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AUGUST 1936
SURVEY
OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
DEPART ME NT OF CO M M ERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGhl AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
VOLUME 16
NUMBER 8
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DANIEL C. ROPER, Secretary
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
ALEXANDER
V. DYE, Director
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
Prepared in the
DIVISION OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ROY G. BLAKEY, Chief
M. JOSEPH MEEHAN, Editor
AUGUST 1936
Volume 16
Number 8
CONTENTS
STATISTICAL DATA—Continued
SUMMARIES AND CHARTS
Business indicators..
Business situation summarized
Graphic comparison of principal data
Commodity prices.
Domestic trade.
Employment
Finance
Transportation
Review of the—
Automobile and rubber industries
Forest products
Iron and steel industries.
Textile industries
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STATISTICAL DATA
Revised series:
Natural gas: Customers, sales, andjrevenues, 1929-35; net profits
of corporations, 1928-35
14, 15
Weekly business statistics through July 25
83026—36
16
Monthly business statistics:
Business indexes
Commodity prices
Construction and real estate.
Domestic trade
Employment conditions and wages
Finance
Foreign trade
Transportation and communications.
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Statistics on individual industries:
Chemicals and allied products
Electric power and g a s . . .
Foodstuffs and tobacco
Fuels and byproducts
Leather and products
Lumber and manufactures
Metals and manufactures:
Iron and steel.
Machinery and apparatus
Nonferrous metals and products
Paper and printing
Rubber and products.
Stone, clay, and glass products.
Textile products
Transportation equipment
Canadian statistics.
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Business Indicators
1923-25=100
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLLS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
125
\
100
\
\
75
V
r
v/
s"\ 7
Adjusted
9
50
25
0
l I LJ J_I_L LJ 1_L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
t \ 1 1 1 1 ! I! 1 1
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
125
\
100
100
\V
75
\
75 \
L.C.L. (Adjusted)^
\ V.
.50
v\
\\V
V
50
TOTAL (Adjusted)*
25
25
n
\
\
y
^^—S ^
•
—
«r*RES!DENT/, \L (Adjusted)*
•
0
| 1
i i i I I 1 i i I i i 1 | 1 1 1 1 M | i i I 11111 i r i
lustecQ*/
TOTAL (Aq
1 1 11 I 1 1 1 ( 1 1 i M i i 1 I i i i i f i 1 i i 1 t i t I i
WHOLESALE PRICES
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
125
125
100
100
\
N
\
75
•
75
TOTAL
0djusted) 9
50
ALL COMMOLVT/£S
s
r
=?
PRODUCTS
50
25
s
25
i i t M 1 i M 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 ! 1 | 1 ) 1 1 1 1 II 1
0
i i t t i l
FEDERAL RESERVE MEMBER BANK LOANS
111 II\111 MI
1934
1935
* ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION
1936
I i I 1 I 1 i i I I iI I I t i I t 1 i i 1
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
\
I929'3O'3! *32'33
i t i i i
\
r
V.
0 L
I9Z9'30'31^33
*'REPORT/WG MEMBER BANKS
/
11111111111
1934
V
1 1 1 1 1I
1 1 1 1 I
i iniin inr
1935
1936
D.D. 8639 J.M.
SUKVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Business Situation Summarized
has been strong.
electrical-equipment,
experience
BUSINESS activity during July did notgains in the industries experienced further Theindustries, in particumachinery, and building-supply
the normal seasonal slackening. The
lar, have
gains. Automobile pro-
past few months in manufacturing, construction, employment, freight traffic, and retail trade have generally duction has declined during July, but the active market
been maintained or extended, when proper allowance for both passenger and commercial cars has held prois made for seasonal variation. The major current duction at a high level, consideration being given to
indicators of consumer income—pay rolls and cash farm the lateness of the season.
income—recorded further gains in June, and these Among the consumer-goods industries, the principal
have been augmented by the unusual increase in dis- development has been in cotton textiles. Rapidly
bursements of Government funds as a result of the mounting sales have served to prevent the usual sumcashing of the "bonus" bonds distributed in June.
mer slackening in production in this industry. Rayon
The seasonally adjusted index of manufacturing ad- output has been maintained near capacity levels, while
vanced 3 points in June to 104 (1923-25 = 100), and a silk goods output remains low. The woolen industry
further use is indicated for the succeeding month. reported gains in both orders and production in June.
The indexes for the major industries still show considThe principal adverse factor in the present situation
erable disperson from the average; the durable-goods (aside from the continuing large volume of unemployindustries which, as a group are still relatively de- ment) is the drought, which, with the exception of the
pressed, have made substantial progress this year, and one experienced in 1934, is described by the Departthe improvement is continuing. The steel industry ment of Agriculture as the worst in our history. For
which, because of the wide range of its products, may the present, the major effects of this development are
be expected to reflect the trend of activity in durable seen in rapidly mounting prices of numerous farm
goods generally, has been unusually active this summer. products, a movement which has been accompanied by
Production of ingots in July has been maintained close rising prices of food at retail.
to the June rate, which was 12 percent below the 1929
Stock-price "averages77 during July have broken
average. While certain special and temporary influ- through the "highs77 established some months ago,
ences, discussed on page 12, may have played a part, aided by the favorable tenor of business news and the
it is apparent that demand from major steel-consuming improvement in corporate earnings.
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES
Factory emFreightployment
and pay rolls car loadings
Industrial production
Unadjusted *
Retail sales
value,
adjusted
MerchanTotal dise,
I.c.l.
Adjusted >
11
If
a*
U
U
V
I
1929-31 Monthly average, 1923-25=100
100
Monthly average, 1923-25=100
Monthly
average,
January
through
June:
1934
1935
1936-.
1
Cash farm
income'
I
Year andjnonth
1929: June
1930: June
1931: June..1932: June
1933: June—
1934: June
1935:
June
July
August
September........
October
November........
December...„
1936:
January
February.„..__..
March
April
.
May
June
Foreign
trade, value,
adjusted 2
127
98
83
58
92
84
116
103
86
62
83
86
125
98
83
59
91
84
127
97
82
58
93
83
114
102
87
64
85
87
84
83
87
89
96
98
95
97
84
85
92
100
95
96
86
86
87
90
95
97
104
84
86
88
91
95
98
104
98
84
81
87
93
92
101
103
105
104
95
93
97
105
105
105
99
106
89
94
100
100
94
93
100
101
103
97
91
93
99
100
104
103
110
95
105
101
85
89
100
84
89
100
95
Adjusted for number of working days.
105.9 111.2
93.2 92.3
78.8 69.7
61. 6 43.4
67.4 47.2
81.5 64.9
108
93
77
52
62
64
105
98
89
71
69
65
80.1
80.6
81.8
81.9
83.7
84.8
85.6
66.4
65.4
69.7
72.2
75.0
74.5
76.6
63
58
60
62
64
66
71
84.8
83.8
84.2
84.9
85.8
86.3
72.7
72.7
76.3
77.9
79.3
79.5
70
70
66
69
70
70
79.7
81.0
84.5
63.1
68.3
76.4
i
127.4
101.0
84.0
64.3
65. 7
72.3
116
87
55
34
36
50
115
82
57
36
40
44
133. 8
124.8
98.4
65.4
65.7
74.8
64
64
64
65
64
64
66
99.7
97.0
92.8
104.8
104.6
103.7
_ 109.8
50
52
49
50
48
62
56
51
59
54
53
58
52
64
62
62
63
64
66
96.3
93.0
106.7
109.9
113.3
113.4
51
53
51
53
56
55
113
103
96
69
68
74
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
71.2
87.3
96.9
126
99
63
27
18
Monthly
average,
1924-29=100
Monthly
average,
1926=100
85.0
76.5
53.0
34.0
52.0
50.0
94.0
88.5
58.0
39.0
70.0
65.5
95.2
86.8
72.1
63.9
65.0
74.6
80.1
83.9
78.8
76.1
85.4
84.6
94.7
52.0
53.5
64.5
75.5
94.0
78.0
70.5
60.0
60.5
62. 5
63.5
67.0
66.5
66.0
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
80.9
88.7
80.0
90.6
88.7
86.2
95.7
66.0
55.0
59.5
57.5
62.0
69.0
68.0
65.5
67.0
69.5
72.5
80.0
80.6
80.6
79.6
79.7
78.6
79.2
69.5
76.8
88.3
48.6
52.7
61.5
« From marketings of farm products.
73.5
79.6
79.7
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Graphic Comparison of Principal Data
FIRST 6 MONTHS
Y/////A
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY —
0
50
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1929 —
l()0
I*>0
REMAINDER OF YEAR
OF DOLLARS)
(B/LLIONS
2()0
2 50
300
HUM
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED— (B/LL/OA/S
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION —
30
to
(M/LUONS
OF DOLLARS)
Of TONS)
40
50
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION — (MILLIONS OF CARS)
1
0
19 36
1935
19 34
19 33
1932
1929
7
V
1
v•/•/•/•/•
=
=
:
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS — (MILLIONS OF CARS)
0
19 36
1935 —
1 9 34
1933
1932
1929 -
10
b
30
20
40
50
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D.D. 6638 JM
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Commodity Prices
T
HE upward movement of wholesale prices of farm
Moody's daily index of 15 "sensitive" commodities
products which began in May, accelerated in rose from 163 (Dec. 31, 1931 = 100) on June 1 to 170
June, and continued even more sharply upward during on July 1 and 179 on July 23, an increase of nearly 10
the first 10 days of July as the drought became more percent in less than 8 weeks. The steep uptrend of this
widespread and severe. Slight price recessions accom- index was in contrast to its decline during May and its
panied showers and forecasts of rain near the middle almost horizontal course from January to April.
of July, but precipitation was inadequate and grains,
While the drought was the principal factor making
especially corn, again advanced sharply. These price for the sharp increases in prices received by farmers,
gains, plus smaller rises in the food, chemical and drug, the continuance of a relatively favorable level of busifuel and light, and miscellaneous groups, caused the ness activity and the cashing of the veterans1 bonus
combined index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to bonds were reflected in the consumer demand for farm
rise substantially in June and even more during the and also for industrial products. The relatively small
first 3 weeks of July.
increase in cotton acreage over last year, the increase in
All of the other principal constituent groups of the world consumption, and the decline in Government and
combined index were slightly down or stationary for private stocks were accompanied by decidedly strong
June as compared with May, but rises during the first prices for cotton.
3 weeks of July carried all of these group indexes above The cost-of-living index increased 1.7 percent from
their May levels, except in the case of hides and May to June, according to the National Industrial
leather and metal and metal products.
Conference Board. The rise was due entirely to the
Daily cash prices of some of the more important in- 4.7-percent rise in food prices and the 0.6-percent addividual commodities had, by July 23, moved up from vance in rents. FaircbilcTs price index of departmentJune lows approximately as follows: Wheat, 22; corn, store articles receded 0.2 percent from June 1 to July
32; rye, 20; and barley, 21 cents per bushel; hogs, 1; 1, after having remained unchanged for the previous 3
cotton, 1%; silk, 24; copper, }{) and rubber, % centsmonths.
per pound.
INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
Retail Prices
Wholesale Prices (Department of Labor)
Groups and subgroups
Economic classes
cP
Year and month
S-3
I!
Is
11
Dee.
Mo.
Mo.
Mo.
1930
average average average (Jan. 1
1923= 1909-14 1923-25 1931)^
100
= 100
*100
100
Monthly average, 1926=* 100
95.2
86.8
72.1
63.9
65.0
74.6
June
July
August—..-.
SeptemberOctober
November..
December..
January
February
March
_._
_.
April...
May
June—.
Monthly average, January
through June:
1934
._
1935
_
1
95.0
88.4
76.0
70.0
69.0
78.2
96.6
84.9
64.7
53.2
56.2
67.3
92.4
81.7
69.3
57.6
65.3
72.9
103.3
88.9
65.4
45.7
53.2
63.3
91.0
78.7
56.0
37.7
57.4
72.4
99.1 111.5
90.8 99.9
73.3 71.3
58.8 56.0
61.2 52.4
69.8 62.2
91.9
85.7
74.1
70.1
68.9
78.2
95.2
89.9
79.3
70.8
74.7
87.8
93.4
89.4
'79.4
73.1
73.7
75.6
84.5
78.9
62.9
71.6
61.5
72.8
107.9
102.4
88.0
70.8
82.4
87.1
94.6
93.4
86.4
74.7
73.4
82.0
101.2
91.9
84.4
79.9
79.3
87.7
90.1
81. 6
66.6
52.7
61.5
72.7
82.4
78.4
69.7
64.2
60.8
70.2
99.2
96.5
85.9
77.2
72.8
142
131
103.7
101.2
. 80. 5
67.6
64.9
73.5
92.0
75.1
72.3
88.2
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
80.9
1929: June
1930: June
1931: June
1932: J u n e — . . .
1933: June
1934: June
1935:
82.2
82.0
83.0
83.1
82.7
82.7
83.1
76.4
75.8
77.1
77.3
77.1
77.2
77.7
73.9
72.8
73.2
74.4
76.3
76.2
75/2
78.3
77.1
79.3
79.5
78.2
77.5
78.3
76.9
78.3
79.3
83.5
86.4
77.9
76.6
82.8 94.5
82.1 93.3
84.9 102.0
86.1 102. Q
85.0 97.1
85.1 94.3
85.7 97.5
78.0
78.0
77.9
77.8
78.3
78.8
78.7
85.3
85.2
85.4
85.9
86.1
85.8
85.5
80.7
78.7
78.6
80.2
81.1
81.2
80.6
74.2
74.7
74.1
73.0
73.4
74.5
74.6
88.9
89.3
89.6
90.9
93.6
95.0
95.4
80.5
80.4
80.5
80.5
80.6
81.0
81.0
86.9
86.4
86.6
86.6
86.5
86.9
86. 8
70.1
70.2
70.9
71.8
72.9
73.4
73.2
68.4
67.7
67,3
67.1
67.5
67.4
67.5
82.7
82.6
83.0
83.5
83.9
84.3
84.8
104
102
106
107
109
108
110
81.5
80.2
79.6
80.1
80.5
81.5
82.0
85.7
85.2
85.7
86.6
87.6
88.0
88.2
80 6
80.6
79.6
79.7
78.6
79.2
82.4
82.2
81.3
81.6
80.5
80.7
78.1
79.1
77.4
77.0
75.8
77.6
74.8
74.6
74.4
74.5
74.1
73.9
78.2
79.5
76.5
76.9
75.2
78.1
78.9
78.3
75.6
73.9
70.6
73.0
83.5
83.2
80.1
80.2
78.0
79.9
78.8
79.0
78.9
78.9
78.8
78.8
85.7
85.5
85.3
85.7
85.8
85.8
80.5
80.1
79.3
78.5
77.7
78,0
75.1
76 1
76.2
76.4
76.0
76.1
97.1
96-1
94.9
94.6
94.0
93.8
81.4
81.5
81.4
81.5
81.5
81.4
86.7
86.7
86.fi
86.6
86.3
86.3
71. 7
71.0
70.8
70.2
69.8
69.6
67.8
68.1
68.3
68.6
69.2
69.7
84.8
84.4
84. 1
84.3
84.6
86.0
109
109
104
105
103
107
81.7
80.6
79.5
79.7
79.9
94.9
92.1
89.7
91.0
85.1
85.1
73.5 77.2 65.6 73.6 60.6 64.1 66.9 56.4 78.5 86.9 75.4 72.3
79.6 81.8 77.0 72.4 79.1 84.5 82.7 91.2 77.5 84.9 80.7 73.1
79.7 81.5 77.5 74.4 77.4 75.1 80.8 89.7 78.9 85.6 79. Or 76.0
Revised. See p. 20 of the November 1934 issue.
» Middle of month. This is a new series.
88.6 81.5 87.4 75.3 9.1
86.9 80.7 86.1 69.8 9.3
95.1 81.5 86.5 70.5 68.6
See p. 23.
78.4
72.4
82.5
80.2
108
84.7
106
* Index is for 1st of following month.
88.3
88.1
88.1
88.1
87.9
89.0
86.3
88.1
6
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Domestic Trade
R
ETAIL sales during July have not declined to the with the farmer. Sales of the leading mail-order
extent usually experienced at this season. The house, which have been reported through the middle
current month is normally the low period of the year of July, do not provide evidence of a material decline
for retail sales of general merchandise, the trade being up to that time. The Government has extended relief
affected by vacations, the in-between season, etc. The to those most seriously affected and this has tended to
improved trend of consumer purchasing this year has, mitigate the effects of the loss of crops. Furtherhowever, served to cushion the summer decline, and more, aggregate cash farm income from the sale of
the cashing of the veterans7 bonus bonds (which has farm products is still increasing, with the total for
resulted in the payment to bondholders of over a June estimated at $582,000,000, compared with
billion dollars in cash in a period of a month) has acted $526,000,000 in May 1936 and $438,000,000 in June
as an unusual stimulant, both directly and indirectly. 1935.
For the month of June sales made through depar That merchants are planning an active fall season is
evident from the large number of buyers in the New ment stores and general-merchandise sales in rural
York wholesale markets. The major adverse factor regions were maintained at the relatively high levels
with regard to fall prospects is the drought, which, reached in May. The seasonally adjusted index of
according to a Department of Agriculture report rural sales m May was higher than at any time since
issued on July 21, was "about as severe as that of 1934 December 1929, and the June figure was only slightly
was on the same date [Mid-July] and much more lower. The June index of department-store sales was
serious than any previous drought since the country the same as that for May which was the highest figure
was settled * * *." The reduced yields will be reported since August 1931. The largest regional gain
offset in some measure, insofar as total farm purchasing for department stores in comparison with June 1935
power is concerned, by the rise in prices of the agricul- was in the Dallas district, where the increase was 29
tural products affected, but a drought of such propor- percent. Following closely were Atlanta and Chicago,
The more favorable financial situation among
tions results in a real economic loss, and in an uneven
distribution of the available purchasing power derived retailers, and in other lines of business as well, has
had as a corollary a decline in the number of commercial
from current production and existing stocks.
The effects of the drought, insofar as the curtail- failures. During the first half of the year the record
ment of spending is concerned, would be expected to was the best since 1920. The average liabilities
be reflected first in sales of organizations, such as the involved in the failures this year have been somewhat
mail-order houses, which do a large business directly higher than in 1935. (See the accompanying table.)
fc
DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS
Wholesale
trade
Retail trade
Department stores
Sales
Stocks 3
Unad- Adjust- justed ^
ed^
Year and month
Unad- Adjust- justed «•
ed^
Monthly average, 1923-25=100
1929: June..
1930: June——1931: June
1932: June
1933: June._
1934: J u n e 1935:
June__
July
August
September. __
October
November
December
1936:
January.February
March
April....
May
-
.
....
__.
_
June
Monthly average, January
through June:
1934____
1936
.
.
108
98
92
66
64
70
113
103
96
69
68
74
95
93
80
65
56
63
76
55
61
86
86
91
145
80
80
78
81
77
81
84
61
57
60
67
72
75
61
63
66
77
85
89
Si
79
80
88
81
89
89
58
62
67
68
67
62
68
70
77
i8 Corrected to daily average basis.
Series revised. See p . 32.
Chain-store sales
Combined
index *
Rural sales
New passenGeneral mer- ger-car sales
Variety stores
chandise
Unad- Ad- Unad- Ad- Unad- Adjust- just- just- just- just- justed a
ed^
ed a
ed*
ed^
Commercial
failures}
Avg. same
mo. 192931=100
84
96
100
100
103
97
99
101
102
103
Employment
Pay
rolls
Monthly average, 1929=100
"Monthly average, 1929-31 =• 100
Failures
Liabilities
Number
Thousands
of dolls.
1,576
992
33, 517
20, 591
100.9
92.2
91.0
77.4
79.1
86.3
106.3
97.0
95.8
81.5
83.2
90.8
120.4
95.4
79.4
60.8
62.1
68.3
127.4
101.0
84.0
64.3
65.7
72.3
183.2
118. 2
80.8
56.5
65.2
84.6
141.5
90.0
61.5
42.5
49.0
63.5
99.2
96.2
86.3
75.6
73.9
82.3
86.1
82.0
79.3
87.7
93.4
95.1
178.4
90.7
92.1
89.6
91.8
92.0
93.7 :
96.7
94.2
74.7
79.8
103.7
127.6
127.6
155.9
99.7
97.0
92.8
104.8
104.6
103.7
109.8
104.9
89.1
80.2
50.1
53.3
96.6
90.6
78.5
81.0
75.0
79.0
82.0
113.5
106.5
82.1
82.1
82.7
83.7
85.7
86.4
86.8
64.6
64.6
64.8
67.2
66.8
944
902
884
787
1,056
898
910
12,918
16,523
13,266
17,002
17,185
14,384
15, 686
79.9
84.2
99.2
105. 5
106.5
108.3
96.3
93.0
106.7
109.9
113.3
113.4
65.5
117.8
142.3
138.1
139.3
102.0
89.5
101.0
93.5
93.0
109.0
85.6
85.0
85.6
85.7
84.6
84.6
66.6
66.6
69.0
67.9
68.2
68.4
1,077
856
832
733
18,104
14,089
16,271
14,157
15, 375
9,176
1,060
1,012
879
22,343
14,828
14, 529
67.7
73.5
80.3
95.7
96.8
98.1
65
81.5
91
63
81.0
64
85.4
J Adjusted for seasonal variations.
90.8
87.9
93.3
95.2
96.8
103.3
71.2
87.3
96.9
3 End of month.
98.1
82.5
63.5
53.7
62.8
64.6
81.8
62.0
90.7
83.4
64.6
85.2
112.0
67.8
* See note on p. 26 of this issue.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Employment
T
HE gradual increase in the number at work and in tural employment and is based on returns from the
industrial pay rolls, which has been noted each Agricultural Census.
month since February by the Bureau of Labor Statis- For May 1936, the latest month covered, the inditics in its monthly surveys, continued in June. The cated total employment including persons attached to
month's gain in the number employed in the reporting agriculture falls just short of 43,000,000. In noragriindustries was estimated at 58,000, while the aggregate cultural pursuits the number employed was placed at
increase in comparison with June of last year approxi- 30,950,000, compared with 26,300,000 in May 1933, and
36,000,000 in the same month of 1929.
mated 805,000.
The contraseasonal increase in factory employment
Not all of the individuals not counted as employed
in June was due to the further improvement in em- in this survey are without work. In addition to the
ployment in the durable-goods industries. Declines 43,000,000 persons in regular employment (whether of
reported were largely seasonal, except those in the a temporary or permanent character), the Department
business machine groups, which were caused by labor notes that 3,300,000 persons were engaged in emerdisputes. Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries, 11 gency work under the Federal Works Program.
reported gains in employment in June as compared
Employment under this program has now continued
with May, and 10 reported larger pay rolls.
for a year. The number of workers other than adminisAn official estimate of the total number of persons trative employees rose from less than 500,000 in July
employed was released by the Department of Labor 1935 to a peak of not far from 3,900,000 in the first
for the first time on July 2. Whereas the Department's week of March 1936, and has since declined by more
current monthly estimates of aggregate employment than half a million. The figures include Emergency
by industries have been restricted in the main to Conservation workers, who were incorporated into the
wage earners and also have omitted entirely certain new program, as well as all workers under supervision
branches of employment, like domestic service and of the Works Progress Administration or of Federal
the professions, the present estimate covers "all per- agencies on projects financed by the Relief Appropriasons at work including clerical, professional, and tions Acts of 1935 and 1936. It should be noted also
executive personnel as well as wage earners7', and that in the second half of 1935, considerable employalso "all private and regular Government employ- ment was still being given in the form of work relief
ment, exclusive of agriculture." The figure of on projects sponsored by the F. E. R. A., though the
the number of persons attached to agriculture is number of such relief workers dwindled from, roughly,
given separately from the composite for nonagricul- 2,000,000 in July 1935 to some 60,000 in December.
STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, AND WAGES
Factory employment
and pay rolls
Employment
Year and
month
Pay
rolls
Ad- UnadUnadjusted justed* justed
Nonmanufacturing employment and pay rolls
(Department of Labor)
Anthracite
mining
Employment
Pay
rolls
Bituminous
coal mining
Electric light
and power
and manufactured gas
Employment
Employment
Monthly average,
1923-25=100
111.2
1929: June
80.7
92.9
105.6
105.9
92.3
1930: June
94.3
93.2
90.8
92.9
69.7
1931: June
66.7
78.8
76.1
78.4
43.4
1932: June
61.6
61.2
37.4
53.0
47.2
1933: June
34.3
67.4
39.5
66.9
64.9
1934: June
53.3
.81.5
57.5
81.1
1935:
66.4
56.8
80.1
79.7
66.0
June
65.4
July
...37.5
80.6
49.4
79.7
69.7
August
—
28.3
81.8
38.7
82.0
72.2
September
38.2
81.9
46.0
83.7
75.0
October
55.9
83.7
58.8
85. 3
74.5
November.,..
28.4
84.8
46.6
85.0
76.4
December
55.4
85.6
57.3
84.6
1936:
59.1
72.7
54.4
82.9
84.8
January
72.7
February
76.7
83.1
83.8
61.2
76.3
March*
42.6
84.2
52.5
84.1
77.9
April
28.6
85.1
84.9
49.8
79.3
May___56.3
85.8
54.9
85.7
79.5
June
43.0
86.0
86.3
51.3
Monthly average,
January through
June:
62.4
65.1
79.7
1934
1935.
54.4
56.9
81.0
76.4
84.5
1936.
50.1
54.8
* Adjusted for seasonal variation.
a Beginning
a National Industrial Conference Board.
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Telephone
and telegraph
Employment
Pay
rolls
Wages
TradeUnion
Factory'
Retail trade
members employed
EmAverage Average
ployweekly hourly
ment
earnings earnings
Percent
of total
members
Monthly average, 1929=100
Cents
per
hour
Dollars
90.0
75.6
52.4
27.3
29.2
55.1
100.7
104.6
97.2
83.2
77.3
84.0
100.4
107.8
98.3
80.5
69.9
77.8
101.5
99.8
86.9
79.9
69.2
70.4
100.0
103.4
95.0
82.1
66.6
71.3
99.3
96.9
90.7
76.3
73.2
82.6
99.8
97.9
86.7
62.7
52.2
61.4
28.69
26.26
23.25
16.16
18.60
20.71
.590
.589
.567
.495
.451
64.7
35.9
45.8
60.1
69.8
74.3
76.1 .65.5
69.5
79.1
83.9
84.8
86.8
86.9
87.4
87.6
86,8
79.8
81.5
82.8
84.5
84.4
83.4
86.0
70.2
70.3
70.5
70.4
70.0
69.8
69.6
74.4
75.7
75.5
73.8
74.9
74.9
75.6
82.2
79.3
78.0
81.8
83.8
84.6
92.9
62.5
60.5
59.3
62.5
63.2
63.4
69.3
21.46
21.75
22.32
22.58
23.12
23.31
23.47
.601
.601
70.6
78.4
70.2
62.1
62,2
61.6
86.1
86.1
86.8
88.2
88.9
90.3
84.8
84.7
85.9
86.6
87.0
88.1
70.1
69.9
70.2
70.8
71.6
73.1
75.0
76.2
77.2
76.0
78.5
lit A
80.4
79.7
81.9
85.3
85.1
85.3
62.1
61.6
63.5
65.4
65.8
66.4
23.09
23.09
23. 20
23.78
24.08
24.39
.600
.606
.610
.612
.615
,617
94.7
88.4
78.4
60.5
61.3
76.7
77.9
70.0
73.4
77.1
79.8
80.2
80.4
77.4
76.2
75.7
82.4
54.3
75.9
58.7
82.8
78.4
67.5
87.7
78.3
1934 data compiled from
Common
labor
rates
(road
build*
ing) 3
.604
.571
20.27
81.5
60.3
69.8
76.0
70.1
.597
61.1
21.79
70.0
73.9
81.1
79.1
64.1
.610
23.59
70.8
76.7
83,0
86.2
Public Works projects, prior years from Federal aid and State projects,
40
40
37
33
33
43
42
42
42
42
42
42
41
40
38
37
38
42
43
40
40
8
SUKVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Finance
the most significant event
PERHAPSannouncement by the Board of the month approximatelyin$1,900,000,000. Therefore, even after
was the
of Governors the increase
reserve requirements has gone into
of the Federal Reserve System of a 50-percent increase
in reserve requirements of member banks, effective
August 15. This raised the required reserves on demand deposits at banks in central reserve cities from 13
to 19% percent; at banks in reserve cities from 10 to 15
percent, and at country banks from 7 to 10% percent;
on time deposits at all banks from 3 to 4K percent.
In announcing its action the Board stated: "This act
eliminates as a basis of possible injurious credit expansion a part of the excess reserves, amounting at present
to approximately $3,000,000,000 and expected to
increase to nearly 3% billions by the time this action
takes effect. These excess reserves have resulted
almost entirely from the inflow of gold from abroad and
not from the system's policy of encouraging full recovery through the creation and maintenance of easymoney conditions. This easy-money policy remains
unchanged and will be continued.
"The part of the excess reserves thus eliminated is
superfluous for all present or prospective needs of
commerce, industry, and agriculture, and can be absorbed at this time without affecting money rates and
without restrictive influence upon member banks,
practically all of which now have far more than sufficient reserves and balances with other banks to meet
the increases. * * *
"By the present action required reserves will be
increased by $1,450,000,000 or from $2,900,000,000
to $4,350,000,000. This will leave excess reserves of
effect, member banks will still have a larger volume of
excess reserves than at any time prior to the recent
large gold imports * * *#
"It is far better to sterilize a part of these superfluous
reserves while they are still unused than to permit a
credit structure to be erected upon them and then to
withdraw the foundation of the structure.7'
The announcement apparently had little immediate
influence on the money or security markets, although
trading in Government bonds was unusually active for
a brief period.
The new securities issued after the Board announcement were priced in line with the low yields of those
offered in June and earlier months. In the first half
of the year, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle
reported that new domestic corporate issues publicly
offered amounted to $2,546,000,000, of which $2,091,000,000, or 82 percent, was for refunding purposes.
While sufficient data are not yet available to measure
accurately the extent of the rise in second-quarter profits,
the reports issued to date reveal that this period was
marked by a very distinct and widespread increase.
The best results were enjoyed byindustrial corporations,
with the motor, chemical, machinery and agricultural
implement, and electrical equipment companies making
a particularly good showing. The results for the railroad and public utility industries (excepting the telephone industry) were not so favorable, although these
groups also reported an improvement in earnings.
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Reporting m e m b e r
Net
banks, Wednesday Federal
gold
closest to end of Reserve Excess
imBank
month
bank
ports Money
of
debits
credit meminin
outside
outcluding circuber
New
stand- banks,
gold
Loans "OthYear and month York
Inlation
ing, end of released
on
vester"
City
securi- loans 2 ments end of month from
month
earties
mark
Savings
deposits
Bond
prices,
Stock
New
prices
New
York
(419)
Stand- Stock capital
ard
ExNew Postal Statis- change issues
York Sav(dotics
State ings
mestic)
1,732
22.7
15 9
156.1
—234 8
1 0
64.7
4,687
4,489
4,750
5 530
5,742
5,341
4,459
4,559
5,156
5 282
5,130
5,134
Thous.
1926=100 Dollars of dollars Dollars
128
2.88
190.7
96.05 521,946
2.91
148
152.8
97.64 538,452
95.1
95.86 224,880
2.36
306
83,872
34.3
75.66
.34
784
72.8
86.84 109,482
.05
1,187
118, 588
73.1
93.16
.19
1,198
2,480
2,465
2,485
2,477
2,482
2,480
2,486
2,414
2,513
2,708
2,600
2,970
3,100
2,844
231.4
15.8
47.8
157.7
313.5
211.1
191.3
5,522
5,550
5,576
5,651
5,704
5,770
5,897
5,187
5,161
5,152
5,179
5,161
5,154
5,187
1,205
1,189
1,192
1,192
1,196
1,199
1,201
75.5
78.8
83.0
85.0
85.2
93.3
95.3
93.94
94.12
93.07
92.65
92.84
2,479
2,482
2,473
2,475
2,474
3,473
3,084
2,986
2,305
2,664
2,866
43.9
-26.1
5,757
5,779
5,857
5,892
5,918
6,063
5,177
5,177
5,204
5,175
5,165
5,310
1,208
1,214
1,216
1,215
1,214
1,333
100.1
106.1
108.7
108.9
101.0
105.6
96.16
97.22
97.26
Millions of dollars
1929:
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
1935:
June
.__.
June.,.
June
June
_•___
June
___
June
26,404
24,621
19,406
12,901
12, 969
14,754
7,761
8,435
6,745
4,745
3,978
3,701
June
July
August
September
October-_..__
November
December
1936:
January......
February. „
MarchApril
May
June
15,808
16,550
15,536
15,016
16,844
16,685
18,676
3,208
3,078
3,009
3,095
3,006
3,108
3,274
17,499
15,766
17,867
17,497
16,998
18,883
3,128
3,117
3,313
3,304
3,486
3,619
5,560
6,120
7,795
7,491
8,367
10, 365
1,400
1,018
2,310
2,220
2,472
3,277
3,190
3,288
3,380
3,340
3,401
3,401
11,791
12,034
12,022
12,390
12,476
12,480
12,646
3,304
3,?81
3,495
3,485
3,586
3,619
12,996
13,047
13,229
13,452
13, 522
14,159
943
162
475
%,m
1 Net exports indicated by {-).
Note that this column has been changed. See p. 32 forfiguresexcluded.
2
AverInterest
age
rates,
divicomdend
mercial
paper
share
(4-6
(600
com- months)
panies)
6.4
27.9
166.7
253.0
94.47
97.38
97.63
55,457
127,127
148,210
172,745
148,462
119,794
221,207
.29
.30
.33
.34
.35
.40
1.41
115,253
106,739
129,527
176,672
111, 571
317,370
.42
.45
.46
.47
.50
.51
Percent
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Transportation
T?REIGHT traffic, which has lagged conspicuously in perienced in the first half of 1935, and the best months
. •*- the recovery experienced since 1933, has shared in of the year from an operating standpoint are still
the broad advance of the current year. During July, ahead.
loadings have expanded moderately, on a seasonally
In June, operating revenues were about 18 percent
adjusted basis, with all classes of traffic contributing to larger than in June 1935, according to the figures
the increase. In each of the first 3 weeks of July reported by the Association of American Railroads
more than 720,000 cars were loaded, a figure that has based on the reports of 144 roads. This percentage
been exceeded only twice in the past 5 years; those 2 gain was slightly larger than the relative gain reported
weeks were in October 1935.
for all roads in May, as compared with a year ago.
The outlook for fall traffic is clouded to some extent For freight revenues, the June increase was 19 percent
by the drought, which will cut the volume of agricultural over the corresponding, month of 1935, a somewhat
products to be moved from some areas, although the higher relative increase than was reported in May.
shifting of livestock and feed from one region to another
Of special interest in the Commission's report were
will be a partial offset to the loss in crop movements. the figures on passenger revenues. The estimated gain
The regional shippers' advisory board in its estimate of in revenues in June over May was less than usual at
freight-car requirements anticipated a movement for this season but suggests that sharp reductions may not
the third quarter 11 percent above the corresponding result from the lower unit fares, though 1 month affords
quarter of 1935, a gain of about the same proportions an inadequate basis for making a trustworthy apas was actually realized during the first 2 quarters. praisal. The eastern district, where passenger traffic
More than average gains are anticipated for ores and is especially heavy, is the only one seriously affected
concentrates, lumber and forest products, iron and by the new low rates, since the other regions have been
steel, machinery and boilers, cement, brick and clay experimenting with reduced fares for some time. For
products, lime and plaster, autos, trucks and parts, this area a gain of 7.1 percent over June 1935 was recanned goods, and citrus fruit.
ported. The May gain in eastern territory was 10
If the present rate of improvement continues, the percent compared with May 1935. For all regions
railroads may be expected to report a profit on opera- combined, the estimated increase for June, as compared
tions for the full year for the first time since 1931. with the corresponding month a year earlier, was 12
During the first 6 months the roads operated at a loss, percent or the same as the relative gain reported
which, however, was considerably smaller than that ex- for May.
RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC
Freight-car loadings
F. It. B. index
Tear and month
Unad- Adjusted1 justed*
Total
MerCoal For- Grain Live- chanest and
and
dise Ore
coke prod- prod- stock . c. 1.
ucts ucts
neous
Monthly average, 1923-25=June
June.
June...
June
June—
June__—
..__
-
June
July
_
_
August
September
October
November
December
.
1936:
January....
February
March
April
May
June_—
_—
_
Monthly average, January through June:
1934_
1935
1936
_.
._
i
i Daily average basis.
83026—36
-2
110
95
77
52
61
64
108
93
77
52
62
64
Thousands
Thousands of cars 4
100
1929:
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
1935:
Pullman
Freight- pascar
senMis- surplus gers
celcarlaried
260. 5
232.0
210.1
174.4
169.9
161.3
1,073.0
893.9
724.6
501.8
603.3
626.2
167.4
137.9
114.1
70.6
105.9
107.9
70.3
46.0
29.1
16.6
26.7
24.7
44.6
43.9
38.3
27.2
39.8
36.8
23.6
19.8
17.8
14.7
15.6
15.4
616.4
557.2
620.4
657.9
720.5
635.9
579,6
131.8
25.9
30.0
42.2
40.6
37.0
31.3
27.3
9.9
9.9
143.4
132.3
138.8
26.7
26.4
30.3
30.9
31.6
27.5
25.9
12.9
17.4
21.6
16.9
12.8
156.2
150.2
159.6
160.3
166.9
157.6
146.6
588.3
627.0
604.7
636.2
670.4
696.8
156.0
192.1
112.5
118.2
119.6
114.9
26.0
26.9
30.5
30.3
32.3
34.7
30.2
30.2
34.0
30.6
31.1
34.9
13.1
10.6
11.9
12.4
12.3
11.8
141.4
146.0
155.6
161.8
158.9
163.2
593.7
583.1
638.1
130.1
129.5
137.1
23.1
24.4
30.1
29.9
25.9
31.7
15.6
12.3
. 12.0
160.9
154.7
154.2
84.3
103.5
117.8
* Adjusted for seasonal variations.
Financial statistics, class I
railways
Operating
revenues
Canal traffic
Net rail- Sault New
way op- Ste.
York Panamas
erating
income Marie State
Thous.
Thousands of of long
short tons
tons
Thousands of
dollars
1,186
1,062
430.1
353.5
285.7
194.1
231.2
246.3
218
465
599
773
454
3,000 526, 022 103,543 14,076
2,679 439,671
67,663 12,650
2,051 365, 762 49, 605 6,645
1,988
1,300 243,545
12,300
1,201 278,329 59,831 3,582
1,303 282, 779 42,038 7,901
387
416
385
454
479
557
32.8
32.8
34.1
33.8
32.4
13.4
233.0
223.6
237.8
257.1
287.5
256.9
223.1
272
296
245
229
208
252
271
1,309
1,286
1,425
1,364
1, 278
1,246
1,409
281,328
275,349
294,018
306,960
341,018
301,331
296,225
34,103
26,851
42,074
57,359
75,425
54,234
46,040
7,058
7,503
7,731
7,148
7,454
4,087
439
482
519
576
574
800
655
0
715
848
907
983
843
852
5.6
5.7
37.4
50.5
215.9
215.6
254.2
274.0
278.7
387.9
231
171
205
179
185
170
1,533
1,359
1,312
1,353
1,295
299,099
300,459
308,304
313,410
320,966
35,765
33,595
35,206
41,548
41,842
50,313
0
0
0
37
8,710
0
0
0
228
568
616
775
813
981
1,023
940
989
12.3
13.7
19.2
221. 7
222.6
253.8
371 5 1,200 271, 650
308 5 1,232 272, 589
190 * 1,370 312,155
37,811
32,462
39,712
76.5
60.7
29.6
4.3
14.2
33.8
5.2
6.0
8.9
* American vessels, both directions.
4 Average weekly basis.
5 5 months' average.
779
835
971
851
920
10
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Automobiles and Rubber
KODUCTION
buyers. The seasonally
PJuly, but the rateofofautomobiles has declined during ger-car sales rose sharplyadjusted index of new passenin June.
recession has not been rapid and
the total assemblies for the month is expected to exceed
the July total for each year back to 1929. The official
figures for June revealed that United States production
(or factory sales) for the month was only slightly less
than in May, the comparative figures being 454,487
and 460,565 units, respectively. June, however, had
one additional working day. Production of commercial cars, trucks, and road tractors reached 77,846
vehicles, nearly 3,000 more than in May.
While the distribution of funds in settlement of
world war veterans' "bonus" has undoubtedly been a
factor in the maintenance of a high rate of automobile
production, this special situation does not fully explain
the persistent strength in the new-car market. That
the manufacturers expect a continuation of this favorable market during the remainder of the year is indicated by the estimate of the Automobile Manufacturers
Association that the total production of cars and
trucks this year will approximate 4,600,000 cars. If
realized, this would mean an output in excess of
2,000,000 vehicles for the second half of the current
year, which compares with an actual production of
1,729,000 vehicles in the second half of 1935,
The reported figures on sales indicate that the cars
being produced are moving promptly into the hands of
Statistics on registrations this year reveal that the
medium- and higher-priced cars have shared to an
increasing extent in the available business. Registrations of the three popular cars in the low-price group
accounted for 65 percent of all registrations in the first
5 months of 1936, whereas a year ago, notwithstanding
delays encountered by one manufacturer in making
deliveries, the percentage was 69.7. The four next
most widely sold cars accounted for 22.2 percent of the
total registrations in 1936, whereas last year registrations of these particular makes represented 19.4 percent
of all registrations. Registrations of Packards, Cadillacs, La Salles, and Lincolns combined numbered 38,671
this year against 16,059 in the first 5 months of 1935,
a gain of 141 percent. Total sales in this group have
been favorably influenced by the introduction of the
Packard 120 and the Lincoln Zephyr. Combined
registrations of these cars in the 5 months of 1936
constituted 2.6 percent of the total, compared with
1.4 percent in the comparable period of 1935.
Consumption of crude rubber during June established
a record for that month by a very considerable margin.
Statistics on the tire industry for May (the latest available) show a marked seasonal rise in shipments, a
much smaller rise in production, and a consequent
reduction in manufacturers' stocks.
AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS
Automobile
exports
Automobile production
United States
Tear and
month
F.B.B.
index,
Total
adJusted*
Monthly av.,
192325=100
1929: June
1930: June.
1931: June..._-__
1932: June
1933: June
1934: June-1935:
June
_
July—,.
August—
September..
October
November._
December
1936:
January
February
March
April
May
June
Monthly average, January
through June:
1934
1936
Passenger
cars'
Trucks
Total
PassenTrucks
ger
New
New
comUnadAdpassen- mercial justed justed
ger cars cars
Monthly average,
1929-31=100
Number
Thousands
Pneumatic
tires *
Production
Crude rubber
Domestic
World
DoIm- stocks,
mestic conship- sump- ports end of
ments tion,
month
total
Long tons
Thousands
153
91
65
47
65
81
546
335
251
183
250
306
451
285
210
160
208
261
94,561
49,033
40,604
23,003
42,165
45,197
21,492
15,090
6,835
7,112
7,323
13,905
34,1C9
10,077
5,843
2,972
4,757
17,971
16,789
5,336
4,340
1,387
2,478
6,815
386,441
260, 946
201, 911
148,752
174, 219
223,864
45,079
33,496
28,490
17,813
23, 254
34, 778
183.2
118.2
80.8
56.5
65.2
84.6
141.5
90.0
61.5
42.5
49.0
63.5
5,478
4,098
4, 538
4,515
4,880
4,212
5,288
4,050
4,320
7,971
4,977
4,956
38,905
31,170
34,883
35,987
44, 654
36,620
41,828
40,382
46, 939
41,117
23, 504
48,748
289,084
418, 509
533,021
595,712
613,055
672,804
94
77
69
93
114
125
356
332
237
88
272
395
405
274
181
56
213
337
62,158
57, 765
56, 270
31,443
58, 733
58,145
61,506
15, 745
13,069
7,692
5,323
8,313
13,496
13,775
16,517
14, 752
10,076
5, 622
7,471
22,491
17,736
9,753
10, 274
9,997
7,081
7,109
8,038
10,276
280,360
285,178
233, 851
157,098
148,389
220, 262
237,194
48,243
51,243
50, 355
41, 390
43,243
37,616
38,000
104.9
89.1
80.2
50.1
53.3
96.6
90,6
78.5
81.0
75.0
79.0
82.0
113.5
106.5
3,793
3,426
3,234
3,067
3,281
3,238
4,061
5,212
3,783
2,621
3,258
3,170
3,311
33,327
33,109
36,000
34,000
38,192
38,500
38,648
32,182
48,131
41,483
35,707
36,378
26,073
39,812
671,525
679,061
684,644
661,509
655,000
623,300
611,987
110
90
109
124
118
119
364
288
421
503
461
454
225
344
417
386
377
65,730
62,790
77,448
85,642
75,058
77,846
13,302
13,288
17,974
24,951
20, 006
16,400
15,867
16,046
18,921
17, 723
17,727
14,987
9,787
9,913
9,999
8,330
10,848
9,055
215,782
176,668
301,272
397,190
392, 750
369,423
43,760
40,301
51,817
57, 000
62,183
56,000
69.3
65.5
117.8
142.3
138.1
139.3
102.0
89.5
101.0
93.5
93.0
109.0
3,709
2,898
2.947
3,932
•4,027
3,079
2,545
3,065
3,917
4,659
43,655
33,071
38,433
46, 707
45,434
47,373
33,921
34,339
34,874
45,830
37, 050
38,273
600,479
599,355
574,594
558,583
532,411
509,931
87
113
125
286
370
415
234
308
340
52,010
61,805
74,086
13,681
18,544
17,650
13, 206
15,925
16,879
8,306
7, 718
9,655
165, 926
243,656
308,848
32,461
42, 344
51,844
90.7
112.0
45,102
38, 799 39,892
42,445 37,381
668,746
681, 543
562, 559
' A dfnsted for seasonal variations.
Canada
New passengercar sales
Registrations
> Covers varying percentage of industry, see note on p . 55.
i 4, 397 < 3,875
4 4, 276 * 3,868
3,503
4 2,878
* Includes taxieabs, see footnote on p. I
* 5 months* average
11
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Forest Products
A CTIVITY in the various forest-products industries a concerted effort was made to,curtail stocks. The
-*^L has been maintained into midsummer at the ratio in four important softwood regions is now roughly
improved positions reached last spring. Lumber pro- the same as that prevailing in 1929. The ratio moved
duction did not vary much from May to June, but in higher generally until the end of 1932, since when the
July there was a further increase. Paper production, trend has been downward.
which had been steady for 3 months at 8.1-82 percent
Prices of lumber have been relatively steady this
of capacity, dropped to 75 percent in the week of July year in common with the movement of other building
11 but was back to 80 percent in the week of the 18th. material prices. Lumber prices dropped rapidly from
Paperboard production in mid-July was higher than in 1929 to the middle of 1932. After moving horizontally
June after a temporary drop in the early part of the for almost a year, prices rose precipitously before and
month. Changes in the output of naval stores were with the advent of the N. R. A. As consumption was
not significant.
slow to improve, the price tended downward in 1934,
Consumption of lumber in the building industry is but in the past year and a half there has been a slight
still expanding and the current volume of new contracts recovery. Current prices are about on a par with
and building permits indicate a further increase. those of the third quarter of 1930.
Residential construction contracts in June, measured Business of the flooring manufacturers continues to
in terms of floor space, were the largest for this month be much better than the average for the lumber insince 1930. For the first half of the year the floor dustry. Orders for the first half of the year for oak
space covered by residential contracts increased 67 flooring were 76 percent higher than in 1935 and for
percent in comparison with the first half of 1935. The maple, birch, and beech flooring the increase was 53
relative gains over a year ago have had a tendency to percent. Orders received for oak flooring were about
narrow recently.
five times as large as those in the other group.
While manufacturers' stocks of lumber are increasing,
these are not considered by the trade to be excessive Production of furniture increased in June, and the
and, in some regions and for some species, the stocks attendance and purchasing at the National Furniture
are not adequate. With rising consumption larger Show indicates that buyers are taking an optimistic
stocks may be required to meet regional and shifting view of the fall prospects. During the first half of
demands for seasoned woods. At the present time 1936, production in a representative sample of manuthe ratio of stocks to consumption shows a considerable facturing establishments was 39 percent higher than
improvement over the condition of 3 years ago, before in the initial half of 1935.
FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
Lumber production
Year and month
Total
softwoods
Totals
CaliSouth- fornia
ern
redpine
wood
Millions of feet, board measure
1929: June
1930: June
..
1931: June
1932: June
1933: June
._.'.
1934: June
1935:
June
July
._—
August
September
October.
_.
November
December
1936:
January.
____-.
February
_..
March
April
_May
June
Monthly average, January
through June:
218
127
91
121
Car
loadings^
Adjusted*
Employment
Furniture,
adjusted*
Turpentine
and
rosin
unadjusted
Unadjusted
TurFurni- pentine
ture
and
rosin
Total
Book
paper, Newsunprint
coatedl
Monthly average, 1923-25=100
112.4
91.7
75.8
54.6
61.6
64.7
Paper
board
i Of forest products.
Short toDS
648, 238
192, 424
177,800
161, 265
138,204
130,879
154,175
721, 908
700, 349
815, 630
756, 573
914, 297
783,341
717, 604
82,098
86,121
88, 201
87,911
95,894
89, 262
91. 075
256,665
260, 207
291,127
289, 596
345, 596
294,290
243,594
132,181
121,304
160, 510
135,278
176,973
138, 523
131,544
161,884
153,811
148,142
160,558
179,821
187, 448
186,514
270,928
271,107
285,257
294, 929
289, 527
279,390
160.822
130, 719
132,887
165,537
141,120
161,185
182,213
183,974
183,399
227, 216
178,396
81, 949 239, 005 126,659
90, 764 76, 664 261, 608 s 140,291
98,423 76, 690 281,993 U46,017
159,952
171,467
186,064
94.5
70.8
81.1
98.6
48.5
31.6
33.2
51.0
48.5
48.4
56.0
60.2
63.0
59.3
58.4
59.9
57.5
59.3
59.3
64.6
65.8
64.4
77,010
72, 797
75,160
71, 262
79,974
78, 955
75,869
1,337
1,069
1,359
1,636
1,806
1, 750
1,971
1,620
1,422
1,074
1,358
1,517
1,457
1, 669
1,347
1,215
110
131
137
125
149
134
126
72.4
73.3
73.9
71.7
71.6
72.4
98.9
98.9
99.1
100.5
100.3
100.7
99.7
1,490
1,353
1,587
1,865
1,891
1,886
1,261
1,138
1,343
1,613
1,638
1,633
141
125
148
155
159
145
74.4
73.3
73.7
74.7
76.8
77.3
98.0
98.1
97.1
99. C
97.8
99.0
51.8
54.3
55.7
56.2
56.7
59.3
60.5
55.2
59.2
57.0
58.1
58.6
819,300 101, 223 79, 336
753, 581 96,068 79, 249
776, 471 101,669 76, 500
867, 931 107, 533 76, 504
798, 060 97, 369 75, 719
86.676 79.830
1,108
1,002
1,436
114
105
148
61.7
67.1
75.0
100.0
98.1
98.2
39.8
47.5
55.7
50.7
55.7
58.1
686,670
-751,020
803,069
2
See note on p. 54.
JSee footnote on p. 48.
Wrapping
paper
113,331
108, 451
101,008
85,089
84, 352 292, 967
84,973 83, 517 228,078 109, 568
109.2
79.4
58.2
29.2
34.0
41.2
1,373
1,262
1,680
1934
1935
1936
News-«
print
Paper production
Pay rolls
* Adjusted for seasonal variations
5
5 months' average
12
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Iron and Steel
the
during July, a hedge against
production.
OPEKATIONStheinweeklysteel industry ingot produc- Buying attributedpossible interruption inbeen particuto judge by
estimates of
to this situation has
tion, have been maintained at a leTel only slightly below larly noticeable in material on which mills are quoting
that of the preceding month when operations averaged deferred deliveries."
69.8 percent of capacity. The rate of production during
The automobile industry has required less steel as
the past 4 months has been exceptionally uniform, the assembly of cars has declined, but car manufacaveraging about 70 percent of rated capacity.
turers are still taking large quantities, as is evidenced
A marked seasonal decline in production is usually by the rate of assemblies, which has only recently
experienced in July, so that a further rise in the adjusted dropped below 100,000 units a week. The requireindex of iron and steel production may be expected in ments of the agricultural implements industry have
view of the slight change experienced; the June adjusted also declined as production of these products receded
index of 113 (1923-25 = 100) was the highest figure from the exceptionally high level of output reached
reported since February 1930. It was 71 percent above in the second quarter. The machinery industries,
the figure for June 1935. Shipments of finished prod- however, give further evidence of expansion. The
ucts in June were not maintained to the same extent index of machine tool orders advanced to 128.8 in
as the rate of ingot production, if the figures for the June (1926 shipments = 100), which is the best figure
United States Steel Corporation may be accepted as an reported since 1929. The present index compares
accurate indication of the change for the entire with a figure of 91 in June 1935 and one of 35 in June
1934. Shipments of foundry equipment continued to
industry.
Aside from the normal demands for steel, which are increase in June, the index for that month revealing a
reported to have been relatively heavy during recent volume of shipments nearly double those of June 1935.
weeks, two special factors have probably influenced
Total production of steel ingots in the first half of
the volume of production. These are the price advances the year amounted to 21,326,000 gross tons, an inannounced for the third quarter, but which were not crease of 33 percent in comparison with the output of
made immediately effective, and the widely publicized the first half of 1935. This was considerably more raw
attempt to unionize the industry. Commenting on steel than was produced in the full year 1932, when
this latter factor, the magazine Steel states: "Labor production fell to 13,323,000 tons, and it was not far
organization in steel is driving in a certain amount of below the total of 22,594,000 tons produced in the full
tonnage from consumers seeking to build up stocks as year of 1933.
IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
General operations
Tear and month
Production,
adjusted i
Employment,
adjusted^
Pay
rolls, Ex- Imunad- ports ports
justed
1935..
1936-
1
Pig iron
Production
Thousands of long
tons
Monthly average,
1923-25=100
1929: June
1930: June
.
1931: June.
1932: June
1933: June
1934: June
1935:
June
July
August
September
*.
October
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
_
April
May..,.
June
Monthly average, January
hrough June:
Iron and
steel
Furnaces
in
blast
Stee! sheets 2 United
Prices
States
Steel
Corporation, Iron Steel Steel FinNew Ship- finished and billets, scrap ished
prod- steel, mer (Chi- steel,
orPer- ders ments ucts,
com- (Pittscomcent
ship- posites burgh) cago) posite
of
ments
capac-
Steel ingots
Production
ThouNum- sands
ber of long
tons
Thousands of
short tons
Long
tons
Dollars per long ton
Dollars
per 100
pounds
148
102
61
26
71
86
104.4
92.3
70.4
52.3
55.6
76.3
111.4
92.5
57.0
27.2
36.2
62.6
248
159
76
52
103
219
64
49
38
34
34
25
3,717
2,934
1,639
628
1,265
1,930
218
160
91
46
90
4,903
3,419
2,128
913
2,564
3,059
100
68
39
16
45
53
308
187
164
85
247
115
348
213
156
90
153
302
984,739
653,104
324,746
603,937
985, 337
36.46
33.28
30.82
29.09
28.71
32.96
35.25
31.00
29.00
26.50
26.00
29.00
14.94
12.06
8.75
5.69
8.91
9.75
2.56
2.33
2.19
2.17
2.09
2.53
66
69
81
83
88
96
103
71.7
72.4
73.4
74.1
75.9
77.1
77.9
55.7
52.6
59.4
62.7
65.5
65.1
68.8
290
297
247
244
238
205
239
33
32
31
53
60
57
54
1,553
1,520
1,761
1,776
1,978
2,066
2,106
91
95
99
104
116
122
120
2,259
2,268
2,916
2,825
3,143
3,150
3,073
41
39
49
51
53
55
56
129
206
207
196
226
289
203
161
152
181
177
221
213
195
578,108
547, 794
624,497
614,933
686,741
681,820
661,515
32.42
32.44
32.68
32.82
32.84
33.15
33.31
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
28.00
29.00
9.97
10.35
12.38
12.50
12.50
13.00
13.35
2.44
2.44
2.43
2.43
2.43
2.43
2.43
86
83
83
100
105
113
77.6
75.9
76.1
77.9
80.1
' 83.2
64.4
65.2
69.9
73.9
76.9
78.5
242
214
264
302
315
395
50
43
57
49
59
60
2,026
1,824
2,040
2,404
2,648
117
120
126
144
146
145
3,046
2,964
3,343
3,942
4,046
3,985
51
54
59
69
71
10
175
138
252
190
192
207
176
210
252
210
304
721,414
676,315
783,552
979,907
984, 097
886,065
33.34
33.48
33.21
33.10
32.92
33.79
29.00
29.00
28.20
28.00
28.00
38.00
13.38
14.19
14.75
14.34
12.88
13.85
2.43
2.43
2.37
2.36
2.36
3.36
73
72
95
70.4
70.9
78.3
53.1
57.3
71.5
209
266
272
28
1,633
1,633
2,255
95
133
2,734
2,674
3,554
198
191
201
201
198
210
613,149
592,333
838, 558
32.07
32.42
33.14
27.13
27.00
28.37
11.01
10.57
13.73
2.40
2.44
2.39
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
on
O\)
53
a Black, blue, galvanized, and full finished.
» See table on p. 19 of the January 1935 issue.
13
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Textile Industries
the textile industries
June, on a associated industries
Massachusetts.
OUTPUT of adjusted basis, reachedin the highest output of cotton millsofhas not increased Apparently,
seasonally
to a degree
level of the year. Computed from data on the cotton, commensurate with the increase in the volume of orders,
woolen, and silk industries, the index at 107 (1923-25 = but mills have maintained a steady rate of operations
100) was 7 points above the figures for both May during a normally dull period which usually brings a
of this year and June of last year. Output of the rayon curtailment of production.
industry, which is not covered by the index, increased
Cotton-spindle activity in June was about 6 percent
sharply, with the adjusted index of deliveries at a higher than in May and was about the same as the
record figure in June.
average for the year to date. Cotton consumption has
Kesults for the first 6 months of the year, however, experienced a like movement, with the consumption
show only a moderate improvement over the corre- rate during the early part of July showing no significant
sponding period of 1935. The Federal Reserve pro- change from that of June, according to the weekly
duction index averaged slightly higher than in the first estimates.
half of 1935 and was higher than that for any similar
Production in the woolen industry increased in June,
period since 1929. The gain over the first half of 1935 but was still considerably below the high level of last
reflected the higher rate of operations in the cotton in- winter. Silk manufacturing has continued to decline.
dustry, as both woolen and silk manufacturing declined. For the first 6 months of the year silk deliveries to
Raw-cotton prices have risen steadily since early in mills were about one-sixth less than in the first half
May, with current quotations above 13 cents a pound. of 1935.
This strength resulted from the improved statistical
With the sharp gain in nonacetate rayon deliveries
position of the staple. Higher raw-cotton prices have in June, stocks dropped to but 1 month's supply, based
caused an advance in fabric prices, and this has been on average shipments during the past 12 months.
one factor influencing the sharp upturn in sales of The industry has never, except in 1933, approached
cotton goods in recent weeks. The rise in the volume the fall selling season with stocks at such a low figure.
of business of cotton mills, and of woolen mills as well, For the first half of the year the table below shows that
is reflected in the advance of 25 percent from May to mill deliveries were about 18 percent higher than in the
June in the index of textile orders reported by theopening half of 1935.
TEXTILE STATISTICS
Cotton,
raw
Wool
Cotton manufactures
ProSpinning
Cotton cloth,
Looms
ducfinishing
spindles
Wholetion in- Mil!
SpinConsale
dex, ad- condle acsumpprice,
justed i sump- tivity, Plain
tion
total bleach- Print cotton tion) Wool- Wor- NarYear and month
en
sted row Broad
goods goods
ed
Monthly average,
1923-25=
100
1934
1935
1986
Millions of
spindle
hours
120
83
96
63
133
77
569,414
405, 236
453,901
322,706
697, 261
363,262
8,160
5,789
6,630
4,250
9,299
5,241
106, 741
100
105
104
106
113
106
111
383,982
390,712
408,410
449,126
552,187
507,836
5,102
5,155
5,545
6,184
7,445
6,897
6,804
90,496
89,164
94,521
93,013
110,885
102,292
101,310
105
102
100
100
100
107
591,309
516,649
548,913
576,762
530, 799
556,323
7,714
6,736
7,264
7,320
100
102
1929: June
1930: June
1931: June
1932: June
1933: June
1934: June
1935:
June.—_
—
July
August
September
October
November
*
December
1936:
January
February
—
March
April
May
June
-.Monthly average,
January through
June:
Running
bales
487,515
472,677
553,459
Thousands of
yards
Percent of active hours
to total reported
WholeWholesale
sale
price,
woolen Deliv- price,
and eries to raw,
worsted mills Japanese, 13goods
15 (New
York)
Hosiery
Deliveries
to mills
ProUn- Ad- duction
adjust- Justed i
ed
MonthThouDaily
ly avBales Dollars
sands
erage,
of 133
per
average,
of doz1926= pounds pound 1923-25=100 en
100
pairs
26, 213
82
62
61
30
100
71
65
56
73
34
92
29
61
48
46
16
53
30
88.3
79.7
68.0
55.0
68.8
80.8
46, 504
29,396
42,161
37,466
53,627
33,069
4.925
3.251
2.463
1.194
2.155
1.199
254
225
288
137
450
305
299
269
347
166
556
382
8,474
80,428
66,648
74,781
80,293
78,727
72,993
73,367
89
94
103
97
106
104
93
72
67
67
67
81
83
73
25
24
31
33
42
44
43
75.6
76.4
76.4
76.9
79.1
80.7
81.0
33,728
44,166
41,715
45,156
48,167
37,012
35,559
1.376
1.447
1.705
1.868
2.084
2.092
1.958
381
433
550
583
494
464
473
,477
570
513
419
462
522
557
7,121
7,541
9,001
9,577
11,574
10,293
8,918
80.4
78.1
77.1
76.2
75.5
75.4
73,908
64,193
53,460
55,387
46, 593
54,533
95
96
85
82
87
87
62
68
59
60
57
57
48
44
38
36
34
36
81.4
82.8
83.8
82.2
82.2
32,053
36,000
34, 564
32,087
31,437
1.950
1.784
1.733
1.682
1.600
1.597
477
517
422
433
428
498
487
454
399
416
446
633
10,099
9, 252
9,832
10, 201
9,270
9,479
85.6
82.1
77.1
31,792
64,684
58,012
70
83
89
41
69
61
36
28
39
82.7
73.8
82.5
38,874
40,895
34,189
1.368
1.382
1.724
338
394
341
402
471
9,225
9,103
44,066
32,772
45,805
18,933
83,414
97.8
87.2
67.6
51.0
67.1
86.0
70,381
61,842
77,913
86,948
97,972
97,331
104,720
82.5
82.0
82.5
83.2
84.5
85.8
86.0
7,3
97,435
92,807
107,893
104,837
105,062
108,000
100, 528
91,860
95, 274
91,074
89, 518
3
90,500
6,857
6,329
7,208
135, 542 109, 569
132, 774 105,962
102,672 93,126
i Adjusted for seasonal variations.
Month- Thouly avsands
erage,
of
1926= pounds
100
Rayon
Silk
Wool manufactures
2
Grease equivalent; see note on p. 58.
a Estimated.
14
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
NATURAL GAS 1
Sales to consumers
Customers
Year and month
Total
Industrial and
Domestic commercial
1935
4,831
5,228
317
344
79, 824
79,883
25,997
27,081
52,861
51, 943
28,994
29,908
16,853
18, 055
11,952
11, 674
5,674
5,714
5,700
5,684
5,694
5,638
5,600
5,579
5,593
5,599
5,651
5,655
5,261
5,281
5,267
5,253
5,261
5,221
5,192
5,178
5,194
5,200
5,241
5, 234
410
431
431
430
430
414
405
399
398
397
408
419
103,312
91,794
89,244
85,815
70,692
60,053
53, 546
51,612
55,217
61, 372
71, 659
84,935
46,199
39,089
36,985
33,797
26, 527
19,098
13,646
12,658
14,029
17,121
24,997
34,689
56, 528
52,130
51,121
51,314
43,431
40, 294
39,145
38,229
40, 329
43,412
45,895
48,983
43, 484
37,993
36,458
33,934
28, 205
22, 646
18,894
17,939
18,928
21,418
26,977
34,173
29,716
25,315
23,986
22,004
18,126
13,878
10, 697
10,109
10,849
12, 766
17, 276
23,136
13, 649
12, 528
12,329
11,832
9,998
8,695
8,126
7,733
7,988
8,561
9,539
10,916
5, 232
414
73, 271
26,570
45,901
28,421
18,155
10,158
5,721
5,706
5,700
5,664
5,627
5,585
5,512
5,508
5,538
5,584
5, 627
5,588
5,282
5,266
5, 259
5,232
5,208
5,179
5,117
5,119
5,144
5,170
5,193
5,155
437
438
440
430
416
404
393
388
392
412
432
431
89,185
86, 034
82, 641
74,482
61,799
55,498
47, 662
47, 824
50,813
57,033
70, 766
84, 095
39, 249
36, 306
31,261
22, 582
16, 546
13,123
12,162
13,153
17, 207
25,105
35, 255
49,095
46, 971
45, 287
42, 297
38, 669
38, 456
34, 045
35,134
37, 278
38,876
44, 628
47, 742
37, 752
36, 792
35, 224
18, 012
21,080
26,967
33,465
26,014
25,364
24,023
21,025
16.330
12, 724
10,586
10,041
10, 628
12,934
17, 315
22, 639
11, 599
11, 297
11,011
9,839
8,396
7,653
6,751
6,837
7,315
8,017
9,500
10, 665
5,194
418
67,319
25, 025
41,540
26, 661
17,469
9,073
5, 515
5,515
5,517
5,484
5,473
5,440
5,409
5,425
5,481
5, 547
5,618
5,642
5,088
5,090
5,088
5,064
5,065
5,054
5,026
5,044
5,097
5,148
5,189
5,204
425
424
427
418
406
384
381
380
382
397
428
436
86, 036
85,450
77,399
70,370
63,040
57,008
55, 216
56, 078
58,324
65,431
78, 319
85,071
36,426
33,048
27,446
21, 985
15, 848
12, 386
11, 598
13,090
16,130
30, 430
45,990
48, 307
43, 705
42, 271
40,317
40, 591
42,275
43, 832
44,388
48, 651
53, 728
53, 555
36, 207
34, 683
31, 493
27, 573
23, 990
20, 317
18,150
17, 767
18, 833
21, 817
27,007
31,311
25,412
23,799
21, 597
18,449
15, 656
12,313
10,149
9,618
10, 562
12,529
16,463
20,141
10, 653
10,751
9,773
9,003
8,214
7,907
7,910
8,048
8,149
9,189
10,420
10,992
5,096
407
69, 812
23,459
45, 634
25, 762
16, 391
9, 251
5,626
5,658
5,674
5,663
5,674
5, 660
5,633
5,654
5,701
5,760
5,821
5,848
5,195
5, 225
5,236
5,231
5,254
5,256
5,237
5,258
5,300
5,344
5,379
5,391
430
431
436
430
418
402
395
394
399
414
441
455
93, 722
96, 219
95. 259
84, 888
73, 653
67, 795
62,898
63, 762
67,027
72, 692
84, 600
97,755
36, 272
36,101
35,788
28, 534
20,824
15,760
12,517
11, 721
13, 513
16, 699
23, 527
33, 227
56, 591
59, 063
58,360
55,427
51,831
51.198
49,426
51,066
52, 550
55.199
60,194
63, 525
36,251
35, 792
35, 432
30,319
25, 042
21, 764
19, 207
18, 814
20, 223
22, 583
27, 697
34,645
24,045
23,216
22,861
18,956
14,873
12,091
10,217
9,705
10,809
12, 525
16, 293
21,658
12,036
12,384
12,372
11,193
10,004
5,698
1934
Monthly average.
Monthly average.
Thousands of dollars
5,505
1933
Monthly average.
January.^ _ _
February.. _
March
_April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
Industrial and
Domestic commercial
5, 613
1932
Monthly average.
January
February...
March
April
May...
June..
July
_.
August
September..
October
November..
December..
Total
5,648
1931
Monthly average-
January
February. —
March
April
May
June
July..
August
September..
October
November..
December..
Industrial and
commercial
5,149
5,575
1929 monthly average,.
1930 monthly average.
January. _..
February...
March......
April
May..
June..
July....___.
August
September.
October.....
November..
December..
Domestic
Millions of cubic feet
Thousands
January
February-..
March..:
April
May
....
June
July
August
SeptemberOctober
November..
December-.
Total
Revenue from sales to consumers
5,276
420
80,023
23, 707
55, 369
27, 314
16,437
10,716
5,793
5, 811
5,838
5,827
5,845
5, 836
5, 820
5,835
5,880
5, 947
6,018
6,039
5, 340
5,358
5,381
5,378
5,403
5,409
5,404
5,427
5,468
5,510
5,552
5,563
451
452
455
448
441
425
415
407
411
435
464
474
106, 228
105,190
97, 524
89, 515
82,843
74,116
68, 272
71, 519
75, 325
85,028
99, 714
113,418
38, 956
38,452
34,136
28, 576
24, 608
19,149
14,083
12, 519
14,135
18, 556
26, 726
36,325
66,196
65, 563
62, 231
59,947
57,168
53, 761
53, 314
58, 049
60, 273
65,252
71, 691
75, 680
39, 231
38, 354
35, 413
31, 599
28, 355
24, 395
21, 095
20, 776
22,120
25,805
32,099
38,825
25,336
24, 461
22, 290
19, 273
17,028
14, 056
11,192
10,316
11,262.
13, 677
18, 316
23,635
13,738
13, 699
12,928
12,162
11,159
10,178
9,760
10, 321
10,718
11,958
13, 591
14,981
5,874
5,433
440
89, 058
25, 518
62,427
29, 839
17, 570
12,099
31,011
24,820
20,453
17,404
16,950
8,960
9,263
9,928
11, 262
12,818
1
Compiled by the American Gas Association and represents a revision of data that appeared in original form on p. 144 of the 1932 Annual Supplement and in revised
form on p. 19 of the May 1933, p. 20 of the May 1934, and p. 19 of the May 1935 issues, as wall as data shown in subsequent monthly issues until the April 1936 number,
wherein statistics for the month of December 1935 were last shown. The revisions resulted from the reclassification of manufactured and natural gas companies according
to the kind of gas they were distributing in 1934. If further changes in the classification between 1934 and 1935 have been made, thefigureswill all be revised according
to the 1935 classification. Thefiguresfor 1935 cover only those companies distributing natural gas during 1935. Such changes for that year that have been made resulted
mainly from the usual monthly revisions caused by the receipt of additional data. For 1936 data see p. 41 of this issue.
15
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
NET PROFITS OF CORPORATIONS
[In millions of dollars]
I
Total
Industrial corporations
Quarter
Number of companies
'__ _ _ . . .
Steel
Oil
Miscellaneous
Telephone
companies
(net operating
income)
00
Other
public
utilities
(net income)
168
28
13
19
17
12
13
11
55
251.1
314.4
341.1
296.8
96.4
135.9
123.5
76.0
36.3
27.0
38.0
32.0
18.4
23.3
23.5
23.0
10.0
11.9
13.1
13.8
4.0
5.7
6.1
8.2
8.1
18.6
29.3
20.7
33.9
42.9
46.6
56.8
44.0
49.1
61.0
66.3
62 7
65.8
60.9
63.7
59 1
51.1
46.3
66.7
1, 203. 4
300.9
431.8
108. 0
133.3
33.3
88.2
22.1
48.8
12.2
24.0
6.0
76.7
19.2
180.2
45.1
220.4
55.1
253.1
63.3
223.2
55.8
331.8
406,6
385.6
267.7
107. 6
143.7
102.2
33.0
44.7
35.5
42.3
41.3
22.8
25.9
29. 7
22.9
13.9
16.1
14.8
16.7
7.4
8.1
9.1
7.7
13.6
26.9
31.1
12.2
67.8
86.1
82.1
72.6
54.0
64.3
74.3
61.3
70.0
68.2
66.7
72.9
66.7
59.5
54.7
71.3
1,391. 7
347.9
386.5
96.6
163.8
41.0
101.3
25.3
61.5
15.4
83.8
21.0
277.8
69.5
252.2
63.1
59.9
75.2
27.1
21.1
35.2
32.7
29.7
26.1
21. 5
25.0
25.6
21.2
10.9
10.4
6.0
8.3
4.9
14.0
14.0
3 7.3
308.6
77.2
56 5
50.1
32.4
13. 4
253.9
63. 5
241.5
258.1
181.9
114.1
32.3
8.1
5.2
3.5
3.4
3.6
47.4
47.2
43.7
27.7
67 8
69.8
65.0
68.0
68 2
59.3
53.4
69.7
795. 6
198.9
183.3
45.8
123.7
30. 9
93.3
23.3
35.6
8.9
15.7
3.9
25.6
6.4
152.4
38.1
166.0
41.5
270.6
67.7 !
250. 6
62.7
96.4
133.5
81.8
3 8.2
31.1
65.7
13.9
3 22.9
25.1
26.5
26.0
21.4
19.6
23.7
21.2
17.5
2.8
3.6
.5
3 2.7
2.0
1.3
.9
.2
7.3
7.5
3 2.7
3 13. 9
21.0
24.4
22.7
3 2.0
69.2
72 3
67.0
64. 2
63. 9
61 2
51.8
63.9
303. 5
75.9
87.8
22.0
99.0
25.0
82.0
20.5
4.2
1.1
4.4
1.1
3 12.5
319.2
3.7
3 5.8
3 38.2
3 9.6
3 1.8
3.5
66.1
16.5
272.7
68.2
240. 8
60.2
7.1
3 4.5
3 31.7
3 58.0
.7
1.0
3 20.7
3 29.8
16.8
11.0
11.3
13.3
16.0
16.7
14.2
12.6
3 2.1
3 2.6
3 7.2
.1
3.6
3.9
3 2.3
3.3
3 2.7
3 2.0
3 12.3
58.7
59.1
51.8
54.6
56.4
51.0
40.1
51.1
3 48.8
3 12. 2
2 52.4
13.1
59.5
14.9
3 14. 5
3 3.6
3 3.7
3 2.0
5.2
3.1
3 1.3
5.0
1.3
3 25.2
3 33.0
3 34. i
331.0
3 87.1
3 21.8
3 123. 3
3 30.8
3 13. 7
3 3.4
224.2
56.1
198.6
49.7
3 43. 6
65.2
107.6
54.3
3 4.7
50.5
43.0
3 3.6
3 2.2
3 31. o
3 15.7
3 4.2
3 9.9
3 8.2
6.9
4.5
41.4
47.1
48.2
•••47.2
45.1
42.2
38.4
43.3
66.4
16.6
1.8
.5
3 3.2
1.1
2.3
2.6
3.6
.9
3 18.5
3 3.3
15.5
12.8
85.2
21.3
10.7
16.9
24.3
25.2
77.1
19.3
11.4
17.1
17.7
20.2
183.5
45.9
6.5
1.6
3 60.8
3 15.2
3.7
.9
183.9
46.0
169.0
42.3
79.6
132.1
72. 6
39.4
32.8
47.1
19.5
34.8
23.0
24.3
26.2
21.3
18.2
18.0
18.5
17.3
3.6
2.2
3.0
6.8
3.6
3.6
1.7
1.4
2.9
4.2
._ _
March 1928 _
—
June 1928
September 1928
December 1928—
3 9.6
14.9
3 17.3
3 10.9
6.4
15.1
13.0
10.4
47.5
49.4
42.1
46.3
45.6
43.2
33.2
41.6
._.
323.7
80.9
94.6
23.7
94.8
23.7
72.0
18.0
17.6
4.4
8.2
2.1
44.9
11.2
185.3
46.3
163.6
40.9
107.9
147.6
124. 7
199.8
45.7
68.8
35.5
75.1
24.1
24.2
31.6
41.6
14.0
16.0
18.0
19.6
5.1
7.3
6.2
7.4
2.8
3.0
1.9
4.0
1.6
6.6
11.3
10.1
3 22.9
35.7
.5
4.6
2.7
14.6
14.1
17.1
17.5
27.4
45.4
48.3
47.4
53.3
44.7
42.4
39.3
49.7
580.0
145.0
225 1
56.3
121. 5
30.4
67.6
16.9
26.0
11.7
29.6
22.4
7.4
5.6
76.1
19.0
194. 4
48.6
176.1
44.0
_
.. _
Year 1928
Quarterly average
March 1929
June 1929..
September 1929
December 1929
' .
_ _
.
Year 1929. __
Quarterly average...
March 1930
June 1930
Automobiles,
Maauto
Food chinery
parts
Chemi- products and ma- Metals
and
and accals
and bev- chine mining
cessories
erages manu(exclufacturers
sive of
tires)
. .
__
_-
S e p t e m b e r 1930
D e c e m b e r 1930
Y e a r 1930
Q u a r t e r l y average
-
M a r c h 1931
J u n e 1931
September 1931._
December 1931
_ - - _ • _ _
.
. . .
Year 1931
.
-
_
_ _
Quarterly average
March 1932
June 1932
September 1932 _
December 1932
.
Year 1932
Quarterly average
.
_
._._
_.
M a r c h 1933
J u n e 1933
September 1933
D e c e m b e r 1933.
-_
_
__.
Year 1933
Quarterly average
_
March 1934
June 1934
September 1934 _
December 1934-
_
_ _ ___••_•
Year 1934
Quarterly average
- .
March 1935
June 1935
September 1935
December 1935—
.
Year 1935
Ouarterlv averase
3 2. 6 •
3.6
2.1
2.5
6.5
3.9
2.9
7.7
3.4
14.5
3.6
.5
53
1
Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This tabulation represents a revision of data that appeared on p. 90 of the 1932 Annual Supplement (where it was
shown by quarters for the period 1925-31 inclusive) and in the monthly issues until May 1936 wherein data were last shown for the quarter ended September 1935. The
revision was occasioned because of mergers, bankruptcies, etc., which occurred during the years since the original tabulation was started. The revised series starts with
the year 1928, as comparable figures were not available for earlier periods. The revised tabulation includes a separate group for chemical companies not shown in the old
tabulation. There were 38 companies dropped from the old series of 163 companies and 43 added. For 1936 data see p. 34 of this issue.
2 The number of companies in 1928 was 98; in 1929, 1930, and 1931, 104; in 1932 and 1933, 103; in 1934 and 1935, 59. These differences are not particularly important,
since the companies excluded were small.
3 Deficit.
16
SURVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS
August 1936
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average, 1923-25=100]
. Business activity:
New York Times*.,
...
Business week*
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Dept. of Labor, 1926=100:
Combined index (784)
Farm products (67)
Food (122)
All other (595)
Fisher's index, 1926=100:
Combined index (120)
Copper, electrolytict-Cotton, middling, spot..
Construction contractst
Distribution, carloadings
Employment: Detroit, factory.
Finance:
Failures, commercial.
Security prices:
Bond pricest
Stock pricest-------
1934
July July July July June July July July July
25 18 11
4
27
27 20
28
21
101.1 100.4 101.4 102.2 99.8 85.5 84.8 81.8 81.5
?76.7 76.6 75.5 77.3 74.3 63.8 64.4 61.3 61.6
80.2 80.1 80.3 79.5
81.4
82.5 80.2
81.0 81.3 81.8 80.!
79.5 79.4 79.2 78.9
79.4
80.2
81.0
78.8
79.2
77.1
82.2
77.9
79.1
75.1
77.2 64.5 66.1
82.0 70.8 71.2
77.9 78.5 78.6
83.2
83.8 83.1 82.6 82.6 81.7 77.8 78.1
67.4 67.4 67.4 67.4 67.4 56.5 56.5 63.8 63.8
48.5 48.5 50.4 46.0 45.6
45.2 47.8 47.8
64.3
64.8 47.6 36.5 21.1 24.5
76.2 75.1 75.5 67.8 74.4 62.2 61.8 63.6 64.3
103. 5 66.
83.9
104.3
34.6 33.4 34.4 39.8 40.5 52.8 51.4 52.8 57.5
115.6 115.4 114. 9 114. 6 114. 7 108. 2 108.3 105. 2 106. 5
137.5 135. 5 130. 5 129. 5 130. 4 103.0 101.8 80.6 86.7
* Data do not cover calendar weeks in all eases.
July July July July June July July July July
25
18 11
4
27
27 20
28 21
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
Debits, outside N . Y ; C.J_.
Federal Eeserve reporting
m e m b e r b a n k s :f
Loans, total
Interest rates:
Call loansj
Time loans i-_
M o n e y in circulation!
Production:
Automobiles
Bituminous coalt—.
Cotton, consumption
Electric powerf
-.
Lumber.
Petroleum
Steel ingots
Receipts, p r i m a r y m a r k e t s :
Cattle and calves
Hogs..
Cotton.
_„_•_
Wheat
,
' Computed normal= 100.
Preliminary.
91.1 104.4 111. 5 84.9 74.0 81.6 64.9 75.7
90.!
67.3 66.9
67.2
3.5
i4.0 67.4 67.6
24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2
6.1 6.1 24.2 24.2
28.6 28.6 28.6 28.
28.6 5.7 5.7 22.9 22.9
128. 6 129.1 127.4 113.4 114.0 109.3 110.0
'.7
126.9 127.
127.0 119. 3 128.4 132.0 130.7 108.6 109.1 91.1 96.4
71.5 69.1 67.0 76.4 67.5 61.8 53.7 58.2 56.2
116.2 112.1 109. 3 113.4
19.1 85.9 85.0
126.1 121. 8 117. 4 121.8 109. 5 108. 5 101.1
125.3 ]
\
69.1 67.9
64.3 69.1 67.9 70.3 55.8 43.8 36.7 31.5 27.0
142.2 143.0 141, 5 138.8 142, 5 131. 3 131. 5 122.3 124.5
94.7 92.1 88.2 97.4 94.7 59.2 55.3 35.5 36.8
55.3
78.6
44.8
20.4
235.8
79.8 84.9 71.0 77.5 62,6 70.1
41.7
41.3 41.7 29.1 27.1
13.5 14.2 20.8 22.7 34.6 24.2
314.0 285.3 115. 6 68.0 110. 2 85. 4
.
% Daily average.
180.8 196.1
61.2 73.8
31.9 32.3
105. 4 138.4
f Weekly average, 1928-30=100.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1936
1935
July 25
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, N e w York
dol. per l b . .
Cotton, Middling, spot, N e w York
dol. per lb_.
Food index (Bradstreet's)
__-dol. per lb_.
Iron a n d steel, composite..
dol. per t o n . .
W h e a t , N o . 2, h a r d winter (K. C.)
dol. per bu_.
FINANCE
BankingDebits, New York City
mills, of dol_.
Debits, outside of New York City, .mills, of dol..
Federal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total
.-..--mills, of del..
Bills bought.
mills, of doL.
Bills discounted
mills, of dol..
U. S. Government securities
mills, of dol_.
Member bank reserve balances....mills, of dol_.
Excess reserves, estimated
_..mills, of doL.
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:
Deposits, net demand, adjusted.._milis. of dol_.
Deposits, time
mills, of dol..
Investments, total
mills, of dol_.
U. S. Government direct obligations
mills, of dol_.
Obligations fully guaranteed by U. S. Government
mills, of doL.
Loans, total
mills, of doL.
On securities
mills, of doL.
Allother
mills, of dol..
Interest rates, call loans
percent _.
Interest rates, time loans
percent-.
Exchange rates:
French franc (daily av.)
cents..
Pound sterling (daily av.)
...dollars..
Failures, commercial
number..
Money in circulation—
mills, of doL.
Security markets:
Bond sales (N. Y. S. J5.)__thous. of dol. par value..
Bond prices, 40 corporate issues..-.
dollars..
Stock sales (N. Y. S. E.)
thous. of shares..
Stock prices (N. Y. Times)
dol. per share..
Stock prices (Standard Statistics) (419) ..1926=100..
Industrial (347)...
.„.___
1926=100..
Public utilities (40).
1926=100..
Railroads (32)
.1926=100..
PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND
DISTRIBUTION
Production:
Automobiles (Cram's estimate)
.
.number..
Bituminous coal (daily a v . ) . . t h o u s . of short t o n s . .
Electric power. __
mills, of k w . - h r . .
Petroleum
thous. of bbl_.
Steel ingots (Dow-Jones, est.)
pet. of c a p a c i t y . .
Construction-contract awards (da. a v . ) _ t h . of d o l - .
Distribution:
Freight-car loadings, total
__cars__
Coal a n d coke
cars.,.
Forest products
cars..
Grain a n d p r o d u c t s . .
cars..
Livestock
cars..
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
.
cars..
Ore
cars..
Miscellaneouscars..
Receipts:
Cattle a n d calves.
.
thousands..
Hogs
.
thousands..
Cotton into sight
thous. of b a l e s . .
Wheat at primary market
thous. of bu~.
•Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
July 18
July 11
0.093
.132
2.76
33.51
1.11
0.093
.132
2.74
33.49
1.11
0.093
.137
2.76
33.48
1.11
0.093
.125
2.66
33.48
1.00
0.093
.124
2.65
32.79
1.02
3,883
4,212
3,472
4,226
3,761
4,036
4,743
5,171
2,466
3
3
2,430
5,935
2,986
2,478
3
3
14,857
5,014
14,098
14,746
4,999
14,102
2,472
3
3
2,430
5,814
2,883
14, 630
4,999
14,105
9, 471
9,488
1,277
8,348
3,219
5,129
1.00
1.25
1,276
8,412
3,358
5,154
1.00
1.25
6,617
5.02
141
6,160
1933
July 20
July 28
July 21
0.093
.122
2.62
32.77
0.078
.122
2.60
32.55
0.078
.123
2.58
32.42
.95
0.088
.130
2.18
32.28
LOO
0.088
.130
2.17
32.28
0.088
.105
1.99
29.88
.90
3,469
3,937
4,840
4,445
3,548
3,429
4,185
3,783
2,861
3,011
3,528
3,511
4,377
3,274
2,473
3
4
2,430
5,589
2,670
2,472
3
6
2,430
5,308
2,438
2,480
3
7
2,430
4,894
2,043
2,460
5
6
2,430
4,945
2,335
2,472
5
7
2,430
4,924
2,340
2,456
5
21
2,432
4,020
1,873
2,460
5
23
2,432
3,987
1,851
2,201
10
163
2,028
2,306
473
14, 679
5,011
14,159
14, 563
5,059
14,124
14,431
5,021
14,121
13,132
4,851
12,123
13,138
4,839
12,096
13,436
5,019
10,494
13,367
5,028
10,493
11,035
4,942
8,455
9,493
9,510
9,474
1,277
8,357
3,342
5,015
1.00
1.25
1,289
8,460
3,319
5,141
1.00
1.25
1,302
6.627
5.03
136
6,199
6.627
5.02
140
6,243
56,260
103. 51
7,782
133. 46
112.7
128.2
108.4
53.2
79,470
103.33
96,863
1,217
2,088
2,961
72
June 27
June 20
1934
July 27
2,430
5,872
2,923
July 4
J u l y 29
8,073
8 ; 044
7,186
7,200
5,364
3,327
5,069
1.00
1.25
1,302
8,538
3,395
5,143
1.00
1.25
1,013
7,931
3,101
4,830
.25
.25
7,993
3,139
4,854
.25
.25
8,421
3,661
4,760
1.00
1.00
8,447
3,692
4,755
1.00
1.00
5,085
1.00
.50
6.630
5.02
162
6.607
5.02
165
6,188
6.585
5.03
192
6,085
6.613
4.96
215
5,509
4.96
209
5,538
5.04
215
5,310
6.597
5.04
234
5,342
5.377
4.58
333
5,619
57,890
102. 89
6,534
126. 77
106.4
121.0
104.0
48.7
41, 360
102. 60
4,652
125. 77
106.5
121.6
102.5
48.3
50,170
102. 68
5,791
126. 68
108.0
123.4
103.9
48.6
54, 610
102. 79
5.147
125.92
106.3
121.1
103.7
48.0
50,400
96.89
7,464
100.01
80.0
92.9
72.4
34.8
49, 905
97.01
6,282
98.84
79.1
91.7
72.6
34.1
80;483
94.17
10,842
78.31
67.5
75.5
65.9
37.3
55,220
95.35
4,173
84.24
72.7
81.4
69.4
41.9
48,200
87.98
12,848
84.32
74.5
77.4
90.7
47.6
91,027
1,176
2,100
2,978
70
9,666
97, 933
1,141
2,030
2, 948
7
100,678
1,301
1, 956
2,892
74
99, 695
1,150
2,030
2,969
72
10, 400
100,733
1,121
2,005
2,963
72
8,658
1,052
1,824
2, 735
45
7,642
83, 255
914
1,807
2,739
42
5,863
69, 562
991
1,684
2,547
27
3,388
73, 579
957
1,664
2,593
28
3,930
64,425
1,268
1,662
2,698
55
2, 619
731,062
121, 558
34, 700
55, 022
13, 648
162,337
55,174
720,402
117,170
33, 988
58, 555
12,315
160,472
53, 680
284, 222
724,324
116, 717
31,020
56,250
14,402
163,116
54,979
287,840
649, 759
113,463
30,910
41,972
11, 396
142,052
45, 337
264,629
713, 639
122, 493
36,030
41, 738
592,672
12,811
161,300
49,462
289,805
690,716
112, 290
34,380
34,064
11, 686
160,889
50,485
286,922
28,415
33, 384
9,672
154,978
34,700
226, 707
610,042
106,198
21, 713
43, 627
26, 295
158,514
30,803
222,892
616, 040
102,215
22,071
47,171
26, 214
158, 636
32,496
227, 237
644,839
136, 583
28,017
33,529
15,080
172,872
28, 282
230,476
248
291
53
18, 758
252
271
35
24, 975
268
317
37
22, 699
224
268
54
9,194
245
271
59
5,411
228
265
61
2,121
221
176
63
6,794
571
397
83
8,381
622
479
84
11,006
236
420
128
8,224
131.8
111.2
126.3
108.1
52.7
595,572
107,476
28, 682
33, 357
9,672
154,978
34, 700
226, 707
198
189
90
8,766
17
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly Business Statistics
The following summary shows the trend of industrial, commercial, and financial statistics for the past 13
months. Statistics through December 1931 for all series except those marked with an asterisk (•) will be
found in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, together with an explanation of the
sources and basis of thefiguresquoted. Series so marked represent additions since the Annual was issued and
similar information, if published, will be found in the places noted at the bottom of each page. Note, however, that many revisions have occurred since the last Annual Supplement was published. A special supplement was Included in the April 1935 issue, pages 57 to 72, inclusive. This supplement gave the
monthly averages of all current series for the years 1933,1933, and 1931.
The terms "unadjusted" and "adjusted" used to designate index numbers refer to the adjustment for
seasonal variation.
Data subsequent to June will be found in the Weekly Supplement to the Survey.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
92.3
103.0
135.6
90.9
42.3
114.4
97.6
70.7
82.0
76.3
105.6
65.8
69.5
124.0
76.0
88.9
89.8
116.5
89.2
42.7
104.9
97.4
71.6
73.8
67.5
109.4
59.8
67.0
117.3
68.1
89.4
109.9
117.5
87.4
52.8
107.6
96.2
71.5
77.6
68.0
96.3
65.8
70.2
107.2
74.1
April
May
BUSINESS INDEXES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY (Annalist) f
98.2
Combined index
_ .normal=100. _
112.9
Automobile production
normal=100__
_
Boot and shoe production. _ .normal=100. _
92." §"
Carloadings, freight - ._ _ normal=100—
Cement production
normal=100. _
Cotton consumption
normal=100..
Iiiri"
100.8
Electric power production___normal=100__
84.7
Lead production
normal= 100—
82.7
Lumber production .
. .normal=100__
91.3
Pig-iron production.
normal=100._
129.8
Rayon consumption
. _ normal=100__
70.3
Silk consumption
normal=100- _
97.0
Steel-ingot production
normal=100. _
Wool consumption.
.normal=100..
88."0
Zinc production
normal=100..
82.0
82.4
103.2
80.2
52.1
84.2
93.8
72.0
52.5
54.3
106.2
75.2
57.9
125.3
70.5
82.7
82.1
115.1
76.3
45.9
90.0
94.7
75.9
64.1
55.2
109.6
78.2
58.3
140.0
72.1
84.9
65.5
110.6
78.1
40.4
88.0
96.2
74.1
73.9
63.8
117.7
79.5
72.9
139.7
70.6
86.1
45.6
114.2
80.4
43.0
98.6
95.2
75.2
80.8
68.3
116.4
91.5
76.9
125.9
72.1
89.1
77.6
115.2
84.8
45.7
108.7
94.9
79.2
77.8
73.6
112.3
92.4
76.9
151.9
68.7
92.0
118.1
119.8
87.3
51.8
103.0
96.9
79.3
76.0
80.0
112.3
76.2
80.9
141.2
70.8
96.7
120.8
148.5
93.7
55.4
115.8
97.9
84.2
78.6
84.5
119.9
78.5
86.6
133.0
74.3
94.0
117.6
112.3
91.0
63.3
112.4
98.3
79.7
75.3
80.8
105.3
70.2
85.6
86.2
81.7
95.7
112.6
111. 9
93.1
66.2
105.4
100.0
- 82.6
82. 8
85. 7
104 5
68^6
91.3
89.3
84. 3
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B.)
90
86
95
83
P104
96
96
95
97
97
87
Total, unadjusted
1923-25=100103
105
93
83
89
95
95
97
105
98
96
°84
*105
87
Manufactures, unadjusted 1923-25 =100..
105
124
93
108
125
98
134
149
124
77
28
112
69
Automobilest
1923-25=100..
142
42
29
29
59
46
63
92
70
87
58
59
71
57
Cement
1923-25=10086
82
92
86
82
87
73
85
86
81
74
74
Food products
1923-25=10082
194
201
193
192
202
196
165
169
235
174
181
168
Glass, plate.1923-25=100231
94
87
83
89
90
113
66
111
85
83
64
79
Iron and steelf
1923-25=100114
P100
113
104
100
109
110
Leather and shoesf
1923-25=100..
106
115
120
107
116
«108
*103
Lumber
1923-25=100
Paper and printing
1923-25=100—
172
166
170
174
167
168
176
178
173
169
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100—
178
179
89
99
107
97
95
81
85
99
113
91
91
Rubber tires and tubes
1923-25=100—
121
100
64
27
92
138
107
105
35
22
51
Shipbuilding
1923-25=100..
116
118
102
108
116
111
105
110
106
94
103
97
99
Textiles
_
1923-25=100- •~~y 161"
100
135
141
143
161
132
119
150
148
140
140
152
139
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100..
147
a
92
100
106
96
97
100
89
99
95
84
85
Minerals, unadjusted
1923-25=100..
94
100
P57
62
69
99
40
65
75
65
50
85
51
36
Anthracite
—1923-25=100
69
a 6g
80
*66
71
82
61
50
88
98
57
Bituminous coal
1923-25=100 .
83
70
71
157
102
119
105
105
109
37
Iron-ore shipments
1923-25=100—
120
70
56
64
63
56
57
70
70
70
57
Lead
1923-25=10060
69
73
0
P149
140
141
142
142
143
139
136
136
137
145
150
Petroleum, crude
_1923-25=100150
74
68
101
46
59
62
81
100
68
73
99
Silver
_
1923-25=10097
88
90
82
86
89
82
99
76
95
78
79
75
75
Zinc
1923-25=10095
94
104
97
103
86
87
98
93
100
95
90
86
Total, adjusted
1923-25= 100..
101
104
97
91
104
88
98
91
93
95
84
86
Manufactures, adjusted
1923-25=100..
99
100
110
90
93
125
110
114
69
119
99
109
124
94
77
Automobilest
1923-25=100
J.10
74
49
52
47
58
52
59
47
44
59
Cement
1923-25=100..
58
71
74
88
74
74
84
83
78
76
82
83
Food products
1923-25=10092
87
90
84
161
179
192
162
169
193
269
200
167
178
225
211
Glass, plate
1923-25=100212
83
88
103
96
83
113
66
81
69
83
86
100
Iron and steelf
1923-25=100105
a
P104
111
105
124
109
104
104
105
109
Leather and shoest
.1923-25=100118
107
«110
112
Lumber
1923-25=100—
Paper and printing...
1923-25—100..
173
172
166
176
169
168
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100..
172
176
169
168
178
180
82
104
133
116
96
77
142
102
79
83
92
Rubber tires and tubes—1923-25=100..
95
141
119
129
138
120
48
179
64
21
15
35
Shipbuilding
1923-25=10094
102
106
105
100
100
113
111
106
100
105
104
Textiles
1923-25=100.. """VlO7"
100
147
140
148
148
152
138
147
129
137
138
140
130
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25= 100—
145
0
103
98
*99
110
95
105
93
101
87
92
84
81
Minerals, adjusted
...1923-25=100..
101
P66
93
70
48
48
71
65
48
97
62
36
Anthracite
1923-25=100..
63
69
58
*75
92
70
84
80
75
78
71
79
55
58
Bituminous coal
1923-25=100 .
76
80
62
Iron-ore shipments.....-.-1923-25=100..
62
53
54
50
44
80
69
59
55
60
59
Lead
1923-25=100..
68
70
67
62
63
59
70
75
133
143
146
140
146
148
135
144
*146
134
133
Petroleum, crude
1923-25=100..
150
«149>
103
90
96
80
93
75
68
71
68
47
73
59
Silver
1923-25=10091
103
80
84
81
84
84
82
79
80
Zinc
1923-25-100_.
85
77
91
94
• Revised.
» Preliminary.
f Revised series, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues for revisions. The Annalist indexes of business activity have been revised for the period 1923-36,.
Revisions not shown above are in the 1936 supplement. Federal Reserve Board indexes, leather and shoe production, January 1919-October 1933, January 1934, p. 19;.
automobile and steel production for 1933, September 1934, p. 22; leather and shoe production, 1935, p. 22, April 1936.
83026—36-
18
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
August 1936
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
BUSINESS INDEXES—Continued
MARKETINGS
Agricultural products * (quantity)
1923-25=100Animal products
.1923-25=100Dairy products 1923 25=100—
Livestock...
1923-25=100Poultry and eggs
1923-25=100—
Wool
1923-25=100Crops
1923-25=100.
Cotton
1923-25=100..
Fruits
1923-25=100 . .
Grains
1923-25=100Vegetables
._.
.1923-25=100—
Agricultural products, cash income received
from marketings of:*t
Crops and livestock: ,
Unadjusted
1924-29=100Adjusted..
— — . . 1924-29=100Crops, adjusted
. —.. —.1924-29=100—
Livestock and products, adjusted
1924-29=100Dairy products, adjusted..1924-29=100..
Meat animals, adjusted—.1924-29=100Poultry and eggs, adjusted. 1924-29=100STOCKS
Domestic stocks
1923-25=-100—
Manufactured goods .
1923-25=100—
Chemicals and allied prod. 1923-25=100..
Food products
- 1923-25=100—
Forest p r o d u c t s . . . .
..1923-25=100..
Iron and steel products
1923-25=100Leather
—
1923-25=100..
Metals, nonferrous.-.—1923-25=100Paper newsprint
1923-25=100—
Rubber products..
...1923-25=100..
Stone, clay, and glass.—1923-25=100..
Textiles
.
. 1923-25=100—
Raw materials
1923-25=100—
Chemicals and allied prod. 1923-25=100..
Foodstuffs—
.1923-25=100..
Metals
..1923-25=100Textile materials.
1923-25=100..
World stocks—foodstuffs and raw materials:
Total} A
1923-25=100..
Coffee—adj. for seasonal...1923-25=100—
Cotton—adj. for seasonal-.1923-25=100Rubber—adj. for seasonal f. 1923-25=100..
Silk—adj. for seasonal
1923-25=100—
Sugar—adj. for seasonal! 1923-25-100—
Tea—adj. for seasonal
1923-25=100—
Tin—unadjusted
1923-25=100..
Wheat—adj. for seasonal 1923-25=100..
74
94
142
66
114
380
53
25
64
63
99
61
81
144
52
98
315
40
19
69
31
103
70
' 86
145
58
81
510
53
32
88
59
68
78
75
109
65
63
256
80
63
85
109
45
106
76
100
72
65
146
136
200
85
107
73
124
82
89
84
69
89
167
280
126
85
103
98
77
72
69
106
83
119
202
66
66
71
78
76
74
68
106
40
79
119
65
68
74
85
74
70
48
61
72
58
57
61
85
57
59
35
53
57
65
49
59
46
74
34
85
69.0
80.0
80.5
52.0
60.0
54.5
53.5
60.5
54.5
64.5
62.5
54.5
75.5
63.5
55.0
94.0
67.0
58.0
78.0
66.5
57.0
70. 5
66.0
55.5
66.0
68.0
56.0
79.0
76. 5
79.0
85.0
66.5
73.0
59.5
77.5
67.0
71.5
61.5
77.5
70.5
71.0
73.0
68.0
72.5
74.0
70.5
77.5
76.5
73.0
79.0
79.0
76.5
75.0
75.0
90.0
76.5
79.5
76.5
80.0
104
107
121
77
112
119
80
125
80
117
153
102
102
71
94
84
137
110
105
117
83
113
102
79
155
63
114
168
127
114
81
93
101
168
110
107
117
90
114
101
79
159
72
113
170
107
113
78
102
90
155
115
106
114
89
113
105
78
155
70
112
165
103
121
79
120
92
157
127
106
120
87
114
107
79
148
63
114
162
99
141
98
136
96
186
136
104
117
77
114
108
79
136
55
114
154
101
160
115
144
88
225
136
101
118
63
115
109
81
124
47
115
161
103
161
111
141
88
235
213
348
148
375
211
275
151
69
163
205
350
136
392
177
259
147
63
172
209
357
147
3S4
179
246
139
64
174
212
370
159
370
194
226
136
67
188
213
378
169
355
176
228
133
64
188
215
399
169
328
166
269
129
72
176
404
160
285
68
67
77
95
65
108
37
56
41
72
65
80
98
64
120
46
50
35
79
51
98
43
84
55.0
65.5
56.5
59.5
67.0
58.0
57.5
69.5
60.0
80.5
84.0
84.0
69.0
75.5
85.0
75.0
62.5
76.5
82.0
75.0
78.0
79.5
82.5
82. 5
73.5
74.5
76.0
73.0
79.0
133
127
122
115
104
109
«106
103
105
104
102
102
128
62
108
110
82
121
65
115
152
100
°125
66
107
116
81
122
61
116
150
102
115
108
121
66
117
109
79
122
39
115
170
105
124
70
114
110
83
119
64
115
166
104
132
65
112
122
81
115
61
113
167
104
133
62
109
115
80
119
70
115
156
100
154
144
107
127
86
233
98
112
87
225
134
123
88
103
86
213
81
97
84
194
213
419
170
322
163
248
128
212
394
165
319
184
256
124
207
400
154
319
197
263
123
66
186
64
172
75
152
68
84
114
60
128
164
a 51
31
82
°48
94
°62.0
72.5
°70.0
a
76
93
72
177
73
«95
°73
156
206
413
161
306
186
264
133
203
«403
161
300
186
268
139
P200
77
137
64
134
77
124
387
170
«281
173
256
138
COMMODITY PRICES
COST OF LIVING (N.I.C.B.)
84.1
84.4
84.8
84.8
84.3
83.9
83.5
84.3
83.0
84.6
82.6
86.0
82.7
Total, all groups
1923=100..
73.6
74.0
73.8
74.1
74.5
74.6
74.5
74.4
74.2
74.3
74.4
73.3
74.5
Clothing
1923=10085.0
85.7
84.3
84.3
86.9
86.1
87.2
83.3
83.7
84.8
85.2
89.0
84.2
Food.—...—
.1923=10084.6
Fuel and light..
1923=10087.1
87.1
86.6
86.7
86.6
86.7
83.7
84.0
84.7
86.2
84.5
83.7
77.1
74.7
75.9
73.9 • 74.1
73.0
73.4
70.5
71.5
72.1
72.7
77.6
69.9
Housing...
1923=10093.6
93.5
93.7
93.7
93.4
93.4
93.4
93.1
93.1
93.1
93.4
93.6
92.7
Sundries——..—1923=100FARM PRICES (Dept. of Agri.) §t
110
108
109
109
104
109
107
102
104
106
105
103
107
Total, all groups
_
1909-14=100117
99
126
101
97
Chickens and eggs
_„ 1909-14=100121
140
135
107
111
132
108
103
95
93
90
96
96
94
99
98
102
97
94
103
Cotton and cottonseed
1909-14=100..
96
120
102
118
•123
114
106
111
118
97
98
104
99
106
Dairy products
.
1909-14=100..
89
82
94
89
103
92
83
92
98
87
82
100
115
Fruits
1909-14=10092
92
97
89
88
Grains.
_—__ 1909-14=10092
90
89
96
96
101
102
87
122
122
131
125
118
125
117
120
116
129
125
119
Meat animals
1909-14=100120
118
101
105
107
77
117
136
136
93
92
120
96
99
Truck crops
—
1909-14=100—
112
94
96
97
Miscellaneous
„ _ 1909-14=10091
94
103
108
85
102
103
86
120
RETAIL PRICES
Department of Labor indexes:
162
158
153
150
147
164
Coal*
—1913=100..
82.0
81.5
80.5
80.1
80.2
81.7
79.6
81.5
80.6
79.5
79.7
Foodi
- .
...1923-25=100- ~""83.~8~
79.9
Fairchild's index:*
88.2
88.0
87.6
85.2
88.3
86.6
85.7
88.1
85.7
88.3
88.1
88.1
87.9
Combined i n d e x —
Dec. 1930=100—
Apparel:
92.7
92.6
93.4
92.7
93.4
92.7
93.2
92.7
92.9
93.5
92.6
92.8
92.8
Infants'wear
. . . . . D e c . 1930=100..
87.5
87.3
87.4
87.3
87.3
87.2
87.3
87.1
87.2
87.2
87.2
87.1
87.4
Men's.
Dec. 1930*10089.9
89.5
89.8
89.5
89.5
89.4
89.4
88.4
88.8
89.1
87.9
88.1
90.2
Women's
Dec. 1930*100..
89.3
89.2
89.2
89.2
89.3
89.1
89.2
87.8
88.5
89.0
87.8
87.7
Home furnishings
Dec. 1930=100..
89.2
84.6
Piece goods
Dec. 1930=100..
84.5
84.5
84.7
84.6
84.9
84.7
84.8
84.9
84.8
84.3
84.6
84.9
• Revised, p Preliminary.
• New Series. See pp. 16-19 of the May 1934 issue, cash income for marketings of agricultural products, p. 19 of the December 1932 issue, Fairchild's price index, and
pp. 10 and 20 of the March 1933 issue, quantity marketings.
§ Data for July 15, 1936: Total 115 chickens and eggs 106, cotton and cottonseed 105, dairy products 116, fruits 117, grains 109, meat animals 119, truck crops 115,
miscellaneous 131.
t Index of farm prices has been completely revised. For earlier data see p. 20 of the November 1934 issue. World stocks—revised total, rubber adjusted and sugar
adjusted indexes for January 1927-June 1932, appeared on p. 20 of the September 1932 issue. Cash income for marketings of agricultural products revised from January 1933June 1935. For revisions see p. 19 of the September 1935 issue. World stocks—total revised for period 1920-1935, see p. 20 of the May 1936 issue.
• Monthly retail prices of coal were discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that date the price will be shown quarterly.
J This series has been completely revised. Revised indexes for months not shown in the December 1935 issue will appear in subsequent issue. Index computed every
2 weeks; monthly index is figure taken nearest the middle of the month; prior to Aug. 15,1933, index computed once a month.
A See footnote on p. 24 marked, "<?".
19
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem» Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
April
May
COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
WHOLESALE PRICES
Department of Labor index:
79.2
Combined index (784)...
1926=100 .
Economic classes:
80.7
Finished products
___1926=100._
77.6
Raw materials.;
1926=100 73.9
Semimanufactures
1926=100..
Farm products
...1926=100 .
78.1
73.0
Grains
1926=10083.2
Livestock and poultry
1926=100—
79.9
Foods
.
1926=10077.6
Dairy products—
...1926=100—
82.0
Fruits and vegetables
1926=10085.1
Meats <
.
1926=100..
78.8
Other products.
1926=10085.8
Building materials
1926=100 _
89.2
Brick and tile
.1926=10095.5
Cement
1926=100
82.1
Lumber
1926=10078.0
Chemicals and drugs.
1926=100—
84.3
Chemicals..
...—1926=100Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
73.2
1926=10064.0
Fertilizer materials
1926=10076.1
Fuel and lighting
1926=100..
Electricity
1926=100Gas
...1926=100..
Petroleum products
1926=100.. ~"~~57.~7~
93.8
Hides and leather
..1926=100..
99.7
Boots and shoes..........1926=* 100..
89.0
Hides and skins..
1926=100—
83.2
Leather
...1926=10081.4
House-furnishing goods
1926=100—
77.5
Furniture
.1926=100
85.2
Furnishings
.1926=100.
86.2
Metals and metal products. 1926=100—
86.3
Iron and steel.
.1926=100..
70.0
Metals, nonferrous.1926=100..
Plumbing and heating equipment
73.8
1926=100..
Textile products
1926=100..
69.7
Clothing..__
1926«10080.9
Cotton goods . _
1926=100
75.4
60.3
Knit goods
..........1926=10029.3
Silk and rayon..
1926=100..
82.6
Woolens and worsted
1926=100..
Miscellaneous
—1926=100
69.7
47.5
Auto tires and tubes
1926=100—
80.6
Paper and pulp
1926=100..
Other wholesale price indexes:
76.3
Bradstreet's (96)
1926=100..
Dun's (300).
-1926=100..
94.5
World prices foodstuffs and raw materials:* c?
51.4
Combined index
..1923-25=10043.5
Coffee—
1923-25=100..
44.1
Cotton
..-1923-25=100..
37.1
Rubber
„
1923-25=100 _
22.3
Silk
1923-25=100..
71.1
Sugar
1923-25=100..
64.1
Tea
1923-25=100..
Tin
1923-25=100..
84.0
54.6
Wheat
1923-25=100..
Wholesale prices, actual. (See under respective commodities.)
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
80.9
80.6
80.6
79.6
79.7
78.6
82.2
76.4
73,9
78.3
76.9
84.8
82.8
74.6
68.7
94.5
78.0
85.3
89.2
94.9
81.6
80.7
86.3
82.0
75.8
72.8
77.1
78.3
82.8
82.1
74.0
65.1
93.3
78.0
85.2
89.1
94.9
81.7
78.7
84.6
83.0
77.1
73.2
79.3
79.3
91.6
84.9
75.7
60.5
102.0
77.9
85.4
89.0
94.9
82.0
78.6
84.3
83.1
77.3
74.4
79.5
83.5
92.0
86.1
76.0
60.0
102.9
77.8
85.9
88.8
94.9
82.1
80.2
86.9
82.7
77.1
76.3
78.2
86.4
86.6
85.0
76.9
59.1
97.1
78.3
86.1
88.3
95.5
82.0
81.1
88.3
82.7
77.2
76.2
77.5
77.9
83.1
85.1
81.1
63.2
94.3
78.8
85.8
88.3
95.5
81.8
81.2
88.4
83.1
77.7
75.2
78.3
76.6
87.4
85.7
83.7
63.7
97.5
78.7
85.5
88.9
95.5
81.5
80.6
87.7
82.4
78.1
74.8
78.2
78.9
89.1
83.5
812
62.2
94.9
78.8
85.7
88.4
95.5
82.2
80.5
87.6
82.2
79.1
74.6
79.5
78.3
90.3
83.2
85.7
62.4
92.1
79.0
85.5
88.4
95.5
82.3
80.1
87.0
81.3
77.4
74.4
76.5
75.6
88.3
80.1
80.3
65.1
89.7
78.9
85.3
88.9
95.5
82.6
79.3
85.9
81.6
77 0
74.5
76 9
73.9
88.3
80.2
78.8
67.8
91 0
78.9
85 7
89.0
95.5
83.2
78.5
85.5
80.5
75 8
74.1
75.2
70.6
82.5
78.0
75.0
72.3
85 1
78.8
85.8
88.8
95.5
83. 0
77.7
84.1
74,3
65.7
74.2
90.2
95.2
53.2
88.9
97.3
78.0
80.5
80.5
77.1
83.9
86.9
87.1
69.1
74.0
65.7
74.7
87.8
94.0
52.9
89.3
97.8
79.8
80.2
80.4
76.8
84.0
86.4
87.0
66.1
73.8
66.8
74.1
86.7
91.8
52.4
89.6
98.3
80.4
80.2
80.5
77.0
84.0
86.6
87.1
66.9
73.8
67.2
73.0
87.5
91.9
50.6
90.9
98.3
83.8
83.0
80.5
76.9
84.0
86.6
86.8
68.6
74.2
67.2
73.4
86.3
89.0
50.1
93.6
98.8
92.9
86.6
80.6
76.9
84.2
86.5
86.9
70.9
74.7
67.5
74.5
86.2
86.6
52.5
95.0
99.6
96.0
88.1
81.0
77.1
84.7
86.9
87.0
71.3
74.7
64.5
74.6
84.9
84.5
52.8
95.4
100.1
96.5
87.6
81.0
77.1
84.7
86.8
86.9
70.6
70.4
64.4
75.1
83.1
83.2
54.4
97.1
100.5
100.5
87.3
81.4
77.9
84.8
86.7
87.1
69.7
73.2
64.5
76.1
86.2
82.1
55.7
96.1
100.5
96.7
86.0
81.5
77.9
85.0
86.7
86.9
69.7
73.0
64.8
76.2
84.4
84.4
56.0
94.9
100. 4
91.0
85.0
81.4
77.9
84.9
86.6
86.3
69.9
73.2
64.6
76.4
82.8
84.8
57.9
94.6
100.3
90.1
84.5
81.5
78.0
85.0
86.6
86.3
70.4
73.2
64.7
76.0
84.2
87.3
58.2
94.0
100. 2
87.3
84.4
81.5
77.9
85.0
86.3
86.3
70.7
66.2
70.1
80.7
82.5
59.5
27.2
75.6
68.4
45.0
79.7
68.8
70.2
80.7
82.0
59.9
27.9
76.4
67.7
45.0
79.7
71.1
70.9
80.5
82.5
60.2
31.0
76.4
67.3
45.0
79.7
71.1
71.8
80.8
83.2
61.6
32.9
76.9
67.1
45.0
79.7
71.1
72.9
80.8
84.5
63.2
35.1
79.1
67.5
45.0
79.7
71.1
73.4
80.7
85.8
63.2
35.0
80.7
67.4
45.0
79.4
71.1
73.2
81.0
86.0
62.2
33.7
81.0
67.5
45.0
79.2
71.7
71.7
80.8
80.4
61.8
33.5
81.4
67.8
45.0
79.8
73.8
71.0
80.7
78.1
62.0
31.6
82.8
68.1
45.0
79.9
73.8
70.8
80.7
77.1
62.1
30.9
83.8
68.3
45.0
80.3
73.8
70.2
80.8
76.2
62. 0
30.1
82.2
68 6
45.0
80.5
73.8
69.8
81.1
75 5
60.6
29.1
82.2
76.2
90.7
76.8
90.9
77.5
90.6
78.8
94.1
79.6
94.7
80.5
94.2
80.2
94.4
77.6
94.9
76.8
95.2
76.3
92.1
76.0
92.0
75.4
91.3
47.6
41.0
43.8
29.3
19.2
60.3
61.0
101.6
50.2
47.9
40.5
44.9
28.3
20.2
58.6
65.1
104.0
51.2
48.2
40.0
42.3
28.0
23.8
59.6
66.3
100.3
54.7
49.6
42.5
39.7
26.9
26.1
64.8
77.1
97.6
58.0
52.2
43.5
41.2
29.7
29.1
67.8
77.0
101.9
62.7
50.3
42.0
44.1
30.7
29.2
62.8
67.9
103.2
54.9
49.5
42.0
44.5
30.8
27.4
55.6
66.0
99.0
59.2
51.2
45.0
43.8
33.6
27.2
59.1
67.8
94.0
63.1
50.5
47.0
42.6
36.3
24.9
61.1
69.5
95.3
58.1
51.3
44.5
41.9
37.2
24.2
65.8
70.1
95.5
58.7
52.1
43.0
43.0
37.4
23.5
71.0
70.9
93.4
56.6
51.3
42.5
43.0
36.6
22.4
70.3
68.0
92.1
55.2
126.2
122.7
141.4
123.2
126.8
124.7
144.1
123.3
125.1
125.6
138.7
122.7
124.8
124.8
137.4
122.0
125.1
124.2
135.0
121.4
125.0
122.7
136.1
120.8
124.5
122.0
133.7
120.0
125.0
122.4
135.0
120.0
125.0
124.1
135.0
120.6
126.5
125.8
141.4
121.1
126.4
125.5
140.1
120.8
128.1
125.2
142.7
120.3
69*. 2
47.5
80.5
PURCHASING POWER OF THE
DOLLAR•
Wholesale prices
Retail food prices 1
Farmpricesf
Oost of living
1923-25=100—
. . . . 1923-25=100—
1923-25=100..
1923-25=100—
127.1
119.3
137.4
118.3
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
AWARDED
Contracts awarded, F. R. B.:%
44
39
56
35
44
47
40
45
53
50
53
Total, unadjusted
1923-25=i00._
53
56
22
25
24
21
40
26
25
25
22
28
35
Residential
^
1923-25=100..
25
48
30
35
38
43
48
61
52
47
Total, adjusted
1923-25=100..
67
47
46
60
<*32
Residential
1923-25=100..
36
24
25
24
25
25
26
25
25
26
30
26
F. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States):A
Total, all types:
6,442
7,724
10, 514
10,450
9,978
13, 242
10,929
10,655
11,385
9,256
8,249
13,338
Projects
.....—
number.. 13,352
Valuation
.
thous. of dol.. 233,055 148,005 159,258 168,557 167,376 200,596 188,115 264,137 204,793 142,050 198,978 234,632 216,071
Nonresidential buildings:t
3,411
2,761
2,355
3,059
3,325
3,106
3,792
3,436
3,307
2,778
3,318
2,753
2,796
Projects.
number..
15, 629
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft— 15,916
9,075
8,288
9,632
8,602
10,813
11,680
20,680
16,047
11,384
15,098
17,343
59,036
90,480
62,611
56,969
58,489
49,420
59,180
81,460
94, 068
82,252
Valuation
thous. of dol.-, 79,079
68,080 124,506
o Revised.
* New series. For earlier data on the following subjects refer to indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: World prices, p . 20, September 1932; Purchasing
Power of the Dollar (except for farm prices), p. 18, August 1933.
t Revised series. For revisions of construction contracts awarded on nonresidential buildings for years 1930,1931, and 1932, refer to p . 20 of the September 1933 issue.
Farm prices (purchasing power) are on p. 20 of the April 1935 issue.
A A continuation of the statistics shown on pp. 30 and 32, of the 1932 annual supplement, by classes, for the years 1932 and 1933 was published on p . 19 of the August
1934 issue and for 1934 on p. 19 of the October 1935 issue. Series also revised for 1935. See p. 19 of the May 1936 issue.
X Indexes are based on 3-month moving average of F . W. Dodge data centered at second month.
\ See footnote on p. 23 marked "\'\
<? Index revised to exclude copper prices, since data on copper stocks have not been available subsequent to October 1931. Both stock and price series now cover 8
commodities as listed. For revised data for period 1920-35 see p. 19 of the May 1936 issue.
20
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Surrey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
April
May
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Continued
CONSTBUCTION CONTEACTS
AW A R D E D - Continued
F. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States)—Con.
Public utilities:*
182
138
167
198
Projects
number4,422
9,264
9,146
13,810
Valuation.thous. of dol—
Public works:#
1,358
1,050
1,087
1,330
Projects
..numberValuation..
thous. of dol— 71,107 29,991 40,083 65,118
Residential buildings:
6,356
5,808
6,166
8,444
Projects
numberFloor space
thous. of sq. ft— 20,624 13,702 13,115 11,753
40,528
Valuation
thous. of dol— 73,605
Engineering construction:?
Total contracts awarded (E. N. R.)
86,873 158,057
thous. of dol— 183,917 1 1 0 , 1 6 1
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Concrete-pavement contract awards:
3,052
2,129
4,188
3,303
Total
thous. ofsq.yd—
2,395
2,381
2,942
1,508
Roads only
thous. of sq. yd—
Highways:
Approved for construction (N. I.E. A.):*
1,427
876
169
Mileage
_
number of miles..
4,631 26,004 20,048 14,221
Public works funds alloted.thous. of dol..
Under construction (N. I. R. A.)i*
Estimated total cost
thous. of d o l - 42,500 185,044 170,846 149,047
Public works funds allotted
thous. of dol- 38,975 168,816 155,739 136,399
2,334
3,261
3,815
195
Federal aid funds allotted.thous. of dol
7,881
8,530
1,152
Mileage
—
number of miles..
CONSTRUCTION COSTS
Building costs—all types (American Ap*
157
157
157
162
praisalCo.)*
-1913=100Building costs—all types (A. O. C)
175
175
177
1913=100178
Building costs—all types (E. N. R.)$
195.1
195.2
194.8
1913 =• 100.
204.6
Building costs—factory (Aberthaw)
177
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Fire losses, United States
thous. of doL, 20,407 18,500 19,294 18,137
17,249 15,835 14,964
Foreclosures**
numberReal estate:
Home loan bank, loans outstanding**
thous. of dol. 118,587 79,233 80,877 86,025
Home Owners' Loan Corp:*
140,795
Applications received
numberLoans closed:
14,623
13,142 13,413
Number
44, 775
Amount.thous. of dol..
40,558 41,570 2,747,022
2,702,247
Loans outstanding*
thous. of dol2,660,677
176
12,493
223
11,198
207
10,694
18,104
221
17,926
136
11,939
205
18,106
221
23,753
176
12,773
1,422
1,614
75,117
1,540
69,645
1,328
76,387
1,048
58,948
702
36,325
1,123
44,191
1,092
49,660
1,102
50,792
5,602
12,002
41,811
6,230
16,764
55,100
4,756
12,253
3,856
11,899
45,140
10,306
37,440
3,249
9,115
31,176
6,080
15,604
55,221
8,233
19,736
67,151
8,528
20,547
70,253
114,840
182,631
154,973
235,506
288,547
164,499
147,697
195,458
141,257
3,766
6,816
5,888
4,496
3,327
3,591
2,250
1,217
2,068
1,396
2,662
1,579
3,835
2,767
5,235
3,621
402
11,984
295
10,100
290
8,740
241
8,092
267
7,279
7,607
291
7,623
296
7,382
252
5,975
126,211
102,246
88,776
74,700
65,390
61,015
114,867
2,020
5,031
92,885
1,328
3,706
80,810
1,189
2,968
982
2,371
60,877
667
1,988
56,653
601
1,734
55,085
569
1,679
52,005
467
1,527
157
157
157
158
158
158
159
159
174
173
173
173
178
178
178
178
178
195.1
195.1
194.9
194.9
199.5
201.2
201.2
202.2
203.4
56,484
50,197
177
45,693
248
1,339
161
178
177
16,642
14,470
19,786
14,398
20,872
12,886
27,969
13,221
27,730
12,560
30,910
11,794
29,177
13,245
25,787
13,126
21,479
90,432
95,595
97,089
102,795
102,800
102,942
103,358
105,972
110,922
19,002 14,192
9,392
12,892 16,259 15,634
8,386
6,305
6,073
44,409
29,984 25,715 19,891 21,865
41,181 49,883 47,927 58,541
2,788,203 2,838,086 2,886,013 2,940,029 2,984,438 3,014,423 3,040,137 3,060,029 3,083,312
DOMESTIC TRADE
ADVERTISING
Printer's Ink indexes (adjusted for seasonal
variation):*
84.1
80.2
78.0
83.2
79.4
79.8
76.6
79.0
84.8
78.7
91.0
87.7
88.5
Combined index
1928-32=100..
76.5
66.0
66.6
72.8
67.1
63.9
58.8
65.5
69.8
61.5
62.6
74.4
73.5
Farm papers..
1928-32=* 100..
87.6
82.5
86.8
89.2
82.2
78.8
78.4
77.1
74.4
75.1
81.0
82.4
88.2
Magazines
1928-32=100..
86.5
Newspapers
1928-32=100..
75.5
81.5
85.0
79.1
76.1
77.2
78.6
75.5
77.9
82.9
84.7
88.9
70.2
52.3
71.1
70.6
50.0
63.2
63.4
58.9
52.4
59.5
58.0
47.0
Outdoor
1928-32=100..
73.5
189.7
192.8
185.2 «184.4
187.0
182.1
188.2
182.5
184.5
185.2
177.5
195.0
203.3
Radio
1928-32=100..
Radio broadcasting:^
4,621
4,741
3,250
4,780
2,900
5,210
4,710
4,377
3,119
3,448
3,830
4,693
Cost of facilities, total
thous. of dol_.
450
Automotive
thous. of doL.
466
539
453
432
215
186
244
721
400
487
394
275
1,404 «1,227
1,469
1,428
1,555
1,096
1,283
1,296
1,406
1,058
1,196
1,097
967
Drugs and toilet goods
thous. of dol..
1,106
Foods
...thous. of dol_.
1,182
1,197
1,111
1,260
911
1,154
1,072
1,171
1,056
912
897
876
344
402
390
417
313
384
382
398
Petroleum products
thous. of dol—
292
262
311
302
395
359
331
370
184
367
368
384
383
284
188
183
Tobacco manufactures
thous. of dol—
913
882
895
1,069
503
802
861
934
647
518
413
386
All other*
thous. of dol..
Magazine advertising:!
7,435
7,074
9,360
11,166
13,431
8,852
10,248
11,747
11,004
7,798
14,929
14,516
Cost, total
thous. of dol— 12,268
2,332
2,146
1,157
1,655
2,044
1,023
832
686
1,684
979
1,811
1,555
1,005
Automotive
thous. of dol.
2,359
2,506
1,241
2,323
2,477
1,464
1,454
1,957
2,203
1,609
2,137
2,017
1,616
Drugs and toilet goods.—.thous. of dol.
1,742
1,784
1,230
1,837
2,195
1,100
1,296
1,690
1,986
1,630
Foods
...thous. of dol.
1,657
1,556
1,380
468
Petroleum products
thous. of dol.
459
148
191
214
284
220
192
263
110
366
344
292
610
591
580
494
568
484
525
526
559
565
Tobacco manufactures
thous. of dol.
586
595
563
7,031
7,419
3,079
4,665
5,932
2,719
4,523
5,197
5,052
4,467
5,710
4,938
2,941
All other*
thous. of dol.
2,852
2,860
1,696
2,128
2,511
1,497
1,812
2,181
2,201
2,334
2,637
2,335
1,831
Lineage, totalf-thous. of lines
• Revised.
* New series. For earlier data on building costs, American Appraisal Co., refer to p . 20 of the August 1933 issue. N . I. R. A. highway work started in September
1933, see November 1934 issue for beginning of series. For Home Loan Bank loans outstanding for period December 1932-January 1936 see p . 19 of the April 1936 issue.
Home Owners' Loan Corporation data from September 1933 to April 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue. Total loans closed to June 12,1936, $3,092,870,784. Printers'
Ink indexes from January 1922 to May 1934 appear on p . 19 of July 1935 issue. Data prior to May 1934 on "all other" radio and magazine advertising not published.
See special note below on foreclosures. Data on H. O. L. C. loans outstanding for period September 1933-January 1936 are shown on p. 19 of the April 1936 issue.
t Revised series. See p . 20 of the October 1933 issue, magazine lineage. For revised data on magazine advertising cost for the years 1933 and 1934, see p . 19 of the February 1936 issue.
§ Index as of July 1,1936, 202.6.
• Compiled by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and represent the number of foreclosures on all types of properties in 1,013 identical communities in 48 States;
having 53 percent of the population of the United States. Data prior to October 1933 not published. Comparable annual totals for 1926, 65,857; 1932, 210,821; and 1933
209,003. Data were not compiled for other years. Months subsequent to September 1934 were computed by means of a link relative to keep series comparable since the
figures for these months are from a slightly diflerent number of communities.
# These series represent a break-down of the combined total shown in the Survey previous to September 1933. For earlier data seo p . 20 of the September 1933 issue.
1 Months of August and October 1935; January and April 1936 include 5 weeks; other months include 4 weeks.
I For the period October 1933-February 1935, inter-bank loans that were formerly included have been removed.
A Data for 1935 revised. See p. 25 of the May 1936 issue.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
21
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
DOMESTIC TBADE—Continued
ADVERTISING—Continued
Newspaper advertising:
Lineage, total (52 cities) •..thous. of lines._ 117,029
Classified
thous. of lines.- 24,843
Display.—
thous. of lines.. 92,186
7,645
Automotive
thous. of lines..
1,988
Financial
thous. of lines..
General..
_
thous. of lines- 20,802
Retail
-thous. of lines.. 61,751
118,684
20,171
98,513
4,058
1,835
16,269
76,351
94,810
18,499
76,311
3,787
2,536
17,686
52,301
91,334
17,546
73,788
3,632
1,942
19,464
48,751
116,443
21,991
94,452
5,453
2,773
22,899
63,327
121,887
22,548
99,339
20,775
68,297
117,704
19,753
97,952
7,677
2,096
20,980
67,198
2,488
21,812
67,227
1,8
23,498
61.9
62.3
62.2
62.4
60.7
61.8
62.1
61.1
2,272
2,053
2,655
2,218
2,506
2,297
2,273
732,875
807,460
717,264
858,100
761,833
745,845
902, 749
3,428
33,812
3,359
33,417
3,809
37,327
3,740
35,890
4,346
39,631
3,952
37,528
3,953
36,611
4,123
38,676
3,950
37,884
3,834
36,405
11,358
89,525
2,052
11,071
88,997
2,479
10,915
88,703
2,416
13,631
108,905
12,561
99,403
2,733
14,341
107,701
5,281
12,449
92,882
2,294
11,523
85,855
2,254
13,291
99,739
°3,055
13,122
99, 510
2,450
12,735
96,032
2,038
23,123
2,866
24,162
2,901
25,035
2,815
29,354
3,292
27,580
2,976
35,985
4,248
27,434
3,257
26,103
3,060
3,318
28,944
3,320
27,874
3,124
102,210
20,061
82,149
8,426
1,642
18,042
54,038
87,363
18,299
69,064
6,415
1,926
16,862
43,861
89,997
19,266
70,731
5,281
1,280
14,459
49,712
101,347
20,155
81,192
2,910
1,454
16,629
60,200
117,427
20,658
96,769
5,714
62.3
63.0
63.1
62.5
2,179
2,142
2,057
677,232
728,600
761,385
3,552
33,807
3,512
34,607
12,023
87r441
2,238
24,679
2,829
127,182
24,172
103,010
7,813
GOODS IN WAREHOUSES
Space occupied, public merchandise in warehouses. »
percent of total..
NEW INCORPORATIONS
Business incorporations (4 States)-.number..
2,285
POSTAL BUSINESS
Air mail, pound-mile performance*
thous. of 1b.
Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities):
Number.
thousands..
4,091
Value
thous. of dol— 40,994
Domestic, paid (50 cities):
Number
thousands.. 13,153
Value
—
thous. of dol. 102,447
Foreign, issued—value
thous. of dol.
Receipts, postal :f
60 selected cities
thous. of dol.. 28,288
50 industrial cities...
thous. of dol—
3,214
RETAIL TRADE
Automobiles:*
Unadjusted
1929-31=100
89.1
80.2
104.9
69.3
65.5
96.6
53.3
50.1
139.2
90.6
117.8 «142.3 «138.1
Adjusted
1929-31=100..
82.0
89.5
113.5
79.0
75.0
81.0
« 93. 5
102.0
106.5
109.0
°93.0
101.0
78.5
Chain-store sales:
Chain Store Age index:*t<?
Combined index t
av. same month 1929-31=100—
100
100
98
96
103
102
103
97
99
108
101
Apparel index t
av. same month 1929-31=100-.
110
101
108
107
101
99
117
105
115
114
100
118
119
Groceryt
av. same month 1929-31=100—
93
91
94
«94
92
92
94
93
90
94
95
Five-and-ten (variety) stores:*
95.1
Unadjusted
-1929-31=100..
86.1
93.4
95.7
87.7
80.3
67.7
98.1
82.0
96.8
73.5
79.3
178.4
Adjusted
1929-31=100..
95.2
93.7
92.1
90.7
93.3
92.0
103.3
90.8
91.8
96.8
96.7
87.9
H. L. Green Co., Inc.:*
2,684
Sales
._
thous. of dol—
2,522
2,229
2,514
2,088
2,157
2,049
2,043
1,753
2,476
2,625
4,941
Stores operated
number..
134
132
132
134
131
137
130
131
130
130
130
133
S. S. Kresge Co.:
Sales..
thous. of dol— 12,182
12,269
10,758
12,011
11,048
11,925
10,043
8,597
9,571
11,925
10,148
10,004
21,551
Stores operated
_.number—
741
736
737
740
737
737
726
743
735
739
744
725
745
S. H . Kress <c Co.:
f
Sales
_thous. of dol—
6,858
5,884
6,552
6,873
6,314
5,946
5,204
5,459
6,138
5,700
7,027
13,789
Stores operated
number „
234
235
235
234
234
232
235
233
234
McCrory Stores Corp.: •
Sales
—
thous. of dol—
3,262
3,284
2,651
2,691
2,822
3,443
2,989
3,057
2,893
2,324
3,183
2,626
6,268
Stores operated
—
number..
200
203
202
202
205
199
200
200
201
205
197
201
203
G. C. Murphy Co.:
Sales..
thous. of dol—
2,320
2,003
2,311
2,351
2,354
2,584
3,001
2,970
2,513
3,183
5,005
2,865
Stores operated
number—
190
190
188
188
188
190
189
189
188
191
190
F. W. Woolworth Co.:
Sales.
..thous. of dol—
22, 622
23,072
19,016
23,407
19,677
16,983
21,556
20,243
•21,114
20,169
29,590
Stores operated—
number..
1,979
1,986
1,983
1,980
1,965
1,968
1,977
1,978
1,974
1,972
1,978
1,980
Restaurant chains (3 companies):
Sales.
thous. of dol—
3,495
3,229
3,442
3,509
3,384
3,369
3,195
3,118
3,662
3,565
3,363
Stores operated
number350
350
353
358
355
350
353
352
351
Other chains:
W. T. Grant & Co.:
5,754
Sales
thous. of dol—
7,649
8,328
6,475
8,581
7,654
6,732
6,726
6,276
8,365
8,371
14,818
5,175
Stores operated
number..
472
472
472
471
470
473
470
468
467
467
471
472
471
J. C. Penney Co.:
13,692
Sales
thous. of dol— 21,475
16, 282 19,759
20, 640
24,992
31,332
13,964
18,806
24,023
17,885
15,919
17,935
1,481
1,483
1,483
Stores operated—
number..
1,481
1,483
1,481
1,481
1,480
1,481
1,484
1,479
1,478
1,478
Department stores:
Collections:*
Installment account
percent of accounts receivable18.4
16.9
17.6
17.1
17.4
16.7
17.4
16.3
16.2
15.4
16.7
16.1
Open account
44.4
percent of accounts receivable..
46.9
41.1
45.1
43.9
46.8
43.2
40.6
45.5
45.8
44.0
44.2
« Revised.
* New series. For description of Chain Store Age indexes see p. 19 of the December 1932 issue. Data of H. L. Green Co., Inc., prior to July 1933 will be shown in a
subsequent issue. For earlier data on automobiles see p. 19 of the April 1934 issue and variety-store sales, p. 18 of the March 1934 issue. Data prior to October 1933 on
collections not p s e . Data are currently being received from about 400 stores on open accounts and about 250 on installment accounts. Series on air mail not available
published.
cec
ata
ac
p i to M 1934. Series on basis of weight carried was published in the Survey for the period February 1926 to December 1933.
prior to May 1934 S r i s
b i f iht
id
blihd i th S
f
id Fb
12 t D b
96
13
93
t Revised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as f
follows: Apparel sales index of Chain Store Age, p. 26, October 1933. Combined
index and grocery index of Chain Store Age were revised for period January 1932 through August 1934. See footnote on p. 26 of the November 1934 issue.
1 Monthly data from January 1932 through June 1935 are on page 20 of the July 1935 issue.
• The New York Evening Post series on newspaper advertising in 22 cities is available for the period 1916 through January 1934. See the 1932 annual supplement and
„
advertisi: " "
F-rmonthly issues prior to December 1934.
A Data for 1935 revised. See p. 26 of the May 1936 issue.
$ Chain Store Age combined index for the period 1932-35 included 18 companies. Beginning 1936 it was increased to 20 caused by the addition of 1 apparel and 1 shoe
company.
22
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
ogether with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued
RETAIL TBADE-Continued
Department stores—Continued.
Sales, total value, unadjusted-*
1923-25=100..
Atlanta*
.—1923-25=100Boston
,
.1923-25=100..
Chicago*!-—1923-25=100Cleveland*
1923-25«100_.
Dallas*,1923-25 «= 100Kansas City
1925=100..
Minneapolis*
.
1929=100New York*
1925-27=100Philadelphia*
—1923-25=100Richmond—
1923-25=100St. Louis
1923-25=100San Francisco*
-1923-25=100Sales, total value, adjusted*. 1923-25=100Atlanta*
— 1923-25=100Chicago*t-—
1923-25=100Cleveland*
.1923-25=100Dallas*..
.1923-25=100Minneapolis*
1929=100New York*
1925-27=100Philadelphia*-.
1923-25=100San Francisco*
1923-25=100Installment sales, New England dept.
stores, ratio to total sales
percentStocks, value, end of month:
Unadjusted
1923-25=100Adjusted
.
1923-25=100.
Mail-order and store sales:
Total sales, 2 companies...thous. of dol_
Montgomery Ward & Co. thous. of doL
Sears, Roebuck & Co..-thous. of dol.
Rural sales of general merchandise:*
Unadjusted
1929-31=100.
Adjusted
1929-31=100.
84
92
76
90
84
92
77
85
80
71
105
71
83
89
103
92
86
100
88
83
74
94
90
78
72
84
71
72
62
83
61
77
52
68
61
64
70
70
58
49
78
59
80
78
98
85
73
88
80
76
65
82
65
98
71
87
81
97
79
75
92
77
81
72
84
6.7
9.2
14.5
64
61
63
57
61
76,689
30,330
46,359
58,953
23,822
35,131
49,888
20,293
29,594
106.2
112.4
94.2
99.7
74.7
97.0
63
71
63
64
58
69
60
65
63
47
73
56
70
79
90
80
77
82
73
81
57
84
87
86
91
77
77
62
85
87
80
79
71
66
95
73
78
88
103
90
78
91
84
83
73
85
6.2
10.1
11.0
9.7
8.5
61
65
58
62
65
67
65
65
71,777
30,910
40,867
90,813
39,475
51,338
46,181
18,508
27,672
45,435
17,855
27,580
24,845
36,081
69,413
30,403
39,011
75,219
30,295
44,923
127.6
103.7
155.9
109.8
79.9
96.3
84.2
93.0
99.2
106.7
105.5
109.9
106.5
113.3
85.1
77.6
79.1
»85.7
"79.2
•81.1
86
98
82
86
79
92
90
94
87
74
117
80
88
77
82
78
75
80
79
77
65
91
103
78
89
83
97
84
85
93
80
114
81
92
81
90
81
79
84
86
79
66
91
145
158
124
137
133
155
133
123
146
122
185
120
152
84
93
81
81
95
10.7
10.2
8.8
67
64
72
75
67
52,402
22,849
29,553
59,474
25,173
34,301
79,945
35,897
44,048
79.8
92.8
103.7
104.8
127.6
104.6
100
74
89
89
90
103
74
89
93
95
°82
87
80
74
110
76
78
70
103
78
87
81
96
84
79
92
82
80
70
102
87
91
76
«88
8.9
67
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES
EMPLOYMENT
Factory,unadj. (B, L. £.)*§
1923-25=100Durable goods group*§
.1923-25=100—
Iron and steel and products. 1923-25=100..
Blast furnaces and steel works
1923-25=100Structural and metal work
1923-25=100Tin cans, etc
1923-25=100Lumber and products
1923-24=100—
Furniture
1923-25=100Millwork
_
1923-25=100Sawmills
. 1923-25=100
Turpentine and rosin
1923-25=100—
Machinery
1923-25=100Agricultural implements. 1923-25=100—
Electrical machinery, etc.1923-25=100..
Foundry and machine-shop products
1923-25=100Radios and phonographs. 1923-25=100..
Metals, nonferrous§
1923-25=100A "IiTm 1 Tin T ^
Y
86.0
79.9
82.4
79.7
69.7
71.8
79.7
69.4
71.3
82.0
70.5
73.2
83.7
71.2
74.7
85.3
74.9
76.4
85.0
76.1
76.8
84.6
75.7
76.6
82.9
74.4
75.8
83.1
74.4
76.0
84.1
75.7
77.1
83.2
72.4
71.7
73.7
74.4
75.6
76.2
77.0
77.1
76.6
77.4
79.7
• 82.1
72.6
102.7
57.5
74.4
51.7
38.5
99.0
100.3
132.6
79.1
56.0
96.0
48.9
67.1
41.9
30 9
98.9
84.2
110.6
69.6
56.9
100.0
51.9
69.1
44.8
33.8
98.9
85.6
116.7
69.6
57.9
104.0
55.3
73.4
47.5
36 6
99! 1
87.3
117.8
70.4
58.6
105.4
57.0
76.3
50.1
37 4
59.0
100.5
57.5
77.9
49.5
37 6
KM)! 5
91.1
118.5
73.3
100*. 3
93.1
116.6
75.3
58.6
95.3
56.0
77.0
48.7
36.0
100.7
93.8
123.8
75.4
56.6
92.9
54.5
74.8
46.9
35.1
99.7
93.1
128.9
74.0
57.4
91.6
52.9
71.7
45.5
34.4
98.0
92.5
133.9
72.1
57.7
91.4
53.1
72.6
45.7
34.3
98.1
92.6
136.3
71.4
60.9
93.9
54.5
72.4
47.0
36.1
97.1
93.6
138.7
72.3
64.5
95.8
55.6
72.1
48.5
37.5
99.0
96.2
140.4
75.3
•69.1
98.6
8
56.7
73.0
49.8
°38 4
97.8
8
99.1
138.3
77.1
87.0
242.5
89.7
72.8
165.5
81.8
73.4
185.0
80.2
74.0
213.8
82.0
76.0
254.9
86.9
76.8
279.1
91.9
77.6
271.6
93.1
79.0
230.0
92.3
79.1
213.1
89.4
80.0
196.0
89.3
81.5
186.1
88.9
83.8
188.6
88.7
0
86.1
215.4
89.0
T l Q Till fQ A f l i f nn R
V
Aluminum inaiiuiaCiuress
81.2
82.0
85,2
84.3
87.5
82.1
76.2
84.6
74.6
82.7
83.0
79.1
75.5
1923-25=100Brass, bronze, copper products
89.0
86.8
88.5
87.6
87.2
86.9
86.8
87.7
78.2
31.8
1923-25=10087.9
78.9
77,4
Stamped and enameled ware§
112.7
116.2
117.0
110.5
109.2
109.1
112.8
101.9
106.2
110.8
1923-25=100112.3
102.5
100.4
55.1
55.7
55.8
55.9
58.2
60.1
59.9
52.8
52.6
60.1
Railroad repair shops.
1923-25=10060.6
53.8
53.5
64.5
65.1
64.8
65.0
65.5
65.8
66.0
65.3
64.6
65.9
Electric railroad
1923-25=10065.4
65.6
65.2
54.4
55.0
55.1
55.2
57.6
59.7
59.4
51.9
51.7
59.7
Steam railroad
1923-25=100—
60.2
52.9
52.6
Stone, clay, and glass products
56.7
56.4
55.2
50.8
51.0
54.1
57.7
55.9
55.8
59.8
1923-25=10060.7
55.7
54.7
35.3
34.6
33.9
31.0
30.0
32.5
36.7
33.8
34.0
39.9
Brick, tile, and terracotta. 1923-25=10042.3
32.1
32.9
52.9
49.6
45.0
38.038,0
44.3
52.3
53.8
51.9
58.4
Cement
1923-25=10058.9
60.1
57.5
97.5
98.4
97.8
92.0
93.8
94.9
97.1 0 97.3
95.7
95.8
Glass
1923-25=10097.3
95.2
92.7
92.3
101.0
103.3
101.8
99.1
100.3
104.3 0 105.5
83.5
75.8
Transportation equipment_1923-25=100—
104.5
93.7
87.2
105.0
115.5
118.2
116.3
112.0
111.1
114.1
95.1
84.0
115.6
Automobiles—
1923-25=100114.3
107.2
100.6
40.0
45.9
50.1
48.5
50.6
56.8
62.2
32.2
33.5
62.2
Cars, electric and steam.. 1923-25=100—
64.6
48.2
31.7
79.8
82.3
82.9
83.9
82.0
90.7
99.8
72.4
76.1
°98.7
Shipbuilding
1923-25=10095.8
66.2
71.3
96.4
94.6
94.2
92.1
92.5
93.2
93.1 a «92.7
94.3
97.1
Nondurable goods group* § 1923-25=100—
92.6
90.6
90,8
113.1
112.4
111.1
109.7
108.9
112.1
110.7
107.9
110.7
110.0
Chemicals and products—1923-25=100—
108.3
107.2
106.8
108.9
109.5
108.8
107.4
107.1
108.1
109.0
107.7
108.0
110.3
Chemicals
1923-25=100111. 7
108.1
109.0
101 6
100 3
98.8
97.6
97.7
99.0
98.4
97 3
99 5
96 8
Druggists' prep
1923-25=100—
96.5
95.8
95.1
107. 1
107.2
Paints and varnishes
1923-25=100—
115.3
108.1
111.9 "114.5
109.2
107.9
112.5
108,6
109.3
105.5
106.7
* Revised.
* New series. For earlier data on department store sales by Federal Reserve districts, see p. 20 of the February 1935 issue excepting Chicago, for which see note below.
Note that the combined index of department-store sales is computed by the Federal Reserve Board and the district indexes are computed by the Federal Reserve banks.
For districts not marked with an asterisk the series are as published in the 1932 Annual Supplement and subsequent issues. See p. 20 of the December 1934 issue for rural
sales for period January 1929 to October 1934. For earlier data on factory employment unadjusted in detail, see p. 16 of the June 1934 issue. See p. 19 of the July 1934 issue
for factory employment unadjusted total. Data on employment in the durable and nondurable goods groups for the period January 1923-June 1935 were shown on p. 19 of
the August 1935 issue.
t Revised series. See p. 19 of the April 1935 issue, department-store sales, Chicago.
A This series was shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue from 1919 through April 1935.
* The adjusted index of department-store sales (total value) was revised by the Federal Reserve Board for the years 1929 through 1934. Revised indexes for this period
were shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Revisions not shown in the November 1935 issue appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue.
23
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931, 1936
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey June I June
1935
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
1936
February
March
April
May
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT—Continued
Factory unadjusted—Continued.
Nondurable goods group—Continued.
Chemicals and products—Continued.
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100—
110.6
110.6
111.2
112.2
110.1
110.9
110.3
109.6
108.7
108.0
107.5
109.4 » 109. 4
Rayon and products
1923-25=100—
341.9
325.9
327.9
340.3
353.6
356.8
356.1
357.9
353.6
347.2
352.0
331.1
341.4
Food and products
1923-25=100—
100.4
98.9
105.7
111.8
118.2
108.5
100 5
96.8
92.6
91.1
92.0
94.1
96.3
115.9
Baking
1923-25=100113.5
111.5
114.2
114.8
112.4
112.9
111.7
114.6
114.6
111.2
111.7
113.6
Beverages.—
-—1923-25=100—
184.9
170.0
178.5
179.0
171.9
162.9
153.0
150.1
149.7
148.0
158.6
163.9
178.9
Slaughtering, meat packing . .
1923-25-100—
84.2
81.4
80.4
79 4
78.9
79.7
82 8
84 3
84 9
81.7
80.5
80.7
82.8
82.4
86.4
83.9
Leather and products
1923-25=100—
83.0
87.3
89.0
9O.'l
88.8
86.6
86! 3
88! 4
89.7
82! 3
Boots and shoes
1923-25=10079.7
80.6
85.8
89.1
87.3
84.0
77.8
82.8
86.1
88.1
87.4
84.3
81.4
Leather..
—1923-25=10093.5
92.8
93.5
94.4
95.2
97.0
100.3
100.4
97.7
96.3
95.6
94.9
94.3
Paper and printing
1923-25=100.98.3
95 6
95 5
95 9
97.3
98.3
98.7
99.7
97 5
98.2
98.2
98.6
99.0
110.3
110.3
111.0
Paper and pulp
1923-25=100109.1
108.9
109.6
109.2
108.' 8
109.2
109.1
108! 7
110.0
109.0
Rubber products §
1923-25=10083.9
80.9
78.3
79.1
81.1
82.8
83.0
82.0
81.7
72.7
82.1
«83.0
82.7
Rubber tires and tubes-1923-25=10072.6
72.9
70.3
69.7
70.3
70.7
69.8
70.5
70.5
69.9
53.2
68.1
70.0
Textiles and products
1923-25=10093.2
90.4
87.8
92.9
95.9
97.7
97.0
96.9
95.1
96.1
97.2
96.1
94.2
Fabrics
1923-25=10090.6
89.4
87.5
89.9
92.1
94.6
96.1
96.4
94.0
93.5
93.3
91.9
90.7
Wearing apparel
1923-25=10095.2
88.6
84.4
96.0
100.5
100.5
94.8
93.8
93.4
97.9
101.9
101.7
97.9
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100—
56.9
57.8
57.6
57.9
58.9
60.0
59.7
58.2
52.2
55.5
55.9
55.4
56.7
Factory adjusted (F. R. B.)* §.1923-25=10086.3
80.1
80.6
81.9
83.7
85.6
84.2
84.9
°85.8
84.8
81.8
84.8
83.8
Ohemicals and products
.1923-25=100—
111.8
111.3
110.7
111.4
110.3
111.3
110.8
110.3
109.8
108.2
110.3
107.6 0 111. 2
Chemicals
1923-25=100113.9
110.2
111.7
111. 6
108.5
107.7
107.2
106.6
105.9
105.4
106.9
108.3
112.2
Druggists' preparations
1923-25=100- 101.0
100.3
100.4
99.3
97.4
97.1
96.8
97.3
95.4
96.8
96.9
100.2
100.4
Paints and varnishes
1923-25=100111.1
108.4
108.8
108.4
108.0
108.9
110.2
109.7
109.6
107.3
107.3
111.4 0 110.4
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100—
109.6
109.6
108.8
110.1
108.2
111.1
111.4
110,9
110.8
109.4
108.6
109.4 «109.6
Rayon and products.
1923-25=100—
341.9
325.9
327.9
340.3
353.6
356.8
356.1
357.9
353.6
347.2
352.0
331.0
341.4
Food and products
.1923-25=100—
102.4
101 0
101. a
100 3
99 8
98.1
93 4
100.7
103.1
101.7
102.2
100.5
102.9
114.6
Baking—.
1923-25=100115.3
114,8
114.2
115.2
113.0
109.9
112.4
113.6
111! 4
112! 6
112.8
111! 8
Slaughtering, meat packing
1923-25=10084.6
81.8
80.9
81.0
79.7
79.1
82.0
80.7
82.4
80.3
82.4
83.4
83.8
Iron and steel and products—1923-25—10082.2
71.7
72.4
73.4
74.1
75.9
77.9
77.6
75.9
76.1
77.9
«80.1
77.1
TVla^t ftimarGi £tJJ.vA o b C u l worlc^
and titefil VVU*Jv3
• D l a d t itilJLXcifV'Oo
83.4
78.1
"80.9
72.6
72.7
75.8
78.3
77.6
75.7
74.4
76.1
74.3
77.1
1923-25=100Structural and metal work.l923-25=*100._
72.2
55.7
55.7
56.5
57.0
57.7
57.1
58.9
59.4
62.3
65.3
58.4
«69.5
Tin cans, e t c . . . — 1923-25=100..
99.2
92.8
96.2
97.0
99.4
100.7
96.6
97.9
95.5
96.9
95.4
99.6
97.6
Leather and products
1923-25—100—
85.9
86.4
86.9
90.3
89.2
86.9
87.0
85.4
87.8
87.0
84.5
84.1
86.2
Boots and shoes —
1923-25=100
83.4
84 4
84.5
84 9
83.1
81 4
80 2
88 0
87.5
86 4
85.4
85.2
84.0
95.8
Leather.
1923-25-10094.7
95.6
95! 1
93! 4
95! 8
95! 1
100! 0
96.0
93! 9
97! 1
95! 8
99! 6
Lumber and products.——1923-25=100—
57.3
48.8
52.0
54.6
55.0
55.4
54.4
54.5
54.8
54.6
55.9
56.3
«57.1
Furniture
1923-25=100..
77.2
69.6
72.4
73.3
73.9
71.7
71.6
72.4
74.4
73.3
73.7
74.7
76.8
Millwork
1923-25=10051.1
41.4
44.4
46.8
49.7
49.1
47.6
46.9
46.3
47.6
48.2
48.7
49.2
Sawmills
1923-25=100—
37,5
30.1
33.2
35.8
36 0
35.8
37.3
37.7
35 6
36.2
37.0
35.7
037,8
100.7
Machinery
1923-25=10097.0
"99.6
84.4
86.1
93.9
94.9
94! 6
93.6
87! 1
88! 8
90! 6
93! 0
Agricultural implements-.1923-25=100..
133.5
111.4
123.2
129.3
129.4
128.1
129.6
132.6
134.1
124.4
126.6
122.4
127.8
Electrical machinery, etc. .1923-25=100—
79.1
69.6
69.6
70.4
73.3
75.3
74.0
72.1
71.4
72.3
75.3
77.1
75.4
Foundry and machine-shop products
1923-25=10086.1
72.0
73.4
73.9
75.8
77.4
79.1
80.9
80.3
79.6
80.4
82.4 0 84.8
Radios and phonographs
1923-25=100—
267,7
182.7
192.7
194.4
190.9
225.4
253.1
239.0
248.8
239.0
256.4
222.3
196.8
Metals, nonferrous§
1923-25=100..
90.8
82.8
82.2
83.7
87.4
90.8
91.9
91.4
90.4
88.3
87.2
87.6
89.4
Brass, bronze, copper prod. 1923-25=100..
88.4
79.4
78.2
89.1
88.0
85.6
84.6
85.3
87.2
78.8
82.7
87.9
90.0
Stunned And finairiAlAd
wareS...
.....1923-25=100..
112,2
102.4
101.6
109.7
109.3
114.2
105.1
118.3
107.9
104.2
107.9
112.6
116.3
Paper and printing
1923-25=100..
99.2
96.4
96.5
97.1
98.0
96.8
98.0
97.9
99.0
99.6
97.6
97.8
97.4
Paper and pulp
1923-25=100—
110. 3
109.1
108.9
108.8
109.2
109.1
109.0
110.0
108.7
109.2
109.6
110.3
111. 0
Railroad repair s h o p s — . 1923-25=100..
60.1
53.4
53.2
52.7
52,4
54.8
55.8
55.9
56.7
59.0
60.4
59.4
59.7
Electric railroads
.1923-25=100..
65.4
65.6
65.2
65.3
64.6
65.1
64.8
65.0
65.5
65.8
66.0
65.9
64.5
Steam railroads
1923-25=100..
59.7
52.4
51.9
55.2
56.1
58.4
60.0
59.0
54.1
59.3
51.7
51.4
55.2
Rubber products!
1923-25=100..
81.9
78.8
77.4
80.4
81.7
83.4
83.4
82.2
73.7
82.1
81.8
83.4
83.0
Rubber tires and tubes. 1923-25=10068.2
68.4
67.2
69.6
71.6
73.2
72.1
72.9
72.7
70.6
54.3
67.0
66.8
Stone, clay, and glass products
1923-25=100..
58.3
53.5
54.4
54.8
53.9
54.6
56.1
56.4
55.8
54.0
55.2
57.1
58.2
Brick, tile, and terra cotta. 1923-25=100._
39.4
29.9
30.4
31.2
32.1
34.4
35.8
35.3
34.5
35.2
36.4
37.7
34.7
Cement
1923-25=10055.3
56.4
53.4
50.5
47.4
42.8
42.7
47.3
52.6
48.9
50.9
49.2
56.7
Glass
1923-25=10094.1
92.1
96.6
97.4
93.6
92.5
97.2
98.2
100.0
96.2
94.1
95.6
95.6
Textiles and products
.1923-25=100..
94.5
91.7
92.2
96.1
96.0
96.0
96.2
96.2
95.0
94.4
94.6
94.9
94.2
Fabrics
1923-25=100..
91.8
90.6
91.2
93.3
93.2
93.6
94.7
93.0
92.0
91.6
91.3
90.7
94.4
Wearing apparel
1923-25=10096.7
90.0
90.3
98.4
98.3
97.3
96.0
95.3
95.3
95.8
97.4
99.1
98.1
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100. 57.2
58.1
58.2
58.1
57.3
57.4
57.0
58.0
56.0
55.2
56.4
56.2
57.0
Transportation equipment. . 1923-25=100—
99.0
88.7
84.8
83,6
81.4
99.5
111.0
103.1
96.7
96.3
98.7 0 °96.7
109.0
Automobiles
1923-25=100..
108.2
101.5
97.7
94.9
91.0
113.8
125.1
128.0
117.4
108.7
106.3
108.0
105. 2
Cars, electric and steam...1923-25=100..
59.4
44.4
29.6
30.7
32.8
41.7
50.9
54.6
54.4
54.4
57.3
57.6
56.6
Shipbuilding
1923-25=10094.7
65.4
73.0
76.5
81.1
85.3
85.6
82.9
81.4
78.0
86.1
93.7
95.7
Factory, by cities and States:
Cities:
Baltimore*
1929-31=100..
88.2
80.8
79.4
84.5
80.9
82.0
84.4
82.9
81.9
80.8
83.3
86.2
"87.7
Chicago*....
1925-27=10072.6
67.0
64.8
65.3
67.3
68.5
68.9
69.1
68.7
69.2
69.3
70.0
71 7
Cleveland*
1923-25= 100..
96.2
80.9
86.5
84.8
89.3
94.7
94.9
94.2
95.5
94.9
94.4
95.1
96.2
Detroit
1923-25=100..
103.5
93.7
66.6
71.7
82.7
100.9
107.8
108.8
103.8
100.0
101.5
105.8
105.0
Milwaukee*
. .
.1925-27=100..
99.2
92.4
92.6
91.9
93.2
94.4
96.2
96.0
95.2
94.2
96.1
97.6
99.5
New York....
1925-27=100..
72.2
69.8
67.9
72.2
75.9
77.7
76.3
75.2
73.7
74.5
77.2
75.9
74.3
Philadelphia!
1923-25=100
92.1
87.8
87.9
89.1
91.0
92.2
92.2
92.7
90.8
90.5
91.8
91.7
•91. 5
Pittsburgh*!
1923-25=100.1
78.1
67.6
67.2
68.3
69.7
71.5
72.2
72.0
69.7
71.3
71.8
74.4
°76.0
States:
Delaware!
1923-25=100..
89.8
90.3
94.6
102.8
96.1
89.1
92.6
88.4
89.5
89.7
88.7
88.3
90.4
Illinois
1925-27=100..
81.6
73.4
72.4
73.6
75.7
75.8
76.0
76.6
75.8
76.7
77.8
79.0
80.3
Iowa
_1923=100_.
132.1 fl117.2
118.2
118.8
122.2
122.3
122.7
124.7
123.9
122.7
125.9
127.6 a 130. 5
0
Massachusetts*!.
1925-27=100
73.4
70.6
«71,0
72.8
«74.6
«76. 5
«76.3
»76.4
« 74. 3 «75.3
«74.5
• 74.0
"74.8
< Revised,
*
* For earlier data see the following references: For factory employment, adjusted, all series, see pp. 16 to 19 of the July 1934 issue; employment in Baltimore, Milwaukee,
and Massachusetts, p. 18, December 1932; employment in Chicago, p. 20, June 1933; Pittsburgh employment, p. 18, January 1934; Cleveland employment, p. 19, July 1934.
T For revised data refer to the indicated pages as follows: Employment in Delaware and Philadelphia, p. 19, September 1933; for revisions of years 1930-34 for those
series and for the city of Pittsburgh, see p. 20 of the March 1935 issue; for Massachusetts, employment for 1931, p. 19, August 1933, and for 1932-34, p. 20, September 1935,
revisions for period January 1933-May 1936 not shown above will appear in the 1936 supplement.
§ These data for the period January 1933-September 1935 have been revised; revisions not shown in the December 1935 issue appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue*
24
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
August 1936
June
July
1936
August Septem- Oetober Novem- December
ber
January
February
March
88.3
76.1
75.3
90.5
76.4
77.2
93.1
77.0
77.4
April
May
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT-Continued
Factory, by cities and States—Continued.
States—Continued.
Maryland*
_. 1929-31* 100 .
New Jersey t
1923-25=100—
New Y o r k . .
—1925-27=100..
Ohio.1926*100Pennsylvaniat- . - 1923-25=100—
Wisconsin —
1925-27=100—
Nonmanufacturing (J3. L. S.):
Anthracite-1929=100—
Bituminous coal
1929=100Metalliferous
1929-100Petroleum, crude production.l929=100~
Quarrying and nonmetallic—1929=100-
80.4
91.8
88.2
72.4
72.5
90.8
74.9
86.6
86.5
72.5
72.1
90.1
75.0
92.3
88.8
75.9
73.8
91.1
76.6
90.4
92.3
78.0
76.8
93.1
78.1
89.5
92.1
80.0
77.8
93.8
79.4
89.1
90.4
80.6
76.9
96.0
79.0
88.2
89.7
79.1
76.2
94.2
78.8
87.2
51.2
75.7
61.9
73.0
53.4
56.8
77.9
46.0
76.7
50.4
49.4
70.0
45.2
77.4
50.9
38.7
73.4
46.3
76.3
51.0
46.0
77.1
48.9
75.1
50.0
58.8
74.3
51.6
74.7
50.0
46.6
76.1
52.6
73.0
46.7
57.3
79.1
53.5
71.9
43.1
93.9
79.3
76.8
0)
88.4
76.3
75.2
(i)
76.9
85.9
0)
77.6
88.7
(0
87a
59.1
79.8
54.2
71.1
39.4
61.2
80.2
55.5
70.8
36.9
52.5
80.4
55.9
70.7
42.2
49.8
77.4
57.5
71.1
48.4
0)
77.3
78.9
89.3
94.2
77.7
77.5
0)
79.0
90.7
54.9
76.2
60.8
72.5
52.0
Electric light a n d power, and manufac88.9
88.2
86.9
86.1
86.1
86.8
87.6
83.9
84.8
86.8
86.9
87.4
90.3
tured gas
—.1929=10071.5
71.2
71.2
71.7
70.7
70.5
71.1
71.7
71.5
71.2
71.0
71.1
71.7
Electric railroads. ,
1929=10071.6
70.8
70.2
69,9
70.1
69.6
69.8
70.2
70.3
70.5
70.4
70.0
72.1
Telephone a n d telegraph
1929=100Trade:
79.7
80.4
45,1
85.3
85.3
81.9
92.9
84.6
83.8
82.2
81.8
78.0
79.3
Eetailf
—1929=10084.6
85.7
85.6
85.0
85.6
86.8
86.4
82.1
82.1
82.7
83.7
85.7
84.6
Wholesalef
.1929=100..
Miscellaneous:
73.4
70.3
71.5
87.3
81.8
74.7
87.5
76.3
82.1
83.6
79.4
80.4
81.7
Dyeing and cleaning*t*
1929=10084.1
83.2
82.8
82.8
80.8
81.9
81.5
81.3
80.3
80.7
81.1
81.6
83.9
Hotelst=—i
1929=100—
85.5
83.2
82.1
81.2
81.1
81.5
81.3
82.3
84.4
84.2
83.0
81.9
87.2
Laundries*t*
1929=100—
Miscellaneous data:
Construction employment, Ohio
1
27.9
28.5
35.0
32.9
27.8
30.9
0)
31.5
0)
(0
1926=1000)
C)
•C)
F a r m employees, average per farm*
(2)
1.00
.90
.89
.74
.62
.71
.85
1.00
1.03
,98
.98
1.01
numberFederal and State highway employment,
423,466 362,339 375,442 382,846 340,073 323,374 290,523 252,229 202,884 200.451 227,586 287,478 374,191
total*
number
94,200 144,173 209,835
97,089 80,674
258,103 224,086 226,867 218,886 183,886 176,050 151,385 130,539
Construction*..
.number—
165,363 138,253 148,575 163,960 156,187 147,324 139,138 121,690 105,795 119,777 133,386 143,305 164,356
Maintenance*
.
number
Federal civilian employees:
859,836 754,746 764,925 805,286 829,605 831,453 835,236 850,943 840,183 835,087 841,197 846,279 853,439
United States*.
number..
117,103 103,463 104,498 105,679 108,952 110,009 110,745 111, 692 111,954 112,304 112,370 115,073 116,857
Washington..
.._!
number..
1,089
1,044 •1,073
1,054
999
1,003
1,013
1,035
1,026
1,034
1,027
1,098
Railroad employees, class I
thousands..
.1,031
Trades-union members employed:
83
82
79
78
77
78
80
73
80
80
77
77
84
All trades
percent of total..
66
59
51
48
52
50
64
55
71
49
53
52
49
Building trades*
percent of t o t a l 86
85
83
83
82
83
81
77
80
81
77
78
88
Metal trades* .
percent of total
89
88
87
87
86
85
87
85
88
86
86
85
85
Printing trades*
percent of t o t a l . .
86
85
83
83
81
82
84
78
84
85
81
81
86
All other t r a d e s * . . . percent of t o t a l 61
61
58
57
55
56
68
62
59
59
54
64
61
On full time, all trades-percent pf total—
LABOR C O N D I T I O N S
Hours of work per week in factorles:*t1
38.2
38.8
39.0
38.5
38.8
39.2
38.1
38.6
36.4
37.8
35.9
37.3
38.5
Actual, average per wage earner
hours—
Industrial disputes i n progress during
month:f
•244
•241
*326
210
P280
•292
*303
274
332
311
319
317
377
Number of disputes.
...
•1,338,444 ^697,331 P985,000
Man-days lost
._ . . .
number- *1,225,000 1,311,278 1,297,730 1,191,663 3,027,040 1,562,908 1,003,852 660,911 «635,730 •751,228 a
61,782 •58,419 •89,706 122,265 v 92,900 P123,000
*133,000 129,784 141,829 150,835 514,427 133,742 100,732
Workers involved
number
Employment Service (United States):*
Applications:
6,666,599 6,713,047 7,532,046 8,235,139 8,696,943 8,735,783 8,387,179 8,943,099 9,001,192 9,184,982 9,252,979 8,996,795 °8,780,638
In active
file
number
364,933 662,066 849,323 862,798 681,133 639,960 535,280 481,900 429,542 343,142 353,251 295,686 291,833
New
.
.
numberPlacements:
470,055 271,662 282,699 303,155 394,420 559,748 682,640 797,802 521,329 385,891 440,154 451,617 «466,374
Number
.050
.053
.042
.048
.089
.058
.064
.071
.081
.037
.038
.040
Per active applicant
numberLabor turn-over:f
3.30
•4.05
2.95
4.46
3.65
3.97
3.63
4.49
4.95
5.23
4.60
4.17
3.18
Accessions
percent of no. on p a y roll—
Separations:
.18
.21
.20
.17
.20
.19
.20
.21
.23
.20
.19
.21
.20
Discharged—percent of no. on p a y r o l l •2.06
1.92
1.83
2.21
2.58
2.89
2.66
3.46
2.57
2.70
1.95
2.03
1.92
Laid off
-percent of no. on p a y r o l l Voluntary quits
1.06
1.16
.86
.68
.77
.69
.71
.83
.90
.86
1.05
.89
1.13
percent of no. on p a y roll—
PAY ROLLS
76.4
• 79.3
77.9
76.3
72.7
72.7
74.5
65.4
72.2
75.0
79.5
66.4
69.7
Factory unadj. (B. L. S.) •§ 1923-25=100•76.1
73.8
69.7
64.7
65.1
68.1
69.7
55.6
60.6
66.3
76.5
57.6
58.9
Durable goods group*§
1923-25=100—
Iron and steel and products
76.9
73.9
69.9
65.2
64.4
65.1
68.8
52.6
62.7
65.5
78.5
55.7
59.4
1923-25=100Blast furnaces and steel works
« 82.5
79.2
73.8
68.2
68.0
66.4
72.0
52.4
64.2
66.1
83.9
56.8
61.6
1923-25=100Structural and metal work
54.7
•60.7
44.8
49.9
45.3
44.7
45.0
42.2
45.6
46.0
40.7
43.9
65.1
1923-25=100.
94.3
98.6
86.1
94.5
90.9
91.5
91.5
97.7
105.7
100.2
93.8
103.6
102.1
Tin cans, etc
- 1923-25=100
•48.1
46.3
44.6
41.1
41.1
44.2
45.0
44.4
38.3
47.3
48.6
49.3
36.3
Lumber and products
1923-25=100.
56.7
56.2
55.7
54.3
51.8
59.3
58.4
48.4
60.2
63.0
59.3
48.5
56.0
Furniture
- 1923-25=100
43.9
41.2
39.2
39.0
39.6
36.1
34.2
40.8
35.9
41.9
37.7
31.5
45.9
Millwork — „
1923-25=100.
•31.3
29.7
24.4
28.0
25.2
26.5
25.9
29,5
23.3
29.4
31.3
20.9
27.9
Sawmills.—,
1923-25=100—
58.1
57.0
55.2
59.2
60.5
65.8
64.4
64.6
59.9
57.5
59.3
59.3
58.6
Turpentine and rosin
1923-25=100—
0
Kevised.
v Preliminary.
»Temporarily discontinued by the reporting source.
a Data not available
* For earlier data see the following references: Employment in Maryland, and Federal civilian employment, total, United States, p. 18, December 1932; Federal and
State highway employment, dyeing and cleaning establishments, and laundries, p. 19, June 1933; trades-union members employed, p. 18, December 1932, and hours of
work, p. 20, October 1932. Pay rolls in the durable group for the period January 1923-June 1935 are shown on p. 19 of the August 1935 issue. Data for factory pay rolls
by classes are shown on p. 18 of the June 1934 issue. See also p. 19, July 1934 issue. Data on the U. S. Employment Service for the period July 1933-June 1935 were shown
on p. 19 of the September 1935 issue.
f For revised data refer to the indicated pages as follows: Employment in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, p. 19, September 1933; employment in laundries, and dyeing
and cleaning establishments, p. 20, August 1934; hotels revised for the period January 1929-July 1935, inclusive, see p. 20 of the September 1935 issue. For revised data on
employment in wholesale and retail trade for 1930-34, see p. 20 of the March 1935 issue. Hours of work per week in factories revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the July 1934
issue. For labor turn-over see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue. Industrial disputes revised for 1935. See p. 29 of the April 1936 and p. 29 of the May 1936 issues.
• Figures represent the condition as of the end of the month shown. This method has been followed since September 1932. Figures shown previous to that date in
the Survey are as of the first of the month. They were published as of the first of the following month by the Department of Agriculture.
1 Data revised for 1934. See pp. 29 and 56 of the May 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Kevisions not shown in the November 1935 issue appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue.
A The revised series on dyeing and cleaning and laundry employment shown in the August 1935 issue have been dropped by the B. L. S. and the publication of the
original series resumed in the September 1935 issue.
25
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in She 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
April
May
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES-Continued
PAY ROLLS—Continued
Factory unadjusted.—Continued.
Durable goods group—Continued.
79.2
82.2
90.5
78.3
78.4
66.9
67.5
80.7
Machinery,.—1923-25=100.
71.2
75.2
78.9
86.3
89.6
Agricultural implements.1923-25=100—
168.8
136.1
156.5
127.5
135.2
137.5
136.8
145.0
155.2
162.0
165.3
171.0
172,5
Electrical machinery, etc. 1923-25=100-.
56.1
71.1
65.2
72.8
54.7
57.8
62.1
64.6
65.1
61.3
61.0
63.7
68.6
Foundry and machine shop products
1923-25=10079.6
56.2
64.6
56.7
60.0
65.3
68.5
66.7
68.3
71.6
62.2
. 75.4
78.4
Radios and phonographs_1923-25=100185,8
162.0
100.9
112.9
133.9
166.3
179.8
143.7
126.2
114.0
109.7
118.0 «141.9
Metals, nonferrous §
1923-25=100—
617
75.2
78.4
76.1
62.9
59.9
70.9
78.5
79.4
72.7
72.4
73.9
74.0
Aluminum manufactures §
1923-25=10076.0
80.9
64.6
58.3
65.8
77.0
76.7
74.6
69.6
76.7
79.9
78.7
78.8
Brass, bronze, copper products
73.2
1923-25=10060.0
72.5
72.9
73.4
71.3
70.3
57.5
61.1
69.9
70.8
65.8
73.3
Stamped and enameled ware §
98.8
77.6
1923-25-100—
73.9
82.3
101.0
90.8
96.4
99.9
89.8
102.8
90.7
101.1
97.3
Railroad repair shops
1923-25=100•61.6
53.1
62.3
51.0
48.2
49.0
49.1
54.5
67.1
52.2
57.8
63.1
60.6
Electric railroads.1923-25=10062.7
60.0
62.2
59.0
58.8
59.6
59.1
59.3
61.8
60.8
62.5
63.6
62.5
Steam railroads
1923-25-100-.
52.7
62.4
50.5
47.5
48.3
48.5
54.2
56.9
51.7
57.6
63.2
60.6
•61.6
Stone, clay, and glass products
49. 5
1923-25=10044.5
40.5
38.9
40.9
42.2
38.0
44.6
38.7
43.5
43.9
46.9
49.3
Briek, tile, and terra cotta
31.4
1923-25=10019.3
20.2
19.4
24.0
23.4
21.2
20.0
22.4
22.5
23,3
25.8
29.5
Cement
1923-25=10044.0
35.1
45.5
40.1
37.9
35.8
35.2
33.3
31.1
23.4
23.8
31.8
38.3
Glass1923-25=1009L2
93.0
90.9
91.9
82.0
77.0
82.3
85.6
94.2
82.3
83.8
89.1
92.1
Transportation equipment.l923-25=100—
86.4
109.1
82.4
74.7
71.6
65.7
101.5
102.2
94.8
85.3
96.1
120.3 «112.1
Automobiles
1923-25=10097.7
119.9
93.4
85.7
80.6
72.1
116.7
115.9
106.8
93.6
105.4
121.7 «124.0
Cars, electric and steam .1923-25=100—
68.6
41.0
71.9
46.6
28.0
30.4
31.8
47.4
55.2
51.8
54.0
62.0
70.0
Shipbuilding.
-1923-25=100«95.6
91.8
55.5
59.4
61.5
65.6 •' 70.4
72.5
77.2
77.2
75.3
85.0
95.6
Nondurable goods group* §-1923-25=100*83.4
86. 2
83.3
77.6
77.9
83.4
87.1
82.7
85.1
82.3
82,8
84.9
83.3
Chemicals and products—1923-25=100102. 9
100.6
102. 3
95.0
95.4
97.0
99.0
99.1
100.8
97.9
97.5
102:4
101.3
Chemicals_•
_
1923-25=100—
107.0
100.1
108.9
98.0
101.6
100.8
98.8
101.9
102.1
99.7
99.9
103.0
104. 9
Druggists' preparations-1923-25=10095.9
99.9
93.3
93.7
92.3
92.0
97.3
94.7
97.2
95.3
94.2
100.0
98.0
Paints and varnishes..—1923-25=10094.8
106.6
94.0
88.9
87.8
89.5
94.0
93.7
91.8
93.5
95.9
100.7 «106.0
Petroleum refining
—1923-25=100102.2
105.0
99.3
100.5
102.5
102.8
98.8
104.0
99.5
98.5
103.0
101.7 «10g.4
Rayon and products—1923-25=100259.0
263.5
262.4
240.5
240.2
253.4
264.1
263.3
268. 0
264.4
260.8
267.3
254.9
Food and products
-1923-25=10092.7
98.0
95.8
90.9
96.9
100.9
105.5
91.9
90.5
87.3
84.7
87.5
87.7
Baking—
—1923-25=100104.1
100.8
106.0
99.6
96.5
95.7
101.6
99.7
99.4
99.0
99.8
100.9
100.4
Beverages
1923~25~100192.9
157.7
198.6
173.4
192.7
189.8
171.0
151.2
147.4
147.0
143.3
162.4
168.0
Slaughtering, meat packing
80.2
74.8
75.0
1923-25 -100,.
75.6
73,2
77.7
81.6
74.1
79.7
73.8
74.1
73.6
77.6
Leather and products...-.1923-25=100—
65.9
73.8
66.7
70.9
77.5
79.8
75.5
69.9
81.7
76.9
66.6
75.4
79.1
Boots and shoes
—1923-25=100—
56.8
65.9
58.2
•64.7
73.1
74.5
69.7
62.4
77.7
71.1
56.1
66.7
72.7
Leather-—
1923-25=10095.9
99.4
94.6
91.1
91.2
96.6
93.8
94.5
94.2
95.2
101.4
103.7
99.7
Paper and p r i n t i n g — 1 9 2 3 - 2 5 = 1 0 0 91.9
88.2
90.3
83.4
81.4
88.9
90.5
91.1
83.0
86.2
88.0
91.8
88.2
Paper and pulp
1923-25=100—
97.0
93.3
95.8
87.4
85.1
93.4
94.9
96.2
87.2
90.7
91.7
94.4
91.7
Rubber products §
1923-25 -100. _
«76.8
70.8
79.4
64.9
61.3
69.8
63.0
74.0
64.3
68.8
70.3
74.5
70.2
Rubber tires and tubes—1923-25=100,.
«68.2
59.0
70.9
58.9
54.2
60.2
47.4
63.2
55.8
59.0
59.9
63.8
59.9
Textiles and products
1923-25=100—
77.0
84.5
75.7
70.9
68.4
81.1
84.3
80.0
78.9
84.6
79.7
81.9
79.1
Fabrics
—1923-25=100?6.4
83.3
76.5
72.0
70.1
79.9
80.0
78.3
76.5
80.4
82.6
85.3
80.0
Wearing apparel
1923-25=100—
«73.8
81.8
69.6
64.6
60.8
78.6
87.6
78.7
78.8
87.8
69.2
70.5
72.6
Tobacco manufactures- 1923-25*100—
46.8
50.5
48.3
46.8
47.6
43.4
44.9
42.6
46.6
49.4
48.9
49.6
41.7
Factory by cities:
92.9
80.4
76.4
Baltimore*.—
—1929-31=10073.9
80.3
81.6
80.0
78.1
89.9
85.4
79.3
77.1
•91.3
Chicago*
1925-27=10054.2
45.9
49.6
51.1
52.2
52.3
55.7
46.7
48.8
48.9
50.6
51.2
46.7
Milwaukee*
1925-27=10089.5
77.9
82.7
•81.2
87.0
89.3
91.5
76.3
82.6
84.5
86.7
84.5
77.5
New York*—
1925-27=10063.4
56.8
66.7
63.9
69.1
65.0
61.2
57.4
67.1
63.4
64.5
63.6
62.3
Philadelphia*t__
1923-25=10079.8
72.3
81.0
78.2
80.0
76.8
80.8
73.2
79.6
79.7
80.4
78.2
76.4
Pittsburgh*f
1923-25=10090.4
56.7
76.2
73.9
75.5
88.7
93.5
60.8
67.0
74.5
74.5
71.4
65.8
Factory by States:
76.9
66.4
70.4
69.2
Delawaref
. - 1923-25=10065.1
70.5
72.3
70.8
71.9
70.5
69.9
70.8
73.5
IllinoisA
1925-27=10062.8
64.4
52.3
51.8
53.5
55.6
56.9
56.5
58.4
57.4
58.3
60.8
61.3
Maryland*
1929-31=100«93.2
94.3
79.7
77.1
80.6
85.5
84.9
82.5
83.9
81.9
83.3
84.4
88.4
a
Massachusetts*t
1925-27=100«65.4
64.0
«59.4
«59.9
«62.5
°64.8
°65.9
«62.4
66.8
«64.8
« 65.9
• 65. 3
«66.0
New Jerseyf^
—..1923-25=10068.8
70.0
59.2
58.8
63.3
64.8
67.6
68.1
68.1
65.2
65.0
66.4
67.4
New Y o r k —
1925-27=10066.6
66.3
60.2
59.5
62.5
65.9
66.3
64.3
65.9
64.4
64.5
67.2
66.4
Pennsylvaniaf
..1923-25=100«74.1
75.9
59.8
58.0
63.9
65.0
70.3
68.4
68.2
66.0
67.2
69.0
« 72; 8
Wisconsin
_
1925-27-100..
78.1
77.1
80.4
81.8
70.5
76.2
74.3
75.8
77.3
75.2
74.0
79. 2
79.0
Nonmanufacturing (B. L. S.)i
Mining:
42.0
37.5
28.4
66.0
28.3
55.4
38.2
55.9
54.4
Anthracite-.
1929=10042.6
76.7
28.6
56.3
Bituminous coal—fc..1929=100—
62.2
69.8
61.6
64.7
35.9
60.1
65.5
69.5
70.6
78.4
70.2
62.1
45.8
Metalliferous—
1929=10047.7
38.7
48.2
31. 5
31.1
35.4
39.6
43.2
41.7
42.8
45.1
45.4
33.4
Petroleum, crude production
58.5
59.2
59.9
57.9
57.2
1929=10059.9
60.9
58.9
55.7
55.9
56.8
55.7
58.0
Quarrying and nonmetallic-1929=100—
42.1
43.9
33.8
34.4
35.4
36.5
32.1
29.7
25.5
23.9
30.9
36.0
36.3
Public utilities:
Electric light and power and manu88.1
79.8
81.5
84.4
factured gas
_
1929=10082.8
83.4
86.0
84.5
84.8
87.0
86.6
84.7
86.1
Electric railroads
—1929=100—
66.1
66.8
63.9
63.4
64.0
64.1
63.8
65.0
68.3
67.8
65.9
63.3
66.1
Telephone and telegraph... 1929=100—
77.4
74.4
75.7
73.8
74.9
74.9
75.0
76.2
77.2
76.0
75.5
75.6
/78.5
Trade:
66.4
63.2
Retailf
.-1929=10062.5
63.4
60.5
62.5
59.3
62.1
63.5
65.4
69.3
65.8
61.6
Wholesalef
1929=10068.2
68.4
64.6
67.2
66.8
66.6
66.6
69.0
67.9
64.6
64.8
66.9
68.6
Miscellaneous:
Dyeing and cleaning*!*
1929=100—
69.2
61.5
65.7
58.2
61.1
55.4
52.9
64.2
63.1
56.4
51.6
72.2
49.0
Hotelsf
—
1929=100..
67.0
66.6
62.1
63.1
64. 3
64.9
66.5
66.0
66.3
63.5
62.0
64.8
64.2
Laundries*t*
1929=100-1
75.6
75.8
70.9
67.9
67.1
68.3
67.8
69.9
70.9
68.2
69.2
66.7
67.5 I
•Revised.
•For earlier data on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Pay rolls, Baltimore, p . 18, December 1932; pay rolls, Chicago,
p. 20, June 1933; pay rolls, Milwaukee, p. 18, December 1932; pay rolls, New York, p. 29, June 1933; pay rolls, Philadelphia, p. 18, December 1932; pay rolls, Pittsburgh,
p. 18, January 1934; pay rolls, Maryland and Massachusetts, p. 18, December 1932; pay rolls in dyeing and cleaning establishments and laundries, p. 19, June 1933. Data
on pay rolls for nondurable goods industries for the period January 1923-June 1935 are shown on p. 19 of the August 1935 issue.
t Revised series. For revisions on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Pay rolls, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey,
and Philadelphia, p . 19, September 1933; for revisions of years 1930-34 for these series and for the city of Pittsburgh, see p . 20 of the March 1935 issue; pay rolls, Massachusetts, for 1931, p. 19, August 1933 and 1932-34 p. 20, September 1935, revisions for period January 1933-May 1936 not shown above will appear in the 1936 supplement;
pay rolls in wholesale and retail trade for 1930-34, inclusive, p. 20, March 1935; pay rolls in dyeing and cleaning establishments and laundries, p. 20, August 1934; hotels
revised for the period January 1929-July 1935, inclusive; see p. 20 of September 1935 issue.
A Revised data on Illinois pay rolls from April 1929 to December 1932 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
• The revised series on dyeing and cleaning and laundry payrolls shown in the August 1935 issue have been dropped by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the publication of the original series resumed in the September 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Revisions not shown in the November 1935 issue, appeared on p . 16 of the January 1936 issue
83020—36
4
26
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
August 1936
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ary
ber
ber
March
April
May
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
WAGES-EAENINGS AND RATES
Factory, weekly earnings (25 industries) :*t<?
All wage earners.
dollars.Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
dollarsUnskilled
_ -- .dollars—
Femaledollars—
All wage earners
— » .—1923=» 100 _ Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
1923=100Unskilled
1923=100..
Female
—1923=100—
Factory, av. hourly earnings (25 industries) :*t<?
All wage earners
dollars—
Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
..dollarsUnskilled
dollarsFemale
-s.
—' -dollars—
Factory, weekly earnings, by States:
Delaware
---1923-25=100 _
Illinois
—
1925-27=100Massachusetts*f .
- —1925-27=* 100 _
New Jersey—
.1923-25 - 1 0 0 New York.
1925-27=100—
Pennsylvania
1923-25=100—
Wisconsin—
1925-27-100Miscellaneous data:
Construction wage rates:*§
Common labor (E. N. i2.).dol. per hour—
Skilled labor (E. N. R.)..dol. per h o u r Farm wages, without board (quarterly)
dol. per month—
Railroads, wages
. dol. per hour—
Road-building wages, common labor:#
United States
dol. per h o u r East North Central
-dol. per hour—
East South Central
dol. per hour—
Middle Atlantic
. dol. per hour—
Mountain States
..• dol. per hour—
New England
-—
dol. per hour—
Pacific States
dol. per hour..
South Atlantic
__dol. per hour—
West North Central
dol. per h o u r West South Central
dol. per h o u r Steel industry:
U. S. Steel Corporation
dol. per hour—
Youngstown district percent base scale—
24.29
21.46
21.75
22.32
22.58
23.12
23.31
23.47
23.09
23.09
•23.20
23.78
24. 08
27.33
19.85
14.94
91.3
24.11
17.48
14.73
80.6
24.58
17.66
14.77
81.7
24.97
18.16
15.33
83.9
25.06
18.65
15.56
84.9
25.83
19.34
15.60
86.9
26.40
19.47
15.97
88.2
26.04
19.08
15.12
86.8
26.14
18.93
15.42
86.7
27.15
19 71
14.94
90.5
78.3
78.5
85.4
79.8
79.3
85.7
81.1
81.5
88.9
81.4
83.7
90.3
83.9
86.8
90.5
85.7
87.4
92.6
84.5
85.6
87.7
84.9
85.0
89.4
26.37
19.14
15.33
87.2
85.6
85.9
88.9
26.85
19.39
15.08
89.4
88.7
89.1
86.7
26.05
19.48
15.61
87.6
84.6
87.4
90.5
87.2
87.0
87.5
88.1
88.5
86.7
.617
.599
.598
.601
.601
.602
.604
.605
.600
.606
.610
.612
•.615
.682
.497
.430
,660
.493
.436
.659
.489
.434
.663
.491
.435
.665
.491
.434
.665
.497
.435
.667
.501
.435
.668
.502
,434
.663
.492
.431
. 671
.493
,430
.675
.496
.429
.677
.495
.429
.680
.499
.432
85.8
85.0
98.6
86.3
93. 2
88.0
77.6
76.3
«84.1
91.3
83.0
79.4
80.8
76.5
«77.4
«84.4
90.6
82.6
76.5
81.2
77.3
79.2
86.8
92.7
85.7
82.9
85.9
80.1
«80.9
«86.1
94.2
85.2
87.1
84.8
82.5
80.0
•81.8
94.4
83.7
86.0
84.5
85.1
«82.2
«87.4
96.2
86.4
86.3
87.9
84.4
' • 81.7
«87.1
95.4
85.7
85.0
86.2
83.4
«81.9
«87.4
95.4
85.6
85.9
83.4
83.1
84.2
«87.2
97.1
87.0
87.7
88.4
84.6
83.5
«88.5
97.9
85.7
91.9
87.9
.564
1.14
.527
1.07
.529
1.08
.529
1.08
.529
1.08
.529
1.10
.528
1.10
.528
1.10
.547
1.12
.547
1.12
.547
1.13
.552
1.13
32.21
30.08
.670
.662
.658
30.38
.669
.667
.682
28.63
.685
.680
.692
30.87
,692
.669
.54
.30
.46
.42
.53
.30
.43
.42
.53
.30
.43
.42
.54
.30
.43
.42
.54
.30
.43
.42
.54
.30
.44
.42
.55
.30
.44
,41
.55
.30
.44
.40
.58
.30
.44
.38
.60
.30
.46
.37
.62
.30
.48
.38
.57
.30
.46
.42
.56
.47
.57
.43
.57
.43
.57
.44
.57
.46
,57
.46
.57
.47
.56
,48
.55
.48
.54
.50
.55
.50
.55
.52
.57
.48
.42
.55
.33
.49
.36
.485
115.0
.56
.31
.47
.37
.485
115.0
72.6
* 78.3
85.9
93.1
84.7
83.0
81.2
a
.57
.31
.47
.36
,57
.31
.47
,36
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
a
.57
.31
.47
.36
.485
115.0
.58
.32
.47
.36
.485
115.0
.59
.48
.36
.60
,33
.48
.36
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
OO
.60
.31
.48
.37
.57
.33
.49
.36
.59
.32
.47
.36
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
a
85.8
84.2
88. 3
99.0
85.9
92.6
87.7
.558
1.14
.56
.30
.45
.57.
.33
.46
.37
.55
.34
.48
.36
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
FINANCE
BANKING
Acceptances and com'l paper outstanding:
359
344
377
322
384
321
331
387
343
Bankers' acceptances, total.-mills, of dol—
397
363
316
328
Held by Federal Reserve banks:
For own account
mills. of dol „.
For foreign correspondents
mills, of dol—
Held by group of accepting banks, total
321
310
292
301
339
353
340
358
368
296
276
mills, of dol—
297
317
150
172
143
148
145
181
178
155
182
183
148
154
129
Own bills
mills, of doL.
171
167
147
154
142
161
172
168
163
175
185
148
147
Purchased bills
mills, of dol—
38
34
34
27
30
26
37
31
24
29
29
24
40
Held by others
mills, of dol—
180
159
174
177
183
180
176
184
178
172
164
169
Com'l paper outstanding
mills, of dol—
178
Agricultural loans outstanding:
Farm mortgages:
2,062
2,059
2,060
2,066
2,024
2,059
2,063
2,036
Federal land banks
.mills, of dol— 2,064
2,072
2,047
2,017
2,066
158
184
166
162
180
201
195
190
Joint stock-land banks*
mills, of dol—
154
208
151
176
170
823
755
Land-bank commissioner*.mills. of dol—
811
818
786
743
733
827
803
795
777
765
827
Federal intermediate credit bank loans to
and discounts for:A
Regional agricultural credit corp's and
123
133
production credit ass'ns..mills, of doU111
129
140
100
125
131
144
105
105
115
101
All other institutions
mills, of dol—
52
49
64
64
50
53
53
60
53
50
49
68
48
Other loans:
Agricultural marketing act revolving
fund loans to cooperativesf
mills, of dol—
44
49
44
42
44
46
46
45
47
49
44
44
44
Banks for cooperatives, incl. Central
Bank* _
mills, of dol—
41
43
24
40
51
25
43
48
40
31
40
50
47
s
104
112
104
126
122
114
125
114
109
125
114
Emergency crop loans*
mills, of dol—
«106
105
127
103
110
101
93
116
135
109
107
139
92
Prod. cred. ass'ns*
mills, of dol—
94
96
39
41
69
59
52
38
65
36
40
73
Regional ag. credit corp.*—mills, of dol—
46
43
41
fRevised series. For revisions on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Massachusetts weekly earnings for 1931, p. 19, August
1933; and for 1932-34, p. 20, September 1935; factory weekly and hourly earnings for 1933, p. 20, July 1934. Certain classes of loans included in the figures shown through
May 1934 have been reclassified and removed from the agricultural category.
<?Data for 1934 revised. See pp. 30 and 56 of the May 1935 issue.
§Construction wage rates as of July 1,1936—common labor, $0,554; skilled labor, $1.15.
^Beginning with March 1932 data are based on Federal-aid and State projects; before that time the data are based on Federal-aid projects.
^Joint-stock land banks in liquidation.
*New series. For earlier data on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Factory weekly earnings for period of January
1927 through August 1932, p. 20, October 1932; factory hourly earnings for January 1926-Deeember 1931, p. 18, December 1932; weekly earnings Massachusetts for January
1926-December 1931, p. 18, December 1932; construction wage rates for January 1622-July 1933, p. 19, September 1933. Additional series on agricultural loans were first
included in the June 1934 issue for land-bank commissioner for period July 1933-April 1934. Additional series were also included in this issue for banks for cooperatives
including central bank and production credit associations for the period October 1923-April 1934, and emergency crop loans and regional agricultural credit corporations for
April 1933-April 1934. Data for emergency crop loans for fiscal years from June 1922-June 1931 and monthly periods January 1932-March 1933 and regional credit corporations for October 1932-Marcl) 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
ABreak-down of figures shown in issues up to November 1934.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1982 Annual Supplement to the Survey
27
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
June
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
April
May
FINANCE—Continued
BANKING—Continued
33,287
31,475
31,572
35,424
32,227
32,577
29,031
34,783
30,268
Bank debits, total. _
mills, of doL. 37,505
33,225
36,360
37,496
16,737
15,667
17,925
15,542
15,733
14,014
17,286
15,806
14,733
16,227
17,684
19,629
New York City....
mills, of d o l - 18, 623
15,808
17,499
16,685
16,844
16,550
15,016
17,497
15, 536
16,998
15,766
18,676
Outside New York City
mills, of dol— 18,882
17,867
Brokers' loans:
^Reported by N . Y. Stock Exchange
989
1,064
924
792
809
925
769
772
970
997
846
938
781
mills, of doL.
1.94
2.23
2. GO
1.84
2.23
1.94
1.93
1.98
1.94
1.81
1.84
1,88
1.93
Ratio to market value — percent—
By reporting member banks:
To brokers and dealers in N . Y.*
921
973
1,032
990
898
779
825
mills, of dol—
1,154
893
980
846
850
778
To brokers and dealers outside N. Y.*
253
209
152
183
220
171
183
170
mills, of dol—
171
173
160
169
Federal Reserve banks:
11,094
11,184
9,529
11,127
11,088
9,872
11,266
10,780
11,026
10,416
9,556
9,749
Assets, total
mills, of d o l - 11,574
Reserve bank credit outstanding
2,475
2,482
2,473
2,474
2,479
2,482
2,465
2,480
2,486
mills, of doL. 2,473
2,480
2,485
2,477
K
3
5
3
5
5
5
Bills bought
—mills, of d o l 0
4
5
7
6
5
8
9
7
6
5
6
10
Bills discounted-mills, of dol—
11
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,433
2,430
2,430
2,431
2,430
2,430
United States securities-mills, of dpi..
2,430
2,430
2,432
8,385
8,027
8,049
8,021
6,426
8,006
7,835
7,285
8,132
6,515
7,566
6,838
Reserves, total
mills, of do)..
6,716
7,680
8,119
7,717
7,685
7,571
7,053
6,203
7,668
7,837
6,246
7,347
6,633
Gold reserves!
-mills, of dol—
6,502
11,127
11,026
10,416
11,184
11,094
9,529
11,088
11,266
9,556
10,780
9,872
Liabilities, total-,
mills, of d o l - 11,574
9,749
6,497
6,386
6,999
6,524
6,535
5,406
6,617
6,574
5,478
6,166
5,613
Deposits, totaL
mills, of doL. 6,585
5,562
5,087
5,587
5,648
5,633
5,486
5,784
4,979
5,860
5,719
5,100
5,835
5,254
Member bank reserves
mills, of doL.
5,305
2,305
2,844
2,970
2,664
2,986
2,414
3,084
2,513
3,100
2,600
Excess reserves (est.) *, „ - mills, of dol._ 2,717
2,708
3,764
3,709
3,532
4,034
3, 762
3,732
3,258
3,795
3,633
3,262
Notes in circulation——mills, of dol—
3,647
3,474
3,399
78.2
77.6
76.4
79.0
78.3
78.1
74.2
78.1
74.5
77.1
75.3
Reserve r a t i o . . .
percent..
78.4
74.9
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:J
Deposits:
13,578
12,921
14/090
14,258
14,017
12,962
14,580
13,887
14,018
13,598
13,263
13,246
Demand, adjusted*
mills, of doL. 14,679
5,011
4,909
4,900
5,047
4,842
4,888
4,911
4,856
5,035
4,872
4,899
4,839
4,890
Time..,
——mills, of dol—
13,047
14,159
13,452
13,229
12,996
12,646
12,034
11,791
13,522
12,480
12,476
12,022
12,390
Investments
mills, of dol—
U. S. Gov. direct obligations*
9, 510
8,802
8,643
8,690
8,655
8,909
8,468
7,947
7,824
8,177
8,301
mills, of dol—
7,877
8,183
U. S. Gov. guaranteed issues*
1,289
1,172
1,281
1,265
972
1,305
1,201
1,126
1,137
1,133
1,017
1,094
mills, of dol—
1,035
3,360
3,321
3,169
3,369
3,156
2,995
3,308
3,052
3,166
3,042
3,070
3,110
3,113
Other securities*mills, of dol—
8,460
8,392
7,959
7,999
8,343
7,902
8,037
8,249
8,152
7,811
7,817
8,030
Loans, total
mills, of doL.
Acceptances and commercial paper*
315
352
322
349
360
346
362
353
306
324
315
329
310
mills, of dol—
1,145
1,144
1,147
1,146
1,142
1,144
1,141
1,136
1,140
1* 146
1,136
1,147
1,135
On real estate *
...mills, of d o l 62
88
87
83
66
65
81
67
76
150
103
92
75
To banks
,*.,.,.--~..mills, of dol—
3,095
3,319
3,313
3,006
3,208
3,117
3,128
3,304
3,274
3,108
3,076
3,486
3,009
On securities
...mills, of dol—
3,380
3,340
3,619
3,495
3,277
3,281
3,304
3,485
3,401
3,401
3,190
3,288
Other loans*
mills, of dol—
Interest rates:
Acceptances, bankers' prime.
percent—
H
X
H
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
H
X
Bank rates to customers:*
2.44
2.54
2.64
2.61
2.66
2.61
2.56
2.72
2.61
2.67
2.72
In New York City
-percent—
2.77
2.51
In eight other northern and eastern
3.62
3.51
3.63
3.63
3.75
3.78
3.47
3.60
3.75
3.87
3.79
3.67
cities
percent3.45
In twenty-seven southern and western
4.76
4.39
4.44
4.47
4.51
4.55
4 58
4.51
4.55
4.51
4.63
cities.....
.percent4.40^
4.43
.25
.25
1.00
.75
Call loans, renewal
percent—
.29
.25
,25
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
ZA
Com'l paper, prime (4-6 mos.)-—percent34
94
/\
1.50
1.50
1.50
Discount rate, N. Y. F. R. Bank—percent—
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
4.19
A. 00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
Federal Land bank loans*
.percent—
4.00
4.00
4.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2-00
2.00
2.00
2.00
Intermediate credit bank loans—percent2.00
2.00
2.00
1
1
1
1
Time loans, 90 days.
^percentH
1
1-1H
H
H
H
H
Savings deposits:
New York State Savings banks
5,204
5,187
5,179
5,210
5,177
5,154
5,161
5,161
5,152
5,175
5,177
5,187
mills, of dol—
5,165
U. S. Postal Savings:
Bal. to credit of depositors.thous. of dol— 1,231,541 «l,204,863 1,189,490 1,191,754 1,191,677 1,196,427 1,198,966 1,201,304 1,207,971 1,213,765 1,215,811 «1,215,173 1,214,037
Bal. on deposit in banks—thbus. of dol— 185,007 384,510 363,001 347,870 318,513 305,778 293,598 286,588 243,702 224,497 220,578 «216,124 191,461
m
Commercial failures:
944
902
1,077
884
787
733
910
1,056
898
856
Grand total.number—
832
946
830
47
43
59
48
46
43
47
53
58
41
Commercial service, total
number—
47
35
38
54
55
51
53
38
36
54
74
58
36
Construction, total
number..
51
32
46
166
172
174
132
143
143
169
180
210
137
Manufacturing, total.
number158
161
146
6
5
10
1
9
11
10
6
8
3
Chemicals and drugs.
number..
2
5
5
48
40
40
43
45
35
38
35
57
34
50
Foods-..
—_ .number..
37
33
10
14
18
9
6
11
11
16
12
13
11
12
Forest products
number11
5
3
2
5
3
1
7
6
3
3
4
Fuels
number2
5
11
6
5
5
8
13
9
6
5
8
7
Iron and steel.,:
number..
9
8
8
8
10
7
10
4
4
8
9
Leather and leather products.number—
12
8
3
7
8
12
11
12
6
5
2
Machinery
—number6
Paper, printing, and publishing
12
12
4
12
13
9
number—
10
10
8
13
17
17
13
« Revised.
•New series. For earlier data on the following subjects, refer to the Indicated pages of the monthly issues. New series on "Brokers' Loans" for the period January
1929-December 1935 are shown on p. 19 of the March 1936 issue. For new series on bank rates to customers see p. 19 of the March 1936 issue. For new series on interest
rates of Federal land banks see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue. Data on excess reserves for the period Sept. 1, 1931-ApriI 1936 are shown on p . 20 of the July 1936 issue. See
footnote below on break-down of Investments and total loans. These 3 series represent a break-down of the investment total. Monthly data previous to October 1934 not
available. Data on acceptances and commercial paper, on real estate, to banks and other loans represent a break-down of the "All other" loans total which was published
prior to Oct. 1,1935.
§Figures subsequent to December 1933 represent gold certificates on hand and due from Treasury, plus redemption fund.
JMethod of computing net demand deposits subject to reserve was changed by the "Banking Act of 1935" approved Aug. 23,1935. Consequently figures since that
date are not comparable with those for earlier periods. Data for months August 1934-August 1935 were incorrectly shown in the October 1935 issue.
^Data on Federal Reserve Reporting Member Banks represent operations in 101 leading cities. These series, according to a statement in the Fedfral Reserve Bulletin
for November 1935, in the main, represent a continuation of the 101 city series published prior to the bank holiday. It is pointed out that although the banking crisis and
subsequent developments affected these series considerably, the data reflect the course of banking developments during the disturbed period. Data on 101 cities were last
shown in the May 1933 Survey for February 1933. Figures on the new basis not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.
<? Classifications have been changed and revised data prepared beginning with January 1934. These data are shown on p. 20 of the May 1936 issue.
6F CURRENf BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ber
ary
ber
March
April
May
FINANCE—Continued
FAILURES*— Continued
Commercial failures—Continued.
Grand total—Continued.
Manufacturing, total—Continued.
Stone, clay, and glass products
number..
Textiles..
numbersTransportation equipment- -number.„
Miscellaneous- _„.__
number..
Wholesale trade, total
number—
Retail trade, total
numberLiabilities:
Grand total--.
thous, of dol—
Commercialservice,totaLthous. of dol—
Construction, total
thous. of dol—
Manufacturing, total thous. of dol—
Chemicals and drugs—thous. of doLFoods
__
_
„__thous. of dol—
Forest products
thous. of dol—
Fuels
thous. of dol—
Iron and steel
_thous. of dol—
Leather and leather products
thous. of dol—
Machinery
thews, of dol—
Paper, printing and publishing
thous. of dol—
Stone, clay, and glass products
thous. of dol—
Textiles
—thous. of dolTransportation equipment
thous. of dol—
Miscellaneous
thous. of dol—
Retail trade, total
thous. of dolWholesale trade, total thous. of dol—
MFE INSURANCE
17
81
551
2
27
1
20
72
479
10
32
3
10
94
557
13,266
469
1,471
4,297
8
802
322
587
801
17,002
2,602
1,185
2,840
260
1,029
71
58
65
17,185
1,187
2,792
4,984
122
1,038
1,026
77
210
14,384
731
2,948
3,954
442
967
195
4
52
15,686
2,969
1,971
4,358
196
645
905
831
198
18,104
1,867
2,435
5,834
184
1,588
925
95
14,089
404
1,819
3,360
12
1,164
340
99
227
175
168
143
275
275
30
71
128
403
61
49
125
186
102
246
322
109
763
265
1,779
4
625
4
406
10
316
4,777
1,611
72
360
6,245
1,723
12
254
6,651
1,855
146
568
47
407
5,503
1,263
110
848
5,581
1,480
517
211
5,933
1,423
19, 423
19,328
4,383
4,420
789
. 799
3,594
3,621
19, 545
4,348
776
3,572
19, 627
4,325
768
3,557
19,732
4,304
762
3,542
9,565
4,099
2,061
51
5
48
6
18
81
633
3
23
65
559
47
1
28
75
548
5
39
4
25
89
704
1
30
2
21
98
544
7
27
3
23
88
602
2
18
93
506
1
26
8
21
72
533
16, 271
650
4,484
4,371
21
707
248
21
90
14,157
567
1,570
4,959
108
762
169
122
154
15,375
494
4,816
2,709
90
389
264
94
124
51
218
140
93
108
128
1,020
374
9,177
638
1,050
2,541
95
509
394
78
162
12,918
1,177
1,079
3,580
91
560
484
138
57
16, 523
1,525
1,294
5,237
88
1,347
150
525
631
244
228
188
306
327
79
147
13
379
110
7
356
567
720
875
385
856
617
1,171
313
3,535
1,413
290
166
5,684
1,398
340
6,327
2,140
36
115
5,220
1,809
132
201
8,539
1,836
68
195
5,905
2,318
18,567
4,631
855
3,776
18,696
4,590
844
3,746
18,786
4,552
831
3,721
18,887
4,517
821
18,990
4,502
820
3,682
19,109
4,480
812
19,196
4,448
807
3,641
8,375
3,199
1,888
2,637
651
8,531
3,264
1,973
2,623
671
1,979
2,633
8,854
3,515
1,997
2,635
707
8,945
3,318
1,998
2,627
2,045
2,622
709
9,161
3,801
2,015
2,596
749
9,242
3,889
1,998
2,604
751
9,265
3,907
1,987
2,604
767
4,039
2,041
2,614
774
2,829
2,821
2,813
2,807
2,797
2,786
2,777
2,766
2,756
2,748
1,229
26
934
404
94
129
63
715
487
5,371
1,380
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Assets, admitted, totalf
mills, of doL.
Mortgage loans—.
mills, of doL.
Farm...
.
mills, of doL.
Other
-—mills, of doL.
Bonds and stocks held (book value):
mills, of dol_.
Government—
mills, of doL.
Public utility...
mills, of doL.
Railroad
.
.mills, of doL.
OtherA
mills, of dol..
Policy loans and premium notes
mills, of doL.
Insurance written:!
Policies and certificates
--thousands.,
Group
_^._._
thousandsIndustrial
..
thousands,.
Ordinary—
thousandsValue, total...
thous. of doL.
Group
.
...thous. of doL.
Industrial
thous. of dol_.
Ordinary.-. ^-_,_«J...i._.-thous. of dol..
Premium collections!
thous. of dol_.
Annuities
.
thous. of dol_.
Group
thous. of dol_.
Industrial
.-thous. of doL,
Ordinary
„ . * thous. of dol_
,
769
9,697
4,193
2,067
2,659
778
2,741
2,734
31,338
233,988
463,112
1,047
25
775
248
700,059
36,981
207,408
455,670
1,150
1,114
1,034
949
32
24
30
65
30
769
868
692
703
203
217
277
216
788,003 681,506 665,140 775, 982 743, 945
74, 606 40,981 30, 498 56,213 37,213
187,874 193,344 212,055 246,011 244, 356
525,523 447,181 422, 587 473,758 462,376
1,098
47
821
230
753, 410
59,130
230,464
463,816
251,726 349,903 286,015 252, 542 262.030 250,149
33, 624 64, 656 52, 382 26, 254 31,136 30, 837
9,791
9,452
10,679
10,681
10,836
8,515
54,002 94,212 53,805 56, 245 58, 223 47,959
155,585 180,354 168,992 160,591 162,880 160, 674
252, 626
30, 638
9,365
55,009
157, 614
1,083
37
805
241
774,123
42,095
233,333
498, 695
250
697,471
39, 537
205,951
451,983
1,022
1,161
942
24
167
20
764
756
716
234
238
206
904,149 651,193 573,481
267, 582 26, 524 22,501
203,465 208, 508 190,044
433,102 416,161 360,936
254,041
27,871
9,700
58,926
157, 544
242,554
30,611
8,415
52,331
151,197
269,121 240,321 225,617
39,836 32, 591 24,716
9,281
8,537
9,567
55,488 51, 561 53,941
164,230
138,423
246,754
31,413
8,546
49,789
157,006
533
224
490
201
51
59
179
126
456
183
50
57
166
414
168
44
53
149
502
215
51
60
176
495
208
51
60
176
576
233
64
69
210
118
479
203
49
54
173
460
198
47
52
163
525
222
56
62
185
506
210
.331
.169
.329
.328
.169
.051
4.97
.066
.403
.375
.082
.293
.678
.137
.256
.805
.051
4.93
.066
.402
.372
.081
.289
.676
.137
.254
.801
.327
.168
.084
.986
.051
4.91
.066
.402
.370
.081
.287
.677
.137
.253
.329
.169
.084
.990
.051
4.93
.066
.402
.372
.081
.287
.678
.137
.254
.802
.331
.169
.084
.999
.051
4.96
.066
.404
.375
.083
.290
.682
.137
.258
.799
.333
.170
.084
1.001
,051
5.00
.067
.407
.377
.084
.291
.687
.138
.258
.803
.331
.170
.085
.998
.051
4.97
.066
.404
.375
.080
.289
.684
.137
.256
.800
.330
.169
.086
.995
.051
4.94
.066
.402
.373
.079
.289
.679
.137
.255
1,047
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
Insurance written, ordinary, total
mills, of dol.
Eastern district
mills, of dol_
Far Western district
mills, of doL
Southern district
mills, of doL
Western district.*...
mills, of doL
Lapse r a t e s , ^.1925-26=100-
62
189
199
50
176
62
178
504
211
54
60
179
MONETARY S T A T I S T I C S
Foreign exchange rates :#
Argentina*..,.
dol. per paper peso.
.Belgium
-.
.—dol. per belga.
Brazil
*
dol. per milreisCanada
dol. per Canadian doL
Chile^I.
—
—
dol. per peso.
England
...,
.
-dol. per £ .
France
dol. per franc.
Germany
dol. per reichsmarkIndia
___dol. per rupeeItaly
dol. per liraJapan.
dol, per yenfc
Netherlands-—__*
dol. per florin..
Spain...
„„.
dol. per peseta.
Sweden..
._dol. per krona.,
Uruguay..
. . . d o l . per peso..
.334
.169
.086
.997
.051
5.0!
.066
.403
.379
.079
.294
.677
.137
.259
.797
.329
.169
.083
.999
.051
4.93
.066
.404
.372
.083
.290
.679
.137
.254
.804
.330
.169
.083
.998
.051
4.
,C
.404
.373
.082
.292
.680
.137
.256
.805
.051
4.92
.066
.402
.371
.081
.287
.678
.136
.254
.802
.331
. 169
.051
4.97
.066
.403
.375
.079
.291
.676
.136
.256
.797
X See footnote on p. 32 marked "<y."
t Revised series. For earlier data see pp. 18,19, and 20 of the July 1933 issue, insurance written and admitted assets; p. 18 of the June 1933 issue, premium collections.
^ The nominal official gold yalue of the Chilean peso was changed from 3 pence gold to Vfy pence gold as of Jan. 2,1935.
# Par values of foreign currencies as given on pp. 86 and 87 of the 1932 annual supplement were changed with the reduction in gold content of the United States dollar.
• Quotation based on paper peso since Dec. 10,1933, instead of gold peso as formerly. Former equivalent to 44 percent of latter. See not8 on p. 56 of the March 1934
issue.
AThe figures for "other" bonds and stocks held (book value) for the months of January and February 1934 shown as 611 and 616 million dollars, respectively, in the
monthly issues from May 1934 to April 1935 should read 514 for January and 518 for February.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
29
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
June
MONETARY STATISTICS—Continued
Gold and money:
Gold:
Monetary stocks, U. S
mills, of dol— 10,514
Movement, foreign:
Net release from earmark.thous. of dol— - 2 4 , 7 8 1
77
Exports
- ——.thous. of dol _
Imports
thous. of dol 277,851
Net gold imports, including gold released from earmark A*thous. of dol— 252,993
Production, Rand
fine
ounces—
Receipts at mint, domesticfine ounces._ "157^*081"
6,062
Money in circulation, total—mills, of dol—
Silver:
197
Exports—
—
thous. of dol—
Imports
thous. of dol— 23,981
.448
Price at New York..
dol. perfineoz—
Production, world •
thous. offineoz—
Canada
thous. offineoz— 1,450
Mexico
- thous. offineoz United States
— t h o u s . offineoz— 5,293
stocks, refinery, end of month:
United States
thous. offineoz— 1,151
Canada
thous. offineoz—
409
NET CORPORATION PROFITS
(Quarterly) f
Industrial corporations, total--mills, of dol—
Autos, parts and accessories—mills, of dol—
Chemicals
- mills, of dol—
Food products and beverages-mills of dol...,
Machinery and machine manufactures
mills, of dol—
Metals and mining
mills, of dol—
Oil
.'
mills, of dol—
Steel
——
mills, of dol—
Miscellaneous
. . . -mills, of dol—
Railways, class I (net operating income)
mills, of dol—
Telephones (net op. income)—.mills, of dol—
Other public utilities (net income)
mills, of d o l PUBLIC FINANCE (FEDERAL)
Debt, gross, end of month- „—_mills, of dol— 33,779
Expenditures, total (incl. emergency) $
thous. of dol— 2,406,077
Receipts, totalf
.—...thous. of dol. 564,167
Customs
„—
thous. of dol— 32,122
Internal revenue, total———thous. of dol— 478,229
Income tax
.thous. of dol— 303,087
Taxes from:*
Admissions to theaters, etc.
thous. of dol—
1,532
Capital stock transfers, etc.
thous. of dol—
1,565
Sales of produce (future delivery)
thous, of dol—
185
Sales of radio sets, etc.— thous. of dol—
423
Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans
outstanding, end of month:t§
Grand total
thous. of dol— 2,421,604
Total section 5 as amended
thous. of doL. 818,426
Bank and trust companies, including
receivers
thous. of dol— 258,287
Building and loan associations
thous. of doL_
4,026
Insurance companies—thous. of dol— 5,115
Mortgage loan companies
thous. of dol— 123,175
Railroads, incl. receivers
thous. of dol— 388,432
All other under section 5
thous. of dol— 39,391
Total Emergency Relief and Construction Act as amended-thous. of dol__ 628,682
Self-liquidating projects
thous. of dol.. 168,489
Financing of exports of agricultural
surpluses
thous. of doL.
47
Financing of agricultural commodities and livestock
thous. of doL. 163,732
Amounts made available for relief
and work reliefthous. of dol— 296,414
Total Bank Conservation Act as
amended
thous. of dol— 821,704
Other loans and authorizations
thous. of dol— 152,792
1935
June | July | August | **$£** | October |
No
January
m
™ r -|
FIN AN CB—Continued
1936
Febru- I March
ary |
April
May
9,025
9,128
9,180
9,246
9,545
9,777
10,072
10,158
10,163
10,172
10,202
10,324
998
166
230,538
-423
59
16,287
1,796
102
46,085
1,015
86
156,805
-1,864
76
314,424
573
242
210,810
1,250
170
190,180
-1,745
338
45,981
-9,506
23,637
7,002
969
2,315
7,795
-155
51
28,106
-3,246
5
169,957
231,370
889,026
112,619
5,522
15,805
927,803
167,667
5,550
47,779
929,331
155,793
5,576
157,734
902,333
173,899
5,651
313,484
931,724
191,898
5,704
211,141
909,550
149,144
5,770
191,260
906,496
193,107
5,897
43,898 -26,141
924,081 894,624
120,712 125,529
5,757
5,779
6,449
933,776
156,435
5,857
27,900
912,639
163,674
5,892
166,706
938,050
181,140
5,918
1,717
10,444
.719
15,157
1,148
5,432
2,387
1,547
30,230
.682
17,309
1,156
6,454
3,352
2,009
30,820
.664
19,927
1,703
8,553
3,170
1,472
45,689
.654
19,111
1,185
7,444
3,548
260
48,898
.654
17,121
1,031
5,237
4,008
512
60,065
.654
15,854
1,300
3,844
3,814
769
47,603
.584
22,781
1,941
9,600
3,688
253
58,483
.473
19,501
1,244
6,862
4,374
141
17,536
.448
«20,527
1,414
7,159
5,056
237
8,115
.448
•21,159
1,845
6,840
5,329
535
4,490
.449
a19,397
1,499
5,783
5,046
203
4,989
.449
19,695
1,276
2,351
1,930
1,943
1,842
1,487
1,576
1,691
1,746
1,076
1,418
538
1,605
1,058
658
1,109
570
1,873
730
1,757
755
1,834
638
1,316
691
147.6
68.8
24.2
16.0
124.7
35.5
31 6
18.0
199.8
75.1
41.6
19.6
170.9
73.0
32.0
16.1
7.3
3.0
6.6
4.6
17.1
6.2
1.9
11.3
2.7
17.5
7.4
4.0
10.1
14.6
27.4
8.2
3.7
9.1
7.3
21.5
126.3
47.4
175.7
53.3
4,754
104.6
54.2
110.0
48.3
-
-
42.4
49.7
39.3
50.5
28,701
29,120
29,033
29,421
29,462
29,634
30,557
30,516
30,520
31,459
31,425
31,636
930,747
496,042
28,177
427,906
251,889
847,317
301,883
29,711
236,962
23,963
701,774
330,301
37,127
229,639
23,172
457,776
586,339
29,704
378,870
230,227
870,626
288,867
33, 276
192,218
28,213
573,013
284,636
31,226
184,096
21,753
694.383
479,722
29,123
275, 487
228,999
487,274
279, 556
33,599
183, 765
36,061
517,044
250,705
33,087
185,001
43, 610
643,098
779,521
35,342
691,051
404,209
681,507
258,759
32, 226
202,780
35,127
590,006
274,415
30,268
182,110
34,517
1,211
1,277
1,314
1,174
1,489
1,867
1,755
1,460
1,405
1,255
1, 266
1,319
1,860
1,623
1,934
2,925
2,132
2,894
3,818
2,871
4,033
3,911
2,992
2,357
264
200
262
146
299
319
282
339
275
643
367
571
263
730
238
601
202
424
165
336
174
321
230
221
2,743,818 2,808,308 2,819,378 2,826,467 2,807,892 2,791,734 2,728,682 2,741,437 2,705,734 2,653,750 2,634,619 2,512,957
965,528
928, 588
905,259
855,495
847,934
839,727
477,885
454,222
440,289
425,897
409, 377
384,346
377, 551
354,801
335,671
288,465
277,383
268,889
9,734
19, 202
10, 202
18,018
9,180
17, 524
8,909
17,137
8, 308
9,967
7,808
9,344
7,274
6,185
6,699
6,060
6,028
5,631
5,750
5,233
5,231
5,019
5,180
1,134,216 1,100,704 1,080,559 1,059,338 1,029,436 1,000,708
5,852
145,427
139,823
136,093
132,127
131,483
131,003
127,879
124,767
125,347
127,511
389, 239
126, 659
394,168
393,154
125,353
414,344
413,338
413,350
412,903
412, 805
412,765
396,250
393,712
67,624
65,101
64,123
62,365
57,496
55,442
50,389
40,660
614,723
700,345
724,740
746,799
751, 448
758,389
732,718
769,321
146,455
148,511
154, 688
168,259
168,265
173,138
146,304
153, 667
14, 532
14,517
14,517
14,300
14,300
14,300
14,027
14,027
156,048
239,629
257,914
267,141
272,115
274, 250
275,760
305,001
297,689
297,688
297, 621
297,099
296, 768
296,701
296,727
296,626
390,199
41,643
40,572
39,974
775,291
760,622
650,437
159,672
163,601
172, 538
13,584
47
47
305,567
300,538
181,436
296,468
296,436
296,416
877,724
877,591
872,625
145,240
148,472
150,168
42,156
771,248
904, 663
901,727
902,309
904,025
906, 557
907,045
897,011
904, 680
90,216
105,582
111, 770
116,305
120,451
125, 592
133,425
138,848
1
155,321
14,027
305,276
296, 625
887,629
141,598
Revised.
• D a t a are compiled by the\ American Bureau of Metal Statistics and represent the estimated world output. The series for the period January 1928-August 1934 presented
in the SURVEY covered the principal producing countries which produced the following percentages of the world total: 1928, 87.9; 1929,87.1; 1930, 85.5; 1931, 82.0; 1932, 75.5;
and 1933, 77.5.
& Series revised to include emergency expenditures. Figures as shown in SURVEY for months prior to May 1932 are comparable with this series. Comparable figures
for the period May 1932 to March 1933 are on p. 33 of the June 1934 issue. Later data are shown in monthly issues.
IFor 1934 includes $2,808,221,138 for February, $2,233,252 for March, $409,052 for April, $298,868 for May, $213,447 for June, $272,163 for July, $268,204 for August, $134,843
for September, $173,702 for October, $116,585 for November, $132,296 for December. For 1935 includes $123,639 for January, $68,241 for February, $157,326 for March, $89,144
for April, $96,103 for May, $105,773 for June, $65,219 for July, $62,055 for August, $62,936 for September, $56,256 for October, $65,780 for November, and $70,889 for December.
For 1936 include $80,222 for January, $43,460 for February. $58,427 for March, $155,254 for April, $42,102 for May, and $41,856 for June, representing the increment resulting
from reduction in weight of the gold dollar.
*For earlier data on net gold imports see p. 20 of the December 1932 issue. For new series for internal revenue tax receipts from admissions to theaters, capital stock
transfers, and sales of radios, see p. 20 of the Feb. 1936 issue. For new series on sales of produce (future delivery), see p . 19 of the April 1936 issue.
§These figures exclude the following amounts, $499,650,000 relief grants to States under the Emergency Relief Act of 1933, $500,000,000 under the provisions of the Emergency Appropriation Act of 1935 approved June 19,1934, $500,000,000 under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Act of 1935 approved Apr. 8,1935 and other allocations
to Federal agencies.
t Revised series. All series of corporation profits revised for period 1928-35. For revised data see p. 20 of this issue. The data of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation has been revised to include the statistics of certain loaning agencies of the Corporation not included heretofore and for revisions made in recent audits. Revised data
for February 1932-June 1935, inclusive, are shown on p. 20 of August 1935 issue. The data have been recently revised again, revisions not shown in the July 1936 issue
will appear in the 1936 Supplement.
A Or exports (—)•.
30
SUEVEY OF CURKENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
212,089
27,113
31,464
583,391
81,519
28,793
April
May
FINANCE—Continued
CAPITAL FLOTATIONS
New Security Registrations Fully
Effective
(Securities and Exchange Commission)
Estimated gross proceeds:*
Total
thous. of d o l Oommon stock..thous. of dol~
Preferred stock—..
-thous. of dol—
Certificates of participation, etc.
thous. of dol—
Debentures and short term notes
thous. of dol—
Secured bonds.
—thous. of dol—
Securities Issued
(Commercial and Financial Chronicle)]
Total, all issues
thous. of dol—
Domestic, total
thous. of dol—
Foreign, total
thous. of dol—
Corporate, total
..thous. of dol-Industrial
thous. of dol—
Investment trusts
thous. of dol—
Land, buildings, etc. _„—thous. of dol—
Long-term issues.
^.thous. of dol—
Apartments and hotels
thous. of dol.
Office and commercial-thous. of doL
Public utilities
—thous. of dol.
Railroads
thous. of dol—
Miscellaneous
..thous. of dolFarm loan and Gov't agencies*
thous. of dol—
Municipal, States, etc
thous. of dol—
Purpose of issue:
New capital, total
thous. of dol.
Domestic, total
thous. of dol.
Corporate
—
_
thous. of dol—
Farm loan and Gov't agencies
thous. of dol_.
Municipal, States, XJ. S. possessions,
etc
thous. of doL.
Foreign
thous. of dol..
Refunding, total-.
thous. of doL.
Corporate—thous. of doL.
Type of security, all issues:
Bonds and notes, totals
thous. of dolCorporate
thous. of doL.
Stocks...—
.
— t h o u s . of dol_.
Bond Buyer
State and municipals:
Permanent Gong term)
thous. of dol_.
Temporary (short term) __..thous. of doL.
COMMODITY MARKETS
Volume of trading in futures:*
Wheat
.—thous. of bu_.
Corn
thous. of bu..
SECURITY MARKETS
Prices:
523,439
120,487
77,317
192,631
35,247
4,514
1,300
530,475
77,428
25,550
254,0C2
24,986
24,547
319,874
62,151
16,714
06,087
25,425
31,047
289,772
55,309
7,080
212,085
41,286
20,873
275,696
27,278
3,125
4,777
11,027
13,708
7,442
55, 219 W19,350
1214,916
41,125
98,679
130,921
334,716
751,013 319,319
168, 638 88,913
53,973 31,506
25,961
11,503
6,235
83,700
1,605
165,636
159,700
29,488
123,382
49,284
352,253
90,846
102,181
77,749
157,026
83,558
182,357
31,786
194,093
731,166
731,166
0
527,630
199,653
0
1,903
0
512,900
512,900
0
129,164
28,500
0
0
0
644, 509 437,127 437,425
644,509 361,127 437,425
76,000
0
0
541,975 209,862 275,854
173,433 92,378 94,707
0
0
0
5,660
0
475
5,660
475
0
368,121
368,121
0
252,395
65,499
4,000
482
482
382,221
382,221
0
250,503
32,750
0
600
600
462,422
422,422
40,000
167,355
54, 504
2,000
250
250
0
0
185,336
106,795
33,943
0
0
88,164
12,500
0
0
0
338,591
651
29,300
0
0
35,412
73,412
3,000
0
0
164,172
16,500
0
0
0
180,644
0
1,770
0
0
217,153
0
0
0
0
83,343
21,090
6,168
94,429
109,107
319,000
64,736
10,500
92,034
85,562
65,703
12,700
148,871
38,962
76,764
17,254
114,464
121, 500
133, 567
217, 270
217,270
151,874
55,457
55,457
13,676
127,127
127,127
55,090
119,794 221, 207
119, 794 221, 207
33,289 66,738
15,000
0
40,290
4,000
11,000
0
5,900
64,396
0
513,896
375,756
41,781
0
457,443
115,488
72,037
0
517,382
486,885
33,153
0
288,917
180,067
127,658
0
264,679
230,767
60,459
0
219,659
179,392
86,505
0
262,426
217,215
114,179
0
241,216
100,617
50,318
0
8,000
287, 571 195,239
200,973 181,141
59,711
0
637,824
536,037
48,793
0
843,360
559,872
68,063
0
301,788
267,385
651,980
448,444
79,186
512,900
129,164
0
611,276
508,742
33,233
412,765
185,499
24,362
272,027
3,827
349,500
233,774
18,621
378,471
246,753
3,750
427,960
132,893
34,462
406,635 280,815
273,907 173f 450
21,163
743,659
594,853
23,692
955,533 373,491
623, 252 265,125
64,498
94,330
83,796
52, 743 115,116
32,941 81,713
70,228
124,087
137,145
16,061
126,454
36,037
93,636
118,586
94,308
22,800
901,531 1,074,776
136,306 197,332
626,949
119,961
569, 673
100,377
53, 744
321,637
45,297
148, 210 172,745 148,462
148,210 172, 745 148,462
29, 795 45,087 73,003
85,262
1,000
768, 278 651,755 1,157,598
148,124 219,502 192,253
917,282
185,330
410,824
354,824
56,000
273,907
150,589
35,373
13,713
113, 593 106,069
379,436 79,118
767,351 1,020,032
743,851 988,532
23,500
31,500
594,853 687,751
101,833
0
0
0
0
0
0
413,359
413,359
0
304,993
133,822
4,800
148
0
0
0
260,779
223,391
8,850
0
0
0
0
315, 587 116,096
122,197 48,727
13, 273
1,400
10,200
97,165
20,000
128,999
98,718
102,063
9,671
98,694
106,739
106,739
13,473
129,527
176,672
129, 527 176,672
58,816 127,879
111, 571
111, 571
37,608
117, 786 111,920
37,219
74,814
466,193
52,161
800,684
92,053
96,426
10,700
591,079
80,460
Bonds
94.44
91.85
94.47
90.54
90.23
93. 59
89.93
94.24
91.62
91.08
91.71
93.90
93.83
All listed bonds (N. Y. S. E.)
dollars97.22
9.7. 26
94.47
92.84
93.07
96.16
92.65
94.12
93.94
93.69
97.63
96.69
97.38
Domestic issues
dollars..
80.32
79.03
79.76
77.62
79.74
78.12
76.73
80.17
78.45
80.87
79.21
67.87
67.47
Foreign issues
_
dollarsDomestic (Dow-Jones) (40)
96.41
96.50
86.50
92.72
81.90
83.52
81.82
79.51
81.95
81.08
96.11
94.97
94.88
percent of par 4% bondIndustrials (10)
101.76
97.56
102.88 103.57
87.35
89.77
92.38
88.87
86.97
83.35
102. 09
101.39
101.09
percent of par 4% bondPublic utilities (10)
92.83
97.51
92.61
91.36
92.96
97.94
99.13
92.08
91.81
89.87
98.14
98.14
percent of par 4% bondRails, high grade (10)
112.55
126.34 126. 22 126.90
114.32 116.92
120.77 123.69
percent of par 4% bond- 127.15 115.07 116.65 113.83 113.83
Rails, second grade (10)
74.32
59.99
73.18
56.60
51.31
56.01
56.93
55.58
57.10
72.31
70.70
70.43
percent of par 4% bond102.7
104.4
99.2
100.0
104.3
97.6
99.6
98.9
98.9
98.4
103.7
102.7
Domestic* (Stand. Stat.) (45)
dollars.. 102.6
109.1
107.8
108.4
108.8
109.3
110.0
109.8
108.3
107.9
109.5
110.2
110.3
U. S. Government (Stand. Stat.)•.dollars- 110.4
62.36
62.71
64.49
59.93
61.79
65.92
63.93
64.47
63.54
63.76
62.87
62.16
Foreign (N. Y. Trust) (40). .percent of parSales on registered exchanges (Securities
and Exchange Commission):*
Total on all exchanges:*
Market value...
thous. of dol- 283,772 289,247 283,146 323,438 271,503 302,178 296,212 314,083 443,264 395,266 336,206 251,878 208,596
Par value..
thous. of dol_, 332,383 377,319 363,194 414,036 333,012 387,152 405,138 448,712 622,546 511,12| 410,410 301,433 249,620
On New York Stock Exchange:?*
Market value
thous. of doL. 231,088 210,737 198,131 245,922 217,726 229,642 217,954 239,442 338,695 305,052 261,553 197, 277 163,983
236,792 197,217
Par value
thous. of dol., 271,044 274,661 256,235 306,890 262,489 291,123 304,219 352,057 492,214 402,610
Sales on the New York Exchange excl. of
stopped salest (Dow-Jones):
Par value:
249,795 275,727 301,977 314,429 476,137 175,145 2,275,275 774,052 231,827
Total..—
^
thous. of doL 2,586,314 263,350 235,675
Liberty and Treasury bonds
10,000 1,809,000 180,000
33,118
thous. of dol. 2,135,000 42,175 23,471 73,674 64,422 51,997 19,252 20,464
. • .. • Revised*
• Has included since July 1934 other than farm loan issues for which Treasury has acted as fiscal agent.
* New series. Data on new security registrations fully effective for the period September 1934-December 1935 and volume of trading in futures for the period January
1921-December 1935 are shown on p. 20 of the March 1936 issue. New series on bond sales on all registered exchanges (market and par value) and on the New York Stock
Exchange (par value) are shown on p. 20 of the April 1936 issue for the period October 1934-February 1936. Data on new series of prices of domestic bonds (45) and U. S.
Government bond prices other than those shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.
X The difference in the figures covering bond sales on the New York Stock Exchange (par value) is due to stopped sales being included in the figures of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (total) beginning April 1935.
% Data for the year 1935 revised by reporting source. See p. 35 of the April 1936 issue.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes *nd references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
31
SUEVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
FINANCE—Continued
SECURITY MAKKETS—Continued
Bonds—Continued
Value, issues listed on N. F, S. E.:
Par, all issues
_
mills, of dol— 44,164
Domestic issues
mills, of dol— 39,127
5,036
Foreign issues
mills, of dol__
Market value, all issues
mills, of dol— 41,619
Domestic issues
mills, of dol— 38,201
3,418
Foreign issues.mills, of dol..
Yields:
Domestic (Standard Statistics) (60) t
3.94
percent4.44
Industrials (15)
..percent....
2.72
Municipals (15)f
percent4.03
Public utilities (15)
percent.4.56
Railroads (15)
percentDomestic, municipals (Bond Buyer) (20)
2.99
percentDomestic, U. S. Government:
2.50
U. S. Treasury bonds*
percent..
Cash Dividend and Interest Payments
and Bates
Dividend payments (N. Y. Times)
thous. of dol—
Industrial and miscellaneous
thous. of dol— 237, 655
Railroad
_
thous. of dol— 26,175
Dividend payments and rates (Moody's):
Dividend payments, annual payments at
current rate (600 companies)
mills, of dol— 1,397. 4
Number of shares, adjusted
millions— 923.92
Dividend rate per share, weighted average
1.51
(600)
dollars3.00
Banks (21)
„
dollars1.41
Industrial (492)
—
dollars2.03
Insurance (21)
dollars1.86
Public utilities (30)
—
dollars1.21
Railroads (36) 8 t o c k s
-dollarsPrices:
Dow-Jones:
Industrials (30)_.
dol. per share155.2
Public utilities (20).
dol. per share32,3
Railroads (20)
dol. per share—
47.0
New York Times (50)
dol. per share— 124. 28
Industrials (25)
dol. per share.. 211. 69
Railroads (25)
dol. per share36.88
Standard Statistics (419)f
-1926=100105.6
Industrials (347) t
- .1926=100120. 6
102.0
Public utilities ( 4 0 ) t — — 1 9 2 6 = 1 0 0 47.7
Railroads (32) f
1926=10065.0
Banks, N. Y. (19)f
1926=10095.2
Fire insurance (18)f
1926=100—
Sales:
Market value of shares sold:
All registered exchanges, total*
thous. of dol— 1,164,147
On New York Stock Exchange*
tnous of d o l
Volume of shares sold:
~ 1,002,190
On all registered exchanges, total*
thous. of shares.. 43,937
On New York stock exchange: t
Total (See. and Exch. Com.)
thous. of shares- 31,897
Total excl. of odd lot and stopped sales
(New York Times)..thous. of shares- 21,428
Values, and shares listed, N. Y. S. E.:
Market value alllisted shares_mills. of dol— 50,912
Number of shares listed
millions—
1,340
Yields:
Preferred, Standard Statistics:
5.04
Industrials, high grade (20)
percent..
Stockholders (Common Stock)
American Tel. & Tel. Co., total—.number- 649,876
7,804
Foreign
numberPennsylvania Railroad Co., total—number—
Foreign—
number.
U. S. Steel Corporation, total
.number.
Foreign
—number.
Shares held b y brokers...percent of total,.
43, 511
36,172
7,339
43,026
43,145
35,825
7,320
33,343
5,719
42,671
35,391
7,280
38,375
32,789
5,586
42,303
35,054
7,249
38,171
32,543
5,627
42,232
34,987
7,245
38,465
32,781
5,684
42,893
35,619
7,274
39,399
33,650
5,749
43,015
35,934
7,082
40,625
34,936
5,688
44,255
37,196
7,059
41,807
36,177
5,630
44,223
37,150
7,073
41,525
35,922
5,603
42,255
37,242
5,013
39,648
36,266
3,382
3.99
4.29
2.93
4.09
4.63
3.90
4.27
2.86
4.04
4.43
3.87
4.32
2.78
4.01
4.37
3.90
4.38
2.76
4.00
4.45
3.94
4.45
2.76
4.04
4.52
43,113
35,851|
7,263
40,348
34,475
5,873
33,980
5,884
7,332
39,457
33,597
5,860
4.26
4.63
3.25
4.34
4.82
4.13
4.53
2.95
4.23
4.81
4.13
4.54
2.87
4.23
4.88
4.20
4.54
3.08
4.26
4.90
4.28
4.51
3.16
4.31
5.12
4.18
4.42
3.02
4.15
5.12
4.11
4.44
2.97
4,17
4.87
3.31
3.25
3.34
3.51
3.34
3.23
3.25
3.11
3.04
3.03
3.12
3.00
2.61
2.59
2.66
2.78
2.77
2.73
2.73
2.68
2.62
2.54
2.51
2.50
219,253
145,777
256,594
185,306
157,809
398,021
301,403
228,328
273,649
200,042
162,174
409, 552
193,848
25,405
132,174
13,603
239,561
17,033
181,997
3,308
151,055
6,754
369,279
28,742
280,609
20,794
184,035
44,035
259,487
14,162
192,324
7,718
155, 519
6,655
375,035
34, 517
1,186.9
918.42
1,190.2
918.42
1,225.0
918.42
1,230.6
918.42
1,243. 7 1,296. 5 1,298.7
923.92
923.92
918. 42
1,311.5
923.92
1,337.2
923.92
1,345.5
923.92
1,355.8
923.92
1,3:85.2
923.92
1.29
3.19
1.10
2.17
1.84
1.24
1.30
3.19
1.11
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.33
3.19
1.16
2. 23
1.83
1.21
1.34
2.99
1.17
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.35
2.99
1.19
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.40
2.97
1.26
2.23
1.83
1.24
1.41
2.98
1.26
2.37
1.86
1.21
1.42
2.98
1.28
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.45
2.98
1.32
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.46
2.98
1.33
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.47
2.98
1.34
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.50
2.98
1.38
2.39
1.86
1.21
116.9
21.4
32.5
95.83
166.03
26.63
75.5
87.4
69.8
32.4
49.8
83.2
122.7
22.5
33.6
98.91
171.78
26.05
78.8
91.2
73.3
33.8
56.8
89.7
127.1
25.9
35,4
102.59
177.22
27.96
83.0
95.0
80.6
35.8
61.7
93.3
131.5
25.7
36.0
105.78
183.20
28.37
85.0
97.5
81.9
37.0
56.6
93.0
130.4
26.0
33.8
108.16
189. 58
26.74
85.2
98.5
81.0
34.3
65.8
92.8
144.3
28.9
37.0
113.80
197.63
29.97
93.3
107.4
90.1
37.6
63.5
96.0
141.8
28.8
40.3
•111.27
190.86
31.69
95.3
109.2
91.6
41.4
69.1
101.7
145.9
30.9
43.3
116.06
197.67
34.46
100.1
114.5
97.0
43.8
70.5
107.5
151.8
32.5
48.5
120.00
201.17
38.84
106.1
120.9
102.8
49.1
65.8
106.8
155.9
30.9
48.0
120.95
203.97
37.94
108.7
124. 6
102.8
49.2
66.4
102.1
155.8
31.7
47.2
121. 63
206.14
37.10
108.9
125.3
101.5
48.9
64.1
96.8
149.3
30.0
44.5
119. 46
203.36
35.57
101.0
116.2
94.7
45.0
62.6
94.2
987,346 1,138,644 1,610,330 1,407,019 1,912,161 2,250,677 1,979,149 2,439,219 2,503.129 2,429,960 1,936,193
1,223,444
990,281 1,392,860 1,241,475 1,659,690 1,952,075 1,738,247 2,069,564 2,140,084 2,092,308 1,679,839
1,077,672
852,493
81,106
99,864
82,870
119,592
120,963
101,923
77,916
« 47,110
46,531
62,555
77,474
63,344
87,502
85,305
75,532
56,935
35,943
34,748
46,663
57,463
45,590
67,211
60,871
51,025
39,616
20,615
40,479
1,307
43,002
1,307
44,951
1,309
46,946
1,318
50,165
1,321
50,202
1,323
51,668
1,330
47,774
1,337
49,998
1,339
5.19
5.19
5.12
5.11
5.10
5.05
41,822
48,696
79,180
59,433
31,490
37,782
60,372
22,340
29,429
42,923
36,227
1,304
38,913
1,308
39,801
1,307
5.22
5.19
5.17
671,324
7,847
231,970
3,145
190,375
4,021
19.55
664,095
7,816
3,126
187,533
3,979
20.40
657,651
7,825
227,251
3,111
184, 680
3,925
21.56
5.02
5.06
653,435
7,859
225,120
3,101
181,493
3,870
21.75
FOREIGN TRADE
Exports, unadjusted
—1923-25=10049
52
46
45
45
58
59
52
71
48
51
51
53
Exports, adjusted for seasonal variation
1923-25=10055
52
50
49
50
48
56
62
51
53
51
53
56
Imports, unadjusted
1923-25-100—
59
55
52
49
50
59
52
58
60
62
69
63
58
Imports, adjusted for seasonal variation
54
62
59
51
53
58
58
52
55
57
60
58
58
Quantity exports:
1923-25=100Total, agricultural products:
40
64
44
39
36
96
87
128
64
51
51
44
45
Unadjusted
1910-14=10052
54
44
59
58
64
52
76
55
52
57
Adjusted*
1910-14=10098
54
Total, excluding cotton:
52
31
33
33
35
49
61
33
74
43
37
41
34
Unadjusted
1910-14=100. „
35
37
35
41
37
53
68
45
35
Adjusted*
1910-14=-10048
42
40
36
• Revised.
• New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue, yield on United States domestic long term bonds (all issues except those due or callable within 8 years)
for years 1926-34; for data for years 1919-25 see p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. Series on stock sales on all registered exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange
as compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period October 1934-February 1936 are shown on p. 20 of the April 1936 issue. For quantity exports
adjusted for seasonal variation for the period July 1914-August 1935 see p. 18 of the October 1935 issue.
t For earlier data on yield of domestic and municipal bonds see pp. 19 and 33 of the April 1933 issue. Data covering the Standard Statistics indexes of stock prices have
been revised. The revision, however, did not change the indexes materially. Revised data not shown above will appear in the 1936 Supplement.
t The difference in the figures covering the volume of stock sales on the New York Stock Exchange since April 1935 is due to stopped and odd lot sales being
included in the figures of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These are excluded in the figures reported by the New York Times.
32
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey.
1935
1936
Juno
August 1936
June
July
'
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
April
May
FOREIGN TRADE—Continued
VALUE §
Exports, incl. reexports
: thous. of dol— 184,908
By grand divisions and countries:
8,628
Africa
thous. of dol—
Asia and Oceania
.—thous. of dol— 38, 766
Japan
thous. of dol— 13, 627
Europe....
thous. of dol— 69,400
France
thous. of dol—
8,893
Gerraany
....thous. of dol—
6, 541
Italy
thous. of dol—
4,299
United Kingdom
thous. of dol— 27,068
North America, northern,.thous. of dol— 35,498
Canada
.
thous. of dol— 34,875
North America, southern—thous. of doL. 16, 789
Mexico
thous. of dol—
5,800
South America
thous. of dol— 15,828
Argentina
—thous. of dol—
4,662
Brazil
thous. of dol—
3,757
Chile
—thous. of d o l 982
By economic classes:
Exports, domestic
.—thous. of dol— 180, 601
Crude materials
thous. of dol— 39,310
Raw cotton
—mills, of dol—
19.7
Foodstuffs, total.
—thous. of doL. 14, 509
Foodstuffs, crude
thous. of dol—
4,402
Foodstuffs, mfgd
thous. of dol— 10,107
Fruits and prep
mills, of dol—
4.1
4.0
Meats and fats
mills, of dol—
1.3
Wheat and flour mills, of dol—
Manufactures, semi-—.,.thous. of dol— 34,107
Manufactures, finished—thous. of dol— 92, 674
Autos and parts. _
mills, of dol—
19.1
4.0
Gasoline—
mills, of dol—
Machinery—
mills, of dol—
26.0
Imports, total #<?—
thous. of d o l - 190,387
Imports for consumption* thous. of dol— 193, 621
By grand divisions and countries: #c?
Africa
thous. of dol—
Asia and Oceania...
thous. of dol—
Japan
thous. of dol—
,
Europe
thous. of dol—
France
thous. of dol—
Germany
thous. of dol—
Italy
—thous. of dol—
United Kingdom
__thous. of dol—
North America, northern—thous. of dol—
Canada
—
thous. of dol.
North America, southern., thous. of dol
Mexico
thous. of dol—
South America
thous. of dol—
Argentina.—
...thous. of dol—
Brazil
..thous. of dol—
Chile..
..thous. of dol.. -By economic classes: #<?
Crude materials——thous. of dol.. 54, 612
Foodstuffs, crude..thous. of dol-^ 22,893
Foodstuffs, manufactured.thous. of dol— 36,065'
Manufactures, semithous. of dol— 43,056
Manufactures, finished——thous. of dol— 36,991
170,193
173,371
172, 204
198,189
221,238
269,310
223, 514
197,958
181,838
194,792
192, 629
200, 666
7,927
33,325
14,108
69,380
8,741
7,027
5,565
21,924
28,170
27, 723
17,342
6,368
14,048
4,383
3,474
1,209
9,211
31,598
11,864
69, 722
7,345
6,348
5,167
24,306
30,141
29, 679
17,624
6,004
15,064
4,622
3,733
1,432
9,950
29,475
11, 680
72,590
7,824
5,553
5,596
32,280
28,611
27,986
16,216
4,758
15,363
4,916
3,596
1,069
6,279
37,400
16,996
96,926
7,316
8,891
4,796
53,513
28,063
27,418
15,700
4,916
13,821
4,143
3,196
1,283
8,878
34,143
16,402
115,315
10,746
9,885
6,529
59,098
31,084
30,349
18,090
5,817
13, 728
3,436
3,414
1,089
9,427
51,058
26,945
144, 510
18,817
14,363
9,125
62,481
28,170
27,473
18,628
5,353
17,517
4,948
4,537
1,698
9,093
50, 946
26,885
110,183
15, 701
12,327
7,944
41,823
22, Ifl7
21,760
17,729
6,025
13,406
3,556
3,276
1,216
7,700
40, 290
18, 753
91,669
11,666
7,136
5,420
37,863
27,390
26, 990
16,693
5,642
14,217
3,784
3,950
1,193
10,553
38,332
16, 401
82,932
8,388
9,489
5,891
32,012
27,945
27,356
19,593
6,395
15,438
3,876
4,109
1, 274
9,215
39, 337
16, 211
78, 247
9,311
7,787
4,827
27, 954
32,128
31, 557
17, 902
5,932
15, 801
4,031
3,704
1, 562
9,326
38, 902
14, 680
78, 097
7,301
7,240
5,697
30.450
37, 500
36, 693
18, 535
6,243
18, 306
4, 507
4,475
1,676
167,226
40,600
23.4
15,467
4,014
11,453
168,006
38,340
19.2
15,336
5,220
10,116
169,761
40,875
16.6
15,629
4,788
10,841
195,537
68, 677
31.8
22,399
7,074
15,325
11.8
218.138
82,604
45.9
23,695
7,974
15, 721
12.5
266,730
112,678
75.1
26,780
5,925
20,855
13.8
220,977
82,685
56.8
19,697
5,169
14,528
192,081
44,486
26.3
16,848
5,087
11, 761
189, 408
40, 431
22.8
14,199
4,949
9,250
4.2
1.4
9.4
3.3
1.2
195,085
59, 770
35.7
15,863
4,349
11, 514
8,307
32, 553
13, 251
83,697
9,794
8,803
7,571
32,304
25, 638
25, 275
16,281
5,277
15,361
4,154
4,214
1,254
179,195
50, 054
26.6
14,763
4,020
10, 743
196,913
42, 627
22.9
15, 925
4, 621
11, 304
5.3
4.2
35,115
103, 245
22.5
5.6
29.6
191,110
188, 421
5.6
3.3
1.1
6.4
3.3
1.1
6.6
3.2
1.2
2.6
1.3
2.8
1.5
6.3
3.3
1.3
6.3
2.9
1.2
6.8
3.5
1.4
5.5
3.3
1.4
•1.5
28,914
82,246
20.1
28,135
86,196
19.4
31,018
82,239
15.7
29,309
75,152
13.3
30,291
81, 548
14.1
34,319
92,953
21.9
31,702
86,894
19.7
28,621
90,831
22.1
28, 319
86, 059
22.1
32,096
98,652
24.0
33, 802
100,976
23.0
20.6
156,756
155,314
23.3
177,698
174,162
23.9
169, 030
180,444
20.5
161,653
168,689
23.5
189,240
189,688
25.5
169,386
162,808
22.5
186,864
179,586
30.7
202, 789
199, 787
3,098
55,352
11,496
43,849
3,610
5,109
2,223
12,389
24,480
23,773
22,587
3,267
24,795
6,611
8,384
1,657
3,129
52,112
12,839
46, 635
4,557
6,491
2,795
11, 711
23,905
23,266
32,359
2,979
22,304
6, 687
7,394
2,579
57,319
16, 594
65,053
7,565
7,702
4,723
15,820
29,741
28,573
10,183
3,227
24,813
5, 251
9,934
1,344
3,235
46,230
14,106
55,009
5,433
6,738
4,528
14, 214
27, 258
26,576
8,988
3,048
22,089
4,498
8,530
2,424
3,714
55,693
14,213
56,019
5,168
8,152
3,553
13,577
27, 901
27,320
11,139
4,220
25,121
5,154
9,414
1,969
4,936
57,435
12,926
55,491
5,347
6,740
2,947
16. 730
27,222
26,836
24,252
5,094
24,945
5,108
9,466
2,748
5,801
65, 671
13, 286
51, 637
4,538
5, 870
3,017
14,712
26, 923
26, 710
25, 82$
712
2,424
52,380
13,888
52,915
4,796
7,326
2,924
14,895
27,334
26,708
11,845
3,014
21,791
4,970
8,205
1,515
24.6
192, 776
189, 589
4,483
58, 590
14,435
51, 612
4,321
5,650
2,586
16,132
23,020
22,926
24,636
4,688
27,247
4,638
11, 053
3,787
27.9
198,686
194, 28]
3,085
45,743
10,441
43,232
4,340
5,338
2,503
11,153
23,389
22,563
18,112
3,080
21,753
6,336
6,044
1,860
25.5
187,440
186,351
4,212
56,977
15,086
53,493
5,539
5,729
2,749
15, 990
24, 675
24,272
23,289
3,860
23, 704
4,862
9,158
1,421
23, 925
5,223
7,216
3,442
4,236
58,857
12,163
53, 722
4,356
5,741
3,286
14,513
29,127
28, 744
22,800
3,829
19, 671
3.827
5,863
2,867
43,733
23,078
26,342
31,715
30,446
53,029
24,232
32,291
32,106
32, 504
50,212
24,726
38,849
31, 290
35,367
49,844
23,653
20,742
38,422
36, 027
55,398
29,492
22,256
38,587
43,955
46, 045
24,942
18,909
36,305
36,606
55, 737
27,116
17,712
42, 768
36, 253
58,412
26,543
28,733
39, 699
32,964
58, 613
28, 745
31,547
40, 060
30, 625
57, 749
31,221
32,338
36,127
36,847
62/076
28. 690
37, 035
3.7, 577
34, 409
55, 071
21, 759
.34, 080
38, 456
39, 050
6.4
6.3
5.8
6.1
5.1
6.7
7.5
5.1
3.6
3.3
5.1
i 826
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Express Operations
Operating revenue
Operating income
—
thous. of doL.
thous. of dol-
Electric Street Railways
7, 593
7,619
7,671
8,053
8,029
7,936
8,586
7,745
7,706
8,245
8,396
134
136
139
142
137
140
141
143
127
126
123
8.092
8.120
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.100
8.092
8.092
Fares, average (268 cities)—
cents,..
Passengers carriedf
thousands- 758, 943 693, 542 663,348 662, 695 685,430 764,558 742, 270 799,787 797,242 780,142 814,298 790, 696 788,307
57,426
Operating revenues!
_thous. of doL.
50, 929
49,041
49,244
50,323
55,442
53, 788 58,138
57,874
56, 443 . 58, 752 57, 627
Steam Railways
Freight carloading (F. R. B.):
72
63
60
64
73
70
67
Index, unadjusted
1923-25=10062
63
65
62
66
71
61
72
48
56
66
76
74
Coal
—1923-25=100-.
106
79
64
88
60
65
49
40
43
61
69
56
62
Coke—
1923-25=10089
73
80
56
70
58
48
37
38
42
44
43
39
Forest products
1923-25=10038
37
42
37
46
42
56
69
90
78
90
77
69
Grain and products1923-25=100..
66
61
72
67
69
66
35
30
30
39
54
63
50
Livestock
-.1923-25=10039
39
31
35
37
38
64
63
64
67
67
66
66
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
1923-25=10062
60
63
60
66
65
130
83
87
87
90
79
32
Ore
1923-25=10014
15
15
15
107
27
67
67
82
68
83
76
Miscellaneous..
1923-25=10063
63
73
83
77
67
79
63
58
60
62
64
70
66
Index, adjusted
1923-25=10070
71
70
66
70
69
83
54
67
58
61
70
67
Coal
—
1923-25=100-.
74
97
63
73
78
77
54
46
48
57
60
61
Coke
1923-25=10075
79
68
73
55
70
61
Forest products
1923-25=10046
35
39
40
42
42
40
42
36
44
40
45
40
64
58
75
74
70
Grain and products
1923-25=10065
89
62
68
85
70
85
86
Livestock
.1923-25=10041
35
36
44
45
47
44
33
41
39
39
38
41
64
64
64
65
64
64
Merehandise, 1. c. 1
1923-25=10066
62
64
64
66
62
63
Ore_
—.1923-25=10046
48
51
55
56
72
46
62
64
62
71
58
53
64
63
62
65
70
Miscellaneous
1923-25=10077
79
74
80
79
77
86
77
3 Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
# Beginning with January 1934, import data represent imports for consumption (goods entering consumption channels immediately upon arrival, plus withdrawals for
consumption from bonded warehouses) and are not comparable with earlier figures, which consist of general imports (goods entered for storage in bonded warehouses, plus
goods entering consumption channels upon arrival in the U. S.).
t Revised series. Data for January 1929-May 1935, inclusive, on electric railway passengers carried and operating revenues for January 1932-Apri] 1935, inclusive, are
shown on p. 19 of the August 1935 issue. Data on electric railway passengers carried through December 1935 are based on estimates for 210 companies, and for 1936 on
estimates for 214 companies.
* New series. Data prior to April 1933 on value of imports for consumption will be shown in a subsequent issue.
§ Data revised for 1932. See p. 34 of the March 1933 issue. Other revisions for the year 1932 were shown on p. 34 of the April, May, December 1933, and January 1934
•senssj For revised data for months of 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934, revisions, see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
33
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931, 1936
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
June
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS—Continued
TRANSPORTATION—Continued
Steam Railways—Continued
Freight carloading (A. A. R.):
2,787 « 2,466
3,102
2,229
Total carsK___
thousands..
426
«504
491
318
Coal— ._„.
thousands,.
33
«23
- 26
19
Coke
—
thousands-.
139
«107
152
106
Forest products.„
thousands..
140
211
°104
120
Grain and products.,-—.__.thousands47
°40
39
64
Livestock
.
....thousands..
649
<*625
601
798
Merchandise, 1. c. L
thousands202
«131
131
171
Ore.
——
thousands..
1,151 «1,126
894
1,189
Miscellaneous
..thousands..
170
272
296
245
Freight-car surplus, total
..thousands..
90
175
178
152
Box
.
thousands..
44
50
73
53
Coal
thousandsFinancial operations (class I railways):
'281,328 275,349 294,018
Operating revenuesf..,
thous. of doL.
Freightf
~ thous. of dol.. 268,542 '225,759 220,490 234,986
31,604 33,849
Passengerf
thous. of doL. 34,845 «31,049
Operating expenses!
thous. of doL. 241,812 '216,550 217,931 221,238
Net railway operating incomet
34,025
26,851 42,074
thous. of doL. 50,313
Operating results (class I railways):
25,933
23,167 25,936
Freight carried 1 mile
mills, of tons..
.974
1.005
1.059
Receipts per ton-mile....
cents..
1,594
1,855
1,710
Passengers carried 1 mile
millions..
Waterway Traffic
Canals:
Cape Cod
thous. of short tons..
New York State
thous. of short tons..
Panama, totalf—
thous. of long tons..
U. S. vessels
.-thous. of long tons..
St. Lawrence
...thous. of short tons..
Sault Ste. Marie
thous, of short tons..
Suez
_..thous. of metric tons..
Welland
thous. of short tons..
Rivers:
Allegheny
thous. of short tons_.
Mississippi (Government barges)#
thous. of short tons..
Monongahela
thous. of short tons..
• Ohio (Pittsburgh to Wheeling)
thous. of short tons..
Ocean trafflc:f
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade
thous, of net tons..
Foreign
...thous. of net tons..
United States
thous. of net tons..
Shipbuilding. • (See Trans. Equip/
2,632
446
26
124
162
69
641
135
1,029
229
133
3,179
625
36
137
157
84
788
67
1,284
252
143
65
2,319
522
33
104
109
51
586
21
892
271
155
2,353
587
37
104
121
52
566
23
864
231
138
47
341,018 301,331
249,926 284,614 248,146
30,820
27,848
218,040 232,516 218,583
296,225
225,826
34,374
234,053
299,099
241,160
34,102
231,779
544
30
126
148
87
667
130
1,150
208
125
48
3,135
906
54
134
151
53
730
28
1,078
171
104
22
35, 206
ttl, 548
41,842
75,425
54,234
46,040
35,765
31,200
.999
1,475
27,468
.988
1,436
26,175
.987
1,787
27,858 « 29,153 • 27,992
.994
.931
.960
1,539
1,582
1,695
270
800
2,229
983
992
7,454
2,225
°1,150
655
2,050
843
865
4,087
2,955
1,313
0
2,188
852
44
440
2,029
167
224
0
2,149
775
0
0
2,043
0
191
112
206
576
2,019
848
1,024
7,731
1,444
1,334
202
574
1,994
907
983
7,148
1,956
1,180
367
273
293
238
200
226
267
155
2,457
133
1,561
143
1,271
146
1,491
143
1,239
154
1,414
149
1,707
1,664
1,270
1,319
881
967
782
880
956
834
5,958
3,852
2,106
6,791
4,436
2,355
5,786
3,831
1,955
5,580
3,670
1,910
5,162
3,331
1,831
4,351
2,948
1,403
3,521
3,184
1,337
361,839
4,301
50,534
20,837
400,061
4,429
53,507
23,046
3.12
61
2.95
56
2.94
14,202
19,678
3,708
2,856
4,202
13,648
12,781
2,984
2,797
4,121
16,674
17,130
2,980
2,540
5,098
41,210
7,828
1,246
3,864
36,112
7,020
33,595
6,379
4,099
2,280
Travel
Airplane travel:
Express carried*
pounds- 701,142 330,970 335,762 392,212 417,223 488,019
Miles
flown*
thous. of miles5,620
5,605
4,993
5,756
5,288
Passengers carried*,
_ . .number.. 97,453
73,896 85,546 89,581 77,370 70,924
Passenger-miles flown* thous. of miles,. 40,252 31,226 34,042 35,732 32,024
28,788
Hotel business:
2.97
Average sale per occupied room •.dollars2.86
2.94
2.87
2.98
2.99
64
Rooms occupied
percent of total56
58
57
64
Foreign travel:
Arrivals, U. S. citizens
number.. 21,038
19, 519 26,638 51,930 50,177 27,479
Departures, XJ. S. citizens..
number- 22,732 19,342 31,376 51,512 39,007 24,159
Emigrants
;_
•
...number3,008
2,412
4,430
2,884
4,111
3,382
Immigrants..
number2, 527
2,817
3,679
2,524
3,711
4,288
Passports issued
number- 31,305 24,879
4,814
13,546
7,587
4,174
National parks:
Visitors
number..
317,182 664,422 723,320
77,723
. Automobiles
.
number..
84,368 158,005 183,171 72,731
18,141
Pullman Co.:
Passengers carried
thousands1,309
1,286
1,425
1,364
1,278
Revenues, total
thous. of dol..
4,210
4,220
4,374
4,251
4,143
28,145
1.015
1,578
81
0
2,155
813
0
0
1,864
0
200
0
2,634
981
0
0
2,149
0
227
228
2,430
1,023
187
37
2,091
95
56
226
365
102
547
140
1,327
188
1,928
«200
2,361
635
6,134
4,121
2,013
3,352
557
41
162
156
61
795
187
1,394
185
105
41
313, 410 320,966
256,322 262,727
30, 653 30,351
235, 073 240,234
57,359
229
619
1,778
715
1,007
7,503
1,958
1,128
2,545
445
28
121
123
50
647
35
1,096
179
97
42
300,459 308,304
245,145 251,821
31,902 30,516
235,906 236,579
27,715
.983
1,660
227
482
2,081
862
882
7,058
2,135
1,072
228
616
2,460
989
1,207
9,835
2,419
423
27
122
136
48
622
24
1,017
205
104
61
520
4,305
3,049
1,256
4,639
3,225
1,414
354,301 353, 293 535,736
4,860
4,245
3,958
44,061 41, 330 70,926
18,983 18,122 33,730
270
568
2,420
940
1,300
8, 710
2,215
1,618
1,246
4,872
3,329
1,542
6,057
3,901
2,155
483,505 483,798
4, 885
5,511
71,449
96, 368
30, 326 40, 097
2.89
65
3.00
2.85
64
20,991
21,189
1,926
2,252
4,918
30,678
26,081
2,108
2,591
8,071
24,808
24,149
2,134
3, 016
15, 509
20,010
21,686
2,643
3,067
27, 725
12,967
68,894
10,899
98,791
13,328
98,856
17,814
1,409
4,094
1,533
5,035
1,359
4,326
1,312
4,479
1,353
4,438
163,493
41, 684
1,295
4,163
86,111
56,055
22,314
60,685
17,367
86,783
57,167
21,895
59,498
17, 291
85,364
56,329
21,271
57,649
17,746
88,909
57,594
23,459
59, 582
19,165
88, 754
57, 667
23, 298
59, 543
18,818
57,864
23,486
59, 614
19,182
. 3.01
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephones:*
Operating revenues
.thous. of doL.
Station revenues
..
thous. of dol..
Tolls, message
thous. of doL.
Operating expenses
thous. of doi_.
Net operating income
thous. of dol_.
Telephones in service, end of mo.
thousands..
Telegraphs and cables:
Operating revenues
thous. of dolCommercial telegraph tolls.thous. of dol..
Operating expenses
thous. of dol..
Operating income
-thous. of dol..
81,757
54,006
20,569
57,443
16,025
82,063
53,187
21,524
59,683
14,401
82,360
52,909
22,189
58,255
16,036
82,653
53,923
21,402
57,394
16,966
56,245
22,630
59,321
18,529
85,330
56,732
21,213
59, 741
17,386
14,335
14,323
14,350
14,446
14,512
14,568
14,621
14.770
14,839
14,921
15, 004
15,008
9,372
7,268
7,824
1,156
9,224
7,440
7,959
1,219
9,375
7,198
7,682
1,306
9,830
7,545
7,989
1,452
6,882
7,708
1,002
10,245
7,951
8,475
1,377
9,223
7,120
8,050
744
8,978
6,851
7,793
760
10,046
7,757
8,288
1,326
9,996
7,742
8,156
1,407
9,907
7,787
8,302
1,292
7,161
7,942
894
* Revised. # Includes tonnage in both upper and lower Mississippi River. Revised figures prior to December 1934 will be shown in subsequent issue.
t Revised series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the April 1934 issue for operating revenues, operating expenses, and net railway operating income of class I railways. For
revisions of data for clearances of vessels in foreign trade, see p . 36 of the September 1934 issue. For revisions on Panama Canal from August 1914 to June 1935, see p. 19
of the September 1935 issue.
* New series. Data on airplane travel covers scheduled air lines operating in United States. For data on passengers carried for period of 1926 to 1933 and passenger-miles
flown from 1930 to 1933, see p. 20 of the February 1934 issue. For data on miles flown and express carried from 1926 through 1933, see p. 19 of the January 1935 issue. New
series on telephones as compiled by Federal Communications Commission. Data supersede those published in previous issues of the Survey which covered all carriers
having annual operating revenues in excess of $250,000; presen,t series for 1934 and 1935 are for 57 carriers representing about 95 percent of all carriers according to the 1932
census, based on revenues for all companies. Beginning January 1936, data are for 62 carriers representing about 95 percent. Revised data for 62 companies for 1935 are
asi follows: Total operating revenues, January $81,778,000, February $78,142,000, March $81,514,000; station revenues, January $54,859,000, February $53,021,000, March
14,312,000;
$54,312,000; message tolls, January $19,862,000, February $18,005,000, March $20,131,000; operating expenses, January $58,003,000, February $55,595,000, March $57,478,000;
'
""
*
""
~
"" "
"""
"
~
"
~" "
*
"
* *""
Jt 1
net operating income, January $15,467,000, February $14,316,000, March $15,882,000; stations in service, end of month, January 14,246,000, February 14,285,000, March 14,334,000.
Jam _„ __,__., __,
• This fifflire covers room rAvnniiA nniv
figure
revenue only.
1 Data for June, August, November 1935 and February and May 1936 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
34
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and referencestothe sources of the data, may be found
En the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
April
May
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
CHEMICALS
Alcohol:
Denatured:
Consumption (disposed of)
8,359
5,536
7,213
thous. of wine gal—
5, 651
8,580
8,192
Production
thous. of wine gal—
1,793
2,750
Stocks, end of month.thous. of wine gal—
Ethyl:
16,704
16,646
14,611
Production
thous. of proof galStocks, warehoused, end of month
24,468 26,055
25,852
thous. of proof galWithdrawn for denaturing
14,632
9,398 14,046
thous. of proof galTax paid*
thous. of proof gal—
1,642
1,676
1,771
Methanol:
66,077
36,422
Exports, refinedgallons55,125
Price, refined, wholesale, N. Y.
.38
dol. per gal.38
Production:
Crude (wood distilled) *f A—gallons385,472 379,309 403,020
1,198,186 1,278,505 1,389,812
Synthetie
gallons..
Explosives:
22,189
23,957
Shipments!
thous. of lb_.
22,193
Sulphur and sulphuric acid:
Sulphur, production (quarterly)*
long tons—
271,452
Sulphuric acid (104 plants):
Consumed in production of
fertilizer
.short tons- 95,168 75,690 94,980 99,673
Price, wholesale, 66°, at works
15.50
15. 50
15.50
15.50
dol. per short ton..
Production
short tons- 122, 681 99,176 110,249 123,209
Purchases:
16,830 27,714 35,573
From fertilizer mfrs
short tons— 15,437
10,632
From others
short tons-. 26,922 20,862 23,334
Shipments:
28,516
To fertilizer mfrs
short tons— 18,129 25,381
To others—
short tons— 49,744 34,382 40,739 48,404
10,064
10,211
17,947
17,160
2,351
10,816
10,297
1,836
7,950
7,736
1,632
6,143
6,207
1,739
5,954
5,939
1,718
& 5,548 6 5,901
* 5, 598 6 5,953
»
& 1, 720
1,777
19,729
17,190
13,179
12,747
b
25,501
16,954
16,688
18,461
19,386
20,315
6
17,660
1,911
29,193
2,445
17,509
2,223
12,921
1,903
10,433
1,840
9,860
1,649
51,490 102,296
39,230
63,733
105,895
40,843
73,349
41,915
,38
.38
.38
& 7,577
& 2, 517
.38
19,607
.38
.38
13,899 * 11,948 & 14,537
21,894 & 21,224 * 20,425
* 9,367 *>9,974 & 12,988
>
2,054
1,989
2,441
40,897
405,034 454,233 478,474 478,331 494,081 494,144 476, 496 426,313 427,079
1,539,554
2,373,475 1,654,794 1,418,863 1,540,171 1,631,832 1,692,921 1754,998
27,940
29,498
26,876
25,509
28,492
28,825
25,514
27,483
m
30,394
374,276
352,690
81,921
131,441
125,496
132,508
125,730
117,864
106, 785
15.50
149,729
15.50
153,792
15.50
172,823
15.50
156,878
15.50
152.860
15.50
141,339
35,742
12, 111
17,540
35,134
18,946
30,185
22,402
24,932
22,193
13,352
15, 111
15,722
15,988
10,721
12,273
13,518
16,725
46,717
28,031
50,802
29,525
45,478
51,116
35,007
47,163
20,921
37,170
22, 307
54,306
13,258
55,451
20,870
53,492
545
341
164,458 149,917
34,025
112,802 105,420
276
1,233
149.473 218,892
89,538 165,555
32,642 92,739
4,299
53,097 43,885
1,402
178,789
31,552
133, 762
139
173,708
134,406
62,115
4,252
31, 749
1,023
117,628
17,515
91,481
301
189,085
149,968
100,982
3,368
28,553
249
144,811
19,767
116,448
85
140,334
107,828
69,733
7,348
8,677
1.285
1.325
1,325
1,325
205,105
19,396
914,169
221,772 226,317 281,892 288,307 320,800 298,073 259,374 257, 728 216,558
16,422 82,059 87,313
29,178 28,438 33,163 54,687 238,498 219,340
953,739 742,105
979,038 1,013,399 1,102,407 1,199,542 1,217,767 1,190,315
1,137,700
203,945
119,612
702,335
101,708
15.50
130,260
15.50
15. 50
119,565 126,419
FERTILIZER
Consumption, Southern States^
84
thous. of short tons..
Exports, total!
— l o n g tons— 101,923
7,400
Nitrogenous!
long tons—
Phosphate materials!
long tons.. 89,691
158
Prepared fertilizers
long t o n s Imports, totalf#.
„
long tons.. 75,888
Nitrogenousf
—
—
long tons.. 58,866
Nitrate of sodaf-—
—long tons.. 36,216
4,619
Phosphates!
—
long tons..
6,065
Potash!
long t o n s Price, nitrate of soda, 95 percent, N . Y.
1.325
dol. per cwt—
Superphosphate, bulk:
225,485
Production—
_—._—short t o n s Shipments to consumers
short tons— 45,817
Stocks, end of month
—short tons— 721,243
NAVAL S T O R E S
Pine oil:
Production...
gallons.- 371,036
Rosin, gum:
5.12
Price, wholesale " B " , N . Y_. _dol. per bbl—
Receipts, net 3 ports
bbl. (500 lb.)._ 97,781
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month.bbl. (500 lb)— 156,592
Rosin, wood:
Production
bbl. (500 l b . ) - 52,418
Stocks, end of month
.bbl. (500 lb.)._ 92,945
Turpentine, gum:
.40
Price, wholesale, N . Y
dol. per g a l Receipts, net, 3 ports
—.bbl. (50 gal.).. 27,418
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month.bbl. (50 gal.)— 150,141
Turpentine, wood:
8,093
Production—
bbl. (50 gal.)
7,492
Stocks, end of month
bbl. (50 gal.)__
66
63,402
5,244
50,637
179
69,787
37,141
16,918
5,608
23,436
17
102,467
15,319
77,054
421
43,174
20,899
2,200
1,350
19,909
44
153,316
39,752
110,633
235
34,800
20,640
2,742
1,248
10,797
95
208,797
28,507
172,425
2,181
51,317
32,794
9,961
1,206
12,074
151
161,955
34,219
115,797
1,306
71,956
39,951
10,641
4,104
21,704
86
153,467
36,216
104,520
186
155,686
50,970
22,256
4,166
70,791
124
137,754
17,723
114,438
62
143,580
75,301
38,528
8,075
56,899
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
167,095
24,973
870,835
1.275
373,417
354,389
335,318
323,125
336,178
303,625
354,433
346,676
4.64
110,998
272,312
4.85
124,401
311,355
4.83
120,950
324,539
5.18
88,784
310,697
5.50
93,917
306,658
5.28
4.91
5.61
95,860 75, 552 41,226
334,226 315,021 271,749
4.68
23,348
222,638
4.45
4.50
4.51
32, 002 58,894 82,736
156,291 144, 782 144,258
47,293
91,477
47,651
89,015
48,063
86,730
47,388
86,485
43,719
76,311
47,214
72,861
43,894
72,901
52,156
80,278
52,693
83,021
51,326
83,346
.50
32,128
103,831
.48
35,293
122,631
.46
31,136
131,960
.45
18,798
131,273
20,646
134,539
.49
20,101
142,625
.47
13,350
145,216
.48
3,808
135,959
.47
1,442
125,285
6,787
3,278
7,261
2,997
7,324
2,910
7,550
2,937
6,910
7,474
4,001
7,355
5,531
9,042
8,553
8,740
11,582
374, 585 368,304
53,640
93,152
.42
4,800
114, 789
54,209
87,257
.40
15,157
99,320
8,580
10,733
8,662
10,610
8,636
9,275
23,470
99,562
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS
Animal fats and byproducts and fish oils
(quarterly):
Animal fats: !
176,605
210,541
212, 053
Consumption, factory..——thous. of lb—
203,048
384,461
319,916
306,659
Production..
thous. of lb—
275,430
364, 010
Stock, end of quarter
..thous. of lb—
391,123
361,160
Gelatin, edible:
5,656
5,597
5,323
5,052
Production
thous. of lb
2,853
8,853
8,590
7,987
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lb—
6,841
Greases: !
46,813
52,121
51,146
45,324
Consumption, factory
thous. of lb—
71,680
68,942
64,916
64,399
Production
thous. of lb—
68,243
63,732
63,645
66,856
Stocks, end of quarter..—.thous. of lb—
Lard compounds and substitutes: !
469,674
293,425
333,200
Production
thous. of lb-_
457,595
—
36,797
29,747
39,890
Stocks, end of quarter—thous. of lb—
32,575
b
Figures of two industrial alcohol establishments In Puerto Rico are not included in the totals since February 1936. These establishments represented 2 percent
of the production of ethyl alchol and 12 percent of the production of denatured alchol in 1935.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue (alcohol withdrawn tax paid), p. 20 of the April 1933 issue (crude methanol). This series for production
revised for 1934 and 1935. Revisions not shown above will be published in a subsequent issue.
! Revised series, see p. 36 of the June 1933 issue, for 1932 revisions, exports and imports of fertilizer; for 1933 revisions on exports see p. 29 of the September 1934 issue;
for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue; for revised data for crude methanol production for 1933, see p. 36 of the May 1934 issue. Quarterly data on fats and oils
for the years 1932 and 1933 were shown on p. 19 of the March 1935 issue; for 1934 on p. 19 of the November 1935 issue. For revised series on explosives for period January
1920-October 1933 see p. 19 of the January 1934 issue. *
A The refined equivalent of crude production is approximately 82 percent.
• Texas only. Louisiana produced 23 percent of the United States production in 1933,16 percent in 1934, and 23 percent in 1935.
f Figures since January 1922 revised due to dropping of Missouri from Southern States classification. See p. 19 of the January 1934 issue.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Monthly revisions for 1933 are shown on p. 20 of the October 1934 issue: for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
35
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1982 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ary
ber
ber
March
April
May
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS—Con.
Animal fats and byproducts and fish oilsContinued.
Fish oils (quarterly) :f
Consumption, factory
thous. of lb .
Production
thous. of lb—
Stocks, end of quarter—-—thous. of lb—
Vegetable oils and products:
Vegetable oils, total:
Consumption, factory (quarterly) t
thous. of lb
Exports..
thous. of lb._
Importsf#
—thous. of lb—
Production (quarterly)t
thous. of lb__
Stocks, end of quarter:!
Crude
;—thous. of lb—
Refined «
.
—
thous. of lb—
Copra and coconut oils:
Copra:
Consumption, factory (quarterly)
short tons—
Imports^
- - - short tons
Stocks, end of quarter
short tons—
Coconut or copra oil:
Consumption, factory:
Crude (quarterly) f
thous. of l b . .
Refined, total (quarterly) t
thous. of lb
In oleomargarine
thous. of lb..
Imports#
—thous. of lb—
Production (quarterly):
Crude
—thous. of l b . .
Refined
-thous. of lb—
Stocks, end of quarter:!
Crude.—
„__ __ _.thous. of l b . .
Refined
— — t h o u s . of lb—
Cottonseed and products:
Cottonseed:!
Consumption (crush)
short tons..
Receipts at mills
short tons—
Stock at mills, end of month
short tons..
Cottonseed cake and meal:
Exportsf
short tons
Production
...short tons..
Stocks at mills, end of month
short tons—
Cottonseed oil, crude:!
Production
thous. of lb..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lb._
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Consumption, factory (quarterly) f
thous. of lb
In oleomargarine.
thous. of l b . .
Price, summer yellow, prime, N. Y.
dol. per lb—
Production!
thous. of lb—
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lb—
Flaxseed and products:
Flaxseed:
Imports, United States#.thous. of bu._
Minneapolis and Duluth:
Receipts.,
thous. of bu_.
Shipments
>
thous. of bu._
Stocks, end of month—thous. of bu._
Oil mills:t
Consumption, quarterly
thous. of bu
Stocks, end of quarter thous. of bu
Price No. 1, Minneapolis.dol. per bu..
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bu__
Stocks, Argentina, end of month
thous. of bu__
Linseed cake and meal:
Exports
thous. of lb
Shipments from Minneapolis
thous. of lb—
Linseed oil:
Consumption, factory (quarterly) t
thous. of lb
Price, wholesale, N. Y
dol. per lb—
Production (quarterly) t—thous. of lb—
Shipments from Minn
thous. of lb..
Stocks at factory, end of quarter
thous. of lb
Oleomargarine:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)
thous. of lb—
Price, standard, uncolored, Chicago
dol. per lb—
Production
thous. of lb__
Vegetable shortenings:**
Price, tierces, Chicago
dol. per lb—
63,346
67,249
187,916
59,139
9,143
172,371
245
75.455
628,186
251
121,023
357,167
593
95,895
696
89,492
35,733
6,858 "~2(U38~
24, 605
10,330
128,036
9736
14,820
86,811
11,472
39,040
237
87,810
338
79,966
536,998
355,800
507,571
602,217
11,636
609,071
383
92,174
456,913
48,424
19,535
29,565
13,056
29,770
1,004,980
329
114,354
950,784
526
94,611
181
77,068
27,433
32,019
66,737
22,873
40,039
854,835
648
82,003
707,370
478
107,837
557
87,928
16,971
11,908
743,420
593,446
632,757
477,563
130,395
10,326
22,929
65,874
45,364
205,121
67,328
117,078
212,667
13,297
24,511
56,394
14,976
31,902
137,153
135,073
105,252
101,105
15,024 "177946" ~~27,~I68"
16,771 "l6,-372" "l5,"275"
37,972
31,055
45,122
23,507
25,965
21,985
99,594
13,289 ""l2,334" """9,979
22,532
32,569
40,336
44,502
83,017
61,569
91,345
84,509
93,006
69,894
87,262
112,507
26,036
109,836
23,560
127,904
23,992
129,419
17,973
42,253
25,831
68,175
24,467
65,302
30,868
145,115
203,442
436,027 741,295
760,691 1,096,758
634,326
693,101
518,673
481,299
456,656
244,044
350,614
85,646
252,065
80,564
133,666
31,670
70,992
23,982
34,921
125,339
89,575
149,446
472,566
886,804
849,430
636,818
371,850
200,349
98,353
51,343
2,567
163,342
781
114,649
74
63,599
38
36,009
828,029
38
19,954
223
30,313
20
29,132
80
65,380
1,420
194,282
2,418
336,139
1,403
287,362
1,382
231,337
189
207,346
118,886
223,893
198,367
178,358
196,095
253,294
312,279
355,432
358,752
322,211
285,958
202,429
166,272
14,408
36,147
22,617
35,036
20,772
28,263
43,660
27,638
127,816
74,537
225,168
110,557
193,025
119,314
154,286
131,843
135,623
128,018
107,792
126,446
81,055
113,413
43,137
85,206
24,743
62,602
6,649
256,192
6,425
5,819
6,403
360,590
6,714
6,610
8,549
361,863
9,120
8,626
10,700
241,169
8,178
8,347
7,361
.091
41,025
408,965
.101
37,063
513,358
.096
26,066
444,833
.099
38,935
178,358
. 102
73,430
287,347
.104
161,333
289,326
.103
176,261
343,550
.107
139,381
401,284
.101
126,945
453,990
.097
114,079
489,195
.094
84,935
504,033
.094
65,190
487,536
.088
41,006
460,727
747
1,738
2,240
1,129
1,322
930
1,254
1,690
886
1,414
1,496
1,037
1,244
542
181
348
319
70
344
205
117
248
985
81
344
4,009
389
2,040
3,148
1,299
3,326
952
1,266
2,597
415
298
2,153
229
142
1,928
99
119
1,640
224
131
1,246
172
95
791
270
160
535
1.77
6,104
1,464
1.65
1.59
1.53
5,998
3,005
1.68
1.79
1.80
8,264
4,270
1.83
1.87
1.84
7,094
2,434
1.76
1,72
1.69
/14,123
« 9, 468
5,906
6,299
5,315
2,322
4,331
3,543
2,559
1,969
3,150
4,331
5,315
6,299
6,693
25,794
53,605
39,368
41,787
35,356
37,430
40,983
59,293
39,399
36,225
42,379
33,233
27,117
15,104
4,485
7,544
12,506
21,527
22,647
19,509
22,245
21,782
15,244
21,748
23,715
15,649
.095
82,888
.096
116,946
6,045
73,812
75,404
.089 """"."097" •""."697"
.101
116,667
156,569
10, 235
6,854
4,069
13,320
.101
.100
.095
.094
8,605
7,853
65,574
.098
132,137
10, 200
9,372
13,808
."593* "".'oif
4,797
5,233
106,332
104,995
22, 549
26,766
17,846
187,466
146,532
26,193
32,440
32,430
35,501
32,831
37,388
37,851
32,368
32,464
26,941
.142
32,261
.145
33,962
.145
33,506
.145
36,558
.145
38,835
.145
33,794
.143
32,302
.130
25,580
.128
.128
.125
.122
.118
.117
.117
.109
.125
25,834
.140
25,222
.135
21,469
.130
25,793
. 130
31,855
.107
.129
.124
.130
.130
•Revised.
«July 1 estimate
/ December 1 estimate.
•For earlier data on vegetable shortening price, see p. 18 of the January 1934 issue.
f Revised series: Monthly data on cottonseed and cottonseed products for the year ended July 1932 were shown on p. 20 of the February 1933 issue; revisions for each
month of 1933 were shown when monthly data for 1934 became available; revisions for year 1934 were shown on p. 38 of the November 1934 issue and for year ended July 1935
on p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. For exports of cottonseed cake and meal for the year 1932, see p. 37 of the June 1933 issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 19 of the September
1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p, 19 of the December 1935 issue. For revised data on imports of vegetable oils for 1932, see p. 17 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933, p. 20, of the
October 1934 issue; and for 1934, p. 20, of the December 1935 issue. Quarterly data on fats and oils for the years 1932 and 1933 were shown on p. 19 of the March 1935 issue;
for 1934 on p. 19 of the November 1935 issue.
#See footnote on p. 37 of the October 1934 issue. Data revised for 1933; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
•This series prior to September 1935 was listed as *'Lard Compound."
36
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931, 1936
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found June
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
August 1936
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
PAINTS
Paints, varnish, lacquer, andfillerproducts:!
Total sales
thous. of dol—
Classified
tbous. of doL.
Industrial -thous. of dol—
Trade
thous. of dol—
Unclassified (273 estab.)§—thous. of dol—
Plastic, cold-water paints, and calcimines:
Sales:
Calcimines
_.
dollarsPlastic paints
dollars—
Cold-water paints
dollars—
CELLULOSE PLASTIC PRODUCTS
Nitro-cellulose:*
Sheets, rods, and tubes:
Production
thous. of lb—
Shipments
thous. of lb—
Cellulose-acetate:*
Sheets, rods, and tubes:
Production
thous. of lb—
Shipments
.
thous. of lb—
ROOFING
Dry roofing felt:
Productionshort tons—
Stocks, end of month
—short tonsPrepared roofing shipments:^
Total
thous. squaresGrit roll
thous. squaresShingles (all types)
thous. squaresSmooth roll
thous. squares—
26,373
10,704
15,669
12,291
306,656
54,817
158,285
11,336
9,300
28,502
19,214
7,777
11,438
9,287
19,039
7,985
11,054
9,497
32,853
22,132
9,519
12,613
10,721
303,229 253,256
28,668 29,039
102,892 103,161
29,261
107,877
274,829
27,463
102,379
34,414
105,306
32,326
22,118
8,503
13,615
10,207
28,975
19,675
25,427
17,856
8,870
7,571
20,039
14,271
7,561
6,710
5,768
212,871 205,543
31,760 21,468
77* 784 72,918
1,154
1,206
1,009
1,017
1,026
1,024
1,285
1,294
1,551
1,435
1,061
850
317
486
525
595
578
882
884
1,299
1,239
1.265
1,114
21,956
10,479
21,454
7,252
20,215
7,376
7,730
20,419
7,376
24,716
6,962
2,330
653
764
913
2,213
494
739
2,321
576
635
1,110
2,768
667
815
1,286
3,102
834
766
1,501
3,180
850
869
1,461
23,914
16,355
8,188
8,167
7,559
20,247
14,363
7,162
7,201
5,884
280,896 199,183
31,292 27,734
89,730 76,971
29, 973
20, 728
9,282
11,446
9,245
40,990
28, 026
10, 746
17, 280
12,963
293, 756 348,953 361,356
44, 520 47, 407 51, 758
134,803 147,160 175,088
1,322
1,148
948
859
934
15,780
8,935
17,266
8,677
19,313
7,902
1,952
498
482
972
1,186
270
308
607
366
341
961
3,139
660
565
1,914
1,388
1,319
1,345
1,288
1,221
1,097
921
22,528
7,999
23, 713
7,086
22, 391
8,630
2,451
566
681
1,205
2,744
634
887
1,223
« 2,103
566
«740
797
546
16,851
7,577
1,224
1,239
785
1,230
1,252
1,420
36, 377
25,199
11,021
14,178
11,177
ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS
ELECTRIC POWER
Production, totalt—mills, of kw.-hr_By source:
Fuelsf
mills, of kw.-hr—
Water powerf..
—mills, of kw.-hr—
By type of producer:
Central stations!
mills, of kw.-hr—
Street railways, manufacturing plants,
etc.—.—..
.mills, of kw.-hr..
Sales of electrical energy:
Sales to ultimate consumers, total (Edison
Elec. Inst.)
mills, of kw.-hr..
Domestic service
mills, of kw.-hr..
Commercial—retail
mills, of kw.-hr—
Commercial—wholesale-mills, of kw.-hr__
Municipal street lighting
mills, of kw.-hr..
Railroads:
Electrified steam
mills, of kw.-hr..
Street and mterurban_mills. of kw.-hr..
Revenues from ultimate consumers (Edison
Elec. Inst.)
thous. of dol
..
GAS
Manufactured gas:*f
Customers, total....
thousands,_
Domestic—
thousands..
House heating
thousands,
Industrial and commercial..thousands
Sales to consumers
millions of cu. ft
Domestic
millions of cu. ft.
House heating
millions of cu. ft
Industrial and commercial
millions of cu. ft—
Revenue from sales to consumers
thous. of dol..
Domestic
thous. of dol—
House heating..
..—thous. of dol.
Industrial and commercial-tbous. of dol.
Natural gas:*f
Customers, total
thousands.
Domestic.
thousands.
Industrial and commercial..thousands.
Sales to consumers
millions of cu. ft.
Domestic
millions of cu. ft.
Industrial and commercial
millions of cu. ft.
Revenues from sales to consumers
thous. of dol.
Domestic
thous. of dol.
Industrial and commercial, thous. of dol.
9,091
7,875
8,373
8,576
8,206
8,847
8,690
9,139
8,904
* 8T892
5,829
3,262
4,425
3,450
4,781
3,592
5,246
3,330
5,182
3,024
5,975
2,872
5,432
3,258
5,850
3,288
5,881
3,365
5,681
2,918
5,114
3,790
« 4,878
*
4,014
8,561
7,419
7,846
8,078
7,731
8,361
8,588
8,747
8,118
8,423
8,423
530
456
527
551
499
481
481
475
6,147
1,059
1,095
6,265
1,052
1,128
3,468
6,614
1,073
1,177
3,734
1,186
1,220
3,726
6,927
1,289
1,293
3,624
7,029
1,368
1,361
3,493
7,278
1,466
1,403
3,567
6,999
1,340
1,324
3,514
6,913
1,254
1,256
3,649
7,069
1,223
1,281
3,842
7,085
' 1,165
1,266
3,975
152
170
180
207
217
227
234
219
209
193
180
65
331
67
329
67
73
360
79
368
439
100
446
394
375
77
354
151,437
151,215
156,038
159,073
162, 789 169,339
173,459
179,141
171,220
165,650
165, 703
164, 015
9,949
9,389
115
434
28,897
19,764
1,271
9,948
9,394
106
436
25,723
17,601
550
9,956
9,407
104
433
24,479
16,673
387
10,023
9,473
106
435
27,492
19,189
550
9,994
9,421
128
437
30,164
18,543
3,223
10,005
9,425
131
439
33,480
18,679
5,716
9,333
133
485
35,960
19,922
9,972
9,346
135
481
36,611
20,146
7,053
9,973
9,343
129
487
34,129
19,219
5,282
10,011
9,378
132
488
33,018
18,781
4,223
10, 098
9,465
136
485
31,334
18,866
2,805
475
6,635
1,135
1,192
3,676
67
328
10,033
9,467
121
434
29,897
20,008
1,571
* 5,163
* 3,923
8,604
481
7,720
7,396
7,288
7,600
8,134
8,206
8,861
9,143
9,190
9,422
9,827
9,493
31,189
24,669
894
5,524
28.313
22,575
419
5,216
27,137
21,539
313
5,175
30,140
24,140
475
5,415
31,753
24,697
1,150
5,782
31,308
23,416
1,849
5,912
33,013
23,336
3,291
6,244
34,555
23,800
4,il3
6,495
34,653
23,322
4,612
6,571
32,887
22,742
3,514
6,490
32, 093
22,885
2,585
6,476
31,839
23,820
1,553
6,336
5,836
5,409
425
74,116
19,149
5,820
5,404
415
68,272
14,083
5,835
5,427
407
71,519
12,519
5,880
5,468
411
75,325
14,135
5,947
5,510
435
85,028
18,556
6,018
5,552
464
99,714
26,726
6,039
5,563
474
113,418
36,325
5,987
5,515
470
123,778
43,715
6,004
5,532
469
136,242
50,131
6,033
5,559
472
113,823
38,942
6,027
5,560
465
106,193
31,859
5,578
453
92, 639
23, 658
53,761
53.314
58,049
60,273
65,252
71,691
75,680
78,980
84,673
73,442
72,770
67,588
24,395
14,056
10,178
21,095
11,192
9,760
20,776
10,316
10,321
22,120
11,262
10,718
25,805
13,677
11,958
32,099
18,316
13,591
38,825
23,635
14,981
44,312
27,964
16,178
48,116
30,581
17,296
39,732
24,667
14,846
35,475
21, 034
14, 219
29,251
16,429
12, 635
• Revised.
• New series. For earlier data see p. 19 of the May 1935 issue, manufactured and natural gas. Series on cellulose products prior to January 1933 not available.
1 Revised series. Data revised beginning with January 1932; see p. 39 of the April 1935 issue. Revisions for period January 1932 to January 1934, inclusive, will
be shown in a subsequent issue.
t For revised data for electric-power production for 1932 see pp. 38 and 56 of the May 1933 issue; for 1933 see p. 38 of the May 1934 issue; 1934 and 1935 data also revised.
Revisions not shown in the June 1935 issue and in the May 1936 issue will appear in a subsequent number. Manufactured and natural-gas statistics for the years 1929-35
have been revised. Revised data on manufactured gas are shown on p. 20 of the June 1936 issue. Revised data for the natural gas series are shown on p. 19 of this issue.
§ For revised data on paint, varnish and lacquer products for the years on "total" for 1928-35 and "unclassified" for years 1932-35 see p. 20 of the November 1935 issue.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and referencestothe sources of the data, may be found
in the 1832 Annual Supplement to the Survey
37
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1935
1936
June
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
April
2,685
2,932
6,802
3,738
4,433
7,333
3,887
3,970
8,208
May
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
BEVERAGES
Fermented malt liquors:*
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)
thous. of bbl— 5,600
Production
-thous. of bbl— 6,061
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbl—
Distilled spirits:*
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) f*
5,229
thous. of proof gal4,288
Whisky..
thous. of proof galProduction, total
thous. of proof gal- 24,274
Whisky
thous. of proof galStocks, end of month ..thous. of proof gal— 310,793
Whisky,.—
thous. of proof gal- 300,653
Rectified spirits:
Alcohol, ethyl, withdrawn tax paid (see p.
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)*
thous. of proof gaL.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter:
Consumption, apparent'!—thous. of lb..
Price, N. Y., wholesale (92-score)
dol. per lb..
Production (factory)!thous. of lb,.
Receipts, 5 markets
-thous. oflb-.
Stocks, cold storage, creamery, end of
month
thous. of lb-.
Cheese:
Consumption, apparent!
thous. oflb-.
Imports!
thous. of lb-.
Price, no. 1 Amer. N. Y
dol. per lb-.
Production (factory)!-thous. oflb,.
American whole milk!
thous. of lb_.
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of 1b..
Stocks, cold storage, end of month!
thous. of lbAmerican whole milk!
thous. oflb..
Milk:
Condensed and evaporated:
Production:!
Condensed (sweetened)._thous. oflb-.
Evaporated (unsweetened) §
thous. of lb_,
Exports:
Condensed (sweetened)—thous. of lb..
Evaporated (unsweetened)
thous. oflb..
Prices, wholesale, N. Y.:
Condensed (sweetened)-dol. per caseEvaporated (unsweetened)
dol. per caseStocks, manufacturers, end of month:
Condensed (sweetened):
Bulk goods
—thous. of lb.
Case goods
thous. of lb.
Evaporated (unsweetened):
Case goods
thous. of lb.
Fluid milk:
Consumption in oleomargarine
thous. of lb.
Production, Minn, and St. Paul
thous. of lb.
Receipts:
Boston, incl. cream..
thous. of qt.
Greater New York*thous. of qt_
Powdered milk:
Exports
;
thous. of lb_
Orders, net, new
thous. oflb.
Stocks, mfrs. end of mo
thous. of lb_
4,341
4,521
°7,766
5,465
5,335
7,341
5,107
6,924
4,675
4,014
15,144
14,280
160,755
152,807
4,265
3,486
15,610
14,557
171,094
163,202
4,535
3,758
14,089
13,067
180,268
172,363
1,345
1,271
133,482 139,343
.30
186,977
69,435
.24
201,265
72,844
74,683
1,937
3,931
3,868
6,690
3,790
3,735
6,496
3,221
6,204
7,020
6,372
187,729
180,066
7,807
7,076
23,002
16,549
195,796
188,423
9,045
8,237
25,000
18,301
205,382
197,788
1,385
2,019
2,614
2,969
2,998
2,304
133,372
150,704
149,397
148,227
143,320
136,491
.24
186,562
72,036
.25
157,839
53,000
.26
141,141
48,294
119,602
42,149
.32
94,838
.34
104,426
35,734
156,855
148,822
120,210
71,948
40,117
21,502
8,217
5,346
52,304
5,880
.18
39,464
27,598
15,423
47,085
3,022
.19
38,782
26,912
11,488
56,180
3,240
.18
43,841
29,730
10,416
54,820
3,794
.17
56,559
5,693
26,139
13,339
45,317
29,733
15,164
58,961
4,217
.15
48,816
34,656
13,398
104,661
92,912
99,572
86,537
90,890
78,197
79,556
73,952
62,261
67,776 « 70,783
55,756 « 56,946
23,328
22,140
28,864
144,222 181,552
248,258
96,392
149,628
72,248 * 59,482
4,257
3,836
.17
.15
83,132 » 74,274
64,016 « 57,533
21,191
14,645
52,153
.15
68,760
54,293
18,480
3,647
.16
61,513
51,493
16,687
59,491
47,448
16,384
62,476
6,015
.17
53,315
41,157
16,836
85,781
70,245
94,679
82,397
105,851
92,767
114,953
102,661
111,731
100,670
75,291
64,395
3,632
3,104
3,219
6,205
2,679
3,335
6,640
5,041
5,418
8,409
8,219
6,019
6,173
6,203
6,177
5,666
7,315
5,421
5,531
5,687
5,390
4,760
24,412 21,910 19,804 22,691 23,251 23,373
19,910 20,340 18,838 21,612 21,017 22,158
215,518 230,425 242,830 258,221 273,798 290,739
207,154 221,602 233,797 248,946 264,389 281,208
2,335
2,367
2,044
127,217
123,556 124,574
133,162
160,248
107,831
42,257
.32
.37
108,096 121,157
41,211 45,829
.31
132,194
48,379
.27
176,189
56,537
2,028
33,537 '31.468
23,334
21,689
18,918
17,581
16,856
21,405
19,833
21,254
266,199 '267,429
209,278
161,929
138,202
105,325
87,766
102,872
118,301
112,704
4,997 « 21,157
65,367
3,152
.15
65,339
48,320
14,206
465
265
319
242
235
275
332
474
147
257
229
246
262
1,696
2,432
1,581
1,582
2,383
2,108
2,646
2,585
1,810
2,719
2,463
1,765
2,138
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
3.15
3.00
2.80
2.80
2.80
2.90
3.12
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
14,082
11,275
13,059
16,511
13,956
18,159
11,648
18,460
8,333
17,349
5,497
14,678
3,373
11,697
2,931
8,829
2,845
6,044
2,329
3,659
2,741
2,963
4,588
3,741
« 9,374
8,252
186,359
287,204
339,978
358,780 343,132
229,065
91,250
72,916
66,094
45,375
42,597
5,521
5,998
4,489
5,371
6,515
6,506
6,787
6,932
7,396
7,555
6,622
6,529
5,029
32,713
27,869
24,773
23,075
22,738
28,022
31,578
30,919
35,548
36,039
41,673
19,614
110,573
18,431
107,630
16,529
107,265
17,768
109,639
17,160
105,925
16,210
109,377
16,380
111,875
15,308
104,459
15,266
15,694
115, 536 110,640
17,387
120,137
281
12,989
38,504
243
16,239
34,698
282
14,844
29, 702
252
13,559
23,166
13,254
14,580
219
12,654
10,121
305
10,952
9,212
10,720
8,485
42,051
17,535
114," 657 110,417
428
16,131
31,957
207
12,338
36,440
12, 316
9,435
61, 775 141,774
352
14, 778 < 13,837
*
11, 225 •21,252
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
/167,283
Production, crop estimate---thous. of bu_. 103,214
4,740
4,563
6,283
5,414
2,281
863
7,546
5,378
1,605
6,855
18,836
1,307
Shipments car lot!
carloads..
616
Stocks, cold storage, end of month
5,976
3,769
1,783
8,225
2,510
11,018
10,276
thous. of bbl— .
14,628
13,539
11,153
14,450 13,260 13,516 15,016
6,800
8,911
11,466
8,428
12,114
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments!
carloads— 11,050
1,838
3,645
2,625
2,592
2,392
1,518
3,420
3,654
1,744
1,020
3,614
3,038
Onions, car-lot shipments!
; carloads..
3,858
Potatoes:
2,406
1.700
1.820
2.519
1.656
1.790
1,120
1.800
.906
.706
.965
.713
Price, white, N . Y
dol. per 100 lb__ e 3,665
/387,678
Production, crop estimate..-thous. of bu._ • 315,359
18,718 < 17,114
16,810 19,560 24.388
11,356
*
13,854
12,362
19,491
9,097
21,073
15,453
Shipments, car lot!
carloads.. 18,598
• Revised.
§Bulk evaporated milk not included since December 1931.
• July 1 estimate.
/ Dec. 1 estimate.
•New series. Beverage figures are compiledby theTJ. S. Treasury, Alcohol Tax Unit. Monthly data on distilled spirits available beginning July 1933 and on fermented
malt liquors, April 1933. For earlier data for receipts of milk in Greater New York see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue. See p. 19 of the June 1933 issue for butter consumption.
Data on consumption of rectified spirits are as indicated by the sale of stamps. Data prior to April 1933 not published.
#See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 also revised, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
tRevised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: For 1931 on apparent consumption of cheese, production of total and
American whole-milk cheese, and production of condensed and evaporated milk, p. 20, January 1933. For earler data on stocks (cold-storage holdings) of total and American
whole-milk cheese, p. 19, April 1933. For 1932 revised data on production of factory and American whole-milk cheese, production of condensed and evaporated milk, p. 39,
September 1933. For subsequent revisions for 1932 on production of evaporated milk, p. 39, November 1933. For 1932 and 1933 revisions on butter and cheese consumption
and 1933 revisions on production of butter, cheese, condensed and evaporated milk, see p. 19 of the March 1935 issue. For 1934 revisions on production of butter, cheese,
condensed and evaporated milk, and apparent consumption of butter and cheese see p. 19 of the November 1935 issue. For final revision for 1933, car-lot shipments of
apples, citrus fruits, onions, and potatoes, see p. 20, January 1935 issue, and for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. Data on consumption of distilled spirits
revised to include brandy tax paid direct from fruit distilleries. For revisions see p. 39 of the March 1935 issue.
•Consumption of distilled spirits (withdrawn tax paid) plus brandy tax paid direct from fruit distillers plus ethyl alcohol withdrawn tax paid (see p . 39) equals
Bureau of Internal Revenue total of distilled spirits withdrawn tax paid.
38
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
August 1936
June
July
August Septem October Novem- December
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
April
May
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
GRAIN AND PRODUCTS
Exports, principal grains, includingflourand
2,481
3,449
2,777
2,733
1,683
2,156
1,999
2,003
2,601
1,594
mealf
—
thous. of bu_.
1,842
2,144
2,530
Barley:
1,953
1,240
1,138
704
581
872
67
359
573
549
Exports, including maltt
thous. of bu._
323
823
806
Price, no. 2, Minn.:
.58
.59
.64
.52
.58
.61
.56
.71
.66
.68
Straight*....
dol. per bu._
.64
.67
.66
.70
.65
.65
.71
Malting*
dol. per bu..
.67
.82
.71
/282,226
Production, crop estimate...thous. of bu— «164,866
5,893
13,780
9,923
4,809
6.142
1,559
7,645
7,827
2,628
Receipts, principal markets*.thous. of bu—
7,845
5,966
5,565
Visible supply, end of month*
15,474
12,009 16,087 16,571
3,681
6,412
5,169
13,443
15,124
thous. of bu— 9,578
11,894
12,978
11,241
Corn:
32
48
74
28
219
29
63
46
42
52
34
Exports, including mealf
thous. of bu...
109
70
5,404
3,917
4,028
4,710 « 6,232
° 6,204 °6,240
4,001
Grindings
thous. of bu_.
«7,0
«6,128 »6,356
Prices, wholesale:
.62
.84
.78
.62
.67
.63
.61
.62
.87
.81
No. 3, yellow (Kansas City).dol. per bu—
.62
.82
.62
.56
.84
.64
.71
.87
.85
.58
No. 3, white (Chicago)
dol. per bu..
.64
.67
0)
(/)
Production, crop estimate. ~ thous. of bu.. 2,244,834
2,291,629
7,129
7,313
9,091
18,729
6,146
18,003
14,466
9,544 18,879
Receipts, principal markets—thous. of bu~ 24,215
17,497
13,640
16,227
Shipmehts, principal markets
3,102
4,565
3,342
6,039
8,828
7,256
7,750
8,133
3,812
thous. of bu._ 15,194
7,494
11,320
Visible supply, end of month*
3,932
6,821
7,743
4,884
7,317
8,860
7,955
7,685
6,802
8,673
2,481
thous. of bu—
5,008
6,511
Oats:
142
105
83
425
80
88
77
154
70
303
62
70
Exports, including oatmealf-thous. of bu._
81
.28
.29
.29
.30
.29
.30
Price,no. 3, white (Chicago)—dol. per bu..
.27
.28
.28
(/)
Production, crop estimate.—thous. of bu.. *805,420
1,196,668
2,544
28,907 21,300 12,089
1,901
6,201
8,768
4,489
5,652
Receipts, principal markets..thous. of bu._
4,991
4,450
5,866
6,200
Visible supply, end of month*
8,399
7,075
25,063 41,430 45,863 46,637
42,012
37,648
35,493
41,123 40,213
thous. of bu._ 31,394
31, 282
Rice:
35,182 90,194 148,651 342,068
713 329, 712
90,247
55,374
29,792
4,241
51,059
Exportsf
pockets 100 l b . .
9,823
12,412 14,056 21,932
6,897
11,789
73,986
19,769
60, 932
25,040
27,839
Imports*
pockets 1001b— 97,490
79,589
76,870
Price, wholesale, head, clean, New Orleans
.040
.043
.040
.040
.039
.040
.040
.040
.040
dol. per lb—
.040
.039
.042
/ 38,132
Production, crop estimate..-thous. of bu— •41,997
Southern States (La., Tex., Ark., and
Tenn.):
Receipts, rough rice, at mills
2,402
272
930
1,796
thous. of bbl. (1621b.)..
483
232
657
14
60
82
161
845
129
Shipments from mills (milled rice) total»
331
1,224
538
591
788
thous. of pockets (100 lb.)-.
270
318
529
979
1,070
1,019
529
Stocks, domestic, rough and cleaned (in
terms of cleaned rice) end of month
709
632
1,855
3,136
383
333
1,999
2,554
3,044
1,244
2,968
thous. of pockets (100 lb.)_.
Rye:
2
2
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
Exports, including flour thous. of bu._
0
0
0
.45
.52
.52
.58
.48
.49
.57
.50
Price, no. 2, Minneapolis
dol. per bu—
.46
.52
.53
.47
Production, crop estimate...thous. of bu— • 26,380
/ 58,928
1,422
2,212
2,461
Receipts, principal markets*.thous. of bu—
763
1,169
2,754
1,991
298
1,324
970
1,061
2,297
Visible supply, end of month*
7,060
8,367
6,907
6,379
9,022
8,559
thous. of bu__
7,642
7,176
9,088
8,412
7,555
Wheat:
Exports:!
1,324
1,278
1,382
1,195
1,231
1,602
1,425
1,132
1,192
1,202
Wheat, including flour thous. of bu_.
1,423
1, 534
14
8
66
26
34
30
30
13
Wheat only
thous. of bu—
28
16
8
34
Prices, wholesale:
No. 1 Dark Northern Spring, Minn.*
1.27
1.33
dol. per bu..
1.31
1.24
1.28
1.33
1.13
1.34
1.28
1.05
1.23
1.14
No. 2 Red Winter, St. Louis
.92
.95
.87
1.03
1.05
.86
1.10
1.08
1.09
1.09
1.06
1.07
dol. per bu—
1.02
1.15
.99
1.04
1.19
.96
.88
1.11
1.13
1.06
1.02
1.13
1.10
No. 2 Hard Winter, K. C—dol. per bu—
.95
Weighted average 6 markets, all grades
.97
.97
.96
1.03
.98
.98
1.00
.95
1.07
dol. per bu—
.90
1.07
1.07
Production, crop estimate, total
/623,444
thous. of bu— «638,399
f159,241
Spring wheat
.thous. of bu._ •126,314
Winter wheat
thous. of bu~ •612,085
f464,203
48,169 42,289 27,883
10,024
14,501
5,474
9.277
7,418
Receipts
—thous. of bu_. 14, 819
9,943
11,103
14,997 15,595 14,695
12,403
11,217
9,289
7,964
6,782
7,745
Shipments
thous. of bu— 12,363
7,181
11,233
12, 970
359,920 418,130 443,400
342,490
Stocks, visible supply, world.thous. of bu—
484,010 468,910 427,650 380,190 335,340 284,970
257,424 259,928 243,631 223,725 206,823 189,250 160,107
Canada
thous. of bu— 140,346 194,779 192,419 186,114 219,903
64,198 78,631 82,406
36,674
80,371
United States*
thous. of bu— 25,125
74,730
68,010
49,537
58,164
41,482
32,073
Stocks, held by mills (quarterly)
155,791
68,700
139,774
thous. of bu— 62,642
86,097
Wheat flour:
7,624
7,646
8,567 10,703
7,665
Consumption (computed) t-thous. of bbl— 8,250
9,022
9,035
7,923
9,386
10,373
8,009
8,090
279
Exports
thous.of bbl—
314
248
297
234
253
319
253
289
248
270
335
299
41,686 45,664
Grinding of wheat
thous. of bu_.
38,987
38,273
40,042
33,123
'35,328
Prices, wholesale:
33,745
36,642
33,918
38,254
37,141
36,453
8.38
Standard Patents, Minn dol. per bbl_.
8.21
8.48
6.92
7.19
6.99
6.07
Winter, straights, Kansas City
6.87
6.28
7.44
8.15
7.99
6.45
dol. per bbU.
7.06
7.19
5.42
6.09
5.56
4.80
Production:
5.54
4.73
6.13
6.84
6.24
5.24
Flour, actual (Census)
thous. of bbl..
9,055
9,897
8,252
7,175
8,644
8,401
° 7,569
Flour prorated, total (Russell's) t
7,381
7,845
7,387
8,274
8,082
7,840
9,746 11,116
thous. of bbl—
8,975
8,349
9,070
8,149
Offal
thous. of lb—
7,857
8,300
9,802 595,761 728,216 709,574 694,897
8,163
8,016 744,779 821,200
8,235 a650,921
Operations, percent of total capacity— 675,902 597,746 599,548
46
53
659,717
61
59 692,087
51 665,223
56
«48
Stocks, total, end of month (computed)
47
48
53
46
48
5,400
5,592
thous. of bbl—
5,400
48
6,600
4,950
4,600
5,200
4,950
4,700
3,864
4,222
Held by mills (quarterly).-thous. of bbl—
4,400
4,068
4,100
4,500
5,100
4,255
• July 1 estimate.
/Dec. 1 estimate.
_. ,
,.
» Revised.
2 Brewer's rice not included.
• No. quotation.
* New series. For earlier data, see p. 20 of the November 1932 issue, rye and barley receipts and rye stocks; and p. 20 of the June 1935 issue, wholesale price of wheat,
No. 1 Dark Northern Spring, Minneapolis. Since the division of no. 2 barley by the Department of Agriculture into straight and malting grades as of July 1,1934, prices
for each grade have been reported separately.
t Data revised. For revisions of wheat flour, production and consumption (Russell's) from July 1931 to December 1932, see p. 19 of the August 1933 issue. For revised
data on exports for 1932 see p. 39 of the June 1933 issue for 1933, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934, p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
• Represents the visible supply east of the Rocky Mountains as reported by Dun & Bradstreet.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 also revised, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, and'for 1934, revisions p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the}1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
39
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS
Total meats:
Consumption, apparentA
mills, of lb—
Production (inspected slaughter) A
mills, of l b Stocks, cold storage, end of month, totalA
mills. oflb_.
Miscellaneous meats
mills, oflb—
Cattle and beef:
Beef and veal:
Consumption, apparentA—thous. of lb—
Exportsf
thous. of lb—
Price, wholesale:
Beef, fresh native steers, Chicago
dol. per lb_.
Production, inspected slaughter A
thous. of lb—
Stocks, cold storage, end of monthA
thous. of lb__
/""1 j-. 4-4-1 A ana caives.
L-attiG r**«s3 smlvrACi*
Movement, primary markets:*
Receipts
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather
and leather products.)
Shipments, total....thous. of animals..
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals..
Price, wholesale, cattle, corn-fed, Chicago
- dol. per 100 lb—
Hogs and products:
Hogs:
Movement, primary markets :•
Receipts
thous. of animals—
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather
and leather products.)
Shipments, total..-thous. of animals..
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals..
Price, heavy, Chicago..-dol. per 100 lb—
Pork, including lard:
Consumption, apparentA--thous. of l b Exports, totalt
thous. oflb..
Lardf
.
thous. oflb,.
Prices:
Hams, smoked, Chicago..dol. per l b Lard:
Prime contract, N. Y.-.dol. per lb—
Refined, Chicago*
dol. per lb—
Production, inspected slaughter, totalA
thous. oflb—
LardA
thous. of lb—
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. of lb—
Fresh and curedA
thous. of lb—
LardA
thous. of lb—
Sheep and lambs:
Lamb and mutton:
Consumption, apparentA--thous. of Reproduction, inspected slaughter A
thous. oflb—
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. oflb—
Movement, primary markets:*
Receipts
thous. of animals
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather and
leather products.)
Shipments, total
thous. of animals..
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals..
rrices, wnoiesaie.
Ewes, Chicago
„—dol. per 1001b..
Lambs, Chicago
dol. per 100 lb._
Poultry and eggs:
Eggs:
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of cases..
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
Case
..
thous. of cases..
Frozen
thous. of lb
Poultry:
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. oflb—
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. oflb-.
TROPICAL PRODUCTS
1,036
808
871
876
834
1,015
915
933
1,009
844
942
961
957
1,033
744
780
818
777
992
958
1,023
1,144
847
937
960
949
638
57
641
53
540
50
478
50
422
49
402
53
448
63
563
74
698
79
689
70
675
67
669
61
650
57
501,898
1,110
380,687
416,360
472,160
1,226
546,724
1,013
473,218
1,041
493,972
426,553
988
471,179
1,193
464,510
623
604
728
787
439,651
1,218
485,136
1,032
474,888
1,426
.133
.174
.170
.179
.179
.169
.166
.178
.180
.171
,151
.149
.134
485,518
366,834
404,365
463,641
465,982
559,057
492,498
472,516
484,406
402,142
425,199
459,149
453,127
41,225
55,653
49,473
47,292
48,226
65,484
91,164
106,210
104,447
86,928
79, 509
65,011
1,764
1,137
1,402
1,603
1,053
1,944
1,136
2,257
1,241
2,545
1,351
2,037
1,340
1,809
1,143
1,785
1,158
1,416
904
942
1,625
1,046
1,673
1,094
1,522
1,002
610
167
494
150
414
145
792
302
978
441
1,198
629
911
445
650
242
623
196
462
116
556
190
573
195
511
163
8.51
11.50
10.90
11.54
11.31
11.41
11.36
12.21
12.11
10.61
10. 31
9.21
8.61
1,864
1,348
1,301
1,336
1,278
1,220
1,652
1,182
1,671
1,149
2,036
1,428
2,524
1,774
1,817
1,188
2,045
1,372
1,875
1,322
1,759
1,276
926
912
874
824
a
51,134
512
36
375
27
420
24
401
31
390
22
463
25
526
24
606
36
745
38
628
26
666
33
550
38
482
32
10.05
9.49
9.49
11.26
11.41
10.19
9.42
9.51
9.73
10.33
10.10
10.55
9.48
486,492
18,880
11,090
370,858
15,041
6,877
395,089
13,413
4,915
341,068
10,256
3,406
301,338
6,213
1,515
399,239
7,425
2,731
387,163
14,872
7,932
413,271
12,832
7,853
450,560
14,929
10,117
362,070
11,268
7,514
443,486
16,403
11,461
423,876
14,118
9,489
434, 683
18,495
10,837
.213
.223
.264
.279
.260
.267
.273
.263
.243
.235
.239
.238
.169
.177
.151
.164
.138
.144
.117
.134
.109
,120
.112
.118
.111
.118
.113
.120
.104
.113
499,066
87,288
.147
.151
.168
.154
.158
.177
321,685 11315,612 290,419
49,102 45,772
41,306
250,608
34,392
363,102
47,758
409,862
58,072
495,296
74,009
595,065 39/), 346
96, 392 66,464
453,787
75,518
449,029
77,024
449,173
80,534
538,184
431,292
106,892
529,987 1438,345
445,307 |369,910
84,680
68,435
378,786
325,249
53,537
322,955
277,605
45,350
281,365
240,663
40,702
291,115
253,209
37,906
379,495
326,777
52,718
511,711
436,042
75,669
530,143
451,418
78,725
526,963
450,149
76,814
541,017 « 540,274
457,402 «440,618
83,615 ° 99, 656
.240
.103
.113
48,107
56,361
59,874
63,986
60,255
69,370
54,961
54,837
64,298
55,016
58,477
52,394
47,205
47,971
55,946
59,653
63,641
59,941
69,983
55,702
55,231
64,140
54,829
58,285
51,871
46,721
1,123
2,376
2,109
1,730
1,376
1,968
2,661
3,025
2,824
2,563
2,334
1,785
1,282
1,859
961
1,994
1,037
2,368
1,185
2,577
1,144
2,822
1,109
3,055
1,225
1,732
1,588
966
1,862
1,127
1,631
949
1,701
1,023
1,798
1,944
873
108
891
81
1,169
1,434
1,660
1,860
342
533
886
822
335
620
112
732
94
690
59
666
66
800
112
1,063
109
3.00
6.72
2.95
8.23
3.09
8.25
3.28
8.95
3.59
9.00
4.11
9.81
4.35
10.80
4.50
10.25
4.34
9.97
4.62
9.66
4.81
10.75
4.56
10. 97
(0
10.38
927
990
889
183
1,727
1,503
1,170
856
781
704
641
784
889
811
1,798
2,022
2,088
7,061
111, 940
7,595
107,937
7,947
116,274
7,373
112,585
6,353
98,653
4,644
88,018
2,738
79,035
964
159
13
807
3,039
69,172
5,681
93,971
69,546
59,722
46,367
45,848
22, 740
18,615
18,646
16,765
21,783
28,332
62,486
56,321
21,433
15,654
15,098
15,122
18,979
42,918
47,051
41,262
34,911
39,720
53,156
86,098
107,389
103,833
85,792
69,494
49,324
41,871
Cocoa:
7,174
12,332
21,593
Imports#
... . . .
long tons
18,229
12,587
19,388
19,005
24,357
28,549
30,508 32,601
31 206
9,696
.0470
.0501
.0501
.0517
.0617
.0510
.0501
.0550
.0517
.0535
Price, spot, Accra, N. Y
dol. perlb..
.0536
.0533
.0558
Shipments, Gold Coast and Nigeria
14,331
59,819
17,025
11,063
12,796
17,399 14,696
40,114
10,820
23,345
39,786
54,930
61,247
long tons..
a
Revised.
A Government slaughter not included, for months June 1934-February 1935 see p. 44 of the June 1935 issue.
;
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
t For revisions of exports for 1932, see p. 40 of the June 1933 issue. For revised data for 1933 on all export data, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, for 1934 see p.
19 of the December 1935 issue.
• New series. See p. 18 of January 1934 issue.
• Included animals purchased for Federal Relief Corporation for the months of October 1934-February 1935 inclusive,
i No quotation.
40
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and referencestothe sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
August 1936
1935
June
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
1,360
854
1,575
.068
1,496
1,201
1,094
549
1,150
511
1,450
.065
1,444
1,138
.063
1,027
879
.066
1,009
8,128
995
8,108
April
May
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
TROPICAL PRODUCTS—Continued
Coffee:
Clearances from Brazil, total
thous. of bags—
To United States
thous. of bags—
Imports into United States #
thous. of bags_.
Price, Rio No. 7, N. Y
dol. per l b . .
Receipts at ports, Brazil _ —thous. of bags..
Stocks, world total, inch, interior of Brazil
thous. of bags..
Visible supply, total excl. interior of
Brazil....
thous. of bagsUnited States
thous. of bags—
Sugar:
Raw sugar:
Cuba:
Stocks, total, end of month
thous. of long tons..
United States:
Meltings, 8 portst---——long tons..
Price, wholesale, 96° centrifugal, New
York
dol. per lb._
Receipts:
From Hawaii and Puerto Rico
long tons..
Importsf#
long tons..
Stocks at refineries, end of mo.f
long tons..
Refined sugar:
Exports, including maplef
long tons..
Price, retail, gran., N. Y
dol. per l b Price, wholesale, gran., N. Y.dol. per l b Receipts:
From Hawaii and Puerto Rico*
long tons..
Imports:
Cuba* A
long tons..
Philippine Islands*
long tons..
Shipments, 2 portst—long tons—
Stocks, end of month, 2 portsf.long tons—
Tea:
Imports!
thous. of lb—
Price, wholesale, Formosa, fine, N. Y.
dol. per lb—
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Candy sales by manufacturers-thous. of dol—
Fish:
Landings, fresh fish, principal ports
thous. of l b . .
Salmon, canned, sLlpments
cases..
Stocks, total, cold storage, 15th of month
thous. of lb—
TOBACCO
Leaf:
Exportsf
thous. of lb—
Imports, unmanufactured??—thous. of lb—
Production, crop estimate
thous. of lb—
Stocks, total, including Imported types
(quarterly)
.mills, of lb—
Flue-cured, fire*cured, and air-cured
mills, of l b . .
Cigar types.
mills, of lb—
Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Small cigarettes
millionsLarge cigars
thousandsManufactured tobacco and snuff
thous. of lb—
Exports, cigarettes
thousands..
Prices, wholesale:
Cigarettes
dol. per 1,000..
Cigars
dol. per 1,000—
437
1,316
734
1,308
728
1,298
637
940
.070
947
971
.069
1,440
1,114
.066
1,343
1,651
879
1,420
779
1,474
824
1,563
954
.064
1,379
1,466
. 887
1,130
.066
1,431
1,237
.068
1,651
1,086
.066
1,472
1,299
.065
1,539
1,248
.066
1.409
28,738
29,548
22,930
23,204
24,716
27,204
27,765
8,111
1,015
7,540
672
7,670
799
7,749
790
7,653
7,794
941
1,993
1,589
1,158
406,144
323,013
414,436
.037
.033
.033
158,756
305,937
163,091
210,218
402,960
3,545
.054
.049
0)
7,844
817
(0
(9
7,832
832
7,846
1,010
30,650
8,116
1,056
0)
1,076
979
912
775
755
1,108
1,991
2,092
1,886
331,240 301,969
313,903
240,378
241,580
321,986
331,296
419,096
460,316
326,152
.033
.035
.036
.035
.031
.033
.034
,036
.038
.037
117,378
326,736
120,832
511,025
116,556
117,163
73,641
82,044
54,844
67,731
38,864
90,223
246.005
144,017
315,164
197,386
279,852
176,391
325,379
171,070
274,287
504,813
536,236
571,925
512,518
370,639
310,543
211,023
178,176
228,493
240,659
301,105
401,669
5,681
.053
.052
6,496
.055
.051
12,450
.055
.050
.056
.051
14,485
.056
.052
10,308
.057
.052
4,375
.056
.052
4,867
.053
.052
1,895
.053
.052
4,391
.053
.048
3,710
.053
.049
3,981
.053
.049
16,445
16,260
12,099
6,472
6,381
1,534
1,402
225
5,506
15,021
14,213
17,924
15*919
37,503
2,661
10,361
6,857
50,368
14,603
27,842
6,555
58,606
13,346
101,105
0
50,451
13,742
7,666
0
46,853
9,754
8
0
40,943
9,951
2,298
0
34,026
15,842
30,636
9,352
26,987
Q
57,640
13,340
28,707
2,902
58,820
13,203
42,877
9,371
65,722
11,080
37,988
14,501
43,725
19,816
41,628
4,602
5,172
5,499
5,830
6,521
8,457
7,867
8,378
6,067
5,915
8,159
6,776
5,449
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
20,638
14,434
11,191
16,910
27,886
26,187
27,030
26,170
22,584
23,192
22,123
21,399
17,703
45,563 * 36,748 42,811
368,097 407,363
41,769
732,630
38,445
950,789
42,793
462,745
471,448
26,437
359,188
20,120
490,638
20,016
436,976
39,029
494,790
*
64,031 < 45,129
31,292
26,054
34,141
13,877
4,553
24,235
5,883
18,485
4,120
12,025
419,369
46,241
20,477
5,815
1,113,764
1
35,937
48,157
59,443
66,527
70,079
12,452
6,623
14,782
5,250
22,644
6,086
52,671
4,943
60,488
8,470
74,845
67,793
4,843
42,060
3,781
()
/
1,296,810
41,929
8,430
35,137
5,726
2,163
2,200
2,373
2,416
1,701
374
1,772
348
1,949
344
42,560 43,355
273,242 514,664
1,945
374
14,009
452,312
12,120
402,272
13,138
432,159
11,975
422,282
10,774
29,474
366,128
27,879
308,500
29,066
304,549
30,212
307,484
5.380
45.996
5.380
46.041
5.380
46.005
5.380
45.996
12,711
524,399
10,801
457,299
9,841
312,974
12,725
336,579
10,766
356,624
11,193
377,167
411,606
28,984
297,240
31,916
324,298
26,687
23,096
337,227
29,490
385,525
27,919
320,394
30,315
351,679
29,254
428,572
28,100
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.L_.
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
5.380
45.996
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
COAL
Anthracite:
89
162
88
120
87
188
100
156
118
141
Exports
thous. of long tons—
101
80
189
Prices:
Retail, composite, chestnut^
12.07
11.86
12.83
11.63
12.96
dol. per short ton..
12.95
Wholesale, composite, chestnutt
9.245
9.436
9.657
9.969 10.065 10.045
9.052
9.981
10.015
9.327
10.001
dol. per short ton..
9.707
9.283
2,591
3,536
4,172
4,279
3,160
6,461
5,642
4,620
5,203
3,958
2,730
Production!..
thous. of short tons,.
4,336
4,577
2,393
3,587
3,681
3,032
5,934
2,868
4,116
4,879
4,865
3,516
2,429
Shipmentst
thous. of short tons—
4,217
4,274
l
° Revised.
Data not available.
• July 1 estimate.
/ Dec. 1 estimate.
fRevised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: Exports of tobacco for 1932, p. 42, June 1933, data revised for 1933, see
p. 20 of the September 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue. 1932finalrevision of anthracite production, p. 42, January 1934. Anthracite
shipments for 1932, p. 42, December 1933. For revised data for 1932 on sugar meltings and stocks, see p. 41 of the May 1933 issue. For 1932 revisions of sugar imports and
exports see p. 41 of the June 1933 issue. For revisions of exports in 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue. Revised data on shipments and stocks of refined sugar at
2 ports (for period January 1925-April 1935) are shown on p. 18 of the October 1935 issue. The change resulted from a reduction in the number of reporting refineries.
#See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
•
t Price converted to short-ton basis. Data on a short-ton basis prior to April 1931 were not published. Earlier monthly data were reported on a long-ton basis.
-•'Note major correction in data on imports of refined sugar from Cuba, June-November 1934, were shown in the February 1935 issue.
•New series. For earlier data, see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue, for receipts of refined sugar from Hawaii and Puerto Rico and imports from Cuba. Data prior to
May 1934 on imports of refined sugar from the Philippine Islands are not available.
IMonthly retail price of coal was discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that month the price is shown quarterly.
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
41
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1935
1936
June
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Febru- March
ary
ber
ber
ber
April
May
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS—Continued
COAL—Continued
Anthracite—Continued.
Stocks in storage: A.
1,462
2,239
528
Total
__thous. of short tons- 1,240
970
1,758
1,217
853
458
Stocks, in yards of dealers, end of month
54
38
19
no. of days' supply..
72
77
44
23
59
31
Bituminous:
Consumption:
5,133
4,764
4,862
3,765
3,860
4,539
5,542
4,990
Coke plants
__.thous. of short tons.. 5,469
Electric power plantsf
2,803
3,022 «2,859 « 2,954
3,309
3,365
3,437
3,453
thous. of short tons.
4,329
4,535
5,449
3,307
4,575
6,078
Railroads
thous. of short tons.
101
144
161
161
87
116
122
96
Vessels, bunker
thous. of long tons..
156
955
1,103
321
462
Exports
..thous..of long tons..
914
983
789
323
Price, retail composite, 38 citiesi
1,080
8.05
8.57
dol. per short ton
8.41
8.12
8.58
Prices, wholesale:
8.12
4.234
4.347
4.336
4.337
4.359
4.303
Composite, mine run.dol. per short ton.. 4,289
4.324
4.252
4.320
Prepared sizes (composite)
4.233
4.294
4.314
4.340
4.451
4.612
4.302
4.508
4.683
4.528
dol. per short ton- 4.303
4.547
4.281
22,339
37,768 33,404 35,388 39,330 41,375 31,233
30,318
28,541
Production t
_.thous. of short tons.. 29.300 30,117
26,164
Stocks, consumers, and retail dealers, end
of month
.
thous. of short tons.. 28,753 41,127 40,772 40,378 40,904 39,553 39,911 37,017 33,052 29,542 28,083 26,596 '• 28,073
COKE
20
70
62
54
58
32
44
54
43
Exports
..thous. of long tons...
34
24
62
Price, furnace, Connellsville
3.58
3.58
3.37
3.33
3.64
3.66
3.61
3.58
3.58
3.58
3.58
3.54
dol. per short ton..
Production:
a
88
93
« 45
55
56
«100
M19
153
84
142
109
Beehivet
.thous. of short tons..
Byproductf
thous. of short tons.. 3,695 a 2, 595 • 2, 562 * 2,774 « 2,832 a 3,048 «3,112 *3,363
3,466
3,753
3,141
3,309
3,257
131
119
135
Petroleum..
thous. of short tons..
140
109
113
123
108
106
108
120
105
Stocks, end of month:
1,586
1,444
1,274
2,787
2,975
3,026
2,995
3,192
1,695
S.130
2,110
2,780
Byproduct plants
thous. of short tons.. 1,702
441
367
334
424
382
408
360
458
454
427
360
Petroleum, refinery.-thous. of short tons..
PETBOLEUM AND PRODUCTS
Crude petroleum:
84, 545
81,724
84,584
84,903
90,637
83,347 85,132 83,180 84,992 85,776 81,523
Consumption (run to stills)-thous. of bbl_.
2,864
2,937
2,815
2,758
2,183
3,000
2,661
2,128
3,161
2,256
3,110
2,870
Imports!.
thous. of bbl._ 2,872
1.040
.940
1.040
.940
.940
1.040
.940
1.015
1.040
.940
.940
.940
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
dol. per bbL. 1.040
90,479
82,338
84,109 88,160 86,476 88,711 88,820 82,120 90,568
85,485
84,816
93,739
Productionf§.
thous. of bbL.
76
73
76
74
73
74
74
79
74
75
Refinery operations
pet. of capacity..
73
Stocks, end of month:
California:
Heavy crude and fuel oil§
57,894
63, 729
58,243 58,518 59,388 60,075 61,227
63,536
63,341
58,498
thous. of bbl..
63,792
35,591
33, 494 34,981
39,338
37,646
32, 662
38,944 40,640 40,275 39,856
38,878
Light crude!
thous. of bbl..
294,314 289,703 284,471 278,643 274,568 270,906 268,781 265,195 263,436 266,092 268,560
East of California, totalf§.thous. of bbl..
57,584
56,055 53,710 51,751 50,495 * 49,089 48,789 47,686
51, 741 53,053
56,081
53,989
Refineriest§
thous. of bbL.
Tank farms and pipe linesfl
236,730 233,622 228,416 224,933 222,817 220,411 6219,692 216,406 215,750 214,351 215, 507 214, 661
thous of bbl—
1,243
1,199
1,369
1,149
995
1,287
1,340
1,286
1,403
Wells completedtSnumber..
1,318
Refined products:
Gas and fuel oils:
Consumption:
1,102
1,132
1,044
1,166
1,093
1,124
Electric power plantsf—thous. of bbL. 1,158
856
975
1,016
"995
»1,015
3,300
3,898
3,682
3,241
3,366
3,773
3,795
3,381
3,827
Railroads
...thous. of bbl..
2,740
2,496
2,666
2,329
2,762
2,560
2,690
2,400
Vessels, bunker
thous. of bbl.. ~3,~i58
2,643
2,590
3,184
3,005
Price, fuel oil, Oklahoma, 24-26 refineries
.700
.785
.775
.765
.740
.713
.800
.750
.725
dol. per bbL.
.800
.756
.800
.800
Production:
20,267
20,210
21,232 21,495 22,652 23,278
25,005 24,573 23,751
Residual fuel oil*f§
thous. of bbl..
23,062
23,667
23,925
Gas, oil and distillate fuels*t§
9,068
8,129
9,885 10,587 11,125
8,205
8,709
8,885
thous. of bbl..
9,553
10,262
10,169
Stocks:
Residual fuel oil, east of California*!!
26,265 25,509
26,909
17,529
25,548
27,179
27,351
18,293
22,827 20,281 18,027
thous. of bbl. .
Gas, oil and distillate fuels, total*!
20,232
22,915
23,263 19,930 17,418 15,322
23,860 24,272 24,299
19,910
15,746
thous. of bbl..
17,031
Gasoline:
38,825
37,884
41,203
42,836 37,862 41,401 35,956
42,007
33,734 32, 553 27,216
35,871
Consumptionf§
thous. of bbl..
2,760
2,195
1,404
2,140
2,729
1, 435
2,759
2,453
2,946
2,678
2,368
2,308
Exports*
thous. of bbl.. 1,755
Exports, value. (See Foreign trade.)
Price, wholesale:
.165
.173
.173
.165
.165
.165
.166
.173
.173
.166
.154
Drums, delivered* N. Y..dol. per gaL. 0.165
.163
.060
.061
.056
.056
.056
.060
.056
.056
.060
.056
.056
.060
Refinery, Oklahoma
dol. per gal.. 0.060
Price, retail, service station, 50 cities
.143
.135
140
.141
.142
.137
.142
.139
.138
.134
.137
.143
dol. per gal_.
.143
Production:
3,265
3,134
3,574
3,132
3,064
3,202
3,196
3,598
3,654
3,378
3,275
3,653
At natural gas plantsf§-thous. of bbL.
39,902
38, 764
40,488 39,817 41,956 40,260 40,667 39,544 37,176
41,951
38,180
40,667
At refineriest!
thous. of bbL.
Retail distribution (41 States) f
1,148
1,204
1,243
1,258
833
° 1,091
1,145
1,174
1,236
1,007
973
1,093
mills, of gal..
Stocks, end of month:
2,641
2,442
1,833
2,946
2,172
2,745
2,975
2,760
1,945
3,027
1,743
At natural gas plants&...thous. of bbL.
1,645
44,361
42,527
31,328 36,158 44,612
At refineriesf§
thous. of bbl..
32,499
30,550
26,549 27,166 27,280 28,043
45,799
« Revised.
b
Figures revised to reflect transfers between pipe line and refinery stocks beginning December 1935.
f Revised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: Consumption of bituminous coal by electric power plants for 1932, p. 42.
May 1933; for 1933, p. 42, May 1934. Data also revised for 1934 and 1935. Revisions not shown on p. 43 of the June 1935 issue and p. 46 of the May 1936 issue will appear
in a subsequent issue. Bituminous coal production for 1932, p. 42, January 1934. Bituminous coal production revised for 1933 and 1934. Revisions not shown in the >
and for 1933 revisions see p. 43, July 1934. Data for 1934 and 1935 also revised; revisions not shown in the July 1935 and in this issue will appear in a subsequent issue. Crude
petroleum production, stocks, east of California (total), at refineries and at tank farms and pipe lines, and wells completed, for 1932. See footnote on p. 56, November 1933.
Consumption of gas and fuel oils in electric power plants for 1932, p. 43, May 1933; for 1933 revisions, p. 43, May 1934. Data also revised for 1934. Revisions for months not
shown for 1934 on p. 44 of the June 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. Data revised for 1935; see p. 46 of the May 1936 issue. Production of residual fuel oils and
gas oil and distillate fuels stocks of residual fuel oil east of California, consumption of gasoline, production of gasoline at natural-gas plants and refineries,stocks of gasoline at
refineries for 1932, p. 56, November 1933; retail distribution of gasoline in 41 States for 1932, p. 43, May 1933; for 1933, p. 43, May 1934.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Imports also revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p 20 of the December 1935 issue.
§ Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the January 1935 issue. For 1934 see p. 20 of the October 1935 issue.
• Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 19 oi the December 1935 issue.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the February 1933 issue, production and stocks of residual fuel oil and gas oil and distillate fuels.
1 Monthly retail price of coal was discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that month the price will be shown quarterly.
• Beginning with August 1934 certain anthracite stocks were included which had not been covered in previous reports
42
Monthly statistics through December 1981,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS—Continued
FETROLEUM AND PBODUCTSContinued
Refined products—Continued.
Kerosene:
Consumption!!
thous. of bbl.
Exports
thous. of bbl.
Price, 150° water white, refinery, Pa.
dol. per gal.
Production!
thous. of bbl_
Stocks, end of month§
thous. of bbL
Lubricating oil:
Consumption!!
thous. of bbl.
Price, cylinder oil, refinery, Pa.
dol. per gaL
Production!thous.'of bbl.
Stocks, refinery, end of month§
thous. of bbl.
Other products:
Asphalt:
Imports#__
..thous. of short tons.
Production!!
thous. of short tons.
Stocks, refinery, end of month
thous. of short tons.
Coke. (See Coke.)
Wax:
Production
thous. of lb.
Stocks, refinery, end of mo§
thous. of lb_
2, 768
614
.154
3,631
519
3,892
750
4,520
370
4,724
585
5,081
497
473
4,785
455
435
3,914
512
4,035
380
.050
4,417
8,310
.050
4,212
9,169
.048
4,390
9,398
049
4,498
9,238
.049
4,978
9,318
.049
4,878
8,879
.050
4,624
7,915
.051
4,761
6,599
.055
4,445
5,784
.055
4,741
5,974
.056
4,953
6,496
.056
4,626
6,681
1,558
.055
2,885
456
1,655
1,667
1,697
1,820
1,576
1,433
1,396
1,520
1,863
2,197
2,028
.120
2,247
.120
2,213
.120
2,399
.120
2,357
.120
2,463
.120
2,453
.120
2,484
.120
2, 309
.126
2,204
.135
2,515
.139
2,687
.149
2,768
6,855
6,517
6,649
6,607
6,612
6,857
7,025
7,127
7,385
7,137
7,044
6,884
2
350
2
352
2
380
7
343
6
351
12
248
3
203
1
198
1
179
1
261
1
319
4
377
435
405
363
354
341
377
405
461
463
526
520
542
31,360
32,480
35,000
36,400
39,200
41,720
40,320
44,800
36,120
42, 280
39,480
40,320
141,506
138,941
136, 646
131,560
124,557
120, 398
114,675
118,636
118,312
119, 684
121,857
121,416
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
I
HIDES AND SKINS
Imports, total hides and skinst#-thous- of lb._ 27,690 25,107 33,178 28,357 25,056 27,786 25,373 27,152 28. 264 26, 255
28,116
25, 216
2,291
2,035
1,931
2,236
2,390
1,960
2,164
2,942
1,354
2,225
1,215
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lb._ 1,434
2,336
Cattle hides
...
thous. of lb_. 13,145 10,203 16,329 11,907 11,712 12,670 11, 631 11,153 12,768 13,498 13,063 12, 613 10, 296
6,492
7,950
6,042
8,211
5,574
7,277
8, 506
6,133
5,573
6,299
7, 911
Goatskins
thous. of lb._ 5,690
8,292
3,872
3, 576
3,499
4,470
3,348
4,668
3,146
5,827
2,685
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lb_. 5,989
2,549
Livestock, inspected slaughter:
481
464
472
439
480
531
517
465
405
458
483
525
503
CalvesA
thous. of animals..
892
669
956
875
853
9ti
'f
742
745
886
1,083
783
812
786
CattleA
thous. of animals..
2,874
2,422
1,828
3,428
1,668
1,712
1,453
2,135
2,319
2,617
2, 559
2,579
Hogs
.thous. of animals.. 2,759
1,369
1,421
1,540
1,407
1,665
1,549
1,314
1,546
1,765
1,374
1,267
1,213
SheepA
thous. of animals.. 1,309
Prices, wholesale:
Packers, heavy native steers, Chicago
.148
.132
.124
.150
.157
.130
.143
.154
.125
.130
. 146
.130
dol. per lb__
.123
Calfskins, packer's 8 to 15 lbs., Chicago
.175
.156
.146
.138
.158
.176
. 177
.191
.181
.181
.180
.188
.171
dol. per lb-.
Exports:
FATHER
226
242
333
382
443
430
510
146
210
110
310
410
368
Sole leather
—thous. of lb._
5,121
5,522
5,798
3,603
8,563
4,595
5,044
5, 234
5,107
5,566
TJpper leatherf*
-thous. of sq. ft— 4,180
8,571
5,284
Production:
1,092
1,321
1,051
1,399
1,227
I, 316
1,253
1,195
1,002
1,046
977
Calf and kip*
thous. of skins. .
1,924
1,829
1,659
1,722
1,723
1,957
2,062
1,943 * 1,856 » 1,908 « 1,844
1,694
Cattle hides*!
thous. of hides..
4,393
3,587
4,091
4,061
3,993
4,126
4, 562
4,168
3,757
3,786
4,018
3,990
Goat andkid*$
-thous. of skins..
3,153
2,802
3,474
3,039
3,061
4,111
3,135
2,824
3,125
« 2,925
2,897
Sheep and lamb*!J
thous. of skins..
Prices, wholesale:
Sole, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
.34
.39
.39
.35
.39
.33
.37
.35
.35
.37
dol. perlb—
.36
Upper, composite, chrome, calf, black,
.354
.382
.386
.361
.362
.382
.380
.373
.378
.378
"B" grade
dol. persq. ft_.
.380
Stocks of cattle hides and leathers (all kinds)
end of month:
17,844
18,044
18,077 17, 735 17,789
17, 764 17,851
18,008
17,786
17, 797 • 17,845 17,905
Total*1
thous. of equiv. hides..
In process and finished*
11,330
11,402
11,487
11,273
11,377 11,188
11,381
11, 576
11,568
11,655 '11,734
11,857
thous. of equiv. hides. _
6,578
6,557
6,463
6,434
6,606
6, 700
6,547
6,213
6,218
6,142
Raw*?
thous. of equiv. hides..
• 6, 111 6,048
LEATHER MANUFACTURES
Gloves and mittens:
Production (cut), total*
dozen pairs.. 1203,389 194,270 194,951 271,909 255, 792 286,857 253,795 163,467 147,776 i 183,485 i 205,081 1203,126 1201,375
Dress and semidress*
dozen pairs.. 1126,406 114,037 108,360 147,926 142,230 178,372 168,487 94,725 182,884 1109,573 1117,791 1117,320 1121,661
Work*..
_.
dozen pairs. 176,844 80,233 86,591 123,983 113, 562 108,485 85,308 68,742 164,892 i 73,912 1 87, 290 ' 85,806 i 79,714
Shoes:
69
82
73
68
101
106
Exports..
thous. of pairs112
65
43
97
188
104
106
Prices, wholesale:
Men's black calf blucher,
5.50
factory
dol. per pair..
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
Men's black calf oxford,
4.21
factory..
dol. per pair..
4.25
4.25
4.35
4.31
4.44
4.15
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
Women's colored blucher,
factory
dol. per pair..
3.00
3.04
3,10
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.13
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
° Revised.
i Data for 234 manufacturers not available for these months. Figures shown are computed by means of the month-to-month percentage change indicated by the current
Census Bureau report for 228 identical concerns.
1 Raw stocks in all hands as shown above include all hides from Government animals slaughtered under Federal inspection. Hides from cattle allotted to State relief
agencies and which were not killed under Federal inspection are not included unless they have already moved into sight. It is obvious, therefore, that a quantity of hides
from noninspected slaughter held by State Relief Agencies constitutes an invisible addition to the visible supplies shown above.
t Data on production of sheep and lamb and goat and kid leathers from 1927-34 have been revised. For revisions not shown on p. 44 of the April 1935 issue see D 19
of the June 1935 issue.
•
*
.
*•
•* Government relief slaughter included for the period June 1934-February 1935. See p. 44 of the June 1935 issue for thefigures,excluding relief slaughter. For sheep
and lambs, relief slaughter only affected the data for the months of September to December 1934.
§ Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the January 1935 issue. For 1934 see p. 20 of the October 1935 issue.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Imports revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
• New series: For earlier data refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Leather production, p. 19, June 1933; leather stocks, p. 19, January 1935 New series
on gloves and mittens cover 234 identical manufactures as reported to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Data prior to July 1934 are not available. These data are not comparable with data through January 1934 previously shown. New series on wholesale price of women's shoes began January 1934. Data not
shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.
t Revised series. For earlier data refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Production of cattle, sheep, and lamb leather for 1932 and 1933, p 44, April 1934
Production of cattle hides revised for 1935, p. 47 of the April 1936 issue. Imports of total hides and skins for 1932, exports of upper leather for 1932, p. 43, June 1933. Production of asphalt for 1932 and consumption of kerosene and lubricating oil, for 1932, see p. 56 of the November 1933 issue.
• Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the September 1394 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ber
ber
ary
March
April
May
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS—Continued
LEATHER MANUFACTURES—Cont.
Shoes—C ontinued.
Production, totalt
thous. of pairs..
Men'sf
thous. of pairsBoys' and youths'!
thous. of pairs..
Women'sf
-.thous. of pairs..
Misses' and children'st—thous. of pairs~
Slippers, all typesf
thous. of pairsAil other footweart
-thous. of pairs-
27,234
7,819
1,569
8,857
2,794
2,717
3,477
28,719
7,528
1,302
10,362
2,304
3,643
3,582
32,274
7,926
1,726
13,281
2,956
3,291
3,093
37,243
9,132
1,702
15,925
3,361
4,088
3,035
33,909
8,391
1,502
13,275
2,998
4,857
2,887
35,948
9,918
1,721
11,813
3,186
6,124
3,185
27,715
8,161
1,330
7,034
2,673
5,570
2,947
28,949
8,440
1,354
9,794
2,869
3,277
3,214
32,420
9,043
1,267
13,436
3, 292
1, 633
3,749
32,142
8,313
1,130
13,843
3,007
2,140
3,709
34,159
8,223
1,264
14,441
3,237
2,726
4,268
32,688
8,027
1,221
13,042
3,154
2,904
4,339
« 29,807
° 7,219
1,031
M l , 906
* 2,476
« 3,139
° 4,036
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
LUMBEE—ALL TYPES
Exports (boards, planks, and scantlings)* •
M ft. b. m_.
National Lumber Mfgrs. Assn.:± 1
Production, total
*
mill. ft. b. m..
Hardwoods^
mill. ft. b. m_.
Softwoods
mill. ft. b. m_.
Shipments, total
mill. ft. b. m_.
Hardwoods
.mill. ft. b. m_.
Softwoods
mill. ft. b. m_.
Stocks, gross, end of month total:
mill. ft. b. m_.
Hardwoods.—
- mill. ft. b. m..
Softwoods
-.mill. ft. b. m_.
Retail movement:
Retail yards, Ninth Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
_.
M ft. b. m_.
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_.
Retail yards, Tenth Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
M ft b. m_
Stocks, end of month
M ft, b m.
1
Flooring
83,255
59,893
73, 012
81,752
77,810
83,258
89, 265
83,150
66,073
90,328
•96,053
89,904
1,896
273
1,623
1,846
257
1,589
1,359
285
1, 074
1,415
290
1,125
1,636
278
1,358
1,614
288
1,326
1,808
289
1,517
1,761
280
1,481
1,750
293
1,457
1,643
259
1,384
1,971
302
1,669
1,782
270
1,512
1,620
273
1,347
1,489
262
1,227
1,422
207
1,215
1,331
220
1,111
1,490
229
1,261
1,569
238
1,331
1,353
215
1,138
1,467
238
1,229
1,587
244
1,343
1,688
281
1,407
1,865
253
1,613
1,932
267
1,665
1,891
253
1, 638
1,821
259
1,562
7,060
1,845
5,215
2,030
4,833
6,875
2,010
4,865
6,891
1,990
4,901
6,967
1,993
4,974
7,121
1,943
5,178
7,235
1,935
5,300
7,273
1,915
5,358
7,203
1,905
5,298
7,103
1,882
5,221
1,843
5,155
6,933
1,836
5,097
7,013
1,832
5,181
10, 831
67,104
10, 636
67,160
11,567
69,817
9,787
69,793
14,125
64,942
8,676
63,137
4,594
61,365
3,677
70,834
2,374
77,713
4,329
81,490
7,210
81,851
• 10,227
•79,392
2,701
26,991
3,741
27,569
3,257
27, 773
2,882
27,902
3,354
28,164
3,061
27,708
2,415
28,637
2,884
29, 794
2,168
32,069
3,752
32, 396
4,191
32,143
3,627
32,426
13,150
72, 456
3,437
32,459
61,883
1
Maple, beech, and birch:
Orders:
5,706
4,634
6,980
4,514
4,311
4,278
5,768
10,138
3,917
4,391
New .
M ft, b. m_
3,493
6,045
9,368
11,303
5,388
4,763
4,683
5,498
6,444
16,456
4,989
15, 012
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m.
13,159
4,347
4,200
4,263
4,123
5,109
4, 315
5,584
4,279
4,462
4,276
5,439
Production.—
M ft. b. m.
4,437
4,692
5,114
3,879
3,936
4,609
5,037
3,997
5,324
4,035
4,891
5,457
Shipments
M ft. b. m.
5,528
21,043
20,295
21,209
21,023
21,077
18,214
21,878
20,645
19,638
20,033
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m._
20,497
18,717
Oak:
Orders:
NewM ft. b. m. 30,576 18,622 15,466 16, 456 19,459 24,383 25,125 25,064 30.204 40,675 19,381 19, 211 23,622
Unfilled, end of month...—M ft. b. m. 27,523 15,304 12,423 11,004 13,065 14,347 19,925 25,492 35, 301 52,892 43,793 33,521 28,564
Production
M ft. b. m. 32,031 18,108 20,606 17,642 19,467 21,642 20,823 24,203 22,783 21,831 27,607 30,761 30,273
Shipments
M ft. b. m. 31,617 17,732 18,374 17,864 17,402 23,475 19,547 19,497 20,395 23,081 28,479 29,483 28,579
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_ 62,069 50,639 52,644 52,408 54,475 52,843 54,119 58,825 61,365 60,115 58,683 59,961 61,655
Softwoods
Fir, Douglas:
Exports:!
4,862
24,199
2,517
26.952
20,227
15,568
26,139
19, 542 23,498
22,677
40,462
28,714
Lumber^
-M ft. b. m__ 27,331
8,615
21,931
23,456
577
20,834
36,486
14,548
17,577
19,455
12,985
23,371
14,612
Timber.
M ft. b. m. 18,312
Orders:
Newc?_
- M ft. b. m
Unfilled, end of months
M ft. b. m
Price, wholesale:
16.00
16.00
16.00
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
0)
No. 1 common H dol. per M ft. b. m._ <?)•
Flooring, 1 x 4, B" and better v. g.*
43.50
43.00
43.00
46.00
45.00
43.33
46.00
45.00
45.00
dol. per M ft. b. m..
Production^
—M ft. b. m.
1
Shipments^
M ft. b. m.
Pine, northern:
9,942
9, 239
8,220
Orders, new
M ft. b. m._ 11,570 13,355 10,898 10, 260
7,722
11,462
7,350
9,800
9,912
9,616
23, 213
1,803
10,169
22,178
265
779
16,398
392
22, 774
12,392
Production
M ft. b. m
528
3, 697
16,892
12,505
9,322
11,283
13,489
12,103
10,119
6, 535
8,219
Shipments
— .
M ft. b. m
8,215
11,211
9,463
10, 956
11,364
Pine, southern:
Exports:
22,826
23,233
27,083
21,983
28,913
26,739
25,653
24,350
18,506
Lumber§__
-__.—M ft. b. m
28,913
22,893
21,487
8,324
10,492
7,072
8,022
6,302
3,516
5,713
8,330
10,261
Timber§—
M ft. b. m__ 6,358
6,384
7,506
6,890
Orders:
New.
_
M ft. b. m^ 141,349 116,592 127,556 139,608 120,979 143,695 128,825 124.184 150,424 125,758 165,856 162,250 155,822
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m_. 67,772 53,683 62,093 73,227 61,029 69,962 68,010 90,889 77,275 72,930 95,191 87,175 80,354
37.43
37.65
36.67
35.75
36.80
36.61
36.61
37.01
36.74
Price' flooring dol. per M ft. b. m_. 37.37
36.78
37. 63
37. 40
Production..
M ft. b. m.. 145,342 109,805 130,515 137,442 125,132 148,566 134,190 125,928 141, 315 124, 541 148,226 155,187 158,529
Shipments
—M ft. b. m. 136,234 129,264 137,051 144,476 120,818 145,970 128,570 105,743 121,632 125,416 160,755 170,446 166,440
Redwood, California:t
Orders:
New..
__—._
M ft. b. m. 29,813 23,704 24,623 24,054 25,411 29,593 27,456 28, 514 29,579 34,054 * 32,979 * 41, 535 • 31,157
Unfilled
.—
M ft. b. m.. 39,251 40,142 33,721 25,622 24,819 26,290 27,446 31,097 35,818 44,489 '43,049 * 49,143 '44,213
Production
—— M ft. b. m.. 38,700 25,675 27,939 34,262 33,754 38,073 33,187 30,369 31,318 32,185 137,318 * 37, 584 ' 37,763
Shipments.
M ft. b. m_. 37,433 24,548 30,925 31,259 25,628 27,952 25,761 23,716 27,068 24,711 134,327 * 35, 562 '35,207
•Revised.
» Data temporarily discontinued.
* New series. For data on lumber exports for period of January 1919 to September 1932, see p. 20 of the November 1932 issue. See special footnote below on lumber
production, shipments, and stocks.
t Data revised for 1932, see p. 44 of the June 1933 issue, exports of Douglasfirlumber and timber. Boot and shoe production for 1934, p. 45, March 1935 issue, for 1935
revision see p. 48 of the March 1936 issue.
• Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
A New series on lumber production, shipments, and stocks compiled by National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and represent an estimate of the total lumber
cut based on monthly reports received from regional associations covering between 80 and 90 percent of the total cut in 1934 and 70 to 80 percent in 1935. No comparable
figures are available prior to January 1934.
^ Series have been revised for period January 1934-Oetober 1935. These are shown on p. 20 of the February 1936 issue.
X Beginning with January 1934 the report includes all known operators; prior to that time approximately 89 percent of the listed capacity
§ Data revised for 1932. For revisions of exports of Southern pine lumber and timber, see p. 45 of the June 1933 issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the September
1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
< New series covering these items will be shown in a subsequent issue
?
44
SUKVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and referencestothe sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
FURNITURE
Household:
All districts:
Plant operations*
percent of n o r m a l Grand Rapids district:
Orders:
Canceled
percent of new orders. .
New.
no. of days' production—
Unfilled, end of month
no. of days' production__
Outstanding accounts, end of month
no. of days' sales—
Plant operations!
percent of normal. .
Shipments
no. of days' production..
Prices, wholesale:
Beds
1926=100Dining-room chairs, set of 6 1926=100Kitchen cabinets
.1926=100—
Living-room davenports
1926=100__
Bteel furniture. (See Iron and Steel Section.)
65.0
48.0
49.0
53.0
61.0
62.0
61.0
59.0
60.0
58.0
58.0
59.0
59.0
5.0
12
17
7.5
6
5.0
13
4.0
15
6.0
14
8.0
15
13.6
8
10.0
13
6.0
9
18
19
16
16
12
3.0
19
18
9.0
12
9
3.6
18
18
16
13
11
5.0
18
18
21
58.0
11
14
40.0
8
16
44.0
13
19
48.0
11
21
55.0
12
24
56.0
14
24
58.0
13
21
67.0
11
22
57.0
12
22
57.0
12
24
57.0
13
22
54.0
11
20
56.0
11
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
68.5
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.9
89.9
86.0
76.6
65.7
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.3
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.3
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.3
89.9
86.0
78.0
66.3
89.9
86.0
78.0
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
314,950
59,391
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
IRON AND STEEL
Foreign trade, iron and steel:
Exports§
long tons.. 294,951
Imports*^
—
—long tons.. 59,910
Price, iron and steel, composite*
32.79
dol. per long t o n . .
Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption by furnaces
3,941
thous. of long tons..
170
Imports*
thous. of long t o n s Receipts:
Lake Erie ports and furnaces
4,692
thous. of long t o n s 1,931
Other ports
thous. of long tons..
Shipments from upper Lake ports
6,608
thous. of long t o n s Stocks, total, end of month
thous. of long tons— 23,107
At furnaces
thous. of long t o n s - 18,017
4,045
Lake Erie docks
thous. of long tons—
Manganese ore, imports (manganese con29
tent)*
thous. of long t o n s -
289,647
33,208
296,802
31,894
247,312
31,312
244,419
53,158
238,358
59,569
205,242
56,637
230,269
63,678
241,568
50,489
213,802
43,358
264,337
56,720
32.42
32.44
32.68
32.82
32.84
33.15
33.31
33.34
33.48
33.21
301,987
49,277
33.10
2,199
158
2,198
154
2,616
109
2,654
165
2,911
114
3,026
158
3,101
138
2,952
154
2,632
125
2,898
132
3,485
177
3,882
199
3,002
1,084
3,295
1,240
3,482
1,261
3,250
1,349
3,162
1,463
1,472
657
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
2,651
1,409
32.92
4,242
4,461
4,781
4,818
4,601
1,557
0
0
0
0
19
5,050
27,002
22,841
4,161
29,509
25,227
4,282
31,491
26,936
4,555
33,469
28,512
4,957
35,115
29,756
5,359
34,277
28,964
5,313
31,342
26,248
6,093
28,404
23,434
4,970
25,809
20,904
4,904
22,933
18,199
4,734
19,370
15,242
4,130
19,242
15,269
3,974
11
16
14
16
19
15
13
54
30
21
19
39
42,846
43, 766
53.9
46,849
25,668
27,548
33.5
31,905
25,526
28,915
34.3
31,111
36,602
35,245
42.5
27,772
35,668
36,996
44.7
33,442
45,246
43,467
61.0
40,132
47,778
44.277
53.1
41,434
42,673
46,598
55.0
43,042
43,852
48,198
57.1
43,386
38,278
40,611
49.9
39,384
48,008
45,536
55.9
46,823
47,933
50,954
62.6
51,840
44,136
45,027
55.3
48,854
85,405
145
49,180
91
50.63,
56,815
99
69,250
104
67,655
116
70,095
122
66,825
120
63,660
117
64,550
120
68,395
126
84,915
144
* 86,030
146
19.00
19.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.99
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
21.39
2,586
20.39
1,553
20.39
1,620
20.39
1,761
20.39
1,776
20.39
1,978
21.39
2,066
21.39
2,106
21.39
2,026
21.39
1,824
21.39
2,040
21.39
2,404
21.39
2,648
Iron, Crude and Semimanufactured
Castings, malleable:*
Orders, new.
short t o n s Production
short tons—
Percent of capacity.
Shipments
short tons—
Pig iron:
Furnaces in blast, end of month:
Capacity
long tons per d a y Number—
Prices, wholesale:
Basic (valley furnace)—dol. per long ton._
Composite pig iron
dol. per long ton..
Foundry, no. 2, northern (Pitta.)
dol. per long t o n Production
thous. of long t o n s -
Iron, Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers and radiators:
Boilers, range:f
Orders:
83,929
69,469
51,648
64,845
64,341 55,136
70, K90 62,143
62, 649
57, 631 *66,598
New
number of boilers.. 73,967 106,605
Unfilled, end of month, totalf
35,842
23,512
25,644
25,647
22,306
25, 545 25,382
26,094
20,177 25,581
31,999
number of boilers.. 27, 279 65,291
69,922
84,328
63,500
92,883
61,808
65,409
65,658
64,227
65,773
57,723
60,352
-Production
number of boilers- 74, 242 88,486
63,878
80,591
64,338 48,726
66,051
77,344
62,306
88,908
63,548
85,413
61,937
61,194
Shipments—
number of boilers- 72,921
42,220
41,490
40,652
37,753
37,690
41,042
45,557 44,715
36,176
49,625
32,201
43,332
Stocks, end of month-number of boilers- 38,161
Boilers, round:
4,487
4,312
4,121
6,467
3,784
3,339
2,977
3,954
2,898
3,343
3,456
3,287
Production
thous. of lb—
4,368
0,485
3,193
2,710
6,879
4,957
3,647
3,120
2,243
4,018
2,437
1,664
1,683
Shipments
thous. of lb—
41,139
35,389
41,917
41,138
38,361
34,377
33,644
34,106
35,429 44,882
35,053
Stocks, end of month— -_thous. of lb— 41,160
37,738
Boilers, square:
12,711
21,462
27,425
17,487
20,906
16,436
18,941
17,599
18,454
17,957
18,176
19,043
Production
thous. of lb— 21,625
21,689
16,332
31,761 41,380
20,325
10,700
13,786
11,955
8,984
Shipments
.thous. of lb— 19,523
16,330
11,129
13,552
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lb— 143,991 141,520 137,923 137,815 126,889 115,096 112,592 114,019/ 114,696 121,258 129,933 127,274 150,558
« Revised.
* New series. Data on furniture activity, all districts, prior to April 1933 not published. For imports of iron and steel, see p. 20 of the November 1932 issue; for
malleable castings, p. 20 of the April 1933 issue. New series on iron and steel composite price was shown on p. 19 of the January 1935 issue.
§ For 1932,1933, and 1934 revisions, see p . 45 of the June 1933 issue, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and p. 19 of the December 1935 issue, respectively.
t Revised. Data prior to April 1933 not published on plant operations. For range boilers, see p. 20 of the July 1934 issue,
• Imports from Cuba not included.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. For 1933 and 1934 revisions, see p . 20 of the October 1934 issue and p . 20 of the December 1935 issue, respectively.
f Distribution of unfilled orders of deliveries of 30 days or less and deliveries of more than 30 days has been discontinued by the reporting source.
45
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931, 1936
together with explanatoryfootnotesand references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1933 Annual Supplement to the Survey June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IKON AND STEEL-Continued
Iron, Manufactured Products—Con.
Cast-iron boilers and radiators—Continued
B oiler fittings, cast iron:
Production
short tons.. 5,981
Shipments
short tons— 6,132
Boiler fittings, malleable:
Production...
short tons.. 4,173
Shipments
—..—.short tons.. 4,202
Radiators:
Production
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface,.. 5,931
Shipments
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface.. 5,590
Stocks, end of month
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface.. 40,179
Radiators, convection type:*
New orders:
Heating elements only, without cabinet? or grilles
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface?..
84
Heating elements, including cabinets
and grilles
349
thous. of sq. ft. heating surfaced—
Sanitary Ware
Bathroom accessories:?
Production..
.number of pieces..
Shipments
..number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces..
Plumbing brass. (See Nonferrous metals.)
Plumbing and heating equipment, wholesale
price (8 pieces)*
dollars,Porcelain enameled flatware: '
Orders, new, total..dollars..
Signs
_
dollars..
Table tops
dollars..
Shipments, total....——
dollars..
Signs
dollars..
Table tops
dollars—
Porcelain plumbing fixtures:
Orders:
New, net
number of piecesUnfilled, end of month
number of pieces..
Shipments
number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month...number of pieces..
Vitreous-china plumbingfixtures:t
Orders:
New, net...
number of pieces._
Unfilled, end of month
number of pieces._
Shipments.number of pieces.Stocks, end of month...number of pieces..
Steel, Crude and Semimanufactured
Bars, steel, coldfinished,shipments
short tons..
Castings, steel:*A
Orders, new total.
short tons..
Percent of capacity....
Railway specialties
short tons..
Production, total
short tonsPercent of capacity...
Railway specialities.short tons..
Ingots, steel :§
Production
thous. of long tons..
Percent of capacity
Prices, wholesale:
Composite,finishedsteel
_dol. per lb—
Steel billets, Bessemer, Pittsburgh
dol. per long ton—
Structural-steel beams, Pittsburgh
dol. per lb..
Steel scrap, Chicago dol. per gross ton..
U. S. Steel Corporation:
Earnings, net.. —
thous. of dol—
Shipments,finishedproducts*..long tons—
Steel, Manufactured Products
3,610
4,321
4,201
4,696
5,542
6,210
5,860
6,330
7,451
8,454
6,835
6,620
5,589
4,248
5,730
5.194
5,107
5,217
5,721
5,325
6,032
5,940
5,768
5,923
3,107
2,873
3,073
3,036
3,620
3,481
3,627
3,392
4,162
4,670
4,532
4,357
3,794
2,503
3,970
3,982
3,475
3,817
3,663
4,296
4,201
4,196
4,442
6,253
4,742
3,422
3,462
4,675
6,470
35,610
82
148
245,519
228,210
370,180
5,937
7,430
5,037
4,706
4,733
4,951
5,046
6,345
7,701
10,055
6,616
5,413
4,183
3,086
2, 720
3,439
4,175
35,384
31,493
30,000
29,420
30,243
32, 224
34, 779
36,997
40, 368
74
114
113
60
145
62
63
51
74
231
170
130
136
121
117
202
233
341,770 362,580 464,176
312,007 326,585 408,402
400,018 407,886 387,233
292,770
283,996
393,481
266,574 300,108
216,910 254,473
488, 747 526,039
370,732
335,338
553,141
187
167
338,449 269,863
321,312 243,262
386, 716 402,707
1
447, 533 487,942
386, 783 1466,171
1
587,891 522,025
212.11
197.53
202.01
207.62
207.70
207.80
208.13
208.18
951,022
284,068
210,834
978,254
284,574
234,884
760,743
274,078
164,808
773,531
264,896
174,671
753,635
300,160
146,128
770,024
307,018
153,937
890,631
312,172
193,944
801, 207
292,709
169,204
822,997
213,599
245,107
830,241
243, 535
222,447
937,394
257,005
258,369
949,349
218,000
816,050
236,380
195,795
817,866
249,153
195,707
751,629
191,827
236,173
676,656
196,287
169,096
3,793
2,101
2,391
3,193
2,864
3,095
2,158
1,594
2,529
2,288
1,692
2,441
2,526
3,924
3,034
9,270
4,122
2,417
10,600
3,702
2,771
9,405
3,645
2,915
8,579
3,339
3,026
6,635
3,583
2,713
6,685
2,763
2,746
6,874
1,912
1,935
7,268
2,722
1,597
7,836
3,227
1,730
8,595
2,753
2,068
8,962
3,053
1,896
9, 515
3,251
2,195
9,683
161,199
319,589
250,648
179,928
132,378
132,867
139,596
373,413
204,249
165, 624
143, 323
157,807
191,060
187,981
381,675
293,904
216,745
403,381
236,890 175,140 117,289 112,621
295,880 241,678 190, 229 137,535
363,914 359,308 424,242 516,677
128,020
124,197
629,750
281,827
219,606
256,377
229,699
642,893
194,337
227, 664
674, 282
168,820
168,840
738, 580
158,380
167,367
41,178
25,600
25,295
29,863
34,439
47,301
33,670
32,285
35,097
27,917
31,378
33,512
36,232
94, 345
79.1
52,466
70, 323
59.0
30,802
30,257
25.4
6,480
27,665
23.2
5,443
34,570
29.0
9,574
31,125
26.1
5,857
45,426
38.1
17, 111
34,972
29.3
8,598
29,995
25.2
5,616
35,411
29.7
10, 568
34,553
29.0
8,201
42, 597
35.7
12,347
32,714
27.4
7,071
36,165
30.3
10,024
40,529
34.0
13,919
37,793
31.7
10,076
59,019
49.5
22, 542
44,298
37.1
13,373
51,701
43.4
16,650
47,954
40.2
15,830
71,341
59.8
32, 542
51,674
43.3
17,385
83,188
69.8
45, 942
63,087
52.9
24, 712
63, 950
53.6
25,755
64, 246
. 53.9
25, 857
2.259
41
2,268
39
2,916
49
2,825
51
3,143
53
3,150
55
3,073
56
3,046
51
2,964
54
3,343
59
3,942
69
4,046
70
.0236
.0244
.0244
0243
. 0243
.0243
,0243
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0237
.0236
28.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
28.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
28.20
28.00
.0181
12.85
.0180
9.97
.0180
10.35
.0180
12.38
0180
12.50
.0180
12.50
.0180
13.00
.0180
13.35
.0180
13.38
.0180
14.19
.0180
14.75
.0180
14.34
624,497
13,470
614,933
29,227
14,118
578,108
547,794
686,741
681,820
209.35
212.25
773,108 786,380
283,139 223,994
197,974 196,817
666,820 727,162
172,813 169,453
194,726 187,073
20,418
661, 515 721,414
212. 31
212.19
212.10
877,593 1,088,105 1,005,791
206,115 265,338 265,199
154,291 238,447 187,662
908,433 1,076,233 1,002,735
220,427 315, 556 281,205
176,295 205, 747 189,980
71
.0236
28.00
.0180
12.88
17, 665
17
676~315~ 783, 552 ~979,~967~ 984,097
Barrels, steel:
Orders, unfilled, end of month...number- 452,386 976,634 932,843 930,831 853,986 725,748 620,571 341,693 400,608 349,752 341, 248 299,745 400,184
Production..
number460,737 509,121 529,414 532,433 790,057 535, 514 478,592 479,873 476,465 578, 705 650,028 636,449
47.5
35.9
35.6
46.8
43.3
48.5
38.9
36.0
58.9
40.2
Percent of capacity
38.8
37.4
34.0
791,469 537,947 480,918 478,588 471,481 577,240 658,657 643,841
Shipments-.
number- 627,065 457,370 505,942
29,171
34,155
19,599
27,991
19,133 30,746 34,925 36,001 38,001 36,589 34,156 31,830
35,260
Stocks, end of month
number—
* Data covering non-vitreous clay, recessed and attachable accessories not included.
• Data on convection type radiators, prior to January 1932 not available For earlier data on wholesale price of plumbing and heating equipment, see p. 20 of the
January 1933 issue; for steel castings, p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; and for United States Steel Corporation shipments, see p. 18 of the January 1934 issue.
% In equivalent direct radiation.
t Revised series. For earlier data on bathroom accessories see p. 20 of the October 1933 issue. Data on vitreous china plumbingfixturesrevised beginning January
1933, see p. 47 of the April 1935 issue; revisions for 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
A Steel casting series revised January 1935 by the increase of the number of companies from 164 to 180; comparable data not completed for 1934 and earlier years.
Figures for 164 companies in January 1935 were new orders, total 31,816, percent of capacity 20.3; new orders, railway specialties, 6,835; production, total 28,519; percent
of capacity 18.2; production, railway specialties 6,052.
5 For 1932 revisions see p. 46 of the July 1933 issue; for 1933, p. 47 of the August 1934 issue; for 1934, p. 50 of the August 1935 issue. Revisedfiguresfor thefirstquarter
of 1935 are: January 2,870,000, February 2,774,000, and March 2,865,000 long tons
46
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may he found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
August 1936
1936
1935
June
Q
August S tT'
July
June
October
No v e m
h p r -
^ f " January February
1
March
April
May
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IRON AND STEEL-Continued
Steel, Manufactured Products—Con.
Boilers, steel, new orders:
Area
thous. of sq. ft—
Quantity
„_..number of boilers..
Furniture, steel:
Business group:
Orders:
New
thous. of dol—
Unfilled, end of month—thous. of dol—
Shipments
thous. of dol—
Shelving:A
Orders:
New
thous. of dol—
Unfilled, end of month-thous. of dol—
Shipments..
thous. of dol—
Safes:
Orders:
New...
thous. of dol—
Unfilled, end of month—thous. of dol—
Shipments
thous. of d o l Lock washers, shipments.,
thous. of dol—
Plate, fabricated steel, new orders, total
short t o n s Oil storage tanks..,
short tons—
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full finished:
Orders:
New™,
short tons—
Unfilled, end of month
short tons—
Production, total
,
short tons—
Percent of capacity
—
_.__
Shipments
short tons—
Stocks, end of month, total
short tons—
Unsold stocks
short tons—
Tin and terneplate:*
Production
thous- of long tons-.
Track work, production
short tons—
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS
Air-conditioning equipment:!
Orders, new, total..,
thous. of dol__
Air-washer group
-thous. of dol—
Fan group
..__
.-thous. of doL.
Unit-heater group—
thous. of dol—
Electric overhead cranes:
Orders:
New
thous, of dol—
Unfilled, end of month
thous, of dol—
Shipments
_
thous. of doL_
Electrical equipment. (See Nonferrous
metals.)
Exports, machinery. (See Foreign Trade.)
Foundry equipment:
Orders:
New——
1922-24=100Unfilled, end of month
1922-24=100—
Shipments
„
1922-24=100..
Fuel equipment:
Oil burners:*!
Orders:
New
no. of burnersUnfilled, end of month.no. of burners._
Shipments
no. of burners..
Stocks, end of month
no. of burners—
Pulverized-fuel equipment:
Orders, new, storage system:
Furnaces and kilns-.no. of pulverizers..
Water-tube boilers..no. of pulverizers,Orders, new, unit system:
Fire-tube boilers no. of pulverizers..
Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers..
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers. >
Stokers, mechanical, new orders:1
Class 1, residential
.number..
Class 2, apartment and small commercial—.
.number..
Class 3, general commercial and small
commercial heaters..
number__
Class 4, large commercial:
Number
Horsepower
Machine tools:*
Orders:
New*
avg. mo. shipments 1926=100..
Pumps:
Domestic, water, shipments:f
Pitcher, hand, and windmill
units. .
Power, horizontal type
unitsMeasuring and dispensing, shipments:
Gasoline:
Hand-operated
„—units—
Power
units..
Oil, grease, and other:
Hand-operated
unitsPower
._
units—
1,131
1,049
391
523
519
536
544
735
575
829
784
787
464
587
685
595
623
634
810
705
590
594
784
687
723
721
1,565
1,070
1,470
1,236
845
1,137
1,331
943
1,225
1,333
948
1,327
1,393
980
1,361
1,618
1,036
1,562
1,507
945
1,591
1,520
908
1, 558
1,619
940
1,586
1,427
882
1,484
1, 667
964
1,586
1,583
913
1,634
1,514
975
1,451
448
294
416
313
152
291
272
167
257
309
216
260
336
210
342
348
212
346
323
206
329
370
196
379
389
243
342
325
198
371
419
235
382
378
229
384
414
262
381
224
216
226
246
170
277
150
204
145
287
134
203
145
268
164
147
172
281
159
235
200
277
205
246
188
285
180
261
182
255
205
206
203
169
176
255
189
173
185
219
227
190
210
232
251
197
244
313
228
218
207
251
51,999
21,861
17,914
1,872
18,890
4,193
23,628
3,505
31,105
3,531
30,530
5,850
19,116
2,617
35. 584
9,341
38, 709
3, 354
27,830
5,940
29, 787
3,620
29,900
5,678
«51,257
9,311
261,439
276, 551
210,448
69.2
203,853
136,605
75,912
128,957
112,944
143,309
47.7
160,812
126,531
74,099
206,313
170,299
145,505
48.1
152,146
125,378
72,632
207,140
204,108
206,613
68.3
180,893
138,432
75,391
196,423
198,424
190,701
63.0
176,897
142,922
75,581
226,209
211,452
222,963
73.5
220,536
146,308
83,200
289,101
286,799
224,541
74.1
213,453
149,122
81,597
203,318
299,394
208,774
68.9
195,077
149,213
74,516
174,805
267, 673
223,000
73.3
207,437
152, 283
84,037
138,244
231, 660
191,359
62.9
175,702
168,572
86,971
251,818
280,493
207,820
68.3
209, 673
141,916
70,648
190,269
221,950
217,975
71.6
252,441
124,239
65,783
191,511
217,831
224,056
73,6
210,127
138,510
72,333
6,507
140
4,210
4,054
4,028
2,962
3,495
3,090
3,025
3,366
4,116
6, 258
7,031
7,314
1,522
215
813
495
1,502
173
895
435
1,418
154
693
571
1,359
60
586
713
1,713
96
596
1,021
1,833
170
854
809
1,958
135
673
1,151
C1)
(0
0)
0)
690
715
0)
0)
0)
0)
571
711
(0
0)
281
2,242
680
682
1,782
217
154
1,604
332
440
1,801
233
245
1,475
471
194
1,166
503
392
1,082
476
386
1,194
274
26
1,700
217
349
1,676
373
363
1,723
317
572
2,026
277
2,641
141.4
130.8
153.0
100.2
135.6
82.2
94.0
126.5
102.3
113.0
142.3
97.2
128.5
144.5
124.7
140.0
164.7
119.7
100.4
119.2
145.2
118.1
90.8
147.6
127.0
107.5
110.4
110.4
130.4
114.5
115. 0
94. 4
124.0
134.0
123.2
105.1
165.4
142.6
146.7
15, 788
4.078
14,449
19, 221
9,677
1,325
10,044
14, U 4
10, 434
2,089
9,670
17,005
15,320
1,860
15, 549
18,422
29,090
3,807
27,143
11,631
24, 088
2,108
25, 657
12,047
9,553
1,612
10,049
14,101
7,765
1,648
7,729
15,565
7,275
1,487
7,436
13,437
7,139
1,531
7,095
14,057
9,235
2,034
8,732
15,090
10,373
2,365
10,042
16,901
12, 578
2,739
12,204
18,794
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
11
31
1
2
4
0
8
10
0
2
17
1
6
7
1
9
24
2
3
13
0
16
33
1
13
20
7
5
17
1
6
16
1
2
38
1
3
25
4,381
2,432
2,872
4,931
8,687
8,777
4,287
3,078
2,065
2,342
2,376
2,745
3,547
199
158
190
348
615
683
359
281
187
167
130
130
123
76
55
96
164
272
268
145
108
84
71
40
44
60
178
199
269
34,821 . 43,594 47,355
345
55,260
310
51,031
213
34,849
196
34,166
161
27, 297
126
25,120
132
24, 775
152
43,080
183
36,935
8
1,106
626
242
49,376
954
561
948
576
1,059
564
128.8
91.1
119. 8
125.8
80.0
102.9
98.6
98.3
110.8
112.1
105. 3
125.7
118.9
51,484
1,198
29,859
908
33, 734
1,004
33,863
939
30,014
782
21,775
915
22,358
681
19,493
613
39, 221
772
35,621
659
41,192
964
40,004
968
41,259
1,229
569
426
592
599
851
639
776
662
564
583
798
3,992
4,517
4,901
8,703
5,121
5,226
5,491
8,923
7,551
5,757
4,785
4,401
5,678
5,993
9,492
7,433
9,916
9,720 10,332
7,048
8,005
7,631
8,166
7,963
966
964
651
1,259
844
668
1,030
956
1,178 - 699 823
1,110
881
i Comparable data not available. See the regular monthly report of the Census Bureau for detailed data on this industry.
* New series. For earlier data see p . 20 of the December 1932 issue for tin and terneplate and p . 20 of the July 1934 issue for machine tools (including forging equipment). Current oil-burner series, available only back to January 1933, are based on reports from 160 concerns.
f Revised series. Data on air-conditioning equipment revised starting January 1933; see footnote on p . 48, April 1935. The revisions for 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
% Oil burners revised for 1934 and 1935, to exclude data erroneously reported. See p . 51 of the April 1936 issue. Data for 1933 and 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
A Revised data on steel furniture shelving for years 1932, 1933, and 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
1 Revised series on mechanical stokers, see p. 48 of the April 1935 issue; domestic pumps starting January 1934, see p. 49 of the April 1935 issue.
• Series covering shipments and unfilled orders temporarily discontinued
574
8,774
672
4,451
47
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1935
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
June
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS—Con.
Pumps—Continued.
Steam, power, and centrifugal:
Orders, new..,.
thous. of dol—
Water-softening apparatus, shipments^
units. _
Water systems, shipmentst ^
..units..
Woodworking machinery:
Orders:
Canceled
_
thous. of doL.
New
_.
thous. of dol__
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of dol._
Shipments:
Quantity
.machines..
Value
thous. of dol_.
1,029
747
1,052
16,714
445
597
267
445
741
615
658
719
832
1,039
1,044
1,068
535
10,989
493
10,827
577
11,060
583
8,560
812
8,946
715
8,125
7,195
754
9,856
737
6,371
980
10,364
1,031
11,496
5
284
463
5
400
515
1
304
456
11
281
422
2
404
441
9
311
404
520
462
12
449
538
412
581
5
417
632
185
177
322
240
384
170
302
249
373
241
188
419
190
361
201
365
224
358
7
377
610
217
383
16,670
.1146
18,272
. 1138
19,047
.1164
17,960
. 1219
16,246
.1251
14,534
.1263
24,439
.1263
24,251
.1260
18,997
.1257
19,938
.1263
21,685
.1257
28,003
.1207
1,815
601
1,214
1,880
549
1,331
1,893
422
1,471
2,002
384
1,618
2,294
650
1,643
2,113
613
1,500
1,954
469
1,485
2,510
546
1,964
2,013
524
1,489
2,064
453
1,612
2,414
549
1,865
2,312
420
1,893
27,252
16,492
15,754
.0863
27,079
26,197
24,967
.0778
30,900
10, 568
9,652
.0798
20,050
22,239
21,087
.0850
20,275
24,327
23,095
.0897
25,592
20,772
20,118
.0903
22,104
27,456
25,255
.0903
12, 573
14,749
12,935
.0903
19,313
16,723
17,438
16,427
16,700
11, 310
19,683
15,700
.0903
.0903
.0917
.0928
22,952
25,863
3,437
29,890
6,292
28,599
27,847
3,006
31,412
7,977
31, 648
8,639
29,464
3,183
28,195
6,467
29,341
4,550
29,535
2,950
30,547
4,540
742
946
718
2,967
1,014
13,106
439
604
247
444
NONFERROUS METALS AND
PRODUCTS
Metals
Aluminum:
Imports, bauxite#
___.long tons._ 41,043
Price, scrap, cast (N. Y.)
dol. per lb..
.1188
Babbitt metal (white-base antifriction bearing metals):
2,374
Production!
thous. of lb_.
495
For own use
thous. of lb__
1,879
Salesf
thous. of lb__
Copper:
Exports, refined0 ._.„.._„
short tons__ 23,969
Imports, total§ #
—short tons.. 14,671
Ore and blister
-._ short tons..
Price, electrolytic (N. Y.)___-dol. per lb_.
Lead:
Ore:
Receipts in U. S, ore
short tons.. 31,828
3,500
Shipments, Joplin district...short tons..
Refined:
1,027
Imports#
short tons..
Price, pig, desilverized (N. Y.)
.0460
dol. per lb__
Production
_
.short tons.. 36,756
Shipments, reported—
short tons.. 37, 736
Stocks, end of month
short tons— 230,481
Tin:
Consumption in manufacture of tin and
terneplate*
long tons,.
7,795
Deliveries
_
Jong tons..
Imports, bars, blocks, etc.#
long tons__ 8,134
,4222
Price, Straits (N. Y.)
....dol. per lb__
Stocks, end of month:
World, visible supply
long tons.. 14,260
3,054
United States
long tons..
Zinc:
Ore, Joplin district:
Shipments
short tons.- 29,420
Stocks, end of month
short tons— 39, 240
Price, slab, prime, western (St. Louis)
dol. per lb_Production, total (primary) f .short tons— 44,947
_
Retorts in operation, end of mo—number.. 40,700
Shipments,, totalf
...short tons.- 41,654
Domestic!
short tons.. 41, 654
Stocks, refinery, end of monthf-short tons— 85, 003
889
2,181
1,143
1,440
1,774
521
.0402
26,978
231,077
.0412
30,488
34, 575
230,915
.0425
30,807
38,195
227,583
.0441
29,358
37,615
224,992
.0451
37,844
42,271
225,309
.0450
36,229
43,035
222,636
2,280
4,615
5,320
.5107
2,610
5,290
4,179
. 5229
2,850
5,320
4,615
.5044
1,790
5,360
6,773
.4907
1,890
5,355
4,095
.5121
2,120
4,035
4,700
.5188
2,350
5,360
6,287
.4977
6,646
.4724
2,400
5,600
6, 525
.4792
2,350
5,520
6,104
.4799
2,850
6,235
4,994
.4694
3,300
5,235
5,493
.4630
14,275
5,467
13,162
3,227
13,246
2,681
11,939
2,849
13,425
1,389
15,049
1,472
13,782
2,312
13,338
2,985
15, 607
3,523
16,074
3,968
13,328
2,713
15,967
2,941
23,013
23,725
28,296
23,529
38,584
25,865
36,436
25,409
34,736
48,579
25,344
40,889
21,000
35,200
24,900
36, 770
25,130
38, 640
26,930
46,060
28,070
40,900
33,560
.0430
34,637
.0433
35,120
33,884
32,306
32,306
115,723
.0454
35,547
32,942
38,824
.0467
36,221
34,870
42,351
42,351
106,316
.0483
36,716
34,777
47,063
47,063
.0485
37,469
36,650
48,172
48,172
85,266
.0485
40,550
38,329
42,058
42,058
83,758
.0485
41,917
38,205
46,468
46,468
79,207
.0486
36, 228
38,004
39,918
39, 918
75, 517
. 0490
42,483
37,922
38,159
38,159
79,841
.0490
43, 252
41,400
42, 311
42,311
80,782
.0490
44,905
41,048
43,977
43, 977
81,710
771
29,353
29,353
112,909
112,446
1,217
.0450
.0460
.0460
.0450
.0460
.0452
37,958 34,088 32,221 32,184 36,175 39, 558
42, 333 34, 590 33, 086 36,743 40,457 33,125
222,306 224,013 225,010 223, 388 229, 991 229,409
2,300
Electrical Equipment
3,246
2,258
2,992
3,903
2,055
1,369
Furnaces, electric, new orders
kilowatts1,903
6,704
1,583
1,609
3,637
783
Electrical goods, new orders^ (quarterly)
139,012
153,452
143,132
thous. of doL.
134,925
Laminated phenolic products, shipments
dollars.. 1,135,858 643, 770 740,922 801,292 832,902 1,061,285 878,041 813,455 826,393 844,374 924, 238 1,004,258 1,145,695
Mica, manufactured:
Orders, unfilled, end of month
143
132
121
135
157
113
179
146
124
119
thous. of doL.
109
105
77
202
210
178
147
153
201
187
172
Shipments
thous. of doL.
161
158
117
188
187
Motors (direct current):
Billings (shipments)
dollars358,543 432,406 366,222 374,026 348,942 490,201 571,756 432,481 533, 595 424,944 518,357 524,953
Orders, new
_
.dollars..
348,349 403,480 357,945 454,450 445,613 405,167 625,708 454,601 612,483 585,348 5 H 719 613, 371
Panel boards and cabinets, shipments
293
306
thous. of doL.
374
285
279
258
Porcelain, electrical, shipments:
Special
dollars..
62,882
64,793
62, 711 79,377 101,108 83, 238 70,698 81,004 78,914 77,690 92,637 84,436
Standard
._
dollars..
53,858 29,923 27,694 35,228
30, 284
33,566
28,902 34,737 41, 249 35,458
293
Power cables, shipments
thous. of ft..
446
408
233
455
323
419
332
533
536
355
542
325
Power switching equipment, new orders:
77,795
Indoor..„
dollars- 72,425
60,452
30,180
45,823 46,781 43,435 46,328 64,691 41,637 63,163 57,981
Outdoor
dollars- 1.43,868 98,066 139,512 130,628 102,71.9 127,347 135,293 115,247 91,522 156, 313 166, 011 214,250 162,163
Reflectors, industrial, sales
. . . u n i t s . . 97,032
81,807 97,360 70,693 89,044 111,617 88,971
71,093 83,002 87,811
62, 608
65,068
Refrigerators, household, sales*
number.. 237,371 161,525 *154,227 110,161 53,622 43,706 46,930 75,904 119,764 179,056 272,139 304,089 329,140
Vacuum cleaners, shipments:
114, 001 105, 559 105,275
Floor cleaners
number.. 80,649
78, 343 93,627 85,816 86,763 74,733
58, 701
56,906
65,128
Hand-type cleaners*
number.. 22,295 . 22,521 13,950
27,478 29,047 29,261 26,570 24,999 23,769 35,878 29,588 32,175
16,227
•Revised.
* New series: For earlier data, see p. 20 of the December 1932 issue, for tin and terneplate; p* 20 of the July 1935 issue, electric reirigerators; and p. 20 of the August 1934
issue, for hand-type vacuum cleaners.
t Data for Babbitt metal revised for the period January 1932-D ecember 1935; see p. 20 of the July 1936 issue. For 1933 revisions on zinc see p. 49 of the January 1934
issue; for 1934 see p. 49 of the February 1935 issue; for 1935, see p. 52 of the February 1936 issue,
t Present series on water systems cover 52 companies.
• For revisions for 1932, see p. 48 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934, p . 19 of the December 1935 issue.
§ Data for 1932 revised; for 1932 revisions, see p. 48 of the June 1933 issue, total imports of copper.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
T Revised series on water systems starting January 1934; see p. 49 of the April 1935 issue; for earlier data on new orders for electrical goods, see p. 19 of the August 1933
issue. New series on water-softening apparatus revised starting January 1933; revisions for 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issiie.
48
SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
June
August 1936
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
April
May
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
NONFEBROUS METALS AND
PRODUCTS—Continued
Electrical Equipment—Continued
Vulcanized fiber:
Consumption
_
Shipments Welding sets, new orders:A
Multiple operator
Single operator
thous. of lb—
thous of dol
2,116
489
• 1,716
363
1,579
344
1,524
420
1,423
420
1,782
509
2,112
440
1,718
387
1,781
455
1,635
417
1,830
492
2,129
470
2,248
471
unitsunits—
0
881
7
324
3
387
2
479
0
480
7
430
0
467
0
543
2
796
0
810
2
1,048
1
1,073
5
830
5,894
5,948
5,645
5,897
6,012
5,747
Miscellaneous Products
Brass and bronze (ingots):*
5,996
4,111
5,297
6,294
4,507
5,195
5,944
Shipments and deliveries- __
net tons—
Brass, plumbing:
Shipments* t
number of pieces 1,342,610 995,808 1,048,172 1,156,791 1,195,230 1,388,845 1,131,066
Brass sheets, wholesale price, mill
.151
.142
.145
.143
,136
.138
dol. per l b ~
.146
Copper, wire cloth:
New
thous
Unfilled, end of m o n t h s thous.
production
—
—
thous.
Shipments
^
thous.
Stocks, end of month
thous.
of sq ft
of sq. r e of sq. ft—
of sq. ft—
of sq.ft—
408
500
413
379
740
411
472
376
375
801
441
509
358
375
787
417
486
416
419
781
439
560
375
359
788
386
483
442
440
741
424
527
384
396
725
916,783 1,240,615 1,155,921 1,210,393 1,275,836 1,274,888
.146
.146
.146
.146
.148
.151
386
505
379
395
695
r
370
495
406
416
689
413
516
424
411
709
369
412
450
439
702
416
441
387
386
706
405,401
102,102
«136, 426
127,281
77,726
49,555
32,873
6,719
417,948
110,057
136,076
133,143
80,749
52,394
31,794
6,878
106,190
«41,479
«6,440
55,080
36,593
18,487
2,477
714
443, 272
110,806
136,761
154,300
98,791
55,509
34,784
6,621
441,901
120,054
137,792
142,459
90,474
51,985
35,104
6,492
104,819
50,727
7,471
43,239
28,276
14,963
2,797
585
437,970
112,758
148,433
138,504
84,910
53, 594
31,669
6,606
450,261
120,427
148,047
142,889
90,265
52,624
32,282
6,616
117,109
58,396
7,085
47,624
33,631
13,993
3,409
595
418
528
447
398'
689,
PAPER AND PRINTING
WOOD
Consumption and shipments
short tons..
Groundwood
—
short tons—
Sulphate
short tonsSulphite, total
_
short tons—
Bleached
_
short tons..
Unbleachedshort tons—
Soda—
.short tons—
Damaged, off-quality & misc'Lshort tons—
Production, all grades
short tons—
Groundwood--.
—short tons—
Sulphate
-.short tons—
Sulphite, total
short tonsBleached
short tons—
Unbleached
short tons—
Soda*.-.
short tons..
Damaged, off-quality & misc'L .short tons—
Stocks
short tonsGroundwood
_
——short tons—
Sulphate——.short tonsSulphite, total
short tonsBleached
short tons—
Unbleached
short tonsSoda
short tonsDamaged, off-quality & misc'L .short tonsImports:
Chemical, totalf#
short tons—
Groundwood#
short tonsPrice, wholesale, sulphite, unbleached
d
l
1
364,778
93,018
115,381
122,298
76,558
45,740
26,909
7,172
6,524
357,437
109,875 94,493
148,148 114,527
139, 591 114, 223
87,123 69,942
52,468 44,281
27,000
7,194
6,164
126,977
~57,~193' 73,532
5,001
7,965
49,104 43,029
34, 260 26,434
16,595
14,844
4,598
817
235
356,081
87,967
115,875
116,810
73,843
42, 967
27,588
7,841
353,839
81,946
116, 216
120,099
77,875
42, 224
27,787
7,791
124,735
67,551
5,342
46,278
30,466
15,812
4,797
767
379,149
90, 857
127,001
125,226
76,036
49,190
29,563
6,502
371,159
79,630
128,039
127, 707
78,109
49,598
29,399
6,384
116.704
56, 284
6,380
48,759
32,539
16, 220
4,632
649
235,129
14,529
155,406
16,744
147,952
11,715
151.705 165,848
14, 300 14,818
1.93
1.90
1.90
i l 1, 078
147,268
138,111
86,494
51, 617
1.90
362, 504
86,047
120,234
121,767
72,675
49,092
27,126
7,330
355,416
75,357
119,590
125,671
76,486
49,185
27, 541
7,257
109,616
45,594
5,736
52,663
36,350
16,313
5,047
576
1.90
394,485 388,244 '415,790 '393,987
98,100
96,445 '107,413 °97,411
127,598 124,418 120,807 139,951 130,084
136,623 134,291 135,317 129,249 '129,517
78,624 79,011
78,217 77,100 «77,174
57,999 55,280 57,100 52,149
52,343
30,483 30,256 29,399 32,099
8,795
7,420
6,276
6,336
7,078
389,331 388,785
"419,946
89,067 94,007 99,402 106,794 '100,575
126,332 125,609 121,148 139,329 131,642
135,193 132,294 130,975 134,290 '129,000
78,227 75,977
75,236 79,704 ft78,105
56,966
56,317 55; 739 54,586
50,895
30,022 29,171 28,821
32,381
30, 989
8,717
7,704
6,177
7,152 0 6,134
97,683 91,984 90,263 °89,343
93,696
35,760 «30,360 °33,524
5,661
4,470
6,002
6,843
5,285
51,233 49,236 44,894 49,735 «49, 218
35,953 32,919 29,938 32,639 °33,570
15,280 16,317 14,956
15,648
17,096
4,586
3,502
2,924
3,556
3,206
498
782
683
555
757
401,864
228,504
31,097
199,812
23,621
243,858
28,116
213,837
20,392
160,649
13,796
143,576
20,457
122,060
13,905
166,048
21,437
1.90
1.90
1.00
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.91
Total paper: f
Paper, including newsprint and paperboard:
a
Production
short tons'721,908 700,349 «815, 630 756,573 914,297 '783,341 717, 604 °819,300 753,581 776,471 867,931 798,060
Paper, excluding newsprint and paperboard:
•348, 775 «356,948 °440,921 '415,046 "493,851 °398,139 '369,837 •451, 268 "401,523 •453,983 485,208 415,828
Orders, new
—
short tons'388,233 «367,345 «449,343 °395,715 «488,727 M10,096 '398,141 (469,036 "410,225 "414,714 496,498 432,814
Production f
short tons—
«484,855 «411,434 °383,172 «472,010 «400,525 «413,778 485,666 424,281
376,018 "367,914
Shipments!—short t o n s 0
Revised.
• Since April 1935 figures are not as complete as during the period of the operation of the Code Authority. Figures for period January 1934-April 1935 would be fairly
comparable if reduced by about 15 percent.
A These series have covered a varying number of companies for period covered in survey; percentage of industry coverage not known. Reports have been from 12
companies since January 1934.
t In September 1935 3 firms discontinued reporting; data of 3 firms of equal size were added, thereby maintaining the comparability of the series.
t Revised series. See p. 49 of the June 1933 issue for 1932 chemical wood pulp imports. Data on total paper for 1934,1935, and 1936 revised. Revisions for 1934 and
months of 1935 not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.
* New series. Data prior to October 1931 not published on plumbing brass.
# See footnote on p. 37, of this issue. Date for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
§ The figures on paper (including total, fine, and wrapping) are as reported by the American Paper and Pulp Aftotiation, except book paper, the data on which are
reported by the Book Paper Division of the Paper and Pulp Industry; they are not comparablt with the data carried in the SUKVEY from the American Paper and Puip As$oeiation through December 1933. The present classification of the association differs from that previously used by them, as well as from the Bureau of the Census classification. In addition to the classes shown, the association also reports on printing paper (including uncoated book), boards, paperboard, and newsprint. Thefirsttwo
of these classifications are not used in the SURVEY, while the Bureau of the Census report is used for paperboard and the Newsprint Service Bureau's report for newsprint
(the latter series is identical with that reported by the association). The ratio of the production reported by the association, the Newsprint Service Bureau, and the Bureau
of tbe Census (monthly report on paperboard) to the annual figures reported by the Bureau of the Census for 1934 follow: Total paper, 87.4 percent; fine paper, 76.1 percent; wrapping, 109.7 percent (present classification of association is much broader than is Census or earlier association classification); paperboard, 68 percent of all paperboard, but 81 percent of the more comparable classifications of container board and boxboard; book paper, uncoated, 95 percent and coated 100 percent (book paper estimates are by association since the data cannot be checked with Census data); and newsprint, 97 percent. Figures for the first 5 months of 1934 on book paper are not available. Data are available for the other series for the months of January to April 1934. These figures will be shown in a subsequent issue.
^ See footnote marked " A " on p. 60 of the March 1936 issue.
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
is the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
49
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
22,541
11,364
21,844
66.8
22,752
15,050
April
May
31,096
17,314
24,697
76.0
25,998
12,528
18,610
11,336
23,525
79.0
23,734
11,992
17,097
9,106
21,409
71.0
21,308
12,093
93,960 128,902
43,739
65,508
96,068 101,669
73.9
80.0
96,293 107,116
81, 713 73,349
85,548
49,939
107,533
85.4
105,689
76,033
72,890
37,369
97,369
.77. 5
90,507
82,280
16,121
33,676
35,435
61,141
44, 620
16,169
47,990
45,119
61,545
30,922
13,194
35,561
33,559
62,510
PAPER AND PRINTING—Continued
PAPER—Continued
Book paper:*
|
Coated paper:
j
Orders, n e w . . .
short tons—
Orders, unfilled
short tons—
Production
— s h o r t tons..
Percent of potential capacity
Shipments*
.„_
short t o n s . .
Stocks, end of m o n t h . .
short t o n s . .
Uncoated paper:
Orders, new
short t o n s . .
Orders, unfilled
short tons..:
Production
short tons..
Percent of potential capacity
Shipments
short t o n s Stocks, end of month
short t o n s . .
Fine paper:*
Orders, new
-.—.short t o n s Orders, unfilled
.short t o n s . .
Production
. . . . . . s h o r t tons..
Shipments
...short t o n s . .
Stocks, end of month
short t o n s . .
Wrapping paper:*
Orders, new
.
short t o n s Orders, unfilled
short t o n s . .
Production
short t o n s Shipments
_
short t o n s . .
Stocks, end of m o n t h .
short t o n s . .
Newsprint:
Canada:
Exports
short t o n s . .
Production
...short tons..
Shipments from mills
short tons..
Stocks, at mills, end of month
short tons..
United States:
Consumption b y publishers
short tons..
Imports #
short tons—
Price, rolls, contract, destination, N . Y.
base...
dol. per short t o n . .
Production, total
short t o n s Shipments from mills..
short tons..
Stocks, end of month:
At mills
short t o n s . .
At publishers
short tons__
In transit to publishers—short tons—
Paperboard: §
Consumption, waste papert—short t o n s . .
Orders:
New
short tons..
Unfilled, end of month
short tons..
Production..
short tons..
Percent of capacity
Stocks of waste paper, end of month:
At millst.
short tons..
In transit and unshipped purchases
short tons—
16,502
8,218
19,260
68.0
18,497
12,245
15,835
9,118
18,264
56.9
17,215
16,861
18,464
8,798
19,335
55.8
19,441
17,194
18,390
8,153
19,363
59.4
19,267
15,605
18,903
8,808
18,640
64.3
17,654
16,595
19,912
7,924
21,197
65.0
21,728
16,064
19,264
7,225
20,066
58.1
20, 746
16, 580
17,352
10,043
18,831
63.7
19,145
14,961
22,352
10,351
23,106
63.4
23,640
16,243
77,313
35, Q13
86,676
71.6
83,718
83,644
72,222
26,754
82,098
66.7
78,740
66,352
78,190
29,864
86,121
63.2
84,996
70,154
80,143
30,480
88,201
68.2
85,880
71,860
83,400
35,464
87,911
70.1
88,127
73,098
32,771
95,894
72.4
92,415
74,820
87,252
35,065
89,262
66.4
91,197
74,399
82,558
37,746
91,075
71.5
84,964
79,518
98,108
40,212
101,223
71.8
99,769
81,821
25,966
8,276
31,196
29f 182
56,550
24,606
9,421
26,650
25,910
55,716
33, 624
8,067
•28,666
9,269
28,494
28,599
56,903
37,763
8,666
39,075
56,504
29,802
8,245
31,281
30,709
56,867
29,912
8,857
31,633
28,355
60,206
43,582
10,560
41,979
43,467
59,143
12,813
38,155
34,803
62,400
141,541
70,686
135,278
132,926
107,856
184,471
79,566
176,973
175,974
107,655
134,343
73,774
138,523
140,060
105,468
125,290
71,348
131,544
127,051
108,178
149,305
59,041
160,822
163,312
106,644
125,557
58,545
130, 719
126,821
110,424
133,755 177,510
61. 447 77, 344
132,887 165, 537
128,056 161, 543
114,066 118,269
151,013
73,312
140,120
144,232
114,092
240,421 244,037
266, 515 262,854
266,679 285,179
277,838
244,732
265,233
184,884
227,955
181,403
184,079
221,190
206,010
256, 564 192,894
242,900 258,721
239,253 267,296
258,288
267,067
286,445
a
•35, 439
56,931
118,943
55,634
132,181
129,561
107,000
122,953
57,596
121,304
121,871
104,715
162,916
60,807
160,510
159,808
105,116
283,589
270,051
227,215
232,020
228,196
219,461
234,753
226,884
220,866 208,912
235,573 233,968
225, 736 225,403
73,199
57,771
65,705
75,305
73,818
73, 579
50,993
30,138
76,658
92 082
96, 254
85,629
66,240
178,396
222,187
161,884
202,878
153,811
190,872
148,142
195,057
160,558
190,272
179,821
222,811
187,448
234,305
186,514
249,876
161,185
179,982
182,313
157,456
183,974
220,641
183,399
203,590
227,216
262,580
41.00
79,830
74,710
40.00
77,010
76,994
40.00
72,797
71,213
40.00
75,160
74,676
40.00
71,262
73,067
40.00
79,974
82,220
40.00
78,955
81,151
40.00
75 69
79 72
41.00
79,336
74,126
41.00
72,249
70,650
41.00
76, 500
74,482
41.00
76,504
77,714
21,027
193,464
40,573
16,294
211,071
29,914
17,887
223,364
29,220
18,235
232,200
26,100
16,450
221,114
38,703
14,340
222,362
34,754
12,473
22,377
44,727
10,266
240,838
53,302
14,275
237,955
35,178
16,032
221,165
39,387
18,163
203,814
40,851
17,087
188,453
48,567
15,906
191,463
44,860
234,315
213,523
217,934
246,537
244,963
246,318
196,429
229,064
226,216
237, 601 245,566
241,895
282,431 248,656
96,402
78,020
279, 390 256,665
70.8
259,486
78,241
260,207
297,349
86,767
291,127
307,103
105,088
289,596
74.1
272,477
88,971
294,290
73.6
234,753
81,894
243,594
60.9
283,890
94,210
270,928
63.4
268,843
91,917
271,107
68.4
213,297
211,029
216,040
193,919
290,854 298,180
96, 202 99, 796 92,784
285,257 294,929 289,527
71.0
71.6
69.4
213,435
204,376 204,353
35,044
35,269
39,737
351,887
107,074
345,596
66.5
61.4
68.7
79.5
230,365
233,784
228,137
214,685
218,330
(0
38,420
41.00
75,719
77,273
0)
38,167
44,306
4,575
67,405
9,769
77, 561
10,241
90,064
7,864
1,964
1,768
195
1,846
1,653
194
2,019
1,804
215
2,095
1,873
222
2,268
2,035
233
92,113
836
688
148
84
•95,196
536
430
106
82
84,853
842
676
166
83
95,189
953
801
152
82
101,805
854
718
136
84
96,677
990
795
195
15,500
13,127
14,966
0)
13,033
15,778
15,031
0)
0)
15,581
•0)
32,864
47,039
32,432
61,294
8,538
61,116
7,364
62,201
6,719
66,455
8,743
73,057
9,082
66,453
9,428
55,740
15,231
65,784
7,712
1,832
1,626
206
2,017
1,772
245
2,161
1,912
250
2,176
1,931
245
2,412
2,165
247
1,991
1,796
195
1,781
1,604
176
73,780
674
495
179
78
82,686
500
403
97
75
93,807
714
519
195
80
88,721
787
611
176
100,160
868
681
187
85
94,574
897
700
197
86
14,399
11, 672
14,915
12,677
14,648
12,931
14,643
12,906
17,503
14,804
15,785
13,117
40,780
a
PAPEB PRODUCTS
76,084
Abrasive paper and cloth, shipments:
9,479
Domestic
reams..
Foreign
reams—
Paperboard shipping boxes:
1,945
Shipments, total...
.mills, of sq. ft—
242
Corrugated*
mills, of sq. ft_.
Solid
fiber*
^mills. of so., ft..
PRINTING
Blank forms, new orders.. thous. of sets— 100,725
729
Book publication, totaLnumber of editions..
602
New books.—
number of editions™.
127
New editions
number of editions..
Operations (productive capacity).1923=100..
Sales books:
Orders, newt
—_- -.— 17,485
Shipments
•
_
0)
t Revised'series. Data for period January 1933-January 1934, inclusive, on consumption and stocks of waste paper at mills will be shown in a subsequent issue.
Sales books, new orders, have been revised beginning January 1935 to include the statistics of 2 members not included heretofore. The data now represent 90 percent
of all the sales books sold in the United States. For 1935 revisions see p. 54 ot the May 1936 issue. Revised data for 1935 not shown above, January 13,727, February
13,895.
i Discontinued by reporting source.
,
.
§ The Bureau of the Census has changed the title of the "Boxboard" report to "Paperboard" since data actually cover all board of .0012 of an mch or more m thickness
reported by the cooperating manufacturers. Figures given on production and new and unfilled orders are for 94 identical manufacturers; and consumption and stocks of
waste paper for 82 manufacturers. Estimated coverage is given in footnote marked § on p. 53.
• * . - , , . , . > • #
* New series. New series on paperboard shipping boxes compiled by the National Container Association, Chicago, 111., from reports from all members of the industry of
record beginning in January 1934. The volume of companies not reporting each month is estimated by the association, so as to keep the series comparable. Prior to January 1934 data covering this industry were compiled by the Paper Board Industries Association. See footnote marked "§" on p. 53 of this issue for book,fine,and wrapping
paper.See footnote on p. 37 of this issue; data for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
#
50
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
fn the 1832 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January February
ber
ber
ber
March
April
May
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
CRUDE AND SCRAP RUBBER
Crude:
Consumption, total
—long tons..
For tires and tubes$t
long tons..
Imports, total, including latexf#-long tons—
Price, wholesale, smoked sheets, N. Y.
dol. per lb_.
Shipments, world
long tons..
Stocks, world, end of monthf—long tons..
Afloat, totalf
long tons..
To United Statest
long tons..
London and Liverpool.
long tons..
British Malaya
long tons..
United Statest
——long tons..
Reclaimed rubber:
Consumption
..•
long tons..
Production
—long tons..
Stocks, end of month
long tons..
Scrap rubber:
Consumption by reclaimers... Jong tons..
TIRES AND TUBES?
Pneumatic casings:
Production
thousands..
Shipments, total.
thousands..
Domestic.
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Solid and cushion tires:
Production
—
thousands..
Shipments, total
—..-thousands..
Domestic
_. .thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Inner tubes:
Production—
—thousands..
Shipments, total
thousands..
Domestic
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousandsRaw material consumed:
Crude rubber. (See Crude rubber.)
Fabrics
thous. of lb_.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Rubber bands, shipmentsA
thous. of lb_.
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production, totalA
thous. of yd..
Auto fabrics.—
thous. of yd..
Raincoat fabrics
—thous. of yd..
Rubberflooring,shipments A-thous. of sq. ft..
Rubber and canvas footwear:*
Production, total
thous. of pairs..
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproofthous. of pairs..
Shipments, total
thous. of pairs,.
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof.
thous. of pairs..
Shipments, domestic, total.thous. of pairs..
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof—thous. of pairs..
Stocks, total, end of month.thous. of pairs..
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof
thous. of pairs,.
Rubber heels:A
Production
thous. of pairs..
Shipments, total*
.thous. of pairs..
Export...
thous. of pairs..
Repair trade
...thous. of pairs...
Shoe manufacturers
thous. of pairs...
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs,.
Rubber soles:A
Production
._..——, .thous. of pairs..
Shipments, total*
thous. of pairs..
Export
_
thous. of pairs..
Repair trade
thous. of pairs..
Shoe manufacturers
thous. of pairs..
Stocks, end of month
—thous. of pairs..
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:A
Total
thous. of doL.
Belting
thous. of dol..
Hose
thous. of doL.
Other
thous. of doL.
34,000
38,192
36,000
38,500
38,648
6 21,893 & 21,250 6 23,627 6 22,818 623,198
39,812
35,707
36,378
26,073
41,483
38,273
33,327
25,961
32,182
33,109
25,019
48,131
159
64,000
509,931
88,000
47,228
122,166
62,426
242,000
.126
72,000
671,525
101,000
55,581
171,303
89,979
315, 000
.121
70,000
679,061
96,000
49,018
174,141
89,098
315,000
.120
70,000
680,644
101,000
47,724
177,250
80,843
321, 551
.116
74,000
661,509
100,000
43,413
174,894
67,361
319,254
11,935
14,925
7,317
8,590
15,780
7,136
8,421
14,889
7,036
7,263
12,611
7,011
6,871
11,321
3,793
4,134
4,061
10,433
5,284
5,212
8,584
16
20
19
30
22
20
20
3,376
3,904
3,840
9,748
3,153
5,111
5,053
7,765
209
5,659
2,018
3,641
4,334
2,791
1,543
4,290
2,751
1,539
4,519
14, 303
» 3,067
6 2,676
6 2, 621
6 &, 713
.144
« 62,000
600,479
• 84,000
43, 870
162,107
66,618
287,754
.154
63,000
599,355
85,000
46,532
157,028
72,530
284,797
7,494
11,482
12,028
6,817
12, 307
13, 537
8,031
11,665
14,326
5,893
10,188
15,547
7,923
11,926
11,784
6 3,281
6 3,317
6 3, 258
* 6, 715
6
6
6
6
3,238
3,232
3,170
6, 682
6 27
6 25
6 25
6 23
6 19
6 19
6 41
* 3,154
6 3,690
6 3,647
6 5,621
6 3,341
6 2,775
6 2, 735
* 6,127
•
6 3,592
6 3,262
6 3,215
6 6,523
6 3,193
6 3,035
> 6,611
12, 606 6 14,148
13,523
7,014
10,712
16,039
8,266
11, 382
16,193
6 3,282
6 3,365
6 3,311
6 6,639
6 3,709
t 3,139
6 3,079
6 7, 224
6 2,898
* 2,601
6 2,545
6 7,504
6 2,947
6 3,123
6 3, 065
6 7,360
6 3,932
6 3,971
6 3,917
6 7, 318
6 22
6 23
6 23
6 41
6 25
6 23
6 22
6 40
6 15
6 17
6 17
6 37
6 16
6 21
6 21
6 32
6 32
6 32
632
6 3, 279 6 3,719
6 3, 268 6 3,376
6 3, 229 6 3,330
6 6,667
6 2,880
* 2,791
6 2,748
6 7,046
6 3,068
6 3,074
6 3,027
6 7,040
363
613,632
.156
68,000
533,411
88,000
48,860
130,499
59,866
253,955
8,317
11,512
15,889
6 15,988 612,059
6 4,027
6 4,724
4,659
6, 623
6
6
6 30
6 30
6 30
6 31
6 3,908 6 3,903
6
3, 844 6 3,984
6 3,792 6 3,931
6 7,118 6 7,063
613,417 616, 571 617,099
264
206
236
2,760
313
604
450
2,864
219
603
371
2,950
191
786
322
3,467
199
1,289
422
4,134
265
1,442
485
3,666
244
1,446
523
5,993
1,661
4,332
6,276
830
5,446
6,252
5,925
2,174
3,751
6,144
2,061
4,083
6.109
2,042
4,067
14,886
6,839
8,047
5,231
2,498
2,732
4,819
1,929
5,905
2,937
2,969
5,041
3,019
2,022
5,011
2,997
2,014
15, 804
7,305
8,597
5,876
2,888
2,988
4,970
3, 519
1,451
4,928
3,480
1,447
16, 699
6,565
10,134
5,227
2,058
3,170
4,429
3,333
1,096
4,399
3,309
1,090
17,497
5,289
12, 208
227
220
276
269
334
303
1,540
400
4,200
278
1,986
325
5,209
427
2,370
477
5,396
396
2,984
431
5,571
449
2,866
492
4,151
1,391
2,760
3,002
1,774
1,227
2,964
1,742
1,222
19,358
5,642
13,716
3,147
702
2,445
3,737
1,507
2,230
3,667
1,490
2,177
18, 767
4,836
13,931
1,056
3,643
6,132
1,340
4,792
6,106
1,322
4,784
15, 653
4,156
11,497
4,427
873
3,554
5,510
889
4,622
4,608
14,559
4,137
10,422
5,874
1,297
4,577
5,733
673
5,059
5,705
654
5,051
14,700
4,761
5,172
1,301
3,871
5,657
491
5,165
5,626
467
5,159
14,200
5,571
8,630
815
5,437
14,967
6,743
8,224
19,105
18,694
356
5,578
12,760
34,250
17,836
17,492
233
4,810
12,449
34, 746
18,016
16,267
177
4,054
12,036
36,464
16,406
17,067
187
5,187
11,694
36,051
18,517
18,814
296
5,029
13,489
36,291
16, 024
16,886
428
4,173
12,285
30,710
16,649
17,094
348
2,829
13,917
30,374
3,567
3,509
3,166
3,121
3,887
3,599
3,597
11
384
3,202
3,875
3,021
3,160
3
660
2,497
3,844
4,022
4,141
1
625
3,515
3,731
3,399
3,528
11
492
3,025
3,121
4,422
1,026
1,383
2,012
4,106
1,092
1,281
1,733
4,354
1,346
1,368
1,640
1,018
1,248
1,715
5,015
1,155
1,438
2,422
4,755
989
1,319
2,447
1,291
450
.159
.159
68,000
60,000
574, 594 558,583
90,000 83,000
58,935
47,678
147, 712 140,404
61,045
66,290
275,837 268,889
«28,994
29,772
6 24
&20
6 19
6 37
5
449
2, 646
3,967
33,071
38,433
45,434
46,707
6 20,464 6 21,372 6 28,666 6 29,518
34,874 45,830
34,339
37,050
.132
62,000
611,987
82,000
39,094
164,200
61,692
303, 000
6 24
6 24
*33
13,836
7,055
3,782
256
1,442
*3,234
6 3,839
6 3,783
*6,322
33,921
.127
.131
75,000
63,000
655,000 623,300
89,000
100,000
46,588
49,913
168, 570 186,896
66,794
71,868
312,112 294,610
23,498
32,588
43,655
6 27,437
3,544
401
3,142
3,164
5,200
1,027
1,408
2,765
4,
1,915
2,873
14,957
7,305
7,652
217
8
8
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
8
a
Discontinued by reporting source.
Revised.
* See footnote marked "t"
t Data for 1934 and for the period January to July 1935 are estimated to represent approximately 97 percent of the industry; for subseauent months the coverage is
estimated to be 81 percent. Previously published data are estimated to cover about 80 percent of the industry for 1929-33, inclusive, and 70 to 80 percent prior to 1929.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 revised. See p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
• In October 1933, 4 new companies were included in the report and 1 additional company in January 1934. Since that month, the coverage of the industry is 100 percent. For preceding periods the coverage varied; in 1929 it was 90 percent; in 1931, 80 percent; and in 1933,95 percent, according to the Census of Manufactures. Overlappingfiguresare available for October 1933. See the October 1934 issue for October 1933 data for the smaller number of firms.
* New series. Earlier data not published on total shipments of rubber heels and rubber soles prior to December 1932.
t Revised series. Data on consumption of rubber for tires and tubes revised for 1932,1933, and 1934. See p. 51 of the August 1934 issue. Revised data from September
1930-December 1934—rubber world stocks, world afloat, and afloat to the United States appear on p. 20 of the July 1935 issue; for 1932 revisions for United States stocks, see
p. 50 of the May 1933 issue. See p. 50 of the June 1933 issue for crude rubber imports.
A Coverages of Rubber Association data has varied considerably over period for which data have been shown in SURVEY. Coverage was generally higher in 1934 and
1935 than in earlier years.
1
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51
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
In the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1936
1935
June
July
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ber
ary
ber
March
April
May
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
BRICK
Common brick:
Price, wholesale, red, N. Y.
ddl. per thous_.
Shipments*—.thous. of brick,.
Stocks*
thous. of brick..
Face brick (average per plant):
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.
thous. of brick..
Production (machine)* thous. of brick..
Shipments,thous. of brick..
Stocks, end of monthj
thous. of brick..
Sand-lime brick:
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.
thous. of brick..
Production.
thous. of brick..
Shipments by rail
.thous. of brick..
Shipments by truck.______thous. of brick..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of brick..
Vitrified paving brick:
Shipments*
...thous. of brick..
Stocks*
...thous. of brick..
PORTLAND CEMENT
10.50
9.40
93,608
365,481
342
310
284
2,078
337
350
313
2,107
322
320
300
2,126
600
1,582
206
793
1, 860
1,150
2,077
213
1,901
1,877
1,012
1,974
144
1,873
1,921
7,753
12, 565
86,236
1.667
8,725
39.6
7,632
23,083
6,741
3,898
68.1
3.999
7,792
9.50
95,673
424,737
9.50
73,586
426,550
9.50
56,471
417,482
291
351
277
2,168
294
348
311
2,223
354
322
235
562
147
2,485
747
179
95
2,385
172
66
2,477
0)
(J)
0)
0)
C1)
0)
0)
0)
8
720
44
1,894
2,202
390
2,115
129
1,927
2,164
400
1,399
83
1, 280
2,185
1,225
1,274
33
896
2,451
1,690
486
36
714
2,046
7,965
1,032
29
1,085
2,285
7,928
2,220
186
2,129
1,600
1,753
1,449
143
1,688
1,103
1,380
2,278
137
2,163
1,084
9,173
81, 447
5,115
81, 344
5,454
79, 753
6,178
79,468
4,715
81,191
3,892
79,730
2,052
79, 677
4,856
79,408
1.667
8,021
35.7
7,813
23,287
6,849
1.667
7,235
31.8
8,105
22,415
6,779
1.667
7,173
32.6
7, 799
21,783
1.667
7,510
33.1
8,794
20, 501
5,891
1,667
7,093
32.2
5,976
21, 613
5,607
1.667
5,803
25.6
4,514
22,908
5,226
1.667
3,630
16.1
1. 667
3,154
13.4
3,156
22,971
5,590
1.667
5,263
23.4
7,138
21,126
5,625
1.667
8,519
39.2
9, 089
20, 571
5,328
3, 284
59.6
3,270
8117
3,576
62,4
3,458
8,183
3,825
64.3
3, 748
8,239
3,102
58.7
3,700
7,576
3,616
60.8
3, 569
7,575
3,271
59.4
2,938
7,836
3,059
55.5
2,537
3,114
52.1
2,916
3,047
55.4
3,031
8,410
3,339
58.4
3,434
8,270
3,604
63.0
3,604
8,224
3,810
69.3
3,996
7,942
2,355
1,919
1,743
1,865
2,446
2,485
2,416
1,817
2,261
1,853
2,110
2,381
2,193
2,274
2,171
2,751
1,829
2,828
1,555
2,757
1,591
2,306
2,013
2,680
2,705
2,730
2,672
2,477
2,292
2,749
2,159
1,883
2,148
1,904
1,866
2,109
2,039
2,189
2,250
87.6
4,009
1,814
70.7
5,119
1,567
61.0
5,053
1,920
74.8
4,787
2,088
81.4
3,358
2,584
100. 7
3,450
2,339
91.1
3,618
2,067
80.6
3,735
1,965
76.6
3,753
1,978
77.1
3f 045
1,913
74.5
3,887
2,127
82.9
3,916
2,086
81.3
3,954
16,244
13,163
13,909
14, 526
14,404
16,593
15,909
16,112
17,276
13,857
16,057
19,455
19,192
1, 945
215
1,390
159
Crude (quarterly):
Imports
.short tons..
Production
—short tons..
Shipments (uncalcined)
short tons..
Calcined (quarterly):
Production
- short tons..
Calcined products (quarterly):
Shipments:
Board, plaster (and lath).thous, of sq. ft..
Board, wall
—thous. of sq. ft..
Cement, Keenes
short tons..
Plasters, neat, woodfiber,sanded, gauging,finish,etc
short tons..
For pottery, terra cotta, plate glass, mixing plants, etc...
short tons..
Tile, partitition—
thous. of sq. ftTERRA COTTA
Orders, new:
Quantity
Value
short tons..
thous. of dol..
9.50
9.50
10.50
9.50
44,736 109,641 »154,473 169, 057
405,866 363, 932 '322, 917 332,878
9.50
117,031
423,651
Price* wholesale, composite-.—dol. per bbl.. 1. 667
Production--.
thous. of bbl.. 11,273
52.3
Percent of capacity
Shipments
thous. of bbl.. 12,417
Stocks,finished,end of month.thous. of bbl.. 19,287
Stocks, clinker, end of month.thous. of bbl.. 4,903
GLASSWARE, ETC.
Glass containers:#
Production
.....thous. of gross..
Percent of capacity
Shipments
thous. of gross..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
Illuminating glassware:*
Orders:
New and contract
number of turns,.
Unfilled, end of month
number of turns..
Production.,
..number of turns..
Shipments:
Total
number of turns..
Percent of full operation.__
..
Stocks, end of month number of turns..
Plate glass, polished, production f
thous. of sq. ft..
GYPSUM*
9.44
9.50
95,940 91,127
381, 532 394,988
9.50
88,324
341,315
5,214
114,934
523,238
188,458
170,613
566, 719
161, 788
124,302
498,765
140,363
416,709
345,826
72,957
62,250
5,642
5,716
205,353
34,814
2,420
38,834
2,716
272, 202
36, 608
2,211
1,706
202
1.667
10,985
48.9
11,121
1
20,431
• 5, 071
57,818
60,361
5,768
235, 111
8,732
« 7, 858
* 76, 073 74, 690
310,448
56,284
73. 990
4,724
0)
355,875
93,338
388,440
C1)
35,892
2,420
934
113
104
42,336
334,369
43,196
335,114
581
76
149
1,509
179
1,906
211
1,105
138
47,223 45, 575 55, 663 45,069
341, 833 341,509 329,489 335,104
31,361
337,465
28,480
330,262
21,952
327,112
713
91
1,027
124
1,050
146
TILE
Hollow building tile:*
Shipments
Stocks.
_
short tons..
short tons..
48,330 « 68, 536 78, 584
318,059 l310,862 312, 213
° Revised.
* Discontinued by reporting source.
• New series. Earlier data not published on illuminating glassware prior to July 1932 (except production and percent of capacity); for earlier data see p. 20 of the June
1933 issue, face brick, machine production. Series on common and vitrified paving brick and tile beginning January 1934 were shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue. For
earlier data on gypsum see p. 20 of the January 1933 issue.
% Adjusted for degrading and year-end physical inventories
t Data on plate glass represent the total output of the industry. Complete figures for the months of 1932 were shown on p. 52 of the March 1933 issue, iox 1933 on
p. 52 of the March 1934 issue, and for 1934 revisions p . 56 of the March 1936 issue.
# Monthly series on glass containers for 1934 and 1935 are not comparable with those of earlier years due to increase of number of firms reporting to 44, Shipments of the
44 firms for the year of 1933 amounted to 33,048, 747, compared with 23,511,963 for the 30 firms reporting for the same year. Comparable statistics on shipments for the
companies, now reporting by years, from 1928 to 1933, inclusive, were as follows (in gross): 1928, 31,943,016; 1929, 33,765,896; 1930, 31,905,933; 1931, 31,413,508; 1932, 26,947,949;
and 1933, 33,048,747. Data are not available for this period on production and stocks, nor are monthly figures on shipments available. It may be noted from the trend
of these data that the monthly figures prior to 1934 had a downward bias. Basis of estimating capacity was changed in computing the new series. Data for 1934 revised,
see p. 52 of the May 1935 issue; for 1935 revisions see p. 56 of the June 1936 issue.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
52
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
June
August 1936
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ary
ber
ber
March
April
May
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
CLOTHING
Hosiery:*
Production—..
thous. of dozen pairs..
Shipments
thous. of dozen pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of dozen pairs..
9,479
8,847
. 7,121
7,513
7,541
6,818
9,001
9,577
10,816
11,574
12,164
10,293
10,231
8,918
8,648
10,099
8,487
9,252
8,662
9,832
10,420
10,201
10,176
9,270
9,379
19,709
19,256
19,938
19,211
17,930
17,299
17,319
17,547
19,160
19,750
19,161
19,186
19,076
556
384
408
449
552
508
498
591
517
549
577
531
287
345
1,135
877
526
406
405
353
352
.109
.114
.112
.117
.112
.117
494
436
380
COTTON
Consumption!
thous. of bales..
Exports:
Quantity, exclusive of linters
thous. of bales..
Ginnings (total crop to end of month)
thous. of bales..
Imports*
thous. of bales..
Prices:
To producer
...dol. per lb._
Wholesale, middling, N. Y
dol. per lb_.
Production, crop estimate.-.thous. of bales..
Receipts into sighti
*._.thous. of bales—
Stocks, end of month:f
Domestic, total mills and warehouses
thous. of bales..
Mills
thous. of bales..
Warehouses
thous. of bales..
World visible supply, total ..thous. of bales..
American cotton
thous. of bales..
280
241
487
712
4,230
7,750
8
.118
.119
.119
.122
1,133
8
.115
.115
.106
.108
.109
.112
.115
.120
233
395
718
2,254
3,136
645
5,893
4,212
2,834
7,865
717
7,149
5,205
12
.114
.120
6 9,758 < 10, 250
*
14
13
10,420
16
20
.111
.119
2,309
.114
.121
/10,638
1,328
9,556
1,074
8,482
7,060
5,807
9,976
1,346
8,630
7,697
6,383
9,814
1,427
8,387
7,768
6.363
9,279
1,435
7,844
7,590
5,918
8,652
1,404
7,248
7,385
5,591
7,905
1,334
6,570
6,825
4,992
7,211
1,190
6,021
6,540
4,574
6,327
1,090
5,237
6,025
4,121
.110
.116
817
5,513
987
4,526
5,423
3,579
4,998
3,253
6,528
789
5,739
4,278
2,790
.271
.373
.301
.415
.415
.299
.411
.300
.405
.312
.408
.323
.415
.321
.415
.299
.415
.290
.415
.278
.393
.274
.385
.271
.385
16,843
14,624
13,657
3,729
14, 566
13,731
3,517
14.128
4,315
15,529
5,876
16,935
5,174
12,466
4,910
15.489
9.489
15,392
8,799
21,745
12,316
19,685
9,836
18,840
8,680
.064
885
COTTON MANUFACTURES
Cotton yarn:
Prices, wholesale:
22/ls, cones (Boston)
dol. per lb_.
40/ls, southern spinning*
dol. per lb—
Cotton goods:
Cotton cloth:
Exportsf
.thous. of sq. yd..
Imports+#
thous. of sq. yd—
Prices, wholesale:
Print cloth, 64 x 60
dol. per yd—
Sheeting, brown, 4 x 4 (Trion mill)
dol. per yd—
Cotton cloth finishing:*
Production:
Bleached, plain..
thous. of yd—
Dyed, colqrs__
thous. of yd..
Dyed, black
thous. of yd..
Printed
thous. of yd—
Stocks:*
Bleached and dyed
..thous. of y d . .
Printedthous. of yd—
Spindle activity:!
Active spindlesthousands..
Active spindle hours, total
millions of hours.
Average per spindle in place
hours..
Operations..
percent of capacity..
.054
.061
.061
.063
.064
.064
.066
.073
.072
.072
.074
.078
,082
90,496
73,531
5,504
70,381
89,164
78,254
6,585
61,842
94,521
84,486
7,282
77,913
93,013
87,921
6,151
86,948
234,457 212,369
96,103
94,012
22,312
22,047
5,155
5,545
171
73.5
185
76.4
195,421
108,000
• 93,000
•4,000
•90,500
188,124 333,991
105,782 115,255
22,957
22,704
7,320
259
111.0
5,102
168
75.0
.056
.055
.053
.051
.075
.071
.070
.067
.065
110,885
102,066
6,499
97,972
102, 292 101,310 97,435
96,507 84,239 87,685
5,399
3,969
4. 554
97, 331 104, 720 100.528
92,807
90,390
4,118
91,860
107,893
101, 739
4,140
95, 274
104,837
103,305
4,087
91, 074
'105,062
199,328
93,795
205,719
95,790
198,508
103,179
183,292
99, 684
187,333
93, 275
191,956
103,419
23,193
23,194
23,391
23,324
23,337
23,176
23,124
22,829
7,445
251
103.8
6,897
233
101.1
6,804
233
103.8
7,714
266
111.9
6,736
233
105.2
7,264
252
108.1
7,320
256
110.9
242
105.2
88,292
22,684
6,184
207
93.9
203, 494 197,107
107,382 105,464
a
•4,364
89, 518
EATON AND SILK
Rayon:
Deliveries:*
Unadjusted
1923-25=100 .
381
464
433
550
583
494
498
473
477
422
433
428
517
Adjusted..
1923-25=100570
477
419
513
462
522
623
487
454
416
446
557
3-mo. moving average of adjusted index
501
1923-25=100..
495
520
514
522
465
468
499
423
420
447
495
107
241
60
509
Importst#
thous. oflb.
39
312
145
392
611
551
Price, wholesale, 150 denier, -"A" grade
.57
.57
(N. Y.)
-_-!.dol. plr lb,.
.55
.55
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
Stocks, imported, end of month
261
245
239
244
237
238
235
231
229
Sift:
thous. of lb..
44,166 41,715 45,156 48,167 37,012 35,559 38,995 32,053 36,000
Deliveries (consumption)
bales.. .31,437
32, 087
34, 564
6,344
6,708
Imports, rawt#
...thous. of l b . .
5,562
8,218
6,061
5,201
6,365
4,143
6,275
5,518
3,480
4,647
4,066
Prices, wholesale:
1.447
1.705
Raw, Japanese, 13-15, N. Y^dol. per l b . .
1 958
2.092
1.376
2.084
1.597
1.950
1.784
1, 733
1.600
.95
1.00
Silk goods, composite
dol. per yd..
,92
.92
.97
1.00
1.00
0)
0)
X1)
0)
Stocks, end of month:
World visible supplyAbales.. 132, 609 166, 918 167, 754 176, 381 180,180 182,077 185,748 194,941 186,911 175, 380 165, 689 158,498 145, 266
United States (warehouses)
bales.. 35,409 42,018 32,654 37,381 38,680 46,777 51,458 54,941 56,511
53,689
64,680
40,066
1
• Revised.
^ As of Dec. 13.
* As of Jan. 16
/ As of Dec. 1.
Discontinued by reporting source.
• New series. Hosiery compiled by the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and estimated to represent 95 percent of the industry. For complete series see
p. 19 of the September 1935 issue. Data on cotton clotb finishing are from the National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics and cover practically all the industrycomparable figures are not available prior to December 1933; the production statistics are prorated from data for 4-week periods; stocks are reported at end of each 4-week
period Data on cotton yarn, southern spinning from January 1933-April 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue. Rayon deliveries from January 1923-April 1935 were
shown on p. 19 of the June 1935 issue; these data are compiled by Rayon Organon.
5 For revisions for crop years 1931-32,1932-33,1933-34, and 1934-35, see p. 52 of the October 1933 issue, p. 52 of the September 1933 issue, p 53 of the October 1934 issue
and p. 57 of the October 1935 issue, respectively.
'
f For revisions of cotton consumption, domestic stocks, and spindle activity for crop years 1931-32,1932-33,1933-^34, and 1934-35, see p 20 of the Februarv 1933 issue
pp. 52 and 53 of the November 1933 issue, p. 53 of the October 1934 issue, and p. 57 of the October 1935 issue, respectively.
§ For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933 revisions see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; 1934 revisions are shown on p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
• See footnote on p. 37 of this issue Data revised for 1933; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; data also revised for 1934, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
• Stocks at end of 4-week periods through June 16. July figures are averages for July 14 and Aug. 11. August figure as of Sept. 8. Subsequent data at the end of
succeeding 4-week periods.
t For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue, for 1933 revisions see p 20 of the October 1934 issue, and for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
A This series has been superseded by a new series which excludes stocks held at Milan, London, Canton, and Shanghai. Monthly data from Januarv 1922-JunV lQ^fi
are shown in the July 1936 issue, p. 20.
53
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January Februber
ary
ber
ber
March
April
May
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
WOOL
Consumption:
Total, grease equivalent basis!
thous. of lb—
Apparel class, scoured basis*..thous. of lb—
Imports, unmanufactured§#
thous. of lb—
Operations, machinery activity:*
Combs, worsted
percent of capacityLooms:
Carpet and rug
percent of capacity..
Narrow
.
—percent of capacity..
Wide
- percent of capacity.
Spinning spindles:
Woolen. ,
percent of capacity..
Worsted
percent of capacity..
Prices, wholesale:
Raw, territory, fine, scoured—.dol. per lb—
Raw, Ohio and Penn., fleeces.dol. per lb—
Suiting, unfinished worsted, 13 oz. (at mill)
dol. per y d . .
Women's dress goods, French serge, 54" (at
factory)
dol. per yd—
Worsted yarn, 2/32s, crossbred stock, Bos*
ton
-dol. per lb—
Receipts at Boston, totalA
thous. of lb__
Domestic
. . . thous, of lb
ForeignA
thous. of l b . .
Stocks, scoured basis, end of quarter:*!
Total..
.
...thous. of lb—
Domestic...
..thous. of lb—
Foreign . .
—thous. of l b . .
Combing
_
thous. of lb—
Clothing
..
thous. of lb—
6
54,533
b
>80,428 * 66,648 * 74,781 * 80,293 » 78,727 » 72,993 » 73,367 * 73,908 h 64,193 6 53,460 & 55, 387 * 46, 593
20,075 * 28,388 * 23,575 » 26,592 > 28,994 » 29,565 * 27,528 » 27,730 6 28,223 6 24,488 < 20,369 b 20, 588 6 17,294
•
17,541
15,932
18,760
20,361
21,952
23,498
18,041
18,467
21,167
21,212
25,298
23,883
17,207
93
115
103
111
113
124
125
108
107
117
88
74
72
48
26
74
50
53
24
60
31
52
33
54
42
53
45
43
90
46
48
90
52
44
90
50
38
80
50
36
76
48
34
76
87
57
.90
.38
25
77
84
44
89
97
67
106
104
83
93
81
73
95
62
96
68
85
59
82
60
87
57
.76
.31
.78
.33
.81
.32
.84
,39
.84
.39
.87
.39
.92
.42
.93
.42
,88
.37
.87
.37
78
85
94
67
103
67
.30
.76
,30
89
72
.75
78
1.782
1.609
1.609
1.609
1.603
1.624
1.708
1.733
1.733
1.733
1.742
1.782
1.782
1.114
1.015
1.015
1.015
1.027
1.040
1.052
1.064
1.064
1.101
1.114
1.114
1.114
1.30
54,421
50,424
3,997
1.08
44,346
41,809
2,537
1.10
72,156
67,598
4,557
1.10
37,957
33,981
3,976
1.11
23,832
19,385
4,446
1.25
18,525
11,803
6,722
1.29
19,214
10,982
8,232
1.30
12,875
5,285
7,590
1.31
17,524
6,410
11,113
1.33
18,581
4,576
14,006
1.33
22,258
4,845
17,413
1.30
20,495
6,071
14,424
1.28
25, 599
21,761
3,838
146,430 «143,488
110,293 «127,733
15,755
36,137
98,307 110,313
48,123 a 43,175
156,689
137,817
18,872
111, 770
44,919
a
113,337
84,401
28,936
69,193
44,144
105,096
° 60,473
« 44,623
• 60,429
a
44, 667
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Buttons, fresh-water pearl:
Production
- ....pet. of capacity
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
Fur, sales by dealers! .—thous. of dol..
Pyroxylin-coated textiles (artificial leather):
Orders, unfilled, end of month
thous. linear yd..
Pyroxylin spread
thous. of lb—
Shipments, billed
thous. of linear yd..
50.5
8,061
2,000
4,930
4,608
29.0
8,005
2,331
22.3
7,688
3,195
36.5
7,403
3,421
43 7
7,215
3,092
50.2
7,215
2,158
52.8
7,136
1,193
48.9
7,151
1,224
45 0
7,925
2,493
53.7
7,956
3,761
53.4
7,989
4,045
51.9
8,003
4,053
51 2
8, 046
* 3,545
>
1,974
3,274
3,645
1,898
3,587
3,534
2,176
4,471
4,032
2,589
4,692
4, 412
2,592
5,125
4,616
2,300
4,152
4,084
2,154
3,895
3,845
2,033
3,951
3,715
1,943
3,894
3,876
2,475
5,121
4,689
2,459
5,647
5,118
2,273
5,423
5,013
"109
61
«37
119
51
50
18
136
72
39
25
201
93
84
24
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
AIRPLANES
Production, total t Commercial (licensed)t
Military (deliveries)
For export
.
number. _
number..
number..
number..
*198
148
35
•15
•176
138
19
112
"17
*124
59
AUTOMOBILES |)
Exports:
Canada:
Automobiles, assembled, total .number..
4,424
6,607
3,931
5,576
£,995
4,829
5,070
7,603
5,515
4,777
3,726
5,222
4,573
Passenger cars
number..
3,438
3,276
5,143
3,643
2,629
3,639
4,100
3,579
4,087
3,537
1,607
3,108
3,945
United States:
Automobiles, assembled, totals
number.. 24,042 26, 270
28,012
30,529
25,026
20,073
12,703
14,580
25,654
26, 053
28,575
25,959
28.920
Passenger cars<?
— n u m b e r . . 14,987
16, 517
14,752
17,736
10,076
5,622
7,471
22,491
15,867
17, 723
16,046
17, 727
18.921
10, 274
Trucks^
number..
9,055
9,753
10, 276
9,997
8,038
7,081
7,109
8, 330
9,787
9,913
10,848
Financing: <>
8
90,191
77,651
Retail purchasers, total
thous. of doL_ 186,525 106,174 113,125 100, 761
74,188
97, 508
88,649
87,169 143, 515 172, 982 176, 316
66,913
60,531
62,661
71,665
New cars_.
thous. of doL. 125,911
46,114
42,179
58, 284
64,605
55,232
94,664 116,297 116, 569
37, 237 40, 274
37,011
Used cars
thous. of dol.. 59,586
30, 716
31,122
31, 868 31, 432 48,044
28,708
81, 906
55, 705
58, 695
2,025
Unclassified
thous. of dol—
1,186
1,089
820
1,028
951
997
887
505
807
1,051
Wholesale (manufacturers to dealers)
thous. of dol.. 174,739 118,732 119,100
39,700
75,907 132,315 149,728 118,872 113,830 154,147 189,481 180, 665
92,918
• Revised.
p Preliminary.
§ See footnote on p. 37 of this issue.
• Since July 1934 report has been on a weekly basis. Data for September and December 1934 and March, June, September, and December 1935, and January and
April 1936 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. Figures for July and succeeding months are computed from Census Bureau figures so as to represent 100 percent
of the wool industry; earlier figures incomplete.
• New series. Wool stock series began in June 1934. See p. 20 of the July 1935 issue for earlier data and explanation of new wool consumption series.
• Beginning with the July 1934 report the statistics are reported on the basis of 4 and 5 weeks, the weekly distribution being determined by the Saturdays. The statistics presented herewith are still based on the pre-code computed normal (currently based on the single-shift performance over the 5-year period 1928-32). The current data
represent practically complete coverage of the industry. Since December 1934 no allowance has been made for holidays.
AForeign receipts beginning January 1934 are compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture and are not comparable with data carried through December 1933. This
results in a total figure which also is not comparable with earlier data.
<| Compiled by the Bureau of the Census and represent stocks of raw wool held by all dealers, topmakers, and manufacturers who usually hold significant stocks of wool.
The figures for the 3 quarters of 1934 have been revised to include the "grade not stated."
t Grease equivalent of shorn wool, plus actual weight of pulled wool. Conversions are based on totals; scoured wool is multiplied by 2 and pulled wool by 1H.
Includes clothing and carpet wools. See note on apparel class wool on p. 20 of the July 1935 issue. As this grease series will probably be dropped in favor of the more accurate
scoured series, it is suggested that those who wish to keep series going have their names placed on Bureau of the Census mailing list for the monthly wool consumption
report, from which can be computed the present data, using formula given.
§ For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue, for 1933 revisions see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, and for 1934 see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
< Data revised for 1932, see p. 54 of the June 1933 issue. Data revised for 1933, see p . 20 of the September 1934 issue; and for 1934, p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
7
|| Index of sales of new passenger cars is shown on p. 26 of this issue
f Data for 1935 revised (airplanes). Revisions not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue. Fur sales revised for 1935, see p. 58 of the July 1936 issue.
® Of the 282 identical organizations reporting originally 8 discontinued financing in January, 2 in February, 2 in March, 5 in June, 1 in July, 2 in August, 1 in September,
1 in October, and 2 in December, 1934.
54
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1831,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
June
August 1936
1935
June
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
July
February
March
38
42
32,120
23,932
52
31, 203
32,753 « 32,542
April
May
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
AUTOMOBILES-Continued
Fire-extinguishing equipment: t
Shipments:
Motor-vehicle apparatus — . n u m b e r . .
Hand-type—
numberProduction:
Automobiles:
Canada, total
.numberPassenger cars.number—
United States, totalf
.number..
Passenger carsf •
numberTrucks fnumberAutomobile rims..
thous. of rims—
Registrations:
New passenger carst---number—
New commercial cars*
numberSales:
General Motors Corporation:
To consumers
—.
numberTo dealers, total %
numberU. S. dealers
_
numberShipments, accessories and parts, total*
Jan. 1925=100Accessories, original equipment
Jan. 1925=100Accessories to wholesalers,.Jan. 1925=100—
Replacement parts.
Jan. 1925=100—
Service equipment
—Jan. 1925=100—
56
35,176
54
34,692
47
29,571
38
49
59
65
32,534
28,362
31,556
27,587
53
25, 516
16,400
13,126
454,487
376, 641
77,846
1,876
15,745
12,276
356,340
294,182
62,158
1,428
13,069
9,471
332,109
274,344
57,765
1,339
7,692
5,524
237,400
181,130
56, 270
798
5,323
3,819
87, 540
56,097
31,443
1,052
8,313
7,128
272,043
213,310
58,733
1,654
13,496
12,042
395,059
336, 914
58,145
1,804
13,775
11,370
404,528
343,022
61, 506
1,912
13. 302 13,268
11, 261 10,853
364,004 287,606
298, 274 224,816
65, 730 62, 790
1,261
1,877
17,974
14,488
420, 971
343, 523
77, 448
1,841
24,951 20,006
16,389
20,247
502,775 460,565
417,133 385,507
85, 642 75,058
1,960
2,258
56,000
280,360
48,243
285,178
51,243
233,851
50,355
157,098
41, 390
148,389
43,243
220,262
37,616
237.194
38,000
215,782
43,760
176, 608
40,301
301, 272
61, 817
397,190
57,000
392,750
62,183
137,782
181,188
108,645
167,790
139,021
127,346
124,680
103,098
66,547
39,152
22,986
68,566
127, 054
97,746
136,859
182, 754
147,849
122,198
185,698
150, 010
102,034
158,572
131,134
96,134
144,874
116, 762
181,782 200,117
196, 721 229,467
162, 418 194,695
194,628
222,603
187,119
189,756
217,931
186,146
53
48
119
114
92
105
132
135
135
145
123
149
162
150
102
103
131
82
113
95
138
81
85
126
124
75
98
129
135
91
137
150
141
98
148
147
139
80
155
160
107
73
156
170
114
85
127
160
116
84
160
120
109
97
181
130
150
110
130
113
180,114
1,868
276,535
15.0
179,556
1,861
281, 262
15.3
179,203
1,857
285,320
15.6
178,703
1,851
284,427
15.5
178,125
1,842
273,125
15.0
176,727
1,827
269,984
15.0
175,772
1,817
266,876
14.9
173,507
1,791
256,511
14.6
172,939
1,784
254,598
14.5
172,620
1,780
249,246
14.2
2,222
45,910
10,541
23.0
57
246
2,222
45,883
10,557
23.0
2,219
45,821
10,403
22.7
2, 215
45,686
10,335
22.6
86
221
2,212
45,610
10,187
22.3
2,211
45,565
10,127
22.2
2,206
45,375
9,914
21.8
54
241
2,199
45,179
9,825
21.8
2,197
45,088
9,556
21.2
. 125
104
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
Equipment condition:
Freight cars owned:
Capacity..
mills, of lb._ 172,152
1,772
Number, total
thousands—
Bad order, total
_
number- 254,447
146
Percent of total in bad order
Locomotives, railway:
Owned:
2,186
Tractive power
mills, of lb—
44,742
Number
9,119
Awaiting classified repairs-number 20.4
Percent of total
91
Installed
_
number184
Retired
number—
Passenger cars:
On railroads (end of quarter)..number._
Equipment manufacturing:
Freight cars:
4,320
Orders, new
cars—
Orders, unfilled, total
cars.. 25,311
E quipment manufacturers
cars _ - 15,907
9,404
Railroad shops._
_
cars—
2,172
Shipments, total
———cars—
2,056
Domestic—..-.
cars..
Locomotives, industrial electric (quarterly):
102
Shipments, total._
—.number.101
Mining use...
—number—
Locomotives, railway:
24
Orders, new
number..
Orders, unfilled, end of month:
Equipment manufacturers (Census),
119
total
—number..
116
Domestic, total.
number.40
Electric
_
number—
76
Steam.
—.number..
Railroad shops (A. A. R.) .-.number..
Shipments:
Domestic, total
number..
Electric
number..
Steam—.
number..
Exports, totalf
-.number..
Electric-number..
Steam...
_
number..
Passenger cars:
Orders, new, placed by railroads
20
number..
Orders, unfilled (end of quarter)
number. .
Shipments, total
numberDomestic
number..
92
119
60
122
41,986
53
108
500
100
2,173
2,013
1,746
7,259
5,841
1,418
427
40
38
17
17
110
7,440
5,775
1,665
29
27
81
284
46
138
40,509
41, 405
5,151
2,427
414
66
66
43
119
810
25
6,432
4,514
1,981
1,281
1,281
4,489
2,798
1,691
1,755
1,754
10,030
12, 715
5,224
7,491
1,912
1,912
2,194
45,009
• 9, 642
21.4
53
132
172,460, «172,341
• 1,776
1,778
253,125 260,013
14.9
14.5
2,193
44,966
9,610
21.4
72,189
44,835
9,389
21.0
9,677
22,964
14,646
8,318
2,514
2,299
60
103
65
196
40,186
1,050
13,315
4,444
6,871
7,236
12, 629
4,052
8,577
627
13,478
5,471
8,007
430
430
189
186
3,650
15,683
7,035
8,648
2,168
2,066
13
15
10
101
95
33
62
12
106
100
33
67
9
746
746
51
50
5
45
0
7
0
0
14
46
45
38
30
8
2
40
34
26
8
2
38
36
24
12
3
37
34
24
10
2
37
34
23
11
5
37
36
33
3
5
84
78
33
45
6
6
0
9
9
0
4
4
0
9
7
2
3
2
1
9
5
4
2
0
2
14
10
4
1
1
0
12
8
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
4
3
1
1
0
5
0
5
3
0
1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
37
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
5
5
5
7
g
13
13
45
45
0
0
ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND
TRACTORS
S4
80
117
78
Shipments, industrial, total-_
number..
115
76
75
100
112
91
QQ
114
103
72
Domestic
number78
74
71
76
74
OO
yy
12
2
8
3
Exports
. ^ — — — number..
6
26
2
4
5
13
• Revised.
• New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the February 1934 issue for total shipments, accessories and parts, and registrations of new commercial cars.
t Revised series. For earlier data see p. 19 of the August 1933 issue for fire extinguishers and passenger-car registrations; exports of locomotives for 1932; p. 55 of the
June 1933 issue for 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934 p. 19 of this issue. Data on automobile production revised for 1933. See p. 55 of the August
1934 issue. For revised data for 1934 see pp. 55 and 56 of the June 1935 issue. Data for 1935 and 1936 through March revised. See p. 59 of the June 1936 issue.
• Taxicabs are included in figures for passenger cars, beginning January 1934 in order to avoid disclosure of individual companies.
t United States and Canadian dealers, plus overseas shipment.
55
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
August 1936
1936
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
1935
June
July
1936
August Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
ber
February
March
April
May
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
SHIPBUILDING
United States:
Merchant vessels:
Under construction.thous. of gross tons—
Completed during month,
total gross tons—
Steel
—
total gross tons..
World (quarterly):
Launched:
Number
- ships.
Tonnage
.thous. of gross tons—
Under construction:
Number
ships..
Tonnage
thous. of gross tons.
154
20
31
72
76
77
82
119
119
133
137
154
154
22,040
12,885
5,928
2,189
4,530
957
4,305
45
15,860
8,464
9,266
1,707
4,617
2,660
36, 651
8,017
17,576
10,242
18,429
17,297
20,898
13,386
21,321
8,024
24,442
15,442
' i
135
323
119
263
124
359
148
«394
460
330
1,283
268
1,198
393
1,543
537
1,820
1,951
CANADIAN STATISTICS
Business indexes:*
110.3
Physical volume of business.—1926=100—
Industrial production, total. .1926«• 100111. 6
44.7
Construction t \ A
-1926=100..
220.6
Electric power
1926=100—
111.5
Manufacturing—
1926=100122.9
Forestry
1926=100—
152.5
Mining t
—1926=100106.6
Distribution
1926=100—
76.2
Carloadings
1926=100104.8
Exports (volume) t
1926=100Imports (volume)
-1926=10090.9
Trade employment
1926=100127.8
Agricultural marketing
1926=100.
73.9
Grain marketings
1926=100.
70.3
Livestock marketings
1926=100—
Commodity priees:
Cost of living indexd*
1926=10080.0
Wholesale price index # — — 1 9 2 6 = 10072.3
Employment, total(first of month). 1926=100102.0
Construction and maintenance_1926=100—
87.0
Manufacturing..
^.1926=100103.4
Mining
1926=100132.1
Service
1926=100123.0
127.1
Trade
1926=100..
Transportation—
1926=10085.4
Finance:
Banking:
3,136
Bank debits
mills, of dol
Interest rates
_
..1926=100..
Commercial failures*
.
number..
Security issues and prices:
New bond issues, total t
thous. of d o l - 190,179
Bond yields
percent3.51
Common stock prices, total t.1926=100—
113.8
Foreign trade:
Exports Xthous. of d o l - 79,942
Imports
thous. of dol— 57,598
Exports, volume:
Wheat
thous. of bu.
25,764
Wheat
flour
thous. of b b l 430
Railway statistics:
Carloadings
thous. of cars—
201
Financial results:
Operating revenues
thous. of dol—
Operating expenses
thous. of dol__
Operating income
—thous. of dol—
Operating results:
Freight carried 1 mile.
mills of tons
Passengers carried 1 mile.mills of pass
Commodity statistics:
Production:
Electrical energy, central stations
2,029
mills, of kw.-hr..
Pig iron
thous. of long tons—
56
Steel ingots and castings
82
thous. of long tons..
Wheat
flour
thous. of bbl—
99.2
99.7
41.3
197.4
98.4
105.7
138.4
97.8
70.6
78.7
74.6
122.6
106.1
112.3
78.2
103.0
104.0
55.4
199.4
101.7
100.7
135.3
100.2
75.0
88.2
79.8
122.3
164.7
183.4
80.4
107.9
110.3
66.5
206.2
102.7
311.8165.8
101.3
72.1
107.2
80.5
122.8
163.9
181.2
101.9
102.5
49.3
191.9
100.0
103.7
144.7
100.1
69.6
110.5
77.6
123.6
114.2
119.5
90.2
107.2
109.5
60.7
198.9
105.4
114.5
169.6
100.7
71.0
94.3
85.4
122.8
86.6
86.1
88.7
110.0
113.5
37.0
199.0
118.5
114.8
146.3
100.2
66.8
86.5
93.7
124.1
43.3
36.4
74.3
106.2
108. 8
23.6
197.6
112.5
118.9
160.8
99.3
66.5
78.0
70.2
128.8
34.0
27.4
63.5
105.2
107.0
95.3
197.1
96.1
106.7
144.4
100.3
72.1
100.3
76.3
124.0
39.8
29.5
85.7
104.9
104.9
52.6
196.0
96.2
111.3
186.2
104.8
78.8
71.4
97.6
89.5
98.4
119.2
118.5
119.9
79.9
78.8
71.5
99.5
101.1
98.5
121.5
123.6
122.1
82.7
79.4
71.6
101.1
104.7
99.8
125.2
127.9
120.7
85.4
79.6
72.3
102.7
110.9
100.8
128.6
327.8
121.8
85.8
80.4
73.1
106.1
117.4
103.3
129.5
120.5
123.8
86.4
72.7
107.7
119.9
103.5
132.5
117.1
124.6
84.5
72.6
104.6
95.9
101.4
131.1
116.3
131.0
84.0
80.6
2,710
80.4
109
2,545
80.2
110
2,498
79.7
94
2,426
88.3
98
2,908
85.4
115
3,022
80.8
107
82,243
3.85
93.8
60,311
3.84
92.4
123,263
3.82
94.7
195,994
4.23
93.6
59,399
46,732
64,833
48,414
76,638
49,560
78,846
44,689
6,495
430
9,158
395
377
17,273
396
108.8
109.2
26.8
225.4
106.0
124.0
187.2
78.9
127.3
62.7
53.9
102. 2
103.3
104.1
52.0
209.3
98.7
114.4
158.2
101.3
75.4
92.7
71.4
124.2
89.5
88.3
95.0
107. 7
82.8
123.9
82.7
125.1
115.8
116.8
111.0
109.7
110.6
32.7
214.6
110.3
119.0
170.9
107.1
74.1
113.8
91.5
128.5
110.0
110.6
107.2
80.7
72.9
99.1
74.8
96.8
129.9
118.0
135.9
77.9
80.4
72.5
98.4
74.4
98.5
129.4
116.4
121.6
78.2
80.5
72.4
98.9
78.2
99.5
129.1
117.5
123.1
78.9
79.8
72.2
97.4
71.8
101.1
128.2
118. 5
121.0
73.5
80.1
71.8
99.5
79.4
102. 7
127.4
120.4
123.3
82.8
2,932
82.7
112
2,992
85.5
104
2,767
80.6
131
2,599
77.3
103
2,774
78.5
2,979
76.6
66,724 147,080
4; 09
3.87
96.1
105.8
121,372
3.96
107.4
133,384
4.10
112.9
138,853
3.86
120.7
123,332
3.70
117.4
103,186
3.76
115.9
46,576
3.67
112.8
95,685
55,958
79,245
38,569
64,744
40,590
62,798
41,597
74,582
52,681
57,964
42,217
84,515
59,121
26,575
525
17,044
7,557
314
14,241
340
13,146
6,752
281
27,317
449
193
190
91,323
52, 751
28,919
501
186
195
197
221
251
214
24,049
22,455
691
26,187
22,754
2,442
29,585
23,436
5,380
32,279
23,598
7,730
27,154
20,854
5,290
1,860
134
2,041
157
25,520
23,435
1,134
1,784
185
2,712
137
2,937
108
2,240
101
1,816
45
1,792
51
1,851
54
1,919
54
2,163
46
2,143
65
73
992
992
1,161
91
1,535
95
1,825
94
1,604
444
78.4
103.6
477
173
180
22,234
21,440
<*205
22,597
21,187
1,763
117
1,814
117
71
2,091
61
1,938
56
99
957
100
982
93
1,019
174
26,656
21,333
4.289
1,934
,140
192
25,535
22,465
1,914
2,056
126
26,050
22, 320
2,586
2,081
125
2,164
54
101
1,172
2,083
107
1,009
95
1,196
d
« Revised.
Deficit.
• Statistics in this section, with few exceptions, are from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa.
1[ Data for 1934 revised. See p. 56 of the May 1935 issue.
,
• New series. For earlier data see p . 18 of the February 1933 issue, business indexes, and p. 20 of the October 1933 issue, commercial failures.
t Revised series. See p. 55 of the April 1934 issue, construction and mining, for 1933. Series on common-stock prices revised back to December 1932 as a result of additional stocks being added; for revision see p. 56 of the April 1934 issue. New bond issues revised for the year 1935; see p. 60 of the April 1936 issue.
# Number of commodities changed from 502 to 567 beginning with month of January 1934.
d" Data revised January 1932 through July 1933. Kevision for 1932 see p . 55 of the November 1933 issue. For final revisions for 1933 see p . 56 of the October 1934
issue.
A Data for 1935 revised. For revisions see p. 60 of the May 1936 issue.
% Data on exports, both index numbers and absolute figures revised beginning April 1933 to include non-monetary gold. Revisions not shown in the July 1936 issue
will appear in a subsequent issue.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1936
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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