represent about 10 per cent of the entire iron, steel, and heavy hardware jobbing trade, including Iran.,, steel, motor accessories, and other heavy hardware. Monthly
.data from 1922 appeared in March, 1927, issue (No. 67), p. 26.
? 4 months' average, September to December, inclusive; previous data not available.
39
Table 17.—STEEL SHEETS, BARS, BARRELS, AND WASHERS *
SHEETS— BLACK, BLUE, GALVANIZED, AND FULL FINISHED 1
Production
YEAR AND
MONTH
Total
Ratio
to
capacity
Short
tons
Stocks,
end of month
Per
cent
Total
Unsold
STEEL BARRELS 2
Production
Shipments
New
orders
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Number
of barrels
Short tons
Total
Ratio
to
capacity
Per
cent
62.7
72.7
34.9
76.5
79.7
74.2
92.8
90.4
85.3
72, 963
111,906
106, 175
108, 709
129, 728
122, 955
137, 863
162, 234
159, 419
17, 061
5, 590
46, 989
28, 703
35, 336
42, 115
45, 702
50, 085
48, 980
114, 869
172, 161
87, 702
182, 519
230, 823
209, 329
266, 156
282, 835
262, 681
142, 209
140, 844
75, 329
203, 869
213, 583
225. 024
273, 281
266, 361
279, 558
376, 334
689, 853
232, 551
346, 449
450, 750
368, 147
530, 869
530, 595
448, 963
393, 800
503, 888
549, 045
552, 547
1926
M!ay
June
July
August
264, 541
268, 448
239, 764
293, 703
84.3
84.0
77.3
92.0
178, 539
176, 428
153, 962
147, 862
58, 503
55, 140
46, 031
44, 988
267, 299
262, 231
264, 025
281, 602
201, 743
284, 319
352, 414
283, 055
418, 582
422, 237
520, 281
521, 837
September
October
November
December
307, 459
314, 598
278, 455
238, 345
96.2
101.4
86.9
72.3
134,422
141, 206
165, 114
160, 193
34, 511
40, 758
40, 929
49, 182
302, 198
301, 474
262, 797
219, 498
448, 147
212, 029
185, 235
240, 862
1937
January
February
March.. _
April
256, 856
282, 171
359, 340
316, 100
83.5
97.4
108.8
103.1
161, 661
157, 614
160, 357
169, 977
44, 974
47, 168
46, 827
46, 901
239, 019
261, 412
338. 436
300, 858
May
June
July
August
309, 360
300, 706
237, 243
266, 645
98.7
95.9
80.2
80.3
173, 986
168, 155
154, 374
169, 315
45, 670
47, 860
44, 538
54, 553
September
October
November
December
220, 919
245, 765
232, 041
260, 130
«62.6
71.7
65.9
75.9
155, 865
145, 980
145, 644
150, 104
1928
January
Februarv
March
April
316, 541
330, 565
366, 127
327, 909
89.6
98.7
103.0
97.8
349, 367
311, 629
95.6
94.3
av.__
av__.
av_._
av
av
av
av.__
av
av__.
May
June__ . _
July...
August
Stocks,
end of
month
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Number of barrels
COLD
FIN.
STEEL
BARS
(4)
Shipments
Thous.
of dols.
Short
tons
1
117, 520
171, 489
85, 409
190, 864
222, 660
219, 836
293, 499
287, 288
273, 940
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo
1927 mo.
Shipments
LOCK
WASHERS
(2)
6
172, 371
43.7
48.4
49.8
384, 723
446, 344
393, 535
504, 384
548, 904
552, 063
49, 845
52, 614
47, 865
55, 658
360, 859
666, 110
1, 034, 755
756, 963
1, 169, 763
1, 448, 140
1,291,056
581, 962
626, 812
585, 734
523, 037
51.3
54.6
47.7
41.0
582, 352
624, 082
593.611
511, 542
44, 021
46, 751
38, 874
50, 369
1, 209, 815
1, 300, 113
1, 293, 601
1, 170, 998
731, 977
581, 993
500, 120
529, 940
511,118
493, 363
510, 489
539, 805
43.6
46.0
48.0
50.0
508, 548
497, 031
505, 383
546, 392
52, 939
49, 271
54, 377
47,790
1, 288, 431
1, 149, 325
1, 732, 007
1, 845, 987
261, 357
241, 951
345, 900
292, 965
526, 550
513, 002
510, 924
491, 290
529, 137
504, 134
575, 850
599, 771
48.1
46.2
51.7
53.8
525, 518
503, 183
568, 821
609, 090
51, 409
52, 360
59, 389
50, 070
302, 759
281, 395
252, 034
266, 713
212, 337
224, 321
230, 715
177, 647
439, 067
399, 562
353, 413
312, 662
588, 077
594, 782
578, 223
615, 152
52.2
53.1
51.3
56.2
575, 712
605, 123
576, 602
610, 454
53, 311
50, 518
52,966
52, 474
230, 443
232, 626
224, 789
221, 689
258, 427
234, 358
344, 519
530, 197
350, 117
308, 264
437, 306
745, 393
521, 899
578, 408
- 500, 909
444, 227
47.4
51.6
45.6
40.6
170, 453
169, 918
163, 846
163, 053
59, 508
55, 594
53, 144
53, 853
274, 126
298, 420
359, 532
327, 674
302, 921
266, 210
399, 441
284, 070
694, 197
667, 054
675, 196
571, 761
475, 906
518, 944
636, 855
667, 827
166, 711
151, 606
54, 047
50, 702
326, 324
308, 741
250, 316
318, 902
527, 477
526, 798
696, 281
712, 779
17.4
34.0
38.8
$232
34, 031
1, 788, 194
1, 663, 772
1, 545, 980
1, 365. 555
208
253
302
273
34, 887
39, 408
48, 032
39, 897
62, 435
52, 094
53, 715
57, 413
1, 197, 894
1. 198, 839
1, 346, 688
1, 106, 604
275
271
213
228
37, 379
36, 822
30, 605
30,300
525, 374
572, 893
497, 345
454, 638
53, 938
59, 453
63, 017
52, 606
1, 124, 437
1, 000, 559
845, 789
1, 308, 365
203
199
174
183
27, 860
27, 656
27, 026
28, 497
43.7
46.2
55.1
57.5
474, 159
514, 362
644, 521
661, 949
54, 353
58, 935
51, 269
57, 147
1, 351, 797
1, 417, 627
1, 343, 583
1, 276, 994
219
236
293
270
45, 010
40, 354
39, 957
35, 971
59.8
61.4
694, 843
717, 496
58, 585
53,868
1, 257, 117
1, 159, 756
282
39,431
September
October
November
December
*Monthly data from 1917 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section, pp.23,
24, and 34.
1
Compiled by the National Association of Flat Rolled Steel Manufacturers, representing almost all the independent sheet manufacturers ranging in capacity from
59 per cent in 1921 to 75 per cent in 1925, the total capacity of the hot mills in the United States being given by the association as 365,000 short tons at the end of 1921 and
464,000 tons in April, 1928.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from the reports of 30 identical establishments, operating 35 plants, except for figures on percentage of capacity operated prior to October, 1926, which were compiled by the Steel Barrel Manufacturers' Institute, from 14 to 23 members of the institute, no data being
collected from November, 1923, to November, 1924, inclusive.
3
Compiled by the Commercial Lock Washer Statistical Bureau from reports of 7 firms.
4
Compiled by the Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute, from reports of 8 manufacturers, estimated to represent from 60 to 70 per cent of the industry.
5
Due to change in capacity rating, increasing the rated capacities by about 11 per cent, the percentage ratios beginning with September, 1928, are not comparable with
previous ratios.
6
6 months' average.
40
Table 18.—IRON AND STEEL CASTINGS *
STEEL CASTINGS «
YEAR AJSTD MONTH
Total
Short
tons
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Production
Ratio Shipto ca- ments
pacity
Per
cent
New
orders
Ratio
Total to capacity
1
mo. average __
1
mo. average
mo. average. ._ s 62, 971 « 58. 5 s 57, 300 s 44, 621
46.0 47, 951 45, 795
mo. averagfe
49, 201
54.7
mo. average, _ _ 57, 829
54, 747
51,037
54.3
mo. average. __ 55, 945
53, 405
47, 543
94,663
49.9 47, 029 44,002
mo. average..- 49, 139
80, 393
1926
September
October
November
December..
Miscellaneous
Ratio
Total to ca- Railpacroad
ity
Short tons
Railroad
Per
cent
Short tons
New orders
Per
cent
68
56
35, 585
30, 888
59, 078
49, 505
32, 534
83, 114
96, 966
83, 136
81, 479
86,315
76, 567
Meltings
Ratio
to
normal
MiscelProlaneous duction Actual
Long
tons
Short tons
Kects. of iron
Production
OHIO FOUNDRY IRON <
TRACK
WORK
Total stocks,
end of mo.
MALLEABLE CASTINGS 1
Per cent of normal
meltings
26
68
75
62
60
62
53
14, 370
43, 480
46, 540
43, 090
35, 304
33, 745
32, 009
18, 164
39, 634
50, 426
40, 046
46, 175
52, 569
44, 559
17, 639
12, 781
14, 283
16,417
13, 386
6 7, 791 020.7
51.8
12, 183
20, 502
73.8
19, 022
67.6
18, 632
77.8
17, 660 81.9
15, 397
81.9
93
89
85
91
91
99
37
58
52
66
71
73
54, 630
53, 963
43, 214
46, 977
53.2
52. 7
42.7
48.2
50, 885
49, 738
41, 102
41, 545
43, 874
43, 322
39, 017
37, 737
82, 625
82, 800
88,514
84? 729
59
59
64
61
24, 424
26, 915
25, 024
29, 591
58, 201
55, 885
63, 490
55, 138
69, 495
77, 549
73, 234
89, 805
50
56
53
65
22, 761
28, 980
28, 678
39, 881
46, 734
48, 569
44, 556
49, 924
15, 159
15, 568
12, 225
14, 549
15, 427
14, 365
21, 009
18, 270
85. 8
81.3
86.0
82.4
101
87
82
99
85
58
82
1927
January
February
March
April
47, 454
58, 882
61, 945
55, 318
47.7
60.3
61.5
55. 3
44, 717
50, 264
60, 363
56, 595
46, 872
54, 237
50, 056
53, 002
87, 086
88, 915
102, 836
94,677
60
62
71
66
34, 037
35, 322
41,232
39, 189
53, 049
53, 593
61, 604
55, 488
107, 779
94, 683
90, 041
81, 044
75
66
62
56
53, 461
41, 355
34, 680
32, 279
54, 318
53, 328
55, 361
48, 765
12, 969
13, 678
19, 216
17, 081
13, 613
13, 101
20, 389
19, 189
71.3
84.6
96.6
90.6
91
105
96
99
62
74
84
79
May
June
_ _
July
August
53, 698
53, 843
44, 142
47, 166
53.4
53. 6
45.0
47.4
53, 501
51, 306
44, 347
46, 306
46, 119
42, 885
43, 136
39, 897
86, 942
87, 767
79, 726
87, 004
60
61
55
60
35, 236
34, 596
32, 576
32, 397
51,706
53, 171
47,150
54, 607
72, 744
90, 898
74, 246
63, 528
50
63
52
44
28, 946
39, 455
31,011
21, 144
43, 798
51, 443
43, 235
42, 384
16, 768
14, 557
13,217
13, 387
20, 117
15, 891
10, 761
17, 559
86.5
84. 1
72.3
86.8
111
99
94
82
86
83
64
71
September
October
November
December-
41, 155
43, 074
38,210
44, 781
41.9
45.0
40.4
47.3
42, 500
38, 433
35, 735
40, 269
35, 492
37, 477
32, 925
45, 920
70, 024
62, 409
59, 008
58, 346
49
43
41
40
25, 618
21, 947
19, 146
19, 358
44, 406
40, 462
39, 862
38, 988
52, 351
51, 748
62, 694
77, 076
36
36
43
53
18, 396
16, 625
27, 639
39, 112
33, 955
35, 123
35, 055
37, 964
10, 999
9, 914
9,706
9, 139
13,298
14, 207
15, 647
10, 994
81.6
77.2
80.0
71. 6
117
88
104
105
82
60
74
58
1928
January
February
March
April
50, 096
54,031
57, 649
52, 004
41.9
62.3
67.6
61.0
44, 458
49, 253
58, 254
52, 383
49, 251
51,414
56, 634
50, 296
74, 082
87, 323
93, 521
85,669
51
60
65
59
28,714
37, 719
38, 448
32, 619
45, 368
49,604
55,073
53,050
91,072
90, 677
83, 285
83, 737
63
63
58
58
41, 276
41, 096
30, 992
32, 810
49, 796
49, 581
52, 293
50, 927
9,332
11,371
15, 058
13,511
13, 977
15, 270
13, 355
19, 039
86.8
100.0
110.0
108. 0
129
135
149
143
88
105
115
115
56, 412
56, 259
66. 0
63.3
53, 222
54, 937
50, 489
48, 132
92, 948
90, 202
64
63
36, 599
30, 742
56, 349
59, 460
86, 414
70, 762
60
49
34, 995
22, 597
51,419
48, 165
14, 141
13,716
13, 887
19, 382
103.3
105. 0
150
147
106
99
May
June __
July
August
__
__
September
October
November
December
.
j
i!
i
!
i
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book oj Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section, pp.
28 to 31.
1
Compiled by the TJ. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau oj the Census, representing reports from 130 identical establishments, covering most of the industry. New
orders, however, are furnished by only 122 firms.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Hit. Census, from reports of 129 identical firms, including reports collected through the Steel Founders'
Society. These firms have a monthly capacity of 145,600 tons, at present representing over 80 per cent of the capacity of the industry for commercial castings (as distinguished from castings used in further manufacture in the same plant), of which 67,300 tons is usually devoted to railway specialties and represents the complete capacity
of that branch, while 78,300 tons is generally devoted to miscellaneous castings. New orders for 1925 were 6 per cent larger than the production of direct steel castings manufactured for sale and interplant transfer by steel works and rolling mills and represented 93 per cent of the total of these direct steel castings and of steel castings manufactured in the foundry and machine-shop industry, according to the census of manufactures for 1925. Railway specialties include such items as bolsters, sidearms, draft arms,
couplers, and cast-steel car wheels. Owing to reports from additional firms, these figures represent revisions of those shown in the Record Book of Business Statistics,
Metals and Machinery Section. The revisions in detail appeared in the March, 1928, issue (No. 79), p. 20, including annual averages from 1913 through 1920.
3
Compiled by the American Iron and Steel Institute and covers the production of T-rail track of 60 pounds per yard and heavier, including all special or fabricated T-rail
track work (switches, switch stands, frogs, crossings, guard rails, and appurtenances) of carbon steel, manganese steel, and other metals for both domestic and export use.
Monthly figures are available only from'the beginning of 1925 and are collected only every 3 months.
4
Compiled by the Ohio State Foundrymen's Association, from reports of from 40 to 70 gray iron foundries in Ohio. Owing to the varying capacity of the firms reporting
each month, from 17,000 to 32,000 tons, the data on stocks and receipts have been converted to a percentage basis for better comparison. Details as to class of receipts and
stocks are shown in the association's reports.
5
7 months' average.
6
10 months' ave:
41
Table 19.—CAST-IRON PRODUCTS
CAST-IRON BOILERS ANI> RADIATORS 1
Bound Boilers
YE ATI AND
MONTH
ProShipduction ments
Square Boilers
New Stocks,
orders end of
mo.
Pro-
duction
Shipments
New
orders
GAS-FIRED BOILERS 2
Radiators
Stocks,
end of
mo.
ProShipduction ments
Thousands of square feet of heating
surface
Thousands of pounds
Pro- Stocks, \
duction end of j
mo.
Shipments
New Stocks,
orders end of
mo.
Dollars
Thousands of B. t. u.
i
16, 848
18, 126
19, 526
12,670
11,939
12, 623
13. 486
14, 519
14,786 \
12, 304
13, 769
14, 349
13,503
13 426
18, 604
15 788
16, 512
17 121
19,848
16 455
14, 825
89, 567
93, 198
102, 007
108, 944
15, 342
15, 360
15, 740
16, 366
20, 538
18, 214
27, 904
33, 187
110, 533
114,515
111,713
105, 071
31, 888
35, 354
27, 777
19, 932
37, 305
28, 170
28, 255
14, 156
20, 658
21, 331
25, 437
20, 442
13, 105
13, 527
13, 132
16, 164
108, 721
114,432
114, 224
113, 776
21, 367
25, 561
21, 225
26, 966
20, 340
25, 917
17, 740
11, 346
113,561
104, 301
99, 284
95, 453
11, 009
10, 620
10, 407
9,280
11,511
10, 566
11, 238
9,554
12, 166
14, 888
1923 mo. av.
1924 mo. av
1925 mo. av
1926 mo. av_.
1927 mo. av__
19, 444
20, 445
16, 177
17, 339
18, 935
20,412
18, 900
1935
September
October
November...
December
18, 830
24,310
19, 810
19, 715
23, 674
28, 889
22, 920
17, 407
1926
January
February
March
April
19, 087
21, 240
23, 549
24, 380
13, 087
12, 928
14, 288
17, 340
13, 278
14, 150
19. 987
19, 974
May
June
July
August
20, 660
20, 982
17, 058
18, 174
18, 881
16. 883
20, 882
27, 393
September. _.
October
November...
December. __
22, 359
17, 676
15, 914
12, 245
1937
January
February
M~arch
April
17, 652
18, 753
20, 903
20, 596
23, 189
16, 641
17, 354
20, 480
21, 561
21, 455
21,344
27, 889
20 854
21, 378
29, 062
31, 528
24 571
18, 832
74, 324
85, 332
94, 657
102, 248
20, 802
19, 471
20, 274
22, 012
13, 846
12, 736
12. 266
15,012
14, 617
14, 341
18, 033
18, 022
20, 056
18, 162
23. 157
29, 858
104,
109,
107,
102,
917
243
171
913
20, 933
20, 655
18, 257
21, 444
19, 181
16, 502
23, 991
30, 249
27, 929
30, 978
26, 175
18, 177
30, 820
24, 830
23, 966
12, 768
101, 047
89, 849
81, 010
74, 967
26, 191
22, 338
19, 229
15, 543
17, 164
20, 202
27, 669
23, 719
12, 692
16, 130
15, 864
19, 352
10, 604
15, 276
19, 404
17, 827
82, 765
89, 880
101, 393
106, 225
M!ay
June
July
August
23, 128
25, 078
19,011
22, 311
20, 992
19, 064
18, 911
22, 588
23, 086
23, 568
20, 442
20, 781
September...
October
November
December
22, 733
19, 865
14, 437
10, 023
22, 311
25, 734
19, 972
13, 185
1938
January
February
March
April.
9,037
13,341
15, 631
12, 452
14, 232
MayJune
July
August
20, 917
18, 844
93, 973
103, 668
22, 729
20, 973
97, 756
103. 818
I
$91, 729
191, 112
225, 233
16, 325
13, 717
43, 024
52, 775
10, 004
9,770
8,810
10, 592
10, 576
12, 202
17, 778
14, 210
32, 115
38, 053
45, 059
50, 897
14, 113
13, 834
14, 424
14,308
14, 355
10, 824
14, 983
19, 845
16, 489
13, 486
16, 243
23, 028
50, 853
53, 638
52, 915
46, 519
99, 982
87, 437
77, 150
72, 951
15, 551
15. 000
12, 356
11, 829
18, 766
20, 173
19, 631
14, 435
21, 080
18, 257
20, 236
12, 316
44, 534
39, 409
32, 375
29, 915
10, 896
12, 473
16, 085
15, 610
81, 849
89, 855
101, 042
105, 300
14, 226
14, 842
17, 261
15, 326
9,534
9,770
8, 965
10, 594
9,240
7, 393
11, 588
10, 873
34, 464
40 452
48, 714
53, 598
18, 539
18, 509
22, 581
29, 268
21, 439
25, 554
25, 999
26, 518
106, 933
113, 210
113, 905
111, 962
14, 797
16, 242
13, 577
16, 828
12, 965
11, 756
14,3QiO
17, 904
15, 810
11,946
15, 775
18, 606
60, 439
60, 313
59, 692
58, 610
29, 682
24, 758
22, 575
18, 265
30, 687
31, 156
29, 156
21, 637
25, 112
30, 400
24, 812
16, 781
111,499
110,647
101, 990
97, 619
17, 453
14, 088
11, 251
11, 539
17, 304
18, 156
17, 540
13, 193
15, 768
19, 683
16, 154
11, 772
58, 887
55, 030
49 302
53, 793
79, 400
81, 894
87, 666
90,529
24, 743
29, 068
36, 544
28, 994
19, 292
18, 099
16, 474
15, 787
18, 230
19, 466
17, 006
15, 582
120, 522
131,341
151, 678
164, 514
12, 581
14, 774
18, 039
13, 651
10, 661
9,357
7,994
7,541
9,990
12, 139
8,792
8,928
48, 714
54, 353
64, 467
70, 845
96, 589
128, 824
177. 859
161, 976
86, 892
103, 250
147, 845
119, 354
132, 733 846, 845
165, 901 880, 423
217, 385 923, 617
161, 317 983, 786
91, 098
34, 790
20, 268
29, 021
181, 972
16, 513
9,730
13, 572
77, 926
162, 167
122, 843
164, 434
1
993, 425
September...
October
November
December
1
Compiled by the National Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers' Association, from reports of 30 firms, 15 reporting on cast-iron radiators and 25 reporting on cast-iron
boilers (both round and square), both estimated to represent over 90 per cent of the industry. The data for 1923 and 1924 are not available by months.
2
Compiled by the Gas Heating Boiler and Furnace Association from reports of 8 manufacturers of industrial gas-fired heating boilers, estimated to represent about 75
per cent of the industry. The annual shipments for 1925, 1926 and 1927 include furnaces as well as boilers, but furnaces form only a small proportion of the total.
42
Number of machines
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo
1923 mo.
average. _
average
average
average
average
1924 mo. average
1925 mo. average
1926 mo. average
1927 mo. average
1926
September
October
November
December
1937
January
February
March.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October. _
November
December
1928
January
February
March
April .
254, 075
225, 891
239, 463
266, 358
259, 654
60, 741
73, 506
85, 754
78, 709
51, 005
61, 073
70, 307
64, 638
1,446
1,510
6, 566
6, 985
216, 148
93, 801
89, 645
81, 394
82, 263
76, 308
75, 459
69, 654
70, 340
1,478
1,348
1,195
1,015
7,534
67, 214
74, 563
81, 522
94, 725
55, 319
62, 510
64, 961
78, 993
1,273
1,437
1,811
1,878
4,886
4,975
80, 158
79, 825
70, 260
75, 155
64, 493
64, 892
58, 009
63, 606
1,467
1,482
1, 238
1,595
7, 500
8. 354
84, 795
86, 922
79, 422
69, 945
70, 227
71, 570
64, 082
56, 999
1,674
1, 743
1,414
1, 106
8,211
8, 365
68, 840
74, 830
90, 770
86, 772
56, 728
61, 944
74, 610
69, 884
1, 268
1,396
1, 956
1,489
6,746
6,076
7,873
88, 164
70, 922
1, 480
1,214
274, 089
241, 698
212, 829
309, 998
252, 373
Thousands of dollars
$1,882
2,674
47, 128
24, 117
35. 244
46, 197
Mav.
June
July
August
September.
October
November
December
Number of units
74, 071
34, 691
48, 203
59, 036
320, 110
mo.
Shipments
$1, 462
2, 543
1,468
1,254
1,753
$6, 076
12, 653
3,073
3,097
5,974
4,631
3, 157
3,201
5,430
3,220
1,252
3, 550
3,871
Relative to 1923-1925 average
||
68
65
57
49
49
65
73
55
49
59
92.1
92.5
90.2
100.8
52
61
53
51
58
63
51
65
89.8
118.2
134.0
141.2
90.5
117.1
132.0
136.9
86.0
123. 7
144, 2
163. 6
86.2
113.0
128.0
132.6
43
40
52
51
30
32
79
63
123. 5
84.7
77.0
83.0
112.4
81.8
68.4
78.3
182. 1
99.8
121.9
104.0
135.7
131.0
130.8
132.0
42
48
53
50
64
55
79
124
103.7
140.4
187.4
152. 3
105. 6
133.5
185. 1
154. 8
93.5
176.2
199. 8
139.2
136.9
138.6
136.0
145.9
86
44
50
46
65
76
47
67
149. 1
167. 6
158. 5
177.6
153.9
176.2
158.5
166.8
124.0
123.0
158.8
234.0
;
145.3
137.7
127.8
126.5
37
57
61
42
34
73
60
33
157. 2
122. 6
87.3
90.7
134.4
112.0
80.0
82.4
277.0
178.0
125.6
133.8 i
116.2
121. 1
123.5
136.0
51
61
52
43
116.0
168. 8
216.0
187.2
117.2
159.4
216.8
184.6
63
42
18S. 7
189.4
109.9 ! 130.7
218.2 136. 5
211.4 143.9
200.6 148.2
1
184.7 1 146.9
49, 804
658
45, 021
58, 845
45, 554
41, 625
614
717
524
1,088
1,212
1,452
1,582
1,432
1,260
1,394
1,552
1,400
39, 254
40, 127
29, 459
39, 495
659
432
510
353
1,468
1,484
1, 462
1, 533
1,703
1,540
1,674
1,541
3,332
3,256
3,029
3,115
2, 992
3, 512
45, 283
46, 921
42, 532
47, 430
608
695
875
776
1, 634
1,390
1,800
1,405
1,112
1,487
1,482
1,565
3,500
3,384
3, 029
3,148
3, 686
3, 525
4, 0<57
3,554
37, 562
43, 322
38, 752
39, 969
967
1,038
1,024
994
1,497
1,374
1,409
1,489
1,511
1, 498
1, 597
1,474
3, 482
4 524
3,137
43, 007
40, 443
36, 130
38, 148
1,492
1,758
1,461
1,370
1,178
1,300
1, 403
1,300
1,221
1,303
1,294
1,255
2, 950
2, 950
3,185
3,092
4,232
3,125
3,170
1, 591
1, 598
2, 578
1,138
1,177
1, 352
1,376
3,504
3,309
3,383
3,229
2,299
1,137
1,346
1, 418
1,504
3,112
3, 260
8,182
51, 822
51, 999
52. 946
42, 990
3,321
45
32
49
45
8,997
40, 190
2, 305
1,428
1,518
3, 239
4,248
4,275
56
24
7, 463
6,310
4,848
5, 896
6,387
7,586
8,601
7,079
5,980
2,676
3,273
3,261
3,350
3,044
3,040
3,729
3,478
3,239
4,330
3,078
3,815
2,792
3, 136
1
__
jj
1
H
Number
1,072
1,406
1,679
fl 51, 566 »738
Shipments
Production
Shipments
Pitcher, Powhand
er,
Unand horiwind- zontal New Ship- filled
type orders ments orders,
mill
end of
Foreign
Electric
Steam, power, and
centrifugal 6
Domestic
Total
Domestic «
AGRICULTURAL
MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT 8
PATENTS
GRANTED 7
AgricuStisral
implements
Internal-combustion engines
Shipments
Shipments
PUMPS
Total, all classes
YEAR AND MONTH
SYSTEMS*
WASHING
MACHINES 2
WATER
VACUUMCLEANERSi
(qtly.)
WATER
SOFTENERS 3
Table 20.—HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND PUMPS
"
|
:
* Monthly data from 1919 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, and annual averages on patents from 1913 through 1918 may be found in the Record Book of
Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section, pp. 43 to 46.
1
Compiled by the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers' Association from companies representing about 90 per cent of the industry. Annual figures represent quarterly
averages.
2
Compiled by the American Washing Machine Manufacturers' Association from reports of 48 members representing practically the entire industry in the United States
and Canada. Data for 7 small firms have been estimated to make the compilation complete. The association's monthly reports show electric, gas and power, water-power,
and 3hand machines separately.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 21 manufacturers, covering domestic water softeners. Values of shipments are
given in press releases and appeared in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), p. 27.
< Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 32 manufacturers. Details by classes are given in press releases.
8
Compiled through 1926 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, covering 22 firms in 1922 and 1923 and 19 firms thereafter. Beginning with 1927, these data have been
compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from practically the same number of firms. Details by classes, showing units and values as between
domestic and foreign shipments, are shown in monthly press releases.
6 Compiled from data furnished by the Hydraulic Society, the original figures being prorated to compare with reports from 23 identical firms beginning with April,
1925. The number of members reporting gradually increased from 14 in 1919, representing about two-thirds of the 1925 membership, until the full 23 companies reported.
These totals are believed to represent about two-thirds of the industry, and in 1923 these shipments represented about 23 per cent of the total production of all pumps and
pumping machinery according to the census of manufactures. Details are given on the association's reports as to single steam pumps, duplex steam pumps, power pumps,
centrifugal pumps, and reciprocating deep-well pumps.
7 Patents granted compiled from the official records on file in the U. S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Patent Office, Division of Publications; inasmuch as patents are
granted on Tuesdays only, the number of patents shown for a given month represents the total of either four or five Tuesdays. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in April,
1923, issue (No. 20), p. 48, except for internal-combustion engines, which appeared, in June, 1923, issue (Nt). 22), p. 52. Agricultural implements patents fall within the official
classification of "Agricultural implements; planters, harrows and diggers, plows, harvesters, scattering unloaders, and threshing implements."
s Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, covering 90 manufacturers, estimated to represent 80 per cent of the industry. The production figures are based on
the employment data of 88 firms and the shipment figures on the value of goods shipped by 90 firms (60 reporting foreign shipments). Details for each class, segregated
as to foreign and domestic shipments, are shown separately in the monthly summaries of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
«11
months' average.
43
Table 21.—INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY
FOUNDRY
EQUIPMENT i
Unfilled
New Ship- orders,
orders ments end of
month
YEAR AND
MONTH
STOKERS 2
Sales (new
orders)
MACHINE
TOOLS 3
ELECTRIC HOISTS *
ShipUnNew orders
ments
New Ship- filled
ororders m'ts ders,
end
Value
mo. Qty.
No.
of
hoists
ELECTRIC
OVERHEAD
CRANES 5
UnUnCan- filled
Ship- New filled
New
or- orders, orders cel- orders,
in 'ts ders end of
la- end of
tions month
month
Relative to average
shipments, 1922-1924
Number
Total
h.p.
Relative to average shipments,
1922-1924
35.7
93.1
132.5
104.7
132.6
141. 1
124.2 7 107. 0 7 105. 2
234
183
73
130
122
94
112
113
115
52, 732
65, 920
27, 262
60, 409
60, 871
42, 857
46, 111
45, 519
40, 300
261
202
38
77
134
94
150 7 153 7290
162
167
294
138
139
227
311
300
274
$167, 929
160, 016
134, 982
1926
September
October
November...
December
114.0
140 5
133.4
181.0
127
112
85
72
44, 211
40, 780
27, 606
34, 974
194
195
175
134
157
193
184
193
363
350
340
278
326
233
290
312
153, 632
128, 137
130, 257
157, 329
173, 958 1,048 1,016
169, 245
893 1,429
139, 231
978
585
174, 220 1,008
785
1927
January
Februarv
March
April
180.4
198.0
131.1
130 0
75
123
132
103
41, 574
44,536
52, 577
30, 549
123
143
152
126
138
155
158
138
248
234
228
216
262
269
291
284
134, 006
148, 381
144, 305
138, 829
139, 522
704
127, 459
934
139, 528 1,065
138, 510
909
May
June.
July
August
134.8
138. 4
89.9
106.4
113
183
136
160
47, 705
59, 958
41, 504
60, 977
127
139
129
170
135
142
100
118
198
200
216
278
330
285
229
278
171, 192
128,313
105, 103
162, 594
124, 729
129,810
98, 020
128, 331
September
October
November
December
80.4
98.0
95.8
106.8
113.4
97.2
110.4
106.3
105.8
103.5
104
95
67
83
27, 843
27, 222
16, 955
32, 202
106
133
134
169
128
152
149
157
266
231
214
192
300
270
223
272
147, 323
114,835
102, 238
122, 663
1928
January
February
March _ _
April
129.7
123.6
138.6
107.7
116. 4
110.6
147.9
112.5
120.6
132.9
127.1
126.1
75
85
123
88
26, 572
43, 643
43, 425
31, 043
218
201
222
222
149
175
210
219
293
330
376
371
346
399
557
394
335 6
149.1
104.7
129.4
344.5
359.3
130
38, 705
43, 212
205
215
204
193
345
348
462
442
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo. av
1923 mo. av
1924 mo. av_
1925 mo. av_
1926 mo. av
1927 mo. av
May
Juil8
_
_
_
_
166
WOODWORKING MACHINERY «
Dollars
Shipments
No. of
machines
Thousands of dollars
$772
1,415
1,709
1,460
1, 661
1,555
1,253
$67
30
52
47
33
30
15
$1, 899
2,494
3, 705
2,681
2,502
1,925
1,377
$1, 233
1,777
883
1,304
1,659
1, 515
1,601
1, 584
1, 292
4,406
3, 964
3,738
1,436
1,724
1, 369
1,328
24
23
51
25
1,766
1,979
1,753
1, 563
1, 424
1,475
1,502
1,462
1,143
1,199
1,078
1, 159
888
694
750
660
3,971
3, 352
3,042
2,772
1,381
1,401
1,502
1,307
14
14
10
31
1,726
1,814
1,747
1,549
1,230
1, 255
1,570
1,516
985
928
1, 184
1,068
671
801
679
729
487
964
689
483
2,555
2,643
2,746
2,278
1,351
1,146
1,036
1,207
3
10
13
12
1,586
1,305
1,167
1,200
1,282
1,508
1,105
1,214
1,119
1,199
971
1, 089
151, 674
121, 445
139, 066
102, 206
653
764
637
762
684
566
525
586
2, 273
2,117
1,975
1,792
1,182
1,144
1,075
1,305
21
23
12
19
990
975
997
1,470
1,380
1,124
1, 152
1,172
1,093
872
854
881
160, 852
172, 472
260, 222
198, 004
133, 842
166, 920
214, 080
188, 967
432
595
672
659
358
519
704
410
1,735
1, 763
1, 699
1,520
1,145
1,245
1,317
1,329
23
9
21
42
1,456
1, 539
1,438
1,577
1,130
1,147
1, 346
1, 150
920
890
1,064
931
204, 550
181, 205
190, 174
195, 807
547
600
708
573
1,671
1,688
1,985
25
2,058
1,490
1,082
$154, 073
165, 089
128, 358
$574
316
881
785
812
977
776
$226
575
764
742
898
974 7 $4, 036
665
2,626
81,122
1,514
1,144
1, 141
1,210
1,020
Julv
August
September
October
November
December
|
* Monthly data from 1919 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section,
pp. 1 to 42.
40
Compiled by the Foundry Equipment Manufacturers' Association from reports of from 11 to 20 members, said to represent 65 to 70 per cent of the foundry equipment
industry. The principal products are molding machines, sand-cutting machines, sand-blast machines, tumbling barrels, sand-mixing machines, cupolas, ladles, core-making
machines, etc. The reports for each month are related to the average shipments of the reporting firms for 1922 to 1924 and are thus comparable, despite the difference in number of reporting firms. The association reports give detailed index numbers by sizes of firms but no numerical data,
2
Stoker sales through December, 1922, from the Stoker Manufacturers' Association, said to represent approximately 99 per cent of the industry; beginning with January,
1923, from reports to U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from 13 manufacturers, representing practically the entire industry (15 prior to August, 1924,
when 4 establishments consolidated into 2). Press releases show segregation as to installation under fire-tube or water-tube boilers.
3
Compiled by the National Machine Tool Builders' Association, including quantity reports from between 50 and 60 firms, said to represent about one-third of the industry. This index, based on average monthly shipments for the years 1922 to 1924 as 100, covers gross new orders, shipments, and unfilled orders at the end of the month.
The association reports give detailed index numbers by sizes of firms but no numerical data. Detailed shipments data, since discontinued, appeared on p. 55 of the April,
1924, issue (No. 32).
4
Compiled by the Electric Hoist Manufacturers' Association from the reports of 9 firms.
e Compiled by the Electric Overhead Crane Institute, from reports of 11 manufacturers, estimated to cover 98 per cent of the output of electric overhead cranes for factories,
etc. 6 Monthly data from January, 1925, appeared in the March, 1927, issue (No. 67), p. 26.
Compiled by the Association of Manufacturers of Wood Working Machinery from reports of its members, averaging about 23 each month and varying from 20 to 27.
The total shipments for 1925 represented 48 per cent of the value of woodworking machinery produced that year, according to the census of manufactures. The products
comprised in this classification include band and scroll saws, band mills, band rip and resaws, borers, circular cut-off saws, circular resaws, circular rip saws, combination
saws, dovetailers, gainers, grinders, hand planers and glue jointers, lathes, molders, mortisers, planers and matchers, sanders, sash and door machines, shapers, surfacers,
tenoners, wheel machines, and woodworkers, besides miscellaneous woodworking machinery.
7
3 months' aveiage.
8
6 months' average.
44
Table 22.—ENAMELED WAKE1
BATHS
i YEAR AND MONTH
Ship- Stocks,
ments end mo.
New
orders
SINKS
MISCELLANEOUS
TOTAL
SMALL
WARE 2 I
Ship- Stocks,
New
ments end mo. orders
Ship- Stocks, New
ments end mo. orders
Unfilled
orders,
end mo.
LAVATORIES
Unfilled
orders,
end mo.
Ship- Stocks,
ments end sno.
!
New
orders
Number of pieces
:
1
i
i 1913 monthlv av
i 1914 monthly av
' 191 5 monthly av
1916 monthlv av
1917 monthly av _ _ .
1918 monthly av
j 1919 monthly a v
39, 831
1920 monthly ar
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av____
1923 monthly av.___
\ 1924 monthly av____
1925 monthly av__._
1926 inont hi y av
1927 monthly a v _ _ _ _
•
123, 163
44, 888
32, 620
45, 768
132, 369
138, 791
3 30, 063
o-l, 6ZZ
73,612 |
35, 107
40,911
93, 033
97, 316
98, 758
115, 841
103, 581
95, 572
326, 490
49, 907
137, 628
253, 957
168, 542
104, 126
71, 230
41, 972
51,438
58, 169
91, 512
110,479
110, 283
127, 356
113, 773
104, 305
43, 302
109, 318
79, 507
56, 408
143, 788
217, 056
236, 642
229, 945
53, 438
56,315
117,222 i
121,891
106,353
131,741
115,065
106, 019
60, 231
66, 458
95, 327
114, 146
120, 381
129, 233
113,638
109, 496
66, 333
111, 764
93, 336
59, 188
154, 896
266, 823
283, 031
268, 582
57, 502
64,577
124, 179
127, 919
115, 485
133, 381
115,666
111,251
31, 062
33, 640
45, 531
57,913
70, 658
62, 289
50, 003
46, 978
47,410
89, 394
68, 400
51, 260
111,138
171, 306
151, 371
133, 868
27, 691
31, 803
60, 931
63, 290
65, 700
58, 535
52, 364
46, 532
952, 334
180, 320
406,291
913, 480
480, 920
250, 646
162, 217
112, 930
130, 056
144, 501
166, 756
177, 778
103, 500
87, 002
118, 076
110,476
88, 388
89, 611
94, 167
96, 048
114, 198
104, 982
121, 801
116, 205
232, 117
246, 544
245, 384
250, 143
125, 168
102, 910
128, 349
120, 139
115, 017
97, 797
121, 883
117, 212
253, 779
275, 530
301, 070
321, 073
123, 656
97, 108
130, 496
119, 236
51, 922
46, 210
55, 607
52, 076
158, 717
160, 656
168, 298
158, 229
58, 729
47, 147
60, 226
51, 180
200, 619
198, 326
205, 003
198, 203
116, 740
121, 933
113,427
114, 748
164, 614
158, 897
149, 829
139, 964
124, 479
119, 554
112, 629
113,835
90, 427
80, 050
73, 640
61, 991
125, 241
134, 542
117, 973
122, 523
249, 171
248, 959
238,556
219, 086
129, 327
130, 904
118, 963
119,924
127, 153
129, 509
117, 263
122, 294
307, 405
294, 587
284, 432
273, 590
126,
126,
117,
127,
732
728
705
758
55, 022
56, 144
48, 162
51, 559
160, 469
157, 030
151, 854
145, 143
59, 786
58, 538
49, 432
55, 657
182, 931
172, 026
160, 665
155, 423
102, 333
98, 237
80, 271
68, 133
149, 555
158, 764
161,391
177, 331
97, 178
92, 008
84, 209
80, 023
48,278
43, 556
38, 801
49,804
130, 131
117, 122
86, 552
74, 005
210, 291
208, 406
225, 645
265, 400
115, 797
109, 582
86, 962
92, 759
125, 044
120, 262
91, 699
78, 524
257, 240
246, 816
274, 422
306, 431
115, 973
110, 784
94, 740
97, 081
55, 412
52, 018
40, 247
35, 659
137,
135,
137,
144,
971
600
926
564
51, 483
49, 027
42, 243
44, 914
143, 670
105, 664
96, 966
127, 104
83, 117
82, 310
98, 799
99, 993
182, 363
189, 108
186, 642
175, 728
86, 802
79, 810
104, 993
98, 762
47, 343
43, 104
46, 109
44, 405
102, 986
88, 832
113, 983
111,301
256, 114
267, 550
256, 641
255, 264
106, 720
85, 880
118, 642
107, 102
99, 178
99, 613
117,784
114,302
296, 158
311,786
325, 102
318, 391
104, 926
94, 215
123, 645
115, 254
40, 465
45, 630
50, 753
49, 018
130,
139,
133,
129,
881
952
431
823
44, 262
43, 349
51, 961
43, 020
117,
118,
115,
102,
104, 953
115, 254
111,294
116, 443
158, 014
139, 463
128, 516
127, 324
109, 224
113, 336
117,720
110, 916
46, 666
45, 479
46, 860
41, 183
109, 206
119, 275
110,826
126, 534
243, 959
219, 007
233, 466
220, 381
116, 205
116, 135
121, 276
126, 027
112,461
126, 875
115,169
131, 752
303, 586
267, 871
248, 458
238, 763
118,391
118, 159
120, 538
131, 053
49, 844
54,481
45, 523
55, 030
135, 726
132, 602
134, 133
127, 827
46, 937
51, 192
49, 560
54, 102
117,488
115, 375
123, 117
120, 949
129,
143,
151,
163,
559
824
673
354
100, 413
85, 368
71, 446
68, 077
43, 703
34, 980
29, 663
34, 173
118, 257
101, 961
79, 630
68, 866
196, 259
197, 121
201,577
212, 004
119, 850
97, 263
77, 309
79, 816
118, 159
117, 303
86, 117
75, 239
222, 824
220, 875
230, 148
239, 022
126, 112
108, 774
85, 933
88,008
50, 616
46,100
41, 106
35, 165
136, 902
134, 307
132, 116
138, 713
50,129
46, 758
38, 779
38, 332
119, 608
99, 514
97, 482
106, 850
71, 041
76,318
95, 818
105, 718
154, 620
164,014
172, 292
159, 892
77, 712
84, 084
124, 016
191, 571
36, 473
43, 321
61, 880
139, 801
85, 942
87, 370
114,558
124, 027
201, 770
217, 543
227, 151
212, 325
93, 364
97, 613
153, 131
209, 744
92, 743
90, 629
119, 596
125, 479
233, 751
262, 380
281,911
268, 699
97, 470
103, 263
147, 261
216, 182
39, 426
42, 545
50, 302
51, 510
131, 077
140, 815
137,416
125, 325
39, 480
46, 694
61,600
73, 455
100, 160
124, 743
185, 255 I
360, 858
125, 522
119,297
135, 793
120, 723
127, 780
113,017
136, 238
121, 061
141,458
131, 623
183,173
173, 898
139,110
138, 113
143, 791
128, 298
239, 678
227, 929
145, 004
128, 368
53, 353
48, 221
113,088
111, 141
55, 012
47, 197
348, 844 i
315, 920
42. 450
40,977
51 181
33, 172
19, 432
34,625
\
Hn 930 !
60, 530
41, 884
3 21, 980
21, 514
69, 872
51, 441 20, 951
41, 510
75, 324
41, 768
74, 814
90, 396 ' 35, 439
95,629
71, 193
110, 400 106, 995
99, 595 156,620
94, 207 156, 297
90, 503
82, 909
102, 284
103, 624
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December.. _
1926
January
February
March
April
!
53, 428
57, 789
70, 626
74 293
48,419
32, 846
54, 584
_
__
1927
January .
February
March _
_
April
May
I June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1928
Januarv
February _ _ _
March
April
May..
June
July
Au gustSeptember. _
October
November
December
1
97, 129
88, 558
74, 832
58, 025
47,751
49, 527
55. 769
145, 329
124, 873
I
- _- __ .
3 29, 197
33,422
88, 018
34, 655
29, 3G7
40, 887
22, 201
23,331
28, 383
77, 034
79, 129
15, 176
25, 427
42, 671
283, 800
3
617
617
878
664
j
I
j
1
1
II
i
||
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, beginning with January, 1922, representing complete production as reported by 22 manufacturers, including the membership of the Enameled Sanitary Ware Manufacturers Association, until its dissolution in February, 1928, after which all firms reported direct to
the Bureau of the Census. A few small firms were unable to furnish complete reports prior to January, 1924. Data prior to 1922 are totals of the association reports, estimated to represent about 98 per cent of the industry at that time. Monthly data from 1917 through 1926 may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals
and 2Machinery Section, pp. 36 to 39.
Small ware includes lavatories, sinks, and miscellaneous.
3
9 months' average, April to December, inclusive; previous data not available.
45
Table 23.—COPPER AND WIRE CLOTH*
WIRE CLOTH 4
COPPER
Stocks, end mo.1
Un- Make
(N0 and S. America) Price,
World i Domesand
Ingots Pro- Ship- Stocks, New filled hold
orproduc- tic ship- Experts,
electro- i dtic- ments end of orders ders, orders,
tion,
ments,:1 refined 2
Refined 1
mo.
lytic 1 t!on
end
end
Minei Smelter i(N. and S. blister refined
Blister
Refined
mo.
mo.
America)
i
\
Dolls.
Short tons
Thou sands of square f
per Ib.
Frodisetlon
YEAR AND MONTH
1013 monthly average
11)14 monthly average
1*H5 monthly average
l f /^ 6 monthly average
1917 monthly average
] G] 8 monthlv average
1919 monthly average
i 920 monthly average
51 487
47 851
6° 003
g? 573
78 976
79 584
50 514
51, 093
51 090
47 9r"?
57 834
80 327
78 588
79 522
53, 601
50, 378
77, 300
69, 615
1921 monthlv average
i 99,2 monthly average
1 923 monthly average
J 924 monthly average.
1^*95 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average.
]Q 667
41, 154
61. 504
60, 115
70 r78
72, 709
69, 165
23 938
47, 131
69, 478
74, 872
78 944
82, 014
80, 721
44, 766
65, 736
96, 990
108, 361
1J2 692
120, 038
123, 042
52, 179
79. 554
112,971
121, 624
128 406
133, 374
138, 196
38 593
35 003
2* 362
31 906
46 194
30 398
21,413
25, 888
25, 605
45, 829
61. 293
62, 782
69 264
75, 181
68, 737
26. 178
30, 326
33, 859
45, 692
^4 219
39, ?44
43, 631
<CG i '")•'>'"
5 1300 i
1
703 '
2720
2/ U
• ^
2718
2481
18T-Q
1746
297, 928
270. 151
337,
188,
120.
6 128,
989
211
427
918
7 sj9 726
73, 390
96, 728
905 377
1 77", 928
244, 509
6
241, 659
7 248 213
266, 704
254, 895
1250
. 1338
. 1442
. 1303
1404
. 1380
.1292
.
358
438
491
455
501
418
468
420
s
1, 0(;2
1 1^1
1, 070
1,236
\
401
0'-' O
6 398
357
278
383
.-
19S7
January
February. _
March
April _
76 198
69, 202
69, 314
71,12(2
89 719
80, 065
80,965
80,940
133, 110
122, 673
126, 975
125, 796
143
132,
136,
135,
337
870
347
729
76, ^99
67, 564
79, 537
73, 976
^3, 879
37, 184
45, 306
46, 908
93 982
105, 401
103, 072
S9, 256
275
272,
263,
249,
316
757
793
834
1299
.1268
. 1308
.1281
501
468
510
468
424
415
434
400
1, 149
1,143
1, 192
1,263
May. . _ _
June
July
August .
71. 613
69, 539
65, 545
67, 248
82, 132
77, 847
75, 029
78, 245
125, 581
113, 233
118, 133
119, 786
139, 114
134, 243
132, 186
135, 015
69, 779
63, 465
61, 965
71, 73G
38, 394
42, 833
•*2, 592
46, 571
108, 079
86, 360
104, 388
93, 654
242,
257,
250,
253,
074
823
957
886
.1262
. 1237
. 1253
.1297
444
435
418
422
384
431
391
426
September
October
November
December
65, 938
68, 959
68, 080
67, 222
74, 418
83, 551
79, 878
85, 868
119, 100
124, 927
118, 269
128, 923
133, 291
145, 278
141,975
148, 961
71, 578
68, 619
59, 264
60, 862
46, 137
41, 317
41, 199
51, 322
86, 493
83, 882
90, 874
95, 298
246, 517
246, 354
250,014
248, 420
.1294
. 1296
.1332
.1377
409
432
464
492
1928
January
February
March _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
April
68, 469
67, 423
70, 327
69, 721
77, 429
81, 895
79, 110
82, 087
122, 723
124, 848
128, 972
122, 824
140,
144,
144,
143,
546
546
842
427
64, 824
73, 789
72, 642
72, 234
52, 095
43, 092
48, 210
45, 550
96, 476
86, 932
87, 292
72, 893
237,961
247, 529
242, 418
235, 392
.1385
.1382
. 1385
.1399
73, 729
72 954
85, 745
88 398
129, 236
131,024
153, 414
156, 631
79, 103
81, 436
56, 667
50 261
66, 288
58 809
241, 755
251 488
. 1420
1453
May
June
July
August
.
- -
September ...
October
November.
December
i
397
322
286
275
314
300
341 'r
345
339
358
1, 300
1,292
1,374
1,320
351
392
367
413
220
229
245
256
413
395
417
398
417
446
470
404
1,242
1,187
1,161
1,213
440
476
442
381
265
332
292
316
396
412
366
413
449
435
584
413
425
453
452
405
1,189
1, 150
1, 141
1,147
414
399
400
399
315
297
269
283
441
412
422
438 \
431
400
407
364
1, 134
1, 157
371
310
258
185
402
414 •,
1
i
.- ....
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 on items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section,
pp. 48 to 50.
1
Compiled by the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, except mine production prior to January, 1921, and smelter production prior to 1923, for which the annual data
of the If. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, have been used for monthly averages, and refined production, shipments, and all stocks from 1919 through 1923,
compiled by the Copper Export Association. Data on mine production represent practically complete primary production of copper in the United States, the 1124 data,
representing 99 per cent of the annual total reported by the Geological Survey. World production of blister copper includes the smelter output of the United States
Mexico, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, Australia, Europe (in part), Belgian Congo, and Rhodesia. These countries produced about 95 per cent of the world's production
in 1922; 96 per cent in 1923; 97 per cent in 1924 and 1925, and 98 per cent in 1926. Smelter production data are based on the production of blister copper by smelters
in the United States from both domestic and imported ores, also from some scrap copper. Refined-production data represent the total output of primary refined
copper by refiners in North and South America. Domestic shipments (as distinguished from export) represent the movement of refined copper to the United States
from 12 refineries located in both North and South America. Stocks of blister copper represent holdings in both North and South America, including copper "in
process." Stocks of refined represent holdings at refineries in North and South America.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, representing refined copper in pigs, ingots, bars, old and scrap, pipes?,
tubes, plates, sheets, and wire, except insulated wire and cable.
'4A Price of ingot copper, electrolytic, New York, based on averages of daily transaction compiled by the Engineering and Mining Journal-Press.
Compiled by the Wirecloih Manufacturers' Association, from reports of 8 manufacturers of brass and bronze wire endless belts for paper manufacturers, and estimated
to represent from 80 to 90 per cent of the industry. Details by sizes are given in the association's report, Make and hold orders are special goods made up and held until.
report.
called for by the paper mills; the goods included in this item are not included in any other items in the te
table except production.
"d
5
11 months' average, January missing.
* 9 months' average. 6 10 months' average.
" 8 months' average, January, February, April, and May missing.
46
Table 24.—ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS
Shipments
YEAR AND
MONTH
New
orders
Stand-
ard
Special
Thous.
of dolls.
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av
mo. av_. __ $167, 287
221, 504
mo. av
mo. av
216, 787
mo. av
234, 514
252, 988
mo. av
mo. av
238, 982
1926
September
October
November
December
1927
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August.
241, 114
2GO, 078
i
243, 652
'
23G, 427
'•
235, 848
i
239, 999
1
244, 917
'
Shipments
High
tension
MOTORS ^
(direct current)
POWER
SWITCHING
EQUIPMENT
(quarterly) 5
1 to 390 H. P.
New orders
New
orders
Shipments
In-
door
Outdoor
Single-pole
units
Dollars
OUTLET
BOXES
AND
COVERS <>
Shipments
Number of
pieces
VULCANIZED
FIBER 7
if 11
^2
EH o
i
i
1
10
$71, 607
125, 447
90, 371
77, 036
10
$217,346 ni31,171
153, 779 35, 091
151, 503 43, 497
142, 807
$723, 692
661, 358
651, 948
97, 335
101, 984
90, 428
71, 715
146, 974
148, 970
176, 583
141, 789
43, 052
829, 355
41, 038 1, 032, 042
44, 518
834, 884
30, 335
576, 794
93, 176
87, 083
108, 688
88, 755
122, 681
115, 043
168, 148
148, 789
35, 002
35, 728
42, 391
47, 066
494,
439,
505,
510,
$844, 597
781, 250
937,
801,
745,
744,
913
036
629
424
566
692, 583
334
731, 426
213 1, 078, 639
736, 082
548
$871,130
770, 695
13, 305
13, 389
11, 948 !2 1, 457, 461
3.6, 417
2, 254, 198
745, 783
837, 214
897, 262
907, 971
15, 520
14,970
15, 486
14, 725
766,
671,
802,
737,
Oil
208
572
349
547
582
866
940
72, 846
96, 438
42, 402
62, 697
(15)
132, 927
134, 550 44, 526
131, 293 400, 398
114, 467 386, 174
496, 592
592, 366
636, 716
929, 872
831, 274
810, 424
736, 679
706, 219
753,
859,
776,
823,
62, 536
74, 230
69, 195
66, 391
119, 744 311, 889 1, 033, 466
940, 563
236, 052 468, 903
679, 369
178, 583 446, 091
564, 775
111, 408 451, 894
820, 652
740, 366
626, 092
864, 562
776, 325
834, 479
630, 628
815, 830
77, 212
65, 809
49, 536
57, 919
115,
110,
131,
116,
394
933
212
516
408, 401
438, 584
444, 804
521, 682
677, 861
683. 664
877, 401
872, 336
569, 883
767, 634
889, 110
730, 979
638, 562
627, 799
782, 185
749, 534
70, 674
133, 524
540, 212
857, 478
805, 824
786, 991
15, 208
17, 500
14, 409
17, 407
12, 039
16,127
11, 901
14, 634
12, 267
14, 234
Consumption
(qtly.)1
ELECTRIC
Shipments
LAMINATED
PHENOLIC
PRODUCTS 3
ELECTRICAL
PORCELAIN a
ELECTRIC
GOODS
$902
743
£* U-H
INDUSTRIAL
REFLECTORS 8
Sales
Units
ELECTRICAL
TRADE 9
Delinquent
accounts
Dollars
EHO
No. of
firms
"$225,106 iU, 518
1,625
202, 557
1,497
201, 689
1,518
186, 770
1,547
196, 747
1,499
2,879 13 147, 498
179, 179
1,518
187, 018
127, 886
2,404
1, 576, 433
913
932
790
731
2,682
2,175
2,643
2,908
145, 161
178, 993
157, 713
137, 486
184, 581
144, 458
144, 985
181, 318
1,419
1,211
1,241
1,438
2, 258, 668
2, 055, 172
2, 093, 021
1, 960, 806
795
732
919
796
2,939
2,371
3,002
2,701
146, 152
122, 359
135, 084
115, 111
180, 048
206, 283
242, 606
247, 479
1,397
1,505
2,040
1,936
2, 332, 608
2, 285, 533
1, 936, 639
2, 645, 760
734
736
719
731
2,465
2,570
2,256
2,461
123, 080
117, 156
107, 384
120, 353
177, 403
175, 069
201, 183
166, 683
1,442
1,526
1,427
1,585
2, 228, 162
2, 577, 732
2, 728, 841
1, 947, 433
739
748
667
596
1,896
2,030
1,929
2,231
125, 802
140, 346
141, 392
140, 415
145, 031
156, 606
148, 358
197, 462
1,320
1,365
1,286
1,381
2, 139, 038
2, 715, 105
3, 166, 488
2, 518, 077
663
685
662
621
2,355
2,442
2,965
2,700
137, 417
118, 363
137, 102
107, 801
184,500
184, 688
213, 043
173, 482
1,361
1,407
1,769
1,485
2, 763, 094
662
3,092
109, 804
196, 243
165, 775
1,488
1,291
September
October _November
December
1
Data compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from quarterly reports by 86 manufacturers of electrical goods. The data include nonelectrical items made by electrical manufacturers and represented 60 per cent of the output of the electrical industry im 1925, according to the census of manufacturers.
Quarterly data from 1922 through 1926 may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section, p. 47.
2
Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association, from reports of 12 firms estimated to produce 50 to 60 per cent of all standard porcelain (8 firms) 15
to 20 per cent of special porcelain (12 firms), and 10 per cent of high-tension porcelain (3 firms), except that beginning with July, 1927, a much larger proportion of the hightension output is included.
3 Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association. This product is sold mostly in sheets, tubes, and cut panels and includes some material for noiseless
automobile gears.
* Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association, and comprise large power direct current electric motors of from 1 to 200 horsepower, inclusive, built
in general purpose motor, frames including control equipment sold with motors. The data are estimated to represent about 85 per cent of the output of these kinds of motors.
5
Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association from reports of 10 firms estimated to represent about 90 per cent of the output of this product.
6
Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association from reports of 6 firms estimated to represent 75 per cent of the output of this product.
7 Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association. Shipments are exclusive of intercompany sales. Consumption represents total vulcanized fiber
paper, both sheet and tube.
8
Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association from reports of 5 companies estimated to represent 85 per cent of the output of the product. Details by kind of reflector and wattage are given in the association's monthly reports. The reflectors shown here are only for industrial use, but most of them can be used
either indoors or outdoors.
» Compiled by the National Electrical Credit Association from reports to its constituent regional associations by electrical manufacturers and jobbers. Monthly data
from 1921 appeared in the May, 1924, issue (No. 33), p. 206.
1° 6 months' average,
n 5 months' average.
12
7 months' average.
13 9 months' average.
14
11-months' average, February to December, inclusive.
18
No data available. Data beginning with July, 1928, are not comparable with previous figures, due to the inclusion of additional firms.
47
Table 25.—ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS
POWER
CASLES
FLEXIBLE
CORDS
ELECTRICAL
PORCELAIN
Shipments
WELDING
SETS
PANEL
B'DS
AND
CABINETS
New orders
NONMETALLIC
CONDUITS
YEAR AND Ship- Ship- Stocks,
UnSin- Mul- Shipend of
MONTH
ments ments month Glazed glazed
Shipgle tiple
nail
nail Tubes op- op- ments ments
knobs knobs
erat. erat. (qtty.)
Thousands of feet
1926 mo. av.
1927 mo. av.
3 44, 193 3 51, 631
Thousands of pieces
* 2, 675 4 1, 177 < 1, 326
Thous.
of
dols.
Units
134
135
11
15
$812
1927
January
February
March
April
2,844
2,324
3,391
866
2,011
1,121
1,371
1, 532
1,508
119
138
142
153
16
12
7
12
May
June
July
August
60, 017
58,556
1,502
2,123
635
1,165
1,218
2,107
1,030
1,145
136
139
118
137
12
8
23
823
36, 660
36, 005
3,107
3,358
1,864
2,361
September
October
November
December.
46, 632
52, 494
55, 603
37,764
51, 091
47, 566
46, 332
46, 222
1,897
2,945
2, 134
3,201
755
879
1,092
794
660
1,273
1,361
1,383
133
153
123
129
26
37
11
11
865
35, 082
37, 279
42, 390
37, 853
51, 396
47, 277
44, 958
44, 751
3,363
2,441
1,297
2,207
1,091
1,070
1,381
953
1,127
975
1,087
1,155
128
172
285
239
7
21
31
28
41, 357
45, 145
2,172
1,557
873
238
11
1928
January
February...
March
April
1,776
1,682
1,770
1,860
May
June _ _ __
July.
August
738
821
917
RADIO EQUIPMENT »
ELECTRIC
FURNACES
MANF'D
MICA
Stocks, dealers', end of quarter
Tubes
Un-
fillNew Sfa.p- ed
ord- m'ts orders
ers
end
mo.
Receiving
sets
Loud
speakers
Thous. Kilo- Thousands
of
of
watts
dollars
feet
9,487
Batterries
Socket
power Reunits ceiving
Rectifying
Number of pieces
«80,635 « 72,483 5338,433 «45,543 5580,825 538,011
I --
i
10, 488
8,464
10, 886
10, 365
11,390
9, 359
8 580
9 713
72, 908 67, 141 298, 376 41, 332 523, 839 36, 208
9,235
9,614
9 017
6, 735
88,362
8,085
6,755
8,270
7,860
2,937
3, 892
5, 967
4,161
$309
246
$310
335
8,939
5,668
279
77, 825
378, 489
49,753 637, 810 39, 813
80, 751
71, 078
309, 682
39, 912 643, 539
196
40, 646
September..
October
November
December.
i
* Compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association, except for data on radio equipment. Data on paper-insulated, lead-covered power cables are reported
by 9 companies, representing about 90 per cent of the industry, details by voltage being given in the association reports. Data on flexible cords are reported by 16
•companies, representing about 75 per cent of the industry; details by sizes are presented in the association's reports. Data on electrical porcelain are furnished by 14
-companies, representing about 75 per cent of the industry; details by package sizes, with price range and averages, are presented in the association's reports. Data on
welding sets are furnished by 6 companies, representing about 90 per cent of the industry; no monthly figures are available for 1926. Details of single-operator variable
voltage sets by ampere capacities are presented in the association's reports as well as the total ampere capacity of the multiple operator constant-potential sets. Data on
panelboards and cabinets are*reported by 9 companies, representing about 80 per cent of the industry. Data on nonmetallic conduits are furnished by 10 companies, reprasenting about 90 per cent of the industry. Electric-furnace data are reported by 9 companies, representing about 90 per cent of the industry; these furnaces are for industrial use only, and are shown in number and value, classified, in the association's reports. Data on manufactured mica are reported by 6 companies, representing about
90 per cent of the industry.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in cooperation with the National Electrical Manufacturers1 Association,
from reports of about 7,500 retail dealers each quarter. Further details and segregation by States are shown in press releases. Similar data covering jobbers' stocks are also
given in press releases of the bureau.
3
6 months' average.
4
11 months' average.
* Average for 2 quarters.
48
Table 26.—TIN, ZINC, AND LEAD*
Stocks, end of
month
YEAR AND
MONTH
Deliveries
World
visible
Im-
ports,
'bars,
blocks,
U.S.
etc.
av
av
av
av _.
av
av
av
Price, Retorts Pro- Stocks
Straits in oper- duction
ation, (total
(New 1 end
priYork) ^ | 121 on of
tfi mary)
®^
s=I3a
Dolls,
per Ib. Number
Long tons
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
39J6 mo.
1917 mo.
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
LEAD 3
ZINC 2
TIN*
Price,
Ore
stocks, prone ProJopiiin west- ducdistrict, em (St. tion
end mo. Lou is ) s
i
Stocks, Price, !
ReU.S. pig, de-|
ceipts ; and
silver- <
in U. S.j Mexico, ized
Joplin Utah
end
(New
ore
district
mo. York) 5
Ore shipments
Dolls,
porlb.
Short tons
Dolls, i
Short tons
40, 659
20, 095
14,253
17, 598
53, 721
41,241
37, 485
22, 449
20, 139
23, 530
28, 996
33, 546
29, 362
33, 622
Kl. 0550
. 0506 '
. 1306
. 1204
. 0873
. 0789
. 0099
3 936
3, 464
3 734
100, 830
28, 890
29, 420
40, 793
55, 621
55, 798
43, 160
38, 250
89, 737
36, (523
57, 007
84, 634
76, 748
87, 062
87, 105
79, 561
39, 981
17, 90S
31, 140
44, 267
44, 654
49, 244
53,211
51, 129
40, 443
79, 394
36, 385
20, 042
39, 226
15,720
20, 501
37, 5GO
46, 461
26, 192
44, 426
58, 126
60, 9(55
67, 767
70, 072
57, 420
7,800
68, 063
58, 649
42, 003
25, 521
23, 544
29, 602
. 0775
. 0466
. 0572
. OGf.G
. 0(534
. 0762
. 0734
. Ofi24
39, 436
44, 768
51, 980
56, 503
59,012
57, 273
87, 028
87, 028
88, 076
88, 668
52, 144
54. 979
55, 062
56, 884
15, 699
15, 909
14, 481
21, 887
69,
75,
70,
69,
547
786
045
699
19, 103
26, 287
22, 482
19, 158
. 0741
.0730
.0720
. 0702
. 6931
.6802
88, 908
85, 836
83, 208
81, 096
56, 898
51,341
56, 546
51, 626
29, 912
32, 938
36, 279
41, 208
69, 835
46, 603
69, 125
71,077
25, 515
29, 202
18, 538
21, 536
51, 296
49,718
47, 627
49, 012
42, 046
43, 858
39, 323
34, 587
44, 222
31, 167
59, 104
61, 749
47, 735
50, 185
49, 217
52, 347
34, 277
36, 223
39, 320
40, 751
55, 308
76, 430
49, 830
54, 586
per Ib. 1
3, 658
3, 475
4, 063
4, 685
4, 823
4, 862
2, 692
12, 377
14, 907
15, 208
18, 586
18, 803
13, 894
12, 890
1, 854
3, 880 $0. 4432
1, 700
35 536
. 3570
2,079 ! 4,302
. 3866
. 4348
2. 284
5, 344
. 6165
286 ! 5,302
. 8(580
1, 630
3, 337
. 6554
4, 260
2, 156
4, 788
5, 846
5,344
6, 371
6, 504
6, 041
19, 726
19, 697
24, 683
21, 740
21, 254
19, 538
15, 386
14, 925
3, 322
4, 689
2, 351
2, 016
2, 4-82
5, 016
2, 667 | 5, 745
3, 251
5, 422
2, 890
6, 386
2, 164
6, 424
2.101 I 5,934
105, 684
94, 468
156, f>08
204, 693
136, 639
123,033
$0. 0437
. 0386
. 0407
. 0686
. OS79
. 0750
. 0576
4 496
5, ?64
5, 561
5 683
I
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av
inc. av _
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. a v
mo.av
mo. av
.503G
. 3000
. 3258
. 4271
. 5020
. 5790
. 6530
.M37
.0796 \
.0454J
.0.573 |
. C727
5, 700
7, 805
7 522
8, 336
10. 774
10, 865
8, 675
6 38, 938
21, 181
32, 152
43, 349
48, 459
67, 586
65,532
68, 529
SO, 692
36,317
44, 231
47, 755
53, 902
56, 503
55, 010
55, 966
63, 251
61,045
63, 830
12, 879
14, 965
8, 641
10, 997
62, 817
76, 317
61,460
70, 989
56, 754
58, 092
57, 023
58, 117
113, 109
. 0666
.0667
. 0669
'.0634
59, 383
54, 151
61, 128
60, 193
10, 812
7,448
10, 164
12, 602
64, 768
27, 984
35. 677
30, 813
24, 934
. 0608
. 0621
. 0623
. 0634
57, 285
58, 391
57, 059
55, 830
28, 806
29, 776
39, 296
43, 147
. 0621
.0600
. 0575
.0572
31, 381
102, 046
100, 706
116,069
156, 878
. OS10
. 0902
. 0842
. 0;)76
'
1926
September
October
November
December
1937
January _ .__
February
March
April
Ma,v
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1928
January _ _ _
February
March
__ _
April
May
June
July
August
5, 835
5, 955
6,140
6, 505
14, 379
14, 841
15, 257
16, 326
1, 854
1, 554
2, 304
1, 909
6, 092
5, 126
6,882
6,384
6,295
5,965
6, 545
6,720
15, 342
14, 221
15, 441
13, 849
3, 304
2, 484
1, 709
1,704
4, 704
5, 946
6,228
6, 070
5, 735
5, 950
'
6,895
14, 655
15, 638
15,377
14, 487
1, 604
1, 519
1, 984
2,201
6,
5,
5,
8,
029
139
682
560
. 6742
. 6406
.6447
78, 057
80, 047
76,519
76, 851
6, 110
15, 083
14, 684
14, 594
15, 733
1, 973
3,158
2,003
1, 573
4, 938
7,179
4, 876
3, 958
. 6149
. 5850
.5763
. 5849
74, 435
76, 067
76, 627
77, 084
6,005
5, 665
4,535
. 6892
.7031
. 7067
.6847
. 6647
. 6906
!
5,415
5, 790
7, 960
7,010
15, 244
17, 645
15, 586
13, 001
2,518
1, 998
2,078
1,973
5, 335
17, 064
16, 231
3,708
6,950
September
October
November
December
2,148
5, 992
8,138
9,494
7,045
5,050
118,311
.0879
. 0840
120, 054
127, 035
. 0801
. 0786
66, 358
76, 452
56, 345
51, 722
58, 364
60, 134
134, 682
139, 824
145, 766
160, 437
.0758
.0742
. 0758
7,581
5, 194
6,169
8, 540
63, 518
62, 842
63, 114
63, 721
56, 942
53, 060
49, 005
56, 479
175, 230
170, 287
165, 589
162, 866
. 0662
.0641
. 0634
.0668
53, 204
56, 134
57, 703
56, 812
6, 439
7, 864
8,207
13, 079
80, 362
66, 157
70, 752
83, 003
50, 995
53, 017
57, 035
57, 027
160, 134
155, 868
155, 568
156, 280
.0630
.0625
. 0626
.0650
157,417
.0650
. 0633
. 0600
61,305
.5218
.5236
72, 204
72, 444
71, 252
72, 522
52, 414
50, 042
55, 881
53, 493
42, 163
41,290
41, 529
44, 759
37, 612
47, 217
47, 972
51, 579
49, 905
52, 398
59, 746
49, 097
. 0564
. 0555
. 0562
.0576
54, 406
54, 991
58, 031
50, 115
7,463
6, 665
6,424
6,438
75, 855
72, 264
77, 054
58, 401
55, 970
54, 021
52, 150
47, 939
167, 692
173, 411
161, 207
.5154
.4794
70, 260
65, 680
53, 422
50, 825
45, 225
44, 468
50, 630
64, 531
41, 747
32, 266
.0603
51, 481
.0616 | 51,288
6, 352
13, 277
61, 790
77, 074
53, 991
159, 375
. 5564
. 5249
i
. 0713
.0610
.0612
. 0630
"
j
* Monthly data from 1909 through 1926 for items in this table, if available, may be found in the Record Book of Business Statistics, Metals and Machinery Section,
pp. 52 to 59, except for price of Straits tin, which appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 23.
i Deliveries and stocks of tin from New York Metal Exchange. Stocks in the United States are at port warehouses in New York at the end of the month, while deliveries
are from these warehouses and indicate approximate consumption. The world visible supply at the end of the month includes stocks in the United States, in Europe, and
afloat. Imports of tin in bars, blocks, etc., from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
j
Production of crude lead (amount extracted from Mexican ore deducted), receipts of lead in United States ore, shipments of lead ore from Utah, and total subscribers'
stocks in the United States and Mexico of ore, matte, base bullion, and refined lead, including antimonial, reported by the American Bureau of Metal Statistics. Shipments
of lead ore from mines of the Joplin district from the Joplin Globe. Utah shipments are from the Park City, Bingham, and Tintic districts and represent totals for 4 weeks
with4 a fifth week added in certain months, this accounting for most of the larger fluctuations. Details by districts are given in the bureau's reports.
Compiled by the American Metal Market, representing average weekly price of Straits tin at New York.
5
Averages of daily prices from the Engineering and Mining Journal-Press; prices on lead are at New York and on zinc at St. Louis.
6
5 months' average, August to December, inclusive.
49
BABBITT
METAL i
BAND INSTRUMENTS 2
Consumption
Shipments
ENAMELED
SHEET
i MET-
GALVANIZED SHEET
METAL WARE s
j
YEAR AND
MONTH
Fails and tubs
PORCELAIN ENAMELED FLATWARE-* 1
; VFAKE *
A*,
Other
New orders Shipments
Cup-
ProSaxoTotal i mouth- phones Wood i duewind
tion
piece
Thousands of pounds
Dollars
7
1924 monthly avero go
!;T.WS 512
j ] 925 monthly avcrcgo... 5,752 1,177 4, 575 587,589
1 920 monthly average. _ - 5, 495 1, 282 4, 213 544, 377
1;?27 monthly average. _.| 5,009 j 1,092 3, 917 4.82, 419
,r?O
Pro- Ship- Shipffifioto
to
duc- meuts ments Quan- e»" Qui&n- CK[j»eity
tidy
<:ey
tion
Shipments
pro
Hy
Thous. ! p i; Thous.
ofsq. Cfellt | ofsq.
•t
Percent
feet !
feet
Dozens of pieces
206, 113 7 365,634 7 17, 100
219,151 350, 817 19, 287
201,623 319, 358 23, 396
181, 103 277, 187 24, 879
119, 159 118,806
139, 060 140, 680
44, 675
35, 423
s 6, 789
5, 884
6, 092
326, 411
s 53
5, 947
4, 654
43, 291
35, 097
49
38
1
s 6, 257 8 52
6, 329 51
48 | 6,402 50
i
81
79
83
48
52
46
48
81
80
71
77
193G
i
18,314
6,668
Ef)
5 573
44
5,853
6, 376
5,723
6, 052
6, 236
7, 700
4, 995
6, 051
50
61
39
48
6,282
7, 015
6,922
6, 436
50
55
54
51
80
86
74
85
350, 748
372, 452
440, 689
337, 181
6, 760
6, 136
7, 571
5, 586
5, 942
53
49
5, 993
59 | 7, 567
6, 596
45
47
47
59
52
79
80
78
79
29, SOO
46, 357
31, 832
48, 291
318, 071
292, 048
248, 599
329, 843
5, 285
5, 907
4, 668
5, 285
42
47
37
43
8, 253
C, 749
6, 040
5, 937
49
80
80
37, 776
39, 006
35, 602
22, 090
44, 852
41,368
28, 578
17, 013
310, 823
322, 081
287, 115
307, 280
6,129
9, 578
4, 895
48
63
43
44
6,849
6, 889
6, 394
5, 609
53
54
50
44
149, 304
162, 153
175, 472
201, 119
32, 678
28, 513
50, 904
31, 545
35, 689
26, 334
45, 205
36, 452
319, 871
372, 848
442, 689
351, 034
5,378
7,024
5,430
45
45
59
45
5,473
5,824
6, 526
6,219
46
49
54
o2
155, 561
39, 206
35, 143
348, 501
47
49
6,924
5,322
58
47
4,390
445,
499,
482,
419,
256
554
765
071
179, 318
195, 867
176, 985
172, 126
247,
279,
286,
228,
624
474
553
488
24, 213
19, 227
18, 457
95, 929
87, 205
108, 631
127, 366
103, 455
96, 437
119,663
134, 323
57, 568
54, 937
38, 779
44, 700
49, 926
48 940
41, 652
44,911
4, 268
4, 132
3, 600
5, 413
514,
646,
634,
740,
799
065
999
786
238, 822
245, 328
234, 605
223, 926
247,
367,
371,
489,
940
628
939
356
28, 037
33, 109
28, 455
27, 504
143, 038
114,844
118,525
140,491
140, 778
88, 520
101, 356
42, 219
38, 847
32, 865
31, 393
43, 000
41, 295
31, 321
22, 025
1,220 4,220
1, 066 4, 386
1,208 4,418
950 3,862
407, 776
474, 302
559, 663
429, 411
143, 893
160, 558
193, 961
162, 103
240, 763
289, 347
337, 206
246, 168
23, 120
24, 397
28, 496
21, HO
131, 006
138. 788
202, 393
183,812
141,817
165, 707
182, 692
198, 711
31,019 32, 082
39, 018 36, 123
32, 942 30, 980
30, 423 33, 785
4, 946 j
971 3,975
4,855
830 4,025
4, 605 1,442 3,162
5, 497 1,008 4,489
404, 648
398, 743
366, 338
432, 571
153,
170,
142,
175,
434
942
373
999
227,
208,
204,
237,
899
334
470
532
23, 315
19, 467
19, 495
19, 040
159,178
110, 909
124, 264
133, 309
133, 387
119,724
128, 816
148, 148
33, Oil
48, 849
30, 712
44, 632
September
October
November
December
4, 792
5, 115
4, 506
4, 466
676
1,255
1,186
1,296
3,170
527, 640
594, 020
603, 944
589, 967
195, 494
234, 399
216, 128
223, 946
306,
325,
352,
340,
715
587
960
266
25, 431
34, 034
34, 856
25, 755
127, 608
151, 495
112, 690
93, 273
127, 530
141, 101
110, 275
90, 254
1928
January
February
March
April
_ _
4,929
4, 470
4,928
4,843
894 4,034
1,027 3,444
1,025 3, 903
1,118 3,725
318, 106
445, 737
468, 757
392, 146
126, 852
169, 616
178, 457
158, 677
169, 050
247, 489
263, 685
211,414
22, 204
28, 632
26, 615
22, 055
125,
165,
173,
208,
536
757
592
544
4, 607
4, 731
1,028
1,106
3,578
3,625
374, 490
345, 169
163, 075
148, 148
185, 511 25, 904
168, 420 28, 601
177, 170
1, 157
1, 330
1 339
1,354
4,021
4,189
4,130
-Yugust
5, 178
5, 519
5 409
5, 744
September
October
November .
December
5,750
5,471
4,747
4, 508
1,482
1, 339
1,147
1,096
5,440
5, 452
5, 628
4,812
i J Line
J'ilv
I
:
Ra-
Tot a! !>2reet Sale
to
by
Ap- pro- Conpar- duc- sument
ers
ers
HOUSEHOLD
WARE6
Table 27.—MISCELLANEOUS METAL PRODUCTS
__
1927
January
February
]\Iarch
April
May
June
July
i A ugust
May
June
July
August
4, 117
3,860
3,320
1
5,308
5, 421
5,628
5, 477
48
47
7
86
884
84
i
October
November
December
i
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1
>'
!
ii
!
'^
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!
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ii
i
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1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Hie Census, from reports of 31 firms, comprising a large part of the industry. Consumption is calculated
from sales by manufacturers and consumption by those firms (among them several important railroad systems) which consume their own production. These figures
include all white-base friction bearing metals.
2 Compiled by the Band Instrument Manufacturers' Association, representing 64 per cent of the total output of wind instruments in 1925, according to the census of
manufactures.
(6) Other galvanized ware includes steel baskets (but not wash boilers), ash and garbage cans, stable and street-cleaning cans, coal hods (including japanned hods), feed—
measures, dry measures (including japanned), refrigerator pans, watering pots, oil and gasoline cans, chamber pails, and ash and garbage-can covers.
4
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 18 manufacturers, comprising approximately 80 per cent of the industry.
These reports include cooking, household, and hospital utensils having a vitreous coat on a steel sheet or iron base, and exclude equipment such as stoves, heaters, signs,
etc. Details by class (white, gray, or colored), giving values, are shown in monthly press releases.
e
ad
plants). The unit of measurement for these operations is the number of square feet of sheet metal passed through the furnace once.
6 Compiled by the Enamelist Publishing Co. from trade reports on the wet-process vitreous enamel industry, covering stoves, ki tchen ware, scales, refrigerator linings,
etc.;7 reports are from about 350 furnaces, representing about 90 per cent of the industry.
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
8
4 months' average.
731°—28
4
50
Table 28.—AUTOMOBILES
EXPORTS 2
PRODUCTION i
United States
Canada
Passenger
cars
FORUnited States
Canada
EIGN
ASSEMComplete or chassis
Acces- Complete or chassis BLIES
sories
PasPasand
Total senger Tr'ks parts Total senger Tr'ks
PasTotal senger Tr'ks
cars
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
Tr'ks
cars
cars
Thous.
of dols.
Number of cars
|
1913 monthly
19 14 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
40, 417
47, 421
80, 828
134, 809
156, 182
97, 557
161, 133
38, 458
45, 307
74, 661
127, 132
145, 483
78, 620
138, 138
1, 958
2,115
6,167
7,678
10, 680
18, 938
22, 995
1, 460
1,510
3,245
4,638
7,885
6,257
6,661
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
185, 612
133, 069
212, 015
335, 021
300, 077
355, 475
358, 234
282, 866
158, 797
121, 093
191, 910
302. 644
266, 921
313, 372
317, 396
244, 933
26, 816
11, 976
20, 104
32, 377
33, 156
42, 104
40, 837
37, 933
8,504
12, 203
11, 271
13, 449
17, 046
14, 900
6,970
5,091
7,909
10, 769
9,814
11, 609
13, 767
12, 186
8297
596
1,434
1, 457
1,840
3,279
2,714
1926
September
October
November
December
395, 687
334, 421
256, 301
167, 927
352, 202
292, 562
222, 419
139, 850
43, 485
41, 859
33, 882
28, 074
16, 953
14, 670
9, 828
7,752
13, 347
10, 595
6,774
6,052
1927
January
February
March
April
238, 927
304, 763
394, 443
404, 759
199, 650
264, 171
345, 911
357, 009
39, 277
40, 592
48, 532
47, 750
15, 376
18, 655
22, 623
24,611
May
June __ -_
July
August
404,115
321, 967
268, 485
308, 826
357, 150
278, 729
236, 868
274, 381
46, 965
43, 238
31,617
34,445
September
October
November
December
260, 387
219, 719
134, 416
_ _ _ 133, 579
226, 443
183, 042
109, 758
106, 080
231, 693
323, 809
413, 379
410, 189
426, 096
396, 714
84
286
1,841
1,577
1,207
859
1,299
$523
472
1, 389
2,001
2,635
2,801
3,547
14, 304
3,203
6,520
12, 658
14. 894
25, 245
25, 483
32, 828
11. 876 2,428
2,579
623
5,566
954
10, 586 2.072
12, 615 2,279
20, 358 4, 886
19, 866 >5, 617
23, 885 8,943
3, 606
4,075
3, 054
1,700
27, 001
20, 395
27, 873
25, 663
20, 038
16, 348
20, 562
21, 805
6,963
4,047
7,311
3,858
11, 745
14. 826
19, 089
20, 890
3, 631
3, 829
3,534
3,721
25, 708
19, 208
10, 987
12, 526
21, 991
16, 470
8,719
10, 139
33, 944
36, 677
24, 658
27, 499
11, 262
7,791
6,617
3,435
205, 576
291, 151
371. 821
364, 877
26, 117
32, 658
41, 558
45, 312
375, 863
356, 439
50, 233
40, 275
2,157
1,861
3,489
5,160
5,480
3.078
5,595
Sales
Passenger
car sand
To
To
motor dealers users
cycles
Thous.
of dols.
Number of cars
1,912
500
468
1,123
1,048
791
694
1,633
6226
279
7$109,010
7,183
3,255
3,192
4,915
6, 147
6.693
6,991
8,642
1,918
894
3,163
5,827
4,721
6,182
6,194
4,785
1,506
775
2,950
4,790
3,657
4,834
4,469
3,325
412
118
214
1,037
1,064
1,349
1,725
1,460
8,851
11, 862
15, 322
14, 530
16, 965
139, 146
84, 518
125, 036
183, 342
160, 442
191, 315
209, 073
165, 870
6,273
5,534
6,550
5,559
6,471
7,546
8, 793
5,620
4,483
5,439
6,435
4,836
1,988
2,107
2,358
784
8,514
12, 919
13, 962
13, 348
29, 835
31, 524
39. 527
46, 703
22, 122 7,713 7,411
21, 355 10, 169 7,991
29, 985 9, 542 10, 438
34, 840 11, 863 10, 609
7,466
5, 308
9,072
4,075
5,296
3,597
6,512
2,930
2,170
1,711
2,560
1,145
3,717
2,738
2,268
2,387
49, 052
27, 629
28, 604
32, 059
38, 542 10, 510
20, 815 6,814
19, 398 9,206
23, 294 8,765
9,817
8,152
9,973
9,741
5,588
4,576
3,247
4,634
3,901
3,089
2,059
3,020
8,681
6,236
5,173
2,277
2,581
1,555
1, 444
1,158
26, 273
27, 718
31, 405
23. 609
19, 033 7,240
19, 366 8,352
21, 396 10,009
16. 473 7,136
7,962
6, 600
7,501
7,505
3,872
3,507
3,876
2,193
8.463
12, 504
17, 478
24, 240
6,705
10, 315
15, 232
20,546
1,758
2,189
2,246
3,694
32, 060
33, 952
49, 974
42, 269
20, 476 11, 584 7, 489
25, 114 8,838 9,570
40, 181 9,793 12, 157
33, 644 8,625 12, 466
33, 942
28, 399
29, 764
25, 341
4,178
3,058
47, 912
47, 171
38, 851 9,061 11,491
36, 038 11, 133 11,838
Number of cars ;
38, 064
66, 546
48, 945
69, 659
102, 904
130, 229
37, 195
60, 940
54,797
68, 921
101,319
129, 548
256, 631
171, 915
170, 567
88, 729
138, 360
115, 849
78, 550
44, 130
118, 224
99, 073
101, 729
52, 729
14, 943
16, 154
21, 007
22, 264
85,667
149, 436
214, 678
181, 170
99, 367
124. 426
161, 910
169, 067
81, 010
102, 025
146, 275
180, 106
1,687
1,487
1,188
1,614
24, 490
20, 870
17, 969
15, 047
254, 707
215, 957
158, 089
178, 889
173, 182
155, 525
136, 909
155, 604
171, 364
159, 701
134, 749
158, 619
2,856
2,380
2,403
1,857
1,016
1,127
1,473
336
12, 844
12. 988
12, 481
12, 518
154, 772
185, 626
148, 071
63, 381
140, 607
128, 459
57, 621
60, 071
132, 596
153, 833
80, 539
53, 760
3,502
4,111
3,557
3,996
1,838
2,628
2,686
2,957
1,664
1,483
871
1,039
12, 114
12, 556
15, 967
18,531
64, 403
199, 046
141, 026
205, 764
125, 181
169, 232
197, 821
197, 597
107, 278
132, 029
183, 706
209, 367
6,157
5, 589
4,511
4,431
1,646
1,158
21, 124
18, 279
207, 325
186, 160
224, 094
206, 259
!
1928
January
February.
March
April
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2,241
2,147
5,330
6,737
6, 686
3,937
6,894
GENERAL MOSALES* TORS CORP. s
_.
i
1
ii
ll
1 Monthly domestic automobile production data beginning July, 1921, represent practically complete production or factory sales as compiled by the U. S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, including total membership of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Foreign assemblies are included in these figures. Annual
figures through 1921 represent production as compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce from the principal producers, covering close to 90 per cent of the
industry, from quarterly reports of other member companies, and from annual figures of small nonmember companies, covering the balance of the industry. Canadian
figures have been furnished by the Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, since January, 1926. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in June, 1927,
issue (No. 70), p. 22, except for Canadian passenger cars, for which data prior to 1922 were compiled by Babson's Statistical Organization from reports of companies estimated
to represent 90 per cent of the output, and which appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p-. 18.
2 Automobile exports compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
Cars assembled in foreign countries except Canada by the principal American automobile manufacturers compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. These cars are included in the production figures for the United States but not in the exports of complete cars or chassis, as they are
usually represented in the value of parts exported.
4
Computed from tax collections by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, to represent actual sales values and not merely the taxes on those values;
the sales actually took place in the previous month. On passenger cars and motor cycles the tax rate was 5 per cent prior to Mar. 26,1926, at which time the rate was
changed to 3 per cent. These data can no longer be computed owing to the elimination of tax under the act of 1928.
s Data supplied by the General Motors Corporation to show the relation between sales by the company to retail dealers and by these dealers to users. These data are
based on sales of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Oakland, Buick, and Cadillac cars, the Chevrolet commercial cars and trucks, and cars, trucks, and tractors not how
manufactured, including through April, 1925, the G. M. C. trucks, which were then transferred to another manufacturing unit. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the
July, 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 25.
8
« 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
* 7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
51
Table 29.—MOTOR VEHICLES
ELECTRIC
INDUSTRIAL
TRUCKS AND
TRACTORS 2
NEW PASSENGER-CAB REGISTRATIONS
(by price groups) 1
AUTOMOBILE
RIMS s
AUTOMOBILE
ACCESSORIES «
FIRE-EXTINGUISHING
EQUIPMENT 5
Shipments
Shipments
Shipments
YEAR AND
MONTH
Total
High-
est
price
Second Third
highest highest
Lowest
price
Mis-
cellaneous
Domestic
Trac- All
Itors other
Exports
156
139
151
120
124
135
153
131
112
124
156
155
128
127
120
51, 581
51, 210
49, 049
16
16
11
93
94
83
11
8
11
21
15
11
17
86
96
128
90
4
5
8
4
1,981
2,168
2,471
2,286
137
160
182
160
103
114
146
141
127
139
167
176
115
138
205
208
82
87
112
123
44, 226
52, 027
60. 177
53, 998
1,749
12
21
15
14
87
104
95
81
9'
19
1
2
2,179
2,110
2,123
2,379
145
140
135
157
177
135
117
120
183
140
127
131
175
184
142
166
112
149
142
156
62, 348
55, 062
54, 871
51, 634
141, 811
130, 650
88, 430
71, 032
1,424
1,365
944
1, 079
10
18
18
18
82
97
86
95
5
17
19
5
2, 366
1,829
1,211
1,096
151
125
79
95
120
116
94
109
126
109
83
64
165
145
119
112
131
154
139
139
49, 486
45, 075
44, 188
41, 432
34, 397
37, 394
56. 990
76, 306
100, 042
102, 250
134, 587
163, 308
1,498
1,232
1,565
1,935
6
11
10
12
67
120
96
89
17
7
10
4
1,489
1,753
2,072
2, 060
132
158
195
185
107
100
120
117
79
93
135
156
140
155
210
223
93
92
128
125
47, 354
47, 302
50, 301
47, 850
69, 356
60, 507
63, 561
73, 223
73, 477
65, 305
66, 503
71, 704
162, 458
125, 017
105, 563
85, 071
1,566
537
514
519
19
20
12
3
77
97
73
87
10
23
5
2
2,169
1,877
1,680
1,826
184
176
148
155
123
130
142
169
131
132
97
115
192
171
136
134
133
147
118
143
56, 548
58, 522
46, 285
48, 101
10, 655
12, 152
9,315
7,253
54, 256
47, 292
33, 834
57, 538
53, 300
37, 951
26,280
26,805
61, 779
70, 841
51, 093
28, 515
391
394
294
336
8
11
15
8
66
81
64
77
5
17
19
11
1,727
1,385
839
1,134
139
124
99
111
181
174
132
126
163
103
75
61
127
120
143
104
122
108
111
114
46, 255
48, 472
43, 723
47, 870
135, 843
165, 256
254, 723
332, 056
6,817
7,436
11, 370
14, 705
32, 515
34, 542
53, 461
71, 050
43, 330
50, 004
76, 360
99, 201
52, 630
72, 670
112, 820
146, 282
551
604
712
818
5
15
18
9
98
86
97
122
9
18
16
6
1,812
1,806
2,420
2,316
163
187
231
213
137
128
136
151
79
91
113
107
142
158
174
164
73
91
108
101
43, 175
40, 710
52, 375
46, 643
351, 332
14, 642
72, 993
102, 890
159, 926
881
8
6
95
97
13
14
2,186
2, 429
215
185
113
157
101
55, 033
3,790
54,806
147, 531
145, 364
99, 210
36, 971
29, 575
53, 026
81, 882
32, 612
31, 377
57, 774
79, 585
115, 643
94, 856
150, 921
206, 045
1,351
952
1,113
18, 137
14. 372
12, 477
11, 198
80. 215
63, 066
58, 728
65, 244
82, 073
66, 792
68, 363
56, 646
213, 151
173, 312
189, 591
168, 920
2,928
2,246
2,227
130, 336
9,994
9,702
6,956
5,457
57, 079
51, 104
32, 695
26, 789
48, 093
45, 507
31, 988
25, 979
1927
January
February.
March...
April..
175, 273
180, 396
261, 111
331, 396
5,146
5,358
10, 241
13, 720
34,190
34, 162
57, 728
76, 127
May
June
July
August
318, 479
263, 722
247, 736
242, 031
11, 622
12, 356
11, 595
11,514
September.
October
November
December _
184, 619
183, 979
132, 487
89, 189
245, 315
262, 983
217, 535
7,113
10, 677
10, 077
47, 295
53, 031
52, 543
39, 586
52, 232
1936
January
February
March
April
192, 994
161, 975
273, 260
388, 024
6,417
5,215
10, 426
17, 768
May
June
July
August
396, 504
319, 788
331, 386
303, 757
September _
October_
November
December _
258, 431
238, 328
May
June
July
August
161,013
-
Number
Relative to January, 1925
1 358
1,929
1,822
2,167
2,017
1,667
1925 mon. av
1926 mon. av
1927 mon. av
__
Hand
types
Thous.
of rims
1922 uion av
1923 mon. av
__
Origi- ReAc- Serv- Motor
ice
nal p!ace- cessoequip- ment ries equip- vehiment
cles
ment parts
Number of vehicles
Number of cars
1938
January.
February
March...
April
Production
1, 677
898
2,744
September
October..
November
December
1 Compiled by E. L, Polk & Co., showing the number of new cars registered each month. Data for 1925 cover all but 3 States, estimates being made for these States,
which in the aggregate have only 2 per cent of the country's automobile population, while in 1926 all States except Mississippi are included (no estimates being made for
Mississippi) and beginning with 1927 all States are shown complete. The company's reports show data by makes of car and by States and counties.
2
Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, representing shipments of electric industrial trucks and tractors by 9 leading manufacturers,
comprising the greater part of the industry.
3
Compiled by the Tire and Rim Association of America, from reports of 46 firms representing practically the entire industry. The figures include motor cycle, balloon,
high-pressure, truck, and millimeter rims approved and branded by the association after inspection and are given in detail by kinds and sizes in the association reports.
Monthly data form January, 1922, appeared in April, 1927, issue (No. 68), p. 23.
4
Sales of automobile accessories and parts shipped to customers by 75 members of the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association, the relative numbers being
based on value, with January, 1925, as 100.
5
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 39 companies, representing practically the entire industry. Further details by
classes are given in press releases. Data compiled by the Fire Extinguisher Exchange from January, 1922, through September, 1923, appeared in the May, 1924, issue (No.
.33), p. 81.
52
Heavy
! P.C.
Thousands of barrels
1!
•! 1.415
'
20,704 : 104, 9f>2
2° 147 j i^ "no
23, 425
145, 914
144, 556
25, 064
133, 883
27, 943
104, 962
123 70^
145, 914
14-4, 556
128, 201
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly o.ver|ig'A
1922 monthly average
2Q 661
31,531
36,911
9q | oy
46, 463
117,412
124, 961
150, 009
179 888
278, 605
103, 886
110,026
133, 115
159 237
245, 673
3"> 610 '
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1 925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
61, 034
59, 495
63, 645
64, 240
74, 536 |
326, 682
386, 896
305, 273
282, 323
318, 282
294, 659
347, 320
273, 878
247, 405
280, 796
32, 190 , «3 1,550
39,575 t 39, 132
43, 462
31. 395
31,918
35, 985
37, 487
25, 673
-19
1, 733
20, 583
2,511
11,3C4 !
26.26]
:
13,540
IV-tf." ,
May
June
July
August
76, 275
74, 538
78, 333
77, 998
October
November
December
75 081
77, 081
73, 778
74,. 108
Thousands of barrels
1, 389
763
1 565
1 383
!
1
i
2. 196 | 1,487
2 279
1,747
3. 408
2,024
1. 704
1,218
1. 806
1,445
16, 116
15, 190
14,356 ;
15, 072
6,835
6, 481
5, 152
5,032
4, 846
MS, 470 !
51, 708
71, 666
87, 374
90,554
i
1,592 :
8, 848
10, 447
10, 609
16 tr,j20 6,"1
Exports
48,437 ! "~~J
53, 643
81
61, 660
64, 939
SO
79
69, 043
1.439
1.446|
1. 675
1. 883
1.284
12, 465
11,640
9,626
7, 535
5, 343
1, 357
1,212
1,380
1,584
1,224
!
119
183
83
150
11,301
10, 808
8,043
6,727
4,035
350
754
1, 641
3,102
5,370
276
681
1,524
2,852
4,549
4, 512
4,321
3,869
4,744
4, 858
4, 423
4, 704
4,275
3,719
3, 566
3, 531
3,451
31,017
29, 770
29, 568
29, 460
87, 971
87, (540
89, 796
88, 383
4, 514
4,181
4, 434
4, 063
270, 518
279, 935
288, 385
295, 643
36, 498 i 27,143
35, 767
26, 898
25, 301
36, 545
38, 030
23, 262
90, 289
90, 516
91, 695
91, 965
4, 557
4,019
4,824
6,261
69, 759
67, 697
71, 625
71, 001
78
79
80
79
1,274
1. 155
1,248
1. 155
1. 155 j 1, 275
1. 155
1,120
5,830
5, 321
5, 488
5,393
4,884
4, 680
4, 548
4, 197
4, 630
4,807
5,480
5,291
3, 796
3,849
4, 426
4,488
301, 52-8
306, 803
310, 058
312, 411
307, 016
315, 702
324, 930
333, 673
339, 741
345, 357
348, 885
351, 646
1
Production
Exports
1
j
[
69, 603 I 79 ;: 1. 750 ! 1,385
6,076
63, 035
79
1.700
1, 342
5, 426
68, 741
1 . 335
1, 417
5,706
66, 624
77
1.114
1, 528
5,525
38, 213
38, 554
38, 827
39, 235
22, 795
21, 609
21, 191
20, 058
92, 186
91, 858
92, 555
91, 797
5,122
4,633
5,339
6,209
68, 586
71, 932
69, 587
70, 323
79
80
81
79
1.198
1.240
1. 230
1.220
1, 056
1,086
1, 044
905
4 ? 774
4,932
4,810
4,839
3,867
2,768
3,216
2,815
5,762
6,024
6,878
7,305
4,742
5, 928
6,504
6,593
278, 972 :: 243, 428
247, 749
285, 458
252, 678
2GO, 110
297, 895
260, 410
71, 475
67, 874
75, 304
72, 590
VENEZUELA^
27, 169 I — 30,- 127
36, 160
36, 947
41, 726
3, 145
i 4 402
1
January
February
Aiarch
_ _ _ _ _ _
April
Productson
Dolls, Numpeiber of
barrel I wells
$0 934
.798
.583
1. 258
1. 775
1 40Q
-
i
1927
MEXICO »
1
ll
1913 monthly average _ __ _
19] 4 monthly avc v a rr e
1915 monthly average
1 9 1 0 monthly overage
1917 monthly ave^ipe
1
capae.
OIL W E L L S
COMPLETED. 6
!
1
I
LigJit
PRICE,KANS.OKLA., AT
WELLS B
YEAR AND MONTH
California ?
Tank
farms Refinand pfpe eries
lines
Grand
totaS
CONSUMPTION (run to
s tills) *
PROIJUCTION i
IMPORTS 3
STOCKS 2
(end of month)
B E F I N E EY
OPERATIONS
Table 30.—CRUDE PETROLEUM
35, 544
37, 709
37, 432
37, 485
1
1938
January
February
March
April
72, 321
68, 059
75, 037
72, 127
358, 892
363, 340
368, 744
371, 579
317, 725
320, 979
325, 135
328, 354
41, 167
42, 361
43, 609
43, 225
20, 493
20, 110
19, 633
18, 752
94, 327
94, 797
94, 484
94, 301
6,145
6,036
6,845
5,661
68, 193
65, 601
72, 124
72, 979
72
73
75
79
1.220
1.213
1.190
1.190
764
836
949
961
4,770
4,474
4,729
4,596
2,955
3,032
3,379
3,940
6,994
6, 799
7,601
7,594
6, 837
6, 760
7,387
7,582
May
JunG
July
August
75, 218
72, 526
371, 849
370, 751
328, 556
328, 094
43, 293
42, 657
19, 170
19, 197
93, 941
94, 234
6,766
6,553
77, 311
75, 681
80
81
1.190
1,190
961
4,347
3,065
8,784
8,339
8,511
8, 231
September
October
November
December
I
j
|
_
1
_ _ _
j
|
i|
1;
li
i!
i
i
i
1
Production data, complied by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, represent output transported from field of production, excluding oil consumed at
locality of production or not transported therefrom, which has comprised only 1 or 2 per cent of the total production since 1919. Details by States and fields are given in
monthly press releases. Monthly data from 1917 to 1920 given in December, 1922, issue (No. 16) p. 48, for 1921 and 1922 in August, 1923, issue (No. 24), p. 77.
2
Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, consolidating work formerly carried on by the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey under the
Department of the Interior. Tank-farm stocks include total stocks at pipe lines and tank farms, producers' stocks in California and imported oil held outside refineries through
December, 1924; since then California stocks are not included. Refinery stocks since January, 1925, represent only the stocks at refineries east of California. Prior to January, 1923, the figures on tank-farm stocks included topped oil and imported oil at refineries, but the duplication between this item and the total stocks at refineries was
slight. This old method of securing figures showed totals about 2 per cent greater than those secured by the new method used in 1923. Adjustments have been made
in figures of some of the earlier years to represent approximate net stocks for comparison with later figures. Refineries' stocks include both imported and domestic oil. The
number of days' supply is calculated from the tank-farm and pipe-line stocks and from current consumption, but because of the incompleteness of stocks data this item is
no longer computed. Monthly data on stocks from 1917 to 1919 appeared in December, 1922, issue (No. 16), p. 48; from 1920 to 1922 in July, 1923, issue (No. 23), p. 50; on
days' supply from 1921 to August, 1923, issue (No. 24), p. 77.
3
Imports of crude petroleum are as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. Beginning with February, 1923, topped oil has been generally
excluded from the imports; on this basis imports for February, 1923, were 5,069,000 barrels instead of 6,199,000 barrels, as reported, and to which previous month's figures
are comparable;
4
Consumption by refiners, taken as amount of crude oil run to stills at refineries, compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines.
« Wholesale price of Kansas-Oklahoma crude oil at wells is average for the month as compiled by the U, S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
6
Number of oil wells completed during the month compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, from reports by the American Petroleum Institute and
the 7 and Gas Journal.
Oil
Includes producers' and refiners' stocks, light crude having a specific gravity of 20° and above and heavy crude a specific gravity below 20°; heavy crude data include
a large amount of manufactured fuel oil for which reason California figures can not bo combined with data for the country east of California.
8
Average of 7 months, June to December, inclusive.
8
Compiled by the Mexican Government, Secretary of Industry, Commerce and Labor, Petroleum Department, and published in the Boletin del Pctroleo. Current figures
are from O'Shaughnessy's South American Oil Reports and are used in this table until government figures become available. Data on exports cover crude petroleum and
all derivatives therefrom. All data have been converted from cubic meters to the comparable barrel basis.
10
Compiled by the Minister of the Interior of the United States of Venezuela and published annually on a monthly basis in Memoria del Ministerio de Fomento. Current
figures are from 0'Shaughnessy's South American Oil Reports and are used in this table until revised by government figures. All data have been converted from toneladas
to a comparable barrel basis.
53
Table 31.—GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
GASOLINE
Production i
ExYEAR AND MONTH Raw (at Natural ports 3
refingas (at
eries) plants)
KEROSENE OIL
Stocks, end of
Prices
month l
Retail
Consump- Total at Natu- Whole- Retail, distribution, 41
tank
tion i
sale,
refin- ral-gas motor, wagon, States ^
gasoeries
N. Y.s 50 cities *
line
Dollars per gal.
Thousands of barrels
T
Production i
£iUons°f
Exports 2
Stocks
Con- at refinsump- eries,
tion i end of 1
211 on tli
Price,
Retail
f. o. b. distriburefintion, 13
eries,
States «
Pa.a
Dollars Thous. of 1
per gal.
gallons
Thousands of barrels
i
4,085
5, 656
48
85
130
205
432
234
323
223
706
825
4, 693
' 8, 033
1918 rno. average __
1919 mo. average..
1920 mo. average __
1921 mo. average _
1922 mo. average..
7,084
7, 853
9,688
10, 225
12, 306
561
698
763
893
1,004
1, 110
738
1 272
1, 058
1, 149
6, 209
6, 81 5
8,434
8, 960
10, 659
9, 196
11,248
11, 059
15,018
18, 834
.242
. 245 i
. 293
.261
1923 mo. average..
1924 mo. average..
1925 mo. average..
1920 nio. average _ _
1927 nio. average..
14, 922
17, 777
21, 633
24, 978
27, 556
1,620
1.853
2, 192
2, 692
3,229
1, 678
2, 354
2,553
3,540
3,577
13, 062
15, 417
18, 655
21, 818
24, 827
28, 249
35, 319
38, 142
39, 654
40, 623
' 369
515
789
.207
.180
.191
.199
.188
$0. 181
.166
. 176
.185
.152
27, 960
25, 024
27, 886
26, 577
3, 145
2,933
3,271
3,171
3,425
3, 475
3, 117
3,424
17, 888
18, 240
22, 464
23, 371
46, 058
49, 714
52, 410
52, 379
560
619
697
788
.210
.218
.205
.194
26, 787
26, 616
28, 118
28,010
3,219
3.093
3,119
3,214
4, 366
4,209
3.097
4,101
26, 579
27, 799
29, 784
29, 779
48, 609
43, 768
39, 069
33, 455
926
971
992
846
September
October
; November
December
27, 716
28, 903
28, 558
28, 512
3,245
3, 419
3,410
3,512
2,481
3,805
3, 654
2, 949
28, 409
25, 497
24, 400
23, 718
29, 738
29, 550
30, 401
32, 323
1928
January
February
March
j April..
27, 879
26, 775
29, 245
29, 332
3,367
3, 279
3, 426
3,469
3,692
3,326
3,777
4,044
20, 939
21, 136
24, 041
25, 712
30, 825
30, 675
3,474
3,317
6,535
4,614
27, 355
29, 022
1913 mo.
1914 mo
1915 mo.
1910 mo.
1917 mo.
'•
!
;
:
average _
average
average.
average..
aver ago _.
I
1937
! January
February
1 March _ _
I -Vpril
i
1
i
i
May
June
July
August
May
June
July
August
-
_
__ _
$0. 168
.144
. 138
.230
.238
12, 411
$0 062
058
050
050
.080
2, 870
2, 766
2, 757
2 461
2, 905
9, 648
7,157
9, 035
9 584
7, 180
.108
.115
.149
.084
.085
27, 488
1, 682
1,818
1,756
1, 835
1, 607
2,921
3, 059
3, 331
3,178
3,133
6, 498
9, 498
7,721
8,319
.084
.080
.078
.104
.076
28, 718
30, 406
32, 043
32, 185
32, 093
5,113
4, 453
4.802
4,608
1,592
1, 381
1,342
1,833
3, 882
2,590
3,356
2,776
8,190
8,655
8.753
8.725
.094
.088
.083
.079
29, 515
28, 729
31. 944
32.209
760, 166
794, 858
861, 547
894, 520
4,663
4,308
4,484
4,420
1, 604
1,611
1, 360
1, 669
3,188
2, 695
2,637
3,389
8,568
8,567
9,038
8,373
.076
.072
.070
.068
33, 712
32, 762
29, 845
37, 609
.144
.143
.142
.143
864, 242
810, 470
742, 145
674, 840
4,686
4, 884
4,824
4,869
1, 652
2, 193
1,815
1,226
3,280
3,469
2,514
3,819
8,120
7,325
7,841
7,669
.068
.073
.073
.072
37, 179
32, 995
28, 719
29, 902
.170
.170
.170
.170
.143
.147
.148
.150
600, 133
602, 361
689, 610
746, 020
5, 047
4,783
4,717
5,033
2,345
1,541
1,325
1,468
2,742
3,221
2,737
3,234
7,670
7,692
7,826
7,733
.070
.070
.069
.069
30, 746
30, 176
33, 707
33, 201
.170
.170
.152
.153
762,859
5,243
4,849
1,489
3,383
2,385
7, 537
8,370
.074
.073
9. 921
i
2, 888
3, -*26
2, 005
1 661
1,696 I
1,306
2, 067
303, 435
3 622
4, 646
4, 603
3 859
4, 576
974
1, 943
1,728
1 486
1, 776
375, 488
4(53, 998
566, 106
651, 127
731, 437
4, 661
5, 002
4,974
5,147
4, 676
.175
.170
.162
.153
545,
527,
601,
698,
510
487
106
448
.190
.190
.190
.175
.147
.149
.149
.146
736
781
820
734
.170
.170
.170
.170
36, 112
38, 782
40, 229
40, 210
740
824
842
832
37, 336
34, 393
809
648
i
[
. 251
7
September
October
| November
* December
1 Compiled by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. Data covering production and stocks of natural-gas gasoline represent total production and stocks
of this product, both blended and unblended, the amount blended being included with the production, consumption, and stock data covering the refinery product. The
figures showing output of natural-gas gasoline include amount run from California fields through pipe lines. Stocks of gasoline at refineries include marketers' stocks beginning2 with June, 1923, while consumption figures since that time take account of this change in stocks.
Compiled by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Gasoline exports include gasoline and all other naphtha, less exports to
the 3
Philippine Islands to agree with data by the Bureau of Mines.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gasoline price represents average price of motor gasoline delivered in drums to garages in New
York City.
* Compiled by the Oil and Gas Journal from reports of 50 representative cities as of the end of month indicated. Data were previously shown as of first of month.
Monthly data from 1923 appeared in the March, 1928, issue (No. 79), p. 21.
5 Retail distribution of gasoline compiled by the American Petroleum Institute, from reports of gasoline-tax collection by 41 States, including District of Columbia, but
excluding Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and West Virginia. Details for certain States for 1921 through 1923 may
be found on pp. 52 and 53 of the June, 1924, issue of the SURVEY (No. 34), data from 1922 through 1924 in the May, 1925, issue (No. 45), p. 28, and data through 1925 in
the March, 1926, issue (No. 55), p. 27. These earlier totals are not comparable with those now published owing to the smaller number of States included. Prior to May,
1925, the earliest date for which the 41 States can be shown complete, the totals for 21 States have been prorated for comparison to the basis of 41 States, based on the proportion shown in the period from May, 1925, through December, 1926. Data for California, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee are only available quarterly and have
been divided by 3 to secure corresponding monthly figures.
6
Retail distribution of kerosene, collected from the tax statistics of Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota by the American Petroleum Institute. No figures are available for Louisiana in 1922, but they have been assumed
as 3 per cent lower than the corresponding 1923 figures, in order to permit a total for identical States. Details by States for 1922 and 1923, except Louisiana, with partial
reports for 1921, appeared in the June, 1924, issue of the SURVEY (No. 34), p. 51, and data for 1924 and 1925 in the May, 1926, issue (No. 57), p. 28. Owing to the addition
of Louisiana figures and the exclusion of estimates for Indiana, the totals presented here do not agree with those previously published.
7
6 months' average, July-December, inclusive.
54
Table 32.—OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Dolls,
per bbl.
Thousands of barrels
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
av.
av
av__.
av.__
av.__
9, 254
12, 923
7 217
297
461
492
19i g monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
av
av___
av.__
av.__
av___
14 527
15, 134
17, 582
19, 174
21, 243
550
1,169
2,192
2,256
2,641
7 865
1, 094
1, 004
1,100
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
av___
av___
av__.
av__.
av___
23, 957
26, 706
30, 416
30, 433
32, 695
3,137
3,611
3, 569
3,888
4, 171
1926
September
October
November __ _ _
December
30, 698
32, 444
31, 624
33, 376
1927
January
February
March
April
Production *
7 14, 806
Price,
Stocks cylin-
at re- der,
Consump- fineries, 600B
tion i end of tank
month ' cars,
Pa.»
Thousands of barrels
$0 902
663
.513
.871 ! 1,239
1. 525
1, 496
£
©
S
Dolls,
per gal.
0
t- fl"*
0
^
Produc
By
By
By
ves- electric rail- 4
power3 roads
sels 2 plants
Price,
Okla.,
24-26
at refineries 5
Import
Stocks
at refineries,
end of
month i
Stocks,
cries,
nioni
YEAR AND MONTH
Production i
Produc
Consumption
COKEi
ASPHALT
LUBRICATING OIL
GAS AND FUEL OILS
WAX*
t
Stocks, !
refineries,
end of
month
Production
is a
£& Ci O
Thous. of short tons
Thous. of pounds
18
12
60
32, 182
40, 100 6 108, 402
8833
7 2, 917
62
778
12
16
34
45
711
51
75
108
101
158
91
97
74
113
134
10
9
11
11
10
47
50
48
51
59
17
37
23
62
58
42, 095
38, 936
45, 100
36, 240
38, 500
172, 976
241, 895
181, 567
240, 072
223, 741
2,831
3,107
13, 071
18, 533
16, 378
27, 736
31, 625
1.885
1. 120
2.622 !
. 687
. 951
1,670
1, 680
2,078
1, 741
1, 942
1,152
1,133
1, 229
1,004
1,294
3, 425
3,825
3, 267
5, 552
5,492
1, 234
1,380
854
783
565
3,928
4,165
4,112
4, 093
4,051
32, 610
37, 675
24, 480
23, 786
27, 826
.929 i
. 959
1.099 !
1. 294
. 978
2,177
2, 292
2,588
2, 691
2, 643
1,438
1, 510
1,715
1,881
1,824
5, 659
6,230
6,879
7,481
7 792
$0. 224
.289
.285
9
. 264
.251
194
212
223
244
285
129
123
145
195
212
12
13
10
12
13
56
64
83
83
95
24
60
191
254
317
38, 887
43, 041
49, 215
53, 818
48, 696
178, 060
109. 465
106, 409
152, 473
187, OG7
4, 040
4,330
3,953
4,065
916
914
959
803
4,205
4,538
4,279
4,365
27, 151
26, 376
26, 859
24,898
1.425
1.356
1.305
1.275
2,645
2,768
2,724
2,699
2,023
1,777
1,721
1,827
7,149
7,437
7, 620
7,576
.262
.260
.255
.254
309
323
216
214
189
188
167
193
23
12
14
16
95
88
91
93
288
287
286
291
49, 228
56,011
54, 678
55, 975
159, 779
167, 925
177, 054
185, 331
32, 936
30, 185
32, 377
31, 856
3, 940
3,587
3, 874
4,204
823
671
639
549
4,289
3, 724
4,194
3, 920
23, 195
22, 099
22, 501
23, 732
1.255
1.250
1.219
1.063
2,570
2,345
2, 754
2,615
1, 496
1, 251
2,334
1,712
7,887
8, 361
8,035
8,176
.255
.255
.250
.254
191
173
222
274
215
235
235
220
19
14
15
8
93
88
98
88
287
295
326
319
54, 114
47, 363
53, 644
48, 917
192, 835
211,019
Mav .
June
Julv
August.-
33, 499
31, 691
33, 693
34, 098
4,250
4,244
4,077
4,470
487
476
474
502
3,948
3,732
3, 756
3,921
26, 059
26, 590
28, 890
30, 346
.925
.906
.900
.870
2, 625
2,571
2, 672
2,752
1,928
2, 197
1,811
2,004
8,011
7,628
7,496
7,491
.251
.253
.250
.251
319
347
335
340
223
232
214
192
8
24
10
12
88
95
90
95
329
293
306
304
46, 267
44, 938
47, 979
41, 576
207, 329
198, 808
191, 501
180, 645
September
October
November
32, 339
34, 045
32, 594
33, 029
4,436
4,594
4,110
4,264
504
503
502
649
4, 145
4,652
4, 123
4,211
31, 631
33, 191
33, 637
31, 982
.850
.865
.838
.800
2,782
2,757
2,477
2,801
1, 965
1,782
1,739
1, 663
7,447
7,584
7,524
7,860
.255
.253
.245
.245
333
333
290
263
176
189
196
221
14
14
9
9
98
102
102
108
314
331
349
345
47, 888
49, 476
48,146
54, 039
170, 172
170, 367
171, 700
150, 638
32, 271
30, 944
34, 071
33, 857
3,783
3,751
4,236
4,275
589
540
610
533
4,047
3,853
4,106
4,085
29, 623
29,011
29, 170
29, 499
.800
.850
.850
.840
2, 658
2,728
2,905
3,026
1, 606
1,533
1,988
2,362
7,978
8,332
8,412
8,018
.245
.245
.223
.221
199
209
270
274
209
230
269
274
7
4
8
6
103
100
107
109
330
337
352
342
55, 320
49, 724
50, 207
57, 548
150,
150,
120,
110,
35, 620
35, 565
5,013
4,307
490
512
32, 888
36, 015
.763
.719
3, 091
3,009
1, 989
2, 143
8, 060
7,832
.228
.220
331
332
262
271
13
3
118
118
348
344
51, 072
50, 792
103, 639
87,704
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
!
_
1
485
033
800
010
1
j
October
November
December
198,452
201. 340
"""
!
i
Compiled by the U. S. Department'of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, representing practically complete data for the refineries prior to January, 1925, but since then gas and
fuel oil stocks cover only stocks of east California. The consumption data for gas and fuel oils and lubricating oil are calculated from production, exports, and changes in
stocks. For lubricating oil stocks, data include marketers' stocks beginning with June, 1923, while consumption since that time takes account of this change in stocks.
Figures on asphalt, coke, and wax relate only to the by-products of petroleum.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, covering loading of vessels for foreign trade at principal clearing ports.
Monthly data covering the period 1913-1923 appeared in the October, 1923, issue (No. 26), p. 61.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, representing consumption by all plants producing electric power, but mainly central stations;
consumption in central stations alone shown in April, 1925, issue (No. 44), p. 29, and by street railways, manufacturing plants, and reclamation projects in March, 1925,
issue (No. 43), p. 28.
4
Compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission from reports of 174 steam railroads of Class I, not including switching and terminal companies, and excluding fuel
used in switching locomotives. Monthly data from 1921 appeared in January, 1926, issue (No. 53), p. 23.
6
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing average of weekly prices. Lubricating oil covers quotations of cylinder oil, Pennsylvania, 600D; filtered in tank cars at refinery, and monthly data from 1923 may be found in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), p. 27.
* Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, re;
^presenting imports of foreign native asphalt. Imports have been
reduced from original data in long tons.
7
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
8
5 months' average, August to December, inclusive.
9
11 months' average, July omitted.
55
Table 33.—CRUDE AND SCRAP RUBBER
RECLAIMED
RUBBER
(quarterly) 1
Consumption i
ImWorld ports 3 (quarterly)
(inshipments cluding
For
(2)
latex) Total tires
YEAR AND
MONTH
Domestic stocks, end of
quarter 1
Total
I
World stocks, end of month
4
Pro- EuroPlantapean
Total ducing coun- United tion,
counStates afloat
tries tries
Manu- DealfacAfloat
turers ers
24, 663
31, 800
34, 398
35, 101
43, 006
51, 232
50, 183
15, 449
25, 090
25, 762
27, 338
33, 054
34, 445
35, 521
1926
.January.- _
February
March
April
49, 306
48, 057
55, 271
39, 946
42, 404
32, 865
42, 152
34, 544
50, 534
47, 800
47, 310
_ 53, 079
29, 757
24,900
35, 820
27, 399
May
June
July
August
September. __
October
November
December
55, 363
58, 401
52, 325
57, 386
37, 112
29, 476
39, 155
37,754
1937
January . . 56, 559 43, 340
February
44, 639 28, 337
March
64, 131 35, 515
April
44, 751 46, 202
86, 757
31, 280
51, 801
55, 238
62, 916
74, 247
70, 414
72, 797
73, 081
83, 994
85, 935
85, 450
59, 458
45, 960
61, 301
88,627
58, 191
65, 982
66, 885
46, 829
37, 467
50, 704
95, 626
48, 301
19, 953
18, 565
12, 629
8,493
10, 597
15, 926
29, 671
39, 523
33, 589
40, 026
48, 811
43, 565
42, 862
9,890 43, 204
80, 140
68, 542
59, 254
50, 610
8,644
40, 713
86, 290
75, 142
58, 883
45, 121
13, 762
39, 815
76, 555
64, 891
68, 876
58, 785
10, 091
50, 529
91, 279
78, 577
82, 233
68, 105
14, 128
45, 384
94, 983
May
June
July
August
48, 748
49, 459
41, 938
50, 535
82,648
84, 811
71, 776
13, 035
45, 169
September. __
October
November...
December
48,186 33, 301 82, 073 69, 369
50, 370 30, 184
48, 565 38, 592
54, 315 30, 736 74, 391 60, 592
90, 861
72, 989
17, 872
36, 006
96, 601
77, 932
18, 669
44, 890
1928
January
February
March
April
48, 134
48 579
46, 362
80, 871 112, 103
91, 700
20, 403
35, 572
May
June _. _
July
August
September
October
November
December
36, 518
33, 045
37, 677
32, 810
38, 572
63, 546
68, 739
75, 445
88, 468
82, 436
85, 682
39, 108
33 392
40, 688
37, 958
95, 273
6
25, 329
11, 473
22, 781
27,236
152, 737
153 558
170, 684
158, 551
17, 746
15, 115
20, 536
18, 097
11, 293
11, 208
14, 726
20, 863
55, 198
58, 035
61, 822
55, 261
68, 500
69, 200
73, 600
64, 330
.789
.619
.586
.503
168, 807
179, 619
189, 729
191, 372
18, 879
21, 356
24, 915
25, 320
22, 515
26, 203
30, 218
33, 081
63, 913 63, 500
60, 460 71, 600
64, 896 69, 700
60, 871 72, 100
.478
.430
.410
.390
195, 321
209, 566
211,353
230, 395
27, 691
28, 144
27, 460
28, 113
38, 152
45, 093
47, 152
52, 473
62, 078
64, 989
63, 641
72, 509
67, 400
71, 340
73, 100
77, 300
.410
.425
.400
.380
237, 425
248, 740
256, 689
263, 362
27, 224
28, 611
29, 515
26, 176
58, 329
62, 443
67, 044
71, 229
76, 172
91, 186
85, 740
92, 757
75,700
66, 500
74, 390
73, 200
.391
.383
.383
.410
258, 300
247, 555
249, 995
255, 684
26, 475
23, 730
24, 500
27, 427
71, 562
68, 274
68, 226
69, 109
94, 563
89, 251
98, 469
96, 148
65, 700
66,300
58, 800
63, 000
.409
.373
,349
.351
260, 799
263, 683
264, 590
261, 592
27, 822
27, 654
30, 376
27, 324
72, 748 97, 829
73, 876 97, 453
70, 880 101, 034
66, 737 100, 131
62, 400
64, 700
62, 300
67, 400
.338
.343
.376
.406
276, 670
269, 572
260, 991
248, 995
27, 453
25, 649
22, 353
19, 223
69, 594
66, 268
61, 478
56, 689
110, 243
108, 955
114, 060
113,083
69, 380
68, 700
63, 100
60, 000
.400
.326
.266
.188
6
20 116
31, 014
27, 764
mr> 357
Consumption
fey reclaimers
Long tons
31, 038 $0.164
.174
42, 284
.296
46, 973
66, 441 46, 972 49,654
.261
.719
17, 882 47, 902 58, 728
.485
29, 415 61, 974 70, 139
.376
68, 371 93, 394 66, 699
131, 770
135, 983
184, 309
255, 701
SCRAP
RUBBER
(quarterly) 1
Pro- St'ks, Stocks
at reduc- CFSCl Of claimtion quar- ers
ter
Dolls,
perlb.
Long tons
1921 mo. av__
1922 mo. av_.
1923 mo. av__
1924 mo. av_.
1925 mo. av__
1926 mo. av__
1927 mo. av._
Wholesale price,
smoked
sheets, N. Y.«
CRUDE RUBBER
8,539
13, 447
17, 384
19, 018
30, 906
41, 986
43, 181
!
37, 496
61, 963
72,096
59, 675
11, 509
1
7, 21 1
22, 002
26, 415
39, 770
54, 074
55, 547
85, 593
52, 437
38, 841 14, 581
69, 914
53, 382
40, 020 13, 758
66, 908
52, 068
44, 989 18, 160
65,969
58, 410
45, 547 21, 508
62, 807
58, 303
41, 197 19, 287
58, 331
52, 059
39, 449 17,812
55, 547
50, 495
46, 530 19, 567
62, 016
61, 331
51, 112 16, 317
61, 299
64, 069
8,217
8, 662
14, 9(39
19, 544
44, 092 13, 377
|
188
. 194
1
..
" II
"
""II
.. i
!
1 Data compiled by the Rubber Association of America (Inc.} from reports of about 285 members and nonmembers representing the principal manufacturers, importers,
and reclaimers in this field. It should be noted that these consumption and production data represent quarterly, not monthly, totals, while stock figures are shown as of
the end of the quarterly period indicated, and annual averages in these columns are of quarterly, not monthly, data.
2
Compiled by the World's Rubber Position, a British publication. Details of shipments by countries are given in the publication, as well as amounts retained by the
principal importing countries.
3
Imports of rubber, including latex, into the United States compiled by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
4
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from basic data on producing countries (Para, Singapore, and Penang)
and on European countries (London, Liverpool, Amsterdam, and Antwerp) supplied by the Rubber Growers Association (British), on domestic stocks supplied by the
Rubber Association of America and prorated from 95 to 100 per cent, and on stocks of plantation rubber afloat from the World's Rubber Position.
6
Compiled by the Rubber Trade Association and representing averages of daily spot prices for rubber, standard-quality ribbed smoked sheets in the New York market.
Monthly data from 1915 may be found in the Marketing of Crude Rubber by the U. S. Department of Commerce, pp. 14 and 15.
6
7 months' average June to December, inclusive.
56
Table 34.—TIRES AND RUBBER-PROOFED FABRICS
-
AUTOMOBILE TIKES i
I
uC
! I
©
u
v->
QC
ShipBice ts
i
a
S
1
^p^rfd? °f
Thousands
1
1
£•<
'
Production, relative to capacity
GG
2
ft
-v*
"2
§£
New orders (automobile)
P 1
dS
Shipments
All other
°2
*3
§
Production
Crude
rubber
! Shipments
Raw material
consumed
Fabrics
«
a
Production
i
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
Solid tires and
cushions
Inner tubes
Production
Pneumatic tires
RUISBER-PltOOFED FABRICS 2
Clothing
fabrics
"
Auto fabrics
f—
Per
cent
Thousands of yards
i
102 L monthly av
1922 monthly av
1923 monthly av
1924 monthly a v
1 925 monthly av
1926 monthly av
1927 monthly av
1, 821
2,573
2,843
3,234
3,811
3,848
4,045
4, 321
4., 896
5,666
5, 428
5,920
8,158
8,272
1, 905
2,436
2,697
3,048
3,604
3, GOO
3, 850
43
81
89
91
116
93
168
2, 261
3, 189
3,768
4,424
5, 171
4,793
4, 391
4, 632
6,081
7,354
7,490
8,318
13, 110
11, 805
2 292
3,055
3, 630
4, 174
4,964
4, -ill
4,463
29
58
71
84
105
66
100
36
66
59
58
65
48
48
232
195
254
198
170
188
170
44
57
57
1926
September
October
November
December
4, 286
3, 833
3, 250
3,520
7,001
7, 454
7, 810
4,452
3,318
2,708
3,413
84
89
98
132
5,698 11,497
4, 665 11,970
3,644 12, 469
3,961 12, 165
5,755
4,0i6
2,984
4, 027
69
61
54
74
44
45
45
46
168
159
158
168
52
51
38
34
3,731
3, 834
4, 727
4,742
7,839
8,298
8,705
9, 113
3, 534
3,204
4,094
4,118
172
151
199
171
4,007
3, 724
5, 395
5,536
11,704
12, 595
12, 839
13,371
4,428
3,763
4, 534
4,669
89
80
90
105
44
46
57
64
166
163
159
162
May
June
July
August
4, 629
4,678
3,835
4,334
9?370
9, 369
8, 522
8,070
4, 069
4,487
4,316
4,666
186
222
180
144
5,060
4, 742
3,971
4,871
13, 813
13,419
12,028
11,023
4,501
5,024
5,205
5,898
109
108
104
96
65
62
48
49
September
October _
November
December
3, 638
3,603
3,394
3,391
7, 325
7,287
7, 635
7,734
4,168
3, 484
3,100
2, 959
136
133
145
178
4,247
3,809
3,593
3,742
10, 162
10, 187
10,216
10, 297
4,973
3,685
3,463
3,413
103
93
88
133
1927
January
February
IVIarch
April
-
6, 696
9, 257
9,861
11,868
14, 025
13, 830
14, 832
17, 922
27, 301
30, 601
37, 821
46, 033
43, 170
42, 916
1, 528 456 j 756
2,026
799 i 696
2, 648 1,317 640
2, 085
927 I 526 3 652
1, 999
577
657
765
697 1,230
517
2, 444
780 1 1,833
543
3, 156
7
7
15, 910
13, 973
12, 422
11, 593
48, 168
43, 137
36, 737
37, 117
3,963
4,538
2,910
1,813
804 2, 652
962 2,987
772 1,440
533 814
507
589
698
466
586
773
722
696
40.0
47.3
38.4
37.8
36
40
54
54
8
8
5
14, 358
13, 609
16, 651
17, 238
44, 078
45, 037
50, 614
51, 333
1,916
2,084
2,756
2,800
718 784
718 881
978 1, 190
820 1,498
414 957
485 1,005
588 851
482 805
35.7
51.0
61.3
41.4
178
186
180
183
45
50
43
45
4
6
5
5
16, 029
17, 443
14, 010
16, 323
47, 270
48, 778
41, 209
45, 706
2,642
2, 776
3,330
4,077
955
768
712
802
1,206
1,573
2,047
2,723
481
435
571
552
740
654
832
876
59.9
30.5
36
34
32
33
173
162
161
161
42
40
32
28
4
4
3
4
13,998
13, 549
12, 822
11,949
37, 341
37, 130
33, 845
32,654
4,545
4,634
3,791
2,518
756
819
691
621
3,123
3,179
2,489
1,303
666
636
611
594
955
827
720
710
28.7
31.2
26.3
23.6
2,177
2,575
2,853
2,416
600 874
757 1,107
805 1, 148
835 874
703
711
900
707
773
960
896
980
29.6
28.8
26.6
27.6
1, 110
909
2
4
5
62
5
5
42
4
5
4
886 * 25. 1
41.7
39. 7
828 539.0 j
™
1
|
1928
January
February
March
Auril
May
June
July
i August
4,026
4,784
5,128
4,645
7,491
8,826
9,318
9,581
3,924
3,653
4,137
4,229
132
133
174
143
4,086
5, 176
5,427
4,999
9,760
11, 020
11,878
12, 500
4,469
3, 997
4,205
4,196
90
81
98
86
37
37
44
44
164
159
159
157
31
36
41
40
3
3
5
3
16, 040
16, 924
18, 854
18,310
43, 709
46, 468
48, 897
43, 701
5,082
9,794
4,707
146
5,382
13, 298
4,631
100
47
156
44
4
19, 168
51, 061
|
1
September
October
j November
Docfvrr>bf>r
1
!
j
Compiled by the Rubber Association of America, representing reports from 75 per cent of the industry on pneumatic casings in 1923 and 78 per cent in 1925, according
to the census of manufactures; 79 per cent and 80 per cent, respectively, on inner tubes and 76 per cent in both years on solid tires. Prior to September, 1921, when an
important manufacturer dropped out, a larger percentage of the industry was covered, the 1921 totals representing 80 per cent of the casings output reported by the census
of manufactures and 85 per cent of the output of inner tubes. Crude-rubber consumption in 1925 represented 73 per cent of that reported by the census of manufactures
in that year for manufacturers of rubber tires. Export shipments in 1925 represented 85 per cent of the total official exports for both casings and inner tubes and 72 per cent
for solid tires. In 1923 the proportions were slightly smaller in each case. The number of reporting firms increased from 36 in November, 1920, to a maximum of 66 in 1922,
while from 1923 to the early part of 1925 the number ranged between 50 and 60, in the latter part of 1925 between 45 and 50, and in 1926 and 1927 between 40 and 45. The
decrease in number of firms is stated to be due largely to cessation of business on nominal production. Data comprise all kinds of tires, including millimeter sizes. Stocks
represent domestic tires in factory and in transit to or at warehouses, branches, or in possession of dealers on consignment basis, i. e., all tires still owned by manufacturers
as a domestic stock. Shipments include only tires forwarded to purchasers and not those forwarded to warehouses, branches, or on a consignment basis. Solid and cushion
tires include plain-tread solid tires, the npnskid-tread type termed "cushion" by some manufacturers and also hollow-center or cellular-construction tires of both the
pressed-on and demountable types. Details by kind, type, and size are given in the association's reports, as well as distribution of domestic shipments between original
equipment and other sales, of fabric consumption as between kind of material and of casings and of rubber consumption as between kind of tires. Monthly data from
January, 1922, appeared in the June, 1927, issue (No. 70), p. 21.
2
Compiled by the Rubber Association of America from reports of from 3 to 8 companies on automobile fabrics each month, representing 48 per cent of the production of
automobile fabrics in 1923 and 31 per cent in 1925, according to the Census of Manufactures, and from 10 to 14 manufacturers of other fabrics representing 62 per cent of other
fabrics in 1925. Total fabrics reported by these manufacturers represented 62 per cent of all rubberized fabrics in 1923 and 47 per cent in 1925. Raincoat fabrics include
both single and double texture fabrics, while all other fabrics include hospital and sanitary sheetings, shoe proofings, cretonne and percale apron materials and sundries and
miscellaneous proofings, for which details are presented in the association's reports. The report on automobile fabrics also gives details by kind and by purposes of shipment.
New orders for automobile fabrics are those specified for delivery within 90 days. The relation of production (actually shipments, which are considered simultaneous to production) of automobile fabrics to capacity is based on the factor which fixes maximum capacity, based on 24-hour operation, for each plant, whether it is capacity of heaters,
spreaders, calendars, etc.
3
4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
4
9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
5
10 months' average, June and July missing.
57
Table 35.—OTHER RUBBER PRODUCTS
RUBBER SOLES i
MECHANICAL RUBBER
GOODS '
Shipments
RUBBER HEELS i
Shipments
Shipments
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
To shoe
To
manrepair
ufactrade
turers
Stocks,
end of
month
For
export
Production
Stocks,
end of
For month
ex-
To shoe To
man- repair
ufac- trade port
turers
Total
Thousands of pairs
Belting
Hose
RUBBER RUBBER
BANDS* FLOORING*
*
Shipments
other 3
Thous. Thous.
of Ibs. of sq. ft.
Thousands of dollars
i
15, 243
15, 523
17, 248
15, 276
16, 692
9,889
10, 412
10, 765
8, 899
8,514
4, 172
4, 751
5,727
5,614
6,958
0719
770
912
33, 962
33, 110
40, 569
48, 590
43, 823
16, 574
17, 635
15, 097
10, 510
8,745
9,111
6, 157
4,448
2,781
3,884
3,282
737
600
873
709
39, 133
44, 074
52, 179
56, 681
Mav
June
July
August
11, 367
12, 7C9
11, 109
14, 490
6,818
7, 541
8, 651
9,607
4,002
5,902
6,370
7,911
605
823
700
564
September
October
1 November
December
16, 349
18, 513
16, 759
15, 941
9, 785
9,777
9,091
10, 992
9,429
9, 556
6,377
3,421
784
875
766
1,206
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
av__
av__
av__
av__
av__
1926
January .
February..
March
April
16,709
6
8
35
85
« 2, 584
3, 129
3,659
$4, 051
5,406
6, 399
5,719
$1, 084
1,526
1, 710
1, 480
$1, 731
2,069
2,422
2,225
165
115
150
88
14
15
19
24
2,875
3,544
3, 443
3,474
6, 358
6,072
7,819
6,641
1, 667
1,452
1, 963
1,668
2, 664
2,498
3, 223
2,713
2,027
2,122
2, 633 |
2,259
552
651
670
807
68
78
63
121
27
23
3,293
3, 173
3,085
2,073
6,719
6, 958
6, 065
6, 493
1,646
1,980
1, 854
1,937
2, 761
2,597
2, 069
2, 159
2,312
2, 382
2, 143 __
2 397
1,129
1, 146
1,078
825
127
342
285
146
49
36
2,940
2, 762
2,902
2,979
6, 360
5, 955
5, 536
5, 814
1,828
1, 602
1, 455
1, 406
2, 073
2,085
1,999
2, 223
2, 459
2,208
2, 083
2,184
1, 603
799
1,551
6 295
146
662
615
1,608
1,103
737
563
1, 126
538
565
501
58, 326
56, 701
51, 699
49, 593
504
617
719
1,019
45, 483
44, 105
42, 199
42, 907
1,258
1, 363
1, 489
1,273
1, 940
1,021
2,264
43
84
$1, 236
1,812
2, 267
2,014
i
7
190
|
i
._.
|
1927
January
February _
March
April
May
June
July
August
13, 660
12, 733
13, 640
14, 169
May
June
July
August
September
October
November...
December
46, 355
48, 010
47, 822
47, 869
1,475
880
1, 661
1,726
749
621
1,221
1,122
152
132
490
532
216
18
26
53
3,247
3,309
4,802
4,113
5, 327
5,678
7, 161
5,823
1, 263
1,370
1, 714
1,459
2, 351
2,447
2,970
2,370
1,713
1,861
2,477
1, 995
7,128
8, 833
9,598
10, 624
7, 016
9, 303
6,936
8,676
666
838
949
908
47, 516
45, 453
41, 056
38, 849
1,779
2, ?47
2,128
2,333
1,275
1,918
1,356
1,768
572
583
593
849
19
42
177
119
3,853
3,757
3. 564
3,170
5,726
6,018
5,477
5,863
1, 350
1, 609
1, 622
1, 778
2,437
2,348
2,011
1,934
1, 939
2,061
1, 845
2,151
8,882
10, 546
10, 245
8, 384
8,170
9,305
7,129
6,009
722
913
1, 415
1,087
38, 696
39, 723
41, 727
42, 802
2, 634
3,697
3,347
3,255
1,390
2,169
2, 520
2,498
996
1, 096
976
874
27
46
142
129
3, 068
3,899
3, 872
3,257
5, 467
5,244
4,941
5,898
1,497
1,368
1,175
1,557
1, 963
1,837
1,840
2, 190
2,007
2, 039
1, 925
2,151
196
181
193
17, 682
19, 181
22, 583
18, 575
10, 786
10, 802
10, 083
8, 639
6,314
6, 754
9,407
6,173
793
1,127
1, 169
819
43, 796
44, 289
46, 144
48, 892
3,431
3,628
3,747
2,928
2,243
2,087
1, 692
1, 524
916
992
1,090
884
675
529
282
141
3,148
3,381
3,822
4,084
5, 630
5, 838
6, 675
5,406
1,388
1, 351
1, 524
1,211
2, 257
2,289
2, 589
2,078
1, 984
2, 199
2, 562
2,117
218
195
216
169
433
493
667
475
21, 597
1928
January
February
March
April
793
1,113
772
768
18, 452
21, 151
20, 556
19, 203
September
October
.
November
December
4,013
4, 062
6, 367
6,507
16, 133
16, 341
15, 907
18, 363
- --
6,685
6,652
7, 906
6,682
8,897
7,559
884
52, 387
3,519
1,855
894
120
4,558
6,274
1,352
2,666
2, 255
177
661
1
i
!
•
!
|
:
!
i
!
i
|
i
1 Compiled by the Rubber Association of America, from reports of from 13 to 16 manufacturers each month, who made 63 per cent of the total output of rubber heels
for sale as such, in 1925, according to the census of manufactures. Only salable heels are included, none so imperfect as to result m their being reclaimed. Details by kinds
of soles and heels are presented in the association's reports. Stocks include merchandise constituting domestic stock in factory, and in transit to, or at, warehouses, branches,
or in possession of dealers on consignment basis, and represent all merchandise still owned by manufacturers as domestic stocks. Shipments include only stock forwarded
to a 2purchaser and exclude goods forwarded to a warehouse, branch, or on a consignment basis.
Compiled by the Rubber Association of America from reports of 11 manufacturers whose shipments in 1925 represented 78 per cent of the total output of rubber belting
and 70 per cent of the output of rubber hose, measured in value, according to the census of manufactures. Details by classes are shown in the association's reports.
3 Includes tubing, packing, mats and matting (except tiling), molded goods, lathe-cut goods, and miscellaneous, but excludes jar rings, tapes, and thread.
4
Compiled by the Rubber Association of America from reports of 8 manufacturers estimated to represent 80 per cent of the industry. Details by kinds of packages are
given in the association's reports.
« Compiled by the Rubber Association of America from reports of 10 manufacturers. The data include individually cut tile and other types of rubber flooring whether
in sheet form or not, such as Pullman-car tiling, but exclude regular corrugated, knobbed, and perforated mats and matting, automobile mats, etc. Details by widths
are given in the association's reports.
6
8 months' average, April through December.
f 3 months' average, October through December.
58
Table 36.—HIDES AND SKINS
Total
hides
and
skins
Cattle
YEAR AND
MONTH
s>
ft
1
£5
se
8
m
®
s
&
w
w
ft
'i
oe
Calfskins
Cattle Goat- Sheephides skins skins
|
Cattle
hides
Ca5f
and
kip
skins
Sheep
and
lamb
skins
GO
Dolls, per
pound
Thousands of pounds
Thousands of animals
1
1909-13 monthly av
1913 monthly a v _ _ _
1914 monthly a v _ _ _
1915 monthly av.__
1916 monthly av_._
1917 monthly av__.
1918 monthly av...
1919 monthly av
582
563
59(5
692
863
936
8^1
160
141
152
197
262
288
331
2, 850
2,711
3,198
3,590
2, 825
3,435
3,484
1,201
1,186
1,018
995
779
860
1,058
45
43
44
54
61
74
79
139
188
218
193
174
189
194
1920 monthly av...
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av__.
1923monthlyav___
1924 monthly av _ _ _
1925 monthly av...
1926 monthly av.__
1927 monthly av...
717
634
723
764
799
821
848
793
3,168
338
317
3,249
349
3,593
375 ' 4, 445
411
4,406
3,587
446
429
3,386
407
3,636
915
1,084
911
961
999
1,000
1,080
1,074
69
60
69
68
75
81
91
96
1926
September
October
November
December
971
996
947
887
408
446
435
410
2,616
2,976
3,610
4,394
1,224
1,167
1,039
1,172
1927
January
February
March
April
786
700
761
742
397
377
457
454
4,514
3,395
3,837
3,330
May
June ..
July
August
785
799
743
838
462
430
355
389
September
October
November
December
828
895
881
761
1928
January
February
March _
April
I
42
38
33
35
29
32
51
42 854
41, 490
46, 350
53, 856
60, 526
52, 589
30, 158
62, 070
* 6. Sin
0, 372
5, 576
4, 076
5, 221
2,466
632
5,380
149
136
161
188
243
220
208
212
55
54
50
42
43
41
46
52
42, 520
29, 004
45, 931
44, 298
29, 713
30, 203
30, 715
37, 176
101
111
124
89
189
217
264
254
75
113
120
46
1, 115
1,006
1,027
960
70
60
82
99
255
220
234
210
3,766
4,253
3,431
3,050
992
1,058
1,014
1,168
115
98
89
109
357
413
411
376
2, 534
2,969
3,688
4,869
1,185
1,194
1,070
1,094
711
666
665
623
383
374
407
438
5,479
5,780
5,140
3,446
723
706
473
398
3,804
4,078
May
June
July
August
Total
hides
and
skins
WHOLESALE
PRICES <
Calfskins, country
No. 1 (Chicago)
Canada
United States
1
"rt
Q
STOCKS, END OF MONTH 3
IMPORTS 2
Green, salted, packers' heavy native
steers (Chicago)
INSPECTED SLAUGHTER 1
5
5, 289 i
5,684
5,495
6,257
8, 461
6,999
4, 372 •;
7,086
19, 160
18, 629
25, 671
34, 053
33, 683
30, 890
18, 421
33, 940
8,199
7,473
6,321
6, 607
8,686
7,409
5,197
11, 138
2, 928
3,995
4,627
4, 058
3,426
2,401
3, 767
3,684
22, 944
15, 016
27, 040
24, 331
15, 468
13, 899
12, 538
19, 680
6,684
5, 260
6, 745
7,154
4, 353
6,807
7,300
6,775
6,896 i 6 435, 477
3,821 i 430, 897
5, 381
355, 025
357, 392
6,342
4, 837
267, 533
5,138
270, 370
4,948
284, 318
239, 262
4,776
29, 796
29, 189
22, 956
23 352
3,829
4, 642
3,475
3,133
11, 531
12, 788
8,905
9,121
6,713
6,046
5,323
5,617
5, 634
3,812
3,475
3,473
284, 326
282, 936
281, 620
265, 932
222, 234
222, 556
221, 880
210, 772
41, 561
40, 735
40, 747
36,384
30
21
20
17
26, 110
24, 553
34, 546
33,234
2,296
2,963
3,319
2,809
12, 357
10, 534
16, 228
15, 148
5,791
6, 055
8,640
8, 195
3, 763
3, 763
4, 454
5,113
260, 214
244, 323
234, 094
220, 679
210, 528
195, 481
186, 430
170, 732
213
215
148
161
14
21
33
59
37, 105
42, 372
37, 299
55, 397
3,598
4,516
4,025
5, 544
16, 699
20, 223
20, 506
33, 495
8,267
7,507
5,770
6,973
6,393
6,801
4, 654
6,245
230, 924
226, 274
232, 103
239, 049
98
117
132
79
174
208
248
254
89
138
133
43
43, 665
36, 356
37, 328
38, 151
4,545
3, 699
3,717
3,177
25, 383
21, 561
20, 634
23, 391
6,485
5,700
6,585
5,326
4,510
3, 195
4,676
3,740
1,151
1,048
1,016
918
66
61
81
96
271
248
247
222
26
18
17
16
36, 409
33, 421
48, 489
45, 443
3, 410
2,861
3,018
2, 836
18, 856
16, 269
28, 833
26, 101
5, 448
7,453
8,362
8,182
1,015
1,109
123
99
219
205
17
25
61, 288
58, 091
4,387
4,457
36, 913
34, 168
10, 082
8,383
$0. 184 $0. 189
.196
.210
.215
.242
.262
.327
.301
.393
.338
.406
.371
.685
.312
.139
.181
.166
.147
.160
.141
.195
.368
.149
.160
.157
.184
.202
.174
.197
20, 531
19, 645
18, 993
18, 776
.152
.161
.153
.151
.178
.178
.168
.167
32, 368
31, 897
31, 435
31, 638
17, 318
16, 945
16,229
18, 309
.155
.145
.140
.152
.169
.158
.152
.160
174, 407
169, 671
172, 008
180, 700
35, 532
35, 247
38,441
36, 321
20, 985
21, 356
21, 654
22,028
.168
.195
.219
.215
.177
.201
.226
.212
243, 327
248, 187
249, 673
242, 300
188, 797
200, 220
203, 146
198, 623
33, 024
27,942
26, 973
26, 803
21, 506
20, 025
19, 554
16, 874
.224
.233
.242
.250
.210
.218
.228
.250
5,117
4,276
4,841
5,428
244, 242
238, 736
229, 970
228, 037
204, 224
200, 897
194, 655
190, 492
23, 825
21, 615
20, 136
22, 687
16, 193
16, 224
15, 179
14, 858
.261
.248
.237
.256
.300
.291
.269
.295
6,016
7,323
241, 264
197, 775
25, 961
17,528
.246
.224
.295
.266
o 340, 339 6 63, 139 o 32, 916
339, 548
58, 414
32, 935
275, 293
52, 281
27, 452
288, 589
46, 485
22, 319
29, 878
15, 601
222, 046
33, 218
220, 282
16, 870
229, 340
37, 319
17, 659
187, 645
32, 302
19, 399
j
September .
October
November
December
II
1 Data for the United States compiled by the V. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, representing animals slaughtered under Federal inspection,
which according to the 1919 census amounted to 68 per cent of all hogs slaughtered in that year, 82 per cent of cattle and calves, and 91 per cent of sheep and lambs. The
data in number of animals are given here as indications to hide output. Monthly data from 1909 appeared in the August, 1927, issue (No. 72), p. 138. Data for Canada
compiled by Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and cover all slaughter under Canadian inspection. Monthly data on Canadian slaughter from 1913 appeared in the February
1927, issue (No. 66), p. 23.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from returns from packers, tanners, dealers, importers, and manufacturers, and represent
practically complete returns from the leather industry. As given in the detailed monthly reports, which can be obtained upon request from the Bureau of the Census, the
returns for hides and skins are expressed in numbers of hides and skins. For the above summary these have been reduced to pounds on the basis of the average weights
of each class. The detailed reports also show the various kinds of skins held and where located as between tanners, dealers, etc.
4
Data from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing average monthly prices.
» 4-year monthly average, 1910-1913.
fl 4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
59
Table 37.—LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
UPPER LEATHER
YEAH AND
MONTH
Sole
In
only i Total 2 process
Thous.
of backs,
bends,
and
sides
Finished
Exports 3
Dols.
per
Ib.
Thousands of pounds
1913 mo. av_
1914mo.av_
1915mo.av_
i 916 mo av
1917 mo. av.
1018 mo. av.
1119 mo av
1,653
1 870
1920mo.av_
1921mo.av.
1922mo.av_
1923 mo. av_
1924 mo. av.
1925mo.av_
1926 mo. av.
1927mo.av_
1,535 7 23, 742
1, 499
25, 657
1 478 24, 557
1, 561 27, 411
1, 220 21, 655
1, 240 22,431
1,135 21, 859
1,319
24, 734
1926
September .
October
November.
December „_
1, 152
1,226
1,170
1,256
1927
January _ _ _
February. _
March
April
Production 2
In
process
Finished
Exports'
114 810 7 161, 573
4
Wholesale prices
WoMen's Men's men's
ProProducEx- 3 black dress black
calf
welt
duckid, tion (cut) °
tan
tion J ports bludress
calf
cher
welt
(Bos- (St.
lace
ton) Louis) oxford
Dols.
per Thous. of pairs
sq. ft.
Thousands of square feet
$0 27
.28
29
45
58
60
.97
2 605 $0 44
4,319
.47
6, 751
50
7 540
64
3 657
83
2 229
80
10 222
91
Dozen
pairs
Dollars per pair
27, 602
842
827
1,412
1,623
1,237
1,100
1,780
$3.11
3.17
3.25
3.71
4.75
5.63
7.60
$3.17
3.28
3.35
4.01
5.68
5.65
7.77
23, 898
26, 990
29, 260
26, 102
26, 963
27, 043
28,551
1,403
746
450
612
526
550
476
460
8.95
7.00
6.51
6.43
6.25
6.39
6.40
6.43
8.14
5.18
4.74
4.85
4.88
5.13
4.92
4.93
$4.13
4.07
4.00
s 197, 593
188, 854
200, 536
208, 039
217, 882
24, 389
7 42, 344 7 142, 136 7 400, 906
164, 216 423, 021
57, 986
72, 963
166, 770 428, 169
78, 019
158, 852 387, 376
64,118 133, 758 358,168
140, 367 305, 637
63, 407
69, 681
152, 301 292,108
67, 420
148, 432
258, 144
10, 416
9,228
11,264
11,392
11,739
12, 355
99
.52
.44
.44
.45
.47
.45
.49
69, 090
71, 678
67, 979
75, 297
151, 905
147, 457
149, 048
149, 900
278, 719
274, 918
277, 072
274, 762
11, 348
11, 750
12, 258
12,790
.45
.45
.45
.45
31, 673
31, 662
26, 758
25, 415
426
407
546
498
6.40
6.40
6.40
6.40
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
218, 191
299, 798
196, 060
176, 605
.43
.43
.43
.43
71, 974
68,506
68, 747
59,753
158, 946
151, 364
150, 325
145, 298
272, 897
274, 197
277, 143
274, 983
12, 663
11, 636
12, 293
13, 388
.45
.45
.46
.46
24, 993
27, 292
31,277
28, 389
491
397
559
595
6.40
6.40
6.40
6.40
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
196, 270
197, 987
230, 749
219, 370
521
819
820
753
.45
.49
.51
.53
60, 197
69, 866
60, 224
72, 095
144, 257
142, 181
150, 216
148, 821
267, 949
251,871
248, 819
245, 995
11,151
11,081
11, 755
10, 576
.48
.48
.51
.51
25, 626
27, 497
27, 775
35, 061
586
591
456
337
6.40
6.40
6.40
6.40
4.85
4.90
5.00
5.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
208, 924
223, 177
213, 773
241, 652
61, 355
60, 811
59, 163
57, 017
730
800
719
924
.53
.55
.55
.59
69, 399
70, 081
66, 056
72, 143
144, 881
147, 790
148, 978
148, 121
241, 835
244, 268
250, 364
247, 409
10, 518
12, 177
16, 530
14, 488
.51
.51
.51
.54
33, 933
32, 267
25, 973
23,525
312
376
433
381
6.50
6.50
6.50
6.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
229, 999
244, 090
225, 779
182, 810
85,396
86, 028
87,299
89, 181
54,828
54, 085
54, 302
57, 335
1,265
1,076
971
753
.59
.65
.65
.66
71, 415
70, 509
73, 045
63, 730
149, 952
147,315
141, 386
140, 713
245, 931
242, 361
249, 023
253, 557
15,532
15, 567
14, 297
10, 846
.54
25, 939
.60 1 29, 248
32, 013
.60
26, 332
.60
388
303
471
394
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.03
4.15
4.15
4.15
177, 884
194, 874
223, 271
210, 420
90, 734
59, 614
6.50
538
.67
.68
62, 074
141, 068
255, 397
11,400
8,949
.60
.53
26, 332
26, 160
409
318
6.75
6.75
5.00
5.00
4.15
4.15
224, 636
111, 217
100, 679
107, 144
88, 429
87, 081
80, 148
86, 171
193, 528
186, 434
171, 631
149, 508
126, 856
95, 006
63, 855
1, 758
1,198
1,300
1,459
1,877
1,616
1,127
819
.86
.55
.52
.51
.45
.48
.44
.49
21,978
23, 681
22, 748
24, 199
81, 721
82, 261
82, 371
84, 713
85, 819
80, 491
76, 397
71, 855
1,180
879
635
839
.43
.43
.43
.43
1,170
1,221
1,411
1,397
23,235
23,944
26, 819
25, 897
85, 718
89, 060
91, 056
90, 794
67,806
66, 340
66, 235
65, 608
712
1, 039
1,150
846
May
June
July
August
1,378
1,352
1,356
1,393
25,842
25, 034
25, 576
26,040
90,395
91, 441
88, 489
84,753
66, 298
66, 315
65, 746
63, 571
September.
October
November.
December..
1,337
1,325
1,246
1,243
24,447
24, 230
22,704
23, 034
81, 015
79, 600
79, 669
82, 065
1928
January
February..
March
Auril
1,223
1,240
1,363
1,358
23, 095
23,409
25, 245
24, 761
1,407
1,399
25, 140
May
June
July
August
Stocks, end of
month 2
GLOVES
SHOES
Price, chrome
calf, *«B" grade
(Boston) *
Stocks, end of
month 2
Production
Price, sole, oak,
scoured baeks
(Boston) *
SOLE ANI> BELTING LEATHER
September.
November.
December
1
1 Prior to July, 1922, these figures were compiled by the Tanners' Council. Since July, 1922, they have been compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, representing practically the entire industry. Hence the figures from July, 1922, on are not directly comparable with those for preceding months.
2 Based on figures compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The data embrace returns from packers, tanners, dealers, importers, and
manufactures. Data on leather have been converted to pounds or square feet on the basis of the average weights of each class from original detailed reports m skins,
sides, backs, butts, pounds, etc., which may be obtained from the Bureau of the Census on request. Stocks in process represent leather in process of tanning, which takes
several months to complete, while finished stocks are those completely tanned.
.
,
,.,
T
3 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The exports under sole and belting cover sole leather only, while under
upper leather are included cattle, calf, goat, sheep and. lamb, and patent. Exports of shoes include men's and boys', women's and children's boots and snoes but exclude
slippers, athletic shoes, sandals and other leather footwear.
.
...
T
4
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing average monthly prices. Monthly data from 1920 on the St. Louis quotations
appeared in the September, 1922, issue (No. 13), p. 47.
« Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from over 1,000 firms each month, comprising almost the entire industry. Figures for the years
1914, 1919, and 1921 are those reported by the census of manufactures for those years. Monthly data from November, 1921, appeared m May, 1924, issue (No. 33), p, 9*.
Further details as to classes given in press releases, and details by States are given twice a year.
,
^ , ,
, ,, .
v
e Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, by 206 identical factories (including data in earlier months for 1 factory now out of business)
representing 87 per cent of the leather-glove industry according to the census of manufactures, 1921. Details by classes are given in monthly press releases.
7
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ for last 4 months of year.
Average
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
60
Table 38.—NEWSPRINT PAPER
NEWSPRINT PAPEB
Production
United States 2
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
Short
tons
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
Ratio
to capacity
Canada 3
Consumption
by publishers
Total
United
States *
Stocks, end of month
Shipments
At mills
lut
United
States 2
Canada a
United
States 2
Canada 3
At
publishers
0
123, 750
122 54S
127, 527
140, 352
123, 791
110, 248
142, 091
148, 760
67, 339
90, 028
105, 519
112, 750
126, 851
147, 957
170, 738
151, 179
136, 829
148, 897
166, 780
172, 998
102, 172
121, 035
123, 111
122, 505
127, 862
6 140. 399
122, 877
e 156,811
79
173, 912
$2.25
2.25
2. 05 |
2.70
3.35 j
3.41
3.88
6.00
38, 998
31,713
24, 035
23, 929
23, 324
13, 325
12, 597
10, 682
124, 789
154, 952
155, 185
144, 712
41, 155
40, 983
52, 006
18, 320
26,290
30, 701
39, 019
46, 593
49, 689
52, 311
60,822
29, 940
22, 837
22, 207
29, 357
26, 867
16, 662
24, 843
17, 033
10, 572
14, 745
19, 789
22, 454
13, 881
30, 052
188, 797
171, 121
175, 797
176, 855
152, 733
148, 043
216, 726
28, 211
36, 657
40, 601
33, 942
32, 205
36, 194
43, 820
66, 042
85, 772
109, 070
113, 103
120, 702
154, 223
165, 589
62, 969
79, 960
94, 830
101, 615
116, 805
144, 332
156, 822
5.00
3.69
3.89
3.83
3.70
3. 50
3.25
IS, 026
14, 633
13, 592
12, 030
14, 684
14, 942
12, 571
14, 345
170,
161,
180,
187,
543
917
663
272
36, 863
43, 359
37, 399
41, 560
139, 713
172, 603
169, 550
170, 159
143, 524
159, 509
153, 729
156, 408
3.50
3.50
3.50
3. 50
i
113 858
106, 049
114, 880
125, 215
Price
roll,
f. o. b.
mill i
Dolls.
per ton
°
61, 251
67, 284
72, 931
102, 103
120, 641
Canada 3
Sh rt tons
I
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average.
1927 monthly average
Exports
United
States «
United States <
~i
113, 251
105, 024
U4 543
125, 997
Emports
In
transit to
pubs.
62, 083
67, 922
72, 563 !
66, 930
90,499
104, 793
112, 063
127, 096
6 156, 562
171, 896
12, 233
24, 382
20, 384
38, 601
45, 026
50, 425
55, 203
59, 469
1
1936
September
October
.
November..
December
135. 848
161, 387
168, 500
164, 798
163, 717
163, 089
186, 860
183, 368
172, 537
136,
145,
141,
136,
135, 395
119, 953
133, 207
129, 892
161, 724
168, 241
156, 621
176, 356
186, 138
130, 973
117, 636
128, 927
128, 666
158, 866
146, 365
169, 061
168, 711
15, 968
18, 426
22, 744
24, 105
17, 255
22, 769
28, 462
26; 389
232, 944
224, 572
227, 049
215, 329
43, 624
48, 251
42, 884
40, 798
166, 102
134, 209
166, 532
147, 635
142, 329
141, 199
184, 502
123, 449 ;
3.25
3. 25
3.25
3.25
May
June
July
August __
127, 395
129, 201
171, 586
118,929
162, 449
180, 116
186, 268
169, 536
157, 325
154, 167
126, 984
126, 289
119, 686
123, 926
170,
168,
159,
180,
24, 233
26, 549
27, 764
30, 335
27,520
28, 851
32, 282
31, 743
193, 005
196, 860
205, 967
231, 992
43, 862
40, 784
40, 476
40, 916
170, 545
161, 472
159, 687
167, 475
149, 924 \
159, 495 i
140, 543
163, 115
3.25
3. 25
3.25
3.25
September
October
_
November
December
114, 659
113, 126
117, 166
80
77
79
81
178, 815
191, 171
190, 293
181, 600
169, 286
184, 805
185, 202
182, 027
114, 003
177,195
116,885
188, 769
187, 766
181, 439
30,
27,
28,
20,
751
939
543
877
33, 384
35, 774
38, 074
38, 117
225, 310
214, 872
214, 639
45, 570
45, 789
46, 176
46, 708
168,
175,
188,
180,
168, 855 j
159, 284
179, 969
169, 202
3. 25
3.25
3.25
3.25
84
79
80
84
186, 721
189, 822
197, 976
192, 645
172, 952
162, 573
186, 232
181, 112
114,211
25, 905
28, 499
34, 648
33, 734
37, 731
39, 145
47, 657
46, 641
207, 449
188,384
46, 522
48, 212
41,613
43, 363
177, 808
172, 635
172, 896
163, 179
157, 466
118, 453
186, 829
188, 163
190, 305
193, 443 !
3. 25
3.25
3. 25
3.25
84
203, 811
192. 391
186, 641
122, 540
116, 901
203, 836
190, 936 j
37,207
39, 979
46,290
47, 937
184, 580
43,627
181, 913
163, 807
_|
135, 069
1927
January
February
IVIarch
April
1938
January
_
February
March
April
.
__
May
June
Julv
August _ _
September
October
November
December.
1
2
142, 482
140.427
151,986
174, 094
166, 460
171,819
127, 065
119,312
119, 525
112, 302
_
119,932
117, 553
126, 010
119, 673
162,
168,
167,
161,
963
818
042
501
116, 468
123, 883
109, 666
113.752
740
821 j
135
922
468
951
843
666
!
218,177
215,118
206, 392
630
484
624
670
183,414
216, 160
1*0, 0.11
194, 298
3.25
3.25
j
f
____
1
|
j
Newsprint prices are averages of wholesale weekly prices of roll newsprint f. o. b. mill from U. S. Department oj Labor, Bureau oj Labor Statistics.
Data on production, shipments, and mill stocks of newsprint in the United States prior to May, 1923, from the Federal Trade Commission; since then from the Newsprint Service Bureau^ covering almost the entire industry.
a Production, shipments, and mill stocks of newsprint, comprising practically the total production of Canada, furnished by the Newsprint Service Bureau; exports from
Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 49.
* Consumption, publishers' stocks, and stocks in transit, compiled by the Federal Trade Commission through May, 1923, have been compiled since then by the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association from reports of about 422 publishers who were included in the 600 reporting to the Federal Trade Commission and had on hand on May
31, 1923, a total of 133,312 tons of paper as against 176,347 tons held by those reporting to the Federal Trade Commission on that date. Monthly data on newsprint paper
from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), pp. 45-47.
5
Compiled by the U. S. Department oj Commerce, Bureau oj Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Prior to Sept, 1, 1916, imports include only paper valued at not above
2.5 cents per pound; from Sept. 1, 1916, to Apr. 24, 1920, not above 5 cents per pound; and from Apr. 24, 1920, to date not above 8 cents per pound.
6
Annual averages are slightly larger than computations from monthly figures owing to receipt of annual instead of monthly reports from a few small firms.
61
Table 39.—BOOK PAPER AND PRINTING
BOOK PUBLICATION 2
BOOK PAPER i
Actual
Short tons
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
av
av
av_._.
av
av
av
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av
Baiio
to
capac.
Per
cent
Shipments
Stocks,
end of
month
AmerImican
manu- ported
Un- Coat- Unbooks
facCoat- coated
ed coat- ture
ed
Per cent of
normal production
Short tons
New
orders
Shipments
ed
Days'
production
Number of
editions
Thousands of books
CASH
CHECKS «
BLANK
FORMS «
Activity
Shipments
New
orders
Relative to
1924
Thous.
of
checks
Thous.
of sets
728
695
648
621
581
604
74, 357
70, 763
76, 232
92 039
60, 499
81, 827
72, 958
71, 464
76, 665
91, 895
59, 353
82, 037
93, 466
102 569
107, 038
112, 182
110, 963
92, 355
102, 814
106, 236
112, 054
110, 335
46, 439
48, 851
58, 870
62, 354
71,212
86
82
86
82
96
92
93
84
10, 046
9,592
7,665
10, 779
9, 850
11,118
8,264
10, 083
798
14
12
13
9
10
9
8
9
110
75
67
81
113
116
626
611
667
681
733
113
144
131
137
113
11, 344
10, 988
11, 991
11,931
12, 133
11, 488
11,260
11,916
11,967
11, 931
100
100
101
100
103
87, 489
79, 982
88, 297
86, 239
76, 038
27, 145
31, 529
34, 524
36, 845
29, 622
31, 643
23, 719
36, 234
38,221
84
PRINTING*
Unfilled
orders, end
of month
New orders
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
SALES BOOKS a
1926
September
October
November
December
110,829
113,046
115,307
117, 613
111,494
117, 169
112, 540
116, 907
67, 073
62, 378
61, 130
62, 353
85
85
79
82
88
99
93
88
9
8
7
5
12
13
13
12
805
920
737
634
135
187
174
96
12, 682
11,719
11,091
10, 244
12, 096
12, 814
12, 386
12, 544
102
103
103
102
83, 387
93, 759
74, 263
72, 634
32,919
37, 267
36, 803
28, 892
1937
January
February
March
April
119,965
111, 569
123, 839
110,217
117, 565
112,015
121, 858
110, 658
64, 847
64, 199
66, 767
66, 099
87
94
94
87
93
97
90
90
9
10
10
10
11
9
10
722
660
699
819
132
113
141
135
12, 919
11,632
12, 085
11,045
11,178
11, 197
12, 521
11, 167
104
108
110
107
73, 841
77, 268
84, 749
71, 767
33, 091
29, 236
31, 3GO
31, 270
103, 604
110, 856
100, 879
112, 984
100, 185
110,080
100, 677
111,176
71, 387
72, 101
73, 543
75, 749
84
76
79
70
89
68
77
76
12
8
9
7
10
8
8
8
693
588
723
626
70
93
105
129
12, 233
11, 790
12, 231
12, 739
10, 781
12, 707
8,870
13, 446
107
99
90
93
79, 472
72, 659
77, 741
74, 469
36, 739
34, 302
31,237
33, 838
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November _ _
December..
-
106, 205
109, 391
111,579
110,463
84
83
85
83
106,417
110,813
109, 347
113, 225
75, 749
74, 234
76, 461
73,403
76
76
77
82
82
85
77
79
7
8
9
8
9
9
8
8
830
981
738
720
89
143
102
102
12, 277
13, 851
12, 126
10, 671
12, 387
12, 898
13,086
12, 934
99
105
104
105
76,364
71, 625
82, 093
70, 413
35, 088
37, 258
36,614
44, 257
1928
January
February
March
April
121, 509
123, 939
137, 572
125, 191
90
93
91
91
125, 033
123, 567
135, 370
117,304
68, 265
69, 630
72, 415
81, 105
83
96
88
97
87
86
81
84
11
11
10
12
9
9
8
9
507
654
853
697
118
153
151
123
12, 329
12, 332
13, 190
11,790
11,897
11,722
11,930
11,807
108
109
112
111
75, 144
65, 865
78, 629
71, 715
43, 173
37, 172
40, 221
40, 880
May
130, 199
90
124, 861
86, 782
74
75
77
11
9
7
599
119
12, 162
12,711
11, 645
13, 100
80, 116
94, 668
48, 024
__ _
June
July
August .
September _ _
October
November
December
._ _
j
|
|
I
i
i
1
i Compiled by the American Paper and Palp Association, beginning with June, 1923, figures previous to that date having been compiled by the Federal Trade Commission,
representing practically complete production. Owing to variations in the number of reporting firms, beginning with June, 1923, the data on production and stocks have
been computed by link relatives, based on identical firms from the previous month. Shipments during this period have been computed by applying to the computed
production figures the ratio of shipments to production of the firms reporting. Data on new orders and unfilled orders are compiled from weekly reports of a smaller number
of mills, 28 on coated paper and 10 on uncoated. Unfilled orders show the average number of days which orders on hand will need for completion.
3
Compiled by the Publishers' Weekly. Imported books are those of foreign manufacture, catalogued and marketed by American publishers. Between 10 and 15 per
cent of the books manufactured in America are new editions, the remainder being new books, while about 95 per cent of the books manufactured in this country are by
American authors. Annual averages from 1913 through 1916 appeared in the August, 1927, issue (No. 72), p. 58.
3 Compiled by the Sales Book Manufacturers' Association from reports of 11 manufacturers, estimated to represent 90 per cent of the industry east of the Rocky Mountains. The sales books included are those commonly known as duplicate and triplicate books used by retail stores in recording their sales; all sizes and styles are included,
but 4not interchangeable covers and accessories. Monthly data on new orders from 1919 appeared in the July, 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 24.
Compiled by the United Typothetsc of America, representing the activity of job printing plants in 52 cities in 30 States, based on the productive hours of each department, the departments being weighted by their relative importance. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), p. 25.
8
Compiled by the Cash Check Manufacturers' Association from reports of 8 manufacturers of punch and tear-oII checks such as used in restaurants. The association's
report shows these classes separately, together with values and relation to normal. Monthly data from 1923 appeared in the May, 1928, issue (No. 81), p. 48.
8
Compiled by the Continuous Fold Printers Association, from reports of 7 firms, representing from 80 to 90 per cent of the industry and presenting data on new orders
of continuously printed and folded forms, such as invoices, bills of lading, etc., used by railroads, steamship lines, banks and commercial concerns. The association's reports
show number and value of orders and number of parts, divided as between railroad and steamship forms and commercial and bank forms. Monthly data from 1925 appeared
in the May, 1928, issue (No. 81), p. 48.
7
11 months' average, Februaay to December, inclusive.
62
BINDERS'
BOARD i
Table 40.—PAPER BOARD AND BOXES
Stocks of waste
paper, end mo.
Operation
Prodi! ctioa
Short
tons
8,442
1926
May
June
July . ..
August
av
av__
av._
av__
av_.
av_.
av_.
Production
New
orders
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Thotis. Perct.
of inch- capac.
hours
I
1, 569 '
2, 256
2, 675
2,314
2, 712
3,067
2,474
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
1924 rno.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
PAPER-BOARD SHIPPING BOXES a
Consumption,
waste
paper
Shipments
H
65
81
79
162, 097
172, 962
153, 773
145, 186
45, 383
43, 508
52, 090
50, 080
892
912
582
403
207, 934
215, 931
206, 591
224, 702
54, 599
60, 080
59, 193
60, 420
140,
139,
145,
195,
718
967
334
597
45, 327
58, 820
60, 462
57, 285
79
77
77
82
79
77
78
83
212,
216,
201,
159,
608
871
633
969
227, 824
233, 593
211,005
172, 815
62, 669
55, 650
62, 058
55, 159
120, 087
142, 830
151, 187
166, 153
70, 311
59, 076
46, 175
34, 662
81
87
80
70
163,
182,
209,
189,
337
322
730
942
175,
189,
217,
209,
528
032
876
944
53, 562
53, 327
54, 566
50, 211
163,
158,
155,
147,
023
222
513
938
38, 062
40, 602
43, 789
46, 314
93, 248
94, 847
115, 097
112, 763
193, 077
207, 187
182, 472
229, 130
201,
211,
195,
231,
788
828
635
265
48, 906
52, 452
49, 519
52, 283
149,
151,
151,
130,
438
671
094
503
441
548
567
852
120, 331
105, 600
76, 471
74, 430
217, 721
220, 974
204, 836
179, 129
229,
228,
214,
183,
874
222
366
028
43, 115
41, 863
41,317
42, 610
549
051
753
237
82, 446
86, 780
94, 065
84, 513
190, 631
194, 751
209, 806
211,869
198, 194
211, 687
237, 807
220, 248
224, 220
73, 157
220, 261
235, 648
8, 636
8,086
185,
197,
208,
206,
788
970
857
733
98, 370
102, 502
99, 809
101, 391
176,
185,
201,
198,
854
638
829
321
185,
197,
210,
207,
3,718
2,944
3,697
3,084
8,400
9,140
8,604
9,140
84.0
87.9
82.8
87.9
207,
221,
206,
226,
498
909
235
337
200, 832
242, 089
219, 271
212, 845
83, 452
109, 559
122, 202
110, 362
193,
213,
201,
222,
2,915
3,534
2, 043
2,748
9,312
9, 659
8,527
6,943
93.1
92.9
85.3
66.8
230, 050
226, 180
217, 850
165, 074
219, 850
224, 829
187, 295
190, 163
102, 027
93, 263
69, 118
86, 562
1927
January
February
March
April
._
2,306
2,730
2,774
3,040
6,999
7,583
8,628
7,771
70.0
79.0
79.9
74.7
173,
189,
219,
205,
629
273
824
589
194,
183,
230,
197,
105,
102,
114,
101,
May
June
July
August.
2,796
2,372
2,218
2,112
7,836
8,277
7,490
8,962
78.4
79.6
74.9
83.0
200,
214,
191,
234,
216
704
379
269
194, 122
213, 735
213, 938
228, 943
SeptemberOctober
November—
December
2,461
2,537
2,400
1,940
8,752
8,902
8,367
7,524
87.5
85.6
83.7
72.4
227, 114
226, 141
214, 310
187, 748
237,
221,
185,
179,
1938
January
February
March
April
2, 547
4,382
3,626
3,450
7,892
8,194
8,856
8,312
78.9
82.0
82.0
83.1
205,
213,
227,
221,
205,
216,
245,
211,
3,720
2,705
8,721
83.9
241, 919
Total
Corrugated
1
45
66
79
72
78
81
75
411
702
162
364
81.0
80.6
84.4
79.1
•d
normal° f
50
70
79
74
78
80
75
861
745
490
627
788
743
850
Production
o
JZ
(Si
P
31, 667
28, 967
45, 031
50, 271
54, 472
56, 509
45, 186
101,
147,
170
185,
197,
210,
207,
May
June
July
August
In
transit
and unAt mills shipped
purchases
Short tons
September.—
October
November...
December
i
'
Stocks,
end of
month
Operating
time
Corrugated
YEAR AND
MONTH
BOX BOARD a
Solid '
fiber
j
1
1
Thousands of square feet
226, 622
291, 036
306, 743
350, 418
404, 859
393, 354
149, 323
211,654
231, 190
274, 516
321, 505
315, 405
77,299 •
79, 382
75, 553
76, 397
83, 353
77, 949
78
78
75
79
382,
387,
403,
441,
405
650
386
593
298, 150
302, 622
316, 039
348, 835
84, 255
85,028 ;
87,347 ;
92, 758 !
83
89
82
70
76
81
72
65
441,
476,
431,
359,
372
543
378
602
354, 798
386, 104
353, 307
287, 714
86, 574
90, 439
78, 071
71, 888
71
81
79
72
82
80
76
68
78
76
77
371, 748
421, 165
421, 110
403, 165
203, 677
336, 910
338, 400
322,002
78, 071
84, 255
82, 710
81, 163
59, 289
43, 807
51, 520
72, 087
75
67
68
72
75
68
69
76
76
64
66
82
406,
360,
383,
400,
633
888
565
806
326,
290,
308,
317,
474
546
585
529
80, 159
70,342
74, 980
83,277
127, 649
128,443
133, 184
145, 549
53, 875
65, 008
52, 161
34, 512
80
85
77
66
79
85
76
64
84
83
81
72
386,
427,
395,
342,
039
263
491
376
308, 585
348, 835
320, 511
272, 807
77, 454
78,428
74, 980
69, 569
49, 172
50, 490
40, 424
40, 312
157, 185
142, 723
139, 775
132, 719
62, 791
60, 918
47, 582
47, 551
69
77
80
74
67
75
78
72
75
84
85
80
347, 622
402, 183
425, 361
405, 319
227,
326,
348,
327,
280
430
835
815
70, 342
75, 753
76, 526
78, 845
48, 906
127,352
46, 225
72
76
69
74
80
83
402, 956
423, 282
323, 493
341, 291
79, 463
81, 991
;:
i
j
065
066
573
046
285
861
065
435
669
005
369
861
September _
October
November
December..
1
Compiled by the Binders Board Manufacturers' Association, from reports of 6 firms (including in previous years firms since consolidated or out of business), the association's output representing 84 per cent of the total output of the industry in 1925, according to the census of manufactures.
2 Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 89 identical manufacturers each month, including figures from the members of the
Paperboard Industries Association, formerly included in the Box Board Association, prorated from weekly reports. These box board data included all paper board of more
than 0.009 inch thickness, such as strawboard, chip board, news board, etc., used for making boxes. Similar paper board designed for making specialties, and boards of less
than 0.009 inch thickness are not classed as box board. Capacity data are determined by the number of working days in each month, Sundays and holidays excluded.
The 3data almost completely cover the box board industry.
Data from the Paperboard Industries Association, comprising the former National Container Association, which in turn had merged the statistical activities of the Container Club and the National Association of Corrugated and Fiber Box Manufacturers, who formerly reported separately. 30 identical companies report corrugated board
data and 11 report solid fiber data. Data for the former individual associations, extending back to 1919 for the Container Club, are given in the August, 1923, issue (No. 24)
but are not comparable with data shown here, as the former National Association of Corrugated and Fiber Box Manufacturers reported in their totals single face board (used
(principally for wrapping purposes), which is excluded from the tabulation above. Monthly data for 1921 and 1922 on the present basis, including relative prices of finished
board and raw materials, appeared in the November, 1923, issue (No. 27), p. 89. The production of boxes is measured by the area of board passing through the box machines.
63
Table 41.—WRAPPING, FINE, AND TOTAL PAPER'
WRAPPING PAPER
WHITING (FINE) PAPER
Stocks,
end of
Ra- Ship:to to ments month
Actual
Actual capac.
Per
Short
Short tons
tons
cent
TOTAL PAPEll
Production
Production
Production
YEAR AND
MONTH
ALL OTHER GRADES
Stocks,
end of
month
ShipRa- ments
io to
capac.
Per
cent
Production
Shipments
Stocks,
end of
month
Actual
Ratio to
capac.
Per
cent
Short tons
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 ino. av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo. av
60, 626
59, 500
57, 851
69, 324
54, 300
69, 689
57, 946
60, 588
58, 993
68, 573
53, 213
68, 375
53, 551
37, 664
54, 702
26, 013
55, 465
61, 228
24, 030
30, 668
28, 647
32, 444
20, 207
30, 088
23, 578
30, 495
28, 902
32, 544
19, 900
29, 859
32, 500
29, 308
36, 845
29, 268
37, 377
36, 630
70, 658
77, 757
76, 085
98, 627
70, 426
102, 758
69, 422
78, 619
76, 394
97, 095
70, 453
102, 640
41,093
29, 308
37, 500
36, 594
49, 044
47, 488
85, 320
84, 639
90, 615
89, 582
90, 596
81, 866
83, 470
93, 822
90, 416
88, 122
67, 370
108, 635
99, 577
68, 741
75, 621
31,341
30, 810
37, 410
38, 259
37, 226
30, 511
30, 512
37, 345
38, 035
37, 321
43, 913
50, 278
50, 650
51,571
50, 564
90, 630
92 752
99, 737
102, 790
99, 895
89, 570
95, 767
99, 127
102, 755
98, 705
53, 279
57,811
62, 855
74, 312
70, 430
594, 996
618, 946
660, 114
693, 346
6G9, 401
Short tons
493, 304
504, 294
515, 861
553, 278
409, 398
552, 748
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
Stocks,
end of
moKth
Shipments
av
av
av
av
av
285
291
238, 113
189, 240
238, 999
181,910
239, 697
235, 371
280
617, 479
662, 096
693, 259
665, 459
278, 239
345, 203
353, 290
330, 267
341, 329
1926
May
_
June
July
.A ugust
82, 905
87, 391
84, 142
92, 546
81, 993
85, 556
88, 854
93, 564
70, 147
72, 019
67, 642
66,211
39, 271
36, 780
36, 489
36, 488
37, 818
34, 205
37, 547
35, 065
51, 040
53, 675
52, 104
53, 528
104, 575
103, 594
98, 006
97, 525
99, 172
100, 988
99, 132
101,512
80, 834
84, 146
81, 963
77, 675
684, 847
703, 627
666, 085
700, 587
673, 646
685, 600
678, 220
697, 209
337, 139
356, 692
341, 950
344, 682
September
October
November
December
90, 432
95, 384
92, 125
89, 475
90, 342
95, 289
92, 309
90, 459
64, 444
67, 914
67, 446
67, 860
36, 751
37, 756
38, 113
35, 650
36, 420
40, 021
36, 779
35, 472
53, 843
51, 609
52, 959
52, 408
103, 174
109, 903
105, 511
96, 260
105, 522
114, 260
106, 946
97, 908
75, 215
68, 908
67, 746
65, 894
707, 084
724, 751
709, 333
639, 141
708, 565
746, 150
700, 621
650, 062
341, 270
321, 092
324, 931
315, 704
1927
January
February
March
April
91, 760
86, 051
98, 325
93, 419
90, 934
85, 449
95, 179
87, 627
68, 465
66, 916
69, 116
72, 705
35, 148
34, 064
39, 195
40, 539
35, 043
35, 869
40,684
39, 931
52, 794
50, 999
49, 518
49, 446
100, 755
93, 572
108, 797
99, 211
99, 762
95, 095
107, 835
98, 063
67, 593
65, 697
66, 662
67, 589
656, 652
634, 482
723, 187
678, 867
649,
635,
712,
674,
805
096
359
889
323, 229
319, 564
329, 373
330, 155
May
June
July
August
84, 451
88, 818
85, 305
94 193
80, 735
87, 219
82, 490
92, 215
73, 081
74, 532
76, 796
78, 626
38, 734
37, 635
33, 360
37, 098
38, 424
36, 167
35, 729
35, 688
50,436
51, 695
48, 801
50, 199
100, 357
100, 515
90, 382
103, 623
98, 298
99, 025
90, 583
102, 358
72, 942
73, 897
72, 738
74, 302
654, 757
681, 729
620, 234
709, 233
646,
670,
624,
696,
414
608
800
628
340, 985
351, 226
349, 161
361, 494
September. _ _ _
October
November
December
89, 696
92, 795
93, 479
88, 863
94
87
82
78
86, 646
92, 424
91,329
85, 220
81, 737
80, 907
79, 653
84, 916
37, 329
38, 814
36, 665
38, 136
92
92
87
91
36, 769
38, 892
37, 398
37, 259
50, 756
50, 903
50, 173
51, 044
101, 157
103, 058
98, 749
97, 720
102, 311
103, 040
99, 251
97, 835
73, 357
72, 594
69, 106
68, 751
676, 160
683, 325
671, 948
642, 242
85
81
79
76
676, 020
690, 276
668, 159
640, 450
355, 465
348, 440
345, 253
341, 601
96, 223
93, 249
101, 618
91, 744
91
89
89
86
93, 144
93, 249
96, 334
89, 542
87, 895
87, 593
92, 551
93, 975
37, 471
38, 870
42, 399
40, 288
93
97
93
92
35, 550
38, 287
43, 459
37, 548
52, 410
52, 973
51, 850
53, 741
99, 588
96, 075
106, 528
99, 266
98, 946
93, 680
105, 905
97, 858
60, 838
66, 766
66, 466
69, 798
679, 381
677, 501
735, 622
695, 088
82
82
82
85
665, 078
670, 136
732, 627
680, 953
344, 485
355, 951
358, 354
372, 665
97, 702
87
94, 478
97, 228
40, 904
87
40, 863
53, 791
107, 475
105, 705
71, 569
744, 209
83
724, 095
395, 483
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September _
October
November
December
i
1
1
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i
i
i Data to May, 1923, from the Federal Trade Commission, representing practically complete production; beginning June, 1923, production compiled from reports of the
American Paper and Pulp Association and prorated to represent complete production on the following percentages calculated on the production in the last seven months
of 1923, as compared with the total for that period derived from the Federal Trade Commission reports and the census of manufactures: Wrapping paper, 57 per cent;
fine paper, 80 per cent; "All other grades," comprising bag, tissue, hanging, felts and building and other paper, 65 per cent. Total paper figures are the aggregate of the
three previous production or stock columns plus, up to May, 1923, the figures on newsprint, book paper, and paper board as compiled by the Federal Trade Commission,
and, after May, 1923, the figures on book paper compiled by the American Paper and Pulp Association, the figures on newsprint as compiled by the Newsprint Service
Bureau, and the figures on box board as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, except that from June through October, 1923, when these
latter figures were not compiled, the paper-board figures of the American Paper and Pulp Association have been used, prorated up to complete production by the perAssociation on firms reporting directly to that association and is therefore based on a somewhat smaller proportion of the industry than the other total figures.
3
5 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
64
Chemical
Per
Dolls,
per 100 cent of
capacIbs.
ity
Short tons
!
1909-1913mo av
1913 ino av
1914 mo av
1915 ino. av
1916 rno. av
106 824
1917 ino
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
120, 589
108, 617
120, 817
131, 525
105, 668
1922 mo
1923 mo
1824 mo.
1925mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
av
123, 495
131, 073
145, 727
142, 464
154, 083
132, 473
1927
January
February
M^rch
April
PAPER BOXES <
!
Rel. to
19211922 s
Beams
Pay
roll
Shipments
3 er
Shipments
Price,
Consulsump- Stocks, Im- phite,
Produc- tion and end of
8
tion*
unForNew
Doship- month ports bleach- ! orders mestic eign
ments 8
ed?
ConsumpImProduc- tion and Stocks,
end of
5
tion
ship- month & ports 6
ments *
YEAR AND
MONTH
LABELS i
rff SACKS a
ABRASIVE
PAPER AND
CLOTH 2
WOOD PULP
Mechanical
ROPE PAPER
Table 42.- WOOD PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS
Dollars
25, 521
112, 145
16, 463
13, 991
18, 105
14, 505
21, 876
117, 804
109, 817
120, 660
132, 308
106, 214
145, 567
131, 170
154, 251
120, 079
166, 889
23, 256
15, 457
16, 854
19, 429
15, 895
158, 008
161, 247
185, 780
127, 786
157, 797
J 58, 930
160, 375
185, 536
127, 467
44, 799
33, 671
53, 725
33, 720
53, 411
33, 231
32, 728
36, 147
56, 096
42, 196
4.81
3.84
3.52
6.58
3.50
44.2
68, 150
78, 363
47, 957
127, 802
17, 984
25, 007
20, 493
27, 591
25, 313
20, 467
165, 198
185, 253
199, 140
205, 785
222, 937
215, 666
166, 438
200, 642
200, 793
206, 147
223, 597
215, 181
52, 518
62, 472
58, 492
86, 869
89, 745
106, 400
111, 044
2.56
2.97
2.58
2.68
2.87
2.64
82.7
80.6
83.7
86.0
87.4
81.4
72, 394
86, 916
79, 002
86, 891
84, 634
81, 665
10, 943
10, 165
12, 435
13, 565
16, 050
I $1, 177, 623
139, 796
143, 569
153, 495
137, 560
136, 664
95, GOO
195, 007
225, 804
204, 065
190, 693
146, 077
125, 740
166,411
165, 680
163, 466
128, 886
148, 360
142, 483
183, Oil
180, 100
198, 338
221, 535
18, 378
12, 723
22, 430
19, 772
229, 580
206, 646
235, 408
218, 996
229,
204,
232,
221,
2.75
2.75
2.75
2.75
84.5
81.9
81.0
79.7
76, 717
83, 229
98, 054
85, 334
12, 575
13, 569
20, 844
16, 714
1, 039, 429
May
June
July
August
160, 192
130, 158
108, 322
102, 995
137, 997
135, 689
127, 623
.136, 569
243, 762
238, 231
218, 795
185, 222
17, 217
20, 275
13, 344
18, 597
214, 848
2.63
2.60
2.60
2.60
72.0
124.1
66.1
79.0
85, 928
77, 655
89, 622
17, 735
15, 877
16, 522
13, 584
1, 060, 508
1, 128, 282
1, 018, 079
1,214,888
297, 680
297, 607
276, 569
317, 485
September
October
November
December
92, 025
121, 051
137, 245
133, 783
120, 326
130, 465
143, 220
135, 632
156, 574
147, 160
158, 717
156, 872
77.7
98.2
54.4
78.1
85, 379
85, 155
72, 726
58, 265
14, 361
18, 389
16, 392
16, 034
1, 375, 977
1, 566, 848
1, 705, 380
1, 470, 669
340, 692
356, 032
355, 935
337, 403
1928
January
February
March
April
142, 034
132, 743
143, 678
149, 652
139, 851
135, 952
144, 771
133, 702
80, 505
83, 969
96, 871
81, 782
16, 169
20, 558
19, 634
156, 258
143, 015
94, 309
18, 944
May
June
July
August
_.
125,678
September
October
November
December
!
131,266
25, 855
38, 092
32, 860
35, 104
$2.23
2.16
2.12
3.81
31,130
129, 325
160, 572
159,375
41,335
42, 089
40, 232
118,971
382
248
858
406
38, 730
39, 950
42, 800
39, 290
153, 573
89, 662
98, 379
39, 120
39, 086
40, 278
40, 254
116,879
198, 988
220, 138
214, 918
215, 020
198, 068
220, 162
28, 389
21, 190
28, 308
24, 976
209, 776
213, 472
214, 936
210, 388
211,
213,
213,
207,
744
524
772
064
38, 286
38, 234
41, 552
45, 198
119,090
152,763
2.60
2.53
2.53
2.53
159, 575
156, 366
155, 274
173, 174
21, 082
209, 106
209, 820
228, 692
210, 780
210, 016
207, 926
230, 484
211,400
44, 726
47, 162
45, 854
43, 872
156, 164
130, 152
83, 352
80, 592
2.53
2.53
2.53
2 53
186, 377
24, 024
20, 528
222, 924
225, 710
41, 456
90, 736
122, 474
j
2.53
2. 53
214,816
21,151
21, 124
18, 549
119, 181
82,536
109, 699
117, 734
113,948
133, 170
142, 736
i
8
4,379
10O
8,836
81,917
1,092.491
1, 200, 203
1, 278, 538
1,019,498
1, 175, 717
1, 128, 205
17,112
£311, 169
285, 160
306, 648
332, 757
285, 521
298, 421
315, 073
296, 293
106
97
109
92
87
83
1
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i
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I
|
i
—
"I
i
j
!
i
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9, 171
11, 695
i
i
Compiled by the Label Manufacturers National Association, said to include about 75 per cent of the industry. Full capacity is considered as 80 per cent of maximum
possible output in a 48-hour week. Data on production, compiled from January, 1921, through November, 1922, may be found in May, 1923, issue (No. 21), p. 85.
2
Data compiled by the Abrasive Paper and Cloth Manufacturers' Exchange, estimated to represent 90 per cent of the industry. The totals given include the shipments
of garnet, emery, flint, and artificial (silicon, carbide, and aluminous oxide) paper, cloth, and combinations. Figures are stated in equivalent reams 9 by 11 inches in size.
The data submitted show that in 1919 the total shipments were made up of the following approximate percentages: Garnet 39, emery 8, flint 32, and artificial 20 per cent.
Details are given in the association's reports.
3
Compiled by the Rope Paper Sack Manufacturers' Association, comprising 15 manufacturers, said to represent approximately 95 per cent of the industry. Eope paper
sacks are bags or sacks made principally of old rope and used for flour, cement, lime, plaster, etc., but the figures presented here include only flour and meal sacks and
are thus on a different basis from those formerly included.
4
Compiled by the National Paper Box Manujacturers' Association covering reports of 88 identical manufacturers in 1926 and 1927, to which are prorated reports from 60
firms in 1925 and 54 firms in 1923 and 1924, based on the averages per firm, on which basis there was a difference of only 2 per cent between calculated and actual figures in
1926.5 Monthly data from 1923 appeared in the May, 1927, issue (No. 69), p. 22.
Data on production, consumption, and shipments by mills and stocks from the Federal Trade Commission to May, 1923, representing practically complete production;
thereafter compiled from reports of the American Paper and Pulp Association prorated to represent complete production on the following percentages calculated on the
production in the last 7 months of 1923 as compared with the total for that period derived from the Federal Trade Commission reports and the Census of Manufactures:
Mechanical pulp, 65 per cent; chemical pulp, 50 per cent.
6
Imports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
7
Price of sulphite domestic wood pulp is monthly average from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
* 12 months' average July, 1921, to June, 1922. Numerical data not furnished by the association.
65
Brick
house
Factory
building
costs3
Construc- Frame5 Brick, Brick,
wood
steel
tion
frame 5 frame J
costs 4
Relative to 1913
Rel. to
1914
Relative to 1913
Frame
house
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
100
100
100
100
89
93
147
181
189
198
251
11 100
H97
n99
11 109
11 134
11 164
"212
H269
11 100
"100
H103
11 114
11 140
11 171
H219
H284
11 100
H98
iilOl
11 122
11 155
11 179
H209
H257
Reinforced
concrete 5
Construction
costs 6
REAL
ESTATE
CONVEYANCES 2
YEAR AND MONTH
INDEXES OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS
HOUSING
RENTAL
ADVERTISEMENTS
BUILDING
MATERIAL
PRICES i
(1st of mo.) !
PLUMBING
FIXTURES 7
Table 43.—BUILDING COSTS AND HOUSING
FIRE LOSSES
Wholesale
price,
6 pieces
Minneapolis,
Minn.s
41 cities
United
States Canada
only 10
and
Canada 9
Dollars
11 100
"98
"102
" 120
" 147
" 171
"210
"264
100
99
100
114
152
175
198
247
"207
" 188
210
206
200
201
200
200
184
201
202
199
197
200
Number
Thous. of dollars
12 1,319
64, 672
63, 094
56, 877
92, 567
104, 973
$18, 727
19, 637
15, 236
19, 287
22, 273
26, 413
22, 414
27, 571
$2, 196
2,027
1,139
1,707
1,674
2,651
1,934
2,281
126. 45
119. 84
112.81
107. 64
104. 27
1,886
3,082
3,673
4,788
5,096
5,160
5,020
91, 642
109, 895
139, 089
140, 961
153, 973
154, 316
147, 344
27, 721
34, 241
32, 433
31, 461
31, 125
32, 751
26, 716
2,499
3,646
2, 885
2,777
2,548
2,742
1,889
$67.58
182
207
201
196
195
187
186
209
203
197
195
188
179
170
202
198
195
197
193
202
175
214
215
207
208
206
H196
"190
209
205
202
204
205
H216
"196
219
218
210
213
214
11 201
11 185
212
210
202
199
197
1937
September
October
November. _.
December
184
181
180
182
187
185
184
187
192
191
191
191
204
204
202
204
205
205
205
205
215
215
215
214
197
196
196
197
200
201
200
201
201
201
200
199
104.51
104. 71
104. 33
99.44
7,800
6,711
4,290
2,564
140, 441
149, 667
145, 167
143, 731
21, 875
22, 327
18, 992
31, 935
1,789
1,778
1,309
1,947
1928
January
-..-_...
February
iMarch
--April
. . . . . . . _.
.......
178
182
184
179
183
186
187
184
191
192
192
192
204
205
205
206
205
203
203
203
214
212
212
212
196
197
197
197
200
200
200
200
199
199
197
197
98.59
98.40
99.35
100. 76
2,473
2,465
3,820
5,561
139, 314
136, 968
157, 819
148, 496
43, 261
41, 105
30, 377
25, 981
2,959
1,713
2,048
2,101
177
176
183
181
191
191
191
207
206
207
203
203
212
212
197
198
200
201
197
198
198
101. 11
100. 90
5,212
4,378
23, 202
11, 123
2,860
1, 909
May
.. . .
June
July
August... . . . . .
.....
.
September _. ...
October
...
November
December
* Building material price indexes representing the relative cost of building materials entering into the construction of a six-room frame house and a six-room brick house
from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards, Division of Building and Housing, and Bureau of the Census, are based on prices paid for material by contractors in some 60 cities of the United States. The prices are weighted by the relative importance of each commodity in the construction of a six-room house.
2
Real-estate transfers and conveyances compiled from official records of 41 large cities by the National Association of Real Estate Boards.
3
This index number, furnished through the courtesy of the Aberthaw Construction Co., is designed to show the relative changes in the cost of constructing a standard
concrete factory building. The company believes that the year 1914 gives a normal base and that July, 1920, with an index number of 265, represented the peak of costs.
Beginning with June, 1923, the Morton C. Tuttle Co. has also prepared an index on a similar basis, with practically identical results. These index numbers are given as
of the first day of the month.
< The construction cost index, computed by the Engineering News Record, is based upon the costs of steel (structural shapes, Pittsburgh base), cement (f. o. b. Chicago,
exclusive of bags), lumber (southern pine, New York base), and the rates paid common labor in the steel industry through 1920, after which common labor rates are averages reported from about 20 cities by correspondents of the Engineering News Record. The prices are weighted on the basis of the total production of steel, cement, and
lumber, and the total supply of common labor. Monthly data from 1914 appeared in June, 1923, issue (No. 22), p. 52. These index numbers are given as of the first day
of the month.
5 Compiled by the American Appraisal Company and represent construction costs for each month as based upon material and labor costs prevailing in the United States,
weighted in accordance with cost percentages determined from buildings of each type actually constructed. Details by d'stricts and description of method of compilation
may6 be found in the American Appraisal News for January, 1925, p. 9. Quarterly data, 1920 to 1923, inclusive, appeared in October, 1925, issue of the SURVEY (No. 50), p. 26.
Compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America, combining indexes of wages and materials in the proportion of 40 per cent for wages and 60 per cent for
materials, believed to be the average of all types of construction. The wage figures are those reported for hod carriers and common labor by the National Board of Builders' Exchanges for 12 cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and St. Louis.
The material prices are averages for the same 12 cities as compiled by the Engineering News Record for the following materials: Sand, gravel, crushed stone, Portland
cement, common brick, lumber (all weighted equally), hollow tile (weighted one-half), and structural and reinforcing steel (both together weighted one-half). Monthly
figures from 1921 were given in the May, 1927, issue (No. 69), p. 22.
7
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as an average of reports from 12 maunfacturers and dealers of combined net selling prices to
retailers, without freight, on the following competitive fixtures: Bathtub, washstand, water-closet, sink, two-part cement laundry tub, and 30-gallon range boiler, the prices
of each item being given separately on monthly press releases.
8
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, showing number of advertisements in a Minneapolis newspaper each month of houses and apartments to rent,
both furnished and unfurnished. No effort has been made to eliminate duplications of houses advertised from day to day, and thus the total does not represent actual
number of dwellings for rent, but it does indicate the trend.
» Compiled by the New York Journal of Commerce and include losses of $10,000 or over in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, and Alaska, each month's
figures including an item of 15 per cent to cover small and unreported losses. Individual losses are given in the original publication of the figures. Monthly data from
1913 10
and seasonal index appeared in the December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 53.
Compiled by the Monetary Times, from weekly reports, representing property losses only, exclusive of losses due to forest fires. Details by Provinces are shown in
the periodical since 1924. Monthly data from 1909 appeared in the December, 1927, issue of the SURVEY (No. 76), p. 48.
11 Average of quarterly figures.
11
4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
731°—28
5
66
CONTRACTS AWARDED
UNITED STATES
(36 States) 1
YEAR AND MONTH
Commercial
Thous.
sq. ft.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthlv average
1916 monthlv average
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
10, 897
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthlv average
1927 monthly average _
1936
September.
October
November
December..
Industrial
Thous. Thous. Thous.
dolls. sq. ft.
dolls.
Residential
Thous.
sq. ft.
Thous.
dolls.
Educational
CANADA2
Public and
semipublic
Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous.
sq. ft.
sq. ft.
dolls.
dolls.
Public
works
and
utilities
Thous.
dolls.
Total
Total
Thous.
sq. ft.
Thousands of
dollars
CONSTRUCTION
VOLUME 3
Table 44.—BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Rel. to
1913
$38, 882
6, 262
9,500
10, 669
17, 786
15, 065
$10, 435
17,813
24, 208
47, 085
50, 051
20, 927
20, 006
13, 864
9,552
22, 218
$38, 121
44, 068
32, 346
27, 785
77, 465
2,399
$11, 722
2,864
$17, 4,50
$49, 977
53, 382
$245, 089
$32, 013
20, 163
6,993
8,276
7,070
8,320
15, 836
8,107
6,413
9,363
9,120
9,420
12, 589
11, 791
11, 012
30, 639
31, 803
47, 545
42, 743
49, 695
69, 639
73, 342
74, 764
12, 564
3,518
6,448
6,119
4, 169
5,623
6,566
5,675
57, 459
16, 893
31, 674
36, 932
29, 606
38, 562
56, 426
39, 635
12, 642
18, 812
28, 538
32, 562
35, 192
45, 043
41, 577
39, 523
51, 669
80, 139
123,014
144, 541
170, 841
222, 664
214, 9-14
207, 466
2,745
4,239
5,701
4,641
4,854
4,892
4, 351
4,422
16,903
23, 918
29, 754
26, 719
30, 620
34, 434
30, f 88
30, 733
2,824
4,298
4,921
3, 912
4,643
5,817
5,512
6,248
20, 765
26, 268
31, 653
25, 386
32, 728
46, 077
48, 347
53, 293
56, 374
45, 719
55, 960
55, 456
60, 326
73, 811
89, 020
100, 938
38, 275
36, 859
54, 552
56, 352
58, 869
74, 955
70, 245
67, 699
240, 677
224r 070
318, 403
331, 776
373, 816
485, 187
508, 583
506,996
21, 300
20,011
27, 654
26, 188
23, 022
24,831
31, 079
34, 913
47
89
135
157
163
177
180
188
14, 171
11,141
9,616
9,856
95, 352
61, 219
56, 403
69, 634
6,290
6,613
6,613
5,941
48, 836
45, 740
64, 552
47, 139
40, 183
41,814
41, 691
37, 033
219,910
218, 982
223, 305
199, 483
4,588
3,404
4,562
2,812
32, 953
23, 076
33, 535
21,912
6,303
5,768
5,181
5,587
56, 825
49, 837
46, 782
63, 357
90, 652
100, 512
49, 122
118, 583
71, 897
69, 316
68, 049
61, 531
544, 528
499, 366
473, 700
520, 107
20, 760
43, 384
34, 972
13, 725
221
200
210
162
10, 037
8,799
14, 712
12, 259
77, 829
65, 937
106, 925
78, 084
3,721
4,237
6,239
9,187
27, 134
40, 381
47, 560
40, 032
29, 757
31, 025
47, 938
47, 731
160, 029
158, 004
240, 312
259, 841
2,329
2,967
5,475
4,515
16, 675
21, 842
35, 413
34, 326
3,266
4, 760
7,569
5,582
31, 625
45, 765
63, 948
58, 227
53, 638
49, 358
101, 717
113,246
50,568
52, 348
82, 827
79, 722
368, 930
381, 286
595, 874
583, 766
16, 772
19, 517
17, 466
38, 582
129
121
135
166
12, 499
12, 395
12, 485
10, 880
69, 183
82, 543
81, 130
73, 698
6,062
5,541
5,484
5,839
42, 869
32, 985
29, 043
40, 047
38, 228
42, 038
34, 803
39, 354
212, 500
233, 193
180, 840
201, 743
5,136
5,374
5,207
5,784
33, 655
40, 568
35,006
40, 144
7,957
8,465
6,465
7,310
67, 334
75, 479
52, 326
61,951
105, 220
147, 343
135, 581
117, 053
70, 580
75, 231
65, 182
69, 863
530, 762
612, 111
513, 926
534, 639
46, 758
52, 229
50, 881
29, 881
197
212
221
238
9,723
11,821
56, 938
77, 726
41, 893
85, 286
5,453
5,544
6,382
4,406
48, 052
50, 370
49, 203
27, 938
38, 046
45, 608
41, 002
38, 747
196, 501
236, 870
207, 308
202, 447
4,114
4, 103
4,477
3,582
28, 344
29, 699
30, 642
22, 480
6,810
6,393
6,014
4,381
52, 742
48, 555
45, 744
35, 823
123, 254
105, 932
68, 716
90, 194
64, 858
73, 765
66,560
60, 889
505, 830
549, 152
443, 506
464, 167
32, 788
47, 135
30, 260
36, 682
236
222
215
162
10, 826
13, 896
65, 981
51, 564
69, 490
80, 514
4,412
5,384
6,940
10, 834
34, 833
31, 716
48, 068
83, 208
37, 516
42, 548
54, 582
55, 281
186, 904
232, 574
266, 069
269, 325
3,380
3,071
5, 209
5,071
22, 854
18, 232
33, 255
31, 829
3,955
4,855
6,385
5,941
30, 055
53, 803
49, 454
45, 900
69, 676
56, 134
106,511
113, 746
60, 271
65, 137
84, 266
91, 222
410, 535
444, 023
572, 847
624, 523
20, 480
25, 875
22, 946
56,346
125
124
137
164
14, 316
13, 982
87, 162
90, 914
6,020
10, 523
31, 627
57, 464
56, 655
52,030
280, 292
250, 818
6,960
6,978
46, 073
43, 787
6,063
7, 192
33, 503
56, 605
144, 738
124, 636
91, 693
90, 971
641, 395
624, 224
70, 684
59,926
185
244
237
100
97
95
108
91
63
86
1927
January
February
March
April..
May.
June
July
August
_
.
October
November
December
1928
January
February
March
April
__
May
__ _
J une
July
August
7,451
9,082
10, 803
9,084
September
October
November
December
1 Compiled by the F. W. Dodge Corporation froni reports covering contracts awarded in small towns and rural districts as well as large cities. The data shown on this
page include figures from 36 States, all except Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Kansas and
Nebraska, comprising about seven-eighths of the total building contracts in the United States. Prior to 1923, figures for Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia were not compiled, and the totals for those years for 27 States have been prorated to the figures shown above by applying to
the 1923 totals for 36 States the percentage changes from year to year for the 27 States. The original area figures for the years 1915 to 1918, inclusive, used in these calculations, were estimates by the F. W. Dodge Corporation. Data giving monthly figures for 27 States (except that prior to May, 1921, North and South Carolina were not
included, which, however, made little change in the total) for 1920 and 1921 appeared in the May, 1922, issue (No. 9), pp. 71 and 73, and for subsequent months in the
August, 1924, issue (No. 36), p. 109. The reports of the F. W. Dodge Corporation show totals by districts and also separate the public and semipublic building group into
various classes, shown separately in the August, 1923, issue (No. 24), pp. 94 to 97, and also present military and naval and miscellaneous classifications, which are here
included only in the grand total.
2 Canadian building contracts furnished by McLean Building Reports (Ltd.); monthly data from 1920 appeared in July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 46.
3
Compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America to show actual installations in construction as contrasted with contracts let. The index is a simple average
of structural steel bookings, common-brick bookings, Portland cement shipments, loadings of sand, gravel, and stone, shipments of face brick and shipments of enameled
sanitary ware. To allow for lag between the factory and the job, the index computed from these data for a particular month is shown as the construction installation
index for the following month. Monthly data since the beginning of 1921 were given in the May, 1927, issue (No. 69), p. 22.
67
Table 45.—DOUGLAS FIR, HEMLOCK, AND REDWOOD LUMBER
NORTHERN
HEMLOCK *
DOUGLAS FIB 1
Produc- Shiption
ments
YEAR AND MONTH
New
orders
Exports 2
Unfilled
orders,
end mo. LumTimber
ber
Wholesale
price 3
No. 1, Floorcom- ing
mon
Dolls. M ft.
b. m.
Thousands of feet, board measure
322, 157
364, 646
355, 358
56, 203
46, 848
23,299
23, 240
23, 647
22, 700
25, 095
$9 21
7 92
7.88
10 38
15.88
18.25
25.42
380, 351
297, 738
435, 673
508, 789
488, 831
543, 966
526, 844
497, 673
334, 915
298, 506
409, 224
515, 951
497, 747
558, 067
529, 828
489, 839
416, 088
510, 318
509, 871
562, 805
536, 468
494, 763
37, 602
37, 936
51, 225
43, 165
51, 877
50, 659
57, 927
57, 155
14, 371
31, 479
40, 427
28, 897
46, 314
43, 324
29.92
11.83
15.25
19.42
17.25
17.25
16.48
16.29
January
February
March
April
410, 045
510, 766
511, 213
484, 355
411, 836
485, 698
510, 766
565, 827
458, 839
516, 138
546, 130
548, 368
48, 025
53,944
47, 720
46, 699
26, 449
22, 994
39, 294
45, 003
May
June
July
August
532, 253
510, 319
468, 240
529, 120
548, 369
551, 950
499, 575
521, 958
553, 741
502, 709
489, 727
519, 719
59, 973
68, 544
52, 837
65, 121
542, 102
538, 968
497, 337
437, 352
492, 860
491,070
411, 389
386, 768
487, 936
464, 211
452, 124
397, 511
410, 493
507, 633
508, 528
520, 615
397, 571
479, 879
479, 879
549, 264
444, 514
541, 206
521, 062
583, 733
490, 175
480, 326
558, 217
583, 733
620, 888
508, 976
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
349, 510
376, 882
373, 263
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
_ __
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average _ __
Production
Shipments
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD &
Production
ShipNew
ments orders,
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Thousands of feet, board measure
35, 327
33, 643
30, 056
33, 169
37, 974
37, 051
37, 460
36, 404
28, 547
32, 759
28, 745
39, 934
$46. 95
47.24
51.57
45.33
42.18
38.93
35.65
27, 290
16, 986
23, 483
26, 059
20, 416
21, 1C6
17, 436
16, 057
19, 431
18, 435
26, 083
25, 351
18, 920
18, 082
19, 040
19,006
44, 243
39, 618
49, 035
53, 240
48, 136
43, 294
42, 326
40, 610
35, 337
28, 441
44, 010
49, 268
37, 583
38, 785
39, 165
42, 299
30, 576
29, 472
47, 805
46, 861
38, 129
38, 391
42, 371
42, 993
38, 344
39, 458
55, 030
60, 165
16.43
17.19
16.80
17.24
36.06
35.92
35.99
35.81
19, 811
21, 854
17, 820
16, 159
14, 474
15, 773
21, 462
22, 278
32, 099
32, 511
42, 418
34, 199
35, 851
37, 061
51, 273
44, 278
42, 600
40, 121
59, 952
47, 394
67, 440
60, 007
69, 897
72, 703
56, 865
47, 495
58, 441
48, 864
16.56
16.34
16.51
16.51
35.69
35.77
35.88
35.83
16, 931
14, 899
15, 395
21, 369
23, 922
24, 772
21,324
22, 093
44, 692
37, 802
35, 177
53, 977
56, 527
41, 970
36, 055
53, 022
55, 619
51, 766
35, 147
42, 373
70, 293
70, 132
68, 290
56, 495
73, 717
56, 204
61, 999
51, 072
64, 781
15, 498
47, 711
46, 492
16.39
15.17
15.48
14.80
35.83
35.47
35.08
34.50
14, 277
9,188
11, 026
13, 949
19, 187
17, 914
14, 261
10, 014
42, 343
43, 142
52, 925
36, 029
41, 418
42, 676
40, 578
26, 882
39, 680
36, 492
41, 376
23,398
53, 807
45, 430
45, 962
41, 518
357, 604
386, 505
442, 517
468, 492
85,299
45, 346
58, 020
58, 862
2,280
44, 226
43, 423
43, 226
15.23
15.99
16,08
15.99
34.04
34.04
34.13
33.97
11, 425
13, 360
18, 089
14, 871
7,485
9,520
13, 255
16, 153
39, 454
43, 276
51, 210
38, 489
30, 201
38, 700
43, 847
38, 820
38,763
37,299
45, 316
36, 741
50, 415
48,000
49, 003
47, 916
516, 714
429, 688
71, 427
85, 174
60, 797
43, 142
16.70
16.68
34.47
35.15
22,004
20, 410
41, 400
36, 190
47, 772
38, 825
49, 351
38, 022
47, 281
46,519
1937
.
September
October
November
December
1928
January
_
February _
March
April
.
. _
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
_
_
1
Compiled by applying the percentage figures of actual production, shipments, and orders to normal production of reporting mills as supplied by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association to the actual production of 124 mills for May, 1920. The production in that month was 447,647,540 board feet and has averaged about 75 per cent of the
total production of Douglas fir lumber in the United States. Monthly production data for the period 1917-1921 appeared in the December, 1922, issue (No. 16), p. 49.
2 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly data from 1921 for both lumber and timber appeared in the
December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 56. Lumber exports comprise boards, planks, and scantlings, rough and dressed, while timber exports include treated and untreated,
sawed, excluding logs and round timber.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing averages of weekly prices. No. 1 common is given for the State of Washington,
while flooring price is an average for Pacific coast mills, covering 1 by 4, B and better grade, vertical grain. Monthly data on flooring extending back to 1921 appeared in
the November, 1926 issue (No. 63), p. 16.
4
Compiled by the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, representing chiefly Wisconsin and upper Michigan mills, from actual reports of from
60 to 75 mills each month. Yearly averages covering the period 1913-1916 were shown in the August, 1924, issue (No. 36). The 1913 monthly averages on which the relative
numbers were based are 37,664,000 and 36,442,000 board feet, respectively, for production and shipments.
5
Compiled from data furnished by the California Redwood Association covering 7 identical mills for 1918, 1919, and 1920, representing 40 per cent of the capacity of all
listed mills; for the first 4 months of 1921 covering 10 mills representing 56^ per cent of listed capacity; for the remaining months of 1921 covering 11 mills representing
71 percent of the total listed capacity; for 1922 to 1924 from 14 mills representing 73 per cent; for 1925 and 1926 from 15 mills representing 79 per cent; and in 1927 from 16
mills representing 83 per cent of the total listed capacity. The actual average monthly production of the 7 reporting mills for 1918 was 14,984,000 feet. On the basis of 40
per cent capacity, the 1918 average monthly production of all mills is computed as 37,460,000 feet. Regarding this as normal production, there has been computed the
probable production of the total redwood capacity based on the proportion which capacity of the reporting mills bears to the total of all mills, and in 1925 this computed
production was about 2 per cent larger than the total reported by the census of manufactures. The other data represent a similar relationship between the actual reported
figures and the total capacity of all mills. Unfilled orders are reported by 14 mills throughout the period, representing 73 per cent of the industry and prorated to 100 per
cent, monthly data on this item from 1924 through 1927 being shown in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p. 22.
68
Table 46.—YELLOW PINE LUMBER
SOUTHERN PINE 1
Production
Operations
Mft.
b. m.
YEAR AND MONTH
P. ct.
full
time
Shipments
New
orders
Stocks,
end of
month
NORTH CAROLINA PINE *
3
Exports
Unfilled
orders, LumTimend mo. ber
ber
Price,
flooring ^
Dolls.
Mft.
b. m.
Thousands of feet, board measure
Production
Shipments
New Stocks,
end of
orders month
Thousands of feet, board measure
34, 627
24, 109
13, 674
13, 933
10, 069
2,991
12, 849
$23. 04
21.37
20.29
22. 64
31.54
33.76
55.00
34, 230
32, 107
1919 monthly average
423, 529
^368, 307
380, 532
441, 903
399, 160
379, 701
446, 405
354, 287
376, 070
1, 371, 652
1, 116, 259
937, 748
82, 270
52, 325
38, 353
40, 263
27, 369
24, 993
36, 481
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average _ _
1924 monthly average1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average-1927 monthly average
358, 031
375, 438
431, 633
450, 165
453, 376
473, 336
447, 857
431, 130
330, 229
394, 812
430, 673
458, 971
459, 483
471, 843
452, 646
427, 991
306, 559
399, 677
451, 395
451, 944
463, 763
474, 291
445, 749
436, 772
1, 187, 587
1, 211, 174
1, 177, 627
1, 086, 042
1,099,374
1, 162, 665
1, 106, 661 5 302, 881
1, 217, 034
312, 763
53, 096
36, 061
39, 522
54, 368
55, 827
57, 678
48, 465
59, 287
11, 245
7,228
12, 616
14, 237
14, 563
12, 866
10, 249
15, 177
74.53
35.98
45.46
41.70
41.89
46.49
45.11
38.48
33, 514
30, 164
52, 543
48, 257
49, 144
54, 188
49, 474
51, 154
29,791
29, 052
52, 496
48, 539
49, 337
51, 558
48, 901
51, 138
40, 017
41, 586
48, 393
67, 795
422, 022
403, 807
444, 469
412, 472
382, 751
361, 403
452, 940
438, 466
426, 558
402, 162
459, 862
433, 287
1, 219, 779
1, 252, 224
1, 239, 474
1, 205, 135
299, 314
324, 423
333, 729
311, 099
64, 492
46, 648
51, 244
80, 305
12, 062
9,976
14, 470
24, 165
40.81
40.04
39.66
39.56
47, 712
55, 013
48, 755
49, 462
47,054
57, 967
47,838
51, 191
36, 470
43, 750
36, 820
42, 560
43, 680
64,190
41,860
63,700
439, 870
426, 123
413, 634
455, 796
460, 588
405, 744
399, 064
473, 029
463, 831
407, 970
388, 511
487, 599
1, 218, 391
1, 208, 417
1, 255, 002
1, 220, 663
314,
298,
283,
328,
563
504
243
561
63, 216
73, 035
72, 334
66,790
19, 746
13, 700
19, 851
8,254
39.32
38.96
38.31
37.68
50, 204
47, 649
50, 190
53, 781
50,918
50,001
48, 727
52, 934
50, 330
35, 140
35, 910
36, 260
84, 070
48,090
60, 550
120, 540
457, 587
438, 708
439, 773
419, 297
477,
446,
442,
395,
046
696
920
239
483, 097
453, 811
436, 385
398, 192
1, 193, 268
1, 190, 112
1, 194, 404
1, 207, 534
320, 096
346, 715
305, 164
287, 741
48, 260
48, C37
43, 550
52, 930
16, 775
17, 542
8,925
16,660
37.49
37.98
36.42
35.54
52, 129
57, 295
53, 522
48, 139
52, 234
56, 133
50,813
47, 845
46,900
42, 560
47, 670
44,660
73,080
64,050
81,060
68, 670
426,
417,
481,
447,
220
652
645
083
473, 900
430, 141
498, 006
464, 896
1, 200, 031
1, 206, 904
1, 185, 605
1, 160, 433
352, 826
365, 315
381, 676
399, 489
66, 332
47, Oil
66, 527
53, 952
16, 453
17, 235
16, 515
13, 771
35.26
36.12
35.69
35.74
40, 019
51, 317
47, 523
57, 155
37, 030
46, 746
54,866
62, 978
38, 920
54, 080
49, 140
64, 610
62, 020
55,790
489, 100
416, 006
420, 169
406, 470
1, 101, 740
1, 090, 126
349, 362
323, 985
75,054
54,313
21, 081
12,933
35.88
36.40
60, 039
62, 125
55,790
59, 360
}913 monthly av^ra^fi
1914 monthly average _ _
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average _
1918 monthly average
__
1937
January
FebruaryMarch
April
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
May
June
July
August
_
September
October
November
December
_
_
1928
January
February
March.. _
April
May
June..
July.
August
September..
October
November
December
........
97
99
100
99
440,306
404, 679
__
418, 717
424, 525
460, 346
421, 911
99
96
_
__ _ _ _ _
1 The figures for southern yellow pine, except exports and prices, are computed data furnished by the Southern Pine Association. The method of computing is first to
find the percentage relation between the actual production, shipments, and orders of the mills reporting and the normal production of these same mills, or, in the case of
figures after December, 1927, the normal equivalent of the 3-year relative production, on which the association's statistics are now based. This percentage is then applied
to the normal production of the 192 mills. The average production in the first four months of 1916, 484,065,392 feet, is taken as normal production. There are no separate
normals for new orders and shipments since these items must be governed by production. Assuming that the mills reporting are a good sample of the industry the resulting
figures are equivalent to the actual production, shipments, and orders of the 192 identical mills, and hence a fair sample of the industry. The same procedure is followed
for stocks except that normal in this case is 1,262.450,326 feet, the average stocks during 16 months ending April, 1916 and after December, 1927, they are calculated from the
computed data on production, shipments, and previous stocks. Unfilled orders prior to 1928 are computed on the same basis as new orders and thereafter are calculated
from new orders and shipments. The figures are based on actual reports from about 180 mills on production, shipments, and stocks and from about 145 mills on orders.
Monthly data for 1921 and 1922 appeared on page 59 of the October, 1923, issue (No. 26). Monthly data 1917 to 1920 appeared in April, 1923, issue (No. 20), p. 49. Monthly
data on unfilled orders from 1926 appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p. 22.
2 Data computed from reports furnished by the North Carolina Pine Association, Inc., for mills varying in number from 31 to 56, by first determining for a given month
the percentage which the actual data bear to the normal production of the identical mills reporting. This percentage is then applied to an arbitrary figure of 70,000,000
board feet, which represents the approximate monthly average normal production of the mills which reported in 1919. The resulting figures represent computed data
as of identical mills for each month. Stock figures are reported by a smaller number of mills, whose figures are first computed to compare with the larger number of
mills on the basis of new orders reported by both sets of mills, and then computed in the same manner as the other data.
3
Exports of southern yellow pine lumber and timber from U. S. Department of Cojnmerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly data from 1921 on
lumber only are given in the December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 56. Lumber exports comprise boards, planks, and scantlings, rough and dressed, and exclude short-leaf
pine and all other not long-leaf or pitch pine. Timber exports include both treated and untreated, sawed, and exclude logs and round timber.
4
From U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represent average weekly prices for yellow-pine flooring, grading B and better, at Hattiesburg, Miss,
s5months' average, August to December, inclusive.
69
Table 47.—OTHER PINE LUMBER
CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE 2
WESTERN PINEi
NORTHERN PINE s
Lumber
YEAR AND MONTH
Produc- Shiption
ments
Stocks,
end of
month
Unfilled
orders, Producend of
tion
month
Unfilled
Ship- Stocks, New
orders,
end of
ments month orders end of
month
Produetion
Shipments
Lath
New
orders
Thousands of feet, board measure
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly a\T
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av _ _ _
109, 357
113, 424
113, 794
134, 467
74, 437
110, 423
97, 784
109, 032
110, 697
76, 840
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly av
monthly av
monthly av.
monthly av
monthly av ._
monthly av
120, 689
145. 916
137, 661
150, 988
144, 094
130, 096
May
June
July
\ugust
September
October
November
December
881, 924
1, 063, 658
52, 561
48, 263
58, 368
39, 110
31, 900
37, 284
36, 037
29, 114
857, 812
914, 376
1, 033, 833
983, 967
1, 136, 101
1, 061, 429
66, 387
101, 876
96, 061
116, 576
102, 694
90, 983
45, 784
61, 972
76, 765
106, 570
95, 804
92, 308
382,216
494, 177
568, 840
567, 021
601,215
575, 181
91, 932
84, 414
179, 111
180, 746
175 363
175, 005
144, 653
154, 785
172, 648
186, 740
1, 145, 787
1, 170, 478
1, 180, 321
1, 165, 752
133, 426
133, 314
128, 893
138, 788
100, 002
107, 127
102, 062
110, 319
521, 237
605, 169
606, 335
659, 098
157, 977
153, 716
125, 685
88, 122
175, 618
162, 282
130, 469
112, 917
1, 154, 950
1, 150, 089
1, 142, 636
1, 127, 426
135, 870
126, 123
89, 995
68, 732
105, 384
98, 327
80, 753
78, 529
679, 154
659, 171
674, 249
690, 157
1927
January
February
March
April
69, 113
80, 234
117, 722
154, 742
114, 579
117, 193
143, 711
156, 237
1, 069, 835
1, 036, 454
1, 014, 062
1, 056, 021
50, 161
40, 062
40, 461
52, 668
72, 082
71, 459
96, 590
92, 519
May
June
July
August
160, 121
172, 088
156, 524
169, 338
146, 741
144, 557
132, 122
150, 979
1, 027, 541
1, 050, 042
1, 073, 739
1, 095. 370
106, 389
131, 713
125, 098
142, 196
145, 101
134, 691
118, 704
82, 773
150, 768
153, 019
124, 083
101, 947
1, 089, 500
1, 069, 825
1, 068, 630
1, 086, 130
48, 843
74, 843
139, 087
155, 995
109, 273
121, 504
151. 903
147, 406
Shipments
Thousands
265, 113
287, 645
267. 276
370, 303
128, 606
129, 140
135, 251
138. 820
148, 538
136, 328
Production
"'1
9,581
8,669
6,357
9,881
49, 033
38, 423
44, 406
41, 127
41, 110
34, 262
12, 574
13, 290
10, 825
12, 110
10, 527
9,908
11, 097
12, 292
11, 796
9, 550
10, 735
9,998
47, 351
51, 972
56, 490
49, 890
46, 170
50, 690
46, 783
50, 389
9, 950
15, 728
15, 944
13, 127
11, 444
18 348
13, 422
16, 942
40, 859
52, 296
25, 649
27, 693
48, 323
50, 396
39, 452
28, 115
46, 204
41, 460
24, 677
25, 550
10, 029
13, 050
5,729
6,372
9,846
9,796
4,342
4,668
462
797
585
418
32, 493
35, 127
31, 109
42, 302
30, 557
33, 603
38, 777
41, 353
29, 184
32 393
33, 908
44, 555
7,251
7,338
6,532
9,866
6,261
7,795
7,875
9,675
40, 273
34, 204
50, 139
27, 768
159, 663
178, 805
44, 512
47, 739
42, 959
46, 599
40, 687
40, 537
48, 357
44, 063
44, 621
45, 204
45, 163
37, 643
92, 381
90. 326
95, 156
98, 559
144,
162,
175,
165,
312
979
523
795
43, 493
51, 571
51, 549
45, 523
93,291
92, 472
79, 548
91, 049
172, 745
172, 152
192, 691
162, 763
145,
176,
181,
151,
1926
._
_
September
October
November
December
-..
_
1928
January
February
March _
April
May
June
July
August
. ___
70, 402
81, 203
90, 806
100, 179
99,988
102, 571
96, 305
107, 248
482, 405
551, 687
567, 809
603, 451
93, 777
91, 290
81, 275
86, 322
148, 161
186, 405
182, 648
181, 262
47, 379
55, 502
46, 359
51, 054
43, 401
45, 188
40, 433
42, 501
44, 451
35, 045
39, 203
36, 884
13, 194
15, 722
13, 090
14, 272
13, 634
14, 758
15, 229
15, 612
133, 659
109, 490
92, 289
67, 617
90, 042
106, 554
119, 656
128, 236
017
748
422
411
104, 699
111, 508
82, 168
70, 563
629, 284
623, 671
624, 651
667, 618
90, 886
97, 683
70, 343
58, 797
187, 878
189, 947
222, 259
191, 837
46, 852
41, 148
32, 815
24, 300
39, 195
39, 175
32, 857
24, 680
32, 098
33, 698
27, 569
22, 156
11, 979
9,034
6,144
4,472
11, 819
7,941
5,377
3,994
46, 736
44, 698
69, 724
97, 096
79, 796
87, 810
100, 792
98, 924
609, 181
566, 957
534, 740
493, 696
65, 307
79, 981
92, 677
83, 965
191, 837
176, 156
175, 700
167, 582
33, 550
34, 513
32, 731
36, 412
29, 451
35, 413
39, 645
37, 914
32, 703
36, 470
38, 856
35, 926
7,315
5,726
5,143
6,184
5,300
5,609
9, 593
5,927
134, 273
107, 267
473, 560
102, 659
164, 921
45, 687
51, 756
44, 152
47, 243
35, 974
47, 018
9,967
11, 706
9,316
11,151
591,
560,
522,
477,
September
October
November
December
1
Compiled by the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, the actual data being computed to comparative bases through percentages of normal production for the
mills reporting in each period. The normal monthly production covers 54 mills with output of 148,000,000 board feet in the earlier years, gradually reduced to 42 mills with
normal output of 136,800,000 feet in 1925, and is estimated to represent 70 per cent of the output of the western pine territory through 1925 and thereafter 74 per cent, owing
to the decrease of the total number of mills in business. Beginning with 1928, several mills which withdrew from the association reported directly to the Bureau of the
Census, their figures being combined with those of the association to obtain comparable totals. Monthly data covering the period 1917-1921 appeared in the April, 1923,
issue (No. 20), p. 49, while for unfilled orders monthly data from 1920 through 1927 appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p. 22.
2
Compiled by the California White and Sugar Pine Association from reports of from 13 to 26 mills prior to 1926; thereafter from 18 identical mills, except for stocks,
which are by a varying number of mills.
3
Compiled by the Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association, and includes reports from both member and nonmember mills located chiefly in Minnesota. The number
of mills has gradually dedlined from about'20 mills in 1920 to about 13 in 1928. Monthly data on production and shipments from 1920 appeared in the September, 1922,
issue (No. 13), p. 48.
70
Table 48.—HARDWOODS
Stocks,
end of
month
To- Unsold
w
Stocks,
end of
month
To- UntaS sold
WALNUT »
Unfilled orders,
end of month
Total Unsold
Unfilled orders,
end of month
New orders
Shipments
Production
YEAR AND
MONTH
Stocks, end
of month
OAKi
Unfilled orders,
end of month
GUMi
TOTAL i
Millions of feet, board measure
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1
mo av
mo av
ino. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
1926
January
February
March
April
3296 3314 3341
361 332 340
330 308 316
3 2, 639 3 2, 058 3671
2,765 2,233 615
2,566 1,827 669
2,609 2,045 661
Logs
Lumber
Production
Made
into
UnShip- Stocks New filled Pur- lum- Stocks
on
on
ments hand orders orders chases ber hand
and
veneer
Thousands of feet, board measure
!I
3501 3385 3139
521 413
130
141
446 333
436 324
139
3933 3732 3225
900 724 198
853 658 218
941 753 207
1,807
2,538
3,529
3,830
2,763
2,962
1,927
2,391
3,144
3,477
3,220
2,897
10, 214
8,153
11,463
19, 282
15, 552
11,578
M feet, log measure
3,359
3,352
3,125
2,899
3 4, 207
5,652
7,332
7,500
7,388
1,460
2,410
2,641
2,958
2,511
2,939
1,327
2,114
2,727
3,011
2,438
2,645
2,087
3,282
3,106
4,158
2,069
2,918
3 2, 111
315
353
338
330
315
345
323
319
304
375
338
304
2,537
2,510
2,461
2,460
1,964
1,945
1,896
1, 950
678
693
668
601
446
458
441
438
339
352
336
343
143
150
137
121
816
802
790
776
631
606
591
591
202
217
221
209
3,143
3,156
2,874
3,077
3,624
3,627
4,011
3,143
19, 071
18, 010
17, 473
17, 368
3,673
2,882
4,245
2,922
7,820
7,367
7,830
7,577
2,076
2,559
2,781
2,597
2,073
2,393
2,821
2,472
1,208
1,485
1,388
1,513
May
June
July__
August
353
390
386
386
308
315
341
353
326
345
345
349
2,480
2,521
2, 556
2,601
1,953
1,968
2,003
2,027
621
648
645
655
442
460
464
448
338
342
332
330
134
144
146
141
788
806
860
874
606
620
673
688
205
214
215
204
2,787
3,043
2,134
2,610
2,778
3,074
3,057
3,022
16, 974
16, 992
15, 463
15, 046
2,692
2,880
3,101
3,353
7,181
6,930
7,418
8,027
3,380
3,417
2,399
2,361
2,630
2,803
2,168
2,439
2,151
2,961
3,193
3,093
September
October
November
December
390
386
371
338
349
379
341
296
394
375
345
278 j
2,640
2, 639
2, 641
2, 751
2,026
2,010
2,032
2,043
690
722
704
700
429
434
436
462
314
318
318
336
134
142
145
150
902
914
920
991
689
692
704
802
229
249
238
213
2,640
2,320
2,378
2,996
2,806
3,688
3,310
2,502
13, 930
12, 503
11, 591
12, 202
3, 547
2,920
2,737
2, 543
8,498
7,521
7,039
6,789
1,991
1,833
2,273
2,462
2,619
2,143
2,335
2,357
2,237
1,941
1,754
1,907
1927
January
February
March
April
345
345
341
255
315
353
345
319
338
375
353
334
2,738
2,690
2,648
2,524
2,129
2,068
2,032
1,940
708
720
722
689
452
444
432
392
320
315
306
280
158
154
157
141
936
957
941
930
776
762
748
732
181
216
213
221
2,417
2,606
3,319
2,547
2,809
3,303
3,115
2,745
11,810
11, 103
11, 291
11,093
3,621
2,564
3,736
2,978
7,591
7,574
7,279
8,243
2,441
2,117
2,858
2,285
2,088
2,361
2,738
2,176
2,260
1,927
2,047
1,918
May
June .
July
August
240
285
315
386
334
300
274
296
330
255
266
319
2,428
2,381
2,465
2,557
1,876
1, 858
1,949
2,014
652
619
606
638
379
387
414
427
276
290
320
329
130
120
120
128
876
856
886
939
683
673
694
737
216
202
211
221
2,717
3,127
2,967
3,314
2,884
2,987
2,661
3,127
10, 915
11, 063
11,436
11, 498
3,042
2,654
3,060
2,461
8,114
8,061
8,249
7,522
3,440
3,184
3,083
3,308
2,476
2,883
2,583
2,937
2,882
3,083
3,316
3,687
September _ _ _.
October
November
December
398
383
360
308
308
311
289
259
319
326
296
285
2,610
2,664
2,761
2,843
2,090
2,126
2,190
2,265
601
624
666
689
447
461
479
514
346
351
364
385
124
963
975
133
139 1,006
162 1,022
791
794
809
839
190
200
215
202
3,000
2,921
3,234
3,376
2,798
2,967
2,824
2,548
11, 796
11, 739
12, 149
13, 037
3,046
2,335
3,127
2,158
7,364
6,982
6,282
5,395
3,773
2,549
3, 515
2,709
2,995
2,814
3,035
2,656
3, 465
3,166
3,046
3,615
1928
January
February
March
April
315
270
274
252
296
266
263
251
330
285
266
263
2, 954
2,862
2,829
2,839
2,331
2,282
2,294
2,319
742
703
636
620
543
529
535
547
400
402
414
428
184
163
149
148
1,051
1,030
1,014
1,020
865
849
864
871
202
197
167
165
3,063
2,585
3,268
2,955
2,687
2,762
3,042
2,646
13, 264
13, 179
13, 327
13, 635
2,628
2,807
2,835
2,652
5,389
5,491
4,613
4,491
2,255
2,131
2,185
2,402
2,416
2,014
2,407
2,678
3,041
3,229
2,951
2,806
244
236
255
248
244
263
2,843
2,305
640
540
420
150 1,005
844
179
2,894
3,422
3,388
3,000
13, 264
13, 530
4,180
2,538
5,540
5,216
2,972
2,519
2,769
2,670
3,009
2,752
May
June
July
August
._
-__
September
October
November
December
i
"""I"
i
1 Compiled by Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute. Data on production, shipments, and new orders are computed by taking the percentage relation of the actual production, shipments, and new orders of the mills reporting, and the normal production of these same mills and applying this per cent to the normal production of 375,000,000
feet, which represents the approximate monthly average production of the mills in the Southern and Appalachian districts. For stock and unfilled orders the average per
operating unit for the mills reporting is applied to a fixed number of 700 operating units. The 700 units were arrived at by taking the annual production of 1926, approximately 6,500,000,000 feet, and dividing by 8,736,000 feet, the figure used in determining an operating unit for the mills reporting. The resulting figures represent computed
data for the entire country. For gum the fixed number of operating units is 400. Detailed data as to size, species, grades, etc., are given in the regular reports of the
Institute.
2 Compiled by American Walnut Manufacturers' Association from reports of identical firms representing from 50 to 60 per cent of the walnut lumber industry. Monthly
data on new orders and unfilled orders since July, 1923, were given in the April, 1927, issue (No. 68) p. 25.
3 6 months' average, July through December.
71
Table 49.—TOTAL LUMBER AND FLOORING
LUMBER— ALL, SPECIES
Retail yards, 9th
YEAE AND
MONTH
Produc- Exports *
tion s
Fed. Res. Dist.«
Sales
Composite
prices e
Stocks, Hard- Softend mo. woods woods
Thousands of feet, board measure
Unfilled
ProShip- Stocks,
Proend of New orders,
duction ments month orders end of duction
month
Dolls, per M ft.,
board measure
2, 197, 334
2, 102, 537
2, 086, 531
2, 262, 175
2, 141, 144
1, 874, 419
2, 069, 522
216, 037
149, 146
93, 947
91, 208
84, 971
85,314
109, 268 7 30, 995 7 215, 564
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo. av..
1923 mo. av..
1924 mo. av..
1925mo.av__
1926mo.av_.
1927mo.av_.
2, 059, 875
1, 762, 264
2, 270, 967
2, 495, 261
2, 418, 838
2, 625, 942
2, 460, 026
2, 332, 711
129, 280
100, 401
127, 743
146, 071
161, 500
161, 687
161, 714
179, 943
16, 786
13, 838
15, 496
14, 651
13, 403
17, 187
13, 688
11, 698
203, 175
153, 155
126, 744
127, 719
111,606
111, 258
95, 002
89, 604
1927
January
February. ._
March
April . _ . _
2, 098, 788
2, 216, 344
2, 378, 995
2, 268, 148
178, 697
153, 607
153, 700
188, 014
4,762
4,380
7,347
9,789
May
June
July
August
2, 452, 123
2, 411, 509
2, 283, 442
2, 576, 986
192, 997
213, 464
191, 145
191, 764
September. .
October
November. .
December. .-
2, 487, 733
2, 374, 882
2, 358, 209
2, 085, 371
1938
January
February. -.
March
April _
2, 007, 672
2, 232, 563
2, 458, 532
2, 397, 208
May
June
July
August
Unfilled
Ship- Stocks,
end of New orders,
ments month orders end of
month
Thousands of feet, board measure
178, 398
1909-13 m. a.
1913 mo. av__
1914mo. av_.
1915 mo. av_.
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av_.
1918 mo. av..
1919 mo. av
..
OAK FLOORING '
MAPLE FLOORING 1
4,572
6,009
6,877
8,894
11,470
10, 446
5,537
11,070
12, 171
10, 544
15, 877
17, 158
22, 489
25, 652
25, 680
14, 431
4,719
6,104
7,419
9,525
11, 429
8,956
4,781
11, 782
6,290
7,285
7,578
7,547
16, 124
20, 074
7,270
15, 035
10, 039
11, 848
15, 448
14, 163
38, 289
4,572
6,675
7,484
9,205
11, 563
11, 120
4, 858
10, 101
40.33
46.72
43.11
41.80
41.56
41.13
48.98
27.42
30. 79
33.86
30.95
30.71
30.57
29.86
10, 383
8,378
11,479
11, 734
8,603
8,828
9,618
9,402
8,259
8,121
11, 934
11.805
7,865
8,428
9, 983
9,273
15, 963
30, 749
28, 040
21, 268
23, 880
26, 979
28, 180
27, 480
5,106
8,991
12, 194
11, 085
8,085
8, 360
7,722
7,255
26, 723
10, 176
20, 311
26, 804
12, 347
10,117
9,334
9,384
10, 745
12,411
22, 877
30, 103
34, 843
43, 167
44, 421
37, 644
7,800
.13, 595
23, 945
28, 878
35, 306
42, 825
41, 923
36, 859
25, 859
32, 875
23, 006
33, 609
43, 773
47, 104
57, 443
65, 891
6, 343
14, 058
23, 723
28, 313
35, 900
42, 435
40, 194
36, 271
11,324
12, 003
33, 052
44, 258
46, 562
52, 031
41, 728
36, 075
90, 307
94, 357
90, 846
91, 902
41. 11
41.08
40.80
40.65
29.74
29.76
30.26
30.52
9,842
8,888
9,589
8,141
7,880
8,085
9,363
10, 022
29, 034
29, 710
30, 367
28, 154
6,587
6,405
8,120
9,103
6,224
6,847
9,300
10, 856
35, 215
35, 601
39, 917
35, 697
31, 929
34, 925
42, 535
40, 970
70, 629
70, 090
67, 833
62, 196
37, 497
39, 133
44, 609
45, 763
41, 061
45, 275
47, 975
51, 623
11,351
19, 997
18, 154
16, 618
92, 186
103, 713
102, 260
87, 656
41.96
42.47
42.59
42.40
30.65
30.65
30. 57
29.49
8,282
10, 101
9,691
11, 557
11,921
11, 526
9,536
10, 939
25, 055
25, 061
26, 146
26, 338
11, 785
5,310
4,044
7,344
13, 238
11, 634
9,083
11,027
40, 380
42, 522
38, 435
40, 426
49, 034
37, 132
30, 155
38, 932
51, 430
58, 276
66, 102
66, 253
48, 424
22, 707
21, 699
36, 139
52,315
37, 983
29, 773
27, 036
188, 579
171, 074
167, 986
168, 289
14, 435
16, 247
12, 554
4,742
86, 248
80, 397
74, 658
80, 690
41.64
40.02
39.04
39.74
29.74
31.77
28.29
26.84
10, 283
10, 558
8,073
7,820
9,843
8,124
7,238
6,797
25, 921
26, 837
27, 610
29, 527
7,748
7,493
6, 233
6,883
9,619
8,202
7,843
8,736
39, 498
38, 540
33, 389
32, 113
38, 084
38, 349
30, 998
29, 266
66, 416
67, 244
69, 449
74, 773
37, 430
35, 716
31, 425
34, 715
25, 127
22, 764
24, 080
27, 887
239, 145
158, 909
186, 541
179, 352
5,042
4,535
7,106
9,485
88, 976
94, 155
91, 428
93,983
40.42
40. 47
41.24
39.77
27.37
27.50
27.55
28.00
7,346
7,519
7,862
7,331
7,252
6,889
8,184
7, 545
28, 721
29, 118
28, 036
28, 326
8,161
7,712
7,211
7,036
9,154
10, 034
9,816
9,963
35, 947
38, 771
42, 272
42, 924
38, 080
40, 232
47, 599
46, 105
82, 239
82, 758
78, 855
77, 491
53, 888
36, 163
48, 815
46, 071
45, 925
42, 975
47, 134
48, 004
223, 649
220, 961
14, 364
92, 064
38.39
38.42
28.39
28.74
7,070
7,608
8,256
8,686
27, 514
26, 271
9,197
7,867
11, 423
10, 500
47, 785
44, 444
50, 256
49, 475
75, 948
71, 425
50, 295
48, 873
48, 681
49, 002
September
October
November
December
1 Data on maple flooring (including also birch and beech) are compiled by the Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association, said to represent about 70 per cent of the industry. The data for the period 1919-1922 include reports from 20 identical mills; in 1923, 21 mills; in 1924, 18 mills; in 1925, 19 mills; in 1926 and 1927, from 20 to 22 mills.
Monthly data from 1920 appeared in July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 43.
2 Compiled by the Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association from reports of from 25 to 54 mills, said to represent about 90 per cent of the total oak-flooring industry.
The large increase in reporting mills is due to many firms starting to make oak flooring in 1927. Monthly data from 1912 appeared in May, 1924, issue (No. 33), p. 36.
3 Figures in this column represent the total cut of 10 species of lumber—yellow pine, Douglas fir, hemlock, western pine, redwood, maple, birch, beech, white fir, and
sugar pine—representing over 70 per cent of the total cut of lumber in the United States. Annual figures for 1913 and 1914 are from actual reports to the U. S, Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, and from 1915 through 1920 are computed on the basis of actual reports to the Forest Service. Monthly figures for 1920 are obtained by prorating the cut of each species as reported by the associations whose figures are carried on these columns to the Forest Service total. For subsequent months prorating is done
on an approximate average for the years 1917 to 1920.
* Exports consisting of boards, planks, and scantlings are from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
s Data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Stocks represent the inventories of 19 companies retailing lumber through 588 yards in the ninth Federal
reserve district; sales represent the total retail business reported by 21 companies operating 625 yards. Data for 1919 were estimated for a few companies on the basis of the
correlation of reporting companies of 1919 and 1920. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in October, 1923, issue (No. 26), p. 59. Similar data for the tenth district, compiled
by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, are shown on p. 138 of the present issue.
6
Composite lumber prices compiled from weekly data published in the Lumber Manufacturer and Dealer, representing combined weighted averages for the respective
series of lumber, based on quotations on various grades for each species. The species are weighted according to annual production of the previous year, the weights changing about May of each year, when the new production figures are available. The softwood index is based upon 7 species: Yellow pine, Douglas fir, North Carolina pine,
white pine, hemlock, spruce, and cypress. The hardwood index is based upon 13 species: Maple, birch, beech, basswood, elm, oak, gum, ash, cottonwood, chestnut, poplar,
hickory, and walnut. Figures formerly published covered only first week of the month.
i 7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
72
Table 50.—FURNITURE AND MISCELLANEOUS HARDWOODS
Number
of pieces
Value average per firm, dollars
1919 monthly av
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av
1923 monthly av
1924 monthly av
1925 monthly av
1926 monthly av
1927 monthly av
1926
September
October
November
December
$40, 266 $128, 088
23, 949 28, 812
29, 833 45, 005
37, 882
56, 317
36, 950 46, 287
45, 742
53, 305
51,161 63, 843
50, 167 53, 265
$13, 281
11,317
7,125
9,773
13, 767
11, 658
12, 288
11,386
8,985
$17, 225
13, 160
4,433
6,960
11, 709
5,034
4,308
4,043
2,870
$12, 424
11,357 « 12, 465
6,427 10, 149
13, 689
9,168
13,719 16, 540
11, 743 13, 969
12, 318
14, 979
11, 167
13, 829
8,848 11,417
Number days'
production
P l a n t operations
Cancellations
Outstanding
accounts,
end of mo.
Shipments
Shipments
Unfilled
New orders,
orders
end
of mo. Value Quantity
FURNITURE— GRAND RAPIDS
DISTRICT 3
New orders
YEAR AND MONTH
Unfilled
Ship- orders,
end
ments
of mo.
PIANO BENCHES AND
STOOLS 2
Unfilled orders,
end of mo.
HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
AND CASE
GOODS i
NORTHERN
HARDWOODS <
Production
Shipments
No. Perct. Per ct.
days' new
full
sales orders time
663
58
62
64
46
624
27
28
30
28
625
25
27
27
24
658
57
57
53
53
11.3
11.2
13.5
13.5
97.3
96.8
97.5
100.0
97.2
6
Pro- Ship- Stocks,
duc- ments end of
tion
month
M ft. b. m.
32, 732
34, 206
27,838
26,500
37, 397
33, 352
34, 404
29, 981
28, 936
615
LOWER MICHIGAN
HARDWOODS ?
33, 328
27, 509
19, 067
34, 204
38, 852
28 533
29,202
29, 371
27, 425
7,765
6,695
7,504
7,504
48, 183
38, 151
63, 266
63, 560
58, 183
48, 563
78, 590
72, 215
67, 016
46, 819
15, 524
16, 891
13, 557
10, 469
6,651
8,649
6,663
2,600
12, 061
14, 716
15, 533
14,300
16, 600
18, 709
20, 474
17, 763
65
62
60
42
34
33
34
15
31
31
31
28
60
61
61
56
7.5
13.5
12.0
31.0
100.0
102.0
102.0
100.0
15, 653
13, 034
11,394
15, 578
35, 842
29, 247
26, 153
22, 227
5,757
5,556
5, 092
7 ? 047
8, 059
8,448
7,124
7,815
44, 952
40, 892
29, 859
39, 753
41, 957
49, 529
60, 207
46, 214
73, 694
65, 131
47, 330
36, 952
8,427
8,580
7,837
8,129
3,490
2,921
2,286
2,004
7,259
8,255
8,428
7,935
9,347
10, 601
10, 670
10, 218
57
49
42
33
46
39
22
14
25
25
27
20
52
55
55
47
6.0
14.0
16.0
26.0
98.0
100.0
97.5
95.0
38, 053
40, 162
52, 610
40, 625
25, 178
28, 472
34, 848
27, 838
9,135
8,008
7,799
9,713
8,024
7,546
7,413
7,484
40, 804
37, 409
35, 897
47, 803
May
June
July
August
45, 042
39, 115
47, 266
60, 508
43, 125
41,574
•67, 595
70, 300
7,011
6,507
6,273
9,597
1,972
1,578
1,517
2,773
6,976
6,860
6,322
8,342
8,900
8,596
8,191
10, 879
42
53
55
53
29
29
25
25
17
17
23
27
44
43
50
55
10.0
7.5
10.5
9.0
95.0
96.5
89.0
98.0
28, 691
27, 939
21, 879
27, 077
26, 919
29, 825
28, 347
29, 750
7,683
7,337
6,006
4,893
8,091
8,789
8,552
7,507
46, 375
44, 656
43, 046
40, 552
September
October
November
December _
53, 672
56, 270
65, 475
36, 747
70, 268
54, 717
37, 546
30, 944
10, 988
14, 395
12, 291
7,784
3,884
5,331
4,883
1,803
9,863
12, 935
12, 667
10, 338
12, 469
17, 401
16, 661
13, 072
50
41
45
29
30
24
35
13
29
30
28
23
58
58
59
55
7.5
11.0
13.0
32.0
99.0
100.0
99.0
99.0
18, 536
15, 488
15, 469
20, 707
26, 475
27, 623
24, 556
19, 269
4,257
5,388
5,124
4,996
7,055
7,348
6,344
5,895
35, 491
33, 532
21, 350
30, 902
1928
January
February
March
April
38, 668
44, 655
44, 553
42, 424
44, 017
40, 051
31, 970
27, 970
7,043
7,556
6,818
5,626
2,851
2,076
1,978
1,650
5,918
7,647
6,933
5,955
7,617
9,781
9,104
7,694
44
42
34
30
40
23
20
19
23
25
25
20
55
54
53
47
7.0
13.0
7.0
12.0
95.0
94.0
92.0
90.0
37, 543
41, 185
44, 948
38, 404
24, 164
26,512
29,373
28, 491
7,934
9,188
9, 193
8,625
8,147
7,541
6,078
6,548
30, 821
30, 626
30, 870
30, 925
6 581
2,094
6,136
7,958
39
32
20
46
7.0
90.0
33, 193
28, 827
9,116
7,277
29, 784
1927
January
February
March
April- _ .
__
_.
May
June
July
August . _
September
October.
November __
December
1
Combined figures representing average shipments and unfilled orders per firm from reports of 50 identical firms of the National Association of Chair Manufacturers,
from 42 to 58 firms of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association, and about 100 firms of the National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers, Data from the National
Association of Chair Manufacturers were discontinued after May, 1925, while those of the National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers were not collected from June through
September, 1925, and were discontinued after August, 1927, being replaced for shipments by data from about 50 firms collected by the W. H. Gehm Organization. On an
average per firm basis, the data are still quite comparable.
2 Compiled by the National Association of Piano Bench and Stool Manufacturers from concerns estimated to cover about 80 per cent of this industry. Reports are from
14 firms in July, 1917, gradually decreasing until 1923, since which time only 8 firms have reported. The figures are strictly comparable, however, as the 6 firms which
ceased reporting went out of this line of business. It should be noted that the items, new orders, unfilled orders, and shipments (values) are averages per firm, while shipments (quantities) are totals for reporting firms. Monthly data from 1917 to April, 1924, showing aggregates for all items appeared in the June, 1924, issue (No. 34), p. 57.
s Compiled by Seidman & Seidman from reports of representative manufacturers of furniture in the Grand Rapids district. Owing to variation in the number of firms
reporting each month, the figures have been shown in number of days' production or sales, based on current ratios, or as percentages. The original data are based on value.
Monthly data from June, 1923, appeared in the June, 1926, issue (No. 58), p. 24.
* Data from Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, representing chiefly Wisconsin and upper Michigan mills. These figures represent actual
reports from 60 to 75 mills each month. The hardwoods cut are mostly maple, birch, and beectu Annual averages from 1913 through 1918 appeared in the February, 1926,
issue (No. 54), p. 65.
fi
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
6
7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
7
Compiled by the Lower Michigan Lumber Manufacturers from reports of from 11 to 13 mills operating in lower Michigan, except for November, 1925, when only 8 mills
reported. In many instances, fewer firms report on stocks than on the other items. About half of the hardwoods reported consist of maple.
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Table 51.—LUMBER PRODUCTS
New Ship- filled
orders ments orders,
end of
month
Thousands of square
feet surface
1925 monthly av
« 4, 463 * 4, 695
1926 monthly av___ 3,595 3,905
1927 monthly av___ 2,876 2,913
1927
January
February
March
April
5
Purchases
Un-
YEAR AND MONTH
Eeceipts
BOTARYCUT
VENEEK 2
PLYWOOD i
WHITE PINE BOOKS 3
(At wholesale)
Receipts
Shipments
Stocks, end of
month
Total
Number of
carloads
FIR DOORS 3
(At wholesale)
Receipts
Shipments
Unsold
BUSHEL BASKETS *
Stocks, end of
month
Total
Production
Shipments
Unsold
Number of doors
Stocks,
end of
month
Dozens
5, 781
4, 646
3,303
« 192
98
192
97
226, 278
213, 507
435, 709
116
70
100
84
59
72
90
84
95, 009
150, 733
144, 995
300, 804
139, 994
141, 894
97, 924
223, 413
304, 347
313, 186
360, 257
437, 648
3,219
3,711
3,348
3,526
2,362
3,373
2,370
3,591
3,587
3,814
3,182
May
June
July
August
3,426
2,577
2,136
2,519
2,134
2,616
3,290
3,197
3,059
3,162
100
90
83
122
127
85
116
162
275, 459
359, 134
219, 638
238, 388
149,
396,
202,
332,
891
841
961
048
563, 216
525, 509
542, 186
448, 526
September
October
November
December.
3,415
3,310
3,516
3,767
3,502
2,765
2,719
112
101
102
94
105
79
96
86
356, 573
203, 707
244, 345
126, 554
418, 181
193, 120
195, 228
70, 593
386, 918
397, 505
446, 622
502, 583
2,863
2,808
3,807
2,582
80
97
91
173
132
115
173
185
10, 756
18, 763
44, 442
16, 487
12, 465
19, 309
38, 449
20, 028
111,313
3,154
3,504
165
229
14, 130
16, 540
19, 146
17, 002
68,396
_ _ _
2,251
2,890
_
1928
January _
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
-- -
2,773
2,245
2,991
3,424
2,114
3,219
2,469
2,450
2,709
2,450
2,575
2,896
3,350
3,237
3,125
2,680
2,578
2,713
116, 234
163, 986
83, 908
59, 535
94, 534
88, 582
121, 445
61, 048
9, 175
18, 069
29, 822
46, 758
45, 015
10,006
8,860
15, 524
31, 339
17, 218
47, 601
80, 340
113, 361
87, 199
41, 637
65, 764
89, 047
65, 653
95, 832
231, 987
205, 887
186, 244
58, 896
189, 632
193, 910
152, 876
406,
449,
461,
537,
12, 117
17, 290
9,010
10, 209
47, 315
43, 658
16, 726
30, 215
261, 355
198, 592
609, 882
694
049
026
033
September
October
November
December
1 Compiled by the Plywood Manufacturers' Association from reports of 18 to 20 members in 1925, 16 to 17 in 1926, and 13 to 16 in 1927. These data represent the business
of building up veneers into plywood of from 3 to 8 thicknesses. Details as to kinds of wood and nature of cores are shown in the association's report.
2 Compiled by prorating the weekly reports of the Wirebound Box Manufacturer's Association from 10 or 11 members, estimated to represent about 80 per cent of the industry, concerning their purchases and receipts of rotary-cut veneer for the manufacture of wire-bound boxes. Details by sizes and sources are given in the association reports.
3 Compiled by the Wholesale Sash and Door Association from reports of from 15 to 25 wholesalers each month out of 70 members of the association.
* Compiled by the American Veneer Package Association from reports of about 30 firms each month, representing a large proportion of the industry. The association's
reports also contain data on other kinds of baskets.
* 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive,
a 8 months' average, May to December, inclusive.
DOUGLAS FIR DOORS (AT MANUFACTURING PLANTS) 1
(In number of doors)
YEAR AND MONTH
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end
of month
New orders
425, 909
393, 224
371, 220
386, 636
262, 431
317, 109
293, 505
606, 750
221, 896
Unfilled orders, end of
month
1938
April
May
June
.
- - -
- -
476 630
709, 500
535, 697
* Compiled by the Western Door Manufacturers' Association from reports of 10 mills representing about 80 to 85 per cent of the capacityof the Douglas fir door industry
of
he
on the Pacific coast. Data are combined from weekly reports, using 4 or 5 weeks to the month. The association's reports also give data on garage doors.
74
Table 52.—BRICK, TILE, AND TERRA COTTA
UnBurned burned
Number
Shipments
TERRA
COTTA 3
Shipments Stocks, New orders
Unfilled Whole- Prosale
end
orders, price, ducof
end of red,
month N. Y. « tion Quan- Value month Quan- Value
tity
tity
Dolls,
per
thous.
Thousands of brick
Thous. Thous.
of dolls. ofsq. ft.
FACE BRICK <
Shipments
YEAR AND MONTH
Stocks, end of
month
FLOOR AND WALL TILE a
Production
Plants closed
down
COMMON BRICK 1
Stocks,
end
of
month
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Short
tons
Thous.
of dolls.
5,252
5,629
5,930
10,524
11,316
Thous. of
sq. ft.
$652
895
743
1,163
1,349
591
691
511
616
1,544
1,740
859
1,244
Thousands of brick
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average . _
57
23
20
251, 949
187, 856 • 46, 687
224, 962
64, 918
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
20
17
22
43
275, 946
279, 500
305, 961
440, 423
57, 340
68, 597
74, 079
121, 610
129, 024
158, 524
146, 236
184, 270
281,
281,
252,
267,
735
751
224
728
17.04
14.70
16.19
13.88
4,235
4,490
5,407
5,299
3,679
4,476
5,069
4,865
$1, 246
1,613
1,897
1,847
7,659
7,860
8,373
11, 613
11, 964
14, 006
13, 349
12, 261
1,292
1,688
1,612
1,207
666
723
722
744
616
660
667
663
1,576
1,736
2,178
2,641
956
966
1,007
929
4
2
5
4
250, 849
193, 246
218, 348
249, 271
77, 178
46,310
58, 652
59, 103
192, 065
149, 170
140, 623
135, 090
265, 435
220, 078
234, 164
211, 141
1.700
17.00
17.00
17.00
5,374
5,646
5,716
5,708
4,964
5,406
5,401
5,885
1,847
2,015
2,048
2,196
8,602
8,372
8, 824
8,586
12, 375
10, 639
17, 671
12, 751
1,613
1,389
2,175
1,493
780
836
859
855
896
895
823
780
2,082
2,028
2,040
2,011
1,257
1,130
1,147
985
18
16
60
64
284, 021
286, 952
451, 563
453, 452
67, 658
58, 388
182, 716
88, 997
118, 537
135, 824
217, 740
149, 315
216, 289
213, 092
274, 850
311,979
16.00
15.50
12.25
15.50
5,304
5,817
5,457
5,311
5,625
5,242
4,969
4,935
2,069
1,987
1,895
1,877
8, 356
8,467
8,545
8,776
11, 554
15, 174
10, 764
10, 422
1,253
1,583
1,232
1,156
792
753
716
610
722
861
542
338
2,132
2,084
2,104
2,241
979
863
741
673
January
February
March
April
68
78
54
2
462, 565
487, 217
427, 484
371, 320
58, 331
62, 455
69, 160
100, 953
93, 806
115, 013
184, 206
197, 411
324, 837
335, 223
309, 857
348, 211
17.00
17.00
17.00
16.50
5,515
5,130
5,467
5,453
4,331
4,351
5,188
4,948
1,648
1,659
1,963
1,879
10, 010
11,032
11, 282
11, 658
9,851
7,993
12, 392
14, 633
1,138
887
1,356
1,513
489
560
852
729
282
421
687
774
2, 409
2,767
2,939
2,614
727
871
1,007
1,074
May
June
July
August
1
10
12
10
329, 572
331, 748
353, 428
427, 277
154, 151
169, 712
170, 178
178, 357
237, 107
231, 064
211,451
194, 971
274, 959
254, 191
235,323
231, 637
15.50
13.50
11.75
11.75
5,210
5,206
5,173
5,489
5,092
5,088
5,227
5,366
1,902
1,920
1,959
2,048
11, 766
11, 879
11, 284
11, 307
10, 751
14, 637
14, 856
15, 643
1,140
1,385
1,268
1,557
819
906
776
842
860
918
785
825
2,507
2,625
2,513
2,564
1,069
1,113
1,026
1,069
59
71
70
77
489, 566
561, 367
538, 698
504, 836
158, 761
169, 238
91,424
76, 601
176,315
214, 169
187, 448
168, 282
219,
182,
211,
224,
244
462
961
825
11.75
11.75
11.75
11.25
5,537
5,877
5,018
4,511
5,588
5,242
4,321
3,641
2,124
1,975
1,638
1,550
11, 285
11, 991
12, 687
13, 175
13, 440
11, 907
11, 134
9,898
1,342
1,049
1,008
836
798
809
723
626
693
724
622
368
2,466
2,679
2,777
2,832
880
801
783
730
91
73
57
23
517, 897
487, 713
405, 461
344, 572
68, 611
64, 492
69,460
96, 998
131, 338
121, 089
233, 702
236, 433
219, 233
231, 203
251, 105
275, 872
12.75
13.50
13.25
13.50
4,663
4,649
5,287
3,951
4,185
5,253
5,553
1,4P5
1,683
2,035
2,016
13,902
14, 169
13, 907
10, 850
10, 284
16, 563
12, 226
949
1,040
1,454
1,153
482
526
640
622
402
447
686
768
2,958
3,037
2,960
2,757
761
844
899
958
5
297, 212
125, 650
225, 747
273, 743
13.50
13.50
5,808
2,173
10, 857
16, 108
1,113
1,558
796
844
925
876
2,517
2,495
942
950
$15 96
21 85
129, 573
15.25
231, 063
17.36
344, 580
19.81
1926
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1937
September
October
November
Dfififimhpr
_ _--
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September...
October.
November...
December
._
>_
i Data, except prices, compiled by the Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America from reports of about 100 concerns representing about 30 per cent of the
. _ output of com]
* ''
. , . .
.
. . . . . .
.
.
.
. .,
. .,
total output of common brick. It should be noticed ,that. the number of plants shut down increases considerably in the winter, owing to seasonal. shutdowns in the more
northern localities. Details by districts are given in the association's reports. Monthly data from 1921 appeared in May, 1925, issue (No. 45), p. 27.
rthern
4
2 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from data reported by 37 concerns which produced about 80 per cent of the total production
of floor and wall tile in 1923, including the entire membership of the Associated Tile Manufacturers. Details by grades and kinds are issued each month in mimeograph form.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from the reports of 27 manufacturers who produced over 95 per cent of the total architectural
terra cotta made in 1922. Values exclude freight, cartage, duty, and setting charges. Monthly data from 1919 are given in the October, 1924, issue (No. 38), p. 52. Details
by districts are given in the press releases.
4
Data compiled by American Face Brick Association, representing averages per plant in order to allow for the variation in number of firms reporting. About 70 firms
usually report. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in January, 1926, issue (No. 53), p. 22.
« Wholesale prices are monthly averages from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, yearly price averages from 1913 to 1918 appeared in the November,
1924, 8 issue (No. 39), p. 101.
11 months' average, February to December, inclusive.
75
Table 53.—CHINA AND PORCELAIN PLUMBING FIXTURES AND SAND-LIME BRICK
PORCELAIN PLUMBING
FIXTURES i
YEAR AND MONTH
Net new
orders
Shipments
Unfilled Stocks,
orders, end of
end of
month month
VITREOUS CHINA PLUMBING
FIXTURES 2
Net new
orders
Shipments
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Stocks,
end of
month
SAND-LIME BRICK 3
Produc-
tion
Number of pieces
1925 monthly average. .
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
1925
September
October. _
...
November
_
December
. .
« 17, 486
8 28, 624
« 29, 566
< 223, 783
258, 791
224, 136
* 238, 280
250, 982
244, 520
< 439, 986
513, 133
356, 056
« 343, 201
501, 241
555, 213
386, 409
358, 920
457, 840
485, 931
Stocks, Unfilled
end of orders,
end of
month month
300, 906
350. 926
405, 716
434, 865
527, 381
530, 096
504, 803
473, 026
444, 664
443, 043
472, 199
508, 692
20, 626
16, 886
8,456
559, 873
518, 484
505, 393
500, 453
16, 101
17, 940
20, 819
17, 435
4,984
9,465
5,649
7,690
15, 626
16, 178
16, 923
12, 049
6,663
4,890
6,363
3,825
8,307
9,577
3,824
5,378
5,185
6,418
16, 748
16, 217
7,707
6,229
6,192
288,986
236, 187
240, 318
190, 066
258, 495
230,404
271, 957
230, 639
243, 499
189, 391
230,507
May__
June
July....
August
236, 484
332, 187
260, 704
377, 703
256, 111
305, 007
272, 616
453, 399
480, 579
473, 245
578, 332
September
October
November
December
236, 289
152, 351
406, 956
167, 329
289, 599
258, 004
208, 076
205, 942
523, 637
417, 984
616, 864
578, 251
471,077
200, 988
145, 081
213, 166
217, 740
281, 896
497, 700
377, 170
351, 091
347, 645
558, 121
544, 631
596, 685
618, 492
607, 968
557, 745
554, 022
520, 364
23, 225
8,196
17,987
7,757
16, 662
5,431
21,300
7,375
6,729
_
Shipments
by
truck
Thousands of brick
181, 544
212, 829
8 13, 769
Shipments
by
rail
8 8, 697
13, 104
« 18, 837
17, 091
12, 151
7,311
20, 695
8,302
6,855
23,446
10, 996
7,613
9,870
8,770
18, 526
24, 200
9,094
9,877
12, 344
10, 240
7,401
8,613
12, 319
10, 897
1926
January
February
March
April
_.
_
1927
January
February.
March
April
_
__
May
June
July
August
268,038
265,611
239, 245
220, 786
497, 150
524, 937
568, 931
10,811
25,415
8,493
18, 413
13, 250
8,740
14,010
10, 052
10, 751
13, 294
12, 547
17, 237
18, 344
14, 364
19, 800
246, 223
296,818
251, 946
279, 539
342, 717
390, 440
368, 326
337, 956
25, 868
29, 044
29, 998
33, 353
223, 980
227, 896
167, 993
227, 925
235, 883
245, 725
180, 498
190, 076
325. 069
307, 240
294, 735
332, 584
518, 452
500, 868
527, 920
557, 293
21, 680
18, 928
18, 086
13, 912
4,189
237, 727
494, 042
391, 101
238, 169
240, 829
246, 002
335, 948
291, 130
329, 482
577, 522
622, 215
569, 254
544, 461
538, 965
463, 180
445, 752
12, 789
10, 921
17, 063
10, 012
4,945
3,738
4,273
4,829
7,024
6,204
233, 728
227, 851
288, 530
275, 409
514, 452
466, 894
448, 326
444, 884
22,244
7,752
20,046
14, 065
14, 939
6,024
21, 870
19, 582
16, 251
12, 242
34, 972
1928
January .
February
March
April.
13, 953
12, 794
42, 130
59, 647
13, 239
11, 969
12, 079
17, 037
22, 639
53, 515
96, 125
37, 374
40, 930
42, 442
48, 831
22, 465
11, 293
15, 459
19, 089
103, 131
95, 258
50, 819
50, 565
29,455
28, 143
21, 925
23,464
5,134
6,558
17, 908
12, 580
10, 884
241,315
. _
8,953
11, 583
18, 651
19, 325
18, 150
7,701
16, 455
13, 215
13, 802
344, 541
229, 832
249, 169
September
October
November.. _ .
December
May
June
July
August
227, 924
268, 792
221, 168
8,820
18, 689
14, 423
13, 468
18, 538
16, 094
9,391
9,182
15, 867
16, 920
16, 777
15, 121
14, 830
12, 625
16, 942
14, 123
18,229
12, 159
14, 445
11, 815
13, 623
11,833
8,694
15,318
14, 845
14, 772
_
September
October
November
December
1 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from the reports of 10 manufacturers comprising the entire industry. The figures represent
regular selection. Details by kind of fixture are given in press releases, showing also culls, the classifications including baths, lavatories, shower receptors, sinks, slope sinks,
stalls, trays (single), combination sink and trays, 2-part trays, intergral drainboard sinks, and miscellaneous. Net new orders comprise total new orders less cancellations,
while stocks show amount of finished glost fixtures on hand at the end of the month.
2 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 32 manufacturers, covering most of the firms making vitreous chinaware which in
regular practice is connected with a drainage system. The figures represent regular selection (formerly grade A). Details by classes are given in press releases, showing
also culls, the classification including siphon jets, washdowns, reverse traps, lowdown tanks, lavatories, and miscellaneous. Net new orders comprise total new orders less
cancellations, while stocks show amount of finished glost fixtures on hand at the end of the month.
3
Compiled by Rock Products from reports of 14 firms from May through August, 1926, and from 17 to 23 firms for the remainder of that year. The 1926 averages are
based on total figures for the year by 23 firms, which represented 75 per cent of the output of the industry in 1926, according to the annual census, and whose stocks on
December 31, 1926, represented 52 per cent of total stocks on that date. Data for 1927 and 1928 were reported by from 23 to 30 plants each month.
3 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
1
8 months' average, May to December, inclusive.
8
4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
76
Table 54.—CEMENT AND HIGHWAYS
CONCRETE
PAVEMENTS
PORTLAND CEMENT i
Production
Shipments
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
Ratio to
capacity
Thousands Per cent
of barrels
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average
Stocks,
end of
month
Stocks,
clinker,
end of
month
Wholesale
price,
composite
Dolls, per
barrel
Thousands of barrels
7,675
7,353
7,146
7, 589
7,721
7,391
7,203
7,219
7,852
7,542
5,894
7,167
7,999
7,921
9,714
9,386
9,809
7,278
10, 161
9,572
11,448
12, 405
13, 434
13, 673
14, 328
76.1
11, 324
12, 146
13, 060
13, 482
14, 244
9, 258
13, 178
16, 055
18, 886
19, 955
4,015
6,191
7,077
9,008
9,635
8,258
7,377
11, 450
14, 048
45.1
44.6
61.9
78.1
5,968
6,731
11, 100
14, 350
22,914
23, 563
23,922
23, 654
16, 701
17, 224
17, 408
18, 315
88.9
93.1
90.4
94.5
16, 865
19, 761
18,984
21, 411
17, 505
17, 174
14, 449
11, 999
92.3
87.4
75.9
60.7
January.
February
March
April
9,768
8,797
10, 223
13, 468
May
June
July
August
17, 280
17, 469
Total
Roads
Thousands of square
yards
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
1922 monthly average
_
_
...
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
Underconstruction
Completed
Cost
Distance
Thous. of
dollars
Miles
11, 220
12, 773
11,312
11, 054
11, 080
5,891
6,700
8,306
8,191
9,489
New orders 2
FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAYS s
'
i
4,455
3,264
4,686
6,595
4 3, 499
2,454
3,662
4,863
$15, 472
937
14, 458
$1. 881
1.843
1,789
1.744
1.686
6,580
7,679
8,681
8,942
10, 481
4,245
4,842
5,328
5,095
6,163
10, 799
17, 084
18, 410
17, 876
15, 779
607
853
862
787
690
14, 529
14, 637
12, 187
10, 890
9,660
9,989
11, 943
12, 997
13, 335
1.713
1.683
1.683
1.683
4,236
4,391
9,300
15, 482
2,656
2,336
5,135
10, 264
8,115
5,385
10, 119
6,170
508
491
435
265
9,839
9,599
9,632
9,821
23, 503
20, 972
19, 397
16, 292
12, 514
10, 926
9,609
7,887
1.683
1.683
1.683
1.683
14, 234
16, 075
12, 615
13, 528
8,235
8,424
7,299
7,445
9,101
17, 850
17, 150
15, 301
414
845
637
750
10, 000
10, 104
10, 135
10, 005
19, 828
18, 105
11, 619
6,200
13,996
13, 141
16, 022
22, 082
6,490
5,960
6,374
7,599
1.683
1.683
1.683
1.683
11, 581
9,800
7,984
6,542
6,872
5,527
5,102
4,657
23, 354
29,206
29,712
17, 886
927
1,151
1,104
758
9,921
9,466
8, 879
8,517
49.4
47.5
51.7
70.0
6,541
6,563
10, 135
13, 307
25, 116
27, 349
27,445
27,627
9,672
12,237
14, 463
15, 002
1.683
1.683
1.683
1.683
5,902
7,464
12, 406
17, 788
4,103
5,615
8,746
12, 722
10, 728
8,209
11,411
458
340
395
8,480
8,267
8,332
86.6
90.1
18, 986
18, 421
25, 927
25, 021
14, 320
12, 936
1.683
1.683
20,695
15, 446
13, 246
8,997
1927
January
February.
March
April
_
May
June
July
August
_.
September
October
November
December
_
_
1938
September
October.
No ve mber
December
..
1
Data on Portland cement, representing complete reports of manufactures, are from the If. S. Department^of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, except prices, which are averages of weekly prices reported by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Clinker is unground cement. The cement industry is highly seasonal and
its figures should be compared with corresponding months of previous years rather than with other months of the current year. Detailed data by months back to 1915,
with an 8-year average for each month which can be used for seasonal comparisons, will be found in the September, 1923, issue (No. 25), p. 47, except for clinkers, for which
data2 appeared in the March, 1928, issue (No. 79), p. 21. Monthly price data from 1913 for quotations now discontinued appeared in the December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 54.
Concrete pavements contracted for throughout the United States are from the Portland Cement Association, Highway Bureau. The total contracts include streets and
alleys besides roads.
3
Data on amount of Federal-aid highways completed during each month and under construction at the end of month specified are compiled by the If. S. Department
of Agriculture, Bureau of Public Roads, and include all kinds of improved roads built with Federal aid. Federal-aid roads represented about 45 per cent of the total mileage
of roads improved by the States in 1925, while Federal-aid grants amounted to about 20 per cent of the costs of the Federal-aid roads shown above. The data on roads
completed represent all roads reported as such to the Bureau of Public Roads, whether paid for or not. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the July 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 24.
4
Of the numerical 1919 monthly average, 3,221,000 yards was actually reported. The remainder is the prorated portion of a total of 3,338,309 yards for the last year of
pavement less than 6 inches thick not allocated by class of pavement. This has been prorated to roads on the basis of the roads' share of allocated contracts.
77
Table 55.—GLASS
POLISHEI>
PLATE2
GLASS
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE 1
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
No. of
turns
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
19.23 monthly average.
1 924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
New
Ratio to orders
capacity
Unfilled
Ship- orders, Stocks, Producend of
ments end of month
tion
month
Per cent of capacity
No. of weeks'
supply
Thous.
sq. ft.
GLASS CONTAINERS 3
Production
Total
Thous.
gross
Net
Ratio to orders
capacity
Per
cent
Shipments
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
Thousands of gross
4,021
3,112
3,385
3,147
2,910
50.1
41.6
44.5
42.3
38.5
50.7
42.1
44.7
44.3
40.0
50.5
40.0
44.2
43.0
39.4
3.2
2.6
2.3
1.4
1.2
6.7
8.4
7.0
4.8
3.7
4,465
6,390
7,422
7,630
9,769
10, 738
9,283
January
February
March
April _
2,975
2,996
3,517
3,575
38.0
41.8
43.9
47.1
40.8
45.9
45.3
42.4
38.3
42.2
42.9
43.9
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.0
6.3
6.3
6.4
6.3
10, 729
10, 544
11,617
10, 726
2,005
1,834
1,977
2,051
73.3
72.6
68.3
74.2
2,804
2,166
2, 290
1,663
May
June
July
August
3,123
3,171
1,494
2,050
42.8
41.7
25.0
29.8
45.9
47.9
36.3
42.8
41.3
45.6
34.5
36.9
1.3
2.5
1.8
1.9
6.0
4.7
3.8
3.5
11, 029
12, 525
10, 748
11, 274
2,130
1,988
2,016
2,038
76.5
70.0
71.0
71.7
1,754
1,862
1, 935
1,642
2,381
3,193
3,837
3,956
3,879
43.7
50.9
52.6
50.0
47.0
49.6
46.9
40.2
46.3
49.4
47.7
47.2
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.0
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
11, 431
11, 186
9,705
7,344
2,009
2,321
2,143
2,045
72.2
79.7
72.3
69.0
2,237
2,421
2,553
2,414
2,088
January
February
March
April
2,948
2,620
3,023
3,030
35.6
37.2
39.0
39.8
35.5
48.2
39.0
39.6
40.5
40.7
41.0
38.8
0.6
1.1
1.0
1.0
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.7
8,484
9,790
11, 641
10, 299
2,032
1,942
2,234
2,205
71.3
70.8
72.3
74.1
2,725
2,838
2,390
2,004
May
June
July
August
2,797
2,689
2,169
2,410
37.0
36.0
33.6
32.0
45.0
38.0
36.3
38.3
39.3
37.3
35.3
31.4
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.3
3.6
3.6
4.0
3.5
9,618
7,999
8,868
10, 616
2,197
2,277
2,050
2,142
73.8
76.5
71.7
69.3
1,800
2,016
1,743
1,850
3,609
3,814
3,454
2,353
40.7
50.6
47.8
33.2
43.4
44.0
40.2
32.9
45.7
45.2
40.7
36.7
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.0
3.6
3.8
4.1
40
9,353
8,703
8,573
7,446
1,999
1,969
2,045
2,224
69.6
66.3
68.5
74.6
2,340
2,314
2,574
2.474
2,325
2,054
2,685
2,936
3,137
3,243
34.8
40.6
39.4
41.8
39.7
38.1
39.6
42.4
36.5
36.9
39.5
40.1
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.1
4.2
4.3
4.2
3.7
8,205
10, 093
11, 297
9,953
2,207
2,085
2,570
2,421
76.9
72.7
82.9
84.3
2,680
2,577
3,424
1,965
1,958
2,113
2,491
10, 140
10, 633
11, 272
10, 705
3,368
3,365
42.1
44.2
44.5
41.6
40.0
42.6
1.1
1.3
3.7
4.4
10, 224
10, 723
2,688
86.7
2,137
2,729
10, 076
.._.
__ _.
Stocks,
end of
month
< 2, 053
2,046
2,110
476.6
72.6
71.6
< 2, 383
2,145
2,256
< 1, 805
1,987
2,125
* 7, 891
8,751
9,747
< 4, 911
5,607
6,256
1,704
1,744
9,654
10, 017
10, 116
9,522
5,906
5,982
5,915
5,781
8,918
8,116
7,232
7,640
5,543
5,276
5,138
5,145
7,672
7,958
8,714
9,453
5,054
5,408
5,822
6,315
10, 274
11, 219
11, 137
10, 658
6,541
6,646
6,488
6,341
10, 135
9,682
9,148
8,765
6,149
6,065
6,216
6,217
8,606
8,681
9,043
8,616
5,925
5,878
6,049
6,551
6,327
6,370
6,283
6,239
6,192
1926
September
October
November
December
_
. _
_
___
2,056
2,179
2,288
2,117
2,022
1,980
1,693
1,592
1927
.
. .
September
October
No vember
December
1,803
1,867
2,368
2,346
2,383
2,350
2,227
2,120
1,928
1,724
1928
January.. _
February
March .
April
May
June
July
August
..
2,646
September ..
October
No vember
December
1 Data from biweekly reports of from 9 to 11 firms to the Illuminating Glassware Guild, estimated to represent from 70 to 75 per cent of the capacity of the industry,
with capacity ranging from 4,500 to 7,000 turns per month. A turn is a four-hour working period for one shop. Production data originally reported by firms with a
biweekly capacity of from 2,256 to 3,463 turns, have first been prorated to the equivalent production of a capacity of 3,500 turns per biweekly period; these figures have
in turn been reduced to monthly data by combining and prorating the overlapping periods. Data given in percentages of capacity are averages of either two or three
biweekly periods from the association reports. Stocks and unfilled orders have been reported by capacities ranging from 1,891 to 3,098 turns biweekly, but as they are
expressed in weeks' supply, they are comparable without prorating. Data from 1923 on actual production, stocks, and unfilled orders appeared in the July, 1926, issue
(No. 59), p. 25. The association reports give details by classes of shades, reflectors, bowls, and globes in numbers of turns.
2 Compiled by Plate Glass Manufacturers of America, comprising practically the entire industry. Monthly data from 1923 appeared in January, 1926, issue (No. 53),
p. 23.
3 Data from the Glass Container Association, covering 41 manufacturers of glass containers with an annual productive capacity of 32,000,000 gross, or about 83 per cent
of the industry. Details by classes are shown in the ass9ciation's report.
4
4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
78
Table 56.—WOOD DISTILLATION
ACETATE OF LIME
Wholesale
price 3
Ship- Stocks Exments end of ports 2
mo.
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
METHANOL (CRUDE)
Production
Stocks,
crude
plants,
end of
month
Dolls,
per
cwt.
Thousands of pounds
Stocks, refineries,
end of month
35, 836
14, 266
24, 980
22, 701
22, 180
19, 991
$2.78
1.87
2.26
3.84
3.27
2.90
3.28
3.50
652, 021
324, 504
567, 409
716, 144
579, 286
647, 899
674, 663
651, 702
2, 749, 407
8, 494, 877
2, 117, 172
1, 613, 454 * 1, 356, 717
924, 501
476, 614
351, 922
1, 002, 820
13, 707
14, 048
12, 926
17, 711
20, 882
18, 979
19, 406
15, 711
1,340
426
4,571
2,970
2.75
2.75
3.00
3.13
589, 555
626, 493
688, 662
732, 899
1, 608, 108
1, 424, 230
1, 349, 229
1, 301, 246
14, 425
12, 905
14, 314
14, 226
11, 339
10, 525
9,954
11, 903
19, 261
21, 715
25, 991
28, 523
1,286
615
2,251
503
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
752, 292
683, 707
738, 958
764, 670
May
June
July
August
13, 482
11, 241
10, 964
12, 180
13, 658
12, 499
14, 741
14, 524
28, 518
26, 093
22, 373
19, 951
1,893
2,235
1,909
2,902
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
September
October
November
December . .
11, 770
14, 002
14, 100
13, 468
11, 285
16, 013
15, 510
14, 187
23, 241
17, 746
16, 328
16, 421
1,392
1,125
1,797
675
1927
January
February
March
April
14, 181
12, 667
14, 223
13, 138
10, 067
10, 184
14, 002
13, 560
19, 910
22, 422
22, 620
22, 207
May
_
June
July
August
12, 552
12, 070
11, 712
13, 125
11, 972
14, 196
12, 211
13, 587
T)pnf>mhpir
12, 856
13, 849
13, 468
12, 718
1928
January
February
March
April
May
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
Total
Reporting
Shutdown
Cords
41, 085
27, 795
24, 839
829, 227
826, 847
942, 884
794, 744
742, 167
646, 454
502, 585
553, 604
5,629
5,448
5,391
5,339
4,687
4,389
3,706
3,463
4,083
4,585
5,217
5,171
4,017
3,958
3,616
3,463
626
2,771
1,890
1,183
681
758
486
355
1, 362, 188
1, 064, 365
856, 751
792, 357
19, 889
36, 606
33, 186
15, 300
15, 320
19, 558
10, 643
73, 092
65, 485
66, 338
72, 988
77, 101
620, 944
603, 632
575, 977
723, 511
4,162
4,164
4,140
4,140
3,916
3,918
3,918
3,918
965
1,091
841
841
1,'400, 994
1, 176, 337
1, 280, 625
1, 474, 624
656, 565
685, 995
750, 480
850, 999
40, 096
29, 478
33, 089
22, 451
70, 254
39, 270
62, 139
26, 794
77, 239
71, 568
78, 264
79, 751
534, 311
524, 411
519, 662
503, 013
3,930
3,870
3,870
3,726
3,828
3,768
3,768
3,624
621
561
349
349
671, 674
564, 596
553, 050
589, 828
1, 414, 577
1, 165, 016
888, 923
622, 456
876, 428
600, 780
279, 202
351, 409
23, 827
20, 664
33, 827
33, 651
16, 001
37,811
19, 317
43, 350
72, 867
62, 575
60, 837
66, 007
508, 408
485, 515
502, 255
500, 675
3,738
3,698
3,698
3,602
3,636
3,596
3,596
3,500
349
559
642
580
3.25
3.25
3.38
3.50
610, 393
712, 309
720, 798
733, 678
486, 199
442, 998
463, 049
278, 219
164, 363
151, 326
144, 136
207, 682
31, 853
30, 293
18, 947
15, 369
»8,779
24, 977
29, 869
8,704
65, 807
73, 895
73, 701
70, 653
491, 307
485, 022
473, 964
502, 482
3,577
3, 577
3,577
3,607
3,475
3,475
3,523
3,607
537
391
409
479
1,630
500
1,579
974
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
805, 473
680, 583
726, 694
666, 638
397, 999
340, 847
387, 684
325, 888
341, 444
613, 939
645, 852
819, 216
15, 913
19, 657
22, 574
12, 949
11, 012
16, 226
20, 584
41, 254
80, 233
68, 972
75, 755
69, 895
500, 818
473, 346
481, 807
524, 259
3,553
3, 555
3,526
3,535
3,553
3,555
3,526
3,535
155
155
295
319
23, 068
20, 923
20, 553
19, 889
1,582
562
1,355
283
3.50
3. 50
3.50
3.50
638, 376
626, 789
592, 368
574, 710
345, 366
339, 632
295, 812
361, 657
896, 334
991, 672
1, 094, 775
1, 408, 637
33, 078
39, 025
21, 227
28, 610
22, 863
2,201
9,622
18,796
64, 309
64,861
63, 714
81, 781
551, 536
584, 690
598, 209
606, 910
3,535
3,535
3,535
3,395
3,535
3,535
3,535
3,395
537
706
655
455
13, 369
17, 141
13, 575
12, 527
19, 452
16, 185
16, 057
15, 931
None.
915
676
2,078
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
572, 594
642, 299
660, 625
635, 166
314, 231
369, 965
339, 584
354, 266
1, 467, 460
1, 181, 225
1, 407, 745
1, 165, 544
1,590
27, 995
31, 987
43, 458
20, 526
57,983
48, 624
39, 369
79, 350
73, 159
70, 775
67, 101
617, 360
599, 314
593, 089
565, 456
3,395
3,339
3,323
3,329
3,395
3,339
3,323
3,329
391
145
145
226
12, 519
11, 718
13, 022
11, 693
11, 095
9,539
12, 303
12, 092
17, 202
19, 562
20, 186
20, 516
1,630
1,760
2,037
917
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
649, 551
592, 855
657, 460
607, 253
344, 798
363, 325
333, 496
323, 183
1, 126, 152
1, 132, 377
1, 079, 047
1, 120, 970
56, 104
55, 298
47, 268
55, 934
33, 384
42, 871
41, 232
59, 244
68, 559
64, 080
72, 303
63, 973
560, 568
543, 355
534, 161
515, 250
3,293
3,323
3,323
3,275
3,293
2,323
3,323
3,275
249
261
261
263
10, 987
15, 586
16, 292
1,152
215
3.50
3.50
559, 604
299, 062
909, 620
558, 483
57, 270
73, 955
98, 763
66, 785
59, 744
489, 388
3,266
3,266
299
1925
September October
November
December _ .
12, 117
12, 588
13, 324
14, 369
1926
Januarv
February .._
March
April
June
July
August
Stocks,
end of
mo.
78, 580
34, 177
64, 286
80, 787
62, 048
68, 303
71, 097
71, 602
13, 683
13, 424
10, 120
12, 686
13, 012
12, 945
September
October
November
Carbonized
DAILY CAPACITY
58, 589
34, 343
105, 860
100, 585
53, 386
34, 015
34, 772
25, 755
12, 421
4,885
10, 445
13, 700
10, 815
12, 628
13, 090
13, 056
_-
Exports 2
Gallons
1,942
1,520
2,300
1,829
1,931
1,837
1,549
1,011
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
Canada
United
States
WOOD
4
September
October
November
December
1
Except for prices and exports, data are compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, including through June, 1924, the reports of the National
Wood Chemical Association, the total reports from all sources comprising about 95 per cent of the industry during most of this period. Beginning with July, 1924, all data
have been collected directly by the Bureau of the Census. Stocks, at crude plants prior to December, 1926, probably include some stocks owned by them but held at
refineries, but thereafter only stocks actually at crude plants are reported under that heading. Monthly data on production and on consumption and stocks of wood for
1920appeared in the September, 1923, issue (No. 25), p. 46, the 1921 data being revised in the December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 51, and data from 1924 on in the April, 1927,
issue (No. 68), p. 26. Pressreleases of the Bureau of the Census also give Canadian figures, beginning with 1925.
2
Exports from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
Wholesale prices are monthly averages compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
* 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
79
Table 57.—REFINED METHANOL, ETHYL ALCOHOL, EXPLOSIVES, AND DYES
REFINED METHANOL 1
United
States
Canada
Stocks, end of
month
United
States
Canada
Shipments
United
States
Canada
monthly av.
monthly av
monthly av.
monthly av.
monthly av_
monthly av_ 8 556, 322 8 24, 202 6 678, 528 e 47, 019
monthly av_ 616, 893 24, 327 569, 982 59, 600
monthly av_ 451, 180 25, 012 481, 479 55, 242
Production
Dolls,
per
gal.
Gallons
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Wholesale
price
Production
YEAR AND MONTH
ETHYL ALCOHOL 2
477, 000
24, 442
$2 56
.80
1.64
1.06
.76
.61
.64
.67
Withdrawn
for
denaturization
Warehouse
stocks,
end of
month
Exports
Production
9, 485
6,119
8,137
11, 234
12, 201
16, 190
16, 221
14, 469
5
4, 398
3,864
6,876
9,527
10, 965
14, 801
14, 995
13, 507
5
Ship- New Stocks,
end of
ments orders month Vege- Coal
table tar
Thousands of pounds
Thousands of gallons
5
DYES AND
DYESTUFFS <
EXPLOSIVES 3
4 466
7,040
5,074
4,754
3,980
6,463
7,962
8,497
30, 756
36, 762
33, 740
34, 057
36, 351
34, 074
31, 080
36, 542
34, 340
34, 241
36, 361
33, 837
28, 926
35, 174
32, 726
32, 737
34, 715
32, 545
16, 316
18, 758
17,067
17, 346
16, 674
17, 827
437
354
264
302
216
314
696
1,494
1,309
2,150
2,151
2,326
2,230
1926
May
June
July
August
523,
698,
737,
608,
766
919
704
346
27, 460
12, 670
None.
None.
685, 000
645, 123
709, 639
516, 943
81, 259
76, 108
58,465
42, 994
.55
.55
.56
.70
13, 468
17, 391
17, 225
16, 977
12, 563
18, 847
14, 267
14, 390
8,327
5,734
7,335
8,914
34, 355
37, 492
34, 663
38, 023
35, 378
37, 875
34, 973
37, 174
33,506
35, 568
34, 909
37, 021
16, 809
16, 458
16, 070
16,894
135
269
217
558
September
October
November
December..
700,
618,
623,
531,
211
284
544
764
26, 700
29,200
37, 500
32,645
463, 488
379, 710
331, 256
284, 754
44, 303
40, 631
43, 964
49, 492
527, 716
34, 141
.76
.74
.75
.81
20, 776
20, 530
17, 640
15, 622
17, 338
18, 809
18, 696
18, 108
10, 863
11, 436
9,913
6,868
40, 741
40, 670
39, 628
36, 143
41, 098
40, 951
41, 475
34, 317
38, 348
39, 311
37, 913
33, 159
16, 488
16, 854
15, 126
17, 145
136
162
209
177
1937
January
February
March
April . _
480,
305,
569,
420,
448
479
059
741
35, 290
37, 070
39, 925
39, 910
436,
426,
597,
606,
656
736
379
975
58, 596
64, 719
67, 938
73, 706
374, 530
337, 428
411, 114
416, 996
26, 037
30, 516
36, 109
35, 340
.83
.83
.83
.83
13, 235
10, 324
11, 491
12, 674
8,907
9,152
12, 224
11, 618
3,563
9,842
8,313
8,459
33,846
35, 383
32, 190
31,962
33, 726
33, 578
31, 890
33, 132
33, 616
31, 102
31,517
31, 415
17, 303
19, 145
19, 518
18, 043
227
253
388
300
1,865
2,951
May
June
July
August
426,
416,
347,
317,
304
042
833
711
10, 550
None.
22,800
None.
554, 313
521, 609
554, 809
428, 194
73, 726
53, 350
59, 120
50, 687
469, 513
575, 811
411, 229
389, 033
20, 432
10, 485
17, 827
8,440
.83
.66
.66
.58
13, 052
13, 831
15, 170
15, 587
11, 584
13, 761
14, 651
12, 212
9,335
7,496
9,700
11, 122
34, 168
34, 120
30, 954
36, 304
35, 355
33, 783
31, 136
35, 736
33, 961
32, 354
30, 335
34, 680
16, 784
16, 989
16,794
17, 344
451
363
165
237
1,928
968
1,526
September
October
November
December
441,
688,
529,
470,
771
435
552
969
28,293
6,700
38, 600
41,000
382, 876
396, 137
452, 246
419, 812
58, 312
26, 443
32, 854
34, 752
506, 914
698, 476
626, 643
506, 310
23, 982
38, 569
28, 629
16, 937
.55
.53
.48
.48
14,129
16, 584
18, 051
19, 502
14, 130
17, 759
17, 329
18, 760
9,838
7,931
8,211
8,158
36, 858
38, 918
34, 695
29,490
36, 964
38, 261
34, 645
27, 839
35, 304
36, 747
32, 111
27, 398
17, 152
17, 807
17, 847
19,196
229
359
377
422
1938
January _
February
March
April
496,
390,
442,
468,
073
099
023
446
38, 700
44, 850
48, 400
46, 000
455,
467,
412,
430,
316
723
597
298
29, 198
32, 044
48, 413
47, 311
482, 666
407, 351
469, 308
412, 597
17, 775
35, 986
11, 505
39, 856
.48
.46
.46
.46
13,050
11, 220
11, 050
11, 784
10, 098
9,061
8,686
9,334
9,463
10, 120
10, 945
11, 267
29, 607
31, 895
30, 001
32, 153
31, 332
31, 035
30, 801
32, 095
29, 878
29, 203
29, 660
30, 701
17, 973
18, 447
18, 645
17, 647
239
276
490
296
557, 780
603, 247
30, 400
6,200
505, 299
541, 083
55, 359
45, 733
492, 081
596, 502
14, 528
11, 462
.46
.46
11, 043
10, 468
10, 904
32, 850
33, 511
32, 163
16, 990
160
272
May
.. .
June
July
August
1,661
2,743
2,449
1,883
2,220
2,672
2,104
3,595
1,227
2,254
4,469
1,838
1,920
2,222
1,715
2,848
1,735
1,788
1,898
1,726
September..
October.
November
December
1 Compiled from individual reports of all methanol-refining plants in the United States and Canada by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, the
following grades of methanol being included: 95 per cent refined, 97 per cent refined, pure, C. P. and denaturing grade methanol; except for prices, which are monthly averages compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The amounts of crude methanol purchased by refiners are less than consumption of crude in
refineries because many refiners have their own crude plants and thus do not have to purchase crude methanol. Canadian refineries all have their own supplies of crude
and 2so no purchase column is shown for Canada.
Statistics of ethyl alcohol, compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, comprise all 160° proof alcohol produced in the United States.
Withdrawals for denaturing represent approximate production of denatured alcohol. The large increase in the proportion of the total production used for denaturing,
beginning with 1922, is stated to be due to the use of denatured alcohol, which pays no tax, for certain medical purposes in place of pure alcohol which was formerly used
and is taxable. Data for fiscal years previous to 1920 appeared in the February, 1928, issue (No. 78), p. 79. Beginning with April, 1928, monthly data on production and
stocks are also reported by the Industrial Alcohol Institute from 16 members representing about 90 per cent of the industry.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, from reports from 24 companies. Data comprise black powder, permissibles, and other high explosives, and do not include reports of manufacturers of ammunition and fireworks, nor production of nitroglycerin, except in so far as nitroglycerin is used in the manufacture4 of other explosives. Detailed data by classes from 1922 appeared in November, 1924, issue (No. 30), p. 107.
Data compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Export figures for " vegetable " dyes include logwood extract (about
50 per cent) and other dye extracts; coal-tar exports comprise coal-tar colors, dyes, and stains.
4
8 months' average, May to December, inclusive.
• 9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
80
Table 58.—NAVAL STORES
GUM TURPENTINE
GUM ROSIN
STEAM DISTILLED NAVAL STOHES 1
Wood rosin
Stocks,
Net
end of Wholereceipts month
saSe
(3 ports)* (3 ports) = price 3
YEAR AND MONTH
Barrels of 50 gals.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average__
1920 monthly average
26, 494
22, 807
25, 819
23, 006
13, 349
15,481
21, 131
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
Dolls,
per gal.
Net
receipts
(3 ports) 2
Stocks,
Wholeend of
sale 3
month
(3 ports) 2 price
Barrels of 500 Ibs.
Dolls,
per bbl.
ProdllC-
tion
Stocks
at
plants
Bbls. of 500 Ibs.
Wood
turpentine
Production
Pine oil
Stocks
at
plants
Production
Bbls. of 50 gals.
Stocks
at
plants
Gallons
59, 721
71, 562
96, 818
122, 792
55, 481
27, 764
$0.43
4.47
.46
.49
.49
.59
1.20
1.74
58, 914
92, 260
98, 905
79, 787
53, 138
54, 092
69,912
275, 273
322, 029
323, 461
292, 126
233, 926
157, 943
$4. 82
4.02
3.77
5.80
6.39
10. 56
15. 16
15.29
22, 110
21, 765
26, 515
26, 067
24, 319
25, 279
33, 876
47, 707
26, 762
28, 610
38, 567
40, 731
44, 827
56, 294
.68
1.15
1.17
.91
1.01
.93
.62
65, 939
83, 439
97, 575
92, 295
90, 195
91, 426
117,201
316, 585
308, 498
266, 932
250, 478
192, 908
145, 074
178, 557
5.79
5.77
6.01
6.17
10.94
12.41
10.13
23, 865
27, 213
34, 572
35, 449
20, 938
67, 051
4,883
5,219
6,650
8,144
3,156
9,123
161, 550
195, 166
231, 863
654, 069
407, 587
451, 633
May
June
July
August
28, 945
42, 503
43, 122
40, 632
26, 719
36, 532
44, 762
58, 929
.86
.87
. 88
.95
85, 965
137, 584
143,415
138, 124
85, 026
112, 514
132, 649
131, 636
8.43
11.19
13.35
14.61
21,912
23, 495
29, 710
32, 800
24, 824
19, 079
24, 382
17, 424
4,570
4,633
5,356
5,483
2,310
2,218
2,998
2,765
148, 592
212, 021
215, 706
222, 002
503, 780
302, 853
319, 588
278, 487
September
October
November
December
34,918
32, 216
25, 885
29, 143
57, 601
57, 370
63, 650
58, 321
.92
.90
.89
.86
118, 868
114, 120
107, 801
122, 847
148, 177
158, 210
184, 405
208, 789
14.43
13.86
13.08
12.24
31, 766
34, 161
33, 373
32, 864
13, 555
17, 702
22, 831
27, 736
5,604
6,045
6,612
6,499
3,837
3,426
3,773
4,911
228, 833
263, 696
238, 322
220, 827
249, 974
259, 670
239, 017
254, 259
7,386
5,138
10, 132
30, 989
48, 993
40, 047
24, 668
31, 802
.83
.75
.74
.67
39, 136
27, 214
36, 322
97, 028
160, 120
147, 635
81, 013
107, 562
12.38
11.71
11.23
9.70
35, 168
32, 043
35, 313
34, 598
33, 513
45, 124
53, 866
58, 652
7,053
6,587
7,253
7,035
5,531
7,314
6,953
7,473
241, 563
207, 197
245, 232
239, 027
305, 151
313,457
345, 842
355, 790
48, 025
57, 730
50,466
47, 809
47, 264
52, 340
58, 390
58, 915
.63
.57
.56
.59
150, 397
184, 971
169, 439
158, 514
153, 445
165,991
179, 734
198, 883
9.67
9.93
9.74
10.62
36,508
35, 197
36, 038
35, 521
64,763
72, 454
72, 486
71, 982
6,974
6,541
6,414
6,347
8,746
9,896
6,652
8,256
243, 880
222, 151
231, 350
242, 050
392, 864
428, 796
458, 923
524, 246
45, 775
39, 115
35, 795
28, 154
73, 019
80, 473
77, 676
81, 939
.55
.53
.51
.54
151, 045
132, 059
144, 892
115, 397
229, 426
222, 167
247, 954
248, 755
10.08
9.24
8.55
8.70
34, 839
35,963
35, 187
28, 483
76, 327
82, 717
87, 179
85, 553
6,562
6,901
6,820
5,291
10, 232
12, 163
13, 385
12, 869
244, 445
237, 625
235, 695
192, 141
555, 818
588, 778
561, 363
588, 571
7,764
4, 568
5,624
20, 765
72, 035
61, 906
40, 338
45, 458
.60
.60
.60
.58
41, 160
30, 549
25, 544
67, 762
262
053
074
805
9.54
8.94
8.89
8.54
29, 200
32, 792
35, 148
34, 831
85, 413
90, 429
98, 101
108, 394
5,771
5,645
6,647
6,052
10, 621.
10, 477
10, 862
10, 963
198, 646
237, 953
259, 079
240, 845
605, 771
641, 354
693, 522
727, 416
39, 764
48, 111
46, 741
61, 336
.54
.57
118, 460
148, 041
128, 789
165, 604
8.15
9.10
36, 036
36, 054
114, 160
108, 200
6,350
5,700
9,459
8,510
248, 606
191, 947
768, 195
829, 507
.
1926
1927
January
February
March
April
_.
May
June _.
July
August
-
--
- __ --
September
October
November
December
. _ _.
1928
January
February
March
April
- - --
May
June
July
August
September .
October
November
December
200,
159,
123,
140,
"
"""1
1
Compiled by the Hercules Powder Company from reports of 8 firms representing almost the entire output of steam naval stores from distillation with steam from the
oleoresin within or extracted from the wood, generally softwoods.
2
Represent the receipts and stocks at Jacksonville, Savannah, and Pensacola, as reported by the Naval Stores Review, earlier data being supplied by the Savannah
Board of Trade, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, and Pensacola Chamber of Commerce. Monthly averages for 1914 and 1915 are based on the season beginning Apr. 1 of
the year indicated and thereafter on the calendar year. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 40.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represent average prices in the New York market. Quotations for rosin cover B grade,
unit 280 pounds gross, ex dock, and turpentine quotations cover southern, in barrels, both being at New York. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in November, 1925, issue
(No. 51), p. 22.
81
Table 59.—CHEMICAL PRICES, ARSENIC, AND ROOFING
[Base year in bold-faced type]
ARSENIC 3
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES
i
Drugs
and
Pharmaceuticals i
YEAR AND MONTH
Essential
oils*
Crude
drugs l
Relative to August, 1914
Chemicals 2
Oils
and
fats 2
100
201
196
129
120
100
213
265
158
131
100
185
202
134
174
142
155
157
156
158
135
140
174
170
131
220
208
198
205
202
125
114
113
113
113
142 !
139
155
150
131
155
148
143
135
209
215
211
203
114
114
114
114
155
155
155
156
126
125
126
123
203
204
206
207
156
156
156
156
121
122
122
121
156
160
169
169
169
169
169
169
_ _ _
Production
Relative to 1913-14 e
155
156
156
156
1914 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
Crude
100
PREPARED
ROOFING*
Refined
Stocks,
end of
month
Production
Stocks,
end of
month
Shipments
Thousands of
squares 7
Short tons
DRY ROOFING
FELT «
Production
Stocks,
end of
month
Short tons
100
"""
2,079
2,360
2,182
2,541
,
r
8 9, 016
8 12, 055
average..
average
average
average
average
_.
__
1926
.
September
O ctober
November
December
_
1,497
697
458
1,161
2,924
3,575
3,149
1,670
1,072
1, 519
923
520
860
742
3, 268
7,034
3,982
1,842
2,542
2,714
2,731
2,670
2,833
16, 078
17, 406
20, 297
23, 030
25, 276
2,427
2,296
3,588
4,043
3,349
154
136
134
129
488
419
514
537
2,959
2,538
2,667
2,621
560
697
885
866
2,648
2,382
2,188
1,798
3,450
3,495
2,441
2,115
26, 938
27, 636
22, 013
17, 857
3,236
3,426
3,246
3,545
114
113
113
113
128
137
134
132
1,414
1,147
1,380
1,075
2,725
2,387
2,378
2,208
913
810
1,030
925
1,983
2,251
2,230
2,059
1,405
1,691
2,891
3,183
19, 266
19, 669
25, 209
27, 638
3,628
4,045
3,417
3,089
205
200
196
192
113
113
112
112
130
130
126
127
905
1,003
1,163
972
1,432
1,155
1,363
1,009
683
789
765
986
1,718
1,266
789
1,346
3,020
3,003
2,637
2, 992
27, 019
26, 517
23, 605
27, 441
2,806
3,181
3,272
3,166
203
123
126
128
202
207
206
201
113
112
112
112
134
134
133
128
1,472
1,004
1,269
1,125
1,422
1,260
1,326
1,375
873
937
822
782
1,787
2,321
2,255
2,101
3,287
3,218
3,280
3,386
27, 902
27, 512
25, 680
25, 853
2,907
3,748
3,810
3,118
130
131
132
139
208
209
212
210
112
112
113
113
130
122
122
125
1,158
1,600
1,076
1,098
1,407
2,005
1,834
1,863
827
668
688
669
2,496
2,403
2,479
2,760
1,587
1,320
3,248
3,016
21,743
19, 098
25, 492
27, 534
3,088
3,558
2,775
2,844
113
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
128
1,225
1,876
713
2,370
3,008
27, 521
28, 476
2, 366
2,153
1927
January
February . .
March _.
April
.
May
_ - - - June _.
July
August . . _ _ . -
September
October
November
December
___
_
1928
--
January _
February
March
April
.
_ _ _
May
June
July .
August
_
.
September
October
November
December.
_ _
1 Compiled by the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter from weekly wholesale quotations of 40 crude botanical drugs, 20 essential oils, and 35 drugs and pharmaceutical
chemicals, respectively.
2
The chemical price indexes from Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering include quotations on 25 chemicals and 15 oils and fats selected on the basis of their importance as representing both qualitatively and quantitatively the principal branches of the chemical industry. These prices are weighted on the basis of total production
plus total imports in the year 1923. The figures are averages of weekly prices. A similar index, including 25 of the principal chemicals, oils, and fats used in the new
indexes, with yearly data from 1917 to 1923 and monthly data for 1923 and 1924, may be found in the November, 1924, issue (No. 39), p. 105.
3
Compiled by the American Bureau of Metal Statistics. Figures on crude arsenic cover this element in its primary state, while those on refined arsenic cover this
commodity as derived from the crude. Stocks are those in producers' hands at the end of the month. Monthly data on refined arsenic from 1923 appeared in the August,
1925, issue (No. 48), p. 48.
1
Compiled by the Prepared Roofing Manufacturers' Association until 1926 and prorated to 100 per cent of the industry from reports received from 60 to 90 per cent of
the total machine activity, comprising all types of asphalt-saturated roll roofing whether surfaced or not and all types of asphalt shingles. Monthly data back to 1919
appeared in the September, 1923, issue (No. 25), p. 55. Beginning with 1926 the name of the association was changed to the Asphalt Shingle and Roofing Association, and
data5 are prorated to 100 per cent of the industry.
Compiled by the Felt Manufacturers' Association, including reports from 16 identical mills, until 1925, when 17 firms reported. The felt is made from waste rags and
the data are said to represent about 50 per cent of the industry. Data as to receipts of rags and paper and stocks of all kinds appeared in the November, 1924, issue (No. 39),
p. 104. Average prices are also included in the reports of the association.
6
Relative to 12 months' average, July, 1913, to June, 1914.
7
A roof square is equivalent to 100 square feet of covering as measured on the roof.
3
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
731°—28
6
82
Table 60.—CHEMICALS
SULPHUR
SULPHURIC
ACID
Production s
(quarterly)
Exports !
Long tons
YEAR AND MONTH
Pounds
NITRATE OF
SODA i
Whole- Production in
sale
price 4
Chile
Dollars
per 100
pounds
1919-13 mo. av
1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
614, 940
807, 417
1, 098, 015
6, 486, 619
5, 538, 625
5, 293, 578
$1.00
1.00
1.30
2.00
1.70
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
av
av
av
av
av
6, 691, 220
1, 774, 625
2, 415, 612
1. 067, 862
1, 039, 199
1.60
1.00
1.12
.91
.76
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
av__
av
av
av__
av
686, 981
939, 389
628, 094
768, 700
626, 029
Metric
tons
e 251, 939
221, 294
351, 330
472, 851
1936
September
October
November
December
486, 237
511, 287
1927
January
February
March
April .
565, 760
May
June
July . ...
August
593, 498
September
October ._
November
December...
510, 820
1928
January
February.
March
April
400, 901
May
June _
July
August
September
October
November
December.
526, 009
Imports
POTASH i
ProducImports tion in
France
Long tons
SUPERPHOSPHATE 2
Sales in
Germany
FERTILIZER
Stocks,
Consumption in
Exports i Southern
States 5
Produc-
tion
Metric tons, K 2 O
content
43, 177
52, 155
45 143
64, 349
101, 535
128, 601
21, 124
22. 291
17,611
6,305
978
802
238, 712
139, 921
210, 386
109, 629
89, 317
153, 766
33, 955
110, 160
30, 767
45, 039
.73
.71
.70
.73
.75
158, 809
200, 266
209, 982
167, 836
134, 275
74, 084
82, 053
92,901
75, 416
61, 335
19, 205
19, 088
21, 751
25, 304
22, 416
22, 583
25, 707
30, 555
31, 003
70, 172
102, 121
91, 656
103, 292
384, 061
260, 291
590, 680
638, 607
.74
.75
.75
.75
120, 800
127, 100
111, 283
86, 731
37, 096
47, 503
51, 448
63, 660
23, 355
28, 341
34, 411
29, 347
28, 456
31, 231
33, 946
34,260
519,270
866. 882
420, 361
1, 024, 337
.75
.75
.75
.75
79, 151
74, 253
90, 479
99, 050
47, 240
33. 578
94, 151
97, 480
30, 189
18, 394
19. 308
15,911
729, 771
746, 096
801, 140
517, 346
.75
.75
.75
.75
105, 900
115, 900
127, 060
142, 800
43, 578
39, 683
54, 867
71, 904
454, 326
474, 080
417, 475
541. 263
.75
.75
.76
.78
143, 700
189, 200
210, 000
233, 849
559,
579,
727,
842,
952
759
558
460
.78
.78
.78
.78
515, 617
732, 598
.78
month
Long
tons
Short tons
1,564
5,230
14, 880
8,739
20, 103
'
Shipments
end of
Short
tons
103, 391
119, 938
85, 639
30, 647
32, 747
28, 733
"
.-_ r _.
_l
_
I
18, 713
54, 509
117, 994
74, 620
77, 912
411,678
232. 193
292, 224
360, 412
390, 477
431,015
437, 370
391, 222
275, 722
285, 1C2
270, 753
1, 177, 544
1, 653, 945
1, 568, 110
97, 149
104, 801
91, 641
89, 216
95, 532
91, 342
106, 098
82, 589
63, 167
68, 319
95, 886
243,
301,
298,
297,
599
790
801
386
1, 541, 106
1, 690, 378
1, 899, 482
2, 124, 600
181, 918
94, 719
54. 682
69, 805
97, 701
73, 384
73, 993
70, 466
219, 135
120, 689
79, 725
104, 109
35, 579
31, 829
32, 927
25, 740
190, 364
182, 660
164, 970
50, 955
275,
276,
223,
213
908
281
253
967
2. 190, 543
2.111,115
1, 559, 847
1, 016, 748
78, 712
154, 527
292, 670
295, 200
67, 678
111, 190
109. 580
128, 689
526, 771
836, 610
1, 498, 537
870, 224
8,292
6,502
36, 857
43, 572
30, 200
27, 676
30, 265
32, 868
43, 048
82, 949
88, 820
84, 548
240,
199,
240,
256,
939
369
863
980
1, 013, 638
1, 092, 227
1, 347, 554
1, 468, 286
107, 738
63, 388
56, 265
79, 347
119, 927
111,512
138, 023
100, 659
146, 454
60, 991
35, 535
109, 954
64, 753
55, 154
67, 091
66, 546
28, 822
27, 884
17, 039
16, 227
31, 800
33,000
30, 204
29, 952
Ii8, 629
63, 730
68, 363
100, 470
267, 516
340,411
342, 400
350, 587
1, 361, 529
1, 580, 756
1, 806, 877
1, 995, 954
198, 547
109, 447
75, 260
79, 885
113, 322
96, 672
95, 605
80, 319
250, 971
121, 075
87, 965
157, 858
242, 800
236, 600
253, 800
255, 100
69, 867
144, 716
177, 187
131, 819
31, 646
33, 774
22, 230
28, 137
31,290
33, 958
34, 770
202, 010
208, 400
161, 460
67, 414
358,
345,
361,
355,
008
040
729
614
2, 196, 736
2, 087, 723
1, 386, 087
875, 207
101,
201,
447,
390,
540
571
461
894
87, 632
74, 955
114,632
127, 111
603, 343
1, 113, 569
2, 185, 435
862, 878
262, 400
113, 722
76, 135
12, 997
14, 525
285, 405
806,811
135, 845
146, 480
111, 581
198, 810
47, 236
63, 746
99, 948
"
1
Data compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Potash imports include potash imported as chemicals and also the
muriate and sulphate used in fertilizers. "Total fertilizer" exports are made up largely of phosphate rock. Potash data from France and Germany are secured by the
department from Potasses d' Alsace, the French government office having charge of potash mines in France, and the Kali Syndicate, controlling the German potash market,
respectively. Monthly data on these two items from 1924 appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 22.
2 Data compiled by the National Fertilizer Association from reports of acidulators representing about 80 per cent of the industry; figures in greater detail divided into
northern and southern sections are obtainable from the association's reports. Details by sections for 1925 appeared in the January, 1926, issue (No. 53), p. 16. Tons are of
16 per cent available phosphoric acid, which is equivalent to 320 pounds per ton.
3
Compiled from reports to the Texas State Comptroller from three companies, representing practically the entire industry. Figures given are for quarters ended in
month indicated. Similar figures for quarters since June 30, 1923, were given in the April, 1927, issue (No. 68), p. 23.
4
Wholesale average monthly price of 66° sulphuric acid at New York from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
&
Compiled by the National Fertilizer Association from tag sales reports of Commissioners of Agriculture of 12 Southern States (Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas). Monthly data from 1920 appeared in the May, 1926, issue
(No.6 57), p. 17.
Average for last 3 quarters of year.
83
Table 61.—COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
COTTONSEED OIL
COTTONSEED CAKE
AND MEAL
COTTONSEED 1
YEAR AND
MONTH
Con-
Stocks
at mills,
end of
(crush) month
Receipts sumption
at mills
Production
Short tons
1913 mo. av
1914 mo av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo. av
1923 mo. av
1924 mo. av
1925 mo. av
1926 mo. av
1927 mo. av
8
7o8, 756
320, 871
8
354, 433
392, 739
308, 006
335, 846
253, 578
262, 946
363, 132
439, 520
486, 842
466, 328
269, 745
321, 649
423, 562
495, 473
491, 646
1926
September
976, 295
October _ _. 1, 502, 131
November ... 1, 224, 487
854, 735
December
1927
January
581, 856
February.
473, 340
March
358,989
103, 239
April _ _ _56, 611
May
55, 562
June
54, 038
July
290, 422
August - 1, 007, 261
September
October
1, 282, 625
848, 706
November
483, 281
December
1928
January
339, 212
177, 229
February
March
95, 296
April
15, 947
May
5,660
16, 798
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Factory
consumption
In
Total
(qtly.) « oleo.8
Stocks,
end of
month i
8
Production i
Dolls,
perlb.
Thousands of pounds
463, 114
357, 084
358, 344
351, 443
304, 727
359, 686
268, 135
Production i
Stocks,
end of
month
Price, summer yellow
prime *
Refined
Crude 1
$0. 072
OG6
068
8
.106
116, 385
238,965 .155
170, 890
99, 087
Stocks
at mills, Exend of ports s
month 1
41,878
93, 175
176, 746
8
Production
Consumption
Thous. of Ibs.
Short tons
8
OLEOMARGARINE 2
148, 815
180, 400
42, 062
60, 786
51, 330
16, 890
7 12, 102
' 12, 002
11,861
7 12, 709
23, 937
11, 798
11, 787
12, 404
19, 044
7 12,151
225, 152
169, 225
223, 758 » 1, 456
183, 517
1,239
231, 106
189, 530
271, 659
253, 101
188, 105
.201
.239
.153
.079
.102
175, 239
182, 653
137, 015
149, 183
114, 794
86, 007
109, 522
198, 187
143, 476
133, 357
486
26, 172
14, 168
24, 399
18, 707
29, 217
30, 733
29, 957
17, 840
15, 380
26, 877
29, 081
30, 014
17, 518
14, 969
75, 878
88, 056
112, 122
123, 079
132, 716
168, 811
194, 965
290, 279
280, 618
298, 294
156, 684
152, 824
225, 114
209, 153
414, 015
.113
.110
.108
.118
.097
122, 901
147, 394
197, 303
226, 619
220, 629
127, 702
122, 743
139, 910
226, 264
142, 922
14, 349
25, 907
33, 290
35, 088
36, 713
18, 839
19, 294
19, 568
20, 293
23, 042
18, 872
19, 156
19, 359
20, 226
22, 881
58, 262
102, 309
131, 181
158, 348
75, 053
213, 133
237, 890
229, 220
208,933
1,775
2,091
2,158
63, 723
133, 343
346, 506
2,008
332, 415
.113
.088
.083
.082
214, 330
418, 002
438, 170
422, 655
127, 409
170, 324
176, 103
167, 400
21, 749
74, 115
47, 544
92, 370
20, 232
21, 820
23, 428
24, 798
20, 172
21, 766
23, 800
24, 530
250, 386
205, 051
186, 914
106, 887
175, 190
155, 430
139, 879
123, 141
205, 929
201, 217
170, 868
2,013
342, 229
2,006
2,487
2,173
.085
.091
.095
.091
377, 425
310, 075
278, 417
164, 748
147, 144
152, 147
178, 737
180, 741
81, 099
61, 775
23, 860
111,408
395, 022
460, 491
505, 199
531, 376
22, 748
22, 345
25, 484
23, 569
21, 859
20, 356
27, 234
23, 267
171, 852
103, 407
89, 784
217, 894
62, 182
36, 106
22, 567
46, 212
73, 029
33, 985
16, 297
26, 322
91, 455
70, 257
31, 789
32, 210
1,974
1,909
1,559
1,745
507, 762
460, 163
378, 613
274, 711
.091
.092
.095
.100
84, 889
57, 238
39, 022
72, 659
153, 853
101, 748
63, 632
45, 116
21, 527
18, 105
23, 169
15, 122
20, 917
20, 645
20, 799
21, 171
16, 727
19, 387
644, 954
581, 090
876, 630 1, 050, 949
782, 681 1,113,974
992, 049
605, 206
178, 018
272, 547
247, 523
192, 057
87, 474
146, 567
165, 069
157, 578
100, 849
194, 676
205, 888
176, 051
2,113
225, 782
310, 330
415, 833
502, 901
.107
.109
.106
.100
258, 685
391, 037
344, 591
268, 757
109, 591
186, 997
205, 008
190, 354
26, 306
53, 834
63, 790
43, 327
23, 495
26, 041
25, 913
27, 461
23, 981
763, 353
489, 955
181, 022
144, 658
108, 387
56, 945
168, 519
159, 302
124, 730
2,162
2,114
2,214
2,015
538, 257
566, 832
259, 275
202, 264
150, 984
82, 273
53, 249
27, 671
110,819
516, 232
.101
.093
.096
.099
177, 118
170, 827
83,371
143, 378
138, 231
124, 848
84, 159
27, 729
26, 327
27, 437
22, 800
24, 437
13, 445
47, 409
33, 509
61, 935
22, 779
2,135
2,106
480, 431
415, 428
.106
.102
31,376
59, 745
45, 387
12,514
8,230
4,906
26, 205
27, 624
27, 288
24, 291
23, 744
23, 381
8
8
457, 924
259, 179
364, 661
315, 672
95, 223
106, 442
77, 886
98, 545
104, 564
94, 699
57, 623
327, 424
435, 341
592, 223
587, 386
592, 748
81, 146
96, 286
125, 987
147, 024
150, 538
61, 544
72, 957
72, 983
75, 791
108, 330
476, 142
586, 835
934, 643 1, 153, 247
984, 561 1, 391, 922
942, 976 1, 303, 681
139, 628
282, 406
297, 691
277, 405
849, 721 1, 035, 766
686, 786
818,735
615, 072
561, 686
352, 994
311,931
196, 510
123, 977
67, 661
161, 423
570, 408
450, 627
323, 307
164, 872
261,944
113,019
66, 040
52, 437
39,041
30,194
101, 457
97, 483
81, 645
99, 659
68,933
250, 319
348, 821
1,705
1,693
2,029
1,954
2,052
2,228
2,260
251, 805
303, 478
2,154
232,971
541,640
18, 457
84, 870
8,636
143
17,214
20, 672
26,823
26, 256
26, 717
23,738
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, covering the entire industry. Receipts of cottonseed at mills include seed later destroyed at mills
but not seed reshipped. Stocks of crude oil include holdings of crude mills and of refiners and oil in transit to refiners and consumers, while stocks of refined oil include
holdings of refiners, brokers, agents, and warehousemen, and oil in transit to manufacturers of lard substitutes, oleomargarine, soap, etc. Yearly figures for all these items
are now based on the calendar year. Monthly data from 1920 on cottonseed stocks appeared in the August, 1922, issue (No. 12), p. 94, and on crude cottonseed-oil production
and 2stocks in the May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 87.
Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue. Production data represent total output, while consumption figures represent tax-paid withdrawals of both colored and uncolored oleomargarine, consisting of all withdrawals for domestic use except for the Government.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
4
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing averages of weekly quotations at New York. Monthly data from 1920 appeared
in the May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 91.
5
Compiled by the 17. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, representing practically complete consumption of refined cottonseed oil by factories in further
manufacture of such articles as lard substitutes, oleomargarine, soap, etc. Yearly figures are quarterly averages. Quarterly data for 1920 appeared in the August, 1923, issue
(No. 36), p. 119.
* Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, showing total consumption in the manufacture of oleomargarine, as ascertained from tax
reports. Monthly data from July, 1921, together with figures for other ingredients consumed in the manufacture of oleomargarine, are given in the March, 1926, issue (No.
55), 7 p. 25.
Average for fiscal years beginning July 1 of year stated.
s 5 months' average, August to December, inclusive.
9
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
84
Table 62.—FLAXSEED AND LINSEED PRODUCTS
Minneapolis and
Duluth 2
YEAH AND MONTH
Oil mills s
(quarterly)
Argentina
Im-
ports i
Ee-
ceipts
ai-s- i Stocks,
SK -5T
Con- Stocks,
Exsump- end of ports 6
tioii
qtr.
Stocks,
end of
mo.7
Ship- Factory
conProduc- ments
from
tion 3
sump(fitly.)
Minne- tion 3
apolis 4
(Qtly.)
Thousands of bushels
1,979
1,104
999
1 337
843
870
757
1,255
585
460
710
475
421
280
2, 984
2,2SS
1,038
1,490
1,040
2GO
179
6,176
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly av__.
1922 monthly av...
1923 monthly a v _ _ _
1924 monthly a v...
1925 monthly av__.
1926 monthly a v _ _ _
1927 monthly av...
2,053
1,027
1,243
2,028
1,382
1, 37G
1,879
1,818
964
831
729
1, 468
2,294
1,944
1,438
1, 940
329
568
388
561
1,522
997
668
977
984
2,087
299
568
799
1, 365
1,715
2,346
1,556
2,952
2, 568
1,190
2,189
6, 144
2,811
1,402
907
1,644
1, 671
1,405
846
3,102
3, 569
2, 694
January
February
March
April
2,237
1,327
2,097
2,360
787
515
574
374
540
418
398
330
2,372
2,073
2,023
1,860
May
June
_ _
July
August
2,376
2,925
1,381
1,123
491
488
429
717
338
214
606
496
1,381
1,444
908
589
September
October
November
December __
1,716
1,758
1,491
1,029
5,512
8,230
4,088
1,079
1,102
2,008
3, 241
2,035
1,583
5,246
4,671
3,997
January
February
March
April
1,181
1,264
1,671
1,718
925
660
595
474
576
457
612
584
3,312
2,668
2,087
1,627
May
June
July
August
2,156
1,664
650
675
856
132, 897
120, 550
93, 863
113, 232
15,210
11, 868
9, 862
10, 662
11, 158
9,271
10, 026
47, 286
1, 457
2, 867
1,768
2, 168
3, 433
3,517
4, 667
4,975
121,318
120, 703
114, 361
163, 391
176, 397
189, 962
180, 122
194, 179
7, 856
8, 157
8,156
10, 7G3
10, 958
13, 537
11,057
10,617
3,574
3,820
2, 960
3,235
5,200
4,600
4,600
4,400
174, 057
14, 153
11,669
8,725
8,756
7,147
7,513
7,394
7,779
5,200
6,800
7,000
8,000
6,728
4,817
5,130
4,565
6,500
5,000
5,400
4,800
5, 629
6,731
5,381
5,113
3,600
3,000
2,400
2,000 !
8,397
548
771
1,225
1 092
783
1,081
1,170
tories
tatty.)
3,937
6,299
7,057
5,906
728
1, 415
2,374
515
1,520
2,617
120, 856
1, 066
2 701
3,219
2,099
464
1,284
2,087
6,407
6, 507
6,085
8, ."43
9,522
10, 263
9,757
10, 438
2, 668
2,050
1,501
2, 7GO
3,331
3,997
3,687
5,008
3,446
4, 463
3, 038
3,779
4,830
3,430
5,270
6,161
9,507
2,511
11,085
6,154
Wholesale
price,
New
York s
Shipments
from
Exports 1
Minneapolis '
Dolls,
per Ib.
Stocks
at fac3
Thousands of pounds
3, 336
1913 monthly av___
1914 monthly av___
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av__.
1919 monthly av...
LINSEED CAKE
AND MEAL
LINSEED OIL
FLAXSEED
Thous. of Ibs.
30, 166
C5, 425
$0. 062
.067
.077
.103
.151
.212
.236
20, 684
17, 188
18, 706
18, 428
15, 998
18, 473
72, 478
42, 451
50, 532
55, 637
25, 992
7, 163
29, 479
53, 551
59, 706
85, 754
95, 169
96, 127
102, 935
103, 737
115,810
78, 457
99, 611
100, 718
85, 549
81, 482
130, 026
150, 072
167, 426
.194
.093
.113
.133
.131
.139
.112
.105
12, 069
15, 068
10, 790
17, 062
17, 370
24, 283
16, 741
16, 938
19, 635
48, 856
36, 739
47, 058
54, 463
54, 224
49, 149
55, 275
106, 144
107, 213
102, 618
174, 098
.112
.108
.108
.107
21, 799
30, 436
23, 808
22, 581
48, 257
55, 950
40, 916
48, 868
.105
.104
.105
.106
20, 682
18, 488
12, 732
11, 178
61, 103
54, 322
64, 866
64, 896
.115
.112
.106
.107
7,801
6,600
7,281
10, 145
41, 403
51,036
52, 596
58, 947
.104
.099
.099
.096
19, 420
31, 492
34, 857
22, 581
52, 984
48, 625
58, 522
53, 999
.098
.098
.099
.098
27, 056
28, 540
29, 547
21, 607
44, 367
53, 532
53, 686
38, 582
.103
.103
16, 621
11,421
45, 231
45, 135
1926
September
October
November
December
206, 496
1937
11,037
3,087
8,963
3,490
9,051
4,276
12, 701
9,179
202, 162
167, 232
169, 274
238, 046
9,660
8,301
10, 626
10, 826
10,951
12, 502
9,379
10, 859
12, 970
13, 202
9, 253
8,878
109, 674
206, 319
120, 147
152, 628
120, 117
117,212
113, 302
193, 544
1928
September
October
November
December
1
2
11,871
4,261
..
7, 028
6,486
223, 751
13, 023
12, 917
15, 722
15, 079
112, 199
237, 517
17,245
17, 196
""
ii
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Compiled by the Northwestern Miller. Receipts and shipments are totals of weekly figures, with first and last weeks of each month prorated, while stocks are taken
on the Saturday nearest the end of the month. Monthly data for 1920 appeared in the August, 1922, issue (No. 12), p. 94, the data for each city being given separately
through the February, 1925, issue (No. 42), p. 89.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, covering practically the entire production, factory stocks, and factory consumption, of fats and
oils and their raw materials. Quarterly data from 1920 appeared in the August, 1923, issue (No. 30), pp, 115 and 119. Data on flaxseed have been reduced to bushels from
original data in tons. Annual figures are quarterly averages. Data prior to 1919 collected by the U. S. Food Administration, and published in detail in the supplement to
Bulletin 769 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
4
Compiled by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.
6
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing averages of weekly prices at New York. Previous to October, 1925, prices were
quoted per gallon and have been reduced to pounds at 7H pounds to the gallon. Monthly data from 1909 appeared in the November, 1926, issue (No. 63), p. 26.
6
Compiled by the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture, and converted to bushels from original data in metric tons. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in October, 1923,
issue (No. 26), p. 50.
? Compiled by the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter, representing stocks on the Saturday nearest to the end of the month.
85
Table 63.—TOTAL VEGETABLE OILS AND COPRA
TOTAL VEGETABLE OILS
YEAR AND
MONTH
Production i
Factory
COCONUT OR COPRA OIL
COPRA
Stocks, end of
quarter 1
Production 1 Factory consumption Stocks, end of
quarter l
Fac- Stocks,
tory
Refined
Im 3 con- end of
Im
ports sump- quar- ports 3
In
ReCrude fined Crude i
tion i ter i
oleo- Crude
Total i marga-
conExIm
sumpports 2 ports 3
tion,
crude 1 Crude Refined
Refined
rine*
Thousands of pounds
1913 monthly a v__
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av_ _
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av__
1919 monthly av__ 578, 478
635, 803
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
474, 776
504, 318
434, 658
505, 647
554, 950
660, 727
726,115
761, 247
445, 151
monthly av._
monthly av__
monthly av__
monthly av._
monthly av__
monthly av._
monthly av__
monthly av._
1926
September
October
November.
December..
1937
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December
1938
January
February
March
April
506, 533
24, 575
19, 547
31, 641
16, 977
11,772
10, 437
283, 591 17, 599
21, 387
26, 441
20, 636
30, 133
36, 850
65, 295
67, 495
1,265
2,503
4,512
6, 615
15, 279
17, 944
10, 788
511,121
504, 034
459, 447
519, 273
576, 568
681, 077
766, 873
797, 553
378, 498
332, 003
324, 227
308, 159
276, 696
343, 732
410, 392
470, 330
352, 768
263, 529
223, 992
197, 604
194, 496
241, 777
395, 392
450, 190
16, 863
21, 705
6,978
4,749
4,117
5,729
3,736
5,893
71, 390
28, 499
53, 298
52, 295
67, 641
55, 368
55, 815
58, 697
481, 005
341, 633
200, 694
1,165,895 1,079,030 495, 804
760, 629
801
2, 688
5,336
6,862
960, 357
974, 980
511, 200
528, 426
487, 201
661, 634
396, 479
487, 136
524, 720
550, 497
403, 776
251, 440
1,072,711 1,003,103 569, 865
533, 756
788, 184
May _
June
July
August
September
October
November _
December
844, 976
562, 084
572, 359
Thousands of pounds
Short tons
42, 153 22, 184
6,016
4,834
5,264
5, 362
13, 591
29, 674
23, 422
53, 886
69, 273 105, 564
53, 054
155, 220
34, 958
8, 966
7,888
11, 206
13, 874
12, 128
15, 170
19, 067
18, 793
25, 276
21, 525
35, 881
46, 245
37, 066
40, 177
50, 430
54, 202
10, 665
5,869
10, 705
6,615
8,224
10, 923
18, 4S2
15, 525
18, 027
15, 810
18, 943
15, 157
18, 730
19, 431
20, 428
24, 531
32, 805
28, 299
46, 381
58, 980
47, 839
51, 901
65, 178
70, 414
46, 486
30, 669
33,811
43, 095
43, 430
49, 280
57, 809
62, 800
59, 025
36, 851 « 5, 316
41, 270
4,480
6,326
52, 985
6,938
52, 725
51, 444
7,576
51, 823 8,137
59, 557 10, 133
93, 277
73, 550
115,996
72, 692
48, 846
51, 322
69, 989
97, 829
28, 664
19, 051
23, 522
25, 527
14, 895
13, 616
12, 943
14, 923
55, 095
50, 449
67, 086
47, 533
21, 288
19, 813
21, 793
20, 015
51, 446
31, 660
66, 098
60, 491 117,058
52, 257
11, 880
20, 765
67, 119
58,593 123, 073
51, 408
8,127
8,895
9,850
10, 611
67, 038
51, 981
16, 127
21,219
33, 713
25, 400
84,357
14, 821
6,967 51, 953
8,435 38, 212
6,950 48, 137
6,050 72, 305
19, 681
12, 520
14, 747
19, 107
92, 660
13, 226
8,519
5,892
3,775
1,767
74, 369
62, 498
66, 828
50, 092
20, 418
14, 162
15, 215
19, 311
2,086
5,307
6,484
8,481
55, 985
55, 387
68, 589
60, 010
21, 694
15, 660
23, 422
29, 582
9,405
8,939
0,406
4,618
59, 870
49,811
56, 179
65, 152,
26, 872
5,178
15, 200
11,334
1,996
1,652
57 049
59, 951
21 383
20, 488
55, 890
16, 755
54, 839
11, 153
50, 945
9,340
55, 132
24, 853
62, 844
9,744
31, 588
16, 153
16, 130
35, 149
26, 538
21, 273
16, 997
21, 469
25, 936
22, 702
30, 095
29, 339
32, 751
22, 271
20, 889
23 112
15, 076
12, 671
73, 525
60, 274
75, 721
90, 377
99, 943
96, 364
108, 122
133, 289
72, 567
57, 188 129, 479
58, 542
71, 032
63, 839 138, 382
55, 275
65, 607
57,003 131, 384
54, 822
72, 448
73, 169 133, 912
65, 590
95, 935
74, 535 148, 819
69, 005
9,837
9,680
11, 169
10, 279
8,734
8,144 108, 434
7,248
8,840
10, 436
12, 286
12, 373
13, 549
13, 191
14, 009
13, 381
12, 284
15, 545
90,679
15, 430
99, 544
15, 491
99, 053
12, 853
11,613
11, 791
— ir
I
1
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, covering practically the entire production, factory stocks and factory consumption of fats and
oils and their raw materials. Quarterly data from 1920 appeared in the August, 1923, issue (No. 30), pp. 115 and 119. Annual figures are quarterly averages. Data prior
to 1919 collected by the U. S. Food Administration, and published in detail in the supplement to Bulletin 769 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Data on production
and 2consumption of total vegetable oils represent those in the crude state.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, including cottonseed, corn, and linseed oils.
3
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Imports of total vegetable oils include the following oils: Chinese nut,
cocoa butter, coconut, cottonseed, olive (both edible and inedible), palm, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soya bean and linseed. The figures for Chinese nut, inedible olive,
ana 4 rapeseed oils, when reported in gallons, have been converted into pounds, allowing 724 pounds per gallon.
Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, showing total consumption of coconut oil in the manufacture of oleomargarine, as ascertained from tax reports. Monthly data from July, 1921, together with figures for other ingredients consumed in the manufacture of oleomargarine are given in the March,
1926,6 issue (No. 55), p. 25.
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
86
Table 64.—ANIMAL FATS AND OILS
Factory Stocks,
end of
tion quarter
YEAR AND
MONTH
LARD COMPOUNDS AND
SUBSTITUTES
GREASES
ANIMAL FATS
Production
Produc- consumption
Fac- Stocks,
Stocks,
tory
con- end of Produc- end of
tion
quarsump- quarter
ter
tion
FISH OILS
ANIMAL GLUES
FacPro- tory Stocks,
duc- con- end of
tion sump- quarter
tion
Production
EDIBLE
GELATIN
Stocks,
Pro- Stocks,
end of Ship- duc- end of
quar- ments tion quar2
ter
ter
()
Thousands of pounds
1919 qtly. av__
1920 qtly. av__
1921 qtly. av._
1922 qtly. av
1923 qtly. av__
1924 qtly. av__
1925 qtly. av_.
1926 qtly. av__
1927 qtly. av._
1936
January
February
March
April _ _
May
June
July
August
367, 518
410, 677
473, 266
511, 451
612, 912
613, 290
497, 864
529, 623
529, 454
144, 308
149, 275
141, 324
139, 043
140, 991
151, 862
141, 084
148, 649
164, 250
138, 071
185, 283
226, 631
175, 481
144, 576
162, 018
142, 382
176, 817
183, 867
69, 647
86, 384
85, 222
94, 430
102, 285
99, 111
89, 849
91, 384
94, 919
51, 566
49, 023
44, 325
61, 548
66, 911
61, 498
59, 960
59, 782
53, 229
67, 429
69, 741
95, 592
53, 127
57, 045
48, 097
41, 927
46, 621
50, 881
8,230
3 156, 770
196, 045
187, 631
207, 609
288, 155
285, 177
294, 540
3 9, 517
15, 671
11, 75(5
16, 182
18, 674
18, 312
25, 866
16, 507
13, 916
19, 754
21, 326
17, 271
25, 291
20, 662
18, 461
9,791
12, 046
19, 990
27, 513
29, 675
29, 067
38, 581
36, 141
42, 135
44, 609
45, 238
54, 009
47, 425
43, 228
46, 105
56, 225
67, 894
78, 754
23, 660
25, 015
24, 924
24, 272
25, 043
26, 142
52, 442
50, 370
39, 899 «6,674
34, 808 6,262
578, 037
126, 933
186, 556
88, 806
65, 977
41, 934
288, 785
16, 660
6,987
32, 402
35, 832
27, 609
44, 854
542, 422
153, 725
198, 259
89, 986
56, 630
45, 676
270, 663
15, 536
7,872
36, 449
61, 665
24,289
42, 842
498, 741
160, 387
180, 522
91, 545
62, 434
48, 676
242, 366
18, 127
44, 252
41, 010
86, 640
20, 364
36, 675
95, 197
54, 088
50, 198
338, 894
22, 926
23, 537
34, 702
87, 440
27, 911
35, 226
»,
September
October
November
December
1927
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1928
January
February
March
April
1
499, 291
153, 549
141, 931
7,270
7,012
6,943
7,525
6,013
6,226
6 073
6,222
6,447
7,130
6,937
6,292
6,731
6,724
6,546
6,175
561, 429
160, 788
187, 221
96, 330
50, 492
49, 207
325, 972
30, 059
9,455
39, 552
62, 185
28, 040
36, 429
583, 333
171, 122
223, 953
102, 616
49, 581
50, 750
253, 858
23, 705
7,008
42, 836
72, 569
24, 180
36, 124
484, 996
161, 320
188, 769
91, 020
54, 606
51, 163
348, 208
22, 929
36, 869
41, 495
84, 421
23, 100
488, 056
163, 770
135, 525
89, 709
58, 237
52, 404
250, 122
26, 770
20, 512
44, 657
95, 840
28, 848
6,075
7,113
6,061
33, 616 6,100
_
718, 880
160, 155
106, 459
230, 912
[
59, 010
51, 255
306, 956
26, 350
8,939
49, 130
88, 148
30, 777
5,840
5,797
5,902
6,076
33, 063
36, 275
6,814
6,672
6,524
6,587
3,305 < 9, 891
3,541 * 10, 454
3,134
9,084
8,650
3,868
4,387
8,421
4,637
10, 104
3,894
8,882
2,401
7,191
4,541
8,421
5,344
9,265
5,055
9,277
2,497
7,297
4, 652
7,845
5,583
9,020
May.._.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, except for shipments of animal glues, and representing practically complete production,
factory comsumption, and factory stocks. Quarterly data from 1920 appeared in the August, 1923, issue (No. 36), p. 115, except on animal glues and edible gelatin, for
which quarterly figures were not begun until 1924 and 1925, respectively. Further details are given in the quarterly press releases.
2
Compiled by the National Association of Glue Manufacturers from reports of 15 companies estimated to represent 70 per cent of the output of the industry.
Sales between members are excluded to avoid duplication. Further details are given in the association's reports.
3
Average of last 2 quarters of the year.
<6 Stocks on Dec. 31.
Monthly average.
87
Table 65.—CROP PRODUCTION 1
[Base year in bold-faced type]
WHEAT
CORN
Winter
YEAR AND MONTH
Spring
OATS
Total
BARLEY
RYE
RICE
POTA- APPLES FLAX(total)
SEED
TOES
HAY,
TAME
TOTAL
VALUE
OF
CROPS 2
Relative to 5-year average, 1909-1913
100
1909-1913 average
1914 final estimate
1915 final estimate
1916 final estimate
1917 final estimate
1918 final estimate
1919 final estimate
1920 final estimate
_
1921 final estimate
1922 final estimate
1923 final estimate
1924 final estimate
1925 final estimate
1926 final estimate
1927 preliminary estimate.
154
151
108
93
127
171
137
100
84
144
64
91
145
85
91
100
129
149
92
92
134
140
121
100
99
110
95
113
92
104
118
100
100
135
109
139
135
104
131
1OO
105
124
99
115
139
80
102
100
119
150
135
174
252
209
168
1OO
99
122
172
146
162
177
219
100
115
101
80
124
115
90
113
100
144
130
110
95
96
81
127
100
70
72
73
47
68
37
55
100
104
128
136
124
114
130
134
100
107
121
159
236
251
270
191
135
132
128
133
90
141
124
88
115
92
111
112
83
130
118
126
116
125
98
120
126
113
107
113
85
108
99
103
94
106
114
131
130
109
105
84
99
107
98
116
100
144
171
286
175
181
129
113
162
158
174
142
137
140
176
169
101
127
116
118
90
99
112
56
115
115
97
98
140
70
41
53
87
161
115
99
136
123
143
133
145
128
129
158
122
157
175
163
154
137
148
1909-1913 average...
1914 final estimate
1915 final estimate..
1916 final estimate
1917 final estimate
1918finalestimate .
1919 final estimate
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
final
final
final
final
final
final
final
estimate
estimate
estimate
estimate
estimate
estimate
estimate
1937
May 1 estimate
June 1 estimate
July 1 estimate _
August 1 estimate
September 1 estimate
October 1 estimate
November 1 estimate
December 1 estimate
1928
May 1 estimate.
June 1 estimate
July 1 estimate
August 1 estimate. ._
September estimate
O ctober estimate
November estimate
December estimate
Thous.
of tons
Thousands of bushels
YEAR AND MONTH
445, 013
_
_
_.
_.
684,
673,
480,
412,
565,
760,
990
947
553
901
099
377
610, 597
600, 316
586, 878
571, 777
592, 259
401, 734
627, 433
593, 940
537, 001
579, 416
552, 767
552, 767
552, 767
552, 767
552, 384
486, 478
512, 252
543, 782
Millions
of dollars
245, 095 690, 108
206, 027 891, 017
351, 854 1, 025, 801
155, 765 636, 318
223, 754
636, 655
356, 339 921, 438
207, 602 967, 979
2, 712, 364
2, 672, 804
2, 994, 793
2, 566, 927
3, 065, 233
2, 502, 665
2, 811, 302
1, 143, 407
1, 141, 060
1, 549, 030
1, 251, 837
1, 592, 740
1, 538, 124
1, 184, 030
184, 812
194, 953
228, 851
182, 309
211, 759
256, 225
147, 608
36, 093
42, 779
54, 050
48, 862
62, 933
91, 041
75, 483
23, 770
23, 649
28, 947
40, 861
34, 739
38, 606
41, 985
357, 699
409, 921
359, 721
286, 953
442, 108
411, 860
322, 867
176, 340
253, 200
230, Oil
193, 905
166, 749
169, 625
142, 086
19, 543
13, 749
14, 030
14, 296
9,164
13, 369
7,178
67, 097
70, 071
85, 920
91, 192
83, 308
76, 660
86, 997
5,702
6,112
6,907
9,054
13, 479
14, 331
15, 423
833, 027
814, 905
867, 598
797, 394
864, 428
676, 429
831, 040
3, 208, 584
3, 068, 569
2, 906, 020
3, 053, 557
2, 309, 414
2, 916, 961
2, 692, 217
1, 496, 281
1, 078, 341
1, 215, 803
1, 305, 883
1, 502, 529
1. 487, 550
1, 246, 848
189, 332
154, 946
182, 068
197, 691
181, 575
213, 863
184, 905
60, 490
61, 675
103, 362
63, 077
65, 466
46, 456
40, 795
52, 066
37, 612
41, 405
33, 717
32, 498
33, 309
41, 730
403, 296
361, 659
453, 396
416, 105
421, 585
323, 465
354, 328
223, 677
99, 002
202, 702
202, 842
171, 725
172, 389
246, 524
10, 752
8,029
10, 375
17, 060
31, 547
22, 424
19, 335
89, 785
82, 458
95, 748
89, 250
97, 622
85, 717
86, 497
10, 909
6,934
8,945
9,953
9,291
8,790
7,793
730
736
406
703
703
577
47, 861
48, 635
61, 820
61, 484
61, 484
61, 484
61, 484
58, 572
39, 864
39, 336
39, 188
37, 895
39, 299
40, 231
392, 943
410, 714
399, 798
394, 757
400, 305
402, 149
136, 701
127, 507
123, 574
123, 115
119, 333
123, 455
21, 588
23, 308
23, 935
24, 270
24, 321
26, 583
101, 035
102, 078
101, 269
103, 773
103, 773
106, 219
8,429
303, 110
39, 439
36, 676
.39, 274
35, 445
443, 640
178, 185
21,461
84,383
222, 430
214, 589
280, 720
225, 617
272, 169
274, 695
203, 607
274, 218
298, 378
308, 125
313, 771
313, 771
319, 307
256, 155
853, 634
851, 145
860, 892
866, 538
866, 538
871, 691
799, 937
2, 274, 424
2, 385, 226
2, 456, 561
2, 603, 437
2, 753, 249
2, 786, 228
2, 735, 617
1, 349, 026
1, 278, 741
1, 191, 396
1, 205, 639
1, 205, 639
1, 195, 006
1, 320, 097
242,
248,
259,
264,
264,
265,
1
Yearly figures represent the latest revised estimates of total production for the year as reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Monthly figures are estimates of the current year's crop as made during the first week of that month. The preliminary estimates made in December of each year are subject
to revision in the final estimate made in December of the following year.
J
Estimated total value of all crops based on prices at the farm on Dec. 1. Prior to 1924, 23 crops were included, thereafter 55 crops, but the additional crops are minor
and have little effect on the grand totals.
Table 66.—WHEAT FLOUR
1GRINDINGS OF
WHEAT
!
CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTION
STOCKS
(end of month)
Computed 4
All positions
(computed)
United States
YEAH AND
MONTH
United
htates 2
Can- !
adas Actual 2 Prorated ^
(Census)
Thous. of bushels
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
mills 2
(qtly.)
8,156
9,433
9, 146
10, 102
10, 466
10, 480
11,047
10, 417
10. 603
10, 318
8, 943
7,148
1,421
1,559
1, 061
1,547
1, 580
1, 475
6,966
3, 965
3, 891
4,100
12, 681
13, 029
11,315
10. 537
8, 500
4,217
8.700
8,000
6,700
4,336
844, 774
834, 908
750, 008
695, 130
67
63
59
53
10, 921
11,444
10, 668
10, 629
9,676
8, 996
10, 396
9,667
1,496
1,231
1,455
1,154
676, 292
624, 025
700, 540
659, 198
53
53
50
49
7,867
8,572
10, 074
8,551
7,500
7,059
9,532
9, 261
9, 256
10, 458
1,455
1,314
1,019
1,158
672, 824
675, 003
668, 232
761, 468
52
49
51
54
8,733
8,450
7,918
8,906
6,300
6,250
6,800
7,300
11, 816
12, 540
11,337
10, 877
1,528
2,005
2,120
1,767
833, 108
866, 428
782, 841
745, 242
64
63
59
53
9,346
11,617
11,111
10, 451
8,490
7,900
6,800
4,267
6,100
4,540
10, 502
10, 107
10, 738
9, 661
1,579
1, 464
1, 617
1, 314
744, 527
727, 287
790, 088
686, 720
55
56
54
51
8,207
9,340
10, 499
8,064
7,150
8,872
9,659
8,400
6,970
6,200
6,700
8,493
9,960
1,541
697, 012
50
9,515
6,300
10, 843
10, 678
9,618
1927
January
February...
March
April
39, 354
36, 569
40, 835
38, 028
6,819
5,615
6,643
5,281
8,624
38, 924
39, 085
38, 547
44, 099
6, 658
6,000
4, 662
5,276
8,497
8,528
8,388
September
October
November
December
48, 131
49, 792
44, 882
42, 604
6,925
9,138
9,656
8,115
10, 470
1928
January __
February
March..
April
42, 403
41, 140
44, 748
38, 986
7,246
6, 737
7,481
6,058
9,132
39, 401
7,138
8,943
8, 646
8, 956
9, 097
8,909
8, 023
8, 936
8,309
9,617
10,817
9,735
9,035
8
United CanStates * ada e
Standard
Winter
pat- straights
ents Kansas
Minne- City
apolis
7,220
7,701
7, 344
7,046
7, 197
6, 500
Dollars per barrel
1,023
1,064
1,305
1, 198
1, 160
1,809
2,204
1, 634
2,231
2,089
1,715
7, 323
10, 029
9, 495
7,777
8 9, 288
WHOLESALE
PRICES i
Thousands of barrels
856
54
52
54
54
49, 317
48, 727
43, 922
40, 624
September.
October
November
December
Per cent
by
762, 163
734, 824
702, 318
723, 384
722, 204
1926
September
October
November
December
May _
June
July.
August
Thous. of
Ibs.
Held
8,237
8,569
9,291
9,223
9,719
9,492
9, 626
9,300
6,386
6, 886
7,418
6,940
7,110
6,732
_ „
Capacity 2
9, 703
9, 338
9,919
9, 815
9.317
11,091
8 42, 872
41, 277
39, 836
41, 191
41, 761
May
June
July
August _
Grain
offal 2
(Russell)
Thousands of barrels
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av_.
1923 monthly av_.
1924 monthly av__
1925 monthly av__
1926 monthly av._
1927 monthly av._
Canada '
EXPORTS
9
4,127
6,600
3,566
4,189
408
389
464
660
731
839
839
$4.58
5.10
6.66
7.26
11.39
(7)
12.00
$3.85
1, 654
1,400
1,252
1,359
1,333
927
994
1,068
394
606
790
928
956
860
871
772
12.68
8.34
7.30
6.38
7.18
8.83
8.44
7.43
11.58
7.05
6. 14
5.36
5.98
7.67
7.24
6.69
1,560
1, 385
1,344
1,208
612
963
1,262
885
7.73
7.94
7.74
7.63
6.68
6.94
6.64
6.60
1,009
874
867
1,016
774
748
1,029
415
7.46
7.42
7.33
7.25
6.55
6.54
6.58
6.58
1,099
863
788
1,052
804
847
449
514
7.83
7.91
7.81
7.60
6.96
7.06
6.92
6.77
1,281
1,513
1,326
1,126
677
899
1,149
957
7.07
7.23
7.15
7.10
6.64
6.54
6.58
6.56
1,245
947
1,011
1,097
766
768
1,142
609
7.45
7.37
7.54
8.11
6. 70
6.66
6.88
7. 56
845
686
886
8.49
795
7.63
7.18
4.13
5.61
6.09
10. 55
10.30
10.70
__
._
1 Wholesale prices from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, represent averages of weekly quotations. Monthly figures from 1920 appeared in May,
1922, issue (No. 9), p. 91.
2
Compiled by V. >'. Department of Commerce, Bureau r,f the Census, from reports of over 1,000 mills each month, which produced about 88 per cent of the flour manufactured in 1923, and over 91 per cent in 1925, according to the census of manufactures. This increase has been due partly to the addition from time to time of other firms
to the reporting list. Stocks include flour owned by millers whether in mills, elevators, or in transit.
3
Compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Internal Trade Branch, covering merchant mills having a capacity of about 120,000 barrels per month, and also custom
mills. The detailed reports of Canadian milling statistics also contain data on other grains as well as a division into eastern and western territory. Monthly data through
19224 appeared in May, 1925, issue (No. 45), p. 27.
Reported by U. S. Grain Corporation prior to July, 1920, covering practically the entire industry; beginning with July, 1920, from Russell's Commercial News, the
production and stock figures being prorated to 100 per cent from representative current data bearing a known relation to the total figures. Stocks represent flour in all
positions. Consumption is calculated from production, stocks, exports, and imports. Monthly production figures from January, 1914, are given in the October, 1922, issue
(No. 14), p. 47.
« Exports of flour from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
6
Exports of flour from Canada from Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
7
No quotations.
8
Average for last 6 months of year.
9
Average for 2 periods only, June and December.
89
Table 67.—WHEAT AND CORN
CORN
WHEAT
YEAR
AND
MONTH
2
Canada 1
ReShipHeld Visible supply ceipts 3 ments 3 United States «
by
mills
IncludIncluding
Wheat
ing
Wheat
(quar- United
only wheat
only wheat
terly) 6 States Canada
flour
flour
No. 1
Northern
spring,
Minneapolis
Thousands of bushels
1913 m.ai.
1914 m a
1915 m a
1916 m a
1917 m.a._
56, 720
54, 474
35, 350
63, 966
28, 234
32, 665
32, 604
32, 173
61, 055
47, 831
18, 861
21, 619
1918m. a. .
1919 m a
1920 m a
1921 m.a
1922 m.a...
50, 191
75, 610
39, 837
32, 517
31, 493
27, 038
36, 369
35, 009
16, 353
9,265
19,919
34, 546
25, 871
32, 750
24, 583
36, 516
56, 510
12, 341
18, 191
23, 338
13, 724
1923 m.a.
1924 m.a..
1925 m.a_. 8 67, 712
1926 m.a.. 85, 415
1927 m.a.. 92, 432
54, 525
70, 407
51, 241
49, 875
61, 098
63, 701
70, 359
63, 749
77, 741
80, 399
32, 363
40, 878
29, 993
32, 519
40, 105
18, 038
29, 891
21, 266
19, 388
26, 208
1926
Sept
124, 773
Oct
Nov
Dec
.. _ 116, 413
81, 780
77, 714
78, 412
68, 125
44, 754
83, 719
48, 731
37, 137
29, 754
22, 405
24, 625
24, 427
23, 422
17, 376
23, 700
17, 589
14, 280
1937
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
59, 731
58, 454
51, 404
40, 455
116,613
115, 350
109, 392
83, 121
24, 595
20, 952
16, 605
14, 420
13, 757
10, 413
12, 164
17, 636
30, 002
23, 544
36, 104
67, 273
64, 600
49, 247
44, 237
28, 264
19, 258
20, 665
58, 800
81, 632
25, 489
46, 583
84, 630
94, 607
96, 468
90, 506
22, 958
62, 492
121, 009
147, 506
79, 740
73, 244
44, 823
26, 522
50, 374
49, 252
35, 156
19, 440
82, 368
74, 260
69, 939
63, 625
152,
152,
143,
129,
560
760
919
552
23, 542
22, 488
26, 263
17, 949
50, 381
40, 480
112, 054
99, 228
25, 922
15, 544
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct_
Nov
Dec .
1938
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
34,316
85, 772
52, 590
115,728
115, 637
85, 385
May
June
July
Aug
119,790
117, 796
8,292
14, 198
12, 897
19, 277
23, 034
18, 230
14, 072
8,378
10, 214
12, 291
8,081
13, 145
15, 804
16,115
19, 094
2.325
17, 405
22, 259
25, 636
29, 638
19, 359
12, 533
16, 309
3,484
6,498
7,260
2.191
2. 560
8,211
13, 859
14, 327
19, 855
7,700
11,380
11, 504
14, 014
8,850
Visible
No. 2 supply, Re- 3 Ship-3 Grind- Corn, Cash,
coninred end of 2 ceipts ments ings *
tract,
clud- grades
win- month
ing
ter,
corn No. 2,
ChiChimeal cago
cago
10, 540
5,993
$0.99
1.01
1.31
1.35
2.28
11,117
11,486
16, 210
12, 824
6,111
21, 158
17, 447
10, 233
13, 525
20, 686
25, 260
24, 774
14, 995
17, 985
28, 409
32, 814
2.558
11,374
8,271
13, 503
14, 929
1.466
1.345
2.21
2.34
2.52
1.44
1.24
15, 958
18, 819
17, 923
21, 406
18, 529
20, 843
21, 255
22, 099
25, 708
22, 398
24, 765
24, 728
1.181
1.289
1.607
1.549
1.368
1.17
1.28
1.77
1.55
1.38
11, 660
12, 868
16, 981
30, 041
33, 074
22, 642
23, 179
18, 887
19, 831
20, 618
14, 211
14, 033
11, 261
10, 149
10,575
30, 573
43, 947
44, 879
1.415
13, 330
34, 905 | 1. 433
49, 624 ! 1. 401
1.422
48, 861
1.36
1.40
1.38
1.40
18, 999
24, 637
32, 219
36,412
13, 524
28, 393
22, 847
22, 339
7,267
11,001
9,536
30, 719
23, 542
20, 276
15, 060
8,078
4,889
5,084
12,619
8,822
9,009
15, 935
1.413
1.403
1.359
1. 341
1.37
1.37
1.34
1.34
40, 616
47, 792
50, 079
39, 130
27, 638
24, 667
19, 310
10, 451
10, 638
11, 363
16, 054
14, 788
21, 026
22, 050
17, 556
8,960
13, 903
16,675
7, 459
8,397
11,342
11,942
28, 150
12, 197
1.444
1.456
1.440
1.427
1.44
1.45
1.43
1.40
31, 528
36, 239
31, 900
23, 805
12, 599
26, 241
15, 125
16, 758
10, 142
13, 282
12, 090
23, 418
32, 316
19, 673
8, 641
14, 510
33, 775
29, 236
20, 731
6,917
39, 536
36, 045
26, 736
11, 972
14, 071
19, 430
52, 805
44, 809
17, 118
23, 475
57, 976
49, 114
1. 323
1. 275
1.264
1.275
1.32
1.34
1.35
1.38
25, 110
21, 847
20, 439
28, 390
22, 116
18, 448
16, 971
37, 088
12, 257
14, 284
12, 771
14, 883
14, 269
5,956
2,276
2,740
2,723
11,560
6,536
7,290
7,660
15, 201
18, 372
18, 655
8,361
18, 647
21, 828
23, 794
11, 103
1.293
1.263
1.315
1.417
1.43
1.54
1.62
1.81
30, 078
43, 582
46, 734
36, 056
27, 912
14, 840
4,823
5,006
8,624
8,093
30, 282
21, 960
34, 268
25, 182
1.502
1,376
1.90
1.65
27, 554
17, 451
23, 252
24, 318
23, 107
10, 776
12, 571
11,422
16, 395
20, 182
28, 698
15, 863
6,620
1
Dolls,
per bu.
Thousands of bushels
Dolls, per bu.
$0. 874
1.003
1.306
1.411
14, 432
17, 161
12, 838
Ex- Wholesale
ports 5 prices *
Wholesale
prices 1
Exports
Stocks (end of month)
10, 266
4,101
6,254
8,845
9,653
18, 949
21, 552
11,424
12, 563
8,652
4,195
3,817
4,664
5,276
4,952
3,910
1,418
4,185
6,142
5,411
5,055
4,875
5, 566
3,922
4,603
4,751
1,334
1,769
11,015
13, 844
5,513
6,279
5,855
6,341
7,130
3,724
6,311
7,057
5, 924
5,100
1,052
1,494
1,681
1,122
2,102
1,248
2,208
2,030
$0.63
.70
.73
.83
1.64
1.61
1.60
1.41
.58
.62
.82
.97
1.04
.76
.88
.80
.78
.71
.76
6,618
6,510
7,336
6,846
2,017
2,180
1,548
.77
.76
.73
.74
6,365
7, 299
6,727
7,309
1,717
1,124
733
459
.87
1.00
1.02
1.09
10, 256
16, 064
7,561
8,612
8,064
6,301
571
538
860
1,206
.99
.88
.87
.87
36, 001
44, 126
41, 039
19, 579
19, 551
22, 705
24, 402
18, 849
8,330
8,339
9,243
8,285
1, 661
4,097
3,697
3, 355
.89
.95
.99
1.03
23, 708
18, 771
23, 454
20, 221
6,921
6,427
1,186
1,045
1.07
1.03
8,500
10,111
12, 326
11,762
9,665
2,023
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
1
2
3
4
From U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, averages of weekly quotations. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 91.
Data from Bradstreet's representing stocks carried on Saturday nearest end of month at terminals, elevators, warehouses, docks, etc.
At principal primary markets, as compiled by the Chicago Board of Trade and reported by the Price Current Grain Reporter.
Grindings of corn by the wet process in the manufacture of cornstarch, glucose, etc., compiled by the Associated Corn Products Manufacturers from reports of 11 firms,
comprising practically the entire industry. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 43.
s Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly figures from 1920 appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 88. Wheat
flour has been converted to wheat equivalent at 4^ bushels to the barrel, while corn meal has been converted at 4 bushels to the barrel.
6
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of over 1,000 flour mills representing 88 per cent of the industry. Stocks include
wheat owned by millers, whether at mills, in elevators, or in transit. Detai s by class of elevator are given in press releases.
7 Exports from Canada from Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics,
8 Average of 2 quarters, June and December.
90
Table 68.—OTHER GRAINS
RYE
BARLEY
Receipts
at
principal
interior
markets i
YEAR AND
MONTH
Visible
supply,
end of
month 2
Wholesale
ReExports, prices, ceipts,
at
includ- by saming ple, fair principal
malt to good
as
malt- interior
grains 3 Ing,
marChikets i
cago *
Thousands of bushels
Per
bushel
Per
bushel
Thousands of bushels
i
Thous.
of bus.
Thous.
oflbs.
Thous.
of bus.
13, 018
20, 694
22, 200
22, 651
27, 299
24, 844
28, 335
19, 264
22, 907
24, 390
20, 481
30, 336
23, 493
22, 703
22, 898
446
2,927
8,725
8,464
8,266
9,586
4,643
$0.38
.42
.50
.46
.64
.78
.70
18, 473
25, 820
39, 459
34, 658
30, 113
34, 071
35, 616
3,712
2,573
5,353
3, 683
5,414
2,489
1,717
3,479
7,323
2,785
5,516
14. 017
16, 288
10, 340
10, 493
5,304
4,938
2,512
3, 967
2, 668
3, 082
2,408
1, 003
3,014
1.87
1.21
.89
.75
.92
1.13
.96
1.05
17, 801
17, 880
19, 063
19, 974
22, 046
19, 512
13, 514
12, 399
17, 610
50, 863
49, 317
19, 637
30, 675
58, 742
48, 603
27, 852
1,084
284
2,519
295
343
2,478
987
848
.80
.39
.40
.44
.51
.47
.43
.50
821
821
1,053
855
893
854
9,610
10, 322
15, 362
11, 098
11, 716
10, 114
35, 234
46, 264
41, 603
22, 254
26, 983
20, 162
21, 430
27, 325
.67
.71
.71
.74
3,900
2,688
2,254
1,453
11, 052
12, 594
12, 751
12, 343
2,130
137
162
613
. 97
1.01
.96
.97
16, 783
14, 333
11,309
10, 188
50, 194
49, 732
50, 063
46, 341
883
198
370
443
.43
.47
.45
.50
1,099
1,036
1,215
927
14, 893
14, 068
15, 026
11, 329
37, 671
26, 515
24, 459
19, 660
1,187
1,389
2,295
1,364
.74
.78
.78
.83
1,281
2,156
1,485
1, 449
12, 591
13, 655
14, 048
6,249
804
591
786
4,500
1.02
1.05
1.00
1.03
14, 377
10, 053
10, 272
9,127
46, 890
44, 625
38, 155
30, 298
414
173
228
853
.50
.48
.49
.48
791
693
734
632
8,890
7,711
8,603
6,661
17, 040
12, 999
14, 499
24, 200
947
1,143
891
3,532
1,591
1,474
2,528
4,256
.90
.92
.79
.80
3,272
1, 358
1,444
4,293
2,213
947
1,376
3,083
5,861
3,601
339
1,325
1.13
1.15
1.10
.97
11, 888
9,701
8,125
21, 413
22, 350
18, 110
12, 270
22, 501
3,216
1,472
534
1,398
.51
.50
.48
.48
694
659
805
791
8,148
8,513
9,749
9,785
26,288 j
19, 014
16, 076
35, 589
15, 547
10, 908
7,654
4,199
4,900
4,398
4,338
2,707
6,830
7,240
6,752
3,649
.83
.82
.84
.88
10, 512
7,496
4,619
2,386
2,207
1,595
2,412
3,275
7,743
6,425
2,889
1,309
.97
1.00
1.06
1.09
17, 223
13, 914
11, 961
10, 733
26, 430
25, 182
24, 429
22, 982
647
569
286
389
.49
.50
.51
.55
1,107
1,027
1,110
1,202
13, 357
11, 650
13, 565
14, 734
55, 327
50, 817
37, 523
18, 526
6,401
4,457
5,052
2,717
2,359
2,206
2,738
2,339
1,901
1,004
915
876
.93
.96
.99
1.01
1,477
1,330
1,982
1,186
3,656
4,078
4,959
5,051
519
458
313
366
1.09
1.12
1.20
1.27
10, 495
11, 667
13, 975
12, 436
21,519
20, 634
16, 265
11, 453
623
336
453
387
.56
.58
.61
.65
1,040
822
944
846
12, 461
9,360
10, 982
10, 208
12, 264
12, 431
12, 659
12, 644
3,031
1,435
711
1,386
1,910
1.04
.96
1,593
1,696
3,345
1,297
1.32
1.26
14, 406
7,144
7,319
3,392
465
78
.69
»71
887
11, 520
15, 006
12, 424
$0.63
.62
.70
.87
1.32
1.31
1. 22
1,294
1,648
1,809
1,936
1,912
2,777
3,988
3,815
3,321
3,367
3,904
5,207
5, 517
3, 498
5,459
3,438
2,913
2,008
2,352
2,498
3,997
4,648
2,939
1,807
2,815
1,914
1,240
2,022
2,774
1,381
3,380
1.26
.64
.63
.66
.82
.85
.70
.83
1926
September
October ._ - _ _
November
December .
6, 953
4,445
3,668
3,027
5,008
4,823
4,902
4,492
2,887
1,144
1, 442
1,515
1927
Janiiarv
February
March
April
2,663
2,347
2,254
2,210
4,180
3,790
3,002
1,619
2,167
2,579
1, 871
11, 108
September
October
November
December
1938
Januarv
February
March
April
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
May
June
July
August
bushel
Exports,
including
flour
and
meal as
grains 3
$0.64
. 77
1.09
1.11
1.87
1.94
1.53
1,065
1,518
2,377
2,041
1,800
1,799
4,005
May June
July
August
Visible
supply,
end of 6
month
Wholesale
Producprices,
tion,
cash,
Grind- oatmeal
Chi-4
and
ings
cago
rolled
oats
155
680
1,138
1,320
1,224
1,359
3,375
5,021
5,241
4,071
5,040
4,818
4,483
8,708
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo av
mo av
mo. av
1920 mo
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
]924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 rno.
1927 mo.
Canada 5
ExExports, Whole- Receipts
ports,
sale
at
Visible includinclud- prices,
prining
supply, ing oatNo. 2
cipal
end of
fiour
cash,
interior1 month 2 meal
as
as
grains 3 Chi- 4 markets
grain 3
cago
Thousands of bushels
9,058
7,435
8,385
9,438
6,907
6,118
7,746
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
TOTAL
GRAINS
OATS
- -
. -.
September
October
November
December
1
""1
j
Receipts of oats compiled by Chicago Board of Trade and reported by Price Current Grain Reporter, while receipts of barley and rye are compiled by the Federal Reserve
Board from receipts at 17 interior centers. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 43.
2
Data from Bradstreefs, representing stocks carried on Saturday nearest end of month at terminals, elevators, warehouses, docks, etc. Monthly data from 1913 appeared
in November, 1925, issue of the SURVEY (No. 51), p. 23.
3
Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 88. Malt is
converted at nine-tenths of a bushel to a bushel of barley, Barley flour converted at 5.5 bushels to the barrel, oatmeal at 5.21 bushels to 100 pounds, and rye flour at 6 bushels
to the barrel. Barley flour is included in exports of barley only in 1918 through 1920.
4
From U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, averages of weekly quotations. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 91.
5
Compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Internal Trade Branch, covering merchant mills having a capacity of about 120,000 barrels per month, and also custom
mills. The detailed reports of Canadian milling statistics also contain data on other grains as well as a division into eastern and western territory. Monthly data from
1922 separating oatmeal and rolled oats appeared in May, 1925, issue (No. 45), p. 27.
e Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, representing stocks held in elevators and warehouses at 11 interior centers and 8 seaports.
Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the May, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 57), p. 29.
91
Table 69.—RICE, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND HAY
RICEI
Southern
paddy
Paddy at
California
warehouses
YEAR AND
MONTH
Shipments
Stocks,
end of
month
Receipts
at mills
Total
from
mills
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo av
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av .
1919 mo. av
468, 036
640, 627
591, 159
633, 910
609, 477
479,
652,
642,
699,
611,
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo. av
1923 mo. av.. * 337, 223
1924 mo. av_. 188, 668
1925 mo. av_. 66, 022
1926 mo. av_. 211,855
1927 mo. av__ 237, 667
639,
796,
837,
659,
707,
494,
630,
767,
«1, 172,
386,
254,
579,
977,
184
862
002
429
250
end of
3 994,
896,
560,
842,
1, 005,
249
093
607
525
070
HAY
month
Cold-
Domes- Imports Exports
New
Orleans
StOF.
tic at
hold
ings 2
end
mo.
Thous.
of bbls.
mills
and
dealers
Pockets of 100 pounds
Barrels or sacks of 162 pounds
610
277
657
645
425
586
670
403
Stocks,
Shipments
Total
movement
to mills
i
CIT- WHITE ONRUS POTA- IONS
FRUIT TOES
APPLES
349
912
918
754
661
169, 718
203, 340
196, 238
258, 484
275, 513
278, 785
254, 825
757,
1, 021,
872,
682,
811,
554, 723
957, 589
797, 973
687, 198
691, 376
536, 989
635, 703
802, 847
222, 175
318, 147
275, 358
223, 472
156, 446
133, 944
160, 417
175, 126
Car-lot shipments a
Receipts
(3)
Number of carloads
Tons
281
642
667
788
658
191,510
193, 597
212, 140
179, 760
222, 059
446, 741
136, 090
26, 633
45, 687
57, 431
109, 150
172, 990
139, 944
314, 063
1,800
1,752
1,865
1,940
6,950
4,754
5,737
6,796
1, 287, 057
1, 291, 023
1, 253, 992
1, 343, 655
1, 142, 799
896, 837
1, 574, 641
1, 746, 027
109, 706
63, 532
52, 946
40, 105
31, 728
56, 272
97,415
43, 506
327, 177
500, 049
342, 952
290, 699
128, 758
54, 583
97, 910
266, 461
2,383
2,344
2,570
3,391
3,484
3,320
3, 867
3,289
3,417
5,398
11,397
12, 055
14, 105
15, 005
1,304
1,596
1,835
1,740
124, 870
120, 675
8,580
8,042
7,734
10, 268
9,009
9, 202
10, 380
8,209
5,975
7, 500
5,882
8, 261
8,562
7,299
8, 095
8,833
14, 627
18, 206
19, 930
18, 956
20, 178
19, 585
18, 895
20, 513
2,163
1,932
2,163
2,132
2,502
2,453
2, 685
2, 697
119, 102
69, 948
76, 873
76, 493
80, 006
72, 343
66, 371
58, 001
1
1926
September..
October
November. _
December...
300, 000
450, 000
300, 000
200, 000
(5)
(5)
(5)
2, 592, 000
1, 147, 507
1, 681, 130
1, 252, 887
1, 025, 131
1, 447, 507
717, 070
2, 131, 130 1, 034, 736
1, 552, 887 1, 077, 146
1, 225, 131
895, 206
132,
259,
307,
209,
1927
January
February
March.
April
325, 000
395, 000
375, 000
335, 000
2, 267, 000
1, 872, 000
1, 497, 000
1, 162, 000
817, 939
648, 369
621, 153
371, 901
1, 142, 939 1, 120, 252
1, 043, 369
877, 798
996, 153
734, 405
569, 194
706, 901
May
June
July
August
325, 000
385, 000
152, 000
None.
837, 000
452, 000
396, 006
429, 614
147, 176
792, 345
(»)
(•)
September..
75, 000
200, 000
October
November. _ 125, 000
December... 150, 000
0)
3, 640, 000
1928
January
February
March
April
275, 000
325, 000
475, 000
300, 000
3, 365, 000
3, 040, 000
2, 565, 000
2, 265, 000
853,
804,
942,
620,
400, 000
220, 000
1, 865, 000
1, 645, 000
351, 607
129, 752
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December...
(fi)
(5)
1, 167, 281
1, 719, 740
1, 266, 278
831, 033
581
645
266
032
1, 217, 603
1, 879, 502
2, 196, 817
2, 362, 088
43, 002
25, 957
30, 372
37, 076
64, 290
101, 707
241, 678
395, 119
1,204
7,107
10, 486
9,356
19, 272
41, 745
22, 200
8,090
3,614
4,521
9,855
12, 581
21, 846
34, 920
18, 510
13, 252
3,640
5,235
2,850
2,491
58, 240
70, 100
69, 539
68, 273
249, 175
177, 220
199, 258
130, 146
2, 095,
1, 957,
1, 867,
1, 696,
911
608
788
891
56,818
70, 562
60, 538
99, 637
266, 945
508, 895
442, 528
455, 159
7,335
5,114
3,141
1,598
7,827
7,883
5, 276
3,630
11,725
10, 855
12, 946
12, 911
17, 408
17,314
21, 005
19, 497
2,797
2,018
1,738
2,968
78, 088
56, 938
63, 971
52, 716
427
295
794
559
119, 681
119, 932
96, 074
109, 951
1, 400,
1, 181,
987,
1, 235,
980
230
310
674
46, 034
16, 095
26, 248
19, 503
256,
219,
74,
112,
534
None.
None.
33
2,465
1,202
1,731
3,352
10, 643
7,559
5,781
4,492
16, 407
21, 785
20, 709
17, 418
2,455
830
1,864
2,313
50, 563
53, 435
48, 005
51, 652
1, 242, 281
849, 908
1, 919, 740 1, 200, 174
1, 391, 278 1, 162, 603
991, 033 1, 006, 759
193, 155
239, 453
232, 725
234, 740
1, 581, 097
2, 247, 038
2, 409, 940
2, 290, 857
27, 217
21,888
22, 808
54, 723
132, 903
203, 350
159, 871
267, 294
1,038 11, 039
5,992 31,612
7,831 16, 607
6,845 5,881
3,853
5,618
7,487
12, 123
23,674
37, 410
20, 318
13, 206
4,473
5,754
2,924
2,234
64, 440
69, 233
55, 161
51, 806
1, 128, 581 1, 118, 120
961, 109
1, 129, 645
1, 417, 266
905, 678
920, 032
833, 992
158, 323
224, 932
170, 442
205, 148
2, 106, 310
2, 038, 415
2, 137, 656
1, 957, 878
52, 744
58, 820
39, 279
34, 447
469, 435
322, 071
288, 771
392, 919
5,307
3,699
2,454
1,378
5,305
4,913
3,569
2,322
9,057
8,735
10, 194
8,893
19, 665
22, 258
23, 582
16,851
3,114
2,470
1,743
2,993
63,009
62, 673
57, 567
46, 628
909, 718
531, 073
203, 261
37, 360
1,455,366
1, 067, 092
27, 452
14,815
380, 725
291, 287
599
None.
1,803
1,040
8,350
5,134
22, 955
29, 152
4,133
1,200
42, 955
43, 622
721, 006
814, 614
299, 176
792, 345
751, 607
349, 752
700,
643,
345,
423,
495
205
692
306
598
649
519
232
" II
1
i Southern receipts, shipments, and stocks at mills from Rice Millers' Association, comprising movement of the whole rice crop except California rice. Data on paddy
at all California warehouses from Rice Growers' Association of California. The column "Total movement to mills" is a total of the shipments from California warehouses
and receipts at Southern mills, thus giving a view of the total movement of domestic rice to the mills. Shipments of rice through New Orleans compiled by New Orleans
nomics. Citrus fruit shipments consists of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit.
3
Receipts of hay at 11 principal markets, compiled by prorating weekly reports to the Hey Trade Journal.
4
Average for 10 months, March through December.
a
Stocks on hand are negligible, as the crop is not warehoused until the month of December.
92
Table 70.—LIVESTOCK MOVEMENT1
CATTLE AND CALVES
Shipments
YEAR AND
MONTH
Total
receipts Stock-
er and Total
feeder
SHEEP AND LAMBS
HOGS
Price,
Shipments
steers,
good to
Local choice, Total
slaugh- corn receipts Stockter
er and
feeder
fed,
Chi-
cago 2
Dolls, p.
Thousands of animals
100 Ibs.
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo av
1917 mo. a v _ _
1918 mo. av__
1919 mo. av._
1,922
2,108
2,052
321
400
418
440
789
859
896
1,106
1, 239
1,136
$8.51
7.04
8.70
9 58
12.81
16.42
17.50
1920 mo. av__
1921 mo. av_..
1922 mo. av__
1923 mo. a v _ _
1924 mo. av__
1925 mo. av__
1926 mo. av__
1927 mo.av__
1,950
1,649
1,935
1,934
1, 975
2,006
1,989
1,897
342
292
405
379
331
319
309
301
819
717
889
838
808
786
784
764
1,016
923
1,036
1,086
1,154
1,205
1,196
1, 122
1936
January
February
March
April
__ _
1,840
1,551
1,811
1,711
225
177
184
202
675
532
572
603
May
June
July
August
__ _
1,894
1,871
1,820
1,997
218
169
198
252
September- ..
October
November --.
December
2,397
2,674
2,460
1,846
1927
January
February
March
April
Total
Price 2
Shipments
Local Price,
Local
Total
slaugh- heavy, receipts Stockslaugh- Ewes,
ter
Chi- 2
Lambs,
eraiid Total ter
Chicago
feeder
cago Chicago
Dolls, p.
Thousands of animals
100 Ibs.
Dollars per 100
pounds
Thousands of animals
$8.37
$4.69
8.36
7. 13
9 62
15.71
17.60
18.24
1,685
1,874
2,271
371
434
580
917
1,017
1,215
762
855
1,053
5.04
5.93
7.17
10.33
11.29
9.35
14.19
8.45
9.39
7.70
8.48
12. 22
12.35
10.12
1,961
2,014
1,864
1,835
1,850
1,842
1,989
1,995
432
258
347
373
390
361
385
408
1,047
944
973
977
983
976
1,038
1,040
915
1,071
889
856
867
867
949
955
8.74
3.41
5.81
6.09
6.91
7.21
6.59
6.12
15.90
9.99
13.22
13.46
14.29
15.22
13.73
13.79
1,548
1,486
1,695
1,502
155
107
83
124
694
615
695
698
856
863
1,001
801
7.89
7.89
7.70
8.53
14.84
13.28
12.73
13.53
1,717
1,913
1,739
130
238
260
567
838
916
828
1,176
885
998
912
1,058
7.05
5.31
5.88
5.87
14.20
16.13
14.26
13.95
2,124
988
780
1,147
999
932
934
5.77
5.81
5.77
5.64
13.78
13.28
12.70
12.04
$7.79
8.12 ;
9.23
10. 02 \
16. 09
17.33 |
16.13
3,170
3, 739
3,706
64
81
75
1,048
1,198
1,197
2,120
14.49
8.76
9.46
9.96
9.68
10.65
9.51
12.73
3, 510
61
42
49
68
41
44
76
77
1,275
1,226
1,278
1, 595
1,684
1,356
1,264
1,254
2,230
1,144
1,013
1,221
1, 113
9.38
9.69
9.69
9.13
4,304
65
58
56
54
1,581
1, 345
1,428
1,264
2,721
2,144
1,871
11.63
12.05
11.49
11.74
668
658
659
776
1,194
1,217
1,168
1,171
9.06
9.59
9.42
8.98
3,037
68
72
49
51
1,164
1, 048
989
1,084
1,872
2, 087
1,873
1,710
13.29
13.96
12.98
11.85
521
693
570
301
1,100
1,310
1,113
739
1,290
1,356
1,326
1,136
10.19
9.89
9.39
9.72
2,819
3,261
84
129
126
1C5
1,142
1,334
1,317
1,476
1,673
1,933
2,219
2,441
12.38
12.97
12.09
11.77
3,279
3,090
1,917
1,706
1,093
1,150
493
223
1,832
1,555
1,743
1,674
205
175
200
204
657
537
607
602
1,136
1,012
1,134
1,066
10. 30
11.06
11.92
12.28
4,252
3,308
3,754
99
94
102
84
1,527
1,315
1,368
1,101
2,694
2,006
2,386
2,050
11.97
11.64
11.01
10.51
1,740
1,501
1,558
1,486
207
136
140
118
819
669
719
690
921
829
843
800
6.41
7.78
8.00
7.78
12.47
13.24
15.06
15.81
May.
June
July
August
1,956
1,732
1,547
2,065
235
170
138
269
732
624
562
802
1,201
1,112
971
1,231
11.44
11.83
12.30
12.58
3,613
1,216
1,259
1,110
1,192
2,380
2,522
9.45
8.69
8.98
9.19
2,013
1,816
1,676
3,041
72
61
38
38
259
257
216
390
1,064
849
760
1,054
951
963
920
1,137
5.90
5.16
5.31
5.58
14.85
13.25
14.22
13.58
September _._
October
November...
December
1,988
2,635
2,346
906
1,259
1,156
729
1,085
1,291
1,240
980
13.31
14.33
15.94
15.50
2,565
3,039
3,666
4,209
48
78
113
95
1,051
1,137
1,284
1,485
1,512
1,883
2,382
2,745
10.85
11.06
9.47
8.58
2,848
3,587
1,691
407
675
615
319
1,896
1,609
947
1,560
497
174
1,734
2,413
988
723
1,101
1,148
950
896
5.19
5.25
5.47
5.63
13. 56
13. 87
13.58
13.01
1,771
1,516
1,465
1,684
234
194
173
254
660
552
522
640
1,080
961
940
1,013
15.80
14.78
13.72
13.34
5,306
5,267
4,639
3,483
77
75
78
65
1,849
1,810
1,760
1,385
3,443
3,457
2,892
2,077
8.32
8.03
7.83
9.09
1,705
1,669
1,520
1,591
116
101
95
134
705
729
705
778
994
945
814
814
6.05
8.16
8.41
8.90
12.65
15.13
15.38
15.98
1,799
1, 558
283
184
682
594
1,120
963
13.18
13.56
3,723
3,548
66
56
1,296
1,299
2,420
2,269
9.61
10.12
1,952
1,913
205
278
994
904
951
1,020
7.31
5.88
15. 19
13.03
1928
Januarv
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
3,425
3,672
4,611
4,618
3, 661
3,314
3,451
3, 372
3, 579
3,135
3, 143
2, 854
2,804
3,554
3,910
3,142
3,775
3,046
2,537
2,501
2,195
2,395
3,014
2,932
2, 305
2,048
2,195
2,035
1,939
1,846
2,277
2,209
2,098
i
1
These figures, except prices, represent the movement at between 60 and 70 markets; data procured from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in November, 1922, issue (No. 15), p. 115. Data on total animals slaughtered are given in Table 36.
2
From U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, averages of weekly quotations. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 91.
93
Table 71.—PORK PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION i
(inspected slaughter)
YEAR AND MONTH
Total pork
products
Total
Lard
Lard
APPARENT
CONSUMPTION*
COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS s
(end of month)
EXPORTS '
Other
products
Total
WHOLESALE
PRICES *
Lard,
Fresh and Total pork Smoked prime
hams,
cured
products Chicago contract,
NewYork
Lard
Thousand of pounds
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average. _.
1915 monthly average. ._
1916 monthly average. _.
1917 monthly average. ._
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
539, 452
560, 212
618, 276
765, 178
734, 963
610, 226
606, 044
644, 230
431, 847
343, 486
378, 420
383, 581
$0. 166
.167
.153
.185
.252
.318
.343
$0. 110
.104
.094
.135
.219
.261
.290
778, 432
642, 209
561, 021
760, 042
737, 726
645, 460
551, 637
669, 029
417, 203
435, 295
481, 376
588, 051
600, 103
524, 712
512, 824
558, 787
.334
.268
.265
.212
.202
.271
.307
.246
.200
.111
.115
.123
.133
.168
.150
.129
105, 558
72, 355
46, 744
49, 992
514, 351
405, 623
388, 228
472, 757
537, 320
546, 837
540, 331
544, 773
.320
.303
.293
.280
.150
.142
.128
.128
658, 647
748, 777
830, 515
869, 823
69, 576
77, 103
92, 069
99, 611
589, 071
671, 674
738, 446
770, 212
564, 328
446, 129
539, 757
473, 266
.269
.273
.270
.268
.129
.128
.130
.128
27, 460
31, 399
29, 305
22, 142
899, 826
991, 593
1, 020, 407
933, 436
111, 976
147, 318
179, 136
167, 018
787, 850
844, 275
841, 271
766, 418
560, 558
589, 156
548, 008
595, 110
.259
.246
.243
.235
.129
.131
.132
.128
59, 736
50, 355
49, 636
62, 855
30, 093
21, 897
18, 127
25, 100
726, 941
539, 240
465, 976
578, 280
118, 174
72, 121
46, 154
54, 855
608, 767
467, 119
419, 822
523, 425
576, 349
615, 065
603, 579
594, 140
.224
.233
.220
.214
.133
.130
.125
.120
98, 794
109, 280
116, 937
86, 159
70, 660
79, 872
79, 929
56, 554
18, 135
29, 409
37, 008
29, 605
739, 645
1, 006, 998
1, 162, 243
1, 133, 760
84, 007
121, 082
164, 506
173, 088
655,
885,
997,
960,
638
916
737
672
675, 668
641, 246
618, 459
528, 236
.212
.210
.207
.201
.124
.116
.118
.121
85, 201
82, 936
477, 117
450, 851
524, 294
565, 691
449, 570
583, 154
588, 977
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Dollars per pound
55, 540
53, 436
29, 661
29, 501
1, 105, 439
1, 128, 524
186, 073
214, 465
919, 366
914, 059
616, 624
.206
.215
.123
.122
85, 065
68, 960
114.039
120, 941
108, 142
187, 558
219, 803
35, 555
31, 060
45, 735
63, 408
85,386
77, 082
141, 823
156,394
644, 543
669, 283
875, 406
920, 922
85, 741
74, 117
95, 959
92, 212
558, 802
595, 167
784, 364
828, 710
114, 942
131,261
164,270
160, 219
120, 979
126,115
129.729
128, 019
135, 887
123, 912
165, 645
139, 483
102, 260
93,319
82, 029
51, 021
72, 412
63, 913
86, 282
78, 675
57, 402
58, 248
56, 775
76, 998
63, 476
59,999
79, 363
62, 808
44, 857
35,073
25, 375
898, 845
761, 914
647, 594
837, 352
827, 581
753, 480
646, 521
771, 955
120, 413
119, 705
86, 573
77, 311
89, 855
108, 020
94, 884
102, 926
475, 867
479, 917
568, 835
722, 806
96, 385
90, 357
106, 603
140, 840
93, 835
76, 876
72, 914
91, 347
61, 577
46, 988
43, 488
62, 690
32, 258
29, 918
29, 426
28, 657
619, 909
477, 978
434, 972
522, 749
1927
January
February
March
April
783, 758
608, 455
695, 176
603, 019
154, 592
119,715
140, 267
126, 609
85, 134
74, 150
76, 508
91, 842
59, 842
49, 884
53, 040
67, 345
25, 292
24, 266
23, 468
24, 497
May
June
July
August
681, 902
778, 271
652, 896
580, 606
142, 527
165, 988
140, 932
117, 871
91,878
97, 803
76, 277
72, 958
64, 418
66, 404
46, 972
50, 816
September
October _ .
November
December..
458, 919
497, 128
596, 842
793, 789
89, 704
92, 860
110, 525
155, 157
89, 829
72, 251
67,764
87, 955
557
354
052
075
140, 414
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.. .
average. _average. _.
average. __
average...
average. _.
average. __
average. _.
1926
September
October
November
December
_
1928
January .
February
March
April.
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
935, 467
1, 017, 548
890, 408
585, 081
672, 640
704, 468
190,
217,
155,
127,
.
i!
_ _
1
i
i
l
II
-
l
i
l
^
_
|
1
|l
li
Production of pork products, including lard, from animals slaughtered under Federal inspection reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau, of Animal
Industry, given as total dressed weight, excluding meat from condemned animals. Slaughter of hogs under Federal inspection according to 1919 census figures amounted
to 68 per cent of total slaughter. Monthly data from 1920, slightly revised since, given in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 95, including data on exports, storage holdings, and
apparent consumption also. The figures shown here for lard revise previous figures through calculation of production from yields by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics.
2
Exports reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The total includes bacon, ham, shoulders, lard, neutral lard, and
^canned, fresh, and pickled pork. In the division between lard and other products, neutral lard is included \vith "Other products."
3
Cold-storage holdings, reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Econojnics, are distinctly seasonal. No allowance for this has been
made in computing index numbers.
< Apparent consumption, including only meat produced under Federal inspection, has been computed by the U. S. Department cf Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics from the inspected slaughter, less condemned animals, plus net imports less exports and reexports and the change in cold-storage holdings.
« Wholesale prices are averages of weekly quotations as compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly data on ham prices from 1919
appeared in September, 1923, issue (No. 25), p. 55.
94
Table 72.—OTHER MEATS
!
BEEF
Production (inspected
slaughter)!
YEAR AND MONTH
Exports 2
MISC.
MEATS
LAMB
TOTAL MEATS
(including lard)
Wholesale
prices 4
ColdColdProduc- storage Appar- storage
ColdCold- Apparent
Producstorage
storage
Apparent
conWestSteer tion (in- hold- ent con- holdtion
spected ings,
holdings, sumpholdings, consumpern
rounds slaughsump(inspected
ings,
end of 3
end of
tion <
dressed No. 2,
tion «
end of
end of slaughter) 1 month s
month
ter) i months tion <
Chimonth 6
steers,
N. Y.
cago
Thousands of pounds
Dolls, per pound
Thousands of pounds
i
1913 monthly average .
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
329, 811
314, 784
331, 971
383, 268
457, 910
3,016
7,161
31, 297
22, 724
29, 142
127, 200
192, 343
354, 440
420, 946
$0. 132
.143
.135
.147
.188
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
1922 monthly average.
522, 309
448, 074
395, 093
371, 108
414, 045
58, 338
22, 592
11, 599
3,418
2,723
256, 523
237, 123
156, 117
99, 623
68, 521
467, 135
431, 602
400, 648
375, 060
411, 561
1923 monthly average.
1924 monthly average.
1925 monthly average.
1926 monthly average.
1927 monthly average.
427, 407
444, 005
456, 643
479, 709
439, 769
2,347
2,171
2,205
2,065
1,613
75, 689
79, 712
80, 156
64, 358
59, 065
1926
September
October
November
December
540, 945
545, 988
512, 357
494, 665
2,805
1,984
2,190
1, 697
1937
January
February
March
April
443, 918
401, 482
436, 571
421, 666
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
..
1938
January
February
March
April _
May
June
July
August.
4,531
38,439
29,141 !
.247
.254
.247
.178
.159
.221
.224
.213
.145
.145
31, 831
38, 539
34, 399
41, 096
34, 820
6,026
8,291
20, 174
22, 090
3,294
427, 455
440, 131
460, 585
477, 990
443, 686
.176
.171
.192
.171
.200
.153
.152
.158
.157
.181
37, 188
38, 030
38, 943
41, 741
41, 809
46, 250
61, 198
85, 977
100, 873
536, 285
531, 354
486, 723
479, 484
.181
.179
.175
.185
.170
.162
.145
.141
1,975
1,748
2,025
2,043
95, 254
88, 020
77, 159
62, 928
448, 614
407, 852
446, 970
436, 177
.178
.175
.175
.187
449, 382
449, 020
417, 119
465, 597
1,418
1,374
1,920
1,899
50,413
43, 756
35, 722
33f 446
463, 240
456, 534
426, 434
470, 490
453, 993
475. 455
459, 364
403. 660
1,609
1,165
1,085
1,097
35, 878
43. 916
65, 345
76, 947
974
935
1,143
1,052
422, 916
406, 060
_ _
45, 661
44, 623
38, 445
37, 564
28, 287
387. 750
370, 385
378, 251
361, 718
_.
$0.131 |
.133 j
.124
.130
.162
1,165
1,573
7 48, 182
852, 589
810, 258
894, 710
986, 523
935, 767
887, 581
824, 727
793, 573
31,299
39,166
37,703
43, 003
35, 830
86, 774
103, 078
82, 474
79, 137
53, 641
1, 137, 294
1, 075, 590
968, 944
972, 417
1, 067, 141
1, 224, 646
1, 269, 413
1, 157, 693
962, 764
773, 050
876, 854
854, 349
955, 554
953, 358
928, 766
3,742
2,495
1,731
2,622
2,625
37, 615
38, 047
39, 140
41, 691
41, 961
67, 540
72, 060
73, 021
54, 644
59, 885
1, 229, 773
1, 216, 998
1, 105, 812
1, 127, 495
1, 125, 809
984, 698
981, 848
908, 389
768, 145
893, 530
1, 053, 121
1, 078, 281
1, 024, 436
1, 032, 502
1, 044, 422
45, 607
43, 892
39, 737
45, 354
2,234
2,814
3,166
4,556
45, 593
43, 825
39, 762
44, 688
56, 135
52, 590
53, 960
63, 846
1, 062, 419
1, 069, 797
1, 120, 929
1, 262, 825
724, 528
594, 580
578, 075
692, 024
1, 119, 198
1, 121, 986
1, 066, 816
1,068,945
.145
.150
.158
.176
44, 161
40,510
41, 544
37, 545
4,447
4,074
2,940
1,862
44, 292
40. 943
42, 737
38, 641
61, 791
59, 230
60, 951
58, 521
1, 271, 850
1, 050, 446
1, 173, 290
1, 062, 230
820, 139
900,101
971, 565
993, 134
1,057,234
894, 924
1, 029, 464
948, 075
.188
.188
.200
.200
.184
.185
.193
.203
37, 731
39, 123
37, 647
44, 865
1,210
1,360
1,161
1,302
38, 452
38. 872
37,706
44, 811
60, 978
63, 768
66, 457
65, 873
1, 169, 015
1, 266, 415
1, 107, 662
1, 091, 069
1, 012, 427
1, 100, 477
1, 123, 747
1, 034, 057
1, 062, 251
1, 084, 562
1, 012, 147
1, 110, 411
455, 239
474, 078
443, 800
394, 808
.213
.225
.234
.238
.199
.190
.190
.196
45, 378
46, 188
42, 354
44, 660
1,991
2,958
3.790
4,408
45, 098
45, 855
41, 877
44, 246
58,163
49, 235
52, 227
61,420
958, 290
1, 018, 772
1, 098, 559
1, 242, 109
822. 973
635, 349
587, 338
721, 055
1, 076, 686
1, 134, 997
1, 089, 256
1, 033, 194
71,681
63, 749
57,256
46, 194
393, 945
379, 461
384, 815
375, 381
.230
.230
.221
.222
.220
.200
.205
.200
47, 081
44, 057
42, 130
36, 248
4,404
4,020
3,252
1,828
47, 055
44, 428
43, 052
38, 039
64, 219
71, 707
74, 949
70, 438
1, 370, 298
1, 431, 989
1, 310, 789
983, 046
879, 949
1, 146, 474
1, 297, 700
1, 252, 200
1, 116, 668
1, 065, 135
1, 046, 326
941, 656
37, 212
32, 210
435, 397
.229
.225
.201
.212
38, 455
40, 693
1,276
2,163
40, 135
64, 846
64,033
1, 134, 010
1, 151, 221
1, 208, 773
1, 226, 902
1, 092, 156
_
September.
October
__
November __
December
i!
1 Production from animals slaughtered under Federal inspection reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, given as total dressed
weight, excluding meat from condemned animals. The slaughter under Federal inspection, according to census figures for 1919, amounted to 82 per cent of the total number
of animals slaughtered in the United States in the case of beef and 91 per cent for lamb. Monthly data from 1920, including also exports, storage holdings, apparent consumption, and prices, appeared in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 95. Veal is included in the beef figures and mutton in the lamb figures.
2
Exports, as reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, include fresh, canned, and pickled and cured beef.
3
Cold-storage holdings, reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, are distinctly seasonal. No allowance for this had been
made in calculating index numbers. Figures represent storage holdings on the last day of each month. Beef holdings include frozen, cured, and in process of cure, while
lamb holdings embrace frozen lamb and mutton. Total meats include lard, monthly data from 1917 being shown in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 19.
* Apparent consumption, including only meat produced under Federal inspection, has been computed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, from the inspected slaughter, less condemned animals, plus net imports less exports and reexports and the change in cold-storage holdings. Monthly data on total
meats from 1916 appeared in the March, 1926, issue (No. 55), p. 23.
5
Wholesale prices are averages for the month from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
6
Compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture and include all stocks of beef, pork, and mutton trimmings and edibles offal that have been frozen, cured, or otherwise
prepared for food. Data do not include trimmings that have not been frozen, cured, nor processed, nor sausage or canned-meat products. Data are given for the end of
each7 month. Monthly data from August, 1917, appeared in the April, 1926, issue (No. 50), p. 20.
Average for 5 months, August to December, inclusive.
95
Table 73.—CONDENSED AND EVAPORATED MILE
Evaporated
Case Bulk
goods goods
Case
goods
Case Bulk
goods goods
Case
Case Buik
goods goods goods
Bulk
goods
Evaporated
Case
goods
Total
Total
Total
Condensed
1
Case
goods
Total
ft
a
£
Dolls, per
case
Thousands of pounds
81, 890 $9. 50 $6.01
79, 207 7.06 5.10
64, 711 5.25 4.14
79, 751 6.24 4.71
109, 751 5.99 4.15
88, 189 5.91 4.33
92, 706 5.86 4.42
104,253 5.87 4.57
131, 501
122, 014
119, 279
147, 907
141,712
140, 488
144, 459
154, 645
29, 008
16, 987
19, 531
16, 567
15, 777
15, 828
13, 020
13, 582
8,979
8,365
8, 862
12, 258
12, 001
13, 246
16, 934
15, 283
82, 117
85, 798
79, 457
104, 963
100, 109
100, 704
97, 538
106, 826
11, 398
11,864
11,430
14, 119
13, 825
16, 709
16, 966
18, 953
235,138
173, 926
137, 226
166, 022
186, 925
161, 409
165,414
181,413
56, 515
31,375
21, 166
20, 181
19, 236
29, 792
27, 055
28, 179
19, 701
17, 999
9, 875
18, 505
16, 727
7,790
14, 904
13, 759
158, 214
123, 661
105, 872
127, 089
150, 693
123, 538
123,233
139, 135
123, 436
116, 560
87, 342
104, 558
132, 998
113, 7f,9
120,933
132,773
29, 083
23, 346
14, 833
13,429
14, 119
21, 259
21, 438
22,911
11,846
13, 142
7,504
11, 142
8,870
4, 092
6,623
5,445
1926
January. _.
February _
March
April -_
124, 549
115, 638
145, 127
164, 315
13, 650
10, 664
12, 707
14, 800
16, 585
15, 603
17, 970
18, 325
84, 558
79, 759
101, 179
114, 201
9,756
9,612
13, 271
16, 989
136, 015
118, 346
115,417
128, 496
22, 889
19, 142
17,008
19, 082
5,718
6,081
9,028
10, 829
107, 304
92, 974
89, 225
98, 414
103, 799
89, 045
82, 613
95, 807
17, 592
14, 909
11, 723
14, 424
3,217
3,822
7,070
4,768
82, 897
70, 187
63, 730
76, 465
6.00
5.95
5.95
5.92
4.72
4.44
4.38
4.36
May
June
July
August
207, 243
233, 143
187, 556
139, 361
18, 282
17, 618
13, 002
11, 168
26, 299
30, 040
20, 309
14, 664
139, 251
159, 995
125, 185
90, 414
23, 411
25, 490
29, 060
23, 115
153, 710
228, 156
242, 102
241, 547
26, 068
36, 734
37, 285
40, 821
15, 701
21,392
23,310
23, 136
111, 659
169, 533
181, 287
177, 323
107, 291
167, G93
179, 708
174,441
20, 439
30, 943
31, 931
32, 545
7,073
10, 083
9,138
9,148
79, 518
126. 383
138, 475
132, 531
5.86
5.86
5.87
5.75
September 119, 258
October... 109, 476
November 89, 062
December. 98, 774
10, 655
10, 871
10, 639
12, 186
14, 222
12, 172
8,220
8,798
77, 512
71, 940
58, 827
67, 639
16, 868
14, 493
11, 376
10, 151
207, 422
174, 909
137, 532
101, 320
34, 106
27, 945
23, 935
19, 759
21,478
18, 438
13, 73»
10 003
151, 687
128, 346
99, 685
71, 355
150, 738
135,412
100, 758
63, 896
26, 711
23, 010
18, 628
14, 399
8,203
7, 869
5,016
4,072
1927
January _ _ .
February .
March
April
117,750
119, 768
153, 897
183, 352
13, 336
9,715
11, 733
17, 033
11,819
11, 976
14, 653
17, 688
81, 621
85, 539
111, 172
128, 504
10, 974
12, 538
16, 339
20, 127
80, 228
70, 327
66,610
83, 104
16, 594
12, 418
10, 935
14, 608
8,303
7,782
7,812
9,721
54, h88
49, 940
47, 476
58, 455
34, 182
20, 966
18, 828
20, 750
11, 296
7,054
5,378
8, 317
May
June.
July
August. _.
241,
258,
200,
162,
763
890
076
875
20, 031
20, 038
14, 577
12, 758
25, 569
27, 721
16, 974
14, 874
169, 338
181, 079
139, 687
111, 660
26, 825
30, 052
28, 838
23, 583
149, 260
230, 321
277, 379
300, 828
26, 709
41, 028
44, 028
43, 559
15,392
20, 223
19, 883
20, 796
106, 636
168, 599
213, 068
236, 173
76, 063
171, 446
222, 774
249, 728
Septembe 117, 792
October ... 110, 967
November 89, 150
December
99, 440
9,294
12, 067
10, 763
11, 633
11, 867
10, 903
8,677
10, 669
76, 206
73, 341
58, 172
65, 596
20, 427
14, 656
11, 538
11, 542
280, 734
256, 650
207, 892
173, 624
38, 357
35, 932
29, 155
24, 820
19, 566
14, 956
12, 362
8,310
222, 482
205, 587
166, 187
140, 133
102, 847
131, 323
181, 476
170, 884
147, 774
119, 314
100, 299
124, 861
20, 618
17, 924
15, 845
18, 496
8,457
7,635
8,299
11, 757
205, 123
269, 421
158, 012
22, 396
16, 241
1928
January..
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Thous. of pounds
I
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
EXPORTS ^
Evaporated
Conden sed
Evaporated
WHOLESALE
PRICES 2
Condensed
Condensed
(end of month)
Cond.
YEAR AND
MONTH
UNSOLD STOCKS i
(end of month)
TOTAL STOCKS^
PRODUCTION i
34, 256 23, 094
24, 144 7,825
15,625 4,734
16, 189 4,781
17, 185 5,331
12, 314 3,559
9, 640 3,226
8,855 2,907
11, 162
16, 319
10, 891
11,407
11,854
8,755
6,320
5,671
9, 695
8,478
11, 500
12,946
3,733
3,777
3,642
3,685
5,962
4,701
7,858
9,261
4.34
4.33
4.33
4.36
9,776
10, 825
9, 160
7,992
2,813
3,472
3,537
2, 139
6,963
7,353
5,623
5, 657
115, 700
104, 385
76, 965
45, 235
5.76 4.45
5.85 4.41
5.85 4.42
5.68 4.48
8,481
7,349
9, 268
10, 213
3,001
2,521
2, 939
3,454
5,191
4,657
6,115
6,499
3,388
3,619
3,881
3,689
19, 084
10, 150
9,346
8,531
5.63 4.50
5,72 4.50
5.75 4.50
5.84 4.58
8,516
7,439
9,378
10, 150
2.694
2,853
2,974
2,761
5,554
4,331
6,232
7,054
21, 706
37, 205
38, 140
38, 325
5,220
7,573
7,719
7,600
48, 947
126. 534
176, 763
203, 643
5.93 4.63
5.90 4.60
5.83 4.58
5.83 4.58
11,334
12, 368
9,283
8,009
3,642
3,190
2,716
3,532
7,305
8,926
6,326
4,240
237. 903
219, 790
179, 904
140, 944
33, 004
30, 535
24, 919
19,048
6,500
5,970
5,521
4,656
198, 281
183, 239
149, 397
117, 115
6.00
6.00
6.02
6.00
4.58
4.58
4.59
4.57
6,434
8,196
7,941
7,213
2,439
2, 760
2,981
2,345
3,756
S, 130
4,662
4,532
118, 414
93, 528
75, 949
94, 338
115, 623
83, 387
73, 238
91, 928
15, 151
12, 534
10, 868
13, 169
5,216
5,230
6,034
6,453
95, 120
65, 497
56, 201
72, 121
6.00 4.58
5.98 4.46
5.84 4.23
5.83 4.23
11,414
10, 504
13, 715
9,424
3,819
2,645
4,707
2,700
7,360
7,531
8,742
6,421
119,068
121, 451
18, 079
7,937
95, 243
5.83
5.83
4.28
4.28
11,357
8,742
3,279
3,054
7,806
5,464
j
Septembe
October
Novembe
December
1
Data on production and stocks from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, representing practically the entire industry. Production
figures by classes are reported only every three months, while stocks are available currently. Stocks, both total and unsold, are given as of the end of each month, stocks
of evaporated bulk goods being included in each total, but omitted in detail on account of the small quantities usually held. Condensed milk is sweetened by the addition
of sugar while evaporated milk is simply milk reduced in volume. The bulk goods are generally destined for bakeries, etc., while case goods are for the retail trade.
2
Wholesale prices compiled by U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, are averages of weekly prices at New York. A case of condensed milk contains
48 14-ounce tins, while a case of evaporated milk has 48 16-ounce tins. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in December, 1925, issue (No. 52), p. 22.
3
Exports are from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
96
Table 74.—RAW AND POWDERED MILK AND ICE CREAM
ICE
CREAM
RAW MILK
Receipts
YEAR AND MONTH
Greater
New
York i
Boston
(snclud.
cream) 2
Thousands of quarts
ConProduction,
sumption in
Minneapolis, oleomarSt. Paul 3 garine 4
Thousands of
pounds
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
__
average
average
average
average
average
average
average
average
11, 727
12, 193
13, 059
13, 865
14, 116
14, 878
15, 391
15, 930
16,511
17, 389
17, 753
7, 786
12,141
13, 224
17, 895
21, 005
24, 100
24, 769
24, 636
17, 002
15, 522
18, 140
17, 976
114, 529
116, 448
118,672
110, 694
Production «
Production s
j Thous. of
gallons
5, 715
7,145
106, 156
99, 019
113,200
108, 761
average
average
average
average _ _ _
average
_
average
average
59, 840
60, 520
63, 600
64, 520
66, 080
70, 520
74, 920
81, 440
85,760
89, 280
98, 440
99, 656
103, 612
106, 196
110, 904
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
POWDERED MILK
Stocks,
end of
month ?
Net
orders 6
Exports 3
Thousands of pounds
1, 749
(
10, 470
11, 098
1, 549
2,147
2, 530
3,634
8 4, 876
4,386
5,426
5,564
5,740
5,931
6,353
12, 357
12, 193
13, 108
15, 284
15, 130
17, 865
17, 937
18, 896
4,436
3, 566
3,901
5,734
6,426
6,854
8,541
10, 799
25, 468
24, 623
27, 794
26, 458
6,287
6,262
7,042
6,518
8,402
9, 769
13, 239
17, 145
17, 725
19, 633
19, 366
18, 095
30, 818
30, 835
26, 718
21, 157
5,913
5,689
4,817
5,566
111,582
114, 981
108, 536
108, 272
17, 586
17, 987
16, 624
17, 376
19, 046
20, 217
19, 868
22, 627
6,410
7,332
7,034
7,363
109, 709
104, 413
114,214
109, 613
17, 490
15, 964
18, 176
17, 697
26, 140
26, 192
28, 780
27, 522
117,558
17, 914
3,948
4,347
5,170
5,448
11,645
11, 775
7,314
6,395
12, 881
7,092
10, 225
9,304
264
787
516
203
461
304
222
277
6,657
6,956
9, 379
11,354
3,568
4,214
4,679
6,012
9,638
6,710
6,601
6,683
268
254
171
336
23, 806
29, 957
36, 177
28, 651
15, 074
16, 160
14, 096
12, 059
5,716
6,196
5,781
5,683
9,136
12, 356
13, 746
13, 232
387
251
241
238
24, 440
15, 571
10, 846
8,753
10, 141
9, 763
8, 214
9,734
6,531
5,735
5,706
5,559
10, 646
9,261
7,950
5,723
239
307
298
336
7,190
8,117
7, 762
7,035
4,880
4,781
6,062
6,037
8,334
9,185
9,113
12, 156
236
328
266
303
7,455
7,034
6,590
15, 536
273
225
1927
January
February
March
April
May
_
June
July
August..
_
September _
October
November
December
September
October
November
December
-_
_
1938
. _.
January
February
March
April
May
June ._
July
August
_
_
__
_
j
_._ . _
1
f""
|
Receipts of milk, excluding cream, in the metropolitan area around New York City, including many large cities in New Jersey, from the Milk Reporter. Monthly
from 1920 appeared in the July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 46. These data have been computed from original figures in 40-quart cans, previously shown in the SURVEY.
Receipts of milk at Boston by rail, including cream, from the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in the July, 1922, issue.
(No. 11), p. 46.
3
Production of whole milk by members of the Twin City Milk Association, including most of the area within a 40-mile radius of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Monthly data from 1920 appeared in the July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 46.
4
Data from U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau, of Internal Revenue, showing consumption of milk in the manufacture of oleomargarine. Monthly data from July,
1921, appeared in the March, 1926, issue (No. 55), p. 25.
5
Data from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, representing practically complete production, but reported only every three months.
Monthly data from 1920 on production of powdered milk appeared in the October, 1925, issue (No. 50), p. 2o'.
e Compiled by the American Dry Milk Institute from 31 identical firms which in 1924 produced 61 per cent of the totals as compiled by the Department of Agriculture.
Monthly data from 1924 appeared in the November, 1923, issue (No. 63), p. 19. Data on stocks held by 21 institute members appeared in October, 1925, issue (No. 50),
p. 26. The association reports also include production and unit prices of members.
7
Compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Stocks comprise powdered milk derived from whole milk, skim milk, and unskimmed
milk as of the end of the month and include both case and bulk goods, the former being comparatively small. Monthly data from 1920, divided as between case and bulk
goods, are given in the November, 1925, issue (No. 51), p. 23.
s Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign aiid Domestic Commerce.
9 6 months' period, July to December, inclusive.
97
Table 75.—BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS
FEAR AND
MONTH
Production
(factory) i
Apparent
consumption 2
CHEESE
ColdReceipts storage
holdat 5
ings,
markets 3 creamery 4
Price, creamery,
92 score 5
BUTTER
Production i
Cold-storage
holdings 4
American 8
Total, all varieties
Appar- ReExports
Coldent
ceipts storage Imfl
conat 5
4
gump- mar- hold- ports U.S. Canada 7
tion 2 kets 3 ings
6
Receipts
Cold- Price at 5
Produc- storage ! No.l mar- Case Frozen
tion i hold- fresh kets 3
9
ings 4
()
()
Dolls,
p.lb.
Thousands of pounds
EGGS
hp°lbS
Thousands of pounds
Thousands of
cases 10
Thous.
oflbs.
3,069
3,504
4,930
10, 621
i 83, 887
4,632 221
4,623 316
3,235 5,246
2,376 4 508
528 4,448
12, 942
12, 076
11, 442
16, 081
16, 492
$0.15
. 16
0
28, 995 .15
26, 125 . 19
22, 079 47, 590 .24
31, 304
31, 709
33, 992
16, 189
14, 055
16, 695
16, 655
41, 599
53, 305
52, 917
43, 939
41, 637
630 4,034
944 1 180
1,333 1,358
2,239 981
3,881 417
14, 573
12, 684
10, 533
11, 135
11, 104
20, 607
23, 486
21, 224
21,811
23, 567
34, 646
41, 442
37, 559
30,006
30, 675
.27
.32
.29
.21
.20
3,367
1,224 4,156
1,079 3, 261
1,251 4,171
1,335 5,137
12, 071
14, 871
18, 866
24, 562
22,607
35, 852
39, 024
41, 917
41, 290
40, 197
35, 733
38, 956
40, 636
42, 540
40, 924
18, 254
17, 921
18, 488
17, 324
18, 180
52, 431
66, 536
68,489
72, 684
66, 933
5,368
4,931
5,200
6, 535
6,650
694
358
766
325
282
9,546
9,732
10, 580
11,222
9,211
25, 678
27, 058
28, 937
27, 993
25, 648
39, 579
49, 483
52, 056
56, 964
50, 119
.25
.21
.25
.23
.26
1,391
1,284
1,290
1,300
1,350
5, 355
4,597
5,309
4,941
5,410
27, 716
27, 426
31, 610
37, 850
57, 447
.50
.52
.51
.50
28, 145
28, 553
35, 353
39, 703
37, 492
35, 047
41, 747
41, 588
12, 706
14, 916
14, 872
16, 923
62, 136
54, 072
47, 840
45, 616
5,608
4,788
7,824
6,923
356
370
346
327
3,209
3,404
3,191
1,117
16, 660
17, 085
21, 318
24, 533
46, 026
39, 382
35, 193
32, 487
.26
.26
.25
.24
970
1,176
1,997
2,729
253
92
1, 868
5,501
31, 207
26, 053
33, 272
52, 053
25, 404
89, 996
145, 147
163, 701
.43
.43
.42
.42
53, 456
61,465
54, 605
46, 731
47, 223
44, 352
33, 957
41, 956
21, 301
22, 134
24, 134
22, 556
50, 864
67, 216
87, 937
90,204
7,072
7, 656
6,503
3,430
297
241
231
251
2,619
7,060
8,977
16,023
34, 704
41, 489
38, 195
31, 944
35, 826
49, 999
67, 091
69, 749
.24
.24
.24
.25
2,523 8,962
1, 767 10, 565
1,225 10, 746
1,005 9,650
71, 605
81, 263
81, 418
77, 508
179, 878
176, 176
158, 492
163, 347
42, 234 147, 396
38, 301 L 18, 679
33, 607 83, 224
46, 289
33, 687
.46
.48
.50
.52
38, 776
37, 274
29, 364
28, 670
43, 641
47, 212
39, 777
37, 101
21, 522
18, 995
14, 279
13, 826
85, 131
77, 603
70, 735
64, 035
5, 102
8,441
8,976
7,474
225 19, 040
211 20, 944
321 16, 072
211 8,878
25, 783
23, 012
16, 717
16, 337
65, 453
59, 035
53, 447
47, 765
.27
.28
.27
.29
897
704
603
608
7,960
5,485
2,956
882
71, 208
62, 066
54, 703
47, 020
1938
Jan
103, 861
Feb ...
96, 768
Mar
_ 107, 896
Apr--117,757
159, 687
143, 844
156, 505
163, 257
42, 271
41, 140
45, 748
44, 721
28,273
14,404
5,716
5,109
.49
.47
.49
.45
24, 033
24, 456
30, 410
28, 960
37, 408
36, 618
41, 490
36, 670
14,405
13, 716
14, 655
15, 138
55, 862
48, 784
43, 303
41, 791
5,347
5,303
5,759
6,229
257
208
266
187
1,324
1,148
2,011
668
41, 793
36, 710
31, 887
30, 207
.29
.24
.25
.24
862
1,320
2,034
2,360
26
66
1,087
4,515
38, 575
31, 362
34, 411
51, 532
156, 020
182, 016
205, 973
204, 173
54, 427
69, 650
15, 952
69, 343
.45
.44
40, 305
58, 880
38, 807
45, 778
16,254
19, 216
48, 990
68, 493
6,280
6,581
303
180
4,860
5,849
36, 716
53, 617
.24
.26
2,503 8,162
1,763 9,998
67,941
77, 690
$0.32
30
* 80, 539 .30
51, 588 .34
43
54, 572
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
m. a.
m. a_
m. a
m. a.
m. a.
63,293
138, 109
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
66, 107
70, 833
71, 965
87, 912
96, 126
123, 796
127, 094
129, 466
143, 811
149, 671
38, 336
33, 563
39, 012
43, 893
49, 737
67, 229
59, 754
52, 623
50, 959
.51
.61
.61
.43
.41
32, 693
31, 930
33, 531
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
m. a_
m. a.
m. a_
m. a_
m. a.
104, 268
113, 007
113, 461
120, 981
124, 708
155, 564
164, 742
167, 192
174, 013
174, 056
45, 448
48, 956
47, 667
47, 745
48, 538
47, 074
73, 665
61, 665
67, 693
,71,018
.47
.43
.45
.45
.47
1937
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
97, 965
95, 522
111,451
126, 415
151, 019
140, 026
158, 242
173, 518
37, 705
38, 375
45, 210
48, 279
17, 952
7,952
3,044
3,436
May
June
July _-.
Aug
168, 808
188, 792
170, 484
146, 808
212, 098
201, 090
185, 532
188, 803
63, 710
75, 756
67, 282
58, 310
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
113, 546
102, 399
86, 058
88, 247
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
1
Data from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, representing practically complete factory production. Data on American cheese are
reported only every 3 months. Total production figures covering cheese, which include cottage, pot, and bakers' cheese, are shown monthly from 1920 and American
cheese production from 1917 in the July, 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 23.
2
Compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, representing the disappearance of butter or cheese into trade. These data are computed from production (comprising actual factory data plus allowance for production on farms), imports, and the difference in cold-storage holdings. Monthly data on
butter from 1917 appeared in January, 1926, issue (No. 53), p. 23, and on cheese from 1920, in the May, 1926, issue (No. 57), p. 29.
3
Compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, covering Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, and representing total of weekly figures with first and last weeks of month prorated.
4
Cold-storage holdings at end of month reported by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, representing about 98 per cent of stocks held
In public and private cold-storage warehouses. Monthly data on total cheese holdings from 1917 appeared in the July, 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 23. Monthly data on storage
holdings of frozen eggs since 1916 were given in the May, 1927, issue (No. 69), p. 22.
5
Average of daily wholesale prices of creamery butter, 92 score at New York City, as compiled by U, S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Monthly data since January, 1910, were given in the April, 1927, issue (No. 68), p. 23.
s Imports and exports for the United States from the U, S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, representing all classes of cheese.
Monthly data from 1909 appeared in the July, 1926, issue (No. 59), p. 23.
7
Exports from Canada from Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Yearly figures through 1925 represent monthly averages for the Canadian
fiscal year ended March 31 of the year indicated.
8
American cheese figures are for whole milk cheese only and do not include cheese made from part skim milk, these latter usually totaling from 1 to 2 per cent of the
American whole milk output.
9
Average of daily wholesale prices of American cheese, No. 1, fresh, at New York City, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. Monthly data since January, 1910, were given in the April, 1927, issue (No. 68), p. 23.
16
1 case of eggs equals 30 dozen, or about 45 pounds net.
u 5 months' average, August to December, inclusive.
731°—28
7
98
Table 76.—SUGAR
REFINED SUGAR
RAW CANE SUGAR
WHOLESALE
PRICE 2
RETAIL
PRICE 2
CUBAN MOVEMENT ?
(RAW)
[
Imports i
YEAR AND
MONTH
Rec'pts
LouisiStocks
ana
at reFrom
crop at Meltings fineries,
s
From
()
Hawaii foreign
New
end of
month »
and
Orleans
P.R. countries
(4)
ExStocks, ports,1
Shipments,6 end of includmonthe
2 ports 2 ports
ing
maple
Long tons
1909-13 m. a.
1913 mo. av__
1914 mo. av_.
1915 mo. av_.
1916 mo. av__
1917 mo. av__
63, 336
66, 890
67, 984
69, 756
75,683
80, 581
1918 mo. av__
1919 mo. av__
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av..
1922 mo. av__
65, 951
69, 322
70, 803
16, 184
10, 109
8,501
14, 050
9,545
74, 572
68, 436
192, 219
261, 149
298, 686
222, 005
362, 040
7,286
8,154
4,704
8,812
9,236
326, 547
334, 981
296, 130
429, 002
115, 706
106,017
150, 497
191, 101
1923 mo. av_.
1924 mo. av_.
1925 mo. av..
1926 mo. av..
1927 mo. av..
63, 575
79, 142
100, 257
96, 486
100, 101
286, 806
307, 724
332,711
344, 125
306, 309
14, 102
6,601
4,952
5,181
1,476
345, 730
378, 937
426, 075
431, 261
406, 863
1927
January
February
March
April
70, 187
142, 800
157, 549
158, 556
163, 973
366, 551
400, 544
417, 332
1,404
123
46
30
May
June
July__
August
144, 715
140, 717
98, 160
93, 071
348, 546
285, 968
323, 434
346, 818
September- _
October
November . _
December.. _
74, 520
76, 540
24, 340
20, 058
1928
January
February ...
March
April.
May
June
July
August.
jrt.
Dollars per pound
2,927
1,926
14, 524
35, 847
58, 655
37, 604
175, 664
201, 437
196, 569
205, 716
183, 802
Raw Gran96° ulated, Gran- Index, Receipts.
cenin
Cuban
51
trifu- bbls. ulated, cities
N.Y.
ports
N.Y.
$0. 035 $0. 043
.038
.047
.047
.056
.058
.0.69
.063
.077
Rel. to
1913
Exports
Stocks,
end of
moil tli
Ixmg tons
$Q. 049
.053
.059
.075
.088
100
108
120
146
169
134, 225
125, 726
210, 908
246, 245
201, 760
129, 447
120, 972
209, 971
237, 004
204, 422
265, 707
323, 441
2V4, 811
233, 140
428, 302
242,583
280, 333
364, 179
436, 913
308, 662
41, 338
62,202
7 18, 083
12, 745
15, 152
54,889
34, 381
34, 739
68, 330
175, 770
184, 473
202, 648
323, 541
287, 659
53, 336
62, 532
69, 758
71, 964
67, 483
30, 529
27,319
22, 185
36, 663
39, 415
16, 552
16, 387
28, 226
7,957
9,314
.070
.060
.043
.043
.047
.084
.075
.055
.055
.058
.094
.084
.064
.061
.065
184
167
131
125
133
290, 609
332, 554
420, 238
384, 321
354, 868
290,613
362, 841
553, 004
482, 656
177,. 791
300, 858
321,629
379, 210
46, 095
6.0, 724
84, 070
85, 401
24, 638
30, 491
52, 056
49, 441
5, 760
6,541
18, 295
15,822
.051
.049
.048
.048
.062
.060
.058
.058
.068
.068
.067
.063
136
136
135
133
482, 152
805, 868
1, 084, 038
595, 154
166, 044
397, 066
512, 824
441, 653
298, 682
702, 733
1, 310, 347
1, 449, 624
50
42
25
34
472, 528
503, 703
459, 108
457, 961
370, 898
361,915
308, 961
296, 012
84, 961
84, 528
73, 507
78,069
44, 643
47, 986
46, 775
43, 230
10, 524
8,345
12, 956
17, 297
.048
.046
.045
.045
.060
.060
.059
.056
.063
.065
.067
.066
133
133
135
133
227, 001
185, 360
157, 420
208, 474
336, 320
359, 738
343, 161
403, 719
1,357,045
1, 156, 430
998,209
783,717
278, 078
319, 464
223, 855
201, 139
23
None.
5,727
10, 204
384, 903
375, 748
295, 922
243, 364
258, 427
254, 963
215, 665
205, 573
68, 432
54,010
44, 663
45, 340
37, 536
35, 128
30, 665
30, 387
4,451
3,642
4,480
3,651
.048
.047
.047
.046
.058
.057
.056
.056
.064
.064
.063
.062
131
131
131
129
167, 805
151, 747
106, 974
86,425
292, 816
304, 118
261,815
244, 852
671,952 [
531, 142
344,693
212,314
45, 026
130, 034
204, 691
164, 551
219, 926
344, 459
425, 817
448, 326
None.
None.
None.
None.
307, 050
310, 612
468, 496
409, 447
192, 968
333, 493
458, 231
666, 061
40, 958
47, 631
70, 414
60,571
29,542
20, 283
31, 621
42, 092
3,184
8,842
9,865
8,645
.043
.043
.045
.045
.057
.056
.057
.058
.063
.063
.063
.064
129
129
129
129
238, 129
896, 615
1, 016, 015
586, 747
212, 161
326, 705
584, 153
447, 097
177,801 [
851, 113 I
1, 202, 871 \
1, 325, 001
158, 387
271, 492
208, 241
None.
None.
378, 231
404, 120
701, 624
682, 591
58, 371
143, 862
43, 208
76,532
11, 869
5,364
.045
.043
.059
.059
.065
.067
131
133
237,507
123, 340
287, 561
229, 869
1, 263, 287
1, 127, 054
7
.064
.075
.130
.048
.047
.078
.089
.126
.062
.059
.094
.104
.182
.077
.066
176
205
353
146
132
272,066
328, 360
288,281
291, 342
357, 892
592, 065
647, 341
410, 287
I, 047, 721
617, 799 |
i
290,065
395, 339
332, 035
455, 115
411, 793
713, 576
388, 866
816, 549
338, 677 '
818, 074
j
i
|
;
September
October
November
December..
1
Imports of raw cane sugar and exports of refined from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Imports from foreign countries are
mostly from Cuba and Central America, while sugar from the Philippine Islands is also included in the imports from foreign countries, not in the data from noncontiguous
territories, including Hawaii and Porto Rico. The original data in pounds have been converted into long tons for comparison with the other data.
2
Wholesale price of raw sugar, duty paid, wholesale and retail prices of granulated sugar in New York, and retail price index for 51 cities from U. S. Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing averages of weekly prices, except retail prices which are as of the 15th of the month.
3
Statistics of receipts at Cuban ports, exports from Cuba, and stocks at Cuban ports from Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in the
June, 1922, issue of the SURVEY (No. 10), p. 49.
* Receipts of the Louisiana cane crop at New Orleans from the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. These receipts total about half of the total domestic cane sugar production.
« Meltings of raw sugar by refiners compiled by the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal represent operations at the eight ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston, and San Francisco, the Baltimore figures being added in 1921 upon completion of refinery in that city. The figures from the
four North Atlantic ports are actual monthly totals; those for San Francisco, Savannah, and Galveston are prorated from weekly totals; while the New Orleans figures are
rorated from partly estimated figures. Stocks represent the amount of raw sugar in the hands of refiners and of certain importers (the bulk of stocks being in refiners'
ands) at the end of each month for the four North Atlantic ports and on the Saturday nearest to the end of each month for the other ports, the total being considered as
of the last day of the month. Details of meltings and stocks, by ports, are given in the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal; also classification as between importers' and refiners'
stocks.
6
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta from reports of refiners at Savannah and New Orleans. Monthly data from 1921 appeared in the February, 1928,
issue (No. 78), p. 23.
7
Average for 9 months, April to December, inclusive.
g
99
Table 77.—COFFEE, TEA, POULTRY, AND FISH
COFFEE i
Stocks
in
United
Kingdom 4
Price,Formosa,
fine,New York 3
Imports
into
U. 8.2
Thous. of Ibs.
Dolls.
perlb.
Thousands of bags
1909-1913 monthly av
1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
Price,IlioNo.7,
Brazil grades
N. Y. a
Clearances
Re- from Brazil Imports
ceipts
in
into
World United Brazil Total To U.S.'
total States
U.S.
Visible supply,
end of month
YEAR AND MONTH
POULTRY
TEA
Dolls,
perlb.
11, 819
11, 370
9,468
9,280
11
10, 671
1,835
1,576
1,727
2,016
2,611
1,138
936
1,431
1,186
1,064
1,097
928
1,395
1,078
864
441
461
589
552
526
573 $0. 113
538
. 107
638
. 080
776
.075
737
.094
812
.091
8 241
7,418
8, 151
8r 842
8,^14
10, 566
107, 127
96,338
107, 053
110,784
67, 040
av
av
av
av
av
12 7, 318
7,941
8,913
8,730
1,851
1,213
1,695
1,686
1,086
994
733
910
1,138
966
607
1,051
944
1,003
1,035
373
525
521
513
499
664
842
819
847
787
.098 i
.178
.120
.072
.103 I
11, 044
6, 747
7, 507
G, 374
8, 093
90, 408
153, 759
213, 843
211, 666
187, 796
.358
.353
.337
.240
.303
1923 monthly
1924 montkly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
av
av
av
av
av
5,863
4,857
5,146
4,619
4,597
903
726
736
779
759
992
1,280
1,070
1,143
1,302
1, 175
1, 158
1,118
1,130
1,239
625
583
586
625
665
890
897
810
943
905
.115
. 108
.203 i
.182 I
.148 !
8, 927
7,701
8, 437
7, 994
7, 464
151, 357
159, 665
195, 249
180, 634
184, 369
1927
Mav
June
Jiilv
August .
4,322
4,393
4,537
4,716
743
788
634
825
1,058
1,206
1,258
1,505
935
1,169
1,235
1,313
509
712
655 840
791
666
595 1,007
.154
.148
.142
.139
4,732
5,343
6,101
9,467
September
October
November
December
4,622
4,917
5,050
5,041
547
634
686
768
1,407
1,858
1,737
1,391
1,335
1,604
1,531
1,459
712 667
862 976
813 1,099
876 1,144
:!£
1928
January _ _
_
February
March
April
4,862
4,792
5,050
5,152
782
833
873
892
1,224
1,032
1,332
1,203
1,248
988
1,318
1,052
687 1,148
507 1,024
789 1,085
518 935
5,143
5,321
775
861
1,158
1,303
1,306
1,100
649
549
May
September _ .
October
November _
December .
Coldstorage
holdings
(end of
mo.)6
839
906
Total Coldcatch, storage
prinholdcipal
ings
fishing (15th of
7
ports
mo.)6
Canned salmon
Ship- Exports
ments Canada 9
U.S.8
Cases
Thousands of pounds
$0 242
.249
.248
.240
.240
.316
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
June
July
August .
|
Receipts
at 5
markets s
FISH
10
36, 604
106, 083
60, 167
85, 313
83, 875
11, 164
11, 798
W 12, 256
16, 073 13 41, 747
15, 513 36, 912
10
18, 239
21, 355
23, 559
44, 032
64, 798
46, 146
50, 278
54, 276
18, 393
17, 667
16, 195
14, 196
14,884
62, 533
62, 133
45, 480
44, 816
35, 321
467, 086
76,000
82, 833
106, 813
53, 396
75, 729
.310
.316
.350
.355
.342
28, 397
30, 265
26, 733
30, 178
28, 684
68, 045
64, 990
82, 050
70, 395
78, 933
16, 318
17, 005
19, 951
22, 055
24, 056
36, 203
45, 041
44, 084
46, 882
48, 957
471, 438
541, 804
527, 109
524, 806
513, 307
55, 896
93, 875
134, 938
103, 749
95, 353
147, 172
145, 417
137, 417
146, 684
.345
.345
.345
.345
20, 157
21, 479
18, 282
22, 691
61, 525
50, 064
42, 293
39, 711
25, 171
27, 072
27, 322
33, 284
29, 782
36, 696
42, 118
54, 061
288, 120
357, 014
508, 196
802, 320
64, 590
35, 913
48, 190
110, 004
. 135 | 9, 5S6
i 9, 687
| 10, 547
.142
9,, 057
164, 368
185, 921
215, 380
245, 505
.345
.345
.329
.325
24, 391
29, 103
61, 370
70, 350
43, 201
52, 315
85, 030
117, 490
26, 633
27, 390
21, 096
14, 051
60,330 1, 138, 147
65, 960 791, 856
66, 790 377, 951
64, 787 349, 112
97, 163
120, 446
219, 358
95, 921
.148
.157
. 168
.154
8,160
6,087
7,577
4,299
254, 957
252, 704
242, 771
223, 464
.325
.325
.325
.325
29, 347
20, 857
18, 135
16, 006
118, 154
103, 494
83, 169
56, 832
14, 300
18, 860
28, 316
24, 387
53, 921
44, 877
34, 528
26, 473
254, 394
316, 392
314, 241
116, 155
168, 946
79, 760
103, 127
37,231
.157
157
4,755
4,863
195, 988
179, 214
.325
.325
17, 862
18, 849
43, 872
38,182
27, 650
26, 358
154, 768
42, 117
23,106
i
1 Data on coffee, except imports and prices, from the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc. Brazilian figures cover the ports of Rio, Santos, Bahia, Victoria, Pernambuco, and Paranagua, Victoria being added in 1925 and Pernambuco and Paranagua at the end of 1927, these two ports being of small importance in coffee movement
prior to those dates. The world visible supply consists of stocks in Europe, United States, Brazil, and afloat, all of which are shown separately in the Exchange's monthly
report. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80,) p. 23, the addition of Pernambuco figures since publication of that issue making slight revision
beginning with July, 1927.
2
Imports of coffee and tea from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Imports of coffee have been reduced to bags from original
data in pounds, taking 132 pounds to the bag.
3 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing averages of weekly prices in the New York wholesale markets, except that prior
to 1918, the prices are averages of quotations on the first day of the month.
4
Compiled by the British Board of Trade, representing the quantity of tea remaining in bonded warehouses in the United Kingdon or entered to be warehoused on
the 5
last day of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in the November 1926, issue (No. 63), p. 26.
Receipts at the markets of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, are totals of weekly figures with overlapping weeks prorated. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 43
6
Cold-storage holdings at principal warehouses compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Poultry holdings are given as of the
end. of the month, with fish holdings as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1920 on poultry appeared in June, 1922, issue (No. 10), p. 43, while fish holdings from
19167appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 19.
Fish catch, representing landings of fresh fish from vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., Portland, Me., and Seattle, Wash., compiled by U. S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. Details by ports are given in monthly statements.
8
Shipments of canned salmon from Puget Sound, Astoria, Portland, Greg, (except small rail shipments), San Francisco, and in bond through Prince Rupert, B. C.,
representing practically complete pack of the United States, including Alaska, reported by Pacific Canned Fish Brokers' Association, in cases of 48 one-pound cans to the
case.
9
Canadian exports of canned salmon from Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Yearly figures represent monthly averages for the Canadian fiscal year ending March 31 of the year indicated.
10 Excluding Portland and Seattle.
11
7 months' average, January to July, inclusive.
12 6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
" 3 mouths' average, October to December, inclusive.
100
Table 78.—TOBACCO
UNMANUFACTURED
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
Wholesale
price 5
Stocks *
(quarterly)
Sales,
Production loose-leaf Exports,
Chewing,
(crop
leaf 3
waresmoking,
estimate)* houses 2
snuff, and
export
types
YEAR AND MONTH
Cigar
types
Leaf
ManuTotal,
average, factured
including
Kentobacco
tucky
imported
and
types
waresnuff
house
_ _
1
Large
cigars
Small
cigarettes
Cigarettes
1
Thous. of
pounds
630, 959
597, 849
549, 932
586, 844
629, 991
1, 296, 308
1, 404, 636
1, 497, 029
2, 107, 525
2, 944, 272
193, 233
200, 602
173, 015
354, 889
584, 977
31,417
37, 031
28, 941
36, 139
40, 330
20, 989
996, 176
953, 734
1, 034, 679
1, 062, 237
1, 153, 278
1, 249, 276
Exports 3
Dolls,
per cwt,
Thousands of pounds
1909-1913 monthly average
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
Consumption «
(tax-paid withdrawals)
810, 469
835, 462
915, 452
821, 564
923, 240
369, 802
344, 971
361,114
286, 007
275, 770
1, 234, 014
1, 224, 524
1, 343, 396
1, 165, 332
1, 2.50, 801
$6, 949
10. 300
16. 793
36, 990
36, 745
36, 863
38, 847
40, 248
Thousands
__
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average.
1926 monthly average
1927 monthlv average
33, 902
64, 723
39, 992
43, 563
36, 821
975, 427
1, 030, 642
1, 026, 109
1, 227, 487
1, 121, 075
291, 214
303, 343
327, 185
344, 617
386, 091
1, 337, 747
1, 402, 525
1,440,507
1, 650, 022
1, 587, 422
23. 014
22. 102
14. 595
11. 784
14. 450
41, 423
35, 339
33, 324
32, 208
35, 019
587, 796
589, 363
661, 418
563, 218
574, 383
3, 888, 075
4, 426, 649
3, 720, 072
4, 240, 181
4, 463, 752
1, 012, 128
1, 350, 981
1, 319, 489
711, 973
955, 848
42, 028
40, 344
52, 398
65, US
80, 411
41, 446
47, 950
39, 791
40, 588
42, 656
1, 207, 714
1, 329, 960
1, 383, 519
1,408,152
1, 459, 451
404. 584
410, 435
398, 243
400, 273
357, 550
1, 689, 639
1, 814, 686
1, 864, 016
1, 879, 802
1, 912, 542
15. 058
14. 729
13. 875
8.472
11. 276
34, 342
34, 415
34, 186
34, 173
32, 840
583, 241
554, 867
541, 729
549, 077
547, 615
5, 370, 890
5, 917, 368
6, 663, 134
7, 453, 926
8, 098, 050
1, 021, 044
874, 657
678, 803
794, 945
591, 087
130, 006
117, 721
61, 319
8,076
__
682, 149
65, 280
74, 254
41, 601
1, 515, 110
1, 251, 343
1, 376, 628
1, 297, 889
1, 237, 832
_. _
1, 439, 071
1, 465, 481
1, 582, 225
1, 069, 693
1, 246, 837
66, 586
47, 215
42, 574
35, 209
12. 356
10. 536
10. 526
6.490
33, 005
31, 873
35, 347
31, 561
466, 078
441, 696
528, 698
475, 980
7, 269, 356
6, 609, 166
8, 026, 096
7, 880, 403
761, 078
611, 221
747, 967
468, 852
1, 009, 114
1, 137, 762
2,180
236
72
66, 810
40, 740
33, 485
28, 418
28, 728
6.299
7.633
8.786
15.730
33, 420
35, 059
31, 570
35, 337
540, 874
576, 528
561, 199
604, 870
8, 538, 988
8, 736, 464
8, 277, 052
9, 328, 055
893, 152
809, 523
479, 166
365, 448
1, 168, 413
1, 168, 900
1, 190, 357
1, 237, 832
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthlv average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
136, 824
162, 386
161, 702
116, 822
38, 692
47, 527
54, 729
47, 885
15. 594
11. 331
9.812
20. 220
34, 673
33, 992
31,553
26, 685
639, 359
688, 921
654, 165
393, 007
8, 994, 416
8, 552, 397
8, 093, 752
6, 870, 462
371, 168
672, 015
548, 984
364, 467
135, 470
61, 235
8,325
587
42, 958
41, 624
46, 938
42,007
23. 227
19. 294
12. 467
12. 735
33, 002
32, 310
33, 582
30, 602
413, 532
453, 605
497,904
459, 022
8, 369, 087
7, 531, 914
8, 470, 466
7, 511, 408
962, 574
836, 921
864, 541
1, 147, 089
154
144
39, 681
30, 796
11. 643
6.492
33, 042
541, 501
8, 891, 803
781, 118
1, 032, 268
1927
January
February
March
April
_
May
June _
July
August
.
_.
September __
October
November
December _
1, 570, 595
421, 699
2, 081, 695
1, 371, 003
372, 758
1, 844, 462
1, 376, 271
335, 198
1, 806, 747
1, 519, 935
300, 543
1, 922, 743
1928
January
February
March
April. __
May
June.
July
August
..
__
1, 504, 918
383, 943
1, 998, 145
1, 280, 768
346, 500
1, 734, 378
1, 312, 000
_ __ _
September
October
November
December
'
j
1
Estimate of production of the tobacco crop from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The annual figures represent the latest revised
estimates of the year's total crop, not monthly averages, while the monthly figures represent the current estimate of the total crop for the year made the first week of each
month. Revisions of the December estimate for each year are made in December of the following year.
2
Sales of tobacco from loose-leaf warehouses compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from reports of State authorities of Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, which States grow about 75 per cent of the total tobacco crop. Sales from Kentucky were not available for the first six months
of 1919, so that the year's figure is partly estimated by estimating the Kentucky figures for the first half year as equal to the sum of the sales in the other reporting States,
which is approximately the normal proportion of Kentucky sales to the total.
3
Exports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
4
Stocks of leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. During the years 1913, 1914, 1915,
and 1916 the data were collected semiannually in March and September, the quarterly collection commencing with December, 1916. Therefore the average for the years
and 1916 the data were collected semiannually in March and September, the quarterly collection commencing with December, 1916. Therefore the average for the years
19135through 1915 are semiannual, while for 1916 three quarters are averaged, and thereafter four quarters.
Compiled by the U. S. Department ol Labor, Bureau ol Labor Statistics, representing average sales of leaf tobacco from all Kentucky warehouses.
6 Figures of consumption of tobacco products from U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau ol Internal Revenue, represent withdrawals from bonded warehouses upon payment of tax for domestic consumption. The figures for manufactured tobacco and snuff comprise plug, twist, fine-cut, and smoking tobacco and snuff. Figures for cigars
are those for large cigars, weighing over 3 pounds per thousand, while for cigarettes, small cigarettes are taken, weighing 3 pounds per thousand or less; in both cases the
series taken represent over 90 per cent of the totals for each class.
101
SHIP
CLEARANCES 1
VESSEL
LOSSES 2
(quarterly)
Completed
during
month 3
Vessels in foreign
trade
YEAR AND
MONTH
Lost
Amer- Foreign
ican
Abandoned
Total
Total
Thousands of net
tons s
31, 075
1,250
1,000
1,340
1,537
1,666
1,563
2,083
3,333
3,017
2,826
2,895
2,467
2,184
2,189
4,483
4,017
4,166
4,433
4,133
3,748
4,271
38, 378
44, 398
32, 960
66, 781
101, 420
42, 411
10, 895
13, 495
19, 772
13, 512
11,452
9,596
6,910
1920 mo. av_
1921 mo. av.
1922 mo. av.
1923 mo. av.
1924 mo. av.
1925 mo. av.
1926 mo. av.
1927 mo. av_
2,836
2,507
2, 639
2,329
2,503
2,329
2,378
2,483
2,816
2,704
2,756
3,228
3,232
3,525
4,209
3,804
5,653
5,211
5,395
5,556
5,735
5,854
6,587
6,287
62, 090
48, 291
28,842
31, 216
31, 772
21, 527
23, 051
25,862
8,556
15, 272
34, 173
171,683
168, 445
35, 845
86,228
80, 183
1927
January
February _ _
March .
April
1,818
1,735
1,882
2,618
3,335
3,011
3,265
3,542
5,153
4,746
5,147
6,160
May
June
July...
August
2,632
2,575
2,643
2,916
3,616
4,260
4,493
4,634
6,248
6,835
7,142
7,550
September _
October
November.
December __
2,712
2,939
3,261
2,057
4,520
4,035
3,697
3,239
7,232
6,974
6,957
5,296
1928
January
February __
March
April
1,865
1,877
1,895
2,090
3,298
3,158
3,686
3,447
5,163
5,035
5,581
5,537
2,837
2,847
3,159
4,524
5,996
7,371
September.
October
November
December
37,033 261, 720
16, 146
26,593
21, 674
16, 442
28,594
15,976
30,709
148, 017
40,563
22,594
Under
construction 3
Aliens &
United States
citizens fi
Passports
issued 8
Under con- Charter
struction, rates Immi- Emi- Arrivals Departures
end of
world grants grants
month
routes
7
()
Thous. No. of Thous. No. of Thous. Rel. to
Number
Number of people
of gross ships of gross ships of gross 1911-13
av.
tons s
tons 8
tons s
28, 846
26, 354
9,548
27, 094
50, 895
155, 110
294, 849
1,236
238,394 208, 557
115, 569 102, 157
28,246 13,239
24, 099
9,774
17,507
10,854
17, 595
11,068
19,006
13, 574
29,946 23,109
1,188
546
231
197
173
186
259
241
18, 836
46, 225
86, 192
226, 773
354, 845
World (quarterly) 4
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
Steel
Merseachant Launched
going vessels
Gross tons 8
1913 mo. av.
1914 mo. av.
1915 mo. av_
19 1G mo. av.
1917 mo. av_
1918 mo. av.
1919 mo. av.
May.
June _
July. __.
August
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
FREIGHT
SIATES
Table 79.—OCEAN TRANSPORTATION
6,396
19, 374
41,869
42, 752
1,208
15,532
26,847
33,631
313
310
288
235
40, 030
56,075
25, 184
24,352
31, 661
48, 174
19, 141
21, 145
235
219
219
216
31, 510
9,290
26, 657
35,867
23, 303
3,364
22,554
30, 742
216
241
194
204
9,294
20,787
12,990
9,880
2,888
15, 218
5,907
1,488
214
207
232
252
18,428
10, 719
12,604
4,458
259
264
384
440 1,466
344 1,085
617
213
410
163
505
218
641
201
409
140
182
556
272
160
114
108
106
99
102
107
757
745
625
497
668
2,556
2,546
2,261
1,941
2,901
118
289
645
2,570
112
196
578
671
2,841
107
190
535
663
3,074
104
223
823
683
3,119
103
188
654
652
667
2,893
2,660
22,859
24, 470
13, 387
5,810
5,638
6,718
21, 810
24,600
23, 238
10, 161
11, 208
8,187
6,564
10, 839
30, 069
24, 580
8,954
10, 321
14, 161
27, 909
12, 247
1,954
1,693
1,093
1,927
3,135
4,735
8,163
59,047 21, 810
46,992 20,498
31, 764 9,664
62, 587
5,884
29, 564 7,510
24, 227
6,807
28,025 6,098
26, 990 5,844
17, 038
19, 272
24, 296
23,020
26, 839
30, 550
31, 515
34, 374
21, 102
23, 340
24, 209
21, 728
25, 137
28,569
30, 645
33,832
13, 374
11, 474
11, 463
10, 521
12, 198
14, 342
14, 669
15,203
18, 804
21, 695
29, 868
33, 034
3,928
3,949
4,244
4,185
16, 913
25,097
32, 752
29, 055
21,483
29, 732
27, 041
26, 815
9,053
9,381
17,556
27, 144
31, 819
24,000
23,420
28,418
6,148
3,133
9,230
6,322
26, 238
25, 736
29, 935
57, 701
28,849
51, 379
65, 686
43,039
32,863
27, 813
14, 831
10, 269
31,000
31, 719
27, 758
22,350
7,625
6,402
5,871
9,085
75, 557
50, 254
24, 325
18, 922
39, 748
24,396
22, 612
25,209
8,474
8,063
8,596
8,387
18, 146
20,888
26,270
30,709
6,323
4,708
4,931
4,515
19,909
31, 941
34, 217
32, 586
27,126
34, 810
29,422
29, 506
8,896
8,971
17, 334
27, 098
26,158
100
833
713
300
422
735
1,362
1,786
438
330
186
241
278
467
621
6,240
28,407
34, 993
37, 648
29, 674
115, 610
57, 375
21, 557
29,647
12, 747
9,660
20, 613
I " '
1 Tonnage of vessels cleared in foreign trade from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
2
Vessels lost and abandoned, representing all classes of American vessels, from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, given for quarter ending in month
stated, yearly figures representing quarterly averages. Scrapped vessels are included under abandoned vessels.
3
From the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. The total completed includes ocean-going, lake, and river vessels built and officially numbered,
including vessels of the U. S. Shipping Board and private American owners, but not vessels built for foreign owners. The column on merchant vessels under construction
includes all kinds of ships except Government vessels building or under construction at the end of the month. Monthly data from 1915 given in the January, 1924, issue
of the SURVEY (No. 29), p. 49.
4
Quarterly data on world ship construction compiled by Lloyds', covering all vessels of 100 tons and over, except that from 1914 to 1921 figures for Germany are not
included.
fi Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Immigration: Aliens admitted and departed include complete legal immigration and emigration but not nonimmigrants.
e Compiled by the U. S. Department of State, Division of Passport Control and excludes passports issued to Government officials.
7
Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, covering six tramp-ship commodities over 12 world-wide trade routes.
8
Net ton represents 100 cubic feet internal carrying capacity after prescribed allowance for crew and engine space, while gross ton represents in units of 100 cubic feet
the entire cubical capacity of the vessel, including crew and engine space.
102
Table 80.—RIVER AND CANAL CARGO TRAFFIC
CANALS
EIVERS
Panama i
YEAR AND
MONTH
New
In Sault York Cape
In
WeiSte.
Amer- Brit- Marie 2 State Cod ^ Suez s land e
3
Total ican ish
()
ves- vessels
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
407
258
588
628
576
781
182
71
123
175
230
379
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
962
1,143
2,096
2,158
1,975
2,299
2,425
1937
May
June
July_ _ .
August
()
sels
Short
tons
Thousands of
short tons
Thousands of long
tons
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
St.
Law-
rence 6
Mississippi
(Govt.- Monon- Alleowned gahela 9 gheny 9
barges)
7
Thous.
of met.
tons
Ohio by districts "
(quarterly)
Ohio
(Pittsburgh
to
Pitts- Hunt- CinWheel- Total burgh ing- cin- Louising) 8 |
ton nati ville
Short tons
Thousands of short tons
183
131
283
218
156
236
9,965
6,921
8,911
11, 486
11, 227
10, 710
8, 529
9,910
372
297
265
232
185
166
177
203
134, 107
99, 411
153, 140
216, 402
158, 600
1,164
1,421
370, 105
388, 429
8,731
13, 392
432
546
1,327
1,222
1,056
1,238
1, 279
310
338
447
529
498
553
565
6,032
8,259
11, 203
9,140
10, 234
10, 960
10, 419
208
264
312
254
335
339
369
114, 406 1, 459
103, 226 1,780
115, 788 1,898
70, 242 2,122
50, 733 2,215
65, 110 2,117
68, 681 2,467
422, 208
464, 809
531, 260
682, 534
805, 133
744, 931
821, 307
518, 795
597, 653
641. 944
759, 067
851, 407
874, 814
989, 119
30, 939
49, S41
59, 203
70, 792
75, 896
87, 054
111,381
1, 144, 652
1, 787, 388
1, 733, 135
1, 840, 193
2,039, 110
2, 041, 081
247, 189
270, 053
252, 667
292, 871
209, 100
295, 570
2,380
2,229
2, 450
2,430
1,308
1,318
1,341
1,390
550
432
524
514
12, 573
12, 614
11, 660
11, 721
285
381
292
390
60, 482
84, 062
65, 849
58, 685
2,410 1, 040, 748 1, 094, 346
2,298 991, 787 1, 211, 603
2, 548 752, 831 898, 273
2,477 1, Oil, 771 1, 128, 517
99, 608
94, 092
96, 643
122, 300
1, 806, 081
1, 851, 453
1, 990, 824
2, 132, 449
195, 792 696, 722
260, 612 817, 446 5,067
316, 859 951, 562
333, 279 1,007,373
September _
OctoberNovember
December..
2,398
2,718
2,489
2,574
1,257
1,396
1,113
1,099
594
714
743
762
10, 791 357
67, 873
11, 231 381 89, 030
6,898 327 101, 206
1,169 None. 98, 426
2,389 1, 090, 647 1, 178, 199
2,402 1, 130, 277 1, 198, 952
2,546 853, 845 908, 199
2,504
53, 793
53, 883
89, 396
104, 923
114, 541
114, 063
2, 181, 251
2, 132, 076
2, 020, 004
1, 965, 934
421, 985
444, 358
338, 975
176, 540
988, 412
894, 938
823, 910
685, 546
1928
January..
February
March
April _
2,372
2,660
2,429
2,474
1,019
1,121
1,101
1,154
698
872
682
716
None. None. 73, 093
None. None. 30, 575
None. None. 63, 371
124 105, 857
None.
2, 647
2,439
2,891
None.
None.
None.
56, 931
105, 521
125, 328
104, 535
112, 960
2, 327, 246
2, 056, 247
2, 103, 877
1, 764, 311
81, 585
80, 245
118,900
238, 970
517, 488
656, 435
680, 548
772, 624
2,490
2,140
1,162
1,097
726
537
9,298
12, 633
997, 484 1, 038, 485
1, 031, 051 1, 143, 735
118,000
2, 215, 732
2, 109, 892
344, 578
225, 960
954, 357
931, 641
May
JUDG
July
August
i
I
!
298, 766
538, 3SO
523, 497
588, 130
776, 813
801, 845
3,844
4,939
4, 962
1,912
2,476
2,397
1,116
1,265
1,321
134
138
150
2,272
1,305
166
772
1,060
1,094
!
September
October..November
Dpcernbpr
409
400
110, 136
120, 201
i
!
None.
None.
None.
52, 469
i
1,324
i
6,272
2,931
1,699
218 J 1, 424
4,945
2,385
1,281
139
1, 140
3,585
1,845
1,041
107
592
5,427
2,642
1,397
116
1,272
i
i
i
!
|
1
Panama Canal traffic, reported by the Panama Canal, represents tonnage of cargo carried by commercial vessels. Yearly figures prior to 1922 refer to fiscal years
ending June 30.
2
Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie canals, including both the American and Canadian canals, reported by U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps. Monthly averages for each year are for eight months during which the canals are usually open—that is, the yearly totals are divided by eight in order to present a figure fairly comparable
with current monthly movements. Monthly data distributed by classes of commodities, covering the years 1913-1922, appeared in the March, 1923, issue (No. 19), pp.
48 and 49.
3
Traffic through New York State canals from New York State Superintendent of Public Works. About two-thirds of this traffic goes through the Erie Canal and onethird through the Champlain Canal. Monthly averages for each year are for the seven months during which the canals are usually open.
4
Compiled by the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. through March, 1928, when the Federal Government took over the canal. Thereafter figures are from the
U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps. The average for 1916 is an average of nine months of operation. Monthly data from 1920 on ship tonnage (not comparable with
present figures) appeared in the September, 1923, issue (No. 25), pp. 55 and 56.
6
Suez Canal traffic from Le Canal de Suez.
6
Data from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce. Monthly averages for each year are for seven months during the equivalent 7of which period the canals are usually open—that is, totals for the years are divided by 7 in order to present a figure fairly comparable with current monthly movements.
Cargo tonnage on Government-owned barge line on Mississippi* River between St. Louis and New Orleans from U. S. War Department, Mississippi-Warrior Service.
Receipts and shipments of cargo by river at St. Louis, now discontinued, appeared in August, 1925, issue (No. 48). Monthly data from 1920, including Government bargeline traffic, appeared in July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 45.
s Compiled by the U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps, represent total cargo traffic on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Lock and Dam 11, located between
Wellsburg and Wheeling, W. Va. The total of 3,585,188 short tons shown for the months of 1922, from which the average is computed, does not include the annual total
of 1,327,199 short tons not shown separately by months, the total movement for 1922 being 4,912,387. Data are available from 1910 to 1914 for traffic betv ,en Pittsburgh
and Lock No. 6 (near Beaver, Pa.), and from 1915 to 1921 between Pittsburgh and Lock No. 10 (near Steubenville, Ohio). Traffic between Pittsburgh and Lock 10
amounted to 4,733,620 short tons in 1920 and 2,840,978 in 1921.
9
Compiled by the U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps, representing total cargo traffic on the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers above Pittsburgh. This traffic
consists mostly of coal. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the November, 1926, issue (No. 63), p. 26.
10
Compiled by the U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps, representing tonnage of cargo traffic on the Ohio River. Each district includes only the traffic originating
in that district either on the Ohio River or on one of its tributaries, so that the total contains no duplications. Figures for 1925 and 1926 are quarterly averages, figures
being reported quarterly, beginning with the third quarter of 1926. Prior to that time data were made available semiannually, the distribution as between the first two
quarters of 1926 being partly estimated. The annual figures are quarterly averages.
103
Table 81.—RAILWAY, PULLMAN, AND EXPRESS OPERATIONS
PULLMAN VISITORS TO EXPRESS
NET
TOTAL NET
OPERATING RESULTS <
NAT. PARKS « EARNINGS 7
C0.»
OPER- OPER- OPERATING ATING ATING
CanEXP.i
INC.2
REV.a Freight carried ReUnited States 1
PasTotal Operada a
Imile
ceipts senAuto- oper- atTotal PasYEAR AND
Permoating ing
per
reve- sengers
Total
Total
MONTH
sons
gers
CanUnited Can- tonincarried nue carried
biles
reveoperat- Freight Passen- operatUnited States
ger
ada
States ada 3 mile Imile
nue come
ing
ing
REVENUES
Millions of tons
Thousands of dollars
1913 m . a _ $255, 139 $176, 916 $57, 548
241, 608 165, 943 54, 230
1914m. a
1915m. a. 256, 630 178, 804 53, 798
1916m. a. 302, 104 214, 784 58,980
1917 m.a_ 337, 539 236, 177 68,935
1918 m. a_
1919m. a.
1920 m. a.
1921 m. a.
1922 m. a.
Cents
Millions
Thous. Thouof dolls. sands
0.719
.723
.722
.707
.715
2,823
2,881
3,649
2,882
3,290
$3, 445
3,284
3,483
3,684
4,311
Number
No. of
cars
Thousands of
dollars
68, 887
74, 966
81, 812
7,230
9,548
10, 025
$12, 613 $2,092
16,306 3,615
15, 640
260
116
13, 006
2,072
2,182
2,021
2,326
2,691
$181, 732
173, 916
171, 926
198, 031
238, 184
$59, 900
53, 451
70,002
87, 265
81, 232
$6,224
5,342
4,343
6,915
7,323
34, 939
1,919
1,839
1,472
2, 350
2.599
334, 767
368, 287
485, 861
383, 651
371, 397
57, 759
43, 034
4,846
51, 329
64,748
4,689
2,651
420
3,034
3,896
36, 410
33, 034
37, 445
28, 731
31, 320
2,586
2,246
2,605
2,199
2,202
.849
.973
1.052
1.275
1.182
3,556
3,863
3,904
3,111
2,877
4,164
5,756
6,012
5,370
5,465
2,397
3,112
3,271
2,600
2,646
410, 549
432, 005
518, 785
464, 429
468, 291
288, 183
296, 410
360, 304
327, 328
334, 076
1923 m. a. 529, 118
1924 m. a. 498, 963
1925 m. a. 515, 553
1926 in. a. 538, 619
1927 m. a. 517, 075
385, 465
362, 412
379, 424
401, 610
387, 214
95, 636 $37, 199
89, 724 39,844
87, 994 35, 967
86, 993 38, 315
81, 361 41,222
412, 081
379, 970
381, 946
393, 940
385,454
81,911
82, 229
94, 987
102, 698
90,345
4,138
5,829
5,280
7,583
8,677
38, 133
35,803
38, 010
40, 725
39, 555
2,602
2, 862
2,454
2,715
2,887
1.115
1.115
1.097
1.082
1.080
3,167
3,010
2,996
2,958
2,797
6,048
6,063
6,683
6,820
6,746
2,854
2,841
2,961
3,006
2,933
113,062 12, 452
132, 874 16. 002
138, 910 16,766
147, 851 26, 030
164, 697 31, 125
13, 441
12,909
12, 829
12, 873
12,756
105
91
101
99
93
1926
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
591, 240
610. 385
562, 256
527, 694
444,973
472, 389
433, 488
384,864
92,736
82, 167
77, 380
89, 722
44, 830
50, 782
49, 270
43, 265
398, 762
415, 892
403,586
408,841
145, 763
146, 358
114, 941
80, 130
12, 499
17, 397
15, 539
8,196
44,346
48,296
43, 360
40, 116
3,144
4,275
4,428
3,365
1.091
1.072
1.078
1.047
3,248
2,796
2,602
2,943
7,646
6,778
6,018
6,437
3,399
2,997
2,684
2,889
212, 387 50,383
55,543 15, 620
33,088 3,658
31,302 1,744
13, 167
13,203
12, 910
13,554
126
146
134
37
1927
Jan_
Feb
Mar.
Apr .
487, 587
469, 565
531, 617
498, 927
358,104
354, 077
406, 578
371, 571
85, 971
74, 259
76, 679
77, 372
35,906
33, 015
40, 359
38,500
387, 990
361, 844
395, 735
384, 958
61,415
69, 516
94, 607
73, 508
4,225
4,009
8,338
5,838
39, 233
37, 259
41,817
37, 111
2,836
2,436
2,775
2,506
1.026
1.056
1.078
1.106
2,834
2,472
2,544
2,583
7,086
6,180
6,458
6,329
2,988
2,583
2,738
2,775
6,359
6,187
6,887
8,508
12,541
12, 403
12,964
12, 937
88
98
107
90
May
June
July
Aug
519, 572
517, 029
509, 380
557, 436
391, 299
381, 975
369, 985
415, 179
78, 580
85, 956
91, 633
91, 691
39, 246
38, 809
40, 021
42, 457
391, 552
388, 025
383, 717
393, 294
86, 012
87.364
84, 383
118, 226
5,442
3,492
5,238
8,236
40, 113
38, 483
38, 380
41, 973
2,456
2,157
2,186
2,134
1.079
1.094
1.071
1.086
2,723
3,026
3,345
3,327
6,419
7,129
7,379
7,528
2,780
3,096
3,234
3,428
140, 716 28, 477
263, 268 54,821
542, 544 113, 626
492, 016 98, 449
12, 671
12, 648
12, 441
12, 486
87
91
70
83
Sept
Oct.
Nov
Dec
565,091
580, 498
503, 820
467, 598
426, 752
452, 608
385, 760
334, 742
86, 293
75, 201
70,885
81, 990
42, 322
49, 295
49, 603
44, 435
386, 388
399, 504
376, 876
377, 800
132, 770
133, 776
86, 424
55, 334
9,633
15, 022
14, 098
7,384
42, 954
45, 562
37, 228
34,580
2,454
4,238
4,786
3,836
1.091
1.086
1.122
1.064
3,066
2,612
2,416
2,711
7,625
6,494
5,915
6,411
3,288
2,851
2,606
2,831
199, 336 29, 089
50, 101 12, 862
34, 736 4,305
3,925
26, 939
13, 025
12, 958
12, 822
13, 176
115
130
120
34
457, 426
456, 593
505, 185
474, 310
337, 382
346, 024
387, 739
355, 965
78, 483
69, 551
70, 466
70, 951
37, 702
38, 513
42, 495
39, 243
363, 384
348, 498
373, 305
363, 381
56, 634
70, 064
90, 774
70, 548
4,255
6,541
9,221
5,878
36, 271
35, 701
39, 467
35, 866
3,227
3,013
2,923
2,358
1.043
1.074
1.093
1,105
2,627
2,362
2,376
2,418
6,963
6,393
6,131
6,515
2,886
2,563
2,625
2,713
50, 591
57, 950
57, 732
71, 679
6,679
6,658
3, 194
12, 426
11,911
11, 913
12,409
12, 144
81
102
102
87
510,714
391,116
70, 302
43, 655
381, 836
88, 183
6,779
39, 250
3,047
6,313
2,614
125, 102
271, 621
23, 341
60, 324
1928
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July.
Aug __
86, 056
98, 334
107, 285
96, 172
89, 686
51, 972
58,599
59, 597
56,543
Sept
Oct
Nov.
Dec
1
Data from the Interstate Commerce Commission, covering Class I railroads, those having annual operating revenues in excess of $1,000,000, which comprise 193 railroads
with about 98 per cent of the total operating revenues of all railroads.
2
Net railway operating income, from the Interstate Commerce Commission reports on Class I railroads, includes net operating revenue (equal to the difference between
total operating revenue and total operating expenses), from which there have been deducted railway tax accruals, uncollectible railway revenues, equipment, and joint
facility rents.
3
Annual figures, from Department of Trade and Commerce, cover all railroads in Canada, averaged for the fiscal year ending March 31 of the year indicated; monthly
reports cover all railroads with annual operating revenues of $500,000 or over, which includes 98 per cent of the total revenues of all roads. Monthly data from 1920 on net
operating revenue and on freight carried appeared in July, 1922, issue (No. 11), p. 45.
4
Data on the United States from the Bureau of Railway Economics, except tons per mile for 1915 and 1916, from Interstate Commerce Commission, Monthly data on tonmile operations from 1916 appeared in December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 52.
* Pullman passenger traffic furnished by The Pullman Company; revenues from its reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
6
Visitors to national parks from U. S. Department of Interior as reported by superintendents of the following 15 parks: Grand Canyon and Casa Grande, Ariz, (the latter
a monument rather than a park); Hot Springs, Ark.; General Grant, Sequoia, and Yosemite, Calif.; Eocky Mountain, Colo.; Glacier, Mont.; Platt, Okla.; Crater Lake,
Oreg.; Wind Cave, S. Dak.; Zion, Utah; Mount Rainier, Wash.; Yellowstone, Wyo.; and Mount McKinley, Alaska. Vehicles are not reported by Platt, Hot Springs,
Wind Cave, and Mount McKinley. The largest attendance of visitors is shown at Platt Park. Monthly data from 1920 appeared in December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 56.
7
Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission of the American Railway Express Co., to which are added reports of the Southeastern Express Co. from the time of its
organization in May, 1921, thus presenting practically complete reports of the express business on railroads. Operating income includes net operating revenues (equal to
the difference between total operating revenues and operating expenses) from which have been deducted noncollectible revenue from transportation and express taxes.
104
Number
1919 monthly av.
1920 monthly av.
1921 monthly av.
1922 monthly av.
1923 monthly av. 7 64, 757
1924 monthly av. 64, 962
1925 monthly av.
64, 371
1926 monthly av. 63, 171
1927 monthly av.
61, 778
1926
May
June__
July....
August
Tractive
power Number
(mills,
of Ibs.)
Steam Electric
Reported by
railroads i
In
In
R It. mfg.
Steam Elec- shops plants
tric
Reported by
manufacturers 3
Domestic
Total
Per
ct. of
total
in use
Domestic
Total
2,572
2,592
2,602
2,608
5, 559
17, 026
12, 204
11, 195
10, 819
9,318
8,852
7265
187
144
200
163
63, 352
63, 266
63, 202
63, 107
2,598
2,601
2,603
2,605
9,265
9,228
8,718
9,031
14.7
14.7
13.9
14.4
September
October
November
December. ._
63, 044
62, 830
62, 672
62, 452
2,611
2,611
2,612
2,609
8,889
8,654
9,320
8,549
1927
January
February
March
April
62, 387
62, 334
62, 275
62,238
2,611
2,611
2,613
2,614
May __
June
July _
_.__
August..
__
62, 172
61,931
61, 765
61, 540
September
October
November
December
1928
January
February _
March
April
110
69
88
248
109
63
113
61
26
18
11
17
8
12
15
12
1,447
367
892
1,636
499
467
583
331
894
206
787
1,488
386
335
461
250
122
57
40
85
61
46
38
43
174
184
171
152
262
270
237
247
50
191
14
84
140
159
132
124
105
133
82
78
14
11
20
16
726
667
555
525
585
522
445
455
14.2
13.9
15.0
13.8
224
175
354
206
278
390
512
450
31
30
215
52
134
151
128
185
109
124
109
152
13
15
15
17
498
390
517
398
9,256
9,548
9,334
8,915
14.9
15.4
15.1
14.5
145
160
142
187
210
214
201
223
26
85
70
27
57
80
137
98
16
69
84
72
8
10
11
23
2,616
2,611
2,609
2,603
9,030
8,759
8,535
8,502
14.7
14.3
14.0
13.9
148
258
155
104
213
500
331
329
184
38
26
20
109
89
60
81
77
63
35
71
2,605
2,606
2,602
2,595
8,345
8,778
8, 961
8,257
13.6
14.4
14.8
13.6
177
195
149
135
262
345
366
378
6
8
17
149
127
112
52
72
60, 679
60, 598
60, 471
60, 373
_
224
130
117
281
129
101
146
90
61, 455
61, 305
61, 088
60, 784
__
7230
179
250
298
298
18
166
20
217
165
118
83
100
55
2,597
2,596
2,596
2,595
8,733
8,857
8,287
8,563
14.5
14.7
13.7
14.3
154
141
140
96
259
222
267
194
2
30
15
33
60, 284
60,095
2,595
2,591
8,421
8,006
14.1
13.4
139
95
228
284
52
7
6
SHIPMENTS,
ELECTRIC I
L0COMO- I
TIVES «
(quarterly)
Mining
Industrial
Number of locomotives
23.8
25.3
23.9
26.4
19.0
17.4
16.9
14.9
14.4
May
June
July..
August
UNFILLED ORDERS
(end of month)
EXPORTS *
In bad order
SHIPMENTS BY
MANUFACTURERS s
Steam
Total owned
NEW ORDERS 2
YEAR AND
MONTH
RETIRED i
ON RAILROAD LINES 1
(end of month)
INSTALLED 1
Table 82.—LOCOMOTIVES
40
59
77
34
8846
351
236
430
164
80
143
84
31
22
27
30
23
19
46
53
36
26
92
84
123
67
520
562
394
466
15
15
20
44
386
286
391
297
24
20
27
14
100
72
57
53
343
262
287
276
12
18
5
17
412
403
392
334
334
314
301
255
23
29
55
42
56
44
34
30
262
232
210
187
41
9
47
15
15
18
18
6
434
400
399
363
380
333
299
244
34
31
57
68
40
37
36
36
251
200
173
171
10
22
16
11
86
81
31
41
7
12
13
271
182
145
232
167
97
74
178
49
45
42
39
32
27
18
13
102
53
51
80
8
19
5
25
47
59
70
46
22
43
44
38
23
11
15
6
222
204
178
188
161
146
123
129
38
40
57
41
22
23
20
25
151
148
117
112
13
6
26
16
41
51
29
39
10
11
220
201
138
109
39
37
30
30
83
90
5
15
8 13
f
6318
« 143
» 172
6218
203
8
15
823
916
• is :
18
1
198
9 i
204
16
304
26
272
11
209
24
1
!
i
177
16
154
19
123
10
98
13
_
September
October __
November
December
1
!
Locomotives in bad order, both passenger and freight on Class I railroads, and number owned, retired, and building from American Railway Association, Car Service
Division. Data for 1919 on bad-order locomotives from U. S. Railroad Administration.
2
Data from the Railway Age covering the principal transactions, each month's figures being totals of those given in the weekly issues of the publication appearing
during the month, and prorated up to the annual totals made from special inquiries. The percentage used in prorating the 1924 data was 91 per cent.
3
Reported direct to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, by principal locomotive manufacturing companies, exclusive of railroads making locomotives in their own shops. Both steam and electric railroad locomotives are included in these data, the totals including foreign as well as domestic business. Monthly
data from 1920 showing both shipments and unfilled orders for domestic and foreign business classified between steam and electric, appeared in the May, 1926, issue (No.
57), 4p. 25.
Data from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in April, 1925, issue (No. 44), pp. 27
and 528 and annual averages prior to 1919 in the August, 1927, issue (No. 72), p. 99.
Compiled from quarterly reports to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from nine manufacturers comprising practically the entire industry.
Press releases furnish details as to type, i. e., trolley or storage battery. Data for 1923 not available by quarters, but annual figures are reduced to quarterly averages.
6
10 months' average, March to December, inclusive.
7
8 months' average, May to December, inclusive.
8
4 months' average, September to December, inclusive.
»Quarterly average,
105
Table 83.—FREIGHT-CAR MOVEMENT
SURPLUS i
SHORTAGE 1
LOADINGS 2
Grain
YEAR AND
MONTH
Box
cars
Coal
cars
Total
cars a
Box
cars
Coal
cars
Total
cars 3
and
grain
products
Livestock
Coal
Mer-
coke
Forest
products
Ore
and
chandise and
1. c. 1.
Miscellaneous
Total
Number of cars
6,437
1917 mo.
1918 mo
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
av
29, 251
82, 135
15, 985
127, 982
47, 675
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
av
av
av
av
av
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
1926
January
February
March
April
25, 868
444
15, 852
112, 934
52, 360
24, 174
82, 057
1,896
51, 579
169, 393
153, 585
191, 065
204, 397
142, 939
129, 452
124, 744
135, 508
747, 394
894, 180
691, 016
655, 962
247, 322
254, 861
207, 314
243, 001
161, 868
200, 853
75, 592
132, 524
751, 043
917, 508
985, 495
1, 375, 951
1, 069, 692
1, 243, 743
3, 716, 007
3, 486, 045
3, 759, 873
3, 276, 930
3, 600, 630
10, 566
384
90
96
1
13, 527
487
112
196
105
27, 873
1,046
440
334
142
189, 642
214, 223
192, 144
280, 280
199, 129
147, 375
146, 087
136, 301
128, 971
851, 753
754, 650
798, 560
884, 598
818, 989
312, 074
305, 594
311, 402
304, 533
285, 057
195, 143
139, 881
167, 637
181, 595
156, 802
1, 013, 754
1, 043, 344
1, 099, 383
1, 109, 232
1, 110, 682
1, 441, 270
1, 440, 757
1, 567, 753
1, 614, 981
1, 612, 979
4, 151, 101
4, 044, 536
4, 268, 679
4, 424, 902
4, 309, 525
10
83
170
15
None.
None.
None.
8
218
197
13
12
188, 375
171, 064
159, 249
187, 589
133, 917
112, 925
113, 498
135, 275
821, 641
770, 225
783, 393
883, 334
267, 836
299, 306
307, 889
378, 461
39, 515
40, 786
42, 177
75, 210
978, 073
989, 137
1, 061, 040
1, 317, 862
1, 257, 339
1, 293, 889
1, 410, 151
1, 813, 275
3, 686, 696
3, 677, 332
3, 877, 397
4, 791, 006
None.
None.
110, 950
107, 485
133, 978
117, 045
720, 312
732, 557
936, 363
808, 083
306, 817
296, 976
336, 137
282, 956
221, 205
270, 652
363, 938
310, 404
1, 065, 149
68
404
1, 561, 533
1, 512, 700
1, 917, 589
1, 606, 325
4, 145, 820
4, 089, 340
5, 213, 759
4, 388, 118
1, 710, 172
1, 525, 239
1, 514, 448
4, 523, 112
5, 967, 576
4, 248, 272
4, 490, 391
65, 901
28, 964
18, 991
42, 315
1,146
26, 653
33, 635
88, 482
103, 747
104, 770
138, 184
23, 367
110, 572
96, 843
61, 656
85, 194
69, 659
229, 908
241, 289
205, 915
265, 159
113, 860
87, 389
95, 478
118, 419
92, 040
74, 151
104, 280
115, 205
250, 935
207, 683
246, 549
276, 573
135,233
_
75, 605
1,981
154, 499
90, 897
23, 592
68, 680
189, 396
24, 194
339, 026
164, 500
4,200
133,015
May
June
July
August
140, 421
104, 796
88, 967
75, 253
69, 869
56, 785
38, 967
257, 956
254, 807
199, 073
161, 478
None.
None.
172
48
114
None.
None.
None.
159, 854
157, 258
273, 768
222, 549
September
October
November
December
62, 202
45, 148
98, 794
166, 532
27, 519
12, 106
12, 521
61, 181
114, 730
403
460
25
100
1,360
516
18
542
1,945
579
28
196, 316
259, 260
174, 747
213, 332
147, 100 845, 152
200, 243 1, 193, 973
138, 314 991, 566
145, 454 1, 128, 579
282, 182
361, 092
262, 014
272, 733
300, 786
338, 332
128, 314
47, 822
1, 041, 404
1, 357, 562
1, 028, 078
1, 168, 023
1937
January
February
March
April
148, 742
141, 589
131, 844
137, 432
83, 252
68, 417
90, 075
85
85
466
1
164
125
538
19
178, 988
173, 630
195, 305
148, 524
129, 321 939, 677
110, 747 902, 257
136, 276 1, 082, 226
110, 340 663, 092
257, 374
275, 585
352, 611
273, 757
37, 845
42, 753
54, 599
101, 893
965, 485
990, 574
1, 315, 174
1, 047, 971
1, 247, 970
1, 306, 372
1, 846, 356
1, 530, 012
3, 756, 660
3, 801, 918
4, 982, 547
3, 875, 589
133, 345
147, 831
154, 437
123, 901
78, 148
81, 330
76, 554
63, 204
256, 448
274, 223
273, 275
10
June
July
August
158, 954
201, 025
229, 524
219, 898
115, 383
134, 677
128, 226
112, 323
689, 313
807, 031
770, 272
735, 389
284, 106
338, 451
320, 847
239, 532
323, 708
317, 924
275,251
248,462
1, 050, 276
1, 261, 929
1, 250, 761
1, 042, 893
1, 570, 908
1, 928, 993
1, 917, 843
1, 615, 143
4, 108, 472
4, 995, 854
4, 935, 397
4, 249, 359
September
October
November
December
74, 126
82, 411
158, 304
224, 247
34, 805
61, 455
148, 860
135, 059
168, 829
352, 168
225, 581
243, 550
76, 267
40, 682
1, 039, 460
1, 702, 084
2, 187, 746
1, 456, 681
1, 460, 673
4, 360, 022
183,638
270, 322
336, 527
244, 210
259, 598
1938
January
February
March
April
182, 001
155, 554
125, 627
134, 069
233,368
143, 264
170, 606
114, 710
May
May
June
July
August
_.
62,588
81,011
144, 921
275, 260
259, 548
275, 153
.248, 477
259, 736
None.
2
None.
None.
8
1,011,712
1, 251, 986
1,040,756
2,257,114
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
147
151
371
103
371
302
None.
None.
None.
238, 699
273, 675
182, 059
464,005
None.
None.
None.
None.
25
219,482
123, 354 760, 522
193, 753 1,004,056
134, 598 713, 254
869, 877
144, 519
169, 463
168, 172
171, 481
140, 091
403, 792
372, 916
344, 502
320, 762
None.
None.
None.
None.
4
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
187, 197
187, 045
237, 366
159, 131
127, 658
130, 005
143, 383
105, 146
752, 752
726, 259
869, 335
620, 985
270, 914
343, 780
257, 316
31, 737
31, 394
42, 859
41, 055
927, 299
974, 382
1, 299, 322
1, 040, 999
1, 187, 712
1, 269, 695
1, 513, 663
3, 447, 723
3, 589, 694
4, 752, 031
3, 738, 295
108,833
304, 152
336, 181
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
163, 113
172, 234
106, 860
125, 933
670, 821
773, 431
269, 769
300, 023
165, 201
327, 983
1, 046, 138
1, 260, 705
1, 584, 156
1, 932, 995
4, 006, 058
4, 923, 304
214,985
3
1,348,614
1, 015, 551
1, 177, 774
1,816,086
5,587,921
3, 822, 620
4, 172, 605
September
October
November
December
1
Data from the American Railway Association. Daily average for the last period (7 or 8 days) of the month, exclusive of Canadian roads. The association reports the
number of freight cars which are idle (surplus) and also the number of requests for cars which can not be filled (shortage). The difference between these two figures
represents the net freight-car situation for the country as a whole. The car shortages can not ordinarily be filled from the idle cars because of the uneven geographical
distribution of the latter.
•
2
From reports of the American Railway Association, Car Service Division. These figures are now put on a monthly basis from weekly reports, consisting of exactly four
weeks for each month prior to 1923, except in March, June, September, and December, which cover five weeks each year. From 1923 through 1925, the five-week months
are January, May, August, and October. Beginning with 1926, the five-week months are April, July, October, and December.
3
Includes other classes than groups listed.
106
Table 84.—RAILWAY CAR SUPPLY
FREIGHT CARS
HOTELS
PASSENGER CARS
0)
Shipments by
mfrs.3
In railroad hands,
end of month *
New
orders2
YEAR AND MONTH
Number
av
av__
av__
av
av__
I>
°"
mcstic
Total
P. ct.
Capacity
(millions Number total
in use
oflbs.)
mTf?s.
In
R. R.
shops
Shipments UnIn rail3
road New by mfrs.
filled
hands, ororders,
end of ders2
end of
DoquarTo- mes- quartal
ten
ter i
tic
5.9
7.0
7.3
13.9
13.3
1,838
7,017
1,945
15,013
7,961
11,917
5,116
3,528
4,866
4,392
6, 904
3, 899
3,109
4,749
53, 891
54, 144
2, 323, 087
2, 354, 955
2, 345, 482
2, 329, 170
204, 316
209, 935
211, 257
211, 784
185, 343
188, 012
183, 725
154, 983
138, 490
8.0
8.2
7.9
6.7
6.1
7,873
11, 899
6,527
4,690
4,913
12, 233
6,850
6,447
6,675
4,524
12, 069
6,718
6,124
6,471
4,460
48, 033
34, 757
30, 055
19, 836
44, 548
27, 924
22, 810
13, 363
3,482
6,833
7,245
6,471
2, 363, 643
2, 359, 103
2, 353, 501
2, 346, 805
211,212
210, 952
210, 543
210, 137
179, 571
165, 481
165, 818
157, 405
7.7
7.1
7.2
6.8
6,113
5,556
13, 598
13, 776
5,405
2,849
3,365
3,618
5,319
2,492
2,649
3,451
19, 548
23, 333
27, 136
40,015
13, 302
16, 144
20, 013
34, 692
6,246
7,189
7,123
5,323
January
February
March
April
2, 343, 943
2, 345, 518
2, 345, 947
2, 348, 129
210, 116
210, 370
210, 575
210, 965
158, 160
161, 959
162, 470
159, 845
6.8
7.0
7.0
6.9
11,531
11,353
7,640
5,622
3,299
6,904
8,811
9,257
2, 968
6,412
8,668
9,207
49, 831
45, 344
44, 183
43, 582
39, 751
34, 626
35, 810
34, 839
10, 080
10, 718
8,373
8,743
May
June
July
August
2, 344, 955
2, 346, 990
2, 348, 524
2, 349, 305
210, 968
211,321
211, 637
211, 896
168, 498
165, 588
165, 756
161, 396
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.0
435
4,270
1,256
164
8,170
10, 009
9,287
8,357
8,130
10,003
9,185
8,308
40, 003
34, 874
27,995
19, 819
31, 437
27, 222
21, 762
13, 816
8,566
7,652
6,233
6,003
September
October
November
December
2, 348, 956
2, 345, 447
2, 341, 841
2, 336, 225
212, 089
211, 975
211, 760
211, 407
149, 078
139, 484
137, 420
130, 146
6.5
6.1
6.0
5.7
2,564
2,891
2,732
5,831
5,606
5,311
2,433
2,656
5,560
4,388
2,376
2,450
13, 468
11, 484
11, 591
18, 481
8,118
7,046
6,975
12,313
5,350
4,438
4,616
6,168
2, 336, 050
2, 335, 000
2, 332, 569
2, 332, 184
211, 500
211,485
211, 483
211, 649
136, 847
138, 292
130, 470
135, 458
5.9
6.1
5.7
5.9
17, 196
4,185
5,253
3,362
3,209
3,023
4,449
5,570
3,160
3,009
4,445
5,562
27, 069
28,426
26, 717
26, 305
17, 209
18, 255
17, 395
18, 217
9,860
10, 171
9,322
8,088
May
June
July
August
2, 333, 098
2, 332, 728
2, 330, 042
2, 328, 328
211, 875
212, 001
211,917
211, 935
147, 449
141, 433
145, 590
141, 038
6.5
6.2
6.3
6.2
4,378
7,566
1,459
1,066
6,202
5,935
5,544
5,317
6,182
5,584
5,528
5,270
23,666
21, 956
18,303
18,096
15, 122
14, 678
12, 385
13, 545
8,544
7,278
5,918
4,541
September
October
November
December
2,326,616
2, 325, 027
2, 322, 179
2, 313, 375
211, 970
212, 027
211, 985
210, 923
137, 571
139, 441
137, 795
130, 493
6.0
6.1
6.1
5.8
40
326
14
14, 114
4,397
4,320
3,780
2,545
4,393
4,101
3,754
2,536
14, 437
10,901
9,721
12, 431
10, 799
6,991
6,424
9,341
3,638
3,910
3,297
3,090
January .. _
February
March _
April
2, 309, 577
2, 306, 816
2, 303, 688
2, 301, 602
210, 649
210, 471
210, 312
210, 234
136, 115
138, 870
139, 698
149, 869
6.0
6.2
6.2
6.7
2,098
5,876
4,029
5,683
774
444
3,332
4,567
576
444
3,281
4,324
18, 464
19, 748
22, 233
19, 325
15, 459
17, 603
20,648
17,589
3,005
2,145
1,585
1,736
May
June
July
August
2, 300, 241
2, 300, 595
210, 240
210, 389
151, 359
145, 210
6.7
6.5
2,354
2,286
5,908
5,854
17, 847
12, 446
14, 168
9,316
3,679
3,130
(5)
Ratio of Ratio of
space
r'ms occuoccupied
pied
Per cent
of total
Number of cars
142, 790
168, 973
166, 779
318, 880
302, 456
av
av
av
av
av
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
Tnfa!
lotal
In bad order
Total
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
Unfilled orders,
end of month 1
WAREHOUSES
24
148
20
198
70
19
34
75
59
63
11
23
71
46
6218
1,121
54, 324
54, 658
54, 458
54, 166
53, 856
184
213
135
110
100
138
93
76
186
118
135
88
73
178
115
1,270
815
830
1.000
784
54, 552
37
134
87
547
67
66
56
126
58
66
56
126
901
217
152
107
230
176
165
115
225
157
165
102
225
30
124
68
1
208
224
222
187
196
218
222
187
131
32
124
105
178
197
145
191
163
197
114
191
314
246
212
6
60
56
86
88
42
55
71
88
52
61
69
36
52
147
119
152
52
147
119
146
19
18
12
150
201
119
166
174
201
119
164
174
615
82
45
142
78
74
80
51
68
72
50
34
153
57
23
18
1925
September
October
November
December
54,034
1,146
1926
54, 167
53, 938
54, 314
54, 245
1,206
I
1,298
766
730
76
74
67
1927
January
February
March
April
.
53, 999
53,995
53,936
53,495
1,013
1,051
71
72
68
72
70
65
709
364
72
73
66
1928
September
October
November
December
53,409
1,036
72
71
68
73
67.6
68.7
69.9
69.8
69
64
69.1
_ ._
1
Compiled by the American Railway Association, Car Service Division, covering Class I railroads and some others, including about 99 per cent of total railroad operations. Cars in railroad hands include those owned or leased by railroads but not private-owned cars on their lines. Passenger coaches in railroad hands include coaches,
combination, baggage, express, and all other coaches. Monthly averages for bad-order cars for the years 1913-1917; also monthly data for 1920 and 1921, appeared in the
October, 1923, issue (No. 26), pp. 59 and 60. Annual figures for passenger cars in railroad hands and on unfilled order are quarterly averages.
2
Data from the Railway Age covering the principal transactions, each month's figures being totals of those given in the weekly issues of the publication appearing during the month, and prorated up to the annual totals made from special inquiries. The percentage used in prorating the 1924 data was 94 per cent. Data for the years ]913
to 1918 from the Iron Trade Review appeared in May, 1924, issue (No. 33), p. 77; though not comparable month by month on account of different methods of compilation
they3 indicate the trend from year to year comparable to the above figures.
The data on shipments of manufacturers for railway equipment were obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in July,
1924, issue (No. 35), p. 55.
* Compiled by Horwarth & Horwarth from reports of over 100 hotels, both transient and resident, throughout the country. Details by cities are shown in their monthly
reports.
5
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of over 600 public-merchandise warehouses, excluding cold-storage and household
goods. Further details are presented by States in monthly press releases.
6
Average of 2 periods, June 30 and Sept. 30 (no report made for Dec. 31).
107
Table 85.—PUBLIC UTILITIES
TELEPHONE
COMPANIES i
YEAR,
AND
MONTH
Total
operating
revenues
Net
operating
income
TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES i
TeleCom- graph
and
mercial
cable
opertelegraph ating
revetoils
nues
GAS AND
ELECTRIC
COMPANIES 2
Gross
earnings
Net
earnings
Gross
revenue
By
By
water
power fuels
Total
Thousands of dollars
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
m.a $13, 132
m.a
13, 722
m.a. 14, 527
m.a_ 16, 452
m.a_ 18, 700
$3, 710
3,709
4,139
4,785
4,700
$5, 898
$7, 674
Passen- Average
gers
carried 6 lares '
In
In mfte.
By Excentral pl'ts, Total water port212 com- 273
sta- street
power ed
panies cities
tions rys.,
etc.
Thous.of Cents
persons
Millions of kilowatt-hours
$1, 711
$52, 493
54, 315
56, 668
63, 039
70, 416
$21, 431
22, 325
23, 512
26, 051
25, 704
!!
\
$26, 017
28, 007
30, 100
35, 458
44, 925
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
20, 225
24,635
30, 320
36, 265
40,204
4,649
5,104
5,415
7,573
8,882
6,287
7,596
9,113
8,043
8,435
8,477
10, 095
11, 698
10, 371
10, 608
1,282
1,636
1,438
1,265
1,697
78, 725
90, 162
108, 871
112, 690
119, 601
24, 387
26, 157
28, 949
32, 884
37, 238
55, 442
60, 083
73,575
81, 066
90, 825
s 3, 144
3,630
3,415
3,971
1923
1924
1925
192G
1927
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
44, 106
48, 412
54, 313
60, 483
65, 226
10, 015
10, 555
12, 988
14, 560
15, 567
9,027
9,085
10, 245
10, 829
10, 625
11, 153
11,210
12, 598
13, 372
13, 191
1,583
1,548
1,796
1,765
1,792
132, 711
140, 939
152, 260
166, 285
176, 430
42, 466
45, 511
52, 685
59, 596
64, 566
105, 796
112, 969
122, 365
136, 925
147, 900
4,639
4,918
5,489
6,149
6,684
1927
May
June
July
Aug
65, 748
65, 970
64, 573
65, 758
16, 130
16, 372
14, 232
14, 972
10, 697
10, 850
10, 104
11, 241
13, 321
13, 416
12, 656
13, 894
1,864
1,928
1,417
2,000
171, 256
167, 975
161, 638
162, 647
61, 195
59, 167
53,980
53, 551
138, 800
138, 700
134, 300
135, 600
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
66, 529
65, 233
65, 193
67, 089
16, 322
16, 445
16, 006
10, 935
11, 172
10, 979
10,238
11,016
13, 822
13, 648
12, 713
13, 747
2,085
2,009
1,622
1,654
169, 414
177, 734
182, 077
194, 985
61, 897
65, 260
70, 214
78, 937
1928
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
66, 026
64, 567
68, 120
67, 337
16, 783
15, 648
17, 335
17, 386
9,956
9,785
10, 904
10, 569
12, 467
12, 201
13, 573
13, 205
1,137
1,228
2,009
1,805
196, 573
187, 383
187, 717
182, 000
69, 277
17, 448
11,333
14,162
2,258
177, 000
May
June
July...
Aug
Canada 5
United States *
i
Operating
income
ELECTRIC
RAILWAYS
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
ELECTRIC
POWER
SALES s
8209 8 1, 935
1,346 2,284
1,248 2,167
2,537
1,434
3,334
3,129
3,650
295
286
321
1,612
1,664
1,863
2,182
2,489
3,027
3,254
3,626
3,967
4,194
4,297
4,569
5,118
5,732
6,229
342
349
371
417
454
824
994
1,183
811
980
1,166
6,600
6, 493
6, 477
6,693
2,674
2,531
2,428
2,411
3,926
3,962
4,049
4,282
6,129
6,044
6,025
6,233
471
449
452
460
1,116
1,108
1,104
1,229
144, 400
150, 800
158, 200
165, 100
6,605
6,932
6,876
7,211
2,201
2,390
2,509
2,729
4,404
4,542
4,367
4,482
6,166
6,482
6,407
6,750
439
450
469
461
79, 013
74, 294
72, 766
70,000
172, 400
162, 300
157, 300
153, 400
7,265
6,871
7,246
6,853
2,739
2, 585
2,860
2,949
4,526
4,287
4,386
3,904
6,667
6,403
6,767
6,425
598
468
479
428
66, 850
149, 100
7,121
3,179
3,942
6,713
408
7.354
107
126
136
784, 893
784, 896
792, 790
782, 860
7.296
7.420
7.569
7.706
7.915
1,102
1,095
1,090
1,214
125
139
138
157
802, 172
768, 968
733, 470
745, 769
7.871
7.919
7.944
7.952
1,197
1,309
1,311
1,362
1,181
1,290
1,289
1,339
154
143
129
131
728, 371
790, 712
771, 443
830, 930
7.952
7. 985
7. 999
8.018
1,318
1,274
1,333
1,263
1,298
1,256
1,315
1,246
124
123
136
122
814, 172
769, 974
820, 733
771, 816
8.025
8.032
8.034
8.034
797, 279
8. 050
i
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
i Telephone earnings are the combined reports of 12 largest telephone companies, reduced from 13 companies, due to a consolidation comprising about 83 per cent of the
total operating revenues of telephone companies with annual operating revenues over $250,000, and telegraph earnings are the combined reports of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Cos., as reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
» Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from reports of 95 public-utility companies or systems operating gas, electric light, heat, power,
traction, and water services and comprising practically all of the important organizations in the United States, exclusive of telephone and telegraph companies. While
the above figures are not complete they are believed to represent typical conditions within the public-utility field. Gross earnings consist, in general, of gross operating
revenues while net earnings in general represent the gross less operating expenses and taxes, or the nearest comparable figures. In some cases the figures for earlier years
do not cover exactly the same subsidiaries, owing to acquisitions, consolidations, etc., but those differences are not believed to be great in the aggregate. Monthly data
from3 1920 appeared mthe December, 1927, issue (No. 76), p. 48.
Gross revenue received from the sale of electrical energy as reported by the Electrical World represents the total receipts from the sale of electricity by companies with
about 83 per cent of the installed generator rating of the country, computed to 100 per cent of the industry on the basis of the percentage which the reporting companies
bear to the installed central-station rating of the country. Companies reporting sales are not identical with those reporting production of power. These figures cover light
and power companies only, excluding electric railways which do not sell their current. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in the July, 1923, issue of the SURVEY (No. 23),
p. 45.
4
Compiled by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Production in central stations up to March, 1928, was segregated by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, from the original records of reporting firms on file with the Geological Survey, from that produced in connection with street railways, manufacturing plants, and reclamation projects. Details, by months, since 1920 for central stations appeared in the June, 1928, issue of the SURVEY (No. 82), p. 22, while for the other
items details appeared in the March, 1925, issue (No. 43), p. 28. Beginning with March, 1928, this segregation has been carried on by the Geological Survey. Monthly data
from 1919 on total production and segregation by water power and fuels appeared in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), p. 26.
* Compiled by the Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, covering all the large central electric stations in Canada, which in 1925 produced
98 per cent of all stations in Canada. These data do not include the output of pulp and paper mills and other plants generating electricity only for their own use. Monthlydata8 from 1925, including data on electric power generated by fuels, appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p. 22.
Data compiled by the American Electric Railway Association from reports of 212 companies operating 24,187 miles of revenue single track and 3,090 miles of bus routes and
carrying about 68 per cent of the total revenue passengers carried by electric railways.
7
Compiled by the American Electric Railway Association, representing the average cash fare paid in 272 cities of over 25,000 population, as of the end of each month.
8
6 months' average, January, May, June, August, November, and December missing.
108
Table 86.—EMPLOYMENT—INDUSTRIAL, RAILWAY, MINING, AND FEDERAL
1 ANTHRARAILWAYS zj CITE MINES3
INDUSTRIAL i
YEAR AND
MONTH
Total
12
groups
Food
and
kindred
products
Textiles
and
their
products
Iron
and
steel
and
their
products
Lumber
and
its
manufacture
Leather and
its finished
products
Paper
and
printing
Chemicals
and
other
products
Stone,
clay,
and
glass
products
VehiNon- To- cles
fer- bacco for
rous man- land
met- jwfac- transals e ttire portation
MiseelEm- AverEmlane- ploy- age
ous ees on hour- ployinpay
ment
ly
dusroll wage
tries
Thousands
Relative to 1923
Dollars
Fay
roll
Relative to
1923-1925
U.S.
GOVT.
WASHINGTON
(civilian
employees) *
OMIO
CONSTRUCTION «
[Base year in bold-faced type]
Number
Rcl.
to!923
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo
1918 mo.
av
av _
av
av
av
? 94 9
97.0
110.4
115.0
114.0
1,647 $0. 276
1,733 .313
1,842 .463
47.6
60.8
90.6
102.6
88.0
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
mo.
mo.
mo
mo.
mo.
av
av
av
av
av
108.2
109.9
85 1
88.4
100.0
106. 2 983.7 989.8
100.0 100.0 100.0
1,913
2,013
1,661
1,645
1,880
.557
.667
.665
.618
.615
106.2
67.2
106.9
98.5
58.0
104.3
8 99, 970 82.2
92, 237 104.3
80, 838 72.9
71, 061 78.3
66, 214 100.0
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
av
av
av
av
90.3
91.2
91.9
88.5
95.6
90.9
89.8
89.3
88.2
87.3
86.1
87.2
86.3
87.3
92.0
85.8
94.8
93.1
90.8
83.4
90.6
92.0
90.3
88.4
89.4
91.0
91.4
90.6
88.5
88.1
87.2
86.0
88.1
89.7
89.7
88.3
88.1
89.8
90.3
89.4
84.0
83.2
82.9
82.8
91.6
92.1
91.6
87.1
July
August
89.7
89.1
87.3
87.4
86.6
90.7
89.9
89.1
86.8
86.0
84.2
85.3
88.1
86.9
85.1
84.4
September
October
November
December
88.0
87.6
85.9
85.1
92.1
92.6
90.9
89.9
86.9
87.6
87.1
86.6
1938
January
February
March
April
84.2
85.5
86.1
85.7
86.9
87.9
87.4
85.6
85.5
85.6
85.8
87.0
1937
January
February
March
April
May
JllTlft
May
June
July.
August—
September
October
November
December
»98.4 s>95.1
100.0 100.0
9
992.6
100.0
i>96.3
100.0
100.0
100.2
100.8
103.6
103.7
91.6
94.2
98.4
95.1
96.7
97.6
99.7
94.2
92.7
96.7
97.5
90.5
94.0
92.0
85.6
84.0
88.6
91.0
91.2
82.8
87.8
91.6
96.8
96.3
1,777
1,769
1,806
1,761
.628
.634
.641
.654
113.7
79.5
101.2
117.9
117.0
78.7
104.6
105.2
64, 743
63, 703
60, 505
60, 047
107.3
111.5
106.6
101.7
104.3
104.4
104.4
103.6
98.3
100.0
105.0
105.2
89.4
91.1
94.8
97.8
92.4
92.5
94.6
93.9
77.8
83.6
83.5
81.6
81.2
85.3
86.3
86.8
100.7
102.5
102.5
101.8
1,724
1,721
1,731
1,758
.659
.672
.647
.645
119.6
119.2
114.3
115.5
112.4
105.9
91.3
93.0
59, 615
59, 502
69, 591
59, 772
83.5
88.2
86.1
90.1
83.8
84.0
83.7
84.5
85.5 102.8
85.2 102.4
88.2 101.8
91.0 102.4
94.3
90.3
89.4
90.0
98.9
99.0
94.4
94.8
93.5
90.7
89.5
90.0
82.4
84.6
84.6
78.5
86.9
85.1
82.3
83.0
100.2
98.7
94.2
92.6
1,793
1,821
1,823
1,796
.646
.639
.648
.646
119.0
118.7
116.9
117.1
120.1
126.6
86.3
90.5
59, 879 99.8
59,800 108.1
60, 433 122.0
60,413 127.7
84.0
82.6
80.6
79.7
85.1
84.5
83.0
79.8
91.3
89.4
84.6
82.9
103.4
104.2
105.1
105.4
93.8
92.6
91.7
90.4
95.0
93.4
93.0
88.8
88.9
87.9
86.5
86.0
87.8
89.8
89.1
84.5
81.7
80.9
76.8
77.5
91.4
90.8
89.7
90.4
1,788
1,784
1,729
1,660
.659
.655
.662
.666
118.7
119.8
116.6
119.7
112.0
109.4
116.2
98.1
60, 267 123.3
60, 236 110.4
60, 399 97.2
60, 660 84.0
86.0
87.1
86.4
83.7
79.2
81.5
82.8
83.3
77.0
77.0
78.3
79.3
86.3
87.7
87.1
82.9
103.8
103.3
102.4
101.4
89.9
93.6
100.1
99.9
83.4
84.0
87.0
89.1
83.5
86.8
88.4
90.2
78.1
81.4
82.2
80.0
79.2
82.7
85.0
86.4
89.1
87.7
86.8
87.1
1,614
1,608
1,626
1,659
.671
.679
.661
.663
120.2
113.6
107.7
112.3
98.7
96.0
88.5
86.1
81.5
81.0
84.3
84.4
79.3
80.2
80.8 101.7
80.6 101.5
87.8
86.1
92.4
93.1
90.2
89.7
80.9
81.6
89.0
89.1
86.9
87.1
115.9
114.9
122.1
93.4
991.5 995.4 984.7 996.1
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(10)
60, 743
60, 999
61,049
61,311
76.1
72.9
85.3
98.3
61, 422 109.6
61,388 108.0
_
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represent weighted indexes based upon the number of wage earners in the respective
ndustries in 1919. The original data are t?ken from the payroll nearest to the middle of the month as reported by more than 9,000 firms, employing almost 3 000 000
workers. Details of this table, together with the method of construction, may be found in the April, 1924, Monthly Labor Review, pp. 129-132, while current details are
given monthly in Employment in Selected Industries as issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2
Compiled from reports of Class I carriers and 15 switching and terminal companies to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The computation of average wages excludes
the 8
officials included in total on pay roll. Monthly data from 1920 given in January, 1923, issue (No. 17), p. 51.
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from reports of operators to the Anthracite Bureau of Information relating to the first semimonthly Dav-roll Deriod
in each month.
4
Compiled by the U. S. Civil Service Commission, giving number of civilian employees carried on rolls at end of each month. Details by departments, with data on
additions and separations, are given in the monthly reports.
5
Compiled by the Ohio State University, Bureau of Business Research, based on reports from firms engaged in general contracting throughout Ohio. Employment in
the general contracting industry in Ohio follows very closely the trend in the entire construction industry in the State. Wage earners in this report include mechanics,
artisans, laborers, and foremen, and part-time workers are reduced to a full-time basis for the week including the 15th of each month, which is used as the monthly index.
Monthly data from 1923, revising previous figures, are given on p. 138 of the present issue. The bureau also issues an index which eliminates seasonal variations.
6
Includes stamped and enameled ware and brass, bronze, and copper products.
7
Average for last 7 months of year, earlier data not available.
8
9 months' average, April to December, inclusive.
8
Average of last 6 months of the year.
10 Data for this group not available in 1922.
109
Table 87.—FACTORY EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES AND CITIES
[Base year in bold-faced type]
•
EMPLOYEES ON PAY ROLL
YEAR AND
MONTH
MasNew
New PennMarysachu- Yorks Jer- 4 syl- 4 Dela- land i
4
setts * State ; sey vania ware
Rel. to
1919-23
1914 mo. av_
1915 mo. av_
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av.
1919 mo. av_
1920 mo. av.
109.2
106.4
Rel. to
1924
Relative to 1923
83.9
90.3
100.0
91.2
90.5
90.7
87.0
1OO
90
90
96
96
1OO
89
91
92
86
1OO
80
81
82
75
1S37
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
90.7
92.3
91.4
89.3
87.7
88.8
89.3
88.1
100
100
99
97
89
89
90
87
May
June
July
Aug
87.7
85.9
83.9
85.9
86.8
86.6
85.1
85.7
94
94
93
93
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
87.1
87.4
86.2
83.0
87.5
82.6
85.9
84.4
1928
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
82.3
83.3
82.1
80.4
75.4
73.6
av.
av.
av
av.
av.
av.
av.
May
June
July
Aug..
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Illinois «
Wisconsin e
Detroit 7
Cleveland 9
Detroit 1
Milwaukee 10
New
York
State 3
Oklahoma 11
Number
Relative to 1923
67
74
96
104
107
104
109
1386 4
89.3
104.7
109.2
110.9
103.5
107.4
88.6
93.7
102.1
90.2
90.5
92.1
87.6
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
Ohio 12 Iowa 8
12 478, 334
493, 995
579, 295
604, 192
613, 671
572, 959
594, 099
165, 641
4
100.0
100.2
103. 8
94.4
70
84
1OO
94
100
104
100
77.8
100.0
101.0
112.9
122.4
118.2
i 86. 5
90.6
1OO.O
91.6
88.7
91.7
86.3
100.0
95.1
99.3
99.5
94.8
80
81
79
76
100.6
102.8
96.9
97.8
99
101
103
103
113.3
116.0
116.1
119.5
88.6
89.1
88.9
88.3
87
86
84
84
74
72
73
71
95.1
93.0
90.7
92.4
103
102
99
99
118.3
120.2
117.2
118.7
95
95
94
93
84
84
83
81
74
73
74
75
94.0
92.5
89.1
88.3
98
98
97
95
82.6
83.5
83.9
82.9
91
91
90
90
80
82
82
80
75
74
74
74
85.4
87.4
88.9
88.5
95
100
102
102
82.0
82.2
90
90
80
80
75
74
87.8
86.5
102
103
1OO.O
93.1
105.7
105.0
95.0
69, 927
80, 572
91, 283
72, 608
72, 672
80, 079
74, 917
97, 784
162, 018
217, 790
202, 810
230, 277
228, 677
206, 987
24, 199
28, 151
34, 459
28, 959
33, 050
34, 974
35, 193
464, 200
499, 542
553, 392
504, 484
500, 916
502, 016
481, 195
28, 234
29, 035
31,321
29,663
93.5
96.2
96.9
95.1
99.0
102.6
103.9
103.8
75, 335
76, 983
79, 228
80, 251
215, 601
223, 409
226, 308
226, 152
35, 039
35, 745
35, 942
35, 326
485, 332
491, 129
494, 168
487, 385
31, 141
30,226
31, 423
31,226
87.8
87.5
84.3
85.5
93.4
94.1
97.1
98.7
94.4
87.0
92.8
94.4
79,528
78, 448
75, 329
74,500
205, 560
189, 398
202, 156
205, 525
34,604
34, 542
35, 337
35, 361
480, 120
479, 147
470, 811
474, 424
29, 865
30, 059
30, 173
30, 718
118.8
119.7
118.1
122.0
85.3
85.3
83.2
82.2
95.9
94.9
90.9
90.7
90.3
88.3
89.9
94.1
72, 247
69, 046
69, 706
68, 408
196, 580
192, 411
195, 893
204, 856
35, 544
35, 195
35, 176
34, 502
484, 115
484, 819
475, 571
467, 320
29, 948
27, 624
26, 667
26, 883
117.9
119.0
121.0
80.5
82.7
83.7
82.6
90.3
92.1
92.6
102.6
107.1
112.8
116.3
71, 121
72, 979
74, 274
76, 118
223, 502
233, 310
245, 716
253, 390
35, 492
36, 111
36, 883
36, 871
457, 275
462, 060
464, 162
458, 640
25, 615
24, 251
24, 492
26, 205
119.0
120.6
76, 556
76, 580
259, 073
262, 651
36, 777
36, 922
453, 683
454, 952
26, 553
27, 888
83.2
1
__
1 Compiled from data furnished by the Maryland Commission of Labor and Statistics from about 250 manufacturers each month, link relatives being used for identical
concerns from month to month. Monthly reports show details by industries. Monthly figures from 1924 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
2
Compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Statistics from about 1,000 firms each month. Data are connected by the chain relative
method. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
3
Compiled by the New York State Department of Labor from reports of 1,648 firms employing more than one-third of the factory workers of New York State Monthly
data4 from 1914 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23.
*
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from reports of about 1,000 plants each month in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Since
August, 1926, figures for New Jersey are from the New Jersey Department of Labor.
5
Compiled from data furnished by the Illinois Department of Labor from reports by about 1,400 manufacturing establishments, employing about 400,000 people, based
on the pay roll nearest the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1921 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23.
e Compiled by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, based on link relatives from reports of manufacturing firms. The data have been recomputed to a 1923 base,
the 7monthly figures from 1923 appearing in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23.
Compiled by the Employers' Association of Detroit, covering about two-thirds of the working population of Detroit. Figures for the last week of the month are given
here.
8
Compiled from data furnished by the Iowa Bureau of Labor from reports of about 300 firms, the index being compiled by the link-relative method on reports of identical firms from month to month. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
6 Compiled by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce from reports of 100 identical manufacturers, except that in November, 1925, when one plant went out of business
another was substituted. Data are for the end of the month and monthly figures from 1921 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
1° Compiled by the Milwaukee Public Employment Office from reports of 50 identical manufacturers, 4 of which are now out of business. Data are for the end of the
month arid monthly figures from 1921 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
11 Compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Labor from reports of 710 establishments. Monthly data from 1924 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
12 Compiled by the Ohio State University, Bureau of Business Research, from reports of about 600 manufacturers in Ohio. Details by industries and by cities are given
in the bureau's press releases. Monthly data from 1923 are given on p. 138 of the present issue.
" 7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
" 5 months' average, August to December, inclusive.
110
Table 88.—EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, TRADE-UNIONS, AND INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
TRADE-UNION *
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 1
United
States
average
YEAR AND MONTH
Eastern Central Southern
States
States
States
Western
Canada
States |
United
States
Canada
Per cent of total
membership
Number of applicants per 100 jobs
1
1
EMPLOYMENT
IN
CANADA 2
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES a
Disputes
Rel. to
Jan., 1920
«173
127
105
143
140
127
135
«131
106
100
127
122
119
142
«235
146
131
180
175
160
159
U64
125
109
130
122
108
128
«95
70
60
69
64
66
71
103
126
117
109
126
114
119
122
95.4
87.5
93.0
95.1
93.0
93.0
94.9
95.1
* 100. 0
87.0
88.6
94.8
91.9
93.0
98.8
103.7
115
130
120
106
113
123
128
118
138
174
139
128
103
109
107
81
56
54
78
62
117
117
113
101
95.1
95.9
97.7
97.5
100
104
120
134
105
112
122
135
118
122
139
157
85
72
102
121
58
65
68
78
95
115
145
138
96.7
97.4
95.3
94.1
160
158
137
119
156
162
146
122
203
191
165
140
146
155
125
111
78
72
67
62
156
147
146
124
93.6
93.5
94.3
94.0
95.4
96.3
96.2
100.6
May
June
July
August
118
137
134
129
121
149
145
137
137
163
152
156
119
125
118
122
61
65
87
70
124
127
121
109
94.8
96.8
96.7
96.3
121
120
137
145
131
129
146
155
136
145
160
165
114
122
132
145
79
61
71
80
98
116
142
140
170
175
154
137
192
208
171
146
203
189
166
147
188
222
264
219
87
75
65
69
161
146
137
120
128
138
135
204
66
Number
105.2
102.8
101.1
94.8
1937
January _
February
March
April
Man-days
lost in
month
101.0
103.7
104.2
104.9
September
October
November
December
Workers
involved
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average.1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
657
« 148, 036
« 3, 856, 853
105.9
108.4
109.2
109.7
82
62
50
196, 047
199, 087
198, 367
4, 859, 468
5, 307, 089
4, 988, 596
96.9
96.1
94.8
93.4
109.0
107.5
106.8
99.5
49
56
50
52
197,588
81, 766
82, 207
81, 191
4, 960, 249
2, 722, 110
2, 031, 740
2, 128, 721
93 2
93.0
93.5
94.8
100.8
101.4
101.1
105.5
62
61
63
70
81, 676
104, 883
81, 406
208, 464
2, 135, 092
2, 155, 559
2, 421, 987
4, 993, 233
1926
Mav
June
July
August
_
_ _
September
October
November
December
1928
January
February
March
April
___
M!ay
June
July
August
-_.
82.2
81.8
82.0
84.0
87.0
89.0
October
December
* Compiled from weekly reports to the U. 8. Department of Labor, Employment Service, showing the number of workers and jobs registered at State and municipal employment agencies. Eastern States included in the report are Connecticut, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island (Delaware,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania, now reporting, are excluded to show true comparison). Central States are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
data2 covering applications and job vacancies from which the Canadian data were compiled were given in the February, 1928, Survey, p. 110.
Data for the United States compiled from reports of trade-union unemployment- as published by the American Federation of Labor, the figures above having been in1919,
3 Compiled by the U, "s. "Department of Labor,JBureau of Labor "statistics, through the cooperation of the Conciliation Service arid other outside agencies. The data show
the number of industrial disputes in effect at the end of the month, disputes involving fewer than six workers and those lasting less than one day being omitted. The number of work-days lost relates only to workers directly affected and is computed by multiplying the number of workers so affected by the length of the dispute measured in
working days as normally worked by the industry or trade in question. Figures given include only those6 disputes which have been verified by the bureau.
5
* January, 1920.
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
Ill
1I
«5 § s
^*t
>**£
i
Cents per hour
26
28
36
45
52
20
20
20
24
30
38
42
100
100
100
115
149
194
233
46
37
42
41
44
43
45
60
50
48
54
52
52
52
53
46
38
32
43
50
50
50
50
38
37
37
38
43
41
42
43
51
53
52
52
37
38
37
38
38
38
37
37
45
44
45
46
33
32
30
32
40
40
40
42
38
38
37
37
25
26
28
26
26
28
28
27
39
41
41
41
27
26
29
30
38
37
it ftf l! HI
Thous. of dollars
Relative to 1923
160.0
191.8
174.0
$30. 21
29.72
29.97
32.58
40.19
49.13
56.77
10 39. 4
42.3
55.5
65.6
82.8
89.3
$5, 942
6,377
8,366
9,892
12, 481
13, 468
293
245
216
266
271
248
248
246
192.0
151.0
123.3
138.5
145.8
131.8
132.0
127.8
65.05
43.58
42.09
46.74
47.23
47.80
48.87
48.63
110.9
79.2
83.1
100.O
92.7
93.9
96.6
93.6
16, 711
11, 943
12, 524
15, 075
13, 967 u $750
14, 159
781
14, 559
860
814
14, 105
50
50
50
50
248
248
248
248
133.0
133.0
128.5
128.5
50
54
54
54
50
50
50
50
248
248
248
248
125.5
125.5
125.5
125.5
46
48
47
46
54
56
53
54
50
50
50
50
248
248
248
223
125.5
125.5
128.5
128.5
37
39
37
36
41
43
42
46
50
54
52
53
50
50
50
50
37
36
49
45
51
53
50
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
mo
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo
mo.
mo.
av
av
av__
av__
av
av__
av__
20
23
28
36
41
20
25
31
39
41
20
24
30
38
41
14
16
21
27
32
12
13
17
23
28
16
17
21
28
36
21
24
29
39
43
25
28
34
45
53
26
29
36
44
47
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av__
mo. av__
mo. a v _ _
mo. av
mo. av__
mo. a v _ _
mo. a v _ _
mo. av__
49
36
32
38
38
38
39
. 39
49
38
39
51
50
46
50
49
50
35
37
45
45
45
46
47
37
26
21
25
28
27
30
28
32
25
20
22
24
25
25
25
40
28
24
25
27
27
27
30
53
35
31
39
40
37
38
39
62
45
31
34
36
38
36
38
1927
January
February
March
April
37
41
39
39
44
50
51
49
46
50
51
47
24
39
32
25
24
24
24
25
27
32
26
34
39
44
39
38
May
June
July
August
38
39
39
39
49
51
50
49
46
46
47
47
27
29
30
27
24
25
25
26
26
26
30
28
September...
October
November...
December
40
40
40
39
49
48
48
55
46
46
46
46
26
28
26
24
25
25
25
24
1928
January
February
March
April
37
38
38
40
53
52
51
50
48
47
48
46
24
22
23
23
40
40
49
48
42
42
28
26
May
June
July
August
Dols.
p. mo.
|
|
Oklahoma9
ii
J
WEEKLY
PAY ROLL
TOTAL PAY ROLLS
Wisconsin s
ll1
FARM WAGES
(without
board) «
£ WD^
Jfl e
Mountain
YEAR AND
MONTH
U. S. STEEL
CORP. WAGE
RATES 2
NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE WAGES 3
Rel.to Per ct.
base
1913
scale
WAGES OF COMMON LABOR IN ROAD BUILDING ,
(by geographic divisions)^
YOUNGSTOWN DIST.
(wages of
steel workers) 4
Table 89.—WAGES AND PAY ROLLS, BY STATES
125.5
125.5
125.5
125.5
48.47
49.52
49.77
46.75
48.44
49.32
10O 100 100 100.0
81
97.1
90
86
91
90
82 105.9
94
101
85 106.8
101.4
79
103
87
95.1
96.0
97.6
94.3
107
109
108
106
90
94
94
92
83
85
83
80
96.9
104.7
104.2
102.9
14, 331
14. 465
14, 717
14, 214
868
848
863
858
92.9
92.7
90.4
92.2
102
103
98
101
89
87
81
85
78
75
74
75
99.4
102.2
98.1
106.9
14, 010
13, 977
13, 632
13, 898
814
819
814
819
95.0
94.2
90.7
91.7
102
102
100
103
83
85
84
83
76
76
77
81
101.7
100.6
99.6
99.5
14, 317
14, 195
13, 671
13,830
970
741
676
673
88.6
89.4
91.3
87.6
98
100
99
96
79
85
85
80
76
76
78
75
88.9
99.1
106.7
13, 361
13, 477
13, 760
13,200
685
719
634
709
87.8
89.0
98
98
83
83
79
78
13, 241
13, 413
702
743
September. ..
October
November
December
i Compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Public Roads. The current data beginning -January, 1922, are compiled directly from Federal-aid project
reports. Earlier data included reports on farm labor or other forms of common labor closely correlated, as reported to the Department of Agriculture and the Department
of Labor.
* Average rates in the Pittsburgh district reported by the United States Steel Corporation; rates apply to 10-hour day except for the period Oct. 1,1918, to July 16,1921,
during which period the rates applied to a basic 8-hour day with time and a half for overtime, and beginning Aug. 16,1923, when they applied to an 8-hour day, the 10-hour
workers amounting to only 30 per cent of the total.
3 Compiled by the American Wool and Cotton Reporter, allowing for reductions in working hours in 1916 and 1918, so that the figures, which are computed from actual
data given in the periodical, are essentially on an hourly basis.
* Compiled from data furnished by the Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers' Association and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers. The
wage scales are based on the price of steel sheets in the previous 2-month period as ascertained by actual prices received by mills. Monthly data from 1917, together with
price of steel sheets for the same period, appeared in the May, 1926, issue (No. 57) of the SURVEY, p. 13.
4
Average rates paid to farm labor as reported by crop reporters to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Data by sections of the country
are shown in the detailed reports published in Crops and Markets.
« Compiled by the New York State Department of Labor from reports of 1,648 firms employing more than one-third of the factory workers of New York State. Monthly
data7 from 1914 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23.
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from reports of about 1,000 plants each month in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Since
August, 1926, figures for New Jersey are from the New Jersey Department of Labor.
8
Compiled by the Illinois Department of Labor from reports by about 1,400 manufacturing establishments, employing about 400,000 people, based on the pay roll nearest
the 15th of the month.
9
Compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Labor from reports of 710 establishments.
10
6 months' average.
" 7 months' average.
112
Table 90.—WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FACTORY LABOR
Relative to
1914
Relative to July, 1914
Relative to 1923
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
s 100. 0 * 100. 0 8 100. 0 s 100. 0 s 100. 0
mo av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av .
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av.. .9 235. 4 9 238. 5 »235.2 e 253. 1 9 233. 0
100.0
103 2
116.6
134.7
167 8
190.8
277.6
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av__. 188.0 188.3 187.5 191.2 205.0
mo. av__. o 191. 8 10 193. 2 10 193. 7 10 191. 7 1° 204. 0
mo. av... 211.3 212.6 212.7 211.1 222.7
mo. av... 209.5 212.9 212.1 213.4 215.4
mo. av... 214.8 220.0 218.2 220. 5 220.3
mo. av... 216.7 222.6 220.3 223.5 220.2
mo. av... 217.1 223.1 219.8 227.5 221.0
196.8 206.1
196.6 200.6
229.9 218.3
229.4 221.8
229.4 226.4
230.7 232.5
232.9 234.8
100
100
101
106
109
100
97
98
101
101
100
101
99
101
103
1091.3
100.0
101.8
103.2
105.9
105.4
100.0
103.0
115.6
131.2
163 1
188.3
225.6
OKLAHOMA ?
WISCONSIN e
Women
1
Unskilled
Wisconsin «
Illinois '
•a
1
ILLINOIS 5
U. S. TOTALS, 23 INDUSTRIES i
Men
Delaware 4
Pennsylvania *
New Jersey 4
New York «
Massachusetts 2
'
cc
Women
h
Unskilled
YEAR AND
MONTH
Grand total
Men
BY STATES
Grand total
U. S. TOTALS, 23 INDUSTRIES ij
NEW YORK STATED
[Base year in boldfaced type]
Dollars
48 6
57.3
67.0
85 3
95 9
116. 5
s $12. 54 $13. 30 $U. 16 s $10. 71 s $7. 84 $12. 48
12.85
14 43
16.37
20.35
23 50
9
29. 51 •31.72 933.31 9 27. 11 18.27 28.15
92.8 23.57 25.05 26.55 20.48 16.07
90.0 10 24. 06 10 25. 69 10 27. 42 10 20. 53 10 15. 99
100. 0 26.50 28.27 30.12 22.61 17.46
101. 5 26.27 28.31 30.04 22.86 16.89
106.6 26.94 29.26 30.90 23.62 17.27
107.1 27.17 29. 61 31.20 23. 94 17.26
106. 2 27.22 29.67 31.13 24.37 17.33
1
"
$28. 58
25.72
25.04 io$24.70
27.24 27.07
27.68 27.55
28.26 27.93
29.02 28.67
29.30 28. 53
22.80
21.66
23 97
24.40 *$26. 57
25.56 26.91
25.67 27.46
25.45 27.44
1927
January
February
March
April
217.4
220.7
219.5
218.4
222.3
226.8
225.6
225.8
218.4
223.2
221.7
222.5
230.5
232.8
232.7
229.7
220.0
221.7
223.0
221.8
228.3
233.3
234.2
234.9
236.5
235.5
238.6
233.7
108
110
110
110
101
105
105
105
102
103
104
104
104.3
106.6
106.1
107.4
102.6
108.8
107.6
108.1
-..26 29.57
27.68 30.17
27.53 30.00
27.39 30.03
30.93
31.61
31.39
31.50
24.69
24.93
24.92
24.60
17.25
17.38
17.48
17.39
29.52
29. 39
29.78
29.17
28.23
28.85
28.72
29.07
24.58
26.06
25.80
25.81
27.88
28.04
27. 45
27.48
May
June
July
August
219.5
218.0
213.9
216.6
227.1
225.4
220.1
223.8
223.8
222.3
217.1
221.3
230.4
228.7
223.6
224.8
221.4
221.6
217.9
220.2
234.7
231.9
229.1
236.4
233. 8
233.7
232.0
234.7
109
110
106
109
102
102
96
101
104
103
99
102
105.7
108.1
104.6
105.7
106.5
108.7
101.0
108.2
27.52
27.34
26.82
27.16
30.20
29.98
29.27
29.76
31.69
31.48
30.74
31.33
24.68
24.49
23.95
24.08
17.36
17.37
17.08
17.26
29.18
29.17
28.95
29.29
28.60
29.27
28.32
28.61
25.52
26.05
24.22
25.94
27.25
27.24
26.98
26.66
September
October
November.. .
December
217.9
215.4
213.1
214.5
223.3
220.7
215.7
220.7
220.2
217.4
212.9
217.5
226.8
226.1
218.7
225.2
220.9
221.3
220.9
221.2
237.1
231.2
231.4
232.1
236.9
234.6
230.4
237.1
109
109
108
111
98
101
100
101
101
102
103
106
102.1
105.6
104.3
104.0
105.9
105.9
105.9
105.3
27.32
27.01
26.72
26.90
29.70
29.35
28.69
29.35
31.18
30.78
30.15
30.80
24.29
24.21
23.42
24.12
17.32
17.35
17.32
17.34
29.57
29.28
28. 75
29.57
27.65
28.59
28.23
28.15
25.40
25.40
25.39
25.24
32.73
26.89
25.36
25.37
1928
January
February
March
April
217.2
218.1
220.0
216.8
224.1
228.0
230.1
227.4
220.5
223.9
226.8
224.7
230.3
235. 8
233.9
228.5
219.8
221.8
221.2
212.9
232.1
234.7
235. 6
230.4
234.1
233.7
237.5
230.6
109
110
110
108
98
104
104
99
100
102
104
99
101.6
106.9
105.2
104.5
98.4
107.6
115.2
106.3
27.24
27.35
27.59
27.19
29.80
30.32
30.60
30.25
31.22
31.70
32.11
31.82
24.66
25.25
25.05
24.47
17.23
17.39
17.34
16.69
29.22
29.16
29.64
28.78
27.49
28.93
28.48
28.28
23.60
25.80
27.62
25.49
26.73
29.05
25.84
27.04
217.1
226.1
222.0
233.2
215.2
232.9
233.9
236 2
110
110
103
102
104
103
102.6
27.23
30.07
31.44
24.98
16.87
29.19
29.48
24.59
26.44
26.24
M!ay
June
July
August
September
|
December
1 Compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board from reports from 1.678 manufacturing plants employing 506,315 people in January, 1921, and representing 23
industries. The nominal hours per week represent the weighted number of hours the plants are supposed normally to operate, while the actual hours represent the average man-hours worked each week. The grand total weekly earnings are compiled by weighing the average earnings in each industry by the number of wage earners employed as reported by the census of manufacturers of 1919, but as it was impossible to obtain the necessary weighting factors for the classes of labor, the latter averages are
unweighted; hence the relative number for the grand total sometimes is lower than the relative number of any class, owing to the different methods of computation.
2 Compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Statistics. Yearly figures through 1922 are based on identical plants as secured by a yearly
census. Data for 1923, 1924, and 1925 are connected to the series by the chain relative method, representing at least 40 per cent of the firms included in the yearly figures.
These will later be revised by a complete census and subsequent data will be added by the chain relative method.
3 Figures represent reports from 1,648 firms in New York State employing more than one-third of the factory workers of the State, as reported by the New York State
Department of Labor. The 1914 average upon which the index numbers are calculated is an average of the 7 months, June to December, 1914, inclusive. As originally
published by the New York Department of Labor, the index numbers are based on June, 1914, and have been recalculated to the 7-month average.
* Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from reports of about 1,000 plants each month in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Since
August, 1926, figures for New Jersey are from New Jersey State Department of Labor.
s Compiled by the Illinois Department of Labor from reports of about 1,400 manufacturing establishments, employing about 400,000 people, taken from the pay roll nearest
the 15th of the month. Monthly data on earnings since July, 1922, were given in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23.
e Compiled by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin from reports of about 850 manufacturing establishments in Wisconsin. Monthly data on earnings from 1923
were given in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 23. Relative prior to"l923 are recomputed from old index on 1915 base.
? Compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Labor from reports of 710 establishments. Monthly data from 1924 appeared in the July, 1928, issue (No. 83), p. 24.
8 July, 1914.
9
Average of last 7 months of the year.
1° Average of last 6 months of the year.
113
Table 91.—PAY ROLL AND HOURS IN FACTORIES
[Index numbers for base year in bold- faced type]
PAY-ROLL INDEXES 1
Food
and
kindred
products
Total,
12
groups
YEAK AND MONTH
HOUHS
OF WOBK2
VehiLum- Leather
Iron
Chem- Stone,
ToMisceland
ber
cles
clay,
and
Paper
icals
Nonbacco
lanefor
steel
and
and
and ferrous manu- land
its finand
ous
and
its
ished
other
glass
trans- industheir manu- prod- print- prod- prod- metals 3 facing
portafacture
prodtries
ucts
ucts
ucts
tion
ucts
ture
Textiles
and
their
products
Relative to 1923
1914, July
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
average
average...
average. ..
average...
average. ._
average...
average
average.. _
Hours per week
881.9
100.0
90.6
94.6
101.9
102.8
55.0
50.0
49.7
850.0
49.9
49.7
49.9
49.8
49.6
51.5
^ 48. 7
45.5
«49.2
49.2
46.8
48.2
48.2
47.9
90.9
99.5
101.0
96.9
90.6
93.2
93.0
98.9
50.0
50.0
49.7
49.9
48.3
48.3
48.5
49.1
87.7
85.9
90.1
83.9
86.0
97.6
100.2
99.4
100.4
102.0
102.9
102.9
49.9
49.8
50.1
50.4
48.5
48.9
49.0
48.5
99.9
97.5
91.9
94.0
83.3
88.6
85.2
84.4
96.8
94.7
88.3
94.7
100.2
100.3
97.0
99.5
49.9
50.0
49.6
49.6
48.1
47.9
47.6
47.5
108.1
111.2
108.9
104.8
93.6
98.0
95.7
95.6
89.1
92.9
91.9
89.8
91.3
94.2
87.9
82.3
99.3
105.3
102.9
109.7
49.6
49.8
49.6
49.4
48.4
48.6
47.9
47.8
101.9
106.0
110.0
109.5
91.8
98.2
102.8
105.8
91.9
95.2
97.9
91.3
77.6
80.6
82.1
79.0
73.6
88.8
91.3
93.1
107.2
109.2
111.4
113.3
49.5
49.5
49.6
50.4
48.2
48.6
48.5
48.1
112.6
111.0
109.0
110.6
100.2
100.0
95.1
96.4
107.9
105.6
96.9
100.7
95.1
91.5
86.9
88.3
84.6
87.8
86.7
80.8
94.2
85.8
81.4
85.8
109.3
104.9
99.5
96.6
49.6
49.6
49.7
49.5
48.3
47.9
47.3
47.8
91.0
85.4
75.3
76.5
111.7
113.7
114.7
117.0
98.5
98.3
96.9
98.2
99.4
100.6
98.6
94.7
86.0
86.7
85.1
87.1
91.4
92.3
91.3
87.9
81.6
84.2
79.0
80.8
93.2
96.5
92.4
99.8
49.5
49.5
49.4
49.5
47.8
47.4
47.1
47.3
79.5
82.9
85.6
86.3
81.3
86.1
85.0
73.9
113.8
113.0
113.1
112.3
95.8
98.2
102.5
102.8
87.0
89.6
92.7
95.7
83.7
89.7
90.7
91.4
79.1
79.3
80.2
74.6
77.6
88.3
92.0
93.2
95.1
92.0
92.1
93.8
49.5
49.6
50.0
49.3
47.9
48.0
48.2
47.4
87.5
88.1
71.7
74.6
112.2
112.4
94.8
93.4
98.8
98.7
93.4
92.3
78.0
83.2
94.8
92.6
91.2
93.7
49.4
47.8
4
125.9
80.0
79.9
100.0
90.6
93.6
95.8
92.4
884.1
100.0
97.9
93.7
93.8
93.8
889.3
100.0
86.8
89.5
85.9
88.5
875.5
100.0
86.6
90.6
97.2
89.3
8 88. 5
100.0
97.3
98.1
97.7
91.0
« 95. 2
100.0
88.3
89.4
87.8
85.5
892.3
100.0
102.2
105.2
111. 5
112.8
889.6
100.0
92.7
95.9
101.8
100.9
885.8
100.0
101.3
103.5
106.4
100.3
100.0
91.6
97.9
98.5
90.3
8 107. 9
100.0
95.6
92.7
87.7
85.2
878.1
100.0
87.5
93.5
92.8
85.0
90.4
96.2
96.2
•97.3
93.0
97.5
97.1
96.7
83.2
90.3
89.6
90.0
85.4
92.4
92.9
98.9
99.7
102. 4
100. 9
99.8
90.6
92.0
85.4
84.3
102.5
108.0
110.4
112.5
95.6
99.8
100.5
100.6
103.4
109.1
108.8
106.3
92.6
99.2
102.3
105.7
91.9
99.0
100.6
101.2
1926
January
February.. _ _
March
April „ .
93.9
97.9
99.1
97.2
94.1
92.9
91.9
88.6
90.8
93.0
,93.0
87.2
94.8
98.8
100.7
99.8
90.9
95.7
96.3
97.1
86.9
91.1
90.2
82.2
110.0
109.7
111.7
111.0
100.2
100.8
105.8
104.8
97.7
100.8
103.8
105.0
101.3
104.0
106.9
103.6
May
June.
July
August
95.6
95.5
91.2
94.6
91.8
93.9
93.5
93.5
83.1
81.4
76.2
80.6
98.2
98.4
93.0
94.8
79.4
82.7
86.8
93.7
111.0
110.8
108.5
109.2
100.0
100.0
96.9
98.9
110.1
112.4
104.0
110.5
95.1
98.6
95.4
95.6
96.3
97.9
95.8
95.2
82.9
88.1
84.8
89.2
96.0
99.4
96.0
96.3
98.3
100. 0
95.4
99.6
100.2
102.0
100.0
96.4
93.6
93.6
87.4
86.0
110.8
114.2
115.0
116.3
102.5
104.6
103.6
103.5
90.9
96.4
97.7
96.6
92.7
92.1
91.0
90.0
88.8
94.0
94.0
88.9
90.9
96.4
97.8
96.4
87.1
89.3
90.6
89.5
87.3
92.3
90.0
84.2
112.7
113.3
114.2
113.0
95.6
93.3
89.1
91.0
92.7
96.4
95.5
93.7
87.0
86.2
83.5
86.5
93.5
91.8
84.6
87.1
92.7
92.7
89.4
92.5
81.8
82.5
86.7
93.3
September
October
November
December
90.1
91.2
87.8
89.3
95.9
96.3
94.8
94.6
88.6
90.2
86.3
87.9
84.7
84.4
81.6
82,8
93.7
94.5
92.1
88.0
1928
January
_
February
March __
April
85.8
90.0
91.2
89.9
91.9
93.7
92.8
88.9
85.4
88.1
86.9
80.5
80.2
87.9
89.9
89.2
90.1
90.2
91.0
93.3
78.9
78.7
91.5
90.7
1925
September
October
November
December
_
September
October
November
December
__ _
._
1927
January
February
March
April
May
June _
July
August
__
.
May
._
June
July
August
Nomi- Actual
nal
1
._
September
October
November
December
I
•;
'
i
'
j
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represent weighted indexes of the amount of the pay roll at the date nearest the middle
of each month, for 52 industries combined into 12 groups as above. The groups are weighted in accordance with the aggregate earnings of the respective industries in 1919.
The actual data are obtained from a varying number of reporting firms each month, the months of 1925 covering over 9,000 firms, employing almost 3,000,000 people.
2 Compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board from reports from 1,678 manufacturing plants employing 506,315 people in January, 1921, and representing 23
industries. The nominal hours per week represent the weighted number of hours the plants are supposed normally to operate, while the actual hours represent the average
Man3 hours worked each week.
Includes enameled ware and brass, bronze, and copper products.
8
e
•* Average of last 7 months of the year.
Average of last 6 months of the year.
Data for this group not available in 1922.
731°— 28
8
114
Table 92.—FACTORY OPERATIONS AND LABOR TURNOVER
Per
cent
Per cent of full time
- ^91
93
95
97
* 87
88
93
97
93
94
94
93
4
88
93
94
98
*89
93
96
95
494
95
97
97
* 90
91
93
96
91
87
87
86
94
95
95
93
94
95
95
95
95
96
96
96
93
92
96
97
88
88
95
96
91
88
92
94
94
93
97
97
98
98
97
97
98
99
98
98
96
98
97
97
96
97
97
97
97
96
96
95
97
96
97
97
1924 monthly average -1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
4
TURNOVER
Discharges
Lay offs
1
Voluntary
quits
Departures s
Accessions 3
Ratio, a c t u a l
time to capacity 2
Miscellaneous
industries
Vehicles for land
transportation
Tobacco manufacture
LABOR
Non ferrous
metals
Stone, clay, and
glass products
ing
Chemicals and
other products
Paper and print-
Leather and its
finished products
Textiles and their
products
Iron and steel
and their products
Lumber and its
manufacture
YEAR AND MONTH
Food and kindred products
Total, 12 groups '
TIME OPERATED
Per cent of number on pay roll
(annual basis)
95
95
97
98
< 90
95
97
97
4 92
91
94
96
* 90
96
96
96
*91
92
95
95
* 93
96
97
98
<92
94
96
96
* 72
77
82
84
54.4
40.2
90
92
94
90
97
97
97
96
96
95
97
97
88
89
89
92
94
95
98
96
90
92
96
92
96
96
96
91
93
94
95
94
79
82
82
81
95
95
97
98
90
90
93
98
96
96
97
97
95
96
98
99
93
93
98
97
96
95
96
97
93
94
96
98
97
96
98
98
96
94
97
97
97
97
96
97
99
99
99
98
96
96
92
92
99
99
99
99
100
99
99
98
98
97
98
97
97
98
96
97
97
97
97
97
98
98
98
98
97
99
98
98
95
96
96
96
96
97
97
97
96
97
96
95
99
99
98
98
98
97
99
99
92
96
97
96
96
98
98
97
97
93
92
90
96
97
96
97
98
97
97
98
95
94
101
94
96
97
96
97
95
96
97
100
98
98
97
98
97
95
95
96
98
97
96
96
97
97
96
96
97
97
96
96
98
98
97
97
98
98
96
97
94
94
92
93
98
98
97
97
98
97
93
95
99
99
99
99
98
98
97
98
96
95
97
95
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
96
95
93
93
94
95
95
95
96
96
96
97
98
98
94
98
98
99
98
98
98
99
100
96
97
94
96
95
95
98
98
47.1
41.5
32 0
37.0
34.5
27.0
6.1
8.2
6.6
5.7
56.5
56.1
56.5
52.3
38.9
40.4
50.6
60.8
27.1
27.4
35.3
46.2
4.7
6.5
7.1
6.1
7.1
6.5
8.2
8.5
80
78
83
84
60.0
57.2
54.2
65.9
50.6
46.2
53.0
51.8
37.7
35.3
38.9
40.0
5.9
6.1
7.1
4.7
7.1
4.9
7.1
7.1
98
98
97
97
86
86
84
84
69.4
57.7
40.2
27.1
58.4
43.6
40.2
30.6
47.5
31.8
25.6
20.0
4.9
4.7
8.5
7.1
6.1
7.1
6.1
3.5
98
98
98
99
96
96
96
97
83
84
85
85
36.3
41.7
43.2
47.5
40.8
36.9
42.5
48.3
23.1
21.8
29.8
32.4
12.3
9.6
6.4
9.7
5.4
5.5
6.3
6.2
91
94
95
95
98
98
98
99
96
96
95
96
84
84
84
84
48.0
45.0
37.8
39.6
44.7
43.9
35.7
36.4
31.9
29.1
24.4
23.0
7.6
8.0
6.0
8.5
5.2
6.8
5.3
4.9
95
95
95
95
96
97
97
97
98
98
98
98
96
96
95
97
86
85
82
81
43.6
40.8
31.6
23.7
46.2
39.6
31.5
27.2
33.6
25.3
18.0
14.8
6.4
8.5
9.3
8.6
6.0
5.8
4.2
3.8
95
96
96
97
96
97
96
97
96
94
94
93
98
98
98
99
95
95
96
97
81
82
83
83
33.4
32.0
36.5
41.3
27.8
28.2
31.8
37.9
15.9
14.7
19.5
25.4
8.3
7.9
8.1
7.5
3.6
4.7
4.2
5.0
98
97
94
98
96
84
47.2
36.9
42.1
38.0
28.7
26.8
8.4
6.8
5.0
4.4
1936
January
February
March
April
._
. ._
_
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
_.
1927
January.
February
March
April
May
June _
July
August
.-
.
-
September
October
November
December
. _ . ._
1928
January..
February
March
April.
.
.--
-
May
June
July
August
September
October _
November
December
_
_
1 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, from reports of over 9,000 firms, employing almost 3,000,000 people showing the percentage
of full time worked by the force actually employed. Details for individual industries of each group and percentage of firms operated at full time are given in "Employment
Selected in Industries," issued each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2
These data, compiled by multiplying the percentage of capacity operated, as shown in the following table, by the percentage of time operated, as shown in this table,
indicate the approximate actual employment time relative to capacity.
3 Compiled by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company covering 135 companies employing about 600,000 wage earners for the period 1919-1925. Beginning with 1926,
data are from about 100 companies each month. Rates are based on median reports rather than arithmetic mean, to throw out exceptional cases. The annual turnover
rates were derived from the monthly rates by multiplying each month rate by 365 (366 for leap years) and dividing by the number of calendar days in the month represented. The total separation rate is the arithmetic sum of the last 3 columns. Monthly data on voluntary quits from 1919 appeared in the March, 1927, issue (No. 67), p. 25.
4
Average of last 10 months of year.
115
Table 93.—FACTORY FORCES RELATIVE TO CAPACITY
Total,
12
groups *
YEAR AND MONTH
Food Textiles
and
kin-
dred
products
and
their
products
VehiTocles
MiscelLum- Leather Paper Chem- Stone
and
clay,
icals
laneNon- bacco
for
ber its fin- and
and
and
ous
and its ished print- other glass ferrous2 manu- land
trans- indusmetals
their manu- prodfacing
prod- prodture porta- tries
prod- facture
Iron
and
and
steel
ucts
ucts
ucts
ucts
tion
Per cent of full capacity
1924 monthly average 31925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthlv average
79
83
87
87
78
82
88
89
78
85
87
91
70
76
82
83
87
89
89
85
73
82
87
89
89
92
94
95
76
78
80
77
84
85
88
85
69
80
84
84
77
83
87
90
82
86
89
87
73
78
84
84
_
82
82
82
85
76
81
78
84
85
84
84
86
75
74
74
78
89
89
88
89
79
79
80
85
92
91
91
91
73
66
72
73
83
85
85
88
77
81
81
86
79
80
84
86
83
85
86
87
76
76
77
78
September
October
November
December
84
85
85
85
86
86
87
87
84
85
86
86
76
78
78
79
90
90
90
89
85
86
85
81
92
94
94
95
80
79
74
80
87
87
88
85
83
83
81
81
87
88
87
89
86
89
88
87
78
81
82
83
85
87
87
87
85
86
84
85
87
89
88
86
79
80
82
82
89
88
88
88
82
87
88
86
94
94
95
94
83
86
89
85
85
87
86
89
86
86
87
86
85
86
89
88
88
89
88
95
82
83
83
83
86
85
86
87
86
86
90
89
86
84
83
85
81
81
81
82
88
88
91
90
84
82
84
88
94
92
93
93
74
72
72
80
91
91
91
90
84
82
82
82
88
84
85
87
89
87
89
88
86
80
85
84
88
88
87
87
91
92
89
87
87
89
89
88
82
82
82
86
89
89
88
88
91
91
90
88
94
95
95
95
83
82
78
75
88
87
86
81
82
82
82
84
86
90
88
86
88
88
88
88
86
87
86
85
86
87
88
88
85
85
85
85
89
91
91
91
84
86
86
86
85
84
85
85
88
89
91
87
95
94
95
94
77
80
90
91
78
79
83
87
82
84
87
87
84
87
88
87
86
88
90
90
84
86
86
87
87
87
87
87
87
90
89
96
90
89
89
90
84
84
78
84
84
85
85
86
86
88
89
91
94
93
93
94
75
70
70
68
89
90
90
88
84
84
83
83
87
88
90
87
90
89
89
89
85
82
81
82
89
88
85
84
92
92
89
88
92
92
91
91
83
83
81
80
86
87
84
82
93
92
84
86
95
96
98
97
77
74
79
77
87
85
86
82
83
84
82
82
92
95
97
93
89
89
77
78
83
83
84
85
January
February
March
April
84
85
86
86
86
87
86
85
90
90
89
87
80
82
83
84
81
81
82
83
90
90
90
86
96
96
95
95
78
81
86
85
81
81
83
84
81
85
87
90
90
90
91
90
80
82
87
90
86
84
84
84
May
June
July
August
87
85
87
85
82
84
94
75
86
89
90
93
85
1925
Mav
June
July
August
_
1926
January . __
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
_ _
September
October ._
November
December
January.
February
March
April
1927
_
May
June
July
August
_. _.
_
_
September
October _ ..
November
December
1928
September
October
November
December
_
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, from reports of over 9,000 firms, employing almost 3,000,000 people, showing the percentage
of their capacity force employed each 1month. Details for individual industries of each group and percentage of firms operated at full capacity and at full time are given
in "Employment in Selected Industries, ' issued each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
a
Includes enameled ware, bronze, and copper products.
* Average of last 10 months of year.
116
Table 94.—ADVERTISING AND MAIL DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
MAIL-ORDER HOUSE SALES 1
Total '
SecMontond
gomery
class 3
50
50
Ward
indus- (quar& Co. selected trial terly)
cities
cities
Total
Sears,
Roebuck
& Co.
YEAR AND MONTH
i
3
houses houses
POSTAL RECEIPTS
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1P26
1927
May
June
July
August
$7, 965
8,427
9,389
12, 237
14, 856
16, 544
21, 494
$3, 311
3,420
4,113
5,178
6,592
6,662
8,838
$13, 543
14, 611
17, 066
18, 380
30, 409
21, 162
22, 887
29, 182
32, 075
36, 870
39, 330
41, 275
21, 216
14, 832
15, 181
17, 962
18, 515
21, 529
22, 725
24, 408
9,193
6,330
7,706
11, 220
13, 560
15, 341
16, 605
16, 867
20, 688
20, 759
22, 901
25, 085
26, 335
28, 831
30, 605
31,337
38, 789
41, 849
36, 639
41, 406
33, 742
36, 039
32, 967
37, 795
19, 994
19, 341
20, 961
23, 970
13, 748
16, 698
12, 006
13, 825
29, 323
29, 881
26, 300
28, 478
3,082
3,069
2,988
3,197
46, 218
57, 776
58, 368
65, 733
40, 987
50, 869
51, 229
59, 494
24, 609
29, 302
29, 847
34, 486
16, 378
21, 567
21, 382
25, 008
30, 152
32, 450
32, 799
40, 823
3,291
3,395
3,331
4,448
37, 465
38, 392
41, 787
40, 100
24, 240
23, 842
23, 986
24, 159
13, 225
14, 550
17, 801
15, 941
30, 579
30, 547
34, 280
30, 758
3,438
3,482
3,670
3,348
40, 074
44, 848
1927
_ _
September
October
November
December.
1928
January
February..
March
April
$2, 525
2, 598
2,684
2,898
2, 860
3,367
5,051
$11, 276
11,847
13, 502
17, 415
21, 448
23, 206
30, 332
37, 693
26, 190
28, 695
36, 098
38, 421
43, 173
45, 044
46, 678
monthly average.
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average.. ._
monthly average
monthly average
.
May
June
J
Julv
August
24, 203
25, 669
15, 871
19, 179
31, 589
29,990
3,276
3,094
September
October
November
December
1
..
Paid
Foreign 5
Maga- News- Weight
diszine 6 paper 7 patched s
Issued
1
9
$2? 157
2,333
2,593
2, 809
3,068
3,274
3, 359
5,914
4,898
6,851
7, 233
7,386
7, 664
8,202
8,141
8, 197
7,585
8,199
8,670
Number
Value Number
Value
Thousands
Thousands of dollars
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average,. _ .
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
$36, 569
Domestic < (50 principal cities)
AIR
MAIL
ADVERTISING
POSTAL MONEY ORDE&S
Thous. Thouof dolls. sands
Thousands of
dollars
Thousands of
agate lines
Pounds
6,313 $34, 812
7,248
40, 592
7,149 44, 863
50, 587
6,784
7,773
65, 356
1,315
1,470
1,610
1,711
1,895
$11, 467
12, 702
14, 657
17, 837
21, 713
$8, 526
6,781
4,464
3,667
3,230
3,151
3, 030
8,098
8,211
9,409
10, 391
10, 797
11, 161
11,008
11, 120
72, 432
64, 827
68, 462
78, 913
84,515
81, 288
87, 304
86, 490
2, 059
2,107
2,340
2,684
2,981
3,105
3,175
3,292
25, 017
23, 351
24, 544
28. 005
29, 831
31, 094
33, 176
34, 060
2,390
1,877
2,282
3,531
4,306
4,669
5,579
5,906
2,305
1,480
1,573
1,953
2,034
2,094
2,272
2,289
95, 832
86, 661
91, 131
97, 402
96, 469
101,916
105, 989 1° 19, 948
101, 475
88, 792
10, 348
10, 951
9,529
10, 120
83, 189
85, 373
76, 970
82, 538
3,240
3,126
2,994
3,162
33, 931
32, 177
32, 759
33, 234
4,966
5,599
5,446
5,346
2,770
2, 350
1, 864
1, 734
113, 444
100, 550
84, 138
82, 865
46, 133
55, 026
99, 589
102, 051
10, 167
11, 659
11,954
13, 516
84, 383
76, 574
97, 863
102, 259
2,994
3,363
3,381
3,759
31, 667
35, 147
34, 860
37, 452
5,925
5,515
5,745
11, 524
2,128
2,542
2,599
2,289
100, 737
115, 472
108, 671
106, 430
146, 486
153, 649
141, 282
165, 768
10, 468
10, 645
12, 356
10, 941
78, 220
78, 887
92, 750
84, 068
3,416
3,340
3,764
3,417
34, 117
33, 077
36, 739
33, 967
4,895
4,574
6,408
4,555
1,811
2,176
2,517
2,926
95, 545
89,023
105, 595
107, 115
144, 289
153, 363
173, 929
171, 028
11,014
86, 110
3,461
35, 277
5,169
2,812
2,571
105, 928
98, 272
199, 409
1,224
1,161
1.147
1,415
1,490
1,344
1,890
61, 440
62, 671
61, 067
83, 859
1 ~ ~~ -~
1
ji
!i
>
1
ji
jj
|
j
1
|
ir
Sales of four principal mail-order houses compiled by Federal Reserve Board and include Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward & Co., National Cloak & Suit Co.,
Larkin & Co. Data on two chief houses, extending back to 1913, total the sales of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co.
2
Data from U. S. Post Office Department, comprising receipts for transporting all classes of mail. The 50 selected cities cover the largest cities in the country, the
industrial cities comprising the 50 most representative industrial cities in the next largest group. The war revenue act of Oct. 3, 1917, provided for an increase in the rate for
first-class letter mail from 2 cents per ounce or fraction thereof prior to Nov. 1, 1917, to 3 cents per ounce or fraction thereof, from Nov. 1, 1917, to July 1, 1919, and an increase
of the rate on postal and post cards from 1 cent to 2 cents each during the same period. Since July 1, 1919, the old rates on first-class mail have been restored. Under this
act a stamp tax of 1 cent for each 25 cents postage charge or fraction thereof is collectible on parcel-post matter. Effective Apr. 15, 1925, the new postal rates applicable almost
entirely to matter other than first class have operated to increase the magnitude of these data, thereby affecting their comparability from this point forward.
3
Note that these data from U. S. Post Office Department represent quarters ending in the months specified and the annual figures represent quarterly averages for each
year, not monthly averages. Second-class mail comprises regular mailings of periodicals. The war revenue act of Oct. 3, 1917, provided for a series of graduated annual rate
increases on second-class mail as follows, compared with a flat rate of 1 cent per pound previous to July 1, 1918. From July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919, \Y± cents, and since July
1, 1919, \}/i cents per pound, these changes applying regardless of zone or distance, to portions of publications devoted to reading matter. For the advertised portions the
country was divided into eight zones, each with a graduated rate and its corresponding annual increase, beginning with July 1, 1918, and reaching the maximum on July
1, 1921, making, for the first time, a differentiation between the rates on reading and advertising matter.
4
Total of 50 cities transacting two-thirds of the total money-order business of the country from the U. S. Post Office Department^ Money orders paid include, in addition to those both issued and payable in the 50 cities, those presented for payment but issued at any of the other offices in the United States and the 22 foreign countries,
mostly in North America and West Indies, to which domestic postage rates apply.
5
Money orders issued to 67 principal foreign countries, representing practically the total international money orders issued by U. S. Post Office Department.
e These figures represent the number of lines of advertising carried by the 60 leading magazines dated for the month noted, as compiled by Printer's Ink, classified,
'
,
.
as follows: 20 'general, 15 women's, 16 class, and 9 weeklies.
? Compiled by the New York Evening Post from 22 identical cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles,
Buffalo, San Francisco, Milwaukee. Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville, St. Paul, Birmingham, and Houston. For
the years 1916 to 1918 no reports were available for Boston, Louisville, Houston, and Columbus. The totals for those years were computed from the actual reports of tho
18 other cities, allowing 13.85 per cent of the total to the four missing cities, the average ratio of those cities to the total in the subsequent years.
8 Compiled by the U. S. Post Office Department, showing total weight of mails dispatched. Monthly figures since the inauguiation of the air mail in February, 1928,
appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 22. Details for each route showing miles of route and service, frequency of trips and payments to contractors are given in the
department's monthly statistical report on air mail.
9
6 months' average, July to December, inclusive.
w 11 months' average, February to December, inclusive.
117
Table 95.—CHAIN-STORE AND MAIL-ORDER SALES
MAILORDER
HOUSES
I
I
GROCERIES
FIVE AND
TEN
WEARING
APPAREL
CIGAR
DRUG
SHOE
CANDY
With
With
With
With
With
With
With
With
Actual seasonal Actual seasonal Actual seasonal Actual seasonal Actual seasonal Actual seasonal ; Actual seasonal Actual seasonal
correccorreccorreccorreccorreccorreccorreccorrection
tion
tion
tion
tion
tion
tion
tion
YEAR AND MONTH
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
93
96
67
73
92
98
110
115
120
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average _
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
53
64
66
74
88
99
113
125
138
45
66
59
69
85
97
118
143
174
*
79
96
95
93
98
100
102
111
110
64
36
52
59
64
83
98
119
149
189
s
82
93
98
109
126
143
53
73
75
77
93
101
106
114
119
91
86
86
93
101
106
113
115
I
1926
January
February
March
...
...
April
.. .
108
103
121
112
116
115
107
112
131
129
144
147
133
135
135
142
89
92
107
110
103
118
112
117
84
88
122
134
136
134
131
140
114
111
124
122
119
119
120
123
92
92
102
108
107
106
104
109
83
75
109
126
112
108
108
104
89
92
110
120
112
108
111
112
May
.
June
July
August
98
105
91
91
117
119
119
120
140
143
143
131
140
143
145
143
116
111
112
111
125
121
124
124
150
138
127
122
151
140
154
149
122
119
126
123
125
121
124
128
115
109
112
106
114
112
111
111
132
116
111
93
120
106
121
116
117
108
112
103
122
115
114
107
September
October
November
December
113
140
143
155
111
116
114
118
133
150
155
167
142
148
153
154
115
140
135
258
127
132
130
133
157
201
200
263
152
153
159
162
124
133
128
169
128
134
135
137
109
116
107
159
111
115
111
114
108
120
114
163
115
112
108
119
116
121
123
161
115
119
123
113
103
101
125
120
111
112
117
113
155
148
174
172
157
155
163
166
96
104
116
135
130
133
128
137
100
114
148
199
163
173
175
192
134
129
143
144
140
139
139
144
97
99
111
113
113
115
113
115
82
84
96
150
111
121
104
117
95
103
115
136
120
121
116
127
99
107
93
105
118
121
127
133
171
178
167
170
172
179
176
179
123
123
121
130
132
135
139
140
171
172
157
165
172
175
199
193
134
136
141
140
137
138
144
139
113
109
111
106
113
112
114
107
109
118
109
101
99
108
124
121
115
114
112
110
120
121
119
110
118
147
149
167
122
117
119
128
171
190
189
202
183
187
186
186
128
153
148
279
141
144
140
147
198
250
250
350
192
191
198
215
137
151
144
182
141
152
152
148
106
111
105
156
107
109
107
111
108
121
118
178
115
112
112
130
119
124
125
164
118
122
124
115
105
108
125
115
113
116
113
117
188
194
209
202
191
195
196
203
104
115
133
135
140
142
142
147
121
137
200
195
197
201
224
205
146
148
163
154
153
153
157
161
90
96
107
100
105
107
109
105
87
86
117
130
117
120
119
109
100
106
119
130
129
120
120
125
116
127
132
144
213
207
206
208
139
139
144
153
221
216
213
219
164
162
161
164
110
108
105
111
130
147
113
134
127
122
127
129
1927
January.
February
March
April
.-
May
June
July
August.- ._
September
October,
November
December
._
_
__
1928
January
_ ._
February...
March
April
_
May
June _
July
August
September
October
November
December
.r
i Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from reports of the following stores in 1927: 34 grocery chains with 29,433 stores and $1,359,371,361 in sales, 14 ten-cent chains with 2,944 stores and $580,773,589 in sales, 5 apparel chains with 1,080 stores and $198,672,838 in sales, 13 drug chains with 936 stores and
$120,222,701 in sales, 4 cigar chains with 3,471 stores and $110,119,595 in sales, 7 shoe chains with 625 stores and $43,183,331 in sales, 4 candy chains with 269 stores and $32,717,017 in sales, and 4 mail-order houses with $562,765,581 in sales. In the earlier years the number of chains was generally less, and changes are being made in the list as
new chains are added, but the data are all related to the sales of the same chains in the base period. The seasonal adjustment allows for number of working-days in the
month (excluding Sundays and 6 national holidays), and seasonal eliminations are computed by the ratio-to-moving-average method; allowance is also made for the variation
in the date of Easter. Complete description of this index is given in the Federal Reserve Bulletin for April, 1928, pp. 232-242. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the May
1928, issue of the SURVEY (No. 81), p. 20.
118
Table 96.—TEN-CENT CHAIN STORES
F. W.
WOOLWORTH S. S. KRESGE
^u'
|
CO.
TOTAL 2
(4 chains)
YEAR AND
MONTH
Sales
Average
per store Stores
Sales
Thous. Num- Thous. Num- Thous. Num- Thous. Num- Thous. Num- Thous. NumThous.
of dolls. dumber of dolls. ber of dolls. ber of dolls. ber of dolls. ber jf dolls. ber of dolls. ber
1
Dollars
Number
$7, 972
8,544
9,582
11, 278
12, 806
14, 520
16, 575
$7, 909
7,839
8, 086
8,398
8,820
9,680
10, 728
1,008
1,090
1,185
1,343
1,452
1,500
1,545
$5, 519 .
5,801
6,333
7,257
8,174
8,931
9, 958
684
737
805
920
1,000
1,039
1,081
$1, 105
1,341
1, 745
2,200
2,508
3,026
3, 556
100
118
140 \
19, 575
20, 561
23, 344
27, 555
30, 922
35, 038
38, 111
41, 986
12, 234
12, 560
13, 780
15, 199
15, 809
16, 968
17, 167
17, 300
1,600
1,637
1,694
1,813
1,956
2,065
2,220
2,427
11, 741
12, 302
13, 934
16, 120
17, 956
19, 912
21, 137
22, 729
1,111
1,137
1,176
1,261
1, 364
1,420
1,484
1,588
4,270
4, 655
5, 433
6, 820
7, 508
8,831
9, 935
11, 147
27, 816
28, 437
33, 162
33, 780
13, 386
13, 645
15, 836
16, 055
2,078
2,084
2,094
2,104
15, 162
15, 478
18, 308
18, 967
1,423
1,423
1,431
1,435
May
June __
July
August
35, 696
33, 026
34, 457
34, 088
16, 886
15, 520
16, 086
15, 825
2,114
2,128
2,142
2,154
20, 264
19, 022
19, 401
19, 015
September
October
November
December
35, 202
42, 913
41,251
77, 508
16, 207
19, 586
18, 716
34, 911
2,172
2,191
2,204
2,220
1937
January
February
March
April
29, 651
31, 986
35, 578
40, 782
13, 338
14, 254
15, 736
17, 879
May
June
July
August
37, 560
37, 451
36, 884
39, 539
September
October
November
December.
1938
January
February
March
April.
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
av
1936
January
February
March
April
_.
May__.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1
W. T. GRANT 1
CO.
F. &W.
GRAND
Sales Stores Sales Stores Sales Stores Sales Stores Sales Stores SaJes Stores
i
1
Stores
Thous.
of dolls.
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
METROPOLITAN
S. II. KRESS
CO.
STORES
CORP.
$450
411
468
566
655
800
957
110
116
117
132
143
147
148
$898
991
1,036
1,255
1, 469
1, 763
2,104
114
119
123
130
144
145
145
$478
119
$661
188
^
199
212
233
256
298
368
435
1,198
1,195
1,423
1,781
2,103
2,465
2, 801
3. 278
156
159
161
167
176
181
199
221
2,415
2,409
2,554
2,834
3, 355
3,830
4,323
4,838
145
142
145
152
160
166
169
183
868
538
520
615
652
732
917
1,023
145
84
83
68
68
72
81
91
735
305
360
452
548
711
875
1,074
7,451
7,496
8,472
8,591
305
312
316
322
2,157
2,183
2,538
2,458
183
182
180
180
3,046
3,280
3,844
3,764
167
167
167
167
567
583
684
748
72
72
72
74
1,442
1,451
1,460
1,465
8,993
8, 834
8,886
8,713
325
329
332
338
2,492
2, 363
2,474
2,506
180
181
183
184
3,947
3,807
3,696
3,854
167
167
167
167
867
856
831
801
19, 339
24, 802
22, 535
41, 349
1,471
1,482
1,484
1,484
9,439
10, 935
10, 957
20, 451
345
354
362
368
2, 543
2, 916
2,937
6,039
189
187
189
199
3,881
4,260
4,822
9,669
167
168
169
169
2,223
2, 244
2,261
2,281
16,117
17, 379
19, 601
22, 351
1,484
1,494
1, 505
1,515
7, 956
8,309
9,183
10, 788
370
376
382
388
2,286
2,763
2, 864
3,314
199
201
202
205
3,292
3, 535
3,930
4,329
16, 330
16, 185
15, 803
16, 832
2,300
2,314
2,334
2,349
20, 916
20, 407
20, 176
21, 400
1,528
1,533
1,546
1,552
9,602
10, 064
9,791
10, 513
392
398
404
409
2,879
2,869
2,877
3,037
208
211
213
214
38, 738
46, 498
44, 254
84, 977
16, 338
19, 407
18, 325
35, 013
2,371
2,396
2,415
2,427
20, 740
26, 032
23, 731
43, 897
1,568
1,584
1,588
1,588
10, 422
12, 084
12,011
23, 044
413
419
427
435
3,022
3,332
3,236
6,857
31, 901
35, 363
40, 447
39, 765
13, 123
14, 457
16, 395
16, 060
2,431
2,446
2, 467
2,476
17, 114
19,001
21, 839
21, 937
1,591
1,603
1,619
1,624
8, 658
9,320
10, 855
10, 784
436
439
443
445
42, 234
42, 097
16, 975
16, 778
2,488
2,509
22, 997
22, 400
1, 634
1,652
11, 340
11, 834
449
450
i
19
22
25
30
32
33
19
19
22
23
28
37
41
55
845
1,051
1,257
1, 695
2,070
2,514
2,995
3,610
38
45
50
58
70
77
106
151
641
632
764
787
37
37
38
38
2,065
1,951
2,310
2,562
77
78
80
81
80
80
80
80
803
779
790
703
38
40
40
40
2,867
2,640
2,417
2,371
83
88
89
92
872
1,048
1,010
2,139
81
81
81
81
799
1,025
954
1,819
40
41
41
41
2,772
3,799
3,726
6,455
95
101
104
106
170
172
172
171
655
693
801
1,000
81
82
82
82
657
711
878
1,188
44
48
50
52
2,205
2,248
2,789
3,364
106
109
111
115
4,163
4,111
4,058
4,564
172
172
172
174
855
903
864
965
83
86
86
90
935
1,018
913
947
53
53
53
54
3,160
3,299
3,018
3,114
117
119
121
126
215
217
219
221
4,556
5,069
5,272
11, 182
175
176
181
183
978
1,120
1, 090
2,349
90
90
91
91
1,005
1,223
1,140
2,267
55
55
55
55
3,279
4,275
4,366
8,205
130
135
145
151
221
221
222
222
3,760
4,175
4,630
4,984
183
183
183
185
692
752
912
918
91
91
93
93
800
901
1, 128
1,172
62
63
64
65
2,624
2,843
3,707
3,656
154
158
161
172
2,974
3,097
165
169
171
$253
301
370
495
644
2, 369
2,867
3,123
3, 060
161 ;
221
223
4,923
4,766
184
184
972
1.027
93
94
1,153
1,259
66
70
4,096
4,366
175
181
i
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1
This table is submitted in response to a demand for publication of the figures of sales of the large individual ten-cent chains, as compiled from published reports in
financial papers or as reported directly by the companies. Sales data represent the retail sales in dollar values of the ten-cent chains shown, while the annual figures of stores
operated represent not an average of stores in operation for the year, but the stores operated at the end of each year. Monthly data on sales from 1920 appeared in May,
1922, issue (No. 9), p. ill. Many of the companies listed above do not limit the sales prices of their individual articles to 10 cents, some selling articles valued as high as
$1, but they all come within the broad classification popularly known as "ten-cent stores."
2
Includes F. W. Woolworth, S. S. Kresge Co., McCrory'Stores Corporation, and S. II. Kress Co.
119
Table 97.—RESTAURANT AND OTHER CHAIN STORES
RESTAURANT CHAINS
Waldorf J. R.
Childs System, ThompCo.
Inc. |son Co.
Total, 3 chains
YEAR AND
MONTH
Sales
Thous.
of dolls.
Average
per store Stores
Dollars
Number
OTHER CHAIN STORES
\
If art man n
Corp.
(furnishings)
Isaac Silver
& Bros.
Sales Stores
Sales
Thous. Numof dolls. ber
Thous. of dollars
Sales
i
Stores
Thous. Numof dolls. ber
Sales
United Cigar
Stores Co.
Stores Sales
Thous. Numof dolls. ber
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
av.
av.
av.
av.
av.
$710
718
756
898
1,141
$375
448
571
696
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
mo. av.
mo. av.
mo. av.
mo. av.
mo. av.
$3, 681
3,954
4,224
$14, 050
13, 972
13, 582
262
283
311
1,228
1,384
1,828
2,110
2,127
$790
820
1,127
746
937
1,063
1,023
970
2 $170
202
26
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av.
mo. av.
rno. av_
mo. av_
mo. av.
4,555
4,576
4,679
4,964
4,843
13, 972
13, 341
13, 681
14, 062
13, 302
326
343
342
353
364
2,308
2,298
2,367
2,493
2,400
1,263
1,237
1,229
1,272
1,247
984
1,041
1,083
1,199
1,196
1936
May
June
July
August
4,962
4,954
4,725
4,899
14, 137
14, 114
13, 423
13,839
351
351
352
354
2, 450
2,495
2,376
2,549
1,275
1,249
1,178
1,197
September..
October
November..
December..
5,179
5,172
4,918
5,334
14, 548
14, 528
13, 815
14, 899
356
356
356
358
2,682
2,593
2,466
2,699
1937
January
February. -.
March
April
5,029
4,591
5,049
5,023
13, 931
12, 717
13, 948
13, 914
361
361
362
361
4.849
4,625
. . 4,565
4,863
13, 395
12, 776
12, 610
13, 360
Stores
Thous. Numof dolls. ber
$220
297
402
701
1,240
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
May
June
July .
August
J. C. Penney
Co.
(clothing)
45
67
80
117
165
A. Schulte, G. C. Murphy
Inc.
Co.
(cigars)
Sales Stores Sales
Stores
Thous. Num- Thous. Numof dolls. ber of dolls. ber
$2, 465
2,492
2,587
2,985
3,576
8
$1, 091
1,294
965
1,173
8
8
9
10
1,778
2,398
3,569
3,887
4,086
192
197
312
313
371
4,336
5,172
6,637
6,339
6,079
233
266
329
397
468
10
12
14
19
19
1,503
1,638
1,468
1,565
1,472
16
16
17
15
19
5,183
6,188
7,539
9,640
12, 588
475
569
671
747
891
6,272
6,232
6,266
6,687
6,682
1,237
1,210
1,171
1,153
346
329
367
336
15
15
16
16
2,112
1,630
1,222
1,643
16
16
15
15
9,798
9,092
8,325
8,085
694
697
697
723
1,326
1,335
1,259
1,373
1,171
1,244
1,193
1,262
397
464
477
951
17
18
18
19
2,046
1,605
1,391
1,440
15
15
15
15
10, 622
13, 256
13, 333
15, 986
2,537
2,319
2,522
2,443
1,267
1,154
1,284
1,382
1,225
1,118
1,243
1,198
281
311
388
465
22
22
22
22
842
1,152
1,168
2,427
16
17
17
17
362
362
362
364
2,402
2,281
2,256
2,463
1,225
1,171
1,154
1,217
1,222
1.173
1,155
1,183
410
430
415
394
21
21
21
21
1,841
1,245
1,066
1,706
$672
1,084
1,230
1,370
224
224
224
224
$120
171
186
225
45
53
63
62
2,439
2,572
2,980
3,134
3,151
1,666
1,892
2,079
2,396
2,420
250
255
268
292
299
329
419
540
713
853
75
85
88
92
113
6,945
6,623
6,783
6,472
2,993
3,017
3,027
3,039
2,502
2,314
2,388
2,260
278
282
285
287
622
603
612
606
88
88
88
88
735
743
746
747
6,560
6,878
6,517
9,478
3,059
3,091
3,125
3,134
2,442
2, 693
2,312
3,574
286
289
291
292
686
767
799
1,822
88
90
92
92
6,331
7,497
9,968
13, 721
800
807
826
832
5,723
5,715
6,500
6,652
3,109
3,096
3,102
3,112
2,204
2,362
2,542
2,592
294
294
294
294
551
608
693
871
92
92
92
98
17
17
17
17
11, 632
11, 617
10,441
11, 007
885
787
842
854
6,774
6,471
6,593
6,447
3,105
3,106
3,115
3,143
2,493
2,471
2,447
2,225
290
296
296
297
733
732
735
736
98
100
103
107
SeptemberOctober
November..
December __
4,844
4,893
4,699
5,082
13, 235
13, 369
12, 804
13, 735
366
366
367
370
2,437
2,378
2,275
2,490
1,246
1,291
1,239
1,330
1,161
430
509
1,224
513
1,185
1,262 ' 1,065
20
20
19
19
1,919
1,478
1,312
1,505
18
18
19
19
13, 735
17, 165
17,054
21,796
883
889
890
891
6,473
6,822
6,534
9,475
3,139
3,143
3,148
3,151
2,164
2,231
2,076
3,233
297
297
298
299
771
875
865
2,064
108
111
115
113
1938
January
February...
March
April.
4,808
4,511
4,785
4,561
13, 019
12, 258
13,003
12, 360
369
368
368
369
2,346
2,187
2,286
2,171
1,227
1,160
1,261
1,183
1,235
1,164
1,245
1,207
312
388
480
512
22
23
23
23
907
1,096
1,234
2,185
19
19
20
20
7,722
8,906
13, 134
12, 993
913
914
930
945
5,562
5,926
6,578
6,242
3,151
3,113
3,118
3,151
1,826
1,902
2,153
1,915
300
298
296
298
598
673
788
930
113
113
111
111
4,629
4,429
12, 613
12,035
367
368
2,132
2,040
1,241
1,180
1,256
1,209
469
516
23
25
1,526
1,170
20
20
14, 830
14, 129
953
953
6,959
6,740
3,182
3,206
2,036
2,075
291
298
896
881
115
116
May
June
__
July ...
August
September
October
November.
December
1
Data compiled from published reports in financial papers or reported directly by the company to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. These
sales data represent money values. Data for Jones Brothers Tea Co, from 1920 appeared in December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 56. Monthly data for Childs Co., including
the operations of Boos Bros., since January, 1920 (comparable to present series), were given in the July, 1927, issue (No. 71), p. 21. Data for the Waldorf System include
sales of the Ginter Company and its predecessors from the middle of 1922 until its absorption into the Waldorf System in 1927, the 1922 average including undistributed
estimate for the Ginter Company for the first five months of that year. Monthly data on K 0 basis appeared in the September, 1927,issue (No. 73), p. 21, while datafor
this q cn
1920 through 1922 for Waldorf System alone appeared in the October, 1923, issue (No. 26), p^
^"'
ix^i^-f /*„*-„ ~™ ,,~™.
4^^ — 1 ^ ^ ~ ~ ^ ± \
™—<-u~ TV*—<-v,i,,
data for Schulte Cigar Stores from 1921 appeared in June, 1923, issue (No. 22), ] '"
in May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. Ill, and later data for Owl Drug in the August,
February, 1928, issue (No. 78). Yearly data represent number of stores in operation at end of the year indicated.
2
7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
120
Table 98.—DEPARTMENT-STORE SALES
INSTALL
MENT3
SALES
VALUE OF SALES, BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS 1
United States
YEAR AND MONTH
Adjusted
Unad- Boston
justed
New
York
Phila- Clevedelphia land
RichSt. Minne- Kansas
mond Atlanta Chicago Louis apolis City 2 Dallas
San
FranCisco
Per cent
to total
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
78
94
87
88
98
99
103
106
106
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average _.
monthly average
monthlv average
monthly average _
New
England
78
91
89
92
98
100
102
105
106
76
91
87
89
96
99
105
109
111
79
93
89
91
101
99
100
102
95
77
98
86
87
100
99
101
103
104
84
93
89
86
97
99
104
107
105
94
113
96
90
100
98
102
106
107
82
85
98
98
104
111
112
90
89
99
98
103
105
103
93
105
97
93
99
99
102
99
97
95
100
95
95
98
117
97
90
96
100
104
109
106
68
83
79
83
96
99
105
110
113
5.2
6.2
6.7
1926
January
February
March
April
106
104
101
103
89
81
102
103
101
74
95
104
94
83
98
103
86
78
103
98
83
81
98
102
87
78
107
103
86
87
103
106
87
86
107
107
85
85
105
108
85
76
93
107
79
73
92
94
91
90
107
103
91
82
109
104
9.4
8.8
5.7
5.0
May
June
July
August
107
102
104
107
107
101
78
83
104
105
77
76
106
104
76
78
105
98
70
71
106
97
78
85
108
102
78
77
114
101
77
80
116
106
84
89
105
96
72
81
101
92
81
84
92
90
72
76
112
103
76
87
107
99
91
107
5.1
3.6
5.2
8.6
109
110
100
110
101
124
121
184
97
120
119
182
104
134
129
196
88
119
124
180
97
121
113
177
91
127
132
197
89
124
123
181
118
125
123
183
105
126
122
172
103
109
101
152
98
103
107
164
109
127
121
178
109
118
116
193
5.8
5.5
7.8
3.7
1937
January
February
March
April
106
106
105
105
89
83
100
111
103
78
97
111
96
85
99
112
80
78
94
103
85
82
98
116
84
78
99
110
85
88
99
109
84
90
108
117
79
83
98
108
81
76
92
104
80
76
89
98
87
86
97
109
96
85
109
115
10.5
8.0
5.4
5.1
May... ._
June
July
August
103
104
103
111
102
101
75
89
100
110
74
84
102
109
74
84
94
97
65
73
105
99
78
93
103
100
73
80
108
99
76
86
108
107
82
99
96
93
68
90
91
91
75
92
88
86
68
83
112
95
69
80
107
95
83
114
5.2
4.3
6.0
11.2
109
105
107
111
100
119
122
186
99
115
120
182
106
128
134
201
83
109
120
174
95
113
112
176
91
121
124
195
97
128
119
191
114
119
125
185
97
127
120
177
93
109
100
155
95
106
110
165
105
125
120
191
111
119
121
195
7.5
7.0
6.7
3.9
105
105
105
103
88
85
103
102
98
78
96
99
94
89
102
103
75
72
95
90
85
85
101
101
81
82
105
99
85
91
110
102
91
94
115
113
82
85
105
99
72
72
91
82
79
77
92
92
89
88
109
102
98
92
110
114
8.6
8.2
6.3
4.8
104
105
107
103
101
112
109
112
94
94
106
100
106
102
114
98
122
113
104
94
90
84
94
84
116
98
116
101
_
September
October
November
December.
j
__
September...
October...
November
December _
1928
January
February..
March...
April
May
June
July
August.
September
October
November..
December. __
._
__
._
__
1
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from reports of about 560 department stores located in 250 cities, with total annual sales of
over $2,000,000,000. In all cities covered by the sample census of distribution, except Chicago, sales of reporting stores were over two-thirds of the total department-store
sales in each case. The index numbers are based upon aggregate values. The index for the United States as a whole is also shown as adjusted to allow for seasonal variations, differences in number of trading days, and variations in sales attributable to the movable Easter. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the April, 1928, issue
(No.2 80), pp. 20 and 21, while a complete description of the methods of compilation may be found in the Federal Reserve Bulletin for February, 1928.
1925 monthly average = 100.
a Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from reports of selected department stores in New England.
121
Table 99.—DEPARTMENT-STORE STOCKS
VALUE OF STOCKS AT END OF MONTH, BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
United States
YEAR AND MONTH
Boston
AdUnjusted adjusted
New
York
Phila- Clevedelphia land
St.
Minne- Kansas
Richmosid Atlanta Chicago Louis apolis City 2 Dallas
San
Francisco
Relative to 1923-1925 average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average _ . _
1922 monthly average
-_ _
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
.
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average - -
79
105
89
88
98
101
101
103
102
83
97
88
94
100
100
100
100
103
79
108
92
92
98
99
103
106
104
63
77
83
89
98
101
101
100
99
77
106
90
86
97
102
101
101
101
82
107
88
90
101
100
99
102
102
82
113
98
96
103
101
96
98
101
81
81
97
101
102
104
101
82
82
93
103
104
105
100
90
111
94
93
99
100
101
96
89
99
100
114
113
89
120
97
91
97
102
101
95
87
74
96
85
88
97
102
101
104
106
1926
Januarv
February
March
April.
105
103
104
103
93
98
107
107
91
94
102
103
99
99
109
111
93
95
106
103
87
96
106
104
91
97
105
107
94
94
103
104
95
102
107
107
93
97
106
111
91
96
104
104
100
113
120
119
88
95
102
104
96
100
106
109
A! ay
June
Julv
August
101
101
101
101
103
98
94
97
101
96
91
90
107
101
98
99
98
94
88
93
103
98
92
95
102
98
92
92
98
92
91
92
102
99
92
101
104
101
99
103
101
95
89
92
116
108
107
114
99
90
86
93
106
100
98
101
September
October
November
103
103
104
102
107
114
117
98
103
111
117
98
109
116
121
101
103
113
118
98
106
113
117
94
106
117
119
96
103
110
108
88
108
116
117
96
111
118
117
96
97
99
99
80
119
126
125
100
100
103
100
79
107
113
118
97
103
102
103
102
92
97
106
106
91
95
105
107
98
97
107
109
91
95
105
103
87
96
105
106
91
97
107
107
90
100
108
110
92
97
105
105
90
95
102
103
81
87
94
95
96
109
116
115
85
92
93
97
102
109
110
101
100
101
101
103
97
94
97
106
99
95
95
105
98
95
99
98
92
89
91
102
98
93
97
103
9G
93
92
103
92
91
96
101
95
93
99
102
96
95
97
91
84
83
87
112
104
101
116
90
83
79
88
107
103
101
103
103
103
103
102
107
113
116
96
106
113
118
101
109
116
117
99
101
111
114
95
107
112
115
94
106
117
121
96
107
112
115
90
108
114
116
93
108
112
112
93
94
97
97
80
123
129
126
102
96
97
98
74
108
115
118
100
January
February
March
April
103
101
100
100
91
96
103
104
93
97
105
107
96
97
105
108
88
91
98
96
90
93
103
103
89
96
103
104
92
101
105
108
92
99
105
106
84
93
96
98
78
84
87
88
98
111
117
115
75
83
86
87
98
105
111
111
May
June __
July
August
99
98
101
95
106
97
104
98
93
86
100
94
100
95
103
96
103
95
96
91
83
78
116
108
83
76
108
102
1937
Januarv .
February.
March
April
_ -
Mav
June
July
August
___
September
October
November _
December
_
1938
September
October
November
December
j
1
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from reports of about 470 department stores, with 1925 stocks averaging $570,000,000 in the
aggregate. The index numbers are based upon aggregate values. The index for the United States as a whole is also shown as adjusted to allow for seasonal variations.
Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), pp. 20 and 21, while a complete description of the methods of compilation may be found in the Federal
Reserve Bulletin for February, 1928.
2
1925 monthly average=100.
122
Table 100.—WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION
UNADJUSTED
ADJUSTED FOK SEASONAL VARIATION
1
Worn
Total GroWomsales, cer- Meats Dry Men's en's Boots Hard- Drugs Fu Total, Gro- Meats Dry Men's en's Boots Hard- Drugs Furcloth- cloth- and ware
ni9
cerand
nigoods ing
goods cloth- cloth- shoes ware
ture lines
ies
ies
ing
ture
ing shoes
lines
ing
I
t
,
YEAR AND
MONTH
Index numbers relative to 1923-1925
110
114
87
89
101
98
101
98
95
118
126
93
93
100
101
99
98
94
145
121
80
83
94
96
110
115
108
100
107
91
89
103
97
100
94
89
78
106
72
80
99
98
103
95
96
93
95
84
90
109
97
94
70
67
140
125
99
97
104
98
98
101
104
96
116
80
86
102
97
101
100
95
91
95
86
87
97
99
104
107
108
76
87
103
93
104
101
97
1925
September
October
November
December
117
124
99
89
110
117
106
99
118
123
106
105
123
126
98
80
155
135
75
56
112
142
55
53
111
125
100
72
107
118
100
100
116
126
108
103
122
129
109
101
100
105
100
98
101
103
100
101
110
110
111
112
98
108
99
100
103
104
99
106
78
88
81
85
91
100
96
88
99
106
102
107
108
109
107
110
108
109
104
108
1926
January
February
March
April
94
97
107
94
91
85
97
94
117
109
109
110
91
99
100
80
79
132
138
89
74
99
131
68
92
88
108
99
92
92
106
100
105
97
121
111
94
100
111
98
102
101
100
97
99
98
99
99
117
115
114
117
96
98
95
90
104
105
102
89
81
78
81
70
112
111
94
94
103
105
102
98
108
105
110
109
107
100
98
97
May
June . _ _
July
August
91
91
91
107
94
102
99
98
118
120
112
116
85
81
83
117
57
47
75
163
43
34
28
62
100
91
95
119
103
102
98
100
98
99
100
103
95
87
86
104
99
99
97
97
97
99
98
97
118
117
110
114
97
91
90
96
91
93
88
101
78
83
54
45
99
96
118
108
100
98
100
99
105
106
105
106
100
99
105
102
September _ .
October..
No vem ber_
December . -
117
111
97
84
109
107
102
94
125
123
112
106
122
104
98
71
148
105
61
44
101
111
45
42
126
113
104
76
109
109
100
93
116
125
112
100
117
120
111
94
100
94
98
95
100
95
96
96
117
110
116
113
97
90
99
89
97
83
82
87
70
69
66
66
103
90
99
94
101
97
102
100
109
108
111
107
103
101
106
100
1927
January
February
March
April
87
91
103
90
86
81
94
90
113
107
104
104
78
88
95
76
68
128
144
88
71
95
108
64
92
85
111
100
82
82
102
96
102
94
117
108
88
96
100
96
94
95
96
94
93
93
96
95
113
112
108
111
83
87
90
86
88
101
105
90
77
75
67
68
112
108
97
94
92
93
98
94
104
103
106
106
100
96
96
95
May
June
July
August-.
87
87
88
111
95
101
92
97
109
106
104
111
76
78
81
124
54
48
82
172
39
28
41
95
111
85
107
122
93
96
90
98
98
99
100
111
83
88
85
109
' 95
93
95
100
97
98
91
97
109
104
102
109
87
88
88
102
90
94
94
105
69
62
79
72
110
90
134
111
91
92
92
97
104
106
105
113
93
100
104
106
September
October
November
December
112
106
93
82
102
102
100
91
117
122
101
102
114
99
88
70
144
105
63
50
95
87
45
39
127
114
110
82
108
105
98
90
122
128
112
99
118
114
104
85
96
91
95
93
93
90
94
92
109
109
105
109
91
86
89
87
94
84
89
97
66
54
67
61
104
91
105
101
100
94
100
97
115
111
112
106
104
96
99
90
1928
January. .
February
March
April
87
93
99
86
85
85
95
88
106
108
105
105
85
89
87
70
76
128
131
75
65
88
89
53
94
87
110
99
83
82
95
89
106
101
120
112
91
89
107
88
95
97
93
89
92
98
97
93
106
114
109
112
89
88
83
78
101
99
94
77
70
70
55
57
114
109
96
93
93
93
91
87
108
109
110
110
104
95
95
87
89
84
96
97
109
114
75
71
57
39
35
21
114
76
97
95
109
103
87
83
96
89
99
94
109
112
87
79
96
77
62
49
113
81
94
91
116
109
92
95
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av _
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
mo. av
May
June
July
August
...
September
October
November
December.
I
1
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, Division of Research and Statistics, from reports of 362 firms on groceries, 61 meat-packing companies on meats, 146 firms on
dry goods, 13 firms on men's clothing and 40 firms on women's clothing (both classes for the New York district alone), 89 wholesale dealers and manufacturers, 186 firms
on hardware, 92 firms on drugs, and 87 wholesalers and manufacturers on furniture, a total of 1,076 firms. Prior to 1923, fewer firms reported, but these differences are taken
care of in the construction of the index as percentages of the sales of identical firms between the given month and the base period (1923 to 1925). The various lines are
weighted in accordance with the manufactured value of the respective lines according to the censuses of manufactures of 1923 and 1925. A complete description of the construction of this index, including seasonal variations, is presented in the Federal Reserve Bulletin for December, 1927, p. 817. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the
January, 1928, issue (No. 77) of the SURVEY, p. 21.
123
Table 101.—LIFE INSURANCE—NEW BUSINESS AND PREMIUMSl
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
PREMIUM COLLECTIONS
NEW BUSINESS
!
Ordinary
YEAR AND MONTH
j|
Group
Number Thouof
sands of
policies dollars
Total
Num- Number Thou- Number Number
Thouber of
of
of policies of policies sands of
con- certifi- sands of
and
2
dollars contracts and cerdollars
tracts cates
tificates
Indus- Group
trial
Total
Number
of
policies
Thousands of
dollars
average
average
average
average
average
average
average
79, 514
78, 779
83,909
96, 311
110, 448
111, 640
180, 261
$141, 450
138, 225
146, 792
181, 418
210, 087
219, 300
382, 644
379, 819
410, 189
428, 559
414, 605
414, 443
433, 226
465, 248
$51, 909
55, 217
58,128
58, 645
61, 484
66, 099
77,901
5
6
11
32
81
70
164
2,500
4,090
6,542
11, 739
25, 760
26, 266
39, 720
$1, 736
3,790
3,927
6,560
14, 861
20,555
35, 465
459, 338
488, 974
512, 479
510, 948
524, 972
544, 936
645, 674
461, 833
493, 059
519, Oil
522, 655
550, 650
571, 133
685, 229
$195, 095
197, 231
208, 847
246, 623
286, 433
305, 953
496, 010
$38, 953
40, 506
42, 262
45, 721
50,485
54, 579
64, 348
$10, 778
11, 580
12, 421
13, 280
14, 440
15, 807
18, 088
$36
52
97
143
308
536
991
$49, 767
52, 138
54, 780
59, 144
65, 233
70, 922
83, 427
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
1923 monthly average
1924 monthly average
1925 monthly average
1926 monthly average
1927 monthly average
205, 276
163, 313
166, 781
195, 841
196, 841
214. 168
219, 762
220, 229
464, 189
381, 688
419, 585
502, 495
532, 347
616, MJ
650, 368
650, 367
499, 938
550,065
582, 102
662, 259
703, 769
804, 380
782, 247
823, 700
93, 044
104, 813
118, 233
143, 338
163, 630
196, 598
213, 838
222, 278
190
58
96
158
132
165
196
197
38, 491
10, 299
21, 345
34, 847
29,916
45, 533
62, 690
41, 749
35, 478
9,257
22, 885
43, 337
49, 814
83, 232
87, 550
68, 698
705, 404
713, 437
748, 979
858,257
900, 741
1, 018, 713
1, 002, 205
1, 044, 126
743, 705
723, 678
770, 229
892, 946
930, 525
1, 064, 080
1, 064, 699
1, 135, 678
592, 711
495, 758
560, 703
689, 170
745, 790
896, 381
951, 757
941, 343
75, 462
81, 424
89, 242
99,631
110, 287
125, 119
130, 882
145, 026
20,342
22,587
25,751
30, 057
34, 178
39, 119
44, 775
50, 189
1,498
1,545
1,621
2,092
2,618
4,625
4,893
5,420
97, 302
105, 556
116, 614
131, 779
147, 083
168, 863
180, 549
200,635
184, 846
192, 677
239, 720
227, 169
560,289
597, 429
724, 454
675,296
817, 246
653, 943
844, 659
787, 138
227, 158
174, 782
230,203
215, 504
200
152
190
163
40, 794
52,250
44, 257
60, 919
56, 280
83,088
72, 368
80, 663
1, 002, 292
846, 772
1, 084, 569
1, 014, 470
1, 042, 886
898, 870
1, 128, 636
1, 075, 226
843, 727
855, 299
1,027,025
971, 463
124, 695
123,456
142, 143
139, 123
41,247
37, 801
43, 344
40, 763
5,007
8,107
4,814
3,240
170, 949
169, 364
190, 301
183, 126
236, 209
237, 020
221, 697
198, 686
702,309
704, 852
658, 562
595, 929
859, 630
743, 137
716, 607
719, 203
235, 207
202, 315
194, 315
199, 076
195
167
149
157
39, 815
43, 710
53, 057
40, 882
56, 458
69, 282
78, 125
55, 632
1, 096, 034
980, 324
938, 453
918, 046
1, 135, 654
1, 023, 867
991, 361
958, 771
993, 974
976, 449
931, 002
850, 637
131,
132,
133,
117,
553
268
755
851
40,299
43, 747
42, 639
43, 419
4,251
4,206
4,457
4,102
176, 103
180, 221
180, 851
165, 372
184,
219,
221,
273,
843
049
457
769
523, 915
618, 041
629, 860
813, 479
714, 041
822, 459
870, 324
838, 577
197, 277
226, 523
235, 691
228,008
157
183
182
456
47, 743
44, 213
70, 363
214, 277
73, 456
62, 353
100, 448
262, 452
899, 041
1, 041, 691
1, 091, 963
1,112,802
946, 627
1, 085, 721
1, 162, 144
1, 326, 623
794, 648
906, 917
965, 999
1, 303, 939
118, 023
125, 689
127, 489
154, 534
40, 827
43, 988
45, 281
73, 947
3,783
4,735
4,327
7,683
162, 633
174, 412
177, 097
236, 164
187, 460
205, 604
245, 374
246, 519
576, 642
625, 988
740, 725
749, 923
679, 290
767, 121
890, 560
851, 905
185, 292
207, 217
241, 701
227, 279
192
176
178
176
51, 967
32, 452
64, 803
30, 991
94, 445 : 866, 942
972, 901
46, 119
103, 057 1, 136, 112
1
46, 960 1,098,600
918, 717
1, 005, 177
1,200,737
1,729,415
856, 379
879, 324
1, 085, 483
1, 024, 162
135, 395
135, 969
159, 168
149, 993
45, 920
43,286
45, 534
45,650
7,065
4,803
5,774
5,427
188, 380
184, 058
210, 476
201, 070
233, 729
236, 429
216, 956
211,482
699, 846
696, 742
638, 866
625, 510
902,
816,
732,
781,
343
966
665
361
241, 662
221, 780
200, 835
211, 157
197
189
161
138
30, 805
41, 042
29,100
30, 488
1,136,269
1, 053, 584
949, 782
992, 981
1, 166, 877
1, 094, 437
978, 721
1, 023, 331
987, 191
986, 339
893, 930
880, 644
145,
151,
140,
137,
256
009
517
510
45, 750
46, 584
47, 108
49, 220
4,943
5, 164
5,123
5,327
195, 949
202, 757
192, 748
192, 057
186,
212,
203,
256,
526, 564
615, 753
582, 000
725, 847
745, 664
992, 140
940, 847
783, 539
200, 622
265, 974
252, 738
211, 076
115
148
208
491
13, 496
23, 797
27, 928
124, 123
931,869
31, 475
48, 625 1, 205, 212
76,900 1, 144, 684
165,025 1 1, 040, 576
945, 250
1, 228, 861
1, 172, 404
1, 164, 208
758, 661
930, 352
911, 698
1, 101, 948
131, 763
140, 041
145, 581
168, 114
45, 741
49, 272
48, 273
89, 926
4,317
5,792
4,862
6,448
181, 821
195, 105
198, 716
264, 488
1
]
Industrial
(new and renewal)
Ordinary
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
Thousands of dollars
1936
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
._ _ .
September
October
| November
December
1927
^ January
j February
March
April
__
j May
i June
July
August
__
September
October
November
3 December
1928
January
February
March
April
May
June
July. ._
August
September _.
October
November
December _ _
_
090
924
629
546
45, 683
67, 817
54, 229
43, 977
183, 511
212, 120
264, 939
228, 861
575, 127 901, 786
651, 037 846, 745
790, 827 1, 049, 955
706, 852 980, 796
236,
221,
273,
259,
303
948
551
962
125
175
202
159
26, 408
53, 800
35, 788
36, 705
46, 841
91, 505
57, 986
62, 007
1, 085, 422
1, 059, 040
1, 315, 096
1, 209, 816
858, 271
1, 111, 705
1, 112, 665
964, 490
1, 350, 682 1, 122, 364
1, 246, 362 1, 028, 821
148, 947
154, 292
168, 961
157, 836
54,564
48, 193
51, 013
50, 691
7,618
17, 623
6,465
5,928
211, 129
220, 108
226, 439
214, 455
276, 180
298, 845
749, 297
767, 865
216, 396
214, 882
172
190
48, 839
51, 895
205, 195
113,711
1,115,805
1, 139 347
1, 164, 472
1, 191, 052
165, 718
52, 184
5,930
223, 832
839, 453
840, 312
1, 170, 888
1, 096, 458
1
1
Compiled by the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. The data on new business represent only new business that has been paid for, exclusive of revivals, increases,
and dividend additions. Premium collections show the amount of money actually invested in life insurance each month, and include total premium collections, new and
renewal, and considerations for annuities and for supplementary contracts involving vmd not involving life contingencies. The 45 companies whose figures are included
in this table had in force 81 per cent of the total legal reserve life insurance outstanding in the United States as of Dec. 31, 1923. Complete monthly data from 1922 were
given in September, 1924, issue (No. 37), p. 37. Data given in previous issues cover a smaller number of companies.
2 This column, by adding together the number of policies issued for ordinary and industrial insurance and the number of certificates issued under group insurance contracts, indicates the trend in number of persons covered by new insurance, but does not show the exact number of persons covered, since one person rnay have several policies
of ordinary insurance and in addition hold a certificate under a group contract.
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Table 102.—LWE INSURANCE—ASSETS AND NEW BUSINESS BY DISTRICTS
ADMITTED ASSETS
(41 companies) * (Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Mortgage loans
YEAR AND
MONTH
Grand;
totai
Total
NEW BUSINESS, ORDINARY INSURANCE
(81 com panics)2 (Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
Bonds and stocks (book values)
Government
All
Farm other Total
Policy
loans United Eastern Western Western
Far
and States, manu- manu- agricul- South- westPubpreern
Rail- lic All mium total factur- factur- tural
ern
ing
ing
road utili- other notes
ties
Millions of dollars
Thousands of dollars
1921 mo av i
1922 mo. av
1923mo. av__
1924mo.av__
1925 mo. av__
1926 mo. av._
1927 mo. av_.
$7, 409
8,091
8, 944
9,935
11, 043
$2, 694
3,138
3,607
4,211
4,829
$1, 261
1,405
1,496
1,564
1,613
$1, 432
1,734
2,111
2, 647
3,216
$3,327
3, 428
3, 653
3,887
4, 151
$1, 219
1, 119
1, 053
971
922
$1, 750
1,849
1,975
2, 117
2,230
$281
365
521
686
852
$77
95
105
113
147
$928
995
1,070
1,177
1,308
1926
January
February _-March
April
9,481
9,546
9,630
9,717
3,913
3,961
4,016
4,073
1,527
1,533
1,543
1,552
2,386
2,428
2,473
2,521
3,807
3,811
3,825
3,846
1,043
1,026
1,007
996
2,046
2,057
2,074
2,091
607
620
636
650
111
108
108
109
1,122
1,129
1,141
1,152
572,
640,
790,
743,
May
June
July
August
9,800
9,882
9,969
10, 050
4,121
4,181
4,238
4,290
1,560
1,568
1,572
1,577
2,561
2, 613
2, 666
2,713
3, 865
3, 888
3, 899
3,907
979
962
951
948
2,104
2,128
2,132
2,137
672
688
705
710
110
110
111
112
September _ _
October
November.December...
10, 141
10,237
10, 333
10, 432
4,335
4,405
4,463
4,532
1,579
1,581
1,585
1,588
2,756
2,824
2,878
2,944
3, 924
3,941
3,975
948
937
936
920
2,148
2,156
2, 161
2,172
715
729
740
756
1927
January
February —
March
April
10,529
10,606
10, 713
10, 812
4,587
4,637
4,686
4,722
1,592
1,599
1,604
1,611
2,995
3,038
3,082
3,111
3,987
4,002
4,033
4,067
919
918
921
917
2,173
2,173
2,183
2,204
May
June
July
August
10,896
10, 982
11, 078
11, 172
4,764
4,806
4,847
4,898
1,615
1,617
1,620
1,622
3,149
3,189
3,227
3,276
4,085
4,117
4,152
4,192
914
915
920
923
September -.
October
November _ _
December._-
11, 268
11,381
11, 484
11, 597 !
4,941
4,982
5,019
5,062
1,620
1,621
1,620
1,618
3,321
3,361
3,399
3,444
4,216
4,262
4,323
4,374
1928
January
February
March
April
11, 704
11, 796
11, 893
12, 001
5, 103
5,129
5,153
5,199
1,615
1,613
1.604
1,602
3,488
3,516
3,549
3,597
12, 107
5,241
1,601
3,640
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November
December
""!
1
$425, 092
459, 292
549, 296
591, 172
672, 286
700, 730
710, 962
$154,
174,
208,
234,
267,
279,
286,
321
242
526
969
430
875
505
$90, 152
98, 380
121, 194
128, 465
144, 071
152, 474
158, 233
$81, 074
78, 899
90, 912
93, 252
107, 277
110, 174
107, 241
$57, 145
61, 645
72, 403
73, 374
85, 312
88, 133
87, 492
$42, 400
46, 126
56, 261
61,112
68, 197
70, 075
71, 491
639
775
669
635
241,
266,
314,
301,
508
359
969
053
121,
140,
177,
156,
408
076
861
590
85, 239
96, 704
121, 290
119, 914
68, 874
78, 835
97, 904
94, 449
55, 610
58, 801
78, 645
71, 629
33,907
34, 744
40, 483
37, 346
1,163
1,174
1,184
1,194
735, 724
749, 567
702, 129
649, 023
299,
289,
279,
241,
463
847
650
270
152, 382
162, 750
153, 663
145, 015
116,090
124, 381
110, 372
107, 354
93, 816
96, 540
86, 758
84, 572
73,973 \
76, 049
71, 686
70, 812
37, 703
44,634
40, 101
36, 010
113
119
120
127
1,202
1,210
1,219
1,229
597,
656,
691,
879,
667
362
520
049
222,
262,
283,
356,
265
334
297
488
132,004
145, 635
153, 194
189, 106
104, 268
100, 446
102, 894
133, 132
76,904
81, 621
84, 462
112, 856
62, 226
66, 326
67, 673
87, 467
34, 878
40, 226
44,251
47,366
764
775
792
806
131
136
137
140
1,240
1,252
1,268
1,282
601,
673,
836,
778,
985
855
995
451
257,
293,
356,
316,
734
294
736
582
133, 912
145, 932
183, 761
173, 372
86, 167
95, 686
121, 369
114, 529
66, 112
77,258
92, 094
93,904
58,060 !
61,685
83,035 |
80,064
36, 986
35, 525
42,883
41, 631
2,210
2,225
2,234
2,242
816
831
850
876
145
146
148
151
1,291
1,305
1,316
1,327
752,
763,
680,
681,
267
495
076
654
309, 265
309, 396
267, 873
261, 413
163, 551
165, 803
151, 721
154, 708
110, 340
115, 180
105, 250
103, 638
91,834
99,022
86, 058
86, 549
77,277
74,094
69, 174 ]
75,346 i
44, 553
45, 298
39, 962
38,360
919
928
940
934
2,259
2,268
2,287
2,299
887
911
942
974
151
155
154
167
1,338
1,347
1, 358
1,369
606,
659,
662,
833,
760
375
688
944
237, 184
257, 543
254,111
316,931
138,
148,
150,
188,
441
380
447
770
93,224
103, 663
106, 310
131, 530
76,998
82, 706
84, 189
113, 184
60,913
67,083
67, 631
83,529
35, 302
48, 104
44, 935
48, 899
4,417
4,454
4,506
4,563
938
939
939
943
2,311
2.329
2,345
2,359
1,004
1,017
1,050
1,064
164
169
172
197
1,383
1,396
1,412
1,426
609,
731,
832,
769,
228
145
250
263
261,
318,
343,
314,
893
664
463
944
130, 338
160, 185
185, 240
165, 567
90,662
104, 811
127, 286
119,317
68, 847
81, 213
96, 766
94,128
57,483
66, 272
79, 495
75, 307
47, 569
40,290
44, 823
46, 718
4,605
928
2,372 1,097
208
1,442
834, 557
805, 695
343, 822
333, 895
180, 589
176, 121
128, 943
121,089
99, 513
96, 796
81, 687
77,794
49, 870
51, 844
o 057
1
$30, 847
28, 421
30, 487
32, 597
35,406
39,304 j
41, 870
i
I
"II
CANADIAN
SALES,
ORDINARY 3
1
|
!
"
i "
Compiled by the Association of Life Insurance Presidents from special reports of 41 companies having 82 per cent of the total admitted life insurance assets of United
States legal reserve companies; the data are given as of the end of each month and are designed to show the fluctuations in the character of investments of life insurance
companies. Admitted assets embrace all assets permitted by statute to be included for testing the solvency of the companies; in addition to the items separately listed,
the total also includes real estate, collateral loans, cash, bills receivable, interest due and accrued, deferred and unpaid premiums, etc. Of the bonds and stocks, approximately 98H per cent are bonds and 1^ per cent are stocks. A compilation of the mortgages owned by 57 life insurance companies, by States, as of Dec. 31, 1925, appeared
in the September, 1926, issue (No. 61), p. 26.
2
Represents data on ordinary life insurance only (thus excluding industrial and group insurance) compiled by the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau from 81 insurance companies who held on Jan. 1, 1927, 90 per cent of the total ordinary legal life reserve in force in the United States. Monthly data for 1921 were given in the April,
1924, issue (No. 32), p. 56. The Eastern Manufacturing district includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, .Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania; Western Manufacturing district—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; Western Agricultural district—Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri.
North Dakota, Texas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Southern district—Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia.,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi; Far Western district—Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and California. Data on lapses are presented on p. 138 of the present issue.
2
Compiled by the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau from reports of companies which had on Jan. 1, 1927, 84 per cent of the legal reserve ordinary business in fores
in Canada. Details by Provinces are given in the bureau's monthly reports.
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Table 103.—BANKING
YEAR AND
MONTH
In New Outside
New
York
York
Cityi
City i
CONDITION OF
REPORTING MEMBER
BANKS 3
(end of month)
CONDITION OF FEDERAL RESEUVE
BANKS 3 (end of month)
CHECK PAYMENTS
Bills Notes Total Total
Canadis- in cirreda 2
count- cula- invest- serves
ments
ed
tion
Total
deposits
SAV.
DEPOSITS
(end
mo.)
To N. Y. Stock
4
N. Y,
Exeh. mem.
Total
Total
By New State
Net
Reloans
York
serve and dis- invest- demand
RatJo banks 5 savings
ratio counts ments deposits Total to nikt
banks 6
value
Per
cent
Millions of dollars
7 $696
1,157
977
$3, 364
4,230
4, 617
4, 968
5,464
5,579
5, 984
10, 178
10, 855
11, 143
12, 065
12, 892
12, 976
13, 301
$3, 123
3, 646
8.76
8.30
1,319
1,391
1, 565
2, 336
2,704
3,137
2,636
2,800
3,091
3,259
3,491
3,718
4,020
14, 200
14, 297
14, 359
14, 353
5,540
5,662
5,914
5,924
12,879
12, 904
13,006
13, 041
3,139
3,256
3,290
3,341
8.13
8.14
8.19
8.24
2,732
2,813
2,803
2,883
3,890
3,905
3,975
3,965
76.8
77.6
79.7
78.3
14, 625
14, 718
14, 488
14, 697
5,977
6,050
5,992
5,927
13, 414
13, 381
13, 200
13, 349
3,458
3,589
3,642
3,674
8.13
8.50
8.10
8.06
3,062
3,118
3,141
3,184
3,974
4,036
4,025
4,035
2,390
2,404
2,413
2,473
76.3
74.4
71.2
66.8
14, 942
15,029
15, 214
15, 433
6,042
6,065
6,329
6,386
13,230
13, 464
13, 954
13, 786
3,915
3,946
4,092
4,433
8.22
8.57
8.43
8.91
3,306
3,372
3,511
3,718
4,090
4,085
4,097
4,166
2,971
2,974
2,931
2,868
2,452
2,426
2,404
2,494
73.7
74.1
73.8
70.2
15, 265
15, 143
15,442
15, 951
6,575
6,558
6,627
6,637
13, 888
13, 716
13, 523
13, 946
4,420
4,323
4,640
4,908
8.99
8.91
8.86
8.95
3,816
3,722
3,825
4,282
4,193
4,204
4,252
4,262
2,757
2,693
2,408
2,459
68.9
65.4
15, 893
16, 089
6,683
6,647
13, 628
13, 574
5,274
4,898
9.46
9.25
4, 469
4,307
4,253
4,301
$144
231
466
592
685
$384
586
1,261
1,991
2,190
2,126
$1, 154
1,738
1, 937
1,922
17, 258
19, 988
19, 866
21, 961
26, 114
28, 255
32, 630
15, 995
16, 626
18, 777
19, 013
21, 368
22, 426
23, 529
1,401
1,304
1,392
1,367
1,346
1,414
1,642
1,755
550
751
362
500
581
447
2,664
2,215
2,239
1,866
1,689
1, 707
1,714
338
618
399
583
646
627
688
2,672
3,149
3,192
3,196
2,869
2, 955
3,111
1,744
1,851
1,941
2,111
2,247
2,286
2,358
$11,927
61.4
10, 953
77. 5
11, 788
76.4
80.4
12, 343
74.8 ! 13, 450
74.1
14, 141
14, 696
76.5
1937
.Tanuarv
February. _ _
March __ _
April
31, 258
27, 439
34, 492
32, 007
23, 457
20, 781
24, 028
23, 579
1,454
1,251
1,443
1,473
365
435
456
444
1, 688
1, 717
1,711
1,718
607
602
593
562
3,133
3,144
3,183
3,207
2, 245
3,290
2,328
2,314
79.6
78.5
78.8
79.5
May
June
July
August
31, 270
33, 008
30, 750
31, 653
22, 873
23, 812
22, 937
22, 054
1,645
1, 586
1,476
1,474
497
477
398
401
1,740
1,703
1,662
1,676
593
594
556
658
3,154
3,184
3,181
3,146
2,367
2,399
2,330
2,341
September.
October
November..
December..
33, 369
34, 091
33, 282
38, 938
23, 387
25, 117
23, 809
26, 509
1,583
1,849
2,159
2,311
430
379
477
609
1,706
1,717
1,717
1,813
737
862
903
990
3,126
3,067
2,940
2,862
1938
January
February. _.
March
April _
37, 884
32, 740
44, 786
41, 778
25, 007
21, 755
25, 847
25, 225
1,871
1,665
1,812
1,729
423
493
524
757
1,577
1,588
1,567
1,591
812
752
733
656
45, 270
45, 455
26, 346
27, 029
2,279
1,746
944
1,191
1,593
1,660
525
430
May
June
July
August
!
$9, 260
10 576
11, 302
$17, 598
20, 133
$89
185
606
1,911
2,618
3,154
1921 mo. av_
1922 mo. av,
1923 mo. av.
1924 mo. av_
1925 mo. av_
1926 mo. av_
1927 mo. av_
Mills, of dolls.
$1, 725
1,772
1,805
1,918
1,989
2,017
2,223
2, 465
$29
24
224
1,158
1,936
2,557
$20, 343
20, 119
Per
cent
Millions of dollars
$775
659
637
859
1,021
1,115
1,351
1,632
1913 mo. av_
1914 mo. av.
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av
1917 mo. av_
1918 mo. av_
1919 mo. av_
1920 mo. av.
BROKERS' LOANS
(end of month)
i
94.6
83. 5
75.6
57.0
50.2
43.5
!
i
!
September..
October
November..
December..
i Check payments for the United States are represented by debits to individual accounts as collected by the Federal Reserve Board from about 150 of the larger clearinghouse centers. These data represent check transactions more fully than clearings inasmuch as all checks debited to individual accounts are included and not merely those
passing through the clearing house. Data on clearings have been discontinued owing to the variation in number of centers reporting, the annual averages back to 1913
3 Condition reports, showing respectively the combined condition of the 12 Federal reserve banks and the condition of over 800 member banks of the" Federal reserve
system, are compiled by the Federal Reserve Board. The condition is given as of the last Wednesday of the month, but prior to April, 1921, figures are of the last Friday of
the month. The reserve ratio represents the percentage which total reserves (mostly gold) form of the combined deposit and Federal reserve note liabilities. Prior to
March, 1921, net deposits were used instead of total deposits in calculating reserve ratios. Monthly data from 1920 on condition of Federal reserve banks may be found
in the May, 1922, issue (No. 9), p. 123, except for investments, which are given in the September, 1922, issue (No. 13), p. 47.
4
Compiled by the New York Stock Exchange from reports of all its members as to their net borrowings on collateral outstanding at the end of each month from banks or
agencies in New York City. These data include borrowings for out-of-town branch and correspondent offices. These security loans are used to carry securities not only
for customers but also for investment distribution. Details as between banks and other agencies and between demand and time loans are given in the exchange's monthly
reports. The ratio to market value is based on the market value of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the same date computed from actual sales. Monthly
data from 1926 are given on p. 138 of the present issue.
5
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board from reports, beginning with 1926, of 61 identical reporting member banks in New York City on their collateral loans to brokers
and dealers on the last Wednesday in each month (not confined to members of the New York Stock Exchange). Details as to the account for which loans were made (for
out-of-town banks, or others), differentiating in each case between call and time money, are given in the board's weekly press releases. Prior to 1926, the figures are based
on daily reports of 43 banks, a few of them nonmembers of the Federal reserve system, and did not include for some banks the loans to dealers in securities. However, the
figures are fairly comparable. Prior to April, 1921, the data represent the last Friday in each month, instead of the last Wednesday. Complete weekly data in detail from
19176were published in the November, 1926, issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin, pp. 779-786.
.
Compiled from data furnished by the Savings Bank Association of the State of New York, comprising all savings banks in New York State at semiannual periods, totalY
ing about 150 banks. For the intervening months, for which figures were compiled beginning in 1924, a few banks, representing about 1 per cent of the total deposits do
not report and their deposited balance at the last semiannual period is added to the figures of the reporting banks to secure complete data. Yearly figures from 1914 to
1920, inclusive, and for 1923, are averages of deposits on June 30 and December 31 of each year; 1913 figures are for December 31; 1921 data are averages of four quarterly
figures, and
for 1922 the first three quarters are averaged.
? 3 months' average, October to December, inclusive.
126
Table 104.—GOLD, SILVER, AND MONEY
GOLD
YEAR AND MONTH
Imports 1
Exports1
Thousands of
dollars
Mone- Domestary
tic
stock, receipts
end of at mint
month
(3)
(2)
Millions
of dolls.
MONEY IN
CIRCULATION^
SILVER
Stocks, end
of month s
Production «
Imports
1
Band
output
0)
C)
Exports
0)
United Canada Mexico U.S. CanStates
ada
Thousands of
dollars
Fine ounces
Price
in
New
York 4
Total
Dolls,
per fine Mills, of
dolls.
ounce
Thousands of fine ounces
Per
capita
Dollars
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
$5, 309
4,782
37, 663
57, 166
46, 038
$7, 650
18, 551
2,619
12, 999
30, 990
148, 050
155, 083
157, 830
133, 597
112, 495
732, 779
698, 275
757, 823
772, 128
751, 855
$2, 989
2, 103
2,874
2,689
4, 445
$5, 231
4,300
1,467
5,883
7,011
5,567
6,038
6,247
6,201
5,978
$0 598
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
1922 monthly average.
5,170
6,378
35, 729
57, 604
22, 931
3,422
30, 682
26, 841
1,991
3,073
$3,814
86, 472
71, 093
62, 377
80, 183
86, 314
701, 722
694, 174
679, 801
676, 210
585, 009
5,948
7, 451
7, 33S
5, 270
5, 901
21, 071
19, 918
9, 468
4, 298
5,234
5, 651
4,723
4,714
4,477
4,623
1,084
1,416
5,372
6,756
1,091
446
655
636
.964
1 111
1 010
.621
.675
$4, 541
1923 monthly
1924 monthly
1925 monthly
1926 monthly
1927 monthly
26, 893
26, 643
10, 690
17, 792
17, 295
2,387
5,137
21, 887
9,642
16, 788
4,074
4,451
4,379
4,454
4,555
84, 044
90, 234
87, 693
85, 390
81, 077
761, 088
799, 803
799, 975
830, 238
844, 200
6,204
6, 162
5, 383
5, 800
4, 589
6,039
9,158
8,261
7,688
6,302
5,514
5,362
5, 115
5,077
4,929
,418
,412
,395
,771
,743
7,568
7,620
7,743
8,191
8,715
459
719
453
542
384
409
544
442
839
701
.647
.668
.691
.621
.564
4, 837
4,891
4,884
4, 941
4,898
15, 987
8,857
16, 738
17,004
23,081
1,156
7,727
7,196
4,466
4, 473
4,477
4,492
111, 657
108, 741
104, 230
88, 307
839, 939
853, 296
840, 276
836, 157
7,203
5, 098
3,941
4,430
7,243
7,279
6, 794
5,610
4,860
5, 114
4,757
5,637
1,926
2,030
1,742
1,639
7,632
9,612
9,883
9,352
336
543
242
326
775
1, 343
1, 085
941
.606
.545
.541
. 535
4, 978
5,021
5,037
5,095
59, 355
22, 309
16, 382
14, 503
14, 890
2,414
5,625
2,592
4,564
4,586
4, 597
4,610
80, 777
65, 999
73, 822
68, 531
839, 782
779, 339
860, 511
824, 014
5, 151
3,849
4,308
3,815
7,388
6,233
6,077
6,824
5,196
4,979
5,104
4,712
1,459
1,733
1,525
1,716
8,559
6,930
8,332
7,737
700
207
212
602
1,300
391
1,023
723
.558
.579
.553
.564
4,846
4,885
4,862
4,891
41.65
41.94
41.70
41.95
34, 212
14, 611
10, 738
7,877
2,510
1,840
1,803
1,524
4,608
4,587
4, 580
4,588
66, 956
66, 411
91, 428
91, 245
859, 479
855, 154
851, 861
863, 345
5,083
4, 790
4, 288
4, 856
6,026
5 441
6,650
5,590
4,811
4,931
4, 838
5,145
1,393
1,614
1, 752
2,388
7,791
9,244
9,197
9,372
231
284
904
508
602
474
847
624
.563
.568
.564
.547
4,893
4,851
4,846
4,854
41. 88
41.48
41.40
41.42
September
October . .
November
December
12, 979
2, 056
2,082
10, 431
24,444
10, 698
55, 266
77, 849
4, 571
4,541
4, 451
4,379
103, 240
97, 103
91, 840
75, 575
842, 118
855, 742
848, 059
851, 225
4, 992
5. 069
5, 102
3, 770
6,627
5, 945
5, 634
7,186
4,691
4,980
5,010
5,015
2,023
1,696
1,739
1,723
7,909
8,273
10, 794
10, 437
293
178
136
353
761
494
567
608
.554
.560
.575
.580
4,948
4,946
4,952
5,003
42. 19
42.12
42. 13
42.52
1928
January
February
March
April. - -
38, 320
14,686
2,683
5,319
52,086
25,806
97, 536
96,469
4,373
4,362
4,305
4,266
73, 624
72, 119
67, 872
65, 166
843, 857
816, 133
877, 380
825, 907
6,305
4,658
5,134
4,888
6,692
7,479
7,405
6,587
4,980
4,490
5,333
4,668
1,433
1,272
1,469
1,388
7,955
7,572
10, 861
574
170
461
128
1,141
547
803
550
.571
.570
.572
.574
4,677
4,690
4,749
4,748
39.71
39.79
40.24
40.20
1,968
20,001
83, 689
99, 932
4, 160
4,109
75, 983
70, 205
886, 186
862,000
4,247
6,206
6,712
7,451
4, 774
4,967
1,222
1,439
133
479
456
707
.603
.600
4,744
4,796
40.12
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
1926
September
October
November
December .
1927
January . .
February
March
April
. _
May
June
July
August.
May
June
July
August..
September
October
November
December
1
2
-
""
548
497
657
.814
$41. 87
-|!
Imports and exports of gold and silver from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, consisting of gold held in the Treasury and Federal reserve banks plus the amount in circulation. Gold held abroad by Federal
reserve banks is included but gold in the United States earmarked for foreign account is excluded. The amount of minor coin is also included in the gold figures. Complete
details are shown in the Federal Reserve Bulletin for December, 1927. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the June, 1928, SURVEY (No. 82), p. 22.
3
Domestic receipts of unrefined gold at U. S. mint from U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of the Mint.
4
Silver prices, representing daily averages for the month in the New York market, and gold output from the Rand mines from the Engineering and Mining Journal.
5
Production of silver by mines and producers' stocks from American Bureau of Metal Statistics, except annual figures previous to 1921, which are from U. S. Department
of Interior, Geological Survey. The United States, Canada, and Mexico combined produced about 75 per cent of the world's output of silver in 1923. Production for both the
United States and Canada includes purchases of crude silver by the mints in each country. Canadian production is incomplete, as the silver contained in blister copper,
lead bullion, and lead and zinc ores exported is omitted. Mexican production is reported to the bureau by the Mexican Government, and covers refined silver received at
the mint for coinage, refined silver exported, and silver content of base bullion, blister copper, ore concentrates, etc., exported. Detailed data are contained in the bureau's
monthly reports. Monthly data from 1921, except, on production in the United States, appeared in the February, 1927, issue (No. 66), p. 25.
6
Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department and representing all money held outside the Treasury and the Federal reserve system and including gold and silver coin
and certificates, minor coin and notes. Details by classes of money are presented in the monthly circulation statement of the Treasury. These data revise previous figures
and include minor coin, also. Monthly data from 1922 appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 22. A complete description of the revised computation is presented in
the Federal Reserve Bulletin for December, 1927.
127
Table 105.—PUBLIC FINANCE, INTEREST RATES, AND BOND YIELDS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FINANCES i
YEAR AND MONTH
Gross
debt,
end of
mo.
Mills,
of dolls.
Customs
receipts
Total
ordinary
receipts
INTEREST RATES
Prime
Call Time Prime bankOrdiloans loans co in I. ers'
ac- Fed.
nary
re90 paper cept- land
expendi- new- days 4-6 ances banks
al
mos.
tures
(4)
90
(2)
(2)
(2)
days
(2)
$1, 193 $26, 512
1,188 24,344
1,191 17, 439
1,225 17, 636
2,976
18, 832
$60, 315
61, 195
57, 972
65, 003
94, 037
$60, 474
61, 282
63, 353
61, 250
165, 025
3.26
3.72
1.98
2.57
3.33
4.64
4.37
2.85
3.25
4.62
1918 monthly
19 19 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
av__.
av__.
av__.
av__.
av__.
12, 244
25, 482
24, 298
23, 976
22, 964
15, 000
15, 371
26, 909
25, 714
29, 704
305, 382 1, 058, 153
429, 355 1, 543, 575
557, 880 540, 174
468, 744 461, 517
342, 425 316, 275
5 24
6.27
7.78
5.98
4.29
5 90
6.17
8.26
6.45
4.63
7.46
6.56
4.48
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
av__.
av__.
av__.
av___
av__.
22, 350
21, 251
20, 516
19, 643
18, 510
46, 827
45, 470
45, 630
48, 286
50, 458
333, 928
334, 337
315, 012
330, 813
344, 116
308, 123
292, 223
294, 137
298, 749
291, 132
4.85
3.08
4.20
4.50
4.06
5. 17
3. 75
4.27
4.61
4.34
1937
May.
June
July
August
18, 874
18, 510
18, 463
18, 380
45, 615
48, 988
50, 481
52, 982
170, 370
742, 691
173, 970
202, 182
213, 028
363, 717
203, 579
259, 181
4.26
4.33
4.05
3.68
September
October
November
December
18, 478
18, 369
18, 174
18, 036
54, 410
56, 617
47, 660
43, 113
590, 192
221, 205
149, 683
652, 708
287, 442
413, 220
406, 830
354, 178
3.80
3.90
3.60
4.38
1928
January
February _
March.
April
18, 050
17, 951
17, 937
17, 848
41, 975
42, 130
48, 277
45, 740
168, 840
228, 118
641, 626
169, 965
17, 756
17, 604
41, 438
44, 162
164, 932
678, 927
May.
June
July
August
_.
September
October
November
December
15
utilities
(3)
15
municipal
0)
Per cent
av
av
av___
av__.
av___
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
Treas. LibInter- Redis. notes erty Total,
15
60
15
nied. N.Y.
inand and
railcredit Fed. certs. Treas. high- roads dusRes.
grade
trial
banks Bk.
3-6
bds.
(3)
mos. bds.
(4)
(3)
(5)
(2)
(8)
(2)
Thousands of dollars
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
BOND YIELDS
6 5.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.64
4.58
4.66
4.53
4.80
4.42
4.46
4.64
4.49
4.79
4.99
4.93
4.97
4.89
5.09
4.94
4.87
4.88
4.79
5.09
4.22
4.12
4. 16
3.94
4.20
6.08
5.24
3. 51
5 83
5.67
5.50
5.83
5.67
5 00
5.00
6.50
5.88
4.20
4.83
3.47
5.45
5.37
4.35
5.23
5.25
5.88
5.79
4.94
5.20
5.29
5.79
5.57
4.85
5.45
5.40
6.01
5.96
5.21
5.76
5.84
6.73
6.56
5.46
4.50
4.46
4.98
5.09
4.23
5.01
3.88
4.03
4.35
4.11
4.10
2.97
3.29
3.59
3.45
5.63 " 5. 50
5.75 5. 17
5.25 4.58
5.41 4.71
5.19 4.50
4.46
3.67
3.46
3.84
3.79
3.93
2.77
3.03
3.25
3.11
4.45
4.09
3.99
3.95
8
3. 46
4.98
4.85
4.72
4.60
4.47
4.98
4.78
4.67
4.51
4.31
5.26
5.21
5.06
4.91
4.83
5.41
5.22
5.06
4.90
4.78
4.25
4.20
4.09
4.08
3.98
4.38
4.50
4.44
4.13
4.13
4.25
4.25
4.00
3.63
3.63
3.50
3.13
5.19
5.17
5. 19
5.17
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.50
3.33
3.09
2.96
2.70
8
3.44
3.47
3.48
3.45
4.46
4.51
4.51
4.48
4.29
4.35
4.34
4.32
4.83
4.87
4.86
4.81
4.77
4.80
4.81
4.78
3.94
4.00
4.02
4.00
4.13
4.32
4.19
4.13
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.13
3.25
3.25
3.25
5.17
5.17
5.17
5.15
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
2.81
3.08
3.04
3.17
3.44
3.43
3.39
3.34
4.45
4.43
4.42
4.40
4.27
4.24
4.19
4.17
4.80
4.79
4.79
4.79
4.75
4.75
4.76
4.72
3.96
3.93
3.93
3.90 ,
349, 142
173, 283
248, 258
326, 709
4.24
4.38
4.38 ' 4.56
4.47 4.63
5.G8 4.94
4.00
4.00
4.13
4.38
3.38
3.50
3.50
3.75
5.15
5.06
5.06
5.06
4.50
4.58
4.60
4.60
3.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.31
3.33
3.27
3.62
3.35
3.36
3.30
3.32
4.38
4.38
4.37
4.38
4.18
4.20
4.21
4.24
4.76
4.79
4.77
4.78
4.68
4.65
4.62
4.56
3.89
3.89
3.89
3.93
217, 091
404, 607
5.70
6.21
4.50
4.88
4.00
4.07
5.47
5.47
4.60
4.60
4.50
4.50
3.90
3.97
3.35
3.40
4.42
4.50
4.27
4.35
4.81
4.91
4.57
4.66
4.02
4.09
5.25
4.09
1
i.
1 Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department. Yearly figures under this heading represent averages for the fiscal year ending June 30 of the year indicated, except the
debt figures, which represent the condition on June 30. Debt figures up to the last two months are on a warrant basis, the current months being on a cash basis, as shown
in the preliminary debt statement, where further details may be obtained. Monthly data extending back to 1921 appeared in the March, 1924, issue of the SURVEY (No.
31), p. 56. Receipts and expenditures are shown in detail currently in the daily statement of the U . S . Treasury. The large total receipts every three months are due to
payment of income-tax installments. Expenditures represent those chargeable against ordinary receipts.
2 Compiled by the Federal Reserve Board, except time loans prior to 1926 and call loans prior to 1921, which are from Ogle, Dunn & Co. Time-loan rates are those prevailing on the New York Stock Exchange for 90-day time loans, while call-loan rates are average renewal rates on the New York Stock Exchange. Monthly data from
1909 3appeared in the June, 1928, issue (No. 82), p. 21.
Compiled by the Standard Statistics Co., representing arithmetic averages of the yields to maturity on the individual high-grade bonds, calculated from averages of the
high and low prices of the month. For the year 1914, when the exchanges were closed for several months, the average for railroad bonds excludes the months of August
through October, the averages for industrials and public utilities exclude August through November, and the average for municipals excludes August through December.
4
Compiled by the Federal Farm Loan Board, representing average interest rates charged by the Federal farm loan banks and intermediate credit banks, respectively.
These rates are based on the interest rates on farm-loan bonds issued by the respective banks, being limited by law to a rate not exceeding 1 per cent higher than the
rate of the bond issue. The law limits interest rates to a 6 per cent maximum. The rates given here for intermediate credit banks are those for direct loans only. For
descriptions of these banks and the type of their loans, see Table 108. The land bank rates since the beginning of 1925 range from 5 to 5H per cent, the figure of 5^ being
merely an average of these rates and not the actual rate.
5
From the Federal Reserve Board. Monthly averages for years prior to 1922 cover only 61-90 day commercial, agricultural, and livestock paper; since then rates shown
are applicable to all classes and maturities of eligible paper.
6
Average of 8 months, May to December, inclusive.
7
Average of 10 months, March to December, inclusive.
8
Beginning with 1927, Liberty bonds are excluded, and the average yield is calculated upon 3 issues of Treasury bonds (3%, 4, and 4M) to their last redemption dates
(1952 to 1956). Prior to 1927 the yield is calculated on Liberty bonds only.
128
Table 106.—SECURITY PRICES AND SALES
!
YEAR
AND
MONTH
Com- 5 LibCom10
10
South- Com- high- sec10
10
bined
25
25
bined
bined
ern
erty
in clex indus- rail- cotton index
est
ond public indus- index
and
utility trial
(103
(40
(66
trials roads mills
grade grade bonds bonds
Treas4
4
bonds) rails
stocks)
rails
bonds) ury
5
6
6
()
()
3
6
6
6
7
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
Dollars per share
Per cent of par value of 4 per cent bond
$58. 19
58.08
75. 35
99.14
85.44
80.98
105. 77
$82. 97
77. 57
73. 16
80. 05
69.12
61.34
62.06
75. 78
80.49
75 58
69. 84
69.07
89.79
92. 45
87.43
80.02
77. 89
75. 55
78. CO
72.42
60. 12
66.33
73.73
77.59
72 36
63. 89
61.77
$84. 57
97.08
89.59
88. 74
110. 63
113. 56
130. 69
107. 21
79.38
98.58
107. 78
115.08
152. 65
165. 70
214. 54
55. 94
53.21
62.38
60.15
67.18
82.48
93.27
113.81
$138. 45
124. 68
116.99
114. 25
111. 29
59.70
60.15
74.11
71.72
74.32
77.04
80.36
83.69
71.33
74. 39
85.50
82.86
85.11
86. 96
89.14
94. 47
58. 54
61. 43
71.76
67.71
71.96
76. 69
81.21
85.28
51.99
53.92
67. 50
66. 26
68.93
70.81
74.40
77.47
1926
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
114.48
111.61
115.32
117.43
172. 20
164. 63
171. 95
179. 36
99.43
94. 93
97. 43
100. 25
110.68
110.67
110. 79
110.46
80.42
80.31
81.36
81.95
89.36
89.52
90.42
91.19
81.23
81.33
82.27
82.51
1927
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
115. 29
119.69
120. 30
121. 65
175. 39
181.06
188. 70
199. 99
101. 55
105. 66
106.58
110. 74
109. 72
110.36
110. 73
111.36
82.52
82.23
82.66
83.19
91.97
91.51
92. 96
94.74
May
June
Julv _..
Aug
131.18
125. 45
135. 83
141. 17
209. 83
211.25
221. 90
229. 99
113.60
115.63
117.00
117. 42
111.93
112. 34
112.48
111.05
83.37
82.69
82.81
83.98
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
140. 67
130. 15
142. 63
144. 26
242. 66
233. 36
237. 84
242. 50
119. 95
117. 84
120. 04
119. 68
109. 85
111.31
111.94
112. 36
1938
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
142. 13
139. 30
147. 91
159. 16
242.
239.
256.
263.
25
32
36
34
118. 29
115. 20
119.00
123.09
162. 58
147. 69
267. 38
252. 94
125. 39
118. 64
1913 in. a.
1914 m.a.
1915m. a.
1910 m.a
1917 m.a.
1918 m.a.
1919 m.a
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
m.a.
May
June
July _
Aug
BOND NEW YORK STOCK2 EXCHANGE
YIELDS
SALES
0) 1
BOND PRICE INDEXES
STOCK PRICES
Munici- Stocks
pal
bonds
16
foreign
Per
cent
Per cent of par value
Mis-
cellaneous
bonds
Thous.
of shares
6,924
3,992
26, 073
$41, 499
56, 959
79, 623
94, 199
61, 866
47, 544
71, 322
14, 448
19, 404
15, 378
11,948
£T
Total
bonds
bond's j|
Thousands of dollars
par value
4.45
4.16
4.23
4.06
4.31
4.58
4.50
70 51
75.89
71 35
69. 36
70.76
Liberty
T?£?sJ
9
$40, 492
117, 059
236, 814
$41,499 ;
56, 959
79, 623
94, 199
85, 690
164, 603
308, 136
60.12
55. 28
74. 00
72.27
73.21
75. 45
77. 86
79.53
85. 38
94.93
93. 46
95. 68
97. 52
99. 23
101. 15
93.20
99.54
98.77
101.44
102. 62
102. 73
104. 12
92.42
101.22
100. 22
101.71
103. 04
103.31
105. 19
5.04
5.02
4.21
4.27
4.21
4.13
4.13
3.99
18, 728
14, 334
21, 852
19, 773
23, 503
37, 684
37, 425
48, 708
88, 563
115, 686
206, 948
161, 521
243, 145
256, 621
238, 734
282, 479
235, 406
173, 130
136, 442
66, 549
72, 178
29, 503
21,311
24, 158
323, 969
288, 816
343, 390
227, 903
315, 323
286, 124
260, 045
306, 697
74.67
74.29
75. 60
76.59
77.82
77.59
78. 60
78.89
99.01
99.41
99.74
100. 14
102. 27
102. 62
102.88
103. 50
103. 64
103. 80
103. 92
104. 04
4.12
4.16
4.14
4.13
36, 904
40, 213
31, 183
41, 891
175, 594
217, 302
272, 138
299, 088
14, 060
15, 870
17, 457
25, 403
189, 654
233, 172
289, 595
324, 491
83.52
83.29
83.72
84.48
76. 66
76.32
76.10
76.19
79.51
79.32
79. 65
79.58
100. 38
100. 27
100. 71
100. 67
103.
103.
103.
103.
31
37
62
41
105. 23
104. 84
105. 02
104. 74
4.08
4.08
3.98
3.95
34, 757
44, 163
56, 057
49, 636
326, 065
282, 405
313, 565
290, 520
25, 349
15, 288
45, 471
25,800
351, 414
297, 693
359, 036
316, 320
95.06
93.48
93.57
94.58
84.84
84.10
84. 16
85.43
76.49
76.76
76.85
78.23
79.38
78.37
78.60
79.55
101.03
100. 63
100. 79
101. 34
104. 14
103. 71
103. 58
104. 14
105. 07
104.96
105. 42
105. 67
3.95
4.01
4.06
4.02
46, 598
47, 630
38, 493
51, 057
303, 510
288, 469
252, 423
290, 948
31,163
34, 837
17,289
13, 070
334, 673
323,306
269, 712
304, 018
84.35
85.05
85.43
85.98
95.19
96.11
97.23
97.20
86.11
87.24
87.87
88.57
78.29
79.00
79.14
79.55
79.81
79.93
79.86
80.82
101. 51
101. 59
102. 43
102. 46
103. 68
103. 92
106. 53
106. 02
105. 64
104. 65
105. 46
105. 60
3.96
3.95
3.93
3.87
51,918
254, 987
258, 112
261, 540
267,918
24, 326
13, 187
20, 205
23,916
279, 313
271, 299
281, 745
291, 834
112. 25
111.73
111.33
110. 97
86.15
86.13
86.04
86.26
97.04
96.50
95.90
95.33
88.75
88.61
88.81
87.89
79.66
80.03
80. 32
82.17
81.28
81.33
80.95
81.09
102. 60
102. 41
102. 58
102. 44
105.
105.
106.
105.
105.
105.
105.
105.
90
92
67
46
3.87
3.87
3.93
3.97
56, 963
47, 165
84, 988
80,569
269,
222,
304,
301,
374
644
610
084
20, 864
16, 611
11,910
14, 489
290,238
239, 255
316, 520
315, 573
110. 58
110. 42
85.54
83.54
94.49
92.04
86. 92
84.42
81.42
79.51
80.73
79.39
101. 71
101. 14
105. 03
105. 16
105. 28
104. 84
4.01
4.06
82, 164
63, 741
263, 388
246, 885
14, 764
14, 517
278, 152
261, 402
9
94
96
05
98
50, 459
51, 356
62, 367
Sept
Oct ...
Nov
Dec
i
1
Average market yield of bonds of 20 large cities at the end of each month compiled by The Bond Buyer, Averages for 1913 to 1916, inclusive, taken from Bond Buyer's
Index of the Municipal Bond Market, based on period Jan. 1 to Dec. 1; subsequent yearly data are averages for the period Jan. 31 to Dec. 31.
2
Bond sales from Dow, Jones & Co.; stock sales from the Annalist. These data include only sales on the New York Stock Exchange and not those in the "over-thecounter" market or on other exchanges. Monthly data from 1920 are given for most items in this table in the May, 1922, issue (No. 9), pp. 125 and 129.
3
This index, compiled as of the last day of the month by the New York Trust Co., includes 25 railroad, 10 iron and steel, 5 railroad equipment, 9 motor (including accessories), 5 rubber tire, 5 shipping, 5 sugar, 5 leather and shoe, 5 tobacco, 10 copper, 10 oil, and 9 New York bank and trust companies.
* Prices are averages of daily closing prices for these stocks on New York Stock Exchange, taken from the Annalist. Monthly data from 1913 are given in the December,
1922, issue (No. 16), p. 47.
« Compiled from weekly quotations of 25 southern cotton-mill stocks as furnished by R. S. Dickson & Co. Monthly data from 1923 may be found on p. 24 of the
March, 1926, issue (No. 55).
6
These indexes are compiled by Dow, Jones & Co. from the yields of the average prices of the bonds for each day of the month, the average yields for the 10 bonds of
each class being capitalized at 4 per cent to give the combined index.
7 This index, compiled as of the last day of the month by the New York Trust Co., includes 6 Liberty and Victory bonds (the 2 issues of Victory bonds being replaced
at their redemption by the Treasury bonds, thus making only 5 issues), 16 foreign government and city, 20 railroad, 10 public utility, and 5 telegraph and telephone issues.
s 7 months' average, June to December, inclusive.
» 5 substitutions in this series in January, 1922, account for the violent change in the index.
129
Table 107.—STOCK PRICE INDEXES BY GROUPS AND YIELDS
YIELDS,
industrials i
PEICE INDEXES
Industrials
Total
Bailroads
YEAR AND
MONTH
Auto- Petro- Rubmober
biles leum
Total
Steel
Ma- R. R.
chin- equip- Copper
ery
ment
Textiles
Food
High
Com- grade
mon pref.
Chain To- Thea- Utiliter
ties
stores bacco
Number of stocks in each group
329
31
198
10
17
7
9
5
10
11
5
9
1
1
7
3
16
33
Relative to 1917-1921 average
Per cent
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
85.9
100.4
92.1
79.0
97.0
87.3
89.4
81.3
78.5
92.4
85.1
105.1
96.6
79.2
98.9
55.0
94.7
94.7
52.6
62.6
77.9
108.9
97.0
83.0
103.4
63.7
121.4
94.6
54.7
54.1
97.6
103.7
99.2
78.8
95.3
83.0
107.8
103. 1
70.3
77.6
90.0
100.2
107.1
92.2
115.0
103.8
107.1
85.4
65.8
89.8
58.7
94.4
101.7
68. 1
77.4
72.7
103.1
106.0
101.2
138.1
69.4
78.4
97.7
90.4
124.4
79.9
105.7
90.5
85.8
100.7
1923 mo.
1924 mo.
1925 mo.
1926 mo.
1927 mo.
av
av
av
av
av
98.9
104.4
128.7
145.0
173.0
91.4
97.7
113.8
127.0
151.3
102.0
107.5
134.8
152.3
182.0
73.5
72.1
122.4
187. 6
298.0
100.8
97.9
108.9
111.6
105.6
42.7
29.2
51.4
52.0
52.0
88.8
89.9
100.9
110.9
141.9
69.6
71.2
94. 1
94.2
105.6
123.5
127.9
160.3
165.8
199.8
87.3
87.6
103.9
109.3
122.9
77.0
57.9
45.2
39.3
42.1
171.3
208.0
236.3
290.8
364.9
171.4
243.7
374.4
413.5
500.7
June
July
August
135.1
141.0
145.7
151.3
120.6
125.5
128.1
131.4
141.1
147.4
152. 8
159.5
151.3
163.5
187.1
219.8
110.8
114.5
113.6
113.5
46.4
49.3
47.9
50.6
98.8
107.6
114.7
121.7
90.5
94.2
95.2
95.2
152.3
161.3
165.3
171.4
104.5
105.9
109.9
113.3
34.3
34.5
35.0
37.1
274.4
293.4
298 5
302.4
September
October
November
December
152.5
148.0
150.2
154.0
134.6
129.6
132.4
135.3
159.8 1 227.9
155.5
225.6
157.5
215.4
161.8
228.0
113.4
109.0
108.5
109.6
50.4
45.9
46.1
46.2
118.9
113.7
116.7
123.0
93.5
90.7
89.5
91.4
171.7
165.1
172.3
180.0
110.9
112.3
116.0
117.2
39.4
38.1
40.3
42.9
January
February
March
April
153.5
156.9
159.0
162.5
136.9
142.1
143.1
147.4
160.2
163.0
165.6
168.7
226.6
233.4
251.9
266.6
110.5
112. 3
107.7
101.9
47.0
50.2
53.1
52.6
123.6
125.3
128.8
135.3
94.1
96.9
96.9
102.3
176.3
185.2
189.7
187.3
116.0
115.3
116.7
117.1
May
June
July
August.
167.5
168. 5
171.6
179.3
150.5
151. 9
153.9
156. 0
174.6
175.4
178.9
189.0
276.7
281.9
290.3
318.5
103.2
101.7
100.9
105.3
49.1
44.4
45.7
50.6
136.0
135.4
138.3
150.5
106.9
107.2
107.8
106.2
196.0
201.2
203.6
212.5
September
October
November
December
187.7
186. 1
189. 4
194.6
157. 1
157. 6
158. 6
160. 6
200.4
197.6
202.1
208.7
354.5
355.8
353.5
366.5
105.3
104.0
107.5
106.4
57.6
55.4
55.8
62.1
165.8
153.1
152.0
159.3
110.0
109.6
111.5
117.8
January
February
March
April
195.2
191.8
202.9
215.2
158.2
153.7
159. 0
164.8
210.4
207.5
220.9
236.2
369.8
372.9
453.3
508.4
107.4
101.9
106.2
116.6
64.7
58.7
55.1
55.7
159.1
154.5
157.6
160.0
May
221.8
210.5
168.1
159.7
243.9
231.5
528.2
498.3
122.3
114.6
56.2
47.7
160.8
150.5
1926
May
20
102.7
74.4
84.0
102.7
102.9
95.7
87.7
120.4
7.47
6.74
7.50
7.95
6.31
6.70
6.31
6.79
6.80
6.14
105.7
111. 4
134.5
159.7
192.8
81.3
83.2
126.1
151.5
173.8
128.6
143.2
193.6
214.1
246.2
6.63
6.02
5.31
5.25
5.25
6.12
6.08
5.90
5.78
5.51
354.5
385.4
399.1
298.6
153.5
156.3
159.5
160.3
147.3
149.9
148.4
153.0
200.8
207.0
215.7
223.4
5.36
5.48
5.38
5.27
5.77
5.77
5.77
5.74
302.4
299.4
309.9
318.7
395.1
390.8
424.2
436.3
164.4
162.0
165.7
168.3
154. 4
156.4
159.4
164.1
222.8
215.6
222.0
222.9
5.24
5.40
5.42
5.28
5.81
5.82
5.78
5.67
41.5
40.0
38.6
39.5
310.2
314.8
326.0
343.3
417.0
422.3
425.2
446.3
167.8
167.3
170.2
172.7
167.5
175.9
186.6
180.2
218.6
217.8
220.8
226.7
5.64
5.64
5.60
5.50
5.65
5.60
5.57
5.54
117.4
113.4
114.6
121.8
41.2
40.3
42.1
43.6
369.1
361.1
363.4
371.3
466.1
462.1
477.7
534.2
183.5
190.3
196.0
199.6
179.0
170.8
162.7
166.6
239.2
241.8
242.6
254. 1
5.40
5.34
5.25
5.12
5.49
5.50
5.52
5.48
216. 1
203.8
207.9
218.4
127.4
128.0
136.3
150.5
44.8
43.9
45.1
44.4
392.2
389.1
406.6
432.1
585. 1
573.6
598.4
601.0
205.9
208.7
226.7
225.5
169.9
173.4
174.1
178.7
267.2
267.2
274.6
283.9
4.90
5.02
4.86
4.69
5.45
5.45
5.43
5.40
122.3
125.6
128.2
133.2
231.6
225.3
227.5
228.2
150.5
148.5
148.0
158.1
46.6
47.5
49.6
52.6
430.6
425.8
433.9
443.8
582.3
565.0
579.7
597.2
220.5
209.2
212.4
215.7
178.6
180.3
188.8
199.8
294.8
309.9
315.7
339.7
4.66
4.73
4.63
4.49
5.33
5.34
5.28
5.18
136.4
126.8
224.6
208.6
165.8
162.3
52.5
46.3
444.8
423.1
605.0
589.5
201.3
190.3
207.0
199.0
360.4
338.0
4.36
4.53
5.21
5.32
1937
1928
June
July
August..
September
October
November ...
December
!
i
i Compiled by the Standard Statistics Company; stock prices represent long-term indexes of common stock market values, weighted by the number of shares of each stock
outstanding. For industrial stocks the mean of the years 1917 to 1921 equals 100, while for rails, because of their depressed market in that period, the mean of the high and
low made in the 10 years, 1913 to 1922, is taken as 100. The monthly figures are averages of weekly closing prices or last previous sale price. Other groups not published
here, but included in the total, comprise automobile accessories, chemicals, coal, electrical equipment, farm machinery, leather, mail order, miscellaneous metals, paper,
shipping, sugar, telegraph, and miscellaneous. Monthly data from 1918 appeared in the October, 1927, issue (No. 74) of the SURVEY, pp. 21 and 22, the November, 1927,
issue (No. 75), p. 23, and the January, 1928, issue (No. 77), p. 24. Industrial stock yields have been computed by dividing the total annual dividend rate each month by
the total of monthly prices, using the average of high and low monthly stock prices. Only such stocks as have paid some dividend every year since 1914 have been included
in the common grouping; extra cash dividends, on an annual basis, are added to regular dividends and are considered to be part of such regular dividends, while stock dividends are disregarded, as such adjustments are largely cared for in the market price of the stock. As preferred stocks have various dividend rates, all prices have been,
adjusted to an equivalent 7 per cent basis and $100 par previous to averaging.
731°—28
9
130
Table 108.—NEW SECURITY ISSUES AND AGRICULTURAL FINANCING
CORPORATE SECURITIES 1
YEAR
AND
MONTH
Total
Bonds
and
Stocks
notes
Recapital funding
New
MUNICIPAL CANADIAN BOND
ISSUES a
SECURITIES 2
Perma- Tem- Govt.
nent porary and Mu- Corloans loans pro- nici- poration
(long (short vincial pal bonds end of
term) term)
mo.
Mil. of
Fed-
Fed-
EIGN
IS-
SUES 9
War
Joint
eral
Fieral
stock in ter- nance Offered
farm
in
land 6 med, Corpo- U.S.
loan
credit
rabanks ° banks banks 7 tion 8
Thousands of dollars
dolls.
$34, 040 $40, 268
37, 200 24, 332
41, 049 12, 894
41, 450 24, 367
37, 078 32, 704
21, 902 39, 428
63, 528 37, 508
FOR-
AGRICULTURAL LOANS
OUTSTANDING
(end of month)
NEW
INCORPORATotal TIONS «
outstdg.,
Thousands of dollars
1913 m. a. $137, 145
1914m. a. 119, 710
1915m. a. 119, 613
1916m. a. 182, 208
1917m. a. 127, 498
1918m. a 112, 068
1919 m. a. 251, 764
TAXEXSECURITIES*
$4, 422 $9, 647
7,118 7,032
17, 901 5,542
17, 385 4,158
56, 198 2,365
58, 000 4,917
64, 429 2,583
$6, 171
3,644
1,888
3,540
2,708
628
5,121
$4, 567 $172, 301
120, 306
4,989
164, 915
5,201
276, 925
5,587
373, 198
6,936
183, 275
8,047
7,893 1, 056, 519
jj
$34, 257
$3, 144
69, 458
94, 257
59, 846
2,476
67, 770
338, 234
76, 951
373, 381 79, 124
546, 519 143, 410
732, 365 NISI, 837
879, 929 421, 394
974, 737 502, 183
1, 045, 135 599, 265
1, 128, 003 619, 764
53, 016
56, 259
69, 033
41, 305
101, 628
110, 827
109, 880
132, 717
$110, 498
237, 478
1920m. a.
1921 m. a.
1922m. a.
1923m. a.
1924 m. a_
1925 m. a.
1926 m. a.
1927 in. a_
247, 188
201, 234
255, 868
267, 704
319, 890
394, 843
441, 630
608, 450
$89, 253 $157, 935 $225, 825 $21, 357
23, 271 117, 963 151, 828 49, 407
51, 969 203, 899 194, 615 61, 460
61,413 206, 291 214, 782 44, 037
72, 199 247, 691 276, 858 43, 023
109, 248 285, 595 341, 727 53, 115
109, 814 331, 815 363, 084 78, 546
146, 467 461, 968 447, 768 160, 766
64, 742
115, 281
106, 629
94, 597
120, 557
117,059
113, 503
123, 147
55, 341
63, 503
32, 965
42, 846
81, 590
72, 172
55, 101
49, 435
9,749
13, 395
27, 125
25, 107
25, 748
22, 189
14, 897
13, 202
4,466
7,052
7,290
7,227
7,270
2,849
5,242
6,457
3,846
5,121
6,729
10, 880
15, 284
12, 996
22, 146
25, 255
8,512 1, 249, 920
663, 260
9,198
700, 013
10, 372
780, 896
11,476
596, 227
12, 754
823, 434
13, 727
912, 268
14, 838
383, 642
15, 774
1927
May
June
July
Aug
712, 924
707, 548
371, 095
444, 278
127, 464
155, 867
79, 052
153, 887
585, 460
551, 682
292, 043
290, 391
447, 135 265, 789
538, 295 169, 253
341, 658 29, 437
277, 832 166, 446
210, 051
164, 299
86, 268
88, 878
18, 010
26, 625
19, 288
60, 382
8,400 1,517
271 2,226
None. 4,799
904
None.
30, 100
10, 374
31, 557
6,625
15, 693
15, 761
15, 783
15, 850
292, 280
314, 363
273, 906
325, 193
1, 124, 055
1, 130, 648
1, 134, 896
1, 139, 502
617, 220
607, 517
607, 679
609, 891
70, 888
65, 051
64, 252
84, 408
5,050 52, 879
4,846 160, 596
4,731 67, 072
4,569 105, 145
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec_ _ _
451, 364
734, 081
617, 554
852, 064
109, 576
134, 568
121, 198
273, 591
341, 788
599, 513
496, 356
578, 473
372, 585 78, 779
574, 380 159, 701
403, 365 214, 190
588, 591 263, 472
116, 311 73, 088
124, 759 69, 561
105, 067 26, 575
117, 903 44, 248
18, 370 9,788
24, 045 3,828
58, 540 10, 532
2,500 11, 340
52, 973
74, 936
24, 260
5,858
15, 952
16, 060
16, 142
16, 205
431, 293
243, 998
225, 803
235, 021
1, 143, 130
1, 147, 135
1, 150, 943
1, 155, 644
609, 535
610, 050
607, 891
607, 477
62, 879
66, 885
71, 815
75, 915
4,285 94, 395
4,080 260, 145
1,800 165, 067
1,362 106, 496
1928
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
573, 573
612, 696
741, 950
833, 206
138, 545
126, 857
245, 096
310, 263
435, 028
485, 840
496, 854
522, 943
408, 545
411, 352
380, 707
484, 090
165, 028
201, 344
361, 243
349, 116
103, 199 73, 320
132, 725 113, 389
132, 332 75, 359
130, 248 78, 001
4,000
5,000
None.
36
415
1,560
4,379
2,312
9,396
3,185
7,490
41, 845
16, 278
16, 442
16, 557
16, 667
1, 158, 717 608, 798
1, 168, 354 609, 984
1, 256, 111 611, 004
1, 261, 834 610, 921
74, 888
75, 220
74, 119
72, 351
1,244
1,226
1,037
985
757, 834
828, 434
321, 257 436, 577
409, 611 418, 823
14, 896
18, 249
30, 000
10, 734
4,374
2,158
57, 970
77, 198
16, 728
1, 266, 386
70, 899
May
June
July
Aug
583, 357 174, 477
645, 883 182, 551
147, 450
125, 288
641, 353
$50, 883
64, 333
81, 239
72, 734
$174, 051
103, 646
60, 438
28, 191
11, 116
4,701
159, 825
131, 129
118, 437
156, 039
926 233, 775
904 218, 179
Sept
Oct
Dec
Compiled by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, except for data previous to 1920, which are from the New York Journal of Commerce. The columns "New
/pital" and " Refunding" include all types of financing to be used for the purpose designated. Distribution of bond issues by classes, from 1920 through September, 1924,
cai
>peared in June, 1923, issue (No. 22), p. 42, and in November, 1924, issue (No. 39), p. 187. Further details are given in the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
appe:
2
Sales of new securities by States and municipalities compiled by The Bond Buyer. The short-term loans are of a temporary character, usually replaced later by permanent loans.
3
Compiled, prior to 1927, by The Financial Post, Canada; thereafter by A. E. Ames & Co., covering bonds issued in Canada; segregation between those sold in Canada
and those sold in United States are shown in weekly reports.
* Compiled by the V. S. Treasury Department from actual reports and estimates of the net amount of fully tax-exempt securities outstanding at the end of the month
(i. e., total outstanding less amounts in sinking fund or owned by the United States Government). The detailed estimates show separate classifications for (1) States, counties, cities, etc., (2) Territories and insular possessions, (3) United States Government, and (4) Federal farm loan system. Monthly figures since January, 1913, are given
on p. 23 of the February, 1928, issue (No. 78).
« New incorporations represent the value of the authorized capital of new enterprises, exclusive of those under $100,000, incorporated in the principal Eastern States as
compiled by the New York Journal of Commerce. Monthly averages from 1923 appeared in November, 1924, issue (No. 39), p. 187.
6
These data, from the Federal Farm Loan Board, represent loans made for agricultural development secured by mortgages on land and buildings, the Federal farm
loan banks being established by the Government in 12 districts, while the joint-stock land banks, of which 70 are now in existence, are private organizations. 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, and in 1921 many loan
requests could not be granted because the cessation of bond selling had depleted the resources. Monthly figures on loans closed from 1920 appeared in June, 1923, issue
(No. 22), p. 47.
7 The Federal intermediate credit banks under the supervision of the Federal Farm Loan Board are located in the same cities as the 12 Federal land banks, as follows:
Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S. C.; Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans, La.; St. Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Nebr.; Wichita, Kans.; Houston,
Tex.; Berkeley, Calif.; and Spokane, Wash. These banks lend money on staple agricultural products and make rediscounts for agricultural credit corporations and livestock
loan8 companies.
Data from the War Finance Corporation comprise advances for "agricultural and livestock purposes" under the agricultural credits acts on Aug. 24, 1921, to banks,
livestock associations, and cooperative marketing associations. Figures on advancements and repayments from 1922 to September, 1924, appeared in November, 1924, issue
(No. 39), p. 189; since that date new advances have practically ceased.
• Compiled by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, representing the amount of foreign capital issues, both Government and
private, publicly offered in the United States by American underwriters. Details by individual issues, classified by countries, are shown in the bureau's reports. Monthly
data irom 1914 appeared in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), p. 22.
10
6 months' average, March, June, September, October, November, and December.
131
Table 109.—NEW SECURITY ISSUES BY CLASSES
CORPORATE ISSUES
YEAR AND
MONTH
Foreign
govern- Total
ment corporate
Rail- Public Indusroads utilities trials
Oils
LONG-TERM REAL ESTATE BONDS
Purpose of issue
ShipLand, ping Grand
AcquiTo
build- and
Real sitions
ing, etc. miscel- total finance estate and
conlaneous
imstruc- mort- provetion gages ments
Kind of structure
InterOffice
est
and
other Hotels Apart- rates
comments
mercial
Per ct.
Thousands of dollars
1919 mo. av _.
1920 mo av
1921 mo. av
1922 mo av
$36, 640
24, 250
31, 606
35, 942
$228, 304
247, 192
199, 242
256, 107
$17, 343
31, 490
54, 607
54, 294
$38, 523
41, 402
55, 924
80, 007
$73, 455
88, 595
43, 881
52, 818
$54, 310
38, 222
27, 671
25, 192
$5, 565
7,700
4,542
14, 875
$25, 908
30, 970
13, 450
28, 920
$13, 338
$8, 452
$1, 066
$2, 209
$6, 171
$2, 676
$2, 404
6.91
20, 237
69, 000
53, 782
42, 844
64, 761
269, 403
319, 881
394, 843
441, 630
608, 450
43, 187
78, 358
42, 892
35, 215
80, 234
94, 866
127, 470
143, 753
164, 538
248, 875
68, 248
51, 512
76, 887
88, 938
97, 915
18, 822
15, 627
23, 545
41, 643
35, 445
21, 013
27, 958
62, 722
61, 347
55, 724
23, 268
18, 956
39, 623
46, 348
84, 198
19, 940
26, 604
57, 963
53, 701
47, 562
13, 014
19, 001
33, 322
29, 480
22, 517
2,157
4,328
12, 613
10, 643
11, 435
3,696
1,057
7,233
6,861
5,320
9,723
12, 214
21, 892
21,806
15, 542
4,354
4,964
9,761
8,637
4,022
3,499
5, 567
8,155
7,261
5,125
6.58
6.50
6.29
6.18
6.03
January
February
March
April
_-
24, 972
3,800
21, 500
83, 100
614, 549
414, 189
480, 400
442, 586
46, 670
23, Oil
31, 930
61, 924
206,
149,
137,
216,
246
658
426
932
151, 052
162, 237
95, 366
51, 100
43, 857
6,930
104, 750
9,450
58, 331
42, 313
55, 505
53, 533
81, 229
30, 040
48, 923
48, 498
53, 927
41, 153
50, 370
42, 398
38, 767
32, 858
24, 950
20, 603
8,663
250
9,640
13, 110
4,522
2,750
5,230
5,085
27, 342
29, 550
16, 525
11, 378
9,490
1,650
8,925
6,235
11,318
3,258
6,075
6,440
6.24
6.26
6.24
6.23
May
June
July
August
42, 000
27, 600
12, 520
34, 000
453,
472,
474,
243,
868
402
384
450
17, 925
40, 376
40, 775
15, 085
274, 824
215, 876
211, 829
69, 434
51, 178
76, 744
91, 801
66, 035
3,500
2,050
6,500
10, 500
50, 481
94, 744
82, 893
52, 628
55, 710
42, 362
40, 585
29, 618
49, 754
82, 985
69, 408
48, 220
18, 239
40, 945
43, 660
18, 845
12, 615
7,425
18, 125
18, 760
15, 480
13, 180
3,138
8,000
29, 191
34, 295
22, 640
8,915
4,833
16, 505
29, 345
8,960
7,875
7,035
8,850
7,070
6.22
6.15
6.23
6.15
74, 900
118,000
24,240
47, 492
328,
350,
595,
429,
705
482
237
304
61, 706
12, 190
27, 821
43, 170
45, 930
147, 311
162, 328
136, 656
114, 938
55, 117
73, 058
78, 624
None.
31, 212
230, 968
50, 000
48, 537
80, 142
51, 068
65, 993
57, 595
17, 260
49, 494
54, 861
42, 606
67, 545
40, 330
55, 715
27, 700
24, 015
30, 375
32, 805
7,021
19, 160
4,845
8,100
2,385
14, 300
4,110
4,150
21, 350
14, 105
23, 910
22, 475
1,630
5,175
6,235
4,660
4,270
11, 320
5,945
7,670
6.10
6.08
6.14
6.16
52,383
74, 670
84, 140
121, 686
610,
785,
494,
520,
035
649
373
452
9,346
131, 872
89, 716
57, 830
309, 084
374, 775
188, 212
196, 731
106, 350
150, 115
50, 979
58, 963
68, 588
2,700
31, 500
79, 500
74, 381
55, 763
58, 510
56,594
40, 286
70, 424
75, 081
70, 508
67, 960
48, 798
46, 840
49, 794
36, 767
17, 443
11, 900
25, 912
17, 480
9,630
11,410
13, 937
6,663
14, 700
18, 790
1,470
23, 295
18, 708
8,315
18, 177
4,050
925
2,860
11, 380
11, 827
3,780
2,775
2,720
6.13
6.08
6.03
6.12
23, 000
54, 400
25, 596
81, 000
712, 924
707, 548
371, 095
444, 278
129, 225
204, 223
14, 306
183, 764
255, 614
155, 006
115, 360
109, 821
83, 288
159, 767
69, 127
65, 392
75, 100
30, 000
20, 750
25, 000
41,510
74, 720
48, 936
38, 292
67, 124
83, 833
102, 616
22, 009
35, 520
68, 556
39, 719
32, 247
13, 740
36, 766
12, 223
19, 435
9,165
23, 960
15, 040
4,482
1,975
2,790
4,575
2,080
10, 070
26, 645
6,828
7,700
600
3,781
2,065
7,170
3,430
4,340
3,680
4,700
6.07
6.00
6.12
6.06
September
October
November
D ecember
31, 281
125, 623
35, 800
67, 547
451, 364
734, 081
617, 554
852, 064
19, 493
32, 550
16, 796
73, 686
200, 174
311, 832
252, 482
517, 412
82, 659
113, 368
180, 038
54, 938
None.
42, 000
8,200
42, 000
45, 602
73, 729
42, 730
58, 225
93, 437
160, 603
117, 309
105, 803
42, 763
59, 092
27, 131
52, 322
23, 463
35, 819
12, 460
24, 270
5,140
10, 523
5,241
11,207
3,310
525
1,850
5,115
19, 575
21, 980
9,155
16, 055
5,140
3,845
2,660
3,790
3,473
11,519
2,226
7,025
5.98
6.03
5. 88
5.87
1938
January
February
March
April
79, 808
117,351
85, 750
87, 130
573,
612,
741,
833,
573
696
950
206
78, 222
74, 216
192, 781
95, 053
210, 155
262, 825
226, 733
380, 541
118, 902
93, 570
131, 262
138, 172
2,200
20, 675
12, 952
7,300
78, 741
48, 038
73, 935
97, 152
74, 331
112, 672
102, 803
114, 988
61, 167
39, 840
62, 962
87, 748
32, 759
14, 085
13, 520
29, 220
12, 900
2,710
35, 557
36, 865
6,533
12, 175
4,225
16, 323
29, 000
22, 415
11, 965
14, 605
650
700
4,010
11,395
4,309
1,910
4,060
3,635
6.01
5.78
5.87
5.84
757, 834
828, 434
28, 601
42, 158
242, 497
378, 637
150, 783
190, 356
22, 929
21, 241
82, 253
74, 071
230, 272
121, 971
77, 450
66, 364
44, 515
27, 400
20, 910
6,763
2,600
2,610
45, 175
22, 430
10, 300
885
4,265
4,085
5.81
5.78
1923 mo av
1924 mo. av
1925 mo av
1926 mo. av
1927 ruo. av
-|
1926
September
October
November
December
1927
January
February
March
A-pril
May
June
July
August
May
June __ -July
August
_ __
79, 885
48, 550
September
October
November
December _ . .
i From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, showing new financing in the United States. Corporate financing includes both stock and bond finances, and foreign
as well as American corporations. The industrial group comprises the following classifications given in the detailed statements: Iron, steel, coal, copper, etc.; equipment
manufacturers; motors and accessories; rubber and miscellaneous industrials. The data on long-term real estate bonds which represents only those put out by mortgage
bonding houses, have been segregated from detailed figures of individual issues in the land and building group as given in the Chronicle, eliminating data on stocks and
short-term bonds. These latter items, however, were shown in the September, 1925, issue (No. 49) of the SURVEY, p. 25, together with interest rates on the short-term
bonds and the data shown here on long-term bonds extending back to January, 1922. In the classifications shown above by purpose of issue and by kind of structure, the
miscellaneous group, making the difference between the totals of the three classes shown and the grand total, has been omitted. The interest rates shown are the average
coupon rates on the long-term real estate bonds issued during the month.
132
Table 110.—BUSINESS PROFITS AND LOSSES
DIVIDEND AND INTEREST PAYMENTS
BUSINESS FAILURES »
Thous. No.
of dolls.
s
Thous. No. Thous. No.
of dolls.
of dolls.
%
I
Dividend payments
Canadian 2
Liabilities
t
«
Firms
£
VI
Banks
(quarterly)
Liabilities
w
Liabilities
Liabilities
Liabilities
YEAR AND
MONTH
Trade estab- Agents and
brokers
lishments
Liabilities
Manufacturing
establishments
Total
commercial
Total
dividend
Interest
interest
ments
and
pay-
*
pay-
ments 3
Industrial Steam Street
and
Total
railrailmiscel- roads ways
lane-
ous
S
Thous. No. Thous. No. Thous. No.
of
of dolls.
of dolls.
dolls.
$4, 906
5,368
5,149
6,020
6,493
$5. 23
5.36
3.45
5. 09 I
6.68
24, 135
23, 705
23, 832
23, 668
23, 508
6,318
5,977
6,074
5,970
5, 902
6.19
5.85
6. 59
4.94
4.40
45, 120
47, 181
49, 671
55, 365
60, 198
24, 093
25, 100
26, 251
27, 593
29, 125
6,313
7,008
7, 778
9,141
10, 390
5.46
5.55
7.09
7.58
8.68
47, 750
68, 300
42, 800
90, 000
18, 600
27, 050
32, 000
20, 800
6,300
11, 300
12, 000
10, 000
7.62
165, 200
112, 700
130, 100
150, 675
30, 900
31, 650
33, 850
27, 550
19, 200
8,100
5, 900
11, 175
386, 650
440, 700
651, 853
252, 325
254, 900 131, 750 98, 100
290, 000 150, 700 119, 500
423, 703 228, 150 163, 500
161, 100 91, 225 50, 050
26, 300
25, 450
33, 450
34, 675
7,350
5,750
13, 200
6,500
143
173
162
184
326, 325
489, 725
321, 800
490, 675
250, 100 76, 225 49, 375
369, 850 119, 875 70, 250
227, 100 94, 700 48, 800
331, 175 159, 500 119, 700
19, 750
28, 375
33, 500
24, 050
7,100
12, 250
12, 400
15, 750
3,249
4,012
6,829
1,556
210
210
150
125
750,
333,
428,
561,
460,
176,
258,
372,
179, 800
114,300
129, 050
149, 500
33, 800
33, 100
34, 600
28, 380
21, 000
9,600
6,500
11, 300
3,707
1,681
127
127
334, 850
467, 225
719, 196
203, 500 131, 350 96, 550
316, 900 150, 325 118, 050
466, 704 252, 492 184, 8Q2
27, 100
26, 075
34, 500
7,700
;
6,200 l 8,24
13, 600 ,
h
i
152 $148, 103
241 148, 948
219 155, 426
148 177, 919
93 199, 095
mo. av_ $22, 818
mo. av_ 29, 821
mo. av. 25, 106
mo. av_ 16, 354
mo. av. 15, 203
1,336 $10, 366
1,523 11, 312
9, 335
1,846
6,083
1,415
6,628
1,154
353
385
426
349
308
$9, 583
13, 805
12, 436
7,616
5,843
929
1,071
1,336
994
786
$2, 869
4,704
3,335
2, 655
2,732
54 5 $7,887
67 14, 001
9,306
84
1,598
73
4,614
61
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
mo
mo.
mo.
mo
mo.
av
av.
av.
av
av.
13, 590
9,442
24, 593
52, 361
51, 989
832
538
740
1,638
1,973
6,121
4,301
10, 666
19, 488
17, 910
230
155
220
375
473
4,825
3,139
7,380
21, 232
22, 615
541
334
461
1,166
1,410
2,644
2,002
6,547
11, 641
11, 465
60
48
59
96
89
1,284
4,131
12, 675
43, 254
19, 434
6
12
30
102
69
1,035
843
1,845
4,221
4,771
68
52
82
199
271
227, 061
265, 764
284, 573
278, 484
283, 310
85, 184
78, 912
81, 841
76, 872
77, 554
53, 788
48, 264
50, 140
45, 200
43, 723
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
mo
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
av
av.
av.
av.
av.
44, 948
45, 269
36, 979
34, 103
43, 359
1,560
1,718
1,768
1,814
1,929
23, 379
23, 897
13, 974
13, 170
17, 626
414
434
424
450
474
17, 495
16, 933
17, 948
16, 779
19, 016
1,089
1,197
1,263
1,272
1,340
4,012
4,439
5,058
4,155
6,700
57
85
80
93
115
50, 934
50, 731
41, 175
53, 019
35,862
144
153
116
152
100
4,285
3,378
2,990
2, 369
2,174
243
192
176
176
168
298, 768
80, 271
320, 049
84, 391
340, 492 $251, 204 89, 246
365, 932 268, 208 97, 724
395, 955 289, 342 106, 613
1926
September. _ 29, 990
33, 231
November.. 32, 694
December__ 45, 620
1,437
1,763
1,830
2,069
10, 093
11, 650
16, 097
16, 758
374
450
440
494
11, 242
15, 874
14, 158
20, 579
958
1,205
1,285
1,469
8,655
5,707
2,439
8,282
105
108
105
106
73, 651
169
82, 221
230
2,059
2,384
2,712
2,930
156
190
188
204
321, 492
447, 500
339, 100
428, 930
248, 748 72, 750
340, 850 106, 650
252, 300 86, 800
308, 130 120, 800
1927
January
February
March
April
51, 290
46, 941
57, 891
53, 156
2,465
2,035
2,143
1,968
19, 996
10, 518
22, 368
25, 278
501
411
569
492
24, 530
23, 406
28, 191
22, 308
1,842
1,508
1,468
1,342
6,764
13, 017
7,332
5,570
122
116
106
134
2,954
3,213
2,019
1,557
221
189
188
152
677, 750
307, 450
421, 470
545, 300
400, 950
155, 000
251, 620
355, 900
M^ay
June.
July
August
37, 785
34, 465
43, 150
39, 196
1,852
1,833
1,756
1,708
13,802
13, 587
16, 743
14, 921
444
427
448
438
19, 978
17, 856
16, 832
14, 702
1,292
1,310
1,187
1,174
4,005
3,022
9,575
9,573
116
96
121
96
1,826
2,049
1,785
1,687
157
156
144
147
September. .
October
November.December __
32, 786
36, 236
36, 147
51, 262
1,573
1,787
1,864
2,162
15, 349
17, 134
12, 786
29, 024
389
488
478
597
12, 052
14, 657
16, 949
16, 733
1,083
1,170
1,276
1,430
5,385
4,445
6,412
5,305
101
129
110
135
1,490
2,157
2,531
2,914
47, 634
45, 071
_ 54, 814
34, 985
2,643
2,176
2,236
1,818
14, 871
12, 751
20, 412
13, 236
553
468
546
432
26, 446
24, 952
26, 186
16, 049
1,946
1,581
1,566
1,276
6,318
7,367
8,216
5,700
144
127
124
110
36, 117
27, 978
2,008
1,950
14, 230
12, 723
470
513
18, 900
13, 781
1,407
1,325
2,987
3,324
131
109
«30 $1, 388
54 2,562
33 2,698
12 1,312
12 1,138
174
25, 428
81
20,857
55
31,362
88
Dolls.
per
share
Thousands of dollars
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
66, 619
Av.
payments
on
industrial
stocks
(qtly.)<
$69, 838 $38, 527 $24, 733
68, 481 36, 530 24, 549
66, 020 36, 374 23, 613
77, 176 44, 986 26, 095
89, 856 56, 542 26, 038
266, 800
152, 450
169, 850
189, 400
7.90
8.45
8.83
8.87
8.57
1928
y
March
June
July
r
36, 802
109
28, 953
92
""T""" "
!
!
200
000
900
230
600
000
750
050
289, 600
157, 000
170, 150
189, 180
8.41
O t
i
1
|
I!
1 Compiled by Dan's Review; for annual data in greater detail, see April, 1924, issue of the SURVEY (No. 32), pp. 57-59. Monthly data on total commercial failures from
1913 appeared in December, 1923, issue (No. 28), p. 53; monthly data on all classes from 1921 appeared in June, 1924, issue (No. 34), p. 55.
2
3 Canadian business failures from Bradstreet's.
Data compiled by New York Journal of Commerce. "Total dividends" include bank dividends not separately shown for those months where such payments are
reported. Monthly data for total dividend and interest payments covering the period 1913 to 1921 appeared in the September, 1922, issue (No. 13) of the SURVEY, p. 51
(figure for July, 1917, should be $333,011 instead of $633,011); and for dividends classified, covering the same period, in the October, 1922, issue (No. 14), p. 46.
4
Compiled by the Cleveland Trust Co. up to the first quarter of 1927 and thereafter by the Chase Securities Corporation, representing average dollar dividends paid on
the industrial stocks included in the Dow-Jones index of stock prices, comprising 12 stocks from 1900 through 1914 and 20 stocks from 1915 through 1924. The figures are
unweighted averages of the amount of dividends paid per share for these stocks in each quarter, reduced to an annual basis. Quarterly figures extending back to 1900 appeared in April, 1925, issue (No. 44), p. 29.
fi Yearly data are quarterly averages.
133
Table 111.—CORPORATION PROFITS AND STOCKHOLDERS
(QUARTERLY)
STOCKHOLDERS >
NET PROFITS 1
Railroad
QC
5
ous
!
Miscellane-
i
U. S. Steel Corp.
(common stock)
R. R. Co.
Machinery
1
H
Motors and
accessories
rt
Telephone
!!
i6
5
Railroads
YEAR AND QUARTER
Pennsylvania
Industrial
and
telephone
Metals and
mining
«
,2
Do-
mestic
Millions of dollars
Foreign
Do-
mestic
Shares
held
For-
by
eign
brokers
Per ct.
Number
of total
American Teleph.
& Teleg. Co.
Do-
mestic
Foreign
Number
1913 quarterly av.__
1914 quarterly av_
1915 quarterly av
1916 quarterly av...
1917 quarterly av
1918 quarterly av_.
1919 quarterly av...
72, 714
78, 682
81, 603
85, 343
93, 331
102, 798
111,316
11, 258
11, 839
11,816
6,884
2,235
1,773
1,727
41, 436
47, 777
3 42, 020
39, 365
44, 531
64, 314
73, 510
1,529
1,697
3 1, 980
939
1,191
1,484
1,475
51.48
46.73
45.87
55.08
51.88
43.22
40.65
53, 205
56, 932
62, 279
67, 504
78, 597
96, 035
115, 482
1,041
1,175
1,270
1,187
999
1,143
1,239
1920 quarterly av.
1921 quarterly a v _ _ _
1922 quarterly av
1923 quarterly av...
1924 quarterly av
1925 quarterly av...
1926 quarterly av
1927 monthly av
126, 424
138, 450
136, 181
138, 846
142, 718
144, 380
140, 954
142, 178
1,500
1,743
2,869
2,847
2,925
2,968
2,911
2,877
88, 085
104, 621
97, 580
94, 489
96, 081
91, 043
87, 467
91, 075
1,300
1,341
1,380
1,431
1,557
1,511
1,587
1,599
30.35
22.45
24.36
22.76
22.97
26.31
28.01
26.23
131, 643
163, 703
217, 599
265, 638
322, 693
353, 217
377, 563
415, 734
1,267
2,013
2,298
2,644
3,086
3,796
4,753
5,248
138, 895
136, 940
134, 279
134, 609
2,915
2,888
2,851
2,820
105, 261
97, 989
94, 789
92, 281
1,399
1,370
1,384
1,365
22.02
24.09
25.05
26.28
195, 608
201, 303
228, 592
246, 494
2,217
2,233
2,309
2,431
$246
246
283
308
271
$400
388
480
547
506
1932
March
June
__ . ..
September
$34
38
47
53
57
$120
104
150
184
179
$35
27
56
65
80
$41
29
34
43
32
$15
17
21
27
15
$12
13
14
18
19
$6
5
8
11
10
$4
4
5
5
5
$8
10
13
16
18
|
Dp,f!f>mhfir
1933
March
June
September...
Dp.np.mher
3
4
5
4
3
12
12
6
3
136, 247
137, 156
138, 581
141, 348
2,814
2,843
2,852
2,880
92, 711
91, 593
95, 462
98, 189
1,355
1,351
1,481
1,536
26.24
23.34
20.83
20.62
255, 421
260, 446
269, 762
269, 923
2,524
2,603
2,719
2,729
12
13
15
12
6
5
4
6
4
4
4
4
8
9
10
12
142, 339
142, 965
143, 307
142, 261
2,987
2,901
2,903
2,913
97, 135
97, 577
94, 904
94, 708
1,542
1,549
1,558
1,577
22.39
20.45
22.82
26.21
296, 738
314, 227
338, 183
341, 625
2,760
2,875
3,199
3,508
18
25
22
18
12
15
16
13
9
7
9
5
5
5
5
10
14
13
14
143, 224
146, 988
145, 583
141, 725
2,939
2,966
2,981
2,986
92, 552
91, 910
90, 651
89,057
1,490
1,525
1,526
1,504
26.81
25.45
25.39
27.60
345, 451
354, 279
355, 895
357, 242
3,740
3,994
4,102
4,347
41
43
46
43
19
30
37
20
17
20
21
15
10
9
10
13
6
5
5
5
13
15
17
18
141, 097
141, 365
140, 153
141, 202
2,931
2,909
2,892
2,913
89, 102
92, 031
84, 287
84, 447
1,575
1,618
1,572
1,582
29.92
24.10
29.01
28.99
362, 093
368, 410
385, 907
393, 843
4,432
4,557
4,937
5,084
75
109
90
45
40
39
29
20
18
11
14
11
18
22
21
16
11
11
9
10
5
5
5
5
15
19
18
19
142, 593
141, 558
141, 938
142, 622
2,901
2,877
2,874
2,854
85, 529
88, 665
95, 351
94, 756
1,599
1,604
1,653
1,539
27.59
26.53
25. 69
25.11
412,, 921
415, 024
416, 695
418, 295
5,190
5,267
5,287
5,247
90
32
6
20
12
6
16
143,011
2,810
95, 902
96, 649
1,691
1,688
23.86
2,279
430, 181
427, 195
5,220
5,172
339
453
422
386
185
262
276
261
36
36
30
35
118
155
116
90
39
50
29
20
27
46
43
46
17
21
14
6
12
13
13
9
374
328
412
439
203
189
286
307
35
37
37
43
136
102
89
89
37
23
22
25
45
30
18
22
24
18
16
8
377
446
563
533
205
234
359
334
44
46
45
51
128
166
159
148
41
66
63
54
33
34
33
35
439
527
656
557
224
271
393
343
51
52
51
57
164
204
212
157
58
82
76
43
468
520
576
457
227
246
335
277'
59
58
55
54
182
216
186
126
461
217
62
182
0
7
1924
March
June
September
December
1925
March
June
September
December
1926
March
June
September
December
1927
March..
June
September . .
December
1928
M arch
June
. , - -.
September
December..
i
1
i- Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from quarterly reports of net profits of 355 companies, consisting of 185 Class I railroads, 71 telephone, 18 motor
and 2accessories, 14 oil, 12 steel, 13 food, 10 metal and mining, 10 machine manufacturing, and 22 miscellaneous companies.
These data showing the growth of stockholders in three prominent companies—a railroad, a public utility, and an industrial—have been furnished direct by the
respective companies and represent the number of holders of common stock at the end of each quarter, i. e., December figures are for Dec. 31 or Jan. 1.
3
Dec. 31 figures; other quarters of 1915 not available.
134
Table 112.—FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND CANADIAN TRADE
I
EUROPE
YEAR AND MONTH
England
France
Italy
Japan India < Canada Argen- Brazil
tina
SwitBel- Nethergium 3 lands Sweden zerland
CANADIAN
FOREIGN TRADE 2
THE AMERICAS
ASIA
Chile
Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per
gold
pound
milreis paper
belga guilder krone
yen
rupee
dollar
franc
lire
peso
peso
sterling franc
$1.000
$0. 965
$0. 324
.956
.249
.253
.267
.389
.262
.287
.311
.318
.363
.364
.363
.893
.896
.985
.980
.987
1.000
1.000
1.000
.907
.730
.818
.786
.781
.914
.922
.963
.442
.454
.454
.466
.367
.368
.366
.362
.998
.997
.996
1.000
.470
.469
.471
.478
.363
.363
.363
.364
.193
.193
.193
.193
.484
.487
.491
.489
.267
.267
.268
.268
.193
.192
.192
.192
,400
.401
.401
.401
.268
.268
.268
.268
.139
.139
.140
.140
.401
.402
.404
.404
.053
.053
.053
.053
.139
.139
.139
.140
.053
.053
.140
.140
$0. 193
.199
.182
.170
.174
.178
.137
$0. 193
.195
.169
.155
.137
.134
.114
$0. 139
.640
.394
3.66
3.85
4.43
4.57
4.42
4.83
4.86
4.86
.070
.075
.082
.061
.052
.048
.033
.039
.050
.043
.048
.046
.044
.040
.039
.052
.370
.370
.385
.260
.230
.240
.172
.139
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
.038
.037
.036
.034
.040
.040
.040
.040
4.86
4.87
4.86
4.86
.032
.029
.025
.028
September _
October
November
December.. .
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
1937
January __ _ _ _
February
March
April.. . .
$0. 499
.491
.495
.507
.513
.533
.512
$0. 487
.255
$0. 193
.194
.187
.191
.211
.229
.190
.344
.336
.385
.391
.382
.402
.401
.401
.205
.225
.262
.266
.265
.268
.268
.268
.169
.174
.191
.181
.182
.193
.193
.193
.504
.482
.478
.486
.412
.410
.471
.225
.225
.210
.185
.402
.401
.401
.402
.268
.268
.268
.268
.193
.193
.193
.193
.039
.037
.034
.033
.155
.150
.220
.140
.402
.402
.402
.401
.268
.268
.268
.268
.194
.194
.194
.193
.029
.029
.034
.040
.037
.041
.042
.044
.135
.140
.139
.139
.401
.400
.400
.400
.268
.267
.267
.267
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.86
.040
.039
.039
.039
.043
.043
.045
.050
.139
.139
.139
.139
.400
.400
.400
.400
May
June
July
August
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
.039
.039
.039
.039
.054
.056
.055
.054
.139
.139
.139
.139
September
October
November
December
4.86
4.87
4.87
4.88
.039
.039
.039
.039
.054
.055
.055
.054
1928
January
February
March
April
4.88
4.87
4.88
4.88
.039
.039
.039
.039
4.88
4.88
.039
.039
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av...
monthly av_. .
1926
January
February
March. _
April
May .
June. _.
July.__
August
__
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
5
$0. 402
$0. 2C8
Exports
Thousands of dollars
$0.122
.234
.236
.403
.941
.964
.997
.999
.990
$4.87
4.93
4.78
4.76
4.76
4.76
4.43
Par value
1914 monthly av.
1915 monthly av...
1916 monthly av__.
j 1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av...
1919 monthly av...
Imports
.226
$40, 110
37, 568
63, 951
83, 838
75, 848
78, 418
$35, 693
54, 457
92, 704
132, 791
103, 644
107, 903
.225
.131
.129
.102
.109
.122
.145
.118
.185
.121
.122
.122
.105
.116
.121
.121
111,410
66, 623
63, 534
75, 253
67, 345
74, 183
84, 022
90, 655
108, 567
68, 058
74, 848
85, 710
89, 218
106, 925
106, 983
103, 233
.941
.933
.903
.908
.148
.148
.145
.140
.120
.121
.121
.121
69, 736
70, 908
100, 855
67, 801
85, 716
88, 808
113, 966
60, 915
1.001
1.001
1.001
1.001
.913
.917
.921
.920
.147
.155
.156
.154
.120
.120
.121
.121
86, 052
91, 513
88, 610
89, 670
119,399
111,595
.363
.362
.360
.361
1.001
1.001
1.001
.999
. 922
.928
.924
.933
.152
.140
.130
.119
.121
.121
.121
.120
85, 563
88, 127
87, 657
81, 775
131, 489
154, 009
139, 808
.488
.488
.491
.484
.364
.363
.363
.361
.998
.998
.999
1.001
.939
.947
.960
.962
.117
.118
.119
.118
.120
.120
.120
.120
78, 806
74, 707
110, 581
74, 298
85, 266
79, 803
107, 218
78, 404
.192
.192
.193
.193
.471
.467
.471
.473
.362
.362
.361
.361
1.001
.999
.999
.999
.962
.964
.966
.968
.118
.118
.118
.118
.120
.120
.120
.120
94, 412
101, 029
91, 369
99, 348
111,298
.269
. 269
.269
.270
.193
.193
.193
.193
.468
.466
.460
.462
.363
.364
.365
.367
1.001
1.001
1.001
.999
.971
.972
.971
.972
.119
.119
.119
.120
.121
.122
.122
.122
91, 803
93, 936
94, 312
83, 263
99, 335
105, 821
155, 521
132, 189
.403
.403
.403
.403
.269
.268
.268
.269
.193
. 192
.193
.193
.469
.469
.472
.477
.367
.365
.365
.366
.998
.998
1.000
1.000
.971
.971
.973
.972
.120
.120
.120
.120
.122
.122
.122
.120
79, 506
85, 932
120, 418
78,490
84, 428
90, 387
109, 147
60, 455
.404
.403
.268
.268
.193
.193
.466
.466
.366
.365
.999
.998
.972
.969
.120
.120
.122
.122
113, 582
110, 704
120, 154
109, 139
•m
i
,
93, 095
91, 663
93,327
107, 201
80, 787
95, 955
'
1 Daily averages of noon rates for cable transfers reported to the Treasury daily by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Average figures for the years 1914 to 1918,
inclusive, where given, are weekly averages of commercial quotations from the Annalist. Monthly figures on all items back to 1920 may be found in the May, 1922, issue
(No.2 9), p. 135.
Foreign trade statistics from Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
3
Parity established November, 1926. Prior thereto, the average values of the Belgian franc have been multiplied by 5 to obtain an equivalent quotation for the belga.
On this basis, the present belga was equivalent to 96.5 cents at the old pre-war par of the franc.
4
Parity established October, 1920. Prior to that, par value of the rupee was 32.44 cents.
« Parity established January, 1926. The average value of the paper peso in 1913 was 19.5 cents.
135
Table 113.—IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY CLASSES OF COMMODITIES
IMPORTS
YEAH AND MONTH
Total
Crude
materials
Food- Manustuffs,
faccrude, turned
and
foodfood
animals stuffs
AGRICULTURAL
EXPORTS 2
EXPORTS
Semimanufactures
Finished
manufactures
Total
Crude
materials
Food- Manustuffs,
faccrude,
tured
and
foodfood
animals stuffs
Semimanufactures
Finished
manufactures
Thousands of dollars
All
AH
com- except
modi- cotton
ties
Rel. to 1910-1914
1913 monthly a v _ _ _
1914 monthly a v _ _ _
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av.__
1917 monthly av.__
$149, 383
149, 106
148, 216
199, 303
246, 039
$50, 462
49, 790
57, 991
84, 132
105, 682
$18, 413
19, 561
20, 242
21, 678
32, 144
$16, 518
21, 378
22, 770
28, 226
29, 287
$28, 355
23, 006
21, 748
34, 822
45, 124
$34, 401
33, 936
24, 335
28, 798
32, 327
$204, 024
172, 675
291, 104
451, 887
513, 934
$64, 017
40, 938
47, 280
60, 118
65, 061
$14, 121
22, 939
38, 470
35, 107
42, 406
$27, 023
25, 727
45, 880
54, 003
67, 228
$33, 066
27, 949
39, 641
76, 022
109, 835
$65, 120
53, 243
109, 584
218, 780
225, 066
141
130
91
198
193
160
1918 monthly av._ .
1919 monthly av._ .
1920 monthly a v _ _ _
1921monthlyav___
1922 monthly a v _ _ _
252, 601
325, 364
439, 873
209, 096
259, 396
101, 760
139, 521
146, 073
71, 090
96, 381
28, 795
45, 441
48, 136
25, 331
27, 660
33, 114
46, 308
103, 179
30, 737
32, 290
54, 080
50, 860
66, 835
28, 669
45, 793
33, 742
41, 028
73, 094
51, 577
55, 642
503, 990
645, 818
673, 402
364, 911
313, 776
79, 432
134, 178
155, 902
81, 997
81, 800
45, 620
56, 530
76, 498
57, 687
38, 212
117, 152
163, 551
93, 080
55, 805
48,965
87, 773
76, 854
79, 909
33, 270
36, 484
172, 437
213, 625
267, 032
135, 497
107, 720
116
154
126
141
126
206
258
197
229
200
1923 monthly av_._
1924 monthly av._ _
1925 monthly av__ .
1926 monthly av_. .
1927 monthly a v _ _ _
316, 006
300, 830
352, 216
369, 241
348, 725
115, 737
103, 008
145, 672
149, 405
133, 471
30, 234
35, 406
41, 233
44, 980
42, 048
44, 134
43, 467
36, 076
34, 793
37, 550
59, 976
54, 657
62, 924
67, 024
62, 466
64, 212
62, 446
66, 311
73, 039
73, 190
340, 893
374, 804
401, 560
392, 643
396, 574
100, 170
110, 528
118, 505
105, 110
99,399
21, 457
32, 724
26, 491
27, 922
35, 092
48, 608
47, 791
47, 813
41, 917
38, 609
46, 977
50, 889
55, 140
54, 629
58, 320
123, 147
132, 338
153, 695
163, 065
165, 156
104
119
114
117
127
161
172
135
134
148
1926
May
June
July
August
320, 919
336, 251
338, 960
336, 477
128, 408
122, 540
131, 299
124, 289
35, 909
42, 161
42, 189
42, 050
32, 929
36, 025
29, 222
30, 557
61, 206
64, 679
65, 687
64, 308
62, 467
70, 847
70, 562
75, 273
348, 157
328, 653
360, 451
378, 325
67, 379
63, 230
72, 006
75, 790
25, 155
21, 085
33, 908
50, 088
34, 060
34, 227
35, 412
42, 761
50, 782
54, 971
53, 135
53, 223
170, 781
155, 140
165, 990
156, 463
81
71
82
104
113
104
126
171
September
October
November
December
343, 202
376, 868
373, 881
359, 462
135, 096
135, 021
141, 136
138, 502
39, 102
50, 315
49, 675
49, 388
32, 581
40, 623
39, 516
31, 809
62, 673
64, 728
65, 917
64, 654
73, 749
86, 182
77, 637
75, 110
440,211
448, 226
473, 494
456, 429
120, 593
167, 096
168, 594
159, 936
46, 487
35, 658
37, 463
27, 036
47, 835
47, 457
44,973
47, 969
55, 128
52, 756
61, 724
62, 651
170, 168
145,259
160, 740
158, 837
140
181
189
188
176
164
161
150
1927
January
February
March. _ _
April
356, 841
310, 877
378, 331
375, 734
153, 113
114, 883
151,319
152, 906
44, 081
42, 725
42, 979
43, 045
26, 947
39, 815
46, 133
46, 876
65, 974
52, 051
64, 628
64, 537
66, 726
61, 402
73, 272
68, 370
411, 649
364, 385
398, 246
405, 001
122, 510
102, 811
107, 411
85, 824
24, 406
18, 758
19, 978
31, 514
41, 016
38, 522
37, 188
39, 192
61, 339
53, 120
57, 840
59, 411
162, 379
151, 174
175, 829
189, 060
150
130
139
128
140
116
116
140
May
June
July
August
346, 500
354, 892
319, 298
368, 820
135, 718
137, 511
121, 185
144, 232
37, 103
39, 619
34, 269
42, 656
39, 392
42, 172
35, 076
35, 471
63, 780
60, 384
61, 523
66, 691
70, 448
75, 207
67, 244
79, 770
382, 385
348, 546
332, 994
367, 575
74,831
63, 349
55, 023
55, 135
30, 684
25, 207
21, 910
46, 770
36, 933
36, 355
31, 278
34, 160
60, 958
62, 485
59, 354
59, 786
178, 979
161, 150
165, 429
171, 724
108
89
75
94
135
118
102
155
September
October
November. .. _
December
342, 154
355, 744
344, 267
331, 236
130, 660
119, 220
118, 394
122, 507
33, 190
44, 194
49, 146
51, 505
33, 016
41, 347
36 123
28, 227
63, 094
67, 807
60, 091
59, 037
82, 194
83, 173
80, 512
69, 960
416, 472
480, 428
452, 868
398, 344
102, 145
160, 282
145, 889
117, 574
69, 429
62, 425
46, 723
23, 303
38, 562
45, 643
42, 398
42, 057
54, 791
55, 001
56, 140
59, 612
151, 545
157, 077
161, 722
155, 798
142
185
161
119
211
218
187
133
1928
January
February
March
April
337, 943
351, 035
380, 427
345, 194
133, 395
130, 882
145, 536
127, 037
48, 302
47, 544
53, 451
46, 049
28, 724
36, 039
41, 007
43, 276
61, 221
64, 382
64, 944
60, 672
66, 302
72, 188
75, 488
68, 160
401, 913
362, 612
409, 961
356, 298
112, 058
95, 287
91, 619
74, 399
18, 077
13, 307
14. 821
13, 203
43, 291
39, 478
42, 811
33, 002
63, 851
55, 753
63, 993
56, 309
164, 636
158, 786
197, 718
179, 384
113
100
100
82
127
111
117
99
354, 715
315, 118
138, 553
109, 694
47, 955
47, 877
34, 232
29, 131
59, 087
57, 620
74, 887
70, 797
413, 119
380, 281
89, 811
75, 034
19, 738
17, 024
33, 124
31, 245
67, 118
62, 915
203, 328
194, 062
92
103
_ __
.. ..
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, except agricultural exports. For changes in valuations, see footnote on
preceding page.
2
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, based on quantities of agricultural products exported in the period July, 1909, to
June, 1914. ''All commodities" includes 44 selected commodities, comprising usually about 75 per cent of the value of agricultural exports from the United States. The
quantities are weighted by the average export price for the base period. Monthly data from 1919 appeared in the March, 1925, issue (No. 43), p. 27. Details of compilation
and group indexes are given in the monthly supplement to Crops and Markets, issued by the Department of Agriculture, for October, 1924, pp. 356-358.
136
Table 114.—IMPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS
FROM NORTH
AMERICA
FROM EUROPE
YEAR AND MONTH
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United
Kingdom
Total
Canada
FROM SOUTH
AMERICA
Total
Argentina
FROM ASIA
AND OCEANIA
FROM
AFRICA
GRAND
TOTAL
Total
Japan
Total
Thousands of dollars
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
$72, 056
65, 293
45, 529
52, 776
45, 929
$11, 578
8,685
6,493
9,074
8,220
$15, 351
12, 449
3,746
485
13
$4, 610
4,601
4,297
5,020
3,040
$22, 663
23,949
21, 525
25, 457
23, 340
$32, 485
36, 783
42, 455
54, 870
72, 665
$11, 844
13, 669
14, 800
19, 771
34, 473
$16, 522
19, 127
26, 857
35, 634
49, 902
$2, 131
4,690
7,890
9,691
14, 855
$26, 344
26, 265
30, 489
50, 865
71, 455
$8, 245
8,808
9,026
15, 174
21, 139
$1, 978
1,638
2,887
5,158
6,089
$149, 383
149, 106
148, 216
199, 303
246, 039
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
1922 monthly average.
26, 510
62, 544
102, 320
63, 745
82, 600
4,959
10, 318
13, 805
11, 824
11, 901
26
884
7,403
6,690
9,791
2,028
4,922
6,280
5,191
5,328
12, 385
25, 766
42, 821
19, 900
29, 739
81, 218
6,481
138, 555
62, 904
68, 538
37, 641
41, 225
50, 989
27, 953
30, 337
50, 911
57, 294
63, 417
24, 635
29, 897
19, 032
16, 597
17,315
4,994
7,140
86, 837
99, 696
123, 058
54, 447
72, 955
25, 162
34, 154
34, 548
20, 939
29, 525
7,126
9,349
12, 524
3,365
5,410
252, 601
325, 364
439, 873
209, 096
259, 396
1923 monthly average.
1924 monthly average.
1925 monthly average.
1926 monthly average.
1927 monthly average.
96, 421
91, 341
103, 182
107, 155
106, 357
12, 468
12, 303
13, 120
12, 668
13, 984
13, 433
11, 605
13, 679
16, 541
16, 713
7,689
6,251
8,517
8,377
9,077
33, 673
30, 539
34, 392
31, 933
29, 827
83, 460
82, 930
81,711
84, 298
82, 122
34, 667
33, 262
37, 853
39, 657
39, 590
38, 952
38, 840
43, 233
47, 332
43, 190
9,606
6,275
6,681
7,422
8,103
89, 918
81, 638
116,411
122, 421
109, 285
28, 912
28, 338
32, Oil
33, 391
33, 509
7,255
6,083
7,679
8,035
7,771
316, 006
300, 830
352, 216
369, 241
348, 725
1936
January
February
March
April
111, 176
104, 939
116, 893
104, 318
12, 808
12, 080
14, 497
11, 632
16, 124
16, 549
18, 259
16, 710
8,555
6,774
6,959
7,640
34, 615
37, 276
37, 105
33, 178
73, 564
87, 031
97, 531
90, 928
35, 667
37, 657
40, 343
38, 434
53, 518
51,310
63, 591
51, 628
7,678
9,411
12, 677
8,027
162, 116
132, 435
153, 247
139, 922
40, 407
33, 017
22, 901
32, 309
16, 379
11, 591
11, 638
11,115
416, 752
387, 306
442, 498
397, 912
May
June _
July
August
89, 449
104, 765
95, 153
105, 873
8,759
10, 052
10, 189
12, 047
14, 412
15, 136
15, 418
18, 309
7,420
7,924
6,735
7,084
24, 401
31, 591
27, 323
27, 347
79, 045
83, 921
78, 699
80, 013
35, 146
37, 394
39, 696
38, 912
36, 698
40, 384
41, 051
44, 623
6,933
7,365
5, 088
5,832
110, 984
99, 848
117, 336
101, 101
24, 810
24, 453
35, 528
37, 397
4,740
7,332
6,721
4,867
320, 919
336, 251
338, 960
336, 477
September
October
November . .
December
108, 663
117, 327
114, 453
112, 855
14, 443
15, 913
15, 023
14, 578
17, 205
17, 728
16, 037
16, 606
8,427
10, 205
13, 155
9,648
29, 799
33, 601
34, 316
32, 645
77, 969
92, 889
88, 752
81, 229
40, 345
45, 782
44, 607
41, 897
42, 129
50, 382
44, 587
48, 078
5,716
7,765
7,338
5,229
110, 321
112, 728
119, 199
109, 814
37, 838
39, 912
36, 968
35, 156
4,120
3,542
6,890
7,486
343, 202
376, 868
373, 881
359, 462
1927
January
February
March
April
_ -. -
100, 140
91, 340
113, 507
107, 517
12, 572
14, 195
14, 067
13, 454
15, 908
13, 246
16, 386
17, 817
9,011
6,713
8,735
11, 061
21, 428
25, 693
33, 860
27, 762
71, 993
79, 946
90, 050
86, 436
37, 563
31, 972
38, 995
36, 135
45, 007
43, 977
47, 328
46, 894
7,542
6,700
8,380
9,388
128, 911
89, 161
115, 659
125, 134
37, 188
23, 264
33, 866
31, 864
10, 790
6,453
11, 787
9 752
356, 841
310, 877
378, 331
375, 734
May
June
July
August
99, 722
100, 837
96, 651
110, 169
11, 158
12, 908
11, 820
14, 729
14, 140
14, 153
16, 148
17, 837
9,006
8,499
7,896
8,578
31, 469
29, 591
29, 343
33, 038
85, 903
89, 836
77, 830
82, 865
39, 464
40, 578
38, 158
39, 973
36, 637
40, 365
37, 631
46, 401
6,581
8,921
6,771
9,694
118, 967
115, 380
100, 261
123, 707
33, 172
36, 035
30, 025
47, 482
5,272
8,474
6,925
5,677
346, 501
354, 892
319, 298
368, 820
October
November
December
113, 446
123, 659
115, 910
103, 382
15, 923
18, 297
15, 460
13, 224
20, 162
20, 846
18, 401
15, 511
8,585
11, 369
10, 697
8,727
29, 721
33, 119
33, 841
29, 063
77, 784
84, 752
80, 578
76, 485
41, 902
44, 670
45, 113
40, 553
38, 293
43, 268
44, 945
47, 529
10, 017
8,536
8,296
6,413
105, 979
98, 994
95, 704
93, 565
35, 369
33, 973
25, 639
34, 229
6,651
5,071
6,129
10, 275
342,154
355, 744
344, 267
331, 236
1938
January
February _
March., _
April __
97, 158
105, 897
104, 736
94, 281
12, 126
13, 918
12, 597
10, 427
15, 855
19, 227
18, 474
16, 715
8,846
8,099
8,238
7,898
23, 089
28, 799
32, 951
28, 096
76, 518
79, 430
88,524
84, 974
37, 027
36, 370
39, 418
35, 039
47, 192
47, 427
59, 229
49, 773
6,747
6,966
12, 525
9,746
107, 507
109, 313
120, 066
109, 776
32, 001
33, 593
30, 748
29, 502
9,573
8,967
7,872
6,390
337, 943
351, 035
380, 427
345, 194
104, 375
11,159
16, 142
8,588
35, 032
85, 905
42, 983
47, 376
10, 713
110,442
35, 976
6,617
354, 715
315, 118
_
.
Sp.ptfvmbp.r
May.
June
July
August
__ __
September
October
November
December
i Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Jlureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and represent imports of merchandise only. Up to and including May,
1921, import values represented " actual market value or wholesale price at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from whence
exported, including the value of all containers and coverings, whether holding liquids or solids, and all other costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the merchandise,
in condition, packed ready for shipment to the United States." (Tariff act of 1913.) Beginning with June, 1921, the import values are either the actual foreign market
value as denned above, or " the export value, including any export tax imposed by the country of exportation," whichever is higher. (Emergency tariff act of May 27, 1921.)
137
Table 115.—EXPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS
TO NORTH
AMERICA
TO EUROPE
YEAR AND MONTH
France
Total
Germany
Italy
United
Kingdom
Total
Canada
TO SOUTH
AMERICA
Total
Argentina
TO ASIA AND
OCEANIA
TO
AFRICA
GRAND
TOTAL
Total
Japan
Total
Thousands of dollars
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
$124, 964
111,608
214, 451
317, 773
338, 538
$12, 827
14, 175
41, 733
71, 735
78, 399
$29, 328
13, 191
981
188
0)
$6, 556
8,161
22, 477
25, 294
34, 920
$49, 228
49, 984
99, 870
157, 282
167, 450
$50, 098
40, 132
46, 567
77, 046
105, 081
$33, 599
25, 885
28, 754
50, 409
69, 077
$12, 210
7,584
12, Oil
18, 356
25, 991
$4, 582
2,261
4,403
6,406
8,925
$17,319
14, 700
20, 009
39, 211
45, 567
$5, 208
3.. 479
3,811
9,096
15, 528
$2, 411
2,110
3,095
4,501
4,282
$207, 002
176, 135
296, 223
456, 887
519, 459
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1922 monthly average
321, 558
432, 306
372, 174
196, 992
173, 613
77, 600
74, 447
56, 349
18, 745
22, 247
(2)
7,730
25, 953
31, 027
26, 343
41, 015
36, 890
30, 980
17, 955
12, 575
171, 774
189, 88:0
161,319
78, 510
71,319
110, 457
107, 983
160, 764
94, 132
76, 305
73, 906
61, 187
80, 988
49, 473
48, 057
25, 226
36, 812
51, 993
22, 777
18, 840
8,759
12, 992
17, 811
9,236
7,962
50, 250
74, 775
86, 932
53, 782
45, 910
22, 815
30, 530
31, 495
19, 620
18, 200
4,933
8,160
13, 806
6,071
4,648
512,424
660, 035
685, 668
373, 753
319,315
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
174, 451
203, 775
216, 979
192, 512
192, 812
22, 678
23, 472
23, 358
22, 000
19, 063
26, 403
36, 702
39, 195
30, 347
40, 140
13, 961
15, 595
17, 096
13,117
10. 971
73, 527
81,912
86, 155
81, 051
70, 005
90, 514
90, 837
94, 863
98, 040
104, 418
54, 327
52, 003
54, 064
61, 547
69, 710
22, 443
26, 188
33, 551
36, 959
36, 515
9,398
9,758
12, 397
11, 965
13, 624
54, 827
55, 925
56, 340
64, 771
62, 780
22, 019
20, 859
18, 137
21, 730
21, 465
5,056
5,858
7,421
8,440
8,924
347, 291
382, 582
409, 154
400, 722
405, 450
1936
January
February
Mi arch
April
199, 796
171, 986
164, 383
175, 867
29, 731
21, 728
24, 000
21, 924
25, 538
22, 179
21, 116
21, 345
14, 382
12, 823
12, 260
14, 811
82, 159
75,834
67, 941
70, 614
84, 795
82, 525
100, 565
99, 239
47, 437
45, 944
62, 450
56, 714
37, 775
35, 268
35, 412
37, 181
14, 938
10, 886
11, 878
10, 878
66, 168
56, 097
65, 755
66, 461
23, 048
18, 934
22, 251
21, 000
8,302
7,032
8,292
9,226
396,
352,
374,
387,
836
905
406
974
IVIay
June
July
August
145, 101
144, 349
166, 047
186, 040
19, 084
14, 802
12, 769
14, 896
21, 202
20, 154
20, 366
27, 950
11, 805
10, 661
12, 201
10, 817
55, 500
62, 638
77, 446
73, 481
111, 243
99, 302
101, 911
101, 627
76, 116
65, 001
66, 100
69, 103
35, 342
30, 126
37, 299
34,288
10, 644
9,770
11,464
11, 724
57, 567
57, 490
54, 434
53, 654
18, 752
16, 899
17, 805
14, 255
7,447
6,767
8,625
8,840
356,
338,
368,
384,
699
033
317
449
September
October .
November
December
224,
235,
247,
249,
263
313
571
428
19, 006
29, 214
28, 852
27, 998
44, 437
46, 958
42, 164
50, 753
11, 309
14, 945
14, 195
17, 193
93, 722
97, 529
111, 329
104, 413
101, 665
102, 790
100, 244
90, 577
64, 309
68, 311
61,816
55, 267
41,558
32, 633
43, 309
43, 318
13, 252
10, 736
13, 289
14, 116
71, 159
75, 417
79, 227
73, 821
21, 753
27, 724
30, 159
28, 174
9,427
9,148
9,948
8,225
448,
455,
480,
465,
071
301
300
369
1937
January
February
March
April
211,
174,
187,
187,
038
360
441
598
20, 302
13, 507
17, 269
17, 069
40, 257
35, 762
36, 985
35, 999
13, 238
9,881
10, 317
9,599
89, 819
70, 461
72, 791
64, 671
88, 054
87, 250
101, 062
110, 551
50, 718
53, 984
65, 945
74, 459
44, 584
31, 995
38, 415
39, 623
15, 355
10, 532
12, 577
13, 306
66, 046
71, 304
74, 056
67, 030
22, 700
22, 971
28, 623
20, 985
9,680
7,528
7,999
10, 572
419,
372,
408,
415,
402
438
973
377
May
June
July
.August
172, 064
155, 328
143, 189
168, 282
18, 086
14, 907
11,411
14, 403
31, 367
29, 941
24, 133
30, 239
8,352
9,496
7,940
9,332
61, 638
56, 103
52, 789
57, 670
120, 057
108, 072
98, 724
109, 058
83, 978
74, 312
64, 772
75, 241
33, 947
31, 468
36, 034
38, 391
12, 388
11, 389
15, 239
15, 678
59, 203
54, 333
54, 318
50, 492
18, 550
13, 698
15, 190
12, 199
7,869
7,764
9,545
8,527
393, 140
356, 966
341, 809
374, 751
211, 728
254, 462
241, 169
207, 088
21, 084
29, 050
28, 542
23, 127
51, 855
62, 637
58, 657
43, 848
8,169
14, 494
14, 926
15, 907
72, 463
89, 958
79, 197
72, 498
118, 505
114, 543
106, 391
90, 748
85, 725
80, 682
69, 991
56, 708
33, 884
32, 719
39, 725
37, 396
12, 976
13, 640
15, 381
15, 025
52, 903
77,031
64, 726
61, 923
17, 923
33, 711
27, 814
23, 212
8, 247
9,888
9,007
10, 462
425, 267
488, 643
461,018
407, 617
207, 577
184, 302
194, 424
161, 772
21, 300
15, 758
18, 693
13, 131
42, 648
37, 424
35, 058
29, 435
14, 530
13, 648
11,317
11, 014
74, 392
68, 924
70, 505
56, 957
87, 319
91, 090
110, 709
101, 902
54, 180
60,784
73, 035
70, 471
34, 812
31, 461
40, 222
33, 848
12, 557
11, 184
14, 884
11, 776
72, 255
55, 081
65, 583
59, 131
26, 108
15, 081
20, 113
16, 985
8,814
9,513
9,680
7,413
410, 778
371, 446
420,617
364, 065
188, 172
18, 538
32,838
15, 149
61, 449
123, 475
88, 978
38, 425
14, 082
63, 015
22, 998
8,983
422, 069
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
_ __
September
October
November
December
_ _
1938
January
February
March __
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
_
_.
i
_
1
i Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and represent exports, including reexports, of merchandise only. Value
are thi at time of exportation in the ports of the United States whence exported, except reexports from bonded warehouses, which are expressed in their import value.
those
J Total for year 1917 is $3,275. No figures for 1918.
138
SALES AND STOCKS OF LUMBER IN KANSAS CITY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT1
[Thousands of feet, board measure]
MONTH
1924
January
February _ _ _.
March
April
_ - - - May
June
6,724
July
7,317
August
September __ _ _ _.
6,833
7,598
October
November
__ _ _ .
6,585
December
4,654
2 39, 261
Total
2
6, 544 1
Monthly average
_ ._.
.J
i Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of
SALES
STOCKS (end of month)
1925
1927
1926
1928
1924
1925
1926
4,521
5,038
5, 356
4,763
45, 567
48, 066
6,222
5,144
6, 201
4,864
48, 199
45, 591
7,677
6,051
7,890
6,317
47, 101
45, 428
8,493
5,802
7,773
6,170
48, 007
46, 031
7,691
7,438
6,199
6, 203
48, 875
46, 257
6,519
5 821
7,507
46, 335
46, 856
5,497
6,730
7,859
45, 397
49, 010
48, 683
7,907
8, 059
5,971
47, 512
45, 582
46, 486
8,280
5,979
7, 148
47, 827
49, 370
47, 171
9,131
7,937
6, 467
47, 304
46, 099
46, 272
7,524
6,871
6,719
43, 854
45, 630
44, 400
5,236
4,224
4,364
44, 935
45, 493
43, 366
85, 891
69, 284
84, 443
2
5, 774
7, 037
7, 158
47, 173
45,611
47, 216
Kansas City from reports of 199 retail yards in the tenth Federal reserve district.
OHIO EMPLOYMENT
1928
41, 842
46, 033
48, 179
45, 919
44, 758
1927
44, 680
44, 920
45, 031
44, 653
44, 376
43, 802
42, 831
43, 684
44, 396
43, 114
41, 176
42, 394
2
43, 755
6 months.
1
[Relative to 1923]
January
February
March
April
Mav
June
July
August
__
September
October
November
December
Monthl y average
_
1923
94. 7
98. 1
102. 4
102.4
103. 5
104.5
100.4
101.4
99.4
98.8
98. 1
96.3
100.0
1924
97 4
99.8
101 0
99.3
93 9
87. 5
85 4
87. 1
90 0
90.8
89.3
91.2
93.9
MANUFACTURING
1925
1926
102 8
93 8
95 0
103 7
96 6
104 0
97.3
103 1
102 1
98 8
99 4
103 3
99 7
102 4
105 3
100 9
103 4
108 1
103 6
108 6
105. 9
103.6
102. 5
103.7
99. 6
104.3
1927
98 8
100 7
103 1
102 7
102 9
101 7
99 2
99 3
98 2
98 4
96 7
95.2
99. 7
1928
95 1
99 6
101 9
101 6
102 3
102 9
1823
09 6
65 8
74 6
88 6
101 7
114 9
120 0
125 o
119 7
115 7
109 4
94.5
100.0
1924
7G 0
74 9
81 4
102 1
111 1
120 1
130 7
131 1
128 5
126 5
113 0
92.3
107.3
CONSTRUCTION
1926
1925
86 9
85 1
81 5
86 1
92 8
73 3
88 9
108 0
117 3
100 9
122 3
119 8
124 6
121 8
121 8
126 1
133 i
125 4
124 4
127 0
116 5
115 5
103.6
115.2
111.5
106.6
1927
83 5
88 2
86 1
90 1
99 8
108 1
122 0
127 7
123 3
110 4
97 2
84.0
101. 7
1928
76 1
72 9
85 3
98 0
109 6
108 3
i Compiled by Ohio State University, Bureau of Business Research. Prior to 1925, the indexes are based on original reports to the Industrial Commission of Ohio by
firms employing 3 or more employees. Beginning with 1925, manufacturing employment includes companies having about 40 per cent of the total employees in Ohio manufacturing industries, while construction index is also based on reports direct to the bureau.
LIFE-INSURANCE LAPSES '
91
101
102
98
98
96
96
106
102
100
90
86
106
101
96
96
97
107
98
100
First quarter
Second quarter
109
119
107
108
111
103
103
111
103
105
95
94
105
101
99
89
98
105
115
102
90
105
101
112
102
94
94
92
89
96
104
106
92
108
96
101
99
95
103
98
99
101
98
107
108
104
102
104
101
101
102
91
93
90
89
89
86
99
90
Pacific
93
92
105
98
97
Mountain
.-.
97
93
106
100
99 \
1927
94
97
102
98
98
West South
Central
96
100
103
101
East South
Central
94
100
100
111
101
1925
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Yearly average
South
I
Atlantic
93
95
104
105
99
West North
Central
98
98
96
97
97
Total
East North
Central
New England
Middle
1
Atlantic
i
92
102
108
114
104
Pacific
100
104
110
112
107
Mountain
89
103
108
104
101
i
West South !
Central
96
102
106
107
103
East South
Central
101
103
104
98
102
South
1
Atlantic j
92
103
106
101
101
-
West North j
Central
|
East North
Central
'
100
97
101
116
106
105
Total
New England \
Middle
Atlantic j
(Relative to 1925-26 average)
1926
97
93
92
98
104
105
109
97
98 ; 101
90
94
113
116
103
1928
98
98
87
84
97
103
Fourth quarter
_
I
Yearly average
i Compiled by the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau from reports of 63 companies, based on lapses of ordinary life insurance before the payment of premiums for
2 full years. Details by States are also contained in the bureau's report.
SILK GOODS AND BROKERS' LOANS l
MONTH
January
February
March
April
M!ay
June
July
0
--_
fprnKpi-
C\i
TVnt h
mbpr
December
Monthly average -
1919
$1.63
1.63
1.63
1.68
1.80
1.83
1.84
1.89
1.92
1.97
1.99
1.99
1.82
1930
$1.98
1.97
1.95
1.89
1.75
1.74
1.73
1.63
1.63
1.63
1.61
1.44
1.75
FAIRCRILD SILK GOODS INDEX, END OF MONTH
[Dollars per yard]
1925
1926
1924
1922
1923
1921
$1.55
$1.44
$1.34
$1.45
$1.44
$1.41
1.35
1.44
1.43
1.56
1.41
1.40
1.35
1.42
1.40
1.59
1.41
1.40
1.41
1.37
1.59
1.36
1.41
1.41
1.37
1.37
1.36
1.45
1.58
1.38
1.38
1.36
1.38
1.44
1.58
1.36
1.37
1.35
1.37
1.45
1.58
1.38
1.34
1.40
1.35
1.39
1.60
1.45
1.34
1.43
1.35
1.59
1.39
1.46
1.31
1.34
1.43
1.59
1.40
1.46
1.34
1.42
1.59
1.40
1.30
1.46
1.43
1.34
1.28
1.42
1.54
1.46
1.39
1.38
1.36
1.57
1.40
1.44
1927
$1.27
1.29
1.28
1.26
1.25
1.24
1.23
1.23
1.20
1.20
1.19
1. 19
1.24
1928
$1.19
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.19
1.18
RATIO BROKERS' LOANS
TO STOCK VALUES «
[Per cent]
1927
| 1928
1926
8.13
8.99
9.98
8.14
8.91
10.23
8.19
9.29
8.86
8.24
8.95
8.47
8. 13
9.46
8.11
8.21
8.50
9.25
8.10
8.14
8.06
8.46
8.62
8.22
8.57
8.57
8.44
8.43
8.91
8.58
8.30
8. 76
i Compiled by the Daily News Record, representing arithmetic average wholesale price per yard at the end of the month in the New York market of 18 domestic numbers2 and 5 Japanese numbers, including most of the standard fabrics manufactured both in the United States and in Japan.
Compiled by the New York Stock Exchange from reports of all its members as to their net borrowings on collateral outstanding at the end of the month from banks
or agencies in New York City. The ratio to market value is based on the market value of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the same date, computed
from actual sales.
139
SOURCES OF DATA
[Only sources presenting current material are given here: Sources of data used to fill gaps in early figures are noted in their respective detailed tables, thus making this table
a complete record of current source material for the SURVEY]
CURRENT PUBLICATION 1
DATE OF PUBLICATION
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN
ARGENTINE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE.
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
FEDERAL
FARM LOAN BOARD
RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA
RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON
RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO
RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY..
RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS..
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
__.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
IOWA BUREAU OP LABOR
MARYLAND COM. LABOR AND STATISTICS
MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. PUBLIC UTILITIES
MEXICAN SECRETARY OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE. AND LABOR.
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ...
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
NEW YORK STATE DEPT. LABOR
NEW YORK STATE DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PANAMA CANAL
TEXAS STATE COMPTROLLER
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION...
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE:
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS...
Flaxseed exports from Argentina
Tea stocks in United Kingdom
Employment in Canadian trade-unions
Operations of Canadian employment service
Foreign trade of Canada
Canadian railroad operations
Canadian iron, steel, coal, flour production, etc..
Canadian electric power production
Agricultural loans by land and credit banks
Refined sugar shipments
Installment sales, New England dept. stores
Agricultural machinery
Retail sales of lumber by yards
Retail sales of lumber by rural yards
Housing rental advertisements
Foreign exchange rates
Corporation profits
Employment in Pennsylvania and Delaware
Employment and pay rolls, anthracite mines
Debits to individual accounts
Condition of Federal reserve banks
Condition of reporting member banks
Monetary gold, stocks and interest rates
Barley and rye receipts and rye stocks
Sales of loose-leaf tobacco
Index numbers of production trade.
Employment in Illinois
_
_.
Railway revenues and expenses
Telephone operating revenue and income
Telegraph operations and income
Express operations and income._
Fuel consumption by railroads
Railway employment
Factory employment in Iowa
Factory employment in Massachusetts
Massachusetts employment
_.
Milk receipts at Boston
(
Mexican petroleum production and exports
i
Estadistica Agro-Pecuaria
Board of Trade Bulletin
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Foreign trade of Canada
Operating Revenues, etc., of Railways*..
Press release*
Press release*
Not published currently
Monthly Business Review
Monthly Review
Business Conditions
Not published in form used
Business Conditions
Business Conditions Fed. Res. Bull, and daily statement*
Monthly Review
Business and Financial Conditions
Business and Financial Conditions
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases*
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases*
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases*
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
The Employment Bulletin
Preliminary statement Class I roads
Operations of large telephone companies..
Not published.
Not published .
Fuel for Road Locomotives
Not published
:..
Not published in form used___
_
Not published in form used
Monthly statement*
Not published
Boletin del Petroleo..
Factory employment in Milwaukee
New Jersey factory employment
New York factory employment and earnings
New York State canal traffic
Factory employment in Oklahoma...
Panama Canal traffic
,
Sulphur production
i
Government employment in Washington, D. C.
Press release*
Business and Financial Conditions
Labor Market Bulletin and press releases*
Annual report
Oklahoma Labor Market
The Panama Canal Record
Press release*
_
Not published
_
Beef, pork, and lamb production
Prices of farm products to producers
Wool stocks in dealers' hands and wool prices
Crop production
Crops and
Crops and
Crops and
Crops and
Markets
Markets
Markets
Markets and press releases*.
Monthly.
Semimonthly.
Semimonthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
1st of month.
Jst of month.
1st of month.
1st of month.
1st of month.
Daily and monthly.
Quarterly.
1st of month.
1st of month.
Sun. papers and monthly.
Fri. morn, papers and mo,
Fri. aft. papers and mo.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Yearly.
15th of month.
Last weekly issue of month.
Quarterly.
Monthly supplement.
Monthly supplement.
Monthly supplement.
1st of mo. (cotton); and
10th (other crops).
Monthly supplement.
Monthly supplement.
Weekly.
Quarterly.
Monthly supplement.
Monthly supplement.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Cold-storage holdings
Crops and Markets.
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep
Crops and Markets.
Receipts of butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry
Crops and Market ts.
<
Production of dairy products
Crops and Markets.
Car-lot shipments of fruits and vegetables
Crops and Markets.
Farm labor, wages, supply, etc
Crops and Markets .
Consumption of butter, cheese, and meats
Crops and Markets .
Index of agricultural exports
__ Crops and Markets.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS.
Federal-aid highways
Public Roads
Wages of common labor, by geog. divs
Not published
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE:
Cotton ginned...
._
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Semimo. during season.
Preliminary report on ginnings*...
_
Cotton consumed and on hand
__ Preliminary report on cotton consumed . 15th of month.
Active textile machinery
20th of month.
Wool machinery and cotton spindles*
Leather, hides, shoes, gloves, production, etc
First week of month.
Census of hides, skins, and leather*
Leather gloves and mittens
Press release *
_ 30th of month.
Cottonseed and cottonseed oil
18th of month.
Preliminary report on cottonseed*
__
Hosiery production, stocks, etc
Press release*
__ 30th of month.
Knit underwear production, etc
Press release*
30th of month.
Men's and boys' and work clothing
30th of month.
Press release*
Malleable castings
30th of month.
Press release*
Wheat flour production from May, 1923
Press release*
_
__ 30th of month.
Wheat and wheat flour stocks
Press release*
One month after end of qtr.
Pyroxylin coated textiles
Press release*
30th of month.
Stokers, sales from January, 1923._
20th of month.
Press release*
Stocks of tobacco
__
_
One month after end of qtr.
Statement on stocks of leaf tobacco*
Wool consumption and stocks.__
Press release*
30th of month.
Steel barrels...
Press release*
_
30th of month.
Fabricated steel plate, new orders
20th of month.
Press release*
Box board
30th of month.
Press release*
Electrical goods, new orders
Press release*
One month after end of qtr.
Electric locomotives, mining and industrial
One month after end of qtr.
Press release*
Electric industrial trucks and tractors
Press release*
15th of month.
Floor and wall tile
Press release*
30th of month.
Fire extinguishers
Press release*
20th of month.
Galvanized sheet metal ware
Press release*
30th of month.
Babbitt metal consumption
Press release*
25th of month.
Floor and wall tile
Press release*
30th of month.
Enameled sanitary ware
Press release*
20th of month.
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures
Press release*
25th of month.
Fats and oils, production, consumption, stocks.. Statistics of fats and oils*
One month after end of qtr.
Glues and gelatin, production and stocks
Press release*
30 days after end of qtr.
Fabricated structural steel
20th of month.
Press release*
Automobile production from July, 1921
Press release*
20th of month.
Wood chemical operations, crude and refined
Press release*
30th of month.
Steel castings, new orders and production
Press release*
20th of month.
Steel furniture, shipments
Press release*
25th of month.
Porcelain plumbing fixtures
Press release*
20th of month.
1
This is not necessarily the source of the figures published in the SURVEY, as many of them are obtained direct from the compilers prior to publication in the respective
journals.
This column and the right-hand column have been added to assist readers in obtaining current statistics between publication dates of the SURVEY.
*Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
140
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
1
SOURCE
|
DATA
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN-Continiied
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—Contd.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS (continued)
DIVISION OF NATIONAL PARKS..
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR:
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Monthly statement
Monthly Sum. Foreign Commerce (Pt. I)1.
Not published
Monthly Sum. Foreign Commerce (Pt. II)
Commerce Reports.
_
_
_.
Press release*
Commerce Reports
Press release *
Petroleum statistics*
Explosive statistics*....__
_
._;
Weekly report on production of coal*
20th of month.
Last week of month.
Report on Portland cement output*.
Commerce Reports
_.
Not published
Not published...
Production of electric power*..
Production of electric power*..
Not published
End of month.
End of month.
Employment agency operations..
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
U. S. PATENT OFFICE
U. S, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
10th of month.
30th of month.
10th of month.
30th of month.
25th of month.
15th of month.
20th of month.
30th of month.
10th of month.
30th of month.
Electric power production.._
_
Consumption of fuel by public utility plants .
Visitors to national parks
BUREAU OF MINES.
Press release*.
Press release *_
Press release*
Press release*
Press release*
Press release*
Press release*
Press release*
Press release H
Press release*
Portland cement, production, etc..
Vessel construction and losses
Building material price indexes
Patents granted.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
COMMERCE.
Locomotive shipments and unfilled orders
Earnings of public utilities
Plumbing goods price index
Domestic pumps and water systems
Water softeners, shipments.
.._
Terra cqtta, new orders.
Steel boilers, new orders....
Enameled sheet-metal ware
__.
Public-merchandise warehouses
Index numbers of production, stocks, and unfilled orders.
Fish catch at principal fishing ports.
All imports and exports._.
Fuel loaded for consumption by vessels
Vessels cleared
__
Ship charter rates index
.__
World rubber stocks
Foreign loans issued in United States
Stocks of radio sets
___
Petroleum, crude and refined, production, etc..
Explosives, production, shipments, etc
_.
Coal and coke production
Report of Activities of State and Municipal Employment Agencies.
Not published.
Wholesale Prices of Commodities. __
Monthly Labor Review
Employment in Selected Industries.
Monthly Labor Review
Statement of Postal Receipts*
_
Not published _
Not published
,
Daily Statement of the U. S. Treasury..
Circulation of money
_.
Not published
__
Not published
_
,
Not published
Every 4 or 5 weeks.
Immigration and emigration statistics.
_
Wholesale prices and index...
_
Retail price indexes
_
Factory employment, payroll, etc
Industrial disputes
Postal receipts
_
_
Money orders...
Passports issued-.
Government debt, receipts, and disbursements..
Money in circulation from July 1, 1922
Tax-exempt securities
_
Domestic receipts of gold at mint
Oleomargarine, production and consumption of
ingredients.
Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Internal revenue taxes on automobiles...
Ethyl alcohol, production, stocks, etc.
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
U. S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE...
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
BUREAU OF THE MINT
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
U, S. WAR DEPARTMENT:
ENGINEER CORPS
Sault Ste. Marie and Cape Cod Canal traffic
Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers,
cargo traffic.
Barge traffic on Mississippi River
_.
Venezuelan petroleum production and exports..
Agricultural loans
Wisconsin factory earnings and employment
MISSISSIPPI-WARRIOR SERVICE
VENEZUELAN MINISTER OF INTERIOR..
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION..
Statement of Tax-paid Products*
_
Middle of next month
Quarterly.
30th of month.
Monthly.
Second or third weekly
issue of month.
20th of month.
First weekly issue of mo.
15th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
7th of month.
10th of month.
Last day of month.
Monthly.
First week of month.
Classified collections of Internal Revenue.
Not published.
_
25th of month.
Monthly statistical report..
Not published
Monthly during season.
Not published
_
Not published currently
Not published in form used
Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market*.
15th of month.
II.—REPORTS FROM COMMERCIAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH MANUFACTURERS' EXCHANGE.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL,
AND TIN WORKERS.
AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS
AMERICAN DRY MILK INSTITUTE.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION...
AMERICAN ERECTORS' ASSOCIATION.
_
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
AMERICAN FUR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS' ASSOCN..
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE
AMERICAN STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN PAPER AND PULP ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION (Car Service Division).
AMERICAN VENEER PACKAGE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN WALNUT MFRS. ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WASHING MACHINE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE
ANTHRACITE BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Shipments of abrasive paper and cloth
_ Not published
Wages, steel workers, Youngstown district
Trade papers.
Copper, silver, lead, arsenic.
Powdered milk, new orders
Passengers carried, electric railways
_
Fabricated steel plate, new orders.
Face brick production, stocks, etc
Trade-union employment
Fur sales
Stocks and consumption of newsprint paper
Steel ingot production
__
Track work production
Sales of iron, steel and heavy hardware..
Financial and trade papers
Monthly report*
Aera
Not published
Trends in the Face Brick Industry..
The Federationist...
Not published..
_
Monthly report
Press release to trade papers*
Trade papers
Not published..
_
Paper and wood pulp production, etc
_.
Gasoline and kerosene consumption
Freight car surplus and shortage
Car loadings and bad-order cars and locomotives.
Bushel baskets
_
Walnut lumber and logs
Washing machine shipments
Monthly report*
_
Bulletin
Car Surpluses and Shortages*.
Information Bulletins*
Not published.-.
_
Not published.._'
Not published
Press release to trade papers*.
Business and Financial Conditions (Phila.
Reserve Bank.).
Not publisiied.
ASPHALT SHINGLE AND ROOFING MFRS. ASSOCN. Prepared roofing shipments
Corn ground into starch, glucose, etc...
_. Not published __
Assoc. CORN PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS
The Constructor
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AM... Indexes of construction costs and volume
Trade papers
ASSOCIATION OF COTTON TEXTILE MERCHANTS Cotton textiles, production, stocks, etc
Financial papers
ASSOCIATION OF LIFE INSURANCE PRESIDENTS Life insurance, new business, premiums, etc.._
Not published
ASSN. OF MANF. OF WOODWORKING MACH.. Woodworking machinery
Not published
BAND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN. Band instrument shipments
Not published
BINDERS BOARD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN.. Binders board production
*Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
i imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.
Production and stocks zinc, retorts operating..
Anthracite mine employment
—
Bimonthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
7th of month
Quarterly
Weekly.
Weekly.
13th of month.
Monthly.
141
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
II.-REPORTS FROM COMMERCIAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS—Continued
BOSTON GRAIN AND FLOUR EXCHANGEBUREAU or RAILWAY ECONOMICS
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE ASSOCN..
CASH CHECK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
CENTRAL FABRICATORS ASSOCIATION..
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CLEVELAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
_.
COLD-FINISHED STEEL BAR INSTITUTE
COMMERCIAL LOCK WASHER STATI. Bu___
COMMON BRICK MANFRS. ASSOCN. OF AMERICA..
CONTINUOUS FOLD PRINTERS ASSOCIATION
COTTON-TEXTILE INSTITUTE...
ELECTRIC HOIST MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN...
ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CRANE INSTITUTE
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT.
FELT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION..
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANGE
FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT MFRS. ASSOCIATION. _.
GAS HEATING BOILER AND FURNACE ASSOCN..
GLASS CONTAINER ASSOCIATION.HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE
HYDRAULIC SOCIETY
_
_.
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL INSTITUTE.
LABEL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION.
LIFE INSURANCE SALES RESEARCH BUREAU..
LOWER MICHIGAN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS.
MAPLE FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCIATION.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MOTOR AND ACCESSORY MFRS. ASSOCIATION...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUTTON MFRS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FINISHERS OF COTTON FABRICS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLAT ROLLED
SHEET MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP GLUE MANFRS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PIANO BENCH AND
STOOL MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCN. OF REAL ESTATE BDS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL FURNITURE
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL AUTO. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL BOILER AND RADIATOR ASSN
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION..
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MFRS. ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL FERTILIZER ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD...
NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS' ASSOCN..
NATIONAL PAPER Box MFRS. ASSOCIATION—
NEW ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE. _
NEWS PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
NEW YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR EXCHANGE...
NEW YORK METAL EXCHANGE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NORTHERN PINE MANFRS. ASSOCIATION
OAK FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCIATION
OCEAN PEARL BUTTON MFRS. ASSOCN..
OHIO STATE FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION
PACIFIC CANNED FISH BROKERS' ASSOCIATION..
PAPERBOARD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
PLATE GLASS MFRS. OF AMERICA
PLYWOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
PORCELAIN ENAMEL MANUFACTURERS'ASSOCN.
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
RICE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA..
RICE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION
ROPE PAPER SACK MANFRS. ASSOCIATION
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RUBBER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
RUBBER TRADE ASSOCIATION
SALES BOOK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION._.
SAVINGS BANK ASSOCN. OF STATE OF N. Y
SHEET METAL WARE ASSOCIATION
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AM ERICA __
_
SOUTHERN FURNITURE MFRS. ASSOCIATION.—.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
STEEL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY
TIRE AND RIM ASSOCIATION __
_
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION. _.
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
VACUUM CLEANER MANUFACTURERS ASSN
WEBBING MANUFACTURERS' EXCHANGE
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION
WESTERN DOOR MFRS. ASSOCN
WESTERN PINE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN .
WESTERN SHEET AND TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
WHOLESALE SASH AND DOOR MFRS. ASSOCN ..
WlREBOUND BOX MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN..
WIRE CLOTH MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
" Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Receipts of wool at Boston
Average railway receipts per ton-mile
Passengers and tonnage carried 1 mile
Redwood lumber production, etc
,.
Sugar pine lumber production, etc...
Cash checks, shipments
_
Fabricated structural steel, new orders, etc
Wheat, corn, and oats, receipts, etc..
Factory employment in Cleveland.
Cold-finished steel bars..
Lock washer shipments
Common brick shipments, stocks, etc
Commercial forms
Cotton yarns and cloth printed.
„
Electric hoists, orders and shipments
Overhead cranes, shipments, etc..
Detroit factory employment
Roofing felt production, stocks, etc
Fine cotton goods production
Foundry equipment, new orders, etc
Gas-fired boilers and furnaces
Glass container production, etc.
Hardwood lumber, stocks, etc.
Steam, power, and centrifugal pumps
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc
Ethyl alcohol, production and stocks.
Labels, new orders.
_
_
Consumption, stocks, and shipments, iron ore
Life insurance, new business and lapses, ordinary.
Hardwood lumber, production, etc.
Maple flooring production, etc
Linseed-oil and oil-cake shipments__
Shipments of accessories and parts__
Fresh-water pearl buttons, stocks, activity, etc..
Finished cotton goods, billings, orders, shipments, and stocks.
Steel sheets, production, stocks, etc..
Trade papers..
Not published
Summary of operating statistics..
Not published.
Not published
Not published..
Not published
Trade papers
The Clevelander
Not published..
Not published..
Monthly report
Not published
_
Weekly report
Not published
_
Not published
Weekly press release
Not published
_
Trade papers
Report on monthly volume of business
Not published
Monthly report*
_
Monthly report
__
_
._
Not published __
_
Not published
Not published
Not published
_
_
Monthly report*
__
_
Monthly release...
Not published-_.
Not published
_
Monthly statement
Business Bulletin
Weekly report
Not published._
Shipments of animal glues___
_
Production, shipments, and unfilled orders of
piano benches and stools.
Real estate conveyances..
_
Steel furniture, shipments, orders, etc
Not published..
Not published.
Production of automobiles
Cast-iron boilers and radiators __
Credit conditions, electrical trade. _ _
Electrical products, shipments, orders, etc
Superphosphate and fertilizer
Cost of living, wages, and hours of labor
Machine-tool orders, shipments, etc
Paper boxes, shipments and pay roll__
Rice distribution through New Orleans. _
Cotton receipts into sight. _
Newsprint production, stocks, and shipments
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc..
Tin stocks and deliveries.Loans to brokers
North Carolina pine, production, etc
Hemlock and hardwood lumber production,
etc.
Northern pine lumber and lath..
Oak flooring, production, etc
Ocean pearl buttons, shipments, orders, etc
Ohio founds iron, meltings, stocks, etc
Shipments of canned salmon
Paper board shipping boxes and boxboard
Plate-glass production
_
Plywood, orders, etc.New orders and shipments of flatware
Cement paving contracts
_.
Rice, receipts, stocks, shipments (Calif, mills)__.
Rice, receipts, stocks, etc. (southern mills)
Shipments of rope-paper sacks
Rubber tires, heels, soles, crude stocks, etc
Rubber stocks in Europe, Asia, and Brazil
Rubber prices
Shipments and orders of sales books
Savings banks deposits in New York State
Galvanized and enameled sheet metal ware
Raw silk consumption, machinery activity, etc..
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Yellow pine production and stocks
Steel castings, bookings, and production
Production of automobile rims
Milk production, Minnesota.
Printing activity
Vacuum-cleaner shipments
Elastic webbing, shipments
Douglas fir lumber production, etc
Fir doors, Pacific coast __
Western pine lumber production, etc
Wages, steel workers, Youngstown district
Not published _ _
Not published
Not published
Not published __
Not published
Monthly press release.
Not published __
Not published-Monthly report
Monthly report
Monthly bulletin
Monthly statement
Trade papers
Financial papers
Not published _ _
Not published
Daily.
Monthly.
Daily.
Monthly.
18th of month.
Monthly.
Weekly.
Not published _
Bulletin
Not published.
Not published..
_
Not published-.
Not published
Monthly report* (not published)
Not published
Not published
Financial papers
Not published.
Not published .
Concrete Highway Magazine
Not published
Monthly report
Not published __
M onthly reports (not published)
Bulletin of Rubber Growers' Association.
Not published
._
Not published
_.
Not published in form used
Not published
Monthly press release to trade papers*
Not published in form used
Not published in form used
Not published
Financial papers._
Not published.
Typothetae Bulletin..
Trade papers
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Trade papers
Not publishedWholesale door business
Weekly report
Rotary cut veneer, receipts and purchases
Wire cloth, production, shipments, stocks, etc. Not published._
21st of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
5th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
5th of month.
20th of month.
Monthly.
Bimonthly.
142
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
DATE OF PUBLICATION
HI.-REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS
AMERICAN METAL MARKET
AMERICAN WOOL AND COTTON REPORTER
THE ANN \LIST
THE BOND BUYER
BRADSTREET'S _
_ - _ . _ _ _
CHEMICAL \ND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
COAL AGE
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE .
DAILY NEWS RECORD
Dow, JONES & Co. (WALL STREET JOURNAL) __
DUN'S REVIEW
ELECTRICAL WORLD
EN\MELIST ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS
ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
HAY TRADE JOURNAL.. .
_
IRON A.GE
IRON TRADE REVIEW..
_
JOPLIN GLOBE
LUMBER MANUFACTURER AND DEALERMILK REPORTER
MONETARY TIMES
NAVAL STORES REVIEW
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
NEW YORK EVENING POST
NORTHWESTERN MILLER
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS' INK
_
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
RAILWAY AGE
.. .
ROCK PRODUCTS
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL NEWS
. ..
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL
WORLD'S RUBBER POSITION (BRITISH). _
.
. __
SOURCE
First or second week of month (daily) .
Composite pig iron and steel prices; tin pricesTextile wages, New England
_ __
First weekly issue of month (Fidays).
Stock sales and prices
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
State and municipal bond issues and yields.
Weekly (Saturdays) .
Visible supply of grains (except rye)—
Check payments and business failures, Canada
__
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Wholesale price index
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Chemical price index _
_ Weekly (Wednesdays).
Mine price of bituminous coaL
Weekly (Thursdays) .
Cotton, world visiblesupply_ __ _
Weekly (Saturdays) .
5New corporate securities
Last weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Fairchild cotton goods and silk" goods index
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily) .
New York bond sales and prices
20th of month (daily).
Mexican petroleum shipments
Business failures and wholesale price index
. _
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Sales of electrical energy, central stations
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Household enameled ware ..
__ _.
Rand gold production; lead, zinc, copper, and silver prices
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Construction cost index.
.
First weekly issue of month.
Hay receipts
Weekly (Fridays) .
Pig-iron production, furnaces in blast, etc _
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
Iron and steel prices
Weekly (Thursdays).
Shipments, etc., zinc and lead ore, Joplin district
Price indexes of lumber. _ . .
_
_ . First weekly issue of month (Fridays).
Milk receipts at Greater New York. _
Weekly.
Canadianfirelosses .
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks, 3 ports
Weekly (Saturdays).
First week of month (daily).
Dividend and interest payments and new incorporations
Fire losses. __
_
. _ __ 10th of month (daily) .
Newspaper advertising
Not published.
Flaxseed, receipts, etc.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Mondays).
Price indexes of drugs, oil, etc; Argentine flaxseed stocks
10th of month (monthly).
Mexican petroleum shipmentsMagazine advertising.
. Second week of month.
Book production
Third week of month.
Railway equipment orders
.
Sand lime brick production, etc
Monthly.
Wheat flour production and stocks (computed) __
Fourth week of month (i Wednesdays).
Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics
Weekly (Fridays) .
World shipments and stocks of rubber
_ _.
DATA
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
IV.—REPORTS FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION Co
AMERICAN APPRAISAL Co
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH Co
AMES, A. E., & Co....
CHILDS Co
CHASE SECURITIES CORPORATION
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL MARITIME DE SUEZ.
DICKSON, R. S., & Co
_
DODGE, F. W., CORPORATION.__
GEHM, W. H., Co
_
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
GRAND, F. & W., 5-10-25 CENT STORES
_
GRANT, W. T., Co
HAFFARDS, G. M., & Co
HARTMAN CORPORATION
HERCULES POWFDER Co
Building costs
Construction costs
...
Stockholders in the company
Canadian bond issues.__
Restaurant sales..
Dividends paid on industrial stocks.,
Suez Canal traffic
Southern cotton mill stocks index
Building contracts
Furniture shipments
._.
Sales of closed cars, sales to dealers and to users.
Chain-store sales.
Chain-store sales.
Fall River cotton mill dividends
_
Chain-store sales
__.
Steam naval stores, production and stocks...
Hotel room occupancy
HORWATH & HORWATH
Mill dividends, Spartanburg County, S. C_.
LAW, A. W., & Co
LLOYD'S.
_. World ship construction
KRESGE, S. S., Co
Chain-store sales
Chain-store sales_
KRESS, S. H., & Co.
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, LTD
Canadian building contracts
Chain-store sales
.
__.
MCCRORY STORES CORPORATION
METROPOLITAN FIVE AND TEN CENT STORES_ Chain-store sales
Factory labor turnover
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE Co
Chain-store sales..
MURPHY, G. C., Co
Indexes of stock and bond prices
NEW YORK TRUST Co
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, BUREAU OF BUSI- Employment, construction industries, Ohio.
NESS RESEARCH.
O'SHAUGHNESSY'S SOUTH AMERICAN OlL Petroleum data for Mexico and Venezuela._..
REPORTS.
PENNEY, J. C., Co
C hain-store sales
Stockholders in the company
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Co
New passenger-car registrations
POLK, R. L., & Co..
___
PULLMAN Co
I Pullman passenger traffic and operations.
New Bedford cotton mill dividends
SANFORD & KELLEY.
!
Chain-store sales
SCHULTE, A., INC
Mail-order sales..
SEARS, ROEBUCK & Co
Sales of furniture in Grand Rapids district _
SEIDMAN & SEIDMAN...
Chain-store sales
SILVER, ISAAC, & BROS..
Stock and bond price indexes
STANDARD STATISTICS Co
THOMPSON, J. R., Co
Restaurant sales
Chain-store sales
UNITED CIGAR STORES Co
Unfilled orders
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
Earnings..
Stockholders
Wages of common labor
Restaurant sales
W^ALDORF SYSTEM, INC
Mail-order sales
___
WARD, MONTGOMERY, & Co.
Chain-store sales
_
WOOLWORTH, F. W., & Co..
* Multigraphed, mimeographed, or duplicated sheets.
Construction trade papersAmerican Appraisal News.
Financial papers
Weekly bond summary *__.
Monthly report
Not published
Le Canal de Suez.
Financial papers
Statement on Building Statistics.
Not published
Financial papers.
Financial papers
Financial papers
_
Bradstreet'S-.
Financial papers.
Naval Stores Review..
The Alarm Clock...
Financial papers
New York Journal of Commerce .
Financial papers
Financial papers
Canadian Building Review
Financial papers
Financial papers
Not published
Financial papers
The Index
Bulletin
Monthly.
Third week of month.
Monthly.
5th, 15th, and 25th of
month.
Weekly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Monthly.
Semiannually.
First week of month.
First week of month.
Monthly.
First week of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
South American Oil Reports.
Financial papers.
Financial papers.
National New Car Reporting Service*
Not published
Bradstreet'S_
Financial1 ]paper;
Financial papers
Not published
__
Financial papers
Standard Securities Service
Monthly press release*
Financial papers
__
Press release *
Press release*
Financial papers
Special reports*
Quarterly press release*
Financial papers...
Financial papers
First week of month.
Quarterly.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
First week of month.
10th of month.
Quarterly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
First week of month.
First week of month.
GENERAL INDEX
Page numbers refer to data in detailed tables (pp. 23-138) only. Items in the text are arranged in groups, which should make
references easy without the necessity of an index. See also " Table of Contents/' page 1.
Page Bonds—Continued.
Page
Page
Prices and yields
127, 128 Cereals. (See Grains.)
Abrasives, paper and cloth
64
Sales
128 Chain stores:
Accessories, automobile
50, 51
61
Acetate of lime, production, etc
78 Book paper and books.
Sales
117, 118, 119
Acid, sulphuric, price and exports
82 Boots and shoes. (See Shoes.)
Stock prices
129
Active textile machinery
28, 32, 34 Boston:
Check payments
125
Milk receipts
96 Checks, cash, shipments
Advertising:
61
Wool receipts
28 Cheese, production, receipts, etc
Magazine and newspaper
116
97
Rentals, Minneapolis
65 Box board, production, receipts, etc_ _ 62 Chemicals:
62, 64
Agencies, employment
110 Boxes, paper, production, etc
Dyes and explosives
79
26
Agents and brokers, failures
132 Bradstreet's, price index
Employment index
108
Brazil:
Agriculture:
Production and prices
23, 81, 82
Coffee, receipts and clearances__ 99
Pay-roll index
113
Foreign trade
135
Foreign-exchange rates
134
Marketings, index
24
Price indexes
26, 81
Price indexes
24, 27 Brick:
Stock index
25
Housing costs
65
Wages
110
Time operations, factory
114, 115
Production, stocks, etc
74, 75
Agricultural implements
42
Wood distillation and alcohol. 78, 79
Unfilled orders, index
25 Childs Co., restaurant sales
Agricultural loans and mortgages
124,
119
130 British India, foreign-exchange rates. 134 Chile:
Air, mail dispatched by
116 Brokers:
Foreign-exchange rates
134
Alcohol, ethyl, and wood (methFailures
132
Nitrate production
82
Loans to
125,138 China, vitreous, plumbing fixtures___ 75
anol)
78, 79
Allegheny River, cargo traffic
102 Buildings:
Cigars and cigarettes:
Contracts awarded
66
American Telephone & Telegraph
Consumption and exports
100
Cost indexes, losses, etc
65
Co., stockholders
133
Sales, chain stores
117, 119
Security issues
131 Circulation, money and notes
Animal fats and glues
86
125, 126
Building materials, price indexes. _ 26, 65 Citrus fruits, car-lot shipments
Animal products:
91
34 Clay and glass products:
Marketings, index
24 Burlaps, imports
97
Price index
27 Butter, production, receipts, etc
Enployment index
108
33
Apartments, bond issues
131 Buttons, pearl, production, etc
Pay-roll index
113
Apparel, wearing:
Production, prices, etc
74, 75, 77
47
Production, etc
29 Cables, power
Time operations
114,115
Sales, chain, stores
117, 119 Cake and meal:
Unfilled orders index
25
Cottonseed, production, etc
83 Cleaners, vacuum
Wholesale trade
122
42
Linseed, shipments, etc
84 Clearances, ship
Apples:
101
Production (crop estimate)
87 California:
Clearings, bank. (See Check payPetroleum, stocks
52
Stocks and shipments
91
ments.)
Redwood lumber, production,
Argentina:
Cleveland, employment, factory
109
Flaxseed, exports, and stocks
84
etc
67 Clinker, stocks
_"
77
White-pine lumber, production,
Foreign-exchange rates
134
Cloth, cotton
32, 33
etc
69 Cloth, wire
Foreign trade with
136, 137
45
Rice, stocks and shipments
91 Clothing:
Arsenic, crude and refined
81
Asphalt, production, stocks
54 Canada:
Cost indexes, retail
27
Automobiles, production and
Assets, life-insurance companies
124
Production, stocks, etc
29
exports
50
Automobiles:
Rubber-proofed
56
Bond issues
130
Accessories, rims, registrations,
Sales, chain stores
117, 119
Building, contracts awarded
66
etc
51
Sales, wholesale
122
Canals, cargo traffic
102 Coal:
Earnings, manufacturers
133
Check payments
125
Production, exports, sales, etc__ 50
Employment, anthracite mines__ 108
Cheese, exports
97
Production index
23
Loadings, freight cars
105
Coal and coke, production
35, 37
Stock prices
129
Prices, production, stocks, etc.. 35
Employment
110
Tires and tubes
56
Production index
23
Failures
132
Visiting national parks
103
Retail-price index
27
Fire losses
65 Coconut oil, consumption, etc
85
Foreign-exchange rates
134 Coffee, imports, stocks, etc
Babbitt metal, consumption
49
99
Foreign trade
134, 136, 137 Coke:
Band instruments, shipments
49
Iron and steel, production
36, 37
Bands, rubber
57
Production, exports, etc
37, 54
Life-insurance, new business
124
Banks:
Coal consumption
35
Methanol
78, 79 Cold-storage holdings:
Condition, interest rates, etc
125,
Newsprint paper, production,
126, 127
Apples
91
etc
60
Failures
132
Butter, cheese, and eggs
97
Oats and oatmeal
90
Farm loans
130
Poultry and
fish
99
Power, electric
107
Barley:
Meats
93,94
Railroads, operation
103 Concrete, paving contracts
Exports, prices, etc
90
76
Salmon, canned, exports
99 Conditions, banks
Production (crop estimate)
87
126
Silver, production and stocks
126 Conduits, nonmetallic
Barrels, steel
39
47
Slaughter, inspected
58
Bars, cold-finished steel
39
Construction, building:
Wheat and flour, production,
Baskets, bushel
73
Contracts awarded and volume
etc
88,89
Baths, enamel, orders, etc
44
index
66
102
Beef, production etc
94 Canals, traffic
Cost indexes
65
117
Belgium, foreign-exchange rates
134 Candy, sales, chain stores
Employment in Ohio
108, 138
Benches, piano
72 Canned goods:
Security issues
131
Milk, condensed, etc
95, 96
Binders' board, production
62
76
Salmon
99 Construction, highways
Boilers:
101
Cast-iron, including gas-fired
41 Cape Cod Canal, cargo traffic
102 Construction, ships
Consumption:
Steel, new orders
38 Capital issues. (See Securities.)
Cars, railroad
105, 106
Bonds:
Chemicals and oils. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
40, 41
Government, outstanding. _ 127, 130 Castings and cast-iron products
Coal
35
Cattle, receipts, shipments, prices,
Held by life-insurance compaCotton and fabrics
31,56
and slaughter
92
nies
124
Dairy products
96,97
76
Iron ore
36
New issues
130,131 Cement, production, stocks, etc
(143)
144
GENERAL INDEX—Continued
Page numbers refer to data in detailed
references easy without the necessity of an
Consumption—Continued.
Page
Meats
93,94
Petroleum products
52, 53, 54
Pulp and paper products
60, 62
Rubber
55,56
Tobacco
100
Wheat and
flour
88
Wool
28
Containers:
Glass, production, etc
77
Paper, production, etc
62
Conveyances, real estate
65
Copper:
Exports, prices, etc
45
Production
23, 45
Stock prices
129
Copra and copra oil, stocks, etc
85
Cord, flexible electrical
47
Corn:
Production (crop estimate)
87
Receipts, grindings, exports, etc_ 89
Corporations:
Dividend payments and failures. 132
New security issues and incorporations
130, 131
Profits and stockholders
133
Stock and bond prices. 127, 128, 129
Costs, building construction
65
Costs, living, indexes
27
Cotton:
Consumption, exports, etc
31
Marketings, index
24
Prices
27, 30
Cotton fabrics:
Cloth, exports
32
Consumption by tire manufacturers
56
Fine goods, production
32
Prices, wholesale
30
Production, stocks, etc
33
Cotton
finishing
32
Cotton mills:
Dividends and spindle activity.. 32
Stock prices, southern mills
128
Cotton yarns:
Prices
30
Production, stocks, etc
33
Cottonseed and products
83
Cranes, electric overhead
43
Credit:
Bank
125
Electrical trade
46
Farm
130
Crops:
Cotton, production
31
Food, production and value
87
Marketings, indexes
24
Price indexes
26
Tobacco, production
100
Cuba, sugar movement
98
Customs, receipts
127
Dairy products:
Butter and cheese
97
Milk
95,96
Marketing indexes
24
Price indexes
27
Debits. (See Check payments.)
Debt, United States Government
127
Delaware:
Employment and earnings _ 109, 112
Pay rolls, factory
111
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade_ 46
Department stores, sales, etc
120, 121
Deposits, bank and savings
125
Detroit, employment, factory
109
Disputes, industrial
HO
Dividends, payments
32, 132
Doors, pine and
fir
73
tables (pp. 23-138) only. Items in the text are arranged in groups, which should make
index. See also " Table of Contents," page 1.
Drugs:
Pag© Fish:
Page
Price indexes
26, 81
Catch, cold-storage holdings, etc. 99
Sales, chain stores
117, 119
Marketings, index
24
Wholesale trade
122 Fish oil, production, etc
86
Dry goods:
Flaxseed:
Prices, wholesale
30
Receipts, shipments, stocks
84
Wholesale trade
122
Production (crop estimate)
87
Dun's, price index
26 Flooring, rubber
57
Dyes and dyestuffs, exports
79 Flooring, wrooden:
Production, etc., hardwoods
71
Prices, pine and
fir
67, 68
Earnings:
88
Corporations, classified
133 Flour, wheat, production, etc
Labor
112 Food:
Earnings, manufacturers
133
Public utilities
107, 133
Exports and imports
135
Railroads and express comFactory employment, index
108
panies
103,133
Pay-roll index, factories
113
United States Steel CorporaPrice index
26, 27
tion
37
Production index
23
Eggs, receipts, etc
97
Stock index
25
Elastic webbing, shipments
34
Stock price index
129
Electric cranes and hoists
43
Time operations, factories. _ 114, 115
Electric locomotives, shipments
104
Foreign bonds
128, 130, 131
Electric power:
134
Fuel consumption
35, 54 Foreign-exchange rates
133
Production and sales
107 Foreign stockholders
Electric trucks and tractors
51 Foreign trade:
Canadian exports and imports__ 134
Electric washing machines
42
United States exports
135, 137
Electrical products
46, 47
United States imports
135, 136
Electrical trade, delinquent accounts. 46
Vessels in United States ports. _ 101
Emigration
101
Forest products:
Employment:
Car loadings
105
Agencies and trade unions
110
Marketings, indexes
24
Factory
108, 109, 138
61
Mines, railroads, etc
108, 138 Forms, blank
43
Time
112, 114 Foundry equipment, orders, etc
Enameled ware
44, 49 Foundry iron, meltings, prices, etc .36, 40
France:
Engines, internal-combustion, patForeign-exchange rates
134
ents granted
42
Foreign trade with
136, 137
England. (See United Kingdom.)
Potash production
82
Equipment:
105, 106
Agricultural, shipments42 Freight cars
101
Fire-extinguishing, shipments
51 Freight rates, ocean
Foundry, orders, shipments, etc_ 43 Fruits:
Farm prices
27
Railway, orders, etc
129
Marketings, index
24
Essential oils, wholesale-price index. _ 81
Shipments, car-lot
91
Ethyl alcohol
79
Exchange, foreign
134 Fuel:
Coal, production, etc
35
Expenditures, United States GovernCoke, production, etc
37
ment
127
Consumption, all kinds
35
Exports. (See Foreign trade and
Cost of, index number
26, 27
individual commodities.)
Petroleum, production, etc .52, 53, 54
Explosives, production, etc
79
34
Express, earnings
103 Fur, sales
Furnishings, house, price index
26
Fabricated steel
38 Furnaces:
Blast, in operation
36
Fabrics, rubber-proofed
56
Electric, new orders
47
Factories. (See Manufactures and
Furniture:
Industrial corporations.)
Household
72
Failures, business
132
Steel, office
38
Fall River, textile-mill dividends
32
Wholesale trade
122
Farm implements
42
Farm loans and mortgages
124, 130
Farm products:
49
Price index
26, 27 Galvanized sheet metal ware
Production indexes
26 Gas and electric companies, earnings
(see also Public utilities)
107
Farm wages
111
54
Fats, animal, greases, etc
86 Gas and fuel oils
Federal farm-loan and intermediate
Gasoline
53
credit banks, loans
130 Gelatin, edible, production and
stocks
86
Federal reserve system, condition
125
Felt, roofing, production and stocks. 81 General Motors Corporation, sales. _ 50
Fertilizer, exports, consumption, etc. 82 Germany:
Foreign trade with
136, 137
Fiber, vulcanized
46
Potash sales
82
Fibers, imports
34
Ginnings, cotton
31
Finance. (See Banking and securiGlass, production, etc
77
ties.)
59
Finishing, cotton
32,33 Gloves, production
Fir, Douglas, lumber
67 Glues, animal, production and stocks. 86
126
Fire-extinguishing equipment
51 Gold, receipts, exports, etc
Fire, losses by
66 Government, Canadian, bond issues. 130
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Bonds, prices, etc
124
Production index
23
Fabricated steel products
38
Employment in Washington
108
Ingots, steel, production, etc
37
Production, etc
67,
Finances, debt, etc
127
Ore, shipments, stocks, etc
36
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 138
Pay-roll index
113
Postal business
116
Products (doors, furniture, etc.) _ 72,
Pig-iron, production, prices, etc_ 36
Grains:
73
Production, index
23
Exports, prices, etc
89, 90
Stocks, index
25
Railway equipment
104, 106
Farm-price indexes
27
Unfilled orders, index
25
Loadings
105
Sheets, steel__
39
Marketings, index
24
Stocks, index
52 McCrory Stores Corporation, sales. _ 118
Production (crop estimates)
87
Time operations, factory _ _ „ 114, 115 Machine tools, new orders
43
Grand, F. & W., sales
118
Unfilled orders
'
25, 37 Machinery:
Grand Rapids, furniture
72
Profits and earnings
129, 133
Vessels, construction
101
Grant, W. T., & Co., sales
118
Wages
111
Shipments, etc
42, 43
Grease, production, etc
86 Iron, steel, and heavy hardware,
Machinery activity:
Great Britain.
(See United Kingsales
38
Boxboard and box mills
63
dom.)
Issues, new capital
.
130, 131
Textile mills
28, 32, 34
Italy:
Groceries:
Magazines, advertising
116
Foreign-exchange rates
134 Mail, United States
Sales, chain stores
117
116
Foreign trade with
136, 137 Mail-order houses, sales
Wholesale trade
122
116, 117
Gum lumber, stocks
70 Japan:
Malleable castings, production, etc__ 40
Foreign-exchange rates
134 Manganese, ore imports
Gum (naval stores), marketings, in36
Foreign trade with
136, 137 Manufactures:
dex
24
Joint-stock land banks, loans
130
Earnings
133
Ham, smoked, prices
Employment index
108, 109, 138
93 Joplin district, lead and zinc shipments
48
122
Exports and imports
135
Hardware, wholesale trade
Hardwood lumber
70, 71 72 Kerosene
Failures and dividend payments, 132
53
Hartman Corporation, sales
Pay-roll payments
113
119 Knit underwear, production, shipHay:
Production index
23
ments, etc
29
Production (crop estimate)
Securities, prices, etc
127,
87 Kresge, S. S., Co., sales
118
Receipts
128, 129, 131
91 Kress, S. H., & Co., sales.
118
Heels, rubber, production, etc
Stocks on hand, indexes
25
57
Hemlock, northern, lumber
64
Time operations
113, 114, 115
67 Labels, paper, orders
Hides and skins:
Labor:
Maple flooring, production, etc
71
Imports, stocks, etc
Earnings
111, 112 Maryland, employment, factory
109
58
Prices
26, 58
Employment
108 Massachusetts, employment and earnHighways, construction
Time worked
113, 114, 115 Mings
76
109, 112
Turnover, factory
114
Hogs, prices, receipts, shipments, and
eats:
slaughter
94
92 Lamb, production, stocks, etc
Farm prices
..
27
Hoists, electric
92
43 Lambs, shipments and slaughter
Production, etc
93, 94
Hosiery, production, stocks, etc
138
Wholesale trade
.
122
29 Lapses, life insurance
Hotels:
57
Lard compounds and substitutes
86 Mechanical goods, rubber
93 Merchandise, car loadings
Room occupancy
105
106 Lard, production, exports, etc
69 Metals and minerals (see also indiviBond issues
131 Lath, northern pine
Hours, operations
28, 32, 34, 113, 114 Lavatories, enamel, shipments, e t c _ _ 44
dual commodities):
Lead, production, prices, etc
23, 48
Household:
Earnings, corporations
133
Enameled ware, activitv
Employment index
108
49 Leather:
Pay-roll index
113
Furnishings, price indexes
Employment index
108
26
Factory time operations
114, 115
Price index
26
Furniture, shipments, etc
72
Housing:
Pay-roll index
113
Production index
23
Stock and unfilled order index__ 25
Construction
Products (shoes, gloves)
59
66
Time operations, factory
114, 115
Cost of, index numbers
27 65
Production, stocks, etc.
23, 25, 59
78, 79
34 Methanol, production, etc
Rental advertisements
65 Leather, artificial, shipments, etc
123, 124, 138 Metropolitan Stores Corporation,
Ice cream, production
96 Life insurance
sales
118
Illinois, employment
and
earnLight, cost of, index numbers
27
ings
109, 112 Lime, acetate
78 Mexico:
Petroleum, production and ex84
Illuminating glassware
77 Linseed oil and cake _
Immigration
ports
52
101 Livestock:
Silver production
126
Imports. (See Foreign trade and inLoadings
.
105
Mica, manufactured
47
dividual commodities.)
Marketings, indexes
24
72
Price to farmers, indexes
27 Michigan, lower, hardwoods
Incorporations, new
130
Milk, receipts, production, etc
95, 96
India. (See British India.)
Receipts, shipments, prices and
109
slaughter
92 Milwaukee, employment, factory
Industrials. (See Manufactures and
23
Corporations.)
Living, cost of
27 Minerals, production, index
105 Minneapolis:
Installment sales, New England
120 Loadings, freight cars
Linseed oil and cake, shipments- 84
Instruments, band, shipments
49 Loans:
Milk production
96
Insurance, life
123, 124, 138
Agricultural
124, 130
Rental advertisements
65
Interest:
Bank, total and to brokers, 125, 138
102
Life-insurance policies'
124 Mississippi River, cargo traffic
Rates
127,128, 131
Payments
132 Locomotives, exports, shipments, etc_ 104 Money, circulation, stocks, etc__ 125, 126
116
Investments:
Logs, walnut
70 Money orders, postal
Monongahela River, cargo traffic
102
Banks
125, 130 Losses:
Life-insurance companies
124
Business
132 Mortgages:
Held by farm banks, etc
130
Iowa, employment, factory
109
Fire
65
Held by life-insurance comIron and steel:
Labor disputes
110
panies
124
Barrels, washers, and bars
39
Ships
101
Issued for real estate, bonds
131
Boilers and radiators, cast-iron. 41 Lubricating oil
54
Motors, electric
46
Castings
40 Lumber:
Employment index
108 Municipal bonds:
Earnings, manufacturers'
37
New issues
130
Factory time operations
114, 119
Employment index
108
Yields
.
127, 128
Enameled sanitary ware
Marketings, index
24
44
119
Pav-roll index
, 113 Murphy, G. C. Co., sales
Exports and imports
38
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Activity
61
103
Naval stores, receipts, stocks, etc
80 Parks, national, visitors
Employment
108
Netherlands, foreign-exchange rates- 134 Passengers:
Newspaper
60
Railroad and Pullman
103
New Bedford, textile-mill dividends- 32
Pay-roll index
113
Street railways
107
New Jersey:
Time operations
114,115
Employment and earnings... 109, 112 Passenger cars, railroad, orders, etc__ 106
101 Profits. (See Earnings.)
Pay rolls, factory
111 Passports, issued
Patents, granted
42 Production, index (see also individual
New Orleans:
76
Rice shipments
91 Payments, concrete
commodities)
24
125 Public
Sugar receipts, domestic crop
98 Payments, check.finance
127
132 Public utilities:
Newspapers, advertising
116 Payments, dividend and interest
Pay roll, factories
111, 113
New York City:
Bonds, prices, etc_ 124, 127, 128, 131
Pay roll, anthracite mines
108
Check payments and brokers 7
Contracts awarded
66
Pennsylvania:
loans
125
Dividends, earnings, etc
107,
Rediscount rate 127
Employment and earnings. _ 109, 112
132, 133
Milk receipts
96
Pay rolls, factory
111
Stock prices
128, 129
New York State:
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., stockPublishing:
Canal traffic
102
holders
133
Book and job
61
Employment and earnings.. 109, 112 Penney, J. C., & Co., sales
119
Newspaper
60
Pay roils, factory
.
111 Petroleum:
Pullman, passengers and operations. _ 103
Savings banks, deposits
125
64
Capital issues
131 Pulp, wood
New York Stock Exchange:
24
Crude, production, etc
23, 52 Pulpwood, marketings, index
Loans to members of
126
42
Earnings
133 Pumps, shipments, etc
Security sales
128
34
Refined products
23, 53, 54 Pyroxylin-coated textiles
Nitrate of soda
.
82
Stock prices
129
Nonferrous metals:
products, laminated
46 Radiators, cast-iron, production, etc_ 41
Employment index
108 Phenolicbenches, and stools
47
72 Radio, stocks
Production index
23 Pianos, prices, production, etc.
36 Railroads:
Production, prices, etc
45, 48 Pig-iron,
Dividend payments
132
etc
68, 09
Pay-roll i n d e x _ _ „
113 Pine lumber, production, stocks
Earnings and profits
103, 131
80
Stocks, index
25 Pine oil, production and
Employment
108
77
Time operations, index
114, 115 Plate glass, production
Equipment
104, 105, 106
Plumbing fixtures:
Freight-car movement
_ 103, 105
Enameled sanitary ware
44
Oak:
Fuel consumption
35
Porcelain and vitreous ware
75
Flooring, production, etc
71
Securities
124, 127, 128, 129
Price index
65
Lumber, stocks, etc
70
107, 132
Plywood, shipments, etc
73 Railways, electric and street
Oats:
56
Porcelain, electrical, shipments
46, 47 Raincoat, fabrics, rubber proofed
Exports, prices, receipts, etc
90
Rand, gold output
126
Porcelain, enameled
flatware
49 Raw materials:
Production (crop estimate)
87
75
Ocean transportation
101 Porcelain, plumbing fixtures
Exports and imports
135
93
Offal, grain, production
88 Pork products, production, etc
Price indexes
26
Postal receipts and money orders
116
Ohio:
Stock indexes
25
Potash, imports, etc
82 Rayon, imports, stocks, and prices __ 34
Foundry iron, stocks, etc
40
Employment
108, 109, 138 Potatoes:
Real estate:
Ohio River, cargo traffic
102
Car-lot shipments
91
Conveyances
65
Oklahoma:
Production (crop estimate)
87
Bond issues
131
Employment and earnings. _ 109, 112 Poultry:
Receipts, United States GovernPay rolls, factory
111
ment
116, 127
Marketings, index
24
Oil:
67
Price index
27 Redwood, California, lumber
Essential, wholesale price index. 81
46
Receipts and stocks
99 Reflectors, industrial sales
Fish
. 86 Power, electric:
Registrations, automobiles
51
Petroleum
52, 53, 54, 131, 133
Fuel consumption
35 Rent:
Pine
80
Advertisements
65
Production
107
Vegetable and
fish
81. 83, 84, 85
Cost of
27
Switching equipment
46
Oleomargarine:
Reserves, bank
126
Production and consumption
83 Prices:
121
Brick and cement
74, 76 Restaurants, sales
Consumption of chief ingrediCoal and coke
35,37 Retail prices:
ents in
83, 85, 96
Coal
35
Coffee and tea
99
Onions, car-lot shipments
91
Food and coal indexes
27
Dairy products
27, 95, 97
Orders, new. (See individual comSugar
98
Drugs and chemicals _ _ 78, 79, 81, 82 Retail trade:
modities.)
Grains and
flour
27, 88, 89, 90
Orders, unfilled, index (see also indiChain stores
117, 118, 119
Hides and leather
20, 58, 59
vidual commodities)
25
Department stores
120
Iron and steel
36, 37
Ore:
Gasoline and kerosene
53
Lumber
67, 68, 71
Iron, shipments and imports._ 23, 36
Lumber
71. 138
Meats and livestock
27, 92, 93, 94
Lead and zinc, shipments, etc___ 48
116, 117
Naval stores
. _ 80 Rice:Mail-order
Total, car loadings
105
Nonferrous metals
45, 48
Outlet boxes, electrical
46
Exports, stocks, etc
91
Paper and pulp
60, 64
Overalls, cut, etc
29
Production (crop estimate)
87
Petroleum and products. _ 52, 53, 54 Rims, automobile
51
Plumbing fixtures
65 Rivers, cargo traffic
Panama Canal, traffic
102
102
Rubber
55 Roads, construction
Panel boards, electrical
47
77
Silver
126 Roadbuilding, wages in
Paper:
111
Sugar
98 Roofing, production, etc
Book, fine, wrapping, etc
61, 63
81
Textiles
2(>, 30, 34, 138 Rooms, hotel, occupancy
Box board and boxes
62
106
Tobacco
100 Rope paper sacks, shipments
Employment index
108
64
Vegetable oils
81, 83, 84 Rosin, receipts, stocks, etc
Newsprint, production, etc
60
80
Pay-roll index
113 Price indexes (see also Prices):
Rubber, consumption, imports, etc__ 55
Production index
23
Building and construction costs- 65 Rubber products, production, etc
23,
Pulp and paper products
64
Farm
26, 27
25, 56, 57, 129
Stocks, index
25
Retail
27 Rye:
114, 115
Stocks and bonds
127, 128, 129
Time operations
Exports, prices, etc
90
Waste for box board
62
Wholesale, classified
26
Production (crop estimate)
87
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GENERAL INDEX—Continued
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St. Lawrence Canal, cargo traffic
102
Sacks, rope paper, shipments
64
Sales:
Chain stores
117, 118, 119
Department stores
120
Factory. (See individual commodities.)
Mail-order houses
116, 117
Wholesale
122
Sales books, shipments and orders
61
Salmon, canned, shipments, etc
99
Sand-lime brick
75
Sanitary ware, shipments, etc
44
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, cargo traffic- 102
Savings deposits, New York State
125
Schulte, A. (Inc.), sales
119
Sears, Roebuck & Co., sales
116
Securities:
Held by life-insurance companies. 124
New issues
130, 131
Prices and sales
127, 128, 129
Tax-exempt, outstanding
130
Sheep, receipts, shipments, prices and
slaughter
92
Sheet-metal ware
49
Sheets, steel
39
Shelter, prices of, index numbers
27
Shelving, steel, shipments, etc
38
Shipments. (See individual commodities.)
Shipping:
Fuel consumption
35, 54
Ocean and construction
101
River and canal cargo traffic
102
Shoes:
Production, prices, exports, etc_ 59
Rubber heels and soles
57
Sales, chain stores
117, 119
Wholesale trade
122
Silk:
Imports, stocks, etc
34
Prices
30, 138
Silver, production, prices, etc
23, 126
Silver, Isaac, & Bros., sales
119
Sinks, enameled
44
Slaughter, livestock
58, 92, 93, 94
Soda, nitrate of
82
Soles, rubber
57
Steam naval stores
80
Steel (see also Iron and Steel):
Barrels, washers, and bars
39
Castings
40
Earnings
37, 133
Exports and imports_ _
38
Fabricated products
38
Ingots, prices, etc
37
Sheets, production, shipments__ 39
Stock prices
.
129
Unfilled orders
25, 37
Wages
111
Stockholders, corporations
133
Stocks, commodity, index numbers
(see also individual commodities)-- 25
Stocks, corporation:
New issues
130, 131
Prices and sales
127, 128, 129
Stokers, mechanical, sales
. _ _ „ 43
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Employment index
108
Pay-roll index
„
113
Production index
23
Production, etc
74, 75, 76, 77
Time operations, factory
114, 115
Stools, piano
72
Stores, retail
117, 118, 119, 120, 121
Structural steel
37,38
Suez Canal, cargo traffic
102
Sugar, meltings, stocks, receipts, etc_ 98
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Sulphur, production
82
Sulphuric acid, price and exports
82
Superphosphate, production, etc
82
Sweden, foreign exchange rates
_ 134
Switzerland, foreign exchange rates-_ 134
Tax-exempt securities
130
Tea, imports, stocks, prices
99
Telegraph and telephone companies:
Revenue and earnings _
107, 133
Stockholders, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.. _
133
Ten-cent stores, sales..
117, 118, 119
Terra cotta, new orders
74
Textiles:
Burlap and fibers
34
Clothing
26, 27, 29
Cotton
30,31
Cotton manufactures
30, 32, 33
Employment index
108
Hosiery and knit underwear. _ _ _ 29
Machine activity
28
Mill dividends
32
Pay-roll index
113
Prices, wholesale
26, 30, 34, 138
Production index
23
Pyroxylin-coated
34
Rayori
34
Silk
30, 34
Stock index
25
Stock price index
128, 129
Time operations, factories __ 114, 115
Unfilled order index
25
Wages, New England
111
Webbing, elastic
34
Wool
28,30
Theaters, stock prices
129
Thompson, J. R. Co., restaurant
sales
119
Tile, floor and wall
74
Tin, imports, prices, stocks, etc
48
Tires, production, stocks, etc
23, 56
Tobacco:
Emplo3^ment index
108
Pay-roll index
113
Production, stocks, etc
23, 100
Sales, chain stores
117, 119
Stock prices
^
129
Time operations, factories-- 114, 115
Tools, machine, new orders
43
Trackwork, steel
40
Tractors, electric, industrial
51
Trade:
Business failures
132
Canadian
134, 136, 137
Foreign
101, 135, 136, 137
Mail-order
116, 117
Retail
71, 117, 118, 119, 120, 138
Wholesale
122
Trucks:
Automobile, production
50
Electric industrial, shipments— 51
Turnover, factory labor
114
Turpentine, receipts, stocks, etc
80
Underwear, knit, production, etc
29
Unfilled orders, index (see also individual commodities)
25
Unions, trade, employment
110
United Cigar Stores Co., sales
119
United Kingdom:
Foreign-exchange rates
134
Foreign trade with
136, 137
Tea stocks
99
United States Government. (See
Government, United States.)
o
United States Steel Corporation:
Page
Earnings and unfilled orders
37
Stockholders
133
Wage rates
111
Utah, lead shipments
48
Utilities, public. (See Public utilities.)
Vacuum cleaners, shipments
42
Vegetables:
Car-lot shipments
91
Marketings, index
24
Vegetable oils, production, stocks,
etc
83, 84, 85
Vehicles (see also Automobiles, Shipping, and Railroads):
Employment, index
108
Pay roll, index
113
Production, index
23
Time operations, factory
114, 115
Unfilled orders index
25
Veneer, rotary-cut
73
Venezuela, petroleum production,
etc
52
Vessels. (See Shipping.)
Vitreous china, plumbing fixtures
75
Vulcanized fiber, consumption, etc__ 46
Wages, factory, etc
110, 111
Waldorf system, restaurant sales
119
Walnut, lumber and logs
70
War Finance Corporation, loans
130
Ward, Montgomery, & Co
116
Warehouses, public merchandise
106
Washers, lock
39
Washington, D. C., Government employment in
108
Washing machines, electric
42
Water, electric power from
107
Water softeners and systems
42
Wax, production and stocks
54
Webbing, elastic, sales
34
Welding sets, electrical
47
Welland Canal, cargo traffic
102
Wells, oil, completed
52
Western pine lumber, production,
etc
69
Wheat and wheat
flour
87, 88, 89
Wholesale trade:
Price indexes
26
Sales_
122
Wire cloth, production, etc
45
Wisconsin, employment and earnings
109, 112
Wood distillation:
Consumption and stocks
78
Marketings
24
Wood pulp
64
Woodworking machinery
43
Wool:
Marketings, index
24
Prices, wholesale
30
Receipts, imports, stocks, etc— 28
Woolworth, F. W., & Co., sales
118
Workers:
Employed, factories, etc
108, 109
Registered at agencies
110
Worsted yarn, wholesale price
30
Yarns:
Prices, cotton and worsted
30
Production, etc., cotton
33
Yields, bonds and stocks___ 127, 128, 129
Youngstown district, steel workers'
wages
HI
Zinc, prices,
etc...
production,
stocks,
23, 48
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