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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
JULY, 1924
No. 35
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
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INTRODUCTION
The SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS is designed to
present each month a picture of the business situation
by setting forth the principal facts regarding the various lines of trade and industry. At quarterly intervals
detailed tables are published giving, for each item,
monthly figures for the past two years and yearly comparisons, where available, back to 1913. In the intervening months the more important comparisons only
are given in the table entitled "Trend of business
movements" (p. 35),
In the quarterly numbers (see issue for May, 1924,
No. 33) blank lines covering the next three months
have been left at the bottom of each detailed table
which will enable those who care to do so to enter new
figures as soon as they appear.
ADVANCE SHEETS
Realizing that current statistics are highly perishable and that to be of use they must reach the business
man at the earliest possible moment, the department
has arranged to distribute advance leaflets almost
every week, whenever sufficient material is available,
to those subscribers who request them. The leaflets
are usually mailed on Wednesdays, and give such information as has been received during the preceding
week. The information contained in these leaflets is
also published in " Commerce Reports," issued weekly
by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
The complete bulletin is distributed as quickly as it
can be completed and printed.
BASIC DATA
The figures reported in the accompanying tables are
very largely those already in existence. The chief
function of the department is to bring together these
data which, if available at all, are scattered in hundreds of different publications. A portion of these
data are collected by Government departments, other
figures are compiled by technical journals, and still
others are reported by trade associations.
INDEX NUMBERS
To facilitate comparison between different items and
render the trend of a movement more apparent, index
or relative numbers have been calculated. The index
inumbers enable the reader to see at a glance the general
mpward or downward tendency of a movement which
can not so easily be grasped from the actual figures.
In computing these index numbers the last pre-war
year, 1913, or in some instances a five-year average,
1909-1913, has been used as a base equal to 100
wherever possible. In many instances comparable
figures for the pre-war years are not available, and in
such cases the year 1919 has usually been taken as
the base. For some industries 1919 can not be
regarded as a proper base, due to extraordinary conditions in the industry, and some more representative
period has been chosen. In a few cases other base
periods are used for special reasons. In all cases the
base period is clearly indicated.
The index numbers are computed by allowing the
monthly average for the base year or period to equal
100. If the movement for a current month is greater
than the base, the index number will be greater than
100, and vice versa. The difference between 100 and
the index number will give at once the per cent increase
or decrease compared with the base period. Thus an
index number of 115 means an increase of 15 per cent
over the base period, while an index number of 80
means a decrease of 20 per cent from the base.
Index numbers may also be used to calculate the
approximate percentage increase or decrease in a movement from one period to the next. Thus if an index
number at one month is 120 and for a later month it
is 144 there has been an increase of 20 per cent.
BUSINESS INDICATORS
The diagrams on page 2 have been prepared to
facilitate comparisons between a few of the more
important business movements. The lines are plotted
on what are known as ratio charts (logarithmic scale).
These charts show the percentage increase and allow
direct comparisons between the slope of one curve and
that of any other curve regardless of its location on
the diagram; that is, a 10 per cent increase in an item
is given the same vertical movement whether its curve
is near the bottom or near the top of the chart.
The difference between this and the ordinary form
of a chart can be made clear by an example. If a
certain item, having an index number of 400 in one
month, increases 10 per cent in the following month,
its index number will be 440, and on an ordinary chart
would be plotted 40 equidistant scale points higher
than the preceding month. Another movement with
an index number of, say, 50, also increases 10 per cent,
making its index number 55. On the ordinary (arithmetic) scale this item would rise only 5 equidistant
points, whereas the previous item rose 40 points, yet
each showed the same percentage increase. The ratio
charts avoid this difficulty and give to each of the two
movements exactly the same vertical rise, and hence
the slopes of the two lines are directly comparable.
The ratio charts compare percentage changes, while
the arithmetic charts compare absolute changes.
This issue presents practically complete data for the month of May and also, on page 29, items covering June
received up to July 14. As most data covering a particular month's business are not available until from 15 to 30 days
after the close of the month, a complete picture of that month's operations, including index numbers, cumulative totals,
text, and charts, can not be presented in printed form under 45 days after its close, but the advance leaflets described above
give considerable information as early as 15 days after its close and present almost every week the latest data available.
Summary for June based upon early items is given on page 29.
MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
:
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
:
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
JULY
No. 35
1924
CONTENTS.
Paw
Page
.Summary for May
Business indicators (diagrams and tables)
Comparison of wholesale prices (diagram and table)
Comparison of wholesale and retail food prices (diagram) _
Course of business in May
Cotton stocks: Northern and southern mills and warehouses (diagram)
Pig-iron production and unfilled steel orders (diagram) _._
Trend of commodity stocks, by major groups (diagrams) _„
Factory employment, by major industrial groups (diagrams)
Comparison of wholesale prices of raw products, producers' goods, and consumers' goods (diagram)
•Summary for June and early June data
., _ i
Indexes of business (production, prices, sales, etc.)
Trend of business movements:
Textiles
Metals
Fuels
Automobiles and rubber
Hides and leather
Paper and printing
1
2
4
6
7
10
11
22
23
27
29
31
35
37
38
39
40
40
Trend of business movements—Continued.
Buttons
Glass and optical goods
_Building construction
__
Chemicals, naval stores, and fats and oils.
Foodstuffs
Tobacco
Transportation.
_
Public utilities and employment
Distribution movement
Banking and finance
Foreign exchange and trade
Trade and industry of foreign countries-..
Detailed tables:
ExplosivesRailway equipment.,
Enameled
eled sanitary wa
ware.
Debits to individual accountsMiscellaneous data
World production of principal crops.
Sources of data
._
41
41
41
43
44
46
46
47
47
48
50
51
52
54
56
58
61
62
64
SUMMARY FOR MAY
(See note at bottom of opposite cover page. Summary for June bated on early items given on p* 29.)
Industrial activity in May was generally less than
in the previous month or a year ago. Decreases in
manufacturing output from April and a year ago were
registered in the production of iron and steel, automobiles, tires, shoes, maple flooring* silica and clay
fire brick, and in the mill consumption of cotton,
"wool, and tin. Production increases over both periods
occurred in zinc, face brick, oak flooring, Portland
cement, cigarettes, and silk consumption, while increases over April alone were registered in the production of railway locomotives, prepared roofing, lumber, coke, refined sugar, manufactured tobacco and
C1
gars. Mineral output in May registered decreases
trom a year ago in coal, petroleum, and silver, each
of these minerals showing increased output, however,
over April, while the mine output of zinc in May was
larger than in April and a year ago, and copper,
although smaller than in April, was larger than a year
a
go. Unfilled steel orders at the end of May were lower
than on April 30.
Sales at retail by mail-order houses declined in May
mf ^ P r ^ an<* a year ago, while sales of 10-cent chains,
although larger than a year ago, registered a decline
from April. Wholesale prices and the cost of living
continued to decline in May, while retail food prices
remained unchanged. Business failures were more
numerous, while defaulted liabilities of failing firms
were smaller than in either the previous month or a
year ago. Average prices of 25 industrial stocks were
slightly lower than in April, while bond prices rose
and interest rates averaged lower.
Check transactions were larger in New York City
than in April or a year ago, while for the rest of the
country they were smaller than in either of these
periods. The Federal reserve ratio averaged higher,
while the rediscount rate of the New York and Boston
Federal Reserve Banks were lowered.
Weekly car loadings in May averaged higher than in
April but were less than a year ago, while the net
available freight-car surplus continued to increase.
Imports into the United States declined in May from
the previous month and a year ago, while exports,
although larger than in May, 1923, were smaller than
April. The general index of foreign exchange
m
averaged lower in May.
BUSINESS INDICATORS: 1920-1924
(1913 monthly averages-100.
PIG-IR0N
Aftft
See explanation on inside front cover.
Except for "net freight ton-miles " latest month plotted is May, 1924.)
COPPER
UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
300
200
100
t
•$L—_
80
60
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20
10
300
200
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100
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60
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40
—
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COTTON CONSUMPTION
BITUMINOUS COAL ('RODUCTtON
20
NET FREIGHT TON-MILES
8 g{
EXPORTS ( VALUE* i
Ann
BANK CLEARiNGS-ooTsIDC NC WYORK
Ciri
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DEFAULTED UABILITIES
(VALUE*)
1
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INDEX
in
80
60
40
I
20
10
SALES, MAIL-ORDER HOUSES <vAiuet>
WHOLESALE PRICES
10
1920
1921 1922 1923 1924
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
1920
1921 I922~I923I924
BUSINESS INDICATORS
The following table gives comparative index numbers for a selected list of important business movements. It is believed
that this table will prove useful, because it separates out from the large mass of material a comparatively small number of items
which are often regarded as indicative of business in general.
The table has been divided into two parts, the first containing those items for which index numbers can be calculated, using
1913 as a base. The second part contains items for which comparable data back to 1913 are not available* This latter group of
index numbers is calculated by letting the 1919 monthly average equal 100. Care should therefore be exercised in comparing the
absolute value of the two sets of data. In either group, however, the upward or downward trend of the index numbers, compared
to previous months, does reflect the present tendency in each item and will give a basis for business judgment.
Where available at the time of going to press, July 14, June indicators have here been included, thus bringing this
table up to date. It should be noted that the charts on page 2 show May data as the latest plotted.
1924
1928
MONTHLY AVERAGE
COMMODITY
1920
1921
1022
1023
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug. Sept.
Oct. Nor. Dec,
Jan.
Fob. Mar. Apr. May June
1913 monthly average-100
Production:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper...
Cement (shipments)..
Anthracite coal..
Bituminous coal
Electric energy (gross
revenue sales)
Crude petroleum.....
Cotton (consumption)
Beef.
Pork
„
Unfilled orders:
U. S. Steel Corp
Stocks:
Crude petroleum
Cotton (total)
Prices:*
Wholesale Index..
Retail food
Retail coal, bitum
Farm crops
Farm livestock
Business finances:
Defaulted liabilities. _
Price 25 ind. stocks...
Price 25 R. R. stocks..
Banking:
Clearings, N. Y. City.
Clearings, outside
Com'l paper int. rate..
Distribution:
Imports (value)
Exports (value)
Sales, mail-order..
Transportation:
Freight, net ton-miles.^
79
81
131
70
104
127
120
161
129
80
100
115
135
166
123
122
106
100
126
132
129
173
89
74
102
104
128
197
102
78
433
273
124
133
203
472
268
109
111
175
454
283
104
111
159
287
103
116
143
297
89
135
182
466
284
99
120
203
79
74
75
31
83
81
71
61
302
95
310
149
318
169
321
167
321
149
323
132
327
113
331
92
335
74
59
154
149
184
138
109
153
150
186
139
103
152
J61
185
137
97
151
150
183
137
94
151
149
180
140
97
162
147
180
141
93
150
144
175
133
100
143
141
163
140
102
147
141
163
139
103
145
142
163
142
102
160
177
63
126
348
175
69
217
177
69
225
193
70
226
187
70
73
153
192
73
423
139
74
214
183
75
160
133
75
145
187
78
211
268
89
187
254
92
191
254
93
225
296
93
229
277
92
247
301
90
262
292
85
256
87
249
230
83
253
278
84
263
275
77
253
266
71
192
146
199
184
150
193
170
231
206
193
835
195
194
309
193
206
318
193
191
271
223
177
270
215
164
279
217
163
300
204
181
243
260
214
155
221
185
143
239
145
141
148
144
154
140
122
126
132
133
117
124
139
113
114
144
140
124
186
109
113
1S5
146
129
203
116
123
122
133
122
185
33
116
123
142
129
193
114
123
381
299
133
129
153
381
301
116
122
156
875
315
99
119
146
379
313
106
133
134
393
312
104
129
115
420
323
116
151
148
452
313
123
113
108
100
92
85
285
125
264
125
271
104
281
83
290
66
296
64
149
142
183
113
111
154
146
190
136
103
159
143
192
139
107
156
143
186
140
165
153
144
185
139
100
151
147
185
136
102,
150
146
183
136
102
229
133
64
228
169
225
195
76
180
75
197
185
72
186
73
126
182
73
157
176
70
257
275
134
205
212
118
230
231
80
226
264
90
228
274
93
244
285
93
237
280
88
294
331
264
140
131
188
177
154
204
212
168
259
244
Ifi7
272
249
IS7
105
115
139
140
120
135
09
108
93
1X0
54
64
39
107
99
87
87
114
81
131
58
85
130
144
121
153
1<H
114
139
157
116
175
106
107
151
167
123
193
112
116
144
149
123
180
283
178
105
121
111
312
189
97
109
116
349
224
109
-121
129
407
292
117
125
159
394
283
124
119
153
170
90
96
102
127
155
152
193
234
153
226
203
207
238
163
147
153
197
109
107
103
184
67
153
114
184
124
125
139
102
108
114
131
114
113
127
87
105
100
118
144
203
75
1919 monthly average-1OO
Production:
Lumber"
Bldg. contracts
Stocks:
Beef.
Pork
100
72
85
69
114
102
126
106
130
138
136
129
137
99
127
90
138
85
131
137
116
132
111
103
102
113
107
125
103
129
147
131
136
131
124
66
98
42
83
29
70
32
91
27
108
24
112
19
110
19
95
20
74
27
39
67
45
43
111
41
103
39
110
109
23
111
86
87
107
104
103
104
104
103
104
103
102
103
103
105
104
105
105
106
108
114
91
97
107
107
116
111
104
99
113
106
116
111
100
109
103
106
104
132
97
91
122
122
144
154
39
146
152
33
145
153
38
146
152
40
146
153
146
156
46
146
152
41
146
152
44
143
146
27
149
162
27
147
161
25
147
161
23
147
163
22
147
165
13
149
165
Businessfinances:
Bond prices (40 issues)
Banking:
Debits outside N. Y.
City
Federal ReserveBills discounted..
Total reserves
Ratio
87
42
146 :
154
45
145
152
82
103
! ? k t ha*"*
retail Prices i r o m D e p a r t m e n t of Labor averaged for t h e m o n t h ; farm prices from D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture as of t h e 15th of t h e m o n t h . . . . .
e
S
m l o t a l i m p u t e d production reported b y 5 a s s o c i a t i o n . Included southern pine, Douglas fir, western pine, N o r t h C a r o l m a p m e . a n d M l c h l g a n h a r d
t ? !¥ t o t a l P r o d u c t i o n of these associations In 1919 w a s equal t o 11,190,000,000 board feet, compared w i t h a total l u m b e r production tor the country of
d feet reported b y t h e census.
COMPARISON OF MAY WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR
(Relative prices 1913-100. April prices latest plotted.)
I N D E X NUMBERS
200
300
400
500
600
• FARM PRODUCTS. AVERAGE PRICE TO PRODUCER
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
CATTLE. BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT. WINTER
CORN. NO-2
OATS
BARLEY
RYE NO.2
TOBACCO. BURLEY
COTTON
WOOL \
GREASE (BOSTON)
CATTLE
STEERS
HOGS. HEAVY
SHEEP. EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR. SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
BEEF..CARCASS
BEEF. STEER ROUNDS
HAMS. SMOKED (CHICAGO)
COTTON YARN
COTTON. PRINT CLOTH
COTTON. SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS'
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES. PACKER'S
HIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER. CHROME (BOSTON)
LEATHER. SOLE OAK
SOOTS AND SHOES (BOSTON)
BOOTS AND SHOES (ST. LOUIS) |
•COAL. BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BASIC
STEEL BILLETS. BESSEMER
COPPER
. PRICE
LEAD
I PRICE IN
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON (NEW YORK)
CEMENT
STEEL
BEAMS
RUBBER, CRUDE
SULPHURIC
ACID
'//////////////////A
MAY
700
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS—MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS
riMS
Because of their availability at the time of going to press, July 14, the Jnne price data have here been Included, thus bringing this table up
K to date.
should be noted that the chart on page 4 shows May prices only.
COMMODITIES
Date and maximum
relative price
March.
1934
April,
1924
May,
1934
June,
1934
Relative price
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig iron, basic, valley furnace
:
Steel billets. Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
^ a d . Pig, desilvered, for early delivery (New York)
1.
Jin. Pig, for early delivery (New York)
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery (New York)
iding m a t e r I a l s a n d m l s c e U a n e o u s s
number, pine, southern, yellow flooring, 1 x 4, " B " and better (Hattlesb
urg district)
Lumber, Douglas fir, No l, common, s 1 s, 1 x 8 x 10 (Washington)
£nck, common red, domestic building (New York)
^ m e n t , Portland, net without bags to trade, f.o.b. plant (Chicago dist.).—
«eel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
"sober, Para Island, fine (New York)
auiphuric acid, 66° (New York)
June, 1020
Per cent
Increase
dercease
In June
from
May
(1913 a v e r a g e - 1OO)
F a r m products—Average price t o p r o d u c e r s :
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cottonseed..
Cattle, beefHogs.
Lambs
F a r m p r o d u c t s — M a r k e t price:
Wheat, No. 1, northern, spring (Chicago)-. J
._
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, i blood combing, Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston)
Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago)
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
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)
Beef, fresh carcass good native steers (Chicago)
Beef, fresh steer rounds N o . 2 (Chicago)
Pork, smoked hams (Chicago)
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. I#. (New York)
Worsted yarns, 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Boston)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, dbl. warp, 60 in. (N. Y.)
Suitings, wool, dyed blue,55-56Inches, 16-ounce Middlesex (New Y o r k ) - .
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansai No. 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers (Chicago)
,
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright " B " grades (Boston)
leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy (Boston)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
Fuels:
Coal, bituminous, mine run lump, Kanawha (Cincinnati)
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York tidewater)
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace—at ovens
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—at wells
r
1920
1920
1920
1920
1919
1919
1920
326
300
706
312
321
183
256
239
125
125
147
231
190
95
88
184
121
127
153
239
185
99
89
186
122
127
153
234
186
101
89
187
124
131
1C9
232
183
98
87
184
+1.6
+3.1
+10.5
-0.9
-1.6
-3.0
-2.2
-1.6
May, 1520
May, 1920
Sept., 1917
June, 1920
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1918
Mar., 1919
Apr., 1920
Apr., 1918
Mar., 1919
July, 1919
Apr., 1918
Feb., 1920
354
302
331
296
325
451
352
331
308
218
266
319
263
128
110
127
128
120
108
212
223
216
118
88
213
202
124
105
126
130
128
104
212
234
212
127
89
212
205
129
108
126
130
122
106
212
247
196
121
89
141
182
138
114
134
133
124
115
192
235
176
113
87
103
189
+7.0
+5.6
+6.3
+2.3
+1.6
+8.5
May,
May,
May,
May,
July,
Sept.,
July,
July,
1920
1917
1920
1920
1919
1920
1920
1919
328
363
598
526
139
138
182
186
139
131
118
114
145
142
161
170
135
131
129
117
150
145
145
152
144
129
134
118
+3.4
+2.1
-9.9
-10.6
+6.7
201
211
231
137
139
197
199
135
131
115
114
May,
Apr.,
May,
Jan.,
Oct.,
July,
Jan.,
Aug.,
Aug.,
Nov.,
Aug,
Mar..
Aug.,
1920
1920
1920
1920
1918
1920
1920
1919
1919
1919
1919
1920
1919
348
478
427
2S9
292
291
466
283
490
473
230
308
292
195
192
196
212
184
239
171
76
100
171
103
201
153
192
192
180
212
184
239
155
66
85
171
103
201
153
192
192
177
212
184
239
132
65
88
171
103
201
153
191
198
176
206
184
233
137
6S
91
160
95
201
153
-0.5
+3.1
-0.6
-2.8
0.0
-2.5
+3.8
Sept.,
Nov.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
1922
1923
1920
1920
336
216
637
375
154
216
171
179
154
207
155
187
154
208
140
186
154
210
132
166
0.0
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-10.8
July,
Sept.,
July,
Mar.,
June,
May,
June,
1917
1920
1917
1917
1917
1918
1915
346
330
388
230
261
224
3S6
155
149
155
87
211
123
118
147
147
155
84
188
111
112
141
139
149
81
166
98
106
134
134
147
79
161
95
106
Feb.,
Jan.,
Feb.,
Sept.,
June,
Jan.,
Feb.,
1920
1920
1920
1920
1917
1913
1916
455
407
381
105
331
124
250
191
201
305
173
166
21
70
189
190
305
173
162
21
70
181
190
305
173
172
179
305
173
151
20
70
July,
June,
July,
May,
May,
July,
Apr.,
374.
157
21
70
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0.0
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-1.3
-2.5
-3.0
-3.1
0.0
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-5.8
0.0
0.0
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COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOOD PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
WITH INDEX OF ALL COMMODITIES AT WHOLESALE
(U. S. Department of Labor index numbers. Relative prices 1913-100)
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BUSINESS SUMMARY
192a
March
April
1024
May
January
February
March
April
May
PRODUCTION:
Manufacturing (64 commodities)
Raw materials, total
Minerals
Animal products
Crops
Forestry
Electric power
Building construction (contracts awarded)..
129
98
125
114
75
120
146
139
125
90
121
111
61
120
138
138
135
97
141
127
55
135
143
129
108
128
119
93
108
160
107
U17
100
121
105
87
114
149
103
'123
93
120
107
71
118
154
147
M17
87
106
118
54
126
146
136
Ull
93
113
124
60
130
148
124
132
117
101
123
117
95
104
111
87
132
136
63
140
135
63
147
136
61
135
137
54
129
143
47
112
162
86
124
103
142
79
119
98
154
80
128
99
126
80
110
96
140
78
102
106
163
79
115
114
178
77
132
90
174
76
126
77
76
92
94
77
77
92
94
76
77
93
94
73
80
96
88
74
79
95
90
73
77
95
89
72
76
94
88
71
76
94
84
118
114
-33
116
117
-13
120
122
98
104
107
100
109
113
79
110
114
150
95
110
199
103
111
205
STOCKS OP COMMODITIES (45 commodities):
Unadjusted index
Corrected for seasonal variation 3
UNFILLED ORDERS (relative to 1920)
SALES (based on value):
Mail-order houses (4)
Ten-cent chains (5 chains)
Wholesale trade
Department stores (333 stores)
PRICES (recomputed to 1919 base):
Wholesale, all commodities
Retail food
_
COST OP LIVING (recomputed to 1919 bass).
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT (recomputed to 1919 base)8
TRANSPORTATION:
Net freight ton-mile operation
__„
Average weekly carloadings
Net available car surplus (end of month)
* Subject to revision.
'Comp "" "
,.il, 1924, SUBVBY, p. 28.
bousand firms. See page 38 of the May, 1924, SUBVBY; also pp. 129-132, April, 1924 Monthlp Labor Bedew
COURSE OF BUSINESS IN MAY
106 for April and 141 for a year ago. All products of
the mine, except copper and gold, registered increased
output over April, but except for copper, gold, lead,
and zinc, the May production of minerals was less than
a year ago.
Marketings of animal products, based on 1919
monthly average marketings as 100, increased seaPRODUCTION
sonally to 124 from 118 in April and may be compared
Manufacturing output as seen from the combined with 127 a year ago. Declines from a year ago in
l i g h t e d index of 64 commodities based on 1919 as the movement to market were registered in cattle and
J00, declined to 112 in May from 118 in April and calves, hogs, sheep, and eggs, while increases over
35 at the peak reached a year ago. By major groups May, 1923, were noted in the marketings of wool,
the production indexes of manufactured commodities poultry, fish, and milk.
show foodstuffs at 114 for May against 100 for April
Crop marketings registered an increase in May over
and 116 for a year ago; textiles at 82 against 97 and both the previous month and May, 1923, the com1
27; iron and steel at 92 against 115 and 148; other bined index based on 1919 as 100 standing at 60 for
Petals at 174 against 176 and 158; lumber at 147 May as against 54 for April and 55 a year ago. The
a
gainst 142 and 150; leather at 79 against 86 and 103; movement to market of crops by major groups shows
Paper at 117 against 112 and 121; chemicals*at 154 grains at 63 for May against 55 for April and 57 a
against 141 and 136; stone, clay, and glass at 139 year ago; vegetables at. 124 against 121 and 118;
against 129 and 139; and tobacco at 114 against 100 fruits at 155 against 87 and 153; cotton and cotton
and 109.
products at 35 against 35 and 31; and miscellaneous
Mineral production, as measured by the weighted crops (hay, tobacco, flaxseed, and cane sugar) at 27
ex
> on 1919 as 100, stood at 113 for May against against 24 and 22.
^ The following pages contain a review, by principal
industries, of the more important statistics shown in
the table on " Trend of business movements (p. 35).
Summaries of production, stocks, sales, and price
changes are also given, based on data in the tables on
'Indexes of business (p. 31).
8
BUSINESS INDICATORS—COMPARISON OV MAT WITH MAY, 1923.
INDEX NUMBERS
PRODUCTION
^O^^iOO
PIO IRON
STEEL-INGOTS
LOCOMOTIVES
ZINC
COFFER
ANTHRACITE COAL
BITUMINOUS COAL
CRUDE PETROLEUM
COTTON ( CONSUMPTION t
STEEL CORP. ( UNFILLED ORDERS
PRICES
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FARM CROPS I M » l (KmicUiTuM)
FARM LIVE STOCK t OtH. *OmeiXTu»€l
BANKING AND FINANCE
DEFAULTED
PRICE a t
LIABILITIES
INDUSTRIAL
STOCKS
PRICE 3 * .RAILROAD STOCKS
INTEREST RATES (COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION
' IMPORTS
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BALES.
(60
200
260
350
400
larger than in May, 1923, were smaller than in April,
1924. The index of unfilled orders on manufacturers'
books, based on the 1920 monthly average as 100
stood at 47 at the end of May as compared with 54
for April 30 and 87 a year ago.
Wholesale trade declined slightly from April, being
in May 5 per cent smaller than a year ago. Sales of
dry goods, shoes, and hardware, were considerably
smaller than a year ago, while drug sales were slightly
larger. Retail trade at department stores and mailorder houses also declined from the previous month,
being in May 2 per cent and 6 per cent smaller, respectively, than in May, 1923. Sales at retail by 10cent chains also declined from April but were 14 per
cent greater than a year ago. Grocery chains, drug
chains, and cigar chains registered larger sales in May
than in either the previous month or a year ago, while
music chains recorded less business in May than in
either of those periods, and shoe and candy chains noted
sales declines from the previous month but increased
business over a year ago. Department-store stocks
declined in May but were still 4 per cent larger than
a year ago.
PRICES
MAIL ~ ORDER HOUSE»
Prices received by producers for their crops at 39 per
cent above pre-war, may t>e compared with 40 per cent
in April and 40 per cent a year ago, while for livestock
the producers7 price index in May at 103, based upon
COMMODITY STOCKS
1913 average prices as 100, may be compared with 102
Commodity stocks, as seen from the weighted index in April and 105 a year ago.
of 45 basic commodities, after due allowance for seaWholesale prices as compiled by the Department of
sonal variations, registered an increase over the pre- Labor, based on 1913 average prices as 100, stood at
vious month; the index based on 1919 as 100, stand- 147 for May as against 148 in April and 156 a year ago.
ing at 142 for May 31 as against 136 for April 30 and Price indexes of all groups of commodities, except food ^
111 a year ago. Stocks of raw foodstuffs at the end which remained unchanged, registered declines from
of May on the same base were computed at 185 as the previous month. As regrouped by the Federal
against 164 for April 30 and 143 a year ago; stocks Reserve Board this index shows raw products at 152 as
of other raw materials for manufacture at 105 against compared with 154 in April and 161 a year ago; pro110 and 93; manufactured foodstuffs at 84 against 86 ducers' goods at 133 as against 135 and 148; and conand 79; and other manufactured commodities at 168 sumers' goods at 150 against 151 and 156. On page 27
against 164 and 117. (See diagrams on pp. 9 and 22.) is given a full page chart showing the comparison between wholesale prices for raw materials, producers
SALES
goods, and consumers' goods, plotted by months since
Sales of commodities by manufacturers in May were January, 1913. Dun's and Bradstreet's indexes of
generally lower than in April or a year ago. Declines wholesale prices registered corresponding declines from
from April and a year ago were registered in the sales April and a year ago.
,
of steel castings, steel sheets, railroad locomotives,
The Federal Reserve Board's index of wholesale
freight cars, power pumps, mechanical stokers, leather prices for international comparison at 156 for May,
belting, abrasive paper and cloth, clay fire brick, based on 1913 as 100, may be compared with 158 for
maple flooring, all classes of enameled sanitary ware, April and 167 a year ago, while French prices remained
tubular plumbing, elastic webbing, and finished cotton unchanged and British prices declined 2 per cent.
goods. Sales increases over April and a year ago were
Retail prices of food in May showed no change fro^
registered in merchant pig iron and oak flooring, while the previous month but were more than 1 P e r c e j \
new orders for California redwood were larger in May lower than a year ago. The cost-of-living index at l
than in April but smaller than a year ago, and new for May, based upon July, 1914, as 100, may be comorders for southern pine and structural steel, although pared with 162 for April and 160 a year ago.
SALES.
TEN " . C E N T
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STORES
TON-MILES
RELATIVE PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS IN BASIC INDUSTRIES
(Monthly averages 1920=100)
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Increases of 12 per cent occurred over April in
May receipts of wflbl at Boston, domestic increasing
14 per cent and foreign 10 per cent. Compared with
a year ago, domestic receipts increased but foreign
receipts declined over 80 per cent. Imports of wool
also declined considerably, and consumption by textile
mills was less than in April. Machinery activity in
Woolen mills was also less than in April, cards, combs,
spinning spindles, and carpet and rug looms showing
reduced operations, although wide and narrow looms
were operated at increased activity. Price comparisons show a decline in raw wool from April but no
change in its products.
Cotton brought into sight in May exceeded the
figures for April, 1924, and May, 1923. Imports of
raw cotton declined from both periods, while exports
exceeded the previous month by almost 2 per cent
and were over 104 per cent larger than a year ago.
Consumption of cotton by textile mills declined to
413,649 bales in May from 480,010 in April and 620,854
a
year ago. Stocks of raw cotton held at both mills
and warehouses were smaller than a year ago, while
. e world visible supply of American cotton shows an
^crease over May, 1923.
Fewer spindles were active in May than in April,
!924, or in May, 1923.
Orders, billings, shipments, and
stocks of goods at cotton finishing plants also declined
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both these periods, while the operating activity
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of finishing plants stood at 52 per cent of capacity as
against 62 per cent in April and 74 a year ago. Exports
of cotton cloth increased over the previous month
and a year ago, while elastic webbing sales declined
from both periods. The average price of cotton to
the producer declined from April 15 to May 15, while
the monthly average price of middling cotton rose.
Cotton yarns and sheeting declined while print cloth
remained unchanged in price.
Increases over April occurred in deliveries and
stocks of silk, whereas, compared with a year ago,
deliveries were larger and stocks smaller. The price
of silk averaged lower in May than in April.
COTTON CONSUMPTION IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MILLS
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PRODUCTION
OR STEEL INGOTS BY THE OPEN HEARTH
BESSEMER PROCESSES: 1909-1923
Stocks of iron ore on Lake Erie docks increased
slightly in May and were about 13 per cent larger than
ayoai ago. Oonsninption of iron ore declined from
both periods. Skipments from tke mines increased
in a seasonal movement and were slightly lower tkan
in. May, 1923,
Tke output of pig iron in May decreased to 2;6l5;000
tons from 3;233;000 in April and'3,868,000 a year ago;
wkile kotk number and capacity of furnaces in blast
were reduced about 20 per cent from April Merchant pig iron statistics show decreases from April^in
production, shipments, and unfilled orders and increases in sales and in stocks on kand, Prices of pig
iron averaged about $1 per ton lower tkan in April,
PRODUCTION or MERCHANTS BARS: 1906-1923
Steel-ingot production for May totaled 2,628,000
tons as against 3;334;000 in April and 4;216;000 in
May, 1923^' Booking of steel castings also declined
from botk penods ; as did unfilled orders of tke United
States Steel Corporation, Statistics for steel skeets
for May skowed declines in production, shipments^
sales; unfilled orders^ and stocks; fke operations
amounting to 60 per cent of capacity as against 79
per,cent in April; all items except unsold stocks were
also less fkan a year ago. Prices of steel averaged
lower tkan in Aprk. Exports of iron and steel Increased orer April but were less than a year ago.
1
Hepprtedby 167 firms with a capacity oi 2328,070.
13
PRODUCTION OF STEEL INGOTS: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION
BY PRINCIPAL PROCESSES, 1909-1923
too
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80
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ported to the Department of Commerce by 186
identical firms and 7 additional firms now out of
business, with a present capacity of 242,940 tons
per month, are shown on page 12, based on a capacity
of 250,000 tons per month in 1922 and 260,000 tons
in 1923 and 1924.
LOCOMOTIVE SHIPMENTS AND UNFILLED ORDERS
(June, 1924 latest plotted)
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Shipments of steel furniture declined from April
and were about the same as a year ago. Bookings of
fabricated structural steel, at 59 per cent of capacity,
compared with 65 per cent in April and 57 a year ago.
Shipments were the same as in April, at 71 per cent of
capacity. Comparisons for earlier periods, as re-
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The following table shows statistics of steel barrels
reported to the Department of Commerce by 29 manufacturers operating 34 plants, in number of barrels:
RELATIVE PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF ZINC
(1913 monthly averages=109)
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53,571
303,668
362,725
394,756
420,129
427,941
307,189
370,966
394,478
416,628
418,381
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Shipments of railroad locomotives from manufacturing plants were larger than in April but smaller
than a year ago. Unfilled orders also increased over
the previous month but declined about* 70 per cent
from May 31, 1923. Freight-car orders declined
from both periods. Vessels completed in May
declined in both tonnage and number from April but
increased over a year ago, while the uncompleted tonnage of vessels declined from April but increased over
a year ago. (Sea diagram at bottom of p. 13.)
Sales of mechanical stokers were less than in April,
1924, or May, 1923.
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Both production and exports of copper declined less
than 1 per cent from April but exceeded the May,
1923, figures. The price of copper averaged less in
May than in April. Sales of tubular plumbing goods
declined both from the previous month and a year ago.
COPPEK PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS
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Tin stocks in warehouses in the United States
declined wjiile the world visible supply showed an
increase during the month. Deliveries from warehouses
declined from April and were also smaller than a year
ago. The average price of tin fell 12 per cent from the
April average.
Receipts and shipments of lead at St. Louis declined
from April and the prices of pig lead averaged 12 per
cent lower.
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Zinc production increased over April and was also
larger than a year ago. Stocks of zinc in producers'
hands increased almost 30 per cent during the month
of May. . The price of slab zinc declined.
Both production and exports of bituminous coal
were larger than in April but smaller than a year ago.
Price changes in May were slightly downward, except
the wholesale price, which remained the same.
The output and exports of anthracite coal also were
both larger than in April but smaller than a year ago.
The price of anthracite, however, tended upward.
The output of beehive coke increased 11 per cent,
while by-product coke gained 33 per cent over Apn*
and also exceeded a year ago, as against a decline in
beehive coke. Exports of coke declined from Apn
and from a year ago, while the price in May was
10 per cent less than in April.
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The production of crude petroleum increased ^
May over the previous month but was smaller tha ^
year ago; while consumption of crude Pet^oleTf^ o{
May increased over those two periods. StocKs
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petroleum continued to accumulate, being at the end
of May 24 per cent larger than the inventories of a
year ago. More jaew oil wells were completed in
May than in April, while shipments of crude from the
Mexican fields decreased from April and was more
than a year ago. The wholesale price of petroleum
at the wells averaged lower in May.
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between automobile production, gasoline consumption,
and gasoline stocks. It is significant to note from
this chart that the movement of gasoline stocks, in
general, is similar to that of autoiriobile production
except for the time element.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF AUTOMOBILES, CONSUMPTION OF GASOLINE, AND GASOLINE STOCKS
(1919 monthly averages =-100)
350
TOTAL AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
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CUMULATIVE AUTOMOBILE TRUCK PRODUCTION AT THE END
OF SPECIFIED PERIODS
AUTOMOBILES
The output of passenger automobiles dropped from
337,045 in April to 279,439 in May, while truck
production declined from 36,154 to 33,374 cars.
Shipments from factories decreased correspondingly.
Taxes collected in May on sales of both passenger
automobiles and accessories, representing April business, increased over the previous month, while taxes
on truck sales declined slightly. Taxes from all three
groups declined from a year ago*
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Production, stocks, and shipments of all classes of
tires—pneumatics, solids, and inner tubes—showed
declines from April and from a year ago, the greatest
relative declines occurring in the solid-tire group. The
price of crude rubber advanced over the April average,
but was less than a year ago, while imports' declined
from these same comparative periods.
Imports of hides and skins declined from both the
previous month and a year ago, the total inward movement in May being almost 50 per cent smaller than a
year ago. All classes of hides and skins shared in this
general decline from May, 1923, while calfskin imports
alone registered an increase over April, 1924.
Prices of packers' heavy hides declined from tne
April average, but calfskins rose in price.
•Exports of both sole and upper leather increase
slightly over April, with larger increases over May,
1923. Prices of leather were unchanged from Apni.
Sales of leather belting declined both f r o m / { • " '
1924, and May, 1923. The output of boots and sno
declined from April, and was also less than a year ag^;
while exports increased over the previous month ID
declined from May, 1923. No changes were shown
shoe prices from April.
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The following table shows the number of leather
gloves and mittens cut in May with comparison with
April as reported to the Department of Commerce
by 232 identical establishments:
NEWSPRINT PAPER PRODUCTION AND MILL STOCKS
LEATHER GLOVES AND MITTENS CUT (IN DOZEN PAIES)
APRIL, 192|
Men's
and
boys'
61,244
30,243
31,001
144,239
Dress and street gloves, etc
Imported
Domestic
Work gloves, mittens, etc
Women's
and
children's
10,894
8,960
1,934
273
MAY, 1924
Men's
and
boys'
69,724
29,964
29,760
131,057
Women's
and
children's
11,269
8,552
2,717
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PAPER
Production and shipments of newsprint paper increased over April but were less than a year ago.
Stocks at mills increased over both periods. The
following diagram gives a comparison between newsprint paper production and mill stocks.
The output of paper board shipping boxes declined
from April but increased over a year ago, though solid
fiber boxes also declined from May, 1923. Operating
activity of paper board box manufacturers, at 72 per
cent of normal, in May, compared with 76 per cent in
April and 80 per cent a year ago.
Declines occurred from the previous month and a
year ago in the sales of abrasive paper and cloth,
both domestic and foreign.
BUTTONS
The output of fresh waier pearl buttons in May
represented 33 per cent of capacity as against 42 per
cent in April and 53 per cent a year ago. Stocks of
buttons on hand declined slightly during May but
were higher than a year ago.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
During May the cost indexes of building construction were reduced, while the price index of plumbing
fixtures also declined. Fire losses declined from April
and were also less than a year ago.
VOLUME OF BUILDING .CONTRACTS AWARDED, BY CLASSES
Building contracts awarded during May in the 27
Northeastern States declined in both floor space and
value from April and from a year ago. KesidentiaJ
&*iu industrial construction accounted for the decline
rom April as the other groups showed small increases.
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Compared with a year ago, business and industrial
buildings declined, while the other classes increased.
The following monthly statistics covering the awards
for construction in 36 States represent seven-eighths
of the total construction lettings in the United States.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 36 STATES1
1923
1924
CHARACTER OP CONSTEUCTION
Grand total:
Value
.thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
Commercial:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq, ft..
Number of projects
Industrial:
Values
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
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Residential:
Value
..thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects.-..
Educational:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
Other public and semipublic:1
Value
thousands of dollars.,
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
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Public works and utilities:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Number of projects
May
April
May
480,097
73,169
13,169
419,273
68,784
13,337
433,907
72,810
13,238
49,724
9,615
1,601
66,380
11,232
1,497
59,510
11,646
1,663
56,361
4,994
373
28,901
4,625
346
62,979
11,667
446
219,139
47,536
9,504
185,419
39,755
9,354
168,217
39,555
8,884
33,522
5,757
304
40,582
407
30,453
5,519
384
32,511
4,795
466
5,812
502
28,931
4,424
511
88,841
1,021
68,708
1,231
83,817
1,450
*1 As compiled from data furnished by the F . W. Dodge Corporation.
Includes hospitals and institutions, public buildings, social and-recreational
buildings, and religious and memorial buildings.
CUMULATIVE VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED IN
27 STATES AT THE END OF SPECIFIED PERIODS
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BUILDING MATERIALS
Lumber production figures show increases over April
for southern pine, California redwood, California white
and sugar pine, western pine, Michigan softwoods, and
northern pine lumber and lath, while decreases were
noted in Douglasfir,Michigan hardwoods, western pine
and North Carolina pine. Compared with a year ago,
decreased production and shipments were general
except for southern pine and North Carolina pine.
Stocks of lumber were larger than a year ago, except
for Michigan softwoods and hardwoods. Lumber
prices were lower than in April. Exports increased
over both the previous month and a year ago.
Oak flooring production, shipments, new orders and
stocks all increased, both over April, 1924, and May,
1923, while unfilled orders declined from both periods.
Maple flooring data show declines in May from both
periods for production, shipments, orders and unfilled orders, while stocks increased over both periods.
Clay fire and silica brick reports show declines in
May production and shipments from the previous
month and a year ago, while stocks increased over
both periods. New orders received and unfilled orders
on hand for clay fire brick declined from both periods.
RELATIVE PRODUCTION OF LUMBER AND CEMENT AND SALES
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(Monthly averages 1919=100)
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Production and shipments of face brick were larger
than in April and also larger than a year ago* Stocks
and unfilled orders declined from both periods. No
change was noted in the prices of common brick.
Paring brick production, at 69 per cent of capacity,
compared with 44 per cent in April and 71 per cent a
year ago. Shipments also declined from a year ago
but exceeded April shipments. New orders received
and unfilled orders on hand were greater than in the
previous month and a year ago, while cancellations
were smaller than in either of these periods.
Production and shipments of cement increased over
both April, 1924, and May, 1923, while stocks declined
from April but were higher than a year ago. No
changes in prices were noted in May.
The output of roofing felt increased slightly over
April but was less than in May, 1923.
New orders, unfilled orders, and shipments of all
classes of enameled sanitary ware declined from April,
while stocks on hand, except for baths, increased.
Compared with a year ago, shipments and stocks
increased, while new orders and unfilled orders declined for all classes.
The following table compares the output of lighting
equipment in 1922 and 1923 as reported to the Department of Commerce. The miscellaneous item was not
given in 1922, so comparison between the two years
should exclude this item.
OUTPUT OF LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
KIND OF FIXTURES
1923
1922
Per cent
increase
below a year ago. A total of 93,760 long tons of
potash was imported during the first five months of
1924, representing a decline of 4 per cent from the
same period of 1923, while the imports of nitrate of
soda during the same period totaled 571,557 long tons,
equivalent to an increase of 9 per cent over the total
imported during the first five months of 1923.
Exports of sulphuric acid and of fertilizer and tho
value of dyes and dyestuffs exported increased over
April and, except for dyes and dyestuffs, were also
higher than a year ago.
The price index of crude drugs roso over 10 per cent
from April, but essential oils and drugs and pharmaceuticals declined. The index of chemical prices
declined, but the sulphuric acid price remained unchanged.
Seasonal increases took place in receipts and stocks
of turpentine and rosin at southern ports, whilo all
increased over a year ago also.
Production of cottonseed oil was higher than in
May, 1923, and stocks of both cottonseed and cottonseed oil held by mills were larger than a year ago.
The price of cottonseed oil declined from the April
average.
Keceipts and shipments of flaxseed at two northwestern terminals totaled slightly less than in May,
1923, while stocks were higher than a year ago.
Shipments of linseed oil and oilcake from Minneapolis
were considerably less than in April or in May, 1923.
Exports of vegetable oils declined from both the
previous month and a year ago.
CEREALS
Residence lighting
Commercial lighting
Industrial lighting
Street lighting...!....
Marine lighting
Shades for fixtures
Comparable total
Miscellaneous lighting equipment
Grand total
$63,811,191
12,213,639
4,901,468
1,068,685
959,523
17,188,250
$41,621,505
7,267,941
7,718,846
3,948,308
525,678
15,319,915
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90,783,509
76,402,193
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The following table shows the bookings for architectural terra cotta by 26 manufacturers, who produced
about 95 per cent of the architectural terra cotta
made in 1922. Values exclude freight, cartage, duty,
and setting charges.
Receipts and shipments of wheat during May wero
less than a year ago. Exports were about half as
large as in May, 1923, while the visible supply at tho
end of May was 8,000,000 bushels greater than a
year ago in the United States and over 20,000,000
bushels larger in Canada. Wheat prices were irregular, but flour prices advanced.
The following table shows the output of wheat
flour reported by over 1,000 mills, each month, which
made about 84 per cent of the flour produced in 1921,
according to the census of manufactures.
WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCTION
BOOKINGS OP ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA
MONTH
&nuary
February.
March
Net tons
16,240
13,227
12,022
13,011
10,171
10,807
Value
$1,561,518
1,467,539
1,316,553
1,570,117
1,229,551
1,J27,928
YEAB AND MONTH
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CHEMICALS AND OILS
Imports of potash declined from both April and a
w ago, while the inward movement of nitrate of
^creased in May over April but was considerably
July
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September
October
November
December
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January
February
March
April
May.
Flour
produced
(thous. of
bushels)
Grain offal
produced
(thous. of
pounds)
Per cent
of
capacity
operated
35,871
44,179
44,969
50,810
43,606
37,799
7,805
9,642
9,760
10,983
9,403
8,137
633,324
772,774
796,325
908,311
783,669
678,576
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58.8
49.3
41,833
39,180
38,809
35,680
36,235
8,970
8,433
8,355
7,682
7,801
746,040
705,402
698,911
643,588
651,690
51.9
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48.9
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Receipts and shipments of corn were larger in May
than a year ago, and the visible supply also increased
over last year. Exports were smaller than in either
the previous month or a year ago, and grindings of corn
into glucose and starch were also less than in either of
these periods. Prices of contract corn averaged
slightly less than in April.
Receipts of oats were larger than in May, 1923, but
the visible supply was only half as large as on May 31
last year. Exports were less than in April and considerably smaller than a year ago. The price of oats
averaged slightly lower than in April.
Barley receipts and exports, though smaller than
the April movement, exceeded May, 1923. Barley
prices averaged less than in April.
Receipts of rye increased over May, 1923, while
exports declined. Prices of rye rose as compared with
April.
Total grain exports, including flour reduced to grain
equivalent, were smaller than in April and less than
half as large as a year ago. Visible supplies of corn
and wheat in Argentina were reported as larger than
a year ago, while flaxseed supplies were smaller.
The movement of paddy rice to the mills was considerably smaller than a year ago and declines were
also noted in shipments from mills and in stocks of
both paddy rice in California and in cleaned rice in
the hands of southern mills and dealers. Exports of
rice declined from both the previous month and a
year ago.
Increases over a year ago were shown in May in the
car-lot shipments and storage holdings of apples, in
the car-lot shipments of potatoes, onions, and citrus
fruits, and in receipts of hay.
less. Storage holdings of fish were larger than a year
ago.
Receipts and storage holdings of eggs declined from
last year, but butter and cheese showed increases in
both these items. Little change from April was
shown in butter and cheese prices. Exports of condensed milk declined both from April and from a
year ago.
The diagram, below, drawn on a logarithmic scale
(see explanation inside front cover), shows the relative
movements to market of butter, cheese, and eggs,
based upon the average monthly marketings of these
foodstuffs in the year 1919 as 100.
RELATIVE RECEIPTS OF BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS AT PRIMARY MARKETS
(1910 monthly averages =-100. May, 1924, is latest month plotted)
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200
MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
The movement and local slaughter of cattle and
calves declined from May, 1923, except total shipments. Exports and storage holdings of beef products increased over last year, however. Cattle prices
averaged lower than in April, carcass beef was unchanged, while steer rounds advanced in price.
The movement and slaughter of hogs was also
smaller than a year ago, except for total shipments.
Exports of pork products were less than in April and
also lower than a year ago, while storage holdings
were slightly higher than at the end of May last year.
Exports and storage holdings of lard show similar
comparisons. As compared with April, hog prices
averaged higher, as did prices of smoked hams, while
lard prices declined
The movement and loc 1 slaughter of sheep declined from a year ago and cold-storage holdings of
lamb were about half as large as on May 31, 1923.
Prices of sheep declined in May, especially ewes.
Receipts of dressed poultry at principal markets
were larger than a year ago, but storage holdings were
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SUGAR
Meltings of raw sugar at refineries declined from
year ago, but stocks were larger. Exports of r e ^
sugar were also smaller than in May, 1923.
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prices averaged less than in April. The movement ^
raw,sugar in Cuba shows increases over a year ag
receipts and stocks but a decline in exports.
COFFEE
The visible supply of coffee,, both throughout ^e
world and in the United States, decreased iT°m
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31, 1923. Receipts of coffee in Brazil and clear*
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from Brazil were much larger than a year ago. Imports into the United States increased over both the
previous month and a year ago, while tea imports
declined in May from these two comparative periods.
the total in use* Car loadings increased over April
but declined from a year ago, only grain products
showing an increase.
SHORTAGE, SURPLUS, BAD-ORDER, AND TOTAL LOADINGS OP
FREIGHT CARS.
TOBACCO
The consumption of cigars, cigarettes, and manufactured tobacco and snuff, as shown by tax-paid
withdrawals, increased over April but, except for
cigarettes, was less than a year ago. Exports of cigarettes increased over both periods, while exports of
unmanufactured leaf tobacco declined from April but
increased over a year ago. Sales at loose-leaf warehouses were much greater than a year ago. Prices
remained stationary.
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WATER TRANSPORTATION
Compared with a year ago, cargo traffic through the
Sault Ste. Marie Canal was slightly lower in May,
while Ohio River traffic between Pittsburgh and
Wheeling increased. Entrances and clearances of
vessels in foreign trade increased both over April, 1924,
and May, 1923, increases occurring for both American
and foreign vessels over April but in American vessels
only over a year ago. Freight rates to Europe increased slightly over April.
COMPARISON OP CALIFORNIA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION WITH
PANAMA CANAL EASTBOUND TRAFFIC
(1920 monthly averages=100)
The following figures show the current conditions
of freight-car equipment on Class I railroads:
EQUIPMENT, FREIGHT CARS
INSTALLED DX7EINO
MONTH
OWNED (2ND 0 7 MONTH)
YEAB AND MONTH
Aggregate
capacity
(pounds)
Number
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December—
Number
2,307,997
201,055,000,000
18,690
1,762,000,000
2,310,032
2,310,570
2,311,405
2,312,074
2,312,237
201,288,000,000
201,535,000,000
202,331,000,000
202,447,783,106
202,606,400,427
15,589
11,386
9,562
8,718
9,199
1,415,000,000
1,109,000,000
892,000,000
731,956,193
879,032,000
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January
February
March—*
April
May
BETIBBD DUBING MONTH
YEAB AND MONTH
1920
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
surplus of idle freight cars rose from 329,489
cars at the end of April to 338,526 at the end of May,
^hue shortage of cars was negligible. The number of
bad-order cars increased from 7.9 to 8.3 per cent of
Number
1924
1923
December.
1924
JanuaryFebruary-,
March
April
May.
Aggregate
capacity
(pounds)
Aggregate capacity (pounds)
Unfilled Building
in
orders end railroad
of month
shops
(number) (number)
14,411
1,098,000,000
24,379
1,515
12,329
10,466
1,033,000,000
822,000,000
705,000,000
612,577,857
720,424,679
21,696
40,030
62,340
£9,550
57,266
2,417
2,715
2,697
2,739
2,467
8,726
8,026
0,059
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TREND OF COMMODITY STOCKS BY MAJOR GROUPS: 1919-1924
(Solid line represents the course after due allowance for seasonal variations, while the broken line represents the index witlTno adjustment for seasonal
conditions. Indexes plotted are relative to 1919 as 100. May is latest month shown.)
TOTAL
INDEX
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100
80
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MANUFACTURED
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COMMODITIES
0
180 160
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120 -
80
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1920
1921
M
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1922
1923
1924
23
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
GROUPS
[Drawn from data compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor and representing weighted Indexes based upon the number of wage earners in the respective
industries in 1919. Detailed data may be found in the May " S u r v e y " (No. 33, p. 38) and in the Monthly Labor Review for Juno, 1924, (p. 122).]
(Average monthly employment 1923-100)
GENERAL INDEX OF EMPLOYMENT
130
120
no
100
90
80
70
60
Ul
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1
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1915
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1921
1920
1919
TEXTILES AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
FOOD AND KINDRED
PRODUCTS
130
•
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
LUMBER AND ITS
REMANUFACTURES
120
110
100
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PRODUCTS
no
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PRODUCTS
cCHEMICALS
PAPER A.ND PRINTING
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
PRODUCTS
JI
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80
70
*•
60
METAL PRODUCTS
THAN IRON AND STEEL
1922! 1923 I1924
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
19221 1923 I 1924
VEHICLES FOR LAND
TRANSPORTATION
111111
I
19221 1923
5
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
it
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1924 1
1,9221
1923
I 1924
24
EMPLOYMENT
Decreases in the number of workers employed in
factories are noted in reports from the country at
large and from the various States for May, the
numbers employed being also less than a year ago.
Average weekly earnings, as calculated by State reports in New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts, declined, but larger earnings were shown for Wisconsin.
IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION, AND IMMIGRATION QUOTA
120
rant chains were greater than in April, but below last
year.
Candy sales by manufacturers in April, as computed from May tax collections, show a decline from
the previous month but an increase over a year ago.
Magazine a d v e r t i n g for June publications was higher
than a year ago, but May newspaper advertising declined from last year. Postal receipts were less than
in April but larger than a year ago.
Internal-revenue taxes collected in May declined
from a year ago on theater admissions, on firearms
and shells, on bond and stock issues and conveyances,
and on capital stock transfers, while tax collections on
jewelry sales increased.
SALES OF MAIL-ORDER HOUSES AND CHAIN TEN-CENT STORES
s si i i H i i 3i |
M
|
I
1
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Sales of mail-order houses declined from April in a
seasonal movement and were also less than in May,
1923. Sales of 10-cent chains declined slightly from
April but increased over a year ago. Sales of restauSALES AT RETAIL BY MAIL-ORDER HOUSES AND MONEY ORDERS PAID AND ISSUED IN 50
PRINCIPAL CITIES.
120
25
The diagram at the bottom of page 24 compares
mail-order sales by four houses, the value of payments of money orders, and money-order issues in 50
principal cities. It should be noted that the payments of money orders represent all domestic money
orders issued on 50 principal post offices by all post
offices in the United States, while the money-order
issues represent only those sold in the 50 principal
cities, this line being shown on the diagram principally as indicating the steady growth of the moneyorder business in urban communities. The similarity
between mail-order business and money-order payments as shown on this chart is significant.
LOANS, DISCOUNTS, AND TOTAL, INVESTMENTS OF FEDERAL
RESERVE MEMBER BANKS
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3
Further decreases occurred in the outstanding debt
of the Government during May. Customs receipts
and total ordinary receipts were less than in April,
the latter decreasing 11 per cent, while expenditures
chargeable against such receipts declined 22 per cent.
Total money in circulation outside of the Treasury
and the Federal reserve system increased from 842.33
to $42.78 per capita.
BANKING AND FINANCE
Check transactions, as shown by debits and bank
clearings, increased over both April and a year ago
in New York City, but declined from both periods
for the rest of the country.
During May decreases occurred in the discounts,
investments, note circulation, reserves, and deposits
of the Federal reserve system. The Federal reserve
ratio increased slightly. Member bank statements of
the Federal reserve system show declines in both
loans and deposits but an increase in investments.
Interest rates continued to decline.
BILLS DISCOUNTED AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS OF FEDERAL
RESERVE BANKS
33
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Except for group insurance, the amount of new life
insurance business in May was greater than in April
as to both number of policies and amount of insurance, while compared with a year ago total insurance
increased, except for group business, while number of
policies were less, except for ordinary business. Premium collections increased over April in all classes
except group insurance and gained over a year ago
in all classes. Sales of ordinary life insurance by
districts increased over April in the western agricultural and far western districts but declined in the
other sections. Compared with a year ago, the only
decrease occurred in the western agricultural and
southern sections.
The two diagrams on page 26 show since January,
1923, the distribution of investments by 41 life
insurance companies having 82 per cent of the total
admitted life insurance assets of the United States
legal reserve companies. The first drawing gives this
distribution as between real estate mortgages, bonds
and stocks, and policy loans, premium notes, and all
other assets, while the second drawing shows the
distribution of bond and stock holdings (approximately
98£ per cent, bonds) divided as between Government,
railroad, and public utility and other bonds and stocks.
Of total admitted assets amounting to §7,993,917,089
at the end of May, bond and stock holdings totaled
83,403,133,895 and mortgages §3,084,481,122.
Business failures were more numerous in May than
in either April, 1924, or May, 1923, whQe total liabilities were less than in either of these periods. All
classes of failures showed this same trend, except that
the liabilities of manufacturing establishments increased slightly over a year ago.
Dividend and interest payments scheduled for June
increased over a year ago and for the year to date
gained 5 per cent over last year. Dividend payments
alone increased in about the same proportion over a
year ago, with gains in all classes. Street railways
increased 10 per cent in dividends over the first five
months of 1923, steam railroads 4 per cent, and
industrials 4 per cent.
26
DISTRIBUTION OF ADMITTED ASSETS OF 41 LIFE INSURANCE
N U M B E R OF B U S I N E S S F A I L U R E S AND A M O U N T OF DEFAULTED
LIABILITIES
COMPANIES, BT CLASSES OP SECURITIES
(June, 1924, is latest month platted)
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POLI 3Y LOAras. PRE M1UM N OTES.
*ND ALL- OTHEF
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1924
1923
DISTRIBUTION OF BOND INVESTMENTS OF 41 LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES, BY CLASSES OF BONDS
60,
RAILROAD
1920
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New incorporations, in point of value and authorized
capital, declined in May from April and a year ago, as
did new capital issues of existing corporations. Permanentissues of States and municipalities declined from
April but increased over a year ago.
Fewer loans were closed by both the Federal farm
loan banks and by the joint-stock land banks in May
than in the previous month or in May, 1923. War
Finance Corporation loans were also less and the
balance outstanding was diminished. The loaning
operations of the 12 intermediate credit banks are
given in the table following:
LOANS AND REDISCOUNTS OF FEDERAL INTERMEDIATE CREDIT
BANKS l
50
DIRECT
TEAE AND MONTH
Closed
Q 40
Z
LOANS
Balance, end
of month
BEDISCOTJNTS
Closed
Balance, end
of month
GOVERNMENT
1928
October
November
December
••••a
h 30
$7,666,603
6,042,753
$21,257,477
27,863,360
30,677,492
$2,348,288
2,346,639
1,145,659
1,972,476
1,035,163
8,906,976
6,786,641
32,295,425
28,849,239
28,313,433
29,654,426
30,394,468
1,763,492
2,127,404
2,479,521
4,195,812
3,067,625
1924
January
February
March
April
May
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11,139,060
sag
i The Intermediate credit banks are located In the same cities as the 12 FederaU^d
a
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PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OTHER
10
1923
1924
isrss
; Berkeley.
Average prices of stocks were slightly higher than
in April,
p , but the index of 103 stocks at the end ot
th e w ^
May was somewhat lower than a month
Sales of both stocks and bonds declined from p
but bond sales were greater than a year ago, excep
for Liberties. Bond prices advanced over April
all classes except public utilities.
COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE PRICES FOR RAW PRODUCTS, PRODUCERS' GOODS,
AND CONSUMERS' GOODS
(1913 average prices taken as 100. May Is latest month platted)
260
240
to
1913
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
1920
1921
1922
28
GOLD AND SILVER
Domestic receipts of gold at the mint declined
slightly both from April, 1924, and May, 1923.
Imports and exports also declined from both periods,
the nfit imports of gold for May at $40,481,000 comparing with $44,027,000 in April and $45,332,000 a
year ago.
Silver production increased over April but declined
from a year ago. Both imports and exports increased
over both periods, with an export balance of $4,047,000
comparing with $3,894,000 in April and an import
balance of $962,000 a year ago. Silver prices averaged
higher than in April,
Except for French and Belgian francs, which declined, and Italian lire, which remained unchanged,
the principal European exchanges averaged higher
than in April, but the increases were, in general, very
slight. Other increases were shown in exchanges on
India, Canada, and Chile, while declines occurred in
Japan, Argentina, and Brazil. The general index of
foreign exchange declined from 63 to 62 per cent of
normal.
Imports into the United States declined from both
the previous month and a year ago, while exports
were also less than in April but were greater than in
May, 1923. The excess of exports amounted to
$32,000,000 in May as against $22,000,000 in April.
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED
KINGDOM
300
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&
1
1
INOD )M-#
PERCENT
MINIMUM TO
MAXIMUM
EMPLOYMENT
Quan- Avertity
age
prin- wage
cipal
earnprod- ers rmuct
ployed
1923
11.6
92.9
66.2
38.0
25.2
U6.8
67.4
92.1
88.9
£9.1
60.9
87.4
44.6
22.6
31.4
14.7
78.0
81.0
71.1
76.7
18.0
-0.3
88.2
76.0
39.1
20.8
80.3
72.4
Per
cent
increase
25.0
80.5
76.0
U2.7
101.1
CIVIL-SERVICE EMPLOYEES
The following monthly figures reported by, the
United States Civil Service Commission give a comparative summary of the operations of the civilservice system:
AND SEPARATIONS1
YITE
STA E3
NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS
EECEIVED
A,
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//
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A
TEAE AND
MONTH
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NUMBER OF
PERSONS
EXAMINED
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
APPOINTED
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
SEPARATED
Depart- Field Depart- Field Depart- Field Depart- Field
mental service mental service
mental
mental
service
service service service service service
it 3 AVERAG
1923
0
>
1930.
1821
>
1832
1923
CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES: 1923—PRELIMINARY
REPORTS
The Bureau of the Census has announced preliminary figures on eight additional manufacturing industries collected pursuant to the census of manufactures for the year 1923. The following table sum-
1921
Decrease.
\
UN 11
1921
Typewriters
and supplies. $52,230,394 $41,789,990
Sand-lime
brick
2,202,762 1,220,425
1,969,930
Crucibles
3,467,816
1,883,225
Bluing
1,643,186
Chemical fire
extinguishers 6,152,082 4,254,261
Writing inks_. 6,107,379 4,980,148
Type founding
2,512,328
2,129,636
Vault, sidewalk, floor
lights, etc... 2,990,885
2,150,382
I
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PEE CENT
INCREASE OVER
1921 IN—
VALUE OF PBODUCT3
1923
1923
CIVIL-SERVICE APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS,
a
2
100
CENSUS OP MANUFACTURES RETURNS:
INDUSTRY
CLASSIFICATION
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE
400
marizes the more important data made available
since those published in the June issue, and as further
similar reports are released they will be correspondingly summarized for the readers of the SURVET.
More details can be obtained with respect to each
of the industries above outlined from the bureau's
complete preliminary statement for each industry
in connection with the census of manufactures for
1923.
June
July
August—*—.
SeptemberOctober
November
December
11,051
12,660
11,770
16,824
16,893
15,564
9,710
3,930
4,175
3,875
2,980
2,415
2,953
2,410
9,898
13,948
15,218
18,538
19,263
15,511
12,887
3,515
2,320
1,817
1,793
3,038
2,478
£397
8,129
6,865
2,293
15,304
20,639
24,250-
3,120 13,534
7,536 14,749
2,063 22,851
g
509
599
618
702
552
509
366 ;
5,629
6,787
5,791
7,614
6,612
8,059
6,021
876
523
545
937
823
604
475
*747
212
390
399
7,045
5,745
7,271
240
479
451
6,293
1924
January
February....
March
April
1
B y departmental service is meant service in Washington, D . O
Jurisdiction of the fourth civil-service district with offices ta
field service is meant all service outside of the Distr^* «' <™"
the service in Washington under the jurisdiction of t
By
29
JUNE DATA
The following table gives »uch June data as have been received to and including July 14,1924
1924
1924
ITEM
May
June
June
1923
TEXTILES
Cotton:
Imports, u n m a n u f a c t u r e d , . — . . ;
bales,
Exports, unmanufactured
(including linters)
bales..
Consumption b y textile mills
bales.
Stocks, end of m o n t h :
Total, mills and warehouses _ thous. of bales.
Mills
thotis. of bales.
Warehouses
thous. of bales.
World visible, American
thous. of bales.
Silk:
Consumption
bales..
Stocks
bales..
13,641
13,367
326,357
413,649
230,979
350,277
214,851
542,026
2,285
1,158
1,127
1,641
1,833
951
882
1,223
2.574
1,347
1,227
1,109
28,272
27,074
23,164
24,843
27,824
25,865
2,615
2,628
2,026
2,056
3,676
3,767
3,628
3,263
6,386
2.62
2.60
2.79
22.57
41.38
2.86
21.20
29.11
46.46
3.03
111
93
18
145
134
11
232
221
11
643
689
54
511
1,505
531
462
69
438
1,271
1,958
1,854
104
1,785
1,402
NONFERROUS METALS
Zinc:
Receipts at St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments from St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Lead:
Receipts at St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments from St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
r in:
Consumption fc
Stocks:
World
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
United States
I""/."....I-.-I.—
Contracts awarded, floor space (27 States):
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft.
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. ft.
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft.
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft.,
Other public and semipublic
buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Grand total
thous ofsq. ft
contracts awarded, value (27 States):
Business buildings
thous. of dolls..
Industrial buildings
thous. of dolts..
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.,
Educational buildings
thous. of dolls..
Other public and semipublic
buildings
thous. of dolls.,
*ran ?.total
thous, of dolls..
^ ^ j S J J ^ t t v e to 1913t Engineering
01
P VMV
. — . . . . . i n d e x number..
Northern i °-f f o l l o w l n g m o n t n >
* n d e* numberLumber—'
Production.
1
M ft. b. m.,
M ft b > m
Lath- m e n t S
*
Production
thousands.,
_
Shipments...
thousands
Composite lumber prices*as"t of"followTng month)—"
doll
8nmL W0 S ds —
s - Per M ft. b . m..
Softwoods
d olls. per M ft. b. m..
Induction
20,831
23,433
14,544
17,013
24,181
22,496
12,766
9,728
11,983
7,781
10,146
5,387
.5,240
4,310
5,410
19,711
4,067
20,094
4,067
21,297
2,137
OatsJLIU*
Shipments-^"
Wheat
45,258
13,480
6,720
36,496
9,247
5,264
20,403
4,260
8,523
6,660
8,400
2,600
7,030
10,800
2,400
3,700
8,000
2,200
14
306
430
135
303
348
966
432,206
338,092
468,314
367,971
306,265
203,023
375,024
376,019
029,230
141,668
291,008
788,141
180,755
272,957
500,209
156
137
230
153
136
219
140
139
231
CHEMICALS AND DEU03
Wholesale prices:
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals...
Essential oils
Crude drugs
index number..
Index n u m b e r -Index number..
TRANSPORTATION
Index of ocean rates, Atlantic ports to:
United Kingdom
weighted index number.,
All Europe
weighted index number.,
28.4
25.7
25.0
23.3
21.2
21.3
thous of dolls..
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.,
thoua. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls.
27,404
16,318
11,086
20,212
17,075
7,157
3,017
1,963
26,978
13,939
13,030
27,210
15,485
6,478
3,370
1,877
24,045
13,333
11,613
25,785
14,012
6f4S5
2,677
1,711
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls.
302,946
334,950
277,000
307,000
320,234
319,957
152
133
153
133
158
145
DISTRIBUTION
Mail-order houses, total sales
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ten-cent stores, total sales
fc.
F . W. Woolworth Co
S. S. Kresge Co
S. H . Kress Co
McCrory Stores Corp
U. 8. foreign trade:
Imports
Exports
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
9,245
3,755
34,428
5,378
7,827
2,891
28,346
4,188
8,387
4,817
25,254
3,717
4,586
57,709
4,073
48,064
4,103
46,344
48,390
20,213
165,376
35,037
49,601
19,026
136,679
29,006
40,830
48,506
124,417
26,676
32,285
358,554
33,717
331,147
26,863
323,559
206
217
126
214
148
222
59,360
40,405
58,662
40,036
76,734
49,611
14,092
11,494
14,625
16,050
21,668
11,281
43.29
42.20
29.45
47.46
34.26
13,777
14,551
16,403
15,036
14,905
12,382
13,307
9,168
thous. of b u s h . .
5,027
5,621
5,279
..thous. of b u s h . .
..thous. of b u s h . .
..thous. of b u s h . .
15,368
16,131
13,737
16,410
17,415
14,003
18,220
14,212
14,139
thous. of b u s h . ,
thous. o f b u s h . .
10,646
17,646
13,714
14,505
I t , 470
11,102
price Index no.,
Bradstreet's (1st of following mo.)—price Index D O WHOLESALE PBICE8
Farm products—Average price
Wheat
..
-,
Corn
Potatoes
Cotton
Cottonseed
Cattle, beef
Hogs
Lambs
Farm products—MarUt
T00DSTUTT3
Eeceipts-Wheat...
Grain movement—Continued
Visible s u p p l y Wheat
thous. of bush..
Cora
thous. of b u s h Oats
thous. of bush..
Argentine grain:
Visible s u p p l y Wheat
thous. of bush..
Corn
thous. of bush..
Flaxseed
thous. of bush..
Rice:
Receipts at mills
thous. of bbls..
Shipments from mills
. . . . t h o u s . of pockets..
Stocks, domestic
tbous. of pockets..
Sugar, raw:
Meltings
long tons..
Stocks at refineries
long t o n s Sugar, Cuban movement:
Receipts, Cuban ports
long t o n s Exports
long tons..
Stocks, end of month
long tons..
D u n ' s (1st of following mo.)
CEMENT
tbous. of bbls.
thous. of bbls.
thous. of bbls.
June
FOODSTUFFS—continued
16,107
IKON AND STEEL
Pig Iron, produetion
thous. of long tons.
Steel ingots, production
thous. oflong tons.
Unfilled orders, U. 8. Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. oflong tons.
Wholesale price, composite
finished steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Wholesale price:
Composite pig Iron
dolls, per ton.
Iron and steel
dolls, per ton.
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs.
Locomotives:
Shipments—
Total
.
..number.
Domestic,
number.
Foreign
number.
Unfilled ordersTotal
number.
Domestic
„_._
number.
Foreign
number.
Freight cars, orders, domestic
number.
Steel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls.
June
1923
May
to producer*
cents per bush.,
cents per bush.,
cents per bush..
.cents per lb_.
dolls, per t o n cents per lb..
cents per lb..
cents per lb.,
06.8
78.6
01.3
28.1
4a 53
5.91
6.6S
11.43
98.5
$0.8
100.7
27.8
5.79
6.55
1L21
106.6
85.0
7& 6
25.6
43.14
5.82
6.37
10.72
price
Wheat, N o . I, northern, spring
(Chicago)
dolls, per b u s h . .
Wheat, N o . 2, red, winter (Chicago).dolls, per b u s h . .
Corn, contract grades, No. 2, cash
(Chicago)
dolls, per b u s h Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago) dolls, per b u s h Barley, fair to good, malting
(Chicago)....
do Is.per b u s h Rye, N o . 2, cash (Chicago)
dolls, per b u s h Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn
_ , .
fed (bhicago!
-dolls, per 100 bs_.
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
do Us. per 100 bs_.
Sheep! lambs (Chicago)
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
1.177
L066
1.120
L122
1.105
1.189
.786
.488
.839
.501
.839
.439
.761
.671
.776
.729
.643
.687
10.269
7.444
6.625
14.219
9.595
7.245
4.825
14.725
10.313
6.950
4.813
14.751
6.638
5,470
.056
6.856
5,581
6,263
5.325
.051
.074
.065
.092
.104
.113
.151
.163
Food
Flour, standard patents
(Minneapolis)
dolls, per bbl..
Flour, winter straights (Kansas CIty).dolls. per bbl..
Sugar, 96° centrifugal (New York)
dolls, per lb..
Sugar, granulated, in barrels
(New York)...
......dolls, per l b .
Cottonseed oil, prime summer yellow
(New York)
——
dolls, perlb.
Beef, fresh carcass good native steers
(Chicago)
..dolls, per lb.
Beef, fresh steer rounds No. 2 (Chicago).dolls, per lb,
.073
.170
.169
.166
30
JUNE DATA—Continued
1924
1924
June
1928
May
May
June
June
1923
PUBLIC FINANCE
WHOLESALE PEICES—continued
Clothing
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun,
22-1 cones (Boston)
dolls, per lb__
Cotton, print cloth, 27 Inches, 64x60-7.60 yards
to pound (Boston)
dolls, per yd—
Cotton, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L.
(New York)
dolls, per yd..
Worsted yarns, 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in
skein (Boston)
dolls, perlb..
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, dbl. .
warp, 60 inch (New York)
dolls, per yd..
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce
Middlesex (New York)
dolls, per y d Silk, raw, Japanese, Kansai No. 1
(New York)
dolls, per lb_.
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers
(Chicago)
dolls, perlb..
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds
(Chicago)....
dolls, perlb..
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright " B " grades
(Boston)
dolls, per sq. ft..
Leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy
(Boston)
dolls, per lbBoots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher
(Massachusetts)
dolls, per pairBoots and shoes, men's dresswelt tan calf
(St. Louis)
dolls, per pair.
.475
.474
.458
.066
.068
.070
.103
.108
.119
1.650
1.C00
1.800
1.035
1.035
1.035
3.690
3.600
3.690
4.802
4.998
7.693
.119
.125
.163
.165
.171
.153
.460
.425
.540
.460
.430
.540
6.25
.625
6.50
4.85
.485
4.85
Fuels
Coal, bituminous, mine run lump, Kanawha
(Cincinnati)
dolls, per short ton.
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York
tidewater)
dolls, per long ton.
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future)
furnace—at ovens
dolls, per short ton.
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—
at wells
dolls, per bbl_
3.39
3.39
4.14
11.06
11.16
10.62
3.41
3.23
4.75
1.735
1.550
1.450
Metals
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton.
Pig iron, basic, valley furnace. .dolls, per long ton.,
Steel billets, Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long tonCopper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery
(New York).
dolls, perlb.
Lead, pig, desilvered for early delivery
(New York)
dolls, per 1b.
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York).dolls, per lb.
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery
(New York)
dolls, per lb..
Building materials and miscellaneous
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring,
1 x 4 , " B '* and better (Hattiesburg
district)
dolls, per M ft. b. m .
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common
(Washington)
dolls, per M ft. b . m .
Brick, common red, domestic building
(New York)
*
dolls, per thous.
Cement, Portland, f. o. b. plant
(Chicago district)
dolls, per bbl.
Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
dolls, per cwt.
Rubber, Para Island, fine
(New York)
dolls, perlb.
Sulphuric acid, 66° (New York)...dolls, per 100 lbs.
22.51
20.50
21.51
19.63
29.65
27.38
38.50
38.00
42.63
1.28
.124
1.48
.073
.439
.071
.427
.072
.411
.062
.062
.064
41.66
39.51
48.87
17.50
17.50
19.50
20.00
20.00
20.30
1.75
2.40
1.75
2.30
1.75
2.60
.165
.70
.173
• 70
.250
.75
U. S. Interest-bearing debt
mills, of dolls.. 21,287
Gross debt
—
mills, of dolls.. 21,545
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls.. 45,221
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls*. 190,408
Total expenditures chargeable against
ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls.. 256,085
20,981
21,251
43,276
601,580
22,006
22,350
50,023
288,055
351,081
BANKING AND FINANCE
Bank clearings;
New York City
Outside New York City
Federal reserve banks:
Total investments
Bills discounted
Notes in circulation
Total reserves
Total deposits
Reserve ratio
Member banks:
Total loans and discounts
Total investments
Net demand deposits
Interest rates:
New York call loans.,
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
20,722
15,833
19,958
15,264
18,675
16,116
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
per cent-.
421
430
1,891
3,214
1,997
82.7
476
350
1,844
3,271
•2,108
82.8
775
2,227
3,202
1,937
76.9
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
mills, of dolls..
11,951
4,659
11,403
12,142
4,827
11,837
11,850
4,692
11,104
per cent..
3.63
2.25
4.88
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
36,591
17,757
15,346
3,488
34,099
16,646
14,810
-28,722
11,703
12,413
4,606
number..
number..
number..
number..
1,816
507
1,215
94
1,607
439
1,054
84
1,358
348
970
40
95
94
93
91
103
97
96
96
94
104
94
92
180,440
91,979
272,419
13r442
287,519
120,855
390,374
106.43
,62.53
108.93
65.07
105,94
60.95
dolls, per fine oz.
pence per standard oz.
thous. of dollars.
thous. of dollars.
.655
33.870
5,460
9,687
.667
.649
31.611
thous. of dollars.
thous. of dollars.
41,074
BUSINESS FAILURES
Liabilities:
Total commercial
Manufacturing establishments
Trade establishments
Agents and brokers
Finns:
Total commercial
Manufacturing establishments
Trade establishments
* Agents and brokers
STOCKS AND BONDS
Bond price indexes:
Combined index, 40 bonds
10 highest grade rails
10 second grade rails
10 public utility bonds
10 industrial bonds
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous bonds.thous. of dolls, (par value).
Liberty bonds
thous. of dolls, (par value)Total
thous. of dolls, (par value).
Stock sales,..
thous. of sharesStock prices:
25 industrials
dolls, per share.
25 railroads
dolls, per share.
16,803
go
90
103
172,656
73,474
246,130
20,317
GOLD AND 8ILVEB
Silver:
Price at New York
Price at London
Imports
Exports
Gold:
Imports
Exports
IBS is
8,648
25,181
268
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY FOR JUNE
Productions of manufactures in June registered
declines from M a y and a year ago in the output of
pig iron, steel ingots, automobiles, and in the mill
consumption of cotton, silk, and tin, while declines
from M a y alone were recorded in the production of
;zinc and celnent. More railroad locomotives were
produced in June than in May, while new awards for
T>uilding construction although smaller than in M a y
Vere higher than a year ago. Construction costs,
-averaged lower than in the previous month or a year
•ago. Unfilled orders of the U. S. Steel Corporation
a t the end of June were 10 per cent lower t h a n on
M a y 31, while orders for locomotives, unfilled on June
30, called for 531 as against 643 a t the end of M a y , and
1,958 on June 30, 1 9 2 3 . . Sales at retail by mail-order houses and ten-cent
-chains declined from M a y b u t were 8 per cent and 6
June
"Wholeper cent, respectively, larger than a year ago
sale prices continued the downward trend, while business failures, although larger than a year ago, were
less numerous than in M a y . Average prices olI industrial and railroad stocks were higher than y 1 0 3 6 ^
either M a y or a year ago, while bond prices *
averaged higher in J u n e . Interest rates, both call a
commercial, continued to average lower. Check p*tf
ments in New York City although larger than a y
year ago were smaller than in May, while for tne
of the country check transactions were smaller
in either of these two periods.
.
B o t h imports and exports were smaller in J U M
in either the previous month or a year agOj, w
general index of foreign exchange averaged io
J u n e and ocean freight rates continued to decim .
ap.
INDEXES OF BUSINESS
The index numbers presented in this table are designed to show the trend in production, prices, trade,
etc., in various groups of industry and commerce. They consist in general of weighted combinations of series
of individual index numbers; often the individual index numbers making up the series are also given* The
base year of all the index numbers is 1919, except prices which are on a 1913 base, and unfilled orders, on a
1920 base. The function of index numbers is explained on the inside front cover. A condensed form of this
table is given on page 7,
EXPLANATION
Maximum Minimum
AU index number* are relative to 1919 03 100, except
since Jan. since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1913, and unfilled 1,1920
1,1920
ordcrt, which are relatite to I9BQ.
1023
1034
April
May
February
March
April
May
Per cent
increase (4*) or
decrease (—),
May from Apr.
PRODUCTION
RAW MATBKIALS, totaU. - -
'--
157
73
90
97
100
93
87
93
+6.9
209
137
121
241
124
159
133
131
145
154
105
41
0
0
17
74
38
57
80
83
186
110
110
0
110
138
124
66
140
121
196
119
117
140
117
145
124
81
145
141
176
118
104
0
123
141
117
91
115
121
189
103
111
0
122
153
127
84
122
120
189
76
93
4
123
143
119
80
97
106
195
81
106
15
122
159
126
SO
124
113
4-3.2
+6.6
+ 14. 0
+275. 0
-0.8
+ 11.2
+5.9
227
143
167
153
245
382
135
190
130
19
58
64
54
30
21
45
94
80
46
81
116
64
188
63
87
123
111
59
93
121
79
243
68
89
136
127
31
71
143
62
84
139
71
119
105
69
76
131
60
101
85
101
132
107
56
85
117
60
209
79
95
128
118
64
88
116
59
220
90
101
138
124
61
32
49
22 1
24
2
54 !
113
70
88
32
101
87
82
71
53
70
23
60
23
57
290
63
98
44
49
95
121
202
57
87
39
42
61
94
117
32
72
36
24
13
55
108
49
71
29
62
2
63
45 '
2 j
2
145
97
192
77
172
311
147
101
39
297
145
196
60
118
132
62
102
120
163
384
132
147
52
151
109
195
472
149
123
18
120
131
156
267
121
117
2
241
158
185
121
124
91
0
227
0
3
0
0
11
89
50
0
235
0
1
0
0
202
87
32
1
200
0
0
2
69
1,475
155
MINERALS:
Petroleum.
Bituminous coalAnthracite coal
Iron ore*
Copper, _ _
Lead
Zinc
_ .
Gold
Silver
Total
,
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (marketings):
Wool™
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep
Eggs*
_
_ __
3
•_
Poultry*
Fish™. Milk (New York)
Total
CROPS (marketings):
Grains—
Corn*
_ .1
389
Wheat*
218
211
Oats*
Barley*
_
85
353
Rye*
Rice*
367
206
Total*
Vegetables—
349
Potatoes (white)*—
314
Sweet potatoes*
497
Tomatoes*
282
Onions*
316
Cabbage*
Celery*...
501
291
Total*
Fruits—
Apples*
655
532
Peaches*
_ _.
235
Citrus fruit*
_.
Grapes*
„
1,049
Pears*
799
785
Watermelons*- -_
Cantaloupes*
566
1,925
Strawberries*
Total*
_
405
Cotton products—
Cotton*
225
Cottonseed*.. . . ._ .
276
Total*
232
Miscellaneous crops—
Hay*...
"
148
Tobacco*
..
258
Flaxseed*
566
Cane sugar*
810
Total*
170
Grand total, crops195
1
35 i
22 1
4 !
58 j
4
0
34
0
0
0
0
0
48
40
0
186
0
0
0
0
220
73
23
0
193
0
0
27
48
1,534
102
118
0
217
0
10
0
0
33
98
25
2
23
29
6
26
36
6
31
40
42
40
35
23
33
38
13
35
39
17
35
46
0
28
0
22
49
67
5
72
11
30
61
51
1
84
8
22
55
86
59
45
22
65
87
67
29
46
2
41
71
54
6
41
2
24
54
58
6
67
4
27
60
Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.
0.0
+27.8
+6.6
+14.3
+3.5
-0.9
-1.7
+5.3
+ 13.9
+6.3
+7.8
+5. 1
-7.7
+53. 1
-1.4
-19.4
+ 158.3
-84.6
+ 14.5
-4.9
-88.9
+ 100. 8
+20. 6
+ 18. 6
-54. 7
+2.5
-36.0
0
-14.9 !
0. 0
+630. 2
+78.2
+2.6
+30.8
0.0 i
+7.4
0.0 *
+63.4
+ 100. 0
+ 12.5
+ 11.1
32
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
EXPLANATION
All index numbers are relative to 1919 at 100, exceptsince Jan. Minimum
since Jan.
prices which are relative to 191S, and unfilled
1,1920
1,1020
orders which are relative to 19tO.
1923
April
1924
May
February
March
April
May
Per cent
Increase (+) or
decreasd)
decreased),
May from Apr.
PRODUCTION—Con.
FOREST PRODUCTS:
Lumber
Pulpwood
Gum (rosin and turpentine)
Distilled wood
Total
133
135
267
161
135
59
51
20
24
61
122
112
113
120
120
133
129
207
129
135
117
105
65
106
114
122
111
47
114
118
127
134
103
105
126
127
118
216
107
130
0.0
-11.9
+109. 7
+1.9
+3.2
137
126
178
260
207
169
130
145
122
233
116
75
64
40
41
64
41
20
38
29
35
77
110
81
150
112
139
94
118
97
61
116
106
113
81
146
177
186
129
140
112
56
92
116
118
93
131
*65
*x 102
80
*65
132
75
152
1
104
110
95
142
>67
x
106
145
73
134
105
104
S6
131
191
iX 115
92
*94
119
72
77
UOO
114
88
133
1
165
1
186
1
130
1
130
93
167
50
1
114
+9.6
+2.3
+1..5
+81.3
+61.7
+41,3
+38.3
-21.8
-6.9
-35.1
+14. 0
127
138
130
60
42
54
117
123
119
126
130
127
103
110
106
98
104
100
97
96
97
84
79
82
-13.4
-17.7
-15.5
152
149
150
147
34
33
9
32
139
141
97
138
121
136
44
129
135
149
59
142
127
118
33
115
103
94
50
92
135
232
150
59
51
57
122
209
137
152
150
107
148
133
232
150
117
193
131
122
212
138
126
218
142
130
229
147
+3.2
+5.0
+3.5
95
130
115
63
82
63
90
116"
105
89
112
103
65
97
85
64
105
89
63
101
86
61
91
79
-3.2
-9.1
-&1
121
69
102
121
103
104
112
117
+4.5
141
176
188
269
118
157
40
96
4
21
21
92
135
152
34
114
94
130
140
154
17
205
105
136
114
162
84
69
91
136
124
175
5S
48
98
141
111
176
38
104
89
141
141
182
28
215
79
154
+27.0
+3.4
-26.3
+106. 7
+11.2
+9.2
124
200
139
53
61
69
93
170
125
100
193
139
87
128
104
99
155
123
97
175
129
92
206
139
-5.2
+17.7
+7.8
126
130
314
156
195
23
38
86
79
71
91
123
211
138
150
97
124
227
145
158
104
115
272
141
177
98
125
314
153
195
100
118
270
143
176
104
125
255
159
174
+4.0
+5.9
-5.6
+11.2
-1.1
MANUFACTURING:
Foodstuffs—
Meats
Wheat
flour
Sugar-Ice cream
Butter.
Cheese
Condensed milk
Glucose and starch...*
Oleomargarine
Rice
Total
Textiles—
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
Total
Iron and steel—
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Locomotives
Total
Lumber—
Lumber
Flooring
Total
Leather—
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
Total
Paper and printing—
Total...
2
-18.9
-20.3
+51.5
* -20. 0
Chemicals, etc.—
Coke
Petroleum products
Cottonseed oil*
Turpentine and rosin*
Wood distillation
Total
_
Stone, day, and glass—
Brick
,
Cement*
Total
Metals, excepting iron and steel—
Copper smelting and refining.
Zinc smelting and refining.
Enamel ware
Lead
Total
Tobacco—
Manufactured tobacco and
snuff—
Cigars
Cigarettes
Total
Miscellaneous—
Shipbuilding-.
Automobiles
Rubber tires
Prepared roofing
Total...:.
Grand total, 64 commodities
119
128
147
125
50
75
64
70
96
90
106
98
103
98
126
109
100
85
110
97
99
88
119
102
93
85
120
100
99
94
144
114
+6.5
+10.6
+20.0
+14.0
79
239
221
163
145
133
1
29
20
58
37
68
11
233
178
135
135
125
4
240
221
137
146
135
1
223
155
140
123
117
6
233
171
123
132
3
123
10
227
173
113
131
3
118
. 8
190
165
120
115
112
-20.0
-16.3
-4.6
+6.2
-12.2
1
ELECTRICAL POWER
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (total)*.-
154
147
98
30
138
138
143
129
149
103
154
147
146
136
148
124
'Subject to revision
• Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.
+1.4
Is. 8
33
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
EXPLANATION
Maximum Minimum
since Jan.
1, 1920
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan.
prices which are relative to 1918, and unfilled
1, 1920
orders, which are relative to 1920.
1923
1924
April
May
February
March
April
May
Per cent Increase (-H) or
decrease (—)
-lay from April
STOCKS
(Corrected for seasonal variation)
Total.
Raw foodstuffs
Raw materials for manufacture-Manufactured foodstuffs
Manufactured commodities
148
233
189
115
164
91
73
89
58
86
117
169
96
76
113
111
143
93
79
117
135
173
119
74
155
136
169
111
V9
161
136
164
110
86
164
142
185
105
84
168
+4 4
+12.8
-4.5
-2.3
+2.4
152
232
175
115
166
84
70
68
56
89
123
196
89
77
114
104
130
83
73
116
140
186
119
77
156
147
212
104
75
164
136
178
97
73
165
129
154
91
72
167
-5.1
-13.5
-6.0
-1.3
+1.2
116
40
95
87
63
61
54
47
-13.0
98
62
79
80
78
79
77
76
-1.3
117
58
154
4 58
152
172
39
112
113
105
111
120
62
58
68
55
84
80
74
78
74
105
106
112
96
100
122
90
86
95
80
104
48
45
57
38
70
76
73
* 80
63
88
110
125
102
92
133
99
113
88
91
99
63
101
107
93
94
115
62
70
64
51
80
79
79
80
66
91
118
135
106
101
144
90
103
69
89
103
62*
106
108
98
110
107
65
73
65
62
72
78
74
80
66
94
115
126
101
101
145
81
85
63
83
92
61
103
105
91
98
111
52
50
62
43
-2.8
-2.8
-7.1
-10.9
+3.7
78
+8.3
+2.6
+2.7
+3.8
+1.5
68
89
104
62
118
114
107
118
125
68
61
86
56
86
81
77
82
72
97
107
111
97
102
127
83
83
65
85
106
64
(Unadjusted index)
Total
Raw foodstuffs
Raw materials for manufacture..
Manufactured foodstuffs
Manufactured commodities
UNFILLED ORDERS
Iron, steel, and building materials
Total (8 commodities; 1920 = 100).
WHOLESALE TRADE
(Distributed by Federal reserve districts;
Grand total, all classes
Hardware, total 10 districts.
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco
Shoes, total 6 districts
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco
Groceries, total 10 districts..
New York
Richmond _.„
Chicago
San Francisco
Drugs, total 7 districts
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco
•Dry goods, total 9 districts..
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco..
Meats, total 2 districts-. .
i 115
1
116
1120
1
125
78
1
82
!99
1
101
J
98
99
1
103
197
184
1
124
129
1 135
1
117
1
112
1 161
123
1
135
1
119
1 131
1
136
73
62
l
60
162
156
177
88
*85
175
174
199
64
171
145
*53
167
43
80
76
83
67
92
111
125
98
97
135
72
78
53
72
92
63
-20.0
-31.5
-4.6
-30.6
-2.1
-3.5
-0.8
-3.0
-4.0
-6.9
-11.1
-8.2
-15.9
-13.3
0.0
+3.3
RETAIL TRADE
(Value)
MAIL-ORDER HOUSES (4 houses) - CHAIN STORES:
Ten-cent (5 chains)
Music (4 chains)
Grocery (29 chains)
Drug (10 chains)
Cigar (3 chains)
Candy (4 chains)
Shoe (6 chains).__
•_
—
DEPARTMENT STORES:
Sales (333 stores)
Stocks (286 stores)
l
—
134
49
103
98
96
106
114
90
331
214
205
185
192
76
171
84
55
119
109
106
261
72
142
99
180
135
125
159
125
154
100
189
142
136
170
140
97
199
143
124
166
93
163
99
198
149
136
181
118
178
88
210
145
130
208
178
174
82
212
150
143
189
150
202
154
80
101
119
132
143
128
129
102
126
115
138
132
140
126
134
-21.1
-2.2
-6.8
+1.0
+3.4
+10.0
-9.1
-15.7
-4.5
-4.3
Maximum and minimum monthly indexes for the individual districts were selected from the series beginning January, 1921, and hence are not to be compared witt
efluctuationsin the group totals which cover the period since January, 1920
163—24f
5
34
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
EXPLANATION
Maximum
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except since Jan.
1,1920
prices which are relative to 1915, and unfilled
orders, which are relative to 1920.
since Jan.
1,1920
1924
1923
Minimum
April
May
February
March
April
May
Per cent
increase (+) or
decrease (—),
May from April
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
(All price Index numbers relative to 1913)
FARM PRICES:
309
181
97
91
139
107
140
105
141
98
138
100
140
102
139
103
+1.0
243
248
346
281
203
300
213
275
208
248
114
131
171
178
109
155
121
173
114
138
141
144
205
200
154
204
136
187
126
159
139
144
201
190
152
202
134
187
125
156
143
143
196
180
143
182
131
176
113
152
137
141
191
181
144
182
130
175
113
150
139
137
189
179
139
182
128
175
113
148
136
137
187
177
134
180
127
173
112
147
-2.2
0.0
-1.1
-1.1
-3.6
-1.1
-0.8
-1.1
-0.9
-0.7
249
311
218
375
272
244
249
247
135
122
103
152
168
118
146
138
166
172
123
232
198
150
157
159
161
167
122
226
189
148
156
156
156
176
116
195
177
139
154
152
154
165
118
194
179
137
153
150
154
166
119
195
174
135
151
148
152
168
115
195
171
133
150
147
-1.3
+1.2
-3.4
0.0
-1.7
-1.5
-0.7
-0.7
246
272
267
218
102
125
142
134
155
186
170
159
155
179
167
158
148
189
163
158
145
179
160
154
140
182
158
153
133
183
156
152
-5.0
+0.5
-1.3
-0.7
227
115
148
145
140
137
136
133
-2.2
219
139
143
143
147
144
141
141
0.0
219
185
288
200
192
205
139
143
153
149
171
155
143
170
167
180
173
159
143
•172
174
178
173
160
147
180
177
175
174
164
144
185
176
172
174
163
141
185
177
168
174
162
141
185
176
165
174
161
0.0
0.0
-0.6
-1.8
0.0
-0.6
333
310
340
154
155
163
162
165
175
160
164
173
167
173
180
165
172
180
165
172
181
164
168
177
-0.6
-2.3
-2.2
588
537
670
366
2
326
306
283
504
152
160
415
390
588
159
187
407
386
580
158
181
544
169
573
153
ISO
499
483
579
154
182
450
428
579
156
181
459
428
571
151
178
+2.0
263
279
236
218
162
143
146
170
168
156
166
178
169
155
170
177
166
148
170
178
166
147
167
179
164
143
166
174
163
143
-0.6
0.0
176
321
313
183
171
196
185
199
187
208
200
206
200
207
201
205
+1.1
-1.0
Crops (15th of month)
Livestock (15th of month)
-0.7
WHOLESALE PRICES:
"Department of Labor—
Farm products
Food, etc
Cloths and clothing
Fuel and lighting
Metals and metal products
Building material
Chemicals
House-furnishing goods—_
Miscellaneous
All commodities._
_,
Federal Reserve Board (Department of Labor prices)—
Total raw products
Agricultural productsAnimal products
Forest products
Mineral products
Producers' goods
Consumers' goods
All commodities-,
Federal Reserve Board Index—
Goods imported
Goods exported
All commodities
Dun's (1st of following mo.)
Bradstreet's (1st of following
month) - n
_
,
RETAIL PRICES, FOOD.
COST OP LIVING, National Industrial
Conference Board:
Food
_
Shelter
Clothing
Fuel and light
Sundries..
All items weighted
'FOREIGN WHOLESALE PRICES:
United Kingdom—
British Board Trade
London Economist
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
France—
Gen. Stat. Bureau
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
Italy (Bachi)
Sweden
Switzerland
Canada—
Canadian Dept. Labor.-_
U . S . Fed. Res. Bd
Australia
India (Calcutta)...
Japan—
Bank of Japan
U. S. Fed. Res. Bd
4
0.0
-0.4
-3.2
-1.7
35
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 thefiguresdo 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:
April, 1924*—This column gives the April figures corresponding to those for May shown in the next column—in other
words, cover the previous month.
May, 1924.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of May, or, as in the case of stocks, etc., the situation
on May 30 or June 1.
Corresponding month, April, 1923, or May, 1923.—Thefiguresin this column present the situation exactly a year previous
to those in the "May, 1924," column (that is, generally May, 1923), but where no figures are available for May, 1924,
the April, 1923, figures have been inserted in this column for comparison with the April, 1924, figures.
Cumulative total from January 1 through latest month.—These columns set forth, for those items that properly can be cumulated,
the cumulative totals for the five months ending May, 1923 and 1924, respectively, except where the May, 1924, figures
are lacking, in which case the cumulative totals for the first four months of 1923 and 1924 are given.
Percentage increase ( + ) or decrease (—) cumulative, 1924 from 1923.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated
total for the five months ending May, 1924, is greater (-J-) or less (—) than the total for the corresponding period ended
May, 1923.
Base year or period.—For purposes of comparison with a previous more or less normal period, all items, so far as possible, are
related to such a period by index numbers. The period taken for each item, called the base, is the monthly average of
the year or period stated in this column. Wherever possible, the year 1913 is taken as a base, and if no pre-war figures
are available, 1919 is usually taken to avoid using a war year as a basis. In some cases it will be noted thatfigureswere
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 (-f) or decrease (—) May from April.—The last column shows the per cent increase or decrease of the
figure for the last month compared with the preceding month.
NOTE.—Back data on the following items maybe found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, toMar., 1924,inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. Bee Contents, p. 1.
in many cases June figures are now available and may be found in the special
table on page 29.
Per ct.
ncreas<;
N U M E R I C A L DATA
Ferct.
in*
crease
I N D E X NUMBERS
<+)
1924
Corresponding;
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Apr. May! Feb. Mar. Apr. May
1923
1924
10,586
42,797
53,383
47,173
40,745
223,425
264,170
301,350
50,955
71,226
122,181
159,704
+25.1
-68.1
-53.7
-47.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
802
2S6
609
40
240
96
312
36,607
59,682
300,216
232,976
-22.4
1921
128
65.7
52.5
68.1
61.9
91.3
84,4
1921
1921
130
131
64.3
90.9
77.7
54.0
89.2
6L1
85.7
i 101.4
112.6
1921
1921
1921
88.3
67.1
82.7
56.7
99.9
103.6
April
May
9,965
6,954
16,919
29,457
11,367
7,651
19,018
18,916
44,361
or decrease
1924
1928
May
from
Apr.
TEXTILES
Wool
Receipts at Boston:
thous. of lbs.
Domestic
£°reiBn
thous. of lbs.
thous. of lbs.
Total
T
imports, unmanufactured.... thous. of lbs.
Consumption by textile mills,,
thous. of l b s . .
grease equivalent
l
Machinery activity hhourly:
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours active.
Looms, narrow
per ct. of hours active.
Looms,
carpet and rug...per ct. of hours active.
Sets of cards
per ct. of hours active.
cJ?m f
"
perct. of hours active.
fa pinning spindles—
Woolen
per ct. of hours a c t i v e worsted
per ct. of hours active.
e a C U V i t y
+11.1
+10.0
+12.4
-35.8
115
108
101
-17.7
104
104
104
104
95
82
+3.7
+17.9
161
178
134
148
132
105
142
133
102
125
127
87
-16.0
-1.9
-21.4
1921
1921
142
134
125
94
128
90
123
82
-6.3
-15.5
1913
117
106
109
-3.7
105
105
97
110
121
-9.7
-2.8
1913
1913
1913
1913
127
118
116
126
.53
1913
212
212
216
196
-7.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
261
225
1S4
227
26S
232
184
239
247
212
184
239
233
212
184
239
-2.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
spindles
per ct. of active to total..
wide looms
per ct of active to total..
narrow looms....per ct. of active to total..
OtDS
74
132
90
233
( p e r t
per ct. of active to t o t a l ..
ed
92
4S6
202
325
Per Ct of a c t i v e t0 t o t a l
*
Raw, Ohio,
* Wood, unwashed
Raw, territory fine
w s™ Fr y
<£S edyarn
Worsted
Wool dress goods
Men's suitings
Cotton
int
<> sight
unmanufactured
unmanufactured
K^ters)
2Ki Ol i by t e i t i l e ^ U s
s, end of month:
Total
wareat mills and
warehouses
^American.;.
"
dolls, per lb_.
.53
.49
dolls, per lb..
per lb._
dolls, per yd..
dolls, per yd..
1.3G
1.650
1.035
3.690
1.33
1.650
1.035
3.690
1.53
1.800
1.035
3.690
thous. of bales..
403
40,436
406
16,107
375
23,593
bales.. 320,774
bales.. 480,010
326,357
413,649
160,368
620,854
hous of
of b a e s . ,
thous.
thous.
of bales..
bales..
bb l l
h
2,840
1,328
1,512
2,285
1,158
1,127
3,214
1,634
1,580
1913
1913
1913
125
138
114
104
120
92
thous. of bales..
1,834
1,541
1,432
1913
59
46
dons.
2,497
202,669
-29.0
+3.4
1913
1913
1,571,655 2,007,698
2,998,743 2,462,107
+27.7
-17.9
1913
1913
2,415
285,618
Overtime was reported sufficient to offset all idle hours and leave an excess.
22
133
35
31
239 245
66
46
109 < 104
-12.2
+0.7
-00.2
44
103
+1.7
-13.8
132
116
144
92
-19.5
-12.8
-25.5
90
59
-16.0
36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
N O T E . — B a c k data on the following items m a y
be found in the detailed tables of t h e quarterly issues of the S U R V E Y . T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to M a r . , 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
t h e end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In
many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
, P e r ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
1924
April
TEXTILES—Continued •
Cotton—Continued
Manufactured goods:
32,590
Cotton cloth exports
thous. of sq. yds..
Fabric consumption
12,287
by tire manufacturers
thous. of lbs..
Elastic webbing sales
thous. of yds.. 11,470
Fine cotton goods:
Production
pieces.. 355,591
Sales
pieces.. 225,327
Cotton finishing:
Orders received; gray yardageWhite goods
thous. of yds,.
30,435
Dyed goods
thous. of yds,.
35,678
Printed goods
thous. of yds,.
8,190
Total
thous. of yds,.
80,530
Billings, finished goods (as produced)—
White goods
thous. of yds..
29,774
Dyed goods
thous. of yds..
30,677
Printed goods
thous. of yds,.
9,889
Total
thous. of yds..
79,776
Shipments,finishedgoods—
White goods
cases..
16,549
Dyed goods
cases,.
8,147
Printed goods
...cases..
1,654
Total
cases..
42,170
Stocks, finished goodsWhite goods
cases..
10,771
Dyed goods
cases..
8,863
Printed goods
cases..
2,289
Total
cases..
44,959
Operating activity
per ct. of capacity..
62
Machinery activity of spindles:
Active spindles
thousands..
31,872
Total activity
millions of hours..
6,770
Activity per spindle
^
hours..
179
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
79.9
Raw cotton to producer4
dolls, per lb_.
.287
Eaw cotton, New York
dolls, per lb_.
.299
Cotton yarn
.
dolls per. l b . .
.476
Print cloth
dolls, per yd..
.066
Sheeting
dolls, per yd..
.110
Clothing:
Men's and boys' garments c u t Men's suits, wool
..number.. 509,754
Men's suits, other
number..
80,087
Men's separate trousers,
wool
number.. 478,437
Men's separate trousers,
other
number.. 404,534
Men's overcoats
number.. 138,554
Boys1 suits and separate
pants
number.. 549,171
Boys' overcoats and reefers ..number..
23,999
Work clothing:
Cut
dozens.. 153,771
Sales
dozens.. 134,409
Cancellations
dozens..
2,333
Stocks, end of month
dozens.. 276,402
, Knit underwear:
Production
dozens.. 730,800
Orders received
dozens.. 363,600
.Shipments
dozens^. 551,700
Cancellations
dozens..
17,100
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dozens..
1,534
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1924
(+)
or de-
INDEX NUMBERS
crease
<-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PEKIOD
Per c t
increase
(+)
or decrease
1923
1924
Apr. May
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
^
thous. of l b s . .
bales..
bales..
dolls, per l b . .
from
Apr.
44,763
36,335
205,605
165,239
-19.6
M913
121
98
78
82
88
121
+37.4
11,903
10, 515
12,888
16,286
61,824
78,876
59,350
56,077
-4.0
-28.2
1921
1919
187
110
192
111
171
73
179
84
183
78
178
71
-3.1
190,337
127,819
491,660
180,914
% 213,182 1,840,335
1,776,741
9^065
-16.8
-43.9
1919
1919
110
48
128
41
107
43
110
45
50
29
-46.5
-43.3
25, 935
28,000
5,952
65,610
29,017
33,364
9,148
79,819
178,698
215,019
70,116
513,959
151,004
167,192
40,290
395,008
-15.0
-22.2
-42.5
-23.1
U921
U921
U921
U921
72
151
73
134
86
114
59
111
92
118
54
91
95
109
53
89
77
96
38
73
-118
-21.5
-27.3
-18.5
27,928
30,483
7,568
76,574
33, 912
44,254
13,386
104,340
184,426
200,493
78,710
530,684
161,675
162,126
43,054
419,997
-12.3
-19.1
-45.3
-20.9
a 1921
»1921
M921
3
1921
112
146
128
123
104
167
102
122
102
127
63
101
105
120
66
100
,86
115
58
90
-6.2
-0.6
-23.5
-10
14,474
7,616
1,365
39,035
17,588
9,160
2,377
51,569
88,489
56,404
11,725
276,969
88,117
41,832
8,417
229,821
-0.4
-25.8
-28.2
-17.0
M921
a 1921
»1921
»1921
116
125
75
116
113
116
82
115
124
107
54
107
118
103
68
103
107
103
57
94
47
87
-12.5
-6.5
-17.5
-7.4
10,734
8,429
2,381
43,395
52
10,113
6,605
2,943
44,445
74
•1921
M921
S1921
U921
•1921
135
159
95
119
122
139
169
98
123
114
145
221
78
127
98
141
210
74
121
97
148
227
77
124
95
14?
'216
80
120
81
30,493
35, 374
9,309
249
107.7
1913
1922
1922
116
114
113
116
121
119
107
95
106
92
89
104
156
67.5
100
76
75
.281
.316
.425
.066
.108
.256
.277
.471
.073
.124
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
224
226
200
229
210
213
216
190
212
202
262
249
211
205
204
231
223
195
192
196
460,711
71,866
679,141
124,886
-9.6
-10.3
417,456
680,404
-12.7
353,293
212,207
470,823
277,023
-12.7
+53.2
477,986
52,633
685,198
53,811
. -13.0
1+119.3
-0.3
-19
+10
-3.5
-15. &
-13
-12.7
-12.8
-15.5
-2.1
+5.7
-10.7
0.0
-1.8
-18.6
-7.2
+0.5
+4.3
125,214
124,782
2,345
288,361
707,400
581,400
528,300
41,400
758,700
442,800
644,400
15,300
1,855
1,937
4,377
25,985
25,662
5,635
4,313
28,272
27,074
4,802
4,904
24,509
29,962
8,428
25,964
167,128
76,838
35,200
51,468
21,846
58,135
28,392
275,118
161,830
3,383,100
3,037,500
3,852,000
70,200
3,705,300
2,504,700
3,171,600
90,900
+9.5
-17.5
-17.7
+29.5
132
271
140
31
-3.2
+59.9
-12
+142.1
124
360
120
34
1920
«1920
U920
6
1920
114
364
143
. 23
128
439
140
31
124
523
148
25
«1920
430
386
443
305
1913
«1920
1920
1913
146
214
56
256
172
137
97
147
167
149
78+ 59
7
232
189
171
154
146
50
155
1909-13
1909-13
156
104
171
171
87
129
87
227
123
+20.9
Raw Silk
Imports
Deliveries (consumption)
Stocks, end of m o n t h
Price, Japanese, N e w York
ft
20,954
143,529
-19.3
-14.1
-1.5
+8.8
+5.5
Jll8
B u r l a p a n d Fiber
Imports:
Burlap
Fiber (unmanfactured)
t h o u s . of l b s . ^
long t o n s . .
285,859
132,054
+3.9
-18.4
P y r o x y l i n C o a t e d Textiles
2,224
2,104
2,931
Pyroxylin spread
t h o u s . of l b s . .
S h i p m e n t s billed:
733,359
529,959
789,906
Light goods
linear y d s . . 006,266
993,919
414,495
H e a v y goods.*
„
linear y d s
Unfilled orders, end of m o n t h :
448,574
397,225
744,472
Light goods
linear y d s '1,294,800
871,848 2,338,240
H e a v y goods
linear y d s "
* T w e l v e m o n t h s ' average, J u l y to J u n e , inclusive, ending t h e year Indicated.
* Eleven m o n t h s ' average. J a n u a r y to N o v e m b e r , Inclusive.
* As of t h e 15th of t h e m o n t h since December. 1923; orior t o tbat tfme reported as of the 1st of the m o n t h .
* Relative to 6 months* average, J u l y t o December, inclusive.
* E e l a t i v e to 11 m o n t h s ' average, F e b r u a r y to Dece a b e r , inclusive.
152
-33.0
-37.9
-5.4
•35
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE*—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
in many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
or decrease
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUAET 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
cumu*
lative
1924
from
1923
1924
Perct
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
TEAR
OB
PEE1OD
1923
1924
or decrease
Apr. May
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
METALS
Iron Ore a n d F i g Iron
Iron ore:
StocksTotal
thous. oftons._
At furnaces
thous. of t o n s . .
On Lake Erie docks...thous. of tons..
Consumption
. . t h o u s . of tons..
Shipments from mines—
Through Saulte
Ste. Marie
thous. of short tons..
Through upper
lake ports
thous. of long tons.,
Receipts—
Lake Brie ports and
furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Other ports
thous. of long tons.,
Pig iron production
thous. of long tons..
Furnaces in blast:
Furnaces
...number..
Capacity
long tons per day..
Merchant pig iron:
Production
thous, of long tons..
Sales
„.
thous. of long tons..
Shipments
. . t h o u s . of long tons..
Unfilled ordejrt
thous, of long tons..
Stock, merchant
furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Stock, steel plants
thous. of long tons-.
Ohio gray-iron foundries:
Meltings
long tons..
Meltings
per cent of normalStocks
long tons.,
Receipts
long tons..
Foundry No. 2,
Northern
Basic Valley furnace
. . Composite pig iron
Malleable castings:
Productions
Shipments
Orders booked
Operating activity
21,608
16,717
4,891
3,830
18,865
14,786
4,347
6,119
26,845
6,081
659
•6,518
6,672
44
83
3,233
4,358
1,869
2,615
4,264
1,226
3,868
' 230
96,365
184
77,300
321
125,100
454
99
396
731
396
165
329
607
600
129
515
1,256
945
167
1,010
199
340
19,435
14,636
4,799
4,882
175
624,787
23,470
74.60
27,377
15,969
6 79,90
628,335
6 21,925
dolls, per long ton..
dolls, per long ton..
dolls, per long ton..
23.56
21.55
23.41
22.51
20.50
- 22.57
tons..
tons..
tons .
per ct. of capacity..
50,978
49,640
39,163
54.0
43,218
46,658
26,866
46.0
•3,334
2,628
23,491
-12.5
M919
M919
M919
M919
6,081
6,805
+11.9
1913
6,686
7,177
+7.3
1913
4,264
1,226
17,165
4,402
1,952
15,388
+3.2
+59.2
-10.4
1913
1913
1913
2,532
2,461
2,415
2,168
1,405
2,078
-14.4
-45.9
-14.0
80,599
00.458
+12.2
81,203
67.752
-16.0
31.97
29.00
30.84
+11.2
+14.2
+1.9
-21.5
64
64
121
(*)
1
5
126
-19.1
1913
1913
115
-20.0
-19.8
1914
1914
1914
1914
120
30
119
56
-12.8
+66.7
-16.9
-17.0
1914
•1921
124
89
+6.9
+19.2
1922
1922
1022
1922
193
144
123
194
1913
1913
1913
147
147
152
120
-4.5
-4.9
-3.6
-15.2
-6.0
-31.4
-14.8
Crude Steel
Steel lngotS| P roa " ucti °n_..thous. of long tons..
•4,216
• 19,560
-10.1
17,693
1913
132
-2L2
-15.0
-15.4
-14.6
-13.8
+22.9
+6.5
+6.8
55,837
28,034
27,803
•92,445
• 39,686
•52,759
525,531
244,708
280,823"
346,565
175,979
170,586
-34.1
-28.1
-39.3
1913
1913
1913
130
140
122
3,628
129
155
47
6,981
158
205
75
648
809
442
692
828
190
+6.8
+2.3
-57.0
1913
1913
1922
1913
71
46
79
165
234,000
79.0
235,967
182,903
362,457
176,582
59.6
196,254
126,487
294,774
260,006
88.6
278,059
242,624
551,139
1,292,728
1,238,564
-4.2
1,284,970
1,257,740
1,173,237
984,740
-8.7
-21.7
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
136
109
137
130
53
103
82
114
90
43
-24.5
-24.8
-16.8
-30.8
-18.7
92,629
43,945
89,548
43,319
141,781
23,397
1920.
1920
83
876
80
775
40.00
42.33
2.94
2.65
2.50
38.50
41.38
2.86
2.62
2,40
44.60
47.52
3.03
2.79
2.60
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
155
161
171
160
162
149
157
166
158
160
-3.3
-11.5
-3.7
-2.2
-2.7
-LI
-4.0
73
63
10
111
93
18
238
228
10
number
640
number!.
586
number
54
number.. «10,250
643
589
54
511
2,150
2,045
105
2,200
Total bookings
short tons.. •65,670
Railroad specialties
short tons.. • 33,121
TT ^scellaneous bookings
short tons.. '32,549
Unfilled orders, U. S, Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. of long tons..
4,208
mports (comparable)
thous. of long tons..
105
s (total)
thous. of long tons..
133
s t h o u s . of long tons..
44
Finished Iron a n d Steel
Sheets, blue black, and galvanized:
Production (actual)
short t o n s . .
Production
p e r ct. of capacity..
Shipments
short t o n s . .
SJg
short tons..
short tons..
ks
Total
short tons.
Y ^
short tons.
Bteel billets, Bessemer.doHs. per long ton
K ^ ^0 d
steel
dolls,
per
long ton..
S ^ P 3 } ^ steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..
composite finished steel.dolls. per 100 lbs..
structural steel beams...dolls. per 100 lbs..
Iron a n d Steel Products
Locomotives:
Shipments*Total.
Domestic
n
-
number..
number..
number..
Total
Domestic
Orei
sn
^j^OWta
I]"
dom-ae
469,478
476,206
573,858
314,214
390,161
575,161
513,276
453,861
698,165
1,173
1,111
62
78,800
2,372,969
2,068,125
• Revised.
• April, 1923.
• Relative to 11 months' average, February to December, inclusive.
566
523
43
73,411
1,968,700
1,922,739
-51.7
-53.0
-30.6
1913
1920
1920
71
183
18
78
207
11
32
84
'8
43
116
4
24
57
11
+52.1
+47.6
+80.0
167
236
22
93
163
229
24
21
3*
52
-6.8
1920
1920
1920
1913
394
40
55
9
125
48
66
13
98
+0.5
+0.5
0.0
-95.0
1922
1922
1922
186
177
178
177
91
189
137
136
166
140
152
162
170
185
15
-17.0
-7.0
T Twelve months' average, June, 1918, to May, 1920.
* Index number less than 1.
114
152
156
-33.1
-18.1
+0.2:
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, toMar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p. 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
Per ct,
increasi
NUMERICAL DATA
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
or decumulative
1924
from
1923
1923
1924
115,152
45,468
99,994
64,903
-13.2
+42.7
INDEX NUMBERS
BASS
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Perct.
increase
(+)
1923
or decrease
1924
Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
METALS-Continuevl
Iron and Steel Products—Continued
Vessel construction:
Completed during monthTotal
gross tons.
Steel seagoing
*.
gross tons.
Building or under contract, end of mo.—
Merchant vessels.thous. of gross tons.
Structural steel, fabricated:
Sales (prorated)
short tons.
Sales
per ct. of capacity.
Shipments (prorated)
short tons.
Shipments
per ct. of capacity.
Steel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls.
Machinery
Stokers:
Sales
number.
Sales
horsepower.
Agricultural pump shipments:
\
Total
thous. of dolls.
Pitcher, hand, etc
number.
Power pumps
number.
Steam, power, and centrifugal pumps:
New orders
thous. of dolls.
Shipments
thous. of dolls.
Unfilled orders..
thous. of dolls.
Patents issued:
Total, all classes
number.
Agricultural implements
number.
Internal-combustion engines
number.
NONFERROUS METALS
36,510
28,408
26,972
, 13,166
15,518
1,034
-53.7
173
150
1916
19
12
16
10
14
153,400
59
184,600
' 71
1,505
148,200
57
982,800
881,400
-10.3
1913
1913
212
156
155
114
199
146
193
142
177
130
1,506
"~7~405*
"1,"623
+8.3
1919'
167
166
177
183
183
89
47,039
64
34,44
194
100,5i:
755
404,696
443
245,588
1919
1919
71
162
83
191
47
118
38
38
91
1919
1922
1922
100
121
104
114
112
135
103
112
109
100
85
119
76
94
45
83
101
46
-6.1
608,576
42,339
3,986
b 610,531
&62,290
6 3,271
166
-9.2
-9.2
0.0
0.0
-9.3
-28.1
-28.1
12,379
13,503
9,121
7,058
6,044
5,993
-33.7
-15.1
1919
1919
1919
125
124
110
90
128
107
85
45
16,930
276
295
16,982
232
244
+0.3
1913
1913
1913
110
-15.9
-17.3
105
53
119
110
61
116
143
76
149
145
71
147
-16.2
-21.4
-23.8
+13.4
+44 9
1913
1913
1913
116
91
108
123
84
99
129
127
81
128
140
87
129
140
84
-0.7
-0.4
-3.8
2,321,968 2,352,156
248,553
200,902
3,428
44
48
64
131,928
98,688
.133
131,054
98,317
.128
125,438
59,010
.156
580,159
313,125
657,968
453,838
217,383
189,280
101,433
102,672
119,467
122,392
1,342,239
1,375,226
1,418,390
1,266,373
+5.7
-7.9
82,650
89,898
65,556
19,124
17,374
.065
81,143
95,332
84,728
20,831
23,433
.062
86,731
94,694
26,038
26,055
20,048
.071
436,050
463,408
399,885
468,064
-8.3
113,174
87,779
115,085
104,477
long tons
long tons.
long tons,
thous. of lbs,
dolls, per lb.
4,322
19,023
7,590
22,807
.497
4,067
19,711
5,240
11,316
• .439
3,132
22,187
6,035
11,272
.428
Production
index number.
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Wholesale price, pig, desilverized.dolls. per lb.
12,827
11,120
.083
12,766
9,728
.073
29,517
943
1,491
1,648
6,407
-3.4
-41.3
-39.3
+1.3
+19.2
+9.1
4,089
56
63
Stocks, end of month:
United States
World visible supply
Deliveries (consumption)
Imports
Wholesale price, pig tin
Lead
-26.1
79
105
179
1,288
1,""
2,704
Retorts in operation, end of month..number.
Production
thous. of lbs.
Stocks end of month
thous. of lbs.
Receipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Price, slab, prime western
dolls, perlb.
Tin
84
57
169,000
65
184,600
71
1,659
1,372
1,298
2,751
Copper and Brass
Coppe:ir:
Production
thous. of lbs,
Exports
thous. of lbs
Wholesale price, electrolytic.dolls. per lb.
Tubular plumbing sales:
Quantity
number of pieces.
Value
dollars.
Zinc
1916
1916
-53.3
-45.8
+1.0
+1.7
+19.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
84
162
22
104
62
133
82
164
32
94
71
121
75
152
91
83
68
123
74
165
79
95
97
118
78
156
81
69
61
112
77 -1.8
165 +6.0
104 +29.2
75 +8.9
83 +34.9
-3.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
185
179
185
176
103
162
179
165
118
95
171
176
242
215
118
93
188
125
82
123
224
154
207
239
111
211
159
143
118
98
151
206
83
203
163
278
104
211
153
234
127
188
32,254
72,033
31,130
75,516
10,518
5,304
.074
63,046
32,281
64,228
45,112
+ 1.9
+39.7
1921
1913
1913
1913
147
219
78
188
155
192
61
163
31,236
1,232
46,076
2,249
227,780
6,752
197,188
5,596
-13.4
-17.1
1913
1909-13
107
126
116
205
100
101
2.07
2.04
2.66
1913
227
216
175
3.39
8.06
3.39
7.85
4,39
8.81
. 1913
1913
222
184
200
183
154
178
6,811
2,125
245
7,745
""275"
8,573
*327
446
1913
1921
1909-13
106
12
147
112
21
155
106
75
108
10.97
11.06
10.63
1913
200
200
216
13.50
13.57
13.67
1913
196
196
203
206
1913
63
65
43
•'48
1913
1909-13
303
277
324
223
281
77
304
153
284
1913
259
211
172
171
155
+4.8
107
-46
-5.9
+3.6
-31.0
-50.4
-11.7
•HI. 8
-as
-12.5
-12.0
FUELS
Coal and Coke
Bituminous:
Production
thous. of short tons..
Exports
thous. of long tons..
Prices—
Mine average,
spot
dolls, per short ton..
Wholesale, Kanawha, f. o. b
Cincinnati
dolls, per short ton..
Retail, Chicago..dolls, per short ton-.
Anthracite:
Production
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, distrib. points.thous. of long tons..
Exports
thous. of long tons..
PricesWholesale, chestnut
New York
dolls, per long ton..
Retail, chestnut
New York
dolls, per short ton..
Coke:
Production, beehive..thous. of short tons .
Production,
by product..™....thous. of short ions..
Exports
......thous. of long tons.I
Price, furnace,
Connellsville
dolls, per short ton..
42,504
38,215
-10.1
1,954
1,413
-17.7
1,079
1,200
1,827
8,307
5,987
3,010
45
4,002
40
3,328
163
15,700
612
16,307
3.78
3.41
5.15
1
April, 1923.
-27.9
+3.9
-50.0
+5.8
+30.6
-1.4
0.0
-2.6
+13.7
+33
+as
216
+112
iSJ
-9.S
39
TRENf) OP BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items maybe found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p. 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29,
NUMERICAL DATA
1024
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May*
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
J-ROM JANUARY »
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1924
276,918
292,613
Per ct.
increase,
or decrease
cumulative
1924
from
1923
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
FERIOD
1923
1924
Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May
FUELS—Continued
Petroleum
Crude petroleum:
Production
.thous. of bbls_.
Stocks, end of m o n t h Total (comparable).. _-thous. of bbls_
Days' supply
..number..
Tank farms and pipe
lines
.thous. of bbls_.
Refineries
..thous. of bbls..
Imports
..thous. of bbls..
Consumption—
Total
..thous. of bbls..
Run to stills
..thous. of bbls..
Shipments from Mexico...,.thous of bbls..
Stocks—Mexican field
.-thous. of bbls..
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma....dolls, per bbl._
Oil wells completed
number..
Gasoline:
Production
.thous. of gals.,
Exports
.thous. of gals..
Domestic consumption... ..thous. of gals..
Stocks, end of month . . thous. of gals..
Price, motor, New York.. ..dolls, per gal..
Kerosene oil:
Production
..thous. of gals..
Domestic consumption . ..thous. of gals..
Stocks
„
..thous. of gals.,
_ Price, 150° water white.,. ..dolls, per gal-.
Gas and fuel oil:
Production
..thous. of gals..
Domestic consumption" ..thous. of gals..
Stocks
..thous. of gals..
Price, Pa., 36-40 at reflnT. ..dolls, per gal..
Lubricating oil:
..thous. of gals..
Production
Domestic consumption ..thous. of gals.
Stocks... ..
..thous. of gals.
Price, Pa., 600° fil.V'VD'"
at refineries
, .dolls, per gals.
Production:
Iotd
Passenger cars
eSSSfeuS?
Production.1
e
d
i
fmonth
!hfe ? 2
WrhffiftS'd0mesti0
Production..
Sggjj e ?d of month
olid tire?* l t i c
St^v UCti0I l"-,
? 8 * e ? d 2f m o n t b
ents, domestic.
61,858
a 347,255
163
352,078
168
284,505
149
341,928
39,518
7,297
346,751
40,406
7,393
277,785
31,511
5,995
34,176
36,095
+5,6
a 61,785
55,249
• 13,514
22,527
1.750
1,429
62,336
54 725
12,459
21,585
1.735
1,657
57,669
47,973
12,297
281,478
230,999
60,336
308r708
+9.7
61,023
1.525
1,871
6,942
754,773
114 396
609,078
.,607,786
.200
780,194
94,073
631,705 3,173,824
.71,153
330,787
582,536 2,351,773
,328,533
.220
203,186
153,307
306,080
.218
,647,360
1200
199,992
287,707
1215
,116,764 1,155,936
992,562
,555,139 1,530,112
.058
loss
96,967
61,413
252,597
104,439
265
492
+1.1
1913
1013
1913
264
159
570
2S3
183
626
5,852
—15.7
1913
1913
3,651,278
475,451
+15.0
+43.7
451,377
305,901
490,892
+6.6
+13.9
+8.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
195
96
188
214
170
283
143
192
232
204
281
175
162
67
205
331
142
291
119
1919
1919
1919
1919
93
111
91
109
97
116
91
105
1919
1919
1919
1919
154
158
164
123
152
160
160
1919
1919
1919
129
131
145
1919
76
163
118
179
+1.4
+2.2
+1.3
+0.9
-0.9
—7.8
—4.2
—0.9
+16.0
187
90
229
373
213
340
119
237
307
4-3.4
-17.8
349
119
+2.5
101
104
105
110
104
132
102
109
102
-1.6
96
108
—6.0
—1.4
176
173
200
112
182
+3.5
197
112
-1.6
U5
161
166
199
115
149
15G
140
133
104
158
137
129
156
148
+7.7
73
SO
84
ao
ao
-3.5
+5.3
.265
number., '373,199
number.. '337,045
- 36,154
312,813
279,439
33,374
394,190
350,460
43,730
1,652,518
1,493,514
159,004
1,588,567
163,710
+6.0
+6.4
+3.0
1919
1919
1919
• 233 240
i 250 254
144 166
223
244
118
227
244
137
48,030
37,741
4,156
35,400
32,700
8,295
45,402
62,357
12,818
208,059
259,549
21,344
236,673
196,079
14,397
+13.8
-24.5
-32.5
1920
1920
1020
! 220
154
107
217
159
273
250
109
9
230
96
18,570
15,806
2,764
11,307
8,673
17,102
14,363
2,739
12,850
5,563
15,105
12,500
2,605
11,386
5,559
62,003
52,554
9,449
48,011
24,976
82,528
70,147
12,381
53,629
36,045
+33.1
+33.5
+31.0
+11.7
+44.3
1919
1919
1919
1923
1916
226
! 239
i 172
j 107
! 161
219
223
201
129
157
218
238
131
129
198
269
2S3
213
128
245
248
257
211
145
157
—7.9
-9.1
—0.9
+13.6
-35.9
6.0
5.5
3.8
1919
90
08
119
131
+10.1
9,510
11,539
12,079
1920
173
166
+21.3
87
71
thous. of dolls.,
l
211
404
954,649 1,017,811
620,642
+3.5
+1.4
+3.1
1919
1913
5,475,426
105,363
74,255
297
1913
1919
966,166 4,805,762
918,766 4,611,346
r246 662
.060
"243,*732"
t
thousands
-"thousands.;
thousands.,
thousands.,
thousands..
thousands.,
thousands..
thousands.
thousands.,
39,389
1,752,277
49,123
+24.7
190 II —16.2
202 -17.1
—7.7
127
—26.3
—13.4
+99.6
1,216
4,163
5,084
+22.1
1920
96
2,333
3,016
3,504
16,995
12,688
-25.3
1920
82
85,043
37,238
.168
60,640
62,167
80,107
35,474
.173
47,671
.249
60,918
358,978
196,035
313,314
180,872
-12.7
—7.
1913
1921
1913
1921
719
214
34
$6
S30
266
31
SO
731
187
24
82
4S1
206
21
80
881
208
21
•3,307
•6,164
•2,920
3,039
6,331
2,679
3,660
6,907
2,758
17,410
16,273
14,640
14,088
—5.8
1921
1921
1921
195
144
156
201
164
145
180
125
147
189
137
152
182
146
153
160
145
140
—8.1
+2.7
—8.3
•4,035
•8,627
• 3,521
3,744
8,762
3,559
4,318
9,292
3,414
21,444
19,954
—1.
189
184
154
191
203
149
180
17,305
1921
1921
1921
145
187
179
149
179
189
154
157
182
147
—7.2
+1.6
+1.1
•59
•185
•46
50
188
47
77
268
67
273
—29.
-34.6
202
113
165
219
116
153
15*
71
9
173
75
114
168
80
104
111
61
95
—15.3
223
1921
1921
1921
1,105
d
189,177
134,563
272,672
.210
287
1913
.320
BUBBER
Crude:
Imports
thous. of lbs
g a m p t i o n - b y Ptire
mfrs...thous. oflbs.
' a r a ' N > Y-<io»s. Per lb.
K
61,542
.304
By railroads
carloads..
giveaways
number of machines.,
Exports*
number of machines.,
Assembled—
Total
number of cars.
Passenger cars...
number of cars.
r™. | r u c k s
number of cars.
•foreign assembly
number of cars
.
production
percent
internal revenue taxes collectedfon:
Passenger automobiles and
motorcycles
thous. of dolls.
Automobile trucks and Automobile accessories"
and
P^ts
+5.7
<* 59,433
17,528
341
Revised.
+29.3
—26.9
-4.7
+3,0
+l.fi
+2.2
40
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items m a y
be found in the detailed tables of t h e quarterly issues of the SURVEY. T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available
and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1928
1924
283,125
20,196
167,196
39,946
39,972
149,016
15,952
72,815
25,562
or decrease
cumulative
1924
from
1923
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Perct
increase
1923
1924
or decrease
Apr. M a y
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
HIDES AND L E A T H E R
Hides
Imports:
35,009
Total hides and skins
thous. of l b s . .
2,987
Calfskins
thous. of l b s , .
17,493
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs_.
6,144
Goatskins
thous. of l b s . .
6,904
Sheepskins
thous. of l b s . .
Stocks, end of month:
Total hides and skins
thous. of l b s . . 2G2,933
Cattle h i d e s . . . .
thous. of lbs_. 223,239
25,314
Calf and kip skins
thous. of l b s . .
14,380
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of l b s - .
Prices:
Green salted, packer's heavy native
.122
steers
dolls, per l b . .
.161
Calfskins, country N o . 1
dolls, per lb—
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
147
62
209
83
155
305,218
62,637
22,984
1921
1921
1921
1921
87
88
85
70
.119
.165
.187
.171
1913
1913
102
1,142
31,383
110,627
1919
1919
1919
1921
1921
31,759
3,399
15,990
5,992
4,993
60,151
4,890
35,150
9,783
7,709
259,206
215,981
28,140
15,085
-47.4
—21.0
-56.4
—36.0
—33.4
140
72
183
119
146
68
54
68
62
102
72
48
82
61
101
-9.3
+13.8
-&6
-2.5
-27.7
68
72
56
47
-1.4
-3.3
+11.2
+4.9
101
90
96
76
100
90
166
112
113
140
89
170
115
116
142
65
129
104
85
128
65
147
112
84
123
63
151
103
82
109
90
85
92
82
90
65
-2.5
+2.5
Leather
Production:
Sole leather...thous. of bks., bends, sides.. •1,173
Skivers
doz.. • 35,171
Oak and union harness
stuffed sides.. > 123,039
21,164
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs..
62,933
Finished upper
thous. of sq, ft..
Stocks, end of month:
Sole and belting
thous of lbs.. 158,676
Upper
thous. of sq. ft_. 379,357
Stocks, in process of tanning:
88,312
Sole and belting
thous. oflbs..
Upper
thous. of sq. ft.. 136,502
Exports:
2,205
Sole
:..thous. of lbs—
9,160
Upper
thous. of sq. ft..
Prices:
Sole, oak, scoured backs,
.460
heavy Boston
dolls, per l b . .
.460
Chrome calf, " B " grades.dolls. per sq. ft..
8,153
192,902
697,802
142,328
414,051
6,119
165,178
622,439
109,172
350,707
—24.9
—14.4
—10.8
—23.3
—15.3
-2.6
-10.8
—10.1
-1.7
+4.7
65,913
1,674
39,693
136,180
29,772
82,164
156,366
378,810
165,862
395,660
1921
1921
85
93
86
94
86,467
132,561
111,983
161,846
1921
1921
100
100
101
99
79
88
79
83
—2.1
-2.9
2,261
9,165
1,710
6,174
1913
1913
41
66
70
52
80
85
104
+2.5
+0.1
.460
.460
.540
.440
1913
1913
120
120
163
103
171
0.0
0.0
372
644
330
563
513
947
2,488
4,592
1,996
3,414
19.8
-25.7
1919
1919
27,847
571
25,090
754
30,926
788
159,675
3,189
135,130
2,736
15.4
14.2
1919
1913
6.25
6.25
6.50
1913
7,186
32,577
8,872
36,822
+23.5
+13.0
163
81
-1.5
-1.3
Leather Products
Belting sales:
Quantity
thous. of lbs.
Value.thous. of dolls.
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs.
Exports
thous. of pairs.
Wholesale pricesMen's black calf,
blucher
dolls, per pairMen's dress welt, tan
calf, St. Louis
dolls, per pair.
Women's black kid, Goodyear
welt, St. Louis
dolls, per pair.
72
69
52
61
54
52
47
-11.3
-12.6
115
90
112
94
97
60
105
62
101
-9.9
+32.0
2.09
2.09
2.01
2.01
2.01
2.01
0.0
L53
L53
L53
0.0
L42
0.0
4.85
4.85
4.85
1913
1.53
1.53
1.53
3.85
3.85
4.25
1913
1.42
1.42
1.42
l;42
1.42
18,431
62,864
13,291
82,746
17,668
72,932
120,230
439,611
89,571
444,909
-25.5
1909-13
1909-13
104
276
107
286
107
487
137
339
112
246
-27.8
+31.6
tons.,
tons..
tons.,
tons.,
tons-
128,249
127,505
145,271
111,944
1,569
134,219
131,289
144,579
113,262
1,421
138,868
136,979
"190,558
115,143
1,496
626,944
625,365
917,315
535,678
7,218
629,615
618,168
697,065
558,041
7,393
+0.4
1919
1919
1919
1913
1913
102
103
138
610
41
121
119
134
629
42
103
102
92
564
39
104
103
102
665
112
111
102
611
44
+4.7
+3.0
-a 5
...short tons..
_..short tons'..
31,699
166,391
34,479
166,068
20,832
176,347
1919
1919
79
107
87
114
127
119
129
113
132
.107
no. of titles>.
no. of titles..
672
129
653
130
596
3,127
436
2,867
763
-8.3
+75.0
1913
1913
327,911
245,975
81,936
297,764
225,103
72,661
286,603
208,705
77,898
1,531,220
1,103,153
428,067
1,580,302
1,159,799
420,503
+3.2
+5.1
-L8
1922
1922
1922
76
74
82
72
69
80
PAPER AND P I T T I N G
Wood-pulp I m p o r t s
Mechanical
Chemical
_
Newsprint Paper
Production
Shipments
Consumption
Imports
Exports
Stocks, end of month:
At mills
At publishers...
short tons.
short tons.
short
short
short
short
short
+1.2
-1.2
-24.0
+4.2
+2.4
Si
ill
Printing
Book publication:
American manufacture
Imported
Paper Boxes
Production:
Total
thous. of sq. ft..
Corrugated
thous. of sq. ft..
Solid
fiber
thous. of sq. ft-.
Operating activity:
Total
per cent of normal..
Corrugated
per cent of normal..
Solid
fiber
per cent of normalPrice index numbers:
Finished boardCorrugated
index number..
Solid
fiber
index numberRaw materials—
85 test liners
index number..
SHPindex number..
index number,.
A^i»^
70
135
149
108
128
140
101
139
154
111
151
166
125
+14.2
+as
r-9.2
-8.5
-1L3
-48
-2.4
1922
1922
114
115
114
112
1922
1922
117
134
123
117
132
105
104
97
41
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.-"Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p. 1.
tn many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29*
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1924
April
I
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or M a y ,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
. FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
192S
1924
Per ctincrease
or decrease i
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
Perct
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
TEAK
OR
PERIOD
(+)
or decreaseMay
from
Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. | M a y Apr.
1923
1924
PAPEE AND FEINTING—Continued
Other Paper Products
62.9
Folding boxes, orders
per cent of capacity..'
29.0
Labels, orders
..per cent ot capacity..
Rope paper sacks, shipments..index number.
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Domestic sales
reams.. <* 79,704
Foreign sales
reams.. a 11,620
BUTTONS
Fresh-water pearl buttons:
Production
per ct. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
41.6
14,191
&70.0
70,890
11,018
101,418
12,370
32.7
14,151
53.0
13,770
504,352
52,901
435,591
50,104
-13.6
-5.3
1921
1921
1922
129
+10.3
1919
1919
113
120
-3.5
-5.2
-21.1
-0.3
1922
1922
GLASS AND OPTICAL GOODS
Illuminating glassware:
Net orders
per ct. of capacity..
Actual production
per ct. of capacityShipments billed
per ct. of capacity..
Spectacle frames and mountings:
Sales (shipments)
....index number..
Unfilled orders (value)
index number..
U 1922
» 1922
« 1922
1913
1919
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Building Costs (Index Numbers)
Building materials:
Frame house, 6-room, 1st of fol'g mo
Brick house, 6-room, 1st of fol'g mo
Building costs (Engineering News Record),
1st of following month
Concrete factory costs (Aberthaw), 1st of following month
,
Plumbing fixtures, 6 articles
Construction and Losses
Contracts awarded (27 States) :
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft.J
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft.
Educational buildings.....thous. of sq. ft..
Other public and semipublic
buildingsi»
thous. of sq. ft..
• r w ^ ? r a n d total
thous. of sq. ft..
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
SSS?? W? 1 1 * 3
thous. of dolls..
industrial buildings
thous. of dolls..!
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls..
^aucational buildings
thous. of dolls..
7. Public and semipublic
Itoings^
thous. of dolls..
1
thous. of dols..
™tedStatesand Canada.thous. of dolls. J
weat Britain
thous. of £ sterling.
Southern pine:
p
™? u c t i on (computed)
M ft. b. m._
^«:::::M & £
-(computed).M ft. b .
1913
r
225
-2 3
-0.5
-1.1
34,332
3,949
42,120
32,002
160,046
20,035
41,810
19,284
183,556
22,238
-0.7
-39.7
+14.7
+11.0
1919
1919
1919
1919
103
47
194
305
106
69
170
206
4-18.2
-16.3
-18.0
+11.2
4,586
57,709
3,529
60,430
16,130
270,435
18,613
287,384
+15.4
+6.3
1919
1919
175
138
157
129
+21.7
-8.9
42,683
64,181
196,775
29,998
48,390
20,213
165,376
35,037
53,133
47,557
148,773
24,346
204,505
158,966
+9.7
-17.8
+24.3
+15.6
1919
1919
1919
1919
134
118,732
224,291
130,611
856,556
137,264
58
231
360
157
111
210
244
+13.4
-G2.7
-16.0
+16.8
25,738
426,103
32,285
358,554
24,042
374,400
104,336
1,512,664
127,606
1,691,724
+22.3
+11.8
1919
1919
186
166
166
174
+25.4
-15.9
31,816
1,613
27,832
847
34,016
1,261
187,200
6,607
160,746
4,552
-14.1
-18.8
1919
1920
146
314
152
178
-12.5
476,998 484,501
478,576 2,250,697 2,329,052
448,535 486,486
509,334 2,462,005 2f 286,773
471,233 440,790 , 406,131 2,397,478 2,254,874
,131,408 1,129,893 1,010,591
351,427
349,936
79,265
68,047
72,597
til
1917
1917
• 1917
1917
1919
101
109
99
77
152
113
115
91
74
155
106
95
86
80
165
111
99
93
7,954
4,488
42,009
9,245
3,755
34,428
4,83G
5,378
3,769
63,347
41.66
9,759
-5.9
-a 4
-47.5
82
137
114
110
99
S2
142
+1.6
+8.5
-6.5
-0.1
+6.7
181
-4.3
1913
232
224
193
191
+5.8
-2.3
+63.3
1917
1917
1919
1922
1913
155
176
147
130
234
149
166
181
95
234
159
164
223
361
212
149
167
202
663
201
145
174
174
361
190
142 I; -2,5
158
-9.3
212 +22.1
182 -49.4
190
0.0
51.69
2,404,442 2,545,074
2,676,597 2,614,943
314,737
192,747
311,969 +264.4
85,601
494,524
510,595
53,219
26,201
17.50
521,070
534,972
45,501
13,632
21.50
51,966
38,462
30,286
62,021
41,764
38,986
67,938
57,326
55,336
256,537
267,405
292,641
259,394
205,595
200,682
+1.1
-f-23.1
-31.4
1918
1918
1918
123
185
151
181
201
193
118
136
132
166
173
183
139
135
105
166
146
136
+19.3
+8.6
+28.7
108,329
66,798
496,003
131,127
60,362
483,814
144,244
68,019
405,835
326,432
276,003
348,346
306,595
+6.7
+11.1
1918"
1918
1918
175
171
124
274
213
153
71
198
199
105
200
174
206
209
18'
219
189
182
+21.0
-9.6
-2.5
5,511
6,997
39,823
5,719
6,716
37,487
9,180
9,551
41,100
33,465
40,004
25,014
28,740
-25.3
-28.2
1917
1917
1917
32
62
40
53
54
39
23
27
31
36
3!
32
39
37
33
38
35
+3.8
-4.0
-5.9
16,011
10,765
74,332
15,251
9,066
77,780
18,281
13,253
102,970
79,264
76,552
72,948
54,691
-&0
-28.6
1917
1917
" 1917
47
49
45
66
42
46
5'
44
3:
68
34
33
55
29
35
-4.7
-15.8
+4.6
t. b. m . J
Includes hospitalsjpu^lic buifdingsfsocia?, religious, and memorial buildings, formerly shown separately in the Survey of Current Business.
-as
222
43,5S0
51,825
17.50
M K. b.
11
221
M ft. b. m_J 507,193
563,149
..Mft. b.i
..Mft.b.L
Mft.b.m..
" 's.perMft.b.m..
• Revised.
217
1914
1913
-dolls, per M ft. b. m_. 43.55
vKS^S™V**9
-1.0
1913
1913
42
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May isswe
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
'the end of this issue. See Contents, p. 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29,
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
INDEX NUMBERS
(+>
1924
Perct.
in-
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
+9.0
1917
1917
1920
160
119
180
139
93
128
105
135
122
106
+3.4
-0.6
+3.0
+4.2
-3.0
1919
1919
153
168
129
147
145
163
149
151
-2.4
+5.2
-3.6
-7.6
1920
1920
124
86
184
102
-10,6
-7.3
1920
1920
124
226
194
226
-26.0
-22.3
1913
1913
65
66
+3.3
-16.9
1913
1913
+29.4
+17.3
(+>
or decrease
192S
1924
Apr. May
Feb. Mar. AprJ May
&
from
Apr.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—Contd.
Lumber—Continued
Western pine:
178,088
Production (computed)..*
M ft. b . m . . «172,195
197, 074
619,735
675,287
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m_. 130,222
129,505
153, 220
674,476
663,454
Stocks, end of mo. (computed) _M ft. b . m._ 974,168 1,003,549
820,640
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b . m . .
50,400
51,660
250,362
44,170
240,170
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
52,430
49,840
261,660
253,757
47,460
Northern pine:
Lumber—
Production
M ft. b. m . .
52,718
59,360
222,615
74,071
230,971
Shipments
M ft. b. m ~
42,856
40,405
239,502
221,292
51,132
Lath—
Production
M ft.b. m_.
14,092
12,578
59,815
18,616
53,453
Shipments
M ft. b. m._
15,098
11,494
14,381
60,771
65,568
Northern hemlock:
Production
M ft. b. m__
22,794
19,800
129,544
27,640
95,889
Shipments
M ft. b. m_.
20,951
18,821
96,569
31,170
124,363
Northern hardwood:
37,642
Production
M ft. b . m__
52,249
48,531
236,899
229,242
Shipments!
M ft. b. m ~
28,070
24,730
34,388
151,170
181,860
Walnut lumber:
Production
M ft. b.m._
3,704
3,647
2,799
15,692
12,129
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
3,285
2,428
2,535
15,615
13,316
Stocks
M ft. b. m._
8,167
9,355
7,355
Walnut logs:
Purchases
M ft. log measure..
3,339
2,756
2,647
12,564
12,894
Made into lumber and
veneer..
M ft. log measure,.
2,502
2,880
2,384
12,591
9,992
Stocks._
M ft. log measure,.
3,312
3,801
3,395
All lumber:
Production, 10 species-.......M ft. b. m_. 1*2,618,279 12,632,763 2,742,801 12,075,363 12,433,839
Exports, planks, joists, etc
M ft. b. m_. ' 148,937 157,769
152,927
837,815
686,636
Retail yards, Minneapolis—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
11,383
13,333
19,031
56,534
44,784
Stocks
M ft. b. m., 124,622
123,780
141,407
Composite lumber prices: li
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m .
44.55
43.29
49.26
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m_
32.00
30.59
36.27
-1.6
91
100
131
85
190
204
131
238
73
86
50
53
48
54
53
52
161
159
171
135
'182
140
183
136
185
111
133
97
-28.0
-1L9
1922
1922
1922
131
156
70
155
132
72
150
185
77
170
168
76
205
170
80
202
126
-1.5
-26.1
+14.5
+2.6
1922
165
181
163
144
189
229
+21.2
+26.0
1922
1922
154
162
180
163
168
181
215
147
189
159
217
182
+15.1
+118
+3.0
+22.0
1913
1909-13
115
79
125
80
110
89
115
86
119
120
+0.6
+5.9
*-20.8
1920
1920
81
71
113
70
32
58
47
61
61
+17.1
-0.7
1921
1920
119
74
118
73
109
65
106
107
65
-2.8
-44
+12.6
-5.7
147
+12.0
-23.9
+15.1
+11.3
Wooden Furniture
. Shipments
Unfilled orders
dolls., average per firm.
dolls., average per firm.
34,533
34,193
* 37,153
* 64,540
149,828
139,104
-7.2
1920
1920
100
42
27
Flooring
Oak flooring:
33,927
37,769
435 489 508 566 +11.3
34,636
460 519
149,472
163,524
+9.4
1913
Production
M ft. b. m .
32,442
38,185
507 508 540 635 +17.7
32,009
534 533
148,234
162,695
+9.8
1913
25,867
30,853
470 426 424 505 +19.3
22,677
Shipments
M ft. b. m .
414 372
151,211
153,570
1913
+1.6
44,677
49,706
425 451 496 552 +11.3
26,816
Orders booked
M ft. b. m..
264 298
1913
45,938
41,164
732 707 634 568 Iia4
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_.
49,548
791 683
1913
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b- m..
83 -15.7
9,900
99
Maple flooring:
100
8,349
97
12,069
120
114
61,076
48,296 -20.9
1919
55 -21.3
8,225
69
Production
M ft. b. m.,
78
6,472
73
12,999
128 110
68,132
40,690 - 4 0 . 3
1919
-1.0
4,819
34
34
Shipments
„
M ft. b. m_.
4,769
52
8,034
61
57
77,793
40,360 -48.1
77
1919
+3.5
24,383
Orders booked
M ft. b. m..
25,243
149 158 163 -22.8
19,131
147
123 124
1919
13,902
28
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m..
36
10,736
46
34,578
51
90
96
1919
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m..
Brick
Clay fire brick (computed):
-6.1
Production
thousands..
62,708
58,900
117 130 124 116
67,215
127 133
319,300
303,260
1919
-5.0
-5.6
Shipments
thousands..
57,204
54,027
114 116 113 107 +2.2
66,296
313,094
129 131
281,555 - 1 0 . 1
1919
Stocks, end of month
thousands.. 216,710 221,583
145 153 156 160 —22.0
158,867
114 114
1919
New orders
.thousands..
S5
56,095
43,728
131 115 109
53,058
351,207
130 103
292,641 -16.7
1919
Unfilled orders
thousands..
81,237
70,938
84
87 76 -12,7
85
115
107,381
130
1919
Silica brick (computed):
-16.5
Production
thousands..)
17,180
160 322 102 -22.1
14,346
16,679
123
119
76,281
99
84,770 +11.1
1919
98
Shipments
thousands..
17,658
157 126
13,751
18,004
130
123
78,852
103
+10.4
+1.4
1919
87,058
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
43,615
106 104 106
44,211
42,304
101 101
1919
Face brick (32 identical plants):
+6.0
179
Production
.thousands..
26,373
135
27,954
26,057
123
108,737
150 167
JlQ.4
112,043
1919
+3.0
Stocks on yards "
thousands..
58,462
52,398
276 253 23S 213
179
192
-7.3
1919
169
Unfilled orders
thousands..
50,086
46,426
147 163 182 213
57,363
245 208
+4.5
1919
204
Shipments
^
thousands..
174
28,482
29,760
110
29,421
211
"II6,"975
189
~id9,"203
"1920
-1.6
Paving brick:
Production—
+16.8
Actual....
thousands..
26,569
34,382
+56.8
3*750
Relation to capacity
per cent..
69
71
Shipments
thousands..
15,827
24,507
26,209
Stocks, end of month
..thousands..' 122,123
122,303
77,662
Orders received
thousands..
20,847
46,147
34,475
Cancellations
thousands..
665
444
2,158
+20.5
Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands83,184
100,242
90,644
Prices, common brick:
ao
305
I
305
Wholesale, red, New York.dolls. per thous...
305 I 305
2a 00
2a 00
20.00
305 1 305
1913
« Revised.
6 AprU, 1923.
i* Average of quarterly inventories.
week of the following month indicated, weighted on the basis of production.
month, there" Prices are avei
fflirrent
^ o t ndute f o r m e d brick in kilns as reported prior to September, 1923.. Actual ^ to cnwamw
fore, are not comi
„ « » w *.*.*«* *** j^cc«iuuei 1923.. ™r
The index numbers, however, have been computed on a chain relative basis and are strictly compai
» Ten months' average, March to December inclusive
4?
43
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on t h e following Items m a y
be found in the detailed tables of t h e quarterly Issues of t»:e S U R V E Y . T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete d a t a for t h e period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items a p p e a r a t
tbe end of this issue. See C o n t e n t s , p . 1.
In m a n y c a s e s J u n e
figures
a r e n o w
available a n d m a y b ef o u n d i n t h e
April
special t a b l e o np a g e 29.
B U I L D I N G
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
1024
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or M a y .
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1924
50,349
49,255
53,249
47,460
o r d e - ,|
crease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
Perct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+)
1933
1924
or decrease
Apr. May
Feb. M a r . A p r . M a y
from
Apr.
U
C O N S T R U C T I O N — C o n t d .
C e m e n t
Production
thous.
Shipments
thous.
Stocks, e n d of m o n t h
thous.
Price, Portland:
Chicago district
dolls,
Lehigh Valley
dolls,
Concrete paving contracts:
Total
thous. of
Roads
thous. of
of bbls_
o f bbls.
of bbls_
11,726
12,771
<* 17,159
13,777
14,551
16,403
12,910
14,257
10,144
bbh
bbl.
1.75
1.75
1.76
1.75
1.75
1.90
sq. yds.
sq. yds.
10,196
7,004
per
per
6 7,370
6 4,550
22,282
15,152
+5.8
-3.6
1913
1913
1913
ISO
197
146
+17.5
+13.9
-4.4
1913
1913
173
197
0.0
0.0
26,780
18,836
+20.2
+24.3
1919
1919
+2.1
+1.3
1919
120
+6.2
1923
106
+0.5
1923
1923
98
134
+3.1
+25,4
10S
95
90
-35.7
Roofing
Preparing roofing:
Shipments
thous. of roof squares..
Roofing felt:
Production, d r y felt
tons
Stocks—
"
Total:
„
tons
_, D r y felt
Itons..
Receipts—
5*gs
tons..
Paper
tons..
Miscellaneous
tons,.
2,350
2,496
2,853
12,444
12,701
17,016
17,108
17,941
80,250
81,316
11,686
2,590
12,052
3,247
14,078
2,485
16,093
5,760
l f 587
16,669
5,544
1,020
13,504
6,338
1,019
76,895
30,104
5,923
77,011
29,847
7,445
+0.2
-0.9
+25.7
1923
1923
1923
102,984
65,299
97,606
101,146
64,399
74,494
93,583
33,866
77,686
460,705
514,977
+11.8
588,276
564,l89
-4.1
1919
1919
1919
254
84
151
- L 8
-1.4
-23.7
128,002
125,695
104,210
110,697
144,088
72,441
109,759
44,391
102,677
507,553
649,910
+28.0
number..
number..
750,139
616,815
-17.8
1919
1919
1919
215
39
195
-13.5
+14.6
-3tt 5
-
130,247
102,458
110,813
126,627
116,826
85,864
110,013
47,539
107,050
558,005
1919
1919
1919
90
43
157
-2.8
+14.0
-22.5
79,249
81,561
61,032
78,100
94,829
48,571
57,866
49,984
62,283
1919
1919
»' 1919
191
70
156
-1.4
+16.3
-20.4
»' 1921
1*1921
780
851
-10.4
-20.3
Sanitary Ware
Baths, enamel:
Orders s h i p p e d .
°t(>cks
Order received
Lavatories, enamel:
Orders
shipped
°t0.cks
number
number..
number
1Sfvd
numb€r
::::::::::::SSS&number :
::;:::":-:-SSS&'
'-/-number:
number..
Jl^bs
Small ware
Acetate of lime:
Sh?n U C t i ? D
th0
H p t a i or use
month
Methano?'
thous. of lbs_.
thous o f lbs
"
"'
^
« S . Of lbS..
-12.7
273,672
395,741
+44.6
"375,~635
214,309
296,497
549,450 1,066 772
12,650
12,002
30,535
11,539
8,102
14,823
17,938
9,007
559,202
798,369
673,746
636,122
566,870
602,457
gallons.. 2,656,211 |2,615,144 |2,429,617
month
-10.7
-41.0
1922
1922
1922
3,927,477 3,318,601
3,474,427 3,180,397
-15.5
-8.5
1922
1922
1922
65,635
866,518
90,509
760,123
440,445
tons.
tons.
10,727
73,219
9,608
73,541
10,005
107,329
97,579
622,406
thous. of lbs.
1,024
387
93,828
1,885
374
126,271
906
579
104,641
3,372
2,658
433,488
long
long
d a
-----
64,889
46,702
72,672
79,194
72,430
849.991
(carbonized)
Imports.
f-^°
683,279
number.,
CHEMICALS
f S
239 118
689,086
+23.6
782,628
IongtODS
indei
126
110
59
95
-8.8
-32.5
+11.3
99
100
95
-17.0
102
92
-9.4
+1.9
45
170
-10.4
+0.4
+5.6
-1.5
-16.2
1922
1922
141
81
93,760
571,557
-3.9
+9.4
1909-13
1909-13
47
249
4,931
2,363
465,334
+46.2
-11.1
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
•
1,985 2,000
95 1 101
307
,292
122
+84.1
-3.4
+34.6
244
137
132
ISO
75
230
137
156
153
70
+10.6
-2.8
-1.3
-3.2
0.0
+7.3
number.
U S
Aug. 1914
Aug. 1914
Aug. 1914
1913
1913
253
134
132
ISO
71
i«1920
i»1920
107
49
NAVAL STORES
-0.2
+124.3
+5.1
15,581
22,456
34,949
23,595
34,130
18,224
72,068
71,936
57,310
203,159
112,571
234,644
105,626
211,063
333,740
313,040
6.2
barrels-.
"1920
1*1920
116
101
105
thous. of lbs..
t h o u s . of lbs..
3,552
108,935
2,919
75,806
3,144
79,698
29,874
311,140
19,569
474,572
-34.5
+52.5
1913
1913
19
301
11
373
499
20,461
20,083
17,493
MS, 606
18,454
78,384
96,564
90,542
108,378
+15.2
+12.2
1913
1913
155
152
143
156
130,953
66,127
"23,675
1919
12
201
117
+96.4
+15.5
16
484
10
354
-17.8
-30.4
190
199 .19;
169
169 1 1 4 7
FATS AND OILS
b
ImnorS"**
Oleomargarine*"
»5
SSgSF*
Stocks
Production
-12.9
Cottonseed
*
thous.
«b Revised.
A p r i l , 1923
73,112
45,104
.101
75
38
134
1919
<*23,714
91
35
19
1919
368,063
+0.3
366,938
«20,592
139
162
161
1913
117
" E i g h t m o n t h s average, M a y to December* inclusive.
, A. . A
» C r o p year average, beginning A p r . 1 and ending M a r c h of t h e year indicated.
52,323
32,736
26
13
-49.5
76
41
139
54
30
135
-2S.4
-27.4
-3.0
44
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
OTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found In the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL, D A T A
INDEX NUMBERS
>erct.
in-
(+)
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1928
1924
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+)
1923
or decrease
1924
Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May
ft
from
Apr.
FATS AND OILS—Continued
Flaxseed
Receipts:
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shipments: •
Minneapolis
Duluth
_
Stocks:
Minneapolis Duluth
Linseed oil:
Shipments from
Minneapolis
Linseed-oil cake:
Shipments from
Minneapolis
thous. of bushs.,
thous of bushs_.
210
100
294
210
238
1,919
547
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bufh?..
146
133
101
157
29
163
353
thous. of bnshs..
thous. of bnshs..
81
132
70
160
thous. of lbs_.
th»us. of lbs..
8,765
1,375
683
-8.3
+24.9
1913
1913
850
+94.3
+34.1
1913
1913
20
1913
1913
+40.0
+110.0
108
-30.8
+18.0
121
6
70^
4
-13.6
+21.1
-30.4
6,213
9,845
45,041
52,320
+16.2
1913
67
65
74
80
6,978
10,011
72,081
72,258
+0.2
1913
53
33
52
53
29
60,032
47,218
-21.3
1913
86
121
-20.4
FOODSTUFFS
Wheat
Exports, including flour *_thous of bushs*,
Visible supply:
United States
thous. of bushs.,
Canada
thous. of bushs..
Receipts, principal markets ..thous. of bushs..
Shipments, prin. markets
thous of bushs..
Wheat flour:
Production
thous. of bbls..
Consumption
...thous. of bbls..
Stocks
thous. of bbls..
Prices:
No. 1, northern Chicago...dolls, per bush..
No. 2, red winter, Chicago.dolls. per bush..
Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl..
Flour, winter straights,
Kansas City.
dolls, per bbl..
8,418
7,206
14,396
57,383
93,380
10,123
12,017
45,258
62,299
15,368
16,646
37,203
41,498
16,742
22,191
9,521
8,588
6,700
9,765
9,089
6,400
9,007
8,701
6,800
1,128
1,038
1,177
1,066
6,350
84
79
71
-144
112
372
57
60
96
286
32
60
76 -21.1
191 -33.3
49 +51.8
84 +38.0
1913
1913
1919
1919
83
220
70
63
• 62
127
53
111
122
387
63
53
1914
1919
1919
92
103
79
93
107
72
106
107
76
109
117
72
98
105
71
100
in
68
+2.6
+5.8
+15
1,200
1,289
1913
1913
137
134
31
131
129
114
128
110
124
105
129
108
+4.3
+2.7
6,638
6,720
1913
152
147
138
137
+15
5,294
5,470
5,675
1913
149
148
139
139
+3.3
2,150
19,794
17,535
15,912
6,437
1,853
13,480
16,131
17,546
5,027
5,358
35,036
14,679
10,663
16,187
6,084
122,706
85,605
28,166
138, 053
91, 680
33,209
1913
1913
1919
1919
1913
133
291
113
161
126
127
102
71
183
145
84
243
290
240
170
95
325
202
196
187
-13.8
-31.9
-8.0
+10.3
-21.9
1913
127
130
128
127
-0.5
1913
1913
1913
82
126
39
65
78
35
91
102
16
81
96
11
-0.2
-36.9
-25.9
1913
124
120
131
128
1913
1913
28
48
1913
107
119, 622
78,055
79,166
62,499
-33.8
-19.9
48,145
43,270
51,150
45,259
+6.2
+6.2
Corn
Exports, including meal
thous, of bushs..
Visible supply
_
thous. of bushs..
Receipts, principal markets thous. of bushs..
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
Grindings (starch, glucose)...thous. of bushs..
Prices, contract grades,
No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
Other Grains
Oats:
•
Receipts, principal
is. of bushs.
markets
thous
Visible supply.
thous
\s. of bushs.
Exports, including meal..thous,
5. of bushs.
Prices, contract grades,
Chicago
dolls, per b u s h . .
Barley:
Receipts, principal
s. of bushs.
markets
thous,
Exports
thous , of bushs.
Prfce, fair to good, malting,
Chicago
dolls, per b u s h , .
Rye:
Receipts, principal
markets
thous,.of bushs..
Exports, including flour..thous,..of bushs..
Pace, N o . 2, Chicago
dolls.. per bush..
.790
13,769
10, 656
185
.786
13,737
6,720
137
.489
-58.1
+12.5
+7.1
+17.9
.809
13,454
13,514
1,069
87,547
79,263
4,581
4,581
-9.5
-61.4
.451
2,804
706
2,204
448
1,806
365
.803
.761
.673
960
2,147
.662
2,488
1,999
.671
4,639
.777
13,606
37,464
3-5,853
25,827
33, 622
8,880
4,000
5,200
6,660
8,400
2,600
6,920
6,000
3,200
123,034
71,449
703,884
14,041
3,937
14,298
3,035
+1.8
-22.9
-0.2
-21.4
-36.5
103
118
120
122
-5.2
+2!
22,014
.17,676
8,870
5,734
-49.7
-67.6
1913
1913
1913
185
311
1,436 2,993
134 122
150
259
113
74 192
130
235 1,385 1,290
108 104 106
121,262
201,318
72,435
211,572
-40.3
1913
1919
124
36
73
126
73
105
66
229
172
440
357
17
714
415
40
879
343
114
714
4
Total Grains
Total grain exports, incl. flour.thous. of bushs.
Car loadings of grain and grain products-.cars.
11,643
+5.1
-11
+3.7
Argentine Grain
Visible supply:
Wheat
thous. of bushs.
Corn
.._..._^_*_. . . . . . . thous. of bushs
Flaxseed
thous. of bushs.
1913
1913
1914
329
92
659
-25.0
+110.0
-S0.0
Bice
Total movements to mills
sacks or bbls.
Paddy at California warehouses:
Shipments
sackS
Stocks end of month
" sacks"
r a d d y r e C 6 i p t
t
?pent£
£
Total from mills
Stocks^
**°*
Mills and dealers
01 3
*
^ " * b l i
thous. of pockets..
* o f !>«**•-thous. of pockets
pockets hoo lbs.)!!
pockets (iOO lbs.)..
thous
-41.9
42,977
468,951
80,057
57,463
566,768
376,080 1,393,910
13,986
137,116 2,406,490 2,119,349
+33.7
lift {
-82.5
-11.9
1919
87
22
95
61
+3.6
470
95
306
71
560
203
3,500
1,380
3,627
776
-43.8
1919
1019
116
124
92
80
151
80
134
70
718
35,493
116,428
430
32,978
75,847
1,170
24,526
351,396
284,447
1,839,139
203,915
854,221
-28.3
-63.6
1919
1919
1919
194
52
106
144
13
112
207
23
56
146
43
53
tt Index number less than 1.
45
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following Items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly Issues of the SURVEY. T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept.* 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many case* June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29*
Per ct.
Increase
(
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1924
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
t>
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
1923
1924
277
1,529
15,123
2,514
10,431
61,708
24,018
89,298
8,569
63,672
378,473
27,692
96,848
11,423
57,176
420,664
+15.3
+8.5
1,800
746
275
1,141
1,900
716
300
1,173
8,375
3,159
1,222
5,166
8,443
3,174
1,101
5,310
399,509
13,827
449,417
447,620
13,911
442,368
442,334
13,647
2,047,596 2,067,249
2,034,037 2,044,615
62,226
64,892
78,177
66,063
10.775
17.00
15.50
10.269
17.00
16.90
April
May
<*2,098
3,373
18,406
2,270
12,680
65,624
761
2,201
17,506
2,752
10,817
70,455
1,751
627
238
1,108
Per ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAS
OR
PERIOD
(+)
1923
or decrease
1924
Apr. May
cb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
FOODSTUFFS-Contlnued
O t h e r Crops
Apples:
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
. . . t h o u s . of bbls..
Car-lot shipments
i
carloads..
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads..
Hay, receipts
tons..
Cattle a n d Calves
Cattle movement, primary market:»
Receipts
thousands..
Shipments, total
thousands..
Shipments', stocker and feeder.thousands..
Local slaughter
thousands..
Beef products:
Inspected slaughter produc..thous. of lbs..
Apparent consumption
thous. of l b s . .
Exports
thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
thous. of lbs..
Prices, Chicago:
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100 lbs..
Beef, fresh native steers.dolls. per 100 lbs..
Beef, steer rounds, N o . 2.dolls. per 100 lbs-.
H o g s a n d Pork
Hog movement, primary markets:
4,374
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
4,321
1,608
Shipments, primary markets..thousands..
1,559
46
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands..
57
Local slaughter
thousands
2,735
2,809
Pork products, total:
Inspected slaughter produc..thous. of lbs.. 690,514 724,021
595,666
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.. 561,405
Eiports
thous. of lbs.. 137,577 114,759
Cold-storage holdings
^
(end of month)
thous. of lbs.. 1,007,215 1,020,811
Production
.thous. of lbs..
S x P°rts
thous. of lbs..
Cold-storage holdings
Ot m o n t h )
thoua
Prices- of lbs-.
Hogs, heavy, Chicago...dolls, per 100 lbs..
Hams, smoked, Chicago.dolls. per 100 l b s . .
Lard, prime contract, N . Y..dolls, per l b . .
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
-63.7
-317
+4.9
+21.2
-14.7
+0.9
+0.5
-9.9
+2.8
1919
1919
1919
1919
+2.8
+19.0
+15.5
+3,0
+1.0
+0.5
-4.1
1913
1919
1913
+1Z8
+12.0
+0.6
65,023
1919
-15.5
9.538
14.50
14.60
1913
1913
1913
-4.7
• 0.0
4,524
^443
67
3,072
23,566
8,096
342
15,445
25,166
9,345
252
15,763
739,251
608,134
165,272
3,993,319
2,746,828
874,641
4,011,327
2,904,237
843,107
+33.3
+6.6
+11.1
+6.8
+15.4
-26.3
+2.1
+0.5
+6.7
-3.6
993,301
930,984
469,349
.+9.8
-3.2
+7.4
+9.0
1919
1919
1919
1919
116
117
101
115
117
131
76
111
1913
1919
1913
153
171
200
143
201
168
+3.1
-19.3
-2.6
+4.9
+6.1
-16.6
1919
111
109
+1.3
1919
1919
204
135
193
116
-L7
-It 5
170,096
73,307
167,289
62,648
155,449
93,190
101,945
128,226
84,^30
1919
93
111
+25,8
74.25
19.00
.113
74.44
19.44
.110
74.50
21.10
.116
1913
1913
1913
128
109
114
102
-0.5
-2.3
-2.7
1,348
613
105
726
1,344
629
118
723
1,794
909
216
888
7,673
3,514
752
4,153
7,168
3,362
561
3,813
-6.6
-4.3
-25.4
-8.2
1919
1919
1919
1919
59
52
20
33,848
37,221
37,482
192,023
184,496
-3.9
1913
71 || +10.0
2,085
2,272
4,445
848,116
484,702
Sheep and Lambs
Sheep movement, primary markets:
receipts, primary markets
thousands..
ghpments, primary markets ..thousands..
Bninmfini* e f ^ i r ^ j ^ f e e a e r thousands
th
Prices:
°£ m o n t n >
o u s . of l b s . .
Sheep, ewes, Chicag O ....dolls. per 100 l b s . ,
fabeep, lambs H Chicago..dolls. per 100 l b s . .
9.938
15.938
6.625
14.219
6,169
13.144
15,608
17,742
13,392
52,068
39,247
57,274
cases.-
16,502
21,489
195,188
17,346
21,773
200,300
15,392
12,312
253,212
thous. of l b s . .
*<>u, c r i b s . .
142,633
15,305
13,921
169,100
16,143
27 II + 9 . 0
26
1919
-0.3
+2.6
+1Z4
-0.4
212
1913
1913
205
141 || - 3 3 . 3
182 - 1 0 . 8
Poultry
thous. of lbs..
t h o u s . o n b s __
(ena of month)
Total catch,
Cdd-stor-Canned
te?
and
Fish
p s . . . t h o u s . oflbsa of mo.thous. of lbs..
upment
110,346
115,605
65,562
73,939
1,405,608
1,406,613
+4.8
+12.8
+13.7
1919
1919
88
-24.6
1919
1919
1922
20
+5.1
+1.3
Dairy Products
^Wrated mUk::
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
r ; ; ; * ^ ^ " " ; - " " ; - ^ © " 8 ' ° f cases.,
ipgs
(end of month):
+
"
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
thous. of cases..
52,344
16,440
2,487
65,366
19,010
2,610
65,330
18,982
2,884
8,977
26,159
3,609
22,328
27,148
6,944
10,112
17,507
7,890
dolls, per l b . .
dolls, per lb._
.384
.182
.383
.184
.417
.223
23,185
17,263
2,577
25,503
17,051
2,550
20,526
id ran
Recei
eipts™.
253,223
76,427
9,123
74,283
11,314
88,296
i Revised.
249,326
78,902
8,005
77,558
12,042
115,769
-1.5
-3.2
-12.3
+4.4
+6.4
+31.1
1920
1919
53
26
78
23
20
-9.0
1919
1919
1919
106
101
188
142
117
243
79
101
101
209
142
117
220
+24.9
+15.6
+4,9
1916-20
1916-20
1916-20
6
38
103
18
47
227
14
75
16
1!
70
104
39 +148.7
+3.8
72
200 +92.4
1919
1919
75
70
70
72
78
65
59
1919
1913
1919
113
154
254
131
170
28'
107
150
304
120
165
332
65
59
-0.3
+1.1
132
172
357
+8.8
+7.6
+10.0
46
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following Items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period.
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924,inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29*
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FEOM JANUABY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
384,952
426,955
370,001
432,206
277,027
25,342
338,092
30,055
174
319
.
.064
.079 |
.056
.073
.079
.094
634,044
380,109
940,715
375,924
376,019
929,239
325,987
399,020
2,934,258
2,291,944
3,150,943
2,239,173
111,957
121,600
90,416
627,948
608,719
4,351
634
1,131
4,665
657
1,073
6,451
826
298
3,187
5,602
728
463
940
679
356
4,926
2,690
5,114
2,645
1924
(+)
or de-
crease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
Perct.
Increase
I N D E X NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+)
1923
or decrease
1924
Mar, Apr. May
from
Apr.
211
133
+U
Apr.
May
1913
1919
223
150
209
146
233
131
-45.9
1919
1909-13
343
,332
331
,479
138
243
354
:,oi8
+22.0
+18.6
-34.5
1913
11
' 2
+83.3
1928
1924
367,891
474,169
1,823,674
2,065,098
1,861,952
1,975,199
+2.1
-4.4
315,680
43,679
148,791
80,490
37,692
24,676
Feb.
F O O D S T U F F S - C ontinued
Sugar
Imports
long tons..
Meltings',! ports"
. . . . . . l o n g tons.,
Stocks at refineries
(end of month)
long tons..
Refined, exports
long t o n s . .
Cane, domestic:
Receipts at New Orleans
long tons..
Prices:
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal,
N. Y. .
I_..dolls.perlb._
Wholesale, refined, N. Y...-dolls, per lb_.
Retail, average 51 cities
index number
Cuban movement:
Receipts at Cuban ports
long t o n s . .
Exports
longtons^
Stocks, end of month
long tons..
Coffee
Imports
thous. of l b s . .
Visible SUDDIY:
Worldl...
thous. of bags**United States
thous. of bags M—
Receipts total, Brazil
thous. of bags *>..
Clearances!
• '
Total, Brazil, for world-..thous. of bags * . .
Total, Brazil, for U. S
thous. of bags » . .
Tea
Imports
207
204
187
197
199
180
-1Z5
•-7.6
223
162
257
189
102
-4a 3
,-1.1
-1.2
169
+8.6
1913
1913
1913
223
215
193
-2.3
1919
1919
1919
171
142
117
123
104
-3.1
1909-13
151
120
1913
1913
1913
52
56
27
46
45
31
-1.7
1913
1913
69
54
91
+4.0
1909-13
52
63
74
-7.5
+11.1
1913
1913
84
363
79
374
82
406
96
94
+7.4
+75.8
+3.8
-3.9
-7.7
+7.2
+29.1
+0.6
112
147
l
thous. of l b s . .
5.922 |
4,173
28,050
29,183
5,406
TOBACCO
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large cigars
millions,.
501
553
2,749
2,573
576
Small cigarettes
millions..
5,323
6,392
25,282
28,095
5,555
Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of l b s . .
32,866
34,948
176,568
176,205
Exports:
Unmanufactured leaf
thous. of l b s . . .
63,732
43,950
169,569
28,946
266,598
Cigarettes
millions..
1,135
1,165
4,795
1,125
4,607
Sales of loose-leaf warehouses....thous. of l b s . .
4,800
4,795
120,264
868
158,711
Price, wholesale, Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville..
dolls, per 100 l b s . .
28.00
28.00
27.50
TRANSPOKTATION
River and Canal Cargo Traffic
Panama Canal:
9,545
2,262
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long t o n s . .
2,159
2,354
11,456
5,777
In American vessels...thous. of long tons.. ' 1, 296
1,334
1,502
' 6,757
2,138
In British vessels
thous. of long tons..
524
630
456
2,755
10,645
Sault Ste. Marie Canal...thous. of short tons..
1,610
9,873
10,645
,11,483
7,642
Suez Canal
thous. of metric tons..
2,241
& 1,957
8,556
Mississippi River:
Receipts at St. Louis
short t o n s . .
15,975
10,395
617,605
20,025
Shipments from St. Louis
short t o n s . .
20,465
28,420
6 27,135
41,790
Government barge line
tons..
81,528
210,155
6 60,202
318,053
Ohio River, Pittsburgh, Pa., to
Wheeling, W. Va._.:
..short tons.. 411,499] 606,667
601,649 1,997,185 2,082,900
Ocean Transportation
Entrance, vessels in foreign trade:
Total.. _
. . . . . . t h o u s . of net t o n s . .
5,107
6,551
24,113
25,138
American
thous. of net t o n s . .
2,318
3,324
2,643
,9,909
11,181
Foreign
thous. of net tons..
2,790
3,227
3,427
U,205
13,958
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade:
Total
thous. of net t o n s . .
5,S08
6,464
24,125
5,920
25,546
American
thous. of net t o n s . .
2,470
3,242
2,547
9,866
11,448
Foreign
thous. of net t o n s . .
2,839
3,222
3,372
14,257
14,099
Freight rates, Atlantic ports to:
United Kingdom.weighted index number
All Europe
weighted index number
Freight Cars
Surplus (daily av. last week of month):
Box
number,. 101,648
133,216
15,670
Coal
number.
193,061
168,913
3,953
Total
number.. 329,489
338,526
32,443
Shortage (daily av. last week of month):
Box
number..
42
43
2,974
Coal
number..
97
17
11,392
Total
number..
177
151
T
16,277
Cars in bad order:
Total
cars.. 179,275
189,219
211,766
Ratio to total in use
..percent..
7.9
8.3
9.4
Car loadings (weekly average):
978,341
Total
_
. . . . c a r s . . 879,819
892,829
33,622
Gram and grain products
cars..
37,464
38,853
31,169
Livestock
:.._.cars..
29,694
30,743
goal
cars.. 123,780
132,128
179,904
Forest products
cars..
76,104
72,525
75,697
61,631
2rre~C—*r~~l
..—.cars..
20,743
51,996
579,004
Merchandise and miscellaneous
cars.
580,511
557,692
b April.
^ v *?C°™pHed by the Federal Trade Commission from reports from about 600 large publishers.
Publishers Association from reports from about 450 publishers.
» CoPee bags average 132 pounds each.
227
220
204
266
142
-0.2
+57.2
-3.9
+32.0
1913
-29.5
72
+10.4
+20.1
+6.3
+2.6
+2.6
129
£50
5
136
342
58
209
340
29
1913
208
212
212
+20.0
+17.0
+28.9
+7.9
+12.1
1915
1915
1915
1913
1919
537
753
278
None
168
555
824
249
107
170
558
753
274,
None Nonej
174 195
+4.4
+47.0
+51.4
1913
1913
1919
100
684
690
97
968
888
None
None
919
23
538
849
91
616
934
+4.3
179
201
112
162
138
203
+47,4
1922
+4.3
+12.9
1913
1913
1913
105
165
84
134
217
105
103
154
84
104
167
81
115
.197
85
148
283
99
+28.3
+43.4
+5.9
+16.0
1913
1913
1913
109
163
88
132
204
104
103
153
83
101
160
118
198
144
259
100
+21.3
+31.3
+13.5
1920
1920
22.6
22.6
22.3
22.1
29.9
25.1
28.4
25.7
+1.1
+16
1919
1919
1919
6
4
7
19
5
17
63
75
71
180
131
1919
1919
1919
73
420
146
16
271
67
6
59
17
3
2
118
116
'8
-1.8
-1.1
1909-13
1913
1919
551
741
277
1913
1913
138
126
139
138
110
110
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
117
98
96
100
135
54
123
122
86
95
102
133
165
123
113
126
100
108
140
25
113
114
105
93
92
143
31
121
0.0
+9.0
+2.9
, +20.2
+513.2
530
711
286
16
193
78
29.6 28.1
24.8 25.3
113
112
212
212
124
255
174
(10)
90
70
134
55
123
Since June, 1923, data complied by the American
+31.1
111 5
+2.7
+2.4
^52.5
-14.7
47
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May Issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, toMar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cose* June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
Per ct.
Dcrease
N U M E B I C A L DATA
Perct.
increase
(
INDEX NUMBERS
(+)
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May.
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1928
1924
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
t>
1928
1921
or decrease
Apr. May
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
TRANSPORTATION—Continued
Railroad Operations
Revenue:
Freight
thous. of dolls..
Passenger
„
thous. of dolls..
Total operating
thous. of dolls..
Operating expenses
thous. of dolls*.
Net operating income:
Total
thous. of dolls..
Freight carried
....mills. ton*miles..
Locomotives in bad order, 1st of following
mon th, per cent to total use:
Freight
percent..
Passenger
percent.Passenger Travel
Railroads:
Pullman passengers carried
thousands..
National parks:
Visitors
number..
Automobiles entered...
!number_.
Arrivals from abroad:
Aliens
...
_
number
United States citizens
number..
Departures for abroad:
Aliens
..
___.
number..
United states citizens
number..
Passports issued
___
.number..
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Telephone companies:
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
leiegraph companies:
Commercial telegraph tolls.thous. of dolls..
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Central electric stations:
Production, electric p o w e r Total
mills, of kw. hours..
By water power...mDls. of kw. hours..
By fuels,
mills, of kw. hours..
Consumption
of fuels—
£°.al
thous. of short tons_.
gil
___thous. of barrels..
Gas.__._.___..___.__miiikm5 of cu. ft. J
Uross revenue, sales
342,783
85,196
& 386,296 1,478,918
6 87,842
346,366
6 523,304 2,008,621
6 404,148 1,607,060
474,822
377,692
6 83,515
6 38,321
61,822
31,900
18.5
19.5
19.7
17.8
2,681
2,685
2,118
268,043
147,879
1,400,446
347,437
1,927,838
1,627,650
-5.3
+0.3
-4.0
-4.9
1913
1913
1913
1913
210
151
198
215
264.535
172,688
-1.3
+16.8
1913
1913
134 103
133 j 114
22,0
20.0
+1.7
2,670
12,991
6 46,875
61,481
117,093
2,782
179,380 +53.2
6,796 1+144.3
13,213
1919
1919
87
1913
129
194
148
ISO
20S
-4.4
-9.5
85
74 1
. 1920
1920
20
129 ! 130
127
129
56
C8
27
85
29
41
102
47
99
+0.1
41
80
-11.4
41
31
24
85
C9
05
611 1,001 11,348
+313
+22.5
+310
55,565
24,253
49,215
19,607
66,854
21,161
262,332
107,767
238,731
106,805
-9.0
-0.9
1913
1913
55
100
15,940
20,791
19,655
21,091
25,467
26,347
16,334
20,603
22,885
61,073
96,772
62,077
75,214
110,746
72,030
+23.2
+14.4
+16.0
1913
1913
1913
27
32
64
69
S28 ,171
M3,952
> 10,212
172,434
44,640
185,352
39,478
+7.5
-11.6
1913
1913
335
275
342
247
357
272
9,177
11,266
1,518
44,682
55,031
8,166
43,831
34,310
6,995
-1.9
-1.3
-14.3
1919
1919
1919
116
107
92
111
103
76
117
.109
85
4,751
1,846
2,905
6 4,472
61,783
6 2,690
18,279
6,591
11,688
19,755
6,797
12.959
+8.1
+3.1
+10.9
1919
1919
1919
147
133
149
128
162
154
141
161
146
152
143
2,937
1,209
2,834
111,400
&2,9G7
6 981
6 2,297
* 102,400
13,124
4,553
8,489
423,400
13,169
5,911
11,087
479,140
+0.3
+29.8
+30.6
+13.2
1919
1919
1919
1913
101
106
129
394
114
168
146
472
111
167
179
454
100
131
159
423
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
1923
102
95
104
101
100
103
100
104
101
109
100
100
107
97
99
97
94
97
97
101
99
95
102
96
97
96
95
97
97
101
103
99
105
95
96
96
91
95
92
93
PI 1 87
S9
94
97
98
SS
92
101 100
101
92
102 102
100
94
92
92
95
90
94
88
-12
-1.1
-4.4
-5.3
-1.0
-13
-1.0
-8.9
0.0
-6.0
0.0
-5.3
-6.4
46,987
10,337
8,800
10,880
1,438
8,874
11,083
1,498
1
117
110
92
-19.2
+
+1.9
+12
thous. of dolls.
EMPLOYMENT
{Index numbers relative to 1SSS)
imployed, by industries:
Food™
. all classes
^products
•ieitiles
Iron and steel..
Lumber.
Sals
Stone,
Leatherclay", and glass!!"
Metals e x c i r o n a n d B t j
Vefe
Miscell
d
'
'
"
"
t
State
theus. of dolls.
;ate.
^-7-
102
96
103
102
101
100
100
102
104
107
100
101
107
524
232
503
206
560
230
1914
1920
1915
1922
1922
110 100
113 113
117
118
116
136 134 131
130
128
•127.3 123.9 323.4 125. 5 122.5 116.1
J10L5
107.2
108.5
jlO&.
5
113.5
113.2
1109.3 L09.1 97.2 W.7 92.3 8S.3
-10
-11.2
-5.2
-2.5
-13
14,530
13,847
15,484
1914
1915
257
'269.9
218
-4.7
-3.7
27.70
27.54
27.63
1914
1915
1922
1922
222 !216.9
222 226
221
2J6
1108.5 13.3 14.3 _11.3 112.1 111.5
230.8
226.2
i229.5
230.6
212.3
1218.9 230.9 |226.4 222.1 1218.6 |216.4
33,836
20,099
13,737
27,404
16,318
11,086
29,261
18,465
10,706
146,267
93,443
52,824
153,666
90,979
62,687
+18.7
1913
1913
1913
272
241
348
260
232
326
270
224
380
279
218
425
300
252
415
243
205
335
-19.0
-18.8
-19.3
29,720
17,257
1,293
7,370
240
2,085
170
29,211
17,075
1,299
7,157
240
115,391
66,789
130,777
75,800
+13.3
+13.5
1913
1913
298
252
322
268
294
243
343
•373
313
366
309
-1.7
-1.1
"667
'648
3,013
3,017
25,696
14,791
1,211
6,370
219
1,640
165
2,887
144
index nurober.
. index number,
.index number.
261
mi
252
283.6
256
I2SS.7
245
[276.3
-0.6
-3.7
+1.5
-1.0
MOVEMENT
Mailorder houses-
;. of dolls.,
rofdolis!!
i,"ofdcTls!!
operated.
154
a Revised.
1,S62
.169
154
"fi30
"29,"l27
"'77362
*8*847" *+20.~2
126
13*258"
"278
b April, 1923.
"576' "545
283
"622
•46s
321
261
"304
"404
"336
48
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following Items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are now
available
and may be found in the
special table on page 29.
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Contd.
Restaurant chains:
Total sales, 2 chains
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number..
Child's Co
thous. of dolls..
Waldorf system
thous. of dolls..
Chain stores:
J . C. Penney Co
thous. of dolls..
Number of stores
United Cigar Stores Co
thous. of dolls..
A. Schulte (Inc.)
thous. of dolls..
Owl Drug Co
thous. of dollsNumber of stores
Candy sales by manufacturers.thous. of dolls..
Magazine advertising (for following
month)
..
thous. of lines..
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines..
Postal receipts, total (50 cities) .thous. of dolls..
Money orders:
Domestic paid (60 cities)—
Quantity
number..
Value
thous. of dollsDomestic issued (50 cities)—
Quantity
numberValue
.thous. of d o l l s Foreign issued
thous. of dolls..
Internal-revenue taxes collected:
Theater admissions
thous. of dollsFirearms and shells
thous. of d o l l s Jewelry, watches, and
clocks
thous. of dollsBond and stock issues and
conveyances
thous. of dollsCapital stock transfers
thous. of dolls..
BANKING A N D FINANCE
Life I n s u r a n c e
Policies, new:
Ordinary
thous. of policies.
Industrial
thous. of policies.
Group
number of policies.
Total insurance
thous. of policiesAmount of new insurance:
Ordinary
thous. of dolls.
Industrial
thous. of dolls.
Group
thous. of dolls.
Total insurance
thous. of dolls.
Premium collections:
Ordinary.,-..
thous. of dolls.
Industrial
thous. of dolls.
Group....
thous. of dolls.
Total
thous. of dollsSales of ordinary life insurance:
United States total
thous. of dolls.
Eastern industrial
thous. of dolls.
Western Industrial
thous. of dolls.
Western Agricultural..*-..thous. of dolls.,
Southern
thous. of dolls..
Far Western
thous. of dolls..
Admitted life insurance assets:
Grand total
mills, of dolls..
Mortgage l o a n s Total
mills, of dolls.,
Farm
— . . . m i l l s , of dolls..
All other
mills, of dolls..
Bonds and stocks (book values)—
Total
mills, of dolls..
Government
mills, of dolle..
Kailroad
mills, of dolls..
Public utilities
mills, of dolls..
All others
mills, of dolls..
Policy loans and premium
notes
mills, of dolls.,
Other admitted assets
mills, of dolls..
Per ct.
increase
NUMERICAL DATA
April
Corresponding
month,
April
or M a y ,
1923
May
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1924
2,962
219
1,887
1,075
3,031
221
1,896
1,135
3,076
14,926
15,035
1,923
1,153
9,407
5,519
9,516
5,519
5,951
497
5,911
1,736
1,210
63
33,566
6,143
499
6,494
1,937
1,390
85
32,483
5,032
381
6,402
1,603
90S
43
31,073
19,500
29,056
7,348
4,371
2,411
107,309
26,918
2,212
105,560
25,915
2,108
109,287
24,902
12,046
87,981
8,006
81,618
10,681
79,664
52,776
3,062
30,360
3,211
2,950
30,434
3,265
7,163
158
6,572
126
<+)
or de-
crease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
+2.4
+1.2
I N D E X NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1920
1923
<+>
1924
ordeApr.
May
113
117
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
111
117
113
dolls..
dolls..
from
Apr.
116
+2.S
267
144
+0.5
+5.S
2,161 2,705 2,792
+3.2
273
142
0.0
24,025
+0.7
1913
29,584
8,739
5,606
+1.8
+18.9
+26.0
1913
1919
1913
166,516
170,465
-3.2
a 13,015
498,310
131,591
+2.4
+11.0
+0.4
+5.1
1921
« 11,807
496,399
125,163
1913
1919
1919
-8.8
-1.6
-3.7
384,388
53,394
431,418
+1.2
+12.2
1919
1919
154
166
-33.5
-7.2
2,671
28,238
2,001
13,293
137,975
12,833
15,200
151,369
15,138
+14.3
+9.7
+18.0
1919
1919
1919
176
153
116
-3.7
+0.2
+1.7
6,582
388
31,976
1,345
34,972
648
+19.4
-52.1
1919
1919
128
40
-8.2
-20.3
026
250
270
331
428
+9.9
+11.6
+11 &
• 1,491
1,500
1,467
11,055
11,968
+8.3
1919
114
+0.6
3,850
703
3,815
674
4,247
758
20,845
4,370
19,073
3,943
-8.5
-9.6
1919
1919
104
76
-4.1
202
705
81
907
761
195
797
99
991
901
3,514
424
4,416
961
3,576
349
4,537
+6.7
+1.8
-17.7
+2.7
1913
1913
293
183
531,564
158,557
38,715
728,835
546,851
173,629
27,897
748,377
511,963 2,352,381
162,326
735,720
30,086
106,767
704,376 3,194,870
2,568,462
812,396
110,141
3,490,996
+9.2
+10.4
+3.2
+9.3
1913
1913
1913
1913
122,744
29,235
2,079
154,057
128,613
32,963
1,919
163,495
96,850
27,339
1,390
125,579
471,983
137,556
8,106
617,646
576,828
155,079
10,185
742,092
+22.2
+12.7
+25.6
+20.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
74
662,591
274,522
142,996
98,652
81,478
64,943
252,343
139,517
99,914
78,975
68,019
7,936
7,994
7,329
3,049
1/382
1,666
3,084
1,394
1,691
2,634
1,251
1,384
1,138
1,813
345
92
3,403
1,124
1,633
354
93
3,315
1,222
1,746
274
73
981
519
987
519
919
460
20,654
18,865
21,406
18,639
20,704
20,367
625,957 2,738,824
244,865 1,085,045
132,998
590,665
104,387
444,935
81,780
357,807
61,927
260,372
dolls
dolls..
20,326
15,962
20,722
15,833
19,212
16,365
dolls
dolls.
dolls
dolls"
ddis
cent"
"
dolls
dolls"
dolls. _
447
1,926
426
3,223
2,005
82.0
430
1,891
421
3,214
1,997
82.7
12,121
4,535
11,439
New York call loans.
per cent
Commercial paper, 60-90 d a y s . . . p e r centll
4.44
4.63
ft
1913
1920
3,054,058
1,267,785
664,916
451,887
365,363
304,107
+11.6
+16.8
+12,6
+1.6
+2.1
+16.8
1913
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
1921
250
213
181
201
355 435
277 302
622 1,786
335 408
257
259
5,442
261
213
403 415
305 334
679 ,931
394 404
+3.0
+7.9
-a 6
+6.8
+2.9
+9.5
-27.9
+2.7
+4.8
287 320 332 348
280 304 271 306
,868 6,509 5,706 6,190
'342
289 321
+6.1
150
164
155
123
138
160
-3.6
-8.1
-2.4
+1.3
-3.1
+4.7
129
147
134
100
110
130
133
141
137
114
134
135
200
157
179
165
119
143
152
+0i7
+1.1 ,
+0.9
+U
+0.4
-1.2
+U
+2.6
+U
+0.J
0.0
Banking
Debits to individual accounts:
New York City
mills, pf
Outside New York City....mills. of
Bank clearings:
New York City
mills, of
Outside New York City
mills, of
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted
mills, of
Notes in circulation
mills, of
Total investments
mills, of
Total reserves
mills, of
Total deposits.
mius. Of
Reserve r a t i o ;
per
Federal reserve member banks:
Total loans and discounts..mills. of
Total investments
mills, of
Net demand deposits
mills, of
Perct.
increase
104,829
95,237
93,552
78,865
105,506
93,597
99,507
79,396
+0.6
-1.7
+6.4
+0.7
1919
1919
101
107
102
116
100
106
109
102
108
244
2S5
230
256
249
280
258
278
33
85
79
145
99
153
76
146
101
152
27
77
71
147
103
161
25
76
78
147
104
161
23
74
72
147
104
163
1921
1921
1919
99
138
105
99
139
106
100
134
106
101
134
106
102
135
108
1913
1913
150
93
146
93
137
87
122
83
135
84
1913
1913
274
731
2,250
447
3,195
1,952
76.1
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
11,951
4,659
11,403
11,840
4,665
11,173
3.63
4.23
4.80
5.13
*i Cumulatives for 6-month period, J a n u a r y to J u n e , inclusive.
us
355
-0.3
-0.4
2
t
-18.5
-8.3
49
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. T h e M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, toMar., 1924,inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are
now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29,
BANKING A N D FINANCE—Continued
Banking—Continued.
Saving deposits, b y Federal reserve districts
(balance to credit of depositors):
Total, 848 banks
thous. of dolls.,
Boston, 64 banks
thous. of dolls.
New York, 30 banks, —thous. of dolls.
Philadelphia, 78 banks.thous. of dolls.
Cleveland, 18 b a n k s . . . t h o u s . of dolls.
Richmond, 91 b a n k s . . . t h o u s . of dolls.
Atlanta, 96 banks
thous. of dolls.
Chicago, 209 banks
thous. of dolls.
St. Louis, 32 banks
thous. of dolls.
Minneapolis, 15 banks.thous. of dolls..
Kansas City, 56 banks.thous. of dolls..
Dallas, 85 banks
thous. of dolls..
San Francisco, 72 banks.thous. of dolls.
U. S. Postal Savings
thous. of dolls..
Public F i n a n c e
Government debt:
Interest-bearing
mills, of dolls..
Total gross debt
mills, of dolls..
Customs receipts.
thous. of dolls..
Total ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Expenditures chargeable to
ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..
Money in circulation:
Total
mills, of dolls..
Per capita
dollars.,
Per ct.
increase!
NTJMERICAL DATA
1924
April
May
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1924
or de*
crease
cumulative
1924
from
1923
6,988,643 ,046,598 6,525,878
1,247,628 1,294,697 1,178,188
1,941,969 1,945,064 1,825,584
487,634
487,460
454,744
, 465,639 471,062
421,667
308,941
293,716
228,250
229,719
213,045
900,802
904,430
850,375
137,545
139,262
123,605
. 92,967
89,735
87,989
108,918
110,328
104,380
65,818
66,020
59,594
1,002,532
999,232
911,259
133,090
132,565
131,751
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(+>
orde
crease
May
from
Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May Apr.
1923
1924
130
125
127
125
136
137
136
120
154
125
136
147
143
335
1920
1920 #f
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1913
21,353
21,614
45,696
214,306
21,287
21,545
45,221
190,408
22,186
22,631
62,417
211,118
111,630
113,449
262,982
1,505,105
107,092
108,410
232,602
1,441,017
-4.1
-4.4
-11.6
-4.3
327,002
256,085
319,036
1,491,907
1,243,310
-16.7
4,760
42.33
4,815
, 42.78
4,706
42.34
of dolls..
48,904
36,591.
41,022
of dolls..
of dolls.,
of dolls..
23,137
18,719
7,049
17,757
15,346
3,483
16,686
18,960
5,376
Total commercial
number..
Manufacturing establishments.-number..
Trade establishments
number..
Agents and brokers
number.,
1,707
433
1,178
91
1,816
507
1,215
94
316,565
305,740
TI viv*.
Business Failures
Liabilities:
Total commercial
thous.
Manufacturing establishments
thous.
Trade establishments
thous.
Agents and brokers
thous.
Ter ct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
+0.8
+3.8
+0.2
0.0
+1.2
+0.2
+0.6
+0.4
+1.2
-3.5
+1.3
+0.3
-0.3
+0.4
«1919
»1919
> 1913
M913
-0,3
-0.3
-1.0
-11.2
M913
-21.7
» 1919
» 1919
+1.2
+1.1
94
270,361
+17.2
1913
225
-25.2
113,291
99,543
17,824
159,085
90,428
20,847
+40.4
-9.2
+17.0
1913
1913
1913
307
162
142
1,530
401
1,069
60
8,366
2,073
6,020
273
9,178
2,332
6,335
411
+9.7
+12.5
+5.2
+50.5
1913
1913
1913
1913
114
110
117
81
-23.3
-18.0
-50.5
+6.4
+15.8
+3.1
+3.3
295,050
1,841,776
1,931,286
1913
-3.4
1913
1913
1913
1913
+16.1
-41.0
-4.1
-26.8
230,661
Dividend a n d Interest P a y m e n t s
{For following month)
8[J?,dtotal
Dividend
payments:
i°, t a l
Indus, and misc. corp
Steam railroads
Street railways
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls..
N e w Capital Issues
Tnt«i"Xr" i r ' o r £ t i o n s
thous. of dolls.
Total corporations (Commercial and
Financial Chronicle):
Purpose of i s s u e New capital
thous. of dolls.
64,840
38,965
22,015
3,860
60,300
36,900
21,100
2,300
500,205
267,390
146,855
40,370
523,246
278,810
152,495
44,396
528,857
519,897
817,230
3,934,624
3,397,432
-13.7
1913
249,902
25,804
447,253
48,701
166,583
35,128
1,325,401
330,679
1,456,948
151, 111
-54.3
+9.9
1920
1920
+79.0
+S8.7
1-371.7
+10.9
354
584
469
307
302
-1.7
|tOcJs
thous. of dolls.
XjQQ.CiS flTlCL UOtftS
t l i n t i ^ rtf f)fiH^
52,705
223,001
248,609
247,344
30,582
171,126
422,969
1,234,107
483,157
1,114,902
+14.2
-9.7
1920
1920
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
52,803
1,937
70,789
42,602
44,757
2,170
221,475
26,073
255,189
51,039
+15.2
+95.8
1919
1919
446
None.
538
74
thous. of dolls..
85,954
12,930
277,089
1,550
36,053
17,273
292,759
116,806
629,849 +115.1
52,105 -55.4
1919
1919
316
672
627
365
1-222.4
-8S.0
New capital
thous. of dolls.
-Reftinding
. . - t h o u s . of dolls.
corporations (Journal of
:. of dolls.
1 municipalities:
20,827
2,500
51,064
4,299
32,982
12,485
332,278
73,368
188,759
33,575
-43,2
-54.2
1919
1919
269 311
436 1,324
+145.2
+72.0
265,954
181,185
348,220
1,806,966
1,210,262
-33.0
1913
200
254
131,122
78,733
114,455
23,053
102,351
25,595
445,018
205,349
535,155
295,291
+20.3
+43.8
1913
1913
261
149
301
64
-12.7
-70.7
23,294
16,740
6,554
19,182
13,424
5,758
34,263
15,910
18,353
215,313
89,755
125,558
116,812
34,640
32,172
-45.7
-5.7
-74,4
1919
1919
1919
259
137
5S7
215
137
425
-17.7
-19.8
-12.1
1,371
900
971
9,552
6,543
-31.5
-76.1
-42.7
1922
1922
1922
9
81
64
72
61
-98.0
-86.5
-84.2
1922
1922
1922
Pft,
Railroads— 31 6 ~~
. New capital
to i?. g —T,Public u t i l i t i e s New capital
Cftrn
Tw?
By
55,860
27,625
22,965
5,275
+4.9
+4.6
+4.3
+3.8
+10.0
nent
0 13
I "
Q
t °us. of dolls.
temporary loans
thous. of dolls.
Agricultural L o a n s
fe? ba *ks:
plo^
thous. of dolls.
•an b a n k s . . . t n o u s , of dolls..
and banks
thous.
of dolls.
%
ation:
Rpnflancements
thous. of d o l l s -
1,741
2,214
45,252
6,340
10,828
S^y^ents
thous. of dolls- 64,930
63,615
101,037
566,691
324,866
ni* n c e -r
thous. of dolls149
None,
None.
7,325
None.
cooperative market associations1,098
,276
224
8,141
1,566
&m^CeiD?nts
thous. of dolls8,742
1,523
. 1,299
55,177
10,961
gepayments 1 Twelve m
thous.
dolls.. J u l y to June, inclusive, ending the year indicated.
o n t h sof
' average,
BaIance
—-.-thous. of dolls-
851
453.
426
210
17
. 23
39
194
10
20
3<
132
25
38
Norn Non< Non<
273 None
U
20
106
113
I
22
155
177
« Relative to June 30,1919.
+34.1
H'lO.S
-31.9
-31.4
+27.2
-2.0
None.
-18.8
-14.7
50
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SURVEY. The May issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept. ,1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases June figures are now
available and may be found in the
special table on page 29*
1924
April
May
BANKING AND FINANCE—Continued
Stocks and Bonds
Stock prices, closing:
106.43
106.71
25 industrials, average
dolte. per share.
62.53
62.09
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share.
80.30
81.00
103 stocks, average
dolls, per shareStock sales:
13,442
17,792
N.Y. Stock Exchange—.thous. of shares.
Bond sales:
180,440
185,466
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.
91,979
93,101
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls.
Total
thous. of dolls. 278,567 272,419
Bond prices:
84.4:
83.58
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4(
70.62
69.52
Second-grade rails_.p. ct. of par, "
67.39
67.53
Public utility
p. ct. of par,
72.34
72.03
Industrial
p. ct. of par,
73.17
Comb, price index .p. ct. of par, 4% bond.
72.67
100.94
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct. of par.
100.36
16 foreign governments and
city
p. ct. of par..
100.00
09.89
Comb, price index, 66 bonds_.p. ct. of par.
94.74
94.25
Municipal bond yield n
per cent.
4.26
4.30
Gold and Silver
Gold:
78,501
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces.
78,870
Rand output
thous. of ounces. 768,000 809,003
Imports
thous. of dolls.
41,074
45,418
Exports
thous. of dolls.
1,391
Silver:
Production
thous. of tine oz.
5,833
4,588
Imports
thous. of dolls.
5,640
3,908
Exports
thous. of dolls.
9,687
7,802
Price at New York.l
dolls, per fine oz.
.655
.641
Price at London...pence per standard oz.
33.870
33.065
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BATES
Europe:
England
dolls, per £ sterling.
4.36
4.35
France
dolls, per franc.
.058
.062
Italy
;
dolls, per lire.
.044
.044
Belgium
dolls, per franc.049
.052
Netherlands
dolls, per guilder.374
.372
Sweden
dolls, per krone.265
.264
Switzerland
dolls, per franc.
.177
.176
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen.,
.402
.409
India
dolls, per rupee.
.306
.304
Americas:
Canada
dolls, per Canadian doll.981
.983
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso.748
.746
Brazil
dolls, per milreis.
.112
.110
Chile
dolls, j>er paper peso..
.110
.105
General index foreign exch
index number.
U* S. FOREIGN TRADE
Imports
Grand total
thous. of dolls. 324,427 302,946
By* grand divisions:
EuropeTotal
thous. of dolls.
83,970
84,270
France
thous. of dolls.
12,731
11,283
Germany
thous. of dolls.
9,604
9,831
Italy
thous. of dolls.
7,199
4,924
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls.
28,893
26,128
North America—
Total
thous. of dolls.,
93,054
94,395
Canada
_„
thous. of dolls..
33,178
33,343
South AmericaTotal
thous of. dolls.. 34,528
38,883
Argentina
thous. of dolls..
7,444
7,511
Asia and OceaniaTotal
thous. of dolls.. 104,501
83,537
Japan
thous. of dolls.. 24,728
27,184
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..
7,033
3,203
By class of commodities:
Crude materials' for use in
manufacturing
thous. of dolls- 110,558 104,120
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of dolls... 35,316
37,484
Foodstuffs, partly or wholly
manufactured
thous. of dolls.. 58,652
50,581
Manufactures for further use
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls
54,609
48,650
consumption
Miscellaneous
Exports
Grand total, including
reexports
By grand divisions:
Eun
lurope—
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
.thous. of dolls.,
.thous. of dolls..
Corresponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1923
Perct:
increase
(+)
1924
or decrease
Feb. Mar. Apr. May
from
Apr.
1913
1913
1921
195
76
114
186
73
111
192
73
104
74
97
183
75
96
+0.7
1913
291
334
298
263
257
-24.4
1919
1919
1919
248
25
77
234
41
86
250
23
75
288
31
90
260
39
90
-2.7
-1.2
-2.2
82.58
67.73
66.38
72.25
71.71
98.81
1915
1915
1915
1915
1915
1921
91
89
90
101
93
106
92
90
90
102
93
106
92
91
90
103
94
107
92
91
91
103
94
107
93
92
92
102
95
108
101.37
93.97
4.22
1921
1921
1913
110
110
110
95
108
110
108
110
98
108
110
,97
192ft
1924
cumulative
1924
from
1923
I N D E X NUMBERS
May
108.18
60.73
94.11
23,106
166,736
97,633
264,369
79,866
786,564
46,156
112,885
97,839
1,003,246
402,770
1,301,888 1,406,016
939,859
362,029
-13.3
+6.7
+11.3
+8.0
no
94
351,112
403,733
3,761,240 3,930,059
112,498
201,061
21,742
3,587
+15.0
+ 4.5
+78.7
-83.6
1913
1913
1913
1913
54
107
869
11
26,832
-9.0
+16.0
+98.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
123
149
67
112
118
4.63
.067
.048
.057
.391
.266
.180
Par.
Par.
Par
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
95
34
25
30
97
99
93
.491
.311
Par.
Par.
.979
.817
.104
.128
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
6,835
4,461
3,499
.670
32.611
29,480
22,966
21,679
26,649
42,930
372,545
1,767,387
1,575,706
102,217
12,300
12,762
5,769
44,039
522,157
65,713
65,666
39,342
203,703
440,936
61,673
53,348
29,217
148,851
-10.8
-15.6
-6.1
-18.8
-25.7
-26.9
1913
64
470,743
163,480
475,874
167,236
+1.1
+2.3
1913
1913
49,401
16,875
232,368
67,896
191,777
36,430
-17.5
-46.3
1913
1913
107,092
33,113
9,015
486,944
148,281
55,179
429,317
128,986
39,134
-11.8
-13.0
-21.1
1913
1913
1913
144,924
698,852
539,791
-22.8
1913
28,839
157,213
170,436
1913
1013
244
249
-1.7
63
222
215
217
203
-6.6
-5.8
192
258
313,752
5,362
300,706
8,113
-4.2
+51.3
1913
1913
190
40
1,625, 602 1,782,786
+9.7
1913
+13.2
+6.5
+50.1
+13.9
+5.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
» As of the end of the month.
ao
-5.8
+as
+0.4
+ae
219
1913
915,211
106,935
187,389
72,197
344,129
+0.2
-20.1
+9.9
-54.5
-14,2
808,577
100,375
124,817
63,375
325,539
-as
+12.6
284,116
138,344
20,524
22,969
9,914
48,400
ao
+0.9
-L0
-9.6
331,136
162,086
22,067
28,302
11,203
62,409
+1.1
-1.1
+1.0
0.0
0.0
-1.4
+CL*
73,074
316,359
+1.1
a3
273,876
334,950
94
-1.8
+4.8
-L6
261,079
thous. of dolls.. 346,859
-a»
+5.3
-9.6
-57.4
+27.1
+44.3
+212
+2.2
+Z4
99
64
+8.4
+4.9
65,320
495
-0.3
1913
1913
1013
1913
1913
104,820
35,638
61,679
432
180,278
19,915
32,874
15,120
65,711
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
or decrease
Apr.
64,103
1,189
-thous. of dolls.,
.thous. of dolls.,
-thous. of dolls.,
-thous. of dolls
.thous. of dolls..
Perct
increasi
NUMERICAL DATA
-13.8
355
157
153
111
160
78
151
98
-10.9
193
-4»
-63.7
177
164
168
144
155
112
231
133
161
-3.4
3
•58
51
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Back data on the following items may
be found in the detailed tables of the quarterly issues of the SUBVEY. The M a y issue
(No. 33) showed complete data for the period
Sept., 1921, to Mar., 1924, inclusive. Detailed
tabulations of several new items appear at
the end of this issue. See Contents, p . 1.
In many cases June figures are
now
available and may be found in the
Mpecial table on page 29,
•er ct.
ncrease!
N U M E R I C A L DATA
Correiponding
month,
April
or May,
1923
1924
April
May
(+)
or de-
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
.
MONTH
crease
(-)
•
1923
1921
cumulative
1924
from
1923
Pcrct.
increase
INDEX NUMBERS
BASE
YEAR
OR
( )
1928
t
or decrease
1924
PERIOD
ay
Feb. Mar. Apr.
ay
from
Apr.
U. S. FOREIGN TBADE—Continued
Exports—Continued
North AmericaTotal
thous. of
Canada
thous. of
South AmericaTotal
thous. of
Argentina
, „ t h o u s . of
Asia and OceaniaTotal
thous. of
Japan
thous. of
Africa, total
thous. of
Total, domestic exports only___thous. of
By classes of commodities:
Crude materials for use In
manufacturing
thous. of
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
manufactured
thous. of
Manufactures for further use
in manufacturing....
thous. of
Manufactures ready for
consumption
„
thous. of
Miscellaneous
thous. of
dollsdolls..
84,706
48,319
88,371
48,162
103,968
66,084
439,652
266,998
404,986
231,460
-7.9
-13.3
1913
1913
109
144
+4.3
-0.3
dolls..
dolls..
25,206
8,903
24,764
8,841
22,447
10,275
110, 530
47,710
121,512
43,726
+9.9
1913
1913
206
194
-1.8
-0.7
dolls..
dolls..
dolls..
dolls..
49,287
13,953
7,382
335,645
54,291
15,971
5,638
325,758
46,762
19,890
4,838
309,390
240,972
93,475
25,872
1,594,220
305,387
120,027
29,891
1,740,544
+26.7
+28.4
+15.5
+9.2
1913
1913
1913
1913
285
268
306
165
+10.2
+14.5
-23.6
-Z9
dolls..
80,620
76,855
53,300
383,624
489,522
+27.6
1913
-4,7
dolls..
13,336
10,638
25,997
114,482
66,661
-41.8
1913
-20.2
dolls-.
42,681
37,480
49,132
255,507
241,592
-5.4
1913
-1Z2
259,118
+13.4
+11.8
-15.3
1913
+11
1913
1913
-0.1
-44.7
1913
1913
1913
1913
140
160
101
134
151
175
139
130
191
216
1G6
1SS
1913
1913
1913
1913
163
117
240
154
155
169
171
154
161
154
167
162
1913
1913
1913
129
165
132
145
220
145
143
171
137
+30.8
+65.7
+35.7
+11.8
+3.2
+2.6
+14.8
+11.2
+ 6.3
+ 2.5
-8,4
274
50,006
228,518
147,574
454
147,456
251
130,653
302
608,944
3,145
680,988
2,663
sterling..
sterling.
sterling..
sterling.
86,165
40,009
23,485
22,316
122,087
52,325
38,918
30,288
89,479
43,631
23,741
21,562
449,453
210,668
131,439
105,403
509,945
222,875
166,282
118,254
sterling.
sterling.
sterling.
sterllng
sterling.
sterling.
62,867
4,062
9,480
48,277
70,261
4,191
9,723
55,422
71,555
3,177
14,005
52,801
319,796
15,275
56,128
243,117
326,441
21,502
48,024
251,858
11,771
2,132
7,107
13,091
2,267
7,287
11,773
2,187
7,069
52,909
8,405
64,105
12,840
37,021
+13.5
+5.8
+26.5
+12.2
+2.1
+40.8
-14.4
+3.6
+21.2
+52.8
+ 9.8
2,520
3,535
2,507
14,213
+32.0
1913
102
105
144
+40.3
1,879,051
+3.9
1920
111
107
107
86,157
1,703
26,249
3,183
3,804
118,487
+2.6
1920
1913
1913
75
103
126
91
80
83
74
98
90
+4.5
+35.1
+20.8
+8.2
+2.3
+2.7
1913
1913
1913
»1920
84
128
104
7
72
120
98
4
76
127
101
3
+5.3
+13.9
+8,5
-6.8
1913
91
94
95
+0.5
dolls..
dolls..,
dolls..
53,078
TBADE AND I N D U S T R Y O F F O R E I G N
COUNTRIES
United K i n g d o m
Imports (value):
Total
thous. of £
Food, drink, tobacco.thous. of £
Raw material
thous, of £
v™T? D u f a ? t u r e ( i articles.thous. of £
Exports (value):
S ot al
thous. of £
£ood, drink, tobacco.thous. of £
5 a w ? a ^ e r i a i t h o u s . of £
sab0US of £
i™---thous. of £
Food, drink, tobacco.thous. of £
tbous of £ sterling
M^SSSSd
*
-
-thous. of £ sterling* '
ntities):
u
" f <*
iron and steel
thous. of sq. y d s . .
thous. of long t o n s . .
1,808,601
thous.
tons.
o f of long tonsthous. of long tons.
thous. of metric tons.
618
711
22,555
754
651
810
24,466
703
16,561
425
7,684
714
821
25,391
1,906
p . c t . employed.
92.5
93.0
88.7
tons.
14,253
14,605
13,492
65,841
74,429
+13.0
1920
178
174
189
201
thous. of dolls-
60,203
49,518
72,244
105,311
84,265
76,049
377,766
332,445
348,071
387,131
-7.9
+16.4
1913
1913
122
173
151
242
111
217
155
298
1,671
510
6,055
2,585
1,867
3,655
2,676
11,932
13,103
7,418
40,558
21,960 +67.6
7,084 . - 4 . 5
84,851 1+109.2
1913
1913
1913
113
5
61
208
21
142
259
12
140
451
7
160
102
>93
1,470
336
279
6,163
+11.3
+26.3
+2.4
1913
1913
1913
100
107
157
121
120
190
Production:
T
410,381
16,309
407
5,480
thous
?
395,022
10,765
12,069
337
5,063
Ir
L
R t L— i
Steel ingots
k
;
378,153
33,703
Trade-unions
*
of long t o n s
"
84,007
1,854
33,255
3,111
3,704
119,585
-8.1
-21.1
-0.0
+41.7
Belgium
Production: Zinc
short
Canada
Total trade:
•
es
on
cff
+2.5
184
Wheat
Production:
JV
^quantities;:
thous. of pounds.
thous. of poundsthous of bushs
'
- of long tons.
? t h o n a . of long tons.
m m s o f dolls
(1st of following
index number.
thous
hSgSSt?
Stock*
ErTv£7>;:::*-"v--.-"
.short tons.
tons.
j.ofdolls.
mflls
revenue
,* April, 1923.
- <* ton-miles
thous. of dolls
41,228
87
104
1,215
&5
37'
312
6,312
+20.0
+112.7
+54.7
1+266.1
+577.5
92
109
147
101
-2.3
178
+13.6
"*l,"380
1920
115,572
113,931
20,983
160,745
30,199
2.267
3.485
117,833
117,651
20,734
215,568
32,967
111,486
110,196
13,610
98,901
40,697
511,395
502,757
667,482
560,711
+11.0
+11.5
457,913
108,645
697,225
102.537
+52.3
-5.6
1919
1919
1919
1919
1913
*2,453
K112
9.451
8,692
9.889
12,053
+4.6
+38.
1913
1913
97.3
90.7
15
150
98
14:
96
166
162
108
179
127
166
162
144
180
66
128
66
144
68
129
24
"91.
89.
167
164
154
23
36
91.
17:
168
167
29:
95.2
175
173
165
391
103
+3,7
+2.0
+3.3
-1.2
+34.1
+9.2"
52
EXPLOSIVES *
[Index numbers for base year In bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
Production
Year and month
Shipments
Sales
PERMISSIBLE AND OTHER HIGH
EXPLOSIVES i
BLACK BLASTING POWDER»
TOTAL EXPLOSIVES
Stocks * Production
Shipments
Sales
Stocks
Production
Shipments
Sales
Stocks
Relative to 1922
1922 monthly average.....
1923 monthly average
1923
January
February
..- March.. .
...
.
April
May
June
...-..
July
August
September ....„_.
October
..
November _.
December..
1923
January ._.... February
March. .
April
May
June
....
July
August—*.
September
October
November ..
December
. .
1924
January.
February
March
April
May
June,.*
July
August
*
....
.
100
124
100
118
100
122
1OO
115
100
121
100
115
100
118
100
114
100
123
100
119
100
124
100
117
33
90
91
68
79
91
85
66
84
89
88
67
109
96
97
98
76
97
88
34
94
108
77
38
96
102
82
37
118
99
103
98
70
81
88
84
71
82
90
82
77
81
92
86
94
90
87
96
77
86
96
123
79
76
89
121
77
79
83
118
93
105
109
104
52
72
76
114
56
57
70
124
54
61
67
121
99
112
116
102
87
90
102
122
92
87
101
119
90
90
93
116
82
94
06
91
135
146
137
119
135
137
129
112
138
137
128
112
92
96
99
103
149
158
154
130
160
154
143
119
161
157
140
123
84
82
89
97
119
131
120
106
121
128
121
108
123
124
121
106
104
119
117
112
132
126
132
139
126
115
125
135
134
116
126
145
104
114
118
112
155
141
122
118
152
120
115
120
161
119
121
122
95
113
116
109
113
111
131
143
111
113
131
143
118
114
130
150
120
116
121
116
138
116
112
127
124
117
105
127
129
118
110
127
127
114
119
111
118
101
96
119
100
105
99
116
103
108
104
118
125
116
111
109
142
118
115
125
138
124
109
133
145
124
114
132
117
127
114
105
111
119
108
99
116
124
114
101
113
115
115
118
115
138
119
109
111
128
109
103
116
126
115
103
110
114
121
124
112
114
105
97
111
114
108
96
115
122
113
99
131
111
133
114
117
115
105
108
108
118
116
114
109
114
107
108
116
112
112
109
105
102
102
106
106
118
97
78
120
112
84
70
127
113
92
72
101
103
104
108
104
112
120
128
103
115
121
131
109
112
124
131
111
101
99
102
.
September
October
November..December
See footnotes on opposite page
•
53
EXPLOSIVES l
[Base year in bold-faced type; Index numbers on opposite page]
TOTAL EXPLOSIVES
Year and month
Production
Ship-
ments
Sales
BLACK BLASTING POWDER >
Stocks
Production
Shipments
Sales
Stocks
PERMISSIBLE AND OTHER HIGH
EXPLOSIVES»
Production
Shipments
Sales
Stocks
Thousands of pounds
1922 monthly a v e r a g e .
1923 monthly a v e r a g e .
29,726
36,762
31,030
36,542
28,926
35,174
16,316*
18,758
11,010
13,311
11,394
13,079
10,968
12,939
10,435
11,854
10,754
24,284
19,6S6
23,463
17,953
22,235
5,681
6,904
January...
February.
March....
April
9,704
26,653
27,163
20,287
24,654
28,387
26,418
20,488
24,258
25,651
25,554
19,499
17,848
15,625
15,849
15,917
8,320
10,681
9,694
3,749
10,725
12,261
8,719
4,337
10,512
11,150
8,988
4,010
12,299
10,361
10,731
10,242
13,843
15,972
17,469
16,538
13,929
16,127
17,G99
16,151
13,746
14,501
16,566
15,488
5,549
5,264
5,118
5,674
May....
June
July
August-
22,964
25,685
28,478
36,611
24,425
23,618
27,795
37,510
22,167
22,889
24,009
34,137
15,145
17,209
17,735
16,960
5,736
7,941
8,368
12,580
6,348
6,538
7,989
14,149
5,929
6,661
7,343
13,300
10,294
11,706
12,074
10,597
17,228
17,744
20,111
24,031
18,077
17,079
19,806
23,361
16,238
16,228
16,665
20,837
4,851
5,504
5,661
5,304
September.
October
November.
December .
39,982
43,300
40,626
35,253
42,024
42,725
40,049
34,867
39,857
39,519
37,049
32,522
14,944
15,596
16,231
16,733
16,418
17,364
16,964
14,303
18,229
17,591
16,296
13,552
17,687
17,230
15,320
13,481
8,604
9,333
10,174
23,564
25,935
23,662
20,950
23,795
25,134
23,754
21,315
22,171
22,289
21,729
19,040
6,135
6,993
6,897
6,559
1923
January...
February.
March....
April
39,384
37,501
39,308
41,180
39,060
35,865
38,846
41,900
33,473
36,549
41,986
16,968
18,583
19,265
18,230
17,062
15,490
13,461
12,940
17,278
13,668
13,047
13,675
17,633
13,029
13,231
13,386
9,920
11,748
12.127
11,390
22,322
22,011
25,846
1
28,239
21,782
22,197
25,799
28,225
21,236
20,444
23,318
28,599
7,048
6,835
7,138
6,840
May
June
July
August...
40,991
34,378
33,247
37,870
38,551
36,286
32,685
39,324
37,331
34,123
31,806
36, 765
20,703
18,660
19,378
18,139
12,972
11,130
10,613
13,105
11,397
11,990
11,270
13j219
11,326
11,896
11,360
12,993
12,998
12,147
11,533
11,416
28,018
23,248
22,633
24,765
27,153
24,296
21,415
26,104
26,006
22,227
20,446
23,771
7,705
6,513
7,845
6,723
SeptemberOctober....
November.
December..
34,663
37,688
33,800
31,133
34,453
37,124
33,683
30,725
33,429
35,746
32,914
29,093
18,375
18,694
18,810
19,290
12,620
15,149
13,149
12,038
12,602
14,584
12,432
11,782
12,733
13,837
12,583
11,259
11,483
11,918
12,614
12,954
22,043
22,538
20,652
19,095
21,851
22,540
21,250
18,943
20,696
21,909
20,331
17,833
6,892
6,776
6,196
6,336
32,235
35,081
34,355
33,858
34,026
35,349
33,408
33,674
33,467
32,540
32,368
31,398
17,088
16,697
16,697
17,299
11,644
12,992
10,728
8,544
13,695
12,712
9,569
7,967
13,905
12,386
10,141
7,937
10,565
10,765
10,899
11,318
20,592
22,089
23,627
25,314
20,331
22,637
23,839
25,707
19,561
20,154
22,226
23,461
6,523
5,932
5,798
5,9S1
1922
1924
January,...
February.
March..
April....
May....,
June
July..
August".".!
September.
October....
November.
December..
An* flComPded by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, from reports from 24 companies. Data do not include reports of manufacturers of ammunition
ttua nrcworks, nor production of nitroglycerin, except in so far as nitroglycerin is used in the manufacture of other explosives.
, .
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s o d i u m or potassium nitrate as a constituent is here classified as black blasting powder.
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that
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are
high
explosives
that,
because
of
having
passed
certain
tests
prescribed
by
the
Bureau
of
Mines,
aro
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«i excess of free water or carbon. Dynamite and all other high explosives are totaled here with permissible explosives
54.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
[Index numbers for base year In bold-faced type: numerical data on opposite page]
Freight cars
\
Tear and month
Total
Freight cars
Passenger cars
Domes- Foreign
tic
Total
NEW
OEDEBS)
UNFILLED OBDEBS1
SHIPMENTS i
Domes- Foreign
tic
Total
Freight
Passenger cars
Domes- Foreign
tic
Total
cars
Domes- Foreign Domestic
tie
pelative
to 1913
Relative to 1919
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923.monthly
average.
averageaverage.
average.
average.
average.,
1919
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1920
January
February,
March
April
May
June —
July."
August
September
October
November
December
1921
January
February
March.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1932
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August.....
September..
October
November..
December..
1923
January
February..,
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
1924
January...
February..
March..;..
April
May
141
100
43
30
41
103
64
1OO
56
45
69
175
71
100
24
8
2
3
368
100
179
395
311
726
573
100
209
645
418
1,227
88
100
138
50
163
38
140
100
53
19
75
79
138
100
75
26
115
129
100
20
9
11
4
97
94
70
72
73
49
SO
196
203
116
95
55
116
94
37
18
3
8
33
266
288
- 146
126
61
72
93
115
147
169
106
138
100
86
74
52
43
184
74
258
137
300
84
16
26
0
5
11
100
264
91
291
145
109
145
27
45
0
9
9
18
75
50
213
125
563
0
0
0
0
0
13
213
166
156
145
133
112
111
105
83
60
48
42
39
141
132
129
123
112
127
127
98
67
52
47
45
54
40
40
34
34
'28
25
36
39
56
58
73
65
55
40
31
38
38
37
44
51
87
85
106
21
205
79
0
111
237
179
200
179
289
595
100
136
0
0
164
191
345'
191
436
873
113
0
350
0
0
263
333
163
0
163
88
213
49
53
60
77
86
87
90
87
86
86
74
102
91
83
65
52
33
56
31
21
1
1
5
226
337
363
611
758
358
474
547
289
179
47
47
391
455
627
1,055
1,255
1,445
818
945
336
309
32
18
0
175
0
0
75
50
0
0
225
0
0
26
79
32
37
211
316
216
339
516
526
595
795
45
136
55
64
182
236
282
455
613
813
1,027
1,118
67
39
33
28
23
19
17
9
8
100
134
79
204
193
169
149
112
88
71
60
50
41
34
30
124
97
69
58
26
32
87
30
64
81
238
292
123
84
57
49
39
26
109
19
32
56
253
351
126
120
92
75
2
43
44
51
126
128
208
180
26
23
22
20
18
22
23
21
19
19
17
13
234
218
340
381
476
505
508
529
553
518
556
492
243
450
505
631
686
699
742
778
734
797
715
3
9
11
9
9
10
6
9
8
6
10
468
440
401
333
264
194
149
94
66
71
71
111
678
647
587
487
388
251
188
98
70
41
33
100
166
251
355
493
475
451
494
454
692
719
749
183
261
420
622
613
592
0
0
0
0
250
425
125
300
376
125
0
350
20
32
39
58
65
79
93
85
98
100
107
118
26
46
57
39
101
124
137
133
154
153
169
188
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
' 11
12
12
12
11
11
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
2
2
1
97
80
102
87
101
104
99
118
111
116
113
103
162
136
176
149
172
176
170
202
189
197
193
176
832
505
747
695
800
763
642
868
605
568
626
1,084
1,391
873
1,245
1,164
1,382
1,282
1,109
1,500
1,018*
955
1,082
1,773
63
0
63
50
0
50
0
0
38
33
0
138
110
103
121
117
104
92
81
69
55
41
31
27
174
169
198
192
169
149
132
110
90
66
49
44
42
43
38
42
52
73
73
64
73
89
484
400
726
579
400
600
691
1,209
945
609
325
0
63
75
113
26
57
61
62
55
40
92
97
99
3
-4
6
3
1
2
1
1
100
604
297
710
1F233
15
21
13
22
31
39
56
29
53
80
89
128
142
140
See footnotes on opposite page.
113
442
222
516
820
43
39
31
25
22
11
8
9
11
18
28
11
13
19
24
35
18
31
47
52
74
82
235
100
1,014
1,065
1,110
1,355
146
152
19
63
18
143
169
169
131
144
180
159
144
123
123
108
97
76
52
67
67
33
62
24
46
46
39
30
85
75
87
57
12S
144
133
2
13
3
2
14
9
1
5
62
67
5
133
231
231
246
213
184
167
123
79
62
62
23
105
133
114
300
174
125
130
15
99
121
176
221
1,018
973
883
905
851
771
719
680
694
755
812
781
1,545
1,473
1,341
1,378
1,239
1,171
1,082
1,001
1,025
1,121
1,208
1,158
15
21
13
66
18
11
28
70
66
61
61
364
436
419
384
336
538
648
627
578
534
33
33
25
15
10
3
405
93
21
17
14
26
9
11
43
101
78
125
55
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
[Base year in bold-faced type; Index numbers on opposite page]
SHIPMENTS 1
. Freight cars
Year and month
Total
Domestic
Passenger cars
Foreign
NEW
OUDEItSJ
UNFILLED ORDERS1
Total
Freight cars
ForDomestic eign
Total
Freight
cars
Passenger cars
, Domestic
Foreign
76,974
55,C30
41,964
14,380
6-1,007
71,505
51,129
3G,185
7,302
3,179
4,008
1,320
Total
Domestic Foreign ! Domestic
Number
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
av
av
av
av
av
av
1919
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1920
January
February
March
April
May
June
July.
August
September
October.
November
December
1931
January
February.
March
ch
Apil
April
May.
M
May..
J
June....
July..
August
September....
October
November
December
1922
January
February""
March
Ail"
May
June..
Jl
August
September
October
November.
December.*":
1933
January
_„
February::"*
March
"
August.... :
September.
October
November"*"
December.":::
1924
7,961
11,917
5,116
3,528
4,866
12,233
4.392
6,904
3,899
3,109
4,749
12,069
3,569
5,014
1,217
419
117
164
70
19
34
75
59
138
63
11
23
71
46
135
7
8
11
4
13
3
11,600
11,158
8,314
8,574
8,685
5,836
9,580
23,408
24,156
13,778
11,303
7,975
6,513
2,536
1,220
212
541
2,644
18,393
19,854
10,078
8,682
4,197
3,625
4,645
5,778
7,354
8,473
5,295
6,936
5,015
4,302
3,709
2,621
2,411
35
14
49
26
57
16
3
5
0
1
2
19
29
10
32
16
12
16
3
5
0
1
1
2
6
4
17
10
45
0
0
0
0
0
1
17
152,345
143,300
132,676
122,135
102,929
102,370
96,534
76,469
55, 248
44,018
38,216
35,536
78,574
73,384
71, C65
4,813
4,790
4,039
4,017
3,316
2,963
4,240
4,617
6,667
6,878
8,660
4,482
3,774
2,796
2,127
2,630
2,608
2,583
3,056
3,529
5,999
5,902
7,298
1,904
1,039
1,994
1,912
1,387
708
380
1,184
1,084
668
976
1,362
10
4
39
15
0
21
45
34
38
34
55
113
1
4
11
15
0
0
18
21
38
21
48
96
0
28
0
0
21
27
13
0
13
7
17
7,827
6,776
6,458
5,326
4,039
2,658
4,325
2,288
1,807
272
132
430
7,008
6,276
5,753
4,455
3,610
2,245
3,892
2,106
1,457
72
60
819
500
700
871
429
413
433
182
350
200
72
62
43
64
69
116
144
163
90
104
55
34
43
50
69
116
138
159
90
104
37
1,295
1,555
2,283
2,888
4,140
2,199
3,689
5,605
6,174
8,860
9,803
9,900
1,271
1,498
2,111
2,711
3,845
2,027
3,638
5,509
6,140
8,822
9,786
9,634
24
57
172
177
295
172
51
06
34
38
17
266
5
15
6
7
40
60
41
74
98
100
113
151
5
15
6
20
26
31
50
68
90
113
123
11,527
9,549
12,191
10,327
12,065
12,405
11,799
14,030
,13,282
13,850
13,469
12,296
11,154
9,413
12,140
10,287
11,871
12,185
11,747
13,968
13,018
13,577
13,333
12,131
373
136
51
40
194
220
52
62
264
273
136
165
158
96
142
132
152
145
122
165
115
108
119
206
5,041
5,070
4,585
5,058
6,253
5,007
5,015
4,453
5,053
6,158
34
55
132
5
95
92
76
138
110
76
128,103
91,815
48,851
17,559
68,848
72,825
346
416
177
116
783
701
393
345
914 |
824
1,452 ! 1,430
69
01
82
48
89
22
1,600
2,000
6,667
1,838
15,039
8,624
62,411
70,656
70,790
54,585
37,144
29,106
26,041
24,816
61,011
53,753
40,518
31,714
25,744
21,884
18,10-1
14,912
12,175
10,720
220
171
122
103
46
56
154
53
114
143
421
517
143
98
66
57
45
30
127
22
37
65
294
407
77
73
56
46
1
26
27
31
77
78
127
110
36,663
38,095
41,455
50,049
54,099
55,963
58,487
55,763
54,907
53,077
47,524
40,124
27,282
29,706
33,601
42,859
47,761
48,171
50,275
48,189
48,114
48,051
41,290
38,268
9,381
8,389
7,854
7,180
6,338
7,792
8,212
7,574
6,793
7,026
6,234
4,856
414
385
602
674
842
893
899
936
978
917
9S4
871
311
282
522
586
732
796
811
861
903
851
•925
829
103
103
80
88
110
97
88
75
75
66
59
42
0
14
0
0
6
4
0
0
18
0
0
7
35,777
29,910
25,837
20,825
17,449
15,860
8,233
7,633
7,548
8,453
13,841
19,339
32,874
26,685
21,808
17,513
13,890
12,149
6,145
4,537
4,788
6,177
10,236
15,755
2,903
3,225
4,029
3,312
3,559
3,711
2,088
3,090
2,760
2,276
3,605
3,584
778
709
589
468
343
264
167
116
125
126
197
786
750
681
565
450
291
218
114
81
47
38
116
42
28
28
24
18
52
46
53
35
78
88
81
2,700
200
1,400
350
250
1,500
900
150
550
6,500
7,000
550
0
0
0
0
20
34
10
24
30
10
0
28
18,178
29,691
35,476
53,691
59,873
72,529
89,925
77,978
89,965
92,057
98,329
108,487
14,356
25,710
31,466
49,678
56,090
68,791
75,985
73,842
85,775
87,861
94,102
104,423
3,822
3,981
4,010
4,013
3,783
3,738
3,940
4,136
4,190
4,196
4,227
4,064
872
841
799
875
804
1,224
1,273
1,326
1,586
212
303
487
722
711
687
773
726
1,176
1,235
81
141
141
150
130
112
102
78
48
38
11,000
14,500
12,000
31,500
18,250
13,100
13,700
1,610
10,350
12,700
18,500
23,255
153
96
137
128
152
141
122
165
112
105
119
195
100,666
94,758
111,289
107,799
95,446
84,114
74,766
63,349
50,872
37,668
28,092
25,082
96,799
93,811
110,047
106,778
94,283
82,920
73,569
61,110
49,874
27,429
24,573
3,867
947
1,242
1,021
1,163
1,194
1,197
2,239
993
799
663
509
1,801
1,722
1 563
1,602
1,506
1365
1,272
1,204
1,229
1,337
1,438
1,383
1,792
1,709
1,555
1,598
1,495
1,358
1,255
1,161
1,189
1,300
1,401
1,343
66
76
133
104
67
23,552
52,678
55,604
56,752
50,920
22,161
51,250
54,202
55,348
49,644
1,391
1,428
1,402
1,404
1,276
644
772
742
679
683
624
752
727
670
677
7
73,771
293
444
628
1,288
1,572
9
13
8
4
11
7
17
43
40
37
37
40
8,000
5,500
7,000
7,000
3,500
6,500
2,500
2,500
15,000
9,300
42,500
9,800
2,200
1,785
1,450
2,780
897
1,125
5,050
11,600
8,150
41,350
13,150
10,250
511
L p m e i l t s a n d unfilled orders for railway equipment were obtained trom the IntersUtie Commerce Commission.
e
fiS
?!?* c a r s b * domestic railroads compiled by the Iron Trade Review. Comparable distribution of the data by months are not available prior to 1920.
t h e w d from
• ffSStaf £
»a entirely different source than the other data in this table; comparisons with these other data wiUnot be accurate.
56
ENAMELED SANITARY WARE
[Index numbers for base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page]
Tear and month
Orders
received
Orders Unfilled Orders |
Orders
shipped Stocks received orders shipped
av,
av.
av_
av.
av.
115
123
136
148
96
1918 mo. a v .
1919 mo. a v .
1920 mo. av..
1921 mo. a v .
1922 mo. a v .
1923 mo. a v .
56
100
149
120
216
261
1931
September..
October
November..
December..
157
183
148
112
126
1923
January
February...
March
April
141
158
194
235
127
135
167
143
May....
June
July....
August-
247
246
213
237
September.
October
November.
December. _
Orders
shipped
Relative
to 1921
Relative to 1919
1913 mo.
1914 mo.
1915 mo.
1916 mo.
1917 mo.
SINKS
LAVATORIES
BATHS
Stocks
Orders
received
Orders
shipped
Stocks
Relative
to 1921
98
106
129
136
111
122
103
144
78
71
95
47
61
116
40
82
100
112
100
31
100
100
110
100
100
100
337
622
127
200
271
78
57
40
122
175
209
100
53
89
74
47
65
73
141
145
109
119
160
204
104
97
74
73
145
169
120
99
85
67
72
80
92
111
70
134
170
130
105
102
85
91
106
88
110
71
71
84
75
93
159
105
106
112
164
138
157
202
226
73
73
90
75
110
95
132
136
136
168
184
103
103
122
107
113
90
71
56
221
192
146
121
358
434
468
438
241
229
189
211
56
49
45
44
266
225
155
139
204
200
164
178
228
236
226
233
51
65
81
90
119
114
133
140
455
436
466
504
202
198
203
203
40
43
46
48
139
131
152
172
1923
January...
February.
March
April
267
257
282
254
102
100
102
84
211
193
175
151
613
740
761
780
216
196
242
215
48
44
40
39
May...
June
July.—
August-
270
228
234
262
80
70
64
71
111
96
97
109
726
703
607
610
240
220
218
270
September.
October
November.
December..
252
329
263
234
71
72
89
103
108
153
124
142
493
475
466
498
1924
January
February...
March
April
276
285
337
298
125
143
150
155
163
211
187
140
292
153
107
May....
June
July....
August.
144
50
179
99
84
31
1OO
53
59
133
139
59
112
86
64
61
100
66
76
145
• 151
'100
312
685
131
154
117
97
118
103
101
115
92
108
75
71
91
92
72
73
97
82
110
162
137
128
162
179
104
101
121
107
132
89
117
155
100
89
107
159
S2
66
56
49
225
191
143
119
183
177
146
155
97
83
79
77
197
184
149
140
376
431
170
183
181
192
48
46
52
56
132
119
161
153
173
160
154
170
65
65
66
75
143
127
152
161
397
396
465
495
247
223
215
195
223
190
218
190
51
50
52
43
233
199
178
157
197
166
207
191
76
65
71
70
233
187
172
56
642
771
818
851
32
33
34
34
139
106
110
140
202
196
191
214
41
38
39
42
122
87
91
118
204
209
187
219
62
149
107
119
130
825
780
699
619
249
323
266
243
33
37
50
60
124
179
148
162
196
259
215'
216
40
46
53
107
161
137
154
191
238
216
225
54
59
65
111
150
152
147
•569
543
530
576
603
586
284
288
326
280
74
79
85
90
186
216
196
142
252
252
289
239
77
78
80
81
181
187
184
126
262
266
311
279
80
75
97
102
209
251
195
146
525
242
103
232
93
275
119
116
3100
73
77
159
166
September.
October...,
November.
December..
Orders Unfilled
received orders
Relative to 1919
104
108
122
143
100
TOTAL
SMALL
WABE
MISCELLANEOUS
See footnotes on opposite page.
545
585
599
533
425
ENAMELED SANITARY WARE1
[Base year ID bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page]
BATHS
Year and
month
Orders
shipped
Stocks
LAVATORIES
Orders Unfilled
received orders
Orders
shipped
SINKS
Orders Orders
received shipped
Stocks
MISCELLANEOUS
Orders Orders
received shipped
Stocks
TOTAL
SMALL
WARE*
Orders Unfilled
received orders
Number
39,831
42,450
46,977
51,181
33,172
1013 mo. a v .
1914 mo. a v .
1915 mo. a v .
1916 mo. a v .
1917 mo. a v .
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.
1921 mo.
1922 mo.
1923 mo.
av.
av.
av.
av.,
av.
av.
47,754
49,527
55,769
65,230
44,888
53,428
57,789
70,626
74,293
48,419
31,555
34,655
29,367
40,887
22,201
19,495
34,60S
51,441
41,510
74,814
90,396
60,530
42,175
20,951
75,324
41,768
35,439
21,514
69,872
36,774
40,911 340,816
93,033 137,628
97,316 253,957
1921
September..
October
November..
December
54,377
63,217
51,259
38,818
31,474
30,010
40,667
53,140
57,024
62,279
41,173
41,993
43,375
39,412
30,763
29,987
77,293
54,924
45,176
118,272
.94,091
100,912
111, 834
67,381
81,978
51,677
49,961
73,101
92,820
70,899
57,430
127,822
107,332
114,830
133,014
77,359
97,104
62,228
62,222
1932
January
February...
March
April
48,947
54,829
67,265
81,234
53,422
56,759
70,587
60,260
58,953
52,683
65,072
111,034
42,908
43,368
45,868
66,743
63,151
71,676
92,475
103,596
102,190
101,566
120,228
104,543
80,913
69,798
97,495
142,240
73,976
74,489
91,875
100,512
129,586
129,505
152,980
135,071
May
June
July
August
85,550
85,138
73,553
81,849
47,694
37,846
29,756
23,488
154,232
134,206
102,112
84,866
146,129
177,197
191,038
178,827
110,226
104,671
86,532
96,796
78,062
68,558
62,349
62,142
196,148
165,855
113,880
102,485
111,302
109,151
89,491
97,031
September..
October
November..
December...
78,967
81,783
78,089
80,563
21,716
27,436
34,370
37,886
82,878
79,666
92,810
97,878
185,603
178,120
190,070
205,659
92,412
90,652
92,973
92,985
55,881
60,125
64,822
67,618
102,455
96,730
111,726
126,934
1923
January
February...
March
April....]]*]
92,500
88,912
97,718
87,992
42,881
41,980
43,222
35,529
147,505
135,031
122,567
105,487
250,369
301,911
310,740
318,329
99,058
89,684
110,656
98,396
66,417
61,676
55,643
54,982
May
June...
July
August
33,866
29,462
27,107
30,110
77,686
67,404
67,770
76,221
296,497
]]
93,583
78,954
81,082
90,721
245,568
248,844
109,759
100,672
99,903
123,402
September..
October
November..
December...
87,376
113,718
91,128
81,069
29,782
30,429
37,342
43,557
75,795
106, 780
86,634
98,916
201,180
193,805
190,019
203,329
1924
January...
February..]
March
April
"
95,562
98,568
116,717
102,984
52,924
60,462
63,415
65,299
114,203
147,511
130,375
97,606
101,146
64,399
74,494
May.
June.
32,697 132,369
34,322
4 5 , 7 6 8 139,751 73,612
51,438
43,302
53,438
58,169 109,318
56,315
91,512
79,507
117,222
110,479
56,408
121,891
33,097 145,329
35,089
54,584 258,141 88,018
66,333
57,502
60,231
64,577
66,458 111, 764
93,336
124,179
95,327
59,188 127,919
114,146
23,405
25,427
77,034
28,:*83 79,809 41,900
47,410
27,691
31,062
80,394
31,803 '129,201
33,640
68,400
60,933 403,596
45,531
51,260
63,290 885,820
57,913
94,134
82,017
80,980
91,643
38,359
45,137
31,537
29,879
117,101
119,087
93,168
93,744
85,549
72,249
96,530
142,458
38,875
83,242
36,272
80,742
45,979 ! 86,334
50,755 ' 85,528
B5r 157
37,148
49,201
64,754
128,811
114,907
138,374
206,084
102,747
82,831
70,789'
62,272
197,655
168,410
125,557
104,578
52,075
50,161
41,549
44,072
; 77,788
i 60,636
| 62,9Si
! 61,311
82,546
77,092
62,349
58,671
436,787
486,331
557,488
508,005
92,55S
100,072
98,899
104,564
60,861
58,442
64,462
70,491
115,968
104,687
141,428
135,075
49,054
45,544
43,706
48,334
52,025
51,645
52,445
60,123
60,071
53,195
63,535
67,451
513,113
512,286
600,466
640,440
181,707
164,450
157,961
143,344
121,894
103,571
118,822
103.705
63,797
62,828
65,465
54,093
204,931
175,262
156,906
138,479
55,844
47,161
58,621
54,180
60,466
52,290
56,909
55,526
97,793
78,211
72,110
65,228
829,235
997,126
1,056,942
,100,340
44,391
45,973
47,763
47,599
102,677
77,782
80,649
102,730
110,013
107,087
104,053
116,916
51,810
47,539
48,715
52,718
107,050
76,582
80,430
103,543
57,866
59,204
52,946
62,093
49,984
47,777
47,642
49,459
62,288
44,998
49,745
54,486
,066,772
,008,103
903,944
799,841
113,802
147,64S
121,741
111,029
46,549
52,110
69,412
84,373
91,523
131,849
108,631119,387
107,109
141,407
117,222
117,955
50,912
57,963
67,265
87,147
93,932
141,702
120,486
135,726
54,217
67,492
61,388
63,944
43,422
52,529
47,294
51(786
46,434
62,824
63,824
61,533
749,251
735,351
701,490
681,446
216,295
235,279
245,921
239,118
129,988
131,921
149,302
128,002
103,252
111,044
118,781
125,695
137,084
158,696
144,384
104,210
137,624
137,523
157,799
130,247
97,366
97,962
100,410
102,458
159,541
164,877
162,184
110,813
74,484
75,527
88,371
79,249
63,964
60,095
77,359
81,561
87,425
105,168
81,839
61,032
704,104
756,311
774,831
689,068
214,309
110,697
144,088
72,441
126,627
116,826
85,864
78,100
94,829
48,571
549,450
37,268
43,792
33,330
27,518
August..
September.
°ctober..._
November.
December..
ion and J j J ? r ? d u c t l o n da *a beginning January, 1922, represent complete production, Including total membership of the £™™Jff ^™£I?* J reports
*: Bata S5° rt f l? t h2 ea rBureau
of the Censu* from outside manufacturers, except that a few small firms were not able to furnish complete
e totals
Small i w - V*?
of the association reports representing about 98 per cent of the industry.
Ud s la
' Averaize^lW
*l
7atories,
sinks, and miscellaneous.
a g e of
S months, May to December, inclusive.
58
DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS
GROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
[ Table continued on p. i
[Index numbers for base year (1919) in bold-faced type]
Year and month
Numerical base, millions of dollars
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
37,446
average. 100.0
106.0
average
88.7
average
97.8
average
103.2
average
NEW YORK DISTRICT
BOSTON DISTRICT
U.S.
TOTAL,
141
Total,
CENTERS centers Boston
1,769
100.0
109.2
102.4
105.5
117.1
Hartford
Providence
144
1,245
100.0
105.9
106.7
109.3
120.2
PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT
Total,
New
New
Albany Buffalo Roches7
ter
York
Haven centers
72
100.0
118.7
93.0
95.1
105.5
100.0
118.1
98.6
104.2
122.2
20,917
100.0
99.3
85.2
98.4
98.2
263
120
iooio^
111.5
119.5
119.5
118.3
IOOCT
1118
92.8
99.6
1118
100.0
119.2
103.3
110.0
1212
87
20,354
Total,
Phila- Scranton
10
centers delphia
1,625
1,373
53
43
100.0
113.3
95.9
102.5
114.3
100.0
112.4
93.8
101.7
111.9
100.0
1215
122.7
109.4
139.6
100.0
1923
January
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December.,
1213
106.8
125.6
119.8
121.0
122.8
112.1
100.2
99.5
121.8
121.6
' 129.3
129.4
111.4
133.3
1211
1210
124.9
113.9
99.7
100.6
122.5
1213
133.5
121.7
107.6
115.2
122.8
122.8
123.9
121.7
108.7
106.5
121.7
120.7
1318
111/1
914
1018
106.2
106.9
112.5
100.0
93.0
88.9
122.9
110.4
117.3
122.2
102.8
115.3
112.5
127.8
130.6
126.4
122.2
112.5
133.3
122.2
130.6
108.8
93.7
111.1
101.3
102.3
101.8
90.9
80.5
83.3
919
98.6
109.0
110.3
113.8
132.1
143.6
127.5
1418
117.2
106.9
98.8
108.0
105.7
113.8
117.5
96.6
111.8
115.6
116.3
121.3
119.8
112.2
107.6
122.8
113.7
122.8
126.7
105.0
131.7
125.8
126.7
145.0
122.5
112.5
110.8
123.3
115.0
146.7
108.5
93.4
110.7
100.6
101.7
103.4
90.0
79.5
82.5
911
98.2
108.5
117.8
101.5
118.5
114.6
121.5
128.2
112.4
106.6
102.8
118.3
107.0
123.1
116.3
100.1
117.0
112.2
119.7
127.7
108.9
101.4
100.5
115.4
1010
120.0
149.1
1215
145.3
135.9
145.3
147.2
156.6
1310
118.9
143.4
1310
151.0
130.3
125.6
130.3
141.9
146.6
14L9
144.2
127.9
127.9
141.9
130.3
110.8
99.9
108.8
105.6
107.0
107.5
123.7
111.5
121.4
119.7
116.0
115.4
126.1
115.9
125.8
123.4
118.6
118.8
147.8
118.5
133.7
138.0
130.4
129.4
111.1
99.3
1011
1018
108.3
100.0
129.2
113.9
132.0
120.8
129.2
123.6
109.1
98.1
106.3
102.1
105.8
108.2
110.3
1211
1314
149.4
149.4
1314
123.6
1012
111.4
1111
118.2
115.2
131.7
111.7
126.7
125.8
129.2
14a 3
108. 6
97.7
105.9
101.5
105/2
107.7
118.5
106.0
115.3
119.5
116.6
119.1
116.7
102.5
112.2
116.7
114.5
117.3
143.4
145.3
143.4
141.5
141.5
139.6
1349
14&9
144.2
151.2
14L9
141.9
•
Year and month
Total,
Bir15
Atlanta mingcenters
ham
New
Orleans
Numerical base, mil
lions of dollars
Jacksonville
Nashville
Augusta
Total,
31
centers
48
93
37
4,242
100.0
average..
average..
average..
average,.
average..
125.0
91.7
97.9
112.5
100.0
120.4
105.4
71.0
78.5
100.0
110.8
64.9
70.3
83.8
100.0
116.0
92.0
96.8
108.8
Chicago
2,800
Detroit
525
136
237
83
100.0
125.2
91.2
101.3
125.7
100.0
123.5
100.0
1014
115.4
100.0
1210
97.5
101.7
115.6
100.0
1115
814
83.1
97.6
100.0
109.5
63.5
10L6
119.0
108.4
89.2
106.9
95.5
99.4
97.2
90.2
85.3
90.0
110.0
106.9
121.3
109.8
96.7
119.5
103.3
110.6
112.2
98.7
911
98.8
122.0
117.1
120.3
193.2
168.8
179.7
172.9
183.1
179.7
176.3
167.8
169.5
215.3
178.0
200.0
1116
86.2
1016
89.8
92.1
88.8
83.9
76.3
82.6
102.0
11L5
136.5
113.8
1012
125.0
120.8
118.7
1116
108.3
100.0
95.8
1116
108.3
135.4
84.4
68.9
82.6
77.2
85.0
82.8
73.1
72.0
73.1
83.9
76.3
82.8
88.4
78.3
110.0
79.9
710
68.5
61.6
52.8
81.7
102.7
105.4
97.3
113.4
103.3
113.8
111.7
115.5
112.5
106.3
100.0
99.2
109.9
104.4
115.2
112.6
1016
109.6
109.1
110.7
105.0
102.1
915
910
1016
100.4
112.6
118.8
1J1.1
130.3
128.1
135.1
137.3
121.6
120.1
119.7
12a 8
1216
132.8
128.7
106.8
115.4
108.8
123.5
123.5
119.1
109.6
103.7
1110
109.6
119.9
118.1
102.1
117.8
113.7
1218
123.1
1117
108.2
109.5
123.9
111.8
117.7
98.8
-80.7
. 115.7
1018
102.4
1211
96.4
88.0
86.8
100.0
86.8
89.2
88.0
76.0
92.0
86.6
93.3
94.6
89.3
90.6
92.0
89.3
81.3
916
119.0
10L6
136.5
120.6
12a 6
123.8
112.9
102.2
106.4
104.6
98.9
94.1
120.3
104.9
114.6
114.6
109.8
104.1
196.6
174.6
194.9
200.0
184.8
178.0
120.0
112.5
111.2
105.2
94.4
88.5
127.1
118.7
127.1
135.4
131.2
120.8
82.8
72.0
82.8
79.6
77.4
76.3
83.8
75.7
67.6
70.3
67.6
59.5
110.8
98.5
113.3
109.4
111.9
108.0
107.1
92.2
108.7
1918
107.1
1016
132.6
125.3
139.4
135.8
136.2
126.5
117.6
103.1
110.0
107.4
116.2
109.6
1118
111.0
116.4
109.7
110.5
105.1
90.4
79.5
910
86.8
107.2
127.7
88.0
77.3
89.3
88.0
90.6
66
122.2
117.4
134.9
128.5
123.8
114 3
1934
January
February-March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December-
t
MilGrand
Indian- wauDes Rapids
apolis
kee Moines
1923
January—
February,_
March
April
May
June
July.
August
September.
October....
November.
December..
|
f
|
|
CHICAGO DISTRICT
ATLANTA DISTRICT
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
125.6
111.6
118.6
137.2
111.5
96.0
112.7
105.0
107.0
108.4
97.5
89.5
91.0
103.9
102.8
113.4
1934
January
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December..
Trenton
lit?
112.7
111.1
127.0
112.7
125.4
md a t a
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59
DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS
GROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
[Index nambers for base year (1919) In bold-faced type]
[Table continued on p. $0)
CLEVELAND DISTRICT
Tear and mont h
Total,
13
centers
Numerical base, millions of dollars
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
average
average
average..
average..,
average
*
1923
January
.
February
March
April
May
June
*_
July
August
September
October
November
December
1934
January.
February
March...
April
.
June
July
August
September
October
November
CleveAkron Cincinnati
land
Numerical base, mil.
lions of dollars
^monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
521
Dayton
Total,
Balti-
centers more
Norfolk
Rich- Charlesmond
ton
1,963
90
247
653
746
60
116
116
50
718
404
84
116
37
100.0
115.6
63.3
63.3
80.0
100.0
113.0
107.7
117.4
133.6
100.0
115.9
81.9
84.1
99.2
100.0
118.5
94.9
97.2
112.7
100.0
110.0
78.3
83.3
103.4
100.0
117.2
100.0
132.8
153.5
100.0
111.2
102.6
112.1
128.5
100.0
104.0
110.0
112.0
133.0
100.0
111.8
95.5
89.6
93.6
100.0
115.6
104.9
89.1
93.3
100.0
102.3
71.4
78.5
SS.1
100.0
ioo.0
117.5
99.3
112.4
113.5
115.5
116.1
114.0
106.1
102.1
114.2
101.7
118.8
78.9
66.7
83.3
83.3
86.7
88.9
85.5
77.8
82.2
78.9
72.2
81.1
144.5
116.6
148.6
145.0
142.5
139.3
132.0
114.6
121.9
132.4
117.8
148.2
105.7
83.1
96.3
103.5
102.3
105.9
101.4
95.8
93.9
103.8
90.8
107.6
117.8
111.9
115.1
109.7
117.0
114.4
117.7
106.6
99.4
117.1
105.9
120.5
108.4
30.0
100.0
111.7
98.4
111.7
113.3
98.3
101.7
110.0
90.0
110.0
160.4
119.8
157.8
165.5
161.2
162.9
150.0
148.3
137.1
162.9
141.4
169.8
140.5
102.6
125.9
143.1
146.6
136.2
130.2
130.2
127.6
118.1
111.2
132.8
140.0
120.0
158.0
142.0
144.0
14a o
150.0
128.0
134.0
140.0
120.0
148.0
103.9
83.0
102.7
94.2
97.6
103.6
94.9
93.2
91.2
104.1
93.9
112.0
96.0
81.2
97.3
92.1
95.8
102.0
95.8
91.1
85.4
93.0
86.1
99.0
3G.9
76.2
92.8
82.1
83.3
83.3
78.5
76.2
33.3
100.0
104.7
115.4
127.6
100.9
112.9
100.9
103.5
112.9
100.0
105.2
112.9
121.6
126.7
135.3
94.6
110.8
83.8
73.0
70.3
86.5
75.7
70.3
54.1
64.9
75.7
94.6
113.5
102.2
110.7
115.9
108.1
107.2
85.5
70.0
77.8
87.8
81.1
80.0
133.1
116.6
128.4
133.2
122.7
121.1
93.4
89.4
95.8
110.2
93.4
94.8
117.1
105.7
115.8
114.8
113.8
110.1
117.1
95.0
101.7
115.0
101.7
95.0
156.0
148.3
156.9
162.9
152.6
162.9
115.5
104.3
117.2
119.8
115.5
114.7
148.0
126.0
142.0
142.0
136.0
140.0
102.2
90.5
97.4
93.7
92.6
93.7
96.3
84.0
95.8
33.4
90.3
93.6
91.6
78.5
79.7
80.9
80.9
75.0
117.2
107.8
106.9
101.7
101.7
101.7
73.0
67.6
62.2
83.3
67.6
75.7
Total,
centers
Pitts- Youngs- Toledo Columburgh
town
bus
100.0
116.4
89.6
94.6
110.9
DaUas
161
Hous- Fort
ton
Worth
138
92
Summary Louisfor 5
ville
centers
965
156
107.8
98.3
110.9
112.9
102,7
C7.6
67.6
73.4
MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT
ST. LOUIS DISTRICT
DALLAS DISTRICT
Tear and month
RICHMOND DISTRICT
Total,
9
Minne- St.
apolis Paul
Helena
Billings
St.
Louis
Memphis
Lfttte
Rock
617
136
36
- 659
90
354
162
• 11
9
100.0
100.0
109.6
34.2
85.0
91.5
100.0
98.2
75.3
97.5
106.3
100.0
100.0
90.9
81.8
10O.0
111. 1
88.9
77.8
88.9
centers
Duluth
average.. 100.0
average.. 117.4
average..
93.2
average..
97.9
average.. 101.3
100.0
114.3
90.7
96.9
107.5
100.0
115.2
86.2
81.2
89.0
100.0
119.6
109.8
119.6
93.5
100.0
100.0
106.5
91.9
94.2
103.4
100.0
107.4
73.5
87.5
106.6
100.0
105.4
89.0
94.5
110.4
100*0
92.3
82.0
87.8
101.9
100.0
108.5
82.7
83.0
94.3
100.0
120.0
84.4
82.2
85.5
116.1
95.0
105.0
93.6
93.3
89.2
80.3
86.2
103.8
120.9
112.1
119.2
119.9
9S.S
104.3
90.1
9Z5
90.7
79.5
87.0
114.3
136.0
134.8
141.0
97.1
71.7
84.1
78.3
80.4
76.8
76.1
81.9
105.8
118.8
93.5
102.2
132.6
115.2
121.7
104.4
96.7
80.4
67.4
68.5
72.8
90.2
80.4
93.5
122.1
98.7
115.2
107.7
111.6
114.4
101.5
96.5
97.9
122.8
113.3
123.8
114.7
93.1
106.4
98.1
101.9
111.5
99.4
91.7
91.0
102.6
97.4
107.0
116.9
93.5
109.6
106.8
113.6
116.5
103.3
97.4
98.1
121.6
106.2
118.5
130.1
98.5
129.4
100.7
89.7
94.1
77.9
76.5
84.6
121.3
132.4
139.7
130.6
150.0
175.0
166.7
166.7
138.9
138.9
144.5
147.2
213.9
203.4
205.6
98.1
77.5
91.2
90.6
96.2
93.9
90.1
90.7
96.3
106.2
100.7
100.3
74.4
60.0
63.9
77.8
93.3
104.4
86.7
78.9
97.8
100.0
104.4
77.8
93.6
74.0
86.7
87.9
92.1
89.8
83.9
85.0
94.9
106.8
93.3
99.7
110.5
95.1
111.7
103.1
106.2
116.7
104.3
107.4
98.8
106.2
104.3
113.6
100.0
90.9
81.8
72.7
81.8
81.8
31.8
90.9
72.7
90.9
81.8
90.9
100.0
77.8
100.0
88.9
83.9
83.9
77.8
88.9
88.9
100.0
83.9
S3.9
108.8
94.8
94.6
92.9
89.4
86.0
126.7
104.3
102.5
101.2
96.9
90.7
93.5
82.6
81.9
79.0
76.1
73.9
82.6
69.6
69.6
73.9
68.5
65.2
117.2
101.7
110.1
107.0
109.6
107.2
111.5
102.6
107.7
107.0
107.0
103.8
112.0
9S.6
109.6
104.9
110.1
110.2
124.3
94.9
95.6
97.1
89.0
82.4
178.3
158.8
167.5
165.4
163.9
147.2
85.7
79.3
88.7
83.9
90.4
93.1
58.9
60.0
64.4
61.1
72.2
91.1
86.7
79.4
89.3
83.6
90.1
39.6
98.8
90.1
103.1
97.5
103.7
104.9
81.8
81.8
81.8
72.7
72.7
8L8
77.8
77.8
55.6
66.7
66.7
77.8
19J33
January*
February
March...
June
July.
August
October....
November
December
1934
January
February
March..
"
"'
£-":::::::::::::::::
July.
•
August...
September
October..;
November.;
December
See footnotes on opposite page.
125.0
116.7
127.8
169.5
60
DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS
GROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
[Index n u m b e r s for base year (1919) in bold-faced type]
Year a n d m o n t h
Total,
14
centers
Numerical base, millions of
dollars
1919 monthly av
"1920monthly a v . .
1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av
1923 monthly av
January
February
March
April
May - .
June
July
August
September
October
1933
.
-
__.
-
-.
.
*
December.^..
1934
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
-
..
__.
_
* _._
Denver
Kansas
Omaha
City,
Mo.
St.
Joseph,
Mo.
J
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT
KANSAS CITY D I S T R I C T
Oklahoma
City
Tulsa
Total,
18
centers
Los
Angeles
Fortland,
Oreg.
San
Francisco
Seattle
Oakland,
Calif.
1,231
146
413
264
85
68
94
1,909
314
181
760
206
63
100.0
109.8
82.0
84.2
90.6
100.0
139.7
98 6
102.7
111.6
100.0
94.9
74.6
74.3
84.3
100.0
95.5
67.4
73.1
77.7
100.0
97.6
81.1
69.4
72.9
100.0
153.0
129.4
119.2
114.7
100.0
131.9
8S.3
105.3
104.3
100.0
123.2
104.5
107.2
126.3
100.0
139.2
143.0
165.0
223.6
100.0
108.8
82.3
76.2
86.2
100.0
124.6
101.9
94.8
104.0
100.0
96.1
67.0
73.3
83.0
100.0
160.3
128.5
1414
192.0
97.6
81.1
97.4
91.8
92.8
93.9
87.9
89.8
86.8
94.2
85.5
88.0
116.4
96.6
116.4
108.2
113.7
113.7
104.8
111.6
114.4
119.9
109.6
111.6
88.6
72.9
86.9
82.6
83. a
85.5
78.9
88.9
85.0
87.9
85.2
85.5
82.2
68.6
86.0
79.9
80.3
80.3
75.8
76.5
75.8
87.5
67.4
70.1
82.3
71.7
78.8
• 75.3
80.0
70.6
64.7
67.0
69.4
74.1
69.4
69.4
122.1
104.4
133.9
113.3
119.2
125.0
116.2
110.3
101.5
113.3
114.7
108.9
122.4
106.4
121.3
118.1
119.2
122.4
109.6
92.6
83.0
92.6
75.5
94.7
124.4
107.0
135.2
123.0
127.3
12S. 5
122.8
120.3
121.5
137.9
128.9
139.0
209.9
187.0
238.6
214.4
227.4
225.2
225.1
214.0
212.8
245.2
230.3
251.6
76.2
68.5
82.9
86.7
83.4
82.9 ,
84.5
85.1
88.4
108.8
90.1
93.9
102.3
89.5
116.5
102.4
106.6
109.2
98.8
97.4
100.0
111.9
103.3
81.6
76.2
82.9
82.3
81.2
78.2
109.6
100.0
121.2
115.7
105.5
104.8
75.8
70,7
73.1
73.4
72.9
69.0
65.9
62.1
71.6
69 3
67.8
65.5
77 6
65.9
70.6
69 4
78 8
65.9
103 0
95.6
98.6
101 5
107 4
103.0
78 7
84.1
92.6
94.7
96 8
94.7
135 7
129 4
139.4
128 7
125 8
121.5
254.5
251.9
276.1
240.1
233 1
223.0
87.3
84.5
90.6
92.8
87.8
82.3
no.o
80.6
68.0
87.4
80.6
82.0
86.9
81.1
82.5
82.5
88.3
84.9
91.3L
1841
17& 2
217.4
198.4
192.0
187.3
190.4
177.7
185.7
193.0
18tt 9
220.6
107.1
107.1
111.5
105.1
104.1
102.4
87.4
75.2
95.6
88.3
85.9
87.4
215.8
193.6
212.7
201.5
190.4
169.8
Minne- Kansas
City
apolis
Dallas
San
ftancfeco
_
DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS1
SEASONAL VARIATIONS ELIMINATED
Index numbers relative to 1919 monthly average
Tear and month
1933
January.. _
February.
March.
April.
AF
May..
[ayJune
July
August
September. _
October
November..
December...
1934
JanuaryFebruary. .
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December..
U.S.
total
New
Boston . York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta Chicago
St.
Louis
106.8
111.6
111.5
107.5
106.9
104.8
98.4
97.2
95.8
97.3
100.8
100.5
117.0
124.2
126.0
123.5
121.6
118.1
110.9
113.7
109.5
111.7
115.3
114.2
103.1
109.6
109.2
102.5
100.3
97.5
92.3
89.6
90.0
89.4
96.3
96.0
115.3
118.3
118.1
117.5
122.6
121.9
111.7
112.4
106.3
111.5
108.4
108.9
112.9
114.4
114.5
114.4
119.2
111.5
110.5
111.4
104.8
111.4
104.3
103.4
100.2
102.7
106.3
100.2
101.1
100.9
94.3
96.2
95.5
95.8
94.9
97.3
99.9
100.5
106.1
100.4
102.9
100.5
95.1
94.6
93.4
99.2
100.6
105.6
111.4
118.3
111.4
115.0
116.4
111.0
104.9
102.6
100.4
104.1
106.1
106.1
113.8
109.3
114.7
112.1
113.9
113.4
104.4
105.8
103.1
112.1
111.2
110.1
97.5
97.6
97.2
96.5
100.5
100.8
946
948
87.1
89.7
93.5
90.4
94.4
92.4
95.4
85.8
940
941
87.4
88.0
85.7
88.9
85.8
84 9
108.4
107.8
107.5
103.3
100.3
95.2
90.2
95.9
100.3
102.7
101.4
100.7
125.5
127.7
132.2
138.8
13L8
129.5
1243
123.9
12tt 3
12ft 6
1241
121.7
106.1
116.2
107.6
108.1
106.9
104.0
116.5
129.7
121.8
123.4
116.6
111.0
103.4
1117
104.5
103.3
103.7
103.6
115.9
123.5
114.6
122.6
117.7
113.2
109.0
117.7
112.7
116.8
111.6
103.0
104.1
115.1
105.6
110.0
102.4
97.3
108.8
112.8
110.9
112.7
112.8
105.6
109.2
112.6
109.7
111.3
111.8
106.2
85.2
99.9
94.6
89.4
94.5
94.9
78.9
86.8
97.3
85.9
82.3
78.4
101.6
107,6
96.8
•102.5
96.1
91.8
1»J
105.6
100.8
99.7
96.0
91.3
sd from d a t a collected b y t h e Federal Reserve Board, supplementing similar d a t a published i n t h e F e b r u a r y , 1924, Survey (No. 30), _
t«xt anawin* 8 ? g e ™ 2* * a t ^ b e r ) , t h u s bringing these d a t a current through J u n e , 1924. I n subsequent n u m b e r s similar d a t a for t h e current moni
t e x t , enabling t h e reader to enter t h e late figures for this adjusted indicator of business in t h e spaces provided in this table for the remainder of 1924.
154J
13&3
1348
130.2
122.5
61
MISCELLANEOUS
[Base year la bold-faced type)
Lumber at retail
yards (9th Fed- Postal a
eral i
reserve receipts, Shipments
district)
50 industrial of sales
books
*
cities
Sales
Stocks
Year and month
Relative to 1920
Relative Relative
to 1922
to 1919
Lumber at retail yards
(9th Federal * reserve Postal >
receipts,
district)
5 0 Industrial
cities
Sales
Stocks
Thousands
of dollars
INDEX NUMBERS
1919 monthly
1920 monthly
1921 monthly
1922 monthly
1923 monthly
average
average..average
average
average
*
Shipments
of sales
books <
Thousands Thousands Thousands
of feet b . m. of dollars
of books
NUMERICAL PATA
2 30,995
16,780
13,838
15,496
14,651
0,850
11,118
8,264
10,083
11,488
100
82
92
87
*106
100
75
62
63
34
33
55
76
86
86
83
82
90
81
70
76
5,712
5,491
9,199
12,786
174,311
174,157
168,295
166,735
100
119
96
118
81
79
78
73
84
90
68
72
62
95
16,842
19,949
16,180
19,807
165,184
160,909
157,3S8
149,123
1,960
2,111
6,697
7,096
6,110
9,375
104
119
89
45
70
65
62
60
91
76
94
119
103
100
95
94
17,451
20,046
15,013
7,579
141,731
131,576
125,715
122,738
2,116
1,771
2,199
2,783
10,177
9,880
9,357
9,250
34
23
49
78
62
65
65
65
97
92
103
96
92
91
99
89
5,625
3,865
8,212
13,033
125,673
130t 959
132,644
132,075
2,265
2,140
2,404
2,236
9,036
9,012
9,775
8,728
106
136
116
138
65
&5
65
64
96
94
93
98
96
109
87
120
17,804
22,765
19,409
23,223
132,888
132,802
132,746
130,363
2,239
2,194
2,161
2,295
9,488
10,775
8,607
11,826
132
140
108
49
63
59
56
54
97
108
103
123
103
116
113
112
22,230
23,424
18,160
8,212
128,044
119,396
113,127
110,215
2,257
2,523
2,414
2,872
10,100
11,419
11,170
11,065
52
33
58
81
59
64
69
71
115
104
119
107
116
108
127
111
8,714
5,509
9,712
13,568
119,256
130,693
139,248
144,776
2,694
2.430
2,784
2,505
May
June
July
August-.
113
132
107
104
70
67
66
64
107
102
101
106
115
115
99
124
19,031
22,208
17,924
17,532
141,407
136,666
134,748
130,819
September
October..
November
December.
103
116
95
53
61
57
54
52
105
121
112
133
118
128
121
117
17,312
19,507
15,936
8,864
124,335
114,965
110,446
105,268
2,497
2,383
2,350
2,484
2,438
2,826
2,609
3,114
11,475
10,598
12,510
10,960
11,333
11,329
9,703
12,238
40
32
47
68
54
58
61
61
123
117
126
121
114
118
116
107
6,749
5,374
7,945
11,333
110,027
118,343
123,352
124,622
114
105
*92
1OO
111
100
113
84
102
117
* 215,564
203,175
153,155
126,744
127,719
* 2,157
2,333
2,593
1921
January
February
March.
. April
.
May
June
July
August..
September
October.
November
December
...
1923
January *.
February
March
April . „.,..
May
June
July
August __
^
_.
.
September
October
November
December
1933
January.....
February
March
.
April
- -<• J .
8,876
7,986
6,917
7,442
1924
January
February
March..
April
May
June
July
August
„
2,859
2,728
2,950
2,S18
2,651
11,665
12,634
11,912
11,500
11,258
11,661
11,439
10,574
10,382
I
total £?«8 compiled b y the Federal Eeserve Bank of Minneapolis. Stocks represent the inventories of 19 companies retailing Iumb
for 1919' and SftaS688 r e p o r t e d b y 2 1 companies operating 625 yards. Data for 1919 were estimated for a few companies on the basis oi
» P I S S I P S H ? 1 3 ' a v e r a ^ e » J une to December, inclusive.
B f c S t h 1 ? 7 Ut S- Fost °&c€ -Department.
of t h ? ^ ~ | ^ ^
Manufacturers' Association from reports of 11 manufacturers, representing about 90 par cent of the Industry, east
4
62
WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON*
World total
Country
New crop available
-
Peru
United
States
Mexico
India
Brazil
Egypt
June
August
August
November
September
September
Thousands of bales (478 pounds net)
1909-1913 average
1914
. .
1915
1916
—
- ——
1917
1918 1919
1920
1921
1922
.....
1923, latest estimates
1
..... — ..
.
20,660
24,630
18,470
18,970
18,370
106
129
113
127
125
13,033
16,135
11,192
11,500
11,302
193
108
95
103
135
3,584
4,354
3,128
3,759
3,393
322
387
282
281
345
1,453
lf337
989
1,048
1,304
' 18,580
19,925
20,940
15,391
18,900
142
155
164
157
137
12,041
11,421
13,440
7,954
9,762
203
199
188
147
U78
3,328
4,853
3,013
3,748
14,247
339
384
451
505
553
999
1,155
1,251
902
1,170
10,128
138
4,247
18,900
From private sources.
1,213
* 1922 acreage 12,496,000 compared with 11,976,000 in 1921.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF WHEAT*
Country
World total
**§£'
Australia
India
United
States
Spain
Italy
France
January
March
July
August
August
August
1
New crop available.. .»
January
Germany Rumania Canada
August
Millions of bushels
Normal consumption
(1909-1913)
„ .. .
37
801
581
136
238
361
221
34
116
130
116
139
152
143
183
170
171
177
140
318
283
223
205
135
152
146
142
87
49
89
78
197
161
394
263
234
>86
>80
<83
«108
• 72
US
(66
«61
«79
<92
189
193
263
301
400
106
102
474
157
105
169
169
80
85
103
25
179
152
351
312
377
323
382
690
891
1,026
636
637
1918
J919
1920
1921
1922.
12,804
12,743
12,868
13,069
»3,096
224
180
217
156
191
115
76
46
146
129
370
280
378
250
367
921
968
833
815
868
136
129
139
145
125
183
170
141
194
„ 162
226
*182
<237
«323
'243
196
259
109
127
369
361
786
693
157
136
225
290
1923, latest estimates
1924, latest estimates
* Russia excluded. No accurate statistics are available
* Excludes Alsace-Lorraine.
1
Excludes Dobruja.
4
1
mo
182
N e w boundaries.
. _ _ .
Former k i n g d o m , Bessarabia a n d Bukowina.
K • l I J a J a C 0 ? P i l e t d hKU'£
g*f*rt*f*t
of AortcuUure, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, a n d corrected m o n t h l y i n accordance w i t h latesti»
by that department or by U. 8. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in
Corrected to June 20,1924,
j
64
3,577
3,686
4,199
12,609
*2,288
.
September
.
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
.. „
August
63
WORLD PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR AND FLAXSEED*
CANE SUGAR
Java
World
total
YEAE
May
United
States i
Brazil
Oct.
Oct.
Hawaii
Nov.
FLAXSEED
Porto
Rico
Cuba
Dec.
Dec.
India
World
total
Dec.
Thousands of short tons
Argentina
India
United
States
Canada
Jan.*
Apr.
Aug.
Aug.
Thousands of bushels
1909*1913 average
1914
191
1916
1917
1918
1519
1920
1921
1922
im
9,9.1
11,293
12,776
13,442
14,508
13,324
13,799
13,656
14.563
14,738
1,514
lf054
1,797
2,009
1,960
1,478
1,473
1,579
1,906
1,993
311
247
139
311
246
284
122
176
328
295
»38
344
486
413
493
440
496
580
551
*667
567
646
593
645
577
600
556
522
592
*537
363
346
484
503
454
406
485
490
408
•379
2,295
.2,967
3,437
3,442
3,957
4,597
4,209
4,408
4,517
* 4,083
2,614
2,757
2,950
3,058
3,708
2,617
3,361
2,826
2,925
»3,409
110,992
94,559
103,287
82,151
41,063
61,821
61,692
87,964
83,288
94,000
31,989
36,928
45,010
39,289
4,032
19,588
30,775
42,038
50,470
44,286
19,870
15,448
15,880
19,040
21,040
20,600
9,400
16,760
10,800
17,440
19,505
13,749
14,030
14,296
9,164
13,369
7,256
10,774
8,029
10,375
12,040
7,175
10,626
8,260
5,935
6,055
5,473
7,993
4,112
5,009
1923 latest estimates
15,564
1,971
172
710
640
407
4,463
3,658
127,000
63,225
21,280
17,429
7,140
1
Louisiana and Texas.
* Exports
* From private sources.
* N e w crop available in January of the year indicated; January, 1924, estimate is 63,225,000 bushels.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR*
World
total*
YEAB
United
States
Germany
Czechoslovakia Russia
Foland Netherlands
Belglum
France
Italy
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Thousands of short tons
1909-1913 average
1914...
1915
1916....
1917...
1918....
1919....
1920.....
1921...
1922....
i
1923 latest estimates
1
8,432
8,331
6,056
5,808
5,208
4,592
3,490
4,997
5,443
*5,697
610
722
374
821
765
761
726
1,089
'1,074
•711
2,296
2,721
1,678
1,721
1,726
1,404
808
1,212
1,416
1,605
1,017
1,004
812
805
584
688
559
770
726
'821
1,726
1,879
1,824
1,457
1,134
31S
86
55
61
M245
6,468
927
1,246
1,084
398
Crops in all countries here given are harvested beginning in September.
From private sources.
239
293
263
249
106
195
193
1294
246
316
264
286
215
182
263
314
412
304
276
215
120
140
136
78
152
263
315
»293
759
334
150
204
221
121
171
370
*319
515
209
166
166
160
162
120
185
150
234
300
116
112
117
139
154
169
91
104
80
> 176
128
16S
143
124
149
156
149
168
156
94
154
170
140
151
144
141
141
181
259
*79
457
275
326
649
353
187
115
165
279
' Includes Ukraine; data from private sources.
* Refined sugar in terms of raw on the basis of 95 per cent of the raw.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF RICE*
Country.,
World
total'
New crop available.
India
Apr.
Apr.
United
States
Italy
Spain
Japan
Dutch
East
Indies»
Philippines
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Millions of pounds (cleaned)
Normal consumption (1909-1913).
1909-1913
1914
l['Z
1915
1917
1918.
1919.
1920
1921
1922.
1023 latest estimates..
* Irrigated rice in J a v a a n d M a d u r a .
1
Summer crop only given.
67,891
110,780
116,000
126,000
131,000
134,000
109,000
128,000
113, GOO
129,000
131,000
14,602
375
513
481
657
297
337
320
329
322
283
412
394
356
373
14,009
17,909
17,569
18,360
17.143
17,184
19,106
19,849
17,336
19.067
7,349
7,826
7,964
7,912
8,323
8,433
9,179
7,716
6,943
6,451
1,124
1,404
1,100
1.289
1,745
2,213
2,089
2,247
2,565
2,631
330
.17,425
6,904
2,703
72,950
61,109
73,315
78,521
80,633
54,526
71,743
61,963
74,446
75,524
553
61
551
230
487
692
244
283
472
»55
965
1,072
1,166
1,446
1,045
1,150
646
741
763
70S
716
712
662
614
641
632
63,383
»270
924
709
804
1,135
* Exclusive of China: Chinese crop estimated at 52,788,000.000 pounds in 1920 and 70,218,667,000 in 1917.
>
'ed
byathOa?5l!?d b y ^ s - ^«Portm«n< of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly in accordance with latest available information rer
rect*d?« "fPftrtment or b y V, S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order in which crops are harvested
64
SOURCES OF DATA
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN
AEGENTINE MINISTER OF AGEICULTURE
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH'S BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
BANK OF JAPAN
BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR . .
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE
AND COMMERCE.
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTAFEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANE OF DALLAS.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS
CITT.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW
YORK.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN
FRANCISCO.
Cereal exports from Argentina.
Price index for Australia
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
PANAMA CANAL
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—
B U R E A U OF A G R I C U L T U R A L
ECONOMICS.
Monthly.
Second week of month.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Price index for Japan
Second week of month.
British Board of Trade Journal
Price index for United Kingdom
Labour Gazette (Canadian)...
Price index for Canada
Monthly.
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Employment in Canadian trade-unions
Semimonthly.
Operations of Canadian employment service- Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Semimonthly.
Foreign trade of Canada
Foreign trade of Canada
Operating Revenues, etc., of Railways •___ Monthly.
Canadian railroad operations
_
Monthly.
Press releases *
Canadian iron and steel production
Not published
__
Agricultural loans by land banks
Monthly.
Business Conditions
Wholesale trade
Monthly.
Monthly Review
Savings deposits in First Fed. Res. Dist
Monthly.
Savings deposits in Seventh Fed. Res. Dist_. Business Conditions
Monthly.
Business Conditions
Agricultural pumps
Monthly.
Savings deposits in Fourth Fed. Res. Dist___ Business Review
Monthly.
Business Conditions.
Wholesale trade- ...
Monthly.
Wholesale tradeBusiness Conditions.
Business Conditions.
Monthly.
Fed. Res. Bull, and daily statement *
Monthly Review
Business and Financial Conditions
Business and Financial Conditions
Business and Agricultural Conditions
Business and Agricultural Conditions
Business Conditions
Business Conditions
Business Conditions
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases *.
Fed. Res. Buil. and weekly press releases *.
Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases •.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Daily and monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly (second week of month)*
Sunday papers and monthly.
Fri. morning papers and monthly.
Fri. afternoon papers and monthly.
Monthly.
Federal Reserve BulletinFederal Reserve BulletinFederal Reserve Bulletin..
Monthly.
Monthly.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Bulletin de la Satisque Generale.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Employment in Illinois
Price index for India
Railway revenues and expenses
Telephone operating revenue and income
Telegraph operations and income
Express operations and income
Massachusetts employment
The Employment Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Preliminary statement Class I roads...
Operations of large telephone companies—
Not published
Not published
Monthly statement *
Monthly.
Second week of month*
Monthly.
Monthly.
Milk receipts at Boston
Not published
Retail sales of lumber by rural yards
Foreign exchange rates and index
Savings deposits in Second Fed. Res. Dist
Savings deposits in Third Fed. Res. Dist
Wholesale trade
_
Savings deposits in Fifth Fed. Res. Dist
Wholesale trade
Savings deposits in Twelfth Fed. Res. Dist
Wholesale trade
Automobile registrations
Foreign exchange index numbers
„.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
Debits to individual accounts
...
Condition of Federal reserve banks
Condition of reporting member banks
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and Federal reserve system to July 1,1922.
Wholesale price index numbers
Department store trade; in cooperation with
National Retail Dry Goods Association.
Index numbers of department store, mailorder, and chain-store trade.
Barley and rye receipts
,
Sales of loose leaf tobacco
Index of ocean freight rates
__,
Index numbers of production
Wholesale trade
FRENCH MINISTRY OF LABOR AND Price index for France
SOTIAL WELFARE.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
INDIAN DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS..
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Estadistica Agro-Pecuaria.,
Federal Reserve Bulletin...
New York State factory employment and
earnings.
New York State canal traffic
Panama Canal traffic
,
Unemployment in Pennsylvania..
Beef, pork, and lamb production..
Monthly.
Labor Market Bulletin and press releases V Monthly.
Yearly.
Annual report
Last weekly issue of month
The Panama Canal RecordJ
Semimonthly.
Semimonthly report *
Monthly
supplement.
Crops and Markets.
Monthly
supplement.
Prices of farm products to producers.
Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement.
>
Wool stocks in dealers' hands
Crops and Markets
Releases
about
1st of moutn (coiww
Crop production
Crops and Markets and press releases *
and 10th (other crops).
Monthly supplement ^
Cold-storage holdings and fish frozen
Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep
I I I " Crops and Markets
Weekly.
Receipts of butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry. Crops and Markets
Quarterly.
Production of dairy products
Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement.
Car lot shipments of fruits and vegetables.III Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement.
Farm labor, wages, supply, etc
Crops and Markets
World crop production
" Foreign crops and markets *
Weekly.
Livestock on farms
Annually.
Crops and Markets,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE- Total lumber production from 1913 to 1920~" Production of Lumber, Lath, and Shingles- Yearly.
FOREST SERVICE.
Wood pulp production, 1914 and 1916
Pulp Wood Consumption and Wood-Pulp Yearly.
Production.
Semimonthly during season.
CT. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- Cotton ginned
Preliminary report on ginnings *
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
Cotton consumed and on hand
I Preliminary report on cotton consumed... 15th of month.
20th
of month.
Active textile machinery
Wool machinery and cotton spindles •
First week of month.
Leather, hides, shoes, production and stocksl Census of hides, skins, and leather *
18th of month.
Cottonseed and cottonseed oil
Preliminary report on cottonseed *
30th of month.
Hoisery statistics
Press release *
30th of month.
Men's and boys' clothing
I™
Press release *
*..
30th of month.
Malleable castings
Press release *
30th of month.
Wheat flour production from May, 1923
Press release *
30th of month.
Pyroxylin coated textiles
Press release *.
*.
...
20th of month.
. Quarter.
Stokers, sales from January, 1923
Stocks of tobacco held
One month after ena d 4»~
Statement on stocks of leaf tobacco...
Wool consumption
.
30th of month.
Press release *
Wool stocks
Quarterly.
Press release *
Work clothing
" " Press release •
30tb of montn.
Cast-iron pipe—
I " Press release *
25th of month.
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets
h
figures
W^^Skr*.
fhS
SS S y7 t^VSTO
? ^right-hand
$$ *$*
Pushed
In
SURVEY,
as many, of them are obtained direct from the compilers prior^to
tive
totmffflS
g ^ fT
f fcolumn
*£• figures
P^Hshed
In the
the
tive journals.
This
andVth
the
column
have been
been
added
to as
i h t h d column
have
added
to
assist readcera in obtaining current statistics between publication dates u*
65
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
SOURCE
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
I.—REPORTS F R O M G O V E R N M E N T D E P A R T M E N T S , FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN—Continued
U. S. DKPABTMENT OF COMMERCE—
. BUBEAU OF THE CENSUS
U. S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE—
BUEEAU OF FISHERIES.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
COMMERCE.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
D\ S. DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
0.8. GRAIN CORPORATION
U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF THE I N T E R I O R BUREAU OF M I N E S .
U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF THE I N T E R I O R GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Produc. indexes of raw materials and manfrs..
Fats and oils, production, consumption, and
stocks.
Fabricated struc. steel sales from Apr., 1922.-.
Automobile production from July, 1921
Wood chemical operations
Steel castings sales
Steel furniture shipments
Earnings of public utilities
Plumbing goods price index
Architectural terra cotta
Fish catch at principal fishing ports
,
Survey of Current Business.
Statistics of fats and oils *._
All imports and exports
Fuel loaded for consumption by vessels at
principal clearing ports.
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in
United States foreign trade.
Data on trade, employment and coal and iron
production of foreign countries.
Wholesale price of wool
Warehouse stocks of rice
Vessels under construction completed, and
lost.
Building material price indexes
Mon. Sum. Foreign Commerce (Part I) 1 ., Last week of montn
Not published
Wheat flour production, prior to July, 1920._
Refined petroleum products, production, etc..
Explosives, production, shipments, etc
Portland cement, production, etc
Coal and coke production
Crude petroleum, production, etc
Electric power production
*
Consumption of fuel by public utility plantsFigures on nonferrous metal production
D. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR— Patents granted
U. 8. PATENT OFFICE.
u. 8. DEPARTMENT OF THE I N T E R I O R DIVISION OF NATIONAL PARKS.
u. S. DEPARTMENT OF L A B O R — E M PLOYMENT SERVICE.
U. 8. DEPARTMENT O F # L A B O R — B U REAU OF IMMIGRATION.
u. 8. DEPARTMENT OF L A B O R — B U REAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
tJ. 8. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
U.S.DEPARTMENT OF STATE
u. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BtJBBAU OF THE MINT.
u . S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT—BUBBAU OF INTERNAL R E V E N U E .
RP V A R
r>EPARTMENT
~~EN<HNEEE
»pABTM
^ 1 0 * SERVICE.
K ^ F I N A N C E CORPORATION
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Visitors to National Parks.'.
Monthly.
Quarterly (one month after end of
uarter).
i of month.
20th or month.
30th of month.
20th of month.
20th of month.
Monthly.
Monthly.
15th of month.
a
Press release *
,
Press release *
Press release *
Press release *
Press release *
Survey of Current Business.
Survey of Current Business.
Press release *
Monthly statement
Mon. Sum. Foreign Commerce (Part II).. Middle of next month.
Various foreign sources
,
Wholesale Prices
Mon. Sum. Foreign Commerce (Part II).
Commerce Reports
Not published
Yearly.
Monthly.
First weekly issue of month (Mon*
days).
No longer published
L
Refinery statistics •
Explosive statistics *
Report on Portland cement output *
Weekly report on production of coal * —
Preliminary statistics on petroleum *
Production of electric power *
Production of electric power *
Mineral Resources
Not published
Second week of month.
Monthly.
20th of month.
Second or third weekly ssue of mo.
25th of month.
End of month.
End of month.
Annually.
Not published.
Monthly.
Number on pay roll—United States factories.. Industrial Survey *
Report of Activities of State and MuniciEmployment agency operations
pal Employment Agencies.
Not published
Immigration and emigration statistics
Wholesale prices of commodities, including
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc.
Wholesale price index
Retail price index of foods
.Retail coal prices
United States postal savings
Postal receipts
Passports issued
Government debt, receipts and disbursements
Money in circulation from July 1,1922
,
Domestic receipts of gold at mint
Wholesale Prices of Commodities
Oleomargarine production
Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snuff,
cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Internal Revenue taxes on specified articles, _
Iron ore movement*
Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic
Ohio River cargo traffic
Barge traffic on Mississippi River
Not published
Statement of tax-paid products •
Classified collections of Internal Revenue,
Monthly statistical report
Monthly statistical report
Agricultural loans
Wisconsin factory earnings and employment.
Not published in form used
-.Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market •-._.,
Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor Review
Monthly Labor. Review
Postal Savings News Bulletin
Statement of Postal Receipts *
Not published
Daily Statement of the U. S. T r e a s u r y Circulation of money
Not published
First week of month.
Every 4 or 5 weeks.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
12tn of month.
7th of month.
10th of month.
Last day of month.
Monthly.
First week of month.
25th of month.
Monthly during season.
Monthly during season.
Monthly.
Not published
16tb of month.
n.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
(Excluding Individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
Building costs
CONSTRUCTION C O
P A I R AND CLOTH
S
Sale of abrasive paper and cloth
RS* EXCHANGE.
B U B K A U
OF
,
Com ground Into starch, glucose, etc
M E T A L STA-
Copper, silver, and lead production
Zinc production in Belgium..
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
PUBLISHERS' Face brick production, stocks, e t c . . .
Stocks of newsprint paper
AND STEEL INSTITUTE. Steel Ingot production
M INSTITUTE
Gasoline and kerosene consumption
ASSOCIATION
Merchant pig iron production, etc
Freight car surplus and shortage
Car loadings and bad-order cars
Stockholders in the company
Walnut lumber and logs
R
RITING PAPEH COMPANY.
~ lN3TlTtJTE
E BUREAU OP
Construction trade papers..
Not published
Not published
Not published
.'Not published
Not published
•Trends in the Face Brick Industry.
Monthly report
Press release to trade papers • — Special statement
Not published
---«—-r*
Car Surplusages and Shortages *.
Information Bulletin *
Financial papers
7th of month.
Not published
Quarterly.
Purchases and sales of paper
___ Not published
Press release to trade papers • — - . —
Produc. and stocks zinc, retorts operating
Statement of anthracite shipments \ .
Anthracite shipments and stocks
Knit underwear production
New life insurance business
Premium collections
Distribution of assets
' ASSO. Automobile accessory sales
Cape Cod Canal traffic
* Multlgraphed or mimeographed sheets.
r
Monthly.
Monthly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Third week of month.
13th of month.
15th of month.
Monthly report *
Monthly.
Not published.
Not publishedNot published,
Trade Papers..
Monthly.
Not published.
* Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.
66
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT PUBLICATION
SOURCE
DATE OF PUBLICATION
.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued
(Excluding Individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
Daily.
Trade papers
,
Receipts of wool at Boston
Fabricated structural steel sales before April, No longer published
1922.
Summary of operating statistics.
Number of tons carried 1 mile
Not published
Average receipts per ton-mile
Summary of operating statistics.
Passengers carried 1 mile
;
Not published...Railway employment...'
Not published
Locomotives in bad order
Not published
Per cent of earnings on valuation
Not published....
Redwood
lumber
production,
etc
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION..
Not published
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE Sugar pine lumber production, etc__
ASSOCIATION.
Trade papers
Wheat, corn and oatst receipts, etc
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
.
Monthly report
Restaurant sales
CHILDS C0..1
CLEVELAND TRUST CO
. . . . Automobile production, monthly, January, Not published currently.
1920, to June, 1921.
Le Canal de Suez
„
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL Suez Canal traffic
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCEBRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL
SOCIETY.
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS
I
MARITIME DE SUEZ.
CONTAINER CLUB
........
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION, INC.
F. W. DODGE CORP
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT.
ENAMELED SANITARY MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
FEDERATION OF IRON AND STEEL
MANUFACTURERS (British).
FELT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION..
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANGE
FIEE EXTINGUISHER EXCHANGE
,
FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
HARDWOOD MANFRS. INSTITUTE
HAFFARDS, O. M., & Co
HYDRAULIC SOCIETY
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE GUILD
IOWA-NEBRASKA CANNERS' ASSOCN.
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JONES BROS. TEA CO
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCN
LEATHER BEITING EXCHANGE
LIFE INSURANCE SALES RESEARCH
BUREAU.
MAPLE FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCN..,
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, LTD
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. LOUIS.
Daily.
Monthly.
5th, 15th, and 25th of month
Production of paper box board through April, Not published
1923.
Credit
Credit conditions
Milk deliveries to milk plants
Not published
Statement on Building Statistics
Building statistics—Contracts awarded.
Weekly press release.
Detroit factory employment
Not published
Enameled sanitary ware
Trade papers
British iron and steel production.—
Roofing felt production, stocks, etc
___
Fine cotton goods production and sales
Shipments offireextinguishers..
Foundry equipment production
Stocks and unfilled orders hardwood lumber..
Fall River Mill dividends
Hydraulic machinery shipments, etc
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc.
Unsold stock of sweet corn
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Sales
___
Consump., stocks, and shipments, iron ore
Sales of leather belting
Life insurance sales
Mapleflooringproduction, etc.
Canadian building contracts.
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
,
Mississippi River traffic
-,
MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFACTUR- Hardwood and softwood lumber, production
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
and shipments.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMLinseed oil and oil-cake shipments
,
MERCE.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CASE GOODS Unfilled orders and shipments of furniture
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUTTON
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIR
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRUGATED AND FIBER BOX MANFRS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FINISHERS
OF COTTON FABRICS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HAT MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PIANO
BENCH AND STOOL MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET AND
TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOL
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
NATIONAL BOTTLE MANFRS. ASSOCN.__
NATIONAL CONTAINER ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION.
NAT. INDUS. CONFERENCE BOARD . . |
NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL PAVING BRICK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSO...
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL ASSO
NEW ORLEANS BOARD OF TRADE
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE
NEWS PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
Monthly.
Monthly.
Not published
Trade papers
Not published
Weekly.
Monthly.
Second week of month
.
Monthly.
Monthly report
Bradstreets
Not published
Not published
Weekly report •
Naval Stores Review
Financial papers
Monthly report*
Monthly report (not published)..
Monthly release
Quarterly.
Weekly.
Weekly. «
Monthly.
18th of month.
Not published
•
Canadian Building Review
Receipts and shipments at St. Louis.
Not published
..
Not published
—
Monthly statements..
Monthly.
3d of month
—
Not published in form used
Brass faucets, orders and shipments
Notpublished
Button stocks, activity, etc
Weekly report
- Weekly.
Chair shipments and unfilled orders
Not puolished In form used
•
Notpublished
•
Business conditions (Chicago Federal Monthly
Reserve).
Finished cotton goods, billings, orders, ship- Notpublished
Production of paper box board through April,
1923.
Agricultural p u m p s . . . .
ments, and stocks.
. ,. .
Hat production, etc., and stocks of f u r . . . . . . . . .
Not published
Production, shipments, and unfilled orders of
piano benches and stools.
Steel furniture shipments__.__.
._.
Not published
Sheet-metal production and stocks
Not published
...
1913 figures for actiye textile machinery
Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Glass bottle production index
Production of paper box board since Apru\ 1823
Credit conditions
Cost of living
Machine-tool orders, etc
,
Paving-brick production, etc..
Department store trade (see Fed. Res. Bd.)
Production of wood alcohol and acetate of lime.'
Rice distribution through New Orleans
Cotton receipts into sight
Canadian newsprint production, etc
NEW YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR E X . . . United States newsprint data since June, 1923.
NEW YORK METAL EXCHANGE
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY
Indexes
stock and bond prices
Stocks ofoftin.
NORTH CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION.. North Carolina pine, production, etc
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD Hemlock and hardwood lumber production,
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
etc.
NORTHERN PINE MANFRS. ASSOCN...., Northern pine lumber and lath
OAK FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCN
I Oakflooring,production, etc
—
' Moltigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
L.I
•
Not published
•
No longer published
•
Second week of month.
Traffic bulletin* (production figures not
published).
Not published.
Notpublished
Not published
•
Monthly press release..
Not published
,
21st of month.
Monthly report
Federal Reserve Bulletin....
Not published
,
Monthly report
Monthly report
Monthly bulletin
Monthly bulletin
Monthly statement
Trade papers
The Index....
Not published
Not published
Not published .
Notpublished.
Monthly.
ass
Monthly.
67
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
II.—REPORTS F R O M TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS—Continued
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
OHIO FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION
OPTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN
PACIFIC CANNED FISH BROKERS' A S SOCIATION.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD C O
PENSACOLA CHAMBER or COMMERCE. _
PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
PREPARED ROOFING MANFBS. ASSOCN.
PULLMAN COMPANY
REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURERS' A S SOCIATION.
RICE MILLERS* ASSOCIATION
ROPE PAPER SACK MANFRS. ASSOCN...
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RUBBEB GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
SALES BOOK MANUFACTURERS' A S SOCIATION.
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
SAVINGS BANKS ASSOCIATION OF STATE
OF NEW YORK.
SILK ASSOCIATION OF A'MERICA
SOUTHERN FURNITURK
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
BTKL BARREL MANFRS. ASSOCN
8TKL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY
BTOKER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN
SrautruRAL STEEL SOCIETY..-.
TANNERS' COUNCIL
TUBULAR PLUMBING GOODS A S S O C N . .
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS* ASSOCN.
U. 8.STEEL CORPORATION
Ohio foundry iron production
Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
Shipments of canned salmon
__ Monthly report* (not published)..
Not published
Not published
Stockholders in the company
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Milk receipts at Philadelphia
Cement paving contracts
Shipments of prepared roofing
Pullman passenger traffic
Fire-clay orick production, etc
.
Silica brick production, etc
Rice receipts, stocks, etc
Shipments of rope paper sacks
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material
Rubber stocks in England,.
.
Shipment of sales books
Financial papers
Naval Stores Review
Not published
Concrete Highway Magazine
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published
Monthly report
Not published
Monthly reports (not published)
Bulletin of Rubber Growers Association.
Not published
Turpentine and rosin receipts
Sayings banks deposits in New York State
Naval Stores Review
Not published
Quarterly.
Weekly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Weekly.
Monthly press release to trade papers •
Not published in form used
Not published in form used
Yellow pine production and stocks
Monthly reports * (not published).
Steel barrel shipments, orders, etc
Not published
Sales of steel castings
No longer published
Sales of stokers through December, 1922
Sales of fabricated structural steel
.^__ Not published
Not
published
Leather production through May, 1922
Semiweekly reports
Tubular plumbing sales
Not published
Milk production, Minnesota
Press release •.„
Unfilled o r d e r s . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . .
Press release •
Earnings
Financial papers
Stockholders
Special reports * „ .
Wages of common labor
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
Typothetae Bulletin
Printing activity
WALDORF SYSTEM, INC
" I l l Restaurant sales
Monthly press release •
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCN „ Douglas fir lumber production, etc
Not published
WEBBINO MANUFACTURERS' E I C H . .
Not published
Sales of elastic webbing
WESTERN
PINE
MANUFACTURERS' Western pine lumber production, etc
Not published
Raw silk consumption, etc
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Monthly.
6th of month.
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Foreign exchange rates, 1914 to 1918
State and municipal bond issues
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Municipal bond yields
Visible supply of wheat and corn
Bank clearings, United States and Canada
Wholesale price index
Business failures, Canada
Price Index for France
Chemical price index
Mine price of bituminous coal
Cotton (visible supply) and interest rates
Mail order and chain store sales
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Business failures and wholesale price index
Sales of electrical energy, central stations
Rand gold production and silver prices
Construction cost and volume index
Canadian bond issues
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Price index for Germany
Hay receipts
Pig-iron production and furnaces in blast.
Composite finished steel price
Iron and steel prices
Railway freight car orders
Price index for United Kingdom
Price indices oflumber
Southern construction and southern bond issues
Milk receipts at Greater New York
Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn.
Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks
Price index for Switzerland
Dividend and interest payments
New capital issues and new corporations...
Fire losses
Newspaper advertising
Flaxseed, receipts, etc
Wheat flour production for 1917
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Book production
Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
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Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics-—
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First weekly issue of month (Mondays).
Weekly (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).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
Second or third weekly Issue of month (Saturdays).
Last issue of month.
First week of month (daily).
20th of month (daily).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month.
Weekly (Thursdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Fridays).
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Weekly (Thursdays).
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Weekly (Wednesdays)
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
10th of month (monthly).
Second week of month.
Third week of month.
Weekly compilation (daily).
Weekly (Fridays).
PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Recent publications of the Department of Commerce having the most direct interest to readers of the SURVEY OP CURRENT
A complete list may be obtained by addressing the Division of Publications, Department of Commerce,
at Washington. Copies of the publications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, at the prices stated. If no price is mentioned, the publication is distributed free.
BUSINESS are listed below.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Recommended Minimum Requirements for Plumbing in
Dwellings in Similar Buildings.—This final report of the subcommittee on plumbing, of the building code committee, is a
part of the Elimination of Waste Series. It covers 260 pages
and includes 11 tables and 100 figures by way of illustration.
The report is divided into four parts as follows: Part I, Introduction; Part II, Recommended Plumbing Code for Dwellings
and Similar Buildings; Part III, Experimental Investigation,
Standardization, Administration, and Comments; Part IV,
Appendices. Price, 35 cents.
Simplified Practice Recommendations: Range Boilers and
Expansion Tanks, Recommendation No. 8; Lumber, supplementary recommendations adopted April 22, 1924. Price,
5 cents each.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
The Integration of Industrial Operation, by Willard L. Thorp.
Census Monograph III; 272 pages, 72 tables, 188 charts.
A statistical and descriptive analysis of the development and
growth of industrial establishments operated from central
offices. Price, $1.
Cotton Production and Distribution, Season of 1922-23.—
Covers production of cotton from the crop of 1922, and the
consumption, imports, exports and stocks of cotton and number
of cotton spindles for the year ended June 31, 1923, and for
cottonseed received, crushed, and on hand, and for cottonseed
products manufactured, shipped, and on hand for the same
period. 103 pages, 47 tables, 9 diagrams, 12 maps. Price,
15 cents.
Lumber, Lath, and Shingles.—This bulletin was compiled in
cooperation with the Forest Service of the Department of
Agriculture. Deals with lumber cut by groups of States,
sawmills classified according to production, production of
lumber by States and by kinds of wood. 32 pages, 44 tables,
2 diagrams. Price, 5 cents.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
Commerce Reports.—A weekly survey of foreign trade.
Cable summaries of world conditions and articles on situation
in various commodities in foreign countries. Quarto. 72 pages.
Price, 10 cents per copy; $3 per year ($5 for foreign).
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United
States.—Parts 1 and 2. Gives total values by countries and
by customs districts, movements of gold and silver in foreign
trade, merchandise remaining in warehouse, and trade with
noncontiguous territories of the United States. Price, 10 cents,
including both parts; $1 per year.
Index to Commerce Reports, Nos. 1-13, January, February,
and March, 1924. Price, 5 cents.
Trade and Economic Reviews, 1923.—These are based on
annual reports of trade and industries submitted by American
consular officers. The following have been issued since the
June announcements: No. 5, Czechoslovakia; No. 6, Canada;
No. 7, Switzerland.
German Dyestuffs Industry, by Thomas W. Delahanty,
assistant chief, Chemical Division. Miscellaneous Series
No. 126; 63 pages of text, graphs, and tabular material setting
forth the history of the German Dye Cartel, the production
of dyes in 1922 and the first eight months of 1923, and the
distribution of German dye production. Price, 10 cents.
Import Duties on Wheat, Wheat Flour, Meat, and Meat
Products, by Frank W. Fetter, Special Agent, and Henry
Chalmers, chief, Foreign Tariffs Division. Trade Information
Bulletin No. 233; 37 pages. This bulletin is part No. 5 of
the survey of world trade in agricultural products, under
direction of Frank M. Surface. This section presents a detailed
analysis of the course of official policy in the principal foreign
markets toward the importation of American agricultural
products.
British Dyestuffs Industry, by Frederick E. Breithut, American trade commissionei. Trade Information Bulletin No. 231;
30 pages. This report is one of a series on the dyestuffs industries of European countries.
Italian Dyestuffs Industry, by Frederick E. Breithut, American trade commissioner. Trade information Bulletin No. 234;
11 pages. The growth of the Italian dye industry after being
cut off from the German sources of supply in 1915 forms the
basis of this study.
European Economic Conditions Which Affect the Markets
for Agricultural Products, by H. B. Smith, special representative. Trade Information Bulletin No. 235; 62 pages. This
report comprises part No. 6 of the survey of world trade in
agricultural products.
Selling American Hosiery Abroad, prepared in the Textile
Division from reports by representatives of the Department
of State and the Department of Commerce. Trade Information
Bulletin No. 236; 19 pages. American hosiery has only in
recent years found its way into foreign markets and in certain
countries has been able to compete successfully with the
products of other countries.
Italy's Foreign Trade in Iron and Steel and Nonferrous
Metals in 1923, by A. A. Osborne, American trade commissioner, Rome. Trade Information Bulletin No. 237; 6 pages.
Because of Italy's lack of coal, that country's efforts to build
up a flourishing iron and steel industry is of special interest
to those concerned with the Italian market for iron and steel.
Statistics are given covering the Italian trade in metals during
1922 and 1923.
Italian Hydroelectric Industry, by Leon Dominian, American
consul at Rome. Trade Information Bulletin, No. 238; 17
pages. Italy is increasingly relying upon its waterpower resources to make up for the country's lack of coal.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
Oyster Culture Problems of Connecticut, by J. S. Gutsell,
scientific assistant. Documents No. 960; 10 pages. Price,
5 cents.
Experiments in the Artificial Propagation of Oysters, by
Herbert F. Prytherch, scientific assistant. Document No. 961;
14 pages. Price, 5 cents.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Pulp and Paper Fiber Composition Standards, by Muriel F.
Merritt, laboratory assistant. Technologic Paper No. 250;
4J pages of text and 9 pages of colored plates illustrating a
variety of fibers and methods of treatment with various stains
for use in the identification and estimation of fiber composition
with paper. Price, 15 cents.
United States Government Specifications: No. 80, Standards
Circular 157, Coal-Tar Pitch for Roofing; No. 85, Standards
Circular No. 160, Asphalt for Waterproofing and Damp Proofing.
These specifications have been officially adopted by the Federal
Specifications Board for use in purchasing materials for Government use. Price, 5 cents.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
Radio Service Bulletin, June 2, 1924, No. 86.—This monthly
publication contains a list of new stations, changes in preceding
lists, information concerning radio regulations, current publications, and other matters. Price, 5 cents a copy; annual subscription price, 25 cents.
NOTE.—All orders for radio publications listed by the Bureau
of Navigation, and inquiries concerning these publications,
should be addressed to the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Do not make
remittances to the Bureau of Navigation or to radio inspectors.
UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Effect of Variations in the Assumed Figure of the Earth on
the Mapping of a Large Area, by Walter D. Lambert, Mathematician. The report contains 35 pages, with formulas, tables,
and diagrams. Price, 5 cents.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Buoy Lists. Second District, Coast of Massachusetts
(corrected to May 10): Second District, Delaware Bay and
Harbor, including Philadelphia Harbor (corrected to April 15);
Fifth District, Cape Henlopen to Cape Lookout, including
Chesapeake Bay and North Carolina Sounds (corrected to
April 1).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
HERBERT HOOVER, Secretary of Commerce
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WILLIAM M. STEUART, Director
Chief functions
The taking of the decennial census covering population, agriculture, manufactures, mines and quarries, and forest products.
Decennial report on wealth, public debt, and taxation, including principal financial statistics on Federal, State, county, city,
and township governments.
Annual financial statistics of State and municipal governments—Sources of revenue, objects of payments, debt, tax levies.
Decennial statistics relating to inmates of institutions, including paupers, insane, prisoners, and juvenile delinquents.
A quadrennial census of agriculture, a biennial census of
manufactures, a quinquennial census of electrical public utilities,
and statistics of marriage and divorce.
Annual statistics of births, deaths, causes of death, etc., in
the registration area of the United States.
Quarterly statistics of leaf tobacco stocks and of production,
stocks, and consumption of fats and oils.
Monthly or semimonthly statistics of cotton ginning; cotton
stocks and consumption; the production, stocks, and consumption of hides and leather; the production of shoes; and statistics of active textile machinery and of movements in an increasing number of other industries.
The compilation and publication, in the "Survey of Current
Business," of monthly commercial and industrial statistics.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
Chief functions
The propagation of useful food fishes, including lobsters;
oysters, and other shellfish, and their distribution to suitable
waters.
Investigations of fish culture, fish diseases, and for the conservation of fishery resources and the development of commercial fisheries.
The study of the methods of thefisheriesandfisheryindustries
and the utilization offisheryproducts.
The collection of statistics of fisheries.
The administration of the Alaska salmonfisheries,the fur-seal
herd on the Pribilof Islands, and the law for the protection of
sponges off the coast of Florida.
BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES
R. PUTNAM, Commissioner
GEORGE
Chief functions
The establishment and maintenance of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, and other aids to navigation on the sea and the
lake coast and on the rivers of the United States, including
Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico.
The publication of Light Lists, Buoy Lists, and Notices to
Mariners, including information regarding ail aids to navigation
maintained by the Lighthouse Service.
JULIUS KLEIN, Director
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Chief functions
E. LESTER JONES, Director
The compilation of timely information concerning world
market conditions and openings for American products in foreign countries secured through commercial attache's and trade
commissioners of the Department of Commerce and the foreign
service of the Department of State. The distribution of such
information to American business through weekly "Commerce
reports," special bulletins, confidential circulars, the news and
trade press, correspondence, and personal contact.
The maintenance of commodity, technical, and geographical
divisions to afford special service to American export industries.
The compilation and distribution of names of possible buyers
and agents for American products in all parts of the world and
publication of weekly lists of specific sales opportunities abroad.
The maintenance of district and cooperative offices in 33 cities
in the United States to expedite delivery of market information
to business men and to keep the department advised as to
the urgent requirements of American trades and industries.
The publication of official statistics on imports and exports.
The study of the processes of domestic trade and commerce,
with a view to their improvement and the dissemination of
information obtained for the benefit of the public, as well as of
those directly concerned.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
GEORGE K. BURGESS, Director
Chief functions
Custody of standards of measurement, quality, performance,
or practice adopted or recognized by the Government. Development and construction of such standards when necessary.
Testing and calibration of apparatus and comparison of standards used by scientific or other institutions with those in the
custody of the bureau.
Determination of physical constants and properties of
materials.
The testing of materials and establishment of standards and
processes in cooperation with commercialfirmsor organizations.
Industrial researches covering structural, engineering, and
miscellaneous materials, radio, radium, mechanical appliances,
sugar technology, leather, paper, rubber, and textiles; clay
products, glass, and refractories, metals and metallurgy, and
similar groups of subjects.
The collection and dissemination of information showing approved methods in building, planning, and construction, including building materials and codes and such other matters as may
encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing.
Studies on simplified commercial practices and establishment
of such practices through cooperative business organizations.
The Bureau publishes six series of scientific and technical
publications, reporting the results of its researches and giving
technical data fundamental to industry.
The Director has supervision of the preparation of technical
specifications through the Federal Specifications Board.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
Commissioner
HENRY O'MALLEY,
Chief functions
The survey of the coasts of the United States and the publication of charts needed for the navigation of the adjacent
waters, including Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.
A comprehensive geodetic system, extending into the interior,
connects and coordinates the surveys of the coasts, and is designed to furnish accurately determined points and elevations
in all parts of the country. These are available as a basis for
Federal, State, and municipal surveys, and engineering projects
of every kind. The magnetic declination has been determined
at a large number of stations throughout the country, and the
results are available for the use of surveyors and engineers.
The technical operations include base measures, triangulation, traverse, precise leveling, the determination of latitude and
azimuth, the determination of difference of longitude by telegraph or radio, magnetic observations and researches, the
preparation of magnetic maps, the determination of the force
of gravity, topography, hydrography, deep-sea soundings,
water temperatures, tidal and current observations.
The results are published in the form of charts on various
scales, annual reports, coast pilots, tide tables (published annually in advance), current tables, digests of geodetic publications,
and special publications.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
D. B. CARSON, Commissioner
Chief functions
General superintendence of commercial marine and merchant
seamen.
Supervision of registering, enrolling, licensing, numbering,
etc., of vessels under the United States flag, and the annual
publication of a list of such vessels.
The enforcement of the navigation and steamboat inspection
laws and the laws governing radio co lmunication, as well as
duties connected with fees, fines, tonnage taxes, refunds, etc.,
originating under such laws.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE
Supervising Inspector General
GEORGE UHLER,
Chief functions
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The inspection of vessels, the examination and licensing of
the officers of vessels, and the administration of laws relating
to such vessels and their officers. The certification of able seamen who form the crews of merchant vessels.
The inspection of vessels, including the types of boilers; the
testing of all materials subject to tensile strain in marine boilers;
the inspection of hulls and of life-saving equipment.
The investigation of violations of the steamboat-inspection
laws.
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