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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
AS OF
JANUARY 1, 1922
No. 6
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF: THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF FOREIGI^AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
CONTENTS.
Page.
Page.
reiiminary summary for January (text)
immary for December (text and diagrams)
rend of business movements (summary table)
etailed tables:
Textiles (tables 1 to 9)
Metals (tables 10 to 17)
Fuels (tables 18 to 21)
Paper, rubber, automobiles, glass (tables 22 to 28)
Hides and leather (tables 29 to 34)
Building construction and materials (tables 35 to 44)
Food products, tobacco, and chemicals (tables 45 to 61)...
Detailed tables—Continued.
Foreign exchange and trade of the United States (tables
62 to 67)
92
Transportation (tables 68 to 74)
98
Distribution movement (tables 75 to 79)
105
Labor and price indices (tables 80 to 86)
HO
Banking and finance (tables 87 to 96)
116
Trade of foreign countries (tables 97 to 114)
126
i44
Sources of data
Index
147
5
7
18
34
42
50
54
60
66
76
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INTRODUCTION.
The January number of the SURVEY is the first
regular quarterly issue giving detailed figures for all
items. This number is of special interest, because,
for the majority of items, it gives the monthly movement for the whole of 1921. The items in the detailed
tables have been rearranged and the footnotes have
been expanded. In response to requests from several
sources, blank lines for the first three months of 1922
have been added to each table. This will enable those
who care to do so to enter such new figures as they
are interested in as soon as they appear.
The text has been separated into two parts, the
first being a preliminary survey for January, 1922,
based on reports of current conditions received by
the Department of Commerce. The second part is a
statistical summary for the month of December, 1921,
and points out the trends as shown by the actual
statistics reported in this bulletin.
In the large summary table entitled uTrend of.
Business Movements" (pp. 18 to 31) index numbers
are given for the current months instead of percentage changes, as in the preceding issues. These
index numbers enable comparisons to be made
directly with preceding periods or with other months.
The detailed tables which make up the bulk of this
number give, for each item, both numerical data
and index numbers covering the last two years by
months, and show monthly averages for the nine
years, 1913 to 1921, so far as such data are available.
The list of sources of information, pages 144 to
146, has been expanded to indicate the exact source
and publication, if any, from which the various data
are taken. The usual time of appearance of each
set of data is also indicated wherever possible.
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The alphabetical index, pages 147 to 149, will enable the reader to find readily the items in which he
is interested.
USE OF INDEX NUMBERS.
For the benefit of those readers who did not receive
the earlier numbers of the SURVEY it may not bo
out of place to point out the advantage of index
numbers as a rapid method of gaining a bird's-eye
view of the trend of business. For this purpose
reference may be made to the second item in the large
table on page 18, viz—the imports of unmanufactured wool. The index number for December, 1921,
is 99, which shows at once that imports of this commodity were 1 per cent less in December than the
average monthly imports for 1913, the base period.
The index number for November, 1921, was 87,
so that there was a considerable increase in the last
month over November. The final column of the
table shows that this increase amounted to 14.4 per
cent. The index number for wool imports in October
was only 72. This, together with the index numbers for the two succeeding months (87 and 99,
respectively), show that this movement has been
increasing, although it is still below the prewar average. The September, 1921, index number was 115j
indicating that for that month imports of wool were
15 per cent above the 1913 average. In November
and December, 1920, wool imports were 97 and 106,
respectively. From a study of these figures it is
possible to obtain a clear idea of the trend in each
industrial movement.
COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOOD PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
WITH INDEX OF ALL COMMODITIES AT WHOLESALE*
(CT. S. Department of Labor Index.)
1916
290
J F M A M
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY FOR JANUARY.
Trade reports indicate that, although actual business did not show any great increase in January, there
was a continued improvement in fundamental conditions. A spirit of optimism prevails in practically
every industry. I t is believed in trade channels that,
as soon as the period of inventory and tax adjustments has passed, there will be renewed activity.
This was already evident toward the end of the month.
In the following paragraphs there is given a brief
summary of reports reaching this department on trade
conditions during January:
IRON AND STEEL.
The operation of steel plants underwent little
change in January from that obtaining at the close of
1921. No definite trend in blast-furnace production
has been evident. Pig iron and ferroalloys have
been purchased for immediate needs only.
Semifinished and finished steel markets have been
relatively dull, with business done in moderate quantities, except in the case of sheets and tin plate, which
continue active. Sheet mills in the Pittsburgh district are operating above 70 per cent of capacity,
while tin-plate mills are running at about 90 per cent.
Pipe demand has been quiet, but Pittsburgh mills are
said to have sufficient tonnage on their books to warrant operation at about 75 per cent of normal capacity.
Completion of consumers' inventories has not yet run
its course, which fact has retarded the boom expected
in the early part of this year.
Export trade has continued fairly active, with
Japan the leading buyer in the lighter products, such
as black sheets, tin plate, and wire products.
TEXTILES.
Very little change has occurred in the textile business. There has been, in general, no improvement
in booking new business for mill production in cotton,
wool, and silk, though here and there a fair business
is being conducted.
Reductions in prices by the American Woolen Co.
in its opening of fall lines and the settlement of the
New York garment workers' strike lent a tone of encouragement to the trade.
AUTOMOBILES.
Little actual business of importance in the automobile trade is to be expected in January; however, the
interest which has been evident at the shows speaks
well for the spring trade. Prices have been reduced
to approximately prewar values, while manufacturers
are competing with each other to bring out better and
longer-lived cars.
FUELS.
Bituminous coal production in the second week of
January reached the highest point since late in
November and was above the level of any week of
1921, except the very beginning of the year and the
temporary rise in October, caused by apprehension
over a railroad strike. Production of anthracite coal
has also increased from the December depression.
Latest statistics at hand on the petroleum industry
indicate a steady increase in the daily average production during the first half of January.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS.
The amount of contracts awarded in January, 1922,
is running about 20 per cent below December, 1921.
This is usual for this season, when building operations
are slowed up by weather conditions. In addition,
the amount of contracts awarded during the last
months of 1921 was fairly large, and uncertainty in
regard to prices of certain building materials, and in
some cases in regard to wages in the building trades,
does not encourage prospective builders to place their
orders far ahead of the time when construction can
begin.
HIDES AND LEATHER.
The opening of the year finds the hide and leather
industry stabilized by a return of reasonable confidence. While the early part of January was marked
by seasonal quietness, there are indications all along
the line of better trade conditions than (hiring the
past year.
Although hide markets have been dull and not
much business has been transacted, the tone has been
firm, with a general anticipation of higher price levels
in the near future. It is the feeling of the trade that
both leather buyers and tanners, with few exceptions,
are carrying stocks which will be inadequate to meet
any reasonable expansion in their orders. By the
middle of January the leather market became more
active, accompanied by a noticeable increase in inquiry for all classes of leather.
The outlook in the boot and shoe industry reflects
greater optimism than has prevailed for many months.
A fair volume of orders for staple and medium lines
has been received in all districts.
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Building material producers have the capacity to
meet a fairly large demand, and are generally prepared to do so, as the need for new construction has
been well advertised. In slow-moving commodities,
however, there are always likely to be temporary or
local shortages accompanied by price flurries.
The building material market during January
shows decreases in the price of lime and glass at producing points, and there were further decreases in the
price of cement at different points.
Of interest to building-material men were the hearings granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission late in January in regard to railroad rates on
lumber, brick, cemeilt, sand, gravel, lime, gypsum,
and other building materials. It is not probable that
the Interstate Commerce Commission will be able to
take any action on these hearings before March.
RUBBER.
Tire production in large and small factories in the
last month has shown that the level to which the
industry reduced its activities in September and
October is as low as will be reached. There have even
been distinct signs of recovery from the seasonal declines made in those months. Spring dating orders
have been satisfactory. The stocks are low, and, with
the continually increasing number of automobiles in
operation, the business of the tire manufacturers is
expected to increase until the summer maximum is
reached.
A better tone is apparent in the mechanical rubber
goods end of the industry, due somewhat to the better
situation in other manufacturing lines which enables
them to buy equipment more freely.
Reduction in rubber footwear prices is encouraging
dealers, most of whose stocks are low, to fill out their
lines, and, as a result, the situation promises greater
activity for the footwear factories.
FOODSTUFFS.
The grain market, which started under some depression the first week of January, has gradually improved. The principal depressing factors were an increase in the official wheat estimate of 54,000,000
bushels, due to revision of acreage on the basis of
census figures, offerings of new Argentina wheat under
United States prices, and a rather slow export demand. On the other hand, the poor condition of the
winter wheat crop, both in this country and Europe,
with continued winter drought, has had a sustaining
effect. The taking of corn for Russian relief, while
not a large factor, has helped the corn market. Flour
production continues low, less than 1,900,000 barrels
a week, which is considerably below the normal rate
of consumption.
The live-stock market for January has been characterized by receipts 25 to 30 per cent smaller than for
the same period a year ago and a general strengthening of the market. Sheep and mutton have both increased in price since the first of January, while hog
prices are also up. Cattle and beef prices have shown
a smaller increase.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
There has been no change in business conditions
affecting the implements industry since the depression
began, the principal obstacle in the way of a resumption of business being the inability of the farmers as a
class to finance their requirements. Little recovery
is looked for until there is a readjustment of freight
rates and a more equitable relationship between the
prices received by the farmer for his product and
the prices which he must now pay for commodities
required by him. However, the industry has passed
through the worst phase of the depression, the hindrances are gradually weakening in their resistance,
and from week to week there becomes evident an improvement that is slowly but surely leading back to
normal.
ELECTRICAL GOODS.
Sales of electrical goods show a continued slow improvement generally in the Central and the Western
states; in the Eastern states business is quite dull,
but, taking the country as a whole, conditions indicate
an upward trend. Stocks carried over by jobbers are
shown by recent inventories to be moderate.
Apparatus lines have probably shown the least
activity in the domestic market, though current business is said to compare well with .that of recent weeks.
Supply lines are moving slowly, with indications
pointing to greatly increased activity shortly as new
building operations are undertaken. Household appliance lines of all kinds seem to be moving well.
Dealers are buying freely to fill up broken lines after
the holiday rush. Lamps are selling well in the East
with less activity in the West.
On the whole, the trade regards conditions as quite
satisfactory for this time of the year.
HARDWARE AND OFFICE APPLIANCES.
Sales of hardware for the whole country are reported
as fair for this time of the year, although certain
districts state that there is little activity in the wholesale market. In general, however, conditions seem
satisfactory. Prices on many lines of goods carried
in the hardware trade have declined to the point
where no further reduction can be expected, and
consumers are, therefore, more willing to buy.
Sales of office furniture and appliances have shown
no marked increase during January, although the
trade is improving in certain districts. Reports indicate that buyers are in a more receptive mood, thougn
placing orders rather slowly.
SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER.
The month, of December, figures for which are now
available, showed a further decline in industrial activity, continuing the movement noticed in November
after .the October spurt. In some lines this slowing
down was seasonal, but the wide range covered by
the production declines and the evidence of somewhat greater unemployment of labor showed that the
country as a whole was facing a reaction from the
fall boom.
The big seasonal feature of December business
activities that is watched as an indication of purchasing power—the holiday retail trade—showed an
increase over 1920 in most lines, but the industrial
activity which had produced these goods had already
taken place several months before.
32 commodities for which this comparison is available,
only seven—wheat flour, cottonseed oil, yellow pine
lumber, cigarettes, petroleum, woolens, and oak flooring—gained in production over 1920, and only six—
wheat flour, cottonseed oil, cement, petroleum, electric
power, and oak flooring—showed a greater production
than in 1919, although face brick and anthracite coal
equaled the 1919 figures. Also only six commodities—
cement, woolens, oleomargarine, petroleum, cigarettes,
and oak flooring—were produced in,greater quantity
in 1921 than in 1913.
DIAGRAM 1.—COMPARISON OF P R E S E N T PRODUCTION WITH
PREWAR.
(Relative production of 1913=-100.)
100
INDEX NUMBERS
200
PRODUCTION.
Many lines of industry showed a considerable slackening of production during December. The exceptions to this trend were pig iron, zinc, sole leather,
by-product coke, oak flooring, silica brick, petroleum,
oleomargarine, electric power, mechanical wood pulp,
and newsprint paper. As compared with these 11 increases there were 20 decreases from November recorded.
But the picture is not quite so dark when it is
realized that, of the commodities for which December
1921, figures are now available, even a smaller number
showed an increase in December, 1920. Bituminous
and anthracite coal, sole leather, petroleum, electric
power, mechanical wood pulp, and newsprint paper
were the only ones to gain in that month.
W H E A T FLOUR
BEEF PRODUCTS
PORK PRODUCTS
OLEOMARGARINE
WOOL
(CONSUMPTION)
COTTON
(CONSUMPTION)
BITUMINOUS
COAL
ANTHRACITE
COAL
COMPARISON OF PRESENT PRODUCTION WITH PREWAR.
BEEHIVE
COKE
RELATIVE 1'RODUCTION (1913=100).
BY-PRODUCT
COKE
Maxi- Mini- 1920, 1921,
mum mum aver- aver- Nov.. Dec., Nov., Dec.,
1920. 1920. 1921. 1921.
in
in
1920. 1921. age. age.
FOODSTUFFS:
Wheat flourl
Beef products
Pork products 2
Oleomargarine
116
108
175
308
65
88
87
64
84
121
111
253
166
123
74
76
124
117
132
109
74
71
78
152
92
132
113
271
81
108
137
201
101
113
118
148
211
135
93
69
69
60
61
163
*109
159
106
85
95
17
128
98
59
132
109
54
189
1S7
188
90
90
17
167
182
77
78
17
176
203
115
124
79
115
106
110
71
138
55
78
21
73
CRUDE *
PETROLEUM
64
67
85
262
73
231
63
82
84
STEEL I N G O T 8
CLOTHING:
Wool (consumption)
Cotton (consumption)
FUELS:
Bituminous coal..
Anthracite coal
Beehive coke
By-product coke..
Crude petroleum
193
121
171
116
97
62
242
181
132
155
90
167
34
38
16
50
118
135
83
138
54
66
229
53
64
109
161
107
186
110
94
116
254
119
349
114
73
231
68
105
287
90
90
327
87
106
272
54
80
217
48
98
326
83
Q
METALS:
Pigiron
Steel ingots.
Copper
Zinc..
62
BUILDING MATERIALS:
Cement
Oak flooring
TOBACCO:
Cigars
....
Cigarettes
Manufactured tobacco
1
2
E2S3382 MINIMUM 1931
NOVEMBER, 1921
DECEMBER, 1921
ZINC
76
OAK FLOORING
CIGARS
Relative to 1914.
As represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
CIGARETTES
Now that the full year's figures are completed for
the great majority of industries, it is possible to compare 1921 production with previous years. Out of
W//////A MAXIMUM 1020
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MANUFACTURED
TOBACCO
* 1920 AVERAGE
8
COURSE OF PRODUCTION SINCE 1919.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION (3919=100).!
RELATIVE PRODUCTION (191&-100).»
Maxi- Minimum mum 1920, 1921, Nov., Dec., Nov.,
since since aver1920. 1920. 1921.
snd of end of age.
1919.
1919.
Maxi- Mini1920 1921
mum
aver- aver- Nov.,
since
end of age. age. 1920.
end of
1919. 1919.
Dec.,
1921.
CONSTRUCTION:
FOODSTUFFS:
114
51
82
270
21
265
*73
87
95
79
64
49
70
57
42
72
102
115
91
100
89
29
101
135
103
125
123
137
114
113
137
96
124
141
115
94
101
30
84
120
131
112
115
112
99
87
106
99
89
74
56
70
26
55
67
67
58
40
26
7
20
90
92
93
104
103
100
76
101
114
126
95
57
42
63
109
88
113
137
127
134
141
119
63
74
11
61
104
98
98
101
121
110
122
117
123
113
132
140
113
126
34
34
21
38
119
121
104
105
CLOTHING:
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
Bololeather
FUELS:
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
Beohivecoko
By-product coke
Crude petroleum
Gasolino
Electric power
METALS:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Zinc
107
87
98
98
101
94
69
110
349
20
134
109
151
147
126
349
121
Wheat flour
Beef products
Pork products
Sugar (meltings)
Olemargarino 2
Cottonseed oil
Condensed milk
92
62
165
47
87
82
90
78
86
202
112
93
Yellow pine
Douglas fir
California redwood
Western pine
Oak flooring
Silica brick
Facebrick
Cement
Buildings (contracted for)
Vessels completed
Ill
118
144
119
173
130
121
157
113
79
94
102
122
119
106
106
100
125
72
67
128
116
119
112
114
132
143
138
Newsprint
All other paper
Mechanical wood pulp
Chemical wood pulp
124
73
116
75
111
98
139
57
168
33
101
133
82
18
102
21
173
34
85
98
76
13
30
50
113
80
57
86
64
50
105
96
79
107
98
115
116
109
80
121
97
91
108
90
101
94
100
101
94
104
123
106
GLASS:
Bottles
80
91
144
1921.
41
61
84
94
PAPER:
133
1920. 1921.
110
121
109
117
TOBACCO:
Cigars
Cigarettes
Manufactured tobacco
79
"*66"
123
40
100
122
70
30
Bee, Nov., Dec.,
48
96
96
91
57
i The 1913 relatives have hero been calculated on a 1919 basd, as many more commodities can be compared on this basis,
a As represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
3 Latest month available, September.
DIAGRAM 2*—COUIISE OF PRODUCTION SINCE 1919.
(Relative production of 1919-100.)
INDEX NUMBERS
100
WHEAT FLOUR
BEEF PRODUCTS
PORK PRODUCTS
SUGAR (MELTINGS)
OLEOMARGARINE
COTTONSEED OIL
CONDENSED MILK
COTTON (CONSUMPTION)
WOOL (CONSUMPTION)
SOLE LEATHER
ANTHRACITE COAL
BITUMINOUS COAL
BEEHIVE COKE
BY-PRODUCT COKE
CRUDE PETROLEUM
GASOLINE
ELECTRIO POWER
PIG tRON
STEEL INGOTS
COPPER
ZINC
YELLOW PINE
DOUGLAS
CALIFORNIA
WESTERN PINE
OAK FLOORING
8 I U C A BRICK
FACE BRICK
CEMENT
BUILDINGS (CONTRACTED)
VESSELS COMPLETED
CIGAR
CIGARETTES
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO
NEWSPRINT
ALL OTHER PAPER
MECHANICAL WOOD PULP
CHEMICAL WOOD PULP
CLASS B0TTL£8
M A X I M U M SINCE END OF ISIS
' W K S - a LATEST MONTH |»I8 NOV. OR DEC.
ZZZZZ2 M I N I M U M SINCE E N D OF 1819
*
M I N I M U M SINCE JUS SAME AS DEC. PRODUCTION
MOVING MONTHLY AVERAGE PRODUCTION.
The actual trend of an industrial movement can
often be seen more clearly if plotted in the form of a
moving average. In Diagram 3, page 9, there are
shown the moving monthly average consumption
of cotton and wool by textile mills and the moving
monthly average of pig-iron production. The curves
have been plotted on scales which permit of direct
comparison among the three movements. The percentage scale in the diagram represents per cents of
the approximate maximum monthly movement of
each item.
The figures plotted are 12-month moving monthly
averages. The first point plotted on the left repre-.
sents the monthly average for the period from February 1, 1919, to January 31, 1920. The next point
gives the average for the 12 months from March 1,
1919, to February 29, 1920, etc.
These curves eliminate all seasonal influence, because each average covers all four seasons. From
the nature of their computation it follows that, whenever the figures for the current month are less than
those for the corresponding month of a year ago, the
curve will be downward, and vice versa.
I t will be noted that the curves for cotton and wool
consumption show a certain similarity. In each
instance the moving average reached its maximum in
the middle of 1920. The minimum was reached in
May, 1921, in the case of wool, and in August for cotton consumption. Since then both curves have
shown a rapid upward movement, indicating that the
mill consumption in recent months has been greater
than in the corresponding months of last year.
Pig-iron production, on the other hand, continued
to increase throughout 1920. The moving average
did not reach its maximum until December, 1920, and
at the end of 1921 had not yet passed the minimum
point. If production continues to increase at the
rate shown in recent months, the moving average
should begin to turn upward in February; in other
words, by that time current production would exceed that of the corresponding month last year.
DIAGRAM 3.—MOVING MONTHLY AVERAGE PRODUCTION OP PIG
IRON, AND CONSUMPTION OF WOOL AND COTTON.
I
1920
tion of stocks of commodities. Outside of declines in
six food commodities, most of which are seasonal,
the only decreases thus far reported in December
were in zinc, oak flooring, and silica brick, while cotton stocks were almost the same as in November.
On the other hand, increases occurred in the stocks of
17 commodities.
Of ten commodities whose December reports can
be compared with 1913, there were eight increasesfour over 100 per cent—and two very slight decreases
from the prewar average.
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES COMPARED WITH P R E W A R .
1921
si E§ l i S i«Sh
RELATIVE STOCKS (1913-100).
as
of
5s
£
<£s;
r3.5OT6OO-r76.O-r-IOD
•3.15- -540--67.
1920
1921
average. average.
Wheat (visible).
Corn (visible)...
Coffee
Cotton
Crude petroleum
Zinc...
Tin
Oak flooring
Cement *
Tobacco
-90
\
/
f
2,80- -480* 60.0
-80
A
1
/
i
L
>
\
f
2.45- -420- -52.6- —70
Maximum
since
1919.
\
\
\
\
*
Beef products
Pork products
Lamb and mutton
Sugar(raw)
Cottonseed oil
Wheat (visible)
Corn (visible)
Butter
Cheese.;
Eggs
Coffee
Apples
27
38
31
44
23
28
108
11
35
1
101
12
70
97
183
110
127
89
174
89
99
82
146
227
43
84
324
157
158
93
622
81
79
101
145
164
42
30
674
90
277
123
175
120
103
45
146
389
368
33
43
89
80
187
181
528
117
111
107
112
136
136
106
Cotton (total).. . .
61
86
95
119
122
1 83
135
96
136
1104
Anthracite coal (producers—Government survey)3
Bituminous coa 1 (Government survey) 3
Crude petroleum
Gasoline
30
518
55
74
167
169
31
101
61
. .
247
528
72
130
......
143
277
115
181
240
102
59
81
107
102
175
122
143
138
71
65
55
64
92
METALS:
Zinc
Tin
..
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS:
-20
Yellow pine
Oak flooring
Silica brick
Face brick
Cement4...,...
PAPER:
10- -7.5-
Newsprint
All other paper
Mechanical wood pulp
Chemical wood pulp
-10
TOBACCO ftotal)
0—i
. *
•
1 Oct. 1.
2 NOV. 1
0
STOCKS.
In general, the decreased productive activity in
industry during December resulted in an accumula-
1919.
Minim u m 1920, 1921, Nov., Dec., Nov., Dec.,
since aver- aver- 1920. 1920. 1921. 1921.
1919. age. age.
FUELS:
-.35
204
323
85
223
175
104
92
242
100
127
124
129
928
276
321
184
1 024
174
156
186
177
391
CLOTIUNG:
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200
217
09
223
168
105
71
232
81
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FOODSTUFFS:
1.75- -300- -37.5 —50
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1921.
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154
255
89
196
151
195
127
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131
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109
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183
253
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Dec.,
1920.
132
59
65
810
104
201
128
153
88
88
10
139
35
50
76
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167
184
787
98
88
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139
311
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106
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111
98
160
105
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212
231
172
292
100
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179
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178
167
127
101
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129
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153
193
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84
154
141
206
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163
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116
145
99
159
173
120
151
93
181
227
97
74
78
63
125
112
108
99
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88
97
105
100
107
102
117
192
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113
104
98
108
332
68
144
80
70
72
84
SO
75
80
SO
87
* Relative to January, 1919.
' Relative to stocks at end of 1919.
Comparing the 1921 yearly average of these same
26 commodities, it is seen that in only six cases—all
foodstuffs, except chemical wood pulp—were the aver-
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age stocks less than the 1919 average, and only five
foodstuffs and tin—an imported commodity—showed
a decline from 1920. However, the condition at the
end of the year was quite different. Only 12 increases
over December, 1920, occurred in these 26 commodities, no change in two, and 12 declines.
DIAGUAM d . — C O U R S E OF COMMODITY STOCKS SINCE 1919.
(Kolative stocks of 1919=100.)
INDEX NUMBERS
400
600
BEEP PRODUCTS
800
[MO
FOODSTUFFS
PORK PRODUCTS
(.AMD AND MUTTON
SUC2AR. RAW
COTTONSEED OIL
WHEAT (VISIBLE)
CORN (VISIBLE)
flUTTER
CHEESE
EOGS
COFFEE
APPLES
COTTON (TOTAL)
WOOL (COMMERCIAL)
ANTHRACITE COAL
SITUMINOUS COAL
CRUDE PETROLEUM
GASOLINE
ZINC
TIN
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
YELLOW PINE
OAK FLOORING
SILICA BRICK
FACE BRICK
CEMENT
unchanged, while in Germany the continued inflation
of monetary standards drove prices up nearly 6 per
cent during the month. Canadian wholesale prices
increased in December, the first gain since the beginning of the decline from peak prices in May, 1920.
In the list of individual wholesale prices, given in
the table and chart on pages 32 and 33, farm prices
to the producer increased * in five cases and declined in four. Market prices of farm products advanced for seven commodities and only 3 declined—
hogs, cattle and barley. Only one increase—cottonseed oil—occurred among the food products, while
clothing items showed five increases and three decreases. Fuels had two declines against one gain, but
three metals increased, while one pig-iron quotation
declined. In the building material group there was
one increase and three declines. Rubber declined.
The principal percentage increases in December
were the advances of 37 and 21 per cent, respectively,
in the market prices of ewes and lambs, while tin increased 14 per cent. The chief declines were in raw
sugar and steel beams, each declining 9 per cent. Of
the 57 prices listed, 14 are below the 1913 average;
one more than in November. During December cattle
and steel beams each went below the 1913 average,
while wool went above it. Anthracite coal finally
came down from the maximum price, the last commodity to do so.
TEXTILES.
NEWSPRINT
ALL OTHER PAPER
MECHANICAL WOOD PULP
CHEMICAL WOOD PULP
TOBACCO (TOTAL)
XIMUM SINCE 1019
E 5 E 3 3 LATEST MONTH 1921 NOV. OR DEC.
l M I N I M U M SINCE 1019
• MAXIMUM SINCE 1919 SAME AS LATEST MONTH
PRICES.
Tlie retail food index declined two points in December and stood at exactly 50-per cent above the 1913
average. Other items in the cost of living also declined in December, except shelter and sundries, which
remained stationary. The total cost of living index
of the National Industrial Conference Board declined
two points.
The wholesale price index compiled by the Department of Labor showed no change in December.
Increases in building materials and sundries offset
slight declines.in other groups. A similar change
was evident in the sharp increase in forest products
in the Federal Keserve Board's grouping of this index,
while consumers' goods declined. The Federal Reserve Board's index for international price comparisons
declined two points, although an increase of three
points occurred in exported goods. Bradstreet's
index number showed no change in December.
Prices in England and France declined more than 2
per cent each in December, those in Italy remained
Activity of woolen mills, measured by hourly
activity of machinery, declined somewhat in December. Imports of raw wool continued to increase.
Prices in this industry tended toward equalization, the
prices of raw wool and yarns increased, but dress
goods and suitings exhibited no change.
DIAGRAM 5.—CONSUMPTION BY MILLS, AND IMPORTS OF WOOL.
1913 1914 (915 1916 1917 1913 1919 1920 192 . r f B
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
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Cotton ginnings up to January 16 were close to
8,000,000 bales, far below corresponding returns ij
previous years. Total stocks of cotton in the Unite
States at the end of December were about the same »
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in November, 1921, or December, 1920. Imports
of cotton continued to grow while exports again declined.
DIAGRAM 6.—EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OP COTTON.
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U. S. STEEL CORPORATION'S UNFILLED ORDERS.
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1921 season with total shipments less than half as
large as in 1920. Pig-iron production increased again
in December, but the output of' steel ingots declined.
There was little change either in our foreign trade in
iron and steel during December, or in the unfilled
orders of the United States Steel Corporation. Slight
declines occurred in iron and steel prices.
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advanced slightly, yarns and print cloths declined, and
sheetings advanced.
Imports of raw silk in December were very large.
Withdrawals of silk from tho warehouses continued
to decline. For tho year 1921, however, both imports and consumption were over 50 per cent larger
than in 1920. Stocks of silk began to accumulate
during December, and prices rose.
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Consumption by mills also declined, and for the complete year 1921, it was 7£ per cent less than for 1920.
Exports of cotton cloth underwent a sudden decline
of 25 per cent from November. Spindle activity in
December was the same as in November. Elasticwebbing sales declined slightly. Orders and production of knit goods declined in December; but shipments increased, and cancellations were much smaller
than in November.
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Sales of structural steel were 28 per cent less in
December than in November, and production of sheets
declined, stocks of sheets being also slightly less than
in November. Foundry-iron production in Ohio continued its decline, with a drop of 14 per cent, during
the month.
Copper production turned upward in November, and
exports of copper did likewise, but December exports
fell off again. The price of electrolytic copper made
a slight advance.
Zinc production increased slightly in December, and
there was an almost imperceptible decline in stocks.
Imports increased but were still negligible. Movement of zinc through St. Louis increased considerably,
and a slight advance was made in prices.
Imports and stocks of tin both increased about 29
per cent in December and were only slightly below the
1913 average. An advance of 13 per cent occurred in
the price of tin.
The movement of lead showed an increase of over
50 per cent as regards receipts at St. Louis and of 13
per cent in shipments. No change occurred in the
price of lead.
12
Stocks and exports increased. Prices of domestic
paper, especially spot prices, declined, while Canadian
December production of both bituminous and anthracite coal declined to only three-fourths of normal, prices increased slightly.
Printing activity increased somewhat in December
as against a better than normal production two
but purchases of paper and sales declined.
months previous. Slight increases occurred in the
output of beehive and by-product coke. Exports of
HIDES AND LEATHER.
coal and coke declined. Electric power production
Imports of hides and skins increased slightly in
increased in December and reached the highest point December, the chief gains being in calfskins. Stocks of
attained since January, 1920.
hides at the end of November were smaller than a
FUELS.
DIAGRAM 9.—PRODUCTION OP BITUMINOUS AND ANTHRACITE COAL,
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month previous and also very much smaller than a
year ago, when packer hides were held in much larger
quantities than at present. Prices of packer hides
advanced in December, but calfskins declined.
Leather production increased in December. Census
reports showed greater sole-leather production in
November than in October, but a smaller output of
upper leather. Stocks declined very slightly. December exports of sole leather were very small, but
upper leather held its own. No change occurred in
leather prices.
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BOOT AND SHOE PRODUCTION.
Exports of boots and shoes increased considerably
in December, but no change occurred in prices. The
*NTHRACTK
preliminary figures on the production of boots and
shoes in December, 1921, totaled 24,096,965 pairs, as
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1013 1014 10)6 1016 1017 1018 1010 1030 I
compared to 23,592,610 reported in November. Of
MONTHLY AVERAGE
the total for December 9,801,628 pairs, or 41 percent,
were manufactured in the New England states.
The production of crude petroleum increased
Through a clerical error the total production of
almost 11 per cent in December and made the highest
shoes reported by the 1919 Census of Manufactures
monthly figure for the year outside of May, 1921.
in the December SURVEY (NO. 5) did not include
Consumption and imports increased slightly and
slippers, athletic ; and all other shoes. The correct
stocks rose to the highest point since the Armistice.
total production of all kinds of footwear in 1919,
Shipments of crude oil from Mexico were very large
comparable with the present monthly classification,
in December. The price of crude petroleum increased
was 330,593,964 pairs. This makes a monthly
slightly. Gasoline production declined in November,
average production for 1919 of 27,549,497 pairs, of
and domestic consumption was greatly curtailed.
which 48 per cent were made in the New England
Stocks increased at the end of November. December
states. The detailed figures, by kinds of shoes, are
exports, of gasoline showed a decline of over 20 per
shown on page 60.
cent from November.
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CHEMICALS.
AUTOMOBILES.
Production of passenger cars declined one-third in
December, and trucks declined 21 per cent. Shipments
of automobiles in December were also very much less
than in November. Conditions in the accessory
field showed purchases, outstanding notes, and pastdue accounts all smaller than in November.
PAPER AND PRINTING.
Production and shipments of mechanical wood
pulp increased in December but those of chemical
pulp declined. Imports of mechanical pulp declined
while chemical showed a large increase. Stocks of
both kinds increased. Newsprint production and
shipments increased, but other classes declined.
Imports of potash increased in December, but very
much less nitrate of soda was imported. Considerable
decreases were shown in exports of all chemicals. The
wholesale price index numbers of the various groups all
rose during the month,
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.
. Although less infloorspace than in November, building contracted for in December was greater in value.
The difference was due to the large increase in the value
of residential buildings contracted for, in spite of »
small decline in volume. Total building in December
was almost double a year ago in value and almost
triple in volume. The building volume index increased 17 per cent over November. The indices of
13
building costs indicated a stabilization of prices in
December. Fire losses increased somewhat, but were
much less than a year ago.
DIAGRAM 10*—VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED, BY
CLASSES.
MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET
20
30
40
1919 MONTHLY
AVERAGE
southern pine declined, but no change occurred in
Douglas fir.
Production and shipments of fire-clay and silica
brick increased in December, but face brick declined.
Increased stocks occurred in fire-clay and face brick,
but stocks of silica brick declined. Face-brick orders
were slightly less than in November. Prices wero
irregular.
The production and shipments of cement declined,
as was to bo expected at this season, and stocks increased. Total cement production for 1921 was only
2 per cent less than for 1920, the record production
year.
CEREALS.
1 RESIDENTIAL
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SEMIPUBLIC
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
DIAGRAM 11.—RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF CEMENT AND LUMBER
AND SALES OF STRUCTURAL STEEL.
(Relative to 1919=100.)
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The final crop reports for 1921 showed that both the
winter and spring crops of wheat were below those of
1920, the total decline amounting to almost 40,000,000
bushels, or nearly 5 per cent. Exports of wheat flour
during December declined, and the visible supply increased slightly. The movement of wheat at the
terminal markets was less than in November, 1921,
or December, 1920. Wheat-flour production also declined from the previous month. The price of wheat
increased slightly, but flour declined.
The corn crop, as estimated in December, showed a
reduction of 150,000,000 bushels from the previous
year. . December exports of corn were more than
double the November exports, and the visible supply
increased almost 50 per cent. Receipts and shipments
regained the volume lost in November. Prices of corn
remained unchanged.
Production of oats, barley, and rye declined from
1920 in each case. December exports of oats and rye
were materially greater than those for November, but
a slump occurred in barley exports. Price increases
also occurred in oats and rye, while barley declined.
Total grain production for 1921 wassome660,000,000
bushels less than in 1920. Exports of all grain in
December were slightly larger than in November, but
almost one-third less than a year ago. Loadings of
grain in December were greater than either November,
1921, or December, 1920. For the year 1921 both exports and loadings of grain increased 26 per cent over
1920.
MEATS AND LIVE STOCK.
December movement of cattle exhibited the regular
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being very close to the previous December's figures.
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1921
1920
gradual rise. Production under Federal inspection as
Production in all classes of lumber except oak floor- well as consumption declined in November. Cattle
ing declined during December. The decline was espe- prices decreased again in December.
Receipts and shipments of hogs increased in Decemcially Violent in western pine. ; Shipments of all classes
ber, but slaughter declined. Exports increased somedeclined and stocks, where reported, increased. Exports of lumber increased considerably. Prices of what, but were far below December, 192G. Slaughter
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under inspection in November increased, but consumption declined. December prices declined slightly.
DIAGRAM 12.—INSPECTED SLAUGHTER, CONSUMPTION, AND COLDSTORAGE HOLDINGS OP B E E F PRODUCTS.
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Imports of raw sugar declined considerably in
December, but meltings showed only a slight decrease. Stocks of raw sugar were also less, but exports of the refined product were very large. Slight
declines occurred in prices, the declines becoming
smaller as the sugar approached the consumer.
The importation of coffee increased 22 per cent
during December; and the visible supply in the United
States rose, practically equaling the supply on hand a
year ago. Receipts of coffee in Brazil were larger, but
clearances were less. Imports of tea into the United
States continued to increase. .
DIAGRAM
14.—SEASONAL MOVEMENT
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COLD-STORAGE EGGS.
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Declines took place in every phase of the movement
of sheep and lambs in December, but not as great as
occurred a year ago. Storage holdings of lamb and
mutton declined, as contrasted with a rise to abnormal
heights a year ago. The prices of sheep rose sharply
during the month.
DIAGRAM 13.—INSPECTED SLAUGHTER,
CONSUMPTION, EXPORTS,
AND COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OV PORK PRODUCTS.
DIAGRAM 15.—SEASONAL MOVEMENT OF COLD-STORAGE CREAMER?
BUTTER.
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OTHER FOODSTUFFS.
. Exports of condensed milk increased about 23 per
cent in December* Market receipts of cheese declined, butter remained about stationary, but receipts of eggs increased. Cold-storage holdings of all
three products, especially eggs, showed seasonal declines. Wholesale prices of butter and cheese dropped.
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crease took place in clearances. Both entrances and
clearances of American vessels declined over 11 per
cent and were chiefly responsible for the lessened trade.
Ship construction continued on the down grade.
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FOREIGN TRADE, AND SHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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RAIL TRANSPORTATION.
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DEC.
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MONTHLY :
AVERAGE
TOBACCO.
The manufacture of tobacco products declined in
December to the minimum mark of the year. Exports of leaf tobacco were 33 per cent, larger than in
November. No changes occurred in prices.
Surplus of freight cars at the end of December increased almost to the peak point reached last March,
the increase being two-thirds of the November surplus.
Shortage of cars has been reduced to almost nothing.
The number of bad-order cars continued to be reduced.
- DIAGRAM 19.—SHORTAGE, SURPLUS, BAD-ORDER, AND TOTAL
LOADINGS OF FREIGHT OARS.
1,000
DIAGRAM 17.—RELATIVE PRODUCTION OP CIGARS, CIGARETTES,
AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO.
(Relative production 1913=100.)
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MONTHLY
AVERAGE
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WATER TRANSPORTATION.
A considerable decline took place in November in
the traffic through the Panama Canal, especially in
British vessels. Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie
Canal was very small in December on account of the
dosing o f navigation for the winter. Foreign trade in
"United States ports declined, although a small in-
1018
1919
MONTHLY
1920
AVERAGE
1921 .
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LABOR.
DIAGRAM 20.—IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION, AND IMMIGRATION
QUOTA.
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DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
Sales of mail-order houses and chain stores, more
especially the latter, increased in December on
account of the holiday trade. The holiday traffic
was also responsible for the rise of 23 per cent in postal
receipts. In all three of the above groups the volume
of sales was greater in December, 1921, than in
December, 1920. Magazine advertising, however,
showed a slump of 22 per cent from November.
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PUBLIC FINANCE.
The month of December saw a decline of almost 1 per
cent in the United States interest-bearing debt, part
of which occurred in Liberty and Victory bonds.
Customs receipts were large and Government expenditures continued to increase. Total ordinary receipts
were very large on account of the income-tax installment. Money in circulation declined somewhat in
November.
BANKING AND FINANCE.
The bank indicators of volume of business—debits
to individual accounts and bank clearings—made
perceptible increases during December, especially the
former, due in large measure to the holiday trade.
Federal Keserve Bank discounts continued to decline,
but note circulation increased slightly; reserves and
deposits showed slight increases also. The condition
of member banks of the Federal Reserve System
'showed a slight expansion in loans and discounts,
but a decline in deposits. Interest rates were almost
unchanged.
The December business failures made a high record
of several years for both number and liabilities.
Dividend and interest payments were larger than a
year ago, and an especially large increase occurred in
the issuance of new securities, both public and private.
New incorporations were the largest since last June.
November earnings of telephone companies declined
somewhat. Orders, indebtedness, and payments
reported for credit information all increased slightly
in December.
Prices of industrial stocks rose more than three
points on the average for December and approached
the prices prevailing a year ago. Railroad stocks
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The reduction in industrial activity during December
naturally resulted in a decline in the number of workers
employed. The United States employment index number for December fell to 8 per cent below January,
1921, and was the lowest mark of the year. More
favorable reports came from New York and Wisconsin, however, with no change in employment in
either state. Total pay roll in both states increased in
December, and the average weekly earnings in Wisconsin gained for the first time since August.
Immigration continued to decline slowly in November, while emigration was very much less. Postal
savings deposits continued in December the steady
decline in process throughout the year 1921.
N
DIAGRAM 21.—SALES OF MAIL-ORDER HOUSES AND CHAIN STORES^
AND POSTAL RECEIPTS.
OOT.
Car loadings declined 10 per cent and were equal to
the 1921 minimum reached last February and MarchNovember freight showed a marked decline in tonmileage.
November revenues of the railroads showed declines
below both September and October. Operating expenses also declined, but the net income was still considerably less than in either of the previous two months.
17
advanced slightly. Volume of sales of both stocks
and bonds increased, and bond prices rose two points,
industrials lagging behind the other groups. Municipal bond yields were reduced still further, to 4$ per
cent.
A decline of 39 per cent in gold imports featured
the movement in this commodity. Exports of silver
increased 49 per cent and exceeded imports for the
first time since September. The price of silver
declined in both this country and England.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Considerable increases occurred in the foreign
exchange rates in December. Most of the European
currencies made substantial gains, ranging from 3 to
almost 9 per cent, while the German mark increased
25 per cent, but was still only 2 per cent of its par
value. Swiss francs rose above par and became the
only currency selling at a premium in the United
States.
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FOREIGN TRADE.
The December foreign trade of the United States
exhibited a further contraction of the excess of
exports over imports. An almost imperceptible
increase in exports accompanied an increase of 13
per cent in imports. The chief increase in imports
came from Asia, mostly from Japan, but imports
from Germany were 25 per cent above November.
The gains in the export trade were to Asia and South
America.
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'
1931
The import trade of the United Kingdom decreased
4 per cent in December, while the export trade declined
6 per cent. The ratio between the two is now almost
the prewar relation, both being about one-third in
excess of the 1913 average. The only gain in imports
was in manufactured articles, while raw material
was the only export group to gain. Coal exports
increased 20 per cent, iron and steel and woolens
increased about 5 per cent, while cotton goods declined.
Production of steel ingots declined 13 per cent in
December, while pig-iron production remained stationary.
French foreign trade made a considerable gain in
December, both in exports and imports. All groups
showed good gains.
Canadian trade in December exhibited a decline
of almost 7 per cent in imports and less than 1 per
cent in exports. Large declines took place in the
exportation of canned salmon and cheese, but substantial increases occurred in wheat and paper*
Japanese trade in December showed a 20 per cent
increase in exports and a 5 per cent increase in imports.
The total trade for the year was approximately onethird less than in 1920—31 per cent less in imports
and 36 per cent less in exports.
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
corresponding 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:
November, 1921.—This column gives the November figures corresponding to those for December shown in the " December, 1921,"
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 October 1, 1921.
December^
on
ending December 31 <
the time of going'to press (Jan. 31).
Corresponding month, 1920, November or December.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous to those
in the "December, 1921," column (that is, generally, December, 1920), but where no figures were available for December, 1921,
the November, 1920, figures have been inserted in this column for comparison with the November, 1921, figures. In the case of
quarterly figures, this column shows the corresponding quarter of 1920.
Cumulative total through latest month.—These columns set forth, for those items that can properly be cumulated, the cumulative total
for the calendar years 1920 and 1921, respectively, except where December, 1921, figures are lacking, in which case these columns
contain the cumulative figures for 11 months only.
Percentage increase ( + ) or decrease (--) cumulative 1921 from 1920.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated total for
the calendar year 1921 (11 months in some cases), is greater (+) or less (—) than the total for the same period of 1920.
Base pear 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 prewar 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 ( + ) or decrease (—) December from November.—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease of the figures
for the last month compared with the preceding month.
All items shown in this table will also be found in the detailed tables in this bulletin. See index.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
19-21
Dec.,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
(+
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
J
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1920
1921
574,777
299,618
656,807 + 14.3
320,599 + 7.0
Percentage increase
1921
1920
(+)
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
or decrease
Nov. Dec.
Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
from
Nov.
TEXTILES.
Wool.
Consumption by textile mills
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.
Set of cards
per ct. of hours active.
Combs
per ct, of hours active.
Spinning spindles—
Woolen
per ct. of hours active.
Worsted
per ct. of hours active.
Prices:
Raw wool to producer
dolls, per lb..
Raw wool, Boston
dolls, per lb.,
Worsted yarn
dolls, per lb..
Woolen dress goods
dolls, per yd..
Men's suitings
dolls, per yd..
Cotton.
66,077
10,946
64,237
12,520
24,316
13,392
71.3
74.3
72.7
78.8
93.8
67.1
72.2
70.3
72.9
98.6
33.3
28.8
42.5
33.9
37.1
i1920-21
U920-21
U920-21
U920-21
1
1920-21
78.1
87.4
74.4
86.2
31.6
34.8
11920-21
U920-21
.169
21.9
.5455
1.100
1.150
3.060
.156
.5091
1.150
.815
2.835
.5273
1.250
.815
2.835
155
168
163
97
106
115
72
66
55
122
123
117
71
52
130
131
133
116
92
142
151
157
68
54
126
130
125
64
48
127
129
73
50
125
129
65
49
129
128
131
117
93
1913
144
114
99
159 -
87
1913
2.8
+ 14.4
110 130 _
152 -
2.3
3.2
6.0
122
116 128 +
4.9
123
122
118 _
120 _
4.1
1.6
93
95
99
107
101 +
110 +
3.6
7.2
8.3
1913
142
148
148
148
161 +
8.7
204
204
157
147
145
145
0.0
1913
(18)
167
1913
Production (crop est.)
thous. of bales
8,340 13,440
Output of gins
thous. of bales
»12,O15
Stocks, end of month;
Mills
thous. of bales.. 1,648
1,738
1,251
Warehouses
....thous-of bales.. 5,271
5,177
5,624
Visible supply
thous. of bales.. 4,623
4,544
4,$46
* Cumulativefiguresshown are for periods prior to January 16 of 1921 and 1922.
1913
1913
233
198
184
184
184
184
0.0
64
103
1909-13
•7,914 -
34.1
1913
93
76
105
123
130
290
319
245
283
299
294
1913
1
S3
1913
139
158
129
151
151
148
+ 55
.
_ 18
.
- 17
.
Twelve months average, November, 1920, t o October, 1921, inclusive*
19
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGII
LATEST MONTH.
1920
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage'
Increase
19*21
or decrease
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1920
i+
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
?
or decrease
Dec.
Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct.
TEXTILES—Continued.
Cotton^Continued.
25,890
277,643 - 53.8
Imports, unmanufactured
601,177
bales. 51,440 61,006
1913
.
Exports, unmanufactured
bales. 648,695 639,825 788,578 6,159,132 6,475,221 + 5 1
1913
Consumption by textile mills
1913
bales. 526,610 511,800 294,851 5,842,072 5,405,213 - 7.5
Manufactured goods:
551,624 - 32.7
thous. of yds. 53,422 39,842 44,377
819,337
Cotton cloth exports
1913
2
6,350
1,650
Fabric consump. by tire mfrs.. .thous. of lbs.
1920-21
...thousands, 34,487 34,489 29,879
405,511
396,500 - 2.2
Spindles active
1913
thous. of yds. 13,654 13,193
149,098 - 7.3
4,932
160,843
Elastic webbing sales
1919
Finished goods: ,
2
thous. of yds. 85,279
32,882
1920-21
Orders received
thous. of yds. 97,132
39,595
1920-21
Billings
2
cases. 48,207
21,813
1920-21
Shipments
2
44,200
cases. 45,675
1920-21
Stocks in storage, end of month
2
29
69
per cent.
1920^21
Capacity operated
Prices:
.dolls, per lb.
.162
.115
.163
Raw cotton to producer
1913
.dolls, per lb.
.1545
.182
.1834
Raw cotton, New York
1913
..dolls, per lb.
.3534
.3817
.3966
Cotton yarn
1913
.dolls, per yd.
.0588
.0578
.060
Print cloth......
1913
.dolls, per yd.
.1065
.105
.1031
Sheeting
1913
Knit Goods.
49.8
10.3
Orders received
per ct. normal production.
60.0
a 1920
10.8
53.4
58.7
Shipments
per ct. normal production.
M920
2.1
Cancellations
per ct. normal production.
2.8
3.1
*1920
Unfilled orders, end of
10.6
220.8
214.3
«1920
month
per ct. normal production.
11.1
73.0
86.5
Production
per ct. normal production.
•1920
Silk.
45,360 + 50.9
30,059
5,824
972
3,412
1913
Imports, raw
thous. of lbs.
196,128
301,110 + 53.5 Feb.,1920
9,428
Consumption, raw...
bales. 24,955 20,930
44,536
Feb., 1920
Stocks, raw, end of month
bales. 1*9,601 24,804
5.635
.7595
.7154
1913
Prices, raw, Japanese, New York..dolls, per lb.
METALS.
Iron and Steel.
25,538 - 55.0
56,781
138
493 None.
1913
Iron ore movement
thous. of short tons.
Production:
16,537 - 54.6
36,394
2,704
1,649
1,415
1913
Pig iron
thous. of tons.
19,985 - 51.1
40,894
2,780
1,971
1,695
,1913
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons.
2,207 - 55.4
4,945
500
126
134
1913
Exports
thous. of long tons.
121 - 72.4
439
15
11
1913
11
Imports
thous. oflong tons.
8,14$
4,268
1913
4,251
Unfilled order, Steel Corp., end mo. .thous. of tons.
20.80
Mar., 1921
24.20
Foundry production, Ohio
per ct. of normal.
Wholesale prices:
Pig iron—
37.71
22.66
1913
21.96
Fdry., No. 2, northern, dolls, per long ton.
36.96
21.96
1913
21.96
Bessemer
dolls, per long ton.
1913
43.50
29.00
29.00
Steel billets, Bessemer
dolis. per long ton.
1913
53.45
34.71
33.99
Iron and steel
dolls, per ton.
1913
20.92
36.31
20.42
Composite pig iron
dolls, per ton.
1913
3.28
2.28
2.23
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
1913
2.13
2.11
3.11
Compositefinishedsteel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
1913
1.70
1.50
2.70
Structural steel beams
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Finished Iron and Steel.
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
1920
34.3
51.2
40.1
Production
per ct. of capacity.
1920
39.2
41.9
40.0
Stocks
per ct. of capacity.
Bolts:
1920
33.8
46.3
New orders
per ct. of average.
1920
179.8
45.5
Unfilled orders, end mo
per ct. of average.
1920
117.5
50.8
Shipments
per ct. of average.
* Six months average, November, 1920, to April, 1921.
Percentage increase
Dec.
from
Nov.
127
108
61
31
72
101
154
120
103
253
93
109
300
106
18.0
1.4
2.8
158
54
105
32
120
49
99
35
168
227
112
94
174
207
113
100
144
190
114
89
10$
25.4
114
0.0
3.4
44
71
56
121
56
50
69
67
123
64
164
178
172
114
167
155
184
158
113
171
131
170
148
127
153
117
148
165
183
218
96
121
143
170
163
165
160
160
168
152
148
154
170
180
168
135
142
160
174
172
143
154
16$
174
0.8
3.8
3.7
1.4
92 1,358
145
21
19
39
833
157
1
536
105
52
445
115
57
17.0
9.9
9.6
19
22
344
169
357
175
396
173
3S4
146
2.9
15.6
34
31
68
155
161
104
35
164
110
120
83
30
197
204
70
38
209
70.7
16.1
26.5
6.2
128
36
74
159
166
68
104
115
124
190
192
153
261
241
193
242
271
203
215
184
236
216
169
203
235
191
187
180
+ 16.5
- 14.0
+ 6.3
0.0
+ 0.4
- 14.0
106
110
218
57
138
143
128
113
136
138
136
123
143 142
128 128
113 113
135 132
137 136
134 133
134 128
116 109
99
108
70
85
36
53
96
37
8
39
• Six months average, July to December.
137
128
113
129
132
130
127
99
- 3.1
0.0
0.0
- 2.1
- 2.4
- 2.2
- 0.9
- 11.8
55 - 21.7
- 2.0
20
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Doc.,
1921
Corresponds
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
(+>
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
or decrease
(-)
1920
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1921
Percentage increase
1921
1920
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
or decrease
Dec.
Dec.
from
Nov.
158
104
SO
- 4.8
- 32.5
- 28.4
103
87
- 15.5
81
83
86
+
50
50
+
4.2
174
73
165
1
76
200
164
-
0.7
Nov.
Dec.
45
82
108
32
32
33
5
114
Sept. Oct.
Nor.
40
34
33
36
38
47
65
149
211
130
197
96
109
79
18
17
21
55
85
74
87
76
175
METALS-Continucd.
Finished Iron a n d Steel—Continued.
Nuts and rivets:
Now orders
per ct. of average,
Unfilled orders, end mo
per ct. of averago.
Shipments
per ct. of average.
Bar iron, shipments
long tons.
Steel barrels:
Shipments
barrels.
Production
per ct. of capacity.
Structural steel, sales
long tons.
Copper.
Production
thous. of lbs.
Exports
thous. of lbs.
Wholesale price, electrolytic
dolls, per lb.
Zinc.
Production
thous. of lbs.
Stocks, end of mo
thous. of lbs
Imports
thous. of lbs,
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs,
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Wholesalo price, spelter, western
dolls, per lb
Tin.
Stocks, end of mo
tons
Imports
thous. of lbs
Wholesale price, pig tin
dolls, per lb
Lead.
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Wholesalo price, pig, desilverized
dolls, per lb.
1920
1920
1920
1919
• 32.3
119.0
115.0
34.0
20.0
38.3
7,520
130,199
19.7
99,800
124,006
13.3
71,500
46,988
1,161,422
758,263 - 34.7
28,341
72,786
.130
61,518
.136
106,700
41,728
.137
1,249,855
621,256
485,857 - 61.1
615,514 - 0.9
56,878
142,116
959,544
42,270 44,026
134,098 133,216
266
30
19,198 20,016
24,862 34,593
.052
.053
1,343,998
937
33,660
45,038
379,732
498,570
431,228 - 55.1
• 58.0
- 57.2
• 50.1
18,930
162,587
248,867
Jan., 1921
Jan.,1921
1913
1913
1913
1913
55
93
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
115
158
7
4.6
+786.7
76
26
0
0
114
122
64
62
72
146
123
89
86
122
+ 39.1
116
103
81
•89
90
+ 19
.
1913
1913
1913
161
155
71
92
+ 28.9
62
46
72
93
+ 29.0
82
76
95
61
60
111
100
61
65
73
+ 12.8
1913
1913
1913
195
220
168
256
+ 52.1
35
65
+ 12.7
109
107
44
107
49
143
203
52
105
182
54
107
0.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
129
132
88
110
90
77
109
93
90
78
- 14.2
- 12.8
1919
1919
1919
114
115
20,661 - 39.9
4,179 - 13.4
275 - 66.5
1919
1919
1919
325
244
110
121
116
129
100
107
114
106
117
106
24
31
42
32
+ 6.1
.060
1,316
6,8S6
.289
1,696
8,8S0
.326
2,856
5,894
.339
9,208
3,833
.047
14,006
4,318
.047
12,026
3,063
.048
132,287
87,607
36,020
6,859
477
1,766
30,895
5,984
514
1,860
62,560
8,321
1,518
558,176
89,067
20,980
3,646
5,314
3,601
3,807
4,636
3,721
5,765
1,079
329
30
770
306
23
2,683
37,880 41,957
176,490 183,890
46,122 47,785
12,994 13,753
17,571 19,397
38,961
123,291
44,967
13,118
17,609
524,136 - 0.1
125,137 + 15.2
182,666 + 18.8
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
431,887
45,876
350,548
495,590
2.125
452,642 4,418,153 4,714,517 + 6.7
65,025
635,755
526,204 - 17.2
366,831 3,962,910 4,203,585 + 6.1
354,836
3.500
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
1919
1919
1919
1909-13
115
104
70
117
125,921
53
166
154
112
54,212 - 56.9
130,876
1.1
58,395 - 33.3
+
4.3
FUEL AND POWER,
Coal a n d Coke.
Production:
Bituminous coal
thous. of short tons.
Anthracite coal
thous. of short tons.
Beehivo coke
thous. of short tons
By-product coke
thous. of short tons.
Public utility electric
power
mills, of k. w.hours.
Shipments, anthracite
thous. of long tons.
Storage, anthracite
thous. of long tons.
Exports:
Bituminous
thous. of long tons.
Anthracite
thous. of long tons.
Coke
thous. of long tons.
Petroleum.
Crude petroleum:
Production
thous. of bbls.
Stocks, end of m o n t h . . . .
thous. of bbls.
Consumption
thous. of bbls.
Imports
thous. of bbls.
Shipments from Mexico
thous. of bbls.
Gasoline:
Production
thous. of gals..
Exports
thous. of gals..
Domestic consumption
thous. of gals..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gals..
Price, crude petroleum
dolls, per bbl..
P A P E R AND P R I N T I N G .
Wood pulp, mechanical:
Production
short
Consumption and shipment
short
Stocks, end of month
short
Imports
;short
36,378
2.250
tons.. 108,186 121,804
tons.. 112,228 114,087
tons.. 115,363 123,080
tons.. 35,504 28,498
372
77
146,718
125,621
129,626
22,299
43,963
61,362
34,390
4,825
821
443,402
524,783
108,651
153,765
407,637 - 27.0
87,278 - 2.0
5,561 ~ 73.5
40,951 65,171 +
470,436
1,578,300* 1,268,012
1,587,693 1,274,563
232,507
192,001 -
6.9
6.2
19.7
19.7
17.4
15
164
17
18
134
59
167
176
+ 7.8
+ 5.3
115
104
110
112
128
123
131
118
117
103
+ 4.4
- 12.8
70
- 28.6
- 7.0
-23.3
54
10
584
669
187
188
177
172
183
203
+ 10.8
114
117
163
164
168
175
207
206
191
209
211
219
952
884
616
780
876
927
+ 42
.
+ 36
.
+ 51
.
748
816
817
776
814
137
141
126
134
131
130
212
114
154
150
128
103
153
159
122
75
98
109
97
105
375
375
107
166
228
341
121
68
90
101
104
84
93
95
119 -20.7
77
84
135
+ 10.4
176
75
SO
160
216
173
+
5.9
12.6
+ L7
+ 67
.
-19.7
21
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec.,
1021
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1020
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Per-
1921
or docrease
cumulativo
1921
from
1920
1920
PerccntRO in•caso
1921
{
BASE
YEAK
OR
PERIOD.
V
r docrcaso
Nov. Dec.
Sept. Oct.
Nov. Doc.
2
rom
Noy-
P A P E R AND F R I N T I N G - C o n t i n u e d .
Wood pulp, chemical:
Production.."
short tons.
Consumption a n d shipment
short tons.
Stocks, end of month
short tons.
Imports
,
short tons.
Newsprint:
Production
short tons.
Shipments
short tons.
Stocks
short tons.,
Exports
thous. of lbs.
All other paper:
Production
short tons.,
Shipments
short tons.
Stocks...:
short tons.
Exports, printing
thous. of lbs.
Prices, newsprint:
Contract, domestic
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Contract, Canadian
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Spot market, domestic
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Printing:
Activity
weighted index number.
Paper purchases, quantities.. .index number.
Paper purchases, value
index number.
Sales, value
index number.
RUBBER.
Crude:
Imports
thous. of lbs.
Consumption by tire manfrs
thous. of lbs.
Wholesale price, Para Island,
N. Y
dolls, per lb.
Tires:
ProductionPneumatic
thousands.
Solid
thousands.
Inner tubes
thousands.
Domestic shipment—
Pneumatic
thousands.
Solid
[
thousands.
Inner tubes
thousands.
Stocks, end of m o n t h Pneumatic
thousands.
Solid
.thousands.
Inner tubes
thousands.
AUTOMOBILES.
Production:
Passenger cars
number.
Trucks
number.
Shipments:
By railroad
carloads.
Driveaways.
number of machines.
By boat
number of machines.
Purchases
Accounts past due
Notes outstanding.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
2,167,871
2,226,429
1,532,926 - 29.3
1,529,607 - 31.3
1919
1919
1919
1909-13
116
114
72
218
97
94
80
208
63.6
1919
1919
1919
1913
107
109
85
155
109
105
103
92
83
126
31
3.1
2.5
3.5
27.3
320,682 5,882,646 4,134,082 - 29.7
303,626 5,408,003 4,081,005 - 24.5
189,633
18,546
73,887 - 60.7
187,875
1919
1919
1919
1913
98
93
80
221
SO
75
88
194
94
97
108
41
7.8
7.2
1.7
46.5
1919
1919
1919
156
152
213
160
158
183
131
120
2.2
0.4
12.1
1918
102
160
180
105
90
141
184
1913
'1920-21
341
72
1913
24
31920-21
31920-21
U920-21
67
92
74
31920-21
U92O-21
U920-21
a 1920-21
31920-21
* 1920-21
155,809
71,204
151,031
147,380
46,843
117,068
53,007
673,841
124,857
120,360
24,763
6,648
1,511,968
1,502,574
163,101
162,841
43,172
104,604
107,877
104,492
107,070
23,127
23,934
2,513
3,198
434,272
400,407
396,497
225,800 229,710
4,686
' 3,643
427,114
4.194
4.102
4.002
4.018
4.170
3.666
151,225
43,023
92,476
533,484 -
20.8
1,225,235 - 19.0
1,226,064 - 18.4
33,694 -
5.969
5.770
7.854
Sep.,1920
1918
1918
51,731
58,645
24,162
4,260
.211
.180
17,609
.215
566,546
415,273 - 26.7
1,757
44
2,126
1,343
35
1,540
3,908
173
5,204
70,690
10,535
8,305
14,240
10,505
12,100
1,402
134
18,998
4,352
3,662
14,350
22
26
55
70
51
211
161
327
211
199
284
64
93
67
105
111
108
162
137
194
133
125
148
106
94
113
114
102
112
107
103
106
65
55
70
3,384
251,064
470,867
195,153 - 22.3
144,377
22,244
26
-
1,9
76
59
95
1920
1920
1920
369
54
84
98
49
77
40
33.2
21.2
85
33
47
105
52
Jan., 1921
Jan.,1921
11,802
6,469
+ 13.4
193.
187
212
Jan.,1921
4,220
7,500
+ 64.4
607
1919
1919
105,814
7.4
9.5
68
27
30
15.0
28.6
90.4
352
56
79
303
54
84
24.5
3.0
7.6
GLASS.
Bottles:
Production
inuminating glassware:
Net orders
Actual production
Shipments billed
1919
index number.
per ct. of capacity.
per ct. of capacity..
per ct. of capacity..
May,1921
36.2
M» yi 1921
51.2
49.1
45.6
* Six months' average, November, 1920, to April, 1921.
50.6
51.7
123
106
0.0
70
133
115
132
137
162
159
28.5
•
1.0
-
7.1
22
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.
1921
Dec.,
1921
Corrosponduij
month,
1920,
Nov. oi
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1020
1021
Percentage
Increase
<+,}
ordecrcaso
(-)
cumulative
1921
from
1920
INDEX NUMBERS.
1920
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Perccntago increase
1921
(+)
or decrease
Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. &
from
Nov.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.
Buildings.
Building volume
Index number.
Build IDS costs
Index number
Concrete factory costs
Index number
Contracts awarded, floor space:
Business buildings,
thous. of sq. ft
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. fl
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft
Hospitals and Institutions
thous. of sq. ft
Public institutions
thous. of sq. ft
Social and recreational bldgs..thous. of sq. ft
Religious and memorial bldgs.thous. of sq. ft
Grand total
thous. of sq. ft
Contracts awarded, value:
Business buildings
thous. of dolls
Industrial buildings
thoua. of dolls
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls
Hospitals and institutions
thous. of dolls
Public institutions
thous. of dotls
Public works and utilities
thous. of dolls
Social and recreational bldgs. .thous. of dolls
Religious and memorial bldgs..thous. of dolls
Grand total
thous. of dolls
Fire losses
thous' of dolls
1913
1913
1914
5,158
4,191
22,06<
3,411
521
119
1,222
491
37,811
24,221
17,091
90,3218,212
4,506
SS4
20,397
6,713
3,246
192,311
20,17
Lumber.
Southern pine:
Production
M. it. b. m
423,702
Stocks, end of mo..
M. ft. b. m
,087,727
Price, B and better
dolls, per M. ft. b. m
47.41
Douglas fir:
Production (computed)
M. ft. b. m 366,646
Shipments (computed)
M. ft. b. m 312,477
Price No. 1 common....dolls, per M. ft. b. m,
11.50
California redwood:
Production
M. ft. b.
50,489
Shipments
M. ft. b. m
4S,S14
Orders received
M. ft. b. m
56,820
California white pine:
Production
M. ft. b. m
32,040
Shipments'
M. ft. b . m.
33,31
Stocks
M. ft. b. m,
Michigan hardwood:
Production
M. ft. b. m .
14,204
Shipments
M. ft. b. m.
28,472
Western pino:
Production
II. ft. b. m .
63,155
Shipments
M. ft. b. m .
96,496
Oak flooring:
Production
A ft. b. m. 16,933
T
Shipments
lift. b. m.
19,544
Orders booked
Mft. b. m.
23,771
Stocks, end of mo
M ft. b. m.
20,922
Unfilled orders, end of mo
MIL b. m . . 21,022
Exports, planks, scantlings, <c joists ..M ft. b. m . . 10,902
f
4,583
2,846
21,901
3,297
760
332
1,002
510
35,272
22,056
14,553
100,897
15,046
6,343
2,143
27,833
6,149
3,369
198,518
2,33(3
3,91
5,534
719
302
124
564
436
13,926
82,435
127,830
137,525
26,278
6,278
2,831
12,360
5,065
399,802
65,190
35,773
204,569
40,583
10,684
3,020
17,476
9,202
387,065
- 20.9
- 72.0
+ 48.8
54.4
+ 70.2
+ 6.7
+ 41.4
+ 81.7
- 3.2
14,068
419,653
331,946 588,963
21,399
173,325 566,122
23,516
877,845 +
172,298
7,288
243,833 +
47,543
3,441
70,145 +
26,648
1,418
22,314 21,972
566,346
459,084 4,310
91,127
108,597 +
2,137
41,354
60,399 +
100,145 2,533,224 2,359,775 41,198
321,854
332,386 +
20.9
70.6
55.'1
41.5
47.5
16.3
18.9
19.2
46.1
6.8
3.3
389,832 260,911 4,296,371 4,505,259 + 4.9
1,125,979 1,320,649
43.57
42.21
346,634
301,688
11.50
249,339
247,996
16.50
31,403
17,235
10,243
51
252
80.0
72.1
151.1
153
0.6
0.7
39
25
78
86
56
50 - 11.1
41
31
21
31
33
1919
36
27
108
109
112
22 - 32.2
109 - 3.4
1919
55
38
221
169
178
172 -
1919
113
82
540
185
142
1919
50
72
291
123
69
207 4- 45.9
193 +179.0
1919
62
45
157
109
97
1919
74
98
275
209
111
115 +
1919
41
30
90
87
82
76 -
3.9
6.7
8.9
3.5
79 ~ 18.0
1919
60
42
122
111
72
65 -
1919
78
50
26
43
41
34 - 17.8
1919
45
33
135
127
128
143 + 11.7
1919
70
73
266
225
183
151 - 17.4
1919
79
105
364
159
138
197 + 40.8
1919
SO
127
234
136
79
192 +142.4
1919
52
53
85
84
63
62
168
95
96
104
1919
1919
68
249
183
1919
60
47
115
103
89
1919
125
184
114
125
117
67 +
5.4
8.4
108 + 3.8
92 + 3.2
129 + 10.4
8$ -
1917
72
93
95
100
92 -
1917
97
96
86
79
79
82 +
1913
202
183
155
184
206
189 -
8.0
3.5
8.1
71
97
107
105
99 -
77
93
113
•97
93 -
1913
179
179
114
114
125
530,913
191S
139
113
135
1918
124
84
61
113
424,044
105
117
171
366,913
1918
72
121
155
197
112
'85
127
104
23
32
31 _
57
4S
38 - 34.9
72
56
20 - 6 3 . 4
96
87
71 - 18.9
1917
1918
334,920
231,730
264,698
196,676
-30.8
-25.7
95
1918
142
42
78
1917
115
140
48
1917
24
1917
128,936
143,929
93,598
163,134
15.5
74.3
76,115
168,660
•121.6
125
5.5
3.5
0.0
61
122
27
42
1917
917,866
42.9
38.7
183.7
154
1919
879,222
6,251
4,562
2,694
3S,257
4,287
100,496
118 + 16.8
169 +
152 -
85
23,118
78,292
17,510
18,065
13,070
21,763
20,SSS
.51,268
101
168
1919
1918
20,009
8,051
109
166
1917
4,570,209 3,572,847 - 21.8
4,018,974 3,582,064 - 10.9
22,013
15,686
13,972
18,549
114
183
157
60
231
75
1913
110
94
223
244
254
262 +
1913
92
76
280
353
325
301
1.6
1913
77
44
273
451
3S9
214
1913
409
425
371
30S
232
242
287
290
288
62
$5
1913
55
59
132
,550,728
1,207,044 - 22.2
.909-13
56
56
56
9,291
9,332
4,885 - 47.4
4,317 - 53.7
1919
127
128
50
61
1919
135
119
53
66
1919
78
85
96
100
3.4
- 7.6
- 45.0
+ 4.0
- 0.6
+ 36.4
Brick.
Fireclay:
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of mo
per ct. of capacity..
per ct. of capacity..
per ct. of capacity..
39.9
36.5
178.5
68 +
7.5
6.0
396 + 2.9
64 +
23
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec.,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL T n n o u a n
LATEST MONTH.
1920
INDEX NUMBEttS.
Percentage'
Increase \
1921
'erccnt*
ago in*
oase
1931
or decrease
BASS
YEAH
cumulative
1921
from
1920
PERIOD.
on
Dec. Sept. Oct.
rom
Nov.
BUILDING AND CONSTBUCTION-Con.
Brick—Continued.
Silica:
Production
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Stocks, end of mo
thousands..
Face brick:
Production
thousands..
Stocks in sheds & kilns
thousands..
Unfilled orders
thousands..
Shipments
thousands..
Prices:
Common red, N. Y
dolls, per thous..
Common salmon, Chicago....dolls, per thous..
4,572
5,282
41,379
45,582
142,135
35,891
28,280
4,754
7,321
38,812
13,653
14,963
33,750
178,850
186,960
541,836
66.3
67.0
66,885
1919
4.0
1919
38.6
1919
61,699
6.2
1919
15.7
38,444
26,437
160,961
145,576
1919
34,755
28,783
1919
-
23,151
10,170
1919
- 18.1
15.00
8.63
14.50
8.93
17.00
1913
-
3.3
12.40
1913
+
3.5
8,921
5,195
9,091
1.50
6,559
3,697
11,938
1.50
98,293
1913
- 26.5
95,051
1913
28.8
25,149
27,685
3,907
11,337
5,757
4,031
428,174 - 21.0
334,209
13. .
1
3.2
Cement.
Production
Shipments
Stocks, end of mo
Price, Portland
thous. of bbls..
thous. of bbls..
thous. of bbls..
dolls, per bbl..
31.3
1913
1.95
1913
195
195
0.0
HIDES AND LEATHER.
Hides.
Imports:
Total hides and skins
thous. of lbs.
Calfskins
thous. of lbs.
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Goatskins
thous. of lbs.
Sheepskins
thous. of lbs.
Stocks, end of month:
Packer hides, green saltedCattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Calf and kip
thous. of lbs.
Other hides and skinsGreen saltedCattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs.
Dry saltedCattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs.
Sheep and lamb
thous. of lbs.
Prices:
Green salted, packer's heavy native
steers
doUs. perlb.
Calfskins, country, No. 1
dolls, perlb.
Leather.
Production:
Sole leather
thous. of sides.
Severs
dozens.
Oak union harness
stuffed sides.
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Finished, upper
thous. ofsq. ft.
Stocks end of month:
Solo and belting
thous. of lbs.
U
PI«r
thous. of sq.ft.
Stocks in process of tanning:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
t^Per
thous. of sq.ft.
Exports:
2,411
11,816
5,468
4,440
+
178,184 63,125 45;S69 -
21,575
509,992
348,035
1,377
35,140
47,938
16,021
275,065
1,355
80,207
2,080
82,753
31.8
36.4
35.2
21.3
44.6
1909-13
10.1
1909-13
62.0
1900-13
4.1
1900-13
5.3
-
1909-13
* 1920-21
* 1920-21
103
152,965
238,143
11,541
25,838
114,909
103,835
33,216
33,400
«1920-21
* 1920-21
17,369
6,805
33,410
15,455
5,469
31,764
1920-21
<1920-21
U920-21
88
1913
1913
.158
.145
.165
.140
.190
.141
1,705
1,746
1,354
18,414
17,841
17,533
20,149
9,896
158,284
199,836
60,002
62,551
66,482
1,153,690
- 8.1
+ 26.3
86
94
100
100
103
94
83
97
105
126
103
90 +
4.4
90
75
-
3.4
1919
70
72
+
2.4
1919
87
66
1919
77
70
21,999
176,158
* 1920-21
91
OS
65,966
43,788
428,902
* 1920-21
91
90
41.3
so
86
11
117
63
122
146
13'
106
99
132
138
29,544
677,766 -
59
52
106
141
193,841
164,597
* 1920-21
90
96
106
107
415,304
426,726
* 1920-21
102
102
97
99
+ 14.9
+
4.2
103
115
115,422
111,213
* 1920-21
100
9S
101
104
175,566
142,943
*1920-21
94
89
116
116
801(3
1913
14,380 - 31.9
21,101
1,079
2,347
1,311
thous. of lbs.
1913
42,710 - 51.3
87,649
4,823
5,843
5,874
^ UPP«r
thous. of s q . f t .
Prices:
1913
Sole, hemlock, middle No. 1
dolls, per l b .
.410
.340
.340
Chrome calf, " B » grades
dolls per sq. ft
.500
.575
.500
< Twelve months average, September, 1920, to August, 1921, inclusive.
20
41
33
SO
42
55
43
42
90
66
16!
145
121
12:
121
231
21;
194
19
9.2
- 44.1
-
12
0.5
0.0
0.0
24
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec..
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1920
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
1921
or decreaso
(-)
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1920
Percentage increase
<+>
or decrease
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Nov. Dec.
Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
from
Nov.
HIDES AND LEATHERS—Continued.
Leather Products.
Belting, sales:
Quantity
thous. of lbs.
Amount...
thous. of dolls.
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs.
Exports
thous. of pairs.
Price, wholesale, men's black calf,
blucher
dolls, per pair.
311
681
263
439
8,028
18,368
3,342 - 58.4
6,138 - 66.6
1919
1919
15,981
8,979 - 43.8
1913
138
163
50
38
36
1913
249
249
225
217
217
32
205
34
168
66
74
46
31
65
36
23,593
301
24,097
560
1,370
6.75
6.75
7.75
13,731
15,629
17,060
5,365
7,
72,403
705
501
101,497
659
394
63,663
42
37
67 + 86.0
0.0
217
CHEMICALS.
taports:
Potash
tons.
Nitrate of soda
...tons.
Exports:
Sulphuric acid
thous. of lbs.
Dyes and dyestuffs
thous. of dolls.
Total fertilizer
tons.
Prite index numbers:
Crude drugs
index number.
Essential oils
index number.
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals.. .index number.
81 + 24.2
12 - 65.7
178,692
1,320,972
104,872 - 41.3
369,199 - 72.1
1909-13
1909-13
2,004
28,991
32,652
2,018
105,716 1,413,797
12,815 - 55.8
6,860 - 79.0
889,443 - 37.1
107 - 6.5
115
1909-13
101
225
328 327
1909-13 7,985 6,975 1,564 1,665 1,731 1,362 - 21.4
62 - 37.3
98
1909-13
102
61
74 102
Aug,, 1914
Aug., 1914
Aug., 1914
174
226*
173
162
210
160
123
126
127
132 +
138
138
135
137 +
3.9
1.5
118 + 1-7
119
117
116
FOODSTUFFS.
Wheat.
Production:
Winter (est.)
thous. of busbs.
Spring (est.)
thous. of bushs,
Total (est.)
thous. of bushs
Exports incl.
flour
thous. of bushs.
Visible supply
thous. of bushs,
Receipts, prin. mkts
thous. of bushs.
Shipments, prin. mkts
thous. of bushs.
Wheat flour production
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,
KansesCity
dolls, per bbl
19,453
133,702
25,576
19,455
10,851
5587,032 6610,597
5207,861 5222,430
5794,893 5833,027
15,014
30,179
135,823
94,206
23,975
31,574
13,634
21,511
9,053
8,745
307,394
324,453
279,025
108,755
350,464
436,423 + 34.5
291,817 4- 4.6
122,069 + 12.2
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919
1914
260
177
118
122
92
133
138
91
121
85
116
253
327
213
163
126 - 22.8
183
170
233
260
81
264 + l.f>
76 - 6.3
100
195
132
108
202
144
98
81
125
126
101
1.226
1.176
1.254
1.177
1.770
2.012
1913
1913
198
209
194
150
142
134
204
130
121
119
7.170
6.881
8.943
1913
,203
195
182
162
156
5.900
5.860
8.256
1913
218
215
174
164
153
mills, of bushs.
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.,
thous. of bushs.
thous. of bushs.
4,475
18,197
15,467
12,770
6 3,081
10,458
27,109
39,723
17,403
6 3,231
3,626
5,280
18,097
8,631
1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919
51
72
67
92
448
224
106
158
266
217
244
230
103
305
239
dolls, per bush.
.482
.482
.755
1913
129
121
343
.354
1,061
573
.364
6 1,496
1,016
.494
1909-13
1913
1913
38
137
34
22
132
102
92
2,511
151,181
830
189,332
2,520
1909-13
1913
111
172
367
143
.554
.548
.778
1913
139
125
84
- 29.9
- 16.6
137 4 - 2 . 3
97
119 + 0.1
150 -
4.0
152 - 0.7
Corn.
Production (est.)
Exports, incl. meal
Visible supply
Receipts, prin. mkts
Shipments, prin. mkts
Prices, contract grades No. 2,
Chicago
Other Grains.
Oats:
Production (est.)
mills, of bushs.
Exports, incl. meal
thous. of bushs.
Prices, contract grades,Chicago.dolls.perbush.
Barley:
Production (est.)
...thous. of bushs.,
Exports
thous. of bushs..
Price fair to good, malting,
Chicago
dolls, per bosh..
Eye:
Production (est.)
thous. of bushs
Exports, ind.
flour
thous. of bushs..
Price, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
6
21,320
215,855
115,842
15,975
17,855
131,685 +517.7
340,903 + 57.9
227,389 + 96.3
8,003 - 49.9
25,833
44.7
6 57,918 •60,490
1909-13
1,993
59,254
5,634
30,165 - 49.1
1913
.804
.858
1,598
1913
' * Represents the final estimated production for the year indicated.
144
114
248
323
265
197
+134.4
+ 49.0
+156.8
+ 36.3
77
77
0.0
119
121
132
19 + 67.1
97 + 2.S
94
83
172
173
166'
3,141 3,645 2,400 1,291
139
248 251
167
104
57 - 66.9
446
126
1.1
+188.4
135 + 6.7
25
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
NOV.L
1921
Dec.,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nor. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
or decrease
cumulative
1921
from
1920
I
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
ncrcase
PcrfOIlt-
1920
inea.se
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
l
easo
JsTov.
1920
1921
421,
417,
532,
•f 2G.2
+ 26.5
tept.
1913
528,
Dec.
1919
Dec.
from
\Tov.
Oct. Nov.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Total Grains*
Total grain production (est.)
mills, of bushs..
Total grain exports inch flour thous. of bushs..
Carloadings of grain and grain products
cars.
6 5,146
27,473
37,998
28,898
42,032
5 5,810
42,975
34,645
1909-13
191
130
132
5.2
97
10.6
207
130
129.0
Other Crops*
Rice, production (est.)
Potatoes, production (est.)
Hay, production (est.)
Apples:
Production (est.)
Cold-storage holdings
5 39,653 & 51,692
>346,823 403,296
6 81,567 5 87,855
thous. of bushs.,
thous. of bushs.,
thous. of tons-,
.thous. of bushs.,
thous. of bbls..
2,354
96,881
5,390
1,392
650
279
785
15,177
142,813
453,689
416,334
12.094
1909-13
223,677
6,384
1,415
682
245
740
9,420
84,548
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1919
391
46
Cattle a n d Beef.
1,928
Receipts, primary mkts
thousands.
997
Shipments, primary mkts
thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands.,
497
Slaughter
thousands935
Exports of beef products
thous. of lbs.
10,043
80,007
Cold-storage holdings of beef
thous. of lbs.
Inspected slaughter production
thous. of lbs., 392,487
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.. 366,593
Prices, cattle, corn-fed, Chicago.dolls, per 100lbs.:
8.563
,8.219
22,391
9,821
4,042
12,245
233,511
19,766
11.7
1919
26.6
8,609
12.3
J919
31.6
50.7
13.6
1919
9.7
1919
182,989
21.6
1913
6.2
1919
4,616,028
4,578,673
3,492
11,059
5.7
4,132,794
10.5
10.3
20.9
1913
4,106,900
-
1919
4.0
97
1913
Hogs a n d F o r k .
Beceipts, primary markets
thousands.
Shipments, primary markets
.thousands.
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands.
Slaughter
thousands.
Exports, pork products
thous. of lbs.
Inspected slaughter production
thous. of lbs.
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.
Cold-storage holdings, pork products.thous. of lbs.
Prices, hogs, heavy, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs.
4,195
1,520
37
2,680
187,127
544,410
472,009
343,630
9.538
42,437
15,280
730
27,111
1,532,583
5,796,027
4,549,408
1,664
881
202
804
1,566
23,504
24,096
710
12,523
11,306
7,508
6,401
2.750
8.719
3,687
1,297
33
2,370
90,248
567,622
489,259
396,397
6.838
3,911
* 1,765
35
2,137
106,440
2,026
1,052
511
457,177
6.744
41,035 - 3 . 3
1919
14,693 -
3.8
1919
498 - 31.8
1919
1919
26,307 -
3.0
1,659,695 +
8.3
1913
6,093,472
5.1
1913
4,754,809
4.5
1919
1919
1913
6.1
36.1
6.1
9.8
+ 17.9
104
117
72
97
157
113
169
30
145
+ 15.3
- 1.4
Sheep a n d M u t t o n .
Beceipts, primary markets
thousands.
Shipments, primary markets
thousands.
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands.
Slaughter
thousands.
Cold-storage holdings, lamb and
mutton
thous. of lbs.
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs.
1919
109
124
148
96
69
59
45
85
116
118
96
114
68,113
1919
674
810
71
82
3.781
10.500
3.563
11.581
1913
110
156
76
149
67
113
62
109
18,126
43
19,107
22,238
' 1
23,409
19,268
962
20,776
37,282
13,456
399
37,172
11,237
538
26,326
11,703
360
65,138
34,062
2,402
48,391
27,642
58,682
34,115
403
-
133
133
126
124
259
5,171
3,129
891
10,984
12,823
+
+
2.5
9.7
39.5
16.7
1919
1919
1919
1913
76
59
112
17.9
16.3
60.5
18.6
- 14.7
37.5
135 + 20.4
Dairy Products.
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Exports
thous. of lbs.
Imports
thous. of lbs.
Bxports, dairy products
thous. of lbs.
Receipts at 5 markets:
...thous. of lbs.
Butter
Cheese
...thous. of lbs.
.thous. of cases.
Cold-storage holdings:
Creamery butter
thous. of lbs.
American cheese
thous. of lbs.
.thous. of cases.
"Wholesale prices at 5 markets:
Butter
....dolls, per lb.
dolls, per lb.
5
.451
.220
8S6
.435
.206
411,020
289,678 - 29.5
1919
23,756
12,164 - 48.8
1919
444,774
333,856 - 24.9
1913
471,232
567,367 + 20.
1919
165,774
12,322
178,626 +
7.8
1919
14,748 + 19.7
1919
.528
.249
Represents the final estimated production for the year indicated.
54
45
24
254
3
71
70
960 1,098 2,058 1,748 1,009 1,23!
110
91
77
95
101
62
81
160
121
170
138
116
119
116
1916-20
141
107
49
1919
1919
105
84
72
78
71
1916-20
1916-20
58
84
33
57
72
64
e December index number less than 1.
83
3
92
65
7
+ 22.7
22.5
SI - 0.3
69 - 16.5
45
34.8
- 25.7
- 18.8
- 63.1
-
3.5
6.4
26
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec.,
1921
Correspondinj
month,
1920,
Nov. O
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
19-20
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentag<
increase
1921
1920
or decrease
cuniulative
1921
from
1920
Percentage in
crease
1921
BASE
YEAR
OB
PERIOD.
or decrease
Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
fci
from
Nov.
FOODSTUFFS—Continued.
Fats and Oils.
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
Imports
Oleomargarine—consumption
Cottonseed stocks
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks
Production
Price, New York
thous. of lbs
*-... thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs,
tons
10,822 12,529
48,135 31,785
17,565 25,035
762,726 618,173
43.44i
20,269
23,869
593,507
202,402
585,895
360,066
263,566 + 30.2
323,529 - 44.8
215,834 - 40.1
thous. of lbs
thous. of lbs
dolls, per lb,
100,167
173,57 131,961
.082
.083
156,801
176,323 1,141,609
, .086
1,285,143 + 12.6
Imports, raw
....long tons.
Meltings, raw
long tons
Stocks, raw
long tons
Exports, refined
long tons.
Prices:
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal, N. Y. .dolls, per lb
Wholesale, refined, N. Y
dolls, per lb.
Retail, average, 51 cities
index number,
206,865 176,462
268,283 254,135
82,253 62,4U
16,908 31,81
158,121 3,590,322 2,751,191 - 23.4
166,746 4,061,163
- 11.4
98,996
13,780
412,450
416,872 + 11
.
1913
1913
1913
1919
85
83
271
115
150
95
201
116
28
211
149
74
37
127
181
143
37
225
148
149
43
149
211
121
1919
1919
1913
277
349
140
261
270
119
84
153
136
172
285
122
187
265
114
167 - 10.6
202 - 24.0
115 + 1 2
.
1913
1919
1919
1909-13
110
69
90
343
90
80
51
81
104
144
467 1,206
92
85
75
585
118 100
82 .78
86
65
573 1,078
1913
1913
1913
193
225
235
151
191
190
123
131
133
119
122
125
117
12.1
122
106 - 9.8
117 - 3.8
121 - 0.8
1909-13
100
96
84
103
165
202 + 22.3
74
90
150
76
86
146
76
69
121
75
62
117
77
69
110
79 + 3 1
.
85 + 24.4
123 + 1 .
10
+
+
-
15.8
34.0
42.5
19.0
Sugar.
- 14.7
- 5.3
-24.1
+ 88.3
.037
.050
124,955
152,771
thous. of bags.
thous. of bags
thous. of bags
9,076
1,298
1,055
9,263
1,61
1,17;
9,002
1,61!
1,397
10,286
12,773 + 24/2
1913
1913
1913
thous. of bags.
thous. of bags.
1,145
783
95:
432
930
677
11,325
6,253
12,034 + 6.3
6,151 - 1.6
1913
1913
103
118
94
172
123
131
107
171
116
199
96 - 16.9
110 - 44.7
thous. of lbs
Coffee.
Imports
Visible supply:
World
United States
Receipts, total, Brazil
Clearances:
Total Brazil for world
Total Brazi 1 for U. S
.os:
9,258
11,162
4,198
90,808
76,488 - 15.8
1909-13
73
51
102
112
112
135
1,118
7,299
44,621
399,815
467,371
515,353 + 10.3
1909-13
1913
1913
1913
1909-13
106
272
54
85
159
80
217
48
145
97
370
94
105
101
377
101
138
98
328
83
93
124 + 33*6
1913
246
246
208
208
208
203
77
38
22
37
4
79
81
89
79
38
21
37
3
83
85
94
82
37
21
36
2
87
87
97
thous. of lbs
.04:
.053
72,752 1,297,414
1,343,499 + 3.6
Tea,
Imports
20.6
TOBACCO.
Production:
Crop (estimated)
mills, of lbs,
Large cigars
millions.
Small cigarettes
millions
Manf d tobacco and snuff.
thous. of lbs
Exports, unmanf'd, leaf.
thous. of lbs,
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs.
615
4,229
30,772
29,236
38,772
1,582
506
2,81'
17,683
45,408
27.500
27.500
32.500
3.97
.07!
.041
.069
.004
.350
.232
.188
4.16
.078
.044
.075
.005
.363
.245
.194
3.49
.059
.035
.062
.014
.310
.196
.154
Ppr.val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. vaL
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
Par. val.
72
31
18
32
6
77
73
80
.479
.269
.479
.274
.503
.269
Par. val.
Par. val.
101
55
0.0
1.9
.915
.735
.126
.110
.928
.748
.127
.108
.863
.787
.153
.142
Par. val.
Par. vaL
Par. vaL
Par. val.
Par. val.
86
82
47
73
55
1.4
1.8
0.8
1.8
+ 7.8
112
0.0
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BATES.
Europe:
England
dolls, per £ sterling.
France
dolls, per franc.
Italy
dolls, per lire.
Belgium
dolls, per franc.
Germany
dolls, per mark.
Netherlands
dolls, per florin.
Sweden
dolls, per krone.
Switzerland
dolls, per franc.
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen..
India
dolls, per rupee..
Americas:
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..
86 + 4.8
40
23
39
2
91
191
101
+83
.
+ 73
.
+ 8.7
+ 25.0
+ 3.7
+ 56
.
+3.2
27
TREND OP BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec..
19-21
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1920
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage!!
increase!
1921
or de
BASE
crease | YEAR
OR
:umu- PERIOD.
lative
1921
from
1920
Percentage in
crease
19*21
19-20
or decrease
Nov.
Sept.
Dec.
from
Nov.
)ct.
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Canal Cargo Traffic.
Panama Canal:
356
American vessels
thous. of tons..
British vessels
....thous. of tons.. ' 237
855
Total cargo traffic
thous. of tons..
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, total cargo, .thous. of tons.. 3,265
1,031
396
344
985
1,505
4,640
2,627
8,746
79,281
4,219
3,085
9,694
48,258
9.1
17.6
10.8
39.1
1915
1915
1915
1913
217
1SS
242
95
10 - 68.4
Vessels in Foreign Trade.
Entered in U. S. ports:
American
Foreign
Total
Cleared from XJ. S. ports:
American
Foreign.
Total
thous. of tons..
thous. of tons..
thous. of tons..
2,895
2,350
5,245
2,553
2,306
4,859
3,024
2,724
5,748
32,131
32,001
64,131
31,099
31,078
62,178
3.2
2.9
3.0
1913
1913
1913
275
85
135
-11.8
- 1.9
- 7.4
thous. of tons..
....thous. of tons..
thous. of tons..
2,748
2,200
4,949
2,434
2,586
5,021
2,786
2,949
5,735
34,037
33,792
67,830
11.6
6.9
7.7
1913
1913
1913
264
31,448
62,637
- 11.4
+ 17.5
1.5
319
62
297
46
1,124
177
2,832
1,272 - 55.1
1920
1921
113,874 191,707
132,693 221,614
282,926 470,516
149,487
17,067
204,408
1919
1919
1919
264
24
37
None.
110
302
320,292 313,190
757
29,139
731
2,159
3,808
191,234
786
37,459
10,211
414,164
1919
1919
1919
1913
1919
342,025
82,656
465,497
.368,013
66,198
436,891
106,652
592,054
513,614
50,964
4,326,551
1,287,919
6,228,233
5,821,729
70,018
138
Ship Construction.
Vessels under construction
thous. of long tons..
New vessels completed
thous. of long tons..
26
- 6.9
-25.S
14
TRANSPORTATION—RAIL.
Freight Cars.
Surplus:
Box
number.,
Coal
number..
Total
number..
Shortage:
Box
:
number.,
Coal
number.,
Total
number.,
Bad order cars, total.
number.,
Car loadings, total
:
thous. of cars..
Freight carried.
mills, of ton-miles.,
Railroad Finance.
Revenue:
Freight.
thous. of dolls.
Passenger
thous. of dolls.
Total operating
thous. of dolls.
Operating expense
thous. of dolls.
Net operating income
thous. of dolls.
Receipts per ton-mile
dolls, per ton-mile.
9,057 - 11.3
318,764 - 23.0
3,629,861
1,065,093
5,138,148
4,248,341
563,054
- 16.1
- 17.3
- 17.5
- 27.0
+704.2
42
182
2
23
26
108
233 + 68.4
293 + 67.0
248 + 6 6 . 3
15
264
4
- 90.9
51
81
121
109
16
- 2.2
-r.,.9.8
127
98
CI05
177
168
200
175
195
208
146
179
11
122
106
113
95
96
94
96
99
95
- 4.2
0.0
+ 11
.
263
309
241
272
241
78
82
41:
194
181
194
41
90
3SC
195
183
19
3£
7(
371
.
198 + 2 4
.
183 + 1 7
.
193 + 1 0
Jy., 1914
193 178
Jy.,1914
166 166
Jy.,1914
205 187
Jy.,1914
200 200
J y . 1914 192 19S
Jy.,19141| 190 181
i First quarter of year.
153
169
160
17
1SI
152
169
161
17!
178
163
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
247
185
232
283
277
LABOR.
Number employed:
United States (1,428
firms)
.thousands.
New York State
thousands.
Wisconsin
index number.
Total pay roll:
New York State.
thous. of dolls.
Wisconsin
index number.
Av. weekly earnings, Wisconsin, .index number.
Immigration
number.
Emigration
number.
thous. of dolls.
I Jan.,1921
1914
li' 1915
1,567
471
1,493
471
506
11,465
11,744
14,330
200,535
143,31! - 28.5
824,383
3S0,582
662,75€ - 19.6
379,521 - 0.3
146,500
89,224
34,386
163,434
44,648
29,646
14S,000
1914
1915
1915
1913
1913
1913
253
75
67
40S
369 -
1.0
150 -
1.3
0.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
Cost of living—Nat. Indus. Conf. Board:
Food
---index number..
SheIt
er
index number..
Clothing
index number..
Fuel and light
^.. .index number..
Sundries
index number..
All items weighted
index number..
«December index number less than
169
156 178 178
161
28
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.
1921
Dec.,
1921
Correspondin;
month
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
CUMtTLATlVE
TOTAL THBOUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1920
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increasi
1921
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1920
Percentage increase
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
or decrease
Nov. Dec.
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
from
Nov.
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS—Continued.
Farm price:
Crop
index number.
Livestock
index number.
Wholesale prices:
Department of Labor groupingFarm products
index number.
Food, etc
index number.
Cloths and clothing
.*. .index number.
Fuel and lighting
index number.
Metal and metal products.index number.
Building and building
material
index number.
Chemicals and drugs
index number.
House furnishing goods.. .index number.
Miscellaneous
Index numberAll commodities
index number.
Federal Reserve Board groupingFarm products
index number.
Animal products
index number.
Forest products
index number.
Mineral products
index number.
Total raw products
index number.
Producers goods
index number.
Consumed goods
index number.
All commodities
index number.
Federal Reserve Board i n d e x Goods imported
index number.
Goods exported
index number.
All commodities.
index number.
Dun's
•
index number.
Bradstreet's
index number.
Retail food prices
index number.
Foreign wholesale prices:
United Kingdom
index number.
France
index number.,
Italy
index number.
Germany
index number..
Canada
index number..
Australia
index number..
India
index number..
Japan
index number..
1913
1913
135
147
129
121
111
101
1013
1913
1913
1913
1913
165
195
234
258
170
144
172
220
236
157
122
146
187
178
120
119
142
190
182
121
114
142
186
186
119
113 - 0.9
139 - 0.2
185 - e.§
187 + o.s
M
119
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
274
207
369
220
207
266
188
346
205
189
193
162
223
146
152
192
162
218
145
150
197
162
218
145
149
203 •f 3.0
161 - 0.6
0.0
218
148 + 2.1
0.0
149
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
170
159
289
246
205
193
214
207
155
132
283
224
187
175
196
189
142
104
194
172
146
133
160
152
134
105
193
176
145
133
158
150
129
103
200
178
145
130
157
149
129
102
208
178
146
130
155
149
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
127
163
190
175
148
193
112
146
173
164
137
178
106
144
143
134
121
153
108
107
141 ; 138
140
141
136
135
123
123
152
153
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1914
1914
1913
92
95
91
111
136
138
136
123
150
0.1
1.0
4.0
0.0
+ 0.7
0.0
- 1.3
0.0
+
4* 2.8
- 1.4
- 1.4
0.0
0.0
- 1.3
162 166
170
245
220
325 332
331
461
435
344
595
595
599
670
655
5S0
1,658 1,083 1,993 2,687 3,283 3,467 +
170 +
168
169
225
214
172
156
208
197
160
184
194
180
180
184
219
221
214
206
207
2.4
2.1
0.0
5.6
1.2
2.3
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
Mail-order houses, sales
Chain stores, sales
Magazine advertising
Newspaper advertising
Department store trade *
Postal receipts
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls
thous. of lines.
thous. of lines...
23,768
21,813
1,421
93,812
24,506
40,052
1,112
94,257
23,783
36,036
1,462
97,285
357,349
235,486
27,306
1,145,455
254,478 - 28.8
247,947 + 5.3
17,243 - 36.9
- 10.4
1913
1913 '
1913
1919
276
260
173
119
218
452
120
116
194
238
120
100
229
296
124
116
218
274
116
112
224 + 3.1
502 + 83.6
91 - 2 1 . 7
0.0
112
thous. of dolls..
21,750,
26,678
25,020
248,264
249,126 + 0.3
1919
115
136
111
118
118
145 + 22.7
U. S. interest-bearing debt
mills, of dolls, j 23,365 23,189
I i b t r t y and Victory loans and War Saving
securities
mills, of dolls.. 19,491
19,408
Customs receipts
..thous. of dolls.. 24,843 26,155
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls.. 195,483 r40,293
Ordinary disbursements
thous. of dolls.. 324,483 329,766
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and
Federal Reserve System:
'
\
Total
mills, of dolls..j 4,607
4,553
Percapita
dollars..! 42.41
41.85
23,745
1919
95
94
94
92
93
1919 1913
1913
1913
95
82
70
456 1,544 1,142
749 711
468
94
1919
1919
114
114
PUBLIC FINANCE.
20,269
18,555
931,989
404,575
330,533
313,915 - 5.0
6,432,072 4,971,877 - 22.7
5,064,472 4,445,821 - 12.2
5,584
52.13
See detailed tables, pages 108 and 109.
114
113
394
535
92 -
0.8
94 _ 0.4
94
+ 5.3
96
324 1,227 +278.7
670 580 + 1.6
94
92
_
91 -
L8
1.2
29
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL DATA.
Nov.,
1921
Dec,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
INDEX NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1920
1921
( )
t
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1021
from
1920
1920
Percentage increase
(+
or ,>
docreaso
1921
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
Nov. Dec.
Sept Oct.
Nov. Doc.
Dec.
from
Nov.
BANKING AND FINANCE.
Banking.
Debits to individual accounts:
New York City
Outside New York City
Bank clearings:
New York City
*.
Outside New York City
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted
Notes in circulation
Total reserves
Total deposits
Federal reserve member banks:
Total loans, rediscounts, and
investments
Net demand deposits
Interest rates:
New York call loans
Commercial paper, 60-90 days
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
17,492
14,900
20,575
17,554
21,888
19,136
241,045
240,805
207,095 - 14.1
191,361 - 20.5
1919
1919
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
16,822
12,309
18,476
12,994
20,981
15,048
243,135
189,115
192,106 - 21.0
145,012 - 23.3
1913
1913
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
1,282
2,366
2,990
1,743
1,180
2,443
2,992
1,765
2,719
3,345
2,249
1,799
1919
1919
1919
1919
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
14,765
10,274
14,780
10,174
16,750
10,942
1919
1919
percent.
per cent.
5.06
5.19
5.10
5.13
6.90
7.88
1913
1913
108
109
246
245
141
127
100
90
101 -f 17.6
100 + 17.8
85
234 +
212 +
140
128
103
93
90
137
90
9.8
5.6
61 93 +
137
91
266
246
3.3
0,1
8.0
1.3
+ 01
.
96 - 1 0
.
97
93
160 4- 0.6
-
1.1
Business Finances.
Business failures:
2,444
Firms
number.
1,988
Liabilities
Ithous. of dolls.
53,470 87,502
Div. and interest payments
thous. of dolls. 322,497 359,800
U.S. Steel Corporation's earnings .thous. of dolls.
4,967
6,440
New capital issues:
Corporations
thous. of dolls. 255,938 318,335
States and municipalities:
Permanentloans
thous. of dolls. 128,526 203,842
46,184 51,075
Temporary loans
thous. of dolls.
New incorporations
mills, of dolls.
619
Telephone earnings:
Total operating revenues
thous. of dolls.
37,657
Net operating incomes
thous. of dolls.
8,172
Credit conditions:
Orders
Per cent of total transactions.
25.4
25.5
Indebtedness...Per cent of total transactions.
42.3
42.2
Payments
Per cent of total transactions.
50.1
50.3
1,525
8,881
19,652 +12L3
1913-
58,872
295,121
1913
326,979
3,414,975
627,401 +112.6
3,549,965 + 4.0
12,099
177,173
92,708 -
47.7
1913
79
135
168
131
237,208
3,106,630
2,634,869 -
15.2
1913
129
173
81,557
53,997
773,665
664,087
1,304,287 -f 68.6
1913
190
1913
130
861
15,000
14.7
7,960 - 46.9
1913
520
240
134
500
31,933
5,501
342,105
59,592
397,306 + 16.1
1913
243
84,473 + 41.8
1913
148
762,037
1913
167
149
235
21J8
183 + 22.9
385 + 63.6
243 + 1L6
72
51
40 - 22.9
150
75
187
232 + 24.4
310
377
599 + 58.6
127 4- 10.6
284
370
14S
292
275
219
2S9
220
287
220
98
101
89
105
90
109
110
163
241
63
183
128
234
115
214
559 + 68.2
i
1916
74
1916
17.5
37.8
52.5
108
1916
93
91
92 109
91
1.1
0.0
0.0
Stocks a n d Bonds.
Stock prices, closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls, per share.
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share.
Stock sales (N. Y.StockExchange).thous. of shares.
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls.
Total
thous. of dolls.
Bond prices:
Highest-grade rails
per ct. of par.
Second-grade rails
per ct. of par.
Public utility
per ct. of par.
Industrial
per ct. of par.
Combined price index
per ct. of par.
Municipal bond yield
percent.
78.80
54.18
15,332
183,320
214,625
397,945
78.59
65.80
57.18
55.69
62.13
4.50
82.07
54.36
17,622
155
144
136
141
70
64
129
65
129
1913
64
65
66
172,201 - 23.4
1913
320
344
185
186
221
0.3
255 + 14.9
1,062,753 1,388,237 -j- 30.6
2,824,880 2,077,554 - 26.5
547,151 3,887,623 3,465,791 - 10.9
158
87
103
199
168
166
171
87
92
178
106
109
257
91
129
265
93 +
132 +
79
77
63
79
75
112
S3
83
75
77
79
115
23,829
224,733
188,880
141,612
1919
219,342
405,539
1919
408,222
81.62
67.59
59.12
54.22
64.10
4.3S
+ 41
.
1913
53.02
7L35
57.82
49.88
55.73
57.72
5.06
1919
1915
1915
1915
1915
1915
1913
72
83
79
114
3.0
2.2
2.6
3.9
83
75
73
87
2.7
77
3.4
79
2.6
78
112
81
•+ 3.2
101
!-
3.0
30
TREND OF BUSINESS
NUMERICAL
Nov.,
1921
GOLD AND SILVER.
Gold:
Imports
thous. of dolls.
Exports
thous. of dolls.
Silver:
Imports
thous. of dolls.
Exports
thous. of dolls.
Price at New York
.dolls, per fine oz.
Price at London
pence per standard oz.
U . S. F O R E I G N
Dec.,
1921
Corresponding
month,
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
MOVEMENTS—Continued.
DATA.
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase;
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST MONTH.
1920
1921
(+)
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1921
from
1920
1920
Percentage increase
1921
BASE
TEAR
OR
PERIOD.
or decrease
&
Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. &
from
Nov.
51,937
607
31,685
1,950
44,660
17,058
417,068
322,207
+ 67.8
23,631 - 9Z7
1913
1913
1,072
260
5,912
4,804
.682
38.750
5,516
7,145
.658
35.64S
4,626
6,081
.648
41.845
88,059
113,617
63,317 - 2 8 . 1
51,577 - 54.6
1913
1913
1913
1913
168
160
130
185
70,254
13,930
5,914
67,433
11,896
5,666
4,688
19,335
1,228,046
165,679
89,001
75,290
512,420
764,942
141,884
80,278
62,290
238,796
•
•
•
•
37.7
14*4
9.8
17.3
53.4
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
841 1,253
31
223
99
155
116
108
152
153
95
111
145
251
91
119
150
198
92
114
141
114
101
49
115
118
94
103
37
102
85
88
117
44
118
81
93
92
50
150
85
97
120
39
122
97
3.5
-17.6
+ 24.7
- 3.8
+ 12.5
597
25 +221.3
185
137
110
129
+
-
6.7
48.7
3.5
8.0
TRADE.
I m p o r t s by G r a n d Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom...
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa, total
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
21,888
72,733
11,484
7,372
5,393
24,626
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
56,317
28,768
51,747
26,709
89,148
59,507
1,734,116
581,636
754,726
335,441
• 56.5
- 42.3
1913
1913
313
532
274
502
143
204
165
248
173
243
159 - 8.1
226 - 7.2
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
26,717
4,803
27,106
4,307
35,939
9,454
761,377
207,818
295,624
59,927
• 61.2
71.2
1913
1913
243
380
218
444
103
132
107
141
162
225
164 + 1.5
203 - 10.3
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
53,345
22,519
4,315
78,969
40,242
6,819
70,135
11,939
3,457
1,477,662
414,876
149,583
653,360
251,268
40,374
• 55.8
- 39.4
73.0
1913
1913
1913
358
189
152
266
145
175
194
275
62
179
207
143
202
273
218
300 + 4S.0
488 H + 78.7
58.0
345
210,948 237,373
266,113
52.5
1913
215
178
120
126
141
159 U 12.8
153,088 155,062
19,262 17,249
24,326 21,786
13,249 15,001
60,640
388,587 4,468,214 2,363,916 - 47.1
38,012
675,347
224,942 - 6 6 . 7
58,439
311,427
372,326 + 19.6
31,945
371,769
215,462 - 4 2 . 0
138,851 1,825,589
947,109 - 48.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
2S6
460
120
412
254
311
296
199
487
282
143
168
125
150
121
157
202
90
283
173
123
150
83
202
123
124
134
74
229
140
161,709 1,929,702 1,129,636 - 41.5
61,700
952,603
593,675 - 37.7
1013
1913
339
206
323
184
174
167
154
133
143
123
124 - 13.2
104 - 14.8
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
thous.
Grand total
of
of
of
of
of
thous. of dolls.
5,281,083 2,509,025 -
Exports by G r a n d Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy.
United Kingdom
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa, total
Grand total
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
thous. of
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
71,646
41,195
62,207
35,109
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
13,320
5,100
16,201
7,235
67,295
23,207
623,941
213,727
273,321 - 56.2
110,833 - 48.1
1913
1913
535
56$
551
506
114
113
125
116
109
111
133 + 21.«
41.9
158
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
..thous. of dolls.
51,256
26,126
4,866
58,804
30,718
4,031
86,670 1,043,473
18,353
377,963
16,592
165,678
645,378 - 38.2
235,435 - 37.7
72,870 - 56.0
1913
1913
1913
398
173
639
500
352
253
374
110
293
483
173
296
502
202
340
590 4- 17.0
167 - 17.3
294,176 296,306
720,853 8,230,998
1913
327
343
157 I 166
1a
4
143 4- 0.7
139
171
128
111
133 | j 162 118 113 +
144
132
121
149
136 - 5.6
1 7 -11.1
1
133 + 9.9
138 - 7.3
thous. of dolls.
TKADE AND I N D U S T R Y O F
COUNTRIES.
4,485,223 -
45.5
FOREIGN
United K i n g d o m .
Imports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling.
Food,drink, and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling.
Raw materials
thous. of £ sterling.
Manufactured articles
thous. of £ sterling.
Exports (values):
Total
thous. of £ sterling.
Food,drink, and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling.,
Raw materials
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured articles
thous. of £ sterling..
4- 1.3
-10.5
- 10.4
13.2
4- 13.9
I
i
89,259
41,246
29,946
17,913
85,312
39,063
27,792
18,291
142,785 1,943,862 1,088,020
771,494
59,378
568,581
711,500
48,613
271,175
454,824
34,553
245,096
44.0
26.3
61.9
46.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
225
254
198
223
223
246
207
214 !
in
132
184
91
116
62,894
3,586
7,046
51,094
59,375
3,187
7,746
47,368
96,631 1,335,567
3,842
50,894
144,654
12,277
78,819 1,120,832
46.7
26.4
55.9
47.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
273
174
161
302
221 1 140
122
141
120
211
128
230
142
128
126
147
711,787
37,458
63,860
588,581
136
200
87
4.4
5.3
7.2
2.1
31
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued.
NUMERICAL
Corres-
JNOV.,
1921
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OP FOREIGN
COUNTRIES—Continued.
United Kingdom—Continued.
Reexports (values):
Total
...............thous. of £ sterling .
Food,drink,and tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw materials
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..
Production:
Pig Iron
tons..
Steel ingots
tons..
9,823
2,944
4,818
2,060
Dec.,
1921
ponding
mo nix).
1920,
Nov. or
Dec.
DATA.
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL THROUGH
LATEST •MUWXH.
— 51.9
- 34.4
— 59.3
- 50.0
1913
2,915,258
114,743
1,716
24,662
- 34.4
- 66.9
— 48.5
— 1.1
1920
1920
1913
1913
93
88
67
62
56
22
46
38
2,611,400 - 67.4
3,624,800 — 60.0
1913
1913
47
79
117
1913
1913
524
363,633 330,476
10,978 11,574
248,443
13,697
4,441,657
205
192
2,302
271,800 275,000
442,800 381,000
(+)
or decrease
Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct.
53,240
266,123
3,331
24,932
675,300 8,007,900
745,400 9,056,800
1913
1913
1913
Percentage inrease
1921
1920
107,051
30,245
50,053
26,636
222,405
46,099
122,988
4,309
cumulative
1921
from
1920
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD.
1921
12,699
3,995
4,917
3,787
194
or decrease
19*20
9,204
2,435
4,263
2,501
3,594
I N D E X NUMBERS.
Percentage
increase
139
301
92
tfov. Dec.
(-)
Dec.
from
Nov.
— 6.3
94
204
72
84
114
230
96
88
108
222
90
.84
101
183
80
102
72
96
50
38
56
98
49
89
52
47
59
+
50 +
70 +
9.1
5.4
6.7
19.9
19
67
28
32
69
32
60
+ 1.2
- 14.0
317
458
292
317
475
289
332
436
499
239
230
235
396
411
310
210
307
189
305
224
3S1
338
418
287
340
311
329
309
320
355
346
76
98
75
50
66
54
75
94
91
144
319
93
159
154
80
28
32
56
63
-17.3
—* It *
>
+ 21.4
France.
Imports (values):
Total all commodities
mills, of francs.. 2,334
Foodstuffs
mills, of francs..
564
Raw material
mills, of francs.. 1,446
324
Manufactured articles
mills, of francs..
Exports (values):
Total all commodities
mills, of francs.. 1,749
Foodstuffs
mills, of francs. 157
479
Raw material
mills, of francs..
Manufactured articles
mills, of francs.. 1,113
TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
The Netherlands.
Total trade (values):
Imports
thous of florins 175,806
Exports..
thous of florins 106,624
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
1,655
Butter.
metric tons
Cheesfi
matHr* tnrt*
Manjarin©
mafrir*tern*
Flower bulbs. -
3,063
4,449
32,427
754
909
7,539
1,856
2,418
1,122
16,417
8,471
2,268
288
19,339
1,951
524
1,453
13,145
453
2,183
260
550
1,373
270,811 3,033,559
156,557 1,544,568
416
2,407
4,139
5^371
metric tons
"
Germany.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
thnnq of drtll«
thoim ofdoll«
4,180
7,136
17,193
43,068
84,660
15,304
23,458
6,205
12,397
4,856
- 27.7
- 17.7
- 24.5
-42.7
21,553
1,933
5,558
14,063
+
+
+
634
602
587
813
11.4
0.9
33.0
7.0
1913
1913
2,060,351 - 32.1
1,272,506 - 17.6
1919
1919
115
127
84
133
133
115
13
44
121
113
40
141
51
— 25.1
1913
1913
1913
+ 40.7
1913
33
20
79
110
495
1913
1913
52
54
48
36
33
19,024
48,815
63,446
21,534
+ 10.6
+ 13.3
636,587
48,179
46,743
1913
1913
493
486
672
1913 •
1913
342
346
334
374
351
450
328
371
395
+
+
+
+
31.2
33.7
28.4
39.8
+
+
+
+
24.8
65.6
14.8
23.4
91
.......
63
44
23
24
- Spain.
Total trade (values):
92
115 035
90,497
100 570
7M20
1,283,003
930,034
1,198,964 — 6.6
770,444 — 17.2
1913
1913
106
101
148
80
88
102
81
92
85,882
1,336,899
1,302,804
799,199 — 40.2
816,694 - 37.2
1913
.176
154
107
1913
473
480
190
6
109
25
279
1913
1913
1913
375
252
532
317
610
289
104
- 64.1
537
54S
594
+ 8.4
73
500
164
1913
312
415
85
134
252
349
1913
178
193
173
166
212
215
182
212
79
49
103
107
S3
101
87
Canada*
Total trade:
Imports
thous of dolls
Exports
thous of dolls
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
thous. oflbs..
p
aper,printing
thous. oflbs..
Ch
eese
thous. oflbs..
Wheat
thous. of bush
Japan.
Total trade (values):
Sports...
thous. of yen..
Exports
„ .thous. of yen..
South Africa.
Total trade (values):
sports
thous. oflbs..
*ports
thous. oflbs..
E
64,271
87,640
60,050
87,186
150,950
5,079
134,110
16,008
29,254
1,821
145,320
8,371
34,492
130,043
9,467
34,734
153,790
121,284
161,000
146,000
105,145
3,965
6,150
4,416
5,703
9,014
4,436
87,404
5,719
+
+
-
11.2
6.9
23.5
3.2
39,481
1,523,890
97,793
168,036
43,901
1,418,453
126,733
162,702
2,336,175
1,948,394
1,615,623 - 30.8
1,252,771 - 35.7
105,924
83,624
56,122 58,108 -
1913
47.0
1913
30.5
1913
518
115
115
124
107
277
-
6.6
0.5
65 - 47.7
412
+ 17.9
253
265
230
272
+ 4.7
+ 20.4
107
111
124
90
111
103
:+ 11.4
1- 7.3
32
DIAGRAM 23.—COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE PRICES AT PRESENT WITH 1920 AND PREWAR.
INDEX NUMBERS
300
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
WOOL
CATTLE. BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT. WINTER
CORN. NO 2
OATS
BARLEY
RYE. NO 2
TOBACCO.BURLEY
COTTON. MIDOLING
WOOL. OHIO. UNWASHED
CATTLE. STEERS
HOGS, HEAVY
SHEEP. EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR. SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
COTTON YARN
COTTON PRINT CLOTH
COTTON SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES, PACKERSHIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER, SOLE
LEATHER. CHROME
BOOTS AND SHOES
COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL, ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM *
PIG IRON, FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BESSEMER
STEEL BILLETS
COPPER
LEAD
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER, DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON. NEW YORK
BRICK. COMMON, CHICAGO
CEMENT
STEEL BEAMS
RUBBER. CRUDE
400
600
33
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS.
MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PBICB IN BECENT MONTHS.
NOTE.—Prices to the producer on farm products are from XJ. 8. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. All other prices are from U. S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. As far as possible all quotations represent prices to the producer or at the mill. See diagram on opposite page.
COMMODITIES.
Date a n d m a x i m u m
relative price.
October,
1931,
relative
price.
Novem- Decem- Per cent increase (+) or
ber,
ber,
decrease (—)
1921,
1930,
In Decemrelative relative
ber over
price*
price*
November.
(1913 average -100.)
Farm products—Average price to producer:
Wheat
....
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cottonseed.
Wool..,
CattUybeef..
nogs
Lambs
Farm products—Market price:
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)
Wool, Ohio,£ and § grades, unwashed (Boston)
Cattle, steers, good to choice, com fed (Chicago)
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
Food:
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)
Clothing:
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 yarns: 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Philadelphia)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-whole, double warp, 50 inches (N. Y.)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce, Middlesex (Boston)
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, sole, hemlock, middle, -No. 1 (Boston)
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright, " B " grades (Boston)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, biucher-Campella (Massachusetts)
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:
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig iron, bessemer( Pittsburgh)
Steel billets, bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
Lead, pig, desilverized, for early delivery (New York)
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
Zinc, pig (spelter), western, early delivery (New York)
Building materials:
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring 1 x 4, " B " and better (Hattiesburg)
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common, s 1 s, 1 x 8 x 10 (State of Washington)
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
.
Brick, common building, salmon, run of kiln (Chicago)
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b . plant (Buffington, Ind.)
Steel beams,mill (Pittsburgh)
Rubber, crude:
Rubber, Para island, fine (New York)
8479G°—22
3
June,
July,
June,
July,
May,
July,
May,
July,
Apr.,
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1918
1919
1919
1920
326
300
706
312
321
344
183
256
239
May,
May,
Sept.,
June,
Mar.,
Mar.,
Mar.,
Apr.,
Jan.,
Mar.,
July,
Apr.,
Feb.,
1920
1920
1917
1920
1918
1918
1919
1920
1918
1919
1919
1918
1920
354
302
331
296
325
451
352
331
304
218
266
319
263
May,
May,
May,
May,
July,
1920
1917
1920
1920
1919
119
67
207
117
69
186
136
134
93
79
118
70
182
136
132
101
78
89
100
108
92
89
139
208
154
99
104
95
62
109
134
119
77
94
89
126
208
142
107
101
82
59
112
137
119
77
97
88
135
208
143
110
97
81
31
135
328
363
598
526
374
162
164
119
121
122
156
153
117
121
114
150
152
106
117
115
- 3,8
- 0.7
May, 1920
Apr., 1920
May, 1920
Jan., 1920
Oct., 1918
July, 1920
Jan., 1920
Aug., 1919
Aug., 1919
Mar., 1917
Nov., 1919
Mar., 1920
348
478
427
289
292
291
466
283
490
211
473
308
170
186
168
148
147
183
166
80
82
121
195
217
160
- 3.8
121
186
217
154
168
174
161
145
184
209
90
74
121
186
217
Sept.,
Oct.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
1920
1921
1920
1920
323
201
637
375
186
201
134
166
186
201
122
228
175
201
113
241
- 5.9
0.0 *
- 7.4
+ 5.7
July,
July,
July,
Mar.,
June,
May,
June,
1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
1918
1915
346
335
388
230
261
224
386
143
128
113
81
107
61
88
142
128
113
83
107
89
137
128
113
86
107
73
90
-3.5
0.0
0.0
+ 3.6
0.0
+14.1
+ 1.1
Feb., 1920
Jan., 1920
Feb., 1920
Oct., 1920
'Sept., 1920
June, 1917
455
407
381
251
195
331
185
229
174
148
116
206
125
229
175
148
109
189
125
221
181
148
99
- 8.3
0.0
- 3.5
+ 3.5
0.0
- 9.2
Jan., 1913
124
26
27
26
.
14
7
142
95
82
97
93
142
121
75
14
1
14
7
172
148
145
183
197
86
77
64
87
+ 0.9
+ 1.4
- 2.2
0.0
- 1.5
+ 8.6
- 1.3
- 2.2
+ 8.0
+ 2.2
0.0
0.0
+ 3.2
- 1.1
-f 7.1
0.0
4-0.7
+ 2.8
- 4.0
- 1.2
+37.3
+20.5
- 9.4
- 3.3
+ 0.9
- 3.4
+ 1.2
+ 8.8
0.0
+ 0.5
+ 6.1
+ 4.7
- 3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
-3.7
34
TEXTILES.
Table 1.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
YEAR AND MONTH
Consumption.*
Relative
to 1013.
1909-13 monthly average.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average.....
1917 monthly average
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
ELASCOTTIC
TON
WEBCLOTH. BING.
COTTON.
WOOL.
U. S.
Commercial Govern- Imports
m e n t [(unmanu- Exports.' I m - 8
quarq u a r - factured).
ports.
terly
terly
stocks. stocks.
On h a n d J
Consumed. 7
IN MILLS
[INWAEE
HOUSES.
Relative
to 1909-13
average.
Relative to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
Produc- Visible
tion
» Exports.]
(crop). supply J
Relative tal913.
Sales.
Relative
to 1919.
100
100
100
171
272
296
277
. 110
119
168
134
146
142
124
135
100
100
39
105
96
81
55
a 100
2 101
166
158
114
100
102
104
126
132
100
97
99
127
141
100
100
177
182
153
299
294
171
211
47
75
71
74
92
144
246
114
133
108
117
93
112
108
131
97
153
206
174
272
332
206
261
428
128
88
109
75
514
610
658
342
123
107
119
118
145
139
138
135
213
201
184
169
154
158
149
141
193
214
237
217
124
106
128
103
106
167
75
114
50
33
29
20
78
143
114
112
115
109
100
127
116
101
84
147
131
117
112
130
115
101
87
243
214
163
127
129
113
83
87
93
69
97
106
31
80
94
108
95
68
111
127
61
68
70
83
94
159
235
290
319
84
115
139
158
147
179
158
120
71
47
25
32
167
339
775
516
83
76
82
91
85
95
100
100
321
312
297
286
157
153
146
145
101
81
52
44
118
138
134
92
50
59
74
83
117
47
74
125
68
73
68
52
48
17
28
91
96
85
97
95
90
83
75
269
245
212
198
65
63
145
134
121
107
131
134
152
78(
87
SO
89
115
72
87
99
72
120
93
88
31
154
253
300
101
103
109
106
76
105
123
130
245
283
299
294
54
50
50
64
129
151
151
14S
168
174
144
108
94
100
124
86
88
87
92
88
103
100
100
146
114
91
2 100
2 93
117
139
172
92
114
128
144
122
154
184
124
100
87
81
1920.
January..,
February..
March
April
179
156
166
165
May....
June....
July....
August.
142
115
92
93
September..
October
November..
December..
95
69
88
46
86
40
83
96
34
93
93
100
1921.
January..
February..
March....,
April
,
74
93
118
132
May....
June
July....
August.
141
145
132
145
September.
October...
November.
December.,
155
168
163.
159
106
34
27
104
18
1922.
January...
February.
March....
See footnotes o n opposite page.
35
TEXTILES.
Table 2.—NtTMEBICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.J
WOOL.
YEAR AND MONTH.
ConComs u m p - mercial
tion
in grease quarterly
equiva- stocks.
lent).*
COTTON.
U.S.
Govern- Imports
ment
(unman- Exports.*
quarufacterly
tured).
stocks.
On band.7
Imports.'
1918 monthly av
1919 monthly a v . . .
1920 monthly a v . . .
1921 monthly a v . . .
59,269
57,554
50,446
54,734
• 1920*
January
February
March
April
72,344
63,404
67,387
66,725
May
June
July
August
57,419
46,439
37,438
37,558
September.,
October
November.,
December..
35,484
38,337
27,926
24,316
1921.
January
February
March
,
April
30,072
36,555
47,692
53,440
May
June
July
August
57,164
58,706
53,346
58,660
September
October
November
December
62,811
68,047
66,077
64,237
Consumed.?
IN MILLS.
Thousands of pounds.
1909-13 mo. av..
1913 monthly av
40,522
1914 monthly av
44,692
1915 monthly a v . . . 48,199
1016 monthly a v . . . 68,091
1917 monthly a v . . . 54,190
ELASTIC
COTTON
WKI1CLOTH.', II ING.
IN WAREHOUSES.
Produc- Visible
tion
supply/
(crop).
Thousands of
bales.
Bales.
Exports.
Sales.
Thousands of
yards.
13,033
12,651
21,680
34,393
37,432
35,083
446,214
393,267
169,690
66,951
393,287
77,907
381,955
67,689
371,329
65,331
426,498
56,876
475,123
56,912
443,326
46,559
466,065
30,927
'737,048 320,309
763,775
20,558
696,583
33,798
585,810
32,064
401,570
23,103
482,194
490,394
500,767
606,544
638,184
,341,889
1,305,576
1,326,773
1,704,731
1,890,108
,760,351
1,766,241
3,116,900
3,197,001
2,690,700
16,135
11,192
11,450
11,302
3,070
4,479
3,490
2,798
* 37,062
* 34,572
43,195
51,687
63,719
12,041
11,421
13,440
8,340
2,816
3,492
3,915
4,414
45,348
56,920
68,311
45,969
15,397
13,404
12,425
3,068
37,811
37,158
21,635
26,717
342,696
546,432
513,261
539,602
18,781
29,226
49,999
23,137
640,444
518,653
563,517
450,434
1,500,619
1,454,170
1,762,006
1,305,998
2,689,271
3,632,971
3,056,971
4,783,186
41,950
26,103
33,032
54,086
929,671
640,320
794,460
546,125
104,485
123,880
133,727
69,357
591,921
515,699
575,789
566,914
,952,326
,869,368
,853,996
,811,527
3,758,329
3,530,654
3,240,197
2,978,158
4,722
4,840
4,573
4,315
71,447
79,377
87,716
80,276
19,052
16,327
19,656
15,815
13,388
21,080
49,445
14,448
364,904
241,449
211,841
146,668
15,767
19,635
23,106
541,377
555,155
525,489
483,193
,698,833
,554,274
,358,147
,130,694
2,586,868
2,301,016
2,055,015
1,968,218
11,450
12,519
4,002
3,539
3,110
2,662
90,046
79,402
60,258
47,113
19,801
17,380
12,612
13,327
11,737
8,706
12,251
13,392
228,068
583,725
683,323
788,578
20,004
13,825
22,513
25,890
457,647
401,325
332,712
294,851
907,288
940,480
1,118,418
1,258,837
2,792,152
4,132,967
5,100,978
5,623,538
12,783
12,123
12,123
12,987
2,579
3,519
4,273
4,84$
54,465
66,272
58,588
44,377
10,915
7,161
3,859
4,932
21,169
42,886
98,103
65,336
605,381
493,426
375,180
319,933
24,024
28,055
27,282
18,731
36b,270
395,563
437,933
403,882
1,273,067
1,335,435
1,337,790
1,316,015
5,645,368
5,497,019
5,235,360
5,028,631
4,822
4,707
4,476
4,434
37,487
30,087
33,024
36,772
7,705
9,079
11,443
12,791
14,745
5,952
9,397
15,867
477,389
495,590
527.323
495,130
10,542
9,849
3,452
5,631
439,884
461,656
410,120
467,103
1,279,314
1,204,572
1,115,847
1,002,981
4,739,851
4,306,236
3,724,512
3,480,783
8,203
4,512
4,454
4,108
3,724
39,767
48,395
49.668
56,381
12,040
13,347
12,280
13,660
14,592
9,086
10,946
12,520
522,839
874,510
648,695
639,825
6,362
31,269
51,440
61,006
484,647
494,745
526,610
511,800
1,016,032
1,404,931
1,648,216
1,737,771
4,309,893
4,981,856
5,271,451
5,177,266
7,037
6,537
6,537
8,340
3,944
4,624
4,623
4,544
62,290
64,489
53,422
39,842
14,537
15,369
13,654
13,193
8,433
1922.
January
February
March
1
Except visible supply of cotton from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle and sales of elastic webbing from the Webbing Manufacturers' Exchange. Other sources
are as follows: Wool (consumption and quarterly stocks) and Cotton production from the U. 5 . Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates; Wool
(imports), Cotton cloth, and Cotton (exports and imports), from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Cotton (consumed and on
nand), from the U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1
These figures are for fiscal years; those following are for calendar years,
1
Includes duck and other cloth, bleached, unbleached, and colored.
* Figures for 1918,1919,1920, and 1921 compiled from monthly reports on consumption by mills; preceding years compiled from production and net imports.
1
Running bales counting round as half bales; linters are included.
•500-pound bales.
* Figures listed for years 1913 through 1920 represent monthly averages of cotton consumed and on hand at end of month during crop years (beginning Aug. 1 of the
preceding year and ending July 31 of the year to which the figure is credited). Figures are in running bales, counting round as half bales, and do not include linters.
* These figures represent world visible supply of American cotton.
36
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
Table 3.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.*
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
RAW SILK.
TOTAL KNIT UNDERWEAR.*
YEAR AND MONTH. *
TJnfllled Actual S torace C o n New
Orders
Goods
orders
Shiporders ments. C a n c e l - e n d of p r o d u c - a t end of s u m p - I m p o r t s . received. billed.
lations.
tion^
received.
tion.
month.
month.
Kelative to Feb.,
1920.
Relative to 6 months' average,
July-Dec, 1920.
Av. July-Dec, 1920
Av. Nov., 1920-Apr., 1921.
1913 monthly averago * . . .
100
100
1OO
100
monthlv
monthly
monthly
monthly
averaco
average
.
average....
avcrago
Capacity
In
Goods
opershipped. storage.
ated.
Relative t o 6 m o n t h s ' average,
Nov., 1920-Apr., 1921.
Relative
to 1913.
100
1OO
100
1OO
100
100
100
90
109
120
1915 monthlv averaco
1916 monthlv average....
1918
1919
1920
1921
FINISHED COTTON GOODS.
592
101
61
220
127
142
162
116
133
131
120
i
!
1
*
1920.
April
163
161
163
164
1OO
81
68
100
91
84
170
130
87
78
July
August
65
70
80
79
74
49
36
' 57
88
113
91
94
1
-
62
53
171
15S
S5
137
283
177
165
161
147
135
September
October
November
December.*
40
227
12S
92
134
78
39
21 .
165
167
11
39
52
44
25
19
149
101
47
22
79
77
74
68
55
37
36
31
69
54
46
34
44
50
71
69
56
67
121
12}
56
64
1931.
January
February
March
April
399
297
549
529
31
54
93
68
7
6
17
13
101
95
105
167
35
56
100
99
49
43
25
31
74
55
85
96
25
82
77
170
111
117
135
142
60
97
152
151
89
108
146
134
94
91
84
87
73
113
149
147
469
550
426
707
95
114
102
134
19
17
24
15
164
175
198 '
159
111
131
102
142
32
24
28
'29
90
113
107
109
156
136
171
179
133
148
127
156
159
175
149
168
138
142
134
151
90
99
93
106
151
164
138
158
1,358
S33
536
445
. 145
153
105
115
19
17
52
57
344
357
396
384
169
175
173
146
35
30
30
38
104
89
83
70
161
110
120
204
164
155
131
178
184
170
172
15S
148
114
113
127
167
171
153
May
June
July
August
October
November
December
.
1923.
January
February
March
i E x c e p t imports of r a w silk, from t h e Z7. s. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. T h e figures for k n i t underwear are secured from
t h e Knit-Goods Manufacturers of A merka; a n d those relating to r a w silk from t h e Silk Association of A merica. Data for finished cotton goods a r e supplied b y t h e Kational
Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics a n d are compiled from statistics furnished b y 34 out of 58 members of t h e association, estimated t o cover approximately the
following percentages of t h e entire i n d u s t r y : White goods, 72 per cent; dyed goods, 62 per cent; printed goods, 30 per cent.
a T h e preliminary report from t h e B u r e a u of t h e Census shows t h a t , in 1919, t h e total production of knit underwear in t h e United States a m o u n t e d t o 26,517,000 dozens
compared w i t h 28,032,000 dozens i n 1914. I n terms of monthly averages,-the 1919 o u t p u t was a t t h e r a t e of 2,209,000 dozens, which, b y comparison, indicates that the
normal production of t h e mills reporting above comprises about 40 p e r cent of t h e industry.
»Consumption figures represent withdrawals from warehouses.
37
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
Table 4.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
K N I T UNDERWEAR.*
Order a n d s h i p m e n t report.
YEAR AND MONTH.
II
•go
ft
3
Av. July . - D e c , 1920... 451,306
Av. Nov., 1920-Apr.,
1921
,
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
Per cent of normal production.
11.2
51.0
5.4
FINISHED COTTON GOODS.
Production
report.
1
&> a
1
a
Dozens.
RAW SILK.
1
1
I
1
r
Per
Dozens. cent of
normal.
Thousands of Thosuands of yards.
pounds.
Bales.
Per
cent.
Cases.
50.0
55.8
05,313
57,188
33,492
36,078
45
2,850
2,566
3,094
3,406
801,753
65.7
60.0
21,315
26,941
3,619
4,000
4,627
3,305
3,780
1920.
January
February
March
April
881,497
950,883
81.7
80.3
81.7
82.2
65,026
52,785
44,457
30,071
27,511
25,336
4,857
3,696
2,485
2,228
May....
June....
July
August.,
529,423
546,172
6.9
5.9
87.1
80.4
4.6
7.4
157.8
98.8
824,556
696,728
793,466
868,124
82.3
80.4
73.5
67.4
42,407
45,830
52,265
51,130
22,325
14,S69
10,836
17,241
2,506
3,221
2,582
2,691
September.
October....
November.
December..
503,579
312,477
401,589
414,595
4.5
25.4
14.3
10.3
68.4
39.6
19.7
10.8
8.9
9.0
.6
2.1
29.0
24.5
14.2
10.6
816,327
780,266
8231,750
891,797
74.3
50.4
23 3
11.1
51,128
49,807
48,357
44,536
16,624
11,152
10,735
9,428
1,969
1,532
1,320
972
28,971
32,882
40,734
39,595
18,163
21,813
43,716
44,200
25
29
1921.
January
February
March
April
562,843
721,068
603,933
634,233
44.7
33.3
61.5
59.3
15.7
27.3
47.3
34.6
.4
.3
.9
.7
56.3
53.0
58.7
93.0
852,007
886,367
839,307
809,970
17.4
28.0
50.2
49.6
31,859
27,928
16,386
20,038
22,176
16,525
25,5S5
28,900
709
2,328
2,202
4,857
72,542
76,202
88,343
92,921
34,316
55,437
86,733
86,311
29,020
34,943
47,457
43,556
34,080
32,788
30,324
31,357
33
51
67
66
May
June
July....
August.,
593,418
646,621
664,063
571,182
52.5
61.6
47.7
79.2
48.6
58.1
52.2
68.2
1.0
.9
1.3
.8
91.5
97.6
110.6
89.0
911,749
854,990
960,157
580,367
.55.4
65.5
51.2
71.1
20,541
15,521
17,866
18,899
27,209
33,846
32,325
32,790
4,435
3,871
4,868
5,115
86,754
82,734
101,741
91,034
99,929
85,324
95,915
44,889
45,996
43,650
49,177
32,642
35,871
35,431
38,413
6S
74
62
71
September.
October....
November.
December..
567,501
645,683
514,789
546,448
152.1
93.3
60.0
49.8
73.7
77.9
53.4
58.7
1.0
.9
2.8
3.1
191.8
199.0
220.8
214.3
678,636
773,776
800,352
673,359
84.4
87.3
86.5
73.0
23,036
19,304
19,601
24,804
31,229
26,816
24,955
20,930
4,598
3,141
3,412
5,824
107,336
100,910
85,279
101,825
105,286
97,132
55,949
51,439
48,207
41,177
40,725
45,675
75
77
69
605,982
66.3
51.3
3.3
123.0
1922.
January
February
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
38
ACTIVE TEXTILE MACHINERY.
Table 5.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA,
Based on data from Government sources.1
COTTON.'
WOOL.*
Y E A E AND MONTH.
Woolen Worsted
spindles. spindles.
Wide
looms.
Narrow
looms.
Carpet
looms.
Active
Wide
Woolen Worsted
spindles. spindles, spindles. l o o m s .
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
100
104
100
. 122
115
1OO
99
95
116
116
100
105
96
126
121
100
99
104
118
109
100
102
102
105
109
3 77
78
85
118
105
94
90
108
104
105
109
119
105
92
93
118
104
100
93
90
79
100
81
111
111
114
109
91
81
72
January..
February.
March....
A'pril
118
122
116
112
103
115
91
90
121
124
119
112
104
115
93
92
117
119
115
110
106
115
90
88
118
126
118
114
106
114
91
May....
June
July....
August.
116
126
115
112
106
113
89
100
116
99
107
104
114
77
79
91
78
93
100
115
70
84
96
100
114
average.
average.
average.
average.
Carpet
looms.
Active
spindles.
Thousands,
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
100
101
110
116
121
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
Narrow
looms.
Per cent of active to total.
Kelative to 1913.
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
COTTON.*
WOOL.*
»74
77
74
90
85
80
77
78
81
30,246
30,920
30,720
31,807
32,984
61
54
68
55
33,624
33,429
34,458
33,012
82
78
»68
67
71
80
74
70
82
*74
73
70
86
86
71
34,740
34,656
34,698
34,359
77
70
92
76
73
68
1920.
September..
October
November..
December..
85
80
72
87
83
72
93
85
82
72
86
73
78
71
61
67
58
68
54
62
51
70
68
68
34,070
34,457
$4,667
34,472
64
65
62
60
34,041
33,772
31,700
29,879
54
50
40
31,509
32,459
32,105
32,536
71
84
65
89
94
113
55
62
48
65
74
100
69
89
96
112
57
74
51
65
72
85
91
105
57
65
53
62
48
57
49
55
74
88
62
77
53
66
58
70
79
104
41
49
43
51
53
77
62
70
74
107
41
57
46
51
53
67
57
58
78
64
66
75
1931.
January..
February.
March....
April
69
77
79
59
106
105
86
90
63
108
99
118
100
97
68
108
76
87
74
71
103
May....
June....
July....
August.
91
88
122
108
103
69
108
79
90
80
75
104
September..
October
November..
December..
122
109
103
72
107
80
90
81
75
103
118
108
104
74
109
79
87
80
74
88
112
78
92
78
101
113
78
91
76
32,631
32,665
32,446
33,059
33,898
34,222
34,487
34,489'
72
104
47
49
50
74
101
124
105
101
123
103
104
104
124
101
122
97
118
103
107
114
80
92
77
75
107
109
114
78
90
73
78
73
74
108
109
75
87
70
79
74
1932.
January..
February.
March
95
1 Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census,
2 The monthly averages are for cotton crop years (beginning Aug. 1 and ending July 31). Figures opposite any one year representthe monthly average number of active
jotton spindles for the period beginning Aug. 1 of the preceding year.
3 Data for 1913 collected by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers.
* Reported as of the 1st of the month.
39
HOURLY ACTIVITY IN TEXTILE MACHINERY.
Table 6.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B). NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
WOOL.3
Looms.
YEAR AND MONTH.
WIDE.
NARROW.
WOOL.*
Spinning
spindles.
Sets
of
Combs.
CARPET cards.
WOOL- W O R AND
EN.
RUG.
STED.
Spinning
spindles.
Looms.
WIDE.
Relative to 12-month average, Nov., 1920-Oct., 1921.
NARROW.
Sets
Combs.
of
cards.
CARPET
AND
RUG.
WORSTED.
EN.
Total Activity
per
activity spindle
of
In
spindles place.
Millions Hours.
of hours.
Per cent of active hours to total reported.
A.—INDEX N U M B E R S
12 mo.av.Nov., 1920,
to Oct., 1921
1921 monthly average.
COTTON.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
100
108
100
108
1OO
106
100
108
100
109
100
108
100
10S
G1.0
66.-0
55.7
60.3
4G.3
49.0
G2.9
68.2
77.0
S3.9
63.3
68.4
71.7
77.6
1920.
November
December
75
66
94
71
120
116
86
68
80
64
" 84
73
86
65
45.9
40.3
52.3
39.6
55.3
53.8
54.1
42.9
61.6
49 0
53.3
46 1
61.5
46 6
1921.
January
February
March.. .
April..
55
49
90
101
52
60
77
95
92
79
78
77
54
57
79
102
48
64
96
115
50
56
78
104
49
62
87
104
33.3
30.0
54.7
61.7
28.8
33.3
42.9
52.7
42.5
36.5
36.1
35.7
33.9
35.7
49.4
64.2
37.1
49.0
73,8
88.7
31.6
35.5
49 5
65.9
34.8
44.7
62.1
74.3
May
June. *
July
August
120
131
135
130
113
125
132
127
82
95
102
91
119
128
131
126
123
128
125
114
122
129
129
126
121
125
130
120
73.4
80.1
82.5
79.2
63.2
69 9
73.7
70.6
38.0
44.1
47.1
42.1
75.0
80.2
82.1
79.4
94.6
98.6
95.9
87.4
77.1
81.4
81.8
80.0
86.5
89.6
93.4
85.7
7,328
200
September
Ocober. .
November
December
126
122
123
117
124
130
131
133
124
142
151
157
125
126
130
125
118
127
129
122
124
125
129
123
123
129
128
122
76.7
74.2
75.1
71.3
69.0
72.5
73.0
74.3
57.4
65.5
69.9
72.7
78.9
79.0
82.0
78.8
91.2
97.6
99.5
93.8
78.8
79.1
81.7
78.1
88.5
92.2
91.9
87.4
7,379
7,583
7,689
7,726
202
207
210
210
1922.
January
110
130
152
116
128
118
120
671
72 2
70.3
72.9
98.6
74.4
86.2
1
Compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
» Reported as of the 1st of the month, but really covers previous month's operations.
COTTON GINNED.
Table 7.—NUMERICAL DATA AND INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
PRIOR TO SEPT. 1.
Bales.
1909-1913 five-year average... 608,507
1914....
480,317
1915
463,883
1916....
850,663
1917...
614,787
1918....
1919....
1920
1921....
1
1,038,078
142,625
351,589
1,481,788
PRIOR TO SEPT. 25.
12,260,794
14,443,146
10,636,778
11,039,491
10,434,852
1OO
118
87
90
85
12,933,098
15,905,840
11,068,173
11,363,915
11,248,242
1OO
123
S6
88
87
86
79
91
69
10,773,863
10,008,920
11,554,648
7,884,272
88
82
94
64
11,906,480
11,325,532
13,270,970
8 7,913,971
92
S3
103
9,571,414
8,844,368
10,141,293
7,644,266
7,777,159
6,305,054
7,508,633
6,646,136
3,770,611
1,835,214
2,249,606
2,907,950
100
117
87
93
87
93
75
89
79
127
62
76
98
171
23
58
244
Bales.
Relative to
5-year
average."
11,155,272
13,073,386
9,703,612
10,352,031
9,713,529
8,406,865
9,826,912
7,378,886
8,623,893
7,185,178
3,962,149
3,393,752
2,903,829
4,081,989
2,511,658
TOTAL GINNED.
Bales.
100
117
88
103
85
1OO
115
93
138
85
1OO
79
76
140
101
PRIOR TO JAN. 1.
Relative to
5-year
average.*
Bales.
Bales.
Bales.
PRIOR TO DEC. l.
Relative to
5-year
average.*
Relative to
5-year
average*
Relative to
5-year
average.3
Relative to
5-year
average.*
PRIOR TO NOV. 1.
Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
As the cumulative ginning is the important factor, relatives here shown are based on the average cumulative ginnings prior to the respective dates instead of on a simple
monthly average.
3
Amount ginned prior to January 16,1922. The total amount ginned to the same date last year was 12,014,742 bales.
1
40
TEXTILE WHOLESALE PRICES.
Table 8.—INDEX NUMBEES.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
COTTON
YARN.
COTTON.
YEAB AND MONTH.
Price to
producer.
Carded,
Middling
white,
upland, northern,
mule spun,
New
York. 22/1 cones,
Boston*
Print
cloth,
37",
Boston.
WORSTED
YARN.
WOOL.
COTTON GOODS.
Sheetings,
4/4 Ware
shoals,
LL,
New York.
Unwashed,
price to
producer.
Ohio 1/4
and 3/8
grades,
unwashed,
Boston.
WOMEN'S
DRESS
GOODS.
2/32's
crossbred
stock,
Philadelphia.
Storm
Wool-dyed,
serge, all
blue,
Japanese,
55/56",
wool,
Kansai
Middledouble
No. 1,
sex,
warp, 50",
New York.
Boston.
New York.
SUITINGS.
SILK,
RAW.
Kelative to 1913.
1913 monthly av..
1914 monthly av..
1915 monthly av..
1916 monthly av..
1917 monthly a v . .
100.0
88.3
74.1
112.5
179.1
100
95
79
113
184
100.0
88.0
81.0
120.0
181.2
100.0
88.1
83.5
121.5
192.2
100.0
91.2
84.0
117.6
192.7
100.0
105.3
134.7
165.2
282.6
100
93
121
144
243
100.0
82.4
101.4
135.2
200.8
100.0
-88.9
99.1
135.4
193.4
100.0
94.4
101.2
127.8
204.4
100.0
101.5
91.2
133.7
150.9
1918 monthly av..
1919 monthly av..
1920 monthly a v . .
1921 monthly av.*.
245.8
246.6
267.5
102.5
249
254
265
119
267.5
240.8
283.8
133.3
327.5
287.0
363.8
146.3
317.3
273.5
343.5
143.0
346.1
305.3
228.3
101.1
301
248
203
09
271.5
209.5
234.9
151.7
260.4
234.2
238.3
156.6
261.5
259.5
270.5
189.8
172.3
244.0
227.4
165.8
1920.
January
February...
Maroh
April
299.1
301.6
301.6
310.8
307
327.1
337.5
33?. 9
341.1
431.9
445.8
442.0
478.3
406.7
415.0
416.6
423.0
319.1
314.3
308.3
307.1
258
258
258
251
289.7
289.7
283.3
283.3
252.6
252.6
252.6
252.6
291.3
291.3
291.3
291.3
466.4
386.5
357.1
261.2
May
Juno
July
August.
314.1
310.0
311.6
306.6
323
348.4
336.2
321.9
292.9
462.3
445.8
411.6
338.8
427.0
420.4
380.5
328.0
301.1
231.1
176.6
169.4
243
209
190
182
257.5
257.5
225.3
225.3
252.6
252.6
252.6
252.6
291.3
291.3
269.4
269.4
173.2
177.2
126.6
129.3
September.
October
November.
December..
259.1
212.5
161.4
116.6
235
257.7
196.2
165.4
142.8
289.9
237.7
188.4
170.4
277.7
241.5
218.4
167.9
167.6
164.6
149.1
131.1
175
152
144
114
206.0
193.1
167.4
141.6
225.3
204.4
204.4
204.4
269.4
259.2
233.0
198.1
173.7
164.3
158.9
154.8
1931.
January
February...
March
April
05.8
98.3
85.8
78.3
131
135.6
129.8
114.2
112.2
167.5
153.0
130.4
124.1
155.2
150.8
141.9
124.3
117.3
118.5
113.1
107.1
114
114
110
110
148.1
148.1
154.5
154.5
186.2
157.3
157.3
157.3
198.1
198.1
198.1
198.1
158.9
157.5
161.6
158.9
May....
June
July
August.
78.3
81.6
80.0
81.6
101
115.4
116.7
112.6
122.3
124.1
124.1
124.3
136.8
119.9
115.8
115.8
117.6
95.8
92.2
92.8
92.2
107
103
103
99
160.9
154.5
148.1
148.1
157.3
157.3
157.3
157.3
189.3
189.3
189.3
183.5
154.8
157.5
157.5
148.1
160.0
170.2
160.0
154.2
168.4
185.5
174.0
167.5
151.6
167.6
172.0
173.5
92.8
94.6
93.4
101.1
99
99
107
110
148.1
148.1
148.0
160.9
157.3
146.5
145.0
145.0
183.5
183.5
184.0
184.0
164.3
165.6
197.0
209.0
September.,
October
November..
December...
105.0
165.0
147.5
135.0
303
324
331
307
321
281
177
148
121
109
92
95
94
97
109
160
154
142
143
1922.
January
February
March
,
138.6
,
Seo footnotes on opposite page.
41
TEXTILE WHOLESALE PRICES.
Table 9.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
COTTON.
Y E A R AND MONTH.
COTTON
YARN.
COTTON
GOODS.
WORSTED
YARN.
WOOL.
Carded,
white,
Sheetings,
Ohio
UnMiddling Northern,
Print
4/4 Ware
Price to upland,
washed, 1/4 and 3/8
mule
cloth, 27",
shoals,
grades
producer New York.
price to unwashed,
spun,
Boston.
LL,
22/1 cones,
New York. producer.
Boston.
Boston.
Per pound.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
av
SO.12O
av....
.106
av....
.089
av....
.135
av....
.215
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
av....
av....
av....
av...
1920.
January
February
March
April....
May
June
July....
August..
September.
October....
November.
December..
Per yard.
S0.1280
S0.24S0
.1210
.2180
.1020
.1980
.1450
.2970
.2350
-.4490
.295
.296
.321
.123
.3388
.7025
.1520
.3307
.359
.3928
.362
.3878
.8354
.362
.4140
.8387
.373
.4238
.SMI
.377
.4134
.8624
.372
.3930
.8320
.374
.4100
.7966
.368
.3595
.7249
.3180
.6620
.3250
.5960
.311
.3006
.6377
.255
.2261
.4856
.194
.1898
.4093
.140
.1545
.3534
.115
.1670
.3355
.118
.1390
.3213
.103
.1180
.2826
.094
.1210
.2778
May
June
July
August.,
.094
.1290
.2855
.098
.1200
.2888
.096
.1240
.2787
.098
.1390
.3027
September.
October....
November.
December..
.126
.2040
.3959
.198
.1970
.4212
.i77
.1820
.3966
.162
.1834
.3817
1921.
January
February
March
April
1932.
January...
February.
March
$0.0350
.0300
.0290
.0420
.0660
2/32's
crossbred
stock,
Philadelphia*
Per pound.
WOMEN'S
DRESS
GOODS.
1.1400
.0872
.578
.510
.381
.169
.1490
.1538
.1525
.1650
.2497
.533
1.2360
.2548
,525
1.2360
.2558
.515
1.2360
2.200
1.421
.2597
.513
1.2000
2.200
1,421
.1595
.1538
.1420
.1169
.2622
.503
1.1630
2.000
.2581
.386
1.0000
2.000
.2336
.295
.9091
.2014
.283
.8727
.1705
.280
.8364
.1483
.275
.7273
.1341
.249
.6909
1.300
1.150
.1031
.219
.5455
1.100
.0578
.0528
.0450
.0428
.0953
.196
.5455
1.150
.0926
.198
.5455
1.150
.0871
.189
.5273
1.200
.0763
.179
.5273
1.200
.0428
.0428
.0429
.0472
.0736
.160
.5091
1.250
.0711
.154
.4909
1.200
.0711
.155
.4909
1.150
.0722
.154
.4727
1.150
.0581
.0640
.0600
.0578
.0931
.155
.4727
1.150
.1030
.158
.4727
1.150
.1050
.156
.5091
1.150
.1065
.169
.5273
1.250
.1130
.0990
.1255
.0512
.1000
.0820
.0650
.0588
.0520
.0720
.1180
.1950
.1680
.2109
1.1890
.9712
.4667
Per pound.
Per yard.
* $0.4710
J.4400
*.571O
«.6800
1.1640
.0560
SILK,
RAW.
Storm
serge, all Wool-dyed, Japanese,
blue,
wool,
Kansai,
55/511",
double
No. 1,
Middlesex, New York,
warp 5 0 " ,
New York. Boston.
S0.167
.176
.225
.276
.472
$0.0610
SUITINGS.
$0,563
.500
.557
.762
1.0S8
$1,545
1.459
1.564
1.974
3.158
S3.G10
3.691
3.318
4.867
5.494
1.465
1.318
1.340
4.040
4.009
4.179
2.933
6.273
8.8S0
8.273
6.035
2.250
1.421
1.421
4.500
4.500
4.500
4.500
16.975
2.250
1.421
4.500
1.421
4.500
1.750
1.421
4.1G2
1.750
1.421
4.162
6.305
6.450
4.607
4.704
1.600
1.267
1.500
1.150
1.150
4.162
4.005
3.600
3.060
6.321
5.978
5.782
5.635
1.047
.885
.885
.885
3.060
3.060
3.060
3.060
5.782
5.733
5.880
5.782
.885
.885
.885
.885
2.925
2.925
2.925
2.835
5.635
5.733
5.733
5.390
.885
.824
.815
.815
2.835
2.835
2.835
2.835
5.978
6.027
7.154
7.595
SO.777
.640
.788
1.050
1.556
2.109
. ' 1.627
1.825
1.179
14.065
12.998
9.506
.163
1
Prices of cotton and wool to the producer on the 1st and 15th of each month, respectively, are from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and
Crop Estimates. All other prices are averages of weekly quotations compiled by the XI. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
'Based on price of washed wool.
42
METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 10.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
WHOLESALE PRICES.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
IRON
ORE
MOVEMENT.*
YEAR AND
MONTH.
IRON AND
STEEL.*
COPPER.
TIN.
ZINC.
PIG IRON.
STEEL
BIL- COPPER. LEAD.
LETS.
Ingots,
Imports - Foundry t
electroOre,
Exports— ImportsAt Sault
Bars,
them
(Pitts(Pittsblocks, No.2 Nor- Bessemer Bessemer lytic
Ste.Marle Exports. Imports. Pigs, In- blocks,
(New
burgh). burgh).
pigs, and (Pittsgots, etc
Canals.
etc.
York).
burgh).
dust.
TIN.
ZINC.
Pig,
desilverized
(New
York).
Pig
(New
York).
Spelter,
Western
(New
York).
Relative to 1913.
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
av.
aV.
av.
av.
av.
100
65
94
132
12S
1918 mo. av.
1919 mo. av.
1920 mo. av.,
1921 mo. a v .
126
98
118
53
100
87
93
132
259
100
87
92
139
255
100
78
87
170
271
100
85
110
175
187
100
88
104
155
207
100
78
84
96
132
100
90
247
241
159
215
189
281
157
214
182
260
148
183
157
218
134
157
122
114
80
169
131
184
105
190
146
112
67
142
127
139
90
80
136
143
193
256
268
267
277
236
250
253
255
186
214
233
233
123
121
118
122
198
200
210
204
142
134
138
139
166
158
153
148
111
285
290
290
312
257
262
275
287
233
237
121
121
121
121
195
193
196
204
124
109
109
105
139
136
141
142
320
303
261
236
295
287
241
216
228
213
193
169
119
107
93
87
186
166
143
109
99
91
82
76
134
129
116
103
169
164
149
145
82
82
78
79
113
106
92
97
79
73
64
68
101
92
89
90
1OO
107
76
78
113
100
87
97
147
135
100
83
52
73
73
124
78
110
47
114
79
80
53
101
133
38
146
135
196
173
1930.
January . . .
February..
March
April
100
90
89
98
102
172
122
125
112
71
82
125
91
92
146
125
103
100
56
.
128
220
235
194
160
IO
S
70 1
273 j
687
336
103
1
43 ''
May....
June
July....
August .
125
163
173
165
183
172
183'
189
110
153
123
220
118
82
67
65
95
117
184
117
September.
October . . .
November.
December ..
164
179
193
190
218
120
150
192
57
35
33
55
59
100
71
100
62
103
239
172
101
71
64
14
17
19
78
87
55
59
27
B5
32
26
26
107
197
175
211
187
173
167
184
164
157
51
124
83
82
62
47
38
33
47
34
40
37
46
71
67
59
21
43
37
54
(*)
3
0
1
158
149
138
137"
153
144
133
128
144
144
125
115
82
82
SO
75
113
103
100
100
72
65
62
59
92
85
82
80
68
41
47
55
59
50
52
41
41
85
74
103
87
61
46
72
0
0
1
143
143
142
137
128
128
128
123
113
113
113
113
76
81
S3
£6
105
107
107
107
60
61
65
73
81
88
89
90
162
104
1021.
January . . . .
February..,
March
April
May . . . .
June....
July....
August.
September.,
October
November..
December...
60
9
0
212
54
58
43
76
26
7
1932.
January
February..,
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
233
242
43
METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 11.—NUMEKICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page,]
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
IRON
ORE
MOVEMENT.
IRON AND
STEEL.3
COPPER.
At Sault
Ste. Marie
Canals*
Exports. Imports.
Exports
rigs,
ingots,
etc.
Short tons.
YEAR AND
MONTH.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
I
Long tons.
TIN.
ZINC.
PIG IRON.
STEEL
IHLLETS.
COPPER.
LEAH.
TIN.
ZINC.
Ingots,
PI*,
Imports Imports— Foundry
Ore,
No. 2 Bessemer Bessemer electro- desilBars,
blocks, northern (Pittslytic
(Pittsverized
blocks, pig and
(Pittsburgh).
(New
burgh).
(New
etc.
burgh).
dust*
York).
York.)
Pig
(New
York).
Spelter,
western
(New
York).
Per long ton.
Thousands of pounds.
Per pound.
1913 mo. a v . . .
1914 mo. a v . . .
1915 mo. a v . . .
1916 mo. a v . . .
1917 mb. av.*.
5,345,484
3,490,418
5,023,734
7,050,234
6,819,343
388,801
129,123
293,207
503,971
536,980
26,556
24,027
23,533
25,906
26,974
70,461
75,245
53,567
55,260
79,818
9.560
. 8,351
9,273
14,085
12,908
3,631
2,552
9,905
24,961
12,189
$16.00
13.90
14.87
21.07
41.39
S17.13
14.89
15.78
23.89
43.61
S25.79
20.08
22.44
43.95
1918 mo. a v . . .
1919 mo. a v . . .
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av...,
6,727,922
5,213,644
6,308,944
2,837,557
444,835
366,663
412,030
183,980
14,052
26,837
36,626
10,088
58,726
36,653
51,771
51,293
11,876
7,475
10,503
4,517
4,143
2,855
3,753
1,578
34.46
30.31
44.90
25.17
36.66
31.13
44.46
25.35
47.27
40.54
56.26
34.46
.247
.191
.180
.126
.074
.058
.081
.046
45,796
32,279
33,266
29,681
49,684
8,773
2,906
4,946
87,972
11,980
5,358
64,395
10,345
7,011
43.65
48.00
55.25
60.00
60.00
.193
.191
.186
.192
.087
13,926
40.90
42.90
42.80
44.40
40.40
57,595
162,630
333,514
308,846
449,171
395,583
May....
June—
July....
August.
6,705,884
8,725,046
9,243,769
8,809,461
419,064
392,780
419,230
431,519
29,125
40,549
32,742
58,335
82,792
9,102
57,986
11,232
46,869
17,584
45,859
11,196
4,046
7,683
1,975
2,098
45.65
46.40
46.40
49.91
44.03
44.80
47.15
49.11
60.00
60.00
62.50
61.00
.191
.190
.190
.190
September
October
November
December
8,747,732
8,684,487
5,563,925
137,564
408,605
451,972
434,290
499,780
31,825
39,797
50,995
15,120
24,455
9,597
3,754
23,302
6,741
1,571
38,619
9,551
2,753
41,728
5,894
937
51.21
48.46
41.76
37.71
50.46
49.21
41.26
36.96
58.75
55.00
49.70
43.50
17,104
3,672
4,505
4,935
54,855
95,328
546,402
394,638
230,253
162,793
2,584
5,270
3,028
2,484
6,357
33.84
29.96
27.66
26.71
33.96
31,46
28.16
26.96
2,022
4,133
3,566
5,201
6
275
None
26
25.36
23.84
22.09
21.86
5,796
4,352
6,886
8,8S0
None
None
30
263
22.96
22.96
22.66
21.96
1920.
January....
February...
March
April
1921.
January
February...
March
April
62,480
38,720
41,495
May....,
June
July
August.
2,747,361
6,640,152
4,356,760
4,384,949
142,553
107,152
86,939
75,646
12,570
9,044
10,633
9,706
32,259
September
October
November
December
3,610,454
3,209,886
493,122
None
94,838
106,584
125,516
134,447
13,178
60,170
13,910
52,486
10,997
72,786
10,798
61,518
50,172
47,324
41,249
947
3,879
7,144
42.90
43.40
50.157 S0.014 SO. 110 S0.058
.353
.134
.039
.053
.376
.173
.046
.144
.433
.275
.068
.140
.294
.594
.091
.093
.852
.655
.503
.299
.083
.074
.081
.052
.636
.097
.603
.092
.092
.621
.039
.090
.623
.556
.051
.085
.490
.080
.086
.491
.082
.090
.472
.083
.187
.168
.146
.137
.082
.444
.079
.073
.406
.075
.063
.368
.068
.048
.339
.060
43.50
42.25
38.40
37.50
.129
.129
.122
.125
.050
.355
.059
.047
.326
.054
.041
.288
.052
.043
.304
.052
26.16
24.71
22.84
21.96
37.00
37.00
32.25
29.60
.128
.128
.125
.117
.050
.322
.054
.045
.290
.049
.044
.278
.048
.044
.266
.047
21.96
21.96
21.96
21.96
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
.120
.127
.130
.136
.046
.268
.276
.048
.047
.047
.2S9
.052
.047
.326
.053
.051
1932.
January
February....
March
ore movement from U. S. War Department, Engineer Corps; Exports and imports from U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce; Wholesale prices from XT. 8. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing average of weekly prices.
3
No allowance made for seasonal variation in computing these index numbers.
1 Base
<* on pig iron and rolled products, as used by the Iron Trade Review.
4
Index number less than 1.
IRON AND STEEL.
Table 12.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
PRODUCTION.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Tig Iron.
Steel
Ingots.2
U. S. STEEL
CORPORATION.
Unfilled
orders.
BRITISH IRON AND
STEEL.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Composite Iron and Composite
Earnings. Composite finished
pig iron.*
steel.3
steel.c
steel.&
Pig iron
production.
Steel Ingot
production.
Relative to 1913.
259
100
88
92
132
259
100
161
252
100
87
94
154
266
92
100
102
112
120
128
136
105
129
220
193
211
152
213
188
222
152
215
191
249
155
222
194
284
156
8S
72
78
25
125
103
118
47
157
161
167
175
118
113
137
107
195
208
220
219 .
190
210
225
231
226
249
249
256
258
277
279
2S3
78
75
82
78
118
125
132
124
136
140
132
141
185
1S6
188
1S3
133
138144
135
216
213
215
221
230
227
234
239
261
259
261
262
288
291
296
307
122
129
115
106
141
142
124
110
176
167
153
138
141
147
131
106
221
213
203
191
239
230
215
187
262
261
242
203
318
305
271
235
87
62
47
80
139
85
79
117
January..
February.
March
April
94
76
62
47
104
82
74
57
128
117
106
99
126
S9
68
64
189
180
171
170
184
176
166
165
197
185
172
167
212
194
177
167
75
54
45
7
77
76
56
11
May....
June....
July....
August.
48
42
34
37
60
47
38
54
93
87
82
77
68
60
45.
57
170
165
153
144
166
159
148
141
165
159
145
137
159
150
140
132
2
1
1
11
September.,
October
November..
December..
38
48 .
55
64
55
76
77
67
77
73
72
72
63
72
SI
40
138
134
133
130
136
134
128
127
134
135
132
129
136
137
136
132
19
28
32
32
100
52
95
243
215
100
88
95
163
144
100
70
88
165
181
54
142
111
135
06
146
101
170
90
January..
February.
March
April
,
118
116
132
107
140
135
155
124
May....
June
July....
August.
116
119
120
123
September..
Octbber
November..
December..
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average,
average.
average.
100
100
75
97
127
124
75
125
100
118
103
137
100
86
92
87
86
88
1920.
85
' 132
132
124
111
1921.
1922.
January..
February.
March....,
See footnotes o n opposite page.
60
45
IRON AND STEEL.
Table 13.—NXJMEEICAI DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
PRODUCTION.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Pig iron.
Steel
Ingots.2
U. S. STEEL
CORPORATION.
Unfilled
orders.
Earn• ings.
Thousands
of dollars.
Tons.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly average.
monthly average .
monthly average..
2,560,343
1,920,813
2,471,881
3,253,280
3,182,165
2,533,344
1,901,649
2,607,018
3,450,160
3,634,933
5,906,862
4,115,337
5,189,209
9,719,014
10,715,712
Si M 3 2
5,972
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly average.
monthly average..
3,208,837
2,548,573
3,032,843
1,378,097
3,587,585
2,807,900
3,406,783
1,665,369
January..,
February..
March
April
3,015,181
2,978,879
3,375,907
2,739,797
May....
June
July....
August.
September..
October
November..
December..
IJRITISH IRON
AND STEEL.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Composite
steels
Composite
finished
steel."
Per pound.
Iron
and
steel.'
Composite
Iron.*
Per ton.
PIff Iron
production.
Steel
Ingot
production.
Tons.
10,866
27,798
24,608
80.0172
.0152
.0163
.0280
.0446
S0.1G6
.0143
.0153
.0267
.0419
S26.32
22.92
21.76
40.50
70.10
S15.42
13.52
14.15
20.31
39.99
;855,1GG
743,C66
732,750
754,000
785,000
038,000
652,926
712,501
766,371
817,006
8,634,912
5,995,020
10,022,532
5,330,507
15,595
11,966
14,724
7,726
.0379
.0332
.0363
.0261
.0354
.0312
.0368
.0253
56.67
50.37
65.60
40.74
34.38
29,. 91
43.80
24.05
756,033
612,000
666,725
217,617
799,280
657,833
75-1,633
302,067
3,525,000
3,402,760
3,918,110
3,133,370
9,285,441
9,502,081
9,892,075
10,359,747
13,503
12,881
15,705
12,190
.0335
.0358
.0378
.0377
.0316
.0349
.0374
.0384
59.40
65.63
65.47
67.49
39. &4
42.72
43.05
43.62
605,000
645,000
099,000
671,000
75-1,000
798,000
840,000
704,000
2,965,682
3,043,540
3,067,043
3,147,402
3,424,180
3,540,010.
3,328,760
3,563,450
10,947,466
10,978,817
11,118,468
10,805,038
15,206
15,760
16,437
15,440
.0371
.0367
.0370
.0380
.0381
.0376
.0389
.0397
08.66
68.29
68.69
08.87
44.44
44.80
45.00
47.41
738,000
726,000
750,600
752,400
846,000
Si5,000
789,900
709,200
3,129,323
3,292,597
2,934,908
2,703,855
3,562,410
3,581,920
3,133,810
2,779,530
10,374,804
9,836,852
0,021,481
8,148,122
16,174
16,775
15,003
12,099
.0380
.0367
.0350
.0328
.0396
.0381
.0357
.0311
68.86
68.61
63.75
53.45
48.93
47.07
41.80
36.31
741,000
533,200
403,200
682,500
8S4,7OO
544,300
505,100
746,600
January..
February.
March
April
2,416,292
1,937,257
1,595,522
1,193,041
2,616,610
2,077,760
1,865,760
1,441,750
7,573,104
6,933,867
6,284,765
5,845,224
14,387
10,158
7,741
7,337
.0325
.0310
.0294
.0293
.0306
.0292
.0276
.0274
51.98
48.81
45.37
43.84
32.62
29.95
27.35
25.80
642,100
463,600
386,000
60,300
493,400
483,500
359,100
70,600
May....
June....
July....
August.
1,221,214
1,064,833
864,555
954,193
1,503,380
1,191/690
954,120
1,351,600
5,482,487
5,117,868
4,830,324
4,531,926
7,732
6,824
5,157
6,503
.0293
.0283
.0263
.0248
.0276
.0264
.0246
.0234
43.32
41.87
38.14
35.99
24.47
23.08
21.57
20.29
13,600
800
10,200
94,200
5,700
2.700
117,200
434,100
September..
October
November..
December..
985,529
1,240,162
1,415,481
1,649,086
1,395,178
1,920,202
1,971,498
1,694,884
4,560,672
4,286,829
4,250,542
4,268,414
7,258
8,204
6,440
4,967
.0237
.0230
.0228
.0223
.0225
.0222
.0213
.0211
35.34
35.46
34.71
33.99
20.9921.15
20.92
20.42
158,300
235,500
271,800
275,000
429,300
405,400
442,800
381,030
1920.
1921.
1922.
January..,
February.,
March
1
Figures for Pig-iron production (anthracite and coke, not including charcoal iron) furnished by the Iron age; Steel-ingot production, American Iron and Steel Institute;
Unfilled orders, end of month, and earnings, U. S. Steel Corporation; Compositefinishedsteel prices, Iron Age; Iron and steel prices, Iron Trade Ecview; Composite pig iron
and steel, American Metal Market; Iron and steel production in Great Britain, British Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers.
1
Yearlyfiguresrepresent the monthly averages of total production of all companies as compiled annually by the American Iron and Sled Institute. The institute
reports monthly productionfiguresfor 30 companies which, in 1920, produced 84.2 per cent of the total output of the country. In order to make the monthlyfigurescomparable, they have been calculated to a 100 per cent production on the basis of the above percentage.
1
Average of weekly prices compiled by the Iron Trade Review on the following 14 products: Pig iron, billets, slabs, sheet bars, wire rods, steel bars, plates, structural
shapes, black galvanized and blue annealed sheets, tin plate, wire nails, and black pipe. Pig iron average in turn is average of 13 different quotations.
* The composite pig iron price compiled by the A merkan Metal Market is the average price of 10 tons of iron distributed as follows: One ton each of Bessemer valley;
No. 2 foundry valley; No. 2 X foundry at Philadelphia and at Buffalo; No. 2 foundry at Cleveland and at Chicago; two tons each of basic valley and No. 2 Southern foundry
Cincinnati.
• Thefiguresfor composite steel compiled by the A merican Metal Market represent the average price per pound of steel products weighted as follows: 2J pounds bars, li
pounds plates, 1£ pounds shapes, 11 pounds pipe, 1J pounds wire nails, 1 pound galvanized sheets, and £ pound tin plate.
• Composite price offinishedsteel products compiled by the Iron Age includes: Steel bars, beams, tank plates, plain wire, open-hearth rails, black pipe, and black sheets.
Taese products, according to the Iron Age, constitute 88 per cent of the United States output olfinishedsteel.
* Index number less than 1 per cent. Small output in this and preceding months due to the coal strike.
46
FINISHED IRON AND STEEL.
Table 14.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
SHEETS, BLUE,
BLACK,
GALVANIZED.*
YEAR AND
MONTH.
New orders
received.
Production.
BAR
IRON.
B O L T S , N U T S , AND R I V E T S .
Unfilled orders
on hand.
Bolts.'
Bolts.? Nuts and
rivets.3
Bolts.* Nuts and
rivets.3
Shipments.*
Shipments.
Production.
Sales.*
MeltingS.T
Relative to Relative to Jan., 1921. Relative to Relative to
1919.
1913.
Relative to 1920.
Mar'., 1921.
100
1913 mo. av....
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av ...
1916 mo.av....
1917 mo. av...
1918 mo.av ...
1919 mo.av....
1920 mo. av
1921 mo.av
OHIO
FOUNDRY
IRON.
Shipments.
Stocks.
Nuts and
rivets.*
FABRICATED
STEEL BARRELS STRUCAND D R U M S .
TURAL
STEEL.
100
139
138
120
100
48
100
89
100
1930.
January
February
March
April
120
113
119
99
88
101
97
125
164
149
145
137
155
144
150
150
102
109
118
130
May
June
July
August
94
97
82
104
99
107
98
94
88
111
101
91
102
87
95
106
September
October
November....
December
111
113
99
47
96
99
108
89
95
57
36
27
1021.
January
February
March
April
20
25
38
47
95
94
98
94
May
June
July
August
57
46
27
53
September
October
November
December
60
74
70
55
1OO
1OO
1OO
1OO
143
136
112
107
108
71
103
132
88
95
116
78
102
102
117
87
150
191
168
137
127
129
116
101
124
130
119
98
100
106
103
109
90
85
91
113
123
101
101
81
80
55
45
32
104
79
53
33
113
89
82
33
109
108
96
91
97
96
108
114
87
51
55
53
26
34
37
41
28
28
25
30
24
17
12
7
19
12
10
9
53
54
53
44
63
52
39
33
71
58
39
42
1OO
104
116
158
100
120
120
160
36
29
59
62
100
65
94
101
88
87
30
31
37
45
25
21
27
35
8
4
5
5
8
6
7
7
41
43
31
53
32
31
27
36
38
52
38
45
114
114
123
198
126
117
127
179
57
75
67
66
77
79
67
97
88
83
85
83
57
57
37
32
40
34
6
8
8
5
6
6
49
53
39
33
36
38
47
65
69 .
149
211
166
158
130
197
154
104
96
'109.
112
80
760
105
97
83
80
99
1922.
January
February
March
100
189
1OO
139
See footnotes on opposite page.
47
FINISHED IRON AND STEEL.
Table 15.—NUMEEICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; indox numbers on opposite page.]
SHEETS, BLUE,
BLACK,
GALVANIZED.f*
YEAS AND
MONTH.
BOLTS, NUTS, AND RIVETS.
New orders
received.
Production.
Unfilled orders
on h a n d .
Per cent of capacity.
Bolts.*
Nuts and
rivets.8
Bolts.* Nuts and
rivets.'
Shipments* 0
Long
tons.
Percent of average. <
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av
1917 mo av
STEEL BARRELS
AND DRUMS.
FABRICATED
STRUCTURAL
STEEL.
OHIO
FOUNDRY
IRON.
Shipments.
Stocks.
Bolts.* Nuts and
rivets.*
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
BAR
IRON.
Shipments.
Production.
Sales.*
Long
Number. Per cent of
capacity.
meltings. <
Per cent
tons. of normal.
^—,
89,500
89 808
12-1,583
123,500
107,083
:::::::::::
•
I
20,761
10,072
15,207
100 134
96 200
96,783
63,1S9
73.74
34.96
47,23
43.06
125.1
1920.
January
....
February
March
April
87.4
82.5
86.8
72.3
41.4
• 47.8
45.9
59.1
205.5
186.8
181.5
170.8
156.3
145.5
151.0
151.0
559.0
599.8
649.5
717.0
290.8
360.0
372.5
477.0
113.0
122.0
150.0
100.8
103.3
103.0
118.0
87.5
134,551
171,123 j
150,392 i
122,248
May
June
July
August
68.5
70.3
59.9
75.8
46.9
50.3
46.3
44.4
109.8
138.5
125.8
113.8
102.8
87.5
96.0
106.8
697.8
710.3
636.8
553.8
448.0
469.3
430.5
354.5
128.5
136.5
133.0
140.5
90.8
86.3 '
91.8
113.8
110,526 I
90,386
90,547 :
72,222
September
October
November
December
80.7
82.4
72.0
34.3
45.3
46.7
50.8
41.9
119.3
70.8
44.8
33.8
80.3
55.0
45.3
32.3
574.3
437.8
292.5
179.8
408.5
321.8
295.5
119.0
141.0
139.5
123.5
117.5
98.5
96.8
109.3
115.0
1931.
January
February
March
April
14.8
18.3
27.9
34.5
45.1
44.5
46.1
44.4
32.8
42.5
45.8
51.8
28.0
28.5
25.3
30.5
134.8
93.3
64.8
41.0
68.0
44.8
37.3
33.3
68.3
69.0
68.0
57.3
63.5
53.0
39.0
33.5
7,800
6,408
4,277
4,611
78,587
81,763
91,248
124,251
12.S
15.3
15.4
20.5
32,058
25,634
52,376
55,864
24.96
16.31
May
June
July..
August
41.8
33.8
19.7
38.8
44.3
47.6
41.7
40.9
37.3
38.8
46.8
56.8
24.8
21.3
27.0
34.8
42.5
19.8
25.5
27.8
28.8
21.0
25.5
25.8
52.3
56.0
40.0
67.8
32.8
31.5
26.8
36.0
4,157
5,755
4,160
4,888
89,610
89,548
96,754
155,521
16.1
15.0
16.2
22.9
50,823
66,003
60,219
59,302
19.34
19.64
16,67
24.14
September
October..
November
December
43.6
53.8
51.2
40.1
41.4
41.5
40.0
39.2
71.8
71.5
46.3
32.3
40.3
34.0
34.0
45.5
45.5
17.8
23.0
20.0
62.8
67.8
50.8
33.3
36.5
38.3
5,207
7,077
7,520
117,112
165,899
130,199
124,006
16.6
25.2
19.7
13.3
85,995
97,789
99,800
71,600
U4.94
26.09
24.20
20.80
100.8
550.7
362.2
123.8
101.1
112,042
17.4
77,727
45,556
49,156
46,9SS
:
i
;
!
i
1923.
January
February
March.
1
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized, reported by the National Association of Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers; Bolts, nuts, and rivets by the Bolt, Nut, and Rivet
Institute; Bar iron by the Eastern Bar Iron Institute; Steel barrels and drums by the Steel Barrel Manufacturers' Association; Fabricated structural steel by the Bridge
Builders and Structural Society; Ohio foundry iron by Ohio State Foundrymen's Association.
"Includes carriage bolts, large and small; machine bolts, large and small; lag screws; stove bolts; wire bolts; semifinished nuts and miscellaneous, reported by number
°f pieces.
* Includes hot and cold pressed nuts; rivets, large and small; track bolts and miscellaneous, reported by weight.
4
These percentages compare the monthly totals reported with the actual reports of the same companies for the years 1918 and 1919.
5
The Bridge Builders and Structural Society state that reports in the earlier years were not as complete as during the last six or seven years. The total tonnages are
probably io to 15 per cent less than they should be. These figures are believed to represent the total business in the United States.
• Represents reports from 19 identical manufacturers for each period.
1
Represents percentage of actual to normal melt of grey iron foundries in Ohio. Prior to September, reports represent the month beginning with the 15th day ot
WM calendar month. September figures are for the period Sept. 15 to 30 only. Subsequent figures are for calendar months.
«F,w««
.
dent sheet manufacturers.
48
NONFERROUS METALS.
Table 16.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
COPPER.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Production.
Stocks.
LEAD.
ZINC.
TIN.
Production.
Stocks.
Receipts
at
St. Louis.
Shipments
from
St. Louis.
Receipts
at
St. Louis.
Shipments
from
St. Louis.
Relative to 1913.
100
92
113
171
137
100
102
141
193
193
100
49
35
43
132
100
99
110
160
276
100
95
107
114
168
100
275
289
268
372
100
106
109
89
131
118
79
17
55
183
127
149
132
138
101
92
99
195
124
114
114
49
212
203
193
• 73
164
131
201
192
138
91
83
56
January..,
February.
March
April
90
87
202
203
154
145
150
152
167
157
99
91
76
80,
,92
136
148
74
121
311
218
227
110
103
112
96
38
May....
June
July....
August.
85
86
81
86
290
194
104
177
157
142
139
132
72
66
71
73
79
132
106
88
177
190
195
196
166
125
117
69
78
September..
October
November..
December..
78
78
79
71
202
173
161
155
127
122
115
106
126
158
175
143
140
114
122
152
196
192
195
220
102
73
54
35
January..,
February..
March
April..'....
67
64
67
35
138
192
188
132
90
62
54
57
187
192
202
200
78
55
52
33
99
133
153
141
163
51
30
57
62
May....
June
July....
August.
19
18
16
17
139
138
136
95
62
67
54
51
211
221
227
213
31
20
24
27
64
243
220
181
256
78
73
51
56
September..
October
November..
December..
18
17
21
95
111
71
50
50
73
76
200
174
165
164
64
. 62
69
72
122
203
182
168
256
52
65
44
49
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average..
average.,
average.,
average.
average..
100
71
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
119
116
1920.
155
216
82
169
140
174
101
146
123
1921.
1922.
January..,
February.,
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
60
> 69
62
67
32
40
49
NONFERROUS METALS.
Table 17.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
COPPER.
Production.
Stocks.
Thousands of
pounds.
YEAR AND MONTH.
TIN.
Tons.
ZINC.
Production.
Stocks.
LEAD.*
ShipShipReceipts
Receipts
ments
ments
at
at
from
from
St. Louis.* St. Louisa St. Louis. St. Louis,
Thousands of pounds.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average.,
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average,
1917 monthly average..
135,303
95,845
115,667
160,654
157,177
1,847
1,700
2,079
3,153
2,535
57,780
53,840
81,586
111,242
111,596
31,313
40,190
28,506
35,196
107,442
27,675
27,360
30,541
44,323
76,461
38,385
26,834
30,490
32,482
47,759
5.47C
15,048
15,838
14,670
20,390
8,752
9,299
9,516
7,810
11,425
1918 monthly avorage.,
1919 monthly average.,
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average.
159,044
107,437
112,130
312
1,615
3,371
2,351
86,320
76,500
79,962
35,936
82,482
74,970
80,886
158,788
34,369
31,430
31,644
13,549
60,060
57,666
54,8S1
20,739-
8,995
7,195
11,024
10,490
12,070
7,-975
7,298
4,866
January..,
February.,
March
April
121,904
117,450
120,309
116,079
3,723
3,743
2,848
2,676
86,882
87,842
96,512
90,798
80,622
74,186
62,038
65,020
25,439
37,532
40,874
20,434
34,327
43,910
61,225
23,286
17,038
11,937
12,410
6,033
8,974
9,760
8,375
3,367
May
Juno
July....
August.
114,964
116,108
109,730
116,461
5,356
3,586
1,926
3,266
90,830
82,018
80,388
76,452
58,670
53,708
58,078
59,156
21,954
36,470
29,294
24,239
50,320
47,998
39,806
49,524
10,387
10,665
10,737
9,090
10,931
10,282
6,031
6,787
September..
October
November..
December..
10-1,919
105,232
106,700
95,709
3,731
3,191
2,966
2,856
73,638
70,670
66,636
56,878
85,800
102,460
128,780
142,116
39,574
38,724
31,538
33,660
43,126
28,774
41,446
34,828
10,725
10,535
10,704
12,026
8,90S
6,390
4^739
3,063
January...
February.,
March
April
,
90,587
86,633
91,016
46,947
2,546
3,546
3,476
2,441
51,832
35,538
31,482
33,100
151,906
156,040
164,504
162,8S6
21,539
15,271
14,476
9,163
28,002
17,025
19,564
17,586
7,311
8,392
7,733
8,916
4,445
2,630
4,948
5,402
May....
June
July....
August.
25,311
24,624
22,034
23,248
2,571
2,546
2,521
1,761
36,052
38,886
30,990
29,242
171,624
179,778
184,816
173,098
8,594
5,426
6,613
7,596
18,985
9,087
11,406
18,053
13,303
12,044
9,894
14,011
6,819
6,416
4,428
4,922
September..
October
November..
December..
23,855
23,232
28,341
1,756
2,041
1,316
1,696
28,734
29,034
42,270
44,026
162,270
141,648
134,098
133,216
17,585
17,110
19,198
20,016
25,402
24,302
2-4,862
34,593
11,098
9,955
9,208
14,006
4,553
5,681
3,833
4,318
1930.
1921.
1922.
January...
February.,
March
1
Copper production from Engineering and Mining Journal; Stocks of tin, New York Metal Exchange; Production and stocks of zinc, American
Zinc Institute; Receipts and shipments of zinc and lead at St. Louis, Merchants Exchange of St. Louis.
a
Converted from data in slabs of SO pounds each..
* Converted from data in pigs of 50 pounds each.
84700°—22
1
50
COAL AND POWER.
Table 18.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
SHIPMENTS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Bituminous
coal.
Anthracite
coal.
Beehive
coke.
By-product
coke
Relative to 1913.
1909-13 monthly average..
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average. —..
1916 monthly average
100
99
97
90
115
121
96
116
85
109
108
96
07
95
99
Anthracite
coal.3
Relative to
1921.
Anthracite
coal*
Bituminous
coal.'
Coke.
Relative to 5-year average.
86
62
117
103
72
95
82
58
100
104
61
110
107
61
114
108
61
121
105
64
82
106
91
59
176
204
198
242
17
163
151
136
261
157
143
172
73
94
32
114
95
106
80
82
76
72
Relative to
1919.
68
91
120
106
100
103
121
105
127
144
Public
utility
plants.
100
161
129
129
140
121
105
100
111
103
121
100
88
111
150
71
101
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
Anthracite
coal.3
ELECTRIC
POWER
PRODUCTION.
EXPORTS.
100
100
100
88
93
105
122
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
STORAGE.
Relative to
Jan., 1919.
PRODUCTION.
100
113
105
1020.
January..,
February.,
March
April
May....
Juno
July....
August.
September..
October
November..
December..
122
105
122
95
146
119
126
124
121
137
121
221
96
219
178
285
229
324
193
374
128
61
63
65
113
365
131
106
63
122
154
417
129
98
59
115
116
325
132
109
M
128
129
244
101
205
121
143
101
115
117
231
107
105
121
290
128
132
5S
76
110
98
119
107
115
110
110
110
112
115
110
. 142
117
106
112
52
37
34
26
109
116
114
115
1921.
January..
February.
March....
April
101
97
77
101
76
97
101
31
21
12
71
May....
June
July....
August.
119
1OO
101
116
344
151
228
108
8
133
134
457
172
302
76
92
6
121
121
567
135
241
87
September..
October....
11
85
94
9
132
124
644
130
154
669
100
110
107
121
114
98
106
70
93
10
134
123
99
15
164
131
90
90
17
167
118
77
November..
December..
88
110
78
17
17ft
103
1922.
January..
February.,
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
584
93
105
100
21
27
26
25
101
24
31
42
32
104
100
101
105
110
112
.117
51
COAL AND POWER.
Table 19.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numfiers on opposite page.}
3IENTS.
Y E A R AND M O N T I I .
Bituminous
coal.
Anthracite
coal.
STORAGE.
Anthracite
coal.'
Anthracite
coal. 3
snip-
PRODUCTION.
Beehive
coke.
By-product
coke.
Thousands of short tons.
1909-13 monthly average..
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average..
average..
ELECTRIC
POWER
PRODUCTION.
EXPORTS.
Anthracite
coal.
Bituminous
coal.2
Public
utility
plants.
Coke.
Thousands
of kw.hours.
Thousands of long tons.
288
•39,8G9
35,225
36,885
41,877
7,G27
7,568
7,416
7,29S
3,799
1,945
2,292
2,955
45,983
8,301
8,235
7,341
7,425
7,273
2,764
1,870
2,160
2,095
2,565
73
1,150
1,397
I,5S1
49
67
87
462
104
126
53
68
23
.3,243,403
3,666,998
3,412,552
402
463
4,497
4,624
5,431
34S
1,789
1,663
1,497
2,866
1,722
1,991
1,744
2,021
1,615
5,477
4,734
5,470
4,291
306
272
420
348
1,249
1,169
1,501
2,437
5S
60
55
53
3,855,847
3,480,331
3,745,682
3,577,613
1,709
1,721
1,70-1
1,789
5,332
5,677
5,574
5,448
277
512
659
oofi
2,401
4,109
42
55
SO
71
3,582,710
.3,o6S,563
3,626,682
3,716,876
4,638
8,056
7,441
8,321
1,771
1,755
1,6-12
1,518
2,931
5,474
5,189
5,765
325
444
333
372
4,011
4,5S0
' 3,567
2,683
SO
103
85
77
3,631,746
3,751,320
3,705,507
3,720,537
7,410
7,701*
7,400
7,703
865
575
329
5,354
5,455
5,269
5,446
GIG
879
1,422
1,789
2S9
291
308
2,248
1,257
1,152
1,453
38
27
25
19
3,541,493
3,178,624
3,^394,975
3," 240,013
34,538
7,479
7,786
7,050
7,196
390
232
181
248
1,410
1,285
1,402
5,236
6,032
5,463
5,576
2,119
2,817
3,495
3,971
434
496
388
373
2,500
3,315
2,650
1,695
16
20
19
IS
3,263,766
3,244,093
3,269,709
3,410,701
35,127
43,733
36,020
30,895
7,124
7,580
6,859
5,984
289
416
477
514
1,423
1,734
1,766
1,860
5,520
5,873
5,314
4,636
4,123
2S7
303
329
306
1,212
1,329
1,079
770
IS
22
30
23
3,374,703
3,578,8S6
3,646,308
3,807,354
48,282
38,172
46,361
33,970
2,540
1,587
1,748
4,719
1,098
319
295
347
1,059
935
1,172
1,589
370
370
1920.
January...
February.,
March
April
48,659
37,939
7,588
6,525
7,857
6,225
May....
June
July....
August.
39,753
43,710
45,523
48,389
7,959
8,171
8,261
8,025
40,127
46,792
September..
October....
November..
December..
51,093
52,144
51,457
52,560
3,132
3,557
1921.
January..,
February..
March
April
40,270
30,851
30,328
28,374
May....
June
July....
August.
33,255
33,852
30,394
September.,
October....
November..
December..
3,601
1922.
January..
February.
March....
1
Except anthracite coal shipments and stocks from the A nthracite Bureau of Information, Data on production of coal and coke and of electric power at public utility
Plants from U. s. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; exports from U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. For occasional
Government reports of stocks of coal see page 104.
Does not include bunker coal on vessels engaged in the foreign trade.
Excluding Hudson Coal Company.
52
PETROLEUM.
Table 20.—INDEX LUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
GASOLINE.
CRUDE PETROLEUM.
YEAE AND MONTH.
Production.
Stocks. 1
Imports.
Consumption.
Total
shipments
from
Mexlco.3 !
Trice,
KansasOklahoina.
Production.
• Domestic
Stocks
Exports.1 consump- end of
tion.
month**
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
100
86
62
135
190
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1910 monthly
1917 monthly
average.,
average..
average..
average.,
average-.
100
109
115
123
137
100
118
139
138
122
100
100
100
97
102
115
169
100
104
122
144
82
127
154
213
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average..
average-,
average-
145
154
181
189
99
105
109
151
212
297
611
703
158
160
200
200
246
337
594
January..
February.
March
April
163
158
173
172
108
107
106
105
429
350
441
434
189
178
187
176
373
356
477
468
310
321
375
375
102
98
111
108
May....
June
July....
August.
176
178
185
189
105
108
108
110
476
577
462
742
199
198
206
223
520
490
569
715
375
375
375
375
September.,
October
November..
December..
183
191
187
188
109
111
114
117
766
952
884
216
221
207
206
802
790
748
816
January..
February.
March
April
185
171
198
193
119
126
131
138
767
829
677
222
178
207
195
May.:..
June
July....
August.
203
195
195
198
147
153
159
160
616
688
542
226
September..
October....
November..
December..
177
172
183
203
163
164
168
175
616
780
876
929
235
244
364
182
72
113
76
90
153
91
100
100
173
100
73
124
100
9S
105
154
142
83
87
89
104
109
119.
133
136
116
126
128
135
224
212
265
190
132
149
152
16S
122
107
87
68
375
375
375
375
138
141
137
141
128
213
130
212
157
134
128
103
61
64
856
765
749
714
364
207
187
187
140
118
127
129
176
171
148
185
103
79
121
116
121
144
151
158
190
197
190
195
650
793
269
259
161
127
107
107
136
130
127
131
130
124
89
156
124
155
160
176
169
159
145
120
191
209
211
219
817
776
814
107
166
228
241
126
134
131
114
154
150
119
153
159
122
109
97
105
123
143
1930.
J921.
1922.
January..
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
53
PETROLEUM.
Table 21.—NUMERICAL
DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CRUDE
Y E A R AND MONTH.
Production ,e
Stocks.?
PETROLEUM.
Imports.
Consumpj • tion.
GASOLINE.
Total
Price,
shipm e n t s Kansas-;
Oklafrom
Mexico.3 homa.
Per
barrel.
Thousands of barrels.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
Production.
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
20,704
22,147
23,425
25,064
27,943
104,902
123,709
145,914
144,556
128,201
1,484
1,437
1,512
1,714
2,514
21,808
21,774
22,772
26,549
31,478
2,159
1,760
2,743
3,318
4,608
S0.034
.798
.583
1.258
1.775
1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average..
29,661
31,477
36,950
39,203
103,880
110,026
114,696
158,181
3,144
4,401
9,066
10,428
34,423
34,873
43,668
43,678
5,319
7,280
12,816
15,093
1930.
January..
February..
March
April
,
33,774
32,723
35,831
35,583
112,874
111,981
111,144
110,732
6,372
5,187
6,543
6,443
41,232
38,894
40,671
38,455
8,061
7,688
10,288
10,092
May....
June
July....
August.
36,503
36,946
38,203
39,055
110,653
113,029
113,815
115,099
7,066
8,563
0,853
11,012
43,374
43,108
44,945
48,732
11,226
10,574
12,275'
15,438
September..
October
November..
December..
37,532
39,592
38,961
115,688
116,402
119,994
123,291
11,996
11,362
14,136
13,118
47,186
48,174
45,045
44,967
1921.
January
February
March...:
April
38,271
35,348
40,965
40,039
125>220
132,463
140,719
145,016
13,193
11,384
12,303
10,044
May...
June
July....
August.
42,043
40,405
40,328
40,964
153,814
161,048
167,352
168,190
September..
October....
November..
December..
36,615
35,621
38,780
41,957
171,361
172,607
176,490
183,890
Exports/
Domestic:
stockg
conend of
sumpmonth. 1
tion.
Thousands of gallons.
237,546
34,676
218,420
313,946
2.197
2.279
3.404
1.704
297,526
320,821
400,889
46,926
30,GG7
52,979
43,850
260,265
28G,:t20
354,848
380,202
472,411
464,485
2.900
3.000
3.500
3.500
336,719
322,589
367,138
355,597
30,352
32,181
47,077
43,432
238,205
248,395
256,021
297,001
515,934
562,996
643,553
3.500
3.500
3.500
3.500
381,079
415,159
423,420
444,141
68,556
65,059
81,279
58,300
378,913
427,243
434,869
479,741
577,672
504,056
413,279
323,240
17,311
17,051
16,151
17,609
3.500
3.500
3.500
3.500
453,881
465,788
452,642
46-1,393
39,202
65,335
39,957
65,025
450,889
384,802
366,831
295,262
.288,195
301,284
354,836
462,382
48,375
38,726
45,243
42,527
18,481
16,506
16,173
16,066
3.400
1.938
1.750
1.750
460,432
388,188
419,795
426,215
54,065
52,497
45,392
56,624
294,751
225,195
346,165
333,291
571,984
680,540
713,043
747,223
9,14?
10,205
8,047
3,352
41,527
42,797
41,533
42,595
14,026
17,122
5,806
5,582
1.500
1.188
1.000
1.000
448,508
430,344
419,642
431,577
39,859
38,128
27,383
47,831
354,263
445,025
457,758
503,513
800,496
750,644
684,237
567,646
9,139
11,576
12,994
13,753
41,702
45,204
46,122
47,785
17,634
16,746
17,571
19,397
1.000
1.550
2.125
2.250
416,913
440,956
431,887
35,055
47,116
45,876
36,378
438,0S4
454,992
350,548
515,326
456,270
495,590
1922.
January...
February..
March
1
Except shipments of crude petroleum from Mexico. Crude petroleum production, stocks, imports, and consumption, from U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological
Survey; Wholesale price of crude petroleum, average for the month, from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Data on gasoline from 17. S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
2
Figures for earlier years adjusted to represent approximate net stocks to conform With data for current months.
* Mexican petroleum shipments from the three ports, Tampico, Port Lobes, and Tuxpam, form the best current measure of Mexican oil production. These figures
Are compiled from those published in the Oil Trade Journal. Current month is approximate from Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter.
4
Yearly figures for "stocks at end of month" are averages of monthly figures.
6
"Exports of gasoline," as used by the Bureau of Mines, includes the items "gasoline" and "all other naphtha, etc., "as reported by the U. 8. Department of Commerce,
•tess exports to the Philippine Islands,
'* Represents production transported from field of production, does not include oil consumed at locality of production.
54
PAPER AND PRINTING.
Table 22.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[ Base year in bold-faced typo; index numbers on opposite page.]
NEWSPRINT PAPER.
ALL OTHER PAPER.
PRICES OF
NEWSPRINT.
EXPORTS.
PRINTING.
I
YEAR AND MONTH
Production.
Shipments. Stocks,
Production.
Paper
Spot
purchases.s
. Total
Con- Con- marShipNews- printtract
tract
Sales 3
ket, Activity.
doments. Stocks. print.
Canaing
do(value).
Quanpaper. mestic. dian. mestic.
tity. Value.
Relative to 1919.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
Relative to 1913.
av.
av
av.
av.
av.
1918 monthly av.
1919 monthly av
1920 monthly av
1921 monthly a v
100
141
128
178
217
100
110
89
224
255
106
256
326
164
65
100
137
136
100
106
174
100
95
121
154
186
205
220
121
123
137
119
147
158
184
166
176
184
210
122
125
135
145
231
235
245
133
140
124
125
192
202
187
189
176
184
171
,187
149
156
156
160
145
146
152
158
228
218
213
183
100
109
98
119
117
102
90
180
184
160
141
194
186
180
184
171
13?
70
54
163
159
158
145
175
177
177
151
162
146
131
121
82
75
82
75
75
71
75
113
90
95
92
180
162
162
152
51
17
30
35
61
35
40
47
141
140
128
128
151
146
132
131
118
120
117
120
57
62
75
84
67
76
81
86
77
141
148
132
150
31
20
35
44
41
30
38
49
131
113
113
110
120
111
110
110
80
84
88
92
111
105
82
95
97
85
100
97
125
100
121
86
100
119
84
100
74
112
112
90
112
117
71
117
115
91
130
112
128
126
128
106
131
121
70
80
73
81
106
77
103
85
146
116
188
152
111
112
115
129
131
132
131
132
133
130
130
73
67
146
145
97
123
130
124
98
80
131
120
93
75
65
74
100
135
141
213
118
117
122
123
127
117
125
125
122
203
188
153
153
126
128
140
144
88
88
65
155
92
131
123
221
194
67
71
77
75
101
109
119
120
70
30
35
121
122
118
115
108
103
105
May....
June...
July....
August.
113
114
113
112
110
95
100
92
103
September.
October
November..
December..
106
109
107
109
105
110
109
105
103
94
85
103
1931.
January
February
March
,
April
108
90
94
101
101
84
91
106
135
164
.175
147
May....
June...
July....
August.
76
82
89
72
80
83
$8
130
111
107
113
76
79
69
85
75
75
70
September.
October
November..
December..
S6
89
91
94
83
95
91
93
126
96
97
100
94
110
108
100
97
112
106
76
83
76
70
80
107
1922.
January
February
March
100
100
100
112
112
Relative to 1918.
100
122
135
243
247
1OO
109
89
1920.
January
,
February.....
March
.
April
,
113
Relative
to September,
1920.
Relative to 1919.
See footnotes on opposite page.
238
105
79
77
78
83
125
185
151
146'
139
55
PAPER AND PRINTING.
Table 23.—NUMERICAL
DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-facod type; index numbers on opposite page.]
NEWSPRINT PAPER.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Production.
Shipments.
ALL OTHER PAPER.
Stocks.
Production.
Ship*
ments.
Stocks.
average.
average.
average.
average.
Total
printing
paper.
7,203
10,132
9,194
12,789
15,644
average .
average.
average.
average.
average.
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
Newsprint.
Thousands of pounds.
Tons.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
EXPORTS.
PRICES OF NEWSPRINT.
Contract, Contract, Spot
domes- Cana- market,
dian. domestic
tic.
Per 100-pound roll.
9,545
11,654
12,899
23,152
23,597
114,543
125,997
102,103
114,880
125,215
102,172
33,929
23,324
29,940
401,320
485,221
344,507
403,94G
481,830
340,084
315,070
158,580
241,455
16,123
18,378
7,663
2,808
24,395
31,160
15,656
6,157
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
129,663
114,235
127,847
1*28,269
128,098
103,214
128,238
134,160
16,934
27,955
27,564
21,673
520,630
450,265
513,496
506,133
518,617
429,122
528,420
488,753
150,961
172,104
157,180
174,560
7,668
5,562
7,387
6,137
May....
June
July....
August.
129,230
130,380
129,853
128,818
128,080
129,213
131,821
126,129
22,823
23,990
22,022
24,711
516,183
526,942
528,665
525,340
534,507
538,869
525,539
526,869
156,236
144,309
147,435
145,906
September.
October....
November.
December..
121,005
124,818
122,993
124,857
121,123
126,815
125,323
120,360
24,593
22,596
20,266
24,763
522,013
497,146
395,151
320,682
527,172
486,509
373,958
1921.
January...
February.
March....
April
123,830
103,040
107,532
115,408
116,176
96,281
104,919
122,091
32,417
39,176
41,789
35,106
296,638
304,926
333,245
306,604
May....
June....
July....
August.
78,868
86,770
94,247
102,277
82,776
91,339
95,357
100,668
31,198
26,629
25,519
27,128
September.
October....
November.
December..
98,898
101,884
104,604
107,877
95,785
109,110
104,492
107,070
30,241
23,015
23,127
23,934
S3.731
5.107
5.054
83.651
4.922
5.142
S4.29O
9.143
5.042
13,946
11,104
17,983
14,478
4.362
4.533
4.577
4; 726
4.267
4.569
4.556
4.463
6.624
7.997
8.797
9.443
10,522
10,407
7,001
8,853
19,332
17,967
14,578
14,580
4.673
4.752
5.211
5.371
4.457
4.550
4.938
5.306
9.906
10.072
10.498
10.212
140,747
151,384
172,577
189,633
6,364
4,703
11,194
12,476
11,762
21,123
18,546
5.531
5.790
5.792
5.969
5.308
5.343
5.541
5.770
9.800
9.362
9.148
7.854
269,747
287,398
311,749
303,493
216,524
234,052
255,548
258,659
4,963
5,066
2,192
2,556
16,369
13,101
6.076
5.921
5,173
5.409
6.385
6.458
6.480
5.507
6.945
6.279
5.623
5.206
305,127
316,887
276,182
340,242
303,895
304,620
284,315
347,386
259,891
262,158
254,025
246,881
3,, 709
1,203
2,131
2,521
5,787
3,355
3,803
4,512
5.248
5.227
4.770
4.762
5.497
5.322
4.S24
4.758
5.056
5.129
5.013
5.160
379,028
440,524
434,272
400,407
393,343
451,448
427,114
396,497
232,566
221,642
225,800
239,710
2,233
1,409
2,513
3,193
3,895
2,881
3,643
4,688
4.8S6
4.188
4.194
4.102
4.388
4.069
4.002
4.018
4.185
6,682
4.070
4.170
3.666
1922.
January...
February.
March.."..
1
Except printing activity, from United Typothetae of A merica and printing purchases and sales from A mcrican Writing Paper Company. Data for paper, except exports,
are furnished by the Federal Trade Commission; exports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
Printing activity based on productive hours reported by plants in 52 cities in 30 states, each department being weighted for tho combined index number.
1
Purchases of printing paper and sales of printed product by about 350 concerns, doing from 20 to 25 per cent of the total commercial printing business of the country.
As the paper industry was in a great boom in 1919, index numbers based on that year would not be true indices; therefore 1918 was taken as a base.
56
WOOD PULP, RUBBER, AND GLASS.
Table 24—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
INDIA RUBBER.
WOOD PULP.
Mechanical.
YEAK.AND MONTH.
Wholesale
price,
Para
Island,
New
York.
Production.
Chemical.
Consump- Stocks
Produc- tion and at end ol Imports
tion.
ship- month.
ments.
ConImports.
sump- Stocks
Produc- tion and at end of Imports.
tion.
shipmonth.
ments.
Relative
to 5-year
average.
Relative to 1919.
GLASS
BOTTLES.
Relative
to 5-year
average.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
Relative
to 1919.
1909-1913 monthly average.
100
100
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
110
76
132
150
128
138
123
191
233
100
76
69
83
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
141
93
102
117
97
100
117
79
100
116
79
130
128
141
220
174
350
2S1
462
489
360
80
68
60
41
23
119
119
122
70
226
688
73
102
102
70
184
739
59
116
116
68
211
854
57
116
118
63
141
659
57
54
51
51
100
106
113
107
105
119
121
197
457
50
117
123
125
196
451
48
100
100
109
100
110
100
78
108
76
70
71
87
100
63
100
104
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
92
85
116
135
110
96
113
119
May.....
June
July....
August.
143
115
102
92
121
117
114
112
September.
October
November.
December..
87
104
115
121
104
103
104
104
January...
February.
March
April
117
98
118
132
102
90
97
103
May...
June
July....
August.,
81
66
62
61
74
75
79
85
55
68
90
101
79
84
93
95
164
117
120
48
172
471
44
74
199
121
120
53
304
456
38
110
101
81
78
163
117
118
61
70
105
138
116
117
116
114
84
135
97
94
53
64
72
80
31
27
24
22
102
124
123
106
13
78
74
21
21
22
22
100
87
68
68
22
60
54
48
50
55
292
289
290
212
218
341
208
230
139
279
61
227
1921.
September.
October
November..
December...
95
118
16
74
75
141
35
68
70
100
113
113
106
147
42
73
140
49
68
127
93
64
108
100
75
72
68
67
77
112
111
102
99
82
99
102
92
91
79
SO
87
•101
77
176
78
77
160
94
75
216
101
SO
173
94
1922.
January...
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
69
295
81
270
SO
247
359
286
343
109
164
173
255
221
279
459
358
493
536
607
20
20
20
22
26
27
26
50
70
57
WOOD PULP, RUBBER, AND GLASS.
Table 25.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faoed type; index numbers on opposite page.]
WOOD PULP.
Mechanical.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Production.
Consumption and
shipments.
INDIA RUBBER.
Chemical.
Stocks
at end of Imports. 3
month.
Production.
Short tons.
1909-1913 monthly average.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
Imports.
Wholesale
price,
Para
Island,
New York.
Pounds.
ConsumpStocks
tion and at end of Imports.' i
shipmonth.
ments.
' Per pound.
16,463
25,521
18,105
12,638
21,877
38,091
32,861
35,100
9,056,720
11,922,097
18,456,827
22,507,517
SO.8O7
.616
.557
.669
161,247
188,156
127,744
160,375
53,725
33,720
53,409
33,230
32,728
36,147
56,153
44,457
33,803,190
27,163,276
44,661,702
47,212,178
34,772,775
.648
.549
.483
.333
.182
130,817
131,525
105,668
120,660
132,308
106,214
154,251
120,079
166,880
23,257
15,456
16,855
19,375
16,000
January...
February.
March
April
110,835
102,141
139,667
163,086
133,106
115,794
135,953
143,202
117,033
107,552
109,288
126,693
19,6S8
11,973
9,642
9,416
191,700
164,050
187,476
187,108
195,866
164,241
186,754
189,753
37,484
37,800
36,576
33,822
57,567
46,847
53,868
36,034
06,427,415
71,351,901
82,477,607
63,629,209
.463
.432
.412
.411
May...,
June
July....
August.,
172,341
138,949
123,330
111,205
146,061
140,582
137,230
135,146
152,973
151,340
137,440
113,499
17,227
19,195
26,996
32,805
191,474
198,166
189,004
194,760
194,393
199,698
192,493
192,132
30,903
29,371
25,8S2
2S,510
50,360
50,127
44,040
77,710
44,099,902
43,533,723
45,451,437
44,017,26-1
.404
.3S5
.353
.303
September.
October
November.
December..
104,975
125,518
139,535
146,718
125,651
124,191
125,156
125,621
92,823
94,150
108,529
129,626
26,812
17,212
19,243
22,299
18S,938
222, S74
186,506
155,809
18S,933
188,562
182,379
151,225
28,515
34,312
38,439
43,023
74,614
73,923
55,752
53,007
27,883,748
20,516,090
32,955,016
24,161,761
.253
.217
*.192
,180
140,999
117,884
142,850
159,442
123,661
108,857
116,820
124,161
146,964
155,997
182,027
217,308
14,076
3,275
2,684
5,687
134,354
125,913
119,482
109,364
123,524
119,157
119,602
112,869
53,853
00.609
60,489
56,984
35,478
15,6S2
17,022
20,848
26,911,753
21,933,165
28,508,995
26,0S7,40S
.173
.168
.180
.178
89,182
185,536
127,4G7
1920.
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
97,963
80,337
75,405
73,666
September.
October....
November.
December..
90,357
95,386
. 103,153
226,089
216,069
196,088
166,501
7,072
8,117
15,329
16,405
118,138
109,052
102,768
121,510
114,995
109,689
107,573
122,753
60,127
59,490
54,685
53,442
20,322
27,698
41,756
44,181
23,890,838
34,621,74S
27,647,874
33,103,804
.179
.164
.164
.165
66,965
82,511
108,186
121,804
May....
June
July....
August..
95,894
100,777
112,228
114,087
137,672
119,406
115,365
123,080
28,958
26,397
35,504
28,498
126,514
151,699
163,101
151,031
131,174
15S,050
162,841
147,380
48,782
42,431
43,172
46.843
6">,206
50,419
71,204
117,068
34,546,411
49,042,303
51,731,181
58,644,821
.174
.210
.215
.211
•
1922.
January...
February.
March
. 1 Except glass bottles, from Xationat Bottle Manufacturers Association, based on reports of identical firms representing approximately 90 per cent of the capacity of theindustry. Data for wood pulp are from the Federal Trade Commission; India-rubber imports from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce; Wholesale average weekly prices of india rubber from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2
Import figures converted from long to short tons to agree with production and stocks.
58
AUTOMOBILE TIRES.
Table 26.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
Production.
Stocks.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Shipments,
domestic.
Production.
Stocks.
RAW MATERIAL
CONSUMED.
SOLID TIRES.
KSTNER TUBES.
PNEUMATIC TIRES.
Shipments,
domestic.
Production.
Stocks.
Shipments,
domestic.
Fabrics.
Crude
rubber.
Relative to G months' average, November, 1920-April, 1921.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1920.
November.,
December..
1921.
January....
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November..
December..
100
100
100
100
100
1OO
1OO
100
100
1OO
100
G7
55
114
64
105
74
51
112
106
67
108
92
70
102
107
93
111
54
49
72
47
77
90
127
180
229
253
281
332
211
211
193
Average Nov.,1920-Apr.,1921
1921 monthly average..
103
100
89
88
86
80
75
76
65
69
76
76
85
128
141
165
209
213
229
162
133
106
74
91
134
176
220
235
301
442
327
284
212
102
99
92
90
87
70
57
67
70
86
95
76
83
120
145
171
236
264
278
194
148
113
91
100
123
124
151
122
151
239
161
199
187
.103
104
97
92
90
82
75
74
55
56
79
81
120
115
110
136
152
183
137
125
94
78
89
134
196
236
241
287
334
227
207
190
73
86
133
189
232
233
261.
337
214
216
194
103
1922.
January...
February.
March
Pounds.
Number.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
November-April average.
1921 monthly average.
1920.
November
December
1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
915,651
5,170,928
1,262,159
1,002,886 5,4SO,354
349,742
506,111
5,880,016
5,503,380
805,023
1,327,153
742,815
508,446
703,430
819,892
1,163,314
1,651,418
2,100,917
2,313,265
2,570,524
3,013,187
1,929,268
1,92S,271
J, 756,555
5,319,605
5,193,018
4,597,103
4,527,445
4,451,668
4,154,456
3,892,037
3,934,5S3
3,340,798
3,545,030
3,908,342
965,417
1,073,756
1,614,651
1,785,951
2,085,882
2,643,850
2,757,5S1
2,894,422
2,047,929
1,675,169
1,342,519
740,824
916,627
1,346,483
1,762,122
2,210,040
2,359,928
3,020,951
4,430,152
3,274,822
2,843,918
2,126,211
3,333,559 9,039,757
1,366,997
23,299
294,013
36,628
6,131,935
5,786,929
920,938
1,481,285
21,355
16,297
293,875
303,473
34,217
40,828
1,801,750
1,649,772
6,563,25S
4,259,746
5,586,163
5,415,464
5,044,861
4,916,772
4,751,880
3,835,098
3,122,815
3,649,319
3,827,830
4,732,016
5,203,568
1,042,617
1,129,881
1,643,690
1,983,571
2,342,567
3,232,673
3,603,248
3,804,060
2,645,75S
2,016,371
1,540,299
21,220
23,355
28,710
28,859
35,156
28,395
35,123
55,694
37,441
46,274
43,537
29,116
29,599
43,926
42,080
40,122
49,867
65,678
66,866
50,276
45,911
34,556
2,598,143
2,952,058
4,474,965
6,524,668
7,363,738
8,044,486
9,565,128
11,131,256
7,580,858
6,9O5,6S1
6,349, SOS
6,625,435
7,823,657
12,075,293
17,191,149
21,050,554
21,207,555
23,719,637
30,634,353
19,476,415
19,602.342
17,60S,993
303,753
304,374
233,800
269,985
264,633
240,336
220,003
216,367,
101,832
163,299
173,451
1922.
January...
February..
March
i Data furnished by the Rubber Association of America. The number of firms has increased from 36 in November, 1920, to a maximum of 64 in August, 1921.
stated by the Rubber Association that this variation in the number of firms does not change the totals to any great degree, except for the omission of the Firestone
Company beginning in September, 1921.
^
59
AUTOMOBILES.
Table 27.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from commercial and trade sources*
[Base years in bold-faced type.]
SHIPMENTS'*
• YEAR AND
MONTH.
By Driven By
rail- away.
boat.
road.
Relative to 1920.
PRODUCTION'.*
MOTOR
ACCESSORIES, a
Ac- Total
notes
Passenger Trucks. Total counts o u t sales. past s t a n d cars.
due* ing.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to January,
- 1921.
SHDPMENTS.i
By
railroad.
Driven
away.
Carloads.
By
boat.
28
33
49
90
105
av..
av..
av..
av..
1918 mo. av..
1919 mo* av .
1920 mo. av.. 100
1921 mo. av..
78
56 i
100
31
100
39
72
102
46
64
97
20,922
16,263
39,239
12,031
25,057
25,505
29,326
17,147
317
Total
notes
outstanding.
Accounts
past
due.
Thousands of dollars.
38 458
' 45,307
68,218
124,468
145,066
ion
•114
93
Total
sales.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1 QM
2,115
6,167
7,500
10,680
77,199
138,138
4,693
156,930
1,854
127,916
18,938
26,3 04
26,837
12,090
8
23
28
41
ioo
Passenger T r u c k s .
cars.
MOTOR ACCESSORIES.*
Number of machines.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
PRODUCTION.*
j
29,283
43,719
57,273
64,634
19,840
5,171
4,226
1920.
January
February
March
April
120
122
140
82
146
165
May—J
June
July
August
105
108
110
112
189
155
133
87
178
185
151
21,977
22,516
23,082
23,386
74,286
60,746
52,342
34,060
8,350
8,702
7,095
September...
October
November...
December...
99
82
63
56
62
36
24
16
116
54
14
2
20,804
17,209
13,253
11,802
24,431
14,127
9,497
6,469
5,469
2,519
659
89
1931.
January
February
March
April
31
48
78
96
8
19
25
36
2
2
2
34
100
166
321
427
100
'83
69
66
100
139
116
123
6,485
9,986
16,287
20,187
3,185
7,507
9,939
14,197
. 93
99
75
1,619
6,265
10,409
20,120
26,747
8,100
6,717
5,604
5,352
4,360
6,063
5,070
5,371
May
June
July
August
89
97
93
99
39
48
40
39
51
84
79
77
120
121
41
50
428
363
369
373
56
58
65
54
103
92
85
S
O
18,60S
20,269
19,514
20,758
15,193
18,834
15,533
15,218
2,381
3,947
3,720
3,595
4,515
4,731
5,242
4,349
4,470
4,007
3,690
3,495
September...
October
November...
December...
91
85
68
58
35
33
27
19
03
47
30
3
105
9S
77
51
52
49
38
32
369
352
303
229
54
56
54
52
8-1
79
84
78
"
19,002 " 13,840
12,920
17,717
10,505
14,240
7,500
12,100
2,959
2,214
1,402
134
4,359
4,513
4,352
3,67S
3,464
3,662
75
111
165,575
167,705
10,761
13,076
26,782
22,714
23,096
23,39S
144,669
134,734
100,042
13,645
12,810
10,009
23,142
22,053
18,998
1923.
Februarv
1
Compiled by the Nathnal Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Represents shipments from factories covering almost the entire automobile production of the United
States.
3
Total of membership of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and chief outside manufacturers, representing practically complete passenger car production
and slightly less complete truck production. Annual figures represent complete production as compiled by National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
3
Compiled by the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association and based on the purchase of parts, units, equipments, etc., by automobile passenger and truck
Jnakers from 300 parts and accessory manufacturers, including some tire manufacturers.
60
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE.1
Table 28.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from trade and commercial sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
ORDERS, PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS.
Actual pro- Shipments Net orders. A c t u a l p r o - Shipments
Net orders. ductlon.
duction.
billed.
billed.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Relative to May, 1921.
Per cent of capacity.
A.-INDEX NUMBERS.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1921.
100
May
Juno—
July
August..
82
49
70
92
133
137
September.
October
November.,
December..
48
40
' 62
37.0
30.5
18.0
25.9
71
115
162
161
85
132
159
148
34,0
49.3
50.6
.36.2
100
110
100
31.9
35.1
15.2
14.7
30.S
31.3
28.3
19.1
22.6
36.6
51.7
51.2
26.2
40.7
49.1
45.0
1922.
January...
February.
March
* Based on reports of identicalfirmsof the Illuminating Glassware Guild, estimated to represent from 70 to 75 per cent of the capacity of the industry.
BOOT AND SHOE PRODUCTION.
Table 29.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government Sources*1
TOTAL UNITED STATES.
KIND.
1919 monthly
average.
November,
1921.
NEW ENGLAND STATES.
December,
1931.*
1919 monthly
average.
November,
1931.
December^
1921.
Number of pairs.
Men's (high and low cut)
Boys' and youths' (high and low cut)
Women's (high and low cut)
Misses' and children's (high and low cut).:
Infants' (high and low cut)
Athlete and sporting (leather)
All canvas and other textile fabrics.
All other kinds a
Total.,
7,918,113
2,208,619
8,734,375
4,044,850
6,780,253
1,869,934
6,875,14©
3,150,263
7,350,037
1,844,791
7,726,965
2,791,661
4,459,737
867,025
4,606,902
1,308,532
2,993,710
577,265
2,829,767
3,394,332
704,722
3,391,341
999,514
3 1,389,076
48,809
921,364
2,284,291
1,761,281
607,181
210,001
2,338,551
1,815,129
501,181
423,656
1,643,542
3 274,391
6,999
876,933
930,503
363,087
20,750
120,031
985,997
451,711
14,065
228,075
617,868
27,549,497
23,592,610
24,096,965
13,331,027
8,858,905
9, S01,628
1 Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Reports received from 1,022 manufacturers in November, of which 81 were not in operation, and
1,027 establishments in December, of which 62 were not in operation. Censusfiguresfor 1919 were from 1,450 establishments.
2 Includes slippers for house and evening wear at home, barefoot sandals and play shoes, moccasins, and all others not specified,
s Covers "infants' shoes and slippers."
* Subject to revision.
61
LEATHER PRODUCTSTable 30.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
Sole
leather.
Skivers.
YEAR AND MONTII.
1
SALES O F
BELTING.*
MODUCTIONV
Oak a n d
union
harness.a
SALES O F BELTIXG1.3
PRODUCTION. I
Value.
Relative to 1919.
Sole
leather.
Skivers.
Oak a n d
union
harness. 3
Quantity.
Value.
Sides.
Quantity.
Dozens.
Stuffed
sides.
Pounds.
Thousands
of dollars.
B.-NUMERICAL DATA.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
106
119
104
108
66
86
SS
99
1918 monthly average
88
'107
*2U
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
100
82
79
100
88
111
100
102
59
1OO
98
91
85
99
74
82
80
100
107
116
116
91
95
81
70
108
103
84
SS
73
78
70
72
754,274
846,664
739,628
767,423
899
1,171
1,199
1,354
710,214
694,899
1,365
1,662
1,653,073
«16,039
*203,596
1OO
122
1,876,285
1,535,290
1?486,718
15,032
13,274
16,653
95,244
111
96
116
113
133
US
145
74
1,704,269
1,532,115
1,76-1,387
1,589,756
14,837
11,140
12,347
12,014
95,457
101,9S9
110,606
110,830
789,323
684,852
826,682
804,989
1,815
1,005
1,975
1,016
111
106
105
102
129
117
119
108
162
14S
150
136
1,706,003
1,786,466
1,513,844
1,322,594
16,229
15,535
12,563
13,275
105,568
100,718
99,748
97,580
917,024
828,782
843,602
768,279
2,216
2,017
2,043
1,862
92
97
87
66
100
101
77
70
-97
74
49
44
123
95
61
50
1,375,763 "
1,459,073
1,315,631
1,353,581
13,788
14,626
13,034
9,896
95,204
96,243
73,265
66,482
688,194
527,219
349,081
310,759
1,682
1,302
835
681
63
63
72
76
95
93
112
90
44
60
74
73
44
40
43
41
49
44
46
40
1,190,950
1,177,883
1,351,140
1,422,727
14,234
13.9S7
16,867
13,484
42,236
56,971
70,194
69,922
309,474
285,575 i
306,140 :
2SS,5S4 j
83
81
96
98
82
143
60
60
47
51
43
42
46
48
42
39
40
42
1,561,220
1,521,521
1,431,373
1,607,302
14,499
14,753
12,321
21,430
57,480
57,196
44,971
50,857
308,872 j
300,169
328,514
340,500
572
138
132
117
134
52
59
63
66
44
42
37
38
37
32
1,507,185
1,618,519
1,705,161
lj745,625
20,G83
19,896
17,533
20,149
49,507
55,879
60,002
62,551
311,709
299,867
262,820
525
96,974
56,481
1930.
January
February
March
April
82
94
May.
Juno..
July.
..
August
.. .
September
October
November
December
1921.
January.
February
March...
April...
.
May
June
July....
August
September.
October. . . .
November
December
76
86
80
SG
91
93
1922.
January
February...
March
1
F r o m r e p o r t s b y t h e Tanners7
660
600
626
552
539
5-1S
570
501
439
•
Council; sole l e a t h e r figures i n c l u d e e s t i m a t e s for firms o u t s i d e t h e Tanners7
Council so a s t o r e p r e s e n t t h e t o t a l for t h e c o u n t r y .
Figures
for skivers and harness do not include estimates of outside firms and arc believed to represent S per cent of the total production.
O
2
Data from tho Leather Belting Exchange, and is estimated to represent from 65 to 75 per cent of the industry.
8
Beginning December, 1919, these statistics cover amount of harness leather "stuffed" rather than that produced, but it is stated that the variation between these items
is small.
4
Includes estimated production of firms outside Tanners* Council.
62
HIDE AND LEATHER STOCKS.
Table 31.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
[Base years in bold-faced typo; numerical data on opposite page.]
PACKER
H I D E S AND
SKINS.
O T H E R H I D E S AND S K I N S .
Green salted.
Y E A S AND MONTH.
SHEEP
AND
LAMB
SKINS.2
S O L E AND B E L T I N G
LEATHER.
UPPER LEATHER.
Dry salted.
Calf
Cattle and kip
Calf
Calf
hides. skins. Cattle
Cattle
hides. and kip hides. and kip
skins.
skins.
Total.
Stocks
end of
month.
Stocks ProducIn proc- tion of
ess of
finished
tanning. leather*
Stocks
end of
month.
Stocks P r o d u c in proc- tion of
ess of finished
tanning. leather.
Relative to 12 months' average—September, 1920, to August, 1921.
Average, 12 months, Sept.,
1920-Aug., 1921...
100
100
100
100
. 100
100
100
1OO
100
100
100
100
100
171
91
101
108
92
109
112
98
69
80
86
94
103
109
100
98
94
109
88
103
80
105
94
83
85
104
97
105
83
84
90
96
109
105
100
98
99
103
91
98
87
92
102
102
99
91
94
89
73
9S
91
90
106
102
97
95
179
136
80
87
101
113
117
109
101
96
93
100
110
105
100
90
83
115
105
84
100
95
99
99
102
101
104
105
96
99
99
101
92
87
105
99
102
102
116
100
89
92
100
104
76
70
102
105
91
85
112
118
104
93
102
104
97
96
107
90
103
101
84
, 121
130
117
101
105
105
106
112
108
108
106
100
98
99
97
104
108
103
111
100
99
100
79
92
SI
71
62
•
98
106
109
115
114
111
130
132
147
72
70
65
61
57
50
96
95
96
* 96
97
100
95
94
98
130
131
117
96
99
102
106
107
106
101
104
103
106
114
122
• 97
99
99
116
116
115
141
146
137
1030.
December
1921.
March... . . ... **
April
......
May
June
July
n
September
October
November
December
1922.
January
February
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
63
HIDE AND LEATHER STOCKS.
Table 32.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-face type; indox numbers on opposite page.J
PACKER HIDES
AND SKINS.
OTHER HIDES AND SKINS.
Green salted.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Cattle
hides.
Calf
and
kip
skins.
Cattle
hides.
Call
and
kip
skins.
SnEEP
AND
LAMB
SKINS.2;
SOLE AND BELTING
LEATHER.
Dry salted.
Cuttle
hides.
Call
and
kip
skins.
Total.
Stocks
Stocks
Stocks In proc- Produc- Stocks in proc- Production of
tion of
end of
end of
ess of
finished
ess of
m o n t h . tanning. finished m o n t h . tanning. leather.
leather.
Thousands of pounds.
Average, 12 months,
Sept.,1920-Aug.,192L 235,915
UPPER LEATHER.
Thousands of square feet.
33,039
130,285
33,314
17,655
5,816
32,865
404,025
215,075
238,143
253,C76
21,107
25,166
25,838
22,570
83,183
96,238
103,835
112,717
34,242
'36,418
33,400
32,766
16,672
19,311
15,455
18,101
4,640
6,130
5,469
4,809
28,089
34,109
31,764
34,433
151,662
154,159
164,597
175,874
121,255
117,12*2
111,213
109,653
23,995
25,0S0
21,999
23,901
365,052
385,114
426,720
420,733
150,579
139,255
142,943
135,707
35,132
47,022
43,788
43,436
1921.
January
Februany
March
April
..,
249,105
239,919
229,516
222,941
41,302
31,346
18,491
20,072
121,091
135,503
140,525
130,634
33,812
31,866
30,911
33,245
19,353
18,468
17,718
15,833
4,828
6,668
6,093
4,908
32,960
31,225
32,427
32,481
186,531
184,707
189,033
191,898
106,705
110,787
111,082
112,321
22,444
21,205
25,502
24,000
425,942
427,508
485,009
419,308
135,515
140,005
152,586
158,224
30,302
33,570
48,955
50,420
May....
June
July....
August.
215,358
199,465
174," 968
186,788
21,112
18,689
16,397
14,378
134,959
141,547
125,444
117,741
33,931
34,617
32,451
32,107
18,951
15,938
18,266
17,788
4,806
7,019
7,576
6,791
33,335
34,388
34,405
34,760
20-1,137
197,206
197,616
193,670
111,662
109,378
110,070
108,439
25,242
26,122
25,028
26,985
420,712
410,553
417,145
411,505
102,49S
166,4G2
174,941
173,848
53,532
62,4-18
63,217
70,418
September.
October....
November..
December..
169,014
165,881
152,985
14,109
13,209
11,541
115,223
114,002
114,909
32,138
32,208
33,216
16,857
16,548
17,369
7,574
7,605
6,805
31,515
32,653
33,410
193,043
19-1,754
193, S41
112,462
116,044
115,422
25,683
27,093
29,544
408,038
413,375
415,304
177,120
177,769
175,566
67,545
69,901
65,966
1920.
September
October....
November..
December..
'
|
182,591 111,641
24,292 418,947
152,719
48,020
1922.
January
February
March
1
Based on figures compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The data embraco returns from packers, tanners, dealers, importers, and manufacturers. As given in t h e monthly reports by the Bureau of the Census, the returns for hides and skins are expressed in numbers of hides and skins. For the abovesummary these have been reduced to pounds on the basis of the average weights of each class. Similarly data on leather have been converted to pounds or square feet
from reports in skins, sides, backs, butts, pounds, etc.
1
Includes skins with and without wool, but does not include weight of wool.
HIDES AND LEATHER MOVEMENT.
Table 33.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,
[Baso year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EXPORTS OF
LEATHER.^
IMPORTS OF HIDES AND SKINS.*
WHOLESALE PRICES.*
Hides.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Sole.
Upper.3
Total
boots
and
shoes.
Total
hides
and
skins.
Calfskins.
Cattle
hides.
Goatskins.
Sheepskins.
Leather.
Green.
salted,
CalfSole,
Chrome Men's
skins, hemlock,
packers'
calf,
vici-calf,
country middle
heavy
"B"
blucher
native
No. 1
No. 1
grades (Boston).
steers (Chicago). (Boston). (Boston).
! (Chicago).
Relative to 1909-1913 average*
Relative to 1913.
Boots
and
shoes.
Relative to 1913.
*100
97
' 108
126
141
•100
94
82
60
77
*1OO
97
134
178
176
«1OO
91
55
81
106
«1OO
107
104
118
160
1OO
107
132
142
1OO
111
114
179
1OO
107
110
138'
1OO
104
106
167
100
102
105
119.
123
70
145
99
C8
11
79
43
161
96
177
120
78
90
63
136
82
64
132
83
134
130
72
178
164
214
170
76
215
197
363
195
79
190
172
187
189
127
215
222
360
366
193
153
181
244
2S8
225
146
206
196
190
160
117
125
137
57
43
50
54
154
145
161
147
107
118
148
196
103
157
158
218
219
198
197
395
351
286
278
199
202
202
202
473
473
473
464
305
308
308
116
59
63
58
223
215
114
124
101
103
107
51
64
41
48
105
114
118
66
123
. 83
95
65
120
153
179
194
192
1S5
160
155
239
162
162
122
202
202,
202
195
436
399
325
325
292292
292
59
45
20
41
60
63
42
55
123
162
138
163
76
77
47
50
26
42
17
20
120
114
53
84
27
16
34
17
79
105
80
39
154
139
126
103
121
93
90
75
181
174
167
145
297
278
232
213
292
255
249
249
January...
February.
March
April
111
34
20
32
40
28
25
35
132
139
134
146
51
50
47
52
24
33
42
51
77
73
GS
61
25
24
16
33
39
49
43
74
91
74
63
55
81
142
135
131
131
195
195
195
195
233
233
233
225
May...,
June
July....
August..
17
29
23
33
18
35
49
36
64
56
74
129
7S
103
SO
89
79
97
66
91
112
105
81
46
113
74
123
115
104
59
107
65
76
76
76
90
82
81
131
128
124
121
195
195
195
195
225
225
225
225
September.,
October
November..
December..
33
80
90
50
43
42
66
60
50
38
36
67
77 j
61 i
82
52
35
57
So
58
62
70
83
97
67
70
61
55
84
76
77
80
86
90
85
82
77
74
121
121
121
121
195
194
186
186
225
217
217
217
1909-1913,inc., mo. a .. v.,
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
100
166
259
2S9
1OO
77
101
120
1OO
98
16S
193
140
S6
392
72
46
70
44
192
82
40
147
131
211
167
January...
February.
March
April
75
144
87
85
133
119
122
97
May....
June
July....
August..
-79
44
51
79
September.
October
November..
December..
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average..
average..
average.,
.
1920.
1921.
59 j
05 i
January..,
February..
March.....
See footnotes on opposite page.
71
66
72
65
HIDES AND LEATHER MOVEMENT.
Table 34.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page]
EXPORTS OF
LEATIIER.1 '
IMPORTS OF HIDES AND SKIKS.i
WHOLESALE PRICES.'
Hides.
Sole.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Upper.3
Total
boots
and
shoes.
Total
bides
and
skins.
ThouThouThousands of sands of sands of
square
pounds.
pairs.
feet.
1909—1913,mo. a v . . . .
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.
1921 monthly average.
2 , COS
4,319
6,751
7,540
8,845
6,834
8,967
10,623
3,657
6,175
3,908
17,023
7,288
3,559
2,229 .
10,222
1,869
1,198
827
1,412
1,G23
1,237
1,100
1,780
1,403
747
Calfskins.
Cattle
hides.
8,109
7,473
6,321
6,G07
8,686
5,280
5,684
5,495
6,257
S,461
SO. 184
.196
.242
.202
80.180
.210
.215
.338
SO. 282
.302
.309
.388
SO. 270
.280
.285
.450
S3.11
3.17
3.25
3.71
52,589
30,158
62,070
42,499
29,003
2,465
758
5,380
2,928
3,995
30,890
18,421
33,940
22,922
15,015
7,409
5,197
11,138
6,684
5,260
6,999
4,372
7,0S6
6,896
3,822
.327
.301
.393
.312
.139
.406
.371
.6S5
.368
.535
.484
.528
.534
.358
.579
.593
.970
.985
.521
4.75
5.63
7.60
8.95
7.00
68,607
3,876
38,694
12,092
10,354
50,100
2,957
29,524
8,800
5,452
53,430
3,420
27,812
9,661
8,288
58,714
3,672
30,809
12,107
8,372
.400
.403
.364
.361
.745
.663
.540
.525
.560
.570
.570
.570
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.250
9.28
9.50
9.60
9.60
20,103
10,091
6,369
6,765
7,751
5,301
8,106
10,285
.354
.341
.294
.285
.450
.305
.306
.229
.570
.570
.570
.550
1.175
1.075
.875
.875
9.60
9.10
9.10
9.10
2,200
1,274
2,810
1,355
4,181
5,536
4,257
2,080
.284
.255
.233
.190
.229
.184
.169
.141
.510
.490
.470
.410
.800
.750
.625
.575
9.10
7.94
7.75
7.75
2,073
2,606
2,276
3,909
.168
.136
.115
.101
.153
.134
.125
.136
.400
.370
.525
.525
.525
.525
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.00
.119
.140
,13ft
.140
.169
.156
.153
.162
.370
.360
.350
.340
.525
.525
.525
.525
7.00
.141
.148
.158
.165
.160
.155
.145
.140
.340
.525
.525
.500
.500
7.00
2,061
1,150
1,334
2,063
10,230
5,233
5,991
5,133
1,879
44,769
3,498
1,809
46,132
4,3S6
21,909
958
45,892
2,822
22,514
1,046
35,128
3,293
12,665
September.
October....
November.
December..
1,542
5,331
5,552
3,696
4,823
1,037
1,361
1,161
1,370
3,508
2,501
2,209
3,108
1,114
1,169
1,125
1,231
1,574
3,137
4,310
3,142
1,168
529
1,079
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
2,903
873
527
822
May
June....
July
August..
455
765
59S
849
September,,
October....
November..
December..
858
2,072
2,347
1,311
3,822
3,682
5,874
5,843
Per
pair.
19,160
18,629
25,671
34,053
33,683
May.....
June
July
August.
8,539
Per
square
foot.
Per pound.
* 6,815
6,372
5,576
4,076
5,221
11,770
10,813
Green,
salted,
Sole
Chrome Men's
packers' Calfskins, hemlock, calf,"B" vlci-calf,
country middlo
heavy
praties lriiichcr
No. 1
native (Chicago), No. 1 (Boston) (Boston).
(Boston).
steers
[Chicago).
42,854
41,490
46,350
53,856
60,526
1,951
3,743
2,264
2,217
1,233
1,734
1,650
1,603
Sheep
skins.
Thousands of pounds.
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
10,538
Goat
skins.
Hoots
and
Shoes.*
Leather.
32,679
1,791
23,062
32,901
2,877
21,792
20,065
1,171
10,160
21,575
1,377
16,021
21,961
1,645
14,699
21,519
2,265
13,947
9,473
20,185
2,881
12,935
22,464
3,503
11,679
2,027
1,989
1,305
2,714
538
33,505
5,383
17,343
3,762
471
44,050
6,589
21,496
9,241
624
34,378
4,501
20,066
6,063
1,088
38,090
5,882
15,475
10,078
6,108
5,522
3,110
5,674
6,772
7,949
5,463
5,757
3,222
2,898
4,440
4,031
417
32,806
5,427
16,327
321
26,243
3,544
11,064
301
25,149
2,411
11,816
560
27,686
3,907
13,337
.380
.370
.340
.340
.340
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.75
6.75
6.75
1922.
January.
February.,
March....
1
Data from XT. S. Department o Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domettic Commerce.
Data from 17.5. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Represent average monthly prices.
• Includes calf and kip, goat and kid, grain and finished splits.
• Represent five-year (1909-1913) monthly average Imports for total hides and skins, total goat skins and total sheepskins. Calfskins and cattle hides Used on tour-year
ra*e, 1910-1913.
• See p . 60 for production of boots and shoes.
%
84796°—22
5
66
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Table 35.—INDEX NTTMBEBS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Baso year in bold-faced typo; numerical data on opposite page.]
YBAB AND MONTH.
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.
INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS.
BUSINESS
BUILDINGS.
EDUCATIONAL
BUILDINGS.
HOSPITALS AND
INSTITUTIONS.
NumNumNum-!
ber of Square Value. ber of jSquare Value. ber of Square Value.
projproj- j feet
projfeet.
feet.
ects.
ects. i
ects.
NumNumber of Square Value. ber of
projproj- feet.
ects.
ects.
Relative to 1919.
1915 monthly average.,
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
a 42
»63
a
71
a 118
21
36
48
94
100
83
23
100
115
94
85
105
104
119
141
107
86
58
52
39
25
46
50
SO
81
May....
June
July....
August.
September.
October
November..
December..
3 94
2 90
3 43
100
100
34
60
103
57
So
143
112
178
105
208
154
225
129
49
40
66
93
97
83
73
78
87
S3
53
55
111
106
85
74
70
60
42
67
70
64
45
65
42
41
31
35
35
43
55
61
50
67
86
31
47
45
82
87
73
87
61
61
66
75
87
75
98
104
94
81
78
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average..
78
86
56
50
122
111
72
65
100
100
79
80
77
74
59
January...
February..
March
April
74
71
105
114
79
89
110
117
101
124
151
162
May....
June....
July....
August.
102
94
83
85
103
79
54
73
75
63
47
January..,
February..
March
April
100
81
100
49
57
42
36
100
67
100
100
114
100
177
144
204
100
100
110
100
142
242
100
121
103
102
137
58
47
79
104
66
54
88
128
52
95
111
121
76
155
159
105
82
180
190
55
43
86
96
76
76
177
224
57
72
91
129
80
67
58
60
85
54
43
54
92
63
58
59
141
165
171
163
142
160
131
14S
171
198
199
190
102
124
139
118
223
127
144
129
144
92
251
149
95
63
78
50
60
55
51
44
55
36
27
51
61
45
105
71
48
51
96
93
55
38
128
143
70
73.
116
122
110
86
131
201
113
82
97
1S9
79
105
IS
14
18
27
36
21
25
30
39
52
96
114
33
41
71
89
43
51
86
106
44
49
96
137
66
85
155
174
87
191
227
33
71
110
212
25
159
179
146
35
83
137
43
38
35
39
28
28
21
18
48
43
32
25
117
119
92
118
93
90
69
117
106
85
114
173
214
223
216
244
195
228
233
246
235
287
281.
112
161
149
143
175
410
430
239
101
391
252
148
42
56
55
46
21
31
33
22
26
43
41
34
132
133
117
106
108
109
112
109
135
127
128
143
193
122
89
87
221
169
178
172
266
225
183
151
173
131
94
82
540
185
142
207
364
159
138
197
179
1920.
September..
October
November..
December..
1921.
1922.
January..
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
67
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDED,
Table 36.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
BUSINESS
BUILDINGS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
1915
1916
1917
1918
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
Num- Thou- T h o u ber of sands sands
of
proj- square
of
ects. feet. dollars.
INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS.
Num- Thouber of sands
of
proj- square
ects.
feet.
Thousands
of
dollars.
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.
Num- Thouber of sands
of
proj- square
ects.
feet.
Thousands
of
dollars.
5,308
28,050
2 9,042
M5.075
8,912
15,212
20,668
40,202
19,000
218,167
212,583
2 8,667
636 12,773
511 10,652
3,999 20,137
2,414
11,460
4,118 17,047
70,707
47,177
73,154
27,GG2
274
2,981
26,638
Num- Thou- Thou- Num- Thou- Thouber of sands sands ber of sands sands
of
of
proj- square
proj- square
of
of
ects.
feet. dollars. ects.
feet. dollars.
34,832
40,275
20,548
25,381
42,744
49,080
14,44 i
33,806
HOSPITALS AND
INSTITUTIONS.
[
2
average .
average .
average .
average -
1919 monthly average . . . 1,093 9,240
1920 monthly average - . .
895 6,870
1921 monthly average...
844 5,437
EDUCATIONAL
BUILDINGS.
166 1,915
170 2,190
227 3,382
49
368
523
54
S90
3.2G0
3,962
5,845
9,960
14,358
20,319
49
1920.
January
.February
March
April
805 7,325
776 8,234
1,147 10,182
1,245 10,816
34,117
42,035
50,902
54,722
599
540
665
6G3
18,879
14,352
22,796
13,473
88,991
65,6S0
96,093
55,121
1,942
1,618
2,640
3,711
11,599
9,511
15,945
20,872
47,055
38,307
62,575
90,933
80
86
158
184
2,320
1,447
2,976
3,039
10,440
8,214
17,939
lS,94fi
27
21
42
47
281
281
653
824
1,868
2,341
2,973
4,222
May....
Juno....
July....
August.
1,117
1,022
907
924
7,908
9,499
7.325
5,005
40,201
47,529
36,12S
28,985
617
529
465
493
11,111
10,639
6,768
6,972
47,511
45,275
36,458
31,733
3,21S
2,691
2,334
2,3S4
17,104
10,891
8,607
10,803
65,362
44,330
40,811
41,627
234
274
284
270
2,719
3,061
2,507
2,832
17,047
19,674
19,808
18,972
50
61
68
58
821
466
531
476
4,712
3,011
8,200
4,850
September..
October
November..
December..
799
817
683
510
5,371
4,823
3,611
2,336
26,944
23,804
20,218
14,068
427
443
407
2S9
8,273
5,392
5,264
3,911
40,440
26,932
33,330
21,399
2,410
2,206
2,035
1,777
8,222
11,173
7,264
5,534
36,015
43,433
32,153
23,516
175
118
79
85
1,S34
1,779
1,045
719
12,762
14,258
6,950
7,2S8
57
60
54
42
484
742
417
302
3,166
6,1S6
2,573
3,441
1921.
January
February
March.....
April.... _
506
549
870
880
3,262
250
197
296
288-
2,35,9
1,786
2,3413,497
15,437
9,037
10,640
12,919
1,573
2, OSS
3,833
4,556
6,724
8,319
14,382
17,948
30,732
60,701
75,006
73
81
160
228
1,257
1,625
2,969
5,084
20,528
17,020
22,776
29,176
6,905
8,647
19,031
22,640
31
16
35
54
782
94
5S7
660
4,779
1,146
2,698
4,482
May....,
June
July.....
August.
952
795
954
5,632
5,645
6,070
6,940
24,494
24,494
33,240
35,277
275
244
221
251
3,543
3,5S1
2,041
2,292
20,404
18,502
13,604
10,832
4,683
4,75S
3,C84
4,729
18,804
18,227
13,961
17,949
S2,9S2
75,175
60,452
80,329
287
355
371
35S
4,668
3,731
4,369
4,457
24,462
23,441
28,602
27,959
55
79
73
70
645
1,507
1,582
879
12,762
8,223
4,840
971
1,029
880
847
7,174
7,991
5,158
4,583
41,259
37,405
24,221
22(05C
357
350
290
2,706
3,984
4,197
2,S46
11,283
18,419
17,695
14,553
5,286
5,314
4,6S1
4,236
21,709
21,978
22,666
21,901
95,303
89,650
90,324
100,897
321
202
147
144
4,238
3,228
3,416
3,297
26,459
22,429
18,212
15,046
85
64
46
40
1,987
680
521
760
11,878
5,200
4,506
6,343
September.
October
November..
Deoember..
1922.
January.
February.,
March
1
3,277
4,424
• 30,294
I
I
Data compiled by tho F. W. Dodge Co., covering small towns and rural districts as well as large cities. Prior to May, 1921, these figures covered 25 northeastern
states and the District of Columbia. The States are those north and east of, and including, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia, together
with portions of eastern Kansas and Nebraska. Beginning May, 1921, North Carolina and South Carolina were added to the list, but this addition is stated to have little
effect upon the total.
1
Estimates made by the F. TF. Dodge Co.
68
BUILDING STATISTICS-CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Table 37.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
PUBLIC
WORKS AND
PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
YEAB AND MONTH.
SOCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL
BUILDINGS.
RELIGIOUS AND
MEMORIAL
BUILDINGS.
GRAND TOTALS
NumNumNumNumNumber of Square Value. ber of Value. ber of Square Value. ber of Square Value. ber of Square Value.
feet.
projprojprojfeet.
projprojfeet.
feet.
ects.
ects.
ects.
ects.
FIRE
LOSSES,
Relative to 1919.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..,
1921 monthly average...
33
28
36
53
63
100
198
166
100
82
10S
100
113
91
100
98
117
100
81
115
100
109
130
100
87
126
100
95
173
100
110
161
100
70
95
100
72
70
*65
100
93
91
100
123
124
70
363
86
118
45
51
79
96
79
84
140
153
68
59
100
122
81
61
124
161
43
66
114
112
54
54
16
86
82
87
47
20
90
118
57
51
78
98
91
75
118
110
105
93
141
142
165
119
123
09
86
132
723
146
163
100
102
111
103
134
186
111
145
132
130
131
110
85
94
79
117
137
120
123
134
103
113
131
135
104
108
145
112
146
161
143
138
90
81
75
75
89
80
60
61
115
121
95
94
113
115
112
80
212
183
50
72
100
96
91
246
12S
SO
127
95
86
56
54
104
115
52
102
77
75
73
58
52
62
45
92
116
93
62
100
113
90
53
124
131
74
98
140
161
89
68
65
56
47
56
55
41
30
83
83
60
47
114
126
125
100
137
147
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
66
62
68
85
117
130
123
143
May
June
July
August..
76
108
73
62
436
207
September.
October
November..
December...
79
26
1021.
January...
February.
March
April
57
49
68
100
66
188
117
234
222
203
249
36
40
85
124
58
44
81
115
62
82
112
156
77
103
215
* 61
77
136
280
62
53
74
142
83
83
97
186
72
72
80
196
41
49
87
105
33
36
58
74
52
47
76
103
158
115
127
99
May.....
June
July....
August.
109
130
134
113
158
88
138
87
165
125
160
133
149
173
135
145
155
127
112
107
148
150
136
137
115
136
121
128
143
146
146
122
148
170
191
178
161
261
287
204
144
226
299
198
110
115
94
112
77
77
68
76
113
106
99
103
107
129
149
115
September.,
October
November..
December...
96
96
74
64
291
234
136
79
192
132
124
82
65
85
84
63
67
122
119
157
109
97
79
168
95
96
165
151
105
84
275
209
111
115
249
183
104
103
119
118
100
90
00
87
82
76
115
103
89
92
114
125
117
129
123
69
193
102
78
1922.
January...
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
69
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Table 38.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources*1
[Base year in bold-facod type; index numbers on opposite* page.]
PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
YEAE AND iTONTII.
PUBLIC W O R K S
AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
N u m - Thou- T h o u - N u m ber
sands sands
ber
of
of
of
of
p r o j - square dollars. p r o j ects.
feet.
ects.
Thousands
of
dollars.
SOCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL
BUILDINGS.
RELIGIOUS AND
MEMORIAL
BUILDINGS.
GRAND TOTAL.*
Num- Thou- Thou- Num- Thou- Thou- Number s a n d s sands
ber
sands sands
ber
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
proj- square dollars. p r o j - square dollars. projects.
ects. feet.
feet.
ects.
Thousands
of
square
feet.
av
av
av
av
...
47
45
43
172
236
252
140,770
4 6 , 3 3 3 214,990
211,102
33,383
196,648
32,247
1,119
2,218
1,859
654
534
704
41,834
47,195
38,265
Ill
109
130
1,265
1,030
1,456
6,964
7,594
9,050
91
79
115
444
422
767
3,127
3,446
5,033
6,862
4,821
6,520
.130
186
126
136
782
4,060
967
1,323
295
336
517
626
33,018
35,124
58,412
63,873
76
66
111
135
1,177
832
1,436
1,417
5,609
4,223
8,623
11,198
39
24
49
75
241
71
381
385
1,484
615
2,813
3,695
3,906
3,504
5,367
6,742
41,952
34,914
54,495
50,962
226,116
200,757
302,133
304,974
37,013
26,631
27,598
22,109
107
751
356
148
1,476
8,087
1,637
1,819
654
670
724
674
56,086.
77,895
46,367
60,459
146
144
145
122
1,075
1,191
1,004
1,484
9,561
8,327
8,572
9,363
94
103
119
123
461
481
647
500
4,579
5,040
4,478
4,309
6,193
5,584
5,131
5,129
41,306
36,979
27,745
28,220
246,935
260,111
204,498
202,652
25,440
25,746
25,136
17,931
365
315
87
124
2,751
1,433
895
1,418
620
565
369
356
43,392
47,900
21,848
21,972
113
86
83
81
734
661
785
564
6,394
8,108
6,839
4,310
91
103
82
48
549
584
4,389
5,041
2,774
2,137
4,758
4,449
3,839
3,249
25,832
25,469
18,802
13,926
178,179
177,758
128,966
100,145
25,630
28,331
28,093
41,198
113
324
202
404'
1,079
2,482
2,271
2,781
237
264
558812
24,186
18,547
33,958
48,043
69
91
124
173
495
979
1,368
2,723
4,274
5,328
9,461
19,533
56
48
67
129
367
2,261
2,253
2,487
6,133
2,834
3,361
5,981
7,176
15,359
16,772
26,703
34,471
111,608
100,677
164,092
220,886
35,320
25,889
28,581
22,179
1,846
1,402
1,793
1,490
977
1,130
895
949
64,999
52,967
' 46,902
44,797
164
166
151
J52
1,451
1,710
1,529
1,624
9,975
10,202
10,136
8,502
,135
155
174
162
4,497
7,075
9,356
6,204
7,530
7,919
6,440
7,684
35,731
35,738
31,717
35,246
242,094
227,711
212,491
220,721
23,957
29,001
33,356
25,829
2,620
1,523
• 884
2,143
861
808
538
423
35,414
35,141
26,397
27,833
135
132
113
87
1,990
1,383
1,222
1,002
11,693
6,632
6,713
6,149
150
137
96
76
7,778
5,735
3,246
3,369
8,144
8,096
6,891
6,181
41,702
40,436
37,818
35,272
246,186
222,480
192,311
198,518
25,502
27,955
26,179
28,908
22,416
27,571
27,721
V
1030.
January
February.
March
April.
May. . .
June
July
August
Thousands
of
dollars.
71,475
60,020
78,341
113,082
134,086
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
Thousands
of
dollars.
FIRE
LOSSES.
31
29
32
40
55
61
*.
September
October
November
December
1921.
January
February
March
" .
April
58
67
46
42
32
43
27
23
32 •
47
May....
June
July
August
53
273'
152
238
150
September
October..
November..
December.
45
45
35
30
501
212
119
332
51
61
G3
329
436
368
430
827
715
1,161
1,276
907
1,222
928
491
510
I
1932.
January
February
March
1
Data compiled by the F. IF. Dodge Co., covering small towns and rural districts as well as large cities, except fire losses in the United States and Canada, included
here for convenience, compiled by the New York Journal of Commerce. Prior to May, 1921, the building figures covered 25 northeastern states and the District of Columbia.
Restates are those north and east of, and including, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia, together with portions of eastern Kansas and
Nebraska. Beginning May, 1921, North Carolina and South Carolina were added to the list, but this addition is stated to have little effect upon the total.
* Grand total includes military and naval buildings and miscellaneous, in addition to the groups listed in this and the preceding table (p. 67).
70
LUMBER.
Table 39.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources*
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
WESTERN
PINE.2
YELLOW
PINE.I
YEAR AND MONTH. Produc- Stocks. P r o d u c - Shipments.
tion.
tion.
P r o d u c - Shiption.
ments.
Relative to 1917.
Produc- Shiption.
ments.
snipments.
Produc- Shiption.
ments.
Production.
Orders
received.
Relative to 1918.
Relative to 1917.
Relative to 1917.
1OO
108
100
XOO
107
107
109
85
100
112
110
104
92
100
97
118
100
113
124
100
139
106
100
74
72
62
43
100
71
74
45
33
179
149
85
72
53
66
59
115
120
125
127
131
116
. 129
105
S3
101
123
107
153
175
173
127
129
143
127
Hi
60
63
64
80
57
50
52
51
159
166
154
187
130
114
103
132
75
86
93
125
122
122
85
103
119
105
85
102
138
123
115
151
123
97
104
135
104
56
84
134
56
64
72
63
50
54
56
53
163
160
95
42
106
122
78
49
126
159
142
140
#10S
*107
9S
71
93
97
85
77
132
122
139
8-1
104
108
124
61
128
148
72
36 '
62
63
43
44
41
3G
24
16
39
44
57
67
7
10
11
17
24
59
61
72
135
140
138
128
47
57
73
80
56
64
86
98
55
90
116
93
63
60
105
108
29
63
119
106
44
49
62
68
18
15
23
22
96
106
96
92
67
69
69
82
102
143
131
132
95
97
84
113
122
143
139
151
92
91
78
94
111
97
.83
113
122
108
86
129
SI
77
77
119
98
79
47
116
53 .
52
33
35
75
72
56
20
83
96
87
71
112
85
61
115
127
104
122
97
107
105
99
98
113
97
93
113
113
135
.105
117
171
121
155
197
27
23
32
31
100
39
99
100
69
1OO
81
6S
87
88
1920.
January
February
March
April
86
85
96
97
70
70
71
77
36
40
50
81
May
Juno
JulyAUgUSt
94
87
86
87
82
90
94
97
September
October
November
December
85
78
72
62
97
98
97
96
1921.
January
February
March
April
69
79
71
87
95
94
9-1
91
22
20
56
66
May
June
July
August
92
87
87
94
89
89
92
89
93
95
100
92
86
79
79
82
100
92
111
. no
1922.
January
February
March
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD.*
1OO
117
113
1OO
104
OS
117
65
100
87
90
85
89
September
October
November
December
Stocks.
Relative to 1918.
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
"..
CALIFORNIA
RED>VOOD. 5
DOUGLAS
FIR.<
CALIFORNIA
W H I T E PINE.3
See footnotes on opposite page.
27
35
' 29
31
42
57
48
38
71
LUMBER.
Table 40.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.
[Base year in bold-face type; index numbers on opposite page.]
YELLOW PINE.*
YEAE AND MONTH.
Production*
Stocks.
WESTERN
PINE.*
Production.
Shipments.
CALIFORNIA
WHITE PINE.3
Production.
Shipments. Stocks.
DOUGLAS
Production.
Shipments.
CALIFORNIA
REDWOODS
Production.
Ship- Orders
rements. ceived.
MICHIGAN
HARDWOOD/
Production.
Shipments
Thousands of feet, board measure.
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly a v . .
monthly av..
monthly a v . .
monthly a v . .
monthly a v . .
433,509 1,371,652
368,325 1,116,259
380,524
937,748
358,015 1,187,587
377,105 1,211,174
13,320 110,433
118,178
97,784
111,192 109,032
132,475
110,689
76,489
73,269
3,501 31,900 367,113
48,263
37,284 287,645
58,368
36,036 267,276
349,165 333,201
375,128 361,251 37,460 28,470
374,680 355,432
36,336
32,116
381,843 335,735
35,212
44,203
297,737 298,505
45,051 49,137
33,234 34,776
40,082
32,413 36,284
30,717
27,906 22,058
19,311 16,390
28,844
1920.
January
February
March
April
365,663
360,532
408,358
408,745
957,715
962,871
977,768
1,058,943
19,146
21,240
26,152
42,573
57,191
34,943
47,501
27,076
192,246
154,367
175,567
157,091
408,435
420,341
.435,113
443,618
423,474
374,233
417,655
338,421
30,903
37,618
46,203
40,040
43,513
49,880
49,213
36,115
37,180
41,333
36,693
32,115
26,922
28,539
28,942
35,848
28,088
24,771
25,624
21,859
May..
June
July
August
396,836
369,197
365,857
367,260
1,126,863
1,236,065
1,285,806
1,323,805
83,347
87,513
80,723
9S,324
41,356
36,243
32,976
41,963
199,922
229,733
248,6-17
333,762
424,817
427,055
295,895
375,576
383,186
337,973
275,303
331,259
51,740
45,990
43,010
56,730
36,488
27,538
29,743
38,575
30,053
16,093
24,338
38,690
25,062
28,673
32,444
30,581
24,501
26,504
27,321
25,841
September
October
November
December
359,951
$29,455
303,606
260,911
1,323,805
1,342,995
1,332,138
1,320,649
85,439
84,003
49,940
22,013
33,882
38,855
24,766
15,686
337,743
424,852
379,770
373,606
376,471
372,890
340,659
249,339
300,371
314,696
274,407
247,996
49,333
45,785
52,158
31,403
29,618
30,748
35,378
17,235
36,845
42,690
20,640
10,243
27,812
28,424
21,604
20,009
20,028
17,534
11,576
8,051
1921.
January
February
March
'.
April.
291,843
334,054
384,300
366,631
1,302,849
1,284,-291
1,287,447
l,248,05S
24,698
22,274
63,126
74,324
42,793
48,603
63,126
74,4,53
3,659
5,482
5,576
8,971
7,554
18,665
19,600
22,922
361,100
372,835
367,374
342,177
163,391
213,527
253,368
277,989
182,192
205,470
277,989
315,591
20,768
33,607
43,496
35,002
17,821
16,940
30,002
30,635
8,480
18,080
34,248
27,S67
19,961
22,040
27,811
30,681
8,732
7,501
13,670
10,917
May....
June
July....
August.
387,736
367,357
370,310
396,062
1,223/441
1,225,461
1,256,643
1,225,839
109,266
119,831
108,354
103,948
73,942
75,868
76,120
90,397
53,423
75,357
68,597
69,240
30,273
31,097
26,914
36,150
325,209
382,202
371,804
403,083
320,515
316,039
273,064
329,020
35S,565
314,248
267,245
363,937
45,799
40,539
32,334
48,748
23,051
21,786
21,935
33,797
28,394
22,817
13,682
33,417
26,345
23,572
14,912
15,745
13,314
17,273
14,098
15,230
September.
October
November..
December..
391,948
401,484
423,702
1,183,042
1,083,311
1,087,727
1,125,979
84,984
82,144
63,155
23,118
91,996
105,780
96,496
78,292
58,940
44,478
32,040
36,543
40,460
33,317
324,761
337,973
374,681
366,646
346,634
316,486
366,176
312,477
301,688
42,721
42,423
50,489
29,817
33,417
48,814
35,024
44,599
56,820
12,218
10,269
14,204
13,972
20,756
28,164
28,472
18,549
1923.
January
February
March
1
The figures given for production and stocks of yellow pine are computed from data furnished by the Southern Pine Association. The method of computing is first to
find the per cent which the actual production of the Trmk reporting is to the normal produciton of these same mills. This per cent is then applied to the normal production of 192 mills. Assuming that the mills reporting are a good sample of the industry the resulting figure in each month is equivalent to the actual production of the 192
identical mills and hence shows the trend of the industry. The same procedure is followed in the case of stocks. The normal monthly production of the 192 mills is given,
as 4S 4,065,392 feet and the normal stocks of the same mills as 1,262,450,326 feet. By normal production the Southern Pine Association means the average output for the first
4 months of 1916 and normal stocks refer to the average stocks during the 16 months ending with April, 1916.
2
The Western Pine Manufacturers* Association has supplied figures showing the actual and normal production for the mills reporting in each of the periods shown.
From these figures the per cent of normal production is obtained in each case, and this per cent is applied to the normal production of 54 identical mills. The normal
monthly production of these 54 mills is given as 148,000,000 board feet and is estimated to represent 70 per cent of the output of the western pine territory.
3
Actual figures reported by about 20 mills each month to the California White and Sugar Pine Association; the number of mills varies from 13 to 26.
* The figures given in these columns were obtained by applying the percentage figures of actual production and shipments to normal production of reporting mills as
supplied by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association to the actual production of 124 mills for May, 1920. The production in that month was 447,674,540 board feet.
5
The California Redwood Association has furnished to the Bureau of the Census the figures on the actual production, shipments, and orders received by 7 identical
mills for each month of 1918, 1919, and 1920. These 7 mills represent 40 per cent of the capacity of all listed mills for these years. For the first 4 months of 1921 reports
were furnished from 10 mills representing 56J per cent of the capacity of all listed mills. For the remaining months of 1921 reports are available from 11 mills representuig
71 per cent of the total listed capacity. The actual average monthly production of the 7 reporting mills for 1918 was 14,984,000 feet. On the basis of 40 per cent capacity of
the 1918 average monthly production of all mills is computed as 37,460,000 feet. Regarding this as normal production, there has been computed the probable production
of the total redwood capacity based on the relation between actual and normal production of the mills reporting. The columns on shipments and orders received represent
a similar relationship between the actual reported figures and the normal production of all mills.
• Actual figures reported by about 40 mills each month to the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturing Association; the number of mills varies from 36 to 58, but 48 is the
highest number reporting in any month since the beginning of 1919.
72
CONSTRUCTION.
Table 41.—INDEX NUMBERS.
From Government and non-Government sources.
[Base-year in bold-face type; numerical data on opposite page.]
LUMBER.*
Exports
of
YEAB AND
MONTH.
boards,
planks,
Joists,
etc.
Pro- Ship- Orders Stocks Unfilled
orders
due* ments. booked. end of end of
month. month.
tion.
Relative
to 5-year
average.
1909-13 mo. av.,
1913mo.av. . . .
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av
ABRASIVE
PAPER AND
CLOTHE
OAK FLOORING.*
WHOLESALE PRICES.*
South- Douglas
ern pine flr, No.l, Com- Com- Cement, Struccommon
tural
net,
flooring, mon,
mon
brick,
Domes- Foreign 1 x 4 , smooth salmon, brick, without steel
bags, beams,
;rade one side, run of
tic
red,
etc.,
Bulsales. sales.
New
1x8x10, kiln,
Pittsbetter, State of ChiYork. fington, burgh.
Ind.
cago*
Hatties- Washington.
burg.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
CONSTRUCTION
VOLUME.*
Relative to 1913.
100
100
112
138
173
143
191
167
73
151
161
186
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
100
114
174
92
184
130
226
100
122
156
187
100
147
78
193
104
230
277
294
160
258
375
288
109
207
178
161
1S3
232
250
113
100
80
98
10O
210
99
97
97
122
100
89
94
118
100
151
181
232
189
135
182
243
333
232
153
166
166
180
153
269
202
174
187
131
100
100
100
84
92
100
83
93
100
177
100
100
109
125
324
156
172
198
276
325
129
133
110
84
116
104
410
455
455
422
407
407
407
407
200
208
211
221
366
381
381
381
165
165
165
165
162
162
162
214
375
310
287
407
320
320
320
225
230
241
248
381
381
381
343
174
180
180
188
214
214
205
184
114
147
91
1920.
January
February...
March
April
70
59
73
77
182
178
214
220
195
170
233
154
278
144
170
112
94
100
116
140
311
350
341
223
May
June
July....
August.
87
78
86
80
229
207
146
131
173
102
93
109
78
53
81
82
180
230
312
348
253
177
120
99
147
132
120
116
111
131
169
140
September..
October
November..
December..
76
72
56
56
108
112
110
94
83
78
92
76
66
62
361
383
409
425
74
,73
55
59
104
85
55
37
155
179
115
270
230
202
183
277
266
179
179
246
251
249
251
240
251
251
250
195
195
195
195
184
184
184
ISO
January
February...,
March
,
April
,
48
37
41
54
64
83
127
153
70
99
174
199
85
88
209
229
444
443
444
413
50
56
51
84
48
61
70
48
34
37
65
160
148
139
133
168
136
136
136
229
.227
235
186
251
251
248
229
193
171
170
170
162
162
152
147
May
45
60
60
59
189
204
193
235
211
229
212
261
194
200
180
250
397
418
391
393
127
153
138
134
68
71
62
43
138
141
140
141
125
125
125
114
177
170
172
172
221
221
225
225
170
170
170
170
146
146
139
123
56
69
62
85
223
244
254
262
280
353
325
301
273
451
389
214
371
308
232
242
132
81
171
114
174
125
125
175
181
232
229
229
221
159
148
148
148
123
88
155
184
206
189
114
287
77
44
no
152
113
284
1921.
June
July....
August September..
October
November..,
December...
76
35
45
42
50
44
290
288
1922.
January
February—
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
116
106
41
43
90
il7
90
94
114
109
101
60
73
CONSTRUCTION.
Table 42.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government and non-Government sources,
[Base year in bold-faco type; index numbers on opposite page]
LUMBER.'
Exports
of
YEAR AND* MONTH. boards,
planks,
joists,
etc.
ABRASIVE
PAPER AND
CLOTH.*
OAK FLOORING.*
Unfilled
ProShipOrders Stocks orders
duction. m e n t s . booked. end of
end
m o n t h . m o n tof .
h
Thousands of feet, board measure.
1909-1913 av
1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av
Domes- Foreign
tic
sales.
sales.
Reams.
6,675
7,464
9,205
11,563
6,009
6,877
8,894
11,470
6,104
7,419
9,525
11,429
9,000
16,500
20,900
22,500
7,250
5,800
7,100
15,250
av.,
av..
av..
av.,
av..
85,220
85,452
109,268
129,227
100,587
11,120
4,858
10,101
10,745
12,411
10,446
5,537
11,070
7,800
13,586
8,956
4,781
11,782
6,343
14,05S
24,900
26,500
14,433
23,237
33,729
20,900
7,900
15,038
12,902
11,649
1920.
January
.
February
March
April
124,626
105,176
129,460
137,049
12,129
11,907
14,303
14,654
11,721
10,233
13,994
9,225
16,961
8,818
10,394
6,834
8,492
8,979
10,462
12,560
May....
June
July....
August.
155,098
139,236
153,270
143,061
15,296
13,799
9,774
8,756
10,405
6,123
5,569
6,567
4,744
3,253
4,922
4,996
16,234
20,683
28,035
31,286
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
mo.
Southern pine
flooring,
1x4,
grade
"B"and
better,
Hattlesburg.
Douglas
flr, No.
1, com- ComCommon
mon,
mon
brick,
smooth salmon, brick,
one side, r u n of
red,
1x8x10, kiln,
New
State of Chicago. York.
Washington.
Per M ft.
Per thousand.
Cement,
net,
without
bags,
Bufungton,
Ind.
Structural
steel
beams,
etc.,
Pittsburgh.
Per
barrel.
Per
pound.
178,388
149,145
93,959
91,216
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
WHOLESALE PRICES.*
S23.03G 8 9 . 2 0 8 . 34.938
7.917
4.872
7.875
4.780
10.375
4.783
SG.563
5.531
6.052
8.035
S1.OO18 80.010
.892
.013
.946
.015
1.187
.028
31.54
33.76
55.00
74.53
35.98
15.875
18.250
25.417
29.917
11.833
4.947
7.449
8.947
11.441
8.334
8.885
11.927
15.958
21.854
15.250
1.532
1.665
1.663
1.802
1.537
.043
.032
.028
.028
.021
94.41
104.88
104.73
97.09
37.500
37.500
37.500
37.500
9.850
10.270
10.430
10.920
24.000
25.000
25.000
25.000
1.650
1.650
1.650
1.650
.025
B8,15O
73,969
9,171
11,476
22,560
25,345
24,696
16,200
90,426
74,653
103,806
76,931
10,056
7,674
10,634
9,537
18,336
12,830
8,736
7,195
100,167
89,731
81,499
10,183
11,972
15,486
12,860
86.27 . 37.500
29.500
71.44
29.500
65.32
29.500
66.20
11.090
11.360
11.880
12.220
25.000
25.000
25.000
22.483
1.741
.032
l.SOO
.032
1.800
.031
1.887
.028
25.500
24.500
16.500
16.500
12.160
12.400
12.310
12.400
15.766
16.500
16.500
17.000
1.950
.028
1.950
.028
1.950
.028
1.950
.027
1.930
.025
1.717
.025
1.700
.023
L700
.022
.022
.025
.025
.032
September..
October
November..
December..
135,9S3
128,187
99,086
100,496
7,200
7,499
7,368
6,251
4,979
4,711
5,509
4,562
4,019
3,785
4,695
2,694
32,534
34,476
36,850
38,257
5,331
5,311
3,997
4,287
70,8S7
58,084
37,190
25,341
14,246
16,458
10,544
8,061
62.22
52.99
46.60
42.21
1921.
January
February
March
April........
86,182
66,342
73,'18O
96,558
4,269
5,508
8,464
10,222
4,182
5,966
10,474
11,981
5,217
5,355
12,742
14,002
39,949
39,843
39,998
37,213
3,620
4,095
3,666
6,111
26,436
32,764
41,404
47,538
4,387
3,138
3,393
5,958
36.89
33.99
31.92
30.71
15.500
12.500
12.500
12.500
11.310
11.210
11.580
9.170
16.500
16.500
16.250
15.000
May
June
July
August
79,665
106,862
106,388
105,848
12,609
13,636
12,895
15.717
12,702
13,767
12,737
15,670
11,869
12,186
10,996
15,256
35,764
37,588
35,201
35,352
9,240
11,095
9,969
9,722
46,544
48,671
41,969
51,595
3,963
3,192
4,142
3,879
31.78
32.39
32.27
32,52
11.500
11.500
11.500
10.500
8,740
8.410
8,490
8.51
14.500
14.500
14.750
14.750
1.700
September..
October....
November..
December..
100,585
123,264
110,902
161,268
14,900
16,266
16,933
17,510
16,837
21,209
19,544
18,065
16,667
27,559
23,771
13,070
33,415
27,742
20,922
21,763
9,552
20,808
21,022
20,88S
54,929
59,904
4,540
4,019
35.79
42.57
47.41
43.57
10.500
10.500
11.500
11.500
8.46
8.57
8.63
8.93
15.25
15.00
15.50
U50
1.593
.019
1.50
.018
1.50
.017
1.50
.015
1.700
.022
1.700
.021
1.700
.019
1922.
January
February....
March
1
Data from IT. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
* The Oak Flooring Manufacturer's A ssociation states that these figures represent reports from 25 mills, and constitute about 90 per cent of the total oak flooring industry.
1
Data compiled by the Abrasive Paper and Cloth Manufacturers' Exchange estimated to represent 90 per cent of the industry. The totals given include the sales of
garnet, emery, flint, and artificial (silicon, carbide, and aluminous oxide) paper, cloth, and combinations. Figures are stated in equivalent reams 9 by 11 inches in size.
The data submitted show that in 1919 the total domestic sales were made up of the following approximate percentages: Garnet 39, emery 8, flint 32, and artificial 20 per cent.
* Data from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represent average of weekly prices for the month.
1
Compiled by the Engineering Kerns-Record, on the basis of contracts let as reported by this publication and its construction cost index number, based on 1913 costs.
74
BRICK, CEMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTSTable 43.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.].
FIRE-CLAY BRICK.*
YEAR AND
MONTH.
Production,
Shipments. Stocks,
FACE BRICK. *
SILICA BRICK.3
Production.
Shipments* Stocks.
Production.
Stocks
Unin
filled Shipsheds
and
orders. ments.
kilns.
av..
av..
av.,
av..
100
123
65
100
128
59
100
95
100
106
40
1920.
January
February...
March
April
128
105
131
119
102
108
134
118
104
95
96
103
May....
June
July
August.
117
123
124
128
127
132
128
135
September..
October
November..
December..
124
128
127
128
1921.
January;...
February....
March
April
37
100
103
106
100
100
79
100
140
153
100
134
43
130
104
128
109
92
116
115
105
113
109
114
115
121
109
112
113
107
138
127
137
187
191
201
199
108
97
8S
97
112
102
93
119
114
113
111
104
115
118
102
95
139
142
131
136
203
172
134
106
87
80
78
85
88
110
116
97
131
122
122
107
90
86
84
81
91
90
75
59
140
162
154
163
79
60
43
33
91
73
65
52
82
86
91
83
71
68
25
34
41
63
173
173
155
137
33
33
36
41
27
32
95
105
115
113
May
June
July....
August.
51
55
44
53
46
54
96
99
97
99
19
30
14
29
40
19
24
29
106
110
107
107
84
91
96
118
136
133
138
160
48
49
49
55
September..
October
November..
December..
50
61
64
68
53
66
60
64
96
35
35
33
34
30
37
38
52
109
108
99
93
91
104
101
85
141
157
159
181
47
100
97
98
107
102
100
114
102
75
92
80
96
109
107
47
80
91
100
104
96
47
31
107
83
89
54
Relative Relative
to 1914. to 1913.
122
138
118
115
149
152
135
119
Construction
costs.a
100
93
98
137
189
203*
208
239
202
122
108
97
95
96
95
77
87,
109
107
COST INDEX.
Stocks Factory
Shipat
ments. end of5 building
costs.7
period.
Relative to 1913.
100
96
93
99
101
av.
av.
av.
av.
av.
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
Production.
Relativi
to 1920
(10 mos.
Relative to 1919.
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
PORTLAND CEMENT.*
44
44
96
100
103
100
111
43
36
1922.
January
February...
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
44
42
40
8 100
86
179
190
274
265
251
248
261
252
78
53
57
88
113
34
45
84
107
92
102
107
112
241
220*
197
186
231
231
224
213
94
106
102
128
121
121
125
133
128
143
139
167
111
99
93
74
176
172
167
161
211
210
204
193
108
118
87
71
131
137
116
85
152
164
70
50
62
48
81
106
160
157
154
153
188
183
166
168 ^
36
75
75
BRICK, CEMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS,
Table 44.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.)
FIRE-CLAY BRICKS
SILICA BRICK.*
Mill
capacity reporting.
Pro- Shi d u c - m e n ps . Stocks.
t
tion.
Thousands of
bricks.
YEAR AND
MONTH.
Per cent of mill capacity.
FACE BRICK.*
PORTLAND CEMENT.*
Stocks
odu
Shi Stocks. Num- P rtion.c - In asheds Unfilled m e n ps .
nd
orders.
t
ber
kilns.
of
mills
reporting.
Thousands of bricks.
Thousands of bricks.
Production.
Shipments
Production.
Thousands of barrels.
7,675
7,353
7,160
7,627
7,735
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1921 mo. av
178.6 14,062 14,008 41,750
14,904 15,680 42,911
165.2
5,574
44,093
5,142
169.3
86,379
115,696 * 3 2 , 4 1 2
27,851
37,059
Stocks
a t end
of
period.»
Shipments.
7,391 11,320
7,203 12,773
7,241 11,403
7,879
8,301
7,559 10,354
5,923
6,691
8,335
8,181
10,454
5,257
8,941
10,l(>0
5,910
7,124
8,026
7,921
45,184
45,120
35,681
89,119
124,471
136,754
116
127
110
99
£4,813
49,330
50,577
50,871
95,056
122,950
113,038
122,323
161,703
165,144
173,151
171,982
39,629
35,167
47,666
47,047
46,474
43,416
104
103
97
100
51,771
53,343
46,025
43,080
123,813
126,145
116,887
120,912
175,129
148,618
115,672
91,451
39,397
44,586
38,171
37,206
18,322
17,066
17,039
14,963
37,409
35,770
35,088
33,750
99
105
96
96
41,221
40,673
33,695
26,437
124,957
144,518
137,479
145,576
68,075
51,769
36,873
28,783
33,575
31,127
15,092
10,170
11,659
9,9&4
9,584
3,577
8,656
5,980
5,106
4,451
39,730
43,743
48,058
47,320
106
99
101
96
17,833
15,314
18,611
28,603
154,092
154,156
137,994
122,041
28,392
28,425
30,668
35,187
8,704
11,628
24,463
25,282
4,098
4,379
6,763
8,651
2,539
3,331
6,221
7,919
10,300
11,400
12,000
12,600
171.0
176.8
173.6
176.7
2,621
4,150
1,993
4,123
5,543
2,621
3,386
4,014
44,399
45,928
44,535
44,617
92
88
94
97
37,734
41,303
43,188
63,410
121,185
118,192
122,671
142,178
41,298
42,476
42,261
47,050
30,474
34,266
33,189
41,609
9,281
9,296
9,668
10,244
9,488
10,577
10,301
12,340
12,450
11,150
10,414
8,280
170.9
172.2
178.5
183.7
4,970
4,888
4,572
4,754
4,178
5,161
5,282
7,321
45,436
45,163
41,379
38,812
84
90
94
41,066
47,086
45,582
38,444
125,850
139,595
142,135
160,961
40,387
37,919
35,891
34,755
34,848
38,315
28,280
23,151
10,027
10,506
8,921
6,559
11,329
12,114
5,195
3,697
6,953
5,348
9,091
11,938
77,063
73,795
79,423
63.7
77.4
40.7
60.6
77.8
36.0
1920.
January
February
March
April
77,072
73,470
76,063
74,014
80.3
65.8
82.2
74.7
61.9
65.6
81.1
71.3
185.0
169.8
171.9
184.7
18,267
14,608
18,049
15,291
12,943
16,274
16,083
14,718
47,239
45,546
47,512
48,112
May
•Tune
July
August
72,572
73.3
77.4
72,289
72,570 i 77.9
80.2
75,024
•77.1
80.0
77.4
82.1
173.5
168.9
172.0
168.9
15,127
13,707
12,424
13,598
15,673
14,226
12,997
16,656
September
October
November
December
73,555
74,610
71,879
73,422
77.7
80.2
79.4
80.0
90.3
92.4
81.9
72.1
156.1
142.2
138.6
151.1
12,342
15,428
16,356
13,653
1931.
January
February
March
April
78,921
72,218
79,154
80,991
67.1
52.2
56.1
33.6
55.1
44.5
39.5
31.5
146.5
152.8
162.6
166.2
May. „
June
July
August
80,397
80,312
82,455
82,039
31.9
34.3
27.5
33.4
27.9
26.7
26.7
32.5
September
October
November
Decenber
79,012
79,250
79,435
78,866
31.2
38.4
39.9
42.9
31.9
40.2
36.5
3&7
i
1932.
February
. March
i
!
1
!
•ior, Geological Survey, and placed here for convenience. m e sources of the other data in this
. . l Except data on cement reported by the U. S. Department of the Interior, C
interior, Geological survey, ana piacea nere ior convenience, The cm
table are: Jire clay and silica brick from the Refractories Manufacturers'Association and face brick from the American Face Brick Association.
Association and face brick from the American Face Brick Association.
A^nttf^
6ft - ffl •
3
The Refractories Manufacturers' Association estimates that the capacity reporting represents between 68 and 70 per cent of the total fire-clay brick producing capacity
of the United States.
* Figures for 1921 are from reports of 15 identical mills with a monthly capacity of 27,305,500 bricks, which is estimated by the association to represent from 78 to S per
O
cent of the tota lsilica brick producing capacity of the United States. Figures for earlier years are computed to this capacity from reports of 12 identical mills with a monthly
capacity of 25,448,833 bricks
4
The figures on face brick include data from all firms reporting to the American Face Brick Association each month. The;variation in the number of firms reporting
Goes not materially affect the comparison, as it has been checked on a small number of identical
firms.
.
5
Figures prior to 1921 are taken from the yearly reports of the U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. The compilation of monthly reports begins with Janua
+
6
1
Ten months'average
•
This index number, furnished through the courtesy of the Aberthaw Construction Co., is designed to show the relative changes in the cost of constructing a standard
coacrete efactory building; The company believes that the year 1914 gives a normal base and that July, 1920. represents the peak of building costs.
*™i T h Construction cost index, computed by the Engineering News Record, is based upon the costs of steel (structuralshapes, Pittsburgh base), cement (f. o. b.Chicago,
exclusive of bags), lumber (southern pine, New York base), and the rates paid common labor in the steel industry. The prices are weighted on the basis of the total
production of steel, eement, and lumber, and the total supply of common labor.
i early figures represent stocks at end of year, not an average of monthly stocks.
76
CHEMICALS.
Table 45.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
IMPORTS.
Potash.'
YEAR AND MONTH,
WHOLESALE PRICES.
EXPORTS.
Nitrate Sulphu- Dyes and Total
fertiof soda* ric acid. dyestuffs. lizer.'
IMPORTS.
Drugs
and
Nitrate
Essen- Crude
Total
Pharma- tial oils/ drugs.* Potash.* of soda. Sulphuric Dyes and fertilizer.
acid.
ceutidyestuffs.
3
cals.*
Relative to 5-year average 1909-1913.
Relative to August, 1914.
Long tons.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1OO
105
149
235
298
100
179
1,055
903
863
100
155
723
2,291
4,639
100
83
30
32
28
4
16
70
41
356
79
255
71
1,090
289
394
174
4,843
18
53
114
72
Ill
89
113
135
132
293
352
237
288
330
402
1,113
5,008
8,507
12,564
10,188
May....
June....
July....
August.
44
64
26
50
365
333
20
320
432
400
301
277
September..
October
November..
December..
70
79
32
34
259
197
205
168
1921.
January
February
,
March
,
April
20
35
40
19
May....
June*...
July....
August.
SeptemberOctober
November..
December..
1909-1913 monthly a v .
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
1920.
January
,
February
,
March
,
April
100
86
30
4
4
EXPORTS.
Pounds.
Dollars. Long tons.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
4 100
MOO
«1OO
21,124
18,247
6,304
772
43,177
45,143
64,349
101,535
128,601
613,693
1,098,015
6,476,002
5,538,625
5,293,426
828,937
44,749
209,255
662,832
1,342,280
103,391
85,639
30,647
32,747
28,627
762
3,357
14,880
8,739
153,766
33,955
110,160
30,76/
6,691,220
1,774,627
2,415,922
1,067,934
1,401,492
1,423,703
2,702,388
571,658
18,713
54,509
117,994
74,620
23,489
57,207
126,437
152,003
102,411
1,768,749
2,025,311
2,469,734
6,829,448
1,449,153
2,461,797
3,£35,518
2,948,064
118,507
104,433
124,691
101,918
2,655,432
2,453,556
1,844,985
1,698,168
3,377,885
3,851,180
3,018,188
2,111,095
146,017
112,832
150,275
150,111
831
201
196
129
213
265
158
185
202
134
115
101
121
205
207
206
207
261
268
274
279
212
220
219
213
11,673
13,309
10/430
7,295
141
109
145
145
207
206
198
197
279
287
280
267
213
211
207
205
5,438
10,509
157,709
143,896
85,684
138,080
259
267
328
327
10,780
8,123
7,985
6,975
116
99
74
102
195
187
173
160
253
241
226
210
198
184
174
162
14,861
16,647
6,843
7,189
111,779
84,844
88,519
72,403
1,589,383
1,639,590
2,012,627
2,004,085
3,119,295
2,350,448
2,310,751
2,018,453
119,614
102,697
76,986
105,716
186
68
107
69
310
372
110
219
4,615
1,895
2,480
1,286
103
74
62
64
155
149
141
135
200
189
178
168
153
145
141
138
4,231
7,300
8,496
4,001
80,305
29,532
46,201
29,810
1,903,970
2,285,806
673,314
1,345,096
1,335,531
548,420
717,693
372,033
106,153
76,292
64,408
65,829
14
24
16
41
87
88
48
77
128
133
90
177
1,370
2,091
1,535
2,110
53
73
129
126
125
123
165
159
151
142
136
135
130
126
3,007
5,153
3,378
8,757
37,778
37,847
20,791
33,045
787,647
817,159
553,587
i, 083,892
396,524
605,096
444,283
610,666
54,518
75,391
65,399
53,676
46
31
36
12
101
225
115
107
1,564
1,665
1,731
102
119
61
98
62
117
138
138
135
137
123
74
65
81
14,023
15,735
13,731
17,060
19,646
13,250
15,629
5,365
620,961
1,379,564
705,218
658,995
452,574
481,927
500,918
394,230
105,358
63,259
101,497
63,663
4,920
9,339
1,976
63
52
116
118
126
127
332
18,745
23,768
28,430
9,192
13,581
1922.
January
,
February.
March
1 Except wholesale price index numbers compiled by the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, Data on exports and imports compiled b y t h e V. 8. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
*
2
Includes potash imported as chemicals and also the muriate and sulphate used in fertilizers.
* Largely phosphate rock.
* August, 1914.
h
Compiled from weekly wholesale quotations of 35 drugs and pharmaceutical chemicals.
* Compiled from weekly wholesale quotations of 20 essential oils.
»Compiled from weekly wholesale quotations of 40 crude botanical drugs.
77
CROP PRODUCTION.
Table 46.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type]
||
WHEAT.
CORN.
Winter.
YEAR.
Spring.
OATS.
Total.
BARLEY.
RYE.
TOTAL
HUE AD
GRAINS.
IUCE.
POTATOES.
APPLES
(total).
HAY,
TAME.
Relative to 5-year average, 1900-13.
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
.
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
- .
100
155
153
109
94
128
172
138
133
100
84
144
64
91
145
85
91'
85
100
119
149
03
100
99
111
95
93
134
141
121
116
113
92
104
li9
114
100
101
137
111
141
136
105
132
94 '
1OO
107
126
100
100
123
155
140
100
104
123
99
100
99
121
171
100
115
101
80
100
143
130
110
100
106
130
138
116
141
81
104
83
180
261
216
173
166
117
112
110
122
103
145
161
175
216
166
124
115
91
113
97
94
96
81
127
55
120
116
131
133
124
CROP PRODUCTION.
Table 47.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
WHEAT.
CORN.
Winter.
Spring.
OATS.
Total.
BARLEY.
RYE.
TOTAL
BREAD
GRAINS.
IUCE.
POTATOES.
APPLES
(total). TAME.
YEAR.
Thousands of
tons.
Thousands of bushels.
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1
441,602 245,059 686,697 2,708,334
2,672,804
206,027
891,017
684,990
2,994,793
351,854 1,025,801
673,947
2,566,927
155,765 ' 636,318
480,553
412,901
565,099
760,677
610,597
587,032
223,754
356,339
207,602
222,430
.207,861
636,655
921,438
968,279
833,027
794,893
3,065,233
2,502,665
2,816,318
3,230,532
3,081,251
1,131,175 181,886 34,916 4,743,008
42,779 4,942,613
194,953
1,141,060
54,050 5,852,525
228,851
1,549,030
48,862 4,686,253
182,309
1,251,837
1,592,740
1,538,124
1,184,030
1,496,281
1,060,737
211,759
256,225
147,608
189,332
151,181
62,933
91, (Ml
75,542
60,490
57,918
5,569,320
5,309,493
5,191,777
5,809,662
5,145,980
23,926 356,627 176,482 65,987
253,200
23,649 " 409,921
70,071
359,721
230,011
85,920
28,947
91,192
286,953
193,905
40,861
34,739
38,606
41,985
51,692
39,653
442,108
411,860
322,867
403,296
346,823
166,749
169,625
142,086
223,677
96,831
83,308
76,660
86,359
87,855
81,567
Yearlyfiguresrepresent the latest revised estimates of total production for the year as reported by the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates.
78
CEREAL EXPORTS.
Table 48.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
EXPORTS OF GRAIN (including flour and meal as grains).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Barley
and
barley
flour.
Corn
and
corn
meal.
Oats
and
oatmeal.
Rye
and
rye
flour.
Wheat
and
wheat
flour.
Total
grains.
Barley
and
barley
flour.*
Corn
and
corn
meal. 3
Oats
and
oatmeal.*
Bye
and
rye
flour.5
Relative to 1913.
Total
grains.
Thousands of bushels.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Wheat
and
wheat
flour, s
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average.,
100
38
151
128
102
100
21
99
109
112
100
7
298
291
310
100
123
736
854
792
1OO
102
193
153
118
100
67
191
168
149
1,461
554
2,211
1,874
" 1,488
4,223
874
4,185
4,603
4,751
3,018
223
• 8,993
8,791
9,370
155
189
1,138
1,320
1,224
11,907
12,133
23,034
18,230
14,070
20,764
13,973
39,560
34,817
30,903
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average..
130
231
102
147
93
31
42
20 0
358
184
45
22
879
2,183
3,195
1,622
146
187
215
245
171
173
169
214
1,897
3,369
1,488
2,153
3,922
1,325
1,769
10,974
10,815
5,551
1,355
667
1,359
3,375
4,938
2,514
17,413
22,259
25,635
29,205
35,406
35,878
35,185
44,516
92
1920.
January..
February.
March....
April
87
65
99
61
72
52
110
48
722
1,380
3,006
3,284
103
89
142
115
83
136
108
1,264
954
1,444
887
2,321
1,925
2,013
1,335
2,166
1,577
3,322
1,462
1,116
2,133
4,647
5,076
12,271
10,581
16,881
13,722
19,139
17,171
28,306
22,482
May....
June
July
August.,
43
38
69
163
56
22
16
24
6,651
4,130
, 5,105
3,657
217
183
291
273
190
147
218
205
635
557
1,013
2,377
971
1,144
1,294
1,293
1,684
656
495
719
10,280
6,383
7,891
5,652
25,885
21,754
34,655
32,550
39,454
30,493
45,347
42,591
September..
October
November..
December..
141
172
111
172
32
25
38
34
1,715
1,900
3,141
3,645
293
361
260
253
201
247
196
207
2,066
2,515
1,623
2,520
1,185
2,046
2,167
3,626
968
769
1,141
1,016
2,650
2,937
4,855
5,634
34,894
43,033
30,179
41,763
51,300
40,775
42,975
5,480'
3,836
1,765
2,127
27,105
23,075
20,763
24,791
42,293
37,364
25,872
38,595
1921.
January..
February.
March
April
205
91
107
43
136
203
324
250
32
19
14
16
3,546
2,482
1,142
1,376
228
194
174
208
204
180
125
186
2,991
1,567
631
5,753
8,561
13,681
10,558
31
21
11
17
56
1,329
1,585
604
2,070
225
257
562
209
208
238
435
458
1,372
2,108
4,602
8,694
11,858
15,234
13,976
619
.340
504
1,677
2,055
2,456
936
3,105
31,624
26,781
30,579
66,963
43,450
43,158
49,361
90,323
22
28
11
19
2,400
1,291
446
326
5,35?
2,082
132
2,511
830
3,720
2,001
691
1,993
38,950
25,366
19,453
15,014
67,642
39,763
27,473
139
18,937
9,470
4,475
10,488
678
191
May....
June....
July....
August.
144
315
206
281
361
331
September.,
October
November..
December..
367
143
172
57
448
224
106
248
94
1,286
327
213
163
126
1,324
567
408
487
844
343
573
1922.
January...
February..
March....
i Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
* Barleyflourconverted at 5.5 bushels to the barrel.
* Corn meal converted at 4 bushels to the barrel*
* Oatmeal converted at 5.21 bushels to 100 pounds.
6
Rye flour converted at 6 bushels to the barrel.
•Wheat flour converted at 4.5 bushels to the barrel.
79
MOVEMENT OF CEREALS.
Table 49.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS, AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
WHEAT
FLOUR.*
WHEAT.
Production.
Visible
supply.s
Re.Shlpceipts.' 1 ments.<
Relative
to 1914.
YEAR AND
MONTH.
WHEAT
FLOUR.*
CORN.
Relative
to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
Visible
ReShipsupply.* ceipts. 4 ments.*
Relative
to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
Production.
WHEAT.
Visible
supply. 3
100
90
95
1918 mo. av...
1919 mo. av...
1920 mo. a v . . .
1921 mo. av...
100
93
61
108
51
60
69
89
94
85
82
73
144
127
134
103
100
87
115
Thousands of bushels.
• ne
86
84
68
185
166
153
139
68
43
44
48
May
June
July
August
76
63
76
84
106
76
48
.56
September . . .
October
November . . .
December....
89
92
92
81
1921.
January....
February . . . .
March
April
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
71
100
105
183
125
64
141
116
116
82
100
117
122
103
41
71
255
165
1OO
120
189
153
1OO
109
214
76
70
53
50
54
73
84
85
143
168
141
70
58
59
88
126
88
93
161
283
44
52
84
45
90
147
177
183
136
142
118
100
167
129
122
108
83
65
84
87
144
130
69
82
92
67
72
74
May
June
July
August
78
75
96
124
52
41
69
86
September...
October
November....
December
125
126
101
84
170
• 233
260
264
1920.
January
February . . . .
March
April
1923.
January
March....
ReShipVisible
ReShipceipts** m e n t s . 4 supply. 3 ceipts.< m e n t s J
Thousands
of
barrels.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1913 mo. a v . . .
1914 mo. a v . . .
1915 mo. av...
1916 mo. a v . . .
1917 mo. av...
CORN.
51,378
47,725
31,220
55,640
26,330
18,861
21,619
9,615
10,094
9,157
8,869
37,735
73,833
65,353
68,593
136
144
124
63
12,572
9,252
9,036
7,375
75
164
171
61
69
113
132
124
71
129
72
63
135
123
67
121
96
75
78
91
190
294
420
303
86
96
197
218
113
105
129
263
195
132
81
76
202
144
98
68
14,198
8,404
8,857
15,352
10,47G
5,340
21,158
17,447
10,233
32,517
31,403
27,307
36,369
16,335
19,919
23,252
24,3*8
8,055
3,444
5,999
21,414
24,774
14,995
17,985
28,409
13,525
8,845
9,053
18,949
95,047
85,406
78,030
71,190
21,515
13,579
13,790
15,223
15,074
13,844
10,033
10,031
4,531
6,118
7,091
7,170
21,441
25,124
21,207
10,501
12,033
12,777
10,905
5, C S
O
8,244
0,800
8,152
9,059
54,621
38,959
21,577
23,890
18,313
18,717
27,621
39,002
17,559
18,572
32,168
56,383
3,710
4,387
7,079
3,749
11,223
24,021
23,690
9,170
0,102
10,001
11,717
10,973
97
117
92
98
9,650
9,981
9,889
8,745
46,225
75,720
90,759
94,200
42,717
44,584
37,218
31,574
33,317
25,718
24,215
21,511
5,973
10,854
6,043
5,280
20,235
18,401
10,113
18,097
8,C38
10,323
8,1G9
8,031
262
175
227
77
198
152
239
154
8,924
7,066
9,100
9,368
74,03G
66,928
35,054
42,317
28,978
21,209
22,558
23,344
19,190
14,996
15,599
18,102
15,977
24,745
35,277
25,495
39,348
20,196
33,973
11,541
17,375
13,431
21,102
13,037
211
326
208
143
142
235
118
196
241
244
216
244
• 8,406
8,087
10,720
13,409
20,875
21,027
35,493
44,117
27,000
30,172
61,994
68,643
22,517
21,001
25,741
52,464
17,708
27,303
17,519
11,993
21,319
35,240
17,658
29,381
21,282
21,576
19,127
21,505
158
266
217
323
244
230
103
265
305
239
144
197
13,519
13,566
10,851
0,053
87,197
119,943
133,702
135,823
61,406
41,568
25,576
23,975
40,300
28,758
19,455
13,634
13,262
22,328
18,197
27,109
30,561
34,490
15,467
39,723
26,961
21,160
12,770
17,403
10,794
9,748
10,285
•
!
i
1
Wheat flour production reported by 17. S. Grain Corporation, prior to July, 1920, later months from RusulVs Commercial News; Visible supply of wheat and com
from Bradstreet's; Receipts and shipments of wheat and corn, compiled by Chicago Board of Trade, from the Price Current-Grain Reporter.
%
Data from 1914 to 1916 are averages for calendar years; remaining averages are for crop years ending June 30 of the year indicated.
• Aggregate stocks in United States and Canada east of the Kocky Mountains, on nearest Saturday to end of the month.
4
At principal primary markets.
80
FARM PRODUCTS, WHOLESALE PRICES.
Table 50.—INDEX NTOtBEKS/
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base-year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
WHEAT
FLOUR.
YEAB AND MONTH.
WHEAT.
No.l,
StandWinter north- No. 2,
ard
red
ern
pat- straights,
ents,
Kansas spring, Winter,
ChiChiMinneCity.
cago. cago.
apolis.
RYE.
BARLEY.
COTTONOATS. CORN. SEED
OIL.
CATTLE.
HOGS.
SHEEP.
TOBACCO.
Burley,
Cash, Sum- Steers,
B3
\
mer,
No. 2, sample, Cash, contract yellow good to Heavy,
leaf,
choice,
Ewes, Lambs,
cash, fair to
Chi- grades
com Chicago. Chicago. Chicago. dark
Chired,
cago. No. 2, prime,
good
cago.
fed,
New
LouisChimalting,
ville.
cago. York. Chicago.
Chicago.
Relative to 1913.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average,
average.
ave/age.
100
111
145
159
249
100
1OO
107
146
158
274
114
147
155
137
254
231
1OO
102
133
100
121
100
1OO
100
1OO
1OO
100
100
98
112
in
106
100
108
104
172
175
294
113
132
117
132
262
91
94
102
85
127
119
111
104
113
115
153
141
151
188
220
207
193
210
241
222
206
218
200
207
1OO
139
121
210
170
207
206
195
186
202
212
102
103
268
245
224
262
277
182
278
281
239
301
285
256
183
161
146
305
241
294
191
315
295
287
312
338
340
287
291
331
267
253
254
281
278
247
274
316
239
222
222
222
349
354
302
333
329
294
323
314
August.
328
309
298
267
September..
October
November..
December..
275
245
203
195
1920.
January.
February..
March
April
May....
June....
July....
1921.
January..
February..
March
Apru
210
200
191
173
May....
June
July....
August.
191
'197
194
177
September..
October
November.
December..
"182
162
156
150
305
318
325
303
284
251
304
272
253
265
237
224
218
198
209
215
194
204
216
204
199
207
185
195
208
181
170
181
160
141
198
175
159
200
168
146
179
150
125
167
142
125
174
150
130
164
142
121
153
134
119
152
137
119
243
240
265
267
342
347
351
309
276
291
243
296
194
249
306
267
248
251
161
156
148
141
139
137
125
132
120
121
110
115
259
234
227
211
231
202
192
168
167
139
126
135
174
114
115
102
101
105
170
170
187
204
108
103
100
73
128
240
232
253
273
298
187
180
232
271
176
174
279
266
169
173
254
164
177
289
304
251
263
249
260
295
288
280
265
319
296
248
247
269
148
167
267
233
177
176
157
182
181
189
180
178
181
141
166
140
171
198
177
145
114
118
172
111
161
110
156
76
149
210
142
129
121
109
106
104
93
187
179
173
140
171
119
142
116
116
74
140
97
110
110
79
121
112
113
86
129
94
132
85
103
95
97
99
118
99
116
96
91
121
103
116
97
102
86
75
77
77
136
97
See footnote on opposite page.
151
98
104
103
94
192
152
101
1922.
January...
February.
March
212
277
332
100
92
llfi
169
277
245
259
222
257
255
226
93
104
102
147
212
1OO
95
122
104
95
114
101
82
115
97
81
57
62
66
67
62
59
81
138
133
125
254
246
246
246
246
246
246
246
246
246
246
246
218
208
208
208
113
109
112
135
208
208
81
FARM PRODUCTS, WHOLESALE PRICES,
Table 51.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources. l
[Base year in bold-face type; index numbers on opposite page.]
WHEAT
FLOUR.
YEAH AND MONTH.
WHEAT.
Xo. 1,
Stand- Winter north- No. 2,
ard
red
straights,
ern
patents, Kansas spring, winter,
MinneChiCity.
Chiapolis.
cago.
cago.
BYE.
No. 2,
cash,
Chicago.
BABLEY.
COTTONOATS. CORN. SEED
OIL.
sample,
fair to Cash,
good,
Chimaltcago.
cago.
Per barrel.
Cash,
contract,
grades
No. 3,
Chicago*
CATTLE.
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
$4,534
6.096
6.663
7.264
11.391
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
11.998
12.675
8.338
10.304
10.695
11.579
7.051
2.235
2.563
2.600
1.467
2.209
2.357
2.522
1.437
1.940
1.534
1.873
1.214
1.305
1.217
1.263
.635
.775
.700
.796
.387
1.605
1.597
1.414
.580
.201
.241
.154
.079
1920.
January
February
March
April
14.443
13.537
13.165
14.281
12.985
11.743
12.212
12.493
3.100
2.622
2.655
3.025
2.633
2.490
2.500
2.772
1.765
1.568
1.744
2.007
1.493
1.390
1.518
1.656
.855
.833
.901
1.002
1.502
1.450
1.578
1.706
May....
June
July....,
August.
15.031
14.160
13.668
12.235
13.425
12.812
12.410
11.643
3.231
3.006
2.867
2.570
2.975
2.895
2.805
2.473
2.173
2.208
2.232
1.963
1.725
1.520
1.213
1.085
1.095
1.114
September.
October....
November..
December..
12.593
11.206
9.295
8.943
11.693
10.205
8.400
8.256
2.481
2.162
1.810
1.770
2.491
2.204
2.057
2.012
1.945
1.695
1.577
1.598
1.006
.922
.867
• 778
1921.
January
February
March
April
9.625
9.181
8.730
7.950
8.295
7.962
7.993
6.980
1.861
1.6SS
1.650
1.461
1.961
1.919
1.679
1.386
1.647
1.488
1.446
1.339
May....
June
July....
August.
8.745
9.006
8.900
8.120
7.625
7.700
6.895
6.418
1.600
1.531
1.370
1.294
1.568
1.438
1.229
1.237
September.,
October....
November.
December..
8.318
7.425
7.170
6.881
6.681
6.305
5.900
5.860
1.365
1.298
1.226
1.254
1.276
1.193
1.176
1.177
S3.365
8.361
7.131
9.615
15.705
S4.687
5.044
5.929
7.166
10.332
S7.794
8.115
9.233
10.017
16.092
S13.202
14.654
13.789
15.231
22.302
16.424
17.496
14.486
8.764
17.600
18.244
14.187
8.363
11.288
9.351
8.744
3.414
17.325
16.125
15.904
9.994
36.567
32.346
34.182
29.277
.216
.196
.193
.184
15.938
14.969
14.400
13.906
15.094
14.513
14.435
14.806
10.875
13.063
13.525
14.250
19.593
20.579
19.400
20.250
39.000
38.000
37.000
35.000
1.995
1.851
1.548
1.541
.195
.169
.132
.120
12.600
15.031
15.381
15.350
13.975
14.725
14.856
15.130
12.525
7.344
6.594
6.575
18.515
14.969
14.719
13.300
33.500
32.500
32.500
32.500
.584
.530
.515
.494
1.315
.887
.807
.755
.136
.111
.101
15.250
14.688
14.575
12.094
16.543
14.775
12.120
9.538
5.544
5.219
5.150
3.563
13.388
12.531
12.150
11.581
32.500
32.500
32.500
32.500
.750
.688
.714
.635
.454
.430
.432
.378
.681
.665
.649
.578
.084
.070
.062
.059
9.840
9.312
9.563
8.719
9.305
9.156
9.463
8.225
3.450
3.688
4.031
4.406
10.925
9.438
10.031
10.313
32.500
32.500
32.500
32.500
1.467
1.284
1.222
1.065
.657
.638
.645
.629
.616
.613
.613
.569
.072
8.425
.377
.370
.359
.075
8.094
8.775
8.195
8.125
9.725
9.690
4.125
2.683
2.906
3.075
11.790
10.781
10.388
9.740
28.750
27.500
27.500
27.500
1.060
.882
.804
.384
.346
.354
.364
.538
.469
.482
.482
.099
.553
8.375
8.875
8.563
8.219
7.950
7.S45
6.838
6.744
3.156
2.915
2.750
3.781
8.813
8.490
8.719
10.500
27.500
27.500
27.500
27.500
.607
.554
.548
.935
8.406
.082
.083
1922.
January
February
].],
1
84796°—22
6
TOBACCO.
Per 100 pounds..
$3,847 SO. 9 1 3 SO. 986 SO. 636 SO. 6 3 5 SO. 376 SO. 6 3 5 SO. 073 S 8 . 5 0 7
1.041
.615
1.005
.768
.066
.695
9.039
.419
4.125'
1.344 • 1.307
.704
1.092
.068
.730
8.702
.496
5.612
1.417
1.351
1.113
.867
.106
.825
9.573
.455
6.091
2.321
2.278
1.871
.154
1.315
1.637
12.809
.637
10.551
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
March.
SHEEP.
Burley,
SumSteers,
good
mer, good to
leaf,
yellow, choice, Heavy,
Ewes, Lambs,
dark
prime,
corn Chicago. Chicago. Chicago.
red,
New
fed,
LouisYork. Chicago.
ville.
Per
pound.
Per bushel.
HOGS.
From U. 8. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, averages of weekly quotations.
82
LIVE-STOCK MOVEMENT.
Table 52.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
IBase year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
Total
receipts. STOCKEB
AND
FEEDER.
TOTAL.
Shipments.
Shipments.
Shipments.
YEAB JLND MONTH.
SHEEP.
HOGS.
CATTXE.
Total
Total
slaugh- receipts. STOCKEB
ter.
AND
TOTAL.
Total
Total
slaugh- receipts. STOCKEK
ter.
TOTAL.
AND
Total
slaughter,
FEEDER.
FEEDER.
Relative to 1919.
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average...
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
93
102
100
91
SO
100
76
66
84
95
100
92
80
97
109
100
91
81
85
101
100
92
100
81
56
87
93
95
86
86
85
108
99
101
100
100
71
83
100
61
75
100
45
100
86
78
72
81
100
87
101
107
90
74
103
86
67
84
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
92
72
89
76
May
June
July
August..
87
92
82
96
79
85
97
142
119
142
142
70
52
58
87
55
67
76
93
113
111
84
62
24
49
77
55
65
106
107
142
120
101
58
23
43
75
56
68
84
82
101
96
75
64
46
61
67
67
80
67
114
90
117
113
66
40
89
94
99
58
110
95
72
39
50
82
82
76
36,
92
69
90
56
85
95
64
98
91
68
47
80
62
115
98
123
104
111
111
121
103
64
63
78
57
128
138
135
116
108
132
131
92
75
80
89
68
134
183
165
93
118
September.
October
November.,
December..
87
62
126
130
106
104
72
117
97
109
148
124
96
73
69
112
50
127
106
45
59
85
104
67
68
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
46
87
125
58
139
119
79
15
57
38
52
64
107
68
116
103
67
11
49
88
76
54
67
83
90
108
106
84
77
15
57
100
73
54
68
78
86
76
95
83
74
18
58
94
75
49
67
81
89
52
87
89
85
26
77
06
77
May.....
June—
July.....
August.
63
58
45
68
88
96
44
96
98
82
15
65
104
65
28
55
74
73
23
77
71
78
24
64
95
91
81
95
87
71
31
78*
68
110
70
93
127
93
90
102
71
55
79
67
116
96
118
114
112
141
134-
94
86
60
102
78
133
126
138
124
94
113
112
82
99
44
109
93
89
88
87
&
56
September..
October
November.,
December..,
76
65
105
47
148
84
73
35
73
76
1932.
January...
February.,
March.....
See footnote on opposite page.
83
LIVE-STOCK MOVEMENT.
Table 53.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year In bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CATTLE.
Shipments.
YEAB AND MONTH.
Total
receipts. STOCKEK
AND
FEEDER.
SHEEP.
HOGS.
TOTAL.
Shipments.
Shipments.
Total
Total
slaugh- receipts. STOCKEE
ter.
AND
TOTAL.
Total
slaughter.
Total
receipts. STOCKER
AND
FEEDEE.
FEEDER.
Total
slaughter.
TOTAL.
Thousands of animals.
64
81
75
61
42
1,027
1,185
1,194
1,273
1,224
2,157
2,572
2,536
2,272
2,192
1,618
1,869
2,265
1,876
2,008
352
432
578
430
261
1,904
2,104
3,054
1,866
1,647
382
408
440
336
291
747
850
894
818
717
1,109
1,241
1,141
1,034
922
3,159
3,766
3,737
3,549
3,420
January...
February.
March
April
1,881
1,486
1,822
1,561
240
241
244
761
602
582
605
1,105
871
1,209
961
5,311
3,467
4,000
3,065
May
June
July
August..
1,784
1,887
1,678
1,970
295
272
218
2S3
783
799
734
992
1,069
940
1,043
4,263
3,709
2,8.50
2,525
68
1,397
2,859
1,488
234
43
1,308
2,421
1,640
227
806
S45
27
1,101
1,754
2,034
324
1,029
1,002
36
958
1,564
2,607
568
1,4S6
1,099
September.
October
November..
December..
2,294
2,209
2,427
1,392
489
580
553
279
1,087
1,172
1,166
650
1,172
1,049
1,207
785
2,391
2,789
3,872
4,195
47
935
1,452
2,896
796
1,632
1,218
60
1,068
1,726
3,027
1,059
2,001
978
54
1,400
2,465
2,471
857
1,499
1,010
37
1,520
2,680
1,566
259
710
891
1,644
1,188
1,565
1,492
205
166
237
238
609
465
600
610
995
726
94S
892
4,685
4,005
3,382
3,224
1,101
923
1,005
996
3,322
3,573
2,725
2,655
982
1,073
935
740
2,654
3,212
3,687
3,911
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average..
1921 monthly average..
1,011
1,210
1,043
942
756
855
1,054
915
1,069
1920.
922
90
1,699
3,593
1,596
303
85
1,321
2,139
1,411
140
589
£12
107
1,427
2,556
1,308
135
520
792
76
1,146
1,902
1,460
269
734
709
818
706
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August.
1,541
1,550
1,343
1,867
214
197
122
355
60S
492
846
September.
October....
November..
December..
1,901
2,302
1,928
1,415
394
622
497
245
910
1,194
997
682
844
43
1,661
3,023
1,791
88
687
51
1,383
2,604
1,516
62
591
930
81
1,261
2,119
1,750
88
693
1,053
57
1,131
2,096
1,677
107
704
988
39
1,033
2,270
1,916
153
926
33
1,143
2,474
1,850
89
782
17
918
1,804
1,775
139
771
23
930
1,722
2,500
404
1,123
1,014
1,093
1,006
1,335
41
947
1,698
2,618
555
1,428
1,200
45
1,219
1,990
3,013
731
1,668
1,311
33
1,297
2,370
2,026
511
1,052
988
35
1,765
2,137
1,664
202
8S1
804
1922.
January...
February.
March
1
These figures represent the movement at between 60 and 70 markets; data procured from the U> S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Market* and Crop Estimates^
84
MEAT PRODUCTS.
Table 54.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.
[Base year In bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EXPORTS.
YEAE AND MONTH.
Pork
products. 3
Beef
products. *
PRODUCTIONINSPECTED
SLAUGHTERS
COLD-STORAGE
HOLDINGS.3
Beef
products.s
Pork
products*«
Lamb
and
mutton.7
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
100
94
13S
147
132
100
89
313
236
239
47
78
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average..
229
26S
156
169
473
235
143
112
'108
100
70
43
January..,
February.
March
April
167
179
226
107
224
151
131
219
May....
June
July....
August.
164
167
115
September.
October
November..
December..
100
67
70
Pork.
Relative to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
Beef.
40
53
96
106
116
137
100
96
108
116
APPARENT
CONSUMPTION.
Beef.
Pork.
Relative to 1919.
82
96
153
115
154
131
121
117
120
111
104
129
100
93
100
122
93
69
42
143
112
128
120
182
109
124
90
106
88
108
94
188
50
118
123
121
122
129
123
31
68
51
27
122
111
111
111
120
131
97
80
99
89
156
154
152
167
37
33
37
42
107
80
57
30
131
301
582
674
128
127
132
108
70
84
113
137
100
94
93
73
174
175
169
124
59
60
57
65
81
105106
810
928
705
458
113
88
109
101
154
138
110
108
64
83
79
151
111
133
156
51
46
40
104
108
110
100
293
189
104
80
101
104
101
118
116
128
110
94
77
88
77
91
140
168
157
151
27
25
27
33
85
61
45
43
70
71
119
125
114
87
99
118
82
169
188
175
35
50
7
6
94
66
100
100
97
84
183
324
124
120
108
97
72
96
111
121
183
204
138
69
84
65
51
42
125
150
157
228
78
101
104
111
January..
February.
March....
April
197
184
174
144
182
107
93
107
May
June
July....
August.
172
155
209
213
117
97
132
136
September..
October....
November..
212
121
110
130
136
94
74
146
1920.
1921.
December...
1922.
January...
February.
March.....
See footnotes on opposite page.
85
MEAT PRODUCTS.
Table 55.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page]
EXPORTS.
YEAB AND MONTH.
Pork
products.?
Beef
products. 4
PRODUCTIONINSPECTED
SLAUGHTERS
Beef
products.^
Pork
products. 6
Lamb and
mutton. 7
APPARENT
CONSUMPTION.
Beef.
COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS.'
Beef.
Pork.
Pork.
Thousands of pounds.
89,053
76,826
113,205
120,932
108,209
13,625
12,163
42,609
32,105
32,502
112,462
186,647
609,290
638,684
3,383
4,477
187,554
219,803
128,004
138,308
64,444
32,053
19,545
15,249
258,167
240440
168,108
104,384
856,059
912,053
888,375
770,300
January..,
February.
March....
April
136,906
147,138
185,439
87,642
30,576
20,520
17,807
29,852
298,864
288,752
260,146
231,937
May....
June
July....
August.
134,208
137,366
94,225
67,701
24,937
27,841
18,858
9,348
September.
October
November.
December..
102,472
123,191
129,168
187,127
January..,
February.
March....
April
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
343,402
328,805
364,210
396,865
469,328
482,840
464,139
521,302
558,919
428,233
365,063
427,141
429,322
321,411
5,580
8,413
15,362
27,231
527,898
451,389
415,434
566,370
580,989
538,282
465,686
447,129
416,173
360,829
279,897
408,015
660,252
874,412
1,015,325
1,101,632
10,290
7,787
5,781
3,517
491,917
382,993
438,177
412,312
877,518
528,252
601,077
433,316
474,725
394,136
480,773
419,028
526,819
140,331
329,334
345,053
200,788
157,271
121,652
101,086
1,102,525
1,111,644
1,175,770
1,124,558
2,579
5,735
4,310
2,299
417,307
382,245
380,453
381,930
578,870
633,370
469,560
387,451
440,920
396,977
386,180
391,946
435,730
431,937
426,581
466,523
10,589
13,802
14,204
15,177
89,721
78,055
89,015
100,006
977,785
725,699
520,127
270,757
11,021
25,324
48,997
56,702
440,290
434,715
453,689
369,178
335,887
406,316
544,410
663,404
447,732
419,278
416,334
326,052
485,653
489,438
472,009
346,776
161,694
151,336
143,168
118,192
24,767
14,547
12,627
14,624
142,813
142,877
144,906
13S,045
593,299
734,659
957,230
969,076
68,113
78,082
59,304
38,519
387,870
302,992
375,696
347,567
744,128
664,634
531,630
521,521
366,319
236,108
372,900
351,725
422,581
312,004
371,958
436,992
May....
June....
July....
August.
141,041
127,908
171,561
174,917
15,911
13,192
18.018
18,499
122,100
109,962
96,549
85,638
952,056
981,631
1,005,409
915,691
25,085
15,877
8,719
6,750
345,784
391,687
347,791
406,110
560,758
619,359
529,514
451,662
345,925
394,402
343,882
408,901
390,994
471,339
439,468
421,489
September.,
October
November.
December..
173,989
99,202
90,248
106,440
18,568
12,773
10,043
9,420
65,943
59,611
64,156
80,007
777,335
552,504
408,312
396,397
5,930
6,015
6,865
7,508
407,349
427,661
392,487
422,022
480,622
567,622
397,179
414,455
366,593
472,920
525,838
489,289
84,548
457,177
6,401
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
1920.
1921.
1922.
January...
February.
March
1
Exports reported b y the U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; cold-storage holdings from t h e U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates; production of beef and pork from animals slaughtered under Federal inspection reported by the V. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Animal Industry. Recent figures published in the Market Reporter. Apparent consumption has been computed from the inspected slaughter lessexports
and the change in storage holdings.
* Cold-storage holdings are distinctly seasonal. No allowance for this has been made in calculating index numbers. Figures represent storage holdings on thefirstday
of each month.
* Includes bacon, ham, shoulders, lard, neutral lard, and canned, fresh, and pickled pork.
•Includes fresh, canned, pickled, and cured beef, and oleo oil and tallow.
* Includes beef, frozen, cured, and in process of cure .
* Includes pork, frozen, dry salt, and pickled, both cured and in process of cure, and lard.
7
Frozen lamb and mutton.
8
Total dressed weight slaughtered under Federal inspection, including veal with beef. The slaughter under Federal inspection, according to censusfiguresin 1919,
amounted to 68 per cent of the total number of animals slaughtered in the United States in the case of hogs and 82 per cent in the case of beef.
86
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Table 56,—INDEX
NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
p a s e year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
CHEESE.
BUTTER.
YEAR AND MONTH.
CONDENSED AND
EVAPORATED MLLKS
EGGS.
(case goods).
ColdColdColdReceipts storage Whole- Receipts storage Whole- Receipts storage
sale
sale
holdings price, 5
at 5 1 holdings
at 5 2 holdings price* 5
at 5
(case
markets. (cream- markets.' markets. (Ameri- markets. markets.
can)^
ery).'
eggs.)6
Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1916-20.
5-yr. mo. av., 1916-20.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
Relative to 1919.
100
Relative
to 1916-20,
Relative to 1919.
1OO
Production.
Relative
to 1916-20.
70
1OO
86
103
96
89
118
105
95
1OO
99
72
100
85
90
120
104
104
103
121
93
111
91
112
58
75
57
95
68
40
22
102
104
110
108
55
85
53
88
141
153
114
13
23
93
180
101
92.
89
95
September.
October....
November.,
December..
91
73
58
57
205
201
181
141
96
96
105
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
67
61
78
85
104
74
48
26
85
83
77
74
70
69
78
87
May
•June
July
August..
131
181
135
136
14
38
110
147
53
55
66
76
September.
October
November..
December...
110
95
81
'81
164
160
138
116
72
78
76
73
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August..
January...
February.
March
100
90
70
1OO
143
117
92
63
100
94
94
94
42
62
112
157
123
124
99
46
36
80
139
91
90
94
85
152
148
106
76
79
78
84
72
162
148
131
107
90
87
84
68
50
33
30
92
38
94
81
80
85
55
98
166
210
120
133
118
79
48
94
111
49
49
60
64
177
130
95
93
91
101
83
69
126
121
116
92
64
69
71
77
195
62
2
3
9
26
34
119
45
65
77
1OO
76
170
67
47
Relative
to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
85
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
Exports. Imports. Exports.
100
92
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
TOTAL
DAIRY
PRODTJCTS.3
74
See footnotes on opposite page.
103
100
98
520
1,058
50
65
1OO
48
34
100
144
74
1,408
2,755
3,970
1,959
1,470
187
123
91
104
2,543
2,561
3,084
2,860
51
305
333
191
2,699
2,499
1,522
1,396
42
85
63
9
81
61
1
90
71
3
92
72
58
111
64
139
121
62
183
103
39
186
81
36
173
71
30
144
35
28
104
20
24
49
21
27
87
113
71
70
11
24
1
34
1
58
52
8G
42
31
40
28
12
116
103
84
1,215
13
31
24
43
195
26
45
43
2,499
1,060
1,650
54
45
26
31
254
133
113
186
108
204
81
206
24
73
(*)
3
3
1,164
1,117
960
1,098
1,690
1,253
1,597
623
2,058
1,748
1,009,
1,237
87
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Table 57.—NUMEKICAI DATA,
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.
BUTTER.
YEAE AND MONTH.
CHEESE.
ColdWholeColdWholeColdsale
storage
storage
Receipts
Receipts
sale
Receipts storage
holdings
at 5 2 holdings price,
at 5
price,
at 5 5 holdings
markets.
(cream- 5 mar- markets.* (Ameri- 5 m a r - markets.
(case
kets;
can)^
kets.s
ery).*
eggs).«
Per
Thousands of pounds. pound.
1916-1920 average
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.,
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920monthly
1921 monthly
average.,
average..
average..
average.,
average.
CONDENSED ANO
EVAPORATED MILKS
(case goods)*
EGGS.
Thousands of pounds.
56,364
Per
pound.
Production.
Thousands of cases.*
37,178
Imports. Experts.
Thousands of pounds.
3,689
1,803
1,861
9,844
20,019
1,377
1,904
6,307
18,307
51,825
45,871
39,269
47,445
Exports.
TOTAL
DAIRY
PRODUCTS.'
25,850
3,118
53,939
50,305
66,410 S0.593
59,341
.586
53,491
429
16,281
13,814
14,719
44,679
38,552
38,664
38]147
30,585
SO.31
.28
.216
1,188
1,027
1,229
4,472
3,413*
4,089
3,355
4,132
110,639
143,956
109,415
35,705
45,928
71,072
34,252
24,140*
909
1,376
1,980
1,014
26,654
52,145
75,132
37,066
27,821
1920.
January
February.......
March
April
27,693
26,486
34,489
26,293
53,737
38,359
22,568
12,555
,603
.615
.654
.640
10,996
8,949
13,862
8,620
53,168
43,631
34,039
23,431
.311
.293
.292
.293
497
738
1,335
1,870
1,542
342
29
122
122,925
116,665
128,940
132,023
44,923
42,999
50,180
51,504
2,575
1,689
1,251
1,436
48,132
48,461
58,370
54,125
May....
June
July....
August.
40,475
64,828
70,080
52,342
7,554
12,872
52,526
101,455
.60
:546
.53
.563
16,079
20,022
20,147
16,071
16,963
13,502
29,654
51,512
.281
.278
.29
.264
1,807
1,759
1,259
906
2,135
5,143
6,747
6,872
159,309
174,675
148,857
116,777
45,777
44,401
27,669
25,603
703
4,196
4,585
2,629
51,072
47,297
28,796
26,414
September.
October....
November.
December..
41,966
33,611
26,643
26,326
115,558
113,385
101,778
79,750
.567
.57
.62
.528
12,831
12,767
13,727
11,703
60,372
55,007
48,566
39,921
.279
.269
.261
.249
811
589
391
360
6,372
5,295
3,838
1,824
102,638
50,710
28,591
29,970
21,342
20,147
17,207
19,268
1,191
1,560
979
962
22,033
21,139
18,159
20,776
1921.
January
February
March
April
30,939
27,996
35,593
38,841
58,682
41,486
27,103
14,732
.502
.493
.455
.441
11,387
11,274
12,675
14,145
34,115
25,000
17,477
14,294
.251
.250
.263
64S
1,168
1,977
2,498
408
43
43
1,926
34,803
48,330
82.924
123,159
30,192
21,830
28,194
20,221
163
1,600
1,413
1,153
31,987
23,708
30,221
22,992
May....
June
July....
August.
60,208
82,882
61,786
62,337
7,712
21,682
61,991
82,838
.316
.324
.392
.448
19,567
21,619
19,180
12,863
13,466
17,814
34,948
41,284
.152
.153
.185
.20
2,101
1,539
1,129
1,100
4,909
6,844
7,534
7,605
162,653
156,876
116,127
127,167
9,186
21,700
17,338
30,360
2,684
354
623
594
11,795
47,297
20,070
31,223
September.
October....
November.,
December..
50,546
43,785
37,282
37,172
92,396
90,123
78,014
65,138
.425
.461
.451
.435
14,841
16,382
13,455
11,237
46,706
44,842
43,015
34,062
.20
.214
.220
.206
919
732
399
538
7,207
6,275
4,387
2,402
104,958
(fi)
<*)
38,061
32,232
18,126
22,238
3,501
35
43
1
38,963
33,084
19,107
23,409
1932.
January...
February.
March
48,391
27,642
1
Import and export statistics from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; all other data from XT. 8» Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates,
J
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco. Total of weekly figures with first and last weeks of month prorated.
* Includes butter, cheese, and condensed and evaporated milk.
4
One case of eggs equals 30 dozen, or about 45 pounds net.
5
Production compiled by months but issued quarterly; figures not available at time of going to press.
• Holdings on first day of month.
7
Average of weekly prices of creamery butter, 92 score, at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco.
8
Average of weekly prices of American cheese, No. 1 fresh twins, at Boston, New York, Wisconsin, Chicago, and San Francisco.
9
Index number less than 1.
SUGAR AND VEGETABLE OILS.
Table 58.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data oh opposite page.]
COTTON
SEED.
SUGAR.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Imports,
raw*
Exports,
refined,
Including
maple.
Meltings.*
Wholesale price.
Stocks,
raw,
Raw,
at refin- 96° cen- Granulated
eries.* trifugal, in bbls..
N.Y.
N.Y.
Relative Relative Relative to 1919.
to 1913. to 1909-13.
Retail
price
Index,
51
cities.
COTTONSEED
OIL, CRUDE.
Stocks Stocks
end of
end of
month. month.
Production*
Relative to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
100
110
Consumption.*
Relative to 1913.
130
161
108
120
146
179
183
215
372
137
181
182
209
297
144
169
176
205
353
146
129
96
100
104
92
85
100
110
157
1,821
1,642
1,843
3,092
75
106
138
•135
44.
94
146
116
371
325
339
504
360
350
321
449
165
251
265
219
2,080
1,080
853
144
127
142
147
126
80
121
154
183
.562
502
382
September..
October
November..
December...
111
69
110
90
317
' 288
343
467
78
55
69
51
105
88
90
104
1921.
January.......
February
March
April
65
151
213
219
593
387
441
40
80
133
107
145
2,039
2,067
2,272
2,012
92
118
100
1,206
5$5
573
1^077
100
115
112
117
492
1,214
1,992
1917 monthly a v .
1918 monthly av.,
1919monthly av.,
1920monthly av.,
1921 monthly a v . .
105
109
149
170
131
1,274
513
1,859
1,164
1,176
ioo
1020.
January
February
March
April
135
206
236
187
May
June
July....
August..
166
95
70
100
3100
3 124
3 141
100
99
99
105
109
100
100
100
165"
41
36
61
58
76
3172
3 305
58
71
111
118
100
127
158
3 334
3133
161
227
245
253
152
324
342
340
367
93
69
42
20
321
302
240
184
287
186
148
77
63
74
80
75
235
313
338
433
292
287
30S
286
526
497
447
391
462*
485
482
416
9
7
133
75
38
23
41
17
8
49
45
16
11
236
238
258
196
272
188
203
237
305
238
193
151
334
253
225
190
333
253
235
191
27
95
114
116
55
177
277
261
65
291
349
270
20
30
85
150
178
137
S3
95
251
238
271
201
110
120
181
258
153
151
173
155
177
166
184
170
176
162
176
176
95
81
59
37
278
281
277
193
263
247
229
122
245
139
127
74
99
161
52
213
191
171
180
175
104
92
95
127
276
264
167
140
140
120
127
134
148
133
128
137
153
142
129
136
27
21
IS
24
117
80
34
28
68
47
40
45
68
51
27
21
65
61
70
104
64
94
150
SI
85
82
78
144
75
86
65
123
119
117
106
131
122
121
117
133
125
122
118
74
143
149
121
84
172
187
167
153
285
265
202
28
. 37
37
43
211
127
225
149
149
181
148
211
79
1922.
January
February
March
'..
Total
Imports.*
IOO
61
109
58
100
100
133
165
1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 m o n t h l y av
September..
October
November..
December..
Exports.*
OLEOMARGARINE.
100
1909-1913 monthly av.
May....
June....
July....
August.
VEGETABLE
OILS.
See footnotes on opposite page.
7
89
SUGAR AND VEGETABLE OILS.
Table 59.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index number on opposito page.]
COTTON
SEED.
SUGAR.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Imports,
raw.
Exports,
refined,
including
maple.
Meltings.2
Wholesale
price.
Stocks,
raw,
at refin- Raw, Granueries.* 9C° cen- lated
trifugal, in bbls.,
N. Y.
N.T.
Per pound.
Long tons.
1909-1913 monthly average.
1913
1914
1915
1916
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average
monthly average.
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
COTTONSEED
OIL, CRUDE.
Stocks
end of
month.
Stocks
end of
month.
Short tons,
Production.
VEGETABLE
OILS.
OLEOMARGARINE.
Total
Exports. imports.6
Consumption/
Thousands of pounds.
2,953
175,664
201,437
196,569
205,716
S0.035
.038
.047
.058
14,524
35,838
58,812
S0.043
.047
.056
.069
29,042
17,758
31,041
16,977
21,387
8 26,441
* 20,636
» 30,133
11,798
11,787
12,404
183,802
192,219
261,149
298,685
229,266
37,602
15,152
257,174
54,891 3 2 5 , 2 3 3
34,371
338,430
34,739
299,891
81,311
95,428
105,357
150,022
.063
.064
.075
.130
.048
.077
.078
.0S9
.126
.065
661,192
489,442
512,448
296,219
362,947
66,753
71,007
59,967
76,190
94,779
71,15S
65,423
65,399
65,536
107,920
11,788
10,437
17,599
16,863
21,964
» 36,850
« 65,295
> 67,495
«71,390
828,499
19,044
20,877
29,081
30,014
17,9S6
January...
February.
March..-...
April
237,097
361,310
414,731
328,350
53,767
48,471
54,408
91,301
243,445
345,494
448,767
437,669
42,164
89,874
138,968
110,326
.130
.119
.179
.177
.154
.149
.137
.192
477,478
354,120
215,872
104,334
192,755
181,330
143,678
110,324
187,877
121,560
97,069
50,337
18,286
21,482
23,235
21,717
50,2S6
66,867
72,200
92,621
34,643
34,000
36,548
33,947
May
June
July
August..
289,995
440,423
465,374
385,361
61,403
31,876
25,200
4,252
413,726
460,982
477,928
409,4*50
76,663
115,781
147,137
174,625
.209
.197
.176
.134
.225
.212
.191
.167
47,077
36,044
30,0S4
36,760
79,517
44,928
22,619
13,757
26,789
11,077
4,400
5,010
14,256
13,100
4,633
3,171
50,550
50,859
55,270
41,959
32,295
22,310
24,046
28,141
September.
October
November.
December..
195,187
121,100
193,273
158,121
9,374
8,505
10,113
13,780
253,146
178,454
225,356
166,746
99,937
84,290
85,527
98,996
.107
.083
.068
.053
.143
.108
.096
.081
138,418
488,958
587,996
593,507
33,221
105,851
166,231
156,801
42,832
190,262
228,073
176,323
5,773
8,671
24,632
43,446
38,010
29,196
17,808
'20,269
29,819
28,249
32,099
23,869
113,618
130,610
261,686
433,186
347,499
105,275
114,476
172,679
245,904
.054
.053
.061
.054
.076
.071
.078
.073
484,832
416,520
299,976
191,526
166,710
168,254
166,078
115,831
171,887
161,809
149,526
79,573
71,291
40,305
36,811
21,489
21,251
34,479
11,162
45,605
22,688
20,297
21,361
20,814
.049
.047
.044
.047
.063
.057
.055
.058
139,471
109,309
94,543
124,377
70,199
47,851
20,113
44,297
30,411
26,228
29,630
19,613
17,747
7,922
6,054
13,967
13,012
16,774
15,065
12,317
7,614
11,120
17,803
.043
.042
.041
.037
.056
.052
.052
.050
381,342
732,570
762,726
618,173
50,576
102,957
111,916
100,167
99,803
186,444
173,574
131,961
8,239
10,744
10,822
12,529
45,177
27,117
48,135
31,785
17,723
21,497
17,565
1920.
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
374,090
385,079
25,583
17,503
11,428
13,022
May
,
June
July
August..,
381,651
166,017
123,782
254,931
60,197
61,040
67,096
59,400
339,850
298,372
414,545
263,539
251,827
159,416
133,421
September.
October....
November.,
December..
141,103
161,695
206,865
176,462
35,617
17,261
16,908
31,817
262,817
277,910
268,283
254,135
137,390
71,664
82,253
62,419
1922.
January..
February.
March
1
With the exception of sugar stocks and meltings reported by the Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. The sources of the other data are: Imports and exports of raw
gar, imports and exports of vegetable oils, from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Cottonseed and cottonseed oil data from
the U. st Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Wholesale and retail sugar prices from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; and Oleomar.
garine consumption from the XT. 8. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
2
Figures include reports from seven ports: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston, and San Francisco. Meltings are calculated from
weekly reports, the odd days being prorated. Stocks represent the amount of raw sugar in the hands of refiners on the dates nearest the end of the month as reported for
* Thesefiguresare for fiscal years beginning July 1.
*
J Includes cottonseed, corn, and linseed oils.
The following oils are included: Chinese nut, cocoa butter, coconut, cottonseed, olive (inedible), olive (edible), palm, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soya bean. Where
Wrtain of these are reported in gallons, they have been converted into pounds, allowing 72 pounds per gallon.
• Colored and uncolored, as represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
90
COFFEE AND TEA.
Table 60.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government and non-Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
COFFEE.
TEA.
COFFEE.
Clearances
from Brazil.
Receipts
In
TO
WORLD UNITED Brazil.2 TOTAL.* UNITED
YEAR AND MONTH.TOTAL. STATES.
Visible supply. 1
Imports
Into
U.S.
STATES.*
WORLD
TOTAL.
Relative to
5-year average.
Relative to 1913.
UNITED
STATES.
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly a v . . .
monthly a v . . .
monthly a v . . .
monthly a v . . .
61
63
66
75
Imports
into
U.S.
Thousands of
pounds.
75,659
8,341
99
107
107
128
1,894
1,593
1,689
1,970
2,633
955
1,151
1,072
1,249
1,009
990
1,207
1,103
1,261
1,014
393
491
474
544
610
84,256
102,438
97,241
107,209
8,151
8,842
8,814
.10,566
121
147
143
148
134
82
92
77
7,187
7,425
7,770
8,891
1,960
1,162
1,691
1,686
1,261
762
558
1,064
813
831
891
1,003
536
359
637
513
91,788
111, 130
108,118
111,956
11,044
6,747
7,567
6,374
1OO
122
111
127
102
1OO
125
121
138
155
111
135
129
142
103
61
89
132
SO
58
111
82
84
90
' 101
136
91
162
131
84
89
104
139
TOTAL.3
into
U.S.
11,797
11,679
9,441
9,200
8,493
100
121
112
131
106
100
Imports
TO
UNITED
STATES.-*
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1OO
1913 monthly a v . . . 100
1914 monthly a v . . .
99
1915 monthly a v . . .
80
1916 monthly a v . . .
78
1917 monthly a v . ^ .
72
Receipts
in
Brazil^
Thousands of bags.5
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1909-1913 mo. av...
Clearances from
Brazil.
Visible supply/
Imports
into
U.S.
TEA.
100
1920.
January
February
March
April
55
77
72
83
70
74
79
48
42
42
34
84
76
131
93
147
190
82
153
123
151
200
124
95
90
65
6,598
6,472
9,069
8,484
1,571
1,331
1,396
1,503
458
405
397
323
834
748
1,296
883
367
579
746
324
116,032
93,129
131,923
151,501
10,253
7,810
7,384
5,374
May....
June
July....
August.
67
62
59
60
95
79
90
96
36
47
93
146
75
85
73
104
134
138
130
158
. 100
163
176
173
58
104
122
121
7,881
7,272
6,910
7,033
1,792
1,494
1,699
1,823
448
891
1,398
739
841
723
1,026
525
542
510
619
75,350
123,506
133,143
130,636
4,776
8,546
10,080
10,002
September..
October....
November..
December..
66
70
71
74
102
107
107
90
143
150
150
146
130
101
103
94
155
74
118
172
128
128
100
96
102
96
73
51
7,773
8,297
8,379
8,716
1,936
2,026
2,025
1,696
1,365
1,429
1,436
1,397
1,286
1,002
1,017
930
609
290
465
677
96,661
97,127
75,654
72,752
8,441
7,929
6,015
4,198
1921.
January
February
March
April
76
75
76
75
86
87
100
108
120
83
90
10S
100
109
117
97
151
173
181
128
147
172
187
215
33
65
57
9,002
8,902
8,992
8,S42
1,619
1,647
1,901
2,046
1,148
790
857
1,032
1,076
1,154
964
594
680
712
503
110,956
130,413
141,729
162,397
3,247
2,711
5,387
4,711
May....
June....
July....
August.
75
74
73
77
109
108
92
90
104
113
121
127
73
78
99
101
55
53
62
62
95
8,663
8,720
9,034
2,058
2,037
1,747
1,710
994
1,079
1,154
1,216
727
776
975
79
163
101
111
125
218
345
386
310
123,191
76,762
83,703
94,897
4,383
5,094
5,0S0
7,844
121
117
110
123
123
107
116
131
171
199
110
84
103
165
202
102
112
112
135
9,032
8,920
8,867
9,076
1,685
1,306
1,175
1,298
1,156
1,121
1,055
1,171
1,218
1,060
1,145
952
514
673
783
433
63,546
78,174
124,955
152,776
9,220
9,258
11,162
9,263
1,615
September..
October
November..
December..
1933.
January
February
March..:
77
76
75
77
79
85
i Data on coffee except imports received from the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc.; imports of coffee and tea from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
Represents total receipts at Rio and Santos.
* Represents total clearances from Rio, Santos, and Victoria.
* Represents total clearances from Rio, Santos, Victoria, and Bahia.
& A bag of collee averages 132 pounds.
* Given as of the 1st day of the month'.
91
TOBACCO.
Table 61.—(A) INDEX NTJMBEKS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1
YEAR AND
MONTH.
PRODUCTION.
Chewing,
UnTotal, M a n u smokInclud- facToing,
Cigar ing im- tured L a r g e Small bacco mancigaufacsnuff, types. ported tobac- cigars.* rettes.4 (crop). 6 tured
and
types. co and
leaf.
export
snuflV
types.
STOCKS-*
Chewing,
smoking,
snuff,
and
export
types.
Relative to
1909-13.
Kelative to 1913.
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo.av
1921 mo. av
1920.
January
February
March...
April...
May
June
July
August
Thousands of pounds.
September
October .
November
December
1921.
January
February..
March.
April....
May....
June
July.
100
100
99
100
105
1OO
95
87
93
1OO
108
115
163
104
107
116
110
120
126
124
148
75
77
80
88
92
99
87
112
114
131
109
112
96
90
87
100
93
93
105
90
227
300
341
287
327
125
144
147
159
112
119
77
107
146
89
129
100
95
114
102
105
94
119
105
349
273
337
291
149
127
145
135
104
101
93
94
107
112
108
107
305
315
236
275
151
155
106
89
134
130
95
81
54
48
108
112
106
80
274
. 296
272
217
156
148
148
159
119
125
85
145
73
81
96
84
73
79
89
87
301
318
345
293
149
133
145
138
85
93
87
100
89
98
89
99
319
326
321
396
94
89
128
151
169
168
94
101
83
68
97
101
98
73
370
377
326
231
95
100
102
112
105
138
93
124
118
105
90
103
131
80
117
168
99
147
152
97
135
August
September
October
November
December.
1922.
January.
February
March
140
145
91
85
125
127
Thousands.
1OO
100
101
109
99
95
Small
cigarettes.*
Tobacco
(crop).*
Unmanufactured
leaf.
Thousands
of pounds.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
100
93
98
85
125
PRODUCTION.
ManufacTotal,
Cigar Including tured Large
types. imported tobac- cigars.i
types. co and
snufl.s
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
5 yr.av. (1909-13)
1913 mo. av
100
1914 mo. av
103
1915 mo. av
113
1916 mo. av
105
EXPORTS.
STOCKS. 3
EXPORTS.
[Base-year in bold-faced type.]
92
114
126
810,469
835,462
915,451
853,156
369,802
344,971
361,114
313,142*
67
107
203
124
137
889,484
970,465
1,018,253
1,001,387
1,199,209
277,846
283,495
296,095
323,643
340,656
,234,013 36,990
1,244,524 36,745
1,343,396 36,863
1,225,555 38,847
996,176 31,417
£30,959 1,296,308
597,849 1,404,636 1,034,679 28,827
549,932 1,497,029 1,062,237 35,877
586,844 2,107,525 1,153,278 39,784
1,217,963
1,073,084
1,381,713
1,408,311
1,621,288
40,248
41,423
35,339
33,324
32,20S
629,991
587,796
589,363
661,418
566,478
2,944,272
3,8S8,075
4,426,649
3,718,526
4,236,256
962,807 283,304 1,318,131
37,035
35,034
42,127
37,811
633,634
593,832
753,240
663,578
4,528,761
3,536,118
4,373,779
3,774,900
46,750
39,764
45,411
42,386
38,450
37,197
34,239
34,842
676,228
708,112
678,752
672,020
3,953,345
4,088,835
3,053,337 1,500,800
3,569,397 1,544,489
33,303
28,041
42,067
40,958
35,250
30,075
20,150
17,683
678,640
704,799
668,060
506,126
3,557,482 1,553,812
3,840,335 1,478,788
3,529,200 1,476,444
2,816,818 1,582,225
37,261
39,394
26,628
45,408
27,153
30,007
35,478
31,056
462,798
496,724
561,344
584,103
3,901,560
4,119,377
4,470,292
3,801,672
46,852
41,735
45,445
43,320
31,351
34,539
32,018
36,873
558,479
618,495
$64,598
622,039
4,136,085
4,219,727
4,161,218
5,130,577
932,157
889,266
40,220
47,328
53,156
52,815
34,803
37,414
30,772
25,035
614,428
635,808
615,251
463,664
948,324
4,791,398
991,564
4,877,826
4,229,402 1,020,874
2,995,935 1,117,682
33,009
43,465
29,236
38,772
1,179,823 328,725 1,590,625
1,013,719 350,693 1,452,962
849,199 331,849 1,271,525
1,061,696 297,472 1,446,914
1,363,499 367,854
1,818,781
1,235,156 359,095 1,672,017
!
1
1,136,484
338,202
X174,808
1,249,276
1,439,071
1,465,481
1,582,225
1,117,682
21,186
33,656
63,826
38,973
42,946
313,314 1,651,848
1,547,440
1
Stocks held by manufacturers and dealers reported by the Ut S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Production of manufactured tobacco and snuff, cigars
^ c i g a r e t t e s by the US. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Bevenue; Crop production by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, Bureau of "arketsand Crop Estimates;
•Exports of leaf tobacco b y the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
j Held by manufacturers and dealers on first day of each quarter. Yearly figures are quarterly averages.
a
Represents the total of plug, twist, fine-cut, smoking tobacco, and snuff.
The Internal Revenue reports the number of large cigars, i. e., those weighing over three pounds per thousand, and the number of small cigars weighing less than
16 a b
V
° v e amount. Likewise they report the number of large and small cigarettes, the former weighing more than three pounds per thousand. Large cigars and small
•Yearly figures on crop production represent the latest estimates as reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates.
onthly figures for 1920 and 1921 are the current monthly estimates of total production.
The
92
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES,
Table 62.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
IMPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS—
FROM NORTH
AMERICA.
FROM EUROPE.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total.
GerFrance* many.
Italy.
United
Kingdom.
Total. Canada.
FROM SOUTH.
FROM ASIA
FROM
AMERICA.
AND OCEANIA* AFRICA
Total.
Argentina.
GRAND
TOTAL.
Total.
Japan.
Total.
Relative to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
100
91
63
73
64
100
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
37
87
142
43
S9
119
102
75
56
78
71
100
106
95
112
103
100
113
131
169
224
125
167
291
100
116
163
216
302
0
6
48
44
44
107
136
113
55
114
188
88
250
297
445
194
318
348
430
236
308
347
384
149
779
813
234
24
3
0
100
115
100
220
370
455
697
100
100
116
193
271
100
107
109
184
256
1OO
83
146
261
308
100
100
99
133
165
330
100
100
93
109
100
81
207
305
414
419
254
360
473
630
170
1C9
21S
295
140
317
313
351
332
378
467
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
155
148
174
155
129
110
146
126
29
25
46
41
216
179
155
157
221
229
265
233
579
422
451
427
363
335
349
342
472
411
442
460
1,002
709
901
1,013
552
487
576
540
678
524
568
512
1,028
1,397
1,376
1,387
May....
June
July....
August.
128
165
165
159
91
140
146
131
32
56
6S
81
138
119
153
117
193
219
205
192
460
662
597
517
411
407
361
502
384
491
440
383
1,084
791
868
785
448
501
530
601
371
491
482
490
414
307
604
474
September.
October
November.
December..
126
122
114
94
106
101
101
103
63
52
49
37
95
115
102
151
148
118
85
325
311
313
274
456
604
532
502
378
287
243
218
1,074
703
380
444
381
369
358
266
323
257
189
145
214
35
152
175
243
224
215
178
January...
February.
March....
April
83
76
107
96
100
123
100
30
32
48
43
72
45
115
117
77
83120
115
198
243
284
276
278
264
264
186
160
198
185
249
395
251
189
195
172
232
108
142
130
287
222
159
256
208
140
144
169
170
May....
June...,
July....
August.
84
76
79
82
42
45
54
48
155
107
109
134
85
65
66
71
214
168
146
156
221
197
199
200
141
119
119
144
228
191
218
312
186
204
200
227
276
246
304
311
115
15S
82
71
137
124
110
130
44
50
39
47
118
150
122
117
81
85
97
109
143
165
173
159
204
248
243
226
103
107
162
164
132
141
225
202
194
179
202
300
275
207
273
4S8
62
143
218
345
120
126
141
159
370
360
344
1921.
September.
October
November..
December...
93
97
101
102
94
117
92
120
1922.
January...
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite p a g e .
93
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Table 63.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page]
IMPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONSFROM NORTH
AMERICA.
FROM EUROPE.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total.
France.
Germany.
Italy.
United
Kingdom.
Total.
Canada.
FROM SOUTH
AMERICA.
Total.
Argentina.
FROM ASIA
FROM
AND OCEANIA. AFRICA
GRAND
TOTAL.
Total.
Japan*
Total.
Thousands of dollars.
8 1 1 , 5 7 8 §15,351 8 4 , 6 1 0
8,685
12,449
4,601
6,493
3,746
4,297
9,074
5,020
485
8,220
3,040
13
822,6G3 8 3 2 , 4 8 5 811,844
23,949
36,783.
13,669
21,525
42,455
14,800
25,457
54,870
19,771
23,340
34,473
72,665
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
872,056
65,293
45,529
52,776
45,929
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
26,510
62,544
102,337
63,745
4,959
10,318
13,807
11,824
26
884
7,417
2,028
4,922
6,274
5,191
12,385
25,766
42,702
19,900
81,218
96,481
144,535
52,894
37,641
41,225
50,969
27,953
50,911
57,294
63,448
24,635
1920.
January
February
March
April
112,030
106,744
125,463
111,347
14,9S1
12,678
16,939
14,628
4,386
3,882
7,094
6,369
9,942
8,252
7,139
7,242
50,183
51,991
60,045
52,890
188,122
136,970
146,499
138,822
43,051
39,646
41,321
40,509
May....
June....
July....
August..
91,962
118,561
118,865
114,752
10,488
16,104
16,960
15,154
4,850
8,540
10,436
12,490
6,380
5,504
7,035
5,388
43,796
49,575
46,524
43,415
149,507
215,009
193,624
167,903
September.
October....
November.
December..
91,048
87,802
82,039
67,433
12,325
11,749
11,717
11,896
9,705
8,022
7,558
5,666
4,035
4,365
5,320
4,688
34,225
33,617
26,824
19,335
1921.
January
February
March
April
59,579
54,830
76,798
69,156
10,012
11,578
14,200
11,591
4,630
4,952
7,368
6,676
3,339
2,061
5,299
5,413
May.....
June...,
July....
August.,
60,804
54,718
56,754
59,139
11,823
10,785
11,316
10,923
6,456
6,975
8,217
7,309
September.,
October....
November.
December..
63,408
66,769
70,254
72,733
13,565
10,677
13,930
11,484
6,785
7,624
5,914
7,372
S16.522 8 2 , 1 3 1
19,127
4,690
26,857
7,890
35,634
9,691
49,902
14,855
820,344 $8,245
81,978
1,638
2,887
5,158
8149,383
149,100
148,216
199,303
246,039
26,265
30,4S9
50,8G5
71,455
8,808
9,026
15,174
21,139
19,032
16,597
17,318
4,994
86,837
99,696
123,139
54,447
25,162
34,154
34,573
20,939
7,126
9,349
12,465
3,365
252,601
325,364
440,090
209,085
J7,939
67,907
73,010
76,014
21,344
15,104
19,190
21,581
145,479
128,390
151,790
142,131
55,928
43,225
46,871
42,182
20,334
27,623
27,217
27,428
473,904
467,634
523,978
495,741
48,704
48,181
42,720
59,504
63,404
81,167
72,721
63,301
23,104
16,853
18,502
16,734
117,943
132,069
139,722
158,211
30,627
40,510
39,744
40,389
8,189
6,070
11,939
9,384
431,005
552,875
537,170
513,551
105,545
101,174
101,793
89,148
53,974
71,511
62,975
59,507
62,500
47,369
40,106
35,939
22,883
14,971
8,098
9,454
100,346
97,218
94,228
70,135
26,664
21,224
15,573
11,939
4,227
700
3,015
3,457
363,667
334,264
321,181
266,113
17,438
18,885
27,090
26,172
64,179
78,798
92,112
89,669
34,232
32,874
31,215
31,285
30,750
26,509
32,685
30,535
5,730
5,316
8,413
5,345
49,898
51,244
45,309
61,079
8,939
11,711
10,678
23,637
4,391
3,148
5,064
4,140
203,797
214,530
251,969
254,579
7,131
4,946
5,018
5,728
19,374
14,842
14,984
15,983
69,603
54,575
47,351
50,583
26,143
23,289
23,627
23,695
23,358
19,620
19,700
23,799
4,854
4,062
4,638
6,646
48,871
53,648
52,737
59,849
22,760
20,253
25,106
25,646
2,275
3,129
1,618
1,399
204,911
185,690
178,159
194,769
5,438
6,917
5,607
5,393
18,299
19,215
21,888
24,626
46,349
53,443
56,317
51,747
24,189
29,416
28,767
28,709
17,133
17,712
26,717
27,106
2,818
2,995
4,803
4,307
51,170
47,241
53,345
78,969
22,700
17,077
22,519
40,242
1,233
2,843
4,315
6,819
179,292
188,008
210,948
237,373
1922.
January.,
February.
March....
1 * tComPUed by the U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and represent imports of merchandise only. Up to and including May,
. » imP<>rt valuesrepresented "actual market value or wholesale price at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from whence
p o r t e d , including the value of all containers and coverings, whether holding liquids or solids, and all other costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the merchan~ T l n co&dition, packed ready for shipment to the United States." (Tariff act of 1913.) Beginning with June, 1921, the import values are either the actual foreign market
1W1 \ ' a 3 d e f l n e d a b o v e » o r " t h e ex Port value, including any export tax imposed by the country of exportation," whichever is higher. (Emergency tariff act of May 27,
94
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES,
Table 64.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year" in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EXPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total. France*
Germany.
TO SOUTH
AMERICA.
TO NORTH
AMERICA.
TO EUROPE.
Italy.
United
Kingdom.
Total* Canada.
Total.
Argentina.
TO ASIA AND
TO
OCEANIA.
AFRICA
GRAND
TOTAL.
Total.
Japan*
Total*
1OO
85
116
226
100
67
73
175
298
100
88
128
187
178
100
85
143
221
251
438
586
605
377
205
338
573
252
248
319
331
181
Relative to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
100
89
172
254
271
100
111
325
559
611
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
257
346
298
15S
605
580
439
146
January..
February.
March
April
366
307
372
291
May....
June
July....
August.
307
100
45
3
1
100
124
343
386
533
100
102
203
319
340
100
80
93
154
210
1OO
77
86
150
206
1OO
62
98
150
213
100
220
216
321
188
220
182
236
147
207
301
426
187
191
284
202
290
432
502
311
49
140
195
26
88
106
563
274
349
386
309
160
523
511
553
449
50
63
71
004
398
568
658
435
344
449
272
269
249
306
305
217
188
239
146
325
331
442
385
306
253
369
325
496
498
749
617
931
670
1,424
1,055
173
401
715
569
319
312
39G
331
71
67
96
234
443
237
460
299
501
334
442
274
308
244
262
242
350
331
318
273
305
293
266
477
379
367
382
373
297
348
367
567
559
489
386
839
679
407
305
883
613
611
552
304
315
280
September.
October
November..
December..
251
339
286
311
368
617
460
296
68
111
120
199
448
544
412
487
289
327
254
282
336
358
339
323
261
258
206
184
446
490
535
551
475
477
568
506
354
414
398
500
190
232
173
352
317
710
639
688
292
363
327
348
1021.
January..,
February.
March
April
260
191
159
140
279
159
153
106
166
132
104
65
448
397
258
208
225
190
159
171
316
222
192
188
162
134
143
146
503
318
234
170
529
359
266
160
550
493
311
256
440
423
315
233
B76
506
365
240
316
235
187
164
May....
June
July....
August.
141
142
147
165
77
99
109
117
70
105
124
130
344
347
209
213
163
131
145
183
179
184
174
204
150
146
155
203
148
143
127
114
168
161
158
120
234
233
236
328
280
218
193
167
154
174
159
163
157
177
September..
October
November..
December...
142
157
,123
124
163
202
150
134
125
90
83
74
150
283
202
229
121
173
123
140
174
154
143
121
167
133
123
104
114
125
109
133
113
116
111
158
253
293
296
340
374
483
502
530
110
173
202
167
157
166
142
143
473
1920.
237
273
January...
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
263
204
95
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Table 65.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
EXPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS—
TO NORTH
AMERICA.
TO EUROPE.
TO SOUTH
AMERICA.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total.
GerFrance. many.
Italy.
United
Kingdom.
Total.
Canada*
Total.
Argentina.
TO ASIA AND
TO
GRAND
OCEANIA.
AFRICA TOTAL.
Total.
Japan.
Total.
85,308
3,479
8,811
8307,003
15,528
83,411
2,110
3,095
4,501
4,282
Thousands of dollars.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
8124,964 813,827 829,328 $ 6 , 5 5 6
8,161
14,175
13,191
111,608
22,477
214,451
41,733
981
25,294
317,773
71,735
188
34,920
338,538
78,399
<*)
2
349,228
49,984
99,870
157,282
167,450
550,098
40,132
46,567
77,046
105,081
833,599 813,310 84,583
7,5S4
2,261
25,885
28,754
50,409
69,077
12,011
18,356
25,991
4,403
6,406
8,925
817,319
14,700
20,099
39,211
45,567
25,226
36,812
51,995
22,777
8,759
12,992
17,811
9,236
50,250
74,775
86,956
53,782
22,815
30,530
31,497
19,620
4,933
8,160
13,806
6,073
512,424
660,035
685 917
373,709
176,135
296,223
456,887
519,459
321,558
432,306
372,351
196,993
77,600
74,447
56,279
18.745
<)
7,730
25,952
31,027
41,015
36,890
30,981
17,955
171,774
189,880
152,132
78,926
110,457
107,983
160,809
94,136
73,906
61,187
79,384
49,473
1930.
January.,.
February
March
April
,...
457,507
384,052
465,354
364,094
67,074
65,520
70,882
57,622
14,675
18,599
20,940
23,471
39,620
26,084
37,210
43,143
214,088
169,122
221,119
133,714
134,898
124,817
153,294
152,653
72,856
63,316
80,341
48,980
39,633
40,441
53,992
47,027
14,008
11,612
16,925
14,869
85,848
86,167
129,673
106,834
48,479
34,884
74,159
54,967
4,179
9,667
17,242
13,712
722,064
645,145
819,556
634,319
May
June
July.....
August.,
383,572
296,133
341,087
293,034
56,845
36,800
58,962
38,322
20,848
19,700
28,026
19,422
32,854
21,915
28,980
17,952
151,819
120,155
128,895
119,306
184,298
91,700
175,315 * 102,323
98,484
166,072
89,244
159,257
58,224
46,256
44,869
46,643
17,094
13,587
15,923
16,817
98,134
96,894
84,625
66,804
43,702
35,355
21,188
15,880
21,295
14,779
14,729
13,314
745,523
629,377
651,382
579,053
September.
October
November.
December..
313,413
423,883
357,498
388,587
47,205
79,093
59,010
38,012
19,797
32,449
35,061
58,439
29,375
35,694
26,997
31,945
142,485
160,974
125,061
138,851
168,532
179,239.
169,618
161,709
87,675
86,644
69,340
61,700
54,447
59(828
65,286
67,295
21,782
21,858
26,045
23,207
61,268
71,663
68,893
86,670
9,904
12,067
9,023
18,353
7,632
17,116
15,411
16,592
605,291
751,729
676,708
720,853
1931.
January.
February
March
April
325,219
238,816
199,256
175,139
35,825
20,432
19,597
13,582
48,812
38,837
30,503
19,133
29,357
26,004
16,908
13,634
110,794
93,450
78,155
84,247
158,528
111,381
96,083
94,309
54,373
45,179
48,168
48,98S
61,430
38,804
28,621
20,718
24,228
16,441
12,166
7,345
95,201
85,361
53,915
44,422
22,846
22,029
16,410
12,148
13,893
12,091
8,806
5,776
654,271
486,454
386,680
340,364
May
June
July
August.,
176,799
177,814
183,195
206,228
9,863
12,708
13,946
15,050
20,485
30,796
36,324
38,284
22,537
22,743
13,674
13,944
80,288
64,439
71,315
90,257
89,647
92,071
87,357
102,141
50,483
49,100
51,996
18,036
17,496
15,548
13,919
7,690
7,388
7,257
5,486
40,586
45,483
35,374
40,402
12,307
17,057
14,588
16,548
4,642
4,034
3,708
4,198
329,710
336,899
325,181
366,888
September.
October....
November.
December..
177,246
196,054
153,088
155,062
21,579
25,849
19,262
17,249
36,774
26,266
24,326
21,786
9,857
18,554
13,249
15,001
59,475
84,951
60,640
69,098
87,138
77,128
71,646
62,207
55,972
44,750
41,195
35,109
13,920
15,308
13,320
16,201
5,179
5,318
5,100
7,235
43,897
50,677
51,256
58,804
19,499
25,159
26,126
30,718
2,662
4,163
4,866
4,031
t324,063
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average..
average.
343,331
294,176
296,306
1932.
January
February
March.
I
1
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and represent exports, including re-exports, of merchandise only. Values
are those at time of exportation in the po rts of the United States whence exported, except re-exports from bonded warehouses, which are expressed in their import value.
* Total for year 1917 is $3,275. No figures for 1918.
96
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Table 66.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EUROPE.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Ensland. France. Italy.
Belgium.
THE AMERICAS.
ASIA.
Ger- Nethermany. lands.
Sweden.
Switz3
erland. Japan. India.
Canada.
Argentina. Brazil.
Chile.
Index
numbers, a
Relative to par.
Par value
1914 average.
1915 average.
1916 average.
1917 average.
1918 average.
1919 average.
1920 average.
1921 average..
93
91
75
79
1930.
January
February
March
April
75
69
77
81
100
100.
106
9S
9S
100
100
84
119
98
88
90
107
103
101
97
94
93
92
92
77
69
76
82
93
85
88
93
100
98
95
97
91
90
87
82
79
81
82
77
92
94
91
103
103
103
103
84
79
75
37
36
33
32
78
77
75
77
75
74
71
73
84
82
80
80
103
103
102
101
63
61
55
18
19
20
24
35
39
38
82
81
93
86
80
83
85
8S
27
88
83
79
77
88
84
79
79
79
83
83
91
81
85
87
91
59
26
22
66
38
38
13
7
5
44
37
39
35
7
5
5
32
37
29
28
23
May
June
July
August.,
79
81
79
74
36
41
42
37
27
31
30
25
37
43
45
40
9
11
11
September.
October—
November.
December..
72
71
71
72
35
34
31
31
22
20
19
•18
January.. February.
March
April
77
80
80
81
33
37
36
38
May.....
June
July
August-,
82
78
75
75
43
42
26
September.
October
November..
December...
77
79
82
•
44
36
37
40
23
40
•22
43
42
40
39
38
22
21
.21
23
37
37
36
39
38
37
40
7
97
85
86
97
90
97
93
97
96
86
87
97
97
94
97
101
1922.
January
February
March
100
95
76
84
92
71
36
39
8
100
100
98
99
102
103
100
101
87
80
71
9
100
100
101
97
99
109
103
94
88
90
See footnotes on opposite page.
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
103
83
80
54
90
98
96
81
92
87
92
59
57
53
54
90
88
90
91
86
88
54
50
47
50
90
91
92
93
104
103
94
76
78
82
69
40
115
94
62
68
54
102
102
102
102
85
81
82
83
106
109
110
109
78
70
72
73
101
100
96
90
82
101
97
98
72
77
70
56
54
51
47
83
81
77
47
48
47
43
74
42
72
36
63
90
32
36
72
76
76
78
74
74
64
84
80
82
90
54
56
55
56
72
73
77
38
80
72
73
73
74
76
67
61
5S
55
54
55.
54
57
61
56
53
52
65
59
53
52
55
60
56
55
51
46
51
55
97
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Table 67.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on the opposite page.]
EUROPE.
England.
YEAR AND MONTH.
France.
Italy.
Belgium.
Germany.
ASIA.
Nether- Sweden. Switzerland.
lands.
Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per
pound
franc.
franc.
lire.
mark.
florin.
krone.
franc.
sterling.
S4.87
5.14
4.78
4.76
4.76
S0.193
.199
.182
.170
.174
$0,193
.195
.169
.155
.137
191S average . . . . . . .
1919 average
1920 average
1921 average
4.76
4.43
3.66
3.85
.178
.137
.070
.075
.134
.114
.050
.043
.128
.074 •
.074
.030
.018
.011
.391
.344
.337
1920.
January ..
February
March...
April.
3.68
3.38
3.73
3.93
.085
.070
.072
.062
.071
.055
.053
.045
.085
.072
.075
.067
.017
.011
.013
.017
May
June
July
August
3.85
3.95
3.86
3.62
.069
.080
.081
.072
.052
.059
.058
.049
.072
.083
.086
.077
September
October
November
December
3.51
3.47
3.44
3.49
.067
.065
.060
.059
.043
.039
.036
.035
1921.
January... .
February
March
April....
3.74
3.88
3.91
3.93
.064
.072
.070
.072
May....
June
July
August
3.98
3.78
3.63
3.65
September....
October
November
December
3.72
3.87
3.97
4.16
Par value
1914 average
1915 average
1916 average
1917 average
.
$0,193
$0,238
$0,402
$0,268
Japan.
THE A M E R I C A S .
India.'
Rate per Rate per
yen.
rupee.
$0,193
.194
.187
.191
.211
$0,499
.491
.495
.507
.513
.255
.205
.226
.229
.190
.169
.174
.533
.512
.504
.483
.403
.389
.263
.378
.373
.368
.371
.207
.186
.203
.219
.179
.165
.170
.179
.500
.490
.475
.486
.022
.026
.025
.021
.366
.361
.350
.329
.212
.218
.219
,206
.177
.182
.176
.167
.072
.069
.064'
,062
.017
.015
.013 '
.014
.313
.309
.302
.310
.202
.197
.191
.196
.035
.036
.p38
.046
.068
.075
.074
.074
.016
.016
.016
.016
.329
.342
.344
.348
.084
.081
.078
.078
.053
.050
.045
.043
.084
.080
.076
.075
.016
.014
.013
.012
.073
.073
.072
.078
.042
.040
.041
.044
.072
.071
.069
.075
.010
.007
.004
.005
$0,487
C a n a d a . Argentina.
Brazil.
Chile.
Rate per Rate per Rate per Rato per
gold
paper
dollar.
milreis.
peso.
peso.
$0,965
S0.324
.941
.964
.997
.234
.236
.249
.956
.893
.812
, .999
.990
.907
.731
.253
.267
.225
.131
.226
.184
.120
.440
.476
.478
.468
.915
.865
.894
.916
.982
.985
.987
.983
.275
.262
.265
.268
.207
.213
.214
.213
.515
.514
.516
.516
.433
.410
.384
.364
.900
.882
.881
.8S6
.971
.961
.923
.871
.268
.251
.228
.207
.197
.190
.191
.181
.163
.159
.155
.154
.514
.513
.508
.503
.336
.306
.297
.269
' .904
.909
.893
.863
.846
.814
.769
.787
.183
.175
.166
.153
.168
.156
.140
.142
.214
.223
.228
.236
.157
.164
.171
.174
.487
.487
.486
.485
.286
.277
.260
.263
.876
.881
.878
.891
.794
.804
.782
.739
.151
.156
.151
.140
.143
.144
.148
.130
.356
.333
.318
.310
.235
' .226
.210
.211
.179
.170
.165
.168
.485
.480
.480
.484
.265
.245
.231
.242
.897
.8S8
.882
.898
.718
.699
.658
.666
.137
.116
.104
.118
.119
.109
.104
.102
.317
.335
.335
.363
.218
.229
.232
.245
.172
.182
.188
.194
.4S2
.477
.479
.470
.264
.274
.269
.274
.899
.914
.915
.928
.696
.731
.735
.748
.124
.127
.126
.127
.107
.117
.110
.108
$1,000
80.195 <
1922.
January..
February..
March
1
Daily averages of noon rates for cable transfers reported to the Treasury daily by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Average figures for the years 1914 to
918, inclusive, where given, are weekly averages of commercial quotations from the Annalist.
* parity established October, 1920. Prior to that, par value of the rupee was 32.44 cents.
• T h e foreign exchange index number recently computed by the Federal Reserve Board is based upon the average rates of exchange for 18 countries. The index represents the weighted geometric average of cable transfer rates on these countries. The weights used are based on the total volume of imports and exports of merchandise,
gold, and silver from and to each country for the preceding month. The countries used in computing the index are Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany,
«aly Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, and Japan.
Average value of the paper peso in 1913.
84796°—22—7
98
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Table 68.—IffDEX JTCTMBEKS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year numbers in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
VESSELS IN FOREIGN TRADE.
CARGO T R A F F I C T H R O U G H C A N A L S .
Sault
Ste.
Marie
Canal.*
Panama
Entered.
SHIPBUILDING,
Cleared.
Under
. con-
struction.*
Y E A R AND MONTH.
I n AmeriIn
c a n ves- British
sels.
vessels.
Total
traffic.
Total
cargo.
Ameri-
Foreign.
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.,
average..
average..
100
39
67
96
126
208
154
100
63
144
119
85
129
154
141
192
100
71
American.
Foreign.
Total.
Relative
to 1920,
Relative to 1913.
Relative to 1915.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
Total.
100
69
. 89
115
113
100
88
113
129
141
100
93
85
86
74
107
131
155
228
221
Completed.5
Relative
to 1919.
100
100
93
87
90
76
100
80
107
123
133
90
93
99
92
21
65
63
82
79
82
86
120
117
125
167
227
201
68
68
87
84
84
95
126
116
53
62
100
67
30
127
142
179
179
54
100
91
92
97.
92
47
51
56
57
68
72
89
155
136
163
200
60
50
63
61
87
74
91
100
59
69
82
108
72
75
79
72
100
1920.
January..
February.
March
April
244
216
244
, 264
116
101
125
129
220
192
114
213
May....
June....
July
August.
312
218
238
294
153
147
142
173
239
205
218
255
85
107
116
125
223
256
264
293
74
102
108
111
114
142
150
159
218
256
264
289
75
97
112
121
115
141
154
166
120
118
113
116
53
72
61
73
September.
October.
November..
December..
279
237
217
259
168
179
188
183
248
243
242
264
118
130
95
15
265
273
275
257
105
101
85
83
147
146
135
129
274
280
264
223
109
116
89
91
155
162
138
128
107
107
104
97
74
65
61
50
January..
February.
March
April
250
239
209
203
230
146
221
169
274
234
266
223
67
61
10
213
195
202
212
73
106
97
104
107
175
161
168
203
70
66
74
74
104
93
100
112
92
85
78
64
60
32
42
34
May....
June
July....
August..
22S
187
173
209
126
106
131
110
195
171
174
206
62
81
82
75
210
226
221
245
91
97
101
120
124
128
139
162
237
201
206
90
96
104
100
112
137
131
129
56
50
45
44
31
47
24
22
September.
October
November..
December..
211
210
195
114
200
126
185
242
210
65
67
33
10
228
232
247
217
85
79
72
71
122
119
118.
109
247
216
220
105
90
83
68
80
134
120
110
112
38
32
28
26
26
14
18
13
1921.
1922.
January..,
February..
March
£tae footnotes on opposite page.
99
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Table 69.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CARGO TRAFFIC THROUGH CANALS.
Sault Ste.
Marie
Canal. 3
Panama Canal. 1
YEAR AND MONTH.
In
American
vessels.
In
British
vessels.
VESSELS IN FOREIGN TRADE,
Total
traffic
Total
cargo.
Entered.
Ameri- Forelgn.
Thousands
of short
tons.
Long tons.
SHIPBUILDING.
Cleared.
Total.
American.
Underconstruction.*
Foreign,
Completed.&
Total.
Gross tons.7
Thousands of net tons. •
9,965
6,921 *
8,911
11,486
11,227
1,174
1,033
1,333
1,512
1,658
3,364
3,028
2,768
2,803
2,416
4,440
4,061
4,101
4,315
4,074
1,250
1,000
1,340
1,537
1,666
3,233
3,017
2,826
2,895
2,467
4,433
4,017
4,166
4,433
4/133
31,881
20,354
18,760
27,118
75,112
10,710
8,529
8,809
5,362
1,538
1,828
2,677
2,592
2,121
2,064
2,667
2,590
3,659
3,892
5,344
5,1S2
1,563
2,083
2,836
2,507
2,184
2,189
2,816
2,704
3,748
4,271
5,652
5,211
1,155,691
G13,O17
218,549
351,158
235,945
* 105,973
894,628
780,488
466,043
867,521
537
1,494
1,674
2,104
2,100
1,523
1,668
1,837
1,870
3,010
3,342
3,940
3,970
1,933
1,702
2,040
2,504
1,950
1,628
2,041
1,961
3,8S3
3,331
4,OS1
4,465
679,171
791,911
947,193
1,252,096
253,579
261,959
278,214
251,442
280,306
269,390
260,703
316,497
974,919
834,421
886,814
1,040,740
8,421
10,648
11,577
12,425
2,020
3,005
3,108
3,444
2,430
3,320
3,539
3,611
5,050
6,325
0,b47
7,055
2,730
3,199
3,303
3,616
2,436
3,142
3,610
3,930
5,166
6,341
6,919
7,546
1,391,341
1,360,643
1,306,956
1,335,721
185,053
251,539
214,840
257,765
508,660
431,987
396,372
472,520
307,941
328,812
343,902
334,890
1,009,557
991,066
984,910
1,076,539
11,748
13,000
9,420
1,505
3,114
3,209
3,235
3,024
3,427
3,281
2,771
2,724
6,541
6,491
6,000
5,748
3,422
3,500
.3,302
2,7S6
3,514
3,757
2,S6S
2,949
6,935
7,257
6,171
5,735
1,236,547
1,236,277
1,206,486
1,123,946
2.59,011
226,603
213,957
176,781
1921.
January
February
,
March
April
456,430
435,024
381,256
369,693
421,485
268,430
404,396
310,252
1,117,053
952,904
1,084,563
907,613
957
2,506
2,293
2,373
2,490
2,199
1,999
2,246
2,368
4,705
4,292
4,619
4,859
2,191
2,017
2,09S
2,536
2,455
2,149
2,396
2,474
4,646
4,167
4,494
5,010
1,067,293
977,903
901,229
734,904
205,967
111,609
145,852
120,508
May.....
June
July
August..
415,794
341,235
316,221
3S0,367
230,217
194,407
239,850
202,004
792,735
694,720
708,982
839,273
6,155
8,079
8,139
7,498
2,463
2,054
2,593
2,8S5
2,861
2,962
3,164
3,287
5,324
5,016
5,757
6,172
2,114
3,059
2,513
2,582
2,910
3,094
3,362
3,223
5,024
6,153
5,875
5,805
645,224
581,631
519,564
513,863
109,393
164,335
84,918
78,415
September.,
October
November..
December..
3S4,101
383,083
356,019
209,475
367,495
236,625
754,894
985, 775
855,440
6,4S2
0,652
3,265
1,031
2,676
2,718
2,895
2,553
% 759
2,577
2,350
2,30G
5,435
5,295
5,245
4,859
3,092
2,702
2,748
2,434
2,903
2,696
2,200
2,5S6
5,995
5,393
4,949
5,021
439,735
365, CS6
319,426
29(5,944
• 89,709
50,265
61,599
46,108
1913 monthly average,
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly a v e r a g e . . 1 8 2 , 3 2 5
70,738
1916 monthly average..
122,977
1917 monthly a v e r a g e . .
183,37G
130,888
282,813
407,371
257,843
588,214
174,856
229,907
378,928
217,973
156,412
235,856
627,669
576,385
781,208
1920.
January
,
February
March
April..
445,074
392,995
444,178
481,697
211,856
186,093
229,582
235,709
May
,
June....,
July
August..
568,508
396,877
434,619
535,754
September.
October
November.,
December..
1918monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average.
1922.
January
February
March...
. x Panama Canal traffic reported b y The Panama Canal; Tonnage entered a n d cleared i n foreign trade, U* S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce; Vessels under construction a n d vessels completed, Z7. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation; Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic, U. S. War Department,
Engineer Corps,
2
Represents tonnage of cargo carried by commercial vessels* Yearly figures refer tofiscalyears ending June 30.
8
Figures for 1913 to 1920 represent monthly averages for eight months during which the canals are open.
4
Tonnage under construction refers to the gross tons of shipping, building or under contract to build for private owners. Does not include Government ship? or ships
building or contracted for by U. S. Shipping Board.
6
* n c l u d e s ocean-going, lake and river vessels built and officially numbered by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. Includes vessels of the U. S.
ppuig Board and private American owners, but not vessels built for foreign owners.
* Net ton represents 100 cubic feet internal carrying capacity after prescribed allowances for crew and engine space.
Gross ton represents in units of 100 cubic feet the entire cubical capacity of tho vessel, including crew and engine space.
100
FREIGHT-CAR MOVEMENT.
Table 70.—INDEX NXTMBEES.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
SURPLUS. 2
YEAR AND MONTH.
Box
cars.
Total
cars.3
Coal
cars*
BADORDER
CARS.8
SHORTAGE.*
Box
cars.
Coal
cars.
Total
cars.'
av.,.
av...
av...
av...
av...
av...
100
' 110
87
100
106
84
1OO
118
46
1OO
103
96
100
106
94
292
200
275
208
530
459
468
589
377
282
362
317
102
98
102
109
98
90
81
69
110
90
89
79
113
102
106
91
102
106
113
108
26
32
40
43
98
94
101
87
102
97
101
88
00
301
333
314
418
754
907
1,073
1,070
438
509
520
609
93
113
112
115
74
82
87
102
93
83
81
83
95
102
109
118
113
111
103
119
124
186
190
197
97
98
126
113
101
106
109
120
1
2
26
108
217
96
15
4
570
656
264
51
332
229
81
16
112
98
90
89
94
102
107
86
111
127
121
122
110
109
99
85
213
201
117
46
111
115
101
91
. H8
124
109
98
120
229
337
303
171
218
262
255
2
2
3
2
3
3
103
94
95
86
96
86
79
82
99
84
75
74
79
94
90
84
24
24
18
15
79
84
93
95
85
85
87
87
189
178
113
84
218
215
214
173
208
197
170.
130
98
104
145
154
81
83
73
84
89
88
82
88
87
88
73
79
63
78
81
$5
96
97
95
103
95
95
94
101
51
28
139
233
130
43
176 293
142
130
97
108
91
112
96
88
92
111
87
74
82
92
86
79
76 57
21
15
108
118
99
90
105
116
94
85
2
(»)
(•)
(*)
1
(•)
1
00
3
42
182
2
<*) .
2
23
1921.
January
February
March
April
218
211
208
217
May
June
July
August..... . .
September
October
November
December
1
Relative to 1919.
100
91
<88
4
1932.
January
February:
March
Ore.
100
89
113
4
3
3
4
„
Coal.
1OO
616
11
8
3d
1OO
19
156
w
(•)
September
October...
November
December
Live
stock.
Merchandise
L.C.L., Total.*
and
miscellaneous.
88
89
94
111
108
205
347
153
1OO
227
6
May...
June
July
August.... „ .„
Total.
Forest
products.
467
217
1OO
339
8
12
36
1OO
13
179
1920.
January
February
March.
April
Grain
and
grain
products.
Relative
to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
*921 monthly
LOADINGS.
CO
(*>
(•)
(•)
(*)
100
3
204
CO
00
(»)
J
91
42
149
24$
CO
CO
CO
00
3
1
1
1
20
3
1
5
2
2
1
3
16
3
13
28
1
(*)
3
103
None
1
15
46
1
(5)
111
111
115
121
127
141
161
179
205
226
235
249
248
241
229
212
208 1
i
""'1
See footnotes on opposite page.
101
FREIGHT-CAR MOVEMENT.
Table 71.—NUMERICAL DATA.
Front commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-Jaced type; index numbers on opposito page.
SURPLUS.^
YEAR AND MoNxn.
Bos
cars*
Coal
cars.
BADOKDEIt
CARS.*
SHORTAGE.*
Total
cars.3
Box
cars.
Coal
cars.
Total
cars.s
Total.
AVERAGE LOADINGS P E R WEEK.
Grain
and
grain
products.
Live
stock.
Coal.
Forest
products.
Ore.
Merchandise
L.C.L.,
and
miscellaneous*
Total.*
Number of cars.
1916 monthly a v . . .
1917 monthly a v . . .
6,437
1918 monthly a v . - . 29,251
1919monthly a v . . . 82,135
1920monthly a v . . .
15,985
1921 monthly a v . . . 127,982
1920.
January.. .
February
March
April
350
362
777
3,597
23,592
68,680
75,605 1 8 9 , 3 9 6
1,981
24,194
154,499 339,026
347
165
145
* 1,723
4,200
25,868
444
112,934
52,360
24,174
82,056
1,896
132,374
134,711
141,961
167,700
163,676
308,717
38,973
34,829
44,066
55,543
37,953
52,319
39,508
22,254
19,282
19,651
24,736
91,201
68,204
87,600
76,683
153,995
147,999
153,727
164,660
38,371
35,083
31,503
26,791
36,231
29,615
29,488
25,967
198,792
179,801
187,502
160,115
57,980
60,390
64,336
61,300
9,843
11,832
' 14,794
16,203
463,138
445,586
478,528
411,056
815,793
775,170
812,105
709,332
65,901
28,964
13,991
43,148
1,146
7,203
4,838
5,580
7,586
3 2 , 9 5 5 176,095
30,105 193,787
28,858 153,672
56,328
60,476
47,928
3 7 , 4 3 4 472,495 801,016
44,142 485,104 850,923
17,367 455,916 754,717
May . . . .
June
July....
August..
266
42
None.
16
247
92
331
236
1,853
788
1,584
1,022
57,242
63,155
59,613
79,428
31,681
38,095
45,059
44,927
105,807
123,035
125,810
147,309
139,786
170,493
168,589
174,371
29,021
32,067
34,060
39,663
30,610
27,262
26,622
27,468
168,271
180,705
193,236
209,069
64,112
62,815
58,259
67,396
46,526
69,811
70,936
73,822
457,445
464,184
591,237
531,565
805,946
851,377
870,237
963,455
September
October...
November
December
. 54
2,107
34,756
149,487
1,521
107
1,786
17,007
1,916
3,856
49,695
204,408
41,198
18,295
2,795
731
23,930
27,549
11,091
2,159
80,141
55,412
19,673
3,808
166,148
167,965
174,276
182,097
43,707
38,064
34,978
34,645
30,879
33,697
35,169
28,247
195,651
223,792
213,237
215,271
62,679
61,682
56,489
48,276
79,586
75,219
43,953
17,123
522,640
545,670
478,272
428,922
949,597
995,095
877,176
735,798
January.
February...
March..
April....
179,219
173,520
171,119
178,037
90,685
172,850
255,055
229,443
324,186
413,450
495,904
492,352
306
468
26
87
108
71
8
108
810
650
123
276
191,234
213,180
243,586
270,319
40,235
36,758
37,203
33,455
31,638
28,377
26,166
26,993
174,968
149,092
131,951
131,314
44,739
53,406
51,070
47,578
8,866
8,873
6,677
5,730
372,517
397,519
438,447
448,422
683,651
683,088
698,627
698,156
May
June
August
155,040
146,298
93,013
69,238
165,102
162,537
161,723
130,596
394,040
373,791
321,781
246,740
263
187
3,710
641
50
310
83
67
339
663
3,905
739
309,971
341,337
354,611
376,417
38,214
40,582
56,585
59,973
26,652
27,486
23,979
27,643
157,122
155,001
145,420
155,376
49,463
49,880
41,558
45,010
23,684
29,069
30,389
31,769
455,605
456,036
448,886
487,854
758,438
762,827
750,717
812,265
September. . .
October..
November.
December
42,093
22,628
113,874
191,707
98,048
33,643
132,692
221,614
172,420
80,203
282,926
470,516
2,478
5,301
264
24
142
4,339
None
37
3,621
11,219
302
110
374,087
364,372
345,201
320,292
55,272
50,478
37,998
42,032
29,907
36,S34
31,524
29,100
162,882
196,206
154,434
130,297
46,443
52,392
48,846
44,752
28,554
21,490
7,830
5,470
512,322
559,3S6
469,524
424,479
840,318
929,022
756,624
682,809
1921.
toy....—.
1922.
January
February
March....
313,190
:::::::::x:::::.;.
Data from the American Railway Association.
At end of month, exclusive of Canadian roads. The Association reports the number of freight cars which are idle (surplus) and also the number of requests for cars
which can not befilled(shortage). The difference between these twofiguresrepresents the net freight car situation for the country as a whole. The car shortages can not
ordinarily befilledfrom the idle cars because of the uneven geographical distribution of the latter.
1
Includes other classes than groups listed.
4
Total includes coke shipments in addition to commodity groups listed.
Index number less than 1.
• Number of railroad freight cars in need of repairs on first day of each month. Note that 1913 is the base year, having a monthly average of 150 909 cars in need of
repairs.
•
'
1
102
RAILWAY REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
Table 72.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
t Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
REVENUES.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Freight.
Passenger.
Total
operating.
TON-MILE OPERATION.
NET
TOTAL OP- RAILWAY
ERATING OPERATING
EXPENSES. INCOMES Tons carried Receipts per
lmile.
ton-mile.
Relative
to 1919.
Relative to 1913.
Relative
to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
100
94
101
121
1OO
94
93
102
100
95
101
118
100
96 .
95
109
100
89
117
146
<76
<94
100
100
100
99
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average -
133
163
168
204
120
150
171
187
132
161
169
203
131
184
203
267
136
96
72
9
106
110
100
113
100
118
135
146
January..,
February..
March
April.....
176
169
183
152
160
143
161
162
196
166
180
158
229
229
231
220
100
*28
25
105
99
115
86
135
137
137
136
May....
June....
July....
August.
178
192
201
172
187
214
231
179
194
207
218
241
264
283
375
2 20
'265
115
116
122
129
133
135
134
132
September..
October
November..
December..
248
272
247
218
226
198
185
200
243
252
232
216
280
290
283
277
133
145
85
17
124
129
113
105
160
171
177
16S
January...
February..
March.....
April
1S4
161
181
172
183
154
169
158
184
159
180
170
244
212
220
207
*2
90
75
81
77
174
186
186
May....
June....
July....
August.
177
182
178
163
173
189
190
174
181
181
198
209
210
200
210
62
85
85
86
92
174
178
174
179
175
154
144
195
210
182
208
146
93
219
176
111
179
175
203
111
1920.
MO
39
225
1921.
200
September.
October
November...
Dceember..,
200
226
193
1922,
January...
February..
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
51
49
86
116
151
103
RAILWAY REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
Table 73.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page]
REVENUES.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Freight.
Passenger.
Total operating.
NET
TOTAL
RAILWAY
OPERATING OPERATING
EXPENSES. INCOMES .3
TON-MILE OPERATION.
Receipts per
ton-mile.
Thousands of tons.
Thousands of dollars.
Tons carried
1 mile.
Cents.
1913
1914
1915
1916
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average..
average.,
average..
average.,
176,916
165,943
178,864
214,784
57,548
54,230
63,798
58,980
355,139
241,60S
256,630
302,104
181,732
173,916
171,926
198,031
59,900
53,451
70,002
87,265
* 25,232,203
* 31,126,359
0.719
.723
.722
.707
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average-
236,177
288,183
296,410
360,423
68,935
86,056
98,334
107,401
337,539
410,549
432,005
518,784
238,184
334,767
368,287
485,516
81,232
57,759
43,024
5,189
34,942,744
36,409,975
33,033,629
37,411,868
.715
.849
.973
1.052
January..,
February. .
March
April..."...
311,566
299,213
324,599
268,813
91,874
82,571
92,964
500,839
424,591
460,187
402,282
416,418
416,458
420,450
400,419
59,640
* 16,852
14,773
* 23,744
34,764,807
32,695,352
37,991,269
28,530,657
.969
.985
.9S6
.981
May....
June
July....
August.
314,148
340,336
356,091
369,580
93,901
107,383
123,218
132,904
457,559
494,714
529,150
555,523
437,830
480,500
514,254
683,315
*5,430
»15,240
»12,053
* 158,583
37,902,007
38,157,869
40,392,859
42,706,838
.954
.970
.967
.946
September..
October....
November..
December..
438,882
480,375,
436,891
386,057
113,902
106,652
115,061
618,926
641,827
592,054
550,582
509,720
626,544
513,614
503,207
79,676
86,641
50,964
10,226
40,999,843
42,562,687
37,458,630
34,722,365
1.151
1.226
1.263
1.209
470,148
405,785
459,263
433,357
443,701
385,480
400,429
375,699
> 958
J 7,378
30,695
29,249
29,824,391
24,913,294
26,825,588
25,578,833
1.210
1.254
1.335
1.334
1930.
1921.
January..,
February..
March
April
304,730
105,296
88,493
97,312
90,698
May....,
June....,
July....
August.
313,057
322,073
314,611
353,307
93,517
99,784
108,865
109,175
444,875
461,562
462,849
505,508
380,041
380,937
362,841
382,279
37,081
51,641
69,299
90,241
28,218,768
33,140,661
28,412,404
30,381,958
1.251
1.278
1.254
1.288
September.
October....
November.
December..
354,053
400,710
342,025
100,680
88,844
82,656
497,655
535,296
465,497
377,108
397,203
368,013
87,174
105,453
66,198
30,821,944
36,506,565
29,139,115
1,288
1,261
324,825
283,668
1922.
January..
February.
March
1
Data on revenues and expenses, from the Interstate Commerce Commission, represent Class I roads, those having annual operating revenues in excess of 51,000,000;
data on ton-mile operation, from the Bureau of Railway Economics, are placed here for convenience.
"Deficit.
'
a
Net railway operating income includes net operating revenue (equal to the difference between total operating revenue and total operating expenses) from which
there have been deducted railway tax accruals, uncollectible railway revenues, equipment and joint facility rents.
* These figures are from Interstate Commerce Commission reports.
104
STOCKS OF COAL IN THE UNITED STATES
Table 74.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
BITUMINOUS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Number offirmsreporting..
ANTHRACITE.
Other Indus- Coal-gas Electric util- Retail coal
By-product
dealers.
ity plants.
coke plants* Steel plants. trial plants. plants.
57
215
2,061
108
256
1,080
Railroads.
Total.
Retail coal
dealers.
100
3,877
674
100
72
100
Producers.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Relative to January, 1919.
1919.
JanuaryApril
100
100
87
100
92
1OO
63
42
51
50
42
29
100
100
107
83
70
101
114
193
100
100
70
100
76
36
24
33
34
40
67
49
60
59
53
49
50
77
56
56
65
101
112
98
64
73
122
100
100
1920.
March..
Juno...
1921.
January
April
August
November
67
28
S3
83
30
25
31
60
64
64
71
64
64
74
76
123
161.
149
76
152
101
55
182
518
1922.
January..
March....
177
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
Thousands
of long tons.
Thousands of short tons.
1919.
3,381
2,383
3,449
2,627
9,138
6,065
691
598
2,099
1,928
1,817
1,137
» 11,743
32,318
23,337
994
858
866
2,475
* 1,210
*800
January..
April
U,130
* 1,168
3,651
3,247
287
196
1,070
1,050
759
535
* 3,520
'2,898
11,627
9,895
825
599
1,318
877
2,261
2,256
1,640
2,021
2,052
1,831
1,696
1,732
7,018
5,101
5,074
5,957
574
675
700
772
2,101
2,103
1,869
2,255
1.514
1,275
1,844
•2,066
7,542
7,540
(3)
8,958
476
1,578
3,301
2,206
6,648
844
4,059
1,816
1920.
March..
June...
1921.
January
April
August
November
23,062
751
20,781
1,224
20,574
1,604
23,761
1,482
4,487
1922.
January..
March...,
1,761
i Reported for first day of month by identical firms to V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, in cooperation with U. S. Geological Survey. The total
bituminous reported is estimated to be roughly half of the bituminous stocks in the country; the total for the United States on Nov. 1,1921, being placed at 47,400,000
tons. In the future it is proposed to obtain similar reports at intervals of 60 days.
1
Largely estimated.
* No data available; estimate included in total figure.
* Data not entirely comparable with others.
105
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
^able 75.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base-year in bold-faced type.]
RETAIL SALES.
Mail-order
houses.2
Chain
stores.^
ADVERTISING.
POSTAL
RECEIPTS.
Magazine.*
Newspaper.5
Relative
to 1913.
RETAIL SALES.
Relative
to 1919.
Mail-order
houses. 3
Chain
stores.3
POSTAL
RE- .
CEIPTS.
ADVERTISING.
Magazine**
Newspaper. 1
YEAR AND MONTH.
Relative to 1913.
Relative
to 1919.
Thousands of dollars.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly average..
monthly average.,
monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly average..
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
100
100
B . - N U M E R I C A L DATA.
119
120
152
141
74
100
95
94
116
183
161
80
122
105
107
Thousands of agate lines.
73
75
S10,934
11,422
12,9G1
16,604
19,943
87,971
8,545
9,582
11,277
12,806
$13,543
14,611
1,224
1,161
1,147
1,415
1,490
61,440
62,671
14,521
15,950
18,464
20,652
17,066
18,380
20,691
20,761
1,344
1,890
2,299
1,466
61,067
83,859
95,832
86,565
1,739
90,238
87,999
102,288
100,671
110
73
154
188
100
114
120
103
21,486
29,772
29,779
21,207
107
100
125
122
142
191
209
220
108
105
122
120
40,511
39,222
38,498
30,936
14,059
13,596
18,536
18,338
19,659
18,345
23,009
22,441
234
230
233
232
108
108
101
100
222
208
158
157
26,026
25,147
25,752
24,023
18,657
18,343
18,581
18,488
19,786
19,790
18,486
18,446
2,715
117
100
100
224
264
276
218
231
272
260
452
109
120
115
136
179
202
193
173
111
129
119
116
24,489
2S,S01
30,161
23,783
18,444
21,645
20,763
36,036
20,034
22,082
21,160
25,020
2,186
January..
February.
March
April
195
178
252
209
179
208
253
234
109
104
124
113
120
•129
128
137
101
90
109
107
21,320
19,465
27,502
22,840
14,228
16,549
20,155
18,616
20,013
19,149
22,723
20,733
1,462
May....
June....
July....
August.
165
164
137
164
233
227
225
242
106
107
95
105
140
129
100
90
IS,060
17,905
15,005
17,961
18,572
18,072
17,956
19,274
19,509
19,752
, 17,50S
19,283
1,713
104
88
85
September.,
October....
November..
December..
194
229
218
*194
238
296
274
502
111
118
118
145
104
120
124
116
100
116
112
112
21,164
24,9S2
23,763
24,506
18,955
23,578
21,813
40,052
20,399
21,629
21,750
26,673
1,274
average..
average..
average..
average..
197
182
273
200
273
232
224
January..
February.
March
April
259
100
113
113
371
359
352
283
176
171
233
230
May....
June
July....
August.
238
230
236
220
September.,
October....
November..
December..
1920.
2,342
2,555
2,696
2,545
1,932
1,918
2,473
2,368
2,114
9S,122
83,940
83,644
93,285
10S,5S5
99,699
97,285
1931.
l,5S0
1,565
1,680
1,574
1,230
1,105
1,467
1,522
1,421
84,569
75,125
91,225
89,991
86,970
73,522
71,435
83,837
97,533
93,812
94,2o7
1922.
January
February.
March
91
1,112
1
Except postal receipts in 51 selected cities reported by the U. S. Post Office Department. Mail-order and chain-store sales are reported directly by the companies or
compiled from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle; magazine advertising as report ed'by Printers* Ink; newspaper advertising compiled by New York Evening Post.
a
Includes Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery, Ward & Co. (details for each store shown on page 107).
* Includes F. W. Woolworth & Co., S. S. Kresge Co., McCrory, and S. H. Kress & Co. (details for each store shown on page 107).
4
These figures represent tho number of lines of advertising carried by the leading magazines.
6
Compiled from 22 identical cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Buffalo, San Francisco, Milwaukee,
Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville, St. Paul, Birmingham, and Houston. For the years 1916 to 191S, no reports were
available for Boston, Louisville, Houston, and Columbus. The totals for those years were computed from the actual reports of the 18 other cities, allowing 13.S3 per cent
<tf the total to the four missing cities, the average ratio of those cities to the total in the subsequent years.
106
RETAIL TRADE.
Table 76.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
MAIL-ORDER
HOUSES.
AND MONTH.
Scars,
Roebuck
& Co.
3Iontgomery
Ward
& Co.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TEN-CENT STORES.
F. W.
Woolworth
Co.
S. S.
Kresge
Co.
McCrory
Stores
Corp.
S. H.
Kress
& Co.
J. C
Penney
Co.
United
Cigar
Stores
Co.
Owl
Drug
Co.
145
American
Whole- Department
sale Corp. stores.
Relative
to 1916.
Relative to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916monthly
1917 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average.
average.
100
106
118
154
187
1OO
103
124
156
185
1OO
105
115
131
148
1OO
121
158
199
227
100
91
104
126
146
1OO
110
115
140
164
100
135
183
319
564
100
101
105
121
145
100
HI
112
117
136
average.
average..
average.
average.
208
270
266
1S6
192
250
259
192
162
180
213
223
274
322
387
421
178
213
266
267
196
234
269
268
811
1,092
1,623
1,767
176
210
269
261
174
205
253
270
118
163
176
161
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
370
354
345
274
*333
»333
3 333
275
154
148
197
195
276
269
369
196
183
251
251
181
181
276
274
747
718
1,103
1,299
220
217
246
251
226
212
232
219
May
June
July
August..
222
198
210
204
251
283
272
234
205
196
204
201
365
365
363
366
244
241
267
256
246
268
232
248
1,690
1,656
1,492
1,550
277
265
280
263
September.
October
November.
December..
204
253
321
241
248
262
139
304
199
240
225
390
364
410
421
708
255
271
272
508
258
295
274
491
2,127
2,519
2,264
2,333
276
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
196
176
252
206
173
165
223
195
151
166
214
199
291
314
420
201
211
268
245
197
206
276
240
Relative to 1919,
72
76
1OO
115
1918 monthly
1919 m o n t h l y
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
10
Grocery
chains.
100.0
118.0
100.0
136.8
272
208
185"
145
107.4
86.2
120.2
116:8
128.3
125-2
144.9
149.3
226
232
245
251
116
129
253
244
125.0
119.8
90.5
90.6
145.6
141.8
151.3
134.2
185
140
138
353
268
286
258
381
107.2
131.3
135.7
185.5
131.7
132.0
130.7
127.1
1,255
1,243
1,698
1,696
239
229
260
263
264
249
266
258
179
150
165
125
103.1
89.0
115.7
111.8
114.7
108.2
118.5
111.2
256
251
257
254
249
263
273
271
114
121
180
216
111.9
110.9
82.1
86.3
11L 2
108.6
106.4
113.9
258
260
290
261
331
237
192
149
101
97.9
133.0
117.1
109.7
125.5
125.0
May
June
July
August.
154
139
134
157
176
206
131
166
203
195
195
211
384
370
390
228
229
233
252
244
251
231
244
1,732
1,745
1,497
1,526
September.
October
November.
December..
186
218
203
214
192
230
229
224
205
261
238
438
389
470
461
786
240
278
271
546
239
304
266
530
1,940
2,422
2,220
2,245
1922.
January...
February.
March.....
See footnotes on opposite page.
303
270
277
249
340
107
RETAIL TRADE.
Table 77.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.
Y E A R AND MONTH.
Thousands of dollars.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
S7,965
8,427
9,389
12,237
14,856
83,310
3,420
4,109
5,170
6,126
S5,519
5,801
6,333
7,257
8,174
81,105
1,341
1,745
2,200
2,508
$450
411
468
566
655
S898
991
1,036
1,255
1,469
8220
297
402
701
1,240
S2,4G5
2,492
2,587
2,985
3,576
8325
360
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
16,544
21,494
21,217
14,835
6,347
8,278
8,562
6,371
8,931
3,026
3,556
4,270
4,655
800
957
1,197
1,200
1,763
2,104
2,415
2,409
1,778
2,398
3,569
3,887
4,336
5,172
6,637
6,434
566
January...
February.
March
April
29,491
28,202
27,478
21,824
3 11,0203 11,020
3 11,020
9,112
3,052
2,974
4,074
4,000
825
1,127
1,129
1,633
1,627
2,481
2,465
1,642
1,577
2,423
2,855
5,428
5,341
6,070
6,195
May
June
July
August..
17,705
15,768
16,743
16,272
8,320
9,380
9,009
7,751
4,027
4,034
4,012
4,041
1,099
1,082
1,202
1,150
2,210
2,410
2,085
2,227
3,714
3,639
3,278
3,406
6,834
6,525
6,910
6,477
6,807
7,591
6,654
8,816
9,958
11,741
12,299
$1,366
1,303
36-4
1,380
381
1,807
2,071
443
667
823
879
2,130
2,944
3,188
2,905
1020.
September.
October....
November.
December..
8,491
8,170
10,853
10,744
11,320
10,818
11,283
11,070
735
690
753
713
735
755
796
816
•4,024
4,532
4,652
7,824
1,147
1,219
1,224
2,283
2,316
2,652
2,459
4,408
4,673
5,536
4,976
5,127
903
1,102
1,773
1,850
2,475
2,159
2,759
2,732
3,732
3,726
5,902
5,640
6,413
6,494
859
10,963
3,215
3,468
4,642
4,392
5,821'
6,806
4,329
5,483
11,203
10,741
10,744
11,638
4,232
4,245
4,087
4,311
1,027
1,031
1,048
1,133
2,110
2,255
2,077
2,191
3,806
3,835
3,290
3,354
6,309
6,186
6,329
6,251
810
6,363
7,604
7,581
7,425
11,327
14,407
13,110
24,155
4,300
5,189
5,098
8,686
1,081
1,251
1,220
2,456
2,14S
2,731
2,385
4,755
4,263
5,323
4,883
4,938
6,350
6,819
6,147
8,370
16,276
20,113
25,556
19,177
8,214
8,688
4,605
10,050
January
February
March
April
15,598
14,003
20,106
16,375
5,722
5,462
7,396
,6,464
May
June
July
August..
12,239
11,094
10,676
12,477
September.
October....
November.
December..
14,800
17,378
16,186
17,081
10,957
13,242
12,428
21,522
872
929
8319
1,239
4,913
3,751
3,331
2,616
2,098
2,340
4,658
4,406
3,345
2,52S
2,495
1,773
1021.
8,336
9,138
11,831
949
1,206
810
m
837
855
888
882
846
943
849
1,108
3,240
2,702
2,987
2,255
2,057
2,183
,3,250
3,912
4,276
3,461
2,700
1,831
1922.
January...
February.
March
1
This table is submitted in response to a demand for publication of the figures of sales of individual stores, which have been compiled from published reports. These
figures represent money values of sales. On account of the tremendous increase in J. C. Penney Co. sales, this store is not included in our total of 10-cent store sales given
on page 105. The index numbers of sales of 145 department stores and of 10 grocery chains were furnished by the National Retail Dry Goods Astodotion. Data on
American Wholesale Corp. placed here for convenience.
* Separate monthly figures not available.
108
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES.
Table 78.—PERCENTAGE
COMPARISON OF NET SALES WITH CORRESPONDING MONTH OF PRECEDING TEAR, BY FEDERAL
RESERVE DISTRICTS.
Percentage increase or decrease. (A minus sign [—] denotes decrease.)
Y E A R AND MONTH.
Boston
(No.l).
Minne- Kansas Dallas
PhilaNow
RichSan
York
delphia Cleveland mond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis apolis
Citv
Francisco
(No. 2). (No. 3). (No. 4). (No. 5). (No.G). (No. 7). (No. S). (No. 9). (No. 10). (No. 11). (No* 12).
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
35
22
~ 0.3
48
IS
18
29
14
52
23
38
16
12
18
35
51
31
11
28
28
34
32
21
20
24
24
30
11
16
23
26
15
4
15
25
1
6
16
11
-
46
21
September.
October
November.,
December...
38
19
May....
Juno
July....
August.
65
12
9
0.4
52
31
65
25
38
23
33
20
•14
31
50
11
31
24
60
13
16
12
41
21
28
33
21
13
29
12
-
0.3
8
21
12
25
10
11
-
3
2
26
13
15
18
11
3
9
15
- 2
27
5
3
10
5
1
5
12
12 .
9
28
14
20
21
10
20
22
15
10
13
- 3
8
11
- 4
1921.
January...
February.
March
April
2
-
5
3
1
7
4
-11
1
.
-
5
2
-
1
-
5
-10
-
8
-
3
May....
June
July....
August.
2
-
-
-
7
-14
-
-12
_. 4
-
7
-12
-
September.
October
November.
December..
—12
-
5
-10
5
2
-
0.4
0.4
-12
-
3
-
5
7
4
3
- 0
-
3
1
-11
6
1
-20
-
3
3
-
3
3
-17
-13
2
-15
5
4
-17
-18
8
-17
11
-21
-12
-21
-15
17
—22
11
-21
-10
-21
12
-11
- 9
- 5
-10
-IS
-14
-17
-17
-22
- 4
9
1
0.4
-
6
5
-
-15
-24
-10
-23
-15
18
-18
14
-23
4
-
3
-15
-
-15
-10
8
-13
7
-17
7
-
9
-21
-13
-21
-17
9
-18
14
-26
6
1922.
January...
February.
March
I
i Compiled by tho Federal Reserve Board, in cooperation with the National Retail Dry Goods Association, from about 300 department stores.
- 1
- 8
-13
109
DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS.
Table 79.—INDEX NUMBERS.
[Base year in bold-faced typo ]
VALUE O F S T O C K S AT END O F M O N T H , IJY FI:I>EKAL RESERVE DISTRICTS.*
YEAR AND MONTH.
Boston
(No. 1).
Six months' average, July-Doc, 1920.
New
York
(No. 2).
PhilaRichdelphia, Cleveland mond
(No. 3). (No. 4). (No. 5).
Atlanta
(No. G).
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
San
Minne- Kansas
Dallas Francisco
City
apolis
(No. 9). (No. 10). (No. 11). (No. 12).
Chicago St. Louis
(No. 7). (No. 8).
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1919.
September
91.3
December
1930.
.......
86 6
93.3
102.8
106.6
May
June
July
August
October
November
92.9
95.7
48.1
74 9
82.5
82.5
98.5
99.9
103.0
22.9
30.2
38.4
46.7
105.8
96.1
93 5
100.7
95.1
89.7
94.7
99.7
84.2
84.2
91.2
104.5
95.8
99.2
102.3
97.4
100.2
96.7
88.1
95.9
105.3
88.9
108.7
57.5
70.8
86.6
98.9
107.8
112.8
105.6
84.5
111.0
111.1
102.5
76.3
112.8
113.6
105.9
73.3
109.5
111.0
104.4
79.3
106.9
108.8
104.1
84.5
107.1
108.0
103.4
84.0
110.1
108.1
102.6
78,0
115.8
112.3
101.8
72.4
108.3
109.6
105.9
90.7
75.9
80.3
85.0
86.1
72.2
74.4
80.3
83.7
64.0
69.7
75.5
78.7
72.7
77.0
80.4
80.0
77.9
79.0
86.2
85.6
81.7
80.9
88.3
88.4
76.6
77.4
82.2
79.8
77.1
84.9
90.3
91.3
66.7
70.0
76.4
76.8
87.0
88.9
92.9
95.7
87.7
82.8
79.3
85.0
S6.2
84.8
80.8
80.2
81.1
78.8
74.0
79.0
77.3
74.1
72.4
67.3
77.8
75.6
75.2
79.1
82.9
79.5
78.6
84.9
86.8
86.4
83.1
90.9
76.4
72.0
71.5
76.4
87.8
79.8
85.2
95.9
74.1
70.7
69.1
80.8
94.7
87.5
86.9
90.9
95.1
99.7
101.7
86.188.3
SS.7
SG.7
88.7
89.3
78.7
80.8
80.4
87.8
89.1
89.3
88.5
91.7
91.2
97.6
93.1
98.9
79.5
80.2
79.6
101.8
102.2
98.0
86.6
86.9
86.9
94.7
95.3
96.6
107.8
107.4
79 1
84.7
95.1
100.2
78.0
87.0
93.4
82.2
90.9
103.7
103.5
103.5
97 8
93 2
97.2
102.0
95.7
95 2
101.7
93.5
90 7
93 8
99.6
92.5
91 6
90 3
98.8
106.4
104.5
109.6
83 9
108.7
109.3
103.3
81.5
107.9
108.8
103.8
85.8
January
February
March
April
77.6
89.7
84.0
86.3
75.3
79.3
SO. 1
89.5
May
June
July
August
84.5
81.0
78.9
80.0
September
October
November
December
•88.5
94.0
98.6
January
February
March
April
19.5
20.8
20.7
17.9
!
..............
. .....
1031.
1923.
February
Ma/ch. . . .
1
Index numbers calculated from data collected by the Federal Reserve Board in cooperation with the National Retail Dry Goods Association from about 300 department stores, showing percentage changes from month to month. The Federal Reserve Board states that the original material was in dollar amounts, except in districts
3,4,8, and 10, where only percentages were received, and the averages for the districts were computed by weighting according to the volume of business done during 1920.
The percentage changes reported by the Federal Reserve Board have been converted into index numbers which show the same corresponding percentage increase or
decrease.
110
LABOR.
Table 80.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA,
Based on data from Government sources.l
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
NEW YORK
STATE
FACTORIES.*
YEAR AND MONTH.
NumNumTotal
Total
ber
ber of
pay
pay
of ememployees. roll. ployees. roll.
NEW YORK
STATE
FACTORIES.*
IMMI- EMIGRA- GRATION.* TION.5 Balance
Averum
Emage
to credli Nber weekly ployees
of
of emearn- on pay
deposit- ployees,
roll.
ings.
ors.
Relative
to Jan.,
1921.
Relative to 1915
(first quarter).
Relative to 1914.
U. S.
POSTAL
SAVINGS.
U.S.
FACTOBIES.3
WISCONSIN
FACTO1UES.
Thousands.
Relative to 1913.
av
nv..
av..
av..
av..
100
103
121
126
1OO
107
141
166
105
128
135
113
160
197
1OG
• 125
146
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
av..
av..
av..
av..
128
120
124
97
210
227
281
241
139
136
135
95
258
184
344
193
185
209
255
204
1930.
January
February ...
March
April
130
128
132
130
277
273
296
291
May....
June....
July....
August .
12S
123
127
124
294
296
291
2SS
September.
October
November.
December..
123
121
114
106
1921.
January
February...
March
April
Total
pay
roll.
Employees
on pay
roll.
Thousands of
dollars.
Thousands.
IMMIGRATION.*
EMIGRATION.* Balance
to credit
of
depositors*
Number.
Thousands of
dollars.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
U. S.
POSTAL
SAVINGS.
U. S.
FACTORIES.*
100
98
30
26
25
100
104
63
39
24
100
149
187
282
15
17
44
32
35
422
406
411
•
70
478
494
579
604
6,377
8,366
614
573
594
464
12,481
13,490
16,711
14,332.
118,936 50,994
116,923 52,817
36,187 32,015
30,562
20,067
30,240
12,198
17,654
19,752
51,798
1
S39,750
59,145
74,349
112,159
143,193
16,106
18,019
35,672
167,653
161,373
163,434
154,508
1,559
38
36
46
58
S3
41
60
56
403
403
401
398
620
614
631
623
16,438
16,243
17,536
17,303
45,407
43,252
54,665
68,761
42,181
20,655
30,489
28,609
160,384
160,387
159,240
153,230
6 147
6 353
6 240
6
142
143
142
C372
357
382
6 262
250
269
62
69
71
72
55
70
77
96
398
396
397
402
613
611
608
595
17,441
17,576
17,307
17,091
74,066
81,499
83,957
85,431
27,794
35,682
39,505
43,723
153,136
157,276
157,618
159,675
284
2S1
263
241
138
131
122
113
364
347
309
272
264
265
253
241
80
87
75
78
64
79
67
82
405
410
408
411
588
577
545
506
16,8S4
16,681
15,655
14,330
94,852
103,269
89,224
93,233
32,506
40,047
34,336
41,935
161,150
162,810
162,352
163,434
93
100
100
99
217
214
218
208
100
102
99
93
224
220
215
202
224
216
218
217
100
99
93
97
63
57
62
60
53
53
51
64
412
411
406
393
467
476
480
471
12,894
12,734
12,955
12,335
1,628
1,613
1,588
1,581
75,334
67,483
74,147
70,780
29,447
29,562
26,236
32,700
163,656
163,356
161,249
153,097
May...
June...
July....
August.
96
95
93
93
201
196
189
190
92
89
89
92
193
179
168
187
211
202
188
203
97
94
93
91
69
49
39
41
59
80
74
75
391
383
384
333
461
453
444
443
11,929
11,641
11,219
11,280
1,574
1,527
1,510
1,526
82,648
48,707
30,029
40,950
37,7§1
38,352
155,395
152,390
152,500
152,400
September.
October
November..
December...
96
99
99
99
194
195
193
198
94
95
94
95
181
183
ISO
183
194
194
191
193
95
96
96
92
41
39
38
90
76
58
380
376
372
461
472
471
471
11,550
11,571
11,465
11,744
1,545
1,560
1,567
1,493
48,814
45,975
44,643
45,752
38,956
29,646
151,150
149,400
148,000
146,600
57,803
46,367
1922.
January...
February.
March.
Data on New York state factories furnished, by the New York State Department of Ladbr; Wisconsin factories by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission; Number
on pay roll, U. S. factories, from U. S. Department of Labor, Employment Service; Immigration and emigration statistics from U. 5. Department of Labor, Bureau of Immigration; Postal Savings from XI. S. Post Office Department.
* Figures represent reports from 1,648 firms in New York state employing more than one-third of the factory workers in the state.
3
Data not available prior to January, 1921; this month used as base for index numbers. Information is from 1,428 factories, usually employing over 500;workers each.
* Includes total admitted, both immigrants and nonemigrants.
& Includes total departed, both emigrants and nonimmigrants.
« Average for preceding 3 months.
Ill
COST OF LIVING.
Table 81.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
FOOD.
YEAR AND MONTH.
CLOTHING.
HOUSING.
FUEL AND
LIGHT.
FURNITURE
MISCELLAAND IIOUSK
NEOUS.
FURNISHINGS.
TOTAL.
1917, December
1918,D ecembor
1919, av. 2 nios. (June, Dec.)
1920, av. 2 mos. (June, Dec.)
100.0
100.0
101.5
102.3
1O0.0
101.0
101.0
108.4
100.0
101.0
110. G
127.8
100.0
103.0
107.4
113.3
100.0
103.0
105.1
118.3
149.1
205.3
241.6
223.0
100.1
109.2
119.8
143.0
124.1
147.9
151.2
1S3.4
150.6
213.6
244.3
2S9.G
140.5
165.8
181.7
204.8
142.4
174.4
1SS.3
20S.5
219.0
178.0
*
100.0
101.0
104.7
120.0
157.0
187.0
195.5
198.5
*
100.0
105.0
105.0
126.0
287.5
258.5
134.9
151.1
171.9
194.9
292.7
285.4
201.4
208.2
216.5
200.4
144.7
153.1
160.0
1913, average
1914, pecember
1915, December.
1916, December
222.6
192.1
184.4
159.0
160.0
161.0
181.6 *
180.7
181.1
247.7
224.7
218.0
208.8207.8
206.8
isa 4
177.3
174.3
1920.
Jvine-,
December
±t
1921.
May
September...
December
1922.
March
1
Reports compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices represent averages for the month in 32 cities; food prices reported
by 15 to 25 dealers in each city, fuel and light by 10 to 15 firms, including public utilities, in each city; other quotations secured directly from records. Rentals
are based on 250 to 950 houses and apartments in each city and for each item of clothing, furnituro and miscellaneous, four quotations are secured in each city
(five in New York City).
WAGES, COMMON LABOR/
Table 82.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from trade and commercial sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
Relative
to 1913.2
Per h o u r .
YEAR AND MONTH.
YEAR AND MONTH.
A. INDEX
NUMBERS.
February 1,1913..
February 1,1916..
May 1,1916
December 16,1916.
May 1,1917
October 1,1917...,
April 16,1918
Relative
to 1913.2
Per
10-hour day.
1OO
110
125
138
150
165
190
B. NUMERICAL
DATA.
$0.20
.22
.25
. .275
.30
.33
.38
S2.00
2.20
2.50
2.75
3.00
3.30
3.80
August 1,1918..
October l, 1918..
February 1,1920
May 16,1921
July 16,1921
August 29,1921.
A. INDEX
NUMBERS.
210
231
253
204
1S5
150
Per hour.
1 0 - l l *|J d a y i
B . NUMERICAL
DATA.
50.42
*.42
.46
.37
'.37
.30
i In effect in plants of United States Steel Corporation in the Pittsburgh district beginning on dates mentioned.
s Per 10-hour day.
*Basic 8-hour day adopted with provision for payment of time and a half for overtime.
*Basic 8-honr day abrogated.
$4.20
4.62
5.06
4.07
3.70
3.00
112
COST OF LIVING.
Table 83.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from non-Government sources*1
[Baso year figures in bold-faced typo.]
YEAR AND MONTH.
FOOD.
O T H F U E L AND
S H E L T E R . C LN G . LIGHT.
I
100
100
111
1918 average for two months
1919 average for threo months..
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1OO
100
100
100
103
102
102
120
104
14G
1914, July.
1915, July..
1910, July.,
1917, July..
105
143
126
173
118
185
138
18G
129
205
144
205
154
261
168
156
169
166
183
SUNDRIES*
ALL I T E M S
WEIGHTED.
100
100
104
117
100
101
152
164
185
184
159
109
131
172
193
167
1920.
197
143
270
149
177
190
208
145
277
14g
178
194
200
149
277
149
183
195
200
150
288
151
183
197
May....
June...
July....
August.
211
151
287
166
183
202
215
151
276
161
185
203
219
158
266
166
185
205
219
156
258
169
185
September.
October
November..
December..
207
159
255
178
188
203
139
248
183
190
19S
166
228
200
192
193
166
205
200
192
January...
February..
March
April
199
197
193
190
1921.
January..,
February.,
March
April
178
187
200
192
166
174
198
190
15S
171
174
187
185
153
May
June
July
August.
166
172
171
169
179
185
181
176
169
168
152
168
178
185
171
162
178
185
144
169
164
179
185
148
169
159
179
183
155
169
157
179
183
153
109
160
179
180
153
169
161
179
178
152
September..
October
November.,
December..
171
145
169
157
179
178
165
164
163
163
150
169
156
178
178
161
166
162
163
162
1922.
January...
February.
March
1
Compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, and represent retail prices on the first day of the month, except
food, which is the retail food index of the U. 5. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the 15th of the preceding month. The
index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on the following basis:
Food 43.1 per cent, shelter 17.7 per cent, clothing 13.2 per cent, fuel and light 5.G per cent, sundries 20.4 per cent.
113
PRICES.
Table 84.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources*l
[Baso year in bold-faced type.]
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.*
(Compiled by TJ. S. Department of Labor.)
Y E A R AND
MONTH.
1913 m o . a v . . .
1914 mo. a v . . .
1915 mo. a v . . .
1916 mo. a v . . .
1917 m o . a v . . .
1918 mo. a v . . .
1919 mo. a v
1920 mo. a v . . . ,
1921 m o . a v - . . .
Farm
products.
Food,
etc.
100
103
105
122
100
189
220
Cloths
Metal
and
metal
products.
and
clothing.
Fuel
and
lighting.
100
98
100
128
100
96
93
119
100
143
100
97
94
11
0
176
181
175
208
189
239
163
181
103
104
126
87
97
Building
materials.
House
ChemiAH
cals a n d furnish- Miscel- commoding
laneous.
drugs.
ities.
goods.
1OO
100
101
124
100
102
101
114
1OO
108
111
123
124
198
151
221
144
196
236
337
247
155
193
217
236
15G
176
196
212
243
155
146
167
186
203
153
206
226
236
244
111
164
192
198
168
107
324
329
329
331
227
248
249
253
265
201
200
200
211
241
252
255
271
173
177
178
181
339
362
362
363
246
272
269
262
250
215
219
219
207
294
309
304
268
177
175
176
172
371
371
369
346
239
229
220
205
242
225
207
203
193
193
178
239
202
163
135
174
166
147
121
283
277
275
274
190
180
167
154
177
167
162
154
172
158
156
152
129
123
120
113
120
117
123
112
250
235
230
151
150
149
147
151
148
148
152
145
144
148
155
104
109
106
109
109
104
109
113
223
218
218
218
146
145
145
148
152
150
149
149
153
153
152
150
109
111
101
93
92
91
210
261
173
161
192
179
302
238
186
308
210
120
144
188
194
131
205
167
246
253
350
184
177
237
244
356
187
189
300
197
239
246
356
192
192
325
205
246
270
353
213
195
341
212
244
287
347
235
193
215
June
July....
August.
243
279
335
246
190
218
236
268
317
252
222
235
299
September..
October
November..
December..
210
223
278
182
204
257
May....
June
July....
August.
191
333
217
193
328
216
192
318
222
184
313
216
165
195
234
258
170
274
207
144
172
220
236
157
266
188
136
162
208
228
152
129
150
198
218
146
221
178
125*
150
192
207
139
208
171
115
141
186
199
138
203
168
182
117
133
181
194
•138
202
166
113
132
180
187
132
202
166
115
134
179
184
125
200
163
118
September..
October
November..
December..
Live
stock.
1OO
99
99
120
236
1931.
January
February...
March
April
Crops.
1OO
99
99
115
234
284
RETAIL
FOOD
RICES.'
1OO
101
114
159
218
1920.
January
February...
March
April
FARM PRICES.
152
179
182
120
198
161
162
162
122
146
187
178
120
193
119
142
190
182
121
192
114
142
186
186
119
197
162
113
139
185
187
119
203
101
227
230
238
247
243
240
100
103
95
111
1923.
January
February...
March
1
Wholesale prices and retail food prices from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; farm prices from the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Markets and Crop Estimates.
1
The wholesale price index number of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on quotations of 328 commodities. These commodities are
arranged in 9 groups as given in the table. In computing this index, the price of each commodity is weighted by multiplying it by the estimated quantity of that article
marketed in the census year 1909.
* The retail food price index compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represents the changes in the price of 22 articles of foods as reported by retail dealers in 51 of
the larger cities as of the 15th of the month.
* Farm prices of crops represent the relative average prices to farmers of the 10 leading crops on the first of each month. The live stock farm price index is computed
as of the 15th of each month.
84796°—22
8
114
PRICES.
Table 85.—INDEX
NUMBERS.
Based on Government data.
[Base year in bold-face type; numerical data on opposite page.]
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
Compiled by Federal Reserve Board,1
YEAB AND MONTH.
Farm
products
Animal
Forest
Mineral Total raw Producers*
products. products. products. products. goods.
Consumed
goods.
All comGoods
Goods
AH commodities. imported. exported. modities.
11
IS
90
168
315
27
76
40
19,
19
80
quotations- quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations. quotations.
100
103
111
128
210
1OO
104
100
119
169
100
97
93
96
118
100
90
91
123
179
1OO
99
99
118
173
1OO
95
100
140
187
1OO
101
102
123
172
1OO
99
100
123
175
240
251
256
133
199
218
183
108
140
184
333
208
176
177
236
187
193
211
241
151
195
203
235
140
201
224
253
161
196
214
244
155
174
191
108
214
227
131
206
233
145
January...
February,.
March
April
291
278
2S8
304
213
206
200
196
273
315
348
367
190
194
197
224
239
240
247
260
245
246
246
263
259
256
263
280
248
248
253
265
212
216
218
242
254
250
256
264
241
243
248
263
May....
June
July
August.,
314
301
287
179
186
184
181
367
363
359
351
234
245
256
265
260
261
258
251
271
262
251
238
285
279
272
250
272
268
263
250
246
226
208
182
262
256
248
229
264
258
250
234
September.
October....
November.
December..
232
191
170
155
186
172
159
132
344
339
289
283
277
224
248
230
205
187
224
209
193
175
240
224
214
196
242
225
207
189
164
142
127
112
211
181
163
146
226
208
190
173
155
145
136
126
119
114
116
106
245
225
210
205
220
207
197
189
175
164
157
149
155
149
143
182
171
168
159
177
167
162
154
114
113
114
109
142
135
125
121
163
154
150
143
May
June....
July
August-
131
125
122
123
104
102
109
112
205
188
182
177
175
149
145
145
145
140
137
134
132
153
152
153
162
151
148
148
152
105
102,
103
104
125
122
122
123
142
139
141
143
September.
October
November..
December...
142
134
129
129
104
105
103
102
172
176
178
178
146
145
145
146
133
133
130
130
160
158
157
155
152
150
149
149
106
107
108
111
144
143
141
140
138
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
272
246
100
1OO
100
1931.
204
203
200
194
193
200
141
138
136
January...
February.
March
> First eight columns comprise data composing wholesale price index numbers of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reclassified b y the Federal
Reserve Board into the groupings as shown. The weights arc t h e same as those used b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the total of all commodities is, therefore, the same.
Data in t h e last three columns are original compilations of t h e Federal Reserve Board constructed for the purpose of international price comparisons; basic prices are
obtained from trade journals and private firms and weighted according to the 1913 volume imported and exported, respectively, for " i m p o r t e d goods" and "exported
goods." T h e total index n u m b e r includes also goods produced, weighted b y production in 1913, and goods consumed, weighted b y consumption in 1913.
115
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Table 86.—INDEX NUMBERS.
From Government and non-Government
sources.
[Base year in bold-faced t y p e . ]
UNITED STATES.*
Y E A R AND M O N T H .
Dun.
Bradstreet.
UNITED
KING- FRANCES ITALY.*
DOM.'
Relative to
July, 1914.
Relative to 1913.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
100
101,
105
123
199
1918monthly
1919 monthly
1920monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average. average.
190
191
207
141
GERMANY**
CANADA.e
JAPAN AUSTRA- INDIA
LIA.*
(Tokyo).'
(Calcutta)'
Relative to 1913.
100
100
99
100
11
0
100
97
107
123
137
133
100
11
0
110
Relative to July ,1914.
128
160
187
202
135
100
96
97
117
170
204
262
299
177
149
155
203
225
339
409
20C
193
170
203
235
357
364
217
235
180
204
283
510
624
1,522
240
259
218
204
. 123
181
345
578
1,761
132
248
254
258
261
301
313
321
300
203
206
209
217
218
209
198
200
271
247
239
235
225
233
234
236
210
206
209
209
95
100
100
141
JOO
132
1930.
January
.
February...
March
April..
,
288
487
504
1,020
210
227
303
522
556
1,337
209
226
310
555
619
1,490
213
225
306
583
664
2,582
218
225
304
550
.660
1,690
217
216
291
493
632
1,473
215
210
292
496
604
1,473
209
204
288
501
625
1,528
263
258
256
244
205
195
284
526
655
196
184
266
502
659
188
170
245
461
670
175
148
220
435
655
1,560
1,582
1,647
1,658
241
234
225
214
230
226
221
206
230
215
208
197
208
206
194
ISO
January...
February.
March
April......
164
137
209
407
642
154
134
192
377
613
150
129
189
360
604
144
123
183
347
584
1,083
1,473
1,419
1,410
208
199
194
187
201
195
191
190
196
192
181
171
178
174
175
183
May.
June
July.
August
138
117
182
329
547
137
115
179
325
509
132
116
178
330
520
135
120
179
331
542
1,428
1,387
1,467
1,723
183
179
176
174
191
192
196
199
166
.162
159
160
184
178
183
184
September.
October....
November..
December..
134
120
183
344
580
.134
121
170
331
599
123
166
332
595
207
219
214
184
184
180
136
123
162
325
595
172
169
168
170
160
156
135
1,777
1,993
2,687
3,283
.205
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.,
December..
1921.
January...
February.
March
1032.
3,467
123
• / • •
1
Dun's and Bradstreet's index numbers are calculated as of the first of each month, but really refer to prices in the preceding month. The index numbers have been
Calculated to a 1913 base from the actual figures published in these journals., Bradstreet's index number is the sum of the prices per pound of 106 commodities. Dun's index
number covers about 300 commodities and is weighted on the basis of the amount " annually consumed by each inhabitant."
* Compiled by the London Economist^ quotations on 44 commodities, mostly raw materials, unweighted. '
1
Compiled by Bulletin dc la Statistique Generate of the French Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare; quotations on 45 commodities, mostly raw materials, unweighted.
* Compiled by Pro/. Bachi; quotations on 38 commodities until 1920, thereafter 76 commodities.
6
Compiled by the Frankfurter Zeitung; quotations on 70 commodities, unweighted. Prices are for 1st of the month.
1
Compiled by the Canadian Department of Labor; quotations on 27t2 commodities, unweighted.
1
Compiled by the Bank of Japan; quotations on 56 commodities, unweighted.
* Compiled by the Australian Commonwealth's Bureau of Census and Statistics; quotations on 92 commodities, weighted by consumption.
* Compiled by the Indian Department of Statistics; quotations on 75 commodities.
116
BANKING.
Table 87.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources*1
[Base year In bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
DEBITS TO
INDIVIDUAL.
ACCOUNTS.*
YEAR AND MONTH.
OutIn New side
New
York
City. York
City.
CONDITION OF FEDERAL
RESERVE BANKS.3
CONDITION
OF REPORTING MEMBER
BANKS.*
Total
Net
Bills Notes Total Total loans,
dedisdisincounts, mandderecount- circu- serves. posits.
deand
ed.
lation.
Invest- posits.
ments.
SILVER.
GOLD.
Imports.
Exports.
1
1
12
3
7
100
90
709
1,077
867
IS
27
60
23
Price Price
Exports. in New in LonYork. don.
Relative to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
1913 m o n t h l y average.
1914 m o n t h l y average.
1915 m o n t h l y average.
1916 m o n t h l y average.
1917 m o n t h l y avejage.
Imports.
100
243
34
170
405
100
72
96
90
149
100
82
85
112
134
100
92
83
110
136
100
92
86
114
148
132
91
73
100
120
102
91
100
97
122
90
100
99
90
100
111
101
88
100
107
96
97
120
673
1,099
45
401
351
26
199
249
246
177
403
381
181
82
162
186
169
105
123
101
120
116
112
127
127
131
109
115
116
117
95
110
110
111
112
108
108
108
108
226
84
320
914
624
563
615
583
295
417
316
358
471
303
266
314
222
94
95
104
108
103
103
200
290
308
269
250
130
126
129
138
119
119
119
122
97
97
102
99
97
93
112
112
111
112
109
107
108
106
296
504
373
290
99
70
286
327
270
220
217
148
131
84
105
85
123
115
119
108
172
152
154
161
218
185
195
217
87
99
100
108
112
116
112
109
140
145
141
140
125
128
127
128
100
103
97
95
90
93
113
112
110
111
106
106
103
103
737
2,199
1,072
841
224
339
260
223
217
164
168
155
126
109
60
116
157
140
130
108
216
197
185
152
January...
February.
March
April
98
74
85
80
106
84
95
90
127
124
118
107
118
117
112
108
106
103
111
114
107
106
106
103
101
99
96
96
, 719
833
1,646
1,538
36
14
9
5
162
163
130
110
128
102
56
44
110
99
94
99
145
126
118
124
May....
June.-..
July....
August.
85
87
80
75
104
101
97
95
117
120
.123
127
87
101
101
98
97
95
95
94
1,097
826
1,211
1,624
14
10
49
9
233
121
151
263
45
85
85
97
92
85
77
100
98
101
103
124
127
136
138
79
87
86
101
72
68
66
61
94
92
90
131
134
137
137
89
90
90
91
1,253
95
85
100
31
99
8
25
153
251
198
185
95
91
92
111
119
114
110
145
150
141
129
1918 m o n t h l y average.
1919 m o n t h l y average.
1920 monthly average.
1921 m o n t h l y average.
60
100
99
85
100
118
91
100
172
207
223
134
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
116
110
105
May....
June
July....
August.
96
94
September.
October....
November.
December..
220
210
1921,
September.
October
November.
December..
93
S3
87
88
99
97
98
1932.
January...
February.
March....
I
See footnotes on opposite page.
93
96
97
96
889
978
597
27
93
72
137
117
BANKING,
Table 88.—NUMEKICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year i n bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
DEBITS TO
INDIVIDUAL
ACCOUNTS.*
Y E A R AND M O N T H .
In
New
York
City.
Outside
New
York
City.
CONDITION OF FEDERAL
RESERVE BANKS .8
CONDITION OF
REPORTING
MEMBER
BANKS.*
Bills
Notes
Total
disin
Total
decount- circu- reserves posits.
ed.
lation.
Total
loans,
Net
discounts, demand
deand
invest- posits.
ments.
GOLD.
Imports*
Millions of dollars.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
average.
Exports.
Imports.
Exports.
185
606
S3S4
586
1,261
1,158
1,936
2,557
1,763
1,911
2,618
3,154
2,664
1,991
2,190
2,126
2,072
1,738
1,937
1,922
1,744
S5,309 87,650 !S2,989 §5,231
2,163
4,782
18,551
4,300
2,874
37,663
2,019
4,467
57,166
2,689
5,883
12,999'
46,038
4,445
7,011
30,990
$1,154
Price
in
New
York.
Price
In
London.
Pence
per
Dollars
per fine standard
ounce
ounce.
.925 fine.
Thousands of dollars.
$29
24
224
1918 monthly a v e r a g e . .
1919 monthly average.. §20,343 S I 7,536
1920 monthly a v e r a g e . .
20,087
20,670
1921 monthly a v e r a g e . .
17,258
15,947
SILVER.
S0.598 S27.573
.548
25.313
.497
23.675
.657
31.315
.814
40.851
5,948
7,451
7,338
5,277
21,071
19,918
9,468
4,29S
.968
1.111
1.009
.627
47.516
57.059
61.590
36.841
47,758
8,817
24,628
43,048
12,471
15,865
47,050
9,441
13,939
44,622
10,705
16,413
1.328
1.313
1.255
1.19S
79.846
85.005
74.194
08.848
0,SG2
4,416
5,494
4,489
1.026
.909
.920
.962
60.010
51.090
53.736
59.875
.937
.835
.777
.648
59.476
54.197
50.952
41.845
§9,260
S 15,143 10,576
16,8G2
11,302
15,293
10,178
5,170
6,378
35,729
58,333
3,422
30,682
26,841
1,969
16,622
11,481
12,018
16,671
11,463
4,473
10,819
11,496
16,935
16,930
11,464
48,522
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
23,636
18,053
22,285
21,319
21,548
17,653
21,079
20,279
2,174
2,454
2,449
2,535
2,851
3,020
3,048
3,075
2,074
2,083
2,057
2,071
2,019
2,101
1,995
1,996
May....
June....
July....
August..
19,859
19,528
19,003
17,371
21,516
20,251
20,847
18,963
2,519
2,432
2,492
2^667
3,107
3,117
3,120
3,204
2,092
2,109
2,129
2,128
1,980
1,916
1,872
1,905
September.
October....
November.
December..
17,599
20,136
20,308
21,888
19,596
20,367
19,569
19,130
2,704
2,801
2,735
2,719
3,280
3,351
3,326
3,345
2,152
2,168
2,195
2,249
1,882
1,846
1,751
1,799
January..
February.
March
April
20,033
15,130
17,353
16,349
18,004
14,785
16,719
15,767
2,456
2,396
2,287
2,064
3,091
3,052
2,931
2,830
2,320
2,357
2,422
2,505
May....
June....
J
uly....
August..
17,297
17,628
16,340
15,186
15,348
15,619
14,984
14,833
1,870
1,772
1,650
1,492
2,735
2,634
2,538
2,481
September.
October....
November.,
16,102
17,610
17,492
20,575
15,564
16,684
14,900
17,554
1,403
1,309
1,282
1,180
2,457
2,409
2,366
2,443
16,946
11,561
15,688
7,562
8,083
16,932
11,347
26,765
5,-320
6,562
16,858
11,401
19,818
21,873
6,496
16,930
11,252
15,378
24,986
4,420
16,732
10,89a
56,889
19,870
5,025
16,750
10,942
44,660
17,058
4,620
6,577
5,709
3,144
6,081
1,808
1,809
1,841
1,726
16,263
10,643
38,145
2,725
16,099
10,495
43,986
1,036
15,983
10,186
87,372
710
15,003
10,138
80,662
384
4,835
4,802
3,872
3,298
6,691
5,337
2,919
2,319
.660
.592
.560
.593
39.935
34.745
32.479
34.250
2,558
2,625
2,685
2,788
1,700
1,686
1,695
1,691
15,346
10,153
58,226
1,063
15,333
10,010
43,844
774
14,890
10,002
64,268
3,734
14,762
9,908
86,239
672
6,956
3,627
4,513
7,853
2,353
1,424
5,113
3,743
.59S
.555
.603
.616
34.165
34.971
37.481
38.096
2,879
2,937
2,990
2,992
1,717
1,739
1,743
1,765
4,565
7,510
5,912
5,516
4,947
4,782
4,804
7,145
.662
.710
.682
.658
40.0S2
41.442
38.750
35.645
17,140
11,161
39,110
17,129
6,501
17,017
11,172
116,762
25,931
4,912
1921.
14,957
9,866
66,500
2,400
14,729
10,192
47,135
7,576
14,765
10,274
51,937
607
14,780
10,174
31,685
1,950
1922.
January.,
February.
March
Figures for Debits to individual accounts, Condition of Federal Reserve Banks, and Condition of reporting member banks are from the Federal Reserve Board; imports
<i exports of gold and silver from the UrS. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; silver prices, average for the month, from the Engineering
Mining Journal
* debits of banks in about 150 of the larger clearing-house centers, covering weekly totals, the first and last weeks of the month being pro-rated,
r ^ i o n as of last Wednesday of the month.
des reports from more than 800 basks in the leading cities in the United States on condition at last Wednesday of month.
M
118
BUSINESS FINANCE.
Table 89.—INDEX NUMBEKS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources*
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
BANK
CLEARINGS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
In New Outside
New
York
York
City.
City.
BUSINESS
FAILURES.
CORPORATION
FINANCES.
Dividend
New
New
ana
Firms. Liabili- interest capital Incorpoties.
issues. rations.
payments.
TELEPHONE
EARNINGS.
Total
operating
revenues.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES.
Net
MisceloperStocks laneous Liberty, Total
Victory
ating
(shares). bonds. bonds. bonds.
income.
Relative to 1913.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
avcrago.
average.
100
88
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
1O0
1OO
1OO
1OO
1OO
100
58
101
87
70
104
100
58
80
138
100
131
111
105
87
96
111
112
209
112
26
106
72
120
133
161
125
129
280
132
31
86
67
134
93
217
142
127
222
87
100
114
169
187
100
97
104
137
164
189
249
257
205
193
228
258
199
62
55
123
January..
February.
March....
April
294
230
283
276
277
226
284
265
43
37
42
38
May....
June
July....
August.
250
260
251
227
253
266
261
244
September..
October
November..
December..
236
262
246
266
January..
February.
March
April
116 .
Relative to 1919.
13
18
17
28
170
82
106
154
125
173
67
49
53
179
184
613
188
138
377
100
100
100
108
192
189
725
231
146
270
124
230
200
160
385
206
162
73
32
43
56
58
269
111
181
241
247
148
201
344
1,324
673
798
786
218
214
226
236
168
163
157
149
284
314
416
404
110
100
122
99
116
96
93
115
114
41
50
51
50
145
96
125
161
192
230
119
179
194
176
123
823
768
732
546
243
241
240
242
152
133
103
121
236
133
179
198
95
90
87
126
105
71
57
119
101
75
67
258
269
245
246
51
69
79
114
130
171
135
259
160
253
168
221
106
247
129
173
552
685
520
500
250
253
243
251
155
155
148
162
221
197
320
344
156
177
158
199
72
85
87
171
91
106
103
178
236
184
212
197
221
178
211
181
142
123
100
111
229
268
297
170
244
112
188
. 238
218
101
285
722
380
554
573
262
253
271
277
173
181
213
232
231
147
230
221
157
100
122
129
77
63
57
57
71
72
74
May....
June
July....
August.
201
214
195
185
188
196
18S
189
101
99
108
117
251
152
188
189
161
197
230
160
130
131
124
101
349
392
164
337
278
280
275
278
223
218
184
193
246
262
134
159
159
129
154
141
54
92
60
54
78
101
82
74
September..
October.'...
November..
December..
199
203
213
234
196
209
201
212
110
128
149
183
163
234
235
385
241
167
218
243
150
75
187
232
284
292
214
359
275
289
287
219
220
220
185
186
221
255
168
166
257
265
87
92
91
93
106
109
129
132
40
42
105
1930.
111
1921.
1933.
January..
February..
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
119
BUSINESS FINANCE.
Table 90.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
BANK
CLEARINGS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
BUSINESS
FAILURES.
Dividend
and
I n New Outside Total LiabiliNew
interest
York
comYork mercial. ties.
payCity.
City.3
ments.
Millions of dollars.
Number
of
firms.
7,886
6,918
9,184
13,298
14,784
6,120
5,916
6,381
8,366
10,052
1,336
1,523
1,846
1,416
1,155
22,723
29,826
25,191
16,351
15,203
1918
1919
1920
1921
14,878
19,650
20,261
16,194
11,801
13,944
15,801
12,168
834
538
740
1,638
13,585
9,441
24,593
52,283
1920.
January..,
February.
March
April
23,210
18,144
22,333
21,800
16,960
13,857
17,369
16,212
569
492
566
504
May....
June....
July....
August.
19,742
20,509
19,832
17,887
15,786
16,290
15,987
14,911
September..
October
November..
December..
18,602
20,661
19,434
20,981
15,784
16,438
14,973
15,048
1921.
January
February.
March
,
April
,
18,573
14,529
16,682
15,536
May....
June
July....
August.
SeptemberOctober
November..
December..
average.
average.
average.
average.
New
capital
Issues.
TELEPHONE
EARNINGS.
New Incorporations,!
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES.
Total
Net
operat- operatMiscella- Liberty
and
ing
ing
Stocks. neous Victory
revInbonds. bonds.
enues. come.
Thousands of
shares.
Thousands of dollars.
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
CORPORATION
FINANCES.
Total
bonds*
Thousands of dollars.
143,103 137,145
148,948
119,710
119,613
155,426
182,208
177,919
127,498
199,095
172,301
120,306
164,915
276,925
373,198
13,132
13,722
14,527
16,452
18,700
3,710
3,709
4,139
4,785
4,700
0,924
3,992
14,448
19,404
15,378
252,061
265,764
284,573
295,830
112,068
251,764
258,886
219,572
183,275
1,056,519
1,249,920
663,262
20,225
24,635
30,320
4,649
5,104
5,415
11,948
26,073
18,728
14,287
7,240
9,763
12,699
13,224
398,012
164,731
267,990
356,921
338,415
202,528
275,771
471,726
2,280,461
1,158,861
,375,797
,354,262
28,634
28,045
29,651
30,981
6,232
6,062
5,808
5,542
19,654
21,730
28,795
27,976
78,406
71,142
86,804
70,550
273,679
227,194
219,405
271,362
352,085
298,336
306,209
341,912
547
674
681
673
10,826
32,991
21,906
28,373
238,291
285,050
340,855
175,619
245,053
266,384
240,893
168,136
,417,614
,323,221
,260,419
941,288
31,849
31,703
31,501
31,727
5,634
4,949
3,838
4,499
16,371
9,197
12,395
13,695
67,459
63,915
62,016
70,079
298,757
248,207
168,460
135,445
366,216
312,122
230,476
205,524
677
923
1,525
29,554
38,915
30,758
5S,872
237,252
374,059
249,216
326,979
145,023
338,793
176,700
237,208
950,953
1,179,801
895,563
860,803
32,888
33,123
31,933
32,903
5,768
5,759
5,501
5,983
15,317
13,614
22,157
23,829
111,564
126,344
112,862
141,612
170,1S9
201,231
205,402
405,539
2S1,753
327,57,
318,264
547,151
13,550
10,915
12,889
11,052
1,895
1,641
1,336
1,487
52,137
60,852
67,409
38,568
361,070
165,220
277,846
351,981
257,423
298,708
138,701
390,668
1,243,460
654,376
954,700
987,895
34,394
33,206
35,650
36,398
6,434
6,706
7,896
15,976
10,147
15,907
15,273
112,065
71,300
87,072
181,421
149,014
135,918
135,429
293,486
220,314
222,990
227,712
15,847
16,849
15,355
14,556
11,520
11,967
11,478
11,541
1,356
1,320
1,444
1,562
57,066
34,639
42,774
42,904
238,061
292,168
340,166
236,500
177,638
179,114
170,474
138,929
601,044
675,#978
281,759
580,141
36,560
36,743
36,160
36,566
8,275
8,084
6,829
7,178
17,032
18,174
9,295
10,992
113,177
92,132
109,535
100,246
128,023
217,741
143,182
127,718
241,200
309,873
252,717
227,96-
15,079
16,027
16,822
18,476
11,980
12,817
12,309
12,994
1,466
1,713
1,988
2,444
37,021
53,059
53,470
87,502
356,779
247,877
322,497
359,800
205,792
103,149
255,938
318,335
489,846
503,394
367,956
618,572
36,067
37,905
37,657
8,132
8,168
8,172
12,807
12,883
15,332
17,622
119,819
118,403
183,320
188,880
207,123
218,018
214,625
219,342
326,942
336,426
397,945
40S,222
1,050
41,499
56,959
79,623
94,199
61,866
40,842
41,499
56,959
79,623
94,199
85,690
117,059
47,544
164,603
71,322 236,814 308,130
235,406
323,969
88,563
173,129
288,816
115,686
1922.
January.......
February
March
1
Except telephone earnings, which are combined reports of 10 largest telephone companies as reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bank clearings are
from Bradstreets: Business failures from Dun*s Review; Dividend and interest payments, New capital issues, and New incorporations from the New York Journal of Cowr
merce; Stock sales from TheAnmlist; and Bond sales from Dow, Jones & Co. •
a
Represents the value of the authorized capital of new enterprises incorporated in the principal eastern states.
•Includes 130 cities.
120
INTEREST RATES, SECURITY PRICES, AND ISSUES,
Table 91.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
INTEREST
RATES.1
YKAB AND MONTH.
New
York
call
loans.
Commercial
doublename
paper,
60-90
days.
25
Industrials.
25
railroads.
10
highest
grade
rails.
10
secondgrade
raUs.
10
public
utility
bonds.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
average..
100
100
78
60
59
82
I 100
108
60
80
107
100
130
167
147
100
94
89
95
83
100
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average.,
average.,
average..
average..
166
205
246
189
101
94
127
113
139
182
184
137
74
75
68
64
87
79
1920.
January
February
March
April
283
313
253
231
103
111
116
117
207
184
202
212
68
66
70
68
81
81
77
May....
June....
July....
August.
220
228
264
226
124
134
135
138
190
192
191
177
65
64
65
66
74
76
77
79
September.,
October
November..
December..
226
241
253
217
138
138
137
136
181
177
155
144
71
74
70
64
81
84
82
79
79
83
80
77
68
1931,
January
,
February
March
April
,
210
228
216
203
135
134
132
131
148
148
144
145
66
65
63
83
82
81
81
May....
June
July
August.
214
196
179
179
120
117
111
103
149
130
125
121
65
62
64
65
80
78
81
82
162
165
159
160
102
97
90
89
129
129
136
141
65
64
65
83
Combined
index
(40
bonds).
Municipal
bonds.
NEW MUNICIPAL
BOND ISSUES.*
Permanent
loans
(long
term).
103
97
100
Temporary
loans
(short
term).
Relative to 1913.
100
100
93
95
91
109
121
122
109
64
100
59
32
61
81
100
100
100
105
108
101
105
98
87
98
100
85
78
91
90
78
78
103
101
112
114
319
96
91
90
84
81
77
102
105
109
107
254
114
205
185
252
105
308
161
83
82
82
81
75
75
75
75
112
117
118
118
133
132
235
191
47
76
21
68
82
85
83
79
77
81
79
75
118
116
114
112
206
184
190
240
138
190
130
134
81
70
78
78
70
71
71
72
84
80
80
79
78
77
77
114
113
114
115
224
217
185
279
150
102
261
310
79
77
79
81
72
70
72
73
80
77
70
76
77
75
77
78
115
116
118
118
225
372
319
353
173
112
107
102
75
75
77
80
77
73
79
77
79
78
81
84
117
115
112
101
310
370
377
599
183
148
17
103
88
88
77
81
82
78
79
76
84
70
73
76
73
74
71
73
74
74
75
83
87
91
1923.
January
February
March
10
Industrial
bonds.
Relative to 1915.
Relative to 1913.
September..
October
November..
December..
BOND
YIELDS.*
BOND PKICES.2
STOCK PRICES.5
See footnotes on opposite page.
68
68
66
74
72
80
98
93
137
121
INTEREST RATES, SECURITY PRICES, AND ISSUES,
Table 92.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
I N T E R E S1T
RATES.
YEAR AND MONTH.
New
York
call
loans.
Commercial
double^
name
paper,
60-90
days.
STOCK PRICES.^
25
industrials.
25
railroads.
10
highest
grade
rails.
Dollars per share.
Percent.
BOND
FIELDS.*
10
second
grade
rails.
10
public
utility
bonds.
10
Industrial
bonds.
Per cent of par.
1913 monthly average...
1914 monthly average...
1915 monthly average...
1916 monthly average...
1917 monthly average...
3.18
3.45
1.91
2.53
3.40
5.78
4.52
3.44
3.42
4.73
$58.15
58.23
75.66
97.31
85.33
S82.92
77.89
73.39
78.87
69.02
89.79
92.45
87.43
75.55
78.00
72.42
73.82
77.59
72.36
70.51
75.89
71.35
1918 monthly average...
1919 monthly average...
1920 monthly average...
1921 monthly average...
5.27
6.51
7.82
6.02
5.86
5.42
7.34
6.55
81.01
106.08
107.21
79.78
61.39
62.10
56.07
53.27
80.02
77.89
71.33
74.39
66.12
66.33
58.54
61.43
63.89
61.77
51.99
53.92
1930.
January
February
March
April
9.00
9.94
8.06
7.35
5.98
6.41
6.69
6.78
120.51
106.96
117.74
123.35
56.27
55.03
58.32
56.14
74.63
72.31
72.46
69.17
61.78
59.13
60.06
57.05
May
June
July...
August
7.00
7.25
8.40
7.19
7.16
7.72
7.83
8.00
110.77
111.83
110.81
102.82
54.29
53.02
53.97
54.97
66.82
67.72
68.97
70.89
September
October
November
December
7.19
7.65
8.06
6.90
7.97
8.00
7.94
7.88
105.06
102.94
89.88
83.83
58.50
61.48
57.89
53.02
1921.
January.
February
March.
April
6.69
7.25
6.8$
6.45
7.81
7.75
7.63
7.58
86.01
86.24
83.94
84.43
Hay.-..
June..
July...
August..
6.81
6.22
5.70
5.69
6.94
6.75
6.40
5.94
September
October.
November
December..
5.15
5.25
5.06
5.10
5.90
5.63
5.19
5.13
1922.
January
February
March.
Combined
Index
(40
bonds).
NEW MUNICIPAL
BOND ISSUES.*
Municipal
bonds.
P c r m a - ' Pemporary
n c n t loans
loans
(short
(long
term).
term).
Per cent.
BOND P R I C E S . '
Thousands of dollars.
76.76
80.49
75.58
4.45
4.16
4.23
4.06
4.26
S34.049
37,159
41,049
41,450
37,078
S40,2G8
23,838
12,894
24,367
32,704
69.36
70.76
60.12
55.28
69.84
69.07
59.70
60.15
4.60
4.49
5.00
5.08
21,902
64,183
64,472
108,091
39,423
37,508
55,341
55.80
54.06
54.50
52.38
67.50
64.44
63.70
61.71
64.18
61.77
62.03
59.45
4.56
4.66
4.83
4.77
86,647
38,858
70,161
63,102
101,684
42,310
123,990
64,866
55.26
55.89
55.74
56.71
50.65
50.56
50.01
48.70
58.81
58.17
57.85
57.27
57.29
57.45
57.37
57.36
4.99
5.19
5.26
5.25
45,183
15,031
79,915
65,293
18,742
30,684
8,534
34,607
72.77
75.03
73.86
71.35
59.66
62.75
60.68
57.82
50.18
54.30
52.83
49.88
58.03
59.66
58.61
55.73
59.12
62.07
60.64
57.72
5.27
5.18
5.06
4.97
70,713
62,592
64,613
81,557
55,763
76,592
52,318
53,997
54.54
53.87
52.14
51.37
74.92
73.81
73.14
72.52
60.89
59.91
59.13
59.13
51.41
52.09
52.19
52.85
58.81
58.98
56.13
56.42
60.41
60.25
59.21
59.39
5.06
5.05
5.07
5.11
76,181
73,831
62,980
94,946
60,5$6
41,270
105,252
124,930
86.38
75.83
72.97
70.42
53.83
51.19
53.14
53.22
72.25
70.31
72.56
73.66
59.84
58.17
60.06
61.08
52.88
51.67
53.04
53.87
56.16
54.06
53.66
53.69
59.46
57.75
58.89
59.59
5.12
5.18
5.26
5.24
76,749
126,723
108,707
120,147
70,007
45,482
42,930
41,249
75.19
75.03
78.80
82.07
54.14
53.31
54.18
54.36
74.72
74.52
78.59
81.62
62.75
62.83
65.80
67.59
55.10
55.63
57.18
59.12
54.41
51.16
55.69
54.22
60.74
59.83
62.13
64.10
5.22
5.13
5.00
4.50
105,680
125,921
128,526
203,842
73,529
59,543
6,757
4.38
1
New York market rates as compiled by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle*
* Average of 40 bonds compiled by Dow, Jones & Co.
> Average market yield of bonds of 20 large cities at the first of each month compiled by The Bond Buyer.
* Sales by states and municipalities of new bond issues as compiled by The Bond Buyer.
* Closing prices of the month on New York Stock Exchange as compiled by the Annalist.
v
*
122
PUBLIC FINANCE.
Table 93.—(A) IffDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA,
Based on data from Government sources.
1
[Baso year in bold-faced t y p e ]
U. S . G O V ERNMENT
DEBT.
Y E A R AND MONTH.
U. S.
GOVERNMENT
FINANCES.
MONEY IN
CIRCULATION.*
u. s.
GOVERNMENT
DEBT.
Total
- Total OrdiOrdinary
Total
CusTotal
inter- Liber- tC u s s ordi- nary
ordinary disbursetoms
Interest- Liberty
disnary
Total. Per
ty 1( o m
estrecapita. bcarlng.* Loans.* receipts.2 receipts. 2 m e n t s . 2
burserebcar- loans* ! ceipts/
ceipts/ ments 2
Relative to
1919.
Relative to 1913.
Relative to
1919.
Millions of dollars.
100
92
66
67
71
4
4
4
4
11
100
101
90
108
154
100
103
107
106
168
Thousands of dollars.
MONEY
IN
CIRCULATION.*
Total.
Per
capita.
Millions
of
dollars.
Dollars.
§4,018
$38.59
42.53
46.00
50.29
45,62
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
A . - I N D E X NUMBERS.
1913 monthly avcrago..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly avorago..
1910 monthly avorago..
1917 monthly avorago..
U. S. GOVERN3IENT
FINANCES.
82
84
826,573 S60,343
61,223
24,360
58,159
17,482
64,972
17,766
93,181
18,830
$56,893
58,355
60,950
60,374
95,658
S966
968
970
972
2,713
$1,466
9,313
30,736
20,409
19,828
15,228
15,286
26,961
26,160
347,834
387,300
536,006
414,323
747,211
1,280,447
370,485
4,500
4,915
5,385
4,927
48
100
95
94
45
100
99
96
57
.58
101
98
576
642
8S8
6S7
1,313
2,250
742
651
92
93
100
110
100
100
109
99
11,986
25,234
24,061
23,598
101
102
101
101
101
108
101
129
105
423
380
1,821
526
612
519
945
SS8
108
104
107
107
108
104
107
107
25,424
25,161
24,455
24,707
21,068
20,976
20,904
20,829
28,629
26,779
34,378
27,918
255,388
229,527
1,099,041
317,258
348,294
295,457
537,541
505,329
5,312
5,110
5,278
5,273
49.81
47.83
49.41
49.33
Hay....
Juno
July....
August.
99
99
9S
9S
110
129
116
110
427
2,164
382
G60
695
834
539
787
108
109
110
110
108
109
109
109
24,736
24,061
23,985
24,091
20,488
20,409
20,389
20,377
29,129
34,302
30,694
29,328
257,501
1,305,837
230,367
398,401
395,475
474,362
306,502
447,571
5,291
5,353
5,381
5,385
49.45
50.00
50.19
50.22
Soptombor..
October
November..
Decomber..
9S
93
93
98
90
96
82
70
1,510
365
456
1,544
S73
750
749
711
112
113
114
114
111
112
114
113
23,853
23,825
23,939
23,745
20,329
20,312
20,088
20,269
24,036
25,600
21,185
18,555
911,307
220,035
275,421
931,989
496,777
426,497
426,092
404,575
5,480
5,553
5,617
5,584
51.06
51.70
52.26
52.13
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
averago..
average..
1920.
January..,
February..
March
April
100
97
93
422,039
1931.
January...
Fobruary..
March
April
9-4
94
94
9S
97
97
97
98
80
110
152
360
412
1,527
491
682
617
943
868
112
107
106
103
112
106
105
102
23,756
23,820
23,741
23,760
20,228
20,165
20,102
20,056
25,925
21,153
29,204
40,417
217,328
248,564
921,628
296,171
388,179
351,102
536,476
494,091
5,501
5,233
5,206
5,051
51.29
48.73
48.41
46.91
May....
Juno
July....
August.
94
91
93
94
96
96
95
95
96
93
75
99
371
1,2-13
346
402
648
825
566
512
102
102
99
101
101
98
95
23,710
23,739
23,534
23,680
19,995
19,844
19,776
19,611
25,485
24,723
19,796
26,449
223,706
750,017
209,068
242,443
368,451
469,614
321,819
291,158
5,020
5,012
4,866
4,737
46.57
46.43
45.02
43.77
95
94
94
94
88
99
93
1,142
394
324
1,227
468
535
570
580
95
95
94
93
94
93
92
91
23,675
23,201
23,365
23,189
19,717
19,537
19,491
19,408
23,357
26,408
24,843
26,155
689,323
237,848
195,483
740,293
266,524
304,158
324,483
329,766
4,672
4,663
4,607
4,553
43.11
42.98
42.41
41.85
Soptomber..
October
November..
December..
92
93
92
1923.
January...
February..
March
1 From U. S. Treasury Department, except money in circulation, from the Federal Reserve Board.
Monthly averages for fiscal years ending June 30,1913 to 1920.
* Represents money held outside of the U. S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve system; figures for years 1917 to 1920 are as of December 31.
* Includes Liberty and Victory Loans and War Savings Securities; figures for the years 1913 to 1920 are as of June 30.
6
Figures for the years 1913 to 1920 are as of June 30.
2
123
CREDIT CONDITIONS.
Table 94.—(A) INDEX NUMBEES AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced typo.]
PAYMENTS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
United Pacific Moun- North
Middle South
States
tain
2
Agricul- Agricul- Agriculaverage* Coast. Section.3 tural.*
tural.5
tural.s
United
East.'
States
average.
Relative to 1916.
Pacific Moun- North Middle South
tain
H
Coasts Section.3 Agricul- Agricul- Atural.«
tural.*
tural. 5
Percentage of total recorded transactions.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
1018 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
av..
av..
av..
av..
av..
av..
100
105
, 106
110
108
97
East.7
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1OO
99
103
110
112
105
100
107
101
103
103
93
1OO
103
102
108
106
96
1OO
113
106
111
107
99
1OO
106
112
115
112
1OO
102
1Q2
108
107
55.0
57.5
58.4
60.7
59.4
53.3
56.6
56.2
5S.4
62.5
63.3
59.2
53.2
62.2
58.9
59.9
60.1
54.2
55.4
57.1
56.7
60.0
58.8
53.4
58.0
65.8
61.6
64.5
62.3
57.5
49.5
52.6
55.5
56.8
55.2
48.4
57.2
58.6
58.5
61.6
61.1
56.0
1930.
January
February
March
April........
116
115
114
109 .
115
124
114
115
114
114
115
105
114
112
112
108
118
115
113
108
118
121
121
118
110
110
112
104
63.8
63.2
62.9
60.2
64.9
70.3
64.8
64.9
66.1
66.1
67.1
61.1
63.1
62.0
62.2
60.0
68.2
66.9
65.7
62.9
58.2
60.1
60.1
58.3
63.1
63.0
63.8
59.6
May....
June
July....
August.
113
111
110
106
115
113
110
109
109
102
105
96
108
113
107
10S
112
111
107
105
118
116
112
107
115
109
113
109
62.3
61.1
60.3
58.2
65.3
64.1
62.2
61.9
63.3
59.3
61.2
55.6
59.9
62.6
59.4
59.9
65.1
64.6
62.0
61.1
58.4
57.3
55.2
53.1
65.9
62.2
64.4
62.2
September.
October....
November..
December..
104
103
97
111
108
105
101
96
96
97
92
105
10S
84
94
102
103
99
93
104
109
100
95
107
100
95
99
57.2
56.9
53.3
52.8
63.1
61.3
59.4
56.9
55.6
55.6
56.4
53.7
58.2
59.8
46.4
51.9
59.3
60.0
57.7
54.0
51.3
53.9
49.3
47.2
61.2
57.3
54.2
56.8
95
107
116
111
104
93
86
99
97
96
100
93
90
100
101
104
105
103
107
101
91
100
109
101
52,5
55.2
57.4
5-1.4
60.8
65.5
62.6
53.6
54.3
50.3
57.8
56.2
53.3
55.3
54.4
49.8
57.8
58.7
60.2
61.0
46.1
51.2
52.9
50.2
52.3
57.0
62.1
57.9
102
102
107
108
89
101
95
100
106
93
103
97
101
102
104
99
99
102
101
97
100
100
105
102
55.0
54.9
55.9
54.3
57. S
57.6
60.6
61.2
51.6
58.9
55.3
58.4
58.6
51.4
57.1
53.5
58.6
59.2
60.1
57.6
49.2
50.6
49.8
48,2
57.4
57.1
60.2
58.5
91
96
94
103
107
91
94
88
83
103
90
93
94
93
95^
92*
96
92
S9
92
98
87
91
92
51.8
49.2
49.3
50.3
54.6
53.1
58.1
60.7
53.1
54.6
51.0
48.4
49.4
56.9
50.0
51.5
54.3
54.2
55.0
53.1
47.5
45.7
44.0
45.6
56.0
49.5
51.9
52.8
91
93
83
97
91
92
92
50.1
52.7
48.2
53.6
52.7
45.3
52.9
1921.
January
February
March
,
April
,
May....
June....
July....
August.
September.
October
November..
December..
1922.
January
February
March
100
104
99
100
100
102
99
94
89
90
1
Compiled by the Credit Clearing House from reports to it by manufacturers and wholesalers on items of credit facts from their ledgers concerning merchants or jobbers
to whom they sell. The numerical data given above show the percentage which the number of payment items reported bears to the total number of transactions reported.
The commodities covered by those transactions are largely textiles. The year 1916 is taken as a base, as payments were abnormally high in 1919.
3
California, Oregon, and Washington.
* Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming.
4
Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
6
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.
6
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina.
7
States east of and including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia.
124
CREDIT CONDITIONS.
Table 95.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Baaed on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[llaso year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
INDEBTEDNESS.
ORDERS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
United Pacific Moun- North Middle South
tain
Agricul- Agricul- Agrlcul2
States
average. Coast. Section.3 tural.*
tural. 1 tural.e
Kust.'
United Pacific Moun- North Middle South
States
Agricul- Agricul- Agrlcultain
2
tural. 5
average. Coast. Section.3 tural.*
tiiral.*
East.7
Relative to 1910.
1 1 mo. av.
9G
1017 mo. av.
1918 mo. a v .
1919 mo* a v .
1920 mo. av.,
1921 mo.av.
1OO
100
IOO
IOO
1OO
IOO
IOO
103
101
99
lot
93
98
97
106
99
106
91
SO
100
10S
102
104
SS
81
91
110
99
103
93
94
SO
100
91
91
9t
78
S2
94
90
S7
94
91
103
10.5
107
105
104
102
102
92
97
104
111
89
113
109
99
105
85
85
100
85
100
101
January
February
March
April
May....
Juno—
July....
August.
September.,
October....
November..
Decomber..
102
103
101
IOO
96
90
101
IOO
93
90
91
89
92
IOO
94
94
90
94
94
IOO
too
94
92
85
SI
89
94
90
94
86
78
87
90
SO
103
9S
9G
107
110
97
109
85
SO
SO
74
109
100
100
10S
118
104
117
S7
88
89
87
101
95
101
102
110
100
105
88
96
99
86
106
9S
101
100
117
104
10S
91
91
98
89
100
S7
90
102
123
102
10G
96
97
102
95
102
S3
90
101
117
90
104
92
93
115
85
108
93
90
113
115
10G
109
93
102
113
89
100
90
97
I0G
110
106
109
100
99
100
98
95
isi
S2
90
9S
99
99
104
96
112
99
74
73
69
77
S5
71
07
108
104
114
102
January
February
March
April
63
59
5S
SI
71
flS
59
97
82
91
85
ss
so
73
S3
91
93
SS
90
SI
66
96
76
SI
93
92
SI
6S
$5
92
May....
June
July....
August.
S2
91
99
99
September..
October
November..
December..
OS
January
February
March
91
92
100
SI
70
82
7$
S2
78
91
95
%
89
112
92
89
109
S2
90
9S
SO
89
93
87
79
SO
79
76-
8G
93
80
SS
81
S3
99
92
105
97
do
94
98
101
96
105
95
101
92
SO
93
87
104
98
97
S9
84
90
90
91
103
102
91
94
92
107
"87
97
91
100
107
86
101
111
111
96
67
79
S9
91
99
104
100
111
SS
90
90
95
76
90
105
S9
109
117
110
108
ss
04
103
91
109
117
114
Soe footnotes on opposite page, except boundaries of districts on page 123.
87
94
93
84
84
8S
86
93
96
95
96
99
104
107
93
74
7S
94
SS
92
93
104
106
10S
103
84
82
91
100
95
91
92
95
103
107
113
10S
9G
92
94
88
91
85
78
82
83
87
89
87
85
91
100
10S
96
84
77
93
99
95
91
87
105
92
107
102
107
111
106
90
94
103
125
CREDIT CONDITIONS.
Table 96.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
INDEBTEDNESS.
ORDERS.
YEAR AND MONTH.
United Pacific Moun- North 3Iiddle South
States
tain
3
Agricul- Agricul- Agriculaverage. Coast. Section.3 tural. 4
tural.*
tural. 5
EastJ
United Pacific Moun- North
States
tain
3
Affricul
average. Coast. Section.3 turaU
Middle
tural.
5
South
Agricultural.*
East.*
Percentage of total recorded transactions.
I
27.6
28.0
28.2
58.3
28.0
24.6
33.2
33.1
31.3
31.3
31.2
25.8
30.6
32.2
29.7
30.5
28.8
25.0
25.8
25.4
28.0
27.3
26.3
23.8
27.2
27.5
28.7
29.3
29.8
25.6
27.7
27.4
27.5
28.2
27.4
24.9
26.3
27.4
28.0
27.4
27.2
22.9
38.8
36.2
35.2
34.1
36.2
36.6
34.2
33.6
30.6
27.6
32.1
31.0
34.5
33.0
33.7
30.9
34.7
33.9
38.8
3G.1
35.0
35.5
34.7
35.6
37.8
35.7
35.4
34.1
35.4
35.7
40.6
38.1
37.4
35.5
38.1
37.9
1920.
January
February
March
April
28.3
28.8
28.4
30.2
34.9
36.8
32.5
33.2
32.7
27.1
29.4
30.7
27.2
29.2
27.7
27.9
28.3
29.7
29.9
32.0
2S.2
27.3
27.0
2S.7
26.9
27.6
28.7
30.8
35.8
32.9
33.1
33.6
33.2
28.9
27.2
30.1
34.4
29.4
27.5
30.8
35.0
31.1
28.6
33.6
35.6
32.6
29.5
32.9
36.6
34.1
34.1
35.8
35.6
33.6
30.5
32.4
May....
June
July....
August.
27.9
29.3
29.3
28.2
31.6
32.5
29.0
28.1
31.7
30.9
29.3
29.4
26.4
25.9
26.2
26.0
29.9
31.7
33.5
31.9
27.6
28.9
28.2
26.7
27.5
28.4
27.8
27.4
34.0
35.4.
37.1
35.6
32.7
31.0
33.1
31.8
34.1
33.7
35.3
39.8
33.3
34.6
37.0
33.0
34.3
34.9
37.7
33.8
35.1
37.6
39.1
38.5
32.7
34.1
34.9
34.1
September..
October
November..
December..
29.7
29.2
26.3
20.3
32.6
30.0
27.5
25.1
29.3
29.6
25.0
21.0
29.2
27.3
23.2
19.8
31.2
29.9
26.6
23.2
29.5
29.5
27.5
19.7
28.6
28.7
26.1
17.7
36.2
38.7
40.2
41.9
34.9
33.8
32.9
35.6
39.0
34.5
38.5
39.2
34.7
38.1
38.5
39.4
36.1
37.6
39.2
40.5
37.9
42.1
42.9
43.9
33.6
35.7
39.4
42.6
1921.
January
February
March
April
17.5
24.4
23.8
23.3
19.5
24.3
23.8
26.4
17.7
25.4
24.7
20.8
20.8
24.2
23.9
22.0
19.3
25.2
24.9
25.1
16.0
24.3
23.3
22.6
15.6
23,8
23.0
22.6
37.8
31.6
30.6
35.9
27.9
22.7
27.3
27.2
31.3
33.1
27.4
30.5
32.8
29.4
29.4
36.5
35.2
28.1
29.4
34.7
41.9
34.3
33.2
36.9
37.9
33.1
30.1
36.5
June
July....
August.
22.7
25.0
27.4
27.2
23.4
27.3
31.9
30.4
25.0
23.8
27.2
27.3
20.0
23.4
29.0
28.1
23.8
25.8
28.5
28.3
23.2
24.5
26.3
27.2
21.9
25.1
26.6
25.4
38.3
36.5
35.8
34.5
31.6
33.6
27.3
28.8
36.2
34.9
32.0
30.9
37.8
37.3
33.7
34.8
37.7
36.0
34.5
34.7
38.9
37.3
38.2
35.6
39.1
37.2
35.9
34.3
September..
October....
November..
December..
27.0
27.1
24.6
25.5
27.2
26.4
22.4
27.6
27.4
29.7
24.1
26.8
23.4
23.6
22.9
24.7
27.9
27.1
25.5
26.0
28.3
29.6
27.3
26.3
24.6
22.7
20.1
23.6
36.3
39.2
40.9
42.2
31.5
38.1
35.7
39.9
36.9
3a 4
36.6
38.0
33.6
37.1
43.0
41.8
35.8
39.1
40.5
42.7
36.7
38.0
42.0
42.5
36.0
42.1
40.2
42.2
1922.
January
February
March
25.4
29.3
26.9
24.2
27.9
25.3
23.1
42.3
40.0
39.2
38.4
41.0
45.1
41.5
1916 mo. av..
1917 mo. av.,
1918 mo. av..
1919 mo. av..
1920 mo. a w .
1921 mo. av..
39.3
36.2
33.5
31.7
34.9
37.1
1
Compiled by the Credit Clearing House from reports to it by manufacturers and wholesalers on items of credit facts from their ledgers concerning merchants; or jobbers
to whom they sell. The numerical data given above show the percentage which the number of items reported relating to orders or to creation of indebtedness bears to the
total number of transactions reported. As one transaction may cover both an order and an indebtedness or a payment, the sum of the percentages of orders, indebtedness
a
nd payments will usually exceed 100 per cent. The commodities covered are largely textiles, and the individual orders are stated to average from $250 to 5600, depending
oa trade conditions. The year 1916 is taken as a base, as it is believed to be more nearly normal than 1919, in which orders and payments were unusually large and
indebtedness unusually small.
For boundaries of districts see page 123.
126
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Table 97,—INDEX ffTTMBEKS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
YEAR AND MONTH.
Food,
drink* Raw
Total. and matetorial.
bacco.
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES s
(quantities).
REEXPORTS
(values).
EXPORTS
(values).
IMPORTS
(values).
Food,
ManManFood,
drink, Raw
ufacdrink, Raw ufactured Total. and mate- tured Total. and matetotorial.
artirial. artibacco*
cles.
bacco.
cles.
Manufactured
articles.
Relative to
1920.
Relative to 1913.
1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average.
1917 monthly average.
100
91
115
100
100
103
84
131
102
123
144
120
138
157
1918monthly average.
171
1919 monthly average.
100
82
73
96
1OO
137
100
83
94
98
113
196
163
212
244
229
1920monthly average.
252
266
1921 monthly average.
142
196
January...
291
303
Fobruary.
266
239
March
276
April
261
Woolen
CotIron
ton
and
and
piece wor- steel.
goods* sted
tissues.
Coal.
Relative to
1913.
77
75
91
92
100
82
71
96
100
50
96
103
64
47
68
100
82
75
93
64
145
95
37
87
99
28
25
22
43
138
152
102
174
154
150
269
142
105
252
235
254
156
208
272
203
289
192
181
96
127
136
115
91
143
190
78
90
66
43
333
195
242
175
242
279
386
303
171
112
110
C2
55
339
205
196
147
239
195
248
261
285
160
84
82
55
43
256
326
236
237
15S
249
243
296
244
352
205
107
110
70
39
237
305
236
243
146
209
259
223
247
239
176
115
115
66
33
95
89
100
84
100
100
87
109
90
140
85
89
132
77
1OO
84
00
(>
*
1OO
100
1OO
78
65
67
47
100
80
59
52
43
33
46
70
35
43
48
34
34
1920.
May
260
269
258
252
273
148
227
294
222
254
224
199
120
119
June
266
279
247
277
266
159
197
289
220
310
206
203
110
113
July
255
288
221
257
314
166
215
347
195
274
173
203
107
126
August..
239
255
218
248
263
129
180
291
146
255
104
181
99
103
67
30
September.
238
278
190
251
268
159
163
298
146
271
102
176
103
93
62
24
October
234
286
189
225
257
172
165
279
177
347
132
181
82
79
67
23
November..
225
254
198
223
273
174
161
302
144
319
93
159
93
88
56
22
December..
223
246
207
214
221
141
211
230
139
301
154
67
62
46
38
January...
183
203
158
212
142
132
233
109
163
92
117
67
63
57
28
February.
151
197
109
145
156
113
101
170
88
117
82
S3
66
48
41
28
March
146
210
76
155
153
107
100
166
97
215
76
80
63
41
36
32
April
140
219
70
126
137
137
50
152
93
72
87
50
46
39
10
May
135
207
71
120
77
25
113
79
147
64
75
34
25
0
June
133
215
78
109
87
90
19
98
78
168
49
90
41
33
17
0
July.....
126
174
S6
112
99
99
4S
107
103
230
76
90
48
36
15
13
August..
13S
209
83
113
117
115
121
116
109
206
105
57
37
18
51
September..
136
200
87
111
146
122
120
128
94
204"
72
84
72
28
32
56
October
132
184
91
116
142
128
126
147
114
230
96
88
90
50
38
56
November..
139
171
128
111
144
132
121
149
108
222
90
84
49
47
59
December..
133
162
IIS
113
136
117
133
138
101
183
80
102
52
50
70
35
32
34
1921.
1922.
January.
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
127
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Table 98.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
IMPORTS
(values).
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES»
(quantities).
REEXPORTS
(values).
EXPORTS
(values).
Food,
Food,
ManuManudrink, Raw ManuRaw
drink, Raw
facCotton Woolen Iron
facfacand
mate- tured Total. and mate- tured Total. and m a t e - tured piece worsted and
and
rial. articles.
tototorial.
rial. articles.
artigoods. tissues. steel.
bacco*
bacco.
bacco.
cles.
Food,
drink*
YEAB AND MONTH.
Total.
Thousands of
square yards.
Thousands of pounds sterling (£).
1913 monthly av..
1014 monthly av.
1915 monthly a v .
1916 monthly a v .
1917 monthly a v .
64,061 34,184 23,435 1 6 , 1 3 4
58,053 24,995 19,711 13,374
15,121
73,491 31,740 23,881
15,766
79,042 34,931 28,066
88,680 37,893 32,067
18,214
1918 monthly a v .
1919 monthly a v .
1920 monthly a v .
1921 monthly av..
109,678
135,513
161,379
90,668
47,491
58,938
64,291
47,3S2
38,207
53,834
59,292
22,598
23,343
22,219
37,902
20,425
41,785
66,553
111,289
59,316
1,001
2,775
4,241
3,122
5,083
10,107
12,138
5,322
33,880
52,663
93,394
49,048
2,579
13,729
18,534
8,921
336
3,575
3,842
2,520
1920.
January
..
February....
186,498
March
176,648
73,387
57,683
61,808
57,387
78,137
79,612
76,540
71,587
31,528
33,042
38,156
38,050
105,880
85,964
103,699
106,251
4,763
3,987
4,280
3,959
16,654
13,825
14,482
12,194
83,086
66,733
83,387
88,689
25,464
22,604
27,031
20,407
64,993
67,566
69,571
61,785
60,509
57,919
51,899
51,268
40,580
44,681
41,423
40,016
119,319
116,352
137,452
114,903
4,020
4,313
4,515
3,503
13,211
11,447
12,551
10,467
100,727
99,031
118,954
99,645
44,557
44,299
46,560
48,613
40,573
36,267
35,955
34,553
117,456
112,295
119,365
96,631
4,311
4,678
4,723
3,842
9,515 102,216
9,632 95,701
9,399 103,694
12,277 78,819
170,514
167,154
166,334
June....
170,491
43,770 2,716 5,825 34,281
35,893 2,412
4,893 28,219
4,363 24,411
32,072 2,090
42,190 2,458 6,362 32,783
1,361
5,597 35,301
43,923
9,131 1,329 5,336 2,455
7,956
1,453
4,488 2,007
8,255 1,867
4,549
1,835
8,131
1,756
4,095 2,271
5,806
620 3,615
1,566
565,415
* 478,763
3 395,417
* 438,318
M15,004
14,718
'13,417
8 12,460
U5,432
3 13,874
Coal.
Thousands of
long tons.
4 1 4 6,117
324 4,920
270 3,628
279 3,196
195 2,916
308,321 »8,208
1,048
2,575 9 298,782 13,706
4,437 370,138 22,178
9,562
2.220
242,938
137
190
290
143
2,646
2,937
2,078
2,055
5,134 16,143
3,473 15,201
3,242 18,767
3,287 12,771
4,187
3,929
5,022
4,327
414,875
312,185
397,418
424,216
24,413
18,232
24,355
25,478
258
227
291
272
3,359
2,601
2,406
1,9
20,260
20,124
17,848
13,368
3,376 11,975
4,120 11,010
3,638 9,221
3,385 5,529
4,897
4,992
4,989
4,453
443,688
406,334
395,849
367,144
26,476
24,9S7
28,027
22,736
392
286
370
279
2,140
1,931
2,097
1,847
13,351
16,134
13,115
12,699
3,601
4,605
4,243
3,995
5,418
7,061
4,975
4,917
4,317
4,444
3,896
3,787
382,591
305,339
343,575
248,443
20,653
17,574
19,513
13,697
255
277
232
192
1,476
1,417
1,361
2,302
1,194
7,571
10,249
4,171
July....
163,342
August.,
153,255
September.
152,692
October....
149,889
November.,
144,260
December..
142,785
67,269
69,168
61,499
59,378
January...
117,051
96,974
93,742
89,996
49,158
47,750
50,888
52,908
37,005
25,504
17,739
16,547
30,467
23,394
24,980
20,374
92,756
68,222
66,809
59,868
3,852
3,075
2,897
3,729
7,668
5,881
5,832
2,936
79,746
58,177
56,969
52,019
9,955
8,004
8,888
8,524
2,160
1,552
2,851
2,543
4,904
4,386
4,074
3,844
2,865
2,041
1,962
2,134
249,613
244,949
232,043
186,849
13,877
10,693
9,121
10,209
236
168
150
163
1,700
1,729
1,968
607
88,180
80,757
88,581
50,094
51,915
42,090
50,584
16,711
18,389
20,232
19,589
19,282
17,600
18,005
18,194
43,088
38,150
43,172
51,346
2,101
2,439
2,702
3,124
1,437
1,125
2,775
7,05S
38,662
33,658
36,705
39,936
7,232
7,080
. 9,362
9,998
1,958
2,229
3,062
2,744
3,418
2,616
4,082
4,683
1,850
2,219
2,216
2,567
145,769
152,782
177,530
212,403
7,566
7,235
8,045
8,232
102
69
64
76
14
8
816
3,103
87,118
84,742
89,259
85,312
48,410
44,475
41,246
39,063
20,465
21,256
29,946
27,792
17,905
18,691
17,913
18.291'
63,842
62,265
3,300
3,466
59,375
3,187
6,997
7,359
7,0t6
7.746
44,009
50,238
51,094
47,36S
8,595
10,3S6
9,S23
9,204
2,710
3,057
2,944
2,435
3,822
5,143
4,818
4,263
2,057
2,164
2,060
2,501
265,386
353,825
363,633
330,476
6,104
11,109
10,978
11,574
133
156
194
205
3,407
3,407
3,594
4,309
February
March
April
May
June
August
September....
October
November...
1922.
January....^
February.. „ ,
March... *"*
1
9
a
Compiled from British official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Figures include exports and reexports.
Figures for years 1913-1919, inclusive, are for linear yards.
NOTE.—See p . (97) for exchange rate on pound sterling.
128
FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE.
Table 99.—INDEX ffUMBEKS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EXPORTS 5
(values).
IMPORTS *
(values).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total
all
commodities.
Foodstuffs.
Raw
material.
Manufactured
articles.
Total
aU
commodities.
Foodstuffs.
Raw
material.
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Manufactured
articles.*
Chemical
products.
Iron
and
steel.
LinPerSilk Cotton gerie fumes
and
fabrics. fabrics. wearing and
apparel, soaps.
Relative to 1913.
average.
average.
averago.
averago.
average.
1918 m o n t h l y
1919 m o n t h l y
1920 m o n t h l y
1921 m o n t h l y
average.
average.
average.
average.
100
76
132
245
327
100
100
265
311
278
384
425
577
624
277
342
100
71
94
197
240
100
65
185
352
524
100
71
57
90
87
100
77
77
70
59
100
70
41
58
59
100
70
60
109
106
100
67
20
20
15
100
52
15
16
14
100
82
95
95
67
100
74
36
44
31
100
73
24
' 35
42
100
91
77
73
44
204
298
493
251
398
624
767
293
69
173
422
313
50
142
S'49
230
54
132
337
79
197
472
337
10
36
83
4
36
135
64
97
123
19
63
85
23
41
127
34
59
103
22
86
128
100
191-3 monthly
1914 m o n t h l y
1915 m o n t h l y
1916 m o n t h l y
1917 m o n t h l y
34
152
156
153
99
145
148
146
32
96
74
89
53
97
82
113
129
70
95
356
545
397
595
74
64
72
96
139
211
178
121
107
165
121
166
78
144
S3
101
87
157
115
153
113
131
122
106
1920.
January...
February.
March
April
fi
6623
619
577
584
5718
627
526
807
8530
543
515
421
6798
841
824
3330
491
366
503
411
281
360
523
536
524
634
603
616
493
602
449
453
486
537
659
701
672
813
421
527
342
396
340
401
346
411
291
362
334
495
625
346
418
135
87
97
31
101
81
186
105
141
88
79
65
186
25
37
71
101
230
217
123
87
172
82
January...
February.
March
April
283
230
248
254
229
255
301
258
267
195
191
215
387
307
363
363
328
331
294
237
270
247
233
252
281
308
245
302
361
359
329
370
64
217
65
89
140
189
207
212
101
69
84
107
99
113
106
103
115
8$
104
90
Si
SO
85
May....
Juno
July
August.
223
246
209
247
277
324
287
368
168
211
171
208
330
262
240
232
288
305
273
301
217
212
176
161
268
349
284
287
311
305
287
335
65
85
185
154
133
178
90
90
82
105
122
107
115
September.
October
November.
December..
317
317
332
436
458
475
374
499
292
289
351
450
239
230
235
328
310
307
305
381
210
189
224
371
287
311
309
355
340
329
320
395
74
76
257
304
110
108
102
May....
June
July....
August.
September.
October
November.
December..
6312
405
295
360
1031.
1922.
January...
February.
March
See footnotes o n opposite page.
84
91
152
76
102
87
83
100
129
FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE.
Table 100.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
EXPORTS6
(values).
IMPORTS*
(values).
ManuTotal,
Raw
facall c o m - F o o d - mate- t u r e d
m o d i - stufts.
artirial.
ties.
cles.
YEAR AND MONTH.
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities)*
ManuTotal,
R
facall c o m - Food- m aatw- tured
e
m o d i - stuns. rial.
artities.
cles.*
Chemical
products.
Iron
and
steel.
Millions of francs.3
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
702
534
928
1,720
2,296
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
1,859
2,983
4,053
1,955
470
892
942
517
412
292
3as
151
151
2S5
421
582
Silk
fabrics.
Metric tons.*
138
90'
256
486
724
573
406
328
518
501
70
54
54
49
42
550
862
1,059
405
394
990
2,417
1,796
35
99
244
161
155
108
64
90
91
348
244
210
990
.
839
1,229
2,052
1,033
83.
204
523
463
379,
368
276
687
1,643
1,172
92,719
61,826
18,379
18,865
14,346
84,027
43,865
12,894
13,770
11,824
514
421
9,530
33,490
76,609
3,767
30,547
113,280
327
19,975
79,956
118,686
92,837
813
Llnge- PerC o t t o n !•ie a n d f u m e s
wearfabrics. n g a p - a n d
parel. soap*
28,951
127,620
130,941
128,499
511
487
488
343
501
630
4,613
3,401
1,667
2,016
1,413
653
475
154
230
277
4,286
3,887
3,311
3,131
1,891
868
. 2,914
3,908
152
270
830
1,470
2,514
4,402
1,475
4,420
3,427
4,096
345
631
533
739
1,233
5,526
2,983
4,0S9
3,582
6,623
3,815
4,674
566
1,024
748
996
4,849
5,615
5,248
4,550
8,600
1,170
1,717
3,297
660
1,499
1,418
'802
4,109
3,737
7,355
3,525
4,586
5,196
4,867
4,756
754
577
682
579
3,851
3,596
3,447
3,655
5,613
4,931
5,326
4,285
569
618
576
551
3,246
4,355
3,731
3,576
4,973
4,712
596
990
4,265
4,199
1930.
January
February
March
April
May...
June
July
August
.. .
..
September..
October
November..
December..
"4,370 81,084
4,344
947
4,051
794
4,100, 1,219
.
6 2,185
2,236
2,120
1,736
3,671
3,765
3,677
4,449
911
930
745
909
January
February
March
April
1,9S2
1,614
1 743
1,779
347
386
456
390
1,101
May...
June
July
August..
1,566
1,724
1,469
1 731
419
491
434
555
691
September
October. .
November..
December.
2,226
2,227
2,334
3,063
692
1,204
717
1,192
1,850
1,868
2,004
2,418
743
762
752
5 1,101
1,161
1,137
1,145
6 1,889
2,812
2,097
2,881
£165
2S8
197
252
M84
628
457
558
«1,240
1,896
1,383
2,071
68,784
59,25S
66,524
88,662
117,087
176,880
149,503
102,081
548
910
967
928
1,122
2,413
3,017
1,962
238
281
242
288
451
1,724
2,175
1,203
1,453
125,573
80,218
90,272
28,548
85,155
68,393
156,218
88,032
725
189
173
163
176
436
1,258
1,248
1,144
1,288
59,189
200,809
60,122
82,966
117,736
158,905
173,887
177,823
517
152
148
123
113
415
1,082
1,062
1,000
1,167
59,949
79,271
79,716
79,443
155,343
129,550
111,510
149,732
147
132
157
260
445
1,1S3
1,145
1,113
1,373
68,414
70,285
216,173
255,510
561
517
524
850
620
855
453
407
336
1921.
803
786
887
871
704
856
5G4
1,446
754
1,856
534
425
501
502
456
362
,331
320
330
318
324
453
L,SS3
]L,899
]L,6S6
1,932
L,649
1,750
KR'i
1,725
1,775
1,759
1,749
2,183
478
379
468
541
440
445
482
479
550
*
1922.
January
February..
March.
t
•
Compiled from official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
a See p. 97 for exchange rates on French francs.
' One metric ton is equal to 10 quintals, or 1,000 kilograms, and is equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
^ includes parcel post shipments.
i f,lgUres f o r m 0 I l t l i s of 1921 are based on 1919 valuation, which will later be revised to a 1921 valuation.
Monthly average of first five months of the year. Data not available by months on account of change to final 1920 valuation.
84796°—22
9
355
434
549
464
463
421
542
567
505
130
FOREIGN TRADE OF BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN.
Table 101.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-laced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
TOTAL
TRADE
(values)/
YEAH AND
MONTH.
SWEDEN.
DENMARK.
BELGIUM.
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).
EXPORTS OP KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities)*
ElCe- Iron
Imand
ports. ports. Glass. ment. steel.
ExImCoal. ports. ports.
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Pork
products.
Beef,
and
veal,
fresh.
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).
Im- Ex- L u m - Wood
ports. ports. ber. pulp.
Butter.
Eggs,
fresh.
100
104
132
144
115
100
86
Iron
ore.
Pig
iron.
Relative to 1913.
19L3 mo. av. 100
1914 mo. av. 299
1915 mo. av.
1916 mo. av.
1917 mo. av.
100
93
135
159
127
100
2 102
100
2 95
100
884
100
a 101
100
299
100
120
157
181
148
100
117
111
83
64
100
115
151
103
106
100
101
103
94
60
100
94
103
101
73
100
74
93
86
87
100
84
190
165
100
78
101
111
63
73
96
93
42
59
100
94
161
135
134
90
149
116
118
113
279
63
244
27
S8
20
84
11
55
68
33
111
305
367
105
140
252
2
3
35
64
53
117
14
36
73
70
92
146
146
299
399
165
193
260
69
89
93
103
69
38
58
1920.
January
February...
March
April
212
237
275
238
148
195
227
254
73
91
86
82
38
65
86
82
27
30
32
35
24
31
33
31
308
339
414
258
193
163
278
146
25
6
8
3
126
153
111
117
SO
27
87
26
37
104
243
87
337
400
'427
378
186
156
221
240
43
27
50
65
69
48
61
89
25
32
45
55
20
34
43
48
May
June
July
August
262
297
222
231
2G7
251
248
120
137
56
81
88
91
9S
90
37
56
61
72
26
29
29
30
254
372
364
396
272
274
263
255
62
60
47
35
153
96
127
139
78
93
87
85
136
239
219
222
445
402
469
436
333
.328
393
337
106
120
201
155
159
139
151
96
48
74
74
87
92
90
SO
67
September..
October
November..
December..
218
232
229
240
256
251
240
254
51
92
95
98
96
101
94
85
71
65
69
86
70
31
29
33
474
422
367
413
296
260
294
248
28
34
45
66
150
8
77
150
85
66
95
70
195
155
79
38
460
424
324
279
342
320
259
252
128
104
70
48
132
121
96
80
84
82
56
32
59
53
57
67
235
224
198
156
217
178
215
220
58
57
54
70
109
73
95
48
106
64
79
86
81
111
289
264
173
165
140
150
134
130
110
101
13
6
7
5
17
8
8
14
45
54
66
80
52
46
9
25
148
146
158
222
189
221
186
255
57
76
57
91
16
19
11
10
85
117
79
102
216
230
236
265
134
132
139
146
121
101
138
165
13
20
36
63
25
21
58
93
73
78
80
74
29
42
14
31
191
199
208
1S6
77
72
18
&
90
87
234
122
178
155
99
113
110
69
76
139
75
74
56
112
64
40
1918 mo. av.
1919 mo. av.
1920 mo. av.
1921 mo. av.
278
1921.
January....
February...
March .
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November.,
December..
5 237
6 214
560
^63
*71
572
&200
&203
5M
*83
5 59
5 221
6229
M82
640
»91
572
6143
'
1922.
i
January
February...
March
•
| !
I
See footnotes on opposite page.
131
FOREIGN TRADE OF BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN.
Table 102.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
BELGIUM.
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).*
YEAR AND
MONTH.
DENMARK.
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
ImExCe- Iron
and
ports. ports. Glass. ment. steel.
Thousands of
francs.8
Coal.
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).
Imports.
Exports.
Thousands of
crowns.'
Metric tons.*
E X P O R T S O F KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
P o r k Beef
and
p r o d - veal, But- Eggs,
u c t s . fresh. ter. fresh.
Metric tons. 4
1913 mo. av. 386,384 302,882 24,151 73,904 144,023 415,123
1914 mo. av. 33S3,858 2308,996 2 22,972 2 62,337 2144,960 2412,414
1915 mo. av.
1916 mo. av.
1917 mo. av.
71,279
66,274
96,444
113,116
90,774
60,107 10,532 1,256
72,287 12,302 1,440
94,105 11,692 1,897
109,074 8,734 1,293
88,856 6,793 1,337
1918 mo. av.
1919 mo. av. 436,357 191,077
1920 mo. av. 1,077,973 737,674
15,265 284,341
78,821 135,151
78,812
217,087
261,842
63,204
83,971
151,313
229
270
3,669
447,542 17,590 27,716 38,240 98,122
590,782 21,982 48,120 43,715 126,832
686,093 20,694 63,572 46,787 135,948
769,918 19,795 60,435 50,459 128,182
219,498
241,781
295,414
183,722
115,783
97,900
167,121
87,903
2,666
634
792
306
1920.
January
February...
March
April
819,456
904,783
1,062,069
919,402
6,486 14,797
21,362 .62,374
SWEDEN.
3,526
8,634
8,749
7,9S8
5,122
Thousands of
eggs.
26,328
27,374
34,680
37,891
30,386
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).
Imports.
Exports.
Thousands8 of
crowns.
70/545
60,576
95,209
94,881
63,214
E X P O R T S OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities)*
L u m - Wood Iron
ber. p u l p . ore.
Pig
Iron.
Thouands of Thousands of Metric
cubic metric tons.4 tons. 4
meters.*
68,112
64,363
109,697
129,698
112,463
328
257
332
365
206
71
67
73
72
52
537
399
499
462
468
807 1,221 18,524
670 3,058 24,342
1,473 6,239 38,461
102,776 112,536
211,165 131,308
281,124 176,856
227
292
306
52
68'
73
372 15,142
202 6,772
311 9,618
1,584
1,922
1,390
1,471
6,790 9,668
2,332 27,448
7,383 64,098
2,196 22,946
237,963
282,103
301,058
266,918
126,811
106,044
150,513
163,662
140
90
165
214
49
34
43
63
136
173
242
297
3,178
5,541
6,981
7,801
258
400
395
469
14,916
14,575
12,943
10,899
16,269
13,671
24,181
18,915
19,270
May
1,011,147 809,029 28,978 65,205 53,268
June
1,149,490 842,665 32,989 67,168 80,283
J u l y . . . . . . . 857,714 769,832 13,483 72,501 87,532
August
891,713 750,963 19,649 66,828 103,951
106,369
119,988
118,494
125,223
180,876
265,275
259,282
282,366
163,751
164,531
158,175
153,455
6,529 1,927
6,300 1,204
4,912 1,593
3,684 1,752
35,694
63,036
57,530
58,318
314,190
283,316
331,104
307,602
227,112
223,559
267,699
229,832
347
395
659.
510
113
99
107
68
September..
October....
November..
December..
291,155
128,666
121,065
136,774
337,560
300,783
261,874
294,469
177,723
156,521
176,684
148,869
2,922 1,886 7,232 51,404
3,593
95 5,667 40,724
4,695
964 8,097 20,752
6,991 1,889 5,969 9,910
324,522
299,341
228,230
197,138
232,798
217,760
176,483
171,311
421
341
229
156
94
86
63
57
451 9,648
442 8,686
303 9,289
171 10,959
1921.
January
February..
March
* 914,787 5647,663 s 14,467 s 46,762 5102,936 6299,797
April.......
167,232
159,875
140,839
111,360
130,443
106,878
129,42S
132,088
6,161 1,370
6,037 '921
5,637 1,193
599
7,337.
9,024
5,439
6,777
7,339
21,308
29,210
75,994
69,624
122,308
116,218
98,906
105,538
91,250
88,745
75,162
68,817
43
19
22
16
12
6
6
10
244
289
356
428
8,464
7,510
1,441
4,016
May...
June
July..
August..
105,665
104,233
112,791
158,520
113,354
132,851
112,040
153,317
5,993
8,010
6,017
9,588
205
241
141
127
7,205
9,943
6,705
8,701
56,848
60,542
62,230
69,740
94,872
93,242
97,917
103,310
82,110
68,513
94,168
112,612
44
66
118
205
18
15
41
66
391
420
431
395
4,772
6,874
2,327
5,105
136,403
142,092
125,230
111,962
8,099
7,570
224
311
7,651 61,554
7,435 32,244
125,910
105,442
325
370
361
49
54
99
403 18,259
399 10,356
303 6,504
September..
October..
November
December
841,904
896,222
885,414
926,204
774,800 12,435
760,628 22,118
727,666 22,844
768,247 23,632
70,969
74,388
69,723
62,864
102,224
93,903
99,098
123,597
6
774,216 3614,577 5 13,010 s 61,526 5 84,255 s 18,894
B
886,671 5551,622 6 9,775 s 67,076 5104,218 5595,509
6,681
7,897
7,387
7,234
1922.
January
February
March..
—
_ _
\ Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from official reports.
Av
^rage for first six months only.
t
• See p . 97 for exchange rates on these countries. The Banish crown is now worth from 16 to 18 cents compared to a par value of 26.8 cants.
1 met
*ic ton equals 1,000 kilograms and is equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois. A cubic meter equals 1.308 cubic yards.
1
Figures not available for separate months of 1921. These represent monthly averages for quarters, ending at these dates.
.
Merchandise only, exclusive of coin/and bullion: 1920 averages have been calculated on final revised annual figures and are somewhat higher than the unrevised monthly
132
FOREIGN TRADE OF GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND.
Table 103.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; nhmerical data on opposite page.]
SWITZERLAND.
GERMANY.
TOTAL TRADE 2
(values).
E X P O R T S O P KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Imports* Exports,
Iron a n d M a c h i n ery.
steel.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Coal.
Aniline
dyes.
TOTAL TRADE *
(values).
EXPORTS OF KEY COlttMODITIES
(quantities).
Cotton
Imports. Exports. embroideries.
Silk
piece
goods.
Watches
(including complete
movements).
Aniline
dyes.
100
101
116
114
100
73
100
130
100
102
68
59
122
111
122
99
73
70
92
121
Relative to 1913.
100
*102
100
<102
100
U05
100
<100
100
*103
100
«93
100
86
121
178
100
75
82
83
221
169
143
240
238
61
49
64
60
5 216
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
5 252
572
5 142
&105
»124
100
77
ss
1916 monthly averagol
124
125
125
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
184
21
51
27
67
28
74
40 "
135
107
1920.
January
February
March
April
May
jun©
July
August
M3
79
64
<53
71
71
*26
27
25
5 226
&261
»76
&117
5 105
5 137
20
16
17
25
35
30
33
34
79
81
74
106
39
25
30
33
5 219
5 238
6 57
597
5 144
5 127
5222
&201
5 36
6 71
544
6 94
6 162
September
October
November
December.... *
*23
29
27
56
48
52
54
'.
*21
32
21
5 139
5 26
577
&58
6 40
j
5 112
5 130
526
565
5 62
550
!
580
6 122
&29
574
5 183
4 43
!
1921.
January
February
March
Apra
*
..
May..........
June
July
August
42
43
46
£2
37
39
41
40
10
12
16
21
24
30
33
44
51
74
80
58
18
23
27
33
September
October
November.
December
43
44
23
36
33
24
23
20
42
45
58
54
41
38
j
1922.
January
February
March
.
„
!
I
See footnotes on opposite page.
133
FOREIGN TRADE OF GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND.
Table 104.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced typo; index numbers on opposite page.]
GERMANY.
TOTAL TRADE *
(values).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Imports.
Exports.
SWITZERLAND.
E X P O R T S O P KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Coal.
Thousands of dollars.
Iron a n d M a c h i n steel.
ery.
TOTAL TRADE *
(values).
Aniline
dyes.
Imports.
Exports.
Thousands of francs.
Metric tons.
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Cotton
embroideries.
Silk
piece
goods.
Watches
(IncludAniline
ing
complete dyes.
movements).
Thousands of pounds. Number.
Thousands of
pounds.
1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 montlhy average.
1920 monthly average.
100,575
608,748
541,875
* 558,674
145,883
49,639
4 46,383
33,139
159,985
123,201
140,003
198,209
1,487
1920.
January
February
March
April
1,618
1,220
1,319
1,342
399
402
461
454
1,151
835
1,156
1,500
1,292
1,319
882
700
200,429
200,122
294,449
353,568
5,357
4 5,344
114,700
98,907
139,171
203,976
193,579
163,598
274,841
273,092
991
793
1,042
976
297
160
540
426
1,402
1,283
1,405
1,144
942
906
1,187
1,559
5 346,276
1913 monthly average. S213,599 8197,883 2,883,201
1914 monthly average. <217,277
4 201,088 < 3,028,066
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.
& 288,657
6 1,171
6 567
6 1,203
6 1,603
May
June
July
August
* 84,820
156,673
126,172
* 591,891
930,258
593,824
4 122,574
158,634
146,092
4 26,394
35,362
35,149
4 1,368
1,465
1,358
& 361,150
5 299,257
6 1,222
6 466
5 1,205
6 1,770
September
October'.. .
November
December
110,572
95,202
102,364
106,996
^588,244
447,800
481,763
711,745
189,469
162,359
176,480
182,121
39,154
40,374
33,527
52,744
2,090
1,348
1,621
1,756
5 351,066
5 273,341
6 927
5 388
...»
5 1,647
5 355,781
»231,113
6 584
5 284
6 512
6 1,217
a 259 820
s158 873
5 416
6
309
6 669
& 590
5 178,836
6 148,830
s 424
6 260
&708
6 729
* 128,351
5 139,643
5 470
6 294
6 2,111
»552
1931.
January
February
March...
April
May
June
July
August
89,215
92,6-19
98,666
111,614
73,941
78,098
80,425
79,267
293,260
355,582
453,173
613,739
129,847
162,297
177,773
240,071
25,096
36,719
39,792
29,036
963
1,219
1,452
1,783
September
October
November....
December
101,884
94,380
48 179
71,733
66,144
46,743
649,158
576,048
225,331
246,115
28,757
26,626
2,207
2,051
1933.
January
February
March...
,
1
_jj
_ _
_ _
Compiled by V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from official sources.
Figures for 1913,1914, and 1920 converted from gold marks at the rate of S0.238 per mark. Figures for 1921 converted from paper marks at the average New York
exchange rate for the month. For foreign exchange rates see page 97.
Figures include bullion but not coin. For foreign exchange rates see page 97.
6 Monthly average for first six months of the year.
Monthly average for quarter ended this month:
134
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE NETHERLANDS.
Table 105.—(A) INDEX NTJMBEES AND (B) NTTMEKICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in boldfaced type.]
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
Imports, Exports.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Butter.
MarCheese. garine.
Flower
bulbs.
Imports.
Metric tons.
68,270
2,083
2,074
2,239
1,990
1,233
31,767
117,609
141,791
205
1,143
1,723
1,243
1,035
3,770
1,459
4,495
7,749
957
1,167
1,367
256,208
233,591
187,916
203,593
135,933
113,310
68,210
99,448
1.207
2,198
1,226
846
2,513
1,668
3,231
10,1288,676
5,707
6,365
150
121
S4
44
328
298,514
345,402
314,861
267,956
170,393
179,478
177,114
130,019
2,977
2,307
2,089
1,288
5,355
6,0G3
8,450
4,259
8,292
5,995'
6,998
9,263
124
6,834
159
113
121
141
340
41
33
20
317,369
337,338
270,811
298,867
165,966
148,140
156,557
156,923
1,952
672
416
3,494
4,055
2,741
2,407
2,173
9,407
6,693
7,136
8,330
7,075
S58
6S2
420
59
70
65
75
85
93
119
6
7
8
2
214,136
170,494
213,830
195,782
115,835
120,956
107,205
108,820
1,937
1,316
1,098
1,969
3,263
3,863
3,588
4,125
4,739
5,010
5,475
7,049
119
146
173
49
73
60
46
78
84
103
87
125
102
97
85
117
93,819
120,816
105,420
142,566
2,245
1,848
1,414
2,420
4,593
5,647
17
435
168,115
188,560
170,674
186,640
6,876
6,033
5,721
5,039
6,911
5
7
355
9,061
51
50
54
79
66
75
110
94
91
197,271
179,043175,806
135,750
114,695
106,624
1,597
1,543
1,655
4,327
3,620
4,139
6,507
5,591
5,371
10,306
1,313
100
100
107
96
59
80,394
27
100
121
66
37
56
23
19
69
25
76
131
46
56
66
50,696
235,478
277,702
109
99
80
86
116
96
58
85
71
40
27
42
46
30
59
171
147
96
108
May
June
July
August
127
147
134
114
145
153
151
111
96
75
68
42
97
110
154
78
140
101
118
157
September.
October
November..
December..
135
143
115
127
141
126
133
133
63
22
13
113
74
50
44
40
91
72
91
83
93
103
91
93
63
43
36
64
72
79
80
103
90
121
S4
76
75
115
93
91
58
1920.
January—
February...
March
April
Flower
bulbs.
5,917
6,599
13,017
13,777
8,818
100
112
220
233
149
22
100
218
Margarine.
5,494
5,654
7,195
7,545
4,673
100
103
131
137
85
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
Cheese.
3,088
3,191
3,529
3,017
2,049
100
103
114
(•>
(»)
<•)
34
Butter.
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
Exports.
Thousands of florins.s
Relative to 1913.
Relative to 1919.
EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
...
6
1931.
January
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
495.
4,774
1922.
January..
February.,
March
1
Compiled by the XT. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,fromofficial sources.
• Data for years prior to 1917 based on antiquated official schedule, not comparable with later figures showing real values*
* For foreign exchange rate of florin, see page 97.
135
FOREIGN TRADE OF SPAIN.
Table 106.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-face type.]
TOTAL TRADE
E X P O R T S O F K E Y COMMODITIES
(values).
(quantities).
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
EXPORTS OP KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Imports. Exports. Red wine* Olive oil. Oranges. Iron ore. Imports. Exports. Red wine* Olive oil. Oranges. Iron ore.
YEAR AND MONTH.
Hectoliters.*
Thousands2of
pesetas.
Relative to 1913.
.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Metric
tons.*
Quintals.8
B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average..
average.,
average..
average.,
average..
100
80
92
98
101
1OO
82
117
128
122
100
52
34
93
156
100
148
223
293
100
84
80
67
43
100
68
51
34
58
109,007
87,532
100,777
106,789
110,514
39,945
73,412
105,307
115,282
110,116
300,194
155,099
103,493
279,318
468,237
25,305
37,342
56,326
74,043
68,020
475,471
398,239
379,802
318,942
205,328
742,2G(5
508,926
375,768
249,011
428,135
1918
1919
1920
1921
average..
average..
average..
average.,
' 48
83
110
94
123
95
51
126
93
128
370
179
31
61
45
49
53
52
51,991
90,637
120,322
84,102
110,264
85,406
153,567
378,588
280,429
32,333
93,560
45,267
147,192
290,893
214,942
362,105
391,708
385,055
1930.
January..
February.
March....
April
75
96
118
92
70
74
121
106
115
128
123
145
348
171
82
83
70
70
30
39
65
73
81,699
105,167
128,947
100,505
62,704
66,243
108,728
95,656
345,511
384,721
368,705
436,471
47,910
77,942
88,057
43,394
391,694
395,520
332,573
330,960
222,167
286,143
480,882
537,636
May....
June....
July....
August.
110
124
111
139
108
113
81
.42
120
79
312
185
37
19
1
59
80
44
83
119,876
135,444
120,847
151,365
82,486
93,730
83,481
76,197
323,177
338,085
242,314
125,089
30,435
20,122
78,873
46,727
176,276
104
93
85
334
437,611
594,182
329,434
613,933
35,613
44,079
27,261
1,790
310
28,852
219,645
607,976
395,002
140,473
357,087
34}5,866
2,046
3,521
4,249
4,675
623,465
807,139
792,713
649,423
370,746
243,111
159,141
143,262
3,547
7,974
30,873
317,151
84,993
6,610
9,032
74,642
53,890
48,386
69,405
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
September.October....
November..
December..
105
100
106
148
85
105
101
1921.
January..
February..
March
April
May....
June....
July....
August.
September..
October....
November..
December..
80
56
81
78
52
141
174
108
7
6
46
128
19
48
47
114,983
109,135
115,035
161,339
76,075
94,2^7
90,947
72,218
168,003
242,942
233,766
156,365
128
127
106
110
72
71
71
67
61
68
78
36
8
14
17
IS
131
170
167
137
50
33
21
19
140,010
138,897
116,060
120,121
64,714
63,513
63,573
60,570
182,003
204,822
233,988
109,365
115
95
80
76
59.
57
104
75
32
38
35
41
14
32
122
67
18
1
2
10
7
7
9
125,644
103,966
86,995
83,151
52,857
51,450
93,176
67,449
114,896
104,433
122,831
88
8f
92
102
92
87
• 95,750
87,800
100,570
91,802
82,920
78,420
1932.
January..,
February.,
March
1
Compiled from official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Buzeau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
The Spanish peseta at present exchange rates is worth about 15 cents.
One quintal contains 100 kilograms and is equivalent to 220.46 pounds. One metric ton equals 10 quaintals or 2,204.6 pounds. Ono hectoliter equalg 26.4 gallons.
4
Less than one.
3
1
136
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE AMERICAS.
Table 107.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
TOTAL TRADE
(value).
ARGENTINA.*
E X P O R T S OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Total
imports.
YEAR AND MONTH.
imports* Exports.
URUGUAY.*
BRAZIL.
CANADA.^
Canned P a p e r ,
salmon. p r i n t i n g . C h e e s e .
Total
exports.
Total
Total
imports. exports.
Total
Imports.
Total
exports.
Wheat.
Relative to 1913.
100
92
68
76
too
58
80
83
76
106
116
121
1OO
74
69
70
74
100
85
107
108
135
1OO
65
62
74
77
100
78
112
110
106
98
132
208
116
222
178
76
84
96
169
215
118
101
132
U72
154
199
U94
126
78
58
22
106
141
121
136
205
178
234
193
84
85
105
82
167
170
139
187
5 154
6 213
64
73
195
190
27
59
71
57
194
169
207
263
180
179
149
163
141
104
96
91
122
81
89
83
U74
6 268
495
527
518
532
112
99
115
73
47
198
312
415
266
326
269
292
171
182
167
141
99
85
S3
92
92
83
95
103
101
134
69
58
469
432
619
3SS
67
26
8
2
137
110
89
59
288
208
199
161
151
140
162
!57
91
72
80
92
181
213
117
74"
193
190
'ISO
193
44
191
110
472
361
346
469
534
40
120
188
118
97
72
44
47
184
152
194
124
128
152
198
176
77
68
63
71
101
85
106
53
190
259
279
277
317
610
289
104
500
537
548
594
164
134
124
165
85
252
349
412
120
130
224
202
73
100
290
164
233
229
100
199
248
316
368
100
93
$8
124
127
100
126
72
157
189
100
56
126
100
121
125
206
313
144
137
159
185
421
336
341
321
208
226
292
146
412
451
486
55
113
98
81
86
150
42
78
129
Jtwuarv
"February
March
April
185
156
255
176
387
288
313
178
283
253
264
71
471
518
583
368
61
90
21
10
May
203
241
228
222
256
345
340
362
99
106
96
52
548
591
498
580
206
189
176
154
307
417
473
4S0
248
147
375
252
129
129
166
117
261
211
221
140
122
103
112
116
107
106
115
107
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average
average
average
average
averago
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average
averago
average
average
I
-
1030.
Jnno,--,July
September
»
December
1921.
January
February
March
April
July
October
No vembe r
.
.
84
75
1922.
—
* Compiled from reports of the respective governments by the U- S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
3
No actual figures available for 1921. Official estimate for first 6 months gives a monthly average import of 71,000,000 pesos, and exports of 84,000,000 pesos.
i
Yearly figures represent the monthly averages for the Canadian fiscal year which ends March 31. Hence the 1921 average.
* Figures by months not available for 1920, Official estimate by Argentine Hinister of Finance.
6
Monthly average for quarter ended this month.
«Import values are official; export values are real.
137
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE AMERICAS,
Table 108.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CANADA.*
T O T A L TRADE
(value).
YEAR
A
^ D MONTH.
Imports.
Exports.
E X P O R T S OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Canned
salmon.
Thousands of
dollars.*
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average
BRAZIL.
Paper,
printing.
Cheese.
Total
imports.
Total
exports.
URUGUAY/
Total
Total
imports. exports.
ARGENTINA.*
Total
imports.
Total
exports.
Wheat.
Thousands of pounds.
Thousands
of bushels.
Thousands of
milreis.*
Thousands of
Uruguayan pesos.*
Thousands of
gold pesos.*
S55,934
51,000
37,990
j
42,350
70,538
831,422
37,953
39,287
64,858
98,268
1,757
5,092
2,888
4,095
4,026
24,465
48,763
60,767
77,201
90,052
12,942
12,076
11,442
16,081
16,492
8,378
10,540
5,993
13,145
15,804
83,958
46,821
48,583
67,563
69,811
81,814
62,581
86,858
94,741
99,348
4,19G
3,102
2,914
2,940
3,101
5,708
4,852
6,107
6,155
7,709
41,352
26,877
25,457
30,511
31,693
4«,2C3
33,594
48,515
47,750
45,848
1918 monthly average
1919 mo n t hly average
192o monthly average
1921 monthly average....
80,294
76,643
88,711
103,347
132,181
105,730
107,222
100,869
3,648
3,976
5,127
2,563
100,849
110,405
118,938
125,938
14,573
12,684
10,533
11,135
12,533
3,484
6,498
10,776
82,450
111,188
174,219
94,758
181,560
146,034
3,190
3,508
4,ID3
9,635
12,274
6,729
41,717
54,648
* 71,166
66,789
85,914
• 83,919
1020.
January
February
March. ••
April
103,579
87,497
142,497
98,291
121,518
90,357
98,219
55,870
4,976
4,446
4,638
1,256
115,251
126,665
142,615
89,934
7,920
11,621
2,697
1,238
10,554
6,552
4,852 .
1,825
89,338
118,087
101,671
114,550
167,706
145,353
191,704
157,615
3,528
3,558
4,390
3,444.
9,553
9,718
7,915
10,656-
& 63,753
6 92,277
80,418
108,495
106,911
113,767
1,741
1,858
1,688
922
134,149
144,592
121,944
141,903
8,291
9,424
25,187
24,622
2,296
4,944
5,929
4,767
162,963
141,733
173,815
220,40S
146,978
146,467
121,673
133,679
5,933
4,370
4,033
3,823
6,959
4,645
5,077
4,723
6 71,931
& 115,872
July..
August.-.
113,321
134,692
127,269
124,318
September
October..
November
December
115,122
105,770
98,661
85,882
96,404
131,147
148,748
150,950
4,350
2,581
6,589
4,436
121,223
128,809
126,762
130,043
14,511
12,847
14,9-14
9,467
3,926
16,547
26,134
34,734
223,746
273,497
225,993
244,832
140,221
149,051
136,515
115,449
4,166
3,576
3,463
3,879
5,223
4,654
5,447
6,178
72,252
71,971
92,601
65,311
81,934
66,315
69,468
44,076
1,773
2,351
1,214
1,012
114,683
105,671
151,547
94,927
8,715
3,348
1,028
216
11,446
9,181
7,486
4,983
242,113
174,306
167,327
135,354
123,397
114,095 .
131,726
128,036
3,802
3,028
3,714
3,881
10,319
12,171
6,694
4,208
68,302
57,644
62,406
65,147
60,734
59,692
56,440
62,363
775
3,363
1,931
8,301
88,356
84,760
114,635
130,643
5,178
15,561
24,370
15,258
8,112
6,003
3,649
3,972
154,186
127,709
162,799
104.272
104,520
123,291
161,790
144,374
3,211
2,862
2,662
2,970
5,789
4,850
6,026
3,008
59,722
59,518
64,271
60,050
59,590
81,256
87,640
87,186
5,571
10,710
5,079
1,821
122,414
131,416
134,110
145,320
21,182
17,346
16,008
8,371
7,145
21,131
29,25-4
34,492
101,121
108,865
182,997
165,598
3,057
3,231
4,809
4,297
May
J u n e --*-.
1021January..
February
Marcn.-..
April
May..
June.—-,
...
July . . .
August-..,..
September
October..
November
December
. <..
...
...
'\
1023.
January..
February.
Maxell....
'
I
.-
i
* EXCHANGE RATES.
Country.
Unit.
Canada
Brazil
Dollar.
Milreis
Uruguay...
Argentina.
Peso
Peso
See footnotes on opposite page.
Prewar
par
value.
51.00
0.32
1.03
0.96
Approximate
present
value.
SO. 95
0.13
0.72
0.76
i
I .
138
FOREIGN TRADE OF ASIATIC COUNTRIES
Table 109.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
JAPAN.
B R I T I S H INDIA.
Total t r a d e (value).
Y E A R AND MONTH.
Imports. Exports.
Total trade (value),
Exports of key commodities.
Illce
(quantities).
Jute,
Cotton, Cotton raw, and
m a n u - m a n u - Imports. Exports.
raw
(quan- factures factures
of
tities). (value).
(value).
Exports of key commodities.
Silk,
raw
(quantities).
Cotton
yarn
(quantities ) .
Cotton
Silk
fabrics
fabrics
(value). (value).
Relative to 1913.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
monthly avcrago»-.
monthly average 3 ..
monthly average 3 ..
monthly average 3 ..
monthly average 3 ..
100
114
86
82
93
1OO
101
74
SO
100
100
89
57
49
'59
100
144
140
120
121
100
99
66
79
112
1OO
118
78
107
116
1OO
82
73
104
142
100
93
112
178
253
100
85
88
108
127
100
121
121
115
98
1OO
104
115
179
379
100
86
110
129
160
1918
1919
1920
1921
monthly average 3 -.
monthly averago 3 -.
monthly average 3 -.
monthly average 3 ..
103
133
104
71
74
24
40
50
116
100
109
115
225
150
99
131
150
139
229
298
320
221
310
332
308
198
121
143
87
90
105
129
208
66
708
834
997
299
413
403
187
151
35
191
280
147
133
37
173
149
129
178
154
40
214
205
160
162
139
57
165
194
152
337
445
541
488
335
331
367
413
104
146
28
42
40
50
1,099
1,288
1,346
441
704
595
478
177
135
50
165
228
149
194
113
59
115
185
118
487
362
259 '
203
367
349
293
332
111
108
92
136
36
51
57
118
1,066
962
727
1,138
436
373
304
193
177
178
173
293
254
198
166
101
98
52
45
119
113
1,044
1,005
775
684
353
273
279
207
173
196
225
229
142
146
179
219
41
62
83
149
84
44
84
140
826
715
721
689
142
207
211
221
247
244
181
217
200
203
187
200
119
149
136
155
72
52
48
39
665
516
582
516
248
259
200
241
212
215
253
265
182
212
230
277
136
33
439
217
1920.
January...
February*.
March
April......
May....
Juno—
July....
August.
211
September..
October
November-.
December..
1921.
January..
February..
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.
99
32
72
114
132
230
100
34
67
158
165
216
106
29
68
160
192
237
102
27
46
171
236
92
24
70
127
33
236
72
156
176
146
150
112
233
91
28
99
109
190
S6
35
145
100
181
89
75
123
95
68
193
148
124
71
63
57
155
95
82
172
181
145
80
52
116
152
132
September..
October
November..
December..
84
74
105
124
155
95
54
129
212
147
98
75
175
1022.
January..
February..
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
46
47
139
FOREIGN TRADE OF ASIATIC COUNTRIES.
Table 110.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
JAPAN.
BRITISH INDIA.
Total trade (value).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Imports.
Exports.
Thousands of rupees.2
Exports of key commodities.
Rice*
Total trade (value).
Jute,
Cotton
Cotton, m a n u - raw,nand Imports, Exports.
ma uraw.
factures. factures
of.
Long tons.
Thousands of rupees.2
Thousands of yen.2
Exports of key commodities.
Silk,
Cotton Cotton
Silk
yarn. fabrics. fabrics.
Thousands of
pounds.
Thousands of yen."
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
averages..
averages..
average3..
average3..
average3..
134,166
152,707
114,941
109,989
124,696
205,074
207,399
151,326
164,552
204,348
230,277
204,209
130,164
113,959
136,656
30,740
44,276
43,121
36,892
37,135
1O,1C7
10,100
6,675
8,005
11,369
41,601
49,250
32,275
44,684
48,300
60,786
49,645
44,379
63,036
86,318
52,705
49,258
59,026
93,956
133,584
2,202
1,871
1,945
2,385
2,792
14,997
18,220
18,162
17,230
14,658
2,800
2,903
3,209
5, OOt
10,622
3,279
2,835
3,C02
4,219
5,238
1918 monthly
1919monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average3..
average3..
average3..
average3.,
125,354
140,862
173,310
279,669
202,137
211,568
272,328
213,622
163,72S
171,096
55,023
92,980
30,450
15,330
35,694
30,882
11,112
139,012
181,121
194,681
134,635
163,508
174,906
162,366
104,398
2,658
3,155
1,917
13,507
7,086
9,901
19,826
23,359
27,914
9,794
13,540
13,201
15,226
41,081
54,477
62,262
57,796
January..,
February..
March
April
250,768
195,586
238,618
216,759
310,290
272,934
315,695
284,428
80,951
85,911
92,684
132,291
58,739
53,074
65,779
50,675
28,507
15,108
20,859
19,725
61,041
53,811
66,755
63,436
204,76S
270,643
329,028
296,832
176,348
174,288
193,570
217,457
2,296
1,228
1,004
2,119
4,271
6,303
6,044
7,511
23,210
30,700
36,073
37,693
14,450
23,100
19,506
15,667
Hay
June...
July.-..
August.
237,272
260,230
282,583
308,968
276,206
231,899
203,446
205,973
114,551
136,802
. 74,705
79,334
50,583
35,266
22,154
20,544
23,227
18,796
11,585
16,092
62,191
49,249
54,931
63,646
295,950
220,184
157,134
123,198
193,363
183,810
154,318
175,061
2,442
2,389
2,022
3,005
5,342
7,627
8,545
17,756
29,853
26,926
20,347
31,856
14,303
12,217
9,963
12,714
September.
October....
November..
December..
289,945
318,151
316,332
316,273
218,101
209,644
188,579
200,984
66,673
63,133
55,382
75,699
20,803
14,190
21,630
22,105
16,235
17,356
12,885
15,857
79,740
73,016
60,882
62,242
117,600
107,670
108,023
105,145
154,355
133,814
104,606
87,404
2,227
2,152
17,791
16,935
10,328
10,354
29,226
28,153
21,694
19,147
11,577
8,954
9,163
6,801
January..
February.,
March
April
312,561
254,361
242,591
258,689
186,059
176,335
181,815
180,420
64,559
79,652
171,774
157,099
3,0305
44,543
37,750
45,555
11,123
10,164
9,669
12,649
46,565
37,063
35,612
29,708
105,231
119,268
136,953
139,439
75,067
76,689
94,105
115,535
3,270
12,615
6,646
12,564
20,981
23,141
20,007
20,190
19,294
4,640
6,803
6,920
7,235
May....
June...
July....
August.
208,013
194,594
177,174
208,001
194,261
165,056
172,769
195,567
189,272
119,225
170,270
124,249
52,751
35,740
32,306
39,658
18,370
15,445
12,649
21,535
26,101
23,587
25,640
31,095
149,883
148,116
110,270
132,059
105,370
107,086
2,614
3,287
3,001
3,414
10,842
7,737
7,164
5,8S4
18,618
14,455
16,302
14,441
8,129
8,477
6,555
7,894
49,294
46,104
129,166
130,448
153,790
161,000
95,844
111,605
121,284
146, COO
2,985
4,894
12,305
7,114
11,702
22,844
1920.
1,138
9S4
1921.
September.
October
November..
December..
197,090
235,406
200,037
182,239
58,708
25,985
37,163
33,574
12,776
10,949
105,523
897
1,367
1,831
1922.
January.
February..
March.....
1
Compiled by the Z7. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from official reports.
* See page 97 for exchange rates.
* These figures in the case of British India represent monthly averages for the British Indian fiscal year which ends March 31. Hence the 1921 average.
140
FOREIGN TRADE OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Table 111.— IffDEX NUMBERS.
sources.1
Based on data from Govermerit
[Base year in bold-faced type: Numerical data on opposite page.]
NEW ZEALAND.
AUSTRALIAN
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Imports. Exports.
Wool,
Butter.
Wheat.
Imports. Exports.
Gold,
greasy.
Butter.
Cheese.
Mutton.
Wool.
Relative to 1913 monthly average.
1913 monthly averago
1OO
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly averago
81
97
96
100
100
100
77
95
125
100
98
98
118
94
100
100
10
71
84
103
67
22
77
478
129
99
63
545
100
114
117
138
113
145
96
138
68
54
95
46
54
86
106
52
104
266
122
79
96
58
•134
147
174
87
112
95
126
136
122
151
134
201
228
128
124
116
235
93
202
84
227 .
323
337
143
143
129
208
306
104
109
138.
276
226
113
325
230
124
205
103
145
191
168
99
69
57
144
257
200
161
78
128
102
1OO
159
1018 monthly averago
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average
1921 monthly average
123
100
118
105
1OO
141
134
155
145
1OO
188
78
254
114
255
192
179
•
1920.
February
March
3 124
.-•
3 207
3 214
M33
3 63
3 230
April
May
Juno July
August
264
3 210
3 231
3 129
U43
3 58
3 171
MS
'29
*115
»8
*6S
3 156
3 109
3 335
163
223
59
321
208
2
276
214
32
223
204
25
61
177
72
161
325
3 163
90
24
413
3 278
62
323
September
October.,
November
December
31S9
180
344
3 178
228
332
....
282
277
..
206
72
57
55
92
74
78
88
58
84
201
234
217
249
102
63
100
1021.
January
February
March
April
359
3 347
3 151
3 65
I
1
September
October
November
December
266
317
457
206
125
361
209
79
274
259
85
309
132
42
112
•
•
332
147
1922.
January
1
j
March
1
•
i
!
i
li
See footnotes on opposite page.
93
43
9
134
1
401
186
3 299
237
141
3 178
251
U37
207
100
3 ICO
S72
3 174
292
224
202
Mav
June...
July
August
3 203
3 177
484
172
287
3 219
279
233
115
180
58
206
116
153
187
121
246
440
148
89
57
66
72
87
'
151
69
91
112
92
121
35
141
FOREIGN TRADE OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Table 112.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources*1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
NEW ZEALAND.
AUSTRALIA.*
TOTAL TKADE
(values).
YEAR AND MONTH.
I m p o r t s . Exports.
Thousands of
£ sterling.
1913 monthly average.. £ 6 , 6 4 6
1914 monthly average-.
5,369
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average. 6,479
1917 monthly average..
6,352
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
average..
average..
average..
average..
5,195
8,528
8,248
13,611
£6,548
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities)*
Wheat.
Butter.
Wool,
greasy.
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
Imports. Exports.
Gold.
Thousands Thousands of pounds. Thousands
of
of bushels.
£ sterling.
3,577
6,308
44,386
351
2,385
4,607
4,502
1,393
6,240
36,996
34,053
27,768
1,915
3,714
6,873
6,399
6,023
3,426
3,251
7,702
20,242
38,169
46,028
34,817
Thousands of
£ sterling.
Cheese.
Mutton.
Wool.
Thousands of pounds.
533
185
462
444
£1,916
3,474
5,709
30,530
15,544
2,188
2,646
2,774
2,635
4,051
3,921
3,347
2,374
8,062
7,628
8,861
8,267
23,360
25,185
20,937
14,137
18,373
16,381
15,459
14,856
2,020
2,556
5,133
180
831
949
6,777
9,497
12,485
11,000
Butter.
£1,857
1,821
1,811
2,195
1,743
£174
5,049
6,232
8,163
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
2,376
4,498
3,870
4,023
3,228
2,912
8,245
14,675
11,406
11,631
27,474
35,667
9,060
22,854
13,527
2,946
2,983
3,862
4,268
4,349
2,749
4,321
3,594
11,212
4,956
3,925
2,719
19,264
7,374
18,570
14,509
22,908
19,462
25,816
28,009
*S,977
8,534
14,336
11,469
4,903
5,237
5,144
6,168
4,368
3,444
4,270
3,993
2,162
844
2,062
80
5,141
9,285
18,313
15,731
31,008
27,493
41,213
46,872
19,940
12,061
13,755
9,057
7,669
6,386
5,992
6,038
4,098
3,906
3,394
3,955
1,098
873
2,515
2,499
12,743
3,460
9,217
3,261
41,296
48,132
44,604
51,187
13,131
15,817
9,774
15,477
6,665
4,329
4,665
5,338
5,339
3,291
4,546
6,068
16,826
7,770
13,945
15,865
16,651
11,842
15,172
18,973
42,199
23,738
31,509
38,481
10,285
11,156
13,599
23,546
3,747
3,448
1,856
2,624
3,943
3,998
4,959
2,525
4,357
2,750
2,952
1,444
20,585
15,629
17,648
6,40S
24,866
50,569
90,410
30,486
10,662
14,134
17,3S5
14,376
2,732
2,489
1,786
2,206
1,482
6,256
504
3,316
18,206
11,696
18,739
5,4S8
.
*
1930.
January
February
March.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
.*
December... .
1931.
January..
February.. ..
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.
3 8,244
3
>13,528
3 7,653
3 3,950
3 58,742
MOO
11,798
3 12,383
* 4,628
3 1,838
3 51,048
3 484
3 13,937
3 9,390
3 2,073
3 487
3 29,904
3 284
3 15,361
3 11,217
3 1,716
3 9,822
3 48,365
3 583
3 14,553
3 11,592
3 9,396
3 10,979
3 32,034
3 238
3 10,609
3 11,640
3 12,413
3 9,518
s 28,967
3 520
September
October..
November.
December .
1933.
January..
February
March..
•
l
Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from official sources. Figures show "general trade," including coin and
bullion.
2
1013 average is for calendar year. Other averages are for fiscal years ending June 30.
1 Mon
-thly average for quarter ending this month.
142
FOREIGN TRADE OF EGYPT AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Table 113.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
EGYPT.
EXPORTS
OP COTTON
(quantities).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total.
To
United
States.
EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
TOTAL, TRADE
(values).
Imports.
Exports.
Wool.
Hides and
skins. 3
Maize.
Meat
and meat
products.
Gold.
Diamonds.
Relative to 1913.
66
100
85
97
93
83
100
958
1,302
1,522
2,043
100
118
408
1,015
2,635
50
150
125
87
65
104
68
70
114
78
2,221
1,073
327
1,054
2,577
751
155
212
197
217
208
141
150
146
249
105
106
67
207
140
136
75
414
405
12
3
128
57
31
20
250
298
298
275
118
88
102
76
37
37
14
13
70
39
18
32 .
15
43
65
75
3
37
74
78
276
261
2S0
253
93
96
79
103
23
27
49
83
50
63
57
55
157
488
1,606
769
January...
February.,
March
April
57
43
81
28
82
46
202
9
214
157
159
138
72
82
78
87
71
164
74
44
32
44
29
24
1,013
1,812
3,863
6,874
May....
Juno...,
July
August..
58
42
43
81
21
38
30
120
112
110
114
75
77
91
80
102
132
140
106
23
50
59
82
4,669
1,744
1,784
4,022
September.
October
November..
December..
97
251
107
107
111
124
101
90
113
103
102
114
4,602
100
85
79
96
90
100
60
25
36
43
100
120
.124
248
131
861
697
220
55
28
22
18
14
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly
1917 monthly
average.
average.
average.
average.
averago.
100
85
99
78
58
191S
1919
1920
1921
average.
averago.
average.
average.
72
96
57
225
197
129
57
26
May
June
July
August.
September.,
October
November..
December..
monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly
100
138
250
182
92
S3
188
76
96
77
100
55
100
52
11
42
44
47
50
93
37
79
86
86
102
44
106
91
111
47
1920.
January..
February.
March
April
2
4
39
26
121
242
250
703
3,136
540
202
433
102
95
301
79
1021.
1922.
January...
February.
March
See footnotes on opposite page.
26
31
27
37
10
45
1,032
16
77
78
70
84
74
107
86
113
75
118
79
9
95
76
31
79
27
506
.1,548
16
54
143
FOREIGN TRADE OF EGYPT AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Table 114.—NTJMEEICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
EGYPT.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
EXPORTS
O P COTTON
(quantities).
YEAR AND MONTH.
Total.
TOTAL TRADE
(values).
To United
States.
Exports.
Wool.
Thousands of pounds
sterling (£).
Kantars. 3
1913 monthly average... 581,057
1914 monthly average. •.
492,482
1915 monthly average...
574,928
1916 monthly average.. _
451,411
1917 monthly average...
339,475
Imports.
E X P O R T S OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Hides a n d
skins.3
Maize.
Meat
and meat
products*
Gold.
Diamonds.
Thousands Thousands
of ounces. of carats.
Thousands of pounds.
S37
457
459
240
51
191
200
56,137
77,376
140,526
102,406
51,751
£3,566
3,033
2,819
3,432
3,197
£5,555
3,352
1,405
1,996
2,387
14,748
11,165
14,167
11,366
9,805
5,238
4,421
5,071
4,865
4,319
1,913
18,319
24,897
29,100
39,059
151
178
616
1,532
3,979
418,307
559,075
333,456
46,785
126,155
105,724
4,296
4,427
8,827
4,677
2,764
8,318
6,969
4,842
9,636
15,411
9,959
3,649
5,945
4,101
42,458
20,522
6,253
1,592
3,891
1,134
781
214
229
170
« 1,143,810
752,053
332,529
152,576
483,196
390,931
123,351
30,635
5,529
7,566
7,009
7,735
11,571
7,820
8,331
8,133
36,792
15,540
15,587
9,876
10,839
7,343
7,0S6
3,931
7,908
7,750
231
50
182
366
377
1,062
662
719
722
856
203
73
248
362
May
June
July
August
160,192
126,410
106,176
80,061
71,675
32,150
17,575
11,326
8,904
10,623
10,610
9,804
6,562
4,880
5,674
4,240
5,494
5,410
2,074
1,917
3,641
2,020
922
1,653
40
82
737
501
4,736
815
305
764
890
760
930
719
216
121
141
124
September
October
November
December
84,383
247,418
379,459
435,390
1,528
20,798
41,351
43,555
9,858
9,290 .
9,985
9,014
5,158
5,308
4,404
5,719
3,349
4,033.
7,262
12,172
2,639
3,295
2,960
2,885
2,993
9,330
30,715
14,698
2,337
654
454
1,558
853
794
661
800
126.
170
47
208
1931,
January
February
March...
April
333,881
249,795
470,508
160,109
45,909
' 25,730
113,235
5,118
7,638
5,588
5,677
4,919
3,987
4,547
4,346
4,839
10,468
24,204
10,949
6,491
1,651
2,314
1,535
1,274
19,373
34,636
73,863
131,425
24
118
127
162
644
587
618
721
31
41
9
12
May
June
July
August
336,096
245,214
250,599
207,038
45,240
11,976
21,426
16,745
4,286
3,981
3,932
4,071
4,184
4,252
5,059
4,450
15,001
19,418
20,712
15,606
1,218
2,635
3,102
4,268
89,272
33,348
34,113
76,892
170
178
14
102
630
660
799
633
11
21
36
25
September....
October...
November
December
563,746
141,105
3,828
3,821
3,965
4,416
5,611
4,980
6,150
5,703
15,068
5,978
87,994
47
820
21
1918 monthly average...
1919 monthly average...
1920 monthly average *„
1921 monthly average..
1920.
January
February
March
April
•
1922.
January
February
March
—
| Compiled from official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
One Egyptian kantar is equal to 99.05 pounds,
includes ox, cow, sheep, goat, and seal.
A'ne monthly averages for 1920 are obtained from the yearly totals. In some cases they do not check exactly with the preliminaryfiguresreported each month.
144
SOURCES OF DATA.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.*
I.-REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN.
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH'S BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
Price index for Australia.
BANK OF JAPAN
Second week of month.
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Price index for Japan
Second week of month.
Monthly.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Pricoindex for Canada
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Foreign exchange index numbers
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press
releases.*
Debits toindividual accounts
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press
releases.*
Condition of Federal Reserve banks
Federal Reserve Bulletin and weekly press
Condition of reporting member banks
, releases.*
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Systems.
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Wholesale prico index numbers
Department store trade; in cooperation with Federal Reserve Bulletin..
National Retail Dry Goods Association.
Paper and wood pulp production, prices, etc.. Monthly press releases *...
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. . .
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONINDIAN DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS..
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR.
PANAMA CANAL
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Monthly (second week of month).
Sunday newspapers and monthly.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Price index for India
Preliminary statement of operations of
Railway revenues and expenses
Class I roads.
Not published •.
Telephone operating revenue and income
Federal Reserve Bulletin and daily stateForeign exchange rates
ment.
New York State factory employment and Labor Market Bulletin and press releases *.
earnings.
Panama Canal traffic
The Panama Canal Record..
Beef and pork production
, Market Reporter2
Wholesale prices of farm products to producer Monthly Crop Reporter a
Wool consumption and stocks
Market Reporter2
•
Crop production
Monthly Crop Reporters and press
releases.*
Market Reporter a
Cold storage holdings
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep
Market Reporter 2
a
Receipts of butter, cheese and eggs
Market Reporter .
Production of condensed and evaporated milks. Market Reporter >
Preliminary report on ginnings *
,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- Cotton ginned
Preliminary report on cotton consumed...
Cotton consumed and on hand
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
Reports on wool machinery and on cotton
Active textile machinery
spindles.*
Leather, hides and shoes, production and Censu s of hides, skin s, an d leather *
stocks.
Cotton seed and cottonseed oil
Preliminary report on cotton seed
Stocks of tobacco held by manufacturers and Statement en stocks of leaf tobacco
dealers.
Fats and oils, production, consumption, and Statistics of fats and oils *..
stocks.
Stocks of coal in cooperation with Geological Commercial stocks of coal *.
Survey.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- All imports and exports
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMES(Part I.) 8
TIC COMMERCE.
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce.
United States f oreijgn trade.
(Part II.)
Data on trade of foreign countries
Various foreign sources
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- Vessels under construction and vessels com- Commerce Reports
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
pleted.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF MARKETS AND CROP
ESTIMATES.
U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION
,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR—
BUREAU OF MINES.
Wheat flour production, prior to July, 1920..., No longer published
Gasoline, production, etc
, Refinery Statistics *
Portland cement, production, etc..
Report on Portland cement output *..
Coal and coke production
Weekly report on production of coal *.
Crude petroleum, production, etc.
Preliminary statistics on petroleum *.
IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—EM- Number on pay roll—United States factories- Industrial Survey *
"' '
..'.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIORGEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
PLOYMENT SERVICE.
Friday morning newspapers and
monthly.
Friday afternoon newspapers and
monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Newsprint, 20th to 25th of the month,
other paper and wood pulp, 1st of
following month.
Second week of month.
Monthly.
Daily and monthly.
Monthly.
Last weekly issue of month.
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.
Semimonthly during season.
15th of month.
20th of month.
First week of month.
18th of month.
Quarterly (one month after end of
quarter).
. ,
Quarterly (one month after end of
quarter).
Bimonthly hereafter.
Last week of month. .
Middle of next month.
First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Second week of month.
20th of month.
.
.*
Second or third weekly issue el
month (Saturdays).
25th of month.
First week of month.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.
Immigration and emigration statistics..
Not published..
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Wholesale prices of commodities, including
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc.
Wholesale price index
Retail price index of foods
United States postalsavings
Postal receipts
,
Not published..
Monthly Labor Review
,
Monthly Labor Review
Postal Savings News Bulletin
Statement of Postal Receipts *
Government debt, receipts and disbursements.
Oleomargarine consumption
,
Production of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, and cigarettes.
Iron ore movement
,
Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic
Daily Statement of the TJ. S. Treasury... Last day of month,
U. S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
TJ. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
,
Statement of tax-paid products *
Statement of tax-paid products *
U. S. "WAR DEPARTMENT—ENGINEER
Not published
CORPS.
Not published
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.. . I Wisconsin factory earnings and employment. Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market *
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BUREAU" OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
, Monthly.
Monthly.
12th of month.
7th of month.
First week of montl.
First week of montr
15th of month.
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
\
\ s u ° t n e c e ^ a r i I y ™ source of the figures published in the "Survey," as many of them are obtained direct from the compilers Drior to publication in the respec> Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.
145
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
I I . ~ R E P O R T S PROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO
Building costs
Construction trade papers
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH MANUFACTURERS' EXCHANGE.
Sales of abrasive paper and cloth.
Not published
Not published
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION.
Face brick production, stocks, etc
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE.
Steel ingot production
Press release to trade papers *
AMERICAN
Freight car surplus
Summary of Car Surplusages and Shortages.*
Summary of Car Surplusages and Shortages.*
Information Bulletin *
Information Bulletin *
RAILWAY
ASSOCIATION
(Car Service Division).
Freight car shortage
Car loadings
Bad-order cars
Purchases and sales of paper
Press release to trade papers *
Production and stocks of zinc
ANTHRACITE BUREAU OP INFORMATION
Anthracite shipments and stocks
15th of month.
Statement of anthracite shipments *
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE.
15th of month.
Monthly report * (not published)
BOLT, NUT, AND RIVET INSTITUTE
Bolts, nuts, and rivets, orders and shipments..
Fabricated structural steel sales
Weekly.
Weekly.
Third week of month.
Not published
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY.
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
th of month.
Weekly.
Press release to trade papers *
15th of month.
Monthly.
.
*
BUREAU OP RAILWAY ECONOMICS
Number of tons carried 1 mile
Average receipts per ton-mile
Summarv of operating statistics..
Not published
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION. .
Redwood lumber production, etc
Not published
CALIFORNIA W H I T E AND SUGAR P I N E
ASSOCIATION.
White pine lumber production, stocks, e t c — Not published
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Receipts and shipments of wheat and corn...
Trade papers
Daily.
CREDIT CLEARING H O U S E
Credit conditions
Credit
Weekly.
Building statistics—Contracts awarded
Statement on Building Statistics
Monthly.
F. W. DODGE CO
Bar iron shipments
Bar iron statistics * (not published)
FEDERATION OF I R O N AND STEEL
MANUFACTURERS (British).
British iron and steel production
Trade papers
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc Not published
EASTERN B A R IRON INSTITUTE
KNIT GOODS
AMERICA.
...
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Knit underwear production, etc
Monthly report *
Second week of month.
Monthly.
LEATHER BELTING EXCHANGE
Sales of leather belting
Monthly report (not published).
MOTOR AND ACCESSORY MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Motor accessory sales and credit conditions...
Credit Department Bulletin * . . .
First week of month.
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF S T . L O U I S .
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
Receipts and shipments a t St. Louis
3rd of month.
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
Hardwood lumber, production and shipments. Not published
MANUFACTUR-
Monthly.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FINISHERS
OF COTTON FABRICS.
Finished cotton goods, production, etc
Monthly R e p o r t * and Federal Reserve
Bulletin.
NA
Sheet-metal production and stocks. t
Not published
1913figuresfor active textile machinery
No longer published.,
Production a n d shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Traffic bulletin * (production figures noi
published).
Glass bottle production index.
Not published
Cost of living
Monthly press release.
21st of month.
Department store trade (see Federal Reserve
Board).
Department and grocery store sales
Federal Reserve Bulletin..
Monthly.
Not published
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
Monthly statement
First week of month.
Stocks of tin
Trade papers..
First week of month.
Oak flooring, production, etc.
Not published.
^ ° N A L ASSOCIATION OF S H E E T AND
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
•NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
MANUFACTURERS.
OF
WOOL
CHAMBER
N
A"S°OCIA
B (
?
T L E
MANUFACTURERS*
l N D t r a T R U L
N
N
cu?icw t
CONFERENCE
RETAIL D R Y GOODS
CHAJ G °E RK
ASS
COFFEE AND SUQAR
°-
EX-
N E W YORK METAL EXCHANGE
'
As-
SSOCIATION OF A l I E B I C A . . .
&UX
Monthly report * (not published).
Fire-clay brick production, etc.
Not published
Not published
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material—
Monthly reports (2) not published
Monthly press release to trade papers *..
Raw silk consumption, etc
* Multigraphed or mimoojrraphed sheets.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
84796°—22
Ohio foundry iron production..
Silica brick production, etc.
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION..
10
Second week of month.
5th of month.
146
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued.
CURRENT PUBLICATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
I.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION...
STEEL
BARREL
ASSOCIATION.
MANUFACTURERS'
Yellow pine production and stocks
Steel barrel shipments
Not published
Monthly reports * (not published).,
Not published
Press release *
Press release *
Special reports *
Typothetae Bulletin
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
Leather production
Unfilled orders
Earnings
Wages of common labor
Printing activity
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Douglasfirlumber production, etc
Not published
WEBBING
CHANGE.
Sales of elastic webbing
Not published
Western pine lumber production, etc..
Not published
TANNERS' COUNCIL
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION..
MANUFACTURERS'
WESTERN
PINE
ASSOCIATION.
EX-
MANUFACTURERS'
,
10th of month.
Monthly.
Occasionally.
Monthly.
.'
III.—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS.
DATE OF PUBLICATION.
SOURCE.
Composite pig iron and steel prices
New York stock pales
New York closing stock prices
State and municipal bond issues
Muncipal bond yields
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings
Price index
Price index for France.
AMERICAN METAL MABKET
THE ANNALIST
THE BOND BUYER...1
BRADSTREET'S
BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE
First or second week of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays),
Weekly (Saturdays)
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly. '
OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER
Cotton (visible supply)
Interest rates
Mail order and chain store sales
New York bond sales
New York bond prices.
Business failures
Price index
Copper producti on. I:
Silver prices
Construction cost and volume index
Price index for Germany
Pig-iron production
Compositefinishedsteel price
Iron and steel prices
Price index for United Kingdom
Dividend and interest payments
New capital issues
New corporations
Fire losses...
Newspaper advertising
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
•.
Price indexes of drugs, oils, etc
10th of month (monthly).
PRINTERS' INK
..
Mexican petroleum shipments
Second week of month.
Magazine advertising
Weekly compilation (daily).
Wheatflourproduction, from July, 1920
Weekly (Fridays)
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
Dow,
JONES & Co.
(WALL STREET JOURNAL)
DUN'S REVIEW
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL
ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG
IRON AGE
IRON TRADE REVIEW
LONDON ECONOMIST
,
NEW YORK JOURNAL OP COMMERCE
NEW YORK EVENING POST
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL NEWS
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL
,
Sugar stocks and meltings
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Weekly (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
%
Second or third weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays)
Second weekly issue of month.
Second weekly issue of month.
First weekly issue of month
Monthly.
First weekly issue of month (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
10th of month.
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily)
First week of month (daily)
10th of month (daily).
Not published.
Weekly (Mondays).
INDEX.
Page numbers refer to data in the detailed tables (pp. 33 to 143) only. Items in the table on "Trend of Business Movements" (pp. 18 to 31)
and in the text are arranged in groups which should make reference easy without the necessity of an index. Note that only the
page containing index number tables is given here. Where the numerical data for these items are in a separate table, they will
always be found on the page opposite the index numbers.
Page.
Abrasives, paper and cloth
Advertising, magazine and newspaper..
American Wholesale Corporation, sales..
Apples, production (crop estimate)
Argentina:
Foreign exchange rates
Foreign trade
Australia:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign trade
Price index
Automobiles:
Accessories, credit conditions
Production and shipments.
Tires and tubes
.
"
Bad-order cars
Banks:
Clearings
Condition
Debits to individual accounts
Barley:
Production (crop estimate)
Exports
Wholesale price
Beef:
Consumption, cold-storage holdings,
exports, and production
Exports from Denmark
Belgium:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign exchange rates
Foreign trade
Belting, leather, sales
Bolts, nuts, and rivets
Bonds:
Issues, municipal
^
8
Yields and prices
Boots and shoes:
Exports
Prices
Production.
Bottles, glass, production
Brazil:
Coffee receipts and clearances
Foreign exchange rate
Foreign trade
Bricks:
Production, stocks, shipments, etc.
Prices, common
British India:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign exchange rate
'.
Foreign trade
Price index
72
105
106
77
96
136
140
140
115
59
59
58
100
118
116
116
77
78
80
84
130
130
96
130
61
46
120
120
64
64
60
56
90
96
136
74
72
138
96
13s
115
Tage.
1'age.
Coal:
Building:
Contracts awarded
66,68
Exports from United States
50
Costs
74
' Exports from Belgium
130
Materials, prices
72
Exports from Germany
132
Ships
98
Exports from United Kingdom
126
Volume, index
72
Loadings
100
Bulbs, flower, exports from Netherlands 134
Production
50
Business failures
118
Shipments
50
Butter:
Stocks
50,104
Cold-storage holdings
86
Cars, loadings, shortage and surplus. 100
Exports from Australia
140 Coffee, imports, stocks and Brazilian
, Exports from Denmark
130
movement
90
Exports from Netherlands.
134 Coke, exports and production
50
Exports from New Zealand
140 Cold-storage holdings:
Receipts
86
Dairy products
86
Wholesale price
86
Eggs
86
'Meats
84
Canada:
Condensed and evaporated milk
86
Exports of key commodities
136 Condition, banks
116
Foreign exchange rates.
96 Construction:
Foreign trade
136
Contracts awarded, building.... 66,68
Price index
"
115
Costs
74
Canals, traffic through,
98
Volume, index
72
Capital issues, new
118,120 Copper:
Exports
42
Cars, freight, loadings, surplus, etc
100
Production
48
Carpet, looms, active
38
Prices
42
Cattle:
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter. 82 Corn:
Wholesale price
80
Exports from South Africa (maize). 143
Cement:
Exports from United States
- 78
Exports from Belgium
.* 130
Production (crop estimate)
77
Production, shipments, and stocks. 74
Receipts, shipments and visible
Price, wholesale
72
supply
79
Wholesale price
80
Cereals:
118
Exports
78 Corporations, new
I l l , 112
Loadings, grains
100 Cost of living
74
Production
77 Costs, building construction
Receipts, shipments, and visible
Cotton:
supply
79
Consumption by mills
34
Exports from British India
138
Chain stores, sales
105,106
Exports from Egypt
142
Chemicals:
Exports from United States
34
Exports, imports and prices
76
Ginnings
39
Exports from France
128
Imports
34
Cheese:
Prices, producers' and wholesale.. 40
Cold-storage holdings...
86
Production (estimated crop)
34
Exports from Canada
136
Stocks
34
Exports from Netherlands
134
Spindles, active
38,39
Exports from New Zealand
140
Visible supply
34
Receipts
86
Wholesale price
86 Cotton fabrics:
Consumption by tire manufacturers 58
Chile, foreign exchange
96
Embroideries, exports from SwitCigars, production...
91
zerland
132
Cigarettes, production
91
Exports from British India
138
Cloth, cotton, exports
34
Exports from France
128
Clothing:
Exports from Japan
138
Cost of, index numbers... I l l , 112,113
Exports from United Kingdom
126
Exports from France
128
(147)
148
INDEX—Continued.
Page numbers refer to data in the detailed tables (pp. 33 to 143) only. Items in the table on "Trend of Business Movements" (pp. 18 to31)
and in the text are arranged in groups which should make reference easy without the necessity of an index. Note that only the
page containing index number tables is given here. Where the numerical data for these items are in a separate table, they will
always be found on the page opposite the index numbers.
Tage.
Cotton fabrics—Continued.
Exports from United States (cloth). 34
Finished goods
36
Knit underwear
36
Price, wholesale, print cloths and
sheetings
40
Cottonseed, stocks
88
Cottonseed oil:
Production and stocks
88
Wholesale price
80
Cotton yarn:
Exports from Japan
138
Price, wholesale
40
Credit conditions:
Indebtedness and orders, wholesale
trade
124
Payments, wholesale trade
123
Motor accessories
59
Crops:
Prices, producers' and wholesale.. - #0
Prices, index numbers
113
Production
77
Customs, receipts
122
Dairy products (see also butter, cheese,
and milk):
Exports from Denmark
130
Exports from Netherlands
134
Exports, receipts and cold storage
holdings
86
Debits to individual accounts
116
Debt, U. S. Government
122
Denmark:
Exports of key commodities
130
Foreign trade
.•
130
Department stores:
Sales
106,108
Stocks
109
Diamonds, exports from South Africa.. 142
Dividend and interest payments
118
Dress goods, wholesale price
•.. 40
Drugs and pharmaceutical, wholesale
price index
76
Drugs, crude, wholesale price index
76
Dyes and dyestuffs:
Exports from Germany
Exports from Switzerland
Exports from United States
Earnings:
Labor, Wisconsin factories
Railroads
Telephone companies
U. S. Steel Corporation
Eggs:
Cold-storage holdings
Exports from Denmark
Receipts
Egypt, exports of cotton
Elastic webbing, sales
132
132
76
110
102
118
44
86
130
86
142
34
Page.
Electric power, production
Emigration
Employment.
'•.
England. (See United Kingdom).
Essential oils, wholesale price index
Expenditures, U. S. Government
Exports. (See separate commodities
and '{Foreign trade.' *)
50
110
110
76
122
Factories, employment in
110
Failures, business
119
Farm prices, index
113
Federal Reserve banks, condition of... 116
Federal Reserve Board, price index
114
Fertilizer, exports
*•- 76
Finished cotton goods
36
Fire losses
68
Flour, wheat:
Production
79
Wholesale price
80
Flower bulbs, exports from Netherlands
134
Food, cost of, index numbers
Ill,
112,113
Foreign exchange rates and index numbers...*.
96
Foreign trade:
Argentina
.'
136
Australia
140
Belgium
130
Brazil
:
136
British India
\
138
Canada
136
Denmark
. . ; . . . 130
Egypt
142
France
128
Germany
132
Japan
138
Netherlands
134
New Zealand
140
South Africa
142
Spain
135
Sweden
130
Switzerland
132
United Kingdom
126
United States, exports
94
United States, imports
92
Uruguay
136
Vessels in, United States ports
98
Forest products, car loadings.
100
France:
Exports of key commodities
128
Foreign exchange
96
Foreign trade
128
Price index
115
Freight cars: Bad order, loadings, shortage, and surplus
100
Fuel, cost of, index number... I l l , 112,113
Jasoline, consumption, exports, production, and stocks
52
Page.
Germany:
Exports of key commodities
132
Foreign exchange rates
96
Foreign trade
132
Price index
115
Glass:
Bottles, production
56
Exports from Belgium
130
Illuminating, production, etc
60
Gold:
Exports from Australia
140
Exports from South Africa
142
Exports from United States
116
Imports to United States
116
Government finances:
Debt, receipts, and disbursements.. 122
Postal receipts.:
105
Grains:
Exports..."
78
t
Loadings
100
Production
77
Receipts, shipments, and visible
supply
79
Grocery chain stores, sales
106
Hides and skins:
Exports from South Africa.
142
Imports
64
Prices
64
Stocks
62
Hogs:
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter 82
Wholesale price..:
80
Holland. (See Netherlands.)
Housing, cost of, index numbers... I l l , 112
Illuminating glassware, production, etc. 60
Immigration
Imports. (See separate commodities
and "Foreign trade.' 1 )
Incorporations, new
I
India. (See British India.)
124
Indebtedness, wholesale trade
120
Interest rates
Iron (see also l' Pig iron "):
Bar
46
Foundry, Ohio
,
Iron ore:
Exports from Spain
Exports from Sweden
Movement, Sault Ste. Marie Canal. 42
Iron and steel (see also "Pig iron" and
" Steel"):
Exports from Belgium
Exports from France
132
Exports from Germany
126
Exports from United Kingdom
42
Exports from United States
Finished products, production, etc.
Imports to United States
4
Prices
149
INDEX—Continued.
Page numbers refer to data in the detailed tables (pp. 33 to 143) only. Items in the table on "Trend of Business Movements'' (pp. 18 to 31)
and in the text are arranged in groups which should make reference easy without the necessity of an index. Note that only the
page containing index number tables is given here. Where the numerical data for these items are in a separate table, they will
always be found on the page opposite the index numbers.
Page.
Issues, new capital:
Corporations
Municipalities
Italy:
Foreign exchange
Price index
118
120
96
115
Japan:
Exports of key commodities
' Foreign exchange rates
Foreign trade
Price index
Jute, exports from British Inida
138
96
138
115
138
Knit underwear
Kresge, S. S., Co., sales
Kress, S. H., & Co., sales
36
106
106
Labor:
Employment and earnings
110
Wages, U. S. Steel Corporation
111
Iamb and mutton:
Cold-storage holdings
84
Exports from New Zealand
140
Lead:
Prices
42
Receipts and shipments
48
Leather:
Belting, sales of
61
Exports
64
Production
61, 62
Prices, wholesale
64
Stocks
62
Liberty and Victory loans,outstanding. 122
Light, cost of, index number.. I l l , 112,113
Lingerie and wearing apparel, exports
from France
128
Live stock:
Car loadings
100
Prices, wholesale
80
Prices, farm, index
113
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter. 82
Living, costof
in, 112
Loadings, freight cars
100
Losses,
fire
68
Lumber:
Exports from United States
72
Exports from Sweden
130
Oak flooring, production, stocks,
etc
72
Production, stocks, orders, etc
70
Prices, wholesale
72
Machinery, exports from Germany
132
Magazines, advertising
105
Mail-order houses, retail sales
105,106
Maize, exports from South Africa....... 142
Margarine, exports from Netherlands.. 134
Meat and meat products:
Exports from Denmark
130
Exports from New Zealand
140
Exports from South Africa
142
Page.
Postal receipts
105
Postal savings
110
84 Potash, imports
76
52 Potatoes, production (crop estimate)
77
86 Power, electric production
50
122 Prices (sec also separate commodities):
59
Bonds
120
120
Boots and shoes, wholesale
64
Building materials
72
84
Drugs and chemicals, wholesale in140
dex
76
Farm products
80
Netherlands:
Flour
80
Exports of key commodities
134
Hides and leather
64
Foreign exchange rates
96
Metals
42,44
Foreign trade
134
Stocks
120
New York State, employment
110
Textiles
,
40
New Zealand:
Wholesale comparisons
33
Exports of key commodities
140 Price i n d e x :
Foreign trade
140
Bonds
120
Newspaper advertising
105
Bradstreet's (wholesale)
115
Nitrate of soda, imports
76
Building and construction costs
74
Department of Labor (wholesale).. 113
Oats:
Drugs and chemicals
76
Exports
78
D u n ' s (wholesale)
115
Production (crop estimate)
77
Farm products
113
Wholesale price
80
Federal Reserve Board (wholesale). 114
Oils, essential > wholesale price index... 76
Food, retail
113
Oleomargarine:
Foreign
115
Consumption
88
Printing activity, purchases, and sales. 54
Exports from Netherlands
134
Production. (-Sec separate commodities.)
Olive oil, exports from Spain
135
Public
finance
122
Meat and meat products—Continued.
Production, holdings, consumption,
and exports
Mexico, petroleum shipments
Milk, condensed and evaporated
Money in circulation
Motor accessories, credit conditions
Municipalities, bond issues and yields..
Mutton:
Cold-storage holdings
..
Exports from New Zealand
Oranges, exports from Spain
135
Orders, wholesale trade
124
Ore, car loadings (see also "Iron ore").. 100 Railroads:
Expenses
Owl Drug Co., sales
106
102
Freight-car movement
100
Revenues
102
Stocks and bonds, prices
120
Ton-mile operation
102
Receipts, U. S. G o v e r n m e n t . . :
122
Retail trade
105,106,108
Rice:
Exports from British I n d i a
138
• Production (crop estimate)
77
Rubber:
Consumption b y tire manufactures. 58
Imports
5G
Price, wholesale
'.
56
Rye:
Exports
78
Production (crop estimate)
77
Wholesale price
80
Panama Canal traffic
98
Paper:
Exports, production, shipments,
stocks, and prices
54
Exports from Canada
136
Purchases and sales
54
Payments:
Dividend and interest
119
Wholesale trade
123
Pay roll, New York and Wisconsin factories
110
Penney, J. C , Co., sales
106
Perfumes and soaps, exports from
France
128
Petroleum, crude
52
Pig iron:
Prices, wholesale
42,44
105,106,108
Production, United States
44 Sales, retail
48
Production, United Kingdom
44 St. Louis, lead a n d 2inc movement
Exports from Sweden
130 Salmon, canned, exports from Canada.. 136
Sault Ste. Marie Canal:
Pork:'
Iron ore movement
42
Consumption, exports, production,
Total traffic
: 98
and cold-storage holdings
84
110
Exports from Denmark
130 Savings, postal
150
INDEX—Continued.
Page numbers refer to data in the detailed tables (pp. 33 to 143) only. Items in the table on "Trend of Business Movements'' (pp. 18 to 31)
and in the text are arranged in groups which should make reference easy without the necessity of an index. Note that only the
page containing index number tables is given here. Where the numerical data for these items are in a separate table, they will
always be found on the page opposite the index numbers.
Page.
Page.
Sears, Roebuck & Co., sales..
106
Sheep:
Receipts, shipments, and slaughter. 82
Wholesale price
80
Shelter, prices of, index number.. I l l , 112
Shipping
98
Silk:
Consumption.
36
Exports from Japan
138
Imports to United States
36
Stocks
36
Wholesale price
40
Silk fabrics:
Exports from France
". - 128
Exports from Japan.
138
Exports from Switzerland
132
Silver, exports, imports, and prices..... 116
Soap and perfumes, exports from France 128
Sources of'data:
Government
144
Technical periodicals
146
Trade associations
145
South Africa:
Exports of key commodities
142
Foreign trade
142
Spain:
Exports of key commodities
135
Foreign trade
135
Steel:
Barrels and drums
.
*
46
Earnings, U. S. Steel Corporation.. 44
Prices, wholesale
42,44, 72
Production, United States
44
Production, United Kingdom
44
Structural beams, price
72
Structural, sales
46
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corporation
*
44
Stocks, sales and prices
118,120
Sugar, exports, imports, meltings,
prices and stocks
- 88
Suitings, wool, wholesale price
40
Sulphuric acid, exports
76
Sweden:
Exports of key commodities
130
Foreign exchange rates
96
Foreign trade
130
Switzerland:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign exchange rates
Foreign trade
132
96
132
J'age.
Vegetable oils, exports and imports
88
Vessels, construction, cleared and entered
93
Wages, U. S. Steel Corporation
Ill
Ward, Montgomery, & Co., sales.
106
Tea, imports into United States
90 Watches, exports from Switzerland.... 132
Telephone revenues and earnings
118 Webbing (elastic), sales
"34
Ten-cent stores, sales
105,106 Wearing apparel, exports from France.. 128
Wheat:
Textiles:
Exports from Australia
.
140
Active machinery
38, 39
Exports from Canada
138
Consumption of cotton and wool... 34
Exports from United States
.78
Finished cotton goods
36
Production (crop estimate)
77
Knit underwear
36
Receipts
,
79
Silk consumption
36
Shipments
79
Wholesale prices
40
Visible supply
,
79
Tin:
Wholesale price
S
O
Imports
42
Prices
42 Wheat flour:
Production
79
Stocks..
48
Wholesale price
80
Tires, production, stocks, and shipments 58
Wholesale prices, comparisons
33
Tobacco:
Wine, exports from Spain
135
Exports, production, and stocks... 91 Wisconsin, employment
HO
Wholesale price
80 Wood pulp:
Trade, foreign. (See "Foreign trade.")
Exports from Sweden.."
130
Transportation, water
98
Production, consumption, imports,
and stocks
- ^
Underwear, knit
36
Wool:
Union of South Africa. (See South
Consumption
- 34
Africa.)
Exports from Australia.
• 140
United Cigar Stores Co., sales
106
Exports from New Zealand
140
United Kingdom:
Exports from South Africa.
142
Foreign exchange rate
96
Imports
.
34
Foreign trade
126
Looms, active1
38,39
Pig iron TDroduction
;
44
Prices, producers' and wholesale... 40
Price index
115
Spindles, active
38,39
Steel ingot production
44
Stocks.......
?4
United States Government:
Woolens:
Debt
122
Exports, United Kingdom
• 126
Postal receipts
105
Prices, wholesale
40
Receipts and expenditures
122 Woolworth, F. W., Co., sales
106
Savings, postal
110 Worsted yarn, wholesale price
United States Steel Corporation:
Zinc:
42
Earnings
44
Imports
42
Unfilled orders
44
Prices
Wages
in
Production, receipts, shipments,
Uruguay, foreign trade
136
and stocks
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