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AUGUST, 1931

SURVEY
OF

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CURRENT BUSIN
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMER
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC




WASHINGTON
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AUGUST, 1931

Number 8

W E E K L Y DATA T H R O U G H J U L Y 2 5 , 1 9 3 1
MONTHLY DATA T H R O U G H J U N E

SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
PUBLISHED BY

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STATES

DEPARTMENT

OF

COMMERCE

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CONTENTS
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Monthly business indicators
Business situation summarized
Finance
1931 in comparison
Commodity prices
Employment
Domestic trade
Foreign trade
Transportation
Construction
Agriculture.__
Iron and steel industry
Metals and metal products
Automobile and rubber industries
Textiles industry
Food industries
Forest products industry
Miscellaneous industries
New and revised series
Weekly business statistics
Monthly business statistics

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Monthly Business Indicators
1923-1925-106

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

140 r

140

120

100

100

80
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT

125

FACTORY PAYROLLS

120

ADJUSTED*

100

75

TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS

130

CAR LOADINGS L.C.L.

120

rUNADJUSTED

\OJUSTED*
SOO

60
60

DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

WHOLESALE PRICES

120

Z20

150

VALUE OF EXPORTS

150

VALUE OF IMPORTS

150

100

50
ZOO

BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

150

BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED

200

150 -

£^v

100

100

50

1927



!926

1929

1930

!93!

* ADJUSTMENT FOR NUMBER OF WORKING DAY5 AND SEASONAL VARIATION

1927

1926

1929

1930

193!

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Business Situation Summarized
Department store sales, if adjusted for the number of
working days, fell 6.2 per cent in June, but if adjusted
also for seasonal variation the decline was only 1.1
per cent. Bank debits outside of New York, after a
sharp drop in May, increased nearly three per cent in
June and have moved to a higher level since the close
of the month.
The unadjusted value of building contracts showed
a gain of 9.4 per cent in June. Residential building
awards moved contrary to this general trend but public works and utilities construction, although steadily
declining from March to May, registered an increase
last month of 42 per cent over the May total. Among
the more favorable factors during June was the retardation in the rate of decline of wholesale prices which
turned into a temporary rise early in July. Security
prices also moved ahead over a great part of the month,
reflecting favorable sentiment created by the moratorium agreement, but these have reversed their trend
since the close of the month.
The January-to-June average of adjusted indexes
of industrial production shows a decline of 16.3 per
cent as compared with the first half of 1930.

ENERAL business activity continued its decline of
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greater than seasonal proportions during June, a
tendency, however, which became less marked during

the first two weeks of Juhr. The adjusted index of
industrial production for June showed a drop of 3.4
per cent, a change largely accounted for by a recession
of 4.4 per cent in the adjusted index of manufacturing
output, while the decline in mineral production was
only a little more than seasonal. Among manufacturing industries there were relatively sharp recessions
in the output of iron and steel and in automobile
production, but textile activity was maintained close
to seasonal levels and was well above the levels of a
year ago.
The recession in business during June was further
reflected in a drop of 2.5 per cent in factory employment, after allowing for normal seasonal changes, and
in a fall of 5.5 per cent in factory pay rolls which are
now 25 per cent below the level of a year ago. The
indexes of distribution also tended downward, although
the adjusted index of freight-car loadings, after showing a decline of 2.5 per cent during June, has moved
consistently upward since the beginning of July.

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value

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Department;
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Freight car loadings

Banks

Factory emIndustrial produc- ployment
tion
and pay rolls

debits outside New
York City

MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES




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1926=100

Monthly average 1923-1925 = 100
1920: June
1930:
June
- - . - . _ „ _
July
August
September
October
...
November
December
...
1931:
January.
. ...
February
March
April
May
June.
.. _ _ _
Monthly average, January
through June:
1929
1930
1931

Wholesale prices

126

129

112

103

110

110

108

105

105

108

113

.104

134.0

129

96.4

103.3

93.1

100
94
91
91
87
85
82

100
94
90
90
85
84
80

100
97
96
94
98
92
94

90
87
84
83
82
81
80

91
83
82
83
81
75
74

95
95
96
99
97
86
74

93
92
89
87
86
84
84

98
94
95
99
97
94
86

98
95
95
95
93
92
92

98
71
77
103
112
113
165

103
100
102
99
102
98
94

78
70
79
82
86
76
72

78 124.9
68 117.5
68 106.3
70 107. 7
77 i 120.1
63 ; 99.9
65 i 117.2

146
89
84
81
82
62
61

86.8
84.0
84.0
84.2
82.6
80.4
78.4

88.9
83.1
84.9
85.3
82.6
79.3
75.2

85.7
84.3.
83.3
82.8,
81.5
80.1
79.0-

83
86
88
90
89
86

81
86
88
90
90
86

90
88
87
92
86
85

78
78
78
78
78
76

68
73
75
74
72
68

74
74
75
77
79
77

82
80
80
80
79
77

83
87
89
91
92
89

90
89
89
88
89
89

79
80
92
101
97
91

97
98
97
106
97
86 i

66
59
62
57
54
49

57
54
65
58
56
55

! 110.0
' 86.6
; 98.4
' 99.5
95.6
! 98.4

55
57
90
82
74
81

77.0
75.5
74.5
73.3
71.3
70.0

73.5
70.1
70.6
70.1
67.1
65.4

77.8.
77.1
75.6
74, 2
73.2
71.9

121
104
87

122
105
87

115
104
88

101
93

109

102
93
76

307
97
80

104

104
99
89 !

101
97
80

111
106
98

115
91
58

118 i 135.6
90 : 123.0
58
98.1

122
107
73

96.7
90.5
73.6

104. 8
95.2
69.5

93.0
88.4
75.0

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Adjusted for seasonal variation.

95 ;

72 !

97
88

109

\d justed for number of working days.

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Finance—Credit and Banking
HE credit and banking statistics for June reflected
T
in general the low level of activity which continues
to feature the commercial and security markets.

Despite the month's net gold imports and releases of
gold from earmark the total reserve bank credit outstanding at the end of June was somewhat higher than
Bank debits outside of New York City, which tend to a month previously. This gain was entirely due to an
be somewhat irregular on the basis of short-term com- increase of 11.8 per cent in the reserve bank's portfolio
parisons, showed a slight increase over the May total of Government securities, which was only partly offset
but were 21 per cent below the aggregate for June, by the decline in total bills discounted and bills pur1930. The latest figures available show a general chased in the open market. The exceptional increase
downward tendency in total bankers' acceptances out- in gold imports was in large part due to the release of
standing, an increase in reserve bank credit outstand- gold from earmark for the protection of the German
ing, a sudden spurt during June in the rate of influx mark. Part of the large inflow was offset by a steady
of gold, and a steady flow—although at a retarded increase throughout June in the total money in circurate—of funds into savings bank accounts.
lation induced apparently by renewed banking diffiLoans on securities by reporting member banks culties in certain areas. Federal reserve notes showed
declined further during June and the first two weeks of the largest increase in circulation since last December
July, thus continuing a tendency which set in at the when, however, the usual holiday demand for currency
beginning of the year. At the same time "all other" offered a normal explanation for the rise.
loans showed a slight advance during the same period,
The Federal reserve banks' ratio of total gold reserves
although a great part of the increase was due to the to total note and deposit liabilities combined stood at the
purchase of acceptances rather than to new customers' end of June slightly below the level of a month before.
loans. Member bank investments, which have tended Total bankers' acceptances outstanding have been deupward with the downswing of business, continued clining steadily since the latter part of 1930. A steady
throughout June the decline wilich, in May, had set inflow of gold during the first half of the year, together
in from the depression peak of nearly $8,000,000,000 with releases of the metal from earmark, has resulted in a
at the end of April.
netimport since January 1 of approximately $340,000,000.

CREDIT AND BANKING STATISTICS
R e p o r t i n g 31ember
H a n k s Wednesday
closest to end of
month

Bank debits
;

:

Condition of Federal Reserve Banks, end of month

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bills
Total
Notes
ber
Mil?
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JJg! 1 bought |[™° reserve in cir- bank
;
the
cu!a
reserve
count in
securT
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countsecuri- bank
ratio
open
credit
tion'
ac _
ca
market! lies
count i

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Out-

Loans
on
securities

New i side ! r
York
New | *1*£
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City
York
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other
loans

Investnients

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Total
bankers*
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Net

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gold
ports

De-

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New

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gold
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ear-

ings
banks

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1929: June
1930:
June
July

43, 263

37,690
29, i,OG
25,052
Aa^USt_September... 27,383
30,781
October
November.. . 22,490
December. -. 29, 001
1931:
24,557
January
20,948
February
27,589
March .
26,821
April
25,072
May
25
893
June




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!
!
:

26, 428 '

3, 590

7, 761

9. 164

5,560

24,621
23, 171
20,966
21,253
23,693
19,700
23, 113

3,398 ,
3, 094
3,802
2,967
3,618
2,974
3, 012

8,435
8, 391
8.350
8,476
8,065
7, 768
7,814

8, 572 1
8.529
8.416
8,451
8,707
8, 766
8, 449

6, 120 i
6.291 ,
6,338
6,454
6,731
6,800
6, 693

2,668
2,535
2, 57Q
2,786
3,172

7,379
7,313
7,256
7,052
6,867
6,746

8,374
8,151
8, 125
7,941
7,863 j
7,945 |

6,843
7,183
7,551
7, 903
7,807
7,795

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i 21,697 !
: 17,084 i
19,421 :
! 19,620 i
i 18,858 !|
' 19,406

82

216

1,400

1,713

2, 356

73. 3

1.113

22.7 i

272
200
215
272
207
275
251

128 i
130 '
168 :
209 i
163 :
175 |
364 !

591
577
602
597 \
602
599
729

1,018 i
934 !
1,025 j
1, 103 i
998 !
1,079 |
1,373 j

1,424
1,342
1,374
1, 379
1,368
1,455
1,664

2,389
2,396
2,378
2, 467
2,418
2, 373
2,471

81.8 i
1,305
83.4 i
1,350
81.1 !| 1,339
79. 7
1, 367
82.2 |
1,508
80. 3
1,571
73.7 1,556

15.9 !
-22.6 i

232
198
250
157
174
149

125
109
124
163
125
106

610
599 ;
599 '
598
598 ;
668

980
925
990
937
917
943

1,494
1,478
1,486
1,535
1,580
1, 723

2,398
2, 343
2,428
2,371
2, 389
2,381 1
!

82.2 i
83. 7
82.6 :
84.0
84. 9
84.6

1,037

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1,520

1,520

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6.5
20.3
33.1
17.5

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18.6 i

28.6 1
1,467
42.0 |
1,422
1. 413
53.6 i
152.0 i

4,459
4,559
4,572

4,591

4,662
4,658
4,666
4,792
4,888
4,928

5,018

5,059
5,083

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Finance—Security and Money Markets
ONDITIONS in the security markets during June particularly sharp, as indicated by a drop of 16.5 per
C
were featured by sudden reversals of trend owing cent in the month's index.
to the American proposal for a year's moratorium on
New capital issues during June represented the
war debt and reparations payments. Due to a sharp
upturn in prices after the announcement of the debt
suspension plan, the rate of decline for the month as a
whole was less marked than that of the two preceding
months. During the first half of July stock prices,
however, lost the greater part of their June gains, while
bonds, some groups of which were under periodic
pressure during June, held firm and showed little
change after the close of the month. The sharp rise
in security prices late in June was accompanied by
several record daily turnovers of shares for the year
with the result that the month's total sales mounted
to the highest level since March.
Price indices of stocks listed on the leading European
exchanges moved to new low levels for the year and
were indicative of the state of uncertainty which prevailed in the financial markets when the German
economic situation led suddenly to heavy withdrawals
of funds and to a weakening of mark exchange. The
decline in stock prices on the Berlin Bourse was

second lowest monthly total for the year and were
72.7 per cent below the total for June, 1930. Issues of
long-term real estate bonds also reached the second
lowest monthly total of the 3rear. Although shorttime money rates in June reached new low levels for the
depression, the market for long-time funds has continued generally unfavorable.
Brokers' loans continued to decline throughout June
and at the end of the month loans of this type outstanding stood at new low levels for the depression period.
Liquidation has continued since the end of the month.
In sharp contrast with the relative position of the two
series of statistics on brokers' loans prior to the stock
market break of 1929, loans made to members of the
New York Stock Exchange from all sources have in
recent months fallen below the total loans made by
New York reporting member banks to all brokers,
whether members of the stock exchange or of the curb
exchange, as well as to investment firms which are
members of neither of the security exchanges.

SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS
—

_

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_. _ . . ._

.

Price indices of foreign listed cemin on stock

i

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Range of
open
market
i•noney
rates New York

!|i
ReStock ported
sales
prices of
stocks

Common
stock
yields London

Total
LongNew term dividend
Bond capital
and
real
yields issues estate interest
Call
Compaybonds
mon- Time merParis Berlin
ments ey
cial
re- loans
newal
paper
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Thou- Per
Eel. to sands
of
1926
shares cent
1929: June
1930:
June . -_ _ _
July
August
_ _.
September
October
November
- _ _
December
1931:
January
February
March
_
April
May
June




Price
Eel. to Rela- to
Per
par
Dec. 31, tive to weighti cent
1913
1923
ed
1

Thousands of dollars

190.7

69, 548

3.38

132. 50

512

158 5 i 4 73

624 907

20 025 i

152.8
149.3
147.6
148.8
127. 6
116.7
109.4

76, 593 4. 50
47, 746 i 4. 44
39,870 4.42
53,545 4.33
65 497 5 05
51,946 5.43
58,764 : 5.62

103. 98
99.25
96.60
90.35
92.68
92.16
89.94

462
437
440
424
425
395
378

131.6
123 3
114. 1
113.2
105 0
103. 4
97.0

i 4.53

445,363

11,093

112.3

52 543
64 145
65^ 494
54 335
46,661
58, 719

5.50
5 12
4. 95
5 43
5 95
5. 96

86.39
83 92
80.70
81.02
77.63
70. 33

349
365
373
362

90.5
84 7
97.3
101 2
96.6
80.6

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121.6
1Q9 2
98.0
95.1

346

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2. 21 i 214
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2 00
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4 43
4 44

399 818
74 251
269, 030
267 471
169, 360
131, 343

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4 43
4 43
4.45

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2,015
7 235
9 485
3, 425

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Brokers* loans

Made
1 byreportReing
ported
I mem- by the
ber
New
York
1\ banks
in
Stock
;
N.Y. C., ExWed. change,
1 closest end of
i to
i month
end of
month i

Ratio
to
market
value

Millions of
dollars

Per
cent

Per cent

4 49
4.43
4. 41
4 41
4.46
4. 55

4.41

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1.55
1 52
1.45
1.50

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2*4 '2.%

6

5 769

7 071

9 15

3M-3M 1
3 -&A

3, 219
3 228
3, 110
3,063
2 512
2 111
1, 926

3,728

3 689
3 553
3,481
2 556
2 162
1,894

5.83
5 49
5 31
5.79
4 65
4 06
3.86

1, 734
1 798
1,875
1 730
1, 539
1, 479

1 720
1 840
1^909
1 651
1,435
1,391

3 30
3 22
3.58
3 4*
3 37
2.98

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

1 9 3 1 in Comparison

FIRSTS MONTh'j
BAMK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW
JO

50

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1

1926
1927

CITY

YORK
150

100

f

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250

meMm

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1930
1929

REMMNDER Of YEAR

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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

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1931 pm
1930
1929
1926
1927

PRODUCTION (MILLIONS

STEEL INGOT
0

1931
1930
1929
1928
1927

10

E=;_

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P

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K

,

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60

70

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1000

h—!

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PRODUCTION (THOUSANDS OF CARS)
3000

4000

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!

1929
1926
1927

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0

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1930
1929
1926
1927

OF TONS)

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40

'^"'V"".

0

1931

30

20

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CAR

LOADINGS

(MILLIONS Or CARS)

30

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Lc^mue^n^.

50

40

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1

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Commodity Prices
fell 15 per cent. Hides and skins advanced 4,6 per
cent and anthracite coal rose 1.4 per cent. Prices of
many industrial materials are now much lower than
in 1913.
Farm prices on June 15 averaged 7 per cent lower
than on May 15. Drops ranged from 5.5 per cent in
prices of dairy products to 12 per cent in prices of
cotton and cottonseed. Prices of poultry products
advanced 5.2 per cent from May to June, 1931. On
June 15, 1931, farm prices were from 9 to 41 per cent
lower than before the war, except prices of fruits and
vegetables which were 14 per cent higher.
Retail prices of foods declined further in June and
on the 15th of the month the index was 2 per cent lower
than on May 15. Of the 42 articles of foods on which
price quotations are regularly received, 34 articles
declined and 3 advanced from May to June, 1931.
The semiannual index of cost of living compiled by
the Department of Labor shows that from December,
1930, to June, 1931, the cost of living declined 6.5 per
cent on the average.

WER levels of commodity prices were registered in
E
June than in May, although the decline was much
less than in the preceding month, Prices of commodities at wholesale declined 1.8 per cent from May to
June, 1931, to a level 29 per cent lower than in July,
1929, and only a small fraction above that of 1913.
Prices of grains and livestock fell 6 per cent and 3.4
per cent, respectively, and as a consequence the index
of farm products dropped 2.5 per cent from May to
June, 1931, to a level about 9 per cent lower than in
1913. A decline of 4/2 per cent in prices of meats
slightly more than offset advances in prices of dairy
products and miscellaneous foods, so that the combined index of foods declined less than 1 per cent.
Prices of nonfarm products in June were 1.8 per cent
lower than in May, only 2.7 per cent higher than in
1913, and at the lowest level reached since October,
1915. Of the 34 subgroup price indexes of nonfarm
products, 27 declined from May to June, 1931, Prices
of 13 of these declined less than 1 per cent however, 10
declined from 1 to 3 per cent, while prices of petroleum

INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
Wholesale:
j

1*

§* 1

w'g

-22

aS

3

•si

«

A

.2 3 r*

Year and month

a*
ll

•SSs
So,®

1 1

oSS
Q

b£

^1

11
*a.
3P

t€

«

AO

•d

o» a

:

78
*

a ! S

1
a>

! ^

s i"«

5 sf
fe1 g1

|
ce

-2

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•d
d

S3

IS

2
's
a

1

>M

s

,9

w

3

2«
s
l
3
0
S

w

3

Farm-

s

i ii

S2
flS

3

M

3

la
1
§

Retail

tf

Sg i

S

3

«3

B

*2

.=

«*

0)

a

dc

i

,5 S

! ^i r

.—
S

fe

E*

Q

ivlO.

Mo.
Mo. ' -averaver- aver- i at?9
aire
a g e i ! 1909
1913- 1923- i
to
100
100 i ! 1014i 100

Monthly average , 1928=! 00

1929: Tune...
1930:
June
July
:
August
September.'
October ...
. . .
i
November
December
|
1931:
j
Januarv
February
.
.. .
March
i
April
i
May
June
!
Monthly average, January through ;
June:
1929
1930
L931
1

96.4

:

103. 3

98. 9

93. 1

108. 0

93. 3

83. 3

105. 1

96. 4

93.4

96. 8

94.4

95.7

155

99.2

135

88.9
83.1
84.0
84.9
84.0
84.2 ! 85.3
82.6 ' 82. 6
SO. 4 79.3
75.2
78. 4

90.5
86.3
87.1
89.2
88.6
85.7
81.8

85. 7
84. 3
83.3
82.8
81. 5
80. 1
79.0

102.4
100. 7
98.9
99. 1
96.5
94.0
91.2

82 2
80. 0
77.7
75.5
73.8
73.3
72.4

76. 4
75.4
75.4
76.3
75.1
71.8
70.5

95.4
94.3
92.7
91.8
90.4
90.2
90.0

90.0
88.9
87.4
86.4
85.8
85.6
84. 4

88.9
87.8
87. 3
86.6
86.0
85.2
84.8

96.2
96.2
95.9
95.4
95.3
95.2
91.3

80.4 !
i
74.5
71.7
71.2
G9.7
68.8
67.8
66.9

96.8

86.8 ;

84.8
81.1
81.8
82. 1
80.0
76. 8
74.2

82.0
79.7
78.1
76.5
75.5
75.6
74.3

88.9
86.7
86.4
86.8
85.6
83.7
81.9

148
144
144
146
144
141
137

96.5
95.2
94.7
95.4
94.8
93.9
92.6

123
111
108
111
106
103
97

77. 0
73.5
75. 5 70. 1
74.5 ! 70.6
70. 1
73.3
71.3 i 67.1
70. 0 i 85. 4

80.1
77.1
76. 7
75.6
72.9
72.4

77.8
77.1
75.6
74.2
73.2
71.9

88.6
86.6
87.4
87.3
87.3
87. 8

69. 8
71.0
70. 4
69. 6
69. 2
64. 5
61. 6
67.6
66.3 i 60.9
85. 4
53. 1

89.3
88.9
89.0
88.7
87.8
87.4

82.9
81.8
81.9
80.9
78.4
77. 5

83.6
82.2
81.9
80.1
79. 1
77.9

91.1
90.8
90.8
90.8
89.2
88.6

64.7
63.9
84. 7
63.9
62.8
61.8

72.9
70.6
69.4
68.3
66.5
64.7

73.4
72.3
72.2
71. 1
68.9
88.5

80.5
79.3
78.4
77.1
75.1
74.0

133
127
126
124
121
118

91.1
89.6
89.1
88.2
86.9
85.9

94
90
91
91
86
30

96.7 ; 104. S
90.5 95.2

98.2
94.0
75.8

93.0
88. 4
75.9

108.9 i 95.3 ! 31. o
103. 3 ! 86. 1
78. 1
37. 5
88. 3 1 34. 1

105. 2
99.0
88,5

97.3
94. 2
30,8

95. 0
91. 1
80.8

96.6
96.6
90.2

SO. 0
77.7
83.6

97.4
89.6
63.7

96. 8
88.2
71.1

96. 5
91. 6
77.4

154
151
125

99.4
97.9
88.5

i

73.8

Departineat of Labor.




69.5

3

Department; of Ag

5

1

National In.-lostrial Conference Board,

136
128
S9

8

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Employment
MPLOYMENT in the factories of the country decreased
.EL by 2.3 per cent from May to June and was about
15 per cent under June, 1930, according to the seasonally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board.
The unadjusted volume of wage payments to factory
workers declined by slightly more than 6 per cent.
Employment in the mining industry as a whole also
decreased after seasonal adjustments are made.
Factory employment during the first half of the year
averaged about 16 per cent under the same period in
1930 and 23 per cent under 1929. The volume of pay
rolls during the first half of the year averaged 25 per
cent under 1930 and 34 per cent under 1929.
Rubber products was the only industrial group
reporting an increase in employment greater than
would normally be expected at this season of the year.
Food products was the only other industrial group to
register an increase in actual number of employees,
but this increase was less than is usually recorded during June. The smallest decrease in employment, after
seasonal adjustments are made, was recorded by the
automobile industry with a decrease of 0.3 per cent
followed by the leather group with a decrease of 0.4
per cent; cement, clay, and glass group, 1.5 per cent;
nonferrous metals, 1.8 per cent; paper and printing,
1.8 per cent; lumber, 1.8 per cent; tobacco manufac-

tures, 2.1 per cent; food products, 2.3 per cent; iron
and steel, 2.9 per cent; textiles, 3.2 per cent; chemicals group, 3.7 per cent; and machinery, 3.8 per cent.
The petroleum branch of the chemicals group reported
a decrease of 4.5 per cent in number of employees.
Rubber products and tobacco manufactures were
the only two groups to register an increase in volume of
pay rolls from May to June, while pay rolls in the food
products industry were approximately the same as
during May. All groups reported pay rolls materially
under those of June, 1930.
Both employment and pay rolls of bituminous coal
mines decreased from May, and the same items for
anthracite mining also recorded declines. Employment and pay rolls in retail trade during June, as
compared with May, held up better than during the
same period last year, although on a lower level than
at this time last year. Employment of public utility
groups showed slight decreases from May to June, but
pay rolls of telephone and telegraph companies increased by almost 1 per cent.
The trade unions reported 25 per cent of their members unemployed in June, the same proportion as
reported for April and May. This compares with a
20 per cent unemployment in June, 1930, and 9 per
cent in June, 1929.

STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS AND WAGES
Factory emBituminous
ployment
F.R.B. coal mining j
F. B. B.
factory

Anthracite
mining

Power, light,
and water

Telephone
and telegraph

Retail trade

pay

Year and month

rolls,
unadAd- Unad- justed
justed i justed

Employment

p
roiis
roUs

I I Empioy
i inent

\>.

Monthly
average,
1923-1925=100

1929: June
1930:
June
July _
August
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
February
March
April
May
June
Monthly average, January through June:
1929
1930
_.
1931

Employment

EmPay
I ployrolls
ment

Em-

Pay
ro.Is

! p

£K 35

Monthlv a\erage,
avpraee 1929-100
Montnl}
UZJ-LOO

Number

Per cent Cents
of total
members per hour

102.0

109.7

94.7

90.0

92.9

80.7

100.7

100.4 I

101.5

100.0 i

97.4

98.6

128

91.0

40

89.7
86.6
84.4
83.4
82.2
81.1
80.1

88.8
85.5
85.1
86.4
84.3
81.0
78.8

90.7
82.6
81.7
83.0
80.8
75.1
73.7

88.4
88.0
89.2
90.5
91.8
92.5
92.5

75.6
68.9
71.1
74.9
79.4
79.1
77.7

90.8
91.6
80.2
93.8
99.0
97.2
99.1

94.3
§4.0
78.8
91.6
117.2
98.0
100.0 i

104.6
105. 9
106. 4
105.2
104.8
103.4
103. 2

107.8
106. 7
106.6
106.1
105. 6
103.7
106.3

99.8
100.0
98.8
96.8
94.5
93.0
91.6

103.4 i
106.6
102.5
102. 2
100.9
97.9
101.3

93.9
89. 0
85.6
92.0
95.5
98.4
115. 1

96.8
91.7
87.6
92.4
95.1
96.8
107.7

186
198
177
170
193
227
218

80.0
78.0
78.0
79.0
79.0
78.0
77.0

40
40
39
40
39
38
37

78.3
77.8
77.9
78.0
77.8
76.0

76.4
77.3
78.1
77.9
77.1
75.0

68.4
73.2
74.9
73.6
72.1
67.6

93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
84.2
78.4

73.3
68.3
65.2
58.6
54.4
52.4

90.6
89.5
82.0
85.2
80.3
76.1

89.3
101.9 1
71.3
75.2
76.1
66.7

99.2
97. 8
96.7
97.1
97.6
87.2

98.6
99.7
102.4
97.6
98.7
98.3

90.5
89.2
99.6
88.1
87.4
86.9

96.3
94.8
97.9
95.0
94.1
95.0

90.0
87. 1
87.8
90.1
89.9
89. 1

89.4
86.7 !
87.5
88.3
88.0
87.6

224
202
179
177

73.0
73.0
74.0
75.0
75.0
75.0

36
36
37
35
37
37

101.3
92.7
77.6

100.8
92.0
77.0

108.7
95.4
TL •

102.1
96.1
87.1

100.4
87.5
62.0

101.2
93.4
84.0

96.9
95.7
80.1

95.6
101.1
97.6

95.3 '
102.9 ;
99.2

97.6
99.9
88.5

97.3 i
103.8 \
95.5

96. 7
95.9
89. 0

96.9
97.1
87.9

139
182

87.3
79.3
74.2

38
40
36

102.7

i Adjusted for seasonal variation.




Pay
rolis

Wages,
Employ- Employ- comment
ment,
mon
agencies* trade- labor in
appliunion
road
cants per membuild100 jobs
bers
ing

'
i
!
i[

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Domestic Trade
The record of commercial failures during June was
the most favorable in several months; it was the first
month since November, 1930, that the number of failures was less than in the corresponding month of the
preceding year. The number of failures in June was
the smallest for any month since September, 1930.
The total of liabilities during June was less than in the
same month of last year, and also slightly less than in
May. The number of failures during the first half of
1931 was the largest in history, but the total of liabilities
was slightly less than in the first half of 1922. The increase in failures during the first half of 1931 over the
same period of last year was principally among small
trading concerns—retail dealers; the increase in the
number of failures in the trading group was 15 per cent,
while the increase in the total of liabilities amounted
to 24 per cent.
Magazine advertising showed a seasonal decline
during June, and was 20 per cent below the total lineage
in the same month last year. Newspaper advertising
during June was 9 per cent less than in the preceding
month and 10 per cent less than in the corresponding
month last year.
Money orders paid have recorded a smaller volume in
the first half of 1931 than in the corresponding period
last year.

HE average daily sales of department stores declined by slightly more than the normal seasonal
T
amount in June so that the seasonably adjusted index
of the Federal Reserve Board was less than 1 per cent
below that of May. June sales were about 7 per cent
below the level of a year ago, while the average of the
monthly indexes of sales for the first six months of the
year was 7 per cent less than in the corresponding
period in 1930. Stocks of goods in department stores
showed no change during June, according to the seasonally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board, and
were 9 per cent smaller than a year ago.
Merchandise freight carloadings showed a normal
seasonal decline in June and the adjusted index remained unchanged at a level of about 9 per cent below
that of the same month of last year.
The adjusted index of 5-and-10-cent store sales during
June (adjusted for seasonal variation) was somewhat
less than in the preceding month, but slightly above
the same month of last year. The average of the
sales volume of these stores during the first six months
of 1931 was slightly above that of either of the two
preceding years.
Postal receipts in 50 selected commercial cities declined seasonally during June and continued below the
level of the corresponding period last year.

DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS
Department
store sales

Department
store stocks

i Commercial 1j Advertising i

Five-and-ten
cent-store
sales

^S^mlr
J^S,^

Mailorder
sales, 2
houses

J
Year and month

Unad- Adjust- just-

ed i

ed'

Unad- Adjusted justed 2

UnadAdiUnadjust- Jlust
Jf*f | justed justed a
ed 2

1
2

69201—31-




108

113

95

98

105

98
71

93
87
87
95
101
104
85

96
94
91
91
92
92
91

98

103
112
113
165

103
ISO
102
99
102
98
94

79
80
92
101
97
91

97
98
97 i
106
97
96 I

78
81
87
85
85
80

101
97
90

111 ;
106 !
99

96
83

98

50 se-

I

lineage

Money
orders,
value,
Liabil- Maga- News- paid
Hies | zine paper

!

lected
cities

Failures
:

Thousands of
dollars

Monthly average, 1923-1925—100

1929: June
„
1930:
June
-_
July
August
September.
October
November
_
__
December
1931:
January.
February
March
..
April
May
June
Monthly average, January through
June:
1929
1930
1931

failures

Postal
receipts,

!

i
i

Nrum

/V

Der

Thou! Thou- I! ThouMil; sands sands of lions of sands of
of dolls.; lines
lines
dolls.

153

174 i

57,702

29, 280 1 1, 767

S
86

98
95
95
95
93 |
92 i
92

141
138
146
147
168
159
298

160
152
163
156
151
158
153

54, 356
48, 7§0
50, 682
54, 419
68, 878
55, 713
72, 486

27, 956
26, 761
25, 876
28, 764
32, 279
28, 379
38, 572

2, 026
2, 628
1,913
1, 963
2,124
2, 031
2,525

63,131 ! 2,752
39,826 i 1,986
49,181
],6S8
46, 947
2, 145
56, 297 2, 490
55, 201 2, 488
83, 683 2, 265

89
82, 691
72
81, 800
70
77, 670
89 i 79, 174
98 i 90, 647
89 i 79, 934
82
91, 923

88
86
84
83
83 i
82

83
87
89
91
92
89

90
89
89
88
89
89

161 !
163 !
159 i
168
167
161

41, 459
39, 422
43, 008
52, 078
50, 070

i

124
127
144
160
155
147

29, 172
26, 405
30, 178
29, 257 i
27, 844 i
28, 442

3, 316
2, 563
2, 604
2, 386
2, 248
1, 893

94, 608
59, 60S
60, 387
58, 868
53, 371
51, 858

1, 585
1, 992
2, 203
2, 421
2, 375
2, 191

76
78, 273
72
70, 935
90 1 81,747
89
90, 646
88
81, 956
80 i

99
97 i
84 !

104
99
89

104 i
99
89 !

142
142
143

162 ;
162 i
163

52, 589
51, 952

31, 677 '• 2, 029
2, 295
31,017
28, 216 !| 2,518
j

38, 688
56, 181
61, 750

2, 807
2, £96
2, 128

103 1 87, 037
85,627
93
83

Corrected to average daily sales.
Adjusted for seasonal variation.

%99

105

!
!
!
i

i
i
1
i
i

3

End of month figures.

31,375

2,878

101

86, 958

1C

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

J931

Foreign Trade
URING June the decline in United States exports of
D
merchandise was slightly greater than seasonal,
while the month's imports showed less than the usual
seasonal decrease. These changes were thus similar
to the trend in our foreign trade during the month immediately preceding. Export indexes, unadjusted for
seasonal and adjusted for seasonal, registered respective drops of 8 per cent and 2 per cent, while recorded
imports fell off only 3 per cent. Daily average exports totaled $6,200,000, and imports $5,800,000.
By comparison with the corresponding month of
1930, the value of exports in June fell off 37 per cent,
or in exactly the same proportion as for the entire
period from January through May, while imports
decreased 31 per cent as contrasted with 37 per cent
during the immediately preceding five months' period.
These declines were attributable in part to smaller
volume of shipments, as well as to marked reductions
in prices. Unit values (prices) of practically all major
export commodities and of some of the leading import
commodities showed further slight recessions from the
average in May, and for all commodities were decidedly
below the level of the corresponding period of 1930. In
quantity, exports of raw cotton, wheat, and apples, in
June, 1931, were larger than shipments in June, 1930,
butjmeat products, machinery, automobiles, gasoline,

and copper showed reductions in quantity, as well as
in value. Among the imports, our quantity purchases
of coffee, raw silk, cane sugar, and crude rubber, increased considerably, and of copper, newsprint, and
tin, fell off, as compared with the volume in June. 1930.
For the period January through June, 1931. exports
of finished articles showed a larger reduction-—41 per
cent-—in comparison with the corresponding period of
last year than did the crude material, semimanufactured, and foodstuffs classes. This large decline in
finished manufactures is explained in part by the fact
that machinery and gasoline exports, which constitute
a considerable fraction of the finished class, continued
on a comparatively high level throughout the first half
of 1930. The decline in the value of four items—raw
cotton (owing entirely to low prices), refined mineral
oils, machinery, arid automobiles—accounted for more
than half of the drop of 37 per cent in the dollar value
of total exports.
Owing to the large proportion of crude materials
and semimanufactures in import trade, the recession
in prices was a greater factor in import than export
value decline. These two classes showed respective
decreases of 41 per cent and 43 per cent, whereas the
reduction in value of total imports amounted to
36 per cent.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Exports of United States merchandise

Year and month

Exports,
including
reexports i

Crude
materials

Foodstuffs

i

Finished manufactures

Semi-

Raw
Total cotton

General imports

Fruits manWheat Meats and ufaeTotal and and prep- tures Total
flour fats arai
tions
i

AutomoMa- biles, Gasochin- parts, line
ery
and
accessories

Total

FinSemi- ished
Crude Food- nianuma- stuffs fac- manuterials
factures tures

Millions of dollars
j* e-j(k

393.2
56.1 30.9
1929, June
1930:
June
37.5 15.7
294.7
266.8
36.6 14.8
July . .
53.1 27.6
August
- 297.8
September
312.2
93.7 62.8
October
64.9
326.0 104. 8
November
59.3
289.0 i 90.9
December
274.9 ! 76.7
47.2
1931:
January.. _
249.6
58.6 31.2
February
224.3
47.7 25.4
March
235 9
56. 5 36.0
April
214! 9
40.0 22.9
May__
._
204.0
36.5 18.9
29.1 13.5
June
187.2
Cumulative, January through
June:
2,623.1 i 484.2 319.8
1929
2, 075. 7 i 372. 7 220.2
1930
.
1931
1,316,1 I 268.4 143.0
!

48.5

10.3

16.8

6.9

62.1

220.0

49.4

50.8

25.0 ; 353.4

120.7

77.5

75. 5

79.6

40.7
40.7
52.5
46.0
47.3
45.6
40.5

13.2
16.4
24.0
18.4
11.4
7.8
6.3

13.1
12.1
12. 1
9.9
9.8
11.0
9.8

5.0

47.2
39.9
| 40.8
9.2
37.2
17.1
38.0
33.1
17.5
33.9
15.1

164.6
144. 7
147.4
130.8
132.7
115.8
119.7

42.4
37.8
34.1
33.6
30.8
33.2
36.1

21.0
17.4
17.0
16.4
14.5
14.1
15.3

26.7
22.5
25.6
16.5
21.9
12.4
13.7

250.3
220.6
218.4
226.4
247. 4
203.6
208.6

76.6
69.6
72.6
75.4
77.5
59.2
69.1

60.2
49.0
43.8
48.2
56.1
48.4
52.3

51.6
44.7
44.1
41.0
45.5
38.3
38.1

61.8
57.2
57.8
61.8
69.2
57.8
49 °

35.5 |
29.5
33.0 !
28.2
29.4 i
28.7

4.9
3.2
3.9
5.7
7 4
8." 8

12.2
10.6
10.1
8.5
7.8
7.1

10.7
8.9
10.7
6.4
6.5
5.7

117.1
116. 1
110.3
111.1
103.5
97.7

37.7
44.0
29.4
31.1
26.6
28.3

14.4
16.1
18.5
18.0
14.2
12.8

13.8
10.6
8.4
10.7
12.5
7.2

183. 1
174.9
210.2
185.7
180.2 ,
173.5 j

59.4
56.4
64.0
54.7
54.7
52.4

42.1
46.1
56.6
51.9
49.6
47.2

36.9
31.5
39. 8
33.4
30.4
29.8

44.8
41.2
49.2
45.7
45.5
44,2

354.5 1 73.7
268.6 ; 73.2
184.3 ! S3. 9
i
i

104.8
88.8
56.2

63.7
38.1
49.0

382, 9 1,347.0
290.2 1.107.8
655. 4
181. 8

303.4
312.5
197.1

339.0
182.7
93.9

454.7
?::,". 3 1
201,7 i

482. 5
405. C
'70,8

Reexports of foreign merchandise during June, 1931, were $4,280,000.




£?

34.5
27.5
31.4
30.6
29.9
24.5

i
1
!
i
;

128.0 2, 286. 4
138. 2 1, 735. 9
62.9 1, 107. 2

521.1
828.1
578.8 ! 395. 9
293.2
341.6
i

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

11

Transportation
freight car loadings being recorded by the ore group.
The number of idle freight cars has gradually decreased since February, the June surplus being the lowest of the year so far, and 15 per cent under the low
of December. But the average number of idle cars is
still 29 per cent greater than at this time last year and
174 per cent greater than in 1929. The average freightcar surplus during the first half of the year was 42
per cent greater than for the same period in 1930 and
160 per cent over 1929.
Dividend payments of steam railways during the
first half of the year averaged $41,767,000 monthly
compared with $44,633,000 during the same period in
1930 and $36,767,000 in 1929.
A seasonal increase in traffic was reported as passing through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, but the June
tonnage was only about one-half that recorded during
June last year. The tonnage passing through the
New York State Canal and Cape Cod Canal decreased
from the May figures, but the average monthly traffic
through these canals during the first half of the year
exceeded that recorded during the same period in both
1930 and 1929.

HE movement of freight during June, as reflected
T
by the number of freight-car loadings, decreased
more than the usual seasonal amount, so that the seasonally adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board
declined by nearly 3 per cent from May. Loadings d uring June were 17 per cent under June, 1930, and 29 per
cent under June, 1929. During the first half of the
year the average monthly loadings were 18 per cent
under the same period in 1930 and 25 per cent under
the year of 1929.
The movement of merchandise in less-than-carlo ad
lots during June was approximately the same as during
May, after adjustemnts are made for the number of
business days and seasonal variation. The average
monthly merchandise movement by the railroads during the first half of the current year was almost 11 per
cent under the same period in 1930 and 15 per cent
under 1929. Ore was the only group recording
ear loadings over those of May, and loadings of all
groups of commodities were materially under June
last year. During the firs!} half of the year the average monthly loadings of all groups were under those
for the same period in 1930, the greatest decrease in

Monthly
average,
1923-1925=100
1929: June ..
1930:
June
luly
August
September
October
November
December
1981:
January
February
March
April
May
June
Monthly average,
January through
June:
1929
1930
1931 _

Thous. of
dollars

Thousands of cars J

Canals

Sault

Ste.

New

York
Marie State

River

Cape

Cod

Mississippi
(Govt.
owned
barges)

Ocean traffic clearances, American ports

Canal and river traffic

Panama Canal traffic,
both directions

Dividend payments,
steam railways

1

Miscellaneous

1
H

Forest products

Ad- Unadjusted
justed
(2)
(2)

Coal and coke

Year and
month

:-i
ft-&«.

Livestock

F. K, B. index

Merchandise,
1. c. 1.

Freight-car loadings

Freight-car surplus

RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC

Thous. of Thous. of
long tons net tons

Thousands of short tons

4,292

1,042

178

94

669

281

306

1,720

218

33, 600

14, 076

387

161

104

1,186

2,985

93
92
89
87
86
84
84

95 3.719
95 3, 556
96 4,670
99 3,725
97 3,818
86 j 4,127
74 2,784

967
899
J,179
944
966
1,133
820

166
233
304
189
163
190
143

86
80
106
108
129
140
94

579
557
679
638
733
852
638

199
160
207
162
159
174
121

250
245
284
195
154
92

1,472
1,382
1,821
1,490
1, 514
1,546
946

465
455
432
394
403
580
707

40, 100 12,650
54. 000 12,367
36, 900 1 11,267
29, 900 10, 347
44, 000
9,094
38, 500
5, 130
312
39. 000 j

416
563
457
458
608
390
0

208
220
247
245
230
225
225

140
84
70
114
103 ;[
83
108

1,062
1,221
1,022
,049
1,133
1,009
953

2,822
3,371
3,359
3,060
2,651
2,501
1,991

82
80
80
80
77

74 3,491
74 i 2,836
75 i 2,940
: 2, 986
79 1 3,736
77 i 2,991

997
842
886
899
1,097
876

198
165
153
151
180
140

124
88
79
85
106
75

817
584
555
486
611
465

J56
138
138
130
165
125

26
22
23
29
80
119

"'%7
1,105
1, 206
1, 496
1, 182

647
651
622
603
6j6
599

0
55, 600 i
44, 900 i
0
45, 500
0
922
38, 100
32, 500
4,335
6,645
34. 000

0
0
0
349
457
385

234
166
163
203
217
203

76
70
83
82
99
88

958
864
910
929
937

1,843
1,695
1,773
2,092
2, 525
2,241

107
97
80

102 : 4,269
93 • 3, 867
76 3. 183

1,097
1,044
933

183
174
164

112
105
93

790
705
586

283
231
142

151
111
50

1,654
1,497

2,«{
iV'
623

36, 767
44, 633
41, 767

5, 402
4,063
1, 984

140
188
199

159
184
198

118
98
83

1,195
1,138

2,430
2,503
2, 028

108

1

110

i, m

Data for January, May, August, and November are f r 5 weeks, other months, 4 weeks.
'< Daily average basis.




12

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Construction
ALTHOUGH the value of all construction contracts
-Z~\awarded in June was larger than in May, the total
number ef square feet was smaller. Residential
building decreased, but that of public works and
utilities increased materially. Production and shipments of several important building materials
increased. Prices continued their downward trend.
The number of square feet of all types of building
contracts awarded was 10 per cent less in June than
in May and the total value 8.4 per cent more, but as
compared with a year ago they were 27 and 45 per
cent smaller, respectively. During the first half of
the year the floor space and value of contracts awarded
were 28 and 32 per cent smaller than in the corresponding period in 1930.
Although residential construction contracts were
smaller in value and square footage than in May, for
the year to date this type of construction was only
moderately smaller than in 1930. The value of contracts awarded during June for public works and
utilities was 42 per cent larger than in May, and larger

than in any month since June, 1930. The square feet
of public works and utility contracts awarded, representing only that part which is measurable on a square
foot basis, showed a 5-fold increase from May to
June.
Shipments of maple flooring increased for the sixth
consecutive month and were 14 per cent larger in June
than in May. Production of Portland cement
increased for the fourth consecutive month and was
0.8 per cent larger in June than in May. For the year
to date cement production has been 21 and 20 per cent
less, respectively, than in 1930 and 1929. New orders
for fabricated steel increased 16 per cent over those in
May, while shipments of common brick increased
1.2 per cent.
The index of construction costs (composed of the
prices of structural steel shapes, cement, lumber, and
the rates paid common labor) has declined almost
continuously since December, 1929, and in June was
1 per cent less than in the previous month. Building
material prices for frame and brick houses also declined.

BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE
Building contracts awarded

J:
l>
|

Building materials

Building |:
material
prices
!i

:

Year and month

F. K. B.
index
(value
unadjusted)

AH types of
construction

Jlesidentsal
building

Public works
and utilities

Construetion
cost,
Eng.
News
*£ec.

!
,
Fabri!
Maple
cated
Com|
Ce- struc- mon
floor- ment
i
tural brick
i
ing
steel
Frame Brick
house ; house

Shipments

Production

i!

New Ship- I
orders ments

i

:

Long-term
real-estate
bonds

Realestate
market acTo fitivitynance
deeds 1
record- Total new
coned
struction

jl

ThouMonth-:
MilThou- Mil- sands of Thou- Thou- MilMonthly MilMil- sands
Mil- lions
avof lions of
feet, sands of sands of lions of First of month, month- ly
of lions
Thousands of
average lions of lions
erage
of
of
ly average 1913=100 1926=
dollars
square dollars square dollars square dollars board barrels short
1923brick
feet
feet
tons
measfeet
1925=300
100
ure
:

1929- Juno,
1930:1
Juno
July
August -. - _.
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
February - March
.
ApriL
May
- - _ _
June
_
Monthly average, January, through June:
1929
1930. .
-_
1931




129

71.8

530

36.5

173. 8

1, 075

155.4

6,122

16, 803

324

154.0 ;

176

181 |

205.7

82.3

20, 025

4,295

146
39
84
81
82
62
61

48.2
44.6
39.8
41.2
39.5
33.1
29.1

601
367
347
332
337
254
249

20.8
18.2
16.8
19.7
22.3
18.8
14.7

96.8
84.3
82.7
98.5
104. 7
80. 8
70.9

1,907
946
1, 297
1,484
339
468
697

322. 8 i
121.2
126. 7
109.1
113.0
76.4 :
78.6

3. 956
4, 625
4,416
3.331
2, 886
2, 554
1,811

17,239
17, 078
17, 821
16, 124
14,410
11,098
8,480

254
270
252
156
209
151
153

123.7
82.4
105. 5
115.3
103. 4
103.5
33.5

175
173
169
168
171
165
168

179
177
175
174
176
172
174

i!
!|
J!
!j
il
i!

203.4
201.0
201.0
199.6
198. 7
199.5
196.9

66.7
69.8
69.6
66.8
74.0
64.6
68.9

11,093
16, 425
1,938
13, 890
6, 635
9, 965
29, 877

6,648
10, 725
300
1,475
1,210
1, 595
530

55
57
90
82
74
81

24.6
28.3
38.0
39.4
38.9
35.0

228
235
370
337
306
332

12.2
16.6
22.1
22.6
21.9
18.9

54.4
77.9
100.9
95.9
88.9
72.7

393
246
522
785
387
2,367

95.2
78.6
151.7
133.0
108.9
154.5

2, 351
2, 676
3,017
3, 226
3, 315
3, 778

6, 595
5, 920
8,245
11,245
14,010
14, 125

162
158
184
293
153
177

19.7
19.8
29.3
31.3
30.1
30.4

163
165
163
157
160
158

170
171
170
167
167
166

ii
!!l
\
h
|i
||

194.5
198.6
194.5
191.6
189.3
187.4

66.0
4,520
66.7
3,590
61.7 ! 2,015
62.0
7,235
61.3
9,485
58.4
3,425

2,850
1,500
1,000
1,700
0
1,000

122
107
73

71.4
47.2
34.0

502
440
301

37.8
19.9
18.7

181.2
96. 6
81.8

908
1, 513
783

123.2
171.0
120.3

6,146
3, 929
3.061

12, 513
12,649
10, 023

300
250
188

137.9
92.0
28.8

176
176
161

181 ! 207.0
180 ii 206.5
169 ii 192.3

85.5 38, 025
72.2 ! 15, 391
62.7
5,045

11,964
6,720
1,342

13

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Agriculture
group showing increased receipts over the preceding
month. Increases over the preceding month were
recorded for white potatoes and tomatoes, while sweet
potatoes, onions, cabbage, and celery showed decreases.
While fruit receipts as a class declined from the preceding month, there were increased shipments of individual commodities, including peaches, grapes, pears,
watermelons, and cantaloupes.
The Department of Agriculture's crop report, as of
July 1, indicated that the total production of wheat
in 1931 would be somewhat above the harvest of last
year; the indicated increase is in winter wheat alone?
as the prospect for spring wheat was for the second
smallest crop in 20 years. The cotton acreage report,
as of July 1, indicated a 10 per cent decrease compared
with last year. Diggings of early potatoes have shown
fairly good yields, while the late potato crop is making
good progress. An abundant supply of fruit is indicated, especially peaches and apples.
Stocks of wheat, meats in cold storage, and raw
cotton all decreased during June, but were above/the
volumes of a year ago, with meats showing only a small
increase. Compared with a year ago, the indexes
show the following increases: Wheat, visible supply,
73 per cent; meats, 6 per cent, and cotton, 37 per cent.

HE physical volume of animal products moving into
wholesale channels during June, as represented by
T
the combined index shown in the table, registered a
sharp increase over the preceding month, and was
above the levels of the same month in either of the two
preceding years. The monthly average of these marketings during the first half of 1931 was practically the
same as in the corresponding period in 1930.
The Department of Agriculture reports that the
June "pig survey" indicates that the pig crop next
fall will be about 20 per cent larger than at the same
period last year; this reflects an effort to find a market
for low-priced corn, if possible. The hog situation at
the present time is quite similar to the conditions which
prevailed in 1921; the corn-hog ratio at that time was
such that it was more profitable to feed corn to hogs,
although hog prices were low. The result was that the
slaughter from the pig crop of 1922 was 25 per cent
larger than in 1921.
Crop movements during June, according to the combined index of that group, showed a decrease from the
preceding month, but were somewhat larger than in the
same month last year. All of the crop groups, except
cotton, moved in larger volume during June than in the
same month last year. Vegetables represented the only

INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND STOCKS
Indexc s of marketing
Indexes of stocks, end of
month
Animal products

Year and month

Combined
index

Wool

Livestock

!

Poultry
Dairy
and eggs products

Fish

Crops

J Wheat,

! Cornbined
index

Vegetables

Grains

Fruits

Cotton

visible
supply.
United
States

Meats, Cotton,
coldUnited
storage States

Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1929: June
1930:
June
Julv
August
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
February
March
April
May
June
Monthly average, January through June:
1929
1930
1931




111.8

306.0

76.2

95.6

146.8

178.7

59.6

110.7
111.8
91.4
91.2
96.7
88.5
97.8

412.5
545.1
360. 5
30.9
79.1
34.5
57.1

79.2
76.6
76. 5
93.9
108.0
88.0
92.9

112.0
90.6
71.6
78.2
79.2
121.6
137.8

148.9
131.5
94.6
86.3
82.2
77.8
92.7

185.2
263.3
202.0
229.1 i
172.0
146. 2
98.9 ;

48.7
93. 3
122. 5
175.5
212.1
148.8
105.8

94.7
85. 5
94.0
101.2
106. 7
117.6

25.3
50.8
61.9
78.2
197.1
405.4

96.2
79.8
79.6
82. 6
80.2
77.9

95.0
94.0
121.8
137.0
125.6
115.6

96.4
91.3
102.9
113. 1
130.9
156.6

103.4 !
116.2 !
169. 4
174.3 I
138.5 i
126.7

97.4
100.5
100.0

94.6
124.8
136.5

84.1
83.9
82.7

99.3
114.3
114.8

110.6
111.4
115.2

147.6 '
176.9 i
138.1

i

146.9

88.6

18.3

160. 2

122.9

70.9

151.0
113.4
81.9
138.8
168. 4
89.6
79.4

57.8
122.4
133. 1
164. 3
249.0
109.0
67.1

14.0
5.8
77.7
219. 3
327. 5
240. 6
144.9

187.3
275.3
331.7
364. 1
349.8
344.8
333.3

100.1
97.0
82.2
68.1
55.7
62.3
76.9

118.7
108.0
119.0
165.3
236.6
265. 0
266. 9

!
!

98.0
91. 1
104.3
93.3
135. 6
165. 8

70.2
68.1
75.1
70.6
102.2
88.8

64.0
40.6
38.6
29.8
26. 5
9.1

335.8
343.7
352.7
339.8
336. 4
324.7

100.1
114.0
111.8
114.8
110.8
105.9

255.0
235.7
216.0
196.9
179.6
162.3

76.8 i
65. 9 !
74.5

110.2
111.2
114.7

85. 6
57.8
79.2

51.1
40.1
34.8

196. 1
240.9
338.9

128.5
104.2
109.6

119.8
153.0
207.4

74.9
58.5
177. 5
180. 5
139. 0
82.6
72.3
79.8

1
I
!
!
!

74.3 i
64.9 i
64.4
53.1 !
61.2
55.3

81.6
84.6
80.0
63.9
69.0
68.7

1
i

69.8
58.6 i
62.2

!
i
!
I
!
1

!

14

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Iron and Steel I n d u s t r y
;TIVITY in the iron and steel industry in June fell
A
back to the level of January, but held above the
low point of last December. The decline in production

Production in the first half of 1931 was 35 per cent
below last year and was the lowest for the period since
1921, although the output was twice as great as in
for the month was considerably greater than seasonal, in that year. Operations in the industry averaged 38
and the adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board per cent of capacity in June, which was the same rate
was 11 per cent lower than in May and 41 per cent as last December. Actual production, however, was
below the level of a year ago. Employment in the above that month as capacity has been increased this
industry was further reduced during the month and year. Further reduction occurred in July and operathe index dropped to a new low. The reduction in tions were at the rate of about 32 per cent.
the index was 3 per cent as compared with May and
Pig iron production in June was the smallest since
19 per cent as compared with June, 1930. The de- February, 1922, and was 18 per cent below May and
cline in pay rolls was larger owing to more part-time 44 per cent below a year ago. Production in the first
employment, and the index was 11 per cent below six months was 39 per cent below last year. Only 91
May and 8 per cent below the previous low touched furnaces were in blast at the end of the month, the
last January.
smallest number since September, 1921.
Steel ingot production in June was 17 per cent less
Prices were somewhat lower in June and the slight
than in May, compared with a decline of 14 per cent improvement of early July was not fully maintained.
from May to June last year and of 7 per cent in the The composite iron and steel price averaged slightly
same period of 1929. The percentage decline in lower than in May, and was the lowest since November,
June was the largest for any one month since Novem- 1915. Scrap prices declined to a new low average in
ber, 1930. June output was 39 per cent below a year June, but resistance developed in July and a slight
ago and was the smallest for the month since 1924. upward reaction resulted.

IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
!|
:

General operations

Year and
month

F. n. B.

index
(adjusted) 1

Rate of
operaEmtions,
ployelectric ment
energy
ad- 1
consump- justed
tion

steel

Pay
Ex- Imrolls
unad- ports ports
justed

Monthly average, 1923-1925 = 100

1929: June .
1930June
July
August- _ _ September
0 ctober
November
December
1931January
_ _
February
March
April.
May
June
Monthly average,
January through
June:
1929. _
1930
1931
1

155

154.3

100.8

109
93
92
85
74
65
59

115.2
109.7
112.0
110.3
126.0
106.5
110.2

90.0
87.3
83.9
81.7
81. 3
80. 2
79.1

103. 4
116.5
119.4
108. 1
106. 8
115.7

77.5
75.9
76.6
76.5
74.8
72.8

64
73
78
75 i
72
64

Pigiron
production

Til )U"tii i > • i i n g ions

3,717 ' 4,903

2-8

46

90. 8
78.6
77.5
75.4
75.8
68 9
fr\7
!

1-"'J
132
151
131
132
112
102

-.5 2, 934 3,419
32 2, 640 ' 2, 922
27 2, 524 3, 061
2, 840
30
30 , 2, ?65 2. tf'o
35 1, Sf 7 2. 212
24 1, 6^6 1, OM")

62.4 i
67.5 !
70.0
69. 1
64.9
57. 6

93 !
91
110
101
91
78

32 , 1, 714 2, 45')
21 , 1,707 ! 2, 512
31 2, 032 2. 'Jl,4
39 2,020 2, 722
28 1, 994 2 ",0."
29 1,639 2, 078

109. 9

i
!
!
i

C 'lit

t< ms"

:

i

' to

^ of long ,

Dolls .

per long ton

Composite
finished
steel

Dolls, per 100
pounds

324

271

!

4.257

51 ||

35.25

37.01

1. 95 j

2. So

f)
56
59
55
50
44
3s

254
270
252

>|
.1
i
i
!l

3,968
4,022
3,580
3,424
3,482
3,640
3,944

31
16
8
22
18
10
29

l|
ii
il
i!
i !i
i
ji

31.00
31.00
31.00
31.00
31.00
31.00
30. 60

33. 53
33.25
33.01
32. 67
32. 31
31.95
31.76

1. 70
1.65
1.65
1. 60
1.60
1.60

2. 33
2.29
2,26
2. 24
2.22
2.20

153

280
275
262
243
239
195
168

1.60 ;

2. I }

43
4)
54
49
4:
33

162
158
184
293
153
177

172
166
151
158
148
162

'
;:
;.
!
,i

4,132
3,965
3,995
3,898
3,620
3,479

17
10
2
33
21
37

ii
|!
l!
ii
l|
\\

30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
29.50
29.00

31. 70
31. 65
31. 66
31. 61
31. 39
31.02

1.63 :
1.65
1.65
1.65 :
1.65 i
1.65 :

2.22
2.22
2.2:i
2.22
2.2:
2. 1?

34.38
32.75
29.75

36. 63
34. 62
31.51

1. 92 i
l.SO
1.65 ;

2. -V)
2. -i,)
2/22

100

.

156
20'?
1 'T1'

;i

!'

ii

i
i
i
:

!
j

135
111
71

159. 5
135.3
111.7

Adjusted for seasonal variation




i

i
Fabr icated
Steel ingots structural
Prices
steel
i
i United
!
j:
! States
|i Steel Manga! Corpo- nese(oreii
con- I I Steel
j ; ration,
Per
tent), ! billets, Iron and StrucPro- cent New Sliip-j!! unfilled
steel
tural
imports
i Besseorders
duc- of ca- or- mentsjj end of
i
mer
compos- steel
tion pac- ders
',
(Pitts;
month
beams
ite
ity
burgh)

98. 9
91.9
75.7

108. 2
95.0
35. 3

165
204
34

46
41
30

3, 607 4, 115 ->'.'
". 041 •i. 30
1, 311 , C . M 3

'6 1

.".uO

«

250
133

r>>

264
267 !
180

4.276
4,317
3.423

33 ii!
35 | 1
20 j

15

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

Augusc, 1931|

Chemical I n d u s t r i e s
PERATIONS in the chemical industries were curtailed
O
further during June. Employment was sharply
reduced during the month and both the unadjusted and
adjusted indexes dropped to new lows for the depression. The adjusted index for June was 3.7 per cent
below May and 7.2 per cent below January, the high
point of the year. Average employment for the first
half of the current year was 14 per cent below the same
period of 1930.
A similar reduction occurred in the unadjusted index
of pay rolls, which declined for the second successive
month, following a slight rise in April. The index for
June was at the lowest point reached so far in the
depression being 5 per cent below May and 20 per
cent below June, 1930. Excepting for a few slight
gains which were not held, the trend of employment
and pay rolls has been downward since early 1930.
Stocks of manufactured goods remain relatively high
on the basis of current consumption, although there
has been some slight reduction in the index since
March. The index for June was about the same as a
year ago, but was 8 per cent higher than in June, 1929.
Raw-material stocks have been steadilv reduced since

the last quarter of 1930, partly owing to seasonal causes,
but the index in June was 8 per cent below the same
month of both 1929 and 1930.
Production of the major products was generally
lower in June, but rosin was an exception to the trend.
By-product coke production has declined each month
since March, and in June was 13 per cent less than in
May. Output in the first six months of 1931 averaged
27 per cent below a year ago. The declines from last
year in other products, on the basis of the latest figures,
were as follows: Refined arsenic, 46 per cent; superphosphates, 38 per cent; turpentine, 26 per cent; rosin,
22 per cent; explosives, 18 per cent; and ethyl alcohol,
2.1 per cent.
Fertilizer consumption this year has been about onefourth less than in 1930 and was the smallest since
1922. Fertilizer imports have declined seasonally
from the peak of March. For the first six months
imports of potash salts were 41 per cent below a year
ago and were 21 per cent less than in the same period
of 1929. Nitrate imports have followed the same trend,
and imports in the six months were 11 per cent below
1930, and 43 per cent less than in 1929.

CHEMICALS STATISTICS
General operations
Employment
F. E. B. Indexes

Stocks

j
"
Pay- Manu- Haw
Ad- i Unad- rolls,
facmajusted j justed unad- tured terials
justed goods

Year and month

.

. .

.

vm:

. ___•

j.'iuuarv
Februarv
March ...
.
vnriMav
June
. . ._
Monthly average. January through
June:
~
'
i')29
i')30
133L-




!
:

•
:
:
!

weod

|^aiS&

Consump- Production
tion

:

Thous.
oflbs.

Barrels

Thou sands of short

tons

Short
! tons

Imports

Long tons

107.9

111.2

117.2

94. 4

12, 545

34, 383

36,123

6,505

270

99

4,504

917

10, 877

64, 733

101.8
101. 0
101. 5
102.7
101. 4
98.6
97 8

105. 3
100,8
100.7
101.3
99.9
90. 1
94.7

128.0
121. 2
117.3
121.3
125. 2
124.2
123.9

94.4
92. 9
98.1
120.0
132.7
128.5
124.2

13,116
11, 617
12, 890
14, 299
18, 455
20, 861
17,770

33, 546
30, 810
31, 168
35, 688
34, 113
30, 248
24, 024

40,049
39, 929
37, 349
38,293
34,818
38,931
34,332

i 6,774
: 6, 406
6, 125
! 6,573
i 5,817
! 6,584
6,200

291
308
296
283
336
303
336

79
18
38
128

3, 954
3, 770
3, 637
3, 401
3, 432
3, 137
3,077

1,081
1,032
1,002
1,101
1, 265
1, 508
1, 439

17, 704
51,970

18, 737
28, 644
9,083
19, 362
27, 207
35, 474
35, 512

90. 6 ;i 96 2
94. 5
95. 6
89.8 i 93.3
91 7 !
96 7
93.0
91.4
89. 6
86. 7
;
;
110.71 111.9
107. o ' 108, 0
92. 5
93.3

90.4
92.9
89.8
92 0
88.4
84.1

128.8
130.7
132.0
129.0
128.5
127.0

107.7 :
103.2
96.5
91. 5
88.4 i
86.9

11,869
8, 859
11,929
11,162
13, 120 ;

24, 056
28, 751
25, 414
27, 647
26, 9GO

24,488 '
32,332 i
33,544
35, 585 i
33,593 ;
34,747

4,757
5,634
5,740
6, 344
5,996
5,675

326
249
226
195
162

343
640
1,352
1,132
195
74

3,092
2,898
3,256 !
3, 146 i
3, 126
2,715

1,570
1, 409
1, 506
9C4
1,044

112.2
109.0
89,8

125.9
134. 5
129. 3

105. 6
104.0
95.7

14,407
11,880

35, 195
32, 085

36,377
41,739
32. 382

6,853
7,608
5. 691

291
357

833
840
623

4,444 !
4, 177
3,039

882
874

! 111.8

-

Explosives

Production

i| Thous.
; of gals.
:i

1nn
Monthly average, 1923-1925 = 100

102'); Airw . ..
D20:
June.
July
.
Vugust
September
October
November
®» De.-.e >nher

Ethyl
alcohol

i

|
HyRosin, ! peUn-~ Super- Fertil- prod- Ar- Potash Nitrate
izer
uct senic, salts ! of soda
coke refined

105,7
105. 4
104. 4
102.3
101. 1
98.3
97 9 1

i

i
!
!
i
'
j

61
74

48, 487
48, 482
37, 425
13, 499
17, 537

22, 750
45, 890
19, 043
68, 421
23, 955 120, .164
15, 982
67, 008
13,849 i 34, 006
11,968
29,711
22, 812
30, 326
17,925

107, 21f>
68, 769
30, 866

16

SURVEY OF CUEEENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Automobiles and Rubber
ANUFACTURING schedules in the automotive industry were sharply reduced in June and the
M
adjusted production index of the Federal Reserve

Automobile exports in June were the smallest for
any month of the depression, and the total for the
six months was only about half that of last year and
one-quarter of the 1929 exports.
Production of pneumatic tires increased in May and
the total was the highest since the same month of 1930.
May output was 15 per cent greater than in April and
was onlvy slightly below May, 1930, while shipments
were 10 per cent above April and 4 per cent larger than
in the same month of last year. Preliminary date indicates that production was well maintained in June.
Rubber manufacturing was the only major industry
to show1- a gain in employment in June as compared
with May. The indexes were at the highest level since
last August and were 2 per cent above May. The
employment index was 14 per cent lower than last
year while the pay roll index was 18 per cent lower.
No reduction was effected in the record world stocks
of crude rubber and preliminary figures indicate another slight gain for the end of June. Imports of crude
rubber in June were one-third larger than in May and
were the largest for any month since January, 1930.

Board dropped 16 per cent below May, the largest
monthly recession since last October. Total output
in the United States and Canada amounted to 256,000
units, the smallest total since February. June production in the United States and Canada was 22 per
cent below the preceding month and 27 per cent
below last year, while the six months production was
29 per cent below the first half of 1930. Production
so far this }^ear was the smallest for the period since
1922, but was held close to the demand and the inventory situation is regarded as fairty satisfaction^.
Truck production in June was 9.7 per cent below
May and the six months total was 23 per cent below
the same period of 1930.
Employment in the automotive industry declined
in June, but the contraction was only slightly greater
than seasonal. However, pay rolls were substantially
reduced, the index dropping 19 per cent below May
and 30 per cent below June, 1930.

AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS
I
Automobile production

Automobile
exports

Automobile
financing

Pneumatic
tires

i
United States

Canada

F. E. B.
index,

ad-

Tear and month

justed

PasTotal

Taxi- Trucks
cabs

s

™rcars

Total PassenTrucks
pro- ! ger cars
due- !
tion |

Automobile
accessories,
shipments

By

By
whole- consale
sumdealers
ers

Production

Crude rubber

Domestic
shipments

World
Im- ! stocks,
ports I end of
month

i
Month-

'

ly av-

erages,

1923-

Thousands

j

Janu; arv.
1925=
100

Number

1925=

100

1929: June

.

1930:

1931:

June
Julv .
August
September
October
November
December
January
February.
March
\pril

May

_

_ _ _ _ _
i
_
_ _ _ _ _

June
Monthly average,
through June:

1929
1930
1931




_

540

451

1,378

91
75
02 i
62 !
49
74
85

335
266
224
221 !
154 i
137 i
156

285
222
184
175
113
101
121

463
376
386
930
582
609
1,425

63
68
67 1
77 1

172
220
276 ,
336 i
315 !
249

138
180
231
285
269
208

512
529
410
665
340
360

461
310
218

1,772
771
469

162

_

_

77

65

January

i

153
99
70

538 1
366 1
261 i

Millions of
dollars

Thousands

;

Long tons

93, 183 i 21, 492
i
! 15,090
I 10, 188
1 9, 792
! 7, 957
4, 5U
5,407
5,622

34, 109

16, 789

90

63

180

5,478

5, 288 :! 41,828

245, 553

48, 570
43, 328
40, 450
44, 223
40, 593
35, 613
33, 443

10,101
7,828
7, 956
8, 125
7, 136
6, 039
9,096

5, 336
4,042
5,318
5,312
4, 079
6,039
5,102

71
65
60
76
79
63
55

54
55
45
45
36
30
36

138
119
103
91
81
CO
66

4,098
3, 193
3,332
2, 692
2, 866
2, 123
2,251

4,050
4,229
3,976
3,360
2,613
2,119
2,550

I 40,382
i 35,424
'! 36,657
35,783
45,375
: 29,733
: 37,370

379, 688
394, 687
400, 796
427, 089
427, 664
429, 901
439, 728

6,496
33, 531
39. 521 ! 9, 871
45, 161 1I 12, 993
17, 159 !
50,015
12,738 :
45, 695
6,835 !
41, 304 i

8,304
9,187
11,526
11,228
8, 468
5,843

4, 534
4,187
6,002
5, 499
4,498
4,340

46
53
65
66

40
50
63
71
73
58

62
66
92
113
110
105

2.940
3,188
3, 730
3, 955
4,543

2, 855
2,580
3, 143
3, 804
4, 197

i
!
!
:

75, 252 ! 31,394
55, 599 I 18,448
42, 538

36, 602
17, 818
9,093

17,117
9,175
4,843

84
73

59
69
59

141
114
91

5, 561
4,053

4,832 "\ 53,537
3,664 i 44,197
40,036

: 11,015

i

36,598
34,374
40, 788
44,908
35,844
47,701

460,
471,
487,
487,
498,
502,

479
285
716
660
389
875

250, 458
367, 119
484, 734

17

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Textile I n d u s t r y
EXTILE production during June, according to the
seasonally adjusted index of the Federal Eeserve
T
Board, was only slightly less than in May and was
larger than in any other month during the past year.
Mill consumption of raw cotton was seasonally
lower in June as compared with May, but 12 per cent
above that of the same month last year. Stocks of
raw cotton in mills and warehouses at the end of June
showed a seasonal decline from the preceding month,
but were considerably above the volumes on hand at
the corresponding period, in either of the two preceding
years.
Cotton-mill activity during June was above the level
of a year ago, while showing a seasonal decline from
the preceding month. The same tendencies were
exhibited by the total output of 23 groups of textile
products. The average weekly production of cotton
piece goods during June amounted to 52,000,000 yards
as compared with an average of 56,000,000 yards in
the preceding month. Shipments during June were in
excess of current production, and were also greater
than in the preceding month, which was just the oppo-

site of what occurred in 1930. Stocks of textiles on
hand at the end of June showed a decline from the
preceding month and reached a point which was 38
per cent less than a year ago. Unfilled orders at the
end of June were 51 per cent larger than at the same
time last year and showed a 33 per cent increase over
the preceding month.
Wool receipts at Boston during June showed a
seasonal increase over the preceding month, and were
only slightly less than in "the same month last year.
The price of the territory type of fine, staple, scoured
wool at Boston showed the usual slight seasonal
decrease from May to June, and averaged 18 per cent
less than in the same month last year. Manufacture
of woolens continued during June at the relatively
high level attained during May, while employment in
worsteds was slightly above the level of a year ago.
Silk deliveries declined seasonally from May, but
the volume for June was 43 per cent greater than in
June, 1930.
Rayon prices continued firm throughout June and
were 35 per cent less than in the same month last year.

Monthly aver a tre,
19231925 =
100
1929: June
1930:
June
__ __
July
August
September
__
October
November
December
1931:
January
February
March
._
April
May
June ._
Monthly
average, January
through June:
1929
1930
1931___ . !
1




3

IS

£

MilThou- lions
of
sands of' spindle
bales
hours

*f

31B

*

1
11
T
J1

Spinning
spindles

~ •+•»
£«"0

»

lull

1
VI

G
t*

^
i Month-!
I ly av- Thou- Dol' i Tm-' sands of lars per
1913= : pounds pound
100 |

Thousands of yards

Per cent of active hours to
total reported

121

569, 414

2,664

8,160

285, 928

252, 008

401, 260

358, 748 !

47, 795

0.97

82

65

84
84
81
88
91

4,462

198,
165,
218,
182,
228,
206,
234,

539
850
815
385
866
033
052

182, 652
176, 689
231, 348
232, 975
270, 383
200, 661
226, 951

466, 368
455, 529
442, 996
392, 406
350, 889
356, 861
363, 962

219, 040 i
222, 498 I
226, 422 ;
285, 427
350, 845
333, 251
288, 956

134 : 57, (665
130 76 »15
126 51,6/2
124 j
7, 074
124 \ 12, 739
124 l
6, 240
122 ; 11,574

62

4,476
G, 215 i
8, 895
9, 965
10, 037

5, 789
5,301
5, 134
5, 603
6, 239
5, 832
5, 916

. 76
.76
. 76
. 76

56
53

87

405, 236
379, 022
352, 335
394, 321
444, 494
414, 887
400, 207

. 72
.72

45

8f)
93
97
98
101
100

454, 188
433, 510
490, 58C
508, 744
465, 770
455,388

9,553
8,862
8, 120
7,404
6, 752 i
6, 101

6, 300
6, 110
7,001
7, 129
6, 739
6,630

202, 149
212, 168
271,638
225, 955
225, 392
260, 163

210, 597
248, 354
317, 185
217, 582
205, 603
273,871

355, 514
319, 328
273, 781
282, 154
301,943
288, 235

317,465
395, 802
373, 951
294,118
24S, 544
330, 575

120
119 i
121
119
115

10, 795
13 269
13, 279
17,775
30, 341
56, 743

.68
66
66
6)5
.'(•;3

118
95
96

627, 424 4, 502 i
498, 106
5, 753
468,031 ! 7,799 j

8, 758
7,103
6,662

307, 475
263, 854
232, 911

305, 972 371,358
262, 961 450, 064
245, 532 303, 493

431,533
331, 339
326, 743

163
142 i

24, 577
24,410
23, 700

1.05
.78
.65

4,oeo :

159

.«

Kayon, wholesale price,
A grade, bleached

»s

•S-SS
s 5,3 a

IH

Silk
Deliveries to mills

•>!*-( r*

>•M »«* egi

Woolen

Cotton textiles (23 groups of
textile constructions)

Keceipts at Boston, total

Wholesale price,
Fairchild composite

Spindle activity,
total

consumption
Bales

Months do not contain same number of weeks
69201—31

Wool manufactures

Wool
i

Stocks, mills and
warehouses,
end of month

Year and mouth

Cotton manufactures i

Cotton, raw

Mill

F. R. B. index, adjusted

TEXTILE STATISTICS

DolBales lars per
pound

46, 504

1.23

29, 396
39, 948
41, 734
60 55, 649
62 I 61, 937
52 57 333
52 : 55,' 424

1.15
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95

48
66
57
55
CO

52 55, 910
54 54, 242 !
57 55,383
57 ! 41,356 ;
66 45,073
73 42, 161

.75
.75
. 75
.75
. 75
.75

83
60
58

68
53
60

48
55
53

50,489
45,034
49,021

1.32
1.15
.75

18

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

(August. 1931

Food Industries
HE Federal Reserve Board's seasonally adjusted
T
production index for food products manufacturing;
during June was almost 9 per cent less than in the

been smaller this year than in the corresponding period
of 1930. Wheat prices receded during June, after
showing two consecutive monthly increases.
Corn receipts in primary markets showed a seasonal
increase during June but were 28 per cent less than
in the same month last year. The price of No, 3
yellow corn at Chicago showed a small increase
during June after a gradual decline since the latter
part of 1930.
Cattle receipts at the primary markets showed
a slight seasonal decline from May to June; but the
receipts during June were somewhat larger than for the
same month in either 1930 or 1929. Hog receipts
declined seasonally during June, while the total volume
was less than a year ago. Meats in cold storage at the
end of June showed some decrease from the preceding
month, but were slightly larger than in the same month
last year.
Raw sugar imports made a seasonal decline during
June, and have been less during 1931 than a year ago;
coffee imports during the half-year have been larger
than last year.

preceding month and 11 per cent less than in the same
month last year. The seasonally adjusted index of
employment in food manufacturing during June was
also less than in the preceding month or the same month
last year. The monthly averages of the indexes of
production and employment for the first six months of
1931 were less than for the corresponding period last
year.
Wholesale prices of food products during June
declined only fractionally but reached a new low which
represented a decline of 20 per cent from the same
month of last year.
Wheat receipts at primary markets during June
were slightly less than in the preceding month, but
were 58 per cent greater than in the same month last
year. Visible supplies of wheat in the United States
at the end of June showed some decrease from the
preceding month, but were 74 per cent greater than a
year ago. Exports of wheat, including flour, have

FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS
H
!;

F. E. ».

Year and month

i 1£
£
A

[

f
-j£

'

/

«j

:

il

:i

Wheat

Corn

Animal products

':
i,

£

fl i! \ I '< I -1

:

I
1|

—

•j| t| t| »|

Jj"S3 «

1
•;--

Cattle receipts

Food products industry

r

£
1

f

5,
'3
V

L

3
c

^3 ii Millions of
b
|j I '
^>]?

^1
|
|

Thousands
55

5
1929* June
1930:
June
July
Yugust
Sentember
October
November
December
1931:
January
February
March. \ pril
May
June
Monthly average, January through June:
1929
1930
1931
—
!




96
t
93 I

)4 «

>4

'» u 4

''8 9 '

59 *

i^ 1 -

', 0 5 '

4v 7 j

11 ,. 7

'
(

<^

v

90 9 '

U.<

212 1

91. -i ; v> •; ; ' '--^

!

'.* , ;

(

9j'

94

T>

119

12

29

211
°0"
202

24
19
12
8
6

v .

21

>?
•2
-7

91.2 '
(
, 0. 3 i
8 ». 9

M). 1 '
77. 1 i
76. 7 i

74 3
04. 9
6\4 ,

',47
V.:, '
U 0 ,

2.'
JI
P.l

91
SO i

K) S
33.7

72 9
72 4 !

61.2 '
55.3 >

9')
95
90

<j(J 7
1)7.3
90.3

98 2 j
94 0
75.8

69 8
58.0 '
62.2 i

10') r '
117.6 j ,
i1
i
(
'7 4 h
100.5 v
100.0 j 1
i

i:»f.

6
4

°,1
30

l.'T
l'(,2
207
290
US
131

10
12

°3
17
29

141
199

10
10
7

5~

1.05 ,

21 •

i
14 |

0.91

1,451

3, 275

1,178

451

817

.94!
.8 ; '
.8 j .

I> .
17 ,
20

71
4
4

.79
.82
.99

1, 459
1, 512
1,605
2,108

392
360

7 !
17

'.71
. 69

1, 010
801
712
991
1, 159

1, 696
1, 736

959
929
788
652
534
597

311
395

17
27

3, 215
2, 918
2, 617
2, 799
3. 441
3, 439

312

1,09S

19 ;
21 ;
19 i
171
11 I
13 !

IS
20
22
20
12
8

.65
.61
. 60
.58
.56
.58

1, 508
1,303
1, 535
1.617
1, 551
1, 540

4, 652

204
364
515

1, 094
1 , 289
1, 407

°1 3
382

1, 415
1,037

23 '
23 !
17

27
IS
17

.92 i
. 81 1
.60

1, 525
1, 522
1,509

3,810
3, 593

566
403
358

964
1,065
1,228

.7
.7

:

.7 •
.7
:
.7 ;
.7
.7 !
. 67 :

1.10
1. 06
.72

'

i
j
1
|

4,002

3,704
3,207

3, 067
2, 938

2,854

3,404

i
959
1,092
1, 072 1
1, 100
1, 062 i
1,015

1,231
999
1,050

19

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

Forest Products
cCTIVITY

in the forest products industries during
June was fair as related to the state of general
business. There was a slight seasonal decline as compared with the previous month and general operations
were on a reduced but steady basis. Some sections of
the industry made progress in efforts to bring supply
more nearly into line with demand.
The June rate of operations, as measured by consumption of electricity, dropped 11 per cent from the
previous month, which was the high point of the first
half of this year; the rate for the latter period was in
turn 11 per cent under the 1923-1925 average.
Employment showed a slightly greater than seasonal
decline from May, and was one-fourth lower than a
year ago. The level of employment in the first half
of this year was only a little better than one-half of
the 1923-1925 average. Pay rolls reflected the slight
seasonal decline in June, the general level being somewhat below one-half of the 1923-1925 average.
June marketings of forest products were encouraging
showing less than the usual seasonal decline from May.
The Jime level is 64 per cent of the 1923-1925 average.
The marketings of naval stores followed the general
trend, the sharp seasonal rise of May being subject to
only a slight decline in June. Marketings have held

A

up comparatively well for the first half of the year, the
general index being only about 15 per cent below the
same period a year ago and somewhat less as compared
with 1929.
Southern pine June production showed the usual
seasonal decline from May, the quantity turned out,
however, being about 41 per cent less than June a
year ago, the latter in turn having shown a similar
decline from the production in June, 1929. New
orders followed approximately the same trend as production, except that there was not quite as great a
decline from May to June. Unfilled orders also declined slightly but seasonally in June. The amount for
the first half of the year represents a decline of about
45 per cent from the quantity during the first half of
1930. Hardwoods production in June was only slightly
less than in May but was 30 per cent under June, a
year ago.
Car loadings of forest products usually drop rather
sharply from May to June, the decline for this June
being about average. Car loadings for the first six
months of the year were between two-thirds and threefifths of those a year ago and about half of car loadings in the first half of 1929.

FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
General operations '' iV/irke*)^^

Southern pine

i

Hardwoods

Douglas fir

I

liate of
!
':
;
operations,
:
elec- £
S ! iKcS ! Nava. I J5»
tricity n'°dnt> unad-:| prod- i stores i ''"« G.UCI&
urts
consump- JulSed •"»«<!
!
v
'••
tion

„££, $&[%£\
., ; 01«^$&
dei s

Year and month

._ .

113.8

89. s

(

'^ 2

S t. M

17' . t

107. 3
100. 0
97. 1
105. 6
77.1
86. 3

71 <
•>7 8
(n 1
02 1
(.21

"0
t,3
,1
tO
<u

"
0
b
*
t

"(/ 0
. t• f
02
( -s 2

' )
.0>
\i
r>
i-H

<)0 4

"17

r. M

1^9

1*

7'^ •*

:s o

"04

^ 0

U7 7

50 3 '
o 1
V> 7
55 4
554
54.4 !

44 0
4" ()
- >
-U » '
4, 44.6

>9
,) i 9
0 9
(40
( -s 4
63.6

37 1
25 5
39 7
93 3
13 ) 5
131.6 j j

S9. 0 ;
75.8 !
55.6

89. 0 !
73.0 ! •
45.2 : :

87. 3 !
72. 1
81. 5 \

1931:
January
• SP f\
February.
- . _ _ - 84.2
March
93. 2
91 5
Vuril
May
97. 2
June
88.3
Monthly average, January
through June:
1929
108.7
1930
1931




98.0
89.2

t on

orders

Production

7
'>
2
J
1

92. 3 !
93.7 !
73. 1 |

.1 >

J^l

A2
21 7
21 1
"" 7

1i
20t.
213
177
Lt,

15]
:•>•
1L4
112
109
105
99

if 5
1.4
1 ")
1' )
14 S
12 T

191
171
174
K>9
1 .S
140

nr>
107
113
101 i
84 i
78

I
11 4 j
15 4 !

233
167

179 '
100

300

277

L--,3
0
207
200
20b
1"2
1/57

24! i
2 i3
223
218
203
1«V)
189

IX)
172
135 .
170
13S
17f)
188

214
172
1G5
101
158
143
134

143
128
139
176
154
133
125

I,;Q
179
1X<;
202
207

1<)2
189
217 ,
224
189

183
182
197
210
13G

143
158
165
146
146
143

335 '•
283 |

360 !
268 '

359
245

310
248
150

1(

Furniture,
plant
operations,
Grand
liapids
district

Thou- Per ct.
sands of full
cars time

r.iiillons OL fee' board measure

M(

1929: June
1930:
June Julv
August
September
October
November

order

Carloadings,
Un- i forest
New filled
prodorders orders
i ucts

657

281
199
160

88.0
70.0

526
500
475
460

1
159

456

174
121

67. 0
79. 0
89.0
85.0
81.0
71.0

169
188
173
154
158
178

456
481
473
463
431
419

156
138
138
130
165
125

68. 0
63. 0
64. 0
07. 0
70.0
74.0

316
197
170

639
613
454

283
231
142

92 7

70^2

67.7

20

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

Miscellaneous Industries
LEATHER

NONFERROUS METALS

REATER than the normal seasonal curtailment
G
in productive operations was recorded by the
leather and its products industry during June, but the

PAPER AND PRINTING

Production of nonferrous metals during June declined more than the usual seasonal amount, as did
also employment and pay rolls. Copper production
decreased seasonally during June, and was of proportions 25 per cent under June, 1930. The average
monthly copper production during the first half of the
year was 29 per cent under the same period in 1930
and 48 per cent under 1929. Lead production and tin
deliveries also decreased during June as compared with
May.
FUELS

Employment in the paper and printing group decreased slightly more than normal for the season of
the year. Pay rolls declined by 3.4 per cent and were
almost 14 per cent under June, 1930. Production of
newsprint paper was approximately the same as recorded during May but was about 6 per cent under
June last year. During the first half of the year the
average montly production was 13 per cent under the
same period in 1930 and 15 per cent under 1929.

Bituminous coal production increased during June
by 851,000 short tons, which was not quite as large
an increase as would normally be expected during this
month. The June production was about 14 per cent
under June, 1930, a reflection of curtailed factory
operations. Anthracite production decreased by 9
per cent from May, whereas a 6 per cent decrease is
about normal for this period. June production was
11 per cent under June last year.

industry was still operating on a plane about 5 per
cent above last year. The average rate of production
in this industry during the first half of the year was
about 4 per cent under the same period last year and
6 per cent under 1929. Employment decreased during
June by a slightly greater amount than would normally
be expected.

STATISTICS ON MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Leather and its
products

F.K.B.
production
index,
adjusted

Year and month

Monthly av-

erage

1923-

1925=

Sole
and
belting

Shoes

Production

11

-

1931:
January February
March. _
,_ _
April
Mav
June .__
Monthly average, January
through June:
1929
1930
1831




!

vis

24
28
29
28
19
18

24 !
23 1
23
23
19
22

lln
131
109
109
107
103
98

87
92
103
107
102

20
24
29
30
29
29

20
17
18

101 !
99
95

29
27
27

23
25

28

97
95
95
95
89
81
81

°4

F H, B
produetion
index,
i,?*l«H
justed

F.R.B. NcwsP"nt
prodo ction
Conindex,
adPro- sumpjusted cluc- tion by
tion publishers

25

-

Nonferrous metals

MonthMil- < lyavlions
era^e ; Thousands of
of
l(-:23short tens
pounds 1925 =
100

Millions
of
pairs

100

1929' June
1930:
June
July
A U£USt
September
October
November
December

Paper and printing

18

....

1

106
110
110
110
113

125
120

i
i
".

!

;

11*3

192

108
103
102
95
105
92
99

178
104
157
lf'4
183
185
167

102
89
101
102
101
101
117
114 !
99

CopLead,
per
smel- refined
ter

Employment

Pay i
A(1
- ' Unad- rolis,
Production
jllsted j jus t e ,i unadjusted
1

120

'
i
i
:

101 ;
150
179 1
174 1
180 i
161
190 i
183
168 i
i

Tin

Bituminous

j

Monthly average 1923-1925=100

!

Fuel production

9(1
97 ':
96
97
95
87 •
85
78
79 ;
77
73
73 i
68

102. 9 ; 102. 9
80. 3
"X 7
"6. 1
3. 6
"2.6
"1. 8
"1.2

i
i
i
i
i
;
i
I
69. 2 '
66. 8 J
66.6 ;
66. 5 1
66. 6 j
65.4 i

117.0

Short tons

:

80.2 ;
77. 7
75. 1
72. 5
71.6 i
70. 9
70.2 :

85. 0 '

68. 4
68. 1
68.8
68. 1
67. 4
65.4

64. 1
64.4
66.3
Go. 4
63.4

!
!;
i
i

; 59.1
1

Deliveries

Long
Thousands of
tons I short tons

95, 339 i 58,380

7, 455

38, 771

4,883

69, 155 : 50,721
67, 638 i 51,538
66, 698 : 52,980

5, 885
6, 130
5, 695
7, 250

33, 714
34, 71 5
35, 6C1
38, 632
44, 150
38, 122
39, 716

2 5, 090
5, 658
6, 190
5, 293
7, 576
5, 207
6, 086

76. 0
72.0
70. 7 68,487 ! 48,491
09.4 ! 70, 419 50,402
67. 3 : 64,816 i 43; 423
67.9 60, 022 48,517
:

An- Crude
thra- petrocite leum

53, 429
55, 229
57, 922
52, 085
53, 734

1 43,405
i1 39,464

41, 775

j 35,498
t 39,519
51,652 | 30,708

122. 7 103, 042 59,979
129 i 104.0 I 105.4
102
82.1 1 83.2 ! 88.7 76, 488 ' 53,292
75 i 66.9 i 67.7 ! 63.8 54, 009 ! 38,395
1
i

7,580

f], 270
7, 495

7,210
5, 100
6,120
6, 630
5,185

38, 542
31, 408
33, 870
28, 478
28, 314
29, 165

8, 015
6, 301

42, 975
38, 439

5,505

5,958

31,630

6, 157
5, 391

4,745
5, 700
5, 005

4,552

5,920
5,553
5,258

Millions
of
barrels

S3

3
68
67

66
61
69
73
77

81
78

21

SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1931, TOGETHER WITH
COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1930l
Districts
Alabama
_ _ _ .
_ _ __
Arizona
Arkansas
First California
_ _ _
Sixth California
Colorado
Connecticut
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Delaware
Florida
-.
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
First Illinois _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Eighth Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas _ _
Kentucky
Louisiana
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IVIaine
Maryland, including District of Columbia
Massachusetts
- _ _ _
Michigan _
Minnesota
Mississippi
_ _
First Missouri
_ _ _
Sixth Missouri
M^ontana
Nebraska
- - - _ _
Nevada
__
New Hampshire
First New Jersey _ _
Fifth New Jersey
New M^exico
First New York_
Second New York.
Third New York
Fourteenth New York _
Twenty-first New York
Twenty-eighth New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
First Ohio
Tenth Ohio
.
._
Eleventh Ohio
Eighteenth Ohio
Oklahoma
Ore a on
First Pennsylvania
Twelfth Pennsylvania
Twenty-third Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
.
Tennessee
First Texas
Second Texa^
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
-Wa^hin^ton including Alaska
West Virginia
__ _ _ _ _ _
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Philin^ine Islands
_ _ - _
Sales of documentary stamps by postmasters
Internal revenue receipts through customs
offices
.- -_

Corporation

i

Individual

$2, 298, 149. 11 '

$2, 010, 276. 22

1 199 466 28 i
27, 676, 387. 10 !

617, 189 27
16, 965, 943. 50

1,114,554.291

1,079,933.07

22,211,454.96!
11 934 765 67

26,739,368.64
3,337.521.35

16, 287, 010 31
23 134 000 44
2 608 219 36
3, 707, 961. 90
3 169 014 10
484 110 77
97 897, 682. 84

'
'
!

18, 708, 143. 83
9 743 127 24
5 245, 859. 62
2, 703, 636. 70
1 213 Oil 28
200 735 92
69, 782, 701. 58

10, 945, 386. 68 i
6 569 880 19 i
4 955, 705 93 <
3 637 853 90 l
2l', 191, 578. 52 1
37 840 826 83 |
58 147, 320. 15 i
12 787 808 77 i

2, 394, 232. 04
4 141 125 63
2, 712, 931, 66
2 756 349 58
19, 982, 751. 48
45, 592, 833 88
44, 220, 653, 78
8 015 242 99

1
i

3*914 662 80 i
10*838 411 80 !
6 191,871 86 1

*985 206 46 '
19,012,119.86:

6 651 212 38 li
780 133 18

517 881 89
11,018,726.49

4 22 i 952 81
910 113 45

2,710.596.76 i

863, 628. 75 !
1 173 609 62 !
5, 124, 836 06 !

1,862,065.57

434, 552. 13
1 600 002 01
7, 225. 108. 28

30,526,978.80 !1

28,781,429.78

10,902,442.07 i

23,021,913 50

174, 214, 502. 56 '
85 539 798 79

173, 334, 903. 49
75 291 934 99

4, 810, 543. 32 '
15 938 023 69 i
10, 239, 452. 04 i

5, 330, 468. 95
12 097 240 21
3, 481. 361. 66

7, 336, 630 89 :

3, 897, 466. 63

281 779 84

326 856 22

16,938.433.43 i

17,557,229 23

238.377. 20 i
13 395 893 58

113,255. 22
11,047 557 33

$4, 308, 425. 33
2, 194, 487. 36
1 816 655 55
44, 642, 330. 60
48, 950, 823. 60
15 272 287 02
34, 995, 184. 14
32 877 127 68
7 854 078 98

6,411,598.60

4 382 055 38
684 846 69
167, 680, 384. 42
6 007 676 25
19 095 104 02

9 897,402.66

13, 339, 618. 72
10 711 005 82

7,668 637 59

6 394 203 48
41, 174, 330. 00
83 433 660 71
102, 367, 973. 93
20 803 051 76
1 503 088 35
30, 030, 846. 35
10 878 165 19

1*690 246 63

4, 572, 662. 33
1. 298, 180. 88
2 773 611 63
12 349, 944. 34
59, 308, 408. 58
608 636 06
33 924, 355. 57
347, 549, 406. 05
160 831 733 78
34 495, 662. 66
10, 141, 012. 27
28 035 ^63 90
13, 720, 813. 70
351, 032. 42
24 443 450 91
11, 234. 097. 52
7, 681, 705, 22
52 653 979 50
14, 657, 555. 28
4 110 735 83
97 514 5S4 64
12, 531, SGO 84
64 199 235 74
10 856 222 66
1,810 42,5 92

4,545,777.88!
34,893 240 78 !

3,135,927.34
17,760 738 72

9, 511, 829. 55
2 391 325 43
54 840 676 48
8, 225, 969 25
35 177 569 26
4 710 422 97
1, 300. 848 49
390, 943. 97
5 523 290 00

i

5, 145, 725. 73
1 719 410 40
42 673 908 16
4. 305, 900 59
29 021 666 48
6 145 799 69
509, 575. 43
330. 055. 15
3 761 422 74

7,227,321 66

17,897 450 41

7, 278, 82S OS :

n. 432, 032. 51

;

858 101 00
3, 019, 480. 64
5 219 307 69

13, 710, 910 57
2, ;Ui8, 01 7. 36
1, 700 259 06
19, 206, 7.53 60
10 763 253 OS
8 672 821 03
26, 585, o7Q. 00
570 291 98

!
!

'

10 670 134 75
1.619,581.25

812 1.53 06
16, 157. 273 02
5, 543 945 39

718.433.11

6,472,075 37 !
17,004.559.43 !

2.200,745.66
8,981.110.63
265, 532 06

301 762 92 i

721,009. 12

9 984 713 70

Miscellaneous
taxes

833,758,110.96

1,860,201,641 07

Total fiscal
year 1931

$305,838 98
68, 132. 16
91 680 41 '.
15 835 270 20

3 648,501.06

2
1
3

15
1
2

350.946.40

4,996,586.96

2 480 375 45
61 415 43

j

717 695 27
102 285 54 i

206,274 19

47, 880. 96
781 565 58 •

1,986,066 42

23, 956, 647. 94 ;
81 538 12 i
4,381 421 43 |
35, 396, 230. 11
11 364 271 46 i
3 533 309 67

837,461.01 !

1 126 038 56
249 128 997 89 i
13, 600. 42
11 004 998 81

3,39^ 736 01
465,051.32

;

2 066 80S 59

264,639 77 i:

321 479
11 6'<5 824
1, 843. 1ST
2 540 151
425 0'2
170 803

82
62
78
30
13
32 :

27,798.89

3 818 349 48
682 189 93
512, 781. 96

$7, 161, 054. 93
2, 965, 710. 01
3 156 507 34
83, 653, 870. 44
65, 634, 438. 40
12 468 450 77
48, 391, 389. 35
40 145 321 90
16 735,335 80
12, 520, 618. 54
5 515 914 45
868, 067. 52
238, 174, 524. 95
8 963 112 93
26 298 542 30
13, 368, 665. 48
17, 133, 836. 23
32 378, 183 96
12, 199, 672. 94
8 670 813 09
54, 208. 727. 71
115 742,594.64
137, 076, 199. 64
30 438 665 11
2 099, 915. 16
49, 077, 189. 17
12 946 702 22
2 610, 739 32
5, 705, 779. 81
1, 879, 608. 88
3 758 973 25
19, 114.613.44
104, 833, 827. 87
924 647 51
58, 510, 200. 79
538, 872, 184. 77
224 814 697 23
49, 883, 402. 08
15, 718, 635. 72
41 155 900. 58
274, 257, 525. 21
556, 292. 43
45,479 655 55
19, 874, 902. 87
9, 144, 562. 85
71 130 052 74
18, 079, 569. 43
5 744 794 79
133 212 737 97
" 17,900,789. 14
79 089 537 21
15 307, 494. 16
3,018.204.30
887,611.88
16 478 693 78
22, 203, 373. 29
16, 621, 147. 72
3, 225, 694. 42
2, 229, 415. 73
96, 694, 138. 88
14 441 936.62
12.139,820.37
35, 512. 796. 15
752, 334. 55
324,815.00

$4, 614, 264. 31
2, 262, 619. 52
1 908 335 96 !

60 477,600.80

11*522 223 76
6 735,238.64 j

17 774 729 02 !
1 232 093 24 !
355 647 19
3, 684', 246'. 22 i
5 063 247 86 l'

10, 112,026 11

Total fiscal
year 1930

52, 599, 324. 66
15 667 233 34
37 879, 616. 93
34 041 865 89

394 946 32
884 432 79
164 738 21
668 144 78
323, 640 04
433 623 63
31 542 23
513 454 83
597 888 36
336 120 95
498 816 52 !

;
:

58,932.94 !

4 815 079 01
' 716 388 92 i
183, 193 839 25
7 605 564 61
21 431 224 97
10 396, 219. 18
13, 690, 565. 12
28 485 734 84
8 900 730 83
6 749 850 67
44, 858, 576. 22
88 496 908 57 !
107, 364, 560. 89
23 283 427 21
1 564 503 78
40, 142, 872. 46
11 595 860 46
1 792 532 17

4 778,936.52
1,346 061.84
3 555 177 21

690 174 18
38 305 777 00 i
382, 945, 636. 16
172 196 005 24

38 028,972 33

10, 978, 473. 28 !
29 161 302 46

262 849,811. 59 \

365, 232. 84
35 448 449 72
14, 628, 833. 53
8, 146, 756. 54
54 720 848 09
14. 922, 195. 05 1
4 432 215 65
109 150 409 26 '

14,375,057.62 i

66 739 387 04 1
11 281 234 79
1, 981. 227. 24 '

718.808.01 !

13 133 056 18 1
18, 579, 646. 34 i
14. 223, 092. 53 1

2.426.950.30
1, 751,011 03 i
113,701,372. 11 i

1. 579, 709. 22
20 308 77 i
2
29^, 001. 28 1
- 411 801 69

28, 165, 379. 28 l
590 003 75
298, 001. 28
411 801 69

738 :;09 57
2,481,822 13 -

5, 626. 68

567, 978 579 38

[

14,336,010 76 '
83,265,056.52 !]

50 752 00 i
94, 554, 618. 45 •

2

1,026,443.530 11 <

Total

2 093 013 45
8 256 692 22
3,705,530 80

Total income tax

11 501 6^2 65

11, 154,043. 16

5,626.68 i
3 040 145 733 17

2, 428, 180, 220 45

1

Compiled by the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue.
2 Eleven months' collections only.

SUMMARY OF INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1931
Quarter ended—
Sept 30, 1930
Deo 31 1930
Mar. 31, 1931
June 30 1931
Total fiscal year 1931
Total, fiscal year 1930 _
Decrease, 1931




Miscellaneous
taxes

Total (all
sources)

Corporation

Individual

1
1
!
!

$302, 675, 618. 79
301 569 511 27
214,057,514.70
208, 140, 885. 35

$251, 050, 206. 07
252, 016, 755 34
184, 483, 550. 18
146, 207, 599. 37

1
'

1,026,443,530 11
1, 263, 414, 466. 60

1, 860 201, 641 07

1, 146, 844, 763, 68

2,410,259,230.28

567, 978, 579. 38
629, 886, 502. 89

2, 428, 180, 220. 45
3, 040, 145, 733. 17

236 970 936 49

313, 086, 652 72

550 057, 589 21

61, 907, 923. 51

611. 965, 512. 72

833,758, 130 96

Total income tax
$553, 725. 824. 86
553 586 266 61
398, 541, 064. 88
354, 348. 484. 72

!

$154, 637, 882. 85 i
134 322 101 65 i
135,219,025.88
143. 799, 569. 00

$708, 363, 707. 71
687, 908, 368. 26
533, 760. 090. 76
498, 148, 053. 72

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

22

[August, 1931

WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average, 1923-1925=100]

1930

1931
ITEM

1029

1930

1931

Julv July! Julv Julv J u l y J u l y July July Julv
20
27
13" ; ,
25" 18 ! ll" 26" 19 12

1929

I
J u l v J u l v July July J u l y i J u l y J u l v J u l y J u l y
26
19 : 12
27"| 20 ; 13
2 5 " 18 ! 11

ITEM

74.8 74.3 85.5 86.0 89.3110.0 109. 3:110.1 ; ! Wholesale prices— Continued.
"Composite index, N. Y. Times. .
76.0 76.8 91.0 94.8 97.5|114.7 112.3:111.2 M
Fisher's index (1926=100)— :
"Composite index, Business Weeki19Q 0 ;
Total (1901
69 5 69.8 70.4! 83.3 S3. 4: 84.5 99.1 98.8 98.0
i 68 2
58 0'
Detroit employment
!;
Agricultural products (30) . i 60. 5 61.0 61.9 85.2 85. 5 j 86.6106. 7 105.7103.4
Production:
7.3' 7.8 18.4 20. 4 21. 2'- 55. 9 55.1 53. 9 !
Nonagricultural products
Beehive coke
(90)
; 72.0 72.5 73.2! 82.1 82.1! 83.0 94.6 94. 5: 94.9
69.7^ 68.5 82.9 81.3 80.7i 98.6 95.7 98.1 ||
Bituminous coal
i 72.0 86.4
161.1 |
Iron and steel composite
: 74.8 74.8 75.1 80.0 80.11 80.5 88. 6 88.7. 88.7
95. 2 160. 5
Buildings (new a wards)
;
100.1 99.3 102.8 101. 6101.4J 104. 6 104.9 105.5 i Banking and finance:
t Electric current
Bank debits outside N. Y. C _ \ 87. 4 96.4 92.2110.7 122. 1!105.2 138. 0 143.6121.6
Petroleum
__ _ _ 119.4 117.5122.2 119.5 120.0121.5139.1 138. 9 138. 8
43.4 40.8 40.8 76.3 76.3 75.0,126.3 126. 3 125.0
Bond prices
106.9 106.9 107.1106.9 106.7106.5 104. 1 104. 2 104. 2
Steel ingots
Business failures (number)
115. 2105.2 95. 6; 125. 3 111.1105.2 98.3 92. 4 108. 1
Receipts:
108.5 108.6107.4 105.8105.4 96.4 95.2 94.2
69.0 73.7! 57.9 66.8 84. 8 71. 2! 83. 2 75.0
Cattle and calves
23.8 22. 3 5. 8 11.5 7. 7 6. 9j! 23. 1 18.5 33.5 i!
Interest rates, call
36.4 36.4 36.4 48.5 54. 5! 62.1 206.1 230. 3 209. 1
Cotton
Interest rates, time
i 34.3 34.3 38.2! 80.0 79. 11 70.4 182.9 180.0171.4
55.5 65.0 60.2 65.2 74. 4 76. 9 75. 7 76.4 84.3 i!
Hogs
368.0261.0 406. 0 296. 7230. 3 374. 9 229.1 207.5 1i l
Loans and discounts
116.2 117.1 117. 1 134. 8135.3135.0 135.8 135. 2 135. 3
Wheat
Money in circulation
. i 99. 2 99.4 100.01 91.4 92.1! 93.2 97.5 98.3 98.8
79. Oi 79.6 95.9 96.8 95.5115.0 112.6 111.2 '
Distribution' Car loadings
1
i
Net demand deposits
111.7 113.0 112.61113.4 114. 1 112. 5108.8 109. 4 109. 0
Wholesale prices:
Stock prices
134.8 134.7 139. 5 207. 1 207.4 196. 6289. 1 289. 9 284. 5
55.1 55. 81 58.7 78.3 78.3 81. 2l 129.0 129.0 129.0 1
Copper electrolytic
33.1 34. 2| 34.6 47.1 49.3 48.2; 68.8 70.6 67. 6 i
Time deposits
157. 1 157.5 158.3163.2 163.2161.6 147.2 146.6146.8
Cotton middling
!
1!
* Relative to a computed normal taken as 100.

fRelative to weekly average 1928-1930 for week shown.

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1930

1931

1929

1928

ITEM

July 25

July 18

July 11

July 26

July 19

July 12

July 27

July 20

July 13

July 28

6,794

6,671
11, 554
1,655

8,084
13, 869
1,713

7,922

7, 861
15, 278
1,690

9,607
25, 776
1,743

9,324
1,748

9,558
25, 867
1,757

8,964
23, 470
1, 539

8,642

1,693

2,163
165

25
2,782
203

26
3,962
233

117
825
134

74
3,558
316

261
1,551
203

136
839
264

230
1,806
165

125
555
211

919, 349
149, 029
41,612
63, 637
18, 769
230, 986
364, 935
60, 381
454, 815
2, 489

928, 271
145, 335
42, 165
64, 155
22, 351
233, 173
359, 083
62, 00 )
463, 605
2,500

July 21

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Bituminous-coal production
_thous. tons..
Building contracts (da av ) 37 states thous. dolls _
Electrical-current output
mil. kw.-hours__
Exports:
Corn
- thous. of bu
Wheat
thous. of bu._
Wheat
flour..
thous. of bbls._
Freight cars:
Loadings total
cars
Coal and coke
cars _
Forest products
_ _.
cars..
Grain and grain products
cars
Livestock
cars _
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
_ _ _
cars..
IVIiscellaneous
cars
Ore
cars
Net available surplus (da. av.) _
cars
Petroleum production (da. av.)
thous. of bbls..
Receipts:
Cattle and calves (12 markets)
thous._
Cotton into sight
thous. of bales _
Wheat, primary markets
thous. bush.
Wool, total, Boston
thous. Ibs..
Steel-ingot production
per cent capacity -

1,680

1~667~

22
2,553
244

10
1,998
183

757, 555
113, 692
27, 891
60, 127
19, 710
213, 294
285, 941
36, 900
2,487

763, 581
115, 212
26, 170
60, 121
18, 147
215, 853
291, 790
36, 288
571, 410
2,447 !
2,545 1

9,832
33

233
58
29, 237
32, 129
31

183
15
20, 732
14, 296
31

211
30
32, 258
22, 807
58

268
20
23, 568
13, 504
58

106.3
.076
.090
2.19
30.98
45

106.3
.077
.693
2.18
30.98
.43

106.3
.081
.094
2.19
31.11
.46

107.2
.08
.128
2.67
33.14
.81

108.8
.08
.134
2.67
33. 18
.79

4, 499
3,981

5,114
4,390

4,717 I
4,247

6, 056
5,045

1,514 |
95.71
469

1, 819
95.77
428

1.318 !
95.92
389

1, 942
95.74
570

182
3, 598 1

162
3, 581

162
3,592 !

191
3, 194

218
62

1,530

915,985 1, 102, 553 1, 079, 968 1, 066, 414 1, 034, 326 1, 033, 843
144. 009
173, 025 163, 102 165, 440
164, 854
160, 209
39, 675
66, 743
66, 743
64, 702
60, 596
64, 702
57, 315
70, 117
64, 733
59, 467
55, 035
55, 233
22, 479
24, 124
22, 861
24, 762
22, 037
23, 239
230, 297
258, 039 257, 570 255, 806
255, 296
255, 702
355, 635
428, 777 425, 611 421, 721 !1 408,710
410, 260
66, 575
80, 678
79, 348
78, 622
€2, 651
64, 498
471, 951
197, 920 215, 897
211, 108 ! 270, 985
294, 458
2,532
2,897
2,894
2,892 !
2,402
2, 386
225
18
18, 297
20, 518
57

263
48
29, 788
11, 166
96

237
48
18, 199
9,282
96

238 i
87 i
16, 487 ;
16, 174 :
95 :

233
26
23, 079
8, 946

108.9
.112
.131
2.62
33.32
.81 ;

113.3
.178
.187
3.36
36.68
1.29

113.3
.178
.192
3.36
36.72
1.30

112.5
.178
.184
3.33
36.72
1.17

110. 6
.145
.211
3.36
34. 97
1.18

110.6
.145
.212
3.41
34.89
1.26

7, 112
5,562

5, 497
4,793 !

10, 721
6, 289

11, 505
6,543

9. 163
5,541

7,299 :
5, 108

8. 527
5,851

2.850
95. 56
452

2,756 i
95.35 !
428

2, 021
93. 23
400

3,461
93.32
376

3,266
93. 33
440

2, 987
96. 95
356 |

4,870
96. 21
426

207
3, 197

236
3,178

1, 064
3,126

1, 084
3, 098

1, 153
3, 062

1,025
2, 761

1,012
2,759

16, 906
6, 200
8,482
13. 784
7, 399
4.86 i

16,869
6,118
8, 502 i
13, 587 i
7. 326
4.86

16, 970
5, 490
9, 287
13, 146
6, 674
4.85 i

16,892
5, 518
9, 248
13,219
6, 648
4. 85 j

16, 906
5, 528
9, 195
13, 170
6, 654
4.85

.;
;i

15.692
6,053
8, 966
13, 007 !
6, 824 |
4.86 j

15, 750
6. 094
8, 988
13,146
6, 830
4.86

3.46
2.25
4,470

3. 08
2. 58
4, 526

8.00 |
8.50
4,734 ;

7.88
9.50 1
4, 775 |

7.50
8.63
4, 800

;

5. 50 ;
4, 696 !

6.00

6.00
5.63
4, 720

190. 91
8, 952

72

357
18, 737
10,623
i

71

WHOLESALE PRICES

Chemical index
rel. to 1924..
Copper ingots, electrolyte, New York
dolls. lb._
Cotton middling, New York
dolls. lb._
Food index (Bradst reefs)
. dolls. Ib .
Iron and steel composite
dolls. ton_.
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter, Kansas City_. dolls. b u _ _
FINANCIAL

Bank debts:
New York City
_
mills of dolls
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Bond sales, New York Exchange:
United States Government
thous. of dolls. .
Average price 40 corporation bonds ._
dolls. _
Business failures
number
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted .
^_
mills of dolls !
Total reserves
mills, of dolls- j
Federal reserve member banks:
Total loans and discounts
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
Other loans
mills of dolls
Net demand, deposits
mills, of dolls..
Time deposits
.
mills, of dolls.. |
Foreign exchange, sterling
dolls..
Interest rates on brokers' loans:
Time monev, New York
_. per eent-. '
Call money, New York
per cent-Money in circulation (dally average).. mills, of dolls.. i
Stocks, New York Exchange:
Average price 50 stocks
dolls.. 1
Sales
thous . of sh ares. - :
Stocks price, average weekly closing:
Industrials, rails, and utilities (404). .rel to. 192(L. i
All industrials (337)
rel. to 1926..
All railroads (33)
... rel. to 1926 1
All utilities (34)
..rel. to 1926 !




1
!
!
i

14, 527
7, 957
13, 492
7, 121
4. 84

14, 635
7.780
8. 002
13, 645
7,142
4.85

14, 636
7, 851
7, 968
13, 604
7,176
4.87

|

16, 852
6,243
8, 454
13, 692
7,400
4.87

!|
|
j

i

i

1.50 !
1. 50 i
4, 817

1.50
1.50
4,828

1.67 ;
1.50
4,858 i

3.50
2.00
4, 436

130. 90
5, 108 !

130. 86
8, 161

135. 44 !
9, 813

201. 10
10, 380

201. 45
14, 535 :

93.5
90.2
75.0 !
158. 0

95.2
85.9
73. 2
153.0

99.1 !
90.4 !!!
76.5 !
159.0

153.5
144.2
126.6
220.8

152. 5
142.9
126.2
220.3

i

144. 4
135. 1
122.3 i
207. 6 i

280. 72
19, 637

i

210. 3
202.8 j
164. 0 1!
288. 3

:
;

:
!

281. 55
23, 030

276. 29 ;
23, 152

188. 73 ;
8, 973 I

185.92
7, 025

209.8
203. 8
163.9
281.6

205. 8 :|
202.7
156. 4
266. 9 i

145.3 11
149. 2
125. 0 5
145. 6 j

142.7
146.4
123. 2
143. 4

23

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August. 1931]

Monthly Business Statistics
The following table contains a summary of the monthly figures designed to show the trend in important
industrial and commercial movements. These data represent continuations of the figures presented in the 1931
Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, in which monthly figures for the past seven years may
be found, together with explanations as to the sources and basis for the figures quoted. The figures given
below should always be read in connection with these explanations. For later data, which have become available since these data were compiled, see recent Weekly Supplements to the Survey.
CONTENTS
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Industrial indexes
Wholesale prices
Commodity groups:
Automobiles
Chemicals and allied products
Foodstuffs
Forest products
Leather products
Iron and steel
Machinery
Nonferrous metals
Paper and its products
Printing
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

23
24
26
27
29
33
34
35
37
38
39
40

Commodity groups—Continued.
Rubber and its products
Stone, clay, and glass
Textiles
Tobacco
Miscellaneous
Fuels
Distribution movement
Foreign trade
Employment and wages
Construction
Public utilities
Finance

1931

June

May

April

March

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41
42
44
44
45
46
48
48
50
51
53
1930

Febru- January | Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
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July

June

!

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Federal Reserve Board
Total, unadjusted
rel. to 1923-25. _
Total adjusted
rel to 1923-25
Manufactures, total unadjusted rel. to 1 923-25. .
Manufactures, total adjusted.. rel. to 1923-25..
Automobiles
rel. to 1923-25
Cement
rel to 1923-25
Food products
rel. to 1923-25
Iron and steel
rel to 1923-25
Leather und shoes
rel. to 1923-25..
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1923-25
Paper and printing
rel to 1923-25
Petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25
Polished plate glass
rel to 1923-25
Auto tires and tubes
rel. to 1923-25
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25-.
Tobacoo manufactures
rel. to 1923-25..
Minerals, told unadjusted
rel. to 1923-25..
Minerals, total ad jus led
rel. to 1923-25..
Anthracite
rel to 1923-25
Bituminous coal.
rel. to 1923-25..
Copper
rel to 1923-25
Crude petroleum
rel. to 1923-25..
Iron-ore shipments
rel. to 1923-25
Lead
rel. to 1923-25
Silver .. .
rel. to 1923-25..
Zinc
rel. to 1923-25

85
86
84
86
65
112
83
64
102
68

100
133
85
85
66
74
67
122
46
60
52

90
89
91
90
77
96
91
72
2 107
73
113
163
112
123
2 101
137
284
86
71
75
6S
2 122
27
78
51
54

92
71
68

85
85
84
84
74
86
94
65
80
87
103
151
91
77
93
119
95
92
83
86
83
114
51
83
73
70

90
87
88
85
49
97
94
75
89
95
107
160
101
88
91
129
104
98
105
87
83
115
74
94
70
90

93
91
91
90
62
111
96
86
95
97
109
165
95
84
88
125
100
94
80
85
89
114
79
101
73
93

90
91
89
91
62
117
91
93
95
96
109
164
65
96
81
130
101
96
88
82
84
117
96
106
70
94

91
95
90
94
75
116
94
93
95
97
111
166
105
'93
84
137
100
97
82
86
83
120
95
103
69
91

99
100
99
100
90
119
93
109
97
96
116
170
114
119
84
141
103
100
78
89
86
124
108
99
75
99

97.6
90.2
100.2
96.6
105.8 j
111.0 ' I

99.1
86.3
99.0
97.5
116.4
99. 9

105.4
96.3
100.6
103.5
113.4
121.3

103.2
93.2
107.3
99.6
118 4
116. 1

110.7
88.1
110.6
103.1
120. 1
130.9

106.9
87.1
112.0
94.3
110.2
125.0

105.1
87.9
109. 9
102.9
106.5
129.0

115.3
94.2
116.0
111.8
119.5
135.0

97.6 1

99.1

104.3

103.2

110.7

106.9

105.1

115.3
102.9
145.4
96.8
107.3
110.0
106.8

115. 2
137.5
104.8
111.8
136. 5
QS. 2.

90
90
92
90
77
90
96
75
102
73
110
161
117
107
98
134
83
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84
77
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121

90
88
91
88
67
81
87
78
92
77
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152
119
98
97
131
82
87
72
76
70
112

88
86
89
86
68
80
92
73
87
79
111
149
111
94
93
132
84
88
89
73
76
110

82
83
81
81
63
84
93
64
77
78
107
144
90
88
86
121
86
90
93
77
72
110

78
82
76
80
85
83
89
59
81
85
101
149
65
73
87
128
89
94
93
85
76
111

71
54
61

79
63
65

82
62
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83
68
65

108.2
105. 8
105. 7
102.8
117.5
115. 7

110.3
105.5
109. 0
108.0
130.6
120.0

108.2

110.3

Industrial Consumption of Electrical
Energy
Activity by geographic sections:
United States
rel. to 1923-25..
New England
rel. to 1923-25
North Central
_.rel. to 1923-25..
Middle Atlantic
rel. to 1923-25-.
Southern
rel. to 1923-25
Western..
rel. to 1923-25
Activity by industries:
AlUndustry
- - rel. to 1923-25
Automobiles, including
repair parts
rel. to 1923-25..
Food and kindred products rel. to 1 923-25. .
Leather and its products.__rel. to 1 923-25. .
Lumber and its products. .rel. to 1923-25..
Metals group
rel. to 1923-25.
Metal working plants_.rel. to 1923-25. .
Rolling mills and
steel plants
rel to 1923-25
Paper and pulp
_ _ rel. to 1923-25
Rubber and its products...rel. to 1 923-25. .
Shipbuilding
rel. to 1923-25..
Stone, clay and glass
rel. to 1 923-25. _
Textiles
..rel. to 1923-25..
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102.7
91.5
111 4
106. 4

109.8
104 4
109. 2
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119. 1

106.4
109 4
105.0
97.6
108 6
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88.9
112.9
76.1
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112.3

67.5
118.3
71.6
82.6
97.4
95. 0

71.5
107.1
68.7
73.3
102.3
97.8

74.9
124.4
73.0
86.5
99.5
89.6

80.9
137.2
84.9
77.1
101.2
87.0

88.4
148. 6
73.5
105. 6
101.4
97.4

86.6
141.2
87.7
97.7
100.3
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75.3
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100.0
100. 5
95.1

86 6
112 4
121.0
84.8
118.7
100.5

106 8
135 1
122.3
89.7
132.0
103.7

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109 6
109. 0
92.5
116. 5
100. 0

119 4
123 0
109. 6
98.3
105.1
97.3

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127 0
122.0 1
514.8 1
102.6
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103 4
111 8
106. 5
113.9
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112 3
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85.4

110 3
119.3
107.2
124.1
120.5
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115.1
110.5
122.8
118.2
72. 5

109.7
119.9
103.8
110. 8
110.8
79.7

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

1930

March

February

January

Decem- Novem- October SeptemAugust j
ber
ber
ber
i

May

April

47.1
134.4
120.3
144.4
55.1

250.5
2 139. 6
2119.4
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56.1

256.9
2 144. 5
120.6
161.7
59.8

«54.8
151.3
120.9
173.2
61.2

46.6
153.7
121.0
177.4
60.2

48.2
156.8
120.8
182.8
61.8

48.6
163.7
120.9
194.5
61.8

48.7
161. 8
119.1
192.6
58.7

56.6
157.2
119.0
184.8
58.6

59.7
144.6
118.6
163.5
63.0

63.8 !
132.3
120.6 i
140.7 i
65.3

60.0
125.4
124.5
126.1
74.5

59.4
124.9
125.4
124.5
75.9

70.0
72.4
74.0

71.3
72.9
75.1

73.3
75.6
77.1

74.5
76.7
78.4.

75.5
77.1
79.3

77.0
80.1
80.5

78.4
81.8
81.9

80.4
85.7
83.7

82.6
88.6
85.6

84.2
89.2
86.8

84.0
87.1
86.4

84.0
86.3
86.7

86.8
90.5
88.9

77.5
77.9
58.1

78.4
79.1
60.9

80.9
80.1
61.6

81.9
81.9
64.5

81.8
82.2
69.6

82.9
83.6
69.8

84.4
84.8
70.5

85.6
85.2
71.8

85.8
86.0
75.1

86.4
86.6
76.3

87.4 ';
87.3 i
75.4 !

88.9
87.8
75.4

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88.9
76.4

87.8

87.3

87.3

87.4

86.6

88.6

91.2

94.0

96.5

99.1

98.9

100.7

102.4

88.6
65.4
61.8

89.2
66.3
62.8

90.8
67.6
63.9

90.8
69.2
64.7

90.8
70.4
63.9

91.1
71.0
64.7

91.3
72.4
66.9

95.2
73.3
67.8

95.3
73.8
68.8

95.4
75.5
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95.9
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71.2

96.2
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96.2
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71.9
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68.3

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70.6

77.8
72.9

79.0
74.2

80.1
76.8

81.5
80.0

82.8
82.1

83.3
81.8

84.3
81.1

85.7
84.8

68.5
67.9
77. 7

68.9
66.9
77.3

71.1
69,0
79.2

72.2
71.4
80.9

72.3
71.0
81.4

73.4
72.0
82.7

74.3
73.6
84.7

75.6
76.1
86.4

75.5
77.8
87.6

76.5
79.7
89.2

78.1
80.7
90.6

79.7
80.9
89.8

82.0
81.7
91.0

2.00
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2.00
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2.00
.48
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2.00
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2.00
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2.42
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3.00
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3.00
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3.11
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4.29
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1.364
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10. 25
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10.00
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10.00
.29
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1. 578
88.5

9.50
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71.1
1.580
90.6

9.50
.36
80.0
1.588
91.1

9.50
.40
88.9
1.600
91.7

9.50
.40
88.9
1.600
91.7

9.50
.39
86.7
1.600
91.7

10.00
.35
77.8
1. 600
91.7

10.00
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73.3
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. 0867
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.053
.0939
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. 056
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.0972
70.4

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90
. 068
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71.3

.18
93
.070
.1030
74.6

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94
.079
.1011
73.3

.19
94
.089
.0960
69.6

.20
94
.072
.1031
74.7

.19
94
.072
. 1069
77.5

.18
95
.076
.1102
79.9

.18
96
.093
. 1205
87.3

14.39

14. 85

June

July

STOCKS AND ORDERS
New orders, total
. __
Stocks, total
Manufactured goods
Raw materials
Unfilled orders, total

rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25..
rel. to 1923-25—
rel to 1923-25
rel to 1923-25

PRICE INDEXES
Department of Labor Indexes:
All commodities (550).
rel. to 1926. _
Food (121)
rel to 1926
Finished products (380)
rel. to 1926..
Industrial group commodities —
Building materials (57).— rel. to 1926._
Chemicals and drugs (78).rel. to 1926..
Fuel and lighting (23)
rel. to 1926..
Hides and leather products (40)
rel. to 1926House furnishing goods (37)
rel. to 1926—
Textile products (75)
rel. to 1926..
Miscellaneous (25)
rel. to 1926—
All except farm and food products
(384)
rel. to 1928Raw materials (108)
rel. to 1926—
Semimanufactured articles (62)
„..
rel. to 1926Bradstreet's Index
rel. to 1926
Dun's Index
rel. to 1926
WHOLESALE PRICES
Acetate of lime
dolls, per cwt
Barley, No. 2, Minneapolis.. .dolls, per bush..
Brass sheets, mill
dolls, per lb—
Brick, common, red, New York
dolls per thous
Butter, common, New York
dolls, per lb_.
Butter. New York
rel. to 1926
Cement, Portland (composite). .dolls, per lb__
Cement. Portland (composite)
rel. to 1926..
Cheese, American whole milk, New York
.
dolls, per lb —
Chemicals
.
rel. to 1927
Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Brazil grades-dolls, per lb— !
Copper ingots, electrolytic
dolls, per lb— 1
Copper ingots, electrolytic
rel. to 1926
Coal:
Anthracite—
Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton.. !
Wholesale, composite
..dolls, per short ton — \
Wholesale, composite.
rel. to 1926..
BituminousMine average (spot)
dolls, per short ton-Prepared sizes (composite)
dolls per net ton
Prepared sizes (com posited reL to 1926—
Retail, composite .dolls, per short tori-Wholesale, composite
dolls np,r short ton '
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 192G_.
Coke, furnace, Connellsville
dolls per short ton
Coke, furnnce, Connellsville . rel. to 1926 Cocoa, spot, Accra, New York.. dolls, per l b —
Corn:
No. 3, yellow, Chicago-- .dolls, per bush..
No. 3, yellow. Chicago
rel. to l!/2fi_.
No. 3, Kansas City
dolls per b'isli
No. 3, White, Chicago
dolls, per bush—!
Cotton:
!
To producer
dolls per lb
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb._
Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow,
prime, New York
1
dolls, per lb
Cotton goods:
Print cloth 64 x 60
dolls, per vd — :
Print cloth, 64 x 60
rel. to 1926
Sheeting, brown
dolls per yd i
Sheeting, brown
rel to 1926 '
Cotton goods (Fairchild) rel. to 1911-1913
Cotton yarns:
22/J cones, Boston
do^ls per lb '
22/1 cones, Boston
rel. to 1926 i
40/15 southern spinning
dolls, per lb..
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
-_
rel. to Aug., 1914- ;
Drugs, crude..
rel. to Aug., 19 14-.i
Essential oils
rel. to Aug., 1914..
Flaxseed, No. 1, Minneapolis—dolls, per bush-. i
Flour, see under wheat Hour.
Food, wholesale, see under individual items.
Food, retail (Dept. of Labor)
rel. to 1913. '
Hides:
Green salted, packers'
heavy native steers
dolls, per lb_
Green-salted packers'
heavy native steers
.rel. to 1926 1
Calfskins, country, No. 1
dolls, perlb.. 1
Calfskins, country, No. 1
rel. to 1926..
8
Revised.




14. 85

14.88

14. 89

14.90

14.87

14.80

14.57

14.53

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92.6

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2°3 i
62. 2

.231
64.5
.369

.240
66.8 !
.382

.239
66.7 ;

.390

.248
69. 1 j
.390 !

.247
68.8
.390

.254
71.0 j
.405 j

.235
65. 5
.413

:
;

160
131

174 !
130
81 !
1.58 |

175
131 1
80
1.56

175 !
133 !
81
1.57

175
137
85
1.61

175
137
87
1.65

176
137
90
1.80

141.4

144.4

;

157
128

1.48

. 353
157
130
79
1. 55

82
1.57

126.4

127.0

132.8

137.2

.092

.090

.073

.095

.107

.118

65. 5

64.1 '
.128
73.4

52.1
.117
67. 4

67.7
.125
71.8 i

75.9
.144
83.0

84.2
.156
89.7

118.3

121.0 !

124. 0

0. 100

.085 i

71.3
.129
74.3

60.2 !
.129
74.1 '

;

;

.135
77. 9

1.67

1. 77
4. 270
89. 1
8.87 i

144.0

.083
i
:
I
i

. 056
74.7
. 075
80.3
134

.273
76.2
.461
176

154
111

2.71
147.9

145. 6

143.7

.133

.146

.136

.141

.152

94.8
.172
99.2

103.8
.165
95.2

96.7
.161
93.0

100.1
.165
5.2

108.3
.175
100. 9

25

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earl/f-T data for items shown here may
be found in I he 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1930

1931
June

May

April

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- Novem- October September
ber
ber

June

July

August

W HOLESALE PRICES— Continued
no h»ry
lion i f i d «?ted, rnetals and
in> t il t .oduets...
3 rou, nw •
B.'Mc (v VlleA7 furnace) doll?,
B s c fvii]" furnace).
/ OTUT "sji< pig iion
do'ls

rel. to 1926—

48.6

60.8

rel. to 1926—

87.4

87.8

per long ton-.
rel. to 1926—
per long ton.-

15.50
83.6
16. 40

16.25
87.6
16.64

16.50
89.0
16.75

16.50
89.0
16.72

18.76
91.0

18.76
91.0

18.76
91.0

18.26
88.6

northern
dolls, per long ton-Foundry No. 2, northern
rel. to 1926—
Lard, r/iime coatiact. New
York
dolls, per Ib—
I e^l pig, desilverized, New
York
dolls, perlb-Leid, pig, de>ilvenzpd, New
York
rel. to 1926—
Leativr, composite, wholesale
i
price
rel. to 1926Leather, <-olo and belling, oak,
au i scoured backs
dolls, perlb—
Le°thcr, v>lc arid belting, oak.
and secured hacks _
...rel. to 1926—
L ' - t t h e r up] r. coT^visite,
obiOTv , oil ol i' k,"B 'grade-dolls, per sq.ft.'.e f iier, 1 uit (^o imacr h>i¥°).
Le >tl <-a1 shi» a c (cei under jrho^s)
Lm^M oil, A •> "• York . .
dolls, per Ib—
Co'^i'u ,*t, ^vhobs.de { nee-

rel. to 1926-.

I r >
deleft por TV! ft b m
° o . i M > a n Tdk'^v pine
rel. to .1926—
Oo gl isT < b , No. 1,
M n* ion
dolls per M ft. b, in..
I'^aJi- f r, Poonn^, 1 r 4, "B"
i i j d bUtei (V G. Washingion)
_
-duPs pei M ft. b. m._
M at..
Beef, (ie c!| , < arcass, good
na< ^ e ^U<-is, Chicago., dolls, per lb_.
lit i f, fusn, caicass, good
n p t n e stters Chicago
rel. to 1926—
B. ^f, f i e - h , circass, steers,
N t w York
dolls, perlb—
Br< f frosh circass, steers,
\"\ Y C K
rel. to 1926 c^'iti]' , c ' j.-fed, Chicago dolls, per 1001bs_
Catfc, r o i r led Chicago.
rel. to 1926—
T
u^ , ho \ j , Chicago uolls per 100 Ibs—
Ut"s
1 f\\^ v , riiHvr,j
rftl. to 1926—
i 1 *h >. e \e , Chicago
dolls, per cwt —
ru'«.;» ene , Chicago - _ _ — rel. to 1926..
o h i ( i , i ' « l / s Chicago
dolls, perlb..
h T. la^nhs, C h ' t t g o
., rel. to 1926- .
- _ — dolls, perlb—
I oi ' , h i / i i , ^Luol-ed, Chicago
rel. to J9?6
V, isrei r> U H < ^ d t 3?i>, Ne\v i'ork
-.dolls, per Ib—
MctlmiOi
I v c f u t u . ... __ _ _
dolls, per gal—
v 1 I ' K , K udeii'-t 1 Ne\\ York.. dolls, per case..
JMi 1 '. , e\ apo'c.led
dolls pe.r case
iMtf'fenor metals
rel to 1926
C ats
No 3, vvhire, riuc^L'o
dolls, per bushNo. 3, winte, Chicago
rel. to 1926—
Oil ^nd hits
rel to 1927
())• "ID ut, miie, standard, uncnlored,
( MiCa^c
dolls perlb
O'eoinargunw, standard, uncolored,
Chicago,. ..
-rel. to 1926Papei, nev\spnnt roll, delivered,
New York
... .. .-.dolls, per 100 Ibs...
Fjf e r , new sprint roll, delivered,
New Yoik
... _ ,
rel. to 1926
Petroloiinr
( ruoo, Kansns-Oklahoii"*_dolls. per bbl_.
C i a d e , ftT-iDsas-OUfJioma- rel. to 1926—
Gas add fad o>K, Oklahoma 24-26,
reiincnes
dolls per bbl
Gasoline, New York
dolls, per gal—
Kero>ene, 150° \\pter \vhite.dolls. per gal—
Luhncatmr oil, cylinder —dolls, per galPig iron founarj No 2,
P i t t s b u r g h . - _ . uolls per long ton
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, Pittsburgh
.. ...
rel. to 1926- .
Potatoes
,
dolls, per bush—
Potatoes
. rel. to 1926
it \ o ' > , L~>0 demer "A" giado,
New York
dolls, perlb—
Pvosm, gum " B," New York-_dols. per bbl—
K u n h t r , nude, smoked sheets,
New York
dolls, per Ib—
Lubber, crude, smoked sheets,
New York
rel. to 1926Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, per bush—
Rve No. 2 Minneapolis
rel to 1926
Sleeps, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 Ibs—
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
__rel. to 1926.
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs__




50.8

&

88.7

51.9
89.0

51.9

51.9

58.3

58.3

64.8

69. 1

90. 4

91. 8

92.7

94. 3

95.4

17. 60
94. 9
17. 79

18. 00
97. 0
17.99

18. 10
97. 6
18. 22 i

18. 50
99. 7
18. 55

19. 56
94,9

19. 76
95. 8

19. 86
96. 3

20. 26
98. 3

89.3

90.0

90.2

10. 75
90.3
16.82

17.00
91.7
16.94

17.00
91.7
17.01

17.00
91.7
17.14

17. 00
91.7
17. 30

18. 51
89.8

18.76
91.0

18.76
91.0

18.76
91.0

18. 89
91.6

88.91

.083

.082

.090

.094

.085

.090

.100

.0392

.0382

.0441

.0453

.0455

.0480

,0510

.112
.0510

i

|

62. 6

60.5

.119

.119

.114

. 100

. 0515

. 0550

.0549

. 0525

!

09. I

. 102

. 0541

46. 6

45.4

52.4

53.8

54.0

57.0

60.6

60.6

61.2

65.3

65.2

62. 4

64. 3

87.8

88.1

88.4

88.4

89.0

90.8

91. 5

93.3

96. 7

98. 2

99. 9

100. 1

102. 9

.37

.37

.37

.37

.37

.38

.40

.41

.41

.44

.46

.46

.44

84.4

84.4

84.4

84.4

83.3

86.7

91.3

93.5

93. 5

100. 4

104. 9

104. 9

100. 4

.380

.380

.356

.352

.354

.359

.355

.367

. 372

. 371

. 371

. 372

. 371

.086

.088

.092

.095

.092

.088

.092

.084

. 099

. 105

. 131

. 140 i

. 140

67.8

68.4

73.3

74.2

73.2

76.0

78.1

80.1

80. 2 |

80. 8

81. 1

83. 3

85. 3

28 15
62.4

28.82
63.9

28.32
62.8

29.66
65.8

28.42
63.0

30.73
68.1

32.51
72.1

33.44
74.1

34. 01
75. 4 1

33. 48
74. 2

31. 72
70. 3

33. 89
75.1 ;

33. 06
73.3

11.25

11.64

12.12

12.68

12.86

12.82

12.99

13. 25

12.98

13. 14

13.44

14. 47 !

14. 30

25. 98

28.33

29.74

31.14

31.65

31.33

31.73

33.40

33.77

34.58

35.65 !

i

36.57

j

36.94

!

,169

.178

.195

.195

.195

102.8

108.1

118.8

118.8

118.8

.195

. 191

. 168

.174

. 195

.129

.143

.160

78.8

86.8

97.1

.145

.155

.172

.180

.196

.205

.205

.205

.205

.203

115.0
9.106
95.6
6.73
54.5
3.69
55.9
8.31
60.7

120.1
10.00
105.0
7.34
59.5
3.44
52.1
7.98
58.3

120.1
10.58
111.0
7.94
64.3
2.93
44.4
7.40
54.0

120.1
10.31
108.2
8.86
71.8
3.38
51.2
7.13
52.0

120.1
9.97
104.6
9.86
79.9
3.84
43.1
7.03
51.3

118.6
10.33
108. 4
10. 58
85.8
3.08
46.6
7. 35
53.6

101.1
9.14
95. 9
9. 78
79. 2
3. 09
46.9
7. 72
56. 3

.195

.207

.213

.222

.221

. 227

. 229

. 230

.233

74. 4

74. 7 !

75. 6

118.8

116. 1

84. 9
7.320
7(3.8
6.39
51.8
1.55
23.5
6. 975
,50.9

90.8
7.675
80.5
6.40
51.9
2.44
37.0
8.356
61.0

100.8
8.563
89.9
7.08
57.4
3.29
50.0
8.76
64.0

105. 4
9.075
95.2
7.18
58.2
3.79
57.5
8.27
60.4

.174

.182

.184

.187

56.6

59.2

59.7

60.7

63.5

67.1

69.2

72.1

71. 7

73. 8

.145

.155

.172

.180

.196

.205

.205

.205

. 205

. 203 i

.35

.35

.35

.40

.40

5.65
3.50
65.1

.40
6.03
3.80
69.7

.40

5.65
3.30 !
60.6

.40

6.03
3.80
68.4

.40 |
6.03 |
3.80 !
67.8

.40 1
6.03
3.80
71.2

5.65
3.20

6.03
3. 75
67.4

118. 8

. 177

. 218

103.7
9.28
97. 4
8. 94
72. 5
3.06
46.5
8. 13
59. 3

127.4
10.73
112.6
9.68
78.4
3.45
52.3
9.73
71.0

.177

. 218

.40
6. 03
3.80
72.7

.40
6. 03
3. 74
73. 5

.40
6. 13
3. 69
78. 1

. 173

.32

.32

.36

.38

78.0

80.5

74

92.7
78

. 39
95. 1
87

. 35
85. 4
88

. 38
92. 7

71

87.8

68

.34
82.9
73

.33

78.0

71

.145

.145

.155

.177

.190

.205

.205

.205

.205 i

.205

.228

63.5

63.5

67.9

77.6

83.3

89.8

89.8

89.8

89. 8

89. 8

99.7

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.25

3. 25

3. 25

3.25

3.25

3.25

89.9

89.9

89.9

89.9

94.2

94. 2

94. 2

94. 2

04. 2

94.2

1. 178
62.5

1. 178
62.5

1. 178
62. 5

1. 178
62.5

.28
68.3

73.2

.110

.128

48.2

55.9

68

5.79
3.50
66.1

. 173

105. 7

75.6

.30

.27
65.9

64

5.65
3. 50
67.1

102. 4

72

.31

73

!
!

89

.300
15.9

.530
28.1

.530
28.1

.594
31.5

.850
45.1

.850
45.1

.850
45.1

.850
45.1

1. 098
58.3

.133
.042

.133
.045

.488
.133
.048
.145

.510
.133
.051
.145

.588
.138
.053
.146

.600
.135
.054
.165

.610
.141
.054
.172

.650
.141
.053
.184

.594
.143
.054
.186

18. 76

18.76

18.76

18.26

18.51

18.76

18.76

18.76

18. 89

19.56

19. 76

19. 86

20.26

91.0
.753

91.0
.870

91.0
.908

89.8
.867

91.6
1.017

94. 9
1. 099

95. 8
1. 088

96.3
1. 294

46

51

55

59

59

70

98.3
1.486

47

91.0
.898
48

91.0
.950

47

91.0
.903

49

88.6
.849

.75

.75

75

.75

.75

.75

.95

.95

.95

.95

.95

5.29

5.54

5.80

5.39

5.90

1.15
6.50

41

49

.580
.148
.053
. 190

.600
.163
.050
. .193

. 625
. 163
.052
. 210

.675
1.63
.055
.284

80

4.68

4.70

4.73

4.64

4.38

4.45

.95
4.95

.063

.064

.064

.077

.076

.082

.089

.089

.084

.080

. 100

111

.124

13.0

13.2

13.2

15.9

15.7

16.9

18.4
.44
47.8
2.93
44.4
7.40

18.4

17.3
.49
53. 3
3.84
43,1
7. 03

16.5
.55
59. 8
3.08
46.6
7. 35

20. 6
.60
65. 2
3. 09
46. 9
7. 72

22. 9
.55
59. 9
3. 06
46. 5
8. 13 i

15.6

.37

40.2
1.55
23.5
6. 98 .

.36

39. 1
2.44
37.0
8.36

.35

38.0
3.29
50.0
8.76

.36

39.1
3.79
57.5
8.27

.37

40.2
3.69
55.9
8.31

.38

41.3
3.44
52.1
7.98

.43

46.7
3.38
51.2
7.13

.57

62.0
3.45
52.3
9, 73

26

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1931

Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple-

ment to the Survey

June

May

WHOLESALE PRICES— Continued
50.9
61.0
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
rel. to 1926—
Shoes, men's black calf blucher,
6.75
6.75
Boston
dolls, per pair..
Shoes, men's black calf blucher,
105.5
105.5
Boston
rel. to 1926—
Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,
4.49
4.60
oxford, St. Louis
_. dolls, per pair-Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,
95.0
92.8
oxford, St Louis
rel. to 1926. .
Shoes, women's black kid, dressed
oxford welt, lace
dolls, per pair_.
Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,
2.463
2.266
New York
dolls. perlb__
Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,
39.8
36.6
New York
rel. to 1926
.99
Silk ^oods, composite
dolls, per v d _ _
1.65
1.65
Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh.. dolls, per cwt__
84.3
84.3
Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh
rel to. 1926_.
Steel, crude:
Composite, finished steel
2.19
2.21
doll?, per 100 lbs_.
Iron and steel, composite
. _ ._. dolls, per long ton.. 31.02
31. 39
29.00
29. 50
Steel billets. Bessemer-dolls, per long ton..
82,9
84.3
Steel billets, Bessemer
rel. to 19261.65
1.65
Stmctural steel beams—dolls, per 100 lbs._
84.3
84.3
Structural steel beams
rei. to 1926
.75
.75
Sulphuric acid
dolls, per 100 lbs_Sugar:
102
102
Retail average, 51 cities
rel. to 1913—
.050
.050
Retail granulated, New York, dolls, per lb—
Wholcsale, 96° centrif.,
.033
.032
New York
dolls, per lb—
Wholesale, 96° centrif.,
76.5
New York
..rel. to 1926. .
73. 5
VV holesale, granulated,
.043
X ew York
dolls, per 1 b . .. .044
\V holesale, granulated,
80.3
78.3
"New York
rel. to 1926,
. 225
.225
Tea, .Formosa line, New York... dolls, per lb...
65.4
66. 3
Textiles general
rel. to 1926
Tin, wholesale, straits,
. 2320
New York
_ .
dolls, per lb.-. . 2341
Turpentine, gum, southern,
.54
New York
dolls . per gal . ..
. 65
Wheat:
No. 1, northern spring,
.74
Minneapolis
dolls, per bush
.81
No. 1, northern spring,
ri o
Minneapolis
rel. to 1926
46.8
No. 2, red winter,
.72
St Louis
dolls, per bush
.79
46.5
51.0
No. 2, red winter, St. Louis-.rel. to 1926- .
No. 2, hard winter,
.68
Kansas City
dolls, per bush
.73
No. 2, hard winter,
45.6
Kansas City
rel. to 1926
49.0
Wheat flour:
Standard patents,
4.75
4. 85
Minneapolis
. - dolls, per bbL .
Standard patents,
56.3
Minneapolis
rel. to 1926
57.6
Winter straights,
4.12
4.14
K'ln^as City
dolls pel bbl
Winter straights,
56.8
Kansas City
rel. to 1926
57.1
Wool:
.62
Raw, territory, fine, scoured .dolls, per lb__
.63
Raw, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fleeces,
.20
H blood, combing grease.-dolls. per lb_.
.20
1. 494
1. 494
Suiting, 13 oz
dolls, per yd__
Suiting 13 oz
rel. to 1926
74.5
74.5
Women's dress goods, French
serge, 39-in
.dolls, per yd..
Women's dress goods, French
serge, 39-in
rel. to 1926
Worsted "varns
dolls, per lb
1. 00
1. 00
Worsted yarns
re], to 1926
69. 7
69. 7
Zinc, orime western _. __ „ . dolls, per lb _ . 0342
. 0331
RETAIL PRICES
Retail food index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913..
118. 3
121. 0
Retail coal indei (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913— 180.8 1 179.4
FARM PRICES
|
65 i
74
Cotton and cottonseed (2)
rel. to 1909-14..
Dairy and poultry nroducts (4) -rel. to 1909-14..
85
87
Fruits arid vegetables (9)
rel. to 1909-14..
114
119
Grains (6)
rel. to 1909-14
67 |
74
Meat animals (5)
rel. to 1909-14
91
99
Unclassified (5).
rel. to 1909-14..
59 )
62
All groups (33)
rel. to 1909-14
80 |
86
AUTOMOBILES
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
____rel. to 1923-25..
65
77
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
" rel. to 1923-25.
71. 3
89. 7
Accessories and parts, shipments:
Accessories..,.rel. to Jan., 1925..
Original equipment, ...rel. to Jan,, 1926, .
Replacement parts.*,, „, rel, to Jan,} 1925..
,_... — U.,,,.«-

Ber vice parts.^.,.,.....rd. to Jaa.s 1825..




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July

1

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128

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1930

1931
Earlier data for items shown here may i
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
June | May i April i March

July

June

1

AUTOMOBILES— Continued
Electric industrial trucks and tractors:
Shipments—
Domestic
number
Exports
number
Exports (assembled):
From Canada —
Total
no. of ears
Passenger cars
no of ears
Trucks
_
no. of ears
From United StatesTotal
no. of ears
Passenger cars...
no. of cars__

Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

Febru- January
ary

! ,o

Financing:
Wholesale dealers
thous. of dolls..
Total consumers
thous. of dolls..
New cars. . thous.
of doils
User; cars
thou c > of dolls
Unclassified
ihous. of dolls. .
Fire-extinguishing equipment:
Shipments—
'Motor vehicles
number
I land types
number. .
New passenger-car, registrations
.... . _ ... . . total no. of cars
Production, actual:
CanadaTotal
no of cars
Passenger cars
no of cars
Trucks
no ofcnrs
United StatesTotal
no. of cars..
Passengers cars
no. of cars..
Taxicabs no. of ear?
Trucks
no of cars
Rirn production
thous. of rims
Sales General Motors Corp.):
Total to consumers, U. rf no. of cars..
Total to dealers, U. S
no. of cars..
Total to dealers, including Canadian and
overseas
- ... ... no. of cars

25

C9
i
i
i

1, 512
1 083
42Q

10 1S3 ' 1? 966
5, 843 |:
8. 468
4 4 98

•

72, 567

109.557

68 638
37 858
3, 062

1

84

102
11

67
32

3, 521
2, 471
1,050

3,670

13, 437
8, 125
5 312

13, 274 i 11,870
7, 828
956
57, 3m
4 04°

15, 437
10, 101
5 ^(j

35, 962
81,415
45,710
33 835
1, 869

45, 397
90, 504
52, 932
35 305
2,267

102, 994 119,014
73, 554
63, 102
42 775
37 218
2, 674 i 2.. 685

71
29, 213

96
36, 303

86
37, 482

118
34, 958

118
43, 065

44,911

93, 066

150, 219

175, 286

203, 737

254, 098

260, 861

5,622
4 225
l' 397

5 407
3 527
1 880

4 541
3 206
1 335

7,957
5 6^3
2 334

9 792
6 946
2 846

10 188
8 556
1 632

157 090
I' 194
2 S9(i

220, 649 224, 368 265, 533
175, 496 183, 532 221, 829
386
930
376
44 223 40 450 43 3I:>8
1 504
1 05 ?
l' 449

331, 506
285, 473
463
48 r)70
1 338

Q

50
6

33
5

42
9

37
9

91
3

77
6

1, 853
1 327
520

1, 565
881
684

3, 054
1,798
1,256

3.645
2,193
1, 452

2,588
1 260
1,328

2,868
2,003
865

6,641
4,293
2,348

17, 528
Ui 7?7
11, £28 : 11, 526
5 4^9 i 6 00°

13, 374
9, 187
4 187

12, 838
8, 304
4 534

14, 198
9, 096
e |A9

12 078
6,039
6 039

11,215
7,136
4 079

71, 155 !1 63. 090
92, 229
55. 098
30 f"-r,8 34 778
2, 353
2, S31

49. 813
60, 266
38, 907
27 738
1, 621

40, 165
61, 855
32, 993
27 305
1,557 |

35, 601
66, 068
35, 382
28 899
1,787

29, 684
60, 295
31> 843
26 902
1,550

113
34, 295
96, 054

18

23
1, 172
763
409

;

113,158
70 659

82
11
3 922
2 552 i
1,370

45,411

55, 480

2, 940
1, 430

53, 802

138,411
91, 224
43 086
4,101

2
75
31. 1J7

32, 538

76
34, 248

69
29, 280

27,713

201, 911 i 247,727

265, 732

200,841

134,133

126,786

17 159
14 043
3 316

12, 993
10 483
2,510

9 871
7 529
2 342

6, 496
4 552
1,944

249, 462 315,115
207, 798 269, 080
' 340
SCO :
41 304 I 45 695
j' 508
1 085 i

335. 708 276, 405
285. 028 230, 834
665
410
45, 161
50 015
1, 425
l' 718

219,940
179, 890
529
39 521
1,011

137, 805
512
33 531
681

171,348

155,701
120, 833
1, 425
33 443
567

136, 754
100, 532
609
35 613
920

154, 401
113, 226
582
40 593
864

103, 303
100, 270

12?, 717

135, 603
13i', 829

101, 339
98, 943

G8, 976
80, 373

61, 566

130,778

76,681 i

57, 989
68, 252

41, 757
48r 155

57, 757
22, 924

75, 805
69, 901

86, 426
76, 140

70,716

80, 147

97, 318
87, 595

111, G68

153, 730

154.252

119,195

96, 003

89, 349

80, 008

57, 257

28, 253

78, 792

85, 610

79, 976

97, 440

163

161

1V>

149

144

149

151

160

165

164

166

170

132.7
77 9

133. 8
79 i

137. 4
80 1

139.3
81 9

146.6
82 2

132.0
83 6

133. 5
84 8

145.0
85 2

122.4
86 0

147.1
86 6

135.7
87 3

140.6
87 8

138.6
88 9

127 0

2 J98 5

129 0

132 0

130 7

128 8

123 9

124 °

125 2

19i 3

117 3

121 2

128 0

86 9

2 gg 4

91 5

96 5

103 2

107 7

124 2

1°8 5

132 7

120 0

98 1

92 9

94 4

1,853
3, 856
24, 203

2, 953
4,901
26, 206

4, 446
5, 210
28, 154

7, 520

7,133
3,468
25, 877

8,089

28, 919

5, 765
22, 212

7, 542
8,480
19, 888

6,674
9,496
20, 826

6,018
8,207
23, 649

6,038
3,722
25, 838

89
29, 696

6 835
5 583
l' 252

12 738
10 6 9 l
2 117

T~)

56

I

106

CHEMICALS ANB ALLIED PKODUCTS
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
petroleum
rel to 1903-25
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25..
Prices, wholesale
rel to 1926
Stocks, manufactured goods,
end of month
rel to 19/3 -25
Stocks, raw material, end of
month
rel to 1923-25
Chemicals

Acetate of lime:
Production
.thous. of Jbs._
Shipments
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs._
Exports
thous. oflbs
Price, wholesale
»„
dolls, per cwt...
Arsenic, crude:
Production
_.
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons
Arsenic refined:
Production ._ .
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons
Dyes and dyestufTs, exports:
Vegetable
thous. of lbs_.
Coal tar
...
thous. of Ibs
Ethyl alcohol:
Production
thous. of gals..
Warehouse stocks, end of
month
thous. of gals..
Withdrawn for denaturization
..thous. of gals..
Methanol, crude:
Production
.gallons..
Stocks at crude plants, end of
month
gallons
Stocks at refineries and in transit-gallons..
Exports
_.
gallons. _
Menthanol, refined:
Price, wholesale, New York. dolls, per gaL_
Production
gallons
Shipments
gallons..
Stocks, end of month
gallons..
Nitrate of soda:
Imports
.long tons..
Produetion in Chile
. metric tons
Potash salts:
Imports _. - _.
long tons
Sales in Germany (KjO
content)
metric tons. !
Price index numbers:
Crude drugs.
rel. to Aug., 1914..
Essential oils
rel. to Aug., 1914__
Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals
rel. to Aug., 1914..
Chemicals
rel. to 1927
Oils and fats
rel. to 1927..
> Revised.




2.00

4,478

3,535

3,568

4, 847

5,703

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.42

3.00

2, 560
23, 522
23
3.00

3.11

4.29

1,491
4 768

1, 402
5 ?65

1, 957
5, 478

1,494
5 862

2,803

6 486

1,483
5 767

2,392
5 937

2,694
5 125

2,077
4 026

1,217
3 254

1,428
3 495

2,168
3 654

1 570
2, 419

1 439
2 221

1 508
2*010

1 265
1 813

1 101
1 930

1 002

1*525

1 032
1 897

1 081
2 024

204
866

124
1 757

110
1 153

194
2 612
13, 116

2.00 1

3,109
22, 547

22, 089

1 044
2 012

964
1, 950

1, 506
2, 181

1 409
2 449

358
1, 782

143
2 231

172
2,641

179
2 538

2,066

101

178
2 502

114
3 136

309
2 481

13, 120

11, 102

11,929

8,859

11, 869

17, 770

20, 861

18, 455

14, 299

12, 890

11, 617

14,711

13, 074

13, 633

11,008

9,442

6,858

8,304

8,898

10, 010

9,317

9,498

10, 076

10, 288

10, 541

8,795

6,296

8,081

19, 134

20, 070

18, 537

12, 615

11, 777

11,352

11, 128

182,273

247, 808

324, 173

483, 335

465, 728 525, 656

477, 165

5?6 543
98, 000
59, 950

494 192

594 665

36,176

54, 857.

416 989
105, 238
30, 146

401 455
121,522
18, 295

.40
253, 494

187
560

130,207

52, 048

.35
94, 765

118,052

35

.35
21 1, 073

413, 906

257, 707
429, 595

143,801

569, 250

499, 978

.40
223, 144
221, 279
445, 984

29, 711

34, 006

67, 008

120, 164

68, 421

110,454

199,500

430, 342

379, 626

294, 176

242, 418

192, 519

319, 478

305 320
89', 740 !
45, 139
i
.40
306, 373
167, 309
444, 119

947 813
93, 805
90, 111

218 703
59, 197
40, 814

337 749
59, 236
100, 479

519 439
168, 166
82, 168

475 331
79, 380
157, 037

510 030
153, 811
61, 240

490 158
219, 989
126, 813

.40
382, 547
372, 352
305, 055

.40
431 179
477, 029
294, 860

.40
575, 711
541, 807
340, 710

.40
364, 505
440, 514
306, 806

.40
374, 521
463, 215
382, 815

.40
250, 085
309, 274
471, 509

.40
418, 205
383, 570
530, 698

45, 890

35, 512

35, 474

27, 207
179 357

19, 362
181 467

9,083
202 466

28, 644
199 284

18, 737
205 911

17 537

13 499

37 425

48 482

48 487

51 970

17 704

11,968

13, 849

15, 982

23 955

19 043

22 750

80, 699

54 872

71, 660

127, 660

98, 722

93, 859

95, 968

128
77

130
79

131
82

130
81

131
80

133
81

137
85

137
87

137
90

139
91

143
97

147
107

154
111

157
88
64

157
89
68

160
90
72

174
90
71

175
89
68

175
90
71

175
93
73

175
94
73

176
94
74

176
94
78

176
94
87

176
95
88

176
96
<89

28

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found! in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

1930

March

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS -Continued
Chemicals—Continued
Sulphuric acid:
Exports
thous. of lbs__ 250, 775 403, 298 310, 950 200, 218
.75
.75
.75
Price wholesale
dolls, per 100 Ibs
.75
Superphosphate (acid phosphate) :
162, 488 194, 756 225, 906
Production
- - .short tons..
106, 246 407, 385 304, 786
Shipnients
short tons _
996
1,836
Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons._
1,101
Wood at, chemical plants:
Consumption
cords . 19, 363 24, 444 31, 694 48, 919
Stocks at end of month _ _
cords. . 338, 821 335, 809 386, 104 376, 952
Daily capacity2,589
2,583
2,589
Total
- ..cords-- 2,589
812
692
448
Shut down
cords.. 1,092
Cottonseed
Cottonseed:
C onsumption (crash)
short tons. Receipts at mills
thous. of short tons..
Stocks at mills, end of month
__ _
thous. of short tons—
Cottonseed cake and meal:
Exports
short tons
Production
-- --short tons..
Rtocks, end of month
short tons..
Cottonseed oil, crude:
Production
thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of month-.
thous. of Ibs..
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Factory consumptionTotal (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs In oleomargarine
thous. of Ibs.Price, yellow, prime, New York
.dolls, per lb~
Production
thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs._

44, 164
32

155, 373
44

280, 637
111

D

N(

beT

Se

oT-| October

^-

August

July

June

|

376, 076
.75

304, 745
.75

438, 836
.75

308,992
.75

703, 787 465, 766
. 75
. 75

176,023 ! 570, 683
. 75
.75

409, 748
. 75

249, 405
130, 996
2,287

325, 552
103, 024
2,292

335, 930
70, 496
2,110

302, 730
77, 861
1,877

335, 594
92, 769
1,703

282, 710
149, 899
1, 479

295,790 308, 241
64,756 ; 73', 134
L 309
1,527 j

290. 615
54, 488
1,079

45, 221
404, 603

51, 726
400, 858

47, 654
463, 276

43, 483
494, 329

38, 519
470, 732

31, 608
490, 238

27,595 ' 29, 503
487,955 ; 477, 701

35, 040
451, 128

2,583
460

2,583
428

2,647
472

2, 647
644

2, 647
743

2, 603
1, 204

2, 643
1, 344

2, 643
1, 346

2, 049
914

401, 736
158

589, 911
219

669, 264
578

801, 800
803

936, 743
1, 323

561, 625
1, 041

105, 770
336

01, 700
30

80, 309

S3

45

95

207

377

620

991

1,083

1, 081

695

215

45

225
23, 144
192, 136

797
43, 350
223, 084

6,588
75, 921
253, 609

5, 750
135, 144
303, 945

3,147
190, 314
363, 201

11, 084
270, 965
343, 685

7,538
305, 019
298, 139

1,580
360, 943
252, 323

4, 361
421,283
202, 156

2, 092
25], 128
116, 396

175
76, 440
45,340

304
9C>

55^ 352

248
38, 730
85,277

14, 726
13, 919

28, 019
32, 819

52, 469
43, 048

89, 794
69, 878

124, 392
104, 910

181, 221
127, 739

201, 621
114, 248

239, 913
114, 595

283, 929
110, 829

169, 458
79, 280

49, 322
25, 606

19, 425
7, 894

29. 253
22, 328

1,200

1,447

3 276,906
1,621

1,465

1,875

3 331,746
2,178

2,091

2, 505

3 323,521
2, 151

2, 906

1, 587

299,749
1,882

.069
36, 470
406, 237

.076
76, 852
462, 881

.076
115,302
494, 503

.073
130, 556
494, 882

.073
150, 998
461, 776

.072
188, 823
428, 609

.076
215, 405
350, 260

.076
232, 179
254, 571

.081
102, 460
174, 208

.084
26, 525
200, 273

29, 754
301, 609

.083
49,325
393, 573

26, 441
26,960
27, 379
21, 115

28,721
27, 647
28,000
20,639

26, 730
25, 414
26, 598
20, 929

25, 448
28, 751
27, 543
20, 219

26, 714
24, 056
25, 201
17, 372

24, 404
24, 024
22, 974
17, 303

28, 847
30, 248
30, 229
16, 346

34, 324
34, 113
34, 198
16, 812

33, 173
35, 088
3,5, OG9
16, 694

32, 687
31, 168
32, 289
16, 043

30. 424
30, 810
30, 049
17, 392

.068
30, 398
348, 438

Explosives
Explosives, black powder, permissible and
other high explosives:
New orders
thous. of Ibs..
Production
thous. of lbs._
Shipments
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of month..
thous. of Ibs—
Fats and Oils
Animal fats (quarterly):
Factory consumption
thous. of lbs_.
Productior
thous of Ibs
Stocks end of quarter
thous. of Ibs ....
Animal glues:
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs~ 3 23, 380
Shipments
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks end of quarter
thous of Ibs 3 57 39^
Coconut or copra oil:
Factory consumption —
Crude (quarterly)
thous. of lbs~
Refined—
Total (quarterly) _ . .thous. of lbs_.
In oleomargarine _thous. of lbs__
Imports
thous. of lbs_. 31, 000
Production (quarterly)—
Crude-thous. of Ibs..
Refined
thous of Ibs Stocks, end of quarterCrude
thous. of Ibs.Refined
thous of Ibs
Copra:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
short tons
Imports
short tons _ 17, 179
Stocks, end of quarter.
.short tons..
Edible gelatin:
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks end of quarter
thous of Ibs
Fish oils:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs..
Production (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Stocks end of quarter
thous. of Ibs
Greases:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs
Production ( quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lbs__
Lard compounds:
Production (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs _
Stocks end of quarter
thous of Ibs
Oleomargarine:
Consumption
thous. of Ibs _ 13, 180
Production
thous. of Ibs..
Vegetable oils:
Exports
thous. of lbs_. 1,775
Factory consumption (quarterly)
mills of Ibs
Imports
thous. of Ibs. . 75,470
Production (quarterly)
mills of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarterCrude
..thous. of Ibs. .
Refined
thous of ibs
2 Revised.




87, 014
37

Febru- January
ary

8,466
15, 970

17, 871

11, 329
26, 862

18, 927

I.....

3 154,951
3 618,459
3 224,398

3
154,764
3 515,598
« 191,941

3 23, 345
3 53, 772

3 23, 515
3,469
3 49, 951

3 138,255

3 159,545

3 75, 479
12, 086
27, 550

3

14, 873
24, 690

11, 492
44, 034

3 91, 446
3 66, 268

» 90, 921
3 77, 612

3 201,932
» 16, 869

« 164,206
3 22, 352

3 71, 229
25, 890
3 27, 167

34, 056

33, 133

3 71, 134
37, 419
3 41, 077

4, 565

5, 891

3

3

17, 111
20, 477

21,715
4, 885
44. 380

3 76, 572
15, 813
14, 846

18, 248
43, 124

- 3 139, 433
3 18, 029

33, 886

33, 725

3 67, 165
31, 139
3 24, 502
3 2, 979
3
7, 499

3 44, 620
« 11, 587
3 215,405

3 42 703
3 27, 815
3 197,770

3 3d 921
350,693
|3 207.301

3 53, 346
3 95, 948
3 79, 012

3 49, 476
a 88, 510
377,211

3 291,386
326,081

3 331,412
! 3 26, 672

3

161,077
3

11,455
8,118

11, 479
19, 331

78. 592
3 65, 232

.

-

--

3
3

3

16, 8S5

18, 663

3

360,193
18, 452
01, 544
16, 100
28, 69S
3
3

3

3

5, 243
8, 109

41, 301
« 8, 418
174,001

3

59, 580
3 92, 021
» 70, 404

54, 826
s 92, 031
69, 739

8

3

69, 377
11, 763
25, 590

3

3

3

27. 939
4,788
43, 162

3

3

317,883
21, 164

3

283,299
24,011

30,631
29, 633

33, 138
32, 191

27,194
23, 554

24, 672
23, 071

18, 782
20, 970

22, 178
21,904

4,775

2, 086

2, 294

2,591

1, 794

1,317

533

2, 049

72, 142

3 1, 076
72, 028
8
1, 004

106, 699

3 561
73, 445
3483

87, 072

74, 579

3
070
86, 947
»415

19, 573
21, 154

19, 751
20, 335

27, 237
25, 740

2,356

2,154

3,831

2,947

52, 463

3829
68, 238
3674

75, 352

3 641,002
3 466,602
8

5, 585

27,593
28,969

17, 150
19, 618

3 610,812
llfffll.AAfi

3

4, 598

85, 068
» 69, 313

8 4, 434
» 8, 224

79, 809

..,..!

3

-

33, 005
33, 543
33, 969

3 ]/(] /<50
3 540,020
3
22fi,4S2

150,753

3 4, 549
3 8, 642

15, 460
14, 912

72, 280

79, 711
16, 491
30, 952

3

3
147,559
3 4 ft [ 547
3
189,501
2

~)2~

Quarter ended in month indicated*

|3 521.010
13208,964

3

497,030
3 428,427

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

29

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1930

Earlier data for items shown here may \
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \
ment to the Survey
\ June
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
Fertilizer
Fertilizer:
Consumption Southern St^t js
_ . _ _______ ___thout> of -short t
Export'- . ______ _ __ . short
Maxseed
FUvcod, impoits. _
L PSI o t i e r ike an^ r^ei
Shipments trow A r iuneai ol's
I ms ed O'l 1
i actoi} consumption (quarterly)
thin

ot I

I Y H L , JS(.\v i ork
f'oll-. j k i Ib
[\odurtiv>n ''quail'Mh ; _ thous o f ' o s t hipu'cnts 'rom TUinne jpohs
U o u - of Ibs.
Stj(k->at fictorks (quirttilj)
___ ._
_ _ th( is oi lb-> Mh IK <i>"hs and Dululu.
'
II' L ' l t-.-.

-

-

Ship ient^ _.. _

--- t l l ( U S Oi i i } T .

_

'"to IvS, "11(1 Ol month „ _

tl oas

flu

*•

tin US 0,1 b' S )b

Oil i-iil'^ ( q u n l e t i j ) Consumption
thous of oub'is
stocks, end of qa r r < r
__
. . .1_ ..thous ' t t l u s h1b _
Fncc, . N O 1, Vmno.po !" - .dolls j < r bus !.

.
14^

_ _ _ _ _ _
1.53 '
1. 7

L,V»>
1 ' »>

_-- J.oo

3

1 57

1, 1 72
1 61

_.!._
! 33,386
1.65 j
1.30 j
1.90 j

1

me 0)1.
is touuttion
_ - _ _
tocK>, end or rnoi'th _ _ the u
Rosin, gui i:

Friti , "B,"'l\ew Yoik

_ i *]]s ntr bbl

Kosm, v ood:
Production f
bbi
°tor iv , end o month _
Tuipcntiiie. puiu
"Net r ceipt , boatl en ports 1
J^] 1
Prict, Southern, New i < r k d* !!- pti «i
blocks at port, (nd of month
J
Turpentm \ wood'
Production __
— t
Stocks, end of month
bbb.
Koofing
Prepared roofing, shipments:
Grit roll
_,thous of sqs_
ShinglesIndividual and single thickness
Strip, patented, and hivngou
__
thous. of
_. thovis. of rqs _
t ho us. of b

Smooth roll
Total

FOODSTUFFS
Production index:
Food products (Fed. Res.
Bd.)
rel.
Food and kindred products
(elect, energy consumed). rel.
Stocks, manufactured
foodstuffs
_.rel.
Stocks, raw foodstuffs
rel.

j
!
to 1023-25..j
i
to 1923-25.. _ j

130. 2

to 1923-25..j
to l&23-25__J

_.-_.»
177.9

Candy
Sales by manufacturers.^,,

thous, of dolls....

€ocoa
Shipments from Gold and Nigerian
Coasts, Africa
long tons_.| II,870
Imports
long tons..! 14,892
Spot price, Accra, New York......dolls, per lb._|

Coffee

Clearances:
Total, Brazil for United
States
thousj of bags...
Total, Brazil for world
thous. of bags...
Imports
thous. of bags..
Price. Rio No. 7. Brazil grades, dolls, per lb._
Receipts, tola] Brazil
thous. of bags__
Visible supply:
United States
thous. of bags._
World
thous. of bags..
* Revisedi




Quarter ended in month indicated.

30

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for Herns shown Lcic n^\

be found in the 1931 Annual l*n<^ttl*~
ment to the Survey

'
,i" -

FOODSTUFFS— Continued

,

Dairy Products

1

BUTTER

1

UP'I

..''iMh

, ,
\1!v''"

• uiu^r.>

^r"

1'C^ 3-"'

Is-} ".S

110 753

1^2 985

163 6S9

]y ¥ Oo6

' "
i - ( i , . < >Jf

' ' 1 '">
i i\f7'>
>
"]
5..S

1^ 010 ro 672
iJ> 4 .<','> "lur, 1 2
^\:V
13,151
<!'
2-*
!
nt '
>',.2

\ia>

i

jj^'" Oclol cr SeptemAugust
ber

\]

151 f / 7

In /92
6r '01
112, bC ]')',!
15. < H
J°»h>2
2'
->2
61.4
n. 1

i^xpons Canada
._ ti <u s cM
K \ I nrl&, Uiii eu . "utet. ... t h o ^ . . ' ! ^
I m p o r t s 1 n i r f v i .states ... iKn..*. o 1* 1t> Up(«-i'U.«, .T »ii{ r ^ f ' i s ..
ti . us 0 i ) P i o . - u c t u m i f u t o r \ ) . . - ..ihous ;> .1 - .
viiicrkHD \vaolB inilivi
CoKl stor-ige L( kiinq;s. *->Ti 1 cs1'
•'mnth
.
fiOMS o r 1! - _
VvTl o^alepri. 8, N e w York .do'ly \ i l l - .

, <~ •
i <
,, '
i,.i r
(--,,".]
',,,

',
:t

,
,

f \ i -)

17, ')25

1. . S")?

3 \ PS*

3", £00

179, 305

133,110

191,178 |

199,016

145,061
163,534
62,274
.35
77.8

,! 106,522
! 173,719
i 70,529
!
.33
;
73.3

29, MO

4J,4M)

103, 691 i 107. 21i» 10^, 8' 9
12, 652 1 10,1^
l?,i-"2
121
137
172
4, 333
3.6V7
3, 10i5
J'4,509
14/-52
17, 4b',
36, 062
41, 12,. ' 45. 120

00, 421
5,5(0
159
6,097
17,895
t-',;26

i
:
j

,
41070

18J 599

X1* 012 '()) f4o 1 31, 189 143, OR9
** l u * 117i372 1 !'»,?« ! 133,600
^6,818
3b, 933 40 853
44,821
3b
40
.40
.39
80 0
8H <J
8S. )
80.7

(

1

;;, T < 7

June

!

CJTELSH
Total, all varieties.
A iM'iiirnl consul iphop __ . J n n* c u l l - .
CoU: ior.ge hddim^, eu<i of

;

!
,

A'H'arei i; consumption....
llioa- o f l b b
j 5, ».'<'
roKl -storage hokha^h, c r t v ^ e r v .
uid of iiif nth . .
Ilou< cfi'n
' '' i
Pro Itu uon (lactor>)
U 'Hit. <•'' .
1" , >
Ho'-dpus, 3 marts.ui">--_ . . . . t f a n s . o i l , ,
V. "i
^Viioirsti'o prk'i', \(.w York
dol^t |Vi i f '
2!
\\ holc-b lie price, NPV Yoi k
, jo 1 . U lt,2'> _
M.I

Juiy

10, C35

41,637

43, 695

\5>~
T •
"so
j_ n
">„ .,

•Ul
'., 171
M '"
J;, ' / ,

1
Jo
.<ll
M 7'~
!l ,,o>

(
..0-j
/H '
Hv! j
J2>
4,
ii»L i 4 , 1 21 !
1
h , - t ( 0 | Jl.bC )
2i , ;J7 *
27, vio

4 (.2,"
H 077
176
'PI
4, K,J
,"), f U
10, -iOo ' j(). 7<si
20,5^
25,5^3

"6 568
' 183
6, 2°3
12,226
28.230

^ 4 2 1Ci
. ,1

4c, "4.
I>

'i. 1 > ( >
. iu

r, . ^ h ,
, !(' '

^i, t , M
,27

^ /^
.IS

7i, i;]2
.1!

78,919
.19

85, 076
.20

',>
'i M
' ,

' xi ^
~-s 01 1
2 O '>

*)
?, -v
J,*ii

73
7i. S5
l,OJb

1,^)4
S r , h,
70S

i
4 , 1 5 4 ! 6, 7S5
89,571 ! 98,359
'593
"ill

9, 174
J 06. 631
952

I, S7S

I >\

2, 40o

1, 9J7

1,973

M "2/
h 2/J

13 0"1
10,171

i] (2W
i% ,">>i

1'f S03
l % 5LO

' ')
„ n
> *

?< ^'11
o 2- (
^ 7'

9 ((^
h, H(
0. r^

14 1S1
,5,^; ,
f u'

47, 5b4

87,221 , b8, 749 ,
.19 !
.18 ;

; 0,186
.18

EGGS
Toi i-sK»friPO holt nig1-, end of riuntl
ri<-e_
.- _ .
ihn 0 , 0
I i )/f j n
..
_._
1 iuii> o
Recevi\ ." n^rLef.. tuo ia o r t o

^

) ' > . ; .
t , *'(t <
1M '
2 ^

f

VIILK
!
:
!
ronderio' <1 m i l k "
1" \poir--- - thous o 1 - f
j t>
l,{>~ )
\t^
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>
PlODit ;
1(
<^ *-,v rooa^
iiiou ui i
> ^2
,
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j 1u'kt/iou^.. - . c >u- < i It
i ) > 2 n, l u >
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{Juso 1 i t ^tot ka, pn«I of r" on tli < a oguod->
'houi c 1 i ^
"* *
K 0 '
^ 1>
r
Huift. t^ootls
- T nous o j M s
1
",
, u >r'
\v nole^a^e [tri^e, Now \ OIK: doll 1 - n 5r ^ ^ >
"•
(M
Evaporated milk:
j
:
i
f 1
^xpoit^ r
tl
ous
o
i
->
i
(
°J
5
I
I
I
"v
jn
Manu!<i
'"ure' t -' "^ook15, fiid of mon^i
r
fT' o t a l f t > e goods. ..
. t h c t ' of ' ^
J7 , . '» - t 7 »
i" 7 > i
[ n^ol(l case Luods... . *! oil o f l ^ .
2 2 , 2 i' 10 ' « ' i ^ >u
"\\holospit3i.rice, Ne\\ York dt/ilb nr (. J
j «0
«'
j '
Fluid milk
'
Consumption in mfr. of
oloomargarmo
_ th«us uf
.*, « 0 i
,,3-7
lie er»t —
,
Bo *lon, inr lu( m? creant hull1- o f q ^
J, ^21
l^^/
Giea^r New York.. . thou«- 01 s .
Powdeie i milk*
f
Importf 0
oou o ' J i y
JO")
1 f9
1 1U
i\ ap'i }( Hirers' stocks, end
ol mouth
.tliuir o 'f i r ^
\ 1 > , ^41, - ! S
t' 0Not new OK T - - - - - tl f.us n l t s
LI 1 'i -' i l «
i ^ 1 ±5
Pio lu tion, condensed ^nd t ^ v n ^ j
i ate 1 milk
..
thou-» o u;s
2 1 < 5 ( , 5 24,12' jj4,"53

Canned salmon:

Fish

'
i

Exports, Canada
- ••< s. - _
Shipments 1 nited S^tes thoii> o < ^ >
Cold-storai'p holdings, ISib of
|
mon/b
t'.o.j. o \
Total cat^h, principal porfs J l v ^ i ^ . o l t »
Fruits and Vegetables
Apples:
Car-lot shij ment
c'nr.ifN
Col, 1-st orage holdings end of
Lu,iuh
... _.tlu.us o t l 1 ! ^
Citrus fruits, car-lot shiy
raeuts
c«»:iv » ,
Ouiona, cat -lof shipments
...car'o v.
Potatoes, car-lot sLipmeuK
.. c - i i o i ^ s .

7 42

i

;

i

:

oil

1 77")

, '^^
1 s *, T13
Ul/, i

°

i « j'

3')0

!t>5

4] 'f 3
10 •

41,7il
(
, -t »-

41 122
(,2").j

i, ( ,
h, 45

'9

Hi, bl

1^32-0

33, '16
300

45,'r ( j
40o

c

f,547
2ui'u

7J,910
1% 353

144

.,!,'-,
2i, , » )

2 07 »
uO,»)yj

3\5I2
,/J, (.SI

1 41

2, uOo

'J, 0^1

5,700

7,11,

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V) ' >
jr,55
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1
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2, 5'0
2,1,601

5 2J4
13, l )M)
2, f . ' O
.0, 0 _ t

.

Total griin exports, including
flour
th HIS of bli 'is

j
i j.

i( 1

I1

ii

1,515

2,682

20 657
2o]sSfi

24 650
21,965

27, 3.14
23, 727

30.875
25,765

35,006 i
30,337 j

35,373
28,855

16 G7S
7,^42
o. 03

20 427
7,935
6.03

22, 951
8, 1 19
6.03

26.464
6,954
6.03

30,866
10,212 !
6.03

31,222
8, 176
6.13

5,223

4,720

5,417

4 366 i

8 , 4 0 4 ! 9,066
I
18,226! 19,403
111, 166 | 116, 140
;
507 :
467
36,318 ; 33,281
8,733 ; 9,853
i
132,284 149,136

1

7, 799
19, 634
119,356
477
32, 770
10, 151

139, 802

244,969 258.836 i 227,201
197,189 1 218,761
176,439
3. 80
3. 74
3. 69
j
i
6, 173

5, 837

6, 074

19,007 l 20,348 | 21,149
116,769 i 123,165 [ 122,086
426 1

34, 186
9,623

376

346

32,493
JO, 946

31,820
11,913

163,034 j 205,641

243,414

194,623
653

152, 779
1, 433

91,436
-5, «»b"

^S. 616
30,541

85, 438
40, 687

7,806

>
8,085: 17,454

35,782

12, 757

7, 43Q
1M 1 <7
^,454
20,971

°, T75 i 10, 860
12, ; 4 i 11,338
L. »54 ! 2,753
15,092! 16,267

9,043
6,301
5,593
28/788

1, 872
4, 510
5, 437
21, 924

114
72 i
4,441 j 5,765 i
2, 793 ! 2, 556 '
15,979
22,093

182
5,478
1, 729
24,614

9 803

M- G91

21, 041

26,095

13,829

964
.48
75. 0

1,285
.52
81. 3

Il|i01 i 11J854

12J035

1, 359
.53
82.8
12, 477
11, 991

1,281
.52 !
81.3
10,822
7,429 j

,

107,333
i 108,996
,' n o
2"J
";, 317
17, 5t>7

29, 494
1, 030

24, 942
367

22. 494
' 358

78,997 i 64,847
35, 875 i 46, 751

47,498
32, ;86

.

l

Grains

3,294

3, 452

, 1,1

172,«JOS

1, 479

218,486
179, 047
3.80

!•> 3o?
1.0 42S

7

1,718

|
|

4 718

5,bl4

2

i

2^J 0,0 211. S^S 224,480
IGo, 1 S 171. 11 > 187,262
o SO
3. SO
3.80

i7, i l l
101,197

.

j
I
i

4 no

H7, 152
107 < ( '
S <3

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*M 32*

10^ S17 i
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29'/

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1

) ( >1 io », ^ >
"2 1 ' - lob <>"i oJ
3.50

"9 H- ? i
t 1

l(

-

!

10,375
11, 198
10.743
113, ,38 ! 116.272 ! 115,134
944
1, 377 i
1, 728

2,729

3,253

1 .083

j
b US '

0 06J

,

^ Oti

1

t) 610

7 578

!:

,

18,015

j

jRA^lLL/

Exports
. . r h ' i - s To f i u i
'
Price, No 2, Vmne^pnl-s
doil& ( • • ^ ^ l ,_
Price, N > 2, Mmre > } ohs _ __ _r ' t u ) >
Visible supply, end ot 'riontn tiiou" o( M
2

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^ .

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17

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921
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44
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3

10,' 731 ,

v

S

1,0."
4"'
73 4 I

698
.47
73.4
2,568
3,997

i
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!
;
i

550
.49
76.6
2,537
4,671

31

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Coutinued
1930

be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

June

May

, ^i-i-1,.

2 pri

i

1

F OOBST UFFS— C ontinued
Grains-— Continued

thous1 of bus) « _
tl ous of bushs

12,

No 3, jellow, ^bicajj),. doll* per bii h
No -i, Mil j * , f J ir no.
rel to i LG
i\U 3, \elic\v, KanFa 4 *
City
. 'tolls pti 1 1 sU
I\ > >', \\ inte Cnicago _ . oolls. per bi'&h
Reuipt->
.
i i< us of ou abbipments
.
i h j u s of 1 usi s
V ibiblo s'lpplj . pl*d of mo
thou-?. <>f 1 ubbb

151

r>, 7 -

5 5-r

5^
77 ""

74

',"r r "

'.^.. . . >

i

"°Kv M

1

!

July

^"'tobl, I'^V,!:;"'" | AliMlSt

June

I

1

!

1
!

2';*

^

5, v

\,ii

^

f(
\ {,

5

'

.

1

COPN
Export^ im
hiding mod
Gimding c (stii. Vi. glucose)

i .,( r. .
JrT

441

V> *

15,2"!

H 7

C
0

('

52
^
13, 4 1
10 F f '
c, 7 i

5*
5>
1 * J
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' "* *t>

I / , li >
M/
»
->

ji
"j
(
(0
01
^ (
,°
1 '/ i ' U, ^
2 ) i i(
w i. '
1

niurber rf cars .

.

1777

' i'^

4 "1« '

4 7Q

Exports, including nu d _ thoub
of i usl" _.
Grind IrT )_'s, ( an <xt t
th n u,? of bu^'is__
Price \ o i \ hue, < hu igo -d >l ) c I ci bu b
Pnce No , v h i r e Chicu,o
rrl < o r>~r__
Production, o t i^c J, and i t 11' d
o i f , C i i-da
— thM's. 01 11 <-

t ^7*

i'«2r
7\
f

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gf^
/
7^

Pi
M,
)
0

!

*

1M 1
.43

2Qr
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i$«-t
6,47^

332
6,565

395
C,103

776
6, 100

71

.C2
10M a

<«-*
j », ^

.99
132.0

.82
109. 3

.79
105. 3

. 92

4

t

°

7o

r

1

1 , r' '
r,
'

j

i,
'

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«,

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04^
s )(

,
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20,282
12, 702
4,226

.80
.84
10, 6f>0
11.091)
4, 012

.80
.81
17, 833
15, 693
7, 378

->, tCi

4, V08

4, , 17

4, 505

3, 881

17
171
i

v i
'.i i
'^

292
817
.39

717
82f
. 35
85. 4

204
719
. 38
92. 7

i

^^

7

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<. ' ii

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,t
i

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I^occipt"

-

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.2"?
hr

7 < r*

Viable vipi Ij end \ t month thous of bu«l s

Fid
_ .
. .

Exports
Impoits .
». hip nents
Total front
u ill-,

11 u

\CH (.)r<M^

xmthein p*ddj r t c ^ i p t i a f
11 ll's
' )( k , end o»
,nor tb

<

tn

2

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v

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7

1 , 1C '

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31

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r
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i,'0

i1 ' f ~ l

. •?, il"

(j>

Q 5> |

14, V

11, Mb

11,032

10, 893

9, 660

^o!

3VJ71/

25,867

»', 149

i:U3i7

0J 0 '0

09,^49

124, 181
7, 501

202, 224
7, 037

499

268
56, 861

346
65, 195

i

2^°, '.r>8
u,00°

pocktt (100 Ibs ^
p. o k c t s n O f l l b s )

j

s iT
i " l^

JK, 7 2

1 C 1 s vK'O lb-> /

* ' I "•

'((,949 ^ > , oi9
50,47' \ " ^'tt

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10, r 25

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90,755

V

1,0^

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22

60

48ft

450

087

23
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05. 2

18
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59. 8

62. (1

« , r ()2 ' 5,200
1 ,M2 ! 12,649
|

758
10, 1)09

445
11,248

101

2°.? 4

21,681
8, Of*

^

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thous o p« , hots (100 Ib )

1 , -9

?

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1 ^

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tl °

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V < »i . ( f 1}W •
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d( iX i f " a-.li
Pure
l\o
2,
"M
r
M
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__
_ _ i e l . ». > i i 'h
f1 roducljon, croii t> in
ite__ tnons. < f ) hs
oi
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\ isiblesi i ] > l y , u i n o f na ath tln»s of t n S
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t Ic,

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19", ."b-i

-1) 1

JF 0

1, ( J 5 | "~

2

Exports:
i
C n n d i , uclud'z c, \\h« 1 1 f
2°. ^
) f «7
flour 1
n ° u 'i1 b sits
t ji Iceo1 ites
S11 i cat 01 'i
tl < M1- f f bi Si
a, 1 '
< ( •>
t n< h tin g w i ^ai
P ani .1* of busl JI^P
' '«>
v
lock , neiv j b\ i nils
Cqunrteily)
tlif H ?f bus!1
— --Prues
?> o J , noi < hern ' p r ing,
Miuneip 1 r
r*u ( lo i > t i b'i c h
' i
iJ
No 1, "o)
the i pr nr.
1
e
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n I f o l'jl.6_
lo t>
J.G
No 2, rea
v i Her, 4st.
L /"i c
_ dolh ptr t u«-J
.72
U
\ u °, red ^ iiiU , Q ^ . J J j
i f ] i' 19^.)
j) . £ ; ri o 1
No. 2, hard winter,
11
\s
,>
KariM ( i1\
d' - j < r bu<-h
No 2 hare 3 %vmai 11 lisa.-.
*, it v
.
re, to ] f *2f.
t" ^
ID 0
1 roduc uon ^r >p estin^e,
'wirtcrwhot
t J K ) i ' & < A 1" L s ' i ^ 7 I 2 , f 1 1 __
_«.
I c< c i p t s
"* hods of In v
r«*, cm oo ^oa
h i p t t ut->
i hops )•" 07 r >•
~A,P
24 0. 1
1 l'

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to, ^u
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.._....
dolls, per bbl...
Winter, straigius, Kansas Citv
.. . . „ , , . _ _ _ _ _ . ,
,.,.,_..,reL to 1926..
s

4. 12

;

:
:

8, 711

481
789

:
5r 304
. 2 36. 496
|
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8, 231

326 1
701
4, 719
30, 126

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21, lf>7

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12, 295

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91

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1. 00

55 1 i

57. b

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63.3

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07. 7

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7^2
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40, 137 1 >7, ^
j

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'i, 07

I

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4. 14 !

4. 02 !

4. 00 |

^ i

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Quarter ended in month indioftted.,

9

i

,89
59. 7

)8, 9'»0
42,04-

18, 705
20, 575

4

Si 4 / P
I8^0 r t

I 1 S ^27

14C ? ^

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W4<C(I1

1 Of, 551
i61.()»

132, 187
109, 98;.

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JO, ()2^

9,585

10, 012

7. 883

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»

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627
,^2/

659
945

598
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6, 930
47,654

6, 448
43, 721

5, 218
40, J37

r '8

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65. 3

69. 1

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4.56

4.64

4. 99

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42

I

1
185

.80

f 7

.81

"
0

.

Consumption (computed)
thons. of bbls.._
0, 660
Exports:
Cai'ada...
_.
....tnous. of bl:,Is._
490
United States
thous of hbls
824
Grindings of wlieat:
(. " a r. ad a
1 ho us . o f b us b s . . r
United Stn.tcs
._
.thous. of bushs
3, ), S9o
Frier's, wholesale:
H ta'jdard patents, IvI inncapolis
dollv^. per bbl
4. 75
Standard patents. 7v) hmeapolis

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32

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Contmued
Earlier data for itvmx sfooicn her ft may i_
____
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- I
j
mcnt to the Survey
I June ;

May

June

FCOOSTLIFS l o u t i n u p d
farads Contmuea
T \ H E A J FLOLli -x OLUirt'ied
i

I _

M( U

Of I

)ls

1.1 u4

1,6It- !

L 136

1,161

Ml i

MtatL

AN T L

i co M i i t i i r u n

th m

Pin 1,1 n i. r, t
i t r ] IPO t ii < T ^ i rh»j '
L^ J s n ' a i
PoallHS

^ in T .
T

01 < i
KI tc
l.oi
1

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M( L r

fo i i

c

oJ

'01^2

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121,.P2

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^ ,*),( jj

(

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1'

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t»oi
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11

h! «

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^artlo, c'Tn feu, C i c^ o

f

I) "

t1

F i u i u lion _
Pork pro*' ^-ti n1

Total ""J - ' ^ ".'
I K i d^d cured
_

]

r IOIK

Other pmducK tbai' lai<
Prod icii )»j. , is 'Kted...
ll iIR , "PlCl VQ, CbK «l T u

1. »

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101 J

103.7 |

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liot>«, n o . u A , ' I,K\ ^ > _ oolib. DI t
Uoj;s, heavy, Chka^o ... - rel
Laid, T^riLue c o j i t i d ^ i , se\v ^'OIK
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to '0 '
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to 1C^*J
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:

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.H9j

.114 i

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A j i i n r e n t coj^umptioj
thoi^ o f j t
("old sior ij.\ h< tdiLg<, e' u ot n ou
I^r >d icnoi); in r jjv ctcd,__ _ ^ J v i ^

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3.45
52. 3

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S i^ep. lanbs Cb t ^
!<> to i (
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59. C

9.73
71.0

h upn'onts, &tock< i a^* 1 ff ^ < '•
o iinmejiils, total ._

._

C ol i itor^ge holdings
^L 1 of month
_
Tct'i' n ^ ' t s
\PI irent consumption
\_ old ^toragf- hoi lings
end of month
Production




_ ibt i c

t-

tho o. of b >

.

mills of if

' 0.

i,0»

1,004

1,053!

j,0)^
1,078 i

1,100
I,0fl6

mills, of It
mills. oflba.J
s

Revised.

1,072
1,059}

9.', 7 ' '

W<<7

^5

1,107

i, Mi2 ,

959 I
1,401 j j

737
1,254

1,0°2
1,112 j

sir.)

75, Mi

72.lt"

8C,'%

93n

1,166

1,01^

597 |
1,059 |

534
1,110!

* Quarter ended in month indicated.

652
.966 I

84,324 j 90,621 i

87,980

1,020 i

1,025 !

1,007

788 1
956 1

929 I
1,068 i

959
1,088

33

SUEVEY OF CUKKENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Contiaued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

May

April

1930

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber

Se

^'

August

July

June

FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Meats— Continued
POULTRY
Cold-storage holdings,
end of month.
Receipts at 5 markets

thous. of lbs._
thous, of Ibs..

32, 735 2 35, 348
45, 920
22, 164
17, 252 ! 17, 443

69, 986
20, 600

95, 188
26, 008

101, 307
34, 472

104,913
73,314

82, 925
67, 361

59, 269
33,128

46, 938
24, 900

42, 589
20, 527

46, 967
19,858

54, 253
23, 867

126
76.7

127
77.1

133
80.1

137
81.8

141
85.7

144
88,6

146
89.2

144
87.1

144
86.3

148
90.5

Prices
Retail food (Dept. of Labor)
Wholesale food

rel. to 1913..

118
72.4

121 !
72.9 :

124
75.6

Sugar
Cuban movement (raw) :
Exports
long tons-Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons..
Stocks, end of month.thous. of long tons-Prices:
Retail coverage, 51 cities
rel. to 1913..
Retail granulated, New
York ._
dolls, per Ib-.
Wholesale, 96° centrif., New
York
dolls, per lb_.
Wholesale, 96° centrif., New
York.,..
___-rel. to 1926Wholesale, granulated, New
York
dolls, per lb_.
Wholesale, granulated, New
York
...rel. to 1926,.
Raw:
Imports —
From Hawaii and Porto
Rico .
long tons
From foreign countries
long tonsMeltings, 8 ports
long tons
Stocks at refineries,
end of month
long tons
Refined:
Exports, including maple
-long tons.Shipments, 2 ports
long tons
Stocks, 2 ports
long tons..

1
j

148, 624
93, 548
930

137, 205
118, 514
982

94, 865
238, 872
1,007

134, 928
546, 538
844

168,450
429, 576
481

86,518
105, 726
80

231, 039
150, 277
669

413, 406
213, 688
764

291,311
124, 848
958

274,588
152, 166
1,163

314, 239
160, 710
1,279

326, 074
149, 333
1,418

236, 592
164, 444
1,631

102

102

104

106

107

107

107

107

106

107

111

111

111

.050

.050

,050

.051

.053

.053

.053

.053

.053

.054

.054

.054

.055

.033

.032

.033

.033

.033

.034

.033

.03*

.033

.031

.032

.033

.032

76.5

73.5

75.6

75.8

76.3

77.9

75.8

78.8

76.3

72.1

73.0

75.3

74.4

.044

.043

.044

.043

.045

.046

.046

.047

.044

.043

.044

.046

.045

80.3

78.3

80.1

79.2

81.4

83.2

83.2

85.0

80.8

79.2

80.3

84.1

82.7

143, 382
239, 085
383, 157

161,260
151,815
332, 556

135,457
279, 578
403, 337

150, 951
364, 493
351, 169

151,980
212, 453
290, 337

81, 700 ;
5, 590
122,071 i 306, 500
258,585 i 207, 006

50, 977
293, 455
337, 360

82, 660
277, 350
402, 333

117,776
273,952
413,912

132, 240
181, 182
360, 592

199, 950
195, 187
501, 569

109, 929
201, 442
371, 714

400, 567

463, 730

445, 535

420, 650

329, 324

293,938 i 305, 208

321, 930

283, 778

378, 969

442,894

444, 415

622, 945

4,329
78, 583
35, 030

3,338
57, 670
32, 632

5,332
65, 633
43, 880

4,612
49, 077
54, 665

3,085
54, 570
29, 070

3,572 !
42,717
34,019 :

4,723
33, 645
42, 555

6,576
59,916
37, 759

8, 553
62, 113
46, 134

6,668
72, 208
53, 998

7,246
49, 066
533. 324

4,661
89, 928
48,600

4,742
69, 423
47, 827

6, 184
.225

7,995
.225

5,223
.225

7,289 !
.225

8,029
.225

7,565
.225

9,917
.223

8,717
.224

8, 134
.290

7,007
.292

6,555
.300

143, 558
39.2
68.4

135,771
41.5
73.3

73, 818
40.3
74.2

67, 792
35.7
73.2

114,557 ' 128, 424
36.7
33.8
76.0
78.1

110, 855
36.8
80.1

122, 690
39.4
80.2

139. 138
53 7
80.8

136, 628
43.5
81.1

163, 025
52.7
83.3

189. 075
49. 0
85.3

97.2
2 107. 7
48.1

91.5
108.2
49.2

93.2
108. 8
48.8

84.2
111.2
47.7

82.6
113.2
46.8

73.3
117. 3
47.0

105.6
108.3
[59. 0

97.7
107. 4
254.9

100. 0
107.3
SO. 9

107. 3
103. 1
78.6

Tea
Imports
thous. of lbs._
Price, Formosa, fine, New York-dolls, per lb__

6,953
.225

4,135 1
.225 !

FOREST PRODUCTS
Lumber
ALL TYPES
Exports
M ft b m
120, 501
New orders
rel to 1923-1925
38.0
67.8
Prices, wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926..
Production index (.elect, energy
<-ons;rmpd)
rel to 1923-1925
86.3
Stocks, end of mouth
rel. to 1923-1925..
106.3
51.4
Unfilled orders, end of month, rel. to 1923-1925—

86.5
113. 7
42. 6

2

77.1
110. 0
46. 3

2

2

MOVEMENT
Retail yards, 9th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
.---_
...M
Stocks, end of month
M
Retail yards, 10th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
M
Stocks, end of month
M

ft. b. m._
ft. b. m._

1.0, 084
79, 017

8, 451
80, 051

7, 767
80, 816

5, 236
81, 158

3, 494
80, 251

3, 583
76,552 |

4, 145
70, 531

9, 028
71, 025

13, 596
73, 743

12,516
79, 471

12, 393
84, 567

12, 110
88,919

13, 943
89, 639

ft b m
ft. b. m._

3, 432
37, 718

3,421
38,816

3,368
39, 534

3, 389
39, 657

2,641
38, 628

2, 878
37 839 ,

2,530
37, 739

3,940
38, 108

5,114
38, 674

4,580
40, 116

4,262
41, 543

4,407
42, 700

3,803
43, 211

FLOORING
Maple flooring:
New orders
M ft b m
Production
_
_ _ M ft. b. m .
Shipments
M ft b m
Stocks, end. of month
M ft b m
Unfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m_.

4 245
3, 116
3, 778
21,821
4,955

3,327
2,629
3, 315
23, 467
4,604

3, 679
3, 326
3, 226
24, 191
5,312

3, 131
3, 760
3,017
26, 193
5,180

3,455
3,179
2,676
25, 835
5,248

3, 584
3,452
2.351 i
25,578 ;
4,664 ;

1, 905
3,045
1,811
24, 271
3, 491

2,798
2,759
2, 554
23, 353
3,204

2,530
2, 643
2, 886
22, 985
3,188

2,983
3,301
3,331
23,915
2, 953

3,541
3,616
4,416
24, 476
3,528

3,531
3,396
4,625
25, 469
3,975

3,481
3, 321
3, 956
?6, 821
4,863

M ft. b. m— 30, 278
M ft. b. m . 12, 535
dolls per M ft b ra
28. 15
rel. to 1926—
62.4

34, 067
5,827
28.82
63.9

32, 544
10, 256
28.32
68.2

22, 478
6,261
29.66
65.8

21, 309
4,935
28.42
63.0

33, 509
8,163
30.73 i
68.1

35, 873
9,029
32.51
72.1

28, 113
11,896
33.44
•74.1

31,957
10, 590
34.01
75.4

44, 007
11, 509
33.48
74.2

43,312
9,153
31.72
70.3

34, 276
10, 500
33. 89
75,1

47, 429
14, 970
33. 06
73.3

169
143 i
158

125
134
125

133
143
148

154
158
169

176
161
180

139
165
154

128
172
150

143
214
165

SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE
Exports:
Lumber
Timber
Price, flooring
Price, index

HARDWOOD
All hardwoods:
New orders
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of month —
Total
Unsold
Unfilled orders, end of
month
Gum:
Stocks, end of month —
Total..
_
Unsold
Unfilled orders, end of
month

2 Revised.



mill. ft. b. m _ _
mill. ft. b. m_.
mill. ft. b. m

iei

176
143

158
146
169

154
146
161

173
165
176

188
158
165

mill. ft. b. m _ _
mill. ft. b. m__

3,126
2,707

3, 149
2,718

3,175
2,713

3,205
2,731

3,249
2,769

3,308
2,851

3,319
2,863

3,273
2,821

3,270
2, 805

3,261
2,787

3,308
2,808

3,323
2,795

3,294
2,737

mill. ft. b. m_.

419

431

463

473

481

456

456

452

466

475

500

526

557

mill. ft. b. m..
mill. ft. b. m..

683
575

686
586

694
593

703
598

713
601

726 i
607 i

611
511

610
509

608
504

601
494

610
497

609
488

598
470

mill. ft. b. m_.

108

100

101

106

112

118 !

100

102

104

107

113

120

128

34

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may j
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \
ment to the Survey
June

1931

May

FOREST PRODUCTS— Continued
;
Lumber— Continued
j
HARDWOOD— Continued
Northern hardwoods:
Production
M ft. b. m.J
! 10.820
Shipments
M ft. b. m__
10, 330
Oak:
Stocks, end of month —
Total
mill. ft. b. m.J
914
890
Unsold
mill. ft. b. m _ _ !
803
809
Unfilled orders, end of
month
mill. ft. b. m__
88
105
Walnut logs:
j
Made into lumber and
veneer
- - - __.M ft. log measure __
1,135
958
Purchases
M ft. log measure ._
674
828
Stocks, end of month.. M ft. log measure..
519
293
Walnut lumber:
New orders
M ft. b. m__
996
i, 181
Production
M ft. b. m_. 1, 075
1,382
Shipments
M ft. b. m._ 1,223
1,277
Stocks end of month
Ivl ft b m
15, 990
15, 837
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m_. 2,918
3,151

April

:

1930

March j

Decem- NovemOctober
ber
ber

™™- January

Se

^)teerm' August

July

June

12, 7G7
12, 80G

17, 878
12, 631

17, 252
12, 330

14,178
10,854

8,147
8,021

4,382
9,374

4,772
11, 285

4,371
11,862

9,225
11, 167

14, 363
12, 649

16,321
13, 345

935
814

966
844

990
861

1,017
918

1,029
935

1,022
928

1,021
924

1,016
918

1,036
927

1,044
929

1,049
917

120

122

129

99

95

95

97

98

109

115

132

925
719
845

816
699
1,050

829
874
1,172

895
1,179
1,136

1, 146
1,204
777

1,340
1,460
791

1,421
1,294
670

1,109
1,171
805

1,029
886
745

943
598
885

1,268
712
1,198

1, 393
1,141
1,506
15, 893
3,279

2,094
875
1, 942
16, 265
3,522

1,471
804
1,363
17, 236
3,314

1,152
642
1,064
18, 295
3,211

1,203
1,184
1,187
17, 670
3,118

1,343
1,444
1,470
18, 731
3,393

1,809
1,386
1,907
18, 796
3,646

1,735
1,121
1,861
19, 334
4,085

1,698
1,174
1,511
20, 090
4,025

1, 031
1,312
1,123
20,454
4,016

1,989
1,850
1,696
20, 281
3,970

19, 220
17,616
21, 568

22, 480
18, 761
21, 898

24, 485
21, 795
24, 852

20, 695
23, 836
23, 555

25, 928
26, 998
21,410

17, 857
23, 048
20, 307

21, 485
25, 900
20, 549

30, 603
35, 063
31, 808

27, 155
28, 337
27, 505

25, 293
28, 835
25, 044

30, 574
28, 335
31, 305

26,092
31, 095
28, 384

20, 237

22, 290

22, 726

23, 613

28, 725

22, 766

24, 514

24, 277

26, 150

26, 573

26, 254

25, 815

SOFTWOOD

California redwood:
New orders (computed)
M ft. b. m_.
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m..
Shipments (computed)
_ _ M ft. b. m__
Unfilled orders, end of month
(computed)
M ft. b. in_.
Douglas fir:
ExportsLumber
M ft. b. m__
Timber
M ft. b. m
New orders
M ft. b. m _
Price wholesaleNo. 1 common—dolls, per M ft. b. m__
Flooring, 1x4 "B"
and better, V.
G
dolls, per M ft. b. m .
Production
- ..M ft. b. m__
Shipinents
M ft. b. m__
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m__
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m_.
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m_.
Northern hemlock:
Production
-M ft. b. m_.
Shiprnents
M ft. b. m_.
Northern pine:
LathProduction
thousands .
Shipments
thousands-Lumber—
New orders
M ft. b. m__
Production
M ft. b. m_.
Shipments
M ft. b. m _
Western pine:
New orders
mill. ft. b. m
Production
mill. ft. b. m
Shipments
mill. ft. b. m..
Stocks end of month
mill ft b m

i
47, 766
35, 718

69, 043
55, 586
188, 907

63, 159
37, 573
224, 272

15, 211
19, 964
217, 109

14, 951
14, 978
189, 355

11.25

11.64

12.12

12.68

12.86

206,813
221, 586
135, 637

29.74
201, 889
200, 099
215, 766

31.14
186, 222
195, 622
196, 517

31.65
179, 059
186, 669
181, 745

30, 233
31, 780

31, 241
34, 454

27, 489
33, 250

24, 318
32, 417

24, 129
32, 844

9,893
7,894

8,616
7,437

6,583
5, 432

6,085
5,508

30, 338
34, 293

38,251 ! 53, 718
12, 859
16,081
191, 593 189, 355

42, 364
9,151
186, 222

43, 801
12, 511
203, 232

48, 097
16, 114
217, 557

42, 129
25, 850
222, 929

61,813
22, 369
213, 080

85, 004
41, 849
239, 939-

12.99

13.25

12.98

13.14

13.44

14.47

14.30

31.73
31.33
160,258 167, 420
178, 164 | 174, 583
182, 640 188, 012

33.40
191, 593
179, 954
176, 373

33.77
208, 156
199, 651
137, 876

34.58
199,651
200, 546
176, 373

35.65
206, 813
218, 452
134, 742

36.57
190, 250
231, 434
172, 344

36.94
253,369'
275, 751
199, 203

28, 350
30, 317

28, 140
34, 300

29, 386
35, 049

27, 832
35, 392

27, 349
33, 481

26, 803
30, 730

35, 917
38, 164-

6,526
6,094

5,812
4, 955

4,046
6,596

4,374
7,436

6,876
6,751

8,223
7,007

13, 245
8,033

9,555
8,455

None.
4,174

None.
1,450

33
3,162

1,273
3,671

3,229
6,047

3,968
4,833

5,214
4,473

4,55&
4,001

13, 990
2,167
13, 799

9,442
1,326
10,977

12, 525
850
14, 280

21, 033
9,853
20, 498

17, 697
22, 925
17, 791

19, 503
27, 583
21,516

19, 962
37, 849
22, 101

24, 290
41,891
25, 160

12. 82

555
517
581
1,206

448
382
459
1,196

307
240
334
1,174

198
129
214
1,174

87
63
107
1,218

111
85
108
1,262

97
98
114
1,284

177
139
164
1,300

149
152
152
1,330

131
183
159
1,336

174
179
150
1, 313

138
198
153
1,283

99
99

79
54

83
59

105
82

118
118

101
138

111
112

106
97

101
101

147
139

100
106

118
116

115
133

45

13.0
9

8.0
13

12.0
14

6.0
13

7.0
16

16.0
15

7.0
22

9.0
21

5.0
29

6.0
18

7.0
18

23.0
10

33
67.0

34
64^0
13

35
63.0
13

42 1
68.0 !
14 ;

43
71.0

13

48
81.0
18

51
85.0
26

52
89.0
27

40
79.0
18

37
67.0
13

36
70.0
12

15

15

17

22

20

26

27

24

VENEER
Rotary-cut veneer:
Receipts
Purchases

no. of carloads
no. of carloads

Furniture
Household furniture and case goods:
Grand Rapids district—
Cancellations
per cent new orders. .
New orders
no. days' production. .
Outstanding accounts,
end of month
no. days' sales..
Plant operations per cent full time..
Shipments
no. days' production
Unfilled orders,
end ofmonth.no. days' production..
Southeastern districtShipments _ _ . .dolls., av. per firm..
Unfilled orders, end of m o n t h
dolls., av. per firm
Steel furniture. (See under steel manufactured products.)
Wholesale prices:
Beds
rel. to 1926..
Dining-room chairs, sets of six.rel. to 1926..
Kitchen cabinets .
. r e l . to 1926
Living-room davenports
rel. to 1926..

32
740
12
23

31
70.0
11 1
11

!

IS

i

17

17

24, 765
:'

34, 207 ! 53,091 | 63, 343
i
15,411
17, 335
25, 830 ;

14, 073

85.2
93.0
102.9
89.8

86.8
94.0 ;
102.9 |
89.8 :

90.7
94.0
102.9
93.2

90.7 1
94.0
102.9 |
93.2

90.7
94.0
102.9 i
92.3 j

90.7
94.0
102.9
92.3

90.7
94.0
102.9
92.3 |

87.8

88.1 i

88.4

88.4

91.7 i
94.0
102.9
92.3

91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3

24
56, 456

45, 686 ! 32,956

33,432

35, 903

33,951

91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3

91.7
94.0
102. 9
92. 3

91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3

91.7
94.0
102. 9
92.3

98.2

99.9

100.1 i

102. 9

95

95

95 1

LEATHER PRODUCTS
General operations:
Prices, wholesale, composite. -rel. to 1926..
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
rel to 1923-25
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25..
s
Revised.



102

85.4
77.9 i

2

107 !

81.0
276.6 i

102
i
83.9 !
77.5

89.0 ;

90.8

91.5

93.3 !

96.7 [

92 1

87 i

77

81

80

89

71.2
78.5 ;

76. 1 !
79.3

71.6
82.9

68.7
84.2

63.0
82.5

84.9
81.8

1

73.5 !
79.5

87.7
78.6

97.3
79.1

97

96.8
80.3

35

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

1930

March | ™m- January ^ecem - j Novem-

June

May

April

3,646
7,528
9,321
3,313
26, 053

4,512
6,812
8, 274
3,091
24, 437

2,857
4,404
6,160
4, 453
19,616

1,449
6,867
6,292
3, 2SO
19,468

1,107
4, 149
3,991
2,890
13,417

20, 211

92
164
56

103
158
23

101
172
27

85
154
32

58
161
32

69
16fi
37

704
425
3,408
1,444

690
471
3,488
1,493

635
416
3,523
1,324

.100

.085

.092

71.3

60.2

65.5

.129

.129

.135

74.3

74.1

77.9
24, 678
220, 846
32, 926
277, 847

October SeptemAugust
ber

July

i
I

June

LEATHER PRODUCTS— Continued
Hides:
ImportsCalfskins
thous. of IbsCattle hides _ _ thous. of Ibs. _
Goatskins
thous. of lbs_Sheepskins
_ thous. of Ibs
Total, hides and skins. _thous. of lbs_.
Inspected slaughter of livestock:
CanadaCattle and calves -.thous. of animals-.
Swine
. . .. -thous. of animals.-.
Sheep and lambs thous. of animals ._
United StatesCattle
thous of animalsCalves
thous of animals
Swine
thous. of animais. Sheeo
thous of animals
Prices:
Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)
dolls, per Ib
Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)
_ ._ rel. to 1926
Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)
dolls, per Ib
Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)
rel. to 1926
Stocks, end of month:
Calf and kip skins. _
thous. of Ibs. .
Cattle hides
thous. of Ibs..
Sheep and lamb skins
._thous. of lbs_.
Total hides and skins
thous. of Ibs..

-

24, 150
216, 400
35, 026
275, 576

2

1,722
6,781
6,154
3,313
20, 471

2, 202
6,781
5,167
1,965
18, 207

3,264
6,888
7, 268
2,821
21, 512

2, 835
12, 743
6,807
3,289
27, 598

1,403
11, 389
8.075
4,460
26, 681

1, 295
11, 504
7,455
6, 219
27, 960

3,505
13, 992
10, 016
7, 626
37, 407

:

75
170
53

78
168
98

97
160
185

84
140
114

75
124
79

81
127
56

81
159
36

559
353
4,142
1,223

651
379
5, 362
1,426 |

692
398
4,647
1,426

605
324
4,024
1,305

836
438
3,492
1,727

760
374
2,773
1,591

700
363
2,724
1,413

710
375
3,187
1,411

654
356
3,689
1,295

.090

.073

.095

.107

.118

.133

.146

.136

.141

.152

64.1

52.1

67.7

75.9

84.2

94.8

103.8

96.7

100.1

108.3

.128

.117

.125

.144

.156

.172

.165

.161

.165

73.5

67.4

71.8

83.0

89.7

99.2

95.2

93.0

95.2

23, 132
223, 182
34, 16S
280, 482

24, 104
225, 315
33, 172
282, 591

26, 707
235, 649
33, 296
295, 652

27, 553
237, 392
34, 489
299, 434

28,221
227, 647
34, 368
290, 236

26, 972
227, 099
34, 546
288, 617

25, 536
218, 446
35, 490
279, 472

27, 166
212, 980
36, 079
276, 225

27, 725
217, 302
34, 087
279, 114

1,670 !
5,186 i
5,863
4,040 ;

.175
100.9
ft!
30. 034
224, 209
32, 423
286, 666

Leather— Raw
Sole and belting:
1,143
983
1,442
713
Exports (sole only)
thous of Ibs
949
726
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
.370
.370
dolls, per Ib
.370
.365
.370
.381
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
84.4
rel. to 1926
84.4
84.4
84.4
83.3
86.7
Production —
1,034
1,137
Sole only thous of backs bends sides
984
951
1,087
18, 388
Sole and belting- _
thous. of Ibs..
20, 406
17, 386
18, 219
19, 559
Stocks, end of month85, 848
Finished
thous. of Ibs..
87, 196
88,044
90, 321
91, 827
67, 938
In process of tanning
thous. of Ibs..
68, 933
71, 122
72, 488
73, 261
Upper leather:
9,234
8,752
Exports
thous. of sq. ft
9,347
7,700
9,133
9,211
Price, composite, chrome, calf, black "B "
.356
.354
grade
...dolls, per sq. ft—
.352
.356
.359
Production
thous. of sq ft
62, 536
54, 706
61, 515
52, 225
60, 542
StocksFinished
_.thous. of sq. ft_. —
-- 254, 142 2257,195 261,057 264, 392 282.079
In process of tanning thous. of sq ft
124, 330 125, 722 127, 867 128,967 129, 513
Leather— Manufactures
Gloves cut
.
dozen pairs. 182, 077
Shoes:
167
Exports
.. ..thous. of pairs .
Prices, wholesale —
Men's black calf blucher (Boston)
dolls, per pair
6.75
Men's black calf blucher (Boston)
rel. to 1926— 105.5
Men's dress welt tanned calf, oxford,
4.49
(St. Louis)
dolls, per pair..
Men's dress welt, tanned calf, oxford,
92.8
(St Louis)
rel to 1926
Women's black kid, dress welt, lace,
oxford..
dolls, per pair..
Production
— thous. of pairs
IRON AND STEEL
General Operations
New orders
rel. to 1923-25
Prices, wholesale. _.
..rel. to 1926. .
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, manufactured goods, end of month
rel. to 1923-25
Unfilled orders, end of month. .rel. to 1920-25..

59.0
86. 9

191,120

175,988

158, 485

194

177

185

130

6.75

6.75

6.75

6.75

105.5

105.5

105.5

105.5

162, 388
130 |

6.75 1
105.5

825

691

673

374

640

849

.400

.410

.410

.440

.460

.460

.440

91.3

93.5

93.5

100.4

104.9

104.9

100.4

1, 365
23, 894

1,310
23, 542

1,226
21, 993

1,071
18, 777

1,333
23, 418

1,330
23, 137

1,316
23, 223

90, 878
74, 135

86, 331
77, 485

84, 036
78,815

81, 569
80, 895

80, 018
84, 367

76, 863
85, 953

74, 799
77, 946

8,118

7,451

9,838

8,813

8,367

7,287

8,765

.367
59, 459

.367
53, 558

.372
65, 339

.372
63, 304

.371
61, 477

.371
62, 016

.371
60, 544

289, 092
134, 633

279, 023
133, 357

270, 902
137, 513

255, 787
141, 495

254, 020
143, 063

259, 561
150, 287

262, 621
141, 506

157, 079

236, 263

236, 911

219, 548

241, 146

209, 873

237, 377

208

270

269

256

263

256

257

6.75

6.75

6.75

6.75

6.75

6.75

6.75

105. 5

105.5

105.5

105.5

105.5

105.5

105.5

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.72

4.85

4.85

4.85

4.85

4.85

4.85

95.0

95.0

95.0

95.0

95.0

97.3

100.2

100.2

100.2

100.2

100.2

100.2

30, 002

29, 364

23, 971

19, 889

3.66
17, 537

4.25
18, 541

4.25
27, 731

4.25
29, 334

4.25
28, 429

4.25
24, 121

4.25
23, 904

59.9
88.4

66.9
88.1

70.9
88.0

58.0
88.3

67.8
88.6

70.7
89.5

74.4
90.1

86.1
90.7

84.0
91.7

64

59

65

75

86

93

93

U09

109.7

115.2

28, 533

257.9
87.2

2

83.6
87.5

274.5 !
88. 1 i

2

64

72

75

78

73

86.6

106.8

108.1

119.4

116.5

103.4

110.2

106.5

126.0

110.3

112.0

136.6
60.3

2 138. 9
62.4

142.8
67.4

145. 7
69. 6

141. 1
68. 6

141.7
71.6

146.4
76.3

146.1
69.4

147.1
67.4

145. 3
67.9

143.3
70.5

152.8
78.3

148.1
77.5

2,675
194

2,826
163

2,835 !
169

2,368
95

2,350
150

2,339
176

2,640
74

3,050
186

3,282
215

3,673
178

3,838
251

,288
292

599
656

9
106

1,634
993

4,011
1,675

4,721
1,891

5,586
2,492

6,346
2,515

5, 755
2,697

Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption
thous. of long tons
2,103
Imports
thous. of long tons
122
ReceiptsLake Erie ports and furnaces
._
thous. of long tons.. 2,369
Other ports
thous. of long tons.. 1,428
Shipments from mines
thous. of long tons- 3,808
Stocks end of month—At furnaces
thous. of long tons
23, 556
On Lake Erie docks
-thous. f long tons..
5,157
Total
thous of long tons
28, 713
Manganenese ore;
Imports
thous. of long tons..
37
1
Revised.




171, 968

1,128

1,769

176

1,988

5,531

6,488

8,252

8,587

8, 650

21, 968

23, 292

25,751

28,247

30, 430

32, 618

34,761

34, 750

32, 323

29, 397

25, 493

21, 087

5, 147
27, 115

5,430
28, 722

5, 765
31, 516

6, Oil
34, 258

6,190
36, 620

6,331
38, 949

6, 466
41, 227

6,342
41, 092

6,043
38, 366

5,541
34, 938

5,022
30, 515

4,613
25, 700

21

33

2

10

17

29

10

18

22

8

16

31

36

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

1930

™ m -j October SeptemAugust
ber

July

26, 433
31.1
30, 431
27, 474

27, 451
27.8
27, 114
25, 974

24, 171
29.0
28, 785
29,206

26, 251
27.2
26, 528
29, 223

25, 409
26.2
25, 614
31, 845

30, 068
31. 0
30,911
32, 656

33, 865
40.3
39, 347
43, 937

36
292
1,714
57.4

38
396
1,666
55.8

46
375
1,867
62.5

40
373
2,165
72.5

49
407
2,277
76.2

57
513
2,524
84.5

65
564
2,640
88.4

66
630
2,934
98.2

108
61, 850

102
57, 365

95
51,330

107
60, 205

111
65, 965

123
73, 525

139
80, 620

144
83, 645

160
92, 590

16. 50
89.0
16.72

16.75
90.3
16.82

17.00
91.7
16.94

17.00
91.7
71.01

17.00
91.7
17.14

17.00
91.7
17.30

17.60
94.9
17.79

18.00
97.0
17.99

18.10
97.6
18.22

18.50
99.7
18.55

18.76

18.26

18.51

18.76

18.76

18.76

18.89

9.56

19.76

19.86

20.26

91.0

91.0

88.6

89.8

91.0

91.0

91.0

91.6

94.9

95.8

96.3

98.3

174, 244
154, 650
148, 749
1,014

227, 605
150, 227
149, 057
997

210, 584
95, 765
94, 251
916

178, 224
114, 593
116, 186
797

163, 390
98, 397
92, 702
721

250, 001 286, 748
359, 206 334, 266
445, 101 396, 788
885
940

268, 664
364, 861
430, 365
949

283, 750
160, 347
185, 484
1,032

367, 022
260, 123
213, 950
933

4,311

3,912
5, 509
4,183
56, 878

6,412
4,109
5, 724
54, 997

May

April

March

28, 208
32.1
31, 344
36, 686

36, 086
36.3
36, 076
37, 693

34, 331
35.9
35, 210
36, 677

51
410
1, 994
66.7

2,020
67.6

68.0

105
61, 085

113
66, 980

116
67, 880

16.25
87.6
16. 64

16.50
89.0
16.75

18.76

^January! December

N

June

IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Iron— Crude
Malleable castings:
New orders
short tons _ 22, 529
24.4
Operating activities .. .per ct. of capacity..
23, 712
Production .
.
short tons
Shipments
short tons.. 28, 048
Pig-iron production:
56
Canada
thous of long tons
336
Merchant furnaces
thous. of long tons..
1,639
United States, total.. .thous. of long tons..
United States, total
rel to 1923-25
54.9
Pig-iron furnaces in blast:
91
Furnaces, end of month
number..
Capacity, end of month long tons per day.. 50, 855
Prices, wholesale:
15.50
Basic (valley furnace) .dolls per long ton..
Basic (valley furnace)
rel. to 1926..
83.6
Composite pig-iron. ..cdolls. per long ton.. 16.40
Foundry, No. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh).
dolls, per long ton
18.76
Foundry, No. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh)
rel. to 192691.0

57
356

54
404

2,032

32,566 i 32,676
34.4 i
31.5
33,587 31,267
32,663 ; 31,536
46
317 :
1, 707 ,
57.1

Iron— Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers:
Gas-fired boilers—
Production
thous. B. t. u._ 178, 101
Shipments
thous. B. t. ii__ 156, 769
Shipments
dollars.. 166, 923
1,069
Stocks, end of month. ..mills. B. t. u._
Kound boilersNew orders
thous. of lbs_.
Production
_
thous. of Ibs—
Shipments
thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of month... thous. of lbs._
Square boilersNew orders
thous. of Ibs..
Production
tbous of Ibs
Shipments
..thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs
Radiators:
New orders -thous. sq. ft. heating surface
Production .thous. sq. ft. heating surface
Shipments-.thous. sq. ft. heating surface
Stocks, end of month
thous sq ft heating surface

4,525
5, 069

4,787

59, 770

3,741
6, 553

4,864

4,232

4,071
57, 794

60, 221

139, 773

136, 840

129,643

9,122
15,957
8,632
124,238

4,863

4, 330

5, 164

5,003

5,957
4,293

4, 451
6,781
4,013

4, 483
6,801
2 4, 410

50, 953

50, 632

48, 978

45, 969

10,049
13, 140

9,537

8,091

15,981
8,448

9,771
14, 700
8,851

85, 399 85, 328
221, 775 149, 507
181, 966 202, 835
759
621

7,193
3,614
7, 131
51, 657

9,495
5,910
10, 041
53, 686

14, 521
8,291
17, 774
59, 134

11, 894
6,321
12, 162
68, 182

7,392
4,603
8,736
72, 967

6,975
4,703
7,266
76, 865

6,874
7,103
6, 342
79, 605

11, 500
17, 723
14, 689
10, 857
12, 082 ! 16, 837
117,622 109, 835

21, 377
12, 858
21, 480
115,313

33, 760
23, 068
39, 158
121, 666

32, 259
15, 920
31, 595
140, 508

22, 271
10, 066
24, 178
155, 184

17, 496
11,376
18, 269
170, 941

16, 044
14, 493
14, 384
177, 376

7, 471
4, 097
6,866

9, 089
4,791
9,118

11, 220
5, 852
12, 390

11, 350
4,643
10, 347

8,933
5,366
9,520

7,232
4,997
7,447

7,296
5, 873
6,154

43,613 | 38,702

41, 420

45, 626

51, 964

57, 560

62, 662

65, 034

6,267
6,961 !
6,091

Steel— Crude
Prices, wholesale:
Composite, finished steel
dolls per 100 Ibs
Iron and steel composite
-- -dolls per long ton
Steei billets, Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton..
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
rel. to 1926_Structural-steel beams (Pittsburgh)
dolls r>erl001bs
Structural-steel beams (Pitts- *
burgh) _
'
rel to 1926
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full finished:
New orders
net tons_.
Production—
Per cent of capacity.
_.per cent-Total .
net tons
Shipments
net tons
Stocks, end of monthUnsold..
_
net tons._
Total
net tons
Unfilled orders, end of month net tons.Steel castings:
New ordersTotal .
.
short tons
Miscellaneous _. . .
short tons
Railroad specialties.. _ short tons
Per cent of total to capacity.per cent-Production—
Total
short tons
Miscellaneous
short tons. .
Railroad specialties
short tons..
Per cent of total to capacity.per cent..
Steel ingots, production:
Canada
thous. of long tons_.
United States, total... thous. of long tons
United States, total
rel. to 1923-25..
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
U . S . Steel Corporation:
Earnings
thous of dolls
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of long tons
Unfilled orders, end of
month
_
rel. to 1923-25..
2
Revised.




2.19

2.21

2.22

2.23

2.22

2. 22

2.19

2.20

2. 22

2.24

2.26

2.29

2.33

31.02

31. 39

31.61

31. 66

31. 65

31.70

31. 76

31.95

32.31

32.67

33.01

33.25

33.53

29. 00

29. 50

30.00

30.00

30.00

30.00

30. 60

31.00

31.00

31.00

31.00

31.00

31.00

82.9

84.3

85.7

85.7

85.7

85.7

87.4

88.6

88.6

88.6

88.6

88.6

88.6

1.05

1.65

1. 65

1.65

1. 65

1.63

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.65

1.70

813

84. 3

84.3

84.3

84.3

83.0

81.7

81.7

81.7

81.7

84.3

84.3 ;

86.8

103, 599

148, 612

191, 987

236, 310

168, 564

180, 863

233, 289

135, 682 j 158,700

214, 454

148, 969

207,400

187,412

56. 6
201, 846

57.2
58.2 !
61. 1 I
213, 608 224, 322 192,218

191,942 ; 211,118 ! 203,207

179, 138

45. 1
167, 865
170, 379

39.8
115,125
144, 040

50.6
43.6 i
148, 550 193,934
158, 182 i 193,516

48.8
179, 928
186, 639

48.6
173, 956
205, 774

50.4
186, 206
194, 767

58. 8
205, 675
212,930

82, 532
169, 444
296, 731

85,415 89, 334
176,846 i 289,915
325.169 383, 280

92, 047
181,614
343, 439

87, 496 i 83,629
180,285 !• 184,590
360, 479 i 378,601
ii
46, 810
49, 387
32, 092
30, 131
14, 718 ' 19,256
32 i
34

96, 248 ! 91, 024
184, 586 ! 189,213
295, 282 I 319,518

88, 363
185, 791
388, 599

82, 315
182, 240
373, 148

82, 708 i 83, 988
202, 682 200, 589
432, 298 431,324

40.3

147,843
156, ICO

75,618
168, 013
304, 107

2
48, 184 2 40, 320
26, 041 ' 2 39, 052 2 46, 039
18, 444 ! 2 27, 746 2 29, 844 i 2 37, 172 2 31, 184
7, 597
11, 306 a 16, 195 i 11,012 i 9, 136
32
28
33
27
18

34, 923 2 43, 154 ' 22 48, 282
25, 513 2 31, 083 ! 35, 439 i
9, 410
12, 071 1 12, 843
33
30
24

2
2

46, 294 !
35, 351
13,910 I 10, 943 :
32 ;
34

2
49, 548
56, 755
42, 544 ! 2 35, 63S 1

14,211
39

2,076

2,505

2,722

2,994 i

60. 1
38

72.5
45

78.7
49

86. 6
54

83
2, 502
72.4
49

4,499

4,183

5,136

7,191

6, 156

56

3,479
72.9

75

3, 620

75.8

91

3, 898

81.6

99 1

3, 995

83.7 i

3, 965
83. 0

58
2, 459
71.1
43

6,118

ii
:i

|
ji

4,132 ji

86.5 Ii

46,290
32, 093
14,197

32

48, 123 i 45,552
31, 628 32, 344
13, 208
16, 495
32
33

50, 370
49, 542
35, 085
38, 394
11, 148 I 15, 285
35
34

59, 522
44, 290
32, 445 43, 840
11,845 15, 682
31 !
41

61, 919
44, 096
17, 823
43

64, 303
43, 575
20, 728
45

65
2, 693
77.9
50

56
2,840
82.2
55

58
3,061
88.5
59

10, 943

56
1,980
57.3
38

72
2,212
64.0
44

4,191

7,949

3,944
82.6

!
i
!
j

3,640
76.2 I

57, 850
43, 140 I
14, 710
40

ri, 164
47,45(
13, 714
42

78,977
52, 916
26, 061
55

90, 795
58, 002
32, 793
63

68
2,922
84.5
56 i

95
3, 419
98.9
68

11,515

13, 000

13, 480

14, 377

3, 482 j

3, 424

3,580

4,022

3, 968

72.9

71.7

75.0

84.2 ;

83.1

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

37

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
IRON AND STEEI/— Continued
Steel— Manufactured Products
Furniture, steel:
Business groupNew orders
thous. of dolls. _
Shipments
thous. of dolls _
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls..
ShelvingNew orders
thous. of dolls..
Shipments
thous. of dolls..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls..
Iron, steel, and heavy hardware,
sales
_..rel. to Jan., 1921..
Iron and steel:
Exports
long tons..
Imports
long tons..
Lock washers shipments
thous. of dolls..
Steel barrels:
Production
barrels..
Per cent of capacity
per cent-Shipments
-barrels-Stocks, end of month
..barrels..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of barrels..
Steel bars, col'd" finished, shipments-short tons..
Stee) boilers, new orders:
Area.
thous. of sq. ft..
Quantity
number..
Steel plate, fabricated, new orders:
Total
short tons..
Oil storage tanks
short tons..
Structural steel, fabricated:
New ordersComputed total
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
Shipments—
Computed total
short tons__
Per cent of capacity
per cent-Track work, production
..short tons..

1931

June

May

April

1,333
1,294

1,437
1,487

193O

March

Febru- January
ary

2 1, 521
2 1, 591

1,509
1,598

1,798
1,798

763

725

775

844

933

471
376

370
387

416
436

375
356

376
393

465

370

387

407

129

134

123

104

75, 585
629, 365
122

91, 407
28, 107
172

101, 081
38, 702
179

109, 512
31, 044
177

554, 520
39.0
549, 781
47, 054

610, 788
43.1
618, 801
42, 315

591, 399
41.9
6CO, 566
50, 328

1,078
16, 360

1,053
22, 768

679
820

July

June

1,565
1,800

1,637
1,673

1,855
1,901

1,795
1,879

1,788
1,985

1,841
1,812

2,007
2,168

932

1,168

1,203

1,249

1,331

1,528

1,492

242
468

429
458

534
593

512
497

526
555

596
604

699
705

388

405

632

661

720

704

736

746

110

123

139

175

165

161

162

167

91,212
20, 513
163

92, 745
31, 706
140

101, 988
24, 338
115

111,968
34, 572
119

131, 850
29, 730
153

131,211
29, 793
160

151, 235
27, 408
173

131,772
31, 849
161

159, 392
34, 755
228

550, 583
39.9
554, 332
59, 495

450, 134
33.1
449, 485
63, 244

421,814
32.6
427, 622
62, 595

412, 283
30.3
406, 327
68, 403

497, 539
36.5
500, 409
62, 447

616, 121
44.1
619, 558
65, 317

564, 927
40.3
565, 204
68, 754

553, 842
39.6
552, 265
69, 031

612, 313
43.7
621, 091
67, 454

651, 559
46.4
638, 358
76, 232

1,195
25, 141

1,253
25,011

1,392
21, 727

1,424
21, 943

1,437
15, 747

929
15,456

986
20, 521

1,011
19, 338

1,114
19, 086

1,296
19,241

1,290
27,388

2603
2658

825
689

665
630

622
516

577
598

587
814

709
777

851
1,189

1,282
1, 254

1,357
1,371

1,410
1,309

1,589
1,360

22, 806 2 26, 210
4,679
2,411

29, 916
7,749

31, 056
2, 538

24, 438
3,585

27, 518
2,598

26, 787
5,118

33, 151
9,965

30, 197
4, 518

41, 066
14, 916

36, 513
10, 056

38, 283
11,969

41, 774
9,869

•

177, 200
44.3

152, 800
38.2

292, 800
73.2

184,400
46.1

158,400
39.6

162, 400
40.6

152, 800
38.2

151, 200
37.8

209, 200
52.3

155, 600
38.9

252, 000
63.0

270, 000
67.5

253, 600
63.4

162, 400
40.6
5,705

148, 000
37.0
7,453

158, 400
239.6
8,564

151,200
37.8

166,400
41.6
6,321

172, 000
43.0
6,626

168, 400
42.1
5,174

195, 200
48.8
4,212

239, 200
59.8
5,192

243, 200
60.8
5,642

262, 400
65.6
6,812

274, 800
68.7
8,774

280, 000
70.0
10, 553

231
126,592
106, 459

267
122, 136
115, 849

259
141,615
137, 608

274
149, 861
140, 598

283
124, 737
145, 979

263
152, 859
177, 384

338
153, 782
206, 634

302
671

370
587

353
677

614
942

522
729

601
1,005

741
956

1,517

1,864

1,948

2,124

2,527

2,706

3,249

59.8
102.6

45.3
76.5

50.0
62.0

91.0
66.0

85.2
82.6

90.6
116.1

102.1
160.5

82.3

124. 9

159.1

170.8

140.2

139.1

166.7

69
85

CO
67

90
103

136
96

114
120

91
128

126
176

203

230

238

268

223

235

282

7,927
7,623
12, 161

Machinery
Electric hoists:
New orders—
Quantity
no. of hoists..
241
219
314
297
400
327
Value
dollars. . 126, 762 158, 355 140, 500 134,316 122, 047 155, 972
Shipments
dollars.. 134, 890 135, 086 113, 164 166, 438 111, 727 134, 472
Eiectrtc overhead cranes:
New orders
thous. of dolls..
274
268
261
671
307
423
Shipments
thous. of dolls..
530
410
261
310
416
496
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls. . 1,264
1,207
1,420
1,552
1,413
1,407
Foundry equipment:
New orders
rel. to 1922-24..
54.7
40.9
57.7
174.4
54.1
65.3
Shipments.
— rel. to 1922-2455.4
69.7
90.4
72.9
118.6
54.7
Unfilled orders, end of
month
rel. to 1922-24..
93.5
70.1
123.8
180.1
94.6
314.6
Machine tools:
«nnn nA
New orders
rel. to 1 922-24. .
84
105
74
67
118
87
Shipments
-rel. to 1922-24..
73
91
92
75
95
96
Unfilled orders, end of
month...
rel. to 1922-24..
204
212
238
225
232
179
Oil burners:
New orders
no. of burners.. 6,048
5,517
5,168
4, 608 2 3, 708
3,748
Shipments
-.no. of burners.. 6,089
5,229
4, 226 2 3, 504
3, 952
5, 556
Stocks end of month
no. of burners.. 9,098
10,
060
8,593 2 8, 762
8,571
8,549
Unfilled orders, end of
n
month
°- of burners. _
1,395
2725
966
521
1,007
1,107
Patents granted:
Agricultural implements
number..
44
79
67
67
41
60
Internal-combustion engines
number. .
76
67
68
68
58
58
Tot'il all classes
number.. 5,270
3,715
4,167
4,789
3,215
4,270
Pulverized-fuel equipment:
New orders, central systemFurnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers.. None. None. None.
2 None.
None.
2
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers.. None. None.
1
2
2
New orders, unit system —
Firc-mbe boilers.. ..no. of pulverizers..
1
4
3
2
6
3
Furnaces and kilns. .no. of pulverizers1
1
2 None. None.
3
Marine boilers
no. of pulverizers. . None. None. None. None.
None.
None.
2
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers..
9
13
14 None.
8
Pumps:
Domestic shipmentsPitcher, hand, and windmill
no. of units24, 255 22, 767
32, 902 24, 873
22,417
Power, horizontal type.. .no. of units..
2, 145
1,564
1,657
667
2,135
Steam, power, and centrifugalNew orders
...thous. of dolls..
765
921
1,075
773
950
875
Shipments
thous. of dolls—
918
873
1,036
718
1,028
1, 037
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls. _
2,762
2,717
2,826
2,616
2,471
2,605
Stokers, mechanical, sales:
Power
horsepower. . 29,889 23, 646
13, 849 25, 902
18, 723 17, 993
66
Quantity
number..
65
85
63
111
80
Water-softening apparatus, ship703
851
ments
no. of units..
663
702
785
753
Water-systems, shipments
no. of units..
5,434
7,638
6,105
9,090
6,010
Wood-working machinery:
Cancellations
- ... thous. of dolls. .
21
16
13
10
9
New orders
thous. of dolls.
484
474
486
487
527
Shipments
- thous. of dolls. .
451
491
513
383
545
Shipments
. ._ .no. of machines _.
356
400
,421
393
400
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls..
518
479
502
516
557

i Revised.



Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

5, 026
5,025
8,604

6,861
7, 855
8, 319

18, 152
18, 580
8,677

16, 457
17, 036
10, 304

11,581
11,354
11, 940

9,130
9, 5U3
13, 857

725

724

1,718

2,146

2,725

2,498

2,961

58
67
4, 251

52
54
3,023

41
49
2,871

43
35
2,871

27
30
2,423

51
52
3,452

109
144
7,670

None.
None.

None.
None.

None.
None.

2
None.

1
None.

3
2

None.
1

None.
3
None.
3

5
2
None.
15

None.
2
None.
10

6
3
2
24

3
3
None.
4

None.
1
None.
12

None.
5
6
15

23, 056
1,325

21, 562
1,238

26, 917
1,992

36, 834
1,881

38, 902
2,378

37, 719
2,388

26, 601
2,885

1,047
1,205

967
1,116

1,027
1,167

1,212
1,183

1,362
1, 367

1, 359
1,338

1,291
1,644

2,812

2,975

3,124

3,267

3,259

3,257

3,250

11, 726
53

21, 103
71

38, 276
92

42, 899
128

29, 988
115

37, 761
150

47, 803
151

645
5,177

732
6,401

738
7,522

755
8,202

774
9,220

782
9,699

752
10, 375

21
470
500
529

16
459
506
442

17
605
564
441

17
648
516
488

12
498
606
694

27
733
821
624

10
836
913
615

467

520

636

588

470

593

705

38

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

May

1930

April

March

Febru- January
ary

40, 111
40, 449
163, 037

33, 196
34, 938
166, 158

28, 041
30, 616
160, 851

Decem- NovemOctober SeptemAugust
ber
ber
ber

52, 254
36, 008
167, 932

July

June

IEON AND STEEIr— Continued
Enameled Ware
Baths:
New orders
no. of pieces ..
Shipments
no. of pieces
Stocks end of month
. .no. of pieces _
Unfilled orders, end of
month
- no. of pieces _
Lavatories:
New orders
...no. of pieces _ _
Shipments
- no. of pieces _
Stocks, end~ of month
no. of pieces..
Miscellaneous sanitary ware:
New orders
no. of pieces .
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks end of month
no. of pieces
Sinks:
New orders
no. of pieces..
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces..
Small ware (except baths):
Unfilled orders, end of
month
no. of pieces..

43, 224 2 42, 991
43, 580 '45. 512
145, 140 2 152, 206

56, 494
68, 564
148, 909

30, 813
35, 489
168, 808

43, 750
48, 547
166, 248

41, 799
47, 970
162, 302

48, 449
51, 836
165, 687

48, 706
53, 259
173, 860

54, 827
52, 189
181, 746

17, 110 2 17, 466

19, 987

20, 325

22, 067

24, 642

36, 712

20, 466

25, 142

29, 939

36, 110

39, 497

44, 050

49, 331 251,395
50, 725 2 54, 520
209, 841 2 218, 067

45, 440
43, 221
232, 277

33, 851
36, 642
230, 817

30, 883
34, 438
212, 395

71,113
93, 870
192, 072

72, 493
48, 023
214, 472

41, 227
47, 078
205, 517

52, 509
58, 273
204, 496

54, 369
62, 369
185, 515

55, 062
59, 130
187, 150

56, 875
63, 895
187, 979

64, 792
62 337
197^117

27, 475 2 21, 243
26, 465 2 24, 490
98, 384 2 101, 673

22, 995
21, 719
107,917

18, 641
18,811
109, 508

15, 781
17, 768
107,439

29, 785
33, 527
106, 152

25, 092
19, 680
112,460

21, 453
22, 065
108, 795

27, 840
29, 142
106, 858

28, 449
31, 485
100, 585

28, 365
29, 807
101, 920

23, 537
25, 987
104, 102

27 1 F 9
27^ 283
125, 505

49, 941 2 54. 693
51, 689 2 56, 845
255, 269 2260,426

52, 771
49, 443
273, 154

41, 532
41, 787
267, 828

35, 873
39,211
259, 442

63, 074
80, 095
244, 880

61, 567
43. 968
261, 800

44, 897
51,027
253, 374

58, 504
61, 486
246, 632

57, 606
64, 044
243, 845

55, 785
62, 454
254, 426

61,766
64, 459
257, 039

62, 424
61, 329
261, 633

49, 637

2 51, 769

60, 293

53, 470

56, 686

65, 566

109, 086

61, 605

74, 198

84, 246

101, 720

113, 899

126, 062

87.4

87.8

88.7

89.0

88.9

89.3

90.0

90.2

90.4

91.8

92.7

94.3

95.4

68

73

73

77

79

78

85

87

95

97

96

97

96

78. 6
213.7

94,0
219.3

94.6
220.4

103. 5
219.9

112.3
224.4

95.0
227.4

97.8
228.1

89.6
231.1

87.0
234.1

97.4
223.3

95.2
213.4

95.1
205.4

106.8
203.6

125.9

2 122. 4

126.9

144.8

2 130. 7

130.9

129.6

139.8

134.1

137.0

137.2

119.0

111.7

731
1,678
2,409

716
1,844
2,560

832
1,829
2,661

687
1,820
2,507

766
2,090
2,856

647
1.459
2,107

791
1. 904
2,695

1,033
2,069
3,101

1,042
1,850
2,892

954
1, 964
2,918

900
2,161
3,061

1.170
2,742
3,913

22, 951
45, 265

24, 179
54, 567

31, 536
74, 685

28,947
60, 636

42, 192
60, 209

32, 208
69, 854

37, 773
62, 693

30, 715
75, 703

30, 478
65, 169

33, 141
56, 810

32, 421
75, 436

34, 960
71, 887

.0867

.0939

.0985

.0972

.0984

.1030

. 1011

.0960

.1031

.1069

.1102

. 1205

62.8

68.0

71.4

70.4

71.3

74.6

73.3

69.6

74.7

77.5

79.9

87.3

68
2 45, 580

269
46,452

70
48, 702

76
47, 504

72
48, 059

76
48, 726

83
53, 141

83
55, 954

89
56, 584

84
56, 136

83
54, 249

86
56. 743

102, 695
53, 734

100, 501
52, 085

102, 058
57, 922

99, 853
55, 229

102, 458
53, 429

106, 366
60, 022

112,646
64, 816

118, 229
70, 419

116,004
68, 487

120, 778
66, 698

123, 179
67, 638

124. 821
69, 1.55

190, 578
398, 667
352 2
130, 48G

193, 876
367, 921
325.0
128, 877

198.811
354, 205
312.9
136, 958

203, 224
363, 629
321.2
128, 685

210, 637
363. 827
321. 4
129, 390

218, 799
367, 175
324.4
136, 252

223, 280
369, 832
326. 7
143,214

240, 145
364, 930
322. 4
157, 344

236, 464
360, 650
318.6
156, 705

234, 135
347, 688
307.1
154, 743

242, 212
322, 039
284.5
148, 929

253. SHI
310. 762
279. 8
150,697

1, 881
41, 576
39, 519

1, 995
34, 816
35, 498

3,762
35, 498
41, 775

2,508
46, 902
39, 464

2,721
55, 331
43, 405

2,896
48, 705
48, 517

3,963
48, 400
43, 423

3,361
63, 584
50, 402

2,746
52, 907
48, 491

3,673
60, 978
52, 980

2,570
45, 194
51, 538

5,^75
55, SOI
50, 721

NONFE&ROUS METALS
General Operations
Prices, wholesale, metal and metal
products
rel. to 1926..
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd )
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elec. energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25 _
Stocks end of month
. ...rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks' raw materials, end of
month
... ~
rel. to 1923-25..
Haw Materials
Babbitt metal consumption:
702
Direct by producers
thous. of lbs_.
1, 605
Sale to consumers
thous. of lbs._
2,307
Total apparent
thous. of Ibs
Copper:
Exports
-short tons.. 23, 244
Domestic shipments, refined, .short tons.. 50, 217
Prices, wholesale, electrolytic
.0803
(N. Y.)
dolls, per lb__
Prices, wholesale, electrolytic
58.2
(N Y.)
--rel. to 1926..
Production —
67
Index (Fed. Res. Bd.)_rel. to 1923-25..
Mines
short tons_. 44, 647
Refined (N. and S.
America)
short tons,. 98, 275
Smelters
- .short tous_. 51, 652
Stocks (N. and S. America),
end of monthBlister
short tons.. 167, 353
Refined. __
short tons__ 413, 474
Refined
rel. to 1923-25.. 365. 3
World production, blister
short tons.. 126. 722
Lead:
Ore shipments —
1,432
Joplin district
.short tons..
Utah
short tons.. 28, 806
Production, refined
short tons.. 30, 708
Production (Fed. Res.
60
Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
Price, pig, desilverized (New
. 0392
York)
dolls, per lb_.
Price, pig, desilverized (New
46. 6
York)
rel. to 1926..
Receipts in United States, ore short tons
Tin:
Deliveries (consumption)
.long tons..
5, 185
Imports (bars, blocks, etc.)
long tons..
4, 698
Price, wholesale, Straits (New York)
dolls, per Ib
.2341
Price wholesale, Straits (New York)
rel. to 1926..
35.8
Stocks, end of month5, 633
United States
_ .. long tons-World visible supply
long tons.. 51, 626
Zinc:
Ore, Joplin district —
Shipments
short tons.. 14, 395
Stocks, mines, end of month
short tons
70, 935
Price, slab, prime western (St. Louis)__._..
. 0342
dolls, per lb_.
Price, slab, prime western (St. Louis)
46. 6
. rel. to 1926
Production
short tons.. 23, 4S3
Retorts in operation end of month
_..
number-- 21 492
Stocks, end of month
short tons. 138! 928
1
Revised*




78

71

79

82

83

92

83

94

101

106

103

.0382

.0441

.0453

.0455

.0480

.0510

.0510

.0515

.0550

. 0549

. 0525

. 0541

45.4
35, 677

52.4
34, 694

53.8
37, 878

54.0
35, 512

57.0
42, 110

60.6
40, 462

60.6
38, 820

61.2
46, 237

65.3
48, 354

65. 2
45, 542

62.4
44, 433

••4.3
47, 092

5, 505
5,483

6, 630
6,126

6, 120
6, 986

5, 100
5, 903

7,210
8,113

7,495
6, 659

6, 270
6,470

7,580
5, 929

7, 250
5, 523

5, 695
5,979

6, 130
5, 259

5, 8S5
6, 793

.2320

. 2512

.2707

. 2631

.2610

.2527

. 2589

. 268G

. 2964

.3002

.2981

. 3030

38. 5

41.5

40. 3

40. 0

38.7

39.6

41.1

45.4

46.0

45.7

0. 4

6, 212
48, 462

7, 917
48, 607

5, 862
49, 339

4, 904
43, Cl 9

4, 693
42, 498

5, 372
40,811

4,823
39, 676

6,323
40, 150

7,533
43, 805

6,786
41, 950

7, 728
42, 611

5, 698
51,231

1

22, 470

27, 261

17, 163

25, 389

25, 987

31, 056

39, 478

33, 474

32, 122

37, 994

24, 974

41, 819

65, 480

61,110

63, 001

58, 534

56, 013

47, 000

49, 441

45, 689

41, 663

38, 565

28, 729

19, 553

. 0331

.0372

.0400

.0401

. 0404

.0410

. 0427

. 0406

.0427

.0436

.0435

. 0444

45.1
25, 688

50.7
29, 137

54.5
32, 328

54. 6
29, 562

55.0
32, 522

55.9
32, 733

58.2
32, 097

55.3
40, 922

58.2
40, 470

59.4
41,012

59. 3
40, 023

60. 5
43, 458

23, 024
143, 049

29, 072
143, 212

34, 221
141, 493

35, 518
144, 389

35, 635
145, 076

33. 640
143,618

37, 492
145, 139

41,004
143, 327

44, 974
134, 835

50, 404
126, 835

46, 030
117, 724

52, 428
113,090

SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

39

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

NONFERBOUS METALS— Continued
Manufactured Products
Electrical equipment:
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.
(See under Distribution movement.)
1,791
Electric furnaces, new orders, .kilo watts. .
Electric goods, new orders (quarterly)
thous. of dolls,.
Electrical porcelain, shipments —
2,144
2,061
Glazed nail knobs thous. of pieces..
76,313
78, 983
Special
_ .
_ dollars
52, 009
57, 462
Standard
dollars.1, 309
890
Tubes
thous of pieces
1,281
2, 323
Unglazed nail knobs -thous. of pieces-Industrial reflectors, sales
..units,. 66, 188 67, 256 72, 003
Laminated phenolic products, shipments
633
711
. .
..thous. of dolls .
637
Manufactured mica135
92
128
Shipments
,
thous. of dolls
Unfilled orders, end of month
138
97
119
thous of dolls
Motors (direct current) —
455, 325 473, 767
Billings (shipments)
dollars
440, 476 536, 272
New orders
. _ _ dollars
Nonmetallic conduits, shipments
5,112
4, 091
thous. of feet
Outlet boxes and covers, shipments
thous of pieces
1, 619
1,303
Power cables, shipments. ..thous. of feet...
Power switching equipment, new ordersIndoor
dollars. _ 52, 697 73, 567 111,875
Outdoor
dollars.. 240, 081 208, 713 216, 145
Vulcanized fiber —
1,475
1, 624
1,541
CorisuniDtion
thous oflbs
419
402
Shipments, total.. ._ thous. of dolls .
Welding sets, new orders2
134
Single operation
unitsMiscellaneous products:
82.8
Brass sheets
. rel. to 1926
Copper-wire cloth —
275
New orders
thous. of sq. ft..
Make and hold orders,
560
end of month
__thous. ofsq. ft..
253
Production
thous. of sq. ft..
Shipments
thous. ofsq. ft
934
Stocks, end of month. .thous. ofsq. ft—
Unfilled orders, end
145
of month
thous. of sq. ft
Enameled sheet-metal ware,
shipments
dozen pieces
Pails and tubs, galvanized—
Production
dozen pieces
Shipments
dozen pieces
Other galvanized ware —
Production
dozen pieces. _
Shipments
dozen pieces
PAPEB ANI> FEINTING
General Operations
£9. 7
New orders
rel, to 1923-25
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd )
rel to 1923 25
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
1 12. 4
(paper and pulp)
rel to 1923-25
129. 7
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25
Wood Pulp
Ground wood:
Consumption and shipments.,short tons..
Imports
___
_
. .short tons ~~I3~512~
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons_.
Soda:
Consumption and shipments, .short7 tons—
Production
shor tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Sulphite, unbleached:
Consumption and shipments short tons
Imports.. _
...short tons . 52, 745
2.15
Price
dolls nerlOOlbs
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons
Sulphite, bleached:
Consumption and shipments. .short tons..
29, 558
Imports
short tons
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Total sulphite:
Consumption and shipments..short tons..
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Sulphate:
Consumption and shipments.. short tons— _ _
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Other grades:
Consumption and shipments short tons
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons, i
•Total chemical (all grades):
Consumption
short tons..
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month.
short tons..
2
Revised,



1
March

2,046

193O

Decern- !
^ | January I ber
|

F

2,358

1,489 1

4,599
3

3181,265

1,458
78,716
52, 599
783
1, 224
69, 484

2,523
86, 471
64, 823
1,125
1, 386
68, 285

689

630

605

142

137

133 I

110

141

105

445, 833
396, 958

418, 228
450, 204

3, 508

3, 667

N(

Septem^ -! October
ber

August

2, 866

5.012

n

2,202 '

3,317
3

208, 936

-luly

June

5, 899

3, 665
2

228 733

192, 't:02

1, 834
93, 677
47, 994
801
1, 164
1, 159 i
76,659 115. 736

2,044
131,815
73, 659
1, 156
1. 615
113,316

2,453
99, 576
65, 581
334
1,222
125, 786

2,218
111,029
69, 656
1,146
1, 605
127, 608

2. 243
133, 654
68, 483
782
1,120
135, 687

2. 464
11<),«35
72. S25

551 i

674

1,023

854

789

722

925

101

132

150

141

122

156

102

104

90

104

107

109

88

137

393,558 1 500, 165
680,251 j 617,454

433, 530
457, 518

621, 114
474,611

596, 670
820, 444

708, 095
719, 846

644. 252
677, 348

673, 415
935, 040

3, 713

4,067

4,235

3,397

3,564

4, 021

1,678

1, 824

1, 677
1,957

2,179
2,108

1,491
2, 260

1, 517
1,980

1,703
3, 033

8ft! 976 '
87,794
875
1,752 ;
65.501 i
i

3,997 !

2,007
91,564 i
51.016 i

2,417

i, MO

1,524
134,783

1,630

1,326

75, 303
269, 425

64, 736
201, 344

76,052
228,862

77, 248
178, 1(50

69, 202
219, 232

84, 160
342, 771

118,431
298, 354

121. 930
319, 668

136, 559
451,051

172,186
360, 584

1,975
484

1,652
426

1,369
3h5

1,421
318

1, 513
359

1,824
465

1, 945
447

1,828
430

2,121
450

1, 967
541

4
136

23
155

13
152

2
153

200

9
194

8
221

10
207

7
228

100. 9

11
177 '

1,139 '

165

8
169

86.8

90.4

91.4

89. 7

90. 7

275

299

357

309

404

514
256
277
1, 073

554
340
297
1,096

557
330
308
1,079

530
2^7
304
1,083

302

174

186

211

264, 953

281, 339

312, 916

121,413
122, 072

143, 258
140, 080

146, 438
144, 637

28, 390
34, 188

34, 929
42, 287

31,542
29, 579 ;

100.2

100.7

103. 3

113

110

110 i

109

135. 1
126.1

109.6
131.2

123.0 i
123.4

127.0
128.6

119,255
12, S51
137, 757
111,032

116,914
23,136
136, 438
93, 131

111,165
14, 652
116,311
73, 606

96,823
15, 656
95,937
68, 460

25, 960
27, 230
4,480

27, 412
2>s 102
4,414

27, 660
29, 304
4, 998

27, 884
29, 422
4,624

19, 020
34, 483
2.15
19, 494
4, 256

21, 178
30, 724
2.15
21, 076
3,936

37, 440
28, 614
38, 262
5, 018

93.6

92.7

88.9

92.5

94.0

95.9

;

337

269

363

299

336

378

360

574 i
332 i
311 >
1,097

539
344
309
1,145

530
310
3vr)3
1,176

606
385
356
1, 160

533
384
317
1,173

516
387
353
1,117

525
373
347
1,118

565
370

217

165

166

199

241

264

279

232

289, 205

267, 232

250, 568

263, 365

329, 337

297, 622

309, 645

213, 420

247, 861

132,781
120,723

103, 677
133, 977

87, 140
68, 898

60, 798
68, 330

130, 906
115, 185

103, 177
116,875

103, 050
103, 354

91,879
104, 096

89, 9S2
82, 956

1, 107

34, 347
28, 142

23,716 !
25, 958

21,657
15, 915

16,061
21, 296

40, 084
41, 126

38, 218
46,310

46, 730
43, 827

42, 056
33, 874

40, 646
33, 140

96.7

97.2 j

85. 8

93.2

106.0

100.5

102.2

104.5

107.3

105

101

103

107

109

109

111

116

117.0
122. 6

112.3
121.7

120.0
127.4

119.3
118.1

115.1
117.4

119.9
112.0

137. 5
112.9

108,349 109. 740
14,394 ! 27, C24
107, 208
110, 578
6!), 346 : 75, 498

110,502
21,776
102, 957
74, 660

121,335
31,305
96, 465
82, 205

109, 860
29, 502
92, 872
107, 075

116, 886
21, 261
97, 895
124, 063

122,709
17, 1S6
104, 997
143, 054

124, 903
IS, 534
140,603
160, 760

111.8 i
125.9 !

28,512 !
29,102 '
4,366 ;

27. ]28
28, 560
5,118

28, 346
28, 954
28, 966 . 30,684
4, 936
5,642

28, 638
30, 052
5,248

28, 868
29, 962
5,166

28, 984
30, 326
5,420

30, 004
32, 366
5, 426

18, 882 : 20, 554
34, 289
50,271
2.35
2.48
18, 878
19, 384
4,316 :
4, 320

20,194
87,600
2. 48
20,354
5,490

18, 272
63, 870
2. 48
17,860
5,474

18,238
76, 850
2. <8
18, 532
5,886

22,316
52, 286
2.48
22, 166
5, 592

18, 938
52, 426
2.48
18, 888
5,742

19, 122
60, 198
2.48
] 9, 608
5,792

18, 530
57,317
2. 48
18,860
5,306

19,398
64, 687
2.48
19, 464
4, 976

37, 272
30, 511
36, 092
4,196

40, 544 ! 43.090
32, 863 j 25, 592
40, 600 1 40, 462
5,376
5, 320

41,616
36,095 i
41, 402
7,948 j

38, 844
30, 322
38, 698
9, 206

40, 634
30, 595
40, 938
9, 352

48, 118
30,484
47, 790
9, 048

49, 050
30, 567
49, 830
9,376

48, 094
26, 880
48, 340
8,596

42, 986
28, 256
42, 136
8,250

47, 892
30, 955
50, 096
9, 200

110, 722
110,840
18, 698

115, 960
115,974
18, 734

115,794 117,122
115, 022 112,552
18, 998 ! 19, 770

121,774
116,830
117,158
120,628
24,340 i 28, 720

120, 780
121,276
28, 392

141, 852
140, 264
27, 896

128, 936
129,242
29, 484

131,454
131,382
29, 178

124, 326
123, 718
29, 250

136, 578
137, 768
29, 858

39, 590
41, 870
9,076

39, 082
41, 292
9,594

34,014 1
36, 542 ;
10, 152 i

35,880
38,104
10, 092

33, 190
36, 204
10, 006

34, 110
37, 208
9, 494

41, 446
44, 454
8, 974

38, 990
42, 378
8, 966

41, 970
44, 374
8, 498

38, 754
40, 562
9, 088

39, 066
41, 290
9, 998

1,072
514
206

844
898
764

1,184 i
1,188 ;
710

1,016
1, 098
706

124
92
28

110
122
60

136
168
48

150
128
16

174
188
38

160
160
24

214
196

177, 344
180, 454
32. 460

183, 298
186, 266
33. 506

177,272
182, 014
43. 872

183, 346
187, 572
42. 882

212,388
215, 57C
42. 56fi

1%, 714
201, 800
43.714

202, 466
205, 906
42 8SO

192,224
194, 766
43 782

205, 862
211,620
45 3Dfi

33,722
36,674
10,426
1,258
1,190 ;
624 j

178, 652 i 181,902
182, 056 1 181,176
34. 858 ! 35.192

185, 266
187, 594
39. 756
8

Quarter ended in month indicated.

SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS

40

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

1930

May

A pril

March

™™~ January

208, 935
227, 116
8, 023
71.6
224, 770
225, 977
80, 577

206, 571

227, 806
81, 784

210, 590
222,511
8, 1 75
70.1
226, OH
224,023
79, 053

191,331 199, 229
198,296 211, 782
7, 345
7,520
71.2
64.5
205, 785 211,691
203, 202 209, 660
74,482 '
77, 065

35, 641

25, 026
167, 478
45, 541

51,301
167, 846
49, 326

174, 325

December

N

°bT" °Ctober

Septem- August
ber

July

June

PAPER AND PRINTING— Continued
Paper
Box board:
Consumption of waste paper. .short tons..
New orders
short tons..
Operation
thous. of inch hours
Operation....
...p. ct. of capacity..
Production
short tons
Shipments
short tons...
Stocks end of month
short tons
Stocks of waste paper, end of month—
In transit and unshipped
purchases
. ..short tons .
\t mills
short tons
Unfilled orders, end of month short tons.
Newsprint:
Consumption by publishers,
U S
.short tons.. 161, 265
Exports, Canada
short tons.. 189, 739
Imports, United States
.short tons.. 188, 919
Price roll f o b mill
dolls, per cwt
Production193, 971
Canada
short tons
United States, total
. short tons. . 101, 086
68
Per cent of capacity
Shipments194, 144
Canada
short tons
United States
short ton^
100, 087
Stocks, end of month—
At millsCanada
.short tons.. 39, 832
United States
short tons
33, 906
At publishers U S
short tons
149, 990
In transit to publishers,
US
- short tons_. 39, 041
Other paper:
Binders' board, production
short tons..
Book paper—
Production
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons
Stocks, end" of month . . .short tons..
Fine paper—
Production
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
- .short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Wrapping paperProduction
_
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons Stocks end of month
short tons.
All other gradesProduction
short tons
Shipments
..short tons..
Stocks end of month
short tons.
Total paper (including newsprint and box
board) —
Production
_
short tons_.
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
.
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..

167,525

46, 680

179, 836
185, 432
192, 688

224,021
7,903
67. S

230,537

152,360

175, 242

2

162, 52S

175, 170
72, 451

190, 502
200, 1 99
7,114
65.3
203, 381
202, 042
71, 138

228, 588
247, 209
8,391
68.5
253, 889
251, 810
69, 799

35, 229
191, 507
50, 838

34,510 ' 34, 292
197,699 201, 597
55,744 ! 53, 622

3C, 649
184, 598
55, 534

177,486
57,377

179,340
200, 545
169, 345
3.10

150, 403
144,236
148, 388
3.10

160,660 i 166, 645
153,362 ! 225, 495
172,110 i 194, 144

184,615
173,149

3.25

195, 953
3.25

164, 552
88, 788
65

182, 657 I 184, 755
101,990
99, 276
69

3.10 |

173,258

6, 261
53.1

176,483

202, 607
101, 202
69

205, 838
102, 450
70

187, 005
100, 590
68

202, 280
102, 555

205, 752

101,819

187, 730
101, G44

162, 350
90, 901

180, 027 ' 188, 845
100,440
99, 062

39, 962
32, 956
178, 333

39, 754
34, 289
185, 560

39, 850
32, 254
190, 728

42, 259
33, 627
211,142

32,903
32, 061
217,889 : 217,651

44, 859

45, 352

44,011

39, 486

39,022 i

1,809

1,401

1, 543

1,515 i

117, 374
79
118, 782
87, 395

117,964
80
119,026
89, 088

114,306
85
117,849
90, 353

32, 451
67
33, 100
62, 459

35, 141
74
33, 981
62, 905

32, 534
73
32, 339
61, 340

34,707
61,148

78, 377 2 79, 261
291
88
76, 888 2 80, 371
78, 107 2 76, 582

75, 404
85
76, 083
77, 718

72, 281
88
71,920
78, 404

71,826

80, 089 22 80, 983
81, 268
80, 808
73, 388 171,545

74, 123
74, 186
69, 540

70, 054
69, 735
67, 618

632, 940 2 643, 056
274
72 2
630, 869 643, 146
419, 250 2 414, 054

629,233
73
628,343
410,558

583,748 622,055
71
66
585,946 621,365
408,407 406,587

84
65
79

81

79
62

417, 407

401, 874
102, 609
504, 483
60

391,043

55, 266

48, 877

117,609

78

113,140
92, 464
30, 793
64

31,501

61, 758

69 ;

38, 768 !

34, 910

223, 071
226, 899

215, 879

69.7
228, 257
228, 439
67, 720

224,391

7,907

45, 960

165,499
61, 978

221,840
8,030

68.1

224, 141
67, 902

207, 596
230, 380
7, 893
66.9
222, 788 ;
223, 427
67, 652

210, 793
220, 965.
7, 842
69.1
221, 525
225, 336
68, 291

43, 393

36, 108
187, 508
63, 518

175,645
65, 819

38, 241
184, 451
58, 866

183, 388
200, 776
209, 944
3.25

194,820
175,996

3.25

157, 426
170, 107
169, 280
3.25

163, 666
199, 060
193, 595
3.25

177, 800
194, 322
206, 927
3.25

201, 703
92, 337
68

213,817

195,490

202, 043

105, 450
72

95, 261
70

101,601

216,978

72

102, 840
73

213, 634
108, 398
80

213, 673
93, 631

221, 748
102, 808

193, 835
96, 048

197, 870
99, 236

209,511

212, 670
106, 883

52, 547

163, 895

103, 018

33,318
211,716

62, 495
30, 879
215, 685

59, 007
30, 691
227, 443

52, 862
29, 284

198, 151

221,368

45, 229
29, 507
200, 651

38, 821

50, 539

41,017

41, 970

38, 885

32, 422

36, 274

1,477

1,317

1, 894

1, 342

1,620

1,400

1,592-

100, 188
79 :
75

93, 897
73
93, 428

102, 602
81

105,017

105,017

115,340

103, 525
74
106, 838
114, 766

100,345
118,315

24, 873
68, 310

29, 085
64
28, 387
67, 701

34, 486
72
34, 624
67, 009

31, 608
67
29, 996
67, 136

71,970 '
78,047

74, 554
78
73, 137
72, 333

76, 628
83
77, 701
70, 881

83, 905
84
84, 744

74, 704
81

78,378
77,122 !
65,594 :

75, 094
71, 717
65, 777

77, 846
78, 349
62, 400

36, 777

125,335

127,466 ! 101,090
94,413 ] 114,302
32,835 i
66

82

25,485
co

551,080

65
545, 049
425, 234

40, 372

31,818

78
106, 907

78
107, 012

115,995

118,362

111, 720
87
109, 932
120, 778

31,616

67
30, 826
65, 524

33, 290
70
32, 657
64, 730

33, 854
74
29, 995
64, 091

71,916

77,916

72, 732

77, 476
81
74, 687
75, 949

73, 915
71
79, 976
73, 149

77, 138
84
79, 375
79, 207

87, 455
88, 985
62, 903

84, 954
85, 708
64, 432

81, 660
83, 735
65, 186

78, 272
82, 814

66,367

93, 14&
88, 119.
71, SOS

573, 1 74 668, 71C
69
74
573, 538 669, 809
419, 278 419, 711

617,386
74
618, 452

421,214

621, 761
72
619, 532
421, 247

616, 122
71
628, 904
419, 544

645, 784
78
639, 64G
433, 677

Paper Products
Paper-board shipping boxes:
Operating timeCorrugated
p. ct. of normal
Solid
fiber
.p. ct. of normal.. j
Total
p. ct. of normal. .
Production —
Corrugated--thous. of sq. ft..
Solid
fiber
thous. of sq. ft..
Total
thous. of sq. ft..!
Rope paper sacks, shipments ..rel. to 1921-22.. j

.... 100, 301
517,708
44
55

78
61

03
54
61

GO

70

CO

67

80
65
76

76
65
73

72
63
70

73
68
72

74
69
73.

382, 305
91, 966
474, 271
77

305,274

93. 875
484, 938
65

77, 921
383, 195
84

283, 933
75, £07
359, 440
66

347, 876
80, 360
428, 236
79

425, 900
92, 488
518, 388
87

415, 623
90, 955
506, 578
88

388, 030
85, 324
473, 354
78

374, 709
86, 439
461, 148
85

393, 130
97, 474
490, 604.
87

52, 887

48, 751

50, 587

69, 004

47, 878

78, 707

60, 812

55, 779

59, 152

64, 544

618
247
95

785
141
91

712
95
92

643
150
93

657
155
85

418
74
89

440.
71
90

9, 455
10, 893

11,053

12,217

10, 723

13, 428

11, 652
12, 363

11, 026
11, 918

10, 903
10, 572

12, G88
12, 54C.

77

88

84

96

84.3
110.6

86.1
115.5

99.0
117.9

107.2
115.8

110.5
125.6

103. 8
136.6

104.8
158. 2

3 78, 441
3 64, 353
35, 783

36, 657

35,424

3- 103, 250.
s 87, 072
40,382;

75

Printing
Blank forms, new orders
Book publication:
American manufacture
Imported
Printing activity
Sales books:
New orders
Shipments

_ _ thous. of sets.. !| 48, 322
no. of editions..
no. of editions
rel. to 1923 \

thous. of books.. 10,514 ! 11,587
thous. of books. . 10,382 1 10,585

97

98

96

95

10, 284
11,079

11,204
10, 669

10, 054
10, 652

10, 735

10,454

RUBBER
General Operations
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd.)» auto tires and tubes... rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25 _
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25..
Crude Rubber
Consumption, quarterly:
Total
For tires
Imports (incuding latex)




123

107

98

94

88

121. 0
122. 3
122.1 | 2120.6

109.0
118.1

109.6
118.4

112.9
113.0

99.0
107.4

44, 908

a 82,480
s 68, 593
40, 788

|

i
I
i
long tons
long tons
i
long tons.. 46, 939 35, 844
2 Revise

3 66, 258
3 52, 284
29, 733
45, 375
37, 370
36, 598
34, 374
* Quarter ended in month indicated

41

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may \
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

1930

April j March

May

Febru- ! January i Decem- Novem- October
ary
ber
ber

Se

ber m "

August

July

June

RUBBER— Continued
Crude Rubber— Continued

|

i

Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,
0.082
New York
- dolls, per Ib
0.076
0.064
0.064 ] 0.077
0.063
Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,
16.9
New York
rel. to 1926
15.7
15.9
13.2 1
13.2
13.0
Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:
Alloat
_ _ - _ _.
long tons,.
38 49, 471
|
|
Dealers
long tons
49 613
Manufacturers _ _ ,
long tons..
3138,140
Total
long tons_.
3 187, 753
World shipments, plantation
long tens.. —
- 68, 628 63, 395 71,218 65, 719 65, 714
World stocks, end of month:
82, 687
Afloat
long tons..
88, 959
86, 469
78, 159
93,379
Europe
long tons.. 140, 045 143,774 142, 520 137, 452 130, 247 127, 553
Producing countries _
lone tons..
43, 154
43, 958
42, 770
45, 782
United States
long tons 225, 346 219, 405 224,211 215, 523 210, 611 207, 085
World total
long tons _
487, «GO 487, 716 471,285 460, 479
Reclaimed rubber:
3
Production, Quarterly
long tons
32 115
Stocks, end of Quarter _
long tons..
s 16, 142
Scrap rubber:
Consumption by reclaimers,
3
quarterly
__
long tons..
41 274
Stocks at reclaimers, end of
quarter
long tons _
3 57, 198
Tires and Tubes
Pneumatic casings:
Production
thousands
Shipments —
Domestic..
thousands. .
Exports
thousands
Stocks, end of month
. thousands..
Solid and cushion tires:
Production
thousands
Shipments—
Domestic
..thousands..
Experts*
thousandsStocks, end of month .,
thousands..
Inner tubes:
Production
.
thousandsShipments —
Domestic
thousands
Exports . . . .
thousands.Stocks end of month
thousands
Raw material consumed:
Fabrics
thous. of Ibs.
Crude rubber
thous. of lbs._
Miscellaneous Rubber Products
Calendered rubber clothing:
21, 161
Net orders
no. coats and sundries
Production
no. coats and sundries.. 15, 419
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:
Belting
thous. of dolls..
Hose
thous. of dolls..
All other
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls..
209"
Rubber bands, shipments
thous. of lbs__
576
Rubber flooring shipments thous. of sq. ft..
Rubber heels:
Production
thous. of pairs..
Shipments—
Exports
thous of pairs
Repair trade
thous of pairs
Shoe manufacturers

tbous of pairs

Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs.Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:
Auto fabrics
thous. of yds..
Raincoat fabrics
thous. of yds.. ~"l~355~
All other
thous. of yds.. 1,156
Total
thous. of yds..
Rubber soles:
Production
thous of pairs
Shipments —
Exports
thous of pairs
Repair trade
thous. of pairs.Shoe manufacturers. ..thous. of pairs..
Stocks end of month
thou^ of pairs
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
General Operations
New orders
rel to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
..
rel. to 1923-25 .
Stocks, end of month
rel to 1923-25
Unfilled orders, end of month. _rel. to 1923-25 ..

0. 089

0. 089

0.084 '

0.080

0.100

0.111

18.4

18.4

17.3

16.5

20.6

22.9

3 44, 286
i 3 58 804
8129,575
3 188, 379
63, 065
:

3 45, 073
3 59 205
3 91, 968
3151,173 „
74, 941
71, 934
73, 509

60, 596

82, 805
112, 798
42,910
162,283
400, 796

84, 129
111,751
40, 362
158, 445
394, 687

81, 479
121,131
. 36, 118
201,000
: 439, 728

§0, 236
84, 435
§7, 701
119,010 | 118,873 120, 389
37, 714
37,664 i 36,frM5
193, 091 188, 310 171, 285
429, 901 427, 664 427, 089

* 30, 477
3 18, 534

3 31 277
3 17, 989

3 36, 378

3 39, 071

3 59, 464

38 43, 203
51, 387
3
87, 381
3 138, 767
52, 944
75, 480
109, 9S8
39, 300
155, 000
379, 688

(45^269
2_19, 926
« 57, 251

*»*66^11

3 66, 363

4,543

3,955

3,730

3,188

2,940

2, 251

2,123

2,866

2,692

3,332

3,193

4,098

4,197
135
8,250

3,804
142
8,025

3,143
155
8,012

2,580
142
7,629

2,855
140
7,166

2, 550
139
7, 203

2,119
148
7,676

2,613
186
7,842

3, 360
165
7,849

3, 976
164
8,678

4,229
129
9,449

4,050
fc-185
10, 622

11

12

11

11

13

13

18

14

16

13

17

14
1
61

14
1
64

15
1
69

12
1
73

12

13
1
76

19
1
78

22
1
82

22
1
90

19
1
101

18
2
107

4,330

3,693

3,560

3,133

12
1 ]
75 i
2,898 I

2, 448

2,144

3,161

3,053

3,837

3,151

3, 960

4,135
89
8,439

3, 610
99
8,330

2,922
109 !
8,380

2, 619
101
7, 937

3,147 1
102 :
7,562 \

2, 634

96

7, 999

2,147
84
8,250

2,659
119
8,414

3, 525
108
8,052

4,492
118
8,589

4,594
90
9,326

4,082
131
10, 889

18, 010
53, 418

15, 244
45, 016

14, 041
41, 851

12, 002
36, 651

12, 738 1 8. 358
36, 319 i 25,537

8,418
26, 253

11, 780
36, 097

10,917
33, 382

13,223
40, 736

13, 399
39, 365

15, 034
45, 706

19, 380
18, 094

16, 846
16, 803

19, 380
19, 220

16, 361
18, 276

21, 884 1 12, 881
13, 059 j 20,791

15, 493
22, 623

25, 082
41, 291

39,364
37, 097

26, 348
44, 952

28, 767
38, 582

21, 249
55, 411

790
1,857
1, 584
4, 231
215
569

832
2,129
1, 656
4,617
259
569

1,248
1,682
1,622
4, 552
164
559

1,364
1,856
1, 690
4,910
174
507

1,238
2,199
1,881
5, 318
177
L634

15, 474

15, 408

612
3,975
9, 693
28, 491

578
4, 038
10, 112
27, 764

982
1,066
1,002
3,050

13

:

722
1,611
1,378
3, 711
222
366

759
1,440
1,400
3,599
211
365

14, 661
577
4,868
10, 991
26, 708

710
1,040
1,271
3,381

738
863
1,168
2,769

644
567
973
2,184

577 !I
738
891
2,206 •;

2,885

2,692

2,292

2,724

2,481

62
336
2,651
2, 655

69
255
2,474
2,764

14
408
2, 145
2,876

36
290
2,259
3,167

11
287
2,090
3,032

889
1,892 I
1,631
4,412 !
231
496

1

7G

i

675
1, 337
1, 326
3, 338
165
597

779
1, 276
1, 345
3,400
165
432

954
1,554
1,678
4,186
197
682

1,045
1,473
1,565
4,083
172
529

13, 156

12, 973 i

13,101

11,083

16, 460

14, 322

13, 735

15, 117

658
4,854
8,397
29, 335

748 i
838
3, 939
3, 450
8,471
6,618
30, 302 | 29,741

880
4,473
4, 578
29, 130

966
8,291
9,354
29, 353

1, 083
6,681
9,244
31, 601

780
6, 622
8,813
33, 226

938
5, 053
11,668
36, 220

476
697
736
1, 909

532
1,426
864
2,822

915
3,040
1,254
5,209

733
3,249
1,064
5,046

678
1,805
975
3,458

608
1,415
917
2,940

i
;
i

3, 021

1, 426

3,056

2,193

1,473

2,663

i
i
i
|

58
243
2, 305
2, 917

60
280
1,011
2,390

82
492
2,63$
2,520

74
333
1, 691
2,729

74
317
1,161
2, 289

34
364
2.627
2,876

15, 795
829
5, 186
10, ?87
38, 852
851
1, 486
1, 042
3,379

2,734
31
309
2, 549
3,307

60.0

52.3

48.7

55.3

48.0

53.3

48.7

53.3

66.3

64.3

58.7

60.0

118. 7
166. 2
26.5

132.0
2
174. 9
327.3

116.5
2 175. 5
23.7

105.1
»179.4
25.5

102.6
173.4
24.2

75.3
165. 0 !
28.0 !
j

100. 6
166. 0
33.8

106.2
162.9
41.3

106.3
149.6
40.0

120.5
152. 6
45.8

118. 2
160.1
47.3

110.8
170.4
39.8

75.0
136. 5
191.5
53.7

70
9.50
57.7
115, 251

62
9.50
57.7
105, 493

67
10.00
60.8
82, 429

69
10.00
60.8
123, 694

373, 485
271, 577
132, 689

350, 940
222, 710
149, 034

341, 993
197, 069
95, 101

390, 782
213, 848
182, 680

Brick
Common brick:
44
Plants closed down
number-29
233
55
65
53
66
90
76
Price, red, New York dolls, per thoiis.. 10.00
10. 25
10.25
10.00
10.00
10.00
9. 50
9.50
9.50
60.8
Price, red, New York
rel. to 1926 .
62.3
62.3
60.8
60.8
60.8
i
57.
7
57.7
57.7
Shipments
thousands- 30, 434 2 30, 087 31, 307 29, 284 19, 844 19, 657 i 33, 488 103, 489 103, 390
Stocks, end of month—
Burned
thousands.. 188, 590 2 209,094 205, 842 256, 396 237, 346 251, 842 290, 144 429, 896 405, 082
Unburned
thousands 164, 736 2 159,352 165, 172 192, 499 194,504 205, 600 233, 812 285, 944 273, 309
Unfilled orders, end of month_th©usands.- 49, 106 2 44, 415 38, 281 48,240 36,997 47, 032 i 84,550 121, 389 101, 906
1
' Rerised.
Quarter ended in month indicated




0.124
25.6

42

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

1930

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

July

jurw

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS— Contd.
Brick— Continued
Face brick:
Production
thousands. .
Shipments
thousands..
Stocks end of month
thousands
Unfilled orders, end of month. thousands..
Sand-lime brick:
Production
thousands..
Shiuments by rail
- - - thousands. _
Shipments by truck
thousands-Stocks end of month
thousands
Unfilled orders, end of month .thousands. _

540
574
3,652
733

549
569
3,684
781

533
579
3,698
784

395
522
3.734
685

338
369
3,836
708

310
303
3,856
778

494
365
3,823
778

543
536
3,677
821

748
767
3,662
901

730
794
3,677
1,067

854
779
3,717
1, 059

738
865
3,625
1,144

S35
887
3, 737
1, 263

6,664
494
5,758
8,975
9,960

5,084
1,595
4,375
10, 724
6,513

3,999
1,698
3,330
11, 119
5,232

4,869
1,466
3,743
12, 566
7, 070

4,140
1, 493
3,306
12, 545
6,720

3,718
910
3,367
11, 594
5,245

6,053
1,846
4,277
12, 070
9,125

7,126
3,044
4,659
12, 730
8,183

7,925
3,437
6,169
12, 260
7,567

7,877
3,278
6, 553
14, 151
8,957

9,636
2,921
6,437
15, 496
7,762

10, 415
3,102
6,781
14, 328
9,797

10, 317
2, 929
6, 809
13, 191
9,314

2, 465
2,491
6,086

2,119
2,545
6, 003

1,952
2,291
6,078

2.250
2, 479
5, 974

2,342
1,972
6,307

2,634
2,041
6,696

1, 894
1,486
7,022

2,221
1,678
6,814

2,451
2,297
6,578

2,585
2,623
6,412

2,636
2, 459
6,768

1,980
2,368
6,799

3, 249
2,451
6. 750

2,565
75.9
8,625

2,481
73.4
9, 127

2,404
71.4
9,785

2,166
64.4
10, 340

1,777
57.2
10, 913

1,776
52.8
10, 761

1,698
50.5
9,628

1,913
59.1
9,484

2,461
70.4
9, 097

2,202
68.1
9,404

2,439
72.5
10, 024

2,406
71.5
10, 152

2, 528
78.1
11,147

Glass Containers
Net orders
thous. of gross..
Shipments
.thous. of gross. _
Stocks end of month
thous of gross
Production:
Total
- - -thous. of gross..
Per cent of capacity
Unfilled orders, end of month.thous. of gross. .
Illuminating Glassware
New orders
Production:
Total

p. ct. of capacity..

2/. 3

28.6

32.4

27.0

30.7

26.5

30.5

34.5

33.7

29.9

26.8

36. 1

no. ofturns..

2,037
27.2
26.8
4.1

2,086
27.8
28.8
4.1

2,108
28.1
28.7
4.1

1,818
24.2
25.9
4.2

2,183
29.1
28.7
1.1

1,912
30.9
27.6
5.1

2,059
33.2
30.6
4,9

2,185
35.3
34.4
4.7

1, 961
31.7
33.0
4.6

2,083
33.6
30.4
4.6

1, 785
28.8
28.0
4.5

2, 262
36. 5
36. 2
5. 9

.8

.8

.8

.2

.7

.7

.8

.8

7

.8

7,554

9,466

10, 174

10, 593

8,882

7,321

4,941

7,103

8,583

7,979

6,213
5,237
27, 850

4, 824
4, 065
28, 394

6.898
4,093
28, 248

6,163
4,178
30, 259

5,570
3, 699
30, 004

4,559
4,597
29, 347

4,586
3, 259
29, 598

4,451
5,634
30, 370

8,657
6,455
31, 133

6,815
7,564
29, 367

8, 232
7,214
32, 696

7,480
7,448
34, 259

10, 804

11,387

32, 541

31, 497

30, 526

29, 863

30, 400

29, 869

31, 309

31, 973

33, 493

34, 171

65.4
62.8
Per cent of capacity
52.1
Prices, wholesale, composite dolls, per bbl.. 1. 364
1. 399
1.422
Prices, wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926..
78.2 2 80. 2
81.0
Production
thous. of bbls.. 14, 125 14,010 11, 245
Shipmonts
...thous. of bbls.. 16, 094 2 14. 200 11, 184
Stocks end of month
. . -thous. of bbls.. 27, 585 2 29, 554 2 29,715
Stocks, clinker, end of month. ..thous. of bbls.. 11,801 2 13, 087 * 13, 854

36.9
1.477
84.1
8,245
7,192
29, 676
13, 318

29.4
1.543
87.9
5,920
5,074
28, 612
11, 946

29.5
1. 586
90.5
6, 595
4,692
27, 759
10. 384

38.2
1.580
90.6
8,480
5,688
25, 883
8,809

51.7
1.588
91.1
11, 098
8,784
23, 056
7, 758

65.4
1.600
91.7
14, 410
15, 599
20, 697
7,266

75. 7
1.600
91.7
16, 124
18, 083
21, 889
7, 783

81.0
1.600
91.7
17, 821
20, 299
23, 824
9,275

77.8
1.600
91.7
17,078
20, 153
26, 289
11, 684

3,138
315

3,226
335

3, 231
324

3, 799
350

3,373
329

o, 930
556

5,718
465

5,594
520

7,829
741

Shipments
"
p. ct. of capacity..
Stocks end" of month no. of weeks' supply __
Unfilled orders, end of
month
no. of weeks' suoply..

t

Plate Glass
Plate glass, polished, production
-.
thous. of sq. ft..

5,523 , 8,326

9, 13S

Porcelain Plumbing Fixtures
Net new orders
number of Diecos .
Shipments 7
number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
-.nurnber'of pieces. _
Unfilled orders, end of month
number of pieces..

-. , C'O,
-> .37.' 41'}
35, 674

Portland Cement

i

SI. 4
I. 600
91.7
17, 239
18, 781
29, 364
13, 452

Terra Cotta
Terra cotta, new orders:
Quantity
__ ._ . ...net tons .
Value
. . . . ..thous. of dolls. _

7 M7
719

3, 2.3o

4, ISO
412

2, 598
291

4, 084

2 3, 861

3,535

2, 655

2,366

3, 342

3,134

4, 135

3,954

3,812

3,690

3, 992

2

3, 744

2, 923

3,656

2, 541

14,715 2 14,623

14, 508

13, 895

14, 895

2,937
975
14, 570

3. 791
1,110
14, 166

4,572
1.581
14, 823

4,482
1,518
15, 259

4,859
1.663
15', 788

4,385
1,576
16, 834

4, 280
1, 53'9
10, 773

250, 183
172, 334
594, 886
337, 158 I
I

131, 807
108, 065
623. 12o
259, 309

113, 710
121, 259
582, 675
235, 567

141, 036
158, 839
593, 492
243, 116

140, 882
155, 330
536, 915
260, 919

142, 254
166, 156
615, 931
275, 367

142, 024
j 56, 650
654, 535
299, 269

128, 99.
157, 77i
648, 805
313, o95

60.8
72. 4

73.6
73.3

90.6
73.8

74.4

61.7
77. 7

56. 1
80.0

Tile
Floor and wall tile:
Production
thous. of sq. ft
Shipments —•
Quantity
_ .thous. of sq. ft..
Value
thous of dolls
Stocks, end of month
thous. of sq. ft..
Vitreous China
Plumbing fixtures:
New orders
Shipments
Stocks, end of month
Unfilled orders, end of month

pieces
pieces
pieces
pieces..

136, 285 2119,922
134, 549 2 128, 574
574, 304 2 593, 268
202, 591 2200,855

93, 108
117, 105
597, 476
209, 507

64, 260
133, 802
583, 099
233, 504

150, 451
184, 563
552, 403
303, 046

269.9
66.3

2 73. 5
67.6

277.0
69. 2

69.8
70.4

TEXTILES
General Operations
New orders
...rel. to 1923-25. _
Prices wholesale
rel to 19^6
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, manufactured goods, end of
month
..
rel. to 1923-25. .
Stocks, raw materials, end of
month
rel. to 1923-25 ._
Unfilled orders, end of month.. rel. to 1923-25. .

61.3
65.4

66. 9
71.0

100

2101

98

97

93

86

87

93

91

88

81

84

100.5

103. 7

100.0

97.3

99.3

86.4

89.8

87.0

85.4

85.1

72.5

79.7

90.8

'90.7

93.4

9i. 1

92. 4

100.0

109. 2

97.3

96.8

96.5

106.4

117.3

161. 2
38. t>

17(3, 8
2 42. 3

196.3
2 42. 7

212.2
40.0

229. 9
38.9

241.8
34.3

237.6
37. 3

214.7
38.2

155. 4
34.5

116. 9
33.7

104. 2
35.9

37, 732
14, 102

30, 481
21,719

34, 945
19, 574

42, 176
21,320

35, 062
19, 1-32

44, 591
20, 429

36, 656
14, 681

37, 940
17, 958

39, 578
13, 303

148. 9
36.5

2

Burlaps and Fibers

Imports:
Burlaps
F ibers
2
Revised.




... -thous. oflbs.. 42, 942
long t ons - . 14, 803

57, 553
39, 038
13, 941 . 10, 857

95. b

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

43

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

TEXTILES— Continued
Clothing
Hosiery:
Prices, pure silk, wholesale.-. rel. to 1926- _
New orders
thous of doz. pairs
Net shipments
thous. of doz. pairs_Production
thous. of doz. pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of doz. pairs_Unfiiled orders, end of
month
thous. of doz. pairs..
Knit underwear:
Net shipments.. -thous. of doz. garments..
New orders
thous. of doz. gannents..
Production
thous. of doz. garments-Stocks, end of
month
thous. of doz. garments-Unfilled orders, end
of month .__ thous. of doz. garmentsMen's and hoys' garments cut:
Overcoats
thous. of garments
Separate trousers
thous. of garments..
Suits _
thous of garments
Overalls:
Cut -_ _
thous. of doz. garments
Net shipments -thous. of doz. garments
Unfilled orders,
end of month. -thous. of doz garments

1931
June

43.6

May

April

1930
March

Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

Febru- January
ary

50.8
2,691
2,541
2,570

50.8
2,717
2,708
2,535

51.9
2,774
2,728
2,465

51.9
2,600
2,497
2,405

51.9
2,526
2,209
2,400

58.3
2,455
2, 796
2,638

6,312

6,265

6,433

6,713

7,074

7,095

2,127

2,002

2, 051

2,027

2,041

1,834

1,107
1, 326
1,146

909
994
945

975
967
840

816

1,366

1,265

1,549

1, 342

303
1,845
2,370

191
2,017
1,878

53.3
3,218
3,315
3,036

60.5
3, 918
3, 813
3,480

62.6
3,434
3,539
2,914

7, 249

7,749

2, 408

2, 633

878
821

1,129
1,164
978

1,329

1,299

1, 258

1,284

250
1,708
2,028

160
1, 580
1, 714

234
223
41

July

June

64.8
2,639
2,772
2,412

69.1
2, 229
2,361
2,300

69. L
2,941
2,827
2,823

8, 142

3,683

9,056

10, 464

1,948

2,096

2, 322

2,736

1,365
1,475
1,132

1,261
1,049
913

1,024
909
328

902
781
869

875
911
1, 023

1,197

1,421

1,497

1,759

1,880

1,846

1, 266

1, 250

1,140

1,398

1,524

1, 634

159
1,232
1,222

444
1, 183
1,100

555
2,103
1, 654

564
2,071
1,662

437
1,891
1,878

441
1,926
1,811

329
1,976
1.792

222
218

161
137

207
191

279
249

326
289

288
250

244
223

231
213

36

42

36

51

69

74

60

67

406, 207
79.2

414, 887
80.8

444, 494
86.6

394, 321
76.3

352, 335
68.7

379, 022
73.8

405, 236
79.0

766
13, 258
4,461

908
12, 837
3,409

1,004
10, 866
1,747

903
6,304
3,394

366
1,879
5, 901

176
78
4,162

9, 550

25, 526
176
5, 916
76.1

25, 858
173
5,832
80.1

26, 154
184
6,239
77.1

26, 087
167
5,663
73.4

25, 874
151
5,134
65.2

26, 458
156
5,301
67.2

27, 659
170
5,789
76.2

.087
. 101
1,627

.096

2, 749

. no

.092
.107
3,670

. 099
. 109
2,410

.114
.121
365

.119
.132
64

.140
. 14£
163

1, 659
8,378

1, 567
8,398

1, 353
7,543

968
5,248

1,012
3, 465

1, 183
2, 877

1, 357
3, 105

10, 037

9, 965

8,895

6, 215

4,476

4, 060

4, 462

267.0

265.0

236.6

165.3

119.1

108.0

118.7

7,841
9,897

7,676
9,437

6,617
8,413

4,892
6,707

3,159
5,190

2, 917
5, 230

3, 352
5,951

Cotton
Consumption by textile mills. _ _
.bales.. 455, 388 465, 770 503, 744 490, 586 433, 510 454, 188
Consumption by textile mills. _rel. to 1923-25..
88.5
84.5
95.6
99.1
88.7
90.8
Exports, unmanufactured
(exclusive of linters)
thous. of bales
392
433
625
605
255
336
Ginnings
thous. of bales .
13, 593
13, 756
Imports, unmanufactured
bales. _ 14, 134 15, 189 17, 257 10, 266 11, 165 11,299
Machinery, activity of spindles:
Activity spindles
thousands
26, 490
26, 645
25, 763
25, 611
25, 799
26, 398
184
211
Activity per spindle-.. _
hours
216
202
191
204
7,001
Total activity
.mill, of hours.. 6, 630
7,129
6,110
6, 360
6,739
Per cent of capacity
87.2
91.2
94.3
80.8
89.9
87.0
Prices:
To producer
dolls, per lb._
.096
.093
.091
.086
.077
.088
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb_.102
.109
.110
. 102
. 090
.093
447
358
jRectupts into sis;ht
thous of bales
513
729
341
103
Stocks, domestic, end of month:
Mills
thous. of bales-1, 614
1,478
1,548
1, 370
1,258
1,131
6,034
7,314
7, 939
Warehouses
thous. of bales.. 4,971
6,643
5, 494Total, mills and warehouses . .
thous of bales
7,404
9,553
8,120
8,862
6,752
6,102
Total, mills and ware254. 1
houses
rel. to 1923-25-235. 7
216.0
196.9
162.3
179.6
Stocks, world visible, end of month:
7,381
6,826
American
thous of bales
6,302
7,576
5,236
5,861
9,897
9, 332
Total.. . .
thous of bales
9,958
8,883
7,572
8,346

135

Cotton Finishing
Printed only (mills and outside):
Production
thous. of yds..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of yds._
White, dyed, and printed (outside mills):
Billings, finished goods
thous. of yds..
New orders, gray yardage --thous. of yds.._
Per cent of capacity
.
Shipments, finished goods
cases_.
Stocks, finished goods, end of month
_
cases
Unfilled orders, end of month
days..
Cotton Goods
Cotton cloth:
Imports
thous. of sq. yds..
Exports
thous. of sq. yds_.
Cotton textiles:
New orders
thous. of yds. _
Production
_ thous. of yds
Shipments
thous of yds
Stocks, end of month
thous, of yds__
Unfilled orders, end of
month...
thous. of vds
Elastic webbing, shipments -.thous. of dolls...
Fabric for tire manufacture, consumption
thous. of lbs__
Mill dividends:
Fall River (quarterly)
thous. of dolls
New Bedford (quarterly) .thous. of dolls
Prices:
Print cloth 64x60...
...dolls, per vd__
Print cloth 64x60
rel. to 1926..
Sheeting, brown
dolls, per yd..
Sheeting, brown
rel. to 1926
Cotton goods (Fairchild) rel to 1911-13

57, 412
77, 335

67, 704
74, 436

86, 612
72, 973

87, 318
65, 145

76, 847
64, 546

68, 380
65, 704

70, 301
68, 420

62, 005
68, 817

69, 764
65, 876

55, 387
64, 788

42, 185
70, 395

38, 799
82, 297

47, 608
82, 856

51, 577
41,119
45
27, 221

52, 537
45, 937
51
30, 109

60, 590
50, 394
52
31, 176

61, 803
57, 872
58
35, 334

50, 166
49, 679
56
30, 593

43, 642
46, 370
47
29, 031

47, 566
39; 749
40
23, 888

40, 249
3S, 541
44
23, 743

53, 003
47, 133
48
29, 260

40, 631
41, 618
46
26, 691

37, 907
35, 576
36
28, 843

41,473
37, 349
34
28, 559

50, 933
3-9, 249
41
32, 986

16, 433
1.5

17,141
1.9

16, 677
2.7

17, 641
2.7

17, 071
2.6

20, 134
2.6

23, 593
2.6

21, 803
2. 5

22, 392
2.1

22, 079
2.6

27, 198
2. 1

31,901
1.9

34, 477
2. 0

3,937
34, 370

3,920
30, 961

2,810
30, 776

2,530
33, 392

2,148
25, 188

2, 641
31, 488

1,658
29, 388

1, 763
29, 273

1,976
34, 304

1, 920
32, 626

1, 664
34, 285

2,434
35, 397

3, 019
35, 808

355, 902
260, 163
273, 871
288, 235

130,029
225, 392
205, 603
301, 943

137, 749
225, 955
217, 582
282, 154

295, 334
271, 638
317, 185
273, 781

326, 691
212, 168
248, 354
319, 328

239, 106
202, 149
210, 597
355, 514

182, 656
234, 052
226, 951
363, 962

183, 067
206, 633
200, 661
356, 861

335, 801
228, 866
270, 383
350, 889

291, 980
182, 385
232, 975
392, 406

235, 272
218, 815
231, 348
442, 996

180, 147
165, 850
176, 689
455, 529

129, 947
198, 539
182, 652
466, 363

330, 575
1,018

248, 544
2 1, 124

294, 118
1,199

373, 951
1, 363

395, 802
1,180

317, 465 1 288,956
1, 041
921

333, 251
1, 000

350, 845
1,356

285, 427
1, 200

226, 422
1,127

222, 498
1,088

219, 040
1, 109

16.010

15, 244

14, 041

12, 002

8,418

11, 780

10,917

13, 223

13, 399

15, 034

. 048
63.4
. 054
57. 9

Cotton Yarn
Carded sales yarn:
Production
thous. of lbs_. 10, 067
Stocks end of month
thous. of lbs_. 11, 195
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous. of Ibs— 34,017
Prices:
22/1 cones, Boston.
.dolls, perlb..
.215
60.0
22/1 cones, Boston.
rel. to 1926—
40' Is southern spinningdolls, per lb._
. 352
2
Revised.




3

3271

12, 738 |

8, 358

•

3 27Q

301

!,'

3

330
^254

3 110

I

.050
65. 7
.058
62.8
115

.053
69.6
.059
63.3
119

.055
73.3
.059
63.3
121

.053
69.6
.065
69-8
119

.052
68.8
.062
67.0
120

.053
70 4
.085
69.9
122

.'066
70.9
124

.055
72.9
.066
70.9
124

.053
70.4
^070
75. 1
124

.050
66.6
.070
75.1
126

.054
71. 8
.070
75.1
130

.056
74.7
.075
80.3
134

13,377
11, 212

11,081
12, 240

11, 536
12, 537

10, 968
13, 420

12, 665
13, 795

9, 5S2
13, 531

11,787
12, 518

15, 494
12, 548

11. 148
12,819

10,031
13, 633

11,049
13, 742

10, 968
13,559

3-i, 914

38, 825

40, 979

42, 407

39, 963

38, 920

38, 928

37, 854

33. 194

29, 103

26, 469

27, 632

.223
62.2
. 353

.231
64.5
.369

.240
66.8
.382

.239
66.7
.390

.248
69.1
.390

68.8
.390

.-254
71.0
.405

.235
65.5
.113

.242
67.4
, 420

.262
73.1
.447

.273
76.2
.461

3

.057

Quarter ended :a mouth indicated.

.252
70.3
. 4.35

44

SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

1
! April

May

TEXTILES— Continued
Fur
Sales by dealers
thous. of dolls..'

1930

*^ " January : December

F

March

ru

August I
?™- October September

N

5,324 j

5,615 ,

6,693

6,049 |

4,496

3,048

4,520

5,787

Pyroxylin-Coated Textiles
Pyroxylin spread
Shipments billed
Unfilled orders end of
month

June

4,348

5, 455

!

3,028
2, 426

2,015 :

3,070

4,190
3,092
M
3, 973

7,301

5,425

3,158
2, 690

2,882
2, 309

1

!

July

thous. of Ibs
thous. of linear yds..!

4,001 i
2,815

4,060 !
3,186 i

4,273
3,301

4,081 i
3, 394 !

3,044 i
2, 724

2,565 .
2,333

2, 353
2, 120

2,417
2,075

2,879
2,711

thous. of linear yds__

2,656

2,810

2,962

3,358

3,058

2,735

2,031

2,424

2,472

2,590

225

295

439

274 i

154

0

216

101

153

171

135

383

.75 i

.75

.75 1

.75 \

.75

.95

. 95

.95

.95

.95

.95

1.15

55, 910
7,465

55, 424
9,877

57, 333
7,000

61,937
8,940

55, 649
7,887

41,734
39,948
8,244 ; 5,712

39, 396
4,622

2.807

2.709

2.463

2.512

2.413

2. 955

3.251

45.3
1.02

43.7
1.02

39.8
1.02

40.6
1.02

39.0
1.04

47.7 ;
1.06

47.7
1.08

52.5
1.09

94.0
39.2
55.2

94.0
35.8
65.8

96.5
60.8
75.1

88.2
38.2
70.2

80.0
44.7
57.7

73.1
36.9
49.1 j

79.2
31.0
52.1

79.0
63.6
58.0

51,814
23, 588

58, 430
24, 242

49, 238
24,929

51,278
22, 954

47,621
21,243

44,978 ! 35,565
20,511
18,046

28,450
19, 843

1
33,761
34,682
71.3 :
73.2

32, 772
69.2

Rayon
Imports
thous. of lbs__
Price, 150 denier, "A" grade,
New York
_
. ___dolls. per lb__

202
.73

;

Silk
Deliveries (consumption)
bales.. 42,161 i 45 073 41 356 55,383 ! 54,242
Imports raw
.thous. of Ibs. . 6,409 1 6,520
4,823 : 7,725
7,318
Prices:
Raw, Japanese 13-15, New
!
York
dolls, per lb._
2.463 ! 2.266 ; 2.266
2.561 | 2.709
Raw, Japanese 13-15, New
39.8 '
York
rel. t® 1926..
36.6
3.66 !
41.3 1
43.7
Silk goods, composite
dolls, per yd_.i
99
.99 !
.99 | 1.00
Silk machinery activity:
Broad looms
F. ct. of normal
75.6 i
76.3
90.9
93.8 1
96.5
43.9 i
Narrow looms
p. ct. of normal. _
42.5
44.6 ;
44. 3 i
51. 7
42.8 j
Spinning spindles
p. ct. of normal..
49.5
51.8 |
58.6
58.9
Stocks, end of month:
At warehouses
-bales.. 37, 352 32,688 i 35,497 i 47,407 45,399
18, 706
At manufacturing plants
bales
18,206
20,425 j 22, 231 | 23, 124

2. 955

Wool
Consumption at textile mills,
grease equivalent
thous. of Ibs
Consumption at textile mills.— rel. to 1923-25,.
Imports:
In condition, imported
thous. of lbs__
Machinery activity, hourly:
Combs . .
p. ct. of hours active.Looms—
Carpet and rugs.p. ct. of hours active..
Narrow
p. ct. of hours active-Wide
p. ct. of hours active..
Set of cards
p. ct. of hours active-Spinning spindlesWoolen
p. ct. of hours active..
Worsted
p- ct. of hours active..
Prices:
Raw, territory, fme,scoured_dolls. per lb__
Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces, 34 blood,
combing grease
dolls, per Ib
Suiting 13-oz
dolls, per Ib _
Suiting 13-oz
rel to 1926
Women's dress goods,
French serge, 39-in
dolls, per yd__
Women's dress goods,
French serge, 39-in
rel. to 1926..
Worsted varns
..dolls, per l b _ _
Worsted varns
rel. to 1926- .
Receipts at Boston:
Domestic
thous. of Ibs. .
Foreign
thous. of Ibs
Total
- --thous. of Ibs.

45,805 i 52, 199
96.7 j 110.2

47, 710
40,373
38,420
100.7 !
85.2 |
81.1

33, 856
71.5

30,007
63. 3

31, 237
65.9

40, 975
86.5

38, 083
80.4

16, 868

14, 168

21, 258 |

15,348 I

11,687

13, 767

10, 920

8,546

8,994

8, 817

107

97

82

76 |

75

67

67

65

74

81

75 '

46
45
58 |
60 !

44 j
42 1
54
57 1

44
34
59
66

!
i
i
i

39
30
59
60

29
28
49
47 i

29
26
46
43

38
37
47
50

38
44
47
54

36
41
46
53

34
43
44
48

60 i
66 1

55 |
57 i

66
54

48 i
52 |

45
52

52
52

53
62

55
60

.65 '

57
57 i
1
.66 |

,66

.72

.72

. 75

.22
1.494 !
7.45 |

.22 i
1.543 !
77.0 j

23
1.601
79.8

.26 !
1.601 i
79.8 !

.27
1. 601
79.8

.29
1.601
79.8

'

.90

.90

10,145

8,900

8,896

:

40
46
61 i
60
61
73
.62
.20
1.494
74.5

2

.63
.20
1,494
74.5 :

.68

1

1.00
69.7

1.00
69.7

53, 779
2, 964
56, 743

26,151
4, 190
30,341

38, 737

48,911

.76

.76

.30
1.601
79.8

.31
1. 601
79.8

.31 |
1.601 i
79.8 i

.31
1.G9G
84.6

.31
1. 756
87.6

.90

.90

87.0
1.17
81.8

87.0
1.20
83.6

87.0
1.20
83.6

87.0
1.20
83.6

10,376
7,399
17,775

8,215
6,741
5,064 ! 6,528
13,279 I 13,269

3,363 !
7,432 !
10, 795 i

7, 574
4,000
11,574

4,576
1,664
6,240

10, 494
2, 245
12, 739

4,094
2,980
7,074

45,006

39,908

50, 440

62? 148

57, 964

78, 262

53, 841

1

36
48
53
60

.76

!
1.10 !
76.6 \

1.00 !
69.7

72

31
42
48 1
51 1
i
52
53

!
|
*
I
1
48 i
55 j
1
.76 !

1.10
76.6

1.00 >
69.7

71

62
56

.90

.90

87. 0
1. 20
83.6

87.0
1.20
83.6

47,826
72,313
3,846 i 4,602
51,672
76,915

54,729
2,936
57, 665

39,527

30, 351

.90
87. 0 !
1. 20 !
83.6 !

TOBACCO
Unmanufactured:
Plxports, leaf
thous. of lbs~
Stocks—
Chewing, smoking, snuff a^.d export
types, quarterly..
mills, of Ibs.
Cigar types, quarterly thous. of lbs-_
Total, including imported types, quarterly
mills, of lbs_Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)—Large cigars . _
thousands. Small cigarettes
millions-Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
-- thous. of Ibs..
Manufacturing
operations
- rel. to 1923- 25. _
Exports cigarettes
thousands

i

46,879

» 1, 492
' 3 277, 850

32,151 !
517,514
11, 508

27,620
I

s 1 697 1
3354319 '

467,300 459,982
10,448 i 9,471

31,086

30,780

30,781

133
244, 201

137
250,858

134
241,703

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION
Buttons
Fresh-water pearl button:
Production, ratio to capacity
per cent-450
9,252
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross. Imports:
Buttons118
Product of Philippines.thous. of gross. .
All other
thous. of gross. 446
Shells202
Mother-of-pearl
thous. of Ibs-.
527
All other
thous. of Ibs..
1,999
Tagua nuts
thous. of lbs_.
2
Revised.




;

1

440,472 1 362,839
9,802 | 8,836
31,049

3

! 3 1, 853

3
1, 266
303 104

» 1.296
» 337, 071

> 1, 649

s 1, 726

362. 939 ; 349,635
9,368 ' 8, 675

528, 128
7,952

623, 861
10,947

523, 973
10, 190

517,200
10,577

532,805
11,859

519, 599
11,751

;

25,815

25, 976

33. 026

32, 166

31,370

30,964

30, 939

:

128

119
251,507

129
318, 751

125
305, 676

130
295,744

137
643,358

141
566,015

42.0
8, 756

38.8
8, 808

36.2
9,061

25. 7 1
9,258

23. 1
9,857

41.2
10, 056

82
9

65
9

72
5

78
3

69
14 ;

63
12

107
18

896

402
458

354
586

802
164
1,2*6

844 j
56 !
708 !

476
72
1,213

271
377
1,242

29,562

31,697

131 !
132
324,808 i 256,706

121
229, 697

338,808

i
I
44. 7
9,224 :

45. 2
9,408

47.5 '
9,518

44.6
9,807

61
11 !

C5
2

94 !
2 i

59
3

272 '
43
901 !

395
48
1,720

#9 i
95 1
592 i

273
369
1,329

35.5
10,154 i
59
4
475 i
22
270

i

40.6
8, 842 |

is

331
858
1,204
1
Quarter ended in month indicated.

45

SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

193O

1

June

May

April

March

Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber

July

June

FUELS
Coal
Anthracite:
Exports
thous. «f long tons._
148
146
Prioes—
Retail, composite.dolls. per short ton.. 14.31
14.19
Wholesale, composite
dolls per long ton
12.413 12. 270
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926—
89.1
90.2
Production, .
thous. of short tons— 4,552
5,005
Stocks, end of month, in yards of
dealers
—no. of days' supply—
Bituminous:
Consumption —
Bv coke plantsCanada
thous. of short tons—
United States
thous. of short tons.. 4,027
4,629
By electric power
plants
thons. of short tons. .
2, 955
By railroads
thous. of short tons—
5,821
By vessels clearing
ports
thous. of long tons—
209
195
Exports
. . thous. of long tons—
994
926
Prices—
Mine average (spot)
dolls per short ton
1.60
1.56
Prepared sizes (composite)
dolls, pernet ton.. 3.816
3.838
Preparedsizes (composite) rel. to 1926—
80.1
79.6
Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton-8.04
8.00
Wholesale, composite
dolls, per short ton.. 3.692
3.723
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926-.
86.3
85.6
Production—
Canada
- thous of short tons
United States
thous. of short tons— 29, 165 2 28, 314
Production index
rel. to 1923-25—
74
75
Stocks, end of month, held by
consumers
thous. of short tons—

178

120

79

159

253

198

305

129

144

14.39

14.85

14.85

14.88

14.89

14.90

14.87

14.86

14.47

14.53

14.32

12.202
88.6
5,700

12. 608
91. S
4,745

12. 732
92.5
5,391

12. 732
92.5
6,157

12. 751
92.6
6,086

12. 751
92.6
5,207

12. 762
92.7
7,576

12. 707
92.3
5,293

12. 578
91.4
6,190

12. 366
89.8
5,658

12. 251
89.0
5, 090

31

43

47

8,

60

57

21

207

182

230

247

235

236

246

249

249

233

244

248

268

4,682

4,902

4,408

4,686

4,737

4,820

5,270

5,214

5,550

g.824

6,155

2 2, 964
5,885

3, 410
6,414

3,286
5,810

3,688
6,598

3, 837
6,622

3,670
6,642

3,944
7,124

2 3, 725
6,349

2 3, 659
6,408

3,452
6,228

2 3, 199
6,177

168
671

136
660

141
645

187
700

201
803

204
1,287

230
1,317

269
1,462

261
1,433

284
1,586

276
1,394

1.64

1.69

1.77

1.77

1.77

1.78

1.81

1.75

1.68

1.71

1.67

3.845
80.2
8.46

4.001
83.5
8.71

4.223
88.1
8.83

4.268
89.0
8.87

4.317
90.0

4.336
90.5
8.94

4.342
90.6
8.88

4. 303
89.8
8.79

4.180
87.2
8.70

4.156
86.7
8.65

4,096
85.4
8.54

3.760
87.2

3.791
87.9

3.814
88.4

3.829
88.8

3.898
90.4

3.900
90.4

3. 893
90.2

3.897
90.3

3. 892
90.2

3. 891
90.2

3,902
90.5

888
28, 4 78

1,028
33, 870
76

963
31,403
73

1,164
38, 542
77 j

1,275
39. 716
85

1,315
38, 122

1,630
44, 150
87

1,230
38, 632
85

1, 101
35, 661
82

1,061
34, 715
86

1,128
33, 714
89

34, 200

37,200

36, 800

35, 900

33, 100

32, 200

70

29, 500

Coke
Exports
thous. of lo:*g tons__
Price, furnace, Connellsville
_ -...dolls, per short ton
Price, furnace, Connellsvills
rel. to 1926_.
Production:
Canada
thous. of short tons
United StatesBeehive
thous. of short tons
By-product
thous. of short tons._

45

86

43

54

67

71

2. 45
59. 7

2. 48
60.3

2.50
60.9

2.50
60.9

2.53
61.5

2.55
62.1

169

179

165

87
2,715

94
3,126

109
3,146

149
3,256

163
2,898

69

83

66

64

93

68

2.55
62.1

2.58
62.7

2.60
63.3

2.60
63.3

2.55
62.1

2.52
61.4

2.50
60.9

171

181

185

185

170

182

182

193

163
3,092

171
3,077

163
3,137

178
3,432

168
3, 401

170
3,637

215
3,770

262
3, 954

Petroleum
Asphalt:
•7
3
Iranorts
_
thous. of short tons
7
10
9
3
7
0
5
3
3
6
248
306
Production
—.thous. of short tons—
166
304
147
190
168
306
217
334
346
360
267
Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons .
332
380
354
295
270
295
311
308
316
Coke:
168
Production
thous of short tons
177
170
151
159
170
178
172
161
158
1, 158
Stocks, end of month.thous. of short tons.1,045
1,032
1, 053
1,041
1,064
3,045
942
1,250
1,089
994
Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills) thous. of bbls
74, 016
74, 706
78, 521
65, 249
75, 950
73, 596
70, 026
71,581
70,310
79, 289
78, 644
4,162
Imports
--thous. of bbls
4,512
4,789
5,061
5, SOS
3,715
4, 727
5, 059
4, 353
4,467
5,877
Oil wells completed
number
519
866
4^:8
450
782
383
527
992
1,051
487
659
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma... dolls, per bbl—
.1. 098
.530
.530
.594
.850
.330
1.178
.850
.850
.850
1.178
1.178
58. 3
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
rel. to 1928—
28.1
15.9
28.1
31.5
45.1
62.5
45.1
45.1
62.5
62.5
45.1
72, 696
Production
thous. of bbls—
77, 164
73, 101
70, 977
69, 397
60, 645
74. 853
76, 554
66, 985
68, 174
65, 991
Production index
rel. to 1923-25
2 122
121
112
115
114
122~
110
120
117
110
114
111
67
Refinery operations
p. ct. of capacity
64
67
f>5
69
63
64
70
69
61
* 63
Refinery operations index. -rel. to ] 923-25. .
160
161
149
165
152
163
144
149
164
151
166
Stocks, end of month —
California —
100, Oil 100, 578 100, 531 101, 442 102. 368 i 104,121 103, 553 102, 643 103, 647 103, 701 104, 550
Heavv__ thous of bbls
Light
thous. of bbls..
40, 840
40, 805
40, 651
40, 738
40, 582
41,071
41,016
40, §52
40, 671
40, 389 ! 40, 625
East of California —
41,413
Refineries
thous of bbls
46, 032
42, 027
41, 819
45, 445
47, 140
40, 786
41, 785
41, 191
43, 446
46, 785
Tank farms and pipe
lines. . .
thous. of bbls
306, 287 308, 752 310, 377 313, 310 317, 854 320, 510 323, 089 323, 030 324, 644 328, 355 331, 124
Total
thous. of bbls
348, 106 350, 165 351, 163 355, 337 359, 639 361, 701 366, 535 369, 062 370, 089 375, 140 378, 264
Mexico —
3,147
Production _ ... _
thous. of bbls
2.564
2,819
2,761
2, 922
2, 895
3,243
3,437
2,890
3, 449
2,392
2, 093
Exports
thous. of bbls— i
—
1, 528
1,463
2,419
2, 630
2,808
1,690
1, 895
1, 263
Venezuela12, 208
Exports
-.thous. of bbls
8,586
12, 182
9,049
10, 362
11, 674
11,506
9,516
10, 704
11, 134
10, 877
11, 785
Production
- thous. of bbls
9, 515
9, 263
11, 624
10, 283
9,486
10, 492
10, 384
10, 911
11, 378
11,311
Gas and fuel oils:
i
Con-sumption —
B y electric power plants.thou s . of bbls .
2 550
643
2 845
2 764
2730
539
637
2 902
790
800
845
By railroads
thous. of bbls— i
3,841
3, 924
3, 536
3, 644
3,181
3, 705
4, 355 !
3,817
3, 599
3, 886
By vessels
thous. of bbls '
4, 702
4, 043
3,622
3, 794
4,333
4,316
"~4~364~
3,667
3,544
3,868
4, 463
Price, Oklahoma 24-26,
refineries
dolts, per bbl
.625
.385
.463
.488
.594
. 580
.600
.588
.510
.600
.610
.650
Production .
thous. of bbls
29, 949
29,704
29, 034
29, 562
31, 023
30, 073
30, 754
29, 174
29, 923
26, 536
29, 818
Stocks at refineries at end. of
month
thous. of bbls—
39, 127
32, 105
39, 729
36, 579
33, 854
41, 480
32, 159
33, 977
37, 007
40, 427
41, 293
Gasoline:
Consumption
thous. of bbls—
38, 256
31, 037
37, 823
35, 716
33, 400
29, 694
30, 984
32, 267
37, 433
26, 133
26, 844
Exports
theus. of bbls ~~~3~085~ 4, 721
2,841
5,497
3,988
4,462
3, 536
6,375
4, 149
3,826
3,586
6,131
Prices, wholesale, New York.dolls per gal—
.163
.133
.141
.141
.163
.133
.133
.143
.148
.138
.135
. 133
Prices, retail, tank wagon,
.154
50 cities. .
dolls, per gal ...
.137
.159
.163
.165
.149
.148
.146
.150
» Revised.




6
337
312
163
891
80, 747
5,767
1,197
1.178
62.5
76,929
124
73
170

105, 276
41,045
46, 772

331,050
377, 822
3,287
3,030
11,221
11,361
2634
3,750
4,041
.675
31,092

38,302
35,706
6,955
.163
.166

46

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may \
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \
ment to the Survey
June
FUELS— Continued

1931
May

1930

April , March

Decem- Novem- October i Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

Febru- January
ary

Jure

July
j

;

Petroleum— Continued
Gasoline— Continued .
Production —
3, 814
Natural gas (at plants') .thous. of bbl> .. 3,824
39,019
36,601
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls
Retail distribution — 41 States mills, of gals
Stocks, end of month996
1,006
Natural gas (at plant) thous. of bbl?
47, 948 48,587
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls
Kerosene:
2, 395
2,804
Consumption .
thous. of bbls
753
Exports
thous. of bbls - - ;
720
1. 145
.048
Price, 150° water white
dolls, per gal. . 042
.045
3, 389
3,397
Production
thous. of bbls.-i
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
.
thous. of bbls ._
6, 129
5, 960
Lubricating oil:
1,850
Consumption...
thous. of bbls. .
1, 865
145
Price cylinder oil
..dolls, per gal.J
...
2,
316
Production
thous. of bbls.-i
" ~ ~ 2 ~ 264"
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
thous. of bbls..'
10,463
10,119
Wax:
33,040
Production
thous. of Ibs. . ,
35, 840
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs
205, 803 205,105

!•
4,048
i 35,246

3,631
31, 328
782

4,140
32, 708
821

4,198
34, 352
887

4,238
33, 616
935

4,326
37, 400
1,019

4,079
36, 944
1,060

4,212
37, 844
1,114

4,231
38, 061
1,124

4,269
37, 537
1,027

i
884
1 48,225

692
45, 355

606
42, 818

578
40, 741

596
38, 705

559
38, 684

534
38, 254

744
41, 624

741
46, 077

928
50. 225

2,691
1,151
.051
3,676

2,272
974
.053
3,171

2,596
1,275
.054
3, 560

2,786
1,310
.054
3,575

2,841
970
.053
3,590

2,599
1,373
.054
3,876

2,768
1,349
.053
3,846

2,573
1,687
, 050
3,975

2,933
1,021
.052
3, 929

2,323
1,782
.055
4,026

6, 300

6,477

6,555

6,883

7,379

7,633 . 7, 771

8,030

8,319

8;352

1,950
. 145
2, 293

1,583
.146
2,036

1,715
.165
2,441

1,458
.172
2,509

1,573
.184
2,409

1,569
.186
2,546

1,944
.190
2,723

1,940
.193
2,971

1,887
.210
3,018

1,772
!284
2, 920

!
i
i
i

10,710

10, 911

11,013

10, 971

10, 536

10, 502

10, 257

10, 161

9,953

9,742

37,520
208,620

38, 640
229, 414

42, 560
233, 044

36, 120
232, 592

35, 840
237, 027

38, 080
240, 060

43, 960
248, 940

39, 760
254, 990

45, 640
254, 999

43, 680
249, 748

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Advertising
Magazine advertising
thous. of lines., i 2, 191
Magazine advertising, total
cost
thous. of dolls.. i 16,692
National advertising in newspapers:
i
B uilding materials
thous. of lines - .
Electrical appliances, sup!
plies
thous of lines
Financial
thous of linesc i
Foods and beveracres
thou^ of lino
Heating and plumbing equipment
thous. of lines.
Medical
thous of lines '
Passenger cars
thous. of lines.-'
Radio
thous. of lines !
Tires, trucks, and accessories
thous. of lines.
*
Tobacco
thous of lines
Toilet articles
thous. of lines.
'
5
Transportation
thous of line* 1
All other
thous of lines
Total
thous. of lines.
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines.. 79, 772
Radio broadcasting, facilities,
cost
thous. of dolls..!

2, 375

2,421

2,203

1,992

1,585

2,265

2,488

2, 490

2,145

1,658

1, 986

2, 752

16, 959

17,173

16,002

15, 307

10, 820

15, 352

17, 359

17, 759

15, 214

12, 075

14, 316

19,614

1
1

75

129

229

216

99

117

342

794
5,114
3,579

751
4,472
6, 156

562
5,579
7,726

685
5,112
6,618

459
3,755
5,898

739
6, 446
6. 428

1.247

279
2,025
1,208
2,186

396
4,415
3,058
2,788

676
4,266
3, 398
3,604

979
2,382
3,154
3,584

484
1,760
2,736
1,049

401
1, 853
4,082
927

479
2, 194
3, 781
649

3, 859
3,787
2,140
1,991
4,678
38, 622
89, 424

3,913
5, 880
2,590
1,768
5,180
45, 370
98, 437

4,063
5,633
1,841
1,689
4,623
40, 579
88, 648

5,431
1,760
2,055
2,323
3,318
31,126
70, 018

5, 634
3,742
2,985
3,130
3,427
39,911
72, 007

5,927
5,413
3, 12-3
4,101
5,812
47,010
88, 771

2,074

2, 033

88, 443

88, 737

90, 244

72, 282

75, 823

2,490
938
985
1,890
4,229
25, 795
82, 467

3,036

3, 161

3, 141

2,591

2,637

2,718

2,577

2,674

2,123

1,960

i

e, 162

7 781

Agricultural Products (Marketing)
Agricultural, total
Animal products:
Dairy products
Fish
Livestock
Poultry and eggs
Wool.
Total
Crops:
Cotton
Fruits ... . - - - - Grains
Vegetables
Miscellaneous
Total

61.8

265.7

57. 9

67. 3

67.0

76.3

105.0

142.8

200.7

167.2

119.5

95.1

55. 4

1923-25-.
1923-25..
1923-25..
1923-25.1923-25.1923-25.

156.6
126.7
77.9
115. 6
405.4
117.6

130 9
138.5
80.2
125 6
197.1
106.7

113.1
174. 3
82. 6
137. 0
78. 2
101. 2

102.9
169. 4
79, 6
121. 8
61. 9
94. 0

91.3
116.2
79.8
94.0
50.8
85.5

96.4
103.4
96.2
95.0
25.3
94.7

92.7
98.9
93.9
137.8
57.1
97.8

77.8
146.2
88.0
121.6
34.5
88.5

82.2
172.0
108.0
79.2
79.1
96.7

86.3
229.1
93.9
78.2 !
30.9
91.2 |

94.6
202.0
76.5
71.6
360.5
91.4

131.5
263.3
76.6
90.6
545.1
111.8

148. 9
185.2
79.2
112.0
412.5
116. 7

rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25.rel. to 1923-25
rel to 1923-25
re], to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25-.

91
88.8
68. 7
165 8

26 5
102.2
69 0
135 6

29. 8
70. 6
63. 9
93. 3

38. 6
75. 1
80. 0
104. 3

61." 2" ~~~~63~I

64.T

40.6
68.1
84.6
91.1
4.4
64.9

64.0
70.2
81.0
98.0
4.3
74.3

144.9
67.1
79.8
79.4
5.3
105.8

240.6
109.0
72.3
89.6
10.7
148.8

327.5
249.0
82.6
168.4
20.1
212.1

219.3
164.3
139.0
138.8 i
41.6
175.5 1

77.7
133.1
180. 5
81.9
24.8
122. 5

5.8
124.4
177.5
113.4 .
2.6
93.3

132, 609
1,141

112, 250
1,089

150, 349
1,065

96, 912
868

122, 150
1,101

93, 898
939

127, 006
1,155

141, 162 :
1,106 :

1 07,821

:

96.5
92.5
101.2
91. 5
89. 9
98. 1

rel. to 1923-25..
rei. to
rel. to
rel. to
rel. to
rel. to
rel. to

55.3

14.0
57. 8
58.5
151.0
2,7
48.7

Collections
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:
Amount
dollar?.. 111. 183
Delinquent
firms
number
948

91.332
941

112, 843 138, 592
1,258 i 1,228

3,096

Cost of Living
All groups _ _
Clothing
Food .
Fuel and light
Housing
Sundries.

rel.
rel.
rel
rel
rel.
rel.

to 1923 '•
to 1923.-!
to 1923
to 1923
to 1923.to 1923 :

85.9
79.9
81.0
89 1
82.6
95. 5

86.9
80.7
82.8
89 1
83.5
95.9

88.2
82.0
84.9
90.6
84.1
96.8

33.5 i
131 6 i
58.2
104.0
63.6 !

43.3 !
136 P
2 62. 8 :
123.1 I
68. 4

45.7 ;
98 3 :
-59. 1
117.2
04, 0 !

i
;
;
!
i

89.1
83.2
86.5
92 5
84.6
96.8

89.6
84.4
86.9
92.7 i
85.3
96.9

91.1
84.6
90.9
92.9
85.9
97.2

92.6
86.6
93.9
92.9
86.7
97.4

93.9
87.7
96.8
92.9
87.5
97.6

94.8
88.8
98.8
92 7
88.0
97.8

95.4
90.5
99.7
92.1
88.7
97.6

94.7
89.3
98.4
91.4
88.5
97.6

95.2
91.0
98.6
91. 1
89.1
97 £

70.5
39 7
55. 4
118.3
60. 9 i

65. 8
25 5 i
51.6 i
303. 1 •
f.5. 9

74.2
37 1
50. 5
110.9
55.9

67.0
117.7
50.7
115.6
58.0

67.0
112 9
57.4
105.4
62.9

60.0
143 1
63.4
99.3
68.2 !

50. 2
158 2
57.7
63.9
60. 2

44.7
171.2
62.8 !

42.2
203 9

Forest Products (Marketing)
Distilled wood
Gum
Lumber
Pulpwood
Total
* Revised.




rel.
rel
rel.
rel.
rel.

to 1923-25. .
to 1923-r/5
to 1923-25-. 1
to 1923-25..
to !923-2f._:

m

!

61.8
72. 4
€.".4

56. 4
1 70. 7
64.1
105.9
70.0

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

A v; trust, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1930

1931

May

April

March

Febru- January i Decem- Novemary
ber
ber

i 750,960

750, 638

724, 617

642, 484

687, 560

767,229

637, 054

742, 687

3.766
36. 006

3,828
37, 803

4,015
37, 250

3 567
33, 240

3 749
36, 352

4 165
39, 627

3, 525
34, 525

3 662
35, 916

10, 902
81 956
4,073

11,562
90, 646
4,442

11,132
81 747
5 014

9,701
70 935
4,032

10, 590
78 273
4,893

11,716
91 923
10 443

10, 248
79, 934
5, 178

104.5
99 4
26, 442 I 27, 844
3,047
2, 957

109.9
29, 257
3 268

113.1
30, 178
3 284

100 1
26, 405
3 215

110 3
29, 172
3 466

145 3
38, 572
4 418

297
297

106
101

97
92

98
80

11

June

Septem-

August

July

695, 305

693,627 |

3 415
33, 923

3,285
33, 363

34,672 |

35,395

11,514
90 647
4,996

9,758
79 174
4 781

9,681
77 670
5,225

10,197 I
81,800 j

10,619
82,691

106.2
28, 379
3,028

121 1
32, 279
3 568

107 9
28 764
3 160

98 1
25, 876
3 132

101.2
26, 761
3,157

94
165
152
163
167
148
159
147
129
191
152
194
142
182

98
113
97
110
106
89
108
99
78
125
101
117
94
108

102
112
115

99
103
90

102
77
77

100
71
67
71
72
68
69
68
61
77
58
73

91
85

92
104
95
98
114
95
87
120
73
120
91
103
95
107

October

ber

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.
Postal Business
Air mail, weight dispatched
pounds..
Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities)—
Quantity
thousands
Value
.
thous. of dolls.
Domestic, paid (50 cities) —
Quantity .
thousandsValue
thous of dolls
Foreign, issued
thous. of dolls
Postal receipts:
Total index
rel to 1923-25 *
50 selected cities
thous. of dolls _ _
50 industrial cities
thous. of dolls
Retail Sales
Department store sales, value of:
United States, adjusted
rel. to 1923-25__
United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..
Atlanta
. . rel. to 1923-25,
Boston
rel to 1923-25
Chicago..
.- . .
rel. to 1923-25
Cleveland
rel to 1923-25
Dallas
rel. to 1923-25
Kansas City
rel. to 1923-25
Minneapolis
rel to 1923-25
New York
rel to 1923-25
Philadelphia
rel. to 1923-25
Richmond
rel. to 1923-25 .
St. Louis
.
rel to 1923-25
San Francisco
rel. to 1923-25
Department store stocks, end of month:
United States, adjusted.... rel. to 1923-25 _ _ '
United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..
Atlanta
rel. to 1923-25
Boston
rel. to 1923-25 _
Chicago
rel. to 1923-25
Cleveland..
rel. to 1923-25
Dallas
rel to 1923-25
Kansas City
rel. to 1923-25
Minneapolis
rel to 1923-25
New York
rel. to 1923-25
Philadelphia.
rel. to 1923-25
Richmond
rel. to 1923-25
St. Louis.
rel. to 1923-25
San Francisco
rel. to 1923-25
Mail-order houses:
Total sales, 2 houses
thous. of dolls
Total sales, 2 houses
rel. to 1923-25
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls
Montgomery, Ward & Co.thous. of dolls..
Restaurant chains:
Childs Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated.
number
J. R. Thompson Co. —
Sales
.
thous of dolls
Stores operated.
number
Waldorf System (Inc.)—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
Total sales, 3 chains —
Total
thous of dolls
Stores operated
.
number
10-cent chain stores, sales:
F. W. Woolworth & Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
F. & W. GrandSales
thous of dolls
Stores operated
number
G. C. Murphy Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
Isaac Silver & Bros.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
J. C. Penny Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number..
McCrory Stores Corp.—
Sales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated..
number
MetropolitanSales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number. .
S. H. Kress & Co.—
Sales
thous. of dollsr
Stores operated
nurnhe
S. S. Kresge Co.—
Sales
-..thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number
W. T. Grant Co.—
Sales
-.thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number
Total sales, 4 chainsSales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number. .
Miscellaneous chain group:
Five and TenActual
rel. to 1923-26.Adjustod for seasonal ..re!, to 1923-25- .'
:

Revised.




96
91

83
85

82
80

83
87

84
87

86
81

88
78

|
79

73

705,963

115
113
103
118
110
86
136
114
134
104
118

88
108
89
107
103
100
112
79
92
108
108

74
84
76
78
79
73
77
63
77
73
108

92
191
92

91
95
88

91
87
85

94
113
93
86
119
73
116
86
100
95
107

87
107
88
78
113
69
107
79
93
89
100

78
99
80
70
107
66
97
70
82
86
96
50 682

680, &14

3,436 !

5,428 I

3,554

5,413

82
80
109
84
100
84

94
87
83
81
99
80
66
100
62
97
71
83
82
96

96
93
89
88
103
88
72
104
65
104
78
90
86
99

50, 070
153
31, 523
18, 547

52 078
159
31, 520
20, 558

43 008
132
25, 407
17, 601

39 422
121
24, 177
15, 245

41 459
127
24, 839
16, 620

72 486
222
43, 814
28, 672

55, 713
170
33, 312
22, 401

68 878

54 419

166

155

38, 785
30, 093

33, 086
21,333

29, 715
20, 667

48, 790
149
30,121
18, 669

54, 356
166
30, 367
23, 989

1, 847

1,957
108

2,059
110

2,064
111

1,889
111

2,083
112

2,277
112

2,075
111

2,259
111

2,136
113

2,173
113

2,050
113

2,103
114

1 093
117

1,202
116

1 175
117

1,208
117

1 082
120

1,192
120

1 246
1^0

1 186
121

1 287

1 215

1 208

121

120

120

1,199
119

1,225
121

1,245

1, 337
162

1, 360
160

1,351
160

1,210
160

1,295
152

1,379
152

1,338
147

1,338
145

1,291
147

1,261
146

1,252 j
147 I

4 496
386

4 594
387

4 623
388

4 181
391

4 570
384

4 902
384

4 599
379

4 884
'377

4 642

4 642

380

379

4, 501
379

21, 978
1 889

24, 117
1 896

23, 830
1 896

21, 724
1 894

19, 386
1 888

19, 240
1 886

42, 320
1 890

24, 077
1 890

26, 422
1 889

22, 353
1 886

22, 055
1 881

20, 737
1,871

1 833
119

1 825
118

2 004
117

1 664
116

1 431
114

1 371
112

1 894
112

2 026

1 663

1 669

111

108

1,669
105

1,869
103

1, 569
169

1,549
168

1,588
168

1,329
166

1.204
' 166

1,221
1
66

1,579
165

1, 621
163

1,344
162

1,362
163

1,319
163

1.289
160

723
45

596
45

513
45

476
45

673
45

693
44

566
45

608
45

598
45

18 937
23 703
1,452 | 1,452

19 860
1,450

15 956
1,446

14, 397
1,440

13, 602
1,438

3 606

3 278

3 406

241

240

3.123 i
240 !

1 226

1,258 i
148 I

5 125

5,061 i
211 |

174
19, 219

692

695
45 |

14, 832
1,453

15. 450
1,453

15, 380
1,454

12, 443
1, 454

9,540
1,453

9 725
1,452

3,240
243

3,412
243

3 703
243

3 381
242

2 946
242

2 903
242

3 545
' 112 1
j
3,170
106 '

1,421
45

P ? 783
242

3 617
242

211

111

240
148

5, 467
217

6,289

5,469
216

6,606 1
36" '

5 761
216

6 402
364

5 259 j
213 !

5 334
354

4 487
211

4 347
350

4 400
211

1? 061 i
213

9 8"5
6«i

23 982
678

4 110
350 1

11 797
348 i

36 368
3,020
147
160.fi

155 \
166.7 ;

160
167.9

144
158. 7

12?
162. c

124
160. 8

5 528 1
?13

5 7^

213

12 503 ! 12 853
676
' 668
6 677
34f>

;

45 725
85 146
3 023 i 3 021

298
153. 2 i

7 084
' 340
48 597
3 Oil

5 478

?11

211

11 265

11,410

665

656

5 286

5,385

318
42 374
3 002

4, 585
382

i

10,882 i
645 !

309

4,818 I
305 i

41 996
2, 9«.8

39,803 |
2,967 I
138
152.0 !

159

168

147

146

158.3

151. 0

156.C

163.0

1, 337
148
5. 221
209

11,400
636
5,464
303
40, 548
2, 952
141
160. 0

48

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

1930
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

Febru- January
ary

March

July

Juxe

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.
Warehouses

i
I!

Public merchandise warehouses,
space occupied
p. ct. of total..

§5.4

65.9

§6.8

67.9

70.4 i

68.9

69.9

68.8

68.4

68.4 |

FOREIGN TRADE

67.8

68.4

i

Canadian

Total trade:
Exports
Imperts

-_

thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls__

60, 845
73, 457

34, 674
51, 189

56, 296
75, 348

44, 914
50, 994

2203, 991

214, 888

235,881

224, 413

53. 7

56.6

62.1

59.1

6 129

4,925

4, 923

4,954

33, 420
11, 201

36,202 '
14, 230

38,913
17,995

33, 252
11,257

89 576
10,121
13, 153
3, 887
34, 238

94, 320
11,329
12,282
3,884
33, 344

113,838
12, 456
19, 195
5,691
39, 706

117,938
13,564
16,960
4, 168
38, 626

59, 581
41, 664

62, 974
44, 851

63, 068
41,860

15 286
5, 583

16, 467
5, 803

2199,325
36, 486

210, 068
40, 146

55, 320
52, 508

United States
Exports:
Grand total, including
reexports
thous. of dolls 137, 000
Grand total, including reexports,
index
rel. to 1923-25..
49.3
By grand divisions —
Africa, totaL__
thous. of dolls..
Asia and Oceania —
Total
thous. of dolls.
Japan
thous. of dolls, j
EuropeTotal
thous. of dolls. .
France
thous. of dolls. _
Germany
thous. of dolls..
Italy
thous. of dolls..
United Kindgom -thous. of dolls.-|
North AmericaTotal
thous. of dolls..
Canada
thous. of dolls ._
South America —
Total
thous. of dolls. _
Argentina
thous. of dolls
By economic classes —
Total domestic exports
only
thous. of dolls.. 182, 910
Crude materials
thous. of dolls.. 29, 063
Foodstulls, crude, and
food animals
thous. of dolls.. 11,119
Manufactured foodstuffs
thous. of dolls.. 17, 531
Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls.. 97, 731
Semifinished manufactures
thous. of dolls.- 27, 460
Agrieultural exports (quantities) —
All commodities
rel to 1910-14
58
All commodities (except
cotton)..
.rel. to 1010-14..
86
Imports:
Grand total. .
. .thous. of dolls. . 173, 534
Grand total index
rel. to 1923-25..
53. 7
By grand divisions —
Africa, total
thous. of dolls. .
Asia and OceaniaTotal. .. . - ..thoas. of dolls..
Japan
thous. of dolls. .
Europe —
T<stal
thous. of dolls
France
thous. of dolls..
Germany
thous. of dolls. _
Italy
thous of dolls
United Kindgom.. thous. of dolls..
North AmericaTotal thous. ef dolls..
Canada
thous. of dolls,.
South America —
Total
_
.thoiis. of dolls..
Argentina
thous. of dolls. .
By economic classes —
Total
thous. of dolls 173, 534
Crude materials
thous. of dolls.. 52, 399
Foodstuils, crude, and
food animals
thous. of dolls. . 27, 435
Manufactured foodstuffs
thous. of dolls.. 19, 736
Finished manufactures.thous. of dolls. . 44, 163
Semifinished manufactures
.thous. of dolls.. 29, 802

45,634 !
50,414

68, 053
60,838

74, 592
76, 325

275, 193

289, 021

72.5

76.1

86.2 !

82.1

5, 514

5,635

6, 588

6.272 ;

6, 460

35,431
14,743 j

42, 279
12, 593

39, 219
12,425

41,26V
15, 025

131, f99
16, 676
1'<,015
5, 260
49, 744

141, 621
19, 172
20, 326
8, 825
53, 871

155, 227
22, 094
23, 686
7, 582
61, 094

44,204 1
11,2*9 !
i
174, 652
23, 683
31, 507
8, 924
71, 918

158, 717
20, 069
32,912
S, 105
57,841

143, 262
16,152
22, 784
5, 775
53, 928

113,043
11,986
14,151
5,522
40, 628

122,830
11,152
16, 456
6, 240
47,915

52, 762
35, 305

56, 952
33, 657

61,921
36, 326

64,471
41, 689

76, 175
49, 165

79, 533
52, 070

82, 945
53, 695

82, 956
55, 058

92, 174
59, 715

15, 139
4,512

15,508
4,922

20,049
5,467 j

23, 737
8,801

23, 516
8,728

25, 817
10, 361

25,911
9,776

25, 744
9, 741

27,612
10,816

27, 636
12, 067

231, 077
56, 428

220, 658
47, 630

245, 759
58, 625

270, 810
76, 735

285, 441
90, 930

322, 941
104, 829

307, P45
94, 268

293, 899
53, 156

261, 960
36, 532

289, 827
37, 484

84, 298
78,358 i

82, 190
87, 900

70,613
77,906

77, 906
84, 551

80, 536
91, 544

327,120 i 311,889

298, 118

266, 619

295, 097

78.5

70.2

77.7

7, 5?5

7, 095

8,497

33,641 | 35,913
V,48f>
8,821 1

43, 960
12, 709

I
2

249,646

65.8 i

2 10, 544

8, 626

9, 583

7,316

8,487

13, 462

15, 592

15, 228

IS, 183

24, 161

10, 656

13, 346

2 18, 868
2
103, 459

19, 593
110,773

23, 383
110,255

22,165
116,009

27, 003
117,061

27, 033
119, 6^9

29,992
115,802

32,143
132, 729

27, 825
130, 569

28, 317
147, 505

24, 209
144,732

27, 31 1
164, 559

2 29, 967

30, 929

31,427

27,417

34, 578

33,910

33, 125

38, 012

37,099

40, 760

39, 830

47, 127

66

68

87

71

85

109

126

137

124

87

57

55

89

81

86

82

95

105

116

127

114

130

98

93

2179, 7$2
2 55. 6

185, 706
57 5

210, 200
65.1

175, 108
54. 2

183, 132
56.7

208, 721
64.6

203, 713
63.1

247, 322
76.6

226, 352
70.1

218,417
67.6

220, 494
68.3

250, 343
77.5

4, 337

3,778

3,052

2, 344

3, 500

3, 353

3, 938

4,310

4, 257

4,696

5, 354

5,013

49, 964
15, 580

53, 180
12, 183

59, 55?
18, 454

50, 183
16, 255

56, 024
19,711

64, 941
27, 208

53, 032
19, 620

73, 909
30, 577

62, 020
23, 232

68, 789
25, 249

65, 281
17, 147

71, 194
15, 357

51, 841
6, 143
9, 5J 2
4, 627
12 354

53, 387
6, 250
11,249
5, 741
11, 561

62, 174
6, 598
13, 434
6, 192
13, 033

51,172
6,880
9,486
5, 128
11,970

52, 940
,5.881 !
10, 682
3,724
10, 813

56, 661
7,275
11,619
5, 252
11,465

56, 580
8, 227
11,166
6, 353
15, 289

77, 530
11,673
17,358
6, 461
17, 743

73, 423
10, 3£1
14,050
4, 978
17, 017

63, 495
8, 806
14, 334
4,546
13, S40

62, 046
7,857
12,721
4, 518
13, 901

72, 147
7, 484
12,817
6, 770
15,511

45, 177
24, 110

46, 484
23, 757

50, 230
24, 148

42, 294
2V 54

43, S58
23, 534

53, 257
26, 139

54. 526
30, 279

62, 158
34, 30i

58, 584
32, 508

65, 129
29, 286

57, 515
30, 265 j

66, 181
36, 503

28, 844
3, 215

26,917
2, 638

34, 599
3, 506

29, 115
2, 849

28, 928
2,35o

30, 509
2,519

26, 657
2,370

30, 388
2,639

28, 028
3,396

26,2^9
3, 341

30, 248
3, 931

35, 554
4,109

2179, 702
2 54, 166

185, 706
54, 702

210, 200
64, 607

175,108
56, 357

183, 132
59, 318

208, 721
69, 079

203, 713
59, 243

247, 322
77, 487

226, 352
75, 393

218, 417
72, 617

220, 4P4
69, 585

250, 343
76, 643

2 30, 774

28, 912

33, 020

28, 314

27, 363

30, 029

27, 337

32, 849

27, 582

26, 598

29, 310

35, 372

2 18, 850
45, 530

22, 985
45, 734

23, 558
49, 226

17, 737
41, 168

14, 644
44, 947

22,312
49^ 172

21, 045
57, 826

23, 145
68, 321

20, 600
61, 791

17,210
57, 797

19, 669
57, 242

24, 813
61, 790

2

33, 373

39,789

31, 532

36,860

38, 129

38, 262

45, 520

40, 986

44, 196

44, 688

51, 725

80.1
68.6

81.1
70.0

82.2
71.4

83.4
71.7

84.4
71. 4

86.6
74.3

89.7
77.1

30, 382

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
i

Employment Indexes
Factory employment, adjusted (Fed. Res. Bd.):
Total
rel. to 1923-25 .
Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25..
ChemicalsGroup
rel. to 1923-25 1
Petroleum, refined
rel. to 1923-25.. i
Iron and steel.
rel. to 1923-25
Leather and its products. . rel. to 1923-25_.
Lumber and its products.. rel. to 1923-25..
Machinery
rel. to 1923-25..
Nonferrous metals . . rel. to 1923-25
Paper and printing
rel. to 1923-25..
Rubber products rel. to 1923-25
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25
Tobacco production
rel. to 1923-25..
Transpertation—
Group
_
rel. to 1923-25..
Automobiles
rel. to 1923-25.
2

Revised,




i

76.0
64.4

77.8
65.4

78.0
65. 2

77.9
65.2

77.8
65.0

78.3
64.4

89.6
90. 2
72.6
83.9
54.4
73.4
65.4
93. 6
75.7
78.6
80.4

93.0
94.5
74.8
84.2
55.4
76. 3
66. 6
95.3
74.0
81.2
82.1

91. 7
04. 0
76. 5
84.0
55.4 !
78.0
66.5
95.0
70.5
80.2
82. 1

89.8
87.2
76. 6
82.2
55. 7
79.3
66.6
94.7
68.4
79.7
83.4

94.5
97.5
75.9
78.4
56.3
80.6
66.8
94.9
71.4
77.2
84.6

96.6
99.7
77.5 i
77.1 1
56.3 1
81.9
69.2
95.6
73.7
75.5
81.3

97.9
100.8
79.1
76.6
58.8
84.2
71.2
96.7
74.7
77.4
83.5

98.3 1
100.8 1
80.2
77.4
60.4
85.7
71.8
97.0
75.2 !
79.4 !
82.0

101.1
104. 3
81.3
80.2
62.1
88.0 1
72.6
98.4
75.4
80.7
83.5

102.3
106.6
81.7
82.7
62.4
90. 2
73. 6
99.0
75.3
82.4
85.1

104. 4
110.1
83.9
85.1
65. 1
90.8
76.1
101. 1
80.0
81.0
84.1

105.4
111.1
87.3
86.8 !
67.8 !
95.2
78.7
101.7
82.4
81.0
90.4

105.7
113.0
90.0
88.9
7.16
99.5
80.3
102.4
88.0
85.7
89.7

62.4
70.7

63.2
70.9

63.8
79.3

64.3
70.2

64.9
68.8

67.1
72.3 1

69.4
78.9

68.6 i
76.4 i

67.2
69.6

69.7
71.1

71.7
74.8

74.9 i
81.4

78.9
86.5

49

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

193O

1931

June

May

April

March

F

U

S - January

Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber

Se

P£m-

August

July

June

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— Con.
Employment Indexes— Continued
Employees on pay roll, unadjusted:
90.0
87.9
86.9
8S.8
87.4
Cleveland
rel. to Jan., 1921..
90.0
89.8
91.6
92.0
99.4
96.1 !
83.8
88.1
86.7
86. 9
86.3
87.6
87.1
87.9
Delaware
rel. to 1923-25-.
94.0
98.5
102. 7
101. 6
85.6
80.4
83.0
40.0
Detroit
rel. to 1923-25. .
83.5
81.2
76.5
75.8
73.2
79.0
74.8
48.0
83.0
74.5
76.6
77.5
75. 5
76.5
Illinois
_rel. to 1925-27,.
76.3
77.7
72.3
80.2
82.9
85.7
84.9
112.5
111.0
117.2
Iowa..
rel. to 1923 . 110.1
110. 1
114.6
113.8
117.7
115.1
114.3
117.2
118. 1
70.8
71.9
71.2
69.4
69.9
Massachusetts
rel. to 1925-27..
72.2
75.4
73.2
76.2
74.3
69.0
75.7
76.2
76.7
Maryland
rel to 1924 .
75.9
76.2
75.5
73.6
78.8
83.4
81.6
83.3
82.0
77.0
New Jersev _
rel. to 1923-25 ._
75.3
77.4
82.2
77.9
85.8
88.2
88.0
84.2 i
83.5
73.6
New York State
rel. to 1923
67.6
69.6
68.5
69.3
67.5 i
72.0
65.6
74.3
75.6
73.9 i
'••' ' o
74.6
New York State .
number-- 362, 885 373, 993 3 2. '-;-.; 384, 983 379, 089 373, 304 i 383,518 398, 424 411,333 418, 262 408, 895 412. 693
82.4
Ohio
rel. to 1926
8; .
80.9
81.9
82.1
79.8
85.1
88.2
92. 1
89.3
27 H
26, 363
Oklahoma
number
28,110
28, 487
30, 076
32, 294
35, 058
33, 342
35, 139
34, 849
77.4 i
79.8
Pennsylvania
rel. to 1923-25
80.2
81.7
78.9
84.7
86.4
87.5
74.8
79.
86.6
Wisconsin
__ ._ _.rel. to 1925-27 78.2
78.1
77.5
77.6
76.9
78.5
81.3
83.1
85.2 j
90.5
Employment
:

87.6

Anthracite mines, employnient.rel. to 1923-25. .
79.9
78.3
87.1
96.5
74.2
82.9
88.3
94.7
96.2
91.9
81.7
90.3
Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:
147
141
Canada
number
133
156 i
189
211
159
145
161
175
218
United States
number-202
224
227
170
177
193
177
198
215
Central States
number-232
233
251
199
261
222
204
221
240
1
202
Eastern States .
number
209
254
239
192
181
231
214
231
181
215
Southern
States
number.314
265
237
344
201
293
277
253
252
|
75
WTestern States
number
89
80
103
91 i
123
74
71
79
98
218
228
Illinois. -.
._
.
number-250
270
331
262
280
278
230
234
215
245
Wisconsin
number-197
197
191
250
188
172
230
210
178
162
150
Employment Trade Unions:
84. 5
Canada
p. ct. of total membership ..
84.4
83.0
85.1
84.0
86.2
89.2
90.6
90.7
90.8
United States.p. ct. of total membership. _
75.0
74.0
77.0
73.0
73.0
78.0
79.0
78.0
75.0
79.0
78.0
75.0
102.2 !
100.2
Employment Canada
rel of 1926
100.7
108. 5
101.7
112. 9
116.2
116.6
118.8
118.9
69.7
103.6
Factories, time operated:
90
Total.
-. ._
p. ct. of full time..
91
90
90
89
92
92
90
91
91
91
Chemicals and other
products _. .
p. ct. of full time. .
96
96
95
95
95
95
97
96
97
96
95
Food and kindred products
_
p, ct. of full time .
96
96
97
96
97
97
98
98
97
96
97
Leather and its finished
91
products
p. ct. of full time
91
87
92
89
84
92
90
91
94
93
Lumber and its manu85
factures
p. ct. of full time .
85 1
84
84
83
89
86
86
89
88
88
Iron and steel and their
80
products
_.p. ct. of full time-.i
79
80
80
80
84
80
80
83
85
86
87
Nonferrous metals
p. ct. of full time :•
85 !
87
86
86
87
86
89
90
89
89
Paper and printing
p. ct. of full time 95 !
96
95
95
97
96
95
96
96
96
96
Stone, clay, and glass
products
p. ct. of full time..
91
91
90
90
91
91
92
92
93
92
Textiles and their prod1
ucts
p. ct. of full time. .
94
93 !
93
91
92
93
90
90
88
89
87
Tobacco manufactures. p. ct. of full time..
85
87 I
91
92
89
93
86
90
90
Vehicles for land transportation
p. ct. of full time-.!
91
92
91
92
89
91
91
93
93
93
93
Miscellaneous industries
p, fit. of full time i
87
88
87
88
88
88
91
92
88
90
90
Ratio actual time to capacity. ..per cent-71
72
68
71
73
Factory employment relative to full normal |
1
force:
Total 12 groups
p. ct. of nor. force. .
78
76
77
80
78
Chemicals and other
products
p. ct. of nor. force..!
77
79
77
75
77
Food and kindred products
. .. ... p. ct. of nor. force i
88
89
89
85
88
Iron and steel and their
1
products
p. ct. of nor. force
82
73
75
77
79
Leather and its finished
products
__p. ct. of nor. force-83
89
90
88
90
Lumber and its manufactures
p. ct. of nor. force. 68
71
72
66
68
Nonferrous metals. _ _ _ p . ct. of nor. force. _ ;
78
75
75
77
75
Paper and printing p. ct. of nor. force-94
95
94
94
94
Stone, clay, and glass
products
p. ct. of nor. force. _
77
75
77
77
76
;
Textiles and their products
p. ct. of nor. force-77
78
75
76
78
Tobacco manufactures .p. ct. of nor. orce
97
96
97
97
97
Vehicles for land transportation
p ct of nor force
72
75
64
66
70
Miscellaneous-.
p. ct. of nor. force
82
79
80
76
79
Federal Civilian Employees (WTashington).
number
71,917
72,417
72, 297
71,162 i 71,252 | 71, 189
69, 666
71,052
70, 598
70, 790
70, 197
Hours of work in factories:
Actual
hours per week
41.7
43.3
41.1
42.3
42.5
42.6
l
Nominal
hours per week
48.4
48.3
49.1
47.8
48.2
48.3
Labor turnover:
43.2
Accessions
p. ct. of no. on pay roll
37.2
32.8
36.8
29.3
29.5
35.0
25.1
24.9
30.1
39.8
31.9
Separations—
Total
p. ct. of no. on pay roll
34.8
45.1
61.9
41.6
35.0
44.6
68. 8
33.9
67 7
47.6
52.9
60.9
Discharges. ..p. ct. of no. on pay roll..
3.1
2.6
2.2
2.8
3.3
3.8
4.2
2.5
4.4
3.8
2.9
3.8
Lay-offs.
p. ct. of no. on pay roll..
20.6
28.6
23.9
46.7
38.2
49. 1
22.8
32.2
23.0
33.7
33.9
47.0
Voluntary
Quits
p. ct. of n®. on pay roll
11.1
12.4
13.2
13.9
9.6
8.7
9.9
11.0
15.2
18.3
16.5
15. 9
Labor disputes:
7
Disputes
number
252
227
71 2
34
20
44
33
30
36 2
29
Man-days lost in month
..number..
445,384 778, 322 «422, 645 228, 329 181,031 ! 194, 455 273, 608 235, 916 208, 184 142, 738 141, 647
Workers involved
number. _
21,325 1 23, 058 > 28, 139
12, 512
5,144
2,927 i
13, 778
7, 131
7, 759
16, 007
4,615
Ohio construction, employment
.
rel. to 1926
53.7
49.4
51.9
59.8
82.6
60.0
96.6
72.0
87.7
100.3
Railways, employees on pay roll ..thousands. .
1,319
1.316
1.334 I
1.357
1.394
1. 455
1.486
1. 514
1.532
» Revised.



1

103. 9
107.2
99.0
91.2
122.5
78.5
86.2
84.1
77.5
428, 678
96.5
34. 748
91.9
89.0

89J5
156
186
209
202
240
81
224
155

89.4
80.0
116.5
93
97
97
92
90
88
92
98
95
90
93
94
88
78
84
79
88
86
87
75
80
97
81
80
98
81
86
68, 510

44.5
48.6
35. 5
64 6
5.6
36. 5

22.5
34
144,117
8,311

93.3
1 564

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[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

April

May

1930

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber

Se

^'| August

July

June

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— Con.
Wages

56.5
.Anthracite mines, pay roll
rel. to 1923-25..
r actory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):
67.6
Total
rel to 1923-25
54.4
Cement, clay, and glass
rel. to 1923-25. .
Chemicals84.1
Group
_ rel, to 1923-25
Petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25..
91.1
57.6
Iron and steel
rel. to 1923-25
66.7
Leather and its products...rel. to 1923-25..
44.6
Lumber and its products. _rel. to 1923-25..
62.4
Machinery
rel. to 1923-25
59.1
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1923-25 .
Paper and printing
rel. to 1923-25
98.6
72.4
Rubber products
_rel. to 1923-25
Textiles
rel to 1923-25
66.7
Tobacco products
rel. to 1923-25
68.6
Transportation58.8
Group
rel. to 1923-25
62. 1
Automobile
rel. to 1923-25 .
3 37 00
Farm wages, without board dolls, per month
Industrial pay rolls:
Total, monthlyDelaware
rel. to 1923-25
78,0
New Jersey
.rel. to 1923-25
72.0
New York
rel to 1923
63.2
Pennsylvania
rel. to 1923-25..
60.6
Wisconsin
rel. to 1925-27..
Weekly9,524
New York State - _ _ - _ thous. of dolls..
Oklahoma
thous. of dolls..
Road building, wages of common labor:
United States average
cents per hour-East North Central section
cents per hour. .
36
East South Central section
..cents per hour20
36
Middle Atlantic section... cents per hour..
Mountain section
cents per hour-46
New England section
cents per hour..
44
Pacific section
cents per hour
51
21
South Atlantic section
cents per hour..
West North Central section
cents per hour
36
West South Central section
cents per hour-20
Railways, average hourly wages
dollars..
U. S. Steel Corpn., wage rates-cents per hour-50~
Weekly earnings of factory labor:
United States, totals, 23 industriesGrand total
dollars
Grand total
rel. to July, 1914..
Men—
Total
dollars
Total
rel. to July, 1914
Skilled
dollars
Skilled
rel. to July, 1914 1
Unskilled
dollars
Unskilled
rel. to July, 1914. 1
Women
dollars
Women
rel. to July, 1914
Totals by States23.93
Illinois
.
dollars
Illinois
rel. to 1925-27
84.3
New York
dollars
26 25
New York
rel. to 1923
96.4
Oklahoma
dollars. .
Wisconsin
dollars !
Wisconsin
rel to 1925-27 '
Youngstown district, wages of
steel workers
p. ct. of base scale
127.0

'„'

64.6

63.8

55.7

79.8

75.8

85.0

83.2

102.3

78.2

68.2

72.6

73. 2

W. 7

73.6
55.7

74.9
54.0

73.2
51.4

68.4
46.6

73.7
56.3

75.1
60.9

80.8
66.4

83.0
66.4

81.7
66.4

82.6
66.4

90.7
76.1

88.4
96.1
64.9
68.7
45.7
67.8
63.4
100.0
71.0
71.7
68.3

92.0
96.7
69.1
70.6
44.9
69.7
65.4
100.8
66.8
76.8
65.7

89.8
90.8
70.0
73.4
46. 2
72.0
66.3
101.9
63.2
81.9
68.3

92.9
100.8
67.5
68.8
45.6
71.9
84. 4
100.7
63.8
76.9
65.3

90.4
99.3
62.4 i
60.6
44.0
69.9
64.1
101.3
63.8
68.4
64.3

94.7
101.4
66.7
58.1
50.4
75.0
67.9
105.7
62.6
72.2
77.7

96.1
103.2
68.9
55.0
54.7
75.1
67.3
105.0
58.7
73.4
76.8

99.9
109.3
75.8
69.7
60.4
81.4
69.4
105.4
65.9
80.3
78.0

101.3
113.8
75.4
76.2
60.9
84.2
70.7
106.3
71.8
81.2
80.0

100. 7
117.2
77.5
80.0
61.6
85.8
72.0
106. 9
77.6
73.2
77.2

100.8
118.1
78.6
78.6
63.0
90.9
76.0
107.3
80.8
69.2
81.9

105. 3
121.7
90.8
73.8
70.9
102. 7
85.0
111.9
88. 3
77.8
34,4

66.1
75.6

65.3
70.8

64.1
67.7
'38.37

62.2
61.1

51.8
40.0

60.8
55.5
39. 04

60.8
57.4

62.8
58.4

66.0
62.4
44 28

66.3
58.1

71.7
72.4

81.1
76.3
66.6
64.9
67.2

79.7
76.1
69.1
89.5
68.2

81.7
77.3
71.1
68.4
68.8

79.9
78.6
68.8
68.3
65.8

77.0
77.5
66.7
66.2
60.0

78.7
83.4
69.7
71.3
63.9

78.1
87.7
72.2
74.8
66.2

87.1
93.4
76.2
80.7
73.0

89.7
93.0
80.0
81.4
72.3

93 2
89! 3
77.2
82.0
73.9

94.2
88.1
77.7
81.2
77.7

101. I
90. 1
82.0
S9. 1
83. 0

10, 046

10, 414

r>82

10, 723
679

10, 365
711

10, 048
730

10, 513
808

10, 883
869

11,489
836

12, 061
944

11, 631
958

11,717

12,369

971

982

37

35

37

36

36

37

38

39

40

39

40

40

37

36

41

33

37

37

37

38

38

37

38

38

21
38
45
45
50
21

20
38
43
47
51
22

21
41
44
48
52
24

22
39
42
48
51
24

21
40
44
48
51
20

22
41
45
51
51
22

24
40
47
50
52
22

24
41
48
49
53
22

24
42
48
50
53
23

23
42
46
50
53
28

25
42
47
49
53
25

25
43
48
49
54
26

36

36

37

36

37

37

35

38

37

36

36

37

22

21
664
50

23
.689
50

28
.689
50

26
.670
50

28
.670
50

26
.679
50

27
.659
50

27
.664
50

26
.697
50

26
.651
50

28
.653
50

24.23
193.2

24.06
191.9

24.92
198.7

25.22
201.1

25.38
202.4

25. 72
205. 1

26. 48
211. 2

25.36
190,7
26.30
185.7
21. 58
201.5
15.47
197.3

25.15
189.1
26. 11
184. 4
21.29
198.8
15.22
194.1

26.25
197.4
27.25
192.4
22.13
206. 6
15.72
200.5

26.87
202.0
28.08
198.3
21. 93
204.8
15. 27
194.8

27.15
204.1

27.33
205.5
28.55

28.56

"so"
--

24.54
86.5
26.87
96.6

-

3

3

21. 65
84.9

24.99
88.1
27.27
100.1
24.95
22.26
86.7

25. 13
88.6
27.87
102.3
25.73
22.69
88. 1

25.29
89.1
27.35
100.4
25. 28
21. 64
84.3

24.25
85.5
26.92
98.8
25. 61
19.70
76.5

25.09
88.4
27.42
100.7
26. 87
20.84
81.1

25.31
89.2
27.32
100.3
26. 91
21.33
84.1

26. 42
93.1
27.94
102.6
25.06
22.89
89.0

28.43
93.1
28.84
105.9
26.92
22.16
85.6

127.0

127. 0

127.0

127.0

127. 0

127.0

127.0

127.0

28.35
200.2
22.30
208.2
15.71

201.8

22.26
207.8

15. 88

200.4

202.6

26.45

26. 27
92.6

93.2

3

83.8
89.2
47. 24

214.7

29.87

210.9
23.13
218.0
16.13
205. 7
27. 49
96.9

28.40

28.86

27.27

27.85

28.25
23.96

127.0

127.0

127.0

127, o

28.45
104.4

22.21
86.0

104.3

21.47
83.6

105, 9

92.8

!

CONSTRUCTION
Building Costs
Building costs (A. O. C.), 1st of
month
rel. to 1913..
Building costs (E. N. /?.) 1st of
month
rel. to 1913..
Building materials:
Brick house, 6-rrn,, 1st of month
rel. to 1913..
Frame house, 6-rm., 1st of month
rel. to 1913
Construction costs (Am. Appraisal):
Brick, steel frame
rel. to 1913
Brick, wood frame
_ rel. to 1913
Frame
...rel. to 1913..
Reinforced concrete
rel to 1913
Factory costs (quarterly) (Aberthaw]
rel to 1914
Building volume (.4. 0. C.)
rel. to 1913

196

197

199

199

200

199

199

199

200

108

193

199

200

187.4

189.3

191. 6

194. 5

196,6

194.5

196. 9

198, 5

198. 7

199. 8

201.0

201. 0

29-i.i
17'.)

166

167

167

170

171

170

174

172

176 \

174

175

177

158

160

157

163

165

163

168

165

171

168

169

173

175

166
179
165
188

166
180
186
169

172
186
172
175

178
192
178
181

179
194
179
182

179
194
179
182

179
196
182 i
184

180
198
183
185

186
202
188
190

188
206
191
193

190
208
194
195

193
211
197
197

193
212
198
198

137

107

87

78

99

95

173

186 ;

* 185
199

208

199

3 189
101

62

82

81

84

89

Hb

9,127 J 12, 158
33, 099 39, 484
253. 574 i 336,706

11,495

11, 621
39, 760
346, 643

12, 533
44, 577
366, 87S

13, 359
48, 214
500, 573

» 185
123

Construction Contracts Awarded
Total construction, unadjusted,
F. R. B
rel. to 1923-192,3
82
74
81
90
Total construction, all types:
11,888 10, 788
Projects
number. _ 10, 806 11, 506
38, 941 39, 380 37, 955
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft
35, 001
Valuation
thous. of dolls. . 331. 880 300, 079 ! 336,925 369, 981

3 Quarter ended in month indicated.



57

55

81

7,629
28, 339
235, 405

8,911
24, 635
227. 956

7,391
29, 055
249. 430

41, 193
331, 864

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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931
June

May

1930

March

April

Decem- Novem- October S«
ber
ber

Febru- January
ary

August

July

June

CONSTRUCTION— Continued
j

Construction Contracts Awarded— Con.
Commercial buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft_.
Valuation
thous. of dolls. _
Educational buildings:
Projects
number..
Floor space.
thous. of sq. ft..
Valuation
thous. of dolls
Hospital and institutional buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
thous of dolls
Industrial buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
.
thous. of sq. ft
Valuation
thous of dolls
Public buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
_
thous. of sq. ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls .
Public works and utilities:
Projects
- - _ _ _ ._ _ .number .
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
__
thous. of dolls
Religious and memorial buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls
Residential buildings, all types:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft._
Valuation
thous of dolls
Social and recreational buildings:
Projects.
__ _ _
number-Floor space
thous. of sq. ft
Valuation
.
thous. of dolls _
Contracts awarded, Canada.. -thous. of dolls..

2, 030
2,367
154, 512

5,972
16, 913
72, 745

29, 793

2,141
387
108, 948

6,652
21,911
88, 900

36, 896

1, 276
3, 825
27, 513

1,135
4,567
28, 435

1,174
3, 555
25, 092

1,481
4,727
29, 509

2, 015
6, 673
35, 653

1, 841
5,721
31, 137

1,919
7,914
50, 860

1,925
7,332
46, 941

1,916
9,489
59, 080

147
2,272
16, 685

146
2,800
19, 408

197
4,012
24, 527

202
4,275
29, 528

283
3, 584
28, 554

380
4,150
28, 233

548
4,141
25, 897

823
6,514
42, 748

696
6,730
48, 919

59
908
7,708

55
600
4,855

69
752
6, 769

72
816
6,937

110
1,052
11, 556

136
1, 753
16, 547

119
1,609
13, 415

126
1,900
12, 673

125
1, 903
19, 675

221
1,499
7,309

236
1,620
10, 067

266
2,090
12, 946

318
2, 056
12, 967

385
2,610
13, 785

347
5,434
24, 043

417
3,611
18, 175

401
5, 073
28, 882

383
3, 721
22, 693

83
2,019
10, 705

86
952
5,364

107
1,710
19, 545

114
645
5,240

137
1, 176
14, 553

137
1,300
11,661

137
2, 031
12, 547

156
2,650
13, 947

155
1,115
8, 554

1,080
246
78, 643

978
393
95, 211

1,009
697
78, 621

1,292
468
76, 378

2, 017
2, 146
339
1,484
112, 966 109, 092

2,076
1,297
126, 722

2,316
946
121,151

2, 594
1,907
322, 842

94
392
3,926

90
241
1,685

102
446
5,177

111
496
4, 564

162
667
5,386

189
860
6, 576

206
852
8,879

220
873
8, 030

236
1, 315
11,809

6, 486
22, 090
100, 913

4,520
16, 559
77, 918

4, 056
12, 235
54, 376

4, 340
14, 705
70, 911

5,368
18, 844
80, 782

6,822
22, 337
104, 670

8,097
19, 688
98. 535

5, 979
16, 843
82, 670

6,297
18, 231
84, 333

7, 012
20, 782
96, 816

22, 708

27, 312

149
619
4,999
25, 930

129
1, 226
8,557
20, 299

127
1,108
5, 849
24, 542

169
771
7,670
39, 311

227
1,047
9,583
33, 332

222
804
6,040
32, 407

220
1,462
9, 478
49, 407

269
1,059
8,173
37, 374

242
1, 253
10, 187
54, 728

60.0

53.7

51.9

49.4

59.8

72.0

82.6

87.7

96.6

100,3

93.3

1,907
785
132, 993

1, 681
522
151, 722

7,221
22, 633
95, 896

Employment
Ohio, construction

rel. to 1926.,

Highways
Concrete pavements, new contracts:
Total..
thous. of sq. yds..
Road
thous. of sq. yds..
Federal-aid highways:
Completed—
Cost
-thous. of dolls..
Distance
miles
Under construction, end of month.. miles. .

15, 957
13, 536

12, 303
10, 038

24, 671
21, 982

19, 467
17, 573

9,403
8,321

10, 107
9,218

8,808
5,081

6,293
4,790

9,745
8,820

10, 080
6,360

10, 657
7,243

17, 416
12, 720

18, 156
13, 860

13, 994
651
12, 306

5,059
225
11, 229

9,100
254
9,569

5,826
205
8,277

9,654
188
7,489

17, 416
423
6,957

42, 751
1,071
7,030

40, 418
1,138
7,785

41, 088
1,025
8, 325

18, 422
544
8, 459

18,541
537
8,339

13, 844
483
8,055

22, 939
938
7,709

171, 180

176, 210

175, 848

182, 280

197, 960

191, 920

187, 340

182, 950

174, 940

168, 100

167, 200

176, 920

PUBLIC UTILITIES
Gas and Electric Power
Electric power companies, gross
revenue
thous of dolls
Electric power production:
United StatesTotal
mills, of kw. hrs_.
By fuels
_ ... _ .mills, of kw. hrs
By water power
mills, of kw. hrs _
In street railways, manufacturing plants, etc
mills, of kw. hrs .
In central stations, .mills, of kw. hrs
CanadaTotal
mills, of kw. hrs._
By water power
.mills, of kw. hrs
Exported
mills, of kw. hrs-.
Rate of manufacturing operations (based on
consumption of electric energy for power purposes). (See under General production,)

7.623
4.508
3, 115
447
7, 176

2
7,
2
4,
2

2

2

2
2

643
520
3, 123

7, 876
5, 243
* 2, 633

7,160
5,001
2,159

7,947
5,597
2,350

8,108
5,746
2, 362

7,693
5, 502
2, 191

8,195
5,906
2, 2S9

7,792
5, 517
2, 275

7,906
5,397
2. 509

7,899
5, 016
2,883

7, 784
4,720
3, 064

454
7, 189

3

452
7, 424

410
8,750

460
7,487

502
7,606

465
7, 228

486
7, 709

479
7,313

526
7, 380

541
7, 358

541
7, 243

1.360
1. 343
87

1,405
1,388
98

1,414
1,392
128

1,338
1,311
145

1, 485
1, 456
162

1,542
1, 513
149

1, 515
1,488
142

1. 575
1, 550
161

1,443
1, 419
154

1,412
1, 391
143

1,426
1,404
132

1, 435
1,414
136

thous of dolls
thous. of dolls. .

76. 804
IS, 046

77, 098
19,051

77, 214
18, 650

73, 277
16, 864

76, 824
17, 892

77, 820
16, 070

76, 139
17, 148

79, 173
19, 074

76, 925
17, 756

76, 279
16, 445

76, 850
15, 452

77,315
17, 432

Commercial telegraph tolls., -thous. of dolls
Operating revenues
-thous. of dolls. .
Operating income
_ -thous. of dolls. .

9.133
11.744
1,426

9,391
11,963
1,513

9,346
12, 024
1,406

8,326
10, 806
724

8,943
11,528
609

10, 012
12, 973
1, 517

8,647
11,348
735

10, 137
13, 157
1,829

10, 117
13, 054
1, 467

10, 121
12, 965
1.400

10, 131
13, 090
875

10, 759
13, 768
1,412

119
10, 113

134
9, 687

128
9, 884

102
10, 826

124
10, 474

118
10, 940

115
10, 810

124
10,416

93
10, 891

84
11, 15:i

8,072
672, 555

8, 072
690, 476

8,066
629, 336

8,064
692, 709

8, 050
718, 784

S. 050
658, 789

8,376
8,370
701, 279 | 646, 036

8, 352
646, 750

8,340
655, 477

3, 328
681, 783

134, 854
203, 085

52, 700
163, 186

49, 620
165, 789

56, 740
233. 890

64, 170
225, 021

230, 423
225, 322

246, 832
230, 043

282, 393
244, 640

387, 260
247, 376

367, 727
219, 574

307, 82:}
208, 467

75. 512 1 107, 507

S3. 480

102. 569 ! 113,749

70, 088

84266

140, 173

Telephone
Telephone companies:
O Derating revenues
Operating income
Telegraph

Transportation
Express earnings:
Operating income
thous. of dolls
Operating revenue
thous. of dolls
Electric railways (212 companies):
Average fare, . _
cents
Passengers carried
thous. of persons..
666, 410
Inland waterways:
143, 627 169, 760
Allegheny River
_
short tons
Cape Cod Canal
short tons.. 203, 230 216, 559
Mississippi River Government
barees.
short tons.. 86, 000 299.901
Revised.




82.465 - 82, 970

:

69. 572

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[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

1930
March

Febru- January ! Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber

July

June

PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued
Transportation— Continued
Inland waterways — Continued.
1,508
Monongahela River.-thous. of short tons.. 1, 257
1,518
1, 535
New York State canals
457
thous. of short tons._
385
349
Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Wheeling
736
686
thous of short tons
713
546
Panama Canal1, 925
Total cargo traffic thou^ of long tons
2,011
1,916
In American vessels
937
__
thous. of long tons .
929
910
421
In British vessels thous. of Ions? tons
429
436
St. Lawrence CanaL. thous. of short tons..
920
1, 166
319
Sault Sta. Marie Canal
4, 335
thous. of long tons.- 6, G45
922
Suez CanaL.
___thous. of met. tons _
2, 403
2, 396
2,440
Welland Canal
short tons.. 1,015,469 1,165,853 370, 003
Ocean traffic:
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade —
Total
thous of net tons
6, 543
6,539
5,907
5,044
2,241
American...
thous. of net tons.
2, 525
2,092
1,773
Foreign
thous. of net tons.. 4,302
4,014
3,815
3,271
Passenger travel:
Arrivals from abroad—Immigrants
number. .
3,799
3,470
3,577
United States citizens
number-22, 518
28, 231
34, 861
Departures abroad—
Emigrants
number - ..
5, 647
5,616
4, 693
United States citizens _ .number
23, 242
24,418
32, 278
National parks —
Visitors
number
Automobiles entered
number
Passports issued
number . .
21, 466
14, 328
28, 513
Pullman Company operations:
Revenue
thous of dolls
5,055
4,894
5, 238
Passengers carried
thousands - 1,986
1/JOO
1,966
Trend of business in hotels:
Average sale per occupied room.. .dollars ..
3.73
3.58
3.63
3.50
Room occupancy
p. ct. of capacity
63
56
61
61
Shipbuilding:
Rate of activity (elec. energy
consumed) __
rel. to 1923-25
84.8
89.7
92.5
98.3
Building or under contract, end of
monthMerchant vessels.thous. of gross tons-.
370
397
409
Completed during month —
Total
gross tons
22, 647
13, 766
34, 527
17,443
Steel, seagoing
gross tons
16, 964
4, 985
13, 976
28, 613
Steam railways:
Equipment —
Freight cars—
In bad order, end of monthQuantity
cars. 172, 776 170, 165 162, 966 162, 117
7.4
7.9
Ratio to total cars. _ .per cent-.
7.7
7.3
New orders
cars
972
46
2,768
2,166
Owned, end of monthQuantity
thous. of ears. - 2,229
2,249
2,251
2. 244
Capacity
mills, of Ibs.. 268, 5SO 209, 645 209, 958 210,102
Shipments —
Total
cars
1,082
615
762
648
555
1, 082
Domestic
cars..
657
646
Unfilled orders (railroads)—
7,542
Total
-. . cars.. 7,179
7, 484
6, 585
Of manufacturers
cars_. 2,070
2,176
1,569
1,599
In railroad skops
cars__
5, 366
5,109
5, 915
4, 88G
Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assc.)—
Exports steam
number
1
5
In bad order, end of month —
Awaiting classified repairs
.. _.
number-- 5,938
5,958
5, 967
5,910
Ratio to total locomotives
per cent
10.9
10.9
10.8
K.
Installed
_ number.
114
67
94
New orders
_ .number . 2
151
Retired
number291
151
182
161
Owned, end of month —
Quantity
. number
55, 366
55,101
55, 450
55, 278
2 522
Tractive power
mills, oflbs.. 2, 513
2, 518
2,520
Shipments, manufacturers (Census) —
Total
number
19
10
15
26
Electric, domestic
number. .
2
5
Steam domestic
number
12
19
5
26
Shipments, electric locomotives»17
34
Industrial (quarterly) number
Alining (quarterly)
number
3 60
* 82
Unfilled orders (railroads), end of mo.—
Of manufacturers
number..
20
60
31
57
In railroad shops
number. _
16
26
20
24
Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Census)—
Total
number
95
95
58
80
54
Electric domestic
number
2
Steam, domestic . __. number .
81
69
30
47
Passenger cars —
In railroad hands, end of quarter
number
» 51, 489
New orders
cars
4
Shipments—
24
38
37
Total
- cars .
13
13
38
24
37
Domestic— _
cirs
Unfilled orders, end of n
er
*125
.number. .
1

Quarter ended in month indicated.


1, 359

42S
1, 930
864
448

1, 571 1

505 I
2, 107
958 j
540

1, 547

1,811

2,075

2,087

390

608

458

2,152

2,154

457

563
:

1, 015

;

2, 147

2,152
416

500

926

1,037

928

998

1,106

2,167

2,263

2,394

2,060

2, 145

2,402

953
536
38

1,009
615
563

1,133
516
877

1,040
436
914

1,022
532
1, 007

1,221
578
930

1, 062
555
898

311
2,246
68, 400

5,130
2, 186
583, 907

9,094
2, 217
916,' 563

10,347
2,204
979, 532

11, 267
2,288
985, 829

12, 367
2,390
850, 918

12, 650
2,111
755, 820

2,474 |
1

2,744

4,972
1,695
3,277

5,414
1,843
3,571

5. 505
1,991
3, 514

6,224
2,501
3. 723

;,074
2, 651
4,423

7, 653
3,060
4,593

8,480
3, 359
5, 121

8,067
3,371
4,696

7,509
2,822
4, 687

3, 147
27, 508

4,091
19, 844

6, 439
28, 535

9, 209
22, 3S1

13, 942
40, 702

17, 792
80, 900

14,816
69, 957

13. 323
38, 822

14, 944
32, 284

4,720
33, 172

4,397
24, 885

5. 450
21, 140

4. 951
24, 420

5, 352
32, 988

5,100
56, 526

5, 245
88, 372

4,818
55, 366

4,320
40, 103

7, 255

48, 874
9,211
7,445

37, 246
6. 010
6, 585

43, 361
7,937
7,496

67, 089
15,596
7,834

183, 583
43. 939
8,772

549, 287
127, 153
10, 510

596, 699
143, 049
16, 084

293, 931
77, 153
32, 405

5, 346
1, 919

6,072
2,203

5,418
2,180

5,305
2, 031

6,016
2, 278

6,476
2,517

7, 128
2, 767

6, 485
2, 541

7,198
2,679

3.84
64

3.80
66

3.72
60

3. 96
65

3.90
69

3.82
64

3.96
60

3.86
59

3.89
62

114.8

113.9

99.0

105.5

121.5

124.1

122.8

i

116.8

111.8

412

421

344

359

366

423

489

465

487

25, 622
9,703

29, 413
21,045

25 971
18, 391

53, 551
39, 830

51, 667
16, 895

32, 083
20, 125

75, 030
33, 302

45, 069
15, 974

29, 806
17, 395

153, 606
6.9
24

147, 650
6.7

147,334
6.6
2, 691

155, 883
7.0
2,862

157, 727
7.1
3, 291

157, 141
7.1
565

153, 046
6.8
823

144, 987
6.5
1,306

140, 594
6.3
794

2, 253
210, 235

2.254
2. 258
210, 229 ; 210,426

2,271
211,788

2,272
211,823

2, 275
211,942

2, 274
211, 831

2,274
211,550

2,272
211, 221

633
533

845
735

607
436

1,182
1, 139

2,384
2,307

4, 235
4, 176

5,940
5,934

5,348
5,348

5, 066
5, 059

8, 637
2,207
6, 430

8, 799
2,681
6,118

9,780
3,376
6,404

3,716
1,125
2,591

5,423
2,445
2,978

6,175
4, 127
2,048

10, 802
7,723
3,079

17, 230
14, 247
2, 983

22, 759
19, 161
3,598

5

2

3

2

3

5, 734

5,522

5, 216

5,102

4,936

4,676

4,585

4,562

4,515

10.4
86
8
128

10.0
80
2
182

9.5
92
60
390

9.2
96
4
268

8.9
127
7
206

8.6
147
25
198

8.2
161
34
216

8.2
118

8.1
165

156

193

55, 534
2,525

55, 576 1
2, 525

55, 678
2, 528

55, 985
2,538

56, 157
2,541

56, 236
2,541

56, 287
2,540

56, 342
2, 537

56, 380
2,535

15
5
10

16 1
6 i
10 !

49
7
37

43
6
37

50
2
48

65
3
62

77
5
68

56
3
52

81

3 03

33

3 76

80
35
3136

3 113

57
29

64
30 i

90
30

59
33

102
37

143
38

189
46

242
54

300
64

103
7
85

91
12 ;
78 ,

104

93
25
63

132
31
96

174
33
136

234
36
193

291
41
243

343
44
291

3 51, 770
62

13

32

3 51, 777
13

50
50

35
35

41
41

66
66

18
86

\ » 51, 644
30
30

:

2

10

33
33 |

8
8

67
67

32C4

73
73

465

3587

53

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

April

May

PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued
Transportation — Continued
Steam railways — Continued.
Financial operations—
Net operating income. thous. of dolls..
41, 264
39, 074
Operating revenues—
Canada..
thous. of dells..
30, 912
United StatesTotal _.
thous. of dolls. .
369 020 369, 652
Freight
thous. of dolls..
283, 161 283,711
Passengers . .thous. of dolls .
46 991
47, 272
Operating expenses thous. of dolls 288 087 290,618
Net operating revenue, Canada
thous. oi doils..
3,640
Freight cars—
Carloadings—
Total
thous of cars
2 992
2 986
3 736
Coal and coke
-thous. of cars
611
465
486
Forest products
thous. of cars..
125
130
165
Grain and grain products
.thous. of cars .
140
151
ISO
Livestock
thous of cars
85
75
106
Ore
thous. of cars
119
29
80
Merchandise,!, c. Lthous. of cars..
876
899
1,097
Miscellaneous
thous. of cars..
1,192
1,496
1,206
Car surplus (daily average, last week
of mo.)—
Total
.cars . 599 282 615 924 602 832
Box
.
. cars _ 306* 443 306*
319 282 315
Coal
cars 224' 120 938 504 251 679
Operation resultsFreight carried 1 mileCanada
mills, of tons._
2,136
United States. .mills, of tons..
28, 710
Passengers carried 1 mile millions .
1 831
Receipts per ton-mile
cents..
1,093
FINANCE
Agricultural Finances
Loans outstanding, end of month:
Federal land banks
. mills, of dolls
Federal intermediate credit banks
mills, of dolls..
Joint-stock land banks
mills, of dolls..
Banking
Bank debits:
Canada
mills, of dolls.
New York City
mills, of dolls _
Outside New York City— mills, of dolls..
Outside New York City— _rel. to 1923-25..
Brokers' loans, end of month:
By N. Y. F. R. member banks
mills, of dolls
Ratio to market value
per cent
Total
.
- mills, of dolls
Deposits, New York State savings banks,
end of mo
mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
Reserve ratio .
percent
Reserve ratio
rel to 1923-25
Total deposits
_ mills, of dolls
Total investments
mills, of dolls
Total reserve
mills of dolls
Federal reserve member banks:
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls..
Total investments _ _
mills, of dolls
Total loans and discounts__mills. of dolls. _
Interest rates:
Call loans, renewal
_
.per cent
Federal land banks
per cent..
Intermediate credit banks
per cent
New York Federal Reserve
Bank (dis.)
_ _.
per cent
Prime bankers' acceptances
per cent..
Prime commercial paper
(4-6 months)
per cent..
Prime commercial paper (4-6 months)
rel to 1923-25
Time loans, 90 days
..percent..
Business Failures
Firms (United States):
Total commercial..
number. _
Manufacturers
number. _
Trade establishments
number
Agents and brokers
- . number
By groupsManufacturers—
Total
number
Chemicals
number,.
Foodstuffs
number..
Leather
number..
Liquors and tobacco
number. .
Lumber
... .number
Printing and engraving, number, .
Stone, clay, and glass number. _
Textiles
number..
Metals
number. _
All other
_
number..
* Revised.




1930

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber

July

June

45, 906

27, 264

33, 849

49, 372

62, 069

112, 251

104, 078

95, 604

82, 750

30, 613

26, 788

28 141

33, 450

35 474

42 093

44, 340

38, 804

38 071 •

376, 149
291, 289
47, 150
291, 582

336, 632
257, 521
46, 455
272, 116

265 900
277, 014
53 349
294 082

377, 933
280, 909
55 443
297, 806

7S6
042
710
301

483 455
385, 684
52 368
326, 286

467, 469
363, 473
59 092
320, 131

466 370
354, 713
67 432
327, 204

457 025
347 293
65 805
33l' 562

3,112

121

424

5,910

7 579

11, 408

11,435

5 619

5 702

5 486

2 940
555
138

2 836
584
138

3 491

2 784
638
121

4 127
852
174

3 818
' 733
15'J

3 725
'638
162

4 670
760
207

3 556
' 557 '
160

3 71Q
' 579
199

153
79
23
886
1,105

165
88
22
842
997

143
2
820
946

190
140
92
1,133
1,546

163
129
154
966
1,514

189
108
195
944
1, 490

304
106
284
1,179
1,821

233
80
245
899
1, 382

166
1 86
250
967
1, 472

621 509
298 837
252 825

650 964
324 938
253 515

706 538
380* 603
251 358

580 498
304* 100
213 752

409 637
230*
705
l9^ 935

394 032
202 398
139 416

431 971
232 898
141 721

454 815
232 235
165 499

465 464
246 622
163* 396

2,104
29,960
1,758
1,074

1,951
27, 079
1 747
1 049

2,016
2, 239
30,314 1 29 026
1 915
2 015
1 015
1 052

2, 633
32, 295
1 828
1 050

3,096
39 292
1 959
l'o63

3,562
36 220
2 253
1 081

2,268
37,421
2 634
1 040

2, 131
35 580 ;
2 567
1 071

2, 538
34 419
2 513
1 063

156
196
124
26
997 I
1,175

Q4

9

646 750
336* 577
240 292

398
311,
48
299

68, 883
38 995

>:

- 444 848
'< 33l' 647
' 67 146
• 334' 638

1 182

1 184

1 185

1 187

1 187

1 187

1 187

1 188

1 189

1 190

1 191

1 192

1 193

137
532

131
536

138
540

138
544

128
548

128
550

130
553

132
567

126
560

123
563

123
565

111
567 :

92
569

25 893
19, 406
98.4

3,172
25 072
18, 858
95.6

2 786
26 821
19, 620
99.5

2 570
27 589
19, 421
98.4

2 535
20 948
17, 084
86.6

2 668
24 557
21, 697
110.0

3 012
29 001
22, 113
117.2

2 974
22 490
19,700
99.9

3 618
30 781
23, 693
120.1

2 967
27 383
21, 253
107.7

3 802
25 052
20, 966
106.3

3 094
29 600
23, 171
117. 5

3 398
37' 690
2
24,
621
2
124. 18

1 479
2 98
1 391

1 539
3 37
1 435

1 730
3 40
1 651

1 875
3 58
1 909

1 798
3 22
1 840

1 734
3 30
1 720

1 996
3 86
1 894

2 111
4 06
2 162

2 512
4 65
2 556

3 063
5 79
3 481

3 110
5 31
3 559

3 228
5 49
3 689

3 2^9
5 83
3 728

5,083

5,059

5,018

4,928

4,888

4,792

4, 666

4,658

4,662

4,591

4,572

4,559

149
1,723
84 6
110 0
2 504
773
3 576

374
1, 580
84 9
110 4
2 442
724
3 413

157
1,535
84 0
109 2
2 434
' 761
3 334

250
1,488
82 8
107 4
2 506
' 723
3 296

198
1,478
83 7
108 8
2 399
' 708
3 244

232
1,494
82 2
108 9
2 448
' 735
3 243

251
1,664
73 7
95 8
2 517
1 100

275
1,455
80 3
104 4
780
3 115

207
1,368
82 2
106 9
2 465
771
3 149

272
1, 379
79 7
103 6
2 532
813

215
1,374
81 1
105 5
2 423
779
3 079

9nn
1,342
83 4
108 5
2 447
714
3 160

979
1,424
81 Q
106 4
2 ^55
724
3 174

13, 688
7,795
14, 691

13,605
7, 807
14, 730

13, 684
7 903
14, 993

13, 748
7 551
15, 382

13, 614
7 183
15, 464

13, 680
6 843
15, 753

13, 999
6 693
16, 263

13, 908
6 800
16, 516

13, 830
6 731
16, 764

13,812
6 454
17, 013

13, 629
6 338
16, 830

13,798
6 291
16,945 i

13,740
6 120
16,960

1.50
5.63
3.90

1.45
5.63
4.00

1 52
5.63
4 00

1 55
5.63
4 00

1 50
5.63
4 00

1 57
5.63
4 00

2 23
5.63
4 00

2 00
5.63
4 00

2 00
5.63
4 00

2 19
5.63
4 06

9
21
5.63
4 13

2 20
5.61 !
4 17 ;

26°
5.58
4 55

1.50
.88

1.50
2.00

1 50
1.50

2 00
1. 50

2 00
1.44

9 00

2 00
1.88

2 5Q
1.88

2 50
1.88

2 50
1.88

2 50
1.88

2 50
1. 88 ;

2 50
2. 13

2.00

2.13

2.38

2.50

2.63

2.88 !

2. 88

2.88

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.25

3.50

46.4
1.50

49.4
1.75

55 2
2 00

58 0
2 13

61 0
1 88

68 8
2 13

66 8
2 95

66 8
2 13

69 6
2 50

69 6
2 63

69 6
2 63

75 4
2 75

81 °
2 8S

2,386
515
1 710
' 158

2,604
582
1 843
179

2, 563
583
1 831
149

3,316
611
2 541
' 164

2,525
537
1 834
154

2,031
448
1 447
' 136

2,124
499
1 474
151

1,963
434
1 395
134

1,913
566
1 234
113

2,028 :
425
1 481
122 '>

2,026
507
1 393
126

582
5
37
23
9
61
27
7
79
52
282

583
13
37
14
9
72
15
4
96
54
269

499
7
35
15
14
54
20
12
97
34
211

434
9
35
14
8
65
16

566
14
29
21
11
98
19
7
55
33
279

425 '
11 i
37 i
10
1
81 !
20
9
51
45
160 |

507
9
45
8
6
85
22
7
75
28
222

1,993
449
1,435
109

2,248
552
1, 570
126

449

552
12
43
14

64
26
10
57
21
53
37
167

A

65
27
9
50
250

515
9
38
12
6
75
10
5
78
55
227

1.56

611
10
32
17
6
76
21
11
124
44
270

i

537
9
34
14
15
12
85
34
251

2 429

448
5
27
8
10
71
18
14
71
34
190

M

10

53
30
197

54

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

May

April

193O

March

Febru- January
ary

Decem- NovemSeptemAugust
October
ber
ber
ber

July

June

FINANCE -Continued
Business Failures— Continued
Firms (United States)— Continued.
By groups— Continued.
TradersTotal
number..
Books and paper
.number
Chemicals and paints. __ number. _
Clothing
number-Foods and tobacco
number. .
General stores.
number. .
Household furniture
number-All other
.
numberFirms (Canada)
number..
Liabilities (United States):
Total commercial . -- -thous. of dolls..
Total commercial
rel. to 1923-25..
Manufacturers
- -thous. of dolls .
Trade establishments
thous. of dolls
Agents and brokers
thous. of dolls
Liabilities (Canada)
thous. of dolls.

1,435
20
84
235
360
89
243
404
174

1,570
19
108
295
401
88
357
302
196

1,710
18
98
351
451
109
297
386
204

1,843
28
107
400
411
152
358
357
213

1,831
19
93
381
438
131
407
362
253

2,541
15
117
633
476
220
571
509
296

1,834
15
114
444
461
138
290
372
295

1,447
11
111
261
393
104
245
322
237

1,474
18
94
250
398
108
253
353
214

1,395
12
98
257
341
93
247
347
175

1,234
11
78
270
329
67
201
275
167

1,481
21
73
268
403
83
235
398
183

1,393
13
93
2C4
365
73
259
326
156

51, 656
121.8
21, 909
25, 934
3,813
3,504

53, 371
125.9
18, 506
25, 069
9,796
2,775

50, 868
120.0
18, 719
26, 386
5,763
3,638

60, 387
142.4
21,072
30, 348
5,967
3,752

59, 608
140.6
25, 304
30, 852
3,452
3,014

94, 608
223.1
47, 633
43, 071
3,904
4,215

83, 683
197.4
19, 948
28, 853
35, 382
6,994

55, 261
130.3
19, 438
21,217
14, 606
2,958

56, 297
132.8
17, 989
22. 096
16,212
2,532

46, 947
110.7
16, 448
19,311
11, 188
2,664

49, 181
116.0
24, 735
17, 829
8,617
2, 939

39, 826
93.9
13, 369
21, 572
4,887
2,997

63, 131
148. 9
2G, 273
22, 825
14,033
2, 707

i 779

Dividend and Interest Payments
Grand total
mills, of dollsDividend payments:
Total
mills, of dolls. .
Industrial and miscellaneous
.mills, of dolls. .
Steam railroads
mills, of dollsStreet railways
mills, of dolls. .
Interest payments
.mills, of dolls. _
Net Corporation Profits

762

580

749

594

521

1,121 !

713

579

763

524

424

916

340

292

314

311

285

521

281

277

320

228

197

373

329

237
34
7
416

213
33
8
268

236
38
9
435

236
46

217
45
9
239

386
56
16 !
601 |

221
39
14
429

212
39
12
302

250
44
11
443

184
30
7
296

153
37

278
54
13
543

- 262
40
2 8
392

Grand total 10 groups
mills, of dolls .
Total public utilities
mills, of dolls..
Industrial and miscellaneousTotal
mills, of dolls. _
Automobiles, parts and accessories
mills, of dolls. .
Food
mills, of dolls..
Machinery
mills, of dolls.. |
Metals and mining
mills, of dolls. .
Oil
mills, of dolls. Miscellaneous
mills, of dolls. Steel and railroad equipment
mills, of dolls. _
Class I railroads
mills, of dolls. .
Telephone
mills, of dolls. .
Other large public utilities
mills, of dolls-Stockholders

284

33 683
341

3 77f>
3 288

> 126

3 116

2

331
331
3
6

3 16
3

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:
Domestic
number-.
Foreign
number..
Pennsylvania R. R. Co.:
Domestic
number . 3 240 734
Foreign
number-- 3 3, 291
U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):
Domestic
number-Foreign
number-Shares held by brokers
p. ct. of total. .

343

3*68
» 273

3
574,905
! 3 fi 383

|

3
8
3
5
3 24
« 66

3
3 o16

.8
107
569

2276

29

3 37

30
9
4

3

347

1

'= 329

204
3

3

34

227

' 1C
*8
3

71

335
3
283
3
65
3
223

2 53
?200

i f,f!7 774

3560,424
3
6 184

3

540, 826
3
5, 866

3235,306
3 3, 272

3233, 414 ""."".'.
3
3, 190

3

212 311
3
3, 096

8147,440
3 2. 451
3 If,. fiS

3143.221
3
2, 345
3
16. 20

3132,479
3 3. 026

> 259

'< f'

FTC

i 207 £f,Q

.........

3 18 fiO

' 18.57

Foreign Exchange Rates
America:
Argentina
- dolls, per gold peso
Brazil
.
dolls, per milreis .
Canada
dolls, per Canadian dolL.
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen-India
dolls, per rupee-Europe:
Belgium
__
dolls, per franc. _
England
dolls. Der Ib. sterling _
France
dolls, per franc. .
Italy
.
-.dolls, per liraNetherlands
dolls, per guilder-Sweden
_*dolls. per krone-Switzerland. dolls, per franc. .

.703
.075
.997
.121

.707
.067
.999
. 121

.765
.073
1.000
.121

.780
.079
1.000
.121

.719
.086
1.000
.121

.697
.091 !
.998
.121

.756
.096
.999
.121

.781

.781

1.001
.121

1.001
.121

.818
.101
1.001
.121

.825
.100
1.001
.121

.82]
.109
1.001
.121

. 845
.114
1.000
. 121

.494
.360

.494
.361 !

.494
.361

.494
.361

.494
.359

.494 I
.359

.496
.359

.496
.360

.496
.360

.494
.360

.494
.360

.494
.361

.494
.360

.139
4.86
.039
052
.402
.208

.139
4.86
.039
.052
. 402
. 268
.193

.139
4.86
.039
.052
.401
.268
.193

.139
4.86
.039
.052
.401
.268
.192

.139
4.86
.039
.052
.401
.268
.193

.139
4.85 !
. 039
.052
.402 i
.268
.194

.140
4.86
.039
.052
.403
.268
.194

.139
4.86
.039
.052
.402
.268
.194

.139
4.86
.039
.052
.403
.269
.194

.140
186
.039
.052
.403
.269
.194

.140
4.87
.039
.052
.403
.269
.194

I
|

.140
4.87
.039
.052
.402
.269
.194

.140
4. 8(i
.039
. 052
.402
. 2G9
. 194

15. 769

15,662

15, 573

15, 474

15, 293

15,217

15, 120

15, 024

14,926 ;

14, 837

14, 730

6 345
1, 541
4, 804

6,332
1, 544
4,788

6,330
1,547
4,783

6,323
1,555
4,768

6,312 i
1,555 I
4,757 I

6, 303
1,554
4,749

6,270
1,561
4,709

6,244
1, 5G2
4,682

6,223
1, 563
4,660

6,213
1,571 !
4,642 j

6,200
1,572
4,628

4, 59S

1,164
1.611
2, 653
499
5, 927

1,134
1, 005
2, GtiO
495
5,894

1,120
1,578
2, 651
487
5,836

1,108
1,572
2,648
485
5,813

1,106 !
1,545
2,633 !
478
5,762

1,104
1,531
2,637
475
5,747

1,101
1,526
2,640
469
5,736

1,095
1,521
2,638
465
5, 719

1,089
1,488
2,622
449
5,648

1,085
1,473 !
2,621
437
5,616

1,079
1,450
2,617
436
5,582

1,073
1,441
2, 600

2, 300

2,273

2,241

2,212

2,169

2,127

2,098

2,062

2,041

2,018

1,992

'
!
i
I

Life Insurance
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Admitted life insurance assets (10 cos.):
Grand total
mills, of dolls..
Mortgage loansTotal
mills, of dolls..i
Farm
mills, of dolls
All other
mills, of dolls..
Bonds and stocks (book value):
i
Government
mills, of dolls >
Public utility
mills, of dolls., i
Railroad
mills of noils
All other
mills, of dolls '
Total
mills, of dolls..;
Policy loans and premium notes
mills of doll9
'" liev sed.




15,392

Quarter e nded in nlonth ind icated.

0, 171

5, 531

55

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

August, 1931]

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

193O

1931
June

May

April

Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ary
ber

March

July

June

FINANCE— Continued
Life Insurance— Continued
Amount of new insurance (44 cos.):
Group
mills, of dolls_.
Industrial
_ mills, of dolls
Ordinary
mills of dolls
Total insurance
mills, of dolls__
Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.):
Group
thous. of certificates „_
Industrial
thous. of policies
Ordinary
_ _ _
thous. of policies
Total policies and certificates .-thousands-Premium collections (44 cos.):
Annuities
thous. of dolls..
Group
thous. of dolls__
Industrial
. ..thous. of dolls
Ordinary __
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls..
Sales of ordinary life insurance (Life Insurance
Sales Research Bureau):
Canada, total, 15 cos
thous. of dolls..
"United States, total
thous. of dolls..
Eastern manufacturing district
thous. of dolls..
Far western district._.thous. of dolls..
Southern district
thous. of dolls..
Western agricultural district
thous of dolls
Western manufacturing district
thous. of dolls

81
251
673
1,005

72
236
2672
2980

99
235
691
1,025

62
247
720
1,028

104
209
599
912

78
214
596
888

131
229
753
1,112

59
208
593
861

52
244
620
915

138
210
545
894

73
234
622
929

130
248
715
1,092

107
312
720
1,144

45
926
285
1,256

35
845
2288
1, 168

59
865
301
1,225

28
881
321
1,230

60
731
247
1,039

44
750
231
1,026

59
794
319
1,172

28
741
253
1,022

35
847
261
1,143

46
722
229
996

39
805
245
1,088

74
896
270
1,241

52
1, 163
267
1,482

13, 868
8,117
60, 654
173, 947
256, 586

25, 175
8,037
59, 884
175, 562
268, 658

12, 682
8,398
53, 854
183, 992
258, 926

11, 919

12, 430

62, 920

270, 081

56, 388
166, 759
244, 325

10, 741
10, 108
62, 659
170, 497
254, 005

19, 615
9,591
112, 666
191, 871
333, 743

7, 094
7,269
58, 108
154, 473
226, 944

6,917
7,944
55, 851
165, 954
236, 666

5,016
7,220
59, 859
147, 907
220, 002

5,797
6,508
58, 961
150, 754
222,020

54, 602
170, 847
240, 976

7, 615
59, 522
166, 190
238, 686

46, 227
734, 614

41,314
724, 206

45, 648
754, 002

46, 945
770, 440

40, 180
647, 140

41, 188
628, 607

49, 874
795, 642

46, 868
653, 131

46, 019
685, 755

39, 643
603, 102

37, 061
685, 864

49, 829
779, 184

55, 355
822, 437

321,403 313, 038 327, 077
70, 226
68, 663 70, 943
84, 055
81, 955 82, 930

343, 745
73, 579
77, 628

289, 757
60, 094
64, 009

280, 066
61, 589
65, 329

324, 635
86, 291
91, 922

279, 651
65. Oil
72, 189

285, 594
71, 961
77, 196

238, 909
68, 520
69, 724

275, 228
77, 450
80,858

319, 321
82, 955
89, 284

330, 948

2

8,748

8,790

186,452

7,047
8,480

5,359

87,114

94, 384

100, 752

98, 861

102, 396

101, 945

86, 439

82, 754

117,117

90, 178

97, 300

89, 779

99, 276

114,929

121,170

158, 178

161, C89

170, 656

173, 543

146, 841

138, 869

175, 677

146, 102

153, 704

136, 170

153, 052

172, 695

188, 821

95, 133
628
50, 258

93, 612
27
49, 543

85, 091
26
25, 671

87, 717
14
16, 156

94, 476
54
34, 426

109, 907
36
32, 778

113, 430
5,008
40, 159

152, 648
9, 266
35, 635

125, 871
11, 133
13, 680

112, 395
39, 332
19, 714

115, 119
41, 529
21, 889

90, 764
26
13, 938

4, 707
4,7H
910,279 2 882, 237

4, 656

839, 937

4,622
914, 576

4,583
908, 492

4, 553
4,520
884, 735 926, 561

4, 503
903, 176

4,496
921, 081

4,532

910, 998

912, 652

4, 528
887, 867

1, 638
1,877
.268

3,571
2,896
.294

3,472
2,660
.326

4,102
2,652
.359

4,424
2,270
.358

3,903
3,461
.363

4,544
3,492
.352

3,709
3,953
.343

3, 33G
2, 707
.346

3,187
1,772

3,480
1,932
8, 751

3,713
2,043
8,481

3,738
1,412
8,712

3,816
2,291
8,889

3,780
3,486
9,154

3, 835
2,685
7,755

3,551
2,100
7, 905

3, 969
1,485
10, 276

2960
179

956
216

649
217

813
341

677
410

459
312

737
441

Gold and Silver

Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces.. 114,651
Exports
thous. of dolls..
39
Imports
thous. of dolls.. 63, 887
Monetary stocks of U. S., daily
average
mills, of dolls.
4,865
Rand output
fine
ounces 897, 000
Silver:
1,892
Exports
thous. of dolls__
Imports
thous. of dolls__
2,351
Price at New York
dolls, perfineo z _ _
Production2,733
United States
thous of fine oz
731
Canada
thous. of fine oz
Mexico
thous of fine oz
Stocks, end of month —
United States
thous. of fine oz
1,611
958
Canada
thous of fine oz

2

4,682

2, 099
2,636
.277

3,249
2,439
.283

2,323

2, 762
1, 836

2,831
1,139
9,567

3,528

1,485
1,423

713
1,509

2, 714
796

1,821
.292

1,431
6, 511

2

6,944

1,851
702

2

792
694

Public Finance
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls..
Expenditures chargeable to ordinary
receipts
thous. of dolls..
Government debt, gross, end of
month
mills, of dolls
Total ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls. .
United States money in circulation
_
. mills, of dolls

28, 986

27, 463

31, 798

31, 807

28, 107

28, 808

30, 764

36, 365

39, 319

36, 655

32, 083

26, 200

72, 170

375, 153

285, 892

432, 366

720, 236

191, 425

413, 796

364, 540

244, 651

375, 244

308, 221

224, 117

284, 310

416, 7<J9

512,894

16, 801

16, 527
124, 405

16, 655
148, 208

16, 583
433, 301

16, 231
118, 614

16, 163
125, 605

16, 026
717,092

16, 185
120, 362

16, 180
147,813

16, 081
602, 811

16, 188
127, 388

16, 176
138, 741

16, 185
803, 495

4, 750

4,679

4, 647

4,590

4, 598

4,695

4,823

4,528

4,501

4, 492

4,476

4,483

4, 489

80.48
97.68
66.70
80.91
82.54

80.86
96.11
68.15
80.06
84. 03

82.29

82.06

70.72
79.00
86.39

81.98
96.59
70.98
78.14
86.54

78.96
92.89
68.61
75.54
82.78

81.10
94. 63
70.53
77.32
85.85

82.49
95.85
71.63
78.92
87.49

84.26
95.83
76.13
79.49
88.32

82.93
94.25
76.33
76.82
86.94

81.43

70.83
79.59
86.58

81.10
91.36

99.89
81.01
106. 84

100. 12
85.30
105. 77

100. 15

100. 27

105. 37

104. 85

86.67

99.57
84.56
104.23

99.54
81.53
105. 53

99.68
84.05
106. 41

100. 08
86. 08
106. 06

100. 96
88.25
105. 84

100. 41
90.99
105. 23

99.81
91.12
105. 44

99.10
90. 62
105. 28

5.24
23.31
3.75
3.74
4.27

5.10
3.38
3.80
3.85
4.33

4.98
3.39
3.89
3.90
4.27

5.01
3.40
3.95
4.03
4.27

4.99
3.33
3.92
4.05
4.25

5.12
3.34
4.05
4.12
4.41

4.97 !
3.32
4.00
4.06
4.32

4.89
3.34
3.94
3.99
4.25

4.85
3.37
3.97
3.97
4.25

4.87
3.38
3.97
4.01
4.29

4.92
3.37
4.05
4.08
4.36

4.92
3.37
4.10
4.14
4.41

.88
4.44
4.43

1.49
4.46
4.43

1.38
4.48
4.41

1.06
4.54
4.44

1.24
4.56
4.43

1.48
4.61
4.55

1.40
4.57
4.46

1.74
4.53
4.41

1.84
4.55
4.41

1.53
4.59
4.43

1.83
4.63
4.49

1.89
4.67
4.53

9,485
5.43

7,235
5.68

2,015
5.66

3,590

4,520
5.81

29, 877
5.75

9,965
5.74

6,635
5.61

13, 890
5.89

1,938
5.46

16, 425
5.99

11, 093
6.20

1,250
1,200

340
28, 972

110

175

3,050

600
2,300

675
250

10, 050
1,400

5,665

9,300

3,395

3,035

1, 250
2,850

850
530
! 27,945

1, 595
5, 120

2,000
1, 2!0
1, 975

10, 500
1, 475
165

300
1,388

480
10, 725

1, 110
6, 648
1, 555

Stocks and Bonds
BONDS
Bond prices:
Combined price
index...
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
79.07
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
97.73
Industrial
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
64. 36
Public utility
p. ct. of par, 4% bond-82.76
Second-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
78.51
Bond prices, 1st of following month:
50 domestic bonds
p. ct. of par_. 100. 25
40 representative issues
p. ct. of par.. 83.84
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct. of par_- 106. 30
Bond yields:
Industrial (15)
per cent-5.25
Liberty arid Treasury bonds
per cent..
3.30
Municipal (15)
per cent..
3.76
3.84
Municipal bond yield (20)
per cent..
Railroads (15).
._ . .percent
4.32
U. S. Treasury notes and certificates,
3-6 mos
per cent..
.55
Utilities (15) _
per cent4. 46
Total, GO high grade
per cent
4.45
Long-term real-estate bonds issued:
Grand total
thous of dolls
3,425
Interest rates
per cent..
5. 69
Kind of structure—
Apartments
thous. of dolls..
Hotels
thous. of dolls
Office and commercial .thous. of dolls..
2, 700
Purpose of issue —
!
Acquisitions and improvements..
thous. of dolls _;
Finance construction thous of dolls
\ 000
Heal-esUte mortgage. .thous of dolls..
425
' Revised.




96.31

88.03

96.41

5.36

250
265"
8,650 "1,166" """l,l75" ~~~2~ 666"
265

9,220

1. 700

3,135

230
1, 000
630

1, 500
1,090

92.83
75.43
74.99
85.09

2,590

75.60

74. 78
84.91

198

56

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

[August, 1931

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey

1931

June

1930

Febru- January Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
ary

S

July

May

April

March

193. 75
154.8
65.89
94.2
31.39

215.74
172.4
74.97
107.2
36.38

237. 52
189.8
84. 55
120.9
40.49

235. 29
188.0
92.03
131. 6
44.00

214.18 I
171. 1 !
90.38 |
129.2 1[
40.69

212. 34
169. 6
82.00
117.2
38. 09

227. 60
181.8
90.23
129.0
42.12
62.04

240. 49
191.1
97.30
139.1
43.44
63.54

282. 92
226.0
110. 16
157.5
47.40
65. 70

282. 81
225.9
110. 38
157.8
55. 92
68. 96

282. 64
225.8
113.69
162. 6
56. 98
71.92

284. 36
227.2
113. 84
176.7
54.84
74.91

98.0
76.8
156.4

109.2
87.3
169. 8

121. 6
97.2
188.9

119.8
104.7
177.9

112.3
100.4
163.4

109. 4
93.5
157. 9

116.7
102.1
167.4

127. 6
110.9
187.0

148.8
122. 6
216. 4

147.6
121.2
212.7

149.3
124. 2
215.4

152.8
124.5
223.5

89.4
140.3
202. 3
110.0

100.3
150. 5
227.6
117.4

111.8
178.6
268. 2
128.6

110.3
174.0
237.3
120.4

103.4

202. 5
106.2

101.9
ISO. 7
177.0
100.3

108.5
195.8
214.9
101.2

117.8
211.7
269. 6
108.0

139.3
265. 3
391. 1
132.5

138. 7
268. 5
400.9
134.1

139.8
285. 5
405.7
132.2

143.1
311.1
418.1
134.0

46.4
88.8
66.7
117.7

50.0
86. 2
79.4
127.1

57.5
89. 9
9.-.. 7
136. 9

54.4
86.4
90.8
133.2

50.6
78.4 i
82.1
127.2

54.9
78. 1
79.9
123.0

56. 0
81.7
90.8
126.4

52.5
88.1
92.6
133. 5

65.5
95.6
114.4
149.8

72.0
90.1
121.3
147.2

76.8
88.7
129.1
149.4

84.0
89.5
134.6
148.7

88.7

109.4

125. 1

125.8

120.4

116. 9

120.3

134.4

154.1

152. 3

154.5

152.1

63.2
57.1
48.6
72.1
47.4

74.1
67.5
52.6
86.1
52. 2

84.5
78.2
51. 5
102.9
58.2

90.7
77.4
52.2
101.2
55.3

89. 1
74.1
53.8
89.8
52.5

87. 8
72.9
58.2
91.6
51.0

96.9
70. 8
67.9
99.5
54.9

106. 4
82.0
64.6
115.4
58.2

125.4
95.6
71.4
138.1
67.2

129.7
93.4
65.8
138.4
66.0

132.9
94.3
72.0
140.6
67.1

133. 1
98.8
73.7
146.4
68.5

tT; August

June

FINANCE— Continued
Stocks and Bonds — Coatinued
STOCKS
Stock prices, average daily closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls, per share.. 198. 56
25 industrials, average
rel. to 1923-25.. 158.6
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share... 68.09
25 railroads, average
..rel. to 1923-25..
97.4
103 stocks, average
dolls per share
35.81
Southern cotton mills
dolls, per share
Stock prices, average weekly closing:
All industrials (404)
rel. to 1926
95.1
All railroads (33)
.
rel. to 1926
74.0
All utilities (34)
rel. to 1926__
153.0
Industrials, rails and utilities
(337)
rel to 1926
86 5
Agricultural implements (4). -rel. to 1926.. 129.2
Airplanes (10)
...rel. to 1926,
189.7
Automobiles and trucks (13) . .rel. to 1926.. 101.2
Automobile tires and rubber
goods (7)
rel to 1926
46.7
Chain stores (17)
rel. to 1926
88.5
Copper and brass (9)
rel. to 1926.
62.0
Food, other than meat (20)...rel. to 1926,. 111.9
Machinery and machine equipment 00)
rel to 1926
83.4
Oil producing and refining
(16)
rel to 1926
63.1
Railroad equipment (9)
rel. to 1926..
54.6
Rayon (5)
rel. to 1926..
48.6
Steel and iron (9)
rel to 1926
68.2
Textiles (30)
- -rel. to 1926.
45.0
Theaters, motion pictures and
amusements (7)
.rel. to 1926
44.6
Tobacco and tobacco products
(10)
rel. to 1926.. 133.5
Traction, motor transportation
(9)
_.
63.2
Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Exchange
thous. of shares. . 58, 719
Stock yields:
Preferred high-grade industrial
(°0)
per cent
5. 85
Total common (90)
per cent..
5.96
Industrials (50)
per cent.
6.26
Public utilities (20)
per cent
4.47
Railroads (20)
per cent-7.76

161.7 :

44.3

61.3

76.1

80.2

G9.4 i

66.7

77.7

87.8

112.4

106. 1

111.9

119. 4

137.3

144.3

143. 8

137.4

131.5 !

125. 6

129.2

136.8

152.6

149.2

146. 6

145.2

60.8

61.9

67.1

66.3

63.1 i

63.3

67.9

72.3

74.6

72.7

74.1

75.3

46, 661

54, 335

65, 494

64, 145

52,543

58, 764

51, 946

65, 497

53, 545

39, 870

47, 746

76, 593

5.71
5.95
6.23
4.42
7.91

5.59
5.43
5.69
4. 04
7.12

5.54
4.95
5.17
3. 60
6.75

5.61
5.12
5. 35
3.89
6. 29

5.66
5. 50
5.73
4.26
6.56

5.77
5.62
5.79
4.37
7.05

5. 62
5.43
5. 69
4.10
6,40

5.52
5.05
5.39
3. 64
5.98

5.48
4.33
4.60
3.04
5.45

5. 53
4.42
4.69
3.12
5.50

5.56
4.44
4.77
3.04
5.41

5.52
4. 50
4.91
2.92
5.43

New Security Issues
Bond sales (Canada):
Corporation
thous of dolls
Government and provincial
thous of dolls
Municipal
thous of dolls
Bond sales (U. S.):
Corporation —
Total
_ thous. of dolls
Class of industryIndustrial
thous. of dolls..
Land and buildings
thous of dolls
Oil
thous of dolls
Public utilities
thous. of dolls..
Railroads
_ -thous. of dolls .
Shipping and miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
Purpose of issue —
New capital
thous. of dolls..
Refunding .
thous. of dolls. _
Type of security—
Bonds and notes
thous. of dolls
Stocks
- - -.thous. of dolls..
Bond sales on N. Y, Stock Exchange:
Miscellaneous
thous of dolls
Liberty— Treasury
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls. _
Foreign governments
thous of dolls
Foreign loans in the United
States
, , - thous. of dolls..
States and municipalities:
Permanent loans
thous. of dolls-Temporary loans
thous. of dolls. .
Tax-Exempt Securities
Total end of month
»Revised.




mills of dolls

11, 748

2,700

34, 166

4,345

35, 875

3,475

13.900

45, 170
3,236

20, 000
2,526

111,552
12, 547

20, 150
8,485

7, 150
2, 365

1,000
12, 930

7.300
4.056

580,706 ! 187, 644

;

i

252, 918

250, 590

456, 678

401, 229

88, 226

141, 855

213, 795

346, 887

189, 866

428, 762

512,678

6,350

4,850

96, 932

82, 400

2,925

69,173

21, 889

10, 562

44, 605

10, 273

84, 714

45, 920

55,953

3,813
5,000
220, 416
16,113

10, 415
2, 000
210,025
22, 500

7, 577
4,940
305, 661
6,000

3,765
2,053
101, 393
200, 018

6, 405

8,021
1,500
324,108
175,004

30, 002

15, 365
4,250
89, 738
7,600

8, 740
35, 750
104, 642
5,000

15, 615

3,101

172,243
76, 254

48, 071
41,516

22, 070
625
234, 465
62, 632

15,383
66, 000
172,091
178,467

64, 266
12, 000

116,778
14, 250

1,226

800

35, 568

11,600

2, 630

2,900

4,725

14, 340

15, 058

72, 501

9,363

63, 050

24, 785

131,343
121, 575

169, 360
81, 230

267, 471
189, 207

269, 030
132, 199

74, 251
13, 975

399,848
180,858

180, 872
8,772

137, 622
4,233

151, 148
62, 647

284, 570
62, 317

121, 516
68, 350

402, 281
26, 481

445, 363
67,315

247, 034
5,884

190, 065
60, 525

354, 809
101, 709

391, 758
9,471

61, 460
26, 766

535, 404
45, 302

114,135
73, 509

123,417
18, 438

183, 659
30, 136

285,112
61, 775

132, 193
57, 673

358, 332
70, 430

357, 723
154,955

252, 585
15, 167
267, 752

221, 256
14,431
235, 687

215, 661
12, 127
227, 788

238, 298
8,723
247, 021

174, 535
19,911
194, 446

247, 308
18, 809
264, 117

250, 707
15, 055
265, 762

182, 906
6,640
189, 546
9, 500

264, 357
7,773
272, 130

221, 327
9, 631
230, 958
52, 900

167, 584
4, 951
172, 535
2, 680

183, 716
10, 112
193, 828
42, 100

218, 500
11,789
230, 289
103, 250

8,707

95, 657

22, 377

5, 662

103, 545

50, 650

19, 680

73, 738

187, 855

111,395 279,327 ! 119,589
196, 598 a 64, 975 i 250, 436

49, 977
69, 697

97, 703
76, 531

93, 982
80, 422

158, 380
81, 222

79, 578
76, 501

98, 514
26, 406

111,657
153, 068

153.699
69, 742

1Q fi4fi

19, 684

20, 040

19, 836

19, 873

19, 848

19, 772

__

5©, 000

115, 801 * 169, 081
28, 452 » 24, 799

46, 000

13,791 i

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EXPLANATORY
The Survey of Current Business is designed to present
each month a picture of the business situation by setting
forth the principal facts regarding the various lines of
trade and industry. The figures are very largely those
already in existence. The chief function oi the Survey
is to bring together those data which, it available at all,
are scattered in hundreds of different publications. A
portion of these data are collected by Government
departments, other figures are compiled by technical
journals, and still others are reported by trade associations. The Survey of Current Business computes
the indexes on total stocks, new orders, agricultural
marketings, crop marketings, and unfilled orders based
on available data.
SOURCES OF DATA
The sources and inclusiveness of the data appearing
in the table "Monthly Business Statistics" will be
found noted in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the
Survey of Current Business, and the sources of the
weekly data are given on page 4 of the February 5,
1931, issue of the Weekly Supplement to The Survey of
Current Business.
HISTORICAL DATA
Monthly data on all the various series carried in the
Monthly Survey will be found in the 1931 Annual
Supplement to the Survey, running back seven years
and in some cases eight years. Data previous to that
included in the 1931 Annual Supplement will be found
in the monthly Surveys prior to 1924.
RELATIVE AND INDEX NUMBERS
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items and to chart series expressed in different units,
relative numbers (often called "index numbers/' a
term referring more particularly to a special kind of
numbers described below) have been calculated. The
monthly average for 1923-1925 has usually been used
as a base equal to 100.
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monthly average for the base year to equal 100. If
the movement for the current month is greater than
the base, the relative number will be greater than 100,
and vice versa. The difference between 100 and the
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or decrease compared with the base|
relative number of 115 means an
cent over the base period, while a
80 means a decrease of 20 per cent fnf
Relative numbers may also be use
'if
approximate percentage increase qitjj
movement from one period to the
relative number at one month is 12
month is 144, there has been an incr
When two or more series of rela
combined by a system of weighting
series is denominated an index ni
number, by combining many rels
designed to show the trend of an ent
tries, or for the country as a whole, I
single commodity or industry wh
number covers. Comparisons with ,.
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in the case of relative numbers.
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SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS
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able. Consumption and production1 jj
interest rates, bank clearings, railr
and many other types of data are
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ried in the Survey, the index has
number of working or business daj
months and then adjusted for
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out the series.
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Comparisons with data one year previous and cumulative figures for
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nports of merchandise, by articles and principal countries

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Page
total exports and imports of merchandise,
!ected, merchandise in warehouse, gold and
tonnage
81
xports and general imports, by economic
, 81
general imports of merchandise:
ies
82
is districts
84
imports of gold and silver:
ies
85
and customs districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

74

Total exports and general imports, by months
Domestic exports and general imports, by method of
carriage
Exports of foreign merchandise, by articles
Commerce with noncontiguous territories
Domestic exports and general imports of cotton (during the cotton year beginning August 1) . . . . . . . . . . .
Monthly average prices of principal articles.
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