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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON

SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS :

COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

No. 28

BUREAU OF STANDARDS

DECEMBER

1923

CONTENTS
Page.

Page.

Summary for October
Business indicators (diagrams and tables)
Comparison of wholesale prices, by groups (diagram)
Course of business in October
November data
Indexes of business (production, prices, sales, etc.)
Trend of business movements:
Textiles
Metal?
Fuel and power
Paper and printing and rubber
Buttons and automobiles
Glass and optical goods
Building and construction
Hides and leather
Chemicals, naval stores, and oils
Foodstuffs
Tobacco
Transportation, water
Transportation, r a i l . . . .
•

1
3
6
7
23
25
29
30
33
34
35
35
35
38
39
40
43
43
44

Trend of business movements—Continued.
Labor
Distribution movement
*
Public finance
Banking and finance
:
Foreign exchange rates
United States foreign trade
Trade and industry of foreign countries
Detailed tables:
Wood chemicals
Newsprint in hands of publishers
Wool prices
Freight ton-miles
Business failures
Fire losses
Cement prices
Finished cotton goods
Miscellaneous
World production of principal crops
Sources of data

44
45
45
45
48
48
49
51
51
52
52
53
53
54
55
56
57
59

SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER.
Production for October made a seasonal increase.
Manufacturing output stood at 119, compared with
the 1919 average as 100, as against 114 a year ago,
while the output of minerals, forest products, animal
products, and the contracts awarded for building
construction also showed increases over a year ago.
The marketing of crops was somewhat smaller than a
year ago. The principal production indicators—pig
iron, steel ingots, copper, coal, petroleum, and cotton
consumption—all increased both over September and
over October, 1922, while wool consumption was less
than a year ago. The index of commodity stocks at
125 compares with 123 at the end of October, 1922,
while unfilled orders at 54 compare with 72 a year ago.
Seasonal increases took place in wholesale and retail
trade in October, and increases were also made over
74965—24-




October, 1922. Manufacturers7 sales were in general
smaller than in September. The wholesale price
average was one point lower than in September,
while retail food prices and the cost-of-living index
each advanced one point.
Car loadings were larger than the September average
and the net surplus of idle freight cars was reduced
from a daily average of 26,000 at the end of September
to 12,000 at the end of October.
Business failures increased in October. Debits and
bank clearings indicate a larger volume of check
transactions than a year ago, except for New York
City. Interest rates declined slightly. Employment
in 1,428 factories totaled 2,026,000 workers as against
2,030,000 in September.

BUSINESS INDICATORS.
(1913 monthly average-100, See explanation on inside front cover.)
BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION.

pIG-IRON PRODUCTION
1920

1921

COTTON CONSUMPTION.

1923

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NET FREIGHT T6N-MILES.

DEFAULTED LIABILITIES (VALUES)




EXPORTS (VALUES).

WHOLESALE PRICES.

BANK CLEARINGS OUTSIDE NEW
YORK CITY (VALUES).

PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS.
J9S0

192!

1922

!S23__

BUSINESS INDICATORS.
The following table gives comparative index numbers for a selected list of important business movements. It is believed that this
table will prove useful, because it separates out from the large mass of material a comparatively small number of items which are often
regarded as indicative of business in general.
The table has been divided into two parts, the first containing those items for which index numbers can be calculated, using 1913 as
a base. The second part contains items for which comparable data back to 1913 are not available. This latter group of index numbers
is calculated by letting the 1919 monthly average equal 100. Care should therefore be exercised in comparing the absolute value of the
two sets of data. In either group, however, the upward or downward trend of the index numbers, compared to previous months, does
reflect the present tendency m each item and will give a basis for business judgment.
1923

1922

MONTHLY AVERAGE.
)ITY.

1920

1921 1922

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar. Apr.

May. June. July.

Aug.

Sept.
„

_

Oct.
• . . . .

_

.

1913 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e = 1 0 0 .
Production:
j
Pig iron*
; H9
Steel ingots
| 135
Copper
99
Anthracite coal
97
Bituminous coal
116
Crude petroleum
178
Cotton (consumption) * *
I 111
Beef
121
Pork
HI
Unfilled orders:
[
U . S . Steel Corporation
| 170
Stocks:
Crude petroleum
109
Cotton (mills and warehouses) *1..\ I 5 0
Prices:
Wholesale index, all commodities
(Dept. Labor)
226
Retail food (Dept. Labor)
203
Retail coal, bitum.—U. S. average j
(Dept. Labor)
207
Farm crops (Dept. Agriculture) *... 238
Farm live stock (Dept. Agriculture). 16 8
Business finances:
Defaulted liabilities
108
184
Price 25 industrial stocks *
67
Price 25 railroad stocks *
Banking:
Bank clearings, New York City
257
Bank clearings, outside N. Y. City.. 2 7 5
Commercial paper interest rate
127
Distribution:
Imports (value)
294
331
Exports (value)
Sales, mail-order houses
264
Transportation:
137
Freight, net ton-miles. „

54
64
39
99
87
189
85
109
116

87
114
81
58
85
222
102
121
129

90

79
112
95
65
103
219
102
131
101

103
135
101
112
113
231
111
141
113

111
136
101
112
114
230
120
134
146

121
131
103
111
117
242
110
124
183

126
151
110
114
126
249
127
125
188

117
137
101
102
106
234
118
107
156

138
160
119
117
117
271
130
117
177

139
156
116
106
107
281
120
119
153

151
166
123
112
116
299
129
129
153

143
149
123
114
114
297
112
122
156

144
139
123
109
113
315
96
119
146

134
146
128
116
123
318
102
133
134

122
131
122
38
116
311
100
129
115

113

117

116

114

117

123

125

123

118

108

100

92

85

123
141
130
114
123
317
112

152
183

234
161

251
138

253
183

252
191

252
193

251
176

247
155

255
145

260
124

267
103

276

285
65

289
64

297
94

304
148

147
153

149
142

153
140

154
140

156
145

156
147

156
144

157
142

159
142

159
143

156
143

153
144

151
147

150
146

154
149

153
150

197
109
107

188
113
111

205
110
109

205
110
110

208
118
105

207
123
104

206
126
106

205
130
107

203
134
106

192
139
107

186
140
105

185
139
100

185
136
102

183 I 184 186
139
136
13S
102
103
109

230
136
64

229
169
75

162
184
83

152
191
83

177
182
76

229
187
74

217
190
74

179
198
79

213
199
78

227
195
76

181
186
73

126
182
73

157
176
70

151
177
68

205
212
113

230
229
76

219
233
72

266
70

220
245
76

240
258

251
289

213
230

251
271
87

228
261

244
271

237
267
86

211
256

187 j 191 ; 225
242 ! 242 j 2S1
88 ! 89 I 89

140
181
188

174
154
204

200
151
190

23J
179
268

195
184
277

197
166
287

220
162
243

203
148
232

244
157
272

249
153
260

214
155
221

192
146
199

184
150
19S

170
184
231

139

132

138

141

132

144

136

126
90

138
S5

137
116

27 I 24 19
109 ; 113 111

19
95

26
59

103

104

102

104
116 111
39
38
40
146 I 146 146
152 I 153 156

42
146
154

113
46
146
152

125

105

165

119 I 143

126
177

349
175
69

206
194
335

1919 monthly average=100.
Production:
Lumber^
100
85
Building oontracts (floor space)
72
69
Stocks:
Beef
70 j 43
Pork
97 I 85
Business
finances:
j
Bond prices index (40 issues)
86 | 87
(
Banking:
j
Debits to individual accounts, out- !
side New York City
114
91
Federal Reserve, bills discounted... 132
91
Federal Reserve, total reserves
97
122
Federal Reserve, ratio
87
122

114
102
27
70

129
116

124
95

123
100

20
22
81 ! 67

28
47

124
101

96 ! 109
83 j 83

40
48
50 : 68

48
82

99 I 131 ! 130 135
129
89
139 138
42
92

38 I 33
102
112

107

111

112

110

107

107 ! 107 106

104

103

97
28
144
154

90
21
146
158

94
22
146
156

105
24
147
155

34
146
152

112
33
144
144

112
36
145
150

107
33
145
153

112
31
147
153

31
146
152

104

104

*1 Monthly statistics on the movements since January, 1913, or as far back as available, are given on pages 47-49 of the December Survey (No. 16).
Yearly figures are monthly averages for the crop year ending July 31 of year indicated.
»Monthly prices are for the 15th of the month indicated.
* Based on the total computed production reported by 5 associations. Includes southern pine, Douglas fir, western pine, North Carolina pine, and Michigan hard
and soft woods. The total production of these associations in 1919 was equal to 11,190,000,000 board feet, compared with a total lumber production for the country of
34,552,000,000 board feet reported by the census.




\

COMPARISON OF PRESENT WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR
(Relative prices 1913-100.)

|
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
CATTLE. BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT. WINTER
CORN. NO. 2
OATS
BARLEY
RYE. NO. 2
TOBACCO.BURLEY
COTTON.
WOOL. >/4 GREASE (BOSTON)
CATTLE. STEERS
HOGS. HEAVY
SHEEP. EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR. SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
3EEF. CARCASS
BEEF. STEER, ROUNDS
PORK. LOINS
COTTON YARN
COTTON, PRINT CLOTH
COTTON, SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES. PACKERS
HIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER. SOLE, OAK
LEATHER. CHROME (BOSTON)
BOOTS AND SHOES (BOSTON)
COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BASIC
STEEL BILLETS, BESSEMER
COPPER
LEAD
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON. NEW YORK
BRICK. COMMON. CHICAGO
CEMENT
STEEL BEAMS
RUBBER. CRUDE
SULPHURIC ACID




INDEX NUMBERS
200
300
400
500
| FARM PRODUCTS-AVERAGE
PRODUCTS-AVE
PRICE TO PRODUCER

600

WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS—MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS.
NOTE—Prices to the producer on farm products are from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies. All other prices are from U. S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, except market price of wool compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. As far as possible all quotations represent prices to the producer or at the mill. See diagram on page 4.

COMMODITIES.

Date and maximum
relative price.

August,
1923.

i September,
I 1923.

Percent '

October,
increase !
1923.
1(4-) or de-

crease (—)
in October
from
September.

Relative price.
(1913 average=100.)
F a r m products—Average price to producers:
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes..
Cotton
Cottonseed
Cattle, beef
Hogs....
Lambs
Farm products—Market prices
Wheat, No. 1, northern, spring (Chicago)
Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (Chicago)
Corn, contract grades, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago)
Barley, fair to good, malting (Chicago)
Rye, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
Tobacco, burley, good leaf, dark red (Louisville)
Cotton, middling upland (New York)
Wools i blood combing. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston;
Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago)
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
Foods
Flour, standard patents (Minneapolis)
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City)
Sugar, 96* centrifugal (New York)
Sugar, granulated, in barrels (New York)
Cottonseed oil, prime summer yellow (New York)
Beef, fresh carcass good native steers (Chicago)
Beef, fresh steer rounds No. 2 (Chicago)
Pork, loins, fresh (Chicago)
Clothings
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)
Cotton, print cloth, 27 inches, 64 x 60-7.60 yards to pound (Boston)
Cotton, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L. (New York)
Worsted yams: 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Boston)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, double warp, 50 inches (New York)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce Middlesex (New York)
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansai No, 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers (Chicago)
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright " B " grades (Boston)
Leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy Boston
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
Fuels:
Coal, bituminous, Pittsburgh, mine run—Kanawha (Cincinnati)
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York tidewater)..:
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace—at ovens
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—at wells
Metals s
Pig iron, foundry No, 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig iron, basic, valley furnace
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
Lead, pig, desilvered, for early delivery (New York)
i
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
!
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery (New York)
Building materials and miscellaneouss
Lumber, yeilow pine flooring, l x 4 , " B " and better (Hattiesburg district)
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common, 1 x 8 x 10 (State of Washington)
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)..
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b. plant (Chicago district)
|
Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
.....!
Rubber, Para Island, fine (New York)
j
Sulphuric acid, 66° (New York)
„
„
I




1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1919
1919
1920

328
300
706
312
321
183
256
239

112
140
199
201
172
95
91
163

118
139
168
227
188
97
104
169

120
136
139
240
188
93
96
167

—17.3
+ 5.7
0.0
-4.1
-7.7
-1.2

May, 1920
May, 1920
Sept., 1917
June, 1920
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1919
Apr., 1920
Apr., 1918
Mar., 1919
July, 1919
Apr., 1918
Feb., 1920

354
302
331
296
325
451
352
331
308
218
266
319
263

117
103
140
103
100
106
212
199
200
128
96
123
164

127
106
142
110
105
110
212
223
188
125
103
117
169

131
111
162
117
108
113
212
235
188
123
93
113
164

+ 3.1
+4.7
+ 14.1
+ 6.4
+2.9
+ 2.7
0.0
+ 5.4
0.0
-1.6
-9.7
-3.4
-3.0

May, 1920
May, 1917
May, 1920
May, 1920
July, 1919
Sept., 1920
July, 1920
Sept., 1919

328
363
598
526
374
201
211
254

133
127
173
178
144
122
141
155

136
137
199
193
162
135
132
183

135
140
217
210
165
135
118
141

-0.7
+2.2
+ 9.0
+ 8.8
+ 1.9
0.0
-10.6
-33.0

May, 1920
Apr., 1920
May, 1920
Jan., 1920
Oct., 1918
July, 1920
Jan., 1920
Aug. 1919
Aug., 1919
Nov., 1919
Aug., 1919
Mar., 1920
Aug., 1919

348
478
427
289
292
291
466
283
490
473
230
308
292

175
187
181
225
184
239
202
80
78
163
115
209
153

191
204
1S1
219
184
239
269
77
81
163
109
202
153

200
217
204
212
1S4
239
215
84
83
163
104
201
153

+4.7
+ 6.4
+ 12.7
-3.2
0.0
0.0
-20.1
+9.1
+ 2.5
0.0
-4.6
-0.5
0.0

Sept., 1922
Oct., 1921
Aug., 1920
Mar., 1920

336
201
637
375

177
200
187
155

177
210
177
144

177
216
152
133

0.0
+ 2.9
-14.1
-7.6

July, 1917
Sept., 1920
July, 1917
Mar., 1917
June, 1917
May, 1918
June, 1915

346
330
388
230
261
224
386

166
168
165
88
153
88
114

16G
169
162
85
161
93
117

159
160
155
80
156
93
114

-4.2
-5.3
-4.3
-5.9
-3.1
0.0
-2.6

Feb., 1920
Jan., 1920
Feb., 1920
Sept., 1920
June, 1917
Jan., 1913
Feb., 1916

455
407
381
195
331
124
250

195
201
311
173
166
29
75

190
190
305
173
166
30

192
201
290
173
166
27

+ 1.1
+ 5.8
-4.9
0.0
0.0
-10.0
0.0

June,
July,
June,
July,
May,
May,
July,
Apr.,

-8.3
2.2




COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE PRICES BY GROUPS.
(U. S. Department of Labor index numbers. Relative prices 1013—100.)
19 i 7

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1920

1921

1922

1923

cr.

BUSINESS SUMMARY.
(Index numbers based or- f he 1010 monthly average as 100—except unfilled orders, which are based on the 1920 average—enable comparisons to be made of the relative condition of the several r V -'; of business. The use of index numbers is more fully explained on the inside front cover, and details of this summary are given in the table
entitled "Indexes of hn «• »•• -," beginning on p. 25.)
1922
September.

1923

October.

\

August.

July

, September.

October.

PRODUCTION:

Manufacturing (total)
- ~,
Manufacturing (62 identical)
Raw materials, total
- —. _ _
Minerals
--Animal products
.
Crops
Forestry
Electric power
Building construction (contracts awarded).
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES.

UNFILLED ORDERS (relative to 1920).

SALES (based on value):
Mail-order houses
Ten-cent chains
Wholesale trade
Department stores

:

112 !

125

!
!
!
!
!
|
:

114
108
153
126
112
195
118
134
100

;!
;
|:
!;
|!
!

112
102
98
148
128
54
124
140
90

106

123 !1

104

106

68

60

58

74
144
80
90

73
154
90
100

92
151
94
113

73

73
78

75
80

74

79
94

94

95

95

!

72 ;

72
75
136
85
106

109
157
89
130

PRICES (recomputed to 1919 base):
Wholesale, all commodities
Retail food
.
-

74
75

75

COST OF LIVING (recomputed to 1919 base).

91

91

1

1
1

119
110
156
151
121
184
132
153
116

110
102
131
138
108
144
125
140
83

119 !

105
101
133
113
99
166
118
125
95

77

•

Ill
121
155
110
113
136
144
85

i
1
i
!

54
]

134
182
100

147
81

Partly estimated.

BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN OCTOBER.
The following pages contain a review by principal
industries of the more important statistics shown in
the table on "Trend of business movements77 (p. 29).
Summaries of production, stocks, sales, and price
changes are given also.

BUSINESS INDICATORS—COMPARISON OF OCTOBER
MAXIMUM MONTH OF 1923.
INDEX

PRODUCTION

50

100

150

WITH

NUMBERS
200

250

300

3c*y

PIG IRON

PRODUCTION.

Mineral production for October, based on the 1919
monthly average as 100, stood at 151 as against 138
in September and 126 a year ago. All minerals were
produced in greater quantity than in September
except iron ore, making a seasonal decline, and goldMarketings of animal products stood at 121 in
October as against 108 in September and 112 a year
ago, the changes from September being largely due
to seasonal movements. Crops marketings stood at
184 in October, compared with 144 in September and
195 a year ago. All groups showed larger marketings
than a year ago except grains. The output of forest
products was considerably larger than a year ago.
The output of manufactured goods on a 1919 base
as 100 stood at 119 in October as against 110 in September and 114 a year ago. Iron and steel output at
127, based on 1919 as 100, compares with 120 in September and 112 a year ago; other metals at 175 compare with 147 and 140, respectively. Stone, clay,
and glass products at 116 compare with 111 and 116,
and tobacco at 125 compares with 110 in September




STEEL CORP.(UNFILLED ORDE

PRICES

FARM LIVE STOC

BANKING AND FINANCE

INTEREST RATES (COMMERCIAL)

5

DISTRIBUTION
IMPORTS (VALUE)

SALES, MAIL-ORDER HOUSES
SALES, TEN - CENT STORES
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compares with 142 in September and 139 a year ago;
lumber and automobiles also showed larger production than in both these periods. Foodstuffs, textiles.
leather, paper, rubber, and shipbuilding industries
made declines in output from a year ago.

The production of electric power exceeded the
output for October, 1922, and building construction,
as shown by the floor space of contracts awarded
stood at 116 in October as against 100 a year ago,
based on the 1919 average as 100.

RELATIVE PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS IN BASIC INDUSTRIES.
(Monthly average 1920=100.)

I N D E X N U M B E R S OF M I N E R A L

PRODUCTION.

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(Average monthly production 1919= 100.)

(Average monthly marketings 1919=100.)
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products; producers' goods remained unchanged and
Stocks of commodities at the end of October, based
consumers' goods increased slightly. Dun's index
on 1919 as 100, stood at 125 as compared with 112 a
number of 158 on a 1913 base was the same as in
month before and 123 on October 31, 1922. ComSeptember and compares with 151 a year ago, while
pared with a year ago, increases occurred in pig iron
Bradstreet's index number of 143 compares with 142
from 161 to 173, in brick and enamelware from 91 to
in September and 145 a year ago. The Federal Reserve
96, and in nonferrous metals from 204 to 265. DeBoard's index for international comparison remained
creases occurred in stocks of oils and naval stores
unchanged at 163 per cent of the 1913 average.
from an index of 146 a year ago to 130, while cotton
Wholesale price changes abroad were comparatively
declined from 118 to 95.
small and irregular.
The retail food index for October stood at 150, comSALES.
pared with 149 in September and 143 a year ago. The
Sales by manufacturers were generally less than in
cost-of-living computation for October stood at 164,
September and also smaller than a year ago, especially
comparing with 163 in September and 157 a year ago.
in textile and metal lines. A noticeable exception
Food, clothing, and fuel and light increased over
occurred in enameled sanitary ware, where increases
September, while shelter and sundries remained unoccurred over both periods. The index of unfilled orchanged. All groups except fuel and light exceeded
ders on manufacturers' books stood at 54 at the end
their October, 1922, figures.
of October, based on the 1920 average as 100, as compared with 58 a month before and 72 in October, 1922.
TEXTILES.
Indexes of the value of wholesale trade show a
Receipts of wool at Boston declined in October both
seasonal improvement, the index of 100 for the month
from
September and from a year ago. This situation
of October equaling the 1919 average and comparing
occurred
for both foreign and domestic wool. Conwith 89 in the corresponding month of 1922. All
sumption
of wool by textile mills increased and
lines of wholesale trade except shoes increased over
machinery
activity was reported somewhat higher
a year ago. No declines were made in comparison
than
in
September.
Imports of wool increased.
with September, 1923, although grocery sales were
Prices
were
generally
stationary,
except for a decline
practically the same.
in
yarns.
Eetail trade also increased seasonally over SeptemThe monthly report of the Department of Commerce
ber except for a decline in sales of cigar chains, which
on
men's and boys' clothing shows the following comalso declined between September and October of 1922.
parisons
for 331 identical establishments:
Mail-order-house sales on a 1919 base stood at 134 in
October as against 109 a year ago, while all classes of M E N ' S AND BOY'S CLOTHING (IN NUMBER OF GARMENTS C U T ) .
chain stores showed increases, averaging about 15 per
cent. Department-store sales on a 1919 base stood
KIND.
October.
August. SeptemJuly.
ber.
at 147 as against 130 in October, 1922. The value of
stocks held by department stores stood at 142 as
625,402
Men's suits, wholly or partly of wool
662,002
504,089
490,800
against 126 a year ago.
Men's suits, wholly or partly of mohair,
STOCKS.

PRICES.

cotton, silk, linen, etc
Men's separate trousers, wholly or partly
of wool.
Men's separate trousers, wholly or partly
of mohair, cotton, silk, linen, etc
Men's o v e r c o a t s . . . .
Boys' suits and separate pants (all grades).
Boys' overcoats and reefers (all grades)...

49,052

24,555

43,749

59,114

715,093

671,997

578,834

635,271

369,269

393,499

288,524

413,819

356,146
401,304
369,918
494,877
Prices received by producers averaged 139 for
595,846
658,746
450,611
430,273
66,390
80,399
133,608
129,065
crops as of October 15 based on 1913 average prices
as 100, as against 138 in September and 110 a year
ago, while for livestock the index stood at 103 as
The following table shows statistics of work cloth.against 109 in September and 110 a year ago.
ing as reported to the Department of Commerce by
Wholesale prices, as computed by the Department 118 manufacturers:
of Labor on a 1913 base, averaged 153 in October as
WORK CLOTHING (IN DOZEN GARMENTS).
against 154 in September and 154 a year ago. The
chemicals group alone showed an increase, farm
Septem- October.
products, building materials and house furnishings
July.
August.
June.
ber.
stood unchanged while the remaining groups
165,703
186,059
147,427
161,081 148,465
declined. As regrouped by the Federal Keserve Cut
128,589 ' 154,480 ! 182,765
Sales
144,527
1SS, 140
5,520 i
3,944
3,616
4,293
4,645
Board, this index shows a decline in raw products, due Cancellations
Stocks, end of month
188,798 227,446 i 219,692 I 211, 855 224,916
to the decreases in animal and mineral products over-

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Cotton consumption increased to 541,825 bales in
October, comparing with 533,744 bales a year ago.
Stocks of raw cotton in all positions showed a decline
from October 31, 1922. Exports of raw cotton in
October totaled 781,722 bales as against 798,664 bales
a year ago, and cotton-cloth exports were also less
than in October, 1922.

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The output of fine cotton goods in the NewBedford
district was larger than a year ago, but sales declined
in comparison with both periods. More spindles were
active than in October, 1922, and total activity was
also greater but activity per spindle remained the
same as a year ago at 223 hours. Prices of cotton
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Knit-underwear figures show increases over September in production and cancellations, and declines in
new orders, shipments, and unfilled orders. Unfilled
orders and production were both about the same as a
year ago.
Imports of silk increased in October but apparent
consumption was less than in September. Stocks of
silk increased over September 30, while the average
price of raw silk declined. Burlap and unmanufactured fiber imports were larger than in September.
The monthly hosiery report of the Department of
Commerce shows the following comparative summary
for 294 identical establishments representing 379 mills
for September and October:

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HOSIERY (IN DOZEN PAIRS).

SEPTEMBER.

I Total.
Production:
All cotton
All natural silk.
All others
Total

2,179,302
835,762
899,660

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970,061 461,940; 12,425,541 1,080,4641 522,758
217,781 608, 111! | 965,994 273,6331 682,822
418,274 359,766) il,084,435 468,766 459,540

........3,914,724 1,606,116 1,429,817114,475,970 1,822,8631,665,120 I

Shipments
4,192,384 1,771,114 1,630,2271k 307,829 1,789,9891,683,570
Stocks end of month
6,600,204 ,2,057,232 2,763,780; !16,799,274 '2,073,83812,801,695
Orders
5,212,179 2,032,100 1,976,262! 4,533,583 1,813,3491,681,616
74,379) 76,165
Cancellations
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Unfilled orders, end of
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8,702,840 3,539,81112,866,63S| J8,726,681 !3,397,588;2,847,092

The monthly report of the Department of Commerce
on pyroxylin-coated textiles shows the following
comparison, based on reports from 12 identical
manufacturers, with a capacity of 3,174,333 yards, in
March (capacity varies slightly each month in accordance with the varying number of working days):
PYROXYLIN-COATED

Pyroxylin spread.
pounds..
Shipments billed:
Light goods.. ..linear yards..
Heavy goods. . .linear yards..
Unfilled orders, 1st of month:
Light goods.. ..linear yards..
Heavy goods. ..linear yards..

TEXTILES.

July.

August.

1,916,826

2, 219,846

2, 038, 903

2,98S,201

514,061
1,245,256

4S4,308
\ 218,334

547, 835
1, 312, 027

691,867
1,395,135

626,940

839, 463
1, 316, 391

389,423
1,504,082

40S, 054

1,511,890

1, 514,074

September. October.

Trade statistics received by the Department of
Commerce show the following comparisons as reported by 11 manufacturers of fur-felt hats with
about 30 per cent of the hat forming capacity of the
United States :
FUR-FELT HATS.

Consumption of fur
Stock of fur, end of month
Forming capacity
Hats formed
Orders booked.
Surplus bodies on hand

August.

. . . p o u n d s . . | 174,897
...pounds..! 710,773
dozen., j 88,611
dozen..! 79,483
dozen..; 46,396
dozen., j 25,887

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574,573 516,437 I
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90,234 1
85,155
66,014 i
57,052
55,305 i
36,918 ! 42,992 :

105,407
515,961
91,146
46,225
58,391
30,107

IRON AND STEEL.

The movement of iron ore through the Sault Ste.
Marie canals made a seasonal decline from September
but was larger than in October, 1922. Consumption
of Lake Superior iron ore was greater than a year ago,
while stocks at the end of October were less.
Production of both pig iron and steel ingots increased over September and over October, 1922.
Production, shipments, and stocks of merchant pig
iron increased over September, while sales and unfilled
orders declined. Ohio foundry iron production was 6S
per cent of normal in October, as against 71.5 per cent




BOOKINGS OF FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL.

YEAR AND MONTH.

HATS.

July.

in September. Unfilled orders of the United States
.Steel Corporation declined, as did bookings for steel
castings. Both exports and imports of iron and steel
declined slightly from September. Prices of iron and
steel were generally less than in September.
Production of steel sheets in independent mills rose
from 71.5 per cent of capacity in September to 76.6
per cent in October, comparing with 91.8 per cent a
year ago. Shipments of sheets also increased? but
sales and unfilled orders declined. Total stocks
declined, but a larger amount was unsold. Production
of steel barrels rose from 30 per cent of capacity in
September to 33.7 in October, comparing with. 35.9 a
year ago. Shipments and unfilled orders also increased. Steel-furniture shipments, measured by value,
exceeded those of the previous month and a year ago.
Tonnage of fabricated steel booked in October
amounted to 48 per cent of capacity, as against 53 per
cent in September. Shipments in October were 80 per
cent of capacity. The following table shows bookings
each month reported by 177 identical firms with a
capacity of 230,675 tons per month and total sales
computed to a capacity of 250,000 tons per month at
the rate of sales to capacity of the reporting firms.
Revised percentage figures, based on 1923 capacity
reports, will be given in the next issue.

October
November.
December..

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capacity, j total bookings.

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February..
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June...
July
August
September.
October

133,037
112,367
138,737

145,000
122,500
150,000

173,294
184,887
220,400
186,117
131,875
118,117
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200,000
240,000
202,500
142,500
127,500
127,500
147,500
132,500
120,000

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2 Reported by 173 firms with a capacity of 228,425 tons.
s Reported by 156 firms with a capacity of 224,060 tons.

The following table shows statistics of malleable
castings manufactured for sale (excluding castings
used in the plant or finished and sold as other products)
as reported by 107 identical plants with a capacity for
June of 94,840 tons (capacity varies slightly each
month due to the varying number of working days):
MALLEABLE

CASTINGS.

June. ; July.
Production
tons.. 63,298
Shipments
tons.. 62,888
Orders booked
tons..; 39,814
Production relative to capacity j
per cent. J,
66.7

54,433
55,922
39,131
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63,038
60,207
36,753

56,024
54,378
35,452

56,798
54,221
43,978

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CAST-IRON P I P E (IN TONS).

June.
Production
Shipments
Orders:
To be shipped from stock..
To be made on order
Not specified as to size

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Shipments of railroad locomotives from principal
manufacturers declined in October and unfilled orders
were also less than in September. Freight-car orders,
however, exceeded those received during September.
More steel ships were built in October than in September but less than in October, 1922.
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The output of bituminous and anthracite coal exceeded production figures for both September, 1923,
and October, 1922. The output of beehive and byproduct coke declined slightly from September, but
exceeded last year's production. Exports of bituminous coal and coke declined, while anthracite
exports increased. Wholesale prices of coal and coke
generally declined, except for anthracite, while retail
prices of bituminous and anthracite rose.
Production of crude petroleum increased and stocks
also were higher than at the end of September. Imports and consumption also increased, but fewer oil
wells were completed and the price declined.
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Production of copper at 132,935,000 pounds increased
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price of electrolytic copper declined. New orders and
shipments of brass faucets were larger than in September, and sales of tubular plumbing also increased.
Zinc production increased in October to 84,196,000
pounds. Stocks, receipts, and shipments also increased,
while the price of zinc declined.
Tin stocks increased over the end of September, and
imports and apparent consumption afeo were larger
than in the previous month. The wholesale price of
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PAPER AND PRINTING.

RUBBER.

Imports of both mechanical and chemical wood
pulp were greater than in September, and chemical
pulp imports also exceeded those for October, 1922.
Production, shipments, and imports of newsprint
paper exceeded the September figures but were less
than in October, 1922. Stocks of newsprint at mills
were less than in September but larger than a year ago.
Paper-box production was greater than in September
but smaller than in October, 1922, in spite of an increase in corrugated-box output.

Imports and consumption by tire manufactures increased over September but were less than a year ago.
The price of crude rubber declined from September.
Production of tires increased over September but
declined from October, 1922, except for inner tubes.
Shipments exceeded those for a year ago, except for
solid tires, and stocks were larger than at the end of
October, 1922.

AUTOMOBILES.

The cost of building construction declined slightly
in October, according to most of the indicators, with
material costs showing the principal declines. Contracts awarded for building construction in 27 Northeastern States increased over September in both
value and floor space, contrary to the seasonal trend,
and were larger than in October, 1922. All classes
of buildings, except industrial, increased in awards
over September in point of floor space, but the increase
in residential contracts accounted for most of the gain.
Fire losses increased over September in both the
United States and Great Britain. A comparison in
chart form of fire losses with business failures is shown
on page 21.

The output of automobiles increased in October,
passenger-car production increasing from 298,911 cars
to 334,966 cars, and trucks from 28,632 to 30,141 cars.
Shipments of automobiles by railroad show a similar
increase for October, but fewer cars were driven
away or shipped by boats: The accompanying drawing based on statistics from Government sources gives
a comparison of the relative automobile production,
including both passenger cars and trucks, and the
relative employment in factories manufacturing vehicles for land transportation.
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AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION AND
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BUILDING MATERIALS.

Lumber production was greater in October than in
September and also exceeded October, 1922, almost all
species increasing over both periods. Shipments also
increased over the previous month and the corresponding month last year. Stocks in general were
larger than at the end of September but smaller than
a year ago. Exports of lumber declined slightly.
Prices of southern pine and Douglas fir increased, but
composite prices for hardwoods and softwoods, taken
as of the first week of the month, made slight declines
from September.
The following table is based on trade statistics received by the Department of Commerce:
HARDWOOD LUMBER.

July 1.
Units reporting1

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Sept. 1.

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Gum
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Oak
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Othw species.. .M feet b. m..

109,619
136,414
143,319

113,458
143,391
149,711

118,351
144,667
145,074

115,661
139,326
142,010

108,117
140,534
141,307

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406,550

408,092

396,997

389,958

139,601
164,430
176,048

143,922
173,410
186,537

150,854
177,805
183,944

153,490
175,383
178,921

143,714
176,960
182,425

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503,889

512,603

507,794

502,099

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Gum
M feet b. m..
Oak
M feet b. m..
Other species.. .M feet b. m..

42,144
34,699
50,482

41,320
35,853
46,713

42,149
38,340
49,342

52,393
41,127
44,200

50,799
41,819
49,461

127,325

123,886

129,831

137,720

142,079

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Shipments of wooden furniture were larger than in
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1923

1922

Production and shipments of oak flooring were
greater than in September, and unfilled orders were
also higher, but new orders and stocks declined. All
these items were greater than in October, 1922.
Production, shipments, and stocks of clay fire, silica,
and face brick all increased over September, but unfilled orders declined and were also less than a year
ago.
Paving-brick figures reported to the Department of
Commerce are as follows:
PAVING BRICK ( N O . 1 QUALITY).

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Companies
number.
Proportion of industry
per cent.
Production
thous. of brick.
Shipments
thous. of brick.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of brick.
Orders received
thous. of brick.
Cancellations
thous. of brick.
Unfilled orders end of month.thous. of brick.
Relative production No. 1 and No. 2 brick to
capacity... .*
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31,105
27,251
80,324
36,078
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27,092
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34,287
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Cement production and shipments exceeded September, 1923, and October, 1922, while stocks made
a seasonal decline and also exceeded those held a year
ago.
The following diagram is designed to show the
trend of production, shipments, and stocks of Portland
cement after due allowance for the seasonal character
of the industry has been made. The elimination of
the seasonal variation as respects each movement
was based upon monthly observations covering the
eight-year period 1915 to 1922, inclusive.
More concrete-paving contracts were let in October,
although road contracts showed a decline, but increases
were made over a year ago.

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CEMENT PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND SHIPMENTS.

CHEMICALS AND OILS.

[Seasonal variations eliminated.)

Imports of potash and nitrate of soda increased
over September. Exports of dyes and dyestuffs, measured by value, increased, but the quantity of sulphuric
acid and fertilizer exported diminished. The price
index of essentials oils advanced while chemical prices
declined and drugs remained unchanged.
Slight increases took place in receipts of rosin at
southern ports and in stocks of both rosin and turpentine, while turpentine receipts were lower than in September. .Compared with a year ago, receipts of both
turpentine and rosin increased, as did stocks of turpentine, while stocks of rosin declined.
Exports and imports of vegetable oils increased over
September but were smaller than a year ago. Stocks
of both cottonseed and cottonseed oil at the end of
October were less than a year ago, while production
of cottonseed oil was larger than in October, 1922.
The price of cottonseed oil averaged higher than in
September. Receipts, shipments, and stocks of flaxseed at Minneapolis and Duluth and shipments of
.linseed oil and oil cake from Minneapolis were considerably larger than a year ago.
CEREALS.

Shipments, orders, and stocks increased over September for all classes of enameled sanitary ware, but
unfilled orders declined. Compared with a year ago,
all items increased except stocks, which also increased
in the case of baths.
HIDES AND LEATHER.

Imports of hides were greater than in September
but less than in October, 1922. All classes except
sheepskins increased over September. Prices of hides
rose.
Production of sole leather, skivers, and harness
increased over September, but, except for harness, was
less than a year ago. Exports of both sole and
upper leather declined from September. The price
of sole leather declined, while chrome calf remained
unchanged.
Sales of leather belting increased over September
but declined from a year ago. The output of boots
and shoes increased while exports declined. Prices
of boots and shoes tended to decline.
Leather gloves and mittens cut by 229 identical
factories for September and October are shown below:
LEATHER GLOVES AND MITTENS CUT (IN DOZEN PAIRS).
SEPTEMBER.

Men's
and
boys'.

Dress and street gloves, etc.
Imported
Domestic
Work gloves, mittens, etc..

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32,168
31,278
128,663

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2,166
336

34,583
28,253
142,931

12,285
4,251
366

Receipts and shipments of wheat during October
were less than a year ago, while the visible supply was
greater. Exports were less than in September and
and also less than a year ago. Wheat and flour prices
generally increased over September.
The following table shows the output of wheat flour
reported by over 1,000 mills each month, which made
about 84 per cent of the flour produced in 1921, according to the census of manufactures:
June.
Wheat ground
thous. bushels.. 30,943 35,871 44,179 44,969! 50,716
6,735 7,805 9,642 9,760! 10,964
Flour produced
thous. barrels...
Grain offal produced
thous. pounds.. 549,484 633,324 772,774 796,325; 906,325
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Receipts, shipments, exports and visible supply of
corn were all considerably less than in October, 1922.
Grindings of corn into glucose and starch were also
smaller than a year ago. The price of corn of contract
grades increased during October.
Receipts of oats were larger than a year ago, but
exports and visible supply were smaller. Exports
of barley and rye were less than in September; rye
exports exceeded those a year ago, but barley exports
were smaller. Prices of oats, rye, and barley at
Chicago were higher than in September.
Total grain exports were less than in September and
also less than a year ago. Car loadings of grain and
grain products show similar comparisons.
Receipts and shipments of rice were less than a
year ago and stocks were also smaller. Imports of
rice declined from October, 1922, but exports increased.

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TOBACCO.

Consumption of all manufactured tobacco products,
as indicated by tax-paid withdrawals, increased "over
both September, 1923, and October, 1922. Exports
of unmanufactured tobacco and cigarettes were both
smaller than in September, but larger than a year ago.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION.

Surplus of idle freight cars was reduced during
October from 41,745 to 24,477 cars, while shortage
of freight cars declined from 15,331 to 12,336 cars.
Bad-order cars also declined. Average weekly car
loadings were larger than in September and also larger
than in October, 1922.
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Movement of livestock was smaller than a year ago
in the case of cattle and larger for sheep and hogs. The
slaughter of cattle increased over a year ago, while
for hogs and sheep it was smaller. Exports of pork
and beef products increased over last year, while
storage holdings of all meats declined. Prices of livestock and meat in general averaged less in October
than in September.
The catch of fish at principal fishing ports declined
but exceeded the October, 1922, catch. Storage
holdings were larger than in September or a year ago.
Poultry receipts and storage holdings were larger
than in September and also exceeded the figures for
a year ago.
Exports of condensed milk were greater than in
September and in October, 1922. Receipts and storage holdings of butter, cheese, and eggs all exceeded
last year, except for a slight decline in storage holdings
of butter. Cheese prices were unchanged from September, while butter showed a slight increase.

Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie canals and
through the canals of New York State increased over
both September, 1923, and October, 1922. Receipts
by river at St. Louis also increased over both these
periods. Ocean freight rates to Europe averaged
higher than in September.

OCT.

MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.

WATER TRANSPORTATION.

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increased over October, 1922, while shipments of
potatoes declined. Cold-storage holdings of apples
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September revenues of the railroads, both freight
and passenger, declined from August but exceeded the
figures for September, 1922. Operating expenses
and net operating income show similar comparisons, with September income equivalent to 4.46 per
cent on the tentative valuation of the railroads.

power and aggregate freight-car capacity at the end
of each year since 1907. On page 13 is given the
usual diagram showing the trend of locomotive shipments and unfilled orders.
TRACTIVE P O W E R OP LOCOMOTIVES AND CAPACITY OF F R E I G H T CARRYING C A R S .

(All steam roads—1907 to 1922.)
TRACTIVE POWER OF
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1,637,438,358
1,767,140,733
1,813,536,687
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2,114,837,320

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26,356
26,601
27.282
28,291
29,049
30,258
31,006
31,501
32,380

67,314,627
73,317,362
73,665,276
77,130,360
81,511,989
83,370,696
88,031,707
91,874,599
92,960,210
93,691,809

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2,241,887,240
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2,468,617,853
2,507,075,830
2,553,021,070
2,570,110,000

32,840
33,932
34,995
35,789
36,365
36,935
37,400

95,275,528
98,748,088
99,754,429
101,686,649
101,269,178
101,086,675
101,439,000

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41.5
41.6
41.9
42.4
42.5
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LABOR.

Employment in 1,428 factories throughout the
United States totaled 2,026,000 workers in October, as
compared with 2,030,000 in September. Slight increases were shown in reports from New York State
and Detroit, while the Wisconsin report notes a decline.
By industries, increases were noted in foods, iron and
steel, lumber, leather, paper, chemicals, and tobacco,
while declines occurred in textiles, beverages, stone,
clay, and glass products, metals (except iron and steel),
vehicles, and railway repair shops.

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In the October SURVEY were published two diagrams drawn from statistics furnished by the Interstate Commerce Commission designed to show the
trend of the railroad-equipment situation over the
period 1907 to 1922 as respects the unit number of
locomotives and freight cars installed and retired.
During this period there has been a marked decline in
the number of engines and freight cars installed on
class I railroads, representing in 1922 about 95 per
cent of all steam railroads, while the number of
engines and cars retired has tended to increase,
leaving the net supply in unit locomotives and cars
smaller than in the pre-war period. The accompanying diagram based upon statistics from the Interstate Commerce Commission (figures for years 19071922 are given in the table below) shows the locomotive and freight-car situation over the last 16
years for all steam railroads from still another angle,
i. e., from the point of aggregate locomotive tractive

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The following monthly figures, just made available
by the United States Civil Service Commission, give a
comparative summary of the operations of the civilservice system:
CIVIL-SERVICE APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS,
AND SEPARATIONS.1
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
EXAMINED.

NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED.

NUMBER OF
PERSONS
SEPARATED.

NUMBER OF
PERSONS
APPOINTED.

MONTH.

Depart- Field Depart- Field Depart- Field
mental service. mental service.
service.
service.
June
July
August
September...

3,515
2,320
1,817
1,793

3,930 9,898
10,711 11,982
8,056 13,723
6,706 17,047

11,051
12,660
11,170
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mental
service. service.
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523
545
937

509 5,629
599 3 6,787
618 5,791
702 7,514

6,990
8,373
6,159
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jurisdiction of the fourth civil-service district with offices in Washington. By
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service
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the commission.

Restaurant chains also showed larger sales than in
both these periods. Sales of department stores were
also considerably in excess of the previous month and
October, 1922.
Magazine advertising placed in November magazines declined from October but exceeded the corresponding month last year. Newspaper advertising
in October increased both over September and over
October, 1922. Postal receipts show a similar comparison.
PUBLIC FINANCE.

Declines took place during October in both the total
gross debt and in the interest-bearing debt of the
United States. Customs receipts were larger than in
October, 1922, but total ordinary receipts of the Government, as well as expenditures, were less than a year
ago. Money in circulation, outside of the Treasury
and the Federal reserve system, declined.
BANKING AND FINANCE.

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both for New York City and outside. Compared with
a year ago both movements show declines for New
York City but increased for outside. Discounts, investments and deposits increased during October in
the Federal Reserve Banks, while note circulation, total
reserves, and the reserve ratio declined. The report
of Federal Reserve member banks shows increases in
deposits and in loans and discounts but a decline in
total investments. Interest rates declined slightly
from September. Savings deposits in banks and in the
postal savings system increased over September, only
the New York and Minneapolis districts showing a
decline.

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RESERVE BANKS.

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.

Sales of both mail-order houses and 10-cent chains
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Sales of life insurance in October increased over a
year ago in both number of policies and amount of
insurance, only group insurance showing a decline.
Premium collections were heavier than a year ago for
all classes of life insurance.
Business failures increased over September, both
in number and in liabilities, while compared with a
year ago, the number of failed firms declined with
defaulted liabilities increased.
The next diagram, drawn from statistics furnished
by trade sources and recomputed to eliminate seasonal
variations on the basis of the monthly observations
covering the period 1913 to 1922, shows graphically
the comparison of fire losses and defaulted liabilities
from January, 1920, to date. A diagram showing the
comparison of the seasonal tendencies for these two
movements based on monthly observations from 1913
to 1922 is also given on this page. The statistics on
which these computations were based and the seasonal
indexes for fire losses and business failures are given
on page 21.
Total dividend and interest payments scheduled
for November were slightly smaller than a year ago,
but dividends were larger, with increases on all three
classes of stocks—railroads, street railways, and
industrials. New incorporations and new capital
issues of corporations were greater than in September,
1923, or October, 1922.




FEB. MAR.

APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.

COMPARISON OF FIRE LOSSES AND BUSINESS FAILURES.

Seasonal Variations Elimiated.

Agricultural loans by the War Finance Corporation
in October show larger advances than in September
but smaller than a year ago; repayments exceeded
advances in October. Advances to cooperative marketing associations from the War Finance Corporation

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exceeded those for September, 1923, and October,
1922, and also exceeded repayments in October.
Sales of both stocks and bonds on the New York
Stock Exchange increased in October but were smaller
than a year ago. Prices of stocks declined slightly
and most classes of bonds also declined in price.
GOLD AND SILVER.

Domestic gold receipts at the mint declined both
from September, 1923, and October, 1922. The
output of gold by the Rand mines increased over both
periods. Imports and exports of gold both increased
over September. The excess of gold imports over
exports was $28,551,000 in October as against
$26,780,000 in September.
Silver production increased over both September,
1923, and October, 1922. Both imports and exports
of silver declined from September, the September
excess of silver imports being turned into an excess
of exports for October. The price of silver in New
York declined slightly.

Netherlands, and most South American countries,
while Switzerland showed no change, and the general
index remained at 63 per cent of par.
Total exports from the United States, including
re-exports, increased over both the September figures
and October, 1922, while imports also increased over
both periods. Exports exceeded imports by
$92,000,000 in October.
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED
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NOVEMBER DATA.
The following table gives such November data as have been received to and including December 15, 1923,
1923
ITEMS.

1922

October. November.

November.

TEXTILES.

thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.

7,511
4,335
3,176

11,676
8,202
3,474

31,446
9,715
21,731

bales. ,784,191 3,226,125 3,876,414
9, 243, 917 9,319,601
bales.
49,551
7,615
16,564
bales.
858,337
781,722 770,002
bales.
541,825 531,631 579,190
bales.
bales. 1,102,583 1,438,813 1,724,488
bales. ",485,839 3,770,542 4,197,955
34,658
thousands.
34,379 I 34,101

Silk:

Consumption
Stocks

bales.
bales.

25,917
32,679

25,225
35,398

35,467
47,159

IRON AND STEEL.

Pig iron, production
thous. of long tons.
Steel ingots, production
thous. of long tons.
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corp., end
of month
thous. of long tons.
Wholesale price:
Composite pig iron
dolls, per ton.
Iron and steel
.dolls, per ton.
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Composite finished steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
number.
Domestic
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number.
Foreign
number.
Unfilled ordersTotal
number.
Domestic
number.
Foreign
number.
Freight cars, orders, domestic
number.

3,149
3,548

2,894
3,114

2,850
3,430

4,672 I

4,3

6.840

24.37
43.84
3.02
2.78

22.49
42.81
3.02
2.78

29.46
42.08
2.57
2.42

310
295
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299
270
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159
144
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977
915
62
1,125

691
656
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1,619
1,501
118
18,500

49,171
8,724
1,290
3,099

42,946
7,746

45,262
8,535

1,103
2,942

1,138
2,925

thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.

84,196
51,574
15,711
14,730

88,560
61,808
13,664
12,325

80,400
38,994
18,044
17,331

long tons.

5,540

6,785

4,812

long tons.
long tons.

20,567
3,677

19,520
1,072

25,961
2,699

thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.

5,926
8,815

7,745
10,729

13,2-54
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carload.
number of machines.
number of machines.

42,236
37,947
7,663

39,850
29,100
7,000

27,232
27,376
5,070

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NONFERROUS METALS.

ZincProduction...
Stocks
Re2eipts at St. Louis
Shipments from St. Louis
Tin:
Consumption
StocksWorld visible
United States
Lead:
Receipts at St. Louis
Shipments from St. Louis
Shipments:
By railroad
Driveways
By boat

AUTOMOBILES.

NovemOctober. November.
ber.

Construction:
Volume
index number
Cost (1st of following mo.)
.index number..
Fire losses .
thous of dolls
Oak flooring:
Production
....Mft. b. m..
Shipments
Mft. b. m..
New orders
Mft. b. m..
Stocks
Mft.b.m..
Unfilled orders
. M ft. b. m
Northern pine:
LumberProduction
. . . . Mft. b. m
Shipments
Mft.b.m..
LathProduction
Mft.b.m..
Shipments
Mft.b.m..
Composite lumber prices (1st of following mo.)—
Hardwoods
..dolls. per M ft. b. m..
Softwoods
dolls per M ft. b. m..
Turpentine—
Net receipts
barrels..
Stocks
barrels..
RosinNet receipts
barrels..
Stocks
barrels..

Wholesale prices:
Djugs and pharmaceuticals
Essential oils
Crude drugs

index number.. I
index number.. I
index number.. j

155
139
206

131
121
196

I
j

FOODSTUFFS.

Corn grindings
Grain movement:
Receipts—
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Shipments—
Wheat
Corn
Visible supply—
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Argentine grain:
Visible supplyWheat
Corn
Flaxseed
Hay, receipts
Rice:
Receipts at mills
Shipments from mills
Stocks, domestic
Sugar, raw:
Meltings
Stocks at refineries
Sugar, Cuban movement:
Receipts, Cuban ports
Exports
Stocks, end of month

158
135
206

thous. of bush.. I
I
j
thous. of bush.. |
thous. of bush.. I
thous. of bush.. |

6,424

5,576

6,403

40,488
16,450
28,710

37,192
23,199
18,298

42,493
23,925
23,375

thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.

18,993
8,689

17,612
10,269

27,300
14,206

thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.

155,517
1,105
20,488

185,549
3,274
18,686

127,409
12,846
32,940

thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
thous. of bush.
tons.

3,700
4,000
1,200
87,786

3,600
3,200
800
90.646

2,590
7,200
1,000
85,988

thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs..

1,512
96,878
95,410

1,912
123,610
173,453

1,780
128,721
200,366

long tons..
long tons..

384,200
121,656

288,031
58,189

309,274
69,185

long tons..
long tons..
long tons..

68,671
244,986
86,266

9,920
83,151
31,246

46,013
191,160
49,495

Factory employment, U. S. (1,428 firms) .thousands..
1
Cumulative total for the crop year to December 1

2,026

2,016

1,862

28.6
25.1

28.0
24.0

53,962
80,756
153,057

859
2,028
5,595

319
605
1,336

67,468
42,848
133,786

976,615
49,890
39,969
176,233
72,298
35,697
592,314

947,373
53,076
38,856
195,890
61.813
28,987
556,176

17.4
17.6

29.4
28.9

LABOR.

TRANSPORTATION.

Index of ocean freight rates:
United States Atlantic to United
Kingdom
weighted index number..
23.4
All Europe
weighted index number..
22.9
Freight-car movement:
SurplusBox cars
number..
15,116
Coal cars
number..
7,205
Total
number..
24,477
Shortage3.943
Box cars
number..
3,068
Coal cars
number..
12,336
Total
number..
Car loadings (weekly average)—
Total
cars.. ,073.085
49.428
Grain and grain products
cars..
43,755
Livestock
cars..
191,677
Coal
cars..
74,023
Forest products
cars..
59,340
Ore
cars..
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars.. 642,876
Locomotives in bad order (1st following mo.):
16.4
Freight
per cent of No. in use..
Passenger
percent of No. in use..
17.8
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.




1922

CHEMICALS AND DRUGS.

Wool receipts at Boston:
Total
Domestic
Foreign
Cotton:
Stocks (world
visible)
Ginnings l
Imports
Exports
Consumption
Stocks at mills
Stocks at warehouses
Active spindles

Coal production:
Bituminous
Anthracite
Coke production:
Beehive
By product

1923
ITEMS.

127
221
31,398

125
217
29,702

122
193
30,776

29,267
31,117
30,551
38,646
34,868

30,654
28,651
30,158
41,467
37,714

26,828
26,431
29,269
19,132
35,209

48,037
52,326

22,350
44,251

26,693
52,741

12,131
15,257

5,163
7,156

7,503
10,0%

43.83
31.71

43.52
31.38

45.29
34.27

33,253
37,141

26,586
39,221

26,582
40,161

115,428
295,389

106,083
316,820

105,800
352,465

Dun's (1st of following mo.)
Bradstreet's (1st of following
mo.)

price index number..

158

158

153

price index number..

143

146

150

37,743
22,577
15,166
30,193
18,085
7,246
2,985
1,877

34,528
20,416
14,112
29,387
17,283
7,508
2,769
1,827

31,201
20,197
11,004
25,31*
14,834
6,313
2,582
1,585

3,201
1,161
2,040
3,583

3,006
1,088
1,918
2,879

2,859
1,028
1,831
2,763

22,082
21,800
51,713
230,261

22,055
21,780
46,565
190,844

22,964
22,709
41,647
226,974

426,548

256,287 ! 254,253

DISTRIBUTION.

..thous. of dolls,
Mail-order houses, total sales
.thous. of dolls,
Sears, Roebuck & Co
. .thous. of dolls,
Montgomery Ward & Co
..thous. of dolls,
Ten-cent stores, total sales
. .thous. of dolls,
F. W. Woolworth Co
. .thous. of dolls,
S. S. Kresge Co
. .thous. of dolls,
S. H. Kress Co
..thous. of dolls.
McCrory Stores Corp
Restaurant sales:
Total—two chains
thous. of dolls..
Waldorf, Inc
thous. of dolls..
Childs Co
thous. of dolls..
American Whol. Corp., total sales.. .thous. of dolls..
PUBLIC FINANCE.

United States debt:
Gross
mill, of dolls..
Total interest-bearing
mill, of dolls..
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls..
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Expenditures chargeable against ordi-* t». »**« ^
nary receipts
thous. of dolls..

24
NOVEMBER DATA—Continued.
1923
ITEMS.

rI October.

1922

Europe:
England
dolls, per £ sterling..
France
dolls, per franc..
Italy
,.dolls, per lira..
Belgium.
doils. per f r a n c .
Netherlands
,
dolls, per guilder..
Sweden
dolls, per krona..
Switzerland
,
dolls, per franc..
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per y e n . .
India
dolls, per rupee..
America:
Canada
dolls, per Can. doll,.
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso..
Brazil
dolls, per milreis..
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
General index of foreign exchange.. .index number..

19,983
18,521

19,027
17,098

17,730
16,377

18,048 I
15,304 !

17,332
14,098

297
884
2,225
3,191
1,959
76.3

373
794 j
2,246 !
3,197 j
1,939 I
76.4 i

564
650
2,330
3,203
1,860
76.4

11,943
4,530
11,158

11,904
4,465 |
11,102 j

11,219
4,543
11,095

4. 70
5.13

4.80 I

4.90
4.38

176
668
55
845

5.10 I

Novem- | November. I ber.

October.

181 ':
657 i
56 i

Metals.
Pig iron:
Foundry No. 2, northern
Basic Valley, furnace
Steel billets, Bessemer
Structural steel beams
Copper, electrolytic
Zinc, slab, prime western
Tin, pig
Lead, desilverized

Fuel.
Coal:
Bituminous, Kanawha, f. o. b .
Cincinnati
dolls, per short t o n . .
Anthracite, chestnut
dolls, per long t o n . .
Coke, Connellsville
dolls, per short t o n . .
Petroleum, Kansas-Oklahoma
dolls, per b b l . .

155
611
61
766

92,826
29,195
1,932
123,953

82,167
24,813
1,292
108,272

82.46
66.29
64.75
71.25
70.56

83.25
66.79
64.53
72.02
70.96

84.68
70.52
69.28
73.79
74.10

6,336
2,173
9,321

1,673
79,302

1,704
50,292

1,737
40,265

145,585
77,423
223,008

162,271
65,869
228,140

181,457
89,420
270,877

. 636
31.718

.641
32.238

.652
32.066

4.52
. 060
.045
.051
.391
.264
. 179

4.38
.055
.044
.047
.380
.263
.176

.488
. 311

.484
.309

.986
. 737
. 095
. 118
63

.981
.712
.088
.111
61

mills, of dolls..

2,185

1,851

1,563

number..
thous. of dolls..

235
3,603

182
7,332

310
4,619

WHOLESALE PRICES.

4.39
10.52
7.19
1.250

2.04 j

2.19

44.17 !
18.500 I

42.27
18.500

49.27
19.500

19.00

18.00

14.75

1.75 ]

1.67

1.75

.154
.156
.465
.440

.141
.148
.455
.440

.228
.189
.525
.450

6.25
4.85

6.25
4.85

6.35
4.85

4.25
.75

4.25
.75

4.25
.70

Brick.
dolls, per t h o u s .

Portland Cement.
Cash, Chicago

dolls, per b b l . .
Leather.

Green salted packer's heavy native
steers
dolls. per l b . .
Calfskin, country No. 1
dolls, p e r l b . .
Sole, oak, scoured backs, Boston
dolls, per l b . .
Chrome calf. " B " grade, Boston
dolls, per sq. f t . .
Boots and shoes:
Men's black calf blucher
dolls, per p a i r . . j
Men's dress welt,tan calf,St.Louis.dolls, per p a i r . . i
Women's black kid, Goodyear,
|
St. Louis
dolls, per pair..j
Sulphuric acid, 66°, N . Y
dolls, per 100 l b s . . \
Grains, etc.

j

Cottonseed oil, New York
dolls, per lb..i
Wheat:
!
No. 1 northern, Chicago
dolls, per b u . .
No. 2 red winter, Chicago
dolls, per b u . .
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per b b l . .
Flour,winter straights,Kansas City .dolls, per b b l . .
Corn, contract grades No. 2, Chicago..dolls, per b u . .
Oats, contract grades, Chicago
dolls, per b u . .
Barley.fair to good malting, Chicago..dolls, per b u . .
Rye, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per b u . .

Cattle and beef.
4.48
.069 ! Cattle, corn fed
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
.045 Beef, fresh native steers
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
.064 Beef, steer rounds, No. 2
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
.393
.268
Hogs and pork.
.184
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
.484 Hams, smoked, Chicago
.295
Sheep and mutton.
1.000
.822
.119
.124
67

11.48 i
3.81 !
1.050 !

2.15

Southern pine," B " and better, dolls, per M ft. b . m . .
Douglas fir, No. 1 common...dolls per M ft. b . m . .

92,128
30,697
1,915
124,740

345
1,202
3,198

3.89
11.47
3.85
1.238

Lumber.

444,936
152,061
7,200
604,197

1,618
831
4,055

23.65
20.88
40.00
2.50
.128
.067
.444

I

dolls, perlb..

389,367
125,960
16,524
531,852 [i Common red, N . Y

217 ! 1,867
6,548 ! 13,261
73,197
146,339

29.65
27.75
37.75
2.10
.136
.075
.360
.072

25.37
23.50
40.00
2.50
.126
.067.
.417

Rubber.

472,503
146,882
13,458
632,843

617
7,417
79,528

dolls, per long t o n . .
dolls, per long t o n . .
dolls, per long t o n . .
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
dolls, per l b . .
dolls, per l b . .
dolls, p e r l b . .
dolls, per l b . .

Para, N. Y

CANADIAN INDUSTRY.




1922

WHOLESALE PRICES—continued.

19,152
19,747

FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Textiles.
Wool:
Ohio, i and | grades
Worsted yarn
Wool dress goods
\
Men's suitings
Cotton:
Raw, N. Y
Yarn
Print cloth
Sheeting
Silk:
Raw, Japanese, N. Y

ITEMS.

Novem- i November. ! ber.

BANKING AND FINANCE.

Debits to individual accounts:
In New York City
mills, ofdolls..
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Bank clearings:
New York City
mills, of dolls..
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve banks:
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls..
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
Total reserves
mills, of dolls..
Total deposits
mills, of dolls..
Reserve ratio
per cent..
Member banks:
I
Total loans and discounts
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls..
Interest rates:
New York call loans
per cent..
Commercial two-name paper
per cent.. j
Life insurance:
i
Number of new policies—
I
Ordinary
thous. of policies..
Industrial
thous. of policies..
Group
policies..
Total
thous. of policies..
Amount of new insurance—
Ordinary
thous. ofdolls..!
Industrial
thous. of dolls..
Group
thous. of dolls..
Total.
thous. of dolls..
Premium collections—
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
Industrial
thous. ofdolls..
Group
thous. ofdolls..
Total
thous. ofdolls..
Bond prices:
Highest-grade rails
p . ct. of par, 4% b o n d . .
Second-grade rails
p . ct. of par, 4% bond..
Public utility
p . ct. of par, 4% b o n d . .
Industrial
p . ct. of par, 4% b o n d . .
Comb, price index
p . ct. of par, 4% b o n d . .
War Finance Corporation:
To banks and livestock associationsAdvancements
thous. ofdolls..
Repayments
thous. of dolls.. j
Balance
thous. ofdolls..
To cooperative marketing associationsAdvancements
thous. of dolls..
Repayments
thous. of dolls..
Balance
thous. of dolls..
Business failures:
Firms
number..
Liabilities
thous. ofdolls..
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
Liberty Victory
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. ofdolls..
Silver:
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz..
Price at London
pence per standard oz..

Bank clearings
Business failures:
Firms
Liabilities

1923

Sheep, ewes, Chicago

dolls, per 100 l b s . .

Sheep, lambs, Chicago

dolls, per 100 l b s . .

.118

.094

1.197
1.097

1.092
1.061

1.228
1.273

6.200
5.400
1.011
.439
.678
.720

6.038
5.213
.842
.442
.656
.708

6.713
5.706
.722
.445
.678

10.450
17.50
15.50

9.844
17.50
13.60

10.500
15.50
14.00

7.775
21.90

7.131
20.90

8.244
21.30

5.275
12.775

5.656
12.275

6.438
14.050

.076
.090

.073
.087

.056
.068

28.00

28.00

27.50

144
148
199
172
142
182
129
183
120
153

146
148
201
167
141
181
130
176
118
152

143
143
192
218
133
185
127
179
122
156

.120 i

Sugar.
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal, N . Y
Refined, N . Y
Tobacco.
Burley, good leaf, dark red,
Louisville

dolls, per l b . .
dolls, p e r l b . .
dolls, per 100 l b s . .

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.

dolls, per y d . .
dolls, per y d . .
dolls, per y d . .
dolls, per y d . .
^
dolls, per l b . .
dolls, p e r l b . .
dolls, per y d .
dolls, p e r y d .

.946
1.650
1.035
3.690

.946
1.650
1.035
3.690

.945
1.650
.950
3.420

.301
.494
. 075
.125

.350
.540
.079
.128

.256
.452
.077
.117

dolls, per l b . .

7.840

7.840

7.889

Relative to 1913.
Farm products
Food, etc
Cloths and clothing
Fuel and lighting
Metals and metal products
Building material
Chemicals and drugs
House-furnishing goods
Miscellaneous
All commodities

25
INDEXES OF BUSINESS.
The index numbers presented in this table are designed to show the trend in production, prices, trade,
etc., in various groups of industry and commerce. They consist in general of weighted combinations of series
of individual index numbers, and often the individual index numbers making up the series are also given. The
base year of all the index numbers is 1919, except prices which are on a 1913 base, and unfilled orders, on a
1920 base. The function of index numbers is explained on the inside front cover. A condensed form of this
table is given on p. 7.
EXPLANATION.
Maximum Minimum
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan. since Jan.
1,1920.
prices, which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
1,1920.
orders, which are relative to 1920.

September. October

Per cent increase ( + ) or
decrease (—),
October from
September.

PRODUCTION.
RAW MATERIALS, total.

156

73

208
137
121
241
124
156
129
131
145
154

105
41
0
0
17
74
38
57
80
83

227
143
142
153
245
371
135
190
128

19
58
64
54
30
21
45
94
80

MINERALS:

Petroleum
Bituminous coal__.
Anthracite coal
Iron ore*
•er_
Le;
Zinc
Gold
Silver
Total
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (marketings):

Wool
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep
Eggs*
Poultry*
Fish
Milk (New York)
Total
CROPS (marketings):

Grains—
389
Corn*
218
Wheat*
211
Oats*
85
Barley*
353
Rye*
367
Rice*
206
Total*
Vegetables—
349
Potatoes (white)*
314
Sweet potatoes*
497
Tomatoes*
282
Onions*
316
Cabbage*
467
Celery*
291
Total*
Fruits—
655
Apples*
532
Peaches*
208
Citrus fruit*
1,049
Grapes*
799
Pears*
785
Watermelons*
566
Cantaloupes*
1,925
Strawberries*
405
Total*
Cotton products—
225
Cotton*
276
Cottonseed*
232
Total*
Miscellaneous crops—
148
Hay*
258
Tobacco*
566
Flaxseed*
562
Cane sugar*
170
Total*
Grand total, crops.
195

61
43
49
22
32
4
54

235
183
116
66
300
149
190

45
4
2
35
22
4
58

159
314
344
251
166
154
187

4
0
34
0
0
0
0
0
48

10.6
10.4
8.0
16.1
35.8
61.5
10.4
225
292
103
269
316
384
228
55
358
55
205
603
328
288

25
2
23
46
0
28
0
22
49

* Fluctuations between maximum and Tninimmn largely due to seasonal variations.

74965—24-




45.8
7.0
51.4
28.6
111.0
239.8
28.7

223
241
179
274
306
367
229

+
-

209.0
92.1
63.9
22.1
38.2
92.3
78.7

26
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued.
1923

1922
Maximum Minimum i
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan. since Jan.
1, 1920.
1, 1920.
prices, which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
September. October.
orders, which are relative to 1920.
EXPLANATION.

July.

August.

September. October.

Per cent increase ( + ) or
decrease (—),
October from
September.

PRODUCTION—Continued.
FOREST PRODUCTS:

Lumber
Pulpwood
Gum (rosin and turpentine)
Distilled wood
Total
.

135
135
267
151
136

59
51
20
24
61

119

91
189
86
118

119
122
2
92
95
247
158
111
108
118 ! * 124

131
126

75
64

91
113

99
123

178
244

40
41

96
150

86
90

202

64

121

112

169
120
135
122
233
113

41
20
38
29
35
78

91
58
113
46
129
102

74
56
124 1
58
233
104

126
138
130

60
42
54

100
119
107

108
129
116

94
101
96

152
149
139
147

34
33
9
32

80
97
53
92

104
117
65
112

144
125
107
127

133

119

150

59
51
57

130

119
198
133

136

91
130
115

63
84
80

80
105
95

83
113
101

88

92

75

81

92
90

109
102

107
95

118
104

146

86

123

130

* 105

116

* 96

140
163
188
269
159

40
96
4
21
92

77
141
83
188
126

100
145
150
156
139

131
160
8
245
141

129
157
12
267
140

122
157
59
219
142

119
163
162
213
159

124
124
200
119

53
48
33
57

103
79
171
110

117
73
184
116

97
79
189
113

92
81
194
113

80
85
196
111

90
86
200
116

150

28

107

101

150

38
86

87
185

125

127
275
156
175

79
88

116
135

104
188

119
128

50
79

105

98
267
108
3
136

125
85
220
94
3
125

106
108

96
108

135

2

131
106
214
106
132

2

+
+
+
+

4.8
24.7
2.7
12.8
5.6

MANUFACTURING :

Foodstuffs—
Meats
_ __
Wheat flour
Sugar
Ice cream
Butter
Cheese
Condensed milk
Glucose and starch _ .
Oleomargarine
Rice
Total
TextilesCotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption) _
Total
Iron and steel—
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Locomotives
Total
Lumber—
Lumber
Flooring
Total.
Leather—
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
Total
Paper and printing—
Total
Chemicals, etc.—
Coke_.
Pp/fvroleiim products
Cottonseed oil*
Turpentine and rosin*
Total
._ _
Stone, clay, and glass—
Brick __
_
Glass bottles
Cement*
Total
Metals, excepting iron and steel—
Copper smelting and refining
Zinc smelting and refining.
Enamel ware _
Lead
Total
Tobacco—
Manufactured tobacco and
snuff
Cigars
Cigarettes
Total,
_ __
Miscellaneous—
Shipbuilding
Automobiles*
Rubber tires*
Total . _ .
Grand total, all commodities
Grand total, 62 commodities

232

181

!
I

106
126
113

100
105
102

98
101
99

110
113
111

135
131
122
131

123
118
150
120

124
126
139
127

122

135

125

131

203

223

194

206

150

137

144

97
220
150
130
2
80
100
54
67
* 114

2
2
2

8

2
2
2

1

106

98

93

- 48.6
- 8.0

+ 13.6
+ 7.1
+ 15.5
+ 45.5
+ 56.4
+ 2.9
+ 12.2
+ 3.0
+ 12.1
+ 0.8
+ 6.8
- 7.3
+ 5.8
+ 4.8
+ 6.2
+ 5.1
+ 8.0
+ 10.3
+ 9.5
+ 10.4
- 2.5
+ 3.8
+ 174.6
-

2.7

+
+
+
+
+

12.0
12.5
1.2
2.0
4.5

+ 5.4
+ 7.8
+ 29.7

109
232

102
212

110
275

132
140

147
153

142
174

135
146

132
175

-

101
118

95
100

102
105

96
102

103
121

102
108

132
111

132
115

126
110

142
125

0
199
99
99
112
102
140

6
209
114
108
119
111
144

3
199
99
100
110
102
141

4
222
112
112
3
119
*110
153

90

85

83

116

+ 7.3
+ 18.6
+ .12.7
+ 13.6
+ 33.3
+ 11.6
+ 13.1
+ 12.0
+ 8.2
+ 7.8
+ 8.5
+ 39.8

64
70

ELECTRICAL POWER

79
239
221
146
132
117
153

2
48
20
36
81
74
98

5
126
130
81
105
101
125

10
144
143
93
114
108
134

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (total)*

139

30

95

100




83
175
125
103
2
70
103
2
55
101
* 104

80
260
180
140
2
90
75
43
57
1
113

2
2
2

+ 9.4
+ 4.6
+ 42.2

113
197

144
125

^ Estimated.

2

105
113
118
2
90
2
115
2
117
2
75
119
2
80
158
* 107

107
94

!
!

* Partly estimated.
* Since Jan. 1,1921.
•Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.

2.2

+ 19.0

27
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued.
1922

EXPLANATION.

Maximum Minimum
All index numbers arc relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan. since Jan.
1,1920.
prices, which are relative to 191S, and unfilled 1,1920.
orders, which arc relative to 1920.

1923

September. October.

July.

August.

September

October.

Per cent increase (+) or
decrease (—),
October from
September.

STOCKS.
Cotton (mills and warehouses)
Pig iron
- -Lumber
PaDer and DUID

-

-

Oils and naval stores __
Brick and enamel ware
Nonferrous metals
Total

143
173

41
31

88
31

118
33

150
126
190
118

84

75
85

378
152

98
93

126
103
133
89

136
98
146
91

116

71

42
130
2

133

106
127

8
2

41
147
134
107

8
2

8

128

123
96

97

60
161
138
101
97
176
112

95
173
142
2
86
130
96

+ 58.3
-f- 7.5
+ 2.9
— 14.9
+ 1.6
- 1.0
+ 140.6
-f 11.6

98
106

204
123

153
104

40

72

72

68

60

68

117

58

96

78
116
99
12
68
92

39
64
62
88
43
62

100

100

106

105

76
116
84
105
60
85

76
108
91
111
68
89

51
94
81
106
66
80

71
121
85
111
70
90

71
123
90
115
94

123
98
129
80
100

131

49

75

109

74

73

92

134

279
204
188
162
181
165

83
55
116
109
106
71

136
118
141
129
134
118

157
119
149
133
127
121

144
82
162
141
128
101

154
103
166
145
135
100

152
102
165
143
140
134

180
137
192
152
138
139

186
154

80
101

106
121

130
126

90
116

98
125

111
136

147
142

309
181

97
91

110
109

110
110

136
102

136
102

138
109

139
103

243

114

133

135

139

144

144

131

138

248

346
281
203
300

138

141

193
183
145
190

193
178
145
186

199
172
142
182

-

213

121

188
226
135
183

143

183
244
134
180

142

147

171
178
109
155

140

128

127

+ 0.8

8

213
106

8

8

265
125

UNFILLED ORDERS.
Total (based on 1920=100)

3

54

-

6.9

WHOLESALE TRADE.
(Value.)

Hardware
Shoes
--Dry goods
Groceries
-Drugs
-IVIeat Dackinsr
Total

-

- --

75

117
75

+ 11.4

+ 5.6
0.0

+

8.9

+ 12.2
+ 6.7
4- 6.4

RETAIL TRADE.
(Value.)
MAIL-ORDER HOUSES (4 houses)
CHAIN STORES:

Ten-cent (4 chains)
Music (4 chains)
Grocerv (21 chains)
Drug (10 chains)
Cierar (3 chains)
Shoe (5 chains)
DEPARTMENT STORES:

Sales (306 stores) _ _
Stocks (265 stores). __ _

+ 45.7
+ 18.4
+ 34.3
+ 16.4
+ 6.3
1.4
+ 3.7
+ 32.4

•f 4.4

PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
(AH price index numbers relative to 1913.)
F A R M PRICES:

Crops (15th of month)
Livestock (15th of month)

WHOLESALE PRICES:
Department of Labor—

Farm products
Food, etc
Cloths and clothing
Fuel and lighting
Metals and metal products.
Building material
Chemicals
House-furnishing goods
Miscellaneous
All commodities
Federal Reserve Board (Department of Labor prices) —
Total raw products
Agricultural products _
Animal products
Forest products
Mineral products
Producers' goods
Consumers' goods
All commodities
Federal Reserve Board

Index—

Goods imported
Goods exported _
All commodities _
_ _
Dun's (1st of following mo.)
BradstreeVs (1st of following
mo.)
_ -_ _




173
114

124

124

275
208

173
116

187
121

248

138

176
120

153

154

151

249

135

168

166

153

136
132

147
132

154
120

152
125

311
218

122
103

375

152

202
176
144
182
128

129

183
120

183
121

183
120

150

154

153

153

158

155

163
131

172
122

+

-

0.7

5.5
0.0

- 2.7

1.5
2.3
1.4
0.0

-

0.0
0.8
0.6

+
-

1.9
5.5
6.9

-

2.8
0.0

+ 0.5

199

204

209

203

196

197

236
132

218
135

179
141

177
137

176
139

171
139

146

150

152

154

154

158

159

138

153

154

151

150

154

153

246

102

127

134

141

137

145

150

272
267

125
142

157
164

163
165

170
159

166
159

176
163

181
163

218

134

145

151

154

155

158

158

0.0

227

115

136

145

139

140

142

143

+ 0.7

272
244

168
118

249

247

2 Estimated.

» Partly estimated.

+ 0.6
-

0.6

+ 3.4
+ 2.8
0.0

28
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued.
1923

1922

EXPLANATION.

Maximum Minimum
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan. since Jan.
1,1920.
prices, which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
1,1920.
September. October.
orders, which are relative to 1920.

July.

September. October.

August.

Per cent increase ( + ) or
decrease (—),
September
from August.

PRICE INDEX NUMBERS—
Continued.
RETAIL PRICES, FOOD

219

139

140

143

147

146

149

150

+

0.7

219
175
288
200
192
205

139
143
153
149

140
165
155
187
172
156

143
165
157
187

147
175
170
176
173
162

146
175
171
176

149
175
175
176

150
175
176
178

+
+
+

0.7
0.0
0.6
1.1

162

163

164

+

0.6

154
156
163

155
158

157
155
170

155
155

158
160

158
161

166

164

166

+
+

0.0
0.6
1.2

337
294
601
155

407
369
566
157
175

412
369
567
163
173

424
381
569

+

0.7
0.3

181

421
382
563
153

+

0.6

164
149

163
148

i -

0.0
0.7
0.6

COST OF LIVING, National Industrial

Conference Board:
Food. . ._
Shelter
ClothingFuel and light
_.
Sundries
_
All items weighted

171

155

172

157

173

173

173

0.0

FOREIGN WHOLESALE PRICES:

United Kingdom—
British Board Trade .
London Economist
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
France—

Gen. Stat. Bureau
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
Italy (Bachi)
Sweden,_ __ _
Switzerland .
Canada—
Canadian Dept. Labor
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
Australia_ __
India (Calcutta)
Japan—
Bank of Japan
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd




__
310
340

5

6

154
155
163

160

588
537
670
366
326

306
283
504
154

!

160

!

329
293
582
158
163

263
279
236
218

162
144

162
145

146
170

I

163
144
158
176

159
177

166
151
180
170

321
202

183
172

!
|

193
179

190
174

192
182

163

1.55

175
171
—
i

182

163
147

172
174

171
174

210

212

-

1.1
1.3

0.0

! + i.o

29
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS.
The following table contains a summary of the monthly figures, designed to show the trend in important industrial and commercial
movements. The numerical data for the latest months are given and in addition index numbers for the last four months and for two cor• responding months of a year ago. In many lines the figures do not lend themselves readily to statistical uniformity, due to lateness of
their publication or publication at other than monthly intervals; therefore the following explanations of the various headings are offered
to ,make clear such distinctions and in general to facilitate the use of the table:
September, 1923.—This column gives the September figures corresponding to those for October shown in the next column—in other
words, cover the previous month, and in some cases, where indicated by a footnote, refer to the previous quarter; that is, ending
June 30, 1923.
October, 1923.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of October, or. as in the case of stocks, etc., the situation on
October 30 or November 1. In a few cases (usually where returns are reported quarterly only), the figures are for the quarter
ending September 30 or the condition on that date/ Where this column is left blank, no figures for September were available at
the time of going to press (November 24).
Corresponding month, September, 1922, or October, 1922.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous to
those in the "October, 1923," column (that is, generally September, 1922). but where no figures are available for September,
1923, the August, 1922, figures have been inserted in this column for comparison with the August, 1923, figures. In the case of
quarterly figures, this column shows the corresponding quarter of 1922.
Cumulative total through latest month.—These columns set forth, for those items that properly can be cumulated, the cumulative total
for the ten months of the calendar years 1922 and 1923, respectively, except where the October, 1923, figures are lacking, in
which case the cumulative total for nine months in each year is given.
Percentage increase ( + ) or decrease ( — ) cumulative. 1923 from 1922.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated total
for the ten months ending October, 1923, is greater ( + ) or less ( —) than the total for the corresponding: period ended October,
1922.
Base year or period.—For purposes of comparison with a previous more or less normal period, all items, so far as possible, are related
to such a period by index numbers. The period taken for each item, called the base, is the monthly average of the year or period
stated in this column. Wherever possible, the year 1913 is taken as a base, and if no pre-war figures are available, 1919 is usually
taken to avoid using a war year as a basis. In some cases it will be noted that figures were not available prior to 1920 or even
1921, and that sometimes a month, or an average of a few months, has to be used rather than a year's average. Also, for some
industries. 1919 would not be a proper base on account of extraordinary conditions in the industry and therefore some more representative year has been chosen.
Index numbers.—In order to visualize the trend of each movement, index or relative numbers are given for the last four months and
for two corresponding months of a year ago. These index numbers are computed by allowing the monthly average for the base
period, usually 1913 or 1919, to equal 100. If the movement for a current month is greater than the base the index number will
be greater than 100. If the converse is true the index number will be less than 100. The difference between 100 and any index
number gives at once the per cent increase or decrease compared with the base period. Index numbers may also be used to
compute the approximate per cent increase or decrease from one month to the next.
Percentage increase (4-) or decrease ( —) October from September.—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease of the figure
for the last month compared with the preceding month.
INDEX NUMBERS.

NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Percent-

Per-

September,
1923.

Corresponding
October, month,
! Septem1923.
ber or
i October,
; 1922.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

increase
or decrease

(-)

1922

1923

cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1922

1923

crease
(+)
or decrease

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

October
from
Sept ember.

(Sept. Oct. July, i Aug. j Sept. Oct.

i
TEXTILES.

|

Wool.
Consumption by textile mills,
grease equivalent
thous. of lbs..
Receipts at Boston:
Domestic
thous. of lbs..
Foreign
thous. of lbs..
Total
thous. of lbs..
Imports, unmanufactured
thous. of lbs..
Machinery activity:
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours active..
Looms, narrow
per ct. of hours active..
Looms,
carpet and rug...per ct. of hours active..
Setsofcards
per ct. of hours active..
Combs
per ct. of hours active.. |
Spinning spindles—
i
Woolen
per ct. of hours active..!
Worsted
per ct. of hours active..!
Looms and spindles:
Woolen spindles.per ct. of active to total..;
Worsted spindles, per ct. of active to total..:
Wide looms
per ct. of active to total..
Narrow looms
per ct. of active to total.. j
Carpet looms
per ct. of active to total.. s
1

46,616
10,434 |
3,473 ]
13,907 i
7,883
77.6 j
67.4 |
j
80.9 j
94.0!
85.5^
i
88.9 j
82.8 |
!
S3 j
83 |
77
80
84

51,815 !

59,282

532,445 !

545,876 | +

4,335

8,637
11,893
20,530
25,261

173,337
186,338
359,676
303,050

121,419
263,540
384,959
372,639

3,176
7,511
9,566

j
76.7 i;
73.9
84.2
92.7
86.2

:

88.0 j
87.0'
84
84
77
81
86

ij
j
j!
11

78.6
77.7

2.5

1921

-30.0
4- 41.4
+ 7.0
+ 23.0

1913
1913

64
225

193
147

131
65

77
66

32 ; — 58.5
60 | 8. 6
40
76

114

109

180

113

74

200

106

81

62

1921

105
112

114

117

111

113

111

122

115

100

105

116 ! + 10.5

1921

158

144

144

156

158

164

1921

128

131

132

130

131

130

1921

105

119

109

95

96

97

123

126

126

124

124

122

103

115

110

100

101

106

1921

j1

1913

110

109

112

109

108

109

1913
1913
1913
1913

109

120

123

115

112

114

Includes 21 days only during which period the old tariff law was in effect: remaining 9 days included with October




64
1 241
220

1921

!

109 i 106

1913

90.6
94.0

1

105

|

1921

i

134

1913

74.0
93.8
106.4

84
89
77
79
83

124

97

104

111

104

104

104

104

108

114

111

110 |

111

121

122

126

125

124 i

127

-

46. 0

+ 21. 2
-

1.8

+ 3.8
-0.8
+ 1.0
+

1.6
5.0

+
+

0.9
1.8
0.0
0.9
2.4

+
+

30
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
N O T E . — I t e m s marked with a n asterisk (*)
have not been published previously i n t h e
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons.,
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found a t t h e end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of t h e SURVEY ( N O .
27).

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

1923.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

Corresponding
! October, month,
, 1923.
September or
October,
1922.

1922

Percentage
in! crease

INDEX NUMBERS.

1923

Percentage
increase
or decrease

(-)
cumulative
, 1923
from
1922.

1922

1923

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

] or deI crease

j (-)

Sept.

Oct. J u l y , ; Aug.

I October
Oct. from
September.

Sept.

TEXTILES—Continued.
Wool—Continued.
Wholesale prices:
Worstedyarn
dolls, p e r l b . .
Wool dress goods
dolls, per y d . .
Men's suitings
dolls, per y d . .
Wool, Boston:
i blood, combing, grease, dolls, p e r l b . . j
Territory, fine staple, scoured
dolls, p e r l b . .
Cotton.
bales..'
Consumption by textile mills
Stocks, end of month:
j
Mills
thous. of bales.. j
Warehouses
thous. of bales.. j
Visible supply
thous. of bales.. j
Total domestic, ginned
thous. of bales.. j
Imports, unmanufactured
bales..,
Exports, unmanufactured
bales.. |
Manufactured goods:
Cotton cloth exports
thous. of sq. yds..j
Fabric consump. by tire mfrs. thous. of lbs..
Elastic webbing sales
thous. of yds.. j
Fine cotton goods:
j
Production
pieces..;
Sales
pieces..I
Machinery activity, spindles—
j
Active
thousands.. j
Total activity
mills, of hours.. j
Activity per spindle
hours.. j
Per cent of capacity
|
Prices:
\
Raw cotton to producer (1st of
|
fol'g mo.)
dolls, per lb.. \
Raw cotton, New York
dolls, per lb..'
Cotton yarn
dolls, per l b . . i
Print cloth
dolls, per yd..
Sheeting
dolls, per yd..
Knit Underwear.
i
Production
doz..
Orders received
thous. of doz.. j
Shipments
doz.. |
Cancellations
doz.. |
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous. of doz..;
Silk.
j
Imports, raw
thous. of lbs.. j
Consumption, raw
bales.. j
Stocks, raw end of month
Dales.. j
Prices, raw, Japanese, N. Y
dolls, per lb..!

1.700 j
1.035!
3.690

1.650 jj
1.035
3.690

1.500 j
.8*4 j
3.285 |

.47

.47

.47

1.32

1.30 |

483,852 ; 541,825
773
2,148
1,598
3,433
6,608
689,435

.272
. 280
.472
.071
.111

1,382

9,800

187
145
213

1913

193
146
213

232 ; 225 219
184 | 184 184
239 | 239 239

212 | -

2.9

184 ||

0.0

239 ;'l

0.0

176 j 188 204 ! 200 188 j 188 !|

0.0

1913

228 | 235 253

1913

102 ] 111 96 102

1913
1913
1913
1914
1913
1913

103
243
118
198
132
110

81
53
28
51 !
31 ! 17
24 ! 34

50,985
499,656 \ 392,479 - 21.5
10,065
92,573 , 102,011 + 10.2
14,147 i 136,362
137,757 + 1.0

1913
1921
1919

372,996 3,781,946 I 4,354,625 j-f 15.1
666,787 3,548,153 I 3,475,875 - 2.0

1919
1919

108 | 97
129 j 149

326,680 | 348,044 1+ 6.5

1913

110 : 112 113 111

8,172

26,816 ;
798,664 4,648,123

3,676,316 |- 20.9

138
150

99 112.
50 100

33,837 |

99.2 .

1922

.288
.301
.494
.075

.224
.228
.424
.072
.108

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

167
168
167
191
176

196
1S7
! 178 202
171 177
, 208 192
176 190

1920
*1920
*1920
»1920
*1920

98
652
170
24
336

115
1,201
I 13J
| 18
: 464 |

.125 I
|

5,240
25,917
32,679
7,840

i

'

232 ! 228 ! 100
57
122
52
83
33
95

82 I 104 103
102 ! 122 99
75
81
70

34,379 ji
8,382
223
95.4

I
|
;
j

240

79 |
183 \
72 |
125 |
125 |
51 !
I
j
138 :
136
100 |

3,637 '

444,079
327,694

666,000 685,800
1,515 ,
598
708,300 | 654,300
10,800 ; 20,700
2,650 | 2,325
4,520
26,929
27,367

10.9

4,287

38,169 ; 44,795
6,656 ! 8,431
10,358 ! 11,259

33,930
7,482
200
93.2

1.34 i
533,744 4,978,998 \ 5,520,504

1,103
I 3,485
• 2,785
i 5,299
| 7,615
| 781,722

430,361
438,968

;

1913
1913
1913

112
98
112

112 h + 12.0
j

82 \ + 42.7
i + 62.3
90 !+ 74.3
128 > 54.4
37 '+ 15.2
108 4- 13.4

19S

121 + 1 7 . 4
126 + 26.7
77 |!+ 8.7
116 !'+ 3.2
73 ! j - 25.3
114

8,289 .

+

1.3

+ 12.0

223 .

+ 11.5

681,300 6,318,000
1,212
7,267
603,000 !6,527,700
9,000 I 144,900
2,333
7,826
37,471
45,893

1.5

46,766
301,111

6,839,100 | +
6,665 |+
7,476,300 ! + 14.5
176,400 | + 21.7

50,907 | | +

8.9

309,918 | | +

2.9

8,330

1913
*1920
1920
1913

+

2.4

201

227

240 i +

5.9

199

223

235 | | +

5.2

175

191

200 |j+

4.7

187

204

217 jj +

5.6

181

181

204 |j + 12.6

107

125

113

116 j;+ 3.0

464

661

,500

592 I1,— 60.5

153 ! 194

154

143 j : - 7.6

36

81

22

380

270

527

463

U48
275 ! 224
192 | 210 I 160
72 | 89 ! 45
210 229 i 197

170

159

184 !;+ 15.9

188

151

50

53

202

269

145 | L 3.8
64 ||+ 19.4
215 j i - 20.0

41 ji+ 91.7
!

- 12.3

Burlap a n d Fiber.
Imports:
Fiber, unmanufactured
Burlap

long tons..
thous. of lbs..

14,144
45,136

210,180
19,310 I 29,065
46,499 | 51,038 I 429,536

251,912 ij+ 19.9

1909-1913

500,140 |i+ 16.4

1909-1913

5,872

38,487

53,812 i + 39.8
I

1913

20,944
27,838

34,219 I + 63.4

1913

37,271 ! + 33.9

1913

l
l

64

49

118 j 150

130

119

133

67 + 36.5
137 + 3.0

73

126

131

118

108 - 10.6

79

103

144

134

122

112 |

135

139

146

131

123
141

77 ! 102

70 I

METALS.
Iron a n d Steel.
iron ore movement
thous. of short tons..
Production:
Pig iron
thous. of long tons..
Steel ingots (prorated).thous. of long tons..
1

9,468

8,461

3,126

3,149

2,638

3,31P

3,548

3,410

Includes 21 days only during which period t h e old tariff law was in effect; remaining 9 days included with October.
s Six m o n t h s ' average, J u l y t o December, inclusive.
* Eleven m o n t h s ' average, F e b r u a r y t o December, inclusive.




0.7
7.0

31
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
INDEX NUMBERS.

NUMERICAL DATA.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

METALS—Continued.

Percentage
increase
1923
1922
| (+ )
I or dej crease
(-)
! Octo| ber
Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. I from
j Sep| tember.

; PerI centagi
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
! increase
THROUGH

NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed, tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarter]v issue of the SURVEY (NO,
27).
1923.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

1923.

LATEST MONTH.

1922

1923

; (+)
. or de! crease
(-)
, cumulative
1923
from
1922.

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

;
!
!
j

;

Iron and. Steel—Continued.
Merchant pig iron:
:
Production
.thous. of long tons..
Sales...
,.,
. . . .thous. of long tons..
S h i p m e n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of long tons..
Unfilled o r d e r s . . . . . . . .thous. of long tons..
Stocks, merchant
furnaces
. . . . . . .thous. of long tons..
Stocks, steel plants... .thous. of long tons..
Lake Superior iron ore:
Stocks—
\
Total
. . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of tons.. |
At furnaces
.thous. of tons..\
On Lake Erie docks
thous. of tons..!
Consumption
. . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of tons.. |
Steel castings:
;
Total bookings
.short tons.. •
Railroad specialties
short tons.. |
Miscellaneous bookings
.short tons.. j
Exports (comparable)
.thous. of long tons, .j
Exports (total)
.thous. of long tons.. j
Imports
. . . . . . . t h o u s . of long tons.. j
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel
j
Corp., end of month. ....thous. of long tons..;
Foundry production, Ohio.. .per ct. of normal, .j
Meltings
.long tons.. i
Total stocks
long tons..
Receipts of i r o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l o n g tons.. j
"Wholesale prices.

456

301

2,420

5,063 j +1C9.2

1914

301

1S7

3,2S1

3,706 j + 13.0

1914

3,218

4,460 ; + 38.6

80

1914

89

1914

64

144

132

66

92

us

123

69

120
91
117
57

121 |+ 0.4
76 |- 6.2
120 |+ 2.8
47 - 17.3

90

102
78

109 + 7.5
S5 + 9.5

90 10S

123

135
14S
100
119

+ 9.6
+ 8.3
+ 15.3
- 0.3

74
41
103
54
91
109

- 21.3
- 54.6
+ 6.6
- 10.9
- 11.5
- 19.4

79 131 176 +
110 |+
200 +

3SS

399

296

746

617

834

773

S31

157

1914

20

21

147

161

31

1921

16 ;

10

37,450

41,042

44,181

1919-20

137 i 145

30,430 |

32,945

34, 595

1919-20

147 : 155

101

111 ; U S

61

7,020 ;

8,097

9,586 i

1919-20

4,814 •

4,801

4,012

1919-20

74

47,574 !

37,446 :

1913

21,685 I

9,840

194
233
154
4S
77
28S

25,889 i

27,606

;

138 |

123 |'

174 j

154 !|
29 i

5,036
71.51
18,774
22,830
12,876

75,709
34,276 !

4,672 I
68.14
21,458 |
24,426 i
16,488 !

41,433

104 I
134 |
174 !
|
6,902 ;
61.42
14,073
19,631
10,106

665,271
787,201 + IS. 3
348,772 : 351,902 + 0.9
316,499 ; 435,359 + 37. u
1,443 !
1,312 ~ 9.1
1,643 - 5 . 0
1,730
669 + 35.7
493 :

191o
1913
1913
1922
1913
1913

114,911

211,346

+83.9

167,947

+117.2

;
'
:
i
I

121 137
73

86

133 120

150
103
144
71
155 . 132
62
46
102
79
196
656

120
56
96
166

94
91
97
60
103
135

117
119
116
88
123

92
154
148
103
181

S5
13S
154
102
156

1922

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

229 ! 210
222 210
153 ! 155
166 | 166
211 ; 206
146 : 149
146 | 148
137 1 141

1922
1922

77,341

100 143

113
121
112
75
87

1922

93

100 :
165
207
127
183

100

7.2
5.1
14.3
7.0
28.1

\

Pig iron:
!
Foundry Xo. 2,
|
Northern
dolls, per long ton..j
Basic, Valley furnace, .dolls, per long ton..|
Steel billets,Bessemer, .dolls, per long ton. J
Iron and steel
dolls, per long ton..
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long ton. .j
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.. j
Composite finished steel.dolls, per 100 lbs. .J
Structural steel beams...dolls, per 100 lbs..i
!
Finished I r o n a n d Steel.
j

26.52
24.88
41.88
44.84
25.98
3.03
2.78
2.50

25.37
23.50
40.00
43.84
24.37
3.02
2.78
2.78

33.57
30.90
40.00
43.60
31.82
2.57
2.44
2.10

Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
j
185,557 ! 225,714 ,; 243,476 i 1,842,569 2,331,453
Production (actual)
short tons.
71.5 |
Production
per ct. of capacity.
76.6 ij
91.8 L . . . . . . . . . J
205,772 | 230,820 ! 223,874 I 1,743,644 j 2,381,44S
Shipments.
short tons.
223,556 I 185,110 j 208,916 I 1,874,034 i 2,048,060
Sales
short tons
Unfilled orders
short tons.
343,096 | 307,540 ;' 376,394 L.........J
Stocks128,981 i
Total
short tons.
114,313 I 106,884
29,975 ! 71,902 I 20,690 !
Unsold
short tons.
!
Steel barrels:
Shipments
barrels
164,511 | 177,073 | 189,484 ' 1,913,247 2,111,046
Production
per ct. of capacity.
30.0 |
33.7 I
35.9 |
335,324
Unfilled orders
barrels.
405,653 j 287,141 j
j
122,500
New orders
barrels
172,751 11 132,050 j 1,784,832 j 1,634,183
Structural steel:
120,000 I 145,000 1,650,600 I 1,627,500
Sales (prorated)
short tons
132,500
Sales.
per ct. of capacity
48 I!
58
53
2 Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.




58

1+ 26.5

j........
+36.6
| + 9.3

1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920

10.3

-

8.4

-

1.4

1

!

118
111
110 ,
134 |
55 !

170 166
171 168
165 j 165
172 170
175 i 169
176 178
167 167
166 166

166 159 ;- 4.3
169 160 i- 5.5
162 155 - 4.5
170 167 - 1.8
168 - 156 - 6.2
176 176 i- 0.3
167 167 1 0.0
166 167 i+ 11.2

142 102
137
108
132 ;|+ 21.6
126 96
11098
105 |!+ 7.1
130 112 136 , 120 , 134 ;|+ 12.2
148
66
83159 ! 131 | j - 17.2
55 59
46 50 i 45 ||- 10.4

; 110 ; 115 126 ! 120 102 95 ||- 6.5
|| 380 \ 370 574 | 577 536 jl, 286 ! +139.9

1921
1921
»1921
1920

184
213
138
92

1913
1913

167
127

|
|
|
I

169
206
122
82 :

188 | 194 | 147 158 + 7.6
245 | 236 j 172 194 1+ 12.8
180 156 j 143 173 + 21.0
69 I 90 ! 76108 + 41.0

152
115

133
102

154; 139
1 1 8 i 106

126 - 9.4
96 - 9.4

32
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Corresponding
Septem- October,
month,
ber,
1923.
I SeptemI ber or
October,
1922.

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

1923

Percentage!
increase!

(

-y

or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

Percentage
increase

1923

or decrease
October
Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. from
September.

M E T ALS—Continued.
Iron a n d Steel P r o d u c t s .
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
number..
Domestic
number..
Foreign
number.
Unfilled ordersTotal
number..
Domestic
number..
Foreign
number..
Freight cars: Orders, domestic
number..
Ship construction:
Completed during month—
Total, including non-seagoing
gross t^ns..
Steel seagoing
gross tons..
Under construction, end of mo .gross tons..
Stokers:
Sales
number..
Sales
horsepower..
Steel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls..

335
313
22

310 !
295 !
15 |

1,178
1,102
76
897

977 j
915 |
62 I
1,125 !

20,906
8,562
160,000

18,350 !
8,778 I
164,000

99
60,486
1,273

109 101 - 7.3
285 j 268- 5.6
25 I 17 - 31.0

2,561 +183.0
2,410 +235.7
151 - 19.3

1913
1920
1920

47
121
13

78
192
31

89
235
15

138,710

83,727 - 19.3

1920
1920
1920
1913

116
159
28
121

131
185
20
14 !

113
89
157
123
21
18
26 I 9

33,815
25,626
258,000

267,936
151,410

243,746
-9.0
97,322 - 35.7

1916
1916
1916

34
39
21

73
95
21

22
3
13

45
32
13

- 12.2
+ 2.5
+ 2.5

32,576 j
1,366 |

158
63,167
1,227

1,259
557,405
10,348

1,341 + 6.5
681,688 + 22.3
14,039 + 35.7

1919
1919
1919

49
77
117

68
120
135

55
100
137

42
115
140

- 10.6
- 46.1

1,029
1,592
4,737

1,146
1,750
3,864

1,246
1,042
4,119

10,976
9,895

15,533 ! + 41.5
15,610 1+ 57.8

1919
1919
1919

524
33,712
2,918

597
41,537
3,933

615
55,735
3,403

4,995
470,135
28,592

6,086 ; 21.8
522,242 :|+ 11.1
34,591 !'+ 21.0

1919

132,935
75,086
.126

103,371
52,185
.137

781,423
632,045

1,220,199 |+ 56.2
651,164 + 4.7

1913
1913
1913

408,765
490,690

353,476
381,182

s+ 20.9
+ 25.9

173,481
147,420

188,264
187,175

+ 27.6
+ 8.1

78,210
45,786
12,629
10,910
. 068

84,196
51,574
15,711
14,730
.067

79,680
36,086
19,531
21,610
.072

2,362
19,864
4,540
9,408
. 418

3,677
20,567
5,540
13,053
.417

2,859
22,902
5,603
15,086
.346

6,641
7,571
. 071

5,926
8,815
.069

18,618
14,410
.067

145
133
12
1,538
1,420 |
118 |
12,700 |

905
718
187

74
102
14
11

+

17.0
16.9
17.8
25.5

Pumps.
Steam, power, and centrifugal:
New orders
thous. of dolls..
Shipments
number..
Unfilled orders
number..
Agricultural:
Shipments—total
thous. of dolls..
Pitcher, hand, etc
thous. of dolls..
Power pumps
thous. of dolls..

Copper a n d Brass.
Copper:
Production.
thous. of lbs.. * 124,523
Exports
thous. oflbs..|
68,889
Wholesale price, electrolytic. dolls, per l b . .
.134
Brass faucets:
Orders received
number of pieces.. 338,221
Orders shipped
number of pieces.. 389,845
Tubular plumbing:
Sales
number..
135,966
Sales, value
dollars.. 136,374
Zinc.
Production
Stocks, end of month
Receipts, St. Louis
Shipments, St. Louis
Price, slab, prime western

thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs. .j
thous. of lbs..!
thous. of lbs..
dolls, per l b . . I

Tin.
Stocks, end of month
World visible supply
U. S. consumption
Imports
Wholesale price, pig tin




880,874 + 51.5

183,035
220,127

214,506 + 17.2
183,303 - 16.7

87

76
144
91

62
123
79

+ 11.3
+ 10.6
- 17.7

101

109

102

86

+ 13.9
+ 23.2
|+ 34.8

101
74
87

123
90
92

128

+
+
-

6.8
9.0
5.6

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

115
46
43
59
118

138
44
71
76
124

149
52
100
91
110

144
65
77
76
114

135
56
46
38
117

146
63
57
52
114

+ 7.7
+ 12.6
+ 24.4
+ 35.0
- 0.7

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

67
185
138
77
72

155
185
153
153
77

110
162
145
132
86

156
152
151
133
88

128
160
124
98
93

199
166
151
137
93

+ 55.7
+ 3.5
+ 22.0
+ 38.7
- 0.1

1913
1913
1913

351
125
140

340
165
152

129
64
145

197
90
153

121
87
161

108 - 10.8
101 + 16.4
156 - 0.7

j
long tons.. j
long tons..
long tons..
thous. of lbs..
dolls, per l b . .

Lead.
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
Wholesale price, pig, desilverized.dolls, per l b . .
• Revised.

£81,274

93

83
137
100

47,778
109,116

58,559 + 22.6
130,785 + 19.9

175,797
95,527

108,134 - 38.5
67,542 - 29.3

33
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

F U E L AND P O W E R .
Coal a n d Coke.
Production:
Bituminous coal
thous. of short tons..
Anthracite coal
thous. of short tons..
Beehive coke
thous. of short tons..
By-product coke
thous. of short tons..
Storage, anthracite
thous. of long tons..
Exports:
Bituminous
thous. of long tons..
Anthracite
thous. of long tons..
Coke
thous. of long tons..
Wholesale prices:
Bituminous—
Kanawha, f. o. b.
Cincinnati
dolls, per short ton..
Mine average
dolls, per short ton...
Anthracite, chestnut, .dolls, per long ton..
Coke, Connelsville
dolls, per short ton..
Retail prices:
Bituminous, Chicago.dolls, per short ton..
Anthracite, chestnut,
New York

dolls, per short ton..

NUMERICAL DATA.

Septem- October,
ber,
1928.
1928.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

1923

462,710
79,516
15,808
31,571

46,175
2,917
1,373
3,112
740

49,171
8,724
1,290
3,099
1,065

45,173
8,578
87£
2,806
152

312,802
35,756
5,668
22,509

1,769
176
95

1,489
401
78

1,729
405

7,937
1,544
294

3.89
2.40
11.13
4.50

3.89
2.25
11.47
3.85

8.73
14.50

( }

t

or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

+ 47.9
+122.4
+178.9
+ 40.3

1913

16,824 i+112.0
3,847 +149.2
1,008 j+242.9

Percentage
increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

Percent age1
increase

1922

( }

1923

t

or decrease

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

103
65
22
212
1

1913

1913
1913
1921

113
112
31
265

October
from
September.

113
109
57
307
34

123
116
53
306
35

116
38
49
294
28

123
114
46
293
40

207
158
82

193
153
136

161
61
130

136 - 15.5
139 + 12.8
107 - 17.7

177
193
200
187

177
195
200
187

177
195
210
177

177
0.0
183 - 6.0
216 + 3.1
152 - 14.3

183

183

181

182 +

0.5

209 +

0.6

+ 6.5
+199.1
- 6.0
- 0.4
+ 43.9

1909-13
1909-13
1909-13

107
31

6.39
4.38
10.53
9.80

1913
1913
1913
1913

336
410
456

291
356
198
402

8.77

10.94

1913

225

227

14.58

13.83

1913

212

1919
1919
1919

125
116
130

134
111
147

140
136
142

144
129
153

140
120
152

153
9.5 #
123 + 1.8 '
172 + 13.0

1919
1919
1919

148
175

112
142
159

104
127
178

110
147

108
145
179

121 + 11.8
155 + 6.9
162 - 9.4

1913

354

377

382

380

412

1913

219

231

315

318

311

317 + 2.6

1913
1919

251
138

253
133

285
128

289
128

297
131

304 +
134 +

1919
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

225
227
435
526
1 134
99

219
244
499
648
134
87

225
281
465
561
155
109

229
286
511
603
155
92

219
277
406
523
144

225
289
450
534
133
72

+ 2.7
+ 2.8
+ 4.4
+ 10.9
+ 2.2
; - 7.6
; - 10.0

1919
1919
1919
1919

163
146
177
146

172
139
171
153

193 197
263 ! 250 236
235 242 229
206
247 ! 223

200
269
210
200

! + 5.7
+ 14.0
5.8
'— 2.7

1919
1919

101
90

110
85

09
79

1919
1919

144
177

145
178

166
182

159
190

162
192

168 ||+ 3.0
186 i — 3.0

1919

116
133

124
135

133
139

124
136

124
133

125 !|+
135 |i+

201

Electrical Energy.
Production, central stations:
4,971
4,332
38,678
46,171 + 19.4
Total
mills, of kw. hours.. *4,538
14,468
1,491
1,31?
16,448 + 13.7
By water power
mills, of kw. hours.. * 1,464
24,210
3,480
2,980
29,723 + 22.8
By fuels
mills, of kw. hours.. *3,080
Consumption of fuel, central stations:
3,547
27,237
3,275
31,990 + 17.5
Coal
thous. of short tons.. *3,173
1,427
10,647
1,309
11,889 + 11.7
Oil
thous. of barrels.. •1,335
22,862
26,718 + 16.9
2,881
2,834
Gas
millions of cu. ft.. » 3,197
Central-station sales of electrical
956,800 ;|+ 21.4
788,000
«92,200
energy
thous. of dolls.. 107,100
Petroleum.
Crude petroleum:
64,352
65,677
453,529
47,885
598.810 + 32.0
Production
thous. of bbls..
Stocks, end of m o n t h 319,581 ! 265,073
Total (comparable)
thous. of bbls.. ^311,433
152
155 j
154
Day's supply
number..
Tank farms and pipe
315,356 ;
lines
thous. of bbls.. 307,208
32,753
33,669 !
32,766
Total at refineries
thous. of bbls..
60,447
63,103
475,106
53,240
580,513 |;+ 22.2
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
6,022
6,681
109,263
61,818 j - 43.4
7,408
Imports
thous. of bbls..
11,282
120,229 | - 26.2
11,530
163,009
13,989
Shipments from Mexico
thous. of bbls..
1,345
1,238
1,250
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma...dolls, per b b l . .
1,278
1,143
14,691
1,388
14,391 - 2 . 0
Oil wells completed
number..
Gasoline:
659,061
Production
thous. of gals.. 623,733
566,279 5,050,084 6,279,319 j + 24.3
Exports
thous. of gals..
72,352
82,504
42,757
490,750
713,392 j'+ 45.4
Domestic consumption
thous. of gals.. 655,388
617,700
490,393 4,465,948 j 5,592,318 | + 25.1
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gals.. 972,695
723,584
946,873
Kerosene oil:
thous. of gals.. 193,688
Production...
191,346
215,203 1,845,650 1,893,201 j + 2.6
thous. of gals.. 238,024
Stocks
224,954
256,259
Gas and fuel oil:
thous. of gals.. 1,032,591 1,069,800
Production...
921,606 8,842,526 9,942,924 + 12.4
thous. of gals.. 1,481,204 1,436,591 1,368,749
Stocks
Lubricating oil:
thous. of gals..
87,172
Production...
88,003
87,341
799,696 903,501 + 13.0
thous. of gals.. ; 215,013 218,485
Stocks
i
217,775




Revised.

1

1919

September, 1922.

98 ; | 75 -

2.6
2.0

1.2
5.5

1.0
1.0

34
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an a-tens*. (*"
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering backfiguresfor these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

I CorreI spondi ing
, i month,
| Septem| ber or
i October,
i 1922.

ber,

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23,

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

1922

1923

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

1923

Mar.

Percent-

Apr. ! Jan. Feb.

crease
•i ( - y
\ or dei crease
October
Mar. Apr.I f r o m
j Sep! tem-

I ber.

PAPER AND PRINTING.
Wood-pulp imports:
Mechanical
short tons..
Chemical
short tons..
Newsprint paper:
Production
short tons..
Shipments
short tons..
Imports
short tons..
Exports
short tons..
Stocks at mills
short tons..
Book publication:
American manufacture
number..
Imported
number..

25,538 i

85,936

26,285 |
91,302

157,657
761,517

233,390 ':+ 48.3
900,3.53 -f 18.2

122,073 j 130,682 1,200,301 ! 1,251,290 i + 4.2
110,209
124,895 | 129,749 3,204,492 : 1,246,305 + 3.5
110;240
832,658 | 1,084,505 + 30.2
110,134 ; 114,124 \ 118,010
1,123
1,131 i
22,497
13,166 - 41.5
1,194
21,934
19,745
24,663
736
166

775
139

Paper Boxes.
i
Production:
!
Total
thous. of sq. ft.. 256 701 310,795
228,0S5
Corrugated
thous. of sq. ft.. 195,480
82,710
Solid fiber
thous. of sq. ft..| 61,221
Operating time:
j
Per cent of normal—
j
Total
per cent..;
79
81
79
79
Corrugated
per cent.. j
88
76
Solid fiber
per cent..
Price index numbers (relative to 1922):
Finished b o a r d Corrugated
Solid fiber
Raw materials—
.
85 test liners
Chip
Straw
Other Paper P r o d u c t s .
j
Labels:
New orders
per cent of capacity..
Rope paper sacks: Shipments, .index number.
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Domestic sales
reams..
Foreign sales
reams..

25,921
109,459

124 j

323,807
223,612
100,195

2,133,417 2,950,208 ,!+ 38.3
1,386,395 I 2,126,491 + 53.4
747,022
822,717 j + 10.1

106
323

153
393

155
337

1919
1919
1913
1913
1919

109
114
110
113
363
644
64,
31
79 | 83

110
108
563
27

116
112
633
28
107

96
96
601
33
103

1913
1913

105

1922
1922
1922

!
'
i

91
60

48 ; 60
47
40

90
81 '

160
358

2.9
6.2

107 !+ 10.8
109 ; + 13.3
625 ;+ 3.6
31 | | - 5.9
92 !!- 11.1
95 j;+ 5.3
67 | - 16.3

129 143
131 150
126 130

128
147
110

126
153
107

113
142
S6

138 + 22.1
153 ; + 7.7
107 [+ 24.4

1922
1922

112 | 117
113 | 121

109
108

105
109

105
107

104 ' - 1.0
109 | l + 1.9

1922
1922
1922

117 | 124 114 114
130 I 145 ' 115 121
123 I 133 105 105

112
115
105

108 ! J - 5.6
115
0.0
105 !
0.0

154 j
123 ;

179 ! + 36.6
129 ! + 4.9

81 I.
79 |.
89 i.

1921
«1921-22

89.0

57.9

75,196
12,297

6,217 + 11.0
1,045 - 6.0

5,602
1,112

742

157
429

116
281

1909-13
1909-13

81,736 . 725,350
77,253
9,560

81,048
11,371

905,001 + 24.8
111,588 + 44.4

117
135

1919
1919

201 156
123 123

107
116

13J
123

116
128

118
137

no

119 ; + 7.s

134

124 - 7.5

77

84

81

443
137

268
119

409 + 52.4
135 i + 13.4

73
30

71
29

79
30

27 l - 12.6

120
104

Printing.
Activity, weighted

index number.

Sept. 1920;

85

94

RUBBER.
Crude:
Imports
thous. Of lbs.
Consumption by tire mfrs...thous. of lbs.
Stocks, London and
Liverpool
thous. of l b s . .
Wholesale price, Para, N . Y . . . dolls, per l b .
Tires:
ProductionPneumatic
thousands..
Solid
thousands..
Inner tubes
thousands..
Domestic shipments—
Pneumatic
thousands..
Solid
thousands..
Innertubes
thousands..
Stocks, end of m o n t h Pneumatic
thousands..
Solid
thousands..
Innertubes
thousands..




25,903
21,256

39,473
24,114

74,315
30,894

60,697
.246

.215

79,124
.196

2,030
37
3,255

2,361
37
3,855

2,675
85
3,788

2,624
46
3,684

2,^19
48
3,596

2,589
71
3,421

5,398
249
6,457

4,876
235
6,898

4,683
214
5,488 \

1S

544,904
270,132

590,919 + 8 . 4
319,371 + 18.2

1913
1921

459 ; 770 462
157 172
119

1921

103
21

1913

25,308 '
624'
30,875 :
j
23,908
563
29,755

• Twelve months' average, July to June, inclusive.

100
24

29,107 + 15.0
625 + 0.2
38,346 + 24.2

1921
1921
1921

138 : 147 110
| 234 \ 242 \ 120
155 168
116

130
136
158

112
105
144

130 s + 16.3
105 | 0.0
171 i + 18.4

27,922 + 16.8
578 + 2.7
36,635 + 23.1

1921
1921
1921

• 131 | 136 133
152 ' 162 103
155 149
172

147
104
188

138
105
161

148 ! + 7.4
109 | + 4.3
157 1 - 2 . 4

1921
109 111 154
1921
87 | 93 114
1921 j 113 | 120 162
w September, 1922.

144
114
152

128
108
141

116 I - 9.7
102 | - i.6
151 i + 6.8

j
[

35
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

Correspondtober,
928.

ber,
1928.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

( }

t

or decrease

ing

month,
September or
October,
1922.

Percentage
increase

(-)

1922

1923

cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1922
BASE
YEAR

j Per11 centi a^e
i I in| crease

1923

I
I

!
|

OR
PERIOD. !

I or decrease

|

October
from
September.

j Sept. Oct. ij July. I Aug. Sept. Oct.

BUTTONS.
Production
Stocks, end of month

per cent of capacity..
.thous. of gross..

39.9 I
13,980 j

AUTOMOBILES
Production:
Passenger cars..
number.. »298,911 j
Trucks
number.. 5 28,632 I
Shipments:
35,986 :
By railroad
carloads..
39,653
Driveaways
.number of machines..
8,463
By boat
number of machines..
Internal-revenue taxes collected on:
Passenger automobiles and
9,209
motor cycles
.thous. of dolls..
Automobile trucks and
852
wagons
thous. of dolls.. |
Automobile accessories and
I
2,786
parts
.thous. of dolls.. |
G L A S S AND OPTICAL G O O D S .

45.8
14,207

47.3
12,854

334,966

5 217,566

30,141

6 21,795 j

1,916,406
203,978

3,076,353

+60.5

320,285

+ 57.0

1921
1921

93
102

103 I

1919
1919

136
74

157

215

228 j 216 : 242 j . + 12.1

83

116

117 ' 109 i 114 '! +

69 i

84

87

103 II 108 i 110

111

100 | + 14.9
113 !! + 1.8

5.3

:

; 126 I 130 ; 156 ; 183 j 172 ' 199 S + 15.9
77 ! m j | 119 : 117 ! 101 : 100 I - 1.2
173 : 162 ij 276 • 214 j 180
170 I - 5.5

41,700

27,100 |

274,094

397,048 ||+ 44.9

1920

39,200

35,203 :

249,882

490,192 ji + 96.2

1920

8,000

7,605

51,843

61,443 | + 18.5

1920

8,350

11,587 !

59,185

78,802 i; + 33.1

1920

1,003

891

7,905

8,314 l\+ 5.2

1920

61 |

71 .ji 108 I

56 |

67;

79 j + 17.7

3,614

3,479

28,711

29,470 ;|+ 2.6

1920

90 i

82 ij

77

74 !

66

8 5 + 29.7

1919

79

73 Ij;

79 i

81 !

85 \

86 i +

103 i 166 ;: 194

120 j - 9.3

74 j 132

j

Bottles, production
index number.. j
Illuminating glassware:
j
Net orders.
per ct. of capacity.. i
Actual production
per ct. of capacity.. |
Shipments billed
.per ct. of capacity.. j
Spectacle frames and mountings:
j
Sales (shipments)
.index number.. |
Unfilled orders (value)
index number

1.2

j

41. 0
45. 9 |
44. 6

l

51.3 i
56.7
52.1 :

58.7
54.2
49.6

' 1921-22
150
t 1921-22 i 121
7
1921-22 119
1913
1919

95 ! 101
83 ! 101
139 I 114 | 102

160
150 |

112 ; 140 | + 25.1
127 ' 157 1 + 23.5
125 I 146 + 16.8

285

342 !

68!

298 | 392
88 ! 85

373

46

196 ;

214 : 215

87

!

478 | + 28.2
95 | + 9.2

BUILDING AND C O N S T R U C T I O N .
Building Costs.s
!
Building materials:
Frame house, 6-room
Brick house, 6-room
Building costs
Concrete factory costs
Plumbing
fixtures

index
index
.index
index
index

I
number.. j
number.. j
number.. j
number.. j
number..!

1913

193

1913

197 ! 199 j| 217 | 216

208
210

203 i 207 -

1913

185 • 189 I 222 \ 222

220

221

1914

190

206 ; 204

1913

192 ij 205 ! 206

............

192 I 190

190

2. 4

+

1. 4
0.5
^0

187 i -

1. 6

C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d Losses.
Building volume
index number..
129
127 !; 128 111
1913
137
127 - 7.3
Contracts awarded (27 States):
j
7,582
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft.. j
6,966
83,097
6,873
1919
98
74 j, 77
68
78,394 - 5.7
75
82 i +
3,877
Industrial buildings.......thous. of sq. ft.. < 4,056
7,242 :
54,934
51,980 - 5.4
1919
36 : 57
30
26
32
30 : — 4.4
35,008
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
22,530
25,814 i 256,687
290,642 + 13.2
1919
114 i 128 \ 118 120
112
174 j' + 55.4
3,907 ;
3,343
50,083
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
37,439 | - 25.2
2,364
1919
190 : 175 i 218 172
123
204 1 + 65.3
Other public and seinipub3,791
41,769
3,01S
3,473
33,003 - 21.0
lic9
thous. of sq. ft..
134
167 \ + 25.6
1919
169
154 ; 141 124
54,258
46,806
491,812 ;+ 0.9
487,395
3S,96S
Grand total
.thous. of sq. f t . .
83
116 ! + 39.2
1919
95
100 i 90
85
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
|
30,685
32,037
440,495 ! 377,410 - 14.3
21.2
Business buildings
thous. of dolls.. | 38,9.54
1919
136
115
91
104
30,692
35,919
27,640
276,462
312,997 ij+ 13.2
65
14.6
Industrial buildings
.. .thous. of dolls..
1919
84
72 ;
62
41
50
156,984
110,776 ! 1,104,815 1,298,473 !+ 17.5
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.. 102,331
1919
143
157
157
145
222 i • 53.4
162
13,461
21,923
17,437
276,037
Educational buidings
thous. of dolls..
225,340 ! - 18.4
1919
213 ! 175
276
135 220 i 62.9
211
Other public and semipub9
24,956
lic
thous. of dolls..
23,474 I 282,721
20,553
221,618 - 21.6
1919
179 I 162
160 ! 150
142
172 + 21.4
Public works and utilities, .thous. of dolls..
42,030
53,907
41,477
509,776
497,375 - 2.4
122
1919
120 j 99
133
100
129 | + 28.3
Grand total
thous. of dolls.. 253,525
319,860
253,137 2,893,340 2,936,939 + 1.5
1919
126 i 118
128
118
118
149 j + 26.2
Southern construction:
I
;
16 States
thous. of dolls.. j 41,312
i 42,977 i 409,996
419,7
+ 2.4
1921
156
172
158 ; 153 150
Fire losses:
United States
thous. of dolls..
28,739
40,065
332,688 | 334,154 ;+ 0.4
31,398
1920
185 179 j 123 j 109 ; 128
140
9.3
Great Britain
thous. of dolls..
657 I
305
9,358 P+ 79.7
49
8.8
5,209 i
43 | 103 j 133 !
715
101
1920
93
6
Revised.
i Twelve months' average, May to April, inclusive.
8 As of first of following month, except plumbing fixtures.
•13Include "Hospitals and institutions," "Public buildings," "iSocial and recreational ," and "Religious and memorial buildings," formerly shown separately.
September, 1922.




36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—items marKea. witn an asiensK (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons:
detailed tables covering back figures or these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O . SeptemOctober,
27.)
ber,
1928.
1928.
In many cases November
figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

Percentage
increase
or decrease

1923

cumulative
1923
from

1922.

1923

1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

(-)

1922

Percentage
increase
or decrease

Sept.

October
from
September.

Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

1922.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION—
Continued.

Lumber.
Southern pine (computed):
Production
Shipments
Orders
Stocks, end of month
Price. " B "
and better
dolls, per
Douglas fir:

447,034
M ft. b. m
M ft. b. m
430,963
M ft. b. m.. 477,724
M ft. b. m.. 1,087,475

M ft. b. m..

43.70

4S6,292

441,986

4,335,397

4,564,689

4S9,729 !

371,665

4,259,292

4,696,837

4,498,951

4,505,244




128,171

1917

105

104

107

113

106

115

1917

82

84

100

103

98

111

+ 8.8
+ 13.6
—

46S, 769

382,847

1917

78

86

83

97

107

105

l,0S9,368

1,273,446

1917

88

93

78

78

79

79

+ 0.2

46.17

49. S6

1913

215

216

202

195

190

192

+ 5.7

1917

137

138

132

154

155

160

+ 2.8

1917

129

114

154

165

161

- 2 . 0

1913

212

212

144
212

201

190

201

+ 5.7

557,330
482,145
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 542,110
521,518 ; 369,332
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 532,261
18,500
19,500
17,500
Price, No. 1 common .dolls, per M ft. b. m . .
California redwood:
54,774
52,531
51,625
Production (computed)
»M ft. b. m . .
37,599 : 35,659
50,026
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
38,921
42,148
48,366
Ordors received (computed)...M ft. b. m . .
California white pine:
122,69?
144,424
Production
M ft. b. m . . 136,17S
71,821
59, OSS
^hpraout^
M ft b m
62,360
654,668
592,114
494,537
^ 11v K *
Mft b m
M i o h ^ r . softwood:
9,725 i
8,548
P r o s i e r on
Mft b. m
10,952
8,489
6,205
Shipraoms
M ft. b. m . .
8,218
49,806
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m . .
54,454
48,120
Michigan hardwood:
12,417
Production
M ft. b. m
14,865
13,221
15,391
14,599
^h'Dinont^
Mft b m
16,538
92,554
Stocks end of month
Mft b m
113,394
96,160
Western pine:
163,337 , 173,178
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . . 158,103
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b m . . 116,224
140,733 | 112,163
Stocks, end of mo. (computed).. M ft. b . m . . 1,035,332 1,066,073
919,186
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. i n . .
50,869
57,400
51,135
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
50,295 I 65,660
43,750
Northern pine:
LumberProduction
M ft. b. m
48,037
45,688
57,379
52,326
53,526
Shipments
M ft. b. m
47,492
Lath12,131
Production
M ft. b. m
14,472
12,909
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
13,306
15,257
10,183
Northern hemlock:
Production
M ft b m
29,293
24,711 I 23,649
Shipments
M ft. b. m
24,743
26,260 !
28,171
Northern hardwood:
Production
M ft. b. m .
27,900 1 20,874
27,060
Shipments
M ft. n. m . .
37,822
44,469
36,262
Walnut lumber:
Production
Mft. b. m . .
2,214
2,578
1,603
Shipments
M ft. b. m
2,039
2,378
2,345
8,121
Stocks
Mft. b. m . .
7,943
10,054
Walnut logs:
Purchases.
. . M ft. log measure
2,298
1,486
l,S30
Made into lumber and
1,905
2,229
1,405
veneer
M ft. log measure..
3,369
Stocks
M ft log measure
3,441
1,591
Total lumber production
M ft. b. m . . 2,586,319 2,709,399 2,466,850
Lumber exports:

Planks,scantlings,joists,etc.. .M ft. b. m . .

+ 5.3
+ 10.3
+ 0.1

127,844

110,152

4,443,490

5,070.225

4,151,027

5,267,443

490,7SS

529,855

422,547

507,640

463,664

491,393

666,651

1,072,344

435,114

626,314

+ 14.1
+ 26.9
+ 8.0
+ 20.1
+ 6.0
' + 60.9
+ 43.9

i
82,192

90,745

78,451

78,624

136

140

124

174

138

146

+ 6.1

1918

|

165

125

143

199

175

132

1918

1

144

16S

9S

176

147

135

- 24.8
-7.7

1918

215

233

268

32S

259

275

1918

204

185

213

246

195

222

1918

141

187

192

221

223

247

1918

;

+ 10.4
+ 0.2

1.9

+ 6.1
+ 15.2
+ 10.6

1917

63

49

59

78

63

56

1917

53

48

46

40

46

35

- 11.2
- 24.5

50

51

40

42

45

47

+ 3.5

1917

!
:

131,534

153,194 '+• 16.5

1917

47

45

50

53

48

54

+ 12.4

117,748

146,524

+ 24.4

1917

42

46

33

47

53

49

1917

55

51

44

43

43

41

-

1,228,961

1,510,401

1,327,573

1,316,367

+ 22.9
- 0.8

524,240

484,274 i 484,855 ! -

488,232

566,961

485,824

478,630

139,052

147,391

116,957

529,690

8.6
7.5

1917

149

158

164

180

145

149

1917
1920

127

102
104

104

119

105

107

114

117

129;
121

97

6.9
3.8

+ 3.3
+ 21.1
+ 3.0

1919

;

161

168

136

153

149

149

1919

|

190

204

125

137

136

156

-0.5
+ 15.0

+ 16.1
— 1.5 ;

1920

131

113

174

208

142

119

- 16.3

1920

112

107

81

98

95

104

+ 10.2

+ 6.0 i
+ 15.1 i

1920

160

135

201

210

151

127

134,608

1920

345

160

222

237

209

240

- 16.2
+ 14.7

243,841

276,709

+ 13. 5 \

1913

67

63

81

82

78

66

- 15.6

264,677

261,347 '•—
>

1913

87

77

72

74

68

72

+ 6.1
+ 3.1
+ 17.6

264, S53

391,077

332,070

377,404

18,034

24,716

IS, 391

24,012

1.3

+ 47.7
+ 13.7 !

1913

+ 37.1
+ 30.6

1922

|

1913

1922

i

1922

72

74

119

111

96

99

154

143

131

160

149

175

63

89

154

122

123

143

so

122

98

109

106

123

105

98

83

84

78

80

+ 16.4
+ 16.6
+ 2.2

70

102

150

159

125

157

+ 25.6
+ 17.0
+ 2.1
+ 4.8

14,088

23,722

+ 68.4

1922

12,962

20,937

+ 61.5

1922

79

106

188

144

144

168 i

1922

78

76

141

160

161

165 i

112

112

115

127

118

123

60

62

89

88

72

22,932,542 25,415,523 |+ 10.8
1,311,842

1,431,554 i +

9.1

1913

,

j

( Bel. to
l5-yr.av. |

•\

1

72 -

0.3

37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

! Correi spending
October, i month,
\\ Septem:; ber or
October,
1922.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

INDEX NUMBERS.

1922

Percentage
increase

(

v

or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1923

1923

1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

I!
il
|!
|!

Percentage
increase

111 or decrease
October
|
Sept.! Oct. July. Aug.; Sept. Oct. from
I Sep' tember.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION—
Continued.
Lumber—Continued.
Composite lumber prices:
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m . .
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m . .

44.46
31.31

42.23
33.26

1921
1920

39,287
53,609

46,575
53,313

37,639
71,789

1920
1920

29,267
31,117
30,561
38,646
34,868

45.02
31.39

Wooden F u r n i t u r e .
Shipments
Unfilled orders

97.5 1101.0 113.6 109.5 107.8 106.4 - 1.2
67.7 67.1 69.0 i 65.0 63.3 63.1 '- 0.3

i

value, average per firm..
value, average per firm..

Flooring.
Oak flooring:
Production
M ft.
Shipments
Mft.
Orders booked
M ft.
Stocks, end of month
M ft.
Unfilled orders, end of month. .M ft.
M3ple flooring:
Production
M ft.
Shipments
Mft.
Stocks, end of month
M ft.
Orders booked
M ft.
Unfilled orders, end of month. .M ft.

b.
b.
b.
b.
b.

m..
m..
m..
m..
m..

28,546
30,421 |
35,538
40,306 !
32.873

b.
b.
b.
b.
b.

m..
m..
m..
m..
m..

10,422
9,933 !
19,794
8,603
17,671 '

82 !
46!

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

358
427
360
i 235
496

83 ; 101
47
44

395
486
393
211
445

457
374
294
452
441

438
518
501
429
481

104
84
128
61
46

123
98
129
66
39

123 110

121
111
129
93
69

+ 9.7
+ 11.3
|+ 3.1
| | - 1.0
- 12.1

86

21.6
+ 14.4

501 I
450 j
451 I
377 !

117,356
122,927

1919
1919
1919
1919
1919

105 i 124
89
99
| 150 I 158 122 ! 127
40 j
51
85 | 83
57
49
58 I 57

447,966 ;
435,306 [

622,483
597,531

483,830 !

592,047 + 22.4

1919
1919
1919
1919
1919

96
,| 104
113
116
85

15,755
13,161
39,730

105,619
103,924

140,561 + 33.1
142,838 ,+ 37.4

222,522

233,324

+

4.9

206,871

225,724

+

9.1

125

42 U 0.6

428
506
582
44S
453

486 I

111,346
117,431

12,312
11,595
19,861
9,394
14,797

116 ! + 18.6
42

134

j+ 2.5
|+ 2.3
!- 14.0

j - 4.1
|+ 6.1

i
|
|+
+
+
+
—

18.1
16.7
0.3
9.2
16.3

Brick.
Clay fire brick (computed):
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of month
New orders
Unfilled orders
Silica brick (computed):
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of month
Face brick (32identical plants):
Production
Stocks, finished, on yards
Unfilled orders
Shipments
Prices:

thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..

55,839
50,727
173,493
48,446
73,219

thousands..
thousands..
thousands..

9,967
9,830
41,723

12,124
11,250
42,597

thousands..
thousands..
thousands..
thousands..

21,862
45,463
40,134
19,439

25,805
47,861
31,979
22,646

28,555
54,473
36,836
21,075

20.00

19.00

15.25

3,076 j

3,008

2,847

26,136

13,109
13,698
5
5,533
1.75

13,350
14,285
4,612
1.75

12,287
12,854
4,149
1.75

93,850
101,53S

4,537

7,486
4,191

4,680
2,797

71,868
52,468

83,593
28,005
71,029
193,062

107,308
29,340
101,864
189,705

78,834
26,799
76,737
176,047

Common red, New York. .dolls, per thous..

t 61,265
55,996
; 56,468 :| 59,299^
i 178,841 j 152,101
\ 47,974 j 51,120
64,332 ;l 70,860
;
:|

1919
1919
1919

110
117
110
99
76

118 !

112
94
95

103
104
99

88
100

71
70
100

102 + 2.1

114 I 117 100
120 | 122 125
94
93
98
78
90
81

1919
1919
1919
"1920

154
138
139
149

182
160
134
151

163
199
188
170

171
177
168
174

140
134
146
139

165
141
116
162

1913

255

232

320

311

305

290 - 5.0

1.0

1919

142 !

137 110

124

148

145 - 2.2

114,366 + 21.9
118,892 + 17.1

1913
1913
1913
1913

149
168
42
173

160
174
37
173

164 I

169
203
72 | 54
173 | 173

171
185
49
173

174 j+
193 +
41 173

68,889 - 4.1
44,098 - 16.0

1919
1919

142
127

105
81

144
94

197
163

153
132

168 + 9.6
122 - 7.6

712,586

861,650 + 20.9
929,597 + 3.7

219 i 228 221
50 | 64
63
114
110
93
585
449 431

253
69
105
590

242
66
102
473

310 ;+ 28.4

896,516

1919
1919
1919
1921

|+ 18.0
| + 5.3
— 20.3
+ 16.5

Prepared Roofing.
Shipments

thous. of roof. sq..

Portland Cement.
Production
thous. of bbls..
Shipments
thous. of bbls..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls..
Price, (f. o. b. Buff., I n d . ) . . . dolls, per bbls..
Concrete paving contracts:
Total
thous. ofsq. yds..
Roads
thous. ofsq. yds..

25,876

-

186 i

1.8
4.3
16.4
0.0

S a n i t a r y Ware.
Baths, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received.
Unfilled orders
18

number..
number..
.number..
number..

Ten months' average, March to December, inclusive.




5

Revised.

i Eight months' average, May to December, inclusive.

4.8

146 ;+ 43.4
465 - 1.7

38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items wil beiound at the and of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterlv issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOT^L
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

Percentage
increase
(+)
or de• crease

(-)
1922

cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1923

1922

Percentage
increase

;

1923

( }

t

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

or decrease
October
from
September.

Sept. Oct. July.: Aug. Sept. j Oct.

BUILDING AXD CONSTRUCTION—Con.
Sanitary Ware-Continued.
Lavatories, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Sinks, enamel:
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Miscellaneous, enamel: -.
Orders shipped
Stocks
Orders received
Unfilled orders:
Total, small ware

number..
number..
number..

107,737

141,206

38,849

43,583

56,340

85,704

126,474

93,800

number..
number..
number..

102,521 • 135,527

87,325:

890,057

1,030,870+15.8
,.:

1,141,772

1,168,696

+

2.4

1919
1919
1919

193
38
135

191 : 207 j 259 235 j 309 31.1
40 | 31 ! 30
28 j 31 ,; 12.2
127 | 103 ' 132 116
172 47.6

1919
1919
1919

166
46
128

178
182 : 206 : 188 ; 248
44 j 36 | 39
37 ; 42
117 ! 86 | 113 101 156

1919
1919
1919

167
63
138

154 180 : 210 182 228
63 I 57
58
62
51
106
124 I 114 124
145

j

number..
number..
number..
number..

47,113

53,346

89,225

136,963

51,714

64,707

40,933

49,785

44,567

60,567

749,251

735,351

97,379 ' 924,816
55,512
103,089 1,196,175
43,669
50,101
51,832

1,085,103 . + 17.3
1,224,124 + 2.3

441,682

544,778 + 23.3

583,909

605,999 + 3.8
1

512,286

1921

;

396 !

619

32.2
13.2
53.5
• 25.1
• 21.6
• 35.9

580 5G9 - 1.9

HIDES AND LEATHER.
Hides.
Imports:
28,596
25,950
Total hides and skins.
thous. of lbs.,
4,202
2,977
Calfskins
thous. of lbs.
13,5S2
12.157
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
4,755 : 4,992
Goatskins
thous. of lbs.
4,391
4,595
Sheepskins
thous. of lbs.,
Stocks, end of month:
333,825 325,402
Total hide? and skins
thous. of lbs.
268,025 262,915
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
42,792
40,. 241
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs..
23,008
22,247
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lbs..
Prices:
Green salted, packer's heavy
.154
.141
native steers
dolls, per l b . .
.156
.152
Calfskins, country No. 1
dolls, per l b . .
Leather.
Production:
Sole leather.. .thous. of bks., bends, sides..
Skivers
doz..
Oak and union harness
stuffed sides..
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs..
Finished upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Stocks, end of month:
Sole and belting
thous, of lbs..
Upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Stocks, in process of tanning:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.. i
Upper
thous. of sq. ft..;
Exports:
i
Sole
thous. of lbs..,
Upper
thous. of sq ft..
Prices:
Sole, oak, Boston
dolls, per l b . .
Chrome calf," B " grades., dolls, per sq. ft..
i
Leather P r o d u c t s .
|
Belting sales:
Quantity
Amount
Boots and shoes:
Production
Exports
1

68,892 '. 427,655
42,254
9,870
248.333
40,087
65,669
9,514 !
49,551
6,625
363,8S6
281,073 '
56,410
26,403

176,770
375,613

180,176 ' 169,356 '
378,948
415,334

.490
.440

+ 1.2
+ 6.9
+ 15.4
+ 38.1

T

.197 :

1,512
42,422
147,130
26,404
77,910

1,179 :
6,086

+11.6

42,747
265,459
75,790
68,436

.227

1,411
38,403
135,836
25,200
71,234

106,916 • 99,573
159,749 | 155,972

477,285

1,551

14,779

16,074

+

8.8

34,594
133,146 |

26,158 | 243,393
81,875
715,833

282.951 ! + 16.3
792,869 , + 10.8

100,324
158,126

1,085

860

13,814

14,070

+

1.9

5,657

6,584

66,912

62,594

-

6.5

.465

.535

.440

.4G5

thous. of lbs.. j 416, 510 i 447, 264
827
784
thous. of dolls..;
'
thous. of pairs.. i 5 27,555 j 30,555
585
573
thous. of palrs. J

1909-13 i 118
i 98
1909-13
1909-13 U58
1909-13 i 153
1909-13 i 135

61
44
63
58
87

67
62
71
61
83

+
+
+
-

- 2.5
- 1.9
- 6.0
-3.3

+ 10.2

41.1
11.7
5.0
4.4

84
83
97
80

83
84
89
73

80
80
84
69

77
79
73
70

76
77
69
68

1913
1913

116
' 97

123
104

79
79

80
78

77
81

84 + 9.2
83 + 2.6

1919
1919
1919
1921
1921

79
146
! 110
98
126

H3
148
112
102
141

88
138
107
114
126

92
168
113
120
134

75
165
114
08
123

1921
1921

1

90

•

98

88
98

92

91
91

91
89

93 + 1.9
90 + 0.9

1921
1921

:

81
182
123
103
134

+ 7.2
+ 10.5
+ 8.3

+ 4.8
+ 9.4

100

96

101
98

98
96

96
97

90 - 6.9
95 - 2.4

1913
1913

33
73

33
74

61
73

44
59

45
69

42 - 8.0
64 - 7.0

1913
1913

117
173

119
173

120
163

115
163

109
163

104 - 5.1
163
0.0

70
63

65
64

66
65

110
63

92
74

109
62

88 ' 90

4,247,592

4,721,560

67

8,795

+ 11.2
+ 25.0

1919

7,037

1919

58

30,366

265,947

301,342

+ 13.3

1919

102

6,181 ,+ 41.4

1913

50

!

Includes 21 days only, during which period the old tariff law was in effect; remaining 9 days included with October.




67
51
67
71
104

81
79
96
80

862

4,372 j

125
76
153
127
126

1921
1921
1921
1921

499,943

529

161
145
209
116
125

6

59 1 63
61
57
I
100 | 111
69 1 68

Revised.

+ 7.4
+ 5.5
+ 10.9
- 2.1

39
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.

:i

INDEX NUMBERS.

Percentage
increase

1

PerCUMULATIVE TOTAL ! centage
;
increase;
THROUGH

NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterlv issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27)

Septem- October,
ber,
1923*
1923.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

LATEST MONTH.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
2922.

1922

or decrease
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1923

1922

1923

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

or decrease

(-)

Sept. Oct. I July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

October
from
September.

H I D E S AND LEATHER-Continued.
L e a t h e r Products—Continued.
Boots and shoes—Continued.
Wholesale p r i c e s Men's black calf,
blucher
doils. per pair..
Men's dress welt,
tan calf, St. Louis
dolls, per pair.. j
Women's black kid, Goodyear
j
welt, St. Louis
dolls, per pair.. I
CHEMICALS.

I

6.28 i
j
4.85 j
j
4.25

6.25 ;|

6.35 j.

4.85 j|

4.85 |.

4.25 '

4.25 I.

1913

j

1913

I
II 152

204

205

153
141

141

1913

I
|

209 I 209

!

153

|
j

j

j

Pharmaceuticals
index number.. |
Chemicals
weighted index number.. I
Price, sulphuric acid 66" N.Y.dolls, per 100 lbs.. |

|
|
. 75 j

NAVAL STORES.

j

Turpentine (3 principal ports):

153

202

201 ! -

0.5

153

153 ji
I

0.0

142

142 !

0.0

111 i

124 | +

142 I 142

Acetate of line:
12,822 i|
11,998
Production
thous. of lbs..
11,541
12,291 ||
11,914
Shipments or use
thous. of lbs.. j
8,168
18,495
18,009 !|
Stocks, end of mo
thous. of lbs..
17,375
Methanol:
Production
gallons., j 568,091 i 602,708 ji 640,266
Shipments or use
gallons..! 526,623 i 723,489 11 791,990
Stocks, end of mo
gallons.. 2,876,048 i 2,826,250 :J2. 109,151
Wood at chemical plants:
j
73,428
73,098
Consumption (carbonized)
cords..| 64,862
821,805
929,454
Stocks, end of mo
cords.. 799,165
Imports:
Potash
long tons..| 13,828
22,446 ! 10,248
Nitrate of soda.
long tons..
51,543 i 56,788 :| 67,929
Exports:
|
j
Sulphuric acid
thous. of lbs..
811 !
356
482
Dyes and dyestuffs
thous. of dolls..
448 !
535
452
Total fertilizer
long tons.. 130,419 j 63,789
69,509
!
Price index numbers:
j
Crude drugs
index number. J
!
Essential oils
index number.. j
.' I
Drugs and

|

.75

.70

|

93,685 ;

120,015

•f 28.1

1922

!

92

|

128,715 j

131,928

+ 2.5

1922

j

93 j

87 :

96

!

!

1922

|

52 I

52

26 j

5,121,4:

7,161,880

5,824,950 \ 6,326,778

'
| 577,947
!
!
j

215,951
389,336

M

-+-

116

39.8

1922

92

113

8.6

1922

;

160 I

125

1922

;

83

1922

!

j
509,526 | + 40.1

93 I 115

1922
191,627 ;!— 11.3
770,774 |i+ 98.0

:

100 !

99

!

157

49

19"9-13
1909-13

i 121

!

11,426 j

7,343 j | - 35.7

1909-13

!

4,203

5.359 |j+ 27.5

1909-13

42
'9
i
11,292 'l,5P4

I

777,892

159,910 |i+ 23.4

1909-13

:

I.

124
39 i

114
81
96

115
74
104

120
84

116
84

49
100
83
105
101
85

11.1

90 I + 50.5
50 ; + 3.6
117 | + 16.7
114 j + 37.4
103 ! 1.7
i
5114 j + 1 2 . 7
87 | + 2.8

97

65

135 I 131

119

106 I + 62.3
132 j + 10.2
I

130 j 264 I 132

£8 j - 56.1

91 |

1,438 11,548 1,849 | + 19.4
92

126

62 ! — 51.1

219 |

208

206

122

141 |

136

133

|
206 I;
0.0
135 I + 1.5

121

128

143 I 142 |

158

149

154

169

168 |

173

74

73

75 !

75

1919

196

174 |

1919

95

1919

180
167

54

fu

Aug.,'14

182

19.')

A u g . , '14

131 j

A u g . , '14;
1913

:

1913

i

75 !

158 I
165 j 75

0.0
4.6
0.0

j

!

Net receipts

barrels..!

35,693

33,253

26,454 i

Stocks

barrels..

36,375

37,141 I

31,949 I

209,602

264,286 ! -f 26.1

103

234
117

218 ;- 6.8
119 + 2.1

131

204
144

206 +
147 +

234

7
124

13 + 71.8
164 + 31.7

158
167

179 +

287
68

95

227

247

109

osin (3 principal ports):
Net receipts

barrels..

114,308

115,428 |

Stocks

barrels..

289,564

295,389 !

thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..

26,577

thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..

19,854 i

79,385 |
332,747

779,684

945,796 + 21 3

1919

142 I

1.0
2.0

F A T S AND OILS.
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
Imports
Oleomargarine:
Production
Consumption

2,152

3,698 11
34,994 | i

5,330 j
55,073 !
13

19,122
21,236

57,857
535,248

43,072 - 25.6
548,958 jj + 2.6

1913

15

18

9

1913

U28

258

226

14,232

126,652

118

148 | 110

138 j

139,857

159,038 ' + 25.6
181,612 ' + 29.9

1913

16,180 !

1913

136

136 I

152

1919

80

152

1919

57

107

98

7.0

Cottonseed.
Cottonseed stocks
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks
Production
Price, New York

short tons..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..;
dolls, per l b . . ;

419,330

731, 281

&

34,457
70,058
.117

93, 858
192, 534
120

»103,136
180,781
.092

780,957

610,490

665,722 i +

9.0

1913

Includes 21 days only during which period the old tariff law was ineffect; remaining 9 days included with October.




164

1919

127 ! 141

117
13

23 !

13
144

September, 1922.

82

143 + 74.4

36
63
162

98 +172.4
174 +174. 8
165 + 2.6

6 Revised.

40
TREND OF BUSINESS

MOVEMENTS—-Continued.

Correspond-

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

Septem-1
1923.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

F A T S AND OILS—Continued.

j

Flaxseed.

|

|
i
thous. of bushs..j
thous. of bushs.. I

Receipts:
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shipments:
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs..
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
Stocks:
|
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs..
Duluth
thous. of bushs..
Linseed oil:
Shipments from Minneapolis.thous. of lbs.. |
Lmseed-oil cake:
J
Shipments from Minneapolis .thous. of lbs.. I

i Septem: beror
October,
1922.

1922

1923

Percentage
increase

(+)

or decrease
':: (-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

BASE
i
YEAR !
OR
PERIOD.

1922

!

Wheat.

j

Production, monthly estimate: 12
Winter
thous. of bushs..
Spring
thous. of bushs.
Total
thous. of bushs..
Exports, including
flour
thous. of bushs.,
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.
Receipts, principal markets.. .thous. of bushs.
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs.
Wheat flour:
Production
thous. of bbls.
Consumption
thous. of bbls.
Stocks
thous. of bbls.
Prices:
No. 1, northern, Chicago..dolls, per bush.
No. 2,red winter, Chicago..dolls, per bush.
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl.
Flour, winter straights,
Kansas City
dolls, per bbl.

il or(+)
de-

I (-)

859
1,126

3,711
2,330

8,276 . +123.0
5,134 j+120.3

1913
1913

395
1,574

193
667

1,644

1,221 ! + 23.5
3,499 : +112.8

1913
1913

360
715

500
1,753

615 i

12,771

16,778

11,702

76,899

16,601

24,071

16,357

93,668

I:

95 i 91
50 '• 109 ;

116 ; 273 •' 196 ii- 28.1
23
122 235 ! + 92.3

11

:

267
606
;

1913
1913
9S,208 l;+ 27.7
153,805

+ 64.2

1913

113 | 124 ;
17 I 61 •
i
:
9 j 33 |
12 I 22 |

568,3S6
213,351
731,737
22,465
100,651
45,314
25,837

572,340
213,401
785,741
18,652
155,517
40,488
18,993

586,878
280,720
867,598
25,077
131,048
48,300
28,076

1913

11,995
9,341
8,800

12,561
10,850
8,500

13,581
11,522
8,900

198,033

146,781 - 25.9

332,288 |
225,706 j

322,763 - 2.9
182,334 - 19.2

101,131
88,795

103,456 I + 2.3
90,703 ; + 2.1

1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919

33 I 64
11 ; 17

171 253 + 47.9
55 j 143 ; +159.7

23 | 13
12 i 3

155 | 215 + 38.9
26 | 64 1+145.2

:

.!
!:
84 i 110 J -H 31.4
!
:

74 ! 77
40
!
.
'

50
FOODSTUFFS.

1923

I Octoi ber
; Sept. Oct. i July, j Aug. Sept. Oct. I from
j Sep! temi ber.

1,852
2,434

2,577,
1,266 j

Percentage
increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering: back naures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY ( N O .
27).

!

66
•

54 I 43

:

52

j

55 j

SO \]+ 45.0

123
133: 129
129 , 129 130 !
87 ;
109 \ 115 j 90
87 ' 87
118
114
114
126 ! 115
114
267 : 211 : 108 ' 167 189 157
17.0
154
130
255 j 88
303 + 54.5
196
183 i 153 ! 107
207
129 - 10.7
144 |
161
132
141 ;
95 \ — 26.5
130

1914
1919
1919

129 j 140

107

124

136 [ 141 ] 104

137

88 !

94

73

86

129

111

117

119

124 i 129 + 4.7
115 | 133 | + 16.2
93 I 90-3.4

1.156 |
1.048

1.197
1.097 <

1.178
1.177

1913
1913

124
109

103

103

127 | 131 !j+ 3.5
106 j 111 !; + 4.7

6.238 I

6.200

6.435

1913

138 ; 140 | 131

133

136

135 i';- 0.6

!

5.400

5.719

1913

139 I 149 i 126

127

137

140 ii +

5.280

2.3

Corn.
Production, .monthly est.12
mills, of bushs.
Exports, including meal
thous. of bushs.
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.
Receipts, principal markets.. .thous. of bushs.
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs.
Grindings (starch, glucose)
thous. of bushs.
Prices, contract grades,
No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush.
Canned corn, unsold stocks,
end of fol'g. mo

3,029 i
1,291
2,516
18,474
11,615
5,577 I

3,054
688 i
1,105
16,450 ;
8,689
6,424
1.011

2,906
10,312 ; 153,356
10,436 i
32,477 I 332,382
23,252 !
230,424
6,733
55,834

41,409

- 73.0

211,848 - 36.3
141,741 - 38.5
55,116 - 1.3

.691

393,930 i 353,810

1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919
1913

107 i
107
244 i
231
124 I
166
235 | 217 j
216 | 263 |
146 I 161 i

112
112
31 ! 22 i 31
28
23
30
121
146 | 123
132
148
131
133
97 ! 128
114 !

I

113 ||.
16 !H+ 46.7
13 - 56.1
110 ; - 11.0
98 i - 25.2
153 ! + 15.2

1913

102

111 i 137 i 140 I 142

162 + 14.4

1922

83

50

45 - 10.2

1909-13
1913
1913
1913

109
108
207
161

107
115
204
123

115 | 115
116
136
78
128
58
33
95
28 ! 27
41

115
139 + 8.1
118 + 24.1
38 i - 6.7

1913

102

115

112

103

117

1909-13
1913
1913

108
56
251

102
51
201

110
22
56

110 I 110

94 I 106

104

Other G r a i n s .
Oats:
1,300
1,302 i
Production, monthly est. u mills, of bushs.. I
Receipts, prin. markets.. .thous. of bushs.. j 26,556 j 28,710
Visible supply
thous. of bushs.. I 16,514 : 20,488
1,158
1,241 |
Exports, including meal.. .thous. of bushs.. I
Prices, contract grades,
j
.439
.413 I
Chicago
dolls, per bush..
Barley:
Production,monthly est.12 thous. of bushs.. 199,251 | 198,185
6,051
7,210 j
Receipts, prin. markets.. .thous. of bushs..
1,425
2,054
Exports
thous. of bushs..
Price, fair to good malting,
.678
.654 i
Chicago
dolls, per bush..
12

1,216 i
23,776 I 184,430
35,464 !
3,721
31,478

201,261 +
9,293

9.1

- 70.5

.432 !
182,068 I
4,607
2,940
.660

32,089
16,108

36,518 + 13.8
11,166 - 30.7

1913

For second month following, i. e., figures in September column are as of Nov. 1, and in October column as of Dec., 1.




110

i

6.3

176

141

109
67 | - 16.1
! - 30.6

100

105

108 l

56

t October, 1922.

3.7

41
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for tLese
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

September,
1923.

October,
1923.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

INDEX NUMBERS.

Percentage
increase

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

<+)

or decrease
(-)
cumulative

1923

Percentage
in-,
crease

1923

1922

(+)

BASE
YEAR
OR

or decrease

PERIOD.

1923
from
1922.

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

October
from
September.

FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Other Grains—Continued.
Rye:
Production,monthly est.11 thous. of bushs..
Receipts, prin. markets.. .thous. of bushs..
Exports, including flour.. .thous. of bushs.
Price, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush.

64,774
5,342
2,593

63,023
3,434
545
.720

103,362
7,868
2,235

1909-13

49,278
38,553

38,629

- 21.6
29,817 - 22.7

1913
1913
1913

.776

228 274 186 j 186 j 186
926 608
113
297 j 413
7,202 1,442 2,163 1,139 ,1,673
112 122 102 ! 106 I 110

180
265 - 35.7
352 | - 79.0
113 + 3.2

Total G r a i n s .
Total production, estimate 18 .. .mills, of bushs..
Total grain exports, incl. flour.thous. of bushs..
Car loadings of grain and grain products... cars..

5,377
29,644
50,435

5,401
22,468
49,428

5,275
44,285
52,140

1909-13

437,528
467,369

- 45.5
431,426 - 7.7

1919

119,132
843
60,033
18,368
29,901

137,870

1913

238,465

1913

110
295
132

111
213
134

115
92
112

113
125
134

113
143
129

53
69
60
14
66

60
57
103
11
76

103
40
108
28

110
84
79
23
49

113
63
84
37
48

71
71
114 I 217
137 | 137

186
229
275

143 172
137 | 103
220 j 192

143 -16.7
114 + 11.1
165 -14.3

137
72
67

137
65
101

139
248 +283.8
158 + 56.8

40! 61

+ 51.3

68 | 44
174 j 92
15 | 4
31 I 11
48 I 124 32 j 33

118 +168.4
6 + 64.9
59 + 79.3

114
318
431
225

; 108
j 2
; 46
! 106

84
147
62

114
108 - 2 4 . 2
127 - 2.0

Argentina.
Grain shipments:
Wheat
Flour
Corn
Oats
Flaxseed
Visible supply:
Wheat
Corn
Flaxseed

thous. of bushs..
thous. of bbls.
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.

9,725

"4,589

74

U81

13,251

^ 9,408

1,893

"709

1,609

is 2,199

+
93,849 +
25,548 +
41,917 +
651

15.7
23.0
56.3
39.1
40.2

1913
1913
1913
1913

4,440

3,700

1,850

1913

3,600

4,000

7,600

1913

1,400

1.200

1,000

1913

32,737
394
61,795

33,256

6,999
734,815

5,338
619,063

27.7

1919

96,878

41,405
1,913
142,493

15.8

1919

164
149
129

15,647

23,671 || 39,707

245,046

217,020 -

11.4

1919

96

35,552
479
10,296

95,410 j 140,978
790 I 4,174
18,465 I 15,208

48,656
337,313

42,594
288,042

12.5

1919
1919
1919

77
ij 38
|i 38

Other Crops.
Rice:
Production, mo. est.12
thous. of bushs.
Receipts at mills
thous. of bbls.
Shipments, total from mills, .thous. of lbs.
Shipments, through New
Orleans
thous. of lbs.
Stocks, end of m o n t h Domestic, at mills and
dealers
thous. of lbs.
Imports
thous. of lbs.
Exports
thous. of lbs.
Apples:
12
Production, mo. est. ... .thous. of bushs.
Cold-storage holdings
thous. of bbls.
Car-lot shipments
carloads.
Potatoes car-lot shipments
carloads..
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads.
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Hay, produc, mo. est."..thous. of short tons..
Hay receipts
.tons..

193,855
927
14, 377
22,907
3,701
3,290
86,538
85,230

1,512

196,770
6,224
44,515
33,433
4,760
5,390
89,098
87,786

202,702
5,521
29,313
33,711
4,687
4,519
95,882
74,362

1909-13

14.6

1909-13
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1909-13
1919

175 i 136
17
233
56

314 I
;

156

91
124
56

108
4
55
102
125
55
131
60

110
53
212
153
213
61
131
71

111
359
655
223
274
100
135
73

+571.4
+209.6
+ 46.0
+ 28.6
+ 63.8
+ 3.0
+ 3.0

I 117
143
11 141 176
196
|; 143
\ 97
114

93
83
50
91

108
118
109
102

112
129
143
97

136
155
178
120

+
+
+
+

133
98
133

129
95
110

151 + 17.0
110 + 15.1
104 - 5.3

19

20

26 + 31.9

116
S4
205
159
251
35
141
77

65,840
208,027
22,407
93,056

90,281
196,664
21,277
74,642

37.1

750,357

750,809

0.1

18,964

19,221

1.4

1919

8,473

8,139

3,9

1919

3,797

3,577

5.5

1919

10,301

10,911

5.9

1919

1913
1919
1913

131

141
102

102

97

119
90
104

1919

22

28

19

5.5
5.0
19.8

80l

Cattle a n d Beef.
Cattle movement, primary markets:
Receipts
thousands..
2,295
Shipments, total
thousands..
1,156
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands..
631
Slaughter
thousands..
1,104
Beef products:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs.. 443,836
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.. 426,989
Exports
thous. of lbs..
14,&97
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month).. .thous. of lbs. & 48,187
Prices, Chicago:
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100 lbs.. 10.656
Beef, fresh native steers .dolls, per 100 lbs..
17.50

2,802 I
1,382
785 '
1,373 !

2,936
1,570
864
1,299

519,099 11 483,293 | 4,123,716 4,293,615

4.1

491,326

455,986

4,020,930

4,206,222

4.6

14,205

13,165

148,124

141,443

4.5

63,578 i

67,813

22.1
19.6
24.4
24.4

1913
| 126 j 120
125 128
128 125 123 I - 1.9
120 125
1913
I 120 ! 120 I 122
122 122
122 135 135
0.0
141 132 118 - 10.4
141 141
107 ' 141
17.30
15.50 '
14.00
1913
' 114 | 107
Beef, steer rounds, No. 2.. dolls, per 100 lbs..
5
12
Revised, w September, 1922.
For second month following, i. e., figures i:n September column are as of November 1, and in October column as of December —.




10.450 i

10.245

17.50 j

15.50

42
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
me last quarterly issue 01 me DURVEY (_JNO.

27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

Percent-

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

1928

Percentage
increase
or(+)
decrease
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

in-

1923

1922

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

crease
or decrease

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

1

FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Hogs a n d Pork.
Hog movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets - .thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder, .thousands..
Slaughter
thousands .
Pork products:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs..
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs..
Exports
. . . . thous of lbs
Cold-storage holdings (1st of
following month)
thous. of lbs..
Prices:
Hogs, heavy, Chicago.. .dolls, per 100 lbs..
Smoked hams, Chicago......dolls, per lb..

October
from
SepcQrv
tember.

6

34,643
12,173

99

112

99

97

129

109

125

121

112

140

1919

82
97
45

65

45

83

136

135

1919

76

93

105

90

90

123

7,365,059 + 25.6 1 1913
5,827,450 + 24.3 [ 1919
1,639,832 + 35.9
1913

101

113

146

134

115

148

! 196

196

211

223

207

251

146

153

173

199

208

193

+ 28.8
+ 21.4
— 7.3

431,920

1919

61

47

111

95

75

59

— 20.9

7.775
.219

9.360
.232

1913
1913

110

11 *

86

93

140

11

96
134

103

141

134

132

— 10.0
- 1.8

2,659
1,746
897
894

3,465
2,443
1,489
981

3,311
2,192
1,138
1,067

18,561
9,504
3,154
8,968

102

146

79

117

153

107

181

74

144

202

59

155

258

86

85

93

37,099

39,799

37,777

348.034

* 1,719

1,997

5.481
13.188

3,607
1,336
102
2,276

4,816
1,669
101

49

491

3,129

2,362

22,461

555,094
579,345
170,657

714,848
703,322
158,196

547,624
548,421
125,716

5,861,702
4,686,535
1,206,449

685,751

542,544

8.638
.223

3,682
1,305

44,087 + 27.3
15,448 + 26.9
704 + 43.4
28,599 + 27.3 '

1919
1919

+ 33.5
+ 24.9
- 1.0
+ 37.5

Sheep a n d M u t t o n .
Sheep movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets. .thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder, .thousands..
Slaughter
thousands .
Lamb and mutton:
Inspected slaughter produc. .thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage-holdings
(1st of following month).. .thous. of lbs..
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Sheep, lambs, Chicago.. .dolls, per 100 lbs..

+
+
+
+

30.3
39.9
66.0
9.7

92

197

95

101

73
59
33
89

1913

72

72

67

67

71

76 + 7.b

3,458

1919

41

41

33

21

20

24 + 16.0

5.275
12.775

5.325
13.500

1913
1913

105

114

108

123

117

113

167

173

179

164

169

164

20,259
53,220

19,954
62,744

17,602
54,757

171,897

1919
1919

102

101

121

120

117

115

67

89

44

63

86

102

- 1.5
+ 17.9

thous. of lbs..

18,848

27,412

21,489

164,017

1919

87

109

84

91

95

138

+ 45.4

thous. of lbs..

33,142

37,008

30,240

39

45

62

51

50

56

+ 11.7

14,444

17,539

16,066

165,645

142,313 - 14.1

1919

15

23

15

16

20

25

+ 21.4

51,287
18,445

45,703
21,091

41,351
18,238

90

165

128

112

100

112

155

137

113

130

702

1919
1919
1919

109

831

575,134 + 0.3
188,987 + 8.8
15,560 + 1.6

101

991

573,329
173,637
15,311

69

59

113

101

83

96,117
62,384
8,737

76,418
58,048
6,650

73,857
40,852
5,726

172

131

181

182

171

136

133

110

150

172

168

156

215

155

285

268

.464
.256

.479
.256

.466
.247

1919
1919

69

79
80

67
75

74
79

78
83

81

70

14,928
2,411
16,067

15,738
2,403
16,684

14,522
2,285
11,430

155,111 + 3.3
24,916 + 10.7
178,382 '+ 33.3

1919
1913
1919

i 112

118
153

127
238
261

120
166
248

114

! 149
146

225

3,029,629 — 23.5
3,690,311 - 18.8

1913
1919
1919

110 ! 122 | 115

114

159 i+ 39.4

97
220

83

118 !+ 43.2

18,710
9,950
3,784
8,684

+ 0.8
+ 4.7
+ 20.0
-3.2

1919
1919
1919
1919

372.953 + 7.2

-

3.8
3.1

Fish.
Total catch, prin. fishing ports, .thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage holdings, 15th of mo. thous. of lbs..

164,531 -

4.3

Poultry.
Receipts at five markets
Cold-storage holdings
(1st of following month)

207,932 + 26.8

1919

!

Dairy Products.
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Exports
thous. of lbs..
Receipts at 5 markets:
Butter
thous. of lbs..
Cheese
thous. of lbs..
Eggs
thous. of cases
Cold-storage holdings (1st of following mo.):
Cremery butter
thous. of lbs..
American cheese
thous. of lbs..
Case eggs
thous. of cases
Wholesale prices at 5 markets:
Butter...
dolls per lb
Cheese
dolls, per lb..
Fluid milk:
ReceiptsBoston (including
cream)
thous. of qts..
Greater New York.. .thous. of cans..
Production—Minneapolis.. .thous. of qts..

i

1916-20
1916-20
1916-20

150,198
22,509
133,738

160

- 20.5
-7.0
237 ' 180 - 24.9

161

Sugar.
Raw:
Imports..
long tons
Meltings, 7 ports
long tons
Stocks at refineries, end of mo. .long tons..
1

83

+ 3.2
0.0

+ 5.4
-0.3
234 + 3.8
i
121

161

!
199,870
268,365
192,375

278,575
193,092 ; 3,959,686
384,200 ; 280,003 4,547,295
121,656 ! 94,043

96 !
189 |

Includes 21 days only during which perbcl the old tariff law was in effect; remaining 9 days included with October.




- 10.9
+ 14.3
70 - 16.1

86
99

80
240

202

s Revised.

127

- 36.8

43
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
detailed tables covering back figures for these
THROUGH
Correitems will be found at the end of this bulletin.
LATEST MONTH.
spondFor detailed tables covering other items, see
ing
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. SeptemOctober, month,
27).
ber,
1928.
Septem1928.
ber or
In many cases November figures are
1928
October,
1922
now available and may be found in the
1922.
special table on page 23,

i Percentage
i increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

Percentage
increase

(+)

or decrease
(-)
cumulative

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

1923
from
1922.

1922

1923

(+)

or decrease
(-)
October
Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. from
Sep: tember.

FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Sugar—Continued.
Refined:
Exports
long tons..
Cane, domestic:
Receipts at New Orleans
long tons.
Prices:
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal,
N. Y
dolls, per l b . .
Wholesale, refined, N. Y
dolls, per l b . .
Retail, average 51 cities....index number,
Cuban movement:
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons..
Exports
long tons..
Stocks
long tons..
Coffee.
Imports
thous. of lbs..
Visible supply (1st of following mo.):
World
thous. of bags..
United States
thous. of bags..
Receipts, total, Brazil
thous. of bags..
Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world
thous. of bags..
Total, Brazil, for U. S
thous. of bags..
TEA.
Imports
thous. of lbs..

4,293 |

2,772

5,896

813,531

193,330 - 76.2

1909-13

436

200

108

89

145

94 - 35.4

1,998

22,680

2,400

27,092

65,399 +141.4

1913

11

15

7

8

12

140 +135.1

.070
.082

.076
.090

.054
.066

1913
1913
1913

138
146
144

155
154
144

198
199
191

173
178
175

199
193
175

217 + 8.6
210 + 9.8
193 + 10.3

62,810
209,473
285,549

68,671
244,986

61,713 3,816,435 3,401,460 - 10.9
191,770 3,733,307 3,322,323
11.0
228,902

1919
1919
1919

27
66
53

19
59
36

27
48
81

20
46
67

19
64
44

21 + 9.3
75 + 17.0
13 - 69.8

116,781

141,336

134,273

1909-13

178

177

92

96

154

187 + 21.0

5,742
944
1,265

5,325
944
1,265

8,461
940
1,033

8,737

1.6

1913
1913
1913

72
50
99

72
44
108

47
42
108

49
38
133

49
50
132

45 - 7.3
50 + 0.0
132
0.0

1,664
890

1,812
968

1,521
835

10,292
4,770

11,435 + 11.1
5,999 + 25.8

1913
1913

109
141

154
212

78
86

156
204

168
226

183 +
246 +

12,921

14,259

17,821

77,831

81,118 +

1909-13

196

216

117

116

157

173 + 10.4

599
5,567

712
6,277

694
4,498

5,652
45,496

5,857
3.6
54,661 + 20.1

1913
1913

99
428

110
347

93
450

98
452

95
429

113 + 18.9
484 + 12.8

33,881

36,382

35,755

360,034

352,487 -

2.1

1913

100

97

91

98

92

98 + 7.4

38,487

46,927

58,353

354,13S

387,765 +

9.5

105

186

149

109

123

149 + 21.9

1,222
70,991

1,022
82,512

1,084
83,778

9,771
370,408

10,298 + 5.4
311,816 - 15.8

Rel. to
1909-13
1913
1919

594
64

561
102

677
(4)

480
46

632
86

529 - 16.4
100 + 16.2

28.00

27.50

1913

20S

208

212

212

212

212

0.0

1,384
446
2,169
12,776
265
1,985

1,428
432
2,128
13,003
348

649
432
1,446
11,233
287
13 1,732

5,025
3,231
10,749
54,762
1,499
17,565

13,061
4,262
20,445
78,916
1,955

+ 159.9
+ 31.9
+ 90.2
ji+ 44.1
j+ 30.4

1915
1915
1915
1913
1913
1919

298
203
279
110
76
149

356
236
355
113
77
152

853
219
574
144
75
171

827
208
532
144
150
154

759
243
532
128
71
171

783
236
522
130
94

+ 3.1
-3.1
- 1.9
+ 1.8

13,450
27,455
54,543
565

19,020
16,615
55,210
548

14,055
4,720
24,134
602

142,885
166,370
543,476
2,522

117,035
224,310
605,364
5,322

|- 18.1
;+ 34.8
+ 11.4
+ 111.0

1913
1913
1919
1922

74
291
250
171

80
119
276
201

88
96
822 1,194
507 921
215 316

76
692
625
189

108
419
632
183

+ 41.4
- 39.5
+ 1.2
- 3.0

5,685
2,249
3,436

6,156
2,789
3,367

6,287
3,390
2,897

54,147
25,983
28,164

55,305 + 2.1
22,486 | - 13.5
32,820 ! + 16.5

1913
1913
1913

141
239
106

142
289
89

154
210
134

148
209
126

128
192
105

139 + 8.3
238 + 24.0
103 - 2.0

5,965
2,444
3,521

5,992

6,136
3,358
2,778

53,719
26,087
27,632

55,861 + 4.0
22,818 - 12.5
33,041 + 19.6

1913
1913
1913

137
145
244 269
106 i 86

155
209
134

133
149
205 ; 196
128 109

134 + 0.5
215 + 10.0
102 - 6 . 2

1,099,712 + 10.7

8,594 -

4.2

8.9
8.8

TOBACCO.
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large cigars
millions..
Small cigarettes
millions..
Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of lbs..
Exports:
Unmanufactured leaf.
thous. of lbs..
Cigarettes
millions..
Sales at loose-leaf warehouses
thous. of lbs..
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs..
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Cargo Traffic.
Panama Canal:
In American vessels.. .thous. of long tons..
In British vessels
thous. of long tons..
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long tons..
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
thous. of short tons..
New York State canals.. .thous. of short tons..
Suez Canal
thous. of short tons..
Mississippi River:
Receipts at St. Louis
short tons.. j
Shipments from St. Louis
short tons.. j
Government barge line
tons.. |
Ohio River
thous. of short tons.. j
Vessels in Foreign Trade.

!

Entered in United States ports:
Total
thous. of net tons.. j
American
thous. of net tons.. ]
Foreign
.thous. of net tons.. j
Cleared from United States ports:
Total
thous. of net tons.. !
American
thous. of net tons.. \
Foreign
thous. of net tons.. j
1

3,304

Includes 21 days only during which period the old tariff law was in effect; remaining 9 days included with October. «Index numberless than one.




+ 31.3

13

September, 1922.

44
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23,

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

1922

Percentage
increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

Percentage
'increase

(+)

or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

TRANSPORTATION—WATER—Contd.
Index of Ocean Freight Rates.
United States Atlantic t o United Kingdom, weighted index number..
All Europe
weighted index number..

1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

1920
1920

27.0
23.4

or decrease
(-)
October
from
September.

25.3
22.7

20.2
19.9

20.1
20.0

20.8
20.7

23.4 + 12.5
22.9 + 10.6

TRANSPORTATION—RAIL.
Freight Cars a n d Locomotives.
Surplus (daily av. last week of month):
15,116
B ox
number..
30,527
5,651
7,205
Coal
number..
41,745
24,477
Total
number..
Shortage (daily av. last week of month):
6,476
3,943
Box
number..
5,439
3,068
Coal
number..
12,336
15,331
Total
number..
Locomotives in bad order, 1st of following
month, per cent to total in use:
16.3
16.4
Freight
per cent..
16.8
17.8
Passenger
per cent..
Bad-order cars:
Total (1st of following month)
number.. 151,332 150,624
6.6
0.7
Per cent to total in use (1st of fol'g month)..
Car loadings (weekly average):
Total
cars.. 1,039,018 1,073,085
49,428
Grain and grain products
cars.. | 50,435
43,755
39,698
Livestock
cars..
191,677
Coal
cars.. 178,261
72,724
74,023
Forest products
cars..
73,461
59,340
Ore
cars..
642,876
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars.. 611,035
39,449
35,461
Freight carried
mills, of ton-miles..

265
1,584 i
3,716 I
!
91,039 ;
47,273 i
179,239 I

1919
1919
1919

2
2

67
9
40

62
5
34

37
7
22

- 50.5
+ 27.5
- 41.4

1919
1919
1919

350
479
927 1,126
539 741

14
114
40

13
116
39

34
130
63

- 39.1
- 43.6
- 19.5

30.0
29.4 i

1919
1919

119
116

111
111

73
72

65

601
63

61 i+ 1.7
67 + 6.3

249,960
11.0 !

1913
1913

193
188

166
162

125
122

116
113

100
99

100 - 0 . 5
97 - 2.0

992,651
52,140 j
40,353 j
195,145 |
59,655 j
46,836 !
587,910 |
39,287 i

1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913

117
132
106
97
100
140
119
126

124
134
122
I 110
j 105
I 125
124
144

123
112
93
105
124
221
119
141

130
134
104
109
134
215
125
148

130
129
126
103
128
196
129
144

134
127
133
108
130
159
136
130

+
+
+
+
+
-

3.3
2.0
10.2
7.5
1.8
19.2
5.2
10.1

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

201
169
196
225
96
56
156
144

230
157
216
236
142
79
156
131

214
187
210
228
141
96
152
152

227
196
221
235
164
96
154
167

221
184
214
229
154
87
153
158

250
163
230
245
172
93

+
|j+
+

13.1
11.5
7.6
7.0

Railroad Operations.
Revenue:
441,661
406,380 i 3,254,894 j 3,883,848 + 19.3
Freight
thous. of dolls.. 390,508
93,778 ; 90,170
892,936 | 959,417 + 7.4
Passengers
thous. of dolls.. 105,936
586,694 ; 550,052 4,582,080 I 5,328,625 + 16.3
Total, operating
thous) of dolls.. 545,503
444,938
428,972 3,645,916 4,147,502 + 13.8
Operating expense
thous. of dolls.. 415,983
102,746
92,238
614,619
85,206
822,067 | + 33.8
Net operating income
thous. of dolls..
4.78
4.46
Per cent on tentative valuation, .per cent..
4.05
1.100
Receipts per ton-mile
cents..
1*1.121
Pullman passengers
thousands.. 3,268,102 2,836,671 2,716,144 26,583,087 128,881,632 I +

+ 11.4
+. 6.9

137 | - 13.2

LABOR.
Number employed:
United States (1,428 firms) thousands..
New York State
thousands..
Wisconsin
index number.. I
Illinois
index number.. |
Massachusetts
index number.. i
Detroit
number.. j
Railroads (class 1).
thousands..
Total weekly pay roll:
j
New York State
thous. of dolls..
Massachusetts
index number..
Average hourly earnings:
Railroads (class 1)
dollars..
Employment agency operations:
Workers registered
number..
Jobs registered
number..
Workers placed
number..
Average applicants per job
number..
Immigration
number..
Emigration
number..

549 i

214,590
1,946

2,026
556

214,555

1,819 j
528 '

175,147
1,709

13

15,039 ; 15,406 ! | 13,514

.622 ....

13

130 ! 130
]30 - 0.2
114 1 115 116
1.3
126.7 ; 123.1 120.9 ! - 1.8
jl28.4 127.6 122.6 j - 3.9
101 + 2.0
99
121
0.0
121
j 119
118
i 120
i
256 ! 249
253 259 !+ 2.4
118
120
117 - 2.5
115

ij 113 i 117 131
ii 114 ! 116 115
jjllO.l 111.1 28.4
| 113.0 114.9 126.8
jj 100102 100
124
; | 93
i| 104 110 119

1914
141922

221
100

1916

220

.606 i

218

222

220

i
173,255
178,347
173,318
.97
107,652
16,318

241,155 ! 2,284,244
248,164 ! 1,903,804
187,949 1,473,673
.97
103,518 | 71,192 j 413,580
732,534 + 77.1
21,147 ii 17,847 | 206,198
l r 7,521 I- 23.6
2
13
Six months' average, July to December, inclusive.
September, 1922.




1921
1914
1915
1921
< 1922
1920
1916

2
2
2
2

1921
1921
1921
1921
1913
1913

112 120 92 106 86
205 212 145 176 153
190
199 144 176 145 |
54
56
64 60
56 j
56
60 83 | 86
91 i
34
35 44 i 37 32 j
» Relative to September, 1922.

- 3.8
+ 29.6

45
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
PerNOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
centage
have not been published previously in the
CUMULATIVE TOTAL | increase
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
(
THROUGH
detailed tables covering back figures for these j
CorreorVde- ;
LATEST MONTH.
items will be found at the end of this bulletin. I
spondcrease
For detailed tables covering other items, see '
ing
(-)
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO. SeptemOctober, month,
cumu27).
ber,
Septem1923.
lative
1923ber or
In many cases November figures are
1923
October,
1922
1923
from
now available and may be found in the
1922.
1922.
special table on page 23.

Percentage
increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

1923

1922

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

[ or decrease
| October
Oct. July. Aug. Sept. | Oct. 11 from

Sept.

11 temh ber.

-I

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
26,052
Mail order houses, total sales.. .thous. of dolls..
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls.
16,103
Montgomery Ward & Co...thous. of dolls.
Restaurant sales:
3,142 |
Total, two chains
thous. of dolls.
1,128 I
Waldorf Inc.
thous. of dolls.
2,014 !
Childs Co
thous. of dolls.
Stores operated (2 chains)
number.
209 |
Ten-cent stores, total sales
thous. of dolls.
25,198 |
F. W. Woolworth Co
thous. of dolls.
14,775 |
S. S. KresgeCo
thous. of dolls.
6,324
McCrory Stores Corp
thous. of dolls.
1,668
S. H. Kress & Co
thous. of dolls.,
2,431
Chain stores:
|
J. C. Penney Co
thous. of dolls.
6,010 !
United Cigar Stores Co
thous. of dolls.
6,419 I
Owl Drug Co
thous. of dolls.
902 |
Jones Bros. Tea Co.*
thous. of dolls.
1,912 |
A. Schulte, Inc
thous. of dolls.
1,784 |
American Wholesale Corporation,
i
total sales
thous. of dolls.
3,195 I
Candy sales by manufacturers, .thous. of dolls.
21,418 i
Magazine advertising
(for following month)
thous. of lines.
2 ; 263 |
Newspaper advertising
..thous. of lines.
93,014 |
23,272 j
Postal receipts
thous. of dolls.
Postal money orders, domestic:
PaidNumber
thousands.
9,104
Value
thous. of dolls.
73,020
Issued—
Number
thousands.
2,424
Value
thous. of dolls.
26,151
Foreign money orders issued.. .thous. of dolls.
3,548
Internal-revenue taxes collected on sales:
Firearms
thous. of dolls. !
516 i
Jewelry, watches, and
I
j
clocks
thous. of dolls. I
1,162
4,933 i
Theater admissions
thous. of dolls.. j
Bond, capital stock issues
3,130 I
and conveyances
thous. of dolls..
435 !
Capital stock transfers
thous. of dolls..
PUBLIC FINANCE.

United States debt:
Gross
mills, of dolls..
Total interest-bearing
mills, of dolls..
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls..
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Expenditures chargeable
against ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Money in circulation:
Total
mills, of dolls..
Per capita
dollars..
BANKING AND FINANCE.
Banking.
Debits to individual accounts:
New York City
Outside New York City
Bank clearings:
New York City.
Outside New York City




22,126 |
21,833 ;
44,810 !
530,778 I

22,577
15,166

279,794 + 31.9
174,326 + 2 3 . 4
105,468 + 51.0

2,976
27,073
30,230 j + 11.7
11,034 !+ 16.3
484
1,058
19,196 !+ 9.1
1,918
17,589
193
26,025 j 208,532 ' 246,035 |+ 18.0
143,537 |+ 14.9
15,774
124,909
61,265 j+ 26.7
6,019 : 48,363
15,959. j + 27.5
1,436 •
12,519
25,274 j+ 11.9
2,797!
22,592

3,201
1,161
2,040
209
30,193
18,085
7,246
1,877
2,985
7,592

5,932

6,355

6,074 •'

1,169

1,089 !

1,979

1,416

1,765

1,369

37,022
58, .534
8,801
14,263
12,980
25,409
288,772

3,234 ;

3,583

34,255

36,$07

2,247
109,293
27,235

212,053
141,212
69,841

30,222
19,933
10,289

37,743

17,064
1,877
105,542 ; 891,920
220,852
24,777

1913
1913
1913

190
180
214

1920
1920
1913

100 ; 101 113 ; 121
104
107 140 ; 144
253
255 261 ! 288

1913

284

1913

245
491
308
257

1913
1913
1913

46,519
60,365
9,434
16,902

+ 25.
|+ 3.1
\+ 7.2
|+ 18.5

1913

15,777

21.5

1919

1913
1913
1919

132
125

1919

118
111
60

127 I 134 ! 129 ! 128 j 150 ; + 17.1
117 ; 123 123 i 120 138 j + 14.7
71 ! Ill 119 \ 119 I 179 j + 49.7

1919

67

174 ; 194 i 108 '

91
89

101 ! 129 129 97 ! 137+ 41.4
100 i 95 I 103 ! 91 ; 129+ 41.9

+ 25.0

1913

7.9

1919

243,142

10.1

1919

90,280

101,755 + 12.7

1919

657,818

768,004 + 16.8

1919
1919
1919

227

558 i

1,643
7,000

1,211 ;
5,396 |

15,938 |
54,925 j

18,547 + 16.4
60,981 + 11.0

1919

3,565
515

3,237
798

32,008 |

38,931 + 21.6
73,710 - 10.7

1919

8,184 |

3,513 |+ 19.9

1919

s 1919

230,261 i 301,239 j 2,972,445 j 3,338,372 ' ; + 12.3

1913

286,073 | 426,548 ! 411,110

2,686,665 j 2,789,069

+

3.8

107
66

84 ! 31
87
200 | 151 153
754 I 499 341

1913

1913

114 j 116 117 i4() I + 24.3
104 ' 108 I 112 j 143 [ + 27.8

83

1919

I

610 819

81
87
160
390

4,835

4,570

1*1919

95

4,327

4,144

«1919

92

93

110
105

90
104

80
99

249
267

211
256

187
242

19,152

22,322

199,976

196,331 ';- 1.8

1919

17,261

19, 747

18,399

166,589

187,268 !+ 12.4

1919

mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..

15,071

17, 730

19,668

181,669

176,451 ! — 2.9

1913

13,900

16,183

15,356

128,961

150,044 | + 16.3

1913

Revised.

5

* July 1, 1919.

219

81 j

98 100
95

1

- 45.0

100 + 13.9
51 + 18.4

84 | - 0.2

87

86 I - 0.2

169 I

195 + 15.4
382 - 56.6

426 | 412 553

4,345

16,799

161

96 j 87
48 I 43

4,850

mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..

5

84
62

1919

23,078 |.
22,817 I.
40,136 | 379,210 j 495,253 + 30.6

22,082
21,800
51,713

!
i
I
i
;
•
i
,1,849 1,813 jl,767 1,950 2,732 3,451 + 26.3
253 ! 241 | 241 \ 254 j 260 258 ; _ 1.0
261
274 ; 294 | 299 | 278 360 ! + 29.6
104
103 ! 127 ! 134 \ 139 144 + 3.5
226
204 j 231 ; 249 ! 265 263 ' - 1.1

112
105

21,328

962,412 +

2,929 !

379 l + 19.8

286 I 254 j 271 j 268 328 + 22.4
545 ! 520 \ 574 i 572 656 + 14.6
319 ; 360 ! 383 ' 371 417 + 12.5
311 ! 284 j 281 • 271 332 ! + 22.8

153 j 123 ! 145 185 ; 184 - 0.7
126 | 100 | 96 ' 111 I 130 + 17.4
135 ! 115 i 123 127 148 + 17.0

1920

22,891 i 26,18S |+ 14.4
2,410
25,382 j 241,868
275,272 |+ 13.8
2,120 I 15,779 : 31,623 1 + 100.4

326 j 300 | 321 \ 316
:

156
105
124

1913

4.6

2,839
29,999
5,310

122 125 + 1 . 9
150 154 + 2.9
284 287 + 1.3

237 ! 259 ! 231 : 234 262 , + 12.1
86 | 65 ' 58 l 54 ; 93 i + 71.9

10.3

10,277
81,420

199 | 198 231 335 . + 44.9
188 j 175 202 282 i + 40.2
226 ! 255 301 458 i + 52.4

202
63

28,018
302,158

11,319
93.2S4

268
250
310

101 j

764 1 + 35.6
101 - 0 . 3
96

83

- 0.7

94 + 13.4
113 j + 15.4

191

225

242

281 |i+ 10.2

+ 17.9

46
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items see
the last quarterly-issue of the SURVEY (NO.
• 27).

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

Correspondin?
month,
September or
October,
1922.

I N D E X NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH

! Peri centage
Increase

cumu-

1923

i {~\'

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

or decrease

1922

1923

1922

T A T r Q T "n-i-WTm-rr

Percentage
; increase

i lative
| 1923
from
1 1922.

or decrease
r

Sept.

Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

I
i

\

October
from
tember.
i

BANKING AND FINANCE-Continued.
Banking—Continu ed.
Federal reserve banks:
862
884
469
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls..
666
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
264
297
2,299
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
2,225
2,248
3,212
3,191
Total reserves
mills, of dolls..
3,193
1,842
1,959
Total deposits
mills, of dolls
1,930
76.3
77.6
Reserve ratio
per cent..
76.4
Federal reserve member banks:
11,249
11,943
Total loans and discounts, .mills, of dolls..
11,877
4,530 '
4,541
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
4,545
11,162
11,158
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls..
10,891
Interest rates:
4.70
5.00
New York call loans
per cent..
4.85
5.13
5.16
4.38
rV- Commercial paper, 60-90 days
per cent..
Saving deposits (bal. to credit of depositors):
Total, 12 Fed. res. dists
thous. of dolls.. 6,672,204 6,703,325 6,097,135
Boston, 64 banks
thous. of dolls.. 1,198,304 1,204,326 1,114,412
New York, 30 banks.. .thous. of dolls.. 1,873,986 1,871,644 1,741,543
419,573
461,935
Philadelphia, 80banks.thous. of dolls.. 461,474
389,013
441,103
Cleveland, 18 banks
thous. of dolls.. 435,528
290,783
278,077
Richmond, 92 banks...thous. of dolls.. 290,092
192,751
Atlanta, 97 banks
thous. of dolls.. 217,318
218,209
872,155
783,414
Chicago, 209 banks
thous. of dolls.. 865,491
131,741
118,058
St. Louis, 35 banks
thous. of dolls.. 130,128
90,043
80,841
Minneapolis, 15 banks-.thous. of dolls..
90,326
104,422
98,837
Kansas City, 56 banks.thous. of dolls.. 103,871
60,740
Dallas, 85 banks
thous. of dolls..
61,517
53,269
827,347
955,447
San Francisco,77banks.thous. of dolls.. 948,946
133,157
133,477
U . S . postal savings
thous. of dolls.. 6133,077

1

1919

!

1919
1919

!

!i

i
1
1

1919
1919
1919

15.6

1921
1921

92
133

46
50
85
146
101
1.52

39
46
84
146
98
1.56

94
135
106

98
135
105

98
135
103

100
135
103

100 1
135 i
106 +

3.0

157
76

158
86

156
88

153
89

148 89

0.0

;

105

1913
1913

!

141

1920

i in

1920

107
114
108
111
122
111
103
129
113
120
119
117
338

112
108
114
108
113
123
114
104
130
113
122
119
118
336

122
115
121
119
125
128
130
114
143
124
130
135
134
331

122
115
121
119
125
128
128
114
144
124
128
136
134
333

123
116
124
118
126
129
129
115
144
126
128
136
136
335

123
116
122
118
128
129
129
116
145
126
129
137
137
335

1920
1920
i

42
45
45
45
85
86
146 ! 146
99
100
1.54 1.52

24
113
88
147
95
15.5

1919

1920
1920

!

22
117
86
146
95

1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1913

72

+ 2.4
+ 11.3
— 13.1
0.0
+ 1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

3.2

+ 0.5
+ 0.5
- 0.1
+ 0.1
+ 1.3
+ 2.4
+ 0.4
+ 0.8
+ 1.2
-0.3
+ 0.5
+ 1.3
+ 0.7
+ 0.1

Life I n s u r a n c e .
Policies, new:
163
Ordinary
thous. of policies..
Industrial .
. . thous. of policies
556
41
Group
number of policies
720
Total insurance
thous. of policies
Amount of new insurance:
Ordinary
thous. of dolls.. 404,940
Industrial
i
thous. of dolls.. 124,905
Group
thous. of dolls..
14,984
Total insurance
thous. of dolls.. 544,829
Premium collections:
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
79,060
Industrial.
thous. of dolls..
27,378
1,412
Group
.thous. of dolls..
r
•*•. Total insurance
thous. of dolls..107,850

1,530
5,723
494
7,252

1,791
6,608
739
8,402

+
+
+
+

17.1
15.5
49.6
15.9

1913
1913
1913
1913

191
126

203
164

243
160

230
149

220
146

238 + 8.0
176 + 20.1

137

170

174

162

159

186 + 17.4

372,902 3,846,525
444,936
152,061
132,790 1,155,134
14,392
7,200
139,031
604,197 : 520,084 5,140,690

4,645,292
1,420,343
214,376
6,280,012

+
+
+
+

20.8
23.0
54.2
22.2 !

1913
1913
1913

257
187
1,162
245

92,128
30,697
1,915
124,740

80,337
26,456
1,390
108,184

823,151
247,245
12,910
1,083,305

919,448
282,683
16,052
1,218,183

1,225
28,699

1,673
79,302

1,708
34,647

20,125
525,561

387,120

256,500

257,072

3,082,519

62,810
26,800
30,650
5,360

865,199
474,925
269,600
67,613

176
668
55
845

150
623
57
773

1913

+ 11.7 I

1913

+ 14.3 !

1913

+ 24.3 1

1913

+ 12.5

1913

15,173 — 24.6
437,480 - 1 6 . 8

1913

+ 34.1

+
+
+

9.9
21.7
51.0
10.9

249 +
194
217
246
246
214
220
245
268 269
254 285 +
3,806 4,484 5,019 5,374 4,555 6,177 +
202
226
254
254
226 261 +

16.5
12.1
35.6
15.7

307
283 356
338
256
256
245 241
996 1,075 1,257 1,037
281
334
294
319

337
293
498
326

Business F i n a n c e s .
Business failures:
Firms
number
Liabilities
thous. of dolls..
Total dividend and interest payments
(for following month)
thous. of dolls..

3,301,596 +

1913

117
162

128
152

92
157

99
151

92
126

125 + 36.«
349 +176.1

7.1

1913

240

174

127

174

261

173 - 33.7

2.9 j
2.9 !
2.1 l

1913

131
155
; 93
176

90
70
124
108

111
111
124
87

182
100
62
69

134
158
95
184

92
72
126
118

16

Dividend payments (for following mo.):
Total
thous. of dolls..
Indust. and misc. corp
thous. of dolls..
Steam railroads
thous. of dolls..
Street railways
thous. of dolls..
* Revised.




93,420
60,795
23,610
9,015

64,500
27,575
31,150
5,775 .

890,196
488,711
275,305
70,881

+
+
-}

+ 4.8 |

1913
1913
1913

+
-

31.0
54.6
31.9
35.9

47
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an r.sterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special icasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering: other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,
1922.

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

Percentage

INDEX NUMBERS.

1923

Percentage
increase

(+)

1922

BANKING AND FINANCE—Continued.
Business Finances—Continued.

in-

1923

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

or dei crease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

crease

sv

or decrease

|

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
•

October
from
September.

1

14,289
U. S. Steel Corp.'s earnings
thous. of dolls...
New capital issues:
Corporations
thous. of dolls.. 205,516
States and municipalities (followingmo.):16
Permanent loans
thous. of dolls.. i« 100,592
Temporary loans
thous. of dolls..
5,851
Total corporate securities:
New capital
thous. of dolls.. 137,098
Refunding
thous. of dolls.. !
4,182
RailroadsNew capital
thous. of dolls..
23,810
1,000
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
Public utilities—
New capital
thous. of dolls..
31,135
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
1,150
Industrials20,842
New capital
thous. of dolls..
382
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
29,870
Stocks
thous. of dolls..
Bonds and notes
thous. of dolls.. 111,410
17,938
Bond issues, 16 Southern States.thous. of dolls..
New incorporations
thous. of dolls.. 500,830

"8,566
170,582

246,446
85,159
4,845

2,773,825

53,497 "1,185,953
46,645 "360,426

1913

61

75

138

149

125

6.7

1920

162

201

173

100

150

180

+ 19.9

"988,008 - 16.7
"399,469 ;+ io.8

1913
1913

221

157

295

116

183
102

168

150

98

15

250
12

- 15.3
- 17.2
+ 54.4
+348.1

2,960,320 i +

i

2,141,112 + 4.1
450,343 j - 33.3

211,685
18,741

163,184
81,740

2,057,094
675,522

66,065
12,720

10,625
4,500

439,110
112,723

359,470 - 18.1 !
39,793 — 64.7

66,135
4,500

• 63,165
28,852

405,340
173,573

432,082 +
170,119 -

37,962
1,368
33,101
197,328
704,000

»43,230
12,297
19,801
225,123
26,586
651,577

280,258
73,011
523,447
2,209,169
269,719
6,777,532

43,810
9,119

45,979
9,994

41,936
10,125

398,270
79,434

9,174

9,728

9.564

83,750

11,359
1,665

12,096
1,926

11,820
2,109

105,562
16,459

111,879 +
16,165 -

i»92,200

788,000

956,800 + 21.4 !

1920
1920

127

72

58

49

61

94

386

383

7

100

20

88

1919
1919

59

368
153

202

311

286

795

(4)

34

434

6.6 j 1919

298

648

230

319

678

2.0

1919

476

610

254
6

260

24

95

1919
1919
1920
- 7.9
1920
I 1922
7,603,257 + 12.2
1913

172

23

196

358

41

145

33
71

125

+ 82.1
+258.1
+ 10.8
+ 77.1

409

+ 40.6

+ 5.0
9.6

+ 57.5 \
+ 6.0
+ 5.5

441,540
77,363
552,448
2,034,673

r

408

477

1,304

85

173

22

24

16

135

143

70

75
54

68

195

291

70

101

377

378

56
421

37

+ 177.5
(n\
V

/

+112.4
+291.3

Public Utility E a r n i n g s .
Telephone earnings:
Total operating revenue.. .thous. of dolls..
Total operating income
thous. of dolls..
Telegraph earnings:
Commercial telegraph tolls .thous. of dolls..
Telegraph and cable operating
revenue
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Central station sales of electrical
energy—Gross revenue.
thous. of dolls..
Credit conditions:
Orders
per ct. of total transactions..
Indebtedness .per ct. of total transactions
Payments.. per ct of total transactions

107,100

437,818 + 9.9
100,070 + 26.0
90,624

1913
1913

312

319

327

359

273

224

334
231

334

245

246

269 ' +

+ 8.2 ! 1919

122

126

113

123

121

128

+ 6.0

1919

114

117

106

113

113

120

+ 6.6

1919

128

129

70

100

102

118 ! + 16.7

1913

! 354

377

382

386

412

1916
1916
1916

107
112
83

96

83

113

111

117
82

117
101

113
100

118
100

1913
1913
1921

184

191
83
120

176

177
68

177

83
121

6.0

i

1.8

13

30.5
45.8
54.8

1

29.5
«43.6
45 8

13

Stocks and Bonds.
Stock prices, closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls, per share..
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share..
103 stocks, average
dolls, per share..
Stock sales,
N. Y. Stock Exchange
thous. of shares..
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous of dolls
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls .
Total
thous. of dolls..
Bond prices:
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Second-grade rails, .p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Public utility
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Industrial
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Comb, price index..p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct.^f par..
16 foreign government and
city
p . ct. of par..
Comb, price index, 67 bonds. .p. ct. of par..
Municipal bond yield
per cent..
< Index less than 10.




» Revised.

102.74
57.14
84.54

101.78
57.06
84.33
I

14,610

15,809 I

111. 25
68.53
101.65

!

70
98

102

69
100

175
69

—

1.1

100

0.0
0.0

+ 8.1

25,676

218,178

188,529 — 13.6 !

1913

314

371

183

190

211

228

201,506
163,616
365,122

2,124,253
1,441,567
3,565,820

1,606,231 — 24.4
664,497 — 53.9 1
2,268,728 - 36.4

1919
1919
1919

285

283

173

163

152

38
95

69

26

18

20

118

60

51

51

O
204 1-f-1 uOA
^. O
33 + 65.4
72 + 41.4

1915
1915
1915
1915
1915
1915

99
99
97

96

92
90

93

92

92

0.0

88

88

88

0.0

90

89

89

0.0

108
101

107

102

102

101

99

93

94

93

108

107

106

106

106

110

109
111

109

108

108

113

110

110

93

92

95

109
98

j
108,459
48,048
156,507

145,585
77,423
223,008

82.76
66.80
65.95
71.71
71.22
98.40

82.46
66.29
64.75 !
71.25
70.56
98.20 !

85.93
73.29
70.75
75.53
75.96
99.31

99.62
92.90
4.35

99.45
93.01 1

100.35
95.06
4.09 i

September, 1922.

I

;

i

1915
1915
1915

97
96

" Cumulative rates for 11 months, January to November, inclusive.

89
102

17

— 0.9
92 — 1.0
105 — 0.8
108 !
109

96
i
Percentage over 1,000.

0.0

0.0

48
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.

NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously m the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

BANKING AND FINANCE—Continued.
Gold a n d Silver.
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces.. 106,819
740
Rand output
thous. of ounces.. j
Imports
thous. of dolls.. | 27,804
1,024
Exports
thous. of dolls.. I
Silver:
j
4,988
Production
thous. of fine oz.. •
8,532
Imports
thous. of dolls.. i
Exports
thous. of dolls.. I 8,123
.642
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz.. I
Price at London., .pence per standard oz..! 31,698
FOREIGN EXCHANGE R A T E S .

89,549
793
29,858
1,307

119,294
778
20,866
17,592

5,428
6,928
7,523
.636
31,718

5,161
3,940
3,269
.680
34,498

4.52
.060
.045
.051
.391
.264
.179

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

or decrease
(

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

4.54
.059
.044
.049
.393
.265
.179

.306

|

.311

.977
.749
.097
.124

|
j
!
:

.737
.095
.118

U. S. F O R E I G N TRADE.
|
j
I m p o r t s by G r a n d Divisions.
Europe:
!
J
Total
thous. of dolls..| 85,375 j 105,780
France
thous. of dolls..! 10,542! 15,926
Germany
thous. of dolls..! 13,745 ! 15,727
Italy
thous. of dolls.. |
5,820 j
9,248
United Kingdom - thous. of dolls.. j 26,133
32,833
North America:
!
Total
thous. of dolls..; 66,572 i 86,904
Canada
thous. of dolls..! 33,115 | 37,850
South America:
36,980
Total
thous. of dolls..
27,830
5,289
Argentina
thous. of dolls. .|
3,943
Asia and Oceania:
I
75,860
Total
thous. of dolls..! 71,014
24,430
Japan
thous. of dolls..! 26,366
2,843
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..!
2,854
Grand total
thous. of dolls.. j 253,645 308,366
By classes of commodities:
j
Crude mate ri 'als for use in
j
manufacturing
thous. of dolls.. j 77,560
92,451
Foodstuffs in crude condition
j
and food animals
thous. of dolls.. j 26,468
34,057
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
J
48,067
manufactured
thous. of dolls.. ! 33,324
Manufactures for further use
j
57,503
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls..
49,192
Manufactures ready for
62,940
73,554
consumption
thous. of dolls.
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.
4,161
2,734

1923

(+)

or de• crease
October
'Sept. Oct. July. Aug.! Sept. I Oct. from
September.

1913
1913
1913
1913

60
102
461
18

67
81
63
72
106
103 , 105 | 101
393 526 619 j 524
230
7
13

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

213
71
116
128

93
97
132 337
62 ' 119
114
106
125
112

4.44
.074
.042
.069
.390
.296
.184

Parval.
Parval.
Parval. i
Parval. I
Parval. !
Par val. |
Parval. !

91
40
22
37
97
99
97

.481

Parval. |
Parval. |

96
59

30,736

27,184 - 11.6

45,548
57,104
49,295

55,696 + 22.3
61,010 + 6.8
54,171 + 9.9

i 91 ;
| 38
22 !
! 36 j
I 97 |
I 99 ;
| 95 !

l

Parval. : 100
Parval. i 84
Parval. i 39
Parval. \ 70
Parval. j

1.001
.811
.125
.137

60
108
562
17

+
+
+

16.2
7.2
7.4
27.6

95
90
98
216
285 232
134 I 155 144
105
107 106
112
115 115

+
—
+

8.8
18.8
7.4
0.9
0.1

24 I
98

!

99 :

91

59 639
100
84
35
70
67

94 !
30 |
22 |

!
!
|
I

94;

93
93
0.0
30 ; 31 + 3.7
23
23
0.0
25
26 + 4.4
98
97 - 0.9
99
99
0.0
93
93
0.0

98 !
639 ! 63
98
78
77
30 I 30
63 ! 63
62 ! 63

!

99
76
29
60
63

+ 1.1
-2.4
- 3.0
- 4.6
0.0

i 113
i 96
i 70
195
1141

162
151
85
157
201

81,051
46,809

861,941 + 25.9
684,703
292,368 | 342,251 + 17.1

1913
1913

i 164
i'237

249
395

238 | 214 | 205 268 j + 30.5
304 I 302 i 280 320 + 14.3

38,861
8,408

280,119 I 394,872 + 41.0
67,529 \ 106,489 ! + 57.7

1913
1913

i 167
1394

235
395

195
501

176
282

168
187

224 + 32.9
248 + 34.1

||+ 27.5
- 0.5
1+55.1
\ + 23.7

1913
1913
1913
1913

i 244
1326
U32
1200

397
569
203
231

344
365

335
387
199
184

270
320
144
170

288
296
144
206

1,187,835 + 28.9

1913

U72

272

212 ! 186

154

183 + 19.2

714,774
104,640
911,666
46,970
286,688
285,178
4,024
47,965
74,384
345,104 2,596,152 3,212,520

I
I
|
j
I

115
85
86
124
124

98
0.0
64 + 1.7

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

799,563
118,783
96,417
48,192
292,167

970,994
123,955
134,216
72,779
347,331

94 I
31 i
22 \
25;

i + 21.4
; + 4.4
| + 39.2
+ 51.0
+ 18.9

116,530
17,495
13,035
7,258
45,541

207 j
192 j

117
95
90
122
109

i
|
j
|

118
91
90
126
115

147 + 23.9
138 !•+ 51.1
102 |:+ 14.4
201 + 58.9
145 | + 25. 6

+ 6.8
-7.3
-0.4
+ 21.6

137,652

921,487

37,464

268,045

287,183 +

7.1

1913

1102

203

129 I 114

144

185 + 28.7

30,289

329,514

466,700 + 41.6

1913

i 145

184

228

200

202

291 + 44.2

65,674

435,293

615,664 + 41.4

1913

i 147

232

198

205

173

203 + 16.9

71,746
2,279

556,721
16,152

i 157
1334

209
185

181
27

196
135

183
337

214 + 16.9
222 - 34.3

641,637 + 15.3
1913
14,926 - 7.e
1913
Includes 21 days only during which period the old tariff law was in effect; remaining 9 days included with October.




1922

j

Europe:
|
England
dolls, per £ sterling..!
France
dolls, per franc.. j
Italy
dolls, per lire.. \
Belgium
dolls, per franc.. j
Netherlands
dolls, per guilder..
Sweden
dolls, per krone..'
Switzerland
dolls, per franc..'
Asia:
|
Japan
dolls, per yen.. |
India
dolls, per rupee..;
Americas:
j
Canada
dolls, per Can. doll..
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso..'
Brazil
dolls, per milreis..
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
General index foreign exch
index number.. .

1

Correspondin
g
month,
September or
October,
1922.

Per! cent| age
increase

INDEX NUMBERS.

Per
Icentage
increase

49
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
INDEX NUMBERS.

NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).

In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

September,
1923.

October,
1923.

Corresponding
month,
September or
October,

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

centage
increase

1922

or decrease
cumulative
1923
from

BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

( - ) •

1923

1922

1922.

Percentage
increase
or decrease

1923

j

October
from
September.

Sept. Oct. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

1922.

1

|

U. S. FOREIGN TRADE—Continued.
Exports by Grand Divisions.
Grand total, including
reexports
thous. of dolls..
Europe:
Total
thous. of dolls..
France
. . ..thous. of dolls..
Germany
t hous. of dolls..
Italy
. . .
thous. of dolls..
United Kingdom thous. of dolls..
North America:
Total .
.
thous. of dolls..
Canada
thous of dolls
South America:
Total
thous. of dolls
Argentina
thous. of dolls
Asia and Oceania:
Total
thous of dolls
Japan
thous. of dolls..
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..
By classes of commodities:
Total domestic
thous. of dolls..
Crude materials for use in
manufacturing
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
manufactured
thous. of dolls..
Manufactures for further
use in manufacturing -.. .thous. of dolls..
Manufactures ready for
consumption
. . . thous. of dolls
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..

+

7.6 :i 1913

380,712

400,824

370,719

3,107,452

3,342,608

201,989

215,369

206,009

1,680,899

1,630,412

31,803

30,215

209,975

212,076

1913

31,541

32,797

28,981

263,931

15,752

19,176

19,384

117,106

90,002

89,256

83,928

685,734

-3.0
+ 1.0
256,333 2.9
129,428 + 10.5
658,081 - 4 . 0

1913

25,082

97,957

89,908

89,124

743,528

922,803

60,227

51,717

58,459

467,864

561,532

21,544

21,868

20,096

181,626

226,648

179

146

150

184

194

+

5.3

132

165

102

109

162

172

236

129

145

196

6.6
26.8
4.0
21.7

; 151

172

1913

74

99

85

79

108

1913

! 193

296

140

136

240

+
+
112 +
292 +

1913

144

170

91

108

183

181

+ 24.1
+ 20.0

1913

167

178

192

198

196

179

1913

165

174

177

181

179

154

+ 24.8
97,219 + 25.9

1913

169

164

193

200

176

179

1913

196

194

+ 12.4
+ 8.0
51,000 + 9.7

248

- 0 . 8

09

— 14.1

;
8,474

8,593

8,901

77,241

54,459

68,974

51,188

454,898

511.398

1913

224

21,544

27,585

21,690

176,818

191.008

1913

241

4,767

4,703

4,301

46,492

1913

374,191

393,814

366,186

3,051,496

3,276,092

7.4

131,500

151,098

133,700

723,919

860,505

27,085

21,750

40,798

398,903

45,640

50,969

47,921

45,040

45,977

124,213
513

:

+
+

1.5
1.4

210

257

185

188

296

291

265

314

416

350

253

414

398 i + 26. 7
530 ! + 28.0

209

178

231

200

198

195 •

-

1.3

1913

151

179

145

149

183

193 : +

5.2

+ 18.9

1913

1 104

209

95

102

205

236 | + 14.9

228,050

-

1913

391

289

138

169

192

154

- 19.7

486,743

473,758

- 2 . 7
i

1913

160

177

139

158

169

189

+ 11.7

32,940

368,086

464,011

+ 26.1

1913

106

100

149

139

136

139

+

123,447

110,190

1,068,507

1,244,673

165

169

199

195

191

190

-0.6

637

5,294

4,895

+ 16.5
- 7.5

1913

573

1913

53

94

28

28

82,656

99,915

85,015

813,819

886, 892

1913

1120

133

120

139

129

156

38,150
23,579

44,828

38,617

385,349

416,990

1913

U47

146

182

158

1S5

30,879
23,674

26,409

235,519

20,874

19,726

190,496

63,836

71,332

60,399

595,123

4,010

4,780

30,116

9.821

11,585

3,066
9,211

48,937

53,882

47,010

472,533

8,110

11,146

8,277

86,151

98,049

3,334

1,453

18,802

19,126

1913

3,798

5,098

4,456

44,856

2,182

2,708

2,360

22,368 ;

+ 13.8
+ 1.7 j
56,845 + 26.7 i
1.6 I
22,019 -

1913

2,121

1913

70
105
58
76

345,828

371,778

354,690

3,426,259

3,473,962

+

1.4

1920

18,207

16,535

12,877

151,245

176,165

389

348

2,691

3,575

1913

7,433

6,196

51,673

+ 16.5
+ 32.9
66,940 + 29.5

1920

335
6,316

+

42.8

2.1

85 i + 11.7

TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
United Kingdom.
Imports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling
Food, drink,tobacco..thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Exports (values):
Total.
thous. of £ sterling
Food, drink, tobacco..thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Reexports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco, .thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles.thous. of £ sterling..
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Cotton piece goods
thous. of sq. yds..
Woolen and worsted
tissues
thous. of sq. yds..
Iron and steel
thous. of long tons..
Coal
thous. of long tons..
1

+ 9.0
+ 8.2
252,878 + 7.4
213,176 + i i . 9 i

82,421
!

193

160
112

89

95

100

1913

U19

122

126

135

129

+
+
131 +
147 +

637,455

1913

i 143

138

136

137

146

163 i + 11.7

34,564

1913

116

113

115

126

148

176 , + 19.2

1913

173

158

186

176

169

199

1913

141

137

130

133

143

1 5 7 : + 10.1

+ 7.1
+ 14.8
110,132 + 33. 6
482,650 + 2.1

1913

1913

1913

Includes 21 days only during which period the old tariff law was in effect: remaining 9 days included with October.




!

;

20.9
17.5
31.0
13.4

+ 18.0

71
89

+
+
96 +
110 +

37.4
57.2
34.2
24.1

89

93

100

+

7.5

86
78
108

82
81
103

91

96

67

89

122

109

129

160

251

84
96

87
100

93
63
64

107

96

86

62
67
116

58
84
101

93
74
111

- 10.2
+ 16.1
122 + 17.7
75

94

50
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOTE.—Items marked with an asterisk (*)
have not been published previously in the
SURVEY or are repeated for special reasons;
detailed tables covering back figures for these
items will be found at the end of this bulletin.
For detailed tables covering other items, see
the last quarterly issue of the SURVEY (NO.
27).
In many cases November figures are
now available and may be found in the
special table on page 23.

Septem- October,
ber,
1923.
1923.

Corresponding
month,
September orOctober,
1922.

INDEX NUMBERS.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.

1922

Percentage
increase
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1923
from
1922.

1923.

1922
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.

Percentage
increase

1923

( }

t

or decrease
(-)
October,
Sept.; Oct. July Aug. Sept.j Oct. from
September.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES—Continued.
UNITED KINGDOM—Continued.
Production:
Pig iron
thous. of long tons..
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons..
Coal
thous. of metric tons..
Stocks, zinc
short tons..
Employment: Trade-unions.p. ct. employed..

559
695

22,524
889
88.7

593
702
25,349
1,158
89.1

482
565
23,015
2,990
86.0

13,966

12,133
"1,721
163
"HI

3,872
4,677
205,105
63,607

!
!
I
|

6,211
7,076
235,229
11,290

+
+
+
-

60.4
51.3
14.7
82.3

77 ;
50 | 56
87 ! 88 ! 98 j
95 | 90 :
91
16
12 j 5 I
87 i 88 I 01

1913
1913
1913
1920
1913

65

69

109 i
93 |
3 |
91 !

+

6.1

110 |+
|

1.0

104

j+ 12.5

|+ 30.3
91 I - 0.(

Belgium.
Production:
Zinc
Goal
Pig iron f
Steel ingots f

short
thous. of metric
thous. of metric
thous. of metric

tons..
tons..
tons..
tons..

13,172
1,893
194
194

99,269 |
15,794 I
1,096 !
1,035 |

131,631
16,804
1,576
1,640

i+ 32.6
jj + 6.4
jj + 43.8
||+ 58.5

s 1920
1913
1913
1913

1913
1913

I 108 120
| 232 330

1913
1913
1913

445 j 330 78 78 202 | 475 +135.3
149 ! 153 j 103 ; 160 173 ; 171 0.8
| 110 449 151 ! 136 63 ! 347 1+448.5

1913
1913
1913

44
30
62
| 41
| 156 186

141
157 I 170 I 158
90
96 I 98 ! 101
79 !
90
96
83 I
104

170 I 180
99 |

....

94 ;

....

95

....

6.C

Canada.
Total trade:
Imports
i
thous. of dolls..
71,351
Exports
thous. of dolls..
68,758
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
thous. of pounds..
3,545
22,335
Cheese
thous. of pounds..
5,300
Wheat
thous. of bushs..
Production:
75
Pig iron.
thous. of long tons..
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons..
66
Bank clearings
mills, of dolls..
1,170
Bond issues:
Govt. and provincial
thous. of dolls..
50,000
Municipal
thous. of dolls..
8,718
Corporation
thous. of dolls..
4,050
Employment:
Total
index number..
Trade-union employment.p.ct.employed..)
98.00
Employment service67,097
Applications
number..
77,086
Vacancies
number..
Placements51,740
Regular
number..
8,060
Casual
number..
Newsprint paper:
Production
short tons.. 102,486
99,118
Shipments
short tons..
18,670
Stocks
short tons..
90,930
Exports
short tons..
Business failures:
I
213
Firms
number..'
2,889
Liabilities
thous. of dolls.. j
Building contracts awarded
thous. of dolls.. \ 23,382




76,341
101,300

66,875
103,905

615,939 ! 765,946 + 24.4
654,313 | 764,399 + 16.8

8,340
22,164
29,071

5,806
19,758
37,593

25,046 | 30,101 + 20.2
92,359 - 2.5
94,727 I
113,354 j 121,242 + 7.0

2,185

"25
"36
1.440

12,582 j

4,370
"450

161,579 j
64,003 |
58,917 i

138 ; 141 128 ; 136 + 7.0
269 j 259 219 j 322 1+ 47.3

i

13

279 |
335 |

[

685 ! 1 + 145.5
722 li+115.5
13,366 j| + 6.2
111,240 i - 31.2
81,167 j + 26.8
84,261 |j+ 43.0

Jan., '20 | 95 I 96 j 100
1919 ! 101 i 100 : 101

54,007
«59,763

408,212 |
359,298 i 420,681 ;i+ 17.1

1920
1920

» 36, 615

219,627 ! 260,879 | + 18.8
72,494 I 92,296 !+ 27.3

1920
1920

896,840 | 1,055,386 ||
896,023 | 1,039,825 !|

1919

13 8.296

100,722

97,467
97,362
14,085
81,552

235
3,603
30,078

253
4,960
24,270

114,475
112,996
20,123

127 | 452 452
45 ' 94 36
7 ! 124 ! 70

1913
1913
1913

76 ;

151 I
1,131 '
90 !.

I

96.10
u

98; 111
85 \ 121
162
165

17.7
16.0

100
101

! 120 ( 141 92
! 126 152 107

188

170

110

m

169

152
146
148
165

140 ! 145

156

|

136 i 143

152 j 166

1919

•! 112 j 112

118 I 124

144 ! 148 ; 168 j 189

1919

;

156 166
259 357
76
92

121 j 138

170
166
160
182

140

September, 1922.

1.0

96 !

86

s Nine months' average, April to December, inclusive.

+
+
+
+

11.7
14.0

7.8
10.8

155 j+ 10.3

428 i 234 | 203
73
I

13

99 I -

101 j .

130 | 156 ' 106 i 176 162 ;
149 j 141 105 185

1919

1913
1913
1913

100 I

260

+ 24.7

94

+ 28.6

51

WOOD CHEMICALS.
(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1

METHANOL.

STOCKS
(end of
month).

ACETATE OF
LIME.

CONSUMPTION.

[Base year in bold-faced type.]

ACETATE OF LIME.

Stocks Wood
ProPro- Ship- Stocks
car(end duc- Ship- (end
duc- ments.
of
bon- Wood.
ments.
of
tion.
tion.
mo.).
ized.
mo.).

YEAR AND
MONTH.

Production.

13,618

652,021
! 324,504
35,791 566,621

635,130

2,748,541

101 ! 8,548
107 ; 8,841
10,462
103
8,142
102

9,114
8,337
10,949
11,873

57,281
494,981
57,843 i 483,439
57,297
569,450
52,464
450,529

307,298
316,091
514,982
547,380

3,033,460
3,178,484
3,278,495
3,194,568

52,153 952,498
53,777 1,006,323
62,304 967,676
48,122 961,969

8,400
8,592
9,671
9,459

14,228
16,177
17,817
15,679

46,222
36,824
28,840
22,168

534,968
536,366
594,809
663,328

3,115,562
3,047,116
2,962,948
2,786,703

51,881
56,313
60,726
59,810

955,866
984,861
943,284
920,512

9,572
100
11,998
99
96 ; 14,886
15,923
90

12,627
11,914
15,170
19,534

521,782 1,017,744
18,538
18,495
640,266 791,990
18,237 1 795,879 902,258
15,283 | 882,142 894,347

2,270,427 i
2,109,151
2,003,229
2,002,354

59,433
73,428
92,134
97,464

938,766
929,454
902,422
850,973

86
84
81
79

15,478
13,195
14,732
13,238

15,903
13,517
16,154
14,462

13,957 1 888,608
14,097
726,037
12,463
786,774
11,497 1 710,987

858,601
667,929
683,509
684,261

1,998,704
2,038,541
2,125,277
2,184,312

97,559
80,715
86,598
81,342

812,763
795,870
764,307
748,625

141
132
120
116

81
83
84
84

14,668
14,130
12,874
12,815

17,020
13,642
13,047
7,724

8,915
9,524
9,327
14,039

796,481
727,458
645,673
649,063

566,870
629,250
514,279
471,967

2,417,252
2,510,240
2,646,440 '
2,846,197

89,902
84,390
76,774
74,286

759,298
781,595
795,416
795,876

101
114

85
87

11,541
12,822

8,168
12,291

17,375
18,009

568,091
662,708

526,623
723,489

2,876,048
2,826,250

64,862
73,098

799,165
821,805

12,421
4,885
10,375

82
84
97
75

113
111
108
101

81
88
95
94

101
104 [
100 ;
98

160
125
142
141

83
77
73
73

93
115
144
152

157
128
139
125

135
105
108
108

73
74
77
79

153
126
135
127

25
27
26
39

141
128
114
115

89
99
81
74

8S
91
96
104

49
50

100
117

83
114

105
103

100

100

100

123
53
100

67
61
80
87

160
162
160
147

87
85
100
80

48
50
81
86

110
116
119
116

81
83
93
91

104
119
131
115

129
103
81
62

81
86
90
89

84
84
94
104

September
October
November
December

92
116
143
153

93
87
111
143

52
52
51
43

92
113
140
156

1923.
January
February
March
April

149
127
142
128

117
99
119
106

39
39
35
32

May
June
July
August

141
136
124
124

125
100
96
57

September
October
November
D ecember

111
124

60
90

100

1922.
January
February
March
April

82
85
101
78

May
June
July
August

Wood.

B.-NUMERICAL DATA.

115
57
100

120
47
100

Wood
carbonized.

Cords.

Gallons.

A.—INDEX N U M B E R S .
1920 mo. av...
1921 mo. av...
1922 mo. av...

Stocks
(end of
mo.).

Ship- Stocks
Shipof Producments. (end
tion. ments.
mo.).

Thousands of pounds.

Relative to 1922.

CON- STOCKS
SUMP- (end of
TION. month).

METHANOL.

88
88
100

458,739
484,822
510,489
506,930

78,580
34,177
63,962

829,227
826,847
942,884

!
i

i Compiled from reports of the National Wood Chemical Association to which are added reports direct to the Bureau of the Census from almost all the nonmember firms.
Firms reporting in September represented 91 per cent of the total capacity in the industry.




NEWSPRINT IN HANDS OF PUBLISHERS.
[As compiled by American Newspaper Publishers Association from reports of 392 identical newspapers.]

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

1923.
Tons.
On hand, first of month . . .
Received..
Used
i Sold
On hand, end of month
In transit, end of month
Total stocks, end of month
Days' supply (based on consumption)

129,409
137,300
120,155
2,042
144,466
34,617
179,083

144,925
127,982
111,330
1,536
159,916
29,518
189,434

158,883
132,205
109,922
1,314
179,851
33,486
213,337

180,650
121,311
115,710
2,421
183,832
31,463
215,295

184,767
130,809
130,388
2,233
182,959
29,584
212,543

43

52

58

54

50

52
WOOL PRICES, BOSTON—FREIGHT TON-MILES.
1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

0.27

0.34

0.51

.27

.39

.53

.27

.39

.53

.64

.28

.37

.53

Dollars per pound, average for the month.

MONTH.

\ blood combing, unwashed.1
January
February
March
April

; 0.31
.31
.30
.30
.27

0.22 1 0.30
.23 i .36
.37
.24
.24
.37

.24
.24
.24
.24

May....
June
July....
August.
September.
October
November..
December..

.26
.26
.27
.27

0.48
.52
.54
.58

0.76

0.68

.76

.63

.38
.40
.41
.41

.62
.69
.74
.74

.75

.56

.62

.28

.41

.53

.75

.60

.54

.26

.44

.53

(2)

.67

.47

.24

.44

.51

.44

.23

.44

.50

.77
.77

(2)
2

.27

.37

.40

( )

.68

;

.42

.24

.44

.47

.27

.36

.42

(2)

.66

I

.38

.24

.47

.47

.22

.28

.35

.44

(2)

.66

j

.32

.26

.51

.48

.22

.29

.37

.47

(2)

.65

I

.29

.29

.51

.25

.26

.36

.41

.76

.64

.51

.26

.43

.24

Monthly average

.36
.36
.38
.38

0.66

0.38
.39
.39
.39

.66

Territory—scoured basis—line staple.
January..
February.
March
April

Monthly average

1.85
1-86
84
1.86

1.42

2.00

0.83

0.97

1.50

i 2.10

.90

1.10

1.49

2.10

1.66

2.10

1.09

1.49

1.44

1.80

1.68

2.05

.86

1.27

1.53

.84

1.70

1.80

1.74

1.76

.82

1.34

1.50

;

.86

1.75

(2)

1.50

1.69

.82

1.35

1.44

|

.87

1.79

(2)

1.80

1.63

.82

1.31

1.37

.73

|

.88

1.81

1.88

1.44

.82

1.30

1.32

.72

j .92

1.81

1.88

1.16

.82

1.34

1.30

.72

i

.99

1.82

1.93

1.04

.84

1.39

1.30

.74

! 1.10

1.82

1.97

.86

.89

1.40

.71

.87

1.59

1.70

1.66

.85

1.25

0.53

0.64

.64

.57

.72

.59

.59

.73

.56

.59

.71

.56

.60

.56

.62

.70

. 55

.63

.72

.55

.63

. 73

\ .54
54
54
j .52

.62
.61
.64
.63

May....
June
# July....
August.
September
October
November
December

1.17
1.24
1.32
1.36

0.65

I .57

0.76
79
80
80

'

1.44
1.44
1.44

1

Data from U. S. Department of Labor, and represent weekly averages.
2 Government price fixation.

NET REVENUE FREIGHT, TON-MILE OPERATION.1
1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921 I 1922

1923

Millions of ton-miles.
January..
February.
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.
September
October
November
December




Year's total
Monthly average
1

27,620
29,678
37,706
37,993

30,353
25,626
29,123
28,799

34,964
32,958
37,865
28,592

29,784
24,915
26,816
25,591

27,151
28,451
32,941
24,735

37,668
32,616
39,218

30,464

32,653
28,386
31,675
34,280

27,694
28,787
30,409
34,202

38,552
38,478
37,137
36,044

37,507
37,668
39,347
40, 776

32,568
32,271
35,214
36,526

37,892
38,246
40,449
42,734

28,220
28,146
28,402
30,420

27,940
29,062
27,115
30,472

39,598
38,001
38,513
40,355

33,131
36,165
34,929
32,680

35,469
38,224
36,405
31,960

39,579
39,842
35,564
33,639

39,015
40,549
32,751
33,609

40,998
42,570
37,349
34,726

30,864
36,672
29,222
25,723

34,271
89,260
38,046
36,206

39,449
42,209

; 396,366
44,041

430,319
35,860

440,002
36,667

395,679
32,973

447,278
37,273

340,862
28,504

371,946
30,996

\

Revised monthly data from Bureau of Railway Economics, represent the operations of Class I carriers.

53
BUSINESS FAILURES AND FIRE LOSSES.
A COMPARISON OF SEASONAL MOVEMENTS.

Data from commercial and trade sources.1

1913.

1914.

1915.

1916.

1917

1918.

1919.

1920.

1921.

1922.

Seasonal
Monthly
index
type
to
(average (relative
average
1913-1922). 1913-1922).

NUMBER OF FIRMS.

1,661
1,414
1,380
1,279

128.16
109.10
106.48

504

2,723
2,331
2,463
2,167

j

1,314

1,857 •

2,848

2,009

1,540

1,178

673 \

569

j
!

1,454
1,190

1,505 i
1,464

2,278 i
2,080 j

1,688
1,690 |

1,165 !
1,232 |

980 [
1,142

602 j
629

492
566

!

1,314

1,336

2,063

1,399 j

1,069 j

905

543

'

|

:

i

April

I

|

'

j

1,895
1,641
1,336
1,487

I January
j February
; March

'

1,246
1,145
1,169
1,145

1,221
1,160
1,411
1,272

1,707
1,754
1,739
1,395

!
j
j
|

1,482 j
1,227 j
1,207
1,394

1,296
1,186
1,137
1,149

|
j
|
|

880
804 :
786
720 !

531
485 ;
452 ;
468

547
674
681
673

1,356
1,320
1,444
1,562

1,960
1,740
1,753
1,714

1,223

1,148

94.37
88.73
90.89
88.58

! September
• October

1,225
1,434

1,615
1,686

1,414 j
1,599

1,154 j
1,240 j

963 j
1,082 !

674
660 I

473 ;
463 i

677
923

I November
i December

1,377
1,514

1,815
1,938

1,565
1,704 j

1,251 |
1,262 |

981 I
1,055 |

570 i
683

551 !
581 |

1,050
1,525

1,466
1,713
1,988
2,444

1,566
1,708
1,737
1,814

1,123
1,251
1,288
1,452

86.65
96.53
99.38
112.04

15,527
1,294

18,280
1,523 ;

6,451

8,881

19,652

538

740

1,63S

23,676
1,973

1,296

1OO. OO

$31,932
28,580
28,814
26,406

122. 49
109.63
110.53
101.29

!
j
|
!

May
June
July
August

i
I

i
j
J
!

Total
Monthly average

22,156
1,846

>,982
832

1,150
1,178

15,547

LIABILITIES (thousands of dollars).
$39,374
22,354
21,493
20,549

$49,641
32,405
23,658
43,518

$25,863
18.744
16,885
18,383

$18,283
16,618
17,406
12,587

$19,279
12,829
17,672
14,272

$10,736
11,489
13,595
11,450

$7,240
9,763
12,699
13,224

$52,137
60,S52
67,409
38,568

$73,796
72,60S
71,608
73,059

May
June
July
August

864

>
>768
20 326
>
20 849
>

23,447
57,881
20,377
43,468

21,053
18,313
18,935
17,734

19,466
11,929
11,647
20,129

11,772
18,055
17,240
18,085

13,135
10,607
9,790
7,985

11,957
9,483
5,507
5,932

10,826
32,991
21,906
28,373

57,066
34,639
42,774
42,904

44,403
38,242
40,010
40,280

22,999
25,291
20,851
24,574

88.22
97.01
79.98
94.26

September
October
November....
December

>663
>245
24 199
>
31 409
'

23,018
29,702
25,489
30,899

16,208
25,522
15,694
19,605

11,569
10,776
14,105
16.745

11,903
12,812
13,636
14,044

17,407
13,980
13,815
12,249

8,791
6,872
9,177
8,300

29,554

37,021

38,914

53,059

30,758
58,872

87,502

36,908
34,647
40,265
52,069

21,504
24,653
24,061
33,169

82.49
94.56
92.29
127.23

302,286

196,241
16,353

182,441
15,203

163,020
13,585

! 113,289
i 9,441

295,120
24,593

627,401
52,283

617,895
51,491

• 26,070

100.00

I *22>973
28 141
'
25 718
'
18,44o

January
February
March
April

16

20

22

20

358,051

Total
Monthly average

22,716

29,838

j

25,191

53,470

312,834

F I R E L O S S E S (thousands of dollars).
January
February
March
April
May
June
July

:

$20,193
22,085
17,511
16,738

$23,205
21,744
25,513
17, 701

$20,061
13,081
18,786
18,180

17,226
24,943
20,661

15,508
29,348
17,590
11,766
14,383
14,005
21,373
23,507

August

21,181

September

17,919

October

14,933

November
December

15,208
:

16,126

Total

; 224.724

Monthly average

|

18,727

235,643
19,637

$21,423
24,771
38.680
12.681

$36,432
29,588
17,523
18,597

$37,575
20,688
20,214
20,109

$29,446
26,892
22,202
15,485

$37,013
26,631
27,598
22,109

$35,320
25,889
28,581
22,179

$38,663
29,304
39,911
31,010

$29,933
24,067
25,652
19,479

130.67
105.06
111.98
85.04

11,388
10,894
9,007
10,067

15,974 | 24,969
12,248 I 15,513
23,014
16,143
10,745
21,751

20,546
24,891
24,537
31,477

16,516
20,476
20,199
24,526

25,440
25,746
25,136
17,931

23,957
29,001
33,356
25,829

29,869
24,103
36,668
21,580

20,139
21,716
22,631
19,685

87.92
94.80
98.79
85.93

14,824
14,466
21,206
20,877 '

12,245
17,701
19,898
22,063

15,738

29,084
13,358
23,415
27,367

25,630
28,331
28,093
41,198

25,502
27,955
26,179
28,908

41,515
40,065
30,776
47,426

20,835
21,911
21,875
26,957

90.95
95.65
95.49
117.68

267,270
316,955
22,273 : 21,958

268,966
22,414

330,856
27,571

332,656
27,721

182,836
15,236

231,443
19,287

13,812

13,434

26,384

i 2 75,412

20,198

;

26,360

12,334

274,880

22,907

100.00

1 Business failures from Dun's Review; fire losses from New York Journal of Commerce. A chart showing the relationship between these movements is given on page 21.
2 Because of the abnormally high fire losses in October, 1918, occasioned by the Minnesota forest fires, aggregating $35,000,000, and the fire destroying the shell-loading
plant at Morgan, N. J., with a loss of $20,000,000, this figure is excluded from the computation of the monthly type for October, as well as from the 1918 monthly average.




54

CEMENT PRICES.1
Lehigh Chicago!
Valley d i s t r i c t

Lehigh
Valley I
mills.
MONTH.

1914

$0.89

$0.89

.89
.89
.89

.84
.89
.99

$0.89 :
.89 ;

1916
$0.79

SO. 88

.89
.89

.88
.88
.93

.74
.59
.59

.88
.93
.93

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

.93
.94
.98
.98

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

.99

$0.95

May
Jane
July
August

.89
.89
.89
.89

1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09

.89
.89
.89
.89

.93
.93
.93
.93

.59
.69
.79
.89

September
October
November
December

.89

1.04
1.04
1.04
1.04

. 89

.89
.89

!89
.89
.89

.93
.93
.93
.93

.S9
.89
.99
1. 04

.89

1.01

.89

.92

.79

Average.

Chicago

mils. I d i s t r i c t -

Dollars per barrel.
1913

January
February
March
April

Chicago Lehigh
Chicago
strict. Valley
mills. district.

Chicago
district.

'l

.89 j

1.03
1.08
1.10

.97

1917

1918

$1.20
1.30
1.30
1.45

$1.30
1.38
1.44
1.50

$1.45
1.45
1.45
1.85

$1.55
1.55
1.57
1.70

1.20
1.20 !
1.20
1.20 |

1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45

1.63
1.65
1.65
1.63

1.85
1.85
1.85
1.85

1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

1.00
1.00
1.10
1.20

i.2o ;
1.20
1.26
1.30 ;

1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45

1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55

1.85
1.85
1.85
1.85

1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

1.03

1.19 1

1.40

1.53

1. 75

1.66

153
153
155
168

$1.10
1.10
1.13
1.16

Index numbers, relative to 1913.
January
February
March
April

100
100
100
100

ss
83
8S

100
100
100
100

92 !l
87 :!

May
June
July
August

100
100
100
100

108
108
108
108

100
100
100
100

92 i|

September
October
November
December

100
100
100
100

103
103
103
103

100

100

Average

S9
83
66
66

87
92
92

112
112
112
112

109
109
112
115

135
146
146
163

129
137
143
149

163
163
163
208

92
92
92

66
78
89
10Q

92
93
97
97

112
112
112
112

119
119
119
119

163
163
163
163

161
163
163
161

208
208
208
208

100
100
100
100

92
92
92
92

100
100
110
117

102
107
109

112
112
124
135

119
119
125
129

163
163
163
163

153
153
153
153 !,

208
208
208
208

168
168
168
168

100

91

89

96

116

118

157

151

197

164

87

j!

92

;|

1922

1921

1920

1919

I
I

168
168
168
168

Average month.

1923

Dollars per barrel.
January..
February.
March....
April

SI. 50 ;
1.50
1.50 ;i
1.50

$1.85
1.85
1.85
1.70

$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.65

SI. 70
1.70
1.70
1.70

$1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65

$2.20
1.90
1.90
1.90

S1.93 I
1.72 :.
1.70
1.70 j,

SI. 50
1.50
1.50
1.50

May
June
July
August

1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65

1.90
1.90
2.15
2.40

1.74
1.80
1.80
1.89

1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90

1.70 ;
1.70
1.70 ;
L. 70

1.50
1.70
1.70
1.70

1.50
1.60
1.60
1.64

September..
October
November..
December..

1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65

2.40
2.40
2.40
2.20

1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95

1.90
1.65
1. fi.5
1.50

1.59
L.50 i
1.50 !
1.50 !

2.15
2.15
1.90
1.90

1.75
1.75
1.75
1.73

2.05

1.80

Average -

1.74

!

!
j
!
I

$1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90

$1.60
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.40
1.37
1.36
1.40

$1.37
1.36
1.37
1.41

1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90

1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

1.42
1.44
1.47
1.51

1.44
1.46
1.46
1.47

1.90
1.90

1.75
1.75

1.55
1.52
2 1.48
2 1.46

1.46
1.46
2 1.44
2 1.45

I
j
ii
,|
;

157
154
153
157

136
135
136
140

1 7 3 •!
173 ;i
173 J

160
162
165
170

143
145
145
146

174
171
166
164

145
145
143
144

163

142

1.73

1.85

Index numbers, relative to 1913.

191

16S
168
168
163

191
191
191
191

163
163
163
163

247
214
214
214

191
170
168
168

169
169
169
169

149
149
149
149

214
214
214
214

158
173
173
173

191
191
191
191

163
163
163
163

214
214
242
270

172
178
178
1S7

214
214
214
214

168
168
168
168

169
191
191
191

149
158
158
162

214
214
214
214

173

191 :

191
191
191

163
163
163
163

270
270
270
247

193
193
193
193

214
185
185
169

157
149
149
149

242 :
242 i

214
214

173 !i
173 !

214
214

173
173
173
171

196

164

230

208

164

194

159

January
February
March
April

20S .

May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Average

208
208 •

1 From the U. S. Department of Labor. These prices are on a cash basis f. o. b. mills at Northampton, Pa., and Buffington, Ind.
2 Average 1913-1922: other average months include 1923.




55
FINISHED COTTON GOODS.1
BILLINGS—FINISHED
YARDAGE.*

1

II?

YEAK AND MONTH.

®£ 0

;

SHIPMENTS.

STOCKS.

:;
j
|
Print- I
Print- 1 Total. White. Dyed. : '*;*£*•
Total. White. Dyed. 1 p ! j ? t " Total White. Dyed. ed. ! Total. White. Dyed. ed.

i
|

ORDERS—GREY
YARDAGE.

!

!

Thousands of yards.

Thousands of yards.

Cases.

;

Cases.

;

1921 monthly a v 3 . . . .
1922 monthly a v 3 . . . .
1923 monthly av

65
66

76,301 : 32,564 1 26,556 13,096
! 94,016 36,449 32,826 12,202

1
90,054 •; 33,583 1 29,312
95,509 \ 36,161 35,505

15,596
13,133

44,935
49,102

15,496
16,345

7,925
10,146

j

2,907
2,696

36,226
7,299 42,880 1 2,989
44,937 i, 10,338 , 6,281 2,643
1

1920.
October
November
December

!
j 35
' 25
| 29

52,833 • 23,7S7
40,591 i 18,142
39,595 I 15,850

13,753 8,681
10,154 7,146
11,972 ! 6,595

83,325 11 15,802
28,871 j| 13,105
32,882 | 14,250

1931.
January...
February
March
April

|
i 33
51
j 67
i 66

34,316
55,437
86,733
86,311

10,508 | 4,394

72,542
76,202
88,343
92,921

May
June
July
August

! 68
i 74
62
71

91,034 35,573
99,929 437,775
85,324 30,043
95,915 '•'. 34,729

September
October
November
December

I
\
j
|

1923.
January
February
March
April

j

75
77
69
(«)

14,593
24,100
33,818
33,218

101,825 ! 37,587
105,286 ; 41,049
97,132 j 35,723

16,716 I 5,505

27,500 | 12,128
26,893 | 12,719

221 : 9,352
4,279
259
7,299 ! 3,051
813 ! 8,567 I 4,019

1,169 43,047
1,246 ! 43,350
1,365 j 44,200

22,067 11,258
25,203 12,247
28,293 15,234
|31,755 17,497

020 I 12,093 ; 4,746
943 13,781 ; 5,449
457 i 17,548 ' 8,590
556 I 14,893 7,706

1,764
1,818
2,612
2,658

34,080
32,788
30,331
31,357

7,969
8,336
7,565
9,005

2,597
2,483
2,809
3,634

32,642
5,804 3,290
35,871
7,430 3,387
35,431 j1 7,125 j 3,670
38,413 | 7,734 | 3,944

55,949 18,654 10,252
51,439 17,510 9,135
48,207 \ 16,165 ' 8,420

4,078
4,091
3,438

41,177

27,279
30,625
26,460
31,485

13,228 86,754 i 33,093 | 28,713
15,557 ! 96,829 j 35,297 | 28,306
14,534 ; 82,734 I 29,509 ! 27,295
16,421 !100,741 | 40,722 i 31,515

31,575
32,446
30,639

18,001 !107,336 37,055 36,118 20,249
16,003 j100,910 36,491 33,691 16,226
15,666 ! 85,279 | 32,286 29,471 12,215

(0 \

i
(«)
j 54
i 67
i 58

28,419
29,263
33,805
34,474

3,276
3,393
3,654

9,718
7,845
10,551

13,608
19,075
14,548
19,402

44,889 15,800
45,996 14,754
43,650 | 13,353
49,177 15,906 .:

435
861
171
638

I

|

I
j
I
I
;

i
4,263 | 2,905
3,653 | 3,196
3,594 j 2,323
3,478 j 2,837
j 2,689
! 2,947
3,032
3,489

768 | 4,5H | 3,151
3,010
9,325 I 4,723 3,297

45,675

(0

I

I

352 I 6,127 ; 4,051
158 ! 5,066 i 3,997
806 ! 4,748 | 3,662

(4)
(0
i <4>
78,088 | 32,459 26,909 I 7,360 : | 79,251 32,208 | 27,358 10,624
95,219 | 37,680 33,917 | 9,619 89,450 !j 35,588 I 31,403 11,619
29,810 I 12,385 80,546 ; 30,680 | 30,267 10,927
87,153 ,
I 32,620

42,577 | 15,378 8,393
49,094 i 17,227 : 10,453
43,355 | 14,750 8,089

2,387
2,572
2,714

44,548
43,165
45,019

92,255 : 34,037
35,758
85,037 ! 32,345
96,879 40,772

49,859
48,487
46,049
48,048

15,683 9,431
15,608 10,067
15,339 9,793
15,494 10,253

2,703
2,972
2,613
3,318

45,815 10,296 i
44,792 : 10,062 !
44,208 10,482 |
45,526 11,012 ;

7,461
7,220
6,488
6,456

1,953
2,790
2,738
2,397

49,844
52,260
54,786
55,764

16,238 10,378
17,782 9,899
17,908 12,271
18,393 12,577

2,775
2,729
2,647
2,223

44,512 11,145 I
44,910 , 10,780 |
45,969 ! 10,696 '
45,846 | 9,745 |

6,619
6,273
5,886
6,268

2,543
2,283
2,061
2,549

44,992 ] 16,052 ! 57,471
42,263 • 14,180 I! 55,092
50,277 ! 19,421 jj 60,827
44,123 j 11,322 || 52,010

17,604 12,576
16,852 12,135
18,479 12,653
17,966 9,880

2,140
2,729
2,306
2,173

May
June
July
August

|
j
j
|

67
67
62
66

September
October
November
December

|
I
'
I

64
74
78
74

1923.
January
February
March
April

I
'
j
;
j

May
June
July
August

| 74
j 61
j 51
52

September
October
November
D ecember

29,894
j 61
I 72 11 77,892 ; 30,388 , 40,796
j 66 11102,695 | 42,057 41,011
!| 97,531 || 36,130

99,874 I

!| 88,917
1101,143
T102,898 ;
j 106,716 !

35,728
41,663
39,907
37,972

32,075 12,622 100,842 j 38,774
32,665 14,458 102,768 ; 37,679
27,889 13,143
6,272 ! 34,850
34,641 13,099 87,249 ! 33,297
31,155
35,208
36,297
40,515

35,074 15,071
35,076 16,090
30,962 11,478
34,952 11,408

11,721 103,835 I 40,789 38,278
12,753 113,613 | 42,363 44,936
13,428 110,211 • 37,817 43,897
13,638 •96,558 | 33,622 38,347

13,138
14,279
16,639
13,185

(0

(0
10,172 | 4,516 3,319
9,121 I 5,750 3,263
10,210 ; 6,150 3,178

j

77 105,986 38,733
74
99,442 ; 34,251
84 115,456 41,160 \
79 11105,460 36,370 i

37,142 16,170 i 111,130 j; 39,404
37,865 15,189 102,827 ! 36,655
42,513 ! 17,142 | 120,441 j| 40,873
38,719 ; 16,823 j 1,742 I 32,749

1104,340 I 33,912 I 44,254
I 90,302 30,974 38,739
70,931 24,20S ' 30,088
76,322 |j 28,720 31,386

ii

I1'

! 13,386
j 9,955 j
j 8,022 \
i 7,517 j

79,819
74,146
61,451
78,022

I 29,017 33,364 j 9,141 51,569 : 17,5SS
j i 26,391 30,248 j 8,539 41,588 14,069
|| 23,4S4 | 26,231 ! 5,581 35,361 11,616
11 31,969 j 31,486 '. 6,814
38,662 13,239

7,022 | 99,618 | 37,045 j 41,723 ! 9,088 42,377
97,985 \, 39,731 j 37,480 10,807 49,295
10,088 I 91,829 | 36,910 ; 36,459 : 9,261 ! 46,548
9,867 I

9,160
7,964
6,324
7,09S

15,645 j 7,247
18,274 I 9,182
16,237 8,590

j 43,658
11 40,935
11 41,142
j 43,103

2,377
2,075
1,366
1,282 j

j
j
|
I

9,041 I 5,604 2,497
8,283 j 5.198 2,304
9,022
5,623 2,621
9,826 6,181 2,846

44,445 | 10,113 |
48,155 I 10,090 |
50,279 I 10,209 |
49,399 : 10,872 !

1,474 46,665 I 11,407
1,995 47,686 I
2,226 | 49,017 ! 12,540

6,605

2,943

7,610 I 3,170

7,786 | 3,108
7,096 j 2,916
2,536
2,556
2,393

6,714
7,323

I
1

Compiled by the National A ssociation of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics from reports from the greater part of their membership, estimated to cover approximately the following percentages of the industry: White goods, 72 per cent; dyed goods, 62 per cent; printed goods, 30 per cent. Many plants were unable to give details as to classes of
of goods,
so that the total column does not always agree with the sum of the component classes.
J
The goods are billed as completed; hence this approximates a production figure.
« Average for 11 months.
* Not available.




56
MISCELLANEOUS.
INDEX NUMBERS AND NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government and non-Government Sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
VISITORS TO NATIONAL
PARKS.

Yellow pine.
YEAR AND MONTH.

2

Douglas fir.

Lumber.

Number.

One-fourth
blood
combing
grease.

Automobiles.

Persons.

Rel.to
1920.

Timbers.

3

119 601
77 603
52,354
54,280
37,770
29 007
50 987
65,688
43,615
52,137

$0.25
.26
.36
.41
.66
.76
.64
.51
.26
.43

100
104
144
164
264
304
256
204
104
172

$0.57
.61
.71
.87
1.59
1.84
1.70
1.66
.85
1.25

100
107
125
153
279
323
298
291
149
219

.66
.68
.66
.64

264
272
264
256

2.00
2.10
2.10
2.10

.54
.47
.44

248
216
188
176

1

.42
.38
.32
.29

68,887
74,966
SI, 813

100
109
119

9,548
10,025

1920.
January
February
March . . .
April

24 300
26,223
31,942
33,834

35
38
46
49

191
250
352
947

48 385
100 687
209,419
198,097

70
146
304
288

4 294
12 009
29,759
26,054

59
166
412
360

September
October
November
December

81,743
29,496
21 344
21 175

119
43
31
31

10 266
1,374
819
439

142
19
11
6

1921.
January
February
March

26,078
27,361
28 ; 073

38
40
41

435
473
555

6
7
8

46,818
40,280
40,826

92
79
80

22,266
16,683
19,769

89
66
79

29 033
53 041
98,437
225 710
250,001

42
77
143
328
363

1 240
4 817
13,329
38 249
39,571

17
67
184
529
547

37 951
44 619
45,798
53 665
44,502

74
88
90
105
87

38 819
21 724
44,575
41 909
46,732

155
87
178
167
186

September
October
November
December

88,067
32,114
23,191
18,480

128
47
34
27

12,137
2,474
1,004
292

168
34
14
4

41,677
39 918
38,387
48,939

82
78
75
96

42,912
52 958
41,022
65,864

171
211
163
262

1922.
January... .
February
March.....
April

21,309
22,217
23,633
27,771

31
32
34
40

336
339
246
664

5
5
3

45,807
42 511
53,273
67,783

90
83
104
133

77,093
59,485
87,158
54,483

307
237
347
217

6, 815
4 779
28,320
22,916

47
33
197
159

i

Mav
June
July
August...

44,418
127.298
270,318
268,565

64
185
393
390

3,039
10,812
45,456
39,791

42
150
629
550

i 48,473
52 293
• 51,633
59,214

95
103
101
116

52,757
56 020
43,770
35,270

210
223
174
141

16,548
17 608
9,503
12,007

September..
October
November
! December.

106,430
32,409
18,831
18,551

155
47
27
27

16,689
2,130
546
251

231
29
8
3

;

50,186
44,347
53 157
56,971

98
87
104
112

36,726
39,041
36 574
36,327

146
156
146
145

i January
February
: March
i April

21,339
20,923
27,956
46, 875

31
30
41
68

348
402
551
1,481

5
6
8
20

71,130
63,296
60 482
77,254

140
124
119
152

31,991
36,604
41 658
36,993

May
June
July
August

55,883
154,020
422,185
384, 560

81
224
613
558

5,722
17,641
59,044
45,242

79
244
817
626

79,265
92,280
82,660
67,850

155
1S1
162
133

113,704

165

14,015

194

42,681
51,814

84
102

\U2TUSt

April
May
June
July
August

1

Territory,
fine staple,
scoured.

Jones Bros. Tea Co.

Thous. Rel.to
Rel.to Mft.,b.m. R e l . t o Dolls, Rel.to Dolls, Rel.to Numof 4
of
Mft.,b.m.
Mft./b.m. Rel.to
Number. Rel.to
1922.
per lb. 1913. per lb. 1913. stores.
1919.
1919.
1920.
dollars. 1913.

1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av
1919 monthly av
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly av....
1922 monthly av

May
June
July

CHAIN-STORE
SALES.

WOOL PRICES,
BOSTON.

LUMBER EXPORTS.

7.230

100
132
139

235
152
103
106
74
57
100
129
86
102

200
198
253
323
329
330
339
386
408
466

$817
795
760
808
1,000
1,130
1,375
1,711
1,449
1.440

100
97
93
99
122
138
168
209
177
176

351
368
368
368

338
339
334
347

1,511
1,453
1,660
1,741

185 178
203
213

2.05
1.76
1.69
1.63

360
309
296
286

350
349
354
361

1,722
1 750
1,960
1,762

211
214
240
216

168
152
128
116

1.44
1.16
1.04
.86

253
203
182
151

368
370
373
379

1,749
1,846
1,651
1 724

214
226
202
211

108
108
108

.83
.90
.88

146
158
154

379
381
384

1,417
1,366
1,473

173
167
180

.88
.86
.82
.82
.82

154

I .23

112
112
104
96
92

144 !
144 :
144

385
386
385
386
386

1 481
1 427
1,393
1 418
1,403

181
175
171
174
172

.24
.24
.26
.29

96
96
104
116

.82
.82
.84
.89

144
144
147
156

386
386
390
404

1,400
1,541
1,452
1,616

171
189
178
198

.34
.39
.39
.37

136
156
156
148

.97
1.10
1.10
1.09

170
193
193
191

449
448
452
456

1,394
1,378
1,517
1,458

171 |
169
186
178

115
123
66
84

.41
.44
.44
i .44

164
176
176
176

1.27
1.34
1.35
1.31

223
235
237
230

464
461
465
468

1,428
1,432
1,416
1,395

175
175
173
171

21,088
12,152
10 084
10,631

146
85
70
74

!
:

.44
.47
.51
.51

176
188
204
204

1.30
1.34
1.39
1.40

228
235
244
246

469
470
472
477

1,429
1,416
1,448
1,573

175
173
177
193

127
146
166
147

17,349
13,990
21 994
18,636

121
97
153
130

:

.51
.53
.53
.53

204
212
212
212

1.44
1.44
1.44
1.49

253
253
253
261

486
490
491
499

1,383
1,367
1,590
1,462

169
167
195
179

45 501
47,833
42,150
47,486

181
191
168
189

13 632
17,641
44,858
45,817

95
123
312
319

.53
I .53
.51
.50

212
212
204
200

1.53
1.50
1.44
1.37

268
263
253
240

570
571
619
: 628

1,792
1,828
1,750
1,839

219
224
214
225

39,412
43,971

157
175

44,299
30,783

308
214

.47
.47
.48

188
188
192

1.32
1.30
1.30

232
228
228

629
639

1,912
1,979

234
242

56 203
46 848
23 299
23,240
23,647
22 700

25 095
37,602
37,936
51, 225

224
187
93
93
93
90
100
150
151
204

14,371

100

3 :
3
5 :
13

J

9

'

i

.27

i
|

.27
.27

i
;

.28'
.28
.26

•

.24

;

!

1

151

1
!
i
i
i
i
1

i

1923.

September .
October
i November
December

1
1

,

i

Visitors to national parks from Department of Interior as reported by superintendents of*19 parks; lumber exports from Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign
and 2Domestic Commerce; wool prices from Department of Labor; chain-store sales from Jones Bros. Tea Co.
Includes hewn timber in 1922 and 1923.
« Not reported separately prior to 1922.
«Number of stores actually in operation at the close of the year indicated.




57
WORLD PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR AND FLAXSEED.*
CANE SUGAR.
United
States.*

Java.
World
total.

YKAB.

May

FLAXSEED.

Brazil. I Hawaii. I Rico.
^?I*°

Oct.

Oct.

Nov.

Cuba.

India.
_:l World ;
1 total. !

Dec.

Dec.

Argentina.
< Jan.

Dec.

India.

United
States. Canada.

Apr.

Aug.

Aug.

Thousands of bushels.

Thousands of short tons.
9,971

1,514

311 :

«38

567

363

2,295

11,293

1,054

247 i

344

646

346

2,967

2,614
2,757

ii 110,992
; 94,559

31,989
36,928

19,870
15,448

19,505
13,749

12,040

1914
1915

12,776

1,797

139 ;

486

593

484

3,437

2,950

;! 103,287

45,040

15,880

14,030

10,628

1916

13,442

2,009

311 ;

413

645

503

3,442

3,058

82,151

39,289

19,040

14,296

8,260

1917

14,508

1,960

246

493

577

454

3,957

3,708

41,063

4,032

21,040

9,164

. 5,935

1909-1913 average..

#

7,175

1918

13,324

1,478

284

440

406

4,597

2,617

61,821

19,588

20,600

13,369

6,055

1919

13,799

1,473

122

496

556

485

4,209

3,361

61,692

30,775

9,400

7,256

5,473

1920

13,656

1,579

176

580

522

490

4,408

87,964

42,038

16,760

10,774

7,998

1921
1922

14,487

1,906

328

551

592

408

4,476

2,826
2,879

83,288

10,800

8,029

4,112

525

3 379

3 4,034

3,347

50,470
36,046

17,440

10,37-3

5,009

21,280 I 17,*429

6,942

! 14,569

I

1,

3

3 476

295

1923 latest e s t i m a t e s
1
2

j

3

,

j

;

j

44,280

3 From private sources.
* New crop available in Januarv of the year indicated; January, 1924, estimate is 75,980,000 bushels.

Louisiana and Texas.
Exports.

WORLD PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR *
World1 ! United
total. i States.

GerCzechoNethermany. s l o v a k i a . Russia. Poland. lands.

Belgium.

France.

Italy.

Spain.

Denmark. Sweden.

YEAB.

Thousands of short tons.
246

276

759

209

154

334

166

116
112

128

215

168

170

120

150

166

117

143

140

204

160

139

124

136

221

162

154

149

144

182

78

121

120

169

156

141

263

152

171

185

91

149

141

314

268

370

150

104

16S

181

198

412

315

<316

228

80

156

259

'294

308

509

283

8 176

94

8 79

610

2,296

1,017

722

2,721

1,004

1,879

6,056

374

1 678

812

1,824

239

264

5,808

821

1,721

805 :

1,457

293

286

5,208

765

1,726

584

1,134

263

215

4,592

761

1,484

688

318

249

3,490

726

559

86

106

1920

4 997

1,089

1,212

770

55

195

1921

5,473

•1,074

1,434

726

55

1922

5,G53

•711

1,605

8S10

*«217

.

...J

1915
1916

..

1917

..

1918
1919

..

i

SOS

:

1,726

316

8,432

8,331

1909-1913 average
1914
. .

279

140
1

151

1923 latest estimates
1

Crops in all countries here given are harvested beginning in September.
8 From private sources.
• Includes Ukraine; data from private sources.
* Refined sugar in terms of raw on the ba3is of 95 per cent of the raw.

WORLD PRODUCTION OF RICE.*
Country

World total.

India.

Egypt.

etiff°
states

Italy.

Spain.

Japan.

East
Indies.

Aug.

Sept.

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

*

New crop available..

Apr.

Apr.

Dec

Millions of p o u n d s (cleaned).
Normal c o n s u m p t i o n (!9l'j-1913)...
1909-1913
1914

67,891

1915

...
,

1916

,

1917
1918
1919

.

.

780
986
500
112, 300
122, 000
97, 400
117, 200

110
102
114

90,

1920
1921

120
125, 939

1922
1923 latest estimates
2

72,950
61,022
73,526
77,932
81,198
55,218
71,613
62,793
74,437
74,294

375

'

518

14,602

7,349
7,826

553
81
542
237
487
692
607
634
472
8 33

481
657
804
1,135
965
1,072
1,166
1,446
1,045
1,150

646
741
763
708
716
712
662
997
641
«632

297
337
320
329
322
282
412
394
356
373

14,009
17,909
17,569
18,360
17,143
17,184
19,106
19,849
17,336
19,067

3,323
3,465
7,051
6,430
5,669
fi, 451

266

924

6S0

330

18,203

6,904

1,124
1,404
1,109
1,289
1,745
2,210
1,977
2 127
2,560
2,081
2,703

'Java and Madura.
Acreage about half of normal: Summer crop only given.
> 1922 acreage 296,500 compared with 2S6,400 acres in 1921
• Data compiled by U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Burtau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with latest available information received
by that department or by Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in which crops are harvested
Estimates are as of December 20.




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WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON *
World total.

Country
New crop available

Peru.

United
States.

Mexico.

India.

June.

August.

August.

November.

Brazil.

Egypt.

September. September.

Thousands of bales (478 pounds net).
1909-1913 average
1914

20,660

1915
1916
1917

18,470
18,970

1918
1919
1920
1921
1922

1,453

3,128
3,759

387
282
281

1,337
989
1,048

135

3,393

345

1,304

203
199
188
147

3 328
4,853

339
384

3,013
3,748

451

1178

•4,348

13,033

193

16,135
11,192
ll,5C0

108

3,584
4,354

95
103

* 18,370

125

11,302

18,580
19,925
20,940
15,391

142

12,041
11,421

155
164

13,440
7,954
9,762

157
137

18,695

1923, latest estimates
1

322

106
129
113
127

24,630

505
553

10,081

999
1,155
1,251
902
1,015

1,213

»1922 acreage 12,406,000 compared with 11,976,000 in 1921.

From private sources.

WORLD PRODUCTION OF WHEAT*
World total.

Country
New crop available

Argentina.

Australia.

India.

United
States.

Spain.

Italy.

France.

January.

January.

March.

July.

August.

August.

August.

Germany. Rumania. Canada.
August.

August.

September.

Millions of bushels.
Normal consumption
(1900-1913)

1909-1913 average

. . .

1914
1915
1916
1917

3,577
3,586
4,199
12,609
12,288
'2,804
* 2 743
'2,868
13,069
13,096

1918
1919
1920
1921
1922...

1923, latest estimates

!

64

37

301

531

136

236

361

221

34

116

157
105
169
169

85
103
25
179
152

351
312
377
323

690
891
1,026
636
637

130
116
139
152

183
170
171
177

318
283
223
205

87
49
89
78

197
161
394

143

140

135

152
146
142
» 110
'82

370
280
378

921

181

115
76
46
146
129

250
365

868

136
129
139
145
125

183
170
141
194
162

226
« 182
«237
<323
«243

»86
»80
•83
•10*
< ?0

US
60
* 61
*79
•93

189
193
263
301
400

189

109

369

7S6

157

225

290

104

103

470

80
224
180
217
156

382

968

833
815

i

6

263
234

4
New boundaries.
Russia excluded. No accurate statistics are available.
Excludes Alsace-Lorraine.
* Former kingdom, Bessarabia and Eukowina.
»Excludes Dobruja.
• Data compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of A gricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with latest available information received
by that department or by Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in which crop3 are harvested.
Estimates are as of December 20.




1
1

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SOURCES OF DATA.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.1

DATK OF PUBLICATION.

L—REPORTS PROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN.
ARGENTINE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE.
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH'S BUREAU OP CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
BANK OF JAPAN
BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF L A B O R . . .

Cereal exports from Argentina.

Estadlstica Agro-Pecuaria.

Monthly.

Price index for Australia

Federal Reserve Bulletin..

Second week of month.

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Second week of month.
British Board of Trade Journal
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Monthly.
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Semimonthly.
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Semimonthly.
Foreign trade of Canada
Monthly.
Operating Revenues, etc., of Railways *... Monthly.
Pressreleases*
Not published
Monthly.
Business Conditions
Monthly.
Monthly Review
Monthly.
Business Conditions
Monthly.
Business Conditions.
Monthly.
Business Review

Price index for Japan
Price index for United Kingdom
Price index for Canada
Employment in Canadian trade-unions
Operations of Canadian employment service..
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE Foreign trade of Canada
AND COMMERCE.
Canadian railroad operations
Canadian iron and steel production
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
Agricultural loans by land banks
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA. Wholesale trade
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON. Savings deposits in First Fed. Res. Dist.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO. Savings deposits in Seventh Fed. Res. Dist.
Agricultural pumps
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVE- Savings deposits in Fourth Fed. Res. Dist.
LAND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS. .
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS
CITY.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW
YORK.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN
FRANCISCO.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

FRENCH MINISTRY OF LABOR AND
SOCIAL WELFARE.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
INDIAN DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS...
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION..

MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT
OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT
OP
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
PANAMA CANAL
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
CJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—
B U R E A U OF A G R I C U L T U R A L
ECONOMICS.

Wholesale trade
Wholesale trade
Retail sales of lumber by rural y a r d s —
Foreign exchange rates and index
Savings deposits in Second Fed. Res. Dist.
Savings deposits in Third Fed. Res. Dist.
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in Fifth Fed. Res. Dist.
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in Twelfth Fed. Res Dist.
Wholesale trade
Foreign exchange index numbers
Debits to individual accounts
Condition of Federal reserve banks
Condition of reporting member banks
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and Federal reserve system to July 1,1922.
Wholesale price index numbers
Department store trade; in cooperation with
National Retail Dry Goods Association.
Index numbers of department store, mailorder, and chain store trade.
Barley and rye receipts
Sales of loose leaf tobacco
Index of ocean freight rates
Index numbers of production
Wholesale trade
Price index for France

Business Conditions..

Monthly.

Fed. Res. Bull, and daily statement *
Monthly Review
Business and Financial Conditions
Business and Financial Conditions
Business and Agricultural Conditions
Business and Agricultural Conditions
Business Conditions
B usiness Conditions
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases*
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases *
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases *
Federal Reserve Bulletin

Daily and monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly (second week of month).
Sunday papers and monthly.
Fri. morning papers and monthly.
Fri. afternoon papers and monthly.
Monthly.

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin

Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.

Federal Reserve Bulletin..

Telephone operating revenue and income
Telegraph operations and income
Express operations and income
Massachusetts employment
Milk receipts at Boston

j Not published

_

Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Bulletin dela Statisque Generale..
The Employment Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
i Preliminary statement of operations of
Class I roads.
! Not published
' Not published
| Not published
I Monthly statement *

E mployment in Illinois
Price index for India
Railway revenues and expenses

Monthly.
Monthly.

Business Conditions..
Business Conditions..

Monthly.
Second week of month.
Monthly.

|

New York State factory employment and ' Labor Market Bulletin and press releases *. Monthly.
earnings.
j
;
Annual report
Yearly.
New York State canal traffic
Panama Canal traffic
Unemployment in Pennsylvania.
Beef, pork, and lamb production

The Panama Canal Record..
Semimonthly report *
| Market Reporter»..

Prices of farm products to producer
Wool stocks in dealers' hands
Crop production

I Cold-storage holdings and fish frozen
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep
Receipts of batter, cheese, eggs, ana poultry..j
Production of dairy products
Car lot shipments of fruits and vegetables
|
Farm labor, wages, supply, etc
i
World crop production
Live stock on farms
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AQRICULTURETotal lumber production from 1913 to 1&20
FOREST SERVICE.
Wood pulp production, 1914 and 1916

Monthly Crop Reporter»
Market Reporter *
Monthly Crop Reporter 1 and press
releases.*
Market Reporter *
Market Reporter *
Market Reporter«
,
Market Reporter»
Market Reporter *
Monthly Crop Reporter«
Foreign crops ana markets •
Market Reporter»
Production of Lumber, Lath, and Shingles.
Pulp Wood Consumption and Wood-Pulp
Production.
Preliminary report on ginnings *
Preliminary report on cotton consumed...
Wool machinery and cotton spindles *
Census of hides, skins, and leather *
Preliminary report on cottonseed
Press release *
Press release *
Press release *
Press release •
Press release *
Press release *
Statement on stocks of leaf tobacco
Press release

Last weekly issue of month.
Semimonthly.
Last weekly issue of month or first
of next month.
Monthly.
First weekly issue of month.
Releases about 1st of month (cotton)
and 10th (other crops).
Fourth weekly Issue of month.
Third weekly issue of month.
Weekly.
Quarterly.
Third weekly issue of month.
Monthly.
Weekly.
Annually.
Yearly.
Yearly.

Semimonthly during season.
Cotton ginned
15th of month.
Cotton consumed and on hand
20th of month.
Active textile machinery
First week of month.
Leather, hides, shoes, production and stocks...
18th of month.
Cottonseed and cottonseed oil
;
Hosiery statistics
Men's and boys' clothing
Malleable castings
Wheat flour production from May, 1923
Pyroxylin coated textiles
'
Stokers, sales from January, 1923
'
One month after end of quarter.
Stocks of tobacco held
Quarterly.
Wool consumption and stocks
'
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
1
This is not necessarily the source of the figures published in the SURVEY as many of them ars obtained direct from the compilers prior to publication in the respective Journals. This column and the right-hand column have been added to assist readers in obtaining current statistics between publication dates of the SURVEY.
' Beginning Jan. 7,1922, combined into new publication called, Weather, Cropa, and Markets, issued weekly.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF THE CENSUS.




60
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.

I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT D E P A R T M E N T S , FEDERAL, S T A T E , AND FOREIGN—Continued.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU oy THE CENSUS—Contd.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OP C O M M E R C E BUREAU OP FISHERIES.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
COMMERCE.

Production indexes of raw materials and
manufactures.
Fats and oils, production, consumption, and
stocks.
Fabricated structural steel sales from April,
1922.
Automobile production from July, 1921
Wood chemical operations
Steel castings sales
Steel furniture shipments
Earnings of public utilities
Plumbing goods price index
Fish catch at principal fishing ports

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OP IMMIGRATION.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.

U . S . POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE..
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
U.
S. TREASURY
DEPARTMENTBUREAU OF THE MINT.
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT—ENGINEER
CORPS.

Monthly.

Statistics of fats and oils * . . .

Quarterly (one month after end of
quarter).
15th of month.

Press release *
|
,
:
•

All imports and exports
Fuel loaded fo r consumption by vessels at i
principal clearing ports.
j
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in j
United States foreign trade.
Data on trade, employment and coal and iron
production of foreign countries.
Wholesale price of wool
Warehouse stocks of rice

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E - Vessels under construction and vessels completed.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E - Building material price indexes
BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
Wheat flour production, prior to July, 1920
U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE I N T E R I O R - Kenned petroleum products, production, e t c . . .
BUREAU OF MINES.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE I N T E R I O R - Portland cement, production, etc
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Coal and coke production

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—
U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.

Survey of Current Business..

Crude petroleum, production, etc
Electric power production
Consumption of fuel by public utility plants.
Figures on nonferrous metal production
Patents granted

Press release *
Press release *
Pressrelease*
Press release *
Survey of Current Business.
Survey of Current Business.
Monthly statement

20th of month.
30th of month.
20th of month.
20th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.

Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce. Last week of month.
(Part I.)»
Not published
,
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
(Part II.)
Various foreign sources

Middle of next month.

Wholesale Prices
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
(Part II.)
Commerce Reports

Yearlv.
Monthly.

No longer published..
Refinery Statistics *..

Second week of month.

Report on Portland cement output *
Weekly report on production of coal *
Preliminary statistics on petroleum *
Production of electric power *
Production of electric power *
Mineral Resources
Not published

Number on pay roll—United States factories.. Industrial Survey *
Employment agency operations
Report of Activities of State and Municipal Employment Agencies.
Immigration and emigration statistics
Not published
Wholesale prices of commodities, including
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc.
Wholesale price index
Retail price index of foods
,
Retail coal prices
,
United States postal savings
Postal receipts
Passports issued
Government debt, receipts and disbursements.
Money in circulation from July 1,1922
Domestic receipts of gold at mint
Oleomargarine production
Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Internal Revenue taxes on specified articles...
Iron ore movement
Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic
Ohio River cargo traffic
,
Barge traffic on Mississippi River

U. S. W A R DEPARTMENT—MISSISSIPPI
WARRIOR SERVICE.
Agricultural loans
W A R FINANCE CORPORATION
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. . . Wisconsin factorv earnings and employment.

First weekly issue of month (Mondays).

Not published

20th of month.
Second or third weekly issue ©f month
(Saturdays).
25th of month.
End of month.
End of month.
Annually.
First week of month.
Every 4 or 5 weeks.

Wholesale Prices of Commodities..
Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor Review
Postal Savings News Bulletin
Statement of Postal Receipts *
Not published
Daily Statement of the U. S. Treasury...
Circulation of money
Not published
Not published
Statement of tax-paid products *.
Classified collections of Internal Revenue.
Monthly statistical report
Monthly statistical report

Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
12th of month.
7th of month.
10th of month.
Last day of month.
Monthly.

First week of month.
25th of month
Monthly during season.
Monthly during season.
Monthly.

Not published
Not published in form used
Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market *

15th of month

n . — R E P O R T S F R O M TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND P R I V A T E ORGANIZATIONS.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations.)
ABEBTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO
ABBASIVE PAPEE AND CLOTH MANUFACTUBEBS' EXCHANGE.
AMERICAN MANTJFACTUBEES ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCTION FROM CORN.
AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS.

Building costs
Sale of abrasive paper and cloth.
Corn ground into starch, glucose, etc.

Copper production
Silver production
Lead production
Zinc production in Belgium
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION.. Face brick production, stocks, etc
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE Steel ingot production
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
Gasoline and kerosene consumption
AMERICAN P I G IRON ASSOCIATION
Merchant pig iron production, etc
AMERICAN
RAILWAY
ASSOCIATION Freight car surplus and shortage
(Car Service Division).
Car loadings and bad-order cars
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELE- Stockholders in the company
GRAPH Co.
AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY.
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE
ANTHRACITE BUREAU OF INFORMATION
ASSOCIATED KNIT UNDERWEAR MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION OF LIFE INSURANCE
PRESIDENTS.
BOSTON, CAPE COD AND N E W YORK
CANAL CO.
J
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
j




Walnut lumber and logs

Construction trade papers.
Not published
Not published..
Not published
Not published
Not published
i Not published
i Not published
! Not published
Press release to trade papers *
Special statement
Not published
Car Surplusages and Shortages *
Information Bulletin *
Financial papers

,.

Not published

Purchases and sales of paper
Production and stocks of zinc
Anthracite shipments and stocks
Knit underwear production

Not published.
Press release to trade papers *
I Statement of anthracite shipments *.
j Monthly report *

New life insurance business
Premium collections
Cape Cod Canal traffic

\ Not published
! Not published
| Not published

Receipts of wool at Boston

j Trade papers

* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.

7th of month.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Third week of month.
Quarterly.

15th of month.
15th of month.
Monthly.

.j Daily.

i Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.

61
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.

DATE OF PUBLICATION.

II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
(Excluding Individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations.)
Fabricated structural steel sales before April, No longer published
1922.
Summary of operating statistics
Number of tons carried 1 mile
Average receipts per ton-mile
Not published
Passengers carried 1 mile
Summary of operating statistics
Railway employment
Not published
Locomotives in bad order
Not published
Per cent of earnings on valuation
Not published
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION... Redwood lumber production, etc
Not published
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE Sugar pine lumber production, etc
N ot published
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS

ASSOCIATION.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CHILDS CO
CLEVELAND TRUST CO
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL
MARITIME DE SUEZ.
CONTAINER CLUB
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION, INC.
F. W. DODGE CORP
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT.
ENAMELED SANITARY MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION.
FEDERATION OF IRON AND STEEL

MANUFACTURERS (British).

FELT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION...
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANGE..
FIRE EXTINGUISHER EXCHANGE
FOUNDRY
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
HAFFARDS, G. M., & Co
HYDRAULIC SOCIETY
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
IOWA-NEBRASKA CANNERS' ASSOCIATION.
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION.
LEATHER BELTING EXCHANGE
MAPLE FLOORING MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, LTD
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. LOUIS. .

Trade papers
Monthly report
N ot published currently
Le Canal de Suez

J 5th, 15th, and 25th of month.

Production of paper box board through April,
1923.
Credit conditions
Milk deliveries to milk plants

N ot published

j

Credit
Not published..
Statement on Building Statistics.
Weekly press release
Not published

; Weekly.

Building statistics—Contracts awarded
Detroit factory employment
Enameled sanitary ware
British iron and steel production

,




I Daily.
Monthly.

Monthly.

Trade papers

Roofing felt production, stocks, etc
Fino cotton goods production and sales..
Shipments of fire extinguishers
Foundry equipment production

Not published
Trade papers
N ot published

Fall River Mill dividends
Hydraulic machinery shipments, etc
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc.
Unsold stock of sweet corn

Bradstreets
Not published
Not published
Weekly report *

Second week of month.
,
Monthly.
Quarterly.
j Weekly.
Weekly.

Turpentine and rosin receipts
i Naval Stores Review..
Consumption and Stocks of Lake Superior Iron | Monthly report*
,
Ore.
|
Sales of leather belting
| Monthly report (not published)
Not published
Maple flooring production, etc

Brass faucets, orders and shipments

Canadian Building Review
Receipts and snipments at St. Louis
N ot published
Not published

Weekly.

Button stocks, activity, etc

Weekly report
Not published in form used.

Production of paper box board through April,
1923.

Not published

Agricultural pumps

Business conditions
Reserve).
Not published

Steel furniture shipments

Monthly.
j 3d of month.
j
!

Monthly statements
N ot published in form used.
Not published

Chair shipments and unfilled orders

(Chicago

Federal

Sheet-metal production and stocks

Not published

1913 figures for active textile machinery

No longer published

Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Glass bottle production index

Traffic bulletin * (production figures not
published).
Not published

Production of paper box board since April, 1923 Not published
Monthly press release.
Cost of living
Paving-brick production, etc
Monthly report

Department store trade (see Fed. Res. Bd)
Production of wool alcohol and acetate of lime.
Rice distribution through New Orleans
Cotton receipts into sight
Canadian newsprint production, etc
U. S. newsprint data since June, 1923
N E W YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR E X . . . Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
N E W YORK METAL EXCHANGE
S tocks of tin
N E W YORK TRUST COMPANY
Indexes of stock and bond prices
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION.. North Carolina pine, production, etc
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD Hemlock and hardwood lumber production,
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
etc.
NORTHERN PINE MANUFACTURERS' Northern pine lumber and lath
ASSOCIATION.
OAK FLOORING MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION . . .
OPTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSO
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO
PENSACOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
PREPARED ROOFING MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
PULLMAN COMPANY

Monthly.

Wheat, corn and oats, receipts, etc
Restaurant sales
Automobile production, monthly, January,
1920, to June, 1921.
Suez Canal traffic

Canadian building contracts
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
Mississippi River traffic
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFACTUR- Hardwood and softwood lumber, production
ERS' ASSOCIATION
and shipments.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . Linseed oil and oil-cake shipments
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CASE GOODS Unfilled orders and shipments of furniture

ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUTTON
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIR MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRUGATED AND FIBER BOX MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET AND
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOL
M ANUF ACTURE RS.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
NATIONAL BOTTLE MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL CONTAINER CLUB
NAT. INDUS. CONFERENCE BOARD
NATIONAL PAVING BRICK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSO..
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL ASSO
N E W ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
N E W ORLEANS COTTON E X C H A N G E . . . .
N E W S PRINT SERVICE BUREAU

Monthly.

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Not published
Monthly report
Monthly report
Monthly bulletin
Monthly bulletin
Monthly statement
Trade papers
The Index
Not published
Not published

Monthly

Second week of month.

21st of month.
Monthly.
First week of month.
First week of month
First week of month.
First week of month.
Monthly.

Not published

Oak flooring, production, etc

Not published

Ohio foundry Iron production
Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
Stockholders in the company
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Milk receipts at Philadelphia
Cement paving contracts
Shipments of prepared roofing

Monthly report * (not published)
Not published
Financial papers
Naval Stores Review
Not published
Concrete Highway Magazine
Not published

Not published.
Pullman passenger traffic.
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.

Quarterly.
Weekly.
Monthly.

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SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.

II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined wit/i other firms or trade associations.)
REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
RICE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION
ROPE PAPER SACK MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RUBBER GROWERS'ASSOCIATION
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION OF STAIE
OF NEW YORK.
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
SOUTHERN
FURNITURE
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
STEEL BARREL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
STEEL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY
STOKER MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
STRUCTURAL STEEL SOCIETY
TANNERS' COUNCIL
TUBULAR PLUMBING GOODS ASSOCIATION.
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION.
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION

UNITED TYPOTIIETAE OF AMERICA...
WALDORF SYSTEM, INC
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
WEBBING
MANUFACTURERS'
EXCHANGE.
WESTERN
PINE
MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.

Fire-clay brick production, etc
Silica brick production, etc
Rice receipts, stocks, etc
Shipments of rope paper sacks

Not published...
Not published...
Monthly report..
Not published...

Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material....
Rubber stocks in England,
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Savings banks deposits in New York State
Raw silk consumption, etc
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Yellow pine production and stocks
Steel barrel shipments, orders, etc
Sales of steel castings
Sales of stokers through December, 1922
Sales of fabricated structural steel
Leather production through May, 1922
,
Tubular plumbing sales

Monthly reports (not published)
Bulletin of Rubber Growers Association... Monthly.
Weekly.
Naval Stores Review
Not published

Milk production, Minnesota

Not published

Unfilled orders
Earnings
Stockholders
Wages of common labor
Printing activity
Restaurant sales
Douglas fir lumber production, etc

Press release *
Press release *
Financial papers
Special reports *
Typothetae Bulletin
Monthly press release *
Not published

Monthly press release to trade papers *.
Not published in form used

5th of month.

Not published in form used
Monthly reports * (not published)
Not published
No longer published
Not published
Not published
Semi weekly reports

Sales of elastic webbing

Not published

Western pine lumber production, etc

Not published

10th of month.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
Monthly.

DATE OF PUBLICATION.

SOURCE.

Ill—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS.
AMERICAN METAL MARKET.
T H E ANNALIST
,
THE BOND BUYER.
BRADSTREET'S

BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE
CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING .
COAL AGE
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Dow,

JONES & Co. (WALL STREET

JOURNAL).

DUN'S REVIEW
ELECTRICAL WORLD
ENGINEERING AND MINING

JOURNAL-PRESS.

ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD.
FINANCIAL POST
FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG
HAY TRADE JOURNAL
IRON AGE
IRON TRADE

REVIEW.

LONDON ECONOMIST
LUMBER
MANUFACTURERS' RECORD..
MILK REPORTER
MODERN MILLER
NAVAL STORES REVIEW
NEUE ZURICHEB ZEITUNG
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.
NEW YORK EVENING POST.
NORTHWESTERN MILLER
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER.
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS' INK
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL NEWS
STATISTICAL SUGAB TRADE JOURNAL.
SVENSK HANDELSTIDNING




Composite pig iron and steel prices
New York stock sales
New York closing stock prices
Foreign exchange rates, 1914 to 1918
State and municipal bond issues
Munlcipslbond yields
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings, United States and Canada..
Wholesale price index
Business failures, Canada
Price index for France
Chemical priceindex
Mine price of bituminous coal
Cotton (visible supply)
,
Interest rates
,
Mail order and chain store sales
New corporate securities
New York bond sales and prices
Mexican petroleum shipments
Business failures
Wholesale price index
Sales of electrical energy, central stations
Rand gold production
Silver prices
Construction cost and volume index
,
Canadian bond issues
Price index for Germany
Hay receipts
Pig-iron production
,
Composite finished steel price
Iron and steel prices
„
,
Railway freight car orders
,
Price index for United Kingdom
Price indices of lumber
Southern construction
Southern bond issues
Milk receipts at Greater New York
Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn..
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks
Price index for Switzerland
Dividend and interest payments
,
New capital issues and new corporations
Fire 1 osses
,
Newspaper advertising
,
Flaxseed, receipts, etc
Argentine grain shipments
Wheat flour production for 1917
Price indices of drugs, oils, etc.
Argentine shipments and supply of flaxseed
Mexican petroleum shipments
,
Magazine advertising
,
Book production
,
Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics.,
Price index for Sweden
,
Multigraphed or mimeographed.

O

First or second week of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Second or third weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Last issue of month.
First week of month (dally).
20th of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month.
Weekly (Thursdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Fridays).
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
First weekly issue of month (Thursdays).
10th of month.
First weekly issue of month (Fridays).
Monthly.
Monthly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly (Saturdays).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
10th of month (daily).
Not published.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
10th of month (monthly).
Second week of month.
Third week of month.
Weekly compilation (daily).
Weekly (Fridays).