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JULY, 1932
SURVEY
OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
V O L U M E 12
NUMBER 7
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V o l u m e 12
Number 7
W E E K L Y D A T A T H R O U G H J U N E 25, 1932
MONTHLY DATA THROUGH MAY
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
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COMMERCE
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CONTENTS
SUMMARIES AND CHARTS
Business indicators
Business situation summarized
Comparison of principal data, 1928 to 1932
Commodity prices
Domestic trade
Employment
Page
2
3
4
5
6
7
Finance:
Credit and banking
Security and money markets
Foreign trade
Real estate and construction
Transportation
8
9
10
11
12
Survey of individual industries:
Automobiles and rubber
Chemicals
Farm and food products
Forest products
Iron and steel
Textiles
Miscellaneous industries
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
STATISTICAL DATA
Weekly business indicators, 1931-1932
Weekly business statistics
20
21
STATISTICAL DATA—Continued
Page
Monthly business statistics:
Business indexes
22
Commodity prices
23
Construction and real estate
24
Domestic trade
25
Employment conditions and wages
27
Finance
30
Foreign trade
34
Transportation and communications
34
Statistics on individual industries:
Chemicals and allied products
36
Electric power and gas
38
Foodstuffs and tobacco
39
Fuels and by-products
42
Leather and products
43
Lumber and manufactures
44
Metals and manufactures:
Iron and steel
45
Machinery and apparatus
48
Nonferrous metals and products
48
Paper and printing
50
Rubber and products
51
Stone, clay, and glass products
52
Textile products
52
Transportation equipment
54
Canadian statistics
55
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Business Indicators
1923-1925 = 100
160
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
I
f MANUFACTURES (ADJUSTED) (
^^ ' ^MINERALS (ADJUSTED) °
160
100
4Q I ! I H 1 1
40
160
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT
FACTORY PAYROLLS
{ 60
fUNA DJUSTED
^T^W\J-
1
40
160
TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
s~^-\
II 1 1 1 1 ! 1! I 1
2^r
""•s.
i i m lI t i l l !
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS L.C.L.
160
SUNADJLISTED
\(ADJUSTED °
100
100 *
40
200
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
WHOLESALE PRICES
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
100
sUNAD JUSTED
100 ^S_AA-
1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
200]
200
""^
i
i M 1 1 i i ii 1 1 1 1 n il i n 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 ! 1 1 1 1
—
BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED
- UNADJUSTED
100
1928
1929
1930
ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL
1931
I'AR/ATION
1932
1928
1929
1930
!
193!
1932
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Business Situation Summarized
activity again receded in
M ANUFACTURING
May, but at a less rapid rate than in the two preceding months, and increases occurred in the output of
automobiles, cement, food products, lumber, and
tobacco manufactures. Total industrial production,
without allowance for seasonal influences, declined 3.2
per cent, as a result of a drop of 14 per cent in mineral
output and of 1.6 per cent in manufacturing production. The decline in the output of coal was the
major factor in the fall of the minerals index, although
losses also occurred in the output of petroleum, zinc,
and silver. Industrial production normally increases
slightly from April to May, so that the drop in the
adjusted production index was somewhat greater than
the loss in actual output. During the first three
weeks of June no improvement has occurred, and there
has been some further recession in several important
industries. Automobile production has continued upward during the current month.
Distribution indexes also show some further shrinkage in consumer purchasing in May and the first half
of June. The rail movement of merchandise has
undergone a further reduction, and loadings of lessthan-car-lot merchandise declined after holding steady
for the first four months of the year. Retail sales
declined during May, with department store sales following the trend, whereas in the preceding month they
made a relatively better showing. Returns for May
afford no indication of a change in the trend of our
foreign trade. Exports dropped by more than the
usual seasonal amount, while imports were sharply lower.
Continued recession in business activity is reflected
in a further loss in employment and pay rolls during
May. After allowing for seasonal influences, factory
employment dropped 3 per cent, and the unadjusted
index of pay rolls was off 5 per cent. The trend in
nonmanufacturing industries was also downward, although earnings in the quarrying and nonmetallic
mining, cleaning and dyeing, crude petroleum, power,
light and water, and wholesale trade groups increased.
Construction activity expanded in May and the
daily average volume of contracts awarded was 24 per
cent above the preceding month. The increase was
the result of a gain in public works and utility construction, as the daily average of residential contracts declined to a new low level at a rate of only about
$1,000,000. Daily average contracts awarded during
the first three weeks of the current month dropped
considerably below the May level.
Security prices receded further in May, but during
the current month the decline has slackened and the
turnover in recent sessions has been very light. The
gold outflow, which was extremely rapid during May,
slowed appreciably in June, and during the third week
of the month we had a net gain of gold on balance.
Reserve banks have made continued heavy purchases
of Government securities, but this action has not yet
been reflected in an expansion of member bank loans.
5
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v
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average
1926-100
Monthly average 1923-1925- 100
1930: May
__
1931:
May
June
_ _ _ _
July
._
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
7 anuary
Februarv
__
March
April
May .
C um ulat i v e , J anuar y
through May:
1930
l ' v-; i
i!Kl?
Wholesale price indei, 784 commodities
B?
Unadjusted i
DepartmentForeign !
store sales, trade, value,
1
value
adjusted 2
Freight-car loadings
Building contracts, all types,
value, adjusted'
Factory employment
and pay rolls
Industrial production
Bank debits outside New York
City
1
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES
105
106
102
101
104
91.4
94.4
97
96
101
98
105
105
90
86
123.6
105
88.8
89
83
80
78
77
75
73
68
90
82
79
77
76
72
66
84
85
85
82
82
92
84
80
87
83
82
78
76
73
73 !
74
86
82
82
78
75
71
71
73
87
86
86
79
77
84
81
85
77.8
76.0
75.1
74.1
72.8
70.3
69.3
69.4
72.2
67.6
64.4
64.3
61.8
59.4
56.2
55.8
79
77
78
76
78
78
70
61
79
77
76
72
69
69
68
69
92
89
87
86
88
87
85
77
89
89
88
86
85
83
83
83
97
90
65
67
87
93
95
142
97
95
91
88
84
86
83
81
57
55
54
47
45
44
44
46
55
57
59
54
56
51
46
48
95.6
98.4
93.5
83.8
84.3
91.9
74.0
86.7
65
63
61
59
59
55
49
38
73.2
72. 1
72.0
72. 1
71.2
70. 3
70.2
68.6
71
71
68
64
62
70
70
66
63
62
74
75
77
72
62
72
70
67
64
61
71
68
64
61
SO
77
78
84
79
68.1
67.8
66. 4
64.3
62. 2
52.4
53.6
52.3
48.7
46.3
58
59
58
57
53
65
62
61
59
54
75
75
75
75
74
81
78
75
73
7i
64
64
70
76
74
78
78
72
80
74
39
45
41
38
37
42
41
37
36
34
80.6
65.2
69.6
72.8
63.4
31
27
26
27
36
67.3
66. 3
•i 66. 0>
65.5
64.4
107
88
6G
100
84
93.2
78 n
96. 4
72 5
50. (5
92
76
57
97
62
40
88 122.6
56
98. 0
SS : 70. 3
101
73
27
90.6
75.8
65,9
106
87
67
:
1
102
64
!
firi
Adjusted for number of working days.
S
I
99
88
75
97
90
70
4
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Comparison of Principal Data, 1928 to 1932
FIRST S MONTHS
V/////////A
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY -
REMAINDER OF YEAR
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED - (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS]
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION -(MILLIONS OF JONS)
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION -(THOUSANDS OF CARS)
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS - (MILLIONS OF CARS)
10
20
30
40
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Commodity Prices
low levels of commodity prices were reached
NEW
in May and declines in farm prices and retail
prices of foods were general. About one-half of the
commodities included in the wholesale price index
showed a firm undertone, and 10 per cent showed moderate advances, but losses for the remaining 40 per cent
caused the combined index to fall to the lowest level
reached in 20 years. Some further declines have
occurred during the current month.
Wholesale commodity prices declined 1.7 per cent
in May, the sharpest monthly drop since January,
and reached a lower level than at any time since
July, 1911. Weakness in livestock prices, the index
of which fell 10 per cent, and declines of 3 to 4 per cent
in grains and other agricultural commodities, caused
prices of farm products to average 5.3 per cent lower
in May than in April. Prices of foods declined 2.8
per cent as a result of a 5.6 per cent fall in meat prices
and 3.3 per cent in prices of butter, cheese, and milk.
A further drop of 13 per cent in hides and skins, which
have fallen nearly two-thirds since 1926, and a 10 per
cent decline in prices of leather more than offset steady
prices of boots and shoes, and caused the hides and
leather products group to decline 3.4 per cent. Prices
of silk arid rayon fell 7 per cent and those of cotton
goods 4 per cent. Other price drops ranging from 1 to
3 per cent include knit goods, woolen and worsted
goods, coke, nonferrous metals, brick and tile, paint
and paint materials, and mixed fertilizers. Although
rubber and petroleum prices are still extremely low,
in May they advanced 1.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent,
respectively.
Retail prices of foods continued to decline and on
May 15, 1932, averaged 2.9 per cent lower than on the
corresponding date in April. Of the 42 articles on
which quotations are regularly received, prices of 31
were lower on May 15 than on April 15, 4 were higher,
and 7 were unchanged. The greatest drop occurred
in prices of onions, 35 per cent, while the sharpest rise
was in the price of potatoes, 6 per cent. Prices of sugar
bacon, canned salmon, plate beef, lard, butter, pork
and beans, and pork chops declined 4 to 7 per cent.
Farm prices fell 5 per cent in May, and on the 15th
of the month reached the lowest level on record. As a
result of seasonal rises, prices of fruits and vegetables
advanced 2.5 per cent. Prices of meat animals and
cotton and cottonseed fell the most, 11 per cent, and 9
per cent, respectively. Dairy products prices declined
6 per cent. The quarterly index of prices paid by farmers
for the commodities they buy declined 4 per cent from
December, 1931, to March, 1932; the index is, however,
still 14 per cent higher than the 1910-1914 average.
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to average
1923= 1909
19131914=
100
100
100
Monthly average 1926=100
1930- May
1931:
May
June
July
_.
August
September
October
_
_. _
November.. _
December
1932:
January
February
March
April
May
Monthly average, January through May:
1930
1931
1933
_1
Department of Labor.
Cost of living 2
1
Eetail foods i
Wholesale i
Farm, combined index,
27 commodities 3
ij
INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
88.8
90.1 87.8
83.1
87.3
92.4
90.2
93.5
93.5
83.4
80.4
97.2
124
150
73.2
72.1
72.0
72.1
71.2
70.3
70.2
68.6
76.9
76.0
76.1
76.4
75.9
75.1
74.8
73.3
66.5
64.7
64.3
64.1
62.7
61.5
62.0
60.2
69.8 67.1
69.3 65.4
69.3 64.9
68.3 63.5
66.7 60.5
65.2 58.8
64.9 ! 58.7
63.7 55.7
73.8 75.1
73.3 74.1
74.0 73.9
74.6 74.2
73.7 73.9
73.3 72.9
71.0 73.5
69.1 72.3
80.0
79.3
78.1
77.6
77.0
76.1
76.2
75.7
80.5 65.3
79.4 62.9
78.9 62.9
76.9 66.5
76.3 67.4
75.6 67.8
76.1 69.4
76.1 68.3
87.6
88.0
89.4
88.7
85.0
82.5
81.6
79.8
86.8
86.4
85.7
84.9
82.7
81.0
80.9
78.5
85.0
84.4
84.3
83.9
83.9
82.8
82.6
82.2
67.4
66.6
66.5
65.5
64.5
63.0
62.2
60.8
70.5
69.7
69.7
68.3
68.2
66.6
68.7
66.8
86.9
85.9
85.9
85.9
85.6
84.9
83.9
83.1
86
80
79
75
72
68
71
66
121
118
119
120
119
119
117
114
67.3
66.3
66.0
65.5
64.4
72.1
71.4
71.5
71.1
70. 3
58.3
56.9
56.1
55.5
53.9
63.1
61.9
60.8
59.6
58.1
52.8
50.6
50.2
49.2
46.6
64.7
62.5
62.3
61.0
59.3
71.7
71.3
70.9
70.9
70.4
74.8
73.4
73.2
72.5
71.5
75.7
75.5
75.3
74.4
73.6
67.9
68.3
67.9
70.2
70.7
79.3
78.3
77.3
75.0
72.5
77.7
77.5
77.1
76.3
74.8
81.8
80.9
80.8
80.3
80.1
59.9
59.8
58.7
57.0
55.6
65.6
64.7
64.7
64.7
64.4
81.4
80.1
79.6
78.8
63
60
61
59
56
109
105
105
104
101
90.6 91.1 90.5 87.4
75.8 l i 79.3 69.5 72.2
65.9 71.3 56.1 60.7
96.5
70.2
49.9
94.9
77.3
62.0
88.4
77.1
71.0
93.6
82.1
73.1
91.6
82.5
74.9
80.4 109.5
69.0 87.7
G9.0 76.5
93.6
87.8
76. 7
95.9
86.1
80.8
85.2
69.6
58.2
81.0
71.5
64. S
98.1
89.0
128
90
60
152
126
105
2
93.0
92.2
National Industrial Conference Board.
80.3 102.6
3
Department of Agriculture.
6
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Domestic Trade
of merchandise at wholesale and
DISTRIBUTION
retail has continued on a restricted scale, although
Sales through other leading retail outlets for which
statistics are available also declined during May.
The dollar volume of sales through 36 chain-store
companies was 11.8 per cent below a year ago, and for
the five months were 11.3 per cent less than in the
same months of 1931. The two leading mail-order
houses reported May sales 3 per cent below April and
23 per cent below a year ago. Five-and-ten chain
sales were only slightly less than in April, but a seasonal expansion is usual for this period and the adjusted index declined for the third successive month.
Merchandise 1. c. 1. shipments, an important trade
barometer, declined in May after holding steady for
the first four months of the year. However, during
this period the adjusted index has dropped 12 per
cent, reflecting the absence of the usual spring expansion of trade. During the first two weeks of July
merchandise 1. c. 1. loadings underwent a further
contraction.
Magazine and newspaper advertising held up well
in May as a result of the intensification of sales efforts.
Magazine lineage was about the same as in May, while
newspaper advertising dropped off about 3 per cent.
Expenditures on radio advertising were lower in May.
Commercial failures remain high, but the total for
May was below the level of April and March and in the
first three weeks of June a further reduction has occurred. The liabilities involved in May insolvencies
were the lowest since last December.
June sales have felt some stimulus from the demand for
seasonal merchandise, and individual lines have profited from the temporary stimulus afforded by the incidence of new fiscal levies on June 21. Buying generally continues for immediate needs, with stocks being
held at a minimum.
Available statistics on retail trade in May reveal a
further contraction in consumer purchasing. Department-store sales, which moved upward during March
and April, decreased in May, whereas there is usually
a seasonal increase during the month. Sales for the
month were 24 per cent below a year ago and for the
first five months the decline from the 1931 level was 22
per cent. The dollar figures indicate that during the
first half of the current year there has been a shrinkage
in the volume of sales through these outlets. In 1931
the decline in department-store sales of 11 per cent
could be attributed largely to price recessions. So far
during the current year the Fairchild retail price index
of department-store items has dropped only 18 per cent
in comparison with a decline of 22 per cent in dollar
sales. By Federal reserve districts, the greatest declines were in Dallas, Chicago, and Cleveland, with
losses ranging from 25 to 28 per cent. The eastern
districts, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond,
showed the smallest relative declines, the lowest being
the Richmond district with 18 per cent.
DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS
Year and month
Departmentstore sales
Freight-car Five-and-tenDepartment-a loadings,
merceiit-store
store stocks chandise,l.c.i.
sales
Unad- Adjust- justed 2
ed i
Unad- Adjust~ justed 2
ed
Unad- Adjust- justed
ed J
il
Unad- Adjust- justed J
ed
Mailorder
sales, 2
houses
.
.__ _ _ _ _
May
Monthly average, January through
May:
1930
1931
1932
1
Failures
Advertising
lineage
i Business
incorporaLiabil- Maga- News- 4tions,
states
ities
zine paper
;
N»r™-
Thousands of
dollars
Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1930: May
1931:
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
April. _
Commercial
failures
Postal
receipts,
50 selected
i cities
ber
Thou- Milsands lions of
|of dolls. of lines lines
Number
105
105
98
96
101
98
162
175
59, 350
31, 370
2,179
55, 541
3,055
100
97
90
65
67
87
93
95
142
97
95
91
88
84
86
83
81
85
80
75
76
84
88
89
73
83
82
81
79
81
80
79
78
92
89
87
86
88
87
85
77
89
89
88
86
85
83
83
83
156
148
140
143
142
169
148
279
168
162
149
160
156
152
147
144
50, 070
49, 480
45, 093
43, 004
45, 955
52, 280
45, 898
58, 821
27, 844
26, 442
24, 578
23, 389
26, 335
28, 618
25, 355
34, 966
2,248 53,371
1,993 51,656
1,983 60, 998
1,944 53, 025
1,936 47, 256
2,362 70, 660
2,195 60, 660
2,758 73, 213
2,364
2,191
1,613
1,316
1,603
1,911
1,882
1,626
89
80
67
67
77
88
82
77
i
i
3, 096
3, 166
2, 867
2, 704
2, 453
2,846
2, 774
3, 012
64
64
70
76
74
78
78
72
80
74
67
69
72
72
75
73
70
70
75
75
75
75
74
81
78
75
73
71
115
121
138
134
133
155
156
146
141
137
31, 975
32, 581
33, 959
39, 745
38, 718
25, 312
24, 061
26, 677
24, 272
22, 621
3, 458 96, 860
2,732 84, 900
2, 951 93, 760
2,816 101,069
2,788 83, 764
1,138
1,469
1,677
1,777
1,776
68
64
72
71 !
69 i
3,311
2,930
3,202
3, 072
2, 863
51,471
45, 207
35, 39G
31, 629
28, 571
24, 589
2,349
2, 623
2,949
2, 674
2,097
1, 567
94 i
83
69 i
3, 238
3, 163
3,076
97
90
99
88
75
96
84
70
Corrected to average daily sales.
2
142
142
J28
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
J
54, 791
63, 768
92,071
End of month figures.
3,320
I
!
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Employment
R
EFLECTING the continued drifting of industry and trade to lower levels, employment in
most lines of activity again declined in May. The
drop was general, extending to all of the major classifications of factories with the exception of those processing food products, and to the mining industries
and public utilities as well as retail trade. Pay rolls
likewise were smaller and relatively the decline for
all reporting industries was greater than the decline
in employment.
Factory employment, according to the Federal
Reserve Boards unadjusted index, declined 4.1 per
cent to approximately 61 per cent of the 1923-1925
level, while their index of pay rolls declined 5.1 per
cent to an amount 54 per cent below the average
during 1923-1925, Employment in manufacturing
establishments usually shows a seasonal decline from
April to May, but the decline this year was greater
than the normal movement and the adjusted index
registered a decline of 3.3 per cent.
Of the 89 separate manufacturing industries from
which the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects employment and pay-roll data, 13 showed increased employment and 20 increased earnings. The beet-sugar and
ice cream industries, which are seasonally active,
showed the largest relative gains in employment.
Manufacturers of automobiles reported an increase of
1.4 per cent in employment and 14 per cent in pay rolls.
The greatest decreases in employment were reported
by the fertilizer, agricultural implement, millinery,
cottonseed oil, steam fittings, silk goods, and machine
tool industries.
Nonmanufacturing industries reduced employment
and pay rolls further in May. The most pronounced
curtailment of employment took place in building
construction, metalliferous mining, and canning and
preserving industries. Employment in the anthracite
mining industry declined 4.6, while pay rolls fell off
19 per cent. Increases in both employment and wage
payments were recorded in the cleaning and dyeing,
the nonmetallic mining, and the quarrying groups of
industries. Wages paid common labor in road building
declined slightly during May.
The actual hours per week averaged by factory
wage earners, which have been declining almost
steadily for many months, reached a new low in May.
In that month workers averaged 33.9 hours per week,
21 per cent less than a year earlier. Although the
percentage of trade-union members reported as
employed in May remained unchanged, there was a
slight decline in the proportion employed on full time.
In May only 47 per cent of the total membership were
reported as having full-time employment. Latest
data indicate that the number of labor disputes and the
number of workers involved continue to be relatively
small.
STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, AND WAGES
Year and month
Factory employment
F.B.B.
F. R. B.
factory
pay
rolls,
unadUnad- Adjusted justed i justed
Anthracite
mining
Employment
Pay
roils
Bituminous
coal mining
Power, light,
and water
Employment
ployment
Monthly average,
1923-1925 = 100
1930, May
1931:
May
June
July
August
_ _
September. . __ _ _ .
October
November
December ..
1932:
January
February
March " .
April
May
Monthly average, January through May:
1930
1931
1932
1
Pay
rolls
Em-
Telephone
and telegraph
Em-
Pay
rolls
1
91.4
94.4
93.8
98.9
90.4
77.5
103.4
104.5
77.1
75.0
73.8
74.2
74.7
71.4
68.7
67.9
77.8
76.0
75.1
74.1
72.8
70.3
69.3
69.4
72.2
67.6
64.4
64.3
61.8
59.4
56.2
55.8
80.3
76.1
65.1
67.3
80.0
86.8
83.5
79.8
76.1
66.7
53.7
56.4
64.9
91.1
79.5
78.4
82.4
78.4
76.4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
56.2
54.6
52.3
97.6
97.2
96.7
95.9
94.7
92.7
91.3
90.3
98.7
98.3
97.4
96.2
94.3
93.2
93.3
91.2
66.3
67.3
66.3
64. 0
61.4
68.1
67.8
66.4
64.3
62.2
52.4
53.6
52.3
48.7
46.3
76.2
71.2
73.7
70.1
66.9
61.5
57.3
61.2
72.0
58.0
80.8
77.4
75.2
65.5
62.6
47.0
47.0
46.8
33.9
30.7
89.3
87.2
85.5
84,8
84.0
88.4
86.0
85.4
82.4
84.2
96.4
72.5
50.6
93.9
85.5
71.6
95. 9
82.8
62.0
97.7
88.5
72.3
89.8 1
64.0 !
41.1
100. 4
97.7
86.3
101. 9 ;
99. 4 |
85.3
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
Pay
rolls
Employment
Monthly average, 1929=100
90.9
92.6
77.4
65.1
ployment
Employ- Employ- Wages,
comment,
ment
mon
agencies, trade- labor
in
union
appliroad
per memPay cants
buildbers
ing
rolls 100 jobs
Retail trade
1
|
1
I
1
Number
Per cent
Cents
of total
members per hour
99.7
103.2
96.7
97.3
164
80
40
87.4
86. 9
86.6
85.9
85.0
84.1
83.5
83.1
94.1
95.0
93.3
92.3
92.1
91.6
89.7
92.7
89.9
89.1
83.9
81.8
86.6
89.8
90.9
106.2
88.0
87.6
83.3
80.3
83.5
84.6
85.4
94.1
181
205
209
217
196
221
214
191
75
75
74
74
74
74
73
70
37
37
36
36
34
35
34
33
83.0
82.0
81.7
81.2
80.6
89.1
89.6
88.2
83.4
82.8
84.3
80.5
81.4
81.6
80.9
78.0
73.7
73.4
72.7
71.1
207
69
69
70
69
69
32
33
34
33
100. 0
103.9
95. 6
86.6
96.2
89.0
81.7
97.2
88.0
73.8
182
193
79
74
69
40
36
33
88.8
81.7
188
197
n
8
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Finance—Credit and Banking
general banking and credit situation during
THE
May and the first half of June was featured by a
steady decline in bank loans and by a continuation of
open-market purchases of Government securities by
the Federal reserve banks.
The liquidation of member bank credit has been
gradual and applied equally to commercial loans and
security loans. In order to keep excess funds employed, which accumulated as a result of the reserve
banks, open-market operations, the member banks
turned more and more to investments, with the result
that this part of their portfolio in May showed the
largest monthly increase for the year. However, the
member banks have confined their purchases largely
to Government securities. Such holdings increased
by $454,000,000 from the end of April to the middle
of June, while the port folio of other securities dropped
$33,000,000. The purchases of Government securities
by the reserve banks were almost as large as those of
April, when total holdings for the first time exceeded
$1,000,000,000. During the first half of June reserve
bank purchases of Government securities continued at
the rate of approximately $60,000,000 a week.
Bankers' acceptances outstanding dropped approximately $92,000,000 during May. Federal reserve holdings steadily declined throughout the month, but showed
an upward tendency after the first week of June. During the period from the beginning of May to the middle
of June, bankers' acceptances held by the reserve banks
for the account of foreign correspondents fell from approximately $300,000,000 to about $200,000,000.
Gold exports assumed large proportions during May,
but the rate of outflow showed a reverse tendency by
the middle of June, writh the result that during the
week ended June 22 there was a net gain of $6,000,000
in the country's monetary gold stocks, the first weekly
gain since early in April. Apparently a large part of
the outflow represented a transfer abroad of central
bank funds which had been employed in the New York
market. The greater part of the recent outflow of the
metal was destined to France, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium, the same group of countries which
received the major portion of this country's exports
during the period immediately following England's
suspension of gold payments in September of last
year. The effect of the recent movement has been to
increase the volume of loanable funds abroad and to
ease money-market conditions generally. With the
cessation of foreign withdrawals the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York reduced its rediscount rate on
June 23 from 3 per cent to 2l/2 per cent, the former
rate having been in effect since February 26.
Money in circulation showed very slight changes
during May as well as during the early weeks of June.
An increase in postal savings deposits carried the total
100 per cent above that of June, 1931. Bank debits
outside of New York were irregular with the general
trend downward.
CREDIT AND BANKIiNG STATISTICS
Bank debits
Year and
month
New
York
City
Outside
New
York
City
Reporting member
banks,
Wednesday
closest to end of
month
Loans
Oil
securities
AH
other
loans
Investments
Coridition oif Federal reserve banks, end of
month
Total
Memreserve
Bills United
ber
Bills bought
bank
disStates
bank
j
Total
credit eount- in the securi- deposits reserve
outopen
ed
ties
acstand- j
market
count
ing
Net
Total
gold
bankimDePostal
ers' ac- ports
savings,
ceptinMoney posits,
New
balin
ances cluding
York ance to
outcircu- State
gold
credit
lation savings of destandreing
leased
banks positors
end of from
month
earmark
Thousands of
dollars
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
!
1930: May
37,423
1931:
25, 072
May
25, 893
June
July
21, 007
August
17, 501
September. 20, 073
October
20, 678
November . 14, 464
December.. 19, 233
1932:
January
17, 676
February _ _ 14,381
March
16, 160
April
15, 558
May
12, 913
24, 388
8,421
8,416
5,889
1,049
313
185
I
528 ;
2, 436
2,369
1, 382
25. 5
4,497
4,505
171,241
18, 858
19, 406
18, 444
16, 526
16, 627
18, 125
14, 605
17,112
6,867
6,746
6,544
6,519
6, 346
5,897
5,807
5,777
7,863
7,945
7,942
7,879
7, 845
7,624
7,543
7,327
7,807
7,795
7,810
7, 665
7,916
7,700
7, 506
7,428
917
943
976
1,255
1,578
2,184
1,931
1,853
174
149
195
255
328
728
718
638
125
106
73
215
469
681
452
339
598 ;
668
678
728
742
727
717
817
2, 442
2,504
2,527
2,632
2,506
2,380
2,252
2,125
2,389
2,381
2,367
2,373
2,364
2, 167
2,051
1,961
1,413
1. 368
1,228
1,090
996
1,040
1,002
974
'
53.6
i 156. 1
\ -10.2
!
41.5
-258. 5
i -445.3
117.7
I
34.0
4, 679
4,750
4, 836
4,947
5,133
5,478
5,518
5,611
5,083
5,156
5,149
5,173
5,231
5,217
5,213
5,255
325, 028
347,417
372, 457
422, 699
468, 908
536, 660
564, 809
605, 112
15, 893
12, 870
13, 729
14, 366
13,498
5, 574
5,440
5,328
5,099
4,807
7,256
7,148
6, 883
6,783
6,724
7,149
6,935
7,143
7,151
7, 385
1,856
1,709
1,597
1,850
2,090
899
828
639
556
490
153
109
68
48
36
746
740
872
1,228 l
1, 549
2,093
1,937
2,012
2, 225
2, 240
1,947
1,849
1,924
2,124
2,113
961
919
911
879
787
i -49.6
-64.2
i
33.6
i -25.5
-217.6
5,645
5,627
5, 531
5,452
5,456
5,240
5,242
5,293
5, 262
5,243
658, 081
683, 627
697, 280
713, 867
in, 527
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Finance—Security and Money Markets
prices continued downward during May, ment securities, which caused a pronounced accumulaSECURITY
but during June the market has displayed greater tion of bank funds in the financial centers. A large
supply of funds seeking employment in high-grade
paper was constantly available and the yields on shortterm. Government obligations fell to exceptionally
low levels.
Brokers' loans continued to decline throughout May
and during June to the last date for which figures are
available. This class of loans made by the reporting
member banks of New York was at the end of May
not much more than one-fourth of the total a year ago.
The even more marked decline in the total reported
by the members of the New York Stock Exchange
indicates the extent to which "outside" funds have
been withdrawn from speculative markets. The same
trend is indicated in the classified figures of the stock
and bond collateral loans made to brokers and dealers
by the member banks reporting to the New York
Federal Reserve Bank. These show that loans made
by them for the account of nonbanking customers
stood at the negligible figure of $7,000,000 by the
middle of June.
New capital issues were somewhat higher in May
than in April, but are still on a very low level. For
the second time this year no new long-term real
estate bonds appeared on the market. Interest
payments were about the same as a year ago, but
average dividends per share paid fell to a new low
monthly level.
resistance, on a reduced turnover. At various intervals the market has shown a marked sensitiveness to
such factors as (1) the action of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of the St. Louis-San
Francisco Railroad's loan application, (2) passage
by the House of Representatives of the Goldsborough
bill, (3) announcement of the Senate plan for relief
loans to States, and (4) announcements of numerous
dividend reductions and omissions. Except for
occasional rallies, both stock and bond prices tended
downward during May. Government bonds showed
only periodic strength as a result of open-market
purchases by the Federal reserve banks. The leading
European security markets showed a more or less
irregular trend during the entire period, although on
the whole the tone was cheerful, after the unfavorable influences early in May.
Money rates continued low throughout May and the
first half of June. Call rates remained uniformly
about 2K per cent, while rates on commercial paper were
reduced before the end of May by one-half of 1 per cent.
On May 11 the offering rate on 90-day bankers' acceptances declined from 1% per cent to the previously
prevailing low rate of seven-eighths of 1 per cent.
The dominating influence during the entire period
under review was the open-market policy of the Federal
reserve banks, featured by heavy purchases of Govern-
SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS
Dividend and
interest payments
Capital issues
Year and month
Stock Reprices ported Com(aver- sales mon Bond
age
stock yields
of
week- stocks
yields
ly)
Average
Range of open market money rates
New York
Brokers' loans
dividend
Total
Longterm
New
capital real
issues estate
bonds
ReMade
per
byre- ported RaCall
monComport- by the tio
Interest share
(600
ey re- Time mering
New
to
Total
pay- commem- York marinewal loans
cial
ments panies)
paper
(averber i Stock ket
Ex- value
banks
age)
N. y. c. chan ge2
Thou- Per
1926= sands
100 sharesof cent
1930: May
1931:
May
June
July
August .
September
October
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
April
May
Dollars
Per cent
1
78, 040
4.02
4.54 1,181,454 1,108,103
3,813
601, 0,00
262, 000
2.99
5.95
5.96
5.66
5.74
6.51
7.28
7.06
8.66
4.43 427, 713
4.45 402, 307
4.44 267, 137
4.50 ! 126, 836
4.70 1 313,330
45, 932
5. 16
5.19 130, 787
5.81 139, 391
344, 164
251, 163
222, 564
120, 329
270, 540
44, 988
110,215
118,751
9,485
3,425
800
2,100
66, 785
9, 125
2,619
3,185
556, 124
762, 077
945, 976
489, 858
532, 840
747, 157
557, 742
670, 951
268, 124
416, 377
559, 076
245, 158
300, 340
458, 757
306, 742
439, 851
2.41
2.36
2.31
2.26
2.18
2.10
2.05
1.96
3.12 3M-3M
1.45 1M-2
1.50 114 i%
1.50 1M-1K
1.50 1K-1H
1.50 1M-2
2.10 2^-4
2.50 3 -4
2.70 3 -4
58.0
56.5
56.8
43.9
39.8
8.22
8.04
7.16
9.13
9.57
5.86
5.91
5.70
6.00
6.41
193, 939
94, 497
190, 020
142,319
132, 882
179, 919
73, 389
160, 612
70, 268
91,241
1, 075
0
905
490
997, 938
443, 200
494, 269
654, 200
483, 800
594, 838
247, 300
279, 569
427, 500
269, 000
1.89
1. 76
1.67
1. 60
1.48
2.65 3^-4
2.50 3H~3^
2.50 2M-3K
2.50 2 -3
2.50 1^-2
1
126591—32
Thousands of dollars
98.0 46, 661
95.1 58, 719
98.2 33, 540
95.5 24, 890
81.7 51, 140
69.7 47, 895
71.7 37, 369
57.7 50, 190
170.5
__
1
Per
cent
34, 342
31,719
33, 061
31,403
23, 151
Wednesday closest to end of month.
2
e
!
i
i
'
• End of month.
3M-4
2
-V-A
2
2
1
2 -4K
3M-4M
3M-4
3^-4
3^-4
3^-3M
3M-3M
$,-*&
I
Per
cent
Millions of
dollars
4,022
4,748
6.33
1, 539
1,479
1,390
1,366
1,172
869
720
591
1,435
1,391
1,344
1,354
1,044
796
730
587
3.37
2.93
3.03
3.04
3.23
2.33
2.35
2.20
505
495
525
495
409
512
525
533
379
300
1.94
1.90
2.18
1.87
1.86
10
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Foreign Trade
OHIPMENTS of raw cotton and wheat to foreign
^ countries continue in excess of the movement in
the corresponding period of other recent years, although
the normal seasonal decrease during May in raw-cotton
shipments accounted for the greater part of the decline
in the value of total exports. Exports, amounting to
$132,000,000, declined 2 per cent from April and
imports, totaling $112,000,000, dropped 11 per cent,
while the favorable balance of merchandise trade was
$20,000,000 as compared with $9,000,000 in April.
The outflow of gold to foreign countries, which again
assumed large proportions in May and the early part
of June, has once more subsided. Total gold exports
for the month of May amounted to $212,000,000.
For the eleven months ended May 1932, the excess
of gold exports over gold imports has amounted to
more than a half billion dollars.
The most notable change in export trade during
May was an increase of $3,400,000 in exports of
petroleum and petroleum products over April, the
value of these products totaling $23,200,000. Exports
of gasoline, amounting to 4,400,000 barrels, increased
850,000 barrels, and were the largest shipments for
any month since May, 1931. The value of exports
of industrial machinery^ automobiles, copper, meats
and fats, oranges, and canned and dried fruits increased
slightly, while that of electrical machinery and appli-
ances, office equipment, tobacco, and wheat flour were
somewhat lower.
The decline in imports during May was larger than
the normal shrinkage at this season of the year. With
the exception of coffee, copper, tin, and newsprint, the
quantity of all leading commodity imports was smaller
than in April and with few exceptions was less than
in the corresponding period of 1931. Imports of
petroleum products showed a marked drop as compared with April, but were greater than in May, 1931.
During the past three months total imports have
shown a reduction in volume, whereas in the opening
months of the year they were practically as large as
in the corresponding period of the year before. For
the 5-month period, ended May, quantity imports of
cocoa, sugar, meats, fish, oilseeds, cotton cloth,
petroleum products, linen fabrics, and copper were
larger than in the corresponding period of 1931, while
those of rubber, raw silk, coffee, newsprint, hides and
skins, wool, burlaps, and tin were lower.
Outstanding factors in the shrinkage in value of
exports so far this year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1931, have been the lower level
of prices and a reduction in shipments of automobiles,
machinery, iron and steel products, copper, and tobacco. Quantity exports of cotton, cotton cloth,
wheat, and apples have been larger than a year ago.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Exports of United States merchandise
Year and month
Crude
materials
Exports,
including
reexports *
General imports
Finished manufactures
Foodstuffs
SemiAutomoFruits manMa- biles, GasoWheat Meats and ufactures
Total chin- parts, line
Total and and prepflour fats araery
and
tions
accessories
i
Raw
Total cotton
Total
FinSemi- ished
Crude Food- man
ma- stuffs fac-u- manuterials
factures tures
Millions of dollars
1930: May
320.0
1931:
204.0
Mav__
. __
187.1
June
July
180.8
164.8
August
._ _
180.2
September
204.9
October .
193.5
November
._
184.1
December
1932:
150. 0
January
153. 9
February
_
March
. 155. 2
April
135. 2
May
132.2
Cumulative, January through
May:
1930
.
1,781.0
1931
1, liiS. 9
1932
.
726.4
1
!
40.7
19.0
42.8
11.7
14.7
4.9
49.9
179.0
49.8
29.2
20.2
284.7
86.6
76.3
53.4
68.4
36.5
29.1
28.3
25.5
44.4
63.6
68.1
68.3
18.9
13.5
13.5
9.9
23.5
39.8
43.6
47.3
| 29.4
28.7
! 32.3
! 28.1
i 28.4
39.3
1 34.5
27.1
7.5
8.8
11.6
7.0
6.7
8.8
8.5
7.6
7.8
7.1
6.8
6.4
6.3
7.1
6.0
7. 3
6.6
5.7
7.6
8.0
9.2 !
16.2
11.6
6.6
29.9
24.5
28.0
23. 9
21.4
21. 2
20.8
20. 6
103.4
97.7
88.3
84.1
83.2
77.3
67.0
64.7
26.5
28.3
22.7
20.4
24.7
20.2
15.7
17.7
14.3
12.8
11.5
10.7
8.7
8.5
5. 5
7.9
12.5
7.2
9.0
8.8 i
7.2
7.2
8.3
5.9
179.7
173. 5
174.5
166. 7
170. 4
168.7
149. 5
153. 8
54.2
52.4
50.0
47.7
52.9
52.4
47.8
49.9
49.6
47.2
47.1
45.4
35.1
36.8
33.0
36.7
30.4
29.8
30.0
28.3
30.3
29.0
27.4
25. 3
45.5
44.2
47.5
45.3
52.0
50.5
41.2
41.1
49.8
52.8
50.4
34.0
29.8
36.0
37.3 i
36.5 !
20.7
17.7
5.3
5.1
6.1
6.0
4.7
4.2
*.5
7.4
7.0
5.9
4.0
4.5
18.8
18.4
18. 3
18.9
18. C
54.7
57. 2
61. 3
58. 5
60.5
11.4
13.8
13.5
12.2
11.3
6.8
7.4
9.3
7.8
7.9
7.6 1 135. 5
7.0
131. 0
6.3
131.2
8.3 i 126. 6
9.9 ! 112.3
38.2
37.4
36.0
36.3
28.4
38.3
37.8
42.4
38.1
37.2
26.2
24.1
20.0
18.9
17.2
32.5
31.8
32.9
33.4
29.5
ib! i
33.1
43.3
2S.8
213.0
154. 4
92. 9
943. 2
557. 4
292.3
270. 1
168. 2
63. 1
161.7
81.8
39.2
111.5 1,485.6
55. 7
933. 7
39.2
636. 5
501.4
289. 1
175.1
336. 2
246. 0
193. 7
304.9
171.9
106.8
343. 1
226. 6
15&. 9
335. 2
239. 3
216.6
204. 5
134. 4
US. 2
23.7
22. 8
21.7
21.0
20.0
ti
5.5
227. 9
15.1. 6
109.2
1)0. 0
25. 2
2^8
25.5
Reexports of foreign merchandise during May, 1932, were $3,346,000.
SUKVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
11
Real Estate and Construction
activity in the building industry conI NCREASED
tinued throughout May, when, contrary to the usual
downward tendency for that month, the value of all
contract awards aggregated more than the corresponding total for any month since last November. On a
daily average basis, the gain over April, in both value
and measurable footage, amounted to approximately
24 per cent. As compared with May, 1931, respective
decreases of 52 per cent and 58 per cent in total value
and square footage occurred. Contracts let in the
Middle Atlantic States, New York City, and the
Pittsburgh territory accounted for a little more than
half the total value of awards for the month. The
adjusted index of construction contracts let, based on a
3-month moving average of values centered on May,
decreased slightly from the revised figure for April.
In the first half of June the daily average value of
contracts declined 24 per cent from that of the previous month, thus offsetting the increase of the same
proportion which had occurred from April to May.
Value of public works and utility projects in May
made the best showing in six months and again took
the lead in all construction undertakings. Although
the total was 43 per cent below the value of similar
contracts let during May last year, it showed the substantial advance of 30 per cent over the April figure.
Residential building remained comparatively inactive,
with average value of awards for the first five months of
this year less than one-third the corresponding figure
for the same period of 1931. Measurable footage of
these undertakings was unchanged from April, and,
while the total was only one-third the footage reported
in May, 1931, the average so far this year was
maintained.
A sharp gain marked the monthly record of new
structural steel orders. Increasing 40 per cent over
bookings in April, the May total reached the same
tonnage level reported for last November and was 38
per cent above the monthly average so far this year.
Volume of orders in May a year ago, however, were 67
per cent greater. Shipments of maple flooring
advanced 5.7 per cent over those in April and cement
production during May reached the highest total in
six months.
Further recession in the Engineering News-Record's
index of construction costs, while slight, placed that
figure at a new low point for the depression. Building
material prices for frame and brick houses declined
from April, 1.9 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively.
No long-term real estate bond flotations were reported
for the month.
BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE
Construction contracts awarded
F. E. B.
index (3
months
moving
average
of values
adjusted)
Year and month
Maple Oak
floor- flooring
ing
All types of
construction
Residential
building
Public works
and utilities
Shipments
Monthly
MilMilThou- MilMil- lions
Mil- sands
average lions of lions
of lions
of lions of
of square
of square
1923square dollars
dollars
dollars
1925=100
feet
feet
feet
1930: May
1931:
May
June
July
August
September
October..
November
TDecember
1932:
January
February
March
April ..
_
May
Monthly a\ 7 erage, January through May:
1930
1931
183?
1
Long-term
real estate
bonds
Real
ConFabristruc- estate
martion
Ce- cated
cost, ket acTo
ment structural Frame Brick Eng. tivity,
finance
steel house house News- deeds
new
recordTotal
(6con(6Eec.
ed
rooni) room)
strucProtion
New
duction orders
MonthThouThousands of Thou- sands
av- Thousands of
of month, month- ly
feet, board sands of shortof First
erage
ly average 1913=100 1926=»
dollars
barrels tons
measure
100
105
53.7
457
23.5
116.6
1,099
152.1
4,669
65
63
61
59
59
55
49
38
38.9
33.7
33.8
30.6
30.1
30.7
20.5
17.2
306
316
286
233
251
242
151
137
21.9
16.9
15.9
14.1
13.0
15.2
11.0
8.8
88.9
72.7
63.9
60.2
54.6
60.5
45.3
36.2
387
1,117
1,233
737
353
171
271
280
108.9
140.8
116.3
73.0
85.1
82.5
47.4
50.3
3,315
3,778
3,447
3,397
3, 144
31
27
26
27
26
12.6
12.3
16.9
13.9
16.5
85
89
112
122
14 G
6.9
6.1
8.5
7.2
7.2
27.5
24.4
33.2
28.9
25. 6
300
176
197
211
182
24.1
28.3
29.9
47.3
61.7
1,759
2,061
2,495
2, 200
3, 325
47.0
33.9
14.4 !
407
295
Ill
197.7
19. 1
7.2
96.5
83. 6
27.9
1, 434
467
213
140. 7
113.5
38. 3
3, 924
2,961
2, 168
101
73
27
Building
material
prices
Building materials
30, 295
17, 249
279
177
181
205.9
73.5
3,813
88
27, 745
23, 131
25, 691
21, 464
19, 486
2, 703 18, 203
2,481 13, 907
1,928 12, 976
14, 010
14, 118
13, 899
13, 549
12,092
10, 762
8,161
5, 974
152
172
160
124
194
109
91
98
160
158
155
156
154
156
158
156
167
166
164
163
161
162
163
161
189.3
187.2
174.4
171.4
171.4
169.8
169.3
166.2
61.3
58.4
61.1
59.8
60.3
63.2
59.0
64.5
9,485
3,425
800
2,100
66, 785
9,125
2,619
3,185
0
1,000
300
565
395
500
725
0
11,673
11,359
13, 360
12, 555
5, 026
3, 971
4,847
5, 478
6,917
48
62
64
65
91
156
157
155
154
151
161
163
162
160
156
162.5
i61.8
157.2
153. 1
152. 8
57.8
58.8
54.9
54.6
1,075
0
905
490
0
240
0
0
490
9
31,411
24. 444
12, 377
11, 731
9, 203
5,248
249
187
66
177
162
155
180
169
160
207.1
193. 3
157. 5
73.3
63.5
16, 250
5,369
494
6, 735
1,410
146
12
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Transportation
trend of railroad freight traffic has continued
-*- downward through the first half of June. Loadings of revenue freight in May delined 5.9 per cent,
and the seasonally adjusted index of loadings dropped
8.5 per cent, the latter having declined each month
during the current year. For the first 23 weeks of
1932 freight car loadings dropped 25 per cent, as
compared with a reduction of 18 per cent for the year
1931 in comparison with 1930.
Decreased loadings were reported for all classes of
traffic during May, but the drop in coal loadings was
responsible for the major part of the decline. Loadings of miscellaneous freight were lower, but remained
above the average shipments for the first three months
of the year. Merchandise 1. c. 1. loadings dropped
to a new low for the depression.
After declining during February and March, surplus
freight cars have increased in each of the past two
months. Equipment buying by the roads has been
held to a minimum owing to the state of current revenues. Orders for only 26 freight cars were placed during May, and no orders were entered for locomotives or
passenger cars.
No improvement has occurred in the rate of earnings of the railroads on their property investment,
current returns continuing around 1% per cent.
Operating revenues are off over 40 per cent from a year
ago, despite the rate increases and drastic economies,
and gross operating revenues are off 24 per cent. Dividend disbursements by the carriers continued to fall,
with the May total about one-third below a year ago.
Canal traffic expanded seasonally in May, although
the movement on all major channels was well below a
year ago. The movement through the "Soo" Canal
was less than 40 per cent of the total of a year ago and
the Welland movement declined 18 per cent. St.
Lawrence traffic was off 24 per cent, while the New
York State Canal and the Cape Cod Canal showed
smaller declines. River traffic decreased during April
with the exception of the movement on Governmentowned barges on the Mississippi. The latter increase
was the result of a general gain in up-river traffic.
Available travel data show a seasonal upturn, but
the movement is well below a year ago. Hotel room
occupancy in May was the same as in April but was
13 per cent below a year ago, and there was a further
reduction in rates. Foreign travel remains well under
a year ago. Passports issued during the first five
months were 9.2 per cent below last year. Pullman
passengers carried showed a drop of 29 per cent from
a year ago, according to statistics covering the first
four months. Visitors at national parks increased
seasonally in May, but during the first five months of
1932, such travel was 14 per cent lower than a year ago.
Year and
Month
*
§
t?
o
a
VI
1
a
P
1
O
f
H
!
\ 73
O
W
$
o
Q
1931
1932
^3
aw
§3
^
§
8
ri
1
1
i !
I-3
i
i
1
aa
3
i
a
[ —1
1 j 1
Thousands of cars 3
^hou-
i
-I
p
"i«!
& ro
§3
•s
fc
Thous. Thous. of
of dol- dollars
lars
Canal and river traffic
Canals
-w«
Rivers
X
ftiift*££
00 &
=1
3*
£
00
'i
S35
fc
«
•-®OMS
2*"g«S
•3eg.fi
igs*
Thousands of short tons
Thous. of
long tons
97
96
1
912.7 ! 135.8
9.4
51.9
37.3
22.8
239.8
55. 6 I 360. 1
442
2, 351
69, 323
36, 600
11, 320
402
125
1, 116
79
77
78
76
78
78
70
61
79
77
76
72
69
69
68
69
740.0
747.9
732.7
749.5
727.0
763.0
654.9
568.3
i 113.9
I 110.6
I 108.2
118.8
I 124.2
i 145.5
! 121.4
! 117.6
6.5
5.5
4.8
4.6
4.8
5.6
5.3
5.8
32.9
31.3
26. 6
27.6
26.1
24.6
21.9
17.8
35.8
35.0
55.0
45.7
37.2
38.5
36.2
29.7
20.4
18.6
17.8
21.2
24.1
29.0
25.9
21.6
217.5
219.0
207.4
213.8
210.2
216.2
201.6
185.6
17.3
29. 8
34.7
35.0
30. 3
20.4
6.3
3.8
295.4
298. 1
278.2
282.7
270. 1
283.0
236.4
188.2
616
599
564
574
564
535
659
751
1,900
2,051
2,023
2,091
1, 969
1,674
1,526
1,677
41, 264
50, 163
56, 535
55, 859
55, 319
64, 020
36, 580
21, 263
31, 500
33, 000
41, 500
33, 500
26, 500
36, 000
32, 450
28, 800
4, 335
6,645
7, 613
8,385
7,126
6,248
3,049
284
457
385
506
425
587
505
510
0
100
86
104
104
107
105
86
168
937
828
820
859
884
930
676
774
58
59
58
57
53
64
62
61
59
54
567. 4 ! 115.2
561.3 1 115.0
571.7 121.3
554.6 ' 92.3
74. 6
521.9
5.7
6.2
6.1
3.8
3.1
18.4
19.3
20.0
19.7
18. 7
31.0
34.3
28.9
30.8
29.2
22.1
19.0
16.5
18.7
17.1
186.6
183.0
187.3
186. 2
182.1
2. 9 i 185. 6
2. 7 I 181. 9
2. 6 : 187. 5
3.4 i 199.6
2.6 194.5
742
722
705
728
751
1,643
1,424
1,404
1,286
11, 714
22, 043
32, 289
20, 624
42, 500
29, 000
30, 500
28, 200
21, 700
0
0
0
369
1, 568
0
0
0
250
415
131
113
113
99
110
652
628
726
620
10.5 54.6 39.8 24.8 242.7
7.8 33.6 38.7 21.9 216.3
5.0 19.2 30.8 18.7 185.0
19.5 344.3
8.4 ; 272.7
2.8 [ 189.8
'.
434
627
730
2, 473
1,995
61, 636
37, 774
45, 540
42, 480
30, 380
90
82
113
1, 153
920
92
76
57
i Daily average basis.
"3_:
ft
fa 3
Monthly
average,
1923-1925—100
1930: May
1931:
May
June
July
August
September...
October
November...
December
1932:
January
February
March
April
May
Monthly average, January3
through May :
1930
1
«-a
Panama Canal, American vessels, both directions
i
«
S
Dividend payments,
steam railways
_
_
F. R. B. index
Freight-car surplus
Freight-car loadings
Pullman passengers carried
1
RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC
890. 8 : 154.5
730.5 i 131.1
555. 3 i 103.7
2 Adjusted for seasonal variation.
|
|
i
':
* Freight-car loadings are on an average weekly basis.
13
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Automobiles and Rubber
stricted, and foreign shipments of both passenger cars
and trucks were lower in May than in April.
Employment in the rubber-products industry was
ducers contributing the major part of the output.
The spring peak in automotive production usually is further reduced during May but pay rolls were larger.
reached in April and May and only a slight variation The latter increase followed declines in the two preis normally witnessed between these two periods. ceding months. Both production and shipments of
May production this year increased 36,823 units, or pneumatic casings increased in May, accompanied by
one-fourth over April and the first three weeks of June a reduction in inventories. Buying in May and June
has brought a further increase. Production during the was stimulated by the possibilities of increased prices
first five months of 1932 was 48 per cent below last resulting from the taxes levied in the new revenue bill.
Domestic consumption of crude rubber increased
year, but the June comparison with a year ago is the
13 per cent during May, but for the year to date has
most favorable for any month so far this year.
Increased production in May was confined to pas- averaged well below a year ago. Despite the fact that
senger vehicles, as the output of trucks was the same more producing estates are closing down constantly,
as in April. Canadian production increased following and others are tapping only the best-yielding areas,
the curtailment of the preceding month. Employ- crude rubber output continues in excess of the demand
ment and pay rolls in the industry increased during with the consequent increase of world stocks and price
May, the former by 1.4 per cent and the latter by 14 declines. Crude rubber dropped to 2.50 cents a pound,
per cent. The index of Detroit factory employment and is currently selling only slightly above that level.
Foreign takings of rubber have been at a record high
showed a further increase in the middle of June.
Retail sales of automobiles continued upward in figure thus far in 1932, restricted imports of fabricated
May. Preliminary statistics on passenger-car regis- goods furnishing a stimulus to the domestic manufactrations indicate a gain of from 10 to 15 per cent for ture, in foreign countries, of finished products.
the month as against a normal seasonal increase of
During April, the United Kingdom took the lead in
about 1 per cent. Sales of commercial vehicles were tire exports, the first time that this country has led
also larger than in April, following the decline from the in 12 years. Available statistics for May indicate that
March level. Exports of automobiles continue re- this position was retained during that month.
in automobile production schedules
EXPANSION
has extended into June, with the low-price pro-
AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS
Automobile production
United States
Year and month
F.R.B.
index,
adjusted Total
Monthly average
19231925=
100
1930: May.
1931:
May
June
July
August
.
September
October
November
•
December
1932:
January
February ._ _
March
April
May _
_. _ _
Monthly average, January through May:
1930
1931
1932
Passenger
cars
|
Automobile
exports
Canada
Total
Taxi- Trucks
pro! duccabs
tion
iPassen- Trucks
ger cars
Crude rubber
j
By
wholesale
dealers
Do-
Do- mestic
World
Retail Pro- mestic
conIm- stocks,
pur- duc- ship- sumpports end of
chasers tion ments
tion,
month
total
Millions of
dollars
Number
Thousands
Pneumatic
tires
Automobile
financing
New
passenger
car
registrations
Thousands
Long tons
101
420
361
440
58, 659
24, 672
16, 876
9,666
345, 069
84
us
4,754
3,960
35, 912
42, 994 L406, 137
78
65
60
52
40
26
36
66
317
251 1
218
187
141
80
69
122
271
210
184
155
109
58
48
97
340
360
180
104
141
651
999
1,144
45, 688
40, 244
34,317
31,772
31,338
21, 727
19, 683
23, 644
12, 738
6,835
4,220
4,544
2,646
1,440
1,247
2,432
8,468
5,843
6,478
5,699
4,577
3,207
1,928
5,753
4,498
4,340
3,518
2,356
4,171
4,500
1,184
3, 333
247, 727
201,911
194, 322
155, 744
124, 903
102, 659
75, 829
77, 564
73
58
49
44
36
26
16
29
109
105
96
80
68
61
49
50
4,543
4,538
3,941
3,125
2,538
2, 379
2, 001
2,115
4,197
4,320
4,244
3,845
3,034
2,185
2,223
2,171
34, 792
34, 883
29, 382
25, 379
21, 747
20, 495
21,108
19, 696
35, 844
46, 939
44, 052
39, 033
38, 933
41, 398
45, 103
53, 818
531,516
536, 982
549, 127
550, 580
554,458
582, 000
606, 197
619, 906
45
35 i
28 i
35
44
119
117
119
148
185
99
94
99
121
158
97
25
74
31
73
20, 541
23, 308
19, 560
27, 389
27, 393
3,731
5,477
8,318
6.810
8, 221
4,474
4,930
5,541
4,449
3,604
2,515
2, 113
3, 186
1,629
1, 505
85,684
81,853
91, 297
119, 540
131,000
35
33
34
34
39
45
45
51
56
58
2,770
3,097
2,937
2, 813
2, 545
1,973
2,281
2,886
25, 725
27,611
25, 602
23, 877
26, 861
33, 552
28, 298
45, 588
38, 454
34, 323
630, 267
636, 206
632, 983
633, 400
637, 006
373
264
138
315
221
114
833
491
68
57, 004
42, 785
23, 638
19, 119
11,851
6,511
19, 361
9, 743
4, 600
9,943
4, 944
2, ISO
278, 539
195, 044
101,875
72
59
35
109
88
51
4,043
3,671
3,586
3,316
33, 375
29, 675
25, 935
44, 960
38, 502
36, 043
407, 531
518,614
633,971
100
71
37
14
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Chemical Industries
sales have been steadily declining since
CHEMICAL
the first of the year, and this tendency continued
throughout the month of May. As a whole, however,
the industry has been affected less by prevailing economic conditions that most other industries because of
its wide diversity of products, the basic nature, and
the variety of uses for which each product is adapted,
and the unitized production organization.
This situation is reflected in employment in the
industry, which declined in May somewhat less than is
usual at this time of year. The adjusted index for
May was 80 as compared with the combined factory
employment index of 62. Present employment is,
however, at a record low level for the industry and is
approximately 15 per cent less than a year ago. Pay
rolls also reached a new low point in May, about a
fourth under the amount of a year ago.
The stocks of chemical manufactured goods on hand
continued in May the decline noted in the two previous
months. Present stocks on hand are slightly greater
than at this time last year and 4 per cent less than in
this month in 1930.
Ethyl alcohol production picked up slightly in April
after declining steadily since last October. The level of
output was 9 per cent under that of April, 1931. Refined methanol production also increased in April,
while that of the synthetic product declined in that
month, bat increased in May. Output of the refined
product is off 46 per cent as compared with a year ago,
while synthetic shows a decline of 36 per cent in the
same period.
A further decline in the production of by-product
coke took place in May and a new low level was
reached. As compared with a year ago output has
declined 44 per cent and, in comparison with two
years ago there has been a drop of almost 60 per
cent.
A substantial increase in the production of wood
rosin occurred in May, while the receipts of gum rosin
at three ports experienced the usual sharp seasonal
increase for this time of year. Stocks of gum rosin at
the ports and wood rosin at plants increased from the
low point reached in April. Wood turpentine production continued the increase of the past two months,
with present output 14 per cent less than in May a year
ago. Turpentine stocks at plants have been declining
steadily since January. Pine-oil production increased
more than seasonally in May.
Fertilizer consumption contracted sharply but seasonally in May. Total imports of fertilizer increased,
although there is usually a seasonal decline at this
time. Imports of nitrate of soda were again insignificant, the domestic air-reduction industry now producing practically all of the United States requirements.
CHEMICAL STATISTICS
Alcoho 1
General operations
Employment
F. R. B. Indexes
Year and month
SynRefined thetic
Ethyl methmethanol
anol
Stocks
i Southern States.
Explosives
Rosin,
wood
TurSuperpentine, phoswood phates
ConTotal Nitrate
of soda
sump- imimtion^
ports I ports
Pay
Manu- Raw
Unad- Adrolls,
facjusted justed unad- tured matejusted goods rials
Production
Thousands of
gallons
Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1930- May
1931:
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
April
May
Monthly average, January through Mav;
1930
1931
193?
Fertilizer
Byproduct
coke
Thous.
of shorttons
Thous.
of Ibs.
Barrels
Thous. of
short tons
Long tons
104.6
106.5
106.6
134
96
13, 245
406
583
4,235
36, 147
40, 933
7,454
389
235
91.4
86.7
86. 2
84.4
86.0
85.7
83.5
82.0
93.0
89.6
89.4
86.6
85.7
85.4
83.1
81.9
88.4
84.1
82.9
80.4
80.8
80.8
76.4
75.0
127
122
116
115
118
125
129
124
88
88
87
85
100
121
134
125
13, 120
13, 111
11,975
12, 363
12, 952
16, 037
14 084
118
107
92
65
57
56
87
142
784
654
438
316
663
510
364
328
3, 126
2,715
2, 569
2, 443
2,310
2, 389
2,276
2,234
26, 960
25, 981
25, 068
24, 548
26, 598
25, 282
24, 509
18, 595
33, 593
34, 747
28, 495
17, 074
25, 058
26, 102
21, 440
23, 242
5,996
5, 675
4,370
2, 607
3,797
3,922
3, 547
3,733
224
178
196
210
173
188
179
231
195
74
25
40
91
94
66
67
;
72, 159 i
59, 970 !
97, 358
127, 599 ,
146, 700
120, S22
77, 849
70, 754
34, 006
29,711
18, 809
35, 367
48, 590
33, 968
29, 871
17, 029
81.7
81.1
81.1
82.4
78.3
81.9
80.2
78.6
78.5
79.7
71.4 !
72.1
70. 1
68. 5
6(5.9
128
136
135
132
129
116
107
102
95
13, 224
10,340
149
120
103
113
72
586
546
514
502
743
2,101
1, 996
2, 089
1,883
1,743
18, 175
IS, 064
17, 092
16, 804
23, 196
20, 006
26, 187
26, 443
30, 597
3, 626
3, 121
4, 329
4, 415
5, 1»)1
215
204
170
147
172
365
644
86S
156
89, 070
84, 160
100, 136
61, 433
M, 746
30,114
8, 404
54
2, 675
37
137
130
132
lOfi
98
11,632
11,388
412
222
111
533
747
578
4,191
3, 104
1, 962
32, 513
27, 4S2
42, 077
31, 908
2rts 280
7, 775
5, 694
4, 128
408
278
1, 016
726
441
210, 557
149, 981
83, 909
67^ 098
8, 257
109 9
94.6
80.9
109. 7
90. 7
09. 8
14, 002
1
1
87, 973 : 42, 308
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
15
Farm and Food Products
deterioration in grain crops occurred during
SOME
May, according to the Department of Agriculture's
June 1 crop report. Winter wheat production was
estimated at 410,669,000 bushels, a decline from the
May 1 forecast of 30,112,000 bushels and 377,000,000
bushels below the output of a year ago. The forecast
of the rye crop as of June 1 was 38,734,000 bushels,
or 730,000 bushels less than the May estimate. Last
year's crop amounted to 32,746,000 bushels. Prices
received by farmers for their produce showed but slight
change from the level of the previous month, the only
increase being in the fruit and vegetable group, which
showed a gain of 3 per cent.
Livestock movements at primary markets showed a
slight upturn during May. Receipts of all classes of
livestock were the largest since March and of cattle
and calves the largest since December. Shipments of
all types of animals fell off from the preceding month
and were well below May of last year. Slaughter of
animals under Federal inspection during May recorded
declines from April, in the case of cattle and calves,
and sheep and lambs. As compared with May, 1931,
the slaughter of cattle and calves showed declines,
while the slaughter of sheep and lambs remained unchanged. Hog slaughter, on the other hand, reflected
increases over the previous month and the corresponding period a year ago.
Cold-storage holdings of meats and meat products at
the end of May, 1932, were approximately unchanged
from the preceding month. In contrast with the same
period in 1931, such holdings were 5 per cent lower.
Stocks of lard at the end of May were the highest since
June, 1929. Holdings of butter, cheese, eggs, and
poultry reflecting greater production at this time of
the year, increased in May, but remained below a year
ago, poultry excepted.
Processing of foods registered a slight decline from
a month ago, according to the adjusted index of the
Federal Reserve Board, but continues relatively high.
Employment and pay rolls in the industry showed only
fractional changes from the previous month. Wholesale prices of foods declined 3 per cent from the previous month and 20 per cent from a year ago.
Meltings of raw sugar at eight ports during May
amounted to 306,072 long tons, compared with 298,362
long tons in April and 332,556 longs tons in May, 1931.
Stocks of raw sugar at these ports declined 6 per cent
during the month. Shipments and stocks of refined
sugar at Savannah and New Orleans registered increases of 22 and 24 per cent, respectively, over the
previous month. Prices of sugar, both wholesale and
retail, at New York fell off slightly when compared
with the prices that ruled in April, but future prices
have improved during June.
1
J-J 1
Itf.J'i
97.1
92.2
55
110
17
120
89
83
87
88
93
92
91
97
90.8
88.7
88.1
88.1
87.5
85.5
85.9
86.3
73.8
73.3
74.0
74.6
73.7
73. 3
71.0
69.1
62
55
103
83
119
219
159
96
107
118
105
94
92
97
98
97
31
30
104
61
39
33
26
14
198
191
218
243
239
231
230
221
. 76
.67
.47 i
.51
.56
.58
.69
.60
11
13
16
11
8
14
12
11
94
96
84
91
88
85,3
83.7
83.1
83.6
83. 2
64.7
62.5
62.3
63.0
59. 3
89
74
67
51
47
92
87
88
90
111
17
25
13
13
15
212
210
202
183
!72
.61 !
.59
.58 :
. 60 i
.81
10
14
11
10
10
95
91
91
97. 6
90. 6
83.8
94. 9
77.3
62.0
61
64
66
93
97
17
29
17
IIS
201
1!>S
d >^ receipts from Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
M
1.01
1 03
73
. ft)
16
21
17
11
Price, No. 3 yellow,
Chicago
0
-4
97
4>
w
Butter,
apparent
consumption
c
t
Thousands
Millions of pounds
ll
S*o
&
c
o_o
:
§
1
5
Thousands of
bags
1
Con- Stocks,
cold
sump- stortion,
age,
appar- end
of
ent month
Raw sugar 1
s**
Hog receipts
I
«
OT
£-3
^5
o
P
Imports
Meats
1
i
2
CO t£t corfi.v^. Oi Cn Cn
Millions
of
bushels
CC CO CO CO CO
Receipts, principal
markets
Visible supply,
U u i t e d States,
end of month
Price, weighted average, 6 markets,
ail grades
B
ons of
>hels
D o l l a r s per
bushel
j^fN
Monthly
average,
1923-1925 = 100
Ani mals and animal products
W> CTj 00
1930: May
1931:
May.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
January
February
Muivh
April
May..
MoTithly average, January through May;
I'MO
_".__
£7
o-g
J3§
Monthly
average,
1923-1925 = 100
Corn
Wheat
Receipts, principal
markets
Wholesale prices
Employment
adjusted
Year and month
Production
adjusted
F. R. B.
Crop marketings
Food products industry
Animal products, marketings
FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS
1, 517
3,293
1,076
950
211
682
915
1,551
1,539
1,488
1,821
1,797
2, 137
1, 866
1,453
2,938
2, 854
2,511
2,454
2,727
3,462
3, 752
4, 210
1,060
1,045
1,012
1, 043
1,067
1,194
1, 020
1,048
1,062
1,014
946
798
638
506
523
736
221
208
198
204
189
187
161
172
353
382
473
532
330
269
189
217
1,415
1, 037
1,100
884
794
907
936
1, 203
1, 376
1, 281
1,377
1, 376
1, S97
4, 218
3,659
2, 939
2, 960
3,050
1, 098
955
1, 024
1, 033
1,039
875
1, 035
1,011
1, 012
1,013
157
156
171
177
»*!
289
437
515
510
457
1, 220
1, 149
1,220
793
1, 05C
1,535
1, 503
1,301
3, 669
3,514
3, 365
1, 017
1,012
1,030
1,007
1,057
9N9
171
171
177
422
379
M2
1, 076
1, 266
1,088
16
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Forest Products
production increased slightly more than
EMBER
seasonally in May, continuing a gradual rise since
the record low point reached last February. However,
total production this year, through the week ending
June 11, has been only about half of output in the
corresponding period a year ago and at the low rate of
22 per cent of normal. Shipments of lumber this year
up to June 11 have exceeded production by 29 per cent,
and excess stocks on hand have been materially reduced.
Employment in the industry reached a new low level
in May, the adjusted index having declined 30 per cent
from that of May, 1931, and 47 per cent from this
month two years ago. Pay rolls also declined to a
new low record in May, there having been a steady
decline during the past year which has altogether
amounted to a drop of over 50 per cent.
Car loadings of forest products, which usually show
a distinct seasonal rise in May, continued the decline
that was noted in the previous month and reached a new
low record for this time of year. Weekly average loadings
were 43 per cent less than in May a year ago and twothirds off as compared with this month two years ago.
Production of southern hardwoods up to June 11
was 57 per cent of output in this period a year ago.
Shipments, which were two-thirds of the volume of a
year ago, were, however, greater than production by
36 per cent in the first 23 weeks of the year, and a
material reduction in existing stocks was accomplished
in this period.
The production of Douglas fir in the first 23 weeks
of the year was 24 per cent of normal and only slightly
more than half of the output in this period last year.
Shipments thus far this year have exceeded production
by 15 per cent, and stocks have been further reduced
to a point 21 per cent less than a year ago. Shipments have exceeded production consistently in the
last three months. New orders thus far during the
current year have exceeded shipments by 8 per cent
and have amounted to 57 per cent of new orders in
this period last year.
Southern pine output declined seasonally iri May to
a level one-third under production in this month a
year ago and 61 per cent less than two years ago.
Production thus far this year has been 32 per cent of
normal, while in this period shipments have been 16
per cent in excess of production, and stocks on hand
had been cut to a volume 22 per cent less than a year
ago. New orders fell off seasonally in May but the
curtailment of production at the same time caused
unfilled orders to remain constant.
FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
General operations
Year and month
Indexes of
marketing
LumEmber
Pay 1 Total
ploy- roll,
proforest
duc- ment, unadprodadtion,
ad- justed justed ucts
justed
..._
May
Monthly average January through Mav:
1930
1931
1932
Douglas fir i
Household2
furniture
Southern pine
jj
Carload| ings,
forest
Naval prodstores ucts i
Production
Production
UnNew filled
orders orders
ThouIsands of
cars .
Monthly average 1923-1925 = 100
1930: Mav_
1931:
May
June
Julv
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
January .
February
March..
April
Southern hardwoods
UnNew filled
orders orders
Production
UnUnPlant filled
New filled
opera- orders,
orders orders
tion end of
month
& i S?S
Millions of feet, board measure
3 ;££tlme
: tion
76
73.9
73.2
79.6
174. 7
51.9
240
195
603 |
77.0
72.9
50.5
258
230
61.0 !
26
48
47
42
38
36
33
27
27
55.4
54.4
52.0
51.1
49.4
48.4
47.4
45.4
45.7
44.6
41.7
41.3
40.3
38.2
34.4
31.2
66.7
67.2
64. 6
64.3
65.7
63.1
56.7
53.3
136. 5
189. 9
186. 7
141. 5 i
111.9 I
114.0
97.2
90.4
32.9
31. 3
26.6
27.6
26.1
24.6
21.9
17.8
146
143
109
101
105
105
105
86
158
176
139
131
131
131
131
105
431
419
402
375
387
374
370
367
41.4
49.9
37.3
34.4
38.8
30.0
29. 0
20.5
37.8
47.8
45. 3
37.7
39.7
30.3
33. 9
23.0
27.1
40.7
41.4
22.2
31.3
16.3
26. 3
17.1
148
127
122
120
117
117
111
78
158
140
147
151
138
135
111
73
84 '
83
83
83
74
58
62
51
70.0
74.0
80.0
73.0
72.0
83.0
72.0
56. 5
i
11
23
22
20
15
11
13
12
27
23
27
28
29
43.9
43.3
41.2
40.2
39.0
26.6
25.9
24.5
23.2
22.2
49.5
51.1
53.4
58.1
26. 1 !
24.1 !
29. 6 1
67.8
102.3
18.4
19.3
20. 0
19. 7
18.7
68
83
90
101
120
105
113
105
356 I
315 1
290
272
24.8
29.0
25.6
20.5
25.0
31.4
28.1
28. 5
21.3
27.0
28.4
27.8
25.3
80
89
104
106
100
106
119
127
110
103
61
74
77
62
62
68.0 ,
73.0 i
59. 0
54.0 :
42.0
17
13
10
7
7
78
47
27
76.6
55.8
41.5
73.4
45.3
24. 5
72.0
59.7
78. 3
67. 4
50.0
54. 6
33. 6
19.2
152
208
168
624
4dl
68.8
44.7
25.0
65. 6
48.7
27. 3
61.2 !
44.2 i
261
159
96
242
173
113
185
107
67
70. 2
66. 4
59.2
25
15
11
Weekly average.
i
i
i
!
i
!
'Grand Rapids district.
160
!
i
!
!
17
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Iron and Steel I n d u s t r y
and steel operations during May were adversely
I RON
influenced by hand-to-mouth buying and the failure
of automotive and railway requirements to bolster the
rate of output. According to the American Iron and
Steel Institute's monthly report, covering 95 per cent
of the industry, operations were placed at 20 per cent
of capacity, as against 23 per cent in April. Including
the near capacity operations of remaining plants supplying automotive requirements, operations during
the month were at a somewliat higher rate. In the
first three weeks of June, in line with the usual seasonal
trend, further recessions in output have taken place.
Fabricated structural steel provided a relatively
bright spot in the industry for May. In contraseasonal trend, new orders increased 40 per cent over
April bookings, which were the largest for the year.
However, the total tonnage booked was only 60 per
cent of the volume reported for May a year ago.
Shipments advanced 5.8 per cent above the April
level, but remained 50 per cent under those in the
same month of 1931.
The Federal Reserve Board's adjusted index of
general operations for May continued a decline
which has characterized the monthly figures since
January. The adjusted index of employment de-
creased 4.3 per cent from April, while the unadjusted
pay-roll index showed a drop of 5.3 per cent.
Further decline in output of pig iron, accompanied by
a loss of seven operating blast furnaces, placed production at a new record low for many years. For the first
five months of the year, total tonnage was slightly
more than half that produced in the corresponding
period of 1931. The decline from April in output of
steel ingots was 10.8 per cent, only slightly more than
the 8 per cent decrease in production which occurred
in May last year. Although it is customary for the
volume of unfilled orders to decrease during May,
total tonnage of bookings reported by the United
States Steel Corporation touched a new all time low,
marking the fourteenth consecutive monthly decline.
Notwithstanding continued efforts to strengthen
prices, little support was given by tonnage volume.
The iron and steel composite price slipped to a
slightly lower level, while steel scrap, in marked absence of demand, declined 8.6 per cent from the April
figure.
Iron and steel exports in May were the largest since
July, increasing 38 per cent over April. Approximately 44 per cent consisted of shipments of scrap;
Imports for the month increased 14 per cent;
IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
General operations
Iron and
steel
Pig iron
produc-
Year and month
jg™" i Pay
tion
P ° f - j rolls i Ex- Imi (ad- ! ™*nt i u n a d - ports ports
jl
"^>>rtedi|J U8ted
Production
Steel ingots
Furnaces
in
Wast
Production
f
Fabricated
structural
steel
s
United
Prices
M
££i£«™
S- Torts'
i ration,
,[|?™s
Peiunfilled , vHiancent New
Shipof
SdS?!^*
or- ments ! end of co"- I
cat
pac- ders
month tent)
ity
Iron Steel
and billets, Steel
Comsteel Besse- scrap, posite
commer
Chi- finished
pos- (Pitts- cago
steel
ite burgh)
!
:
1930: May
1931:
May
June
July
August
September
October
__
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
April
May
Monthly average, J~anuary through May:
1930
1931
1932
1
Monthly average,
1923-1925 = 100
ThouNura- : sands of Per
ber
long cent
' tons
Thou sands of
sho rt tons
Thousands of
long tons
91.6
95.5
196
47
3, 233
180
3,983
74
279
265
4,059
30
66
60
58
50
45
45 i
51
42 1
74.8
72.6 1
72.1 i
70.3 |
67.4 I
66.2
65. 3
65.4
64.9
57.6
52.4
50.6
45.2
43.9
4.1. 2
41.0
95
1,994
1, 639
1,463
1,281
1, 169
1,173
1,103
980
105
91
82
76
73
70
67
56
2, 506
2, 076
1,886
1,719
1,548
1,592
1, 594
1,302
45
38
34 I
31
28 !
28
30
24
152
172
160
124
194
109
91
98
145
159
181
168
149
144
112
123
3,620
3,479 !
3,405 l
21
37
38
70
59
60
57
30
31
28
22
25
23
23
18
43
41 !
34 i
32
30
64. 0
62.4
60.9
59. 0
56. 5
36. 3
37.2
35.4
32. 1
30. 4
41
40
50
58
80
25
20
35
29
33
973
964
967
853
784
61
64
60
60
53
1, 461
1, 460
1,411
1,240
1,107
27
28
25
23
20
48
62
64
65
91
66 i
78
82
68 |
72
92. 3
76. 3
60.6 |
i
95. 8
66. 8
34.3
213
98
54
42
32
28
3, 065
1, 893
903
180
109
60
4, 032
2, 637
1,336
78
48
25
249
187
66
265
155
73 !
104
109
71
36
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
126591—32
Thousands of long
tons
3
1173
1
i
I
i
Doll a rs per loiig ton
Dollars
per 100
pounds
33.84
32. 50
12.50
2.35
2, 735
31.39
31. 02
31. 05
22
31.05
27
31. 03
30.81
21
9 i 30. 61
30.32
8
29.50
29.00
29.00
29. 00
29. 00
29.00
29.00
28.80
8.88
8.75
8.75
8.38
8.20
8.00
8.00
7.80
2.21
2.19
2.20
2.19
2.20
2.18
2.18
2.16
2, 648
2, 546
2, 472
17
3
2
29. 98
29. 56
29.62
29. 75
29.62
27. 75
27. 00
27.00
27.00
27.00
7. 50
7.15
7.12
7.00
6.40
2.11
2.11
2.17
2.17
2.17
34.84
31.60
29.71
33. 10
29. 90
27. 15
12.94
9.79
7.03
2.41
2.22
2.15
3,169 i
3,145 !
3,119
2,934 i
2,327
14
2, 177
2
4, 387
3,922
2,434
29
17
8
18
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Textile Industry
T?UETHEE slackening in demand and lower prices
-*- for their products caused textile mills to again curtail output during May so as to keep production more
in line with new orders. The Federal Reserve Board's
seasonally adjusted index of textile production in May
averaged only 60 per cent of its 1923-1925 monthly
average, as compared with 65 per cent in the preceding
month. Employment in the textile industry decreased
6.5 per cent after adjustment and pay-roll totals fell
16 per cent.
Consumption of raw cotton per working day averaged 13,037 bales in May, 9 per cent less than in April,
and aggregated only 332,439 bales for the entire month.
New England mill consumption totaled 36,106 bales,
61 per cent less than in the same month of last year,
while consumption in cotton-growing States, 287,655
bales, was 21 per cent less. Spindle activity decreased
from 70.7 per cent of capacity on a single-shift basis
in April to 63.3 per cent in May. Cotton-cloth production in the latter month, as reflected by the output
of 300 classes of cotton goods, averaged 45,929,000
yards per week, 11 per cent less than in April and 19
per cent less than in May a year ago. As a result of
fewer new orders and an increase of 5 per cent in ship-
ments, unfilled orders on manufactiirers' books at the
end of May were 11 per cent smaller than at the end
of April. Sales in May were 18,000,000 yards in excess of cancellations, a much more favorable showing
than in the preceding month. Weakness in prices of
several constructions caused the index of cotton-goods
prices to fall 4 per cent.
A further slowing down in most branches of the
woolen industry occurred in May. Consumption of
wool decreased from 19,954,000 pounds in April to
16,519,000 pounds in May, a reduction of 17 per cent;
activity of worsted spindles decreased from 29 per cent
of capacity in April to 25 per cent in May, and looms
from 21 to 18 per cent of capacity. Operation of
woolen spindles increased 15 per cent and that of wide
looms did not change. The decline in wholesale prices
of woolen and worsted goods, 2 per cent, was smaller
than in the preceding month.
Raw-silk deliveries to American mills decreased 8
per cent from April to May, reflecting a smaller consumption, and were the smallest since June, 1930. A
further drop of 7 per cent was shown in prices of silk
arid rayon, and in May prices of these goods averaged
71 per cent lower than in 1926.
TEXTILE STATISTICS
Cotton manufactures
Woo!
Cotton textiles (23 groups of
textile constructions)
fi
<y
3*
Wool manufactures
Spinning
spindles
Silk
Silk
and
rayon
Looms
Year and month
I5
>
Per cent of active hours to
total reported
Month-1|!
Monthly av- Bales of ly avera ere,
133
erage,
1926=
pounds
1926=
100
100
60
October
November
December.
1932:
,
J aauar y
)
FebruaryMarc
April
May.
Monthly average, January
through May:
1930
1931
1932
52
58
45
26
30
7,366 | 63,258 63,740
6,6>)9 j 54,119 ' 56,794
5,902 51,703 I 53,639
1
Weekly average.
60
57
42
J
i
i
|
I
53 ' I
51 !
37 ,
29 i
25 !
52
57
39
Grease equivalent.
25
22
26
21
18
61 i
48 '
28 i
49 !
56 I
43 I
72.4
45.3
33.6
19
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Miscellaneous Industries
MACHINERY
and pay rolls in the machinery
EMPLOYMENT
industry again declined during May, a continuation of the trend of the past two years. New orders
for foundry equipment showed an upturn during the
month, the first since February. Shipments of equipment, in keeping with the expanded new orders, were
also higher. New orders for machine tools at 25 per
cent of the 1922-24 average showed a slight loss from
the previous month while shipments dropped to a new
low. New orders for woodworking machinery, increased 10 per cent over April, although shipments
were markedly lower.
FUELS
Production of both anthracite and bituminous coal
recorded declines from April, an important factor in
the decline of total industrial output. Crude petroleum
output declined, but the demand for refined products
increased in recent weeks with a consequent lowering
of stocks.
PAPER AND PRINTING
Employment and pay rolls in the paper and printing
ndustry during May declined. As compared with
April, 1931, employment fell 11 per cent and pay rolls
23 per cent. Newsprint paper output during May
amounted to 88,087 tons in the United States and
175,887 in Canada. These figures represent slight
losses from the production of a month ago. In contrast with May, 1931, the declines were more marked.
For the year to date American production amounted
to 460,760 tons, which was 33,464 tons lower than the
corresponding period in 1931.
CEMENT, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
The adjusted index of employment in the industry
for May at 45.8 per cent of the 1923-1925 average
showed a loss of 5 per cent ironi the preceding month,
and pay rolls were tJso reduced. Incieases during
May occurred over the previous month in the production a^d shipments of I ortland cement, but the increase was of a ^e^?onal character. The output of
Ulumiiiiiting glassware and polished, pis to glass recorded declines from the m"7iih of April, while the
output of glass containers c r ;ralecl the production of
the previous month. Although no change occurred
over the production of the previous month, increases
were evident at the end of May in net new orders
and stocks.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
\
Year and m o n t h
^
s
50 \! =
Foundry
equipment
s
3
a
o ! l
3< ;
S i *
3 i &<
1930: May
'
1931:
!
Mav
-- - J u n e _ _ _ - - - - - - - ..
. __
July
August- _
_ __ _
_ _
September
October
_ _ .
_ _
_
November
_ _
_
December
.
1932:
January
February
_ _ _ _ _ _
March
April
_
Mav
Monthly average, January through
May:
•
1930
;
1931
1933
__.
BitroAn- tu- Crude leMachine Woodworkjii??
mathra- mi- petro- mn
tools
chinery
cite rious leum rece-,1
ft ning
j[
if
33 ^
3D S
if
£o
01
05
.Erf
v
,1
Si II ~ 3& 2
Monthly
average 19231925=100
Mou ihlv r.v % ra.jc 1 ! ) '. _•1&J1 = 100
102.3 .' 108.3
Production, adjusted
Thoi is an is
of u )llar>
M o n t i . ly avenu re 1923- 925=10!)
",.i
JJ
f
r-fi
5s
fc
Short
tons
Cement, clay,
and glass
products
Cement production,
adjusted
or,
*3
Pay rolls, unadjusted
1 !1
Employment, adjusted
1
Pay roils, unadjusted
Fa p er and p r a n t i n g
Fuels
Km ployment, adjusted
Machinery
M o n t h i v nverage
1923-1925 = 100
92.7
149.4
135
197
779
723
85
93
128
171
118,093
79. 3
76.9
116
67 8
62 4
57 4
54 9
51 2
50 2
48 3
48 9
54.1
40.9
38.7
16.9
31.9
45.9
1^2
26. 3
118.6
90.4
55. 7
37.4
29.6
26.2
32.9
24.9
87
62
72
56
45
51
68
96
95
72
96
92
85
50
57
487
503
533
447
345
377
312
310
513
463
448
572
379
347
257
361
75
75
70
75
74
74
70
70
71
67
64
122
122
122
107
102
116
122
121
161
159
160
161
159
159
155
149
95.3
93. 6
93.0
93. 0
91.1
91.0
89. 7
89.2
! 100.0
96. 6
; 93.6
' 93. 1
! 90.4
! 91.4
; 90. 6
; 91.0
101,202
101,086
99, 548
88, 344
91,241
97,117
94. 149
93, 861
65. 4
64. 4
62.7
60. 1
59. 4
57.6
55. 9
55.0
56. 7
54.4
49. 4
48.1
46.1
43.9
40.9
37.4
94
93
90
83
79
75
67
61
44 5
45 0
42 6
39 1
35 9
20.5
32.9
27.9
13.8
1« £
28.8
15. 7
38.3
21.4
24.5
59
38
33
41
39
47
44
52
51
32
209
220
246
150
165
248
250
195
199
152
54
58
63
70
55
45)
111
109
109
112
192
140
141
136
144
88.3
87. 2
86.2
85. 7
8:4.3
i 85.5
i 83. 5
| 82.4
\ 79. 7
| 77.0
94, 247
87. 157
100, 034
91,235
8S, 087
51.6
51.4
50.1
48. 4
45.8
31.1
32.9
32.2
31.7
30.2
65
56
53
46
40
i
107.0 I 113.2 147.2
79 2 i 70 3
81.2
58.5 41.4
22.7
190.9
74.3
25.7
169
92
42
211
85
45
935
492
198
988
477
209
84
81
65
93
76
59
130
115
109
167
152
103.6 114.3
95.1 | 100.9
88.3 I 81.6
115,727
98, 845
92, 152
80.6
65.0
49. 5
73.0
52.9
31.6
116
90
53
76 3
73 4
70 3
67 8
67 3
65 6
64 6
64 5
!
61 8
61 2 ;
59 2
56 4 '
54 i
62
65
74
66
69
81
81
49
103.2 ; 113.3
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS 1931-32
[Weekly average 1923-25=100]
1931
Mar. 7
14
21.—
28
Apr.
'
Klectric power
ft
-d
a
Bituminous
coal
1
Stock prices
Com ni e r c i a l
failures
Money in circulation
Interest rates,
time loans
Interest rates,
call loans
Total loans
Time deposits
Net demand deposits
Bank debits outside N. Y. C.
Detroit factory em
ment
Receipts
!;
I
i
5
03
: : 13
.:
i "o ',! «
j
;
;
5 i a ;: § i s
3 ' HZ " i2 i °
ft* ; OQ .' 5
103.6
105.2
101. Oi 108.9
123.5
123.0
124.2
123. 8
W
! ^
1
58.9
61.1:
76.0^
76.3
66.4 66.1! 118.0
62.3' 67.9
43. 5j 80.9
52.3
80.7'
79.4'
75.3
76.0
29.2
22.3
33.5
22.3
4 ...
11—
18—
25—
May 2.
9.
16.
23.
30.
, 93.4
|-110.5J
87.5i
77.
9
j
84.
0!
77.2 79.6
81.1
78.7
! 98.2i
76.4 78.5 71. o; 75. 8
70.3!
75.
7
78.8
76. 7;
~77.~8 74. 2j 80. 4| 88.2!
June 6
13
20.)
27
75. 9
74.2
73.5
73.9
79 ?
78. 6
76 8
75. 5
70. 0!
69.7!
70.0
70. 3 1
79. 4 1
75. O 1
75.0 "78" 9 76. 3 74. 8 1
75. 0
74.9 79.6
July
4
11[
18.*
25.
74 7
74.7
74.2'
73.2
76 6
77.2
76 7
75.4
70.6^
70.4
69.8
69.5!
75. 1
69.7i
i
75. 1 72.0 > 79.61! 68.2!
79.0(1
74.8
74.8 66.4 77.4 el. 8
222
29.3
73.8
72.3
72.4
71.9
70.7
73.4
73.9
73.6
71 *
71.0
69.3
69.5
69.5^
69 4
68. 9;
79.0
75.0
75.0
75.0 ~5i.~5 77. 5|l1 53.2
78. l!
75.0
75.0. 64.1 79.7 50.0
5
Sept. 5.
2
12.
9
19.
3
26.
69.6
70.0
68.7
67.9
72.7
72.0
71. 5
72.3
68.9'
68. 9
68.9
68.6
1 79.2
75.0
75.0 68. 7 ' 69. 6 | 70.4
] 77. 5 1
75.0
74.9 57.3' 77.0 J S 1 . 0
68.5
68.0
66.4
i 66.0
65.4
«s i
72.2
73.1
70.9
68.7 :
68.2 :
68.1
68. 1
68.2
68.5
68.5
i 81.1
74.9
79.7
74.4
74.3 50.3' 79.4 "46." 1
' 80.3
74.3
74.1 67. 6, 77.2 i"41."7
A7 0
AQ Q
7/1 n
Nov.
Production
i
75.4 _
6.4|i 96. 9! | 76. Si S 82.5
fill
! 77.3"
76.7
'•
i
Finance
Wheat
i
"ft
Carloadings
Construction
tract awards
Fisher's index
Iron and steel
composite
Business Week
Week ending
Saturday »
New York Times
II .
Business Wholesale
prices
activity
1
<7
73.11 7 6 . 1 ! i _ _ _ _
72.0 75.8;
71.8:
75. 8:
163.4163. 7j
163.2!
163.411
163. 2
120.0
119.4!
119.41
119.3'
118.51
118.8 61.8
118.5 60.5
116.5: 57.9
117.0 56.6
96.2! 126.3! 106. 71 131.0
1)0. l i 129.71 106.3 126.0
36.4
36. 4
36.4;
36.4!
76.6 :::..
"A 8
70.0
70.1
69.3
67.5
96.6 119.2 46.1! 76.3 21.3
117.2 44.7; 76.6 22.3 69.3
£2 -73:2
,
61. 0 57.91, 63.7! 71.3, 19. 3i! 55. 9|| 68.6;; 68.3
60.4
61.0
61.4
60.5
113.1|
112.71
114.11
113.9J
112.8!
38.9
38. 2!
34. 3|
34.3
99.81
100. 01
99.4
99.2
101.5:
95.61
105. 2 :
115.2
106.61
107. ll
106. 91
106.9,
144.2
139.5"
134.7.'
134.8:
70.0
65.31
66.4!
66. i j
96.5
96.3
98.
99.0
34.3
34.3!
34. 3j
37.31
40. Ol
99.11
100.4!
101.3!
102. 3 j
103.2
118.7!
117.0!
110.8
109.1
107.1
106.4!
105.6!
104.7!
103.9
103. 6j
129.8
126.7
128.9
128.0
126.5
66. 6'
66.6;
68.4!
69. 6!
73.3!
98.6
109.6
97. 81
98.6!
98.3
113.8;
97. 3
104.7
118. 7
104.2; 123.8
103.3! 115.6
101.4! 107.3 70.9
99.4! 102.2 : 72.8
108.8
111.9
113. 1
113.71
113.5!
133.4'
127.3!
130.7!
135.4!
130.2'
91.4! 114.3!
91. 4j 114.0!
85.7! 113.2J
80. U! 113.01
i
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80. o! 113. 8!
80.0 113.91
80.0: 115.31
80. Ol 117.9!
126.5,
130.5!
144.5
120. 9j
!
135. 1
141.3'
163.9
138.3
32.7
9.2
10. 4
31.9.
50.0
56.2
54.2
53. 5
56.7
61.3
307.5
248.1
162. 3
149.3
144.7
98.2 83.8
95. 0 92.1
99.8 105.7 38.2
99.6 105.3 3 6 8
83. 5 67. 7
79.7 86.9
89.2131.9'
85.1 176.5
58. 6
56.7
58.2:
60.6;
1C8. 0
117.7
112.1
120.0
103. 1
103.8
117.0
114.3
116.7
39. 5
38.2
36.8
36.8
39.5
95. 6 2f 6. 5
103.2351.9
104.4324.2
120.3 2S6 5
109 8311.5'
72. 4>
69.2,
72.6
77.5
88.9
93. 8
69.5
73.8
106.4
115.3
67. 1
106.0
107.2
67.8!1
67. 4
, 10") 3
62.5 95. 9M 03. 8
74.4 62.8; 95.4 104.2
2^. ( .
32.9
31.2
36.8
35.5
54. 1 126.9 90.0 :
73 4 136. 2 113. 4
70 9146.5 109.6
64.2120.4103.5
60' 4 149. 6 118. 8
31.8
41.4
47.3
52.7
60.6
55.7.88.5
53.5 82.7
62.3 62.7
59.5 77.3
70.1
69.5
64.9.
63. 0[
61.3
42.9
35.0
27.8
30.31' 62.7
28. 9: 61. 7'
28.9 60.9
30.3 63.3
31.6:67.4
74.6 58.7'
46. 2 63. 5
35.8 76.1
41.5 71.3
37.3,71.5;
22.8
29.3
38.2
55.2
43.0
76. 9J 98. 81
76.8! 99.2
99.4
98.9
99.2
94.91
96. 31
95.0!
92.8!
!
90.0;
87.9!
83.9!
85.8!
100.0.
101.7
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85.5
76. 51
78. 9!
69.1!!
74. 0
120.1
122.7
120. 0
125.2
84.1
83. 1
78.4
74.7:
75.4
130.1
129. T
128. 9
128.3'
127.3.
104.81
104.6
104. 3 60.6
103.5 60. 6!
102.9 60. 61
84.6!
91.41
87.5!
85. 7j
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116.7 150.4!
117.0 181. Cr
116.3 191.9,
116.0! 210.1
115. 7 199.5!
92.4!
91.8!
91.6!
91.1
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126.41
125.7!
125.4!
102.7
101.7
101.5
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60.6
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116.2!
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79.11
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115.21
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114. O 1
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161. 9'
168.3:
174.0
154.3
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60.6!
60.6
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63.8!
55.3!
46.6J
112.6!
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112.2:
112. lj
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149. 9
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164.6
60.4! 88. 8! 103.4
45. 4! 87. 9| 106. 9
48.4! 88.9 104.8
46. 3i 88.2 108.9
46.2
87.3 104.6
91. I j 125. 7|
58.0
58.3 j.3i 71.4 j 24.8! 60.0! 68. Oi. 65.2!; 90.8 126.0,
| 61. O j |
[; 68. 6 91.0 125.4'
57.6 63.11 71. 4 I
89.8 125.2
56.8
i
79.4
77.2
75. 3
92.4
99.7
97. 7
97. 4
99.3
96. 0
98.3
97.5:
96. 4i
95.0l
94. 81
88. 4|
87.4!
88.5:
89.11
40.8'
42.1
43. 4
42.1
40.8
2. 7
1.6
9. 2 '
6. 4''
70. 9i 95. 4
61.8! 94.8
64. 9J 92.
64.11 90.8
102. 8: 35. 5
103.0 34.2:
103.6: 32.9!
103.8 31.6:
30-
90.6
90.0!
90.9!
91.5!
92.3!
May 7..
14..
21..
28..
91. &!
56. l! 58.3! 61.4 71.6-1 32. 7| 54.0 69.0 60.9, 92.3
92.
2!
55. 7i 57.1: 61.1 71. 5 i 33.9! 53.8
65.5
55.4 57.3|! 60.2 71.4^ 44.9! 54.3 69.6 57.8 92.4|
125. 8J 94.8| 60. 6
125.9| 93.8! 60.6
125. li 93. 3 60. 6;
125.1! 92.7 60.6.
45.7!
38. 2 1
34. 3|
34.3!
112. 5 j
112. 4 !
112.4!
112.0!
147.7; 82.6! 50. 5'I 43.8
162.7! 82. 2| 50.1
176.9- 79.51 49.8 42. Ol
44.7 41.6|
174.0;
85.8
86.3
86. 2
85.5
108.1
107.4
106.8
104.1
31.6;!
32.9'
31.6}
30.'
64.6
58.9
57.0
62. 7
19.2
25.8
19.2
31. 9
66.6! 49.9
75.7 71.8
70.0 90.9
79. 2 91.6
June 4.
11.
18.
25.
55. l! 55.9IJ 60.2 71.4:
i 4f. 7 ... 71.0 91.9!
54.8! 56.41! 59.6 71.4 i 27.7! 52.3 70.8 64.8, 91.0!
55.4 55.511 59.3 71.3! 26.5! 54.1
61.4| 92. 1!
' 59.5: 71.3 i
i04. 9 90.4'
124.91
124.01
123.5;
122.8'
34.31
34.3!
34.3:
34.3
112.81
112.7!
113.0;
114.41
136. T
140.3
147.7!
150.6!
75.4 41.7 40.3
79.11 41.7 38.9
79.0 42.9 29.2
79.1
:2.9
86. ll
86.61
I
104.7 26.3'
104. 8 23. :
105.5 21.1
103.5 19.7
48.7
57. 9
58.5
60.1!
26.2
17. 7
11.8
19.6
62.6 73.8
61. 9 60.9
61.2.
45.6.
Apr. 2..
9..
16..
23-.
125.3
124.7
124.2!
124,7J
125. 4|
97.7|
96.5!
95.81
95.81
95.11
93.1
91.21
92.1
90.5
60.6
60.6
60.6
60.6,
!
I
I
1 Sources of data: Composite business index, New York Times; composite business index, Business Week, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.; Fisher's wholesale price index,
The Irving Fisher Syndicate; iron and steel composite price, Steel; construction contract awards, F. W. Dodge ^Corporation; frejght-carjoa dings, American Raiiway^Assoaationj
Detroit factory employment, Detroit Board of Commerce; bank <
Company; bond prices, interest rates, and steel ingot production, Wa
merce, Bureau of Mines; electric power production, National Electric ... „ .
Departmnct of Agriculture; cotton receipts. New York Cotton Exchange: wheat receipts, Bradstreets.
2 The actual week does not always end on the same day. Earlier data will be found in the March, 1931, issue.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
21
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average, 1923-1925 = 100]
1931
1932
Item
1930
1929
June June June June June June June June June June
18
22
11 27 20
25
13 28 21
29
Business activity:
New York Times *
55.4 54.8 73.9 73.5 74.2 91.3 90.9 110.1 108.9
Business Week * 1
55.5 56.4 75.5 76.8 78.6 100.3 94.7 107.8 110.8
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Department of Labor,
1926=100—
Combined index (784) __
63.7 63.8
Farm products (67)
45 4 45 8
Foods (122)
58 5 58 6
Fisher's, 1926=100—
Combined index (120) . . _59.5 59.3 59.6 70.3 70.0 69.7 85.7 86.2 97.7 97.5
Agricultural (30)
42.9 42.5 42. 6 62.1 61.4 60.4 88.0 88.8 101. 6 101.2
Nonagricultural (90) __ 62.9 62.9 63.4 72.8 72.8 73.0 84.2 84.6 95.5 95.5
Copper, electrolytic
37.7 37.7 37.0 57.2 56.5 58.0 84.1 85.5 129.0 129.0
Cotton, middling, spot
19.5 19.5 18.8 38.2 32.4 32.0 50.0 51.8 68.0 68.0
Iron and steel composite. _ 71.3 71.3 71.4 74.9 75.0 75.0 80.8 81.0 89.0 89.3
Construction contract
awards
138.2
78.9 172.8
26.5 27.7 79.6
Distribution: Car loadings..
76.3 97.7 ~96.~6 114.4 ili.'e
54.1 52.3 79.2
Employment: Detroit factory
128.2
74.8 99.0
70.8 73.2
Finance:
Failures, com'l (number) 150.6 147.7 140.3 103. 7 114.7 116.5 120.4 119.7 104.4 104.9
Security prices —
Bond prices
,
79.1 79.0 79.1 106. 5 106. 1 105.8 106.1 106.4 104.2 104.5
Stock prices
40.5 42.9 41.7 143.0 130.0 130.8 192. 2 197.7 268.2 261.2
* Computed normal=100.
^ Latest week is preliminary.
1930
1931
1932
Item
1929
June June June June June June June June June June
11 27 20
13 28 21 29 22
25 18
Finance— Continued:
BankingDebits, outside N. Y. C.
(da. av.)
Federal Reserve reporting member banksDeposits, net demandDeposits,
time
Loan5! total
Interest ratesCall loans
Time loans _
Money in circulation
Production:
Bituminous coal__
Electric power f
Lumber X
Petroleum (da. av.)
Steel ingots
Receipts, primary markets:
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Cotton
Wheat
64.9 61.4 64.8 84.5 99.0 87.7 125.2 132.5 123.0 140.1
90.5 92.1 91.0 110.0 109.7 112.2 112.3 112.9 107.8 107.1
122.8 123. 5 124.0 158.1 158. 6 161.6 162.6 159.4 149.2 148.3
90,4 92.1 91.2 116.3 116.7 117.1 136.5 137.0 133.4 132.4
60.6 60.6 60.6 36.4 36.4 36.4 54.5 60.6 212.1 169.7
34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 74.3 81.8 217.1 185.7
114.4 113.0 112.7 98.1 98.3 97.5 92.0 92.3 96.4 96.1
39.2 38.9 66.1 64.9 65.3 78.3 78.3 94.4 90.5
86.6 86.1 98.1 96.6 97.3 102.3 101.9 103.4 102.2
38.6 40.8
75.1 77.7
103.5 105.5 104.8 117.2 119.2 118.2 125.3 124.8 135.1 132.7
19.7 21.1 23.7 44.7 46.1 50.0 84.2 86.8 123.7 125.0
60.1 58.5 57.9 76.6
45.6 61.2 61.9 69.3
19.6 11.8 17.7 22.3
40.1 60.9 65.6
76.3
68.9
21.3
58.5
65.8
61.8
24.2
72.9
52.2
80.3
11.5
62.2
67.7
80.6
17.3
57.4
72.5
81.7
18.4
94.5
74.1
76.7
27.7
78.9
XAverage same week 3 latest years = 100.
t Weekly average 1928-1930=100.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1931
1932
Item
1928
1929
1930
June 25 June 18 June 11 June 27 Tune 20 June 28 June 21
June 29
June 22
June 30
June 23
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
0. 052
.053
1.61
29.52
.46
0. 051
.051
1.63
29. 56
.48
0. 079
.104
2. 10
30. 99
.60
0.078
.088
2.14
31.03
.74
0.116
.136
2.73
33.44
.84
0.118
.141
2.74
33.52
.90
0.178
. 185
3.32
36. 84
1.09
0.178
.185
3.35
36. 96
1.02
0.145
.228
3.36
35. 05
1.45
0.145
.218
3.34
35.20
1.49
3,417
2,847
3, 509
3,004
4,834
3,916
6, 375
4,588
8,948
5,810
10, 027
6,145
9,752
5,708
10, 144
6,496
8,670
5,420
11,071
6,431
2,766
66
496
1,692
2,830
36
502
1, 645
3,558
106
198
619
3,526
107
185
599
3,232
102
232
577
3,234
133
207
598
3,073
83
1,017
150
3,047
87
959
139
2,738
223
1,032
212
2,737
224
991
223
11,119
5,601
7, 572
4,338
11,515
4, 828
6, 687
2.50
1.50
3.65
601
5,485
10, 991
5, 624
7, 315
4,077
11, 397
4,798
6,599
2.50
1.50
3.68
571
5,473
13, 286
7, 169
7, 803
4,094
14, 540
6.703
7,837
1.50
1. 50
4.86
422
4,765
13, 255
7,191
7,843
4, 094
14,641
6,720
7,862
1.50
1.50
4.86
467
4,773
13, 566
7,273
6, 081
2, 877
17, 059
8,479
8,580
2.25
3.25
4.86
490
4,468
13, 638
7,228
5,989
2,849
17, 128
8,608
8, 520
2.50
3.58
4.86
487
4,482
13, 018
6, 763
5, 729
2,895
16, 678
7,539
9,139
8.75
9.50
4.85
425
4,683
12, 940
6, 724
5, 755
2, 935
16, 543
7,382
9,161
7.00
8.13
4.85
427
4,669
13, 204
6,930
6, 199
3,014
15,806
6, 888
8, 918
6.88
6.00
4.88
423
4,740
13, 290
6,916
6,215
3,045
15, 834
6, 911
8, 922
6.13
5.88
4.88
447
4,727
49,819
70.78
4, 456
41.68
36. 7
36.0
59.6
15.9
54,118
70.82
6,050
40.47
33.5
33.0
54.2
13.8
70, 232 53, 862
95.35 95.03
21, 620 7,110
138. 86 126. 26
93.1
103. 2
84.1
94.5
150.9
163.7
74.4
80.1
54,372
95.01
15, 038
186. 67
145.8
136.2
211. 4
122.1
63, 907
95.26
26, 487
192. 02
139.8
130.6
202.8
117.2
76, 630
95.35
19, 848
260. 47
195.9
194.5
246.1
149.7
55, 293
93. 55
17, 045
253. 71
191.7
191.5
237.4
144.6
53, 406
97.09
9,427
186. 31
144.4
147.5
146.4
125.7
49, 783
97.07
11, 043
181. 48
140.6
143.0
143.7
124.2
667
1,442
2,198
16
4,252
663
1,435
2,183
18
4,447
1,125
1,635
2,442
34
12, 779
1,106
1,610
2,482
35
1,333
1,704
2,611
64
27, 746
1,333
1,698
2,599
66
1,580
1,723
2,815
94
22, 186
1,541
1,703
2,765
95
1, 430
1,480
2,384
72
23, 062
1,421
1,480
2,376
72
245
583
65
48
1, 358
38
518, 409
71,544
17, 140
25, 873
15,360
175, 925
4,290
208, 277
13
2,248
35
501, 760
69, 480
17, 074
24, 623
15, 212
176, 681
3,141
195, 549
25
1, 739
225
759, 290
124,216
30, 621
41, 859
18, 810
216, 229
30, 152
297, 403
12
2,028
135
739,094
114,782
30, 555
32, 771
19, 549
217, 136
30, 640
293, 661
49
1,828
231
936, 690
146, 912
47, 947
48, 846
20, 543
239, 544
61, 034
371, 864
74
1,619
165
920, 645
141, 831
49, 637
39, 697
21, 325
240, 756
63, 193
364, 206
154
1,031
285
1, 096, 569
174, 332
69, 498
51, 963
22, 973
260, 705
76, 657
440, 441
103
594
182
1, 069, 874
165, 746
70, 903
45, 327
23, 353
259, 376
75, 432
429, 737
177
512
192
1, 003, 699
155, 994
66, 809
36, 797
24, 213
258, 899
68, 335
392, 652
188
394
134
987, 360
154, 284
67, 312
33,397
24, 380
256, 466
65, 525
385, 996
thousands..
190
296
thousands
51
thous. of bales
thous. of bush-thous. of lbs._ 2,134
185
397
32
3,184
14, 356
183
402
46
4,840
4,568
242
450
58
5,213
10, 527
241
447
58
4,644
8,736
165
521
30
4,940
20, 752
214
523
45
4,558
13, 599
229
530
48
7,509
12, 498
234
498
72
6,266
9,331
242
498
69
4,247
12, 048
230
539
61
2,887
10, 664
dolls, per lb__ 0. 052
.053
dolls per Ib
dolls, per lb_. 1.62
dolls, per ton__ 29. 52
dolls, per bush.. .43
Copper, electrolytic, New York
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
Food index (Bradstreet's)
_
Iron and steel composite
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City)
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, N Y. C
mills of dolls 3, 141
Debits, outside N. Y. C
mills, of dolls 3,009
Federal reserve banks2, 766
Reserve bank credit, total
mills, of dolls
54
Bills bought
mills of dolls
488
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls
U. S. Govt. securities
mills, of dolls_. 1,730
Federal reserve reporting member banksDeposits, net demand
mills, of dolls 10, 926
Deposits, time . ...
_
.
mills, of dolls. . 5,568
7,522
Investments, total
mills, of dolls
U. S. Govt. securities
mills, of dolls.. 4,298
Loans, total
mills, of dolls 11, 297
On securities
mills, of dolls.. 4,778
All other
mills, of dolls 6,519
Interest rates, call loans
.
per cent-- 2.50
Interest rates, time loans.
per cent-- 1.50
Exchange rate, sterling (da. av.)
dollars.. 3.61
613
Failures, commercial
_
. . _.
number
Money in circulation
.
„ mills, of dolls. _ 5,556
Security markets:
Bond sales, N Y S E
thous dolls par value 58, 078
Bond prices, 40 corporate issues
dollars _ 70.81
3,042
Stock sales, N Y S E
thous of shares
Stock prices (50) (N. Y. Times)
„
dolls, per share-- 39.31
Stock prices (421) (Standard Statistics)
. 1926=100
34.5
Industrials (351)
1926-100
34.0
Public utilities (37) _
._
1926=100.. 55.0
Railroads (33)
1926=100
14.9
PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
Production:
Bituminous coal (da av )
Electric power
Petroleum
_._
Steel ingots
Construction contract awards (da. av.)
Distribution:
Exports —
Corn
_
Wheat
.
.
Wheat
flour
Freight-car loadings, total
Coal and coke _-~
_Forest products
Grain and products .
Livestock
Merchandise. 1. c. 1
Ore . . . .
Miscellaneous
ReceiptsCattle and calves
Hogs
Cotton into sight
Wheat, primary markets
Wool, total, Boston
thous of tons
mill, of kw. hours..
thous. of bbls.. "2," 156"
per ct. of capacity...
15
thous. of dolls_.
thous. of bush..
thous. of bush
thous of bbls
cars
. . .-.cars.cars_.
. . . cars
cars..
cars
_.
cars .
cars
.
22
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Monthly Business Statistics
The following summary, showing the trend of industrial and commercial movements, represents a continuation of the data in the 1932 Annual Supplement of the Survey of Current Business which contains figures for
earlier years and explanations of the sources and basis of the figures quoted. Later data will be found in the
Weekly Supplements of the Survey. The arrangement of months was changed with the June, 1932, issue.
1932
Earlier dataf together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
1931
May
June
July
1932
|
October No^mAugust September
D
«£ D - ! January February
March
April
BUSINESS INDEXES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY (Annalist)
Combined index _ __
Automobile production
Bituminous coal production
Boot and shoe production
Carloadings, freight
.
Cotton consumption
Electric power production
Pig-iron production
Steel ingot production
Wool consumption
_
Zinc production
js'Sfufcto...
normal=100_.
normal = 100..
normal=100_.
_normal=100__
normal=100__
normal =100
normal=100._
normal=100__
normal = 100. .
normal = 100. _.
normal = 100. .
53.1
41.6
47.7
84.0
51.2
55.7
68.8
22.5
23.2
2
78.1
75.3
73.6
110.8
76.2
77.0
83.7
58.3
54.2
108.0
49.3
76.5
63.8
73.7
103.5
73.7
81.1
84.2
52.8
48.4
110.3
49.1
78.2
59.6
73.8
103.3
74.0
89.2
86.0
47.4
45.6
129. 8
44.8
73.5
49.4
71.4
103.9
70.7
81.7
81.7
42.0
40.9
115.0
44.3
70.8
40.4
69.4
94.5
67.3
83.9
81.8
39.4
37.3
101.3
45.3
66.3
26.2
68.3
74.4
67.9
74.1
78.1
37.4
35.5
82.1
44.1
65.1
33.4
66.6
71.9
65.8
72.8
76.2
36.3
40.7
75.4
41.9
65.5
59.7
64.6
80.7
65.6
72.1
76.9
31.9
32.7
67.8
43.0
62.8
43.7
57.1
82.3
62.8
70.3
73.5
31.5
32.7
71.0
41.6
62.6
33.5
62.5
90.7
61.7
71.5
73.1
31.5
31.1
71.7
41.9
61.6
27.4
74.5
2 97.1
60.1
73.2
272.3
27.9
26.4
60.6
41.3
83
82
74
115
83
91
60
95
48
68
100
158
130
135
91
144
85
66
66
68
90
59
124
47
52
83
82
65
93
83
89
60
99
47
68
107
159
108
108
96
132
86
75
74
67
46
58
122
47
54
80
79
63
110
87
87
54
97
41
62
95
159
111
107
93
131
85
57
67
57
113
60
125
40
45
82
82
60
90
87
88
58
98
42
65
109
160
114
73
100
121
86
70
74
59
56
62
122
47
49
78
77
56
107
84
76
49
113
40
63
94
161
93
100
94
126
82
62
69
58
120
63
109
45
46
78
78
52
83
88
75
50
102
38
65
105
161
94
68
99
118
79
62
70
59
59
66
107
45
49
77
76
43
99
92
58
44
108
36
64
95
159
77
82
101
130
82
66
74
59
99
61
105
40
47
76
75
40
79
93
57
45
95
36
65
104
159
80
82
100
118
77
65
70
60
52
65
102
42
49
75
72
23
85
92
56
44
88
34
,3
71
22
67
95
46
47
75
26
68
66
36
47
99
73
37
71
25
71
70
38
40
98
66
41
79
24
71
70
37
34
91
81
43
91
23
68
66
34
38
83
51
39
94
28
64
63
45
45
84
61
35
87
30
91
159
67
70
95
120
92
95
78
91
156
63
118
92
117
84
68
75
85
149
61
66
83
91
80
68
68
99
140
85
17
94
116
74
59
65
100
141
93
116
91
104
75
62
66
99
136
81
151
83
203
77
67
70
166
144
82
111
67
100
72
85
46
71
68
117
40
46
73
71
26
75
92
56
45
81
33
10
61
120
41
45
73
71
36
67
91
48
51
77
27
62
117
43
46
74
73
66
61
97
98
42
82
27
60
107
35
48
72
71
45
65
93
75
43
85
27
56
107
33
49
70
68
35
56
90
75
41
89
23
56
107
30
48
67
64
28
53
84
47
34
92
27
45
112
42
45
64
61
35
46
91
55
32
89
28
100
159
76
96
93
111
84
74
71
97
155
84
134
89
113
81
66
67
97
149
88
86
88
113
85
69
64
101
140
92
24
89
124
77
54
58
110
141
85
164
86
114
78
58
63
99
136
73
194
83
109
84
81
70
97
144
70
115
65
109
79
81
55
39
89
90
98
111
87
114
72
99
51
72
104
160
136
145
96
137
84
75
65
68
42
73
124
51
55
87
86
78
94
89
105
66
107
48
73
111
161
115
115
97
135
87
75
75
68
28
75
122
53
54
41
66
116
41
47
12
58
122
38
45
62
121
43
45
59
111
35
45
54
109
31
46
55
109
30
45
45
112
45
44
83.0
77 3
71.1
79.7
93 6
94 0
109.8
101.3
104.4
109.2
118.2
119.1
101.7
91.5
98.4
102.7
114.3
106.4
97.9
95.7
100.6
92.1
117.5
96.8
97.3
99.5
89.9
90.0
112.8
108.8
100.4
104.0
97.0
92.6
113.8
102.3
97.1
103.3
87.5
87.4
113.2
102.2
98.8
99.6
86.4
89.5
119.3
111.0
89.1
89.2
84.2
85.2
100.0
98.3
93.9
89.6
87.2
89.5
108.1
106.0
98.8
95.4
93.0
93.1
106.7
103.7
88.0
84.2
83.7
82.4
95.2
97.0
84.0
80.5
73.1
78.3
293.9
96.2
83.0
109.8
101.7
97.9
97.3
100.4
97.1
98.8
89.1
93.9
98.8
88.0
84.0
71 2
89.7
71.3
55.9
43.6
53.7
57.4
65.5
78.1
83.6
85.3
72.8
64.4
125 2
120 4
75.6
70.4
133.8
126.8
81.0
97.2
132.7
136.2
85.4
86.3
137.7
147.0
83.8
76.9
137.6
146.4
77.1
79.4
144.6
142.0
81.9
82.2
142.0
136.5
81.8
82.2
138.9
144.0
75.2
76.4
118.2
124.8
79.2
67.0
134.3
127.2
67.6
81.9
137.1
129.5
90.6
86.8
125.1
114.9
86.7
78.2
125.0
117.5
73.9
76.1
36.0
56. 5
232.7
54.0
289.0
58.2
56.8
270.4
24.9
25.0
45.0
240.0
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. B.)
Total, unadjusted
1923-1925=100..
Manufactures, unadjusted.. . 1923-1925 = 100_ .
Automobiles
1923-1925 = 100..
Cement
1923-1925-100
Food products
1923-1925 = 100..
Glass, plate
1923-1925 = 100. _
Iron and steel
1923-1925 = 100..
Leather and shoes
1923-1925 = 100
Lumber
1923-1925 = 100
Metals, nonferrous
1923-1925 = 100
Paper and printing
1923-1925=100.
Petroleum refining
1923-1925 = 100
Rubber tires and tubes
1923-1925=100
Shipbuilding
1923-1925 = 100..
Textiles
_
1923-1925 = 100..
Tobacco manufactures
1923-1925 = 100..
Minerals, unadjusted
1923-1925 = 100..
Anthracite
1923-1925 = 100
Bituminous coal
.. _ .1923-1925 = 100. _
Copper (mined)
1923-1925=100
Iron ore shipments
. 1923-1925=100
Lead
1923-1925=100
Petroleum, crude
1923-1925 = 100
Silver
1923-1925-100
Zinc .
1923-1925 = 100
Total, adjusted .
1923-1925 = 100
Manufactures, adjusted
1923-1925 = 100. .
Automobiles
...1923-1925=100
Cement
1923-1925 = 100
Food products
. 1923-1925=100
Glass, plate
1923-1925-100
Iron and steel
. 1923-1925 = 100
Leather and shoes
1923-1925=100
Lum ber
1 923- 1 925 — 1 00
Metals, nonferrous
1923-1925 = 100
Paper and printing
1923-1925 — 100
Petroleum refining
1923-1925 = 100
Rubber tires and tubes
1923-1925 = 100..
Shipbuilding..
., 1923-1925=100
Textiles
1923-1925 = 100
Tobacco manufactures
1923-1925 = 1 00. .
Minerals, adjusted
1923-1925 = 100
Anthracite
1923-1925-100
Bituminous coal
1923-1925=100
Copper (mined)
1923-1925=100
Iron ore shipments .
1923-1925=100
Lead . . .
1923-1925 = 100
Petroleum, crude.
1923-1925 = 100
Silver
1923-1925 = 100
Zinc
1923-1925=100
62
57
55
87
36
33
79
31
61
111
62
49
43
3
48
103
40
61
60
45
46
88
33
30
86
29
60
110
64
49
49
2
49
102
INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION OF
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Consumption, by geographic sections:
Total, United States. .. . 1923-1925=100
Middle Atlantic
1923-1925=100
New England
1923-1925=100..
North Central
1923-1925=100
Southern.. .
1923-1925=100
Western
1923-1925=100
Consumption by industries:
L Total, all industries
—.1923-1925 = 100..
Automobiles, including parts and accessories
1923-1925 = 100
Chemicals and allied products
1923-1925 = 100
Food products
1923-1925 = 100
Leather and products
1923-1925=100..
Lumber and products
1923-1925=100..
1
Revised.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
1931
1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
23
May
May
June
July
August
1932
1
-
October I Nob^m-
Been. January
F
ar^
March
66 0
101 7
64.8
61 6
95 g
59.7
69 0
114.4
96.8
2
84 5
81.0
2
86 0
64 7
105.5
88.3
91 1
98.7
69 6
55
90
105
148
75
109
41
«51
50
54
MO
99
58
241
52
68
2122
April
BUSINESS INDEXES—Continued
INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION OF
ELECTRICAL ENERGY-Continued
Consumption by industries— Continued.
Metals, group
1923-1925=100
Electrical apparatus
1923-1925 — 100
Metal-working plants
1923-1925 = 100..
Rolling mills and steel plants
1923-1925 = 100
Paper and pulp
.1923-1925=100
Rubber and products.
1923-1925=100..
Shipbuilding
1923-1925 = 100
Stone, clay, and glass
1923-1925=100..
Textiles
1923-1925=100
95 3
56.3
98.5
136 7
94.0
81.5
135 2
78.6
74 5
133 4
69.3
75 0
126 9
73.3
76 2
132 6
75.0
73 0
130 4
71.0
76 4
126 9
76.0
70 6
123 5
70.9
71 3
120 0
72.7
76 0
122 2
74.8
63.7
105.8
90.5
87.8
97.3
65.2
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135.1
122.3
89.7
132.0
103.7
86.6
112.4
121.0
84.8
118.7
100.5
83 1
104.0
97.4
82.0
104.8
98.2
78 0
121.7
98.5
85.6
105.9
95.0
78 3
138.3
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88.9
113.9
98 7
76 3
113 0
82.8
84 5
113.4
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77 0
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113.8
93 4
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107. 0
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276.8
89 8
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109.3
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93.2
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78 2
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96.8
53
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153
77
116
77
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131
139
80
126
197
62
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69
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67
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157
145
78
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55
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166
67
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94
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105
124
161
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103
23
139
183
103
65
20
61
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76
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189
83
88
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83
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64
64
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64
117
92
91
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88
88
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119
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129
80
103
58
22
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57
207
97
93
141
104
75
50
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367
191
84
132
63
31
60
114
82
153
98
95
117
96
117
47
159
277
97
66
79
57
31
53
97
89
297
97
100
80
90
137
40
96
160
63
42
71
51
34
46
90
94
89
92
103
89
89
78
37
89
133
68
46
82
250
30
46
26
108
75
87
104
114
79
78
39
74
80
75
64
86
51
43
47
24
103
69
88
160
180
73
92
28
67
77
69
43
111
53
42
48
30
2 110
53
58
36
103
52
97
37
57
62
48
52
27
42
83
56
58
48
91
60
91
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56
60
51
52
27
39
83
48
56
35
93
49
87
4
51
58
38
51
27
41
75
46
47
33
91
47
90
6
47
53
34
49
26
39
68
48
56
31
96
50
99
0
46
53
29
63
27
35
68
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29
91
44
102
4
44
52
24
63
27
34
66
41
37
28
81
42
98
5
43
49
26
65
25
33
64
36
36
24
69
36
85
23
40
46
28
37
23
31
59
39
34
29
85
35
92
2
43
50
35
45
29
37
61
36
34
22
86
36
92
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40
48
30
44
27
39
55
36
32
23
85
237
93
1
236
247
24
36
28
30
43
139
118
127
97
106
139
80
219
126
121
175
91
154
88
190
122
161
2133
117
122
106
101
137
78
214
130
121
164
91
146
88
178
128
149
134
116
116
111
104
130
78
203
129
113
155
89
147
87
192
138
134
137
115
97
105
129
77
200
129
102
144
90
155
85
213
148
133
142
107
118
81
105
123
80
201
128
94
151
87
167
100
204
152
170
160
104
125
68
100
125
80
202
122
96
148
87
201
121
212
164
250
169
105
129
67
104
123
82
201
124
93
168
91
214
134
207
167
290
166
108
124
72
108
128
85
200
125
96
166
97
209
125
201
155
289
161
2108
128
81
102
108
86
200
124
91
193
95
199
116
191
147
279
2159
2 109
136
87
98
101
84
197
126
104
192
93
195
107
193
142
268
2 156
2 110
135
84
98
99
83
197
148
112
197
290
188
196
134
251
2150
2108
133
85
95
99
285
200
136
112
2184
87
179
297
189
129
235
251
435
152
238
288
211
261
135
246
249
255
438
156
232
291
233
279
133
248
248
263
443
161
240
297
207
319
138
248
240
267
44$
165
234
298
213
357
135
245
233
261
447
173
213
300
228
376
124
243
203
271
463
275
482
276
512
267
512
261
520
273
547
265
532
216
315
221
376
122
243
207
227
329
216
366
126
243
210
216
378
213
346
130
246
220
222
341
227
297
124
240
226
207
345
241
294
120
246
213
229
344
239
288
121
244
237
218
344
243
278
103
243
231
84.9
75 4
81.5
90.5
80 3
94.6
83.9
74.2
79.9
90.5
79 3
94.3
83.1
73 8
78.2
90.3
78 5
94.2
81.4
72 0
74.8
90.0
77 1
93.9
80.1
70 4
72.1
89.6
76 2
93.8
79.6
69.7
71.9
88.9
75.7
93.2
78.8
68.4
71.0
87.0
74.6
93.0
2
MARKETINGS
Agricultural products
Animal products
Dairy products
Fish
Livestock
Poultry and eggs
Wool
Crops
Cotton
Fruits
Grains
Vegetables
Forest products
Distilled wood
Lumber
Naval stores
Pulpwood
1923-1925 = 100..
1923-1925=100
- 1923-1925 = 100. .
1923-1925 = 100
..1923-1925 =100..
1923-1925 = 100. .
1923-1925 = 100..
1923-1925=100. .1923-1925-100..
1923-1925 = 100..
1923-1925=100-.
1923-1925-100
1923-1925-100.
1923-1925= 100..
1923-1925-100
1923-1925 = 100. _
1923-1925 = 100-.
ORDERS
Orders, new
19231925-100
Iron and steel
1923-1925—100
Lumber and products
1923-1925—100
Paper
1923-1925—100
Stone clay and glass
1923 1925—100
Textiles...'.
_
1923-1925=100..
Transportation equipment- .1923-1925 =100..
Orders, unfilled
_
1923-1925=100..
Iron and steel
1923 1925—100
Furniture and
flooring
1923-1925—100
Paper
1923-1925 - 100
Brick and glass
1923-1925—100
Textiles
1923-1925=100
Transportation equipment . . 1923-1925 = 100. .
STOCKS
Domestic stocks
1923-1925—100
Manufactured goods
1923-1925 = 100. .
Chemicals and allied prod 1923-1925—100
Food products
1923-1925 — 100
Forest products,..
1923-1925=100..
Iron and steel products
1923-1925=100
Leather
1923-1925 — 100
Metals, nonferrous
1923-1925=100
Paper, newsprint. . 1923-1925=100
Rubber products
1923-1925=100
Stone, clay, and glass
1923-1925—100
Textiles
.
1923-1925=100
Raw materials
1923-1925=100..
Chemicals and allied prod 1923-1925=100
Foodstuffs
1923-1925 = 100
Metals. .
.
_ 1923-1925=100
Textile materials
1923-1925 = 100. .
World stocks — foodstuffs and raw materials:
Total...
1923-1925=100..
Coffee— adj. for seasonal ..1923-1925=100
Copper— unadjusted
1923-1925—100
Cotton— adj. for seasonal.. 1923-1 925 =100..
Rubber—unadjusted
1923-1925 = 100. .
Silk— adj. for seasonal
1923-1925=100
Sugar—adj. for seasonal
1923-1925=100..
Tea— adj. for seasonal
1923-1925=100..
Tin— unadjusted1923-1925=100
Wheat — adj. for seasonal 1923-1925=100
102
._
201
135
178
131
222
250
350
12l"
243
2112
2101
32
78
35
79
0
34
44
22
34
28
30
42
COMMODITY PRICES
COST OF LIVING (N. I. C. B.)
Total, all groups
Clothing
Food
Fuel and light
Housing
Sundries..
8
Revised.
1923=100
1923=100
1923=100
1923=100
. 1923=100
1923=100..
.
-
77.9
66 9
69.3
85.7
73 5
93.3
86.9
80 7
82.8
89.1
83 5
95.9
85.9
79.9
81.0
89.1
82 6
95.5
85.9
78 6
81.5
89.3
82 0
95.8
85.9
78 6
81.9
89.6
81 5
95.5
85.6
78.5
81.7
90.1
80 7
95.4
24
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
1932
May
July, 1932
May
June
July
August
^m- October j N-g^- Decem- January Februber
ary
Sc
March
April
COMMODITY PRICES — Continued
FARM PRICES (Dept. of Agri.)
Total, all groups _._
1909-1914 = 100-.
Cotton and cottonseed
1909-1914=100
Dairy and poultry products. 1909-1914 = 100.Fruits and vegetables
1909-1914 = 100
Grains
.
1909-1914 = 100
Meat animals
1909-1914—100
Unclassified
1909-1914 = 100
56
42
66
80
49
59
43
86
74
87
119
74
99
62
80
65
85
114
67
91
59
79
71
84
110
57
92
58
75
53
89
97
54
92
60
72
47
93
83
50
86
55
68
42
99
70
46
79
53
71
50
102
68
57
76
51
66
45
99
68
52
68
49
63
45
85
70
52
68
46
60
47
166
101
179
121
181
118
184
119
186
120
189
119
189
119
189
117
189
114
64.4
73.2
72.1
72.0
72.1
71.2
70.3
70.2
70.3
53.9
58.1
46.6
42.6
44.4
59.3
59.6
61.5
56.5
70.4
71.5
77.4
75.0
59.5
73.6
79.1
58.7
69.4
70.7
47.2
72.5
88. 4
35.7
60.6
74.8
74.1
75.5
80.1
80.0
48.3
64.4
55. 6
63.2
52.9
50.5
29.1
53.3
64.4
39.2
76.5
76.9
66.5
69.8
67.1
59.6
64.1
73.8
78.1
76.1
74.4
75.1
80.0
83.7
79.7
69.4
80.5
83.9
63.2
80.5
65.3
98.0
99.0
35.9
87.6
94.8
62.6
88.1
86.8
90.4
83.6
85.0
83.8
63.3
86.6
67.4
76.9
69.2
60.7
41.4
63.5
70.5
46.9
81.5
76.0
64.7
69.3
65.4
56.0
61.9
73.3
78.8
76.4
71.3
74.1
79.3
83.7
77.7
68.5
79.4
82.5
62.6
79.8
62.9
98.6
101.9
30.7
88.0
94.6
65.5
87.8
86.4
89.8
83.4
84.4
83.5
61.2
86.6
66.6
76.3
67.6
59.8
41.9
63.0
69.7
46.0
80.7
76.1
64.3
69.3
64.9
49.0
63.0
74.0
80.6
74.2
73.4
73.9
78.1
83.4
75.8
67.2
78.9
82.4
62.1
78.7
62.9
97.9
103.5
30.3
89.4
93.5
72.7
89.8
85.7
89.1
82.8
84.3
82.7
61.4
86.8
66.5
76.1
66.8
60.0
43.8
67.4
69.7
46.0
80.6
76.4
64.1
63.3
63.5
44.8
67.0
74.6
82.2
73.4
76.0
74.2
77.6
82.9
75.8
66.9
76.9
80.5
61.9
74.4
60.5
93. 4
103. 2
37.5
83. 7
93.5
69. 1
90.3
84.9
88.6
81.7
83.9
82.4
60.1
83.8
65. 5
75.9
64.0
59.2
43. 7
67.4
68.3
46.0
80.6
75.9
62.7
66.7
60.5
44.2
61.0
73.7
84.6
71.0
73.6
73.9
77.0
82.6
75.8
66.9
76. 3
79.8
61.7
74.2
67.4
100.6
103.4
38. 9
85.0
93 5
5S.6
83.4
82.7
84.6
81.2
83.9
82.3
59.0
82.6
64. 5
75.5
61.5
59.2
43.5
65.7
63.2
46.0
80.7
75.1
61.5
65.2
58.8
44.3
57.6
73.3
86.1
68.2
71.1
72.9
76.1
82.6
75.1
65.2
75.6
79.7
61.6
70.2
67.8
102.1
100.8
39.2
82.5
93.1
50.0
80.7
81.0
82.4
79.8
82.8
81.7
54. 9
81.6
63.0
73.9
59. 7
59.2
41.7
64.6
66.6
46.0
80.5
74.8
62.0
64.9
58. 7
51.3
55.7
71.0
80.7
65.1
67.7
73.5
76.2
81.4
74.6
65.9
76.1
80.6
61.3
70.1
69.4
103. 4
100.1
42.5
81.6
92.5
49.0
78.8
80.9
82.3
79.7
82.6
81.5
54.7
81.4
62.2
72.6
58.1
59.0
41.8
64.2
68.7
46.0
80.8
51.7
68.3
66.9
77.3
67.9
77.7
68.0
77.2
65.7
75.1
64.2
72.3
62.6
74.4
61.2
74.4
68
51
65
47
61
60
72
73
51
69
46
59
46
70
78
50
66
44
189
109
189
105
183
105
170
104
68.6
67.3
66.3
66.0
65. 5
73.3
60.2
63.7
55.7
47.0
51.7
69.1
79.8
63.5
63.2
72.3
75.7
80.0
74.6
65.8
76.1
80.8
61.0
70.1
68.3
104.1
98.2
39.6
79.8
89.2
48.8
78.6
78.5
80.6
76.6
82.2
81.0
53.8
79.9
60.8
70.8
56.4
53. 5
39.0
63.9
66.8
40.8
80.8
72.1
58.3
63.1
52.8
46.7
53.4
64.7
67.8
62.2
61.9
71.7
74.8
79.3
75.2
65.6
75.7
80.6
60.6
69.9
67.9
107.5
98.6
38.8
79.3
88.8
49.0
77.5
77.7
79.5
76.1
81.8
79.9
55.4
74.1
59.9
70.7
55.8
55.8
37.7
63.3
65.6
39.7
78.0
71.4
56.9
61.9
50.6
46.1
50.3
62.5
64.1
61.8
59.5
71.3
73.4
79.3
75.3
62.9
75.5
80.8
60.1
69.8
68.3
104.8
98.0
38.6
78.3
88.5
46.1
76.5
77.5
79.5
75.9
80.9
79.3
52.7
65.8
59.8
70.6
56.4
55.8
36.5
63.1
64.7
39.5
76.7
71.5
56.1
60.8
50.2
43.5
51. 4
62.3
64.2
62.3
61.4
70.9
73.2
79.6
75.3
51.0
75.3
80.9
59.7
68.6
67.9
104.4
79.5
39.8
77.3
88.5
44.7
73.4
77.1
79.1
75.4
80.8
79.7
50.5
64.4
58.7
69.0
56.2
54.9
33.5
62.7
64.7
39.2
76.8
71.1
55.5
59.6
49.2
44.5
49.2
61.0
61.6
62.3
59.8
70.9
72.5
78.4
75.0
60.0
74.4
79.7
58.9
70.1
70.2
103.5
99.1
45.5
75.0
88.4
40.8
67.2
76.3
77.4
75.4
80.3
80.1
49.3
64.4
57.0
68.7
55.1
51.9
31.3
59.7
64.7
39.2
76.8
59.8
74.6
58.2
74.4
56.6
273.8
55.3
2 72. 6
53. 5
268.3
RETAIL PRICES
Coal (Dept. of Labor)..
Food (Dept. of Labor).
1913 = 100..
1913 = 100-
WHOLESALE PRICES
Department of Labor index:
Combined index (784)._ _
1926=100-.
Economic classes —
Finished products
1925=100..
Raw materials
1925=100..
Semimanufactures
_. 1925=100—
Farm products
1925=100—
Grains
.
._
1923=100—
Livestock and poultry
1923=100..
Foods _
1923=100
Dairy products
1923=100-.
Fruits and vegetables
1923=100
Meats
1925=100-.
Other products.
1925=100
Building materials
1923=100-.
Brick and tile
1926=100—
Cement
.
__ 1923=100-Lumber
1925=100—
Chemicals and dru^s 1925=100
Chemicals
1923—100
Dru?s and Pharmaceuticals. 1923 = 100. _
Fertilizer materials
_.
1925=100-..
Fuel and lighting
1925=100..
Electricity .._
—
1926=100-.
Gas
1926=100
Petroleum products
1925=100.Hides and leather
1926=100
Boots and shoes
__
1925=100.
Hides and skins
1926=100Leather .
1923=100
House furnishing goods.
1926=100—
Furniture
1925=100
Furnishings
_.
1923=100..
Metals and metal products --.1923=100-.
Iron and steel.
1923=100-.
Metals, nonferrous
1926=100
Plumbing and heating equip.!925= 100..
Textile products
1928=100.Clothin"
1926-100
Cotton gooic
1926 = 100
Knit goods.. . .
. 1926 = 100—
Silk and rayon
1925=100
Woolens and worsteds
1925=100,.
Miscellaneous
1925=100
Auto tires and tubes..1926=100—
Paper and pulp
_
1925 = 100—
Other indexes:
Bradstreet's (96)
1926 = 100
Dun's (300)
.1926 = 100.Wholesale prices, actual. (See under respective
commodities.)
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
AWARDED
Contracts awarded, F. R. B.:
Total, unadjusted
1923-1925=100
Residential . .
1923-1925=100
Total, adjusted
1923-1925=100
Residential
1923-1925=100
F. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States):
Total, all typesProjects
.-.number
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls. .
Nonresidential buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft .
Valuation
thous of dolls
Public works and utilities:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft
Valuation
thous of dolls
Residential buildings:
Projects
number .
Floor space
thous. ofsq. ft..
Valuation _
_
thous. of dolls
Engineering Construction:
Total contracts a w a r d e d (E. N. R.)
thous. of dolls..
2 Revised
31
14
26
12
78
47
65
40
74
41
63
37
68
36
61
35
7,513
16 515
146, 221
11, 506
38, 941
306, 079
10, 805
33, 651
316, 148
2,140
9,172
58 946
2,713
16, 642
108, 231
63 !
32 '
59 !
33 ]
2
59
32
59
32
52
29
55
30
43
26
49
27
30
20
38
23
25
16
31
19
23
15
27
17
26
16
26
15
10, 663
33, 812
285, 997
9, 242 ! 9, 105
30,631 ! 30,068
233, 106 251, 110
8,701
30, 700
242, 094
7,014
20, 519
151, 196
5, 951
17, 210
136, 852
4,659
12, 601
84, 798
5,208
12, 299
89, 046
6,646
16, 924
112, 235
7,653
13 887
121, 705
2,803
15, 621
102, 623
2,957
16, 690
105, 840
2,382 i 2,209
15,770 i 16,723
99,940 '• 111,418
2,145
15, 313
99, 092
1,765
9,290
58, 496
1,467
8,176
50, 381
1,481
5 379
33, 238
1,796
6,052
36, 348
2,032
8,205
49, 172
2,179
f\ 501
45, 515
2,141
1 589
182
387
61 718 108, 948
2,030
1,117
140 780
2,048
1,233
115, 265
1,719 ! 1,800
737
353
72, 9(54
85, 139
1,288
171
82, 462
992
271
47, 410
977
280
50, 307
539
300
24, 056
595
176
28, 281
839
197
29, 854
1,458
211
47, 295
3,784
7,162
25, 557
6,052
21,911
88, 900
5,972
16,913
72, 745
5,658
15, 889
63, 893
5,141
5,096
14,124 i 12,992
60,203 , 54,553
5,268
15,217
60, 540
4,257
10, 958
45, 290
3,507
8,753
36, 164
2,639
6,922
27, 504
2,817
6,071
24, 417
3,775
8,532
33, 209
4,016
7,174
28, 895
105, 087
217,833
196, 326
245,110
148,901 { 176,956
225, 173
136,758
123, 131
90,869
76, 646
86, 119
95, 605
31
16
2 27
14
25
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
May
19 32
1931
May
June
July
s
Aa^t tr
Decem- January FebruOctober November
ary
ber
March
April
CONSTRUCTION AND HEAL. ESTATE—Continued
HWAY CONSTRUCTION
avement contract awards:
.thous. of sq, yds_.
only
thous. of sq. yds
1 highways:
i foi construction —
ted total cost
thous. of dolls..
1-aid allotment
thous. of dolls. .
3, total
number
il
nu tuber
) (added improvement)
number.,
nstruction—
ted total cost
.thous. of dolls__
1-aid allotment
thous. of dolls. _
e, total
number
il .
_
number
) (added improvement)
number.,
completed to date
number
if Federal-aid funds for new conDU
thous. of dolls. .
10, 360
9, 242
12, 303
10, 038
15, 957
13, 536
12, 470
9, 309
7, 675
5,437
8, 702
6,182
4,009
2, 482
4,361
3,559
5, 364
4,215
2,524
2,252
3,255
3,084
6, 005
5, 457
11, 088
10, 366
69, 732
31, 845
4 200
2, 336
1,864
90, 221
39, 495
4 264
2,707
1,556
60, 165
26, 886
2 979
1,946
1,033
54, 545
23, 850
2 632
1,628
1, 004
41, 880
18, 584
2 024
1, 373
651
29, 779
11,321
1 374
29, 422
11,966
1,392
437
29, 174
11, 539
1,445
1,032
413
406
35, 473
15, 134
1, 910
1,248
663
44, 401
19, 226
2,398
1,682
716
47, 423
20, 620
2, 671
1,929
742
55, 562
25, 235
3, 185
2,200
985
73, 994
33, 057
3,986
2,443
1,543
219, 647
103, 026
9 734
7, 617
2,117
100, 898
356, 146
158, 145
14 705
11, 228
3, 477
88, 763
387, 397
172, 587
16 480
12, 306
4, 174
88 713
388, 004
173, 362
16* 241
12 207
4,034
89 871
378, 476
170, 924
16 091
11, 884
4,207
90, 637
344, 072
155, 508
14 315
10, 660
3,655
93, 072
292, 869
131, 690
11 899
9, 027
2,872
95, 960
257, 529
115, 428
10 196
7, 928
2, 268
97, 993
216, 850
98, 080
8 672
6,818
1, 854
99, 777
203, 386
93, 716
8,378
6, 559
1,819
100, 263
200, 621
93, 245
8,323
6,587
1,736
100, 523
198, 941
93, 018
8,440
6,716
1,724
100, 678
199, 726
93, 997
8,739
6, 941
1,798
100,917
71, 383
48, 744
39, 639
30, 544
27, 125
25, 518
125, 577
121, 495
113, 879
106, 845
102,411
94, 453
82, 020
163
163
161
172
157
162
170
156
161
159
158
164
151
156
164
150
155
153
169
154
160
166
153
158
155
154
174
159
164
160
176
160
165
936
986
INSTRUCTION COSTS
jsts (Amer. Appraisal Co.):
?,el frame.,
1913-100..
Dod frame
1913— 100
1913-100
d concrete
_
__1913=100
->sts— all types (A. G. C.) .1913=100..
3sts— all types (K. N.R.). .1913=100..
)sts—-electric light and power con(Richey}
1913 = 100
)sts— factory (Aberthaw}.. 1913= 100.
laterial costs:
jse, 6-room
1913 = 100
mse, 6-room _. __
__ 19 13 =100
166
166
152. 8
179
165
168
165
180
166
169
197
189.3
196
187. 2
195
174.4
195
171.4
193
171.4
192
169.8
192
169.3
190
166.2
190
162. 5
189
161.8
183
157.2
2 178
153.1
132
162
160
148
146
146
144
143
142
141
139
136
132
164
155
163
156
161
154
162
156
163
158
161
156
161
156
162
155
160
154
166
176
177
162
166
174
172
172
162
148
154
1 56
167
160
jn— employment and wages:
lent, Ohio. (See Employment.)
lad building. (See Employment.)
Dn, volume (A. G. C.) ...1913 = 100..
United States
thous. of dolls. . 39. 271
uction. (See Trans. Equipment.)
e:
etivity each month
1926= 100
ncing. (See Finance.)
107
137
140
144
135
126
119
79
61
43
45
37, 835
33, 368
33, 025
31,918
33, 203
35, 502
35,288
40, 514
39, 225
39, 825
49, 189
43, 822
61 3
58 4
61 1
59 8
60 3
63 2
59 0
64 5
57 8
58 8
54 9
54 6
3, 253
95
37
49
128
650
136
790
59
53
72
107
3,505
172
31
53
173
687
128
806
75
72
60
115
3, 599
163
36
51
142
702
136
873
83
68
64
127
3,984
232
13
18
160
881
142
973
32
73
53
140
3,891
231
4,301
234
3
76
169
1,018
128
1, 178
62
71
82
154
3, 987
261
3
88
176
855
104
1, 105
42
69
87
161
151
166
158
163
157
ISCELLANEOUS DATA
DOMESTIC TRADE
ADVERTISING
Radio broadcasting:
Cost of facilities, total
thous. of dolls3,632
Automotive
thous. of dolls..
230
0
Building materials
thous. of dolls
Clothing and dry goods
thous. of dolls..
77
Confectionery
thous. of dolls..
169
Drugs and toilet goods
thous. of dolls..
783
Financial thous. of dolls
110
Foods
thous. of dolls..
1, 030
Housefurnishings
thous. of dolls20
Machinery
thous. of dolls
65
Paints and hardware
thous. of dolls..
77
Petroleum products _- thous. of dolls
199
8
Radios
thous of dolls
Shoes and leather goods
thous. of dolls ._
30
Soaps and housekeepers'
supplies
thous. of dolls..
111
Sporting goods
..
thous. of dolls..
17
Stationery and publishers. thous. of dolls. .
79
Tobacco manufactures
thous of dolls..
543
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
85
Magazine advertising:
Cost, total
.
- thous of dolls
12 958
Automotive
thous of dolls
1 748
Building materials
thous. of dolls..
368
Clothing and drygoods
thous. of dolls303
Confectionery
.. _ thous. of dolls
297
Drugs and toilet goods
thous. of dolls..
2, 586
Financial
- thous of dolls
196
Foods
thous. of dolls..
2, 050
Garden
thous of dolls
95
Housefurnishings-.-..-thous. of dolls..
1, 198
Jewelry and silverware
thous. of dolls. .
167
Machinery
thous. of dolls. _
48
Office equipment
thous. of dolls..
97
132
Paints and hardware
thous. of dolls. Petroleum products
_ thous of dolls
373
Radios
.. .._ thous. of dolls-82
184
Schools.
thous. of dolls..
'Revised.
19AKO1
Q9 . .4
2,764
89
32
38
135
453
112
730
39
29
81
96
2,527
68
25
32
106
396
98
652
65
37
72
90
2,741
65
28
27
109
489
116
665
84
31
57
89
3, 036
91
30
68
100
463
136
762
71
72
74
95
2,835
100
19
44
112
452
126
748
44
39
72
89
104
84
10'
18
22
49
50
62
40
8
31
31
131
95
86
51
124
141
144
94
82
69
67
45
110
37
107
425
160
129
29
86
476
93
146
34
92
476
87
153
33
84
467
79
129
24
118
479
84
122
13
130
513
109
122
16
120
578
104
126
13
138
611
102
88
11
110
99
0
93
801
97
99
0
86
732
111
102
4
82
692
86
16 959
1 886
742
412
387
3,417
274
2, 419
196
1,462
308
157
247
216
458
16 692
1 886
882
481
553
3, 221
294
2,408
121
1,324
391
190
252
184
526
12 314
1 393
515
531
426
2,658
253
1,904
59
630
159
102
170
88
445
10 008
1 304
295
180
378
2,210
180
1,805
28
453
77
55
88
45
422
11 967
1 604
397
354
328
2,277
187
2,001
41
842
90
50
98
88
463
14 234
1 469
631
444
334
2,665
237
2, 634
42
1, 231
246
91
167
123
374
14 007
1 311
564
399
342
2,729
251
2,685
32
984
378
72
124
116
404
11 073
7 641
266
283
309
2,238
198
2,020
45
708
381
58
139
29
322
155
182
222
1,424
203
1,326
78
388
167
38
97
14
255
11 622
1 781
249
232
128
2,592
210
2,326
132
693
37
53
105
51
239
12 953
1 389
370
284
197
3, 043
206
2,332
145
934
8
65
120
81
256
12 970
1 554
411
349
231
2,876
215
2,237
133
1,187
90
54
104
124
279
116
294
128
315
141
291
114
317
174
305
313
232
308
217
235
186
186
215
198
262
165
185
138
181
949
108
678
o
20
151
888
130
1,001
59
70
41
133
26
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
^_
May
July, 1932
1931
May
Juno i July
1933
Decem- January FebruOctober NovemAugust Septemary
ber
ber
ber
March
April
DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued
AD VERTISIN G— Continued
Magazine advertising — continued.
Shoes and leather goods
thous. of dolls. _
Soaps and housekeepers' supplies
thous. of dolls..
Sporting goods
thous. of dolls
Stationery and books
thous. of dolls..
Tobacco manufactures
thous. of dolls..
Travel and amusement
thous. of dolls..
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls. .
Lineage total
thous of lines
Newspaper advertising:
Lineage, total (22 cities)
thous. of lines..
Lineage, total (52 cities)
thous. of lines..
Classified
thous. of lines
Display
thous. of lines..
Automotive
thous. of lines..
Financial
.thous. of lines..
General
thous. of lines
Retail
.
thous. of lines..
161
209
208
98
41
1,002
312
1G5
563
463
339
1,776
1,261
438
345
479
711
529
2
2, 364
1,091
522
366
486
615
451
2,191
783
334
180
321
414
1, 613
683
245
160
428
172
328
1. 316
963
201
240
547
171
450
1,603
69, 479 2 88, 782
106, 004 138, 196
24, 421
20,173
85,831 113, 774
6,700
9,616
1,709
3, 258
26, 017
19, 059
74, 884
58, 363
123,' 928
23, 158
100, 769
7,922
3,259
24, 736
64, 853
66, 877
108,020
21,132
87, 488
8,184
3,875
19,805
55, 503
67. 169
106. 021
22, 215
83, 800
7, 007
2, 448
18, 002
56, 290
77,208
114,802
22,172
92, 690
6,052
2,529
18,080
65,423
91,332
941
111,183
948
98, 621
933
70, 681
780
65.8
64.7
63.9
64. 6
65.7
65.3
66.6
66.7
3, 096
3, 166
2, 867
2, 704
2,453 i
2,846
2,774
3,012 ;
95 |
149 !
!
1
i
'
i
889
117
434
619
231
560
1,911
87,803
: 130,895
• 22,740
i 108, 150 j
! 4,957
1
2,919
| 23,676 !
! 76,597 i
|
57
31
65
15S
350
176
271
513
317
331
1, 138
702
73
193
605
342
327
1,469
741
111
228
560
329
367
1,677
913
188
207
535
462
342
1,777
67, 702
77,005
117,009 100, 032
19,473
18, 384
97,536
81, 048
4,233
7,001
2,645
3,294
13,985 ; 10, 841
76,673 ; 54, 512
03, 557
97, 570
17, 724
79, 847
4, 858
2,023
20. 142
52, 824
72, 043
109, 808
19, 565
90, 244
5, 352
2, 158
21, 720
61,012
70, 573
108, 086
20, 056
88, 631
7, 222
1, 934
18, 725
60, 749
95,161 !l 82,819
996
938
93, 370
911
93, 619
1,215
71, 703
961
65.9
63.8
61.3
63.9
3,311
2,930
3, 202
3,072
669, 077 : 634,284
718, 989
676, OS i
180
132
806 |
118
410
676
334
502
1,882
470
168
509
593 i
416 i
427
1, 620 |
81,891
122,135
20, 868
101, 267
4,487
2, 469
21. 979
72', 332
!
COLLECTIONS
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:
Amount
dollars..
Firms
number—
76, 793
864
78,534 ! 95.414
780 I
' 987
73, 165
877
FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Bank debits. (See Finance.)
Business failures. (See Finance.)
Commercial loans. (See Finance.)
Money in circulation. (See Finance.)
GOODS IN WAREHOUSES
Space occupied, public merchandising
warehouses
..
per cent of total. _
NEW INCORPORATIONS
Business incorporations (4 states)
number..
2, 863
;
POSTAL BUSINESS
Air mail, weight dispatched
pounds..
Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities) —
Number
thousands..
Value
-.
thous. of dolls..
Domestic, paid (50 cities)—
Number
_. . thousands..
Value
thous. of dolls
Foreign, issued — value
thous. of dolls.
Receipts, postal:
50 selected cities
—thous. of dolls..
50 industrial cities
thous. of dolls
750, 960 ! 781,419
3,766 i
36, 006 i
22, 621
2, 513
3, 729
36,315
779, 105
804,455
796,703
3, 501
34, 224
3, 368
33, 370
3,379
33,800
!
836,603
720, 301
3.749
37,801
3.600
35, 458
4,125 !
39,329
3, 691
3, 656
35, 494 | 34,142
3, 900
35, 128
3, 581
33, 073
827,530
10, 734
10, 902
81, 956 ! 79,311
4,073 i 4, 348
9,930
9,074
71, 622
76, 365
4, 412 | 3, 958
9,124 ! 10,521
74,679 : 86,759
4,496 | 4,027
9, 751
81,318
3, 971
11,509
91,567 !
8, 140
9,795
78, 149 !
3,500
9.271
73, 463
3,115
10, 167
79, 878
3, 958
9, 379
74,6i2
3, 314
27, 844 i 26,442
3,047 | 2, 957
24, 578 ! 23,389
2, 869
2,903
26,335 ! 28,618
2,897 | 3,150
25, 355
2, 809
34,966
4,068
25, 312
2,911
!
24, 061
2, 832
26, 677
2, 985
24, 272
2, 69S
169
152
148
147
279
144
115
155 \
121
156
138
146
134
141
1,699 ! 2.134
121
121
i
10,957 i 12,49b
703
705
1,740
123
3, 158
123
1, 324
114
1, 505
115
1,604
92
1, 349
92
1 1 , 220
710
22, 173
711
8, 845
713 |
9. 080 !
'712
10, 383
714
10, 3:^7
7] 4
RETAIL TRADE
Chain-store sales:
Five and ten cent sales—
Total,8 chains, unadjusted. 1923-1925=100..
Total, 8 chains, adjusted. .1923-1925= 100F. and W. GrandSales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number. .
S. S. Kresge Co.—
Sales
..thous. of dollsStores operated
.
cumber..
S. H. Kress & Co.—
Sales
.thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
McCrory Stores Corp. —
Sales
thous. of dolls. _
Stores operated
number.
McLellan StoresSales .
thous. of dolls.
Stores operated .
.number..
G. C. Murphy Co.—
Sales.
thous. of dolls. .
Stores operated
number..
Isaac Silver & Bros. —
Sales _
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated _ ..
number..
F. W. Woolworth Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls. .
Stores operated
number..
Grocery chains:
A. & P. Tea Co.—
Sales, value, total
thous. of dolls.. !
Weekly average
thous. of dolls.. !
Sales, tonnage, total..
tons- I
Weekly average
. _ tons.
2 Revised.
140
149
142 I
156
156 i
168 |
148
162
1,825 |
118
1,833
119
1,628 !
119
1, 565
119
10, 059
715
12, 1 23 !
690 \
11, 896
694
10,722
696 j
10,976
699
5, 126
227
5. 469 i
216
5, 467
217
5.104
'218
5, 286
'218
5,295 i
220 i
5,706
222
5, 587
221
11, 221
221
4,274 i
222
4, 698
225 I
5, 290
226
4,911
226
3, 155
227
3, 412
243
3, 240
243
3,004
242
3,214
243
3,260 1
244
3,881
244
3, 469
244
6, 882
244
2,919
244 i
3, 067
244
3, 584
244
3, 354
244
1,489
276
1,859
277 i
1, 780
277
1, 649 !
277
1, 701
277
1,693 i
278 !
1,940
278
1, 769
279
3,747
278
1,277 i
277
1, 345
277
1,537
276
1, 658
276
1, 543
173
1,549
2169
1, 569
169
1,475
170
1,519
172
1,490 !
172 |
1,715
172
1,578
172
2, 961
172
1,111
171 !
1,221
171
1, 439
071
1, 488
173
695
45
692
45
594
45
589
45
607
44 i
832
45
610
45
1, 145
45
471 i
44
591
45
625
40
602
40
21,978
1, 889
21,079
1, 889
21,712
1, 895
26,150
1, 906
22. 005
1, 906
39, 713
1, 906
21, 255
1,908
20, 755
1,,,0
65,498
74, 703
19,100
18, 676
524,743 418,762
104,949 1 104,691
91,311
18, 262
516, 171
103, 234
68, 967 ! 69, 801
88, 912
17,242
17, 465
17,782
395, 428 ! 412,767 i 520,198
98, 857 i 103, 192 i 104,040
7?, 309
IS, 092
422, 714
105, 678
133
137
20, 529
1,913
72, 433
18,108
437,687
109, 422
224,115
1,896 I
102, 946 ! 80, 851 i 95, 528
20, 589
19, 106
20, 213
563, 223 i 454,268 513, 095
112, 645 i 113,567 102,619
143
160
21,732
1, 902
74,411 | 74,642
18,660
18, 603
399, 779 411,883
99. 945 102,971
17, 991 1 18, 793 i
1, 902 | 1, 906
27
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
1931
May
June
July
1933
Decem- January FebruOctober NovemAugust September
ber
ber
ary
March
April
DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued
RETAIL TRADE-Ccmtinued
Restaurant chains:
Total sales, 3 chainsSales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
numberChilds Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number ~
J. R. Thompson Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls—
Stores operated
_
number—
Waldorf System (Inc.)—
Sales
_._thous. of dolls-Stores operated __
._
_ -number- Other chains:
W. T. Grant and Co.—
Sales
-_
.thous. of dolls- Stores operated
number—
J. C. Penney Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls-Stores operated
number- Department store sales and stocks:
Sales, total value, adjusted .-1923-1925 = 100Sales, total value, unadjusted-1923-1925=100~
Atlanta
.1923-1925 = 100- Boston
1923-1925 = 100—
Chicago
- - .1923-1925 = 100-Cleveland
1923-1925=100-Dallas
— - - .1923-1925=100—
Kansas City
1923-1925 = 100Minneapolis
—1923-1925=100-New York
1923-1925 = 100—
Richmond
-1923-1925 = 100-St. Louis.
1923-1925 = 100-.
San Francisco
1923-1925=100—
Installment sales, New England dept. stores,
ratio to total sales
per cent.. _
Stocks, value, end of month—
Unadjusted
1923-1925=100 Adjusted
1923-1925 = 100
Mail-order house sales:
Total sales, 2 companies
thous. of dolls. _
Montgomery Ward & Co._thous. of dolls..
Sears, Roebuck. & Co
thous. of dolls..
4 496
386
4 185
388
4 188
391
4 577
379
4 745
381
4 892
'378
4 419
378
4 737
383
4 261
382
4 009
'384
4 206
385
3 922
385
1,957
108
1,847
109
1, 858
108
2, 030
108
2,164
108
2 208
107
1 980
106
2, 163
108
1,924
108
1,787
108
1 813
108
1 618
108
1,202
116
1, 093
117
1,086
118
1,301
117
1, 278
117
1,325
115
1. 187
'116
1,233
116
1,114
115
1,041
115
1,128
116
1,064
116
1,257
161
1,337
162
1,245
162
1,244
165
1,246
154
1,303
156
1, 359
156
1,252
156
1,341
159
1,223
159
1,181
161
1,265
161
1,240
161
6,096
417
6,606
367
6,289
371
5,227
375
5,395
381
5,570
386
7 423
400
6, 485
400
12, 111
402
4,495
404
4,839
406
5 567
411
5 997
412
12 648
1, 466
15, 450
1, 453
14, 832
1,453
12, 779
1,454
13 257
1, 456
14 577
1,457
17 968
1,458
16 493
1,458
21, 269
1, 459
9,288
1,460
9 586
1,460
11 412
1,463
14 395
1, 464
74
74
66
97
97
93
92
94
86
93
86
79
101
102
85
101
95
90
81
92
91
82
79
79
75
109
104
80
92
91
65
64
64
65
62
57
59
55
72
71
57
85
88
67
69
64
70
65
65
66
65
67
70
67
98
84
87
73
89
88
73
79
82
81
98
87
84
93
86
93
95
103
91
82
9J
88
76
123
118
88
103
83
95
80
93
82
73
84
82
68
112
102
84
93
81
142
127
144
136
123
127
126
112
174
176
124
151
78
64
56
69
63
53
52
55
51
74
66
56
74
78
64
61
58
62
55
58
58
48
70
68
60
70
72
70
68
68
63
67
68
73
82
86
66
84
80
76
2 67
74
2 74
1,426
107
V64
63
62
59
78
84
63
72
2 g()
64
268
79
86
2
82
69
74
7.0
4.7
6.7
11.9
8.9
11.0
9.1
4.6
8.0
8.3
7.2
70
68
85
83
80
82
75
81
76
79
84
81
88
80
89
79
73
78
67
75
69
73
7°
70
38, 718
14, 172
24, 546
50, 070
18, 547
31, 523
49, 480
19, 219
30, 261
45. 093
15, 320
29, 773
43. 004
16, 407
26, 597
45, 955
17, 505
28, 450
52, 280
22, 034
30, 246
45, 898
18, 403
27, 495
58, 821
21, 899
36, 922
31, 975
12, 028
19, 947
32. 581
11, 963
20, 618
33, 959
14, 054
19, 905
39, 745
16, 169
23, 576
67.9
53.3
50 7
48 5
64.3
82.0
86.9
81.3
87 9
64.4
73.2
74.4
67.9
45.2
63 8
60.3
90 8
69 8
69 3
71 5
72.9
78 6
68 5
71 7
54.4
60 2
46. 9
87.9
69.4
55.0
52 6
50. 1
66 0
81.9
85.4
82 3
86 3
65 4
75.3
77.2
67.6
66.3
47.7
45 7
42 6
59.1
81.7
85.9
81.2
84 2
62 8
75.7
77 5
68.3
42 4
61 2
56 8
89 0
69 1
69 7
67 2
71.6
73 4
66 9
69 0
53.9
63 4
43.9
84.3
68.1
51.6
50 2
46.3
63 0
81.9
85.3
82 8
85.3
64 0
75.4
77.4
67.1
67.3
48.4
44 7
42.4
62.3
81.1
84.6
80.2
82 9
63. 0
80.0
82 4
69.6
42.0
61 4
57.2
87 3
68 6
70 3
63 4
74.4
76.0
70 4
71 9
55.4
65 7
44.8
84.2
67.8
51.4
90 3
45. 7
64 1
80.2
82.9
81 2
83.7
62 4
78.1
80.7
67.5
66.3
48.9
44 5
42 5
63.8
81.1
84.1
78.7
81 4
61 8
81.2
84 3
68 6
40 3
60 0
56 1
86 4
67 4
69 4
61 2
73.5
73 2
74 3
70 4
54.7
63 7
45.3
83.0
66. 4
50. 1
47 G
44 1
63 4
78.6
83.0
79 5
83 1
60 9
80.2
83.4
67.0
C4.0
48.8
44 8
43 1
02. 1
82. 4
81. 9
78.6
80 6
59 8
78.8
81 3
68 3
39 6
57 0
53 9
85 3
66 6
69 3
58 7
67.9
67 3
69 4
68 4
53.0
58 9
45.5
85.2
64.3
48.4.
45 6
42 7
61 3
78.5
81.2
78 6
83 6
59 0
80.2
83.0
68 8
6.4
2
72
70
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES
EMPLOYMENT
Factory, unadjusted (F. R. B.) .. 1923-1925 = 100. .
Cement, clay, and glass
1923-1925=100..
Cement
1923-1925 — 100
Clay products
1923-1925=100
Glass
--.1923-1925 = 100-.
Chemicals and products
1923-1925 = 100,.
Chemicals and drugs
1923-1925 = 100. .
Petroleum refining
1923-1925 = 100.. _
Food products
1923-1925 — 100
Iron and steel
,.1923-1925 = 100
Leather and products
1923-1925 = 100..
Boots and shoes
- - .1923-1925 = 100
Leather
1923-1925= 100 ._
Lumber and products
. . 1923-1925 = 100
Machinery
-1923-1925 = 100
Metals, nonferrous
.._1923- 1925 = 100
Paper and printing
. ..1923-1925 — 100
Rubber products
1923-1925 = 100
Auto tires and tubes
1923-1925—100
Boots and shoes
.1923-1925 = 100
Textiles and products.
1923-1925 = 100..
Fabrics
1923-1925=100
Wearing apparel
.1923-1925 = 100
Tobacco manufactures
1923-1925 = 100
Transportation equipment - - 1923-1925 = 100—
Automobiles
.1923-1925 = 100
Car building arid repairing. 1923-1 925= 100..
Shipbuilding
—
1923-1925 = 100-.
Factory, adjusted (F. R. £.)-- 1923-1925 = 100..
Cement, clay, and glass
1923-1925=100Cement
1923-1925 = 100
Clay products
1923-1925 = 100.
Glass
1923-1925 = 100
Chemicals and products
1923-1925 = 100Chemicals and drugs
1923-1925 = 100..
Petroleum refining
1923-1925=100
Food products
_ . . 1923-1925 = 100
Iron and steel
1923-1925=100
Leather and manufactures.. .1923- 1925 = 100..
Boots and shoes
1923-1925 = 100. .
Leather..
1923-1925=100—
» Revised.
61.4
47.0
42 7
42 6
57.9
78.3
80.6
78.2
81 0
57. 2
72.7
74 4
65.4
38 6
54 4
51 4
83 8
66 0
69 1
56 9
62.0
62 3
61 3
67 3
52.4
59 7
44.2
81.4
62.2
45.8
41 9
41 1
57 1
79.7
81.9
78 4
83 2
56 5
75.8
77.9
67.0
77.1
67.3
68 3
64.2
72.8
91.4
91.5
94.4
88 3
75.7
80.8
82.2
75. 1
54.9
76 8
67.4
94 6
74 3
77 4
65 1
80.6
79 8
82 4
80 7
66.1
77 3
55.3
92.0
77.8
65.4
66.9
61.8
71 7
93.0
92.9
94 5
90.8
74 8
84.2
86.0
77.0
75.0
67.0
66 3
63.3
74.9
86.7
90.2
91.1
88 4
72.6
79.7
80.8
75.1
54.3
73 9
65.4
9° 7
75 6
78 3
67 8
76.7
77.9
73 6
79 9
63.5
72 6
54.0
91.7
76.0
64.4
63. 3
60.4
73 0
89.6
92.1
90 2
88.7
72 6
83.9
85.5
77.4
73.8
63.7
66 6
60.8
67.9
86.2
91.0
89.0
87.8
71. 1
84.6
86.4
77.0
52.2
70 4
63.4
92.0
74 1
75 9
68 6
75.2
77. 1
70 6
79 4
60.2
67 2
52.1
88.8
75.1
62.7
63.3
58. 6
70 7
89.4
94.2
87. 1
88. 1
72 1
84.8
86.4
78.4
74.2
62.6
63 2
58.9
69.7
84.4
89.0
86.4
87 9
69 9
86.7
88 8
77.8
52 1
67 7
62 3
91 7
71 5
74 1
63 9
77.8
77 4
78 9
79 1
58.7
65 4
51. 1
83.2
74.1
60.1
58 8
56.2
68 7
86.6
91.3
84 8
88.1
70 3
84.3
85.8
78.2
74.7
61.7
60 1
57.4
71.1
86.0
91.7
84.4
89 7
68 0
84.2
86.4
75.2
51. 1
67 0
61.7
90 8
71 7
71 8
71 2
79.8
77 3
86 0
79 5
57.7
63 9
50.4
84.7
72.8
59.4
57. 1
55.4
68 7
85.7
91.8
82 9
87.5
67 4
80.9
82.3
75.2
71.4
59.0
58 8
54 4
68.1
85.7
92.1
83.0
89 2
66 3
79.2
80 8
72.4
50 1
65 2
60 8
91 4
70 2
69 9
71 2
77.4
75 6
82 2
79 9
51.5
50 5
49.0
84.1
70.3
57.6
56 5
53. 5
66 2
85.4
91.2
83 2
85. 5
66 2
76.4
77.3
72.4
68.7
56.3
54 4
52.8
64.2
83.5
89.7
81.4
88 0
65 0
69.6
69 6
69.6
48 4
63 8
60 8
91 0
70 7
69 4
74 2
74.3
74 9
72 8
79 3
50.6
49 9
47.4
87.3
69.3
55.9
53 7
52.8
63 2
83. 1
88.0
82 2
85.9
65 3
70.1
70.3
69.1
28
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1931
1 ^i'^*-*
Earlier data, together with explanatory
"
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
\ May
July, 1932
May
I June
July
August
Se
1933
berm"
October
No vein- \ Decem- January| ™™'
ber
her
March i April
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT— Continued
Factory, adjusted (F. R. B.} — Continued
Lumber and products,
1923-1925 = 100..
Machinery
1923-1925=100
Metals, nonferrous
1923-1925=100
Paper and printing
1923-1925 = 100..
Rubber products
1923-1925—100
Auto tires and tubes
1923-1925 = 100. .
Boots and shoes
1923-1925-100
Textiles and products _ . 1923-1925 = 100..
Fabrics
1923-1925 - 100
Wearing apparel
1923-1925—100
Tobacco manufactures
1923-1925 = 100. .
Transportation equipment. . .1923-1925 = 100. _
Automobiles
1923-1 925 = 100. _
Car building and repairing. 1923-1925 = 100..
Shipbuilding
1923-1925 = 100..
Factory, by cities and States:
Cities —
Cleveland...
. , Jan. 1921 = 100..
Detroit...
1923-1925 = 100..
New York .
1925-1927 = 100..
Philadelphia
1923-1925 = 100States—
Delaware
1923-1925 = 100
Illinois
1925-1927 = 100lowa
1923=100
Massachusetts
1925-1927 — 100
Maryland
1924 = 100
New Jersey
1923-1925 = 100
New York
1925-1927 — 100
Ohio
1926 = 100
Pennsylvania
1923-1925=100.
Wisconsin
1925-1927 = 100. .
Nonmauufacturing (Dept. of Labor):
MiningAnthracite
1929—100
Bituminous coal
1929 = 100
Metalliferous
._
1929 = 100
Petroleum, crude production
1929 = 100..
Quarrying and nonmetallic
1929 = 100—
Public utilitiesElectric railroads
1929 — 100
Power, light, and water
1929 = 100
Telephone and telegraph
1929 — 100
TradeRetail
...
. ._
1929=100.
Wholesale
1929 = 100
MiscellaneousCanning and preserving
1929 = 100..
Hotels
1929 = 100
Miscellaneous data:
Construction employment, Ohio.. 1926=100. .
Farm employees, hired, average per farm
_
_ .number. _
Federal civilian employees ( Wash.) .number. _
Railroad employees, Class I
thousands...
Trade union members employed —
Number
per cent of total
On full time
per cent of total
43'. 9
79.4
55.4
76.3
66.6
95.3
74.0
75.9
68.5
81.2
80.0
84.1
82.1
63. 2
70.9
54.9
89.6
54.4
73.4
65.4
93.6
75.7
76.8
72,4
78.6
78.7
78.3
80.4
62.4
70.7
53.6
90.6
52.0
70.3
64.2
93.0
73.8
74. 5
71.8
79.6
80.0
78.8
81.4
60.2
67.6
51.8
90.9
51. 1
67. 8
63. 1
93. 0
70. 5
72.0
66. 2
80. 9
80. 1
83.2 |
79. 1
58. 3
64. 2
51. 0
88. 0
49. 4
67. 3
62. 5
91. 1
69. 8
69.9
69. 4
80. 0
78. 4
84.0
77. 2
57. 2
62. 0
50. 2
90. 9
48.4
65. 6
61. 7
91.0
70. 3
71.0
68. 1
76. 0
74. 9
78.7
75.8
51. 7
50. 5
48.8
89. 7
47.4
64.6
61.4
89.7
73.3
74.2
70.3
73.6
73.7
73.4
74.8
53. 4
56.1
47.6
90.8
45.4
64.5
61.1
89.2
71.3
72.9
66. 8
72.2
73.4
69.2
70.4
58. 0
68.8 i
47.0
87.9
43.9
61.8
57.4
88.3
69.7
71.2
65.2
71.1
72.9
66. 6
74.3
55.6
67.1
44.4
81.9
43.3
61.2
56.0
87. 2
68. 1
70. 0 !
62. 5
72.4
74.4
67.4 |
72.8 J
55.1
64.7
45.4
79.8
41.2
59.2
54.3
86. 2
67. 0
68. 5
62. 4
71.0
71.9 i
68.9
70.8 '
53.4
60.9
45.5
78.1 ;
40.2
56.4
52.7
85. 7
66. 1
68. 1
60. 2
66.7
66.8
66.4
70.1
51.1
55.1
45.2
80.2
69.7
69.6
57.2
66.7
86.9
80.4
73.6
79.9
83.8
73.2
69.6
79.7
80.3
61.8
68.3
77.5
81.3
50. 0
69. 2
80. 4
75. 6
51. 0
72.7
80. 4
76. 0
41. 7
71.0
78.8
77.1
52.7
67.7
78.2
77.0
64.0
66. 1
77.6
75.8
69.0
63.1
74.1
75. 1
68.6
64.1
72.9
72. 0
65.4
64.6
71.4
70. 2
67.5
61.8
66.9
72.6
57. 2
92.8
52 9
59. 9
62.4
57.6
65. 4
61.4
63. 9
86.3
74.5
110.1
73.3
75.9
75.3
75.6
82. 7
77.2
78.1
85.6
72.3
110.1
71.4
73.8
73.6
73.4
81.3
74.5
76.7
84.4
70.5
108.7
69.9
72.5
72.6 ;
71.9 i
78.2 i
72.5
79.6
83.2
70.1
109. 1
71.4
72.3
73.0
71.6
76. 9
72. 9
75. 6
81.2
68.3
106. 3
70.9
72.0
73.2
73.6
75. 5
72,6
75.0
66.9
62.6
38 3
54. 5
50.6
80.3
82.4
6'? 4
67.8
75.0
76.1
78.4
60.0
65.0
72.3
65.1
76.4
56.2
65.3
71.0
67. 3
77. 0
55. 8
62. 4
68. 9
80.0
80. 4
55.5
61.2
66. 6
76.9
84.0
80.6
85.9
97.6
87.4
85.3
97.2
86.9
85.6
96.7 •
86.6 |
84.8
95. 9
85.9
80.9
77.9
89.9
87.1
89.1
87.1
83.9
86.8 |
40.5
80.1
58.0
92.5
70.6
91.6
34.4
61.3
63.3
.93
1.02
72, 417
1,337
1.11
71, 693
1,317
69
47
75
56
75
56
39.0
54.1
50.8
84.3
65.8
67.7
59 9
62.4
62 4
62.5
68.4
50.2
74.9 1
62.3
102. 2
62. 2
67.2 1
71. 0
68. 8
71. 0
71.1
68.2
76.0
63.6
102, 9
61. 1
66.0
68. 1
67. 7
70. 5
71.0
66.9
79. 3
61.6
96.8
60. 7
64.1
66.1
65.0 \
69. 5 I
69.4
65. 1
78 5
62' 0
96. 4
63. 6
63.9
67. 1
65.0
70.1
68. 9
67.6
75. 9
61. 3
92. 6
62. 4
63. 5
65. 4
64. 6
68. 5
67.5
68. 1
74. 8
58. 8
91.2
56. 9
62. 7
63. 5
62. 2
66. 4
64.7
66. 2
86. 8
81. 3
53.8
60.4
64. 5
83. 5
81.1
£9 8
5? 6
59. 3
79.8
81.2
51 '^
58! 2
53. 9
76. 2 :
80. 8
49.3
54.9
48.9
7J.2
77.4
46. 9
54. 4
47. 4
73.7
75.2
45.0
51. 4
46. 0
70.1
65.5
43.3
54.9
48.6
84.0
94.7
85.0
82.7
92.7
84.1
81. 5
91.3
83. 5
79. 9
90.3
83. 1
79.5
89.3
83.0 '
78.9
87. 2
82.0
77.6
85. 5
81.7
78.0
84.8
81.2
81.8
86. 5
86.6
86.1
89.8
85.2
DO. 9
84. 1
106. 2
83. 7
80. 5
80. 9
81. 4
79. 8
81.6
78.9
102. 2
93.3
142. 9
92. 8
180. 1
90.6
108. 1
2 87. 4
60. 8
2 84. 9
62.8
00.0
58.3
54. 2
1.23
1.25 i
*1, 658 70, 885
1, 288
1,310
74.5
65. 7
105. 0
65.2
70. 6
72.4
71.3
74. 3
71.8
70.7
45. 4
84.3
2 81. 1
40. 7 35.0
2 83. 1 2 83. 2 ;
37. 5
28.4
31. 9
1. 17
70, 580
1, 254
1. 19
70, 056
1,225
1. 04
69, 894
1.169
. 81
69, 435
1.134
.74
69, 710
1, 109
37. 1
2 84. 3
:
2
36. 3
84. o
47.0
82.7
2
26.7
.71 i
.77
69, 260 | 60, 069
1,093
1,097
31.0
.83
69, 454
74
55 ;
;
74
55
74
56
74
55
73
54
70
51
69
49
69
49
70
49
69
48
89 !
92
96
92
84
89
93
95
93
83
88
94
96
90
83
88
93
96
83
82
87
94
96
79
80
87
93
95
82
78
86
92 1
94
86
79
87
92
94
89
83
86
93
94
89
77
85
94
94
85
76
76
84
93
90
92
87
89 '
80
85
76
84
93
90
92
88
90
82
85
74
82
92
88
91
85
89
78
85
74
83
92
88
91
84
88
76
85
73
80
91
86
90
85
88
81
83
73
80
91
85
91
87
88
84
84
71
82
89
80
91
81
86 !
81 i
75
82
89
81
92
81
85
81
73
80
89
SO
91
80
81
74
39. 9
48.0 ,
39.9
48. 2
39. 2
48.1
38. 2
48.0
37.7
47. 9
38.7
47.8
36.1 ;
47.9 i
37. 5
47.9
LABOR CONDITIONS
Factory operations, proportion of full-time
worked, total _ _
per cent..
84
90
Chemicals and products
.per cent
93
96
Food products
per cent
94
96
Leather and products
per cent
91
79
Lumber and products
per cent—
85
76
Metal productsIron and steel
..percent..
79
71
Other
per c€v-nt
85
76
Paper and printing
percent..
87
95
Stone, clay, and glass
per cent
91
83
Textile products
per cent
93
85
Tobacco products
per cent
87
79
Transportation equipment
per cent..
92
82
91
Automobiles
. . _ per cent
75
Miscellaneous
per cent..
88
Hours of work per week in factories:
42.7
Actual, avg. per wage earner
hours...
33. 9
Nominal, or full-time week
hours . . i
( 3)
48.0 j
Labor disputes:
2
46
Disputes
number ;
2
Man-davs lost
number
400,509
i
2
Workers involved
..
number '
15, 603
Labor turnover:
Accessions _ _ per cent of no. on pay roll
2.79
Separations—
j
Discharged
per cent of no. on pay roll \
.28
Laid-off
per cent of no. on pay roll
2.43
Voluntary quits
per cent of no. on pay roll
1.12
Unemployment:
!
Applicants at employment agencies
_
._._
no. per 100 jobs
181
Central States
no. per 100 jobs
200
Eastern States
no. per 100 jobs..!
387
345
Southern States
no. per 100 jobs...,
66
Western States
. no. per 100 jobs
88
Placements ... ._
thousands. _ i ... _ .
2
Revised.
40.9
47.9
2
2
39
2 21
251
265 2
36
245
.2, 864 21, 157,01?,M93.649
1,052,095^355,818
i2 150, 004
2
2
37, 427 29, 380 213,690 2 1,318
56, 683 2 14, 759
2. 60
3.58
2.75
3. 63
3.29
4.15
3.84
.25
3.32 \
T>
2. 40
.24
4.22 1
.21
5.01
,17
3.03
.16
2.61
*? 45
L02
1.10
1.05
1.16
1.00
.72
.66
.71
191
217
207
258
316 1
182 i
81
122
205
246
221
277
84
83
209 i
247
235
265
94
94
217
273
212
411
94
82
196
221
214
250
269
258
191
232
231
264
287
257
91
114
118
91
98
84
3
Discontinued for present.
189
80
121
!
i
36.2 I
48.0
2 30 1
2 31
237
117,298 2417,966 :22 690, 021
4, 648 228,691 12,081
3.02
.23
!
!
.19
i
188
214
259
193
103
127
197
218 !
266
226 !
90 '•
139
72
78
88
81
87
78
79
71
34.4
47.6
47
617,010
22,114
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
May
29
1932
1931
May
July
June
August
SC
berm1 October j
February
Novem- Decem- Januai
ber
ber
March
A pril
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
PAYROLLS
Factory, unadjusted (F. R. B.)- 1923-1925 =100..
Cement, clay, and glass
1923-1925= 100. _
Cement
1923-1925=100
Clay products
1923-1925—100
Glass
. 1923-1925=100
Chemicals and products
1923-1925=100..
Chemicals and drugs
1923-1925=100..
Petroleum refining _
1923-1925 = 1 00
Food products
. 1923-1925=100
Iron and steel
1923-1925=100
Leather and products
1923-1925=100
Boots and shoes
1923-1925=100
Leather.
1923-1925=100..
Lumber and products
1923-1925=100
Machinery
1923-1925=100..
Metals, nonfeirous
.1923-1925=100
Paper and printing
1923-1925—100
Rubber products
.
1923-1025=100
Auto tires and tubes
1923-1925-100
Boots and shoes .. . 1923-1925=100
Textiles and products
...1923-1925=100..
Fabrics
. .1923-1925=100
Wearing apparel
1923-1925=100.
Tobacco manufactures
1923-1925=100
Transportation equipment... 1923-1925 =100..
Automobiles
1923-1925=100
Car building and repairing. 1923-1925= 100. _
Shipbuilding .
_
1923-1925=100
Factory, by States:
Delaware
_
1923-1925=100
Illinois..
1925-1927=100..
New Jersey
_ _
1923-1925=100
New York
1925-1927=100..
Pennsylvania
1923-1925=100
W isconsin
1925-1927 - 100
Nonmanufacturing (Department of Labor) :
Mining —
Anthracite
1929=100
Bituminous coal
1929=100
Metalliferous
1929=100.
Petroleum, crude production 1929=100.Quarrying and noumetallic
1929=100-.
Public utilities—
Electric railroads ..
1929=100.
Power, light, and water..
.1929=100—
Telephone and telegraph
1929= 100. _
TradeRetail. .
..
1929=100
Wholesale
1929=100
Miscellaneous—
Canning and preserving
1929=100
Hotels
1929=100.
46.2
30.2
30 0
22 4
46 2
66.9
65.6
72 5
72 9
30 4
45 7
44 4
50.3
22 2
35.9
34 5
77 0
48 7
50 4
41 6
41.5
40 3
44 0
48 4
45.9
53 5
37.3
71 0
72.2
56.7
65.5
48 4
67.9
88.4
85.0
2
96.1
89.7
64.9
68 7
67.0
75.0
45.7
67.8
63.4
100 0
71.0
76 6
48 8
71.7
73 3
69.4
68 3
66,1
75 6
55.3
98 3
49 4
35 4
53' 2
44' 9
37 3
41 3
67.6
54.4
64.8
44 4
68 3
84.1
83.2
91 1
89 7
57.6
66 7
64 7
74.2
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62.4
59 1
96 6
72 4
77 7
51 4
66.7
69 4
61 1
68 6
58.8
62 1
53.0
91 4
64.4
49.4
60.4
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60 2
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82.6
89.6
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52.4
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71 8
75.4
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57. 4
54 5
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64 0
66 4
54 6
65.9
67 0
63 4
67 5
52.7
53 2
49.0
85 6
64.3
48.1
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39 1
60 9
80.4
80.7
85.6
86 7
50 6
75 5
75 1
76. 9
41 3
54. 9
52 9
93 1
62 2
64 0
5<i 3
70.2
68 3
74 2
66 3
81 1
59.3
76 3
70 4
65 8
67 2
78
56
72
66
61
64
68
54
70
65
57
61
58 0
30 7
23 8
47.1
32.3
76 1
5-1 4
49.3
64.7
62.3
06 7
52 4
46 1
62.7
60.1
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50 4
41 3
59.2
57.3
56 4
50 6
40 2
56. 3
55. 1
64 9
53 6
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55. 2
51.2
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56 2
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48.7
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82.8
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98.7
94.1
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98.3
95.0
83 3
97.4
93.3
81 9
96 2
92.3
81 2
94 3
92.1
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93 2
91.6
71 1
69 7
88.0
84 7
87 6
84 1
83 3
83 3
80 3
82 1
83 5
81 4
84 6
79 9
36 0
67 0
56 0
87.7
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85 4
74 2
85 2
104 7
83 8
12Q 4
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17 17
24 25
23 07
22 34
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19. 63
14.64
11 03
64.5
27.04
20.75
15.37
91.1
25.71
19.55
15 17
86.7
24.89
18.92
14 79
84.0
24. 76
18.86
14 78
84.5
63.7
65 7
64 0
87.8
93. 1
89.2
83.4
87 7
88 0
80.8
84 9
85 8
103 6
74 8
86.5
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85.6
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84 9
61 3
100 5
84,3
102 2
91 0
82.3
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32
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36
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59.4
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56 4
53 7
66. 6
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50.2
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91 4
53 7
51 9
60 9
50 4
48.1
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61.8
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51 7
37 3
60 3
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82.6
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87 4
45 2
67 7
66 6
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54 6
53 0
61 0
71.0
65 1
82 9
62 7
45.6
41 5
45.6
78 8
62 9
72 2
64 6
45.3
41 4
44.7
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76.4
78.8
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83 2
41 2
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43 1
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48.3
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90 6
50 1
48 0
58 7
59.3
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70
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58
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59.8
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81.7
23.10
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17. 07
13 37
76.2
22.56
17. 00
13 63
77.9
21.84
16.28
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71.4
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16. 67
13 32
73.3
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14.84
11. 64
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85 7
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72.1
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77 6
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77 3
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66. 6
67. 5
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102 2
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78.3
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91 2
83.5
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76.4
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72. 5
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82 9
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64.5
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.660
.662
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.669
. 664
.684
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.678
.624
. 37
.37
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.38
.45
.45
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.21
.36
.22
37
.36
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36
.46
.44
51
.21
.36
.20
36
.35
.20
36
.45
.45
51
.22
.35
.20
36
.35
.19
37
.47
.44
50
.20
.35
.22
35
34
.38
. 18
37
.46
.43
51
39
.40
. 19
37
.45
.41
50
.18
.38
.24
.50
1.10. 5
.50
110.5
.50
107.5
.50
107. 5
.45
107.5
W AGES— EARNINGS AND RATES
Factory, weekly earnings (24 industries):
All wage earners
dollars
MaleSkilled and semiskilled
dollars..
Unskilled
dollars..
Female
.
dollars
All wage earners
..1923=100M aleSkilled and semiskilled.
1923=100.Unskilled.
.
1923=100
Female
_._
1923 = 100.
Factory, weekly earnings, by States:
Delaware
1923 1Q25 — 100
Illinois
1925-1927=100..
New Jersey
1923-1925=100.
New York.
1925-1927=100
Pennsylvania1923-1925 = 100..
Wisconsin
.
1925-1927=100
Miscellaneous data:
Farm wages, without board
(quarterly) .
dolls, per month
Railroads, wages per hour
dollars..
Road-building wages, common labor*—
United States _
dolls, per hour
East North Central
dolls, per hour..
East South Central
dolls, per hour..
Middle Atlantic
dolls per hour
Mountain States...
dolls, per hour..
New England
dolls, per hour..
Pacific States
dolls, per hour
South Atlantic
dolls, per hour..
West North Central
dolls, per hour..
West South Central
dolls, per hour..
Steel industry—
U. S. Steel Corporation dolls, per hour..
Youngstown district
p. ct. base scale. _
1
Revised.
34
.36
. 18
36
. 46
.43
50
.20
.35
.24
.45
107. 5
1 19
37
.46
.42
51
.21
.35
.24
1 36
.23
33
.40
.18
38
.47
.43
61
.21
.36
.23
.45
107.5
.45
107.5
.45
107.5
" Beginning with March, 1932, method of computing rates was changed.
33
.40
. 17
40
.44
.43
49
.21
.42
. 25
.45
107.5
.33
.37
.19
.40
.44
.39
.48
.20
.33
.24
.45
107.5
.45
107.5
30
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
May
August SeptemOctober
ber
May
June
July
July, 1932
1933
Decem- January
No v m
b er "
ber
F
^ni-
March i April
FINANCE
BANKING
Acceptances and commercial paper outstanding:
Bankers acceptances, total. .-mills, of dolls..
Held by Federal reserve banks—
For own account
. mills, of dolls .
For foreign correspondents
mills, of dolls
Held by group of accepting banks, total
mills, of dolls
Own bills
mills, of dolls _
Purchased bills
mills of dolls
Held by others
mills, of dolls
Commercial paper outstanding
mills, of dolls
Agricultural loans outstanding:
Credit banks, intermediate. .mills, of dolls..
Land banks Federal
mills of dolls
Land banks, joint stock
mills, of dolls..
Bank debits, total
mills, of dolls
New York City
mills of dolls
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..
Brokers' loans:
Reported by New York Stock Exchange
mills, of dolls
Ratio to market value
..per centBy reporting New York member banks
_
mills, of dolls.
Federal reserve banks:
Acceptance holdings. (See Acceptances.)
Assets total
mills of dolls
Reserve bank credit outstanding
mills of dolls
Bills bought
. mills, of dolls
Bills discounted.
mills, of dolls
United States securities ..mills, of dolls..
Reserves, total _.
mills, of dolls
Gold reserves
mills, of dolls
Liabilities, total
mills, of dolls
Deposits, total
.mills, of dolls
Member bank reserves mills, of dolls..
Notes in circulation ..
mills, of dolls
Reserve ratio
percent
Federal Reserve member banks:
Deposits—
Net demand
mills of dolls
Time
mills, of dolls..
Investments
..mills, of dolls..
Loans, total
mills, of dolls..
On securities
mills, of dolls. .
All other loans
mills, of dolls. .
Interest rates and yield on securities:
Acceptances bankers, prime
per cent
Bond yields. (See Bonds.)
Call loans, renewal
.. per cent
Com'l. paper, prime (4-6 mos.)
per cent..
Discount rate, N. Y. F. R. Bank.. per cent..
Federal land bank loans
per cent
Intermediate credit bank loans
per cent..
Real estate bonds, long term
per cent
Stock yields. (See Stocks.)
Time loans, 90 days
_
per cent
Savings deposits:
New York State _.
mills of dolls
U. S. Postal SavingsBalance to credit of depositors
thous. of dolls..
Balance on deposit in banks
thous. of dolls..
787
1,413
1,368
1,228
1,090
996
1,040
1,002
974
961
919
911
5
124
95
39
70
420
647
418
305
119
76
36
16
380 ;
341
243
228
100
99
126
251
314
312
335
2<jo
464
171
293
444
554
196
357
379
668
232
436
278
606
168
438
186
410
162
248
66
230
112
118
63
296
125
171
162
262
131
131
156
332
159
174
195
343
175
168
189
377
155
222
162
455
188
268
115
111
305
292
289
271
248
210
174
118
108
103
106
108
116
1,143
137
1,182
532
45, 299
25, 893
19, 406
137
1? 179
551
39, 451
21, 007
18, 444
133
1,178
548
34, 027
17, 501
16, 526
130
1,174
545
36, 700
20, 073
16, 627
124
1,171
540
38, 803
20, 678
18, 125
124
1, 167
535
29, 069
14, 464
14, 605
120
1,163
530
36, 345
19, 233
17, 112
118
1,158
525
33, 569
17, 676
15, 893
114
1,154
520
27, 251
12, 498
131
1,184
536
43, 930
25, 072
18, 858
12, 870
112
1, 150
513
29, 889
16, 160
13, 729
113
1, 146
507
29, {J24
15, 558
14, 366
300
1.86
1, 435
3.37
1,391
O QQ
1,344
3.03
1,354
3. 04
1,044
3.23
796
2.38
730
2.35
587
2.20
512
1.94
525
1.90
533
2.18
379
1.87
409
1,539
1,479
1,390
1,366
1, 172
S69
720
591
505
495
525
495
5,566
4,932
5,154
5, 146
5,409
5,530
5,666
5, 580
5,672
5,523
5,374
5,399
5,560
2, 096
36
490
1, 549
2, 987
2, 790
917
125
174
598
3, 413
3, 250
943
106
149
668
976
73
195
678
1,255
215
255
728
3, 619
1,578
469
328
742
3,301
3,138
2,184
681
728
727
1,931
452
718
717
1,853
339
638
817
3, 158
1,856
153
899
746
3, 169
2,976
5,523
2,093
1,947
2,665
66.6
1,709
109
828
740
3,140
2, 938
1 5^7
68
639
872
3, 235
3, 020
5, 369
2,012
1, 924
1,850
48
556
1,228
3, 123
5,777
7,327
11, 166
5,751
7,149
12, 830
5,574
7,256
3
2^-3
183
490
25, 411
12,913
5,566
2, 240
2,113
2,572
4,932
2,442
2,389
62.1
1,580
84.9
11, 102
13, 605
5,664
7,385
11,631
4,907
6,724
7,347
7,807
14, 730
6, 867
7,863
3,576
3,409
3,597
3,431
5,146
5, 154
2, 504
2,381
1, 723
84.6
2,527
2,367
1,765
83.8
13, 688
7,172
13, 473
7,144
7,810
14, 486
6, 544
7,795
14, 691
6, 746
7,945
7,942
K
3,456
5,409
2, 632
2,373
1,963
78.8
13, 244
7,003
7,665
14, 398
6, 519
7,879
Ji-lH
Ks-1/8
2.50
3.00
5.63
4.79
0
1. 45
2-2 H
•1.50
5. 63
4.00
5.43
1.50
2
1.50
5. 03
3.90
5.69
1.50
2
1.50
5.03
3.81
5.43
1.50
2
1. 50
5.63
3.81
5.76
Ui 2
1M-2
i^-ih
±1A-11A
5,243
5,083
5,156
5,149
23,4-31/2
K
K
5,530
2,506
2,364
2,098
71.7
13, 227
6,775
7,916
14, 191
6,346
7, 845
2,903
2,746
5, 666
2,380
2,167
2,429
60.4
12, 449
6,358
7,700
13, 521
5, 897
7,624
3,080
2,918
5,580
2,252
2,051
2, 480
65.1
12, 199
6,142
7, 506
13, 350
5, 807
7,543
K 1M 1M--3K 2J/8-3M
2.50
2,989
5, 672
2, 125
1,961
2,624
66.5
11,877
5,898
7,428
13, 104
1.50
2
1.50
5.63
3.81
5.80
2.10
2-4]4
*3. 50
5.63
4. 06
5.00
1M-1K
1M-2
2K-4
3-1
3-4
5,173
5,231
5,217
5,213
5,255
3^4-4M
3.50
5.63
4.50
5.71
14,381
5,374
1,937
1, 849
2,651
68.4
5, 500
2, 225
2, 124
2,566
2,563
67.1
11,003
5.700
6,935
10, 941
11, 144
12, 588
5, 440
7, 14 S
12,211
5,328
6,883
93
4 2^
2.50
3^-4
3^-4
*3.00
3.50
5.63
5.34
5.50
2
3,004
70.7
2.65
2.70
3M-4
3.50
5.63
5.06
5.43
879
5. 63
5.43
0
5,680
7, 143
93£ 5£
2.50
31/2-4
3.00
5.63
5.44
5.50
3K-4
3M-3M
2% 314
5, 240
2
2 5, 293
5,242
5,685
7,151
111,88
5, 099
6,783
% 2l/i
2.50
3H-3?4
3.00
5.63
5. 27
5.50
o 3
2
5, 262
733, 527
325, 028
347, 417
372, 457
422, 699
468, 908
536, 660
564, 809
605, 112
658, 081
683, 627
699, 280
713, 867
644, 487
289, 034
306, 120
329, 655
365, 798
395, 725
449, 933
479, 035 2 510, 763
570, 525
602, 317
620, 139
634, 752
91
43, 210
167
190, 480
93
40, 745
158
180, 028
305
233, 505
522
471, 380
175
67, 939
358
342
277, 051 2219,071
2 124
2 65, 419
246
2 14, 991
271
2 31, 924
22, 248
126
552
12
47
14
65
50
27
9
78
250
1,570
19
108
295
401
88
357
302
1,993
109
449
7
74
26
57
37
21
7
53
167
1,435
20
84
235
360
89
243
404
1,983
141
520
13
40
16
39
49
17
13
75
258
1,322
19
86
257
363
66
239
292
1, 944
136
427
9
37
18
52
49
14
6
61
181
1, 381
12
109
220
441
78
235
286
1,936
113
449
13
50
14
49
32
23
6
64
198
1,374
15
90
273
353
87
234
322
2,362
2,195
131
519
12
55
11
62
64
24
18
82
191
1,545
19
114
289
411
124
260
328
FAILURES
Bank suspensions:
Total
_
number
77
Deposit liabilities
thous. of dolls.. 36, 084
Commercial failures:
Total
number
2,788
Agents and brokers _
number
129
Manufacturers, total
number
672
Chemicals, drugs, and paints... number __
14
Foodstuffs and tobacco.
.number..
51
Leather and manufactures
number..
25
Lumber
number
83
Metals and machinery.. ,
number
64
Printing and engraving __
number
44
Stone, clay, and glass
number..
15
Textiles
._ .
number
145
Miscellaneous
number
231
Traders, total
number..
1,987
Books and paper
. _
number
27
Chemicals, drugs, and paints number. _
114
Clothing
number..
434
Food and tobacco
. number
511
General stores
number
134
Household furnishings
number. .
386
Miscellaneous—
number..
381
2
Revised.
143
614
11
64
18
54
55
32
9
81
290
1,605
18
112
284
447
105
260
379
2,758
154
591
14
52
20
65
49
29
11
116
235
2,013
16
142
421
591 !
159
343 1
341
3,458
2,732
175
688
22
58
25
82
75
28
12
133
253
128
602
19
53
20
62
77
26
23
103
219
2,595
2,002
37
120
701
556
195
536
450
16
126
505
489
144
398
324
* Rate changed May 8, Oct. 9, Oct. 16, 1931, and Feb. 26, 1932.
2,951
201
642
17
53
19
86
80
24
14
105
244
2,108
14
148
437
545
158
487 !
31Q
2,816
169
641
23
65
21
77
59
31
18
92
245
2,006
24
123
448
475
110
426
400
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
tootnoies,
footnotes, may be
&e found
round in ine
the 1932
ivzz
Annual Supplement to the Survey
!
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1933
May
31
1932
1931
May
Juno
July
j August SeptemOctober I November
ber
1 January
™- I March
Apiil
FINANCE—Continued
FAILURES-Continued
Commercial— continued.
Liabilities, total
- thous. of dolls
Agents and brokers
thous of dolls
Manufacturers, total
thous. of dolls
Chemicals, drugs, and
paints
thous. of dolls ..
Foodstuffs and tobacco. .thous. of dolls. Leather and manufactures.
thous. of dollsLumber
._
thous. of dolls
Metals and machinery. „. thous. of dolls ...
Printing and engraving.. thous. of dolls. .
Stone, clay, and glass,!.. thous. of dolls. .
Textiles
_
thous. of dolls
Miscellaneous
thous of dolls
Traders, total
thous. of dolls..
Books and paper
thous. of dolls. .
Chemicals, drugs, and
paints
thous. of dolls..
Clothing
_
thous. of dolls
Foods and tobacco -. -thous. of dolls
General stores
thous of dolls
Household furnishings.. -thous. of dolls..
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls ._
83, 764
18, 100
36, 078
53, 371
9,796
18, 506
51, 656
3,813
21, 909
60, 998
12, 321
20, 586
53, 025
10, 210
16, 967
47, 256
7,741
14, 857
70, 600
14, 841
27, 334
60, 660
7,318
26, 112
73, 213
12, 373
22, 454
96, 860
10, 676
31, 680
84, 900
10, 016
33, 879
93, 760
16, 349
31, 293
101, 069
16, 194
43, 138
477
646
345
411
513
1, 363
873
565
285
492
701
1, 266
596
1,100
1,242
810
1,022
1, 076
836
1,836
2, 587
805
312
1,480
679
935
1,337
9, 958
4, 549
1,546
252
4, 096
7,277
35, 585
445
346
4,763
34560
602
83
1,660
6,737
25, 069
125
1,068
3,928
7, 267
735
349
939
5,746
25, 934
264
524
3,492
2,632
683
216
2,022
9,580
28, 091
163
252
3,039
1, 723
136
243
2, 035
8,717
25, 848
110
133
1,241
3,471
519
228
1, 252
6, 046
24, 658
575
216
3, 659
6,183
750
2, 305
4, 619
7,905
29, 486
668
198
3,567
9,157
744
1,049
2,004
7,341
27, 229
321
705
2,480
1,414
706
2, 698
3,543
8,810
38, 385
231
1,033
6. 445
3, 332
652
130
3,903
13, 512
54, 505
556
3,172
4, 347
5, 398
1,208
1,575
4,357
10, 431
41, 005
104
2,390
5,947
5,414
982
498
2,943
11, 329
44, 118
139
1,188
5, 757
6,307
1,265
945
4,031
22, 030
47, 736
922
1,342
7, 732
8,856
2,198
7, 729
7,283
915
3,778
7,162
1, 303
5,730
63055
756
3, 242
5,654
807
5, 474
9,738
1. 104
4,497
8,201
1,151
6,855
6, 118
1,106
5,056
7, 260
1,212
6, 008
5, 096
1, 464
4,722
4,884
1,314
5,579
6,119
1,348
6, 131
8,272
1,734
5,489
5,845
1,323
4, 309
7,674
1, 502
5,828
6,273
1,901
5,624
12, 881
2,616
7,721
7,410
2, 254
11, 262
12, 681
4,957
11, 358
11,437
1,890
8,687
10, 085
2,287
9,531
8,422
1,929
5,327
12,267
5,582
11, 474
7,399
1,623
7,921
15, 542
1,629
10, 019
10, 080
15, 769
6,345
1,541
4, 804
15, 871
6, 356
1, 537
4,814
15, 978
6,353
1, 535
4,818
16, 070
6,359
1,533
4, 826
16. 135
6,363
1, 530
4, 833
16, 227
6,379
1,527
4,852
16, 288
6,387
1,523
4,864
16, 366
6, 382
1,512
4,870
16, 459
6,397
1,512
4,885
16, 537
6,393
1,506
4,887
16, 572
6,383
1,498
4, 885
5,927
1,164
1,611
2,653
499
2,331
5,990
1, 189
1,644
2,653
504
2,363
6, 035
1,213
1,662
2, 657
503
2,388
6,092
1, 258
1,667
2,663
504
2,409
6,143
1, 292
1, 663
2, 669
519
2,446
6,159
1, 283
1, 605
2, 687
524
2,508
6, 164
1, 284
1,667
2,688
525
2,544
6,167
1,289
1,667
2, 686
525
2,594
6,163
1,290
1,664
2,683
526
2,655
6,177
1, 303
1,672
2,679
523
2,704
6,177
1, 302
1678
2,675
522
2,742
1,168
1,256
35
45
845
926
288
285
980, 000 1,005,000
72, 000
81. 000
236, 000 251, 000
672, 000 673. 000
268, 658 256, 586
25, 175
13, 868
8, 037
8,117
59, 884
60, 654
175, 562 173, 947
1,276
22
994
260
905, 000
46, 000
253, 000
606. 000
260, 103
17,979
8,114
55, 612
178, 398
1,254
26
995
233
839, 451
45, 944
246, 908
546, 599
234. 652
9,304
7, 895
62, 874
154, 579
968
22
723
223
720, 218
37, 300
199, 218
483, 700
222, 309
9, 019
7, 521
55, 319
150, 450
1, 035
18
761
256
817, 858
40, 504
213. 931
563, 423
241, 561
10, 125
7,484
58, 365
165, 587
1,229
1,100
1,551
19
49
44
804
951
1,156
248
259
350
846, 617 1,117,187 944, 848
28, 595 101, 205 111,920
230, 344 261, 773 217, 552
587, 678 754, 209 615,376
235, 201 348, 384 248, 576
9,812
14, 434
23, 904
7,464
8,862
10, 166
59, 204 113,491
60, 570
158, 721 200, 823 164, 710
1,089
21
816
252
833, 324
35, 123
220, 568
577, 633
249, 578
10, 412
8,225
61, 157
169, 784
1,2 4
21
931
271
889, 664
46, 574
251, 059
593, 031
261, 166
13, 00 3
9,333
56, 810
182, 020
1,144
36
860
248
822, 990
64, 884
236, 898
521, 208
250, 826
13, 331
8,178
57, 693
171, 624
735
321
70
84
259
111
635
267
63
74
231
589
243
61
69
217
535
221
57
61
196
124
600
258
61
64
216
593
268
58
61
206
639
279
66
65
229
123
557
245
54
59
199
. 707
.139
.067
. 999
,121
4.86
,039
.238
.361
.052
.494
.402
.100
.268
.614
.703
.139
.075
.997
.121
4.86
.039
.237
.360
.052
.494
.402
.097
.268
.585
.699
.140
.072
.997
.121
4.86
.039
.233
.360
.052
.494
.403
.093
.268
. .543
.646
.139
.064
.997
.121
4.86
.039
.237
.359
.052
.494
.403
.088
.268
.460
. 597
.139
.059
.963
.120
4.53
.039
.234
.339
.052
.493
.403
.090
.261
.419
4,767
4, 865
4,958
4,975
4,948
LIFE INSURANCE
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Assets, admitted, total
....mills, of dolls-.
Mortgage loans..
mills, of dolls..
Farm
Dills, of dolls..
Other
mills of dolls
Bonds and stocks held (book
value)
mils, of dolls. _
Government.
nills. of dolls..
Public utility
nills of dolls
Railroad
..mills, of dollsOther
mills of dolls
Policy loans and premium notes.thous. of dolls..
Insurance written:
Policies and certificates
thousands—
Group.,
thousands. .
Industrial
._
thousands .
Ordinary
thousands. .
Value, total _ . _ _ ..
thous. of dolls
Group
thous of dolls
Industrial
.. _
thous. of dolls
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
Premium collections
thous. of dolls..
Annuities
thous. of dolls
Group
.
thcus of dolls
Industrial
thous of dolls
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
1, 090
23
833
233
760, 127
49, 114
222, 956
488, 057
245, 270
12, 287
7,205
27, 954
167, 824
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
Insurance written ordinary, total-mills, of dolls..
Eastern district..
mills, of dolls
Far Western district
mills, of dolls..
Southern district
mills, of dolls..
Western district
. _ mills, of dolls
Lapse rates .. ..
1925 1926-100
531
230
52
59
190
724
313
69
82
261
630
279
64
67
220
800
342
80
89
289
127
635
289
63
68
214
.520
.140
.056
.891
.121
3.89
.039
.232
.287
.052
.493
.404
.090
.231
.349
.588
. 139
.062
.890
.121
3.72
.039
.237
.280
.052
.493
.402
.086
.207
.450
.585
. 139
.062
.827
.121
3.37
.039
.236
.254
.051
.435
.402
.084
.187
.446
. 583
.339
.062
.851
.121
3.43
.039
.237
.258
. 050
.360
.402
.084
.192
.449
.582
.139
.062
.873
.121
3. 46
.039
.237
.260
.052
.343
.404
.078
.193
.462
. 583
.139
.062
.895
.121
3.64
.039
.238
.273
.052
.322
.403
.076
.199
.471
. 582
. 140
. 065
. 899
. 107
3.75
.039
.237
.280
.052
.328
.405
.077
.191
.473
4,447
4, 363
4,450
4,452
4,384
4,372
4,381
433, 150 406, 781 348, 479
58, 312
26, 368
25, 385
43, 909
107, 863 128,211
19, 238
37, 644
234,912
2 72, 951 -90, 567 —24, 671
936, 784 914,012 960, 035
91, 273
91, 704
89, 185
5,531
5, 627
5,645
344, 500
3, 909
49, 509
2
19,
271
2
—30, 238
949, 796
85, 906
5, 452
MONETARY STATISTICS
Foreign exchange rates:
.583
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso
. 140
Belgium
dolls, per belga
. 071
Brazil.
dolls, per milreis..
.884
Canada
dolls, per Canadian doll-.080
Chile
dolls, per peso—
3.68
England
dolls, per £__
.040
France
dolls per franc
.238
Germany
..dolls, per reichsmark...
.273
India
dolls, per rupee-.052
Italy
_
dolls, per lira..
.328
Japan. .
dolls per yen
Netherlands
dolls, perflorin.. .406
.081
Spain..
dolls, per peseta-.187
Sweden
dolls per krona
.475
Uruguay
dolls, per peso—
Gold and money:
4,273
Monetary stocks, TJ. S
mills of dolls...
Movement, foreign —
Earmarked by F. R. B., foreign account
thous of dolls 366, 649
Net change in earmark acct.thous. of dolls.. 22, 149
Exports
thous. of dolls.. 212, 229
16,715
Imports
thous of dolls
Net gold imports*
thous. of dolls- —185,514
Production, Rand..
fine ounces.. 965, 644
Receipts at mint, domestic
fine ounces-- 100, 763
Money in circulation, total— .mills, of dolls.. 5,456
Federal Reserve notes. (See Fed. Res.
Bks.)
2 Revised.
123, 795
4, 000
628
50, 258
49, 680
910, 279
95, 133
4,679
31,531
77, 231 356, 321 463,931 435, 621 458, 534
61,231
92, 264 -29, 700 -16,000 -279,090 -107.600 28, 310 -22,913
39
40
1, 009
28, 708 398, 604
4. 994
32, 651
63, 887
57, 539
20, 512
49, 269
60, 919
94. 430
89, 509
63, 847
19, 503
57,500
20, 561 -337.685 89, 436
56, 858
897, 000 916,843 916, 425 916, 000 945,113 900,510 923, 353
114, 651 118, 123 115, 343 128. 928 123, 748 134, 775 123, 555
4,947
5, 133
4,750
4,836
5,478
5, 518
5,611
* Or exports
(-).
32
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1933
1931
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
Juno
July
i August I
Se
Novem-: Decem- January! Febru£^ ~j October
ber | ber
ary
m
March
April
FINANCE—Continued
MONETARY STATISTICS -Continued
Silver:
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Imports
thous. of dolls..
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz._
Production, estimated, world (85 per cent of
total)
thous. of fine oz
Canada
thous. of fine oz..
"Mexico
thous. of tine ox
United States
thous. offineo z _ _
Stocks, end of month United States.
thous. offineo z _ _
Canada
thous. of fine oz..
1. 865
1, 547 !
.278
2, 099
2, 636
.277
1,895
2, 364
.273
2, 305
1,663
.283
2, 024
2, 685
.,275
2,183
2, 355
.282
2, 158
2, 573
.295
872
2, 138
.322
2, 168
3, 215
.301
1,611
2, 097
.298
942
2, 009
.301
967
1,809
.298
1 Q?4
14, 469
1,836
7, 374
2, 762
12, 418
1 227
7,041
2, 433
12, 855
2, 133
6,390
2,176
12, 643
1.610
6,, 814
2, 419
12,490
1, 403
7, 510
2,101
12, 992
1,987
7,312
2,181
11,739
1,659
6, 295
2, 132
10, 821
1,113
5, 590
2,350
11,571
1,484
6,231
2,114
11,086
1,539
6, 293
1,677
9, 113
1,128
4 548
1, 785
5, 867
1, 983
1,485
1,423
1,611
958
2, 077
754
2,240
1,363
4, 082
989
4, 066
1,110
5,035
1,471
6, 209
1,273
6,517
1, 324
6,408
1, 538
7,479
1,677
731
2
2
1,617
1. 890
.283
2
2, 104
2
6,718
1,681
1, 338
NET CORPORATION PROFITS
(Quarterly)
profits total
mills, of dolls
Industrial and" mercantile.,
total
mills, of dolls..
Autos, parts and aecessories.mills. of dolls. .
Foods
mills, of dolls
"Metals and minin?
mills of dol's
Machinery
mills, of dolls
Qil
mills of dolls
Steelandrailroadecuiipiiient mills, of 'lolls
JMiscell'ineous
mills of dolls
Public utilities
mills, of dolls
Railroads Class I
mills, of dolls
Telephones
mills of do'ls
*
1
441
390
267
254.4
159
Go
35
3
5
(I 11
9
53
78
132
72
97
d1
d 30
22
d •>
29.4
1.6
23.4
d 02
d 0. 3
0 5
d 24. 5
28 9
70.9
66.0
58.7
14
29
d1
3
5
(11
48
59
167
67
2
d 13
d 13
33
79
125
64
PUBLIC FINANCE (FEDERAL)
Debt, gross, end of month
mills,
Expenditures, chargeable to ordinary
receipts
thous.
"Receipts ordinary total
thous.
Customs
"
- thous.
Internal revenue total
thous.
Income tax
thous.
19, 037
16, 527
16, 801
16, 802
16,864
17,321
17, 292
17, 310
17, 825
17,816
18, 126
18, 507
18, 597
of dolls.. 447,019
of doll91 035
of dolls _ IS 004
of dolls
0') 013
of dolls.. 22 324
285, 892
124, 405
27, 463
76, 865
28, 766
375, 153
512, 894
2S, 986
345, 863
294, 201
330. 601
131, 706
34, 4SO
74, 169
24,376
323, 838
122, 141
38, 240
68, 394
25,211
356, 630
368, 792
35, 500
312 581
263, 877
416,472
134 649
35, 175
72 356
25, 773
292, 652
106 304
27 445
59 098
19, 546
862, 348
342 271
26 549
295 499
256, 522
232, 927
107 748
27, 180
62 539
22i 134
370, 986
97, 140
23. 191
59 054
23,317
385, 486
275, 932
23, 231
231, 830
192, 703
543, 759
98, 822
21, 383
55, 201
20, 469
402, 307
368, 507
33, 800
252, 918
11, 350
0
3,813
3, 425
0
2,700
220, 416
16,113
1, 226
20, 000
120, 889
267, 137
267, 137
0
155, 934
15, 439
844
1,651
800
0
' 350
136, 800
0
1,200
15, 000
96, 203
126, 836
126, 836
0
51, 997
9,597
0
2, 650
2, 100
0
1, 985
27, 456
12, 295
0
313, 330
263, 330
50 000
176, 264
4, 550
45, 932
45, 932
130, 787
130 787
139, 391
139 391
193, 939
193 939
94, 497
94, 497
190, 020
190, 020
70, 202
583
86, 331
19, 100
48, 164
2,319
44, 551
100
57, 344
341
5, 784
2,619
500
1,979
51, 285
12, 550
0
6, 000
54, 585
5,785
3,185
0
2, 575
53, 398
0
8,048
12, 000
41, 060
1,225
1,075
0
690
44 620
74, 839
67, 009
66, 785
0
66, 445
42, 080
60, 000
2, 625
20, 000
117.066
17.891
2, 160
941
9, 625
9, 125
0
9, 125
2,000
0
3, 165
12, 000
16, 041
0
34, 901
4,950
1,700
15,000
34, 947
1,911
905
0
755
51, 097
3,425
571
25, 000
107, 675
142, 319
142,319
0
48, 194
0
0
490
490
0
0
46, 206
0
1,498
25, 000
69, 126
251, 163
224, 803
106, 043
0
118, 820
26, 300
. 151,145
121,575
222, 564
223, 504
115, 070
15,000
92, 45)5
0
44, 573
40, 864
120, 329
120, 329
46, 197
0
74, 132
0
6, 507
5,800
270, 540
220, 540
106, 381
0
114, 158
50, 000
42, 791
19, 883
44, 988
44, 988
17, 391
12, 000
15, 597
0
945
500
110,215
110,215
50, 123
6, 000
54, 092
0
20, 571
20, 079
118, 751
118,751
66, 984
12, 000
39, 767
179,919
179,919
20, 641
19, 347
14, 020
1,500
73, 389
73, 389
38, 863
0
34, 526
0
21, 109
5, 688
160, 612
160, 612
48, 247
5,000
107, 365
0
29, 408
9, 097
70, 268
70, 268
15, 070
25, 000
30, 199
0
72, 051
33, 124
! 396,423
247,034
5, 884
265,017
153, 814
2,120
114, 674
3-9, 835
12, 162
300, 465
163, 309
12, 80S
42, 326
14, 285
3,606
106, 932
46, 347
23, 855
100, 523
47, 463
38, 868
189, 520
43, 745
4, 419
90, 685
40, 738
3,813
187, 282
54, 607
2,738
142, 319
48, 194
0
1 120,336
1 30,892
85, 327
45,602
75,618
91, 522
119, 143
104, 129
18, 293
50, 122
54, 322
74, 625
49, 244
83, 142
135, 154
111,018
35, 310
100, 757
88, §47
174, 948
of dolls..
CAPITAL ISSUES
Total, all issues (Commercial and Financial
Chronicle)
.
thous. of dolls.. 122, 802 427. 713
Domestic total
-. ..thous. of dolls. 122 80° 417,569
10, 144
Foreign total
thous. of dolls
0
250, 590
Corporate, total"
thous. of dolls. _ 22 931
J
Industrial
- --- -thous. of dolls. .
" o ! 6, 850
0
0
Investmert trusts
thous. of dolls
10,415
Land, buildings, etc
thous. of dolls..
0
9, 485
Long-term issues
thous. of dolls..
0
265
0
Apartments and hotels.thous. of dolls..
o
8, 650
Office and 5commercial. thous. of dolls..
210,
025
22, 031
Public utilitie
-thous. of dolls
22, 500
Railroads
thous. of dolls .
800
200
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls . .!
100
Farm loan bank issues
thous. of dolls i 15, OOu
Municipal, States, etc
thous. of dolls.. i 85, (531 174, 879
Purpose of issueNew capital, total
thous. of dolls. . 91, 211 344, 104
Domestic, total
thous. of dolls.. 91.211 334, 020
Corporate
.thous. of dolls | 7,231 161, 360
100
Farm loan bank issues.thous. of dolls.. i
°
Municipal, State, etc.. .thous. of dolls.. ! Si, Oil 172, 560
10, 144
0
Foreign
thous. of dolls i
83, 549
Refunding, total
thous. of dolls.. 31, (12
8.1. 230
Corporate.
thous. of dolls.. i 15, 000
Type of security, all issues:
Bonds and notes, total
thous. of dolls.. 122,802 367, 188
C orporate
thous . of dolls. .1 22,231 190, 065
60, 525
0
Stocks
thous. of dolls i
1
State and municipals (Bond Buyer):
Permanent (long term)
thous. of dolls ! 84, 880 169, 094
24, 772
Temporary (short term)
thous. of dolls.. !1 44,714
SECURITY MARKETS
Bonds
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
0
12, 500
133, 275
46, 664
0
133, 255
o
o
0
2,900
0
o
0
0
2
2 66, 883
118, 077
j
|
Prices:
All listed bonds, avg. price (N. Y. S. E.)
dollars !
Domestic issues
dollars... i
Foreign issues..
dollars.. ii
Domestic (Dow-Jones) (40)
p. ct. of par 4% bond..
Industrials (10)
p. ct. of par 4% bond,.. !
Public utilities (10). p. ct. of par 4% bond.. 1
Rails, high grade (10)
p. ct. of par 4% bond..
Rails, second grade (10)
1
D. ct. of par 4% bond
Domestic (Standard Statistics) (GO). .dollars.
Domestic U. S. Liberty (.V. Y. Trust) (5)
p ct of par i
Foreign (N. Y. Trust) (40)
p. ct. of par.. i
o
0
o
70. 62
73. 57
05. 40
93. 67 '
94.88 i
91,60 ;
94. 77
95. 86
92. 89
93.14
95. 49
89. 13
91. 09
93. 75
86. 54
81.70
88. 34
70.04
79.28
86.13
67.28
75.19
84. 13
59. 55
72.29
80.19
58.35
73.45
80.34
61.31
75. 31
82.02
63,51
76.12
80. 57
68.30
74.49
79. 31
65.99
43. 08
38. 14
63. 88
80. 48 ;
66. 70 ',
80. 91
79. 07
64. 36
82. 76
80. 99
67.75
83.68
77. 05
65., 82
82. 81
72.24
61.60
78.40
65.06
65.48
71.93
64.08
56. 31
72. 15
53.23
47.37
65.84
57.47
50.04
68.09
57.23
48. 84
66.23
58. 25
49.51
69.61
49.42
43.42
66. 11
09. 09
97,68 ;
97. 73
97.70
95, 14
92. 70
84. 35
83.73
75.29
76.95
75.30
79.28
73.23
46.54
34.33
99.63
50. 13
102. 24
46. 37
27. 30 1
75.2 1
82. 54
99. 7 !
100. 78 i l 0 6 . 84
41. 71
81.01 i
' Revised.
78. 51
99.4
80.34
99. 4
70.. 78
98. 5
64. 11
95.6
56.49
89.4
53. 02
89.0
39.11
81.6
46.54
81.0
47.52
80.4
106. 30
83. 84 i
106. 09
72. 32
106., 04
71. 02
103. 76
53.98
100. 37 ,
56.10 i
100. 86
50. 20
98.23
45.61
96.01
49. 63
99.16
51.45
d =deficit.
33
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
May
May
June
July
August
e
October
January!
Fe
March
April
252 712
51, 281
252 354
68,916
^u-
FINANCE—Continued
SECURITY MARKETS— Continued
Bonds— Continued
Sales on New York Stock Exchange:
Total
thous. of dolls, par value .
Liberty-Treas.. -thous. of dolls, par value..
Value, issues listed on N. Y. S. E.:
Par all issues
mills, of dolls
Domestic issues
mills, of dolls _
Foreign issues
mills of dolls
Market value, all issues
mills, of dolls
Domestic issues . . . . -mills, of dolls. _
Foreign issues
mills, of dolls ._
Yields:
Domestic (Standard Statistics) (60) .per cent..
Industrials (15) _ .
per cent..
Municipals (15)
per cent..
Public utilities (15)
... ...percent..
Railroads (15)
.
per cent-Domestic, municipals (Bond Buyer) (20)
..per cent-Domestic, U. S. Government —
Treasury bonds (3 long term)
per cent-Treasury notes and certificates (3-6 months)
_per cent--
235 687
14, 431
267 752
15, 167
227 899
8,284
199 710
8,675
193
307
886
857
504
352
50 849
31 742
19 106
47 630
30 117
17, 513
51 846
32 744
19 102
49 133
31, 389
17, 744
51 939
32 746
19 192
48 376
31 269
17, 107
51 950
32* 762
19 188
47 319
30 714
16 605
6.41
8 35
5.06
5.65
6.57
4.43
5 24
3.75
4.44
4.27
4.45
5 25
3.76
4.46
4.32
4.44
5 13
3.88
4.42
4.32
4 94
3.74
3.84
3.77
3.31
3.30
31
88
Total (Journal of Commerce) ...thous. of dolls.. 493, 800
Dividend payments
thous. of dolls.. 224 800
Industrial and miscellaneous
thous. of dolls 169 000
Railroads, steam
thous. of dolls. _ 21 700
Railways, street
_
thous. of dolls.. 6* 100
Interest payments
thous. of dolls _ 269 000
Dividend payments (N.Y. Times). thous. dolls- 271, 120
Industrial and miscellaneous thous. dolls.. 257, 574
Railroad
thous. dolls. _ 13 546
Dividend payments and rates (Moody' s):
Dividend payments, annual payments at
current rate (600 companies) .—mill, dolls- 1, 367. 1
Number of shares adjusted
.millions.. 924 f 8
Dividend rate per share, weighted average
(600)
... .dollars. _
1 48
Banks (21)
....dollars5.43
Industrials (492)
dollars. .
1 09
Insurance (21)
dollars..
2.77
2 os
Public utilities (30)
dollars..
Railroads (36)
dollars..
1 37
258 441
86, 816
52
33
18
36
24
12
346 979
56, 157
236 617
37, 389
337 826
61, 046
286 527
67, 676
217 385
54, 794
671
551
121
031
640
392
52 599
33 500
19 100
41 703
28 852
12, 850
52 547
33 451
19 097
39* 512
28* 141
11,371
52 360
33 409
18 951
37 848
26, 791
11, 058
52 242
33 329
18 913
38 372
26 777
11, 595
52 245
33 306
18 939
39 347
27 319
12, 028
4.50
5 26
3.88
4.40
4.47
4.70
5 64
4.00
4.50
4.66
5.16
6 21
4.51
4.77
5.14
5.19
6 08
4.62
4.89
5.17
5.81
7.24
4.86
5.29
5.86
5.86
7.11
5.28
5.36
5.70
5.91
2 6 98
5.40
5.49
5.78
5.70
2 g 79
5.09
5.30
5.60
3.86
3.85
4.06
4.34
4.45
4.87
4.94
4.96
4 73
07
3.32
3.34
3.42
3.71
3.69
3.92
4.27
4.11
3.92
3.74
.55
.41
.42
.45
1.70
1.77
2.41
2.48
2.42
2 25
1 11
2556, 124
2228 000
762, 077
345, 700
945, 976
386 900
489, 858
244, 700
532, 840
232 500
747, 157
288 400
557, 742
251, 000
670, 951
231, 100
997, 938
403, 100
443, 200
195, 900
494, 269
214 700
654, 200
226 700
212 500
2 31' 500
2
7 000
268 124
451, 702
407, 694
44 008
236 900
<M 000
6 800
416 377
309, 518
330, 688
68 830
367 000
41 500
11*400
559 076
212,819
199, 836
12 984
169 700
33* 500
6 000
245 158
380, 793
348, 437
32 355
174 000
26* 500
6 000
300 340
286, 265
266, 372
19 894
225 000
36' 000
8,500
458 757
232, 255
206, 070
26 185
183 000
32 450
10, 550
306 742
371, 135
343, 006
28 128
179 500
28, 800
10, 800
439 851
284, 499
249, 075
36 424
300 000
42' 500
1 1, 600
594 838
202, 300
181, 637
20 663
143 000
29 000
7,900
247 300
366, 996
337, 527
29, 469
158 800
30* 500
4 900
279 569
250, 405
239, 461
10 944
164 500
28 200
7 500
427 500
161,770
154, 515
7 255
2, 201 . 4
911 69
2, 148. 6
911 88
2, 105. 4
912 11
2, 077. 4
920 56
2, 010. 6
920 69
1, 935. 0
922 59
1, 888. 5
922 59
1, 807. 1
923. 36
1, 744. 2
922 50
1, 621. 4
922. 57
1, 545. 0
922 76
1, 476. 6
924 54
2 41
6.20
1 92
3 53
2 98
5 09
2 35
6.14
1 87
3.49
3 00
4.83
2 31
6.14
1 81
3.38
3 00
4 75
2 25
6.11
1 75
3.38
2 99
4 75
2 18
6.11
1 70
3.35
2 95
4 23
2 09
6.11
1 64
3.08
2 87
3.91
2 04
6.11
1 60
3.08
2 87
3 64
1.96
6.31
1.55
3.00
2.84
2.79
1 89
6.31
1 48
2.95
2 83
2.64
1.76
6.17
1 33
2.95
2 80
2.36
1 67
5.43
1 27
2.89
2 76
2 21
1 60
5.43
1 22
2.77
2 69
1.68
142 9
57 5
81 0
129. 82
193.75
65 89
98 0
89 4
156 4
76 8
138 4
56 0
78 2
133. 33
198. 56
68 09
95 1
86 5
153 0
74 0
143 5
58 2
79 9
129. 36
193. 83
64 88
98 2
89 8
157 5
138 8
66 9
70 1
124. 32
190. 59
57 87
95 5
88 5
154 0
66 2
118 8
47.9
58 6
101. 62
156. 80
46 44
81 7
75 8
131 9
56 1
101 8
40.3
53 2
95.69
146. 65
44 72
69 7
64 8
111 9
48 4
104 0
40 0
48 6
90.40
142. 97
37 82
71 7
67 5
114 7
46 0
81.2
33.3
35 8
74.20
119.96
28 44
57.7
54.3
95 6
33.0
79.4
32.2
37 9
73.80
116. 92
30 68
58 0
54.4
94 4
36.6
80.0
32.7
36 8
74.10
118. 92
29 28
56.5
52.9
92 8
34.2
81 5
29 3
34 5
70.78
115.42
26 14
56 8
53 8
93 4
32 1
62 7
25.3
23 6
52.85
87.88
17 81
43 9
41.7
73 3
22.2
110 8
102 2
46, 661
109 2
98 8
58, 719
111 0
105 4
33 540
104 2
102 5
24 890
88.2
86 4
51 140
78 8
72 2
47, 895
82.2
75 0
37, 369
60.6
54 9
50, 190
63.8
46 9
34, 342
64.1
48 1
31,719
67 1
51 9
33 061
54. 3
39 5
31 403
42, 534
1,306
47, 417
1,303
44, 423
1,303
44, 587
1,314
32, 327
1,317
34, 247
1,319
31, 105
1,319
26, 694
1,319
26, 378
1,319
27, 586
1,320
24, 502
1,314
20, 319
1,325
5.95
6.23
4 42
7.91
5.96
6.26
4 47
7.76
5.66
5.89
4 33
7.54
5.74
5.94
4 36
8.15
6.51
6.63
5 11
9.59
7.28
7.49
5.74
10.07
7.06
7.32
5.50
9.79
8.66
9.04
6.60
12.70
8.22
8.89
6.37
9.01
8.04
8.81
6.06
8.60
7.16
7.53
5 74
9.15
9.13
9.52
7 34
12.74
5. 63
25.59
25.56
25.78
* 6. 86
»6.89
26.78
7.43
305 816
38, 493
52
33
19
43
29
13
52
33
18
39
26
12
277
343
934
794
863
931
52
33
18
38
2Q
12
218
329
890
897
431
465
6.00
7 33
5.02
5.50
6.16
Cash Dividend and Interest Payments
and Rates
Stocks
Prices:
Dow-Jones—
Industrials (30)
dolls, per share _
53 3
Public utilities (20)
dolls, per share. _
22 4
Railroads (20)
dolls, per share .
18 3
New York Times (50)
dolls, per share.. 46. 06
Industrials (25)
.dolls, per share.. 77.96
Railroads (25)
dolls per share
14 16
Standard Statistics (421)
1926=100
39 8
Industrials (351)
1926=100 _
38 1
Public utilities (37)
1926=100
67 8
Railroads (33)
1926=100
17 4
Standard StatisticsBanks, N. Y (20)
1926 = 100
46 6
Fire Insurance (20)
1926=100
28 3
Sales, N Y. S. E
thous. of shares
23 151
Value, and shares listed, N. Y. S. E. —
Market value all listed shares mill, dolls.. 16, 141
Number of shares listed.
millions.. 1,320
Yields:
Common, Standard Statistics (90).per cent..
9.57
Industrials (50)
per cent-- 10.02
Public utilities (20)
per cent-8 08
Railroads (20)
per cent.. 11.86
Preferred, Standard StatisticsIndustrials, high grade (20)
.per cent..
7.75
Stock holders (Common Stock)
American Tel. & Tel. Co., total
number
Foreign
number-Pennsylvania Railroad Co., total
number
Foreign
number _
U. S. Steel Corporation, total
number-- -Foreign
_ number
Shares held by brokers
per cent of total-.
2
Revised.
--
25.57
2
602, 057
6, 735
244 025
3,291
156, 238
2,520
14.37
612 755
6,870
244 675
3,284
169, 017
2 701
13. 16
2
6. 25
2
6.22
8
6.74
642, 427
6,947
248, 777
3,268
179, 572
2 803
13.29
667 238
7 047
251 591
3 267
187, 409
2 924
11 97
34
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
1932
May
July, 1932
May
June
July
August
De c e m
h 0 r -I
- October
i January
uti
F
^™diy
M a r c h ! April
FOREIGN TRADE
INDEXES
Value:
Exports, unadjusted
1923-1925=100
Exports, adjusted forseasonal_1923-1925=100._
Imports, unadjusted
1923-1925 = 100
Imports, adjusted forseasonal-1923-1925=100._
Quantity, exports:
Total agricultural products. .1910-1914= 100..
Total, excluding cotton
1910-1914= 100._
i
48
54 !
54 1
43
48
54
51
48
;
47
52
54
45
53
56
44
52
51
44
46
46
}?48
63 ;
97 ;
53
83
86
92
139
127
137
114
143
106
164, 808
180, 228
204, 905
193, 540
184, 070
6, 162
5,070
34, 66C i 28, 996
10, 885
8, 357
79, 977 1 74, 567
7,392
8, 106
8,286
7, 873
3,239
3, 757
32, 564
27, 815
33, 572
31, 167
32, 677
30, 579
14, 446
13, 161
3,402
3,088
12,945
10, 770
4,706
4,420
2,316
1, 660
838
1,557
4, 140
34, 548
12, 370
90, 361
7,726
12, 837
3,986
34, 589
28, 471
27, 797
12, 266
2,856
10, 230
3, 658
1,996
700
5,376
37, 221
13,131
111, 983
8,802
17, 352
6, 158
50, 559
27, 279
26, 621
12, 793
2 878
10, 252
3,435
2,489
983
3,598
41, 227
14, 249
100, 826
8,681
15, 694
4,108
46, 280
26, 155
25, 760
12, 395
2,902
9,354
2,701
2,626
974
4,317
43, 660
18, 445
92, 242
8,279
14, 587
7,076
36, 699
20, 101
19, 777
13, 158
3,120
10, 100
3,130
2,717
895
28, 056
9,981
177, 382
44 390
23.5
28, 415
10, 290
201, 390
63 624
39.8
39, 316
13, 967
190, 339
68, 077
43.6
34, 473
13, 754
180, 801
68 407
47.3
27, 068
9,404
18, 306
7.6
6.8
11.6
18, 075
8.0
6.4
18, 125
9.2
6.3
6.7
20, 706
11.6
6.0
7.0
25, 347
16.2
7.1
27 451 i 27 948
97, 625 i 88,396
12.8
11.5
7.2
9.0
22.7
28.3
173, 455 174, 460
23 868
84, 069
10.7
8.8
20.4
166, 679
21, 389
83, 189
8.7
7.2
24.7
170, 384
21 184
77, 269
8.5
7.2
20.2
168, 708
35
37
35
34
54
57
56
55
49
55
54
57
74
75
66
89
58
86
132, 292
203, 970
187, 077
6,129
33, 420
11,201
89, 576
10, 121
13, 153
3,867
34, 238
42, 432
41, 664
17, 149
4,911
15, 286
5,583
2, 555
1,930
4,648
30, 277
8,798
88, 149
8,688
10, 819
3,622
30, 915
35, 824
35, 030
15, 423
4,340
12, 869
4,295
1,735
1,775
128, 946
29 849
17 7
182, 797
29 070
13.5
28, 650
11, 119
177, 025
28 376
13.5
32, 305
13, 999
161, 494
25 500
20 014
8 613
199, 225
36 484
18.9
29, 414
10 546
11,401
4.5
4 5
5 5
18.868
26.6
7 8
2
7. 5
17,531
5.7
7. 1
8.8
18 598
60, 485
7 9
9.9
11 3
112,274
29 891
103,
436
2
14. 3
12.5
2
26. 5
179, 694
59
40 i
39 !
42
42
41
45
41
41
4"!
41
41
37
36
38
39
36
111
81
117
85
111
79
SO
SI
149, 978
153, 936
155, 254
135, 236
2 717
39 408
20 742
74 038
8 800
11 004
4 027
33' 306
20, 551
20, 247
9,791
2 554
7 419
2 207
2, 275
552
3 734
35 746
16 582
70 413
10 451
13 388
3 673
23 383
2." 328
24, 993
11 410
2 Q14
S 62°
3 063
2. 439
3^0
2 %8
24 067
7.873
63 033
8. 854
10.293
4 275
21,264
24,724
24. 325
11.918
3 082
8 535
2.842
2,511
338
146,912
49 735
36.0
23, 657
8, 193
150, 997
52 581
37 3
22 758
8 494
151,769
50 409
36 5
21 793
8 510
132, 40S
34 023
20 7
21 001
9 ~c'0
8.5
17, 673
6.6
7.3
7.6
15,464
7.4
6.1
5.3
14, 264
7.0
6 0
51
13,213
5. 9
47
=^4
11.211
4. 0
42
76
20 797
67, 005
5.5
8.3
15.7
149, 480
20 633
64, 683
7.9
5.9
17.7
153, 773
18 822
54, 698
6.8
7.6
11.4
135, 530
18 331
57 327
7 4
7.0
13 8
130, 978
18 29^
61,343
'q 3
6.3
13 *>
131, 292
1^ &02
5S,4&3
78
8.3
12 2
126. 676
VALUE
1
Exports, incl. reexports
thous. of dolls..
By grand divisions and countriesAfrica
thous. of dolls
Asia and Oceania
_ thous. of dolls .
Japan
thous. of dolls..
Europe
thous. of dolls
France
thous. of dolls. .
Germany
thous. of dolls. .
Italy..
thous. of dolls..
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls..
North America, northern. .thous. of dolls..
Canada
_
thous. of dolls_.
North America, southern_.thous. of dolls..
Mexico
thous. of dolls
South America
.
thous. of dolls .
Argentina
thous. of dolls..
Brazil
thous. of dolls..
Chile
thous. of dolls
By economic classesExports, domestic
thous. of dolls..
Crude materials
thous. of dolls
Raw cotton
mills, of dolls
Foodstuffs, total
thous. of dolls .
Foodstuffs, crude
thous. of dolls
Foodstuffs, manufactured
thous. of dolls..
Fruits and preparations-mills, of dolls..
Meats and fats
mills, of dolls
Wheat and
flour
mills, of dolls..
Manufactures, semi-finished
thous. of dolls
Manufactures, finished. -thous. of dolls..
Autos and parts . _ mills, of dolls..
Gasoline
mills, of dolls..
Machinery
._ mills, of dolls
Imports, total
thous. ofdolls..
By grand divisions and countries—
Africa
thous. of dolls..
Asia and Oceania
thous. of dolls..
Japan
thous. of dolls..
Europe
thous. of dolls..
France.
thous. of dolls..
Germany...
thous. of dolls..
Italy
thous. of dolls..
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls..
North America, northern.. thous. of dolls..
Canada
thous. of dolls..
North America, southern.. thous. of dolls..
Mexico..
..thous. of dolls..
South America
thous. of dolls..
Argentina
thous. of dolls
Brazil
thous. of dolls..
Chile
thous. of dolls
By economic classesCrude materials
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs crude
thous of dolls
Foodstuffs, manufactured.thous. of dolls..
Manufactures, semifinishedthous. of dolls..
Manufactures, finished thous. of dolls..
28, 386
20 596
16, 563
17, 238
29, 492
180,772
9.9
8.8
3, 140 i
38, 667
16,945
71, 082
9,340
12, 058
4,487
28, 606
18, 923
18, 572
10,813
2,829
7,276
2,025
2,014
339
4,337
49, 964
15, 580
51, 841
6,143
9,512
4,627
12, 354
25, 297
24, 110
19, 880
5,234
28, 844
3,215
11, 188
2, 912
2,773
52, 757
14, 988
47, 480
5,516
8,937
4,269
11, 000
23, 873
22, 854
20, 582
4,640
26,068
2,645
8,805
3,336
2,384
48, 772
16, 057
51,359
5,459
11, 734
4,138
10, 951
23, 874
22, 341
23, 953
3,409
24, 133
3,042
8,897
1,765
2,400
45, 581
16, 052
50, 776
6, 551
11, 373
4, 351
11, 509
21, 378
20, 529
23, 968
2,560
22, 567
3,595
7,770
2,057
3,096
42, 494
17, 256
60, 788
7,799
12, 203
5,635
13, 379
22, 956
21, 928
18, 652
2,665
22, 380
4,753
6,909
3,721
1,697
48, 413
19, 474
56, 302
8,971
12, 071
5,648
11,278
22, 815
21, 281
17, 793
3,110
21, 687
3,309
7, 616
2,818
2,141
44, 366
20, 408
49, 306
6,415
8,274
6,519
8,547
21, 113
20, 464
13, 029
2,538
19, 763
2,431
7,300
2,885
1,575
41, 114
18, 803
50, 231
6,722
8,187
6,630
9,237
21, 229
20, 037
14, 613
2,911
24, 179
1,653
10, 180
2,034
2,039
37, 846
14, 150
40, 986
4,080
1 6, 446
5,045
5, 954
17,
354
:
16, 216
i 15, 002
3, 704
21, 976
1
1, 803
1 8, 655
3,647
2,854
33, 553
12, 723
41,720
4 137
8,639
4 007
7,728
14, 658
14,608
16, 646
3,348
21,546
1 885
8, 552
2,093
3 711
35 498
13,163
36 482
4 244
6,504
4 467
7 702
17, 027
16 947
18. 409
4. 214
20,214
1 729
9, 038
1 ?06
2 107
37, 102
11.275
34, 239
3,925
6.497
4, 357
7,332
15, 896
15,729
19, 031
5, 778
18,301
2, 121
6. 223
1.090
54, 159
30 774
18, 850
30, 382
45, 529
52, 438
27 435
19, 744
29, 652
44, 186
49, 977
25 930
21, 120
29, 990
47, 442
47, 692
21 820
23, 540
28, 324
45, 303
52, 948
18 648
16, 483
30, 291
52, 013
52, 378
20 355
16, 469
29, 040
50, 467
47, 816
19, 537
13, 464
27, 422
41, 241
49, 853
22, 809
13, 872
25, 284
41, 069
38, 119
23 436
14, 880
26, 595
32, 491
37,310
22 849
14,911
24, 098
31,810
36,030
351870
17, 483
20, 031
32,789
36,300
19 172
18, 943
IS, S69
33.392
9,470
131
8,459
135
7,701
133
7,935
133
8.225
8.225
745, 280 803, 216
56. 211 59, 970
8.255
766, 176
56. 686
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
I
TRANSPORTATION
Express Operations
Operating revenue
Operating income
. . . thous. of dolls
thous. of dolls
10 493
107
10, 151
105
9,773
139
9,428
134
8.177
832, 076
63. 718
8.177
789, 885
60. 232
8.206
741, 327
56, 981
8.206
713, 467
55, 835
Electric Street Railways
Fares, average (320 cities)
Passengers carried
Operating revenues
'Revised.
cents _
...thousands.. 739, 796
thous. of dolls..
9,695 !
135
9,540
129
9,150
119
i
8.206
8.225
734,422 ! 795,443
55,966 1 59,704
8.225
8.225
724, 195 773, 079
53.428
8.231
747, 930
35
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory \
footnotes, may be found in the 1932 \
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
1931
May ! Jane
July
1932
Decem- January FebruAugust SeptemOctober Novemary
ber
ber
ber
j
March
April
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS—Continued
TRANSPORT ATION-Continued
Steam Railroads
Freight earloadings (F. R. B.):
Index, unadjusted __
1923-1925 = 100__
Coal.
__1923-1925 = 100._
Coke
1 923-1925 — 100
Forest products _.
1923- 1925 = 100. .
Grain and products
1923-1925=100
Livestock
.
_ _ . 1923-1925 = 100
Merchandise 1 c 1
1923-1925=100
Ore _ 1923-1925 = 100
Miscellaneous
1923-1925 = 1 00. _
Index, adjusted
1923-1925 = 100
Coal
1923-1925 — 100
Coke
1923-1925 = 100..
Forest products
1923-1925 = 100
Grain and products.
1 923- 1925=1 00. _
Livestock
1923-1925-100
Merchandise, 1. c. 1...
1923-1925 = 100..
Ore
1923-1925 = 100
Miscellaneous
1923-1925=100
Total cars *
thousands
Coal
thousands
Coke
thousands
Forest products
thousands
Grain and products
. thousands
Livestock
thousands..
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
thousands..
Ore
_.
thousands
Miscellaneous
thousands
Freight car surplus, total
thousands..
Box.
_
thousands..
Coal
thousands
Equipment, mfgrs. (See Trans. Equip.):
Financial operations (Class I roads):
Dividends paid. (See Finance):
Operating revenues
thous of dollars
Freicht
thous of dollars
Passenger
thous of dollars
Operating expenses
thous of dollars
Net operating income
thous. of dollars
Operating results (Class I roads):
Freight carried 1 mile
mills, of tons. _
Receipts per ton mile
cents
Passengers carried 1 mile
millions
53
42
26
26
62
51
74
7
56
54
48
26
24
76
54
?
4
54
2,088
298
13
117
69
728
10
778
751
381
297
79
67
56
47
80
64
92
45
89
79
76
56
44
97
68
89
30
85
2
2, 959
456
26
132
143
82
870
69
2
1,181
616
306
239
77
63
45
43
78
55
89
77
86
77
73
49
41
90
65
89
43
82
2, 992
443
22
125
140
75
876
119
1, 192
599
306
224
78
64
41
38
120
56
87
92
83
76
73
46
38
100
67
88
51
79
2,931
433
19
106
220
71
830
139
1, 113
564
288
211
76
68
38
38
95
64
86
89
81
72
70
42
36
78
72
86
52
73
3,747
594
23
138
228
106
1,069
175
1,413
574
303
206
78
74
42
37
83
76
88
79
81
69
69
42
35
68
64
85
49
68
2,908
497
19
104
149
96
841
121
1,081
564
293
210
78
83
45
33
82
86
87
50
81
69
72
44
33
74
64
83
36
69
3,813
727
28
123
193
145
1,081
102
1,415
535
290
185
70
72
46
31
80
80
85
16
70
68
65
44
33
76
69
83
23
72
2, 620
486
21
87
145
104
806
25
946
659
341
249
61
70
50
25
62
66
77
10
57
69
65
47
30
63
66
83
40
73
2,273
471
23
71
112
87
742
15
753
751
401
269
58
66
47
25
66
65
757
54
64
58
43
28
69
62
81
31
67
2,270
461
23
73
124
88
747
12
742
742
381
283
59
66
52
27
74
57
75
7
53
62
61
45
27
78
60
78
29
62
2, 245
460
25
77
137
76
732
11
728
722
367
278
58
67
48
27
62
49
75
7
54
61
71
48
27
72
56
75
28
57
2,287
485
24
80
116
66
749
11
750
705
364
265
57
52
31
27
66
56
75
9
57
59
62
32
26
86
61
73
18
56
2 773
461
19
99
154
193
931
17
998
728
294
363
369, 020
283, 161
46, 981
288, 067
41, 264
369,810
281, 261
50, 957
280, 145
50, 163
377, 146
290, 348
50, 272
280, 127
56, 535
364, 525
280, 103
49, 183
269, 463
55, 859
350, 335
270, 239
44, 757
258, 223
55, 319
363, 206
289, 193
38, 202
261,247
64, 020
305, 385
238, 459
35, 904
238, 507
36, 580
288, 631
214, 443
40, 577
241,439
21, 263
275, 371
208, 492
38, 024
229, 548
11,714
267, 272
205, 366
33, 882
211, 109
22, 043
290, 029
225, 031
34, 398
222, 482
32, 289
267,817
207, 969
31,008
211,631
20, 624
30, 014
1.054
1,870
28, 258
1.090
2,034
30, 276
1.051
2,116
29, 348
1.041
2,077
27, 847
1.049
1,900
30, 588
1.046
1, 541
25, 086
1.035
1,468
22, 663
1.037
1,641
22, 853
1.017
1,506
21,732
1.047
1,401
23, 580
1, 061
1, 407
21, 255
203, 230
385
1,759
828
919, 649
6, 645
2,027
1,015,469
211, 172
506
1,867
820
716, 991
7,613
1,963
871,513
186, 414
425
1,789
859
714, 370
8,385
1,860
972, 976
197, 997
587
1,755
884
710, 753
7,126
1,813
968, 763
221, 308
505
1,763
930
794, 975
6,248
2,019
850, 582
209, 864
510
1, 578
676
663, 636
3,049
1,964
954, 773
221, 673
0
1,649
744
31, 756
284
2,075
103, 954
178, 121
0
1,594
652
0
0
2,136
0
168, 189
0
1,645
628
0
0
1,766
0
190, 484
0
1,644
726
0
0
2,043
0
233, 186
250
1 444
620
278, 926
369
2, 045
464, 668
143, 627
86, 016
1,257
736, 187
237, 024
104, 300
1,331
849, 277
294, 720
104, 266
1,042
661,514
246, 551
106, 931
962
635, 571
213, 562
104, 873
1,135
603, 544
156, 642
86, 346
998
548, 640
119,972
168, 021
891
463, 164
46, 740
130, 807
780
338, 716
43, 845
112, 558
723
319, 266
71,615
113, 600
794
298, 394
172, 472
2 98 789
850
445, 731
6,543
4,302
2,241
7,536
4,794
2,742
7,463
4,729
2,734
6,837
4, 359
2,478
6,461
4,041
2,420
5,605
3,309
2,296
4,866
3,137
1,729
4,910
3,129
1,781
4,932
3,157
1,774
5,240
3,184
2,056
5,313
3 277
2 036
3.50
61
3.58
56
3.55
54
3.64
54
3.55
58
3.51
60
3.56
56
3.39
52
3.38
60
3.46
56
3.27
52
3.28
53
22, 518
23, 242
5,616
3,799
28, 513
25, 588
29, 579
5,893
3,534
27, 689
30, 944
46, 961
7,428
3, 174
17, 667
59, 372
65, 895
9,541
4,090
10, 749
62, 581
42, 247
8,733
5,017
8,812
32, 427
35, 016
10, 857
3,913
7,345
16, 823
23, 224
11,318
2,899
6,622
16, 932
24, 351
10, 727
2,642
5,513
17, 158
25, 016
8,550
2, 220
6,442
19,829
22, 920
6,188
1,984
6,475
22, 012
24, 718
6,239
2,103
10, 694
23, 261
19 980
6,746
2 469
18, 745
165, 683
41, 133
327, 604
81, 856
577, 284
140, 164
600, 033
146, 611
211,581
51,914
79, 700
18, 867
41, 723
7,514
38, 145
6,909
54, 167
9,617
45, 486
8,204
46, 120
7,951
61,443
12,026
1,900
5,055
2,051
5,470
2,023
5,413
2,091
5,564
1,969
5,409
1,674
4,499
1,526
4,238
1,677
4,852
1,643
4,530
1, 424
4,039
1,404
3,806
1,286
3,621
98, 381
64 513
26, 059
65, 757
23 721
17, 166
97, 507
53, 925
25, 763
65, 088
23, 628
17,094
96, 298
62, 398
26, 077
66, 034
21, 624
17, 018
94, 566
61, 260
25, 401
64, 102
22, 025
16, 977
94, 665
62, 263
24, 928
63, 099
23, 146
16, 992
96, 704
64, 154
24, 926
64, 997
23,209
16, 941
93, 275
62 851
22, 761
64, 075
20 887
16, 929
95, 272
63 826
23, 682
67, 322
20 036
16, 887
91,811
62, 730
21, 507
63, 806
19, 151
16,783
89,039
61, 248
20, 361
61, 645
18 490
16, 693
91, 683
62, 300
22, 038
61, 598
20 967
16, 640
89,815
61, 488
20, 950
60, 167
20, 587
16, 525
11, 744
9,133
10, 047
1 426
11, 875
9,212
10, 140
1,737
11,370
8,774
10, 534
461
10, 825
8,359
10, 060
387
11,012
8,441
10, 067
567
10, 859
8,243
9,531
951
9,660
7,387
8,564
722
10, 849
8,298
9,490
994
9,181
7,058
8,469
326
8,894
6,771
8,040
469
9 955
7,573
6,605
961
8 947
6,861
8,114
443
2
Revised.
Waterway Traffic
Canals:
Cape Cod.
..
short tons.. 212, 887 216, 559
415
457
New York State
_. thous. of short tons..
1,925
Panama, total
thous of long tons
937
U. S. vessels
thous of long tons
884, 380 1,165,791
St. Lawrence
short tons
1,568
4,335
Sault Ste Marie
thous of short tons
2,403
Suez
thous. of met. tons..
Welland. .
short tons 1, "036,879" 1,165,853
Rivers:
144, 873 169, 760
Allegheny _
_
short tons
110, 000 99, 901
Mississippi (Govt barges)
short tons
654
1, 508
Monongahela
thous. of short tons..
Ohio (Pitts, to Wheeling)
short tons- 438, 244 685, 526
Ocean traffic:
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade
5,619
_ _.
thous. of net tons.
6,539
3,403
4,014
Foreign
thous of net tons
2,217
2,525
United States
thous. of net tons
Shipbuilding. (See Trans. Equip.)
Vessel losses. (See Trans. Equip.)
Travel
Hotel business:
3.12
Average sale per occupied room
dollars..
53
Rooms occupied
per cent of total-Foreign travel:
Arrivals, U. S. citizens
number..
Departure, XI S citizens
number
Emigrants.
number
Immigrants
number
Passports issued.
number.. 30, 442
National parks:
137, 236
Visitors
number
Automobiles.
_ _.
number . 33, 578
Pullman Co.:
Passengers carried
thousands. .
Revenues, total
-thous. of dolls..
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephones (class A companies):
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Station revenues
thous of dolls
Tolls, message.
thous. of dolls_.
Operating expenses
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous of dolls
Stations in service, end of mo
thousands
Telegraphs and cables:
Operating revenues
thous of dolls
Commercial telegraph tolls thous. of dolls
Operating expenses ._ .. thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous of dolls
* Data for April, August, and October, 1931, and April, 1932, are for 5 weeks; other months 4 weeks.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
36
1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory |
footnotes, may be found in the 1932 \
May
Annual Supplement to the Survey
July, 1932
1931
June
May
1933
Decem- January
August Se^" October November
ber
July
February
March
April
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
CHEMICALS
Alcohol:
Denatured—
Consumption (disposed of)
„
thous. of wine gals.
Production
_.thous. of wine gals
Stocks, end of month, .thous. of wine gals,
EthylProduction-,.
-__thous. of proof gals
Stocks, warehoused, end of month
___
.thous. of proof gals
Withdrawn for denaturing
thous. of proof gals._L
Methanol, wood distilled—
Crude—
j
Production.._
_
gallons..! 245,935
Stocks, total
gallons..,1 561,347
At crude plants
gallons._i 230,644
At refineries and in transit
gallons.. 330,703
RefinedExports
gallons.. 44, 378
Price, wholesale, N. Y
dolls, per gal—|
.37
Production
gallons.. 72, 267
Shipments
gallons.. 76,404
Stocks, end of month
gallons.. 319,949
Methanol, syntheticProduction
gallons.. 742,826
Shipments
.gallons.. 349,034
___,.__
Stocks, end of month..gallons.. 2,727,442
Explosives:
j
Orders, new
thous. of Ibs.J
,_.
Production
thous. of Ibs.J
Shipments
thous. of Ibs.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs.
Sulphur and sulphuric acid:
Sulphur, production (quarterly)..long tons I
Sulphuric acid (104 plants)—
Consumed in prod, of fertilizer. short tons
Price, wholesale 66°, at works
._
_
dolls, per short ton—
15.50
Production..
short tons..|
_.
Purchases —
From fertilizer mfgrs
short tons..
From others
short tons..
Shipments—
To fertilizer mfgrs
....short tons..
To others—
short tons..
5,976
5,954
3,543
6, 517 i
6,195 |
3, 283 |
6,157
5,962
3, 036
6,320 I
6, 636 j
3,331
6,436
6,922
3,807
9,610
9,147
3,330
10,153
9,476
2,642
12, 430
11,413
1,629
5,034
5,225
1,823
3,801 !
3,965 j
1,987 I
3,960
4,089
1,640
5,025 :
4,555
1,517 !
13,111 | 11,975
12, 363
12, 952
16, 037
14, 084
14, 002
13, 224
14,711 ! 16,171 | 14,888
i
!
10,288 ! 10,491 ! 10,438
17, 024
15, 885
15,130
12, 690
5,870
9,153
12,574
14,026:
16,215
11, 637
13, 076
15,564
15,515
19, 350
8,574
6,265
7,335
6,700
113, 892 133, 507 183,851
541,307 485, 094 583,975
395,907 378, 991 466, 975
145, 400 106,103 117,000
206,416
529,425
410, 439
118,986
219,238 | 206,739 I
521, 660 I 525,866
390,425 ! 294,375
131,235 | 231,491 i
230,324
429,718
313,985
115,733
j 295, 359 ' 290,142
! 473,466 i 543,418
I 329,384 ; 395,533
i 144,082 147,885
37,473
.35
87, 486
89, 704
238,095
54,535 I
.35 !
141,873 i
154, 262 !
225, 706 i
36,053 i
.35 I
148,731
102,452 !
271,985 i
39, 434
.37
119, 620
125,361
266, 244
i 97, 940 : 27, 976
.37 '
.37
! 103, 279
112,967
! 2 76,401 59, 773
12 284,782 337, 976
13,120
247,808
624,399
494,192
130,207
!
|
i
i
52,048
.35
118, 052
257,707
429, 595
I 59,950 61, 240 42, 300 30,455
.35 ;
..35
.35
.35
i
56, 519
I 107,331 ! 91, 696 65,311
110,454 122,846 129,822 98, 431
I 426,472 I 395, 322 330,811 288, 899
182, 273
624, 543
526,543
98,000
154,473
609, 583
i 452,489
! 157,094
80, 065
.35
56,474
105, 060
240,313 ;
10,137
10, 340 | 9, 526
784,108 i 654,472 437,805 315, 940 663, 216 510, 432 i 364,118 327,556 i 585,880 546,086 ! 514,119 501,759
344.229 ! 429,361 i 283, 866 ! 414, 975 1 699,380 1,187,529 599,061 464,315 i 386,883 473,993 ! 425,596 406,329
1,683,555 I 2,908,666 ; 3,062,605 2,963,570 ;2,927,406 12,250,309 ,2,015,366 [,878,607 12,077,604 2,149,697 '2,238,220 2, 333, 650
26,441
26,960 I
27,379 i
21,115 i
26,719 !!
25,981
26,611 i
20,404 j
25, 058
25, 068
25,150
20, 304
2n, 437
24, 548
24, 867
19, 956
105,356 ! 97,981 ! 94,218
94, 860
608,730
15.50
105,25d
25,803 !
26, 598
27, 403
17, 888
22, 657
24, 509
24, 035
IS, 264
26, 970
25, 282
25, 610
18,151
539,231
18, 648
18, 595
18, 087
18,712 I
I
332,038
15. 50 i 15. 50
99,654 I 108,782
12,988 ! 18, 802
9,655 i 14, 553
18,665 ! 14,644
14,119 | 15,906
8,512
31,773
10, 699
32,199
74 !
25 |
40
91
94
89, 194 ! 89, 409 115,207 127, 953 94, 416
7, 682
7,690 ! 7,078
7,554 ! 13,452
79,472 ! 80, 670 105, 717 115,621 i 75,114
106 i
497
383
915 !
300
59,970 | 97, 358 127, 599 146, 700 ' 120, 822
37, 998 |24, 730 47, 935 70, 022
61, 904
29,711 i 18, 809 35, 367 48, 590 33, 968
3,339 i 3,768
9, 858
6, 175 i 3, 331
14, 650 67, 958 65, 043 66, 440 i 50, 071
15. 50 j 15.50
110,599 | 102, 632
26,565 I 25,176 ! 14, 709
14,601 ! 18,876 | 23, 006
13,412
15, 967
14,134 ! 16,771 I 10,799 ! 13, 355
35,160 j 30,310 ! 33,134 30, 279
17,655
18, 064
17,488
18,530
I
!
i
I
17,965
17, 092
17,154 ,
18,362 i
17,814
16,804
17, 795
17, 587
I 250,910 j__
78,615 | 99,871 ! 95,681
'8, 606 I 95, 478
15.50
106, 751
15. 50 ! 15. 50
90, 772 i 92, 895
19, 095
18,175
1(5,148
18, 025
15. 50
117,613
i 2 65, 249 i
50, 557
15. 50 i 15. 50
104,573 ! 2 87, 816
15.50
59, 090
8,795
5,591
7, 670 2 ia? 145
6,850
13, 867
19, 591
28,311
21, 597 27,850 19,133 i 21,817
29, 208 j 25, 657 ' 26,732 22,492
15, 267
23, 214
66
81, 703
3,284
76, 785
67
77, 849
52, 837
29, 871
5, 577
12, 872
67
80, 469
11,877
59, 213
200
70, 754
51, 670
17, 029
3, 884
11, 998
868
71, 614
11,063
59, 542
' 149
61.433
42, 397
2,675
5,458
10, 501
1. 770
1. 770
15,865 '
14,554 >
FERTILIZERS
Consumption, Southern States
...
...thous. of short tons..
Exports, total
long tons..
Nitrogenous
long tons..
Phosphate materials
long tons..
Prepared fertilizers
long tons..
Imports, total
long tons..
Nitrogenous
long tons..
Nitrate of soda
long tons..
Phosphates
long tons..
Potash
....long tons..
Price, nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, N. Y.
..dolls, per cwt__
Superphosphate, bulk:
Production
..short tons..
Shipments to consumers
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
..short tons..
NAVAL STORES
Pine oil:
Production
_..gallons,.
Stocks, end of month
gallons,.
Rosin, gum:
Price, wholesale "B," N. Y-.dolls, per bbL.
Receipts, net, 3 ports
bbls. (500 Ibs.)._
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month
bbls. (500Ibs.)..
Rosin, wood:
Production
bbls. (500 Ibs.)._
Stocks, end of month
bbls. (500 Ibs.)..
Turpentine, gum:
Price, wholesale, N. Y
dolls, per gal..
Receipts, net, 3 ports..
bbls. (50 gals.)..
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month
bbls. (50 gals.)..
Turpentine, wood:
Production
bbls. (50 gals.)..
Stocks, end of month
bbls. (50 gals.)..
OILS, FATS, AND ANIMAL
BY-PRODUCTS
195
107, 918
6,637
91, 049
734
72, 159
46, 602
34, 006
4, 832
17, 706
2.050
224, 266
2
78,419
891,149
201, 628
1.770
146, 881
254, 761
898, 432
2.050
2.050
2. 050
1. 770
3.61
93, 980
3.30
28, 614
3.23
29, 539
3.44
31, 705
3.20
64, 070
497, 438 486, 863
426, 508
383, 354
347, 591
337, 221
21, 440
93, 142
23, 242
92, 258
23, 196
94, 331
20, 006
91, 762
26, 187
90, 540
26, 443
88, 479
.36
30, 849
.40
23, 147
.39
19, 844
.40
5,234
.39
3,808
.45
6,190
.45
17, 018
115, 178
120, 953
119, 388
112,311
101, 081
86, 679
73, 640
68, 947
3,797
4,817
3,922
5, 231
3,547
5,143
3,733
6,002
3,626
6,392
3,121
6,132
4,329
5,835
4,415
5,636
3.80
101, 157
350,472 351, 548 436, 480 439, 241
449, 173
459, 588
465, 466
17, 074
112, 295
25, 058
108, 350
26, 102
101, 537
.39
.36
53,459 1 37,112
.37
28, 995
101,905 i 122, 214 \ 114, 421
4.70
120, 819
4.68
165, 500
33, 593 34, 747
124, 830 126, 289
.54
37, 026
73, 896
5,151
5, 267
1. 770
210, 012 231, 207 210, 711 114, 205 172, 539 176, 973 140, 690 169, 695 162, 330 130, 046 162, 253
161,121
:, 958,237 2,012,847 2,000,497 1,866,368 1,845,125 1,859,713 1,828,913 1,814,948 1,789,303 1,723,947 1,736,534 1, 750, 720
3.87
116, 630
5,996
4,727
.55
52, 345
5,675
4,535
28, 495
131, 942
4, 370
5, 307
i
|
Animal fats and by-products (quarterly):
|
Animal fats—
j
Consumption, factory
thous. of lbs..|_.
Production
thous. of Ibs.J
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs.J
Animal glues—
|
Production
.thous. of Ibs.J
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs..!...
* Revised.
1. 770
2. 050
3.94
129, 018
30, 597
92, 695
1.770
644 ".
75. 732
3, 243
71, 862
81
100.136!
40 060
54
14, 236
41, 834
178,072 ! 2195, 589 3210, 289 J173,271 1 187,638 179, 405 230, 684 215, 019 203, 676 2 170,450
2
20,987 j 20, 599 14, 261 87, 614 2 59, 431 » 11, 662 213,628 2 18, 179 243,217 2 130,743
1,033,036 1,120,819 1,153,800 j'1,205,130 1,272,731 1,313,522 1,341,512 1,307,310 1,187,818
4.28
156, 810
3.04
91, 527
172 1
365
79, 242 98, 264
19, 600 32, 114
58, 200 65, 262
22
133
89,070 84,160
63, 041 40, 132
30, 114
8,404
5,517
5, 355
16, 268 35, 729
2, 607
5, 358
3.96
95, 642
;
!
i
166,069 !.
559, 588i>---|
_.
--
176, 221
491, 837
230, 999
20, 847
61,848
1
|
i
173, 389
576,013
222, 583
161 991
624,736 i
276, 508
21, 548
67, 474
19, 440
68,836
SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1932
May
37
May
June
1932
! Decem- January FebruOctober NovemAugust Septemary
ber
ber
1
ber
July
March
April
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
OILS, FATS, AND ANIMAL
BY-PRODUCTS-Continued
Animal fats and by-products— Continued.
Gelatin, edibleProduction
thous. of lbs__
Stocks end of Quarter
thous. of Ibs
GreasesConsumption, factory
_thous. of lbs__ _ - _
_
Production
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, end of quarter..
thous. of lbs._
Lard compounds and substitutesProduction,
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lbs_.
Fish oils (quarterly) —
Consumption, factory
thous. of lbs_.
Production
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter. _
thous. of Ibs..
Vegetable oils and products:
Vegetable oils, totalConsumption, factory (quarterly)
thous. of lbs_.
Exports
.thous. of Ibs
1,607 ~~~2~356~
Imports
thous. of Ibs.. 62, 891 72, 280
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, end of quarterCrude
thous. of Ibs.. _ _ _ _ _
Refined
thous. of Ibs..
Copra and coconut oils —
CopraConsumption, factory (quarterly)
short tons
17,871
Imports
. _ _ short tons
10, 894
Stocks end of quarter
^hort tons
Coconut or copra oil —
Consumption, factoryCrude quarterly
thous of Ibs
Refined, total (quarterly)
_
thous. of Ibs..
In oleomargarine
thous. of Ibs_. ~~~8,~497~ ~~~8,~466~
15, 970
Imports.
_
_ .thous. of Ibs
28, 259
Production (quarterly)—
Crude
thous. of Ibs..
Refined
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarterCrude
thous of Ibs
Refined
thous of Ibs
Cottonseed and products:
Cottonseed —
Consumption (crush)..
short tons.. 196, 883 85, 851
Receipts at mills
short tons.. 74, 110 34, 055
Stocks at mills, end of month. .short tons.. 398, 200 45, 578
Cottonseed cake and meal—
797
Exports. «
short tons.
4,905
Production
.short tons.. 91, 193 42, 290
Stocks at mills, end of month. .short tons.. 150, 165 224, 282
Cottonseed oil, crudeProduction.
_thous. of lbs._ 67, 670 28, 022
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs_. 86, 349 33, 056
Cottonseed oil, refined —
Consumption, factory (quarterly)
_
.
thous. of Ibs..
In oleomargarine
thous of Ibs ~"l,~137~ ~~1,~2QO~
Price, summer yellow, prime
. 069
.032
N. Y
...
dolls, per lb__
36, 753
89, 717
Production
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs.. 705, 361 406, 376
Flaxseed and products:
Flaxseed—
1,496
Imports, United States
thous. of bush..
829
Minneapolis and Duluth—
456
Receipts
thous, of bush
424
Shipments
thous of bush
784
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bush..
Oil millsConsumption, quarterly thous of bush
Stocks end of quarter
thous of bush
1. 55
Price, No. 1, Minn..,.
dolls, per bush..
1.21
Production crop estimate thous of bush
Stocks, Argentina, end of month
5, 118
thous. of bush
6,693
Linseed cake and mealExports
thous. of lbs._ 20, 373 38, 172
Shipments from Minneapolis
3, 932
8,432
thous. of Ibs
Linseed oilConsumption, factory (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs,.
~~~.~088~
.061
Price, wholesale, N. Y
doils. per lb._
Production (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs. _
Shipments from Minneapolis
11,921
7,007
.thous. of Ibs
Stocks at factory, end of quarter
'
thous. of Ibs..
Oleomargarine:
Consumption (tax paid withdrawals)
14, 273
thous. of Ibs
15, 460
Price, standard, uncolored, Chicago
.128
.095
dolls, per lb
Production
-thous. of Ibs.. 14. 338 14, 902
2
Revised.
E:
4,415
8,647
1,625
6 543
4,574
8 312
5,406
10, 089
55, 715
94, 985
83, 074
51,941
90, 056
81, 072
49, 688
94, 569
91, 019
53, 837
87, 148
82, 960
278, 216
25, 140
276, 713
21, 718
306, 559
24, 757
220, 417
26, 465
54, 465
4,647
262, 106
52, 497
29, 847
247, 638
40, 893
17, 677
237, 933
34,810
6, 648
202 733
588, 168
1,775
75, 470
389, 915
1,008
74, 285
1,025
63, 096
517, 909
::::::::: 386,
176
1,057,325
489, 058
455 ~"I,"814~ "~1~670~
1,230 ""2,"46l"
50, 633
56, 748
56, 509
59, 225
66, 677
440,865
1,033,007
679, 049
525, 448
591, 342
209, 759
63, 434
17, 179
17, 491
18,012
20,207
49, 024
19, 832
23 795
19, 352
20, 953
53, 860
15, 622
25, 106
139, 128
137, 730
142, 435
78, 348
7,105
31, 000
78, 496
10, 947
29, 455
78, 039
14, 027
16, 589
6,169
34, 845
9,473
18, 228
6, 163
67, 169
13, 859
30, 784
13, 291
25, 186
828, 452
21, 426
62, 669
758 101
23, 955
23, 805
61 136
21, 400
25, 837
16, 244
138, 489
12, 749
19, 376
10, 361
31, 655
64, 327
11,429
20, 909
61, 388
68, 682
68, 702
70, 170
77, 887
57, 361
206, 123
16, 039
201, 036
17, 516
188,352
14, 800
191, 389
16, 527
9, 985
16, 090
530, 078
268,010
917, 183
512, 469
299, 613
704, 327
337, 001
155, 469
522, 795
23, 187
266, 534
217, 666
5, 792
237, 056
230, 677
12, 150
230, 261
204, 303
12, 752
157, 002
158, 478
226, 178
126,761
185, 977
133, 629
169, 826
130,375
163, 907
129, 328
116,793
117, 560
......... 297, 179
---- 232, 420
1,154 "~1~486~
1, 530
1,363
~~~1~297~ 220, 753
1,438
1~245
.042
225, 951
489, 866
.039
155, 577
555,211
.040
161,114
632, 618
.040
136, 804
682, 487
451, 324 862, 032 866, 694 718, 769 589, 363
875, 493 1,570,250 1.258.704 549, 170 368, 589
484, 374 1,192,592 1,584,602 1,400,325 1,179,210
42, 951
30, 294
32, 921
21, 424
13,287
24, 784
59, 148
94, 569
60, 241
225
21, 849
192, 293
1,304
12, 347
14C, 888
3, 590
28, 206
106, 358
10, 260
201,517
118,845
39, 829
385,190
137, 683
56, 060
387, 573
167, 359
38, 563
322, 283
202, 496
14, 175
17, 329
7,089
8, OS6
17,196
12, 065
136, 699
69, 745
269, 031
115,979
270, 412
144, 485
&7(T
1, 245
61 660
695, 188
720, 799
81, 899
67, 351
242, 191
1,012
"
. 044
.045
63, 989 206, 643
173, 945 231,079
.047
226, 631
346, 559
.068
30, 375
349, 276
.069
16,010
277, 837
1,150
1,685
1, 339
2, 469
1, 468
3,234
196
720
1,104
744
1, 551
789
501
790
378
386
675
2, 436
406
747
2,766
786
1,381
1,452
924
1,422
1,026
1, J 59
1,605
316
541
872
197
199
649
119
124
508
141
109
552
190
24
684
7. 205
i, 198
1. 48
1.64
1.41
7,610
4 241
1.37
1.32
1.46
1.41
1.40
1.40
1.35
.059
11,968
212, 371
i
7,112
3, 721
1.43
3 11,018
. 035
112,900
704, 598
4,331
3, 346
1, 772
1, 378
1, 969
3, 937
5,394
7,480
7,874
53, 225 j 57, 736
48, 615
49, 027
42, 782
32, 838
20, 5G3
34, 265
38, 116
23, 8C3
11,414
13,972
17, 385
14,354
18,019
14, 518
9,773
6,528
4,405
5, 082
95,544 L
.086
130,635
.091
.083
70, 504
.076
141, 205
59, 167
.067
99, 783
."OC6
6,788 ;
6,285
5,126
7, 525
4,921
5,709
39, 769
7,653
78,200
!
5,675
.
6, 806
.~6~3~
4,410 i
."675"
4,125
57, 354
.071 """ ."067
130, 479
3,152
4,782
.~065~
4,440
154, 490
107, 508
166, 424
9, 289
16, 483
19, 499
23,401 1
22,838
22, 831
19, 892
18,351
17, 703
16, 768
.110 ;
.106
12.643 i 11,271
.105
16.075
.119
18. 836
.127 !
.133
23. 965 i 22. 138
.134
23. 173
.128
20. 388
.098
17.232 '
.095
18,973
. 095
16. 684
13, 180 i
a As of Dec. 1.
38
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
i
1933
July, 1932
1931
May
May
June 1
1
August : Scg|£m~ October
July
X
°™m"
D
19 32
March
^H January | ™™-
April
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
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PAINTS
Paints, varnish, and lacquer products: *
Total sales (588 estab )
. -thous. of dolls
Classified (315 estab.)
thous. of dolls
Industrial
_. thous. of dolls..
Trade
thous. of dolls
Unclassified
thous. of dolls..
"Unclassified (273 estab.)
thous. of dolls
Plastic, cold-water paints, and calcimines:
SalesCalcimines
.dollars.. 126, 685
Plastic paints
dollars.. 65, 309
Cold-water paints.
dollars __ 67, 990
33, 403
22, 600
8,071
14, 430
1.00
10, 803
28 587
19, 126
7,031
12,011
84
9,401
22,606
15, 112
6,235
8,802
75
7,493
165, 023
109, 100
105, 963
140, 854
74, 821
85, 773
126, 822
51,288
83,113
14, 779
4,911
19,998
4, 092
If), 795
4,398
16,747
4,908
1,625
381
508
736
2, 230
570
695
965
2, 006
520
643
843
2,017
532
612
873
ROOFING
Dry roofing felt:
Production
_
..short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Prepared roofing, shipments:
Total
thous. squares. Grit roll
thous. squares..
Shingles (all types)
thous. squares
Smooth roll . .
. -thous. squares
!
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21,323
14,242 j
5,764
8,392 j
85 I
7,082
1
122, 137
66,869
72,789
|
21, 948
14, 680
5, 638
8, 956
86
7,268
161,743
63, 924
81,037
17,143 i 18, 356
4,761 | 4,834
2,237 'i
568 i:
602
1,067 :
2, 597
711
689
1, 198
20 742 i
13, 956
5,370 i
8,499
86
6,786
145,374 ! 98,634
75,886
67,420
65, 275
52,170
16, 116
5,021
2, 302
574
600
1,128
i
i
i
i
,
15 895
10,871
4, 697
6 119
53
5 024
16 271 2 19 089
11, 256
11 309
4, 626
4, 499
6 563
6 810
67 2
0
5, 025
7 780
70,755 '
40,890
43,492 ';
96, 574
56, 696
52, 566
94,199 2 120,355
51,673
54,373
56, 935
71, 232
13 486
16,492
11,419
9,555
4,453
4,478
6,915 ! 5 036
41
so :
5,074
3 931
12,028
5,456
9,181 i 10 ^77
5, 768 ! 5, 188
983 !
197 |
214
"'374 <
303
998
12 126
4,787
1,774
390
287
1,097
22 590
13 330
4, 639
8 691
0
9 260
2
146, 674
60, 322
272,546
2
14 032
4,910
14 603
4,892
1,918
503
311
1 103
2, 367
634
530
1 ?0°
1,761
425
248
1 088
ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS
ELECTRIC POWER
j
Consumption, industrial, for power purposes. ;
(See Business Indexes.)
:
Fuel consumed in production of electrical
energy. (See Fuels.)
;
Production, total
mills, of kw. hours
By source—
\
Fuels
mills, of kw. hours i
Water power
mills, of kw. hours
By type of producer:
Central stations
mills, of kw. hours
Street railways, manufacturing plants, etc.
... .mills, of kw. hours
Sales of electrical energy:
Sales to ultimate consumers, total
(N. E.L.A.}
mills, of kw. -hours
Domestic service
mills of kw. -hours
Commercial — retail
mills, of kw.-hours.Commercial— wholesale
. mills, of kw. -hours. .
'Municipal and street lighting mills, of kw Railroads —
Electrified steam
mills, of kw -hrs '
i
|
?
_.
Gross revenue from sales of energy
(Electrical World)
thous. of dolls
Revenues from ultimate consumers
1
(N E L A )
thous. of dolls _i
GAS
4 643
2, 886
7, 198
7, 020
447
509
5, 023
2, 7-19
506
7, 630
7, 540
7, 406
7, 773
7, 543 ! 2 7^ 002 ,
3
7, 303 ;
6,781
5,166
2, 4(54
5,343
2,197
5, 706
2, 059
5, 299
2, 107
5, Of54
2, 709
4,447 i 24,026 '.
3, 090 : 2 2, 976
2
2
4, 204 i
3, 099 i
3,657
3,124
7,160
7, 095
7,317
6, 995 j
7, 340
7,083 • 26,533
470
445
418
411 |
433
460 '
!
2 8, 808
6, 342
409
497
439
6, 016
902
1,101
5,919
860
1,075
5, f 09
816
1, 099
5, 968
814
1, 097
5, 894
883
1,032
5,944
978
1, 159
5, 831
1,082 i
1,174 i
5, 893
1, 160
1, 204
5,872 I
1, 257 !
1, 242 i
5,642
1, 122
1, 164 i
5, 478 !
1,043
1,094 i
5,316
997
1, 073
3, 396
157
3,387
149
3, 402
155
3, 452
172
3,311
193
3, 134
207
2, 905 '
218
2, 793
232
2,630
247 i
2,654 i
229 :
2. 629
' 209 |
1
2, 618
191
47
376
45
356
45
352
42
350
41
345
48
375
46 ;
367 i
49
406
48 i
404 ;
46 :
384 :
48 1
413 !
357
171, 550
168, 510
187, 190
167, 380
171,930
178, 630
180, 610 i 184,870
188, 010 | 175, 110 ! 163
160, 238
156, 575
154, 232
154, 162
156,913
163, 424
167, 529
175, 685
8, 904
8,447
41
410
29, 865
21, 230
1, 233
8, 965
8,510
39
410
28, 310
20, 775
515
8.912
8, 466
37
404
24,741
18, 321
191
8,911
8, 466
34
404
23, 527
17. 427
133
8. 938
8, 492
37
404
25, 985
19, 590
167
8, 910
8,446
45
411
27, 820
20, 873
532
8,888
8,420
48
413
28, 527
20, 526
1, 344
170,723
165, 421
!
2SO
157,727 :
153, 929
I
Manufactured gas (150 companies):
i
Customers, total
.
thousands..' _ _ __ .
"Domestic
thousands 1;
House heating
thousands..
Industrial and commercial
thousands. _!
_ _
Sales to consumers
millions of cu. ft i
Domestic
millions of cu ft '
House heating
millions of cu. f t . _ t
Industrial and commercial
[
millions of cu. ft..!
Revenues from sales to consumers
_ _ _
thous. of dolls
_..
Domestic
thous. of dolls
..
House heating
thous. of dolls
Industrial and commercial thous. of dolls
_
Natural gas (125 companies):
Customers, total
thousands
Domestic
thousands
Industrial and commercial
thousands
Sales to consumers
millions of eu. ft._ _
Domestic
_
millions of cu. ft
Industrial and commercial
millions of cu. ft
Revenues, from sales to consumers
thous. of dolls
Domestic
.thous. of dolls.. i
Industrial and commercial thous of dolls _
7, 645
4,504
3, 141
!
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1
8, 828
8, 358
50
414
i 29, 339
! 20, 396
; 2, 236
8,808 i 8,790 i 8,763
8,329
8,315 ! 8,294
52
51 ;
51
422
421
412
30, 708
29, 360
30, 661
20, 982 i 19. 536 : 20. 539
2, 861
2, 899 : 3, 186
8, 777
8, 309
50
412
29. 974
20, 689
2, 625
7,268
6, 906
6,122
5, 843
6,087
6,241
6, 507
6, 690
6, 774
6,520
31,827
24, 536
1,007
6, 179
30, 654
24, 236
440
5, 881
27, 337
21, 753
176
5,307
26, 046
20, 747
131
5, 071
28, 681
23. 133
160
5,281
30, 195
24,291
447
5, 335
30, 331
30, 602
23,611 ! 23, 299
1, 055 ;
1, 650
5, 534 i
5, 524
31, 936
24, 092
2, 054
5, 870
30, 414 i 31,660
22, 514 I 23. 590
2, 052 | 2,210
5, 710
5, 763
31. 288
23, 858
1, 796
5, 519
4, 345
4, 128
215
43, 340
21, 142
4, 302
4, 093
207
36, 821
15, 232
4,273
4, 068
203
32. 834
10, 876
4, 258
4, 057
200
31, 661
10, 086
4,268
4, 068
199
33, 823
11,185
4 272
4, 072
199
37, 628
13, 662
4, 312 ! 4,315
4, 105 j 4, 103
205 ]
211
43, 908 i 52, 024
19, 924
27, 647
4, 324
4, 110
213
54, 805
30., 940
4, 348
4, 123
224
52, 226
29, 278
4,323
4, 1009 *
22
51, 739
29, 051
4, 297
4, 076
219
46, 754
25, 377
21, 824
21, 252
21, 573
21, 205
22, 200
23, 538
23, 593
23, 733
23,451
22,503
!
22, 182
20, 978
20, 108
14, 697
5, 365
16, 159
11, 251
4, 867
13, 482
8,6/9
4, 763
12. 813
8, 205
4, 553
13, 490
S, 792
4, 647
15, 276
10, 349
4,876
1.9, 250 ! 24. 404
14, 008 ! 18; 757
5, 153 ! 5, 579
26, 441
20, 623
5, 754
25, 853 I
19, 975 !
5, 779 j
i
24, 389
19, 104
5, 639
22, 158
16. 957
5, 136
6, 490 j
* Since March, 1932, detailed figures are not strictly comparable owing to changes in firms reporting
2
6, 747 ;
Revised.
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement of the Survey
1931
1033
May
39
May
June
July
August
S6
1933
ber m ~
October N
1
iD^r™" ! ^ bCerm"
Januar
^
F
U
"rv
a! y "
March
April
170, 544
.23
127, 268
50, 140
176, 700
.20
2 136, 556
49,915
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter:
Consumption, apparent.
__thous. of lbs._ 223, 862
.19
Price, N. Y., wholesale (92 score) .dolls, per lb._
Production (factory)
thous. of Ibs.. 182, 659
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of lbs._ 75, 552
Stocks, cold storage, creamery, end of month
„
thous. of ibs29, 293
-Cheese:
Consumption, apparent
thous. of lbs._
Imports
.
thous. of Ibs ~~~4~338~
"Price, No. 1 Amer. N. Y__
dolls, per l b _ .
.12
Production (factory)
thous. of lbs._
American whole milk
thous. of Ibs..
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of Ibs.. ~~13,"972~
Stocks, cold storage, end of month
._
_
_thous. of Ibs.. 52, 141
American whole milk
thous. of lbs_. 40, 486
Condensed and evaporated —
Production, total
thous. of lbs_.
Condensed, total
_ _ thous. of Ibs
Evaporated, total*
thous. of Ibs. .
Exports, total
thous. of Ibs
Condensed
tbous of Ib1-5
Evaporated..
thous. of lbs._
Prices, wholesale, N. Y.—
Condensed
dolls per r>casp
Evaporated
dolls per ase
Stocks, manufacturers, end of month.
total
thous. of Ibs..
Condensed —
Bulk goods
thous. oflbs..
C.ise gocil?
thous. or Ibs...
E vapor .ted —
Case goods
thous. of Ibs.
Fluld milkConsumption in oleomargarine
thous. oflbs..
Production, Minn, and St. Paul
thous. oflbs..
Boston, incl. cream
thous. qts..
Greater New York
thcus. qts._
Pi w<i"r<d milk—
Kviorts
thous. o f l b s
Orders net new
thous of Ibs
Storks, mfgrs. end of ino_ -thous. o f l b s » _
171,991
225, 483
.24
182, 269
61,813
207, 978
.23
190, 278
74, 154
197, 659
.25
158, 126
58, 522
203, 731
.28
136, 769
45, 588
189, 483
.33
118,202
42, 863
187, 114
.34
121,052
43, 857
160, 638
.31
112,002
44, 925
121, 054
47, 194
157. 136
.24
119,324
48, 895
35, 155
89, 172
115,121
104.678
SO, 152
56, 229
42, 242
26, 643
22, 506
15, 243
9,034
57, 266
5, 856
.14
54,316
42, 787
12, 145
51, 689
5,121
.14
63, 725
50, 698
17, 480
45, 394
3, 413
.15
53, 255
41,871
14, 190
47, 078
4, 389
.16
45, 127
34, 023
14, 264
47, 384
5,515
.17
38, 993
28, 332
11,949
50, 202
7, 179
.16
41, 480
29, 218
13, 588
42, 519
6, 057
. 15
33, 424
22, 849
10, 569
35, 275
5, 195
. 1.4
26, 725
18, 735
9, 301
38,014
3,739
. 14
2
25, 705
21, 017
11,361
42, 174
3, 580
.13
28, 481
23,732
12, 075
45, 062
4, 768
.13
33, 744
26, 514
11, 760
44, 258
5,280
.12
35, 756
28, 685
10, 764
260,242
2 46, 764
72, 977
58, 144
84, 003
68, 532
86,418
68, 874
83, 426
65, 802
81,713
63, 968
78, 565
60, 583
73, 289
55, 775
65, 728
49, 406
55, 568
41,712
54, 021
36, 782
2 50, 764
2 38, 951
202, 707
21, 802
180, 905
5,431
1, 619
3, 812
242, 688
30, 525
212, 163
7.087
1, 973
5, 114
232, 389
27, 348
205,041
6, 396
1,372
5,024
174, 207
22 286
15l!92l
7, 754
1, 862
5, 892
137,085
21, 541
115,544
5,943
1,477
4, 466
119,741
20, 826
98.915
1,' 309
3, 659
139, 197
24, 263
114,934
4, 790
1,180
3,610
115,920
18, 274
97, 646
5, 683
1, 443
4,240
116,379
17,763
98,616
5, 600
1,233
4, 367
114,038
18,599
95, 440
6,812
2,310
4,502
117,618
1 7, 200
100, 358
5, 4CS
1, 404
4, 064
134, 226
17,200
117,026
5, 149
922
4, 227
161,324
21,476
139, 848
4,376
1, 169
3,207
4, 75
5. 65
3.30
5 65
3,20
5 65
3. 10
5. 00
3. 00
4. 75
3.00
4.75
3.00
4.75
3.00
4.75
3.00
4.75
2.98
4.75
2.98
4.75
2.80
4. 75
188, 532
269, 794
318,270
316,223
219, 250
167, 764
157, 061
163, 552
152, 446
145, 303
132, 257
8, 865
15, 246
19, 163
19, 892
18,992
23, 998
16, 221
24, 071
15,001
22, 504
11.007
20. 349
] 0, 032
17,264
8,607
15, 130
7, 929
12, 506
8, 275
9, 145
7,931
7,467
6, 928
7,573
2 7, 829
9, 532
164, 421
230, 739
275, 280
275, 931
381, 745
136, 408
129, 802
139, 844
132, Oil
127, 883
116,859
101, 388
2 117, 687
4,671
4,107
3,512
0
9, 945
23, 824
156, 087
.22
117, 684
49, 071
2
10., 394
115,889 2 134, 848
3,791
3, 432
2, 943
4, 109
4,849
6, 142
5, 625
5, 948
5, 106
4, 265
36, 244
33, 978
27, 436
24, 012
21,751
25, 224
26, 854
31,732
7, 820
7, 883
21, 023
124, 180
21,021
124, 491
21, 615
127, 988
20. 545
122,447
19,598
122, 776
19,558
121,940
18, 529
lie! 628
19,028
118,763
19,267
120,474
18, 337
113,126
20, 247
121, 809
19, 450
115,230
1,369
11,047
43, 148
1,085
11, 109
42, 628
964
11,816
38, 216
1,047
11,002
35, 922
854
14, 331
26,711
970
9,914
23, 572
712
8, 494
23, 305
725
8, 486
24, 198
261
8, 126
25, 969
251
7,973
25, 546
10, 239
24, 576
0
2 10, 235
2 23, 603
2,071
1,217
3,220
2, 035
13, 037
31, 470
14, 516
3211 506
7,247
8, 149
8, 197
6. 396
577
16,513
3,762
137
11,076
2, 169
62
9, 856
1, 714
81
6, 144
2, 344
2, 143
5, 896
4, 013
10, 705
9, 493
4,078
11,399
13,439
2,318
10, 041
15,614
2,198
7, 807
12, 270
2, 120
5,419
13, 680
1, 503
3,243
18, 072
838
1.740
1.467
1,372
1. 250
1. 015
1. 198
1. 181
1.347
1.195
20, 389
11,968
17, 701
24, 760
1. 142
s 376,248
14, 419
13, 138
17, 465
18, 638
24, 581
21, 144
14, 999
12, 578
8,411
8, 353
8, 993
12,922
129
. 51
113
. 52
188
. 53
212
.51
1,653
4,030
1,715
3,536
2, 496
2, 857
177
5, 130
291
5,344
220
5, 045
511
.39
.37
.36
.35
.34
.33
.34
9,941
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Exports, fruits and preparations. (See Foreign trade.)
Apples:
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bush
Shipments, car-lot .. ..
carloads
2.415
Stocks, cold storage, end of month
673
thous. of bbls
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments
carloads. . 12, 094
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads. _
4, 361
Potatoes:
1. 086
Price, white, N. Y
dolls, per 100 lbs_.
Production, croo estimate
thous. of bush
IS,
141
Shnmients, car-lot
carloads. _
24, 078
. 965
1.049
21,719
13. 709
2, 552
GRAINS
Exports, principal grains, including flour and
meal
thous. of bush
10, 211
Barley673
Exports, including malt
thous. of bush..
.44
Pri''*c No 2 Minn
dolls, per bush
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bush
Receipts, principal markets thous. of bu^h '•
2, 307
Visible supply, end of month-thous. of bush-Corn:
311
Exports, including meal
thous. of bush-.
Grin dings
thous . of bush . .
Prices, wholesale —
No. 3, yellow (Kansas City)
".
'dolls, per bush-. 34
.32
No. 3, white (Chicago)
dolls, per bush-Production, crop estimate
thous. of bush-Receipts, principal markets. thous. of bush..
9, 607
Shipments, principal markets
thous. of bush
6, 686
Visible supply, end of month
thous. of bush..
Oats:
Exports, including oatmeal.. thous. of bush...
235
Price. No. 3, white, Chicago-dolls, per bush..
.23
Production crop estimate thous. of bush
Receipts, principal markets. thous. of bush..
6,513
Visible supply, end of month -thous. of bush-- 11, 323
Rice:
Exports
_
.pockets (100 Ibs.)
315, 541
Imports
pockets (100 Ibs )
10. 310
Price, wholesale, head, clean, New Orleans
.022
dolls, per lb._
Production, crop estimate.. -thous. of bush..
2
s As
Revised.
11, 224
13,161
18, 750
13, 439
13, 124
17, 296
896
.45
807
.39
678
.42
1,014
.45
717
.50
768
.50
2,523
4,626
2, 193
4,126
1, 801
3,449
5, 088
4, 089
5, 152
4, 138
5,406
4, 770
276
.51
3198 965
2, 344
2, 005
4, 963
4, 226
151
5, 580
123
5,738
556
5, 168
201
4, 665
165
5, 912
256
6,318
508
6, 348
.52
.56
.52
.59
. 53
.58
. 45
.49
.40
.39
. 46
. 43
. 4.6
.44
234
.51
120
4, 630
. 39
. 38
32,556.863
11, 741
10, 767
11, 381
13,417
16, 152
11, 320
8, 447
14, 414
10, 421
13,561 ;
10,914
14, 855
10, 589
8,955
6, 561
6, 364
7,211
4, 884
4, 346
3, 603
2,921
2,916
5, 836
12, 286
7,785
8, 536
8, 271
5, 592
7, 364
10, 079
13, 192
14, 736
18,929
;
23,. 451
23, 109
192
.28
374
.27
253
.23
429
.21
627
.22
857
.23
850
.26
255
.25
133
.25
89 !
.24 ;
149
.22
142
:
4,543
15, 523
5,432
13, 506
203, 622 I 263, 495
15,663 ! 26,565
357, 561
23, 886
:31 119 149
5, 294
9,892
4,748
7,654
5,749
7,785
12, 903
15, 577
7, 398
17, 468
7, 090
18, 605
4, 532
17, 863
4,028
16, 710
4,545
16, 846
260, 949
50, 472
239, 358
10, 009
100, 899
5,443
108, 181
4,475
87, 630
3,756
322, 302
9,397
380, 658
11, 859
193, 200
34, 081
148, 002
32, 111
.033
.033
.032
.030
.028
.026
.028
.030
3 45, 014
.029
of Dec. 1
5,721
17, 808
. 027
*Bulk evaporat ed milk not includ ed since ]December, 1931.
. 024
.022
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
40
i
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
}
-| QOO
May
July, 1932
1931
May
i Jane
j
July
1932
i
October NovemAugust September
ber
Febru£T 'January
ary
D
M arch
April
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
GRAINS— Continued
Rice— Continued.
Receipts,
southern paddy, at mills
P
703
!
thous. of bbls. (162 Ibs.)..
520
Shipments to mills, total
698
thous. of pockets (100 lbs.)._
617
80
89
New Orleans.-thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.) ..
Stocks, domestic, end of month
1, 825
thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.)..
1,293
Rye:
228
29
Exports, including flour thous. of bush..
.39
.36
Price, No. 2, Minneapolis. ..dolls, per bush..
Production, crop estimate.. -thous. of bush.. 4 39, 464
1,035
Receipts, principal mar kets.. thous. of bush..
8,540
Visible supply end of montn.thous. of bush._
Wheat:
Exports—
,
8,764
9,956
Wheat, including flour thous. of bush..
6,406
7,283
Wheat only
thous. of bush..
Value, wheat and flour. (See Foreign
Trade.)
Prices, wholesaleNo. 1, northern, spring, Minn.
.81
dolls, per busn_.
.68
No. 2~, red, winter, St. Louis
..dolls, per bush..
.79
.56
.73
.54
No""2," hard," winter, K. C.dolls. per bush..
Weighted average, 6 markets, all grades
dolls, per bush__
.76
.61
Production, crop estimate, total
thous. of bush..
Spring wheat
._. .thous. of bush..
Winter wheat
thous. of bush.. 4 440 781
Receipts
thous. of bush.. 15, 344 30, 863
Shipments
thous. of bush-- 15, 942 24, 061
480, 000
Stocks, visible supply, world.th.ous. of bush..
Canada
thous. of bush.. 147, 927 136, 856
United states
thous. of bush.. 171, 775 197, 563
Stocks, held by mills (quarterly)
thous. of bush..
Wheat flour:
8,711
Consumption (computed)— .thous. of bbls. .
789
329
Exports
thous. of bbls .
Grinding of wheat
thous. of bush.. 35, 350 36,946
Prices, wholesale—
4.85
Standard Patents, Minn... dolls, per bbl_.
4.43
Winter, straights, Kansas City
dolls, per bbL.
4.14
3.35
Production—
8, 015
Flour, actual (Census)
thous. of bbls.. 7,740
Flour, prorated, total (Russell's)
thous. of bbls. _
8,739
Offal
thous. of Ibs.. 616, 709 663, 303
50
Oncrations per cent of total capacitv
49
Stocks, total/end of month (computed)
thous. of bbls..
4,857
Held~by~milis"(quarterly)-- thous. of bbls..
323
172
382
1,455 !
1,810
1,408
632
569
734
812
601
76
404
37
427
78
875
139
:
1,396
200
1,216
136
758
79
720
57
837
99
859
102
77
1,051
848
683
1,305
!
1,805
2,051
1,987
1, 906
1,855
1,862
1,788
15
.37
10
.37
14
.38
9
.41
27
.51
10
.46
8
.46
1
.47
280
. 45
862
8,730
472
8,687
1, 137
8,267
3
.45
3 32, 746
751
401
9,131
9,025
378
8,934
580
8,909
566
9,250
11,842
8,136
17, 253
12, 731
11, 781
8, 901
13, 380
9,519
11,924
7,896
7,962
4,074
7,852
4,649
8,435
5,749
27 !
.39 !
1,311
8, 922
1,213
9, 186
11,588 15,406
8,397 i 11,873
544
11,777
9, 354
.74
.61
.65
.69 1
.71
.80
.73
.75
.75
. 70
.71
.72
.68
.48
.44
.47
.43
.47 I
.43 |
.52
.48
.62
.59
.57
.52
.57
.53
. 57
.54
. 55
.51
. 57
.£3
.67
.47
.51
.56 i
.58
.69
.60
.61
.59
.58
.CO
25,000 13,412
11,537
9.562
612,100 2595,800
180,966 : 1&1,445
210, 147 202, 383
13, 19S
13, 221
529, 700
165, 533
182, 757
3892,271
38,877
28,325
500, 400
122, 199
239,431
,
j
1
i
:
104, 047
65, 987
462, 700
116, 462
217, 526
61, 463
45, 747
500, 000
101, 306
242, 84£
6, 666
824
35, 893
7, 642
1,005
45,362
9,843
640
44,412
4.75
4.13
4,21
4.24
4.12
3.16
2.96
2.96 ;
7, 763
9,852
9, 658
7, 981
647,400
47
9, 847
802, 424
59
10, 614
785, 106
58
4,800
2,830
6,000
6,131
6,135
3,532
1,043
29, 656
30, 385
443, 400
122, 318
190, 702
3
787, 465
32,658 26, 405 13, 766
17, 072
26,851 29, 470
15, 470
11,005
529, 100 541, 400 608, 900 631, 600
161, 912 189, 675 191,180 187, 974
231,049 230, 147 220, 521 211, 873
129, 994
._
9, 334
858
45, 230
9,393
895
37, 157
7, 604
864
37, 290
7,612
712
35, 130
4.28
4.84
4.51
4.59
4.61
4.37
4.49
3.10
3.03
3.22
3.40
3.30
3.09
3. OS
10,399
9, 890
8,148
8,180
7, 692
8,483
10,611 \ 11,112
781,318 ; 828,114
61
60
10,167
789, 737
65
8,890
645,812
49
8,788
645, 881
49
8,084
610,366
51
8,913
671, 853
50
6,000
5,975
4, 577
4,126
5,120
4,880
4,900
3 918
4, 975
1,067 |
1,194
1,020
1,080
1,09S
C55
1, 024
* 1, 0-13
964
1,125
1, 085
1,352
1,301
1,183
1, 052
1,OS3
638 I
506
56,881 | 48,744
523
50, 664
730
65, 579
875
69, 249
1,035
76, 368
1,011
65, 901
2 1,012
2 60, 028
343, 245
1,189
379,927
1,046
380, 079
1,202
340,516
883
139,002
38, 771
;
9,898 ! 10,462
709 !
785
44,569 ; 47,463
9,735
QS 110
8,022
539
2 37, 559
8,296
597
38, 669
2
2
s, iee
8, 631
659, 666
50
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS
Total meats:
1,0-15
1,060
1,012
Consumption apparent
mills of Ibs
1, 039
Exports, value of meats and fats. (See Foreign Trade.)
Production (inspected slaughter)
...mills, of Ibs _
1, 078
1,053
999
1,094
Stocks, cold storage, end of month total
1,062
mills, of lbs__
1,014
946
1,013
Miscellaneous meats
.-.thous. of Ibs.. 58, 809 79, 331 75, 469 69, 026
Cattle and beef:
Beef and veal —
Consumption, apparent
thous. of Ibs.. 368,722 424, 174 404, 731 416, 732
1,573
1,497
1,468
1, 827
Exports
thous. of lbs_.
Price, wholesaleBeef, fresh native steers, Chicago
dolls, per lb__
.129
.143
.129
.119
Production, inspected slaughter
.thous. of Ibs. . 362, 834 419, 124 400, 529 411,952
Stocks, cold storage, end of month
-thous. of Ibs.- 35, 344 49,448 45, 548 41,055
Cattle and calvesMovement, primary markets1,551
1,539
1,488
1, 397
Receipts
thous. of animals..
969
979
930
895
Slaughter local
-thous. of animals .
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather and
leather products.)
562
552
562
483
Shipments, total
thous. of animals..
112
153
124
135
Stocker and feeder
thous. of animals Price, wholesale, cattle, corn fed, Chicago
7.32
dolls, per 100 Ibs ._
7.68
7.25
6.89
Hogs and products:
HogsHog movement, primary markets —
2,854
2,938
2,511
3,050
Receipts
thous. of animals..
1,841
1,773
1,474
2,188
Slaughter local
thous of animals
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather and
leather products.)
1,072
1,039
854
1,099
Shipments, total
thous. of animals,.
37
33
36
Stocker and feeder.. thous. of animals,.
31
6.24
6.39
3.26
6.40
Price, heavy, Chicago... dolls, per 100 Ibs..
3
As of Dec.
2 Revised.
946
798
66, 334
432, 312
1,837
.144
430, 595
404,928
2,077
;
449,043
1,60-4
8
2
372, OGO 2 3S6, 406
9.6
902
.156
.164
.157
.145
.130
. 130
.128
400,751 ; 446,798
349, 598
393,399
377, 068
339, 915
366, 403
379, 758
.148
39, 050
35,171
34,407
39, 158
53, 199
51,285
51,107
46, 346
2 41,226
1,821
1,007
1,797
961
2,137
1,033
1,866
905
1,453
908
1,376
876
1,281
841
1,377
' 8S6
1, 376
879
1.
758
261
861 :
381 ;
1,100
581
905
487
608
246
478
130
427
110
483
125
49 6
138
8.62
8.66 '•
9.25
10.20
9.34
8.97
7.98
7.61
7. 51
2,454
1,398
2,727 !
1,663 ;
3,462
2,142
3,752
2,297
4,210
2, 806
4,218
2,707
3, 659
2,464
2,939
1, 968
2, 960
2, 024
1,045
49
6.35
1,062 i
55 :
5.71 j
1,324
72
5.41
1,427
62
4. 64.
1,188
37
969
30
4.22
941
28
3. 7£
1,426
1,510
40
35
4.22
3.91
«Asof Mayl, 1932
July, 1932
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
i 1 QS2
Earlier data, together with explanatory \
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
41
1932
1931
May
June
July
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
F
March
|^-
April
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
I
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS—Continued
Hogs and products—Continued.
Pork, including lardConsumption, apparent
thous. of lbs__
Exports, total
thous. of lbs_.
Lard
thous. of lbs__
PricesHams, smoked, Chicago
dolls, per lb_.
Lard, prime contract, N. Y_.dolls, per lb._
Production, inspected slaughter, total
thous. o f l b s _ _
Lard
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. of lbs__
Fresh and cured
thous. oflbs._
Lard
thous. of lbs__
Sheep and Iamb:
Lamb and muttonConsumption, apparent
thous. ofIbs._
Production, inspected slaughter
thous. of Ibs - Stocks, cold storage, end of mo
thous. of lbs_.
Sheep and lamb movement, primary
marketsReceipts
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals._
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather and
leather products.)
Shipments, total
thous. of animals..
Stocker arid feeder
thous. of animals..
Prices, wholesale—
Ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 Ibs __
Lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs__
Poultry and eggs:
EggsReceipts, 5 markets
__.thous. of cases _ _
Stocks, cold storage, end of month—
Case
thous. of cases__
Frozen
thous. of lbs_.
Poultry—
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of Ibs.J
Stocks, cold storage, end of rno.
thous. of Ibs. 1
615,122
53, 657
41, 084
581,193
55, 557
39, 623
585, 123
53, 226
37, 786
540, 219
49,193
33, 824
.136
.043
.182
.082
.174
.083
.173
604, 427
126, 323
597, 185
123, 203
931,117
827, 751
103, 366
890, 212
774, 651
115, 561
918,120
788, 792
129, 328
679, Oil
56,134
43, 547
620, 021
48, 224
35, 205
.186
.075
.182
.080
.172
.071
.153
.060
532, 757
109, 265
457, 103 502, 673
91, 680 | 97,114
611,172
116,124
678, 452
125, 859
898, 597
174, 090
833, 737
711,811
121, 926
691,110 544,183
595,063 | 474, 887
96,047
69, 296
551, 988 ! 601, 367
48,032
48, 550
34,510 | 37, 790
.185 '
.075
639, 966 653,596 558,845
75. 954 69,020 i 75, 728
65, 598 59,854 j 66,674
.138
.055
585, 935 I 2 586, 533
51, 659
45, 955
43, 200
36, 014
.142
.048I
629,420 I 644, 271
130,158 | 129,091
.147
.052
.14.
.051
860,315 ',786,802
171,331 I 164,152
431, 387 614,530 752,581 ; 905,320
396, 563 563, 306 i 674,151 812, 459
34, 824 51, 224
78, 430 92, 861
54,847
54,563 | 55,333
54, 679
58,351 j 60,792 | 06,436
54,847
54,433 I 55,678
53, 947
58,466 | 60,754 j 66,54(5 | 56,545
56,499
897, 832 |2 2 910, 071
792, 197 2 799, 064
105,635 111,007
59, 683 ! 64, 275 I 55, 997 ! 56, 574
!
i
60,047 | 63,934
i
2
i
59,049
55,851 j 56,040 | 58,876
2
1,039
2,371 i
2,685
1, 892
1,975 !
1,908 j
1,975 | 1,985
2, 318 I
1, 947
1, 784 | 1, 222 \
2,429
1,360
2,810 I
1, 464 i
2,587
1, 384
2, 535
1,342
3,270 j
1,474 I
3,900
1,461 I
3,956
1,487
2, 811
1, 281
2,182 !
1,305 I
2, 363
1,381
2, 035 !
1, 233 |
2. 115 I
i; 185 |
2, 412
1, 269
1, 072
100
1,353 !
176 |
1,214
289
1,191
243
2,455 |
1,104 |
2,471
1,181
1,520
655
919
182
796 i
922 i
77 !
1,155
143
1.50
5.18
2. 44 |
8.30 i
|
1. 55
6.98
2.56
6.06
1.98
5.95
1.63 '
5. 94
1.63
5.70
2.00
4.98
2.00
4.89
3.25 '
5.79 I
2.75
5.81
1, 971
2,236 |
1,053
943 i
5, 379
95, 097
1,862
1,180
7,887
9,507
106,607 I 113,513
9, 504
114, 709
722 i
80 j
2.06
5.09
578
936
7, 960 j 5, 745 j 3, 447
9, 016
110,271 i 103,302
94,816 j 86,407
1,475
663
79,198 j 72, 439
2.98
5. 38
1, 917
1, 435
258
68, 024
689
68. 870
1, 061
2
2, 982
2 81, 920
18, 763
17, 252
22,164
24, 871
28, 655
32, 409
30,377 | 64,731
76, 149 | 25,197
15, 499
44,712
35, 348
32, 762
36, 438
43, 056
56, 215
65, G68 I 89,971
116, 700 | 111, 554
2 56, 676
10, 617
. 0435
22,520 ! 14,892
. 0494
.0563
17, 746
.0581
13,546 ! 14,104
.0525 | .0463
TROPICAL PRODUCTS
Cocoa:
Imports
long tons__
Price, spot, Accra, N. Y
-dolls, per l b _ _
Shipments, Gold Coast and Nigeria
long tons_.
Coffee:
Clearances from Brazil, totaLthotis. of bags.To United States
thous. of bags..
Imports into United States...thous. of bags..
Price, Rio No. 7, N. Y
dolls, per l b _ _
Receipts at ports, Brazil
thous. of bags..
Stocks, world total, incl. interior of Brazil
..thous. of bags..
Visible supply, total excl. interior of Brazil
thous. of bags__
United States
thous. of bags..
Sugar:
Raw sugarCuban movement—
Exports
long tons..
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons..
Stocks total end of month, thous. long tons.
United StatesMeltings, 8 ports
long tons-Price, wholesale, 96° centrifugal, New
York
dolls, per lb._
Receipts—
From Hawaii and Pto. Rico.long tons..]
Imports
long tons._I
Stocks at refineries, end of mo. long tons..!
Refined sugar:
|
Exports, including maple
long tons.-!
Price, retail, gran. N. Y
dolls, per Ib..;'
Price, wholesale, gran. N. Y..dolls, perlb.Shipments, 2 ports
long tons...
Stocks, end of month, 2 ports.--long tons.-:
Tea:
Imports
thous. of lbs._
Price, wholesale, Formosa, fine, N. Y.
dolls, per l b _ .
8,152
.0475
8.288
.0494
16, 343
.0425
16, 641
.0432
37,244
.0455
15, 971
. 0445
16,020
7,075
11, 720
11,870
7,783
4,355 i
6,1
7,256
23, 080
44, 588
52,105
49, 330
25,614 I
1,263
735
1,056
.084
1,564
1, 333
643
1,415
.061
1,755
1,504
760
1, 037
.068
1, 535
1,161
530
1,100
.063
1, 462
1,216
592
884
.056
1, 495
1, 263
711
794
.056
1,533
1,485
805
907
.058
1,711
1,529
870
936
.063
2,319
1,507
818
1,203
.070
2 138
1,270
823
1, 220
.071
1,580
1,097
646
1,149
.072
1, 769
1,098
622 |
1,220
.073 i
1,721 i
32,865 j 34,493 | 35,046
i
6,127
6,944
6,493
1,555
1,510
1,592
36,093
37,246
37,260
37,115
37,159 j
36,158
6, 322
1,299
6,419
1,387
6,244
1,359
25,851
1,340
5,620
1,219 ;
5,556
937
29,153
28, 721
30,662
5,751
877
6,286
1,345
6,724
1,395
6,990
1,491
82, 502
55,107
3,155
137, 205
118,514
3,547
148, 624
93, 548
3,364
203, 030
119,664
2, 940
306,072
383,157
215,110
126, 016
2,557
160, 992
109, 613
2,322
134,336 146,102 156,714
97, 725 101, 278 101, 544
2,130 i 1,931 21,415
328,310 i 231,746
283,570
1, 315
803
793
. 077
1,762
18, 242 25,111
88, 595 263, 549
2, 422
1,799
97,589 ! 244,391
491,684 I 234,461
3,422 | 3,202
!
267,038 j 345,753 [ 298,362
376,715
414, 066
.026
.032
.033
.035
.035
.034
226, 859
229, 812
161, 260
191, 499
463,730
143,382
239, 085
400, 567
148,636
324,849
367,252
135.228
397, 042
429.229
5,538
.045
.037
67, 923
46,173
3,338
.050
.043
57,670
32, 632
I
4,329 j 3,952
.050 !
.051
.044 i
.046
78,583 ! 98, 879
35,030 1 36, 481
3,896
.053
.046
76, 412
37,116
4,365
.052
.045
60. 502
41,171
4,304 i 3,598
.052 j
.052
.045 i
.044
48,208 | 41, 538
33,047 ! 34, 486
2,607
.051
.042
51, 378
31, 220
3,365
.051
.041
44, 745
32, 239
4,143
.051
. 041
38,655
30,684
4,031 I
.049
.040 |
51, 153 I
31,641 |
3,178
.048
.039
55, 679
37,132
4,566
4,135
6, 578
7,977
8,568
10,271 j 7,813
7,748
10, 028
6,394
7, 465
5, 774
.185
.225
.225
.225
.225
.217
.215
.215
Candy sales by manufacturers..thous. of dolls.. 14,877
Fish:
Landings, fresh fish, principal ports
thous. of lbs_. : 27.083
Salmon, canned, shipments
cases
Stocks, total, cold storage, 15th of month
thous. of Ibs.- 28,655
s
Revised.
22, 783
11,816
17,187
25,877 ! 24,686
25,203
19,520
19,334
25,655 ! 28,626
340, 460 523,845
33, 612
902, 319
28.439 i 24,947 ! 20,808
631,651 539,277 i 429,818
14,155
433, 132
31, 283 j 39, 700 1 48, 350
57, 518
6,953
.225 !
.034
.034
.032
39,191
126,970 I 82,063 i 53,741
202,564 j 186, 928 135,308 177, 460
321,815 j 245, 694 187, 552 181,363
. 225 |
. 225
246,324
.031
.029
.028 |
.026
93,141 I2172,797 184,041 I 196,949
196,150 264, 675 330,891 i 312,857
182, 257 263, 659 396,514 ! 514,273
.203 I
.185
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
24, 599
383, 975
16,578
68, 083
19, 364
16, 340
26, 301
15,749 I 20,318 ! 31,888
444, 588 484,335 j 331,413 I 128,329
73, 018 i 74, 725 ! 72, 362 64, 478 i 50, 661 | 35, 534 | 26, 061
42
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 2932 ,
Annual Supplement to the Survey
"
May
Julv, 1932
1932
1931
May
I June
! July
No
m
b™ ~
j August j 0<JJ.
April
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
TOBACCO
Leaf:
Exports
thous. of lbs_.
Imports, unmanufactured 3
thous. of lbs_.
Production, crop estimate - thous. of Ibs
Stocks, total, including imported types
(quarterly)
mills, of Ibs
Flue-cured, fire-cured, and air-cured
mills, of Ibs
Cigar types
_ _
_ mills, of Ibs
Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) —
Small cigarettes
mills..
Large cigars
thousands..
Manufactured tobacco and snuff
thous. of lbs._
Exports, cigarettes
thousands. .
Prices, wholesale—
Cigarettes
dolls, per 1,000.
Cigars
dolls, per 1,000-
30, 195
2,823
48,911
3, 253
38,737| 20,5741 23,113; 44,826
3,023 | 2,592 ! 2,429
2,333
1 915 •
1 453 1i
370 !
;
'
I
!
!
]
49, 170
4,288
58, 386
7,899
25, 047
56, 585
14,004
14, 200
1 610 098
29, 437
5,321
31,218
8,680
1 841
2 013
2, 374
I 419
342
1 612
321
1,858
412
32, 875
6, 340
8, 085
368, 553
10, 448
467, 300
11,508 ! 10,700 I 9,520 ; 9,695
517,514 | 478,901 | 463,256 j 449,330
8, 956
534, 371
7,850
477, 458
7, 295
8, 963
8, 447
7, 680
304, 531 342, 924 347, 729 355, 382
7,562
349, 953
27,810
268, 304
30, 780
250, 858
31,086
244,201
33,278
257,854
34, 139
191,835
27, 935
228, 793
25,813
240, 727
30, 781
186, 194
6.042
49. 247
5.645
50. 354
6.042
49.247
6.042
49. 247
6. 042
49. 247
6.042
49. 247
6.042
49. 247
6.042
49. 247
6. 042
49. 247
6.042
49. 247
125
113
96
87
136
105
30,661 I 31,558
243,233 1 254,049
5.736 1 6.042
6.042
49.443 i 49.247 1 49.247 '
30, 883 29, 417 31, 444
190, 823 232, 348 211,210
FUELS AND BY-PRODUCTS
COAL
Anthracite:
92
Exports
thous of long tons
Prices —•
Retail, composite, chestnut
..dolls, per short ton..
13 11
Wholesale, composite, chestnut
dolls, per long ton.. 11 777
Production
thous. of short tons..
3,286
2,901
Shipments
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, in storage
thous. of short tons..
1,906
Stocks, in yards of dealers, end of month
__
no. of days' supply..
Biturnirious:
Consumption —
Coke plants..
..thous. of short tons..
2, 588
Electric power plants.thous. of short tons...
Railroads
thous. of short tons..
Vessels bunk or
thous. of long tons
112
Exports
.
thous. of long tons. .
662
Price, retail composite, 38 cities
. dolls, per short ton..
7 60
Prices, wholesale —
Composite, mine run. dolls, per short ton..
3. 640
Prepared sizes (composite)
. dolls, per short ton.. 3 599
Production
thous. of short tons.. 18, 394
Stocks, consumers, end of month
thous. of short tons
148
146
110
101
121
157
14.19
14. 31
14. 59
14.73
14.93
14. 97
14.96
14.97
14.97
14.95
14 45
13 46
12. 270
5, 005
4, 629
1,674
12.413
4, 544
3,977
2,073
12.614
3, 954
3,459
2,504
12. 796
4, 314
3, 810
2, 828
13. 083
4, 358
3,778
3,109
13. 083
6, 551
5,818
3, 167
13. 147
4,141
3, 718
3,314
13.166
4,671
4,210
3,073
13. 170
3,897
3,418
2,741
13. 170
4,019
3,630
2,265
12 396
4,789
4, 384
1, 794
11 803
5, 629
5,014
1,733
60
75
75
60
4, 027
2, 960
5,314
209
994
3,795
3,167
5,463
1S6
1,087
3, 459
3, 282
5,268
3,616
3,452
5, 776
3,442
3, 221
5,290
3,172
2, 863
5,234
3, 018
2 2, 608
4,980
2
3, 158
2, 737
5 444
2,810
2 342
4 703
1,163
1,078
1, 150
4,629
2,956
5,821
195
920
3, 634
3,232
5,419
165
1,217
164
183
54
134
3,354
3,116
5,314
99
521
93
389
122
386
89
403
93
550
8.04
8.00
8.09
8. 11
8.17
8.22
8.23
8. 19
8.17
8.14
8 01
7 85
3. 723
3. 692
3. 706
3.704
3. 705
3. 703
3.705
3. 701
3.699
3.701
3.692
3.669
3. 838
28, 314
3.816
29, 1S5
3. 856
29, 790
3.907
30, 534
3. 954
31,919
3.954
35, 700
3. 962
30, 110
3.950
30, 260
3. 953
27, 892
3.929
28, 013
3 798
32, 250
3 629
2 20, 300
30, 100
30,900
34, 500
36, 100
35, 500
32, 700
30 050
COKE
Exports
thous. of long tons..
Price, furnace, Connellsville
dolls, per short ton
Production:
Beehive
thous. of short tons..
By-product
.. . -thous. of short tons.
Petroleum
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, end of month:
By-product plants
thous. of short tons..
Petroleum, refinery. .. thous. of short tons..
25
86
45
50
87
52
50
41
28
22
29
42
43
2 21
2.48
2.45
2.45
2. 45
2.45
2.45
2.38
2.34
2.30
2.25
2 25
2 25
45
1,743
94
3, 126
178
87
2, 715
180
76
2, 569
173
70
2, 443
178
78
105
98
82
88
2,389
86
2,310
180
159
2, 276
2,234
2,101
1,996
3,615
3,062
1, 250
3, 256
1,315
3,546
1,391
3, 791
1, 451
4,054
1,516
4,214
1, 473
4,290
1. 499
4,322
1,512
4,179
1,460
3, 839
1,440
3,473
1,436
3,566
1,520
76, 187
3,978
.300
75, 116
67
79, 758
3,588
.238
77, 961
63
80, 672
2, 702
. 434
68, 418
69
75, 094
3,426
.560
63, 636
66
76, 083
4,106
.560
73, 079
65
71, 639
3,604
:?io
72, 851
64
72, 721
4,315
.710
73, 174
64
68, 715
2,047
[710
66, 884
60
63, 814
4,708
.710
62, 484
60
68 502
4,840
.710
67 189
61
71 131
7, 694
.823
67 717
67
95, 362
43, 930
347, 610
41, 734
305, 876
643
94, 587
43, 625
346, 016
41, 007
305, 009
599
94, 633
42, 300
333, 852
39, 021
294, 831
93, 961
41, 888
323, 193
38, 358
284, 840
93, 493
41, 519
319, 906
36, 705
283, 201
93, 673
41, 777
320, 788
36, 566
284, 222
874
643
575
92, 155
42 259
323, 395
40 211
283 184
92, 249
42 547
322 957
42 312
280 645
441.
705
93, 033
42, 431
320, 201
36, 594
283, 607
92, 809
42, 311
320, 577
38, 085
282, 492
445
93, 274
42, 114
322, 566
36, 546
286, 020
2 716
2, 960
2, 183
3, 129
1,488
2, 841
1, 864
2, 628
1, 553
2, 359
1,409
2, 350
1, 833
2, 654
1,392
2, 869
1,890
2,761
2 557
2, 968
2,922
8, 561
9, 181
9,401
9,913
9, 274
9, 796
9, 420
9,412
9, 639
9, 440
8, 984
9, 535
9, 101
9. 922
9, 087
9,589
8, 546
8, 994
9, 949
9 998
11,004
10 481
599
3, 4 JO
4, 053
713
3, 567
694
3, L'sfi
707
3,551
3, 613
3, 3U
3, 0.'.0
3, 447
66 1
3, 388
3,031
2 607
3, 025
3. 136
" TOO
o, -11
•6, 500
::, on i
°x .'((]
3N iji
'x ST
41,33'j
" °(n
41, .V3
1'7 10-5
45, 434.
27 1^7
.325
2 ft J 64
39. '^7
. 335
23 435
36, 631
J4, (/id
168
168
145
141
87
56
2,089
1, 883
146
149
PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS
Crude peti oleum:
78, 521
Consumption (run to stills) thous. of bbls
4,512
Imports
.thous. of bbls. . 5 089
.530
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
dolls, per bbl__
. 860
Production
thous. of bbls
77, 164
Refinery operations
per ct. of capacity..
67
Stocks, end of monthCalifornia—
96, 341
Heavy crude and fuel oiLthous. of bbls..
44, 540
Light crude
thous, of bbls
348, 106
East of California, total
thous. of bbls..
41, 819
Refineries
thous. of bbls
Tank farms and pipe lines thous. of bbls
306, 287
498
Wells completed
number .
Mexico —
2,808
Exports
thous of bbls
3, 080
Production . ..
thous. of bbls..
Venezuela —
9,049
Exports
. . -thous. of bbls . It, 260
10 G48
9,515
Production
thous of bbls
Refined products:
Gas and fuel oils—
Consumption —
512
Mectric power plants
tnojb. of bbls._
3, 60n
R'tihoads
thnis of bbls
t, 286
!, I'll
Vu^els, bunker.
thous. of bols_.
Price, Oklahoma, 2 i-26 refineries
. 463
loliG. per M)l .
"Jb 'Jo 2
Production
llious of b^ 1^
1
bto"ks, refiner*. , en ^ of mo. linnt- of bbN..
» K j vised.
3,-tJ'J
2-0
U, i^O
.3111
27 039
45,3-H
l)
* As o [ Dec. 1.
744
670
793
5,'d
,., 436
4 H
25 S2>
'•' *, r 1.1
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
May
May
June
July
43
1933
1931
|
NovemDecemSeptemFebruMarch
j August
January
October
ary
ber
ber
ber
April
FUELS AND BY-PRODUCTS—Continued
PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS -Con.
Refined products— Continued.
GasolineConsumption
.
tbous. of bbls
Exports
thous of bbls
Exports, value. (See Foreign Trade.)
Price, wholesaleDrums, delivered, N. Y. dolls, per galL.
Refinery, Oklahoma
dolls, per gall .„
Price, retail, service station, 50 cities
_.
dolls, per gall..
Production —
At natural gas plants
thous. of bbls.,
At refineries
thous. of bbls..
Retail distribution (41 states)
mills, of galls
Stocks, end of month—
At natural gas plants
thous. of bbls._
At refineries
_. _thous. of bbls _
Kerosene—
Consumption
thous of bbls
Exports
thous. of bbls
Price, 150° water white, refinery, Pa.
dolls, per gall._
Production
_ thous. of bbls _.
Stocks end of month
thous. of bbls
Lubricating oil —
Consumption
_
thous. of bbls.Price, cylinder oil, refinery, Pa
dolls, per gall
Production
thous. of bbls
Stocks, refinery, end of month
._
thous. of bbls. _
Other productsAsphalt—
Imports .-thous. of short tons..
Production
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, refinery, end of month
thous. of short tons..
Coke. (See Coke.)
WaxProduction
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, refinery, end of month
thous. of Ibs. >
4 418
35, 999
4 792
.140
.053
.133
.029
858
.052
.174
2
38,637
38, 637 i
33,093
093
.133
.025
39, 246
4,166
39, 470
4,036
36, 670
3, 074
35, 051
3, 325
30, 640
3,723
30, 529
2,540
26, 196
3,300
25, 344
2,721
29, 451
2,901
30, 252
3,568
.133
.029
.133
.043
.143
.034
.143
.038
.143
.047
.128
.032
.123
.032
.123
.036
.135
.041
.143
.053
3,102
33, 093
.122
,125
.125
.124
.122
.123
.123
.129
.129
3, 814
38, 419
3,521
36,
36, 624
624
3,521
37, 873
3,179
38, 425
3,062
37,016
3,345
38, 030
3,405
35, 792
3,476
35, 563
3,342
33, 007
3,148
31, 265
3,198
31, 789
1,087
1,137
1,214
1,219
1,082
1, 059
957
880
801
752
857
996
46. 413
860
42,
42, 066
066
855
38, 174
722
34, 878
614
33, 401
524
34, 615
641
36, 786
645
40, 202
809
41, 782
875
46, 923
947
47, 220
1,061
46, 957
2 395
1,145
22,104
104
720
2,114
1, 214
2, 678
1, 131
2, 341
1, 057
3,042
1,267
2,906
1,206
3,358
640
2,612
1,184
2,798
734
3, 067
876
3, 292
578
.045
3,389
5,960
.038
3,696
6,869
.038
3,685
6,734
.039
3,239
6, 558
.039
3,701
5,924
.041
3,815
5, 618
.044
3,713
5,332
.046
3,798
5,304
.045
3,200
4,971
.044
3,525
4,539
.046
3,762
4,417
1,865
.042
3,404
6,521
'
1,615
1,969
1,753
1,549
1, 639
1,211
1,366
1,413
1,190
1,724
1,587
. 118
2,264
..112
112
2,088
.110
2,337
.134
2,306
.198
2,143
.200
2,267
.181
2, 164
.164
2,049
.153
2,092
.161
1,984
.167
1,946
.103
1,910
10, 119
9,763
9,597
9,289
9,224
9,113
9,422
9,485
9,551
9,747
9,355
9,139
9
304
10
315
314
14
312
12
326
1
314
0
210
0
132
1
131
1
130
2
181
0
211
380
390
343
315
288
276
277
302
308
313
351
391
34 160
34,
37,800
37, 520
42, 000
46, 200
46, 760
45, 360
43, 680
48, 440
200, 836
200,
836 198, 407
192, 198
191, 158
189, 167
35, 840
205, 803
47, 040
36, 680
183, 938 2171,220 2178,082 2176,674 2 182, 974
184, 486
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
HIDES AND SKINS
24,437
Imports, total hides and skins thous. of Ibs... 16,786
4,512
Calf and kip skins
thous. of Ibs. _
1,869
6,812
Cattle hides
_.thous. of Ibs...
5,138
6,082
8, 274
Goatskins..
thous. of lbs._
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lbs_.
3,091
2,544
Livestock, inspected slaughter:
399
Calves
thous. of animals.425
704
Cattle
.
thous. of animals..
616
3, 940
3,408
Hogs
thous. of animals..
Sheep.._
thous. of animals
1,444
1,444
Prices, wholesale:
Packers, heavy native steers, Chicago
dolls, per lb._
.043
.085
Calfskins, No. 1 country, Chicago
I
dolls, per Ib
.129
.045
Stocks, total, end of month
thous. of Ibs..
275, 576
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs_.
24,150
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs_.
216,400
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lbs_.
35,026
26, 053
3,646
7,528
9 321
3^313
28, 332
6,211
9,313
7,686
3,472
29,513
5,058
11, 870
7,556
3,368
27,445
3,265
11,934
6, 858
3,360
25, 856
3.164
10,846
5, 533
4,472
20,492
2,327
9,473
4,783
2,333
16,712
2,739
4,261
3,879
3,481
18, 015
2,658
5, 209
4,399
3,755
17,159
2,175
7,115
3,632
2,697
18, 644
2,092
6,167
4,611
4,009
18, 579
2,474
6,406
5,948
2,282
417
667
3,251
1,516
356
706
2,767
1,491
357
727
2, 500
1, 598
393
687
2,955
1,667
407
781
3,772
1,804
355
614
4,218
1,505
388
686
5,387
1,581
347
653
5,027
1,679
360
583
4,590
1,439
420
633
3, 664
1,428
428
650
3,714
1, 497
.078
.076
.066
.064
.050
.078 '
.074
300,468 308,948
29,562
29, 313
237,186 245,477
34,158
33, 720
.065
296,770
24, 851
238,156
33, 763
.069
294, 726
22, 724
238, 286
33, 717
.058
302, 474
22, 360
232, 619
35, 030
.100
.129
269,758
26, 027
34,034
.120 i
.139
270, 573
29,033
206,317
35, 223
.113
.090
.077
.082
.129
276,000
28, 325
212, 299
35,376
.098
283,405
27,413
221, 343
34,649
.083
277,523
26,977
217,394
33,152
.085
282.639
27,089
221,891
33,659
309
LEATHER
Sole and belting:
Exports (sole only)
thous. of IDS..
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
dolls, per lb_.
Production, total
thous. of lbs_.
Sole only..thous. backs, bends, and sides..
Stocks end of month—
Finished
thous. of lbs_.
In process of tanning
thous. of Ibs..
Upper leather:
Exports
thous. of sq. ft..
Price, wholesale, composite, chrome, calf,
black "B" grade
dolls per sq. ft...
Production
thous. of sq. ft..
Stocks, end of monthFinished
thous. of sq. ft.,
In process of tanning
thous. of sq. ft..
172
1,143
459
546
53i
.28
.37
18,388
1,034
.37
19,522
1,076
.37 |
.40
19,281 i 19, 837
1,097 I 1,160
.39
18,765
1,088
.35
19,531
1,127
.32 I
.32
17,053 i 17,111
1,003 ! 1,011
85,848
67, 938
85,626
67,070
81,906 | 81,319
67,212 I 68, 931
80, 773
69,172
83,463
69,850
86,348 i 88,358
5,483
.250
9,211
652 !
9,234 i
7,403 I
6,635
280
213 I
.32
16,673
977
188
.33
15, 070
874
259
.33
16, 642
972
6,529
.350
.356
.352
60,542 i 03,229 j 67,234
LEATHER MANUFACTURES
233,394 i 243,948 | 129,569 ! 112,004 ! 135,060 j 147,622
.31
15, 466
920
44
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
May
--<•-.« * * <,.*i
July, 1932
June
May
July
1933
DecemAugust S« October November
ber January
F
|^u"
March . April
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS—Continued
LEATHER MANUFACTURES-Contd.
Shoes:
Exports
thous. of pairs__
Prices, wholesaleMen's black calf blucher,
Boston
dolls, per pair-Men's black calf oxford, lace,
St. Louis
dolls, per pair-Women's colored calf, Goodyear welt, oxford, average-dolls, per pair_.
Production, total
thous. of pairs..
Men's
thous. of pairs.Boys' and vouths'
thous of p-iirs !
Women 's~~_
thous. of pairs. _!
Misses' and children's
thous. of pairs
Slippers, all types
thous. of pairs__j
All other footwear
thous. of pairs..
84
194
167
1
5.75
6.75
6. 75
6.75
6.
4.25
4.60
4.49
4.
4.35
3.50
3.90
28, 452
6,735
1,647
10, 058
3,128
2,812
4,072
3.90
27,839
7,244
1, G05
9,596
2,835
2. 974
3,585
3.
3.75
;
28, C 4:
7,3 :9
1 7 ,9
10^4
2,8
3,4
2,8
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
|
1
LUMBER
Exports all types
M ft. b. m._
Retail m,ovement:
Retail yards, 9th Fed. Res. Dist.—
Sales
M ft. b. m__
Stocks end of month
M ft. b. m
Retail yards, 10th Fed. Res. Dist.—
Sales
--M ft. b. m__
Stocks end of month
M ft. b. m
1
120,501
5, 207
68,381
8,451 !
80, 051 ;
10, 084
79, 017
8, 513 '
78 274 1
1,743
32, 366
3,42]
38, 816
3. 432
37, 718
2,030
4,102
2, 179
2, 325
22, 852
11, 147
12, 444
11,683
12, 939
52, 598
76, 595
143, 558
120,354 ! 99, 633
89, 502 i
85, 234 1
77, 877
87, 520
84, 433
65, 063
61 304
73 675
9,457
76 554
8,314 !
73 00? ;
9, 255 ! 6, 379
68 318
65 480
2,932
63 374
2, 808
64 928
1,723
66 638
2, 379
68 575
4, 124
69' 0°5
3,745
37 279
3, 280
36 966
3, 249 '•
36 245
2 599
3, 481 :
35, 207 i 34 718
1, 697
34 183
1 , 593
33 458
1,402
33 054
1 842
33 028
2 159
32 ^3
3,327
4, 245
4,604 ; 4, 955
2 629 ! 3, 116
3, 778
3,315 '
21, 821
23, 467
3,712
4,772
9
737
3,447
21, 321
3,312
4, 183
2 973
3. 397
21, 130
, 2,783 : 2, 760
3,368
3,778 ! 4, 851
: 3, 775
2 797
2,812
: 3 134
2, 703 '
i 3, 144
2 481
| 20, 189 | 20, 042
20, 216
2 342
5, 083
3 027
1,928
21, 438
1,742
4,911
2 272
1,759
21, 511
2,203
5,072
2 570
2,061
21, 588
2 210 1
4, 648 1
3 424
2 496 i
22; 702 ;
1 925
4, 268
2 646
2 200
22, 940
24, 710 1 21, 065
30, 235 ! 30, 176
20, 984
24, 505
27, 745
23, 131
67, 619
76, 753
26, 390
21, 204
24, 120
25 691
64, 798
18,631 1 16,928
18, 194 ! 17, 590
21, 736 ! 22, 425
21, 464
19 486
65,004 1 65 696
13, 526
14, 334
15, 744
13 907
68 293
16, 676
17, 987
13, 457
12 976
67, 748
17, 537
22, 251
4,098
11, 673
60, 781
8 150
19, 189
7,968
11 359
56, 201
10 442
15, 864
13 101
13 360
57 521
12 090
15, 753
12 091
12 555
56 066
131
370
105
128
105
367
86
109
120
356
68
120
105
315
83
124
113
292
90
116
105
272
101
113
Flooring
Maple, beech ,and birch:
Orders—
New
M ft. b. m._
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m _ _
Production
M ft. b. m
Shipments
M ft. b. m .
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_.
Oak:
OrdersNew
-.-. -M ft. b. m__ !
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m _ _
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments
- M ft. b. ni_.1
Stocks end of month
M ft. b. m..
15, 973
15, 589
19, 299
18, 203 i
67, 103
Hardwoods
Hardwoods, total (Southern and Appalachian
districts) :
;
OrdersNew
mill. ft. b. m _ _
Unfilled end of month
mill. ft. b. m
Production
mill. ft. b. m.j
Shipments
mill. ft. b. m J
Stocks total end of month
mill. ft. b. m_.
Unsold stocks
mill. ft. b. m _ _
Gum:
Orders, unfilled, end of month-mill, ft. b. m__
Stocks total, end of month
mill. ft. b. m _ _ i
Unsold stocks
-mill. ft. b. m.J
Oak:
!
Orders unfilled, end of month.mill. ft. b. m_J
Stocks total, end of month
mill. ft. b. m._
Unsold stocks
mill. ft. b. m _ _
Northern hardwoods:
Production
- _ _ M ft. b. m.
Shipments.. _
M ft. b. m. J
Walnut:
OrdersNew
__
M ft. b. m._
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m._i
Production
M ft. b. m.J
Shipments
M ft. b. m _ _ i
Stocks end of month _
-M ft. b. m. J
Softwoods
i
|
i
158
431
146
169
176
419
143
161
139
402
109
139
131 1
375 '
101
143
3 0?0
2, 645
2,915
2, 542
2 893
2 524
2 854
2 487
2,791
2, 434
2 734
2,419
2 671
2 379
2 648
2 376
3 149
2, 718
3. 126
2,707
3 0659
2 66
100
686
586
108
683
575
102
653
551
92
634
542
98
615
518
91
607
516
92
595
504
84
560
476
80
549
470
69
542
473
70
532
463
69
528
460
105
914
809
88
890
803
81
864
783
70
853
783
79
840
761
85
827
742
85
813
728
95
805
711
87
775
688
76
748
64
710
646
64
70R
64]
10 820
10, 330
11,878
11,690
6 173
9 846
5 864
13, 445
3 210
14, 907
2,617
15, 378
3 517
12, 690
6 382
12, 137
8,220
12, 435
9 900
11, 892
8 268
5 432
1, 181
3, 151
1.382
1, 277
15, 990
2,918
1,075
1, 223
15, 837
996
1,574
2,981
1,252
2,821
887
1,472
13,926
1,861
i 2,934
!
1,037
! 1,786
i 13, 176
1, 463
2,173
1,405
1,720
12, 825
1, 148
2,101
1, 110
1,121
12, 745
12, 606
12, 279
662
12,880
36,714
21, 874
29, 549
19, 007
29, 448
20, 737
41, 785
21, 468
21,362
13,324
151, 305
81, 472
135, 637
105, 197
115, 046
85, 501
125, 789
113, 703
624
1, 853
14 543
!
Fir, Douglas: *
Exports—
45,308 l! 38,787
47, 766
53 088
69 043
Lumber
M f t . b. m
19 326
25, 155
18,020
Timber
.
_..Mft. b. m..1 18' 233
55, 586
35, 718
18, 186
Orders—
New
.
M ft. b. m 107 883 188, 907 191, 146 181,297 188,460 i 158,915
135, 637 162, 944 165, 630 111,017 | 125,341
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m_.
Prices, wholesale10.97 j 11.27
11.64
11.25
10.64
No. 1 common
dolls, per M ft. b. m _ j
9.63
Flooring, 1 x 4, ' ' B " and better
25.29
25.48
dolls, per M ft. b. m _ _
25.76
28.33
25.98
21.72
Production
_M f t . b. m.
99, 826 206,813 199, 651 149, 067 171,897 ! 155,334
Shipments
M ft b m
112 360 221 586 197 413 173 240 175 030 • 166, 525
Hemlock, northern:
10, 128
9,991 i 4,804
9,893
10, 013
Production
- __ _ _ M f t . b. m
9 554
8 640
7 864 i 7,531
Shipments
M ft b in
7 894
Pine, North Carolina:
24,276
24,640
27. 013
30, 233
30, 338
Production
__ - M f t . b. m
30, 408
32,375 i 33,320
34, 293
31. 780
Shioments
M ft. b. m._
* Data for May, August, October, and December are for 5 weeks; other months
131
374
105
135
131
387
105
131
2,960
2, 559
786
1,974
886
915
691
861
1,680
486
837
11.21
11.23
11.09
11.40
25. 63
149, 962
162 049
24.35
115,941
126 684
23.51
102,511
113 703
22.84
99, 378
118 627
3, 928
7 811
3, 581
6 366
3,028
4 461
3,443
4 682
27, 370
33, 110
26, 670
35, 350
25, 760
30, 310
4 weekS4
673 '
1,761
528 !
721
1 516
483
738
12 600
:
18 786
26 437
112,360 ! 114 150
111,017 i 101, 168
10.25
22 344
4 150
9
106 540
9,90
9.52
22.49 '
21.87
115,941 1 102 511
96 244 115 941
22. 42
102 511
12° 65C
3,940
3 465
»Revised.
3,983
4 352
SUEVEY OF CUEKENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1933
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
45
1931
May
June
July
1933
August SeptemOctober November
ber
D
^'| January!^- March
1
April
1
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
LUMBER— Continued
Softwoods— Continued
Pine, northern:
Orders, new
_.M ft. b. m__
Production
Mft. b. m__
Shipments
M ft. b. m._
Pine, southern:
ExportsLumber
M ft. b. m__
Timber
M ft. b. m
Orders —
New
M ft. b. m
Unfilled, end of month
M ft b m
Price, flooring
.dolls, per M ft. b. m
Production
M ft. b. m__
Shipments
M ft. b. m__
Redwood, California:
OrdersNew
M ft. b. m..
Unfilled
M ft. b. m
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments
M ft. b. m-.
FURNITURE
Household:
Grand Rapids district—
OrdersCanceled...
per cent of new orders..
New .. . ._
no. days' production
Unfilled, end of
month
no. days' production
Outstanding accounts, end of
month
no. days' sales
Plant operations
per cent of full time..
Shipments
no. days' production
Southeastern districtOrders, unfilled, end of
month _ _ dolls., average per firm
Shipments
dolls., average per firm
Prices, wholesale—
Beds
1926=100
Dining-room chairs, set of 6
1926=100_.
Kitchen cabinets
1926=100 .
Living-room davenports
1928 = 100. _
Steel furniture. (See Iron and Steel Section.)
6, 286
11,421
6,689 18, 140
7, 969 | 12, 476
11, 159
17, 657
11, 622
9,850
12, 459
10, 791
10, 119
9, 931
10, 420
9,043
3,717
10, 857
8,957
1, 396
9,657
7,079
0
7,837
7, 673
0
5,572
7,284
0
7,401
7,812
0
8,829
7,477
0
8,264
6,543
2,267
8,588
27, 288
4 772
34, 067
5 827
30, 278
12 535
29, 925
8 745
21, 956
7 888
18, 936
5 663
20, 895
5 017
18, 425
4 056
25, 793
8 636
16, 457
3 931
20, 039
3 668
20, 105
4 320
22, 905
9 836
102 802
61 740
19 60
100, 303
101, 528
157 920
83 958
28 82
148, 048
165, 004
140 322
83 475
28 15
126.739
138, 663
146 860
83 013
27 82
121, 994
151, 488
151 484
82 551
27 78
119, 828
155, 511
138 204
74 235
27 21
116, 511
142, 170
134 757
58 464
26 49
117,241
142, 254
111 307
62 013
26 31
110,803
108, 668
72 751
50 925
26 31
77, 749
73, 059
105 553
60 837
25 16
79, 979
99, 001
119 329
73 773
22 74
88, 727
117, 478
126 728
76 668
21 22
104, 114
122, 706
110,397
62 475
20 91
106, 224
116,963
14, 887
22 153
10, 702
16, 326
19, 220
20 237
17, 616
21, 568
19, 321
20 376
16, 429
18, 253
16, 576
19 331
14,717
18, 131
15, 386
17 380
16, 270
17, 323
16, 007
17 585
14, 760
15, 734
18, 636
20 485
15, 931
17, 055
16, 383
21 229
14, 436
15, 333
11, 079
17 138
14, 684
15, 025
17, 133
21 932
13,616
13, 077
17, 555
23 987
12, 202
14, 984
18, 999
24 374
14, 523
17, 545
17, 053
24 043
12, 292
16, 545
18.0
6
13.0
9
4.5
27
6.5
13
7.0
15
8.0
16
8.5
14
6.5
15
8.0
11
5.0
16
14.0
11
9.0
9
17.0
7
11
23
22
20
15
11
13
12
17
13
10
7
21
42.0
6
31
70.0
11
32
74.0
12
32
80.0
14
36
73.0
16
39
72.0
19
38
83.0
17
35
72.0
12
31
56.5
11
32
68.0
11
33
73.0
13
29
59.0
11
26
540
7
19, 338
46 431
56, 865
43 077
47, 997
55 063
47, 706
59 223
42, 180
66 042
22, 100
64 122
16, 268
35 388
14, 469
23 519
24, 278
33 632
18, 469
46 304
15, 427
37 944
86 8
94.0
102.9
89.8
85 2
93.0
102.9
89.8
85 2
92.1
102.9
88.6
82 9
92.1
102.9
88.2
80 4
92.1
100.1
84.2
73 1
91.0
100. 1
82.0
73 1
91.0
100.1
82.0
73 1
91.0
100.1
74.2
70 3
91.0
95.3
74.2
68 8
91.0
95.3
74.2
68 8
91.0
95.3
74.2
68.8
91.0
95.3
69.8
68 6
89.5
95.3
69.8
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
IRON AND STEEL
Foreign trade, iron and steel:
Exports
long tons
Imports
long tons.Price, iron and steel,
composite
dolls, per long ton-Sales, iron, steel, and heavy hardware
1921=100
80 477
33, 474
95, 046
29,689
75, 577
30, 987
84, 465
28, 255
73, 338
21, 898
69, 778
24, 509
59 335
23, 335
59 556
23, 104
57, 263
18, 125
40, 660
25, 346
40, 492
20, 302
49, 927
35, 434
58, 118
29, 414
29.62
31.39
31.02
31.05
31.05
31.03
30.81
30.61
30.32
29.98
29.56
29.62
29.75
83
129
124
117
110
112
109
91
81
68
70
78
88
2,675
194
2,114
122
1,832
128
1,652
92
1,470
99
1,451
70
1,311
94
1,230
90
1,154
89
1,174
77
1,256
46
1,040
90
599
656
1,769
2,369
1,428
3,808
3,191
1,735
4,956
3,229
1,658
5, 065
2,873
1,440
4,179
2,029
1,162
3,094
457
277
421
0
0
0
0
0
0
o
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
44
27, 115
21, 968
5,147
28,713
23, 556
5,157
31, 817
26, 451
5,366
35, 071
29, 385
5,686
37, 972
31, 998
5,974
39, 767
33, 687
6,080
39, 232
33, 184
6,048
38, 010
32, 136
5,874
36, 893
31, 083
5,810
35, 742
29,975
5,767
34, 491
28, 774
5,717
33, 479
27, 962
5,517
21
37
38
22
27
21
9
8
17
3
2
14
Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption by
918
furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Imports
. thous of long tons
80
Receipts:
Lake Erie ports and
39
furnaces
.
thous. of long tons
79
Other ports
thous of long tons
111
Shipments from mines._thous. of long tons..
Stocks, total, end of month
32, 700
thous. of long tons
At furnaces
thous. of long tons_. 27, 167
Lake E rie docks
thous. of long tons
5,533
Manganese ore imports (manganese content)*
2
thous. of long tons__
Iron, Crude and Semimanufactures
Castings, gray-iron:
OrdersNew
av. tons per foundry i
Unfilled, end of month
_.av. tons per foundry..
Production
av. tons per foundry
Receipts (materials)— av. tons per foundry.. !
Stocks (materials)
av. tons per foundry. _
Castings, malleable:
Orders, new...
short tons_.
Production
...
short tons
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons
Pig iron:
Furnaces in blast, end of monthCapacity
-long tons per day !
Number
_
" Imports from Cuba not included.
56
105
82
92
79
82
86
55
58
66
69
60
80
49
77
85
252
77
126
134
232
60
108
123
229
70
101
117
226
70
99
123
231
68
111
137
260
67
96
118
243
48
77
87
225
40
69
72
215
56
70
103
248
55
71
82
240
59
69
77
258
64
67
76
266
17, 297
17, 430
18.7
18, 953
28, 716
31, 964
32.1
36, 957
22, 495
24, 248
24.5
28, 602
19, 667
20, 223
20.0
23, 985
18,705
18, 821
18.9
20, 904
17, 854
18, 485
18.6
18, 727
18, 558
20, 444
20.4
17, 802
18, 971
17, 984
18.3
18, 336
19,811
21, 503
21.5
20, 206
22, 036
22, 216
23.5
21, 572
19, 709
21, 578
23.1
21, 325
18, 046
19, 597
20.5
21 337
17, 630
16, 758
18.0
18, 328
22, 965
53
61,085
105
50, 855
91
45,230 ! 39, 085
82
76
38, 600
73
36, 530
70
35, 810
67
29, 365
56
30, 630
61
32, 880
64
29, 135
60
27, 730
60
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
46
1933
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
July, 1932
1932
1931
June
May
uly
August
Novem- DecemJanuary
« October
ber
ber
February
S
Ma
April
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IEON AND STEEL— Continued
Iron, Crude and SemimanufacturesContinued
Pig iron— Continued:
Prices, wholesale—
Basic (valley furnace) .dolls, per long ton..
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long ton..
Foundry, No. 2, northern (Pitts.)
dolls, per long ton..
Production
thous. of long tons.
14.20
15.05
16.25
16.64
15.50
16.40
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.32
15.25
16.23
15.00
16.02
15.00
15.86
15.00
15.55
14.63
15.36
14.50
15.26
14.50
15.20
16.59
784
18.76
1,994
18. 76
1,639
18.76
1,463
18.76
1,281
18.76
1,169
18.39
1,173
17.76
1,103
17.46
980
17.36
973
17.02
964
16. 89
967
16.89
853
178, 101 201, 956 208, 072 158, 495
156, 769 155, 723 195, 946 257, 941
166, 923 159,568 213, 852 288. 422
1,069,407 1,088,609 1,105,878 978; 351
105, 181
247, 732
270, 880
842, 371
75, 683
146, 023
147, 698
740, 613
55, 602
83, 230
83, 494
705, 124
131, 871
54,274
44, 848
770, 108
77, 122
57, 713
55, 970
783, 264
41, 824
64, 691
57, 571
760, 398
23,904
61, 706
62, 025
707, 537
Iron, Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers:
Boilers, gas-fired —
Production
Shipments, quantity
Shipments, value
Stocks, end of month
B oilers, range—
Orders —
New .. .
Unfilled, end of month,
12, 416 174, 244
thous of B t u
thous. of B. t. u__ 57, 723 154, 650
dollars
55, 874 148, 749
thous. of B. t. u._ 666, 109 1,014,298
no. of boilers
total
no. of boilers
Delivery, 30 days or less__no. of boilers..
Delivery, more than 30 days
_uo. of boilers
Production
no of boilers
Shipments
no of boilers
Stocks, end of month
no. of boilers..
Boilers, round —
Orders, new
_ -thous. of IDS..
Production
thous. of lbs_.
Shipments
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs._
Boilers, squareOrders, new
--thous. of Ibs
Production
thous. of Ibs
Shipments
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs_.
Boiler fittings, cast iron:
Production _.
short tons
Shipments
short tons
Boiler fittings, malleable:
Production
short tons
Shipments
_.
short tons
Radiators:
Orders, new thous. of sq. ft. heating surface
Production, .thous. of sq. ft. heating surface __
Shipments ...thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..
Stocks, end of
month
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..
44, 406
41, 768
39, 428
39, 066
35, 674
42,109
46, 680
37, 427
26,066
40, 816
36, 059
40, 250
40, 148
7, 890
5,974
16, 620
9,944
15, 047
12,752
8,077
5,922
10, 115
8,054
10,470
8,470 !
7,023
5,423
7,520
6,309
6, 992
6,092
8,790
7,240
7,466
5,760
6, 327
4,789
6, 437
4,787
1,916
42, 957
42, 953
24, 694
6,676
43, 799
41, 744
28, 565
2, 295
42, 012
41,001
29, 576
2, 155
44,611
46, 036
28, 151
2, 061
32, 003
33, 636
26, 518
2, 000
39, 211
41, 754
23, 975
1,600
51, 769
50, 127
25, 617
1,211
37, 918
36,930 I
26, 605
900
32, 862
26, 743
33, 464
1,550
32, 975
39, 018
27, 421
1,706
36, 883
37, 383
26, 921
1,448
40, 738
41,479
26, 180
1,650
38, 458
39, 948
24, 690
" 2,392
2, 685
37, 920
4, 525
5, 069
4, 787
59, 770
4, 948
4'. 654
5, 05 o
59, 876
5, 520
3,977
6,071
57, 274
7, 204
4,662
7, 309
53, 558
9,148
4.678
10,262
48, 095
11,731
6, 502
13, 923
41, 257
8,406
5, 228
8,497
36, 872
4, 194
3,159
5, 094
35,411
4,317
3,035 :
36,036
4,466
2.857
36,846
3,931
2, 891
38, 026
2, 559
2,309
38, 308
10. 049
12.200
13, 256
11,422
141, 522
14, 765
13, 028
15, 184
139, 469
19,967
15, 264
19,413
137, 143
22, 547
14. 231
25, 328
124, 657
27, 999
19, 751
31.479
113, 226
19, 029
11, 741
19, 137
106, 617
10, 908
7,964
12, 193
101, 777
14,246 i 15,179
8,275 i 7,300
108,388 ; 115,244
15, 783
8, 037
122, 630
12, 984
6,315
128, 690
2,206
3, 195
2, 052
2,552
1,678
2,919
5, 874 ! 13, 140
6,868
9, 537
128, 244 139,, 773
1, 863
3, 189
4, 976
5., 088
4, 165
4,508
4, 059
4 ; 779
3. 650
4, 442
4,592
5,822
5. 475
7, 638
5,381
4, 778
3,621
3,564
2,861
3, 852
1, 526
2, 471
2,784
2 365
2,489
2 114
2, 330
1,959
2,041
2,466
2, 964
2 973
3,' 610
2,412
2,026
1,620
1,609
1,602
1,627
:
1, 925
1,464
1,518
1,133
1,344
1,243
2,262
1,857
2,726
4,863
5,164
5,003
6, 428
5,025
5,759
6,606
4,194
6,834
8, 365
4,572
7,960
8, 508
5, 090
9,262
10, 342
7,292
11, 282
8,302
5,560
8,465
4,413
3,489
5,627
4, 867
3,257 :
5, 185
2,683
5,027
2,412
3,070
2,367
38, 748
50, 953
50, 183
47, 414
44, 834
40, 549
36, 798
34, 388
32, 225
36, 153
38, 856
39,586
160,503 22 128,131 * 72, 399 261,304 2101,403 22 77, 100
193,890 108,155 2 68, 933 266,078 287,335
74, 823
786,580 2 806,556 825,659 » 820,939 | 2 841,285 2 841,230
51, 922
69, 452
824, 636
33, 681
Sanitary Ware
Bathroom accessories:
Production
no. of pieces
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces
Enameled sanitary ware:*
Baths—
Orders—
New
no of pieces
Unfilled, end of month
no. of pieces..
Shipments.
no of pieces
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces
LavatoriesOrders—
New
__
no. of pieces
Unfilled, end of month
no. of pieces
Shipments
no of pieces
Stocks, end of month
... no. of pieces
Sinks kitchenOrders—
New
_
number of pieces
Unfilled, end of month number of pieces
Shipments
number of pieces
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces
Miscellaneous—
OrdersNew
.
number of pieces
Unfilled, end of month number of pieces
Shipments
number of pieces
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces
Enameled sheet metal ware, shipments
dozen pieces
Price, wholesale, plumbing fixtures (6
pieces)
.__
.dollars..
Porcelain enameled flatware:
Orders, new, total .
.
dollars
Signs
dollars
Table tops.
dollars
Shipments, total
dollars
Signs
.
dollars..
Table toos
dollasr* Not available
2
212,074
\204,449
2
817,167
193, 434
519, 270
216, 077
90, 377
528, 084
222, 803
91.527
2
2
2
218,266
214,194
821,339
2
2
2
159,200 22 170,356 22 169,515
173,303 154,693 166,187
807,136 2822,799 2 835,127
2
2
2
42, 991
17, 466
45, 512
152, 206
43, 228
17, 110
43, 584
145, 140
46,704
15, 892
47, 922
138, 759
35, 463
13, 722
37, 633
139, 496
33, 578
12, 320
34, 980
134, 392
35, 703
12, 001
36, 022
131, 858
24, 445
10, 973
25,473
126, 718
13, 686
8,866
15, 793
129, 726
51, 395
19, 702
54, 520
218, 067
49, 181
18, 308
50, 575
209, 841
53, 226
17, 949
53, 585
192, 552
43, 521
16, 208
45, 262
190, 226
41, 489
14, 325
43, 372
176,825
43, 238
12, 600
44, 963
169, 509
30, 269
12, 025
30,844
161,911
17,083
10, 161
18, 947
162, 033
54, 693
19, 566
56, 845
260, 426
49, 928
17, 818
51, 676
255, 269
52, 241
16, 196
53, 863
245, 354
43, 174
14, 463
44, 907
236, 005
43, 518
14,911
43, 070
226, 440
44, 287
12, 761
46, 437
224, 726
34, 997
13, 595
34, 163
212, 783
19, 786
10, 286
23, 095
212, 825
21, 243
12, 501
24, 490
101, 673
27, 463
13,511
26, 453
98, 384
27, 106
11,535
29, 082
94, 260
27, 324
10, 786
28, 073
86, 455
21,911
10, 466
22, 231
86, 640
26, 854
11, 145
26, 175
86, 401
17, 418
10, 845
17, 718
83, 492
8,959
9, 034
10, 770
82, 487
264, 953
232, 672
246, 858
251, 544
307, 068
255, 782
197, 080
233, 267
198, 878
270, 198
276, 725
99. 16
98. 96
98.91
97.77
96.32
96.12
94.15
93. 52
88. 32
88. 42
84.37
716, 502
283, 526
148, 700
739, 656
290, 429
151.647
637, 688
249, 455
132, 869
706, 838
290, 032
140, 545
564, 093
170,313
1 28; 350
638,431
229, 459
131,675
701, 487
213, 856
175, 642
704, 428
222, 332
180, 650
706, 284 465,431
206, 012 159, 107
205, 756 i 110,963
692, 415 492, 242
182, 077 168. 489
201. 935 123, 793
451, 740
224, 287
83, 056
512, 019
268. 259
88', 218
649, 894
245, 943
168, 362
690, 801
278. 732
103. 979 •
since December, 1931; expected to be resumed.
2
537,926
234,015
97, 390
381,607
141,231
94,920
He vised.
j 453,141 2
i 207,824 2
:
72, 821
i 461,070 2
; 187.287 2
i 76.662
1
567,804
261,356
94, 843
578,134
279,656
93. 174 i
195, 540
532, 439
236, 565
78, 238
546, 255
230, 164
84. 497
47
SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
1933
1931
May
June
July
Decem- January
October November
ber
August
Febru- | March
ary
April
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IRON AND STEEL—Continued
Sanitary Ware— Continued
Porcelain plumbing fixtures:
OrdersNew, net
number of pieces
Unfilled end of month__number of pieces. .
Shipments
_
number of pieces
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces..
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures:
OrdersNew, net
number of pieces
Unfilled, end of month.. number of pieces..
Shipments
number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces..
Woodwork, plumbers':
OrdersNew, net
number of pieces..
Unfilled, end of month. .number of pieces..
Shipments
number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces..
1,465
3,289
1,519
16, 302
4,824
11,387
4,665
28, 394
6,213
10, 804
5,237
27, 850
5,796
10, 476
5, 577
24, 641
4,571
7,697
5,761
25, 236
4,740
7,104
4,533
23, 450
3,142
5,887
3,683
21, 957
2,918
6,072
2,544
19, 597
2,025
4,832
2,094
17, 992
2,000
3,796
2,951
16, 715
1,424
3, 548
1,631
16, 328
2,072
2,571
1,748
16, 117
1,244
3,379
1,275
16, 309
119, 922
200, 855
128, 574
593, 268
136, 285
202, 591
134, 549
574, 304
121, 324
188, 623
135, 292
554, 939
122, 977
172, 595
139, 005
533, 305
116,794
161, 435
127, 954
529,531
182, 938
188, 969
155, 404
506, 901
135, 931
199, 009
125, 891
501, 972
96, 004
192, 863
102, 150
522, 721
76,119
156, 753
112,229
524, 131
70, 918
136, 593
91, 078
536, 245
89, 048
140, 020
85, 619
570, 727
116, 036
141, 423
114, 633
560, 152
92, 254
69, 355
98, 447
149, 500
135, 674
119,578
125, 652
211,972
122, 642
114, 821
126, 368
200, 227
101, 784
108, 080
108, 525
211,622
106, 928
96, 650
118, 358
203, 213
110,372
100, 556
106, 466
199, 308
100, 275
89, 409
111,422
191, 933
100, 194
88, 895
100,708
190, 034
99, 791
88, 150
100, 536
201, 837
84, 514
79, 233
93, 431
167, 562
78, 293 2 80, 726
79, 027 2 74, 732
78, 499 2 84, 776
166, 779 2161,985
2 80, 226
2 75, 548
85, 643
158, 860
14, 406
22, 768
16, 360
14,413
12, 600
11, 576
13, 034
12, 182
13, 808
15, 457
12, 810
9,901
11,818
11,340
2, 843
8
14, 457
3,010
10
39, 052
11, 306
27
43, 154
12,071
30
26, 136
7,597
18
35,018
9, 410
24
32, 869
13, 621
23
31, 751
8,412
22
27, 458
6,848
19
30, 186
8, 657
21
23, 073
6, 023
16
26, 948
7, 265
19
22, 854
6,961
16
24,113
7, 366
17
20, 001
7,169
23, 139
7, 001
16
20, 799
6. 936
14
22, 064
6, 166
15
17, 344
4,279
12
18, 456
4, 666
13
17,015
3,400
12
18, 759
4,265
13
16, 588
4,005
11
20, 4G4
4,370
14
2 12, 801
2, 889
9
2 17, 474
3. 895
12
1, 107
20
2, 506
45
2, 076
38
1,886
34
1, 719
31
1,548
28
1, 592
28
1, 594
30
1,302
24
1,461
27
1,460
28
1,411
25
1, 240
23
Steel: Crude and Semimanufactured
Bars, steel, cold finished, shipments .short tons..
Castings, steel:
Orders, new, total
short tons
Railroad specialties
short tons
Per cent of capacity
Production, total
short tons_Kailroad specialties
short tons
Per cent of capacity
_.
Ingots, steel:
Production
thous. of long tons..
Per cent of capacity
_. _
Prices, wholesale:
Composite, finished steel
dolls, per lb—
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton..
Structural steel beams (Pittsburgh)
dolls, per Ib _
Steel scrap, Chicago
dolls, per gross ton..
U. S. Steel Corporation:
Earnings, net
_. _
thous. of dolls..
Orders, unfilled, end of mo
.
thous. of long tons..
. 0217
. 0221
. 0219
.0220
. 0219
.0220
.0218
.0218
.0216
.0211
.0211
.0217
.0217
27.00
29. 50
29.00
29. 00
29.00
29.00
29. 00
29.00
28.80
27.75
27.00
27.00
27.00
.0160
6.40
.0165
8.88
.0165
8.75
.0165
8. 75
.0160
8.38
.0160
8.20
.0160
8.00
.0160
8.00
. 0160
7.80
.0151
7.50
.0153
7. 16
. 0156
7.13
.0160
7.00
4, 183
4, 499
3, 662
2, 960
2,559
1,690
1,249
1,032
3,620
3,479
3, 405
3,169
3, 145
3,119
2,934
2,735
2,648
1,053
610, 788
43.1
618, 801
42, 315
1,078
552, 955
38.9
549, 781
45, 489
939
580, 565
40.7
581, 450
44, 604
1,030
449, 590
31.6
455, 502
38, 692
914
451, 562
31.7
452, 960
37, 294
638
489, 555
35.3
492, 145
34, 704
549
453, 547
32.7
444, 201
44, 050
620
382, 483
27.9
385, 435
35, 179
925
359, 685
26.2
352, 135
42, 729
564
624
642
788
652
786
560
797
659
864
435
644
401
471
383
399
267
282
245
204
373
264
241
245
1,306
897
1,305
1,272
948
1,221
1,092
966
1,074
1,010
919
1,057
1,059
790
1,188
1,114
826
1,078
910
780
956
911
615
1,075
967
605
977
751
548
808
794
562
781
689
497
754
506
480
409
452
483
449
328
441
371
307
390
358
304
383
310
304
378
310
267
419
226
295
273
299
267
272
269
212
255
229
265
260
259
192
261
191
312
313
255
172
269
339
243
122
239
313
265
96
221
314
221
84
189
301
202
83
184
2264
222
85
187
238
212
80
183
189
210
81
167
225
131
121
220
279
165
115
166
209
237
99
2 157
2215
2150
92
26, 210
2,411
22, 806
4,679
27, 261
4,136
24, 282
1,138
33, 473
4,024
20, 839
1,955
18, 268
1,755
16, 442
778
17, 613
4,783
17, 755
4,115
12, 564
1,161
2 14, 074
2 1,406
148, 612
296, 731
201, 846
56.6
191, 942
169, 444
82, 532
163, 599
304, 107
147, 843
40.3
156, 160
168, 013
75, 618
144, 461
203, 358
174, 890
46.3
178, 460
160, 959
77, 953
122, 849
170, 122
123, 752
34.9
151, 529
149, 533
75, 288
120, 688
167, 366
116, 842
32.0
123, 371
143, 153
67, 337
117, 195
159, 367
122, 739
33.1
129, 365
137, 243
70, 465
102, 867
147, 169
102, 758
26.7
94, 975
133, 296
74, 763
99, 706
119, 677
101, 570
26.3
103, 400
128, 540
80, 191
121, 2S8
126, 508
118, 921
31.2
112,971
119, 288
73, 540
108, 441
118,022
124, 157
32.5
116, 715
124, 342
72, 857
101, 559
102, 171
110, 559
29.0
117, 685
124, 008
68, 677
103, Oil
99, 510
101, 559
26.6
104, 637
116, 339
71,318
152, 400
38
145,200
36
7,453
172, 400
43
159, 200
40
5, 705
159, 600
40
180,800
45
4, 409
124, 000
31
167, 600
194, 400
49
149, 200
37
3,472
109, 200
27
143, 600
36
2,162
90, 800
23
111,600
28
1,948
< rJeficit for quarter.
97, 600
24
122, 800
31
2. 373
48, 400
12
65, 600
16
2, 936
62, 000
16
78,000
20
2, 765
64, 400
16
82, 400
21
3, 229
2 64, 800
16
2 68, 400
17
3, 340
2,177
4
2,546
1, 137
2,472
2,327
Steel: Manufactured Products
Barrels, steel:
Orders, unfilled, end of month
973
__ .
_
thous. of barrels .Production
number of barrels- 427, 299
30.0
Percent o f capacity
.___
425, 662
Shipments
number of barrels
Stocks, end of month
number of barrels.. 35,817
Boilers, steel, new orders:
264
Area
thous. of sq. ft..
271
Quantity
number of boilers
Furniture, steel:
Business group—Orders—
New
__
thous. of dolls. .
634
Unfilled, end of mo _
thous. of dolls. .
478
Shipments
thous of dolls
653
ShelvingOrders—
152
New
thous. of dolls-217
Unfilled, end of month __ thous. of dolls ..
Shipments
_ _
thous. of dolls
196
Safes:
Orders120
New
thous. of dolls
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of dolls..
220
Shipments
. _ . thous. of dolls. .
115
Lock washers, shipments
thous. of dolls, _
102
Plate, fabricated steel, new orders,
total
short tons . 13,018
Oil storage tanks
short tons
2,310
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full finished:
Orders91, 414
New
short tons
Unfilled, end of month
short tons.. 85, 228
Production, total
short tons . 96, 180
25.8
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons.. 106, 893
121,
366
Stocks, end of month, total
short tons..
Unsold stocks
..short tons.. 74, 966
Galvanized sheet metal ware. (See Nonferrous metals.)
Structural steel, fabricated:
Orders, new
short tons— 90, 800
23
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons.. 72, 400
18
Per cent of capacity
3, 061
Track work, production
short tons..
2 Rev ised.
3, 924
1, 139
1,176
2 1, 029
367, 472 2452,294 2 447, 379
25.3
231.3
31.3
369, 882 2453,621 2 s452, 191
34, 180
40, 319 2 38, 992
48
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May
1
g
1932
1931
1932 $
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
July, 1932
May
Se
June i July
m
August | ^^ " October
^ " ^ ccem- jamiarv February
N(
m
March j April
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS
Air-conditioning equipment:
Orders new total
thous. of dolls. .
795
Air-washer group
thous. of dolls..
111
Fan group
thous. of dolls. .
414
270
Unit-heater group
thous. of dolls. .
Electric overhead cranes:
OrdersNew
thous. of dolls. .
47
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of dolls396
Shipments
_
thous. of dolls48
Electrical equipment. (See Nonferrous metals.)
Electric hoists:
Orders, new —
Quantity
no. of hoists96
Value
dollars- 32, 379
Shipments
dollars. . 41, 798
Exports, machinery. (See Foreign Trade.)
Foundry equipment:
Orders—
New
1922-1924 = 100-
Unfilled, end of month
1922-1924 = 100- .
Shipments..1922-1924 = 100..
-Fuel equipment:
Oil burnersOrders—
New
no. of burners. „
Unfilled, end of month... no. of burnersShipments
no. of burners-Stocks end of month
no. of burners. .
Pulverized fuel equipmentOrders, new, central system—
Furnaces and kilns. ..no. of pulverizers..
Water-tube boilers no. of pulverizers..
Orders, new, unit system—•
Fire-tube boilers
no. of pulverizers. .
Furnaces and kilns.-.no. of pulverizers _.
Water-tube boilers. ...no. of pulverizers ..
Stokers, large, mechanical, new ordersNumber
Power
horsepower __
Machine tools:
OrdersNew
__ .1922-1924 =100Unfilled, end of month
1922-1924=100-.
Shipments
__ 1922-1924 =100Pumps:
Domestic, water, shioments—
Pitcher, hand, and windmill-.no. of units..
Power horizontal type
...no. of units. _
Measuring and dispensing, shipments—•
GasolineHand operated
.no. of units..
Power
no. of units .
Oil, grease, and otherHand operated
no. of units..
Power
.no. of units .
Steam, power, and centrifugalOrders —•
New
_thous. of dolls..
Unfilled, end of month .-thous. of dolls..
Shipments
thous. of dolls. _
Water-softening apparatus, shipments
number of units..
Water systems, shipments.. .number of units..
"Woodworking machinery:
OrdersCanceled
thous. of dolls. _
New
_ . thous. of dolls..
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of dolls..
ShipmentsQuantity
number of machines..
Value
thous. of dolls..
NONFERROUS METALS AND
PRODUCTS
Metals
Aluminum:
Imports bauxite
jshort tons..
Wholesale pricesNo. 1, virgin, 98-99, N. Y
dolls, per lb_.
Scrap, cast, N. Y_.
dolls, per lb..
Babbitt metal:
Production, total-.
thous. oflbs..
For own use
thous. of lbs__
Sales
.thous. of IbS—
•Copper:
Exports refined
short tons..
Imports total
short tons
Ore and blister
short tons
Price, electrolytic, New York— dolls, per lb._
Production —
Blister, world
short tonsMines, United States—
..short tons.
Refined (North and South
America).
short tons..
Smelter, United States
..short tons..
Shipments, domestic, refined
short tonsStocks, end of month (North and South
America)—
Blister
short tons..
Refined
short tons..
* Revised.
1,738
215
831
2693
1,622
139
852
631
1,796
104
889
803
1,449
287
621
740
1,516
81
620
2814
1,576
98
630
848
1,387
85
642
660
1,108
75
514
519
753
30
361
363
703
69
388
246
2688
2383
239
709
92
386
230
307
1,413
310
261
1,264
410
160
990
435
91
736
345
84
581
235
73
497
157
44
435
102
70
372
138
65
383
40
56
396
57
52
411
37
31
397
46
293
142, 692
115, 809
220
109, 245
122, 189
192
90, 964
142, 143
203
85, 526
73, 163
132
63, 032
81, 465
165
71, 451
62, 493
104
48, 243
65, 714
140
59, 907
48, 045
82
32, 921
36, 332
143
53, 188
58, Oil
168
76, 179
69, 073
137
47, 751
50, 557
18.5
19.7
24.5
54.1
123.8
118.6
40.9
70.1
90.4
38.7
51.8
55.7
16.9
32.1
37.4
31.9
35.6
29.6
45.9
50. 8
26.2
17.2
40.8
32.9
26.3
36.5
24.9
20.5
29.1
28.8
32.9
41.3
15.7
27.9
32.1
38. 3
13.8
24.4
21.4
4,899
544
4,867
10, 067
5, 132
969
5,562
8,553
6,046
971
6,044
9, 193
8,010
1,490
7,491
10, 113
10, 621
2, 076
10, 035
10, 155
12, 329
1,869
12, 536
9,748
13, 542
1,177
14, 234
8,326
5, 852
616
6,413
8,860
3,566
378
3,804
9,190
3,570
305
3,643
9,574
3,432
369
3,368
9,724
4.055
' 468
3, 956
9, 399
4.250
512
4,206
9,334
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
3
3
1
0
4
3
14
5
1
11
4
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
5
1
2
2
0
2
7
0
0
12
0
2
0
0
4
41
9,822
80
23, 646
111
29, 889
101
20, 735
128
29, 971
22, 462
83
20, 339
62
13, 231
48
11, 072
54
25, 372
32
9,447
39
17, 576
39
7,614
39
65
32
87
232
96
74
212
95
62
202
72
72
182
96
56
140
92
45
97
85
51
97
50
68
104
57
59
108
47
38
97
44
33
64
52
41
63
51
19, 532
527
26, 772
2,154
33,574
2,253
35, 260
2, 331
29, 619
2,224
25, 984
1,084
22, 926
1, 057
17, 703
864
19, 458
376
22, 554
343
18, 090
446
17, 166
531
25, 607
534
2,939
6,691
6, 593
13, 295
4,927
9,880
4,428
7,644
3,378
6,252
2,810
4, 939
3, 366
5,627
2,280
4, 311
2,203
3,893
2,101
4,272
1,875
5,174
2,643
5,306
2,674
6,228
39, 479
675
47, 130
1,413
46, 239
1,677
44, 015
1,504
27, 217
1,501
22, 579
1, 562
27, 639
1, 664
24, 051
619
19, 770
506
17, 849
1,151
18, 706
411
22, 135
508
28, 230
649
488
1, 693
516
921
2,605
1,037
875
2,471
1,028
874
2,441
944
775
2,449
800
599
2,161
886
563
2,023
696
475
1,852
627
561
1,680
700
449
1,726
390
508
1,802
426
598
1,878
520
449
1,726
592
286
6,209
605
9,336
567
9,006
525
7,936
429
8, 119
500
6,909
518
6,267
458
5,237
370
4,009
268
5,245
321
4,224
363
3, 934
329
5,984
4
165
248
21
487
516
46
503
479
16
533
534
6
447
356
7
345
336
8
377
340
3
312
405
6
310
325
6
209
275
5
220
249
5
246
302
13
150
237
120
152
393
513
391
463
421
448
513
572
331
379
371
347
200
257
271
361
196
248
179
250
147
195
130
199
19, 235
33, 418
19, 480
29, 873
37, 620
19, 602
23, 906
17, 485
23, 340
36, 838
26, 126
19, 054
18, 740
.2290
.362
.2290
.0438
.2290
.0438
.2290
.0424
., 2290
. 0400
.2290
.0400
.2290
.0393
.2290
.0388
.2290
. 0388
.2290
.0398
.2290
.0413
.2290
.0413
.2290
.0411
1,346
398
948
2,377
731
1,647
2,278
702
1,576
1,905
511
1,393
1, 751
404
1, 347
1,823
497
1,326
2,018
552
1,466
1,846
607
1,239
1,624
577
1,048
1, 744
463
1,281
1,577
434
1,143
1,595
407
1,189
18, 112
18, 242
7,110
. 0524
22, 951
21, 461
17,213
.0867
23, 244
25, 413
17, 136
.0803
22, 381
20, 739
17, 374
.0770
19, 271
19, 447
14, 204
.0729
17, 201
25, 279
18, 077
.0699
11, 429
28, 630
17, 668
.0678
15, 215
28, 467
11, 974
.0656
13, 599
40, 186
21, 348
.0658
16, 831
39, 078
15, 132
.0706
17, 572
27, 814
12, 020
.0597
15, 432
22, 521
211,632
.0576
130, 486
45, 580
126, 722
44, 473
121, 504
38, 228
121,655
38, 925
120, 689
38, 088
102, 695
53, 734
45, 265
98, 275
51, 652
50, 217
96, 408
46, 503
43, 144
90, 190
47, 246
45, 816
86, 704
47,012
40,459
190, 578
398, 667
187, 353
413, 474
179, 658
440, 417
176, 105
455, 775
178,425
479, 896
:
i
i
2
2
2
1,419
359
1, 060
16, 142
17,910
8,800
.0557
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
1933
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
May
49
1931
May
June
July
August
1932
SeptemOctober
ber
N
1
^- ^^f -
January
Fe
J^i-
March
April
METALS AiSTD MANUFACTURES—Continued
[
NON FERROUS METALS AND
PRODUCTS— Continued
Metals— Continued
Gold. (See Finance.)
Lead:
Ore—
Receipts in U S ore
short tons
Shipments, Joplin district
short tons..
ReSned—
i
Imports
short tonsPrice, pig desilverized, N. Y. dolls, per lb__
Production
short tonsShipments, reported
short tons__
Stocks, end of month.
short tons..
Silver. (See Finance.)
Tin:
Deliveries
long tons..
Imports, bars, blocks, etc
long tons..
Price, Straits, N. Y
dolls, per lb__
Stocks, end of monthWorld, visible supply
long tons..
United States
long tons
Zinc:
Ore, Joplin districtShipments
.- short tons..
Stocks end of month
short tons
Price, slab, prime western (St.
Louis)
dolls per Ib
Production, total (primary)
short tons..
Retorts in operation, end of mo
number. _
Shipments, total
short tons_.
Domestic
short tons _
Stocks, refinery, end of month. _ .short tons_.
23 578
1,277
35, 677
1,881
32, 551
1,432
30, 136
2,290
33 385
3,064
33 228
2,911
32 788
1,524
28 611
1,278
31 279
5,722
29, 086
2,110
25 807
2,330
24 784
1, 452
1, 626
.0300
25, 902
24, 258
173, 929
3,906
.0382
39, 519
34, 081
142, 370
3, 557
.0392
30, 708
37, 054
139, 698
6,522
.0440
32, 157
42, 219
133, 958
1,428
. 0440
34, 144
38, 590
134, 977
1,899
.0440
31, 966
38, 059
132, 804
6,794
. 0396
36, 546
34, 276
139, 796
2,135
6,866
.0394 1 .0379
31,671 i 33, 576
31,216
30, 297
144,057 151,380
2,376
. 0375
32, 180
27, 867
160,257
1,816
.0371
28, 081
26,319
165, 933
3, 035
. 0315
30, 345
31,162
169, 091
5,892
.0300
23, 236
26, 081
169,370
3,135
3, 725
. 2095
5, 505
5, 483
.2320
5,185
4,698
.2341
5,100
5, 587
.2502
5,270
5, 249
. 2575
5,015
4,882
.2468
5,385
5,607
.2276
3,550
5,301
.2281
3,380
2, 130
.2135
3, 5.50
2,412
.2184
2,825
2,254
.2203
3, 285
2, 497
.2186
3,440
3,100
.1924
50, 562
3,981
51, 231
5, 698
51,626
5,633
51, 707
5,838
50, 987
6,213
50, 722
5,868
50, 602
6,773
50, 583
7,458
51,313
6,254
50, 043
5, 342
51, 300
4,578
50, 780
3,841
50,716
3, 546
13, 469
84, 581
22, 470
65, 480
14, 395
70, 935
12, 059
76, 566
20, 243
79, 533
17,113
81, 190
19, 446
14, 854
85, 610
16, 228
83, 000
12, 071
14, 482
87,917
12. 239
86, 998
18,008
85, 010
. 0253
18, 642
21. 750
IS) 087
18, 087
132, 580
.0331
25, 688
20, 624
25,851
25,831
143, 049
. 0342
23, 483
19,022
27, 604
27, 604
138, 928
.0389
21,365
19, 266
28, 460
28, 440
131,833
.0382
21,467
19,305
23, 599
23, 599
129, 701
.0374
21, 327
20, 417
20, 860
20, 860
130, 168
.0338
21, 548
21,374
21, 181
21,181
130, 535
.0321
20, 443
19,428
19, 963
19, 963
131,015
. 0315
21,868
19,875
23, 041
23, 041
129, 842
.0301
22,516
22, 044
22, 444
22,413
129, 914
.0282
21,516
21,752
21,896
21,896
129, 534
.0279
22, 493
22,016
22, 576
22, 576
129, 451
.0273
20, 620
20, 796
18, 046
18,046
132, 025
1,865
Conduits, nonmetallic, shipments.thous. of ft..
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade. (See
Domestic Trade.)
427
Furnaces, electric, new orders
kilowatts..
Electrical goods, new orders (quarterly)
thous of dolls
Laminated phenolic products, shipments
386, 001
dollars
Mica, manufactured:
Orders, unfilled, end of
57
month
thous. of dolls
61
Shipments
. ._ . thous. of dolls..
Motors (direct current) :
Billings (shipments)
dollars..
Orders, new__
dollars. _
Panelboards and cabinets, shipments
thous. of dolls..
Porcelain, electrical, shipments:
Nail knobs
thous of pieces
4,091
2,447
2,777
4,487
3,356
2, 005
1,782
1,384
2, 258
1,831
1,385
1, 363
1,732
1,956
3, 975
1,231
1,862
1, 513
1,277
3,610
1,982
1,111
341
28 406
1,401
Electrical Equipment
Special
- - -dollars __
Standard
dollars..
Power cables, shipments
thous. of f t _ _
Power switching equipment, new orders:
Indoor
dollars^
Outdoor
dollars
Reflectors industrial sales
units
Vacuum cleaners, shipments
number..
Vulcanized fiber:
Consumption
thous. of Ibs
Shipments
thous. of dolls.
Welding sets, new orders:
^Multiple operator
units
2,680
157 304
224 3*8
99 351
151,586
706, 642
633, 321
618, 820
632, 476
639, 267
570, 466
430, 425
436, 190
413,424
363, 097
454,917
408, 410
119
128
97
92
100
81
87
103
81
79
73
76
81
73
69
73
73
94
75
86
65
86
60
63
455, 325
440, 476
450, 165
402, 130
360, 444
377, 129
365, 877
299, 081
365, 930
413, 864
387, 770
311,793
276, 905
248, 265
414,642
354, 236
231, 826
150, 148
300, 456
251, 509
286, 353
207, 778
302, 526
187,096
339
338
336
367
326
333
245
248
211
193
195
183
4,384
1 309
78, 983
57, 462
1,303
2, 192
592
77, 194
41, 331
1,106
2,044
516
66, 906
33, 042
890
2,544
971
74, 183
38, 303
840
3,132
869
82, 485
42, 562
806
3,818
1 000
84, 617
40, 171
1,137
2,263
509
63, 044
29, 447
973
1,195
424
38, 748
19,483
743
1,274
475
44, 699
25, 332
537
1,561
369
54, 941
25, 320
623
9fi6
255
37, 840
17, 183
958
32. 451
19, 874
698
39, 068
73, 567
208, 713
67, 256
70, 303
52, 697
240, 081
66,188
43, Oil
47, 041
360, 325
61, 794
35, 447
48, 707
175, 629
56, 735
37, 952
40, 586
188, 043
54, 691
47, 142
37, 547
244, 122
59, 103
59, 074
39, 191
323, 412
43, 287
67, 643
36, 686
197, 708
45, 000
50, 602
28, 777
116, 112
46, 261
40, 044
30, 854
85, 660
38, 748
37, 101
28, 626
69, 941
41,322
51, 120
21,043
51, 156
34, 538
50, 913
753
216
1,541
419
1,624
402
1,783
344
1, 345
348
1,407
332
1,398
313
1,057
262
1,003
246
872
270
1,269
301
1, 131
261
838
249
0
165
2
134
0
120
0
80
0
115
0
108
0
89
2
122
0
83
3
88
91
0
68
4,220
20, 817
3,584
22, 706
3,529
21, 510
3,186
21, 202
3,109
20, 073
3,502
20, 968
2,694
21, 753
2,752
21, 067
2,728
20, 014
2,145
19, 390
2,014
19, 245
2,081
18, 403
.123
.165
.158
.157
.154
.152
.130
.130
.130
.133
.130
.125
.125
564
200
93
194
322
950
514
275
302
256
277
1,073
560
275
145
253
274
934
546
328
158
302
324
898
504
326
134
330
330
889
509
339
135
333
316
911
522
308
129
338
312
910
583
366
160
312
254
953
592
274
114
357
285
1,031
571
340
164
204
289
880
595
304
165
366
280
965
613
267
117
317
285
998
548
264
142
280
285
981
89,892
104,835
121,413
122, 072
92, 460
88, 979
103, 345
114, 134
134, 003
129, 693
110, 253
120, 851
98, 340
88, 270
67, 145
72,011
72, 558
63, 163
87, 096
88, 382
110, 474
105, 966
121,322
124, 356
126, 162
111,205
23, 273
28, 700
28, 390
34, 188
26, 304
28, 724
26, 970
27, 334
34, 709
32, 764
32, 276
36, 007
26, 626
27, 792
15, 760
16, 087
11, 758
9,406
13,612
13, 254
te*
21, 472
19, 354
24, 063
21, 736
19, 345
25, 222"
34, 805
19,488
592
17,876
52,388
-,
Miscellaneous Products
Brass and bronze (ingots and billets) :
Deliveries
net tons..
Orders unfilled end of month
net tons
Brass sheets, wholesale price, mill
dolls, per lb_.
Copper, wTire cloth:
Orders—
Make and hold-over, end of month
thous. of sq. ft__
New
thous. of sq. ft—
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of sq. ft.. i
Production
_
thous. of sq. ft..
Shipments
thous. of sq. ft..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of sq. ft..
Fire extinguishing equipment. (See automobiles.)
Galvanized sheet metal ware:
Pails and tubsProduction
..dozens of pieces. _
Shipments
dozens of pieces..
OtherProduction
dozens of Dieces..
Shipments
dozens of pieces..
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
50
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
May
July, 1932
1932
1931
July
June
May
Decem- January
October NovemA ugust September
ber
ber
March
A
P ril
PAPER AND PRINTING
WOOD PULP
Chemical:
Consumption and shipments,
total
short tons
Soda
short tons
Sulphite, total
short tons._
Bleached
_ __
short tons..
Unbleached
short tons
Sulphate _..
_ .short tons..
Other grades
short tons
Imports
short tons
Price, wholesale, sulphite, unbleached
_
dolls, per lOOlbs..
Production, total
short tons..
Soda
short tons _
Sulphite, total
short tons
Bleached
short tons
Unbleached
sttort tons
Sulphate
sho^t tons
Other grades
_. .short tons..
Stocks, end of month, total
short tons _
Soda
short tons..
Sulphite, total _
short tons.
Bleached
short tons
Unbleached
short tons _
Sulphate
short tons
Other grades
short tons
Mechanical (ground wood):
Consumption and shipments
short tons
Imports
__.
short tons..
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons. _
i
59 424
1.58
13, 115
177, 344
25, 960
110, 722
37, 440
19, 020
39, 590
1,072
78, 695
175,460 \ 168, 030
23, 572 23, 502
111,282 105, 294
38, 080 35, 448
17, 544
16,790
39,828 ! 38, 156
1,078
778
112 822 i 120 070
170, 586
24, 278
108, 924
37,818
19, 026
36, 630
754
116,981
163,412
21 558
105, 666
35, 784
16, 698
35, 202
986
123 374
170, 442
19, 876
112, 224
37, 090
21, 170
37, 174
1, 168
115 179
162, 556
18, 088
109, 796
34, 116
22, 634
33, 828
844
170 986
155, 446
22 086
103, 600
33, 632
20 628
28, 956
804
112 680
172, 756
23 322
114,456
37, 384
22, 624
34, 024
954
193 954
175, 652
22, 738
117,318
39, 004
25, 026
34, 704
892
171 944
185, 970
23 148
127,914
43, 770
25 818
34, 184
724
80 000
2.15
180, 454
27, 230
110, 840
38, 262
19, 494
41, 870
514
32, 460
4, 480
18, 098
5, 018
4, 256
9, 076
206
2.15
181,756
24,834
115,200
39, 048
19,092
40,948
774
33, 944
4, 660
21,558
5 986
5, 500
7, 524
202
2.15
172, 456
24, 362
107, 664
35, 262
17, 924
39, 228
1,202
34, 504
4, 502
23, 626
5, 800
5, 578
6, 050
326
2.15
172, 350
25, 508
107, 430
37, 736
1 fi, 922
38, 522
890
34, 176
4, 620
23, 710
5, 718
5, 052
5, 3«4
462
2.15
168, 894
21,528
109 558
36, 232
19 800
36, S66
942
34, 456
3, 598
25, 836
6 166
6 388
4 604
418
2.15
171, 186
21, 226
109, 894
37, 080
19, 814
39, 004
1,062
32, 416
4, 058
24, 198
6, 156
5,724
3, S4H
312
2.15
171, 574
19, 336
114,846
35,016
26 108
36, 624
768
36, 684
4, 516
27, 788
7 118
7, 402
4, 144
236
1.81
160, 680
22, 682
105 802
32, 858
22 908
31, 276
920
36, 668
4, 124
27, 844
6 344
7,536
4 348
352
1. 58
175, 936
23, 998
115 256
36, 202
95 136
35, 686
996
33, 750
3, 762
25, 924
5 162
7,328
3 670
394
1.58
178, 312
23, 878
116 298
39, 482
24 376
37,006
1, 130
32, 326
3, 890
24, 2?4
5 640
6, 048
3 530
632
1.58
192, 934
24 212
129 722
43 214
28 752
38 228
118, 157
12,851
136,858
111, 832
118,371
13, 512
121,103
115, 235
111,463
17, 725
102, 197
103, 975
100, 180
14, 433
87, 638
91, 434
106, 094
18, 750
96 920
82, 260
110, 715
21, 842
104, 788
76, 332
113,483
21, 066
120, 963
83, 845
110, 035
22, 757
112 954
86, 765
110,803
17,339
113 174
89, 135
101, 409
19, 127
102 095
89, 822
110 983
11, 249
114 066
92 905
638, 510
72
639, 712
416, 077
621,411 i 607, 700 591,414
67
71
70
615,877 606, 847 596, 623
415, 681 413,011 408, 345
587, 543
70
589, 218
406, 067
596, 459
67
604, 007
397, Oil
526, 944
65
527, 205
408, 035
503, 789
59
506 410
405, 942
556, 951
64
574, 197
424, 406
549, 122
66
572 065
414, 200
598 913
66
599 597
421, 104
'
!
i
!
i
1
i
59 4]^
1.58
39 926
3,910
23 396
5 084
6 286
4 950
680
14 710
PAPER
Total paper, incl. box board and newsprint:
Production
short tons
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons _
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Book paper:
Orders, newCoated
p. ct. of normal production..
Uncoated
p. ct. of normal production..
Orders, unfilled—
Coated.
days' production..
Uncoated
days' production
Production
short tons_.
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons.
Stocks, end of month.
short tons..
Box board:
Consumption, waste paper
short tons_.
Orders —
New
short tons..
t
Unfilled, end of month..
short tons..
Production
short tons
Operations, per cent of capacity
Shipments
short tons
Stocks, end of month
__ short tons..
Stocks of waste paper, end of month —
At mills
short tons..
In transit and unshipped purchases
short tons
Newsprint:
Canada —
Exports.
short tonsProduction
short tons
Shipments from mills
_ _ short tons..
Stocks, at mills, end of month. short tons..
United StatesConsumption by publishers- ..short tons..
Imports
short tons..
Price, rolls, contract, destination, N. Y.
basis
dolls, per short ton..
Production, total
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments from mills
short tons
Stocks, end of month—
At mills
short tons..
At publishers
. _. short tons
In transit to publishers
short tons..
Writing (fine) paper:
Production
. short tons..
Per cent of capacity . .
_. .
Shipments
short tons
Stocks, end of month
.. short tons..
Wrapping paper:
Production
short tons..
Per cent of capacity..
Shipments
short tons..
Stocks, end of month .
short tons..
All other grades;
Production
short tons
Shipments
..short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
2
Revised.
43
55
70
67
52
65
58
60
53
61
57
56
58
55
58
53
59
52
66
58
66
52
61
50
55
5
6
113, 022
77
111,327
90, 985
6
1
5
!
; 106, 015
71
i 107, 075
89, 984
5
5
106, 439
71
104, 097
92, 684
4
5
98, 563
69
101, 323
89, 440
4
5
102, 111
66
105, 379
85, 594
4
4
95, 576
67
103, 588
87, 477
5
103, 509
69
105, 660
85, 115
4
5
100, 093
66
107, 668
82, 902
4
5
98, 792
69
112, 836
77, 513
4
5
107, 683
70
115,093
77,280
3
6
117, 609
78
113, 140
92, 464
162, 158
227, 125
208, 513
213, 686
200, 138
205, 084
209, 903
172, 830
146, 368
177, 610
173, 395 2191,637
167, 095
165, 363
31,344
168, 288
166, 266
80, 898
236, 173
49, 968
232, 020
77 8
231, 746
82, 058
223, 990
50, 630
224 110
70 3
223, 328
82, 840
221, 048
49, 698
222, 927
69 6
221, 980
83, 787
215, 752
47, 206
213,614
65 9
218, 244
79, 157
235, 382
61,327
221 684
70 9
221, 261
79, 580
218, 527
61, 365
218, 157
64 S
218, 489
79,248
181, 500
62, 933
186, 776
61 7
179, 932
86, 092
138, 042
36, 345
163 539
49 8
164 630
85, 001
189, 131
43, 862
182 306
56 8
187 118
80, 189
188, 734 2 2196, 403
42, 589 35 313
186 756 2206 802
2 go 6
58 2
190 007 2 2203 679
76, 938 80 061
177, 785
32 607
176 99°
59 2
180 491
76 562
165,152
182, 812
169, 570
166, 006
148, 042
149, 029
151,658
158, 674
172 761
168, 422
163, 522
27, 892
39, 209
50, 558
47, 052
47,549
45 386
36 055
42, 181
28 192
30 537
151, 758
175 887
172, 954
57, 014
185, 432
202, 607
202, 280
39, 962
189, 739
193,971
194, 144
39, 832
157, 205
182,731
175,350
47, 288
160, 175
165, 124
162, 303
49, 128
161, 171
178 412
178, 181
50, 451
171,031
184 252
191, 725
42, 963
171, 151
175 643
173, 601
48, 735
161, 835
165 173
165, 017
54, 214
172, 914
171 321
171, 843
53, 683
142, 445
158 543
150, 951
61, 195
171,651
166 758
163 806
63, 548
138,
176
186
53,
152, 321
175, 876
179, 836
192, 688
161, 265
188, 919
157, 119
173, 457
146, 249
157, 037
152. 422
159,916
173,852
180, 230
174,092
176, 228
160, 146
168, 087
151, 181
166, 516
142, 883
127, 089
156, 205
151, 786
] 48, 351
165, 300
53. 00
88, 087
57.00
101, 086
68
100, 087
57.00
99, 548
67
97, 225
57. 00
88, 344
59
89, 047
57. 00
91, 241
64
90 303
57.00
97, 117
63
98, 616
57. 00
94, 149
66
93 723
57, 00
93, 861
63
93 550
53. 00
94, 247
53.00
87, 157
53. 00
100, 034
53. 00
91, 235
88, 525
57.00
101, 202
69
102, 555
94 550
86 638
94 282
94 °96
35, 156
182, 507
31, 692
32, 956
178, 333
44, 859
33, 906
189,990
39,041
33, 616
32, 607
203, 944 i 202.121
34, 566
30, 879
33, 517
197, 716
34, 379
31,953
190,367
38,022
32, 398
187, 839
42, 064
32, 709
195,505
40,495
32, 406
192 817
37,612
32, 925
191 666
38, 913
38, 677
175 566
34, 570
35, 417
188 907
33, 295
30, 793
64
31, 501
61, 758
29, 364
59
28, 395
62, 725
26, 408
55
27, 728
59, 723
26, 386
55
27, 441
58, 658
26 443
55
27, 606
57, 489
27, 793
56
29 071
54, 398
27, 031
50
27 734
57, 349
27 371
48
27 043
56 735
32 126
64
33 347
55 516
31 558
65
33 767
55 288
33 228
63
32 563
56 026
78, 377
88
76, 888
78, 107
78, 174
87
76, 845
76, 051
78, 074 1 78, 360
88
90
78, 777
76. 479
75, 146 77, 047
72, 107
81
69, 151
80, 021
73, 347
79
72, 027
81 318
61, 902
77
63, 821
79 521
57, 739
65
60, 280
76 991
70, 344
80
71, 329
76 035
67, 451
80
70, 082
73 425
69, 779
76
72, 361
9
78, 509
83, 882
68, 734
75, 655 74, 728
75, 895 74, 062
69, 174 1 70, 755
77 505
79, 574
66, 020
77 934
80, 425
64, 500
78 702
74, 423
95, 091
71 252
70 272
96, 818
77 835
80 185
97, 358
77 40$
78 735
98! Ill
82 459
82 549
98, 374
3
3
78 271
81,315
63!. 192
2
164 596
34 219 2 33 475
7Q 8 1
5
171 104
26 628
786
6fO
443
904
51
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
1932
1931
May
May
June
July
August-
Septem- October Novem- Decem- January! Fetaber
ber
ber
March
April
PAPER AND PRINTING—Continued
PAPER PRODUCTS
rasive paper and cloth, shipments:
Domestic. ._
reams _ 41, 059
""oreign
reams. _ 6,657
ciders' board, production
short tons
per board shipping boxes:
Operating time, total
p. ct. of normal-71
Corrugated
p. ct. of normal-73
Solid
fiber
p. ct. of normal
65
^reduction, total
_
.
thous. sq. ft._ 446, 455
Corrugated.thous. sq. ft_. 360, 838
Solid liber
thous. sq. ft.. 85, 617
pe paper sacks shipments 1921-1922—100
51 948
7,832
2 069
54 721
7, 119
1 695
53 373
6 552
1 560
53 348
6,942
1 224
38 272
5 323
1 320
35 433
6 376
1 301
46 061
5,365
1 236
46, 700
5, 323
1 298
44, 820
7,648
1,366
41, 643
5,628
1,219
79
79
76
84
81
78
65
68
71
517, 708 516, 036 497,613
417, 407 416, 282 402, 031
100, 301 99 754 95, 582
55
44
65
77
80
68
556, 085
449, 285
106 800
67
79
82
71
552 650
448, 910
103 740
75
77
81
66
540, 293
438, 296
101 997
69
67
70
57
429, 315
346, 527
82 788
64
58
59
54
366 440
286, 897
79 543
49
64
67
56
426, 371
344, 994
81,377
73
74
68
459, 436
374, 636
84, 800
75
77
65
482, 114
390, 279
91, 835
70
72
63
446, 653
360, 998
85, 655
62, 268
8,218
1,486
54 431
8,705
1 535
PRINTING
ink forms, new orders...
thous. of sets..
ok publication, total
no. of editions
>Tew books _
_ . no. of editions,.
sTew editions
no. of editions..
erations (productive capacity) 1923 = 100 .
es books:
)rders, new
thous. of books
hiprnents
thous. of books..
33, 348
589
488
101
55, 266
886
708
178
96
48, 322
703
586
117
84
50, 357
718
568
150
77
45, 455
964
770
194
76
47, 351
882
735
147
83
57, 819
1 227
1,070
157
79
48, 309
827
724
103
83
44, 919
798
656
142
82
51, 660
662
541
121
84
48, 751
757
639
118
86
46, 557
781
675
106
84
39, 001
908
749
159
82
8,489
9,261
11, 587
10, 585
10, 514
10, 382
10, 321
9,997
10, 511
10, 501
10, 275
11,241
10, 663
10, 664
9 974
9, 546
8 096
9,313
9,261
9,201
8,654
8,456
8,906
9,783
9,428
8,734
19, 696
11, 267
53, 818
25, 725
16,451
33, 552
27, 611
14, 744
28, 298
25, 602
13, 594
45, 588
23, 877
13, 375
38, 454
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
CRUDE AND SCRAP RUBBER
Crude:
Consumption, total
long tons..
For tires
long tons
Imports, total, including latex
long tons__
Price, wholesale, smoked sheets, N. Y.
_
dolls, perlb-.
Shipments, world
long tons _
Blocks, world, end of month.
long tons..
Afloat, total
long tons .
For U. S _
.
.
long tons..
London and Liverpool
long tons
British Malaya
long tons .
United States.
long tons..
Reclaimed rubber:
Consumption . .
.long tons..
Production
long tons
Stocks, end of month
long tons _
Scrap rubber:
Consumption by reclaimers
long tons .
Stocks at reclaimers end of mo long tons
26, 861
34, 792
23, 847
35, 844
34, 883
22, 893
46, 939
29, 382
20, 849
44, 052
25, 379
16, 175
39, 033
21, 747
13, 328
38, 933
20, 495
12, 066
41, 398
21, 108
11, 572
45, 103
645, 875 531, 516
86, 271 91, 334
67, 271 73, 564
116, 652 140, 394
92, 437 80, 383
350, 515 219, 405
.064
67, 815
.063
61, 319
536, 982
87, 861
69, 421
137, 046
86, 729
225, 346
.063
66, 051
549, 127
86, 833
66, 873
136, 150
90, 398
235, 746
.054
63, 651
550, 580
80, 349
61, 469
136, 988
88, 616
244, 627
.050
64, 788
554, 458
78, 620
62, 420
134, 304
83, 182
258, 352
.050
71, 467
582, 000
86, 227
68, 427
133, 520
86, 503
275, 750
.046
70, 562
606, 197
97, 013
77, 443
130, 169
84, 710
296, 305
10, 220
12, 535
14, 471
10,175
13, 082
14, 804
8,929
10, 596
14, 176
7,778
9,402
13, 732
6,967
8,955
13, 781
6, 338
8,818
14, 273
5, 843
7,340
14, 130
5,313
8,255
15, 406
6,583
8,140
14, 970
6,499
8,120
14, 927
5,788
8,010
15, 781
4,393
5, 277
15, 283
32, 928
47, 666
33, 596
32, 878
33, 516
36, 959
34, 363
33, 146
30, 118
28, 740
31, 988
29, 654
27, 676
29, 762
26, 834
26, 389
4,543
4,332
4,197
8,250
4,538
4,458
4,320
8,358
3,941
4; 370
4,244
7,936
3, 125
3,968
3,845
7,117
2,538
3,145
3,034
6,527
2.379
2,281
2,185
6,640
2, 001
2,310
2,223
6,335
2,115
2,225
2, 171
6,220
2,770
2,602
2,545
6,329
3,097
2,042
1,973
7, 338
2,937
2,363
2,281
7,902
2,813
2,958
2,886
7,877
11
16
14
61
12
15
14
57
13
16
15
55
12
16
15
51
10
13
12
46
11
14
13
43
9
10
10
42
10
11
10
39
9
9
9
37
10
10
9
37
9
9
9
37
8
8
8
36
4,330
4, 225
4,135
8,439
4,286
4, 318
4,228
8,403
3, 964
4, 665
4, 569
7,672
3,548
4,240
4, 158
7,019
2,759
3,320
3,247
6,476
2, 462
2,250
2,187
6,657
1,955
2,076
2,022
6, 496
2,078
2,213
2,172
6,338
2,719
2, 803
2, 761
6, 175
3,057
2,182
2,135
7,008
2,802
2,149
2,094
7,008
2, 580
2,708
2, 658
7,553
18, 010
17, 085
15, 140
11, 745
9,585
9,263
8,361
7,981
12, 156
12, 518
11, 292
11, 084
34, 323
.031
4,795
4,773
13, 411
.039
.044
.030
.033
.046
57, 956
55, 656
59, 466 2 66, 972 2 59, 528
619, 906 630, 267 636, 206 2 632, 983 2 633, 425
76 390
87, 891
71, 849
75, 402
74, 080
53, 849
58, 920
68, 971
53, 940
56, 312
127, 149 125, 332 126, 036 125, 065 2 123, 408
94,
401
100,
379
90,
945
96, 677 103, 774
347, 215
322, 000 325, 759 321, 900 337, 127
TIRES AND TUBES
Pneumatic casings:
Production
thousands..
Shipments total
thousands ! -Domestic
thousands
Stocks, end of month....
thousands..
Solid and cushion tires:
Production
.
thousands
Shipments total
thousands i
Domestic
thousands
Stocks end of month
thousands '
Inner tubes:
Production
thousands
Shipments total
thousands _. . .
Domestic
thousands
Stocks end of month
thousands
Raw material consumed:
I
Pabrics
tbous oflbs ;
Crude rubber. (See Crude Rubber.)
!
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Rubber bands shipments
thous oflbs
Rubber clothing, calendered:
Orders, net
no. coats and sundries.. 12, 503
Production
no. coats and sundries . 12, 886
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production, total
thous of yds
Auto fabrics
...thous. of yds..
556
Raincoat fabrics
_thous. of yds..
399
Rubber flooring, shipments.-. thous. of sq. ft..
Rubber and canvas footwear:
Production, total
thous. of pairs. .
Tennis
thous of pairs
Waterproof
thous. of pairs
Shipments total
thous of pairs
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof
thous. of pairs..
Shipments, domestic, total.. thous. of pairs..
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof
thous. of pairs..
Stocks total end of month thous of pairs
>l
Tennis
thous. of pairs
Waternroof
thous. of oairs...
s Revised.
215
209
246
195
201
225
197
231
206
208
223
202
19, 380
18, 094
21, 161
15,419
17,932
14, 431
21, 580
27, 080
23, 966
22, 728
20, 925
19, 773
14, 341
23, 255
13, 654
16, 221
20, 720
10, 130
12, 388
20, 405
13, 970
17, 649
12, 503
12, 886
3,050
982
1,066
569
3,212
701
1,355
576
3,337
531
1,843
577
3,787
596
2,226
595
4,692
528
2,988
595
4, 112
445
2,476
550
2,529
394
1,267
462
2,074
380
931
587
2,184
339
853
358
2,448
233
883
376
2,462
312
754
422
701
546
3,402
2,142
1, 261
4,113
3,437
676
3,942
3. 316
626
23, 881
7,523
18, 357
3,921
1,999
1,922
4,094
2, 757
1, 337
3,886
2, 657
1,229
23, 789
6.766
17, 024
2,407
836
1,570
3,272
1,645
1,627
3, 030
1,520
1,510
22, 935
5, 957
16, 978
3,382
1,021
2,361
4,245
1, 252
2,993
4, 065
1,223
2,842
22, 070
5,704
16, 366
3,934
1,012
2,922
5,706
1,335
4,371
5,448
1,263
4, 185
20, 615
5,473
15, 141
4,363
1,231
3,131
5,104
633
4,471
4,907
589
4,318
19, 880
6,076
13, 804
4, 217
1,443
2,773
3,720
475
3. 245
3, 632
446
3, 186
20, 367
7,044
13, 323
4,469
2,078
2,391
4, 208
734
3,474
4, 054
616
3,438
20, 628
8,387
12, 241
3, 557
2, 496
1, 061
3,990
2, 374
1,616
3,962
2,353
1,610
20. 237
8, 510
11, 726
3,777
3, 226
552
4,454
3,411
1.043
4, 416
3,378
1 .; 038
19, 551
8, 264
11, 237
3,787
3,187
600
4, 998
4, 264
735
4, 943
4,216
727
19, 347
8, 191
11, 156
4,104
3, 446
657
5,073
4,374
698
5,010
4, 333
677
18, 381
7, 267
11,115
52
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1931
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
July
June
May
August
July, 1932
ct ber 1
» ° ° h^ "
1932
Decem- January Februber
ary
March
April
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS—Continued
Export
thous. of pairs..
Repair trade .
. .thous. of pairs
Shoe manufacturers
thous. of pairs. .
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs.. "- - Rubber soles:
Production
thous. of pairs _
ShipmentsExport
.thous. of pairs
Repair trade
thous. of pairs
Shoe manufacturers . -thous. of pairs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:
Total
thous. of dolls
Belting
. _.
-thous. of dolls
Hose
thous. of dolls
Other
-thous. of dolls .
617
501
5,924
6,994
7,484
9,724
23,952 j 24, 652
612
3,975
9,693
28, 491
630
4,946
10, 522
27, 898
540
4,058
11, 177
27, 006
514
5,355
11,653
25,832
2,885
3,177
2,864
2,933
2,880
62
330
2, 651
2,655
59
225
2,899
2,461
67
196
2,569
2,475
67
234
2,790
2,395
90 i
290
2,604
2,264
4,231
790
1,857
1,584
3,879
798
1, 650
1,431
3,706
914
1,436
1,356
3,356
802
1,161
1, 393
3,015
788 !
1,041
1, 186 ;
591
4,537 •
6,610
25,213 ;
474
4,622
8,198
24, 405
290
3,431
8,704
24, 515
259
4,575
8,748
25, 807
305
3,785
9,424
27, 933
280
2,656
6,938
28, 340
2,610
2,840
3,639
3,411
3,461
3,953
2,292
45
370
2,273
2, 153
29
308
2,579
2,180
25
267
3,196
2,018 !
8
264
2,954
2,085
3
285
2,925
2,428
2
3,320
2, 601
1
252
2, 087
2,759
2,678
601
972
1,105
2,300
483
856
961
2,381
474
919
988
2, 463
483
903
1,077
2,446
483
966
997
2, 638
491
1,174
973
2,613
430
1,251
932,
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
BRICK
Common brick, wholesale price, red, N. Y
dolls, per thous__
Face brick (average per plant) :
Orders, unfilled, end of mo. -thous. of brick. _
Production
_
thous. of brick..
Shipments
thous. of brick
Stocks, end of month *__
thous. of brick..
Sand-lime brick:
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.-tnous. of brick..
Production.. ^
thous. of brick..
Shipments by rail
thous. of brick..
Shipments by truck
thous. of brick
Stocks, end of month
thous. of brick. _
9.75
10.25
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.75
9.75
9.75
9.75
9.75
532
220
257
3,473
781 :
549 i
569 i
3,684
733
540
574
3,652
669
540
521
3,660
639
425
477
3,602
587 1
434
454
3,577
534
422
479
3,516
457
325
318
3,521
383
292
222
3.514
452
197
149
3,561
450
166
156
3,557
506
203
155
3,601
511
192
274
3, 498
2,575
2,469
157
2,919
4,897
6,513
5,084
1,595
4, 375
10, 724
9,960
6,664
494
5,75S
8, 975
10, 710
5,518
529
5,424
10, 199
10, 838
5,989
805
5,506
10, 698
11,532
6,943
872
4,922
10, 866
11, 437
6, 521
977
4,657
12, 347
10, 485
4,239
648
4,604
10, 529
8, 745
3,118
397
3,630
8, 677
8,700
2,188
449
2,561
9, 067
8,306
1,538
165
1,580
8,255
8,914
1, 603
125
2,089
8,421
5,430
2,502
355
2,575
7,264
Price, wholesale, composite
doils. per bbl_. 1,318
Production
_ thous. bbls.
6,917
Per cent of capacity
30.2
Shipments
thous. of bbls
8,048
Stocks, finished, end of month.thous. of bbls.. 25. 365
Stocks, clinker, end of month.. thous. of bbls.. 9,956
1.399
14, 010
62.8
14, 200
29, 554
13, 087
1.364
14,118
65.4
16,077
27, 602
11,837
1.331
13, 899
62.0
15, 545
25, 934
10, 209
1.331
13, 549
60.2
15, 172
24, 313
8,468
1.331
12,092
55.3
13, 671
22, 736
6,918
1.318
10, 762
47.4
12,360
21,218
6,021
1.310
8,161
37.2
7,156
22, 219
6,215
1.310
5, 974
26.4
4,142
24, 098
7,035
1.321
5,026
22.0
3,393
25, 778
8,184
1.323
3,971
18.7
3,118
26, 657
9, 375
1,318
4,847
21.3
3,973
27, 545
10, 025
1, 318
5,478
24.8
6,536
2 26', 496
2 10, 511
1,866
6,032
2,027
63.2
1,901
5,759
2,119
9, 127
2,481
73.4
2,545
6,003
2,465
8, 625
2,565
75.9
2,491
6, 080
2,102
8,268
2,268
69.5
2,180
5,887
1,859
7,591
2, 239
68.6
2,213
5, 930
1,820
6,860
1,948
62.0
2,310
5, 536
1,779
6,713
2,128
64.2
1,941
5,709
1,814
6,745
1,692
55.1
1,537
5,872
1,659
6,387
1,508
47.2
1,396
5,855
2,929
6,454
1,606
52.1
1,743
5.G97
2,354
6,811
1, 548
50.2
1,764
5,544
1,738
6, 505
1,886
56.6
1,963
5,497
1,652
6,174
2, 027
632
1,919
5, 639
22.5
.9
1,357
19.5
18.6
3.6
3,016
27.3
8
2,037
27.2
26.8
4.1
9,466
29.3
.9
2,161
28.8
28.2
4.1
7, 554 i
24.3
.8
1, 492
19.9
24.0
3.9
7,216
24.8
2
1,607
21.4
21.6
.9
6,311
26.3
.2
1,679
22 4
26.' 0
.9
4,799
26.6
.8
2,276
30.4
30.1
3.7
4,812
23.3
1, 877
25.0
24.0
3.6
3,694
20.8
.7
1,774
23.7
20.7
3.8
6,093
21.8
.8
1,463
]9. 5
20.2
3.8
5,500
19.7
.8
1, 301
17.4
19.1
3.6
6,427
21.3
.8
1,374
19.8
22.0
3.6
4,414
885
84
4,180
412
7,547
719
5,177 i
480
3, 955
361
4,290
386
1,997
194
1,269
115
2,252
223
1, 085
104
2, 648
237
2,097 I
176
PORTLAND CEMENT
GLASSWARE
Glass containers:
OrdersNew, net
thous. gross..
Unfilled, end of month
thous. gross..
Production
thous. gross. _
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
thous. gross
Stocks, end of month
thous. gross. .
Illuminating glassware:
Orders—
New
per ct. of capacity..
Unfilled, end of mo
no. weeks' supply-Production, total
_ _ . - no. of turns. .
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
per ct. of capacity-Stocks, end of month
no. weeks' supply _.
Plate glass, polished, production.thous. sq. ft_.
22.6
!
.8
1,393
20.0
22.3
3.6
5, 025
TERRA COTTA
Orders, new:
Quantity
Value
__
short tons
thous. of dolls.-
i
1
925
100
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
CLOTHING
Hosiery:
OrdersNew
-thous. of dozen pairs..
Unfilled, end of
month
thous, of dozen pairs. Production
thous. of dozen pairs..
Shipments, net
thous. of dozen pairs
Stocks end of month thous of dozen pairs
Men's and boys' garments cut:
Overcoats
thous. of garments _
Separate trousers
thous of garments
Suits
thous. of garments.Rubber clothing (see Rubber products),
2
Revised.
5,029
4,654 \
4, 279
4, 279
4,716
5, 058
4,902
4,155
4,417
4,354
4, 458
4,223
3,225
4,719
4,772
9, 864
3,201 i
4,572
4,561
9,990 ;
3,511
4, 069
3, 777
10, 177
3, 139
4, 187
4,540
9, 869
2,815
4,521
4,941
9,730
2,637
4,743
5,115
9,408
2,641
4,020
4,789
9,107
2, 263
4,118
4,394
9,114
2,645
4, 558
3,981
9,990
2,389
4,363
4,156
10, 003
2,043
4,522
4,723
9, 486
1,890
4,280
4,321
9,601
138
2,396
1,808
318
2,408 '
1,714
493
2, 246
1, 897
593
2, 544
1, 979
661
2,477
1,647
542
2,024
1,286
293
1,189
954
174
1,207
1,207
159
1,507
1,693
295
1,601
1,763
335
1,742
2.114
101
1,696
1. 273
* Adjustc d for deg rading an 3 year-end physica Mnvento ries.
SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
May
May
June
53
1933
1931
!
NovemSeptemDecemFebruMarch
j August
October
January ary
ber
ber
ber
July
April
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
COTTON
Consumption
thous, of bales
Exports:
Quantity, exclusive of
linters
thous. of bales _
Value. (See Foreign Trade.)
Qinnings (total crop to end of
month)
thous. of bales..
Imports
_.
_ _.
thous. of bales
Prices:
To producer
dolls, per lb_.
Wholesale, middling, N. Y
dolls, per lb_.
Production, crop estimate.
thous. of bales
Receipts into sight
thous. of bales
Stocks, end of month:
Domestic, total mills and warehouses. _
_.
thous. of bales .
Mills
thous. of bales
Warehouses
_
thous. of bales
World visible supply, total. -thous. of bales. .
American cotton
thous. of bales
332
465
454
451
426
464
462
429
416
435
450
489
367
501
336
255
259
211
558
1 014
1,071
1,181
919
970
927
545
23
15
Ii
7
9
566
7
5,410
12, 130
15, 024
15, 358
16, 002
.052
.057
.088
.093
.077
.090
.085
.093
.063
.072
.059
.065
.053
.064
.061
.065
350
347
107
277
333
1 623
4 082
9,072
1 463
7,609
8,738
6,680
6,748
1 258
5,490
8,346
5 861
6,102
1,131
4,971
7,572
5,236
5,520
5,266
7,072
4,524
6,899
4 775
4,426
6,435
4 498
6,297
7,113
5 275
34, 914
13, 377
11,212
34, 017
10, 067
11, 195
32, 951
11, 800
10, 181
31, 351
10, 295
10, 023
.223
.353
.215
.352
.225
.352
30, 961
3,920
34, 370
3,937
40,007
248, 544
56, 348
51,401
301, 943
5
3
6
13
13
9
2 16 629
10
16
.056
.066
.058
.068
.062
.068
.057
.062
3 035
.055
.063
17 096
1 819
1 546
918
870
569
10 566
1 116
9 450
9,184
7 299
12, 137
1 441
10 696
10, 191
8 346
12 056
1 630
10 426
10, 193
8 403
11, 669
1 637
lo' 032
10, 398
8 572
11 144
1 633
9*511
10, 166
8 268
10 333
1 566
8 767
9,623
7 687
9 697
1 533
8 164
9,111
7 139
29, 819
10, 858
9,382
32, 943
14, 703
9,461
32, 519
11, 574
9,832
31, 506
9,349
10, 861
31, 791
11,518
11, 350
32, 030
9,411
12, 009
31, 394
8,646
12, 436
28, 015
8,858
12, 771
.212
.336
.201
.326
.189
.315
.192
.312
.181
.295
.175
.290
.180
.285
.181
.284
.173
.280
35, 272
4,326
30, 309
1,692
25, 599
2,185
29, 897
1,958
27, 210
2,551
30, 759
4,026
28, 007
2,513
30, 840
3,959
35, 610
3,925
44, 042
3,514
71, 180
330, 575
52, 033
54, 774
288, 235
39,588
277, 597
48, 136
52, 833
269, 449
41, 889
217, 508
52, 262
56, 911
250, 855
57, 542
227, 167
54, 424
55, 610
244, 924
83, 420
344, 639
56, 779
54, 052
255, 833
56, 052
354, 957
57, 861
53, 472
273, 390
40, 983
322, 039
50, 938
47, 567
290, 248
84, 503
391, 150
58, 177
67, 225
254, 056
61, 396
377, 988
61, 086
64, 686
239, 654
33, 170
278, 163
57, 050
53, 135
259, 231
25, 577
218, 366
51, 272
40, 526
302, 216
.050
.048
.049
.043
.041
.038
.036
.034
.036
.039
.038
.036
.058
.054
.056
.052
.050
.046
,047
.044
.042
.043
.044
.044
67, 704
74, 436
57, 412
77, 335
56, 153
74, 662
65, 983
71, 615
70, 138
76, 245
63, 014
78, 027
59, 501
81, 606
55, 791
76, 981
70, 341
66, 464
89, 286
73, 337
93, 145
86, 429
57, 894
88, 864
52, 537
51
45, 937
1.9
30, 109
51, 577
45
41, 119
1.5
27, 221
45,831
47
45, 233
1.5
24, 916
44, S82
48
44, 372
1.7
24, 483
49, 252
49
45, 782
1.6
27 207
48, 237
48
44, 515
1.5
26 811
40, 516
43
38, 304
1.6
22 828
48,029
41
40, 028
1.6
27 290
44, 407
47
51, 529
2.2
27 495
55, 412
59
59, 119
2.7
31 410
61,919
58
53, 615
2.1
32 173
49, 573
46
34, 348
1.6
27 032
18 876
'
24, 818
6,955
217
90.1
23, 409
5,195
163
70.7
996
840
775
3
COTTON MANUFACTURES
Cotton yarn: *
Carded sales yarn—
Orders, unfilled, end of mo. -thous. of lbs_. 26, 756
Production
thous. of lbs._
6,433
Stocks, end of month
___thous. of lbs_. 12, 554
Prices, wholesale—
22/ls, cones, Boston
dolls, per lb._
.162
40/ls, southern, spinning
dolls, per lb._
.270
•Cotton goods:
Abrasive cloth. (See Paper Products.)
Cotton cloth:
Exports
thous. of sq. yds_. 39, 750
Imports
_
thous. of sq. yds..
3,182
Cotton textilesOrders—
New (weekly average)
thous. of yds.. 36, 439
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of yds.. 193, 637
Production (weekly average) thous. of yds.. 45, 929
Shipments (weekly average) thous. of lbs._ 42, 621
Stocks, end of month
..thous. of yds.. 315, 448
Fiber consumption for tires. (See Rubber
and Rubber Products.)
Prices, wholesalePrint cloth, 64 x 60...
..dolls, per yd__
.031
Sheeting, brown, 4 x 4 (Trion mill)
dolls, per yd..
.040
Cotton cloth finishing:
Printed only (mills and outside) —
Production
thous. of yds. . 43, 868
Stocks, end of month
thous. of yds.. 86, 324
White, dyed and printed (outside mills)—
Billings (finished goods)
thous. of yds._ 37, 340
Operations
per ct. of capacity _
37
Orders, new, gray yardage.. thous. of yds_. 32, 143
Orders, unfilled, end of mo
days prod._
1.5
Shipments (finished goods)
cases. . 23, 972
Stocks, end of month (finished goods)
cases.. 15, 355
.'Spindle activity:
Active spindles
thousands.. 21, 639
Active spindle hours, total
mills, of hrs._
4,577
Average per spindle in place..
hours. .
144
Operations
per ct. of capacity..
63.3
BATON AND SILK
Rayon:
Imports
__ _ .
thous. of Ibs
Price, wholesale, 150 denier, "A" grade,
N. Y__
dolls, per lb__
Stocks, imported, end of month thous. of Ibs
.Silk:
Deliveries (consumption)
bales .
Imports, raw
_
.thous. of Ibs
Operations, machinery activity—
Broad looms
per ct of capacity
Narrow looms
per ct. of capacity
Spinning spindles
per ct. of capacity..
Prices, wholesaleRaw, Japanese, 13-15, N. Y. .dolls, per lb_.
Silk goods, composite
.dolls, per yd..
v Stocks, end of month —
World, visible supply
. bales
United States—
At manufacturers, ..
.
bales
At warehouses—
..bales..
17, 141
16, 433
16, 404
18, 095
17 467
18 321
18 887
20 175
18 837
17 855
26, 379
6,733
204
89.6
25, 898
6,630
202
86.8
25, 826
6,528
200
86.0
25, 623
6,193
190
81.8
25, 237
6,540
201
88.1
25, 188
6,595
203
85.1
24, 861
6,014
186
85.8
24, 638
5,951
184
79.3
25, 014
6,214
192
84.5
25, 190
6,567
204
92.5
48
225
202
276
299
239
107
71
91
21
30
76
89
.75
.75
574
.75
531
.75
528
.75
539
.75
468
.75
474
.75
430
.75
362
.75
342
.75
338
.75
315
.75
308
32, 923
7,474
45, 073
6 520
42, 161
6 409
44, 746
6 724
46 454
7 167
53 819
7 331
56 668
9 524
50 645
9' 639
48 432
8 861
58 793
7 020
45 909
6 503
46 761
5 673
35 779
4' 832
43 2
39 6
30.4
76 3
42 5
49.5
75 6
43 9
42.8
76 4
35 3
44.6
79 4
38 2
48.7
90 5
48 3
53.4
93 0
38 0
56.4
83 9
42 4
56.4
89 4
41 8
51.7
88 9
41 0
50.0
73 5
44 6
46.1
60 2
47 2
41.5
56 3
43 1
38.7
1.231
2.266
.99
2.463
.£9
2.364
.98
2.512
.98
2.315
.98
2.266
.98
2.315
.98
1.970
.96
1.953
.96
1.891
.94
1.617
1.421
217 460
209, 923
232 731
254 484
277 830
293 148
296 935
311 513
281 779
263 325
261 140
253 621
18 206
32, 688
18, 706
37, 352
16 990
29,921
21 122
41, 878
20 044
36, 099
23 176
49, 921
23 435
67, 275
24 651
69^ 460
25 180
62, 905
20 510
70, 570
27 157
62, 675
26 337
57, 849
26, 008
59, 159
* Months do not contain same number of weeks.
^Revised
2
*As of Dec. 1
16 822
54
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
July, 1932
1931
May
May
June
July
j August
SC
19 33
m
bcr "'
October
Novem- Decem- January
ber
ber
F
^u-
March
34, 426
9,890
29, 384
6,422
April
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
WOOL
Consumption, grease equivalent.thous. of lbs_.
Imports, unmanufactured
thous, of lbs_.
Operations, machinery activity:
Sets of cards
per ct. of capacity..
Combs
per ct. of capacity..
LoomsCarpet and rug.
per ct. of capacity..
Narrow
per ct. of capacity..
Wide
per ct. of capacity..
Spinning spindlesWoolen
per ct. of capacity..
Worsted..
per ct. of capacity..
Prices, wholesale:
Raw, territory, fine, scoured...dolls, perlb..
Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces...dolls, per lb_.
Suiting, unfinished worsted, 13 oz. (at mill)
..dolls, per yd..
Women's dress goods, French serge, 54" (at
factory)
dolls, per yd..
Worsted yarn, 2/32s, cross-bred stock, Boston
.dolls, per Ib.
Receipts at Boston, total
thous. of lbs_.
Domestic
..thous. of Ibs..
Foreign.
thous. of lbs_.
44, 966
14,168
45, 805
16, 868
53, 886
12, 9S7
51, 140
9,679
47, 548
42, 990
13,463
35,424
6,977
30
31
60
97
60
107
64
115
65
115
61
109
53
74
48
40 |
65 j
50
69
54
76
30
36
23
18
28
46
45
40
46
61
38
43
64
38
45
70
40
44
63
38
39
49
30
31
45
28
25
51
30
22
61
28
21
28
30
25
60
66
61
73
64
83
66
78
63
70 j
53
49
46
51
26 I
26
44 |
i
39
49
52
53
58
51
45
37
26
29
.42
.15
.63
.20
.62
.20
.62
.21
.63
.23
.62
.22
.58
.21
.58
.21
.58
.21
.58
.21
57
21
.52
.19
.48
.18
1.300
1.494
1.494
1.494
1.490
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.300
.880
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.900
.900
.900
.900
.80
10,942
10, 272
670
1.00
30,341
26,151
1.00
56, 743
53, 779
2,964
1.00
79, 381
76, 046
3,335
1.00
36, 850
34, 445
2,405
.95
18. 707
16, 595
2,112
.95
.95
.93
.93
11, 235
4,928
6,307
.90
8,127
5,131
2,996
.88
5,794
3,758
2,036
6, 526
5,414
1,112
24, 231
17,095
37, 732
14,102
42, 942
18, 622
35, 604
21, 993
45, 618
18, 277
37,504 35, 432
17,118 ! 17, 320
32,428 » 21,123 j 33,391 I 30,567
13, 774
19,011 I 22,800 j 20,287
33, 041
17,131
32, 346
11,671
71
61
138
118
79
68
101
95
106
76
62
44.7
9, 224
315
272
901
1,124
45.0
9,252
729
202
1, 999
I, 018
4, 474
31.3
8,803
390
256
2, 025
1. 015
G. 033
4,190
11,677
9,628
6,567
3,061
7,026
6,163
863
31,625 ! 34, 253
10,536 j 12, 556
7,577
5,350
2,227
19,954
4,186
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Burlaps and fibers, imports:
Burlaps
thous. of Ibs..
Fibers
long tons..
Buttons and shells:
ButtonsImports, total
thous. of gross..
From Philippines
thous. of gross..
Fresh water pearl—
Production
per ct. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month.thous. of gross
Shell, imports, total
thous. of Ibs..
Mother of pearl
thous. of Ibs..
Tagua nuts, imports
thous. oflbs..
Elastic webbing, shipments...thous. of dolls..
Fur, sales by dealers
thous. of dolls...
Pyroxylin-coated textiles (artificial leather):
'Orders, unfilled, end of month
thous. of linear yds..
Pyroxylin spread
thous. of Ibs..
Shipments, billed
thous. of linear yds..
292
243
1, 236
561
5,324
2
45.0
8, 689
866
399
I, 528
' 969
5, 465
72
62 I
42.9 !
8,583 I
534 j
451 '
2,014 !
1,031
6.609
62
50
46.9
8,640
924
445
2, 025
969
3, 760
76
52
87
73
87 !
73 |
42.3
43.0
8, 794
485
416
2,044
654
1, 644
32.4
8,518
1, 733
600
2,117
807
1,638
44.0 i
8,812 |
660 1
606 !!
843 !
827
2,184 :
8,629
1,061
563
1, 500
715
2.651
2,175 ';
2, 121
1,956
40.7 I
35.7
8, 463
2,009
299
882
647
1, 947
8,664
565 !
506 |
911
782
3,260
2,660
2, 549
2.271 !
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
AIRPLANES
Production, total
__ _ _ _
Commercial (licensed)
Military (deliveries)
_
For export
number
number. _
number
number..
360
291
58
11
360
262
77
21
274
215
44
15
238
164
56
18
168
100
1,512
1,083
1,021
789
934
644
12, 966
8,468
4,498
10, 183
9,996
8,478
11
197
100
87
10
121
60
54
147
61
75
11
120
35
77
8
126
38
81
6
131
61
61
9
740
542
690
557
630
476
398
275
244
147
548
225
683
233
567
237
8,055
5,699
2,356
8,748
4,577
7,707
3,207
3,112
1,928
1 184
9,086
5,753
6,989
4,474
3 333
2 515
7,043
4,930
68, 285
38. 610
27, 581
50, 432
44, 629
48, 853
43, 943
35, 841
60, 692
33, 196
25, 882
1,614
25 770
48, 569
34, 126
79, 598
46, 866
30, 486
21, 891
1,283
15 720
21, 860
1,267
29 257
72
29, 895
81
26, 334
28,720
80
24, 729
58
20, 624
4, 544
12, 738
6, 835
4,220
5,583
10, 621
3, 426
3,151
317 163 250 640 218 490 187, 197
271, 135 210, 036 183, 993 155, 321
104
340
360
180
45, 688 40, 244 34,317 31,772
924
1,508
1,085
813
247, 727 201,911 194, 322 155, 744
2, 108
140 566
109, 087
141
31, 338
505
124, 903
2,646
1 440
761
80 142
57, 764
651
21, 727
282
102, 659
51,740
49, 042
25, 975
AUTOMOBILES
Exports:
Canada —
Automobiles, assembled... no. of cars..
333
Passenger cars
no. of cars..
261
United States—
Autos and parts, value. (See Foreign
Trade.)
Automobiles, assembled, total_.no. of cars.. 5,109
Passenger cars
._
no. of cars.. 3,604
Trucks _
no. of cars
1 505
Financing:
Retail purchasers, total
thous. of dolls.. 58, 380
New cars
thous. of dolls.. 33, 522
Used cars
..thous. of dolls.. 23, 271
Unclassified
thous. of dolls..
1,587
Wholesale dealers.
thous. of dolls
38, 560
Fire extinguishing equipment:
Shipments —
Motor vehicle apparatus
number. .
38
Hand types
number.. 15, 378
Production:
Automobiles8,221
Canada, total
..
. no. of cars
Passenger cars
no. of cars
7,269
185 149
United States total
no of cars
Passenger cars
no. of cars,. 157, 683
Taxicabs
no. of cars .
73
Trucks
no. of cars.. 27, 393
Automobile rims
thous. rims..
658
Registrations, new passenger-cars*. .. number... 131,000
Sales (General Motors Corp.):
To consumers
_
no. of cars.. 63, 500
To dealers, total
no. of cars.. 66, ISO
II. S. dealers
no. of cars. . 60, 270
Shipments, accessories and parts:
Accessories, original equipment
Jan l9J5^10n
Afpp-^oKes i.) whoU'-aleis
Tar,. ] f < 25=100_
Rer>l' Ct inert1 1pir*^
TIP l t i r > ~>~ H>o
Service C'lui! ' !' P t _ _ . ..
Jan. 1925=- 100..
* niissmc
5,843
4,340
109, 372 104, 642
68, 564 63, 555
37, 782 37, 988
3,099
3,026
72, 623 58, 172
75
31,117
122, 717
153,730
136, 778
12y
;•.;
,~-'
b'nc
90
29, 696
103, 303
111,668
3,518
95,911
59,300
2,484
85, 054
87. 449
100, 270
61
1 ••><?
102
i -74
85
2,246
69, 876
70. 078
62, GG7
66
i°7
4,171
2,095
64
53, 122
47, 895
54
66
1''8
t'7
4 500
21,305
80
61''
»8,727
321
199
« 6, 078
4,449
2 113
5,541
j 3 186
19, 974
1,179
34 842
44, 829
23, 623
19, 942
1,264
33 276
51, 148
26, 888
22, 780
1,481
34 121
» 56, 416
» 31. 836
« 23, 066
1,514
j 33 904
76
19, 437
39
19, 955
27
18, 787
41
17, 665
29
18, 661
1 247
812
68 867
48, 185
999
19, 683
638
75, 829
2 432
2 024
121 541
96, 753
1 144
23, 644
714
77, 564
3 731
3 112
119 344
98, 706
97
20, 541
811
85, 684
54 77
4 494
117 418
94, 085
25
23, 308
726
81, 853
34, 673
29, 359
23, 716
53, 588
79, 529
68, 650
47, 942
74, 710
65, 382
46, 855
62, 850
52, 539
48, 717
59, 696
48, 383
48
73
0°
60
59
66
04
40
63
57
%
56
61
53
58
52
10"7
62
25,395
1
27,306
* Kavbe
23,476
c-i
8
1 629
6 810
8 318
Q 604
5 660
118 959 2 14S 326
99, 325 2 120, 906
74
31
19, 560 » 27, 389
652
648
119, 540
91, 297
81,573
7S. 359
69, 029
f}p.
4"
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
July, 1932
I 1933
Earlier data, together with explanatory j
footnotes, may be found in the 1932 \
Annual Supplement to the Survey
I May
I
1
I
i May
55
1933
1931
June
| July
j August I
Se
m
"arch | April
^ "| October
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
Equipment condition:
Freight cars owned —
Capacity
_
._
mill. Ibs
203, 657 209, 645
Number total.
thous. of ears..
2,166
2, 244
Bad order, total
number of cars.. 230, 820 170, 165
Per cent of total in bad order. .. _
10.8
7.7
Locomotives, railway—
Owned —
2,471
Tractive power
mills Ibs
2 518
Number, total
number
53, 696
55 278
Awaiting classified repairs
number. 8,142
5,910
Per cent of total
15.5
10 8
94
Installed
number..
55
174
Retirednumber. .
182
Passenger cars—
On railroads (end of quarter) . number
Equipment manufacturing:
Freight cars26
Orders, new, placed by railroads
cars..
46
Orders unfilled, total
cars
2,429
6 585
0
Equipment manufacturers
__ __ cars
1,599
Railroad shopscars_.
2,429
4,986
Shipments, total
._
cars
153
648
153
Domestic
cars..
646
Locomotives, industrial electric (quarterly) —
Shipments, total
number.
Mining use
number
Locomotives, railwayOrders, new, placed by railroads. number. 0
151
Orders, unfilled, end of month —
Equipment manufacturers (Census}
147
total
number
84
141
Domestic, total
number. .
65
128
Electric
number
18
13
Steam
_
cumber
47
6
Railroad shops (A. R. A.)
number __
20
Shipments —
13
Domestic, total ...
number.
26
0
o
Elf."tric
number
13
Steam
. _. ..
.. number .
26
5
Exports, total
number. _
3
5
Electric
_.
number
0
0
Steam
.._ number 3
Passenger car? —
Orders, new, placed by railroads. number. .
0
o
Orders 'infilled (OT''1 of quarter) number
3R
0
S?Mpmo > 'nts total
number
0
Domestic
number
208 579
2,229
172, 776
7.9
208 207
2,224
181, 702
8.3
207 947
2,220
187, 585
86
207 63S
2, 216
194, 127
8 9
2 513
55 098
5,938
10 9
114
291
2 513
55 056
5.913
10 9
66
108
2 514
55 029
6,173
11 4
95
122
2 512
54 967
6,310
11 7
51
113
51 136
972
7 179
2 070
5,109
615
555
207 290 206 842
2,205
2, 21 1
194, 948 196, 324
90
9 0
2 509
54 861
6,836
12 7
53
81
2 509
54 889
6,485
12 0
61
139
50 060
443
6 466
1 336
5, 130
341
341
534
5 746
' 866
4. 880
524
499
86
82
3
5 100
534
4, 566
780
776
205 913 205 745
2,193
2,191
187,666 195, 462
8 7
9 0
2 496
54 462
6,990
13 0
68
46
2 489
54,228
7,331
13 7
51
285
205 509
2,188
206, 461
9 6
205 287
2,186
209, 271
9.7
204 297
2 174
218, 303
10 1
2 487
2 481
54, 166 2 54, 002
7,814
7,642
1 45
14 7
33
40
.
199
102
2 475
53, 815
7,851
15 0
42
229
50 327
>50 437
798
4 610
314
4,296
404
404
28
4 252
220
4, 032
150
150
11
5 042
1 340
3,702
546
542
159
3 650
259
3, 391
320
262
10
3 214
150
3,064
10
10
24
24
40
37
105
2,974
150
2,824
3
3
0
2 712
250
2,562
4
4
18
18
2
3
6
1
0
20
11
0
0
0
0
142
123
93
30
16
132
113
115
106
88
18
13
158
149
135
14
12
147
139
132
7
4
165
153
132
21
10
177
162
130
32
9
178
163
130
33
8
173
162
130
32
6
170
162
130
32
6
162
154
128
26
6
23
4
1«
2
i
1
15
3
4
.11
0
11
11
3
8
4
3
1
7
1
6
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
(}
0
0
o
o
0
o
0
0
0
3
0
3
8
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
13
"
8
0
43
]
1
0
0
<>4
Q3
20
14
4
0
1
0
1
4
0
4
o
0
o
30
o
?\
()
(1
0
8
0
lf>
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
9
o
0
0
n
o
o
0
ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND TRACTORS
Shipments, industrial, total
Domestic
Exports
number..
number
number
19
19
0
69
69
0
75
50
25
78
63
15
50
37
13
43
39
4
17
16
1
'21
19
2
22
21
1
29
29
26
26
o
20
20
0
17
17
0
26, 260
22, 586
370
34, 527
28, 613
359
22, 647
16, 964
326
30, 471
25, 363
299
11, 554
7,150
294
27, 906
25, 002
288
4,261
1, 201
279
23, 229
19, 402
049
23, 055
19, 549
252
2,913
1,594
229
3,703
2,610
174
41,991
33, 509
173
17, 532
13, 848
o
SHIPBUILDING
United States:
Merchant vessels u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n
thous TOSS tons
Completed during month.. total gross tons..
Steel
total gross tons__
World (quarterly):
Launched—
Number
ships
Tonnage
thous. gross tons..
Under construction —
Number
..ships _
Tonnage
thous. gross tons..
176
472
109
387
372
1,826
290
1,531
I
"
90
302
63
125
281
1,404
268
1, 298
CANADIAN STATISTICS
Business indexes:
Bank debits
.
1919-1924=100
Carloadings
1919-1924=100 .
Employment in trade
1919-1924=100
Exports (volume)
1919-1924 = 100
Imports (volume)
.1919-1924=100 _
Industrial production, total.. 1919-1924= 100..
Construction
1919-1924—100
Forestry
1919-1924=100
Manufacturing
1919-1924 — 100
Mining
1919-1924=100..
Shares traded
1919-1924=100
Commodity prices:
Cost of living index
1926—100
Wholesale price index
1926=100__
Employment, total (first of month). 1926= 100Construction and maintenance
1926 = 100..
Manufacturing
1926—100
Mining
1926 = 100_.
Service
.
1926=100..
Trade
. .
_
1926 = 100
Transportation
1926 = 100- ..
J
Revised
81 8
67.7
87.5
83.2
85 8
97.9
114. 7
HO. 2
84.3
145.0
103.5
136. 7
124 5
143.5
158.2
120 1
165 8
163 6
149.7
336.1
131. 0
101.9
137. 0
102. 5
99.8
133.9
99 0
160 5
135 7
112.0
208. 5
119 1
96.3
133.0
81 9
104.0
138. 5
136 0
152 1
137 2
126. 5
97.0
119 5
92.3
132.7
89 6
92.6
132.3
119 5
135 0
136 3
112.3
66. 9
129 0
82.2
131.2
98 6
96.0
137.3
182 2
148 5
130 6
124. 2
172.9
103 6
82.2
131. 5
84 0
93.0
130.5
153 5
147 0
121 9
139. 5
121.6
114 2
81.0
128 4
75 2
92.2
125.0
158 0
140 9
117 7
115.3
170 5
111 1
105 6
81.6
128.9
88 0
82.8
125.6
159 2
136* 5
117 2
131.6
49 7
116 4
89.4
127.1
89 7
87.0
128.7
153 5
134 2
119 4
160.4
53.8
109.6
84.7
127.3
74.2
100.4
122.4
92 5
128 6
123 3
136.1
71.2
109. 8
91.2
128- 3
85 6
75.9
116. 6
4? 3
134 8
1 J8 0
153. 0
74.0
90 2
73". 0
102.2
106. 6
100 7
106. 0
123. 1
123. 3
96. 6
88 7
72.2
103. 6
121. 8
99.4
105. 3
125. 9
124. 0
98. P
88 6
71.7
103.8
137.1
97 2
104. 1
130.8
1 24. 0
97. 7
88 9
70.9
105. 2
162. 8
94 7
104. 5
133. 0
120 9
97. S
87 8
70. 0
107. 1
176. 8
86 4
70.4
103. 9
164. 5
91 8
10S. 2
125. 5
120 8
86 4
70. 6
103. 0
165.4
88 8
107. 9
117. 5
85 9
70.3
99. 1
128.8
80 6
107.5
116.r 1
85 4
69.4
91.6
104.8
83 9
105.1
114. 4
125. 7
85.6
84 5
69.2
89. 7
90.4
85 9
102.4
112. 1
117 2
83. 4
2 gg 9
69.1
88.7
83.3
87 0
101.1
114.7
113 f.
81. 9
2 R3 7
68. 4
87. 5
79. 9
87 3
101. 0
113.0
114 3
81. 9
105. 6
134. 8
120 5
97. 8
or.. 2
129. 8
o;>. 4
83.4
129 0
73 0
87.8
119.0
80 7
136 8
118 5
132. 1
49 4
]2 i f>
93: 5
56
Earlier data, together with explanatory
footnotes, may be found in the 1932
Annual Supplement to the Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1932
July, 1932
1931
May
June
May
i
1932
August SeptemOctober
ber
July
No
™rm-
Decem- January
ber
Fe
a*™-
March | April
CANADIAN STATISTICS—Continued
Finance:
BankingBank debits
mills, of dollsExchange. (See Finance.)
Interest rates
1926 = 100
Commercial failures
number..
Life insurance, sales of ordinary life (15 cos.)
thous. of dolls..
Security issues and pricesNew bond issues, total. _thous. of dolls..
Corporation
thous. of dolls..
Domininion and provincial
thous. of dolls..
Municipal
.. thous. of dolls
Railways
thous. of dolls..
Bond yields
- per cent
Common stock prices, total... 1926= 100. .
Banks
1926=100
Industrials
_. _
1926=100 _
Utilities
1926 = 100
Foreign trade:
Exports
thous. of dolls..
Imports
thous. of dolls
Exports, volumeAutomobiles. (See Transportation Equip.)
Newsprint. (See Paper and Paper Products.)
Wheat
- thous. of bush .
Wheat
flour
thous. of bbls
Trade with U. S. (See Foreign Trade.)
Hailway Statistics:
Carloadings
thous. of cars..
Financial resultsOperating revenues
thous. of dolls
Operating expenses
thous. of dolls
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Operating resultsFreight carried 1 mile
.mills, of tons..
Passengers carried 1 mile
mills, of passengers
Commodity statistics:
ProductionAutomobiles. (See Transportation Equip.)
Electrical energy, central stations
__
mills, of kw.-hours..
Pig iron
thous. of long tons
Steel ingots and castings
_ _ _ thous. of long tons..
Livestock, inspected slaughterCattle and calves
thous. of animals..
Swine
thous. of animals. _
Sheep and lambs
thous. of animals..
Newsprint. (See Paper and Paper Products.)
Silver. (See Finance.)
Wheat, visible supply. (See Foodstuffs.)
Wheat
flour
thous. of bbls..
2,175
3,172
2,694
2,400
2,244
2,451
2,587
2,842
2,638
2,071
1,990
2,024
2,074
113 2
91 9
91 9
92 9
91 9
97 1
164
230
103 3
105 4
108 6
119 8
293
115 9
200
110 6
9Q8
111 3
228
195
196
174
223
275
256
263
41,314
46, 227
39, 977
35, 738
30,066
36,006
38, 860
47, 163
37, 331
38, 145
37, 467
33, 629
24, 520 2670,132
9,660
0
52, 240
5,085
7,133
683
1,923
400
51, 073
240
436
150
215, 033
0
200
200
47, 647
0
21,085
6,000
34, 978
0
14, 231
1,660
17, 750 2 653, 433
6 770
7 039
0
33, 650
13 505
5,000
1 450
0
1 523
0
286
215, 000
33
45.8
65 7
51 4
36 9
4 40
81.4
101 3
89 0
85 2
4 40
80.1
97 1
91 1
80 4
4 45
83.7
100 3
94 6
81 7
4 40
81.3
97 3
94.4
76 6
0
833
50, 000
4 65
68.6
94 3
79 3
65 4
0
0
41, 402
44 361
60, 845
73 457
55, 320
52 508
50, 671
48 379
49, 894
47 308
15 543
29 522
20 783
12 005
11 909
30, 998
481
46°
0
490
o
467
0
522
o
4 95
64.6
92 9
74 3
60 1
o
5 05
71.9
92 9
86 6
63 5
0
5 20
64.8
92 9
74 3
59 3
30, 212
17 435
0
5 74
64.8
90 3
73 7
59 1
10, 000
5 085
0
5 55
63.5
86 1
71. 1
59 1
4,000
18 478
12 500
5 30
64.1
86 0
71 5
59 8
2,750
9 821
0
5 33
54.0
85 8
58 2
48 9
49, 909
45 379
56, 534
45 933
58, 430
46 911
54, 218
40 290
39,063
34 115
37, 019
35 586
41,019
57 448
27, 455
99 794
14, 336
18 925
27 452
22 356
451
9,472
332
9 898
358
9 921
415
7 513
255
180
557
o
476
558
216
222
207
205
227
265
231
185
166
174
183
30 934
28 768
1, 185
30 480
28 582
1,053
29 352
27 304
1 186
28 265
26, 393
921
30 158
25, 122
4,149
32 611
25 248
6 377
31 688
24 012
6,659
27 732
23, 769
3,380
22 120
21, 781
d. 486
22 294
22, 196
d 821
95 027
29 550
1 612
2 178
2 207
1 770
1,636
2,057
2 927
2,805
1,878
1,605
1, 659
1 814
134
160
186
190
152
113
92
140
113
107
125
1,366
51
1,290
56
1,251
40
1,256
23
1,288
18
1,428
12
1,415
14
1,432
14
2 1, 418
10
2 1, 329
11
2 1, 393
18
29
75
56
45
52
33
31
28
21
25
28
44
36
95
255
103
158
23
92
164
56
77
148
71
78
162
81
80
204
117
80
247
193
75
259
98
66
247
55
65
264
48
62
240
35
88
233
37
90
229
30
1,183
1,121
1,319
1,333
1, 516
1,694
1,812
1,175
851
842
1,054
993
13
23
d., deficit.
2
Revised.
1,334
17
INDEX TO MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
Page
Abrasive paper and cloth. „
51
Acceptances, bankers'
30
Accessories, automobile
_.
54
Advertising, magazine, newspaper, radio
25,26
Africa, United States trade with
34
Agencies, employment; applicants, placements
27,28
Agricultural wages, loans
.
29,30
Air conditioning equipment
.
48
Air mail
26
Airplanes
,
54
Alcohol, denatured, ethyl, rnethanol
23,35
Aluminum
43
Animal fats, glues, greases
36,37
Anthracite industry...
22,29,42
Apparel, wearing
29,52
Argentina, United States trade with; exchange; flaxseed stocks
31,34,37
Asia, United States trade with
34
Asphalt
43
Automobiles
22, 27, 23, 29, 54
Babbitt metal
48
Bank suspensions .
30
Barley..-.
39
Bathroom fixtures
46,47
Beef and veal
,
40
Bituminous coal
22,28,29,42
Binder's board
,
51
Boiler and boiler
fittings
46
Bonds, prices, sales, value, yields
~ 32,33
Book publication
.—
51
Boxes, paper, shipping
51
Brass...
49
Brazil, coffee; exchange; United States
trade with
,
31,34,41
Brick
52
Brokers' loans
30
Bronze
49
Building contracts awarded
24
Building costs
.
25
Building materials-t 24,25,44,45,47,52
Business activity index (Annalist)
22
Business failures
«.
30.31
Butter
.
39
Canadian statistics
55, 56
Candy
_
41
Canal traffic
-35
Capital issues
32
Carloadings—_
22,35
Cattle and calves
40,43
Cement
22,27,29,52
Chain store sales
26,27
Cheese
._
—
—
39
Chile, exchange; United States trade with... 31,34
Cigars and cigarettes
42
Clay products
23, 24, 27,29, 52
Clothing
24,27,28,29,52
Coal
_
22,28,29,42
Cocoa
41
Coffee
—23,41
Coke
Collections, electrical trade
-26
Commercial paper..
30
Communications
35
Construction:
Contracts awarded, indexes and value
24
Costs
25
Highways
.
25
Material costs
25
Volume
25
Copper
22,23,49
Copper wire cloth
49
Copra and coconut oil
37
Corn
39
Cost of living index
23
Cotton, raw and manufactures
23,53
Cottonseed, cake and meal, oil
37
Crops
23,37,39,40,53
Dairy products
..
23,39
Debits, bank___
30
Debt, United States Government
32
Department store sales and stocks
_~27
Deposits, bank
„
30
Disputes, labor
28
Dividend payments
33
Douglas
fir
44
Earnings, factory
29
Eggs....
23,41
Electric power, production, sales, revenues... 22,38
Electrical energy, consumption index
22, 23
Electrical equipment
,
49
Electric railways
34
Employment:
Cities and States
28
Factory, Federal Reserve Board indexes.. 27,28
Nonmanufacturing..,
28
Miscellaneous data
„
28
Emigration
35
Enameled ware
46,47
Engineering construction
.
24
England, exchange; United States trade with. 31,34
Exchange rates, foreign
31
Expenditures, United States Government
32
Explosives
36
Page
Exports
34
Factory employment, pay rolls, operations 27 28,29
Factory operations, proportion of full time
worked
28
Failures, bank; commercial
, .
30,31
Fares, street railways...
34
Farm employees
28
Farm prices, index
24
Federal Government, finances
32
Federal-aid highways
25
Federal reserve banks, condition of
30
Federal reserve member banks
30
Fertilizers
36
Fire-extinguishing equipment
54
Fire losses _
25
Fish and fish oils
23, 37,41
Flaxseed
37
Flooring, oak, maple, beech, and birch
,__
44
Fl our, wheat _
40
Food products
22,23 27,39
Footwear
44,52
Foreign trade,, indexes, values
.
34
Foundry equipment
48
France, exchange; United States trade with
31,34
Freight cars (equipment)
27,55
Freight csrloadings, cars, indexes
35
Freight-car surplus
35
Fruits
23,39
Fuel equipment
.
48
Fuels
42,43
Furniture
,
45,47
Gas, customers, sales, revenues
38
Gas and fuel oils
42
G asoline
43
General Motors sales
,
54
Glass and glassware
22, 27,52
Gloves and mittens
43
Gold.__
.
31
Goods in warehouses
26
Grains
23, 39,40
Hardware, sales
.
45
Hardwoods
44
Heels, rubber
52
Hides and skins
43
Hogs..
„
40 41,43
Hosiery
_
52
Hotels
_
_
_. 28 29,35
Housing
23,25
Illinois, employees, factory earnings
28,29
Imports
34
Income-tax receipts
32
Incorporations, business
26
Industrial production, indexes
22
Installment sales, New England
„__
27
Insurance, life
31
Interest payments
33
Interest rates
30
Investments, Federal reserve member banks.
30
Iron, ore; crude; manufactures
22,45
Italy, exchange; United States trade with
31,34
Japan, exchange; United States trade with.. 31,34
Kerosene..
43
Labor, turnover, disputes, applicants, placements
28
Lamb and mutton
41,43
Lard
41
Lead___
49
Leather....
22,24,27,28,43
Leather, artificial
54
Liberty bonds
33
Life insurance
31
Linseed oil, cake, and meal .
37
Livestock
23,40,41,43
Loans, agricultural, brokers', time
30
Locomotives
_
55
Looms, woolen, activity
54
Lubricating oil
43
Lumber
22,23,27,44,45
Lumber yards, sales, stocks
44
Machine activity, cotton, silk, wool
53, 54
Machinery.
27,29,34,48,49
Machine tools, orders, shipments
48
Magazine advertising
25, 26
Manufacturing
.
22
Marketings, agricultural, forest products
23
Maryland, employment
28
Massachusetts, employment
28
Meats
_
40,41
Metals
__. 22,23,27,45
Methanol
.
36
Mexico, petroleum production and exports.42
Silver production
32
United States trade with
34
Milk
„
_-__
39
Minerals
22,42,45,49,53
Money in circulation
31
Naval stores
23,36
Netherlands, exchange
31
New Jersey, employment, pay rolls
28,29
Newsprint
50
New York, employment, pay rolls, canal
traffic
28,29,35
New York Stock Exchange
30,32,33
Notes in circulation
.
30
Page
Oats
39
Oceania, United States trade with
34
Ohio employment
28
Ohio River traffic
.
35
Oils and fats
36,37
Oleomargarine
.
37
Orders, indexes, new and unfilled
23
Paints
38
Passengers, street railways; Pullman
34,35
Passports issued
35
Paper and pulp
22,23,27,50,51
Pay rolls:
Factory, Federal Reserve Board
29
Factory, by States
29
Nonmanufacturing industries
. 29
Pennsylvania, employment
28
Petroleum and products
22,27,42,43
Pig iron
22,45
Pork
41
Postal business
26
Postal savings
„
30
Poultry
23,41
Prices:
Cost of living, indexes.,
23
Farm, indexes
24
Retail, indexes
24
Wholesale, indexes
,
...
24
Printing
,
51
Production, industrial
22
Profits, corporation
32
Public
finance
32
Public utilities
28,34,35,38
Pullman Co
35
Pumps
48
Radio, advertising
25
Railroads; operations; equipment; financial
statistics
35, 55
Railways, street
34
Rayon
53
Real-estate-market activity
25
Registrations, automobiles
54
Rents, index
23
Retail trade:
Chain stores—
5 and 10
_
26
Grocery
26
Restaurant
27
Department stores
27
Mail order
. 27
Roofing
38
Rice
39
Rubber, crude; scrap; clothing; footwear;
tires....
22,23,27,51,52
Rye.
40
Sanitary ware
46
Savings deposits
30
Sheep and lambs
41
Shoes
22,27,28,29,44
Shipbuilding
22, 27, 55
Silk
23,53
Silver
22,32
Skins
_
43
Softwoods
44
Spain, exchange
31
Spindle activity, cotton
53
Steel, crude; manufactures
22,47
Stockholders
___
33
Stock indexes, domestic and world
23
Stocks, department stores
27
Stocks, issues, prices, sales, yields
32,33
Stone, clay, and glass products
22,23,28,52
Sugar
23,41
Sulphur
36
Sulphuric acid
36
Superphosphate
36
Tea
23,41
Telephones and telegraphs
35
Terra cotta
52
Textiles, miscellaneous products
54
Timber
__
44
Tin..
23,49
Tires
22,27,51
Tobacco
_
_ 27,42
Tools, machine
48
Trade-unions, employment
28
Travel
35
Trucks and tractors, industrial electric
55
United Kingdom, exchange; United States
trade with
31,34
Uruguay, exchange
31
United States Steel Corporation. ._
__ 29,33
Utilities
28,29,32,34,35,38,55
Vegetable oils
37
Vegetables
23,39
Wages
.
25,29
Warehouses, space occupied
26
Waterway traffic
_
35
Wheat and
flour
23,40
Wholesale prices
24
Wisconsin^ employment; payrolls
28,29
Wood pulp
50
Wool
22,23,54
Zinc
_
22,49
To determine whether an applicable specification exists for any
commodity—consult—
National Directory of
Commodity Specifications, 1932
which gives the standards and specifications of trade associations, technical societies,
and other organizations nationally representative of some branch of American industry,
as well as those of governmental agencies that represent the Federal Government.
Uses the decimal system. Cross-references related specifications. Defines uses
of commodities, if known, when not self-evident from the title.
Contains
comprehensive index.
The direct purpose of any wise cooperative effort in the adoption of specifications is to
secure constructive application of scientific knowledge to service requirements; to coordinate similar demands and eliminate unessential differences; to balance increases
in cost against probable service improvements, taking full advantage of existing commercial varieties; and to formulate adequate test or inspection methods—all this resulting in the development of greatly improved products, vital support to the national
movement toward simplification of lines, processes, and business practices, and marked
lowering of costs and prices.—Herbert Hoover.
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